US 12,410,921 B2
Air handler
Kevin Mercer, Danville, IN (US); and Ammar Khuzeima Sakarwala, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,294.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/364,144, filed on May 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358419 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 1/0067 (2019.01)
CPC F24F 1/0067 (2019.02) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air handler comprising:
a cabinet;
a V-shaped round tube plate fin evaporator coil disposed within the cabinet;
a first coil extension coupled to a first tube sheet at a first arm of the V-shaped round tube plate fin evaporator coil, wherein the first coil extension extends along a transverse direction of the V-shaped round tube plate fin evaporator coil;
a second coil extension coupled to a second tube sheet at a second arm of the V-shaped round tube plate fin evaporator coil, wherein the second coil extension extends along the transverse direction of the V-shaped round tube plate fin evaporator coil; and
a door disposed on a front portion of the cabinet to provide access to the V-shaped round tube plate fin evaporator coil,
wherein the first coil extension, the second coil extension, and the door are together configured to achieve an air-tight seal.