Patent ID: 9518788
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: F25B,F28D,F28F

Claim Text:
1. A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of flat tubes; a first header collecting pipe to which one end of each of the flat tubes is connected; a second header collecting pipe to which the other end of each of the flat tubes is connected; and a plurality of fins joined to the flat tubes, the heat exchanger being capable of functioning as an evaporator by exchanging heat between a refrigerant flowing in the flat tubes and air, wherein the first header collecting pipe and the second header collecting pipe stand upright, the first header collecting pipe is provided with one connection port to which a pipe is connected to guide a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant into the first header collecting pipe, and the first header collecting pipe has the mixing chamber is shorter in height than one of the plurality of communication chambers, which is adjacent to the mixing chamber, with the vertical partition plate interposed between the mixing chamber and the adjacent communication chamber.