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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Masanao Yasutomi, Kusatsu, JP;
Tatsuhiko Akai, Kusatsu, JP;
Masanao Yasutomi, Kusatsu, JP;
Tatsuhiko Akai, Kusatsu, JP;
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit casing, a front panel, and a moving mechanism. A first suction port is provided at a front surface of the indoor unit casing. The front panel is provided at the front surface of the indoor unit casing, and opens and closes the first suction port. The moving mechanism moves the front panel to: a closed state, in which the front panel closes the first suction port; a first open state, in which the front panel moves frontward from the closed state and opens the first suction port; and a second open state, in which the front panel moves further frontward from the first state and more widely opens the first suction port.