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US 2008/0156454 A1Published application
Air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyung Hwan KIM, Keun Hyoung CHOI, Han Lim CHOI
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Abstract
In an air conditioner, air-supply passages cross air-discharge passages, and heat exchangers are disposed at intersections between the air-supply passages and the air-discharge passages. This increases the effective heat-exchanging areas of the heat exchangers. In addition, the air conditioner is configured such that the air conditioner can be easily installed and repaired even when the air conditioner is rotated to be properly connected with air-supply ducts and air-discharge ducts.
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An air conditioner comprising:
- a case having a first side, a second side, a third side opposite the first side, and a fourth side opposite the second side, the case further including a top surface and a bottom surface;
- an air-discharge inlet installed at the first side, the air-discharge inlet located closer to the second side than to the fourth side;
- an air-discharge outlet installed at the third side, the air-discharge outlet located closer to the fourth side than to the second side;
- an air-supply inlet installed at the third side, the air-supply inlet located closer to the second side than to the fourth side;
- an air-supply outlet installed at the first side, the air-supply outlet located closer to the fourth side than to the second side;
- an air-supply unit installed in the case and configured to flow air from the air-supply inlet to the air-supply outlet;
- an air-discharge unit installed in the case and configured to flow air from the air-discharge inlet to the air-discharge outlet;
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- first and second heat exchangers installed in the case,
- wherein the air-supply unit, the air-discharge unit and the two heat exchangers are arranged in such a manner that first and second air-supply passages are formed from the air-supply inlet to the air-supply outlet and first and second air-discharge passages are formed between the air-discharge inlet to the air-discharge outlet, the first air-supply passage crossing the first air-discharge passage in the first heat exchanger and the second air-supply passage crossing the second air-discharge passage in the second heat exchanger.
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An air conditioner comprising:
- a case including at least two air-supply passages and at least two air-discharge passages, one of the air supply passages crossing one of the air discharge passages and the other air supply passage crossing the other air discharge passage;
- an air-supply unit disposed in the case and connected to the air-supply passages;
- an air-discharge unit disposed in the case opposite to the air-supply unit and connected to the air-discharge passages;
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- at least two heat exchangers disposed in the case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.