Filter device provided in an air conditioning device

Claim 1

An air conditioning device for a vehicle, said air conditioning device causing air to be supplied by a blower into a room of said vehicle, and having a filter device for removing foreign matter from air flowing through an air passage, said air conditioning device comprising: a duct serving as said air passage and leading said air from said blower to said room, said duct being provided with an opening for inserting said filter device therein, and a cover for closing said opening, said filter device including a filter and at least one connecting member, said filter having a plurality of filter elements, each filter element having at least one connecting surface in parallel with a flow direction of said air, and being disposed in said air passage in such a manner that said at least one connecting surface of each said filter element is in parallel with a connecting surface of a next adjacent filter element, at least one connecting member connecting said at least one connecting surface of each said filter element to said next adjacent filter element in such a manner that each pair of adjacent filter elements are movable relative to each other, at least one connecting member being folded between said connecting surfaces of the adjacent filter elements which are in parallel with each other.