Receiver and air conditioner including the same

Abstract

The receiver of the present disclosure includes: a housing having a space therein; an inflow pipe supplying a fluid to the housing; and an outflow pipe discharging the fluid stored in the housing to the outside, and the outflow pipe is inserted into the housing by a predetermined length or more, and a plurality of outflow holes are formed in the outflow pipe in a direction extending to the inside of the housing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A receiver comprising:
 a housing having a space therein;   an inflow pipe supplying a fluid to the housing; and   an outflow pipe discharging the fluid stored in the housing to the outside,   wherein the outflow pipe is inserted into the housing by a predetermined length or more; and   a plurality of outflow holes are formed in the outflow pipe in a direction extending to the inside of the housing.   
     
     
         2 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein a length with which the outflow pipe is inserted into the housing is formed to be equal to or more than a half of a length with which the housing is formed in a vertical direction. 
     
     
         3 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein the outflow pipe extends inside the housing in the vertical direction. 
     
     
         4 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein a length with which the outflow pipe extends inside the housing in the vertical direction is formed to be equal to or more than a half of the length with which the housing is formed in the vertical direction. 
     
     
         5 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein in the housing, an outflow pipe hole is formed at a location where the outflow pipe is disposed; and
 the plurality of outflow holes have diameters which decrease in a direction adjacent to the outflow pipe hole.   
     
     
         6 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein in the housing, the outflow pipe hole is formed at the location where the outflow pipe is disposed; and
 an interval at which the plurality of outflow holes are spaced apart from each other increases in the direction adjacent to the outflow pipe hole.   
     
     
         7 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein the housing includes an upper wall, a lower wall disposed to be spaced downwards from the upper wall, and a circumference wall connecting the upper wall and the lower wall,
 the outflow pipe penetrates the upper wall and extends downwards; and   a length with which the outflow pipe extends downwards from the upper wall is formed to be larger than a half of a length with which the circumference wall extends in the vertical direction.   
     
     
         8 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein the housing includes an upper wall, a lower wall disposed to be spaced downwards from the upper wall, and a circumference wall connecting the upper wall and the lower wall; and
 the outflow pipe penetrates the lower wall and extends downwards.   
     
     
         9 . The receiver of  claim 8 , wherein the length with which the outflow pipe extends downwards from the upper wall is formed to be larger than a half of the length with which the circumference wall extends in the vertical direction. 
     
     
         10 . The receiver of  claim 1 , wherein the housing includes an upper wall, a lower wall disposed to be spaced downwards from the upper wall, and a circumference wall connecting the upper wall and the lower wall; and
 the outflow pipe penetrates the circumference wall and extends in an upper direction.   
     
     
         11 . The receiver of  claim 10 , wherein the outflow pipe includes an inner outflow pipe disposed inside the housing; and
 the inner outflow pipe is disposed to be inclined in the upper direction inside the housing.   
     
     
         12 . The receiver of  claim 10 , wherein the outflow pipe includes an inner outflow pipe disposed inside the housing; and
 the inner outflow pipe has a form of being bent in the upper direction inside the housing.   
     
     
         13 . The receiver of  claim 10 , wherein the outflow pipe is connected to the circumference wall at a lower side of a vertical center of the circumference wall; and
 a length with which the outflow pipe disposed inside the housing extends in the vertical direction inside the housing is formed to be larger than a half of the length with which the circumference wall extends in the vertical direction.   
     
     
         14 . The receiver of  claim 10 , wherein the outflow pipe includes a connection pipe connected to the housing, and an extension pipe extending in the upper direction inside the housing, and
 a plurality of outflow holes are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the extension pipe in an extended direction of the extension pipe.   
     
     
         15 . The receiver of  claim 14 , wherein the outflow pipe further includes a reduction pipe connecting the connection pipe and the extension pipe, and having a pipe diameter which is reduced in the direction of the extension pipe; and
 a pipe diameter of the extension pipe is formed to be smaller than a pipe diameter of the connection pipe.   
     
     
         16 . A receiver comprising:
 a housing having a space therein;   an inflow pipe supplying a fluid to the housing; and   an outflow pipe discharging the fluid stored in the housing to the outside,   wherein the outflow pipe is inserted into the housing by a predetermined length or more; and
 an outflow pipe slit extending in a direction extending to the inside of the housing is formed in the outflow pipe. 
   
     
     
         17 . The receiver of  claim 16 , wherein an end portion of the outflow pipe has a closed form. 
     
     
         18 . An air conditioner comprising:
 an accumulator temporarily storing refrigerant, and supplying gas-phase refrigerant to a compressor; and   a receiver disposed above the accumulator, and having a space storing the refrigerant,   wherein the receiver includes:
 a housing having a space therein, 
 an inflow pipe supplying the refrigerant to the housing; and 
 an outflow pipe discharging the refrigerant stored in the housing to the accumulator, 
 wherein the outflow pipe is inserted into the housing by a predetermined length or more; and 
 a plurality of outflow holes are formed in the outflow pipe in a direction extending to the inside of the housing. 
   
     
     
         19 . The air conditioner of  claim 18 , wherein the housing includes a circumference wall extending above the accumulator, and an upper wall covering an upper end of the circumference wall; and
 the outflow pipe has a form of being connected to a lower portion of the circumference wall and extending upwards inside the housing.   
     
     
         20 . The air conditioner of  claim 18 , wherein the outflow pipe and the inflow pipe are connected to the circumference wall; and
 the outflow pipe is connected to the circumference wall at a location equal to or lower than the inflow pipe.