Patent ID: 6085539
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A condensate disposal system for an air conditioner of the type having an evaporator section and a condenser section, the evaporator section having a coil on which condensate tends to form and a condenser section having a condenser coil and a propeller fan that blows cooling air thereover, comprising:a first condensate collecting surface disposed below the evaporator coil for receiving the condensate that collects on and drips from the evaporator coil;a second condensate collecting surface disposed below the condenser coil and being at a lower elevation from and fluidly connected to said first condensate collecting surface by way of a channel;a condensate distribution means for distributing the condensate from said second condensate collecting surface to a side of the condensate coil and a wall disposed adjacent to and upwardly from said second condensate collecting surface and adjacent the trailing edge of the fan so as to create a negative pressure at the radially inward portion of that space defined between the wall and the fan to thereby draw up the condensate from said second condensate collecting surface.