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(11) | EP 3 118 543 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | ACCUMULATOR |
| (57) [Object] To provide an accumulator capable of trapping and removing a foreign material mixed with a liquid phase refrigerant even when the liquid phase refrigerant flows into an outflow pipe and hence decreasing the amount of the foreign material in the circulated refrigerant without causing an increase in size. [Solving Means] An accumulator includes an outflow pipe (30) having a double pipe structure including an inner pipe (31) and an outer pipe (32) and a strainer (40) provided in the vicinity of a lower end of the outflow pipe (30) and including a mesh filter (45), wherein the mesh filter (45) is disposed between a space (J) formed between the inner pipe (31) and the outer pipe (32) and a space (I) inside the inner pipe and a casing (42) of the strainer (40) is provided with a communication hole (46) causing the space (J) to communicate with a lower space (S) of the tank (10). |