JPH0356856Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application] The present invention relates to appliances such as space heaters and water heaters in which a portion of the appliance is embedded in a wall surface.

[Prior art and its problems] As an appliance that is partially buried in the wall surface 1, there is a water heater disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 149842/1983.

In this conventional method, as shown in FIG. 10, the wall surface 1
A structure is adopted in which a frame body 11 is attached to an opening 10 formed in , and a water heater body 2 is attached to this frame body.

For this purpose, the frame 11 is provided with a flange 12 that protrudes from the inner periphery, and on the other hand, a tongue piece 21 that protrudes outward is provided on the circumferential side of the vessel body 2. When screwed to the frame 11, the container body 2 is fixed to the frame 11.

Further, the instrument consists of the container body and a front panel 5 attached to the front surface thereof, and in this conventional device, the relationship between the front panel 5 and the container body 2 is fixed.

If the installation posture of the container body 2 with respect to the wall surface 1 is correct, the wall surface 1 and the front panel 5 will be parallel,
In reality, the installation posture of the device body 2 is often incorrect, and in this case, the device is installed at an angle to the wall surface, and the front panel 5 and the wall surface 1 are not parallel to each other. Non-uniform gaps are created between the front panel 5 and the wall surface 1, resulting in an unsightly appearance.

This is because, since the relationship between the front panel 5 and the container body 2 is fixed, any inaccuracy in the mounting posture of the container body 2 directly causes the instrument to tilt.

[Technical Problem] The present invention is designed to solve the following problem: ``The container body 2 is partially buried and fixed in the wall surface 1, and the rectangular box-shaped front panel 5 is attached to the indoor front side of the container body 2. In this type of appliance, the front panel 5 is attached to the appliance body 2 so that even if the installation posture of the appliance body 2 is incorrect, the appliance looks like it is correctly attached to the wall. The object is to make the front panel 5 come into pressure contact with the wall surface 1 by the mounting force.

[Means] The technical means of the present invention taken to solve the above technical problem is as follows: ``A rear-open front panel 5 is fitted onto the vessel body 2 so as to be slidable back and forth, and the upper surface of the vessel body 2 is The abutment piece 2a is made to protrude from the front end, and the abutment piece 5a is made to protrude downward from the top plate of the front panel 5, and the abutment piece 2a or the abutment piece 5
a can be adjusted in the front-rear direction, the abutting piece 2a is positioned in front of the abutted piece 5a and faces each other, and a connecting piece 2b is attached to the lower part of the vessel body 2.
The connected pieces 5b are respectively provided at the lower part of the front panel 5, and the connected pieces 5b and the connected pieces 2b are made to face each other at a constant interval in the front-back direction and are screwed together in the front-rear direction. The rear edge of the side plate No. 5 was made to coincide with the rear edge of the entire front panel. (See Figure 1) [Operation] The above technical means of the present invention operates as follows.

After installing the container body 2 in a partially buried state on the wall surface 1, when the front panel 5 is fitted onto the container body 2,
The vertical position of the front panel 5 is fixed by fitting with the container body 2. In this state, the front panel 5
is movable in the front-rear direction, and when the rear end of the front panel 5 is brought into contact with the wall surface 1 by adjusting the position of the abutment piece 2a or the abutted piece 5a, the upper part of the front panel 5 is moved against the vessel body 2. The portion from the rear end of the front panel 5 to the abutted piece 5a is tightly fitted between the abutting piece 2a and the wall surface 1, and the upper part of the front panel 5 is fixed in the front-rear direction. Moreover, it is in close contact with the wall surface 1.

In this state, the connected piece 5b of the front panel 5 faces the connected piece 2b of the rear vessel body 2 at a constant distance, and the connected piece 5b and the connected piece 2b
When these are screwed in the front-rear direction, the connecting piece 2b is in a fixed state, so the lower rear end of the front panel 5 is pressed against the wall surface 1 by the screwing force.

As a result, the entire side portion of the front panel 5 from the top to the bottom comes into close contact with the wall surface 1.

[Effects] Since the present invention has the above configuration, it has the following unique effects.

Since the front panel 5 is mounted in contact with the wall surface 1 regardless of the mounting orientation of the container body 2, even if the container body 2 is incorrectly mounted on the wall surface 1, the relationship between the wall surface 1 and the front panel 5 will be maintained. There will be no uneven gaps between the two, giving the appearance that the instrument is correctly installed.

Since there is no gap between the front panel 5 and the wall surface 1, there will be no inconvenience such as dirt accumulating in the gap.

[Embodiment] In the embodiment of the present invention, the abutted piece 5a is provided on the top plate that joins the upper ends of the side plates 54, 54 of the front panel 5, and the abutted piece 2a is provided on the top plate 24 of the instrument 2,
The connected piece 5b is provided at the rear end of the lower plate 58 that connects the lower ends of the side plates 54, 54, and the connecting piece 2b is provided at the front edge of the bottom plate 22 of the vessel body 2, and the rear end of the side plates 54, 54 is connected to the front panel 5. This is to match the rear end of the .

According to this embodiment, the abutting piece 2a, the abutted piece 5a and the connecting piece 2b, which serve as the fixing means, and the connecting piece 5
The combination of b forms the upper and lower surfaces, making these fixing means difficult to see in large instruments, further improving the appearance.

[Example] The examples shown in Figures 2 to 9 are hot air heaters, which are large hot air heaters, and the appliance is a heat exchanger with a built-in combustion device. a first fan 6a for blowing air and a second fan 6a for supplying combustion air.
The structure is divided into a container body 2 equipped with a fan 6b and a front panel 5 that covers the front side of the container body, and the front panel 5 is attached after the container body 2 is installed in an opening 10 of a wall surface 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the air is discharged from an exhaust top 15 provided above the roof 16 through an exhaust conduit 14 provided within the cavity 13 of the wall surface 1.

The details of each of these parts and the internal structure of the wall surface 1 will be described in further detail below.

(1) Regarding the structure within the wall surface, as described above, within the wall surface 1, the exhaust conduit 14 is provided in the cavity 13, and this lower end open portion includes the opening portion 31 provided on the first support plate 3. It comes into contact with this first support plate 3 in such a manner.

The first support plate 3 and the second support plate 4 are constructed as shown in FIG. 4, and are installed between columns 17, 17 provided in the cavity 13 of the wall surface 1, as shown in FIG.

The size of the opening 10 in the wall surface 1 is set to a predetermined value according to the size (front shape) of the vessel body 2, its width is made to approximately match that of the vessel body 2, and its vertical width is set to match that of the vessel body 2.
The length is set larger than the length from the top plate 24 to the bottom plate 22.

This corresponds to a margin that allows the engagement piece 41 and the engagement hole 23, which will be described later, to fit together after the container body 2 is inserted.

Note that rear plates 32 and 42 are connected to the first and second support plates 3 and 4, and the rear plate 3 of the first support plate 3
2 hangs downward, that of the second support plate 4 protrudes upward, and the distance from the rear plate 32 to the mouth 31 is made to match the distance from the rear plate 25 of the vessel body 2 to the exhaust pipe 20. The distance from 42 to the engagement piece 41 is made to match the distance from the back plate 25 to the engagement hole 23.

(2) Regarding vessel 2, vessel 2 is a box with an open front.
A heat exchanger is housed inside. This heat exchanger includes a main heat exchanger 28a containing a burner (not shown) in its lower part, and an auxiliary heat exchanger 2 connected to the upper part of the main heat exchanger 28a.
8b, and an auxiliary heat exchanger 2 that is provided following this and has an upper open end protruding into the exhaust pipe 20.
8c, a partition plate 29 is connected to a flange extending from the center of the main heat exchanger 28a, and a heat exchange chamber A is formed by this partition plate 29 and the back plate 25 of the vessel body 2. A first fan 6a for blowing air is attached to the upper wall of the heat exchange chamber A, and the lower part thereof is communicated with a hot air discharge pipe 26.

Therefore, the cold air sent from the first fan 6a is heated while passing through the heat exchange chamber A, and the hot air is discharged indoors from the hot air discharge pipe 26.

Next, a second fan 6b is provided at the lower part of the front side of the main heat exchanger 28a, and the discharge air of this fan 6b is supplied as combustion air to the burner in the main heat exchanger 28a. Auxiliary heat exchanger 28c~
It is discharged through the exhaust pipe 20.

Further, the drive motor 60 of the second fan 6b is provided on the partition plate 29 side in order to reduce the thickness of the vessel body 2 in the front-rear direction. In this case, the drive motor 60 tends to be heated by the radiant heat from the partition plate 29, but in order to prevent this motor from heating, as shown in FIG.
A suction pipe 62 is connected to the suction pipe 62 , and the upstream end of the suction pipe 62 is opened near the drive motor 60 .

Therefore, the second fan 6b is in operation, that is,
While the instrument is in operation, the air flow created by suction from the open end of this suction pipe 62 causes
The drive motor 60 is actively air-cooled, and heating is prevented.

This body 2 has an exhaust pipe 2 as shown in FIG.
0 into the mouth portion 31, the lower part of the container body 2 is pushed into the wall surface, and the engaging piece 41 and the engaging hole 23 are fitted, and then fixed as shown in FIG. 2.

(3) Regarding the front panel 5, the front panel 5 is fitted externally so as to cover the front part protruding from the wall surface 1 of the vessel body 2, as shown in Fig. 2, and when installed, the rear end of the front panel 5 The sides are designed to be in close contact with wall surface 1.

For this reason, in this front panel, as shown in FIG. , 54 is composed of a front plate 56 and a rear plate 57, and a constant interval 50 is provided between the front plate 56 and the rear plate 57. The other side plate 54,5
The rear end of the lower plate 58 that connects the lower end of the lower plate 58 is located forward of the rear end of the side plate, and when the front panel 5 is attached to the container body 2, a certain gap is left between it and the lower front edge of the container body 2. The rear end position of the lower plate 58 is set so as to have the same shape.

On the other hand, the vertical dimension of the vessel body 2 is approximately equal to the dimension from the lower plate 58 of the front panel 5 to the lower end of the top plate (front plate 56 and rear plate 57), and the front edge of the vessel body has a protruding flange. Therefore, when the front panel 5 is fitted onto the container body 2, the lower second flange 27b (corresponding to the aforementioned connecting piece 2b) located at the lower front edge of the container body 2 is connected to the lower plate. Bent end 5 provided at the rear end of 58
8a (corresponding to the previously described connected piece 5b).

In this front panel, since the rear ends of the side plates 54, 54 and the rear end of the top plate (the rear end of the rear plate 57) are aligned, the hanging side 55 provided at the rear end of the front plate 56 of the top plate When the side plates 54, 54 are placed behind the first flange 27a protruding from the upper end of the vessel body 2 and brought into contact with the wall surface 1, the side plates 54, 54 are in contact over the entire vertical direction. Since the rear end position of the lower plate 58 is set at a predetermined position in relation to the vessel body 2 as described above, when the front panel 5 is fitted externally as described above, the lower plate 58 The bent end 58 of the plate 58 and the second flange 27b face each other with a constant gap.

A mounting piece 7 having an L-shaped cross section and having a pair of long holes 71, 71 as shown in FIG. Standing piece 72 bent from the front end of the mounting piece
(corresponding to the abutting piece 2a described above) and the hanging piece 55 of the front plate 56 (corresponding to the abutted piece 5a described above) are engaged in the front-rear direction, and further, the second flange 27b described above and the bent end 58a of the lower plate 58 are screwed together.

Therefore, with the rear ends of the side plates 54, 54 of the front panel 5 in contact with the wall surface 1, first, the upright piece 72 of the mounting piece 7 is brought into contact with the hanging piece 55 of the front plate 56 from the front. At this position, the mounting piece 7 is fixed to the top plate 24 of the vessel body 2 with screws.
Next, when the second flange 27b and the bent end 58a of the lower plate 58 are screwed together, the front panel 5
is installed in contact with the wall surface 1 and externally fitted onto the container body 2.

When fixing the top plate to the upper end of the vessel body 2, in addition to the above, a pair of fixing bolts 73, 73 (corresponding to the abutted piece 5a described above) are provided on the hanging piece 55 as shown in FIG. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the tip of this fixing bolt faces the first flange 27a.

According to this configuration, the front panel 5 is pushed backward by screwing in the fixing bolts 73, 73, and the front panel 5 is attached with the rear ends of the side plates 54, 54 in contact with the wall surface 1. It will be.

In any of the above cases, there is an advantage that even if the container body 2 is installed in a slightly inclined position, the front panel 5 can be installed in a state in which it is accurately opposed to the wall surface 1.

Note that the abutted piece 5a is attached to a hanging piece 55 as shown in FIG.
It may also be part of an extension piece that is bent backward from the top.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between each part of the technical means of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a wall-embedded appliance, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the embodiment of the invention. An exploded view of the example, Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the wall surface 1, Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the second fan 6b portion, Fig. 7 is an explanatory view of the body installation work, Figs. 8 and 9 10 is an explanatory diagram of the main part of another embodiment, and FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the conventional example.
...Front panel, 2a...Abutting piece, 2b...Connecting piece, 5a...Abutted piece, 5b...Connecting piece, 54
...Side plate.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] A device in which a container body 2 is partially buried and fixed in a wall surface 1, and a rectangular box-shaped front panel 5 is attached to the indoor front side of the container body 2. , a rear-open front panel 5 is fitted onto the container body 2 so as to be able to slide back and forth, and a contact piece 2a is made to protrude from the front end of the upper surface of the container body 2. The abutting piece 5a is made to protrude downward, and either the abutting piece 2a or the abutted piece 5a can be adjusted in the front-rear direction, and the abutting piece 2a is positioned in front of the abutting piece 5a. the connecting pieces 2 at the bottom of the vessel body 2.
b, a connected piece 5b is provided at the lower part of the front panel 5, and these connected pieces 5b and connecting piece 2b are connected to each other.
and are opposed to each other at a constant interval in the front-rear direction and are screwed together in the front-rear direction, and the rear end sides of both side plates of the front panel 5 are aligned with the rear end of the entire front panel. Connect the connected pieces 5b to the side plates 54, 5 of the front panel 5.
A contact piece 2 is provided on the top plate connecting the upper ends of 4.
a is provided on the top plate 24 of the vessel body 2, and the connected piece 5b
is provided at the rear end of the lower plate 58 that connects the lower ends of the side plates 54, 54, and the connecting piece 2b is attached to the bottom plate 22 of the vessel body 2.
The wall-embedded appliance according to claim 1, which is a registered utility model, is provided on the front edge of the front panel, and the rear ends of the side plates 54, 54 are aligned with the rear ends of the front panel 5.