A room air conditioner is provided which includes a compressor, a condenser coil,
an evaporator coil, a wall positioned between the condenser coil and the evaporator
coil, a chassis for supporting said compressor, condenser coil and wall, with the
evaporator coil being secured to and supported by the wall, and at least a portion
of the evaporator coil extending forwardly of a front edge of the chassis. The
chassis is preferably formed of metal while the wall is preferably formed at least
partially of plastic, in an upper and a lower mating piece. A plastic front panel
may be positioned in front of the evaporator coil and secured to the wall. A series
of air conditioners can be provided with a single sized chassis, but differing
sized evaporator coils, to provide models with different cooling capacities utilizing
a single sized chassis, with smaller cooling capacity air conditioners having a
smaller size than larger capacity air conditioners of the series.
