Abstract: Refrigerator including a body forming an outer appearance of the refrigerator, a terminal detachably mounted on the body for controlling the refrigerator, a power supply device at one side of the body, for receiving power from an outside of the refrigerator, converting to a predetermined charge power, and supplying to the terminal, and an electric connection part connected between the power supply device and the terminal.

Abstract: A refrigerated appliance with a hinged access panel is disclosed. The refrigerated appliance comprising a frame, the panel, and one or more hinges coupling the panel to the frame. Each hinge having a linkage that guides the movement of the panel between a closed position and an open position. The movement of the linkage has a linear component and a rotational component. The refrigerated appliance may include a latch configured to retain the panel in the open position. The refrigerated appliance may include one or more biasing elements configured to bias the panel toward the open position.

Abstract: A coupling in accordance with the present invention may be used to join devices together without the need for conduits or other intermediaries. A nut may be used to couple the coupling to a first device via a first thread portion and to a second device via a second thread portion. In some embodiments, the coupling may be affixed to one of the first or second devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device (1) for fixing an adapter (3) for an add-on piece to a condenser that is provided with deformable lamellae located between coolant conduits. Said device (1) comprises an adapter-supporting piece (2) that is provided with the adapter (3) for the add-on piece. An opposite piece (5) is also provided. The adapter-supporting piece (2) and the opposite piece (5) encompass a number of facing, wedge-shaped protrusions (11, 13). A locking arrangement (6) is embodied on the adapter-supporting piece (2) and the opposite piece (5) for connecting the adapter-supporting piece (2) and the opposite piece (5). The protrusions (11, 13) engage with the lamellae of the condenser so as to deform the same when the adapter-supporting piece (2) and the opposite piece (5) are connected, resulting in stable securing of the device (1) while the connection is formed by the locking arrangement (6).

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for coupling an HVAC controller to an HVAC system are provided. In several embodiments, a sub-base is provided allowing an HVAC controller to be coupled to a printed wire board to allow, in some cases, modification of the HVAC controller function. The sub-base may include a plurality of terminals, each terminal having a contact mating feature for receiving a pin of an HVAC controller, a terminal block location for receiving an end of a wire, and a transformation pin-out adapted to couple to a printed wire board, with the contact mating feature, the terminal block location, and the transformation pin-out being electrically coupled together. In one embodiment, an HVAC controller is modified to allow a controller adapted for use with a single fuel system to control dual fuel system.

Abstract: A single medium voltage starter box is mounted on a chiller unit with the other components of the chiller system. The starter box can be positioned on the chiller system unit to permit the starter box to be close coupled to the motor, and specifically to the main motor lead exit hub without the need for any power conduit connections between the starter box and the motor. In addition, the starter box also does not require any control interface and receives controls from a control panel. A short conduit connection between the control panel and the starter box is used to provide the necessary connections between the control panel and the starter box.

Abstract: In a monolithic air conditioner, a front panel is mounted on a front of a cabinet and includes an indoor air intake, an indoor air outlet, and a discharge guide backwardly extended from the indoor air outlet. An indoor heat exchanger is mounted on a back of the front panel. An air guide on which the indoor heat exchanger is mounted includes an orifice in a center to pass sucked indoor air therethrough. A scroll is mounted on a back of the air guide to guide the sucked indoor air. An indoor fan is mounted between the scroll and the air guide to suck the indoor air. A shroud is mounted on a back of the scroll to guide sucked outdoor air and it defines an orifice in a center to discharge the sucked outdoor air. An outdoor fan is mounted on a back of the shroud to suck the outdoor air, a fan motor is mounted on the scroll to drive the indoor and outdoor fans, and an outdoor heat exchanger is mounted on a back of the outdoor fan to exchange heat with the sucked outdoor air.

Abstract: An air conditioning pad that is to be placed under an air conditioning unit to support it, raise it off the ground, and maintain it in a preferred position of use, even when subjected to strong winds or flooding. It has a plurality of openings therethrough for the insertion of tie-down straps, several central supports to give it strength, and has at least one interior cavity that can be filled with fluid or other material on site to provide the weight needed to meet new building code requirements relating to severe storm conditions and/or otherwise maintain an air conditioning unit in its originally selected position of use. Applications include, but are not limited to, use in supporting air conditioning units in outside locations.

Abstract: The capacity of a compressor (21) in cleaning operation is set based on a Froude number Fr. The Froude number Fr expresses a ratio of an inertial force of a gas refrigerant flowing through a gas side communication pipe (70) to a gravity working on a liquid in the gas side communication pipe (70). The capacity of the compressor (21) in the cleaning operation is set so that the Froude number Fr is larger than 1, whereby the inertial force of the gas refrigerant flowing through the gas side communication pipe (70) becomes larger than the gravity working on the liquid in the gas side communication pipe (70) which contains mineral oil and foreign matters. In this connection, the liquid containing the mineral oil and the foreign matters is pushed up by the gas refrigerant even in a perpendicularly extending portion of the gas side communication pipe (70).

Abstract: A universal direct current brushless air conditioning system preferably includes a blower unit and a compressor unit. The blower unit preferably includes an evaporator, at least one inlet fan, at least one outlet vent, a direct current controller, a thermostatic expansion valve and a mounting enclosure. The compressor unit preferably includes a compressor, a condenser, at least one exhaust fan and a mounting enclosure. The compressor includes a motor. Significantly, the inlet fans, the at least one exhaust cooling fan and the compressor motor are a DC brushless type for drawing less electrical power. The blower unit and compressor unit are connected to each other through any suitable tubing and wires. A reverse valve is preferably included to allow the universal direct current brushless air conditioning system to be used as a heat pump to output heat.

Abstract: A refrigerator having an inner case with increased strength and a method of manufacturing the same. The refrigerator includes a cooling system, a body coupled to the cooling system, a door coupled to the body, and a plurality of reinforcing protrusions. The body includes an outer case encasing an inner body case having a storage compartment defined therein. The door includes an outer door case encasing an inner door case. The door is coupled to the body to provide access to the storage compartment which is cooled by the cooling system. The plurality of reinforcing protrusions is disposed on at least one inner surface of either the inner body case or the inner door case. The plurality of reinforcing protrusions allows for manufacturing thinner inner cases for refrigerators that cannot be easily deformed and have a low product defect rate.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes an outdoor section comprising an outdoor coil, a fan, and a refrigerant compressor housed within a cabinet. The cabinet includes an outer wrapper supported by a plastic base. The base and wrapper include features that facilitate the cabinet's assembly and shipping, enhance its appearance, and ensure its functional and structural integrity. For example, the base includes breakaway shipping tabs, lead-ins that help guide the wrapper and coil into position during assembly, and snaps that help hold the wrapper in place with a minimal number of screws. The wrapper includes watertight screw-receiving dimples for mounting electrical hardware, side panels that interconnect by way of a novel vertically sliding fit, and a spacer for protecting the coil from being crushed by the wrapper. A frame that supports the fan also supports the cabinet's top cover.

Abstract: A partition member partitions off a cooling stage of a refrigerator from a refrigerant container, containing a refrigerant gas condensed by the cooling stage, of a cooling system, and a low melting point metal held in the partition member brings the cooling stage into thermally contact with the refrigerant container. This makes it possible to exchange only the broken refrigerator without stopping the operation of the cooling system.

Abstract: A machine mounting adapter accommodates mounting of a variety of differently dimensioned machines on top of a standard sized base machine, and in particular enables any one of a number of differently sized ice machines to be mounted on top of a given ice dispenser. The adapter includes both a specially configured cover that replaces a standard cover normally found on the ice dispenser and a pair of rigid bars that together with the specially configured cover are supported on a top perimeter edge defined around an open upper end of an ice retaining bin of the ice dispenser. An ice machine mounts on top of the cover with an ice drop hole in the cover providing access for ice made by the ice machine to enter the bin.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner with an enhance efficiency. The air conditioner An air conditioner includes: an indoor part for inhaling indoor air to exchange heat with an indoor heat exchanger, and again discharging the heat-exchanged air into an indoor space; an outdoor part for inhaling an outdoor air to exchange heat with an outdoor heat exchanger, and again discharging the heat-exchanged air into an outdoor space; a base partitioned into the outdoor part and the indoor part and loaded on the partitioned outdoor part and indoor part; and a cabinet provided to cover both sides and a rear surface of the outdoor part, and having an insertion guide formed at a lower portion thereof.

Abstract: A modular refrigeration unit has a condenser assembly, an evaporator assembly, and a bulkhead assembly positioned between the condenser assembly and the evaporator assembly. The refrigeration cabinet includes a condenser chamber adapted for receiving the condenser assembly. The condenser chamber has an insulated wall portion with a mating surface thereon. The refrigeration cabinet also has an insulated main chamber, in which air is cooled by the evaporator assembly. The bulkhead assembly is engageable with the mating surface to form a substantially air-tight seal between the condenser chamber and the main chamber.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner is provided. The indoor unit has an improved airflow structure, for a rapid air conditioning of the room, a user's convenience, and an efficiency of the air conditioner.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing cooling storage units and a sales management system is to be provided for the same permitting the exclusion of a made-to-order production system which indispensably requires pre-shipment cooling tests. Thermally insulated boxes of different predetermined sets of specifications, each usable as a freezer, a refrigerator, or a freezer-refrigerator, and cooling units so fabricated as to have a prescribed cooling capacity for any one of the group of thermally insulated boxes are made ready in advance. One thermally insulated box, meeting the specified requirements from the group of thermally insulated boxes, and a matching cooling unit are transported to the installation site of the cooling storage unit. The thermally insulated box and the cooling unit are combined at the installation site to constitute the cooling storage unit.

Abstract: An ice making section of a stream down type ice making machine for enabling easy cleaning between a pair of ice making plates and for enabling individual replacement of every component, thereby reducing the cost of replacement. A plurality of mounting members 16 are provided on an evaporation pipe 14 in parallel being separated at a predetermined interval in the extending direction of a linear part 14. Each of parts to be engaged 16b, 16b is formed at an open end of each mounting member 16. At an open end of each ice making member 18 formed into generally U-shaped by bending, each engagement part 22d which is engageable with and disengageable from the part to be engaged 16b is formed. By assembling the ice making member 18 between the mounting members 16, 16 adjacent to each other so as to engage each engagement part 22d with the corresponding part to be engaged 16b, a first ice making section is configured so that the pair of ice making plates are oppositely arranged across the evaporation pipe 14.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connecting package for a refrigerator compressor.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a cold storage in which a cooling unit constituted by integrating a compressor, an evaporator and the like is mounted on a bottom part of an insulating box, whereby processing of the cooling unit on its insulating box side is made unnecessary or minimum, and a space can also be saved.

Abstract: Vehicles are provided with a first air conditioning system adapted to condition at least air in the driver compartment and a second air conditioning system distinct from the first air conditioning system and adapted to operate independently of the first air conditioning system. The second air conditioning system is adapted to condition at least air in the sleeper compartment and includes an exterior assembly mounted to a location outside the interior area and an interior assembly operably connected with the exterior assembly and mounted within the interior area. The exterior assembly includes an auxiliary condenser coil and an auxiliary condenser fan and the interior assembly includes an auxiliary evaporator coil, an auxiliary evaporator fan and an auxiliary compressor.

Abstract: A modular refrigeration unit for use in a refrigeration cabinet has a condenser assembly, an evaporator assembly, and a bulkhead assembly positioned between the condenser assembly and the evaporator assembly. The refrigeration cabinet includes a condenser chamber and an insulated main chamber and mating surfaces defining an opening there between. The modular refrigeration unit includes a gasket assembly coupled to a periphery of the bulkhead assembly. The gasket assembly includes one vane mounted on a thermal breaker and engageable with the mating surfaces to form a substantially air-tight seal between the condenser chamber and the main chamber. The modular refrigeration unit is adapted for movement substantially transverse to the bulkhead assembly to engage the vane with the mating surfaces to form the substantially air-tight seal.

Abstract: A refrigerator designed to prevent inner surfaces of storage compartments thereof from being damaged during a manufacturing process. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining an external appearance of the refrigerator having refrigerator and freezer compartments therein, a machine room provided on the top of the cabinet to house components required to constitute a refrigerating cycle, first and second evaporators to cool the refrigerator and freezer compartments, a first connecting pipe extended from the first evaporator and led to the machine room through a top wall of the refrigerator compartment, and a second connecting pipe extended from the second evaporator and led to the machine room through a top wall of the freezer compartment, whereby the first and second connecting pipes are connected to each other by a welding operation in the machine room.

Abstract: A refrigeration system including a compressor, condenser, valve, and refrigeration branch, all of which is in fluid communication. The refrigeration branch includes an evaporator coil. The refrigeration system further includes a case adapted to be cooled by the evaporator coil, and a system controller operable to control one or more aspects of the refrigeration system, and a subsystem controller in communication with the system controller. The subsystem controller is operable to control a subsystem having one of the compressor, condenser, valve, refrigeration branch, and case. The method of operating the refrigeration system includes at the subsystem controller, monitoring a parameter of the subsystem, comparing the monitored parameter with a parameter limit, generating an alarm when the parameter is not within the parameter limit, and communicating the alarm to the system controller.

Abstract: An integrated air conditioner, including a condenser casing to house a condenser and a condenser fan therein, the condenser casing including a front plate, an upper cover extending from an upper edge of the front plate, and a plurality of hinges integrally provided between the front plate and the upper cover, spaced apart from at regular intervals, wherein the upper cover rotates around the hinges be perpendicular to the front plate.

Abstract: A portable refrigeration unit for cooling a refrigerated space, the unit comprising an evaporator unit that is separable from a condensing unit, the evaporator unit and condenser unit being connected by extended lengths of flexible hosing, such that the evaporator unit can be positioned within the space and the condenser unit positioned external to the space during cooling operations.

Abstract: Cabinet for a refrigeration compressor delimiting an inner space designed to receive electrical and electronic components, characterized by having at least one support for the electrical and electronic components and a protective cap having an open side face delimited by an edge whose shape at least partially matches the shape of the side wall of compressor, cap being intended to be applied by its open side face against the side wall of the compressor, thus forming one of the walls of the cabinet. The cabinet accommodates the electrical and electronic command, control, and protection components on refrigeration compressors ensuring that the electrical and electronic components are held at their operating temperature and that tightness and vibrations are at an acceptable level.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a body provided therein with a storage chamber, an uplifted part projected from a rear portion of a top of the body so that a cooling room is formed to have a space extending above the storage chamber, a machine room provided above a front portion of the top of the body and in front of the uplifted part, a cooling unit removably disposed in the cooling room, an evaporator and a cold air circulating fan provided in a cold air passage of the cooling unit, and circulating passages formed in upper and rear portions of the storage chamber, respectively, to be connected to the cold air passage of the cooling unit.

Abstract: A data acquisition system and method includes monitoring a cooling system having a refrigerant compressor, evaporator, and condenser, and employs a number of sensors to monitor various operating parameters of the system. A database stores predefined operating parameters for a plurality of cooling systems. The operating parameters are provided to a computer, which compares the provided operating parameters of the monitored cooling system with the predefined operating parameters to provide diagnostic results for the monitored cooling system.

Abstract: Vehicles are provided with a first air conditioning system adapted to condition at least air in the driver compartment and a second air conditioning system distinct from the first air conditioning system and adapted to operate independently of the first air conditioning system. The second air conditioning system is adapted to condition at least air in the sleeper compartment and includes an exterior assembly mounted to a location outside the interior area and an interior assembly operably connected with the exterior assembly and mounted within the interior area. The exterior assembly includes an auxiliary condenser coil and an auxiliary condenser fan and the interior assembly includes an auxiliary evaporator coil, an auxiliary evaporator fan and an auxiliary compressor.

Abstract: Air conditioner including a case having air inlet and outlet passages therein perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of air inlet and outlets at ends of the air inlet and outlet passages, a regenerative heat exchanger at a cross point of the air inlet and outlet passages for making indirect heat exchange of the external air and room air flowing through the air inlet and outlet passages, a compressor, a flow path control valve for shifting, and guiding a flow path of refrigerant from the compressor proper to respective operation modes, first and second heat exchangers, an expansion device, a first fan in the air inlet passage for blowing external air into a room through the first heat exchanger, and a second fan in the air outlet passage for blowing the room air to an exterior through the second heat exchanger, thereby ventilating as well as heating or cooling the room at the same time.

Abstract: Air conditioner including a case having air inlet and outlet passages therein perpendicular to each other, and a plurality of air inlet and outlets at ends of the air inlet and outlet passages, a regenerative heat exchanger at a cross point of the air inlet and outlet passages for making indirect heat exchange of the external air and room air flowing through the air inlet and outlet passages, a compressor, a flow path control valve for shifting, and guiding a flow path of refrigerant from the compressor proper to respective operation modes, first and second heat exchangers, an expansion device, a first fan in the air inlet passage for blowing external air into a room through the first heat exchanger, and a second fan in the air outlet passage for blowing the room air to an exterior through the second heat exchanger, thereby ventilating as well as heating or cooling the room at the same time.

Abstract: A modular refrigeration system includes a refrigeration device having a space configured for storage of products therein, a cooling system providing a coolant configured to cool the space, and at least one modular cooling element configured for placement at any one of a plurality of locations within the space and configured to receive the coolant so that a temperature distribution profile of the products within the space can be customized. A method of customizing a temperature distribution profile within a refrigeration device having a cooling system is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining a temperature distribution profile within the refrigeration device, identifying at least one location within the refrigeration device having a temperature above a desired temperature range, providing a modular cooling element configured for installation at the location, and interconnecting the modular cooling element with the cooling system.

Abstract: The present invention allows an optimal quantity of refrigerant to be quickly and easily charged into the refrigeration device. In a refrigeration device that includes a refrigerant cycle circuit (A) connecting an outdoor unit (X) and indoor units (Y) via refrigerant lines (6), (7), a refrigerant charging device (10) that charges refrigerant to the refrigerant cycle circuit (A) in the cooling operational state is detachably connected to the liquid side refrigerant line (6) (the high pressure liquid line during cooling operations) that links the outdoor unit (X) with the indoor units (Y). In this way, when the refrigerant charging device (10) and the liquid line refrigerant line (6) are linked together and the refrigerant cycle circuit (A) is in the cooling operational state, refrigerant charging can be carried out from the refrigerant charging device (10) to the refrigerant cycle circuit (A) via the liquid side refrigerant line (6) (the high pressure liquid line).

Abstract: A room air conditioner has a front side portion and a rear side portion for location at an area to receive unwanted heat. The room air conditioner includes an evaporator coil at the front side portion of the air conditioner, and having a left-right centerline extending parallel to a front to rear direction. A condenser coil is at the rear side portion of the air conditioner, and has a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction. An air-moving device is located between the evaporator coil and the condenser coil, and has a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction. A chassis supports the evaporator coil, the condenser coil, and the air-moving device, and has a left-right centerline extending parallel to the front to rear direction.

Abstract: The invention provides an air chiller unit mounted on an aircraft for sending cooled air to a service cart etc. for serving meals. The air chiller unit 1 comprises a refrigeration cycle unit equipped on a casing 10. The refrigeration cycle unit is equipped with a refrigerant compressor 20, a condenser 30 and an evaporator 40, and the cooled air is sent to a galley etc. via a blower device 60. The casing 10 is formed of a honeycomb panel. Since the honeycomb panel has high flexural rigidity, the base plate can reliably support the refrigeration cycle unit by itself. Further, since the honeycomb panel has good heat insulating property, the efficiency to cool air is improved.

Abstract: An integrated-type suction pipe module for refrigerators, and a refrigerator having the integrated-type suction pipe module allow a suction pipe to be completely isolated from an interior of the refrigerator and an atmosphere. The integrated-type suction pipe module includes a suction pipe, and a foam body. The suction pipe defines a refrigerant path between an evaporator and a compressor. The suction pipe has an exposed part placed in a machine room which is exposed to an atmosphere, and an embedded part which is placed to be isolated from the atmosphere. The embedded part is disposed in the foam body. The construction enhances work efficiency while producing a refrigerator, and simplifies a design of a machine room to provide a better appearance. Further, the suction pipe is completely isolated from the atmosphere, thus preventing dew from being formed on the suction pipe. A heat exchanging effect between a capillary tube and the suction pipe is maximized.

Abstract: An integrated air conditioner having a condenser casing, prevents noise from being generated and prevents a condenser fan from being damaged or broken, due to contact between the condenser casing and the condenser fan. The condenser casing includes a front plate, an upper cover, and a plurality of coupling ribs between the front plate and the upper cover, to be spaced apart from each other at regular intervals. The condenser casing further includes a plurality of locking projections projected from a front edge of the upper cover toward the front plate, and a plurality of locking holes provided along an upper edge of the front plate. The locking projections are inserted into the corresponding locking holes after the coupling ribs are cut to separate the upper cover from the front plate, so that the upper cover is assembled with the front plate. The condenser fan is placed under the upper cover at a position in back of the locking projections.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which eases the installation and removal of a printed circuit board for a refrigerator. A support plate is fixed to either a lower portion or a side portion of the main body of the refrigerator. The support plate includes a receiving portion, which receives and properly positions the printed circuit board in the support plate so that a connection terminal of the printed circuit board is easily mated with a power terminal of the refrigerator when the board is inserted. Guide protuberances may be formed in the receiving portion to ease the sliding motion of the board relative to the support plate. The board may be easily removed and replaced by simply sliding the board into and out of the receiving portion, thus improving ease of use and facilitating repair.

Abstract: An ice machine includes an evaporator, a condensate collection unit, positioned below the evaporator and configured to collect condensate from a back surface of the evaporator. First and second mounting brackets attached to the first and second sides of the evaporator, respectively, and are attached to first and second side panels positioned within the ice machine. A pump deck resides below the evaporator and has a chambered section, and a sump is positioned within the chambered section. The condensate collection unit is coupled to a water discharge line, such that condensate is removed from the ice machine and does not come into contact with water that is recirculated to the evaporator. The first and second mounting brackets and first and second flanges on the sump permit easy installation and removal of the evaporator and the sump from the ice machine.

Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit for an air conditioner to improve convenience in carriage and installation. The indoor unit includes: a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange; a drain pan for draining condensed water generated while the heat exchanger operates; a connection tube formed at one side of the heat exchanger, for guiding flow of refrigerant; and a tube coupling part opened at both ends of the connection tube, for allowing the refrigerant to communicate with one of the both opened ends of the connection tube.

Abstract: This cleaning system includes a compressor driven by a motor, a condenser; a cooling fan for directing an air stream at the condenser during normal operation, a motor drive system for driving the fan, and a timing device for reversing the rotational direction of the fan motor to direct the stream of cooling air away from the condenser to remove debris collected on the condenser and clean the condenser during a cleaning cycle. The fan is driven by drive system having a solid state commutated motor or a drive system having a reversible permanent split capacitor motor. The timing device includes a timer for controlling the time periods during the normal operation (cooling) cycle and during the cleaning cycle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator, which allows more easy inspection to detect leakage of refrigerant.

Abstract: Unit type air conditioner including a base plate forming a bottom part thereof, a barrier projected upward from a center part of the base plate, to divides the unit type air conditioner into an indoor part for mounting an indoor heat exchanger thereon and an outdoor part for mounting an outdoor heat exchanger thereon, a shroud for leading air drawn from an outdoor to the outdoor heat exchanger, the shroud dividing an inside of the outdoor part, exterior members including a cabinet surrounding opposite side parts and rear side part of he outdoor part, and a cover on the cabinet to form an upper exterior of the outdoor part, and a brace fastened to the barrier, the shroud, and the exterior members, for preventing relative positional change between the barrier, the shroud, and the external members, thereby fastening components rigidly, to enhance fastening strength.

Abstract: A control is functional to perform a method of determining a maximum desired airflow for each of a plurality of zones in a multi-zone HVAC system, and an expected airflow to those zones. In part, these determinations are based upon an algorithm that calculates the relative size of the ducts leading to each of the zones. The expected and maximum airflows are compared for each of the zones, and if any zone has an expected airflow that exceeds its maximum airflow, certain steps are taken to reduce airflow to that zone.

Abstract: In an air conditioner which is divided into an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, the present invention improves the reliability with respect to the electrical insulation and refrigerant leakage of connection structures for refrigerant lines of the air conditioner that serve to transmit electrical signals of the indoor unit and outdoor unit via connection lines that serve to connect the indoor unit and outdoor unit and circulate refrigerant. An insulation portion of an electric insulation device is formed from an annular first flange, an annular second flange, a gasket that is arranged between the first flange and the second flange and composed of an electric insulation material, a plurality of through bolts and nuts that join the first flange and the second flange, a sleeve composed of an electric insulation material that lies between the bolt holes of the first flange and the second flange and the through bolts, and a washer that is interposed between head portions of the through bolts and the first flange.

Abstract: A method to manufacture an engineered air-conditioning system that satisfies desired air-conditioning specifications, the engineered air-conditioning system including a refrigeration component coupled to at least one of an energy recovery system and an indirect evaporative cooling system, the method comprising: pre-determining a plurality of pre-engineered refrigerated air conditioning units as a plurality of standard refrigeration components, each component satisfying a different air conditioning specification; selecting one of the standard refrigeration components that substantially satisfies the desired air conditioning specification; custom designing at least one of the energy recovery system and the indirect evaporative cooling system to satisfy the desired air conditioning specification; and assembling the selected standard refrigeration components with at least one of the custom designed energy recovery system and indirect evaporative cooling system to create the engineered air conditioning system that

Abstract: The present invention provides an electric insulation device of an air conditioner divided into an indoor unit and an outdoor unit which can improve work efficiency during installation of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit. An electric insulation device is arranged between a gas side connection line and a gas side refrigerant line of an outdoor unit, and electrically insulates the gas side connection line and the gas side refrigerant line on the outdoor unit side. The electric insulation device includes a refrigerant line connection portion that is connected to a gas side refrigerant line of the indoor unit, a connection line connection portion that is connected to the gas side connection line, an insulation portion capable of both electrically insulating the refrigerant line connection portion and the gas side connection line and circulating refrigerant, and a terminal portion on which an electric connection line is mounted.

Abstract: A cabinet for air handling equipment includes two similarly sized covers that are each nonsymmetrical about their vertical centerline. Each cover has an original supply or return air duct opening plus space for an alternate opening. The original and alternate openings are of different shapes to accommodate round or rectangular ducts. The two covers can be interchanged with each other and inverted to provide various supply and return air duct configurations.