Patent ID: 6182460
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A room air conditioner of the type having an indoor section and an outdoor section, which are supported by a base pan, and which are separated by a partition, the indoor section includes an indoor fan and an evaporator coil, and the outdoor section includes a condenser coil, an outdoor fan and a compressor, wherein the improvement comprises:a first subassembly comprising:a base pan having an indoor region proximate the front of said base pan and an outdoor region proximate the back of said base pan;a compressor supported in said outdoor region;a condenser coil supported in said outdoor region rearwardly of said compressor;an evaporator coil supported in said indoor region; anda refrigeration flow circuit interconnecting said condenser coil, said evaporator coil, and said compressor; anda second subassembly comprising:a vertically extending partition having an indoor side, an outdoor side, and an opening therethrough extending from said indoor side to said outdoor side, said partition being configured to cooperate with said base pan to separate said indoor region from said outdoor region;an electric motor mounted on said outdoor side of said partition, said motor having a drive shaft extending perpendicular to said partition with a first end extending through said opening so that it is on said indoor side of said partition, and a second end on said outdoor side of said partition;an indoor fan mounted to said first end of said drive shaft; andan outdoor fan mounted to said second end of said drive shaft;said first subassembly and said second subassembly each being configured such that they may be assembled separate from one another and such that said second subassembly may be assembled to said first subassembly by positioning said second subassembly in a position vertically spaced above said first subassembly and lowering said second subassembly into a predetermined alignment with said first subassembly with said outdoor fan forward of and adjacent to said outdoor heat exchanger, and said indoor fan rearward of and spaced from said indoor heat exchanger, and with said partition engaging said base pan; andmeans for attaching said partition to said base pan.