Heat exchanger, air conditioner, and refrigerating unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11639817-B2
Application number	US-201816961697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2018
Priority date	Jan 17, 2018
Publication date	May 2, 2023
Grant date	May 2, 2023

Abstract

A heat exchanger includes a heat exchange tube (10) and a first water collecting tank (20). The first water collecting tank (20) is provided on the heat exchange tube (10), a first water diversion hole (21) is provided at a bottom portion of the first water collecting tank (20), the heat exchange tube (10) passes through the first water diversion hole (21), and the first water diversion hole (21) has a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the heat exchange tube (10). By providing the first water collecting tank (20), and making the heat exchange tube (10) pass through the first water diversion hole (21) provided on the first water collecting tank (20), and leaving a gap between the heat exchange tube (10) and the first water diversion hole (21), the water in the first water collecting tank (20) evenly flows into the first water diversion hole (21).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger, comprising a heat exchange tube, a first water collecting tank, and a second water collecting tank, the first water collecting tank being provided on the heat exchange tube, a first water diversion hole being provided at a bottom portion of the first water collecting tank, the heat exchange tube passing through the first water diversion hole, and the first water diversion hole having a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the heat exchange tube;
further comprising an upper side plate, a lower side plate, and a connection plate, wherein the upper side plate is located above the first water collecting tank, a plurality of mounting holes are provided on the upper side plate, and the heat exchange tube is fixedly mounted in one of the plurality of mounting holes;
wherein the second water collecting tank being provided on the heat exchange tube and being located above the first water collecting tank and below the upper side plate, a second water diversion hole being further provided on the second water collecting tank, and water flows through the second water diversion hole into the first water collecting tank;
wherein the lower side plate is located below the first water collecting tank, a second connection hole is provided on the lower side plate, and the heat exchange tube is fixedly mounted in the second connection hole;
wherein the connection plate is vertically extended between the upper side plate and the lower side plate and is spaced from the heat exchange tube, and two ends of the connection plate are respectively and physically fixed to the second water collecting tank and the lower side plate;
wherein a drainage structure is further provided on the upper side plate, and water flows through the drainage structure into the first second water collecting tank;
wherein the drainage structure has a plurality of drainage holes;
wherein the plurality of drainage holes are provided on the upper side plate at intervals, and one drainage hole is provided between every two adjacent mounting holes of the plurality of mounting holes.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchange tube passes through the second water diversion hole, and the second water diversion hole has a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the heat exchange tube.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein a center of the second water diversion hole is located on an axis of the heat exchange tube.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the upper side plate covers the second water collecting tank, the first water collecting tank is fixed to the connection plate.

5. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a center of the first water diversion hole is located on an axis of the heat exchange tube.

6. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , further comprising a liquid collecting tube and a gas diversion tube, one end of the heat exchange tube is connected to the gas diversion tube, and the other end of the heat exchange tube is connected to the liquid collecting tube.

7. An air conditioner, comprising the heat exchanger according to claim 1 .

8. A refrigerating unit, comprising the heat exchanger according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Zhuo Mingsheng
• Chen Peisheng
• Wang Puzhong
• Liu Yang
• Wang Jiankai
• Cheng Qi
• Huang Hongle

Classifications

• F28D1/05316

  Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators (F28D1/05366 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28D3/04

  Distributing arrangements · CPC title

• F28F9/0275

  with multiple branch pipes · CPC title

• F28D2021/007

  Condensers · CPC title

• F28D3/02

  with tubular conduits · CPC title