JP2008215677A - Air gun device and local air conditioning system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air gun device and a local air conditioning system using the same capable of being easily used as air conditioning equipment. <P>SOLUTION: This air gun device comprises a heat exchanger 2, a first casing 3 for storing the air heated or cooled by the heat exchanger 3, a carrying means 4 for carrying the air stored in the first casing 3, a second casing 5 for storing the air carried by the carrying means 4 and having a release opening 5A for releasing the air, and an air compressing means 6 disposed in the second casing 5, and releasing the air toward the releasing opening 5A by compressing the air stored in the second casing 5 by applying vibration thereto. The carrying means 4 comprises cylindrical bodies 4A, 4B having the expandable bellows-shape and capable of circulating the heated or cooled air inside, and a first opening and closing valve 7 and a second opening and closing valve 8 disposed in the cylindrical bodies 4A, 4B, and opened and closed by internal and external pressure difference of the air circulated inside of the cylindrical bodies. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an air cannon apparatus and a local air conditioning system using the same, and an air cannon apparatus that compresses air in a casing forming an air reservoir and discharges it as a mass of air from a discharge port in a fixed direction, and a local using the same It relates to air conditioning systems.

Conventionally, the local air-conditioning technology that has been conventionally used is that which blows air from a supply port fixed to a floor, a ceiling, or the like by a blower to a target area. In the case of this method, there is a problem that sufficient air pressure is required to reach the target area as a function of the blower, and wind noise is generated due to the blowout, which may contribute to noise. It was.
On the other hand, as a method for causing air to reach the target area with a smaller pressure, it is considered to use an air cannon. The air mass released from the air cannon has a vortex shape and has the property of not diffusing outside the vortex. For example, the odor component is confined in the vortex and reaches the target location. Used for purposes. Examples of the shape of the air mass include a vortex ring shape and a spherical shape.
As an apparatus for generating this air mass (air cannon apparatus), a case for forming an air reservoir, an air discharge port provided on an air reservoir forming surface of the case, and vibration in the air in the case are provided. Air compression means for compressing air, the air compression means is composed of a vibration member attached to an air reservoir forming surface not provided with the discharge port, and a drive means for vibrating the vibration member, The driving means is known to be composed of a solenoid that generates a pushing force by an applied voltage and a rod that moves by the pushing force and pushes and pulls the vibrating member (for example, see Patent Document 1). .
JP 2004-298607 A

However, the air gun apparatus described above is mounted on a game machine or the like to enhance the effect of production, and is not sufficient for use as air conditioning equipment.
Then, the main subject of this invention is providing the air gun apparatus which can be easily used as an air-conditioning equipment, and a local air-conditioning system using the same.

The present invention that has solved the above problems is as follows.
<Invention of Claim 1>
The invention according to claim 1 is a heat exchanger, a first casing for storing air heated or cooled by the heat exchanger, a transport means for transporting the air stored in the first casing, and the transport The air carried by the means is stored in the second casing formed with a discharge port for discharging the air, and the air stored in the second casing is formed in the second casing. An air cannon device comprising air compression means for releasing air toward the discharge port by applying vibration and compressing the air gun apparatus, wherein the transport means is an expandable bellows-like shape and is heated inside or First and second cylinders that allow the cooled air to flow, and a first on-off valve that is attached to these cylinders and that opens and closes due to a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the air flowing through the cylinders And a second on-off valve The first on-off valve is attached between the first casing and the first cylinder, and the second on-off valve is attached between the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The first cylinder forms a first movable chamber, the second cylinder forms a second movable chamber, the first movable chamber extends, and the first movable chamber has a first interior. The first on-off valve opens due to a negative pressure with respect to the inside of the casing, the air stored in the first casing moves into the first movable chamber, the first movable chamber contracts, When the pressure inside the second movable chamber becomes negative with respect to the inside of the first chamber, the second on-off valve opens with the first on-off valve closed, and the air stored in the first movable chamber Moves into the second movable chamber, the second movable chamber contracts, When the inside of the movable chamber becomes a positive pressure with respect to the inside of the first chamber, the second on-off valve is closed while the second on-off valve is closed, and the air accumulated in the second movable chamber The air compression means discharges the air toward the discharge port in synchronization with the air being pushed into the second casing. This is an air gun device.

<Invention of Claim 2>
The invention according to claim 2 calculates the difference between the air cannon device according to claim 1, a sensor for sensing the surface temperature of the discharge target, and a preset target temperature in response to a signal from the sensor, A local air conditioning system comprising: an arithmetic means for controlling the operation of the air cannon device.

(Function and effect)
With the air gun device, the air heated or cooled by the heat exchanger can be made to reach the target area by a simple method. Moreover, since the said conveyance means does not use a fan etc., a quiet air conditioning becomes possible.
Further, the air gun apparatus according to claim 1, a sensor for detecting the surface temperature of the discharge target, and a difference between a preset target temperature in response to a signal from the sensor, and an operation of the air gun apparatus It is possible to automatically create a comfortable environment by a local air conditioning system characterized by comprising an arithmetic means for controlling

  According to the present invention, there is an advantage that it can be easily used as an air conditioning facility.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
<Configuration of Air Gun Device According to the Present Invention>
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the air gun apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a heat exchanger 2, a first casing 3 that stores air heated or cooled by the heat exchanger 2, and the first casing 3. A transport means 4 for transporting air stored in the casing 3, a second casing 5 in which the air transported by the transport means 4 is stored and a discharge port 5A for discharging the air is formed, and the second casing 5 And an air compressing means 6 for discharging air toward the discharge port 5A by applying vibration to the air stored in the second casing 5 and compressing the compressed air. .

  The heat exchanger 2 is connected with supply pipes and discharge pipes 2A and 2B for supplying a heating / cooling heat medium. As the heating / cooling heat medium, various fluids such as steam, cold / hot water, and refrigerants such as chlorofluorocarbons can be used.

  The conveying means 4 has a bellows shape that can be expanded and contracted, and the cylinders 4A and 4B that can circulate heated or cooled air therein, and the air that is attached to the cylinders 4A and 4B and circulates inside the cylinder. The first on-off valve 7 and the second on-off valve 8 that open and close due to the pressure difference between the inside and the outside are provided.

  The cylinders 4A and 4B are formed of a bellows-like flexible flexible bellows or bellows that can be expanded and contracted, and the first cylinder 4A and the second cylinder 4B are integrated with each other via the second on-off valve 8. It has become. The vertical movement of the transport means 4 may be performed using a known actuator that performs a linear reciprocating motion such as a solenoid or a pneumatic cylinder. The shapes of the cylinders 4A and 4B may be cylindrical or rectangular.

  The first on-off valve 7 is attached between the first casing 3 and the first cylindrical body 4A, and the heated or cooled air stored in the first casing 3 is put into the first cylindrical body 4A. It functions as a valve for distribution. The second on-off valve 8 is attached between the first cylinder 4A and the second cylinder 4B, and the heated or cooled air stored in the first cylinder 4A is supplied to the second cylinder 4A. It functions as a valve that circulates in the cylinder 4B.

  The first cylinder 4A and the second cylinder 4B, the first on-off valve 7 and the second on-off valve 8 form the first movable body 10 and the first cylinder 4A. The second cylinder 4 </ b> B forms a second movable chamber 11. Although the first cylinder 4A and the second cylinder 4B are divided in the present embodiment, they are formed as an integral cylinder (not shown) and the second cylinder is formed inside the cylinder. An on-off valve 8 may be attached.

Since the first on-off valve 7 and the second on-off valve 8 have the same structure, the first on-off valve 7 will be described with reference to FIG. 5, and the description on the second on-off valve 8 will be omitted. The first on-off valve 7 includes an annular frame 70, lid bodies 72, 72 attached to the frame body 70 via hinges 71, 71, and opening / closing of the lid bodies 72, 72. And an opening / closing regulating means 73 for regulating.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the number of the lid bodies 72 is two, but at least one lid 72 may be used.

  The opening / closing regulating means 73 is composed of a spring or the like attached to the hinge 71, and when the heated or cooled air flows, the lid 72 opens when the upstream side is positive pressure and the downstream side is negative pressure, The lid 72 is configured to close when the side is negative pressure and the downstream side is positive pressure.

  The shape of the frame body 70 may be other than an annular shape, for example, a square frame shape, and the shape of the lid body 72 may be various shapes such as a circle and a square according to the shape of the frame body 70. .

  The lower end of the second cylinder 4B may be directly connected to the second casing 5, but an adjustment made of, for example, metal flexible or glass cloth, such as a bellows-like flexible flexible bellows or bellows that can be expanded and contracted. It is preferable to connect to the second casing 5 with the cylindrical body 9 attached. The adjusting cylinder 9 can finely adjust the positions of the second cylinder 4B and the second casing 5, and can absorb vertical vibrations of the transporting means.

  The second casing 5 includes an inlet 5B into which air stored in the second cylindrical body 4B flows, an outlet 5A from which air is released, and an air compression means for releasing air toward the outlet 5A. 6 are provided.

  As the air compressor 6, a known speaker can be used. As shown in FIG. 6, for example, a diaphragm 6A for applying air vibration, a rod 6B attached to the back surface of the diaphragm 6A, and the rod 6B Is provided with an electromagnetic coil 6C that moves toward the diaphragm 6A by an attractive force or a repulsive force, and a return spring (not shown) that returns the rod 6B to its original position. An electronic element capable of generating vibration instead of the electromagnetic coil 6C, for example, a piezoelectric element, an ultrasonic element, a magnetostrictive element, or a piezoelectric element (not shown) is used, and vibration generated from these electronic elements is transmitted to the diaphragm 6A. You may make it do.

  In the present embodiment, the first casing 3, the transporting means 4, and the second casing 5 are arranged in this order from the top, but although not shown, the second casing, the transporting means 4, The first casing 3 may be used. In this case, the lid 70 can be opened / closed by its own weight without providing the opening / closing regulating means 73. Moreover, the conveyance means 4 is good also as a structure which expands-contracts not only in the vertical direction but in a horizontal direction.

<Operation of Air Gun Device According to the Present Invention>
Below, operation | movement of the air gun apparatus 1 is demonstrated.
(1) First, as shown in FIG. 2, the first movable chamber 10 expands in a state where the air heated or cooled by the heat exchanger 2 is accumulated in the first chamber 3. When the inside of the movable chamber 10 becomes negative with respect to the inside of the first casing 3, the first on-off valve 7 is opened, and the air accumulated in the first casing 3 enters the first movable chamber 10. Moving.
(2) Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the first movable chamber 10 contracts, and the second movable chamber 11 is negatively pressured relative to the first chamber 10, thereby causing the first opening / closing. When the valve 7 is closed, the second on-off valve 8 is opened, and the air accumulated in the first movable chamber 10 moves into the second movable chamber 11.
(3) Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the step (1), the first movable chamber 10 expands to cause the second movable chamber 11 to contract, and the inside of the second movable chamber 11 becomes the first. When the second on-off valve 7 is closed due to the positive pressure in the chamber 10, the closed second on-off valve 8 pushes out the air accumulated in the second movable chamber 11. Move into the second casing 11.
(4) Finally, as shown in FIG. 3, in synchronization with the heated or cooled air being pushed into the second casing 11, the air compression means 6 moves the air toward the discharge port 5A. It is released as an air mass.
And by repeating the process of said (1)-(4), the heated or cooled air can be continuously discharge | released toward discharge | release object as an air lump.

<Local air-conditioning system using air gun device>
The local air conditioning system according to the present invention includes an air cannon device 1 according to the present invention, a sensor (not shown) that senses the surface temperature of a discharge target, and a target temperature that is set in advance by receiving a signal from the sensor. And calculating means (not shown) for calculating the difference between the two and controlling the operation of the air cannon device.
In this local air conditioning system, the heated or cooled air is discharged from the air cannon device 1 as an air mass, and unlike the air flow by a blower or the like, the air ring moves while rotating. Since there is little friction, it is possible to reach farther. Therefore, it is possible to perform air conditioning on a more targeted area than conventional local air conditioning. Moreover, since there is no blower or the like, quiet air conditioning is possible.
Further, a calculating means for controlling the operation of the air cannon device 1 by calculating a difference between a sensor (not shown) for detecting the surface temperature of the discharge target and a preset target temperature in response to a signal from the sensor. (Not shown), for example, a comfortable environment can be automatically created by a signal from a sensor (not shown) that senses a human surface temperature.

It is a longitudinal section (1) showing an outline of an air cannon device according to the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (2) for demonstrating the outline | summary of the operation | movement. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (3) for demonstrating the outline | summary of the operation | movement. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (4) for demonstrating the outline | summary of the operation | movement. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the outline | summary of a 1st on-off valve. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view for demonstrating the outline | summary of an air compressor.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Air gun apparatus, 2 ... Heat exchanger, 2A ... Supply pipe, 2B ... Discharge pipe, 3 ... 1st casing, 4 ... Conveyance means, 4A ... 1st cylinder, 4B ... 2nd cylinder, 5 ... 2nd casing, 5A ... discharge port, 5B ... inflow port, 6 ... air compression means, 6A ... diaphragm, 6B ... rod, 6C ... electromagnetic coil, 7 ... 1st on-off valve, 8 ... 2nd Open / close valve, 9 ... adjusting cylinder, 10 ... first movable chamber, 11 ... second movable chamber, 70 ... frame, 71 ... hinge, 72 ... lid, 73 ... open / close regulating means.

Claims (2)

A heat exchanger, a first casing for storing air heated or cooled by the heat exchanger, a transport means for transporting the air stored in the first casing, and a reservoir for storing the air carried by the transport means And a second casing formed with a discharge port for discharging the air, and the second casing formed in the second casing and compressed by applying vibration to the air stored in the second casing. An air cannon device comprising air compression means for releasing air toward the discharge port,
The transporting means has a bellows shape that can be expanded and contracted, and is attached to the first and second cylinders that allow the heated or cooled air to flow therethrough, and is attached to these cylinders. A first on-off valve and a second on-off valve that open and close by a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the air flowing through
The first on-off valve is attached between the first casing and the first cylinder, and the second on-off valve is attached between the first cylinder and the second cylinder, The first cylinder forms a first movable chamber, and the second cylinder forms a second movable chamber,
The first movable chamber extends, and the first movable chamber becomes negative with respect to the first casing, whereby the first on-off valve is opened and the air stored in the first casing is Move into one movable chamber,
When the first movable chamber contracts and the inside of the second movable chamber becomes negative with respect to the inside of the first chamber, the second on-off valve is opened while the first on-off valve is closed. The air stored in the movable chamber moves to the second movable chamber,
When the second movable chamber contracts and the second movable chamber becomes positive with respect to the first chamber, the second on-off valve is closed. Extruding the air stored in the second movable chamber and moving it into the second casing;
In synchronism with the air being pushed into the second casing, the air compression means releases the air toward the discharge port.
An air cannon device characterized by that. The air gun apparatus according to claim 1, a sensor for detecting a surface temperature of a discharge target, and a difference between a preset target temperature in response to a signal from the sensor, and operation of the air gun apparatus is controlled. An arithmetic means for performing,
A local air conditioning system characterized by that.

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