JPH0745752Y2 - Bay window counter box - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application] The present invention is an indoor unit of an air conditioner.
By attaching the cover plates to the lower parts of the side boxes that are arranged on both sides of the indoor unit, the lower parts of the side boxes can be used as a space for storing electric cords extending from the indoor unit, which can improve convenience. Regarding the counter box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bay window is sometimes used on the outer wall of a living room in order to improve the appearance of a house by giving an accent to the outer wall in addition to lighting and ventilation in the living room.

On the other hand, an air conditioner is often used to improve the comfort of the living room. However, in an air conditioner having a floor-standing indoor unit, a part of the living room may be dedicated by installing this indoor unit. Often, the layout of furniture and the like is limited, and the indoor unit is exposed, which gives a feeling of strangeness to the viewer, resulting in poor appearance.

In order to solve such a problem, the inventors of the present invention have applied for Japanese Patent Application No. 3-112267 (Japanese Utility Model Application No. 6-8682).
No.) , the indoor unit is arranged below the bay window and on the indoor side, and a top plate that forms the bottom of the bay window is extended above the indoor unit, and the space between the bottom surface of the top panel and the room floor surface is extended. By arranging the housing furniture that hides the side of the unit, you can arrange the indoor unit with a sense of unity with the bay window,
We proposed a bay window air conditioner that can enhance the appearance.

[0005]

The housing furniture of such a bay window air conditioner is required to have an excellent interior appearance as well as to impair the appearance of an electric cord extending from an indoor unit, for example. What can be stored without is desired.

The present invention is based on the fact that a cover plate is removably placed on the upper end of the decorative plate of the side box, and the lower part of the side box can be effectively utilized as a storage space for electric cords, etc. The purpose is to provide a counter box.

[0007]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a bay window counter box mounted on an indoor floor along a wall surface below a bay window frame which is attached to an opening provided above a wall of a house and which forms a bay window. The central box on which the indoor unit of the air conditioner is placed is arranged side by side on the both sides , and the top surface height is the same.
Base box consisting of a side box , and the chamber straddling the side box
An outer peripheral portion extending above the inner unit and along the bay window frame
Rutotomoni comprises a horizontal top plate having said central box,
Is it at a right angle to the wall surface with a space larger than the width of the indoor unit ?
Upper plate is arranged on the upper end of the central box side plate vertically arranged , and the side box is on the upper end of the side box side plate along the central box side plate, the back plate along the wall surface, the back plate and the side box side plate. An upper plate to be placed, and a vertical decorative plate that connects the back plate and the side box side plate below are provided, and a side box side plate and a removable cover plate whose peripheral edge is in contact with the back plate are provided at the upper end of the decorative plate. On the other hand, the rear plate, the side box side plate, and the central box side plate are provided with holes through which the electric cord extending from the indoor unit can be inserted.

[0008]

The side box is provided with a vertical decorative plate which connects the side plate and the back plate at the lower side, and the removable cover plate is arranged at the upper end of this decorative plate . Therefore, the lower part of the side box can be effectively utilized as a hidden storage space, and convenience can be improved.

The back plate, the side box side plate, and the central box side plate are provided with holes through which the electric cord extending from the indoor unit can be inserted. Therefore, for example, it can be conveniently connected to an outlet provided on the wall surface along which the back plate extends, without impairing the appearance of the electric cord of the indoor unit.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, a bay window counter box 1 of the present invention is mounted on an indoor floor B along a wall surface W1 below a bay window frame 3 which is attached to an opening A provided above a wall W of a house and which forms a bay window 2. And the central box 4 on which the indoor unit C of the air conditioner is placed , and the upper and lower surfaces which are arranged side by side and have the same height.
The side boxes 5, 5 because Do that group box 6, and the side boxes 5,
There is provided a horizontal top plate 7 which extends over the indoor unit C and extends over the indoor unit C and which has an outer peripheral edge portion along the bay window frame 3 .
Further, the central box 4 has an interval larger than the width of the indoor unit C.
A top plate 13 is arranged on the upper ends of the central box side plates 12, 12 which are arranged at right angles to and perpendicular to the wall surface W1 with a space therebetween , and the side box 5
Is a side box side plate 14 along the central box side plate 12, the wall surface W
1 is provided with a back plate 15 along with 1, a top plate 16 arranged on the upper ends of the back plate 15 and the side box side plate 14, and a vertical decorative plate 17 connecting the back plate 15 and the side box side plate 14 below. ,
On the upper end of the decorative plate 17, a removable cover plate 19 whose peripheral edge is in contact with the side box side plate 14 and the back plate 15 is arranged.
5, the side box side plate 14 and the central box side plate 12 have holes 15 through which the electric cord extending from the indoor unit C can be inserted.
a, 14a, and 12a are provided.

Further, in this embodiment, the top plate 7 is formed with a notch 10 into which a bottom plate 9 arranged at the bottom of the bay window 2 is fitted, and the outer peripheral edge of the top plate 7 is The bottom plate 9 and the inward projecting piece 11 below the window frame 3.
Insert between and.

The exit window 2 is formed by attaching the exit window frame 3 to the opening A of a so-called opening panel P having a rectangular opening A in this embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the opening panel P surrounds the opening A and an outer frame 22 formed by joining outer frame members 21 along the outer periphery of the opening panel P in a rectangular shape. Surface members 25, 25 are attached to the inside and outside of the frame composed of the inner frame member 24 formed by joining the inner frame members 23 ...

The opening panel P has an upper end of a rising piece 26A of a long base metal fitting 26 having an L-shaped cross section, which is bolted onto a cloth foundation F provided along the outer peripheral street of the house, and an upper end of the rising piece 26A. The lower end is supported by being fitted into the recess 21A provided on the lower surface of the material 21, and the upper end thereof is, for example, a beam member horizontally arranged above the cloth foundation F using an appropriate fitting (both not shown). The opening panel P is vertically installed between the cloth foundation F and the beam member by fixing it with the wall member W forming the outer wall of the house and the opening A. Form.

Outside the cloth foundation F, the lower end of the opening panel P, the base metal fitting 26, and concrete K for finishing the outer surface of the cloth foundation F are cast.

Further, the inside of the upper surface of the cloth foundation F has a frame member B1 ...
The side edge of the floor panel PU having the floor board B2 attached thereto is supported on the upper surface of the frame joined to form a rectangle, and the indoor floor surface B is formed.

The bayonet frame 3 is fixed to the facing surfaces of the vertical inner frame members 23 of the opening panel P.
7, 27, upper and lower frame members 29, 29, 3 extending horizontally and slightly outward from the upper and lower ends of the fixing portions 27, 27
0, 30 and upper and lower frame members 29, 29, 30, 30
A horizontal joint 3 that joins the outer ends of the wall and is parallel to the wall W
An upper gusset 32, a lower gusset 33, and a vertical vertical frame member 3 joining both ends of the joint members 31, 31.
4, 34, and the upper and lower frame members 29, 2
9, 30, 30, fixing portions 27, 27, joint materials 31, 3
1, the peripheral edge of a rectangular window glass 35 ... Is fitted to the vertical frame members 34, 34 to form the bay window 2.

Further, below the bay window frame 3 and on the indoor floor surface B, the base box 6 of the bay window counter box 1 is placed along the wall surface W1 on the indoor side of the wall body W.

The base box 6 comprises a central box 4 and two side boxes 5 and 5 arranged on both sides of the central box 4. Central box 4
Is a horizontally long rectangular front plate 37 that is parallel and perpendicular to the wall surface W1.
And a horizontal upper plate 13 of a horizontally long rectangular shape is attached to the upper end of a U-shaped base 39 composed of a rectangular central box side plate 12 extending outward from both ends of the front plate 37. The upper plate 13 is a refrigerant pipe / drain pipe 4 extending from the indoor unit C.
A rectangular notch 13A for inserting 0 is provided.

The central box 4 is placed below the bay window 2 and on the indoor floor B, and the upper plate 1 of the central box 4 is placed.
The indoor unit C is mounted on the unit 3 . The central box side plates 12 and 12 are along the wall surface W1 of the indoor unit C.
While standing up at a right angle and perpendicular to the wall surface W1 with a space equal to or larger than the width, the upper end of the indoor unit C is located slightly below the lower edge of the opening A.

The indoor unit C is a rectangular parallelepiped floor-standing air conditioner in this embodiment, and has an intake port 41 on its inner surface.
However, outlets 42 are respectively provided at the inner upper edges. The refrigerant pipe / drain pipe 4 extending from the lower surface of the indoor unit C
As shown in FIG. 2, 0 extends to the underfloor space through the notch 13A provided in the upper plate 13 of the central box 4 and the hole 43 formed in the floor plate B2 of the floor panel PU, and the cloth foundation From F to the outside, it is connected to the outdoor unit D of the air conditioner.

The side box 5 includes a vertically long rectangular side box side plate 14 along the central box side plate 12, a back plate 15 extending along the wall surface W1 at a right angle from the outer end of the side box side plate 14, and the back plate. 1
5 includes a substantially fan-shaped horizontal upper plate 16 disposed on the upper ends of the side box side plate 14 and a vertical decorative plate 17 having an arc-shaped cross section that connects the back plate 15 and the side box side plate 14 below. . The lower end of the decorative plate 17 is aligned with the lower ends of the back plate 15 and the side box side plate 14, and the side boxes 5 and 5 contact the side box side plates 14 and 14 with the central box side plates 12 and 12 of the central box 4. Let the central box 4
It is placed on the both sides with the height of the upper surface aligned. Further, vertical base materials 46, 46 for attaching both ends of the front decorative plate 45 having the louvers 44 are attached to the facing surfaces of the side box side plates 14, 14 by mounting the side boxes 5, 5.

The front decorative plate 45 covers the inner surface of the indoor unit C by its attachment, the lower end is located inside the upper plate 13 of the central box 4, and the upper end is the outlet of the indoor unit C. It is positioned so that 42 is exposed.

On the back plate 15 of the side box 5, a horizontal receiving member 47 is fixed so that its height is aligned with the upper end of the decorative plate 17, and the receiving plate 47 and the decorative plate of the side box side plate 14 are fixed. Near the upper end of the decorative plate 17, through holes 47a and 14b for attaching the cover plate 19 arranged at the upper end of the decorative plate 17 are provided.

The cover plate 19 includes the side box side plate 14 and the back plate 15.
It is a substantially fan-shaped plate having a peripheral edge that contacts with, and is aligned with the through holes 14b and 47a in the peripheral edge facing the side box side plate 14 and the lower surface and in the vicinity of the peripheral edge contacting the back plate 15. Dowels 49, 49 are projected. Therefore, the cover plate 19 is detachably attached to the decorative plate 17 by fitting the dowels 49, 49 into the through holes 14b, 47a.

The back plate 15 and the side box side plate 14 are provided with holes 15a and 14a located below the cover plate 19, respectively, and the central box side plate 12 also has the hole 1
A hole 12a is provided in alignment with 4a. Therefore, the electrical cord extending from the indoor unit C and inserted into the holes 12a and 14a can be connected to the outlet provided on the wall surface W1 with the front surface exposed from the hole 15a by removing the cover plate 19. The cover plate 1 outside the decorative plate 17
The space covered by 9 can also be used as a hidden storage space.

After the base box 6 and the indoor unit C are thus installed, the top plate 7 is arranged above the bottom plate 9 via the bottom plate 9. The bottom plate 9 is a substantially trapezoidal plate whose inner end is placed on the lower edge of the opening A and whose outer peripheral edge is placed on the inward projecting piece 51 provided in the gusset 33 under the window frame 3. The bottom plate 9 forms the bottom of the bay window 2, which is a body.

As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 4, for example, the top plate 7 is composed of a decorative plate body in which decorative plates 53, 53 are attached to the upper and lower sides of a plywood 52 and is placed on the bottom plate 9. An upper plate 54 integrally provided with a trapezoidal outer plate part 7A and an inner plate part 7B placed on the base box 6 and having arcuate ends.
And a lower plate 55 attached to the lower surface of the inner plate portion 7B of the upper plate 54 and having the same thickness as the bottom plate 9. Therefore, the top plate 7
The lower plate 55 has a notch 10 into which the bottom plate 9 can be fitted.

The top plate 7 is located above the indoor unit C,
While fitting the bottom plate 9 into the notch 10, the bottom plate 9 and the base box 6
Is placed on the upper surfaces of the side boxes 5 and 5, and extends from the upper surface of the base box 6 to the bay window frame 3 and extends along the bay window frame 3.
The outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 7 and the lower part of the window frame 3 are provided at the outer peripheral edge part of
3 is fitted and inserted between the inwardly projecting piece 11 projecting above the bottom plate 9 . Further, from the overhanging piece 11 to a screw 5
The top plate 7 is attached to the bottom portion of the bay window 2 and the upper surface of the base box 6 by screwing in the screw 6.

In this way, the top plate 7 is slid from the inside so that the bottom plate 9 is fitted into the notch portion 10 and the outer peripheral edge portion is fitted into the bottom plate 9 as the final finish of the construction. Can prevent damage to the bottom plate 9,
The overhanging pieces 11 can be attached more densely and the attachment quality can be improved.

At the inner edge of the top plate 7, there is provided a rectangular notch 57 through which the air from the outlet 42 of the indoor unit C passes. Therefore, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 2, the blowing direction can be changed between the horizontal direction X and the diagonally upper side Y according to the temperature change of the living room, and the comfort can be improved.

[0032]

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, the bay window counter box of the present invention is
Since the cover plate is detachably attached to the top of the decorative plate of the side box, the lower part of the side box can be effectively used as a concealed storage space, improving convenience, and the back plate, side box side plate, and central box side plate. Since a hole portion through which the electric cord extending from the indoor unit can be inserted is provided, the electric cord can be conveniently connected to the outlet without spoiling the appearance.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sectional view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a top plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 bay window 3 bay window frame 4 center box 5 side box 6 base box 7 top plate 12 center box side plate 13 upper plate 14 side box side plate 15 back plate 16 upper plate 17 decorative plate 19 cover plate A opening B indoor floor surface C indoor unit W wall W1 wall surface

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A mounting et al in an opening provided in the wall of the upper house
Re chamber floor along the lower and the wall of the bay window frame forming the bay window
A bayonet counter box placed on a surface, which is a base box consisting of a central box on which an indoor unit of an air conditioner is placed , and side boxes arranged side by side on the both sides and having the same upper surface height . , And
Fine the side boxes extending the straddling the indoor unit upward Moreover <br/> comprises a horizontal top plate having an outer peripheral edge along the bay window frame Rutotomoni, said central box, the more the width of the indoor unit
An upper plate is arranged at an upper end of a central box side plate that is arranged at a right angle and perpendicular to a wall surface with a space , and the side box is a side box side plate along the central box side plate, a back plate along the wall surface, and a back plate. An upper plate arranged at the upper end of the side box side plate, and a vertical decorative plate joining the back plate and the side box side plate below are provided, and the upper side of the decorative plate has a side box side plate, a back plate and a peripheral edge. A bay window counter characterized in that while a detachable cover plate that contacts is arranged, holes are formed in the back plate, the side box side plate, and the central box side plate, through which an electric cord extending from the indoor unit can be inserted. box.