Drain pan
OwnerLendell Martin, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A drain pan system has been invented for receiving water condensed on and flowing from an air conditioning coil, including a pan with a pan member for receiving and holding water from the coil, and the pan member having a side lip for connecting to an adjacent pan, the adjacent pan adjacent the coil and disposed at an angle to the pan member. In one aspect the drain pan is used with the coil which is generally configured in a V-shape when viewed from an end thereof. In one aspect the system includes a lateral pan or pans sealingly connectible to the adjacent pan and to which the pan member is sealingly secured.
Claims9
A drain pan system for receiving water condensed on and flowing from an air conditioning coil, the pan comprising
- a lateral pan,
- a side pan for receiving water from the coil,
- the side pan having a pan member with three raised sides and an open end and configured so that water is flowable out from the open end, the open end sealingly securable to and adjacent the lateral pan so that water flowable from the open end flows to the adjacent lateral pan,
- the lateral pan comprising a bottom pan member surrounded by four interconnected sides, pairs of sides spaced apart from each other by the bottom pan member, and the lateral pan securable to a side of the central pan so that the side of the central pan is received within the lateral pan with a sealing friction fit,
- the side pan having a lip extending from the open end, the lip receivable in the adjacent lateral pan to facilitate positioning of the side pan with respect to the adjacent lateral pan and securement of the side pan to the adjacent lateral pan, and
- the side pan's open end sealingly connected to the adjacent lateral pan, the lateral pan having drain apparatus for draining water received from the side pan.
A drain pan system for receiving water condensed on and flowing from an air conditioning coil, the air conditioning coil on the central pan, the drain pan comprising
- a lateral pan,
- a side pan for receiving water from the coil, the side pan having a pan member with three raised sides and an open end configured so that water is flowable out from the open end,
- the open end sealingly secured to and adjacent the lateral pan so that water flowable from the open end flows to the adjacent lateral pan,
- the side pan having a lip extending from the open end, the lip receivable in the adjacent lateral pan to facilitate positioning of the side pan with respect to the adjacent lateral pan and securement of the side pan to the adjacent lateral pan,
- the side pan's open end sealingly connected to the adjacent lateral pan, the lateral pan having drain apparatus for draining water received from the side pan,
- the side pan having at least one support for supporting the side pan, the support sized so that in use the side pan is tilted so that water runs from the side pan to the adjacent lateral pan,
- the central pan having four spaced-apart sides, and
- the lateral pan sized and configured for use on either of two spaced apart sides of the central pan so that the air conditioning coil tiltable ninety degrees to the left or to the right and the side pan is disposable beneath the coil whichever way the air conditioning coil is tilted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.