JP2009198135A - Outdoor unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an outdoor unit suppressing excessive shaking of a compressor during transportation, improving working efficiency during installation of the outdoor unit, and capable of reducing waste. <P>SOLUTION: The outdoor unit includes the compressor 11 mounted in a machine chamber 10 provided in one side of a separation wall 4, and a support plate 15 with one end fixed to the separation wall 4 and another end fixed to a machine chamber side face panel 20, and fixed with connection valves 14a, 14b connected to the compressor 11. An abutting part 4a of a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the compressor 11 is provided on the separation wall 4, a holding plate 16 having an abutting part 16a of a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor 11 is attached to the support plate 15, and the abutting part 4a of the separation wall 4 and the abutting part 16a of the holding plate 16 abut on an outer circumference of the compressor 11 to hold the compressor 11 from both sides. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an outdoor unit such as an air conditioner or a heat pump water heater, and more specifically, to the compressor and the compressor due to excessive shaking of the compressor mounted on the outdoor unit during transportation of the outdoor unit. The present invention relates to an outdoor unit provided with compressor holding means for preventing damage to connected piping and compressor peripheral parts.

  The compressor mounted on the outdoor unit is attached to the bottom plate with bolts and nuts via anti-vibration rubber to prevent the propagation of vibration to the outer casing of the outdoor unit. Directional movement is also restricted. However, when transporting the outdoor unit, etc., if an external force is applied to the outdoor unit due to dropping or the like, the compressor will be excessively shaken in the lateral direction, and the compressor and piping connected to the compressor and parts around the compressor will be There was a risk of damage.

  In order to solve such problems, a cushioning material such as styrene foam is interposed around the compressor, integrated with the compressor using a binding band, etc., and the gap between the compressor and piping and compressor peripheral parts is filled. There has been proposed a compressor fixing structure that prevents excessive lateral shaking of the compressor (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

No. 63-68306 (No. 1-173476) (2nd page, FIG. 10)

  According to the compressor fixing structure of Patent Document 1, when installing the outdoor unit, it is necessary to remove the cushioning material such as polystyrene foam and the binding band at the installation site, and the outdoor unit is re-transported for repair or the like. In this case, since the cushioning material or the like must be attached again, there is a problem that work efficiency at the installation site is poor.

  Moreover, since the removed cushioning material and the binding band become waste after the outdoor unit is installed, a large amount of waste is generated, which not only wastes resources but also troublesome processing. In addition, if the operator forgets to remove the cushioning material or cable ties during installation, abnormal noise may be generated during operation, and the compressor may become hot during normal operation, which may cause fire. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by using existing parts around the compressor, the compressor can be prevented from excessive shaking during transportation and the like. An outdoor unit that eliminates the need to remove cushioning materials and re-mounting cushioning materials during re-transport, reduces waste, and prevents malfunctions due to forgetting to remove cushioning materials. It is intended to provide.

  An outdoor unit according to the present invention includes a compressor mounted on a machine room provided on one side of a separation wall, one end fixed to the separation wall and the other end fixed to a machine room side panel, A connection plate connected to the machine is fixed to the support plate, and a contact portion having a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor is provided on the separation wall, and the support plate has an outer shape of the compressor. A holding plate having an abutting portion of a corresponding shape is attached, and the abutting portion of the separation wall and the abutting portion of the holding plate abut on the outer periphery of the compressor so as to sandwich the compressor. It is.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the vibration of the compressor during operation of the outdoor unit and the excessive shaking of the compressor during transportation, improve the workability during installation of the outdoor unit, and reduce waste. Resource saving can be achieved by reducing.

1 is an exploded perspective view of an outdoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main portion in the lower portion of FIG. It is a top view of A section.
The outdoor unit includes a bottom plate 1 as a whole base and a plurality of legs 2 provided on the bottom plate 1, and an L-shaped outdoor heat exchanger 3 is attached to the bottom plate 1 from the back side to one side surface. ing. 4 is a separation wall made up of a steel plate that is erected on the bottom plate 1 and is attached to the bottom plate 1 and the outdoor heat exchanger 3, and has an arcuate contact portion 4a corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor described later in the vertical direction. It has been.

An air passage chamber 5 is formed on one side of the separation wall 4 and a blower 6 is disposed. The blower 6 is attached to a support 7 fixed to the bottom plate 1 and the outdoor heat exchanger 3.
In addition, a machine room 10 is formed on the other side of the separation wall 4, and a compressor 11 having a soundproof material 12 wound around the outer periphery is mounted on the machine room 10. A gas side valve 14a and a liquid side valve 14b (hereinafter collectively referred to as a connection valve) are provided. The soundproofing material 12 is, for example, a felt-like material having a thickness of about 10 mm obtained by laminating a chemical fiber to which a flame retardant is added and recycled cotton and processing it into a sheet shape with an adhesive.

In the compressor 11, as shown in FIG. 3, a hole (not shown) of a bracket 13 provided at the bottom is inserted into a bolt 8 erected on the bottom plate 1 via a vibration isolator 9 such as rubber. It is fixed with a nut.
Reference numeral 15 is made of a steel plate, one end is attached to the front side of the separation wall 4 to fix the connection valves 14a and 14b, and 16 is made of a steel plate and has an arc shape corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor 11 (contact portion) 16a) is a holding plate that is attached to the lower portion of the support plate 15 and holds the compressor 11. Reference numeral 17 denotes a metal plate on which electric parts are mounted and attached to the separation wall 4.

  A machine room side panel 20 is attached to the bottom plate 1 and the outdoor heat exchanger 3 to cover a part of the rear surface of the machine room 10 and a rear side of the side face, and 21 has one end abutted against the machine room side panel 20. The machine room front panel, which is attached to the separation wall 4 and covers the front side and the front side of the side of the machine room 10, has a suction grill 22a, one end of which is abutted with the machine room front panel 21, and the bottom plate 1 and the outdoor An air channel chamber front panel which is attached to the heat exchanger 3 and covers a part of the front surface and side surface of the air channel chamber 5, 23 is a top plate which is attached to the outdoor heat exchanger 3 and the upper ends of the panels 20-22. is there.

Next, an example of an assembly procedure of the outdoor unit configured as described above will be described.
First, the soundproof material 9 is attached to the bolt 8 provided on the bottom plate 1. And the hole provided in the bracket 13 of the compressor 1 is fitted to the volt | bolt 8, and it fixes with a nut. Next, the outdoor heat exchanger 3 is installed from the back surface to the side surface of the bottom plate 1 and fixed to the bottom plate 1 with screws, and the separation wall 4 is placed on the bottom plate 1 and screwed to the bottom plate 1 and the outdoor heat exchanger 3. Secure with. Next, one end of the support plate 15 to which the holding plate 16 is attached is attached to the front side of the separation wall 4, and the connection valves 14 a and 14 b connected to the compressor 11 through the pipe are fixed to the support plate 15. Next, the soundproof material 12 is wound around the outer periphery of the compressor 11. The soundproof material 12 may be wound around the outer periphery of the compressor 11 in advance. Further, the metal plate 17 on which the electrical components are mounted is attached to the separation wall 4. On the other hand, the blower 6 is attached to the support pillar 7 provided in the blower chamber 5.

  In this state, the machine room side panel 20 is screwed to the bottom plate 1 and the outdoor heat exchanger 3, and the other end of the support plate 15 is fixed to the machine room side panel 20. Next, the end of the machine room front panel 21 is abutted with the end of the machine room side panel 20 and screwed to the bottom plate 1 and the separation wall 4, and then the air channel room front panel 22 is connected to the machine room. The end plate of the front panel 21 is butted to the bottom plate 1 and the outdoor heat exchanger 3 with screws. Finally, the top plate 23 is placed on the outdoor heat exchanger 3 and each of the panels 20 to 22 and fixed with screws.

At this time, the compressor 11 has its bracket 13 fixed to the bolt 8 provided on the bottom plate 1 via the vibration isolator 9 so that the vertical movement is restricted. Further, the arc-shaped abutting portion 4a of the separation wall 4 and the abutting portion 16a of the arc-shaped holding plate 16 are abutted and sandwiched via the soundproofing material 12 on the outer periphery to move in the circumferential direction (lateral direction). Is regulated. For this reason, even if an external force acts on the outdoor unit, the compressor 11 does not shake excessively in the lateral direction or move in the vertical direction.
In addition, the assembly procedure of said outdoor unit shows an example, and is not limited to this.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a main part showing another example of the present invention. In the outdoor unit of FIGS. 1 to 4, an arc shape corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor 11 is provided at the lower part of the support plate 15 having one end fixed to the separation wall 4 and the other end fixed to the machine room side panel 20. Although the case where the holding plate 16 composed of the contact portion 16b is attached and this holding plate 16 is brought into contact with the outer periphery of the compressor 11 through the soundproofing material 12 is shown, the holding plate 16 is omitted in this example, and the support plate 16 is supported An arc-shaped contact portion 15 a corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor 11 is provided on the plate 15, and the compressor 11 is sandwiched between the contact portion 4 a of the separation wall 4 and the contact portion 15 a of the support plate 15. . In addition, although the case where the support plate 15 and the holding plate 16 were formed with the steel plate was shown, as long as it has the intensity | strength which can suppress the excessive shake of the compressor 11, another material may be sufficient.

  The mounting position of the support plate 15 or the holding plate 16 is such that when the compressor 11 vibrates (swings), the top swinging (swaying) width becomes the maximum, so that as shown in FIG. If provided, vibration (swing) of the compressor 11 can be effectively suppressed. In particular, when a scroll compressor having a compression mechanism provided above is mounted on an outdoor unit, if the support plate 15 or the holding plate 16 is provided below the compressor 11, the support plate 15 or the holding plate is provided. Since the moment force applied to 16 may increase and the support plate 15 and the holding plate 16 may be deformed, it is desirable to provide the upper portion.

  Further, the contact part 4a provided on the separation wall 4 and the contact part 15a provided on the support plate 15 or the contact part 16a of the cage 16 are respectively provided on the outer periphery of the compressor 11 around which the soundproof material 12 is wound. It is desirable that the contact is made in the range of at least 90 ° to 120 °, whereby vibration (swing) of the compressor 11 can be effectively suppressed.

  Further, the abutting portion 4a provided on the separation wall 4 and the abutting portion 15a provided on the support plate 15 or the abutting portion 16a of the holding plate 16 are all of the compressor 11 around which the soundproof material 12 is wound. There is no need to abut along the circumference, and as shown in FIG. 4, the minimum range in which excessive shaking of the compressor 11 can be suppressed, that is, the end of the abutting portion 4a of the separation wall 4 and the support plate 15 The gap G between the contact portion 15 a provided on the end of the holding plate 16 and the end portion of the contact portion 16 a may be equal to or smaller than the diameter D of the compressor 11. In addition, when the suction pipe and the discharge pipe are provided on the side surface of the compressor 11, the contact part 4a of the separation wall 4 and the contact part 15a provided on the support plate 15 or the holding plate 16 are provided at positions that do not interfere with these. The abutting portion 16a may be installed.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, vibration of the compressor 11 during operation of the outdoor unit and excessive shaking of the compressor 11 during transportation can be suppressed. Damage to the pipes and the peripheral parts of the compressor can be prevented. In addition, cushioning materials and binding bands for fixing the compressor, which were necessary in the past, are no longer necessary, so the cushioning materials are removed at the installation site of the outdoor unit, and the cushioning materials are installed when re-transporting. Therefore, installation workability can be improved.

In addition, when the outdoor unit is installed, there is no need to discard the cushioning material and the binding band that are no longer necessary as in the prior art. Therefore, waste can be reduced and resource saving can be achieved.
In addition, since there is no problem of abnormal noise or ignition due to forgetting to remove the cushioning material or the binding band, a highly reliable outdoor unit can be obtained.

In the above description, the case where the present invention is implemented in the illustrated outdoor unit is shown, but the present invention can also be implemented in outdoor units having other structures.
Moreover, although the case where this invention was implemented to the outdoor unit of an air conditioner was shown, it is not limited to this, This invention can be implemented also to the outdoor unit of a heat pump water heater.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the outdoor unit which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view of the A section of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view of the lower part of FIG. It is a top view of the A section of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view of the other example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the contact state of the separation wall and holding plate to a compressor.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bottom plate, 3 Outdoor heat exchanger, 4 Separation wall, 4a Contact part, 5 Air channel room, 10 Machine room, 11 Compressor, 12 Soundproof material, 14a, 14b Connection valve, 15 Support plate, 15a Contact part, 16 holding plate, 16a contact part, 20 machine room side panel.

Claims (5)

A compressor mounted in a machine room provided on one side of the separation wall, and a connecting valve connected to the compressor, one end fixed to the separation wall and the other end fixed to the machine room side panel. A support plate to be fixed,
A contact portion having a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor is provided on the separation wall, and a holding plate having a contact portion having a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the compressor is attached to the support plate. An abutment unit and an abutment portion of the holding plate abut against the outer periphery of the compressor to sandwich the compressor.   The outdoor unit according to claim 1, wherein the holding plate is omitted, and a contact portion having a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the compressor is provided on the support plate.   The soundproof material is wound around the outer periphery of the compressor, and the contact portion of the separation wall and the contact portion of the holding plate or the support plate are in contact with the outer periphery of the soundproof material. Or the outdoor unit of 2.   The contact portion provided on the separation wall and the contact portion provided on the holding plate or the support plate are in contact within a range of 90 ° to 120 ° of the outer periphery of the compressor or the soundproof material, respectively. The outdoor unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   The outdoor unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a contact portion provided on the holding plate or the support plate is in contact with an upper portion of the compressor or the soundproof material.

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