JP2013032857A - Air conditioning machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioning machine which prevents the scale-up of a device body even if an air conduit for guiding wind blown from a blowing port on an upper surface of the body to the front surface is provided, and which can be carried stably by one hand without tilting the body.SOLUTION: The air conditioning machine includes a groove part 12 provided with a blowing port 22, at a bottom part, which is formed by digging down a part of an upper surface 18 of a casing 10 with constant depth and width in the horizontal direction, a handle part 13 which passes through a center of the upper surface 18 of the casing 10, is crossed straddling above the groove part 12, and is fixed and disposed in the horizontal direction along the upper surface position of the casing 10, first and second openings 14, 15 opened upward as the handle part 13 is straddling over the groove part 12, and an air blowing plate 16 which is coupled with the handle part 13 to cover the first opening 14 located above the blowing port 22, and sends air blown from the blowing part 22 to the second opening 15, and a step part 17 provided at a coupling part of the handle part 13 and the air blowing plate 16, wherein air blown from the blowing part 22 hits the air blowing plate 16 and is once depressed at the step part 17, and is blown out in the horizontal direction from the second opening 15.

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner provided with an air outlet on an upper surface of a main body and provided with an air passage that guides air blown from the air outlet in a predetermined direction.

  Conventionally, an air outlet is provided on the upper surface of the air conditioner main body, and an air passage that guides the air blown from the air outlet in a predetermined direction is disposed on the air outlet, and a part of the air passage is used when carrying the main body. An air conditioner having a structure that is also used as a handle is disclosed (see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, by providing a guide (blower passage) above the exhaust port (blower) on the upper surface of the air purifier, it is possible to blow forward and form a recess (handle) on the back of the body case. An air purifier is disclosed (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2006-118856 A JP 2003-65572 A

  However, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the air outlet is provided on the upper surface of the air conditioner body, and the air passage for guiding the air blown from the air outlet is provided at the upper part of the air outlet. It arrange | positions so that an opening part may face the front. A part of the air passage is also used as a handle for carrying the air conditioner body. For this reason, Patent Document 1 has a problem that the device main body is enlarged by the height of the opening that also serves as a handle.

  Moreover, in said patent document 2, the recessed part (handle part) used as a handle is formed in the back side of the main body case of an air cleaner, and the main body of an air cleaner is put in by putting a hand in a recessed part. Can be carried with one hand. However, since the concave part (handle part) that becomes the handle cannot support the air purifier main body at the central position (the concave part is shallow), if the air purifier main body tilts when carrying it, In some cases, there was a problem of water leakage. Moreover, in patent document 2, similarly to patent document 1, the guide part (air supply path) is provided above the exhaust port (air outlet) of the upper surface of an air cleaner, and ventilation to the front side is carried out. Since the opening of the exhaust port (air outlet) faces the front as possible, there is a problem that the device main body is enlarged by the height of the opening.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and the apparatus main body is not increased in size even if the air outlet is provided on the upper surface of the main body and the air passage that guides the air blown from the air outlet is provided. It is another object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner that can be stably carried with one hand without tilting the main body.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, an air conditioner of the present invention has an air inlet and a first air outlet, and an air passage connecting the air inlet and the first air outlet. , A part of the upper surface of the housing is dug down, a groove portion provided with the first air outlet at the bottom, and the center of the upper surface of the housing, A handle portion fixed and arranged in a horizontal direction along the upper surface position of the housing so as to straddle the groove portion, and first and second openings opened upward by the handle portion straddling the groove portion And the first opening above the first air outlet are in contact with the handle, and the air blown from the first air outlet is blown through the groove to the second opening. A step plate provided on the lower side of the handle portion, and blown upward from the first outlet. Is the air that is, the flow toward the baffles the second opening along a, after being depressed once by the stepped portion, and wherein the blown horizontally from the second opening.

  In the air conditioner of the present invention, a deodorization processing unit that performs deodorization processing of air is disposed on the upstream side in the air passage, and negative ions are disposed on the downstream side of the deodorization processing unit in the air passage. At least one of an ion generator that generates ozone and an ozone generator that generates ozone is disposed between the first outlet and the second opening, and the ozone generated by the ozone generator and the ion generation Ozone, which is provided with a second outlet for blowing out at least one of the negative ions generated in the section, and in which the air deodorized in the deodorizing section blown out from the first outlet is blown out from the second outlet Alternatively, it is preferable that air containing negative ions is taken in and blown out horizontally from the second opening.

  Further, in the air conditioner of the present invention, the handle portion is provided with a taper portion that crosses over the groove portion and gradually decreases the thickness of the handle portion as it goes from both sides of the groove portion toward the center portion, It is preferable that the opening area of the second opening is narrowed by the tapered portion.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to send an air blown from the air outlet to the front side while reducing the size of the housing, and to obtain an air conditioner that can stably carry the main body with one hand. There is an effect.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line WW in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of wind near the air outlet of the air conditioner shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an arrow diagram from the direction of arrow X in FIG.

  Embodiments of an air conditioner according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the following description. In addition, constituent elements according to the following description include elements that can be easily replaced by those skilled in the art, or substantially the same elements, so-called equivalent ranges. In addition, a plurality of modifications described in this embodiment can be arbitrarily combined within a range obvious to those skilled in the art.

  First, the external configuration of the air conditioner will be described. 1 is an external perspective view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line WW of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a blow of the air conditioner shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the flow of the wind of exit vicinity.

  The air conditioner 100 has both a humidifying function for humidifying air using a vaporization filter and a deodorizing function for performing a deodorizing process on air using a catalyst filter. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air conditioner 100 has a rectangular parallelepiped casing 10 formed of a synthetic resin panel. As shown in FIG. 2, an air inlet 21 is formed on the rear surface of the housing 10. Further, on the upper surface 18 of the air conditioner 100, an operation panel 23 on which various buttons, lamps and the like for the user to operate the air conditioner 100 are arranged.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the air conditioner 100 according to the first embodiment is provided with an air inlet 21 and an air outlet 22 as a first air outlet in the housing 10. An air passage 24 connecting the outlet 22 is formed inside.

  A characteristic configuration of the air conditioner 100 according to the first embodiment is that a groove 12 is formed in a part of the upper surface 18 of the housing 10 and is dug down with a predetermined depth and width in the horizontal direction. The above-described air outlet 22 is provided at the bottom of the groove 12. The handle 13 has a rod-shaped handle passing through the center of the upper surface 18 of the housing 10 and is fixedly arranged in the horizontal direction along the upper surface 18 of the housing 10 so as to straddle the groove 12.

  Moreover, the handle part 13 is straddling on the groove part 12, and forms the 1st opening part 14 and the 2nd opening part 15 which opened upwards. And the 1st opening part 14 above the blower outlet 22 is covered with the ventilation board 16 which contact | connects the handle part 13. As shown in FIG. One end of the blower plate 16 is rotatably supported, and the first opening 14 can be opened and closed. In FIG. 2, the state which closed the ventilation board 16 is shown. The other second opening 15 includes an opening slope 19 in which the slope of the groove 12 is gently formed. And as a characteristic structure of the present Example 1, the level | step-difference part 17 is provided in the lower part side of the handle part 13 which the handle part 13 and the ventilation board 16 contact | connect. For this reason, the air blown upward from the air outlet 22 flows toward the second opening 15 along the blower plate 16, and after being pushed down by the action of the stepped portion 17, Since it blows out along the gentle opening part slope 19, it can blow off in the horizontal direction instead of the blowing direction.

  This will be described with reference to FIG. 3 showing the flow of wind near the air outlet of the air conditioner. That is, in the air conditioner 100 according to the first embodiment, the indoor air sucked from the white arrow A of the suction port 21 shown in FIG. 2 passes through the air passage 24, and the white arrow B shown in FIG. It flows along the paths C, D, E, and F and is blown out from the second opening 15. Since the second opening 15 is an opening facing upward, the air flow is blown upward when leaving the second opening 15. However, in the air conditioner 100 according to the first embodiment, since the handle portion 13 is arranged in the middle of the air passage of the groove portion 12, the second opening is opened after the blown air dives under the handle portion 13. It blows out from the part 15. As shown in FIG. 3, this air flow flows in a meandering manner in the groove portion 12 by the blower plate 16, the handle portion 13, and the step portion 17 provided on the lower side thereof, and is provided in the second opening portion 15. Since it climbs along the gentle slope 19 of an opening part and blows out as it is, it becomes possible to blow on the operation panel 23 of the upper surface 18 in a horizontal direction (refer to the white arrow F).

  As described above, in the air conditioner 100 according to the first embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the suction port 21 digs a part of the upper surface 18 of the housing 10 with a predetermined depth and width in the horizontal direction. Since it is provided at the bottom of the lowered groove 12, it is possible to create an air passage that flows in the horizontal direction in the groove 12 while maintaining the position of the blower plate 16 at substantially the same height as the position of the upper surface 18. The size of the device can be reduced.

  Further, the air conditioner 100 according to the first embodiment uses the depth of the groove 12 that has been dug down to place the handle 13 at the center of the upper surface 18 and lifts the air conditioner 100 by hand. Can be held in the groove portion 12 and the handle portion 13 can be gripped, so that the housing can be stably carried with one hand while reducing the size of the housing. In particular, the second opening 15 side in which the hand is put into the groove 12 is constituted by the opening slope 19 having a gentle slope, so that an effect of making the hand easier to obtain can be obtained.

  Further, in the air conditioner 100 of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, when the air blowing plate 16 is closed, the handle portion 13 is provided with a stepped portion 17 on the lower side than the portion in contact with the air blowing plate 16. Therefore, even if the blower plate 16 is provided, there is an advantage that it is easier to grip when the handle portion 13 is gripped.

  Next, the structure of the air conditioner 100 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. In the air conditioner 100 shown in FIG. 2, an air passage 24 that connects the suction port 21 to the blowout port 22 is formed inside the housing 10.

  The blower 20 provided in the middle of the air passage 24 includes a fan motor 20a and a fan 20b such as a sirocco fan. When the fan motor 20a rotates the fan 20b, external air is sucked into the device from the suction port 21. (See white arrow A).

  The introduced air is dedusted while passing through the pre-filter 70 and the dust collection filter 71 used in the existing deodorizer. A deodorizing unit 40 is disposed on the leeward side of the dust collection filter 71. The deodorizing unit 40 performs a deodorizing process using the catalyst filter 41 and periodically heats the catalyst filter 41 by the heater unit 46, thereby promoting the decomposition of odorous components adhering to the catalyst, It can be played repeatedly. The deodorizing unit 40 is configured by arranging a pair of breathable plate-like heat insulating materials 42 so as to sandwich the catalyst filter 41 and the heater unit 46 from both sides.

  On the further leeward side of the deodorizing unit 40, a humidifying unit 30 including a vaporizing filter that gives humidity to the air passing through in a wet state by absorbing water is disposed. The air humidified by the humidifying unit 30 is sent through the air passage 24 in the direction of the white arrows B and C by the fan 20b of the blower 20 (see FIG. 3), and is further blown like white arrows D, E, and F. The gas is discharged from the second opening 15 through the outlet 22 and the low-concentration ozone outlet 78.

  Moreover, the air conditioner 100 of Example 2 is provided with the ozone generation unit 73 as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. The air flowing through the air passage 24 by the blower 20 branches from the white arrow B to the white arrow C and flows into the ozone generation unit 73. When the air taken into the ozone generating unit 73 is irradiated with a UV (ultraviolet) lamp 74 such as a mercury lamp, ozone is generated. In addition to the vaporization filter of the humidification unit 30, this ozone can be sterilized and deodorized in the air. Residual ozone generated in the ozone generation unit 73 is decomposed by an ozone decomposition catalyst 77 such as titanium oxide and discharged outside from the low-concentration ozone outlet 78 (see the white arrow E).

  Furthermore, in the air conditioner 100 of the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an ionizer 79 that generates negative ions is disposed in the air passage 24 here. The ionizer 79 includes a needle-like electrode. When a high voltage of, for example, several kV is applied to the electrode, corona discharge is generated at the tip of the electrode, and negative ions and ozone are generated. Negative ions generated from the ionizer 79 react with ozone generated from the ionizer 79 and the ozone generation unit 73 to generate OH radicals having a strong oxidizing power.

  In the air conditioner 100 of the second embodiment, the air deodorized by the deodorizing unit 40 is blown from the outlet 22 through the air passage 24 along the blower plate 16 as in the first embodiment. After flowing toward the second opening 15 and once pressed down by the stepped portion 17, a series of air flows blown from the second opening 15 through the groove 12 is formed. Since the ionizer 79 is disposed in the air passage 24, this air becomes deodorized air containing negative ions. Further, the ozone generated in the ozone generation unit 73 is taken into the flow of the deodorized air (see the white arrow D) when discharged to the outside from the low-concentration ozone outlet 78 (see the white arrow E). The air is blown out from the second opening 15 in the horizontal direction. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the low-concentration ozone outlet 78 described above has a width from the position adjacent to the outlet 22 to the vicinity of the second opening 15. For this reason, ozone discharged from the low-concentration ozone outlet 78 closer to the outlet 22 than the position of the handle portion 13 in FIG. 3 is taken into the flow of deodorized air blown from the outlet 22 (open arrow D). And E), and sent to the second opening 15. Further, since ozone released from the low-concentration ozone outlet 78 provided near the second opening 15 from the bottom of the handle 13 in FIG. 3 is close to the second opening 15, it can be released upward as it is. There is sex. However, the ozone discharged from the low-concentration ozone outlet 78 has a flow of deodorized air that is blown out from the blower outlet 22, and is thus taken in and is blown out horizontally from the second opening 15. (See white arrows D, E, F).

  Thus, since the air conditioner 100 of Example 2 can blow out deodorized air containing negative ions and low-concentration ozone to the front side (horizontal direction) of the air conditioner, The ozone concentration can be increased, and mites, pollen, pet-derived allergens and the like that settle on the floor can be effectively inactivated.

  Next, the air conditioner 100 according to the third embodiment has a groove portion so as to straddle over the groove portion 12 at the center of the upper surface 18 of the air conditioner 100 as shown in FIG. Tapered portions 13a and 13b are formed to gradually reduce the thickness of the handle portion 13 from the both sides of 12 toward the central portion. The taper portions 13a and 13b can be formed by changing the inclination of the taper and the shape of the taper, whereby the length G of the handle portion of the handle portion 13 can be changed. The length G of the handle portion is assumed to be held by a human hand. In the third embodiment, the width G of the handle portion of the handle portion 13 is 140 mm, but this is an example and the present invention is not limited to this.

  Moreover, the taper parts 13a and 13b of the handle part 13 can be adjusted to narrow or widen the opening area of the second opening part 15 shown in FIG. 2 by changing the shape thereof. When the opening area of the second opening 15 is narrowed, the wind speed blown from the outlet 22 increases, and when the opening area is widened, the wind speed blown from the outlet 22 can be lowered.

  In addition, in the said Examples 1-3, although demonstrated as the general air conditioner 100, specifically, it can apply suitably to an air cleaner, a deodorizing machine, a humidifier, a dehumidifier, etc. .

  As described above, the air conditioner according to the present invention is useful for an air conditioner that can be stably carried with one hand without increasing the size of the main body, and in particular, from the air outlet provided on the upper surface of the main body. It is suitable for an air conditioner that can blow out the blown air to the front side of the main body.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Air conditioner 10 Housing | casing 12 Groove part 13 Handle part 13a, 13b Tapered part 14 1st opening part 15 2nd opening part 16 Blower plate 17 Step part 18 Upper surface 19 Opening part Slope 20 Blower 20a Fan motor 20b Fan 21 Suction port 22 Air outlet 30 Operation panel 24 Air passage 30 Humidification unit 40 Deodorizing unit 41 Catalytic filter 42 Plate-like heat insulating material 46 Heater unit 70 Prefilter 71 Dust collection filter 73 Ozone generating unit 74 UV lamp 77 Ozone decomposition catalyst 78 Low concentration ozone outlet 79 Ionizer

Claims (3)

A housing having an air inlet and a first air outlet, and having an air passage connecting the air inlet and the first air outlet inside;
Forming a part of the upper surface of the housing by dug down, and a groove portion provided with the first air outlet at the bottom thereof;
A handle portion fixed in the horizontal direction along the upper surface position of the housing so as to pass over the center of the upper surface of the housing and straddle the groove portion;
A first opening and a second opening that are opened upward by the handle straddling over the groove;
A blower plate that covers the first opening above the first air outlet in contact with the handle, and blows the air blown from the first air outlet through the groove to the second opening. When,
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Provide a step on the lower side of the handle,
The air blown upward from the first air outlet flows toward the second opening along the air blowing plate, and after being pushed down by the stepped portion, horizontally from the second opening. An air conditioner characterized by blowing. On the upstream side in the air passage, a deodorization processing unit that performs deodorization processing of air is disposed,
On the downstream side of the deodorization treatment unit in the air passage, at least one of an ion generation unit that generates negative ions and an ozone generation unit that generates ozone is disposed.
A second air outlet that blows out at least one of ozone generated in the ozone generator and negative ions generated in the ion generator between the first air outlet and the second opening,
The air deodorized by the deodorization processing unit blown out from the first blow-out port takes in air containing ozone or negative ions blown out from the second blow-out port, and blows out horizontally from the second opening. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner is provided. The handle portion is provided with a tapered portion that crosses over the groove portion and gradually decreases the thickness of the handle portion as it goes from both sides of the groove portion toward the center portion,
The air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an opening area of the second opening is narrowed by the tapered portion.

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