Invention Application
- Patent Title: INDOOR UNIT FOR AIR CONDITIONER
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Application No.: US17879969Application Date: 2022-08-03
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Publication No.: US20220370947A1Publication Date: 2022-11-24
- Inventor: Sunggyu CHOI , Kangyoung KIM , Eunsun LEE , Jungwon LEE , Jnseok BAE , Myeonggu KANG , Giyeong GYEONG
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Priority: KR10-2018-0026970 20180307,KR10-2019-0017451 20190214
- Main IPC: B01D46/681
- IPC: B01D46/681 ; F24F1/0073 ; B01D46/00 ; B01D46/12 ; B01D46/48 ; F24F8/10

Abstract:
Disclosed is an indoor unit for an air conditioner. The indoor unit for the air conditioner according to the present invention includes: a cabinet assembly forming an external appearance of the indoor unit and having an air suction port formed in a rear of the cabinet assembly; a filter module disposed at the air suction port to filter dust contained in air being introduced through the air suction port; a filter cleaner configured to move upward and downward in a rear of the filter module to remove foreign substances stuck in the filter module; a guide rail vertically disposed on one side of the filter module and configured to guide upward and downward movement of the filter cleaner, wherein the filter cleaner comprises: a mobile gear configured to rotate while engaged with the guide rail to move the filter cleaner upward and downward with respect to the filter module, a gear motor configured to rotate the mobile gear, an agitator configured to rotate in friction with the filter module, a dust container disposed downward of the agitator and collecting foreign substances separated from the filter module due to the rotation of the agitator, and a guide roller bringing the filter cleaner into close contact with the filter module so that part of the agitator rotates while in contact with the filter module.
Public/Granted literature
- US11969682B2 Indoor unit for air conditioner Public/Granted day:2024-04-30
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