Refrigerant reservoir container and refrigeration cycle apparatus including the refrigerant reservoir container

Abstract

A refrigerant reservoir container includes: a container main body having a cylindrical body part and being a horizontal type, storing refrigerant including liquid refrigerant; an inflow pipe inserted into the container main body, having an inlet through which the refrigerant flows into the container main body; an outflow pipe inserted into the container main body, having an outlet through which the refrigerant flows out from the container main body; and a baffle plate having a first flat surface and being supported cantilevered on an inner wall of the container main body. The inlet is oriented sideways and faces the inner wall of the container main body. The outlet is located above the inlet in the container main body. The baffle plate is located below the inlet, and the first flat surface of the baffle plate faces the liquid refrigerant that flows in through the inlet and along the inner wall.

1 . A refrigerant reservoir container, comprising:
 a container main body having a cylindrical body part and being a horizontal type, the container main body storing refrigerant including liquid refrigerant;   an inflow pipe inserted into the container main body, the inflow pipe having an inlet through which the refrigerant flows into the container main body;   an outflow pipe inserted into the container main body, the outflow pipe having an outlet through which the refrigerant flows out from the container main body; and   a baffle plate having a first flat surface and being supported cantilevered on an inner wall of the container main body, wherein   the inlet is oriented sideways and faces the inner wall of the container main body and is open to face a part of the inner wall of the body part,   the outlet is located above the inlet in the container main body, and   the baffle plate is located below the inlet and is supported on the part of the inner wall of the body part, and provided at a position where the first flat surface of the baffle plate faces the liquid refrigerant that flows in through the inlet and upward along the inner wall.   
     
     
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         5 . The refrigerant reservoir container of  claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate is supported on the inner wall such that the first flat surface is horizontal. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerant reservoir container of  claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate is supported on the inner wall of the container main body such that the first flat surface is vertical. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerant reservoir container of  claim 1 , wherein the baffle plate is provided to extend to both ends in a longitudinal direction of the body part. 
     
     
         8 . A refrigerant reservoir container, comprising:
 a container main body having a cylindrical body part and being a horizontal type, the container main body storing refrigerant;   an inflow pipe inserted into the container main body, the inflow pipe having an inlet through which the refrigerant flows into the container main body;   an outflow pipe inserted into the container main body, the outflow pipe having an outlet through which the refrigerant flows out from the container main body; and   a baffle plate having a first flat surface and a thickness surface, the thickness surface being supported on an inner wall of the container main body, wherein   the inlet is oriented sideways and faces the inner wall of the container main body,   the outlet is located above the inlet and the baffle plate in the container main body,   the baffle plate is located above the inlet, and the first flat surface of the baffle plate partitions an internal space of the container main body into an upper space and a lower space, and   the baffle plate has at least one through hole through which gas refrigerant included in the refrigerant passes,   when the baffle plate is equally divided into a first region and a second region to be arranged in a longitudinal direction of the body part, the inlet is located below the first region, and the outlet is located above the second region, and p 1  the at least one through hole is provided in the first region and is not provided in the second region.   
     
     
         9 . The refrigerant reservoir container of  claim 8 , wherein the inflow pipe is provided to pass through the baffle plate. 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerant reservoir container of  claim 8 , wherein
 the at least one through hole includes a plurality of through holes, the baffle plate having the plurality of through holes, and   
       when a total opening area of the plurality of through holes is defined as S1, an opening area of the inlet is defined as S2, and an opening area of the outlet is defined as S3, 
       the total opening area S1 and the opening area S2 satisfy a relationship of S1>S2 in a case in which the opening area S2 and the opening area S3 satisfy a relationship of S2≤S3, and 
       the total opening area S1 and the opening area S3 satisfy a relationship of S1>S3 in a case in which the opening area S2 and the opening area S3 satisfy a relationship of S3≤S2. 
     
     
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         12 . A refrigeration cycle apparatus, comprising:
 the refrigerant reservoir container of  claim 1 ; and   a compressor connected to the refrigerant reservoir container via the outflow pipe.   
     
     
         13 . A refrigeration cycle apparatus, comprising:
 the refrigerant reservoir container of  claim 8 ; and   a compressor connected to the refrigerant reservoir container via the outflow pipe.