AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING MOLD GROWTH THEREIN

• Main Authors: ARASHIMA HIROSHI, SATO SHIGEHIRO, ISEKI TAKAYUKI, NISHIHARA YOSHIKAZU, NAKAO KEIJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 26.06.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; BLASTING; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE ORHEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FISHING; FORESTRY; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; LIGHTING; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; RANGES; TRAPPING; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

PURPOSE: An air conditioner and a method for inhibiting mold growth in the air conditioner are provided to suppress growth of mold generated in a body. CONSTITUTION: An air conditioner including a body has an air blowing device(4) and the body is provided with a heating device so as to carry out heating at 36 deg.C or higher for 10 minutes or longer at least once a day, to inhibit mold growth in the body. At least part of the blowing unit is heated. The heating unit is at least one of heating equipment, a heater, and a Peltier device for carrying out a normal heating operation. The interior of the body is heated under a specific condition or supplied with a specific fungicide and the mold growth in the air conditioner to an extent of practically causing no problem is inhibited. 본 발명은, 본체부 내부에 발생하는 곰팡이의 생장을 억제할 수 있는 공조장치와, 공조장치에 대한 곰팡이의 생장억제방법을 제공하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본 발명의 공조장치는, 본체부에, 가열수단 또는 항곰팡이수단중 적어도 한쪽을 설치하여, 본체부 내부를 소정의 조건하로 하는 것으로, 적어도 송풍수단에 발생하는 곰팡이의 생장을 억제하도록 구성한다. 또한, 본 발명의 공조장치에 대한 곰팡이의 생장억제방법은, 본체부 내부를 소정의 조건하에서 가열하거나, 또는 본체부 내부에 특정 항곰팡이제를 공급하여, 공조장치 내부에 대한 곰팡이의 생장을 실용상 문제가 없을 정도까지 억제한다.