Air filter guides for an air conditioner

摘要

According to the present invention, a filter guide structure is provided for an air conditioner of the type having an indoor section which includes a housing having an evaporator coil. The evaporator has fins on its front surface and is mounted in a substantially vertical orientation. An indoor grill is adapted to be mounted to the housing in spaced relation to the evaporator coil. The grill includes a front wall having a return air opening to admit return air to be conditioned into the evaporator coil. The front wall has an elongated opening adjacent to an edge thereof to receive the filter for insertion and removal of the filter into the space between the indoor grill and the evaporator coil. The filter includes a rectangular frame having a leading edge and a trailing edge and laterally spaced edges interconnecting the leading and trailing edges. The filter guide structure receives the laterally spaced edges of the filter after the leading edge has passed through the elongated opening and slideably guides the filter along a path which prevents contact of the filter with the fins of the evaporator coil.