Air conditioner

Abstract

According to the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner which is capable of, even when the direction of wind blown out from a blow-out port is greatly changed, efficiently releasing ions to a distant place. Specifically, the air conditioner according to the present invention is configured by including a wind direction changing plate 800 which changes the direction of wind W 0 blown out from a blow-out port 5 , an ion generating section 921 a which is provided in the wind direction changing plate 800 , and a guiding section 891 which, when the wind direction changing plate 800 is held in an inclined attitude oriented at an angle with respect to the blow-out direction of the wind, protects the ion generating section 921 a by preventing the wind W 0 blown out from the blow-out port 5 from being brought into direct contact with the ion generating section 921 a , and which guides the wind flowing along the wind direction changing plate 800 into the ion generating section 921 a.

1 . An air conditioner comprising: a wind direction changing plate which is rotated so as to change the direction of wind blown out from a blow-out port; an ion generating section provided in the wind direction changing plate; and a guiding section which guides the wind to the ion generating section, wherein when the wind direction changing plate is held in an attitude inclined at an angle with respect to the blow-out direction of the wind, the guiding section guides to the ion generating section the wind flowing along the wind direction changing plate. 
     
     
         2 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the guiding section includes a guide plate which is separated from the wind direction changing plate so as to face the wind direction changing plate, wherein an air passage is formed between the guide plate and the wind direction changing plate, and wherein the ion generating section is arranged in the air passage. 
     
     
         3 . The air conditioner according to  claim 2 , wherein the upstream side end section of the guide plate in the flow direction of the wind blown out from the blow-out port is arranged on the wind flow direction downstream side from the proximal end of the wind direction changing plate. 
     
     
         4 . The air conditioner according to  claim 3 , wherein the upstream side end section of the guide plate in the flow direction of the wind is formed to be inclined to the wind direction changing plate so that the distance between the guide plate and the wind direction changing plate is increased toward the upstream side. 
     
     
         5 . The air conditioner according to  claim 2 , wherein a guard member which prevents a finger from entering the air passage is provided in each of the inlet and outlet ports of the air passage. 
     
     
         6 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein in the ion generating section, a positive ion generating section configured to generate positive ions expressed as H + (H 2 O) m  (where m is an arbitrary natural number) and a negative ion generating section configured to generate negative ions expressed as O 2   − (H 2 O) n  (where n is an arbitrary natural numbers) are formed separately from each other, and wherein the respective ion generating sections are arranged at an interval respectively in parallel with the direction of the wind flowing along the wind direction changing plate. 
     
     
         7 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein a wind guide panel is provided as a part of a cabinet on the front side of the blow-out port, wherein the wind direction changing plate is an auxiliary louver which while rectifying the wind blown out from the blow-out port, changes the vertical wind direction, and wherein there is provided a control section which performs drive control of the wind direction changing plate so as to change the vertical angle of the wind direction changing plate according to the attitude of the wind guide panel. 
     
     
         8 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the wind direction changing plate is a wind guide panel which is provided as a part of a cabinet on the front side of the blow-out port, and wherein the ion generating section and the guiding section are formed in a part of the inner surface of the wind guide panel.