EP3330632A1 - Unité d'intérieur de climatiseur - Google Patents

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EP3330632A1
EP3330632A1 EP17204454.7A EP17204454A EP3330632A1 EP 3330632 A1 EP3330632 A1 EP 3330632A1 EP 17204454 A EP17204454 A EP 17204454A EP 3330632 A1 EP3330632 A1 EP 3330632A1
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casing
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indoor unit
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Kunihiro HIGASHIURA
Kazumi Okamura
Hiroshi Kanbara
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Shion HISAMATSU
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F13/00—Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
    • F24F13/20—Casings or covers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/0007—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units
    • F24F1/0059—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by heat exchangers
    • F24F1/0063—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by heat exchangers by the mounting or arrangement of the heat exchangers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/0007—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units
    • F24F1/0043—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by mounting arrangements
    • F24F1/0057—Indoor units, e.g. fan coil units characterised by mounting arrangements mounted in or on a wall

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  • the present invention relates to an indoor unit of an air conditioner.
  • an indoor unit of an air conditioner has a structure in which a heat exchanger, a blower fan and so on are accommodated in a casing.
  • the casing is covered with a front surface cover having an inlet port and an outlet port provided above and below each other and an upper surface cover installed on an upper surface of the front surface cover.
  • the upper surface cover disposed on the front surface cover is divided and disposed in a right and left direction, or a service cover is installed with an opening providing for electrical components on a part of the upper surface cover, thereby reducing costs and improving external appearance.
  • the present invention provides an indoor unit of an air conditioner with which it is possible to secure workability at the time of maintenance or the like while the aesthetic appearance is improved.
  • An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a casing; a blower fan and a heat exchanger accommodated in the casing; a top panel, a front surface panel, a bottom surface panel having a flap, and a rear surface panel continuously disposed to surround a body portion of the casing; and right and left side surface panels which are detachable and continuous with the top panel, the front surface panel, the bottom surface panel and the rear surface panel and configured to cover an entire side portion of the casing.
  • the entire design surface of the indoor unit which is seen from the outside can be formed to have a continuous appearance with a good configuration.
  • the side surface panel detachably covers an entire side portion of the casing, access to electrical components and the like inside the casing is facilitated by removing the side surface panel.
  • side portion accommodating spaces may be provided between the right and left side surface panels and a side portion of the casing, and a controller configured to control the blower fan and the heat exchanger may be accommodated in a first side portion accommodating space, and a device may be accommodated in a second side portion accommodating space to be attachable to and detachable from at least one of the casing and the side surface panels.
  • the side portion accommodating space can be opened to a large extent by removing the side surface panel from the casing, and workability when installing, adding, replacing and repairing the controller can be improved.
  • a side portion accommodating space is also provided inside the second side portion of the casing, various kinds of device such as optional components can be disposed in the second side portion accommodating space. Therefore, since various kinds of devices such as optional parts are covered by side surface panels, the optional components or the like are not exposed in a visible area. Thus, it is possible to install various devices such as optional components without the aesthetic appearance of the indoor unit deteriorating.
  • a weight of a second side surface panel forming the second side portion accommodating space may be greater than that of a first side surface panel forming the first side portion accommodating space.
  • the weight of the second side surface panel in which the device is detachably accommodated is greater than that of the first side surface panel in which the controller is accommodated, it is possible to balance the weights of the right and left sides of the indoor unit in the case in which a device such as an optional component is not provided in the second side portion accommodating space. Also, since the controller is heavier than the optional components, even when an optional component is provided in the second side portion accommodating space, the weights of the right and left sides of the indoor unit can be balanced.
  • the bottom surface panel may be detachably installed on the casing.
  • the bottom surface panel is detachable from the casing, by removing the bottom surface panel, it is possible to expose a bottom of the casing without disassembling the casing to a great extent.
  • a member supporting portion may be provided on a bottom surface portion of the casing covered with the bottom surface panel.
  • the member supporting portion is provided on the bottom portion of the casing covered with the bottom panel, for example, even when a wiring or the like is added between the right and left side portions of the casing, since the wiring is not exposed to the outside of the indoor unit, adding of the wiring and the like can be performed without the aesthetic appearance of the air conditioner deteriorating.
  • the top panel may have a plurality of separate top panels separable from each other.
  • the top panel has a plurality of separate top panels which can be separated from each other, it is possible to replace each separate top panel, thereby improving the maintainability. In addition, it is possible to improve the aesthetic appearance of the indoor unit by changing a color for each separate top panel, or the like.
  • the top panel, the bottom surface panel, the rear surface panel, and the side surface panels may be detachable from each other and may be detachably fixed to the casing.
  • An air conditioner 100 includes an indoor unit 10 provided in a room and an outdoor unit (not shown) connected to the indoor unit 10 by piping and provided outside the room.
  • the indoor unit 10 suctions air, adjusts a temperature or humidity thereof and then blows out the air, thereby performing air-conditioning in the room.
  • the indoor unit 10 includes a casing 11, a heat exchanger 13 and a blower fan 14 accommodated in the casing 11, and panels which cover the casing 11.
  • the panels are panels surrounding a body portion 11a of the casing 11 and include an inlet panel (front surface panel) 18 which covers a front surface of the casing 11, a top panel 24 which covers an upper surface of the casing 11, a bottom surface panel 26 which covers a bottom surface of the casing 11, and a rear surface panel 27 which covers a rear surface of the casing 11. Further, regarding the panels, a pair of side surface panels 28 are also provided which cover entire right and left side portions 11b of the casing 11.
  • the front surface, the upper surface, the bottom surface, the rear surface and the side surfaces are surfaces expressed with reference to a state in which the indoor unit 10 is installed. Therefore, the front surface is a front side surface, the upper surface is surface on the side of the ceiling of the room, the bottom surface is a surface on the side of the floor of the room, the rear surface is a surface on a side of a wall surface of the room, and the side surfaces are right and left surfaces in a lateral direction toward the wall surface sides of the room.
  • the casing 11 includes the body portion 11a which is formed in substantially a horizontally elongated rectangular parallelepiped shape having an air inlet port 17 formed at an upper portion of the front surface and an outlet port 15 formed at a lower portion thereof, and side portions 11b which are provided on both right and left end sides of the body portion 11a.
  • the blower fan 14 is a cross flow fan which extends in the lateral direction.
  • the heat exchanger 13 is provided to surround the blower fan 14 from an outer circumference thereof.
  • the inlet panel 18 is detachably provided on the body portion 11a of the casing 11 to cover a front surface of the body portion 11a of the casing 11 and to suction the air into the casing 11 from a space between the inlet panel 8 and the casing 11.
  • the top panel 24 is detachably provided on the body portion 11a of the casing 11 to cover a top surface of the casing 11 and has a plurality of separate top panels 24a.
  • the plurality of separate top panels 24a are separable from each other and also detachably provided on the casing 11.
  • the top panel 24 is divided into three portions in a forward and backward direction D2 and three separate top panels 24a are provided.
  • the bottom surface panel 26 is detachably provided on the body portion 11a of the casing 11 and covers the bottom surface of the casing 11.
  • the bottom surface panel 26 has a flap 16a disposed on a front surface side of the bottom surface of the casing 11 and a panel main body 16b disposed on a rear surface side of the flap 16a to be separable from the flap 16a.
  • the flap 16a is provided to cover the outlet port 15 of the body portion 11a of the casing 11 from a lower side. Further, the flap 16a is formed to adjust the size of an opening of the outlet port 15 by a rotation mechanism which is not shown.
  • a plate-shaped protruding portion 16c which protrudes to a rear surface side of the casing 11 from both ends in a lateral direction D1 is provided at the panel main body 16b.
  • a member supporting portion 31 which can support a long object such as a wiring and a piping as shown in FIG. 3 is provided on a bottom portion of the body portion 11a of the casing 11 inside the panel main body 16b.
  • a plurality of the member supporting portions 31 are provided to be separated from each other in the lateral direction D1.
  • a groove 31a recessed downward from an upper end edge thereof is formed such that wiring is able to be hooked and supported.
  • the rear surface panel 27 is detachably provided on the body portion 11a of the casing 11 to cover the rear surface of the casing 11 and faces the wall surface of the room at the time of installation of the indoor unit 10.
  • a cut-out portion 27a cut out from a lower end thereof in the lateral direction D1 is provided at both ends of the rear surface panel 27 in the lateral direction D1.
  • the protruding portion 16c provided on the panel main body 16b of the bottom surface panel 26 is engaged with the cut-out portion 27a without any gaps therebetween and covers the rear surface of the casing 11 together with the rear surface panel 27.
  • the inlet panel 18, the top panel 24, the bottom surface panel 26, and the rear surface panel 27 are disposed to continuously surround a circumference of the body portion 11a of the casing 11, and thus the body portion 11a of the casing 11 is substantially covered in a cylindrical shape. Therefore, a portion of the side portion 11b directed in the lateral direction D1 is structured not to be covered with the inlet panel 18, the top panel 24, the bottom surface panel 26 and the rear surface panel 27.
  • each of the side surface panels 28 includes an end wall 28a which closes the side portion 11b of the casing 11 in a side view (as seen from the lateral direction D1), an opening protrusion 28b which is integrally and continuously formed to stand up from the end wall 28a toward the body portion 11a side and covers the side portion 11b from the outer circumference side, and a fixing structure 28c which fixes the side surface panel 28 to the body portion 11a.
  • the right and left side surface panels 28 have substantially the same shape and their weights are equal.
  • the opening protrusion 28b has a shape corresponding to an end of the side portion 11b. Additionally, the opening protrusion 28b has a shape corresponding to a shape of each end edge of the top panel 24, the bottom surface panel 26 and the rear surface panel 27 covering the body portion 11a in the lateral direction D1. Accordingly, when the side surface panel 28 is installed at the side portion 11b, the panels 18, 24, 26, 27 and 28 provide a continuous appearance on the entire surface of the casing 11.
  • the fixing structure 28c between the side surface panel 28 and the side portion 11b includes a locking portion 34 provided on the opening protrusion 28b of the side surface panel 28 and locking in a direction (lateral direction D1) facing the end of the side portion 11b, and a fastening portion 35 which fastens the opening protrusion 28b of the side surface panel 28 and the end of the side portion 11b in a direction (forward and backward direction D2) intersecting this facing direction with a screw.
  • the side surface panel 28 is locked on the casing 11 by the locking portion 34 in the facing direction and fastened by the fastening portion 35 in the direction intersecting the facing direction, and thus the side surface panel 28 and the casing 11 are fixed to each other such that they may not be relatively displaced.
  • a side portion accommodating space 29 capable of accommodating various devices 33 is provided inside of each side surface panel 28. That is, the side portion accommodating space 29 is a space formed between the side portion 11b of the casing 11 and the end wall 28a in a state in which the side surface panel 28 is connected to the casing 11.
  • a controller 32 is accommodated in first side portion accommodating space 29.
  • the controller 32 is supported by the side portion 11b of the casing 11 and further covered with the side surface panel 28 in a state of being covered with a detachable controller cover 40.
  • various devices 33 can be accommodated in the second side portion accommodating space 29, and in the embodiment, the various devices 33 are optional components and the like and are components such as an extension board which connects between a terminal like a mobile phone and the indoor unit 10.
  • the various devices 33 are not limited to these optional components, and some functions of the controller 32 may be provided in the second side portion accommodating space 29 at the time of manufacturing.
  • a claw-shaped device locking portion 37 which fixes the various devices 33 accommodated in the side portion accommodating space 29 is provided on the end wall 28a of the side surface panel 28 which covers the second side portion accommodating space 29. Due to the device locking portion 37, the various devices 33 can be fixed to the side surface panel 28 without using fasteners such as screws.
  • top panel 24 the bottom surface panel 26, the rear surface panel 27 and the pair of side surface panels 28 which cover the casing 11, adjacent panels 24, 26, 27 and 28 are separably fixed to each other by screws, locking claws or the like (not shown) not to be relatively displaced.
  • the entire body portion 11a of the casing 11 is continuously covered and surrounded by the panels 18, 24, 26 and 27, and the side portions 11b are covered with the side surface panels 28, and thus the entire surface of the casing 11 is continuously covered. Accordingly, it is possible to make the entire design surface viewed from the outside continuous with good appearance and to improve the aesthetic appearance of the indoor unit 10.
  • the side surface panel 28 which covers the entire side portion 11b is detachable from the casing 11. Therefore, it is possible to easily expose an inside of the side portion 11b of the casing 11 simply by removing the side surface panel 28 without disassembling the casing 11. Accordingly, it is easy to access the electrical components such as the controller 32 inside the casing 11. Thus, workability is good at the time of installing, adding, exchanging, and repairing the controller 32 and other constituent devices.
  • the bottom surface panel 26 is attachable to and detachable from the casing 11, it is possible to expose a bottom of the casing 11 by removing the bottom surface panel 26 without disassembling the casing 11 on a large-scale.
  • the wiring hooking work can be performed without largely disassembling the casing 11. Furthermore, even if a wiring is added according to the addition of such a device 33, the wiring is not exposed to the outside by the bottom surface panel 26. Therefore, the aesthetic appearance of the indoor unit 10 is not deteriorated.
  • top panel 24 has a plurality of separate top panels 24a which can be separated from each other, it is possible to replace each separate top panels 24a, thereby improving the maintainability. In addition, it is possible to improve the aesthetic appearance of the indoor unit 10 by changing a color for each separate top panels 24a, or the like.
  • each of the panels 18, 24, 26, 27 and 28 are easily removed to expose corresponding portions of the casing 11 to the outside, thereby further improving the workability. Also, since the panels 24, 26, 27 and 28 excluding the inlet panel 18 are fixed to each other for adjacent panels, sufficient strength of the indoor unit 10 can be secured.
  • the panels 24, 26, 27 and 28 are fixed to each other, but the panels 24, 26 and 27 may be directly fixed to the casing 11.
  • shapes and weights of the right and left side surface panels 28 may be different from each other.
  • a weight of the other side surface panel 28 forming the second side portion accommodating space 29 may be larger than that of one side surface panel 28 forming the first side portion accommodating space 29.
  • the controller 32 is heavier than the optional components, even when the optional component is provided in the second side portion accommodating space 29, the weights of the right and left sides of the indoor unit 10 can be balanced.
  • shapes of the right and left side surface panels 28 may be determined so that a volume of the second side portion accommodating space 29 in which the device 33 is accommodated is larger than that of the first side portion accommodating space 29 in which the controller 32 is accommodated.
  • the device 33 such as the optional component may be fixed not to the side surface panel 28 but to the side portion 11b of the casing 11.

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