Patent ID: 9074780
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F24F,F28F

Abstract:
1. An air conditioner, comprising: a housing having a front panel and a rear panel forming an inner space therebetween; a heat exchanger disposed inside the housing; a blower disposed inside the housing, the blower rotatably coupled to the heat exchanger such that an angle is formed between the heat exchanger and the blower; and a driver that moves at least one of the heat exchanger or the blower such that an interior angle between the heat exchanger and the blower in a first mode is less that the interior angle therebetween in a second mode, wherein a distance between the front panel and the rear panel in the first mode is greater than a distance between the front panel and the rear panel in the second mode, so as to selectively increase or decrease a volume of the inner space of the housing, wherein the air conditioner is operated in the first mode, and the air conditioner is deactivated in the second mode, wherein adjacent end portions of the heat exchanger and the blower are rotatably coupled, wherein end portions of the heat exchanger and the blower opposite the respective adjacent end portions thereof are each rotatably coupled to a corresponding portion of the rear panel, and wherein at least one of a first hinge that rotatably couples the rear panel and the heat exchanger or a second hinge that rotatably couples the rear panel and the blower is slideable along a vertical direction of the rear panel.