JP6103245B2 - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner used in a vehicle or on a table.

  Recently, various air conditioners for purifying air in a relatively narrow space such as around an automobile or office desk have been proposed. For example, in Patent Document 1, an ion generator, a blower fan, a drive circuit, and the like are incorporated in a bottomed cylindrical housing, and negative ions are blown out together with the sucked air to prevent molds and bacteria floating in the air. An activated air conditioner is disclosed.

  This type of air conditioner is used in a state where it is installed in a cup holder in an automobile and is supplied with power from a cigar socket or the like. In addition, since it is small and portable, it can also be used on a desk such as a desk.

  However, since the air conditioning apparatus described in Patent Document 1 uses a bottomed cylindrical casing on the premise that it is installed in a cup holder in a vehicle, mainly for in-vehicle use, when installed on a tabletop, Not only is it easy to fall down due to vibration or shock, but if it falls down, it may roll over and fall to the floor. In addition, the cylindrical shape is easy to roll in the first place, so it is not suitable for installation on the side.

JP2013-141880A

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that can be installed in a stable posture even when placed horizontally.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has an air suction port on the outer peripheral surface and an air outlet on the upper surface, and an air purifier and a blower fan in an air passage connecting the air suction port and the air outlet. And the air sucked into the casing from the air inlet by the operation of the blower fan is cleaned by the air cleaning means and blown out of the casing from the air outlet. In the air conditioner, the casing includes a lower casing formed in a cylindrical shape, and the width of the front, rear, left, and right of a cross section that is disposed above the lower casing and is orthogonal to the axis of the lower casing. And an upper casing formed larger than the diameter of the lower casing, and the upper casing includes at least one flat surface on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and separately from the casing, the air outlet A first flat plate portion having a size capable of closing The flat surface of the upper casing is further provided with an L-shaped attachment plate formed by connecting one end side of each of the second flat plate sections having insertion holes through which the lower casing can be inserted, with connecting sections. On the side, a guide portion is provided that selectively holds one of the first flat plate portion and the second flat plate portion so as to be slidable in parallel with the flat surface.

  Further, a protrusion is formed on the first flat plate portion side in the connecting portion, and the lower housing is inserted into the insertion hole of the second flat plate portion when the housing is placed horizontally. The first flat plate portion is slidably held by the guide portion, a part of the first flat plate portion is pulled out from the guide portion toward the bottom surface side of the lower housing, and the protrusion is By keeping the flat plate portion parallel to the surface to be installed, the attachment plate is used as the stand leg in the horizontal position.

  In addition, when the casing is placed vertically with the flat surface perpendicular to the installation surface, the second flat plate portion is arranged to face the air outlet so that the first flat plate portion faces the air outlet. When the air conditioner is not used, the first flat plate portion is used as a cover plate that closes the air outlet, and when the air conditioner is in operation, the first flat plate portion is It is lifted by a predetermined distance from the air outlet and used as a wind direction plate.

  Furthermore, between the first and second flat plate portions and the guide portion, engaging means for holding the flat plate portions at a predetermined sliding position is provided.

  As a more preferable aspect, the engaging means is included in the corrugated surface including irregularities formed in one of the first and second flat plate portions or the guide portion, and in the other corrugated surface. It consists of a combination with the convex part formed so that it may engage with a recessed part.

  According to the present invention, a housing comprising a lower housing formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and an upper housing disposed on the lower housing and including a flat surface on at least one side of the outer peripheral surface; By further including an L-shaped attachment plate comprising a first flat plate portion having an insertion hole through which the lower housing can be inserted and a second flat plate portion having a size capable of closing the air outlet, a cup holder or the like In addition to vertical installation, it is possible to enable stable horizontal installation.

The perspective view of the state which isolate | separated the attachment board from the air conditioning apparatus of this invention. The (a) front view of the housing | casing of the air conditioning apparatus of this invention, (b) Right view, (c) Top view, and (d) Bottom view. The (a) front view, (b) right view, (c) top view, and (d) AA sectional view of the attachment board of the air conditioning apparatus of this invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the engagement state of a guide groove and an attachment board. The principal part sectional view showing the internal structure of the air harmony device of the present invention. The right view explaining the standard usage pattern of the vertical installation of the air conditioning apparatus of this invention. The perspective view which shows the state which lays down the air conditioning apparatus of this invention. The side view which shows the state which lays down the air conditioning apparatus of this invention. The perspective view of the state which used the attachment board as a wind direction board and plugged up the air blower outlet. The (a) perspective view and (b) right view explaining the aspect which uses an attachment board as a wind direction board.

  Next, although the air conditioning apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated, referring drawings, this invention is not limited to this.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air conditioner 1 includes a lower housing 10 formed in a cylindrical shape having a bottom surface 12, and an upper housing 20 disposed on the upper portion of the lower housing 10. A housing 1A is provided, and an attachment plate 30 is attached as a separate body to the housing 1A. In this embodiment, the lower housing 10 and the upper housing 20 may be integrally molded by a synthetic resin molded product.

  The lower housing 10 is a cylindrical shape having substantially the same diameter from the lower end to the upper end, and the bottom surface 12 is formed on a flat surface so that the air conditioner 1 can be placed vertically. The lower housing 10 has the same diameter from the lower end to the upper end, but is not limited thereto, and may be any cylindrical shape that can be mounted on at least a general automobile cup holder.

  An air suction port 11 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the lower housing 10. The air suction port 11 is formed of a slit hole formed in an annular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the lower housing 10, and air is sucked into the housing 1 </ b> A from the air suction port 11.

  The upper housing 20 is formed such that the width of the front, rear, left and right of the cross section orthogonal to the axis L of the lower housing 10 is larger than the diameter of the lower housing 10, and in this example, is formed in a quadrangular prism shape. In this embodiment, the lower housing 10 and the upper housing 20 are coaxially arranged with the axis L of the lower housing 10 as the center.

  In this embodiment, the upper housing 20 is formed in a quadrangular prism shape, but it is sufficient that the outer peripheral surface has at least one flat surface 21, and if the flat surface 21 is provided, for example, a triangular shape or a polygonal shape. It may be. Furthermore, a so-called D-cut shape in which a part of a cylinder is cut out on a flat surface may be used. If the air conditioner 1 can be placed horizontally along the flat surface 21, the shape of the upper housing 20 is arbitrarily set. May be selected.

  An air suction port 22 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the upper housing 20 except for the flat surface 21. The air suction port 22 is a slit hole formed along the outer peripheral surface.

  An air outlet 23 is provided on the upper surface 20a of the upper housing 20 to blow out air purified by an air cleaning means 50 described later. In this embodiment, the air outlets 23 are lattice bars that are annularly opened along the upper surface 20 a of the upper housing 20.

  The flat surface 21 of the upper housing 20 is disposed on the back surface 20b side (the right side surface in FIG. 2B) of the upper housing 20. On the flat surface 21 side of the upper housing 20, a guide portion 24 that holds an attachment plate 30 described later is provided.

  Here, in this embodiment, “vertical installation” refers to an aspect in which the bottom surface 12 is an installation surface with respect to the installation surface F (see FIG. 8). The aspect which installs so that the flat surface 21 may become an installation surface with respect to the surface F is said.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 (c), and 2 (d), the guide portion 24 has a rear surface 20 b of the upper housing 20 and left and right ends (in the left and right directions in FIGS. ) To the flat surface 21 side, and is formed inside the L-shaped side wall 20c. A gap formed inside the L-shaped side wall 20c at the left and right ends of the guide portion 24 becomes a guide groove 24a, and the attachment plate 30 is inserted between the left and right guide grooves 24a so as to be slidably held. It has become.
The guide groove 24a penetrates from the upper surface 20a to the bottom surface 20d of the upper housing 20.

Between the 1st flat plate part 31, the 2nd flat plate part 32, and the guide part 24, the engagement means which hold | maintains the 1st flat plate part 31 or the 2nd flat plate part 32 in a predetermined sliding position is provided. The engaging means includes a corrugated surface including irregularities formed on either the inner peripheral surface of the guide groove 24a of the guide portion 24 or the side surface of the attachment plate 30, and a concave portion included in the corrugated surface on either side. It consists of a combination with the convex part formed so that it may engage.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, this is a combination of the engaging convex portion 241 formed on the bottom portion 24 a 1 of the guide groove 24 a and the concave portion of the corrugated surface 34 including the concave and convex portions formed on the side surface of the attachment plate 30.

  The engaging convex portions 241 are semicircular convex portions projecting from the bottom portion 24a1 of the guide groove 24a into the guide portion 24, and a plurality of the engaging convex portions 241 are provided at predetermined intervals along the axis L direction. . According to this, when the concave portion of the corrugated surface 34 of the attachment plate 30 and the engaging convex portion 241 engage with each other, the amount of pulling out of the attachment plate 30 is finely adjusted by the pitch of the concave portion of the corrugated surface 34 of the attachment plate 30. be able to.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the attachment plate 30 includes a first flat plate portion 31 formed of a flat rectangular plate piece and a second flat plate portion 32 orthogonal to the first flat plate portion 31, and Each one end side is integrally connected to the connection portion 36 in an L shape. In this embodiment, the attachment plate 30 is a synthetic resin molded product.

  The first flat plate portion 31 is formed in a rectangular shape whose length is substantially the same as the groove length in the sliding direction of the guide groove 24a and whose width is substantially the same as the width of the guide portion 24. Since it is used as a wind direction plate that closes the air outlet 23 on the upper end surface of the upper housing 20, the area is formed to be equal to or larger than the opening area of the air outlet 23.

  The second flat plate portion 32 is a plate body having substantially the same size as the first flat plate portion 31, and an insertion hole 33 having at least a size through which the lower housing 10 can be inserted is provided in the center thereof. . The insertion hole 33 is provided at a position that is coaxial with the lower housing 10 when the first flat plate portion 31 is inserted along the guide groove 24a.

  The side surface of the attachment plate 30 is formed on a corrugated surface 34 having irregularities so as to engage with the engaging convex portion 241 of the guide groove 24 described above. As long as the corrugated surface 34 can be engaged with the engaging convex portion 241, the shape and pitch of the corrugated surface may be arbitrarily changed.

  When the housing 1A is installed horizontally on the connecting portion 36 between the first flat plate portion 31 and the second flat plate portion 32, the first flat plate portion 31 and the flat surface 21 are the installation surface F (see FIG. 8). Are provided so as to be parallel to each other. The protrusion 35 protrudes from the base portion toward the first flat plate portion 31 along the extending direction of the second flat plate portion 31.

  Next, the inside of the air conditioning apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Inside the air conditioner 1, there is provided a casing 40 that guides the air sucked into the housing 1 </ b> A from the air inlets 11 and 22 to the upper air outlet 23. Means 50 are provided.

  In this embodiment, the casing 40 has a cylindrical shape, and a suction port 401 that takes in air that has been sucked into the housing 1 </ b> A from the air suction ports 11 and 22 is provided in a part of the outer peripheral surface of the casing 40. ing.

  A power cord 41 is drawn into the lower portion of the casing 40. The power cord 41 has a power plug 41a at the tip, and the other end is connected to a power supply means (not shown). In this embodiment, the power supply means is generally an AC adapter powered from a commercial power supply, but may be powered from a cigar socket or a USB port of a computer, for example.

  The air cleaning means 50 includes a filter unit 51, an ozonizer unit 52, a fan unit 53, a substrate unit 54, a display / operation substrate 55, and a dust filter 56.

  The filter unit 51 includes a catalyst filter 51a that is a deodorizing filter, a heater 51b, and a filter holder 51c. The catalyst filter 51a has, for example, a disk-shaped Hania cam core board made air-permeable by adopting a honeycomb structure, and a metal catalyst provided on the surface thereof at a predetermined thickness. Adsorbs and decomposes odor components contained in air.

  The heater 51b is, for example, a PTC heater, and accelerates the decomposition of the adsorbed odor component by heating the catalyst filter 51a. The filter holder 51c is formed of a synthetic resin material in a substantially cylindrical shape corresponding to the catalyst filter, and holds the catalyst filter 51a and the heater 51b. The filter holder 51 c is fixed to the casing 40.

  The ozonizer unit 52 includes an ozonizer 52a, a diffusion plate 52b, and a power supply cord 52c. The ozonizer 52a is, for example, a creeping discharge type having a high voltage electrode and a dielectric electrode, and is activated by applying energy to the air flowing through the casing 40 by discharge between the electrodes, and dissociated or excited oxygen. Ozone is generated by changing a part of the ozone into ozone.

  The diffusion plate 52b is made of a synthetic resin material and holds the ozonizer 52a. The diffusion plate 52 b is fixed to the casing 40. The power supply cord 52c has one end connected to the ozonizer 52a and the other end connected to a second power supply board 54b described later. The power supply cord 52c guides the power supplied from the second power supply board 54b to the ozonizer 52a.

  The fan unit 53 includes a fan 53a, a fan holder 53b, and a fan motor 53c. The fan 53a is an axial fan formed of a synthetic resin material, and includes a fan motor 53c inside. The fan holder 53b is formed of a synthetic resin material and holds the fan 53a. The fan holder 53 b is fixed to the casing 40.

  The board unit 54 includes a first power board 54a, a second power board 54b, and a board holder 54c. The first power supply board 54 a has a board-side connector 54 d to which the power supply plug 41 a of the power supply cord 41 is connected, and power is supplied from the outside through the power supply cord 41.

  The first power supply board 54a supplies power to the second power supply board 54b, the fan motor 53c, the heater 51b, and a display / operation board 55 described later. The second power supply board 54b receives the power supplied from the first power supply board 54a and supplies power to the ozonizer 52a through the power supply cord 52c.

  The substrate holder 54c is formed of a synthetic resin material and holds the first power supply substrate 54a and the second power supply substrate 54b. The substrate holder 54 c is fixed to the casing 40. Further, the substrate holder 54c serves to prevent water entering the interior of the housing 1A from the air intake ports 11 and 22 and the air outlet 23 from being applied to the first power supply substrate 54a and the second power supply substrate 54b.

  The display / operation board 55 is arranged at the center of the upper surface of the upper housing 20 so as to be surrounded by the air outlet 23. On the display / operation board 55, a pilot lamp 55a (light emitting diode), a switch 55b, and the like are appropriately arranged.

  The dust collection filter 56 is an annular filter disposed along the outer periphery of the suction port 401 of the casing. In this example, a filter using a synthetic fiber nonwoven fabric is used. About the kind of dust collection filter 56, you may select arbitrarily according to a specification.

  In the air conditioner 1 having the configuration described above, when the user operates the switch 55b to start the operation of the air conditioner 1, power is supplied from the first power supply board 54a to the fan unit 53, and the fan 53a is turned on. Start spinning. Further, power is supplied from the second power supply board 54b to the ozonizer unit 52, and the ozonizer 52a starts generating ozone.

  When the fan 53a starts to rotate, the air taken in from the air suction ports 11 and 22 joins at the suction port 401, removes dust and dirt with the dust filter 56, and is guided into the casing 40.

  The air flowing into the casing 40 is deodorized by the ozone generated by the ozonizer 52a while flowing toward the fan 53a, passes through the filter unit 51, and is deodorized by the action of the catalyst filter 51a. The air that has passed through the filter unit 51 flows to the fan unit 23 and is discharged from the air outlet 23 to the outside.

  In the above embodiment, the deodorizing unit using the filter unit 51 as the air cleaning means 50 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an air cleaning filter, an ion generating unit, a humidifying filter, or the like. .

  Next, a standard usage pattern of the air conditioner 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, the attachment plate 30 is attached to the air conditioner 1. When the first flat plate portion 31 is inserted from the lower end of the guide portion 24 of the upper housing 20 in a state where the lower housing 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 33 of the second flat plate portion of the attachment plate 30, the first flat plate portion 31 is formed. The guide unit 24 is slidably held. And it inserts to the position where the 2nd flat plate part 32 contact | abuts to the bottom face 20d of the upper housing | casing 20. FIG. Thereby, the attachment board 30 is attached without protruding from the housing 1A. This state is the standard state.

  In this standard state, by inserting the lower housing 10 of the air conditioner 1 into a general cup holder H, the bottom surface 12 of the lower housing 10 is placed on the bottom surface (installed surface F) of the cup holder H. In addition to the cup holder H, by installing the bottom surface 12 of the lower housing 10 on a flat surface such as a desk, it can be installed vertically.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when installing the air conditioner 1 in the horizontal position, the attachment plate 30 stored in the standard state is pulled out toward the bottom surface 12 side of the lower housing 10. At that time, the attachment plate 30 is pulled out with a click feeling by alternately engaging the locking projections 241 with the recesses along the corrugated surface 34.

  After the attachment plate 30 is pulled out to an appropriate position, the attachment plate 30 is installed on the installation surface F with the flat surface 21 facing down. At that time, the tip 35a of the projection 35 of the attachment plate 30 and the flat surface 21 are flush with each other, so that the air conditioner 1 can be installed horizontally in a horizontal state.

  At that time, even if the air conditioner 1 is installed horizontally, the air suction ports 11 and 22 are not hidden by the installation surface F, and thus the intake efficiency is not lowered. According to this, the pulled-out attachment board 30 can be used as a stand for horizontal installation.

  In the standard state described above, the attachment plate 30 is inserted from the bottom surface 20d of the upper housing 20 along the guide portion 24. However, the attachment plate 30 is inserted from the upper surface 20a of the opposite upper housing 20 to the guide portion 24. Can be plugged into.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the attachment plate 30 has the second flat plate portion 32 that can be inserted from the upper surface 20 a of the upper housing 20 of the air conditioner 1 along the guide groove 24 of the guide portion 24. Held possible. If the 2nd flat plate part 32 is inserted to the back, the 1st flat plate part 31 will be attached so that the air blower outlet 23 may be plugged up.

  According to this, when the air conditioner 1 is not used, the first flat plate portion 31 is used as a cover plate that closes the air outlet 23, so that dust does not enter the housing 1A and can be kept clean. Further, during operation, as shown in FIG. 10, by lifting the first flat plate portion 31 over a predetermined distance, the first flat plate portion 31 serves as a wind direction plate that diffuses the air blown from the air outlet 23 in the horizontal direction. Also works.

  That is, the air blown out from the air outlet 23 hits the first flat plate portion 31 and is diffused into the room in the horizontal direction along the plate surface. At that time, if the distance between the air outlet 23 and the first flat plate portion 31 is shortened, it is possible to blow out wind with a narrow wind direction range and a high blowing speed. On the contrary, when the distance is increased, a wind having a wide wind direction range and a slightly low blowing speed can be blown forward.

  As described above, a housing composed of a bottom housing formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and an upper housing disposed on an upper portion of the lower housing and including a flat surface on at least one side of the outer peripheral surface; By further including an L-shaped attachment plate comprising a first flat plate portion having an insertion hole through which the lower housing can be inserted and a second flat plate portion having a size capable of closing the air outlet, a cup holder or the like In addition to the vertical installation, the attachment plate 30 can be used as a stand leg and placed horizontally with the flat surface down.

  Further, by reversing the attachment position of the attachment plate 30, it is possible to close the air outlet when the attachment plate 30 is not used and also serve as a wind direction plate that changes the blowing direction when used. Further, by attaching the attachment plate 30 without protruding from the housing 1A in the standard state, the attachment plate 30 can be pulled out and finished according to the use situation, and management during use is easy.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Air conditioning apparatus 1A Housing | casing 10 Lower housing | casing 11 Air suction inlet 20 Upper housing | casing 21 Flat surface 22 Air suction inlet 23 Air blower outlet 24 Guide part 24a Guide groove 30 Attachment board 31 1st flat plate part 32 2nd flat plate part 33 Insertion hole 34 Corrugated surface 35 Projection 40 Casing 50 Air cleaning means F Installation surface H Cup holder

Claims (5)

An air suction port on the outer peripheral surface and an air outlet on the upper surface, and a housing in which an air cleaning means and a blower fan are housed in an air passage connecting the air suction port and the air outlet, In the air conditioner that cleans the air sucked into the housing from the air suction port by the operation of the blower fan and blows it out of the housing from the air outlet,
The casing includes a lower casing formed in a cylindrical shape, and the width of the front, rear, left, and right of a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the lower casing is a diameter of the lower casing. An upper casing formed larger than the upper casing, and the upper casing includes at least one flat surface on an outer peripheral surface thereof.
Separately from the housing, a first flat plate portion having a size capable of closing the air outlet and a second flat plate portion having an insertion hole through which the lower housing can be inserted are connected to one end side thereof. And an L-shaped attachment plate connected to each other, and the flat surface side of the upper casing is selectively flattened with either the first flat plate portion or the second flat plate portion. An air conditioner characterized in that a guide portion is provided which is slidably held in parallel with the surface.   In the connection portion, a protrusion is formed on the first flat plate portion side, and when the case is placed horizontally, the lower case is inserted into the insertion hole of the second flat plate portion, The first flat plate portion is slidably held by the guide portion, a part of the first flat plate portion is pulled out from the guide portion toward the bottom surface side of the lower housing, and the protrusion is the first flat plate portion. 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the attachment plate is used as a stand leg in the horizontally placed state by keeping the installation plate parallel to the installation surface.   When the casing is placed vertically with the flat surface perpendicular to the installation surface, the second flat plate portion faces the guide portion so that the first flat plate portion faces the air outlet. When the air conditioner is not used, the first flat plate portion is used as a cover plate that closes the air outlet, and when the air conditioner is in operation, the first flat plate portion is the air plate. 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner is lifted by a predetermined distance from the outlet and used as a wind direction plate.   4. An engagement means for holding each flat plate portion in a predetermined sliding position is provided between the first and second flat plate portions and the guide portion. The air conditioning apparatus of any one of Claims.   The engaging means engages with a corrugated surface including irregularities formed on one of the first and second flat plate portions or the guide portion, and a concave portion included in the corrugated surface on the other. It consists of a combination with the convex part formed in this way, The air conditioning apparatus of Claim 4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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