Patent ID: 6681595
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
An improvement in a refrigeration circuit, including: a hermetic compressor (1) having a shell (2); and a condenser (5) having an inlet (6) connected to a discharge outlet of the hermetic compressor (1) and an outlet (7), characterized in that it comprises a hermetic chamber (10), which is maintained in fluid communication with the refrigeration circuit, immediately downstream at least one of the parts defined by the condenser (5) and by the hermetic compressor (1), and which is dimensioned to store, in conditions of long stops of the hermetic compressor (1) and of a start thereof, a substantial volume of refrigerant fluid, said hermetic chamber (10) returning to the refrigeration circuit substantially all the refrigerant fluid stored therein, after said conditions have ended.