Abstract: An indoor unit includes: a casing that has an air outlet and an air inlet, and inside which an air passage is formed; a cross flow fan disposed in the air passage and configured to blow out, through the air outlet, air sucked in from the air inlet; a stabilizer configured to stabilize vortex of air caused by circulation of air and generated inside the cross flow fan upon rotation thereof; and a guide wall having a surface defining an outlet side air passage being a part of the air passage, the part being in downstream of the cross flow fan, wherein the stabilizer has a first surface that defines a surface opposite to the guide wall in the outlet side air passage, and a part of the outlet side air passage is formed such that a distance in a vertical direction from the first surface to the guide wall gradually decreases toward the downstream.

Abstract: A turbo fan includes a main plate and a plurality of blade portions. The plurality of blade portions include a plurality of first blade portions and a plurality of second blade portions. In a case where, in each of the plurality of first blade portions, a length of a virtual straight line connecting a first inner peripheral end part and a first outer peripheral end part is defined as a first chord length, and in each of the plurality of second blade portions, a length of a virtual straight line connecting a second inner peripheral end part and a second outer peripheral end part is defined as a second chord length, the first chord length and the second chord length are not equal to each other at positions separated by a same distance from the main plate in the axial direction of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: An indoor unit includes: a main body having an opening near an air-conditioning target space and attached to an installation section; a panel having an air inlet through which air is suctioned and an air outlet through which the suctioned air is discharged, and covering the opening of the main body; a fan provided to the main body and generating flow of air that is suctioned from the air inlet of the panel and blown out from the air outlet of the panel; a bell mouth provided upstream of the fan in the main body and guiding the air suctioned from the air inlet toward the fan; and an electric component box provided upstream of the bell mouth in the main body, to thereby define an air-flowing space between the electric component box and the bell mouth, and accommodating a control unit that controls operation of the fan.

Abstract: A centrifugal blower having high efficiency and reduced noise is provided. A centrifugal blower to be accommodated in a housing having an air inlet includes a spiral casing having a bell mouth and a centrifugal fan housed in the casing. The bell mouth includes a first region and a second region. The first region is disposed closest to the air inlet. A distance from a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan to a downstream end in the first region is greater than a distance from the rotational axis to the downstream end in the second region. A curvature of a surface of the first region in a cross section including the rotational axis is smaller than a curvature of a surface of the second region in a cross section including the rotational axis.

Abstract: A turbo fan includes a main plate rotationally driven, and a plurality of blade portions arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction on the main plate. The plurality of blade portions include a plurality of first blade portions arranged on one of plate surfaces of the main plate, and a plurality of second blade portions arranged on another plate surface of the main plate.

Abstract: An air conditioner has a casing and a wind direction changing device. The casing has an air inlet, an air outlet, an outer air path wall, and an inner air path wall. The wind direction changing device has an up-down rotation shaft and a deflector. The deflector extends from the up-down rotation shaft toward the outer air path wall. The deflector has an outer air path wall-side end which faces the outer air path wall and has a first arc shape.

Abstract: A centrifugal blower includes a centrifugal fan having a main plate and a side plate facing each other in a direction of a rotation axis, and a casing to house the centrifugal fan. The casing has a peripheral wall extending along an outer circumferential edge of the centrifugal fan, and has a tongue portion at a position on the peripheral wall. A distance between the outer circumferential edge of the centrifugal fan and the tongue portion is smaller on the main plate side of the centrifugal fan than on the side plate side of the centrifugal fan.

Abstract: A blower includes a volute shaped casing having an air inlet, and an impeller including a disk-shaped backing plate, a ring-shaped rim, and a plurality of blades supported between the backing plate and the rim. The impeller is housed in the casing. Each of the blades includes a first blade segment adjacent to the backing plate, and a second blade segment provided between the first blade segment and the rim. Each of the blades has a blade outlet angle at a trailing edge of the second blade segment different from a blade outlet angle at a trailing edge of the first blade segment. At least one of a pressure surface of the second blade segment and a suction surface of the second blade segment includes a flat surface extending toward a leading edge of the second blade segment from the trailing edge of the second blade segment.

Abstract: An outdoor unit for a refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an outdoor heat exchanger arranged around an axis on an upstream side of an airflow with respect to a propeller fan. Further, the outdoor heat exchanger includes a first flat surface portion, a second flat surface portion, and a curved portion connecting the first and second flat surface portions to each other. An airflow directing plate is opposed to an end portion of the outdoor heat exchanger on the propeller fan side from the axis side of the propeller fan. The airflow directing plate is opposed to at least any one of the first flat surface portion and the second flat surface portion without being opposed to the curved portion.

Abstract: A centrifugal blower having high efficiency and reduced noise is provided. A centrifugal blower to be accommodated in a housing having an air inlet includes a spiral casing having a bell mouth and a centrifugal fan housed in the casing. The bell mouth includes a first region and a second region. The first region is disposed closest to the air inlet. A distance from a rotational axis of the centrifugal fan to a downstream end in the first region is greater than a distance from the rotational axis to the downstream end in the second region. A curvature of a surface of the first region in a cross section including the rotational axis is smaller than a curvature of a surface of the second region in a cross section including the rotational axis.

Abstract: An air conditioner has a casing and a wind direction changing device. The casing has an air inlet, an air outlet, an outer air path wall, and an inner air path wall. The wind direction changing device has an up-down rotation shaft and a deflector. The deflector extends from the up-down rotation shaft toward the outer air path wall. The deflector has an outer air path wall-side end which faces the outer air path wall and has a first arc shape.

Abstract: An outdoor unit according to the present invention includes an air-sending-device chamber including a heat exchanger disposed at least on the rear side within an outdoor unit body, a propeller fan having a plurality of blades and disposed on the front side of the heat exchanger, and a bell mouth disposed on the front side of the propeller fan to face an air outlet, a machine chamber in which a compressor is disposed, and a partition plate that separates the air-sending-device chamber and the machine chamber. The partition plate has a protruding shape protruding from the air-sending-device chamber toward the machine chamber. The partition plate has, on the side of the air-sending-device chamber, a recessed area corresponding to the protruding shape. The amount of recess of the recessed area is maximized at a position equal in height to the center of rotation of the propeller fan.

Abstract: A blower includes a volute shaped casing having an air inlet, and an impeller including a disk-shaped backing plate, a ring-shaped rim, and a plurality of blades supported between the backing plate and the rim. The impeller is housed in the casing. Each of the blades includes a first blade segment adjacent to the backing plate, and a second blade segment provided between the first blade segment and the rim. Each of the blades has a blade outlet angle at a trailing edge of the second blade segment different from a blade outlet angle at a trailing edge of the first blade segment. At least one of a pressure surface of the second blade segment and a suction surface of the second blade segment includes a flat surface extending toward a leading edge of the second blade segment from the trailing edge of the second blade segment.

Abstract: In a blade cross-sectional view, assuming that a tangent at an end of the outer periphery is defined as LQ, an imaginary line orthogonal to the rotation axis is defined as LO, an angle formed by the tangent (LQ) and the imaginary line (LO) is defined as an outer peripheral end tangent angle (?), and a position at which an imaginary plane including a position of an intake-side end portion of the bellmouth and a peripheral edge of the blade cross each other is defined as an overlap starting point, the outer peripheral end tangent angle on a trailing edge portion side with respect to a blade cross section including the overlap starting point is set to be smaller than the outer peripheral end tangent angle on a leading edge portion side with respect to the blade cross section including the overlap starting point.

Abstract: A centrifugal blower includes a centrifugal fan having a main plate and a side plate facing each other in a direction of a rotation axis, and a casing to house the centrifugal fan. The casing has a peripheral wall extending along an outer circumferential edge of the centrifugal fan, and has a tongue portion at a position on the peripheral wall. A distance between the outer circumferential edge of the centrifugal fan and the tongue portion is smaller on the main plate side of the centrifugal fan than on the side plate side of the centrifugal fan.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a heat exchanger housed inside a main body and arranged in a flow passage of air to be sucked into the main body through an air inlet and blown out to a target space through an air outlet; and an airflow-direction vane arranged at the air outlet. The airflow-direction vane includes a first curved portion and a second curved portion. The first curved portion is positioned on an upstream side with respect to the second curved portion, and a curvature of the first curved portion is larger than a curvature of the second curved portion.

Abstract: A propeller fan, including: a boss; and a plurality of blades, each of the plurality of blades including a pressure surface and a suction surface, in which: when a connecting portion between the pressure surface and a side surface of the boss is defined as a pressure surface-side boundary portion, and a connecting portion between the suction surface and the side surface of the boss is defined as a suction surface-side boundary portion, a curvature of the suction surface-side boundary portion is smaller than a curvature of the pressure surface-side boundary portion; and as a blade area projected on a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis, a blade area of the suction surface is larger than a blade area of the pressure surface.

Abstract: An outdoor unit for a refrigeration cycle apparatus includes an outdoor heat exchanger arranged around an axis on an upstream side of an airflow with respect to a propeller fan. Further, the outdoor heat exchanger includes a first flat surface portion, a second flat surface portion, and a curved portion connecting the first and second flat surface portions to each other. An airflow directing plate is opposed to an end portion of the outdoor heat exchanger on the propeller fan side from the axis side of the propeller fan. The airflow directing plate is opposed to at least any one of the first flat surface portion and the second flat surface portion without being opposed to the curved portion.

Abstract: An inner peripheral side of the blade with respect to an apex (P) of the leading edge protruding portion extends forward in the fan rotating direction with respect to the apex (P). A radius (Rq) at a position of an apex (Q) of the trailing edge protruding portion is larger than a radius (Rp) at a position of the apex (P). The radius (Rq) at the position of the apex (Q) is larger than an intermediate radius (Rm) between a radius (Ro) of an outer peripheral edge and a radius (Ri) of an inner peripheral edge.

Abstract: An air blower includes a casing having an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion, a fan, and a fan guard. The fan includes a boss portion and a plurality of blades. The fan guard includes a guide portion having a tubular outer shape, which protrudes toward the fan. A center in a distal end shape, which is defined by a contour line of a distal end portion of the guide portion, matches with a rotation axis of the boss portion. A center in a root shape, which is defined by a contour line of a root portion of the guide portion, is shifted with respect to the rotation axis of the boss portion.