JP2001099489A - Heater - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heater in which a user can be informed surely of child lock when a switch is operated during child lock by means of an alarm sound and a change in the display state of a child lock display means. SOLUTION: This heater comprises a plurality of switches 2, 4, 6A, 6B for designating control of various functions incorporated in the heater, a child lock switch 12, a child lock display means 13, an alarm sound generating means 14, and a controller 1 for controlling the display means 13 to display child lock base on the operation of the child lock switch 12 and disabling designation of the plurality of switches. When an operation switch 2 out of the plurality of switches is operated, the controller 1 drives the alarm sound generating means 14 and change the display state of the child lock display means 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a heating device such as a fan convector or an oil fan heater, and more particularly to a heating device having a child lock function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in this kind of heating equipment,
Various timer functions, functions to set the set temperature and the degree of air flow, etc. are provided, and switches are provided to operate them for each function. The function may be canceled or the function may be working. Therefore, in recent heating appliances, a child lock function is provided. For example, if a child lock switch provided on the operation unit is pressed for about 3 seconds, the child lock is activated, and the child lock state is established. Become.

During this child lock, the switch for setting various functions does not operate unless the child lock switch is operated again to release the child lock state.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, when the user himself / herself forgets to switch to the child lock state, or when another user switches to the child lock state, For example, even if a display lamp such as an LED indicating that a child is locked is lit, the display is not noticed, and a problem arises that the user mistakenly thinks that the switch has stopped operating.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and when a switch operation is performed during child lock, an alarm sound and the display state of the child lock display means indicate that the child is locked. It is an object of the present invention to provide a heating device that can clearly notify a user of a change in the heating device.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a plurality of switches for instructing control of various functions incorporated in a heating device, a child lock switch, and a child lock switch are provided. Lock display means, alarm sound generation means for generating an alarm sound, and child lock display means for indicating that a child lock is being performed based on operation of the child lock switch, and prohibiting instructions from the plurality of switches. The control device drives the alarm sound generation means and changes the display state of the child lock display means when any one of the plurality of switches is operated during child lock. It is characterized by the following.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of switches for instructing control of various functions incorporated in the heating apparatus, a child lock switch, a child lock display means, and an alarm sound for generating an alarm sound. Means, and a control device for displaying on the child lock display means that the child lock is being performed based on the operation of the child lock switch, and for prohibiting the instruction of the plurality of switches, the control device comprising: When at least one of the plurality of switches is operated during the operation, the alarm sound generating means is driven and the display state of the child lock display means is changed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of switches for instructing control of various functions incorporated in the heating device, a child lock switch, a child lock display means, and an alarm sound generating an alarm sound. Means, and a control device for displaying on the child lock display means that the child lock is being performed based on the operation of the child lock switch, and for prohibiting the instruction of the plurality of switches, the control device comprising: When the operation switch of the plurality of switches is operated during,
It is characterized in that the alarm sound generating means is driven and the display state of the child lock display means is changed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the heating apparatus according to the first to third aspects, the display state of the child lock display means is changed from lighting to blinking.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electric system configuration of a fan convector according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a control device such as a microcomputer, and 2 denotes an operation signal for starting or stopping operation of the fan convector. An operation switch 3 to be input is an operation lamp such as an LED which is turned on during operation and turned off when operation is stopped.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an operation changeover switch for inputting an operation signal for sequentially switching operation states such as automatic operation, strong wind operation, weak wind operation, and light wind operation, and 5A to 5D are provided corresponding to the various operation states. An operation state display lamp such as an LED, which lights up in accordance with the operation state selected by the operation changeover switch 4.

6A is an up switch and 6B is a down switch. These up / down switches 6A and 6B
Is used to input operation signals such as temperature setting, current time setting, and timer time setting. Reference numeral 7 denotes a digital display for displaying a temperature such as a set temperature and a current temperature or a time such as a current time and a timer time. Reference numeral 8 denotes an ON timer switch for inputting an operation signal of an ON timer function. An on-timer indicator lamp such as an LED, an off-timer switch 10 for inputting an operation signal of an off-timer function, and an off-timer indicator lamp 11 such as an LED that lights up in the off-timer mode.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a child lock switch for inputting a signal for setting or canceling the child lock state. The child lock switch 12 keeps pressing the child lock switch for about 3 seconds to send a child lock setting signal to the control device 1. By inputting and pressing again, the child lock state is released. Reference numeral 13 denotes a child lock display lamp (child lock display means) such as an LED that lights up during the child lock to indicate that the child is locked.
It is. Reference numeral 14 denotes a buzzer for generating an alarm sound (alarm sound generating means), reference numeral 15 denotes an on-off valve such as a thermal valve provided in a hot water pipe near a heat exchanger (not shown), and reference numeral 16 denotes a blower for hot air. .

[0014] The control device 1 is in operation stop, and
During the child lock based on the operation of the child lock switch 12, during the child lock, the child lock alarm processing is performed for a predetermined time (about 5 seconds) from the time when the operation switch 2 is operated, and the buzzer 14 beeps. "Pip"
The child lock display lamp 13 is changed from lighting to blinking while the child lock display lamp 13 is intermittently driven, and any one of the various switches 2, 4, 6A, 6B, 8, 10 during the child lock based on the operation of the child lock switch 12. The child lock alarm process may be performed for a fixed time (about 5 seconds) after the switch is operated.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the fan convector of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 17 denotes a fan con vector main body, and 18 denotes a hot air discharge port provided at a lower front portion of the main body 17. From a heat source device (not shown) such as an oil boiler via a hot water pipe (not shown).
Heat exchanger in which hot water is circulated and supplied, an on-off valve 15,
The blower 16 is built in, and the main body 17 is
The indoor air sucked into the inside is exchanged with a heat exchanger to form warm air, and this warm air is discharged from the warm air discharge port 18 into the room to perform heating.

Reference numeral 19 denotes an operation section which is provided on the top surface of the main body 17 and also serves as a display section. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation section 19 includes various switches 2, 4, 6A, 6B,
8, 10, 12 and various display lamps 3, 5A to 5D, 9,
11 and 13 and a digital display 7 are provided.

In the above configuration, various switches 2, 4,
By operating 6A, 6B, 8, and 10, the control device 1 controls the fan control vector based on the signals. For example, when the operation switch 2 is operated, the operation is started, and when the operation switch 4 is operated, the operation is performed in the operation state selected by the operation switch 4.

On the other hand, when the child lock switch 12 is pressed and held for about 3 seconds, a child lock state setting signal is input to the control device 1, and the control device 1 sets the child lock state based on the signal. During this child lock, the child lock display lamp 13 is turned on, and various switches 2, 4, and 6 are turned on.
Even if A, 6B, 8, and 10 are operated, the reception process is not performed, but only the operation stop signal from the operation switch 2 is received and the operation is stopped.

Next, the child-lock alarm processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The control device 1 determines whether or not the operation switch 2 has been operated (S21), and if the operation switch 2 has been operated, determines whether or not the operation has been stopped (S22). If the operation is not stopped, the operation stop processing (S2
3) is performed to stop the operation. If the operation is stopped, it is determined whether or not the child is locked (S24). If the child is not locked, the operation is started (S24).
25) The operation is started, and if a child lock is being performed, a child locked alarm process is performed (S26). And
The control device 1 intermittently drives the buzzer 14 to “beep”, “beep”, and “beep” for a certain period of time (about 5 seconds) and turns on the child lock display lamp 13 by the above-described child lock alarm processing. Is controlled to change from blinking to blinking.

According to the present embodiment, during the child lock, the child lock display lamp 13 such as an LED indicating the state is lit.
Is operated, if the fan convector is stopped, when the operation switch 2 is operated, the buzzer 14 emits an alarm sound intermittently and the child lock display lamp 13 which is lit at the same time blinks. Because of the change, it is possible to clearly notify that the child is being locked by an alarm sound from the buzzer 14 and the blinking of the child lock display lamp 13, and the usability of the child lock function in the heating device can be improved.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation of the operation switch 2 during the child lock is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For a certain period of time (for example, 5 seconds) after the switches such as the down switches 6A and 6B are operated, the buzzer 14 emits an alarm sound intermittently and the lit child lock display lamp 13 blinks. The switching child lock alarm process may be executed by the control device 1.

[0023]

According to the present invention, a plurality of switches for instructing control of various functions incorporated in a heating device, a child lock switch, a child lock display means, an alarm sound, Alarm sound generating means for generating, and a child lock display lamp to indicate that the child is locked based on the operation of the child lock switch, and a control device for prohibiting the instruction of the plurality of switches, The control device may be configured to perform any one of the plurality of switches during child lock, or at least one of the plurality of switches, or when the operation switch among the plurality of switches is operated, the alarm may be issued. The sound generating means is driven and the display state of the child lock display means is changed. Therefore, if a switch operation is performed during child lock, it is possible to clearly notify the user that the child is being locked by an alarm sound of the alarm sound generating means and a change in the display state of the child lock display means. It is possible to prevent the user from misunderstanding that the device is malfunctioning, and to improve the usability of the child lock function in the heating device.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the heating apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the display state of the child lock display means is changed from lighting to blinking, so that the child lock display is provided. By the blinking operation of the means, the user can be more clearly notified that the child is locked.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electric system configuration of a fan convector showing an embodiment of a heating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the fan convector.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the operation unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a child-lock warning process.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control device 2 Operation switch 4 Operation changeover switch 6A Up switch 6B Down switch 8 On timer switch 10 Off timer switch 12 Child lock switch 13 Child lock display lamp (child lock display means) 14 Buzzer (alarm sound generation means) 17 Fan control vector Body (heating equipment)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of switches for instructing control of various functions incorporated in a heating device, a child lock switch, a child lock display means, an alarm sound generating means for generating an alarm sound, and a child lock switch. A control device for displaying on the child lock display means that the child lock is being performed based on the operation, and prohibiting the instruction of the plurality of switches, wherein the control device is configured to control the child switch among the plurality of switches during the child lock. A heating device, wherein when one of the switches is operated, the alarm sound generating means is driven and the display state of the child lock display means is changed. 2. A plurality of switches for instructing control of various functions incorporated in the heating device, a child lock switch, a child lock display unit, an alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound, and a child lock switch. A control device for displaying on the child lock display means that the child lock is being performed based on the operation, and prohibiting the instruction of the plurality of switches, wherein the control device is configured to control the child switch among the plurality of switches during the child lock. A heating apparatus characterized in that when at least one switch is operated, the alarm sound generating means is driven and the display state of the child lock display means is changed. 3. A plurality of switches for instructing control of various functions incorporated in the heating device, a child lock switch, a child lock display unit, an alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound, and a child lock switch. A control device for displaying on the child lock display means that the child lock is being performed based on the operation, and prohibiting the instruction of the plurality of switches, wherein the control device is configured to control the child switch among the plurality of switches during the child lock. A heating device characterized in that when an operation switch is operated, the alarm sound generating means is driven and the display state of the child lock display means is changed. 4. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a display state of the child lock display means is changed from lighting to blinking.