Portable water-cooled air conditioner with a dedicated storage compartment for a hose kit
View Patent ↗A portable water-cooled air conditioner unit providing a dedicated storage compartment for the hose kit. The body of the portable water-cooled air condition unit having an internal compartment dimensioned and shaped to retrievable house a uniquely shaped and sized hose kit in a wound condition. The internal compartment may have a transition shelf between an upper and lower portion to facilitate storage of the hose kit.
1 . A portable water-cooled air condition unit comprising:
a body defining an enclosure with an internal compartment;
the internal compartment comprising:
a hose kit;
an upper portion communicating with an opening associated with a lid in the closed condition;
a lower portion having a lower depth approximately two-thirds that of an upper depth of the upper portion; and
a transition shelf interconnecting rear walls of the upper and lower portions, wherein the rear walls define a rearmost barrier of the upper and lower portions and so the upper and lower depths, respectively, and wherein the transition shelf is angled and configured to be disposed underneath an end portion of the hose kit in a wound condition housed in the internal compartment;
the lid pivotably connected to the body to move between an open condition and a closed condition preventing access to the internal compartment;
an equipment space housing at least one of a condenser or a compressor, wherein the equipment space is below the internal compartment.
2 . The portable water-cooled air condition unit of claim 1 , wherein the transition shelf has a transition angle relative the rear wall of the upper portion, wherein the transition angle is between one hundred and twenty degrees and one hundred and fifty degrees.
3 . The portable water-cooled air condition unit of claim 2 , wherein a midpoint of the transition shelf is disposed between forty and sixty percent of a distance defined by said opening and a lowest portion of the lower portion.
4 . The portable water-cooled air condition unit of claim 3 , wherein the body defines a space physically separated from the internal compartment, wherein the space houses one or more pump components.