Low profile room air conditioner indoor section construction

A window air conditioner unit of the type having a basepan which supports indoor and outdoor sections, with a generally vertically extending partition dividing the unit into said indoor and outdoor sections, said partition and the portion of said basepan supporting said indoor section being molded as a single component, with said basepan extending generally horizontally and said partition extending generally perpendicular thereto said partition having a horizontally extending rib formed at the upper end thereof;

• said indoor section comprising an evaporator coil disposed in said basepan generally forward of said partition and extending across a major portion of said basepan;
• a condensate pan mounted in said basepan under said evaporator coil along its entire length thereof and having an extension thereof extending substantially perpendicularly thereto across said basepan to said partition wall;
• an evaporator fan scroll mounted in said basepan rearwardly of said condensate pan and evaporator coil and having a longitudinally extending front edge thereof engaging said condensate pan, said scroll having a distal longitudinal edge thereof engaging said partition, said scroll having one end thereof in engagement with said condensate pan extension;
• a control box mounted in said indoor section including a lower end thereof overlying said condensate pan extension and an upper surface thereof having a portion thereof engaging said horizontally extending rib of said partition;
• an indoor fan motor mounted within said control box having an axis of rotation extending parallel to said basepan and said partition and spaced from the interior surface of said scroll;
• an indoor fan operatively engaged with said indoor fan motor and extending substantially the width of said scroll, said, scroll further comprising fan support structure at the end thereof spaced from said fan motor to thereby support said fan for rotation about said fan axis;
• a fan support bracket adapted to matingly engage said fan support structure on said scroll to support said fan bearing, said bracket including an upper surface thereof having a portion adapted to engage said horizontally extending rib of said partition.