JPH0332897Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) This invention suspends and supports an exterior panel placed surrounding an opening in a ceiling board for an air conditioner body installed in an attic space. This invention relates to panel hanging fittings for ceiling-embedded air conditioners.

(Prior art) As a conventional structure of this type, for example,
The one shown in Japanese Patent No. 60-14423 is known. FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the conventional example. In this figure, 101 is the main body of the air conditioner, and inside the main body casing 102 there is a blower 103 and a heat exchanger 104.
and a main body casing 10.
2 is installed in the attic space via hanging bolts 105, 105.

Reference numeral 106 denotes a panel (exterior panel) arranged to surround an opening formed in the ceiling plate 107, and this panel 106 is integrally attached to the main body casing 102 via a coupling bolt 108. The exterior panel 106 includes a suction grill 1.
09 and an air outlet 110, and the suction grill 109 and the air intake part of the air conditioner main body 101, as well as the air outlet 110 and the air outlet part of the air conditioner main body 101, are connected through a substantially rectangular housing-shaped chamber 111. It is connected.

By the way, the air conditioner main body 101 and the ceiling board 10
When there is a deviation in the horizontal position between the opening of the air conditioner 7 and the opening of Air conditioner body 101
When it is said that an opening cannot be formed in the ceiling plate 107 vertically below the air conditioner body 101 and the opening in the ceiling plate 107, it is necessary to absorb the deviation in relative position between the air conditioner main body 101 and the opening in the ceiling plate 107.

When installing the exterior panel 106 in a manner that can absorb such deviations, conventionally, for example, the main body casing 102 or connected to the main body casing 106 is used so that the coupling bolt 108 can be placed in a vertical position at a position suitable for attaching the exterior panel 106. In addition to forming a long hole facing a predetermined direction in the bracket,
Using an intermediate connecting member, also for the intermediate connecting member,
Long holes are formed in a direction perpendicular to the long holes mentioned above, and the tightening and fixing position is adjusted within the range of these long holes.
Suspension bolts 105,
It was attached to 105.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the case of the conventional example having such a configuration, the heavy air conditioner main body 101
In order to provide elongated holes in the support for the air conditioner body 101, the members for forming the elongated holes need to be of high strength, which has the drawback of increasing the material cost. The air conditioner main body 101 has to be installed by adjusting its position in the horizontal direction while supporting the air conditioner main body 101, which has the drawback that the installation work of the air conditioner main body 101 requires time and effort.

The present invention has been developed in view of these circumstances, and allows adjustment of the installation position between the installation position of the air conditioner main body and the opening in the ceiling plate at low cost and with good workability. The purpose is to provide hanging hardware.

(Means for solving the problem) In order to achieve this purpose, the panel hanging bracket of the ceiling-embedded air conditioner of the present invention is attached to the air conditioner body 1 installed in the attic space. a movable metal fitting 27 that is attached to the support metal fitting 25 so as to be fixed and adjustable in the vertical direction; a stay 28 that is inserted into the movable metal fitting 27 so that the position can be adjusted in the horizontal direction; and a stay 28 that is connected to the stay 28. The screw member 3 that tightens and fixes the screw 32 that attaches the exterior panel 2
1, an elastic material 2 that is interposed between the movable metal fitting 27 and the stay 28 and provides resistance to horizontal movement of the stay 28 with respect to the movable metal fitting 27.
9.

(Function) According to the above characteristic configuration, the air conditioner main body 1
It is installed on hanging bolts 6 provided on the concrete structure of the ceiling, and the support fittings 25 are attached to the air conditioner main body 1, and the support fittings 25 are installed in the vertical direction to match the distance between the lower surface of the air conditioner main body 1 and the ceiling plate 4. Adjust the position of and attach the movable metal fitting 27 to the support metal fitting 25,
Furthermore, even if there is a misalignment in the horizontal direction between the installation position of the air conditioner main body 1 and the opening 5 of the ceiling plate 4, the horizontal position of the stay 28 with respect to the movable metal fitting 27 can be adjusted, The position is maintained by the elastic material 29, and in this maintained state, the exterior panel 2 is arranged so as to surround the opening 5 of the ceiling plate 4, and the panel mounting screws 32 are screwed into the screw members 31, and the exterior panel 2 is can be suspended and supported in a predetermined position.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall side view, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main body of the air conditioner. This air conditioner is comprised of an air conditioner main body 1, an exterior panel 2 dedicated to indoor air intake, and a separate blow-off unit 3.

The exterior panel 2 is attached so as to surround an opening 5 formed in the ceiling plate 4.

The air conditioner main body 1 is placed in the attic space, and is suspended from a concrete structure on the ceiling.
It is horizontally suspended and supported by the book's hanging bolts 6 via connecting fittings 7.

As shown in FIG. 3, the air conditioner main body 1 has a box-shaped main body casing 8 with a double insulation structure inside and outside, and includes a blower 9 and a heat exchanger 10 which is connected via piping to an outdoor unit (not shown). , an auxiliary heater 11 and the like are housed inside, and an electric control box 12 is attached to the outer right side of the casing 8.

A rectangular opening 13 is provided in the bottom plate 8b of the main casing 8.
is provided, and the front side plate 8 of the main body casing 8
A blow-off case 14 is attached to the blow-off case 14, and the blow-off case 14 and the blow-off unit 3 are connected to each other via a flexible duct 15, and indoor air taken in from the opening 13 is passed through a heat exchanger 10, and the temperature-controlled air is is guided from the main body casing 8 to the blowing unit 3 via a blowing case 14 and a flexible duct 15.

The exterior panel 2 is resin-molded in the shape of a hollow rectangular frame, and has the bottom plate 8b on its top surface.
A support plate 17 made of a sheet metal having a panel-side opening 16 corresponding to the opening 13 of the outer panel 2 is attached, and a resin-molded inner panel 19 is vertically swingable via a hinge 18 at the rear edge of the exterior panel 2. and fixedly attached. A suction grill 20 is formed in the middle panel 19 so as to face the opening 16 of the support plate 17 . Two filters 21 are detachably attached to the inside of the suction grill 20.

An expandable and contractible bellows-shaped canvas duct 22 is connected with screws between the bottom plate 8b of the main body casing 8 and the support plate 17 of the exterior panel 2, thereby connecting the air conditioner main body 1 and the exterior panel 2. An air suction path is formed between the two.

Next, the exterior panel 2 is attached to the air conditioner main body 1.
The mounting structure will be explained.

Hanging fittings 23, 23 for attaching exterior panels are attached to the left and right lower ends of the main body casing 8.

Each of the hanging fittings 23, 23 includes a pair of supporting fittings 25, 25 which are fixed to the main body casing 8 with a pair of screws 24, respectively, and a screw 26 whose vertical position can be adjusted with respect to each of the supporting fittings 25, 25. The movable metal fittings 27 are connected to each other, and a stay 28 is inserted and supported in the horizontal direction across both movable metal fittings 27, 27.

At the lower end of each of the movable fittings 27, 27, a recessed groove portion 27a in the front-rear direction having a width larger than the width of the stay 28 by a predetermined amount is provided, and a rectangular loop portion 27 is provided at one end side in the groove direction of the recessed groove portion 27a.
b is formed, and the stay 28 is moved forward and backward by the movable metal fitting 2.
It is inserted across the loop portions 27b, 27b of the stay 27, and its position can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction and the width direction of the stay 28, respectively.

The stay 28 has a U-shaped cross section, and a block-shaped elastic material 29 made of foamed polyethylene or the like is fitted and pasted at both ends of the stay 28.
9 is press-fitted into the loop portion 27b. As a result, the elastic material 29 bites into the loop portion 27b and provides resistance, thereby fixing the stay 28 at the adjusted position.

A wide hole 30 is formed in the lower surface of the concave groove portion 27a of the movable metal fitting 27 in the longitudinal direction of the groove and in the width direction perpendicular thereto, while a nut 31 is fixed at a predetermined location in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface of the stay 28. A screw 32 for attaching an exterior panel is screwed into this nut 31 from below.

With the above configuration, when assembling the exterior panel 2, first, the supporting metal fittings 2 are attached to the air conditioner main body 1.
5 and the lower surface of the air conditioner body 1 and the ceiling plate 4.
The movable bracket 27 is fixed to the support bracket 25 with the screws 26, 26, and the installation position of the air conditioner main body 1 and the opening of the ceiling plate 4 are adjusted. Even if there is a shift in the horizontal position between the stay 28 and the movable bracket 27, the stay 28 is adjusted in the horizontal direction with respect to the movable fitting 27 so as to absorb the shift amount. maintained by 29, and in its maintained state,
The exterior panel 2 is arranged so as to surround the opening 5 of the ceiling plate 4, and the nuts 31, 31 are arranged so as to correspond to the four screw insertion holes 33..., 34 formed in the support plate 17 of the exterior panel 2. Then, by screwing the panel mounting screws 32 into the screw members 31, the exterior panel 2 can be suspended and fixed in a predetermined position.

Next, the screws 32 are temporarily fastened at three locations: the front and back of the left hanging metal fitting 23 and the rear of the right hanging metal fitting 23. The screw insertion hole 33 corresponding to each of these three screws 32 is formed into a daruma hole in which a large diameter part larger than the head of the screw 32 and a small diameter part smaller than the head are connected to each other. and
After inserting the head of the screw 32 through the large diameter part of the screw insertion hole 33, the head of the screw 32 is moved horizontally and inserted into the screw insertion hole 3.
The exterior panel 2 is temporarily fixed by hooking it on the small diameter portion of 3. After that, the screw 32 is inserted from below into the standard screw insertion hole 34 formed as a single hole in the right front part of the support plate 17 and screwed into the front part of the right side hanging fitting 23.Finally, the other screw 32 ... and attach the exterior panel 2 to the hanging fittings 23.

In the above embodiment, in order to tighten and fix the panel mounting screws 32, the nuts 31 are attached to the stay 28.
For example, the wall thickness of a predetermined portion of the stay 28 may be increased and a screw hole formed there, or a cylindrical member with a screw hole formed therein may be used instead of the nut 31. Various configuration modifications such as connection are possible, and these components, nuts 31, etc. are collectively referred to as the screw member 31.

(Effects of the invention) As described above, according to the invention, the heavy air conditioner main body 1 can be installed in a predetermined position without adjusting the position, and the lightweight air conditioner main body 1 can be installed while the air conditioner main body 1 is fixed. Since the mounting position of the exterior panel 2 can be adjusted via the hanging fittings 23, there is no need to adjust the position while supporting the heavy air conditioner body 1, and the air conditioning process up to the installation of the exterior panel 2 can be adjusted. It has become easier and easier to install the machine.

Moreover, since the exterior panel 2 is lightweight, the supporting metal fittings 25, the movable metal fittings 27, and the stays 28 do not require great strength, so the material cost does not increase, and the hanging metal fittings 23 can be provided at low cost. It became.

Moreover, after adjusting the position, the stay 28 can be maintained at that position by the resistance of the elastic member 29. For example, after adjusting the stay 28 to a predetermined position, in order to maintain the stay 28 at that position, use a pair of nuts to hold the stay 28 at that position. This eliminates the troublesome work of pinching and tightening, making installation work even more efficient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a ceiling-embedded air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an overall side view, and Fig.
The figure is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main body of the air conditioner, Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view, Figure 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of the hanging fitting, and Figure 6 is a partially cutaway side view of the hanging fitting. , FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway front view of the hanging metal fitting, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a conventional example. 1... Air conditioner body, 2... Exterior panel, 2
5... Support metal fittings, 27... Movable metal fittings, 28... Stays, 29... Elastic material, 31... Nuts as screw members, 32... Panel mounting screws.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A support fitting 25 attached to the air conditioner body 1 installed in the attic space; a movable fitting 27 attached to the support fitting 25 so as to be able to adjust its fixed position in the vertical direction; and the movable fitting 27. A stay 28 that is inserted into the metal fitting 27 so as to be horizontally adjustable; and a screw member 3 connected to the stay 28 that tightens and fixes a screw 32 for attaching the exterior panel 2.
1, an elastic material 2 that is interposed between the movable metal fitting 27 and the stay 28 and provides resistance to horizontal movement of the stay 28 with respect to the movable metal fitting 27.
A panel hanging fitting for a ceiling-mounted air conditioner consisting of 9.