Patent ID: 6786061
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
An air conditioner having a housing including a base plate fixed to a wall in a room and an exterior panel supported on said base plate, said exterior panel being provided with an air inlet on the upper surface side thereof and an air outlet on the lower surface side thereof, and said housing containing a heat exchanger and an air blower in an air passage connecting said air inlet to said air outlet, whereinon the front side of said air outlet, a recess with a predetermined depth, which is depressed toward the inside of said housing, is formed so as to connect with said air passage, and in said recess, a vertical wind deflector which turns in the up-and-down direction around a horizontal rotating shaft and a support frame which supports said vertical wind deflector are arranged; said support frame has a rotating shaft on the rear edge side close to said air passage, and is pivotally supported by a side plate of said recess via said rotating shaft, and a front edge of said support frame is urged toward said recess by a first spring; in a state in which said vertical wind deflector is arranged on the lower surface side of said support frame, the front edge thereof is rotatably supported on the front edge side of said support frame via predetermined pivotally supporting means, and a rear edge of said vertical wind deflector is urged toward the lower surface side of said support frame by a second spring; said support frame is provided with driving force transmitting means including an input shaft, which is connected to a motor mounted on the side plate side of said recess and is rotatably inserted in said rotating shaft, and an output shaft, which is connected to said input shaft via predetermined mechanical connecting means and gives a rotation driving force of said motor to said vertical wind deflector; at the cooling operation time, said motor is rotated in the direction against the urging force of said first spring to open the front edge sides of said support frame and said vertical wind deflector integrally; and at the heating operation time, said motor is rotated in the direction against the urging force of said second spring to open only the front edge side of said vertical wind deflector.