Ceiling fan cooling system
OwnerDaniel Kinginventor
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Abstract
A ceiling fan cooling system comprising an A/C condenser unit, preferably mounted above/beyond the ceiling of a room, and an associated evaporator unit which is mounted in a housing on the inside of the ceiling or flush with the ceiling of the room. The evaporator unit draws room air in and blows it downwardly, over the evaporator coils, toward the blades of a conventional ceiling fan. The air is thus cooled by the evaporator coils and circulated throughout the room by the ceiling fan. The lower surface of the evaporator housing is configured to receive the mounting plate of a conventional off-the-shelf ceiling fan. The system may also be configured as a heating system, for example, using a heat pump or electrical heating elements incorporated into the evaporator housing, allowing the fan to blow air over them.
Claims20
A ceiling fan cooling system comprising:
- an evaporator associated with an air conditioning system, said evaporator being mounted adjacent to the ceiling of a room in a building, and comprising:
- evaporator coils for cooling air therearound;
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- a housing having a lower surface with a substantially flat face configured to support a conventional ceiling fan that is configured to mount to a room ceiling.
An evaporator unit associated with an air conditioning system and mountable adjacent the ceiling of a room in a building, comprising:
- evaporator coils associated with the air conditioning system;
- an evaporator fan for blowing air over the evaporator coils;
- a housing for containing the evaporator and the evaporator fan, said housing having a lower surface with a substantially flat face configured to receive the mounting hardware of a conventional ceiling fan, and having outlet vents disposed toward the lower surface generally surrounding the flat face;
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- wherein the evaporator fan is configured to force air downwardly over the evaporator coils, and through the outlet vents.
A ceiling fan heating/cooling system comprising:
- an air conditioning condenser disposed outside a room having a ceiling;
- an evaporator associated with the air conditioning condenser, said evaporator having evaporator coils and being mountable to the ceiling of the room;
- heating means disposed adjacent the evaporator;
- an evaporator fan for blowing air over the evaporator coils and the heating means;
- a housing mountable adjacent to the ceiling and configured for containing the evaporator, the heating means, and the evaporator fan;
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- a conventional ceiling fan mounted to a lower surface of the housing, whereby air cooled by the evaporator or heated by the heating means is forced downwardly toward the ceiling fan by the evaporator fan, such that the cooled or heated air may be circulated throughout the room by the ceiling fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.