Patent ID: 7673468

Claim:
An assembly for conditioning air comprising; at least a pair of condensing tubes spaced apart from one another and extend longitudinally from a lower end to an upper end to define a downstream section therebetween, wherein each of said condensing tubes includes passages for refrigerant flow and an exterior surface, a bottom header in fluid communication with said passages at said lower end of said condensing tubes, a top header in fluid communication with said passages at said upper end of said condensing tubes, a pair of plates extending longitudinally from the lower end to the upper end and projecting outwardly from each of said condensing tubes to a distal edge to define a midstream section therebetween axially aligned with and in fluid communication with said downstream section, a water tank surrounding said lower end of said condensing tubes and lower end of said plate, and a wicking material extending from said water tank and lining said exterior surfaces of said condensing tubes and said plate for moving water by capillary action from said water tank to said exterior surfaces of said condensing tubes and plate wherein said pair of plates include a plurality of orifices for receiving and distributing air flow into said midstream section and a connector connecting said distal edges of said plates projecting from adjacent tubes to define a closed portion of said midstream section between said pair of condensing tubes.