Air conditioner

Abstract

An air conditioner has a function of carrying a mist of charged minute water particles on a ventilated air being blown into a room. The air conditioner includes a blower blowing the ventilated air and an atomizing unit configured to be supplied with water and to electrostatically atomize it into the mist of minute charged water particles. A housing of the air conditioner is divided by a partition into a flow channel leading from an air inlet to an air outlet and a compartment accommodating therein the atomizing unit. A feed conduit extends from a feed port of the atomizing unit into a flow channel through the partition to feed the mist to the air being blown out through the air outlet, while the atomizing unit is isolated from the flow channel to minimize flow resistance.

1 . An air conditioner comprising:
 a housing configured to have an air inlet ( 12 ), an air outlet ( 14 ), and an internal flow channel ( 13 ) leading from said air inlet to said air outlet;   a blower ( 30 ) disposed in said flow channel within said housing and configured to draw the air through said air inlet and blow the air out through said air outlet; an atomizing unit ( 50 ) configured to be supplied with water and to electrostatically atomize it into a mist of minute charged water particles, said atomizing unit having a feed port ( 58 ) for discharging said mist;   said housing having a partition ( 16 ) which divides an interior of said housing into said flow channel and a compartment ( 17 ) within which said atomizing unit is mounted,   wherein   a feed conduit ( 100 ) extends from said feed port of the atomizing unit into said flow channel through said partition to feed the mist to the air being blown out through said air outlet.   
     
     
         2 . An air conditioner as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein
 said feed conduit is configured to be capable of being bent at a portion intermediate its opposite ends.   
     
     
         3 . An air conditioner as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein
 said feed conduit extends into a louver ( 20 ) provided at said air outlet.   
     
     
         4 . An air conditioner as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein
 said air outlet is provided with a louver ( 20 ) including a slat ( 22 ) movable about a pivot axis, said slat having a duct with a connector ( 26 ) for said feed conduit, said connector being aligned with said pivot axis and configured to catch said feed conduit in such a manner that said feed conduit is rotatable relative to said connector about said pivot axis.   
     
     
         5 . An air conditioner as set forth in  claim 4 , wherein said duct is embedded in said slat to dispose its front opening at a front edge of said slant and to have its rear opening coupled to feed conduit by means of said connector.