JP4784582B2 - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner that is installed on a wall surface or a ceiling surface, includes an air conditioner inside the air conditioner and a design panel in a front opening, and performs indoor air conditioning.

  Conventionally, as an example of this type of air conditioner, an air conditioner that is installed on a ceiling surface and performs air conditioning is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Hereinafter, the air conditioner will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.

As shown in the drawing, the inner panel 103 that covers the main body opening 102 from the indoor side and communicates with the main body side outlet 106 is made to abut the panel outer peripheral rib on the ceiling surface. The inner panel 103 is attached by a spring or a screw. Further, the inner panel 103 and the outer panel 105 are configured to have a gap parallel to the ceiling surface, and are arranged so as to suck indoor air from the gap, that is, to form a suction port 107.
JP 2006-214665 A

  In such a conventional air conditioner, there are two design panels, which requires a number of man-hours for installing the design panel on the ceiling surface, and there is a problem that the product cost is high.

  The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and provides an air conditioner having a design panel with a good mounting state while reducing the product cost and improving the air conditioning efficiency. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, the air conditioning apparatus of the present invention is provided with an air conditioning means inside, a main body having an opening on the front surface, and a design panel having a suction port and an outlet provided on the front opening of the main body. The design panel is provided with an abutment rib that circulates inward from the outer periphery on the back side thereof, and at least one opening for sucking and attracting air in the vicinity of the design panel mounting surface is provided on the abutment rib. Is.

  Another means is provided with a non-contacting rib formed on the outermost peripheral portion of the design panel in the direction of the attachment surface of the main body portion and not in contact with the attachment surface of the main body portion.

  In addition, the other means includes a filter that collects dust contained in the air sent from the suction port to the air conditioning means inside the main body, and the mounting surface side guide rib that serves as a guide when the filter is inserted and removed, and the design Surface-side guide ribs, and these guide ribs are symmetrical to each other when the design panel is mounted, and a part of a flow path that guides air sucked from a lateral suction opening provided in the abutment rib of the design panel to the filter collecting surface It is set as the structure which forms.

  In addition, another means is provided with hanging hook ribs having long rectangular openings long in the direction of the mounting surface at four places where the weight of the design panel is almost evenly provided, and a nail shape provided near the front opening of the main body. It is configured to be hung on the part by the hanging hook rib.

  In addition, the other means is configured to substitute a string for temporarily fixing one or more of the four hanging hook ribs provided at the four places where the weight of the design panel is substantially even. .

  Further, another means is provided with an interference preventing portion formed in a rib or lattice shape that prevents the string from interfering with the insertion movable range of the filter.

  In addition, the other means is configured to include a heat exchanger and to harmonize the room temperature by exchanging the air in the room and circulating it as hot air.

  In addition, the other means includes a humidifier, which is configured to feed humidified air into the room and circulate the air to harmonize the room humidity.

  According to the present invention, the design panel is provided with an abutment rib that circulates inward from the outer periphery on the back side, and at least one opening that sucks and induces air in the vicinity of the design panel mounting surface on the abutment rib. Since the design panel can be configured by a single sheet, it is possible to provide an air conditioner that has the effect of reducing the construction and product costs by reducing the number of design panel mounting operations and the product cost. .

  In addition, the non-contact rib formed on the outermost peripheral portion of the design panel in the direction of the attachment surface of the main body portion and not in contact with the attachment surface of the main body portion provides a non-uniform gap between the attachment surface and the design panel. Therefore, it is possible to provide an air conditioner having an effect of making it difficult to stand out.

  Also, provided with a filter that collects dust contained in the air sent from the suction port to the air conditioning means inside the main body, provided a mounting surface side guide rib and a design surface side guide rib that serve as a guide when inserting and removing this filter, These guide ribs are symmetrical to each other when the design panel is mounted, and form a part of a flow path that guides air sucked from a lateral suction opening provided in the abutment rib of the design panel to a filter collecting surface; Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the filter because it is not affected by the number and direction of the suction ports, preventing an increase in the number of filter components and reducing the collection area to be maintained. It is possible to provide an air conditioner having an effect of maintaining or improving careability.

  In addition, suspension hanging ribs having long rectangular openings extending in the direction of the mounting surface are provided at four places where the weight of the design panel is almost even, and the suspension is placed on the claw-shaped portion provided near the front opening of the main body. By adopting a configuration in which the design is hung by the hanging rib, it is possible to provide an air conditioner that has an effect that the design panel can be easily screwed when the design panel is attached.

  In addition, the design panel is temporarily fixed by adopting a configuration that substitutes one or more of the four hanging hook ribs provided at the four places where the weight of the design panel is substantially even. It is possible to provide an air conditioner having an effect of effectively utilizing the space inside the main body while maintaining the posture.

  In addition, by providing an interference prevention part formed in a rib or lattice shape to prevent the string from interfering with the insertion movable range of the filter, the string in the design panel concealment part can be It is possible to provide an air conditioner that is effective in preventing generation.

  In addition, the design panel can be configured with a single sheet by providing a heat exchanger and harmonizing the room temperature by exchanging the indoor air as heat and circulating it as warm air. It is possible to provide an air-conditioning apparatus that can reduce the construction cost and the product cost by reducing the cost and the product cost, and can make the unevenness of the gap between the mounting surface and the design panel inconspicuous.

  In addition, the design panel can be configured with a single sheet by providing a heat exchanger and harmonizing the room temperature by exchanging the indoor air as heat and circulating it as warm air. It is possible to provide an air-conditioning apparatus that can reduce the construction cost and the product cost by reducing the cost and the product cost, and can make the unevenness of the gap between the mounting surface and the design panel inconspicuous.

  In the air conditioner according to claim 1 of the present invention, the design panel is provided with a contact rib that goes around the inner side of the outer periphery on the back side of the design panel, and sucks air in the vicinity of the design panel mounting surface to the contact rib. One or more openings are provided, and the air in the vicinity of the mounting surface is attracted and air conditioning efficiency can be improved with a single design panel.

  Further, the air conditioner according to claim 2 is provided with a non-contacting rib that is formed on the outermost peripheral portion of the design panel in the direction of the mounting surface of the main body portion and does not contact the mounting surface of the main body portion, It has an effect of intentionally creating a gap on the mounting surface of the design panel and generating a shadow on the mounting surface.

  Further, the air conditioner according to claim 3 is provided with a filter that collects dust contained in the air sent from the suction port to the air conditioning means inside the main body, and serves as a guide for inserting and removing the filter. A surface side guide rib and a design surface side guide rib are provided, and these guide ribs are symmetrical to each other when the design panel is mounted, and air sucked from a lateral suction opening provided in the abutment rib of the design panel is guided to the filter collecting surface. It is configured to form a part of the flow path, and dust can be collected with a single filter configuration even when there are a plurality of suction openings and the suction directions do not come out of the same plane direction.

  The air conditioner according to claim 4 is provided with hanging hook ribs having long rectangular openings long in the mounting surface direction at four places where the weight of the design panel is substantially evenly provided, and in the vicinity of the front opening of the main body. It is configured to be hung on the provided claw-shaped portion by the hanging hook rib, and can maintain a parallel posture with respect to the mounting surface even when the design panel is temporarily fixed.

  Further, the air conditioner according to claim 5 is configured to substitute a string for temporarily fixing one or more of the four hanging hook ribs provided at the four places where the weight of the design panel is applied substantially evenly. Even if the rib for temporarily fixing the design panel interferes with the structure inside the main body, it can be temporarily fixed at four locations by replacing the string, and the mounting surface and the parallel posture can be maintained.

  Moreover, the air conditioning apparatus according to claim 6 is provided with an interference prevention portion formed in a rib or lattice shape to prevent the string from interfering with the insertion movable range of the filter. Even when the strap is fixed or when the string in the concealing portion after the attachment reaches the movable range in which the filter is inserted, the interference with the movable range of the filter can be prevented.

  The air conditioner according to claim 7 includes a heat exchanger, and is configured to harmonize the room temperature by exchanging heat in the room and circulating it as warm air. In the air conditioner which harmonizes and circulates, the effect according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is exhibited.

  The air conditioner according to claim 8 is provided with a humidifier, and is configured to feed humidified air into the room and circulate the air to harmonize the room humidity. In the air conditioner which performs, the effect | action in any one of Claims 1-6 is show | played.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the ventilation part 1 is provided in the side surface of the main-body part 2 of a product, the air-conditioning part 3 which circulates the air of the room | chamber 10 inside the said main-body part 2, and the air of the room | chamber 10 An air outlet for sending air to the room 10 for circulation, that is, the main body side air outlet 7, and a suction port that leads to the air conditioning unit 3 inside the main body, that is, a main body side suction port 8 are provided. A heat exchanger 12 is provided for exchanging 10 air and sending warm air into the room. The main body 2 is inserted into the ceiling 11 through the embedding port 16 provided in the ceiling surface 9, and the design panel 4 for covering the main body opening 17 leading to the interior of the room 10 and the main body 2 from the indoor side is the ceiling surface. 9 is disposed so as to contact 9.

  And the design panel 4 comprised by the main body opening part 17 of an air conditioning apparatus is the structure with which the main body opening part 17 of the main body part 2 is equipped, and the blower outlet connected to the main body side blower outlet 7, ie, the design panel side blower outlet 5, A design panel 4 having a suction port through which air in the room 10 passes to the main body side suction port 8, that is, a design panel side suction port 6, and a contact rib 18 on the back side of the design panel 4 on the inner side of the outer periphery of the design panel. The contact rib 18 is provided with one or more openings 15 for sucking and attracting air in the vicinity of the design panel 4 mounting surface, that is, in the vicinity of the ceiling surface 9, and the mounting surface on the outermost peripheral portion of the design panel 4. The non-contact rib 19 is provided in the mounting surface direction.

  Further, the filter 13 is provided with a filter 13 that collects dust contained in the air of the room 10 and prevents entry into the main body, and the filter 13 is provided with a handle 14 that is attached to and detached from the indoor surface side of the design panel 4. The filter 13 is inserted and removed by pulling or pushing the handle 14 by hand. This is a part provided with a guide rib that guides the movement of the filter 13 when it is inserted and withdrawn up and down, and these parts are formed symmetrically with each other when the design panel 4 is mounted. The ribs of the guide to be regulated may be provided on the design panel 4 in an integrated configuration.

  With the above configuration, the air in the vicinity of the mounting surface is attracted and the air conditioning efficiency can be improved with one design panel. Therefore, the construction cost and product cost can be reduced by reducing the number of design panel mounting man-hours and the product cost. .

  In addition, a non-contact rib intentionally creates a gap with respect to the design panel mounting surface, and shadows are generated on the mounting surface, thereby making it possible to make the gap between the mounting surface and the design panel inconspicuous. Become.

(Embodiment 2)
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a filter 13 that collects dust contained in the air sent to the air conditioning unit 3 inside the main body from the design panel side suction port 6 provided in the design panel 4 is provided. The filter guide right 21 and the filter guide left 22 provided with the mounting surface guide rib 23 and the design surface side guide rib 24 that serve as a guide when inserting and ejecting the filter, and these are symmetrical to each other when the design panel 4 is mounted. The filter guide right 21 and the filter guide left 22 are provided on the back side of the design panel 4. Also, the filter guide right 21 and left 22 are provided at positions corresponding to the width of the filter 13 to play a role of regulating the left and right positions.

  And the flow path which guides the air sucked from the horizontal suction opening 20 provided in the contact rib 18 on the back side of the design panel 4 to the filter 13 collecting surface, the surface on the back side of the design panel, the filter guide right 21 and the filter guide left 22 The design panel 4 is configured to form a U-shaped portion 25 that reaches the horizontal suction opening 20.

  With the above configuration, even if there are a plurality of suction openings and the suction direction is not from the same plane direction, dust can be collected with a single filter configuration, which may be affected by the number and direction of the suction ports. Therefore, the size of the filter can be reduced, the increase in the number of filter components can be prevented, and the collection area to be maintained can be reduced to maintain or improve the maintainability.

(Embodiment 3)
As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, there are provided hanging hook ribs 27 having long rectangular openings 26 in the mounting surface direction provided at four places where the weight of the design panel 4 is substantially even, and in the vicinity of the product opening. The design panel 4 that can be hung on the claw-shaped portion 28 provided on the hangable hook rib 27 is provided. Even if the hanging hook ribs 27 are provided integrally on the design panel 4 or provided on the filter guide right 21 and left 22 parts provided in the design panel 4, the operational effects are not changed.

  Moreover, it can be set as the structure provided with the design panel 4 which substituted the string 29 for 1 or more of the hanging-hanging rib 274 places provided in four places where the weight of the design panel 4 applies substantially equally.

  In addition, the design panel 4 provided with a rib or lattice-shaped interference prevention unit 30 that prevents the string 29 intended to substitute for the hanging hook rib 27 of the design panel 4 from interfering with the insertion movable range of the filter 13. It can be set as the structure provided with.

  In the third embodiment, a design panel 4 in which one place is substituted with a string 29 is used.

  Moreover, it is set as the structure provided with the interference prevention part 30 in the filter guide left 22 comprised by the design panel 4 back side which is the insertion / extraction range of the filter 13 by the side of the string 29. FIG.

  With the above configuration, even when the design panel is temporarily fixed, the parallel posture with respect to the mounting surface can be maintained, and the design panel can be easily screwed when performing the design panel mounting operation.

  In addition, even if the hanging hook rib that temporarily fixes the design panel interferes with the structure inside the main body, it is possible to maintain the parallel posture with the mounting surface by temporarily fixing the four places by replacing the string. The space inside the main body can be effectively utilized while maintaining the temporarily fixed posture.

  In addition, it can prevent the filter from interfering with the movable range of the filter when it is fixed to the design panel and the mounting surface, or even if the string in the concealed part after installation reaches the movable range where the filter is inserted and removed. A string or the like in the section can prevent the occurrence of problems in insertion and extraction of the filter.

  It is an air conditioner attached to a ceiling or a wall surface, and can be applied to devices that are used for the purpose of collecting dust from indoor air, cooling / heating air conditioning, and humidification / dehumidification.

Schematic sectional view showing the installation state of the air-conditioning apparatus of Embodiment 1 of the present invention Lower perspective view showing the configuration of the air conditioner Upper perspective view showing the configuration of the air conditioner The perspective view which shows the structure of the air conditioning apparatus of Embodiment 2 of this invention. Cross section of the main part of the air conditioner Enlarged sectional view of the main part The perspective view which shows the structure of the air conditioning apparatus of Embodiment 3 of this invention. Cross-sectional view of main parts when installing the air conditioner The perspective view which shows the structure of the conventional air conditioning apparatus. Side view showing the installation state of the air conditioner

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Main body part 3 Air-conditioning part 4 Design panel 5 Design panel side blower outlet 6 Design panel side inlet 12 Heat exchanger 13 Filter 15 Opening part 17 Main body opening part 18 Contact rib 19 Non-contact rib 20 Side suction opening 22 Filter guide Left 23 Mounting surface guide rib 24 Design surface side guide rib 26 Long square opening 27 Hanging hook rib 28 Claw-shaped portion 29 String

Claims (8)

Air conditioning means is provided inside, and consists of a main body with an opening on the front surface, and a design panel having a suction port and an air outlet to be provided on the front opening of the main body. The air conditioning apparatus is characterized in that an abutting rib that circulates around is provided, and at least one opening for sucking and attracting air in the vicinity of the design panel mounting surface is provided on the abutting rib. The air conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a non-contact rib that is formed in an outer peripheral portion of the design panel in a direction of an attachment surface of the main body and does not contact the attachment surface of the main body is provided. Provided with a filter that collects dust contained in the air sent from the suction port to the air conditioning means inside the main body, and provided with a mounting surface side guide rib and a design surface side guide rib that serve as a guide when the filter is inserted and removed. Claims wherein the guide ribs are symmetrical to each other when the design panel is mounted, and form a part of the flow path that guides the air sucked from the lateral suction opening provided in the abutment rib of the design panel to the filter collecting surface. Item 3. An air conditioner according to item 1 or 2. At four places where the weight of the design panel is almost evenly provided, hanging hook ribs having long rectangular openings extending in the direction of the mounting surface are provided, and the hanging hook ribs are provided on the claw-shaped portions provided near the front opening of the main body. The air conditioning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the air-conditioning apparatus is configured to be hung on a wall. The air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein a string for temporarily fixing at least one of the four hanging hook ribs provided at the four places where the weight of the design panel is substantially evenly substituted. 6. The air conditioner according to claim 5, further comprising an interference prevention portion formed in a rib or lattice shape that prevents the string from interfering with the movable insertion range of the filter. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising a heat exchanger and configured to harmonize the room temperature by exchanging heat in the room air and circulating it as warm air. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising a humidifier, configured to feed humidified air into a room and circulate the air to harmonize the room humidity.

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