Patent ID: 7082780

Claim:
A room air conditioner having a front side portion for location at an area to be cooled and a rear side portion for location at an area to receive unwanted heat, the room air conditioner including: an evaporator coil at the front side portion of the air conditioner, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to a front to rear direction; a condenser coil at the rear side portion of the air conditioner, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction; an air-moving device located between the evaporator coil and the condenser coil, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction; and a chassis supporting the evaporator coil, the condenser coil, and the air-moving device, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction; the centerlines of the evaporator coil, the condenser coil and the air-moving device all being co-linear, and the centerline of the chassis being laterally offset from the centerlines of the evaporator coil, the condenser coil and the air-moving device; a compressor arrangement located at a lateral side of the air-moving device, the compressor arrangement having an outer periphery footprint that has a maximum elongation parallel to the front to rear direction; said compressor arrangement includes a compressor and an accumulator, the accumulator is located along the front to rear direction from the compressor to provide the maximum elongation of the compressor arrangement.