Claims
- 1. An apparatus for reclaiming refrigerant comprising, in combination, means for removing gaseous or liquid refrigerant from a container, vaporizing means for vaporizing all of said liquid refrigerant, and oil separator chamber for separating oil from the gaseous refrigerant, a compressor for receiving and compressing said gaseous refrigerant from said oil separator chamber, oil accumulator means for receiving and removing oil mist from the gaseous refrigerant before it enters said compressor, and condenser means for receiving and condensing said gaseous refrigerant from said container, wherein said oil accumulator means is located within said oil separator chamber.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said oil accumulator means is comprised of a canister containing a directional gutter, a liquid collection reservoir, and a bifurcated tube, whereby said gaseous refrigerant from said container is caused to circulate within said canister by said directional gutter, oil mist accumulates in said liquid collection reservoir, and gaseous refrigerant exits said oil accumulator means via said bifurcated tube.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said oil accumulator returns oil removed from said gaseous refrigerant to the crankcase of said compressor.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a heat exchanger comprised of said vaporizing means and said condenser means.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprised of cooling means for removing liquid refrigerant from storage means, vaporizing said refrigerant, and introducing said vaporous refrigerant to said oil accumulator means.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 07/380,691 filed July 13, 1989 now U.S. Pat. No. 4967570, which is in turn a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/109,958 filed Oct. 19, 1987, for "Refrigerant Reclaim Method and Apparatus" now abandoned, and related to copending application Ser. No. 07/309,421 filed Feb. 10, 1989, a continuation-in-part of the application Ser. No. 07/109,958 now abandoned.
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