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US3159983A
US3159983A US341705A US34170564A US3159983A US 3159983 A US3159983 A US 3159983A US 341705 A US341705 A US 341705A US 34170564 A US34170564 A US 34170564A US 3159983 A US3159983 A US 3159983A
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Frederick S Metcalfe
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/02—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing
    • F24F1/028—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by air supply means, e.g. fan casings, internal dampers or ducts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/02—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing
    • F24F1/03—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by mounting arrangements
    • F24F1/031—Self-contained room units for air-conditioning, i.e. with all apparatus for treatment installed in a common casing characterised by mounting arrangements penetrating a wall or window
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S55/00—Gas separation
    • Y10S55/06—Magnetic couplings

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  • This invention relates to air conditioning apparatus, and more particularly to an air conditioner of the selfcontained unit type.
  • the present invention therefore has as an object to provide an auxiliary cabinet for an air conditioning unit which cabinet optimizes the air flow to and from the unit, and in addition presents an attractive appearance.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary cabinet which produces optimum air flow to and from an air conditioning unit which cabinet provides access to the manual controls and provides for ease of servicing the unit.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an air conditioning unit having an optimum air flow to and from the room or enclosure.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide air conditioning apparatus having optimum air flow to and from the enclosure, while presenting a pleasing appearance to the enclosure or room to be conditioned.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to baflie and reduce the level of noise of an operating air conditioner.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective elevational view showing a unit air conditioner as may be employed in the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective elevational view showing the air conditioning unit of FIG. 1 employed in the invention
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective View showing the structure of FIG. 2 and having portions broken away to show details of the invention
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the structure of FIG. 1, taken on a larger scale for clarity;
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view similar to FIG. 4, but showing a portion of the structure of FIG. 2 in detail;
  • FIG. 6 is a horizontal sectional view, taken along the line VIVI of FIG. 5, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a room air conditioner of the self-contained unit type having a housing 10 suitable for installation in a window, or wall structure, of an enclosure or room to be air conditioned.
  • the housing 10 has contained therein the various elements of a refrigerating system as is generally employed in an air conditioning device of this type, such as evaporator, condenser, blower, etc.
  • air conditioning device such as evaporator, condenser, blower, etc.
  • Such elements are well known to those familiar with the art, and have not been herein described in detail as they form no part of the present invention.
  • the housing 10 When installed in a room or enclosure, the housing 10 is disposed with a front wall 11 and a minimum portion of the housing 10 extending into the enclosure.
  • the front wall 11 has an outlet 12 for conditioned air in the upper portion thereof, an inlet 13 for air to be conditioned in the lower portion thereof, and a plurality of manually operable controls 14 all readily accessible to the enclosure.
  • the temperature and veloci-' ty of the air discharging from the unit are controlled by manual controls 14.
  • the above-described structure and operation are conventional.
  • the present invention provides an auxiliary cabinet structure 16 mounted adjacent the front wall 11 of the enclosure It
  • the cabinet 16 may be manufactured of wood or any other suitable material and is generally of a decor suitable to theroom in which it is to be installed.
  • the cabinet 16 has a top wall 17, a bottom wall 18, and a pair of opposed side walls 19 and 21.
  • the cabinet 16 is also provided with a front wall generally designated by the numeral 22 and is shown having an opening provided with a pair of movable closure members 23 and 24 shown in the closed position in FIG. 2.
  • the closure member 23, when in the open position, provides access to the manual controls 14 while the closure 24, when opened, provides access to the air inlet 13.
  • An opening 26 is provided in the top wall 17 for discharge of air exhausting from the outlet 12.
  • FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 For a funther detailed description of the structure and its operation, reference should now be had to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5.
  • the cabinet 16 is shown to have a forwardly upwardly sloping bafile member 27 disposed between the side walls 19 and 21 and having its edges in sealing engagement therewith. Further, the bottom wall 18 of the cabinet 16 has an openring 28 therein for air flow into the cabinet.
  • the cabinet 16 is easily adaptable to the housing with but minor modification to the housing.
  • the front wall 11 of the housing 10 includes: an upper louver construction including a frame 31 and an adjustable louver assembly 32, and a lower grill anember 33.
  • the frame 31 is attached to the front wall 11 by three screws 30 which are received in holes 34 in the front wall.
  • the adjustable louver assembly 32 is readily removable from the frame to which it is removably attached by spring clips (not shown) or other suitable means.
  • the cabinet 16 may be mounted on the housing 10 with the vertical flange 29 abutting the housing front wall 11.
  • the flange 29 has holes which are aligned with the holes 34, and the cabinet 16 is screwed to the housing 10 in a similar manner as was the frame 31 prior to its removal.
  • the grill 33 is replaced by hooking the feet 36 over the flange 37 and positioning the upper edge against the magnets 35.
  • the opening 26 in the top of the cabinet is provided with a removable flange member 38 which is easily attached by means of a pair of screws 29.
  • the opening 26 is so constructed as to receive the louver assembly 32, and the flange member 38 is replaced to retain the louver assembly in the opening 25.
  • the lower surface of strip 38 carries compressible material 38a to provide a seal between the top wall 17 of the cabinet and the top of the housing 10.
  • the transversely extending louvers of the louver assembly 32 preferably are adjustable as a group about their longitudinal axes. Consequently with the louver assembly 32 in the cabinet top opening 26 (FIG. 5), the louvers can be adjusted to discharge the cooled air vertically towards the ceiling of the room or enclosure, or forwardly from the vertical up to as much as 45 degrees therefrom.
  • the opposed ,side walls 19 and 21 of the cabinet each has a ventically extending sealing member 41 on the inner surface thereof for sealing against the outer sides of the housing 10 (FIG. 6).
  • the invention provides a novel air flow arrangement approaching the optimum in air circulation through an enclosure.
  • the structure provided may be made pleasing in appearance to overcome the objection of extending an air conditioning unit into the enclosure.
  • An auxiliary cabinetfor modifying a room air conditioner or the like having a lower front inlet for air to be conditioned and an upper front outlet for conditioned air; said cabinet comprising wall structure cooperable with the front of the air conditioner to define an air inlet chamber having a bottom air inlet and communicating with the air conditioner lower front inlet, and an air outlet chamber having a top air outlet and communicating with the air conditioner upper front outlet, whereby air to .be conditioned enters the modified air conditioner in an upward direction and conditioned air discharges from the modified m'r conditioner in an upward direction.
  • the wall structure includes a baflie extending from the front of the air conditioner between the inlet and outlet thereof forwardly and upwardly to prevent mixing of air entering and air leaving the air. conditioner.
  • An auxiliary cabinet for modifying a room air conditioner or the like having a lower front inlet for air to be conditioned and an upper front outlet for conditioned air; and said cabinet comprising wall structure adapted to cooperate, with the front of the air conditioner to define a lower air inlet chamber communicating with the air conditioner air inlet and an upper air outlet chamber communicating with the air conditioner air outlet, said lower air inlet chamber having an opening through a wall thereof for entry thereto of air to be conditioned, said upper air outlet chamber having an opening through the top thereof for discharge therefrom of conditioned air, at least one wall of the last-mentioned chamber having its inner surface covered with sound-absorbing material.
  • An auxiliary cabinet for modifying a room air conditioner or the like having a lower front inlet for air to be conditioned and an upper front outlet for conditioned air; said cabinet comprising a top wall, a front wall and a pair of side walls, with the space defined by said walls open to the rear, a partition bridging the space between saidside walls and extending rearwardly from said front wall and separating the space defined by the walls into a lower air inlet chamber for air to be conditioned and an upper air outlet chamber for conditioned air, and means for so mounting the cabinet relative to the air conditioner that the latter receives air to be conditioned from the lower air inlet chamber-and discharges conditioned air to the upper air outletchamber, the top wall of said cabinet having an opening therethrough for upward discharge of conditioned air from the upper air outlet chamber.
  • An auxiliary cabinet for modifying a room air conditioner or the like having a lower front inlet for air to be conditioned, an upper front outlet for conditioned air, a
  • said cabinet comprising a top wall, a front wall and a pair of side walls with the space defined by said walls open to the rear, a partition extending rearwardly from said front wall and separating the space defined by the walls into a lower inlet chamber for air to be conditioned and an upper air outlet chamber for conditioned air, means for mounting the cabinet with the major portion thereof disposed forwardly of the front of the air conditioner so that the front of the latter closes the rear opening interior of the cabinet, said lower air inlet chamber having an opening thereto for admission of air to be conditioned, the top wall of said cabinet having an opening therethrough for discharge of conditioned air from the upper air outlet chamber, said front wall having an opening therethrough aligned with the front mounted controls for access thereto, and closure means for said access opening in the front wall.
  • closure means for each of said access openings.
  • An auxiliary cabinet for modifying a room air conditi'oner or the like having a lower front inlet for air to be conditioned and an upper front outlet for conditioned air; said cabinet comprising wall structure adapted to cooperate with the front of the air conditioner to define an air inlet chamber having a bottom air inlet and communicating with the air conditioner lower front inlet, and an air outlet chamber having a top air outlet and communicating with the air conditioner upper front outlet, whereby air to be conditioned enters the modified air conditioner in an upward direction and conditioned air discharges from the modified air conditioner in an upward direction, said wall structure including a battle extending rearwardly from the front wall of the cabinet to the front of the air conditioner, said bathe preventing mixing of air entering and air leaving the air conditioner, and means carried by the rearward end of the partition for securing the auxiliary cabinet in modifying relation to the room air conditioner, said cabinet, when so secured with re spect to the air conditioner, having its side and top walls overlapping the side and top of the air conditioner.

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US3308634A (en) * 1965-12-22 1967-03-14 Herman M Smith Built in wall air conditioner casing and air conditioner combination
US3323319A (en) * 1966-02-08 1967-06-06 Westinghouse Electric Corp Air conditioner
US3390542A (en) * 1966-12-21 1968-07-02 Hupp Corp Air conditioning
US3509697A (en) * 1967-04-24 1970-05-05 Whirlpool Co Filter-sound front for air conditioner
US3706184A (en) * 1969-06-09 1972-12-19 Matter Mfg Corp Wall-recessed suction cleaner
US5065597A (en) * 1990-05-11 1991-11-19 Whirlpool Corporation Dual side discharge air housing for room air conditioner
US5085057A (en) * 1990-05-11 1992-02-04 Whirlpool Corporation Dual side discharge room air conditioner with foamed insulation air passage walls
US5277039A (en) * 1991-11-12 1994-01-11 Omnimet Industries, Inc. Cabinet refrigeration unit
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US5525145A (en) * 1993-12-17 1996-06-11 Hodge; Joseph Filtering apparatus for a forced air duct grill
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US3277663A (en) * 1965-07-26 1966-10-11 Westinghouse Electric Corp Room air conditioner front
US3308634A (en) * 1965-12-22 1967-03-14 Herman M Smith Built in wall air conditioner casing and air conditioner combination
US3306069A (en) * 1966-02-08 1967-02-28 Westinghouse Electric Corp Air conditioner
US3323319A (en) * 1966-02-08 1967-06-06 Westinghouse Electric Corp Air conditioner
US3390542A (en) * 1966-12-21 1968-07-02 Hupp Corp Air conditioning
US3509697A (en) * 1967-04-24 1970-05-05 Whirlpool Co Filter-sound front for air conditioner
US3706184A (en) * 1969-06-09 1972-12-19 Matter Mfg Corp Wall-recessed suction cleaner
US5065597A (en) * 1990-05-11 1991-11-19 Whirlpool Corporation Dual side discharge air housing for room air conditioner
US5085057A (en) * 1990-05-11 1992-02-04 Whirlpool Corporation Dual side discharge room air conditioner with foamed insulation air passage walls
US5277039A (en) * 1991-11-12 1994-01-11 Omnimet Industries, Inc. Cabinet refrigeration unit
US5381672A (en) * 1991-11-12 1995-01-17 Omninet Industries, Inc. Cabinet refrigeration system with cold air distributor
US5525145A (en) * 1993-12-17 1996-06-11 Hodge; Joseph Filtering apparatus for a forced air duct grill
US5690719A (en) * 1995-10-19 1997-11-25 Hodge; Joseph Removable filter for a forced air duct grill
WO2001007837A1 (en) * 1999-07-27 2001-02-01 Olimpia Splendid S.P.A. A wall mounted air conditioner
US9182164B1 (en) 2009-08-13 2015-11-10 Charles E. Henderson, Jr. Portable air conditioning system

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