ACCUMULATOR, OPTIONALLY IN COMBINATION WITH AN INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER IN A SHARED HOUSING

An accumulator (), optionally in combination with an internal heat exchanger in a shared housing (), comprising a cyclone () for separation of the gas and liquid phase of a refrigerant, and characterised in that the cyclone () comprises two separate, curved flow paths (), one of which () leads from an inlet () on the cover side whose direction of flow is closer to the axial than the radial direction of the cyclone () into the accumulator and radially outwards, and the other of which () leads outwards from an end facing away from the cover ().