Air conditioner

• US 20060021359A1
• Filed: 04/08/2005
• Published: 02/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Bae, Jae Buem, Woo, Chang Yoon, Ock, Ju Ho, Hur, Inn Ku
• Granted Patent: US 7,827,810 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 62/126
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0057 mounted in or on a wall
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0063 by the mounting or arrangement of the heat exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0073 characterised by the mounting or arrangement of filters
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/20 Casings or covers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 8/158 using active carbon
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 8/167 using catalytic reactions
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 8/60 by adding oxygen

Abstract

Disclosed is an air conditioner including a case having an inlet provided at a front surface thereof to suck in air and an outlet provided at a lower surface thereof to discharge the air, and at least one displaying member provided at an outer border of the inlet so as to display operating information and control operation of the air conditioner.

Claims

1. An air conditioner comprising:

a case having an inlet provided at a front surface thereof to suck in air and an outlet provided at a lower surface thereof to discharge the air; and

at least one displaying member provided at an outer border of the inlet so as to display operating information and control operation of the air conditioner.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the displaying member comprises:

a displaying board supported by an elastic spring so as to be pushed by a user and penetrating light;

at least one light emitting part provided at a rear of the displaying board to emit light; and

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at least one switch provided at a rear of the displaying board and turned on or off by selectively coming in contact with the displaying board.

3. The air conditioner of claim 2, further comprises a printed circuit board connected with a lower part of the light emitting part.

4. The air conditioner of claim 3, wherein the switch is mounted at the printed circuit board.

5. The air conditioner of claim 2, wherein the light emitting part is a light emission diode (LED).

6. The air conditioner of claim 2, wherein the displaying member is provided respectively at both sides of the inlet, and a displaying board of each of the displaying member is formed in a same shape.

7. The air conditioner of claim 2, the displaying member further comprises a shielding material for dividing the displaying board into a plurality of light emitting areas.

8. The air conditioner of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting areas divided by the shielding material has a different color and comprises a light emitting part at a lower part of each of the light emitting part such that light is emitted from a part of the plurality of light emitting areas according to an operating state of the air conditioner.

9. The air conditioner of claim 2, wherein light is emitted from a preset number of light emitting parts, the preset number that is preset according to an operating state of the air conditioner.

10. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the displaying member comprises:

a displaying board supported by a rotation axis and penetrating light so as to be rotated by a user;

at least one light emitting part provided at a rear of the displaying board to emit light; and

a rotary switch provided at the rear of the displaying board and connected with the rotation axis.

11. The air conditioner of claim 10, further comprising:

a printed circuit board connected with a lower part of the light emitting part.

12. The air conditioner of claim 11, wherein the rotary switch is attached to the printed circuit board.

13. The air conditioner of claim 10, wherein the light emitting part is a light emission diode (LED).

14. The air conditioner of claim 10, wherein the displaying member is provided respectively at both sides of the inlet, and a displaying board of each of the displaying member is formed in a same shape.

15. The air conditioner of claim 10, wherein light is emitted from a preset number of light emitting parts, the preset number that is preset according to an operating state of the air conditioner.

16. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the displaying member displays one of a power supplying operation, a purifying operation, and a reserving operation.

17. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the displaying member selectively displays at least one of three operating states such as an oxygen-supplying operation, a moisturizing operation and a reserving operation.

18. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the displaying member comprises one hole bored to discharge at least one of oxygen, humid air and outside air.

19. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the inlet is selectively opened or closed by a front panel.

20. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein an auxiliary inlet is formed on an upper surface of the case, and a suction grill is detachably provided at the auxiliary inlet.

21. The air conditioner of claim 20, wherein a filter unit is detachably provided at the suction grill.

22. An air conditioner comprising:

a case having an inlet formed on a front surface thereof to suck in air, and an outlet formed on a lower surface thereof to discharge the air;

a first displaying member provided at a first border of the inlet to display operating information of the air conditioner and having a switch pressed by a user to control an operation; and

at least one second displaying member provided at a second border of the inlet to display operating information of the air conditioner and having a rotary switch rotated by a user to control an operation.

23. The air conditioner of claim 22, wherein the first displaying member further comprises:

a displaying board supported by an elastic spring so as to be pushed by a user and penetrating light; and

at least one light emitting part provided at a rear of the displaying board to emit light, wherein, the switch is provided at the rear of the displaying board and turned on or off by selectively coming into contact with the displaying board.

24. The air conditioner of claim 22, wherein the second displaying board further comprises:

a displaying board supported by an elastic spring so as to be pushed by a user and penetrating light; and

at least one light emitting part provided at a rear of the displaying board to emit light, wherein, the rotary switch is provided at the rear of the displaying board and connected with the rotation axis.

25. The air conditioner of claim 22, wherein the first displaying member displays and controls power supply of the air conditioner, and a kind of the operating mode, and the second displaying member displays and controls strength and weakness of the operation state of the air conditioner.