(19)
(11) EP 1 950 500 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.05.2009 Bulletin 2009/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/31

(21) Application number: 07252759.1

(22) Date of filing: 10.07.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 1/00(2006.01)
 F24F 13/06(2006.01)
(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 MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 26.01.2007 KR 20070008490

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Park, Hyon Chel
    Changwon-si Gyeongsangnam-do, 641-711 (KR)
  • Yang, Seung Hoon
    Changwon-si Gyeongsangnam-do, 641-711 (KR)

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

   


(54) Air conditioner


(57) The present invention relates to air conditioners. More specifically, the present invention relates to an air conditioner in which air suction openings are opened/closed selectively by a plurality of separated front panels, moving backward and forward by a driving unit, to discharge conditioned air upward/downward, for securing an adequate air flow rate to be heat exchanged, not being interfered with an air inflow from front, and making convenient opening/closing control of a flow passage according to various modes.
For this, the present invention provides an air conditioner including a case having a heat exchanger and a fan mounted thereto, a front panel movably mounted in front of the case for opening/closing a plurality of air suction openings, an air discharge opening in a top and/or a bottom of the case, and a driving unit for moving the front panel backward/forward.







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