Lg Electronics Inc.

Junho Min

Joonmin Park

Taeman Yang

Byungsoon Kim

Sungbae Song

Moonkee Chung

Choonmyun Chung

Jongchul Ha

Jiwon Chang

A flow path switching device of the present disclosure includes a case comprising a first nozzle into which fluid flows from an indoor unit, a second nozzle which sends fluid to the indoor unit, a plurality of inner outflow pipes through which fluid supplied from the first nozzle flows, a plurality of inner inflow pipes through which the fluid supplied to the second nozzle flows, and a flow path connection portion in which a space is formed to communicate the plurality of inner outflow pipes with the first nozzle or to communicate the plurality of inner inflow pipes with the second nozzle; a valve which is rotatably disposed in the space of the flow path connection portion, and has a first chamber connecting one of the plurality of inner inflow pipes and the first nozzle according to disposition, and a second chamber connecting one of the plurality of inner outflow pipes and the second nozzle according to disposition; and a motor which is disposed in one side of the valve, and rotates the valve, wherein the plurality of inner outflow pipes and the plurality of inner inflow pipes are disposed in the same one side direction of the flow path connection portion and are spaced apart from each other in a direction in which a rotation shaft around which the valve rotates is formed.

Flow path switching device

An air cleaner includes a first blowing device having a first inlet and a first outlet, a second blowing device disposed above the first blowing device and having a second inlet, and a partition plate disposed between the first outlet and the second blowing device. The first blowing device includes a case forming the first inlet and opened in an upper side, a discharge guide device disposed in the opened upper side of the case and forming the first outlet, a first fan disposed inside the case and forming an air flow from the first inlet to the first outlet, and a splitter disposed between the partition plate and a discharge guide device and extending upward from the discharge guide device in a radial direction of the discharge guide device to separate an air flow discharged from the first outlet and guide the air flow in the radially outward direction.

Air cleaner

A dehumidifier is provided that may include a main body, a compressor provided within the main body to compress a refrigerant, a plurality of heat exchangers provided within the main body to condense the refrigerant compressed in the compressor or to evaporate the refrigerant, a first fan to discharge air, having undergone heat exchange with the refrigerant evaporated in the plurality of heat exchangers and having subsequently undergone heat exchange with the refrigerant condensed in the plurality of heat exchangers, out of the main body, a mode switch to perform switching between operating modes, including a cooling mode and a dehumidification mode, and a second fan to discharge air, having undergone heat exchange with the refrigerant evaporated in the plurality of heat exchangers in the cooling mode, out of the main body.

Dehumidifier

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Seoul, South Korea

Junho Min