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Condensate evacuation system for portable monoblock air conditioner

a monoblock air conditioner and condensate technology, applied in the field of portable monoblock air conditioners, can solve the problem of too much water condensate accumulating in the drain pan

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-08
AMCOR INT
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[0005]The present invention seeks to provide an automatic condensate evacuation system of exce

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However, in particularly humid environments, water may not drain and evaporate at a sufficient rate from the unit, which may result in too much water condensate accumulating in the drain pan.
This water must be manually evacuated or drained by the user, which may be a nuisance if it needs to be done too often.

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[0013]Reference is now made to FIG. 1, which illustrates a portable, monoblock air conditioner 10, constructed and operative in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Air conditioner 10 may be one-ducted.

[0014]As is typical and well known in the art for portable monoblock air conditioners, air conditioner 10 has an evaporator 11 and a condenser 12, which may be cooled by air which has been sucked from the air conditioned room. The warmed air may be evacuated by a flexible hot air hose 14 to the outdoors. The flexible hot air hose 14 may be connected to a hot air exhaust pipe 16, typically at the back of the unit. An adapter 18 may be affixed to the end of the hot air hose 14, the adapter 18 being configured for placement in a window, for example. Excess water condensate that has condensed from the evaporator 11 may accumulate in a drain pan 20 at the bottom of the unit.

[0015]In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a condensate evacuation system ma...

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Abstract

A portable, monoblock air conditioner including an evaporator and a condenser, a drain pan for collecting water condensate that has condensed from the evaporator, a hot air exhaust hose for evacuating warm air to an outside environment, a water tube in fluid communication with the drain pan, the water tube running through the hot air exhaust hose, and an atomizer at a distal end of the water tube adapted for atomizing water exiting the water tube which exits together with hot air exiting the hot air exhaust hose.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to portable, monoblock air conditioners, and particularly to an automatic condensate evacuation system of excess water for such an air conditioner.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In the art of air conditioning, one well-known device is the monoblock (or as it is commonly spelled in Europe “monobloc”). The monoblock air conditioner is a single packaged mobile or portable air conditioner (the terms “mobile” and “portable” being used interchangeably). A typical monoblock air conditioner is a one piece unit with a flexible discharge hose, and does not have a remote condenser.[0003]As is well known in the art, air conditioners typically include an evaporator and condenser. The evaporator provides cooling by evaporating a refrigerant from a liquid to a gas, which causes heat within the room air to be transferred to the refrigerant. The heated refrigerant is condensed in the condenser, wherein the heat absorbed by the ref...

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IPC IPC(8): F25D21/14F24F1/02
CPCF24F13/222F24F1/025F24F1/022F24F1/04
Inventor MOVSHOVITZ, AVNER
Owner AMCOR INT