(19)
(11) EP 0 448 183 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/39

(21) Application number: 91201248.1

(22) Date of filing: 25.05.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: F28F 9/02, F25B 39/04, F28F 1/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT DE FR GB SE

(30) Priority: 14.09.1988 JP 120820/88

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
89305294.4 / 0359358

(71) Applicant: SHOWA ALUMINUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Sakaishi Osaka (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sasaki, Hironaka
    Sakaishi, Osaka (JP)
  • Hoshino, Ryoichi
    Sakaishi, Osaka (JP)

(74) Representative: Thomson, Paul Anthony et al
Potts, Kerr & Co. 15, Hamilton Square
Birkenhead Merseyside L41 6BR
Birkenhead Merseyside L41 6BR (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) A condenser


    (57) A condenser particularly for use in automobile air conditioning system, the condenser including a pair of headers (3,4) having their inner spaces divided by partitions (10,11) so as to form a cooling medium flow path in a zigzag pattern including an inlet side group of paths and an outlet side group of paths, side group of paths is 30 to 60% that of the inlet side group of paths.






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