Patent ID: 6959561
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: B60H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An automotive air conditioner comprising: a housing having mutually opposed vertical side walls between which an air flow passage is defined and along which said air flow passage extends from an upstream position toward a downstream position; a fan installed in an upstream part of said air flow passage to introduce air into said air flow passage; and an evaporator installed in said air flow passage at a position downstream of said fan, said evaporator being of a stack type including a plurality of flat tube elements which are stacked on one another, every adjacent two of said flat tube elements leaving therebetween a clearance which has inlet and outlet sides, said evaporator is postured in such a manner that said flat tube elements extend between said mutually opposed vertical side walls of said housing having the inlet sides of the clearances of said tube elements directed upstream toward said fan; a water guide structure provided adjacent to each of said mutually opposed vertical side walls of said housing to guide condensed water from outer surfaces of said flat tube elements toward lower portions of said mutually opposed vertical side walls, said water guide structure including: