JPH05220326A - Dehumidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To blow dehumidified air from a wind direction cartridge with a blowoff nozzle in a desired direction by fitting the wind direction cartridge to a blowing nozzle in an air blowoff opening of a dehumidifier so that it can be freely undulated. CONSTITUTION:A wind direction cartridge 10 which changes the blowoff direction of dry air and serves as a lid of an air blowoff opening 8 is provided. The wind direction cartridge 10 is manually turned by operating a lever to undulate it to the desired position of air blowoff. Also in the wind direction cartridge 10, a lower opening 11 is formed and a blowoff nozzle 12 is projectingly provided on the upper surface of the cartridge. Thus dehumidified air is blown in the desired direction and when the wind direction cartridge is separated in two, the air is separately blown.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dehumidifier capable of changing the blowing direction of dry air.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional dehumidifier is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-3.
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 7235, the air dehumidified by an evaporator is blown out toward the damp clothes and the like from an air outlet provided on the upper surface of a cabinet (main body), so that not only the dehumidification in the room but also the clothes There are some that can be dried.

Further, in this dehumidifier, an air flow direction plate for changing the air blowing direction is provided at the air blowing outlet,
For example, when drying clothes that have been dried directly above this dehumidifier, make the air blowing direction the upper direction, and when drying a closet or shoe box, make the air blowing direction diagonally forward. By changing the direction of the wind direction plate, the drying is effectively performed.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional dehumidifier, the air blowing direction can be changed by changing the direction of the wind direction plate, but the air blowing force is not so strong. Therefore, there is a problem that the distance that the air blown out reaches is short, and therefore clothes that are dried or a closet cannot be dried sufficiently.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a dehumidifier capable of strongly blowing dry air in a desired direction.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a dehumidifying device for sucking air from an air suction port formed on the front surface of a main body to dehumidify it by an evaporator, and discharging the dehumidified air from an air outlet to dehumidify the inside of a room. In the container, an air flow tube with a blow-out nozzle that blows out the dehumidified air is attached to the air blow-out port so that it can be undulated.

Further, the wind direction cylinder with the blow-out nozzle is separated into two, and the separated wind direction cylinders are individually mounted so as to be able to rise and fall individually.

[0008]

With this structure, the dehumidified air can be blown out in a desired direction from the wind direction cylinder with the blowout nozzle attached to the air blowout port so that it can be undulated. Further, it is possible to separate the airflow direction tube into two and separately blow the dehumidified air from the separated airflow direction tube in a desired direction.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view of a dehumidifier according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a top view thereof. In FIG. 1, 1 is an air inlet formed on the front surface of the main body 2, 3
Is an evaporator, 4 is a condenser, 5 is a motor for rotating the blower fan 6, 7 is a compressor, and 8 is an air outlet. The air outlet 8 is formed in the longitudinal direction of the main body 2 over the rear end of the upper surface 2a of the main body and the upper end of the rear surface 2b of the main body.

The air containing a large amount of moisture is sucked from the air suction port 1 by the rotation of the blower fan 6, cooled by the evaporator 3 to be dehumidified by dew condensation, and then becomes dry air. And is blown out from the air outlet 8.

Moisture in the air condensed in the evaporator 3 falls into a drain pan 9 provided below the evaporator 3 and collects in a dehumidifying tank (not shown) provided near the compressor 7. It has become.

Reference numeral 10 is a wind direction tube which changes the blowing direction of the dry air and serves as a lid of the air blowing port 8. The wind direction tube 10 is, as shown in FIG.
It is mounted so that it can be undulated in the longitudinal direction. The wind direction tube 10 can be undulated at a desired air blowing position in conjunction with a manual rotation of a lever (not shown) provided on the side wall of the main body.

The wind direction tube 10 has a lower opening 1
1 is formed, and a blowout nozzle 12 is projectingly provided on the upper surface. Here, the lower opening 11 is for guiding the air sent by the blower fan 6 into the wind direction tube 10, and the blowing nozzle 12 strongly forces the air guided by the lower opening 11 into the room. It is for blowing out.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lower opening 11 allows a predetermined amount of air to flow even when the wind direction tube 10 is laid down and the side wall 8a of the air outlet 8 closes the tip 12a of the blowout nozzle 12. As shown by the arrow, the shape is such that it can pass through the lower opening 11 and be blown out from the main body rear surface 2b side of the air outlet 8.

By forming the lower opening 11 in such a shape so that a predetermined amount of air can be blown out from the air outlet 8 even when the wind direction tube 10 is laid down, the compressor 7 is overheated. It is possible to prevent the dehumidifier from operating in a loaded state, and thereby to operate the dehumidifier even when the wind direction tube 10 is laid down.

Reference numeral 13a is a power source switch (not shown) and an operation section provided with each switch, and 13b is a handle for carrying the dehumidifier.

Next, the air blowing operation of the dehumidifier thus constructed will be described.

First, the case of performing normal dehumidification will be described. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG.
Turn the power switch on with the face down. As a result, the air containing a large amount of moisture is sucked from the air suction port 1 by the blower fan 6 and cooled by the evaporator 3 to condense moisture and dehumidify.

The dried air is blown by the blower fan 6 through the lower opening 11 of the wind direction tube 10 from the rear surface 2b of the main body of the air outlet 8 to dehumidify the room.

Next, the case of drying clothes and the like will be described. In this case, first turn on the power switch,
After dehumidifying the air containing a large amount of moisture, the blower fan 6 blows the dried air through the lower opening 11 of the wind direction tube 10 from the rear surface 2b side of the main body of the air outlet 8.

Then, for example, assuming that the clothes to be dried are dried diagonally upward and forward of the main body 1, by rotating the lever, the blowout nozzle 12 as shown in FIG.
Raise the wind direction tube 10 so that the direction is toward the clothes. Thereby, the air strongly blown out from the blowing nozzle 12 can be applied to the clothes, and the clothes can be dried in a short time.

By the way, in this wind direction tube 10, the blow-out nozzle 12 can be directed in the direction shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 3, and the air can be blown out almost entirely above the main body 1. In addition, the main body rear surface 2b of the air outlet 8
Depending on the shape of the upper end portion, the rearward inclination of the wind direction tube 10 can be further deepened. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the rotating plate 14 is rotatably provided on the upper surface of the blowout nozzle 12 of the wind direction tube 10, so that the blowing direction can be further widened.

For example, as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to turn the rotary plate 14 right above by rotating the rotary plate 14 at a right angle by a lever (not shown) in this state so that the air is blown horizontally rearward as shown by the arrow. Then, by further tilting the blowout nozzle 12 further, air can be blown out in the direction of the rear surface 2b of the main body.

Further, when the rotary plate 14 is not rotated, all the air passes through the air blowing path of the blowing nozzle 12, but when the rotary plate 14 is rotated at a right angle, the rotary plate 14 moves toward the blowing nozzle 12. The air hits the rotary plate 14 and blows out rearward to block the air flow path. From this, by changing the rotation angle of the rotary plate 14, it is possible to blow out the air from the blowing nozzle 12 and the rotary plate 14 in an amount corresponding to the rotation angle.

In this way, the blowout nozzle 1 is attached to the air blowout port 8.
By providing the wind direction tube 10 protruding from the air duct 2 so as to be able to rise and fall, it is possible to strongly blow dry air from the blowout nozzle 12 to a desired position. In addition, the blowing nozzle 1
When the rotary plate 14 is rotatably provided on the shaft 2, the blowing direction can be further widened.

By the way, in the above description, one air direction tube attached to the air outlet is used to change the air blowing direction, but the present invention is not limited to this, and two air direction tubes are used. It is also possible to change the blowing direction of air by using each wind direction tube.

Next, such a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 6 is a top view of a dehumidifier according to a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a schematic side sectional view thereof, and FIG. 8 is a schematic front sectional view thereof. In addition, in FIGS.
The same reference numerals as 2 indicate the same or corresponding parts.

In FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, 15 is a casing provided above the blower fan 6, 16 is an air outlet formed by opening both side walls of the casing 15 in a circular shape, for example, 17 Is a wind direction tube individually mounted on both sides of the casing 15 so as to be able to rise and fall. Here, blow-off nozzles 12 are projectingly provided on the wind direction cylinders 17 and 17, respectively, and one of the ends is opened.

The openings 17 of the wind direction cylinders 17, 17
a, 17a and the air outlets 16, 16 communicate with each other in a sealed state, and the air sent from the blower fan 6 passes through the air outlets 16, 16 and the openings 17a, 17a of the casing 15. And is guided into the wind direction cylinders 17 and 17 and blown out from the blowout nozzle 12.

Next, the air blowing operation of the dehumidifier according to the second embodiment having the above structure will be described.

When performing dehumidification, first, the lever is rotated to raise the air flow direction tube 17 to orient the blowing nozzle 12 in an arbitrary direction. After that, the power switch is turned on to dehumidify the air containing a large amount of moisture, and the dry air is guided from the casing 15 into the wind direction tubes 17, 17 as shown by the arrow in FIG. Dehumidifying the room by blowing it out into the room.

On the other hand, when drying clothes or the like, before turning on the power switch, the wind direction tube 17 is raised at a position where the blowout nozzle 12 faces the direction of the clothes or the like to be dried. Here, for example, if an attempt is made to simultaneously dry clothes that are being hung on the upper front of the main body 1 and clothes that are being hung on the upper part of the main body 1 at the same time, as shown in FIG.
7 is directed and the blowing nozzle 12 is directed in each direction.

After that, the power switch is turned on and the dry air is strongly blown toward the clothes from the blow-out nozzle 12, whereby the clothes dried in different directions can be dried in a short time.

As described above, the wind direction cylinders 17 are movably attached to both sides of the casing 15 provided above the blower fan 6, and the air is blown from the air outlets 4 formed on both side walls of the casing 15 to the wind direction cylinders 17. After blowing in, the dry air can be strongly blown out from the respective blowing nozzles 12 in different directions.

Further, in this case, since the lateral width of the wind direction cylinder 17 is narrowed, the tip 12a of the blowing nozzle 12 can be covered with shoes to be dried.

It should be noted that the blow-out nozzle 12 of the wind direction tube 10 of the first embodiment is of a multi-layer type so that the internal nozzles 12 'can be drawn out one by one, so that FIG.
As shown by the arrow, the air can be blown out directly to the inside of the shoe 17 having a depth, but it can be dried in a short time.

Furthermore, by attaching a detachable adapter to the blowing nozzle 12, the blowing direction and the blowing strength can be changed. For example, by mounting an adapter 20a having a tip 19a having a narrower blowing area as shown in FIG. 11A, the directionality of the blowing is improved and the strength of the blowing is further increased.

Further, by mounting the adapter 20b having the shape of the tip 19b capable of blowing in a plurality of directions as shown in FIG. 11 (b), the blowing direction is widened, and as shown in FIG. By attaching the bellows-shaped adapter 20c as shown in (), the blowing direction can be freely changed.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, the dehumidified air can be strongly blown out in the desired direction from the wind direction tube with the blow-out nozzle attached to the air blow-out port so that it can rise and fall freely. It is possible to separate the cylinder into two, and blow the dehumidified air individually and strongly in the desired direction from the separated wind direction cylinder.

As a result, even clothes and the like located at distant positions can be dried in a short time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view of a dehumidifier according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the dehumidifier.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing how air is blown out from a blowout nozzle of the dehumidifier.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of an outlet nozzle of the dehumidifier provided with a rotary plate.

FIG. 5 is a view showing how air is blown out from a blowing nozzle when the rotary plate is rotated.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the dehumidifier according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side sectional view of the dehumidifier according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic front sectional view of the dehumidifier according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a view showing how air is blown out when the two blowing nozzles of the dehumidifier according to the second embodiment are directed in different directions.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a state in which shoes are dried using a multi-layer type blowing nozzle.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of various adapters attached to the blowout nozzle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Air suction port 3 Evaporator 8 Air blowout port 10,17 Wind direction tube 11 Lower opening 12 Blowout nozzle 14 Rotating plate 15 Casing

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dehumidifier for sucking air from an air suction port formed on the front surface of a main body to dehumidify it by an evaporator, and discharging the dehumidified air from an air outlet to dehumidify the inside of the room. A dehumidifier in which a wind direction cylinder with a blow-out nozzle for blowing out the dehumidified air is attached so as to be capable of undulating. 2. The dehumidifier according to claim 1, wherein the wind direction cylinder with the blowing nozzle is separated into two parts, and the separated wind direction cylinders are individually attached so as to be capable of undulating.