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- the present invention relates to an air conditioner, and, more particularly, to an air conditioner where the structure of an outlet port is improved to prevent dew condensation at the outlet port.
- an air conditioner to air-condition a room includes a heat exchanger and a blower mounted in a main body.
- An outlet port is formed in an upper front of the main body and an inlet port is formed in a lower front of the main body such that indoor air in a place to be air-conditioned is circulated by convection to accomplish air conditioning.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view illustrating an outlet port of a conventional air conditioner.
- the conventional air conditioner includes an outlet port 1 to discharge air-conditioned air, a blowing fan 5 mounted inside the outlet port 1 to blow air-conditioned air to the outlet port 1 , and blades 6 to control the direction of air discharged by the blowing fan 5 .
- Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0258460 discloses an air conditioner that is capable of preventing dew condensation.
- This air conditioner includes a guide 2 forming a discharge channel to guide air to the outlet port 1 side, a discharge boundary 3 formed adjacent to the outlet port 1 to face indoor air, and an arc-shaped curve 4 formed between the guide 2 and the discharge boundary 3 and having a predetermined curvature.
- Low-temperature air discharged by the blowing fan 5 passes through the guide 2 and flows to the discharge boundary 3 along the curve 4 .
- the low-temperature discharged air does not mix with high-temperature and high-humidity ambient air at the curve 4 , and therefore, dew condensation at the curve 4 is prevented.
- the low-temperature discharged air mixes with high-temperature and high-humidity ambient air at the discharge boundary 3 with the result that dew condensation occurs at the discharge boundary 3 . That is, the discharge boundary 3 contacts indoor air, and therefore, dew condensation occurs at the discharge boundary 3 . Consequently, it is necessary for a user to remove dew condensed at the discharge boundary 3 , which increases the inconvenience of the user and decreases a consumer's satisfaction.
- an air conditioner including an outlet port to discharge air and a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air to an outlet port side, wherein the guide is formed in a step shape to expand the discharge channel.
- the guide includes a first guide part forming the discharge channel and a second guide part connected to the first guide part, the second guide part having a step to expand the discharge channel.
- a step is formed between the first guide part and the second guide part.
- the discharge channel has a central axis and the second guide part is inclined at a first predetermined angle ⁇ 1 to the central axis of the discharge channel.
- the guide includes an incline connected to the second guide part, the incline being inclined at a predetermined angle ⁇ 2 to the central axis of the discharge channel.
- an air conditioner including a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air, an outlet port to discharge the air guided by the guide, and a discharge boundary formed adjacent to the outlet port to face indoor air, where the guide is formed in a shape to expand the discharge channel such that dew condensation is prevented at the discharge boundary.
- the guide includes a first guide part forming the discharge channel and a second guide part connected to the first guide part, the second guide part having a step to expand the discharge channel.
- the guide includes an incline inclined at a predetermined angle ⁇ 2 to the central axis of the discharge channel, and the second guide part is inclined at a predetermined angle ⁇ 1 to the central axis of the discharge channel.
- the inclined angle ⁇ 1 of the second guide part is less than the inclined angle ⁇ 2 of the incline.
- an air conditioner including an outlet port having a stepped guide; a discharge boundary adjacent the outlet port; and a fan blowing air through the outlet port, where the stepped guide is inclined with respect to the discharge boundary.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view illustrating an outlet port of a conventional air conditioner
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an air conditioner according to the present embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view illustrating an outlet port side of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an air conditioner according to the present embodiment.
- the air conditioner includes an outlet port 10 formed in an upper part of a main body 50 to discharge air cooled or heated while passing through the main body 50 into a room, an air flow direction control unit mounted inside the outlet port 10 to control the flow direction of the air-conditioned air, and a guide 20 forming a discharge channel to guide the air to the outlet port 10 side.
- the guide 20 is formed in a step shape to expand a discharge channel toward the outlet port 10 .
- the outlet port 10 is formed in an upper part of a front panel 51 mounted at the upper part of the main body 50 .
- the outlet port 10 is disposed at an end of the guide 20 forming the discharge channel, through which the air-conditioned air flows to the room side.
- a discharge boundary 30 (shown in FIG. 3 ) is formed adjacent to the outlet port 10 .
- the air flow direction control unit includes a plurality of horizontal blades 56 mounted inside the outlet port 10 to control the vertical flow direction of the air-conditioned air, a plurality of vertical blades (not shown) mounted at the rear of the horizontal blades 56 to control a horizontal flow direction of the air-conditioned air, and a motor (not shown) to drive the horizontal blades 56 and the vertical blades.
- FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view illustrating the outlet port side of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment.
- a guide 20 includes a first guide part 21 formed in parallel with the central axis 24 of the outlet port 10 to guide air-conditioned air to the room side while contacting the air-conditioned air, and a second guide part 22 connected to the first guide part 21 and formed in the sectional shape of a step to expand the discharge channel.
- the second guide part 22 is inclined at a predetermined angle ⁇ 1 to the central axis 24 of the outlet port 10 , and thus inclined with respect to the first guide part 21 .
- the guide 10 further includes an incline 23 connected to the second guide part 22 such that the incline 23 is inclined at a predetermined angle ⁇ 2 to the central axis 24 of the outlet port 10 .
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 3 illustrating the flow of the discharged air and indoor air at the outlet port side of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment.
- the first guide part 21 forms the discharge channel in parallel with the central axis 24 of the outlet port 10 , and therefore, the air-conditioned air moves to the room side while contacting the first guide part 21 .
- the step is formed between the first guide part 21 and the second guide part 22 to expand the discharge channel. Consequently, when moving from the first guide part 21 to the second guide part 22 , the air-conditioned air creates whirlpools at the step.
- the second guide part 22 is connected to the first guide part 21 such that the step is formed between the first guide part 21 and the second guide part 22 , and the second guide part 22 is inclined at the predetermined angle ⁇ 1 to the central axis 24 of the outlet port 10 to expand the discharge channel.
- the incline 23 is connected to the second guide part 22 such that the incline 23 is inclined at the predetermined angle ⁇ 2 to the central axis 24 of the outlet port 10 .
- the amount of discharged air contacting the first guide part 21 per unit time greatly reduces, and therefore, it is difficult to cool the incline 23 by the discharged air.
- the inclined angle ⁇ 2 of the incline is greater than the inclined angle ⁇ 1 of the second guide part 22 , it is further difficult to cool the incline 23 using the discharged air.
- the discharge speed of the air-conditioned air is greater than the free movement speed of indoor air with the result that the pressure of the discharged air is lower than that of the indoor air. Consequently, indoor air moves toward the discharge channel of the discharged air. As a result, indoor air moves between the incline 23 and the discharged air moving along the discharge channel, whereby the indoor air is introduced to the second guide part 22 side.
- the amount of the air-conditioned air, i.e., the cool air, contacting the incline 23 per unit time greatly decreases, and a large amount of air-conditioned air does not move to the discharge boundary 30 .
- the air-conditioned air does not mix with indoor air at the discharge boundary 30 , thereby preventing dew condensation at the discharge boundary 30 .
- the air-conditioned air does mix with indoor air due to the whirlpools of the air-conditioned air caused by the step formed between the first guide part 21 and the second guide part 22 and due to the introduction of the indoor air to the second guide part 22 side.
- the result is that dew condensation occurs at the second guide part 22 side.
- the amount of condensed dew is very small, and therefore, the condensed dew does not drop or is not dispersed by the discharged air.
- the present embodiment has the effect of preventing dew condensation at the outlet port and thus eliminating the necessity for a user to remove dew, thereby increasing consumer's satisfaction of the products.
- the present embodiment has the effect of preventing contamination due to various kinds of dust generated by dew condensation at the outlet port.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner in which the structure of an outlet port is improved to prevent dew condensation at the outlet port. The air conditioner includes an outlet port to discharge air and a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air to the outlet port side. The guide is formed in a step shape to expand the discharge channel. The air conditioner has the effect of preventing dew condensation at the outlet port.
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- This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2007-022216, filed on Mar. 6, 2007 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- 1. Field
- The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and, more particularly, to an air conditioner where the structure of an outlet port is improved to prevent dew condensation at the outlet port.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Generally, an air conditioner to air-condition a room includes a heat exchanger and a blower mounted in a main body. An outlet port is formed in an upper front of the main body and an inlet port is formed in a lower front of the main body such that indoor air in a place to be air-conditioned is circulated by convection to accomplish air conditioning.
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FIG. 1 is a sectional view illustrating an outlet port of a conventional air conditioner. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , the conventional air conditioner includes anoutlet port 1 to discharge air-conditioned air, a blowingfan 5 mounted inside theoutlet port 1 to blow air-conditioned air to theoutlet port 1, andblades 6 to control the direction of air discharged by the blowingfan 5. - Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0258460 discloses an air conditioner that is capable of preventing dew condensation. This air conditioner includes a
guide 2 forming a discharge channel to guide air to theoutlet port 1 side, adischarge boundary 3 formed adjacent to theoutlet port 1 to face indoor air, and an arc-shaped curve 4 formed between theguide 2 and thedischarge boundary 3 and having a predetermined curvature. - Low-temperature air discharged by the blowing
fan 5 passes through theguide 2 and flows to thedischarge boundary 3 along the curve 4. When the low-temperature discharged air is continuously supplied to the curve 4, the low-temperature discharged air does not mix with high-temperature and high-humidity ambient air at the curve 4, and therefore, dew condensation at the curve 4 is prevented. - However, the low-temperature discharged air mixes with high-temperature and high-humidity ambient air at the
discharge boundary 3 with the result that dew condensation occurs at thedischarge boundary 3. That is, thedischarge boundary 3 contacts indoor air, and therefore, dew condensation occurs at thedischarge boundary 3. Consequently, it is necessary for a user to remove dew condensed at thedischarge boundary 3, which increases the inconvenience of the user and decreases a consumer's satisfaction. - Therefore, it is an aspect to provide an air conditioner that reduces the amount of cool air transmitted to a discharge boundary to prevent dew condensation at the discharge boundary.
- Additional aspects and/or advantages will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
- The foregoing and/or other aspects are achieved by providing an air conditioner including an outlet port to discharge air and a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air to an outlet port side, wherein the guide is formed in a step shape to expand the discharge channel.
- The guide includes a first guide part forming the discharge channel and a second guide part connected to the first guide part, the second guide part having a step to expand the discharge channel.
- Preferably, a step is formed between the first guide part and the second guide part.
- The discharge channel has a central axis and the second guide part is inclined at a first predetermined angle θ1 to the central axis of the discharge channel.
- The guide includes an incline connected to the second guide part, the incline being inclined at a predetermined angle θ2 to the central axis of the discharge channel.
- The foregoing and/or other aspects are achieved by providing an air conditioner including a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air, an outlet port to discharge the air guided by the guide, and a discharge boundary formed adjacent to the outlet port to face indoor air, where the guide is formed in a shape to expand the discharge channel such that dew condensation is prevented at the discharge boundary.
- The guide includes a first guide part forming the discharge channel and a second guide part connected to the first guide part, the second guide part having a step to expand the discharge channel.
- The guide includes an incline inclined at a predetermined angle ƒ2 to the central axis of the discharge channel, and the second guide part is inclined at a predetermined angle θ1 to the central axis of the discharge channel.
- The inclined angle θ1 of the second guide part is less than the inclined angle θ2 of the incline.
- The foregoing and/or other aspects are achieved by providing an air conditioner including an outlet port having a stepped guide; a discharge boundary adjacent the outlet port; and a fan blowing air through the outlet port, where the stepped guide is inclined with respect to the discharge boundary.
- These and/or other aspects and advantages will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, of which:
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FIG. 1 is a sectional view illustrating an outlet port of a conventional air conditioner; -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an air conditioner according to the present embodiment; -
FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view illustrating an outlet port side of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment; and -
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of part A ofFIG. 3 . - Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiment, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. The embodiment is described below to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.
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FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an air conditioner according to the present embodiment. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , the air conditioner includes anoutlet port 10 formed in an upper part of amain body 50 to discharge air cooled or heated while passing through themain body 50 into a room, an air flow direction control unit mounted inside theoutlet port 10 to control the flow direction of the air-conditioned air, and aguide 20 forming a discharge channel to guide the air to theoutlet port 10 side. Theguide 20 is formed in a step shape to expand a discharge channel toward theoutlet port 10. - The
outlet port 10 is formed in an upper part of afront panel 51 mounted at the upper part of themain body 50. Theoutlet port 10 is disposed at an end of theguide 20 forming the discharge channel, through which the air-conditioned air flows to the room side. In addition, a discharge boundary 30 (shown inFIG. 3 ) is formed adjacent to theoutlet port 10. - The air flow direction control unit includes a plurality of
horizontal blades 56 mounted inside theoutlet port 10 to control the vertical flow direction of the air-conditioned air, a plurality of vertical blades (not shown) mounted at the rear of thehorizontal blades 56 to control a horizontal flow direction of the air-conditioned air, and a motor (not shown) to drive thehorizontal blades 56 and the vertical blades. -
FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view illustrating the outlet port side of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , aguide 20 includes afirst guide part 21 formed in parallel with thecentral axis 24 of theoutlet port 10 to guide air-conditioned air to the room side while contacting the air-conditioned air, and asecond guide part 22 connected to thefirst guide part 21 and formed in the sectional shape of a step to expand the discharge channel. Thesecond guide part 22 is inclined at a predetermined angle θ1 to thecentral axis 24 of theoutlet port 10, and thus inclined with respect to thefirst guide part 21. Theguide 10 further includes anincline 23 connected to thesecond guide part 22 such that theincline 23 is inclined at a predetermined angle θ2 to thecentral axis 24 of theoutlet port 10. - Hereinafter, the operation of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment will be described.
- A user presses a power button on a
control panel 52 mounted at thefront panel 51 of the air conditioner shown inFIG. 2 to operate the air conditioner. Then, a blowingfan 53 is rotated, and indoor air is introduced into themain body 50 through aninlet port 54 formed in, for example, a side of themain body 50 by the rotating force of the blowingfan 53. The air introduced through theinlet port 54 passes by aheat exchanger 55 where the air is heat-exchanged with a coolant flowing through theheat exchanger 55, with the result that the air is cooled. The air that is air-conditioned by theheat exchanger 55 flows to the blowingfan 53 side and is then discharged through theoutlet port 10, which is formed in the upper part of themain body 50. -
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of part A ofFIG. 3 illustrating the flow of the discharged air and indoor air at the outlet port side of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment. - Referring to
FIG. 4 , thefirst guide part 21 forms the discharge channel in parallel with thecentral axis 24 of theoutlet port 10, and therefore, the air-conditioned air moves to the room side while contacting thefirst guide part 21. The step is formed between thefirst guide part 21 and thesecond guide part 22 to expand the discharge channel. Consequently, when moving from thefirst guide part 21 to thesecond guide part 22, the air-conditioned air creates whirlpools at the step. - Also, the
second guide part 22 is connected to thefirst guide part 21 such that the step is formed between thefirst guide part 21 and thesecond guide part 22, and thesecond guide part 22 is inclined at the predetermined angle θ1 to thecentral axis 24 of theoutlet port 10 to expand the discharge channel. Theincline 23 is connected to thesecond guide part 22 such that theincline 23 is inclined at the predetermined angle θ2 to thecentral axis 24 of theoutlet port 10. - Consequently, when comparing the amount of discharged air contacting the
first guide part 21 per unit time with the amount of discharged air contacting theincline 23 per unit time, the amount of discharged air contacting theincline 23 per unit time greatly reduces, and therefore, it is difficult to cool theincline 23 by the discharged air. Furthermore, when the inclined angle θ2 of the incline is greater than the inclined angle θ1 of thesecond guide part 22, it is further difficult to cool theincline 23 using the discharged air. - Also, the discharge speed of the air-conditioned air is greater than the free movement speed of indoor air with the result that the pressure of the discharged air is lower than that of the indoor air. Consequently, indoor air moves toward the discharge channel of the discharged air. As a result, indoor air moves between the
incline 23 and the discharged air moving along the discharge channel, whereby the indoor air is introduced to thesecond guide part 22 side. - In conclusion, the amount of the air-conditioned air, i.e., the cool air, contacting the
incline 23 per unit time greatly decreases, and a large amount of air-conditioned air does not move to thedischarge boundary 30. As a result, the air-conditioned air does not mix with indoor air at thedischarge boundary 30, thereby preventing dew condensation at thedischarge boundary 30. - The air-conditioned air does mix with indoor air due to the whirlpools of the air-conditioned air caused by the step formed between the
first guide part 21 and thesecond guide part 22 and due to the introduction of the indoor air to thesecond guide part 22 side. The result is that dew condensation occurs at thesecond guide part 22 side. However, the amount of condensed dew is very small, and therefore, the condensed dew does not drop or is not dispersed by the discharged air. - As apparent from the above description, the present embodiment has the effect of preventing dew condensation at the outlet port and thus eliminating the necessity for a user to remove dew, thereby increasing consumer's satisfaction of the products.
- Furthermore, the present embodiment has the effect of preventing contamination due to various kinds of dust generated by dew condensation at the outlet port.
- Although an embodiment has been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in this embodiment without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.
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1. An air conditioner, comprising:
an outlet port discharging air; and
a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air to an outlet port side, the guide being formed in a step shape to expand the discharge channel.
2. The air conditioner according to claim 1 , wherein the guide includes a first guide part forming the discharge channel and a second guide part connected to the first guide part, the second guide part being stepped from the first guide part to expand the discharge channel.
3. The air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein a step is formed between the first guide part and the second guide part.
4. The air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein the discharge channel has a central axis and the second guide part is inclined at a first predetermined angle to the central axis of the discharge channel.
5. The air conditioner according to claim 2 , wherein the discharge channel has a central axis and the guide includes an incline connected to the second guide part, the incline being inclined at a second predetermined angle to the central axis of the discharge channel.
6. An air conditioner, comprising:
a guide forming a discharge channel to guide air;
an outlet port discharging the air guided by the guide; and
a discharge boundary formed adjacent to the outlet port to face indoor air, the guide being formed in a step shape to expand the discharge channel such that dew condensation is prevented at the discharge boundary.
7. The air conditioner according to claim 6 , wherein the guide includes a first guide part forming the discharge channel and a second guide part connected to the first guide part, the second guide part being stepped from the first guide part to expand the discharge channel.
8. The air conditioner according to claim 7 , wherein the discharge channel has a central axis and, the second guide part is inclined at a first predetermined angle to the central axis of the discharge channel, and the guide includes an incline inclined at a second predetermined angle to the central axis of the discharge channel.
9. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the inclined angle of the second guide part is less than the inclined angle of the incline.
10. An air conditioner, comprising:
an outlet port having a stepped guide;
a discharge boundary adjacent the outlet port; and
a fan blowing air through the outlet port,
wherein the stepped guide is inclined with respect to the discharge boundary.
11. The air conditioner according to claim 10 , wherein the stepped guide includes a first guide part, a second guide part and an incline, the first guide part being stepped with respect to the second guide part, the second guide part being inclined with respect to the incline, and the incline being angled with respect to the discharge boundary.
12. The air conditioner according to claim 11 , wherein the output port has a central axis, the second guide part is inclined at a first predetermined angle to the central axis and the incline is inclined at a second predetermined angle to the central axis.
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