JP2014145542A5 - - Google Patents

Description

Air conditioner floor type indoor unit

  The present invention relates to a floor-standing indoor unit of an air conditioner, and more particularly to a housing of a floor-standing indoor unit and a design panel mounting structure attached to the housing.

  In the conventional indoor unit, the axis that holds the design panel and the center of rotation when the design panel is opened and closed coincide, and when the design panel is opened, the design panel moves to the top, and the fixed part is the design Some have a relief shape when the panel moves (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-239601 (page 4, FIG. 8)

In the floor-mount-type indoor unit, when detaching the design panel from the housing, but will be removed inclined downward around the lower end of the design panel, since the lower end of the design panel hits the floor, housing the design panel can not be covered under Tanma body, there is a problem of poor design.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems described above, even design panel covered under Tanma housing, without the lower end of the design panel hits the floor, the housing An object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner floor-standing indoor unit that can be removed.

The floor-standing indoor unit for an air conditioner according to the present invention includes a housing having an opening on the front surface and a base at the bottom, storage cases respectively provided at both lower ends of the front surface of the housing, and a housing. A design panel that covers the opening of the body, and is provided on the back surface of the design panel. When the design panel covers the opening of the housing, the design panel is supported in the storage case, and when the design panel is tilted, and the back surface under edge of design panel in contact with the front lower end of the body a rotation center, and a panel supporting portion that moves the housing case is provided on the housing case, to guide the movement of the panel support portion obliquely therein and a guide portion, the end of the movement of the panel supporting portion of the guide portion, at the time of tilting the design panel and a position where the subsurface end of the design panel does not drop lower than the lower end surface of the base of the housing To do.

In the present invention, at the time of tilting the design panel, since subsurface end of the design panel is a position that does not fall below the base of the housing, without the lower end of the design panel hits the floor, decorative panels Can be removed from the housing. Therefore, it is possible to use a design panel which covers the front under Tanma housing to the housing, can provide a design excellent in the floor-mount-type indoor unit.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the floor-standing indoor unit of the air conditioner which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the design panel of FIG. 1 seeing from a back surface. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the panel support part of the design panel in embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the storage case provided in the panel support part and housing | casing of the design panel in embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the state which inclined the design panel of the floor-standing type indoor unit of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the relationship between the panel support part when a design panel is inclined, and a storage case. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the design panel from the housing | casing. It is sectional drawing which shows a panel support part and a storage case when a design panel is removed from a housing | casing. It is a disassembled perspective view of the floor-standing indoor unit showing a modification of the embodiment.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a floor-standing indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the design panel of FIG.

  1 and 2, the floor-standing indoor unit has a rectangular parallelepiped housing 1 having an opening on the front surface and a base 1a at the bottom, an air outlet 2 provided on the upper surface of the housing 1, and a housing. A blower and a heat exchanger installed in the body 1, a design panel 3 covering the opening on the front surface of the housing 1, a suction port 4 provided in the design panel 3, and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, claw engaging portions 5 b that engage with the claw portions 5 a provided in the housing 1 are provided at both upper ends of the back surface of the design panel 3. Moreover, the panel support part 6 mentioned later is provided in the lower both ends of the back surface of the design panel 3. As shown in FIG.

  The floor-standing indoor unit described above is connected to an outdoor unit installed outdoors via a refrigerant pipe. The heat exchanger of the floor-standing indoor unit acts as a condenser during heating operation and acts as an evaporator during cooling operation. For example, at the time of cooling operation, indoor air is sucked from the suction port 4 by the operation of the blower, the sucked air is passed through the heat exchanger to exchange heat, and the cold air is blown out from the outlet 2 into the room.

  FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing the panel support portion of the design panel in the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the panel support portion of the design panel and the storage case provided in the housing in the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the panel support 6 described above is fixed to the horizontal frame 3a of the design panel 3 in the left-right direction and the frame 4a of the suction port 4 facing the horizontal frame 3a. The panel support unit 6 includes an arm portion 7 extends obliquely downward for example, a plate-shaped projecting toward the interior of the housing 1 from the rear surface of the design panel 3, provided on the side of the suction port 4 side-edge of the arm portion 7 For example, a cylindrical shaft portion 8 is formed. A cylindrical shaft portion 8 may be used instead of the cylindrical shaft portion 8.

  Storage cases 9 in which the panel support portions 6 are stored are provided at both lower ends of the front surface of the housing 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the storage case 9 is formed in a box shape having an opening on the front surface, and a guide portion 10 extending to the heel side is provided inside. The guide portion 10 is composed of a plate formed in a quadrilateral shape when viewed from the side, and the upper side 10a of the four sides is formed in parallel with the bottom surface of the storage case 9, and one side of the storage case 9 is stored in the side. The oblique side 10b is inclined upward as it goes toward the opening side of the case 9.

The oblique side 10 b forms a rail 11 that guides the movement of the shaft portion 8 of the panel support portion 6 according to the inclination angle of the design panel 3. The rail 11 has a rail end portion 11a at a portion intersecting with the upper side 10a of the guide portion 10. Rail end portion 11a, when tilting the design panel 3, subsurface end 3 of the design panel 3 c (corner portion) is set to be a position that does not fall below the base 1a of the housing 1 Yes. That is, the shaft portion 8 of the panel support 6 is in the way when it reaches the rail end portion 11a, does not hit the subsurface end 3 c floor surface 20 of the design panel 3 is tilted. When the shaft portion 8 of the panel support portion 6 exceeds the rail end portion 11a, the design panel 3 can be removed from the housing 1.

Next, operation | movement of the panel support part 6 until it removes the design panel 3 from the housing | casing 1 is demonstrated, referring FIGS.
5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the design panel of the floor-standing indoor unit in FIG. 1 is tilted forward, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the panel support portion and the storage case when the design panel is tilted. 7 is a perspective view showing a state where the design panel is removed from the housing, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the panel support portion and the storage case when the design panel is removed from the housing.

The upper portion of the design panel 3 is attached to the housing 1 by engaging the claw portions 5a of the housing 1 with the claw engaging portions 5b provided at both upper ends of the back surface, and the lower portion of the design panel 3 is attached to the housing 1 It is supported by the panel support part 6 accommodated in the storage case 9. To release the engagement between the housing 1 and the design panel 3, when tilting the design panel 3 on the front side, the lower frame tip portion 3b of the decorative panel 3 that contacts the front lower end 1 b of the housing 1 ( backside under end) becomes the center of rotation. As shown in FIG. 5, when the design panel 3 is tilted toward the front side, the distance between the rotation center and the center of the shaft portion 8 of the panel support portion 6 is set as a radius, and the shaft portion 8 becomes the guide portion 10. Move upward along the rail 11.

Shank 8 of the panel supporting part 6, before reaching the rail end portion 11a which is set on the rails 11 of the guide portion 10, when interrupting the tilting operation of the design panel 3 front lower end of the housing 1 1 The shaft portion 8 of the panel support portion 6 is locked on the rail 11 of the guide portion 10 with the lower frame tip portion 3b contacting b as a fulcrum. This is because the weight of the design panel 3 having the rotation center as a fulcrum is added to the shaft portion 8 of the panel support portion 6.

  Thereafter, when the design panel 3 is further tilted, the shaft portion 8 of the panel support portion 6 moves upward along the rail 11 of the guide portion 10 according to the tilt angle of the design panel 3. As shown in FIG. 6, when the shaft portion 8 of the panel support portion 6 passes through the rail end portion 11a and exceeds the rail end portion 11a, the design panel 3 can be removed from the housing 1 (see FIG. 6). 7 and FIG. 8).

When the shaft portion 8 of the panel supporting portion 6 reaches the rail end portion 11a, so subsurface end 3 c of the design panel 3 does not drop below the base 1a of the housing 1 (see FIG. 6), design panel 3 can be removed from the housing 1 without hitting the floor 20. Trajectory until beyond the rail end portion 11a of the shaft portion 8, as described above, the lower frame tip portion 3b of the decorative panel 3 that contacts the front lower end 1 b of the housing 1 as the rotation center, and the center of rotation It becomes an arc shape with the distance from the center of the shaft portion 8 as the radius.

According to the embodiment as described above, the rail end portion 11a of the shaft portion 8 of the panel supporting part 6, when the inclined design panel 3, subsurface end 3 c of the design panel 3 of the housing 1 The position does not fall below the base 1a. This configuration, without hitting the subsurface end 3 c floor surface 20 of the design panel 3, it is possible to remove the decorative panel 3 from the housing 1. Therefore, the design panel 3 to cover up front lower end 1b of the housing 1 can be used for the housing 1, can provide a design excellent in the floor-mount-type indoor unit.

  In the embodiment, the storage case 9 having the guide portion 10 is provided as a part of the housing 1 at both lower ends of the front surface of the housing 1. However, as shown in FIG. It may be manufactured separately from the housing 1 and attached to both lower ends of the front surface of the housing 1.

Further, is provided a shaft portion 8 of the panel supporting part 6 to the side of the suction port 4 side-edge of the arm portion 7, may alternatively be a shaft portion 8 provided on the opposite side of the surface .

1 housing, 1a base, 1b front lower end, 2 blow-3 design panel, 3a lateral frame, 3b Shitawaku tip (back under end), subsurface end of 3c design panel, 4 inlet, 4a inlet Frame, 5a claw portion, 5b claw engagement portion, 6 panel support portion, 7 arm portion, 8 shaft portion, 9 storage case, 10 guide portion, 10a upper side, 10b oblique side, 11 rail, 11a rail end portion, 20 floor surface.

Claims (3)

A housing having an opening on the front and a base on the bottom;
Storage cases provided at both lower ends of the front surface of the housing,
A design panel covering the opening of the housing;
When the design panel is provided on the back surface of the design panel and covers the opening of the housing, the design panel supports the design panel in the storage case, and when the design panel is tilted, the front surface of the housing backside under end of the design panel in contact with the lower end becomes the center of rotation, and a panel supporting portion that moves in the housing case,
A guide portion provided in the storage case and configured to guide the movement of the panel support portion obliquely;
End of the movement of the panel supporting portion of the guide portion, when tilted the design panel, to a position below the surface end of the design panel does not drop below the base of the lower end surface of the housing An air conditioner floor-standing indoor unit. The panel support unit, the floor-mount-type indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a shaft portion for moving said guide portion above end face.   The guide portion is configured by a plate formed in a quadrilateral shape when viewed from the side, and one side of the storage case among the four sides is inclined obliquely upward as it goes from the back of the storage case to the near side. The floor-standing indoor unit for an air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it has a hypotenuse and a portion where the hypotenuse and the upper side intersect is the end portion.