Mount for air conditioner components

Claim 1

Means for supporting a compressor, motor, motor-compressor, or other unit of an air conditioner in an air conditioner housing, said means comprising parallel guide rails affixed to the housing, a mounting pad for said unit including a pair of flanges supported on the rails and depending structure between the flanges to engage inside surfaces of the guide rails whereby movement of the mounting pad is restricted to directions parallel to the directions in which the guide rails extend, a slide between each rail and associated flange of the mounting pad permitting the mounting pad to be easily moved on the rails, a plurality of sleeves on the mounting pad, removable fastening elements extendable through the unit, sleeves, slides and rails for defining a retracted position for the mounting pad and unit in said housing, means engageable with said fastening elements for securing the mounting pad and unit in said retracted position but disengagable therefrom to permit the mouting pad and unit thereon to be moved outwardly from said retracted position, and cushions on each of said sleeves compressible by the fastening elements for resiliently supporting the unit.