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Sensor for pressure controlled switching valve for refrigeration system

US5285652A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 1993
Grant dateFeb 15, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H36/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A refrigerant flow switching device for alternately conveying refrigerant from a high pressure and a low pressure evaporator to a compressor of a refrigeration system, and a refrigerator using such a refrigeration system, includes a refrigerant flow switching valve for alternately conveying refrigerant from the high and low pressure evaporators to the compressor. Said switching valve is controlled by a pressure switch that utilizes the pressure difference between the refrigerant from the high pressure evaporator and that from the low pressure evaporator to cyclically open or close a switch assembly, moving the switch between low and high pressure positions.

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