Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Yuji Shimamura

Yuki Kawano

Tsukasa Bougauchi

In an air conditioner of the present invention, the contrast of a liquid crystal display provided on an indoor unit can be adjusted by operating a remote control unit. In another air conditioner of the present invention, the condition of the room air is detected and a notification display urging the user to perform an appropriate operation of the air conditioner is provided on the liquid crystal display. In yet another air conditioner of the present invention, an abnormality and an operation condition of the air conditioner are detected and a notification display urging the user to appropriately handle the situation is provided on the liquid crystal display. In still another air conditioner of the present invention, when the operation start time is set with the timer, the backlight of the liquid crystal display is off during a warm-up operation performed prior to the operation start time.

Air conditioner

An integral type air conditioner is provided having its main unit fastened to an outer case by fastening device at a position manageable inside the room, instead of by fastening the main unit to the outer case with screws inserted from the outside of the outer case through the side faces thereof. Regardless of conditions of installation, the main unit can easily and surely be fastened and the main unit is never pushed out from the outside to the inside of the main unit. The integral type air conditioner has the outer case attached to an opening of a wall and the main unit is slid into the outer case and installed therein. The fastening device is provided for securely coupling the main unit and the outer case to each other at a position manageable inside the room so as to prevent the main unit from being pushed out into the room.

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Ikoma-gun, Japan

Yuji Shimamura