Air conditioning apparatus for automotive vehicle

Claim 1

IN AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, AN AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS COMPRISING: A DASH PANEL SEPARATING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FROM THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT; A COWL PANEL PROJECTING REARWARDLY FROM THE DASH PANEL AND HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN EXPOSED TO ATMOSPHERE; A COWL SUB-PANEL SITUATED BENEATH THE COWL PANEL AND SPACED THEREFROM TO PROVIDE AN AIR RECEPTION CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN; AN AIR RECEPTION HOUSING SITUATED BENEATH THE COWL SUB-PANEL, REARWARDLY OF THE DASH PANEL AND WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, SAID AIR RECEPTION HOUSING BEING OPEN AT ONE END AND SUCH OPEN END BEING DIRECTED TOWARD THE COWL SUB-PANEL; SAID COWL SUB-PANEL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INTERIOR OF THE AIR RECEPTION CHAMBER AND THE INTERIOR OF THE AIR RECEPTION HOUSING; A HEAT RADIATING CORE MOUNTED IN THE AIR RECEPTION HOUSING AT THE OPEN END THEREOF AND BENEATH THE COWL SUB-PANEL OPENING; MEANS FOR ACTIVATING THE HEAT RADIATING CORE; A BLOWER HOUSING SITUATED REARWARDLY OF THE DASH PANEL,