JPH0714739Y2 - Air conditioner drain hose clamp - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a drain hose clamp for an air conditioner including a drain tank.

(Prior Art) An example of a conventional air conditioner of this type is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

6 and 7, 1 is a main body, 2 is an evaporator, 3
Is an evaporator fan, 4 is a condenser, 5 is a condenser fan,
6 is a compressor, 7 is a fan drive motor, 8 is a drain pan,
9 is a drain hose, 10 is a drain tank, and 11 is a caster.

The inside of the main body 1 is partitioned by a partition wall 12 into a heat source side air chamber 13 and a use side air chamber 14, and in the heat source side air chamber 13, a condenser 4, a condenser fan 5, a compressor 6 and a drain tank 10 are provided. And the like, and an evaporator 2, an evaporator fan 3, a drain pan 8 and the like are provided in the utilization side air chamber 14.

During the cold air operation of the air conditioner, the compressor 6 is driven, and the condenser fan 5 and the evaporator fan 3 are driven by the fan drive motor 7.

Then, the refrigerant gas discharged from the compressor 6 flows into the condenser 4 and is condensed and liquefied by exchanging heat with the air therein, and is then adiabatically expanded by being throttled by a throttling mechanism (not shown), and then the evaporator. 2 and then evaporate and vaporize by exchanging heat with air there, and in this state, the compressor 6
Circulate to.

On the other hand, the indoor air is sucked into the heat source side air chamber 13 through the suction ports 15 provided on both sides of the lower portion of the main body 1, flows through the condenser 4 to raise the temperature, and then is urged by the condenser fan 5. Then, it is blown out from the exhaust port 16 provided on the rear surface of the main body 1. At the same time, the room air is sucked into the use side air chamber 14 from the suction port 17 provided on one side surface of the upper portion of the main body 1 and is cooled by passing through the evaporator 2 and then attached by the evaporator fan 3. It is urged and blown out from the conditioned air outlet 18 provided on the front surface of the main body 1.

Moisture contained in the air cooled by the evaporator 2 is condensed and dropped in the drain pan 8, and is stored in the drain tank 10 via the drain hose 9.

During the dehumidifying operation of the air conditioner, the damper 20 that opens and closes the communication hole 19 provided in the partition wall 12 is opened, and a part of the air heated through the condenser 4 is cooled in the air cooled through the evaporator 2. The mixed air is blown into the room from the conditioned air outlet 18 as dehumidified air.

This air conditioner is moved to an arbitrary position inside the room by the caster 11, and the room is locally cooled or dehumidified by the cool air or dehumidified air blown out from the conditioned air outlet 18.

When the drain in the drain tank 10 reaches a predetermined amount or more by continuing the operation of the air conditioner, the lid 21 provided on the front surface of the main body 1 is opened to take out the drain tank 10 from the main body 1 and Discard the drain.

The drain hose 9 is made of a flexible material such as vinyl or nylon, and is fixed to the main body 1 by a plurality of drain hose clamps 22 at intervals along the length direction as shown in FIG. The tip opening 9a faces the inlet opening 10a of the drain tank 10.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-described conventional air conditioner, the drain tank 10 is taken out to discard the drain therein, and is stored again in the main body 1 after discarding the drain. For convenience of incorporating 10, the drain hose 9 is provided with its tip opening 9a.
It cannot be fixed to the main body 1 by the clamp 22 at a position close to.

Since the drain hose 9 is made of a flexible material, the tip of the drain hose 9 swings to the left and right when the air conditioner moves, and as a result, the drain flowing in the drain hose 9 enters the drain tank 10. There was a problem that it spilled outside without getting into the opening 10a and polluted the room.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and the gist of the present invention is that the drain generated in the evaporator is passed through a flexible drain hose. In an air conditioner adapted to be introduced into the drain tank placed at the bottom, a guide for directing the tip of the drain hose to the inlet opening of the drain tank is provided in a drain hose clamp for fixing the drain hose to the air conditioner body. It is a drain hose clamp of an air conditioner characterized by being integrally molded.

(Operation) When the tip of the drain hose is fixed to the main body by the drain hose clamp of the present invention, the tip of the drain hose is automatically directed by the guide to the inlet opening of the drain tank.

(Embodiment) One embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 5.

In FIG. 1, 9 is a drain hose made of a flexible material, 10 is a drain tank, and 1 is a main body.

A drain hose clamp 30 made of plastic is integrally formed with a guide 31 for directing the tip of the drain hose 9 to the inlet opening 10a of the drain tank 10. Reference numeral 32 is a sleeve locked to the drain hose clamp 30.

Then, after inserting the distal end portion of the drain hose 9 into the sleeve 32 and penetrating the same, the drain hose clamp 30 is fastened to the arm 34 of the main body 1 with the screw 33. The front end opening 9a is fixed to a position facing the entrance opening 10a while facing the entrance openings 10a of the ten.

(Effect of the Invention) In the present invention, the drain hose clamp for fixing the drain hose to the air conditioner body is integrally formed with the guide for directing the tip of the drain hose to the inlet opening of the drain tank. If the tip of the hose is fixed to the body of the air conditioner, the tip of the drain hose will be directed toward the inlet opening of the drain tank by the guide. Thus, even when the air conditioner is moved, the opening of the drain hose tip does not deviate from the inlet opening of the drain tank, so the drain flowing in the drain hose does not enter the inlet opening of the drain tank and spills outside. There is no.

The structure of this drain hose clamp is simple and inexpensive, and when the drain hose clamp is fixed to the air conditioner body, the guide is automatically fixed in a predetermined direction, so that the drain hose piping work can be performed. Can be performed easily and quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a side view, FIG. 2 is a view taken along the arrow II in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is III- in FIG. A sectional view taken along the line III, and FIG.
Sectional drawing which follows the IV-IV line, FIG. 5 is sectional drawing which follows the VV line of FIG. 6 to 8 show a conventional example, FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view of an air conditioner, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is a schematic sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 8, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the drain hose clamp. Evaporator …… 2, drain pan …… 8, drain hose ……
9, tip opening 9a, drain tank …… 10, inlet opening …… 10
a, drain hose clamp …… 30, guide …… 31

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An air conditioner in which a drain generated in an evaporator is introduced into a drain tank placed under the drain through a flexible drain hose, and the drain hose is fixed to an air conditioner main body. A drain hose clamp for an air conditioner, wherein a guide for directing the tip of the drain hose to the inlet opening of the drain tank is integrally formed with the drain hose clamp.