Patent ID: 9303881
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: F24F,F25B

Claim Text:
1. An air conditioning apparatus comprising: a compression mechanism; a heat source-side heat exchanger having a first vertical side facing a first lateral direction, a second vertical side spaced from the first vertical side and facing a second lateral direction, and a bottom surface extending between bottom ends of the first and second vertical sides; an expansion mechanism; a usage-side heat exchanger; a blower arranged and configured to feed an air flow to said heat source-side heat exchanger, the blower being disposed adjacent to the first vertical side of the heat exchanger and spaced from the first vertical side of the heat exchanger in the first lateral direction; housings including a bottom plate having an upper surface, said housings being arranged and configured to accommodate said heat source-side heat exchanger and said blower in a space above said bottom plate; and a bypass circuit disposed so as to pass below said blower and below said heat source-side heat exchanger, said bypass circuit extending along said bottom surface of said heat source-side heat exchanger and extending along said upper surface of said bottom plate such that said bypass circuit is below said heat source-side heat exchanger, said bypass circuit including a first section and a second section, the first section passing below said blower from a third refrigerant tube, and the second section passing below said heat source-side heat exchanger from the first section and extending to the at least one of a first refrigerant tube and a second refrigerant tube, the first section spaced from the second section in the first lateral direction, and said bypass circuit being arranged and configured to bypass