Patent ID: 7600393

Claim:
A refrigerant distributing device for a multi-type air conditioner, comprising: an inlet pipe to supply a refrigerant; a distributor comprising an inlet port connected with the inlet pipe and a plurality of outlet ports branched with a plurality of flow paths from the inlet port to discharge the refrigerant having been drawn to an outside and a mix zone formed therein having a plurality of grooves formed in a spiral shape on an inner surface of the distributor; a plurality of outlet pipes to separately guide the refrigerant discharged from the distributor to a plurality of indoor units; and a plurality of connecting pipes to selectively connect at least one outlet ports of the distributor and each outlet pipe, for adjusting the amount of refrigerant supplied to each outlet pipe based on the capacity of each indoor unit connected with each outlet pipe, wherein the grooves are communicated with each other, and each groove has an outlet which is divided from each other at a portion correspondingly connected with an inner end of each outlet port.