Patent ID: 8343244

Claim:
An air conditioner, comprising: an indoor unit including a casing, an indoor heat exchanger in said casing, an indoor fan in said casing for sucking air from inside of a room, and blowing the air to the inside of the room, and an air filter in said casing arranged on an inlet side of the indoor fan; a dust remover for removing dust trapped on the air filter; a dust containing part for containing the dust removed by the dust remover; a dust collection path as a transfer path for transferring the dust in collecting the contained dust; a nozzle connector for arranging a nozzle of a cleaner at a predetermined position where suction of the contained dust is allowed provided at a downstream outlet of the dust collection path, the nozzle connector configured to be slidable in a direction from the outside of the casing to the inside of the casing; and a valve for switching between a communication position and a discommunication position between a space inside the nozzle connector and the dust collection path having a position upstream of the nozzle connector, the valve including a mechanical link to the nozzle connector, and a spring biasing the valve in the discommunication position, wherein the mechanical link is actuated by movement of the nozzle connector to switch the valve between the communication position and the discommunication position between the space inside the nozzle connector and the dust collection path, and the valve moves in said direction from the outside of the casing to the inside of the casing to switch to the communication position.