Patent ID: 6161609
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B60H,F24F,Y10S

Abstract:
Flow control apparatus for use in a roof top air conditioner unit said rooftop air conditioner unit having a vertically disposed return air duct and a vertically disposed supply air duct, a heat exchanger coil mounted between said ducts and a blower mounted adjacent an exit face of said coil over the supply air duct for drawing conditioned air through said coil, said flow control apparatus includingan air plenum mounted over the return air duct that has a return air entrance having an inner edge that is parallel with the heat exchanger coil's entrance face and spaced apart therefrom a given distance and an outer edge that is parallel with and spaced apart from said inner edge,said plenum further including a front wall having an arcuate shape that curves inwardly toward the entrance face of the heat exchanger coil so that an upper segment overlies the return air entrance, anda substantial vertically disposed stabilizer that is mounted along the inner edge of said return air entrance that is substantial with a lower segment of the plenum front wall, said stabilizer having a vertical height that is less than the vertical height of said lower segment of a back wall.