EP1420219B1 - Condensateur - Google Patents

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EP1420219B1
EP1420219B1 EP02025460A EP02025460A EP1420219B1 EP 1420219 B1 EP1420219 B1 EP 1420219B1 EP 02025460 A EP02025460 A EP 02025460A EP 02025460 A EP02025460 A EP 02025460A EP 1420219 B1 EP1420219 B1 EP 1420219B1
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tube end
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Joan Antoni Sopena Torra
Jordi Soriano Segura
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Mahle Behr Spain SA
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B39/00—Evaporators; Condensers
    • F25B39/04—Condensers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2400/00—General features or devices for refrigeration machines, plants or systems, combined heating and refrigeration systems or heat-pump systems, i.e. not limited to a particular subgroup of F25B
    • F25B2400/16—Receivers
    • F25B2400/162—Receivers characterised by the plug or stop
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2500/00—Problems to be solved
    • F25B2500/01—Geometry problems, e.g. for reducing size
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F2220/00—Closure means, e.g. end caps on header boxes or plugs on conduits

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  • the invention relates to a condenser with a collecting container, in particular for an air conditioning system, in particular for motor vehicles.
  • a capacitor according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from document Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol 2000, no. 19, 5 June 2001 and JP 2001 041612 already known.
  • the known from DE-A 100 39 260 condenser with reservoir has a detachable, axially displaceable in the reservoir, axially fixed by a locking ring plugs.
  • the locking ring is set in an annular groove which is cut into the inner wall of the collecting container.
  • the collecting container is designed as an extruded tube with a wall thickness which on the one hand withstands the pressure of the refrigerant in the interior of the collecting container and on the other hand offers a sufficiently large wall thickness for cutting in the annular groove for the securing ring.
  • the remaining pipe wall thickness in the region of the annular groove for the safety ring is the critical area, which is decisive for the dimensioning of the wall thickness of the collecting container. This has the consequence that the wall thickness of the collecting container in the area outside the annular groove is greater than required. This results in an increased weight for the entire condenser, increased costs and an impairment of the soldering process due to mass accumulation.
  • the annular groove for receiving the retaining ring or a thread is arranged in a thickened region of the pipe end, which is considerably thicker than the rest of the pipe wall and therefore provides sufficient wall thickness for cutting or molding the annular groove or a thread.
  • the annular groove can also be formed as a circumferential bead in the pipe wall.
  • the thickened region may thus be part of the pipe end (in one piece) or attached as an additional part on or at the pipe end.
  • the tube wall thickness of the collecting container can thus be designed solely for the internal pressure in the collecting container, i. be reduced, which at the same time brings a lower weight of the capacitor and lower manufacturing costs.
  • the soldering process is improved because lower masses are to be heated.
  • the thickened portion is formed as an annular attachment, which is cohesively or mechanically connected to the pipe end.
  • the annular attachment is soldered to the pipe end of the collector. This can advantageously be done with the soldering of the entire capacitor. There are no additional ones Assembly times up. Also, the approach or attachment can be secured by welding or other positive connection.
  • the annular attachment has two cylindrical inner surfaces connected to one another by a shoulder, the shoulder resting on the end face of the tube end.
  • the annular attachment can thus be easily attached to the pipe end and positioned there for the soldering process.
  • annular groove for receiving solder material may be provided in the inner surface of the annular cap, which bears against the outer surface of the tube end.
  • soldering process can be simplified because at this point the connection of annular attachment and pipe end, the solder is already deposited in the right place. This achieves a tight and firm soldering of the two parts.
  • the solder joint is thus able to transmit the axial thrust, which results from the internal pressure and the cross-sectional area of the sealing plug and is supported on the retaining ring, to the pipe wall.
  • Fig. 1 shows a pipe end 1 of a not fully shown collecting container 2, which is part of a likewise not shown condenser of a motor vehicle air conditioning.
  • the collector 2 consists predominantly of a welded tube, which has a relatively small wall thickness S1 and terminates with a pipe end 1.
  • an annular attachment 3 is attached, which is firmly and tightly soldered to the pipe end 1.
  • the attachment 3 has a cylindrical inner surface 4 of diameter Di and a further cylindrical inner surface 5 of diameter Da, which are connected to each other via a shoulder 6.
  • Di and Da are the inner and the outer diameter of the pipe end 1, which has a cylindrical inner wall 1a and a cylindrical outer wall 1b and a tube axis 1c.
  • the inner surface 4 are aligned with the inner wall 1a and the cylindrical inner surface 5 with the outer wall 1b of the pipe end 1.
  • an annular groove 7 is cut, which serves to receive a locking ring 8.
  • a further annular groove 9 is incorporated, which is the inclusion of solder material, for. B. a solder wire is used.
  • the pipe end 1 is closed and sealed by an axially displaceable plug 10, wherein the acted upon by the inner pressure sealing plug held by the retaining ring 8, that is axially fixed.
  • the seal is made by not shown O-rings, which are inserted in annular grooves 11, 12, in the region of the pipe wall 1a.
  • the wall thickness S2 of the annular attachment 3 is about 3 times as thick as the wall thickness S1 of the pipe end 1. Between the groove bottom of the annular groove 7 and the outer diameter of the annular attachment 3 thus remains a residual wall thickness S3, at least the pipe wall thickness S1 corresponds.
  • the remaining residual cross-section of the attachment 3 is thus dimensioned sufficiently to absorb the pressure forces resulting from the internal pressure in the direction of the tube axis 1c and to be transmitted to the tube end 1 via the solder connection.
  • the wall thickness S1 of the pipe end 1 can thus be selected considerably smaller, since the critical cross section has been moved in the region of the retaining ring or the associated annular groove in the thick-walled part 3.
  • Fig. 2 shows a modification of the embodiment of FIG. 1, wherein the same reference numerals or the same numerals are used for the same parts.
  • annular attachment 23 On a pipe end 21, an annular attachment 23 is attached with a shoulder 26 having an inner surface 24, corresponding to the inner diameter Di of the pipe end 21, and a further inner surface 25, corresponding to the pipe outer diameter Da.
  • the attachment 23 is soldered in the region of the surface 25 with the tube 21.
  • an annular groove 27 for receiving a retaining ring 28 is arranged.
  • This annular groove 27 is thus formed on the one hand by the attachment 23 and on the other hand by the end face of the pipe end 21. In the production of the annular attachment 23, therefore, no annular groove, but only a paragraph 27 must be incorporated into the part 23, which reduces the manufacturing costs.
  • FIG. 3 shows a further modification of the embodiment of FIG. 1 with an annular attachment 33 which is soldered to a pipe end 31 in the region of a cylindrical surface 35 and a shoulder 36.
  • a cylindrical inner surface 34 connects, in the upper portion of an annular groove 37 is incorporated, which receives a retaining ring 38.
  • the sealing plug 10 is supported, which carries two O-rings 13, 14 for sealing.
  • the axial distance of the annular groove 37 from the shoulder 36 is dimensioned so that the O-rings 13, 14 abut the inner surface 34 of the annular attachment 33 (and not, as in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, on the inner surface of the pipe end 1a or 21a).
  • Fig. 4 shows a further embodiment of the invention with an annular attachment 43, which is bolted to a pipe end 41 via a thread 15.
  • the attachment 43 also has an inner surface 44 and an inner surface 45, which are connected to each other via a shoulder 46, wherein in the region of the shoulder 46 an annular groove 47 for receiving a retaining ring 48 is arranged.
  • the closure stopper 10 sets, which is sealed via the O-rings 13, 14 with respect to the inner wall 41 a of the pipe end 41.
  • the parts 43 and 41 are not soldered together, but only mechanically connected to each other via the thread 15 or a similar connection. A seal such as by soldering is not required insofar as the sealing already takes place via the O-rings 13, 14.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Air-Conditioning For Vehicles (AREA)
  • Electric Double-Layer Capacitors Or The Like (AREA)
  • Pressure Vessels And Lids Thereof (AREA)
  • Valve Device For Special Equipments (AREA)
  • Oscillators With Electromechanical Resonators (AREA)

Claims (6)

  1. Condensateur avec un collecteur (2), en particulier pour une installation de climatisation d'un véhicule automobile, le collecteur (2) étant réalisé sous la forme d'un tube avec une extrémité de tube (1) qui est destinée à être obturée par un bouchon d'obturation (10) amovible, fixé dans le sens axial par une bague de blocage (8), et qui comporte une rainure annulaire (7) destinée à recevoir la bague de blocage (8), caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité de tube (1) comporte une zone plus large, dans laquelle est située la rainure annulaire (7), la zone plus large étant réalisée sous la forme d'un chapeau (3, 23, 33, 43) annulaire, assemblé à l'extrémité de tube (1, 21, 31, 41) et le chapeau (3, 23, 33, 43) annulaire comporte une première face intérieure (4, 24, 34, 44) cylindrique avec un premier diamètre qui correspond au diamètre intérieur (Di) de l'extrémité de tube (1, 21, 31, 41), et une deuxième face intérieure (5, 25, 35, 45) cylindrique avec un deuxième diamètre qui correspond au diamètre extérieur (Da) de l'extrémité de tube (1, 21, 31, 41), et en ce que les deux faces intérieures cylindriques sont reliées par un épaulement (6, 26, 36, 46).
  2. Condensateur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le chapeau annulaire (3, 23, 33) est assemblé par conjugaison de matière, en particulier est brasé avec l'extrémité de tube (1, 21, 31).
  3. Condensateur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le chapeau annulaire (43) est assemblé mécaniquement, en particulier est vissé avec l'extrémité de tube (41).
  4. Condensateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur de paroi (S2) du chapeau annulaire (3) est égale à un multiple de l'épaisseur de paroi (S1) de l'extrémité de tube (1).
  5. Condensateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la rainure annulaire (27, 47) est réalisée dans la zone de l'épaulement (26, 46).
  6. Condensateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la rainure annulaire (37) est située au-dessus de l'épaulement (36) et en ce que la face intérieure (34) du chapeau (33) forme une surface d'étanchéité pour le bouchon d'obturation (10).
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DE50210081T DE50210081D1 (de) 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Kondensator
EP02025460A EP1420219B1 (fr) 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Condensateur
AT02025460T ATE361451T1 (de) 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Kondensator
ES02025460T ES2286190T3 (es) 2002-11-15 2002-11-15 Condesador.

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