Patent ID: 6393856
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: F24F,Y10S

Abstract:
An air conditioner comprising:a case body which comprises a rectangular parallelpiped box having an open lower face on a room side and supported by hanging bolts in a ceiling so that a height thereof is adjustable, said box having a bell mouth and air ports; and a panel base which is formed into a square frame shape and is attached to a lower face side of said case body, said panel base having a side wall, a centrifugal fan, a motor for driving said centrifugal fan, and a heat exchanger disposed around said centrifugal fan, which are all disposed inside the case body, said bell mouth forming a suction port for said centrifugal fan and said air ports allowing air heat-exchanged by said heat exchanger to flow therethrough, air deflectors disposed corresponding to said air ports and a suction grille communicating with the suction port of said bell mouth, which are provided at the panel base, a decorative frame selectively installed at different height positions on the side wall of said panel base, and installation position changing means for selectively installing the decorative frame at the different height positions on the side wall, said installation position changing means including hooks provided on two opposing sides of the decorative frame, shallow first grooves formed on the two opposing sides of the panel base to be able to engage the hooks, and deep second grooves formed on the other two opposing sides of the panel base to be able to engage the hooks, said decorative frame being held at the different height positions by engaging the hooks with one of the first and second grooves.