Air conditioner

Claim 2

An air conditioner for location in a building space to be conditioned and comprising a cabinet for location adjacent to a building wall extending across a single wall opening, said cabinet having an upper pair of inlets for receiving outside air through said wall opening and a lower outlet adjacent to said inlets for discharge of condenser air through said wall opening, a condenser in a lower cabinet region interposed in the path of fluid flow between one of said inlets and said outlet, said cabinet having a lower inside air inlet and an upper conditioned air outlet, an evaporator in said cabinet interposed in the path of fluid flow between said inside air inlet and conditioned air outlet, and air movement means for moving air along said paths.

Claim 3

An air conditioner according to claim 1, in combination with a housing in spaced relation within said cabinet; said condenser, evaporator, and air movement means being mounted in said housing, for acoustic isolation from said cabinet.

Claim 4

An air conditioner according to claim 2, in combination with wheeled running gear mounting said housing for rolling movement into and out of said cabinet, said wheeled running gear including sound absorbing wheel material for acoustic isolation from said cabinet.

Claim 5

An air conditioner according to claim 1, said cabinet including an outer wall in proximate facing relation with said building wall, the lower region of said outer wall being recessed inwardly away from said building wall to provide a passageway between said building wall and lower outer wall region for utility lines and the like.

Claim 6

An air conditioner according to claim 3, said condenser being located in a lower region of said cabinet, said evaporator being located in an upper region of said cabinet, and a compressor in a lower region of said cabinet, for housing stability upon rolling movement thereof.

Claim 7

An air conditioner according to claim 1, said pair of outside air inlets and outlets being located in a vertically intermediate region of said cabinet, and fluid guide means directing outlet air away from said inlets.

Claim 8

An air conditioner according to claim 1, in combination with condenser duct means in said cabinet defining said fluid flow path between said one inlet and said one outlet, evaporator duct means in said cabinet defining said fluid flow path between said inside air inlet and conditioned air outlet, outside air duct means communicating between said other outside air inlet and an intermediate region of said evaporator duct means, damper means operative to control communication between said outside air and evaporator duct means, and exhaust passage means communicating between said evaporator duct means and condenser duct means for exhausting inside air.

Claim 9

An air conditioner according to claim 7, said damper means being located for simultaneous operative movement relative to all of said outside air and evaporator duct means and said exhaust passage means.

Claim 10

An air conditioner according to claim 8, said damper means comprising a pivoted valve element swingable to simultaneously open said outside air duct means and exhaust passage means while closing said evaporator duct means, and simultaneously closing said evaporator duct means while opening said outside air duct means anD exhaust passage means.

Claim 11

An air conditioner according to claim 9, in combination with shunt passage means communicating between said outside air and condenser duct means for increasing cooling air to said condenser.

Claim 12

An air conditioner for location in a building space to be conditioned and comprising a cabinet for location adjacent to a building wall extending across a wall opening, said cabinet having a pair of inlets for receiving outside air through said wall opening and an outlet for discharge of condenser air through said wall opening, a condenser in a lower cabinet region interposed in the path of fluid flow between one of said inlets and said outlet, said cabinet having a lower inside air inlet and an upper conditioned air outlet, an evaporator in said cabinet interposed in the path of fluid flow between said inside air inlet and conditioned air outlet, air movement means for moving air along said path, a housing in spaced relation within said cabinet; said condenser, evaporator and air movement means being mounted in said housing for acoustic isolation from said cabinet, wheeled running gear mounting said housing for rolling movement into and out of said cabinet, and power switch means mounted in said cabinet and having terminals for detachable connection to conductors extending from said housing, and a closure member on said switch means in covering relation with said terminals and operatively connected to the switch means for shifting movement relative thereto upon actuation of the switch means, said closure member having openings shiftable to afford access to said terminals only when said switch means is off.

Claim 13

An air conditioner for location in a building space to be conditioned and comprising a cabinet for location adjacent to a building wall extending across a wall opening, said cabinet having a pair of inlets for receiving outside air through said wall opening and an outlet for discharge of condenser air through said wall opening, a condenser in a lower cabinet region interposed in the path of fluid flow between one of said inlets and said outlet, said cabinet having a lower inside air inlet and an upper conditioned air outlet, an evaporator in said cabinet interposed in the path of fluid flow between said inside air inlet and conditioned air outlet, air movement means for moving air along said path, a housing in spaced relation within said cabinet; said condenser, evaporator and air movement means being mounted in said housing for acoustic isolation from said cabinet, wheeled running gear mounting said housing for rolling movement into and out of said cabinet, and power switch means mounted in said cabinet and having terminals for detachable connection to conductors extending from said housing, and a closure member on said switch means in covering relation with said terminals and operatively connected to the switch means for shifting movement relative thereto upon actuation of the switch means, said closure member having openings shiftable to afford access to said terminals only when said switch means is off.

Claim 14

An air conditioner according to claim 3, in combination with ramp means beneath said running gear for guiding and locating said housing in its spaced relation within said cabinet.

Claim 15

An air conditioner according to claim 12, said ramp means including crest means for retaining said housing in proper position.