JP2004061057A - Air conditioner installing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner installing device capable of easily performing piping connection work and maintenance work by orderly housing the connected piping. <P>SOLUTION: An air conditioner installing device 3 is divided into an upper mounting member 5 and a lower mounting member 7, and a L-shaped locking part opened upwards is provided near a corner of the air conditioner installing device to form first piping support parts 18a, 18b and a second piping support part 19. Piping for refrigerant or hot water connected with an indoor unit main body attached to the air conditioner installing device 3 is simply locked and fixed to the locking part. Since, thereby, the piping is stabilized, piping connection work can be easily performed, and the piping can be tidily housed in the air conditioner installing device 3, it is possible to perform subsequent maintenance work easily. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an installation device for mounting an air conditioner on a wall.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the conventional air conditioner, the air blown out from the outlet of the indoor unit main body is not obstructed when the indoor unit main body is mounted above the protruding parts such as beams due to the structure of the building such as an apartment building. For this purpose, it is usual to fix a mounting member having a certain height to a wall surface and mount the indoor unit body there.
[0003]
The mounting member is divided into an upper mounting member and a lower mounting member, as known in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-152093. The mounting member is located at a position of a wall surface corresponding to a corner inside the mounting member. One end of an inter-unit pipe for opening a pipe opening, attaching the upper mounting member to the wall surface, fixing an upper portion of the indoor unit main body to the mounting member, and circulating a refrigerant compressed by an outdoor unit to the indoor unit. Is connected to the outdoor unit, the other end of the inter-unit pipe is drawn into the room from the pipe port, bent laterally, and connected to a refrigerant pipe extending from the indoor unit on the back surface of the indoor unit main body, The lower mounting member is mounted on the upper mounting member, and the lower portion is mounted on the lower mounting member as well as the upper portion of the indoor unit body already mounted. To install were common.
[0004]
Further, in the case of a hot water heating type air conditioner that circulates hot water from an outdoor unit that can generate hot water to the indoor heat exchanger of the indoor unit and performs a heating operation, in addition to the inter-unit piping, a forward pipe and Since the hot water pipe to the return pipe must also be connected to the indoor unit, this mounting member may be used even in a situation where there is no protrusion such as the beam.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional method, the connected refrigerant pipe bends downward, and when mounting the lower mounting member to the upper mounting member, the refrigerant pipe hits the lower mounting member, or the connected refrigerant pipe is There has been a surface where it is difficult to attach the indoor unit body to the lower attachment member because the attachment members overlap in the height direction.
[0006]
In addition, since the connected refrigerant pipes are randomly arranged in the mounting member, it is troublesome to perform maintenance work.
[0007]
In particular, the above-mentioned hot water heating type air conditioner has a refrigerant pipe and a hot water pipe. For this reason, an improvement in the treatment of the connected refrigerant pipe has been desired.
[0008]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an installation device for an air conditioner that can easily perform a pipe connection operation, and also accommodates the connected pipes in an orderly manner to enable easy maintenance work.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 is an installation device for an air conditioner that fixes the indoor unit main body to the wall surface by using an attachment member fixed to a wall surface, wherein the indoor member extends from the outdoor unit to the attachment member. A support portion for a pipe connected to the main body is provided.
[0010]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the support portion is an L-shaped projection facing upward, and the pipe is engaged with the projection and supported. It is assumed that.
[0011]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the position where the support portion is provided is a position near a corner in the mounting member.
[0012]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, a plurality of the support portions are provided in parallel inside the mounting member.
[0013]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the mounting member is separated into an upper mounting member and a lower mounting member, and the air conditioner main body is supported by the upper mounting member. Then, the lower mounting member can be connected to the upper mounting member.
[0014]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the mounting member is separated into an upper mounting member and a lower mounting member, and the air conditioner main body is supported by the upper mounting member. Then, the lower mounting member can be connected to the upper mounting member by leaf spring means.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. An installation device for an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention is a separate type air conditioner installation device including an upper mounting member and a lower mounting member.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a state where the indoor unit main body 1 is attached to an installation device 3 of an air conditioner. The installation device 3 of the air conditioner includes an upper mounting member 5 and a lower mounting member 7.
[0017]
With reference to FIG. 2, the indoor unit main body 1 is fixed to a wall surface 60 via an installation device 3 of an air conditioner. Inside the indoor unit main body 1, the indoor heat exchangers 43a and 43b, a blower 44 including a cross flow fan 56, and an air cleaning filter 45 are provided. The blower 44 includes a long cylindrical cross flow fan 56 rotated by a motor (not shown) and a wind guide plate 57 for guiding the air blown out by the cross flow fan 56. The air guide plate 57 is formed integrally with a back plate 58 that constitutes a part of the frame 42, a portion 57 a for accommodating the cross flow fan 56 is formed in a concave shape, and corresponds to an inlet of the blower 44. The aperture 57b is formed in a convex shape.
[0018]
The air purifying filter 45 is disposed on the wind passage in front of the indoor heat exchanger 43a, and purifies the indoor air during operation of the indoor unit main body 1. Also, for example, during a cooling operation, drain pans 46a and 46b that receive dew water condensed on the indoor heat exchangers 43a and 43b are disposed below the indoor heat exchangers 43a and 43b, respectively. .
[0019]
A front panel 47 is attached to the frame 42, and a suction port 48 is formed on the front and top faces of the front panel 47, and a filter 49 is disposed inside the suction port 48. An outlet 50 is formed below the front panel 47. The outlet 50 is provided with a vertical guide vane 40 for guiding the air blowing direction and a left / right guide vane 41.
[0020]
After the indoor unit main body 1 is attached to the indoor unit main body support portion 9 of the upper mounting member 5 to be described later, the back plate 58 has a wide space for connecting pipes below the rear surface of the indoor unit main body 1. There is provided a stand 51 for storing.
[0021]
Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3A shows a front view of the installation device 3 of the air conditioner, and FIG. 3B shows a side view of the installation device 3 of the air conditioner. Show. A lower edge 10 is provided at both ends of the upper mounting member 5, and an upper edge 11 that fits the lower edge 10 is provided at both ends of the lower mounting member 7. The lower edge 10 and the upper edge 11 are connected by a leaf spring 20 shown in FIGS. The upper mounting member 5 is provided with an indoor unit main body support portion 9.
[0022]
Further, members 13 to 16 for reinforcing the upper mounting member 5 are welded to the upper mounting member 5, of which the first piping support portions 18 a and 18 b are attached to the member 14. Are provided with second pipe support portions 19, respectively, and the member 16 is provided with a stand table 21 serving as a receiving portion of the stand 51.
[0023]
The first pipe support portions 18a and 18b are located at positions near corners in the installation device 3 of the air conditioner, and are opened upward as shown in FIGS. 3 (f) to 3 (g). L-shaped projections, which can be easily fixed by hooking the pipe from above, and the pipe rises from the upper mounting member 5. Has been prevented.
[0024]
For example, in this embodiment, the indoor unit main body 1 is installed with an inter-unit pipe 22 having one end connected to an outdoor unit (not shown) at a position A of a wall surface 60 to which the installation device 3 of the air conditioner is fixed. The description will be made assuming that the pipe port 18 is provided to be drawn into the room to be attached. The inter-unit pipe 22 drawn from the pipe port 61 is bent in the lateral direction, and is mounted on the first pipe support portions 18a and 18b from above. The inter-unit piping is hung on the first piping supporting portions 18a and 18b, and is fixed simply, and the air conditioner is prevented from rising from the installation device 3.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 3C, a piece 12 extending stepwise substantially in parallel with the lower edge 10 is welded to the lower edge 10, and is surrounded by the piece 12 and the lower edge 10. A leaf spring 20 is provided in the recess. As shown in FIG. 3 (d), the upper edge portion 11 has a parrot-shaped cross section, and the upper edge portion 11 extending in a parrot shape has a protruding piece 17 which is bent in a substantially N-shape. Are joined. FIG. 3E is an enlarged view when the lower edge portion 10 and the upper edge portion 11 are fitted. According to this embodiment, the projecting piece 17 of the upper edge portion 11 of the lower mounting member 7 is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, the two are connected by engaging with the leaf spring 20 of the lower edge portion 10 of the upper mounting member 5.
[0026]
Next, the operation will be described. In the installation device 3 of the air conditioner, first, the upper attachment member 5 is installed on the wall surface 60 in the room. Then, as described above, the inter-unit pipe 22 having one end connected to the outdoor unit is inserted through the pipe port 61, drawn into the room in which the indoor unit main body 1 is installed, and bent in the lateral direction. It is put on the pipe supporting portions 18a and 18b from above.
[0027]
The indoor unit main body support portion 9 provided on the upper part of the installed upper mounting member 5 is fitted into a support hole 23 provided on the upper part of the indoor unit main body 1, and a stand provided on the back surface of the quality unit main body 1. By raising the upper part 51 and hooking it to the stand table 21 of the upper mounting member 5, a wide pipe connection is formed between the indoor unit main body 1 and the upper mounting member 5, as shown in FIG. The open space is provided in a state where it is provided, and the inter-unit pipe 22 is simply fixed by the first pipe support portions 18a and 18b.
[0028]
By performing the piping work between the inter-unit piping 22 and the refrigerant piping 24 extending from the back surface of the indoor unit main body 1, the piping connection work in a situation where the work is easily performed is completed as shown in FIG. be able to.
[0029]
Then, when this pipe connection operation is completed, the stand 51 is lowered to the back of the indoor unit main body 1, the lower mounting member 7 is pushed up from below and mounted on the upper mounting member 5, and the refrigerant pipe 24 is removed. 2 By hooking on the pipe support portion 19 and mounting the indoor unit main body 1 to the lower mounting member 7, as shown in the sectional view of FIG. Since it is stored neatly in the interior, it is in a state where inspection can be easily performed even when inspection is performed later for maintenance or the like.
[0030]
As described above, the pipe support portions 18a and 18b are provided near the corners of the installation device 3 of the air conditioner near the pipe port 61, and are inserted into the pipe port 61 and drawn into the room. Since the inter-unit pipe 22 is suppressed by the pipe support portions 18a and 18b, the pipe 22 inevitably rises up from the upper mounting member 5 when bent in the lateral direction at the pipe port 61, and the lower part of the lower pipe 22 is raised. When installing the indoor unit main body 1 to the mounting member 7, there is no time and effort.
[0031]
Also, in the hot water heating type air conditioner in which the number of connection pipes and the number of storage pipes in the installation device 3 of the air conditioner are increased, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. The hot water pipe 25 that is stored on the rear side of the hot air supply 58 and circulates hot water from an outdoor unit that can generate hot water is connected to the first pipe support portions 18a and 18b and the second pipe support portion 19 of the installation device 3 of the air conditioner. By hooking, similarly to the above description, the inter-unit pipe 22 and the hot water pipe 25 can be stored neatly, and inspection work can be easily performed even during maintenance.
[0032]
As described above, the present invention has been described based on one embodiment, but it is apparent that the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the means for connecting the upper mounting member 5 and the lower mounting member 7 is not limited to the leaf spring 20 or the like, but may be a coil spring or the like. Further, one of the fitting types may be a concave portion and the other may be a convex portion.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the installation device of the air conditioner is provided with a hook for simply fixing piping such as refrigerant or hot water to be connected to an indoor unit attached to the installation device of the air conditioning device. Connection work can be easily performed, and after the connection work of the pipes is completed, the pipes can be stored neatly in the installation device of the air conditioner, so that subsequent maintenance work is also easy. Can be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view in which an indoor unit main body is attached to an installation device for an air conditioner of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment in which an indoor unit is attached to an installation device for an air conditioner according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 (a) is a front view showing an embodiment of an air conditioner installation apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 (b) is an embodiment of an air conditioner installation apparatus according to the present invention. It is a side view shown, (c) is an enlarged view near the joint of the leaf spring 20 located at the lower edge of the lower edge 10, (d) is a view of the upper edge of the upper edge 11, (E) is a figure which shows the state which fitted the part of (c) and (d), and (f) and (g) show the 1st piping support part 18a, 18b and 2nd piping support which concern on this invention. It is the figure which showed the part 19 from the side surface.
FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing an installation device for an air conditioner according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram in which an installation device for an air conditioner according to the present invention is fixed to a wall surface, and inter-unit piping is hooked and fixed to a first pipe support portion of the installation device for the air conditioner.
FIG. 6 is a diagram in which an installation device of an air conditioner according to the present invention is fixed to a wall surface, and interunit piping is fixedly secured to a first pipe support portion and a second pipe support portion of the installation device of the air conditioner. It is.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing that refrigerant pipes are neatly arranged by installing a refrigerant circulation type air conditioner using the air conditioner installation apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing that refrigerant pipes and hot water pipes are neatly arranged by installing a hot water heating type air conditioner using the air conditioner installation apparatus according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Indoor unit main body 3 Air conditioner installation apparatus 5 Upper mounting member 7 Lower mounting member 9 Indoor unit main body supporting part 10 Lower edge 11 Upper edge 12 Piece 13 Member 14 Member 15 Member 16 Member 17 Projection piece 18a, 18b 1 pipe support section 19 second pipe support section 20 leaf spring 21 stand holder 22 unit-to-unit pipe 23 support hole 24 refrigerant pipe 25 hot water pipe 60 wall 61 pipe port

Claims (6)

In an installation device of an air conditioner for fixing an indoor unit main body to the wall surface by using an attachment member fixed to a wall surface,
The installation device for an air conditioner, wherein a support portion of a pipe extending from an outdoor unit and connected to the indoor unit main body is provided on the attachment member. The installation device for an air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is an L-shaped protrusion facing upward, and the pipe is engaged with and supported by the protrusion. The installation device for an air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a position where the support portion is provided is a position near a corner in the attachment member. The installation device for an air-conditioning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a plurality of the support portions are provided in parallel inside the mounting member. The mounting member is separated into an upper mounting member and a lower mounting member, and after supporting the air conditioner body on the upper mounting member, the lower mounting member can be connected to the upper mounting member. Item 5. An air conditioner installation device according to any one of Items 1 to 4. Separating the mounting member into an upper mounting member and a lower mounting member, supporting the air conditioner body on the upper mounting member, and then connecting the lower mounting member to the upper mounting member by a leaf spring means. The installation device for an air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:

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