Fan structure

Claim 1

IN A ROOM AIR CONDITIONER HAVING A CONDENSER COIL AND A BASE MEMBER DEFINING A SUMP FOR COLLECTING EVAPORATOR CONDENSATE WATER, STRUCTURE FOR DISPOSING OF SAID EVAPORATOR CONDENSATE WATER COMPRISING: WALL MEANS FOR ENCLOSING A SPACE ABOUT THE CONDENSER COIL AND HAVING A THIN INTURNED FLANGE PORTION DEFINING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH TO SAID SPACE; AN ANNULAR ELEMENT FORMED OF A LIQUID ABSORBENT PLASTIC MATERIAL EMBRACING SAID WALL MEANS FLANGE TO PROJECT INWARDLY THEREFROM THEREBY TO DEFINE AN ORIFICE OPENING AXIALLY INWARDLY TO SAID SPACE; FAN MEANS WITHIN SAID ORIFICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF BLADES FOR FORCING AIR THROUGH SAID ORIFICE TO EVAPERATE WATER FROM SAID ELEMENT AND DELIVER IT AS VAPOR TO SAID SPACE; AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE EVAPORATOR CONDENSATE WATER FROM SAID SUMP TO SAID ANNULAR ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ANNULAR SLINGER RING CARRIED ON SAID FAN BLADES DOWNSTREAM OF SAID ANNULAR ELEMENT AND ADAPTED TO PICK UP EVAPORATOR CONDENSATE WATER IN THE SUMP AND THROW THE WATER ON THE WALL MEANS TO PASS TO THE ANNULAR ELEMENT FOR EVAPORATION THEREFROM.