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Air treatment systemsRelated Patent Categories: Refrigeration, Refrigeration Producer, Compressor-condenser-evaporator Circuit, External Cooling Fluid Contacts Heat Rejector, Air CooledAir treatment systems description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070163295, Air treatment systems. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field Of The Invention [0002] This present invention is directed to air treatment and conditioning systems; housings for components thereof; coil, compressor and/or condenser units for such systems; and methods of their use. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] The prior art discloses a wide variety of air conditioning systems and components thereof, including, but not limited to and not by way of limitation, those in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,966,195; 6,519,966; 6,378,320; 6,276,443; 6,138,993; 5,664,431; 5,284,027; 4,321,803; 5,501,269; 5,097,678; 5,961,093; 3,792,593; and 2,891,389 (and those referred to in these patents). [0005] Typical air conditioning systems, including, but not limited to, air cooling systems and heat pump systems, include an indoor system, usually with a coil and a fan or blower, and an outdoor system, usually with a compressor within a housing, grill, or grid. In the manufacture of such units in many prior art methods, a particular housing can accommodate only compressors of a certain maximum height and such a compressor is only practically positionable at one place within the housing. Often, the position of a fan on such a housing limits the height of a compressor. [0006] FIG. 1 illustrates a prior art outdoor condenser unit P as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,138,993 (incorporated fully herein for all purposes). The unit P has a housing O with openings N and a fan (not shown) pulls air into the housing O through the openings N. Optionally, a protective screen R is used around the hosing O. [0007] FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate a prior art system as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,519,966 of the current inventor which has an outer housing 12 with a top cover 14 having a top opening 16 therethrough. A fan 20 is mounted adjacent or near the top opening 16 for exhausting air from within the housing 12 in an inner chamber 50 between two evaporation coils (30, 40) in the housing 12 so that air flows through each coil for heat transfer with heat transfer fluid flowing through each coil. The outer coil 30 is mounted on a base 22 (which has a drain pan in a heat pump embodiment) and has an opening 32 between its ends 34, 36. The outer coil 30 (and an inner coil 40) may have any desired number of rows and/or intercommunicating slabs of tubing through which refrigerant is pumped by typical pumping apparatus. The inner coil 40 (lower in height than the outer coil 30) is also mounted on the base 22 and has an opening 42 between its ends 44, 46. Optionally a grill 26 may be placed over the opening 32 and/or 42. A compressor 15 is mounted on a base plate 28 within the inner coil 40. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION [0008] The present invention, in at least certain embodiments, teaches a new heat pump or air conditioning system with a unit which, in one aspect, houses a compressor; the housing in one aspect having an outer housing component (e.g. a grid or grill with multiple openings) which includes a base having at least two spaced-apart structures for mounting a compressor so that one or two of a plurality of different compressors can be mounted on the base. Also, with such a base, one of a plurality of different height outer housing components can be used. The height of the housing component, grid, or grill is chosen to correspond to the height of the chosen compressor or so that compressors of different height can be accommodated within the housing. [0009] In certain particular aspects, the base is of sufficient extent that blades of a fan mounted on the housing do not contact an upper portion of a compressor mounted on a base and, in one aspect, the fan is offset from a compressor on the base. [0010] In certain particular embodiments the present invention discloses a cover for a housing which has an inwardly projecting member for abutting an interior top edge around a coil within the housing for proper positioning of the coil within the housing, for stabilizing the coil within the housing, and/or for sealing the coil-cover interface. [0011] In other particular embodiments of the present invention, a lower base has an upturned lip and a plurality of interior spaced-apart tabs adjacent an interior of the lip. An outer housing component's (or grid's or grill's) lower edge is received between the tabs and the interior of the lip for holding the outer housing component in place. [0012] Any suitable coil, coils, or coils combination can be used in systems according to the present invention. [0013] In one particular aspect an outer housing component according to the present invention has recesses formed thereof which receive and hold edges of a box, e.g. a support for electrical components. [0014] In one particular aspect a system according to the present invention has a cover for a portion of the housing which is releasably connected to the housing, in one particular aspect, with a single fastener. [0015] In one particular aspect an outer housing or grill has at least two components and end edges of the two components are held in a holder on the base to stabilize the housing components and/or to correctly position the housing or grill on the base and/or to maintain the two edges in sealing contact. [0016] It is, therefore, an object of at least certain preferred embodiments of the present invention to provide new, useful, unique, efficient, nonobvious air treatment systems, air conditioning systems, heat pump systems, coil units for such systems, housings for such units, and methods of their use. [0017] Certain embodiments of this invention are not limited to any particular individual feature disclosed here, but include combinations of them distinguished from the prior art in their structures, functions, and/or results achieved. Features of the invention have been broadly described so that the detailed descriptions that follow may be better understood, and in order that the contributions of this invention to the arts may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional aspects of the invention described below and which may be included in the subject matter of the claims to this invention. Those skilled in the art who have the benefit of this invention, its teachings, and suggestions will appreciate that the conceptions of this disclosure may be used as a creative basis for designing other structures, methods and systems for carrying out and practicing the present invention. The claims of this invention are to be read to include any legally equivalent devices or methods which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [0018] The present invention recognizes and addresses problems and long-felt needs and provides a solution to those problems and a satisfactory meeting of those needs in its various possible embodiments and equivalents thereof. To one of skill in this art who has the benefits of this invention's realizations, teachings, disclosures, and suggestions, other purposes and advantages will be appreciated from the following description of certain preferred embodiments, given for the purpose of disclosure, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The detail in these descriptions is not intended to thwart this patent's object to claim this invention no matter how others may later disguise it by variations in form, changes, or additions of further improvements. [0019] The Abstract that is part hereof is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and scientists, engineers, researchers, and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent terms or legal terms of phraseology to determine quickly from a cursory inspection or review the nature and general area of the disclosure of this invention. The Abstract is neither intended to define the invention, which is done by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting of the scope of the invention in any way. [0020] It will be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention may include one, some, or all, in any possible combination, of the disclosed, described, and/or enumerated improvements and/or technical advantages and/or elements in claims to this invention. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0021] A more particular description of embodiments of the invention briefly summarized above may be had by references to the embodiments which are shown in the drawings which form a part of this specification. These drawings illustrate certain preferred embodiments and are not to be used to improperly limit the scope of the invention which may have other equally effective or legally equivalent embodiments. Continue reading about Air treatment systems... 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