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EP 0887598 B1 20030502 - Air conditioner

Title (en)

Air conditioner

Title (de)

Klimaanlage

Title (fr)

Dispositif de climatisation

Publication

EP 0887598 B1 20030502 (EN)

Application

EP 97401513 A 19970627

Priority

EP 97401513 A 19970627

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0887598A1] The present invention provides an air conditioner in which a space occupied by a control box 20 in a machine room 3 is reduced, thereby making the machine room 3, and in turn, a casing 1 small. The control box extends to the heat exchange room 4 side beyond a partition plate 2, and the end thereof is fixed to the top of a heat exchanger 9 via a bracket 21. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

F24F 13/20; F24F 1/02

IPC 8 full level

F24F 1/02 (2011.01); F24F 13/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F24F 1/06 (2013.01); F24F 1/46 (2013.01); F24F 13/20 (2013.01); F24F 2013/207 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

ES FR GR IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0887598 A1 19981230; EP 0887598 B1 20030502; ES 2206669 T3 20040516

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 97401513 A 19970627; ES 97401513 T 19970627