Patent · US Expired

Air conditioning apparatus

US4475359A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 20, 1982
Grant dateOct 9, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 20, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24F1/022
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an air conditioning device comprising a housing, a refrigerator, and a condensate disposing device comprising an electric switch for controlling the operation of the refrigerator, a condensate tank for receiving condensate delivered from the refrigerator, a float swingably secured to the condensate tank for controlling the operation of the switch according to the quantity of a condensate stored in the tank, and a tank holding box secured to the housing, with the electric switch being secured to an extended part of one side wall of the tank holding box for assuring a constant operation of the electric switch. The bottom walls of the condensate tank and the tank holding box are both tapered downwardly toward a condensate tank removed side for facilitating the insertion of the condensate tank into the tank holding box.

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