Air conditioner front assembly

Claim 2

An air conditioner front assembly including a peripheral frame adapted to be connected to the front edge of an air conditioner cabinet, a second frame located in front of said peripheral frame, means defining a pair of spaced-apart parallel tracks on said second frame, a pair of spaced-apart slots formed in said track, a sound-damping baffle located in front of said second frame, a plurality of spring-biased tabs on the back of said baffle having the ends thereof extending into the slots of said tracks, barbs on said tabs interlockingly connected to the backside of said tracks holding said baffle against the front of said second frame, said slots extending a predetermined horizontal distance through said tracks, said spring-biased tabs being horizontally movable within said slots into a first position wherein said baffle is located to cover the full planar extent of said front frame, said tabs being located in said slots in a second position to locate said baffle to one side of said frame, an access opening in said front assembly to control means on the air conditioner, said baffle covering said opening when in its first position, said access opening being uncovered for operation of the controls when said panel is in its second position.

Claim 3

An air conditioner front assembly comprising: a peripheral frame adapted to be connected to the front edge of an air conditioner cabinet including a pair of spaced-apart sides, a top and a bottom, a discharge sleeve extending across the width of said front assembly having a top and bottom connected to the sides of said peripheral frame, a crosspiece extending between said sides of said peripheral frame formed integral with said sleeve bottom throughout the full horizontal extent thereof, a plurality of upper outwardly, extending reinforcing ribs connected to said crosspiece at one end thereof, an upper guide bar connected to the opposite ends of said upper ribs extending between said side portions of said peripheral frame, a lower guide bar extending below said upper guide bar between sides of said peripheral frame, a pair of spaced-apart tracks located rearwardly of said upper and lower guide bars and inwardly of said reinforcing ribs, a baffle having a plurality of connecting means on the back thereof, coacting means on said connecting means and said tracks for supportingly receiving said baffle for sliding movement across the front of said upper and lower guide bars, said coacting means including means for maintaining said baffle in spring-biased supported sliding relationship with said guide rods throughout the sliding movement thereof with respect to said front, control means behind said front, said baffle having a first position to cover said control means and having a second position wherein said control means are exposed.

Claim 4

An air conditioner front assembly comprising: a peripheral frame adapted to be connected to the front edge of an air conditioner cabinet including a pair of spaced-apart sides, a top and a bottom, a discharge sleeve extending across the width of said front assembly having a top and bottom connected to the sides of said peripheral frame, a crosspiece extending between said sides of said peripheral frame formed integral with said sleeve bottom throughout the full horizontal extent thereof, a plurality of upper outwardly, extending reinforcing ribs connected to said crosspiece at one end thereof, an upper guide bar connected to the opposite ends of said upper ribs extending between said side portions of said peripheral frame, a lower guide bar extending below said upper guide bar between sides of said peripheral frame, a pair of spaced-apart tracks located rearwardly of said upper and lower guide bars and inwardly of said reinforcing ribs, a baffle having a plurality of connecting means on the back thereof, coacting means on said connecting means and said tracks for supportingly receiving said baffle for sliding movement across the front of said upper and lower guide bars, said coacting means including means for maintaining said baffle in spring-biased supported sliding relationship with said guide rods throughout the sliding movement thereof with respect to said front, control means behind said front, said baffle having a first position to cover said control means and having a second position wherein said control means are exposed.

Claim 5

An air conditioner front assembly comprising: a peripheral frame adapted to be connected to the front edge of an air conditioner cabinet including a pair of spaced-apart sides, a top and a bottom, a discharge sleeve extending across The width of said front assembly having a top and bottom connected to the sides of said peripheral frame, a crosspiece extending between said sides of said peripheral frame formed integral with said sleeve bottom throughout the full horizontal extent thereof, a plurality of upper outwardly extending reinforcing ribs connected to said crosspiece at one end thereof, an upper guide bar connected to the opposite ends of said upper ribs extending between said side portions of said peripheral frame, a lower guide bar extending below said upper guide bar between sides of said peripheral frame, a pair of spaced-apart tracks located rearwardly of said upper and lower guide bars and inwardly of said reinforcing ribs, a baffle having a plurality of connecting means on the back thereof, coacting means on said connecting means and said tracks for supportingly receiving said baffle for sliding movement across the front of said upper and lower guide bars, said coacting means including means for maintaining said baffle in supported sliding relationship with said guide rods throughout the sliding movement thereof with respect to said front, control means behind said front, said baffle having a first position to cover said control means and having a second position wherein said control means are exposed, said frame further including a plurality of spaced rearwardly extending posts having one end thereof connected to said crosspiece, a second plurality of posts connected to said peripheral flange across the base thereof, a flexible foam filter extending throughout the planar extent of said frame to remove particulate matter from return air to the air conditioner.

Claim 6

An air conditioner front assembly comprising: a peripheral frame adapted to be connected to the front edge of an air conditioner cabinet including a pair of spaced-apart sides, a top and a bottom, a discharge sleeve extending across The width of said front assembly having a top and bottom connected to the sides of said peripheral frame, a crosspiece extending between said sides of said peripheral frame formed integral with said sleeve bottom throughout the full horizontal extent thereof, a plurality of upper outwardly extending reinforcing ribs connected to said crosspiece at one end thereof, an upper guide bar connected to the opposite ends of said upper ribs extending between said side portions of said peripheral frame, a lower guide bar extending below said upper guide bar between sides of said peripheral frame, a pair of spaced-apart tracks located rearwardly of said upper and lower guide bars and inwardly of said reinforcing ribs, a baffle having a plurality of connecting means on the back thereof, coacting means on said connecting means and said tracks for supportingly receiving said baffle for sliding movement across the front of said upper and lower guide bars, said coacting means including means for maintaining said baffle in supported sliding relationship with said guide rods throughout the sliding movement thereof with respect to said front, control means behind said front, said baffle having a first position to cover said control means and having a second position wherein said control means are exposed, said frame further including a plurality of spaced rearwardly extending posts having one end thereof connected to said crosspiece, a second plurality of posts connected to said peripheral flange across the base thereof, a flexible foam filter extending throughout the planar extent of said frame to remove particulate matter from return air to the air conditioner.