Patent ID: 7587908

Claim:
An integral type air conditioner comprising: a front panel disposed at a front side of the air conditioner and having an air discharge part on a front thereof, the front side of the air conditioner being located in an indoor space and the air discharge part discharging indoor air; a lower air guide for partitioning the air conditioner into an indoor unit part and an outdoor unit part and guiding flow of the introduced indoor air to the air discharge part; an upper air guide mounted on an upper position of the lower air guide and forming a plurality of passages for discharging the indoor air; an indoor heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between a working fluid and indoor air; an outdoor heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between the working fluid and outdoor air; a cabinet forming an appearance of the air conditioner and including at least an air discharge part formed at an upper position thereof for discharging the heat exchanged indoor air by the indoor heat exchanger to an indoor space; a high performance filter positioned at one of the passages of the upper air guide and communicating with the air discharge part of the cabinet, for filtering the heat exchanged indoor air passing through the indoor heat exchanger; and a passage guide assembly moveably installed in the upper air guide to guide the heat exchanged indoor air to be selectively discharged through the air discharge part of the front panel or the air discharge part of the cabinet.