JP2000121165A - Heater - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily confirm an operation of a saving function in the case of operating the function at the time of instructing a start of an operation by providing an informating means for informing of the saving operation when the function is started. SOLUTION: When a room temperature reaches an automatic stop temperature or above during a combustion operation, a saving function is operated, and this operation is informed by displaying the operation. That is, a save lamp 52 on an operation panel 4 is flashed, and the combustion operation is stopped. The stopping state of the combustion state is continued until the room temperature is lowered to an automatic start temperature or below. If the function is operated when an operation ON switch 31 has been pressed, in addition to flashing of the lamp 52, it is informed by a sound of a buzzer 15 to aurally recognize it. Thus, a user can effectively recognize the operation of the function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heater such as an open heater, a hot air heater, a fan convector, an air conditioner, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a heater having a saving function of stopping a heating operation when a room temperature is equal to or higher than an automatic stop temperature is known.

In this heater, the saving function operates when the room temperature rises above the automatic stop temperature to stop the heating operation, and then starts the heating operation when the room temperature falls to the automatic start temperature. This saves energy (e.g., kerosene, electricity, gas) consumption by eliminating extra heating operation.

[0004]

However, in the above-described heater, when the saving function is activated when the operation start is instructed by a predetermined operation (specifically, when the operation switch is turned on), the operation is not started. Since the heating operation is not started in spite of the instruction, the user may misunderstand that the heater has failed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to make it possible to easily confirm the operation when the saving function is activated when the start of operation is instructed by a predetermined operation. Is to provide.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A heating device having a saving function for stopping a heating operation when a room temperature is equal to or higher than an automatic stop temperature, comprising a notifying means for notifying the operation when the saving function is operated. It is.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heater having a saving function for stopping a heating operation when a room temperature is equal to or higher than an automatic stop temperature.
A notifying means for notifying this operation by display and / or sound is provided.

According to these inventions, when the saving function for stopping the heating operation is operated when the room temperature is equal to or higher than the automatic stop temperature, the notifying means for notifying the operation is provided. It can be easily recognized that the function has been operated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a heating device having a saving function for stopping the heating operation when the room temperature is equal to or higher than the automatic stop temperature, when the saving function is operated during the heating operation, If the saving function is operated when the operation is notified only by display and the start of operation is instructed by a predetermined operation, a notification unit is provided to notify the operation by display and sound. .

According to the present invention, when the saving function is operated during the heating operation, this operation is notified only by display, and when the saving function is operated when the start of operation is instructed by a predetermined operation, Since the notifying means for notifying this operation by display and sound is provided, the user can easily recognize that the saving function has been operated.

Further, if the saving function operates when the operation start is instructed by a predetermined operation, the heating operation is not started even though the operation start is instructed, so that the saving function is operated during the heating operation. The possibility of misunderstanding that the heater has failed increases, but if the saving function is activated when instructing to start operation, it will be notified by sound in addition to the display and it will be possible to recognize by hearing, and the user etc. It is possible to effectively recognize that the saving function has been activated.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an oil fan heater (heater) 1 according to the present embodiment. The oil fan heater 1 includes an outer case 2 constituting a main body, and a cartridge tank (not shown) is provided on an upper surface of the outer case 2.
And a control panel 4 having switches and displays. Reference numeral 5 indicates a hot air outlet for blowing out hot air.

The operation panel 4 includes an operation switch 31 that is pressed when starting operation, an operation switch 32 that is pressed when ending the operation, and a saving switch that is pressed when selecting a saving operation mode described later. 33,
And other switches 34. Other switches 3
The switch 4 includes a room temperature setting switch. The operation panel 4 includes an operation lamp (LED) 51, a saving lamp (LED) 52 described later, and another display 53. Other indicators 53 include a 7-segment LED for displaying room temperature, set temperature, and the like.

A combustion chamber (not shown) is formed inside the outer case 2, and a burner is provided in the combustion chamber. The burner is provided with a vaporizer having a vaporizer and a spark plug. In addition, an electromagnetic pump, a combustion fan, a convection fan, and the like are provided inside the outer case 2.

At the start of combustion operation (ignition), first, after the carburetor is warmed by the carburetor heater, the liquid fuel sent through the electromagnetic pump is vaporized by the carburetor, and the vaporized fuel and the blower are fed through the combustion blower. The mixed gas is mixed with the air to be formed. The mixed gas is ejected from a burner, and the ejected mixed gas is ignited by a spark plug to form a flame in the combustion chamber.

At the time of combustion operation (heating operation), the air taken in from the room by the convection blower rises in temperature due to the flame of the combustion chamber, and the temperature-raised air is supplied into the room through the warm air outlet 5 and the room is heated. Heated.

FIG. 2 shows a control device built in the oil fan heater 1 and components connected to the control device.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a control device. The control device 10 includes a microcomputer (hereinafter, simply referred to as a microcomputer) 11.
M13 is provided. The control device 10 is provided with the microcomputer 11
A writable EEPROM 14 connected to the
It comprises a buzzer 15 and the like. Note that in FIG.
Although the ROM 14 is shown as being separate from the microcomputer 11, the EEPROM 14 may be incorporated in the microcomputer 11.

Various sensors are connected to the input side of the control device 10. These sensors include a burner thermistor 21 for detecting a burner temperature, a frame sensor 22 for detecting the presence or absence of a flame in a combustion chamber, a rotation speed sensor 23 for detecting a rotation speed of a combustion blower, and a liquid fuel in a fuel tank. And a room temperature sensor 25 for detecting room temperature.

The control device 10 controls these sensors 21 to 2
5, the switches 31 to 34 described above, the storage devices 12 to 14
And the like, based on the information from the above, etc.,
Ignition device 42, electromagnetic pump 43, combustion blower 44
And the controlled equipment such as the convection blower 45. In addition, the control device 10 performs display by lighting the operation lamp 51, the saving lamp 52, and the other display 53, for example.

In this embodiment, the oil fan heater 1 has a saving operation mode that can be switched by the saving switch 33 in addition to the normal operation mode. In the normal operation mode, the room temperature is adjusted by repeating a strong operation with a large amount of combustion and a weak operation with a small amount of combustion in accordance with the set temperature. In the saving operation mode, the room temperature is set to the automatic stop temperature (for example, the set temperature +2).
° C) or higher, the combustion operation is stopped, and when the room temperature falls below the automatic start temperature (set temperature-1 ° C), the saving function for starting the combustion operation is activated.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the control operation of the control device 10 relating to the saving function. Once the saving operation mode is selected, the information is stored in the storage device. For example, even when the power is turned off, the state in which the saving operation mode is selected is continued, and until the saving operation mode is released by a predetermined operation. That state is continued.

First, it is detected whether or not the operation switch 31 has been pressed (S1). When the operation switch 31 is pressed, it is confirmed whether or not the saving operation mode is selected (S2). At this time, if the saving operation mode is not selected, the combustion operation is started in the normal operation mode.

If the saving operation mode is selected, the saving lamp 52 is turned on (S3), and it is determined whether the room temperature is equal to or higher than the automatic stop temperature (S4). Here, if the room temperature is lower than the automatic stop temperature, the combustion operation is started (S10).

In this embodiment, if the room temperature is higher than the automatic stop temperature when the operation switch 31 is operated, the saving function is activated, and this operation is notified by sound and display. For example, the buzzer 15 for 0.1 second is sounded twice (S5),
The saving lamp 52 flashes (S6), and the combustion operation is stopped (S7).

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the room temperature has reached the automatic start temperature (S8), and the combustion operation is stopped until the room temperature falls below the automatic start temperature. When the room temperature falls below the automatic start temperature, the saving lamp 52 is switched on (S9), and the combustion operation is started (S10).

When the combustion operation is started in S10, it is determined whether or not the room temperature is equal to or higher than the automatic stop temperature (S11). If the room temperature is lower than the automatic stop temperature, the combustion operation is continued (S11).
12).

In the present embodiment, when the room temperature reaches or exceeds the automatic stop temperature during the combustion operation, the saving function operates, and this operation is notified by a display. That is, the saving lamp 52 of the operation panel 4 is blinked (S13), and the combustion operation is stopped (S7). Then, the stopped state of the combustion operation is continued until the room temperature falls below the automatic start temperature.

As described above, the saving function for stopping the combustion operation when the room temperature is equal to or higher than the automatic stop temperature while the saving operation mode is selected is operated.
Blinks the saving lamp 52, so that the user can easily recognize that the saving function has been operated.

Further, if the saving function is activated when the operation switch 31 is pressed, the combustion operation is not started even though the operation is instructed. Therefore, when the saving function is activated during the combustion operation. Oil fan heater 1 in comparison
It is more likely that the user will be mistaken for a failure. However, in the present embodiment, when the saving function is activated when the operation switch 31 is pressed, this is notified by the sound of the buzzer 15 in addition to the blinking of the saving lamp 52, so that it is possible to recognize by hearing. Thus, the user can effectively recognize that the saving function has been activated.

Although the present invention has been described based on one embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.

In the present embodiment, the oil fan heater 1 has been described as an example of a heater. However, the present invention can be applied to other open-type heaters, warm air heaters, fan convectors, heaters such as air conditioners, and the like.

In the present embodiment, the saving lamp 52 is blinked as a notifying means by display. For example, a 7-segment LED for displaying a room temperature or a set temperature is displayed to indicate that the saving function is operating. Is also good.

In the present embodiment, a buzzer is used as the sound notification means. However, for example, an artificial voice may be used to notify that the saving function is operating.

In this embodiment, the operation switch 3
Buzzer 1 if saving function is activated when 1 is pressed
5 and the saving lamp 52 blink, and when the saving function is operated during the combustion operation, only the saving lamp 52 is blinked. However, the combination is free. For example, when the saving function is operated, The buzzer 15 may always sound and the saving lamp 52 may blink.

[0037]

According to the first or second aspect of the present invention, when the saving function for stopping the heating operation is operated when the room temperature is equal to or higher than the automatic stop temperature, the notifying means for notifying the operation is provided. Therefore, the user can easily recognize that the saving function has been operated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the saving function is operated during the heating operation, this operation is notified only by the display, and the saving function is operated when the operation start is instructed by a predetermined operation. In such a case, a notifying means for notifying the operation by display and sound is provided, so that the user can easily recognize that the saving function has been operated.

Further, if the saving function is activated when the operation is instructed by a predetermined operation, the heating operation is not started even though the operation is instructed, so that the heating function is not activated during the heating operation. The possibility of misunderstanding that the heater has failed increases, but if the saving function is activated when instructing to start operation, it will be notified by sound in addition to the display and it will be possible to recognize by hearing, and the user etc. It is possible to effectively recognize that the saving function has been activated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an oil fan heater as a heater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control device and components of an oil fan heater connected to the control device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a control device relating to a saving function.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Oil fan heater (heating machine) 10 Control device 15 Buzzer 33 Saving switch 52 Saving lamp

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A heating device having a saving function for stopping a heating operation when a room temperature is equal to or higher than an automatic stop temperature, comprising a notifying means for notifying the operation when the saving function operates. A heating machine characterized by the following. 2. A heating device having a saving function for stopping a heating operation when a room temperature is equal to or higher than an automatic stop temperature. When the saving function is operated, the operation is notified by display and / or sound. A heater provided with a notifying means. 3. A heating device provided with a saving function for stopping a heating operation when a room temperature is equal to or higher than an automatic stop temperature. If the saving function is operated during the heating operation, the operation is notified only by display. And a notifying means for notifying the operation by a display and a sound when the saving function is operated when an operation start is instructed by a predetermined operation.