Air conditioner shelter
OwnerGuy Goarininventor
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Abstract
A shelter for the condenser of an air conditioning system. The shelter comprises four lateral wall panels and a covering panel which are joined together to form a parallelepiped covering the condenser on all sides except the bottom where the condenser rests on the ground. The panels have rigid peripheral structural frame channels and mesh material supported on the frame channels. The mesh material passes air and obstructs leaves and similar debris which would otherwise clog the condenser. The shelter is assembled by threaded fasteners which are threaded into holes formed in the frame channels of the various panels. One lateral panel has a relief opening enabling the assembled shelter to be lowered over the condenser without causing interference with refrigerant conduits and power and control cables.
Claims5
A shelter for a condenser of an air conditioning system, wherein the condenser rests on the ground, said shelter comprising:
- a plurality of lateral wall panels each having a mesh center enabling air to pass therethrough, wherein each said lateral wall panel has means for removably and manually attaching to adjacent said lateral wall panels such that said lateral wall panels cover the condenser and close the condenser to unobstructed lateral access;
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- a covering panel having a mesh center enabling air to pass therethrough and means for removably and manually attaching to at least two of said lateral wall panels such that said covering panel covers the condenser and closes the condenser to unobstructed access from above,
- wherein one said lateral wall panel has a bottom edge and a relief opening formed in said one lateral wall panel, said relief opening disposed in relation to said bottom edge such that interference with conduits and cables projecting laterally from the condenser is avoided when said shelter is lowered over the condenser to the point that said shelter contacts the ground.
In combination, a condenser of an air conditioning system wherein the condenser rests on the ground and an associated shelter covering said condenser, comprising:
- a condenser;
- a shelter having a plurality of lateral wall panels each having a mesh center enabling air to pass therethrough, wherein each said lateral wall panel has means for removably and manually attaching to adjacent said lateral wall panels such that said lateral wall panels cover the condenser and close the condenser to unobstructed lateral access, and a rigid peripheral structural frame channel extending along the entire periphery of said lateral wall panel, and said covering panel has a rigid peripheral structural frame channel extending along the entire periphery of said covering panel, wherein said frame channels of said lateral wall panels have first holes, said frame channel of covering panel has second holes alignable with said first holes, wherein said first holes and said second holes accept threaded fasteners such that said lateral wall panels are secured to said covering panel in operative orientation, and a covering panel having a mesh center enabling air to pass therethrough and means for removably and manually attaching to at least two of said lateral wall panels such that said covering panel covers the condenser and closes the condenser to unobstructed access from above, wherein one said lateral wall panel has a bottom edge and a relief opening formed in said one lateral wall panel, said relief opening disposed in relation to said bottom edge such that interference with conduits and cables projecting laterally from the condenser is avoided when said shelter is lowered over the condenser to the point that said shelter contacts the ground,
- wherein said shelter is dimensioned and configured to surround and cover said condenser on all lateral sides and at the top of said condenser in close cooperation therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.