JP2013072599A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that a wind guide plate located on the underside of an air conditioner body during suspension of operation gives users an untidy appearance, the wind guide plate being installed to improve directivity of wind in addition to wind direction vanes which are attached to a discharge port and guide conditioned air discharged from the discharge port to a horizontal direction in cooling operation and to a vertical direction in heating operation.SOLUTION: There is provided the air conditioner having a tidy appearance of which the wind guide plate is located on the top of the air conditioner body during suspension of operation and thus is not seen by users. The air conditioner with the wind guide plate that covers an intake port on the top of the body can prevent dust or the like from entering the body through the intake port.

Description

  The present invention deflects the conditioned air that is deflected by the wind direction plate provided at the air outlet and blows out from the air outlet, in the horizontal direction during the cooling operation and in the vertical direction during the heating operation, and is more directional. In order to improve the air conditioner, the present invention relates to an air conditioner including a wind guide plate different from the wind direction plate.

  There exists a thing as shown in patent document 1 as a conventional air conditioner. In the air conditioner disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to increase the directivity of conditioned air during operation, as shown in FIG. 6, arms that are rotatably attached to both sides of the main body of the air conditioner A wind guide plate is pivotally supported between the tips of the two. The conditioned air blown out from the outlet by the air guide plate is deflected in the horizontal direction during the cooling operation and is deflected in the vertical direction during the heating operation.

Utility Model Registration No. 3088709

  However, according to the above configuration, the air guide plate is positioned on the lower surface of the air conditioner main body when the operation is stopped, so that it is visually recognized by the user and the appearance is not good.

  Therefore, the present invention enhances the directivity of the conditioned air blown out by the wind guide plate during operation, and when the operation is stopped, the wind guide plate is positioned on the upper surface of the main body of the air conditioner. An object is to provide an improved air conditioner.

  In order to achieve the above object, an air conditioner according to the present invention is rotatably supported at one end by a main body having a suction port at an upper part and a blower outlet at a lower part of a front surface, and on both side surfaces of the main body. And a plate-like air guide plate rotatably supported between the other ends of the arm, and during operation, the air guide plate is disposed in front of the outlet, and when operation is stopped, A wind guide plate is disposed on the upper surface of the main body.

  Furthermore, in the air conditioner of the present invention, the suction port is arranged on the upper surface of the main body, and the suction port is covered with the air guide plate when the operation is stopped.

  In the air conditioner of the present invention, when the operation is stopped, the wind guide plate is positioned on the upper surface of the main body, so that the wind guide plate is not visually recognized by the user and the design can be improved. . Furthermore, by covering the suction port on the upper surface of the main body with the air guide plate, dust or the like can be prevented from entering the main body from the suction port when the operation is stopped.

It is a perspective view of the air conditioner in this invention. It is a side view at the time of air_conditionaing | cooling operation of the air conditioner in this invention. It is a side view at the time of heating operation of the air conditioner in this invention. It is a side view at the time of operation stop of an air harmony machine in the present invention. It is the disassembled perspective view which showed the connection structure of the baffle plate of the air conditioner in this invention, an arm, and a main body. It is a perspective view of the air conditioner in conventional invention.

  In the air conditioner of the present invention, in order to more effectively deflect the wind direction of the conditioned air sent from the outlet and enhance the directivity, the other end of the arm that is rotatably attached at one end to both sides of the main body A wind guide plate is attached in a freely rotating manner. During operation, the wind guide plate is arranged in front of the outlet, and when operation is stopped, the arm is rotated so that the wind guide plate is arranged on the upper surface of the main body. .

  Hereinafter, an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, each structure of the air conditioner of this invention is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 1, the air conditioner of the present invention includes a main body 1, an arm 10, and an air guide plate 20.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the main body 1 includes a suction port 2 for sucking room air into the main body 1 at the top of the main body 1, and a blowout port 3 for blowing conditioned air into the room at the lower front of the main body 1. ing. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 1 includes an indoor heat exchanger 4 that exchanges heat between indoor air sucked from the suction port 2 and the refrigerant, and sucks room air from the suction port 2, and A fan 5 for blowing out conditioned air is provided, and the air outlet 3 is provided with a first wind direction plate 6a and a second wind direction plate 6b for deflecting the wind direction of the conditioned air in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. . The conditioned air is air such as cold air or warm air generated when the indoor air sucked by the fan 5 exchanges heat with the refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger 4. The upper part of the main body 1 refers to the upper surface of the main body 1 to the upper part of the front surface. In the present embodiment, the suction port 2 is provided on the upper surface of the main body 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an upper portion of the main body 1. You may provide the blower outlet 2 in both the front upper part and the upper surface of the main body 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the arm 10 has a rod shape with one end rotatably attached to both side portions of the main body 1, and the air guide plate 20 is freely rotatable between the other ends of the arm 10. It is the plate-shaped thing pivotally supported by.

  The attachment structure of the main body 1, the arm 10, and the air guide plate 20 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, motor shafts 7 protrude from both sides of the main body 1. A motor bearing portion 11 to which the motor shaft 7 is fitted is formed at one end inside the arm 10. An air guide plate support bearing portion 12 is formed at the other inner end of the arm 10. On both sides of the air guide plate 20, air guide plate support shafts 21 that are supported by the air guide plate support bearings 12 are projected. The motor shaft 7 can individually rotate the motor bearing portion 11 and the air guide plate support shaft 21. In the air conditioner of the present invention, the relationship between the motor shaft 7 and the motor bearing portion 11 and the air guide plate support bearing portion 12 and the air guide plate support shaft 21 may be concave / convex. The bearing part may be reversed.

  A mechanism for rotating the arm 10 will be described below. When the motor shaft 7 rotates, the motor bearing portion 11 to be fitted also rotates. Since the motor bearing portion 11 is fixed to the arm 10, the arm 10 rotates with respect to the main body 1. In this way, the air guide plate 20 can be moved from the lower side to the upper side of the main body 1 by rotating the arm 10 from directly below the main body 1 to above.

  A mechanism for rotating the air guide plate 20 will be described below. When the motor shaft 7 rotates, the air guide plate support shaft 21 rotates. Since the air guide plate support shaft 21 is fixed to the air guide plate 20, the air guide plate 20 rotates with respect to the arm.

  Next, the cooling operation, heating operation, and operation stop time of the air conditioner of this embodiment will be described.

  The cooling operation will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the indoor air sucked from the suction port 2 by the fan 5 is cooled by the indoor heat exchanger 4 and blown into the room from the blowout port 3. In order to blow out the conditioned air blown from the blower outlet 3 in the horizontal direction, both the first wind direction plate 6a and the second wind direction plate 6b are rotated so as to be substantially horizontal. The arm 10 is rotated so that the wind guide plate 20 is disposed on the extension line of the first wind direction plate 6a. Further, the air guide plate 20 is rotated to be horizontal in order to deflect the conditioned air in the horizontal direction. Thereby, the conditioned air blown out from the blower outlet 3 flows along the first wind direction plate 6a, the second wind direction plate 6b, and the wind guide plate 20, and is blown out in the horizontal direction.

  The heating operation will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the indoor air sucked from the suction port 2 by the fan 5 is heated by the indoor heat exchanger 4 and blown into the room from the outlet 3. During the heating operation, both the first wind direction plate 6a and the second wind direction plate 6b are rotated so as to be substantially vertical in order to blow the conditioned air blown from the blowout port 3 vertically downward. The arm 10 is rotated so that the air guide plate 20 is disposed on the extension line of the second wind direction plate 6b. Further, the air guide plate 20 is rotated so as to be substantially vertical in order to blow out conditioned air vertically downward. Thereby, the conditioned air blown out from the blower outlet 3 flows along the first wind direction plate 6a, the second wind direction plate 6b, and the wind guide plate 20, and is blown out vertically downward.

  The operation stop will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, when the operation is stopped, the first wind direction plate 6 a and the second wind direction plate 6 b are both rotated so as to block the outlet 3. Further, the arm 10 is rotated to arrange the air guide plate 20 on the upper surface of the main body 1. At this time, the air guide plate 20 rotates so as to have the same inclination as the inclination of the upper surface of the main body 1. In addition, when there exists the suction inlet 2 in the upper surface of the main body 1, it arrange | positions so that the suction inlet 2 may be covered. Thereby, it can prevent that dust, dust, etc. penetrate | invade into the main body 1 from the suction inlet 2 at the time of a driving | operation stop.

  With the above mechanism, the air guide plate 20 is arranged on the extended line of the first wind direction plate 6a at the outlet 3 during the cooling operation, and is guided on the extension line of the second wind direction plate 6b at the outlet 3 during the heating operation. By arranging the wind plate 20, conditioned air can be effectively blown into the room.

  In addition, the air conditioner of this invention should just be able to rotate the arm 10 and the baffle plate 20 without the baffle plate 20 and the main body 1 contacting. At this time, the air guide plate 20 and the arm 10 may be rotated at the same time, and the air guide plate 20 may be rotated after the arm 10 has finished rotating.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Air inlet 3 Air outlet 4 Indoor heat exchanger 5 Fan 6a 1st wind direction plate 6b 2nd wind direction plate 7 Motor shaft 10 Arm 11 Motor bearing part 12 Wind guide plate bearing part 20 Wind guide plate 21 Wind guide plate support axis

Claims (2)

A main body with a suction port at the top and a blow-out port at the bottom of the front;
Arms pivotally supported at one end on both side surfaces of the main body,
A plate-like air guide plate rotatably supported between the other ends of the arm,
During operation, the air guide plate is disposed in front of the air outlet,
The air conditioner is characterized in that the air guide plate is disposed on an upper surface of the main body when the operation is stopped. In the air conditioner according to claim 1,
The suction port is disposed on the upper surface of the main body;
An air conditioner that covers the suction port with the air guide plate when the operation is stopped.

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