JP2015121400A - Outdoor equipment of air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a fastening member such as a bolt from being exposed from a bottom plate when a heater is fixed to the bottom plate by using a heater fixture.SOLUTION: Outdoor equipment 100 of an air conditioner includes: a bottom plate 4; a heat exchanger 10 installed on the bottom plate 4; and a fan which blows air to the heat exchanger 10. The outdoor equipment 100 of the air conditioner includes: a heater 12 provided at the bottom plate 4; a fan holding part 20 which is attached to the bottom plate 4 and holds the fan 11; and a heater fixture 40 which is attached to the fan holding part 20 and fixes the heater 12.

Description

  The present invention relates to an outdoor unit of an air conditioner having a heater on a bottom plate.

  In a heat pump type air conditioner, the outdoor heat exchanger functioning as an evaporator may be frosted (frosted) during heating operation. Since heat exchange is hindered by this frost, when frost formation is detected, a defrosting operation for removing the frost is performed. When the defrost operation is performed, the frost that has been frosted on the outdoor heat exchanger is melted and drained on the base of the outdoor unit, and then discharged to the outside through the drain discharge hole. In cold districts, frost formation is likely to occur, and drain water dripped onto the bottom plate of the outdoor unit may be re-frozen on the base before being discharged from the drain discharge hole at low outside air temperature. In view of this, some bottom plates of the outdoor units are provided with a heater for removing freezing of drain water.

  There is a method in which the heater is bolted and fixed to the bottom plate of the outdoor unit using a heater fixture (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Specifically, in Patent Document 1, the heater fixture is provided with a concave portion that surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the heater from the upper side on one end side, and a flat surface that is fixed to the bottom plate on the other end side. Then, the heater is fixed to the bottom plate by fixing the flat surface of the heater fixture to the bottom plate using a fastening member such as a bolt.

JP 2010-91140 A

  However, when the heater fixture is fixed to the bottom plate using a fastening member as in Patent Document 1, the tip of the fastening member is exposed and protrudes from the lower side of the bottom plate. Therefore, there exists a subject that an operator's finger | toe may contact the bolt tip, for example during conveyance.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is capable of preventing the tip of the fastening member from being exposed to the outside of the outdoor unit when fixing the heater fixture to the bottom plate. It aims at providing the outdoor unit of a machine.

  An outdoor unit of an air conditioner of the present invention is an outdoor unit of an air conditioner having a bottom plate, a heat exchanger installed on the bottom plate, and a fan that blows air to the heat exchanger, and is provided on the bottom plate. And a heater holder attached to the bottom plate and holding the fan, and a heater fixture attached to the fan holder and fixing the heater.

  According to the outdoor unit of the air conditioner of the present invention, since the heater fixture is fixed to the fan holding part attached on the bottom plate, a fastening member such as a bolt is used when fixing the heater fixture on the bottom plate. Without being exposed from the bottom plate, it is possible to reliably prevent the operator's fingers from coming into contact with the tip of the fastening member during the transportation and installation of the outdoor unit, thereby improving the work efficiency.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows preferable embodiment of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner of this invention. It is a schematic perspective view which shows an example of the inside of the outdoor unit of FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the peripheral part of the fan holding | maintenance part and heater fixture in the outdoor unit of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the periphery site | part of the attachment part of the fan holding | maintenance part of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the heater fixture of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode that the heater fixture was attached to the fan holding | maintenance part. It is sectional drawing which shows the VII-VII cross section of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an outdoor unit for an air conditioner according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner of the present invention. The outdoor unit 100 of the air conditioner in FIG. 1 is surrounded by the top panel 1, the front panel 2, the side panel 3, the bottom plate 4 and the like, and the outdoor unit 100 is fixed to the installation site on the bottom plate 4. A leg portion 4A is provided.

  2 is a schematic perspective view showing the inside of the outdoor unit 100 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing peripheral portions of the fan holding portion and the heater in the outdoor unit 100 shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the interior of the outdoor unit 100 is partitioned into a fan chamber WR and a machine chamber MR by a separator 5. A compressor 6, a refrigerant pipe 7, an electrical box (control box) 8 and the like are arranged on the machine room MR side, and a heat exchanger 10, a fan 11 and the like are provided on the fan room WR side. . The compressor 6 and the heat exchanger 10 are installed on the bottom plate 4.

  The compressor 6 sucks the refrigerant, compresses it into a high temperature and high pressure state, and conveys it to the refrigerant circuit via the refrigerant pipe 7. The electrical component box (control box) 8 accommodates control means for controlling the operation of the outdoor unit 100. The heat exchanger 10 performs heat exchange between the outside air and the refrigerant, and functions as an evaporator during heating operation and as a condenser during cooling operation. In addition, the heat exchanger 10 includes, for example, a heat transfer tube that allows the refrigerant to pass therethrough, and fins that increase the heat transfer area between the refrigerant flowing through the heat transfer tube and the outside air, and includes a flat plate region and a curved surface region. It has a so-called L-shape. In addition, although the case where the heat exchanger 10 is formed in an L shape is illustrated, it may be formed in a flat plate shape, or may be formed in a so-called U shape having curved regions at both ends. It may be what was done.

  The fan 11 blows air to the heat exchanger 10, and has a propeller 11a and a motor 11b that rotationally drives the propeller 11a. The propeller 11a is attached to the rotating shaft of the motor 11b, and the motor 11b is held by the fan holding unit 20. Here, the fan holding part 20 has a support column 21 extending in the vertical direction (arrow Z direction), and the upper part 20A side is connected to the upper part of the heat exchanger 10, and the lower part 20B side is connected with a bolt or the like. It is fixed to the bottom plate 4.

  Here, when the outdoor unit 100 performs a heating operation, the heat exchanger 10 functions as an evaporator and absorbs heat from low-temperature outside air. For this reason, frost may occur in the heat exchanger 10 depending on the outside air conditions. Since the generation of frost hinders heat exchange between the refrigerant and the outside air, a defrosting (defrosting) operation such as a warm refrigerant flowing into the heat exchanger 10 is performed. Then, the frost adhered to the heat exchanger 10 is melted and flows out as drain water, and the drain water is drained from a drain drain hole provided in the bottom plate 4. At this time, in cold regions, for example, drain water may freeze and block the drain, ice may grow and the fins of the heat exchanger 10 may be brought down, or the propeller 11a may be contacted. Therefore, the outdoor unit 100 is provided with a heater 12 that heats the bottom plate 4 in order to prevent the drain water from freezing during the defrost operation.

  The heater 12 is a sheathed heater in which, for example, a nichrome wire is wrapped with a metal pipe, and is disposed on the bottom plate 4. The heater 12 is formed in a tubular shape and is bent into an arbitrary shape according to the shape of the bottom plate 4. The heater 12 needs to be pressed and fixed with a certain force so as not to cause positional displacement or contact with other parts due to vibration or collision during transportation of the outdoor unit 100. Therefore, the heater 12 is fixed by the heater fixture 40 and has a structure in which the heater fixture 40 is fixed to the fan holding portion 20.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the lower portion 20 </ b> B of the fan holding portion 20 is provided with an attachment portion 30 for attaching the heater fixture 40, and the heater fixture 40 is fixed to the attachment portion 30. It is like that.

  4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a peripheral portion of the attachment portion 30 in the fan holding portion of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the attachment portion 30 is formed in a flat plate shape, and is provided on the lower portion 20 </ b> B of the fan holding portion 20. A hole 31 for inserting a fastening member 60 such as a bolt (see FIGS. 6 and 7) is formed in the mounting portion 30. The attachment portion 30 is formed by bending so that the end of the side plate (YZ plane) of the support column 21 faces the front side (XZ plane side). A triangular bead 33 is arranged.

  Here, the attachment portion 30 is formed so as to face upward by an inclination angle α with respect to the vertical direction (XZ plane) of the bottom plate 4. The inclination angle α can be appropriately set within the range of 0 ° ≦ α ≦ 90 °, and the inclination angle α is more preferably 10 ° ≦ α ≦ 20 °. Note that α = 0 ° (parallel to the XZ plane) may be used, but when the inclination angle α <10 °, the attachment portion 30 is formed on a substantially vertical plane (on the YZ plane). When an operator fixes with the fastening member 60, it is difficult for an operator to assemble, and fingers may contact the end surface of the bottom plate 4. On the other hand, in the case of α> 20 °, the area of the attachment portion 30 becomes small, and it is difficult to fix the bolts at two locations. Considering these, when the attachment portion 30 is formed by bending, the inclination angle α is more preferably 10 ° ≦ α ≦ 20 °. Thereby, at the time of assembly, the operator can be assembled in a comfortable posture, and it is possible to reliably prevent the fingers and the like from coming into contact with the end surface of the bottom plate 4.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of the heater fixture 40 of FIG. The heater fixture 40 in FIG. 5 is formed by, for example, press working, and includes a base 41, leg portions 42, pressing portions 43 and 44, and a connection portion 50. The base 41 is a flat plate member, and an oval opening 41a is formed at the center. The opening 41a suppresses the growth of ice by allowing drain water to flow from the heat exchanger 10 above the base 41 to the bottom plate 4 without dripping and collecting. A rising portion is formed at the edge of the opening 41a by burring to improve the strength. The base 41 is provided with a leg portion 42 that contacts the bottom plate 4, and the leg portion 42 forms a hollow portion 41 b between the base 41 and the bottom plate 4. Thereby, drain water can be reliably flowed from the opening part 41a to the drain outlet via the hollow part 41b.

  In addition, pressing portions 43 and 44 for pressing the heater 12 from above are provided at both ends of the base 41. The pressing portions 43 and 44 are formed, for example, in a flat plate shape, and come into contact with the upper portion of the heater 12 to be pressed and fixed. Further, a connection portion 50 extending toward the attachment portion 30 is provided on the other end side of the base 41.

  The connection portion 50 is a member extending from the end of the base 41 toward the attachment portion 30 and has a flat plate 51 connected to the attachment portion 30. The flat plate 51 of the connection portion 50 is bent at an angle so as to be in close contact with the attachment portion 30, and a hole 52 for inserting the fastening member 60 and a positioning piece 53 are formed. Then, the fastening member 60 is inserted into the hole 52 and fastened, whereby the heater fixture 40 is fixed to the attachment portion 30. The positioning piece 53 is formed in a convex shape on the contact surface 51 a with the mounting portion 30 in order to perform positioning with respect to the mounting portion 30. The positioning piece 53 is formed in a convex shape with respect to the contact surface, for example, by bending the upper end portion of the connection portion 50 to the front side. And when the connection part 50 is positioned by the attachment part 30, the edge 31 of the positioning piece 53 hits the edge of the attachment part 30, and the hole 31 of the attachment part 30 and the hole 52 of the connection part 50 are positioned. It has become so.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the heater fixture is attached to the fan holding portion, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a VII-VII cross section of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, first, the heater 12 is disposed on the bottom plate 4 and the fan holding portion 20 is fixed at the lower portion 20B. In this state, the heater fixture 40 is disposed so that the heater 12 is positioned below the pressing portions 43 and 44. And it slides to the arrow X direction so that the connection part 50 may be located below the attachment part 30, and alignment with the attachment part 30 and the connection part 50 is performed. At this time, the positioning piece 53 is slid sideways until it comes into contact with the edge of the mounting portion 30, so that positioning can be performed easily, and workability during assembly can be improved. Thereafter, a fastening member 60 such as a bolt is inserted into the hole 31 and the hole 52, and the fan holding unit 20 and the heater fixture 40 are fixed. At this time, since the flat plate 51 of the attachment portion 30 and the connection portion 50 faces the front side and faces upward by the inclination angle α, the operator can easily assemble with the fastening member 60.

  According to the above embodiment, since the heater fixture 40 is fixed not to the bottom plate 4 but to the fan holding portion 20, the bolt tip of the heater fixture 40 is not exposed to the outside of the outdoor unit 100, and the operator's It is possible to reliably prevent touching fingers. In addition, although the front-end | tip of the fastening member 60 which fastens the fan holding | maintenance part 20 and the heater fixing tool 40 is exposed inside the outdoor unit 100, since the heat exchanger 10 is arrange | positioned on the back side, it is a finger of an operator. Never touch.

  In addition, when the heater fixture 40 is fixed to the bottom plate 4, the tip of the bolt protrudes from the bottom side of the bottom plate 4 when the outdoor unit 100 is installed on a veranda of an apartment or apartment by a ceiling hanging method. For this reason, the resident feels uncomfortable with the appearance design and the bolt tip itself. On the other hand, when the outdoor unit 100 is installed in a ceiling-suspended manner, the outdoor unit 100 of an air conditioner that does not cause the occupant to feel discomfort without seeing the tip of the bolt can be provided.

  Furthermore, since the attachment part 30 and the connection part 50 each have a shape that is inclined with respect to the front surface (XZ plane), the assembly work can be performed from the front side in an unreasonable posture during assembly. There is no fear that a finger or the like contacts the end face of the bottom plate 4. Therefore, by making it possible to easily dispose the heater 12 even after the heat exchanger 10 is installed, it is possible to improve workability when the heater 12 is attached at the time of line work or after installation by an optional setting. Further, it is not necessary to provide a screw cover for covering the bolt protruding from the lower side of the bottom plate 4 as in the prior art, so that the assembly work can be made more efficient and the number of parts of the outdoor unit 100 can be reduced.

  The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the heater fixing tool 40 is illustrated as being fixed to the mounting part 30 provided in the fan holding part 20, but the heater fixing tool 40 is fixed to the fan holding part. It doesn't matter if there is any structure. For example, various methods of connecting two members such as being fixed to the support column 21 of the fan holding unit 20 can be employed. In addition, the attachment portion 30 is illustrated as a case where a part of the support 21 of the fan holding portion 20 is cut and raised to be a flange. May be.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the holding | suppressing parts 43 and 44 of the heater fixing tool 40 are illustrated about the case where it forms in planar shape, even if it has a curved surface shape along the external shape of the heater 12, for example. Good.

  Moreover, although the case where positioning of the heater fixture is performed by positioning the positioning piece 53 against the edge of the mounting portion 30, a notch for fitting the positioning piece 53 into the edge of the mounting portion 30 is formed. Also good.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Top panel, 2 Front panel, 3 Back panel, 4 Bottom plate, 4A Leg part, 5 Separator, 6 Compressor, 7 Refrigerant piping, 8 Electrical equipment box, 10 Heat exchanger, 11 Fan, 11a propeller, 11b Motor, 12 heater, 20 fan holding part, 20A upper part, 20B lower part, 21 support, 30 mounting part, 31 hole, 32 bent part, 33 triangular bead, 40 heater fixture, 41 base, 41a opening part, 41b hollow part, 42 leg Part, 43, 44 holding part, 50 connecting part, 51 flat plate, 51a contact surface, 52 holes, 53 positioning piece, 60 fastening member, 100 outdoor unit, MR machine room, WR fan room, α inclination angle.

Claims (1)

An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having a bottom plate, a heat exchanger installed on the bottom plate, and a fan for blowing air to the heat exchanger,
A heater provided on the bottom plate;
A fan holding part that is mounted on the bottom plate and holds the fan;
An outdoor unit for an air conditioner, comprising: a heater fixture that is attached to the fan holding portion and fixes the heater.

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