JP2001082753A - Bathroom air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathroom air conditioner for improving airconditioning efficiency and efficiency of drying a clothing with good executability without impairing a bathroom design. SOLUTION: The bathroom air conditioner 10 comprises a structure having an apparatus body 11 for mounting an air conditioning equipment such as a circulating fan, an electric heater and the like in a garret, a circulating suction duct 12 communicating with a circulating suction port 12a opposed to a bathroom 1 and the body 11 to supply the air in the bathroom 1 to the equipment, and a circulating air outlet duct 13 communicating with a circulating air outlet 13a opposed in the bathroom 1 and the body 1 to supply the conditioned air opposed to the bathroom 1 to the bathroom 1. Thus, the port 12a and the outlet 13a can be installed at arbitrary places. Accordingly, the port 12a and the outlet 13a can be arbitrarily separated to prevent a short circuit cycle of the conditioned air.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom air conditioner for performing bathroom heating, bathroom ventilation and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various proposals have been made for a bathroom air conditioner for heating a bathroom, including those disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-141702 and the like. It has a structure in which an apparatus main body equipped with air conditioning equipment is installed on a ceiling wall.

[0003] An example of the structure of this bathroom air conditioner will be described. A lower surface of an apparatus main body installed on a ceiling wall is opened, and a ceiling wall opening is provided on a ceiling wall opposite to the main body opening. Then, a front panel (a front panel in which an inlet and an outlet are formed) is attached below the ceiling wall opening with the ceiling wall interposed therebetween.

According to the bathroom air conditioner, when power is supplied to the blower and the heater, the bathroom air is sucked from the inlet of the front panel, and the bathroom air is heated by the heater. The heated air (air-conditioned air) is blown into the bathroom from the outlet of the front panel to perform bathroom heating (bathroom air conditioning).

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional bathroom air conditioner, the main body and the front panel are attached with the ceiling wall opening interposed therebetween. Here, when the bathroom ceiling wall has a flat shape, the mounting work of the apparatus body and the front panel is not so troublesome, but the ceiling wall has a flat shape such as a curved ceiling wall. Otherwise, the ceiling wall opening and front panel did not correspond, making the front panel construction very difficult.

In addition, since both the bathroom air inlet and the outlet to the bathroom are formed on the front panel, the inlet and the outlet are close to each other, and the air blown out from the outlet immediately receives the air. This caused a so-called short cycle, in which the air conditioning efficiency was reduced.

Further, since the front panel has a projecting surface which is equal to or larger than the main body of the apparatus, the front panel protrudes greatly into the bathroom, which impairs the design of the bathroom.

Furthermore, when drying clothes using the air-conditioned air of the bathroom air conditioner, the position of the air outlet and the position of the clothes suspended in the bathroom are not always matched, so that the conditioned air is applied to the laundry clothes. It did not rotate sufficiently, and could not dry clothes efficiently.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom air conditioner which has good workability, improves air conditioning efficiency and clothing drying efficiency, and does not impair the bathroom design. It is in.

[0010]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a bathroom air conditioner according to the first aspect of the present invention has an apparatus main body equipped with an air conditioner such as a blower and a heater installed above the ceiling. In addition, the circulation suction duct facing the bathroom and the device main body communicate with the circulation suction duct for ventilating the air in the bathroom to the air conditioner, and the circulation outlet facing the bathroom and the device main body communicate with the circulation air outlet. And a circulation outlet duct for ventilating the air-conditioned air into the bathroom.

According to the present invention, the circulation suction duct for ventilating the bathroom air and the circulation outlet duct for ventilating the conditioned air are separately provided, and these ducts connect the apparatus body and the bathroom. The circulation inlet and the circulation outlet can be installed at any locations. Therefore,
Separating the circulation inlet from the circulation outlet is optional, and a short cycle of the conditioned air can be prevented.

Further, the circulation inlet and the circulation outlet can be arranged at appropriate places in the bathroom, so that the workability can be improved, the clothes can be efficiently dried, and the circulation inlet and the circulation outlet can be provided. Without overhanging from one part of the bathroom,
Bathroom design is not impaired.

In the bathroom air conditioner according to the second aspect of the present invention, the air outlet for circulation is installed on the side wall of the bathroom, so that the conditioned air can be blown out toward the clothes suspended in the bathroom. In addition, the clothes can be efficiently dried.

As in the bathroom air conditioner according to the third aspect of the present invention, a hollow blowout member may be provided on the side wall of the bathroom, and the conditioned air may be blown out through the blowout member.

In the bathroom air conditioner according to the present invention, the circulation outlet duct is branched into two, one branch duct is communicated with the circulation outlet facing the bathroom, and the other branch duct is connected to the bathroom. It has a structure that communicates with another circulation outlet facing the adjacent undressing room. According to the present invention, both the bathroom and the dressing room can be air-conditioned by one bathroom air conditioner. As in the fifth aspect of the present invention, a switching damper may be provided to selectively air-condition a bathroom or a dressing room.

[0016] A bathroom air conditioner according to a sixth aspect of the present invention communicates with a ventilation suction port facing the bathroom and the device main body, and a ventilation suction duct for ventilating the air in the bathroom with a ventilation fan, and faces the outside. It has a structure having a ventilation outlet duct that communicates with the exhaust port and the device main body to ventilate the air sucked into the device main body to the outside.

According to the present invention, since the apparatus main body and the bathroom are connected to each other through the ventilation suction duct through which the ventilation air of the bathroom is ventilated, the ventilation suction port can be installed at an arbitrary place.

[0018]

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a bathroom air conditioner according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing a bathroom in which a bathroom air conditioner is installed, and FIG. Is a schematic plan view of a device main body of the bathroom air conditioner, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the device main body of the bathroom air conditioner.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bathroom air conditioner 10 includes an apparatus main body 11 installed on a back side of a ceiling wall 2 of a bathroom 1.
And a circulation suction duct 12 connected to the apparatus main body 11.
And a ventilation duct 13 for circulation, a suction duct 14 for ventilation, and a ventilation duct 15 for ventilation.

As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus main body 11
The interior is divided into two parts. One is provided with an air conditioner for air-conditioning the bathroom 1, and the other is provided with a ventilator for ventilating the bathroom air.

Here, the place where the air conditioner is installed will be mainly described with reference to FIG. 3. Inside the air conditioner, an air conditioner such as a circulation fan 11a and an electric heater 11b is mounted. An obliquely extending partition plate 11c is disposed on one side (left side in FIG. 2) of the apparatus main body 11, and a suction space 11 through which bathroom air flows is provided below the partition plate 11c.
d is provided. On the other hand, a partition plate 11e extending horizontally is arranged on the other side (the right side in FIG. 2) of the apparatus main body 11, and a blowing space 11f is provided above the partition plate 11e. As a result, the bathroom air that has entered the suction space 11d is heated (air-conditioned) by the electric heater 11b, and the outlet space 11f.
It has a structure that allows ventilation.

Although the location where the ventilation equipment is installed is not shown in a sectional view, the structure is almost the same as the location where the air conditioning equipment is installed. That is,
As shown in FIG. 2, a ventilation fan 11g as a ventilation device
The suction side of the ventilation fan 11g communicates with the suction space 11h, and the blowout side communicates with the blowout space 11j.

The apparatus main body 11 thus configured is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, it is fixed to the side wall behind the ceiling. More specifically, the vertical plate 4a of the bracket 4 having an L-shaped cross section is fixed to the side wall 3 by bolts 5, while the horizontal plate 4b of the bracket 4 is fixed to the apparatus main body 1 by screws (not shown).
1, thereby fixing the apparatus main body 11 to the space above the ceiling while being separated from the ceiling wall 2.

On the other hand, the circulation suction duct 12 has an upper end communicating with a suction space 11d through a side wall of the apparatus main body 11, and a lower end connected to a circulation suction port 12a provided on the ceiling wall 2. Thereby, the bathroom 1 and the suction space 11d communicate with each other. The circulation outlet duct 13 has an upper end communicating with the outlet space 11f via a side wall of the apparatus main body 11, and a lower end connected to the circulation outlet 13a provided on the ceiling wall 2, whereby the bathroom 1 And the outlet space 11f.

On the other hand, the ventilation suction duct 14 has an upper end communicating with a suction space 11h through a side wall of the apparatus main body 11, and a lower end connected to a ventilation suction port 14a installed on the ceiling wall 2. Thereby, the bathroom 1 and the suction space 11h are communicated. The ventilation outlet duct 15 has a right end communicating with the outlet space 11j through a side wall of the apparatus main body 11, and a left end connected to a ventilation outlet 15a facing the outside, whereby the outside and the outlet space 11j are connected to each other. Is communicated.

In the above-described bathroom air conditioner, when the air conditioner is operated, the air in the bathroom 1 is passed through the circulation suction port 12a through the circulation suction duct 12 as shown by a solid white arrow in FIG. Flows to 12. This suction duct for circulation 1
As shown by the solid solid arrow in FIG.
It flows into the suction space 11d and is sucked into the circulation fan 11a. The air sucked into the circulation fan 11a is
It flows into the blowing space 11f and is heated by the electric heater 11b.
The air is passed through the circulation outlet duct 13. The conditioned air flowing through the circulation outlet duct 13 is blown into the bathroom 1 through the circulation outlet 13a.

On the other hand, when the ventilation fan 11g is operated at the same time as the operation of the air conditioner, the air in the bathroom 1 passes through the ventilation suction port 14a as shown by the dashed white arrow in FIG. It flows into the suction duct 14. The air that has flowed into the ventilation suction duct 14 flows into the suction space 11h and is sucked into the ventilation fan 11g, as shown by the white broken arrow in FIG. The air sucked into the ventilation fan 11g flows into the blowing space 11j, and flows into the ventilation blowing duct 15g.
It is ventilated. The bathroom air flowing into the ventilation outlet duct 15 is exhausted outside through the exhaust port 15a.

With the forced air flow as described above,
Since the bathroom air is heated and at the same time the humidity of the bathroom 1 is exhausted to the outside, the bathroom is dried (or the laundry is dried). In the bathroom air conditioner according to the present embodiment, as described above, since the device main body 11 is installed on the side wall 3 behind the ceiling and is not installed on the ceiling wall 2 as in the related art, as shown in FIG. Even if the wall 2 is curved, it does not hinder the construction of the apparatus main body 11 at all.

The bathroom 1 and the apparatus main body 11 communicate with each other through a circulation suction duct 12 and a circulation blow duct 13, and by extending each of the ducts 12, 13, the circulation suction port 12a is formed as shown in FIG. And the circulation outlet 13a can be arranged separately. As a result, a short cycle of the conditioned air does not occur between the circulation inlet 12a and the circulation outlet 13a.

Further, since the ventilation suction port 14a communicating with the ventilation suction duct 14 and the circulation outlet 13a can be similarly spaced apart, the conditioned air blown out from the circulation outlet 13a is immediately discharged. The problem of exhaustion is also eliminated.

Furthermore, unlike the prior art, both the circulation inlet and the circulation outlet are not provided on the front panel.
There is no member that protrudes greatly from one location in the bathroom, and the bathroom design is not spoiled.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the bathroom air conditioner according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the circulation outlet 16a is provided above the bathroom side wall 1a, and the circulation outlet duct 16 is connected to the circulation outlet 16a.

According to this embodiment, the conditioned air is blown out horizontally toward the bathroom 1 as shown by the solid solid arrow in FIG. The air hits and clothes can be efficiently dried. The other configuration and operation are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 5 shows a bathroom air conditioner according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a blow-out box 17 is installed at the lower part of the bathroom 1, while a blow-off duct 18 for circulation is connected to the blow-out box 17, and conditioned air is blown into the bathroom 1 through a blow-off opening 17 a of the blow-out box 17. It has become.

According to this embodiment, since the heated air (air conditioned air) is blown out to the lower part of the bathroom 1 as shown by the white solid arrow in FIG. 5, it is possible to surely heat the lower part of the bathroom which is particularly easy to cool down. Can be. The other configuration and operation are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 6 shows a fourth embodiment of a bathroom air conditioner according to the present invention. In this embodiment, while a blow-out cylinder 19 extending vertically is installed on the side wall 1a of the bathroom 1,
A circulation outlet duct 20 is connected to the outlet cylinder 19, and two upper and lower circulation outlets 19 a and 19 of the outlet cylinder 19.
Air is blown to the bathroom 1 through b.

According to this embodiment, the heated air (air-conditioned air) is horizontally or diagonally above the bathroom 1 through the upper and lower circulation outlets 17a, 17b of the blow-out tube 17, as indicated by the white arrows in FIG. Is blown out. Therefore, the conditioned air hits the clothes A suspended from the bathroom 1 from directly in front, and the clothes can be dried efficiently, and the lower part of the bathroom, which is particularly easy to cool down, can be reliably heated. The other configuration and operation are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 7 shows a bathroom air conditioner according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the circulation outlet duct 21 is branched into two from the middle, one branch duct 21a is connected to the circulation outlet 21b installed on the ceiling wall 2 of the bathroom 1, and the other branch duct 21c is undressed. It is connected to a circulation outlet 21d installed on the side wall 6a of the chamber 6. Further, a rotary switching damper 21e is provided at the intersection of the branch ducts 21a and 21b.

According to this embodiment, the switching damper 21e
When the air is rotated to the center of the opening of the circulation outlet duct 21, the conditioned air passing through the circulation outlet duct 21 is equally divided into the branch ducts 21a and 21c, and as shown by the white arrows, the bathroom 1 and Air-conditioned air is blown into the undressing room 6. On the other hand, when the switching damper 21e is rotated so as to close the branch duct 21c as shown in FIG. 6, only the bathroom 1 is air-conditioned.
When rotating so as to close a, only the undressing room 6 is air-conditioned. The other configuration and operation are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

In each of the above embodiments, the bathroom air conditioner is provided with a ventilation mechanism (a ventilation fan 11g, a ventilation suction duct 1).
4, the example having the ventilation outlet duct 15) has been described.
It goes without saying that this ventilation mechanism is separately installed on a bathroom side wall or the like, and is similarly applied to a bathroom air-conditioner having no ventilation mechanism. In addition, the structure of the outlet box 17 according to the third embodiment and the outlet cylinder 19 according to the fourth embodiment has been described as being formed separately from the side wall 1a of the bathroom 1, but it is to be integrally formed with the side wall 1a. You may do it. That is, when the bathroom 1 is formed as a unit,
The side wall 1a is formed at the same time, but when the side wall 1a is formed so as to protrude into the interior of the bathroom 1 (formed in a box shape or formed in a cylindrical shape), these blowing members are also formed at the same time.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The circulation inlet and the circulation outlet facing the bathroom can be installed at arbitrary locations, and a short cycle of the conditioned air can be prevented.

In addition, the suction port and the air outlet can be arranged at appropriate places in the bathroom, so that the workability can be improved, the clothes can be dried efficiently, and the air suction port and the air outlet protrude greatly from one part of the bathroom. There is no damage to the bathroom design.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing a bathroom in which a bathroom air conditioner according to a first embodiment is installed.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of an apparatus main body of the bathroom air conditioner according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an apparatus main body of the bathroom air conditioner according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view showing a bathroom in which a bathroom air conditioner according to a second embodiment is installed.

FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view showing a bathroom in which a bathroom air conditioner according to a third embodiment is installed.

FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view showing a bathroom in which a bathroom air conditioner according to a fourth embodiment is installed.

FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view showing a bathroom in which a bathroom air conditioner according to a fifth embodiment is installed.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bathroom, 6 ... Dressing room, 10 ... Bathroom air conditioner, 11 ... Device main body, 11a ... Circulation fan, 11b ... Electric heater,
12 ... suction duct for circulation, 13, 16, 18, 20, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Circulation outlet duct, 14 ... Ventilation suction duct, 15
... Ventilation outlet duct, 12a ... Circulation inlet, 13a,
16a, 17a, 19a, 19b, 21b, 21d: circulation outlet, 21a, 21c: branch duct, 18e: switching damper.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An air conditioner having an air conditioner, such as a blower and a heater, is installed above the ceiling, and the air in the bathroom is communicated with the air inlet for circulation facing the bathroom and the air blower. A bathroom, comprising: a circulation suction duct that ventilates, and a circulation outlet duct that communicates with a circulation outlet facing the bathroom and the device main body and that is air-conditioned by the air conditioner to ventilate the bathroom. Air conditioner. 2. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the circulation outlet is provided on a side wall of the bathroom. 3. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a hollow blowout member having the circulation blowout port is provided on a side wall of the bathroom, and the circulation blowout duct is connected to the blowout member. . 4. The circulation outlet duct is branched into two,
The bathroom according to claim 1, wherein one branch duct communicates with the circulation outlet facing the bathroom, and the other branch duct communicates with another outlet facing the dressing room adjacent to the bathroom. Air conditioner. 5. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein ventilation of each of said branch ducts is controlled by a switching damper. 6. A ventilation suction duct communicating with the ventilation suction port facing the bathroom and the device main body to ventilate air in the bathroom with a ventilation fan, and an exhaust port facing the outdoor and the device main body. The bathroom air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a ventilation outlet duct for communicating the air sucked into the device main body to the outside.