JP2005218896A - Dehumidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dehumidifier having a low position of a blow out port for dried air and not stopped by full water. <P>SOLUTION: The dehumidifier is constituted by a dehumidifier upper part 2 provided with a dehumidification part; and a dehumidifier lower part 3 comprising a water-storage tank 4 and is constituted such that the dehumidifier upper part 2 and the dehumidifier lower part 3 can be separated and it can be operated only by the dehumidifier upper part 2. The position of the blow out port 6 can be lowered by the degree of the dehumidifier lower part 3. Drying of a lower part of a washed article is promoted by the dried air blown out from the low position and ununiformness of drying becomes less to shorten a drying time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a dehumidifier capable of separating a tank part.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a conventional dehumidifier disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 is provided with a tank 52 made of a transparent resin detachably provided at a lower portion of a main body 51 of the dehumidifier. An operation panel 53 including a display unit and an operation unit is disposed on the upper surface of 51, and a blowout port 54 for blowing dry air obliquely upward is formed. Then, an evaporator and a condenser are provided side by side in the main body 51, and a refrigerant is circulated by a compressor to the evaporator and the condenser to constitute a dehumidifying mechanism of the refrigeration cycle. The evaporator faces the intake port with an air filter interposed between them, and when an air flow path from the intake port to the outlet port 54 through the evaporator and condenser is formed by the operation of the air blower fan, The air touches the evaporator and is cooled and dehumidified, and the cooled room air is heated by the condenser. The condensed water dehumidified by the dehumidifying mechanism is temporarily received by a drain pan in the main body 51 and then stored in a tank 52 provided so as to be freely inserted and removed under the drain pan.

By the way, in the conventional dehumidifier, water condensed on the evaporator is dropped and temporarily collected in the drain pan, and then dropped and stored in the tank 52 from the hose connection port provided at the lower portion of the drain pan. For this reason, the tank 52 is always installed at a position lower than the evaporator, and the height of the dehumidifier is higher than the height including the tank 52 and the evaporator. In a normal household dehumidifier, the height is 50-60 cm. It is height.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-77666

  Many apartments and condominiums, etc. are designed so that clothes can be passed into the bathroom. Laundry is hung on this clothesline, and the clothes are dried by applying the dry air of the dehumidifier from below. There are many cases. In this case, the laundry basket is installed at a height of about 160 to 180 cm, which is a height that can be reached by a woman having a typical height.

  However, when drying laundry having a length reaching the floor surface of the bathroom, the drying air outlet 54 of the conventional dehumidifier is located on the upper surface of the main body 51, and the outlet direction is also generally upward. For this reason, there is a problem that dry air does not hit the lower part of the laundry and the drying time becomes long. Further, when the tank 52 is full, the operation of the dehumidifier is stopped, and there is a problem that the drying time becomes longer unless the dehumidifier is noticed.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a dehumidifier in which the position of a dry air outlet is low and does not stop due to full water.

  In the dehumidifier according to claim 1 of the present invention, by operating only at the upper part of the dehumidifier, the position of the outlet can be lowered by the amount of the lower part of the dehumidifier, and the lower part of the laundry is dried by the dry air blown from the lower position. Is promoted, drying unevenness is reduced, and drying time can be shortened. Moreover, the power consumption of a dehumidifier can be reduced by shortening drying time. In addition, since a tank is not required in bathrooms with drainage facilities, operating only at the top of the dehumidifier will increase the drying time without realizing that the tank is full and the dehumidifier has stopped operating. Can be prevented.

  In the dehumidifier according to the first aspect of the present invention, the position of the blowout port of the dried air can be lowered, and it does not stop when the tank is full.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a vertically long box-shaped dehumidifier composed of a dehumidifier upper part 2 and a dehumidifier lower part 3. The dehumidifier lower part 3 is formed as a box-shaped container-shaped water storage tank 4 having an upper opening, and is provided so as to be separable from the dehumidifier upper part 2.

  An operation panel 5 having a display unit and an operation unit is disposed on the upper surface of the upper part 2 of the dehumidifier, and a blow-out port 6 for blowing dry air obliquely upward is formed. In addition, a dehumidifying part (not shown) in which an evaporator and a condenser are arranged in parallel is provided inside the dehumidifier upper part 2, and a refrigerant is circulated through the dehumidifying part by a compressor (not shown). This constitutes a known dehumidification mechanism of the refrigeration cycle. Further, in order to form an air flow path from the intake port (not shown) to the blowout port 6 inside the dehumidifier upper part 2 at the rear part of the dehumidifying unit, for example, a blower fan composed of a sirocco fan (see FIG. Not shown). The evaporator faces the intake port with an air filter interposed therebetween, and during operation of the blower fan, the indoor air taken in from the intake port is cooled and dehumidified by touching the evaporator constituting the dehumidifying unit. The cooled room air is heated by the condenser. And the dew condensation water dehumidified in this dehumidification part is temporarily received by the drain pan (not shown) in the dehumidifier upper part 2, and is discharged | emitted below the drain pan.

  Further, the dehumidifier upper part 2 is provided with a water level detecting means (not shown) for detecting the water level of the water storage tank 4, and when the water storage tank 4 becomes full, the dehumidifying operation is stopped and the operation panel 5 is filled with water. Configured to display status. Further, a water storage tank detecting means for detecting that the water storage tank 4 is provided at the lower part of the upper part 2 of the dehumidifier is provided, and the water storage tank 4 is provided at the lower part of the upper part 2 of the dehumidifier by this water storage tank detecting means. Only when it is detected that the water level is detected, the water level detection means is configured to operate.

  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. When the water storage tank 4 is used, the dehumidifier lower part 3 is provided under the dehumidifier upper part 2. When the dehumidifying operation is started, room air is taken in from the intake port by the blower fan, and this room air is cooled and dehumidified by touching the evaporator constituting the dehumidifying section, and this cooled room air is heated by the condenser and dried air As a result, the air is blown into the room from the air outlet 6. The condensed water separated from the room air in the dehumidifying section is collected by dropping onto the drain pan from the evaporator, and is further dropped and stored in the water storage tank 4 located below the drain pan. And when the dew condensation water stored in the water storage tank 4 exceeds a predetermined water level, the water level detecting means detects it and displays a full water state on the operation panel 5, and in order to reliably prevent water overflow, a dehumidifying section Stop the dehumidifying operation.

  On the other hand, when used in a bathroom or the like having a drainage facility, the water storage tank 4, that is, the dehumidifier lower part 3 can be separated, and the continuous operation can be performed only by the dehumidifier upper part 2. When the dehumidifying operation is started, room air is taken in from the intake port by the blower fan, and this room air is cooled and dehumidified by touching the evaporator that constitutes the dehumidifying section, and this cooled room air is heated by the condenser and dried air As a result, the air is blown into the room from the air outlet 6. The condensed water separated from the room air in the dehumidifying section is collected by dropping from the evaporator onto the drain pan, and further dripping onto the indoor floor located below the drain pan. In a bathroom with a drainage system, this condensed water is guided to the drainage system along the floor. At this time, since the water storage tank 4 is not detected by the water storage tank detection means, the water level detection means does not operate and the dehumidifying operation is continuously performed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the dehumidifier upper part 2 having the dehumidifying part and the dehumidifier lower part 3 including the water storage tank 4 as a tank are configured, and the dehumidifier upper part 2 and the dehumidifier lower part 3 are It is separable and can be operated only by the upper part 2 of the dehumidifier.

  In this case, by operating only with the upper part 2 of the dehumidifier, the position of the outlet 6 can be lowered by the amount of the lower part 3 of the dehumidifier, for example, about 20 cm, and the lower part of the laundry is dried by the dry air blown from the lower position. As a result, drying unevenness is reduced and drying time can be shortened. Moreover, the power consumption of a dehumidifier can be reduced by shortening drying time. Furthermore, since the storage tank 4 is not required in bathrooms with drainage facilities, it is not noticed that the operation of the dehumidifier is stopped because the storage tank 4 is full by operating only with the upper part 2 of the dehumidifier. In addition, the drying time can be prevented from becoming longer.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said each Example, A various deformation | transformation implementation is possible. For example, in this embodiment, a dehumidifier equipped with a refrigeration cycle equipped with a compressor is described as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to a desiccant type (zeolite type, silica gel type).

It is a perspective view of the dehumidifier in 1st Example. It is a perspective view which shows a mode that the dehumidifier upper part and the dehumidifier lower part same as the above were isolate | separated. It is a perspective view which shows a prior art example. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows a mode that a water storage tank same as the above is taken out.

Explanation of symbols

2 Dehumidifier upper part 3 Dehumidifier lower part 4 Water storage tank (tank)

Claims (1)

It is composed of a dehumidifier upper part having a dehumidifying part and a dehumidifier lower part comprising a tank, and the dehumidifier upper part and the dehumidifier lower part are separable, and can be operated only by the upper part of the dehumidifier. A dehumidifier characterized by that.

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