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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Naofumi Yokoyama, Sakai, JP;
Takahiro Yamasaki, Sakai, JP;
Takashi Kashihara, Sakai, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yokomizo, Sakai, JP;
Daikin Industries, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing and having a fan entrance, a heat exchanger, a first drain pan mounted in the heat exchanger to receive water produced by dew condensation in the heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along the fan entrance. The first drain is disposed adjacent to a drain pan nearby lateral part of multiple lateral parts of the casing that are disposed along the opening direction of the fan entrance. The rotary shaft is disposed adjacent to a bladed wheel nearby lateral part of the multiple lateral parts of the casing and being opposed to the drain pan nearby lateral part.