Patent ID: 6155065
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: F24F,F28F

Abstract:
An air conditioner of the type having an indoor section which includes a housing, the improvement comprising:an evaporator coil having a top and vertically extending tube sheets at opposite ends thereof;a horizontally extending evaporator support surface formed at the front end of said housing for supporting the lower ends of said tube sheets;first and second vertically extending evaporator support structures, one disposed at each end of said horizontally extending support surface, and each adapted to receive one of said tube sheets therein as said evaporator is displaced downwardly into engagement therewith and towards engagement with said horizontally extending support surface; anda scroll structure for directing air flow within said indoor section, said scroll structure having vertically extending evaporator support channels formed therein in axial alignment with said vertically extending evaporator support structure, said scroll structures being adapted to be engaged with upper ends of said tube sheets following engagement of said evaporator and tube sheets with said vertically extending evaporator support structure.