Air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHyunpil Ha, Jeongsang Seo, Jungmin Moon
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Abstract
Disclosed is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes a main body having a blower fan to circulate air, a rotator rotatably provided in the main body, a tray provided in the main body to store humidifying water therein, and a humidifying gear module provided at a periphery thereof with a lifter connected to the rotator, the humidifying gear module being rotatably arranged in the tray so as to be rotated upon receiving rotational force of the rotator. The lifter of the humidifying gear module functions to scoop up the humidifying water during rotation of the rotator.
Claims16
An air conditioner comprising:
- a main body having a blower fan to circulate air;
- a rotator rotatably provided in the main body;
- a tray provided in the main body to store humidifying water therein;
- a humidifying gear rotatably arranged in the tray so as to be rotated upon receiving rotational force of the rotator;
- a lifter provided at the humidifying gear and connected to the rotator, the lifter being submerged under the humidifying water so as to scoop up the humidifying water during rotation of the rotator;
- and
- a humidifying filter, to which the humidifying water is supplied from the lifter during rotation of the humidifying gear,
- wherein the rotator includes protruding teeth;
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- the at least one lifter includes a plurality of lifters arranged on the periphery of the humidifying gear to correspond to the teeth of the rotator such that the lifters are directly engaged with the teeth of the rotator to rotate the humidifying gear.
An air conditioner comprising:
- a main body having a blower fan to circulate air;
- a rotator rotatably provided in the main body;
- a tray provided in the main body to store humidifying water therein;
- a humidifying gear rotatably arranged in the tray so as to be rotated upon receiving rotational force of the rotator;
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- a lifter provided at the humidifying gear and connected to the rotator, the lifter being submerged under the humidifying water so as to scoop up the humidifying water during rotation of the rotator,
- a humidifying filter to receive the humidifying water from the lifter;
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- a humidifying gear cover detachably coupled to the humidifying gear so as to fix the humidifying filter between the humidifying gear and the humidifying gear cover, wherein a sliding insert is formed at a periphery of the humidifying gear cover and a sliding coupling groove is formed at a periphery of the humidifying gear such that the sliding insert is inserted into the sliding coupling groove,
- wherein the main body includes:
- a rear case;
- a front case arranged in front of the rear case;
- and
- an upper deck arranged on the front case,
- wherein the rear case is provided at an upper position thereof with a rear fastening portion, through which a fastening member penetrates;
- the front case is provided at a position thereof facing the rear fastening portion with a front fastening portion, through which the fastening member penetrates;
- the upper deck is provided with a deck fastening portion having a through-hole, into which the front fastening portion is inserted and the fastening member penetrates;
- and
- the fastening member sequentially penetrates the rear fastening portion and the through-hole and thereafter, is fastened into the front fastening portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.