(19)
(11) EP 1 041 347 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/40

(21) Application number: 00106822.0

(22) Date of filing: 30.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F24F 1/00, F25B 41/00, F25B 45/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 01.04.1999 JP 9457699

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sato, Shigehiro
    Kusatsu-shi, Shiga 525-0045 (JP)
  • Motegi, Hitoshi
    Kusatsu-shi, Shiga 525-0057 (JP)
  • Watanabe, Yukio, Rm 1108,Co-op Nomura Kyoto Minami
    kyoto-shi, Kyoto 601-8037 (JP)
  • Numoto,Hironao
    Otsu-shi, Shiga 520-2101 (JP)
  • Takeuchi, Hiroyuki
    Otsu-shi, Shiga 520-2264 (JP)
  • Nakatsuno, Eiji
    Otsu-shi, Shiga 520-2276 (JP)

(74) Representative: Körfer, Thomas, Dipl.-Phys. et al
Mitscherlich & Partner, Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Sonnenstrasse 33
80331 München
80331 München (DE)

   


(54) Connecting apparatus for installing air conditioner


(57) A connecting apparatus for installing an air conditioner comprises a first connecting port connected to a refrigerant charge port of a pipe connecting valve body provided in an outdoor unit of the air conditioner, and a second connecting port connected to a replacing gas charging container for installing the air conditioner, replacing gas in the replacing gas charging container being allowed to flow from the refrigerant charge port, wherein the first connecting port includes a first connecting portion capable of being connected to the refrigerant charge port, the second connecting port includes a second connecting portion capable of being connected to the replacing gas charging container, the refrigerant charge port is opened by connecting the first connecting port and the refrigerant charge port to each other by the first connecting portion, and the refrigerant charge port is opened by connecting the second connecting portion and the replacing gas charging container to each other by the second connecting portion. With this structure, after air in the indoor unit heat exchanger or the connecting pipe is once replaced by the replacing gas, the replacing gas can easily be collected.






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