Heat Pump and Air Conditioner Exterior Condenser Cover
a technology for air conditioners and heat pumps, which is applied in space heating and ventilation, lighting and heating apparatus, heating types, etc., and can solve problems such as unit failure, unit failure, and reducing unit efficiency or unit failure, and restricting the operation of mechanical components contained therein
Inactive Publication Date: 2016-10-20
POSTON RONALD LEE
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This patent is for a dome-shaped cover that protects the external components of heat pump and air conditioning systems. The cover is made of water and sunlight-resistant nylon or canvas material that is designed to decrease exposure to weather and debris. The cover is supported by flexible poles and a sleeve attachment along the interior corners. The cover can be easily installed and is secured to the ground or concrete slab using a spike or mechanical connection. The cover helps to shed precipitation and debris from the top and sides. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a simple and effective solution to protect heat pump and air conditioning systems from weather and debris, resulting in improved efficiency and durability.
Problems solved by technology
This can cause the coils to become restricted causing the unit's efficiency to decrease or the unit to fail.
Moisture, frozen precipitation or debris can enter the fan / blower area of the unit and restrict the operation of the mechanical components contained therein.
This restriction can cause the unit to fail.
Units are also often surrounded by vegetation to seclude them from the building's exterior, which increases exposure to various shedding's from annual vegetative cycles and pruning.
Units can also be exposed to debris from normal seasonal yard maintenance.
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[0003]This invention is a dome shaped, semi-rigid, lightweight cover (FIG. 1) that protects the exterior components of heat pump and air conditioning systems, (exterior condenser or packaged systems), by decreasing exposure to weather and debris.
[0004]The cover is constructed of nylon or canvas material, (FIG. 12) treated to be water and sunlight resistant. The cover has 4 horizontal crescent shaped sides connected along the convex curved sides, forming a dome shaped cover (FIG. 12). However the cover could be an geodesic shape with similar components and of sufficient size to adequately cover the unit. A sleeve is attached along the interior corners from the top to the bottom of the corners (FIG. 10). The top cover is supported and shaped by two flexible poles that are held in place at the center of the outside edge of each panel in these sleeve (FIG. 5). The poles are contained with the sleeve material at the bottom of the corners and secured into the ground or concrete slab by a ...
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This invention is a semi-rigid, lightweight cover that protects the top and sides of the exterior components of a heat pump or air conditioning system, (exterior condenser or packaged systems) from excess moisture, frozen precipitation and debris. By protecting the unit from exposure to the weather and the intrusion of foreign material, this cover will guard against premature mechanical failure and decreased efficiency.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Exterior components of heat pump or air conditioning systems are by design to be exposed to the weather variations. The manufactured cover is designed to protect the unit and allow air flow to and from the unit. During operation air is drawn to and across the coil area and into the interior of the unit and exhausted by the fan / blower to the exterior of the unit. This action inherently will draw in moisture, frozen precipitation or debris into and against the coil area. This can cause the coils to become restricted causing the unit's efficiency to decrease or the unit to fail. Moisture, frozen precipitation or debris can enter the fan / blower area of the unit and restrict the operation of the mechanical components contained therein. This restriction can cause the unit to fail.[0002]Normally these systems are located either in areas in close proximity to the roof edges of buildings which increases the exposure to weather and debris by concentrating runo...
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CPCE04H15/40E04H15/02E04H15/14F24F1/58E04B1/5818E04B1/3211
Inventor POSTON, RONALD LEEFOUNTAIN, JON MARKPENDERGRAFT, JR., WARREN SHERWOODFRIDL, DUSAN
Owner POSTON RONALD LEE