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Apparatus for operating auto-shutter in air conditioner

  • US 20060199504A1
  • Filed: 12/28/2005
  • Published: 09/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An auto-shutter operating apparatus for use in an air-conditioner, the auto-shutter operating apparatus comprising:

  • an external casing in which a louver frame having an exit is installed in the inner portion of the upper end thereof;

    an auto-shutter movable between an opened position opening the exit and a closed position closing the exit; and

    a shutter driver driving the auto-shutter, wherein the shutter driver comprises;

    a driving motor which is rotatable forwardly and backwardly;

    a screw-rod shaped rotational rod which is coupled with the driving motor and thus rotates;

    a bushing which is coupled with the rotational rod and ascends and descends along with the rotational rod;

    a slider one end of which is coupled with the auto-shutter and the other end of which is coupled with the bushing;

    an angular rotating unit which makes the driving motor and the rotational rod rotate by a predetermined angle when the auto-shutter moves from the opened position to the closed position; and

    a rotational rod guider which guides and supports rotation of the rotational rod, wherein guide rails are formed on both side surfaces in the louver frame in order to guide the auto-shutter.

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