JPH0525884A - Wall panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide efficient air circulation in a room. CONSTITUTION:A unit house 10 has a framework that is constructed of a floor panel 11, a ceiling panel 12 and an external wall panel 15, and a wall panel 1 is further fixed as an internal wall panel. The wall panel 1 is equipped with a panel frame body 2 that is made up by fixing a facing material 21 to a skeleton panel 20, and openings 3 and 4 are formed respectively to the upper and the lower parts of the frame body 2. A circulator 5 that sucks air from one side and discharge the air to another side is provided inside the panel frame body 2. When installing the circulator 5, its suction side is placed facing the upper opening 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wall panel constituting a house, and can be used in, for example, a housing unit.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Generally, warm air flows upward. This also applies to the interior of a house, and particularly in winter, the air warmed by the stove gathers in the upper part of the room, that is, near the ceiling surface. A circulator may be provided in the room to circulate the air in the room. In this case, the circulator is often installed in the upper part of the wall in the room or in one corner of the ceiling surface.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, after a wall panel or the like is built in to construct a room,
The circulator has to be installed separately from the wall panel, etc., and there is a problem that installation work on the site increases.

Further, in the circulator provided on the upper part of the wall in the room, the convection of air occurs near the circulator and the air around the circulator is vaguely circulated, but the performance of the circulator is also limited. Therefore, it cannot be said that the circulation in the room is always performed efficiently. Further, since the circulator is installed in the room, there is a problem that the appearance is bad.

An object of the present invention is to provide a wall panel that can efficiently circulate the air in the room.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a wall panel is provided in which an opening communicating with a room is provided above and below a panel frame, and a circulator which blows out air sucked from the upper opening from the lower opening is provided inside. It is composed.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the air gathered in the vicinity of the upper part of the room is sucked from the upper opening of the panel frame and blown out from the lower opening thereof by driving the circulator provided inside the panel frame.

Since the circulator is provided on the panel frame, the work of installing the circulator is unnecessary at the construction site. In addition, an opening that communicates with the room is provided above and below the panel frame, and this opening serves as a flow path for the air in the room, so that circulation is smooth, and therefore efficient air circulation in the room can be performed. , By these, the purpose of the previous term is achieved.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a cross-sectional view and a perspective view of a main part of a housing unit 10 in which the wall panel 1 of this embodiment is incorporated. In these figures, the housing unit 10 includes a floor panel 11 and a ceiling panel in a frame (not shown).
12, the outer wall panel 13, the wall panel 1 and the like are incorporated. Reference numeral 15 indicates the interior of the housing unit 10.

The wall panel 1 comprises a panel frame body 2, openings 3 and 4 formed at the top and bottom of the panel frame body 2, a circulator 5 mounted inside the panel frame body 2, and the like. ing. The wall panel 1 of this embodiment is used as an inner wall panel.

The panel frame 2 is a skeleton panel 20.
It is formed by fixing the face material 21 to. In addition, this face material 21
A cloth or the like is stretched over the surface of the panel frame body 2 to form the surface of the panel frame body 2. In addition, this panel frame 2
Is produced in advance in a factory.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upper opening 3 has a predetermined dimension L from the ceiling surface 12A of the room 15 at the upper portion of the face material 21.
On the side of the skeleton panel 20 that is cut out by one, the upper lid 22 parallel to the surface of the face material 21 has its lower end surface substantially flush with the upper end surface of the face material 21. It is installed.

The lower opening 4 is composed of a face member 21 cut out from the floor surface 11A of the floor panel 11 by a predetermined dimension L1 and a lower lid 23 attached near the face member 21. Therefore, the inside of the panel frame body 2 is formed in the flow path 6 of the air from the room 15 to the lower opening 4 through the upper opening 3 and back to the room 15. The upper opening 3 and the lower opening 4 are also formed in advance in the factory.

The circulator 5 is mounted inside the panel frame 2 as described above. The circulator 5 is of a type that is normally used and that inhales air from one side and blows out the air from the other side, and a type adapted to the size of the room 15 to be attached is used.

The circulator 5 is installed in the factory in the wall panel 1 produced in the factory in advance. And only the wiring can be connected on site. The circulator 5 is attached such that its suction side is located on the side of the upper opening 3. Although not shown, a predetermined heat insulating material is provided in the wall panel 1 at positions other than a predetermined size between the left and right sides of the circulator 5.

Next, the procedure for attaching the wall panel 1 of this embodiment will be described. The circulator 5 is attached to the back side of the face material 21 in advance in the factory. Then, the face material 21 is fixed to the skeleton panel 20 to form the panel frame body 2. At this time, openings 3 and 4 are formed in the upper and lower portions of the panel frame body 2, and the wall panel 1 is produced in advance in the factory in this way.

Such a wall panel 1 together with the floor panel 11 and the like is carried to a construction site by a truck or the like. Next, the floor panel 11, the ceiling panel 12, the outer wall panel 13 and the like are appropriately incorporated into the frame of the housing unit 10, and the wall panel 1 is attached as an inner wall panel. After that, wiring of the circulator 5 and the like are performed.

In such a housing unit 10, when the circulator 5 is driven, the air warmed and collected in the upper part of the room 15 is sucked into the circulator 5 as indicated by an arrow A in FIG. Flow into the flow path 6. The air in the flow path 6 is sucked into the circulator 5, is further blown out from the outlet of the circulator 5, and is returned from the lower opening 4 to the room 15 again as shown by arrow B.

According to this embodiment as described above, the following effects can be obtained. That is, in this embodiment, the circulator 5 can be attached only by incorporating the wall panel 1. Since the circulator 5 is attached to the wall panel 1 in the factory in advance, the work of installing the circulator 5 can be omitted. Therefore, it is possible to reduce on-site work in housing construction.

Further, openings 3.4 are formed in the upper and lower portions of the wall panel 1, respectively, and when the circulator 5 is driven, the inside of the wall panel 1 from the upper opening 3 to the lower opening 4 has an air flow path 6 therein. Becomes Therefore, since the warmed air in the room 15 passes through the flow path 6, the air circulation is smooth, and the air in the room 15 is efficiently circulated.

Further, the openings 3 and 4 in the upper and lower parts of the wall panel 1
Has an opening substantially at right angles to the ceiling surface 12A and the floor surface 11A, so that the air sucked from the upper opening 3 can be blown toward the floor surface 11A. Indoor 15
Since the air is circulated between the uppermost part and the lowermost part, the effect that the circulation efficiency is good is produced.

Further, since the circulator 5 is mounted inside the wall panel 1, it cannot be seen from the room 15. Therefore, the interior 15 can be made to have a neat appearance and the dead space inside the wall panel 1 can be effectively used.

A second embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. In the present embodiment, while the wall panel 1 in the first embodiment is composed of one panel, a circulation panel 31 to which the circulator 5 is newly attached is provided, and this circulation panel 31 is replaced with a normal circulation panel 31. The wall panel 30 is configured by sandwiching it between two partition panels. That is, in the first embodiment, the air is circulated in the entire wall panel 1 via the circulator 5, but in the present embodiment, the air is circulated in a part of the wall panel 30. is there.

In this embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted or briefly given. Also a circulation panel
The cross section of 31 is the same as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

That is, in FIG. 3, the wall panel 30 comprises a circulation panel 31 and a partition panel 32 provided with the circulation panel 31 interposed therebetween. As the partition panel 32, a back panel is not used, and a commonly used partition panel 32 having a heat insulating material mounted therein is used.

Between these two partition panels 32,
The circulation panel 31 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is sandwiched. In these figures, the circulation panel 31 includes a vertically long frame 36 including a top plate 33, a bottom plate 34, and side plates 35, a face material 37 attached to the front surface of the frame 36, and a back surface material attached to the back surface of the frame 36. 38
And lateral plates 39, 40 attached to the upper and lower sides of the frame 36.

At the top and bottom of the frame 36, the width of the side plates 35 is narrowed. When these parts are connected by the horizontal plates 39, 40, the horizontal plates 39, 40 and the face member 37 are connected. Upper opening
41 and a lower opening 42.

A circulator 5 is mounted in the circulation panel 31.

Also in this embodiment as described above, the first
In addition to the effects and advantages similar to those in the embodiment, the effect that the performance of the circulator 5 can be exhibited more efficiently can be added.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but includes the following modifications and the like. That is, although the wall panels 1 and 30 are used as the inner wall panels in each of the above-described embodiments, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be used as a partition panel, for example.

In the second embodiment, the circulation panel 31 is sandwiched between the partition panels 32, that is, the wall panel 30 is disposed substantially at the center of the partition panel 32. However, the present invention is not limited to this. 31 may be provided close to any position on the right side or the left side of the room 15.
By doing so, since it is possible to deal with a heating appliance or the like attached according to the shape of the room, there is an effect that the air in the room 15 can be circulated more efficiently.

[0032]

As described above, according to this embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a wall panel which can efficiently circulate the air in the room.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall sectional view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main part.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,30 Wall panel 2 Panel frame 3,41 Upper opening 4,42 Lower opening 5 Circulator 6 Air flow path 15 Indoor A, B Air flow

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A panel frame body is provided with openings above and below which communicate with the interior of the panel, and inside is provided with a circulator that blows out air sucked from the upper opening from the lower opening. Wall panels.