Patent ID: 8529653

Claim:
An indoor unit of an air conditioner comprising: a casing containing an indoor heat exchanger, an indoor fan for sucking air from the inside of a room, and blowing the air to the inside of the room, and an air filter arranged on a suction side of the indoor fan; a dust remover for removing dust trapped on the air filter, the dust remover arranged upstream, in the direction of air flow, of the air filter; and a filter presser arranged downstream, in the direction of air flow, of the air filter and presses the air filter against the dust remover by pressing a frame of the air filter without directly pressing a filter portion of the air frame, wherein the frame of the air filter includes an outer frame, and a first rib arranged inside the outer frame to extend in the direction of movement of the air filter and the dust remover, the filter presser includes a support plate extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the first rib of the air filter extends, and a pressing portion, the pressing portion is a flat plate member which is bent into a downward convex shape at one end and fixed to the supporting member at another end, and the bend end abuts the frame of the air filter, and the air filter is configured to move relative to the dust remover, and the filter presser.