JP3043177B2 - Air filter mounting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air filter mounting apparatus for arranging a plurality of air filters on substantially the same plane of a ventilation path in a housing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An air filter is disposed in an air passage of a housing of an air conditioner, and purifies air flowing in the air passage to prevent dust and the like from adhering to a heat exchanger and a blower in the air passage. doing.

Here, if the opening area of the ventilation path is large, the size of the air filter becomes large.
No. 24 proposes that the air filter is composed of a plurality of air filter members, and these air filters are arranged on substantially the same plane of the air passage. According to this proposal, in a state where each air filter is arranged on substantially the same plane of the ventilation path, an engaging body is arranged at each of the adjacent corner portions of each air filter, and the engaging body is Protrusions for locking the ends of these air filters are formed. Then, the air filters can be individually taken out by moving the engagement body and removing the projections locked by the air filters from the air filters.

[0004]

Since an air conditioner provided with such a device for mounting an air filter is generally large in size, the device is embedded in a wall of a room or is recessed in a wall of a room. It is common to store and conceal this device with a door so that the air conditioner is not exposed to the room. At this time, a column supporting the door may be located in front of the air conditioner, that is, in front of the air filter. As described above, if the support is provided in front of the air filter, it may be difficult to remove the air filter from the air conditioner, and it may be difficult to perform a service check of the air filter.

According to the present invention, even if an obstacle such as a support is provided in front of a ventilation path to which a plurality of air filters are attached, the plurality of air filters can be sequentially removed. The purpose of this is to make it possible to easily carry out service inspections.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, according to the present invention, air filters are disposed on the left and right sides of a substantially same plane of a ventilation path, and at least one of the air filters is installed. In an air filter mounting device designed to be taken out on the substantially same plane, a support member for supporting these air filters is arranged in a ventilation path, and the support member is provided with one of the air filters after being removed. A guide portion is provided for moving the other air filter from left to right into the empty space of the ventilation path and then taking it out forward.

[0007]

When there is an obstacle such as a support in front of the other air filter on the left and right sides of the air passage substantially on the same plane, first, one air filter having no obstacle is moved forward. Then, the other air filter is moved in the left-right direction to move to the empty space formed by removing the one air filter. By moving the other air filter forward similarly to the one air filter, any of the filters can be reliably removed.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner 1 in which an air filter mounting device according to the present invention is incorporated. A suction port 2 is formed on an upper surface, and an air outlet 3 is formed on a lower portion. Are provided with service panels 4, 5, and 6, respectively. The height A of this air conditioner 1 is set to about 2 m, the width B is set to about 1 m25 cm, and the depth C is set to about 50 cm. This air conditioner is an air conditioner usually called "5 to 10 horsepower class". . The inside of the air conditioner 1 is as shown in FIG. 2, and an air filter member 7, a blower 8, an electrical box 9, and a heat exchanger 10 are arranged in this order from the top. 11
Are generally L-shaped vertical frames supporting these devices, and are set up at four corners inside the machine. Numerals 12 are attachments provided above and below the heat exchanger 10, and these attachments 12
By fixing to 1, the heat exchanger 10 is fixed. Reference numeral 13 denotes a horizontal frame provided at a lower end of the fan casing 14 of the blower 8, and end portions 15 of the horizontal frame 13 are fixed to the vertical frame 11, respectively. Reference numeral 16 denotes a substantially U-shaped support member for connecting the front vertical frames 11 and the rear vertical frames 11, and the air filter member 7 is mounted on the support member 16.

The air conditioner 1 having such a structure is housed as shown in FIG. An office 17 has a floor 18 having a double structure, and an underfloor space 19 functions as a lower air passage. The outlet 3 of the air conditioner 1 is connected to the lower air passage 19. 20 is floor 18
It is a fan unit arranged in. This office 1
7 also has a double structure, and a suction grill 23 is provided on the ceiling to make the ceiling space 22 function as an upper air passage. Reference numeral 24 denotes a lighting device provided on the suction grill. Reference numeral 25 denotes a machine room in which the above-described air conditioner 1 is housed.
9 and in communication. A corridor 23 is provided with an inspection door 26 for the air conditioner 1 on the office side. Here, the inspection door 26 is opened to perform an inspection service of the inside of the air conditioner 1, and therefore, the width of the inspection door 26 is the width B of the air conditioner 1 (about (1 m 25 cm). Since the width of the inspection door 26 is 1 m25 cm or more, the inspection door 26 is supported by the columns 27. In addition, the support column 27 is located in front of the air conditioner 1. An outdoor unit 28 has a built-in compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger (both not shown). The outdoor unit 28 is connected to the air conditioner (indoor unit) 1 via a refrigerant pipe 29.

With such a configuration, the office 17
The air inside is guided to the upper air passage 22 through the suction grill 23 on the ceiling. The air in the upper air passage 22 is sucked into the air conditioner 1 from the suction port 2. In this machine, the air flows through the air filter member 7, the blower 8, and the heat exchanger 10, and the temperature is adjusted (heated or cooled) by the heat exchanger 10, then discharged from the outlet 3 and guided to the lower air passage 19. I will Then, the conditioned air guided to the lower air passage 19 is discharged to the office via the fan unit 20 provided on the floor (see the solid arrow).

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a device for mounting an air filter member 7 incorporated in the air conditioner 1. The air filter members 7 are arranged on substantially the same plane in a ventilation path. The air filters 30 and 31 are mounted on the front and rear support members 16. That is, these air filters 30 and 31 are arranged on substantially the same plane of the ventilation path 50.

Each of the air filters 30, 31 is composed of a medium-performance filter 32 and a long-life filter 33. The medium-performance filter 32 bends a relatively high-density filter medium into a waveform and bends into this waveform. The filter medium is surrounded by a frame member 34, and two L sides of the frame member 34 are formed such that inverted L-shaped rising pieces 35 face each other. The long life filter 33 is
The net woven in a mesh shape is bent into a waveform, and the net bent in the waveform is surrounded by a frame member 40. The long life filter 33 is put in and out along the rising piece 35 of the medium performance filter 32. (See the solid arrow).

The air filter 3 having such a configuration
In the mounting device of 0, 31, for example, when the column 27 of the inspection door 26 (see FIG. 3) is located in front of the other air filter 30 in more detail in the front of the air conditioner 1, Service inspection of the filters 30 and 31 is performed.

First, the inspection door 26 is opened from the corridor 23 side, and then the rear panel 5 (see FIG. 2) of the air conditioner 1 is removed and lowered. Then, first, the one air filter 31 in which the support column 27 is not located in front is moved toward the front (front).
Pull out. Then, the other air filter 30 in which the column 27 is located forward is moved along the upper surface of the support member 16 in the lateral (left / right) direction, that is, to the empty space 36 formed by removing the one air filter 31. Let it. Thereafter, the one air filter 31 is pulled out (forward) (see the solid line arrow). As described above, the upper surface of the support member 16 is used as the guide portion 51 and the other air filter 3 is used.
By moving 0 to the side without the support 27, the other air filter 30 located on the back side of the support 27 can also be easily removed from the air conditioner 1.

After the air filters 30, 31 are taken out of the air conditioner 1, the air filters 30, 3 are removed.
The long-life filter 33 is pulled out from 1 and the long-life filter 33 is cleaned and the medium-performance filter 32 is replaced. As described above, even if the column 27 is provided in front of the air filter 30, the air filter 31 can be removed from the side without the column 27.

Next, when these air filters 30 and 31 are mounted on the air conditioner 1, one of the air filters 30 from the side without the support column 27 is stored in the air conditioner 1, that is, placed on the support member 16. Then, the other air filter 30 in this mounted state is moved to the left in FIG. 4, and the one air filter 31 is stored in the empty space 36 formed by this movement (the direction opposite to the solid line arrow in FIG. 4). .

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the air filters are arranged on the left and right sides of the air passage substantially on the same plane, and the supporting members for supporting these air filters are arranged in the air passage. The member has a guide portion for removing the one air filter from the left and right direction to the empty space of the ventilation passage after the one air filter is removed from the front on the substantially same plane of the ventilation passage, and then taking out the other air filter forward. Is provided, even if there is an obstacle in at least the other air filter removal direction among the plurality of air filters arranged on the left and right, the other air filter is removed from the one air filter removal direction. This makes it easier to perform a service check on the air filter.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner provided with an air filter mounting device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the air conditioner shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an office in which the air conditioner shown in FIG. 2 is installed.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a mounting device of an air filter of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the air conditioner showing the air filter mounting device shown in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 16 Support member 30, 31 Air filter 36 Empty space 50 Ventilation path 51 Guide

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Tamura 2-18-18 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazushige Omi 2-18 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No. Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. (56) References: Japanese Utility Model Application Sho 63-87431 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F24F 13/28 B01D 46/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An air filter is disposed on each of the left and right sides of a substantially same plane of a ventilation path, and at least one of the air filters is located on the front side of the substantially same plane.
In the air filter mounting device to be taken out , a support member for supporting these air filters is disposed in the air passage, and the air passage after the one air filter is removed is provided on the support member. After moving the other air filter from left to right to the empty space,
An installation device for an air filter, comprising a guide portion for taking out the air filter.