Outdoor unit construction for an electric heat pump

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:865149

Draper, Robert ^[1]; Lackey, Robert S ^[1]

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1. Pittsburgh, PA

The outdoor unit for an electric heat pump is provided with an upper portion 10 containing propeller fan means 14 for drawing air through the lower portion 12 containing refrigerant coil means 16 in the form of four discrete coils connected together in a subassembly forming a W shape, the unit being provided with four adjustable legs 64 which are retracted in shipment, and are adjusted on site to elevate the unit to a particular height suitable for the particular location in which the unit is installed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4470271
• OSTI ID: 865149
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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coil
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