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AssigneesSanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Air Conditioning Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasunori Ohama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Takuya Kajita, Harutaka Genno, Junichi Gouya, Keiko Kajita
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In an air conditioner (10) including an indoor-side chamber (21) containing an indoor heat exchanger (11) and an indoor fan (12), and an outdoor-side chamber (22) containing outdoor heat exchanger (13) and an outdoor fan (14), the indoor-side chamber (21) and the outdoor-side chamber (22) being partitioned by a partition plate (20), the partition plate (2) has a top panel (42) having a ventilation opening portion and a ventilation shutter (49) for opening/closing said ventilation opening portion (48) to freely adjust the opening degree of said ventilation opening portion (48). An indoor fan casing (34) having a heater lower-portion mounting portion (64) located above a drain pan (33) is provided between the indoor fan (12) and the partition plate (20), and an electrical heater (55) is disposed on the heater lower-portion mounting portion (64) so that the electric heater (55) is located above the drain pan (33) through the lower-portion mounting portion (64). The outdoor fan (14) comprises an axial fan (14), and an air guide member is equipped at the suction side of the axial fan (14) to surely guide the air at the suction side of said axial fan to the axial fan.
An air conditioner comprising an indoor heat exchanger, an indoor fan, an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan which are integrally equipped, the indoor heat exchanger and the indoor fan being disposed in an indoor-side chamber while the outdoor heat exchanger and the outdoor fan is disposed in an outdoor-side chamber, the indoor-side chamber and the outdoor-side chamber being partitioned by a partition plate, characterized in that said partition plate is equipped with a top panel having a ventilation opening portion through which the outside air is supplied from said outdoor-side chamber into said indoor-side chamber, and a ventilation shutter for opening/closing said ventilation opening portion of said top panel at any open area ratio to freely adjust the opening degree of said ventilation opening portion.
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