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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Moon Sun Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Hyun Chun, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwon Jin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jong Whal Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeong Joon Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeon-Seob Yun, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-Hee Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Chang-Woo Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Kang Ho Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An air conditioner includes a main body, a blower fan disposed in the main body, a discharge panel including a main outlet configured to discharge air discharged from the blower fan and a plurality of fine outlets provided near the main outlet, an opening and closing member configured to move in forward and backward directions and open and close the main outlet, and a lighting apparatus disposed on a back surface of the opening and closing member and configured to emit light to a back side thereof. Since an area illuminated by the lighting apparatus is changed according to a position of the opening and closing member, a user intuitively identifies an operational state of the air conditioner.