JP2003097823A - Electric dehumidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that the surface of water in a water receiving vessel is waved when carrying an electric dehumidifier, and sometimes the water overflows from the water receiving vessel and wets the inside of a cabin. SOLUTION: In this electric dehumidifier having a refrigerating cycle composed of a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, etc., and a water receiving vessel for storing the dehumidified water in a casing, a plurality of ribs are extended from sidewalls inside of the water receiving vessel, tip parts of the ribs extended from one sidewall are overlapped to tip parts of the ribs extended from the opposite sidewall through an open space, which inhibits the movement of the dehumidified water stored in the water receiving vessel, are prevents the waving of the dehumidified water in the water receiving vessel.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric dehumidifier which can be moved to a free place in a room and used, and more particularly to treatment of dehumidified water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electric dehumidifier, a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, etc. are connected to the inside of a box by a refrigerant pipe, and a blower sucks indoor air through an evaporator having a temperature lower than the dew point temperature of the indoor air. At this time, the moisture in the indoor air is condensed on the surface of the evaporator to dehumidify it, and then the dehumidified and cooled indoor air is heated through a condenser arranged facing the evaporator, It is heated to room temperature and blown out into the room as dry, low-humidity air, and by repeating this, the humidity in the room is lowered.

The dehumidified water condensed in the evaporator flows down along the surface of the evaporator, is once collected in the dew tray, drops into the water receiver through the drain port of the dew tray, and is stored in the water receiver. When the dehumidified water stored in the water receiver reaches the specified water storage amount, the float switch that detects the water level attached to the water receiver activates the full water switch to light the full water lamp to notify the full water state. The operation of the electric dehumidifier is stopped. The user, who knew that the water receiver was full, pulled out the water receiver from the electric dehumidifier, discarded the water inside, and inserted the empty water receiver into the electric dehumidifier again. The operation will be restarted.

When the filled water receiver is pulled out of the electric dehumidifier and is transported to a sink to discard the water inside, the water surface inside the water receiver swells according to the walking pace,
Occasionally, water splashed from the water receiver to wet the room. As a method of preventing this, the shape of the water receiver is made into a bag so that the dehumidifying water inlet / outlet can be made smaller to prevent the dehumidifying water from splashing from the inlet / outlet, or the depth can be increased to reduce the open surface area of the dehumidifying water. There have been methods such as making it difficult for the water surface to be ruffled during transportation, or using a drop lid to suppress the rippling as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-28159 (Prior Art 1).

That is, in the prior art 1, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a drop cover 33 made of a flexible resin material is provided in the water receiver 32 of the electric dehumidifier 31, and the water surface inside the water receiver 32 is wavy. Is controlled by a flexible drop lid 33 to prevent dehumidified water from splashing out of the water receiver 32 during transportation.

In this case, however, in addition to the water receiver 32, the drop cover 3 made of a flexible resin material for preventing the ripples.
3, the number of parts is increased, and when the water in the water receiver 32 is discarded, the drop lid 3 in the water receiver 32 is required.
It is necessary to provide a drop-preventing projection 32a so that the three do not fall together. Providing the protrusion 32a inside the water receiver 32 complicates the mold of the water receiver 32, increases the cost of the mold and the cost of the parts, and deteriorates the moldability.

Further, since the dehumidifying water is stored in the water receiver 32, it is easy to get dirty and the inside must be cleaned from time to time. However, since the projection 32a for preventing the drop lid from falling is provided, when cleaning the dirt in the water receiver, avoid the projection 32a, remove the internal drop lid 33, discard the water, and clean it.
The dropping lid 33 had to be inserted again, which made it inconvenient.

Whenever the water receiver is full, it is troublesome to pull out the water receiver to empty the internal water, insert the water receiver into the electric dehumidifier again, and restart the operation. There is also an electric dehumidifier that allows you to select a method for continuous drainage by connecting a drain hose directly to the drain outlet of the dew tray without dropping the dehumidified water collected in the tray to the water receiver. As a known example thereof, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-240975 (Prior Art 2) is disclosed.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 14, 15 and 16, the water receiver 42 is normally inserted to the prescribed position of the electric dehumidifier 41, and the drip prevention valve 43 is pushed open at the side wall of the water receiver 42. Dehumidified water is stored in the water receiver 42. When performing continuous drainage, the drain hose 45 is inserted into the hose take-out hole 44 provided for continuous drainage on the side surface of the box body without inserting the water receiver 42 as shown in FIG. Forcibly pushing up with the drain hose 45, and the drain port 4 of the dew tray
Continuous drainage is performed by connecting the drainage hose 45 to 6.

As for the method of putting in and taking out the water receiver, in the prior art 2, the method of moving the water receiver in parallel is taken in and out, but in the case of JP-A-10-220806 (prior art 3). 17 and 18, the projection 52a provided on the bottom surface of the water receiver 52 is aligned with the recess 53a provided on the base 53 of the electric dehumidifier 51, and the water receiver 52 is rotated to remove water. Mounting the receptacle 52,
The removal operation is in progress.

In order to reliably define the mounting position of the water receiver for each method, the protrusion 42a provided on the end face of the water receiver 42 in FIG. 15 is elastically protruded from the main body of the electric dehumidifier 41. By being held by the body 47, a click feeling is given when the body reaches the prescribed mounting position so that the mounting position of the water receiver 42 can be sensed by the hand. 17 and 18, the base 53 of the electric dehumidifier 51 is provided with a recess 53a for receiving the projection 52a of the water receiver 52, and a U-shaped cut 53b is provided around the recess 53a to form an elastic body.

The projection 52a of the water receiver 52 is mounted in the recess 53a of the base 53, and the water receiver 52 is rotated to mount the water receiver 52 at a predetermined position. And, just before the specified mounting position, the water receiver 5
A size interval slightly smaller than the radius of gyration of 2 is set by a protrusion (not shown) or the like, and when the water receiver 52 passes through this size interval, a U-shaped cut formed around the recess 53a. By the click feeling generated by elastically deforming 53b, the prescribed mounting position of the water receiver 52 can be recognized by the hand.

[0013]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention As described above,
In the prior art 1, a drop cover made of a flexible resin material is provided in the water receiver, and the ripples on the water surface in the water receiver are suppressed by the flexible drop cover so that dehumidified water can be removed from the water receiver during transportation. Prevents scattering.

However, in this case, in addition to the water receiver, a drop cover made of a flexible resin material for preventing undulation is required, so that not only the number of parts increases but also the water in the water receiver is discarded. Sometimes it is necessary to provide a projection so that the drop lid inside the water receiver does not fall together.Providing a projection inside the water receiver complicates the mold of the water receiver, which reduces the mold cost and the unit price of parts. The cost was increased and the moldability was deteriorated.

Further, since the inside of the water receiver stores dehumidified water, it easily gets dirty, and the inside must be cleaned from time to time. However, as the drop cover has a projection to prevent it from falling, when cleaning the inside of the water receiver, avoid the projection and remove the internal drop cover, discard the water, clean, and then insert the drop cover again. It had to be done and was inconvenient.

As for the method of putting in and taking out the water receiver, as in the prior art 2, the method of moving the water receiver in parallel is taken in and out, or the projection provided on the bottom surface of the water receiver as in the prior art 3 of the electric dehumidifier. There is a method of attaching and detaching the water receiver by rotating the water receiver in conformity with the recess provided on the bottom surface of the base.
And, for each water receiver's withdrawal method,
In order to reliably specify the mounting position of the water receiver, by holding the protrusions provided on the end surface of the water receiver with an elastic body, it is possible to confirm that the water receiver has reached the specified mounting position for the user. A click feeling that is transmitted to the hand is used to notify the user, and the water receiver is securely inserted to the specified mounting position.

However, in the prior art 2, since the protrusion size of the elastic protrusion is short and the protrusion size is small, it is not possible to increase the amount of deformation of the tip portion, which is the point of action, and there is a margin for the water receiver and the width dimension. It is less and it is difficult to absorb the manufacturing error and the assembly error of the water receiver. Therefore, when inserting the water receiver, the water receiver may abut against the tip of the elastic protrusion, which makes it difficult to smoothly insert the water receiver. In addition, since the protrusion size of the elastic protrusion is short and the elastic deformation amount is small, the click feeling transmitted to the hand becomes hard and it is difficult to obtain soft operability.

In the prior art 3, the water receiver is attached and detached by rotating the water receiver by aligning the projection provided on the bottom surface of the water receiver with the recess on the bottom surface of the electric dehumidifier. When aligning the protrusions on the bottom of the container with the recesses on the bottom of the electric dehumidifier, it is not possible to directly check the fit between the protrusions and the recesses, and you have to rely on the sense and feeling of your hands. It was a bad thing.

In order to reliably define the mounting position of the water receiver, the recess on the bottom of the electric dehumidifier set to be slightly smaller than the turning radius of the water receiver and the projection (not shown) provided on the main body of the dehumidifier. ), When the water receiver passes through, the click force is given by the elastic force of the U-shaped notch formed around the recess to define the mounting position of the water receiver.

However, also in this case, as the elastic body for giving the click feeling, the elastic force of the U-shaped notch provided around the concave portion on the bottom surface of the electric dehumidifier for receiving the water receiver is sufficient. However, the elastic body cannot be made sufficiently large, the margin due to elastic deformation is small, the manufacturing error and the assembly error of the water receiver cannot be absorbed, and it is difficult to give a soft click feeling.

Since it is troublesome to manually discard the dehumidified water stored in the water receiver each time, the prior art 2 discloses a method of continuously discharging water without using the water receiver. . In this case, provide a special hose outlet on the side of the box to take out the drain hose for continuous drainage, insert the drain hose into the hose outlet, and connect the drain hose to the drain outlet of the dew tray. Therefore, continuous drainage was performed.

In this case, an extra hole for taking out the hose needs to be specially provided on the side surface of the box body, and since the water receiver is used without being attached to the main body of the electric dehumidifier, the electric dehumidifier is removed from the water receiver mounting portion. The inside of the machine was visible, and the appearance was not very good.

Further, conventionally, the surface of the refrigerant pipe on the low temperature side is cooled to a temperature not higher than the dew point temperature of the room air, so that it is wound around to prevent dew condensation. Therefore, the cost of the heat insulating material and the extra time for the assembly work are spent.

[0024] A first object of the present invention is to provide an electric dehumidifier which suppresses the scattering of water without using an accessory such as a drop lid when transporting a water receiver.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an electric dehumidifier which does not require special hose holes when liquefied water is treated with a hose for drainage treatment.

A third object of the present invention is to provide an electric dehumidifier which reduces the heat insulating material wound around the low temperature side refrigerant pipe of the refrigeration cycle to prevent dew condensation.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide an electric dehumidifier for surely notifying the user that the water receiver is mounted when the water receiver is mounted on the main body.

[0028]

A first object of the present invention is to provide a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in a box body,
In an electric dehumidifier provided with a water receiver for storing dehumidified water, a rib extending from one side wall inside the water receiver and a rib extending from an opposite side wall are overlapped with each other through a space. It is achieved by placing.

The second purpose is to provide a box body, a refrigeration cycle housed in the box body, a water receiver formed of a transparent or translucent resin material for storing dehumidifying water, and the water receiver. In an electric dehumidifier equipped with a water level confirmation window for confirming the water level of the dehumidified water stored in the water receiver provided in the box for storing the water level confirmation window for leading out a drain hose for continuous drainage. This can be achieved by also using the drainage hose as a lead-out hole, forming the drainage hose in a bellows shape, and setting the width of the water level confirmation window to an intermediate size between the peak diameter and the valley diameter of the bellows-shaped drainage hose.

The third object is to provide a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in a box body, a dew tray for receiving dehumidified water condensed by the evaporator, and a water receiver for storing the dehumidified water. In the electric dehumidifier provided with, it is achieved by extending the dew tray to the lower side of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe of the refrigeration cycle.

The fourth object is to provide a refrigerating cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in a box body, a dew tray for receiving dehumidified water condensed by the evaporator, and a water receiver for storing the dehumidified water. In the electric dehumidifier provided with, a plurality of elastic bodies that define the mounting position of the water receiver are provided on the lower surface of the dew tray or the upper surface of the base, and the distance between the elastic bodies is greater than the width of the water receiver. It is achieved by making it small.

[0032]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of an electric dehumidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of a water receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a state in which the water receiver is pulled out, and FIG. The state explanatory drawing which inserts a water receiver, FIG. 5 is a top view of a water receiver,
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line AA for the water receiver.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an electric dehumidifier according to an embodiment incorporating the present invention, and 2 is a box body divided into a box body 2a and a box body 2b. 3 is an electric dehumidifier 1 at any position in the room
A handle for transporting to move the air, a blowout port for blowing out dehumidified and dried air, a flap for deflecting the flow of the blown air, a driving switch, and a box body that also serves as an operation switch operating plate. A decorative plate for fixing 2a and 2b, a water receiver 8 and a water level confirmation window 9.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a compressor 10, a condenser 11 and an evaporator 12 are incorporated in the box body 2, and each of the devices has a high temperature side refrigerant pipe 13 and a low temperature side refrigerant pipe. The refrigeration cycle is configured by being connected at 14. An evaporator 12 and a condenser 11 are arranged in the upper part of the box body 2 so as to face each other, and a blower 15 is provided in the rear part of the condenser 11.
Are arranged. Electrical components and the like are arranged above the evaporator 12 and the condenser 11, and a dew tray 16 is provided below the evaporator 12 and the condenser 11. A compressor 10 and a water receiver 8 are arranged below the dew tray 16, that is, in the lower half space of the box body 2. The dew tray 16 provided in the lower part of the evaporator 12 and the condenser 11 receives the dehumidified water condensed in the evaporator 12 and forms an air passage for the indoor air of the electric dehumidifier 1 which is sucked in and discharged by the blower 15. There is.

In the conventional electric dehumidifier, the moisture in the air is mainly condensed by the fin group of the evaporator through which the indoor air passes, and the moisture condensed on the surface of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe connected to the evaporator is dehumidified by the electric dehumidifier. It was treated as a troublesome thing to wet the inside of the container, and the surface of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe was covered with a heat insulating material or the like so as not to condense excess water on it and treated.

However, in the electric dehumidifier 1 of this embodiment, the dew tray 16 is extended to the lower side of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe 14 connected to the evaporator 12 so that the moisture condensed on the surface of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe 14 can be removed. The dew tray 16 receives the dew tray 16, and the low temperature side refrigerant pipe 14 also functions as a part of the evaporator 12 to improve the dehumidifying ability. As a result, in this embodiment, the dehumidifying ability can be improved by about 2%. Further, since it is not necessary to cover the surface of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe 14 with a heat insulating material or the like, the assembling time can be shortened and the assembling workability is improved.

The electric dehumidifier 1 can be operated simply by turning on the operation switch 6, whereby the refrigeration cycle and the blower 15 are operated and the room is opened from the suction port (not shown) provided in the box 2b. The evaporator 12 sucks in air and cools the sucked indoor air to a temperature below the dew point temperature.
Water contained in the room air as water vapor is removed by dew condensation on the surface of the evaporator 12. Then, the room air from which the water has been removed is evaporated by the evaporator 1.
When passing through the condenser 11 arranged so as to face the air conditioner 2, it is heated to a temperature close to the room temperature and warmed up this time, and is again blown out into the room from the blow-out port 4 as dry air with little water content.

The dehumidified and dried air blown out from the blow-out port 4 can change its blowing direction by the flap 5. As a result, even when the laundry is dried indoors or in the bathroom on a rainy day, the drying time can be shortened by directly blowing the dehumidified and dried air to the laundry.

The dehumidified water that has condensed on the surface of the evaporator 12 flows down on the surface of the evaporator 12, is once collected in the dew tray 16, and drops from the drain port 16b of the dew tray 16 into the water receiver 8.

The water receiver 8 is provided with a float 8a for detecting the water level when it is full and a switch lever 8b with the rotating shaft 8c as a symmetrical axis, and when the dehumidifying water is full, the float 8a supports the rotating shaft 8c as a fulcrum. When the switch lever 8b is turned up and pushed up, the switch lever 8b provided on the opposite side of the rotary shaft 8c is lowered, and the switch lever 8b is lowered so that the full water switch (not shown) is actuated. The display lamp 17 is turned on to notify that the water receiver 8 is full, and the power supply to the electric dehumidifier 1 is cut off to stop the operation of the electric dehumidifier 1.

Electric dehumidifier 1 with water receiver 8 stopped when full of water
3 draws out the water receiver 8 from the electric dehumidifier 1 as shown in FIG. 3, discards the dehumidified water in the water receiver 8 at a sink, etc., and the empty water receiver 8 is removed as shown in FIG. By reattaching the electric dehumidifier 1, the operation of the electric dehumidifier 1 can be automatically restarted.

When moving to the sink for emptying the dehumidified water in the water receiver 8 that has become full, the dehumidified water in the water receiver 8 swells in accordance with the walking pace, and in some cases the water receiver 8
Dehumidified water spattered from the room and could wet the floor in the room. In the prior art 1, in order to prevent this, a drop lid made of a flexible resin material is provided to suppress the ripples on the water surface in the water receiver and prevent the dehumidified water from jumping out of the water receiver during transportation.

However, in this case, in addition to the water receiver, a drop cover made of a flexible resin material for preventing ripples is required, and not only the number of parts is increased but also the water in the water receiver is discarded. Sometimes it was necessary to provide protrusions inside the water receiver to prevent the drop lid inside the water receiver from falling together. Providing the projection inside the water receiver complicates the mold for the water receiver, which leads to an increase in the cost of the molding die and the unit price of the parts, and deteriorates the moldability.

A method of preventing the dehumidifying water from jumping out by forming the water receiver in the shape of a bag and making the inlet / outlet port of the dehumidifying water small can be considered, but in this case, the forming method is limited to blow molding. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain an accurate size and shape, and it is not suitable for an indoor electric dehumidifier in which small and compact parts are arranged.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2, 5 and 6, a plurality of ribs 18 are extended from the side wall inside the water receiver 8, and the tip end of the rib 18 extended from one side wall is located on the opposite side wall. The rib 18 is provided so as to overlap the tip end portion of the extended rib 18 with a space therebetween. Since the tip ends of the ribs 18 extending from the opposite side walls inside the water receiver 8 overlap each other at the bottom face through the respective distances, the dehumidified water in the water receiver 8 is indicated by the broken line arrow in FIG. Even if the rib 18 tries to flow in the direction, the flow of the dehumidifying water is blocked by the rib 18 so that the rib 18 cannot easily move. As a result, even if the water receiver 8 that is full of water is carried to the sink, the water receiver 8 can be adjusted according to the pace of the foot.
The water surface of the dehumidifying water inside does not swell, and therefore does not splash from the water receiver 8.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the rib 18 occupies approximately 80% of the height and width of the water receiver 8, and therefore also serves as a reinforcing rib for maintaining the dimensional shape of the water receiver 8. This means that the water receiver 8 can be manufactured with high dimensional accuracy with less distortion and deformation when molding the water receiver 8 with resin. The fact that the dimensional accuracy is high makes it possible to accurately determine the mounting position of the water receiver 8 as described later. Moreover, unlike the prior art 1, since it is not necessary to project the drop-preventing projection of the drop lid into the inside, the molding die can be simplified and the die manufacturing cost can be reduced.
In addition, the yield is improved by improving the moldability,
The cost of parts can be reduced.

Further, since the dehumidifying water is stored in the water receiver, it easily gets dirty, and the inside must be cleaned from time to time. However, in the case of the prior art 1, since the drop-preventing projection of the drop lid is provided, when cleaning the dirt in the water receiver, avoid the projection and remove the internal drop lid to discard the water. It had to be cleaned, and the drop cover had to be inserted again, making it inconvenient.

In the present embodiment, the ribs have a shape close to a triangle, but it is not always necessary to make the shape triangular, and it is sufficient if the tip of the rib can suppress the movement of dehumidified water in the water receiver. It is possible to obtain the same effect even if the trapezoidal shape in which the tip portion is slightly raised.

Although the inside of the water receiver 8 of the present embodiment is partitioned by the ribs 18, since there is no protrusion inside the water receiver 8, the water receiver 8 must be inserted through the upper opening. The inside can be easily cleaned. Since the float 8a and the switch lever 8b for detecting the water level inside are integrated with the rotary shaft 8c, the float 8a and the switch lever 8b can be easily removed by bending the rotary shaft 8c in some cases. Therefore, the float 8a and the switch lever 8b may be removed for cleaning.

As shown in FIG. 6, the method of mounting the water receiver 8 of this embodiment is such that two convex guides 19 provided on the base 19 are provided.
A parallel movement method is adopted in which a is combined with a recess 8d at the bottom of the water receiver 8 to slide. The horizontal position of the water receiver 8 is determined by combining the guide 19a of the base 19 and the recessed portion 8d at the bottom of the water receiver 8, and after that, as shown in FIGS. The operability of putting in and out the container 8 is simple.

Further, the mechanism for notifying the user that the water receiver 8 has been securely attached to the prescribed position by hand is as shown in FIGS. That is, this is performed by the elastic body 16a having a dogleg-shaped cross section that protrudes from the lower portion of the dew tray 16 that also serves as a partition plate of the ventilation passage, and the projection 8e provided on the side surface of the water receiver 8. The elastic body 16a is, as shown in FIG.
Since it can be projected from the lower part of 6 with a long span, the amount of displacement at the position where it abuts the protrusion 8e can be increased. By increasing the amount of displacement, the protrusion 8e
It is possible to soften the click sensation when passing through the elastic body 16a.

Since the elastic body 16a is provided in the space between the boxes 2a and 2b and the water receiver 8, there is a sufficient space, and the tip of the arm having a dogleg-shaped cross section and the side wall of the water receiver 8 are provided. Distance B
It is easy to give a margin to. As a result, it is possible to easily absorb left and right play sizes of the water receiver 8 due to the gap between the guide 19a of the base 19 and the recess 8d at the bottom of the water receiver 8, molding errors, and dimensional differences due to assembly errors. The operability of taking in and out the water receiver 8 can be improved.

In this embodiment, the elastic body 16a is projected from the lower part of the dew tray 16, but the dew tray 16 is not always necessary.
There is no need to project from the bottom of The same effect can be obtained by making the base 19 project upward along the side surface of the water receiver 8.

In this embodiment, since the water receiver 8 is made of a translucent resin material, the amount of dehumidifying water stored in the water receiver 8 can be confirmed through the side wall of the water receiver 8. However, the front surface of the electric dehumidifier 1 is not always installed in the visible side depending on the usability. The electric dehumidifier 1 of this embodiment has a rectangular shape when viewed from above, and since the outlet 4 for dry air is provided on the side of the box 2a, the side of the box 2b with the suction port is set to the wall side. Are often installed as Therefore, a water level confirmation window 9 is also provided on the side of the box body 2a so that the water level of the water receiver 8 can be confirmed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, a bellows-shaped drainage hose 20 for continuous drainage is passed through the water level confirmation window 9 to make the dew tray 1
By connecting the tip of the drainage hose 20 to the drainage elbow 21 connected to the drainage port 16b of No. 6, continuous drainage is possible. In addition, since the width of the water level confirmation window 9 is set to an intermediate size between the peak diameter and the valley diameter of the bellows-shaped drainage hose 20, when the drainage hose 20 is inserted into the water level confirmation window 9.
Insert it so that it is slightly crushed.

As a result, the end surface of the water level confirmation window 9 is placed between the peak diameter and the trough diameter of the drainage hose 20 to prevent the drainage hose from coming off, and even if the drainage hose 20 is pulled, The end face of the water level confirmation window 9 is a drain hose 20.
The drain hose 20 does not fall off because it holds the mountain portion of the. Therefore, the drain hose 20 does not come out to wet the inside of the electric dehumidifier 1 with dehumidifying water, and the floor surface in the room is not wet with dehumidifying water, which is safe.

In the case of continuous drainage using the drain hose 20, a water receptor 22 whose tip is cut so as not to hit the drain hose 20 when the water receptor is inserted is used instead of the water receptor 8. ing. By using the water receiver 22, even if the dewatering hose 20 is clogged and dehumidified water is stored in the water receiving tray 16, the water is dropped from the overflow port (not shown) of the water receiving tray 16 and the inside of the electric dehumidifier 1 is used. It does not get wet in the room. Further, even in the case of continuous drainage, by inserting the water receiver 22, it is possible to improve the appearance design without seeing the inside of the electric dehumidifier 1 from the insertion port of the water receiver 22.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the following effects can be expected. 1. Since multiple ribs are provided in the water receiver of the electric dehumidifier and the tips of the ribs overlap at the bottom of the water receiver, it is necessary to discard the water in the filled water receiver. When transported to, the dehumidifying water in the water receiver does not move and wave in accordance with the walking pace, and it does not jump out of the water receiver, so it can be transported with confidence. 2. The dew tray extends to the lower side of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe that connects to the evaporator so that the dehumidified water that has condensed on the surface of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe can be collected, so the surface of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe is insulated to prevent dew condensation. Since it is not necessary to cover with a material, the assembling work is simplified, and the surface of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe can be effectively utilized as a dehumidifying means similar to the evaporator, and the dehumidifying ability can be improved. 3. Continuous drainage is possible by connecting a drainage hose for continuous drainage through a water level confirmation window provided on the side of the box. Also, since the width of the water level confirmation window is set to a size between the mountain diameter and the valley diameter of the bellows-shaped drainage hose, the drainage hose is held by the water level confirmation window even if the drainage hose is pulled, It is safe because it can be prevented from coming out of the drainage elbow. 4. A plurality of elastic bodies that define the mounting position of the water receiver are provided on the lower surface of the dew tray or the upper surface of the base, and the interval between these elastic bodies is made smaller than the width dimension of the water receiver to secure the click feeling. This ensures that the water receiver can be installed in the specified position.

[0060]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric dehumidifier that suppresses the splashing of water without using an accessory such as a drop lid when carrying a water receiver.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric dehumidifier which does not require a special hose hole when liquefied water is treated with a hose for drainage treatment.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric dehumidifier which reduces the heat insulating material wound around the low temperature side refrigerant pipe of the refrigeration cycle to prevent dew condensation.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric dehumidifier for surely notifying the user that the water receiver is mounted when the water receiver is mounted on the main body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an electric dehumidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a water receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a state where the water receiver is pulled out.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a state where a water receiver is inserted.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a water receiver.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the water receiver.

FIG. 7 is an internal top view of the electric dehumidifier according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an internal front view of the electric dehumidifier according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9: Drain hose for continuous drainage.

FIG. 10: Elbow for connecting a drain hose for continuous drainage.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of connection of a drain hose for continuous drainage.

FIG. 12 is an electric dehumidifier according to a conventional example.

FIG. 13 shows a ripple preventing mechanism of a water receiver according to a conventional example.

FIG. 14 is an electric dehumidifier according to a conventional example.

FIG. 15 is a mounting / positioning click mechanism of a water receiver according to a conventional example.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a continuous drainage mechanism according to a conventional example.

FIG. 17 is an electric dehumidifier according to a conventional example.

FIG. 18 is a water receiver mounting and positioning mechanism according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... electric dehumidifier, 2 ... box, 3 ... handle, 4 ... blowout port,
5 ... Flap, 6 ... Operation switch, 7 ... Decorative plate, 8 ... Water receiver, 9 ... Water level confirmation window, 10 ... Compressor, 11 ... Condenser, 12 ... Evaporator, 13 ... High temperature side refrigerant pipe, 14 ... Low temperature side refrigerant pipe, 15 ... Blower, 16 ... Dew pan, 17 ... Full water display lamp, 18 ... Rib, 19 ... Base, 20 ... Drain hose, 21 ... Drain elbow, 22 ... Water receiver, 31 ... Electric dehumidifier, 32 ... Water receiver, 33 ... Drop cover, 41 ... Electric dehumidifier, 42 ... Water receiver, 43 ... Drip prevention valve, 44 ... Hose extraction hole, 45 ... Drain hose, 46 ... Dew tray drain port, 51 ... Electric Dehumidifier, 52 ... Water receiver, 53 ... Base.

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Toru Muraishi             2 709 Tomita, Ohira Town, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture             Hitachi Tochigi Electronics Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shoichi Sato             2 709 Tomita, Ohira Town, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture             Hitachi Tochigi Electronics Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3L050 AA10 BD05 BE04 BF04

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An electric dehumidifier equipped with a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in a box body and a water receiver for storing dehumidified water, which extends from one side wall inside the water receiver. An electric dehumidifier in which ribs and ribs extending from opposite side walls are arranged so as to overlap with each other through a space. 2. A box body, a refrigeration cycle housed in the box body, a water receiver formed of a transparent or translucent resin material for storing dehumidifying water, and the box containing the water receiver. In an electric dehumidifier equipped with a water level confirmation window for confirming the water level of the dehumidified water stored in the water receiver installed in the body, the water level confirmation window also serves as the outlet hole for leading out the drain hose for continuous drainage. An electric dehumidifier in which the drain hose has a bellows shape, and the width of the water level confirmation window is set to an intermediate size between the peak diameter and the valley diameter of the bellows-shaped drain hose. 3. An electric machine provided with a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in a box body, a dew tray for receiving dehumidified water condensed by the evaporator, and a water receiver for storing dehumidified water. In the dehumidifier, an electric dehumidifier in which the dew tray is extended to the lower side of the low temperature side refrigerant pipe of the refrigeration cycle. 4. An electric machine provided with a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, a dew tray for receiving dehumidified water condensed by the evaporator, and a water receiver for storing the dehumidified water in a box body. In the dehumidifier, an electric dehumidifier in which a plurality of elastic bodies that define the mounting position of the water receiver are provided on the lower surface of the dew tray or the upper surface of the base, and the distance between the elastic bodies is smaller than the width of the water receiver. . 5. The electric dehumidifier according to claim 4, wherein the elastic body has a length dimension larger than a width dimension to increase a distance between a fulcrum of the elastic body and an action point.