JP2007040625A - Heating equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide heating equipment, capable of improving operation performance by a body switch without being affected by heat from a heat source device or impairing light receiving performance by remote control or visibility of display, and further improving assembling property without increasing the number of part items by providing a display part in the upper center of a heat shielding plate, and providing an operation part on the upper surface of a main body. <P>SOLUTION: The heating equipment comprises the heat source device generating hot air and a blowing fan blowing the hot air to an outlet port, which are arranged in an air passage connecting a suction port 5 to the outlet port 6, the shielding plate preventing transfer of heat to the main body front surface and constituting the air passage, which is provided on the front surface of the heat source device; and a display part 11 displaying the operating state of the equipment or an operation part 14 performing operation of the equipment. The display part and/or the operation part are provided on the heat insulating plate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a heating device such as a fan convector, and more particularly to arrangement of a display unit and an operation unit in a device.

A conventional heating device such as a fan convector has a structure in which an operation unit, a display unit, and a remote control light receiving unit of the main body are arranged in front of the main body. Moreover, the remote control light-receiving part was being fixed to the front panel.
When the operation is performed using the switch on the main body, since the switch is arranged in the front, the main body fluctuates when the switch is pressed. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the operation while pressing the upper portion of the main body with the hand.
As a heating device in which the operation unit and the display unit of the main body are arranged on the front surface of the main body, for example, those shown in FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C are known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

8A, 8B, and 8C, reference numeral 1 'denotes an apparatus main body, 2' denotes an operation unit provided at the upper part of the front surface, and 3 'denotes a temperature to which a louver 4' for guiding hot air is attached. An air outlet, 5 'is a convection fan attached to a hot air inlet 6' on the back side via a fan guard 7 ', and 8' is a blower box that communicates the hot air inlet 6 'with the hot air outlet 3'. , 9 ′ is a burner portion provided in the blower box 8 ′ by projecting the burner head 10 ′, 11 ′ is a combustion cylinder surrounding the burner head 10 ′ to form a combustion space, and 12 ′ is the blower It is a heat shield disposed in the box 8 'directly above the combustion cylinder 11'.
The exterior body of the device body 1 ′ is configured by fixing a front panel 13 ′ covering the front surface, an upper surface plate 14 ′ covering the upper surface, and a rear surface plate 15 ′ covering the side surface and the rear surface on the mounting table 16 ′. Has been.

  An operation unit 2 'for operating the device on the upper front side of the device main body 1' and a fixed time for automatically extinguishing by the forgetting-off timer means 34 'which lights up in green during operation and automatically extinguishes after a predetermined time from the start of operation. A color display 46 ′ that blinks green from the front and blinks red when the remaining fuel amount falls below a predetermined amount, and the color display 46 ′ is independent of the operation unit 2 ′. And the warm air outlet 3 ′, the color display 46 ′ can be easily confirmed.

  An operation switch 37 ′ for instructing operation / stop of the device to the operation unit 2 ′ and an extension switch 38 for resetting the count time of the forgetting-off timer means 34 ′ and starting counting for a predetermined time (3 hours) again. ', A timer switch 39' for operating the good morning timer means 35 ', an operation lamp 40' provided close to the operation switch 37, and a timer lamp 41 'provided close to the timer switch 39'. Numeral display section 42 'for displaying room temperature and time, refueling character display section 43' for displaying characters of refueling, and buzzer 44 'for generating a sound when each switch is operated or for some warning is provided. The number display portion 42 'and the fueling character display portion 43' are provided on the liquid crystal display 45 '.

However, in the case of the above configuration, although the operation unit 2 ′ is arranged slightly inclined from the front, if the switch is pressed while sitting, a force is applied in the horizontal direction, and the main body may be wobbled. Further, since the operation unit 2 ′ including each display unit is mounted on the mounting bracket / operation unit mounting plate 52 ′, the number of parts increases, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost and workability.
Therefore, there has been a demand for a method of reducing the number of parts and improving the operation performance of the main body switch without impairing the light receiving performance by the remote controller and the visibility of the display.

JP 2001-336828 A (2-3 pages, FIGS. 1, 2, 4)

  In view of the above problems, the present invention has a structure in which a display unit including a display element and a remote control light receiving unit is provided in the upper center of the heat shield plate, and an operation unit is provided on the upper surface of the main body. We provide heating equipment that can improve the assembly performance without increasing the number of parts and improving the operation performance of the main body switch without affecting the light reception performance of the remote control and the visibility of the display The purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a suction port on the back of the housing, a blower outlet on the front, and a heat source that generates hot air in an air passage connecting the suction port and the blower port; While providing a blower fan that sends out the warm air to the outlet, while preventing heat from being conducted to the front of the main body on the front surface of the heat source device, and providing a heat shield plate that constitutes the air passage, In a heating device comprising a display unit for displaying the operation status of the device and an operation unit for operating the device,
The display unit and / or the operation unit are provided on the heat shield plate.

  In addition, a predetermined gap is provided between the display unit facing the heat shield and the back surface of the operation unit.

  According to the present invention, by providing the display unit and / or the operation unit of claim 1 on the heat shield plate, the assembly is improved without being affected by the heat from the heat source device and without increasing the number of parts. Can be made. By providing a predetermined gap between the heat shield plate of claim 2 and the back surface of the display portion facing the heat shield plate, it is further prevented from being affected by heat from the heat source device. Note that the structure in which the operation unit is provided on the top cover of the main body can improve the light reception performance by the remote controller of the display unit and the operation performance by the main body switch without impairing the visibility of the display.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the heating device of the present invention will be described in detail as an example based on the accompanying drawings, taking a fan convector as an example.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a fan convector in the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a developed perspective view of the fan convector in the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the inside of the fan convector according to the present invention as seen from the front.
4A and 4B are diagrams showing an operation unit and FIG. 4B showing a display unit in the present invention.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
1, 2, and 3, 1 is a fan convector main body, 2 is a stand that constitutes the main body 1 placed on the floor surface, 3 is a rear panel that is open on the front surface, and 4 is a rear panel that is open on the rear surface. A front panel attached to the back panel 3 constitutes the main body 1.

  5 is a suction port provided at the upper back of the housing 1, 6 is an air outlet comprising a blower casing 7 provided at the lower part of the front surface, and 8 is an air passage (not shown) connecting the air inlet 5 and the air outlet 6. ), A heat exchanger for exchanging heat from the suction port 5 by circulating hot water facing the suction port 5, 9 is housed in the blower casing 7, and the heat A blower fan for sending the hot air heat-exchanged by the exchanger 8 to the outlet 6, a fan motor 9a directly connected to the blower fan 9, and a motor fixture 9b for fixing the fan motor 9a 10 is disposed in the housing 1 with a predetermined interval between the upper surface, front surface, and both side surfaces of the housing 1, and is provided opposite to the heat exchanger 8 to form an air passage. For example, it is strong against heat and safe. Have sex, using a precision liable ABS resin out of the heat by hot air which has been heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 8, so that not transmitted to the front panel 4.

10A is a second heat shield provided at the lower part of the first heat shield 10 and provided with the motor fixture 9b, and disposed so as to face the blower fan 9, the first heat shield. Similarly, the heat generated by the warm air exchanged by the heat exchanger 8 is prevented from being transmitted to the front panel 4.
In this embodiment, the heat shield plate is divided into the first heat shield plate 10 and the second heat shield plate 10A. However, the present invention is not limited to this and may be formed integrally.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the first heat shield plate 10 includes a front surface portion 10 f that faces the heat exchanger 8, and an upper surface portion that protrudes from the upper end of the front surface portion 10 f toward the upper surface of the heat exchanger 8. 10g, and a front surface portion 10f and a side surface portion 10h that covers both left and right ends of the upper surface portion 10g. A rectangular recess 10a is provided at the center of the front surface portion 10f.

Reference numeral 11 is attached to the upper front portion of the main body 1 and includes a display element 12 such as a seven segment for displaying the operation status of the device, and a display substrate 17 on which a remote control light receiving unit 13 for receiving a remote control signal is mounted. It is a display unit.
As shown in FIG. 3, 14 is provided on an upper surface cover that covers the upper part of the main body 1 to be described later, and an operation unit for operating the device, 15 is an upper surface cover that covers the upper part of the main body 1, and 16 is the first cover. 1 is a control board accommodated in a recess 10 a provided in the center of the front surface of the heat shield plate 10.

  After the control board 16 and the display board 17 are attached to the first heat shield plate 10, the two boards are connected by a wire harness 18, and then the front panel 4 is attached to the back panel 3. . Therefore, as in the conventional example shown in FIG. 8 (B), the display board is attached to the mounting bracket / operation part mounting plate 52 ′ attached to the front edge of the upper surface plate 14 ′ in the upper space of the blower box 8 ′. Unlike the above, in the present invention, since no separate parts are used, the number of parts does not increase.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the display unit 11 is attached to the front upper center of the first heat shield plate 10, and a part of the display unit 11 is the upper end of the front surface portion 10 f of the first heat shield plate 10. By providing a predetermined gap h between the first heat shield plate 10 and the back surface of the display unit 11 facing the first heat shield plate 10, the number of parts can be reduced and the operability can be improved. It is designed to be less affected by heat from the heat exchanger (heat source device) 8.

As shown in FIG. 7 (A), the operation unit 14 for operating the device includes an operation / stop switch a for operating or stopping the device, a temperature setting switch b for setting the room temperature, and a timer. It is composed of a one-touch timer switch c for turning on or off the device and a child lock switch d indicated by a key mark that can disable all operations and prevent malfunction of a small child.
The operation unit 14 may be attached to the display unit 11 on the front surface of the main body 1 and attached to the first heat shield plate 10, but in the present invention, as shown in FIG. It is provided on the upper surface cover 15 to cover. When the operation unit 14 is provided on the upper surface cover 15, when the operation is performed, each switch is pressed from above the device, so that the device can be pressed by hand compared to the case where the switch is provided on the front surface of the device as in the conventional example. And can be operated stably.

As shown in FIG. 7 (B), the display unit 12 displays the contents set by the operation unit 14 with characters or the like. The display unit 12 illuminates characters with an LED attached behind each character, and 7 segments. May be displayed.
The “remote control” is such that characters are lit when the device is operated with the remote control, and does not shine when the operation unit 14 is manually operated, and characters are lit when operated with the remote control at the end. .

“Driving” lights up when the device is operated by the operation / stop switch a. “Quick warming” is a system in which the outdoor unit's vaporizer is warmed to allow rapid heating.
The room temperature and each set time are displayed by 7 segments. Room temperature can be set at 10 ° C. intervals at 1 ° C. intervals.
The timer is an ON / OFF timer that displays the operation state in time. When the timer is ON, the operation state is set by “ON” to determine when and how many minutes to turn on the device. In the case of OFF, “OFF” is used to set how many minutes later the device is turned OFF.

  The “lock” key mark is repeatedly locked and unlocked by pressing the child lock switch d of the operation unit 14, so that characters are lit in the locked state. Malfunctions can be prevented.

  "Water replenishment" is to notify water replenishment when the amount of antifreeze (water) in the outdoor unit's tank is less than the predetermined amount. When the water level in the tank is detected by the sensor, the water is replenished when the water level falls below the predetermined level. The letter of is supposed to glow.

As described above, according to the present invention, the display unit 11 including the display element and the remote control light receiving unit is provided at the upper center of the first heat shield plate 10, and the operation unit 14 is provided on the upper surface cover 15 of the main body 1. By adopting the structure, it is not affected by the heat from the heat exchanger (heat source device) 8, improves the light reception performance by the remote control and the operation performance by the main body switch without impairing the visibility of the display, and the number of parts It becomes the heating equipment which can improve assemblability without increasing.
In the present embodiment, the operation unit 14 is provided on the upper surface cover 15, but is not limited thereto, and the operation unit 14 may be provided on the first heat shield plate 10.

It is a perspective view of the external appearance of the fan convector which shows the Example of this invention. It is an expansion | deployment perspective view of the fan convector which shows the Example of this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the inside of the fan convector which shows the Example of this invention from the front. It is a perspective view which shows arrangement | positioning of the display part of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the display part of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment state of the display part of this invention. (A) is a top view of the operation part of this invention, (B) is a front view of the display part of this invention. (A) is the perspective view of the external appearance of the hot water heater which shows a prior art example, (B) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the hot water heater which shows a prior art example, (C) is a front view of the operation part and display part of a prior art example. is there.

Explanation of symbols

1 Fancon vector body 2 Base 3 Back panel 4 Front panel 5 Suction port 6 Air outlet 8 Heat exchanger
9 Blower fan
10 First heat shield
10A 2nd heat shield
10a recess
10f Front part
10g top surface
10h side
11 Display
12 Display element
13 Remote control sensor
14 Operation unit
15 Top cover
16 Control board
17 Display board
18 Wire harness

Claims (2)

A suction port is provided on the rear surface of the housing, and a blower outlet is provided on the front surface. A heat source and hot air exchanged by the heat source device are sent to the air passage connecting the suction port and the blower port to the blower port. An air blowing fan that prevents the heat of the heat source device from being conducted to the front surface of the housing, and a heat shield plate that constitutes the air passage is provided, and a display unit that displays the operating status of the device and Or in a heating device comprising an operation unit for operating the device,
Heating equipment, wherein the display unit and / or the operation unit are provided on the heat shield plate. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined gap is provided between the display unit facing the heat shield plate and / or a back surface of the operation unit.

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