Condensate disposal arrangement for air conditioning apparatus

Claim 1

A SELF-CONTAINED AIR CONDITIONER FOR CONDITIONING THE AIR WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE COMPRISING A CASING, MEANS DIVIDING SAID CASING INTO AN INNER COMPARTMENT HAVING OPENINGS COMMUNICATING WITH ENCLOSURE AIR AND AN OUTER COMPARTMENT HAVING OPENINGS COMMUNICATING WITH OUTDOOR AIR, AN EVAPORATOR IN SAID CASING ADAPTED TO CONDENSE MOISTURE OUT OF AN AIR STREAM CIRCULATED THEREOVER, A CONDENSATE SUMP IN SAID OUTER COMPARTMENT, MEANS FOR COLLECTING AND CONVEYING CONDENSATE WATER FROM SAID EVAPORATOR TO SAID CONDENSATE SUMP, AN AXIAL FLOW FAN IN SAID OUTER COMPARTMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF FAN BLADES ADAPTED TO CIRCULATE OUTDOOR AIR THROUGH SAID OUTER COMPARTMENT, AN ORIFICE MEMBER FOR DIRECTING OUTDOOR AIR INTO SAID FAN AND COOPERATING WITH SAID FAN TO DIVIDE SAID OUTER COMPARTMENT INTO A RELATIVELY LOW PRESSURE REGION ON THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF SAID ORIFICE MEMBER AND A RELATIVELY HIGH AIR PRESSURE REGION ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF SAID ORIFICE MEMBER, SAID ORIFICE MEMBER HAVING AN INNER SURFACE SURROUNDING AT LEAST THE LEADING EDGES OF SAID FAN BLADES, MEANS FOR LIFTING WATER OUT OF SAID CONDENSATE SUMP AND DEPOSITING SAID WATER ONTO SAID INNER SURFACE OF SAID ORIFICE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF SLOTS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ORIFICE MEMBER AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SURFACE SURROUNDING SAID FAN THROUGH WHICH AIR FROM THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF SAID ORIFICE FLOWS INTO THE UPSTREAM SIDE THEREOF TOWARDS SAID FAN AND BLOWS WATER DROPLETS FROM THE EDGES OF SAID SLOTS ONTO SAID FAN TO BE ATOMIZED THEREBY.