Patent ID: 6158503
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B60H,F25B

Abstract:
A condenser for a refrigerant fluid in a device for air conditioning the cabin of a motor vehicle comprising:a header box;an intermediate tank for treating and/or accumulating a fluid, said tank removably fixed to a base at one end which is attached to said header box;two connecting ducts for transferring said fluid between said header box and said tank, said connecting ducts configured to pass through said base;wherein said tank is provided with means for fixing it to said base and contains an interchangeable treatment cartridge that can be withdrawn via said one end when said tank is separated from said base, andwherein said cartridge is elongated in a longitudinal direction of said tank and has a smaller cross-section than the inside section of said tank so as to define along said tank two path portions in series and in opposite directions for said fluid, one outside and the other inside said cartridge, between said two connecting ducts.