Indoor unit and air conditioner with same
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1. An indoor unit comprising:
- a plurality of outlets that discharges air-conditioning air towards a room space;
a plurality of flaps of substantially the same shape respectively disposed at the plurality of outlets, and capable of individually changing the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air;
a plurality of different sign sections respectively provided either in the vicinity of each of the plurality of outlets or on each of the plurality of flaps such that the plurality of flaps are simultaneously and distinctively visually identifiable from the each other; and
a controller that receives control signals from a remote control that accepts operations entered to change the positions of the plurality of flaps, the remote controller including a display section that displays which of the plurality of sign sections is currently selected, simultaneously with information indicative of the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air at the outlet indicated by the selected sign section,wherein each of the plurality of outlets or each of the plurality of flaps has a different number sign sections provided in the vicinity thereof.
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Abstract
An indoor unit and an air conditioner configured so that each outlet and each flap can be easily identified. An indoor unit (1) is provided with outlets (32a-32d) which discharge air-conditioning air toward the interior space, and also with flaps (35a-35d) having substantially the same shape, the flaps (35a-35d) being respectively disposed at the outlets (32a-32d) and capable of individually changing the discharge directions of the air-conditioning air. Sign sections (60a-60d) which are different from each other are formed either in the vicinities, respectively, of the outlets (32a-32d) or on the flaps (35a-35d), respectively.
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19 Claims
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1. An indoor unit comprising:
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a plurality of outlets that discharges air-conditioning air towards a room space; a plurality of flaps of substantially the same shape respectively disposed at the plurality of outlets, and capable of individually changing the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air; a plurality of different sign sections respectively provided either in the vicinity of each of the plurality of outlets or on each of the plurality of flaps such that the plurality of flaps are simultaneously and distinctively visually identifiable from the each other; and a controller that receives control signals from a remote control that accepts operations entered to change the positions of the plurality of flaps, the remote controller including a display section that displays which of the plurality of sign sections is currently selected, simultaneously with information indicative of the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air at the outlet indicated by the selected sign section, wherein each of the plurality of outlets or each of the plurality of flaps has a different number sign sections provided in the vicinity thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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4. An indoor unit comprising:
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a plurality of outlets that discharges air-conditioning air towards a room space; a plurality of flaps of substantially the same shape respectively disposed at the plurality of outlets, and capable of individually changing the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air; and a plurality of visually different sign sections respectively provided either in the vicinity of each of the plurality of outlets or on each of the plurality of flaps such that the plurality of flaps are simultaneously and distinctively visually identifiable from the each other; and a controller that receives control signals from a remote control that accepts operations entered to change the positions of the plurality of flaps, the remote controller including a display section that displays which of the plurality of sign sections is currently selected, simultaneously with information indicative of the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air at the outlet indicated by the selected sign section, wherein each of the visually different sign sections has different characters, figures, or combinations of characters and figures. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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19. An indoor unit comprising:
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a panel including a plurality of outlets that discharges air-conditioning air towards a room space;
a plurality of flaps of substantially the same shape respectively disposed at the plurality of outlets, and capable of individually changing the discharge direction of the air conditioning air; anda plurality of different sign sections respectively provided, on the panel, outside of the respective outlets such that the plurality of flaps are simultaneously and distinctively visually identifiable from the each other; and a controller that receives control signals from a remote control that accepts operations entered to change the positions of the plurality of flaps, the remote controller including a display section that displays which of the plurality of sign sections is currently selected, simultaneously with information indicative of the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air at the outlet indicated by the selected sign section, wherein each of the respective outlets has a different number of sign sections provided outside thereof.
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