US 7,028,506 B2 · Indoor unit of packaged air conditioner

Abstract

Disclosed is an indoor unit of a packaged air conditioner including a cabinet having an inlet grill at a lower part and an outlet grill at an upper part so as to provide a circulation space of an indoor air, an evaporator established on a slant at an inner upper part of the cabinet to cool the indoor air with evaporation heat of a refrigerant, a cross-flow fan installed at an inner lower part of the cabinet to compulsorily inhale to exhale the indoor air toward the evaporator wherein the inhaled and exhaled indoor airs coexist at a same height, and a separator installed between a top of the cross-flow fan and the evaporator to prevent the inhaled and exhaled airs from intervening each other.

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Dependent claims

An indoor unit of a packaged air conditioner, comprising:

a cabinet having an inlet grill positioned at a lower portion thereof, and an outlet grill positioned at an upper portion thereof so as to provide an air circulation space for air within the cabinet;
an evaporator positioned on a slant at an inner upper part of the cabinet and configured to cool the air;
a cross-flow fan installed at an inner lower section of the cabinet and configured to continuously inhale air, and to exhale the inhaled air toward the evaporator, wherein the inhaled and exhaled air occupy a same vertical position within the indoor unit;
a separator installed between a top of the cross-flow fan and the evaporator, and a stabilizer positioned at a lower end portion of the separator, wherein the separator and the stabilizer are configured to prevent the inhaled and exhaled air from intermixing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Indoor unit of packaged air conditioner

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