Patent ID: 6113487
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A window-type air conditioner, comprising:a housing partitioned into an indoor unit for circulating an indoor air therein and an outdoor unit for circulating an outdoor air therein;a front panel assembled to the housing, the front panel being formed with an inlet portion for introducing the indoor air into the indoor unit and an outlet portion for allowing air drawn into the indoor unit to be discharged therethrough;a frame surrounding the outlet portion and isolating the outlet portion from the inlet portion such that the air drawn into the indoor unit circulates in the indoor unit and is discharged through the outlet portion; anda means for controlling a direction of an air flow being discharged through the outlet portion, the means being installed to the frame, wherein the means includes a plurality of blades rotatably installed at the frame for controlling the air flow direction a connecting bar for connecting the blades in such a manner that the blades rotate together a control bar which extends outwardly from one of the blades so as to be protruded out of the housing for rotating the blades and stoppers for maintaining the blades at a rotated position by making contact with the frame, hinge bars being formed between the blades and the connecting bar, the blades, the connecting bar, and the hinge bars being integrally extruded, a reassembling means for reassembling the blades and the connecting bar when the hinge bars are damaged being provided to the blades and the connecting bar, the reassembling means including arrow shaped projections formed at the blades and a plurality of holes formed at the connecting bar for receiving the arrow shaped projections therein.