JPH07190411A - Central air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a central air conditioner wherein the installation place for an air conditioner can be reliably secured, and also installation work and maintenance work for the air conditioner can be easily performed. CONSTITUTION:A central air conditioner 41 provided with a housing space 20 formed on the upper part of an intermediate floor 14 provided in the intermediate position in the height direction of the specific stories, an air conditioner 23 to be installed in this housing space, and for conditioning and discharging sucked air, room side communication passages 27, 28, 29 for communicating the housing space 20 with respective rooms 11, 12, 13, and a passage side communication passage 22 for communicating the housing space 20 with the passage part 17 is constituted, and air conditioning to respective rooms 11, 12, 13 in a building 10 is performed by circulating conditioned air.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a central air conditioner that circulates conditioned air through passages connecting each room to air-condition each room in a building, and uses an air conditioner installed inside the building. It can be used for air conditioning.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, central air conditioning has been performed in which conditioned air is circulated through air passages communicating with each duct and each room arranged in a building to air-condition each room in the building. In such a central air conditioner, the air in the building is sucked in by an air conditioner to generate conditioned air adjusted to a predetermined temperature or humidity state, and this conditioned air is distributed and supplied to each room through a duct. , Collect through the passage,
By returning to the air conditioner, each room in the building was air-conditioned.

[0003]

When performing such central air conditioning, it is necessary to install all or some of the functional parts of the air conditioner inside the building in order to improve the appearance of the building. Is desired. However, the air conditioner of the central air conditioner is becoming larger in size to have various air conditioning functions such as temperature adjustment, humidity adjustment, and ventilation, and the installation location of such an air conditioner is secured inside the building. It was difficult to do. Further, in consideration of the installation work and maintenance work of the air conditioner, in addition to having to secure a sufficiently large installation space as described above, it is a place where these works can be easily performed. Therefore, it was difficult to secure an appropriate air conditioner installation location inside the building. From the above, the air conditioner installed inside the building has not been put to practical use.

An object of the present invention is to provide a central air conditioner which can surely secure the installation place of the air conditioner and can easily perform the installation work and the maintenance work of the air conditioner.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to achieve the above object by installing an air conditioner in a storage space formed in an upper portion of an intermediate floor. Specifically, the present invention is a central air conditioner for air conditioning each room in a building by circulating conditioned air through a passage connecting each room, and is provided at an intermediate position in a height direction of a predetermined floor. A storage space formed in the upper part of the intermediate floor, an air conditioner installed in the storage space for harmonized and discharging the inhaled air, and a chamber side communication for communicating the storage space with each chamber. It is characterized by including a passage and a passage-side communication passage that communicates the storage space with the passage portion.

Further, in the central air conditioner of the present invention, a ventilation amount adjusting means for adjusting a ventilation amount of the conditioned air flowing between the storage space and each chamber is provided in the communication passage on the room side. It is characterized by being Further, the central air conditioner of the present invention is characterized in that the passage-side communication passage is formed as a door that allows articles and the like to be taken in and out of the storage space from the passage portion.

The central air conditioner of the present invention is
A plurality of chambers are arranged adjacent to each other in the storage space, and the chamber-side communication passage is provided for each chamber so as to penetrate a boundary portion between each of the adjacent chambers and the storage space. To do. Further, in the central air conditioner of the present invention, a plurality of chamber side communication passages provided for each of the chambers is provided in a position facing the adjacent chambers in the storage space. It is characterized in that it is provided in the communication passage unit.

[0008]

According to the present invention as described above, the air in the building is sucked in by the air conditioner to adjust the temperature to a predetermined temperature or humidity to generate conditioned air, and the conditioned air is supplied from the room side communication passage. After the air is distributed and supplied into each room, it is collected through the passage part and returned to the air conditioner through the passage side communication path to air-condition each room in the building. Alternatively, the conditioned air is circulated in a direction opposite to the flow of the conditioned air to air-condition each room in the building. That is, the conditioned air generated by the air conditioner is sent to the passage portion through the passage side communication passage, distributed and supplied from each passage portion to each room, and then sucked from each room to the room side communication passage to be collected and supplied to the air conditioner. return.

At this time, since the air conditioner is installed in the storage space provided at the intermediate position in the height direction of the predetermined floor, the installation place of the air conditioner can be reliably and easily secured. Further, since the storage space is also used as a space for storing the original articles and the like, the original function of the storage space is not impaired. Further, since the storage space is provided with a door or the like for allowing people or articles to enter and exit when storing articles, the installation work and maintenance work of the air conditioner can be easily performed through the doors and the like. It becomes possible, and these achieve the above-mentioned object.

Further, if a ventilation amount adjusting means for adjusting the ventilation amount of the conditioned air flowing between the storage space and each chamber is provided in the chamber side communication passage, the temperature can be freely adjusted for each chamber, or It is possible to adjust the humidity. Then, in the case where the door for taking in and out the articles and the like as described above faces the passage portion, the passage side communication passage that connects the storage space and the passage portion is provided by providing a door gallery on this door. If formed, a return path or a feed path for conditioned air can be reliably and easily secured.

Further, if a plurality of chambers are arranged adjacent to each other in the storage space and the room-side communication passage is provided in each room by penetrating the boundary portion between each of the adjacent chambers and the storage space, the storage space can be stored. The conditioned air can be directly supplied to each room without using a duct extending from the space to each room, or the conditioned air can be directly recovered from each room.
In this case, a plurality of chamber-side communication passages provided for each chamber are provided in the chamber-side communication passage unit so as to be integrated, and the chamber-side communication passage units are arranged adjacent to each other in the storage space. If it is provided at a position facing each room, the construction at the site becomes easy.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a cross section of a building 10 equipped with a central air conditioner 41 of the present invention. The building 10 is a two-story house that is highly airtight and highly insulated from the outside, and includes three rooms 11, 12, and 13 that are to be air-conditioned. In addition, the room 11 on the first floor is a garage for housing vehicles. However, this chamber 11 is not limited to a garage. An intermediate floor 14 is provided on the upper side of the room 11, and the intermediate floor 14 and the floor 1 of the room 13 on the second floor.
A storage space 20 for storing articles and the like is formed between the storage space 20 and the storage space 5.

A corridor (not shown) is provided on the first floor and the second floor, and the corridor on the first floor and the corridor on the second floor are connected by a stair 16 shown by a two-dot chain line in the figure. The passage 17 is formed by the corridors on the first and second floors and the staircase that is the space above the stairs 16. The passage 17 and the chambers 11, 12, and 13 are communicated with each other by a door louver (not shown) or the like. Stairs 16
A landing is provided in the middle of, and the floor surface of the landing and the intermediate floor 14 are arranged at substantially the same height position.

The landing on the stairs 16 and the storage space 20 are adjacent to each other, and a door 21 through which a person goes in and out for putting in and out articles is provided between them, and the articles and the like are moved from the landing on the stairs 16 to each other. It can be put in and taken out from the storage space 20. The door 21 is provided with a door gallery, and the door gallery forms a communication opening 22 that is a passage-side communication path that connects the passage 17 and the storage space 20.

In the storage space 20, there is an air conditioner 23 which sucks the air in the storage space 20 and adjusts it to a predetermined temperature state or humidity state, and supplies it as conditioned air to each chamber 11, 12, 13. It is provided. Then, a filter or the like may be provided in the air conditioner 23 or in the vicinity of the air conditioner 23 to collect dust in the building 10. The ventilation unit 24 is provided at a position facing the outer wall of the storage space 20.
The ventilation unit 24 is configured to exchange the air in the storage space 20 with the outside air for ventilation, and also to perform heat exchange between the exhaust air and the inflowing outside air. The ventilation unit 24 may be linked with the air conditioner 23 or may be operated independently.

On the room 12 side of the storage space 20, there are three rooms 1
An outlet unit 25, which is a chamber-side communication passage unit, is provided so as to face 1, 12, and 13. The outlet unit 25 is configured in a box shape, and the outlet unit 25
The interior space of the air conditioner 23
Is connected to the feeding portion 23S. On the other hand, the air conditioner 23
The return portion 23R is open to the outside of the outlet unit 25 inside the storage space 20.

Each chamber 11, 12, 1 of the outlet unit 25
Blow-out ports 27, 28, 29, which are chamber-side communication passages for blowing out the air-conditioning air in the blow-out port unit 25 into the chambers 11, 12, 13 respectively, are provided at the portions facing the position 3. In the vicinity of the outlets 27, 28, 29, ventilation amount adjusting means 30, 31, 32 for adjusting the ventilation amount of the conditioned air blown into the chambers 11, 12, 13 are provided. The ventilation amount adjusting means 30, 31, 32 are provided in each chamber 11, 1.
Room controllers 33 and 3 installed in 2 and 13
4, 35, etc. can be operated independently.

Then, the joint duct 26, the internal space of the outlet unit 25, the outlets 27, 28, 29, the chambers 11, 12, 13, the door galleries, the passage 17, the communication opening 22, and the storage space 20 form the building. An air circulation path 40 in which conditioned air circulates in the inside 10 is configured. A central air conditioner 41 is configured by the air circulation path 40 and each device such as the air conditioner 23 and the ventilation unit 24.

In this embodiment as described above, the inside of the building 10 is conditioned as follows. First, the air conditioner 2
The conditioned air adjusted to a predetermined temperature state or humidity state by 3 is sent from the sending portion 23S of the air conditioner 23 to the internal space of the blowout port unit 25 through the joint duct 26, and is blown from each blowout port 27, 28, 29 to each chamber 11. , 12, 1
Distribute by supplying by blowing into 3. At this time, the air flow rate adjusting means 30, 31, 32 are appropriately adjusted for each of the chambers 11, 12, 13 so that the temperature and humidity in each of the chambers 11, 12, 13 are in a desired state.

Next, the conditioned air in each of the chambers 11, 12, and 13 is sent to the passage 17 through a not-shown door louver or the like to be collected, and further, from the communication opening 22 formed in the door 21 into the storage space 20. From the sending / returning portion 23R to the air conditioner 23
Put it back in. Then, this conditioned air is readjusted again by the air conditioner 23 to a predetermined temperature state or humidity state. By repeating the circulation of such conditioned air in the air circulation path 40, various types of air conditioning such as cooling and heating, dehumidification, and humidification are constantly performed. In addition to the above-described circulation of the conditioned air in the air circulation path 40, ventilation may be performed by replacing part of the air in the storage space 20 with the ventilation unit 24 as necessary.

According to this embodiment, the following effects are obtained. That is, since the air conditioner 23 is installed in the storage space 20, the installation location of the air conditioner 23 can be reliably and easily secured. And since the air conditioner 23 can be installed in the inside of the building 10 by this, the building 1
It is possible to eliminate the need for an air conditioner installed outside 0, or to reduce the size of the air conditioner, thereby improving the appearance of the building 10.

Further, since the storage space 20 can be used as a space for storing the original articles and the like, the central air conditioner 41 can be constructed without impairing the original function of the storage space 20. . Furthermore, storage space 2
0 is provided with a door 21 through which a person, an article, or the like enters and exits when storing an article or the like, so that the installation work and the maintenance work of the air conditioner 23 can be easily performed through the door 21.

Further, since ventilation amount adjusting means 30, 31, 32 are provided near the outlets 27, 28, 29, respectively, the amount of conditioned air blown out into the chambers 11, 12, 13 can be controlled. It can be adjusted separately for each chamber 11, 12, 13. Therefore, the temperature and humidity of each chamber 11, 12, 13 can be adjusted to a desired state separately for each chamber 11, 12, 13.

Since a door 21 for loading and unloading articles and the like is provided facing the passage 17, the door 2
By providing the door galleries in 1, it is possible to easily form the communication opening 22 that communicates the passage 17 with the storage space 20, and to reliably and easily secure the return path of the conditioned air.

Further, the storage space 20 has three chambers 11, 1.
It is arranged so as to face Nos. 2 and 13, and each outlet 2
7, 28, 29 are rooms 11, 12, 13 and storage space 2
Since it is provided so as to penetrate the respective boundary portions with 0, from the storage space 20 to each chamber 11, 12, 13,
It is possible to supply conditioned air directly without using a duct. Since the outlets 27, 28, 29 are integrally provided in the outlet unit 25, the construction on site can be easily performed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but includes other configurations that can achieve the object of the present invention, and the following modifications and the like are also included in the present invention. That is, in the above embodiment, the communication opening 22
Was provided in the door 21, but when the door for putting in and taking out articles and the like does not face the passage 17, for example,
If it is installed on the floor 15 of the room 13 on the second floor,
A communication opening that connects the passage 17 and the storage space 20 may be formed at another position.

Further, in the above embodiment, the building 10 has the three rooms 11, 12 and 13 adjacent to the storage space 20, but the number of the rooms is arbitrary, and all the rooms are the storage spaces 2
It need not be adjacent to 0. And the room is the storage space 2
When it is not adjacent to 0, conditioned air may be supplied to the room from the storage space 20 through a duct.

Further, in the above embodiment, the storage space 20 is adjacent to the passage 17, and the passage-side communication passage that connects the storage space 20 and the passage 17 is formed by the communication opening 22 provided in the door 21. The storage space 20 does not have to be adjacent to the passage portion, and in this case, the passage-side communication passage that connects the storage space 20 and the passage portion may be formed using a duct.

Further, in the above embodiment, each of the air outlets 27, 2
8 and 29 were provided integrally with the outlet unit 25, but they do not have to be unitized in this way. However, it is preferable to unitize them and integrate them, and by doing so, on-site construction can be facilitated.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the building 10 is a two-story house, but it does not have to be a two-story building, and a one-story building, a three-story or more building, and a basement floor are provided. The building may have. The building 10 does not have to be a house, but may be a building for any purpose such as an office or a multi-tenant building. Further, the building 10 may be a building built by any building method such as a box-type unit building, a panel assembly type building, or a building by a conventional building method.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the chamber-side communication passage constitutes a conditioned air delivery path from the storage space 20 to the chambers 11, 12, and 13, while the passage-side communication passage comprises the chambers 11, 12, and 13.
Although the return path of the conditioned air from 13 to the storage space 20 is configured, it forms a flow of the conditioned air in the opposite direction to that of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the chamber side communication passage is formed from each chamber 11, 12, 13 to the storage space. The conditioned air may be used as a return path for the conditioned air to the air conditioner 20, and the passage-side communication passage may be used as a path for feeding the conditioned air from the storage space 20 to the chambers 11, 12, 13.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the air conditioner is installed in the storage space formed in the upper part of the intermediate floor, the installation place of the air conditioner can be surely secured and the air conditioner can be surely secured. There is an effect that the installation work and the maintenance work can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Buildings 11, 12, 13 rooms 14 Intermediate floor 20 Storage space 16 Stairs 17 Passages 21 Doors 22 Passage openings that are passageways 23 Air conditioners 25 Air outlet units that are room side passage units 27, 28, 29 Room sides Air outlets which are communication passages 30, 31, 32 Aeration amount adjusting means 40 Air circulation passage 41 Central air conditioner

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A central air conditioner for air-conditioning each room in a building by circulating conditioned air through a passage connecting each room, and an intermediate floor provided at an intermediate position in a height direction of a predetermined floor. A storage space formed on the upper side of the storage space, an air conditioner installed in the storage space for discharging the air that has been sucked in, and a chamber-side communication passage that communicates the storage space with the chambers, A central air conditioner, comprising: a passage-side communication passage that communicates the storage space with the passage portion. 2. The central air-conditioning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the chamber-side communication passage adjusts a ventilation amount of the conditioned air flowing between the storage space and each of the chambers. Central air conditioner characterized by being provided. 3. The central air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the passage-side communication passage is formed in a door for loading and unloading articles from the passage portion into the storage space. Central air conditioner characterized by. 4. The central air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a plurality of chambers are arranged adjacent to each other in the storage space, and the chamber-side communication passages are adjacent to each other. A central air conditioner, which is provided for each room so as to penetrate a boundary portion between the storage space and the storage space. 5. The central air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of chamber side communication passages provided for each of the chambers are located in the storage space and face each of the adjacent chambers. A central air conditioner provided in a room-side communication passage unit provided in.