Patent ID: 11867425
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 15:
16. An air conditioner comprising:
a main frame disposed on a front surface of a main body of the air conditioner;
a fan provided inside the main body;
a cam assembly comprising a cam and disposed at a lower end of the main frame; and
a panel positioned above the cam assembly to be in contact with the cam and configured to cover the front surface so that the fan is not visible from outside the air conditioner,
wherein
the cam has a cam contact surface with a first contact portion and a second contact portion
the first contact portion is spaced apart from a rotation axis of the cam by a first distance, and the second contact portion is spaced apart from the rotation axis by a second distance that is less than the first distance, so that the cam is rotatable between
a first state in which the first contact portion contacts the panel so that the panel is in an ascended position in which the panel is fixable to the main body, and
a second state in which the second contact portion contacts the panel so that the panel is in a descended position, lower than the ascended position, in which the panel is separable from the main body,

when the cam is rotated from the first state to the second state, contact of the cam contact surface with panel causes the panel to move from the ascended position to the descended position, and
when the cam is rotated from the second state to the first state, contact of the cam contact surface with the panel causes the panel to move from the descended position to the ascended position.