Patent ID: 8443622

Claim:
An air conditioner comprising: a case provided with a first opening to define an air inlet and a second opening to define an air outlet, the case provided with a slot having a first slot end and a second slot end; a heat exchanger disposed in the case; a pair of cross flow fans arranged at both sides of the heat exchanger to produce airflow; and a variation unit that is disposed to vary fluid passage areas near openings of the cross flow fans and the heat exchanger and thus to vary air inlet and outlet directions, the variation unit includes: a plurality of moving guides installed to be capable of pivoting along a circumference of the fans, at least one of the moving guides configured to change the first opening to the air outlet and to change the second opening to the air inlet according to a direction of pivoting the at least one of the moving guides, wherein the at least one of the moving guides does not block at least one portion of the air inlet and the air outlet when the at least one of the moving guides is pivoted, and a hinge portion provided at the case to provide a center of rotation of one of the moving guides, wherein the plurality of moving guides includes a first moving guide disposed around a first one of the cross flow fans and rotating in a first direction and a second moving guide disposed around a second one of the cross flow fans and rotating in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are opposed to each other, and wherein at least one of the first and second moving guides includes a first end coupled to the hinge portion and a second end coupled to the slot, and the second end moves between the first slot end and the second slot end when the first or second moving guide rotates.