JP2001090983A - Air-conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air-conditioner to have structure to suspend laundry and facilitate drying of the laundry by utilizing supply air. SOLUTION: By providing a suspension means 10 to suspend laundry 8 in the vicinity of air outlets 5 and 21 for drying air of an indoor machine 1 or an outdoor machine 20 of an air-conditioner, the laundry 8 is dried by utilizing supply hot air from the indoor machine 1 and the outdoor machine 20. Further, the indoor machine 1 of the air-conditioner is provided with a dry mode to automatically set temperature and an airflow when the laundry 8 is dried, and the dry mode is constituted in a manner to satisfy either a maximum of a set temperature or a maximum of an airflow.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to an air conditioner capable of drying laundry.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Laundry is difficult to dry after a rainy day, such as in the rainy season when the humidity is high, or when it is necessary to quickly dry the laundry. In the past, if you do not want to dry, even if the amount of laundry is small, you have to purchase an expensive dryer or use the air blown from the air conditioner indoor unit to dry the laundry. Was.

[0003]

However, the conventional air-conditioning indoor unit does not have a structure for hanging laundry and a structure for attaching a drying device such as a clothesline to the structure itself. As described above, in order to dry the laundry using the blowing air from the air-conditioning indoor unit, the user has to devise his or her own and arrange the laundry near the outlet of the air conditioner. There is a problem that it takes a lot of trouble and its safety is not enough.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and has as its object to provide a structure capable of suspending laundry and making it easy to use laundry to blow laundry. An object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner capable of drying air.

[0005]

Therefore, in the air conditioner of the present invention, the laundry 8 can be hung near the drying air outlets 5 and 21 of the indoor unit 1 or the outdoor unit 20 of the air conditioner. The present invention is characterized in that a simple suspending means 10 is provided.

In the air conditioner of the first aspect, the hanging unit 10 for hanging the laundry 8 is provided in the indoor unit 1 or the outdoor unit 20 of the air conditioner. The laundry 8 can be dried using warm air blown from the outdoor unit 20. Further, since there is no need for a user-specific device for drying the laundry 8 in the vicinity of the drying air outlets 5 and 21, danger accompanying the drying can be avoided. Furthermore, since a small amount of laundry 8 such as laundry 8 for women living alone and laundry 8 requiring quick drying can be dried using an air conditioner, an expensive dryer is used. Eliminates the need to buy

The air conditioner according to claim 2 is characterized in that the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner is provided with a drying mode for automatically setting a temperature, an air volume and the like when the laundry 8 is dried. I have.

Further, the air conditioner according to claim 3 is characterized in that the drying mode is configured to satisfy at least one of a maximum set temperature and a maximum air volume.

In the air conditioner of the second and third aspects, the indoor unit 1 is provided with a drying mode capable of automatically setting optimum conditions for drying the laundry 8. And by selecting this drying mode,
For example, the operation is performed at the maximum temperature and the maximum air volume. For this reason, the user can easily perform the setting operation for drying the laundry 8, and can dry the laundry 8 faster than when the warm air or the like is merely applied to the laundry 8. .

Further, in the air conditioner according to the fourth aspect, in the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner, the warm air blown out from the outlet 5 is rotated so that the laundry 8 hung on the hanging means 10 rotates. It is characterized in that it is controlled to blow out from either one of the left and right directions.

In the air conditioner according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by performing a control for giving a change in the wind direction to the blown hot air, for example, by blowing one side by closing one of the left and right outlets 5 of the indoor unit 1. , The hanging laundry 8 can be rotated. As a result, the blown warm air can be blown to the entire laundry 8, so that the laundry can be dried in a short time.

In the air conditioner according to a fifth aspect, the suspension means 10 is characterized by comprising a rod-shaped suspension member 10a attached to the indoor unit 1 or the outdoor unit 20 main body.

In the air conditioner of the fifth aspect, the indoor unit 1
Alternatively, a rod-shaped suspension member 10a capable of suspending the laundry 8 is provided directly near the drying air outlets 5 and 21 of the outdoor unit 20 main body. As a result, the operation of drying the laundry 8 using the warm air blown from the indoor unit 1 and the outdoor unit 20 can be easily performed. In addition, since it is not necessary for the user to devise the laundry 8 in the vicinity of the outlets 5 and 21, it is possible to avoid the danger associated therewith. Furthermore, since the laundry 8 can be dried using the air conditioner, it is not necessary to purchase an expensive dryer.

Further, in the air conditioner of the present invention, the hanging means 10 attached to the indoor unit 1 can be housed in the indoor unit 1 main body.

In the air conditioner according to the sixth aspect, the hanging means 10 attached to the indoor unit 1 is folded and cleared in the indoor unit main body except when used for drying the laundry 8. It is configured to be able to. Therefore, the hanging means 10 can be stored compactly, and the appearance of the entire air conditioner can be prevented from being impaired.

Further, in the air conditioner according to claim 7, the hanging means 10 is a groove 10b provided near the air outlet 5 of the indoor unit 1 main body.

In the air conditioner according to the seventh aspect, the indoor unit 1
A groove 10b capable of suspending the laundry 8 is provided near the air outlet 5 for drying air. As a result, it is possible to provide a function of suspending the laundry 8 with a simple structure that is almost the same in appearance as a conventional air conditioner.
In addition, this makes it possible to easily perform the operation of drying the laundry 8 using the warm air blown out from the indoor unit 1 and to perform drying using the indoor unit 1, so that expensive drying is performed. There is no need to buy a machine. further,
Since it is not necessary for the user to devise a method for drying the laundry 8 in the vicinity of the outlet 5, it is possible to avoid the danger associated therewith.

[0018]

Next, an embodiment of the air conditioner of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an indoor unit 1 showing one embodiment of the air conditioner of the present invention. This shows a state where the front panel 3 of the indoor unit 1 is opened, and a filter 4 is provided on the front side, and an indoor heat exchanger (not shown) is provided on the back side. An air outlet 5 for drying air is formed below the indoor heat exchanger. The air outlet 5 has a horizontal flap 6 for controlling the angle of the hot air to be blown up and down, and a plurality of horizontal flaps for controlling the left and right. Louver 7 is provided.

FIG. 1 shows a case in which a suspending means 10 is provided in the indoor unit 1. The suspending means 10 has a rod-shaped suspending member 10a bent in a horizontally long U shape and supports the suspending member 10a. And two mounting members 13 for preventing the wall from being damaged when the supporting member 12 is fixed to the wall. First,
When the front panel 3 of the indoor unit 1 is opened, both ends of the U-shaped hanging member 10a are rotatably mounted near the outlet 5 in the lower part on the front side thereof. Further, one end of each of the two support members 12, 12 is provided rotatably at both bent portions of the hanging member 10a, and the other end of each of the support members 12, 12 is provided on a wall. By attaching to the mounting devices 13, 13,
It is configured to be able to support the hanging member 10a. As a result, since the laundry 8 can be hung on the hanging member 10a, the laundry 8 can be easily dried using the warm air blown out from the indoor unit 1.

A groove 14 for accommodating the hanging member 10a and the support member 12 is provided in the interior of the indoor unit main body 2, and is used for drying the laundry 8. The members 10a and 12 can be folded and stored in the groove 14. Therefore, the hanging member 10a and the supporting member 12 can be stored compactly, and the appearance of the entire air conditioner can be prevented from being impaired.

Next, the suspension means 1 described in the above embodiment will be described.
A method of setting and controlling the temperature, air volume, and the like when the laundry 8 is actually dried using an air conditioner having 0 will be described. As a method for drying using the indoor unit 1, there is a method in which the blowout wind is applied to the laundry 8 to perform drying in a normal mode, that is, a normal heating operation or the like. In addition to the above method, there is a drying method in a drying mode provided for drying the laundry 8. Hereinafter, the drying mode will be described.

In the drying mode, the heating operation is set to be performed automatically. In this embodiment, the maximum temperature is selected as the set temperature, and both the air volume and the operation frequency are operated at the maximum. Have been. Further, the swing width at this time is adjusted to be the maximum. The swing width refers to the angle of the warm air blown by the horizontal flap 6 provided at the blowout port 5 of the indoor unit 1 swinging up and down, and the blowout by the plurality of louvers 7 swinging left and right. Indicates the range of hot air angle,
In the drying mode, both the upper and lower sides and the left and right sides are operated at the maximum angle. Therefore, the user can easily perform the setting operation for drying the laundry 8 and can perform the setting operation more easily than when the warm air or the like is simply applied to the laundry 8.
Since the hot air having the maximum air volume can be applied to the entire laundry 8 at a high temperature, the laundry 8 can be dried in a short time.

From the above, a description will be given of a usage mode when the laundry 8 is dried in the drying mode using the hanging means 10 provided in the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner.
First, the laundry 8 is hung on the hanging member 10a, and a drying button provided on the indoor unit main body 2 or a drying button provided on the remote controller is pressed. The operation is started at the maximum temperature and the maximum air volume, and the laundry 8 is dried. At this time, the air conditioner is provided with timer means, and if the operation time is set in advance by the timer means, the operation is automatically terminated after the set time has elapsed. I have. By pressing the drying button again during the operation, the operation in the drying mode can be immediately terminated.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a modification of the suspension means 10 provided in the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner. FIG. 2A shows a state in which the front panel 3 of the indoor unit 1 is opened similarly to FIG. In this embodiment, as the suspending means 10,
A groove 10b is provided below the outlet 5 of the indoor unit main body 2. The groove 10b is provided over the entire length of the outlet 5 in the longitudinal direction, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section in the vertical direction (see FIG. 2B). As a result, it is possible to provide a function of suspending the laundry 8 with a simple structure that is almost the same in appearance as a conventional air conditioner. Since the laundry 8 can be hung in the groove 10b, the laundry 8 can be easily dried using the warm air blown from the indoor unit 1.

In the above embodiment, a modified example of the control method for drying the laundry 8 will be described. That is, in the above-described embodiment, the operation is performed with the swing width being maximized. Of the louvers 7 for controlling the blown hot air to the left and right, either the left or right louver 7 is closed from the center, or all the louvers 7 There is also a method in which the laundry 8 is dried by turning the airbag in one of the left and right directions to perform one-side blowing. This means that the laundry 8 is rotated by applying the hot air blown from one direction to the laundry 8 suspended in, for example, a substantially circular shape as described above, and thereby the hot air blown from the entire surface of the laundry 8 is blown. It is configured to be able to hit.
As described above, by adding the control for giving a change in the wind direction to the blown hot air, the laundry 8 can be dried more quickly.

On the other hand, in the above, the laundry 8 is dried by using the warm air blown out from the outlet 5 of the indoor unit 1.
It is also possible to dry the laundry 8 using 0. FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the outdoor unit 20 of the air conditioner. In the figure, a warm air outlet 21 is provided on the front side of an outdoor unit 20, a blower fan (not shown) is provided on the rear side, and an outdoor heat exchanger (not shown) is provided on the back side. .
The outdoor unit 20 is provided with a suspending means 10. The suspending means 10 includes a rod-shaped suspending member 10a bent in a U-shape and two rod-shaped suspending members for supporting the same. Of the supporting member 12. First, both ends of the U-shaped hanging member 10a are attached to the upper part on the front side of the outdoor unit 20. Each of the bent portions is provided with a leg extending downward, that is, a supporting member 12, and the hanging member 10 a is supported by the two supporting members 12. Thus, the laundry 8 can be hung on the hanging member 10a, so that the laundry 8 can be easily dried using the hot air blown from the outdoor unit 20. As a control method when the laundry 8 is dried using the outdoor unit 20, a normal mode is used. That is, warm air is discharged from the outdoor unit 20 by performing a normal cooling operation, and the blown warm air is applied to the laundry 8 to be dried.

FIG. 4 shows a modification of the suspension means 10 provided in the outdoor unit 20 of the air conditioner. FIG. 4 shows a case where a plate-shaped sunshade roof 22 is provided on the upper surface side of the outdoor unit 20. The sunshade roof 22 is mounted on support rods 23 formed so as to extend upward from four corners on the upper surface side of the outdoor unit 20.
The two support bars 23, 23 provided at the front end are formed to be higher than the two support bars 23, 23 provided at the rear end. Further, in this embodiment, as the suspending means 10 on the front end side of the sunshade roof 22,
A rod-shaped hanging member 10a bent in a horizontally long U shape
Is attached to the hanging member 10a.
Is configured to be able to hang. This makes it possible to easily use the warm air blown from the outdoor unit 20 to easily wash the laundry 8.
Can be dried.

As described above, the indoor unit 1 or the outdoor unit 2
By providing the suspending means 10 at 0, the operation of drying the laundry 8 using the hot air blown from the indoor unit 1 or the outdoor unit 20 can be easily performed. Also, laundry 8
It is not necessary for the user to devise a device in the vicinity of the air outlet 5 for drying air, so that the danger associated with it can be avoided. In addition, laundry 8 for women living alone
In addition, since a small amount of laundry 8 such as the laundry 8 requiring quick drying can be dried using an air conditioner, it is not necessary to purchase an expensive dryer. Further, by providing the drying mode, it is possible to apply the blown warm air having the maximum temperature, the maximum air volume and the controlled wind direction to the entire laundry 8 as compared with the case where the warm air is merely applied to the laundry 8. Thus, the laundry 8 can be dried in a shorter time.

Although the specific embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be implemented with various modifications within the scope of the present invention. . That is, in the above-described embodiment, the hanging member 10 is provided with the hanging member 10a or the groove 10b near the drying air outlet 5 so that the laundry 8 can be hung. The laundry 8 may be suspended by providing a hook or the like. In the above embodiment, the hanging member 1 is attached to the indoor unit 1.
When attaching the suspension member 10a to the wall,
a is supported by the support member 12, and the mounting member 13 is provided at the tip of the support member 12 and attached to the wall. However, when the laundry 8 is suspended, the suspension member 10 a is fixed so as not to move. I just want to. In the drying mode, the heating operation is always performed at the maximum set heating temperature. However, when the humidity is high or in winter, the heating operation is performed to dry the laundry 8 and then the dehumidifying operation is performed. It is also possible to make settings such as to dehumidify the moisture released by the laundry 8 into the room. Further, by performing the dehumidifying operation, it is possible to dry the laundry by applying the dehumidified air to the laundry as drying air.

[0031]

According to the air conditioner of the first aspect of the present invention, the indoor unit or the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is provided with suspending means capable of suspending laundry, so that the indoor unit or the outdoor unit is provided. The laundry can be dried using the warm air blown out of the washing machine. Further, since there is no need for a user-specific device for drying the laundry in the vicinity of the drying air outlet, danger associated with the user can be avoided. In addition, it is possible to use an air conditioner to dry a small amount of laundry, such as laundry for women living alone and laundry requiring quick drying, so purchase an expensive dryer. Eliminates the need.

In the air conditioner of the second or third aspect, a drying mode is provided in which the optimum conditions for drying the laundry can be automatically set, so that the user can control the laundry. It is possible to easily perform a setting operation for drying the laundry, and to dry the laundry more quickly than when simply blowing warm air or the like on the laundry.

Further, in the air conditioner according to the fourth aspect, by adding a control for changing the wind direction of the blown hot air so that the suspended laundry rotates, the blown hot air can be applied to the entire laundry. It is possible to dry the laundry in a short time.

In the air conditioner of the fifth aspect, the indoor unit or the outdoor unit is provided with a rod-shaped suspension member capable of suspending laundry in the vicinity of the drying air outlet. The operation of drying laundry using hot air blown from the outdoor unit or the outdoor unit can be easily performed. Further, since there is no need for a user-specific device for drying the laundry in the vicinity of the outlet, it is possible to avoid the danger associated therewith. Further, since the laundry can be dried using the air conditioner, it is not necessary to purchase an expensive dryer.

According to the air conditioner of the present invention, the hanging means attached to the indoor unit can be cleared in the indoor unit main body except that it is used when drying the laundry. Have been. Therefore, the hanging means can be stored compactly, and the appearance of the entire air conditioner can be prevented from being impaired.

Further, in the air conditioner of the present invention, the groove is provided near the air outlet of the indoor unit as the suspending means. It is possible to provide a function of hanging an object. In addition, this makes it possible to easily perform the operation of drying the laundry using the warm air blown from the indoor unit, and to dry the laundry using the indoor unit. You don't have to. further,
Since it is not necessary for the user to devise his or her own, it is possible to avoid the danger that accompanies it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an indoor unit showing one embodiment of an air conditioner of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a modified example of the hanging means provided in the indoor unit of the air conditioner, wherein FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the indoor unit, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a suspending means.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an outdoor unit showing another embodiment of the air conditioner.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a modified example of a suspending means provided in an outdoor unit of the air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Indoor unit 5 Air outlet 6 Horizontal flap 7 Louver 8 Laundry 10 Hanging means 10a Hanging member 10b Groove part 12 Support member 20 Outdoor unit 21 Air outlet 22 Sunshade roof

Claims (7)

[Claims] A suspending means (1) capable of suspending a laundry (8) in the vicinity of a drying air outlet (5) (21) of an indoor unit (1) of an air conditioner or an outdoor unit (20). An air conditioner characterized by including 10). 2. The air conditioner indoor unit (1) is provided with a drying mode for automatically setting a temperature, an air volume and the like when drying the laundry (8). Air conditioner. 3. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the drying mode is configured to satisfy at least one of a maximum set temperature and a maximum air volume. 4. In the indoor unit (1) of the air conditioner, the air blown from the outlet (5) is swept right and left so that the laundry (8) hung on the hanging means (10) rotates. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the air conditioner is controlled so as to blow air from any one direction. 5. The hanging means (10) comprises a rod-shaped hanging member (10a) attached to a main body of the indoor unit (1) or the outdoor unit (20). The air conditioner according to claim 3. 6. The indoor unit (1), wherein the suspending means (10) attached to the indoor unit (1) can be housed in a main body of the indoor unit (1). The air conditioner according to claim 5. 7. The hanging means (10) is a groove (10b) provided in the vicinity of the outlet (5) of the main body of the indoor unit (1).
Any of the air conditioners.