Indoor unit for air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSoonchul Hwang, Sanghyuk Son, Jaeyoung Kim
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Abstract
Provided is an indoor unit for an air conditioner. The indoor unit for the air conditioner includes a case having at least one suction hole, a heat exchanger disposed at a side of the suction hole, a fan rotatably disposed at a discharge side of the heat exchanger, a front panel coupled to a front portion of the case, the front panel including a discharge part, a discharge panel disposed on the discharge part, and a guide device disposed to surround the fan, the guide device having a curved surface for guiding air discharged from the fan to the guide part.
Claims18
An indoor unit for an air conditioner, the indoor unit comprising:
- a case having at least one suction part;
- a heat exchanger disposed in the case;
- a fan disposed between the heat exchanger and a front portion of the case;
- a front panel disposed at the front portion of the case, the front panel comprising a panel opening;
- a discharge panel disposed at the panel opening, and a discharge part disposed between the front panel and the discharge panel;
- a guide device disposed to surround the fan and having a curved surface for guiding air discharged from the fan to the discharge part;
- a panel supporter supporting the discharge panel so that the discharge panel is disposed within the opening;
- and
- a moving guide protruding from the front panel to guide movement of the discharge panel in a front or rear direction of the case,
- wherein at a rear end of the moving guide is disposed a first stopper that interferes with the panel supporter in a state where the discharge panel moves backward, and at a front end of the moving guide is disposed a second stopper that interferes with the panel supporter in a state where the front panel moves forward.
An indoor unit for an air conditioner, the indoor unit comprising:
- a case having a suction part for suctioning air from a rear portion thereof;
- a heat exchanger disposed in the case;
- a fan comprising a plurality of blades that suctions the air to pass through the heat exchanger in an axis direction of the fan and discharge the air in a radial direction thereof;
- a front panel disposed at a front portion of the case and having a panel opening;
- a discharge panel disposed at the panel opening, and a discharge part disposed between the front panel and the discharge panel;
- a first guide device disposed between the fan and the heat exchanger and having a second suction hole for guiding inflow of the air into the fan;
- and
- a second guide device having a curved portion and a ruled portion, which directs a flow direction of the air discharged from the fan towards the discharge part,
- wherein the second guide device comprises:
- a first guide surface formed on an inner surface of the curved portion extending roundly from a rear portion of the fan toward a front portion of the fan;
- and
- a second guide surface formed on an inner surface of the ruled portion extending in an axial direction from the curved surface toward the discharge part,
- wherein the air discharged in the radial direction of the fan is discharged toward the front portion of the case through the discharge part along the first guide surface and the second guide surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.