JPH05215363A - Individual type air-conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an individual type air-conditioner which increases the effective space of an office through reduction of the depth of a product and improves air flow distribution and temperature distribution in a room. CONSTITUTION:An indoor unit part 8 having an indoor heat-exchanger 9 and an indoor blower 10 is arranged to the central part of a body 1 and an indoor air discharge port 12 is formed n the central part of the top of the body 1. An outdoor blower 3 is arranged to the one side of the indoor unit part 8 and an outdoor heat-exchanger 5 is disposed to the lower part of the indoor unit part 8. An outdoor air suction port 6 and an outdoor air discharge port 7 are formed in the back of the body 1, and the outdoor air suction port 6, the outdoor blower 3, the outdoor heat-exchanger 5, and the outdoor air discharge port 7 are intercommunicated. This constitution decreases the thickness of the body 1 and effects discharge through the central part of the body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an individual air conditioner mounted on a wall surface of a building or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, many individual air conditioners used in buildings and the like have an opening provided on a wall surface and an air conditioner main body is attached to the opening.

Conventionally, this type of individual air conditioner has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, the main body 101 of the air conditioner includes the indoor unit section 102 and the outdoor unit section 10
3, the indoor unit portion 102, and the outdoor unit portion 1
03, a compressor room 104 and an electric component part 105 are provided, and the indoor unit part 102 is provided with an indoor heat exchanger 106 and an indoor blower 107 below the indoor heat exchanger 106. ing. Also, the outdoor unit section 1
03 is the outdoor heat exchanger 108 and this outdoor heat exchanger 10
An outdoor blower 109 is provided below the unit 8. Further, a compressor 110 is provided in the compressor chamber 104. Further, the electric equipment section 105 is provided with a control device (not shown).

In the above structure, the indoor circulating air is indicated by the arrow I.
As shown in FIG. 3, the air is sucked in from the indoor air suction port 111 provided below the indoor unit section 102, passes through the indoor blower 107, and passes through the indoor heat exchanger 106,
The cooled or heated air is the indoor unit 10
2 is blown out into the room from the indoor air outlet 112 provided on the upper right side, that is, on the upper right side. On the other hand, the outdoor air is provided on the back side of the indoor unit portion 102 as shown by an arrow K, and the outdoor air is sucked from the outdoor air suction port 113 for introducing the outdoor air, and as shown by an arrow L, the compressor is The outdoor air blower 114 provided on the back side of the outdoor unit 103 is sucked into the outdoor blower 109 by communicating the room 104 with the rear part of the electrical equipment section 105, heat-exchanged through the outdoor heat exchanger 108.
The air is blown out from the room to the outside as shown by the arrow M.

[0005]

In such a conventional individual type air conditioner, the indoor blower 107 and the outdoor blower 10 are provided.
The diameter of 9 determines the depth dimension of the product,
In particular, the outdoor blower 107, which requires a large amount of air, must have a larger diameter than the width of the blower in order to secure the air volume, and the compressor chamber and the rear part of the electrical component are widened to secure the passage of outdoor air. As a result, there is a problem that the product becomes deep and the effective space in an office or the like is reduced.

Furthermore, since the indoor air outlet 112 may be formed on the right side or the left side of the main body, when one unit is installed in a small room or a small room, the air flow distribution in the room is non-uniform and comfortable. It also had the problem of damaging the.

The present invention solves the above problems, and a first object thereof is to provide an individual type air conditioner capable of reducing the depth of a product and making the air flow distribution in a room uniform.

The second purpose is to make the product quieter,
Another object is to provide an individual air conditioner that can be made thinner.

A third object is to provide an individual type air conditioner in which slits such as partition walls are made small to improve the appearance of the exterior.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above first object, the individual type air conditioner of the present invention comprises:
Located in the central part of the main body, it flows in from the indoor air suction port, the indoor unit that forms an indoor flow path that blows into the room by the indoor blower through the indoor heat exchanger, and flows in from the outdoor air suction port, An outdoor blower provided on one side of the main body is configured to include an outdoor unit portion that passes below the indoor unit portion and is heat-exchanged by an outdoor heat exchanger to form an outdoor flow path leading to the outdoor air outlet.

In order to achieve the second object, the second means is located in the central portion of the main body, flows in from the indoor air suction port, passes through the indoor heat exchanger, and enters the room by the indoor blower. The indoor blower is provided with a crossflow fan in the indoor flow path that blows out.

In order to achieve the third object, the third means is to provide an indoor unit portion having an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor blower, which is located at the central portion of the main body, and at the same time, the top surface of the main body. An indoor air outlet, an outdoor blower is provided on one side of the main body, an outdoor heat exchanger is provided at a lower portion of the indoor unit portion, and a predetermined gap is formed at a rear portion of the indoor unit portion to form a rear surface side. The outdoor air suction port and the outdoor air outlet are provided.

[0013]

The present invention has the structure of the above-mentioned first means, sucks the outdoor air from the outdoor air suction port, flows through the thin large-diameter outdoor blower, to the outdoor heat exchanger, and exhausts to the outside from the outdoor air outlet. In addition, it is possible to provide a thin individual air conditioner having a structure in which the air flowing in from the indoor air intake port passes through the indoor unit portion and the wind blows out from the central portion of the air conditioner body.

Further, according to the structure of the second means, the air flowing in from the indoor air inlet is blown out into the room through the indoor heat exchanger and the cross flow fan, so that the noise can be reduced.

Further, according to the structure of the third means, an air passage is provided between the outdoor air suction port, the outdoor air outlet and the indoor unit, so that the internal static pressure can be lowered.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
The description will be made with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, inside the main body 1 of the air conditioner, a box-shaped partition plate 35 located in the upper part is provided, and an indoor heat exchanger 9 and an indoor blower 10 are provided in the upper center part. An indoor unit section 8 is provided, and an outdoor blower chamber 2 having an outdoor blower 3 is provided on one side of the indoor unit section 8. An outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4 having an outdoor heat exchanger 5 is provided below the indoor unit portion 8, and the indoor unit portion 8 and the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4 include the outdoor blower chamber 2 and the partition plate 35. It is divided by the second partition plate 17 extending below
The second partition plate 17 has a blowout port 18 of the outdoor blower 3.
Is open. A compressor room 13 provided with a compressor 14 is provided in front of one side of the outdoor heat exchanger room 4, and an electric equipment section 15 provided with a control device (not shown) is provided above the compressor room 13. At the rear of the compressor chamber 13 and the electrical equipment portion 15, there is provided an outlet flow passage portion 31 that communicates with the outdoor heat exchange chamber 4 and the opening portion 30, and the compressor chamber 13 and the electrical equipment portion 15 are provided.
Is completely separated from the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4 by a third partition plate 19. The outdoor blower connected to the outdoor air suction port 6 is provided with an outdoor air suction port 6 above the rear side in the outdoor blower chamber 2, and an outdoor air blowout port 7 is provided rearward in the blowout flow path portion 31. An outdoor unit portion 16 including the chamber 2, the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4, and the outlet flow passage portion 31 is formed. Further, an indoor air inlet 11 shown by an arrow A is provided in front of the indoor unit portion 8, and an indoor air outlet 12 shown by an arrow B is provided at an upper portion.

With the above structure, the circulation of the indoor air is indicated by the arrow A.
As shown in FIG. 2, the air sucked from the indoor suction port 11 and cooled or heated through the indoor heat exchanger 9 is directed from the indoor air outlet provided in the vicinity of the center of the main body 1 by the indoor blower 10 to the arrow B. As shown, an indoor flow path 45 that blows out indoors is formed. On the other hand, as shown by an arrow C, the outdoor air is sucked through an outdoor air intake port 6 connected to a slit (not shown) provided in a wall of a building or the like, flows into the outdoor blower chamber 2, and changes the outdoor air volume. It is sucked by the outdoor blower 3 whose diameter is increased and its width is narrowed in order to secure it.
The blower 18 of the outdoor blower 3 passes through the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4 as shown by an arrow D to cool or heat the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4, and then an arrow E
As shown in FIG. 4, the blow-off flow passage portion 31 is passed from below the indoor unit portion 8 through the opening portion 30 provided at the rear inside the main body 1.
The outdoor flow path 46 that is blown in and is blown out to the outside from the outdoor air outlet 7 connected to the slit as shown by an arrow F.
Is formed.

As described above, according to the individual type air conditioner of the first embodiment of the present invention, the main body 1 has the depth of the indoor unit portion 8.
And the outdoor blower 3 has a large diameter and a small width to easily secure the outdoor air volume, and the outdoor unit portion 16 is provided with the indoor unit portion 8
Since it is provided on both sides and the lower part, the flow of outdoor air can be made smooth and thin.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in the figure, the structure of the outdoor unit 16 is the same as that of the first embodiment.
An indoor flow path 45 that flows in from the indoor air suction port 11 to the indoor unit section 8 at the center of the room and is blown into the room by the indoor blower 10 through the indoor heat exchanger 9 is provided. It is composed of a fan 10.

With the above structure, the same air volume is blown out into the room by the thin cross flow fan 10 which is quieter than the other fans.

As described above, according to the individual type air conditioner of the second embodiment of the present invention, the individual type air conditioner of the first embodiment can be made thinner while reducing the noise.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

As shown in the figure, the structure of the indoor unit 8 is the same as that of the first embodiment, but a space 39 having a predetermined width is provided between the indoor unit 8 and the back plate 40 of the main body 1. Is provided. An outdoor heat exchanger having an outdoor blower chamber 2 having an outdoor blower 3 on one side and a rear side of the indoor unit section 8 and having an outdoor heat exchanger 5 below and behind the indoor unit section 8. A chamber 4 is provided, and the outdoor blower chamber 2 is separated from the outdoor blower chamber 2 by a first partition plate 41 provided between the indoor unit portion 8 and the back plate 40, and below the indoor unit portion 8, It is divided by a second partition plate 17 which is opened as an outlet 18 of the outdoor blower 3. A compressor room 13 having a compressor 14 is provided on one side of the outdoor heat exchanger room 4, and the compressor room 13
An electric equipment section 15 provided with a control device (not shown) is provided above and is completely separated from the outdoor heat exchange chamber 4 by a third partition plate 19. Further, an outdoor air suction port 6 is formed laterally long above the rear plate 40 in the outdoor blower chamber 2, and an outdoor air outlet 7 is formed above the rear plate 40 in the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4. Is provided in contrast to the outdoor air suction port 6 and communicates from one side to the other side to provide the outdoor blower chamber 2
The outdoor unit portion 16 is formed by the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4.

With the above structure, the outdoor air is sucked from the outdoor air suction port 6 joined to the laterally elongated slit (not shown) provided in the wall of the building as shown by arrow C, The air enters the outdoor blower chamber 2, is sucked by the outdoor blower 3 having a larger diameter and a narrower width in order to secure the amount of outdoor air, and is blown from the blower outlet 18 of the outdoor blower 3 as shown by an arrow D. Blown out to 4,
After passing through the outdoor heat exchanger 5, it wraps around to the rear, and as shown by an arrow G, the indoor unit portion 8 is placed in the outdoor heat exchanger chamber 4.
Of the third embodiment of the present invention is blown out from the outdoor air outlet 7 joined to the slit to the outside as shown by the arrow F. According to the type air conditioner, the outdoor blower 3 is formed to have a large diameter and a small width so that the amount of outdoor air can be easily secured, and is formed so as to surround the indoor unit portion 8, and the outdoor unit portion 16 is provided on both sides and a lower portion of the indoor unit portion 8. Since it is provided in the rear portion, the flow of the outdoor air is smooth especially in the vicinity of the outdoor air suction port 6 and the outdoor air outlet 7, and the internal static pressure is reduced, so that a sufficient air volume can be obtained.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above-described embodiments, according to the present invention, the indoor unit located in the center of the main body and the outdoor heat exchanger below the indoor unit are provided. By providing a thin large-diameter outdoor blower on one side of the outdoor unit part and enclosing the indoor unit part, the depth of the product body can be adjusted to the depth dimension of the indoor unit part while securing the outdoor air volume. It is possible to reduce the size, and if a cross flow fan is used for the indoor blower, the depth of the indoor unit can be reduced, the product body can be made thinner, the effective space in the office etc. is increased, and comfort is also improved. It is possible to provide an individual air conditioner that exerts the effect of

Further, since a cross flow fan is provided in the indoor flow path of the indoor unit section, noise can be reduced, and an indoor air outlet is provided near the center of the product to provide a small room or a small room. When one unit is installed, it is possible to provide an individual type air conditioner that improves the air flow distribution and temperature distribution in the room and also exhibits the effect of improving comfort.

Further, if a predetermined space is provided between the indoor unit portion and the back plate, the internal static pressure can be lowered to reduce the slits on the outer wall, thereby providing an individual air conditioner with an improved appearance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention and an individual type air conditioner of a second embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is the same perspective view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the same third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional individual air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Body 3 Outdoor Blower 5 Outdoor Heat Exchanger 6 Outdoor Air Suction Port 7 Outdoor Air Blowout 8 Indoor Unit Part 9 Indoor Heat Exchanger 10 Indoor Blower, Cross Flow Fan 11 Indoor Air Suction Port 12 Indoor Air Blowout 16 Indoor Unit Part 39 interval 45 indoor channel 46 outdoor channel

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An indoor unit portion which is located in a central portion of a main body, forms an indoor flow path that flows in from an indoor air suction port, passes through an indoor heat exchanger, and is blown out indoors by an indoor blower; From the outdoor unit part that flows in from the mouth and is heat-exchanged by the outdoor heat exchanger passing under the indoor unit part by the outdoor blower provided on one side of the main body and forming the outdoor flow path leading to the outdoor air outlet. Become an individual air conditioner. 2. The indoor blower is formed by a cross flow fan in the indoor flow path located in the center of the main body, flowing in from the indoor air suction port, passing through the indoor heat exchanger, and being blown out indoors by the indoor blower. An individualized air conditioner. 3. An indoor unit section having an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor blower, which is located in the center of the main body,
An indoor air outlet is provided on the top surface of the main body, an outdoor blower is provided on one side of the main body, an outdoor heat exchanger is provided at a lower portion of the indoor unit part, and a predetermined interval is provided at the rear part of the indoor unit part. An individual air conditioner that is formed and has an outdoor air intake port and an outdoor air outlet port on the back side.