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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Yasunori Ohama, Gunma, JP;
Takuya Kajita, Tochigi, JP;
Akira Okada, Tochigi, JP;
Tetsushi Yamashita, Tochigi, JP;
Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tochigi, JP;
Other;
Abstract
In an air conditioner including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan which are disposed in an indoor-side chamber, and an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan which are disposed in an outdoor-side chamber, the indoor-side chamber and the outdoor-side chamber being partitioned by a partition plate mounted on a bottom plate, the outdoor heat exchanger is disposed on said bottom plate, and the bottom plate is integrally formed with a dam member for damming up drain water flowing from at least one of the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger. Further, a drain pan on which the indoor heat exchanger is mounted is disposed on the bottom plate, the partition plate is equipped with a drain opening through which drain water flowing from the indoor heat exchanger through the drain pan is flows to the bottom plate, and at least one of the drain pan and the partition plate is equipped with an intercepting member for intercepting flow of rain/wind from the outdoor-side chamber to the indoor-side chamber.