ACCUMULATOR AND AN AIR CONDITIONER USING THEREOF

摘要

An accumulator and an air conditioner having the same are provided. The air conditioner may include at least one indoor unit connected to an outdoor unit, the outdoor unit including a compressor compressing refrigerant and an accumulator transferring gas refrigerant into the compressor. The accumulator may include a housing, an inflow tube guiding refrigerant into the housing through a guide tube, and a discharge tube discharging the refrigerant from the housing. A portion of the guide tube protrudes out of the housing, and a distance between the discharge tube and a bottom of the housing is greater than that between the protruded portion of the guide tube and the bottom of the housing.

主权项

1. An accumulator, comprising:
a housing defining an inner space; an inflow tube guiding refrigerant into the housing; a guide tube providing a flow path for refrigerant introduced into the housing through the inflow tube; and a discharge tube discharging refrigerant from the guide tube to an outside of the housing, wherein a portion of the guide tube protrudes from the inner space of the housing to the outside of the housing, and a distance between the discharge tube and a bottom surface of the housing is greater than a distance between the protruded portion of the guide tube and the bottom surface of the housing.