Patent ID: 6093097
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: F24F,Y02A

Abstract:
An air conditioner comprising:a housing forming an air inlet for admitting air from a room and an air outlet for discharging the air back into the room;an electrical dust collector disposed between the air inlet and air outlet for removing dust from the air;a heat exchanger disposed between the dust collector and the air outlet for changing a temperature of the air;a fan for sucking air into the air inlet and discharging the air through the air outlet;an electrical heater disposed between the electrical dust collector and the air outlet for heating the air;a control mechanism for energizing the electric heater when the fan and the electrical dust collector are energized, for heating the cleaned air; anda closure mechanism for opening and closing the air inlet, comprising:a plurality of vertically adjacent inlet grilles arranged to be moved between open and closed positions, the inlet grilles forming respective air openings when in their open positions, the electrical dust collector arranged to communicate with a first plurality of inlet grilles, and not with a second plurality of inlet grilles, anda grill-moving mechanism for opening only the first plurality of inlet grilles when the electrical dust collector is energized.