JPH09229468A - Ventilation hole-embedded bath room temperature and humidity controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate arrangement in the ventilation hole for an existing ventilation fan of the bath room of an existing housing by a method wherein an indoor machine serving as the terminal machine of a gas hot water type heating cooling device is arranged in such a state to be embedded in the ventilation hole of a bath room. SOLUTION: A bath room unit 4 serving as the terminal machine of a gas hot water type heating cooling device is arranged by utilizing the hole for a ventilation fan of an outer wall 8 of the bath room. Distribution from the hot water circulation passage of the outdoor unit of the gas hot water type heating cooling device is effected for heating of the interior of the bath room. Hot water is fed to a radiator 42 of the bath room unit 4 and by heating cold air sucked through a suction port 5 by a blast device 43 for circulation, cold air forms hot air, which is returned through a supply opening 7 to the bath room. In dehumidification drying, high humidity air sucked through a suction port 5 by the blower device 43 for circulation is caused to pass through a vaporizer 41 of a heat-exchanger 40 and cooled to remove damp. Removed damp is discharged as dew condensed water 6 to the outside of the bath room, cooled dehumidified air is reheated by a radiator 42 and returned as dried air through a supply opening to the interior of the bath room.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ventilating hole type bathroom temperature / humidity adjusting device installed in a ventilating hole of a bathroom, which is capable of adjusting temperature and humidity, and particularly has a function as a hot water type bathroom dehumidifying dryer. Ventilation hole embedded bathroom temperature / humidity control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, hot water is blown into a bathroom by a hot-water bathroom dryer, and moisture is discharged outside the bathroom by a dedicated ventilation fan built in the dryer to dry laundry. there were. Generally, a bathroom dryer is installed on the ceiling of a bathroom and has a ventilation function by an exclusive exhaust duct attached to the bathroom.

[0003]

The conventional bathroom dryer has only the function of a dryer, and since it is a ventilation type, the outside air condition greatly affects its performance, especially during the rainy season when the humidity is high. Had a tendency to decrease its drying ability. And it is not suitable for the bathroom of the existing house because it requires a large-scale installation work.

In addition, at the time of bathing in winter, the entire bathroom is initially cold, which is not preferable for infants or the elderly, and health care personnel are very careful. Therefore, the present invention provides a ventilation temperature-embedded bathroom temperature / humidity controller as a bathroom dehumidifying dryer capable of maintaining stable dehumidifying and drying performance that has a dehumidifying and drying function and is not easily affected by outside air conditions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bathroom temperature / humidity control device with an embedded ventilation hole that can heat a bathroom. In addition, the device is compact because it does not have a ventilation mechanism, and the ventilation hole from which the existing ventilation fan has been removed can be used as it is, and it can be easily installed in the bathroom of the existing house. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ventilation hole-embedded bathroom temperature / humidity control device, wherein an indoor unit as a terminal of a gas hot water heating / cooling device is embedded in a ventilation hole of a bathroom. It is characterized by being installed. As a result, it is possible to provide a bathroom temperature / humidity control device that is compact and that can use the ventilation hole from which the existing ventilation fan has been removed as it is and can be easily installed in the bathroom of the existing house. It is a thing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ventilation hole-embedded bathroom temperature / humidity controller in which an indoor unit as a terminal of a gas hot water heating / cooling device is embedded in a ventilation hole of a bathroom.
The feature is that the bathroom is heated by operating only the heating function. As a result, it is possible to provide a bathroom temperature / humidity control device with a built-in ventilation hole that can heat the bathroom in advance at the beginning of bathing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ventilation hole-embedded bathroom temperature / humidity control device in which an indoor unit as a terminal of a gas hot water heating / cooling device is embedded in a ventilation hole of a bathroom.
It is characterized in that the bathroom is dehumidified and dried by simultaneously operating the cooling function and the heating function. As a result, it is possible to provide a bathroom temperature / humidity adjusting device with a built-in ventilation hole as a bathroom dehumidifying / drying machine that can maintain stable dehumidifying / drying performance that is unlikely to be affected by outside air conditions.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 3 shows the system configuration of a ventilation temperature embedded type bathroom temperature / humidity control device of the present invention. Generally, a gas hot water type heating / cooling device (air conditioner) includes an indoor unit 1 installed indoors, an outdoor unit 2 installed outdoors, and a heat source device 3 having a water heater 30. In addition to this, the ventilation hole embedded type bathroom temperature / humidity control device of the present invention includes an in-bath unit 4.

The indoor unit 1 has an evaporator 11 constituting a cooling cycle and a radiator 12 to which hot water is supplied, and the evaporator 11 is integrally constructed so as to be on the windward side of the radiator 12. An indoor heat exchanger 10 is provided. In addition, in the vicinity of the indoor heat exchanger 10, the indoor heat exchanger 1
A cross flow fan 13 is provided for passing 0 to blow air to the conditioned room.

The evaporator 11 is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 20 in the outdoor unit 2 through the refrigerant pipes 15 and 16, and has a refrigerant circulation path through which the refrigerant circulates between the indoor unit 1 and the outdoor unit 2. Has been formed. The radiator 12 includes a water heater 30 heated by a burner 31, a pump 32 for supplying hot water therefrom, and a hot water valve (flow rate control valve) 14 via a hot water supply circuit including a pressure tank 33 having a reserve tank 34. And piping 36, 17, 18, 35
A hot water circulation path through which hot water circulates is formed between the indoor unit 1 and the heat source device 3.

Next, the refrigerant circulation path and the hot water circulation path will be described. The evaporator 11 of the indoor heat exchanger 10 is connected to a valve 27A of an outdoor unit via a refrigerant pipe 15 formed of a thick pipe. The valve 27 is connected to a valve 2 via a refrigerant pipe 28, a muffler 22, an accumulator 23, a compressor 24, an outdoor heat exchanger 20, a capillary tube (decompression device) 25, and a strainer 26.
7B.

The valve 27 is connected to the evaporator 11 of the indoor heat exchanger 10 via the refrigerant pipe 16 formed of a thin tube, thereby forming a closed refrigerant circulation path, that is, a cooling cycle. . In addition, the outdoor heat exchanger 2
In the vicinity of 0, a propeller fan 21 for passing the outdoor heat exchanger 20 to blow air is provided.

Indoor cooling is performed by the following operation. The refrigerant from the evaporator 11 of the indoor heat exchanger 10 is supplied to the refrigerant pipe 1
5. The muffler 22 via the valve 27 of the outdoor unit
The accumulator 23 is reached. In the accumulator 23,
Gas-liquid separation is performed and only gas is sent to the compressor 24. The refrigerant compressed by the compressor 24 is cooled by the cooling air of the propeller fan 21 in the outdoor heat exchanger 20 to take some heat, is liquefied, and becomes a high-pressure low-temperature liquid in the capillary tube (pressure reducing device) 25.

The high-pressure and low-temperature refrigerant is screened by the strainer 26 and then sent to the evaporator 11 of the indoor heat exchanger 10 through the refrigerant pipes 29 and 16, where it is gasified and endothermicly evaporated. Along with the endothermic evaporation, the surrounding temperature is deprived and the air is cooled. The cooled air is blown into the conditioned room by the cross flow fan 13. The refrigerant is sent to the refrigerant pipe 15 again, and the same cooling cycle is repeated to cool the room to a desired temperature.

The radiator 12 of the indoor heat exchanger 10 is
As described above, the hot water is connected to the hot water supply circuit via the pipes 17 and 18, and the hot water valve 14 is opened to allow hot water circulating in the hot water supply circuit to flow in the order of the pipe 17, the radiator 12, and the pipe 18. That is, it is configured so that the hot water circulation path can be circulated.

Indoor heating is performed by the following operation. Hot water from the water heater 30 heated by the burner 31 is supplied by a pump 32 to a pressure tank 33 having a reserve tank 34, where the pressure is increased and the piping 3
It is supplied to the radiator 12 of the indoor heat exchanger 10 via 6 and 17. In the radiator 12, the temperature of the surrounding air is raised,
The warmed air is sent to the conditioned room by the cross flow fan 13. The hot water is sent again to the pipe 35 via the pipe 18 and the hot water valve 14 and is returned to the water heater 30 again. By repeating the same heating cycle, the room is heated to a desired temperature.

In this case, the heating temperature in the room is maintained at a desired set temperature by controlling the hot water valve by microcomputer control or the like based on a detection output of a temperature sensor arranged near the cross flow fan 13. Can be done. Further, by simultaneously using the cooling operation and the heating operation at the same time, the air dehumidified by the cooling operation is warmed by the heating operation, and dehumidification heating can be performed.

In the in-bathroom unit 4 of the bathroom temperature / humidity adjusting device with a ventilation hole embedded according to the present invention, the cooling circuit is branched from the refrigerant pipes 28 and 29 via the manual valves 27C and 27D.
The hot water circulation path is branched from the pipes 35 and 36. Similar to the indoor unit 1, the configuration of the in-bathroom unit 4 includes an evaporator 41 that constitutes a cooling cycle and a radiator 42 to which hot water is supplied, and the evaporator 41 is windward with respect to the radiator 42. The in-bathroom heat exchanger 40 integrally provided is provided. A cross-flow fan 43 is provided near the heat exchanger 40 in the bathroom for passing the heat exchanger 40 in the bathroom to blow air to the bathroom.

The evaporator 41 is connected to the outdoor heat exchanger 20 in the outdoor unit 2 via refrigerant pipes 28 and 29, and a refrigerant circulation path through which the refrigerant circulates between the bathroom unit 41 and the outdoor unit 2. Are formed. The hot water supply circuit of the heat source device 3 is connected through the pipes 35 and 36, and a hot water circulation path for circulating hot water is formed between the in-bathroom unit 4 and the heat source device 3. The operations of cooling, heating, dehumidifying, and dehumidifying and heating are the same as the cooling cycle and the heating cycle performed between the indoor unit 1, the outdoor unit 2, and the heat source device 3 as described above, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

When heating the bathroom, the electromagnetic cycle valve 44A of the bathroom unit 4 is opened to select the heating cycle. When performing dehumidification and drying to use the bathroom as a drying room, the air dehumidified by the cooling operation is performed by opening the manual valves 27C and 27D and the electromagnetic opening / closing valves 44A and 44B and simultaneously using the cooling operation and the heating operation. Is heated by the heating operation and dehumidified and dried.

Next, FIGS. 1 and 2 show a state in which the ventilation hole-embedded type bathroom temperature / humidity control device of the system of the present invention thus constructed is attached to the bathroom. Here, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the same parts as those in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 5 is a suction port for air in the bathroom, 6 is condensed water, 7 is an outlet for warm air or dehumidified dry air, 8 is an outer wall of the bathroom, and 9 is a ceiling of the bathroom. When the bathroom unit 4 as a terminal of the gas hot water type heating and cooling device is attached to the bathroom and is used as a bathroom temperature / humidity control device, the ventilation hole for the ventilation fan that is usually provided in the outer wall 8 of the bathroom is used in the house. To install.

As a result, the device itself is compact, and the ventilation hole from which the existing ventilation fan is removed can be used as it is, so that it can be easily installed in the bathroom of the existing house.
When it is desired to warm the inside of the bathroom before bathing, the hot water distributed from the hot water circulation path of the outdoor unit 2 of the gas hot water heating / cooling device is supplied to the radiator 42 of the bathroom unit 4,
The circulation air blower 43 heats the cold air sucked from the suction port 5 to warm it, and returns it to the bathroom from the blowing port 7.

Next, when the bathroom temperature / humidity control device is used for dehumidification / drying, the air containing a large amount of moisture sucked from the suction port by the circulation blower 43 passes through the evaporator 41 of the heat exchanger 40. It is cooled and moisture is removed as it passes. The removed moisture is discharged outside the bathroom as condensed water 6. The cooled and dehumidified air is reheated by the radiator 42 and returned as dry air from the outlet 7 into the bathroom. Therefore, the air flow in the bathroom goes from A to B, and the dry warm air convects upward from the lower side of the dried object such as the laundry hanging in the bathroom to the dry state. Can be performed efficiently.

[0024]

As described above, the ventilation hole-embedded bathroom temperature / humidity control device of the present invention is so compact that the device itself does not have a ventilation mechanism. It can be used and can be easily installed in the bathroom of an existing house without major installation work.

Further, in the winter bathing, even if it is desired to heat the bathroom in advance at the beginning of bathing, it becomes possible by a simple operation, and it is useful for the health management of infants and the elderly.
Furthermore, since it also functions as a bathroom dehumidifying dryer that has a dehumidifying and drying function and can maintain stable dehumidifying and drying performance that is not easily affected by outside air conditions, it is possible to maintain a high drying capacity even during the rainy season, when humidity is particularly high .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a bathroom installation drawing of a ventilation hole embedded type bathroom temperature / humidity controller according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a bathroom temperature / humidity control device with a ventilation hole embedded when the bathroom is installed.

FIG. 3 is a system configuration of a ventilation temperature embedded bathroom temperature / humidity controller according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Indoor Unit 2 Outdoor Unit 3 Heat Source Machine 4 Bathroom Unit 5 Suction Port 6 Condensate Water 7 Discharge Port 8 Bathroom Exterior Wall 9 Bathroom Ceiling 10,40 Indoor Heat Exchanger 11,41 Evaporator 12,42 Radiator 13,43 Cross Flow Fan 14 Hot Water Valve (Flow Control Valve) 15, 16 Refrigerant Piping 17, 18 Piping 20 Outdoor Heat Exchanger 21 Propeller Fan 22 Muffler 23 Accumulator 24 Compressor 25 Capillary Tube (Decompressor) 26 Strainer 27 Valve 28, 29 Refrigerant Piping 30 Water Heater 31 Burner 32 Pump 33 Pressure Tank 34 Reserve Tank 35, 36 Piping 40 Heat Exchanger in Bathroom 44 Solenoid Open / Close Valve

Front page continued (72) Inventor Isao Isuda 2-5-5 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Keiyo Kasahara 2-5-5 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hideo Morota 2-5-5 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ventilation hole-embedded bathroom temperature / humidity control device in which an indoor unit as a terminal of a gas hot water heating / cooling device is embedded in a ventilation hole of a bathroom. 2. A ventilation hole embedded type in which an indoor unit as a terminal of a gas hot water heating / cooling device is embedded in a ventilation hole of a bathroom, and only the heating function is operated to heat the bathroom. Bathroom temperature / humidity controller. 3. An indoor unit as a terminal of a gas hot water heating / cooling device is embedded in a ventilation hole of a bathroom, and the bathroom is dehumidified and dried by operating the cooling function and the heating function at the same time. Ventilation hole embedded type bathroom temperature / humidity control device.