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(11) EP 1 293 731 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/12

(21) Application number: 02020488.9

(22) Date of filing: 12.09.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F24F 3/06, F25B 39/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.09.2001 JP 2001276039

(71) Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sugiyama, Kunio
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)
  • Ootsuka, Osamu
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)
  • Hirano, Hideya
    2-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 (JP)
  • Shinkai, Kouji
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)
  • Ookoshi, Yasushi
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(74) Representative: Bohnenberger, Johannes, Dr. et al
Meissner, Bolte & Partner Postfach 86 06 24
81633 München
81633 München (DE)

   


(54) Air conditioner


(57) An air conditioner comprising a W-shaped heat exchanger unit, with the W-shaped heat exchanger unit including two V-shaped heat exchanger units (1a/2a;1b/2b) each of said V-shaped heat exchanger units being constituted by combination of two heat exchangers, arranged such that the lower sides of the heat exchangers are made closely proximate to each other and the upper sides of the heat exchangers are spaced apart from each other; and blowers (5a/5b) disposed in an upper portion of the W-shaped heat exchanger unit; wherein refrigerant flow rate regulators (7a/7b) are provided at refrigerant inlet pipes (3c/3d) of the heat exchangers disposed at the inside of the W-shaped arrangement for regulating the flow rate of refrigerant to flow.






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