(19)
(11) EP 1 813 876 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.08.2007 Bulletin 2007/31

(21) Application number: 06256299.6

(22) Date of filing: 11.12.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 1/00(2011.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 26.01.2006 KR 20060008345
26.01.2006 KR 20060008349

(71) Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Youngdungpo-gu Seoul (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kim, Gwang Seok
    Gyeongsangnam-do (KR)
  • Yang, Seung Hoon
    Busan (KR)

(74) Representative: Palmer, Jonathan R. 
Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) Indoor unit of air conditioner


(57) Indoor unit (100) of an air conditioner including a fan (26), a cabinet (20) having the fan (26) mounted therein, an outlet (22) for discharging the air from the fan (26) to an outside of the indoor unit (100), and a guide portion (60,70) for surrounding an one side of an outside circumferential surface of the fan, a heat exchanger (50) in the cabinet for making heat exchange with the air from the fan, and air guides (60,70) each in contact with, and supported on the guide portion (80) for guiding the air from the fan to the outlet, thereby permitting easy mounting of the air guides (60,70) to the indoor unit (100), and easy mounting of the refrigerant piping even if a mounting direction of the refrigerant piping to be connected to a heat exchanger in the indoor unit is changed.







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