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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Akihiko Sakashita, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yokomizo, Osaka, JP;
Morimichi Okada, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshiharu Michitsuji, Osaka, JP;
Akihiko Sakashita, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yokomizo, Osaka, JP;
Morimichi Okada, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshiharu Michitsuji, Osaka, JP;
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A casing () of an indoor unit () contains an indoor fan (), an air filter (), and an indoor heat exchanger (). The indoor unit () includes: a divider plate () which includes an air hole () for attaching the air filter () therein, and divides space inside the casing () into a room upstream of an air flow passing through the air filter (), and a room downstream of the air flow passing through the air filter (); a dust removing mechanism () for removing dust trapped on the air filter (); and a dust container () for containing the dust which is removed by the dust removing mechanism (), and is transferred through a transfer duct (). The indoor heat exchanger () is arranged around the indoor fan (), and the dust container () is arranged below the indoor heat exchanger ().