Air conditioner
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorRyuzaburo Yajima
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Abstract
An air conditioner includes: a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between air sent to an air conditioning target space and a flammable refrigerant; a fan that generates an air flow in the heat exchanger; one of a heater that heats the air sent to the air conditioning target space, or an electric apparatus that is capable of causing electric discharge; a casing that has an arrangement space in which the heat exchanger, the fan, and the heater or the electric apparatus is disposed, and an opening that communicates the arrangement space with outdoors; and an opening and closing part that opens and closes the opening. The opening and closing part: closes the opening in response to the fan being driven, and opens the opening in response to the fan being stopped.
Claims7
An air conditioner comprising:
- a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between air sent to an air conditioning target space and a flammable refrigerant;
- a fan that generates air flow in the heat exchanger;
- one of:
- a heater that heats the air sent to the air conditioning target space;
- or
- an electric apparatus that is capable of causing electric discharge;
- a casing that has:
- an arrangement space in which the heat exchanger, the fan, and the heater or the electric apparatus are disposed;
- and
- an opening that communicates the arrangement space with outdoors;
- and
- an opening and closing part that comprises a lid that opens and closes the opening, wherein
- the lid opens the opening when the fan is stopped and closes the opening by a negative pressure generated by operation of the fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.