Patent ID: 6591627
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: F24F,F25B,F25D

Abstract:
A room air conditioner comprising:a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, and tubing to connect the compressor to the condenser, the condenser to the evaporator and the evaporator to the compressor, said condenser coil including a plurality of tubes arranged in horizontal and vertical rows extending between vertically arranged header plates with return bends interconnecting the tubes to form a serpentine shaped circuit, said header plates being provided with two notches in a bottom edge thereof, said notches being positioned beside a tube in a lowermost of said horizontal rows of said tubes and each below a tube in a next lowermost of said horizontal rows, and a base pan for receiving said evaporator and said condenser coil, said base pan having a collecting area below said evaporator for receiving condensate from said evaporator, a depression that the condenser sits in to receive a full width and depth of said condenser, and a flow path extending between said collecting area and said depression to permit condensate from said collecting area to be received in said depression.