Floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus

A floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus comprising:

• a housing including a fan and a heat exchanger that can selectively execute a cooling operation and a heating operation;
• a forward blowing control member rotatably arranged at a forward air outlet formed in a front surface of the housing at a position near a top surface of the housing;
• and an upward blowing control member rotatably arranged at an upward air outlet formed in the top surface of the housing at a position near the front surface of the housing, wherein
• the forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet during operation stop,
• the forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member is rotated and opens the upward air outlet during cooling operation,
• the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet and the forward blowing control member is rotated and opens the forward air outlet during heating operation, and
• the forward blowing control member includes a forward-blowing-control-member outer surface that forms a surface continued to the front surface of the housing during operation stop, and a forward-blowing-control-member inner surface that gradually extends to elongate in a direction away from the forward-blowing-control-member outer surface, the forward-blowing-control-member inner surface and the forward-blowing-control-member outer surface form opposite surfaces of the forward blowing control members,
• the upward blowing control member is formed of an upward blowing control member arranged at a front-surface side and an upward blowing control member arranged at a rear-surface side,
• an upward-blowing-control-member rear-end inclined surface is formed at an end portion at the rear-surface side of the upward blowing control member arranged at the front-surface side of the upward blowing control member during operation stop,
• an upward-blowing-control-member inner-surface front-end arcuate surface is formed at an end portion at the front-surface side of the upward blowing control member arranged at the rear-surface side of the upward blowing control member during operation stop,
• the upward-blowing-control-member rear-end inclined surface overlaps the upward-blowing-control-member inner-surface front-end arcuate surface during operation stop,
• in any situation of start of the cooling operation and start of the heating operation, the upward blowing control member arranged at the rear-surface side is rotated in a direction in which the upward-blowing-control-member inner-surface front-end arcuate surface moves toward the inside of the housing, and then the upward blowing control member arranged at the front-surface side is rotated in a direction in which the upward-blowing-control-member rear-end inclined surface moves toward the outside of the housing,
• a housing top-surface inclined surface is formed at a top surface of the housing, and
• the upward-blowing-control-member rear-end inclined surface overlaps the housing top-surface inclined surface during operation stop.

A floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus comprising:

• a housing including a fan and a heat exchanger that can selectively execute a cooling operation and a heating operation;
• a forward blowing control member rotatably arranged at a forward air outlet formed in a front surface of the housing at a position near a top surface of the housing;
• and an upward blowing control member rotatably arranged at an upward air outlet formed in the top surface of the housing at a position near the front surface of the housing, wherein
• the forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet during operation stop,
• the forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member is rotated and opens the upward air outlet during cooling operation,
• the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet and the forward blowing control member is rotated and opens the forward air outlet during heating operation, and
• the forward blowing control member includes a forward-blowing-control-member outer surface that forms a surface continued to the front surface of the housing during operation stop, and a forward-blowing-control-member inner surface that gradually extends to elongate in a direction away from the forward-blowing-control-member outer surface, the forward-blowing-control-member inner surface and the forward-blowing-control-member outer surface form opposite surfaces of the forward blowing control members,
• the upward blowing control member includes an upward-blowing-control-member outer surface forming a surface continued to the top surface of the housing during operation stop, and an upward-blowing-control-member inner surface being parallel to the upward-blowing-control-member outer surface,
• the forward blowing control member is rotated and the forward-blowing-control-member outer surface becomes substantially parallel to the upward-blowing-control-member inner surface during heating operation, and
• the upward blowing control member is rotated and the upward-blowing-control-member outer surface is brought into a posture being substantially parallel to the forward-blowing-control-member outer surface or a posture being inclined only by a predetermined angle during cooling operation,
• the upward blowing control member is formed of an upward blowing control member arranged at a front-surface side and an upward blowing control member arranged at a rear-surface side,
• an upward-blowing-control-member rear-end inclined surface is formed at an end portion at the rear-surface side of the upward blowing control member arranged at the front-surface side of the upward blowing control member during operation stop,
• an upward-blowing-control-member inner-surface front-end arcuate surface is formed at an end portion at the front-surface side of the upward blowing control member arranged at the rear-surface side of the upward blowing control member during operation stop,
• the upward-blowing-control-member rear-end inclined surface overlaps the upward-blowing-control-member inner-surface front-end arcuate surface during operation stop, and
• in any situation of start of the cooling operation and start of the heating operation, the upward blowing control member arranged at the rear-surface side is rotated in a direction in which the upward-blowing-control-member inner-surface front-end arcuate surface moves toward the inside of the housing, and then the upward blowing control member arranged at the front-surface side is rotated in a direction in which the upward-blowing-control-member rear-end inclined surface moves toward the outside of the housing.