摘要 |
<p>AN AIR CONDITIONER HAS AN INDOOR UNIT INCLUDING AN INDOOR UNIT HOUSING (2) ACCOMMODATING THEREIN A HEAT EXCHANGER (4) AND A FAN (6) FOR BLOWING AIR, WHICH HAS BEEN HEAT EXCHANGED BY THE HEAT EXCHANGER (4), INTO AN INDOOR SPACE. THE AIR CONDITIONER ALSO INCLUDES AN AIR FILTER (10, 12) FITTED TO A PORTION OF THE INDOOR UNIT HOUSING (2) AT A LOCATION UPSTREAM OF THE HEAT EXCHANGER (4) WITH RESPECT TO A DIRECTION OF FLOW OF THE AIR, A SLIDABLE SUCTION NOZZLE ASSEMBLY (14) HAVING A FIRST SUCTION PORT (30) DEFINED THEREIN IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATION WITH THE AIR FITTER (10, 12) AND OPERABLE TO SUCK DUST PARTICLES DEPOSITED ON THE AIR FILTER (10, 12), AND A SUCTION DEVICE (20) COMMUNICATED WITH THE SUCTION NOZZLE ASSEMBLY (14). THE SUCTION NOZZLE ASSEMBLY (14) ALSO HAS AT LEAST ONE SECOND SUCTION PORT (38) DEFINED THEREIN AT A LOCATION ADJACENT THE FIRST SUCTION PORT (30), SO THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE AIR SUCKED BY THE SUCTION NOZZLE ASSEMBLY (14) CAN BE CHANGED.</p> |