JP3037088B2 - Embedded air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an embedded air conditioner, and more particularly, to an embedded air conditioner used in a state of being embedded in a bay window or the like in a room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, an embedded type air conditioner for performing air conditioning such as cooling and heating in a room in a state where the air conditioner is embedded in a bay window or the like in a room is widely used.

In such an embedded air conditioner,
A heat exchanger that performs heat exchange with indoor air and a fan that blows indoor air that has been heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger are housed inside a heat exchange unit that is embedded and disposed in the room. An electrical box in which a control board for performing a predetermined control according to a set temperature, a switching operation of cooling and heating, and the like is accommodated.

[0004]

However, in a conventional embedded type air conditioner, an electric box is housed inside a heat exchange unit. Conventionally, a changeover switch of this electric box is an electric box. Therefore, when the changeover switch is operated, it is necessary to remove the electrical box, which has a problem that the workability is extremely poor.

[0005] In particular, in the case of an embedded type air conditioner that is mounted on a bay window or the like in a room, a decorative panel is mounted on the front side of the heat exchange unit. However, it is necessary to remove the decorative panel before removing the electrical box, which causes a problem that workability is remarkably reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and enables an electric box to be exposed without removing a decorative panel, and furthermore, a changeover switch provided on the electric box without removing the electric box. It is an object of the present invention to provide an embedded air conditioner that can be operated.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to the first aspect comprises a heat exchange unit, an electrical box and a panel frame surrounding the heat exchange unit, an electric component box, and a suction box. In the embedded type air conditioner in which the panel and the decorative panel are arranged, the decorative panel is slidably mounted on the panel frame, and when the suction panel is removed, the decorative panel is made slidable to expose the electrical box. Things.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an embedded air conditioner comprising a heat exchange unit, an electrical box, and a panel frame surrounding the heat exchange unit, an intake panel and a decorative panel. The decorative panel is slidably mounted on the panel frame, and when the suction panel is removed, the decorative panel is slid so that the switch of the electrical box can be switched.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the decorative panel is slidably attached to the panel frame, the electrical box is exposed when the decorative panel is slid during maintenance of the electrical box. Can be maintained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the changeover switch is arranged on the front of the electrical box, the decorative panel is slid while the suction panel is detached from the panel frame. Since the electrical box is exposed and the changeover switch is exposed, the operation of the changeover switch can be performed extremely easily without removing the electrical box.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of an embedded type air conditioner according to the present invention. A heat exchanger 2 is provided inside a heat exchange unit 1 disposed indoors. The heat exchanger 2 is provided so as to be exposed along the suction port 3 formed on the front surface of the heat exchange unit 1. Inside the heat exchanger 2, a refrigerant pipe 4 for conducting a predetermined refrigerant and hot water are conducted. The hot water pipes 5 are respectively housed. The ends of the refrigerant pipes 4 and the hot water pipes 5 are guided to the rear of the right side of the heat exchange unit 1.
Are arranged.

A refrigerant connection port 7 for supplying and discharging the refrigerant to and from the refrigerant pipe 4 is provided at the rear of the right side of the heat exchange unit 1 so as to prevent a decrease in thermal efficiency with the refrigerant pipe 4. Above the refrigerant connection port 7 of the heat exchange unit 1, a hot water connection port 8 for supplying and discharging hot water to and from the hot water pipe 5 is provided. Further, a drain connection port 9 for discharging drain generated by heat exchange with the heat exchanger 2 is provided near the refrigerant connection port 7 of the heat exchange unit 1.

A fan 10 for blowing indoor air toward the heat exchanger 2 is disposed behind the heat exchanger 2 of the heat exchange unit 1. An outlet 11 for blowing the air after the heat exchange into the room is formed. Further, a variable louver 12 for vertically changing the direction of air blown from the air outlet 11 is provided at the air outlet 11 portion of the heat exchange unit 1 so as to be vertically swingable by a louver motor 13. In the vicinity of the inside of the variable louver 12 of the air outlet 11, a vertical wind direction plate 13 for changing the wind direction in the left-right direction is disposed so as to be swingable right and left.

In this embodiment, an opening 14 is formed at the front of the right side of the heat exchange unit 1, and an electrical box 15 is formed in this opening 14 on one side of the heat exchange unit 1. It is designed to be mounted so as to be located inside. A control board 16 for performing predetermined air conditioning control is housed inside the electrical box 15, and a changeover switch 17 is provided on a front surface of one side of the electrical box 15.
Are arranged. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a fixing flange 18 is formed on each of the upper and lower portions of the opening 14, and the fixing flange 18 is also formed on the upper front surface of the opening 14 of the heat exchange unit 1. Is formed.

Further, in the present embodiment, a hook 19 projecting forward is formed on a fixing flange 18 formed at an upper portion of the front surface of the opening 14.

A fixing piece 20 protrudes from the upper and lower surfaces and one side surface of the electric box 15 so as to correspond to the fixing flange 18. The electric box 15 is connected to the opening 14 of the heat exchange unit 1 by the heat exchange unit. The electrical component box 15 is fixed to the heat exchange unit 1 by mounting the fixing pieces 20 and the fixing flanges 18 and tightening the fixing screws 21 in a state of being mounted from the front side of the device 1. further,
On the back surface of the electrical box 15, a locking piece 22 that is locked by the hook 19 is formed so as to protrude.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the heat exchange unit 1 is installed, for example, a bay window roof unit 24 is housed at a position above a bay window 23 in a room, and heat is stored inside the bay window roof unit 24. The replacement unit 1 is mounted. A panel frame 25 is mounted on the front surface of the bay window unit 24, and a suction panel 26 that covers the heat exchanger 2 of the heat exchange unit 1 is attached to the center of the panel frame 25. . Further, decorative panels 27 slidable in the horizontal direction are attached to both sides of the suction panel 26 of the panel frame 25, and covering panels 28 are integrally formed on both lower sides of the panel frame 25. Installed.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

In this embodiment, when performing indoor air conditioning, first, a desired room temperature is set, the heat exchange unit 1 is turned on, and the fan 1 of the heat exchange unit 1 is turned on.
By operating 0, refrigerant is conducted to the heat exchanger 2 via the refrigerant pipe 4 or hot water is conducted to the heat exchanger 2 via the hot water pipe 5. And this heat exchanger 2 and suction port 3
The room air is air-conditioned by exchanging heat with the room air sucked from the room and blowing the room air from the air outlet 11 by the fan 10.

At the time of maintenance of the apparatus, the suction panel 26 is removed from the panel frame 25, and the decorative panel 2 is removed.
The electrical box 15 is exposed by sliding the 7. Thereafter, by loosening the fixing screw 21, the electrical box 15 is removed in front of the heat exchange unit 1, and predetermined maintenance is performed.

At this time, the electrical box 15 removed from the heat exchange unit 1 is rotated by 90 ° and the locking piece 22 of the electrical box 15 is engaged with the hook 19 of the heat exchange unit 1 so that the electrical box 15 is detached. It can be held in a suspended state. In this state, it is possible to easily check the connection state at the refrigerant connection port 7, the hot water connection port 8, or the drain connection port 9 behind the heat exchange unit 1. Further, since the electrical box 15 does not block the suction port 3 and the air outlet 11 of the heat exchange unit 1, the electrical wiring for connecting the electrical box 15 and the heat exchange unit 1 is secured to a certain length, and the electrical box 15 is secured. Is suspended on the hook 19 of the heat exchange unit 1 in a state where the heat exchange unit 1 is electrically connected to the heat exchange unit 1, so that a test operation of the heat exchange unit 1 can be performed during maintenance.

Further, in this embodiment, since the changeover switch 17 is arranged on the front surface of the electrical box 15, the makeup panel 27 is slid and the changeover switch 17 is moved.
Is exposed, the changeover switch 17 can be easily operated without removing the electrical box 15.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the electrical box 15 is mounted in the opening 14 of the heat exchange unit 1 and is not housed inside the heat exchange unit 1. Can be arbitrarily set, and when air conditioning is performed using hot water as in the present embodiment, the number of control items becomes extremely large.
However, the size of the electrical component box 15 becomes large and the electrical component box 15 becomes large. However, the electrical component box 15 can be mounted without making the heat exchange unit 1 large.

Further, by locking the locking piece 22 of the electrical box 15 removed from the heat exchange unit 1 to the hook 19 of the heat exchange unit 1, the electrical box 1 remains electrically connected.
Since the apparatus can be held in a suspended state, maintenance of the apparatus can be easily performed, and a test operation of the heat exchange unit 1 can be performed during the maintenance.

Furthermore, since the changeover switch 17 is arranged on the front of the electrical box 15, the decorative panel 27
Without removing the electrical box 15 by simply sliding
The changeover switch 17 can be easily operated.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified as needed.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the decorative panel is slidably mounted on the panel frame and the changeover switch is disposed on the front of the electrical box. By sliding the decorative panel with the suction panel removed from the panel frame to expose the changeover switch, the changeover switch can be easily operated without removing the electrical box.

[0029]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an embedded type air conditioner according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the heat exchange unit of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where an electrical box of the present invention is suspended.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a mounted state of an electrical box of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view showing a suspended state of the electrical box of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the heat exchange unit of the present invention is mounted indoors.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a state where the suction panel is removed from the panel frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Heat exchange unit 2 Heat exchanger 3 Suction port 4 Refrigerant pipe 5 Hot water pipe 7 Refrigerant connection port 8 Hot water connection port 10 Fan 11 Blow-out port 12 Variable louver 14 Opening 15 Electrical box 16 Control board 17 Switching switch 19 Hook 22 Locking piece 25 panel frame 26 suction panel 27 decorative panel

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An embedded type air conditioner comprising a heat exchange unit, an electrical box, and a panel frame surrounding the panel, wherein the panel panel includes a suction panel and a decorative panel. An embedding type air conditioner, which is slidably mounted on a frame, wherein the decorative panel is slidable to expose the electrical box when the suction panel is removed. 2. An embedded type air conditioner comprising a heat exchange unit, an electric box, and a panel frame surrounding the panel, wherein the panel panel is provided with a suction panel and a decorative panel. An embedded type air conditioner, which is slidably attached to a frame body, wherein when the suction panel is removed, the decorative panel is slid to switch a switch of the electrical box.