Patent ID: 8499580
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: F04D,F24F

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner comprising: an air conditioner body provided on a ceiling in a room to be air-conditioned; a ceiling panel having a blowoff port for blowing off air from an inside of the air conditioner body; a side wall installed in an upright position along an outer periphery of the ceiling panel; an air conditioner top plate provided so as to cover a surface opposed to the ceiling panel with respect to the side wall; a body suction port formed in the side wall of the air conditioner body; a heat exchanger provided in a vicinity of the body suction port, inside the side wall; a fan motor fixed to the air conditioner top plate, the fan motor having a rotational shaft; a centrifugal fan having a convex-shaped boss part fixed to the rotational shaft of the fan motor, the centrifugal fan sucking the air via the body suction port and the heat exchanger and blowing off the air to the room as a result of the rotation of the rotational shaft; and an airflow guide plate integrally formed by a bellmouth part and an airflow guide part, wherein the air passing through the heat exchanger is taken into the bellmouth part, and the airflow guide part guides the air sucked via the body suction port and the heat exchanger to the blowoff port of the ceiling panel, the airflow guide part being formed into a truncated cone shape in a gradually enlarging manner toward the blowoff port of the ceiling panel, wherein the airflow guide plate and the centrifugal fan are removable.