JP2001311529A - Air-conditioning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide air-conditioning device to be capable of reliably and easily cleaning the interior of a casing, containing a heat exchanger, and a blower without disassembling the air-conditioning device. SOLUTION: The air-conditioning device is constituted such that a blower 1, a heat exchanger 2, and a filter 3 air disposed, in the order, from the front side in a casing 6. Air is sucked from the back and dust-removed and air- conditioned air is supplied from a front. In the air-conditioning device, an outlet protective member 8 is disposed in a manner to open an air outlet 6H of the casing 6 and the blower 1 is mounted on the outlet protective member 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner capable of performing maintenance and cleaning of the inside of a casing from an air outlet of a casing, and is particularly suitable for being installed in a processing plant for livestock or marine products. The present invention relates to an air conditioner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a food factory, particularly in a processing plant for livestock or marine products, in order to maintain the freshness of food,
The indoor temperature of the processing plant is kept low throughout the season, for example, 10 ° C.
An air conditioner is installed so as to maintain the air conditioner to a certain degree. This air conditioner, which has been widely used in the past, has a blower, a heat exchanger, and a filter arranged in order from the front side inside a casing, sucks indoor air from the back side, removes dust, and air-conditions the air using a blower. It blows out from the front.

[0003]

By the way, in processing livestock or marine products, stricter hygiene control is required to prevent food poisoning than in processing plants, because of the handling of meat or fish. Therefore, it is necessary to periodically clean, sterilize, or remove bacteria adhering to the air conditioner.
However, in the conventional air conditioner, the filter is removed and the rear side of the heat exchanger disposed in the casing is cleaned, or various valves, pipes, and the outer surface of the casing exposed from the casing are cleaned. A heat exchanger or a blower installed inside a casing, which cannot be cleaned unless the air conditioner is disassembled, is often left with dust attached, and has a problem in terms of sanitary management.

In a conventional air conditioner, when thoroughly cleaning the inside of a casing, an air outlet is generally removed after removing an outlet protecting member attached with a screw or the like. Therefore, it is necessary to remove the blades of the blower, and after cleaning, it is necessary to attach the blades of the blower and to attach the protection member again, and thus there is a problem that a great deal of trouble is required for cleaning.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of this type of air conditioner, and can reliably and easily clean the inside of a casing including a heat exchanger and a blower without disassembling the air conditioner. It is intended to provide an air conditioner.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an air conditioner according to the present invention is provided with a blower, a heat exchanger, and a filter in order from a front side in a casing, and sucks indoor air from a back side. In the air conditioner configured to blow out the dust-removed and air-conditioned air from the front side, the air outlet protection member is provided so that the air outlet of the casing can be opened, and the blower is attached to the air outlet protection member. It is characterized by. Here, the blower includes a blower motor, blades rotated by the blower motor, and, if necessary, a control circuit for controlling the blower motor.

In this air conditioner, an air outlet protection member is provided so that the air outlet of the casing can be opened, and a blower is provided at the air outlet protection member. By moving the outlet protection member, the air outlet of the casing is greatly opened, and a cleaning tool or the like is inserted from the air outlet, without disassembling the air conditioner, inside the casing including the heat exchanger or the like. The blower can be reliably and easily cleaned.

In this case, when the air outlet of the casing is opened, the blower attached to the outlet protecting member is configured to swing outward so that the blower attached to the outlet protecting member is located outside the casing. be able to.

[0009] Thus, cleaning can be performed with the blower positioned outside the casing, and the inside of the casing including the heat exchanger and the blower can be easily cleaned.

[0010] Further, the air outlet protection member can be configured to be detachable from the casing with the blower attached.

[0011] Thus, it is possible to perform cleaning with the blower removed from the casing together with the outlet protection member, and it becomes easier to clean the inside of the casing including the heat exchanger and the blower.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the air conditioner of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the air conditioner of the present invention. This air conditioner is applied to maintain the freshness of food in a food factory, particularly in a livestock or marine products processing plant. An air outlet 6H, and a net-shaped outlet protecting member 8 so that the air outlet 6H can be opened.
And the blower 1 is attached to the outlet protection member 8.
And the heat exchanger 2 and the filter 3 are sequentially disposed inside the casing 6, and are directly mounted on a ceiling surface or the like via a bracket (not shown), preferably without leaving a gap so that dust and the like do not accumulate. It is used by attaching it.

In this embodiment, three air outlets 6H are provided in the casing 6 of the air conditioner. However, the number of air outlets 6H and the arrangement thereof are not limited to those in this embodiment. , According to the capacity of the air conditioner.

The heat exchanger 2 is configured so that a refrigerant is circulated between the heat exchanger 2 and an air conditioner body installed outside.

The blower 1 disposed on the outlet protection member 8 is constructed by attaching a blade 12 to a blower motor 11, and further provided with a control circuit for controlling the blower motor as required. It is desirable that the blower motor 11 be configured to be capable of normal and reverse rotation. The power supply to the blower 1 is performed via the waterproof connector 10 disposed in the casing 6, thereby facilitating the wiring work when the blower 1 is attached or detached. The blower 1 is attached to the outlet protection member 8 such that the blades 12 of the blower 1 are arranged at the center of the air outlet 6H with the outlet protection member 8 covering the air outlet 6H. To
For example, they are fixed with screws or the like.

At the top of the casing 6 above the heat exchanger 2, a watering tank 4 for cleaning the inside of the casing 6 having a number of watering holes formed on the bottom surface is disposed, and the watering tank 4 is connected via piping.
The washing water is supplied to the Then, by supplying the washing water to the water spray tank 4, the washing water is sprinkled from the water spray holes to wash the inner surface of the front chamber in the casing 6, the fins of the heat exchanger 2, and the like. In this case, the washing water after the washing is drained out of the casing 6 via the inner bottom plate 5 constituting the inner bottom surface of the casing 6. For this reason, the inner bottom plate 5 is disposed so as to be inclined so that one side (the right side in FIG. 2) is lowered, and a drain pipe 51 is provided at an end thereof.
And drain water from the heat exchanger 2 and washing water after washing can be drained to the outside via the drain pipe 51.

The air outlet 6H including the front surface of the blade 12 of the blower 1 is provided on the air outlet protection member 8 provided with the blower 1 so as to prevent the blade 12 of the blower 1 from being injured by mistake. And, for example, metal wire rods are arranged vertically and horizontally at predetermined intervals so as to be able to support the attached blower 1 and assembled in a lattice shape,
An arbitrary mesh-shaped material such as a knitted material is used.

Then, one side edge of the outlet protection member 8 is attached to the casing 6 so as to be swingable outside the casing 6 via the hinge 7, that is, to open outward. The angle of the opening of the outlet protection member 8 is not particularly limited, but is set to about 90 ° or more as shown in FIG. Thus, the blower outlet protection member 8 can be swung out of the casing 6 to clean the blower 1 in a state where the blower 1 is located outside the casing 6, and the inside of the casing 6 including the heat exchanger 2 and the blower 1 can be cleaned. Cleaning becomes easier. A fixing piece 81 is formed integrally with the other side edge of the outlet protection member 8 so that the casing 6 can be locked by an arbitrary locking tool such as a screw.

As the hinge 7, a hinge generally used in general can be adopted. However, the blow-out port protection member 8 is swung to the outside of the casing 6 with the blower 1 attached. Not only that, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (C), a hinge comprising hinge pieces 71, 73, a pivot 72 formed on one hinge piece 71, and a shaft hole 74 that is provided on the other hinge piece 73 and fits into the pivot 72. It is desirable to adopt it. Thereby, cleaning can be performed in a state where the blower 1 is detached from the casing 6 together with the outlet protection member 8, and the inside of the casing 6 including the heat exchanger 2 and the blower 1 are further easily cleaned.

The filter 3 disposed on the back side of the casing 6 is constructed so as to be easily detachable as in the prior art, and is not particularly limited. The reinforcing bar is fixed in the vertical direction so that the filter material does not vibrate, if necessary.

In the side chambers on both sides of the inner chamber R of the casing 6, pipes for the refrigerant to the heat exchanger 2 and pipes for supplying the washing water to the sprinkler tank 4 and expansion valves, solenoid valves, By disposing an on-off valve and the like (both not shown), all of the accessories of the air conditioner are stored in the casing 6 so that dust does not adhere to the accessories.

In addition to the filter 3, an antibacterial treatment or a member that has been subjected to an antibacterial treatment is applied to the inner and outer surfaces of the casing 6, a blower, and the like, which are in contact with air and are likely to adhere to and proliferate various bacteria. To be used.

Next, a method of cleaning the air conditioner will be described. When dust adheres to the heat exchanger 2, the blower 1, etc. of the air conditioner, the air conditioner is stopped, and the cleaning water is supplied to the water spray tank 4, so that the cleaning water is sprinkled from the water spray hole.
The inner surface of the front chamber in the casing 6, the fins of the heat exchanger 2, and the like are cleaned. In this case, the blower 1 can be rotated in the reverse direction. Also, if necessary, add
Detergents can be added.

The washing water sprinkled from the sprinkling holes of the sprinkling tank 4 is diffused, and the blower 1 and the front chamber R in the casing 6
, And all the corners in the heat exchanger 2, and these portions which could not be cleaned unless the air conditioner was disassembled conventionally can be reliably cleaned. Then, the washing water dropped from the sprinkling tank 4 flows along the inner bottom plate 5 constituting the inner bottom surface of the casing 6 along its inclination, and is drained to the outside via the drain pipe 51.

After the washing is completed in this way, the air outlet 6H is opened by oscillating the outlet protecting member 8, and the washing water adhered to the inside of the casing 6, the heat exchanger 2, and other equipment. Of the blower 1 of the blower 1 attached to the outlet protection member 8 while wiping off or cleaning the part that could not be cleaned.
1. Clean the blades 12 and the like.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the blower 1 attached to the outlet protection member 8 is configured to be located outside the casing 6 by swinging the outlet protection member 8. In addition, it is possible to easily clean the blower motor 11 and the blades 12 of the blower 1.

[0028]

According to the air conditioner of the present invention, the air outlet protection member is provided so that the air outlet of the casing can be opened, and the blower is provided at the air outlet protection member. Therefore, by moving the air outlet protection member to which the blower is attached, the air outlet of the casing is largely opened, and a cleaning tool or the like is inserted from the air outlet without disassembling the air conditioner. It is possible to reliably and easily clean the inside of the casing including the exchanger and the blower, thereby easily performing, for example, sanitary management of an air conditioner installed in a processing plant for livestock products or marine products.

[0029] Further, the air outlet of the casing can be opened so that the blower attached to the outlet protecting member can swing outward so that the blower attached to the outlet protecting member is located outside the casing. , Cleaning can be performed with the blower positioned outside the casing, the inside of the casing including the heat exchanger and the blower can be easily cleaned, and workability during cleaning and maintenance can be improved. .

Further, by configuring the blow-out port protection member so that it can be removed from the casing with the blower attached, cleaning can be performed with the blower and the blow-out port protection member removed from the casing. In addition, the inside of the casing including the heat exchanger and the blower can be more easily cleaned, and workability during cleaning and maintenance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially broken plan view showing an embodiment of an air conditioner of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the outlet protection member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 R Inner room 1 Blower 11 Motor 12 Blade 2 Heat exchanger 3 Filter 4 Sprinkler tank 5 Inner bottom plate 6 Casing 6H Air outlet 7 Hinge 8 Opening protection member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A blower in a casing from the front side,
In an air conditioner in which a heat exchanger and a filter are arranged in order, the room air is sucked from the back surface, and dust-removed and air-conditioned air is blown out from the front surface, an outlet protection member for opening the air outlet of the casing. And an air blower attached to the outlet protection member. 2. The air outlet of the casing is opened, and the blower attached to the outlet protecting member is configured to swing outward so that the blower attached to the outlet protecting member is located outside the casing. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air outlet protection member is configured to be removable from the casing with the blower attached.