Patent ID: 8813518

Claim:
An air conditioner, within a casing of an indoor unit, comprising: a filter configured to have a thin plate shape and disposed along an air intake grill, a cleaning section for cleaning the filter, a filter driving section for moving the filter to a predetermined direction, an open panel which is opened in a direction separating from the casing of the indoor unit and is provided in front of the air intake grill, a front panel configured to cover a front surface of the indoor unit, and a guide portion configured to have an arch shape, wherein the guide portion is integrally attached to the upper end of the open panel, wherein the guide portion is configured to be able to be withdrawn within the casing of the indoor unit from the front panel in a closed state of the open panel, wherein the guide portion is provided with a turn guide surface for turning a tip end of the filter extruded along an inner surface of the open panel in a U-turn, wherein an inner surface of the open panel guides the filter by contacting with an outer surface of the filter and the turn guide surface of the guide portion is continuous with the inner surface of the open panel as a part of the inner surface of the open panel, and wherein when the filter is cleaned, the open panel is opened, and the filter is extruded to the outside of the casing of the indoor unit along the inner surface of the open panel.