Patent ID: 9551540
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F25B,F28D,F28F

Claim:
1. A heat exchanger, comprising: a plurality of flat tubes, each flat tube having a first end and a second end; a first header collecting pipe connected to first ends of the flat tubes; a second header collecting pipe connected to second ends of the flat tubes; and a plurality of fins joined to the flat tubes, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between fluid flowing through each flat tube and air flowing outside the each flat tube, and is capable of functioning as an evaporator, the first header collecting pipe and the second header collecting pipe are in a vertical orientation, the first header collecting pipe includes the connection port faces the vertical partition, the communication chambers of the first header collecting pipe include three or more communication chambers, the horizontal partition includes the vertical partition is configured to separate the mixing chamber from one or more of the communication chambers positioned between the upper horizontal partition and the lower horizontal partition, and respective walls of the mixing chamber are formed by portions of the vertical partition, the upper horizontal partition, the lower horizontal partition, and the side wall of the first header collecting pipe.