JP2003314886A - Device for installation of equipment on wall surface - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems wherein, if only a middle portion of an installation plate can be screwed because of house limitations, hanging an indoor unit causes, due to the weight, the deflection and deformation of a hanger portion and unscrewed portions of the installation plate; the deformation of the installation plate, on a separate air conditioner, causes body deformation, a water leak and the like; and locating a screw hole in the highest possible position of the middle portion of the installation plate to suppress the phenomena is subject to limitations in relation to the hanger portion. <P>SOLUTION: An equipment mounting porting in an upper region is protruded away from a wall surface over a given dimension, and a spacer is set on a back surface thereof. The equipment mounting portion and the spacer are provided with through hole portions in which a fixing member such as a machine screw passes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an installation device for equipment such as an air conditioner or an acoustic speaker which is relatively heavy and is suspended and supported on the wall surface of a house.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A separation type air conditioner will be described below as an example of equipment. In the conventional separation type air conditioner, the indoor unit is locked to the installation plate 102 attached to the indoor wall surface 100 as shown in FIG. 6 and arranged on the indoor wall surface.

That is, the indoor unit 104 is supported by fixing a plurality of positions of the installation plate 102 to the wall surface with screws 103 and locking the engaging portion 106 of the indoor unit 104 at the upper edge thereof as shown in FIG. It

Here, the upper edge of the installation plate 102 has a hook portion 105 by drawing, cutting and raising, welding or the like, and the indoor unit 10 is attached to the hook portion 105.
The hook-shaped engaging portion 106 of 4 is fitted.

As a result, the engaging portion 106 of the indoor unit fits in the space of the hook portion 105.

Therefore, the indoor unit 104 has a wall surface 100.
It will be installed with a very small gap between and, and it will look good.

As shown in FIG. 6, the installation plate 102 is generally fixed to the wall surface 100 by inserting a screw 103 into a screw through hole 107 provided in other than the hook portion 105.

[0008]

However, with the structure of the above-mentioned conventional installation plate 102, the installation of the indoor unit looks good, but due to the convenience of the house, as shown in FIG. When only the central portion can be screwed, only the screw holes near the central portion of the installation plate 102 can be used, and when the indoor unit is suspended, the hook portion 105 and the installation plate 102 are not screwed due to their weight. Had the drawback that it would flex and deform.

In particular, the mounting plate 102 having the shape shown in FIG.
In order to reduce the weight of members and save resources, the rectangular flat plate shape is formed by leaving only a necessary portion, and the strength is lower than that of the rectangular shape.

Therefore, when the number of screws to be fastened to the wall surface cannot be secured sufficiently and the indoor unit 104 is suspended, the indoor unit 1
The mounting plate 102 is significantly deformed by the weight of 04.

This modification will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 shows how the load is applied to the installation plate 102 when the indoor unit 104 of the separation type air conditioner is suspended on the wall surface 100.

That is, the indoor unit 104 having the mass M is suspended by the hook portion 105 of the installation plate 102, and the component force F due to the mass M acts on the hook portion 105.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
When only the central portion of 2 is fastened to the stud 108 with the screw 103, the upper edge of the installation plate 102 is broken by a moment proportional to the distance L shown in FIG. As shown by, it deforms flexibly.

In particular, in the case of a separation type air conditioner, if the installation plate 102 is deformed, it may cause deformation of the main body, deterioration of ventilation performance / cooling / heating performance, water leakage, abnormal noise, stoppage of equipment, and other abnormalities. Become.

To suppress such a phenomenon, the installation plate 10
It is conceivable to provide the screw hole at the center of 2 as high as possible, but there is a limit due to the positional relationship of the hook portion 105 provided on the upper portion of the installation plate 102 in order to improve the appearance of the installation of the indoor unit 104. It was

[0017]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is directed to a planar main body portion facing a wall surface, and an equipment mounting device which is located above the main body portion and extends along the upper edge of the main body portion. And a device mounting portion that protrudes from the main body portion to the side opposite to the wall surface with a predetermined dimension, and has a spacer mounting space on the back surface that has a constant distance from the wall surface, and further, in the spacer mounting space, A spacer is provided between the wall surface and the device mounting portion, and the device mounting portion and the spacer are provided with through holes through which fixing members such as nails and screws pass.

With this structure, the vicinity of the upper edge of the main body can be used as the wall surface fixing portion of the main body, and the bending deformation of the upper edge of the main body can be suppressed. As a result, at the upper edge of the main body portion, the stress applied forward around the fixed portion can be suppressed, and the bending deformation of the upper edge of the main body portion can be suppressed.

Further, according to the present invention, the equipment mounting portion formed on the upper portion of the main body has a plurality of holes, one of which is a spacer main body hole and the other holes are spaced from the spacer main body hole by a predetermined distance. Further, the spacer is provided at a spacer body that engages with the spacer body hole, an arm portion that extends outward from the spacer body, and a tip of the arm portion or at an appropriate position. Except for this, it is composed of protrusions that fit into other holes.

With this structure, the spacer can be prevented from idling, and the arm portion can be held at a predetermined position.
As a result, the arm portion reinforces the periphery of the spacer in the main body portion.

Further, according to the present invention, the protrusion forming the spacer is provided with a retaining member for retaining fitting with the hole.

With this structure, the spacer body is prevented from falling off, and reinforcement around the spacer is further ensured.

[0023]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings with regard to an installation device for an indoor unit in a separation type air conditioner.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows an installation device for installing an indoor unit on a wall surface of a house, and 1 is an installation plate made of a steel plate and corresponds to the main body of the present invention.

At the center of the upper edge of the installation plate 1, there is provided a device mounting portion 2 formed by drawing, cutting and raising, or welding.

The device mounting portion 2 projects from the surface of the installation plate 1 in the direction opposite to the wall surface so as to expand by a predetermined dimension χ.
As shown in FIG. 2, a spacer mounting space 2a, which is a space, is formed on the back surface thereof.

Utilizing the space of the size χ of the mounting space 2a, the engaging portion 4 provided in a hook-shaped projection on the upper rear surface of the indoor unit 3 sandwiches the upper edge of the device mounting portion 2. Engage.

The engaging portion 4 is provided symmetrically with respect to the center of the main body of the indoor unit 3 and at a position that fits within the width W of the device mounting portion 2 and extends to the same extent as the rear surface of the indoor unit 3. Is formed in.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a spacer main body hole (hereinafter referred to as a main body hole) provided substantially in the center of the mounting portion 2, and a pair of mounting holes 6 are provided at symmetrical positions on both sides thereof.

Reference numerals 7a to 7h are through-holes provided in appropriate places on the installation plate 1 so as to be bilaterally symmetrical, and the installation plate 1 is selected from holes to be used according to the conditions and conditions of the wall surface 9. It is fixed to the wall surface 9 with a fixing member 8 such as a screw, a screw or a nail.

Numeral 10 is a spacer which is attached to the installation plate 1 and is made of a hard resin material having a slight flexibility, and has a relation with the body hole 5 and the attachment hole 6 as follows.

The spacer 10 is, as shown in FIG.
A cylindrical spacer body 12 having a through hole 11 corresponding to the through portion of the present invention, through which a fixing member 8 penetrates in the central portion, an arm portion 13 extending a predetermined dimension outward from the spacer body 12, and an arm. The protrusion 14 provided at the tip of the portion 13 and fitted into the mounting hole 6, and the protrusion 14 provided at the tip of the protrusion 14 contact the surface of the installation plate 1 with an appropriate area in the fitted state with the mounting hole 6. Is formed of a retaining portion 15 that prevents the protrusion 14 from coming off the mounting hole 6, and these are integrally formed by die molding.

Here, the retaining portion 15 has a tapered portion 15a which acts so as to smoothly insert into the mounting hole 6, and may have a claw-like structure generally used as a retaining portion. The spacer 10 is detachably attached to the installation plate 1 by this force.

Further, the height H of the spacer body 12 is set to a value substantially equal to the space projection size χ of the spacer mounting space 2a provided in the installation plate 1.

The arm portion 13 has a base portion 13a extending flush with one end surface of the spacer body 12, and the base portion 13a.
The leg portion 13b extends in a direction perpendicular to a and has the same height as the spacer body 12.

A series of work contents for mounting the indoor unit 3 on the wall surface 9 in the room having the above-mentioned structure will be described.

First, when the wall surface 9 required for installation has a uniform area, as shown in FIG.
Is placed at a desired position, and the through holes 7a-
By selecting a plurality of 7h and fixing each position to the wall surface 9 with the fixing member 8, the fixing of the installation plate 1 to the wall surface is completed.

The engaging portion 4 of the indoor unit 3 is attached to the installation plate 1
By engaging the device mounting portion 2 at the upper edge, the installation of the indoor unit 3 on the wall surface 9 is completed. Then, if necessary, a unit for further firmly fixing the indoor unit 3 to the installation plate 1 may be provided separately.

In this case, since the spacer 10 is not particularly required, it may be removed from the installation plate 1, or may be fixed to the wall surface 9 with the fixing member 8 in the attached state, like the through holes 7a to 7h. .

Next, a case where the area of the wall surface 9 required for installation cannot be sufficiently secured will be described. As an example, FIG.
When the installation plate 1 can be attached only to the stud 16, as shown in, the spacer 10 is attached to the installation plate 1 in advance.

At the time of mounting, the protrusion 1 of the arm portion 13 of the spacer 10 in the spacer mounting space 2a.
4 is press-fitted into the mounting hole 6.

At this time, the retaining portion 15 slightly bends when penetrating the mounting hole 6 to assist the press-fitting operation, and after penetrating, it returns with its own elasticity to fulfill the retaining function.

As a result, the through hole 1 of the spacer body 12
1 matches the body hole 5 of the mounting plate 1.

The mounting plate 1 prepared in this manner is used as the stud 1
When fixing to the mounting plate 1, first, the mounting plate 1 is positioned, and at that position, the fixing member 8 is passed through the through hole 11 of the spacer body 12 from the body hole 5, and the fixing member 8 is used to fix the mounting plate 1 and the spacer. 10 is pressed and fixed to the wall surface 9. If the fixing member 8 is a screw, the installation plate 1 and the spacer 1
It is fixed to the wall surface 9 by tightening together with 0.

Further, if another portion y is fixed to the stud 16 by the fixing member 8, the mounting plate 1 can be attached more stably. After that, the engaging portion 4 of the indoor unit 3 may be engaged with the device mounting portion 2 of the installation plate 1 as described above.

According to this installation device, not only when the area of the wall surface 9 required for the installation is uniformly ensured, but also when the area of the wall surface 9 required for the installation is not ensured sufficiently, the installation plate Since the structure is such that the upper edge of the installation unit 1 is fixed, even if stress acts on both sides of the installation plate 1 due to the weight of the indoor unit 3, flexural deformation can be suppressed.

Further, the equipment mounting portion 2 at the upper edge portion for fixing the deformation is suppressed by the interposition of the spacer 10, and the mounting plate 1 can be stably mounted.

In particular, since the height H of the spacer body 12 of the spacer 10 is formed to be equal to the projecting dimension χ of the spacer mounting space 2a, the spacer 10 receives a local pressure at the time of fastening by the fixing member 8. Also suppresses the deformation of the device mounting portion 2, and further, the height of the arm portion 13 is also the spacer body 12
Since it is equal to the height H of H, the surroundings of the spacer 12 can be reinforced by the arm portion 13, and the installation plate 1 and the indoor unit 3 can be installed more stably.

The arm portion 13, the projection 14 and the retaining portion 15 prevent the spacer 10 from rotating and prevent the spacer 10 from falling off the installation plate 1, thus improving workability.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The parts different from the first embodiment correspond to the protrusions 22 of the arm portion 21 provided on the spacer 20 and the corresponding portions. The point is that a plurality of mounting holes 6a of the mounting plate 1 are provided at appropriate positions (in the first embodiment, they are arranged side by side on the left and right sides, but they may be arranged on the top and bottom).

With this structure, in addition to the first embodiment, the length of the arm portion 21 allows the reinforcement of the periphery of the main body hole 25 of the device mounting portion 23 over a wide range.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, the equipment to be installed is the indoor unit of the separation type air conditioner, but it may be other equipment suspended and supported on the wall surface such as an air purifier or an acoustic speaker. It can be implemented in the same manner and does not depart from the technical scope of the present invention.

[0053]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the invention of claim 1, a planar main body portion that faces a wall surface, and an equipment mounting device that is located above the main body portion and extends along the upper edge of the main body portion. And a device mounting portion that protrudes from the main body portion to the side opposite to the wall surface with a predetermined dimension, and has a spacer mounting space on the back surface that has a constant distance from the wall surface, and further, in the spacer mounting space, A spacer is provided between the wall surface and the equipment mounting portion, and the equipment mounting portion and the spacer are provided with through holes through which fixing members such as nails and screws pass. Near the upper edge of the main body of the installation device. Can be fixed to the wall surface, and even when a heavy equipment is suspended and supported at the equipment mounting part, the bending deformation of the upper edge of the main body can be suppressed, stable equipment wall mounting can be performed, and the spacer intervenes , Solid Deformation of the device mounting portion with the mounting stress members can be suppressed.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the equipment mounting portion formed on the upper portion of the main body portion has a plurality of holes,
One of them is a spacer body hole, the remaining holes are arranged at a predetermined distance from the spacer body hole, and the spacer is a spacer body that engages with the spacer body hole and an arm that extends outward from the spacer body. And a protrusion that is provided at the tip of the arm or at an appropriate position and that fits into another hole except the spacer body hole,
It is possible to prevent the spacer from turning around due to the force applied when the fixing member is attached.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the protrusion forming the spacer is provided with a retaining member for holding the fitting of the hole, so that the spacer body can be prevented from falling off and the periphery of the spacer body can be reinforced. Be more certain.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a wall surface installation device for equipment showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a wall installation state of the wall surface installation device of the same device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a spacer used in the wall surface installation device of the same device.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a wall surface mounting state of the wall surface mounting device of the same device.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a wall surface installation device for equipment according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a wall mounting state of a device wall mounting device in a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a load applied during installation of the air conditioner body showing a conventional example.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of deformation of the installation plate due to the load of the air conditioner body in the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Installation plate 2 Equipment mounting part 2a Spacer mounting space 3 equipment 4 Engagement part 5 body hole 6 mounting holes 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h Through hole 8 fixing members 9 wall surfaces 10 Spacer 11 through holes 12 Spacer body 13 Arm 13a base 13b leg 14 Projection 15 retaining part 15a taper part 16 studs 20 spacers 21 Arm 22 Projection 23 Equipment mounting part

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kobayashi ▲ Taka ▼ Husband             1006 Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric             Sangyo Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5D017 AG04 AG17

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A planar main body portion facing a wall surface, and a device mounting portion located above the main body portion and extending along an upper edge of the main body portion, wherein the device mounting portion is predetermined from the main body portion. Has a space between the wall surface and the equipment mounting portion that protrudes to the side opposite to the wall surface and has a spacer mounting space between the wall surface and the back surface of the mounting portion and has a certain distance from the wall surface. A wall mounting device for a device, wherein a spacer interposed in the device is provided, and a penetration part through which a fixing member such as a nail or a screw penetrates is provided in the device attachment part and the spacer. 2. The device mounting portion formed on the upper portion of the main body has a plurality of holes, one of which is a spacer main body hole,
The remaining holes are arranged at a predetermined distance from the spacer body hole, and the spacer further comprises a spacer body that engages with the spacer body hole, an arm portion that extends outward from the spacer body, and a tip of the arm portion. Alternatively, the wall mounting device for a device according to claim 1, wherein the wall mounting device for a device according to claim 1, wherein the wall mounting device is provided at an appropriate position and is configured by a protrusion that fits into another hole other than the hole in the spacer body. 3. The wall surface installation device for an apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the protrusion forming the spacer is provided with a retaining member for retaining fitting with the hole.