Air conditioning appliance and telescoping air plenum with self-adjusting divider
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRichard Michael Phillips, Stephen D. Hatcher, Christopher Raymond Geisen
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AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRichard Michael Phillips, Stephen D. Hatcher, Christopher Raymond Geisen
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An air conditioning appliance may have a telescoping plenum attached to a housing of the air conditioning appliance. The telescoping plenum may be receivable within a wall channel defined by a structure wall along an axial direction. The telescoping plenum may include an interior portion and an exterior portion. The interior portion may include a duct wall and an outer flange extending radially outward from the duct wall to contact an internal surface of a structure wall. The telescoping plenum may further include a divider wall defining an upper passage and a lower passage within the telescoping plenum. The divider wall includes an interior divider panel fixed to the interior portion and an exterior divider panel fixed to the exterior portion. Each of the interior divider panel and the exterior divider panel is axially slidable along the other of the interior divider panel and the exterior divider panel.
A telescoping plenum for an air conditioning appliance, the telescoping plenum being receivable within a wall channel defined by a structure wall along an axial direction, the telescoping plenum comprising:
A single-package air conditioner unit defining a mutually-perpendicular vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction, the single-package air conditioner unit comprising:
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