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Refrigeration-cycle equipment

US6871511B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 2002
Grant dateMar 29, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2500/26
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Refrigeration-cycle equipment wherein an oil separator is installed as a refrigerant vessel in a part of the high-pressure-side circuit. A linear compressor of an oil-less type or an oil-poor type is used. Alternatively, the quantity of the CO2 refrigerant filled in the circuit is 0.25 kg or less per liter on the basis of the total internal volume of the circuit.

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