Room air conditioner with controls therefor

Claim 1

IN A SELF-CONTAINED ROOM AIR CONDITIONER OF THE TYPE ADAPTED FOR WINDOW MOUNTING: AN OUTER HOUSING CONTAINING A BULKHEAD THEREIN DIVIDING SAID HOUSING INTO A ROOM-SIDE SPACE AND AN OUTDOORSSIDE SPACE; AN EVAPORATOR PLENUM IN SAID ROOM-SIDE SPACE CONTAINING A REFRIGERANT EVAPORATOR AT THE FACE OF SAID ROOMSIDE SPACE, AND A ROOM AIR FAN IN SAID ROOM-SIDE SPACE FOR DRAWING ROOM AIR THROUGH SAID EVAPORATOR AND THEN FORCING IT BACK INTO THE ROOM; AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CHAMBER IN SAID ROOM-SIDE SPACE ADJACENT SAID EVAPORATOR PLENUM BUT SEPARATED THEREFROM BY A PARTITION; MEANS DEFINING A SEPARATE, TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPACE IN SAID ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CHAMBER; A TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE BIMETALLIC ELEMENT IN SAID TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPACE FOR ACTUATING ELECTRICAL SWITCH MEANS CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID AIR CONDITIONER; A FRONT PANEL FOR SAID TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPACE INCLUDING MEAND DEFINING AN INLET OPENING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIR IN SAID ROOM; MEANS DEFINING AN AIR OUTLET OPENING IN SAID PARTITION BETWEEN SAID EVAPORATOR PLENUM AND SAID TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPACE; SAID BIMETALLIC ELEMENT BEING DISPOSED GENERALLY IN THE PATH OF AIR FLOW BETWEEN SAID INLET OPENING AND SAID AIR OUTLET OPENING TO SUBJECT SAID BIMETALLIC ELEMENT TO THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ROOM AIR DRAWN THROUGH SAID TEMPERATURE CONTROL SPACE WHEN SAID FAN IS OPERATING.