Mounting assembly of a separate type air-conditioner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung Ki Kim
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Abstract
An air conditioner system includes separate indoor and outdoor units affixed to opposite sides of a building wall. A plurality of conduits extend through the wall for transferring heat exchange media and electrical media between the units. Each conduit comprises a hollow first pipe extending through the wall, and two hollow second pipes connected to opposite ends of the first pipe and also connected to a respective unit. A hollow threaded fastener connects each second pipe to its respective first pipe and conducts a fluid between the pipes or houses an electrical wire extending between the pipes.
Claims10
In an air conditioner system including:
- an indoor unit and a separate outdoor unit disposed on opposite sides of a building wall and situated above a floor and the ground, respectively;
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- at least three conduit means interconnecting said indoor and outdoor units for the transfer of media therebetween and for supporting said indoor and outdoor units above said floor and said ground, respectively, each of said conduit means comprising:
- a hollow first pipe extending through the building wall such that each first pipe has an indoor end and an outdoor end,
- a pair of hollow second pipes disposed at respective ends of said first pipe, each second pipe including
- a coupling portion connected to said end first pipe, and
- a conducting portion extending from said coupling portion, and
- connecting means for removably securing said second pipes to said first pipe such that a passage is formed which communicates the interior of said first pipe with the interior of said second pipes;
- said indoor unit being connected to, and supported by, each of said second pipes located at said indoor end of its respective first pipe;
- said outdoor unit being connected to, and supported by, each of said second pipes located at said outdoor end of its respective first pipe;
- two of said conduit means conducting a medium in the form of heat transfer fluid between said indoor and outdoor units such that the fluid contacts interior surface of said first pipe and said second pipe of said two conduit means;
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- a third of said conduit means containing an electrical wire for conducting medium in the form of electricity between said indoor and outdoor units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.