Condensate management system for an air conditioner appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorJoseph Robert Tobbe
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Abstract
An air conditioner unit includes a bulkhead mounted within a cabinet to define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, an indoor heat exchanger positioned within the indoor portion, an outdoor heat exchanger positioned within the outdoor portion, a condensate collection reservoir positioned under the outdoor heat exchanger for collecting condensate that drips off the outdoor heat exchanger, and a pump fluidly coupled to the condensate collection reservoir for selectively pumping the condensate out of the condensate collection reservoir.
Claims20
An air conditioner unit defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the air conditioner unit comprising:
- a bulkhead mounted within a cabinet to define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion;
- an indoor heat exchanger positioned within the indoor portion;
- an outdoor heat exchanger positioned within the outdoor portion;
- a condensate collection reservoir positioned under the outdoor heat exchanger for collecting condensate that drips off the outdoor heat exchanger;
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- a pump fluidly coupled to the condensate collection reservoir for selectively pumping the condensate out of the condensate collection reservoir.
A condensate management system for an air conditioner unit, the air conditioner unit comprising a bulkhead mounted within a cabinet to define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion, an indoor heat exchanger positioned within the indoor portion, and an outdoor heat exchanger positioned within the outdoor portion, the condensate management system comprising:
- a condensate collection reservoir positioned under the outdoor heat exchanger for collecting condensate that drips off the outdoor heat exchanger;
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- a pump fluidly coupled to the condensate collection reservoir for selectively pumping the condensate out of the condensate collection reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.