JP2002103904A - Auxiliary device for movement of air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary device capable of easily moving, positioning and horizontally adjusting an air conditioner. SOLUTION: A carriage 20 has plural (four) casters (adjustable) 6 on a bottom part 21a of a loading place 21, and at least one of the casters is a caster 6A with locking function. The carriage 20 is formed by attaching an anti-slip member 22 on an upper face of the loading place 21, and fixing L-shaped drop preventing members 23 on four corner parts. A mounting height of the casters 6 (6A) are finely adjusted by allowing screw parts 10 screwed on the bottom part 21a of the loading place 21 to come in and out, whereby the air conditioner is leveled while confirming a horizontal state of a level 5 placed on an upper face of the air conditioner 1. Whereby the air conditioner can be moved with small force, and positioned at a fixed position even though the external force is added, and the safety can be ensured by adjusting the level of the air conditioner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner such as an oil heater, a fan heater, an air purifier, a humidifier / dehumidifier, and more particularly to a home-use air conditioner movement assisting device for assisting movement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, home air conditioners such as oil stoves, fan heaters, air purifiers, humidifiers / dehumidifiers, etc., have various types and shapes. As shown in FIG. 5, many of these air conditioners generally used in each household are on the floor, and many of them are on the market.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes an air conditioner. Handles 2 are provided at upper portions on both sides of a housing of the air conditioner 1, and the handle 2 is lifted when the air conditioner 1 is moved. Was moving.

However, depending on the air conditioner, it is difficult for a woman or an elderly person who is heavy and has weak arm to lift the air conditioner and move to a predetermined place.

[0005] Therefore, recently, 4
Air-conditioning equipment with casters has been introduced that can be easily moved by women and the elderly by attaching wheeled casters.

FIG. 6A is a perspective view of an air conditioner with casters, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view of casters and mounting screws. In FIG. 6, the air conditioner 1 has four adjustable casters 3 mounted on the bottom surface 1a thereof using mounting screws 4. Therefore, by lightly pressing the air conditioner 1, even a woman with weak strength or an elderly person can easily move to a predetermined place in a room such as a living room, a kitchen, or a bedroom.

[0007]

However, the above-described air conditioner with casters is easy to move, but the free casters are not locked, so that careless contact with the air conditioner or external force due to an earthquake or the like may occur. There is a problem that it moves from the installation position.

When installing the air conditioner, it is preferable to install the air conditioner vertically to a horizontal floor. Particularly, an oil stove or the like is required to be leveled by adding a level or the like. However, in the above-described conventional air conditioner, there is a problem such as lack of safety because there is no leveling means.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily move an air conditioner without lifting it up, and to maintain a stable state after moving to a predetermined place. An object of the present invention is to provide an air-conditioning equipment movement assist device capable of horizontal adjustment.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, an air conditioner moving assist device according to the present invention mounts an air conditioner such as an oil stove, a fan heater, an air purifier, and a humidifier / dehumidifier. It is characterized by having horizontal adjustment means for the air conditioner at the same time as assisting the movement.

[0011] Further, the apparatus for assisting movement by mounting the air conditioner is a cart provided with a plurality of casters.

Further, the horizontal adjusting means provided on the cart is a caster attached to the bottom of the mounting table.

Further, the caster is characterized in that horizontal adjustment is performed by adjusting a mounting height of the caster by inserting and removing a screw portion of the caster screwed into a bottom of the mounting table.

Further, at least one of the plurality of casters has a wheel lock function.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an air conditioner movement assisting device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a truck (air-conditioning equipment movement assisting device) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cart of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view of a caster attached to a cart. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a level provided in the air conditioner of FIG.

1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an air conditioner (oil fan heater) having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a level 5 is disposed at a corner of the rectangular upper surface. The air conditioner 1 can move to a predetermined place while being placed on a carriage 20 which is an air conditioner movement assisting device shown in FIG.

The cart 20 has four casters (freely) 6 mounted near four corners of a bottom 21a of a mounting table 21 having a substantially rectangular shape. The four casters 6
Among them, at least one is provided with a caster 6A with a lock function to which a wheel lock function is added.

As shown in FIG. 3, the caster 6A with a lock function locks the wheel 9 by pressing a caster lock petal 7 and pressing a wheel 9 rotating about an axle 8 with a brake pad (not shown). Is what you do.

The carriage 20 has a non-slip member 22 attached to an upper surface of a mounting table 21 on which the air conditioner 1 is mounted.
An L-shaped fall protection member 23 is fixed to the corner at the corner.

Referring to FIG. 3, the structure of the horizontal adjustment means of the air conditioner will be described. Bottom 2 of mounting table 21
The caster 6 (6A) screwed to the bottom 1a
a, a threaded portion 10 to be screwed to a, a ball holder 11, and a threaded portion 1
The gripping part 12 for rotating 0 is integrally formed. On the other hand, the turning bracket 13 for turning the wheel 9 is loosely fitted in a lower part of the screw portion 10 in a rotatable state. The caster lock petals 7 are supported by a part of the turning bracket 13.

The operation of the truck 20 with the above configuration will be described. Even if the air conditioner 1 is placed on the carriage 20 and moved to a predetermined position by applying a force in the lateral direction, the air conditioner 1 slides during movement because it is fixed to the non-slip member 22 of the carriage 20. Never. Even if a large force is applied in the lateral direction and slips, it does not fall during movement because it is blocked by the fall protection members 22 fixed to the four corners of the mounting table 21.
Also, after being installed in a fixed position, the device is prevented from falling even when an unexpected external force such as an earthquake is applied.

The horizontal adjustment means moves the air conditioner 1 mounted on the carriage 20 to a predetermined position to lock the casters 6A, and then moves the air conditioner 1 on the upper surface of the air conditioner 1 as shown in FIG. The horizontal state is checked by the level 5 provided. When the position of the bubble 5a of the level 5 is concentric with the reference circle 5b, it indicates that the bubble is horizontal, but when the position is out of alignment, the grip portion 1 of one of the casters 6 (6A) is displaced.
2 is held and rotated using a tool such as a spanner, and while the position of the bubble 5a of the level 5 is checked, the screw portion 10 is taken in and out until the bubble 5a is concentric with the reference circle 5b. Fine adjustment of the mounting height of) and leveling operation.

As described above, the cart 20 has at least one of the four-wheel swivel casters equipped with a wheel locking device, so that the bogie 20 can freely and easily move between rooms with a small force to a predetermined position, and By locking one, it does not move from the fixed position against external force such as careless contact or unexpected earthquake.

At present, there are only a few home air conditioners with air conditioners equipped with casters, so that it is possible to cope with this by facilitating carts having different mounting tables.

As described above, the level is used in the air conditioner. However, a level may be provided on a part of the truck.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Using the air-conditioning equipment movement assisting device, women and the elderly can easily move, and the casters are locked so that they do not move from their home positions. Further, horizontal fine adjustment is possible, and a safe air-conditioning equipment movement assisting device can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which an air conditioner is mounted on an air conditioner movement assisting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the air conditioner movement assisting device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view of the caster of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a level attached to the air conditioner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional air conditioner.

FIG. 5 (a) is a perspective view of another conventional air conditioner,
FIG. 5B is a perspective view of the casters and the mounting screws attached to FIG. 5A.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 air conditioner 5 level 5a bubble 5b reference circle 6 caster (free) 6A caster with lock function 7 caster lock petal 8 axle 9 wheel 10 screw part 11 ball holder 12 gripping part 13 swivel placket 20 trolley 21 mounting table 22 non-slip Member 23 Fall prevention member

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An air conditioner moving device comprising: an air conditioner such as an oil stove, a fan heater, an air purifier, a humidifier / humidifier, etc., mounted thereon to assist movement and, at the same time, having means for leveling the air conditioner. Auxiliary equipment. 2. The air-conditioning equipment movement assisting device according to claim 1, wherein the device for assisting movement by mounting the air-conditioning equipment is a cart having a plurality of casters. 3. The horizontal adjustment means provided on the cart,
The air conditioner movement assist device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the caster is a caster attached to the bottom of the mounting table. 4. The caster according to claim 1, wherein the caster is horizontally adjusted by adjusting a mounting height of the caster by inserting and removing a screw portion of the caster screwed into a bottom of the mounting table. Air conditioning equipment movement assist device. 5. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of casters has a wheel lock function.