JP2017129292A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner that can maintain design property of a surface of a receiving part.SOLUTION: In the air conditioner including the receiving part for a human presence sensor, a remote control receiver and the like inside a front face or lower face, the receiving part is stored in a storage part 9 provided inside thereof, an opening part 15 having a rib in at least peripheral edge is provided forward of the storage part 9, the opening part 15 is covered by bringing a resin sheet into contact with the rib, and a color thicker than a color of a surface of the resin sheet is colored or print layer 14 is applied on at least a front face side of the rib.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present invention relates to an indoor unit of an air conditioner, and more particularly to an indoor unit of an air conditioner having a panel for storing a remote control receiver and a human sensor, and having excellent front panel design.

  Conventionally, there has been an air conditioner including a reception unit such as a remote control reception unit or a human sensor or a display unit on the front surface of an indoor unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the indoor unit 100 described in Patent Literature 1 or the like, a remote control receiving unit 101 is provided in the vicinity of the lower part of the design panel on the front surface of the indoor unit, and a receiving unit cover 102 is provided on the front surface thereof. The design is maintained by directly touching and hiding the receiving element.

JP 2011-75158 A

  However, in recent years, elements related to sensing have diversified, and there is a tendency to mount a large number of various sensors.

  Therefore, the interior of the indoor unit requires a large space for storing these many sensors, and the configuration in the vicinity of the receiving unit cover for concealing the space is an important issue in maintaining design. It has become to.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems and to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner that can maintain the design of a receiving unit.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the indoor unit of the present invention is an air conditioner having a receiving unit such as a human sensor or a remote control light receiving unit on the front surface or the lower surface, and the receiving unit An opening having at least a rib around the front is provided in front of the storage, and a resin sheet is in contact with the rib to cover the opening, and at least the front side of the rib is A color darker than the color of the surface of the resin sheet is applied.

  Thus, it is possible to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner that can maintain designability while ensuring reception performance.

  The air conditioner of this invention can maintain the designability of the front part around a receiving part, ensuring the receiving property of a sensor etc.

The front view of the indoor unit of embodiment of this invention The enlarged view of the receiving part of embodiment of this invention The perspective view of the receiving part of embodiment of this invention Sectional drawing of the receiving part of embodiment of this invention Sectional drawing of the indoor unit of embodiment of this invention Sectional drawing of the accommodating part of embodiment of this invention The internal view of the receiving part of embodiment of this invention The perspective view of the receiving part of embodiment of this invention Internal view of a printing layer according to an embodiment of the present invention Internal view of a printing layer according to an embodiment of the present invention Front view of the receiving unit of a conventional indoor unit A perspective view of a receiving unit of a conventional indoor unit

  A first aspect of the present invention is an air conditioner having a receiving unit such as a human sensor or a remote control light receiving unit inside a front surface or a lower surface, wherein the receiving unit is stored in a storage unit provided in the interior, An opening having at least a rib on the periphery is provided in front of the storage portion, and the resin sheet is in contact with the rib to cover the opening, and at least the front side of the rib has a color darker than the color of the surface of the resin sheet. It has been applied.

  According to this, since the shadow generated in the space inside the storage portion passes through the cover portion and is not visible to the user, the cover portion appears to have a uniform color, so that the design is not impaired.

  In the second invention, the rib of the first invention is provided at the periphery of the opening, and is suspended between one and the other of the edges of the opening.

  According to this, even if the user depresses the cover portion that covers the opening portion, the cover portion is prevented from being bent and deformed, and the cover portion does not damage the receiving portion.

  In a third invention, the rib of the first or second invention is provided so as to avoid at least the front of the receiving unit.

  According to this, there is no trouble in receiving the remote control received by the receiving unit or infrared rays emitted by a person, and the receiving performance is not impaired.

  According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the color of the first to third aspects of the invention is a shaded color. By using this color, the shadow that occurs in the space inside the storage unit is adapted to the color of the rib, and the rib part is It is transparent and not visible to the user.

  5th invention makes the color of 1st-4th invention by formation of a printing layer.

  According to this, color formation can be easily performed, and productivity can be improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a front view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the receiving unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the receiving unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the receiving unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the indoor unit.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, an indoor unit 1 of an air conditioner has a heat exchanger 2 in its main body.
And a fan 3, a blow grill 4 and the like.

  The heat exchanger 2 is disposed on the upstream side of the fan 3, and the blowout grill 4 forms a blower passage and a blowout outlet on the downstream side of the fan 3.

  Further, the air outlet is provided with left and right wind direction changing blades 5 for directing the wind left and right and up and down air direction changing blades 6 for opening and closing the air outlet and blowing the wind up and down.

  Further, an automatic filter cleaning unit 7 is provided on the front side of the heat exchanger 2, and a display unit cover 8 for forming a design surface is further provided on the front side.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 7, the receiving unit 10 and the storage unit 9 for the human sensor 11 are provided inside the vicinity of the right end of the display unit cover 8. Each is stored.

  When the user operates the remote controller, the operation signal is received by the receiving unit 10, and the air conditioner starts operation by a control device (not shown).

  As shown in FIGS. 7, 9, and 10, an opening 15 is provided on the front side of the storage unit 9 in which the receiving unit 10 and the human sensor 11 are stored, and at least at the periphery of the opening 15. Are provided with ribs 12.

  A resin sheet 13 is affixed to the flat portion of the front surface side of the rib 12 to cover the opening 15, thereby concealing objects to be stored such as the receiving unit 10 and the human sensor 11.

  By making the color of the front surface of the resin sheet 13 the same as the color of the display unit cover 8, the front surface of the display unit cover can have a clean and uniform design.

  As shown in FIGS. 7, 9, and 10, the rib 12 may be provided on the periphery of the opening, and may be provided suspended between a part of the periphery of the opening and the other part. In this case, the strength is increased by increasing the area of the rib that supports the resin sheet 13 from the back side, and even if the user accidentally presses the resin sheet 13, the resin sheet 13 is suppressed to the minimum and the internal reception is suppressed. The objects to be stored such as the portion 10 and the human sensor 11 are not damaged.

  Here, a dark colored printing layer 14 is provided on the front side of the rib 12 (shaded portion in FIGS. 9 and 10).

  The storage unit 9 has a wide space for storing components such as the receiving unit 10 and the human sensor 11 without interfering with others. When this space is covered with the resin sheet 13, the resin sheet 13 is transparent to a predetermined infrared ray, so that the shadow of the space can be seen through the surface of the resin sheet 13, and the design properties are significantly impaired.

  If the rib 12 has the same color as that of the display unit cover 8, the shape of the rib 12 is transparent on the surface of the resin sheet 13 as shown in FIG. It looks like.

  Therefore, if a shadow color corresponding to the shadow of the space is applied to the rib 12, the shade color and the color of the rib 12 become familiar, and the shape of the rib 12 does not show through the surface of the resin sheet 13, and the design characteristics Is improved.

  The present invention can be applied not only to a receiving unit of an air conditioner but also to an electronic device equipped with a sensor such as a dehumidifier or an air purifier.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Air conditioner indoor unit 2 Heat exchanger 3 Fan 4 Blowing grill 5 Left and right air direction change blade 6 Vertical air direction change blade 7 Filter automatic cleaning unit 8 Display unit cover 9 Storage unit 10 Receiving unit 11 Human sensor 12 Rib 13 Resin sheet 14 Print Layer 15 Opening 100 Air Conditioner Indoor Unit 101 Receiving Unit 102 Receiving Unit Cover

Claims (5)

An air conditioner equipped with a receiving unit such as a human sensor or a remote control light receiving unit on the front surface or the lower surface, wherein the receiving unit is stored in a storage unit provided in the interior, and in front of the storage unit An opening having ribs at least on the periphery, covering the opening by contacting the resin sheet with the rib, and at least the front side of the rib being colored darker than the color of the surface of the resin sheet. A featured air conditioner. 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the rib is provided at a peripheral edge of the opening, and is suspended between a part of the peripheral edge of the opening and the other part. The air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rib is provided so as to avoid at least the front of the receiving unit. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the color is a shaded color. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the color is formed by forming a printing layer.

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