Indoor unit of an air conditioner system
First Claim
1. An indoor unit of an air conditioning system, comprising front and rear cases connected to one another to define a space;
- a grill member hingedly mounted on said front case and forming a front air intake opening communicating with said space;
a filter mounted on a rear side of said grill member and extending across said front air intake opening;
said rear case including a top air intake opening formed in an upper side thereof;
a heat exchanger and fan disposed in said space;
a motor disposed in said space for driving said fan to draw-in air through said front and top air intake openings;
said front case having a pair of first brackets disposed at upper portions of respective ends of a rear side of said front case;
said front case including an access opening adjacent each first bracket;
said grill member including a pair of second brackets arranged to be inserted through respective ones of said access openings to be positioned adjacent a respective first bracket;
a hinge pin extending through aligned holes of each first bracket and its respective second bracket;
each hinge pin including enlargements at each of its ends for retaining said hinge pins in said aligned holes;
said front and rear cases having overlapping edge portions;
one of said edge portions including outer and inner elements spaced apart to form a slot for receiving said other edge portion.
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Abstract
An indoor unit of an air conditioning system includes front and rear cases joined together to form a space in which a heat exchanger, fan, and fan motor are housed. A grill member hingedly mounted on the front case has a front air intake opening formed therein. A top air intake opening is formed in an upper side of the rear case. A filter is mounted on a rear side of the grill member to extend across the front air intake opening. An upper portion of the filter underlies the top air intake opening. Edges of the front and rear case overlap one another, and one of those edges forms a slot in which the other edge is received. Boards for carrying electrical components are mounted in an out-of-way manner to minimize the space taken up.
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8 Claims
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1. An indoor unit of an air conditioning system, comprising front and rear cases connected to one another to define a space;
- a grill member hingedly mounted on said front case and forming a front air intake opening communicating with said space;
a filter mounted on a rear side of said grill member and extending across said front air intake opening;
said rear case including a top air intake opening formed in an upper side thereof;
a heat exchanger and fan disposed in said space;
a motor disposed in said space for driving said fan to draw-in air through said front and top air intake openings;
said front case having a pair of first brackets disposed at upper portions of respective ends of a rear side of said front case;
said front case including an access opening adjacent each first bracket;
said grill member including a pair of second brackets arranged to be inserted through respective ones of said access openings to be positioned adjacent a respective first bracket;
a hinge pin extending through aligned holes of each first bracket and its respective second bracket;
each hinge pin including enlargements at each of its ends for retaining said hinge pins in said aligned holes;
said front and rear cases having overlapping edge portions;
one of said edge portions including outer and inner elements spaced apart to form a slot for receiving said other edge portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a grill member hingedly mounted on said front case and forming a front air intake opening communicating with said space;
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