JP2011047573A - Wall-hanging air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner with a fan guard with a structure easily attachable, and capable of supporting a wire of the fan guard against an external force. <P>SOLUTION: In the wall-hanging air conditioner 1, a vertical blade 85 and a flap 60 for changing wind directions, and the fan guard 70 are arranged in an outlet 13 of a casing storing a heat exchanger 2 and a blower. The fan guard 70 includes a plurality of wires 71 extending in the longitudinal direction of the outlet 13, and a pair of supporting bodies 72, 73 binding both ends of the wires 71. The fan guard 70 is attached in such a manner that the plurality of wires 71 are extended in a space between the vertical blade 85 and the flap 60, and the pair of supporting bodies 72, 73 are fixed in the outlet 13 in a single operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wall-mounted air conditioner including a fan guard.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an air conditioner, there has been known an air conditioner provided with a fan guard in order to prevent a hand from being inserted from an air outlet of an indoor unit (for example, see Patent Document 1). The fan guard is configured by extending a wire along the longitudinal direction of the air outlet, and supports the wire at, for example, both ends and a central portion thereof. The fan guard is desired to maintain a state in which the hand cannot be put into the air outlet of the indoor unit even when an external force is applied. In the configuration described in Patent Document 1, both ends of a plurality of wires are provided in the air conditioner. It is configured to be inserted and attached to the supporting portion, and a spacer for sandwiching the wire is attached.

Japanese Patent No. 4285586

However, the conventional fan guard employs a complicated structure to support the wire against external force, so that the number of manufacturing steps is large and it is difficult to improve the production efficiency and reduce the cost.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances. In an air conditioner including a fan guard, the fan guard wire can be supported against an external force and can be easily attached. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wall-mounted air conditioner that includes vertical and horizontal blades for changing the air direction, and a fan guard at the outlet of a housing that houses a heat exchanger and a blower. The fan guard includes a plurality of wires extending in the longitudinal direction of the air outlet and a pair of supports that bundle both ends of the wires, and the fan guard includes the plurality of wires as vertical blades and horizontal blades. A pair of the support bodies are fixedly attached to the air outlet by one-touch operation.
According to this configuration, the wires extending in the longitudinal direction of the air outlet are bundled by the pair of supports, and the support is attached to the air outlet by one touch, so that the fan guard can be easily attached to the air outlet. In addition, by extending the wire into the space between the vertical blade and the horizontal blade, it is difficult to drop the wire by an external force or move it to the back or near the outlet, It can be supported and kept in a state in which the hand cannot be put into the air outlet.

The said structure WHEREIN: A support | pillar is spanned between the upper edge part and lower edge part of the said blower outlet, and the said several wire may be latched by the receiving groove of the said support | pillar.
In this case, since the wire is locked in the receiving groove of the support straddled between the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of the air outlet, the wire can be supported more strongly against the external force.

Moreover, the said structure WHEREIN: It is good also as a structure which the receiving groove of the said support | pillar exposes to the front side of the said blower outlet.
In this case, since the wire can be locked to the receiving groove of the support from the front side, the fan guard can be attached more easily.

Furthermore, in the above configuration, the support may be attached between the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of the air outlet by elastically deforming either the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion. Good.
In this case, it is possible to easily attach the support body to the air outlet with one touch, and after the attachment, the support body can be reliably fixed by the elastic force of the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion.

Furthermore, in the above configuration, a protrusion is formed on either the upper end or the lower end of the support, and a plate-like portion is formed on the other, either the upper edge or the lower edge of the outlet. A hole for engaging with the projection may be formed on the other side, and a receiving part for supporting the plate-like part may be formed on the other side.
In this case, the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion of the air outlet can be elastically deformed, and the support can be easily attached to the air outlet with one touch.

Moreover, the said structure WHEREIN: You may provide in the said vertical blade the wire receiving part which controls the movement of the up-down direction of the said wire, or the up-down both directions.
In this case, the vertical blades restrict the movement of the wire in either the upper or lower direction, or in both the upper and lower directions, so that the wire can be supported more reliably against external forces and the state where the hand cannot be put into the air outlet can be maintained. .

  According to the present invention, the fan guard can be easily attached to the air outlet, and after attachment, the wire is supported against an external force, and the fan can be put in the blower (cross flow fan) located inside the air outlet. Can keep no state.

It is sectional drawing of the wall-hanging type air conditioning apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of a wall-hanging type air conditioner. It is an external appearance perspective view of a wall-hanging type air conditioner. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a fan guard. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the attachment method of a fan guard. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the attachment method of a fan guard. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the support structure of a wire.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a wall-mounted air conditioner 1 according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the wall-mounted air conditioner 1.
The wall-mounted air conditioner 1 includes a fin-and-tube heat exchanger 2 having a substantially C-shaped cross section disposed in a frame 3, and a blower (cross flow fan) 4 disposed inside the heat exchanger 2. The heat exchanger 2 is covered with a grill 10. The frame 3 is a member formed into a substantially L-shaped cross section by resin molding, and includes a drain pan 31 that receives drain water flowing down from the heat exchanger 2, and a scroll portion 32 that houses the blower 4. A recess for receiving the locking claw 51 of the installation plate 50 is formed. The frame 3 and the grill 10 constitute a housing of the wall-mounted air conditioner 1.
The frame 3 and the installation plate 50, and the frame 3 and the grill 10 are connected to each other by screws, and a service hole 15 for performing screwing work is opened on the lower surface of the grill 10. The service hole 15 is closed by a screw cap 14 during normal use.

The blower 4 is configured by a so-called cross flow fan, and is housed between a tongue portion 48 provided on the frame 3 and the scroll portion 32, and both ends of the blower 4 are provided with a bearing portion 44 having a bearing 43, a bearing portion 45, It is supported by the frame 3 via.
A fan motor 46 is connected to one end of the blower 4, and the fan motor 46 is attached to the frame 3 via a bearing 47. More specifically, one end of the blower 4 is provided with a hole 41 into which the output shaft of the fan motor 46 is inserted. The output shaft of the fan motor 46 inserted into the hole 41 is screwed from the side surface of the blower 4. It is fixed to the blower 4 by the set screw 42 inserted. In addition, an electrical box 55 is disposed on the side of the fan motor 46.
In the lower part of the back side of the frame 3, a pipe housing part 33, which is a longitudinal space for housing refrigerant pipes and drain pipes, is formed, and pipe retainers 52 and 53 that hold down the pipe in the pipe housing part 33. It is attached.

An upper surface inlet 11 and a front inlet 12 are opened in the grill 10, and a front panel 16 is attached so as to cover the front inlet 12.
The blower 4 sucks indoor air from the upper surface suction port 11 and the front surface suction port 12 through the heat exchanger 2, and the air exchanged in the heat exchanger 2 is a space between the scroll portion 32 and the tongue portion 48. Then, the air is blown into the room to be conditioned from the air outlet 13 opening on the lower surface of the wall-mounted air conditioner 1.
The air outlet 13 is provided with two flaps 60 and 60 as horizontal blades for changing the wind direction. The flap 60 has a flap shaft 61 and rotates up and down around the flap shaft 61. The two flaps 60 and 60 are driven in conjunction by a flap drive motor 63 to open and close the air outlet 13 and set the air direction from the air outlet 13 in the vertical direction.

A plurality of vertical blades 85 for changing the wind direction are arranged side by side on the exit side of the scroll portion 32. A plurality of the vertical blades 85 (5 in this embodiment) form a set and are connected by a link member 87 on the back side of the scroll portion 32. The vertical blade 85 is connected to a vertical blade drive motor (not shown), and changes its direction to the left and right according to the operation of the vertical blade drive motor or the operation of the operation lever 86.
A fan guard 70 is provided between the vertical blades 85 and the flaps 60. The fan guard 70 includes two wires 71 and 71 that are stretched in parallel with each other along the longitudinal direction of the air outlet 13 and support bodies 72 and 73 that bundle ends of the wires 71 and 71. Is done. The fan guard 70 prevents a hand from being inserted into the outlet 13 by the wires 71 and 71.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the wall-mounted air conditioner 1 as viewed from below. In FIG. 3, the flap 60 is not shown for convenience of understanding.
A support body 72 of the fan guard 70 is attached to one end side of the longitudinal air outlet 13, and a support body 73 is attached to the other end side of the air outlet 13.
Moreover, the two outlets 65 which support the flap 60 are provided in the blower outlet 13 so that it may be equally divided into three in the longitudinal direction. The column 65 is spanned between the upper edge portion 13a and the lower edge portion 13b of the outlet 13 and has two support holes 66, 66 into which the flap shafts 61, 61 of the two flaps 60, 60 are inserted. . At both ends of the air outlet 13, flap support portions 68 for attaching the flaps 60 are provided, and the flap shafts 61 and 61 of the two flaps 60 and 60 are inserted into each of the two flap support portions 68. Support holes 69, 69 are formed. That is, the flap 60 is rotatably supported by the two support columns 65 and the two flap support portions 68. The fan guard 70 is attached so that the wire 71 is located behind the support holes 66 and 69 to which the flap 60 is attached and before the vertical blade 85.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the fan guard 70.
Support bodies 72 and 73 positioned at both ends of fan guard 70 have two end receivers 74 into which end portions of two wires 71 are respectively inserted into a columnar main body. An upper contact plate 75 is formed at the upper end of the columnar main body, a protrusion 76 is erected on the upper surface of the flat upper contact plate 75, and a lower contact plate 77 is formed at the lower end of the main body.

  5 and 6 are perspective views showing a main part of the method for attaching the fan guard 70. In particular, the method for attaching the support 72 to the air outlet 13 is shown. 5 and 6 both illustrate the right end of the air outlet 13. In the state shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the support 72 is not fixed at the attachment position, and the positions of the wires 71 and 71 after attachment are indicated by broken lines in FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, a receiving hole 13 c (hole) capable of engaging with the protrusion 76 is formed in the upper edge portion 13 a of the air outlet 13 at the mounting position of the support 72.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, a support frame 13 d (receiving portion) is provided on the lower edge portion 13 b in accordance with the outer shape of the lower abutting plate 77 at a position substantially directly below the receiving hole 13 c. The support frame 13d is a frame into which the lower contact plate 77 can be fitted, and the lower contact plate 77 fitted into the support frame 13d is fixed so as not to move in the horizontal direction.

With reference to these FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the attachment procedure of the support body 72 is demonstrated. In addition, since the support body 73 is comprised left-right symmetrically with the support body 72, it can be attached in the procedure similar to the following description.
First, the upper contact plate 75 of the support 72 is inserted into the air outlet 13, and the protrusion 76 is fitted into the receiving hole 13c (FIG. 5). Subsequently, the lower part of the support body 72 is rotated, and the lower contact plate 77 is put into the air outlet 13 and applied to the support frame 13d (FIG. 6).
Here, when the upper part of the support body 72 is pushed up or the upper edge part 13a is pushed up together with the support body 72 to press the upper edge part 13a, the upper edge part 13a is bent and the support body 72 is raised. Here, when the lower contact plate 77 is inserted into the support frame 13d and the force pressing the upper edge portion 13a is released, the upper edge portion 13a is restored, and the support body 72 is interposed between the upper edge portion 13a and the lower edge portion 13b. Is fixed. In the support 72, the protrusion 76 enters the receiving hole 13c in the upper part, and the lower contact plate 77 enters the support frame 13d in the lower part. In order to release the lower contact plate 77, the upper edge part 13a and the lower edge part 13b are separated. You must increase the distance between For this reason, the fan guard 70 can be easily attached with one touch and is held so as not to easily fall off.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upper edge portion 13 a is below (on the back side) of the drain pan 31, and a structure for securing the strength of the frame 3 (for example, the periphery of the tongue portion 48 and the locking claw 51 of the installation plate 50 is provided Away from the receiving recess etc. For this reason, the upper edge portion 13 a is relatively easily elastically deformed by the pressing force as compared with other portions of the frame 3. For this reason, when the support body 72 is pressed against the upper edge portion 13a and the upper edge portion 13a is pressed upward, the lower contact plate 77 can be accommodated in the support frame 13d by a predetermined pressing force or more.
Also, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the protrusion 76 has a shape whose front side is higher than the rear side. Therefore, in order to release the protrusion 76 from the receiving hole 13c, the upper edge portion 13a is pressed, It is necessary to deform the upper edge portion 13a more than when it is attached. For this reason, when removing the support body 72, a bigger force is needed. That is, it has a structure that is easy to attach and difficult to drop off. The same applies to the support 73.
On the other hand, when it is necessary to insert a tool etc. from the blower outlet 13 for the maintenance of the air blower 4, etc., it is possible to remove the support bodies 72 and 73 by pushing up the upper edge part 13a strongly. Thus, the fan guard 70 has a useful configuration that does not hinder maintenance or the like, is easy to attach, and is difficult to drop off.

The fan guard 70 attached in this manner is supported by the support 65 and the vertical blade 85 together with the supports 72 and 73.
As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.5, the front edge of the vertical blade | wing 85 is formed with two receiving parts 85a and 85b cut back. The receiving portion 85 a is curved backward so as to draw a curve with a size to accommodate the wire 71, and protrudes forward in the vertical direction of the wire 71. Similarly, the receiving portion 85 b draws a concave curve large enough to accommodate the wire 71 and projects forward on the wire 71. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 1, in a state where the wire 71 is accommodated in the receiving portion 85a, when the wire 71 is moved up and down, it comes into contact with the overhang of the receiving portion 85a. Even in the receiving portion 85b, when the wire 71 is moved upward, the receiving portion 85b comes into contact with the overhang of the receiving portion 85b. Therefore, the vertical blade 85 restricts the wire 71 from moving up and down. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the wires 71 and 71 received in the receiving portions 85 a and 85 b come into contact with the vertical blade 85 when they are pushed backward. For this reason, the vertical blade 85 restricts the wire 71 from being pushed backward.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the main part of the support structure of the wire 71, and in particular, shows a side surface of the column 65 provided at the air outlet 13.
As shown in FIG. 7, receiving grooves 67 a and 67 b that can engage the two wires 71 and 71 are formed on the front edge of the column 65. The receiving grooves 67a and 67b are exposed to the front side of the air outlet 13 in the column 65, and the wires 71 and 71 can be inserted from the front side of the air outlet 13. For this reason, when attaching the support bodies 72 and 73 to the blower outlet 13 in the procedure mentioned above, the wires 71 and 71 can be easily set in the receiving grooves 67a and 67b.

  The receiving grooves 67 a and 67 b are located behind the support hole 66 and grip the wire 71 behind the flap 60. The receiving groove 67a located on the upper side can be fitted by inserting the wire 71 from below and pushing it forward. Moreover, it can be fitted into the lower receiving groove 67b by pushing the wire 71 from the front. The wires 71 and 71 fitted in the receiving grooves 67a and 67b do not fall off unless a predetermined force or more is applied in the direction opposite to the above. With this configuration, the wires 71 and 71 are held by the column 65 so as not to easily move back and forth and up and down.

  As described above, the wires 71 and 71 are held by the support bodies 72 and 73 and the support column 65 so as not to move up and down and up and down, and the vertical blades 85 restrict movement in the rear and up and down directions. For this reason, pushing the wire 71 into the back of the blower outlet 13 also cannot push the gap between the plurality of wires 71 and 71 by moving the wire 71. Neither the distance between the edge 13a nor the distance between the wire 71 and the lower edge 13b can be enlarged. Therefore, the configuration of the present embodiment sufficiently satisfies the function as the fan guard 70 that prevents the insertion of the hand into the air outlet 13.

As described above, according to the wall-mounted air conditioner 1 according to the embodiment to which the present invention is applied, the vertical blades for changing the wind direction are provided at the air outlet 13 of the housing that houses the heat exchanger 2 and the blower 4. 85, the flap 60, and the wall-mounted air conditioner 1 including the fan guard 70, the fan guard 70 includes a pair of wires 71 and 71 extending in the longitudinal direction of the air outlet 13 and a pair of both ends of the wires 71 and 71. And the fan guard 70 extends a plurality of wires 71, 71 into the space between the vertical blades 85 and the flaps 60, and the pair of supports 72, 73 The fan guard 70 can be easily attached to the air outlet 13 with one touch since it is fixed and attached within the air outlet 13 with one touch. Moreover, by extending the wires 71 and 71 into the space between the vertical blades 85 and the flaps 60, the wires 71 and 71 are dropped by an external force, or the wires 71 and 71 are moved to the back or near the outlet 13. Therefore, it is possible to support the wires 71 and 71 against an external force and keep the hand out of the air outlet 13.
That is, when attaching the support bodies 72 and 73 to the blower outlet 13, the upper edges 13 a are pushed up together with the support bodies 72 and 73 by placing the upper portions of the support bodies 72 and 73 against the upper edge section 13 a. It is only necessary to perform a series of one-touch operations in which the lower contact plate 77 is inserted into the support frame 13d by rotating the lower part of the support frame 13d.

Moreover, since the support | pillar 65 is spanned between the upper edge part 13a and the lower edge part 13b of the blower outlet 13, and the wires 71 and 71 are latched by the receiving grooves 67a and 67b provided in this support | pillar 65, The wires 71 and 71 are fixed so as not to move up and down or sideways. For this reason, since the space | interval between the wires 71 and 71 cannot be expanded and the space | interval between the wires 71 and 71 and the upper edge part 13a or the lower edge part 13b cannot be expanded, a hand is put in the blower outlet 13. It is possible to keep the state that is not possible more reliably.
Furthermore, since the receiving grooves 67a and 67b of the support 65 are exposed to the front side of the outlet 13, the wires 71 and 71 can be locked from the front side to the receiving grooves 67a and 67b of the support 65. The fan guard 70 can be attached more easily.
Furthermore, since the support bodies 72 and 73 are attached by elastically deforming the upper edge portion 13a between the upper edge portion 13a and the lower edge portion 13b of the air outlet 13, they are easily attached to the air outlet 13 with one touch. It is possible, and the support bodies 72 and 73 can be reliably fixed by the elastic force of the upper edge part 13a after attachment.

  In addition, a protrusion 76 is formed at the upper ends of the supports 72 and 73, a lower contact plate 77 is formed at the lower end, and a receiving hole 13c that engages the protrusion 76 is formed in the upper edge portion 13a of the air outlet 13. Since the lower edge portion 13b is formed with a support frame 13d for supporting the lower contact plate 77, the upper edge portion 13a is elastically deformed to make the support bodies 72 and 73 easier, for example, the support body 72 with one hand. , 73 can be attached by one-touch operation. Further, after the mounting, the protrusion 76 enters the receiving hole 13c due to the elasticity of the upper edge portion 13a, and the lower contact plate 77 is held so as not to easily fall off from the support frame 13d. Can be fixed.

  Furthermore, by providing the vertical blades 85 with receiving portions 85a and 85b that restrict the movement of the wires 71 and 71 either in the upper or lower direction or in both the upper and lower directions, the wires 71 and 71 are moved up and down, and between the wires 71 and 71. Since it becomes impossible to widen the gap between the wires 71 and 71 and the upper edge portion 13a or the lower edge portion 13b, it is possible to more reliably maintain a state in which the hand cannot be put into the outlet 13. .

  In addition, the said embodiment shows the one aspect | mode which applied this invention, Comprising: This invention is not limited to this. For example, the receiving grooves 67a and 67b provided in the support column 65 have been described as grooves having a width through which the wire 71 can pass, but the present invention is not limited to this, but the diameter of the wire 71 It is good also as a structure which has a narrow part and hold | grips the wire 71 not to drop | omit by the elasticity of the support | pillar 65 by pushing the wire 71 into this part. Moreover, it is good also as a structure by which the wires 71 and 71 are arrange | positioned in the deep position of the receiving parts 85a and 85b formed in the vertical blade | wing 85, and the movement of the wires 71 and 71 to the up-down both directions is restrict | limited by the receiving parts 85a and 85b.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although demonstrated taking the example of the structure which provided the fan guard 70 in the blower outlet 13 opened on the lower surface of the wall-hanging type air conditioning apparatus 1, this invention is not limited to this. For example, it is also possible to provide the fan guard 70 in the blower outlet opened to the front surface of an air conditioning apparatus. Furthermore, the support bodies 72 and 73 which comprise the fan guard 70 do not need to be bilaterally symmetric, and the attachment positions of the support bodies 72 and 73 may be almost the end portion of the air outlet 13, and FIGS. As shown in FIG. 6, it does not have to be the end of the air outlet 13. Moreover, the number of the wires 71, the flaps 60, and the vertical blades 85 is also arbitrary, and the specific detailed configuration of the wall-mounted air conditioner 1 can be arbitrarily changed.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the example which applied this invention to the wall-hanging type air conditioning apparatus 1 was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this, A ceiling embedded type air conditioning apparatus and a ceiling suspended type air conditioning apparatus It is also applicable to.

1 Wall-mounted air conditioner 2 Heat exchanger 3 Frame (housing)
4 Blowers 10 Grill (housing)
13 Outlet 13a Upper edge 13b Lower edge 13c Receiving hole (hole)
13d Support frame (receiving part)
32 Scroll part 48 Tongue part 60 Flap (horizontal blade)
65 Support 67a, 67b Receiving groove 70 Fan guard 71 Wire 72, 73 Support body 75 Upper contact plate 76 Projection 77 Lower contact plate 85 Vertical blade 85a, 85b Receiving part

Claims (6)

In a wall-mounted air conditioner equipped with vertical and horizontal blades for changing the air direction, and a fan guard at the air outlet of the housing containing the heat exchanger and blower,
The fan guard includes a plurality of wires extending in the longitudinal direction of the air outlet, and a pair of supports that bundle both ends of the wires,
The fan guard is attached by extending the plurality of wires into the space between the vertical blades and the horizontal blades, and fixing the pair of the support bodies in the blowout port with one touch. A wall-mounted air conditioner characterized by that. A strut is spanned between the upper and lower edges of the outlet,
The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of wires are locked in receiving grooves of the support columns.   The wall-hanging air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the receiving groove of the support column is exposed on the front side of the air outlet.   The said support body is attached by elastically deforming at least one of the said upper edge part or the said lower edge part between the upper edge part and lower edge part of the said blower outlet. 4. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to any one of 3 above. A protrusion is formed on either the upper end or the lower end of the support, and a plate-like portion is formed on the other.
A hole for engaging with the protrusion is formed in either one of the upper edge portion or the lower edge portion of the air outlet, and a receiving portion for supporting the plate-like portion is formed in the other. Item 5. A wall-mounted air conditioner according to item 4.   The wall-mounted air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the vertical blade is provided with a wire receiving portion that restricts movement of the wire in either the upper or lower direction or both directions.

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