Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for refrigerant detector calibration confirmation
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Application No.: US16940443Application Date: 2020-07-28
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Publication No.: US11378313B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Rakesh Goel , Robert B. Uselton , Eric Berg , Mark Olsen
- Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Richardson
- Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Richardson
- Agency: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
- Main IPC: F25B49/00
- IPC: F25B49/00 ; F25B45/00 ; F25B13/00 ; G01M3/16 ; G01M3/00 ; F25B41/40

Abstract:
A refrigerant detector testing system according to aspects of the disclosure includes a metering orifice formed in a suction line that is disposed between an evaporator coil and a compressor, a valve fluidly coupled to the metering orifice, a connecting tube fluidly coupled to the valve on a side opposite the metering orifice, a mixing device having an input orifice fluidly coupled to the connecting tube. In some embodiments, the mixing device includes an air intake disposed proximate the input orifice, a throttling portion downstream of the input orifice and the air intake, the throttling portion having a reduced cross-sectional area, and a diffuser section positioned downstream of the throttling portion, the diffuser section having an output orifice. According to aspects of the disclosure, a refrigerant detector fluidly exposed to the output orifice.
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