Patent ID: 6895777
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. A front suction/discharge type compressor/condenser unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a compressor/condenser unit casing having a front surface externally opened and its other surfaces including side surfaces closed, and installed separately from an indoor unit including an evaporator but connected to the indoor unit through refrigerant pipe lines; a compressor installed in the compressor/condenser unit casing, for compressing a refrigerant gas supplied from the indoor unit through the refrigerant pipe lines; an air-cooled condenser positioned in the compressor/condenser unit casing to face the front surface and face at least one side surface contacting and facing the front surface for inducing external air to gaps between the air-cooled condenser and the facing surfaces, and condensing the refrigerant gas from the compressor by external air sucked; a cooling fan installed in the compressor/condenser unit casing, for sucking external air through the front surface and the air-cooled condenser, and discharging heat exchanged air through the front surface; and a first supporting member for fixedly supporting the air-cooled condenser on the facing surfaces at the top and/or bottom end of Thc air-cooled condenser, in order to induce external air to the gaps between the air-cooled condenser and the facing surfaces.