Indoor unit for air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJeong Yong Jeon
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Abstract
Disclosed is an indoor unit for an air conditioner to improve convenience in carriage and installation. The indoor unit includes: a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange; a drain pan for draining condensed water generated while the heat exchanger operates; a connection tube formed at one side of the heat exchanger, for guiding flow of refrigerant; and a tube coupling part opened at both ends of the connection tube, for allowing the refrigerant to communicate with one of the both opened ends of the connection tube.
Claims17
An indoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising:
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange:
- a drain pan for draining condensed water generated while the heat exchanger operates;
- a connection tube formed at one side of the heat exchanger, for guiding flow of, refrigerant, wherein
- the connection tube has a tube coupling part at each end, for allowing the refrigerant to communicate with either end of the connection tube;
- and
- a flow passage guider selectively fixable to either coupling part.
An indoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising:
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange;
- a drain pan for draining condensed water generated while the heat exchanger operates;
- a connection tube formed at one side of the heat exchanger, for guiding flow of refrigerant, wherein the connection tube has a tube coupling part at each end, for allowing the refrigerant to communicate with either end of the connection tube;
- a flow passage guider fixable to one of the tube coupling parts;
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- a front panel provided with a tube hole at a position corresponding to the tube coupling part.
An indoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising:
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange;
- a blower part for forcibly blowing air;
- a drain pan for draining condensed water generated while the heat exchanger operates;
- a connection tube formed at one side of the heat exchanger, for guiding flow of refrigerant, wherein the connection tube has a tube coupling part at each end, for allowing the refrigerant to communicate with either end of the connection tube;
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- a flow passage guider fixable to either tube coupling part and extendable to an outer side of the indoor unit.
An indoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising:
- a blower part for forcibly blowing air;
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange;
- a drain pan provided at one side thereof with a drain part so as to drain condensed water generated while the heat exchanger operates to an exterior;
- a front panel provided with a penetration hole at a position corresponding to the drain part;
- a connection tube for guiding flow of refrigerant to the heat exchanger, wherein the connection tube has a tube coupling part at each end, for allowing the refrigerant to communicate with either end of the connection tube;
- and
- a flow passage guider selectively fixable to either tube coupling part.
An indoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising:
- a lower frame provided with a suction inlet through which air is inflowed;
- a middle frame formed spaced apart upward by a predetermined distance from the lower frame;
- a heat exchanger for performing heat exchange;
- a drain pan on which the heat exchanger is fixed, the drain pan being provided at one side thereof with a drain part so as to drain condensed water generated while the heat exchanger operates to an exterior;
- a front panel provided with a penetration hole at a position corresponding to the drain part;
- a connection tube for guiding flow of refrigerant to the heat exchanger, wherein the connection tube has a tube coupling part at each end, for allowing the refrigerant to communicate with either end of the connection tube;
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- a flow passage guider selectively fixable to either tube coupling part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.