	US 7,493,775 B2
	Air conditioner
Daisuke Shimamoto, Tokyo (Japan); Munehiro Yamanaka, Tokyo (Japan); Hidekazu Tani, Tokyo (Japan); Tomohiko Kasai, Tokyo (Japan); Masahiro Tsuda, Tokyo (Japan); Shuji Oura, Tokyo (Japan); and Makoto Saitou, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/533,535 PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2002, PCT No. PCT/JP02/11296 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 22, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/040208, PCT Pub. Date May 13, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0254294 A1, Nov. 16, 2006
Int. Cl. F25B 13/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 62—199 [62/324.6]

13 Claims

2. An air conditioning apparatus comprising:

(a) a heat source device comprising a compressor and a heat source heat exchanger;

(b) plural heat exchangers;

(d) a gas refrigerant flows into at least one heat exchanger in at least one indoor unit to cause said indoor unit to perform a cooling operation, or a liquid refrigerant flows into at least one heat exchanger to cause said indoor unit to perform a heating operation;

(e) a gas refrigerant flows into at least one heat exchanger in at least one other indoor unit;

(f) a liquid refrigerant flows into at least one of the remaining heat exchangers to cause said indoor unit to perform a temperature and humidity controlling operation;

(g) said indoor units have a water tank and a water supply adjusting valve; and

wherein (h) said indoor units are configured by:

(i) a standard indoor unit in which a fan, at least one heat exchanger, and a corresponding flow controller are housed in a case;

(ii) a reheater in which the remaining heat exchanger(s) and corresponding flow controller(s) are housed in a case; and

(iii) a humidifier.