Cabinet construction

A cabinet construction for housing a ceiling-mounted fan-coil unit, the fan-coil unit having ground-facing and side surfaces and including

• a base unit section disposed generally parallel to the ground and having a heat exchange coil and a fan, and
• a back panel section extending from a juncture with the base unit section for supporting refrigerant conduits and electrical leads associated with the fan-coil unit,
• said cabinet construction comprising
• a base unit cabinet section dimensioned to house the ground-facing and side surfaces of the base unit section of the fan-coil, said base unit cabinet section including structure for engaging cooperating structure in the fan-coil unit to assist in positioning and attaching said base unit cabinet section on the base unit section of the fan-coil unit, and a surface transverse to the general plane of the base unit section disposed near the juncture of the base unit and back panel sections of the fan-coil unit, said transverse surface having at least one hole for receiving a bolt;
• an air inlet cabinet section dimensioned to house the ground-facing and side surfaces of the back panel section of the fan-coil unit, said air inlet section defining an air plenum and having an opening for admitting air to the fan, and a surface in opposed relationship with said base unit cabinet section surface, the air inlet cabinet section surface having at least one hole alignable with said hole in said base unit cabinet section hole for receiving the bolt received by said last mentioned hole;
• at least one latch member pivotally mounted on the fan-coil unit near the juncture of the base unit and back panel sections, said latch member including a spacer member for engaging one of said cabinet section surfaces when the structure of said base unit cabinet section is engaged with the cooperating structure of the fan-coil unit, to locate said cabinet sections relative to the fan-coil unit, and to maintain said structure and said cooperating structure in engagement, said spacer including a hole alignable with said alignable holes in said cabinet sections for receiving the bolt received by said alignable holes;
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• a bolt for each set of alignable cabinet section holes for extending through each set of aligned cabinet section holes and into the corresponding spacer member hole for attaching said cabinet sections to the fan-coil unit;
• said latch member being accessible through the opening in said air inlet section to facilitate the attachment and removal of said bolt from said holes, for the assembly and dis-assembly of said cabinet sections from the fan-coil unit.

A cabinet construction for housing a fan-coil unit operatable in either a vertical, freestanding position or a horizontal, ceiling-mounted position, the fan-coil unit including a base unit section having a set of notches configured to receive a set of tabs and an extension attachable to the base unit section when the fan-coil unit is operated in the horizontal position for supporting conduits associated with the fan-coil unit, said cabinet construction comprising:

• a base unit cabinet section for housing the base unit section of the fan-coil unit operating in either the vertical or horizontal positions, said base unit cabinet section having a set of tabs for entering the set of notches to connect the said base unit cabinet section to the base unit section, and an abutment surface;
• an air inlet cabinet section for housing the extension to the fan-coil unit when the fan-coil unit is operated in the horizontal position, said air inlet cabinet section having an air plenum for admitting air to the fan-coil unit and an abutment surface for engaging the abutment surface of said base unit cabinet section, and said air inlet cabinet section and said base unit cabinet section being connected at said abutment surfaces and having a pair of aligned bolt holes extending through the respective abutment surfaces;
• a pair of latch assemblies pivotally mounted on the fan-coil unit near said respective, aligned bolt holes when the fan-coil unit is in the horizontal position, each latch assembly including a flat support member and a spacer on the support member dimensioned to engage one of said engaged abutment surfaces to locate said cabinet sections to maintain the tabs in the notches, and a bolt hole alignable with the corresponding aligned bolt holes in said abutment surfaces;
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• a pair of bolts for extending through the aligned bolt holes in said abutment surfaces and in each latch assembly to cooperate with said tab in securing said cabinet sections to the fan-coil unit when the fan-coil unit is in the horizontal position.