Portable air conditioner

A portable air conditioning device comprising in combination:

• container means for retaining water and for providing insulation against heat transfer through walls thereof and for providing support structure for elements mounted thereon;
• said support structure including a dividing partition substantially dividing interior space of the container means into an ice compartment and a heat-transfer compartment, said ice compartment and said heat-transfer compartment being substantially segregated from one-another;
• pump and motor means for pumping water in closed cycle from said ice compartment through said heat-transfer compartment and back to said ice compartment;
• heat-transfer means for circulating warm air in heat-exchange relationship with cool water when circulated in said closed cycle, within said heat-transfer compartment, and for intaking said warm air from and exterior source and for evacuating cooled air from the heat-transfer compartment to an exterior location to be cooled;
• said heat-transfer means including fans located above said closed cycle, the container means having intake ports within lower portions of walls of said heat-transfer compartment and having exhaust ports within upper portions of walls of said heat-transfer compartment and the heat-transfer means further including water-circulation conduits cycling water from and to the ice compartment, and said water-circulation conduits being mounted substantially above a level of said intake ports.