JP2022110965A - Air conditioner intake air cleaning system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an air conditioner intake air cleaning system that can clean air at high rate before it is sucked by an air conditioner.SOLUTION: An air conditioner intake air cleaning system 1 includes: an air cleaner 10 for cleaning and discharging air that is sucked from the outside; and an air duct 30 disposed so as to entirely cover an air intake port 21 of an air conditioner 20 and leading the air discharged from the air cleaner 10 to the air intake port 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an air conditioner intake cleaning system.

Air conditioners used for indoor cooling, heating, and dehumidification are weak in their ability to purify the air they inhale. Viruses, bacteria, dust, etc. are spread in the room, which is not preferable from a sanitary point of view.

In order to solve such a problem, in Patent Document 1, by attaching an air cleaning filter to the front side of the intake grille of the air conditioner with an adhesive tape, the air is cleaned with the air cleaning filter and then sent to the air conditioner. It is said to be inhaled.

Utility Model Registration No. 3054570

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, since an air cleaning filter with a considerably smaller area than the area of the intake grille is attached, most of the air sucked into the air conditioner passes through the air cleaning filter. There is a problem that the air cleaning effect is low.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner intake cleaning system capable of cleaning the air before it is sucked into the air conditioner at a high rate. do.

In order to achieve the above object, the air conditioner intake cleaning system according to the present invention includes:
an air purifier that purifies the air inhaled from the outside;
a blower pipe arranged to entirely cover an air inlet of an air conditioner for guiding air discharged from the air purifier to the air inlet;
characterized by comprising

According to the present invention, most of the clean air discharged from the air purifier can be guided to the air intake port by the air duct, so that the air before being sucked into the air conditioner can be cleaned at a high rate. .

In the above invention, the blower tube is
a bottom wall arranged parallel to the air intake surface provided with the air intake port; a pair of side walls extending from opposite edges of the bottom wall toward the air intake surface; A lip channel steel having outflow control wings folded back on opposing side walls and openings formed between the outflow control wings,
The air purifier is arranged on one end side of the both edges,
A width of the outflow adjusting wing portion in a direction orthogonal to the side wall is characterized by decreasing with distance from the air purifier.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, air can be uniformly supplied to the air intake surface of an air conditioner from a blower pipe.

The above invention is characterized in that a gap is provided between the air intake surface and the blower pipe.

According to the present invention, when the air purifier is not operated, air can be sucked into the air intake port of the air conditioner through the gap, and the air conditioner can be operated independently.

The above invention is characterized by further comprising a connection socket that connects the air purifier and the air duct and guides the air discharged from the air purifier to the air duct.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the air discharged|emitted from an air cleaner can be reliably guide|induced to a blower pipe.

In the above invention, the connection socket has a common mode in which the air discharged from the air purifier is led to the air inlet and a single mode in which the air is discharged outside without being led to the air inlet. A switching valve for switching is provided.

According to the present invention, by switching the switching valve, the air cleaner and the air conditioner can be used independently, or both the air cleaner and the air conditioner can be used in combination.

1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner intake cleaning system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of an air purifier; FIG. It is a perspective view of a blower tube. It is the figure which looked at the blower pipe from the lower side. It is a schematic vertical cross-sectional view of the vicinity of a connection socket.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner intake cleaning system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The air conditioner intake air purification system 1 covers the air purifier 10 that cleans the air taken in from the outside and the surface of the air conditioner 20 on which the air intake port 21 is provided (hereinafter referred to as "air intake surface 22"). and a blower pipe 30 for guiding the air discharged from the air cleaner 10 to the air inlet 21, and a connection socket 40 for connecting the air cleaner 10 and the blower pipe 30. - 特許庁

The air conditioner 20 is a general household air conditioner, and in this embodiment, it has a length of about 700 mm, a width of about 280 mm, and a height of about 250 mm. Further, in this embodiment, the air intake port 21 is provided on the upper surface of the air conditioner 20 . That is, in this embodiment, the upper surface of the air conditioner 20 is the air intake surface 22 , and the blower pipe 30 is provided above the air intake surface 22 . An air purifier 10 is arranged on one side surface of the air conditioner 20 (in this embodiment, the side surface on the right side of the drawing).

FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the air cleaner 10. As shown in FIG. The air purifier 10 is provided with an exhaust port 17 for discharging the cleaned air upward, unlike a general air purifier.
As a specific configuration, the air cleaner 10 includes a body cover 11 for protecting the inside, a mesh filter 12 for removing dust in the air and sucking it inside, and dust charged from the air sucked inside. an ion generator 14 for sterilizing air; a suction fan 15 for sucking air; a suction motor 16 for driving the suction fan 15; a mouth 17;

These filters 12 and 13 can remove 99% of airborne viruses with a diameter of about 0.1 μm from the air in 30 minutes. Air discharged from the exhaust port 17 flows into the blower pipe 30 via the connection socket 40 .

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the blower pipe 30, and FIG. 4 is a view of the blower pipe 30 viewed from below (from the side of the air conditioner 20). Air duct 30 is, in this embodiment, a lip channel steel approximately 700 mm long and approximately 200 mm wide. Specifically, the blower pipe 30 has a bottom wall 31 arranged parallel to the air intake surface 22 , and from the edges of the bottom wall 31 facing each other in the longitudinal direction, the blower pipe 30 extends toward the air intake surface 22 . a pair of extending side walls 33, outflow adjusting wings 34 formed by folding back the tip sides of the respective side walls 33 toward the side walls 33 facing each other to form lip portions, and openings 35 formed between the outflow adjusting wings 34; have

The air purifier 10 is arranged at one end in the longitudinal direction of the air duct 30, and each outflow adjusting blade 34 has a tapered shape in which the width in the direction perpendicular to the side wall 33 becomes shorter as the distance from the air purifier 10 increases. is doing.

In this embodiment, the width of the air duct 30 (the length in the direction orthogonal to the side wall 33) is 200 mm, and the width of each outflow adjusting blade 34 is 50 mm at the end on the air cleaner 10 side. At the end remote from the purifier 10 it is reduced to 20 mm.
As the distance from the air purifier 10 increases, the air discharged from the air purifier 10 slows down and decreases in volume. By gradually increasing the width of the opening 35 according to , the amount of air discharged from the opening 35 of the blower pipe 30 toward the air intake surface 22 can be made uniform.

Note that the size of the blower pipe 30 described above is merely an example, and the amount and speed of the air discharged from the air cleaner 10, the width and length of the air intake surface 22 provided with the air intake port 21 of the air conditioner 20, etc. , the distance from the position where the air conditioner 20 is installed to the ceiling, or the like. Also, the blower pipe 30 can be cut to a suitable length according to the size of the air conditioner 20 for use.

By using the blower pipe 30 configured as described above, 94% of the air supplied from the blower pipe 30 to the air suction surface 22 of the air conditioner 20 can be sucked into the air suction port 21 .

A gap 50 is provided between the air intake surface 22 and the blower tube 30 . In this embodiment, the size of the gap 50 (that is, the distance between the air intake surface 22 of the air conditioner 20 and the blower pipe 30) is 35 mm.
By providing such a gap 50, when the air purifier 10 is not operated, the air is directly sucked into the air inlet 21 of the air conditioner 20 through the gap 50, and the air conditioner 20 can be operated independently. .

The discharge port 17 of the air cleaner 10 and one longitudinal end of the blower pipe 30 are connected by a cylindrical connection socket 40 . FIG. 5 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the connection socket 40 and its vicinity. The connection socket 40 internally has a space having a rectangular cross section that guides the air discharged from the air outlet 17 of the air cleaner 10 to the blower pipe 30 .
Specifically, a clean air intake hole 41 for sucking clean air from the exhaust port 17 is provided at the connection portion of the connection socket 40 with the exhaust port 17 . A clean air discharge hole 42 for discharging the clean air sucked from the exhaust port 17 to the blow pipe 30 is provided at the connecting portion of the connection socket 40 with the blow pipe 30 . The clean air intake hole 41 is provided directly above the exhaust port 17 of the air purifier 10, and the clean air discharge hole 42 is provided at one end side of the blower tube 30 in the longitudinal direction.
By connecting the air purifier 10 and the air duct 30 with the connection socket 40 configured as described above, the air discharged from the air purifier 10 can be reliably guided to the air duct 30 .

A rectangular opening 43 is provided on the lower surface of the connection socket 40 (that is, the surface on which the clean air intake hole 41 is provided). The opening 43 is closed by a rectangular plate-shaped switching valve 44 having the same outer shape as the opening 43 . Of the four sides of the switching valve 44 , one side extending in the width direction of the connection socket 40 is rotatably connected to one side of the opening 43 extending in the width direction of the connection socket 40 .

By rotating the switching valve 44 manually or electrically, the switching valve 44 can be operated in a common mode in which the air discharged from the air cleaner 10 is led to the air intake port 21 of the air conditioner 20, or in a common mode in which the air discharged from the air cleaner 10 is directed to the air inlet 21 of the air conditioner 20. It is possible to switch between a single mode in which the air is discharged outside without being led to the suction port 21 .
Common mode is a mode in which both the air purifier 10 and the air conditioner 20 are operated, and the air discharged from the air purifier 10 passes through the connection socket 40 and is sent to the blower pipe 30 .
On the other hand, the stand-alone mode is a mode in which only the air conditioner 20 is operated without operating the air cleaner 10, and blowing air from the air cleaner 10 to the blower pipe 30 is blocked.

In the shared mode, the switching valve 44 closes the opening 43 on the lower surface of the connection socket 40, as indicated by the solid line in FIG.
Of the four sides of the switching valve 44 , the side orthogonal to one side that serves as the rotation axis has the same length as the height of the connection socket 40 . In the independent mode, the switching valve 44 stands up to a position orthogonal to the lower surface of the connection socket 40, as indicated by the dotted line in FIG. On the other hand, the opening 43 on the lower surface of the connection socket 40 is open, and the air discharged from the air purifier 10 is discharged outside through the opening 43 without being guided to the air inlet 21 side.

By switching the switching valve 44 in this manner, the air cleaner 10 and the air conditioner 20 can be used independently, or both the air cleaner 10 and the air conditioner 20 can be operated and used at the same time.

A flow stop/air conditioner gap adjusting plate 60 is provided at the end of the blower pipe 30 in the longitudinal direction opposite to the side to which the connection socket 40 is connected. The flow stop/air conditioner interval adjusting plate 60 has a function of stopping air flowing from the air purifier 10 through the connection socket 40 and the blower pipe 30 and a function of adjusting the gap 50 . The flow stop/air conditioner interval adjusting plate 60 includes an attachment portion 61 attached to the end portion of the blower pipe 30, and a projecting plate portion 62 extending downward from the attachment portion 61 by the size of the gap 50 (35 mm in this embodiment). , have The projecting plate portion 62 has the same width as the 200 mm width of the blower tube 30, but may have a width wider than the width of the blower tube 30 in order to prevent air from leaking from both sides.

The flow stop/air conditioner interval adjusting plate 60 is placed on the air conditioner 20 without being fixed to the air conditioner 20 . As a result, when the existing air conditioner 20 is used to assemble the air conditioner intake cleaning system 1, the assembly can be facilitated and the existing air conditioner 20 can be prevented from being overloaded.

In the air conditioner intake cleaning system 1 having the above configuration, when both the air cleaner 10 and the air conditioner 20 are operated, the air cleaner 10 filters the air sucked from the outside through the mesh filter 12, the multifunctional filter 13 and the ion generator. After cleaning through 14, it is discharged from an exhaust port 17. - 特許庁
The clean air discharged from the air outlet 17 of the air purifier 10 is supplied to the air inlet 21 of the air conditioner 20 through the connection socket 40 and the blower pipe 30 . The blast pipe 30 has a lip channel steel shape, the outflow adjusting blade 34 has a tapered shape, and the air cleaning is achieved by providing a flow stop/air conditioner interval adjusting plate 60 at the tip. Most of the air discharged from the machine 10 can be guided to the air suction port 21, and the air conditioner 20 can suck clean air.

As described above, the air conditioner intake cleaning system 1 includes the air purifier 10 that purifies and discharges the air taken in from the outside, and the air intake surface 22 provided with the air intake port 21 in the air conditioner 20 as a whole. and a blower pipe 30 that guides the air discharged from the air cleaner 10 to the air inlet 21, so that most of the air discharged from the air cleaner 10 is directed to the air inlet 21. It can be directed to clean a high percentage of the air before it is drawn by the air conditioner 20 . Therefore, even if the air conditioner intake cleaning system 1 is used in a closed room, the polluted air does not diffuse in the room, and clean air can be circulated.

The above-described embodiment is merely an example, and various modifications are possible without changing the gist of the invention described in the claims. For example, the shape, size, length, positional relationship, etc. of each member in the above-described embodiment are merely examples.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the air intake port 21 is provided on the upper surface of the air conditioner 20, but it is not limited to this, and may be provided on the front surface or on the side surface. may have been
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the air purifier 10 is provided on the right side of the air conditioner 20 facing the paper surface, but it may be provided on the left side.
In addition, the air conditioner 20 in the above-described embodiment is assumed to be a small one used for general household use, etc., but is not limited to this, and can be used in small stores, offices, etc. The air conditioner 20 may be a mechanism called a commercial air conditioner or central heating, or a mechanism for collectively and intensively adjusting the temperature and humidity of the air in a large building or the like. When such a mechanism is used, before adjusting the temperature of the air sucked from each room, an air purifier 10 suitable for the capacity is installed and the air is cleaned.

1 Air conditioner intake cleaning system 10 Air purifier 11 Front cover 12 Mesh filter 13 Multi-function filter 14 Ion generator 15 Suction fan 16 Suction motor 17 Exhaust port 20 Air conditioner 21 Air suction port 22 Air suction surface 30 Blow pipe 31 Bottom wall 33 Side Wall 34 Outflow Adjusting Wing 35 Opening 40 Connection Socket 41 Clean Air Suction Hole 42 Clean Air Discharge Hole 43 Opening 44 Switching Valve 50 Gap 60 Flow Stop/Air Conditioner Spacing Adjustment Plate 61 Mounting Portion 62 Protruding Plate Portion

Claims (5)

an air purifier that purifies the air inhaled from the outside;
a blower pipe arranged to entirely cover an air inlet of an air conditioner for guiding air discharged from the air purifier to the air inlet;
An air conditioner intake cleaning system, comprising: The air duct is
a bottom wall arranged parallel to the air intake surface provided with the air intake port; a pair of side walls extending from opposite edges of the bottom wall toward the air intake surface; A lip channel steel having outflow control wings folded back on opposing side walls and openings formed between the outflow control wings,
The air purifier is arranged on one end side of the both edges,
2. The air conditioner intake air cleaning system according to claim 1, wherein the width of the outflow adjusting blade portion in the direction orthogonal to the side wall decreases as the distance from the air cleaner increases. 3. The air conditioner intake cleaning system according to claim 1, wherein a gap is provided between the air intake surface and the blower pipe. 4. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a connection socket that connects the air purifier and the air duct and guides air discharged from the air purifier to the air duct. air conditioning intake cleaning system. The connection socket has a switching valve for switching between a shared mode in which the air discharged from the air purifier is led to the air inlet and a single mode in which the air is discharged outside without being led to the air inlet. The air conditioner intake cleaning system according to claim 4, characterized in that it is provided with:

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