Bus air conditioning unit for roof top mounting
AssigneeThermo King Corporation
InventorRonald W. Brown
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Abstract
An air conditioning unit for mounting on the roof of a bus is comprised of a vehicle air conditioning section 12 and a separator condenser section 14 which in their installed relation are fastened together along the line 52, the central part of the unit having a standing space 38 between the operating parts of the air conditioning section and the condenser section to facilitate ready access from that standing space to both of the sections. Additionally, side spaces are provided along both the sides of the unit by means of detachable panels spaced outwardly from the interior parts of the sections so as to provide space for routing of refrigerant and other lines.
Claims9
An air conditioning unit for on the roof of a vehicle, such as a passenger bus, comprising:
- a vehicle air conditioning section comprising a first enclosure part including front, rear and opposite sidewalls assembled to each other in substantially water tight relation and housing evaporator coil means, evaporator fan means for circulating air from the vehicle interior for conditioning and returning it to the interior, an openable top panel in substantially water tight relation on said first enclosure part, and detachable side panel means spaced outboard of each of said opposite sidewalls to provide first side spaces therebetween;
- a condenser section, physically separate from said air conditioning section, and having an independent frame and panel means forming a separate housing containing condenser coil means, and condenser fan means for circulating ambient air through said condenser coil means;
- means for attaching said sections together to form the unit with said air conditioning and condenser sections spaced apart to provide a generally central part of said unit which is upwardly open over an area sufficiently extensive to provide standing room on said roof for a person to permit working on the unit from the central part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.