A split-type air conditioning and heat pump system an indoor unit, an outdoor unit and an energy efficient arrangement. The indoor unit includes an indoor housing having an indoor air inlet, and an indoor heat exchanger. The outdoor unit includes an outdoor housing, a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger and a fan unit. The energy efficient arrangement includes an energy saving heat exchanger supported in the indoor housing and connected to the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger. The energy saving heat exchanger is positioned between the indoor air inlet and the indoor heat exchanger so that air from an indoor space is arranged to pass through the energy saving heat exchanger before reaching the indoor heat exchanger.

A drive mechanism is configured to drive a movable member of an air conditioner. The drive mechanism includes a motor, a pinion secured to a rotating shaft of the motor, a rack meshing with the pinion, and a guide. The rack has a driven portion directly or indirectly linked to the movable member. The guide is arranged to guide the rack so that the driven portion can travel in a curved path. The guide has a tube part through which the rack passes.

The invention relates an air conditioner (10,40) comprising a casing (11, 41) for receiving an air conditioning unit, an air inlet (13) in the casing (11, 14) for introducing air to be conditioned to the air conditioning unit, an air outlet (14-17, 45) in the casing (11, 41) for discharging conditioned air from the air-conditioning unit to the vicinity of the air conditioner (10, 40), and a windblocker (A-E) arranged at a distance in front of the outlet downstream of the conditioned air flow to deflect this flow transversely to its discharge direction, characterized in that the windblocker (A-E) is adapted for positive, tool-free connection to the casing (11, 41) of the air conditioner (A-E) without need for separate fixing means.

The invention relates an air conditioner (10,40) comprising a casing (11, 41) for receiving an air conditioning unit, an air inlet (13) in the casing (11, 14) for introducing air to be conditioned to the air conditioning unit, an air outlet (14-17, 45) in the casing (11, 41) for discharging conditioned air from the air-conditioning unit to the vicinity of the air conditioner (10, 40), and a windblocker (A-E) arranged at a distance in front of the outlet downstream of the conditioned air flow to deflect this flow transversely to its discharge direction, characterized in that the windblocker (A-E) is adapted for positive, tool-free connection to the casing (11, 41) of the air conditioner (A-E) without need for separate fixing means.

A grille is provided at a lower end portion of an air inlet, and covers a central portion of the air inlet to form an inlet opening between an outer peripheral edge of the grille and an opening edge of the air inlet in plan view. A plate member extends along an inner surface of the air inlet, and provided inside the air inlet such that an upper edge of the plate member is located more inward than a lower edge of the plate member. The upper edge of the plate member is located above the lower end of the air inlet. The lower edge of the plate member surrounds an outer periphery of the grille in plan view.

A structure for a multi-story building comprises a first passageway constructed internally within a building being configured with a mount for a ducted condenser unit (DCU) of a split type, unitary air conditioning system to achieve a desired level of condenser based heat dissipation and with a plurality of penetrations to accommodate a conduit through which refrigerant circulates between inside and outside units of the air conditioning system; and a second passageway constructed internally within the building for receiving air discharged from the DCU the second passageway terminating at an opening of the building through which the discharged air is exhausted to the atmosphere. The passageways have walls that are essentially closed, with the exception of the wall that is formed with an opening through which the discharged air flows. One or both of the first and second passageways upwardly extends across at least two stories of the building.

An air-conditioning system for conditioning air in a vehicle passenger compartment is configured to operate in a cooling system mode for cooling air to be supplied to the passenger compartment and in a heat pump mode for heating the same, and to operate in a reheating mode. The air-conditioning system includes a housing having a first flow channel and a second flow channel for guiding air to an air distribution system having discharge ports communicating with the passenger compartment, and a refrigerant circulation system having at least two heat exchangers. In this case, the first heat exchanger that operates as an evaporator regardless of operating modes is disposed in the first flow channel, and the second heat exchanger that operates as a condenser/gas cooler regardless of operating modes is disposed in the second flow channel.

The indoor unit of the air conditioner includes a centrifugal blower configured to discharge air sucked from an indoor-unit suction port to the periphery, a heat exchanger provided on a discharge side of the centrifugal blower, a blowout port provided on a downstream side of the heat exchanger, and a drain pan provided under the heat exchanger and configured to receive moisture condensation water. The lower end of a discharge port of the centrifugal blower is provided in a position higher than an upper end of a wall surface section of the drain pan located on the upstream side with respect to the heat exchanger. The upper end of the wall surface section located on the upstream side with respect to the heat exchanger is formed lower than an upper end of a wall surface section located on the downstream side with respect to the heat exchanger.

A floor-positioned air-conditioning apparatus including a housing including a fan and a heat exchanger; a forward blowing control member rotatably arranged at a forward air outlet formed in a housing front surface at a position near a housing top surface; and an upward blowing control member rotatably arranged at an upward air outlet formed near the housing front surface are included. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet during operation stop. The forward blowing control member closes the forward air outlet and the upward blowing control member is rotated and opens the upward air outlet during cooling operation. The upward blowing control member closes the upward air outlet and the forward blowing control member is rotated and opens the forward air outlet during heating operation.

A full front blowing type air conditioner is disclosed. The disclosed full front blowing type air conditioner includes a case of which a heat exchanger is disposed in an inner side; and a blower module disposed in rear of the heat exchanger in the case, and configured to discharge a pulse jet for blowing through a front face of the case. The blowing module changes air pressure of a cavity formed between at least one pair of piezoelectric diaphragms and discharges the pulse jet to a side of the heat exchanger according to periodic deformation of the pair of piezoelectric diaphragms to opposite phases to each other.