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Self-contained air-conditioned enclosure

  • US 6,945,064 B2
  • Filed: 01/02/2002
  • Issued: 09/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A self-contained air-conditioned enclosure assembly providing a comfortable personal environment for occupants comprising:

  • a. an enclosure assembly means having an interior, suitable to be fitted on a slab, whereby thermally confining the interior space above said slab, and said slab having an underside, b. a frame means for structurally supporting said enclosure, comprising plurality of frame members and plurality of corner connector means for interconnecting said frame members, c. a roof disposed in spaced relation above said slab having a plurality of support straps for suspending said roof from said frame means, d. a plurality of upright sidewall means attached to said roof comprising a plurality of well sheets and a plurality of spacer strips, said sidewall means having an upper portion and a lower portion, e. a plurality of first means for securing the upper portion of said sidewall means to said roof, f. an exit air opening in said sidewall means, g. a supply air opening in said sidewall means located vertically at a substantial distance below said exit air opening, h. an air-conditioner means for conditioning the interior space of said enclosure, comprising;

    i) a main housing having four vertical sides, a cornice, a floor and an interior space, ii) an air plenum located in said main housing bounded on top by the cornice of said main housing and having a mid portion and a bottom end, iii) an exit air duct means extending from the cornice of said main housing, communicating with said air plenum, having an extremity that is connected to said exit air opening for conveying air exiting the enclosure to said air-conditioner means, iv) a first air moving devise such as a fan motor assembly located within said air plenum for inducing air movement from said enclosure to said air-conditioner, v) a heat transfer means comprising an evaporator coil and a heater element assembly, fixed below said air moving devise at the bottom end of said air plenum, whereby air moved by said first air moving devise through said heat transfer means is thermally conditioned, vi) a supply air duct means extending horizontally from one side of said main housing located below said heat transfer means having four walls, an extremity that is connected to said supply air opening, and the bottom wall of said supply air duct means extends inside said main housing thereby horizontally partitioning said main housing whereby conditioned air from said heat transfer means is conveyed to the enclosure, vii) a second air moving devise such as a fan blower assembly fixed below the bottom wall of said supply air duct, viii) an exhaust air duct connected to said second air moving devise and extends through one of the sides of said main housing on the opposite side of said supply air duct means, ix) a condensing coil bank fixed below said second air moving devise whereby heat is rejected from said condensing coil bank to the air moved by said second air moving devise, x) a compressor chamber located below said condensing coil bank having a compressor fixed on the floor of said main housing, isolated from said air plenum by the bottom wall of said supply air duct means, xi) a control panel attached vertically at the extremity of and within said supply air duct.

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