Patent ID: 9683751
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F24F,F25B

Claim:
1. A multi-type air conditioner including a plurality of indoor units and a plurality of outdoor units which are connected via refrigerant piping, each of the outdoor units comprising: a compressor; a four-way valve; an outdoor heat exchanger; an outdoor expansion valve; a liquid tank; an accumulator; a shutoff valve provided for a refrigerant pipe between a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port and the liquid tank in each of the outdoor units; and a first bypass circuit provided in the refrigerant pipe bypassing the shutoff valve through a capillary tube to connect a liquid refrigerant inlet/outlet port side to an upper portion of the refrigerant pipe, the first bypass circuit comprising a standing portion extending upward in a gravity direction from the upper portion of the refrigerant pipe.