JP3000012B1 - Air conditioner wind direction adjuster - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an air conditioner wind direction controller suitable for forming a more comfortable indoor environment when a ceiling-mounted air conditioner is installed on an indoor ceiling. SOLUTION: The outlet 1 of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 is provided.
An open-ended long groove body 2 formed by bending a flat hygroscopic base material into a long groove shape, wherein the adjuster main body 1 mounted on the main body 0a is bent.
And a pair of mounting surface portions 3 and 4 formed by bending the upper side walls 200 and 201 of the long groove body 2, and the pair of mounting surface portions 3 and 4 are formed at the edges of the outlet 10 a. , The inner bottom surface portion 203 of the long groove body 2 is disposed immediately below the outlet 10a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner installed on a ceiling (hereinafter referred to as "ceiling-mounted air conditioner").
The present invention relates to an air conditioner wind direction adjuster that adjusts the wind direction of an air outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of ceiling-mounted air conditioner, for example, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), a structure having outlets 10a, 10a... As shown in FIG.
b are provided with outlets 10a, 10a on both sides of the suction grill 10b.
The air circulation cycle is adopted in which the air in the room is sucked from b, and the sucked air is cooled and blown into the room from the outlet 10a.

[0003]

However, FIG.
In the case of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 shown in (a) and (b), since cool air is blown from directly below the outlet 10a, for a person located directly below or around the outlet 10a, The blow of cold air from directly above is strong, and the person often feels discomfort when it is too cold. In particular, in an environment where a person sits in the same seat for a long time and thinks about things, for example, when this type of ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 is installed in a study school or the like, if the user sits on the seat directly below the outlet 10a, You must study for a long time while receiving the blow of cold air directly from above, and you may feel too much discomfort when you are too cold, which may hinder your study.

In the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), since the air outlet 10a is provided adjacent to the suction grill 10b, immediately after the air is discharged from the air outlet 10a. A part of the cool air is immediately sucked into the suction grill 10b side without going around the room as shown by an arrow a in the drawing, so-called a shortcut occurs. As a result, the air conditioner temperature sensor reduces the temperature of the cool air due to the shot cut. There is a problem that it may be erroneously sensed that the room temperature is the current room temperature and the cooling operation may be stopped based on the malfunction, which makes it difficult to obtain a comfortable indoor environment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an air conditioner suitable for forming a more comfortable indoor environment when a ceiling-mounted air conditioner is installed on the indoor ceiling. It is to provide a wind direction adjuster.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is mounted on an air conditioner having an outlet on a ceiling and used as a means for adjusting the wind direction of the outlet. A wind direction adjuster, wherein the adjuster body for adjusting the wind direction of the outlet is formed by bending a flat hygroscopic base material into a long groove shape, and a double-ended open long groove body, and both sides of the long groove body It consists of a pair of mounting surfaces formed by bending this at the upper part of the wall, and when this pair of mounting surfaces is mounted on the edge of the outlet, the inner bottom surface of the long groove is disposed directly below the outlet. It is characterized by being performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a perforation for forming an opening in a side wall of the long groove body is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the height of one side wall of the long groove body is different from the height of the other side wall. The structure is characterized by absorbing the inclination of the inner bottom surface of the long groove body when attached.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the hygroscopic substrate is a paper such as a cardboard.

In the air conditioner wind direction adjuster according to the present invention, when the pair of mounting surfaces are mounted on the edge of the outlet of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner, the inner bottom surface of the long groove is disposed directly below the outlet. Is set to For this reason,
The cold air blown out from the outlet collides with the inner bottom surface portion of the long groove body immediately after the blowing, the traveling direction changes, and two cold air flows branched to the left and right in the longitudinal direction of the long groove body, and travels in the long groove body, Finally, the air is blown into the room from the openings at both ends of the long groove body in the horizontal direction.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of an air conditioner wind direction regulator according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

The air conditioner wind direction adjuster of this embodiment comprises an adjuster body 1 having a U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. 1. The adjuster body 1 has a long groove body 2 having both ends open and a pair of right and left mounting surfaces. The long groove body 2 is formed by bending a flat hygroscopic base material into a long groove shape, and a pair of left and right mounting surface portions 3 and 4 is formed of the same. The long groove body side walls 200 and 201 are provided above the long groove body side walls 200 and 201, and are formed by bending the long groove body both side walls 200 and 201 to the outside of the side walls.

The adjuster body 1 having the shape shown in FIG. 1 can be developed as shown in FIG. 2. The developed view of FIG. 2 shows that the flat hygroscopic substrate 2a is bent to form a long groove body. 20
Folding lines 2b, 2b for making 0 and folding lines 2c, 2c for bending the upper portions of the side walls 200, 201 of the long groove body to form the mounting surface portions 3, 4 are shown.

As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, the adjuster body 1 is mounted on the air outlet 10a of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 as a means for adjusting the wind direction of the air outlet 10a. Adopts a configuration in which the mounting surfaces 3 and 4 of the adjuster main body 1 are bonded to the edge of the outlet 10a with double-sided tapes 5 and 5, respectively. Further, the two mounting surfaces 3 and 4 of the adjuster body 1 are connected to the outlet 10.
When attached to the edge of “a”, the bottom surface portion 203 inside the long groove body of the adjuster main body 1 is disposed immediately below the outlet 10a.

FIG. 3 shows a positional relationship of the air conditioner of the present air conditioner to a so-called four-way air outlet type ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 having air outlets 10a, 10a. FIG. 4 shows the mounting positional relationship of the air conditioner of the present air conditioner to a so-called two-way air outlet type ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 having air outlets 10a and 10a on both sides of a suction grill 10b. is there. In the four-way blowout type ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 shown in FIG. 3, the regulator body 1 is provided at four blowout ports 10a, 10a,.
Are attached one by one. In the case of the long outlets 10a and 10a as in the two-way outlet type ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 shown in FIG. 4, one outlet 10a is provided.
The two adjuster main bodies 1 may be combined in series and mounted. In the case of a short outlet, not shown, the adjuster main body 1 is cut to the length of the outlet. It is possible to attach.

When the controller body 1 is mounted on the outlet 10a of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 as described above, the long side walls 200 and 201 of the controller body 1 are connected to the outlet 10a.
a, a pair of annular perforations 6 are provided on the outer long groove body side wall 200 on the left and right sides, and the outer perforations 6 are provided along these annular perforations 6. When the long groove side wall 200 is punched, the openings 7 having the punched size are formed in the outer long groove side wall 200.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer side wall 200 and the inner side wall 201 of the long groove body 1 have different side wall heights h1 and h2, and the outer side wall height h1
Is set higher than the inner side wall height h2. This is in consideration of the fact that the outlet 10a of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 is generally opened on the face plate 10c having a gentle slope. That is, when the adjuster main body 1 is attached to the outlet 10a formed on the gentle slope face plate and the inner and outer side wall heights h1 and h2 are the same, the long groove body inner bottom surface portion 203 becomes the ceiling. Since the installation type air conditioner 10 is inclined toward the suction grill 10b side, the inclination of the inner bottom surface portion 203 of the long groove body which is inclined so as to fall toward the suction grill 10b side is absorbed, and the inner bottom surface 203 of the long groove body is absorbed. From the viewpoint of leveling, as described above, in the present embodiment, the outer side wall height h1 is larger than the inner side wall height h2.
It is provided to be higher. Therefore, when the outlet 10a of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 is opened on a horizontal face plate, the difference between the inner and outer side wall heights h1 and h2 as described above is not necessary, and the inner and outer side wall heights h1 and h1 are not required. A configuration in which h2 is the same may be adopted.

Next, the method of use and operation of the air conditioner wind direction regulator configured as described above will be described.

The air conditioner of this air conditioner is mounted on the outlet 10a of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 and used. The attachment of this air conditioner wind direction adjuster to the outlet 10a
What is necessary is just to adhere | attach each mounting surface part 3 and 4 of the adjuster main body 1 to the edge part of the outlet 10a with the double-sided tapes 5 and 5 respectively. It is arranged just below the mouth 10a.

When the operation of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10 is started in a state where the air conditioner of the present air conditioner is mounted as described above, the cool air blown out from the air outlet 10a is discharged to the inside of the long groove body of the adjuster body 1 immediately after the air blow. The traveling direction is changed by colliding with the bottom surface portion 203, and the two cold air flows branched right and left in the longitudinal direction of the long groove body 2 to travel through the long groove body 2 and finally open both ends 204 of the long groove body 2, The air blows into the room from 205 and the openings 7, 7 in the horizontal direction.

As described above, the air conditioner wind direction adjuster of the present embodiment is configured such that the inner bottom surface portion 203 of the adjuster main body 2 in the long groove body is disposed directly below the outlet 10a of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10. It is. For this reason, the cool air from the outlet 10a travels in the long groove body 2 as described above, and blows out into the room in the horizontal direction from both end openings 204 and 205 of the long groove body 2 as in the related art. Therefore, there is no longer a flow of cold air blown directly below the outlet 10a, so that the discomfort of the person located immediately below the outlet 10a, which is too cold, can be eliminated, and a more comfortable indoor environment can be formed. It is suitable for.

Further, according to the air conditioner wind direction adjuster of the above embodiment, the suction grill 10b of the ceiling type air conditioner 10 is provided.
Between the long groove body side walls 200 and 2
01, so that the outlet 10a
Cool air immediately after being discharged from the suction grill 10b
It is also possible to prevent a phenomenon (shortcut) that is sucked into the side, and it is possible to avoid the conventional problems caused by this kind of shortcut phenomenon, for example, stopping of cooling due to a malfunction of the air conditioner temperature sensor. It is suitable for obtaining an indoor environment.

Although the adjuster body 1 in the present embodiment is made of a hygroscopic substrate, the reason why the adjuster main body 1 is formed using the hygroscopic substrate is that the adjuster main body 1 itself has water droplets. By providing an absorption function, the ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10
This is to allow the adjuster main body 1 to absorb water droplets falling from the outlet 10a. From the viewpoint of such a water droplet absorbing function, paper such as cardboard is suitable as the hygroscopic substrate constituting the adjuster main body 1, but the adjuster main body is formed using a hygroscopic material other than paper. 1 may be configured.

The size, number, shape, and the like of the openings 7 formed by punching the long groove side wall 200 of the adjuster main body 1 are not limited to the present embodiment, and may be appropriately changed as necessary. can do.

In the above embodiment, the long groove 2 is formed in a U-shaped cross section. However, the shape of the long groove 2 may be, for example, a semi-cylindrical shape.

In the above-described embodiment, the opening 7 is punched and formed in the side wall 200 of the long groove body 2 by utilizing the perforation 6, but the opening 7 of the long groove body side wall 200 of this kind is formed by the perforation. A hole which is not formed by punching using the hole 6, for example, a plurality of punch holes may be used.

[0027]

As described above, the air conditioner wind direction adjuster according to the present invention employs a configuration in which the inner bottom surface of the double-ended long groove is disposed directly below the outlet of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner. Things. For this reason, the cool air from the outlet immediately collides with the inner bottom surface of the long groove body, changes its traveling direction, and travels through the long groove body as two cold air flows branched right and left in the longitudinal direction of the long groove body. Finally, since the air is finally blown into the room from both ends of the long groove body in the horizontal direction, there is no cool airflow blown directly below the outlet from the outlet, and conventionally, a person located just below the outlet is used. It is possible to eliminate the discomfort of being too cold, which is felt by the user, and is suitable for forming a more comfortable indoor environment.

Further, according to the air conditioner wind direction adjuster according to the present invention, since the partition wall composed of both side walls of the long groove is formed between the suction grille and the outlet of the ceiling type air conditioner, the air is discharged from the outlet. Phenomenon in which the cool air immediately after is sucked into the grill side immediately (shortcut)
This makes it possible to avoid the conventional problems caused by this kind of shortcut phenomenon, for example, the stoppage of cooling due to the malfunction of the air conditioner temperature sensor. This is also suitable for obtaining a comfortable indoor environment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing one embodiment of an air conditioner wind direction adjuster according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a development view of the air conditioner wind direction regulator shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view for explaining a mounting positional relationship between the air conditioner wind direction adjuster shown in FIG. 1 and a four-way blowout type ceiling-mounted air conditioner.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view for explaining a mounting positional relationship between the air conditioner wind direction adjuster shown in FIG. 1 and a two-way blowout type ceiling-mounted air conditioner.

5A is a perspective view of a four-way blow-out type ceiling-mounted air conditioner, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view of a two-way blow-out type ceiling-mounted air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Adjuster main body 2 Long groove body 2a Hygroscopic base material 2b, 2b Folding line 2c, 2c Folding line 3, 4 Mounting surface part 5 Double-sided tape 6 Perforation 7 Opening 10 Ceiling-mounted air conditioner 10a Air outlet 10b Suction grill 10c Slow slope Face plate 200, 201 long groove body side wall 203 long groove body inner bottom surface part 204, 205 long groove body both ends opening h1, h2 side wall height

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An air conditioner wind direction adjuster for adjusting a wind direction of an air outlet of an air conditioner installed on a ceiling, wherein the adjuster body for adjusting the wind direction of the air outlet comprises a flat hygroscopic substrate. A long groove formed by bending both ends into a long groove, and a pair of mounting surfaces formed by bending the upper groove on both sides of the long groove,
When the pair of mounting surfaces are attached to the edge of the outlet, an inner bottom surface of the elongated groove is disposed directly below the outlet. 2. The air conditioner wind direction adjuster according to claim 1, further comprising a perforation for forming an opening in a side wall of the long groove body. 3. The height of one of the side walls of the long groove body is different from the height of the other side wall of the long groove body. 2. The air conditioner wind direction adjuster according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner wind direction adjuster has a structure for absorbing a tilt of a body inner bottom surface portion. 4. The air conditioner wind direction regulator according to claim 1, wherein the hygroscopic substrate is paper such as cardboard.