Air conditioner condensate outlet

• US 5,392,613 A
• Filed: 03/09/1994
• Issued: 02/28/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Michaels, John H., Bolton, Theodore S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sollecito, John M.
• Application Number:
  US08/208,000
• Time in Patent Office: 356 Days
• Field of Search: 62/262, 62/263, 62/279, 62/280, 62/285, 62/288, 62/291
• US Class Current: 62/262
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/027 mounted in wall openings, e.g. in windows
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/224 in a window-type room air conditioner

Abstract

A room air conditioner of the type having an indoor section and outdoor section which are supported by a basepan and separated by a partition. The indoor section includes an indoor fan and an evaporator. The cold evaporator condenses moisture from the air to be cooled. Means are provided to collect the condensate and to conduct it along a path from the indoor section, through an opening in the partition, at basepan level, to the outdoor section. The opening in the partition has a given height from the basepan which is sufficient to allow condensate flow, and a given width. A hood is provided adjacent to the opening on the outdoor side of the partition wall which extends from the top of the opening downwardly a distance less than the given height of the opening. The hood completely encloses the given width to thereby define a lower edge under which water or air must pass to pass through the condensate opening.

Claims

1. A room air conditioner of the type having an indoor section and an outdoor section which are supported by a basepan and separated by a partition, the indoor section includes an indoor fan and an evaporator, the cold evaporator condenses moisture from the air to be cooled, means are provided to collect the condensate and to conduct it along a path from the indoor section, through an opening in the partition at basepan level to the outdoor section, wherein the improvement comprises;

said opening in said partition from said indoor sections has a given height, and a given width which define an opening sufficient to allow condensate flow;

a hood, adjacent to said opening, on the outdoor side of said partition wall, said hood enclosing the top of said opening and extending downwardly less than said given height of said opening, and, completely enclosing said given width to thereby define a lower edge under which water or air must pass in order to pass through said opening.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said partition and the opening formed therein, said basepan, and said hood are molded from a single piece of polymer.