JP3065064B1 - Air conditioner front panel - Google Patents

Abstract

A front panel (2) has a suction opening (3) and is installed on a front surface of the body (1) of the air conditioner accommodating a fan and a heat exchanger. The front panel (2) has a front panel body (5) and a separable member (6) that can be cut off from the front panel body (5) to take out the drain hose (4) to the outside. The separable member 6 has a sealing portion (7) that extends from a portion thereof in contact with the body (1) and can be fixed to the body (1) with a screw (12) and a hose-corresponding portion (8) forming a hole (9) into which the drain hose (4) is inserted when the hose-corresponding portion (8) is cut off from a front end of the sealing portion (7). Thus, indoor air is prevented from being sucked into the body (1) of the air conditioner from a drain hose (4) insertion portion and the front panel (2) is allowed to be removably installed on the body (1) of the air conditioner, with keeping the drain hose (4) connected with the body. <IMAGE>

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front panel of an indoor air conditioner that can be used as a wall-mounted type, a ceiling-mounted type, and a ceiling-mounted type.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a wall-mounted indoor air conditioner has a main body that houses a fan and a heat exchanger and has a rear surface fixed to a wall, and a suction port attached to the front surface of the main body and communicating with the main body. And a front panel having an outlet. A drain pan is provided below the heat exchanger inside the main body to receive water drops that condense and drip on the heat exchanger, and a drain hose that extends vertically downward through the bottom of the main body is connected to the bottom of the drain pan. It drains water collected in the drain pan to the outside. On the other hand, a ceiling-embedded indoor air conditioner has a main body that is arranged laterally behind the ceiling to accommodate a fan and a heat exchanger in a horizontal direction, and is attached to a lower surface of the main body so as to cover a ceiling opening. The drain hose, which is composed of a suction panel communicating with the inside and a front panel with an air outlet, and connected vertically downward to the drain pan bottom provided below the heat exchanger in the main body, bends at a right angle and faces the front. After passing through the panel horizontally, drain water is discharged to the outside through the side of the front panel.

[0003] Further, by arranging a fan, a heat exchanger, and a drain pan in the main body and devising the shapes of the heat exchanger and the drain pan, indoor air that can be used as a vertically mounted wall-mounted type and a horizontally mounted ceiling embedded type can be used. Harmonics are also known in the art. The problem with such a conventional combined-type indoor air conditioner is that the drain hose, which was vertically mounted on the wall and extended vertically downward from the bottom of the drain pan through the bottom of the main body, has been installed horizontally on the ceiling. The mold cannot be used because the mold extends horizontally from the side wall of the drain pan. Therefore, the hole for vertical installation at the bottom of the drain pan is closed, and instead the drain hose is connected to the horizontal installation hole provided at the lowest point of the bottom of the drain pan in the horizontal state, and this drain hose is connected as described above. After being bent at a right angle and passing through the inside of the front panel horizontally, it goes outside through the side of the front panel.

[0004]

However, the following problem arises where the drain hose penetrates the side surface of the front panel. In other words, if the side wall of the front panel is cut out from the upper end in contact with the main body with the width of the diameter of the drain hose and the length of the vertical portion up to the right-angled bent portion of the drain hose, the front panel is attached with the drain hose attached to the main body side. Although there is an advantage that the panel can be attached to and detached from the main body, there is a problem that room air is sucked from the notch above the drain hose without passing through the filter, and dust enters the main body. Conversely, if a hole with a hose diameter is made only in the drain hose insertion point on the side wall of the front panel, suction of room air can be prevented, but the front panel cannot be removed from the main body unless the drain hose is removed from the main body side, There is a problem that inspection and maintenance inside the main body become very complicated.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make the structure of the drain hose insertion portion of the front panel detachable and reusable, so that there is no danger of air being sucked from the insertion portion, and the drain hose is attached to the main body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a front panel of an air conditioner in which a front panel can be attached to and detached from a main body while being left, and inspection and maintenance after installation can be facilitated.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 has the following features.
In the front panel of the air conditioner which is attached to the front of the air conditioner main body 1 that houses the fan and the heat exchanger and has the suction port 3 communicating with the inside of the air conditioner main body 1, the front panel 2 is a front panel. A main body 5 and a detachable member 6 which can be separated from the front panel main body 5 to take out the drain hose 4 to the outside, and the detachable member 6 extends from a portion in contact with the air conditioner main body 1 and Closing part 7 that can be fixed to the air conditioner body 1
And a hose-corresponding portion 8 that forms an opening 9 through which the drain hose 4 is inserted when disconnected from the tip of the closing portion 7.

When the air conditioner of the first aspect is used as a horizontally embedded ceiling type, the detachable member is separated from the front panel main body, and the hose corresponding portion is separated from the distal end of the closed portion of the separated detachable member. Next, the front panel is attached to the air conditioner main body while the drain hose extending from the air conditioner main body is inserted into a cutout of the front panel main body formed by cutting off the detachable member. Further, a closed part obtained by cutting off the hose corresponding part is fitted into the notch above the drain hose, and the closed part is fixed to the air conditioner body. Alternatively, after disconnecting the hose corresponding portion from the distal end of the closing portion of the detachable member, the base end of the closing portion is air-conditioned while the distal end of the closing portion is in contact with a drain hose extending from the air conditioner body. The front panel is attached to the air conditioner body while the drain hose and the closing portion are fitted into the notch of the front panel body formed by cutting off the detachable member, and then fixed to the air conditioner body.

The cutout of the front panel main body formed by cutting off the detachable member extends from a portion in contact with the air conditioner main body, and a portion other than the drain hose of the cutout is covered by a closed portion. The air is not sucked into the air conditioner body from the drain hose insertion portion of the front panel body, and the front panel can be attached to and detached from the air conditioner body with the drain hose attached to the air conditioner body, As a result, inspection and maintenance after installation is facilitated.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of a front panel of an air conditioner installed horizontally as an embedded ceiling type. The air conditioner includes an air conditioner main body 1 that horizontally accommodates a fan and a heat exchanger (not shown) and is installed horizontally behind a ceiling, and the air conditioner main body 1 that covers an opening of a ceiling (not shown). And a front panel 2 having a suction port 3 communicating with the inside of the air conditioner body 1.

The front panel 2 includes a front panel body 5
And a detachable member that can be separated from the front panel main body 5 in order to take out a drain hose 4 having one end connected to a drain pan (not shown) provided below the heat exchanger in the air conditioner main body 1. The detachable member 6 includes a closing portion 7 extending downward from a portion in contact with the air conditioner main body 1 and a hole 9 through which the drain hose 4 is inserted when disconnected from the tip of the closing portion 7. 2 (see FIG. 2B).

The detachable member 6 extends in parallel to the corner side wall of the front panel main body 5 adjacent to the suction port 3 with a width equal to the diameter of the drain hose 4 as shown in FIG. When the front panel 2 is used for a ceiling embedded type, it is easy to use a nipper or the like, as shown in FIG.
It can be cut off as shown in (B). In addition, the hose corresponding portion 8 also extends from the non-through groove 10 provided in a semicircular shape as shown in FIG. Thus, it can be easily cut off using a nipper or the like as shown in FIG. Further, near the base end of the closing portion 7, a concave portion 11 for fixing the closing portion 7 to the air conditioner main body 1 from the outside with a screw 12 is provided as shown in FIG. At the left and right ends of the front surface of the air conditioner body 1, claws 13 for fixing the front panel 2 to the air conditioner body 1 are provided as shown in FIG. 2 can be attached to and detached from the air conditioner body 1 with a single touch by simply pushing and pulling the left and right claws 13 from below.

The front panel 2 of the air conditioner having the above configuration is
It is used as follows. First, when the air conditioner main body 1 is installed horizontally behind a ceiling, the lower surface of the air conditioner main body 1 is exposed to the opening (not shown) of the ceiling in the same plane as the opening. The user cuts off the detachable member 6 from the front panel main body 5 of the front panel 2 to be attached using a nipper or the like as shown in FIG.
A circular hose-corresponding portion 8 is cut off from the tip of the closing portion 7 of the detachable member 6 as shown in FIG. Next, in a state where the semicircular concave portion 9 formed at the tip of the closing portion 7 is brought into contact with a drain hose 4 extending from a drain pan (not shown) in the air conditioner main body 1 as shown in FIG. The base end of the closing portion 7 is fixed to the air conditioner main body 1 by a screw 12 inserted into the concave portion 11 as shown in FIG. Finally, the notch (FIG. 2) of the front panel body 5 formed by cutting off the detachable member 6
(A), the drain hose 4 and the closing part 7 which comes into contact with the drain hose 4 are fitted, and the inner walls at the left and right ends of the front panel 2 are pushed into the claws 13 at both left and right ends of the air conditioner body 1 from below. The front panel 2 is fixed to the air conditioner body 1 as shown in FIG.

Next, when the air conditioner body 1 is installed vertically on an indoor wall and the air conditioner is used as a wall-mounted type,
The user only has to fix the original front panel 2 to the air conditioner main body 1 via the claws 13 without disconnecting the detachable member 6 from the front panel main body 5, and the vertical position of the drain pan in the air conditioner main body 1 is sufficient. The drain hose connected to the storage hole is opened to the outside through a hole provided in a hole provided in advance in a bottom plate 14 (see FIG. 1) of the air conditioner main body 1 (see FIG. 1).

As described above, the front panel 2 of the air conditioner having the above-described structure has a cutout member 6 detachable from the front panel main body 5 extending from a portion in contact with the air conditioner main body 1. Since the portion other than the drain hose 4 insertion portion can be covered with the closing portion 7 fixed to the air conditioner main body 1 with the screw 12, the air conditioner can be mounted not only vertically but also horizontally. It can also be used as a ceiling embedded type or a ceiling suspended type. When used as a ceiling embedded type or a ceiling suspended type, indoor air flows into the air conditioner main body 1 from the drain hose insertion part of the front panel main body 5. Since it is not sucked, dust does not enter the air conditioner body 1. Also, the front panel 2 can be easily attached to and detached from the air conditioner main body 1 while the drain hose 4 is connected to the drain pan in the air conditioner main body 1, and as a result, inspection and maintenance after the installation of the air conditioner Can be facilitated. In the above-described embodiment, since the claws 13 for fixing the front panel 2 are provided at the front left and right ends of the air conditioner main body 1, there is an advantage that the front panel 2 can be attached to and detached from the air conditioner main body 1 with one touch. .

[0015]

As is apparent from the above description, claim 1
The front panel of the air conditioner has a suction port and is attached to the front of the air conditioner body that houses the fan and the heat exchanger, to allow the front panel body and the drain hose to go outside. A detachable member that can be separated from the front panel body, the detachable member extends from a portion in contact with the air conditioner body, and can be fixed to the air conditioner body; Since it consists of a hose corresponding part that forms an opening through which the drain hose passes when disconnected from the tip of
The air conditioner can be used not only as a wall-mounted type, but also as a ceiling-mounted type or a ceiling-hanging type. The front panel can be easily attached to and detached from the air conditioner main body while the drain hose is connected to the drain pan inside the air conditioner main body, while preventing intrusion of dust into the air conditioner main body. Inspection and maintenance after the installation of the air conditioner can be facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an air conditioner equipped with an example of a front panel of the present invention and installed as a ceiling-embedded type.

FIG. 2 is a detailed side view of a detachable member of the front panel of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Air conditioner main body, 2 ... Front panel, 3 ... Suction port,
Reference numeral 4: drain hose, 5: front panel body, 6: detachable member, 7: closing portion, 8: hose corresponding portion, 9: hole, 10
... non-through groove, 11 ... concave part, 12 ... screw, 13 ... claw, 14
…Bottom plate.

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F24F 1/00 401

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An air conditioner main body which is attached to a front surface of an air conditioner main body (1) accommodating a fan and a heat exchanger.
(1) In the front panel of an air conditioner having a suction port (3) communicating with the inside, the front panel (2) is used to bring a front panel body (5) and a drain hose (4) to the outside. Front panel body (5)
A detachable member (6) that can be separated from the air conditioner main body (1).
A closing portion (7) that can be fixed to (1) and a hose corresponding portion (8) that forms an opening (9) through which the drain hose (4) passes when cut off from the tip of the closing portion (7). A front panel of an air conditioner, comprising: