JP5928301B2 - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to a structure for fixing a decorative part for decorating a front grill.

  In recent years, an indoor unit of an air conditioner is required to have a high-quality design, and a front grill that constitutes the front surface of the indoor unit is provided with a decorative part having a glitter property. For example, a decorative part in which a film having a glitter metal deposition layer is welded to the surface of an extruded product made of a soft material such as vinyl chloride resin is fixed to a plurality of claws provided around the front grille. There are some (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  This decorative part has a groove formed in a U-shaped cross section, a plurality of claws are formed around the front grille at intervals, and the decorative part is fitted to the front of the decorative part by fitting the plurality of claws into the groove of the decorative part. Can be easily fixed to the grill. In addition, the decorative parts fixed to the front grille are made of soft material, so that when the work is being recycled, pulling the decorative parts toward the front grille will release the multiple claws from the front grille. The decorative part can be easily removed.

  However, in the indoor unit configured as in Patent Document 1, only decorative parts made of a soft material are fixed to a plurality of claws. Therefore, decorative parts can be easily removed during operations such as recycling, but a plurality of There was a problem that the place fixed with the nail partly deformed due to secular change, and it became a wave-like curve when viewed from the front of the front grill, resulting in an unpleasant appearance. In addition, the decorative part is adjusted to the circumference of the front grille after extrusion, and the cut end of the cut part is exposed to the resin. There was a problem that it was necessary to cover with a cap to make it look good.

JP 2011-99596 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that can obtain a beautiful appearance without deformation by a structure that eliminates the need for a plurality of claws when fixing a decorative part to a front grille. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an air conditioner according to the present invention includes a housing, a front grille attached to the front surface of the housing, a decorative component provided in the front grille, and a decorative panel locked to the front surface of the front grille. The front grille is provided with a groove formed on the front side, the decorative part is an extruded product made of a rod-shaped soft material fitted into the groove, and the decorative panel is exposed so that a part of the decorative part is exposed. Covers the groove and decorative parts.

  Further, the groove end of the groove and the end of the decorative part fitted in the groove end are covered with the decorative panel without being exposed, and the exposed width of the decorative part is not constant, and the groove has a bent part. Then, the inner diameter side of the decorative part fitted in the bent portion is covered with the decorative panel.

  According to the air conditioner of the present invention, the groove portion and the decorative component are covered by the decorative panel so that a part of the decorative component fitted in the groove portion provided in the front grille is exposed. Thereby, when fixing a decorative component to a front grille, a beautiful appearance without deformation can be obtained by a structure that does not require a plurality of claws.

  Further, according to the air conditioner of the present invention, since the groove end portion of the groove portion is covered with the decorative panel, a cap that covers the end portion of the decorative part is not required, the cost is reduced, and a beautiful appearance can be obtained. Further, since the exposed width of the decorative part is not constant, it is possible to obtain a decorative expression in which the glitter is emphasized due to the difference in the viewing place of one decorative part. Furthermore, since the inner diameter side of the decorative part fitted into the bent part of the groove part is covered with the decorative panel, wrinkles generated on the inner diameter side of the decorative part can be hidden, so that deterioration in the quality of the appearance can be prevented.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the air conditioner by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the round mark part of A arrow in FIG. 1, (a) is the elements on larger scale seen from the front, (b) is DD partial sectional drawing of (a). It is explanatory drawing which shows the round mark part of B arrow in FIG. 1, (a) is the elements on larger scale seen from the front, (b) is a figure which shows the state which removed the decorative panel of (a). It is CC sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the round mark part of A arrow in FIG. 1, and is a figure which shows the state which removed the decorative panel. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other Example of the air conditioner by this invention, (a) is the elements on larger scale equivalent to the circle mark part of A arrow in FIG. 1, (b) is the EE part of (a). Sectional drawing and (c) are FF partial sectional views of (a).

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to this embodiment, a wall-mounted indoor unit 1 will be described as an example as shown in FIG. 2A, 3 and 5 are diagrams showing only the right corner when the indoor unit 1 is viewed from the front, the left corner is also symmetrical with the right corner. It will be explained as a thing.

<Overall configuration>
As shown in FIG. 1, the indoor unit 1 includes a box-shaped housing 10 that houses therein a blower fan, a heat exchanger, an air filter, and the like (not shown), a front grill 11 that is attached to the front surface of the housing 10, and a front grill. 11 and a decorative panel 13 that is locked to the front surface of the front grill 11. The indoor unit 1 has a structure in which air sucked from the upper part of the housing 10 is heat-exchanged by a heat exchanger, and is blown out indoors by a wind direction plate 14 of a blower outlet by a blower fan.

<Front grille>
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the front grill 11 is formed in a rectangular shape that is longer in the left-right direction than the vertical direction, covers the front surface of the housing 10, is removable during maintenance, and is fitted with a decorative part 12. A groove 110 and a plurality of locking holes 118 for attaching the decorative panel 13 are provided.

The groove 110 is formed in a U shape along the peripheral edge 111 on the front of the front grill 11 when viewed from the front of the front grill 11. The groove 110 is formed in a U-shaped cross section that is recessed on the back side of the front grill 11. Further, the groove 110 may have a trapezoidal cross section with a narrow bottom and a wide opening instead of a U-shaped cross section.
The groove portion 110 includes a left and right extending portion 112 extending in the left and right direction of the lower portion of the front grille, a vertical extending portion 113 extending in the vertical direction of the side surface of the front grille, and a lower bent portion bent at both side corners of the lower portion of the front grille. Part 114, upper bent part 115 bent at both corners of the upper part of the front grill, upper extended part 116 extending from the upper bent part 115 to the inside of the front grill 11, and formed at the end of the upper extended part 116. The groove end portion 117 is provided.

  The locking hole 118 is a rectangular hole penetrating in the thickness direction of the front grill 11, and is located on the inner side of the vertically extending portion 113 of the groove 110 when viewed from the front of the front grill 11. It is formed in parallel with the existing portion 113 with an interval in the vertical direction.

<Decorative parts>
As shown in FIG. 2B, the decorative part 12 is a rod-shaped part having a semi-cylindrical cross section, and is formed on the back surface of the glitter metal deposition layer and the glitter metal deposition layer deposited on the back surface of the transparent film. A glittering metal vapor-deposited film 120 provided with an adhesive layer, and a soft material base 121 made of an extruded product such as vinyl chloride resin. The adhesive layer of the glittering metal vapor-deposited film 120 and the surface of the base 121 It is a so-called bright molding formed integrally by welding.

  The decorative part 12 is formed to have a length slightly shorter than the entire length of the groove part 110 provided in the front grill 11, and both ends serve as end parts 122. The decorative component 12 is fitted along the groove 110 of the front grill 11 so that the surface of the glitter metal deposited film 120 is exposed when viewed from the front of the front grill 11. The edge of the indoor unit 1 shines in a metallic tone due to the glitter of the decorative part 12, and a high-class feeling is given to the design.

  The decorative part 12 may be a bar-shaped part having a U-shaped cross section (not shown) instead of a bar-shaped part having a semi-cylindrical cross section. In this case, the lower bent part 114 and the upper bent part of the groove part 110 of the front grill 11 The portion 115 is easy to bend and fit along the curved surface.

<Makeup panel>
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the decorative panel 13 is a rectangular plate that is flat on the front side, slightly smaller than the size of the front grill 11, and is longer in the left-right direction than in the vertical direction. And a plurality of locking claws 137 corresponding to the locking holes 118 provided in the front grill 11.

  The holding part 130 is formed so as to protrude over the groove part 110 when the decorative panel 13 is attached to the front grille 11, and the right and left holding part that holds the decorative part 12 fitted in the left and right extending parts 112 of the groove part 110 of the front grille 11. 132, a vertical holding part 133 that holds the decorative part 12 fitted in the vertical extending part 113 of the groove part 110 of the front grill 11, and a lower bent part 114 of the groove part 110 of the front grill 11 along the side corners of the lower part of the decorative panel. A lower corner pressing part 134 for pressing the decorative part 12 fitted in the upper corner part, and an upper corner pressing part for holding the decorative part 12 fitted in the upper bent part 115 of the groove part 110 of the front grill 11 along the both side corners of the upper part of the decorative panel. Part 135 and an upper pressing part 136 extending from the upper corner pressing part 135 to the inside of the decorative panel 13.

  The locking claw 137 is an elastic claw formed so as to protrude from the back side of the decorative panel 13, and is located on the inner side of the vertical pressing part 133 when viewed from the front of the decorative panel 13. It is formed in parallel with 133 at the same interval as the locking hole 118 in the vertical direction. That is, the locking claw 137 is formed at a position corresponding to the locking hole 118 provided in the front grill 11.

<Assembly>
Next, a method for fixing the decorative part 12 with the front grill 11 and the decorative panel 13 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, one end 122 of the decorative component 12 is fitted from one groove end 117 of the front grill 11 to the upper extension 116. Next, the upper bent portion 115, the vertically extending portion 113, and the lower bent portion 114 are fitted in this order. After that, the left and right extending portions 112, the opposite lower bent portion 114, the upper and lower extending portions 113, and the upper bent portion 115 are fitted in this order, and the other end portion 122 is fitted from the opposite upper extending portion 116 to the groove end portion 117. Include.

  Since the total length of the decorative part 12 fitted in the groove part 110 is shorter than the total length of the groove part 110, as shown in FIG. 3B, the decorative part 12 is interposed between the end part 122 and the groove end part 117. A play space S is formed. As a result, in the decorative part 12, the play space S absorbs the length variation due to the shrinkage and expansion at the time of extrusion molding and the length variation at the time of cutting after the extrusion molding, and the shrinkage and expansion due to the change of the ambient temperature. .

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the front surface of the front grille 11 having the decorative part 12 fitted in the groove 110 is inserted into the locking holes 118 of the front panel 11 by inserting the locking claws 137 provided on the decorative panel 13. The decorative panel 13 is locked to the grill 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the decorative panel 13 is formed by the pressing portion 130 so that the range from the inner edge portion 123 to the intermediate portion 124 becomes a uniform width in a state where the decorative part 12 is fitted in the groove portion 110. Press down. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2B, the decorative part 12 has an exposed portion P in which the range from the intermediate portion 124 to the outer edge portion 125 is exposed with a uniform width.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the decorative part 12 may have wrinkles C inside the bent portion depending on the material of the glitter metal deposited film 120, as shown in FIG. Since the range from the inner edge portion 123 to the intermediate portion 124 of the decorative part 12 is pressed by the lower corner pressing portion 134 of the decorative panel 13, the wrinkle C is covered from the front surface of the decorative panel 13, and deterioration in the quality of the appearance can be prevented.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3A, the decorative panel 13 does not expose the end portion 122 of the decorative component 12 fitted into the extended portion 116 and the groove end portion 117 from the upper bent portion 115 of the groove portion 110. Covering the decorative panel 13 so as to be hidden by the upper corner pressing portion 135 and the upper pressing portion 136 eliminates the need for a cap that covers the end portion 122 of the decorative part 12 and reduces the cost of the end portion 122 completely. It is covered and can provide a beautiful appearance with no discomfort to the user of the indoor unit 1.

According to the indoor unit 1 according to the embodiment described above, the decorative part 12 fitted in the groove part 110 provided in the front grill 11 is pressed by the pressing part 130 provided in the decorative panel 13, and the groove part 110 is surely secured. The groove 110 provided in the front grille is covered so that the front grille is exposed to a uniform width. For this reason, since the decorative component 12 is held in a state of being fitted into the groove 110 without requiring a plurality of claws around the front grill 11, the decorative component 12 is fixed to the front grill 11 with a simple structure. In addition, the decorative part 12 is not deformed due to secular change, and the edge of the front grille 11 as viewed from the front becomes a straight line shining in a metallic tone, and a beautiful appearance with a high-class feeling can be maintained. In addition, the decorative part 12 serves as a stopper and prevents the pressing part 130 provided on the decorative panel 13 from dropping out of the groove part 110 even if vibration occurs during transportation or operation of the indoor unit 1. Can do.
Further, when the decorative part 12 is pressed by the pressing part 130 provided on the decorative panel 13, the decorative part 12 is a soft material and spreads sideways and closely contacts the side wall of the groove part 110, so there is no gap between the decorative part 12 and the groove part 110. A beautiful appearance can be obtained when viewed from the front of the front grill 11. Further, when the groove part 110 has a trapezoidal cross section, the decorative component 12 is in close contact with the inclined surface of the groove part 110, so that a more beautiful appearance can be obtained.

  Next, an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to another embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Since the configuration is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, the same reference numerals are given, but the description thereof is omitted. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing only the right corner when the indoor unit 1 is viewed from the front, but the left corner is described as having a symmetric structure with the right corner.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the structure of the indoor unit that is different from the above-described embodiment is that the decorative part 12 fitted in the vertically extending portion 113, the lower bent portion 114, and the left and right extending portion 112 of the groove portion 110 of the front panel 110. It is a place where the decorative panel 13 is covered with the pressing portion 130 so that the exposed width is different.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 6A, the decorative panel 13 is locked to the front grille 11 and has a longer width in the left-right direction than the decorative panel 13 of the above-described embodiment. The width is shortened. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6B, the decorative part 12 has an exposed width W1 in the range from the intermediate portion 124 to the outer edge 125 of the decorative part 12 extending in the vertical direction of the front grill 11 as shown in FIG. As shown in c), it is set to be narrower than the exposed width W2 in the range from the intermediate portion 124 to the outer edge portion 125 of the decorative part 12 extending in the left-right direction of the front grill 11.

  The indoor unit 1 according to the present embodiment that has been described above can also achieve the same effects as those of the previous embodiment. Further, the structure in which the decorative part 12 is fitted in the groove 110 of the front grill 11 is left as it is, and the exposed width W2 of the decorative part 12 is wider than the exposed width W1, so that the indoor unit 1 is viewed from the lower front side. The decorative component 12 fitted into the left and right extending portion 112 is conspicuous, and a high-quality decorative expression in which the brightness of the indoor unit 1 in the left and right direction is emphasized can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Indoor unit 10 Housing | casing 11 Front grille 110 Groove part 111 Peripheral edge part 112 Left and right extension part 113 Vertical extension part 114 Lower bending part 115 Upper bending part 116 Upper extension part 117 Groove end part 118 Locking hole 12 Decoration part 120 Brightness Metallic vapor-deposited film 121 Base material 122 End portion 123 Inner edge portion 124 Intermediate portion 125 Outer edge portion 13 Cosmetic panel 130 Holding portion 131 Surrounding edge portion 132 Left and right holding portion 133 Up and down holding portion 134 Lower corner portion holding portion 135 Upper corner portion holding portion 136 Upper holding part 137 Locking claw 14 Wind direction plate P Exposed part S Play space C Wrinkle W1, W2 Exposed width

Claims (2)

In an air conditioner comprising a housing, a front grille attached to the front surface of the housing, a decorative component provided in the front grille, and a decorative panel locked to the front surface of the front grille,
The front grille includes a groove formed on the front side,
The decorative part is an extrusion molded product made of a rod-shaped soft material fitted into the groove part,
The decorative panel is part of the decorative part is not covered with the groove and the decorative part to expose,
The air conditioner characterized in that a groove end portion of the groove portion and an end portion of the decorative part fitted in the groove end portion are covered with the decorative panel without being exposed . In an air conditioner comprising a housing, a front grille attached to the front surface of the housing, a decorative component provided in the front grille, and a decorative panel locked to the front surface of the front grille,
The front grille includes a groove formed on the front side,
The decorative part is an extrusion molded product made of a rod-shaped soft material fitted into the groove part,
The decorative panel covers the groove and the decorative part so that a part of the decorative part is exposed,
The groove has a bent portion, the inner diameter side of the decorative part is fitted in the bent portion, air conditioner you characterized in that covered by the decorative panel.

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