JPH02169935A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To correspond to the dwelling of an office and the like while making it possible to effect air conditioning for a person to be air-conditioned by incorporating a heat exchanger and a two-way blowing-off thin type centrifugal blower in the inside of an air conditioning unit body and providing air outlets in at least both the side parts thereof. CONSTITUTION:Since air outlets 10a, 10c in two stages of up and down are provided on both the side part of an air conditioning unit body 1, an air outlet 10b is set on the upper part thereof, the direction of a wind variable plate 5 is changed during cooling operation and heating operation, during cooling operation air is blowed off from the upper-stage outlet 10a of both the side parts and the upper-part outlet 10b and during heating operation air from the lower-stage outlet 10c thereof, comfortable air-conditioning can be performed. In addition, since a heat exchanger 2 is arranged at the lower part of the inside of the air conditioning unit body 1, a blower 3 is set at the upper part thereof and a two-way blowing-off thin type centrifugal blower is used for the blower 3, the air-conditioning unit can be made in approximately the same size as the low partition of an office and the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and particularly to an air conditioner suitable for a new era of offices and suitable for improving the comfort of each individual.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional air conditioner of this type,
As described in Publication No. 4, an air conditioning unit is installed under the floor, and a duct guides cold and hot air into the room.

Furthermore, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 197941/1983, a thick layer of hot and cold air is blown from an indoor air conditioning unit to a table on the floor.

Furthermore, there is a system in which an indoor unit of an air conditioner is built into an office desk or the like, a panel is used in the front, and cold and hot air is guided into the panel to perform individual air conditioning.

Furthermore, there are devices that utilize the Peltier effect and incorporate an electronic refrigeration device into the panel to change the temperature of the panel itself to perform radiant heating and cooling.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology does not take into consideration the actual underfloor dimensions (height of the access floor), compatibility with the interior, degree of freedom in air conditioning unit installation, air conditioning load, and cost of the air conditioning unit. There was a problem that the air conditioner was not suitable for living rooms such as new offices.

A first object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner having an air conditioning unit that can perform detailed air conditioning tailored to the person to be air conditioned, is thin and can be used as part of a partition.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that can be coordinated with the layout of a living room such as an office, and can create a large number of comfortable spaces with a high degree of freedom.

A third object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that can further improve comfort.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the first object, the present invention provides an air outlet on at least both sides of the air conditioning unit body, an air suction port on the other part, and a heat exchanger inside the air conditioning unit body. , a two-way thin centrifugal blower, and is configured to be able to blow out conditioned air from the blower toward at least both sides of the air conditioning unit main body.

Further, in order to achieve the second object, the present invention is such that the air conditioning unit main body is formed thin with a small depth dimension, and a partition is connected to at least one side of the air conditioning unit main body.

Furthermore, in order to achieve the third object, the present invention provides air outlets in two stages, upper and lower, on both sides of the air conditioning unit body, and furthermore, an air outlet is provided in the upper part of the air conditioning unit body. During cooling operation, air is blown out from the upper air outlets on both sides of the air conditioning unit main body and from the air outlet at the upper part of the air conditioning unit main body, and during heating operation, air is blown out from the lower air outlets on both sides of the air conditioning unit main body. It is equipped with a means for changing the wind direction.

[Effect]

In the present invention, an air outlet is provided on at least both sides of the air conditioning unit body, and a heat exchanger and a thin centrifugal blower with bidirectional blowing are incorporated inside the air conditioning unit body, and the blower is connected to at least the air conditioner. Conditioned air (hereinafter referred to as "conditioned air") can be blown out toward both sides of the unit main body, and the conditioned air can be sent from at least both sides of the air conditioning unit main body.

It should be possible to provide detailed air conditioning tailored to the person receiving the air conditioning.

In addition, in the present invention, a thin centrifugal blower is used as the blower, and since the blower is configured to be able to blow air in two directions, the air conditioning unit can be extremely thin, and the external dimensions of the low partition used in living rooms such as offices. As a result, the air conditioning unit can be used as a partition in offices, etc.

Furthermore, in the present invention, a partition is connected to at least one side of the air conditioning unit main body, and the surface of the partition is used as a radiant surface by flowing conditioned air from an outlet provided on the side of the air conditioning unit main body. It is also possible to introduce conditioned air from an outlet provided in the side of the air conditioning unit body, and blow out the conditioned air from the partition. Therefore, by using the air conditioning unit main body and the partition connected to it, it is possible to coordinate the air conditioning unit according to the layout of a living room such as an office, and it is possible to create many comfortable spaces with a high degree of freedom.

In the present invention, air outlets are provided on both sides of the air conditioning unit main body in two stages, upper and lower, and an air outlet is also provided in the upper part of the air conditioning unit main body, and a wind direction variable means is provided. During cooling operation, air can be blown out from the upper air outlets on both sides of the air conditioning unit body and from the upper air outlet on the air conditioning unit body, and during heating operation, air can be blown out from the lower air outlets on both sides of the air conditioning unit body. This makes it possible to further improve the comfort of air conditioning.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figures 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a partially cutaway perspective view showing how the air conditioning unit is installed, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal front view, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view.

As shown in these figures, an air conditioning unit is installed on the access floor 8.

The access floor 8 is as shown in FIG.

It is laid on a plurality of pillars 82 erected on a floor surface 81. This access floor 8 has a pipe through hole 83 formed therein.

The air conditioning unit is an indoor unit of an air conditioner, and is connected to an outdoor unit (not shown) through a refrigerant pipe 12.The refrigerant pipe 12 is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. , is drawn into the space between the access floor 8 and the floor surface 81 through a pipe passage 683 formed in the access floor 8, and is connected to the outdoor unit.

As shown in FIG. 2, the air conditioning unit includes a heat exchanger 2, a blower 3, and electrical components 4 inside an air conditioning unit body 1.
It is constructed by incorporating a wind direction variable plate 5, a partition plate 6, a drain receiver 7, a refrigerant expansion valve 9, etc., which constitute a wind direction variable means.

The air conditioning unit main body 1 has an external dimension similar to a slightly thicker low partition used for partitioning offices and the like.

In other words, the air conditioning unit main body 1 has a small depth compared to the frontage, and is formed to be thin and occupy a small floor area. In addition, the air conditioning unit body 1 is provided with an indoor air intake port 11 at the bottom, air outlets 10a and 10c are provided in upper and lower stages on both sides, and an air outlet fob is also provided at the top. is provided.

The heat exchanger 2 is disposed in the lower part of the air conditioning unit main body 1. This heat exchanger 2.

It is connected to the outdoor unit through the refrigerant pipe 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the blower 3 includes an impeller 31,
It includes a motor 32 for rotationally driving this, a motor support plate 33, vibration isolating rubber 34, and a case 35. The blower 3 is disposed above the heat exchanger 2 inside the air conditioning unit main body 1. As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, the blower 3 is a thin centrifugal blower that blows air in two directions toward both sides of the air conditioning unit main body 1.

The electric appliance 4 selectively switches the air conditioner between a cooling mode and a heating mode, and also controls each device.

During cooling operation, the variable air direction plate 5 is set in the direction shown by the solid line in FIG. During heating operation, it is set in the direction shown by the broken line in FIG. 2, and the air is blown out from the lower air outlets 10c on both sides of the air conditioning unit main body 1 as shown by arrows 102. It is designed to lead you to gain.

As shown in FIG. 2, the partition plate 6 partitions a space outside the air conditioning unit main body 1 and the blower 3, and forms a passage for conditioned air there.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the drain receiver 7 is arranged at the lower part of the heat exchanger 2, and is configured to stop the drain and then discharge it to the outside through a drain pipe 71.

The expansion valve 9 is connected to the heat exchanger 2 of the air conditioning unit, which is an indoor unit, and the outdoor unit via a refrigerant pipe 21, and controls the amount of refrigerant sent to the outdoor unit to fully utilize the capacity of the outdoor unit. It is designed to be controlled to the appropriate amount necessary for this purpose.

In the air conditioning unit of the above embodiment, during cooling operation, the variable wind direction plate 5 constituting the variable wind direction means is set in the direction shown by the solid line in FIG. 2.

When the motor 32 of the blower 3 is driven by the electrical component 4, the air in the living room flows through the suction port 11 provided at the bottom of the air conditioning unit main body 1 at the arrow 100 in FIGS. 1 and 3.
As shown in , the air is sucked in, passes through the heat exchanger 2 , exchanges heat with the refrigerant in the piping of the heat exchanger 2 , and the cooled air is sucked into the blower 3 .

Since this blower 3 uses a centrifugal blower with two-way blowing, the air is sent toward both sides of the air conditioning unit main body 1, as shown in FIG. The air is guided in the direction shown by the arrow 101 in FIGS. 1 and 2, and is blown into the living room from the upper air outlets 10a on both sides of the air conditioning unit body 1 and the air outlets 10b at the upper part of the air conditioning unit body 1.

Next, during heating operation, the outdoor two-knit unit is switched to heating mode using the electrical equipment 4, and the variable wind direction plate 5 is set in the direction shown by the broken line in FIG.

Then, when the motor 32 of the blower 3 is driven by the electric component 4, the air sucked in from the suction port 11 at the bottom of the air conditioning unit body 1 is heat exchanged and warmed by the heat exchanger 2, and the air is heated by the blower 3. It is sent toward both sides of the unit main body 1, and then guided in the direction shown by the arrow 102 in FIG. Ru.

As described above, in this embodiment, air outlets 10a and 10c are provided in upper and lower stages on both sides of the air conditioning unit body 1, respectively.
An air outlet 1 is also provided at the top of the air conditioning unit main body 1.
0b is provided, and the wind direction variable plate 5 is installed during cooling operation and heating operation.
Switch the direction of the air conditioning unit body 1 during cooling operation.
Air is blown out from the upper air outlets 10a on both sides of the air conditioning unit body 1 and the air outlet 10b on the upper side of the air conditioning unit body 1 during heating operation.
Since the air is blown out from the inside, comfortable air conditioning can be achieved.

In addition, in this embodiment, the heat exchanger 2 is placed in the lower part inside the air conditioning unit main body 1, and the blower 3 is placed in the upper part, and the blower 3 is a thin centrifugal blower with two-way blowing. Since the air conditioning units are slightly thicker than the low partitions in offices, etc., and have almost the same external dimensions as the low partitions, the air conditioning units can be made to match the color of the office and its fixtures, and can be used as an alternative to partitions. It can also be used for.

Next, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a usage state in which a partition is connected to an air conditioning unit, which is the main part of the present invention, and FIGS. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example in which a partition space is created.

As shown in FIG. 4, connectors (not shown) are attached to both sides of the air conditioning unit body 1, and one side of the air conditioning unit body 1 is connected to the Partition 20a.

20c is connected to the other side through the connector.
Partitions 20b and 20d are connected to the mold.

The number of partitions is determined depending on the layout of a living room such as an office.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the conditioned air is made to flow along the surfaces of the partitions 20a to 20d from the outlets 10a and 10c provided on both sides of the air conditioning unit body 1. As a result, easy heating and cooling can be performed using the width versus heat ratio of the versions 20a to 20d. Air conditioning: Optimal air conditioning can be performed to suit each individual.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, on one side of the partition, an air outlet L 10a on the side of the air conditioning unit main body 1,
10c is provided with an air inlet connectable to the other side, and an air outlet is provided on the other side, and the air outlet ports 10a, 10 of the air conditioning unit main body 1 are provided.
Conditioned air may be flowed into the partition from c and blown out from the air outlet of the partition.

Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 5(A) and 5(B), the air conditioning unit main body 1 and the partitions 20.20a to 20d are
By arranging the desk 30 in an office or the like as a reference and selecting the air conditioning unit main body 1 and partitions 20.20a to 20d according to the color of the office or desk 30, both the air conditioning and the interior can be satisfied. You can freely create a comfortable space.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention described above, air outlets are provided at least on both sides of the air conditioning unit body, and a heat exchanger and a bidirectional centrifugal blower are provided inside the air conditioning unit body. is incorporated, and the conditioned air can be blown from the blower toward at least both sides of the air conditioning unit main body, and the conditioned air can be sent from at least both sides of the air conditioning unit main body.
In addition to being effective in providing detailed air conditioning tailored to each person being air-conditioned, the air conditioning unit uses a thin centrifugal blower and is configured to be able to blow air in two directions with one blower, making the air conditioning unit extremely thin and convenient for office use. As a result, the air conditioning unit can be used as a partition in an office, etc., as the external dimensions can be made to be the same as the external dimensions of a low partition used in a living room, such as an office.

Furthermore, according to the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention.

A partition is connected to at least one side of the air conditioning unit main body, and the surface of the partition is used as a radiant surface by flowing conditioned air from an outlet provided on the side of the air conditioning unit main body, or the air conditioning unit main body is connected to the inside of the partition. Conditioned air is guided from the outlet provided on the side of the
It is also possible to blow out the conditioned air from a partition, so by using the air conditioning unit itself and the partition connected to it, you can coordinate it to suit the layout of your office or other living room, giving you greater flexibility. This has the effect of creating many highly comfortable spaces.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, air outlets are provided in upper and lower stages on both sides of the air conditioning unit body, and an air outlet is also provided in the upper part of the air conditioning unit body. A wind direction variable means is provided, and the wind direction variable means blows air out from the upper outlet on both sides of the air conditioning unit body and the air outlet on the top of the air conditioning unit body during cooling operation, and blows air out from the air outlet on both sides of the air conditioning unit body during heating operation. Since the air can be blown out from the lower outlet, the comfort of air conditioning can be further improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 3 show one embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a partially cutaway perspective view showing how the air conditioning unit is installed, Figure 2 is a vertical front view, Figure 3 is a vertical side view, and Figure 4 shows a partition in the air conditioning unit, which is the main part of the present invention. Fig. 5 (A)
) and (B) are plan views showing examples in which various partition spaces are created by combining air conditioning units and partitions, respectively. 1... Air conditioning unit body, 2... Heat exchanger, 3...
・Blower, 5... Variable wind direction plate, 6... Partition plate, 8
...Access floor, 100...Arrow representing suction airflow, 101°102...Arrow representing outlet airflow, 10a
~10c...Air outlet, 11...Suction port, 20.20
a~20d...Partition.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Air outlet ports are provided on at least both sides of the air conditioning unit body, air intake ports are provided in other parts, and
A heat exchanger and a two-way thin centrifugal blower are built into the air conditioning unit body, and the blower is configured to blow out conditioned air toward at least both sides of the air conditioning unit body. air conditioner. 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioning unit main body is formed thin with a small depth dimension, and a partition is connected to at least one side of the air conditioning unit main body. 3. On both sides of the air conditioning unit body, there are two
An air outlet is provided in each stage, and an air outlet is also provided in the upper part of the air conditioning unit body. During cooling operation, air is supplied from the upper outlet on both sides of the air conditioning unit body and the air outlet at the top of the air conditioning unit body. 3. The air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a wind direction variable means for switching to blow out the air from lower blow-off ports on both sides of the air conditioning unit main body during heating operation.