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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Bradley J. Campbell, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Nordyne, Inc., O'Fallon, MO (US);
Abstract
A blowerless air conditioning or heat pump system for use in providing conditioned air includes an outdoor section that is preferably coupled to an indoor section, and is advantageously used with a forced hot air furnace and a corresponding air distribution duct system of a home or building. The two sections are preferably installed along a boundary of the home or building such that outdoor section is outside of the home and the indoor section is inside or below the home and proximate to a forced hot air furnace. Disposed within the outdoor unit are a compressor, an outdoor coil and an outdoor fan. Disposed within the indoor section is an evaporator coil. There is no separate fan or blower disposed within the indoor section. An inlet air tube couples the indoor section to a first point in the air distribution system, and an outlet air tube couples the indoor section to a second point in the air distribution system. The second point is downstream of the first point relative to the furnace. If needed, a dam may be positioned between the two points in the air distribution system to divert air from the furnace through the system.