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- the present disclosure relates to as indoor unit of an air conditioner.
- PTL 1 suggests using a circulation airflow and a perpendicular airflow as airflows for uniform air conditioning of the entirety of a room without causing a person to feel wind.
- a first aspect of the present disclosure is an indoor unit of an air conditioner, the indoor unit being configured to be installed in an air-conditioning target space and to be capable of changing a direction of an airflow that is blown out through a blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the indoor unit includes a control unit ( 40 ) configured to switch between a normal mode and a wide mode.
- the control unit ( 40 ) is configured to extend at least vertically a range that is to be reached by the airflow in the air-conditioning target space in the wide mode compared with the normal mode and to cause an air conditioning capacity of the wide mode to be lower than an air conditioning capacity of the normal mode.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment during operation stop.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment during operation in an upward blowing mode.
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment during operation in an oblique blowing mode.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment during operation in a wide mode.
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment during operation in a downward blowing mode.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a difference between the wide mode and a normal mode in the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing one example of a wind velocity distribution of an airflow that is blown out in the wide mode in the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing one example of a wind velocity distribution of an airflow that is blown out in the normal mode in the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a sectional view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to a modification during operation in the wide mode.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) according to the present embodiment during operation stop.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) during operation.
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) is of a wall-mount type to be installed on a side wall in as air-conditioning target space.
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) mainly includes a body casing ( 11 ), a heat exchanger ( 13 ), a fan ( 14 ), a bottom frame ( 16 ), and a control unit ( 40 ).
- An air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) is configured to be capable of changing the direction of an airflow that is blown out through a blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the body casing ( 11 ) has a top surface portion ( 11 a ), a front surface panel ( 11 b ), a back surface plate ( 11 c ), and a bottom surface plate ( 11 d ).
- the heat exchanger ( 13 ), the fan ( 14 ), the bottom frame ( 16 ), the control unit ( 40 ), and the like are housed.
- the top surface portion ( 11 a ) is positioned at an upper portion. of the body casing ( 11 ).
- An intake port (not illustrated) is provided at a front portion of the top surface portion ( 11 a ).
- the front surface panel ( 11 b ) constitutes the front surface part of the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) and has a flat shape with no intake port.
- the upper end of the front surface panel ( 11 b ) is rotatably supported by the top surface portion ( 11 a ). Consequently, the front surface panel ( 11 b ) is movable in a hinge manner.
- the heat exchanger ( 13 ) and the fan ( 14 ) are mounted on. the bottom frame ( 16 ).
- the heat exchanger ( 13 ) exchanges heat with passing air to thereby regulate the temperature of the air.
- the heat exchanger ( 13 ) has an inverted V-shape in which both ends are bent downward in a side view.
- the fan ( 14 ) is positioned below the heat exchanger ( 13 ).
- the fan ( 14 ) is, for example, a cross-flow fan and causes air that is taken in from the inside of a room to pass through the heat exchanger ( 13 ) and then to be blown out into the inside of the room.
- the bottom surface plate ( 11 d ) is provided with the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the blow-out port ( 15 ) is a rectangular opening having long sides in the lateral direction (direction orthogonal to the sheet of FIG. 1 ).
- a first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) that changes the direction of an airflow (hereinafter may be referred to as blow-out air) blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) is rotatably mounted along the long side of the blow-out port ( 15 ) on the side of the back surface plate ( 11 c ).
- the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) may be constituted by one plate that has a length substantially the same as the length of the blow-out port ( 15 ) and that is not divided.
- the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is driven by a motor (not illustrated) and is capable of not only changing the direction of blow-out air but also opening and closing the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) can take a plurality of orientations having different inclination angles.
- a second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is provided along the long side of the blow-out port ( 15 ) on the side of the front surface panel ( 11 b ).
- the second wind-direction regulating plate may be constituted by one plate that has a length substantially the same as the length of the blow-out port ( 15 ) and that is not divided.
- the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) can be caused by a motor (not illustrated) to take a plurality of orientations having different inclination angles in the front-rear direction.
- the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is housed in a housing portion ( 130 ) provided at the bottom surface plate ( 11 d ).
- the blow-out port ( 15 ) is connected to the inside of the body casing ( 11 ) by a blow-out flow path ( 18 ).
- the blow-out flow path ( 18 ) is formed along a back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) of the bottom frame ( 16 ) from the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) is a partition wall that constitutes a portion of the bottom frame ( 16 ) and is curved to face the fan ( 14 ).
- a terminal end (F) of the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) is positioned in the vicinity of the peripheral edge of the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the body casing ( 11 ) is provided with a front-surface-side scroll ( 19 ) that faces the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) with the blow-out flow path ( 18 ) therebetween.
- the control unit ( 40 ) is positioned on the side of the heat exchanger ( 13 ) and the fan ( 14 ) when, for example, the body casing ( 11 ) is viewed from the front of the front surface panel ( 11 b ).
- the control unit ( 40 ) performs switching of blow-out modes, which will be described later, control of the number of rotations of the fan ( 14 ), control of the operation of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ), control of the temperature of the heat exchanger ( 13 ), and the like.
- a perpendicular wind-direction regulating plate may be provided at a portion in the blow-out flow path ( 18 ) closer to the fan ( 14 ) than the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ).
- the perpendicular wind-direction regulating plate has a plurality of blade pieces and a coupling rod that couples the plurality of blade pieces.
- An outer surface ( 31 a ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is completed to be on the extension of the outer surface of the bottom surface plate ( 11 d ) in a state in which the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) closes the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- An inner surface ( 31 b ) (refer to FIG. 2 ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is completed to be substantially parallel to the outer surface ( 31 a ).
- a rotary shaft ( 311 ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is provided at the peripheral edge of the blow-out port ( 15 ) on the side of the back surface plate ( 11 c ) (at a position below the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 )).
- the base portion of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the rotary shaft ( 311 ) are coupled together with a predetermined interval kept therebetween.
- the rotary shaft ( 311 ) is coupled to a rotary shaft of a motor (not illustrated) fixed to the body casing ( 11 ).
- the tip portion of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is moved away from the blow-out port ( 15 ), thereby opening the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the tip portion of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is moved to approach the blow-out port ( 15 ), thereby closing the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the blow-out air blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) flows substantially along the inner surface ( 31 b ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ).
- the wind direction of an airflow that is blown. out substantially in the tangential direction of the terminal end (F) of the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) is changed by the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ).
- An outer surface ( 32 a ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is completed to be on the extension of the outer surface of the bottom surface plate ( 11 d ) in a state in which the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is housed in the housing portion ( 130 ).
- An inner surface ( 32 b ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is completed to be along the surface of the housing portion ( 130 ).
- a rotary shaft ( 321 ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is provided at the peripheral edge of the blow-out port ( 15 ) on the side of the front surface panel ( 11 b ) (in the vicinity of the terminal end of the front-surface-side scroll ( 19 )).
- the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is provided to be continuous with the front-surface-side scroll ( 19 ).
- the base portion of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) and the rotary shaft ( 321 ) are coupled together.
- the rotary shaft ( 321 ) is coupled to a rotary shaft of a motor (not illustrated) fixed to the body casing ( 11 ).
- the tip portion of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is separated from the housing portion ( 130 ). Conversely, by the rotary shaft ( 321 ) rotating clockwise in the front view in FIG. 1 , the tip portion of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is caused to approach the housing portion ( 130 ) and is eventually housed in the housing portion ( 130 ).
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) can switch the blow-out modes among, for example, an “upward blowing mode”, an “oblique blowing mode”, a “wide mode”, and a “downward blowing mode” by controlling the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ), the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ), and the like.
- the “upward blowing mod”, the “oblique blowing mode”, and the “downward blowing mode” may be collectively referred to as the “normal mode”.
- Types of the blow-out modes and blow-out directions can be selected by a user via a remote controller or the like or can be set by the control unit ( 40 ) automatically.
- FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 are sectional views in each of which the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) is operated in the “upward blowing mode”, the “oblique blowing mode”, the “wide mode”, or the “downward blowing mode”.
- the control unit ( 40 ) rotates the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) to a position at which the inner surface ( 31 b ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is directed downward slightly obliquely relative to the horizontal direction and rotates the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) to a position at which the outer surface ( 32 a ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is directed upward slightly obliquely relative to the horizontal direction.
- the airflow that is blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) moves forward along a ceiling in the air-conditioning target space by passing between the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) and becomes a circulation airflow that circulates in the entirety of the inside of the room.
- the control unit ( 40 ) rotates the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) to a position at which the inner surface ( 31 b ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is directed substantially in the tangential direction of the terminal end (F) of the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) and rotates the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) to a position at which the outer surface ( 32 a ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is directed substantially in the horizontal direction.
- the airflow that is blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) moves forward obliquely downward as it is by passing between the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ).
- the volume of the blow-out air can be maximum.
- the control unit ( 40 ) rotates the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) to a position at which the inner surface ( 31 b ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is directed slightly downward relative to the tangential direction of the terminal end (F) of the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) and rotates the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) to a position at which the outer surface ( 32 a ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is directed downward slightly obliquely relative to the horizontal direction.
- the airflow that is blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) moves obliquely downward by being divided due to the Coanda effect into an airflow D 1 that moves forward along the inner surface ( 31 b ) of the first wind-direct on regulating plate ( 31 ) and an airflow D 2 that moves forward along the outer surface ( 32 a ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ).
- the airflow is downwardly extended by the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ), and the airflow is extended upwardly by the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ).
- the “wide mode” it is possible in the “wide mode” to extend at least vertically a range that is to be reached by the airflow in the air-conditioning target space, compared with the other “normal mode”.
- the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) may be provided such that the airflow can pass also along the outer surface ( 31 a ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the inner surface ( 32 b ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ).
- the control unit ( 40 ) rotates the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) to a position at which the inner surface ( 31 b ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is directed slightly obliquely toward the back surface plate ( 11 c ) relative to the vertically downward direction. and rotates the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) to a position at which the outer surface ( 32 a ) of the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) is directed slightly obliquely toward the back surface plate ( 11 c ) relative to the vertically downward direction.
- the airflow that is blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) moves forward along a side wall the air-conditioning target space by passing between the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) and becomes a circulation airflow that circulates in the entirety of the inside of the room.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a difference between the “wide mode” and the “normal mode (“oblique blowing mode”)” in the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ).
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) when the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) is installed such that the position of the blow-out port ( 15 ) is at a position of 2 m high from the floor surface in the air-conditioning target space and when a person having a body length of 1.6 m stands at a position away from the blow-out port ( 15 ) by 1 m on the front side, the blow-out air hits only the upper body of the person in the “normal mode”.
- the control unit ( 40 ) In the “wide mode”, the following state of the blow-out air is achieved by the control unit ( 40 ). This is on the premise that the width (short-side length) of the blow-out port ( 15 ) is 300 mm or less.
- the range positioned on the upper side is set as a first range
- the range positioned on the lower side is set as a second range
- the range positioned in the middle is set as a third range
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) is provided on a side wall in the air-conditioning target space such that the center of the blow-out port ( 15 ) is at a position of 2000 mm above from the floor surface,
- an average wind velocity in the first range and an average wind velocity in the second range are substantially equal to each other, and an average wind velocity in the third range is less than 1.5 times of the average wind velocity in the first range.
- the state of the blow-out air in the “wide mode” is achieved in a range of at least 1000 mm or more in a direction parallel to the long sides of the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the average wind velocity in the third range is preferably equal to or more than 0.5 times and less than 1.1 times of the average wind velocity in the first range.
- an average wind velocity in the reference height range may be 0.5 m/s or more.
- the width of the blow-out port ( 15 ) may be 150 mm or less.
- a percentage of a turbulent flow region occupying the entirety of the blow-out air that is immediately after (in other words, in the vicinity of the blow-out port ( 15 )) being blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) is preferably less than 30%.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing one example of a wind velocity distribution of an airflow that is blown out in the “wide mode” in the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ).
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing one example of a wind velocity distribution of an airflow that is blown out in the “normal mode” in the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ). The results in FIG. 7 and FIG.
- FIG. 6 show wind velocity distributions in the “first range”, the “second range”, and the “third range” when the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) is provided on a side wall in the air-conditioning target space such that the center of the blow-out port ( 15 ) is at a position of 2000 mm above from the floor surface with the above-described “reference height range” being set in a range of 1600 mm high from the floor surface at a position away from the blow-out port ( 15 ) by 1000 mm on the front side.
- the average wind velocity in the reference height range is 0.76 m/s
- the average wind velocities in the first, second, and third ranges are 0.84 m/s, 0.85 m/s, and 0.61 m/s, respectively.
- the average wind velocity (0.84 m/s) in the first range and the average wind velocity (0.85 m/s) in the second range are substantially equal to each other
- the average wind velocity (0.61 m/s) in the third range is about 0.73 times, which is less than 1.5 times, of the average wind velocity (0.84 m/s) in the first range.
- the “wide mode” is achieved.
- the average wind velocity in the reference height range is 1.15 m/s
- the average wind velocities in the first, second, and third ranges are 0.97 m/s, 0.74 m/s, and 1.64 m/s, respectively.
- the average wind velocity (0.97 m/s) in the first range and the average wind velocity (0.74 m/s) in the second range differ from each other by 0.2 m/s or more
- the average wind velocity (1.64 m/s) in the third range is about 1.69 times, which is more than 1.5 times, of the average wind velocity (0.97 m/s) in the first range.
- the mode is not the “wide mode”.
- the “wide mode” Comparing the “wide mode” with the “normal mode” when the capacity (air conditioning capacity) of the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) and the air volume (volume of the blow-out air) are the same therebetween, the area of the airflow (range in which blow-out air passes through in the height direction) is larger in the “wide mode”, as illustrated in FIG. 6 , and thus, the wind velocity (average wind velocity) of the blow-out air is small.
- the “wide mode” can increase a feeling of warmth by suppressing a decrease in a feeling temperature due to a draft feeling during heating.
- the control unit ( 40 ) causes the air conditioning capacity of the “wide mode” to be lower than the air conditioning capacity of the “normal mode” when switching from the “normal mode” to the “wide mode”.
- control unit ( 40 ) may regulate the number of rotations of the fan ( 14 ), the number of rotations of a compressor of an outdoor unit (not illustrated), the opening degree of an electric valve, and the like so that the air conditioning capacity is lowered.
- control unit ( 40 ) may switch to the “normal mode” when the “wide mode” has been continued for a predetermined period or more during cooling.
- the air conditioning capacity of the “normal mode” may be increased to an air conditioning capacity at the time before switching to the “wide mode”.
- the “normal mode”, particular, the “upward blowing mode” and the “downward blowing mode” are suitable for heating and cooling the entirety of a room by a circulation airflow that circulates in the entirety of the inside of the room.
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ), a remote controller, or the like may be provided with a person detector, for example, a room occupancy sensor, and the control unit ( 40 ) may switch between the “normal mode” and the “wide mode” on the basis of presence/absence of a person inside and outside a range that is to be reached by the blow-out air of the “wide mode” in the air-conditioning target space. For example, when the number of persons in a room is two or more, the mode may be switched from the “wide mode” to the “normal mode”.
- the mode may be switched to the “wide mode” when persons are present only in the “aforementioned range”, and the mode may be switched to the “normal mode” when persons are present in both of the “aforementioned range” and the “other ranges”. When the number of persons in a room has decreased, the mode may be switched from the “normal mode” to the “wide mode”.
- control unit ( 40 ) may cause the temperature of at least a portion of the heat exchanger ( 13 ) to be lower than a dew temperature in the air-conditioning target space in the “wide mode” during cooling.
- control unit ( 40 ) may vary in the “wide mode” the blow-out velocity of the airflow as in, for example, the 1/f fluctuation and a wind-velocity jump.
- the blow-out velocity of the airflow may be varied in a range of, for example, 0 to 0.5 m/s by changing the number of rotations of the fan ( 14 ), the angles of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ), the angles of the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ) and the front-surface-side scroll ( 19 ), and the like.
- the air conditioning capacity is lowered compared with the “normal mode” in the “wide mode” in which the range that is to be reached by an airflow blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) is extended to be larger than in the “normal mode”.
- the air conditioning capacity is lowered compared with the “normal mode” in the “wide mode” in which the range that is to be reached by an airflow blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) is extended to be larger than in the “normal mode”.
- the airflow of the “wide mode” is an airflow that blows across not only a portion of the body of a user but also the whole body and thus improves the comfortable feeling of the user.
- the airflow of the “wide mode” hitting the whole body of the user a variation in the temperature distribution on the body of the user is reduced. The load on the body of the user is thus reduced.
- the range that is to be reached by the airflow is extended to be larger than in the “normal mode” and thus is less likely to be limited by layout, furniture arrangement, the installation place of the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ), and the like.
- the airflow of the “wide mode” easily flows around the obstacle. The temperature variation in the room is thus small.
- the wind velocity of the blow-out air is low compared with the “normal mode”. It is thus possible to cause wind to be felt warm compared with when the wind velocity is high and thus possible to increase the feeling temperature even the blow-out temperature is the same.
- the control unit ( 40 ) switching to the “normal mode” when the “wide mode” has been continued for a predetermined period or more during cooling, it is possible to suppress occurrence of condensation in the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) during cooling.
- the control unit ( 40 ) switching between the “normal mode” and the “wide mode” on the basis of presence/absence of a person inside and outside the range that is to be reached by the blow-out air of the “wide mode” in the air-conditioning target space, it is possible to perform appropriate air conditioning on the basis of a presence state of a person in the air-conditioning target space.
- the control unit ( 40 ) causing the temperature of at least a portion of the heat exchanger ( 13 ) to be lower than a dew temperature in the air-conditioning target space in the “wide mode” during cooling, it is possible to perform cooling while dehumidifying.
- control unit ( 40 ) varying the velocity of the blow-out air in the “wide mode”, it is possible to blow out an airflow similar to comfortable natural wind.
- FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) according to the present modification during operation in the wide mode.
- the same components as those of the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) according to the aforementioned embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4 are given the same signs.
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) according to the present modification illustrated in FIG. 9 mainly differs from the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) according to the aforementioned embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4 in that a third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) is provided between the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) and the second wind-direction regulating plate ( 32 ) at the blow-out post ( 15 ) to realize the “wide mode”.
- the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) may be constituted by one plate that has a length substantially the same as the length of the blow-out port ( 15 ) and that is not divided.
- a rotary shaft ( 331 ) of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) is provided in the vicinity of the center of the blow-out port ( 15 ) in the short-side direction.
- the base portion of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) and the rotary shaft ( 331 ) are coupled together.
- the rotary shaft ( 331 ) is coupled to a rotary shaft of a motor (not illustrated) fixed to the body casing ( 11 ).
- the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) can be caused by the motor to take a plurality of orientations having different inclination angles in the front-rear direction.
- the tip portion of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) is moved away from the blow-out port ( 15 ). Conversely, by the rotary shaft ( 331 ) rotating clockwise in the front view in FIG. 1 , the tip portion of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) is moved to approach the blow-out port ( 15 ).
- the Coanda effect is increased by increasing the curvature of the terminal end portion of the front-surface-side scroll ( 19 ), and the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) is disposed closer to the front-surface-side scroll ( 19 ) than the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ).
- the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) is spaced from the terminal end (F) of the back-surface-side scroll ( 17 ), and a passage for the airflow is provided along the outer surface ( 31 a ) of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ).
- the control unit ( 40 ) changes the angle of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) such that the airflow that is blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) separates on the inner surface ( 33 b ) of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) and that the airflow is divided into two at the tip portion of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ).
- the control unit ( 40 ) gradually changes the angle of the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ) to be, for example, “33° ⁇ 39° ⁇ 45°” or “50° ⁇ 55° ⁇ 60°” and changes the angle of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) such that the tip portion of the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ) is positioned close to the first wind-direction regulating plate ( 31 ).
- the present modification described above it is also possible to obtain the same effects as those in the aforementioned embodiment.
- the present modification by adding the third wind-direction regulating plate ( 33 ), the airflow that is blown out through the blow-out port ( 15 ) is divided into two, and a configuration similar to a configuration in which two blow-out ports are provided is realized.
- the blow-out air is extended vertically by three horizontal wind-direction regulating plates (horizontal flaps).
- the blow-out air may be extended vertically by four or more horizontal flaps.
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) has, as blow-out modes, the “upward blowing mode”, the “oblique blowing mode”, the “wide mode”, and the “downward blowing mode” but may have different modes other than these modes additionally.
- Each of the “wide mode” and the other modes may have a plurality of sub-modes additionally.
- the range that is to be reached by the blow-out air of the “wide mode” in the air-conditioning target space may be movable in the height direction and the lateral direction (direction parallel to the long sides of the blow-out port ( 15 )).
- the airflow that is blown out in the “wide mode” may be divided into two or more also in the lateral direction by providing a plurality of perpendicular wind-direction regulating plates such that the blow-out port ( 15 ) is demarcated into two or more regions in the long-side direction. Consequently, it is possible to extend the blow-out air also in the lateral direction and possible to reduce the variation in the wind velocity distribution of the blow-out air in the lateral direction.
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) is a wall-mount type to be installed on a side wall in an air-conditioning target space.
- the air-conditioner indoor unit ( 10 ) may be of a different type, for example, a ceiling pendant type, a floor installation type, or the like.
- the present disclosure is useful for an indoor unit of as air conditioner.
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