(19)
(11) EP 2 169 329 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.04.2012 Bulletin 2012/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/13

(21) Application number: 09012331.6

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 13/00(2006.01)
 F24F 13/14(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 30.09.2008 JP 2008253824
30.09.2008 JP 2008253832

(60) Divisional application:
12157560.9

(71) Applicant: Hitachi Appliances, Inc.
Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamada, Emi
    Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, (JP)
  • Nakayama, Satoshi
    Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, (JP)
  • Kato, Fumihiro
    Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, (JP)
  • Sasaki, Hajime
    Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, (JP)
  • Seki, Kenji
    Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, (JP)
  • Muramatsu, Naoki
    Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, (JP)
  • Maeda, Kensaku
    Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, (JP)

(74) Representative: Beetz & Partner 
Patentanwälte Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Air conditioner


(57) In an air conditioner, for preventing blown air from directly rushing to a position below the air conditioner and suppressing a ceiling surface (32) from being smudged due to a Coanda effect, in order to provide a simple structure of a wind direction control louver (42) provided in a air outlet (41), there is provided an air conditioner including: an air conditioner body (1); a panel (6) which is provided in the body; an air inlet (3) which is provided at about a center of the panel; an air outlet (4) which is provided in the periphery of the air inlet and blows air into a room; and a wind direction control louver (2) which is provided in the air outlet, wherein one end of the louver (2) is provided in the panel (6) on the side of the air inlet so as to be rotatable through a shaft (5), and the other end thereof is formed as an opening edge, and wherein the opening edge exists on more outer side than a portion where blown air descending from the outermost side of the air outlet (4) contacts with the louver (2) when the louver (2) is opened at a maximum louver opening degree θmax.







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