JP2013096634A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner which blasts air blown from an air blasting port to a predetermined location according to an operation mode, and can be installed in any location.SOLUTION: An auxiliary blasting unit 6 which takes in at least part of air blown from the air blasting port 5 at a lower portion of the air blasting port 5 of an indoor unit 1 and blasts air blown from the air blasting port 5 to a different direction is arranged to be more forward than a blasting unit 3 with a space between a back side of the indoor unit 1 and the auxiliary blasting unit 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner (indoor unit) that can change an air blowing direction in accordance with an operation mode, and more specifically to an air conditioner that optimizes an air blowing direction in accordance with an operation mode. .

  An air conditioner (indoor unit) has a basic structure in which a heat exchanger and a blower fan (cross flow fan) are arranged in a housing having an air suction port and an air blower outlet. By operating the air, the air taken into the housing from the air suction port is heat-exchanged with the refrigerant by the heat exchanger, and then blown out into the room from the air outlet to achieve air conditioning in the room.

  In the case of the wall-mounted type, the air suction port is disposed on the front surface or the upper surface side of the housing, and the air suction port is disposed on the bottom front surface side of the housing. At the air outlet, an up / down wind direction plate and a left / right wind direction plate for changing the direction of the air are provided, and the air blowing direction can be freely changed according to the operation mode.

  In the cooling operation mode, in order to cool the room efficiently, the direction of the wind direction plate is adjusted so that cool air is blown out horizontally from the air outlet. Conversely, in the heating operation mode, the direction of the wind direction plate is adjusted so that warm air is blown out from the air outlet toward the floor surface in order to warm up efficiently.

  By the way, in many cases, according to the air blowing direction at the time of air_conditionaing | cooling operation, the air blower outlet is opened toward the horizontal direction. Therefore, during the heating operation, the direction of the wind is forcibly changed from the horizontal direction to the downward direction by the vertical wind direction plate. Therefore, when the wind strikes the wind direction plate, a loss occurs in the flow velocity or the like, and the air blowing efficiency is lower than in the cooling operation.

  Therefore, in some models, a rotatable diffuser is provided on the outlet side of the air passage, and the diffuser is rotated downward so that the air flow during the heating operation is changed from the horizontal direction to the floor surface direction. I have to. However, even if a diffuser is provided, since the air outlet is oriented in the horizontal direction, it cannot be denied that the air blowing efficiency is lower than that during cooling operation.

  On the other hand, in order to prevent cold air from directly hitting the body during cooling operation or preventing overcooling, an air conditioner that is mixed with the cold air blown out from the air outlet is proposed.

In addition, the auxiliary fan used in the air conditioner described in Patent Document 1 is an outside air that has not passed through the heat exchanger in the middle of the blowing path of the blowing fan that blows the air that has passed through the heat exchanger. Auxiliary fan to introduce is arranged.
Thus, an air flow is generated by the blower fan and the auxiliary fan. However, since the blower fan passage is broken in the middle, there is a problem that the blower fan blowing efficiency is lowered.

JP-A-6-337133

  Then, the subject of this invention is providing the air conditioner which can generate the airflow by an auxiliary fan, without reducing ventilation efficiency.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention has the following features. That is, an air conditioner that includes a housing that is locked to a wall surface, exchanges heat between the air taken into the housing from an air suction port with a refrigerant by a heat exchanger, and blows out the air from the air outlet through the air blowing means. An auxiliary blower unit that is disposed at a lower portion of the air outlet and blows out air in a blowing direction of the air blown from the air outlet, the auxiliary blower unit being more than the blower unit. A predetermined space is formed between the auxiliary air blow unit and a wall surface that is disposed on the front surface side and is engaged with the housing.

  According to this, even if it arrange | positions an auxiliary blower, the ventilation path of the ventilation fan which ventilates the air which passed the heat exchanger can be formed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS (a) The perspective view seen from the upper surface side of the air conditioner which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (b) The perspective view seen from the bottom face side. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which abbreviate | omitted some air conditioners of the said embodiment. The partial cross-sectional view of the auxiliary ventilation unit of the air conditioner of the said embodiment. The partial expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view of the said 2nd ventilation means. Explanatory drawing explaining a motion of the auxiliary ventilation unit of the heating operation mode of the said air conditioner.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air conditioner (hereinafter referred to as an indoor unit) 1 is held on a wall surface by locking a locking portion 10a on a back plate fixed to the wall surface (not shown). The base panel 10 is provided. In this embodiment, the base panel 10 is provided with a top panel 11 and a front opening / closing panel 12.

  In this example, the front panel 11 has a normally open air suction port 13a formed at the top and an air suction port 13b formed at the front side. In this example, the air inlet 13b appears when the open / close panel 12 opens forward, but in the present invention, the structure and shape of these panels may be arbitrary.

  Inside the indoor unit 1, there are housed a heat exchanger 2 and a cross flow fan 3 as a first blower that blows out the air heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the heat exchanger 2 from an air outlet 5. ing. Although not shown, the base panel 10 includes a pair of left and right side plates, and the heat exchanger 2 and the cross flow fan 3 are supported between the side plates in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. .

  In this example, the heat exchanger 2 is a combination of a front side heat exchanger 21 arranged on the front side of the main body and a rear side heat exchanger 22 arranged on the rear side of the main body in a lambda type. It has been. In the present invention, specific configurations of the heat exchanger 2 and the cross flow fan 3 may be arbitrarily selected according to specifications.

  A pair of fan casings 41 and 42 are provided downstream of the cross flow fan 3 to form a ventilation path so as to sandwich the cross flow fan 3 in the front and rear. One fan casing 41 also serves as a drain pan for the front heat exchanger 21. The other fan casing 42 is formed integrally with a part of the base panel 10.

  An air outlet 5 is formed at the outlets of the fan casings 41 and 42. The air outlet 5 is opened to the front bottom side of the indoor unit 1. The air outlet 5 is provided with an up / down air direction plate 14 and a left / right air direction plate (not shown) that change the air blowing direction.

  A diffuser 15 is provided at the air outlet 5. The diffuser 15 is rotatably provided in the vicinity of the end of the fan casing 42, and forms a rear guider that becomes the back side of the air passage with the fan casing 42. The diffuser 15 is rotated and opened / closed by driving means (not shown) according to the operation mode.

  The indoor unit 1 is provided with an auxiliary air blowing unit 6 that takes in at least a part of the air blown out from the air outlet 5 and sends out air in a direction different from the air outlet 5.

  Referring also to FIG. 3, the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 is a lower part of the air inlet 5 and is provided integrally with the indoor unit 1, and the length in the longitudinal direction is the air of the indoor unit 1. The width of the blower outlet 5 is substantially the same.

  The auxiliary air blowing unit 6 includes a cylindrical auxiliary fan casing portion 61, an auxiliary air blowing fan 62 housed in the fan casing 61, and bearing portions 63 and 63 that rotatably support both ends of the auxiliary fan casing portion 61. And a motor 64 for rotating the auxiliary fan casing portion 61.

  Referring also to FIG. 4, the auxiliary fan casing portion 61 has a cylindrical shape, and the air suction port 611 for taking air into the inside and the air sent out by the auxiliary blower fan 62 are provided on the outer peripheral surface thereof. And an air outlet 612 for blowing out.

  Inside the auxiliary fan casing portion 61, one air guide surface (hereinafter referred to as a first air guide plate) 66 formed in an arc shape in accordance with the shape of the auxiliary air fan 62 is formed. In this example, the 1st ventilation guide board (it is also called a rear guider) 66 comprises the ventilation path from the air suction inlet 611 to the air blower outlet 612. As shown in FIG.

  The auxiliary fan casing portion 61 is further integrally provided with a second air blowing guide plate (also referred to as a tongue portion) 65 at a position facing the first air blowing guide plate 66 with the auxiliary air blowing fan 62 interposed therebetween. The second air blowing guide plate 65 is formed along the extending direction of the auxiliary fan casing portion 61.

  The second air guide plate 65 is provided with a second air guide surface 651 of the auxiliary air fan 62. The second air blowing guide surface 651 is an arc surface corresponding to the auxiliary air blowing fan 62. In addition, about the shape of the 2nd ventilation guide surface 651, it is an arbitrary matter.

  The air inlet 611 is wider than the air outlet 612. The air outlet 612 is disposed on the opposite side of the air inlet 611 with the auxiliary blower fan 62 interposed therebetween.

  The air outlet 612 is provided with a left and right airflow direction plate 613 for changing the direction of the air blown from the air outlet 612 in the left-right direction. In this example, the left and right airflow direction plates 613 are provided on a part of the above-described second air guide plate 65 so as to be swingable left and right by a drive motor (not shown).

  The auxiliary blower fan 62 is a cross flow fan having the same blower system as the first blower fan 3 provided in the indoor unit 1, and both ends are pivotally supported in the auxiliary fan casing portion 61. A fan motor 621 for rotating the auxiliary blower fan 62 is coaxially provided on one end side of the auxiliary blower fan 62.

  In this embodiment, both ends of the auxiliary fan casing portion 61 are supported by bearing portions 63 and 63. The bearing portions 63, 63 are projected in a semicircular dome shape from both ends of the bottom surface of the base panel 10, and the auxiliary fan casing portion 61 is bridged between the bearing portions 63, 63. The rotation axis of the auxiliary fan casing part 61 is an axis parallel to the rotation axis of the auxiliary blower fan 62.

  A motor 64 is connected to one end of the auxiliary fan casing portion 61, and to the right end in FIG. 3 via two connecting gears 641 and 642. In this example, the motor 64 is formed of a stepping motor and can rotate the auxiliary fan casing portion 61 in an arbitrary direction.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the auxiliary blower unit 6 is provided at a position where the rotation axis O <b> 2 is closer to the opening / closing panel 12 than the rotation axis O <b> 1 of the blower fan 3 provided in the indoor unit 1. In this example, the auxiliary blower unit unit 6 is arranged such that the auxiliary fan casing 61 is in front of the rotational axis center of the blower fan 3.

  According to this, since the locking portion 10a on the back surface of the indoor unit 1 is locked to a wall surface (not shown), a space (A ) Is formed. Thereby, for example, when the indoor unit 1 is installed in a space between the ceiling and the window frame sash, interference with the indoor unit 1 such as a curtain rail can be prevented. Moreover, in order to send air stably from the blower fan 3, it is necessary to provide the diffuser 15 which comprises a part of rear guider used as the opposing surface of the fan casing 41 in a ventilation path. By disposing the auxiliary fan casing portion 61 as described above, the facing surface of the fan casing 41 can be configured, and the air blowing direction can be changed by the diffuser 15.

  Next, an example of the operation procedure of the auxiliary blower unit 6 will be described with reference to the drawings. When the cooling operation mode is selected, the control unit (not shown) starts a predetermined cooling operation, and after the air taken in from the air inlet 13 is heat-exchanged with the refrigerant in the heat exchanger 2, the blower fan 3 Cold air generated in the machine unit 1 is blown out from the air outlet 5.

  At the same time, the control unit issues a command to the motor 64 of the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 and rotates the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 to a position where the air suction port 611 of the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 faces the wall surface as shown in FIG. . Thereby, the air blown out from the air outlet 612 is blown substantially in parallel with the horizontal blowing direction of the air outlet 5 of the indoor unit 1. Further, in the cooling operation mode, the diffuser 15 is held in a closed state.

  When it is confirmed that the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 is disposed at a predetermined position in the cooling operation mode, the control unit rotates the fan motor 621. Along with this, indoor air is sucked in from the air inlet 611 and blown out from the air outlet 612.

  At this time, since the air blown out from the air outlet 612 is blown substantially in parallel with the horizontal blowing direction of the air outlet 5 of the indoor unit 1, the cold air blown out from the air outlet 5 A part of the air flows along the flow of air blown out from the air outlet 612 of the auxiliary air blowing unit 6, so that the cold air can directly hit the user and the air conditioning operation can be performed without feeling a so-called draft.

  Next, the case of the heating operation mode will be described with reference to FIG. When the heating operation mode is selected, the control unit first issues a command to the drive motors for the up / down wind direction plate 14 and the diffuser 15, and in response to this, the up / down wind direction plate 14 and the diffuser 15 rotate downward. .

  Next, the control unit issues a command to the motor 64 of the auxiliary air blower unit 6 and receives the command, and the motor 64 assists the air intake port 611 of the auxiliary air blower unit 6 toward the upper side (the air outlet 5 side). The blower unit 6 is rotated. At this time, the front end of the second air guide plate 65 of the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 is stopped so as to abut against the front end of the diffuser 15. According to this, the warm air blown out from the air outlet 5 can be blown downward using the auxiliary blower unit 6.

  After completing the above initial setting, the control unit starts a predetermined heating operation, and blows out warm air heated by heat exchange with the refrigerant in the heat exchanger 2 from the air outlet 5. In addition, the auxiliary blower fan 62 is rotated. Thereby, the warm air blown out from the air outlet 5 is directly sucked into the air inlet 611 of the auxiliary blower unit 6 and blown out downward from the air outlet 612 on the wall surface side.

  According to this, almost all of the warm air coming out from the air outlet 5 is blown out toward the lower side of the room without difficulty through the auxiliary air blowing unit 6, and the room is warmed from a location close to the floor surface. be able to.

  Further, in this example, the direction of the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 is fixed in each of the cooling operation mode and the heating operation mode, but the motor 64 is reciprocally rotated in each operation mode so that the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 is in a predetermined angular range. The air may be agitated to agitate the air. Furthermore, the air blowing operation may be performed by driving only the auxiliary air blowing unit 6 without performing the cooling operation or the heating operation.

1 Air conditioner (indoor unit)
2 Heat exchanger 3 Blower fan 5 Air outlet (first air outlet)
10 Base panel 13 Air inlet (first air inlet)
6 Auxiliary ventilation unit 61 Fan casing 611 Air inlet (second air inlet)
612 Air outlet (second air outlet)
62 Auxiliary blower fan

Claims (1)

In an air conditioner comprising a housing locked to a wall surface, exchanging heat with the refrigerant in the housing from an air inlet through a heat exchanger, and blowing out the air from the air outlet through the air blowing means,
An auxiliary blower unit that is disposed at a lower portion of the air outlet and blows out air in a blowing direction of the air blown out from the air outlet is provided, and the auxiliary blower unit is on the front side of the blower unit. The air conditioner is characterized in that a predetermined space is formed between the auxiliary air blow unit and the wall surface that is disposed in the housing and is engaged with the housing.

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