The invention discloses a novel clamping type air conditioner. According to the technical scheme, a partition plate is arranged at the end part of a machine shell in the width direction of the machineshell, an air conditioner air inlet is formed in the front side of the machine shell, a volute is arranged in the machine shell, a centrifugal fan is arranged in the volute, a volute air inlet communicates with the air conditioner air inlet, one side of the partition plate is connected with the volute air inlet, the other end of the partition plate is connected with a communicating air duct, thecommunicating air duct communicates with an air conditioner air outlet, an evaporator is arranged between the air conditioner air inlet and the machine shell, and air fed through the air conditioner air inlet is subjected to heat exchange and then enters the volute, and then flows to the air conditioner air outlet to be discharged after passing through the volute air outlet and the communicating air duct. By changing the arrangement mode of components in an existing clamping type air conditioner, the requirement that a customer does not want to open an air inlet at the rear part or the lower rear part of the clamping type air conditioner is met.