Air conditioner
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorAtsushi Matsubara
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Abstract
In the air conditioner, determination is made whether or not a “3-Dimensional Swing” or a “Left/Right Swing” relating to movement of a left/right flap is set (step S2). When it is determined that the “3-Dimensional Swing” or “Left/Right Swing” is set (step S2: Yes), a determination is made whether or not the swing range of the left/right flap is set to a part of the movable range (step S3). When it is determined in step S3 that the swing range of the left/right flap is set (step S3: Yes), the left/right flap is once returned to the reference position (step S4), and then reciprocation of the left/right flap within the swing range is started (step S5).
Claims17
An air conditioner, comprising:
- a wind direction changing flap which changes, to the left or right, the direction of the wind from an outlet port of an indoor unit by reciprocating with in a movable range;
- and
- a controller which controls a movement of the wind direction changing flap, the controller configured to
- determine, upon receipt of a command to start movement of the wind direction changing flap, whether a swing range has been set for the wind direction changing flap, the swing range being a subset of the movable range;
- move, responsive to a determination that the swing range has been set, the wind direction changing flap to a reference position prior to reciprocating the wind direction changing flap within the set swing range;
- and
- allow, responsive to a determination that a swing range has not been set, the wind direction changing flap to reciprocate within the movable range;
- wherein, when the wind direction changing flap is to be moved to the reference position, the controller starts movement of the wind direction changing flap so that the wind direction changing flap starts to move in a direction in which the wind direction changing flap has been moving at the end of the previous movement,
- when an initial moving direction of the wind direction changing flap is a direction away from the reference position, the controller moves the wind direction changing flap to an end of the set swing range opposite to the reference position, and then returns the wind direction changing flap to the reference position, and
- when the initial moving direction of the wind direction changing flap is a direction towards the reference position, the controller directly returns the wind direction changing flap to the reference position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.