JP6455279B2 - Bathroom air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathroom air conditioner attached to an opening formed in a ceiling of a bathroom.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a bathroom air conditioner that is attached to an opening formed on a ceiling of a bathroom and is provided so as to face downward from the opening, such as a bathroom drying apparatus. Such a bathroom air conditioner is provided in a state where the entire apparatus main body or most of the apparatus main body is positioned above the ceiling, and the air inlet and outlet for the bathroom face the lower side of the ceiling.

  Moreover, in the bathroom air conditioner, a surface panel that forms a suction port and an outlet is attached to the lower side of the apparatus main body, and a filter is provided so as to cover the air path inside the apparatus main body on the upper side of the surface panel. Some adopt a configuration. The filter is a plate-like member having a plate-like outer shape as a whole, and is detachably attached to the apparatus main body for cleaning or replacement.

  In such a bathroom air conditioner, for example, in order to obtain a clean appearance, the entire body of the apparatus is above the ceiling so that the lower surface of the surface panel facing the bathroom and the lower surface of the ceiling are substantially flush with each other. There is a structure provided in an embedded manner. In such a structure, the filter is located at substantially the same height as the ceiling or above the ceiling. Therefore, when the attachment / detachment direction of the filter with respect to the apparatus body is the horizontal direction, the filter interferes with the ceiling or the attachment / detachment of the filter is difficult. Or

  Therefore, as a filter mounting structure in the apparatus main body, there is a structure that guides the moving direction of the filter in the inclination direction so that the filter mounting / detaching direction is obliquely downward with respect to the apparatus main body (for example, , See Patent Document 1). Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which a filter can be attached to and detached from any of the four insertion openings formed along each side of a rectangular shape, and an opening portion of each insertion opening. In the vicinity, there is provided an inclined surface portion that forms a guide surface that is inclined so that the attaching / detaching direction of the filter is a downward oblique direction with respect to the apparatus main body. According to such a configuration, the protruding portion of the filter from the insertion port in the process of attaching and detaching the filter is obliquely downward, and good workability can be obtained for the attachment and detachment work of the filter.

  In the configuration in which the filter is detachable as described above, a handle for gripping the filter is provided at the end of the filter. The filter handle portion is exposed to a position that is visible when viewed from the bottom of the ceiling when the filter is attached to the apparatus main body in order to facilitate attachment / detachment of the filter from the bottom of the ceiling.

  Furthermore, the handle portion of the filter is in a state of being inclined obliquely downward with respect to the main body portion of the filter when the filter is mounted by the guide-shaped portion of the filter such as the slope portion described above. According to the configuration of Patent Document 1, the filter handle portion (gripping portion) is exposed to the lower side of the surface panel and is located on the slope portion that guides the filter when the filter is mounted. It is in the state inclined in the downward slanting direction (refer to Drawing 7 of patent documents 1).

JP 2004-150717 A

  In a bathroom air conditioner, water droplets (condensation water) adhere to a filter or the like because it touches high humidity air in the bathroom. Therefore, as described above, in the configuration in which the handle portion of the filter in the mounted state is exposed to the lower side and inclined downward, the water droplets adhering to the filter or the portion in contact with the filter are the main body of the filter. There is a problem of falling into the bathroom from the section through the handle section.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and water droplets adhering to the plate-like member are attached to the plate-like member while ensuring ease of attaching and detaching the plate-like member such as a filter to the apparatus main body. It aims at providing the bathroom air conditioner which can prevent falling in a bathroom along a handle part.

  The bathroom air conditioner according to the present invention is a bathroom air conditioner attached to an opening formed in a ceiling of a bathroom, and is attached to the lower side of the apparatus main body of the bathroom air conditioner so as to cover the opening from the lower side. And a plate-like member that is provided at a position above the surface panel and that is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body with the surface panel attached to the apparatus main body. The shaped member is provided in a middle portion between the main body portion and the handle portion, a main body portion located above the front surface panel, a handle portion protruding outward from the front surface panel and exposed to the lower side, A water drop dropping guide portion for dropping the transmitted water droplet onto the surface panel, and at least a part of the intermediate portion is continuously inclined from the main body portion to the handle portion. is there.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, water droplets attached to the plate-like member travel along the handle of the plate-like member while ensuring the ease of attaching and detaching the plate-like member such as a filter to the apparatus main body. It can be prevented from falling inside.

  In the bathroom air-conditioning apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention, the plate-like member is entirely curved so that an end of the handle portion and the main body portion opposite to the handle portion side is located on the lower side. In this state, it is attached to the apparatus main body.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, water droplets adhering to the plate-like member can be dispersed and dropped above the surface panel.

  In the bathroom air conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention, a storage part that stores water drops dropped by the water drop drop guide part is formed on the upper surface of the surface panel.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, since the water droplets can be stored and held on the surface panel by the storage unit, the water droplets dropped on the surface panel by the water droplet dropping guide unit are the top surface of the surface panel. It is possible to prevent the liquid from flowing from the outside of the surface panel.

  The bathroom air conditioner which concerns on another aspect among this invention WHEREIN: The said water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part is provided in the upper surface side and lower surface side of the said intermediate part.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, it is possible to obtain the water draining action by the water drop drop guiding unit for both the water droplets flowing on the upper surface side of the plate-like member and the water droplets traveling on the lower surface side, and the water drop falling guide unit is effectively obtained. Draining with can be performed.

  The bathroom air conditioner which concerns on another aspect among this invention WHEREIN: The said water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part is a protrusion part which protrudes from the plate | board surface of the said intermediate part.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, it is possible to easily form the water drop dropping guide part in terms of shape, and it is possible to provide the water drop dropping guide part with a simple configuration.

  In the bathroom air conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention, the water drop dropping guide portion on the upper surface side of the intermediate portion receives the water droplets that have traveled on the upper surface of the intermediate portion and drops the inclined surface on the surface panel. It is what has.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, it is possible to guide water drops that have traveled on the upper surface of the intermediate portion in a predetermined direction along the inclination direction of the inclined surface by the inclined surface. As a result, the water droplets that have traveled on the upper surface of the intermediate portion can be smoothly dropped onto the surface panel without being retained in the water droplet dropping guide portion.

  The bathroom air conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention includes a slide that forms a slide surface extending in a direction along an attaching / detaching direction of the plate-like member on the plate surface of the intermediate portion at the intermediate portion. The part is provided.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, when the plate-like member is attached to and detached from the apparatus main body, it is possible to prevent the protrusion provided as the water drop dropping guide portion from being caught, and the plate-like member. Can be attached and detached smoothly.

  The bathroom air conditioner which concerns on another aspect among this invention WHEREIN: The said water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part contains the projection part which protrudes from the outer edge of the said intermediate part.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, it is possible to drop the water droplets that travel along the outer edge of the intermediate portion of the plate-like member, and it is possible to effectively drain the water using the water droplet dropping guide portion.

  In the bathroom air conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention, a support protrusion that protrudes upward and contacts the plate member from below to support the plate member is provided on the upper surface of the surface panel. It is what.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, the plate-like member can be supported from the lower side by the front panel, so that the form of the mounted plate-like member can be stably held. For this reason, it is possible to stably obtain the action of draining using the inclined shape of the intermediate portion with respect to the water drop dropping guide portion provided in the intermediate portion that is a portion inclined downward in the plate-like member.

  In the bathroom air conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention, the plate-like member is a filter.

  According to the bathroom air conditioner having such a configuration, it is possible to effectively cause the water drop dropping guide portion to act on a filter to which water drops easily adhere.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent water droplets adhering to the plate-like member from dropping into the bathroom through the handle of the plate-like member while ensuring the ease of attaching and detaching the plate-like member to the apparatus main body. Can do.

It is a perspective view from the upper surface side which shows the whole structure of the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view from the lower surface side which shows the whole structure of the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a vertical sectional view of the longitudinal direction of the bathroom drying device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a vertical sectional view of the transverse direction of the bathroom drying apparatus concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural member of the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a perspective view which shows an attachment reinforcement material, (b) is a perspective view which shows an opening cover. It is a perspective view which shows the filter with which the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a perspective view which shows the filter and surface panel 6 with which the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a top view which shows the filter and surface panel with which the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a side view which shows the filter and surface panel with which the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a cross-sectional perspective view which shows the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part with which the filter which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a perspective view from the upper surface side which shows the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part with which the filter which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a perspective view from the lower surface side which shows the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part with which the filter which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a figure which shows the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part with which the filter which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is equipped, (a) is a top view, (b) is a bottom view, (c) is a side view. It is a perspective view which shows the surface panel with which the bathroom drying apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part with which the filter which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided.

  The present invention relates to a bathroom air conditioner attached to an opening formed on a ceiling of a bathroom, in which water droplets are applied to a portion between a body part and a handle part of a plate-like member such as a filter that is detachably provided to the apparatus body. By providing a shape part for dropping (condensation water), water droplets attached to the plate-like member fall into the bathroom along the handle portion while ensuring ease of attachment and detachment of the plate-like member. It is something to prevent. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  In the embodiment of the present invention described below, a bathroom drying apparatus attached to an opening formed on the ceiling of a bathroom will be described as an example of application of a bathroom air conditioner. However, the bathroom air conditioner according to the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is an air conditioner installed on the ceiling of the bathroom. For example, at least one of a ventilation function, a drying function, a heating function, a cooling function, etc. An air conditioner having a function may be used.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to this embodiment is attached to an opening 3 (hereinafter referred to as “ceiling opening”) 3 formed in the ceiling 2 of the bathroom. The ceiling 2 is composed of a horizontal plate member that forms a horizontal upper surface (hereinafter referred to as “ceiling upper surface”) 2a and a lower surface (hereinafter referred to as “ceiling lower surface”) 2b. The ceiling opening 3 is a portion that forms a rectangular opening that penetrates the ceiling 2 in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface. The ceiling opening 3 has inner side surfaces 3 a and 3 b that are perpendicular to the plate surface of the ceiling 2 as a surface that forms a rectangular opening. An inner side surface that forms a rectangular short side that is the opening shape of the ceiling opening 3 is referred to as an inner side surface 3a, and an inner side surface that forms a long side is referred to as an inner side surface 3b.

  The bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes an apparatus main body 4, a filter 5 that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body 4, and a surface panel 6 that is attached to the lower side of the apparatus main body 4. The bathroom drying apparatus 1 is attached to the ceiling opening 3 by using an attachment reinforcing material 7 as an attachment member and an opening cover 8 in a state where the entire apparatus main body 4 is positioned above the ceiling lower surface 2b. It is done.

  In the attachment structure of the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the attachment reinforcing member 7 and the opening cover 8 function as an adapter member for attaching the apparatus main body 4 to the ceiling opening 3. The adapter member forms an attachment surface of the device main body 4 in a state of being attached to the ceiling opening 3, and the device main body 4 is attached to the attachment surface formed by the adapter member. That is, the bathroom drying apparatus 1 is indirectly attached to the ceiling opening 3 via the attachment reinforcing member 7 and the opening cover 8. In the present embodiment, the attachment reinforcing material 7 forms an attachment surface of the apparatus main body 4.

  Here, the bathroom drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. 4 corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. The apparatus main body 4 of the bathroom drying apparatus 1 has a main body casing 10 as a housing. The main body casing 10 is positioned above the ceiling lower surface 2 b and constitutes an exterior structure of the apparatus main body 4.

  The main body casing 10 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape as a whole, and is configured in a box shape with one side opened. The main body casing 10 has a longitudinal direction and a short direction in a substantially rectangular shape that is a plan view shape matched with the rectangular opening shape of the ceiling opening 3, and the open side is faced downward from the ceiling opening 3. Provided in a state. Therefore, the main body casing 10 has the open side in the outer shape of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped box as the lower side and the side opposite to the open side as the upper surface side. In the following description, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1, the longitudinal direction (left-right direction in FIG. 4) in the substantially rectangular shape that is the plan view shape of the main body casing 10 is the apparatus longitudinal direction, and the short direction in the substantially rectangular shape (FIG. 5). The horizontal direction in FIG.

  The main body casing 10 has a flange portion 11 projecting like a bowl along a rectangular outer peripheral shape at the lower end edge thereof. The flange portion 11 protrudes from each side surface of the main body casing 10 with a substantially plate-like outer shape so as to surround a rectangular outer shape in a plan view of the main body casing 10 at the lower open end of the main body casing 10. Part. Thus, the surface panel 6 is attached to the lower side of the main body casing 10 where the flange portion 11 is provided.

  The front panel 6 is a substantially rectangular plate-like member as a whole, and is attached so as to close the open side of the main body casing 10. The front panel 6 is attached to the main body casing 10 so as to cover the whole including the flange portion 11 of the main body casing 10. Therefore, the front panel 6 has an outer dimension that is substantially the same as the outer dimension corresponding to the rectangular shape of the flange portion 11 when viewed from the bottom.

  The front panel 6 constitutes a lower surface portion of the bathroom drying apparatus 1. The front panel 6 is attached to the lower side of the apparatus main body 4 and its lower surface 6a is substantially flush with the ceiling lower surface 2b. The front panel 6 is attached to the open side of the main body casing 10 facing downward from the ceiling opening 3 so as to cover the entire main body casing 10. Thus, the surface panel 6 is provided so as to cover the ceiling opening 3 from below.

  As described above, the bathroom drying apparatus 1 having the exterior structure constituted by the main body casing 10 and the front panel 6 functionally has a drying function of sending warm air into the bathroom and a function of ventilating the inside of the bathroom. The bathroom drying apparatus 1 draws in the air in the bathroom from the suction port 12, heats and heats the sucked air, and blows out the warmed air into the bathroom from the air outlet 13 to exert a drying function. On the other hand, when the bathroom drying apparatus 1 ventilates the inside of the bathroom, the air sucked from the suction port 12 is sent out from the ventilation port 14 to the outside of the bathroom.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1, a blower fan 15 for sucking and blowing air is provided inside the main body casing 10. The blower fan 15 is a multi-blade fan, and the rotation axis direction is set in a fan chamber 15a formed at a position closer to one side in the apparatus longitudinal direction (right side in FIG. 4) inside the rectangular main body casing 10. It is provided in the vertical direction (vertical direction). The blower fan 15 is rotationally driven by a fan motor 16 disposed on the upper side thereof. The blower fan 15 sucks air from the lower side and sends out the sucked air to the side.

  An air path forming member 17 that forms an air path in the main body casing 10 is provided below the blower fan 15. The air passage forming member 17 is a frame-like or box-like member that forms a circular opening 17a that the blower fan 15 faces on the upper surface portion thereof, and has the lower side opened. The air passage forming member 17 is mounted at a position closer to one side in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus in the main body casing 10 like the blower fan 15, and together with the inner wall surface of the main body casing 10 on the lower side of the blower fan 15. A suction chamber 17b for receiving the air sucked from the suction port 12 is defined.

  The intake chamber 17 b communicates with the fan chamber 15 a through the opening 17 a of the air passage forming member 17. The lower open portion of the intake chamber 17 b, that is, the lower open portion of the air passage forming member 17 serves as an internal intake port 18 through which air sucked into the main body casing 10 flows from the intake port 12.

  A damper 19 is provided on the side of the blower fan 15 in the main body casing 10 (see FIG. 4). The damper 19 is provided on the other side in the apparatus longitudinal direction with respect to the blower fan 15 (on the left side in FIG. 4. The damper 19 includes a fan chamber 15 a that houses the blower fan 15 and an internal blower outlet 20. It is provided in the ventilation space 19a which communicates via.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a circulation air passage 21 communicating with the air outlet 13 is provided below the air blowing space 19 a provided with the damper 19, and is opposite to the internal air outlet 20 side of the air blowing space 19 a. A ventilation air passage 22 communicating with the ventilation port 14 is provided on the left side in FIG. That is, the air path on the downstream side of the blower fan 15 includes a path communicating from the internal blower outlet 20 to the blower outlet 13 through the blower space 19a and the circulation air duct 21, and a blower space 19a and a ventilation air duct 22 from the internal blower outlet 20. And a path that communicates with the ventilation port 14, and a damper 19 is provided in the air blowing space 19 a that is a branching portion of the two paths.

  The damper 19 switches the air path on the downstream side of the blower fan 15 so that the air sent from the internal air outlet 20 is sent to one or both of the circulation air path 21 and the ventilation air path 22. The damper 19 is a rotary rotary damper, and the air path is switched by closing or opening the circulation air path 21 and the ventilation air path 22 according to the rotation position.

  In the bathroom drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the air inlet 12 that sucks air into the main body casing 10 from the bathroom side is formed by the surface panel 6 attached to the lower side of the main body casing 10 and the opening cover 8 positioned around the surface panel 6. It is provided as a gap formed so as to open to the lower side, and constitutes an intake air passage. Accordingly, the suction port 12 is a slit-like opening that forms a rectangular shape along the outer shape of the front panel 6 that has a rectangular outer shape when viewed from below.

  Moreover, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the air outlet 13 that blows out air from the main body casing 10 to the bathroom opens on the surface so that the circulation air passage 21 provided on the lower side of the damper 19 is opened downward. The panel 6 is provided. That is, the air outlet 13 is provided at a position corresponding to the lower side of the damper 19 in the front panel 6. Therefore, the blower outlet 13 is provided at a position closer to the opposite side (left side in FIG. 4) to the side where the blower fan 15 is located in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus. The air outlet 13 has a configuration in which a grill 13b is provided in a rectangular air outlet 13a penetrating the front panel 6.

  A heater 23 for warming air is disposed on the upper side of the air outlet 13 that is upstream of the air outlet 13 (see FIG. 4). The heater 23 is provided in a state of being accommodated in a heater case 24 provided on the upper side of the air outlet 13.

  Further, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the ventilation port 14 for sending air from the inside of the main body casing 10 to the outside of the bathroom has a ventilation air passage 22 provided on the side of the damper 19 laterally from the side wall of the main body casing 10. Open outward. The ventilation port 14 is configured by a tubular member protruding from the side wall on the other side (the left side in FIG. 4) in the apparatus longitudinal direction of the main body casing 10. An exhaust pipe (not shown) is connected to the ventilation port 14 to form an exhaust path to the outside of the bathroom.

  In the configuration as described above, when the blower fan 15 is rotated by the fan motor 16, the air in the bathroom is sucked into the main body casing 10 from the suction port 12. The air sucked into the main body casing 10 is guided from the internal suction port 18 through the intake chamber 17b to the fan chamber 15a through the opening 17a, and is sent out to the internal outlet 20 side by the rotation of the blower fan 15.

  When the operation mode of the bathroom drying apparatus 1 is a drying mode, the circulation air passage 21 is opened by the damper 19, and the air sent from the internal air outlet 20 flows to the circulation air passage 21 side and is heated by the heater 23. And blown out from the outlet 13. On the other hand, when the operation mode of the bathroom drying apparatus 1 is a ventilation mode, the ventilation air passage 22 is opened by the damper 19, and the air sent from the internal air outlet 20 flows to the ventilation air passage 22 side, and the ventilation opening 14. Sent out. Even in the drying mode, a part of the ventilation air passage 22 is opened by the damper 19 in order to appropriately secure the air passage to the ventilation port 14.

  In the bathroom drying apparatus 1 that forms such an air flow, the filter 5 as a plate-like member is provided so as to close the internal suction port 18 into which the air sucked from the suction port 12 enters. The filter 5 is a substantially rectangular plate-like member as a whole, and is provided so as to entirely cover the internal suction port 18 forming a rectangular opening from the lower side.

  The filter 5 is fitted in a pair of filter rail portions 17c provided at the lower part of the air passage forming member 17 so that the longitudinal direction of the substantially rectangular outer shape in the plan view is along the lateral direction of the apparatus. Edges on both sides in the short direction of the outer shape of the shape are provided in a state where they are supported by the air passage forming member 17. The pair of filter rail portions 17c are formed on the wall portions facing each other in the longitudinal direction of the apparatus in the air passage forming member 17, and are provided symmetrically with respect to this direction with the longitudinal direction of the apparatus as the opposing direction. The filter rail portion 17c is a groove-shaped portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section with the side facing the other filter rail portion 17c (inner side), that is, the intake chamber 17b side as an opening side. The filter rail portion 17c has a penetrating shape in which both sides in the longitudinal direction, which is the lateral direction of the device, are opened.

  The filter rail portion 17c is formed along a curved shape protruding upward so as to form an arch shape as a whole. Therefore, the filter 5 is provided in a state of being curved so as to form an arch shape as a whole along the curved shape of the filter rail portion 17c with the longitudinal direction as the curved direction by being fitted into the pair of filter rail portions 17c. .

  The filter rail portion 17c is formed along an arch shape that is substantially symmetrical with respect to the lateral direction of the device, and bends the filter 5 in a mounted state into an arch shape that is substantially symmetrical with respect to the lateral direction of the device (see FIG. 5). As described above, the filter 5 is mounted on the air passage forming member 17 provided in the main body casing 10, thereby being provided at a position above the surface panel 6 mounted on the lower side of the main body casing 10.

  The filter 5 is detachably attached to the apparatus main body 4. The filter 5 is attached or detached by being inserted into or removed from the filter rail portion 17c. The filter 5 includes a handle portion 5b that is gripped when the device body 4 is attached to or detached from the device body 4. The handle 5b is provided so as to protrude from a side portion on one side in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular filter main body 5a.

  The filter 5 is configured to be detachable from the apparatus main body 4 in a state where the front panel 6 is attached to the apparatus main body 4. For this reason, the handle part 5b protrudes to the outer side of the surface panel 6 and is exposed to the lower side when the filter 5 is attached to the apparatus body 4 (see FIGS. 2 and 5). That is, in the mounted state of the filter 5, the handle portion 5 b is exposed at a position that is visible when viewed from below on one side portion of the suction port 12 along the rectangular shape. Thereby, the attachment / detachment work of the filter 5 from the lower side of the ceiling 2 is easily performed. In the present embodiment, the handle portion 5b is exposed to the lower side at a side portion on one side (right side in FIG. 5) of the suction port 12 in the apparatus lateral direction.

  When the filter 5 is mounted, the filter 5 is inserted into the filter rail portion 17c from the open portion at the end thereof from the end opposite to the handle portion 5b side. The filter 5 is inserted obliquely upward along the curved shape of the filter rail portion 17c. When the filter 5 is inserted into the filter rail portion 17c, the filter 5 is automatically mounted in an arch shape following the curved shape of the filter rail portion 17c. On the other hand, when removing the filter 5, the filter 5 is taken out along the filter rail portion 17c by grasping the handle portion 5b and pulling the filter 5 obliquely downward.

  The filter 5 can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body 4 from both sides in the apparatus short direction. That is, the filter 5 can be reversely mounted in the longitudinal direction with respect to the filter rail portion 17c whose both sides in the longitudinal direction are opened as described above. In the bathroom drying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the filter 5 is mounted in a direction in which the handle 5 b protrudes to one side (right side in FIG. 5) with respect to the front panel 6. The state is the standard mounting state, and the opposite mounting state, that is, the mounting state in which the handle portion 5b protrudes to the other side (left side in FIG. 5) in the apparatus short direction with respect to the front panel 6 is the reverse mounting state. To do.

  In the configuration in which the filter 5 is provided in the apparatus main body 4 with the above-described configuration, the air sucked from the suction port 12 by the rotation of the blower fan 15 is mounted so as to cover the internal suction port 18. 5 flows into the intake chamber 17b.

  The attachment structure with respect to the ceiling opening part 3 of the bathroom drying apparatus 1 of this embodiment provided with the above structures is demonstrated. The attachment structure of the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes a main body casing 10 that constitutes the apparatus main body 4, an attachment reinforcing material 7 as an adapter member, and an opening cover 8. According to the mounting structure of the present embodiment, the main body casing 10 is fixed to the mounting surface formed above the ceiling 2 by the mounting reinforcing member 7 so that the entire apparatus main body 4 is located above the ceiling lower surface 2b. It is provided in an embedded form.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 (a), the mounting reinforcing member 7 is a rectangular frame-like member as a whole, and the shape of the frame-like shape corresponds to the opening shape / size of the ceiling opening 3. Have dimensions. The attachment reinforcing material 7 is a metal member made of a metal plate such as an iron plate. However, the attachment reinforcing material 7 is not limited to metal, and may be a resin member.

  The mounting reinforcing member 7 has a rectangular outer shape and a top surface portion 31 along the horizontal plane, four vertical wall portions 32 formed perpendicularly from the outer edge portion of the top surface portion 31 to the top surface portion 31, and each vertical surface portion 31. It has a plate-like flange portion 33 formed perpendicularly to the vertical wall portion 32 from the lower end portion of the wall portion 32. A rectangular opening 31c is formed in the top surface portion 31 along the rectangular outer shape.

  The mounting reinforcing member 7 includes a top surface portion 31, a vertical wall portion 32, and a flange portion 33, and a side view (refer to FIG. 4) in which the longitudinal direction is the left-right direction, and a side view (refer to FIG. (Ref.) Each has a flat hat-shaped outer shape. The attachment reinforcing member 7 has a substantially symmetric shape in each of the longitudinal direction and the short direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the attachment reinforcing member 7 is provided in a state of being supported by a suspension bolt 41 and a suspension hanger 42 as suspension support members positioned above the ceiling 2. In the present embodiment, the attachment reinforcing member 7 is supported by being suspended by four sets of suspension bolts 41 and suspension hangers 42. The four sets of the suspension bolts 41 and the suspension hangers 42 are arranged at positions in the vicinity of the four corners in the substantially rectangular plan view shape of the main body casing 10.

  The suspension bolt 41 has a rod-shaped bolt part 41a having a threaded surface formed on the outer peripheral surface, and two nuts 41b that are screwed into the bolt part 41a. The suspension bolt 41 is suspended in a state where the upper part of the bolt part 41 a is fixed to a structure (not shown) such as a building-side ceiling above the ceiling 2. The two nuts 41b are located below the bolt part 41a.

  The hanging hanger 42 is a plate-like member that is bent in a substantially “L” shape, and is formed on the main body 42 a at the strip-shaped main body 42 a and one end (upper end) in the longitudinal direction of the main body 42 a. And a locking portion 42b formed at a right angle. The locking portion 42b is formed with a notch portion 42c having a distal end side that is a protruding side from the main body portion 42a as an open side, and the locking portion 42b has a substantially “U” shape.

  The upper end portion of the hanging hanger 42 is fixed to the hanging bolt 41. The hanging hanger 42 is coupled to the suspension bolt 41 in a state where the longitudinal direction of the main body portion 42a is set to the vertical direction while the engagement portion 42b side is on the upper side, and the engagement portion 42b is engaged and fixed to the suspension bolt 41. . The hanging hanger 42 is locked to the hanging bolt 41 in a state where the locking portion 42b is engaged with the portion between the two nuts 41b of the bolt portion 41a by the notch portion 42c. The suspension hanger 42 is fixed to the suspension bolt 41 by the portion of the locking portion 42b being sandwiched and fixed by the upper and lower nuts 41b. By adjusting the position of the nut 41b in the bolt part 41a, the fixing position, that is, the height position of the hanging hanger 42 with respect to the bolt part 41a is adjusted.

  The lower end portion of the hanging hanger 42, that is, the end portion of the main body portion 42 a opposite to the locking portion 42 b side is fixed to the attachment reinforcing material 7. The attachment reinforcing member 7 has a support projecting piece portion 34 that is a rectangular plate-shaped projecting piece portion as a portion to which the lower end portion of the hanging hanger 42 is fixed. The support protrusions 34 are provided at four locations in the attachment reinforcing member 7 corresponding to the arrangement positions of the four sets of the suspension bolts 41 and the suspension hangers 42.

  The hanging hanger 42 is fixed to the support projecting piece 34 by a fastener 43 such as a bolt in a state where the lower end of the main body 42 a is overlapped on the outside of the support projecting piece 34. The fastener 43 passes through the support protrusion piece 34 and the lower end portion of the main body 42a in a state of being overlapped with each other, and fixes them together. A hole 34 a through which the fastener 43 passes is formed in the support protrusion 34.

  As described above, the attachment reinforcing member 7 is supported by being suspended by the four sets of the suspension bolts 41 and the suspension hangers 42 in response to the connection of the lower ends of the suspension hangers 42 at each of the four support protrusions 34. According to such a support structure, the height position of the mounting reinforcing material 7 is adjusted via the hanging hanger 42 by adjusting the position of the two nuts 41b sandwiching the locking portion 42b from above and below with respect to each bolt 41. Is done.

  The attachment reinforcing material 7 supports the main body casing 10 at a predetermined attachment position. The attachment reinforcing member 7 supports the main body casing 10 by forming an attachment surface of the main body casing 10 at a position above the ceiling 2 and fixing and supporting the main body casing 10 on the attachment surface. In the present embodiment, the mounting surface of the main body casing 10 is formed by the top surface portion 31 of the mounting reinforcing material 7. The lower surface of the top surface portion 31 is an attachment surface of the main body casing 10. And the attachment reinforcement material 7 is supported by the suspension bolt 41 and the suspension hanger 42 so that the upper surface of the collar part 33 may contact the ceiling lower surface 2b.

  The mounting reinforcing member 7 causes the main body portion to protrude upward from the ceiling opening 3 and the flange portion 33 to contact the ceiling lower surface 2b while being supported by the suspension bolt 41 and the suspension hanger 42. That is, by adjusting the position of the nut 41b with respect to the bolt part 41a, the height position of the mounting reinforcement 7 is adjusted so that the flange part 33 contacts the ceiling lower surface 2b. In other words, the attachment reinforcing member 7 is supported in a manner in which the flange portion 33 is locked to the ceiling lower surface 2b while obtaining the action of being pulled upward by the suspension bolt 41 and the suspension hanger 42. As described above, the attachment reinforcing member 7 is supported by the suspension bolt 41 and the suspension hanger 42 with the ceiling lower surface 2b with which the flange portion 33 is in contact as a support surface.

  And the top surface part 31 used as the upper surface part of the protrusion part to the upper side from the ceiling 2 of the mounting reinforcement material 7 through the ceiling opening part 3 is a support part of the main body casing 10, Comprising: It becomes a part which forms the attachment surface of the main body casing 10. That is, the lower surface of the top surface portion 31 that is a substantially horizontal surface portion is positioned above the ceiling 2 and is used as an attachment surface of the main casing 10.

  In this way, the main body casing 10 is attached to the attachment surface formed above the ceiling 2 by the attachment reinforcing material 7. The main body casing 10 is fixed to the mounting reinforcing member 7 by fixing screws 45 that are fastened from the lower side to the upper side with respect to the top surface portion 31. In the present embodiment, fixing portions by fixing screws 45 are provided at a total of six locations including two locations provided on the long side of the opening 31c and one location provided on the short side of the opening 31c (see FIG. 1).

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6B, the opening cover 8 is a member having a rectangular frame shape as a whole, and the shape and dimensions corresponding to the opening shape and dimensions of the ceiling opening portion 3 with respect to the frame shape. Have The opening cover 8 is a resin member. However, the opening cover 8 is not limited to resin, but may be a metal member.

  The opening cover 8 includes a pair of long side portions 51 along the longitudinal direction (left-right direction in FIG. 4) of the opening cover 8 and the short side direction of the opening cover 8 (parts constituting the rectangular frame shape as a whole). And a pair of short sides 52 along the horizontal direction in FIG. The opening cover 8 has an upper surface portion 50 formed along a frame-shaped outer shape. The upper surface portion 50 is formed with a rectangular opening 50c along the rectangular outer shape.

  The opening cover 8 has a claw portion 53 that protrudes in a hook shape along the rectangular outer shape of the opening cover 8 from the lower edge of the opening side. The opening cover 8 has a flat hat-shaped outer shape in each of a side view (see FIG. 4) having the longitudinal direction as the left-right direction and a side view (see FIG. 5) in which the short side direction is the left-right direction. The opening cover 8 has a substantially symmetrical shape with respect to the longitudinal direction and the short direction thereof.

  The opening cover 8 is fixed to the attachment reinforcing member 7 by a second fixing screw 46 fastened from the lower side to the upper side with respect to the top surface portion 31 of the attachment reinforcing member 7. The opening cover 8 has a plurality of boss portions 54 as fixing portions by the second fixing screws 46. In the present embodiment, the fixing portions for the top surface portion 31 of the boss portion 54 by the second fixing screws 46 are provided at eight locations, three at each long side portion 51 and one at each short side portion 52. ing.

  In addition, regarding the relationship between the opening cover 8 and the mounting reinforcing material 7, the opening cover 8 penetrates the top surface portion 31 of the mounting reinforcing material 7 from the lower side to the upper side, and the opening cover 8 is engaged with the mounting reinforcing material 7. A locking piece 55 for temporary fixing to be stopped is provided. The engaging piece portion 55 is engaged with the mounting reinforcing member 7 in a so-called snap-fit manner utilizing the elasticity of the material constituting the opening cover 8, and is a shape portion for temporarily fixing the opening cover 8 to the mounting reinforcing member 7. It is. With respect to the locking piece portion 55 of the opening cover 8, locking holes 31 g are formed at positions corresponding to the four locking piece portions 55 in the top surface portion 31 of the attachment reinforcing member 7.

  The attachment procedure of the bathroom drying apparatus 1 by the apparatus attachment structure of this embodiment provided with the above structures is demonstrated. First, suspension bolts 41 are screwed into four places of a structure such as a ceiling on the building side above the ceiling 2, the suspension bolts 41 are suspended, and a suspension hanger 42 is attached to each suspension bolt 41. The attachment reinforcing material 7 is attached to the four suspension bolts 41 and the suspension hanger 42 from the lower side of the ceiling 2 through the ceiling opening 3. The attachment reinforcing member 7 is attached by fixing the support protrusion piece 34 provided at the opening edge of the opening 31 c to the lower end portion of the hanging hanger 42 with the fastener 43. The attachment reinforcing member 7 is suspended and supported by the suspension bolt 41 and the suspension hanger 42 in a state where the main body portion protrudes upward from the ceiling opening 3 and the flange portion 33 is in contact with the ceiling lower surface 2b. The support position of the mounting reinforcement 7 is adjusted by two nuts 41b that sandwich the locking portion 42b from above and below in each suspension bolt 41.

  Next, the opening cover 8 is attached to the attachment reinforcing member 7 from below. When the opening cover 8 is attached to the attachment reinforcing member 7, first, the opening cover 8 is temporarily fixed to the attachment reinforcing member 7 by the four locking pieces 55 of the opening cover 8. After the opening cover 8 is temporarily fixed to the attachment reinforcing member 7, the opening cover 8 is fastened and fixed to the attachment reinforcing member 7 at eight positions by the second fixing screws 46.

  After the opening cover 8 is fixed to the attachment reinforcing member 7, the bathroom drying device 1 in which the filter 5 and the surface panel 6 are attached to the apparatus main body 4 extends along the ceiling opening 3 by the attachment reinforcing member 7 and the opening cover 8. It attaches with respect to the opening part formed in. The bathroom drying apparatus 1 is fixedly supported by the mounting reinforcing material 7 by fixing the main body casing 10 to the mounting reinforcing material 7 at six positions by fixing screws 45 screwed from below. As described above, the bathroom drying apparatus 1 is attached to the ceiling 2 by the ceiling opening 3.

  The bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration is attached to the apparatus main body 4 at a position above the surface panel 6 so as to be attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body 4 by moist air in the bathroom. In order to prevent water droplets from passing through the filter 5 and falling into the bathroom from the handle portion 5b exposed on the lower side, the water drops are automatically dropped onto the front panel 6 in front of the handle portion 5b. The configuration is provided. Hereinafter, the filter 5 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the filter 5 includes a filter main body 5a as a main body positioned above the front panel 6, a handle 5b protruding outside the front panel 6 and exposed to the lower side, and a filter main body. 5a and an intermediate portion 5c between the handle portion 5b. And the filter 5 has the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part 60 which is provided in the intermediate part 5c and drops the transmitted water drop on the surface panel 6. FIG. As described above, the filter 5 that is a substantially rectangular plate-like member has a width direction (short direction, left-right direction in FIG. 9, hereinafter referred to as “filter width direction”) and a length direction (longitudinal direction) in plan view. 9, and the vertical direction in FIG. 9 (hereinafter referred to as “filter length direction”).

  The filter main body 5a has a rectangular plate-like outer shape, and includes a configuration in which a filter portion 62 configured in a mesh shape with a fiber material or the like is stretched around a substantially lattice-shaped frame portion 61.

  The frame part 61 is a part constituting the outer frame part, and a handle part side edge 63a along the side part on the handle part 5b side in the rectangular plate-like outer shape of the filter body part 5a, and the side opposite to the handle part 5b side The side edge part 63b of the anti-grip part along the side part, and side edge parts 63c and 63c along the side parts on both sides in the filter width direction are provided. A rectangular frame-like portion is formed in the frame portion 61 by the handle portion side edge portion 63a, the counter handle portion side edge portion 63b, and the side edge portions 63c and 63c on both sides.

  In addition, the frame part 61 includes, as a part erected inside the outer frame part, one horizontal erection part 64a arranged in the filter width direction and two vertical erection parts 64b arranged in the filter length direction. And have. The laterally erected portion 64a is a linear or bar-like portion erected between the side edge portions 63c and 63c on both sides in the filter width direction at a substantially central position in the filter length direction. The vertical installation part 64b is installed between the handle part side edge part 63a and the counter handle part side edge part 63b at two positions that divide the side edge parts 63c, 63c on both sides in the filter width direction into approximately three equal parts. A linear or rod-shaped part.

  In the frame part 61, the opening part formed by the handle part side edge part 63a, the counter handle part side edge part 63b, and the side edge parts 63c, 63c constituting the rectangular frame-shaped part is one horizontal installation part. 64a and two vertically extending portions 64b are partitioned into six rectangular opening regions 61a whose longitudinal direction is the filter length direction. The six opening regions 61a formed in the frame portion 61 in this way serve as air passages in the filter 5, and the filter portion 62 is stretched so as to close the opening region 61a.

  The handle portion side edge portion 63a, the counter handle portion side edge portion 63b, the side edge portions 63c and 63c, the horizontal installation portion 64a, and the vertical installation portion 64b constituting the frame portion 61 are all flat along the plate surface of the filter 5. It is a narrow strip-shaped part having a rectangular cross-sectional shape, and forms a common (coplanar) plate surface on both sides of the filter body 5a. Of the plate surfaces on both sides of the filter main body 5a, the upper plate surface in the mounted filter 5 is the upper surface 61b, and the lower plate surface is the lower surface 61c.

  The intermediate portion 5c is a substantially triangular plate-like portion extending from the handle portion side edge 63a of the filter main body portion 5a along the plate surface of the filter main body portion 5a. The intermediate portion 5c has a plate thickness substantially the same as the plate thickness of the filter main body portion 5a, and includes an upper surface 65a that is a plate surface substantially flush with the upper surface 61b of the filter main body portion 5a, and a lower surface 61c of the filter main body portion 5a. And a lower surface 65b which is a substantially flat plate surface.

  The intermediate part 5c is a mode in which the one side in the substantially triangular outer shape is aligned with the handle part side edge 63a, and one apex part side is set as the extending tip part side from the filter body part 5a. The intermediate portion 5c extends from the central portion in the filter width direction with a width of about 1/3 of the size in the filter width direction with respect to the filter main body portion 5a. Accordingly, the intermediate portion 5c is protruded in a substantially triangular shape from the portion between the two vertically extending portions 64b in the handle portion side edge portion 63a with respect to the frame portion 61 constituting the filter main body portion 5a. (See FIG. 9).

  The intermediate portion 5c has two inclined edge portions 65c that form apex portions of the intermediate portion 5c as edges that form a substantially triangular outer shape. The inclined edge portion 65c corresponds to a hypotenuse when the filter main body portion 5a side (hereinafter referred to as “base portion side”) of the intermediate portion 5c is a base side in an isosceles triangle shape. The inclined edge portion 65c forms a side surface provided between the upper surface 65a and the lower surface 65b in the intermediate portion 5c. The handle portion 5b protrudes from the apex portion side (hereinafter referred to as “tip side”) of the substantially triangular intermediate portion 5c as described above.

  The handle portion 5b includes a handle main body portion 66a that becomes a portion that is gripped when the filter 5 is attached and detached, and a linkage portion 66b that connects the handle main body portion 66a and the intermediate portion 5c. The handle main body 66a is a rectangular plate-like portion provided so that the filter width direction is the plate thickness direction. Anti-slip protrusions 66d are formed on the plate surfaces 66c on both sides of the handle body 66a. The protrusion 66d is a protrusion along the vertical direction of the filter 5 in the mounted state. The link part 66b is a part of an aspect that forms a neck when the handle main body part 66a is a head, and is a plate-like part that is provided in a form protruding from the handle main body part 66a and is continuous with the handle main body part 66a. is there.

  As described above, the filter 5 having the filter main body portion 5a, the intermediate portion 5c, and the handle portion 5b is fitted into the filter rail portion 17c provided in the air passage forming member 17 in the apparatus main body 4 as described above. And mounted on the apparatus main body 4 in a curved state so as to form an arch shape as a whole. The filter 5 has a pair of groove-like filter rail portions 17c whose opening sides face each other, on both sides of the filter body 5a in the filter width direction, that is, on both side edges 63c constituting the frame portion 61. The portion is supported by the air passage forming member 17 with the portion sandwiched from above and below (see FIG. 4).

  In the filter 5 mounted on the apparatus main body 4 in this way, at least a part of the intermediate portion 5c is continuously inclined downward from the filter main body portion 5a to the handle portion 5b. In the present embodiment, the intermediate portion 5c is in a state of being inclined obliquely downward as a whole along the plate-like outer shape thereof along the overall arch-shaped support form of the filter 5.

  That is, the intermediate portion 5c that is a portion on one end side of the filter 5 that is curved in an arch shape as a whole is slightly curved along the arch shape from the filter main body portion 5a to the handle portion 5b with respect to the filter main body portion 5a. The upper surface 65a and the lower surface 65b, which are substantially continuous plate surfaces, are formed. Accordingly, the intermediate portion 5c has a slightly curved shape so as to follow the arch shape in a side view of the filter 5 and extends downwardly so as to be continuous from the filter main body portion 5a to the handle portion 5b. Yes.

  In the present embodiment, the intermediate portion 5c is a downward inclined portion that is continuously inclined downward from the filter main body portion 5a to the handle portion 5b as a whole, but is not limited to this, and the intermediate portion 5c The structure which one part becomes the above downward inclination parts may be sufficient. In other words, the intermediate portion 5c only needs to have a downwardly inclined portion at least partially when the filter 5 is mounted.

  Then, the water drop dropping guide 60 provided in the intermediate part 5c is configured such that, in the support mode of the filter 5 curved in an arch shape, the water drops transmitted along the curved shape are forward of the handle 5b, that is, the filter main body 5a. It is a shape part to be dropped on the side. The water drop dropping guide part 60 is provided in the vicinity of the tip part (vertex part) of the substantially triangular intermediate part 5c.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 16, water droplets W1 are transmitted to the intermediate portion 5c of the filter 5 from, for example, the filter main body portion 5a and the flange portion 11 of the main body casing 10 positioned above the intermediate portion 5c. If the water drop dropping guide part 60 is not provided, the water drop W1 transmitted to the intermediate part 5c has a top face 65a and a bottom face 65b that are substantially continuous from the filter body part 5a to the handle part 5b. It will reach part 5b. Since the handle portion 5b is a portion that protrudes to the outside of the front panel 6 and is exposed to the lower side, the water droplets reaching the handle portion 5b are dropped into the bathroom by dropping from the handle portion 5b. .

  Therefore, in the flow of water droplets from the upper filter body 5a to the lower handle 5b in the filter 5, a water drop dropping guide 60 is provided in the intermediate portion 5c on the front side (upstream side) of the handle 5b. ing. As a result, the water droplets transmitted to the intermediate portion 5c are dropped at a position on the near side of the handle portion 5b where the surface panel 6 is present below, so that the surface panel 6 receives the water droplets, and the surface panel Water drops are prevented from falling into the bathroom from the outer handle portion 5b of 6.

  The water drop dropping guide part 60 has an uneven shape on the upper surface 65a, the lower surface 65b, and the inclined edge parts 65c on both sides of the intermediate part 5c, and restricts the flow of water droplets toward the handle part 5b, and moves downward to the intermediate part 5c. It is a shape part for making it drip. In other words, the water drop dropping guide part 60 blocks the continuous flow of water drops from the filter main body part 5a to the handle part 5b in the intermediate part 5c, and forms an upper face 65a and a lower face 65b that form the intermediate part 5c, and inclined edges on both sides. It is a shape part which makes a water drop dissociate from the surface part of at least any one of the part 65c, and is dripped on the near side of the handle part 5b.

  The shape of the water drop drop guiding part 60 is not particularly limited as long as it is a shape that can guide the water drop to fall in the intermediate part 5c as described above. For example, the water drop dropping guide part 60 has a convex part such as a protrusion or a concave part such as a groove or the like with respect to at least one of the upper surface 65a, the lower surface 65b and the inclined edge parts 65c on both sides forming the intermediate part 5c. It is a part that forms both a convex part and a concave part.

  In this way, the filter 5 having the water drop dropping guide portion 60 in the intermediate portion 5c is entirely curved so that the end of the handle portion 5b and the filter main body portion 5a opposite to the handle portion 5b side are located on the lower side. It is attached to the apparatus body 4 in a state. As described above, this corresponds to the fact that the filter 5 attached to the filter rail portion 17c has an upwardly curved shape so as to form an arch shape as a whole.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the filter 5 mounted on the filter rail portion 17c has a generally symmetrical arch shape as a whole in the filter length direction, and the top portion is located at the center at the top. As shown in FIG. 2, the two sides are inclined so as to be gradually lowered toward the end portions on both sides, and the end portions on both sides are positioned below the intermediate portion. That is, the filter 5 includes a handle portion 5b which is one end portion in the filter length direction, and a counter handle portion side edge portion 63b which is an end portion opposite to the handle portion 5b side of the filter main body portion 5a. The intermediate portion 5c is positioned below the intermediate portion 5c and the intermediate portion 5c.

  Thus, the filter 5 is generally curved in the filter length direction so that both end portions in the filter length direction are located below the intermediate portion in the mounted state with respect to the apparatus main body 4. The counter handle portion side edge 63b, which is the end of the filter 5 opposite to the handle portion 5b side in the filter length direction, is positioned above the surface panel 6 without protruding outward from the surface panel 6. (See FIG. 9).

  In the filter 5 as described above, in order to receive the water drops falling by the water drop dropping guide part 60 of the intermediate part 5c, a storage part 70 for storing the water drops dropped by the water drop dropping guide part 60 is formed on the upper surface of the surface panel 6. ing. The storage unit 70 is for storing and holding water droplets on the surface panel 6 so that the water droplets dropped on the surface panel 6 from the water droplet drop guiding unit 60 do not fall from the surface panel 6 to the bathroom. Part.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, the front panel 6 has a rectangular plate-like main body plate portion 71 and a side wall portion 72 provided along the outer edge of the main body plate portion 71. The main body plate portion 71 is a flat plate-like portion whose lower plate surface is a lower surface 6a that is substantially flush with the ceiling lower surface 2b as described above. The side wall portion 72 is a plate-like portion erected so as to surround the outer periphery of the main body plate portion 71 along each side of the rectangular main body plate portion 71. The height dimension of the side wall part 72, that is, the upward projecting dimension from the main body plate part 71 is sufficiently small in comparison with the outer dimension of the main body plate part 71. The main body plate portion 71 and the side wall portion 72 constitute a flat box-shaped portion having a shallow depth.

  In the front panel 6, a plurality of plate-like ribs 73 project from the upper surface 71 a of the main body plate portion 71. As the ribs 73, there are a vertical rib 73 </ b> A along the rectangular short direction (vertical direction in FIG. 9) of the main body plate portion 71, and a horizontal rib 73 </ b> B along the rectangular long direction (horizontal direction in FIG. 9). Is provided. In particular, vertical ribs 73A and horizontal ribs 73B are arranged in a lattice pattern in a substantially half region on the side of the main body plate portion 71 where the filter 5 is located (right side in FIG. 9).

  In the front panel 6 having the above-described configuration, the storage unit 70 that receives water droplets that have fallen from the water droplet drop induction unit 60 of the filter 5 includes at least a main body plate portion 71 and a side wall portion 72. Even when the amount of water drops that fall on the upper surface 71a of the main body plate portion 71 increases, the side wall portion 72 around the main body plate portion 71 is restricted from dropping from above the main body plate portion 71. 71 is stored.

  Further, the water droplets falling on the upper surface 71a of the main body plate portion 71 are also restricted in movement and stored in a predetermined place by a plurality of ribs 73 standing on the upper surface 71a and appropriately partitioning the region on the upper surface 71a. Will be. That is, on the upper surface 71a of the main body plate portion 71, a container-like portion partitioned by a plurality of wall-shaped portions is formed by the plurality of ribs 73 or by the rib 73 and the side wall portion 72, and the container-like portion is formed. The water droplets falling on the upper surface 71a are stored in the portion.

  Thus, the storage part 70 formed on the upper surface of the front panel 6 is a container-like part formed by the main body plate part 71 and at least one of the side wall part 72 and the rib 73, and drops of water on the filter 5 are dropped. This is a portion that can store and hold water droplets dropped from the guiding portion 60 on the front panel 6. Therefore, the configuration of the storage unit 70 includes a portion including the main body plate portion 71 and the side wall portion 72, a portion including the main body plate portion 71, the side wall portion 72 and the rib 73, and a main body plate portion 71 and the rib 73. Any configuration of the portions may be used.

  Next, the water droplet drop guiding unit 60 provided in the filter 5 of the present embodiment will be specifically described. As shown in FIG. 12 to FIG. 14, the filter 5 of the present embodiment is provided with a first rib 81 provided on the upper surface 65a side of the intermediate portion 5c and a lower surface 65b side of the intermediate portion 5c. And a second rib 82 provided. As described above, in the filter 5 of the present embodiment, the water drop dropping guide portion 60 is provided on the upper surface 65a side and the lower surface 65b side of the intermediate portion 5c.

  Each of the first rib 81 and the second rib 82 is a protrusion that protrudes from the upper surface 65a and the lower surface 65b, which are plate surfaces of the intermediate portion 5c. That is, each of the first rib 81 and the second rib 82 is a streak-like protrusion along a predetermined shape that protrudes from the upper surface 65a or the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c.

  The 1st rib 81 is the water drop fall guidance | induction part 60 by the side of the upper surface 65a of the intermediate part 5c, and consists of a pair of inclined side parts 81a and 81a formed symmetrically in the filter width direction. Each inclined side portion 81a is a linear shape inclined so as to gradually approach the handle portion 5b side from the filter main body portion 5a from the center position in the filter width direction in the vicinity of the tip portion of the intermediate portion 5c to the outside in the filter width direction. It is a ridge. Therefore, in the intermediate portion 5c that is inclined obliquely downward as described above, the inclined side portion 81a is inclined so as to go downward from the center side in the filter width direction.

  Thus, the pair of inclined side portions 81a constituting the first rib 81 are continuous with each other on the center side in the filter width direction. Thereby, the 1st rib 81 is provided so that a substantially "V" shape may be made as a whole. Each inclined side portion 81a extends to a position where the lower end portion thereof, that is, the outer end portion in the filter width direction reaches the inclined edge portion 65c of the intermediate portion 5c. Therefore, the first rib 81 has a pair of inclined side portions 81a on the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c so as to partition the tip side portion of the intermediate portion 5c over the entire range in the filter width direction with respect to the base side portion. Is provided.

  The 1st rib 81 has the inclined surface 81b which receives the water droplet which has propagated through the upper surface 65a of the intermediate part 5c, and falls on the surface panel 6. FIG. In this embodiment, the 1st rib 81 is comprised by a pair of inclination side part 81a inclined so that it may go down toward the outer side from the center side of a filter width direction, ie, the upper side of each inclination side part 81a, ie, intermediate part 5c. The surface on the base side is an inclined surface 81b.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14C, each inclined side portion 81a of the first rib 81 is a protruding portion protruding from the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c in a state inclined obliquely downward. A wall surface that rises vertically with respect to the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c is formed as a surface facing the base side (right side in FIG. 14C) and the tip side (left side) of the portion 5c. In other words, the inclined side portion 81a is provided as a plate-like protruding portion having the wall surfaces on both sides as plate surfaces with respect to the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c. And the wall surface which faces the base part side of the intermediate part 5c among these wall surfaces becomes the inclined surface 81b. That is, the inclined side portions 81a of the first ribs 81, which are plate-like ridge portions, are inclined so as to fall from the center side to the outer side in the filter width direction as a whole, so that the filter of each inclined side portion 81a. An inclined surface 81b is formed as a wall surface (plate surface) of the main body 5a.

  In this way, the first rib 81 having the inclined surface 81b in each inclined side portion 81a receives the water droplets transmitted through the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c by the inclined surface 81b and both in the filter width direction by the inclination of the inclined surface 81b. It guides to the outer side and the front end side of the intermediate part 5c, and drops from the inclined edge part 65c in the front end side part of the intermediate part 5c.

  In the present embodiment, the inclined surface 81b is provided as a wall surface on the base side of the intermediate portion 5c in the inclined side portion 81a that is a protruding portion, but is not limited thereto. In other words, the entire first rib 81 is not limited to the configuration formed along the inclination of the inclined surface 81b. The inclined surface 81b is a wall surface that rises from the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c in the water drop dropping guide portion 60 on the upper surface 65a side of the intermediate portion 5c, and receives the water droplets that travel on the upper surface 65a. Any surface that is inclined with respect to the filter width direction so as to be dropped from the inclined edge portion 65c side may be used. The inclined surface 81b is not inclined in two directions by a pair of inclined sides 81a provided symmetrically with respect to the filter width direction as in the present embodiment. For example, the first rib 81 as a whole has a predetermined one direction. It may be an inclined surface inclined in the direction.

  The 2nd rib 82 is the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part 60 by the side of the lower surface 65b of the intermediate part 5c, and is a linear protrusion formed along the filter width direction. The second rib 82 is extended so that both ends on the outer side in the filter width direction reach the inclined edge portion 65c of the intermediate portion 5c. Accordingly, the second rib 82 is provided on the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c so as to partition the tip side portion of the intermediate portion 5c over the entire range in the filter width direction with respect to the base side portion.

  The second rib 82 positions the ends on both sides in the filter width direction with respect to the first rib 81 at substantially the same positions as the outer ends in the filter width direction of the inclined side portions 81 a of the first rib 81. . The end portions on both sides of the second rib 82 are located directly below the end portions on both sides of the first rib 81 in the vertical direction.

  The second rib 82 has a drooping surface 82b that receives a water droplet transmitted through the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c and drops it on the surface panel 6. The upper surface of the second rib 82, that is, the surface on the base side of the intermediate portion 5 c becomes the hanging surface 82 b.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14 (c), the second rib 82 is a protruding portion protruding from the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c in a state inclined obliquely downward, and is on the base side of the intermediate portion 5c ( A wall surface that vertically hangs down from the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c is formed as a surface facing each of the right side in FIG. In other words, the second rib 82 is provided as a plate-like projecting portion with the wall surfaces on both sides of the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c. And the wall surface which faces the base part side of the intermediate part 5c among these wall surfaces becomes the hanging surface 82b. Thus, the 2nd rib 82 which has the drooping surface 82b receives and drops the water droplet which has transmitted the lower surface 65b of the intermediate part 5c by the drooping surface 82b.

  In the present embodiment, the second rib 82 is provided such that the positions of the end portions on both sides in the filter width direction are substantially the same as the first rib 81, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something. That is, the second rib 82 may be provided at a position shifted from the first rib 81 toward the base side or the tip side of the intermediate portion 5 c.

  In addition, the water drop dropping guide part 60 of the present embodiment includes a third rib 83 as a protruding part protruding from the outer edge of the intermediate part 5c. The third rib 83 is a portion of the intermediate portion 5c that protrudes from the inclined edge portions 65c on both sides in the filter width direction toward both outer sides in the filter width direction.

  The third rib 83 has a projecting surface 83b that receives a water droplet transmitted through the inclined edge portion 65c of the intermediate portion 5c and drops it on the surface panel 6. The upper surface of the third rib 83, that is, the surface on the base side of the intermediate portion 5c is a protruding surface 83b.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14C, the third rib 83 is a plate-like portion that protrudes from the inclined edge portion 65c of the intermediate portion 5c that is inclined obliquely downward. A wall surface along the vertical shape is formed as a surface facing the base side (right side in FIG. 14C) and the tip side (same left side) of the part 5c. That is, the third rib 83 is provided as a plate-like projecting portion with the wall surfaces on both sides of the inclined edge 65c of the intermediate portion 5c as plate surfaces. And the wall surface which faces the base part side of the intermediate part 5c among these wall surfaces becomes the protrusion surface 83b. Thus, the 3rd rib 83 which has the protrusion surface 83b receives and drops the water droplet which has passed along the inclined edge part 65c of the intermediate part 5c by the protrusion surface 83b.

  As described above, the third rib 83 is opposite to the first rib 81 and the second rib 82 in which the ends on both sides in the filter width direction are positioned at substantially the same position on the upper surface 65a side and the lower surface 65b side of the intermediate portion 5c. Are provided continuously. That is, the 3rd rib 83 is provided so that the edge part of the both sides of the filter width direction of the 1st rib 81 and the 2nd rib 82 may be connected in the inclination edge part 65c side of the intermediate part 5c.

  Therefore, of the wall surfaces on both sides of the third rib 83, the protruding surface 83 b that is the wall surface on the base side of the intermediate portion 5 c is the inclined surface 81 b of each inclined side portion 81 a of the first rib 81 and the hanging surface of the second rib 82. It becomes a surface continuous with both of the lower surface 82b. Of the wall surfaces on both sides of the third rib 83, the wall surface 83c on the distal end side of the intermediate portion 5c is continuous with both of the wall surfaces 81c and 82c on the distal end side of the intermediate portion 5c of each of the first rib 81 and the second rib 82. It becomes the surface to do.

  Thus, in the configuration in which the third rib 83 connects the first rib 81 and the second rib 82 at both ends, the first rib 81 on the upper surface 65a side of the intermediate portion 5c and the second rib on the lower surface 65b side. By the rib 82 and the third rib 83 of both the inclined edge portions 65c, a configuration in which the vicinity of the tip portion of the intermediate portion 5c is surrounded by the protruding portion over the entire circumference is obtained. In other words, the first rib 81, the second rib 82, and the third rib 83 form an annular ridge that surrounds the vicinity of the tip of the intermediate portion 5c over the entire circumference of the upper surface 65a, the lower surface 65b, and the inclined edge portion 65c. It is a formed aspect.

  In the present embodiment, the third rib 83 is provided at substantially the same position as the first rib 81 and the second rib 82 so as to connect the end portions on both sides thereof. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the third rib 83 may be provided at a position shifted to the base side or the distal end side of the intermediate portion 5 c with respect to at least one of the first rib 81 and the second rib 82.

  Moreover, in the filter 5 of this embodiment, the intermediate part 5c is provided with a slide part that forms a slide surface extending in the direction along the attaching / detaching direction of the filter 5 on the plate surface of the intermediate part 5c. Yes. In the filter 5 of the present embodiment, slide portions are provided on both the upper surface 65a side and the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c.

  As shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, on the upper surface 65 a side of the intermediate portion 5 c, an upper slide portion is provided as a slide portion continuous with the first rib 81 on the tip side of the intermediate portion 5 c relative to the first rib 81. 84 is provided. The upper slide part 84 is a linear protrusion protruding from the upper surface 65a of the intermediate part 5c.

  The upper slide portion 84 is linearly formed along the filter length direction so as to continue from the connecting portion of the pair of inclined side portions 81a of the first rib 81 to the handle portion 5b side at the center portion in the filter width direction. Is provided. In other words, the upper slide portion 84 is provided in a state of being laid between the center portion of the first rib 81 in the filter width direction and the handle portion 5b.

  The upper slide portion 84 forms a slide surface 84a as an end surface (upper surface) on the protruding side from the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c. The slide surface 84a is a surface that is substantially parallel to the upper surface 65a, and is substantially flush with the upper surface 81d that is the end surface of the first rib 81 on the protruding side from the upper surface 65a. The upper slide portion 84 provided in this manner indicates the base side of the intermediate portion 5c together with the first rib 81 having a substantially “V” shape by the pair of inclined side portions 81a on the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c. An arrow-shaped aspect is formed.

  Further, the upper slide portion 84 makes the slide surface 84a continuous with the upper surface 66e of the handle portion 5b on the distal end side of the intermediate portion 5c. The upper surface 66e of the handle portion 5b extends along a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the intermediate portion 5c inclined obliquely downward in the filter 5 in the mounted state.

  The upper slide portion 84 has side surfaces 84b on both sides in the width direction, and each side surface 84b is substantially flush with the plate surfaces on both sides of the handle portion 5b. That is, the upper slide portion 84 has the width direction dimension substantially the same as the plate thickness dimension of the handle portion 5b, and the first rib from the linkage portion 66b of the handle portion 5b while maintaining a predetermined plate thickness of the handle portion 5b. It is extended so that it may continue to 81 (refer Fig.14 (a)).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, on the lower surface 65 b side of the intermediate portion 5 c, the second rib 82 is provided on the tip side portion and the base portion side portion of the intermediate portion 5 c with respect to the second rib 82. A lower tip side slide portion 85 and a lower base side slide portion 86 are provided as continuous slide portions.

  The lower tip side slide portion 85 is linearly provided along the filter length direction from the center portion of the second rib 82 toward the tip side of the intermediate portion 5c at one place in the center portion in the filter width direction. ing. The lower base side slide portion 86 is linearly formed along the filter length direction from the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the second rib 82 toward the base side of the intermediate portion 5c at two locations on both sides in the filter width direction. Is provided.

  The lower tip side slide portion 85 and the lower base side slide portion 86 both form slide surfaces 85a and 86a as end surfaces (lower surfaces) on the protruding side from the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c. The slide surfaces 85a and 86a are inclined surfaces that are continuous or substantially continuous with the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c with respect to the lower surface 82d that is the end surface on the protruding side from the lower surface 65b of the second rib 82. That is, the lower tip side slide portion 85 and the lower base side slide portion 86 are both portions that form a slope connecting the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c and the lower surface 82d of the second rib 82, and have such a slope shape. Accordingly, the step between the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c and the second rib 82 is relaxed.

  With respect to the filter 5 having the above-described configuration, the following configuration is provided on the surface panel 6 on the side that receives the water droplets dropped by the water droplet drop guiding unit 60. That is, a protruding plate 90 is provided on the upper surface of the front panel 6 as a support protrusion that protrudes upward and contacts the filter 5 from below to support the filter 5.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the protruding plate portion 90 is a plate-like portion protruding upward on the upper surface 71 a of the main body plate portion 71 of the front panel 6. The protruding plate portion 90 is a thin plate-like portion in which the longitudinal direction (left and right direction in FIG. 9) of the surface panel 6 that is the filter width direction of the filter 5 in the mounted state is the plate thickness direction. That is, the protruding plate portion 90 is a thin plate-like portion having the same plate thickness direction as the longitudinal rib 73A along the rectangular short-side direction of the main body plate portion 71. The protruding plate portion 90 has a larger protruding amount from the upper surface 71 a than the plurality of plate-like ribs 73 protruding from the upper surface 71 a of the main body plate portion 71, and protrudes to a position higher than the plurality of ribs 73.

  The protruding plate portion 90 supports the positions in the vicinity of both end portions in the filter length direction (vertical direction in FIG. 9) with respect to the filter 5 supported in an arched shape above the front panel 6. As shown in FIG. That is, as described above, the protruding plate portion 90 is a short portion of the front panel 6 in the region portion of the half of the main body plate portion 71 on the side where the filter 5 in the longitudinal direction is located. Two positions are provided in the vicinity of the edges on both sides in the hand direction. The four protruding plate portions 90 are provided so as to be symmetrical in shape and arrangement with respect to the longitudinal direction and the short direction of the main body plate portion 71.

  The protruding plate portion 90 is provided at a position corresponding to the two vertically extending portions 64b constituting the frame portion 61 of the filter main body portion 5a in the filter width direction with respect to the filter 5 in the mounted state (see FIG. 8 and FIG. 8). (See FIG. 9). As shown in FIG. 10, with respect to the filter 5 in the mounted state, the two protruding plate portions 90 positioned on the handle portion 5b side (right side in FIG. 10) in the filter length direction are connected to the handle portion side edge portion from the intermediate portion 5c. The two projecting plate portions 90 that support the filter 5 in a state where it abuts against the portion corresponding to 63a and are located on the opposite side (left side in FIG. 10) to the handle portion 5b side are mainly the anti-handle portion side edge 63b. The filter 5 is supported while being in contact with the portion.

  In the side view shown in FIG. 10, the protruding plate portion 90 is inclined so that the upper side portion serving as the upper edge is lowered toward both outer sides in the short direction of the main body plate portion 71 along the arch-shaped curved filter 5. It has a substantially trapezoidal shape. In addition, the filter 5 can be reversely mounted in the filter length direction as described above, and the projecting plates located on both sides of the main body plate portion 71 in the short direction in the standard mounting state and the reverse mounting state. The support position of the portion 90 with respect to the filter 5 is inverted with respect to the filter length direction.

  As described above, the protruding plate portion 90 provided on the upper surface 71a of the front panel 6 is held in an arch shape by fitting the side edge portions 63c of both edge portions in the filter width direction to the pair of filter rail portions 17c. The intermediate part of the filter width direction is supported from the lower side with respect to the filter 5 in the state of being made. Accordingly, the filter 5 is supported by the filter rails 17c so that the edges on both sides in the filter width direction are sandwiched and supported from below by the four protruding plate portions 90 protruding from the upper surface of the surface panel 6. Is done.

  In the present embodiment, the protruding plate portion 90 that supports the filter 5 from the lower side is a plate-like portion, but is not limited thereto. In other words, the support protrusion that supports the filter 5 by contacting the filter 5 from below is a portion that supports the filter 5 from below by contacting the frame 61 or the intermediate portion 5c of the filter body 5a. The shape is not particularly limited. Further, the arrangement position and the number of arrangement places of the protruding plate portion 90 are not particularly limited.

  According to the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment described above, water droplets attached to the filter 5 travel along the handle 5b of the filter 5 while ensuring the ease of attaching / detaching the filter 5 to / from the apparatus body 4. It can be prevented from falling inside. Hereinafter, the effect by the bathroom drying apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated.

  In the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the filter 5 supported in an arch-shaped manner is easily removed from the intermediate portion 5c so that the filter 5 can be easily attached and detached with the front panel 6 attached. The handle 5b is inclined obliquely downward over the portion 5b, and the handle 5b protrudes outside the surface panel 6 and is exposed to the lower side. For this reason, if the filter 5 is not provided with the water drop drop guiding portion 60 in the intermediate portion 5c, the water droplets adhering to the filter main body portion 5a and the like reach the handle portion 5b through the intermediate portion 5c due to the inclination of the filter 5. By dropping from the handle portion 5b, it is dropped into the bathroom through a gap between the outer peripheral side of the surface panel 6 and the inner peripheral side of the opening cover 8, which is a part of the suction port 12. FIG. 11, virtual water droplet W2).

  Therefore, by providing the water drop dropping guide part 60 in the intermediate part 5c, it is possible to drop the water drop that is about to flow into the handle part 5b at a position within the range where the surface panel 6 exists below (FIGS. 11 and 11). 16, refer to falling water droplet W3). As a result, it is possible to prevent water droplets from falling into the bathroom through the gap that is part of the suction port 12.

  Moreover, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1, the support form of the filter 5 is a form curved in an arch shape, and the filter 5 is inclined obliquely downward from the intermediate part 5c to the handle part 5b. For this reason, since the attachment / detachment direction of the filter 5 is an oblique direction with respect to the horizontal plane, good workability can be obtained for the attachment / detachment work of the filter 5, and the filter 5 can be attached / detached easily.

  Further, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the filter 5 is entirely curved in an arch shape so that the end portions on both sides in the filter length direction of the filter 5 are located below the intermediate portion. In this state, a configuration that is mounted on the apparatus main body 4 is employed.

  According to such a configuration, with respect to the filter length direction which is the bending direction, the water drop can be dropped on the front panel 6 by the water drop drop guide 60 on the handle portion 5b side, and protrude from the front panel 6. Water droplets adhering to the filter 5 can also be induced on the side opposite to the handle portion 5b that is not. Thereby, the water droplets adhering to the filter 5 can be dispersed and dropped above the surface panel 6. As a result, for example, a phenomenon that water droplets locally accumulate on the front panel 6 can be avoided.

  Moreover, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment, the structure which provided the storage part 70 in the upper surface of the surface panel 6 is employ | adopted.

  According to such a configuration, since the water droplets can be stored and retained on the front panel 6 by the storage unit 70, the water droplets that have fallen on the front panel 6 by the water droplet drop guide unit 60 It is possible to prevent the liquid from flowing on the upper surface and from the outside of the surface panel 6. In particular, by providing the storage unit 70 at a position directly below the water drop drop guiding unit 60, the water droplets drained by the water drop dropping guide unit 60 are dropped and stored in the storage unit 70 as they are, so that the front panel 6 It is possible to effectively prevent water droplets from falling.

  Here, the arrangement position of the storage unit 70 is not particularly limited due to the relationship with the water drop dropping guide unit 60. In the embodiment described above, the first rib 81, the second rib 82, and the third rib 83 provided as the water drop drop guiding portion 60 act so as to drop the water drop almost directly below at the position of each rib. For this reason, by providing the storage unit 70 directly below the water drop drop induction unit 60, the storage unit 70 can directly receive water drops dripped from the water drop drop induction unit 60. On the other hand, the storage part 70 is provided in the position away from the position directly under the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part 60 that the water drop which fell from the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part 60 flows on the surface panel 6, and arrives, for example. Also good.

  Further, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, a configuration in which the water drop dropping guide part 60 is provided on both the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the intermediate part 5c as the first rib 81 and the second rib 82 is employed. ing.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to obtain a draining action by the water drop drop guiding unit 60 for both water droplets flowing on the upper surface side of the filter 5 and water droplets traveling on the lower surface side. Thereby, it is possible to effectively drain the water using the water drop dropping guide section 60. In addition, the water drop dropping guide 60 may be provided on at least one of the upper surface 65a and the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c of the filter 5.

  Further, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the water drop dropping guide 60 is a ridge that protrudes from the plate surface of the intermediate portion 5c of the filter 5 such as the first rib 81 and the second rib 82. It is provided as.

  According to such a configuration, the water drop dropping guide part 60 can be easily formed in shape, and the water drop dropping guide part 60 can be provided with a simple configuration.

  Further, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the water drop dropping guide part 60 receives the water drop that has traveled through the upper surface 65a of the intermediate part 5c and drops it on the front panel 6 at the first rib 81. A configuration having 81b is employed.

  According to such a configuration, the inclined surface 81b of each inclined side portion 81a can guide water droplets that have traveled on the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c in a predetermined direction along the inclination direction of the inclined surface 81b. (See FIG. 14A, arrow X1). Accordingly, the water droplets that have traveled on the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c can be smoothly dropped onto the surface panel 6 without staying in the first rib 81. As a result, it is possible to prevent water droplets that have traveled on the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c from getting over the first rib 81 and being transmitted to the handle portion 5b.

  Moreover, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the upper slide portion 84 and the lower slide portion are formed as slide portions that form slide surfaces along the attaching / detaching direction of the filter 5 on the upper surface 65a and the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c of the filter 5. A front end side slide portion 85 and a lower base side slide portion 86 are provided.

  According to such a configuration, when the filter 5 is attached to or detached from the apparatus main body 4, the first rib 81 or the second rib 82 that is the protrusion provided as the water drop dropping guide portion 60 is prevented from being caught. can do. Thereby, attachment and detachment of the filter 5 can be performed smoothly.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, a suction port 12 that serves as an insertion port for the filter 5 is formed in a path through which the water drop drop guiding unit 60 passes in the process of insertion / removal of the filter 5 with respect to the filter rail portion 17 c. An outer edge such as the side wall 72 of the front panel 6 and an outer (lower) edge of the opening cover 8 are present on the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the filter 5, respectively. The filter 5 is attached to and detached from the suction port 12 that opens downward. For this reason, in the process of attaching and detaching the filter 5, the first rib 81 and the second rib 82 provided as the protrusions are formed on the edge of the surface panel 6 and the opening cover 8 that form the suction port 12 as described above. There is a possibility of catching on contact.

  Therefore, an upper slide portion 84, a lower tip side slide portion 85, and a lower base side slide portion 86 are provided for the first rib 81 and the second rib 82. The upper slide portion 84 that forms the slide surface 84a on the upper surface 65a of the intermediate portion 5c is a slide portion with respect to the edge portion of the opening cover 8 that forms the suction port 12. The lower tip side slide portion 85 that forms the slide surface 85a on the tip side of the second rib 82 of the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c is an edge of the surface panel 6 that forms the suction port 12 (particularly, the upper end of the side wall portion 72). This is a sliding surface for the part 72a) and acts when the filter 5 is removed. On the other hand, the lower base side slide portion 86 that forms the slide surface 86a on the base side of the second rib 82 of the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c is an edge portion (particularly, the side wall portion 72) of the surface panel 6 that forms the inlet 12. Of the upper end 72a), which acts when the filter 5 is mounted.

  Further, the slide part on the lower surface 65b side of the intermediate part 5c is provided at a position shifted from each other in the filter width direction by the lower tip side slide part 85 and the lower base side slide part 86. That is, the lower tip side slide portion 85 and the lower base side slide portion 86 are provided in a discontinuous manner via the second rib 82 in the filter longitudinal direction. From the viewpoint of avoiding a phenomenon in which water droplets traveling on the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c flow to the handle portion 5b beyond the second rib 82 by the lower tip side slide portion 85 and the lower base side slide portion 86, It can be said that this is a preferred configuration.

  In the present embodiment, slide portions are provided on both sides of the upper surface 65a and the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and either one of the upper surface 65a side and the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c is provided. The structure which provided the slide part may be sufficient.

  Moreover, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment, the structure in which the water drop fall induction | guidance | derivation part 60 has the 3rd rib 83 which protrudes from the inclination edge part 65c of the intermediate part 5c to a horizontal direction is employ | adopted.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to drop water droplets that travel along the edge of the filter 5 in the filter width direction. That is, by providing the third rib 83 on the inclined edge 65c that is the edge in the filter width direction of the intermediate portion 5c in the substantially triangular intermediate portion 5c, water droplets flowing along the inclined edge 65c (FIG. 12, It is possible to drain the water by the third rib 83 (see arrow X2). Thereby, in addition to the draining action by the 1st rib 81 and the 2nd rib 82, since the draining action by the 3rd rib 83 is obtained, draining by the water drop fall induction part 60 can be performed effectively. Note that the third rib 83 may be provided only on one side of the inclined edge portions 65 c on both sides of the intermediate portion 5 c of the filter 5.

  Further, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the first rib 81, the second rib 82, and the third rib 83 provided as the water drop dropping guide portion 60 are arranged around the tip of the intermediate portion 5c around the entire circumference. It is provided so that the cyclic | annular protrusion part to cover may be comprised.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to concentrate the positions where the water droplets are dropped with a simple shape. Further, since the water droplets can be received intensively on the surface panel 6 side that receives the water droplets falling from the water droplet drop guiding unit 60, for example, when the storage unit 70 is provided, a configuration for efficiently storing the water droplets can be easily performed. It can be realized.

  Moreover, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment, the structure which provided the protrusion board part 90 which supports the filter 5 from the lower surface on the upper surface of the surface panel 6 is employ | adopted.

  According to such a configuration, the filter 5 can be supported by the front panel 6 from the lower side, so that the form of the filter 5 in the mounted state can be stabilized. As a result, even when deformation such as bending of the original shape occurs due to molding errors or aging of the filter 5, the filter 5 floats or warps in a state where the filter 5 is attached to the apparatus body 4. Therefore, the form of the filter 5 can be maintained. For this reason, it is possible to stably obtain the action of draining using the inclined shape of the intermediate portion 5c with respect to the water drop dropping guide portion 60 provided in the intermediate portion 5c that is a portion inclined downward in the filter 5.

  As shown in FIG. 16, in the filter 5 in the mounted state, when the linkage part 66 b of the handle part 5 b is in contact with or substantially in contact with the upper end part 72 a of the side wall part 72 of the front panel 6, the water drops temporarily drop. Even when it flows to the handle part 5b side beyond the guide part 60, water droplets can be guided onto the surface panel 6 from the contact part with respect to the side wall part 72 of the handle part 5b. In such a configuration, the shape of the filter 5 can be maintained by the protruding plate portion 90, so that the filter 5 in a state of being in contact with the side wall portion 72 of the front panel 6 is separated from the side wall portion 72 by the deformation of the filter 5. Thus, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon in which water drops that have passed over the water drop dropping guide section 60 reach the handle section 5b.

  Moreover, according to the structure which provided the protrusion board part 90 in the surface panel 6, as a side effect, the clearance gap arises in the internal suction inlet 18 in the filter 5 which blocks the internal suction inlet 18 by the bending deformation of the filter 5. Can be prevented. Thereby, the air sucked from the suction port 12 can be reliably passed through the filter 5.

  Further, in the bathroom drying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, a filter 5 is employed as a plate-like member attached to the apparatus main body 4.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to effectively cause the water drop dropping guide portion 60 to act on the filter 5 to which water drops are likely to adhere.

  As described above, the bathroom drying apparatus according to the present invention described using the embodiment is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modes can be adopted within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

  In the embodiment described above, a filter is employed as a plate-like member that is detachably provided on the apparatus main body, but is not limited thereto. Examples of the plate-like member include a deodorizing member, an aroma member, a sterilizing member, an air volume adjusting member and the like in addition to a filter.

  In the above-described embodiment, the filter 5 is curved in an arch shape as a whole in the mounted state with respect to the apparatus main body 4, but is not limited thereto. As a form in the mounting state of the filter 5, the form by which the part by the side of the handle part 5b of the filter 5 inclines in diagonally downward direction may be sufficient, for example. That is, as a form in the mounting state of the filter 5, at least the portion on the handle 5b side of the filter 5 is along the attaching / detaching direction of the filter 5 (insertion / removal direction with respect to the suction port 12), that is, the attaching / detaching direction of the filter 5 As long as the shape is inclined obliquely downward in the same direction or close to it.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the first rib 81, the second rib 82, and the third rib 83 as the water drop dropping guide portion 60 are provided on the upper surface 65a, the lower surface 65b, and the inclined edge portion 65c of the intermediate portion 5c. Each is provided in one place and has a one-stage configuration, but is not limited thereto. The 1st rib 81, the 2nd rib 82, and the 3rd rib 83 may be provided in multiple places in each part of intermediate part 5c, and may be a multi-step structure. Further, the water drop dropping guide part 60 may be, for example, an extended shape part having a bar shape or a linear shape extending from the upper surface 65a or the lower surface 65b of the intermediate part 5c. In other words, the water drop dropping guide portion 60 is not limited to the one that drops water drops directly below the position of the base portion with respect to the upper surface 65a or the lower surface 65b of the intermediate portion 5c, but extends from the upper surface 65a or the lower surface 65b. The shape part which induces a water droplet to the distant position and makes it fall may be sufficient.

1 Bathroom dryer (bathroom air conditioner)
2 Ceiling 2b Ceiling lower surface 3 Ceiling opening 4 Device body 5 Filter (plate-like member)
5a Filter body portion 5b Handle portion 5c Intermediate portion 6 Surface panel 6a Lower surface 17 Air passage forming member 17c Filter rail portion 60 Water drop dropping guide portion 65a Upper surface 65b Lower surface 65c Inclined edge portion 70 Storage portion 71 Body plate portion 71a Upper surface 72 Side wall portion 73 Rib 81 1st rib (projection)
81b Inclined surface 82 2nd rib (projection)
83 Third rib (protrusion)
84 Upper slide part 84a Slide surface 85 Lower tip side slide part 85a Slide surface 86 Lower base side slide part 86a Slide surface 90 Projecting plate part (supporting projection part)

Claims (10)

A bathroom air conditioner attached to an opening formed in the ceiling of the bathroom,
A surface panel attached to the lower side of the apparatus main body of the bathroom air conditioner and provided to cover the opening from the lower side,
A plate-like member that is provided at a position above the surface panel and is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body with the surface panel attached to the apparatus main body
The plate-like member is provided in a middle part between the main body part and the handle part, a main body part located above the front panel, a handle part protruding outward from the front panel and exposed to the lower side. A water drop dropping guide section for dropping the transmitted water drop onto the surface panel,
At least a part of the intermediate part is inclined downward continuously from the main body part to the handle part. The plate-like member is attached to the apparatus main body in a state of being entirely curved so that ends of the handle portion and the main body portion opposite to the handle portion side are positioned on the lower side. The bathroom air conditioner described. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a storage unit that stores water droplets dropped by the water droplet drop guide unit is formed on an upper surface of the surface panel. The bathroom air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the water drop dropping guide part is provided on an upper surface side and a lower surface side of the intermediate part. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the water drop dropping guide part is a protrusion that protrudes from a plate surface of the intermediate part. 5. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the water drop dropping guide part on the upper surface side of the intermediate part has an inclined surface that receives water drops that have traveled on the upper surface of the intermediate part and drops them on the front panel. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the intermediate portion is provided with a slide portion that forms a slide surface extending in a direction along the attaching / detaching direction of the plate-like member on the plate surface of the intermediate portion. apparatus. The bathroom air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the water drop dropping guide part includes a protrusion protruding from an outer edge of the intermediate part. The support projection part which protrudes upwards and contacts the said plate-shaped member from the lower side and supports the said plate-shaped member is provided in the upper surface of the said surface panel. Bathroom air conditioner. The bathroom air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the plate-like member is a filter.

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