JP2008096092A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner having a front panel constituted to facilitate replacement and cleaning of a filter provided at a suction port, and facilitating opening/closing and attachment/detachment of the front panel. <P>SOLUTION: The air conditioner comprises a body 1 formed with an opening in the front face, and the front panel 2 installed at the front face of the body 1 to open/close the opening. The air conditioner further comprises a lifting opening/closing unit 10 for lifting and opening/closing the front panel 2 with respect to the body 1, and a hinge opening/closing unit 30 for turning to open/close. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to an open / close structure of a front panel provided in front of a main body.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit (hereinafter, referred to as an “air conditioner”) that is hung on a wall. The air conditioner has a substantially box-like appearance including a main body whose front surface is open and a front panel attached to the front surface of the open main body. A front grill is connected to the front of the front panel so as to be openable and closable, and the front grill is provided with an inlet for sucking indoor air into the main body. In addition, a suction port for sucking room air into the main body is provided along with a suction port provided in the front grill at the upper end portion of the front panel, and a heat exchanger and an air blower are provided at the lower end portion of the front panel. A discharge port is provided for discharging the air heat-exchanged through the fan to the indoor space again.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, when the blower fan operates, the room air flows into the main body through the suction port provided in the front grille and the suction port provided in the front panel, and exchanges heat through the heat exchanger. Then, it is discharged again into the indoor space through the discharge port provided at the lower end of the front panel. As a result, the indoor temperature can be maintained in an optimum state.

  In addition, a filter for purifying air sucked into the upper end portion of the front panel is attached to the main body. Since many contaminants accumulate on the filter through the use of air conditioners, the filter must be periodically separated from the body and cleaned.

However, in the conventional air conditioner, when the filter is cleaned or replaced, the front grille connected to the front panel by the hinge member must be rotated and opened by a predetermined angle, and then the filter must be separated from the main body. There was a problem that the replacement work of the filter was inconvenient. Moreover, in order to maintain the open state of the front grill while the work is performed, it is necessary to fix the front grill with a separate coupling member, and the work is complicated.
Korean Open Patent Publication No. 2004-41444 Specification

  The present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide an air conditioner including a front panel configured to facilitate replacement and cleaning of a filter provided at an inlet. There is to do.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner configured to facilitate opening / closing and detaching of a front panel.

  In order to achieve the above object, an air conditioner according to the present invention includes a main body having an opening formed on the front surface, and a front panel installed on the front surface of the main body to open and close the opening. The conditioner includes a lifting / closing opening / closing unit for opening / closing the front panel with respect to the main body, and a hinge opening / closing unit for rotating / opening / closing.

  Moreover, the said raising / lowering opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention is provided in a front panel, and the said hinge opening / closing unit rotates a front panel and the raising / lowering opening / closing unit with respect to a main body.

  An air inlet and a filter are installed on the upper surface of the main body of the air conditioner according to the present invention, and the filter is detachable when the front panel is raised and lowered.

  Moreover, the said raising / lowering opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention consists of a main body and the slide unit provided in the inside of a main body.

  The slide unit of the air conditioner according to the present invention includes a rack gear provided on a rear surface of the front panel, a pinion rotatably provided on the main body so as to be meshed with the rack gear, and the pinion and the main body. It consists of a rod with both ends fastened and an elastic member interposed in the rod, and the front panel is lifted and lowered while rotating the pinion at the same time as the elastic member is pressurized by an external force at a predetermined distance, Above that distance, the pinion is raised and lowered while rotating in the same direction by the restoring force of the elastic member.

  The air conditioner according to the present invention includes at least two lift opening / closing units, and the lifting opening / closing units are interconnected by a synchronization member.

  In addition, the rotation opening / closing unit of the air conditioner according to the present invention includes a shaft member provided on the front panel and a shaft groove member provided on the main body, and the shaft member is provided on the elevation opening / closing unit. It is done.

  Further, the shaft member of the air conditioner according to the present invention is provided with a locking protrusion, the shaft groove member is provided with a locking groove, and the locking protrusion becomes a locking groove when the front panel is rotated. By being locked, the open state is maintained.

  Moreover, the said locking groove of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention consists of a guide slit by which the front was open | released, and the said front panel can be attached or detached from a main body through a guide slit.

  The front panel of the air conditioner according to the present invention can be opened / closed and rotated / opened simultaneously, and when the filter is replaced and cleaned, the front panel is opened / closed and when the other internal parts are managed It is configured to facilitate the operation by opening and closing.

  In addition, the air conditioner according to the present invention includes a semi-automatic slide unit inside the front panel, so that the front panel can be easily opened and closed with a small force, and the front panel opened at the time of opening and closing can be detached from the main body. In this way, the convenience of the operator is achieved.

  Hereinafter, an air conditioner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air conditioner according to the present invention is provided on the front surface of the main body 1 for opening and closing the main body 1 having an opening (not shown) formed on the front surface. The front panel 2 has a generally box-like appearance as a whole.

  A plurality of suction ports 3 for sucking air are formed on the upper surface of the main body 1. Further, a discharge port (not shown) for discharging the air heat-exchanged inside the main body 1 is formed on the lower surface portion of the main body 1.

  Inside the upper surface of the main body 1, a filter 4 for filtering contaminants such as dust contained in the air flowing from the suction port 3 is installed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a blower fan 5 for sucking room air and a heat exchanger 6 for exchanging heat of the room air are provided behind the main body 1.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a filter insertion port 7 for sliding the filter 4 forward and detaching is formed on the upper front side of the main body 1. The filter insertion opening 7 is exposed when the front panel 2 is lowered with respect to the main body 1.

  According to the present invention, the front panel 2 is provided to be slidable up and down with respect to the main body 1, but is preferably provided to be semiautomatic sliding for easier operation. For this purpose, the front panel 2 is provided with the elevation opening / closing unit 10 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

  At least two elevator opening / closing units 10 are installed on both sides of the front panel 2. Each lifting opening / closing unit 10 includes a main body 11 and a semi-automatic slide unit (hereinafter referred to as a slide unit) 20.

  A space for installing the slide unit 20 is formed inside the main body 11. In addition, a shaft member 13 for installing the front panel 2 on which the lifting / lowering opening / closing unit 10 is installed on the main body 1 is installed on the upper part of the main body 11, and the front panel 2 is stabilized on the main body 1 on the lower part of the main body 11 A stopper 15 is installed for the purpose of coupling. The shaft member 13 and the stopper 15 will be described later.

  The slide unit 20 is provided inside the main body 11, and has a pinion 21 that is rotatably coupled to the main body 11, one end coupled to the lower side wall 11 a of the main body 11, and the other end coupled to the pinion 21. Thus, the rod 22 is configured to have a pendulum motion by the rotation of the pinion 21 and the elastic member 23 interposed in the rod 22.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the pinion 21 is meshed with a rack gear 24 provided on the back surface of the front panel 2. A pair of guide protrusions 2 a protruding from the back surface of the front panel 2 are installed in a guide slit 12 provided on one side surface of the main body 11 of the elevating / closing unit 10 so as to be reciprocally movable. The guide slits 12 are installed only on one side surface of the main body 11. As described above, the guide slits 12 are installed on the outer side surfaces of the elevating opening / closing units 10 installed on both sides of the front panel 2 to raise and lower the front panel 2. To guide. On the other side of the main body 11 of each lifting / closing unit 10 facing each other, a sink shaft 18 is installed as a synchronizing member for simultaneously operating the pinions 21 on both sides, and the center of rotation of each pinion 21 is established by the sink shaft 18. Connected to each other.

  Hereinafter, operation | movement of the raising / lowering opening / closing unit 10 of the air conditioner which has the above structures is demonstrated based on FIGS.

  FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the front panel 2 is closed with respect to the main body 1. At this time, since the pinion 21 coupled to the rack gear 24 is supported by the elastic member 23, the front panel 2 maintains a sealed state.

  FIG. 6 is a view showing a state where the front panel 2 is opened about half of the main body 1 and the elastic member 23 is compressed to the maximum. When the user lowers the front panel 2, the pinion 21 meshed with the rack gear 24 rotates in the clockwise direction, and the elastic member 23 interposed in the rod 22 is compressed by the rotation of the pinion 21.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a state in which the front panel 2 is completely opened with respect to the main body 1.

  When the user applies a small amount of force in the state of FIG. 6, the pinion 21 rotates in the clockwise direction, whereby the elastic member 23 is returned to the original state while the force applied to the elastic member 23 is released. Due to the restoring force of the elastic member 23, the pinion 21 continuously rotates in the clockwise direction, so that the front panel 2 descends with respect to the main body 1 while the meshed rack gear 24 moves.

  When the front panel 2 is raised and the opening of the main body 1 is sealed again, the operation is performed in the reverse order. The elevation width of the front panel 2 is limited by the guide protrusion 2 a of the front panel 2 and the guide slit 12 of the elevation opening / closing unit 10.

  On the other hand, the air conditioner according to the present invention is a rotation opening / closing unit 30 for rotatably coupling the front panel 2 to the main body 1 so that the operator can easily operate such as inspection and replacement of internal parts. It has.

  8 and 9 are a front perspective view and a rear perspective view showing a rotation opening / closing unit of the air conditioner according to the present invention. As illustrated, the rotation opening / closing unit 30 includes a shaft 31 provided on the shaft member 13 of the front panel 2 and a shaft groove 32 provided on the shaft groove member 8 of the main body 1. At this time, since the shaft member 13 is integrally provided on the upper portion of the main body 11 of the elevating opening / closing unit 10, the rotation opening / closing unit 30 simultaneously rotates the elevating opening / closing unit 10 and the front panel 2 relative to the main body 1 when opened. Let

  Further, the rotation opening / closing unit 30 includes a locking portion for fixing the position of the front panel 2 when the front panel 2 is rotated and released from the main body 1. As shown in FIG. 3 in an enlarged manner, the locking portion includes a locking projection 33 provided on the shaft member 13 and a locking provided on the lower side of the shaft groove 32 of the shaft groove member 8 as shown in FIG. And a groove 34. Therefore, when the opening of the front panel 2 is completed, as shown in FIG. 10, the locking projection 33 of the shaft member 13 is locked to the locking groove 34 of the shaft groove member 8, so that the front panel 2 is Can be kept open.

  At this time, the locking groove 34 and the shaft groove 32 have a guide slit shape and are opened forward. Therefore, when the front panel 2 is pulled forward at the open and fixed position, the front panel 2 is separated from the main body 1 while the shaft 31 and the locking projection 33 are slidingly guided from the shaft groove member 8.

  FIG. 10 illustrates a case where the position can be fixed and detached when the front panel 2 is opened 90 ° with respect to the main body 1, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the figure, reference numeral 16 is a fixing protrusion provided on the stopper 15, and the fixing protrusion 16 stably supports the sealed state by fastening with the fixing groove 9 of the main body 1.

It is the figure which showed the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which showed the filter of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which showed the raising / lowering opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which showed the back surface of the front panel of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is a side view for demonstrating the operation state of the raising / lowering opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is a side view for demonstrating the operation state of the raising / lowering opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is a side view for demonstrating the operation state of the raising / lowering opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is the front perspective view and back perspective view which showed the rotation opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is the front perspective view and back perspective view which showed the rotation opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is a side view for demonstrating the operation state of the rotation opening / closing unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Front panel 3 Suction port 4 Filter 7 Filter insertion port 8 Shaft groove member 10 Lifting opening / closing unit 11 Main body 13 Shaft member 20 Slide unit 21 Pinion 23 Elastic member 24 Rack gear 30 Rotating opening / closing unit 31 Shaft 33 Locking protrusion

Claims (9)

In an air conditioner comprising: a main body having an opening formed on the front surface; and a front panel installed on the front surface of the main body to open and close the opening,
An air conditioner comprising: a lift opening / closing unit for opening / closing the front panel with respect to the main body; and a hinge opening / closing unit for opening / closing the front panel. The elevating opening / closing unit is provided on the front panel,
The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the hinge opening / closing unit rotates the front panel and the lifting opening / closing unit with respect to the main body. A suction port and a filter are installed on the upper surface of the main body,
The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the filter is detachable when the front panel is raised and lowered.   The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elevating / closing unit includes the main body and a slide unit provided inside the main body. The slide unit is
A rack gear provided on the rear surface of the front panel;
A pinion rotatably provided on the main body so as to mesh with the rack gear;
A rod having both ends fastened to the pinion and the body;
An elastic member interposed between the rods,
At the predetermined distance, the elastic member is pressed by an external force at a predetermined distance, and at the same time, the pinion is moved up and down while rotating. The air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the air conditioner is raised and lowered while rotating. The elevating / closing unit is provided with at least two,
3. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein each of the lift opening / closing units is interconnected by a synchronization member. The rotation opening / closing unit comprises a shaft member provided on the front panel, and a shaft groove member provided on the main body,
The air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shaft member is provided in the elevating switch unit. The shaft member is provided with a locking projection,
The shaft groove member is provided with a locking groove,
8. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the open state is maintained by the locking protrusion being locked in the locking groove when the front panel is rotated. The locking groove is composed of a guide slit opened at the front,
The air conditioner according to claim 8, wherein the front panel is detachable from the main body through the guide slit.

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