Cooling/heating air conditioner with humidifying function

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a cooling/heating air conditioner with a humidifying function. The cooling/heating air conditioner comprises a refrigeration cycle mechanism including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, expansion units, indoor heat exchangers, and a 4-way valve, to enable both cooling and heating operations, a condensed water collecting device to receive and store condensed water, which is produced in part of the outdoor heat exchanger and indoor heat exchangers serving as evaporators, a steam generating device to change the condensed water gathered via the condensed water collecting device into humidifying steam, and a humidifying spray device to supply the steam generated in the steam generating device to rooms. The cooling/heating air conditioner has the effect of realizing more pleasant air conditioning environment in a heated room that may be easily dried, and of achieving effective utilization of the condensed water.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a cooling / heating air conditioner, and, more particularly, to a cooling / heating air conditioner with a humidifying function, which is capable of supplying humidifying air into a region to be heated, by use of condensed water produced in a heat exchanger that serves as a condenser. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Generally, a simultaneous cooling / heating type air conditioner is a kind of multiple air conditioner. The simultaneous cooling / heating type air conditioner simultaneously performs cooling and heating operations to individually cool or heat rooms where indoor units of the air conditioner are installed. [0005] Specifically, the simultaneous cooling / heating air conditioner is configured such that, when one or more rooms are to be heated, the indoor units installed at the corresponding rooms are operated in heating mode, and, at the same time, when one or more roo...

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Benefits of technology

[0025] According to the present invention, steam can be generated by use of condensed water that is produced during cooling/heating operations. By supplying the steam into a desired room in which a heating operation

Problems solved by technology

However, since the conventional cooling/heating air conditioner as stated above disadvantageously lacks a humidification function, the air conditioner must have a separate humidifier to humidify the room in whi

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