United States Patent (19) 11) 4,201,064

Kruget al. 45 May 6, 1980

54 AIR CONDITIONER FOR A BUS 3,848,428 11/1974 Rieter, Jr. .............................. 62/244
3,862,549 1/1975 Fernandes .............................. 62/419
75 Inventors: Martin Krug, Maglingen; Paul R. 3,973,620 8/1976 Stringer ................................. 62/244
Bihl, Ditzingen, both of Fed. Rep. of 4,043,143 8/1977 Fluder et al. .......................... 62/244
Germany 4,051,69 10/1977 Dawkins ................................ 62/244
73 Assignee: Sutrak Transportkaite, GmbH & Co., Primary Examiner-Lloyd L. King
Ditzingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Morgan, Finnegan, Pine,
Foley & Lee
21 Appl. No.: 900,739
57 ABSTRACT
22 Filed: Apr. 27, 1978
30 Foreign Application Priority Data An air conditioner unit adapted for mounting on the
roof of a motor vehicle is shown. Two elongated con
May 7, 1977 (DE) Fed. Rep. of Germany ... 774617U) densor units are arranged side by side within the unit
51 Int. C.’.............................................. B60H 3/04 housing and extend along the longitude of the vehicle
52 U.S.C. ......................................... 62/239; 62/244 roof; two elongated evaporator units are arranged side
58. Field of Search .......................... 62/239, 241, 244 by side within the unit housing behind the condensor
units with respect to the forward direction of motion of
56 References Cited the vehicle. Side walls of the unit housing are provided
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS with openings so that air flowing substantially trans
versely to the longitudinal axes of the condensors can be
2,032,572 3/1936 Hammers et al. ..................... 62A239 received by the condensors. The invention provides for
2,320,596 6/1943 Henney .................................. 62/244 a motor vehicle air conditioning unit with low height
2,784,568 3/1957 Schjolin ................................. 62239
3,35,488 4/1967 Lind .................. 62/24 and air resistance, but with large air intake capacity.
3,528,607 9/1970 Plackett et al. ... ... 237/2
3,670,808 6/1972 Wait, Jr. ................................ 62A244 17 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures
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the inventive construction does not involve any addi
AR CONDITIONER FOR A BUS tional expenditure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTS OF THE
INVENTION In a preferred embodiment of the inventive air condi
The invention relates to an air conditioner to be
tioner the housing comprises air inlet openings which
can be closed by check flaps on the inside of the housing
mounted on the roof of the body of a bus, comprising a at the two side walls adjacent to the condenser units or
housing in which an evaporator unit and a condenser in the upper wall approximately above the latter. In this
unit are mounted. O way, the condenser unit suction blower can provide all
Known air conditioners of this kind comprise a block parts of the condenser units with cooling air in the
shaped housing having in its front wall an air intake shortest way when the vehicle is standing or travelling
opening extending over practically the entire width of slowly. In the embodiment with closable air inlet open
the housing, and a condenser unit mounted behind this ings cooling air entering at the front while the vehicle is
opening. The width of the body of the bus limits the 5 travelling is prevented from partly leaving the housing
width of the air conditioner housing, and thus the again via the air inlet openings instead of flowing
length of the condenser unit, and since the latter cannot through the condenser units. If the travel speed depen
be made as low as convenient, in order to avoid too dent pressure head on that side of the condenser units
great a resistance against the air stream, the known air against which the air flows in is not sufficient, the air
conditioners must be of relatively high configuration so 20 inlet openings in the embodiment comprising check
as to ensure the necessary heat dissipation at the con flaps are automatically opened by the suction of the
denser unit. However, the large design height of the blowers associated with the condenser units and are
known air conditioners not only results in a consider closed again by the pressure head after the vehicle has
able increase in the vehicle's air resistance, but also in a driven off. Since the housing is closed at the front be
somewhat unesthetic appearance. 25 tween the condenser units, large dimensioned air inlet
The object of the invention was to create an air con openings can be advantageously arranged at the side
ditioner for a bus having a lower design height than the walls or in the upper wall of the air conditioner housing,
known constructions, but without the disadvantage of which has a favorable effect on the delivery efficiency
an increase in the flow resistance against the air flowing 30 of the blowers associated with the condenser units. In
through the condenser unit. the preferred embodiment of the inventive air condi
Departing from a known air conditioner to be tioners the condenser unit blower(s) is(are) mounted
mounted on the roof of the body of a bus, comprising a between the condenser units, and the housing has at
housing in which an evaporator unit and a condenser least one air outlet opening in its upper wall between the
unit are mounted, this object is attained in accordance condenser units. If several blowers are used, these can
with the invention in that at least two condenser units 35 be arranged in a row one behind the other, and in view
extending at least approximately in the longitudinal of the low design height and the possibility of blowing
direction of the body of the bus are arranged alongside the used air out at the top, it is advisable to use simple
axial fans.
each other. Since the bus dimensions put practically no In a plan view the condenser units could, however,
restriction on the air conditioner housing in the longitu also be mounted in V-shaped arrangement so that the air
dinal direction of the body of the bus, in such a con stream flowing into the air conditioner housing from the
struction the condenser units can be made long enough front has a component along the lamellae or ribs of the
for their dimensions in the direction of the air stream condenser units.
passing through them not to have to be made larger If the two evaporator units are mounted in laterally
than the condenser units of known air conditioners for 45 spaced relationship they can accommodate a receiving
buses, although they can be of substantially lower de area between them for electrical controls and/or refrig
sign height than the condenser units of the known con erant control devices. An air inlet opening through
structions. This lower design height of the condenser which the air to be cooled can be sucked in from the
units is the precondition of the decrease in the height of interior of the bus body can then be arranged in the
the air conditioner housing. SO housing beneath these devices. This has the great ad
It is expedient to design and mount the evaporator vantage that the electrical controls and the refrigerant
units according to the same principles as the condenser control devices, such as refrigerant driers, sight glasses
units. It is therefore advisable to mount at least two and expansion valves are simply and easily accessible
evaporator units extending at least approximately in the from the interior of the bus and can be serviced. The
longitudinal direction of the body of the bus alongside 55 electrical controls or the refrigerant control devices can
each other and behind the condenser units. The evapo be very simply secured by providing at least one sup
rator units can then be practically any length and thus port for these elements which traverses the evaporator
of low and narrow configuration, and they do not hin units and may simply be placed on the evaporator units.
der adaptation of the air conditioner housing to the This also prevents hindrance of the flow of air sucked in
curvature of the roof of the bus body. from the interior of the bus.
It should be noted that in spite of a laterally posi The measure of mounting the heat exchanger units
tioned condenser unit whose entire width is therefore approximately in the longitudinal direction of the bus
subjected to the motion dependent air flow at least one body enables the housing to be of curved or bevelled
suction blower must still be mounted behind the con configuration in line with the curvature of the roof of
denser unit in the above-described known air condi 65 the body of the bus. This leads to a further decrease in
tioner, so as to also ensure adequate heat dissipation the overall design height of the air conditioner, for
from the condenser unit in the event that the vehicle is while the known air conditioner housings which are of
standing or travelling at a slow speed. Consequently, block-shaped configuration owing to the laterally ar
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ranged condenser units are laterally spaced from the at least part of the air intake channels leading to the air
curved roof of the bus body and therefore extend higher distribution channels.
at the side than in the center area, the condenser units of It was hitherto customary to cut in the roof of the bus
the inventive air conditioner which are arranged in the body special openings for refrigerant lines, electric ca
longitudinal direction of the bus body enable the hous bles and water connecting means leading to the air
ing of the air conditioner to be adapted to the curvature conditioner. In a preferred embodiment of the inventive
of the roof, i.e., to be curved accordingly, or also be air conditioner the housing of the latter does, however,
bevelled about the center longitudinal axis, so that it have on its underside several cooled air discharge chan
extends everywhere by approximately the same amount nels or chutes extending downwardly therefrom which
above the roof of the bus body. This measure has a 10 are so dimensioned that they can also accommodate the
particularly advantageous effect on the appearance of connections for refrigerant lines, electric connecting
the body of the bus. The inventive design of the housing means and water connecting means. Separate openings
also ensures a better condensed water outflow. In the for these connecting means need therefore not be cut in
aforementioned known air conditioners, the blowers the roof of the body of the bus.
which are in the form of vertical radial blowers and 5 Since the blowers urging the cooled air into the inte
convey the air cooled at the evaporator units into the rior of the bus and thus also the cooled air discharge
interior of the bus body are mounted in their entirety in chutes are arranged in longitudinally spaced relation
the air conditioner housing, and owing to their neces ship, the roof crossbeams extending in the roof of the
sary diameter and their downwardly extending dis bus and mounted in longitudinally spaced relationship
charge nozzle necessitate a considerable minimum 20 are also not disturbingly noticeable as the chutes can be
height for the air conditioner. In the case of the inven mounted between the respective crossbeams.
tive construction it is suggested that at least parts of the Associating at least one respective evaporator unit
evaporator unit blowers be mounted outside the air with each air distribution channel extending along the
conditioner housing, as the inventor has ascertained the bus body also offers the possibility of operating the
following: Since openings for the cooled air discharge 25 refrigerant circuit in a particularly expedient manner: In
channels of the air conditioner have to be cut in the roof known air conditioners for buses, a special refrigerant
of the body of the bus in any case, the blowers associ circuit with compressor and evaporator is provided for
ated with the evaporator units can readily partly extend each side of the bus. If one compressor breaks down,
into these openings. However, it is also possible to insert one side of the bus can still be cooled, but there is no
these blowers in the air intake channels between these 30 cooling whatever for the other side.
openings and the air distribution channels at both sides If, on the other hand, in the inventive air conditioner
of the bus, or to even arrange them in the air distribu the capacity of half a refrigerant circuit is associated
tion channels, in which case it is expedient for them to with each side of the bus and thus each evaporator unit,
have a vertical fan wheel axis. one of the two compressors can break down without
If fresh air is to be mixed with the circulated cooled 35 one side of the bus remaining completely uncooled. The
air, it is advisable to provide the housing with air inlet capacity can also be particularly simply regulated since
openings at the two side walls or in the upper wall in the event of low cooling requirement one of the two
adjacent to the evaporator units. These inlet openings compressors or in the case of multi-cylinder compres
have a controllable closure means which can be either sors, some of the cylinders of the latter can simply be
permanently fixed or adjustable. In this way, the fresh put out of action. Continously uniform temperature
air need not flow through the condenser units, which distribution in the bus is therefore ensured.
owing to the eliminated flow resistance ensures as great The various principles underlying the invention
a supply of fresh air as possible, for example, when the could not have been made obvious by the prior art since
cooling is switched off. However, arranging the air inlet they have not been even remotely realized in air condi
openings in this manner is also advantageous if, in ac 45 tioners to be mounted on buses, including air condition
cordance with the invention, at least one heater is dis ers to be installed subsequently on buses, and were not
posed behind these openings to heat the upper regions used in other air conditioners for buses in a manner that
of the bus interior and defrost the windows. In this way, might have suggested to the designer how he could
the roof heating and devices for supplying fresh air, construct a mountable air conditioner of flat configura
which are otherwise installed in the bus, can be elimi 50 tion. An air conditioner for buses installed in the interior
nated. of the bus body is known wherein two condenser coils
Since the air distribution channels in the bus interior are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal
extend at the two side walls of the bus body, and the direction of the bus, and are located above an evapora
cooled air must be supplied to them, the lengthwise tor coil, which is likewise substantially longitudinally
arrangement of the evaporator units is particularly ad 55 oriented, however, the disadvantages of this construc
vantageous for it is then possible to provide one respec tion are obvious: unfavorable cooling conditions at the
tive chamber between each evaporator unit and the rear condenser and large design height.
corresponding side wall. At least one blower protrud In a further known air conditioner for vehicles which
ing from the bottom of the housing with at least one is built into the front of the body roof, two longitudi
discharge nozzle is mounted in the chamber. However, nally oriented condensers are located alongside each
normally several blowers are mounted in spaced rela other. They are exclusively supplied with cooling air by
tionship one behind the other in each chamber. The two radial blowers mounted between them and behind
chambers arranged adjacent to the outer walls of the each other. The cooling air is sucked in by the blowers
evaporator units are therefore located directly above through openings located at the sides of the body and
the air distribution channels of the body of the bus, so 65 after flowing round the condensers is ejected through a
that the entire cooled air need not be introduced into central opening in the roof. That no importance what
the bus interior via a single relatively small opening. ever was attached to a low design height when this
Also, the discharge nozzles of the radial blowers form known construction was conceived is evident from the
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fact that the compressors and drive motor are mounted extending ribs or lamellae are arranged in laterally
in the form of a laterally positioned unit of high configu spaced relationship in the condenser area 24 and divide
ration behind the condensers. Consequently, this prior it up further: Air intake chambers 30 are formed be
art provided no suggestions as to how the object under tween the two condenser units and the side walls 16,
lying the invention might be attained. Furthermore, this 5 and between the condenser units a blower chamber 32
known air conditioner comprises a laterally arranged in which three electrically driven vertical axis blowers
evaporator. 34 are arranged one behind the other. At each of the
A further known air conditioner for a bus is built into front ends of the air intake chambers 30 the front wall
the rear of the roof. Here, two longitudinally oriented 12 of the housing 10 has an air inlet opening 36 via
evaporator units are mounted alongside each other and 10 which cooling air flows during travel into the air intake
accommodate between them an air inlet opening for the chambers 30 from where it flows through the condenser
air to be cooled. However, between this inlet opening units 28 and then arrives in the blower chamber 32.
and the evaporator units there are blowers of relatively Since the air intake openings 36 are relatively small it is
high configuration iocated in their entirety above the advisable to provide in the front portion of the side
level of the inlet opening and therefore determining the 15 walls 16 longitudinal air inlet openings 40 via which the
design height. In addition, a condenser unit arranged axial blowers 34 can suck in cooling air for the con
laterally in relation to the longitudinal direction of the denser units 28 when the bus is standing or travelling at
bus is mounted in the bottom part of the bus body. For a low speed. In order that the airflowing in through the
this reason alone, this known construction could not air intake openings 36 during travel does not leave the
have inspired the design of a subsequently mountable 20 air intake chambers 30 immediately again via the air
system. inlet openings 40, check flaps 42, for example, flexible
Finally, an air conditioner for a bus is known wherein rubber flaps, are secured at 42a to the inside of the side
two longitudinally oriented evaporators on each side of walls 16 so as to open automatically when the rotating
the body are built into air channels extending in the axial blowers 34 produce a negative pressure in the air
longitudinal direction within the roof area. In this case 25 intake chambers 30, and so as to be also closed automati
too, the condenser is mounted in the bottom body area, cally when the motion dependent air flow builds up a
This system therefore does also not assist in attaining pressure head in the air intake chambers 30. The cooling
the object underlying the invention. Further features, air which takes away the heat from the condenser units
details and advantages of the invention are to be found 28 leaves the housing 10 through openings 34' indicated
in the enclosed claims and/or the following description 30 by dot-and-dash lines in FIG. 1 and arranged above the
and attached drawings of a preferred embodiment of axial blowers 34 in the upper wall 13 of the housing
the inventive air conditioner and also two variants. which is not illustrated in FIG. 1 (see FIG. la). The air
BRIEF EDESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
inlet openings 40 could, of course, also be arranged in
the upper wall of the housing, for example, above the
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the air condi- 35 air intake chambers 30 or immediately above the con
tioner after removal of an upper wall of the housing. denser units 28.
FIG. 1a is a fragmentary sectional view along line Two evaporator units 50 likewise extending in the
1a-ia in FIG. 1 on an enlarged scale. longitudinal direction of the bus body and comprising
FIG. 2a is a sectional view of the air conditioner ribs or lamellae extending laterally in relation thereto
along line 2-2 in FIG. 1, where the upper part of the are located in the evaporator area 26 behind the con
body of a bus serving to support the air conditioner is denser unit 28. These evaporator units are arranged in
also represented schematically. laterally spaced relationship and divide the evaporator
FIGS. 2b and 2c are two variants of the embodiment area 26 up into a center installation chamber 52 and two
shown in FIG, 2a, side blower chambers 54 in each of which four radial
FIG. 3 is a bottom rear view of a corner area of the 45 blowers 56 are vertically mounted, i.e., with a horizon
air conditioner, as indicated by arrow A in FIG. 1. tal axis, in spaced arrangement one behind the other. As
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
is apparent from FIG. 2a, the bottom portion 22 of the
EMBODIMENTS
housing 10 comprises under each of these radial blowers
an opening 58 at whose edges the walls of a down
FIG. 1 shows a housing which is designated in its 50 wardly and outwardly inclined chute 60 are welded.
entirety by reference numeral 10 and, in addition to an Extending into these chutes are the discharge nozzles 62
upper wall which has been removed and is not illus of the radial blowers which do, however, also engage
trated, comprises front and rear walls 12 and 14, respec the openings 58 with parts of their fan wheels 64 and the
tively two side walls 16 and a center partition 18. As is housings surrounding these.
clearly apparent from FIGS. 1 and 2a, the housing 10 is 55 Adjacent to the radial blowers the rear areas of the
not strictly block-shaped, but is bevelled about its longi side walls 16 comprise longitudinal inlet openings 66
tudinal axis in accordance with the curvature of a roof which should be grill openings which can be closed
20 of a bus body shown in FIG. 2a, such that a bottom either partly or fully in a controlled manner by slides 68
portion 22 of the housing 10 and the non-illustrated having corresponding grill openings. These slides can
upper wall comprise on either side of the center longitu be manually adjustable, but can also be remote-control
dinal axis outwardly and downwardly inclined portions lable slides. Behind each inlet opening is a heater 70
extending at, for example 3' with respect to the horizon which can be connected to a hot water circuit.
tal. The partition 18 divides the housing interior into a The electrical controls and the refrigerant control
condenser area 24 which in the longitudinal direction devices of the air conditioner are to be arranged in the
(B) of the bus body is located at the front, and an evapo- 65 installation chamber 52. However, for reasons of sim
rator area 26 located therebehind. plicity, these components were not illustrated in the
Two condenser units 28 extending in the longitudinal drawings, but rather indicated by a block 72 in FIGS. 1
direction (B) of the bus body and comprising laterally and 2a. A plate on which the various devices are hung
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can serve to support them in the installation chamber of the air conditioner housing not being curved or bev
52. The simplest way is to place the plate on the con elled.
denser units 50 so that it need only be secured against We claim:
displacement. This arrangement of the electrical con 1. An air conditioner unit adapted to be mounted on
trols and the refrigerant control devices has the advan 5 the roof of a motor vehicle, said unit comprising a hous
tage that an air inlet opening 74 can be arranged in the ing with a front wall, two side walls and an upper cover,
center of the roof 20 of the bus body beneath the air at least two elongated condensor. units being arranged
conditioner and the air to be cooled can be sucked in side by side within said housing behind its front wall
through this opening from the interior of the bus body, and extending substantially parallel to said side walls, at
so that the electric controls and the refrigerant control 10 least two elongated evaporator units being arranged
devices can easily be made accessible from the interior side by side within said housing behind the condensor
of the bus by removing an intake grill 76 secured in the units and extending substantially parallel to said side
air inlet opening 74. walls, said at least two condensor units being parallel to
One or several of the chutes 60 can be used for also said side walls, said at least two condensor units being
accommodating the connections for refrigerant lines, 15 adapted to receive air flowing substantially transversely
electrical cables and water inlet and outlet lines, so that to their longitudinal axes and parallel to said upper
no special openings for these connections need be cut in cover, and means for directing such transversely flow
the roof 20 of the bus body. This is apparent from FIG. ing air toward the condensor units.
3 showing several line connections 78 protruding from 20
2. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1
the chute 60' at the-according to FIG. 1-rear corner wherein said housing is provided with at least one open
of the housing 10. It is also evident from FIG. 3 that the ing in the front wall, and at least one blower is associ
space between the discharge nozzles 62 of the radial ated with the condensor units and mounted in said hous
blowers 56 enables provision of gaps 80 between the ing, and wherein longitudinal air inlet openings for the
chutes 60 and 60' associated with the discharge nozzles 25 condensor unit blower are located in the front portion
through which crossbeams of the roof 20 of the bus of the housing adjacent the condensor units.
body extend so that these do not prevent the inventive 3. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1
air conditioner from extending along a relatively large wherein a blower associated with said condensor units
lengthwise area of the roof of the bus body and from is mounted between the condensor units and at least one
engaging the roof of the body of the bus with some of its 30 air outlet opening is provided in the upper cover of the
parts. housing between the condensor units.
Air distribution channels 82 to which the discharge 4. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1 fur
nozzles 62 of the radial blowers 56 are connected via air ther comprising an air intake chamber between each
intake channels 84 extend at both sides of the bus body condensor unit and the adjacent housing side wall, and
beneath the roof 20 of the bus body. The adjustable air 35 air intake openings in the front wall of the housing at the
nozzles 86, known perse, are then located at the bottom front ends of the air intake chambers.
of the air distribution channels. The air distribution 5. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1
channels 82 also supply defrosting nozzles, not illus wherein the evaporator units are mounted in laterally
trated, for the side windows of the bus body. spaced arrangement, forming between them a receiving
The air to be cooled is sucked in through the air inlet area for refrigerant and electrical control devices, and
grill 76 by the radial blowers 56 from the interior of the wherein the housing is provided with an air inlet open
body of the bus and through the evaporator units 50. ing beneath said receiving area.
The cooled air is then blown into the lengthwise extend 6. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1
ing air distribution channels 82 via the discharge nozzles wherein the housing is curved for mounting on a motor
62 and the air inlet channels 84. If fresh air is to be mixed 45 vehicle having a curved roof.
with the circulated air, the slides 68 behind the inlet 7. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1
openings 66 simply need to be adjusted accordingly. On wherein the longitudinal side walls of the housing are
fully opening the inlet openings 66 an optimum fresh air provided with adjustable air inlet openings.
supply is obtained since the fresh air need not be con 8. An air condensor unit as claimed in claim 1
veyed through the condenser units and so their flow 50 wherein at least two discharge chutes for cooled air are
resistance cannot be of effect. The same applies to sup provided on the lower side of the housing and project
plying heated fresh air which can be produced and downwardly therefrom and which are adapted for en
conveyed into the air distribution channels 82 by pass casing refrigerant lines, electrical connecting means and
ing hot water through the heater 70. In this way the water connecting means.
upper part of the bus interior can be heated well and the 55 9. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1
side windows defrosted without the necessity of a spe wherein a chamber is provided between each evapora
cial heating system. tor unit and the adjacent longitudinal side wall, an evap
FIGS. 2b and 2c are variants showing that radial orator blower being mounted in said chamber so that at
blowers 56 and 56' corresponding to the radial blowers least one discharge nozzle of said blower protrudes
56 can also be mounted entirely in the air inlet channels from the bottom of the housing.
84 or the air distribution channels 82'. In the latter 10. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 2
case, an assembly with a vertical fan wheel axis is rec wherein the air inlet openings are closable.
ommended. Since the remaining parts of the variants 11. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 7 fur
shown in FIGS. 2b and 2c are identical to the embodi ther comprising heating means mounted behind the air
ment shown in FIG. 2a there is no need to describe 65 inlet openings.
these two variants in further detail. 12. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 10
The basic concept of the arrangement of the air con wherein the air inlet openings are closable by means of
ditioner components is also advantageous in the event check flaps mounted on the inside of the housing.
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13. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 3 spaced relationship one behind the other in each of said
wherein several condensor unit blowers designed as chambers.
16. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 7
vertical axes fans are provided and wherein said vertical wherein the adjustable air inlet openings have an adjust
axes fans are mounted in a row one behind the other. able closure and said openings are provided at both
14. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 1 fur longitudinal sidewalls of the housing.
ther comprising a blower for each evaporator unit, 17. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 7
wherein each said evaporator blower is located at least wherein the adjustable air inlet openings have an adjust
partly outside the housing. able closure and said openings are located in the upper
15. An air conditioner unit as claimed in claim 9 10 wall of the housing adjacent to: the
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evaporator units.
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