Sectionalized self-contained air conditioning unit

Claim 2

Refrigeration apparatus comprising: an evaporator section having a housing; a refrigerant evaporator heat exchanger disposed in said housing; a first blower disposed in said housing for passing air in heat exchange relation with said refrigerant evaporator heat exchanger; and a first motor drivingly connected to said first blower; a frame supportingly connected to said refrigerant evaporator heat exchanger, said first blower, said first motor and said housing, said frame being disposed below said housing and extending horizontally substantially beyond said housing; an air cooled condenser section having a refrigerant condenser heat exchanger; a refrigerant compressor; a second blower disposed to pass cooling air over said condenser heat exchanger; a second motor drivingly connected to said second blower; and a support pan means disposed below said compressor and said condenser heat exchanger for supporting said condenser heat exchanger, said compressor, said second blower and said second motor independently of said evaporator section; the extending portion of said frame being disposed below and connected to said support pan means of said condensing unit.

Claim 3

Refrigeration apparatus comprising: a condensing section having a generally rectangular pan-like frame, and an air-cooled refrigerant condenser heat exchanger disposed on said frame and having a plurality of substantially vertical faces adjacent a plurality of margins of said pan-like frame; an evaporator section abutting said condenser section at one of said plurality of vertical faces of said condenser heat exchanger and having a housing including top, bottom and sidewalls, one of said sidewalls being disposed inwardly of the edges of said top and bottom walls to define a channel for conducting condenser cooling air for that portion of said condenser heat exchanger over which said evaporator section lies.

Claim 4

Refrigeration apparatus comprising: a condensing section having a generally rectangular pan-like frame, and an air-cooled refrigerant condenser heat exchanger disposed on said frame and having a plurality of substantially vertical faces adjacent a plurality of margins of said pan-like frame; an evaporator section abutting said condenser section at one of said plurality of vertical faces of said condenser heat exchanger and having a housing including top, bottom and sidewalls, one of said sidewalls being disposed inwardly of the edges of said top and bottom walls to define a channel for conducting condenser cooling air for that portion of said condenser heat exchanger over which said evaporator section lies.

Claim 5

The apparatus as defined by claim 2 including a subframe underlying said evaporator section housing and extending horizontally beyond said housing to support said pan-like frame of said condenser section.

Claim 6

A self-contained air conditioning unit comprising in combination: an air-cooled condenser heat exchanger having a generally vertical face, an air cooling evaporator heat exchanger having a generally vertical face, a first blower disposed to rotate about a vertical axis for passing air through said condenser heat exchanger, a reciprocating compressor having a crankshaft disposed to rotate about a vertical axis, and a centrifugal blower having a cylindrical housing for which the generatrix is vertical and an impeller disposed to rotate within said housing about a vertical axis for passing air through said evaporator heat exchanger, said vertical axes of said first blower, said impeller and said compressor all being spaced horizontally from each other and all being spaced horizontally from said vertical faces of said condenser and evaporator heat exchangers, and said vertical faces of said condenser and said evaporator heat exchangers being spaced horizontally from each other.

Claim 7

A self-contained air conditioning unit comprising in combination: an air-cooled condenser heat exchanger having a generally vertical face, an air cooling evaporator heat exchanger having a generally vertical face, a first blower disposed to rotate about a vertical axis for passing air through said condenser heat exchanger, a reciprocating compressor having a crankshaft disposed to rotate about a vertical axis, and a centrifugal blower having a cylindrical housing for which the generatrix is vertical and an impeller disposed to rotate within said housing about a vertical axis for passing air through said evaporator heat exchanger, said vertical axes of said first blower, said impeller and said compressor all being spaced horizontally from each other and all being spaced horizontally from said vertical faces of said condenser and evaporator heat exchangers, and said vertical faces of said condenser and said evaporator heat exchangers being spaced horizontally from each other.

Claim 8

Refrigeration apparatus comprising: an air-cooled refrigerant condensing section having a generally rectangular pan-like frame, an air-cooled refrigerant condenser heat exchanger disposed on said frame and having a plurality of substantially vertical faces adjacent plural margins of said pan-like frame; and a refrigerant evaporator section abutting said condenser section at one of said plurality of vertical faces of said condenser heat exchanger and having a housing including sidewalls and a generally rectangular bottom wall, a refrigerant evaporator heat exchanger disposed within said housing, a first of said sidewalls being generally parallel to one edge of said rectangular bottom and being provided with air inlet and outlet openings to conduct air to and from said evaporator heat exchanger, a second of said sidewalls disposed opposite said first sidewall having a first portion disposed a relatively greater distance from said first sidewall than a second portion thereof, said second portion of said second sidewall being disposed in face-to-face spaced relationship with said one face of said condenser heat exchanger to thereby define an air conducting channel to said one face of said condenser heat exchanger, and a centrifugal evaporator blower disposed between said one portion of said second sidewall and said first sidewall for passing air from said inlet opening over said evaporator heat exchanger to said outlet opening.

Claim 9

Refrigeration apparatus comprising: an air-cooled refrigerant condensing section having a generally rectangular pan-like frame, an air-cooled refrigerant condenser heat exchanger disposed on said frame and having a plurality of substantially vertical faces adjacent plural margins of said pan-like frame; and a refrigerant evaporator section abutting said condenser section at one of said plurality of vertical faces of said condenser heat exchanger and having a housing including sidewalls and a generally rectangular bottom wall, a refrigerant evaporator heat exchanger disposed within said housing, a first of said sidewalls being generally parallel to one edge of said rectangular bottom and being provided with air inlet and outlet openings to conduct air to and from said evaporator heat exchanger, a second of said sidewalls disposed opposite said first sidewall having a first portion disposed a relatively greater distance from said first sidewall than a second portion thereof, said second portion of said second sidewall being disposed in face-to-face spaced relationship with said one face of said condenser heat exchanger to thereby define an air conducting channel to said one face of said condenser heat exchanger, and a centrifugal evaporator blower disposed between said one portion of said second sidewall and said first sidewall for passing air from said inlet opening over said evaporator heat exchanger to said outlet opening.

Claim 10

Air conditioning apparatus comprising: an evaporator section including a unit housing having top, bottom, and sidewalls, an evaporator heat exchanger disposed within said unit housing, inlet and outlet openings in sidewalls of said unit housing disposed in horizontal side-by-side relationship, a centrifugal blower within said unit housing having a cylindrical housing for which the generatrix is generally vertical and an impeller wheel within said blower housing disposed to rotate about a vertical axis, said evaporator heat exchanger being positioned in a fluid path between said inlet opening of said unit housing and said inlet opening of said blower housing.

Claim 11

Air conditioning apparatus comprising: an evaporator section including a unit housing having top, bottom, and sidewalls, an evaporator heat exchanger disposed within said unit housing, inlet and outlet openings in sidewalls of said unit housing disposed in horizontal side-by-side relationship, a centrifugal blower within said unit housing having a cylindrical housing for which the generatrix is generally vertical and an impeller wheel within said blower housing disposed to rotate about a vertical axis, said evaporator heat exchanger being positioned in a fluid path between said inlet opening of said unit housing and said inlet opening of said blower housing.

Claim 12

The apparatus as defined by claim 6 wherein said bottom wall is generally rectangular and said inlet and outlet opening are disposed in a common plane generally parallel to one edge of said bottom wall and said blower housing extending into the space defined by said blower inlet opening projected inwardly of said unit housing normally of said common plane.