EP1741994B1 - Condensate drain pan with a floating valve - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- the present invention relates to a box-like pan (or container) for containing and discharging the water condensate generated by an air-conditioning unit.
- Normal air-conditioning units for adjusting and maintaining the temperature and moisture in closed environments are known to be equipped with condensate collection box-like pans (see for example patent document EP-A-1143204 ), which are provided to receive said condensate deriving from the moisture absorbed from the conditioner's work environment, and channel the same towards the drainage system by passing through a drainage pipe.
- Said box-like pans can be either directly fitted within the air conditioner, or alternatively connected to a prearrangement box for air conditioning systems, which is known per se, that can be positioned outside the conditioner and is capable of receiving both the drainage pipe and the delivery pipe to the conditioner.
- a coiled pipe commonly known as the trap, can be fitted in the drain line, which allows reducing the odours flowing from the drain, without however completely eliminating the same.
- drain valves being placed along the piping connecting the condensate collection box-like pan to the drain, which are provided such as to allow the condensate water to flow towards the drain and prevent the odours from backing up towards the environment.
- said drain valves comprise an operating chamber where a spherical shutoff element is housed, which has a lower specific weight (i.e. weight density) than that of water.
- a spherical shutoff element On a bottom portion of the operating chamber there is arranged an outflow pipe connected to the drain, which has a housing seat for the shutoff element.
- the valve is normally held on the housing seat such that the odours are prevented from flowing back to the conditioner's work environment.
- the valve floats such that the fluid outlet pipe is opened and the discharge of the liquid is allowed.
- drain valves are structurally simple and quite effective in preventing bad odours from flowing towards the conditioner's work environment, they are not without drawbacks. In fact, they require to be mounted along the drainage pipe, near the drain, in positions that are very often difficult to reach and/or however distant from the air conditioner to which they are fluidically connected. This is obviously a drawback, both during the valve installation step and during the normal maintenance operations on said conditioner, since not only the valve is placed away from the conditioner, but is also generally made of a non-transparent material, and thus cannot be visually inspected. It should also be understood that, in view of the above, in the case where said valve is clogged, the operation required to replace and/or repair the same is quite expensive. Said operation, in fact, would also require the drainage pipe, or at least a part thereof, to be dismounted, with further waste of time and cost increase.
- said drain valves are however supplied separately from the air-conditioning unit comprising the box-like pan for containing and discharging the condensate, as they are substantially an ancillary part of the drainage pipe connected to the conditioning unit.
- a manufacturer of air-conditioning units is required to make and/or being equipped with drain valves and box-like pans for discharging the condensate, which derive from different manufacturing processes, with further additional costs.
- the object of the present invention is to meet these requirements by providing a box-like pan for conditioners, which in addition to containing and discharging the condensate towards the drain, is also capable of preventing the odours generated from the evaporation of the stagnant liquid within the drain from backing up towards the work environment of the air conditioner.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a structurally and constructively simple box-like pan to be adapted to several constructive dimensions of the piping connecting the pan to the drain.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a pan that can be easily fitted and replaced, and being such as to be easily inspected during maintenance and servicing operations.
- a box-like pan for containing the water condensate generated by an air-conditioning unit, comprising at least one inclined base, at least one aperture for discharging the condensate being placed at the lower end thereof, said at least one aperture being fluidly connected with at least one drain nozzle.
- said pan comprises at least one shutoff element, which can be shape-coupled (i.e. matched) to said at least one aperture in order to prevent the fluid connection between said at least one aperture and said box-like pan, and floatingly movable on the condensate within said pan in order to at least partially allow the fluid connection between said at least one aperture and said pan.
- shutoff element can be shape-coupled (i.e. matched) to said at least one aperture in order to prevent the fluid connection between said at least one aperture and said box-like pan, and floatingly movable on the condensate within said pan in order to at least partially allow the fluid connection between said at least one aperture and said pan.
- the drain nozzle has several mouth diameters such as to be adapted to several dimensions of the piping connected to the drain.
- the box-like pan 1 that has substantially the shape of a narrow and elongated wedge, comprises an inclined, substantially plane base 2 supporting a first pair of side walls 2a and 2c and a second pair of side walls 2b and 2d that are faced two by two and continuously joined along the common corners 2e, 2f, 2g and 2h.
- box-like pan having a trapezoid or circular or oval or other shape not mentioned herein may also implement the technical solution claimed herein.
- said box-like pan 1 can be directly fitted within the air-conditioning unit 12 , or alternatively connected to a prearrangement box 20 for air conditioning systems, which is known per se, that can be positioned outside the conditioner and capable of receiving both the drainage pipe 11 and the pipe connecting to the conditioner (not shown herein).
- a prearrangement box 20 for air conditioning systems which is known per se, that can be positioned outside the conditioner and capable of receiving both the drainage pipe 11 and the pipe connecting to the conditioner (not shown herein).
- the connection between the box-like pan 1 and said prearrangement box can be provided by means of known connecting means such as, for example, by means of interference, snap, bonding, or others that are not mentioned herein.
- the inclined base 2 of the pan 1, at its lower end 3, at the side wall 2a, has an aperture 4 , having a substantially circular shape, which is provided with an inlet portion 5 that is formed on the inclined base 2 , which is capable of facilitating the outflow of the condensate water within the aperture 4.
- a drain nozzle 7 On the outer surface 6 of the wall 2a of the pan 1, there is placed a drain nozzle 7 being fluidically connected to the aperture 4 and arranged with its own longitudinal axis x substantially parallel to said inclined base 2 .
- Said drain nozzle 7 having a substantially cylindrical shape, has two mouths 7a and 7b outside thereof, which have different external diameters, such as to be joined to said drainage pipes 11 having different crosswise sizes in order to provide the fluid connection between the box-like pan 1 and the drain 10.
- shutoff element 8 having a substantially spherical shape, which is freely movable within said pan 1 and can be shape-coupled to the aperture 4 that is arranged on the wall 2a.
- said shutoff element 8 has a slightly greater size than that of the drain aperture 4 such as to be coupled thereto, thus interrupting the fluid connection between said pan 1 and said drain nozzle 7 in a stable though not permanent manner. Said shape-coupling is provided such as to avoid that the shutoff element 8 may remain permanently inserted within the aperture 4.
- the shutoff element 8 is made of a material having a lower specific weight than that of water, for example cellulose, cork, wood, plastic or the like.
- both the shutoff element 8 and the aperture 4 can be provided in a combination of shapes other than that mentioned above, such as round for the aperture 4 and ogival for the shutoff element 8, or truncated-cone for the aperture 4 and truncated-cone for the shutoff element 8, or other combination of shapes not mentioned herein, with the proviso that the coupling between the shutoff element 8 and the aperture 4 is capable of preventing, in a stable though not permanent manner, the fluid connection between the aperture 4 and the box-like pan 1.
- shutoff element 8 can be fastened to the aperture 4 by means of elastic means (not shown) for example of the type comprising a spring, or inextensible means, for example a wire or further by means of a cage fitted within the pan 1, said shutoff element 8 being thus prevented from moving too far from the aperture 4.
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- inextensible means for example a wire or further by means of a cage fitted within the pan 1, said shutoff element 8 being thus prevented from moving too far from the aperture 4.
- shutoff element 8 is shape-coupled, in a stable though not permanent manner, to the aperture 4.
- the box-like pan 1 does not contain condensate water to be discharged.
- the condensate water 9 deriving from the moisture absorbed from the work environment 13 of the conditioner 12 fills the pan 2 thus moving the shutoff element 8 from the stable shape-coupling position with the aperture 4 to a floating position on the condensate liquid within the pan 1.
- the condensate water thus begins to flow through the opening 4 that has been left opened by the displacement of the shutoff element 8, passing through the drain nozzle 7, that is connected to the drainage pipe 11, and thus reaching the drain 10.
- the shutoff element 8 in any position it may be within the pan, rests against the inclined base 2 and slides by gravity to the initial stable position of shape-coupling with the aperture 4.
- the shutoff element 8 has reached the initial stable position, the condensate liquid is completely discharged and the fluid connection between the aperture 4 and drainage tank 10 is interrupted again.
- the condensate water within the pan 1 is substantially free of minerals, since it derives from the moisture absorbed from the work environment 13 of the conditioner 12, which results to be further advantageous as scaling that would hinder the repositioning of the shutoff element 8 to the opening 4 is not formed either within the pan 1, or near the aperture 4.
- a box-like pan provided with two or more inclined bases, with one or more apertures being provided at the lower ends thereof, and provided with a number of shutoff elements equal to the number of the apertures provided in the pan can implement, again, the technical solution as claimed herein.
- the invention thus conceived is capable of containing the condensate, discharging it to the drain and prevent any odours generated from the evaporation of the stagnating liquid within the drain from backing up to the work environment of the air conditioner.
- This is very advantageous, in that it allows one to unify in an individual constructive solution those functions that are performed by a pan normally provided within an air conditioner to those of a drain valve normally positioned along the drainage pipe.
- said box-like pan is structurally and constructively simple, and can be adapted to several constructive sizes of the conditioner drainage pipe.
- this box-like pan is easily assembled and replaced, it can be easily inspected upon maintenance and servicing operations.
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IT000237U ITMI20050237U1 (it) | 2005-06-29 | 2005-06-29 | Recipiente scatolare per il contenimento e l'evacuazione della condensa d'acqua generata da un condizionatore d'aria |
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EP1741994A1 EP1741994A1 (en) | 2007-01-10 |
EP1741994B1 true EP1741994B1 (en) | 2008-10-15 |
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AT (1) | ATE411498T1 (it) |
DE (1) | DE602006003135D1 (it) |
ES (1) | ES2315962T3 (it) |
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