Patent ID: 6447391
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
An actuating device for actuating a shutter provided with an outlet window through which a cooled air generated within an air conditioner is discharged outwardly, the outlet window formed through a front panel of a main body of the air conditioner, a shutter for opening and closing the outlet window, a guiding member for guiding movements of the shutter, and an air direction adjustment mounted on a rear portion of the shutter for adjusting a direction of a discharged air by using vertical adjustment plates and horizontal adjustment plates, comprising:a vertical guiding plate formed on both sides of the shutter to extend in a lengthwise direction thereof; a united guiding groove divided into a triangular guiding groove having a widened width for guiding the vertical guiding plate and an inclined guiding groove having a narrow width and formed in an inclined form at a predetermined angle; a vertical movement member having a movement member protuberance provided with a hinge at which one end of an actuating rod is connected, the other end of the actuating rod being connected to a shutter protuberance formed on a rear surface of the shutter, and a slip prevention protuberance having a tooth shaped configuration protruding from the front surface thereof; a roller resiliently contacted on the slip prevention protuberance of the vertical movement member; and a driving motor whose rotating shaft is inserted into the roller for actuating the vertical movement member upward and downward by being supplied with electric power.