JPH09264567A - Metal fitting to attach outdoor unit of air conditioner to ceiling - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and safely attach an outdoor unit of an air conditioner in the vicinity of a ceiling. SOLUTION: On an attaching plate 12 to be attached on a ceiling, an engaging part 17 for which an L-shaped notch 18 is formed on a plate surface being in parallel with the ceiling, is provided. In the meantime, at the tip of a hanging rod 14 which is erected on a base 13 where an outdoor unit of an air conditioner is mounted, an engaging part comprising of a threaded shaft, a lock washer 23 to be fitted on the threaded shaft, and a nut 24, is provided. In this case, by making the lock washer 23 have a spacer part with approx. the same length as the length of the L-shaped notch 18 in the longitudinal direction, the hanging rod 14 is moved in the lateral direction, and is attached to the L-shaped notch 18 on the attaching plate 12. Then, by doing so, the hanging rod 14 can be attached to the attaching plate 12 without lifting the base 13 until the hanging rod 14 hits the ceiling, and the outdoor unit can be easily and safely attached in the vicinity of the ceiling.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ceiling mounting bracket for an outdoor unit of an air conditioner used for mounting an outdoor unit of an room air conditioner on a ceiling such as a roof of a veranda of a high-rise house such as a housing complex or an apartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as a mounting bracket used for mounting an outdoor unit of an room air conditioner (hereinafter, referred to as an outdoor unit) to a ceiling of a veranda of a high-rise house such as a housing complex or an apartment, for example, a ceiling mounting shown in FIG. There is a metal fitting 1.

The ceiling mounting bracket 1 is composed of two parallel mounting plates 2 mounted on the ceiling and a base 3 suspended from the mounting plates 2.

The mounting plate 2 is L-shaped as shown in FIG.
With a metal fitting formed in a L shape, an anchor bolt mounting hole is provided on one surface of the L-shaped fitting so that it can be mounted on the ceiling, and a bolt fitting hole is provided on the other surface. A bolt for engagement is fitted in to suspend the base 3.

That is, the base 3 is composed of two U-shaped members. Bolt insertion holes are provided at both ends of the U shape, and the insertion holes and the holes for fitting the bolts of the mounting plate 2 are provided. It is designed so that the bolts are inserted together with and the nuts are fastened.

At this time, the base 3 of the mounting bracket 1
Is a U-shaped member composed of a vertical member 4 and a horizontal member 5, both members are connected by bolts to be assembled, and a slide plate 6 is bridged over the U-shaped member. By fixing the slide plate 6 to the long hole provided in the horizontal member 5 of the U-shaped member with a bolt, the slide plate 6 can be fixed according to the size of the outdoor unit 7.

By the way, in the ceiling-mounting type metal fitting 1 as described above, the outdoor unit 7 is mounted as close as possible to the ceiling so as not to occupy a space when mounted.

Therefore, in the metal fitting 1, the mounting plate 2
After assembling the base 3 and the base 3 and attaching them to the ceiling, if the outdoor unit 7 is later inserted through the U-shaped opening of the base 3 to be attached, it is difficult to attach because the opening is narrow. Fix the outdoor unit 7 to
The base 3 to which the outdoor unit 7 is fixed is attached to the attachment plate 2 previously attached to the ceiling.

For example, in the metal fitting 1, the vertical member 4 and the horizontal member 5 are connected by bolts, the slide plate 6 is bridged, and the outdoor unit 7 is attached to the base 3 assembled by bolting.

After that, the hands are lifted under the base 3 to which the outdoor unit is fixed, and the bolt insertion holes of the base 3 are fixed in advance to the ceiling by anchor bolts. Align with the holes for the bolts in the plate 2, insert the bolts, and fix with the nuts.

However, in the above-described ceiling mounting metal fitting 1, the heavy base 3 to which the outdoor unit 7 is fixed is lifted, and the bolt insertion hole provided in the base 3 and the small hole for bolt insertion provided in the mounting plate 2 are provided. There is a problem that it is very difficult to install because the bolts must be fitted together with the holes, and there is also a problem that the installation fails and a fall accident occurs.

As one method for solving the problem, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-68363 discloses a ceiling mount fitting shown in FIG. 8 (a).

In this mounting fitting, a hook-shaped engaging portion 8 is formed on the mounting plate 2, and a hook-shaped engaging portion 8'for fitting with the hook of the engaging portion 8 of the mounting plate 2 is provided on the base 3
In addition to the above, the base 3 can be freely opened and closed by bolts 9 as shown in FIG.

By doing so, in this one, the base 3 on which the outdoor unit 7 is placed is lifted, the lifted base 3 is unfolded, and the hook-shaped engaging portion 8'is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), it is adapted to be hooked and attached to the hook-shaped engaging portion 8 of the mounting plate 2.

Therefore, in this structure, the hook-shaped engaging portions 8 and 8'can be easily attached to each other, so that the base 3 on which the outdoor unit 7 is mounted can be easily attached to the attaching plate 2. That is.

[0016]

However, in the case having the above-mentioned hook-shaped engaging portion, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the hook of the base 3 must be lifted higher than the hook of the mounting plate to be mounted. At this time, as described above, the space between the hook of the mounting plate 2 and the ceiling must be reduced because the space needs to be reduced. Since it is not possible to take a large amount, there is no room in the gap between the tip of the hook and the ceiling, and the tip of the hook may collide with the ceiling when the base 3 is lifted. Therefore, there is a problem that the ceiling may be damaged or a recoil caused by the collision may cause a fall accident.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a ceiling mounting metal fitting for an air conditioner outdoor unit, which can be easily and safely installed near the ceiling.

[0018]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, there are provided two mounting portions to a ceiling, and the two mounting portions are mounted in parallel to the ceiling such as a roof or an eave of a balcony. Engagement formed at the tip of a hanging rod standing on the mounting plate for mounting the air conditioner outdoor unit on the long mounting plate and the engaging portion provided on the mounting plates mounted in parallel. And the hanging rod of the above-mentioned mounting plate of the ceiling mounting metal fitting of the air conditioner outdoor unit, which comprises a base for suspending the air conditioner outdoor unit mounted on the mounting plate from the ceiling, is attached. It is formed along the longitudinal direction of the plate so as to be parallel to the mounting portion of the mounting plate at a predetermined interval, and the plate surface formed in parallel is provided with an L-shaped notch. Take one straight part of the notch It is assumed that the other linear portion of the L-shaped notch is formed parallel to the side in the longitudinal direction of the strake and is formed from the side in the longitudinal direction of the engaging portion, while the engagement of the tip of the suspension rod is made. The joint portion includes a screw shaft, a lock washer fitted into the screw shaft, and a nut engaging with the screw shaft, and the lock washer is an L-shaped notch parallel to the longitudinal side of the engaging portion of the mounting plate. A spacer portion having substantially the same length as that of one of the linear portions, and a stopper portion that is in contact with the end face of the L-shaped notch formed at the tip of the spacer portion at a right angle to the side in the longitudinal direction. It was adopted.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a ceiling mount fitting 11 of an air conditioner outdoor unit (hereinafter referred to as an outdoor unit) according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, the ceiling mount fitting 11
Is composed of, for example, two long mounting plates 12 that are mounted in parallel on a roof such as a roof or an eave of a veranda, and a base 13 that is suspended from the mounting plate 12 by a suspension rod 14.

The mounting plate 12 is composed of a mounting portion 16 to the ceiling and an engaging portion 17 of the suspension rod 14.

The mounting portion 16 to the ceiling is formed in a flat plate shape so that it can be fitted along the ceiling. Further, long holes are provided in the front and rear of the flat plate so that anchor bolts can be driven in and fixed to the ceiling. At the time of fixing, it is easy to align the mounting plates 12 by adjusting the mounting position with the long holes. I am doing it.

The engaging portion 17 with the suspension rod 14 is
The mounting plate 12 is bent along the longitudinal direction, and the plate surface of the bent mounting plate 12 is formed in parallel with the mounting portion 16 with a predetermined gap. Then, L-shaped notches 18 are provided at predetermined intervals in front of and behind the engaging portion 17 formed so as to be parallel to each other.

As shown in FIG. 2, the L-shaped notch 18 has one linear notch 18 ′ in parallel with the side of the engaging portion 17 in the longitudinal direction, and the width of the notch 18 ′. And the other of the L-shaped notches 18, that is, the notch 1 formed in parallel.
The notch 18 ″ formed at a right angle to 8 ′ is formed from the end of the side in the longitudinal direction, and the width thereof is made larger than that of the hanging rod 14, so that the notch 18 of the hanging rod 14 is formed. It is designed to be easily inserted.

On the other hand, the suspension rod 14 is
A shaft-shaped member having threaded portions 20 and 20 'with threads cut at both ends, the rear end of which is attached to the base 13 by a nut, and the other end of which is engaged with the engaging portion 17 of the mounting plate 12. The engaging portion 21 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the engaging portion 21 at the front end is composed of a first nut 22, a lock washer 23, and a nut 24 with a washer, which are fitted into the screw portion 20. The nut 22 is fitted under the lock washer 23 to prevent the lock washer 23 from dropping. At this time, if the position where the first nut 22 is rotated and fixed is adjusted, the length for suspending the base 13 can be adjusted according to the size of the outdoor unit 7.

In the case of this embodiment, the lock washer 23 is a strip-shaped spacer portion 25 having a stopper portion 26 which is bent in an L shape at the tip thereof, and is suspended at the rear end portion of the spacer portion 25. A through hole into which the threaded portion 20 of the rod 14 is fitted is provided.

Further, the spacer portion 25 of the lock washer 23 is formed to have substantially the same length as the cutout 18 'parallel to the longitudinal side of the cutout 18 of the mounting plate 12, and the stopper bent into the L shape. The width of the portion 26 is
In this case, the notch 1 formed from the end of the side
It is formed to have almost the same length as 8 ".

The washer nut 24 is used for the lock washer 2
3 for supporting the base 13 by sandwiching the engaging portion 17 of the mounting plate 12 with the lock washer 23, the nut 24 is attached to the screw portion 20, and the hanging rod 14 of the hanging rod 14 is attached. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the engaging portion is fitted along the notch 18, and the lock washer 2
When 3 is rotated, as shown in FIG.
It abuts the notch 18 to prevent the suspension rod 14 from moving and prevent the suspension rod 14 from falling off the mounting plate 12.

On the other hand, the rear end of the mounting rod 14 is, as shown in FIG. 2, in mounting holes provided at both ends of the mounting plate 15 of the base 13 at the same predetermined intervals as the notches of the mounting plate. The mounting plate 15 is fitted in, and as described above, the mounting plate 15 is attached so as to sandwich the mounting plate 15 with the washer nut and the nylon nut, and is erected on the mounting plate 15.

As shown in FIG. 1, the base 13 has a U-shaped mounting plate 1 on which the above-mentioned hanging rod 14 is erected.
5 and a slide plate 27 provided with a long hole for fixing the outdoor unit 7. The slide plate 27 is hung over the mounting plate 15 and, as shown in FIG. 28
Therefore, it is fixed to the long hole provided on the mounting plate 15. Therefore, by adjusting the width of the slide plate 27 according to the width of the outdoor unit 7 and adjusting the fixed position according to the size of the outdoor unit 7, it is possible to mount the outdoor units 7 of different sizes. Has become.

Incidentally, in this embodiment, the slide plate 2 is formed by using the square washer-attached bolts 28 fitted to the U-shaped mounting plate.
7 is attached and the square washer of the bolt 28 is used as a rotation stopper so that the nut can be easily tightened.

This embodiment is configured as described above, and the ceiling mounting fitting 11 of the air conditioner outdoor unit 7 is transported by removing the bolts and nuts and disassembling each member to assemble them on site. Since it can be easily provided, the operation will be described by describing a mounting method in the case of being provided as described above.

The metal fitting 11 is obtained by mounting two mounting plates 12 in parallel on a ceiling such as an eaves or a veranda at a mounting site with anchor bolts or the like, and then assembling the base 13.

That is, in assembling the base 3, a nut with a washer is attached to the threaded portion 20 'at the rear end of the hanging rod 14, the nut is inserted into the attachment hole of each mounting plate 15, and fixed by a nylon nut to stand upright. To do.

At this time, the suspension rod 14 is temporarily fixed so that it can be moved a little. In addition, the slide plate 2 is attached to the mounting plate 15 on which the mounting rod 14 is erected.
Cross 7 and fix with bolts. At this time, the position of the slide plate 27 is adjusted according to the width dimension of the outdoor unit 7.

On the other hand, the threaded portion 20 at the tip of the vertically mounted mounting rod 14 has a first nut 22 and a lock washer 2.
3 and the nut with washer 24 are attached in order to form the engaging portion 21. At this time, the nut 24 with washers is attached with a slight gap from the lock washer 23.

When the base 13 can be assembled in this way, the outdoor unit 7 is fixed to the assembled base 13 with bolts. Next, the base 13 on which the outdoor unit 7 is placed is lifted, and the tip of the hanging rod 14 is once carried to the vicinity of the notch 18 of the engaging portion 17 of the mounting plate 12, and the hanging rod 14 in the temporarily fixed state is laterally moved. 3, the engaging portion 21 at the tip is fitted into the opening of the notch 18 of the mounting plate 12 as shown in FIG. 3, and is fitted to the end of the notch 18 ′ parallel to the longitudinal direction of the L-shaped notch 18 with a washer. Nut 24 and lock washer 23
The gap formed therebetween is fitted into the engaging portion 17 of the mounting plate 12. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the lock washer 2
3 is rotated to bring the stopper 26 into contact with the end of the cutout 18.

When the stoppers 26 are brought into contact with each other in this way, the spacer portion 25 formed to have the same length as the parallel portion 18 'of the notch 18 intervenes to make the hanging rod 14 immovable. Can be prevented from falling off.

Therefore, the base 13 does not drop even if the hand is released from the base 13. Therefore, the attachment is completed by tightening and fixing the first nut 22 and the washer-equipped nut 24 of the engaging portion 21 of the attachment rod 14 in the temporarily fixed state.

As described above, the mounting bracket 11 is mounted by moving the suspension rod 14 of the base 13 laterally to the L-shaped notch 18 provided in the engaging portion 17 of the mounting plate 14 parallel to the ceiling. Therefore, the suspension rod 14 can be mounted without lifting the base 13 until the suspension rod 14 collides with the ceiling.

After the engaging portion 21 of the suspension rod 14 is fitted into the notch 18, the lock washer 23 is rotated to prevent the suspension rod 14 from slipping out, so that the suspension rod 14 can be easily attached. It

In FIG. 6, as a second embodiment, the suspension rod 14 is a threaded shaft 30 having a threaded whole shaft, and a metal pipe 31 is fitted into the threaded shaft 30. Is used instead of the first nut 22 described in the first embodiment.

That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the lock washer 23 and the washer nut 24 are fitted on the metal pipe 31 fitted on the screw shaft 30 as the engaging portion 21 of the suspension rod 14. The metal pipe 31 supports and prevents the lock washer 23 from falling.

By the way, in the case of this embodiment, the metal pipe 3
By changing the length of 1, the size of the base 13 when suspended can be changed.

The other construction is the same as that of the first embodiment. Therefore, the mounting of the metal fitting 11 is performed by mounting the mounting plate 12 on the ceiling and mounting plate 12 mounted on the ceiling, as in the first embodiment. For the notch 18 of the outdoor unit 7
The base 13 to which is attached is lifted, and the engaging portion 21 provided at the tip of the hanging rod 14 may be fitted.

Further, in the base 13 thus attached,
When the nut with washer 24 of the engaging portion 21 of the hanging rod 14 is tightened, the metal pipe 31 comes into contact with the lock washer 23, and there is no gap between the mounting plate 12 and the lock washer 23. It doesn't shake like.

Since the other structure and the function and effect of the structure are the same as those of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 32 in FIG. 6 is a spacer for attachment.

[0051]

According to the present invention, the L-shaped notch of the engaging portion of the mounting plate arranged in parallel with the ceiling, which is configured as described above, stands on the mounting plate on which the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is mounted. Since the hanging rod provided is engaged with the engaging portion and the lock washer is rotated to be mounted, the mounting can be easily performed. Moreover, at that time, since the engaging portion of the mounting plate is formed parallel to the ceiling, the hanging rod can be engaged with the engaging portion by moving laterally, not toward the ceiling. , It can be installed without lifting the base until the suspension rod collides with the ceiling.

Therefore, it is possible to provide a ceiling mounting metal fitting for an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, which can be easily and safely installed near the ceiling.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 8A is a perspective view of a conventional example. FIG. 8B is an operation explanatory view of the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Ceiling Mounting Metal Fitting 12 Mounting Plate 13 Base 14 Suspension Rod 15 Mounting Plate 17 Engagement Part (Mounting Plate Side) 18 Notch 20 Screw Part 21 Engagement Part (Suspension Rod Side) 22 First Nut 23 Lock Washer 24 Nut with Washer 25 Spacer Part 27 Slide Plate 30 Screw Shaft 31 Metal Pipe

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A long mounting plate having a ceiling mounting portion and mounted in parallel to the ceiling such as a roof or an eave of a veranda by the mounting portion, and the mounting plate mounted in parallel. The engaging portion formed on the mounting plate on which the air conditioner outdoor unit is mounted is engaged with the engaging portion formed on the end of the hanging rod. A ceiling mounting bracket for an air conditioner outdoor unit, comprising a base for suspending the machine from the ceiling, wherein the engaging portion of the mounting plate with the suspension rod is a mounting portion of the mounting plate along the longitudinal direction of the mounting plate. And L-shaped notches are provided in the plate surfaces formed in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval, and one linear portion of the L-shaped notches is in the longitudinal direction of the mounting plate. Parallel to the side and of the L shape It is assumed that the other linear portion of the cutout is formed from the side in the longitudinal direction of the engaging portion, while the engaging portion at the tip of the hanging rod is a screw shaft and a lock washer and a screw fitted into the screw shaft. And a spacer engaging the shaft, the lock washer having substantially the same length as one linear portion of the L-shaped notch parallel to the longitudinal side of the engaging portion of the mounting plate, and the spacer portion. A ceiling mounting bracket for an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, which comprises a stopper portion that comes into contact with an end surface of an L-shaped notch formed at a right angle to the longitudinal side provided at the tip of the.