Patent ID: 6079219
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: F24F,Y02B,Y10S

Abstract:
An internal unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, said internal unit provided for cooling or heating air in a room, comprising:a heat exchanger for radiating heat to or absorbing heat from air around the heat exchanger when a refrigerant circulates through the heat exchanger;one or more inlet openings through which air comes from the room into the internal unit;one or more outflow openings through which air goes out from the internal unit to the room;a blower for blowing air from the inlet openings to the outflow openings through the heat exchanger;a temperature sensor located between the inlet openings and the heat exchanger;a blower controller for controlling the blower at least at normal capacity and at minimum capacity where the blower is activated at predetermined time intervals; anda room temperature monitor programmed to measure a room temperature with the temperature sensor during operation of the blower at normal capacity, and to measure the room temperature with the temperature sensor upon stopping of the blower when the blower is at minimum capacity.