Patent ID: 8038517

Claim:
An air conditioner comprising: a body cabinet provided with an air inlet and an air outlet in which at least a blower fan is housed, a filter for dedusting, the filter having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side, a cleaning section for removing dust deposited on the filter, wherein the cleaning section comprises: a dust box for accumulating dust removed from the filter, the dust box located on the first side of the filter, a filter receiving plate located on the second side of the filter, a cleaning member for removing the dust deposited on the filter, the cleaning member rotatably supported on the first side of the filter by the dust box, a cleaning member rotation restricting unit located in the dust box, and a pressing member for pressing the second side of the filter in correspondence with the cleaning member, the pressing member supported by the filter receiving plate, and a moving unit for moving the cleaning section with respect to the body cabinet and the filter in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the cleaning member rotation restricting unit restricts rotation of the cleaning member when the cleaning section moves in the first direction, and the cleaning member rotation restricting unit permits rotation of the cleaning member when the cleaning section moves in the second direction.