Patent ID: 8734553

Claim:
An indoor unit of an air conditioner comprising: a casing having an inlet; an air filter having a filter body and a mesh member, the air filter contained in the casing and located downstream of the inlet in the air flow direction; an indoor fan and a heat exchanger contained in the casing and located downstream of the air filter in the air flow direction; a divider plate which includes an air hole for attaching the air filter therein, and is provided in the casing to divide space inside the casing into a room upstream of air passing through the air filter and a room downstream of the air passing through the air filter; a dust removing section provided upstream of the air filter in the air flow direction and including a rotating brush that removes dust trapped on the air filter; and a dust container connected to the dust removing section via a transfer duct for containing the dust which is removed by the dust removing section, and is transferred through the transfer duct, wherein the dust container is located in the casing between the divider plate and an end of the casing in which the inlet is formed, such that the dust container covers a portion of the divider plate outside the circumference of the air hole formed in the divider plate, and the rotating brush extends from an edge of the air filter to the center of the air filter to be in contact with a side of the air filter upstream of the air flow passing through the air filter, and to rotate about one end of the dust removing section.