Global Patent Index - EP 1555494 B1

EP 1555494 B1 20081015 - Heating and cooling system

Title (en)

Heating and cooling system

Title (de)

Heiz- und kühlsystem

Title (fr)

Système de chauffage et de refroidissement

Publication

EP 1555494 B1 20081015 (EN)

Application

EP 04253026 A 20040521

Priority

KR 20040002288 A 20040113

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1555494A2] A heating and cooling system for preventing the deterioration of heating efficiency generated due to a subsidiary heat exchanger (8) used to increase cooling efficiency. The heating and cooling system includes a compressor (1) for compressing a refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger (4) for heat-exchanging the refrigerant with indoor air, an outdoor heat exchanger (3) for heat-exchanging the refrigerant with an outdoor air, a four-way valve (2) disposed at an outlet of the compressor (1) for selectively discharging the refrigerant to one of the indoor (4) and outdoor heat exchangers (3) according to heating and cooling modes, an expansion valve (5) for decompressing and expanding the refrigerant, an inlet refrigerant pipe for guiding the refrigerant drawn into the compressor (1), a subsidiary heat exchanger (8) disposed in the inlet refrigerant pipe for heat-exchanging the refrigerant passing through the inlet refrigerant pipe and the refrigerant passing through a connection refrigerant pipe in the cooling mode so as to control the temperature of the refrigerant drawn into the compressor (1), and a bypass refrigerant pipe (9) for allowing the refrigerant drawn into the compressor (1) to bypass the subsidiary heat exchanger (8) and then to be directed into the compressor (1).

IPC 8 full level

F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/00 (2006.01); F25B 40/00 (2006.01); F25B 40/04 (2006.01); F25B 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

F25B 13/00 (2013.01 - EP); F25B 40/00 (2013.01 - EP); F25B 40/04 (2013.01 - EP); F25B 41/00 (2013.01 - KR); F25B 2309/061 (2013.01 - EP); F25B 2400/0405 (2013.01 - EP); F25B 2400/0417 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1555494 A2 20050720; EP 1555494 A3 20060607; EP 1555494 B1 20081015; CN 1311210 C 20070418; CN 1641294 A 20050720; DE 602004017112 D1 20081127; KR 101034204 B1 20110512; KR 20050074066 A 20050718

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04253026 A 20040521; CN 200410042186 A 20040510; DE 602004017112 T 20040521; KR 20040002288 A 20040113