JP2001108259A - Suction drill drop preventing structure of ceiling embedded type air-conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the suction grill drop preventing structure of a ceiling embedded type air-conditioner to prevent a string for preventing a drop from being caught at the time of opening and closing of a suction grill during cleaning and improve maintainability. SOLUTION: A plurality of fitting support parts 3b and holes 3c are mounted on and formed in a panel body 3 in parallel to the fulcrum 7 of a suction grill 5, and by securely inserting folded parts 14c formed by orthogonally bending the two ends of a U-shaped fitting 14 in a plurality of holes 3c and fixing a string 8 at a central part 14a of the U-shaped fitting 14, the U-shaped fitting 14 falls only in the rotation direction of the suction grill 5, whereby the containing direction of the string 8 is stabilized and the string 8 is prevented from being caught at the time of opening and closing of the suction grill 5 and missing of the string 8 is also prevented from occurring. Further, by forming the hole 3c of the fitting support part 3b in a recessed shape 3d, the two end faces of the U-shaped fitting 14 are not exposed from a surface, manufacture is carried out without excerising care to flash and maintainability is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fall prevention structure for a suction grill provided on a decorative panel of an air conditioner embedded in a ceiling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an air conditioner embedded in a ceiling, as shown in FIG. 5, there is an air conditioner main body 1, and a decorative panel 2 which covers a lower portion of the air conditioner main body 1 via a ceiling is arranged. ing. And this decorative panel 2 is a panel body 3,
It comprises a blow-out section 4, a suction grill 5 and an air filter 6. The suction grille 5 is rotatable about fulcrums 7 provided at both ends so that the air filter 6 can be cleaned, and the fulcrum 7 is disengaged so that the suction grille 5 itself can be cleaned. It is constituted so that it can be taken out. The string 8 is for preventing the suction grille 5 from dropping when the fulcrum 7 is disengaged, and has a substantially S-shaped metal fitting 9 connected to both ends thereof, and a holding portion 5a provided on the suction grille 5 respectively. The opening 9a of the substantially S-shaped fitting 9 is hooked on the holding portion 3a provided in the panel body 3 so as to pass through the holding portions 5a and 3a. When removing the suction grill 5, disengage the fulcrum 7 of the suction grill 5 and
This is performed by removing the substantially S-shaped fitting 9 from the holding portion 5a on the suction grill 5 side.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional construction, the substantially S-shaped fittings 9 attached to both ends of the string 8 are held at only one point of each of the holding portions 3a and 5a. Since the mold fitting 9 is tilted in any direction, up, down, left and right, the direction of storage of the string 8 is unstable, and when the suction grill 5 is closed from the open state of the suction grill 5, the string is pulled from between the suction grill 5 and the panel body 3. 8 may protrude, and as it is, the design will be impaired.
I had to habit the string 8 inside again and close it again.

[0004] In addition, the suction grill 5 side and the decorative panel body 3
The substantially S-shaped fitting 9 hooked to the side has the same shape, and has an opening 9a, so that it can be easily removed, and the panel body 3 is mistakenly removed.
If the suction grille 5 is removed by removing the substantially S-shaped metal fitting 9 on the side, there is a possibility that the string 8 may become a hindrance during cleaning and may be lost. In addition,
Since the substantially S-shaped metal fitting 9 has an exposed material cut end face, it must be manufactured with care not to have a burr on the end face so as not to catch the rag or the air filter 6 at the time of cleaning. Was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and eliminates the trapping of a string for preventing a fall when opening and closing the intake grill, and also improves the maintenance performance of the intake grill for an embedded ceiling type air conditioner. A fall prevention structure is provided.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a panel body having a plurality of metal support portions and holes provided in parallel with a fulcrum of a suction grill, and having a right-angled end of a U-shaped metal fitting in the hole. Insert and fix the bent part formed by bending into
A string is fixed to the center of a U-shaped bracket.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a detachable panel in which a decorative panel is provided on the lower surface of an air conditioner body having a heat exchanger, a blower and the like, and both ends of the decorative panel are held by fulcrums. A possible suction grill is provided, a holding portion is provided at one end of an upper surface of the suction grill, and a plurality of metal support portions and holes corresponding to the holding portion are provided at one end of a lower surface of the panel body in parallel with a fulcrum of the suction grill. By fixing the string to the central portion of the U-shaped fitting in the hole, the U-shaped fitting is rotated and stored only in the rotation direction of the suction grille, so that the storing direction of the string is stabilized. Also, the U-shaped fitting does not come off easily.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the hole of the metal support provided in the decorative panel is formed in a concave shape so that the tips of the bent portions at both ends of the U-shaped metal do not protrude. Can be manufactured without worrying about burrs on the end face,
Also, maintainability can be improved.

[0009]

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

As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an air conditioner main body which is embedded in a ceiling and has a blower 10 and a heat exchanger 1 therein.
1 and so on. Reference numeral 2 denotes a decorative panel fixed below the air conditioner body 1 via a ceiling 15. The decorative panel 2 includes a panel main body 3, a blowing section 4, a suction grill 5, and an air filter 6. The suction grille 5 is rotatable around the fulcrum 7 in the direction D, but is held by engaging a claw 12 provided at the other end with a latch 13 of the panel body 3. Then, the hook 12 is disengaged from the latch 13 and the suction grille 5 is rotated in the direction of arrow D to open the suction grille 5 and the air filter 6 can be removed. Can be removed.

A string 8 is provided to prevent the suction grille 5 from dropping when the fulcrum 7 is removed, and a substantially S-shaped fitting 9 is fixed to one end at one end and to both ends at the other end. Is bent at a right angle to form a bent portion 14c.
It is firmly fixed with a. A holding portion 5a is formed at one end of the upper surface of the suction grille 5, and a plurality of metal support portions 3b are provided near the holding portion 5a at one end of the lower surface of the panel body 3. Further, a plurality of holes 3 c are provided in the plurality of metal support portions 3 b in parallel with the fulcrum 7 of the suction grille 5.

Then, the substantially S-shaped metal fitting 9 is hooked to the holding part 5a provided on the suction grill 5 through the opening 9a, and the U-shaped metal fitting 14 is inserted into the metal fitting supporting part 3b of the panel body 3 and fixed. Have been. Then, the U-shaped fitting 14 is attached to the fitting supporting portion 3b by pressing the straight portion 14b of the U-shaped fitting 14 so as to bend and inserting the tip of the bent portion 14c into the hole 3c of the fitting supporting portion 3b. You can do that.

Further, since the bent portion 14c is bent at a right angle after the insertion, even if tension is applied to the string 8, it does not come off easily.

Here, the string 8 for closing the suction grill 5
Will be described. The string 8 is deformed as the suction grille 5 rotates, and is folded and stored between the suction grille 5 and the panel body 3 when the suction grille 5 is closed. Since the U-shaped bracket 14 is provided in parallel with the fulcrum 7 of the suction grille 5 and is rotated only in the direction of rotation of the suction grille 5 with the hole 3c as a fulcrum, the storage direction of the string 8 is naturally determined. It is determined in the rotation direction of the suction grille 5, and the string 8 is firmly fixed to the central portion 14b of the U-shaped bracket 14, so that the string 8
Is stably stored within the string storage range E.

As described above, the string 8 does not protrude from between the suction grille 5 and the panel body 3, and the string 8 is left protruding to impair the design, or the string 8 is habitually sucked. It is not necessary to reclose the grill 5.

When the suction grille 5 is taken out and cleaned, the substantially S-shaped metal fitting 9 and the U-shaped metal fitting 14 which are hooked on the suction grille 5 side and the panel main body 3 side have different shapes.
The U-shaped fitting 14 has an opening 9 a like the substantially S-shaped fitting 9.
There is no U-shaped fitting 1 in the plurality of holes 3c of the fitting supporting portion 3b.
Since the bent portion 14c of the panel body 4 is inserted and fixed, the U-shaped bracket 14 on the panel body 3 side is not accidentally removed, and the string 8 is not lost.

Further, the shape of the metal support 3b on the panel body 3 side is not a through hole as shown in FIG.
By doing so, both end surfaces of the U-shaped bracket 14 bent at a right angle do not come out on the surface, and the U-shaped bracket 14 can be manufactured without concern for burrs and the like on the end surface thereof. The wiping cloth for wiping the surface of the panel body 3 does not get caught, thereby improving the maintainability.

[0018]

As is apparent from the above description, claim 1
According to the invention described in (1), a decorative panel is provided on a lower surface of an air conditioner body having a heat exchanger, a blower, and the like, and a detachable intake grill whose both ends are supported by fulcrums is provided on the decorative panel, and an upper surface of the intake grill is provided. A holding portion is provided at one end, and a plurality of metal support portions and holes corresponding to the holding portion are provided at one end of the lower surface of the panel body in parallel with the fulcrum of the suction grill, and both ends of the U-shaped metal fitting are formed at right angles to the plurality of holes. In addition to inserting and fixing the bent portion formed by bending, a string is fixed to the center of the U-shaped bracket, and according to this configuration, the string is stable without protruding from between the suction grill and the panel body. Because it was stored, it was left protruding, impairing the design and eliminating the need to reclose the suction grill again. Further, since the bent portions at both ends of the U-shaped bracket are fixed by the holes of the plurality of bracket support portions, the U-shaped bracket is not erroneously removed and the string is not lost.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the hole of the metal support provided on the decorative panel has a concave shape so that the tips of the bent portions at both ends of the U-shaped metal do not protrude.
According to this configuration, since both end surfaces of the U-shaped metal fitting do not come out on the surface, it can be manufactured without worrying about burrs and the like, and a filter or a rag is not caught at the time of cleaning, thereby improving maintainability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of an air conditioner and a decorative panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of the air conditioner and the decorative panel in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the decorative panel in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of a decorative panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional air conditioner and a decorative panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 air conditioner 2 decorative panel 3 panel main body 3a holding part 3b metal support part 3c hole 3d concave part 5 suction grille 5a holding part 7 fulcrum 8 string 9 substantially S-shaped fitting 10 blower 11 heat exchanger 14 U-shaped fitting 14a Part 14c bending part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A decorative panel is provided on a lower surface of an air conditioner body having a heat exchanger, a blower, and the like, and a detachable suction grill having both ends supported by fulcrums is provided on the decorative panel. A plurality of metal support portions and holes corresponding to the holding portions are provided at one end of the lower surface of the panel body in parallel with the fulcrum of the suction grill, and both ends of the U-shaped metal bracket are bent at right angles to the plurality of holes. Of the intake grille of the ceiling-embedded type air conditioner in which the bent part formed by insertion is fixed and a string is fixed at the center of the U-shaped bracket. 2. A suction device for a ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the holes of the metal support portions provided on the decorative panel are formed in a concave shape so that the tips of the bent portions at both ends of the U-shaped metal member do not protrude. Grill fall prevention structure