JPH08132866A - Humidified cold air blast machine for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a humidified cold air blast machine for vehicle which can be installed on a vehicle of a small installation space and easily fitted to it. CONSTITUTION: In a small-sized vertical long cylindrical main body case 11 having an air suction port 12 on the lower side and an air blow-off port 13 on the upper side, a blower 14, an atomized water generator 18, and a humidified air derivation pipe 20 are coaxially arranged and fixed from the lower side, and a guide plate 22 letting flow a part of air sucked by the blower 14 into the water storage tank 16 of the atomized water generator 18 is provided on the outer circumferential part of the humidified air lead-through pipe 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a humidifying cold air blower for a vehicle, which blows humidified air to give an occupant a cool air feeling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a humidifying cool air blower, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-1
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 15347. This is
As shown in FIG. 2, a humidified air outlet 2 is provided around the conditioned air outlet 1, and humidified air generated by a humidifier (atomization water generator) 3 is supplied from the humidified air outlet 2 through an auxiliary duct 4. It is designed to blow out. In the figure, 5 is a blower,
6 is an evaporator, 7 is a heater core, and 8 is an air mix damper.

[0003]

On the other hand, in the humidifying cooler having the above-mentioned structure, the atomizing water generator and the auxiliary duct are newly installed. A required installation space is required, and it may not be possible to install in a vehicle with a small installation space, especially a light vehicle, and even if it can be installed in the vehicle,
There is a problem that it costs to attach the atomized water generator and the auxiliary duct.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and by incorporating the atomized water generator into the main body case integrally and eliminating the auxiliary duct, the installation space is small and the vehicle is easy to install. An object of the present invention is to provide a humidifying cool air blower.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a cylindrical main body case having an air intake port below and an air blowout port above, in the invention described in claim 1.
A blower that is provided above the air suction port and that generates an air flow from the air suction port toward the air outlet, and an ultrasonic wave is applied to water in a water tank provided above the blower to generate water. A water atomizer that atomizes the water, and a humidifier that is provided above the atomizer, the lower part of which is inserted into the water tank with a predetermined gap and the upper part of which is opened in the center of the air outlet. An air outlet pipe and an outer peripheral portion of the humidified air outlet pipe are provided to reverse a part of the air flow from the blower,
A guide plate introduced into the water storage tank, a fixing plate having ventilation holes for fixing the water storage tank and the humidified air outlet pipe in the main body case, and a fixing plate attached to a side surface of the main body case, A water supply tank for supplying water is provided, and the blower, the atomized water generator, and the humidified air outlet pipe are concentrically arranged and fixed in the main body case.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a wind direction changing plate that changes the direction of the air flow blown upward from the air outlet is provided above the air outlet. According to the third aspect of the invention, the main body case and the water supply tank are separated from each other by a required distance via a flexible and expandable water supply pipe.

[0007]

According to the invention described in claim 1,
With the above configuration, the blower, the atomized water generator, and the humidified air outlet pipe are concentrically arranged and fixed from below in the main body case, and from the center of the air outlet above the main body case. Since the humidified air is blown upward, the main body case is small and vertically long, and there is no auxiliary duct, so the installation space in the vehicle is small and it is suitable for vehicles with little installation space. Can be used. Further, since the main body case only has to be sandwiched between the left and right seats or placed on the floor without the air suction port being blocked, the mounting is extremely easy and the mounting cost is significantly reduced.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the wind direction changing plate that changes the direction of the air flow is provided above the air outlet of the main body case, it is blown upward from the air outlet. The humidified air can be changed in a desired direction by the wind direction changing plate. According to the invention described in claim 3, since the water supply tank is arranged at a required distance from the main body case by the flexible and expandable water supply pipe, the water supply tank is integrally attached to the side surface of the main body case. It can be installed on a vehicle that does not have enough installation space.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a vehicle humidifying cooler body. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a main body case having, for example, a rectangular tube shape having an air suction port 12 below and an air blowout port 13 above, and below the inside of the body case 11, the air suction port 12 to the air blowout port 13 are provided. A blower 14 that generates an air flow toward the front is fixed in the main body case 11 by a fixing plate 15.

Above the blower 14, an ultrasonic vibrator 17 for applying ultrasonic waves to the water in the water tank 16 to generate atomized water.
The atomization generator 18 having the above is provided, and the water storage tank 16 of the atomization water generator 18 is fixed in the main body case 11 by a fixing plate 19 having a ventilation hole 19a. A humidified air outlet pipe having a humidified air outlet 20a that is opened above the atomized water generator 18 with a required gap in the water tank 16 and has an upper opening at the center of the air outlet 13. 20 is provided, and the upper portion of the humidified air outlet pipe 20 is fixed inside the main body case 11 by a fixing plate 21 having a ventilation hole 21a.

On the outer peripheral portion of the humidified air outlet pipe 20, a part of the air of the arrow A sucked from the air suction port 12 by the blower 14 is reversed to the flow of the arrow B, so that the water tank 16 and the humidified air outlet pipe 20. The guide plate 22 for introducing the air indicated by the arrow B into the water storage tank 16 through the gap is provided, and the air indicated by the arrow B takes in the atomized water generated in the water storage tank 16 and becomes humidified air. The humidified air of arrow C is blown out from the humidified air outlet 20a through the pipe 20. The air indicated by the arrow D that has passed through the ventilation holes 19a of the fixed plate 19 passes through the ventilation holes 21a of the fixed plate 21 and is blown out from the outer peripheral portion of the air outlet 13.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main part of the humidifying cooler main body to which a water supply tank is attached. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 30 is a water supply tank housed in an auxiliary case 31, which is a water supply tank 3.
An opening / closing pin 32 for opening / closing the opening 30a of the water supply tank 30 is provided in the lower part of 0. The opening / closing pin 32 is pushed upward by the biasing force of the spring 33, and the opening 30a is normally opened. Cage, water tank 30
It is designed to close when you lift it.

Water in the water supply tank 30 passes through the opening 30a, the lower end 30b of the water supply tank 30, and the main body case 1.
Water is supplied to the water storage tank 16 through a water supply passage 34 that is provided through the side surface of the water storage device 1. The water supply passage 34 is provided with a float switch 35 having a float 35a. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of installation of the humidifying cooler main body in the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 3, the humidifying cool air blower 10 is installed in a state of being sandwiched between the adjacent seat backs 50, and blows upward above the air outlet 13 of the humidifying cool air blower main body 10. An inverted U-shaped wind direction changing plate 40 is provided to change the flow of the air indicated by arrow a so as to flow in the left and right directions of the arrow mouth and the arrow c, for example.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. In FIG. 1, the air of the arrow A sucked from the air suction port 12 by the operation of the blower 14 is fixed plate 19
After passing through the ventilation holes 19a of the water tank 16, a part of the air flows in the downward direction by the guide plate 22 and becomes an air flow indicated by an arrow B.
In this case, the atomized water generated in the water tank 16 by the operation of the ultrasonic transducer 17 is taken in to become humidified air, and passes through the humidified air outlet pipe 20 to reach the central portion of the air outlet 13. Humidified air (humidified air) indicated by arrow C is blown out from the opened humidified air outlet 20a.

On the other hand, the normal air indicated by the arrow D which has passed through the ventilation holes 19a of the fixed plate 19 flows upward and passes through the ventilation holes 21a of the fixed plate 21 and is blown out from the outer peripheral portion of the air outlet 13. In this case, the atomized water in the humidified air of the arrow C blown out from the humidified air outlet 20a takes latent heat from the normal air (normal wind) of the arrow D blown from the surroundings and evaporates, so that the humidified air The temperature drops. Since the cooled humidified air is prevented from diffusing by being covered with normal air, it efficiently reaches the occupant and gives the occupant a cool sensation.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, when the ultrasonic transducer 17 is actuated to lower the water level in the water tank 16 and the water level is lowered below the lower end 30b of the water tank 30, water is supplied from the lower end 30b. Air flows into the tank 30, and the water in the water supply tank 30 is supplied. When the atomized water generator 18 operates for a long period of time, the water in the water supply tank 30 is exhausted, and the water level in the water tank 16 becomes lower than the lower end portion 30b of the water supply tank 30, so that water cannot be supplied.
Is lowered and the float switch 35 is actuated to stop the operation of the ultrasonic transducer 17, and the empty operation of the ultrasonic transducer 17 is prevented.

With the humidifying cooler main body 10 having the above-described configuration, the main body case 11 has a small size and a vertically long shape, so that the installation space in the vehicle is small and the installation space is small. Can also be used for Moreover, since it can be easily installed at any position in the vehicle, the installation is extremely easy and the installation cost is significantly reduced. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, by changing the setting direction of the wind direction changing plate 40 provided above the air outlet 13, the direction of the air flow of the arrow mouth and the arrow C divided by the wind direction changing plate 40. Can be changed freely.

Next, in this embodiment, the water supply tank 30 is integrally attached to the humidifying and cooling air blower main body 10, but as shown in FIG. 4, the humidifying and cooling air blower main body 10 and the water supply tank 30 have flexibility. For example, via a water supply pipe 36 that is expandable and contractible,
You may arrange | position apart only a required distance. As a result, if the water supply tank 30 is integrally attached to the humidifying cooler main body 10, it can be installed in a vehicle that does not have enough installation space.

In this embodiment, the main body case 11 having a square tubular shape is used, but a main body case having a cylindrical or polygonal tubular shape may be used. In addition, in the present embodiment, the humidifying cooler main body 1
Although 0 is installed in a state of being sandwiched between the adjacent seat backs 50, it may be simply placed on the floor inside the vehicle via an installation plate (not shown) so as not to block the air suction port 12, for example.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a humidifying cool air blower main body.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part where a water supply tank is attached to a humidifying cooler body.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example in which a humidifying cooler main body is installed inside a vehicle.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view in which a water supply tank is separated from a humidifying cooler body.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional humidifying cooler.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Humidification Chiller Main Body 11 Main Body Case 12 Air Suction Port 13 Air Blowout 14 Blower 16 Water Storage Tank 17 Ultrasonic Transducer 18 Atomization Water Generator 19, 21 Fixing Plate 19a, 21a Ventilation Hole 20 Humidification Air Outlet Pipe 22 Guide Plate 30 water supply tank 36 water supply pipe 40 wind direction change plate

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cylindrical main body case having an air intake port below and an air outlet port above, and an air flow provided from above the air inlet port toward the air outlet port. A blower that generates, an atomized water generator that applies ultrasonic waves to water in a water tank provided above the blower to atomize the water, and an atomized water generator that is provided above the atomizer and has a lower portion as described above. A humidified air lead-out pipe that is inserted into the water tank with a predetermined gap opened upward in the central portion of the air outlet, and an outer peripheral portion of the humidified air lead-out pipe that is provided with one of the air flows from the blower. A guide plate for reversing the portion and introducing it into the water storage tank; a fixing plate having ventilation holes for fixing the water storage tank and the humidified air outlet pipe in the main body case; and a fixing plate attached to a side surface of the main body case. A water tank for supplying water to the water tank A humidifying cooler for a vehicle, comprising: the blower, the atomized water generator, and a humidified air outlet pipe that are coaxially arranged and fixed in the main body case. 2. A humidified cold wind for a vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a wind direction changing plate provided above the air outlet for changing a direction of an air flow blown upward from the air outlet. Machine. 3. The humidifying cooler for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the main body case and the water supply tank are separated from each other by a required distance via a flexible and expandable water supply pipe.