Palm sized air conditioner

• US 5,159,819 A
• Filed: 05/13/1991
• Issued: 11/03/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles Y.H. Wong
• Original Assignee: Charles Y.H. Wong
• Inventors: Wong, Charles Y. H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Capossela, Ronald C.
• Application Number:
  US07/713,956
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 62/419, 62/420, 62/425, 62/457.1, 62/457.9, 62/466
• US Class Current: 62/419
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 5/0017 using cold storage bodies, e.g. ice
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/14 Thermal energy storage

Abstract

The present invention relates to a palm-sized air conditioner. The palm-sized air conditioner includes a housing having a top with a vent; batteries are disposed within the housing; an ice chamber is disposed within the housing; a box fan moves air at room temperature through the ice chamber to produce cool air; and vertically adjustable horizontal vanes for receiving the cool air while the box fan passes the cool air up and out of the vent.

Claims

1. A palm sized air conditioner for the introduction of cooled air for personal comfort, comprising:

(a) a housing having a front with an ingress point and a rear with an egress point, and an inclined floor;

(b) batteries disposed within said housing;

(c) an ice chamber disposed within said housing and containing ice fragments with crevices and cracks;

(d) a box fan moving air at room temperature through said ice chamber to produce cool air; and

(e) vertically adjustable horizontal vanes for receiving said cool air, said box fan passing said cool air up and out of said vent, said vertically adjustable horizontal vanes for receiving said cool air being always at the same elevation as and colinear with said box fan for moving said air at room temperature so that air flow through said minute cracks and said crevices that naturally occur whenever said separate ice fragments of random size and shapre are clustered together and thus allowing the use of any available ice, said inclined floor causes said ice fragments to continually slide down and settle at said vent which places said ice directly in the path of said airflow at all times and constantly produces a cooling effect so long as any particles of said ice remain.

2. An air conditioner as defined in claim 1;

further comprising an on/off switch for said box fan.

3. An air conditioner as defined in claim 2;

further comprising an ice door provided on said housing for loading ice.

4. An air conditioner as defined in claim 3;

further comprising a door provided on said housing for the egression of said batteries.

5. An air conditioner as defined in claim 4;

wherein said ice compartment is fillable with ice.

6. An air conditioner as defined in claim 1;

wherein said housing is substantially triangularly shaped.

7. An air conditioner as defined in claim 1;

wherein said housing is substantially cubic shaped.