To provide an air conditioning machine for an elevator which treats drainage while efficiently utilizing the drainage from the air conditioner.
This air conditioning machine for the elevator comprises the air conditioner 10 for cooling the air in an elevator car; an evaporator 12 for evaporating the drainage from the air conditioner 10 by exposing it to atmosphere in the elevator car moving passage; and a conduit 14 for supplying the drainage to the evaporator 12. The evaporator 12 is made by including a water absorbing sheet 16. The drainage from the air conditioner 10 passes through the conduit, is gradually immersed into the water absorbing sheet 16, and is evaporated by exposing it to atmosphere of the moving passage of the elevator car 30.