JPH08126130A - Cubicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enhance the cooling efficiency while improving the appearance by cooling the upper part in the body thereby cooling the inside of the body uniformly. CONSTITUTION: The cubicle comprises an inside ceiling board 11 for the cubicle body 1, an outside ceiling board 12 disposed above the inside ceiling board 11, an opening made through the inside ceiling board 11, an electronic cooler 17 disposed to close the opening, cooling fins 19 located in the body 1 while touching the cooling face of an electronic cooling element 18 of the cooler 17, heat dissipation fins 20 disposed under the outside ceiling board 12 while touching the heat dissipation face of the element 18, and suction and discharge ports 30, 31 made in front and rear of the heat dissipation fin 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cubicle provided with an electronic cooling device as a countermeasure against heat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional cubicle has a structure shown in FIGS. In these figures, 1 is a cubicle main body having an opening on the front surface, 2 is a door that opens and closes the opening on the front surface, and 3 is a plurality of openings formed on the front surface of the door 2.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an electronic cooling element provided in each opening 3 via a heat insulating material 5, 6 denotes a cooling fin in contact with a cooling surface of each element 5 and located inside the main body 1, and 7 denotes a vicinity of the cooling fin 6. A cooling fan provided on the outside, 8 is a radiating fin located outside the main body 1 in contact with the radiating surface of each element 4, and 9 is a radiating fin 8
A heat radiating fan 10 provided in the vicinity of is an electronic cooling device including an element 4, a cooling fin 6, a cooling fan 7, a heat radiating fin 8 and a heat radiating fan 9. Reference numeral 11 is an inner ceiling plate of the main body 1, and 12 is an outer ceiling plate provided above the inner ceiling plate 11.

When each element 4 is energized, the cooling fin 6 is cooled and absorbs heat, the heat due to the amount of absorbed heat and the amount of power consumption is radiated from the radiation fin 8, and the radiated air is radiated by the radiation fan 9. The air inside the main body 1 is cooled by forced convection.

[0005]

In the case of the conventional cubicle, since the electronic cooling device 10 is provided on the front surface of the door 2, the heat in the upper part of the main body 1 is not cooled and the inside of the main body 1 is uniform. However, there is a problem in that the cooling efficiency is poor and the heat radiation fins 8 project outside the main body 1 to impair the aesthetics. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cubicle that cools the upper portion of the main body to uniformly cool the inside of the main body, improves cooling efficiency, and improves aesthetics.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, a cubicle of the present invention is formed on an inner ceiling plate of a cubicle body, an outer ceiling plate provided above the inner ceiling plate, and an inner ceiling plate. And the electronic cooling device provided by closing the opening, the cooling surface of the electronic cooling element of the device in contact with the cooling fin located in the main body, and the heat radiation surface of the element in contact with the outside ceiling plate. The radiation fin located below,
It is provided with an intake port and an exhaust port formed in front of and behind the radiating fins.

[0007]

In the cubicle of the present invention constructed as described above, an electronic cooling device is provided in the opening of the inner ceiling plate of the cubicle body by closing the opening, and cooling is performed in contact with the cooling surface of the electronic cooling element of the device. Since the fins are located inside the main body, the heat dissipation fins in contact with the heat dissipation surface of the element are located between the inner ceiling plate and the outer ceiling plate, and the intake port and the exhaust port are formed in front of and behind the heat dissipation fins, the cooling fins are provided. The heat of the upper part in the main body is absorbed by the, the amount of the absorbed heat is radiated by the radiation fins, and the radiated air is forcedly convected from the intake port to the exhaust port,
The upper part inside the main body is cooled, the inside of the main body is evenly cooled, and the air inside the main body is efficiently cooled. Furthermore, the radiating fins do not project outside the main body, and the aesthetic appearance is improved.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In these figures, the same symbols as those in FIGS. 6 and 7 indicate the same or corresponding ones. Reference numeral 13 denotes an opening formed in the inner ceiling plate 11, 14 denotes a plurality of mounting plates arranged in the opening 13 on the upper surface of the inner ceiling plate 11 in the front-rear direction, and 15 has a rectangular shape formed in the mounting plate 14. Two mounting holes 16 are insertion holes formed in the front end and the rear end of the mounting plate 14, respectively.

Reference numeral 17 is an electronic cooling device provided in each of the mounting holes 15 of the mounting plate 14, 18 is two electronic cooling elements of the cooling device 17, and 19 is a cooling fin in contact with the cooling surface of the element 18. It is inserted into the main body 1 through the mounting hole 15 and the opening 13, and is located inside the main body 1. 20 is an element 18
The heat radiation fins are in contact with the heat radiation surface of the sheet through a heat transfer plate 21 made of a copper plate, and are located between the inner ceiling plate 11 and the outer ceiling plate 12. Reference numeral 22 is a heat insulating material provided on both sides of the elements 18.

Reference numeral 23 denotes two heat radiating fans provided on the front side of the mounting plate 14, reference numeral 24 denotes a guide plate having a U-shaped cross section with an open top surface, and both ends of the cooling fin 19 have a rear end portion and a front end portion. It is located at the front end of the rear cooling fin 19.
A bolt 25 is inserted into the insertion hole 16 of the mounting plate 14 via a washer 26, and is screwed into a screw hole 27 of the inner ceiling plate 11 so that the mounting plate 14 is mounted on the inner ceiling plate 11. Numeral 28 is a packing interposed between the adjacent mounting plates 14, and the packing 28 and the mounting plate 14 make the inner ceiling plate 1
The first opening 13 is hermetically closed.

Reference numeral 29 denotes an outer cover which is mounted on the upper surface of the mounting plate 14 and covers the heat radiation fan 23, the heat radiation fins 20, and the element 18, and reference numerals 30 and 31 denote intake ports and exhaust ports formed on the front and rear surfaces of the outer cover 29. Port, 32 is a power source of the cooling device 17 provided on the upper surface of the outer cover 29, and 33 is the mounting plate 14.
Is attached to the lower surface of the inner cover 33 and covers the cooling fins 19 and the guide plate 24, 34 is a cooling fan provided at the intake port at the front of the inner cover 33, and 35 is exhaust air formed at the rear of the inner cover 33. A port, 36 is a water receiver in the left-right direction provided below each exhaust port 35, 37 is a drain hole formed at the right end portion of the lower surface of the water receiver 36, and 38 is one end connected to the drain hole 37, The other end is a drain pipe led out of the main body 1.

Reference numeral 39 is an inspection port, which is formed at a position in front of the outer ceiling plate 12, in front of the outer cover 28, and above the power source 32. Reference numeral 40 denotes a lid plate which is detachably provided on the inspection port 39 and closes the inspection port 39.

Then, the upper air in the main body 1 which is energized by the power source 32 to each element 18 and is sucked by the cooling fan 34 is cooled by the cooling fins 19 to absorb heat,
At that time, the generated dehumidified water passes through the exhaust port 35 of the inner cover 33, the drain hole 37 of the water receiver 36, and the drain pipe 38 to the main body 1.
Drained to the outside.

On the other hand, the heat due to the amount of heat absorbed by the cooling fins 19 and the amount of power consumption are radiated from the radiating fins 20, and the radiated air is radiated by the radiating fan 23 from the intake port 30 to the exhaust port 31.
Is forced to convection. When the electronic cooling device 17 is inspected, the lid plate 40 is opened and the inspection port 39 is used.

Although a plurality of electronic cooling devices 17 are provided on the inner ceiling plate 11 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.
The cooling device 17 may be provided arbitrarily according to the amount of heat generated in the main body 1. When the number of cooling devices 17 is small, the opening 13 is closed by using the mounting plate 14 having no mounting hole 15. Further, since the cooling device 17 is provided not on the side plate of the main body 1 but on the inner ceiling plate 11, it can be applied to a row board.

[0016]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects. In the cubicle of the present invention, an electronic cooling device 17 is provided in the opening 13 of the inner ceiling plate 11 of the cubicle body 1 by closing the opening 13, and a cooling fin 19 in contact with the cooling surface of the electronic cooling element 18 of the device 17 is provided. A radiation fin 20 located inside the body 1 and in contact with the radiation surface of the element 18 is located between the inner ceiling plate 11 and the outer ceiling plate 12, and an intake port 30 and an exhaust port 31 are provided in front of and behind the heat radiation fin 20. Since the cooling fin 19 absorbs the heat in the upper portion of the main body 1, the amount of the absorbed heat is radiated by the radiating fin 20, and the radiated air is forcedly convected from the intake port 30 to the exhaust port 31. The upper part is cooled and the inside of the main body 1 is uniformly cooled, so that the air inside the main body 1 can be efficiently cooled. Furthermore, the radiation fin 8
Does not project to the outside of the main body 1 and the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cut right side view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cut front view of FIG.

5 is a plan view of another part of FIG. 1. FIG.

6A and 6B are a right side view of a conventional example and a cut right side view of A, respectively.

7 is an enlarged view of a part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cubicle Main Body 11 Inner Ceiling Board 12 Outer Ceiling Board 13 Opening 17 Electronic Cooling Device 18 Thermoelectric Cooling Element 19 Cooling Fin 20 Radiating Fin 30 Intake Port 31 Exhaust Port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An inner ceiling plate of a cubicle body, an outer ceiling plate provided above the inner ceiling plate, an opening formed in the inner ceiling plate, and electronic cooling provided by closing the opening. An apparatus, a cooling fin in contact with a cooling surface of an electronic cooling element of the apparatus and located in the main body; a radiation fin in contact with a heat radiation surface of the element and below the outer ceiling plate; A cubicle having an intake port and an exhaust port formed in the front and rear.