Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle, having deodorizing filter
US5876277A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60H1/00849
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A deodorizing filter for adsorbing malodorous particles in air is disposed at a downstream air side of a circumferential wall of an inside/outside air switching rotary door which opens and closes inside and outside air intake ports. A gap having a predetermined distance is provided between the deodorizing filter and the circumferential wall of the rotary door. The deodorizing filter is rotated integrally with the rotary door. When the rotary door is rotated to open both the outside and inside air intake ports at their intermediately opened positions, the inside air flowing from the inside air intake port directly flows into an outlet side of an inside/outside air switching box, and the outside air introduced from the outside air intake port passes through the gap and the deodorizing filter and flows into the outlet side of the inside/outside air switching box.
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