Patent ID: 6151906
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A room air conditioner of the type having an indoor section and an outdoor section, which are supported by a base pan and are separated in part by a partition, the indoor section includes an indoor fan and an evaporator coil, the cold evaporator condenses water from the air being cooled, the condensate flows downwardly to the lower end of the evaporator where it is collected and a flow path is provided from the indoor section, through the partition to the outdoor section;wherein the improvement comprises:a substantially horizontal surface for supporting the lower end of said evaporator;a condensate collection channel having a first portion thereof located adjacent to, substantially parallel to, and in fluid communication with said horizontal surface, said first portion of said condensate collection channel being inclined from a high point at one end thereof to a low point at the end thereof,said condensate collection channel having a second portion in fluid flow communication with said other end of said first portion, said second portion being inclined from a high point where it is in flow communication with said first portion to a low point in said outdoor section.