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Control unit for activating compressor

US5253481A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 1992
Grant dateOct 19, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04C2270/80
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The compressor activation control unit a rotation detecting means for detecting whether or not the motor is normally activated when the compressor is activated, a judging means for judging that the compressor interior is filled with a liquid refrigerant when the motor is not judged to be in the normal activating condition by the rotation detecting means, and a control means for step-driving the motor at a very slow-speed no more then one rotation per second through the driving circuit when the motor interior is judged to have been filled with the liquid refrigerant by the judging means.

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