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US 5,755,103 AGranted
Room air conditioner with sterilizing apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-Ick Na, Seung-kwan Lee
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Abstract
A room air conditioner includes an evaporator and a fan which circulates air from the room through the evaporator and back into the room through an outlet. Water condensing on the evaporator is collected. Ultra-violet lamps are positioned within the air conditioner to sterilize the air passing therethrough and to sterilize the collected water.
Claims3
A room air conditioner comprising:
- a housing having an air inlet and outlet;
- an evaporator in the housing;
- a fan for circulating room air into the housing, through the evaporator, and out through the outlet, the room air being cooled while passing through the evaporator;
- a louver at the outlet for controlling a direction of flow of cool air passing through the outlet;
- a collector defining a trough for collecting condensed water from the evaporator;
- first sterilizing means disposed behind the evaporator for sterilizing room air passing through the evaporation;
- second sterilizing means disposed under the collector and adjacent the outlet for sterilizing the condensed water and cool air passing through the outlet;
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- transparent window separating the second sterilizing means from the evaporator and defining a wall of the trough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.