Air conditioner

An air conditioner comprising:

• a housing having a suction port and a discharge port;
• a heat exchanger to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing;
• a fan configured to discharge the heat exchanged air out of the housing;
• a discharge panel disposed at the discharge port and having a plurality of discharge holes arranged on a panel surface of the discharge panel;
• and
• a reinforcing panel disposed between the heat exchanger and the discharge panel so as to guide air that has passed through the heat exchanger to the discharge panel, wherein
• the reinforcing panel is adjacent to the discharge panel and spaced apart from the discharge panel by a gap, and the gap is of a size which allows the panel surface of the discharge panel to contact the reinforcing panel when the panel surface of the discharge panel is depressed by an external pressure, to thereby restrict a depression amount of the panel surface of the discharge panel, and
• the reinforcing panel includes through holes and a louver configured to be rotatable to open and close the through holes,
• the reinforcing panel, including the through holes and the louver, thereby being configured to restrict a depression amount of the panel surface of the discharge panel when the panel surface of the discharge panel is depressed by an external pressure and to guide air that has passed through the heat exchanger to the discharge panel.

An air conditioner comprising:

• a housing having a suction port and a discharge port;
• a heat exchanger to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing;
• a fan configured to discharge the heat exchanged air out of the housing;
• a discharge panel disposed at the discharge port and having a plurality of discharge holes arranged on a panel surface of the discharge panel;
• and
• a reinforcing panel disposed between the heat exchanger and the discharge panel so as to guide air that has passed through the heat exchanger to the discharge panel, wherein
• the reinforcing panel is adjacent to the discharge panel and spaced apart from the discharge panel by a gap, and the gap is of a size which allows the panel surface of the discharge panel to contact the reinforcing panel when the panel surface of the discharge panel is depressed by an external pressure, to thereby restrict a depression amount of the panel surface of the discharge panel;
• the reinforcing panel includes a plurality of louvers arranged in a vertical direction, and
• the louvers are configured to be rotatable up and down about a rotation shaft disposed in a horizontal direction,
• the reinforcing panel, including the plurality of louvers, thereby being configured to restrict a depression amount of the panel surface of the discharge panel when the panel surface of the discharge panel is depressed by an external pressure and to guide air that has passed through the heat exchanger to the discharge panel.