US 11,898,780 B2
Evaporator
Jungho Kang, Seoul (KR); Jinhee Jeong, Seoul (KR); Hyunwook Han, Seoul (KR); Uisik Hwang, Seoul (KR); Heewoong Lee, Seoul (KR); and Cheolmin Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,186.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0017295 (KR), filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0254872 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25B 39/02 (2006.01); F25B 41/40 (2021.01)
CPC F25B 39/028 (2013.01) [F25B 41/40 (2021.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An evaporator, comprising:
a housing with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet;
heat transfer tubes contained in the housing, in which chilled water for heat exchange with refrigerant inside of the housing flows;
at least one distribution tray that is placed apart from the heat transfer tubes and includes a plurality of holes that distribute refrigerant over the heat transfer tubes; and
at least one tube support having a plurality of holes through which the heat transfer tubes pass, placed inside of the housing, and that supports the at least one distribution tray, wherein the at least one distribution tray comprises a first distribution tray that is supported by a top of the at least one tube support, that is spaced upward from the heat transfer tubes, and that distributes refrigerant over the heat transfer tubes, wherein the at least one tube support comprises upper guides that protrude laterally from the top of the at least one tube support, respectively, form a space into which the first distribution tray is guided, and support the first distribution tray, and lateral rods that extend lengthways in a lengthwise direction of the first distribution tray and are attached to sidewalls of the first distribution tray and supported by the upper guides.