Universal internal tube accumulator
CA 1092380 A · Owner: General Motors Corporation · Inventors: Livesay, J.D.; Widdowson, Richard E.; Schlotterbeck, Earl S.
Overview
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A vehicle air conditioning system compact suction accumulator-dehydrator adaptable for multiple applications to trap liquid refrigerant flowing from the evaporator. The accumulator comprises a hollow vertically disposed tubular casing, providing top and bottom imperforate wall portions. The casing has an inlet and an outlet located in a side of the casing adjacent its top portion in substantial axial alignment. A generally U-shaped tube is located in the casing chamber with one end having a generally right-angled portion projecting into the outlet in a manner to hangingly support the tube in the chamber. An inverted cup-shaped baffle is supported in spaced relation on the tube other end for …
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- Granted December 30, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 30, 1997.
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