US 2010/0132392 A1Published application

Indoor unit of air conditioner

AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.

InventorsMasanao Yasutomi, Masayuki Kojima, Masuzou Takahashi, Toshihiro Wakamatsu

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Grooves are formed on a back surface 22 of a tongue part 21 of a rear plate 3 which surface does not guide a flow of air.

Dependent claims

An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:

a blower (1) between a heat exchanger (2) and a blowoff opening (15), and
a rear plate (3) for guiding a flow of air toward the blowoff opening (15), the rear plate placed on back side of the blower (1), wherein
grooves (40) are provided on a back surface (22) of windward end part (21) of the rear plate (3) opposed to a front surface of the windward end part (21) which guides the flow of air.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

F24F 1/0007
Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station: indoor units, e.g.…
F24F 1/0063
Characterised by heat exchangers: by the mounting or arrangement of the heat exchangers
F24F 1/0067
Characterised by heat exchangers: by the shape of the heat exchangers or of parts thereof, e.g. of their fins
F24F 13/222
Means for preventing condensation or evacuating condensate: for evacuating condensate

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