Patent ID: 7908687
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A47C,F24F

Abstract:
1. A device for temperature conditioning an air supply for an air conditioned appliance, said device comprising: a first air passage for channeling a first air flow; a second air passage for channeling a second air flow; an inlet fan for drawing air into said first, air passage; an exhaust fan for drawing air through said second air passage; and one or a plurality of heat exchangers for exchanging heat between air in said first air passage and air in said second exhaust air passage; said first air passage comprising a tubular channel having an inlet at a first end and an outlet, said outlet being at a second end of said first air passage, and said inlet fan is positioned at said inlet, such that said first air flow is channeled through said inlet fan, along the whole of said first air passage, encountering all of said one or plurality of heat exchangers and out of said outlet; said second air passage comprising a tubular wall having at least one inlet and an outlet positioned in said tubular wall; said one or a plurality of heat exchangers are positioned within said tubular wall, so that said second air flow passes over said one or plurality of heat exchangers; and said exhaust fan is positioned at said outlet such as to draw air through said inlet of said second air passage, over said one or plurality of heat exchangers, and out of said outlet; wherein the inlet of the first air passage and outlet of the second air passage are located on a same face of the device.