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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2003
Hidetomo Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Funayama, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner having an air blower ( ) for air blowing, a front heat exchanger ( ) and a rear heat exchanger ( ) respectively provided on the front side and the rear side of an indoor unit ( ) so as to surround the air blower ( ) and for carrying out heat exchange between the indoor air and a refrigerant, a rear drain pan ( ) provided under this rear heat exchanger ( ) and for receiving drained water, and an air blower air path ( ) formed around the air blower ( ) and narrowed near the front end portion of the drain pan ( ). The lower portion of the rear heat exchanger ( ) is located rearward in comparison with the upper portion of the rear heat exchanger ( ) so as to be inclined backward. A louver ( ) is provided to extend upward from the front upper portion of the rear drain pan ( ) substantially along the shell of the air blower ( ) so as to guide the air passing through the rear heat exchanger ( ) to the air blower air path ( ), and to catch drained water from the upper portion of the rear heat exchanger ( ) and make the drained water flow into the rear drain pan ( ).