Compact chassis room air conditioner
View Patent ↗A room air conditioner has a front side portion and a rear side portion for location at an area to receive unwanted heat. The room air conditioner includes an evaporator coil at the front side portion of the air conditioner, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to a front to rear direction. A condenser coil is at the rear side portion of the air conditioner, and has a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction. An air-moving device is located between the evaporator coil and the condenser coil, and has a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction. A chassis supports the evaporator coil, the condenser coil, and the air-moving device, and has a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction. The centerlines of the evaporator coil, the condenser coil and the air-moving device are all co-linear, and the centerline of the chassis is laterally offset from the centerlines of the evaporator coil, the condenser coil and the air-moving device.
1. A room air conditioner having a front side portion for location at an area to be cooled and a rear side portion for location at an area to receive unwanted heat, the room air conditioner including:
an evaporator coil at the front side portion of the air conditioner, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to a front to rear direction;
a condenser coil at the rear side portion of the air conditioner, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction;
an air-moving device located between the evaporator coil and the condenser coil, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction; and
a chassis supporting the evaporator coil, the condenser coil, and the air-moving device, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction;
the centerlines of the evaporator coil, the condenser coil and the air-moving device all being co-linear, and the centerline of the chassis being laterally offset from the centerlines of the evaporator coil, the condenser coil and the air-moving device;
a compressor arrangement located at a lateral side of the air-moving device, the compressor arrangement having an outer periphery footprint that has a maximum elongation parallel to the front to rear direction;
said compressor arrangement includes a compressor and an accumulator, the accumulator is located along the front to rear direction from the compressor to provide the maximum elongation of the compressor arrangement.
2. A room air conditioner as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the compressor arrangement is at least partially nested between the condenser coil and the evaporator coil.
3. A room air conditioner as set forth in claim 1 , wherein at least part of the compressor arrangement is located at a distance from the centerlines of the evaporator coil and the condenser coil that is less than the distance from the centerlines of the evaporator coil and the condenser coil to the furthest lateral extent of the evaporator coil and the condenser coil.