US 7,544,223 B2
Air conditioner
Masato Oda, Kanagawa (Japan); Jun Kakudate, Kanagawa (Japan); and Hiroyuki Hamano, Kanagawa (Japan)
Assigned to Fujitsu General Limited, Kanagawa (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/216,032.
Claims priority of application No. P.2004-255118 (JP), filed on Sep. 02, 2004; and application No. P.2004-256471 (JP), filed on Sep. 03, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0070358 A1, Apr. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. B01D 46/18 (2006.01); B01D 46/42 (2006.01); F24F 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 55—289  [55/283; 55/290; 55/471; 55/472; 55/473; 55/351; 55/352; 55/353; 55/354; 55/295; 55/296; 55/297; 55/298; 55/299; 55/300] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air conditioner comprising:
an interior unit cabinet having an air suction port and an air blow out port,
an air filter arranged on an inner side of the air suction port, and
a filter cleaning portion located inside of the interior unit cabinet, the filter cleaning portion comprising:
a cleaning case surrounding both of a front surface and a rear face of a portion of the air filter,
an in cleaning driving element for moving either one of the air filter or the filter cleaning portion for cleaning the air filter by moving the air filter and the filter cleaning portion relative to each other,
a first cleaning unit arranged on a filter inlet/outlet side on one side of the cleaning case, the first cleaning unit in contact with the rear face of a portion of the air filter,
a second cleaning unit arranged on a filter inlet/outlet side on another side of the cleaning case, the second cleaning unit in contact with the rear face of a portion of the air filter,
a third cleaning unit arranged in the cleaning case in contact with the front surface of a portion of the air filter, and
a dust recovering portion located between the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit.