Air-conditioning unit, image forming apparatus incorporating same, and air-conditioning channel switching method
US9360837B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 12, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1645
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An air-conditioning unit includes an air conditioner to control air temperature, a first channel to guide air supplied from the air conditioner to a conditioning target, a heat exchange channel through which the air supplied from the air conditioner exchanges heat with the conditioning target, a second channel to guide air from the conditioning target either outside the air-conditioning unit or to the air conditioner, and a channel switching unit to cause the air conditioner to suck in either external air or the air guided from the conditioning target.
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