JP2012247187A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent diffusion of an air flow at the moment when going out of an outlet, and thereby expand a blowout angle of wind in the horizontal direction, and also guide the wind to the distance.SOLUTION: An air conditioner includes: a horizontal wind direction changing blade 8, which is arranged in the outlet 6 for blowing out air that is heat-exchanged by a heat exchanger 3, and which changes the horizontal direction of the blown-out air; and vertical wind direction changing blades 13, 21 for changing the vertical direction of wind. The vertical wind direction changing blades comprise a first vertical wind direction changing blade 13 and a second vertical wind direction changing blade 21, which are turned mutually independently. The replacement of a vertical position between the first vertical wind direction changing blade 13 and the second vertical wind direction changing blade 21 is possible, and also the replacement of opposite surfaces is made possible by turning movement.

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner having up and down airflow direction changing blades for air conditioning.

  Conventionally, this type of air conditioner has an up-and-down air direction change blade that adjusts the air direction in the up-and-down direction via an arm part that can be changed to the air outlet, and rotates outside the air outlet, and has an excellent air direction adjusting function. There is no feeling of airflow during cooling operation, and a comfortable living environment of head cold foot heat is created during heating operation (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 5 shows a conventional air conditioner described in Patent Document 1. In FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, it is comprised from the blower outlet 6, the up-and-down wind direction change blade | wing 13, and the arm part 28, The one end side of the arm part 28 is rotatably hold | maintained in the air conditioner 1 main body, The arm portion 28 fluctuates so that the up / down air direction changing blade 13 is rotatably held on the other end side of the 28 and the up / down air direction changing blade 13 is rotated outside the outlet 6.

Japanese Patent No. 3897804

  However, in the conventional configuration, an ideal airflow can be generated upward during cooling operation and downward during heating operation. However, as shown in FIG. Airflow diffuses at the moment of exit. For this reason, the airflow cannot be bent to the intended maximum angle when the left and right wind directions are changed, and there is a problem that there is a limit in guiding the airflow far away because the flow velocity decreases.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and provides an air conditioner that can create an ideal upward and downward airflow while expanding the blowing angle of the wind in the left-right direction and guiding the wind to a further distance. The purpose is to do.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, an air conditioner of the present invention includes a heat exchanger, an air outlet that blows out air that has been heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger, and an air that is disposed and blown out at the air outlet. An air conditioner comprising left and right wind direction changing vanes that change the direction in the left and right direction and up and down air direction changing vanes that change the direction in the up and down direction, the upper and lower air direction changing vanes at the upper and lower ends on the downstream side of the outlet Each of the first and second up / down wind direction changing vanes includes a first up / down air direction changing vane and a second up / down air direction changing vane each having a center of rotation. The blade length can be expanded and contracted by moving it in and out on the opposite side.

  As a result, even after leaving the air outlet, the air flow can be controlled while forming a flow path with two up / down air direction changing blades to prevent the air flow from being diffused. It is possible to increase the blowing angle of the wind to the wind and to guide the wind farther away.

In the air conditioner of the present invention, the up / down air direction changing blade is composed of a first up / down air direction changing blade and a second up / down air direction changing blade each having a rotation center at the upper and lower ends on the downstream side of the outlet, The first and second one or both of the upper and lower wind direction changing blades can be expanded and contracted by putting the inner blades contained in and out on the side opposite to the rotation center, so that various wind direction controls can be performed. Since the airflow can be prevented from diffusing at the moment of exiting the air outlet, it is possible to expand the air blowing angle in the left-right direction and to guide the air far away. It is possible to create a comfortable living environment with chills and heat during heating operation.

Sectional drawing of the air conditioner in embodiment of this invention (II cross section of FIG. 2) (A) Plan view (b) Cross-sectional view (II-II cross-section in FIG. 2 (a)) showing the structure of the up-and-down wind direction changing blade of the air conditioner (A) The expanded sectional view which showed the upward direction ventilation operation state of the air conditioner (b) The enlarged sectional view which showed the downward direction ventilation state (c) The expanded sectional view which showed the diagonal direction ventilation operation state (A) Sectional view (b) Plan view showing the air blowing state of the air conditioner in Embodiment 1 of the present invention (A) sectional view (b) plan view showing the air blowing state of the air conditioner of the conventional example

  1st invention is a heat exchanger, the blower outlet which blows off the air heat-exchanged with the said heat exchanger, the left-right wind direction change blade | wing which changes the direction of the left-right direction of the air which is arrange | positioned and blown off at the said blower outlet, An air conditioner including an up / down air direction changing blade that changes a direction in an up / down direction, wherein the up / down air direction changing blade is a first up / down air direction changing blade having a rotation center at each of the upper and lower ends on the downstream side of the outlet. And the second up / down wind direction changing blades, and either or both of the first and second up / down air direction changing blades can be adjusted by moving the inner blades contained in / out to the opposite side of the rotation center. By making it telescopic, it is possible to prevent the spread of the airflow at the moment of exiting the outlet while creating an ideal upward and downward airflow, so that the air blowing angle in the left and right direction can be expanded and farther away wind Kukoto is possible.

  In the second invention, in particular, the first up-and-down air direction changing blade and the second up-and-down air direction changing blade arranged at the outlet of the first invention, the air blown from the outlet is upward and downward and The airflow is changed in an oblique direction, and the airflow is reduced, the airflow is divided into two layers, and the airflow is shunted in two directions. A variety of wind direction control is possible, such as generating a spot air current to obtain an immediate effect at the start of cooling or heating operation, or guiding the wind to a distant place, or generating a horizontal or downward two-way air current. It is what.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an air conditioner according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of an up / down air direction change blade of the air conditioner, and FIG. 3 shows an operating state of the air conditioner. It is a figure.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the air conditioner 1 forms a suction port 5 from the front surface to the upper surface of the main body 2, and has a heat exchanger 3, a fan 4, and a blowout grill 7 inside the main body 2. The heat exchanger 3 is disposed on the upstream side of the fan 4, and the blowout grill 7 forms a blower passage 9 and a blower outlet 6 on the downstream side of the fan 4, and the right and left wind direction changing blades 8 that blow the wind left and right, Are provided with a first up / down air direction changing blade 40 and a second up / down air direction changing blade 41.

  The air conditioner 1 also includes a panel 11 that opens and closes the suction port 5 on the front side, and a panel drive device 12 that opens and closes the panel 11. When the air conditioner 1 shown in FIG. 1 is stopped, the panel 11 is closed and the suction port 5 on the front side is closed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the two upper and lower airflow direction changing blades 40 and 41 each having a rotation center 26 at the upper and lower ends on the downstream side of the air outlet 6 are both arcuate in cross section, and the air conditioner 1 shown in FIG. At the time of stopping, both the concave portions are on the upstream side, and the upper and lower wind direction changing blades 40 are arranged so as to block the upper part of the opening of the blower outlet 6, and the upper and lower wind direction changing blades 41 are closed. The edges on the opposite side of the rotation center 26 of the two vertical airflow direction changing blades 40 and 41 are close to each other, and the air outlet 6 is closed as a whole. That is, the total length of the two upper and lower airflow direction changing blades 40 and 41 and the upper and lower length of the opening of the air outlet 6 are substantially the same. In the present embodiment, the up / down wind direction changing blades 40 and 41 have the same shape, but the sizes may be different.

  Further, drive motors 42 and 43 are connected to the rotation center 26, and the operation of the drive motors 42 and 43 causes the up and down air direction changing blades 40 and 41 to rotate upward and downward, respectively.

  The upper and lower wind direction changing blades 40 and 41 have a double blade structure, and the length of the blades can be extended and retracted by taking in and out the inner blades contained in the opposite side of the rotation center 26. As shown in FIG. 2, the up / down airflow direction changing blade 40 is configured so that the inner blade 44 can be accommodated therein, and racks 45 are provided at both ends on the back side of the inner blade 44. The upper and lower wind direction changing blades 40 are respectively meshed with gears 46 accommodated therein. The gears 46 are connected by a shaft 47.

  A gear 48 is provided at one end of the up / down airflow direction changing blade 40 and is connected to the shaft 47. Further, since the gear 48 is connected to the up / down air direction changing blade 40 and the final gear 48 is connected to the drive motor 49, the inner blade 44 operates by the rotation of the drive motor 49, and the up / down air direction changing blade. It is stored in 40 or protrudes.

  The up / down air direction changing blade 41 has the same configuration as the up / down air direction changing blade 40.

  Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the air direction change mode of the air conditioner 1 is set to the upward direction (mainly cooling operation) and the operation is started, the panel 11 moves from the suction port 5 to the position farthest forward, as shown in FIG. Thus, the up / down air direction changing blade 41 is rotated downward by the drive motor 43 to open the lower portion of the air outlet 6 and moves to a position where the up / down air direction changing blade 41 is in an upward air blowing state upward from substantially horizontal. Thereafter, the inner blade 44 is extended by the rotation of the drive motor 49.

  On the other hand, the up / down wind direction changing blade 40 is rotated upward by the operation of the drive motor 42 so that the concave shape of the blade is substantially downward to open the upper portion of the outlet 6, and the up / down air direction changing blade 40 is downward from substantially horizontal. Move to the position. In this state, the air is blown upward.

Accordingly, the air passage 9 formed by the blow grill 7 is extended in the air blowing direction and the air passage cross-sectional area is narrowed, so that the diffusion of the air flow at the moment of exiting the air outlet can be prevented. Since the air is blown upward or horizontally along the blade shapes of the change blade 41 and the inner blade 44, it is possible to prevent the cold air from being directly applied to the person in the room.
In addition, the airflow is reduced by the up / down air direction changing blades 40 and the up / down air direction changing blades 41, and the flow velocity can be increased to guide the wind to a distance in the depth direction of the room.

  Next, the operation leading to the downward blowing state will be described.

  When the wind direction change mode of the air conditioner 1 is set to the downward direction (mainly heating operation) and the operation is started, the panel 11 moves to the position farthest away from the suction port 5 and is shown in FIG. 3 (b). Thus, the up / down wind direction changing blade 40 is rotated upward by the drive motor 42 to open the upper portion of the air outlet 6, and the up / down air direction changing blade 40 is moved to a position where the up / down air direction changing blade 40 is in a downward blowing state upward from substantially vertical. Thereafter, the inner blade 44 is extended by the rotation of the drive motor 49.

  On the other hand, the up / down air direction changing blade 41 is rotated downward by the operation of the drive motor 43 so that the concave shape of the blade is obliquely upward to open the lower portion of the air outlet 6, and the up / down air direction changing blade 41 is below the air passage 9. Move to a position that is substantially parallel to the edge. In this state, air is blown in the downward direction.

  Accordingly, the air passage 9 formed by the blow grill 7 is extended in the air blowing direction and the air passage cross-sectional area is narrowed, so that the diffusion of the air flow at the moment of exiting the air outlet can be prevented. Since the change blade 40 and the inner blade 44 are guided directly to the floor of the living room along the blade shape, it is possible to prevent the person in the living room from being directly exposed to the warm air.

  Moreover, since the airflow can be reduced by the up / down air direction changing blades 40 and the up / down air direction changing blades 41, the immediate effect of heating is improved.

  Next, the operation leading to the blown state in the oblique direction will be described.

  When the air direction change mode of the air conditioner 1 is set to an oblique direction (cooling operation, heating operation, etc.) and the operation is started, the panel 11 moves to the position farthest away from the suction port 5 to the position shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the up and down wind direction changing blades 40 are rotated upward and the up and down air direction changing blades 41 are rotated downward by the operations of the drive motor 42 and the drive motor 43, and the upper and lower openings of the air outlet 6 are opened. The up-and-down air direction changing blades 40 and 41 move to positions where they are in a state of blowing air in an oblique direction, which are substantially parallel to the upper and lower edges of the air passage 9, respectively. In this state, air is blown in an oblique direction.

  Here, in the up-and-down wind direction changing blades 40 and 41, the inner blade 44 may be extended or not. Further, the up / down air direction changing blade 40 and the up / down air direction changing blade 41 may be swung at a predetermined angle by the rotation of the driving motor 42 and the driving motor 43.

  Accordingly, the air passage 9 formed by the blow grill 7 is extended in the blow direction, so that the air current can be prevented from diffusing at the moment of exiting the air outlet. Since the blade 44 is guided to the center of the living room along the blade shape (including the inner blade 44 when the blade 44 is extended), cold air or hot air can be directly applied to the person in the living room. This blowing state is mainly used at the start of cooling and heating operations.

  Further, since the air flow can be reduced by the up / down air direction changing blade 40 and the up / down air direction changing blade 41, the directivity of the air flow can be improved and the immediate effect of cooling and heating can be improved.

  In addition, although description of operation | movement is abbreviate | omitted, the transfer operation | movement between each ventilation state is also possible.

Moreover, since the diffusion of the airflow can be prevented by the up-and-down airflow direction changing blades 40 and 41, the airflow can be bent to a predetermined maximum angle, and the air blowing range in the left-right direction of the living room can be expanded.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the upper and lower ends of the downstream side of the air outlet 6 are provided with two blades of the upper and lower airflow direction changing blades 40 and the upper and lower airflow direction changing blades 41, respectively. The change blade 40 and the up / down air direction change blade 41 rotate independently of each other, and the blade length can be extended and retracted by inserting / removing the inner blade 44 included in the blade into / from the opposite side of the rotation center 26. Therefore, it becomes possible to expand the blowing angle of the wind in the left-right direction and to guide the wind far away from the room. Moreover, since the operation | movement of the up-and-down air direction change blade | wings 40 and 41 is simple, the transfer from the stop state of the air conditioner 1 to each ventilation mode and the transition between each ventilation mode can be performed easily.

  As described above, since the air conditioner of the present invention can perform various wind direction control and can send wind to every corner of the living room, in addition to indoor air conditioning, a dehumidifier and an air purifier It can also be applied to.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Air conditioner 2 Main body 3 Heat exchanger 4 Fan 5 Suction port 6 Outlet 7 Blowing grill 8 Left and right wind direction change blade 9 Air passage 11 Panel 12 Panel drive device 40 First up and down wind direction change blade 41 Second up and down wind direction change Feather 26 Center of rotation

Claims (2)

A heat exchanger, a blow-out port for blowing out the air heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger, a left-right wind direction changing blade for changing the right-and-left direction of the blown-out air disposed at the blow-out port, and a vertical direction change An air conditioner including an up / down air direction change vane, wherein the up / down air direction change vane has a first up / down air direction change vane and a second up / down air direction each having a rotation center at the upper and lower ends on the downstream side of the outlet. The first and second or both of the first and second airflow direction changing blades have a blade length that can be extended and retracted by inserting and removing the inner blades contained in the blades to the opposite side of the rotation center. A featured air conditioner. The first up-and-down air direction changing blade and the second up-and-down air direction changing blade arranged at the air outlet change the air direction from the air outlet in the upward, downward and diagonal directions and reduce the air flow. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner is made to flow, is made into a two-layer air flow, or is divided into two directions.

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