Air conditioner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10718545-B2
Application number	US-201515552240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	Feb 18, 2015
Publication date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an air conditioner capable of guiding air in a desired direction with an adjusted speed without marring the appearance to solve the above-described problems. An air conditioner comprising a ceiling-embedded type indoor unit configured to discharge air into an indoor room through an air outlet simultaneously sucking indoor air through an air inlet, wherein a air conditioner comprises, a main flap configured to guide a direction of air discharged from a air outlet in a preset direction, and a sub-flap configured to guide the direction of air between the main flap and the sub-flap in the preset direction, wherein a length of a main flap in a direction where air flows is longer than that of the sub-flap in the direction where air flows.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An air conditioner comprising a ceiling-embedded type indoor unit configured to discharge air into a room through an air outlet and to simultaneously suck indoor air through an air inlet,
wherein the air conditioner comprises:
a main flap configured to guide air discharged from the air outlet in a preset direction, wherein the main flap comprises:
a first guide configured to guide air discharged from the air outlet downward, and
a second guide rotatably connected to an end of the first guide and configured to guide the air guided downward by the first guide in a different direction; and

a sub-flap configured to guide the air between the main flap and the sub-flap in the preset direction,

wherein a length of the main flap in an airflow direction is longer than a length of the sub-flap in the airflow direction.

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the main flap extends downward from the air outlet.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second guide in the airflow direction is greater than a length of the sub-flap in the airflow direction.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein, as the sub-flap rotates about a rotation shaft installed at one end of the sub-flap, a distance between another end of the sub-flap and the second guide is changed.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein a vertical length of the main flap is greater than a vertical length of the sub-flap.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second guide includes a flow path forming surface formed on one surface of the second guide,
the sub-flap includes a flow path forming surface formed on a lower surface of the sub-flap, and
an air flow path is formed between the flow path forming surface of the second guide and the flow path forming surface of the sub-flap.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein:
a rotation shaft of the second guide is disposed at an upper end of the flow path forming surface of the second guide, and
the rotation shaft of the sub-flap is disposed at an upper end of the flow path forming surface of the sub-flap.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the air outlet has a rectangular shape,
the main flap has a plate shape installed at the air outlet, and
the sub-flap has a plate shape installed at the air outlet.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 7 , wherein the main flap is configured to surround the sub-flap when the second guide rotates about the rotation shaft.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprises an elevating device configured to move up the main flap and down with respect to the air outlet.

11. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the main flap comprises a first rotating shaft configured to rotate the second guide.

12. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , further comprising a second rotating shaft configured to rotate the sub-flap.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tomohito Ajiki
• Goto Shinji

Classifications

• F24F1/0047

  mounted in the ceiling or at the ceiling · CPC title

• F24F2013/1446

  with gearings · CPC title

• F24F1/0014

  having two or more outlet openings · CPC title

• F24F2013/1433

  with electric motors · CPC title

• F24F13/0227

  using parts of the building, e.g. air ducts inside the floor, walls or ceiling of a building · CPC title