Portable air conditioner device

Abstract

A portable air conditioner device includes an ice chest for containing ice placed within the ice chest. A coiled tube is positioned within the interior space of the ice chest and the coiled tube is comprised of a thermally conductive material such that the coiled tube can be cooled by the ice. Additionally, the coiled tube has an outlet that extends through the ice chest. A blower is attached to the ice chest and the blower blows air into the coiled tube when the blower is turned on. In this way the coiled tube can cool the air blown into the coiled tube when the ice chest is filled with the ice thereby facilitating the cooled air to escape the outlet of the coiled tube. A condensation drain is attached to the coiled tube to receive condensed water from the air blown into the coiled tube.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A portable air conditioner device for producing cooled air in any location, said device comprising:
 an ice chest defining an interior space within said ice chest wherein said interior space is configured to contain ice placed within said ice chest, said ice chest being comprised of a thermally insulating material wherein said ice chest is configured to inhibit thermal communication between the ice and ambient air;   a pair of rollers, each of said pair of rollers being rotatably attached to said ice chest wherein each of said pair of rollers is configured to roll along a support surface for transporting said ice chest;   a lid being hingedly coupled to said ice chest for opening or closing said interior space in said ice chest, said lid being comprised of a thermally insulating material wherein said lid is configured to inhibit thermal communication between the ice and ambient air when said lid is closed;   a coiled tube being positioned within said interior space of said ice chest, said coiled tube defining a coil being vertically oriented on said ice chest, said coiled tube being comprised of a thermally conductive material wherein said coiled tube is configured to be cooled by the ice when said interior space is filled with the ice, said coiled tube having an outlet extending outwardly from said ice chest;   a blower being attached to said ice chest, said blower being in communication with said coiled tube, said blower blowing air into said coiled tube when said blower is turned on wherein said coiled tube is configured to cool the air blown into said coiled tube when said interior space is filled with the ice thereby facilitating the cooled air to be blown outwardly through said outlet of said coiled tube; and   a condensation drain being attached to said coiled tube, said condensation drain being in communication with said coil defined by said coiled tube wherein said condensation drain is configured to receive condensed water from the air blown into said coiled tube.   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said ice chest has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall;   said perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening into said interior space;   said perimeter wall has a pair of wheel wells each being recessed into a respective one of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of said perimeter wall;   each of said pair of wheel wells is aligned with an intersection with a back side of said perimeter wall;   each of said pair of wheel wells has an upper bounding surface being concavely arcuate with respect to said bottom wall;   said ice chest has a prominence extending rearwardly from said back side of said perimeter wall;   said prominence is oriented to extend partially between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said perimeter wall;   said prominence is positioned closer to said upper edge of said perimeter wall than said bottom wall of said ice chest;   said prominence has an upper surface being horizontally oriented;   each of said pair of rollers is positioned in a respective one of said pair of wheel wells;   said device includes a handle comprising a pair of telescopic members and a grip extending between said pair of telescopic members;   a lower end of each of said pair of telescopic members being attached to said upper surface of said prominence;   each of said pair of telescopic members is urgeable into an extended condition having said grip being spaced upwardly from said lid wherein said grip is configured to be gripped by a user thereby facilitating the user to roll said ice chest along the support surface for transporting said ice chest;   said lid has a rear edge being hingedly coupled to said upper edge of said perimeter wall of said ice chest corresponding to said back side of said perimeter wall.   
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 said coiled tube has an inlet tube and an outlet tube;   said inlet tube is perpendicularly oriented with a top end of said coil defined by said coiled tube;   said inlet tube extending through said back side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest at a point being positioned closer to said upper edge of said perimeter wall than said bottom wall of said ice chest;   said outlet tube has a lower portion being perpendicularly oriented with a bottom end of said coil defined by said coiled tube having said lower portion being vertically oriented in said interior space of said ice chest;   said lower portion is surrounded by said coil defined by said coiled tube;   said outlet tube has an upper portion being perpendicularly oriented with said lower portion; and   said upper portion extends through a front side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest such that said upper portion defines said outlet of said coiled tube.   
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 said blower is disposed on said back side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest; and   said blower has an output being fluidly coupled to said inlet tube of said coiled tube.   
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 3 , wherein said condensation drain has an intake tube being in fluid communication with an intersection between said lower portion of said outlet tube of said coiled tube and said bottom end of said coiled tube having said intake tube extending toward said bottom wall of said ice chest wherein said intake tube is configured to facilitate the condensed water to travel downwardly in said intake tube when the cooled air exits said bottom end of said coiled tube thereby separating the condensed water from the cooled air. 
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 said condensation drain has an exhaust tube being fluidly coupled to said intake tube wherein said exhaust tube is configured to receive the condensed water from said intake tube;   said exhaust tube extends along said bottom wall of said ice chest and extends through said front side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest;   said exhaust tube has a distal end with respect to said front side of said perimeter wall;   said distal end is closed;   said exhaust tube has a drain hole extending into an interior of said exhaust tube; and   said drain hole faces downwardly wherein said drain hole is configured to drain the condensed water from said condensation drain.   
     
     
         7 . A portable air conditioner device for producing cooled air in any location, said device comprising:
 an ice chest defining an interior space within said ice chest wherein said interior space is configured to contain ice placed within said ice chest, said ice chest being comprised of a thermally insulating material wherein said ice chest is configured to inhibit thermal communication between the ice and ambient air, said ice chest having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an opening into said interior space, said perimeter wall having a pair of wheel wells each being recessed into a respective one of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of said perimeter wall, each of said pair of wheel wells being aligned with an intersection with a back side of said perimeter wall, each of said pair of wheel wells having an upper bounding surface being concavely arcuate with respect to said bottom wall, said ice chest having prominence extending rearwardly from said back side of said perimeter wall, said prominence being oriented to extend partially between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said perimeter wall, said prominence being positioned closer to said upper edge of said perimeter wall than said bottom wall of said ice chest, said prominence having an upper surface being horizontally oriented;   a pair of rollers, each of said pair of rollers being rotatably attached to said ice chest, each of said pair of rollers being positioned in a respective one of said pair of wheel wells wherein each of said pair of rollers is configured to roll along a support surface for transporting said ice chest;   a lid being hingedly coupled to said ice chest for opening or closing said interior space in said ice chest, said lid being comprised of a thermally insulating material wherein said lid is configured to inhibit thermal communication between the ice and ambient air when said lid is closed, said lid having a rear edge being hingedly coupled to said upper edge of said perimeter wall of said ice chest corresponding to said back side of said perimeter wall;   a handle comprising a pair of telescopic members and a grip extending between said pair of telescopic members, a lower end of each of said pair of telescopic members being attached to said upper surface of said prominence, each of said pair of telescopic members being urgeable into an extended condition having said grip being spaced upwardly from said lid wherein said grip is configured to be gripped by a user thereby facilitating the user to roll said ice chest along the support surface for transporting said ice chest;   a coiled tube being positioned within said interior space of said ice chest, said coiled tube defining a coil being vertically oriented on said ice chest, said coiled tube being comprised of a thermally conductive material wherein said coiled tube is configured to be cooled by the ice when said interior space is filled with the ice, said coiled tube having an outlet extending outwardly from said ice chest, said coiled tube having an inlet tube and an outlet tube, said inlet tube being perpendicularly oriented with a top end of said coil defined by said coiled tube, said inlet tube extending through said back side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest at a point being positioned closer to said upper edge of said perimeter wall than said bottom wall of said ice chest, said outlet tube having a lower portion being perpendicularly oriented with a bottom end of said coil defined by said coiled tube having said lower portion being vertically oriented in said interior space of said ice chest, said lower portion being surrounded by said coil defined by said coiled tube, said outlet tube having an upper portion being perpendicularly oriented with said lower portion, said upper portion extending through a front side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest such that said upper portion defines said outlet of said coiled tube;   a blower being attached to said ice chest, said blower being in communication with said coiled tube, said blower blowing air into said coiled tube when said blower is turned on wherein said coiled tube is configured to cool the air blown into said coiled tube when said interior space is filled with the ice, said blower being disposed on said back side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest, said blower having an output being fluidly coupled to said inlet tube of said coiled tube; and   a condensation drain being attached to said coiled tube, said condensation drain being in communication with said coil defined by said coiled tube wherein said condensation drain is configured to receive condensed water from the air blown into said coiled tube, said condensation drain having an intake tube being in fluid communication with an intersection between said lower portion of said outlet tube of said coiled tube and said bottom end of said coiled tube having said intake tube extending toward said bottom wall of said ice chest wherein said intake tube is configured to facilitate the condensed water to travel downwardly in said intake tube when the cooled air exits said bottom end of said coiled tube thereby separating the condensed water from the cooled air, said condensation drain having an exhaust tube being fluidly coupled to said intake tube wherein said exhaust tube is configured to receive the condensed water from said intake tube, said exhaust tube extending along said bottom wall of said ice chest and extending through said front side of said perimeter wall of said ice chest, said exhaust tube having a distal end with respect to said front side of said perimeter wall, said distal end being closed, said exhaust tube having a drain hole extending into an interior of said exhaust tube, said drain hole facing downwardly wherein said drain hole is configured to drain the condensed water from said condensation drain.