Patent ID: 6202437
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: F04B,F25B

Abstract:
An accumulator comprising:a housing having an interior defining a volume;a baffle located in said interior and dividing said interior into an upper portion and a lower portion;at least one hole in said baffle providing fluid communication between said upper portion and said lower portion;means for supplying refrigerant to said upper portion;means for withdrawing refrigerant from said lower portion and passing said withdrawn refrigerant from said housing;said means for withdrawing refrigerant including a pipe extending into said housing at an intermediate point of said lower portion and through at least a portion of said lower portion of said interior and having an upwardly extending open end located in said interior and a metering port in said pipe at a location in said lower portion such that 30% of said volume is at a level no higher than said metering port.