Circular Fan and Air Conditioner Having the Same

2013 
The present invention relates to a circular fan and an air conditioner having the same. An air blowing unit of the air conditioner includes a housing to guide suction and discharge of air, a centrifugal fan positioned inside the housing, and a motor to drive the centrifugal fan, wherein the centrifugal fan includes a base coupled to a motor shaft coupled to the motor, a plurality of blades disposed spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the base to guide air introduced in an axial direction of the base to the circumferential direction of the base, a leading edge provided to each of the blades and arranged close to the motor shaft, a trailing edge provided to each of the blades and facing in an outer circumferential direction of the base, and at least one first blade included in the blades, the leading edge of the first blade being shorter than the leading edge of each of the other blades. It is possible to secure wind quantity wanted by a user within various ranges of static pressure according to the structure modification thereof.
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