Heat exchanger support device
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsMitsuhiro Ikeda, Masashi Shiromura
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Abstract
A heat exchanger support device is disposed between a heat exchanger and a base disposed below the heat exchanger, is made of a resin, and includes a base unit, a groove, a first drain hole, and a water guide face. The groove is formed in the base unit, is hollowed downward, and extends in a widthwise direction of the base unit. The first drain hole is opened at a first end of the groove in an extending direction of the groove and is a through-hole passing through a planar thickness of the groove. The water guide face is formed in the groove and progressively or continuously descends from a second end of the groove toward the first drain hole opened at the first end. The second end is positioned opposite to the first end in the extending direction of the groove.
Claims11
A heat exchanger support assembly comprising:
- a heat exchanger;
- a base;
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- a support device that is made of resin and that is disposed between the heat exchanger and the base, the support device comprising:
- a base unit having an elongated shape and including a plurality of adjacent drain sections, each drain section comprising:
- a flat surface configured to support the heat exchanger;
- a first main surface that is recessed from the flat surface and inclined downward away from the flat surface in a first direction;
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- a second main surface that is recessed from the flat surface and inclined downward away from the flat surface in a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
- wherein a groove is located in the base unit at an end of each of the first and second main surfaces that is opposite the flat surface, the groove being recessed downwardly from the first and second main surfaces;
- wherein a water guide face is located in the groove, the water guide face progressively or continuously descending from a second end of the groove toward a first end of the groove, the second end being positioned opposite to the first end in an extending direction of the groove that is perpendicular to a longitudinal extent of the base unit;
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- wherein a drain hole is located at the first end of the groove and defined between the water guide face and a side wall of the base unit, the drain hole being a through-hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.