Refrigeration – Structural installation – Window connected or mounted
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-17
2001-03-27
Doerrler, William (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Structural installation
Window connected or mounted
C062S298000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06205804
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to air conditioner and is particularly directed to a method for mounting compressors for an air conditioner to a supporting structure.
BACKGROUND ART
It is well known for air conditioners, such as room air conditioners and split/system air conditioners, to have a compressor mounted to a supporting surface. Such surface is typically a horizontal surface in a section of the air conditioner commonly referred to as the “outdoor section” or the “condensing section”.
Since most compressors produce a fair amount of noise and vibration, it is considered desirable to provide a mounting structure for the compressor which serves to isolate the compressor from the supporting structure. Such mounting structure must also be structurally capable of reacting forces caused by adverse handling of the air conditioner unit, such forces include lateral, vertical and torsional forces which might be caused by dropping the unit or mishandling the unit in shipping.
A well known manner of dealing with such forces is to mount the compressor by way of a mounting plate attached to the compressor. The mounting plate in turn is isolated through rubber grommets which are received in mounting studs provided in the mounting structure. Various types of compressors are adapted for use in such air conditioners, for example, rotary compressors and reciprocating compressors may be used satisfactorily in the same air conditioning unit. Such compressors are of different sized and therefore require mounting plates and associated mounting structure to accommodate the different sized compressors.
It is deemed desirable to provided a mounting structure in the basepan of an air conditioner which is adapted to readily receive mounting structure for more than one size compressor while providing adequate support for the compressor during normal operation and during shipping.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, an arrangement is provided for mounting compressors on the basepan of an air conditioner which is adapted to use one of two different types of compressors. Each of the compressors is adapted to be mounted in substantially the same region of the basepan. The mounting arrangement includes a first set of compressor mounts attached to the basepan in a mounting region. A second set of compressor mounts is also attached to the basepan in at least a portion of a common section of the mounting region. A first mounting plate is attached to a first compressor which is adapted to be operatively attached to the first set of compressor mounts. The first mounting plate has a lower wall which does not overly any of the second set of compressor mounts. A second mounting plate is attached to the second of the two compressors and is adapted to be operatively attached to the second set of compressor mounts. The second mounting plate has a lower wall which overlies at least one of the compressor mounts of the first set of mounts. The second mounting plate is configured such that its lower wall is in a predetermined spaced relationship with the at least one of the first set of compressor mounts when the second compressor is mounted to the base.
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Carrier Corporation
Doerrler William
Shulman Mark
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