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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1992
Yoshitaka Warashina, Fuji, JP;
Kazuo Mochizuki, Fuji, JP;
Noboru Kumagai, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiichi Morita, Fujinomiya, JP;
Atsushi Nagasawa, Mishima, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A louver is provided at an air outlet of an indoor unit. The louver changes the direction of air into the room and swings in a horizontal direction of the room. On the other hand, a temperature sensor unit is provided on the indoor unit. The temperature sensor unit senses temperatures at a plurality of locations in the room. A difference between sensed temperatures of the temperature sensor unit is detected, and the center of swing of the louver is set at a position determined on the basis of the detection result. Further, the angle of swing of the louver is changed in accordance with the detection result.