CONDENSATE DISPOSAL APPARATUS FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER

摘要

Condensate disposal apparatus for an air conditioner is shown wherein the air conditioner includes an evaporator disposed above a cylindrical condenser. A fan for forcing air through the condenser is mounted on a vertical shaft generally common to the axis of the condenser. A condensate impeller member is mounted to rotate with the fan or shaft and receives condensate directed to it from a drain tube communicating with a condensate collecting trough immediately below the evaporator. The path of the expelled condensate is intercepted by either a collar member attached to the condenser or the condenser fins themselves to transfer the condensate to the surface of the condenser generally adjacent one side of the condenser for a downwardly traversing flow to the opposite side of the condenser as urged by the airflow therethrough to increase exposure of the condensate to the condenser surface and promote its vaporization therefrom.