JPH0842911A - Air conditioning panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an air conditioning panel which is simple in structure and attractive in appearance. CONSTITUTION:This air conditioning panel comprises a panel main body 1 which has a ventilation passage 17 inside and forms an opening end face communicating with the ventilation passage 17 on the upper end and a stationary upper lid 3 and a movable upper lid 4 mounted at a position at which substantially the whole area of the opening end face of the panel main body 1 is covered and an open and close mechanism A which is formed between the bottom of the movable upper lid 4 and the upper end of the panel main body 1 and removes the upper lid 4 from the opening end face 14b, thereby setting an opening between the movable lid 4 and the opening end face 14b to an air outlet X.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioning panel which is preferably used in offices and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a recent indoor air conditioner, an air conditioner having an air outlet for air conditioning in a partition panel has been developed.
The structure of such an air-conditioning panel includes a panel body having a ventilation passage therein and an upper end formed with an opening end face communicating with the ventilation path, and a panel body disposed at a position detachably attached to the opening end surface of the panel body. , And an upper lid pivotally supported via a pivot mechanism, and an outlet is set in a gap between the upper lid and the panel body. Then, the air for air-conditioning generated from an air conditioner built up from the underfloor of the raised floor or built into the panel body is blown out into the room from the outlet through the ventilation passage of the panel body.

[0003]

By the way, the air-conditioning panel constructed in this way is not necessarily applied to all the individual panels constituting the partition. Rather, it is customary to use only a specific panel as an air conditioning panel depending on the arrangement of furniture or the like or the position where a duct for raising the air conditioning air is opened on the floor surface. In such a case, the conventional air conditioning panel structure has the following problems with the adjacent normal panel. First, while the normal panel is entirely covered with a cap, the air-conditioning panel is supported on the side edge of the panel body by the pivot mechanism, so that the upper lid covers the panel body. Usually, the structure cannot cover the entire upper end. Therefore, while the edges of the headstock are in close contact with each other at the positions where the normal panels are adjacent to each other, there is a gap between the edges of the headboard and the top lid at the positions where the normal panels and the air conditioning panels are adjacent to each other. This causes a problem that the appearance of the entire panel is significantly impaired. In addition, the panel bodies are usually connected by bridging a connection fitting or the like between their side edges. However, if a pivoting mechanism exists at such a position, it is specially designed to avoid interference with the connection fitting. Therefore, there is a disadvantage in that the connection structure and the pivot structure are extremely complicated.

Further, in the conventional pivot mechanism, the upper lid is usually held at a predetermined position by utilizing sliding friction between members at the pivot portion. However, in such a structure, if the opening / closing operation is repeatedly performed or the air for air conditioning is intermittently blown to the upper lid, the holding force on the upper lid is likely to be reduced due to the settling of the member of the pivot portion, and as a result, In addition, there is a problem that the upper lid vibrates little by little and is likely to cause chattering noise and the like. This leads to a problem that frequent maintenance is required for long-term use.

An object of the present invention is to solve these problems at once.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following configuration.

That is, the air conditioning panel according to the present invention is
A panel body having a ventilation passage inside and an opening end face communicating with the ventilation passage at the upper end, an upper lid attached to a position covering substantially the entire area of the opening end face of the panel body, a lower surface of the upper lid, and the An opening / closing mechanism configured to be attached to and detached from the upper end of the panel body to attach / detach the upper lid to / from the opening end face, and an opening / closing gap between the upper lid and the opening end face is set as an outlet. .

[0008] As an embodiment of the opening / closing mechanism, a pivot portion for pivotally supporting the base end portion of the upper lid around the horizontal axis to the panel main body and a distal end portion of the upper lid are selectively guided to an open position or a closed position, and are selectively guided. And a guide portion that holds the distal end portion by a member engagement structure at a position.

As an embodiment of the guide portion, a bracket whose one end is pivotally attached to the tip portion of the upper lid via a horizontal shaft,
The bracket is engaged with the other end of the bracket via a horizontal shaft so that the entire bracket gradually rises while one end of the bracket moves from a position when the upper cover is closed to a position when the upper cover is opened. And a guide groove for guiding the other end.

In order to stably guide and hold the top end of the upper cover at the open position or the closed position, the guide portion includes a spring which elastically contacts the other end of the bracket with the guide groove at the closed position and the open position of the upper cover. Is desirable.

The upper lid may cover the entire area of the opening end face by itself, but it is mounted between the fixed upper lid which is mounted at a position covering both side edges of the opening end face of the panel body and the left and right fixed upper lids. It may be configured by a movable upper lid, and an opening / closing mechanism is configured between the lower surface of the movable upper lid and the upper end of the panel body.

[0012]

With the air-conditioning panel having such a structure, since the opening / closing mechanism is formed between the lower surface of the upper lid and the upper end of the panel body, when the upper lid is closed at a position other than the end portion of the upper lid. It can be mounted so that it is hidden.
Therefore, the upper lid of the air conditioning panel can be configured to cover the entire upper end of the panel body, and as a result, a gap is generated between the edge of the headstock and the edge of the upper lid even at the adjacent position between the normal panel and the air conditioning panel. It is possible to solve the problem and unify the appearances of the normal panel cover and the upper lid of the air conditioning panel, and significantly improve the appearance of the entire panel. Also, with such a mounting structure of the opening / closing mechanism, the opening / closing mechanism can be disposed at a position other than the side edge of the panel, so that the trouble that the opening / closing mechanism and the connecting metal fitting interfere with each other at the side edge of the panel body is avoided. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the opening / closing structure and the connecting structure from being unnecessarily complicated.

Further, when the upper lid is selectively guided to the open position or the closed position by the opening / closing mechanism and is held by the engaging structure, the sliding friction of the member is not used, and thus the fatigue does not occur. , It is possible to exert high holding power continuously. Therefore, even if the opening / closing operation is repeated or the air for air-conditioning is intermittently blown to the upper lid, the upper lid does not vibrate little by little, so that not only the occurrence of chattering noise can be suppressed but also frequent maintenance is not required. Can be.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of panels P in this embodiment are adjacent to each other on a floor F around a desk D and are used as partitions, and a specific panel P is used.
a is used as an air conditioning panel. The floor F has a double structure, and air-conditioning air generated by an external air-conditioning device is supplied to a space under the floor.

A pair of air conditioning panels P adjacent to each other in FIG.
Among a, one shows the state which removed the face plate 11 and the skirting board 12 from the panel main body 1, and the other shows the state which attached them. In the panel body 1, a side frame member 13, an upper frame member 14, and a lower frame member 15 are joined in a frame shape, and a frame member 16 that further connects the upper frame member 14 and the lower frame member 15 inside the side frame member 13. And the face plates 11 are attached to the front and the rear of these. The space surrounded by the frame member 16 and the face plate 11 forms the ventilation path 17 of the present invention. The lower part of the lower frame member 15 is blindfolded by the baseboard 12, and an adjuster (not shown) for supporting the lower frame member 15 is disposed in the internal space. The upper end of the introduction member 2 is partially fitted into a rectangular hole (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the lower frame member 15. And
The conditioned air introduction member 2 is positioned so as to coincide with the ventilation duct f formed on the floor F. On the other hand, the lower frame member 15 and the upper frame member 14 are formed with elongated openings 15a and 14a penetrating in the vertical direction, and the air for air-conditioning flowing under the floor is supplied to the ventilation duct f and the air-conditioning air introduction. The ventilation path 1 of the panel main body 1 through the member 2 and the opening 15a
After flowing into the inside 7, it rises along the ventilation path 17 and is led out to the upper surface side of the upper frame member 14 through the opening 14 a of the upper frame member 14.

In the panel main body 1 thus constructed, in this embodiment, the fixed upper lid 3 is mounted at a position for sealing the open end faces 14b near both side edges of the upper frame member 14, and the fixed upper lids are mounted. The movable upper lid 4 is attached to a position where the opening end face 14b between the three is closed. An outlet X is set in the opening / closing gap between the movable upper lid 4 and the opening end face 14b.

The fixed upper lid 3 is made of resin. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the elastic engaging piece 31 protruding downward is engaged with the engaging recess 14c of the upper frame member 14. Is attached to the panel body 1.

The movable upper lid 4 is made of resin and, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, has a horizontal shaft 41 projecting laterally from the side wall of the base end portion 4a and a lower surface of the front end portion 4b. A U-shaped metal fitting 42 having a shaft hole 42a is hung down and attached.

On the other hand, the upper frame member 14 of the panel body 1 has an L
The metal fitting 5 is fastened by a screw 5a, and a shaft hole 51 that opens horizontally is formed at the rear end of the L-shaped metal fitting 5, and at the middle part, a bellows is formed from the rear part 52a to the front part 52b. The guide groove 52 having a rising shape is formed to penetrate in the thickness direction.

Then, the horizontal shaft 41 of the movable upper lid 4 is rotatably connected to the shaft hole 51 of the L-shaped metal fitting 5 to form a pivotal support portion A1 for rotatably supporting the movable upper lid 4 on the panel body 1. Then, the shaft hole 42a of the movable upper lid 4 and the guide groove 52 of the L-shaped metal fitting 5 are connected via the bracket 6 to form a guide portion A2 for guiding the distal end portion 4b of the movable upper lid 4. The pivot portion A1 and the guide portion A2 form the opening / closing mechanism A of the present invention.

Specifically, the guide portion A1 will be described in detail. The bracket 6 is U-shaped and has a horizontal shaft hole 61 formed at one end thereof. The shaft hole 61 and the shaft hole 42a of the movable upper lid 4 are provided. And are connected to each other via a shaft 62.
A horizontal shaft 63 extending in the horizontal direction is horizontally mounted on the other end of the bracket 6, and the horizontal shaft 63 is connected to the L-shaped bracket 5.
Are freely engaged with the guide grooves 52. And
The horizontal shaft 63 is guided along the guide groove 52 to the rear portion 52a.
When the bracket 6 is moved from the
The upper end 4b of the movable upper lid 4 is lifted up while gradually raising, so that the movable upper lid 4 can be rotated from the closed position shown in FIGS. 3 to 6 to the open position shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. There is.

A winding spring 62a is attached to the horizontal shaft 62.
Is wound, and both ends thereof are elastically contacted with the lower surface of the movable upper lid 4 and the inner surface of the bracket 6. Then, the bracket 6 is urged by the winding spring 62a, and the horizontal shaft 63 protruding from the bracket 6 is moved to the rear part 52a and the front part 5 of the guide groove 52 at the closed position and the opened position of the movable upper lid 4.
2b.

Next, the operation of the opening / closing mechanism A thus constructed will be described. In the closed position where the lower surface of the movable upper lid 4 contacts the opening end surface 14b, the horizontal shaft 63 of the bracket 6 engages with the rear portion 52a of the guide groove 52 as shown in FIGS. At this position, the elastic force of the spring 62a exerts an urging force on the horizontal shaft 63, but the rear portion 52a of the guide groove 52 is
Extend in the horizontal direction, and the urging force applied to the horizontal shaft 63 acts in a direction substantially perpendicular to the groove 52.
Is hard to be converted into a driving force in the direction of standing up and rather acts as a force for stably holding the upper lid 4 in the closed state. From this state, first, an upward operation force is applied by, for example, placing a finger on the tip 4b of the movable upper lid 4 to slightly rotate the upper lid 4 about the horizontal axis 41. As a result, the bracket 6 is slightly pulled up, and the horizontal shaft 63 slightly moves in the groove 52 toward the front portion 52b. Next, when the bracket 6 is further urged to move the horizontal shaft 63 along the guide groove 52 toward the front portion 52b side, the elastic urging force of the spring 62a is also assisted from the middle,
The horizontal shaft 63 easily moves to the front portion 52a side along the guide groove 52, and as a result, the bracket 6 gradually rises to rotate the upper lid 4 toward the open position. When the upper lid 4 is rotated to the open position, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8,
The horizontal axis 63 of the bracket 6 is the front portion 52b of the guide groove 52.
And the elastic force of the spring 55 exerts a stable holding force on the upper lid 4 via the horizontal shaft 63.

As described above, in the air conditioning panel Pa of this embodiment, the air conditioning air led out from the underfloor to the opening end surface 14b is blown out into the room while the movable upper lid 4 is held in the open position, and the movable upper lid is opened. It is possible to shut off the jetting of the fluid in the state where 4 is held in the closed position. According to such a configuration, the opening / closing mechanism A includes the lower surface of the movable upper lid 4 and the panel body 1.
Since it is formed between the upper end of the movable cover 2 and the upper end of the movable cover 2, the opening / closing mechanism A is hidden and is not exposed to the outside when the movable upper lid 2 is closed.
In particular, in this embodiment, since the upper part of the L-shaped bracket 5 is covered with the fixed upper lid 4, the opening / closing mechanism A is not exposed to the outside at the closed position of the upper lids 3, 4, and the entire upper end of the panel body 1 is entirely covered. It will be suitably covered. Therefore, not only the movable upper lid 4 and the fixed upper lid 3 are continuous at the adjacent positions,
Even at the position where the air conditioning panel Pa and the normal panel P are adjacent to each other, no gap is created between the edge of the fixed upper lid 3 and the edge of the headstock 7. Therefore, the appearance of the entire panel can be significantly improved without harming the same panel. Further, if such an opening / closing mechanism A mounting structure is used,
Since both side edges of the panel body 1, that is, the portion where the fixed upper lid 3 is disposed, are open, even when the panel bodies 1 are connected to each other by installing the connecting metal fittings between the side edges, the opening and closing mechanism A is used. It is possible to solve the problem that the opening / closing structure and the connection structure are unnecessarily complicated without causing interference with the connection fitting. Further, after selectively guiding the upper lid 4 to the open position or the closed position, the movable upper lid 4 is stably held at those positions by the engagement structure between the horizontal shaft 63 and the guide groove 52 and the elastic biasing force of the spring 62a. In addition, since there is no settling due to the sliding friction of the members during the opening and closing movement during this time, it can always exert the proper holding force continuously, and the opening and closing operation can be performed. Even if the air for air-conditioning is repeatedly or intermittently blown to the upper lid 4, the situation where the upper lid 4 vibrates little by little and generates chattering sound can be effectively eliminated. Therefore, there is an effect that frequent maintenance is unnecessary even for long-term use.

It goes without saying that the structure of the present invention is not limited to the one described in detail above. For example, the supply of the air-conditioning air may be performed by an air-conditioning device provided in each air-conditioning panel, instead of the collective supply from under the floor. Further, in the above embodiment, the upper lid is composed of the fixed upper lid and the movable upper lid, and the opening / closing mechanism is applied only to the movable upper lid.
Even when the entire upper end of the panel is configured to be covered with a single upper lid, the same operational effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained. Other specific configurations can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0027]

Since the air-conditioning panel of the present invention has the structure described in detail above, the opening / closing mechanism is attached so as to be concealed when the upper lid is closed at a position other than the end portion of the upper lid. The entire upper end can be covered with the upper lid. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the problem that a gap is created between the edge of the cap and the edge of the top cover even at the position adjacent to the normal panel and the air conditioning panel, and unify the appearance of the cap of the normal panel and the top cover of the air conditioning panel. As a result, the appearance of the entire panel can be significantly improved. Further, since the opening / closing mechanism can be arranged at a position other than the side edge of the panel,
It is possible to solve the problem that the opening / closing mechanism and the connecting fitting interfere with each other on the side edge of the panel body, and to avoid complication of the opening / closing structure and the connecting structure.

Further, when the upper lid is selectively guided to the open position or the closed position by the opening / closing mechanism and is held by the engaging structure, there is no fatigue due to sliding friction of the members, so that a high holding force is obtained. Can be exerted continuously,
Even if the opening / closing operation is repeated or the air for air conditioning is intermittently blown to the upper lid, it is possible to solve the problem of chattering caused by the small vibration of the upper lid, and the trouble requiring frequent maintenance.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the internal structure of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory view corresponding to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A ... Opening / closing mechanism A1 ... Pivot support A2 ... Guide part X ... Blowout port 1 ... Panel body 3 ... Fixed upper lid 4 ... Movable upper lid 4a ... Base end 4b ... Tip 6 ... Bracket 14b ... Opening end face 17 ... Ventilation path 41 ... Horizontal shaft 52 ... Guide groove 62 ... Horizontal shaft 62a ... Spring 63 ... Horizontal shaft

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A panel body having a ventilation passage inside and an opening end face communicating with the ventilation passage at an upper end thereof, and an upper lid attached to a position covering substantially the entire area of the opening end face of the panel body. An opening / closing mechanism configured between the lower surface of the upper lid and the upper end of the panel body to attach and detach the upper lid to and from the opening end surface is provided, and an opening / closing gap between the upper lid and the opening end surface is set as a blowout port. Air-conditioning panel characterized by that. 2. An opening / closing mechanism for selectively guiding a base end of an upper lid to a panel body around a horizontal axis and a distal end of the upper lid to an open position or a closed position, and a member at these positions. The air-conditioning panel according to claim 1, further comprising: a guide portion that holds a front end portion by the engaging structure. 3. A guide portion engages with a bracket whose one end is pivotally attached to the front end of the upper lid via a horizontal shaft, and engages with the other end of the bracket via the horizontal shaft so that one end of the bracket closes the upper lid. 3. A guide groove for guiding the other end of the bracket so that the entire bracket gradually stands up while moving from the position when the bracket is opened to the position when the upper lid is opened. Air conditioning panel as described. 4. The air conditioning panel according to claim 3, further comprising a spring that elastically contacts the guide groove at the other end of the bracket at the closed position and the open position of the upper lid. 5. The upper lid includes a fixed upper lid that is mounted at a position that covers both side edges of the opening end surface of the panel body, and a movable upper lid that is mounted between the left and right fixed upper lids, and the lower surface of the movable upper lid and the panel. The air conditioning panel according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein an opening / closing mechanism is configured between the main body and an upper end of the main body.