JPH0599448A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set a filter to a predetermined position of a design panel only by closing a suction grill by providing protrusions at a lower end of a filter and a lower part of the grill, and providing a stepped part and a hole at a lower front part of the panel. CONSTITUTION:A pair of right and left holes 4 and a stepped part 6 having an oblique part 5 are provided at a lower part of a filter container 7. Protrusions 9 to be engaged within the holes 4 are provided at a lower part of a filter 8. A protrusion oblique part 15 inclined to the rear surface of the filter 8 is provided at the end of the protrusion 9. A suction grill protrusion 13 for pressing the lower part of the filter 8 and introducing the protrusion 9 of the lower part of the filter 8 when set to a design panel 3 is provided at the lower part of a suction grill 12. Accordingly, even when the filter is not set to a normal position of the panel but the grill is set, the filter is set to the normal position merely by pressing the grill.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to a filter mounting structure thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Prior Art FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view and a partially enlarged view showing a conventional filter mounting structure of an air conditioner shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 20. FIG. 1 is an air conditioner main body, and an air blower 2 is provided therein. Further, the suction side opening has a design panel 18 having a suction port 11, and a suction grill 16 openably and closably connected via a rotary shaft 17 provided in the design panel 18. 8 is a filter, the suction grill 16
It is stored on the back side of and is housed inside the design panel 18.

The filter mounting structure of the conventional air conditioner is as follows.
When storing the filter 15 in the air conditioner configured as described above, first, the filter 15 is stored on the back side of the suction grill 16 and then the suction grill 16 is rotated by the rotary shaft 17 as an axis and stored in the design panel 18. The structure was made to let.

FIGS. 15 to 17 show, for example, an actual flat plate 2-7012.
FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view showing an open state of a grill of another conventional air conditioner shown in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-2, a side sectional view showing the open state of the grill, and an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part.
1 is an air conditioner main body, and an air purifier 2 is provided in the main body 1.
2, the heat exchanger 23, and the blower 2 are sequentially arranged, the air filter 15 is arranged on the front surface of the heat exchanger 23, and the front surface of the main body 1 is a suction port 1 having a large front surface.
1 and a front panel 3 having an outlet 24 formed on the lower surface. An air filter mounting step portion 6 is formed over the entire width of the suction port 11 of the front panel 3, and the front surface of the front panel 3 is a suction member that is rotatably supported by a rotation spindle 17 at the front end edge of the upper surface. It is equipped with a grill 16.

Next, the operation will be described. The air blower 2 in the air conditioner body 1 sucks in the indoor air from the grill 16
The air is further sucked, is heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 23 through the air filter 15 and the air purifier 22, and is blown into the air from the blower outlet 24 again by the blower 2. Then, at the time of maintenance of the air filter 15 and the air purifier 22, the air grill 15 and the air purifier 22 are taken out by opening the suction grill 16 rotatably supported by the front end edge of the upper surface of the front panel 3. Also, when storing, the procedure is reversed.

[0006]

Since the conventional filter mounting structure of the air conditioner is constructed as described above, it is necessary to completely store the filter 15 in the suction grill 16 when storing the filter 15. If the storage is incomplete, the filter 15 is caught by the design panel 18, and the suction grill 16 cannot be stored in the design panel 18. If the suction grill 16 and the filter 15 are left incomplete, the suction grill 16 and the filter 15 are deformed. There was a problem that it evolved into. In addition, the conventional air conditioner has a problem in that the suction grill can be closed while the air filter is incompletely accommodated in the air filter mounting step portion, which is not functionally unpleasant.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and even if the filter is not completely installed at a predetermined position of the design panel, the filter is simply closed by closing the suction grill. It is intended to be set to the specified position of. Even if the air filter is incompletely stored in the air filter mounting step, by closing the suction grill, the air filter can be naturally and reliably stored in the air filter mounting step. The purpose is to obtain an air conditioner.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Claim 1 according to the present invention
The air conditioner of, in an air conditioner in which a filter is housed between a design panel and a suction grill, a protrusion provided at a lower end of the filter, and a stepped portion and a hole provided at a lower front portion of the design panel. And a protrusion provided on the lower portion of the suction grill.

An air conditioner according to a second aspect of the present invention is
In an air conditioner in which a filter is housed between a front panel having a filter mounting step portion and a suction grill, a fitting step portion provided at the lower end of the filter mounting step portion and a fitting step portion A fitting piece that is locked and is provided on the filter and a guide piece that is provided on the back surface of the suction grill over the longitudinal direction are provided.

[0010]

In the air conditioner according to the first aspect of the present invention, even when the suction grill is to be set without setting the filter at the regular position of the design panel, the suction grill is simply pressed down to naturally filter the filter. It is set to the normal position. This can prevent the deformation of the suction grill and the filter.

In the air conditioner according to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the filter is incompletely stored in the filter mounting step portion, the suction grill is closed to naturally
In addition, the filter can be securely stored in the filter mounting step portion.

[0012]

【Example】

Example 1. 1 to 5 are views showing a first embodiment of the present invention, and reference numerals 1, 2, and 11 are exactly the same as those of the conventional device. Reference numeral 3 denotes a design panel, which has a filter accommodating portion 7, and a lower portion of the filter accommodating portion 7 is provided with a pair of left and right holes 4 and a stepped portion 6 having an inclined portion 5.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a filter, which has a protrusion 9 which is inserted into the hole 4 at a lower portion thereof, and a tip of the protrusion 9 has a protrusion inclined portion 14 having an inclined surface on the back surface of the filter 8 as shown in FIG.
Is equipped with. In FIG. 4, the inclination is provided on both sides of the filter 8, but the inclination of the front surface is meaningless, and in the present embodiment, the inclination is provided on the back surface. Reference numeral 12 denotes a suction grill, and a lower portion thereof is provided with a suction grill protrusion 13 for pressing down the lower portion of the filter 8 when set on the design panel 3 and inserting the protrusion 9 provided in the lower portion of the filter 8 into the hole 4.

In the filter mounting structure of the air conditioner configured as described above, the filter 8 is not set at the regular position in the filter housing 7 provided on the design panel 3, and as shown in FIG. Even if the protrusion 9 provided on the lower portion does not enter the hole 4 provided on the lower portion of the design panel 3 and is located before the hole 4, the suction grill 12 is provided on the lower portion of the suction grill 12 only by pushing the suction grill 12 onto the design panel 3. The grille projection 13 pushes the lower part of the filter 8 and the design panel 3
The inclined portion 5 provided on the lower stepped portion 6 and the protrusion inclined portion 14 on the back surface of the protrusion 9 provided on the lower portion of the filter 8 serve as guides, and the lower protrusion 9 of the filter 8 forms the stepped portion 6 of the design panel 3.
It is designed to get over the hole and enter the hole 4.

Example 2. In the first embodiment, the protrusions 9 provided on the lower portion of the filter 8 are the same on the left and right, but in this case,
In some cases, the filter 8 may be set on the front and back of the design panel 3, and the filter knob portion 1 provided on the lower front surface of the filter 8 may be set.
0 may get inside and hide. In order to prevent this, the thickness of the projection 9 is changed to the left and right.
FIG. 6 shows the second embodiment and is a perspective view of the filter 8 in which the wall thickness of the protrusions 9a and 9b provided at the lower portion is changed. Even if the filter 8 is to be set upside down, the projection a9a cannot be inserted into the hole 4 provided under the design panel 3 because it is too thick to set the back side of the filter 8.

Example 3. The third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 7 to 10 are an overall perspective view showing an opened state of a grill of an air conditioner according to a third embodiment of the present invention, a side sectional view showing the opened state of the grill, an enlarged sectional view of an essential part and an enlarged perspective view of an essential part. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is an air conditioner main body, in which an air purifier 22, a heat exchanger 23, and a blower 2 are sequentially arranged, and an air filter 8 is provided.
Is disposed on the front surface of the heat exchanger 23, and the main body 1
The front surface is closed by a suction port 11 having a large opening on the front surface and a front panel 3 having an opening 24 on the lower surface. An air filter mounting step 6 is formed over the entire width of the suction port 11 of the front panel 3, and a fitting step 6 having an inclined part 5 is provided at the lower end of the air filter mounting step 7. The air filter 8 is provided with a fitting piece 14 that is fitted and locked with the fitting step portion 6. Further, the front surface of the front surface 3 is provided with a suction grill 12 which is rotatably supported by a rotation support shaft 17 at a front end edge of the upper surface, and when it is located near the fitting piece 25 on the back surface of the suction grill 12,
A guide piece 15 is provided in the longitudinal direction.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the air conditioner configured as described above,
The air in the room is sucked from the suction grill 12 by the blower 2 in the air conditioner main body 1, is heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 23 through the air filter 8, the air purifier 22, and is again blown by the blower 2 from the outlet 24. It is blown out indoors. Then, at the time of maintenance of the air filter 8 and the air cleaner 22, by opening the suction grill 12 rotatably supported by the front end edge of the upper surface of the front panel 3, the air filter 8 and the air cleaner 22 are taken out and stored. The procedure is reversed. And at the time of this storage,
By closing the suction grill 12, the fitting piece 25 of the air filter 8 is provided with the inclined portion 5 of the fitting step portion 6 provided at the lower end of the air filter mounting step portion 7, and the suction grill 1 described above.
2 The air filter 8 is naturally and surely stored in the air filter mounting step portion 7 by being guided by the guide piece 15 provided in the longitudinal direction at a position located near the fitting piece 25 on the back surface. It

Example 4. In the third embodiment described above, the guide piece 15 is provided over the longitudinal direction at the location on the back surface of the suction grill 12 located near the fitting piece 25. However, instead of the guide piece 15, the fitting piece 15 is fitted. The guide protrusion 26 may be provided at a location on the back surface of the suction grill 12 located on the piece 25. Figure 1
Embodiments 1 and 12 are an enlarged cross-sectional view and an enlarged perspective view of an essential part showing Embodiment 4 of the present invention, in which the fitting piece 25 has a guide projection 2
The same effect as that of the above-described third embodiment is obtained by being guided by No. 6.

[0018]

The present invention has the following effects.
The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the filter is housed between a design panel and a suction grill, and a projection provided at a lower end of the filter and a step provided at a lower front portion of the design panel. Since it is configured to have a portion and a hole and a protrusion provided on the lower portion of the suction grill, even when trying to set the suction grill without setting the filter at the regular position of the design panel, The filter is naturally set to the normal position just by pressing it down.
This can prevent the deformation of the suction grill and the filter.

An air conditioner according to a second aspect of the present invention is an air conditioner in which a filter is housed between a front panel on which a filter mounting step is formed and a suction grill, and a fitting provided at the lower end of the filter mounting step. A configuration including a step portion, a fitting piece that is fitted and locked to the fitting step portion and is provided on the filter, and a guide piece that is provided on the back surface of the suction grill over the longitudinal direction. Therefore, even if the filter is incompletely stored in the filter mounting step portion, the filter can be naturally and reliably stored in the filter mounting step portion by closing the suction grill.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a filter housing state of an air conditioner according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an open state of the suction grill of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an opened state of a suction grill of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a filter housing state of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the filter housing state of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a filter of an air conditioner according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an opened state of a suction grill of an air conditioner according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of an air conditioner according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of an essential part of an air conditioner according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of an air conditioner according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of an air conditioner according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged perspective view of essential parts of an air conditioner according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a filter of a conventional air conditioner is housed.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing an open state of a grill of a conventional air conditioner.

FIG. 15 is an overall perspective view showing a grill open state of a conventional air conditioner.

FIG. 16 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the grill of the conventional air conditioner is opened.

FIG. 17 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part showing an open state of a grill of a conventional air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Air conditioner main body 3 Design panel 4 Hole 6 Stepped part 7 Filter storage part 8 Filter 9 Protrusion 12 Suction grill

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An air conditioner for accommodating a filter between a design panel and a suction grill, wherein a projection provided at a lower end of the filter, and a stepped portion and a hole provided at a lower front portion of the design panel. An air conditioner comprising: a protrusion provided on a lower portion of the suction grill. 2. An air conditioner for accommodating a filter between a front panel having a filter mounting step and a suction grill, and a fitting step provided at a lower end of the filter mounting step, and the fitting step. An air conditioner provided with a fitting piece that is fitted and locked to a step portion and that is provided on the filter, and a guide piece that is provided on the back surface of the suction grill in the longitudinal direction.