JPH05231673A - Air conditioner embedded in wall - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an efficient use of a space for an auxiliary pipe for an air conditioner and to improve wind shiftness without any extra components added and also draining property. CONSTITUTION:An auxiliary piping 13 leading out of a heat exchanger 11 is provided below a bottom plate 8 of an air conditioner body 1, and on the room side of the auxiliary piping, a guide wall 15 for shifting wind is provided on a front grill 4. A drain outlet of a drain water receiving tray 12 below the heat exchanger 11 is provided at a position of an auxiliary bottom plate. Further, a piping fixing part of the auxiliary piping 13 is provided on the auxiliary bottom plate.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner embedded in a wall or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional air conditioner 51 includes a heat exchanger 53, a water tray 54, a fan 55, an air guider 56, etc. inside a box frame 52 having an opening on the indoor side as shown in FIG. An auxiliary pipe 57, which is provided on the outside of the underframe 52 and extends from the heat exchanger 53, a pipe fixture 58 for fixing the auxiliary pipe 57, and a pipe cover 59 covering the inside of the auxiliary pipe 57.
And a rectangular shape on the wall 60, which is inserted into and fixed to the existing installation frame 61, and a front grill 64 having a suction part 62 and a blowout part 63 which covers the entire surface on the indoor side is provided.

[0003]

In such a conventional air conditioner, since the auxiliary pipe 57 is provided above the underframe 52, the installation dimensions of the air conditioner are the height of the underframe 52 and the auxiliary pipe. A size that combines the height of 57 is required,
The space of the auxiliary pipe 57 is inefficient because it cannot be used for other purposes. Further, since the auxiliary pipe 57 is operated at the time of installation, the auxiliary pipe 57 needs to be fixed by using the pipe fixture 58, and the auxiliary pipe 57 needs to be covered with the pipe cover 59 since it can be seen from the indoor side.

Further, since the blowout of the air conditioner 51 is located below the underframe 52, the blowout portion 6 of the front grill 64 is
There is a problem that it is difficult to change the blown air to the lower side via 3 and the hot air particularly during heating does not reach the floor surface so much. Further, since the water receiving tray 54 corresponding to the upper part of the blowout is also provided at a low position, the drain head is small,
Also, the workability of connecting the drain hose etc. was not good.

In view of the above problems, the present invention makes efficient use of the space of the auxiliary pipe of the air conditioner, has good wind direction changeability, and improves drain processability without requiring extra parts. It is intended to provide an improved air conditioner.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an auxiliary pipe leading from the heat exchanger below the bottom plate of the air conditioner body, and changes the air flow direction inside the auxiliary pipe. The guide wall is provided on the front grill. Further, according to the present invention, the drain drain port of the water tray below the heat exchanger is provided at the position of the auxiliary bottom plate, and the pipe fixing portion of the auxiliary pipe is provided on the auxiliary bottom plate.

[0007]

Therefore, the space of the auxiliary pipe can be used as a guide wall for changing the wind direction, the downward air direction can be easily changed, and warm air can easily reach the floor surface during heating. Further, since the drain drain port is provided at the position of the auxiliary bottom plate, the work space for drain connection can be expanded, and since the auxiliary bottom plate is provided with the fixing portion of the auxiliary pipe, it is not necessary to fix it with an extra part.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an air conditioner main body embedded in a wall 2, 3 is an installation frame which is already installed in the wall 2 in a rectangular shape, and 4 is a wall covering an indoor side surface of the air conditioner main body 1. 2 It is a front grill that is provided in close contact with the surface. Reference numeral 5 is an inlet of the front grill, and 6 is an outlet of the front grill. Reference numeral 7 is a steel plate underframe which constitutes the exterior top and back surfaces of the air conditioner 1, and 8
Is a bottom plate made of the same steel plate that constitutes the bottom surface of the exterior of the air conditioner 1. Reference numeral 9 is an air guider made of foamed resin (for example, Styrofoam), 10 is a cross-flow fan for blowing air, 11 is a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between indoor air and refrigerant, and 12 is a drain discharged from the heat exchanger 11. A water receiving tray 13 for receiving water is an auxiliary pipe extending from the heat exchanger 11 and provided below the bottom plate 8. Further, 14 is a wind direction changing blade provided at the outlet 6 of the front grill 4, and 15 is
The lower frame of the front grille 4 is formed and the air conditioner body 1 is also formed.
It is a guide wall that guides the blown air from in relation to the wind direction changing blades 14.

Next, the detailed structure of the air conditioner body 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. Air guider 9
Has an arcuate cross-sectional shape, and the cross flow fan 1
0 is arranged in parallel with the left side plate 17 made of synthetic resin at one end thereof, that is, in the direction of the axis 16 of the cross flow fan 10.
At the other end, a right side plate 19 made of synthetic resin is inserted and fixed in the direction of the boss 18 of the cross flow fan 10 to form a ventilation guide wall. Then, the fan motor 21 is provided on the motor support portion 20 of the right side plate 19, and the left side plate 17 is further provided.
A bearing 23 is provided on the bearing support portion 22 of the cross flow fan 10 by connecting the fan motor 21 and the bearing 23.
Is provided. The fan motor 21 is fixed by a power supply plate 24. A heat exchanger 11 is provided by connecting the right side plate 19 and the left side plate 17 to each other. The heat exchanger 11 is led out from the right side thereof to the lower side, and is further connected via a pipe guide portion 25 of the right side plate 19. An auxiliary pipe 13 is provided below the air guider 9. The ventilation block composed of the air guider 9, the right side plate 19, the left side plate 17, the cross flow fan 10, the heat exchanger 11 and the like is inserted into the underframe 7 to connect the right side plate 19 and the left side plate 17 to the underframe 7 The cut and raised portions 25 and 26 are locked and fixed.
Below the underframe 7, the air guider 9 and the auxiliary pipe 1 are provided.
3, a bottom plate 8 is provided, and an auxiliary bottom plate 27 is provided on the right side of the bottom plate 8 so as to project downward from the bottom plate 8 by the space of the auxiliary pipe 13. The auxiliary pipe 13 is the auxiliary bottom plate 2
A part is fixed by the pipe fixing part 28 of 7. An exterior left side plate 29 is provided on the left side of the underframe 7, and an exterior right side plate 30 is provided on the right side. Exterior left side plate 29
The upper part is fixed to the top surface part 31 of the underframe 7, and the lower part is fixed to the bottom plate 8. It is provided so as to project to the side. The exterior right side plate 30 has its upper portion fixed to the top surface portion 31 of the underframe 7 and its lower portion fixed to the auxiliary bottom plate 27. The water tray 12 having the drain drainage port 33 is provided below the heat exchanger 11 so as to cover the heat exchanger 11, and is fixed by connecting the right side plate 19 and the left side plate 17. At this time, the drain drainage port 33 is the auxiliary bottom plate 27.
It is provided above. The lower surface of the water tray 12, the air guider 9, the right side plate 19 and the left side plate 17 form an air passage communicating with the air outlet 6 of the front grill 4.

In the air conditioner configured as described above, the indoor air is rotated through the inlet 5 of the front grill 4 by rotating the cross flow fan 10.
After being introduced into the heat exchanger 1 and exchanged heat with the refrigerant flowing in the heat exchanger 11, the air is conditioned in the room by being led out again from the air outlet 6 of the front grill 4 through the ventilation passage of the air conditioner body 1. Then, the wind direction of the blowout can be largely changed downward by the wind direction changing blades 6 of the front grill 4 and the guide wall 15 to easily reach the floor surface.

As described above, the leg portion 32 and the auxiliary bottom plate 27 of the air conditioner body 1 are provided so as to project downward from the bottom plate 8 and the auxiliary pipe 13 is provided in the space, and the front grill 4 is guided to the indoor side of the auxiliary pipe 13. Since the wall 15 is provided, the space of the auxiliary pipe 13 can be used as a guide for facilitating the change of the wind direction to the lower side, and an efficient form can be obtained. Reaching the floor can also be made good. Since the guide wall 15 itself can cover the auxiliary pipe 13 and make it invisible from the inside of the room, no extra parts such as a cover are required.

The leg portion 32 and the auxiliary bottom plate 27 are the bottom plate 8
Since it projects further downward by the amount of the piping space, not only can the auxiliary pipe 13 be protected, but also stable installation of the air conditioner body 1 can be ensured. Further, the leg portion 32 is integrated with the left side plate 29, and when the auxiliary bottom plate 27 and the bottom plate 8 are connected, the auxiliary pipe 13 can be fixed by the pipe fixing portion 28 of the auxiliary bottom plate 27. Can be Further, since the auxiliary pipe 13 is located below, the water tray 12 can be provided at a high position to raise the drain head, and the drain outlet 33 of the water tray 12 is located on the auxiliary bottom plate 27. Therefore, the connection space of the drain hose can be expanded to facilitate the connection work. Also, air guider 9, right side plate 1
9. Since the left side plate 17 and the like are made of synthetic resin, the weight can be reduced, and the ventilation block composed of them can be assembled in advance and then inserted and fixed to the underframe 7, so that the bottom plate 8, the auxiliary bottom plate 27, etc. Since it is fixed, the assemblability can be improved.

[0014]

According to the present invention, an auxiliary pipe leading from the heat exchanger is provided below the outlet and the bottom plate, one end of the bottom plate is provided with a leg portion projecting below the bottom plate, and the other end of the bottom plate is provided. Since the auxiliary bottom plate protruding downward from the bottom plate is provided and the front grill having the guide wall covering the indoor side is provided on the indoor side of the auxiliary pipe, the guide for facilitating the change of the space of the auxiliary pipe to the lower side of the wind direction Therefore, it is possible to obtain an efficient form, and therefore, it is possible to favorably reach the floor surface with warm air during heating. In addition, since the guide wall of the front grill can cover the auxiliary pipe so that it cannot be seen from the inside of the room, no extra parts are required. Further, since the legs and the auxiliary bottom plate are projected from the bottom plate, it is possible to secure the protection of the auxiliary pipe and the stability of the air conditioner main body. In addition, since the auxiliary pipe is located below, the drain head of the water tray can be raised.
Also, since the drain drain port of the water tray is provided at the position of the auxiliary bottom plate and the auxiliary pipe is fixed by the pipe fixing part of the auxiliary bottom plate, the connection space of the drain hose can be expanded and connection work can be facilitated. Is never used.
The present invention has various effects as described above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part of a wall-embedded air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an air conditioner body in the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of an air conditioner body in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a conventional air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Front grille 6 Air outlet 8 Bottom plate 11 Heat exchanger 12 Water receiver 13 Auxiliary pipe 15 Guide wall 27 Auxiliary bottom plate 28 Pipe fixing part 32 Leg part 33 Drain drainage port

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An auxiliary pipe leading from a heat exchanger is provided below the outlet and the bottom plate, one end of the bottom plate is provided with a leg portion projecting below the bottom plate, and the other end of the bottom plate is provided with the leg portion. A wall-embedded air conditioner provided with an auxiliary bottom plate projecting downward from the bottom plate, and a front grill having a guide wall covering the indoor side of the auxiliary pipe. 2. The wall-embedded air according to claim 1, wherein a drain drain port of a water pan provided below the heat exchanger is provided at a position of the auxiliary bottom plate, and the auxiliary pipe is fixed by a pipe fixing portion of the auxiliary bottom plate. Harmony machine.