JP6864260B2 - Indoor unit of air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more specifically to a wall-mounted indoor unit having an opening / closing panel on the front surface.

As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, some models of the wall-mounted indoor unit of the air conditioner have an opening / closing panel 91 having a flat surface on the front surface of the main body panel 90 covering the indoor unit housing 9. There is something that is equipped. The opening / closing panel 91 is rotatable about a rotation shaft provided on the upper side thereof, and is opened manually mainly during maintenance of the filter.

Therefore, at the joint between the opening / closing panel 91 and the main body panel 90, a concave portion 92 as a finger hooking portion for the opening / closing panel 91 is provided on the main body panel 90 side, or a convex portion 93 for finger hooking is provided on the side edge of the opening / closing panel 91. Therefore, during maintenance of the filter, the opening / closing panel 91 can be easily opened by hooking a finger on the finger hook portion.

By the way, among indoor units having such an opening / closing panel, recently, there is one that makes the indoor unit look large and hides the main body panel with the opening / closing panel to improve the aesthetic appearance.

In such an indoor unit, the width of the opening / closing panel is set to be larger than the width of the main body panel, and flange portions that wrap around the main body panel are formed at both ends of the opening / closing panel and are flush with the flange portion on the main body panel side. It is designed to have a protruding abutting portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Chinese Design Bulletin CN303756912S

However, since the wall-mounted indoor unit is installed at a high place on the wall surface and can be looked up from below, as described above, the concave or convex portion as a finger hook portion for the eyes is aligned with the flange portion of the opening / closing panel and the abutting portion of the main body panel. If the portion is provided, there is a problem that the finger hook portion is easily noticeable and the aesthetic appearance is spoiled.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to set the opening / closing panel to have a width larger than the width of the main body panel, to form flange portions along the main body panel at both ends of the opening / closing panel, and to make the main body panel side flush with the flange portion. In the indoor unit of the air conditioner having the abutting portion protruding from the flange, the finger hook portion of the opening / closing panel is made inconspicuous to improve the design.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a rectangular parallelepiped indoor unit housing including a main body panel and an opening / closing panel attached to the front surface of the main body panel so as to rotate about the upper edge side. The width of the opening / closing panel is larger than the width of the main body panel, and flange portions that wrap around to the main body panel side are formed on the left and right side edges of the opening / closing panel, and the left side of the main body panel. In an indoor unit of an air conditioner in which an abutting portion is provided on the right side so as to be flush with the flange portion, the flange portion extends to the back surface of the abutting portion at the lower part and the end edge is a finger hook portion. The tongue piece is exposed on the back surface of the abutting portion, and the abutting portion is provided with a notch for fitting the tongue piece , and the finger hook portion is on the back surface of the abutting portion. It is characterized by having a folded portion that wraps around the main body panel side along the line.

The invention according to claim 2 comprises a square-shaped indoor unit housing including a main body panel and an opening / closing panel attached to the front surface of the main body panel so as to rotate about an upper edge side. The width has a width larger than the width of the main body panel, and flange portions that wrap around to the main body panel side are formed on the left and right side edges of the opening / closing panel, and the flange portions are formed on the left and right sides of the main body panel. In an indoor unit of an air conditioner provided with an abutting portion that protrudes so as to be flush with each other, the flange portion extends to the back surface of the abutting portion at the bottom, and the end edge serves as a finger hook portion on the back surface of the abutting portion. The tongue piece is exposed to the surface, and the abutting portion is provided with a notch for fitting the tongue piece, and the inner surface of the tongue piece protrudes along the extending direction of the tongue piece. The ribs to be formed are formed, and the end surface of the ribs serves as the finger hook portion .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the lower side of the tongue piece is inclined toward the edge so as not to interfere with the notch when the opening / closing panel rotates. It is a feature.

According to the present invention, there is no concave or convex portion as a finger hooking portion at the joint between the flange portion of the opening / closing panel and the abutting portion of the main body panel, and the finger hooking portion of the opening / closing panel is provided on the back side of the abutting portion invisible. By doing so, it is possible to improve the design.

Further, a rib protruding along the extending direction of the tongue piece is formed on the inner surface of the tongue piece, and the end surface of the rib serves as a finger hook portion, so that the position of the finger hook portion can be easily known by the feeling when touched. be able to.

The external perspective view of the indoor unit housing provided in the air conditioner of this invention. (A) A side view showing a state in which the opening / closing panel is closed, and (b) a side view showing a state in which the opening / closing panel is opened. Partially enlarged cross-sectional view along the DD line of FIG. A first example of a finger hook portion included in the indoor unit housing is shown, (a) a partially enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 1, and (b) a perspective view seen from the back side. A variation of the first example of the finger hook portion provided in the indoor unit housing is shown, (a) a partially enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 1, and (b) a perspective view thereof. A second example of a finger hook portion included in the indoor unit housing is shown, (a) a partially enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 1, and (b) a perspective view seen from the back side. A third example of a finger hook portion included in the indoor unit housing is shown, (a) a partially enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 1, and (b) a perspective view seen from the back side. It is a figure which shows the finger hook part of the conventional indoor unit housing, (a) is the figure which provided the finger hook part in a convex shape, (b) is the figure which provided the finger hook part in a concave shape.

Next, the indoor unit housing 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

The indoor unit of the air conditioner according to the present invention is installed in an air-conditioning room and is connected to an outdoor unit installed outdoors via a refrigerant pipe to form a refrigeration cycle.

The indoor unit of the air conditioner of the present invention includes the rectangular parallelepiped indoor unit housing 1A shown in FIG. With reference to FIG. 2, the indoor unit housing 1A has a main body panel 10 forming an outer shell of the indoor unit housing 1A, and an opening / closing panel 20 is attached to the front surface of the main body panel 10.

The main body panel 10 includes an upper surface portion 12 that covers the upper surface, a left side surface portion 11L that covers the left side surface, a right side surface portion 11R that covers the right side surface, and a front surface portion 13 that covers the front surface. When it is not necessary to distinguish between the left side surface portion 11L on the left side and the right side surface portion 11R on the right side, the side surface portion 11 is generically referred to.

Although not shown, the main body panel 10 houses a heat exchanger and a blower fan, a casing that supports the heat exchanger and the blower fan and forms a blower path, and the like. In this embodiment, the air suction portion (not shown) is formed on the upper surface portion 12.

The air blowing portion 16 is formed in the lower part of the front surface portion 13, and the air blowing portion 16 is provided with a vertical wind direction plate 14. The number of vertical wind direction plates 14 may be two. Although not shown, left and right wind direction plates are provided in the air blowing portion 16.

The opening / closing panel 20 is a horizontally long rectangular panel having an upper edge 21, a lower edge 22, a left side edge 23L, and a right side edge 23R around the opening / closing panel 20.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the opening / closing panel 20 has a shaft (rotating support shaft) J with respect to the main body panel 10 inside the upper edge 21, and the opening / closing panel 20 is formed around the shaft J. It is attached to the front surface of the main body panel 10 so as to rotate and open and close the lower edge 22 side. When it is not necessary to distinguish between the left side edge 23L and the right side edge 23R, it is collectively referred to as the side edge 23.

With reference to FIG. 1, the width between the side surface portions 11 of the main body panel 10 (the width between the left side surface portion 11L and the right side surface portion 11R) is set to Wa, and the width between the side edges 23 of the opening / closing panel 20 (the left side edge 23L and the right side). If the width between the edges 23R) is Wb, then Wa <Wb.

That is, the opening / closing panel 20 has a width Wb larger than the width Wa between the side surface portions 11 of the main body panel 10, and the side edge 23 of the opening / closing panel 20 projects outward from the side surface portion 11 of the main body panel 10.

In this protruding portion, a flange portion 24 (24L, 24R) that wraps around to the side surface portion 11 side is formed on the side edge 23 (23L, 23R) of the opening / closing panel 20.

With reference to FIG. 3, the side surface portion 11 (11L, 11R) of the main body panel 10 has a side surface portion of the main body panel 10 so as to be flush with the flange portion 24 (24L, 24R) when the opening / closing panel 20 is closed. An abutting portion 15 (15L, 15R) is provided so as to project from 11 (11L, 11R) so that the angle K is substantially vertical (80 degrees). The flange portion 24 (24L, 24R) and the abutting portion 15 (15L, 15R) are abutted at the seam M when the opening / closing panel 20 is closed. The abutting portion 15 (15L, 15R) may be a separate part as a panel cover.

Although FIGS. 2A and 2B show the flange portion 24R and the abutting portion 15R on the right side edge 23R side of the side edge 23, they are also symmetrical to the other left side edge 23L side. A flange portion 24L and an abutting portion 15L having a shape are provided. In the following description, the flange portion 24 and the abutting portion 15 will be described, but the flange portions 24R and 24L and the abutting portions 15R and 15L have the same structure, respectively.

With reference to FIG. 4, the flange portion 24 has a tongue piece 50 extending to the back surface 15b of the abutting portion 15 at the lower part of the flange portion 24 within reach of the user, and the end edge 50a of the tongue piece 50 is a finger hook portion. As 510, it is exposed on the back surface 15b of the abutting portion 15. The back surface 15b of the abutting portion 15 is a surface facing the wall surface on which the indoor unit housing 1 is installed (also referred to as a back surface).

As shown in FIG. 1, the tongue piece 50 is formed so as to be flush with the flange portion 24, and the abutting portion 15 matches the outer shape of the tongue piece 50 as shown in FIG. 2 (b). A notch 60 having a shape is provided, and the tongue piece 50 is fitted into the notch 60.

Further, the lower side 50b of the tongue piece 50 is inclined upward toward the edge 50a so as not to interfere with the notch 60 when the opening / closing panel 20 rotates. The upper side 50c of the tongue piece 50 is also inclined downward toward the edge 50a so as to be symmetrical with the lower side 50b.

According to this, the joint M between the flange portion 24 of the opening / closing panel 20 and the abutting portion 15 of the main body panel 10 has no concave or convex portion as a finger hooking portion, and the finger hooking portion 510 of the opening / closing panel 20 is not visible. By exposing the portion 15 on the back surface 15b side, the design can be improved.

Regarding operability, the hand is opened and closed by turning the hand toward the back surface 15b of the abutting portion 15 and pulling the finger hook portion 510 (end edge 50a of the tongue piece 50) located on the back surface 15b toward the front side with a finger. The panel 20 can be opened.

As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the joint M between the flange portion 24 and the abutting portion 15 is aligned with the outer surface of the tongue piece 50 in order to solve the impression that the tongue piece 50 is divided. A decorative groove 501 connected to the eye M may be formed.

Next, as a second example of the finger hook portion 510, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the end portion of the tongue piece 50 is placed on the side surface portion 11 of the main body panel 10 along the back surface 15b of the abutting portion 15. It is made to wrap around to the side to form a folded-back portion 511, and this folded-back portion 511 is used as a finger hook portion 510. According to this, since the contact area of the finger with respect to the finger hook portion 510 can be increased, the opening / closing panel 20 can be opened more easily.

Further, as a third example of the finger hook portion 510, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, preferably a plurality of ribs 520 projecting along the extending direction of the tongue piece 50 on the inner surface of the tongue piece 50. Individually formed, each end surface 521 thereof may be exposed to the back surface 15b of the abutting portion 15 as a finger hook portion 510 together with the end edge 50a of the tongue piece 50, and according to this, the contact area of the fingers can be increased. At the same time, the position of the finger hook portion 510 can be easily known as if the rib 520 hits the finger when touched.

As described above, the design can be improved by providing the finger hook portion of the opening / closing panel on the back side of the abutting portion which is not visible. Further, since the contact area of the finger with respect to the finger hook portion can be increased, the opening / closing panel can be easily opened. Furthermore, a rib was formed on the inner surface of the tongue piece so as to protrude along the extending direction of the tongue piece, and the end face of the rib was exposed to the back surface of the abutting part as a finger hook part together with the edge of the tongue piece. The effect is that the position of the finger hook can be easily known with the feeling of time.

1 Indoor unit housing 10 Main body panel 11 (11L, 11R) Side part 12 Top part 13 Front part 14 Vertical wind direction plate 15 Butt part 15b Back side (back side) of the butting part
20 Opening and closing panel 23 (23L, 23R) Side edge 24 (24L, 24R) Flange part 50 Tongue piece 50a Tongue piece end edge 50b Tongue piece lower side 50c Tongue piece upper side 501 Cosmetic groove 510 Finger hook part 511 Tongue piece folded part 520 Rib 521 Rib end face 60 Notch J-axis M seam

Claims (3)

A rectangular parallelepiped indoor unit housing including a main body panel and an opening / closing panel attached to the front surface of the main body panel so as to rotate about the upper edge side is provided, and the width of the opening / closing panel is larger than the width of the main body panel. Has a large width, and flange portions that wrap around to the main body panel side are formed on the left and right side edges of the opening / closing panel, and project out on the left and right sides of the main body panel so as to be flush with the flange portions. In an indoor unit of an air conditioner provided with an abutting portion, the flange portion has a tongue piece extending to the back surface of the abutting portion at a lower portion and an end edge exposed as a finger hook portion on the back surface of the abutting portion. , The abutting portion is provided with a notch for fitting the tongue piece, and the abutting portion is provided with a notch .
An indoor unit of an air conditioner, wherein the finger hook portion is provided with a folded portion that wraps around the main body panel side along the back surface of the abutting portion. A rectangular parallelepiped indoor unit housing including a main body panel and an opening / closing panel attached to the front surface of the main body panel so as to rotate about the upper edge side is provided, and the width of the opening / closing panel is larger than the width of the main body panel. Has a large width, and flange portions that wrap around to the main body panel side are formed on the left and right side edges of the opening / closing panel, and project out on the left and right sides of the main body panel so as to be flush with the flange portions. In an indoor unit of an air conditioner provided with an abutting portion, the flange portion has a tongue piece extending to the back surface of the abutting portion at a lower portion and an end edge exposed as a finger hook portion on the back surface of the abutting portion. , The abutting portion is provided with a notch for fitting the tongue piece, and the abutting portion is provided with a notch.
An indoor unit of an air conditioner, characterized in that a rib protruding along the extending direction of the tongue piece is formed on the inner surface of the tongue piece, and the end surface of the rib serves as a finger hook portion. The interior of the air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the lower side of the tongue piece is inclined toward the edge so as not to interfere with the notch when the opening / closing panel rotates. Machine.

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