JP2015059666A - Heating/humidifying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate cleaning of a filter by making attachment/detachment work simple about the filter provided at a suction port.SOLUTION: A heating/humidifying device is configured in such a manner that: a blowout port 13 is provided for blowing out heated and humidified air into a habitable room space such as a kitchen and a living room; a body 1 including a design panel 12 on a front surface of the body 1 is included inside a system kitchen; and a filter 11 and the design panel 12 are provided integrally. Thereby, as a user easily attaches/detaches the filter 11, so that the heating/humidifying device can be acquired which can facilitate cleaning of the filter 11 by making attachment/detachment work simple about the filter 11 provided at a suction port 5.

Description

  The present invention relates to a warming / humidifying device that does not occupy a living room space even if a warming / humidifying device is installed and does not need to be prepared each time it is used.

  Conventionally, as means to improve the comfort due to the temperature of the living room environment in winter, for example, oil stoves and fan heaters used in the living room, packaged air conditioners installed and installed on the walls of the living room, and the ceiling space of the living room Various heating devices such as an air-conditioning system that is concealed and supplies hot air to a room via a blower duct, and a central heating system that is connected to a hot water circulation type heat source device and warms the room by natural convection are used.

  In a room where the above-described heating device is introduced, as a means for further improving the comfort, it is important to adjust the comfort due to the humidity of the room environment. In the living environment, the humidity generally considered to be comfortable is 40-60% relative humidity, but the heating system raised above only raises the temperature of the living room, even if the comfort due to temperature can be ensured Because the relative humidity is low, comfort due to humidity cannot be ensured. Therefore, a user who wants to ensure comfort due to humidity prepares a humidifier in the living room, and also performs humidification with the humidifier when performing heating. As a humidifier, for example, a method of generating steam by heating water, a method of infiltrating water into a humidifying filter and blowing it with a fan to vaporize, a method of discharging water droplets by vibration by ultrasonic waves, a nozzle, etc. are used. Various methods such as a method of directly spraying water have been proposed, and all of them are generally popular.

  A common feature of the humidifier is that the user brings the humidifier into a living room where the user wants to humidify, supplies tap water to a detachable storage tank, attaches the water to the humidifier, and then operates the humidifier. Thus, the water in the water storage tank is gradually consumed, and the water is replenished when the water in the water storage tank runs out.

  In the case of this method, it is troublesome to prepare a humidifier each time, and there is a problem that the room space is occupied because it is used in the room.

  To cope with the above problems, a box-shaped main body is installed in the space under the floor as a heating and humidifying device, and when humidification is required, a container containing water is separately attached inside the main body, and the humidifying means is installed in the container. It has been proposed that water is supplied to the container with a water supply valve (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Hereinafter, the heating and humidifying device will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the box-shaped main body 101 in which the crossflow fan 102, the fan motor 103, and the heat exchanger 104 are integrated, in particular, the inside of the copper tube of the heat exchanger 104 is used as the air passage 105, and the surface of the copper tube is the hot water passage 106. Further, the main body 101 characterized in that the air suction port 107 is arranged outside the hot water flow path 106 is installed in the underfloor space, and the heat exchanged by the heat exchanger 104 exits from the air blowing port 108. . The air vent 108 is connected to the duct laid in the space under the floor, and air is blown from the floor vent of the room to the room. If necessary, a container that contains water is separately attached in the vicinity of the air outlet 108, and a humidifying means is attached to the inside of the container, and the container is supplied with water by a water supply valve.

  According to this, in the winter, the air heated through the heat exchanger is supplied to the living room, and when humidifying, humidification is automatically performed by attaching a humidifying means and a container containing water near the air outlet 108. It can be carried out. And if the operation is stopped for a long time, the water will remain inside the container, so the user should maintain the main body installed in the underfloor space each time and throw away the remaining water in the container become. Also, because of the structure in which the inside of the copper tube of the heat exchanger is an air passage and the surface of the copper tube is a hot water passage, a filter that is easy to maintain cannot be provided in the air passage near the heat exchanger, the air resistance is large There are various practical problems such as high output required to secure the vehicle and driving noise increased.

JP 2006-10295 A

  In such a conventional warming / humidifying device, when the room is heated in winter, the humidity decreases and a separate humidifying device is required to increase the humidity, but it is troublesome to prepare the humidifying device each time, Moreover, it had the subject of occupying the space of a living room.

  Moreover, since it becomes unnecessary when humidification is not necessary, it needs to be cleaned up. In order to solve the problem in the installation place of such a conventional heating and humidifying device, when a concealed humidifying device is provided in the system kitchen, the filter provided in the suction port is difficult to attach and detach and difficult to clean. Had.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a warming / humidifying device capable of facilitating cleaning of the filter by facilitating attachment / detachment work of the filter provided in the suction port. And

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a system kitchen having a cooking device, a sink, and a dishwasher, wherein a humidifying filter, a heating device, a blower, and a drain device are provided on a storage shelf of the system kitchen. And a main body having an inside, a blower means for blowing air into the main body, a suction port for sucking air in a room such as a kitchen or a living room by the blower means, and the suction port And a filter that removes dust from the air sucked between the air blowing means, a heating means that heats the air blown from the air blowing means with hot water from a hot water circulation heat source device, and a heating means that heats the air. A design is provided on the front of the main body, provided with a humidifying means for humidifying the warmed air and a blowout port for blowing the warmed and humidified air into the space of the living room such as a kitchen or a living room. With the body and a panel in the interior of the kitchen, the filter and the is characterized in that a and design panel together, thereby it is to achieve the intended purpose.

  According to the present invention, the air blowing means for blowing air into the main body, the air inlet for sucking in air in a room such as a kitchen or a living room, and the air sucked between the air inlet and the air blowing means. A filter for removing dust from the air; heating means for heating the air blown from the blowing means with hot water from a hot water circulation heat source; and humidifying means for humidifying the air heated by the heating means; An air outlet for blowing the heated and humid air into the space of the living room such as a kitchen or a living room, a design panel on the front of the main body, the main body in the system kitchen, the filter and the design The user can easily attach and detach the filter because the panel is integrated with the panel. It is possible to easily clean the filter to facilitate the work, the effect can be obtained as.

The perspective view which shows the internal structure of the heating humidification apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention. Side sectional view of the heating and humidifying device The perspective view from the control apparatus side which shows the internal structure of the heating humidification apparatus The perspective view from the back side of the main part which shows the internal structure of the heating humidification apparatus The perspective view which shows the kitchen of the humidification heating apparatus The perspective view which shows the humidification water pan of the humidification heating apparatus Configuration diagram showing the inside of a conventional heating and humidifying device

  The heating / humidifying device according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a blower for blowing air into the main body, a suction port for sucking air in a room such as a kitchen or a living room by the blower, the suction port, A filter that removes dust from the air sucked in between the air blowing means, a heating means that heats the air blown from the air blowing means with hot water from a hot water circulation type heat source device, and is heated by the heating means. A humidifying means for humidifying the heated air, and a blowout port for blowing the heated and humidified air into the space of the living room such as a kitchen or a living room, and a design panel is provided on the front surface of the main body, and the main body is installed inside the system kitchen. In preparation, the filter and the design panel are provided integrally. Accordingly, since the user can easily attach and detach the filter, there is an effect that the filter provided in the suction port can be easily attached and detached to facilitate cleaning of the filter.

  In addition, a control unit that controls the air blowing means and a display unit that allows a user to check the operation status are provided in the main body, and the control unit counts the total air blowing time, and displays an appropriate cleaning time for the filter. You may make it the structure of displaying on a part. This informs the user of an appropriate cleaning time for the filter, and thus the filter can be appropriately cleaned.

  The display unit may be configured to be substantially vertical or inclined upward from substantially vertical. Thereby, since the user is informed of an appropriate cleaning time of the filter in an easy-to-understand manner, there is an effect that the filter can be cleaned more appropriately.

  Further, the filter surface may be coated with a hydrophilic material. Thereby, since water will be immersed with the hydrophilic material between the dust to which oil adhered and the filter, there is an effect that the filter can be easily cleaned.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, a blower 2 is provided in a rectangular main body 1, and the blower 2 includes a sirocco fan 3 that is resistant to pressure loss and a fan motor 4 that drives the sirocco fan 3. .

  The air blower 2 sucks air from the kitchen or living room through the air inlet 5 and includes a warming device 6 connected to a hot water circulation heat source (not shown) as a heating means. A humidifying device 7 in which humidifying elements are knitted in a lattice shape is provided as a humidifying means.

  As means for causing the humidifier 7 to absorb water, a humidified water pan 8 made of resin (PP), which is inexpensive and excellent in chemical resistance, for example, is provided inside the main body 1 and provided in a water supply pipe (not shown). By driving a water supply valve 9 which is an electromagnetic valve generally used as a connected water supply means, humidified water as clean water is poured into the humidified water pan 8 from above, and the humidified water in the humidified water pan 8 is sucked up. The humidifying device 7 attached in this manner sucks up the humidified water.

  Control for controlling the driving of the blower 2 and the water supply valve 9 based on input signals from a suction temperature detecting means 14 such as a thermistor, which will be described later, which is inexpensive and easy to procure, and a suction humidity detecting means 15 which will be described later. A control device 10 having a printed circuit board (not shown) as means is provided on the opposing wall surface of the humidified water pan 8 in the main body 1. This is to prevent water from leaking into the control device 10 at the time of water leakage from the humidified water pan 8.

  A capacitor, a relay, a transformer, a microcomputer, a current fuse, and the like are mounted on the printed circuit board to turn on and off the operation of the actuator (the blower 2, the water supply valve 9, and the drain pump 17 described later). .

  When an operation command is issued from the control device 10, the blower 2 is driven, the sirocco fan 3 rotates, and the air in the kitchen or living room is sucked in from the suction port 5 of the main body 1. And is sucked through a filter 11 of mesh-like sucked air.

  The heating device 6 is composed of a copper tube and a heat radiating aluminum fin (not shown). Hot water of about 60 ° C. passes through the copper tube, and the heat energy of the hot water is in contact with the copper tube. It is a mechanism that is transmitted to the fins.

  By blowing air to the heat-dissipating aluminum fins, heat is exchanged between the air in the kitchen or living room and the hot water supplied from the hot water circulation heat source device, thereby raising the temperature of the suction air.

  The air after passing between the plurality of heat-dissipating aluminum fins of the heating device 6 is heated (for example, about 40 ° C.) by receiving heat energy. By passing it in between, the humidified water absorbed by the humidifying device 7 can be efficiently vaporized with respect to room temperature air (kitchen or living room) to obtain humidified air.

  Since the air that has passed through the humidifier 7 contains vaporized moisture, the humidity is high. The humidified air is opened on the same plane as the inlet 5 and blows out from the lattice-shaped outlet 13 to the kitchen or living room. The living room is heated and humidified to improve air conditioning, that is, comfort.

  In the heating / humidifying device described in the first embodiment, in order to accurately measure the temperature and humidity of the kitchen or living room of the sirocco fan 3, suction temperature detection means 14 and suction humidity detection means that are thermistor sensors are provided in the vicinity of the windward side. 15 is provided, and the hot water supply valve 16 is closed when the temperature detected by the suction temperature detection means 14 and the suction humidity by the suction humidity detection means 15 are not less than a predetermined temperature (for example, 40 ° C., which is considered unpleasant). The hot water supply to the heating device 6 is stopped.

  In addition, when the humidity is higher than a predetermined humidity (for example, 80% considered unpleasant), the air volume of the blower 2 is reduced (for example, halved) or stopped.

  This can prevent unnecessary heating when the room temperature of the kitchen or living room is high (for example, 40 ° C., which is considered uncomfortable).

  Further, unnecessary humidification can be prevented when the humidity of the kitchen or living room is high (for example, 80%, which is considered uncomfortable).

  Preventing unnecessary humidification is also effective in preventing condensation.

  By simultaneously driving the heating device 6 and the humidifying device 7 at the start of the humidifying operation, the air is heated once, so that the moisture releasing capability of the humidifying device 7 is increased, and the humidity of the kitchen or living room is set to a predetermined humidity. It can be done in a short time to raise.

  For example, when the humidifier 7 is driven while being heated by the heater 6, the humidity of the living room or kitchen is set to a predetermined humidity (for example, 30% to 50%) in about 30 minutes. However, when it is humidified only by the humidifying device 7 without being heated by the warming device 6, it takes about 2 hours to obtain a predetermined humidity.

  Therefore, the heating device 6 is operated only for a certain period of time at the start of the humidification operation, and when the predetermined humidity is reached, the operation is performed so that the heating device 6 is stopped. It is.

  The main body 1 is hidden in the kitchen so as not to take up the design and location of the living space.

  Further, the bottom surface of the humidifying water pan 8 is recessed downward only in the range of 5 mm to 20 mm in the installation portion of the drain pump 17, and a slight gradient is provided toward the recess so that the remaining water flows into the recess. It has a shape.

  The humidified water pan 8 is provided with a water level detection sensor 18 serving as a water level detecting means for detecting the level of the humidified water in the humidified water pan 8.

  The water level detection sensor 18 generally detects the water level when it is conducted between the sensors by water, but the same effect can be obtained even with a float type sensor.

  When the water level detection sensor 18 detects full water, driving of the water supply valve 9 is stopped.

  Thereafter, the humidified water in the humidified water pan 8 is used by the operation of the main body 1, and the water supply valve 9 is driven until the water level detection sensor 18 detects the full water again, for example, 600 seconds after the full water detection of the water level detection sensor 18 is canceled. Then, since the humidified water is supplied in a cycle of supplying water, excessive supply of humidified water can be prevented.

  If the water level detection sensor 18 does not detect full water for a certain period of time (for example, 40 seconds) even though the water supply valve 9 is being driven, it is attached to the water supply pipe or some malfunction, for example, failure of the water supply valve 9 It is determined that the water supply is not being performed because the stop cock is closed, etc., and the water supply abnormality is displayed on the display unit 19 provided on the same surface as the suction port 5 and the operation of the main body is stopped.

  On the other hand, the humidified water pan 8 is abnormal as a water level detecting means because the abnormal water level detection sensor 20 is sufficiently higher than the water level detection sensor 20 detects full water and the water level is detected before the humidified water pan 8 overflows the humidified water. A water level detection sensor 20 is attached.

  Even when the abnormal water level detection sensor 20 detects, it is displayed on the display unit 19 and the operation of the main body 1 is stopped.

  Further, the display unit 19 accumulates the operation time, and displays a message that prompts the user to clean the filter 11 after 1000 hours of operation that corresponds to, for example, three months set in advance on the display unit 19 (for example, dedicated to filter check). LED blinks).

  Furthermore, the orientation of the display unit 19 is substantially vertical with respect to the bottom surface of the main body 1 or slightly upward from substantially vertical, so that the user leans forward, for example, in the notification display of the cleaning time of the filter 11. Since it becomes easy to notice in the posture, the filter can be easily cleaned by recognizing the replacement time.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the filter 11 and the design panel 12 are formed as an integral product, or either of the subunits (that is, the design panel 12 sets) composed of two or more parts (the filter 11 and the design panel 12). However, when the user removes the design panel 12 from the front surface of the main body 1 for cleaning, the filter 11 provided on the back side of the design panel 12 can be easily removed from the front surface of the main body 1.

  Further, the design panel 12 and the main body 1 can be fixed by using a claw fitting or a latch so that the design panel 12 can be easily attached and detached without using a tool.

  The filter 11 may be a net filter knitted with polypropylene resin yarn, a mesh filter knitted with fine stainless steel wires, or a punching filter with a thin stainless steel plate having many small round holes. Since the main body 1 is incorporated in the system kitchen, it is considered that dust containing cooking oil adheres to the filter 11. Therefore, the surface of the filter 11 is subjected to hydrophilic treatment, so that the filter 11 can be easily cleaned by washing with water.

  The heating / humidifying device according to the present invention makes it possible to facilitate the cleaning of the filter by facilitating the attachment / detachment work of the filter provided in the suction port. Useful as a warming and humidifying device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 2 Air blower 3 Sirocco fan 4 Fan motor 5 Suction port 6 Heating device 7 Humidification device 8 Humidification water pan 9 Water supply valve 10 Control device 11 Filter 12 Design panel 13 Outlet 14 Suction temperature detection means 15 Humidity detection means 16 Hot water Water supply valve 17 Drain pump 18 Water level detection sensor 19 Display unit 20 Abnormal water level detection sensor

Claims (4)

A blower for blowing air into the body, a suction port for sucking air in a room such as a kitchen or a living room by the blower, and a filter for removing dust from the air sucked between the suction port and the blower And heating means for heating the air blown from the blowing means with hot water from a hot water circulation heat source unit, humidifying means for humidifying the air heated by the heating means, and heating and humidification A blowout opening for blowing air into the space of the living room such as a kitchen or living room, a design panel on the front of the main body, the main body inside the system kitchen, and the filter and the design panel provided integrally A heating and humidifying device characterized by that. The main body is provided with a control unit that controls the air blowing means and a display unit that allows a user to check the operating status, and the control unit counts the accumulated time of air blowing, and an appropriate cleaning time for the filter is displayed on the display unit. The heating / humidifying device according to claim 1, wherein the heating / humidifying device is displayed. The heating / humidifying device according to claim 2, wherein the display unit is inclined substantially vertically or upward from substantially vertical. The heating / humidifying device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a surface of the filter is coated with a hydrophilic material.

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