Air conditioner

Abstract

An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a housing including an inlet, an outlet, and a discharge port, a blower configured to circulate air to an inside or an outside of the housing, and a discharge device configured to guide some of the air flowing toward the outlet by the blower to the discharge port, wherein the discharge device includes a discharge cover moveable between a first position to close the discharge port and a second position to open the discharge port, and a discharge fan fixed in the housing to discharge air through the discharge port in the housing where the discharge cover is located at the second position.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An air conditioner comprising:
 a housing including an inlet, an outlet, and a discharge port;   a blower configured to circulate air to an inside or an outside of the housing; and   a discharge device configured to guide some of the air flowing toward the outlet by the blower to the discharge port,   wherein the discharge device comprises:
 a discharge cover moveable between a first position to close the discharge port and a second position to open the discharge port, and 
 a discharge fan fixed in the housing to discharge air through the discharge port in the housing where the discharge cover is located at the second position. 
   
     
     
         2 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein, in the housing where the discharge cover is located at the second position, some of the air flowing toward the outlet by the blower is discharged through the discharge port by the discharge fan, and some of the rest of the air flowing toward the outlet by the blower is discharged through the outlet. 
     
     
         3 . The air conditioner according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein a separation space is formed between the blower and the discharge fan, and the blower blows air toward the separation space, and   wherein the outlet is provided at one side of the separation space.   
     
     
         4 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the discharge cover has a cover opening open toward one direction intersecting a moving direction of the discharge cover in the housing where the discharge cover is located at the second position. 
     
     
         5 . The air conditioner according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the cover opening is located inside the housing in the housing where the discharge cover is located at the first position, and   wherein at least a part of the cover opening is located outside the housing in the housing where the discharge cover is located at the second position.   
     
     
         6 . The air conditioner according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the discharge cover further comprises an airflow diverting part configured to convert a direction of air blown by the discharge fan, and a side wall part extending from an edge of the airflow diverting part in the same direction as the moving direction of the discharge cover, and   wherein the cover opening is formed at one area of the side wall part.   
     
     
         7 . The air conditioner according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the airflow diverting part comprises a first guide part extending in the one direction to guide air discharged through the cover opening,   wherein the side wall part comprises a second guide part extending in the direction to guide air discharged through the cover opening, and   wherein the first guide part and the second guide part are formed along edges of the cover opening.   
     
     
         8 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the discharge cover is rotatable. 
     
     
         9 . The air conditioner according to  claim 8 , wherein the discharge cover is rotatable about a virtual rotary shaft extending in the same direction as the moving direction of the discharge cover. 
     
     
         10 . The air conditioner according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the discharge device further comprises a base part fixed to the housing, and   wherein the discharge cover is rotatable and movable with respect to the base part.   
     
     
         11 . The air conditioner according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the discharge device further comprises a rotation transmission part rotatable with respect to the base part, and   wherein the discharge cover is coupled to the rotation transmission part to be rotated together with the rotation transmission part.   
     
     
         12 . The air conditioner according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein movement of the rotation transmission part in the moving direction of the discharge cover is limited, and   wherein the discharge cover is movably coupled to the rotation transmission part.   
     
     
         13 . The air conditioner according to  claim 12 , wherein the rotation transmission part further comprises a grill provided to allow air flowing toward the discharge port to pass through in the housing where the discharge cover is located at the second position. 
     
     
         14 . The air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the discharge cover is movable in a vertical direction. 
     
     
         15 . The air conditioner according to  claim 14 ,
 wherein the discharge cover is movable upward to the second position in the housing of being at the first position, and   wherein movable downward to the first position in the housing of being at the second position.   
     
     
         16 . The air conditioner according to  claim 11 , wherein the discharge device further comprises:
 a switching member disposed outside the rotation transmission part,   a movement supporter of the base part configured to guide a movement of the switching member in a vertical direction   a movement cover forming a movement rail with the movement supporter, and   a rotating member disposed outside the movement supporter and the movement cover and configured to rotate in response to a movement drive source or a rotation guide source.   
     
     
         17 . The air conditioner according to  claim 16 ,
 wherein the switching member comprises a movement coupler,   wherein the rotating member defines a movement guide extending in a movement direction of the discharge cover, and   wherein the movement coupler of the switching member is moveably coupled to movement guide of the rotating member.   
     
     
         18 . The air conditioner according to  claim 17 ,
 wherein the movement coupler protrudes outward from an outer peripheral surface of the switching member,   wherein the movement rail formed by the movement cover and the movement supporter is inclined, and   wherein the movement coupler is guided along the movement rail by the movement guide when the rotating member rotates.