Refrigerator having regenerator
US5590533A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2309/003
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A refrigerator with a regenerator is provided which is supported by a holder. The refrigerator has a cylinder having an inner circumferential surface matching a circular tube shape, a displacer being disposed in the cylinder and forming an expansion space near at one end of the inside of the cylinder, a groove pattern having a groove formed along the direction intersecting the axial direction of the displacer, the groove allowing a gas flowing through a gap between the cylinder and displacer from one end to the other end of the outer circumferential surface of the displacer to positively heat-exchange with the cylinder and displacer, and a main gas passage for supplying gas to the expansion space of the cylinder and recovering the gas from the expansion space. The holder supports the refrigerator so that the axial direction of the cylinder is directed in the vertical direction and the expansion space is formed at the upper end of the inside of the cylinder, or the axial direction of the cylinder is directed in an oblique direction relative to the vertical direction.
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