Patent ID: 7334424
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner having independent cooling and purifying paths, comprising: a body casing consisting of a front panel and a rear panel assembled with each other; a first fan arranged in the body casing to suction air; and a heat exchanger located above the first fan to perform heat exchange of the suctioned air, wherein the cooling path includes one or more suction openings formed at a lower section of the body casing and a discharge opening formed at a front side of an upper section of the body casing, wherein the purifying path includes an air purifier suction opening, which is formed at a lateral location or a center location of the front side of the body casing, and a pair of purified air discharge openings, which are formed at opposite lateral sides of the body casing, and wherein the cooling path is separated from the purifying path to be independently formed from each other.