Front suction/discharge type outdoor unit for airconditioner

A front suction/discharge type compressor/condenser unit for an air conditioner, comprising:

• a compressor/condenser unit casing having a front surface externally opened and its other surfaces including side surfaces closed, and installed separately from an indoor unit including an evaporator but connected to the indoor unit through refrigerant pipe lines;
• a compressor installed in the compressor/condenser unit casing, for compressing a refrigerant gas supplied from the indoor unit through the refrigerant pipe lines;
• an air-cooled condenser being positioned in the compressor/condenser unit casing to face the front surface and face at least one side surface contacting and facing the front surface, having its both ends adhered to at least one of the side surfaces, inducing external air to gaps between the air-cooled condenser and the facing surfaces, and condensing the refrigerant gas from the compressor by external air sucked;
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• a cooling fan installed in the compressor/condenser unit casing, for sucking external air through the front surface and the air-cooled condenser, and discharging heat exchanged air through the front surface.

A front suction/discharge type compressor/condenser unit for an air conditioner, comprising

• a compressor/condenser unit casing having a front surface externally opened and its other surfaces including side surfaces closed, and installed separately from an indoor unit including an evaporator but connected to the indoor unit through refrigerant pipe lines;
• a compressor installed in the compressor/condenser unit casing, for compressing a refrigerant gas supplied from the indoor unit through the refrigerant pipe lines;
• an air-cooled condenser being positioned in the compressor/condenser unit casing to face the front surface and face at least one side surface contacting and facing the front surface, having a rounded part, inducing external air to gaps between the air-cooled condenser and the facing surfaces, and condensing the refrigerant gas from the compressor by external air sucked;
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• a cooling fan installed in the discharge unit of the outdoor unit casing, for supplying external air to the air-cooled condenser, and discharging heat exchanged air,
• wherein the air-cooled condenser has predetermined gaps from the facing surfaces, and
• wherein a rounded value of the rounded part of the air-cooled condenser is greater than a size of the gap by at least two times.

A front suction/discharge type compressor/condenser unit for an air conditioner, comprising:

• a compressor/condenser unit casing having a front surface externally opened and its other surfaces including side surfaces dosed, and installed separately from an indoor unit including an evaporator but connected to the indoor unit through refrigerant pipe lines;
• a compressor installed in the compressor/condenser unit for compressing a refrigerant gas supplied from the indoor unit through the refrigerant pipe lines;
• an air-cooled condenser being positioned in the compressor/condenser unit casing and having a rounded part, and for inducing external air sucked through one surface for heat exchange, and condensing the refrigerant gas from the compressor by the sucked external air;
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• a cooling fan installed in the discharge unit of the outdoor unit casing, for supplying external air to the air-cooled condenser, and discharging heat exchanged air,
• wherein the air-cooled condenser is positioned in the suction unit such that predetermined gaps exist between the rounded part of the air-cooled condenser and side surfaces of the suction unit.