Hybrid window/split air treatment appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsNihat O. Cur, Guolian Wu, Douglas David Leclear, Andrew David Litch, Jim J. Pastryk
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Abstract
The invention includes a saddle air conditioner. The saddle air conditioner includes a remote unit having a first channel extending from a back of the remote unit. The saddle air conditioner also includes a local unit having a second channel extending from a back of the local unit. The first channel and the second channel overlap to form a bridge disposed between the remote unit and the local unit.
Claims19
A local unit of an air treatment appliance comprising:
- an air moving device that can be configured as part of a window air conditioner;
- a split air conditioner, or an air purifier
An installation bracket for a split air conditioner, the bracket comprising:
- a local frame having a first bar coupled at ninety degrees to a first leg, a second bar coupled at ninety degrees to a second leg, a local crossbar coupled between the first bar and the second bar, and a brace coupled between the first leg and the second leg, wherein the first bar and the second bar each have a slot;
- a remote frame having a first bar coupled at ninety degrees to a first leg, a second bar coupled at ninety degrees to a second leg, a remote crossbar coupled between the first bar and the second bar, wherein the first bar and the second bar of the remote frame each includes a plurality of holes, wherein the first leg of the remote frame includes a first foot and the second leg of the remote frame includes a second foot, wherein each foot extends ninety degrees from an associated leg, the remote frame further having a brace coupled between the first foot and the second foot and at least two spacers coupled to the brace of the remote frame;
- and
- at least one connector disposed through each slot of the local frame and a hole of the remote frame.
An air conditioner system, comprising:
- an installation bracket that is adapted to be disposed over a wall;
- and
- a saddle air conditioner disposed over the installation bracket, the saddle air conditioner having a remote unit coupled to a local unit with a bridge, wherein the remote unit includes a back having at least one grill that is adapted to permit air to pass through the back of the remote unit into the remote unit of the saddle air conditioner.
A saddle air conditioner, comprising:
- local unit and a remote unit;
- the remote unit having a first channel extending from a back of remote unit;
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- the local unit having a second channel extending from a back of the local unit, wherein the first channel and the second channel overlap to form a bridge disposed between the remote unit and the local unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.