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Water-cooled air conditioner

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5354770

An improved water-cooled air conditioner is described which consists of: a main body; a condenser with a condensing coil formed therein being disposed in the middle portion of the main body, the condenser furnished with a floating valve, the condenser further provided in the periphery thereof with an inlet and a control valve such that the inlet and the control valve cooperate with the floating valve to regulate the level of water contained in the condenser or to clean the condenser; an evaporator with a cooling coil received therein being disposed in the lower portion of the main body and separated from the condenser, an expansion valve connecting the cooling coil of the evaporator and the condensing coil of the condenser, the evaporator provided in the interior thereof with a floating valve and at the periphery thereof with an inlet and a control valve such that the floating valve is associated with the inlet and the control valve to regulate the level of water contained in the evaporator; cooling means being disposed in the upper portion of the main body and communicating with the condenser, the cooling means provided at its center with a sprayer, a water pump disposed to be situated within the water contained in the condenser and being connected to the lower end of the sprayer, a plurality of dissipating plates disposed in the cooling means and located between the upper end of the sprayer and the condensing coil of the condenser, and an electric fan capable of being driven by a motor being disposed on the top of the cooling means and beyond the sprayer.

Assignee:
NOV; NOV-85-019649; EDB-86-165301
Patent Number(s):
US 4603559
OSTI ID:
5354770
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English