Patent ID: 7984620

Claim:
An air conditioning apparatus comprising: a heat source device including a compressor, a four-way reversing valve, and a heat source heat exchanger; a plurality of indoor units, each including first and second heat exchangers, a fan which blows air to said plurality of heat exchangers, and a plurality of flow controllers respectively corresponding to said first and second heat exchangers; a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe, wherein each of the first and second connecting pipes includes an end portion connected to said heat source device; a first branching portion which is connected to said first and second heat exchangers of each of said indoor units, said first connecting pipe, and said second connecting pipe; a second branching portion which joins pipes connected to said flow controllers of said indoor units together; a joined pipe connected to said first connecting pipe and to said second connecting pipe; and a valve device, disposed in said first branching portion, which causes said indoor units to selectively communicate with said first connecting pipe or said second connecting pipe wherein the first and second heat exchangers of each indoor unit are connected to respective valves included in the valve device, such that the first and second heat exchangers of each indoor unit selectively communicate with the first connecting pipe or the second connecting pipe.