Patent ID: 9255722
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: F24F

Claim Text:
1. An air conditioner, comprising: a case including a front portion, the front portion including: a movable panel coupled to the front portion of the case and configured to reciprocally slide between the first discharge port and the second discharge port, wherein the movable panel is configured to slide to partially open the first and second discharge ports or fully open one of the first discharge port or the second discharge port corresponding to a plurality of operation modes; a first discharge panel moveably coupled to and disposed at the first side of the front portion of the case, to selectively open and close at least a portion of the first discharge port; a second discharge panel moveably coupled Co and disposed at the second side of the front portion of the case, to selectively open and close at least a portion of the second discharge port; a pair of discharging vanes provided at each of the first and second discharging ports wherein the pair of discharging vanes is arranged longitudinally and in parallel in the first discharging port and in the second discharging port, wherein a first hinge axis and a second hinge axis are provided at leading and trailing edges of each of the pair of discharging vanes, respectively, such that two horizontal axes of rotation are defined for each discharging vane; a first rack having a first end connected to the first hinge axis of a corresponding discharge vane; a second pivoting rack having a first end connected to the second hinge axis of the corresponding discharge vane; a plurality of pinions respectively engaged with the first pivoting rack and the second pivoting rack; and a plurality of drive motors that rotates the plurality of pinions.