FR3010499A1 - AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE HAVING EXTRACTIBLE AIR FILTER - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an air conditioning device (1) intended to equip a motor vehicle having a passenger compartment and a block separated by a transverse deck, this device being backed to a central region of the deck when it is in place, this device (1) comprising a casing (2) enclosing an air filter (24) and an evaporator (25) and / or a radiator (26) mounted in the lower part of the casing (2), said casing (2) comprising a lateral flank (FLD) substantially vertical and longitudinal, and a bottom (FD) substantially horizontal and longitudinal. The filter (24) runs along the lateral flank (FLD) while being spaced from this flank (FLD), and the casing (2) has between its lateral flank (FLD) and its bottom (FD) a passage opening of the filter (24). ) for removing the filter (24) from the housing (2) by pulling it down and a hatch (41) to close and open this opening.

Description

The invention relates to a motor vehicle air conditioning device comprising means for heating, ventilating and cooling the air of the passenger compartment, in particular for regular the temperature of this cabin and to demist the windows. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Such a device comprises a casing enclosing a radiator and an evaporator and a fan, and it comprises several air inlets and several air outlets. This housing contains internal piping and shutters and shutters to regulate the temperature of the treated air according to a configuration chosen by the user. When installed in its operating position, this device is leaned against the inside of the front apron of the vehicle, and it has an air inlet through which it receives outside air and / or indoor air to recycle. The air admitted into the crankcase, which is air outside the passenger compartment and / or the indoor air, is first conveyed to the ventilation system, before passing through the evaporator and / or the radiator. then be distributed in the passenger compartment by several outlets located at the rear of the housing.

It is advantageous to design a device of this type so that it is installed in the central part of the dashboard to distribute air to all regions of the passenger compartment: the device can thus equip indifferently a vehicle to drive to right or left-hand drive. Such a device thus typically comprises two upper outlets for distributing air towards the inside face of the windshield and towards the top of the passenger compartment, as well as a left outlet and a straight outlet for ventilating the treated air towards the outside. driver's seat and to the passenger seat, and a lower exit oriented towards the bottom of the passenger compartment. Such a device also incorporates an air filter which is traversed by all the treated air, whether it is recycled air or outside air. In known systems, the removal of this filter requires disassembly of different liners to access the air conditioning device first before the filter can be removed from the casing.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is to propose a packaging device having an architecture that simplifies the change of its air filter. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To this end, the subject of the invention is an air-conditioning device intended to equip a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle comprising a front transverse deck while being mounted in a service position in which it is attached to a vehicle. central region of this apron, this device comprising a casing having at least one air inlet located in the upper part of the casing installed in the service position, this housing enclosing a centrifugal drum fan for drawing air admitted by the air inlet and discharge by an air outlet, wherein the housing defines around the drum a volute collecting air centrifuged by the drum to direct it to a lower portion of the housing in which is housed a radiator and / or an evaporator, this casing enclosing an air filter and an evaporator and / or a radiator mounted in the lower part of the casing, this casing having a substantially sensually oriented lateral flank t vertical and longitudinal, and a bottom of substantially horizontal orientation and longitudinal when the device is in use, wherein the filter runs along the side flank being spaced from this side, and wherein the housing has a passage opening of the filter to remove this filter by moving it parallel to itself. Thanks to this arrangement the filter can be removed by sliding it for example towards the rear of the vehicle and / or downwards according to the location chosen for the opening, so that the access to the filter for its removal is very simple and does not require disassembly of all additional fittings.

The invention also relates to a device thus defined, wherein the opening is located between the side flank and the bottom of the housing to remove the filter by pulling it downwards. The invention also relates to a device thus defined, further comprising a hatch for closing and opening the withdrawal opening of the filter.

The invention also relates to a device thus defined, in which the hatch has in cross section a shape corresponding to the letter L, so as to comprise a portion oriented along the bottom of the housing and a portion oriented along the lateral side of the housing when this hatch is closed, the opening extending partly in the bottom and partly in the lateral flank. The invention also relates to a device thus defined, wherein the hatch is rotatably mounted about an axis along its lower edge.

The invention also relates to a device thus defined, wherein the hatch and the opening extend over part of the height of the lateral flank to allow lateral tilting movement of the filter during its extraction. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the front of the device according to the invention equipped with its inlet and coupling member; Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the front of the device according to the invention without its intake member and coupling; Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the inlet and coupling member shown alone; Figure 4 is a rear view of the device according to the invention in a transverse sectional plane; Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the rear of the device according to the invention; Figure 6 is another rear view of the device according to the invention in a transverse sectional plane showing its left-hand internal partition wall; Figure 7 is a view of the left-hand internal partition wall shown alone. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The air conditioning device shown in FIG. 1, indicated by 1, comprises a housing 2 forming an envelope, consisting for example of two plastic shells assembled to one another. . When the device is in the service position, that is to say when it is installed in the vehicle that it equips, the front part of its casing 2 which appears clearly in FIG. 2 is backed by the central region of the inside of the front apron of the vehicle. In the following, the regions and orientations, namely high, low, upper, lower, left, right, front, rear and other parts and / or components of the device according to the invention are given vis-à-vis its service position when installed in a vehicle. The front part of this casing 2 is equipped with an air intake and coupling member, identified by 3 and shown alone in FIG. 3, and which comprises an air intake opening 4 in its part. upper, and two flanges 6 and 7 for positioning and coupling of the device 1 to the vehicle deck, these flanges being located under the inlet mouth 4. The inlet mouth 4 comprises an upper half 8 surrounded by a frame 9 and which is intended to be pressed against a corresponding opening of the vehicle deck to collect air outside the passenger compartment to condition it. It also has a lower half 11 for collecting air inside the inner face of the apron. The frame 9 advantageously carries a foam seal or the like by which it is pressed against the periphery of the opening of the apron sealingly. A mixing flap, not visible in the figures and which extends inside the mouth 4, adjusts the proportion of indoor air and outside air admitted into the housing. The first flange 6, located on the left in FIGS. 1 and 3, mates with a corresponding plate 12 which equips the vehicle deck, for connecting the conditioning device to a heating circuit of the vehicle, in which a hot liquid circulates. . Similarly, the second flange 7 mates with another plate 13 of the vehicle deck, to connect the device 1 to an air conditioning circuit of the vehicle in which a cold fluid circulates. The elements of connection to the hot circuit which are rigidly secured to the casing 2 are nested in the first flange 6, and the connection elements to the cold circuit, also rigidly secured to the body of the casing 2, are fitted into the second flange 7. L intake and coupling member 3 is thus a single piece attached to the front part of the housing and which comprises jointly the inlet mouth for collecting the outside air and the air to be recycled, as well as the two flanges for docking with the apron and coupling to the heating circuit and the air conditioning circuit. The upper part of the device 1 has two high outlets, one located on the rear side of the device for ventilating air towards the upper part of the passenger compartment, and the other situated towards the front of the device for ventilating the air. air towards the inner face of the windshield in particular to demist it. As will be understood, the rear part of the device, which is visible in particular in Figure 5, is the one on the side of the passenger compartment when the device is installed in its service position. As will be understood, the device is intended to be installed in a vehicle having the same vertical orientation as in the figures, its air inlet 16 and its upper outlet being located upwards, above the rest of the vehicle. casing 2 which encloses the heat exchangers of the device. The air conditioning device according to the invention is equipped with a volute centrifugal fan 14 mounted inside the casing 2 so that its suction zone coincides with the air inlet 16 of the casing. 2. This air inlet is located in the upper region of the front part of the casing 2, and is covered by the inlet mouth 4 when the intake and coupling member 3 is in place on the housing. 2. This fan 14 comprises a drum 17 driven in rotation about an axis AX, this drum 17 having a substantially plane bottom 18 carrying a cylindrical side 19 formed of blades, and a suction face 21 corresponding to the face before the drum that is open. When the drum 17 rotates, the air is admitted along the axis AX by the suction face 21 to be expelled centrifugally through the vanes constituting the cylindrical side 19. The housing 2 delimits around the drum 17 a form of volute 22 collecting the air centrifuged by the drum to direct it to the lower region of the casing 2 so that it is conditioned by passing through the heat exchangers that encloses this housing. As can be seen in particular in FIG. 2, the fan 14 is mounted in the casing 2 in such a way that the suction face 21 of its drum 17 is directly at the air inlet 16 of the casing. In other words, the suction zone of the fan 14 is substantially coincident with the air inlet 16 of the casing 2, which is itself contiguous to the corresponding opening of the deck when the device is in its operating position.

In the example of the figure, the fan 14 is thus positioned and oriented so that its axis AX extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle because the entry. air 16 of the casing 2 has its contour extending in a plane transverse to the vehicle when the assembly is in place.

It is also possible to provide the air inlet at the upper face of the housing, which then leads to placing the fan in the housing facing the air inlet, the axis of rotation of the fan then being oriented vertically when the device is in its service position. The air admitted through the deck by the upper half 8 of the inlet mouth 4 thus arrives directly in the suction zone 21 of the fan, to be immediately sucked, which significantly reduces the pressure losses and the bulk. from the area of the housing dedicated to ventilation. Thus, and as can be seen in particular in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air conditioning device 1 has a small thickness in its upper part because this thickness is of the order of the depth of the drum 17 of the fan 14. The air centrifuged by the drum 17 of the fan 14 is collected by the volute 22 which surrounds it, to be then directed into a diverging 23, that is to say a flaring pipe. As seen in FIG. 4, this diverging portion 23 extends the volute 22 along the lower right lateral flank FLD of the casing 2. The right lateral flank FLD is that located on the right side of the vehicle when the device is installed in its position. on duty. This diverging portion 23 terminates in the lower portion of the casing 2 which encloses a first assembly including a filter 24 and an evaporator 25 for cooling the air, and a second assembly including a radiator 26 and a heat resistor 27 for heating the air. As visible in Figure 4, the filter 24 and the evaporator 25 are two parallelepiped elements substantially contiguous to each other. The radiator 26 and the thermal resistance 27 are also parallelepiped elements 30 substantially contiguous to each other. The evaporator 25 is connected to a cold circuit of the vehicle via the first flange 6, and the radiator 26 is connected to a hot circuit via the second flange 7.

The evaporator 25 is oriented along a first longitudinal plane P1 and the radiator 26 is oriented along a second longitudinal plane P2, these two longitudinal planes being arranged V e with respect to each other. These planes P1 and P2 which are both parallel to the longitudinal axis AX of the fan 14 form with each other an open angle upwards of about sixty degrees. The evaporator 25 is mounted under the fan 14 which is located in the upper right part of the device. This evaporator 25 is oriented along the longitudinal plane P1 which is inclined at approximately fifteen degrees with respect to a vertical longitudinal plane, and the air filter 24 extends parallel to the evaporator 25 and is situated between this evaporator 25 and the sidewall. lower right FLD. The radiator 26 is located in the lower left region of the device, that is to say laterally offset relative to the fan 14 from which it is spaced, and it extends along the plane P2 which is inclined about forty-five degrees from a vertical longitudinal plane. The thermal resistance 27 extends along the radiator 26 being situated between this radiator and the evaporator 25. As can be seen in FIG. 4, the radiator 26 is separated transversely from the evaporator 25, by a gap Es which allows air to go down between these elements to then cross the radiator 26 following a rising trajectory.

In operation, the air conveyed by the diverging 23 first passes through the filter 24 before passing through the evaporator 25. When this air only needs to be cooled, the evaporator is supplied with cooling fluid, and the air is then directly directed to the upper part of the housing 2 to be then distributed in the passenger compartment via the air outlets of the housing.

When the air is to be heated, it is channeled towards the bottom of the casing 2 after passing through the evaporator 25. This air then bypasses the lower edge of the radiator 26 passing through the space Es separating transversely this lower edge of the evaporator 25 to then go up to cross successively the radiator 26 and the thermal resistance 27. This air is then directed to the upper part of the housing 2 to be discharged by the air outlets of the device. In the lower part of the casing 2, the air is directed by adjustable flaps 29, 30 mounted side by side on the same longitudinal axis being placed in the V e delimit the evaporator 25 and the radiator 26. These flaps 29, 30 are butterfly flaps: each of them is in the form of a flat wall with a substantially rectangular contour which rotates about a longitudinal axis situated at half height of this wall, that is to say the sharing in two equal parts. Each flap 29, 30 has a height which corresponds substantially to half that of the evaporator, and is mounted opposite the upper half of the evaporator. Each flap can occupy a first position, called cold, in which it is oriented approximately parallel to the radiator 26 to form with the evaporator 25 an open angle upwards. In this cold position, the air having passed through the upper half of the evaporator 25 is directed by the inner face of this flap towards the upper part of the casing, and the air having passed through the lower part of the evaporator 25 rises naturally. towards the upper part of the casing since this corresponds to a path of least pressure drop. Each flap 29, 30 can be placed in a second position, called hot, in which it forms with the evaporator 25 an angle which is instead open downwards. In this second position, the flap forms a scoop which directs down all the air having passed through the upper part of the evaporator, to direct it towards the space Es located between the lower edge of the radiator 26 and the evaporator 25. As a consequence, the air having passed through the lower half of the evaporator is also trapped between the radiator and the flow deflected by the flap, so that it is also conveyed to the space Es located between the lower edge of the radiator 26 and the evaporator 25. Additionally, as shown in Figure 4, the device also comprises an upper fixed scoop 31 and a lower fixed scoop 32 to improve the effectiveness of shutters occupying the second position. The upper scoop 31 is an inclined wall having an edge along the upper portion of the downstream face of the evaporator 25 and its lower edge spaced from this downstream face, the upper edges of the flaps abutting on the lower edge of this scoop. upper 31 when in the second position. The lower scoop 32 also has a generally rectangular flat wall shape having an upper edge on which bears the lower edge 30 of the flaps 29 and 30 occupying the second position. The lower edge of this lower scoop 32 runs along the lower edge of the upper face of the radiator 26. Thus, as can be seen in FIG. 4, when the shutters occupy the second position, the upper scoop 31 extends the upper half of these shutters, and the lower scoop 32 extends their lower half so that these elements together form a substantially sealed wall which extends over the entire height of the evaporator to direct the air passed therethrough to the space Es. In this second so-called hot position of the flaps, all of the air having passed through the evaporator 25 is conveyed to the lower left region of the casing via the space Es. This air then passes through the space between the lower left flank FLG of the casing 2 and the radiator 26, then to the upper part of the casing 2 through the radiator 26 and the thermal resistance 27 to be heated. The flaps 29, 30 can also be placed in any intermediate position to regulate in particular the temperature of the conditioned air by the device to a desired value. The assembly of two flaps 29 and 30 around the same axis allows, as will be understood, formed a first air flow located in the front half of the device and a second air flow located in the rear half of the device these air flows having different temperatures when the flaps 29 and 30 have different orientations. The first and second air flows are then diverted and channeled before reaching the various air outlets of the device, to be distributed in the right part and in the left part of the passenger compartment, so as to ensure air conditioning said bizone. It is also possible to mount in the device according to the invention not two flaps, but a single flap, so as to achieve a single temperature air conditioning for the entire cabin. After being cooled and / or heated, the air reaches the upper part of the casing 2 to be distributed in the passenger compartment by the air outlets which are located in the upper and rear part of the housing, as shown in Figure 5. More particularly, the portion of the casing 2 located to the left of the fan 14, and which extends from the lower part of the casing 2 to its upper face constitutes a distribution column marked 35.

The casing 2 thus comprises at the upper part of the column 35 two high outlets 33 and 34 oriented towards the inner face of the windshield and towards the upper part of the passenger compartment. It also has a rear outlet 36 and two side outlets 37 and 38 for distributing air to the left and right parts of the passenger compartment, and a low output 39, the latter outputs being located at the rear portion upper of the distribution column 35 of the housing. The air is distributed from the top of the column 35 to these different outlets by flap and shutter distribution means located in the upper part of the column 35 and not described here. As clearly visible in particular in Figure 4, the arrangement of the evaporator 25 and radiator 26 V and spaced apart from each other, significantly reduces the transverse size of the lower part of the device while allowing a circulation of air allowing the choice its cooling or its warming. This arrangement further provides the device with a generally symmetrical shape with respect to a vertical longitudinal plane, so that the same device is mountable without modification on both a right-hand drive vehicle and a left-hand drive vehicle.

According to this configuration, the flaps 29 and 30 are placed closer to the exchangers, which improves the mixing of air by making this mixture at a maximum distance from the outputs of the device, a distance large enough to ensure a very homogeneous mixture. The heating of the air is provided by the radiator 26 in which hot water circulates when the engine of the vehicle is sufficiently hot. And this heating is provided by the thermal resistance 27 when the heat engine is not able to supply the radiator 26 with sufficiently hot water. The conditioning device is intended to be mounted in the central region of the dashboard of the vehicle, so that it is located in line with the tunnel of the carrier body of the vehicle. This tunnel, which is represented in FIG. 4 by being indicated by 28, and which is present in the majority of the vehicles, is a central corrugation of the floor extending all along the passenger compartment and which constitutes a separation between the part right and the left part of the floor. This tunnel 28 typically receives various mechanical elements such as a gearshift linkage, an exhaust manifold or a transmission shaft mounted under the body being placed in the concavity that the tunnel forms there.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the air filter is oriented longitudinally along the right flank FLD of the housing 2, to significantly facilitate access to this filter to remove it. As this filter 24 extends perpendicularly to the deck of the vehicle being almost vertical and situated at a short distance from the flank FLD of the casing 2, the withdrawal from the casing 2 of this filter 24 can be obtained by sliding it downwards. casing 2 being spaced from the floor of the vehicle. For this purpose, the lower right portion of the casing 2 is provided with a hatch 41 located under the lower edge of the filter 24, and which is arranged to open by pivoting about a longitudinal axis, as indicated by the arrow F , in order to give access to the air filter 24. This hatch 41 is located at the junction between the right lateral flank FLD and the bottom FD of the casing which are separated from each other by a passage opening of the filter 24 which is closed by this hatch 41.

This hatch has a cross section having the shape of the letter L, so that it comprises a portion extending the bottom FD and a portion extending the right lateral flank FLD. It opens by pivoting around an axis along its lower edge, so that it remains open under the effect of gravity. The length of this hatch is substantially greater than that of the filter 24.

By its L-shaped section, this hatch makes it possible to release an opening having a large extent horizontally in the bottom FD laterally in the lateral flank FLD, which makes it possible to grasp the bottom of the filter 24 to slide it vertically while allowing it to tilt. lateral to extract it without interfering with or with pedals located in its immediate lateral proximity, or with the tunnel 28 located in its lower vicinity. As shown in the figures, this hatch has a generally hollow shape to be reported directly on the outer face of the casing body 2, while locking on it in the closed position simply by snapping. The device 1 is thus adapted to be mounted in both a left-hand drive vehicle and a right-hand drive vehicle, since the filter can be removed despite the presence of pedals in its immediate vicinity. As indicated above, the air having passed through the evaporator 25 and optionally the radiator 26 is then directed towards the upper part of the casing to be distributed in the different air outlets of the device, being directed towards these outlets by several shutters. and shutters not detailed. The device comprises an internal partition of left shape to separate the air flow from the evaporator and possibly the radiator into a left air flow and a straight air flow so as to condition the air at different temperatures. for the right part and for the left part of the cockpit. This partition 42 extends in a median region of the column 35 of the casing 2, this median region being located at mid-height between the lower region 10 enclosing the evaporator and the radiator, and the upper part of the column comprising its outlets. 33 as shown in FIG. 6, this left-hand partition 42 has five main edges which appear, which are indicated by A, B, C, D and E in FIG. a predominantly rectilinear shape, and it is located above the assembly formed by the radiator 26 and the thermal resistance 27 being inscribed mainly in a median vertical transverse plane PMT, located midway between the front wall and the rear wall of the casing 2 at the level of the column 35. This edge A thus separates the flow of air having passed through the radiator 26 and the resistor 27 in two flows of the same intensity, one flowing vertically in front of this edge A , and the other flows vertically in the area behind this edge A, when the system is installed in its service position in the vehicle. This lower edge A is extended by a vertical edge B which forms with it an angle of the order of the order of 90 °, and which also extends in the median transverse plane PMT, but which runs along the mixture located downstream the evaporator. This mixing zone here comprises the front flap 29 and the rear flap 30. The vertical edge B extends above the flaps 29 and 30 where it curves rearwardly to join the rear wall of the column 35 of the casing 2. As indicated above, the two flaps 29 and 30 are two butterfly flaps which pivot about the same longitudinal axis being located on either side of the median plane PMT.

The vertical edge B is then extended by a rear upper edge C which extends transversely along the internal face of the rear wall of the column 35 of the casing 2, to a central region thereof in which it rises. by describing an arcuate portion.

This upper rear edge C is then extended by a longitudinal upper edge D extending in the longitudinal direction AX from the rear wall to the front wall of the column 35 rectilinearly. This longitudinal edge is inscribed in a vertical longitudinal median plane PML which separates the column 35 into a left half and a right half of the same volumes.

This longitudinal upper edge D is then extended by a front upper edge E which runs along the internal face of the front wall of the column 35 away from the flap in a descending arcuate shape, to then reach the upper end of the lower edge A The partition 42 thus comprises two lower edges A and B which respectively follow the downstream region of the radiator and the mixing zone downstream of the evaporator, and which are inscribed in the median transverse plane PMT, and it also comprises an upper edge. longitudinal D located at a distance above the edges A and B and which extends in a direction normal to that of the median transverse plane PMT. The front and rear transverse edges E and C along the front wall and the rear wall of the column 35 connecting the longitudinal edge to the edge A and the edge B, respectively. The partition 42 has a shape with appropriate curves to join these five base edges. As can be understood, this partition has a general shape of a quarter turn of twist, constituting a left wall extending between its lower edges A and B corresponding to its lower portion inscribed in the median transverse plane PMT, and its upper portion. terminated by its longitudinal edge D extending in the longitudinal median plane PML. Thus, the upper portion and the lower portion are oriented at right angles when viewed along a vertical axis corresponding for example to the intersection of the PMT and PML planes.

Thus, thanks to this partition 42, the air passing vertically through the radiator 26 is separated into a flow located in front of the partition 42 and a flow located behind this partition when it has passed the radiator. The flow located in front of the partition is directed by it to the right half of the upper portion of the column 35 of the housing 2. The flow located behind this partition 42 is in turn directed by this partition 42 towards the left half of the upper part of the column 35 of the casing 2.

In the same way, this partition 42 also separates the air flow having passed through the evaporator 25 into a left flow and a straight flow: the flow of air situated in front of the partition 42 is directed by it towards the right half of the upper part of the column 35, and the flow located behind this partition, relative to the direction of travel of the vehicle, is directed towards the left half of this upper part. The inclination of the flap 29 between its first position and its second position makes it possible to adjust the temperature of the air diffused via the right half of the upper part of the column 35. In the same way, the inclination of the rear flap 30 allows to adjust, independently, the temperature of the air diffused via the left half of the upper part of the column 35. Nomenclature 1 air conditioning device 2 housing 3 air intake and air intake unit coupling 4 air inlet 6 first coupling flange 7 second coupling flange 8 upper half 9 frame 11 lower half 12 plate 13 other plate 14 centrifugal fan with volute 16 air inlet 17 drum 18 bottom 19 flank cylindrical 21 suction face 22 volute form 23 diverging 24 air filter 25 evaporator 26 radiator 27 thermal resistance 28 tunnel 29 butterfly flap front 30 butterfly flap rear 31 scoop top fixed 32 scoop lower fixed 33 high output 34 high output 35 distribution column 36 rear outlet 37 side outlet 38 side outlet 39 bottom outlet 41 hatch 42 partition A bottom edge B vertical edge C upper back edge D longitudinal upper edge E upper front edge Es space F arrow AX longitudinal axis FD bottom FLD right flank FLG lower left flank P1 longitudinal plane of the evaporator P2 longitudinal plane of the radiator PMT transverse median plane PML longitudinal median plane

Claims (6)

REVENDICATIONS1. Air conditioning device (1) intended to equip a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle comprising a front transverse deck while being mounted in a service position in which it is leaned against a central region of this deck, this device (1) comprising a casing (2) having at least one air inlet (16) located in the upper part of this casing (2) installed in the service position, this casing (2) enclosing a fan (14) centrifugal drum (17) to suck air admitted by the air intake (16) and discharge through an air outlet (33-34, 36-39), wherein the housing (2) defines around the drum (17) a volute (22) collecting the air centrifuged by the drum (17) to direct it to a lower part of the housing (2) in which is housed a radiator (26) and / or an evaporator (25), the housing (2) containing an air filter (24) and an evaporator (25) and / or a radiator (26) mounted in the lower part of the casing (2), this casing (2) co having a lateral flank (FLD) of substantially vertical and longitudinal orientation, and a bottom (FD) of substantially horizontal and longitudinal orientation when the device (1) is in use, in which the filter (24) runs along the sidewall side (FLD) being spaced from this sidewall, and wherein the housing (2) has a filter passage opening (24) for removing the filter (24) by moving it parallel to itself. 2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the opening is located between the lateral flank (FLD) and the bottom (FD) of the housing (2) to remove the filter by pulling it downwards. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a hatch (41) for closing and opening the withdrawal opening of the filter. 4. Device according to claim 3, wherein the hatch (41) has in cross section a shape corresponding to the letter L, so as to include a portion oriented along the bottom (FD) of the housing (2) and a portion oriented according to the lateral flank (FLD) of the housing (2) when the hatch (41) is closed, the opening extending partly in the bottom (FD) and partly in the lateral flank (FLD). 5. Device according to claim 4, wherein the hatch (41) is rotatably mounted about an axis along its lower edge. 6. Device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the hatch (41) and the opening extend over part of the height of the lateral flank (FLD) to allow a lateral tilting movement of the filter (24) during its extraction.