| US 7,571,622 B2 | ||
| Refrigerant accumulator | ||
| Joseph Ballet, Bressolles (France); and Pierre Delpech, Fleurieu sur Saone (France) | ||
| Assigned to Carrier Corporation, Farmington, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 13, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/940,218. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0053832 A1, Mar. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F25B 43/00 (2006.01); F25B 47/00 (2006.01); B01D 24/00 (2006.01); B01D 45/18 (2006.01); B01D 46/42 (2006.01); F26B 5/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 62—474 [62/85; 62/512; 210/295; 55/428; 34/294; 34/299] | 30 Claims |
| 10. A fluid filter and desiccant apparatus comprising:
a shell having first and second ports;
a foraminate conduit at least partially within the shell;
a desiccant at least partially surrounding a first portion of the conduit; and
first and second partially overlapping flow paths between the first and second ports wherein:
the first flow path passes through the first port and then through the desiccant and then through the conduit first portion
to an interior of the conduit and then out the second port; and
the second flow path passes through the first port and passes through a second portion of the conduit, without passing through
desiccant, to the interior of the conduit and then out the second port.
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