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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Jin Baek Kim, Suwon, KR;
Hyoung-mo Koo, Anyang, KR;
Weon-seok Choi, Songpa-Gu, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A turbofan to reduce noise through a suppression of turbulent air flow at an outlet thereof and also to guide the air discharged from the outlet in a specific discharging direction, and an air conditioner equipped with the turbofan to improve an efficiency of a heat exchange. The turbofan includes a rotating plate coupled to a shaft of a drive motor, a plurality of blades radially arranged on a peripheral area of a front face of the rotating plate, a ring-shaped shroud joining to ends of the plurality of blades, and a flow guide rib extending from a peripheral edge of the rotating plate in a rearward direction to guide the air discharged from the turbofan.