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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Applicant:
Masahito Higashida, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Masahito Higashida, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An air conditioner includes a centrifugal fan and a unit casing that houses the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes an impeller and a scroll casing that houses the impeller. The unit casing has a unit intake port that opens in a direction crossing an opening direction of a scroll intake port. At a circumferential portion of the scroll intake port of the scroll casing, there is formed a bulged portion with an inner surface that is formed evenly in a circumferential direction and an outer surface portion formed away from the unit intake port that bulges out to a side opposite the impeller.