JPH1022651A - Remote control equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make possible preventing invasion of dust or the like from a first wiring leading-in port, by installing the first wiring leading-in port on a main body, installing a second wiring leading-in port on a back lid, and installing a closing member capable of closing the first wiring leading-in port on the back lid. SOLUTION: A first wiring leading-in port 20 is installed on the upper part of a main body 14, a wiring which connects an air-conditioner with a remote control equipment 10 is made to pass, and a wiring connecting element is accommodated. An aperture part 24 is formed in the main body 14, and an electrical element is accommodated. A second wiring leading-in port 22 which can close the aperture part 24 of the rear part of the main body 14, and passes the wiring for connecting the air-conditioner with the remote control equipment 10 is installed on a back lid 16. When the wiring is made to pass through the second wiring leading-in port 22, the first wiring leading-in port 20 of the main body 14 is used in the closed state. Thereby invasion of dust or the like from the first wiring leading-in port 20 can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a remote control device used for remotely controlling an air conditioner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a remote control device for an air conditioner having a box-shaped main body for housing an electric element and a back cover of the main body is known. This type of remote control device is mounted so as to be embedded in, for example, a hole in a wall surface.

[0003] The remote control device accommodates a wiring board and the like in a main body, and the wiring board and the like are connected to the air conditioner by wiring. This wiring is drawn in from the outside of the main body, and for this purpose, the main body is provided with a wiring intake.

[0004] Conventionally, the wiring inlet of the remote control device is not provided at a plurality of places from the viewpoint of safety and restrictions on the appearance design, but is usually only one place.

[0005]

However, due to the positional relationship between the air conditioner and the remote control device, and the relationship between the air conditioner and the wall on which the remote control device is installed, there is one problem.
It may be difficult to guide the wiring into the main body conveniently only with the wiring intake at the location. Therefore, it is proposed to provide a plurality of wiring inlets on the upper surface of the main body, the back cover, or the like.
In such a case, especially when wiring is not passed through the wiring inlet located on the upper surface side of the main body, dust or the like enters the main body through the wiring inlet if the wiring inlet is left open. However, there arises a problem that the insulating film adheres to a wiring board or the like and causes insulation failure.

A conventionally used remote control device employs an installation method in which the remote control device is embedded in a hole in a wall surface and fixed. The remote control device must be placed in a box having a hole in the wall surface specified in JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards). The shape is limited so that it can be done.

For this reason, a small body which does not fit in the box for installation in the hole in the wall has a gap between the hole in the wall and the body exposed to the outside. There is a problem that appearance is bad because it cannot be done.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple and good-looking installation that does not allow dust or the like to enter through a wiring inlet and that does not expose a gap to the outside even if the size is smaller than a hole in a wall. It is to provide a remote control device that can be used.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control device having a box-shaped main body for housing an electric element and a back cover of the main body. A wiring inlet is provided, a second wiring inlet is provided on the back cover, and a back body capable of closing the first wiring inlet is provided on the back cover. Things.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when wiring is not passed through the first wiring inlet of the main body and the opening of the main body is closed, the back cover connects the first wiring inlet of the main body. To close.
Accordingly, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering from the unnecessary first wiring inlet which does not pass through the wiring, and to securely close the first wiring inlet from the viewpoint of safety.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control device having a box-shaped main body for housing an electric element and a back cover of the main body, wherein a first wiring inlet is provided on an upper surface of the main body. And a second wiring inlet is provided in the back cover, and a back body capable of closing the first wiring inlet is provided in the back cover.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a remote control device having a box-shaped main body for housing an electric element and a back cover of the main body, the main body is provided with a first wiring inlet. A second wiring inlet is provided on the back cover, a closing body capable of closing the first wiring inlet is provided on the back cover, and the main body and the back cover are provided on the main body. And a decorative member for concealing a gap formed between the main body and the inner wall of the hole in the wall surface when the assembly is accommodated in the wall surface.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when wiring is not passed through the first wiring inlet of the main body and the opening of the main body is closed, the back cover connects the first wiring intake of the main body. To close.
Accordingly, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering from unnecessary first wiring inlets that do not pass wiring, and to reliably close the first wiring inlet from the viewpoint of safety. Moreover, even if the size of the assembly of the main body and the back cover is smaller than the hole in the wall surface, the decorative member can be easily and beautifully installed without exposing the gap to the outside.

[0014]

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

1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a remote control device for remotely controlling the air conditioner in a wired manner. The remote control device 10 includes an assembly 12 including a box-shaped main body 14, a back cover 16, and a decorative member 18, and the assembly 12 accommodates an electric element for controlling the air conditioner.

At the upper part of the main body 14, a first wiring inlet 2 is provided.
0 is provided, and the first wiring intake 20 is provided with:
Wiring (including, for example, power supply wiring and signal wiring, etc.) EW for electrically connecting the air conditioner and the remote control device 10 is passed through. An electrical element (not shown) to which the wiring EW is connected is accommodated in the main body 14. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 14 is provided with an opening 24, and the opening 24 accommodates an electric element. The main body 14 has a display panel unit 30.

The back cover 16 is, as shown in FIG.
The rear opening can be closed, and a second wiring inlet 22 for passing a wiring EW for electrically connecting the air conditioner and the remote control device 10 is provided.

The wiring E through the second wiring inlet 22
When passing W, the first wiring inlet 20 of the main body 14 is used closed so that dust and the like do not enter. In this embodiment, when the wiring EW does not pass through the first wiring inlet 20 and is not used, the first wiring inlet 2 of the main body 14 is not used.
0 is provided with a closing body 85 for closing. The closing body 85 is formed integrally with the back cover 16. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the back cover 16 is formed by bending a single plate, and the lower surface in the figure facing the closing body 85 is cut away. When the back cover 16 and the back cover 16 are assembled, the closing body 85 is connected to the first wiring inlet 2.
When the back cover 16 is closed and the back cover 16 is turned upside down, the first wiring inlet 20 is opened.

FIG. 3 shows the assembly 12 in which the main body 14 and the back cover 16 are assembled. The assembly 12 is attached to a hole formed in the wall without any gap. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, when the assembly 12 is mounted with a gap in the hole in the wall surface, as shown in FIG. Is attached. This makeup member 18 is
Has a function of concealing a gap between the main body 14 and the inner wall of the hole in the wall surface when accommodating in the wall surface.

The display panel 30 of the main body 14 shown in FIG.
Includes a display unit 32 and an opening / closing cover 38. Display 3
2 includes a numerical display section 34 and an operation section 36.

The numerical value display unit 34 can display various numerical values simultaneously or selectively, and uses, for example, a liquid crystal display device. The operation unit 36 is, for example, a touch switch, and various function selection switches, for example, an operation mode switch 36a of an air conditioner, a temperature setting switch 36b, a flap direction setting switch 36c, and an air conditioning zone setting switch 36.
d, an air conditioner group selection switch 36e, a fan speed switch 36f, and the like. The opening / closing cover 38 has a transparent window 38a so that the display unit 34 can be seen from the outside even when the cover is closed.

FIG. 6 shows a multi-type air conditioner in which a plurality of indoor units 100, 101 and 102 are connected to three outdoor units 99. The remote control device 10 is mounted on a wall surface of an indoor wall in which an indoor unit is installed. Each indoor unit 100, 101, 1
Reference numeral 02 is connected by a wiring EW so that a remote control operation can be performed by the remote control device 10.

FIGS. 7 to 10 show an embodiment in which the remote control device 10 is embedded in a hole in the wall surface WA. There is a gap HO between the main body 14 of the remote control device 10 and the inner wall 89 of the hole of the wall surface WA.

A decorative member 18 is used to cover the gap HO. This decorative member 18 is, as shown in FIG.
It is fixed to the main body 14 using screws 18a, and is fixed to the wall surface WA using screws 18b. Since the gap HO between the wall surface WA and the side surface of the assembly 12 can be hidden by using the decorative member 18, the gap HO cannot be seen from the direction of the arrow A shown in FIGS.

It is assumed that the wall W
If there is almost no gap HO between the inner wall 89 of FIG. A and the side surface of the assembly 12, as described above with reference to FIG. 14 may be fitted into the mounting hole of the wall surface WA.

Next, referring to FIGS. 11 to 14, a mode of use of the first wiring inlet 20 and the second wiring inlet 22 will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG.
In the case where the wiring EW is introduced using the first wiring inlet 20 of FIG.
After being arranged so as to correspond to the side, it is fixed using screws 80. According to this, the second wiring inlet 22 of the back cover 16
However, since the second wiring inlet 22 is located at a relatively lower position, there is little intrusion of dust and the like from the second wiring inlet 22, and no problem occurs.

On the other hand, depending on the usage of the remote control device 10, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the wiring EW is connected to the second wiring inlet 22 of the back cover 16 using the wiring EW.
Is introduced, the closing body 85 of the back cover 16 is
After being arranged so as to correspond to the upper surface side of, it is fixed using screws 80.

According to this, since the first wiring inlet 20 is closed by the closing body 85, the intrusion of dust and the like is prevented. Therefore, since dust and the like do not adhere to the wiring board and the like in the main body 14, insulation failure and the like do not occur.

By the way, the application of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but may be, for example, as follows.
11 to 14, the screw 80 is used to fix the back cover 16 to the main body 14, but a concave portion is provided on the main body 14 without using a screw, and a convex portion is provided on the back cover 16, These concave portions and convex portions may be engaged with each other to fix them. A first wiring inlet 20 and a second wiring inlet 2
In the example shown in FIG. 2, a long hole or an elliptical hole is used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a hole having another shape may be used.

[0031]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, when the wiring is not passed through the first wiring inlet of the main body and the opening of the main body is closed, the back cover is placed on the first main body of the main body. Close the wiring intake. Therefore, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering from the unnecessary first wiring inlet which does not pass through the wiring, and to securely close the first wiring inlet from the viewpoint of safety.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the wiring is not passed through the first wiring inlet of the main body and the opening of the main body is closed, the back cover connects the first wiring inlet of the main body. To close.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering from an unnecessary first wiring inlet which does not pass wiring, and to securely close the first wiring inlet from a viewpoint of safety. Moreover, even if the size of the assembly of the main body and the back cover is smaller than the hole in the wall surface, the decorative member can be easily and beautifully installed without exposing the gap to the outside.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the remote control device of FIG. 1 as viewed from the rear.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a use state of the remote control device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a use state of a remote control device using a decorative member.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a display panel unit of the main body.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram illustrating a connection example of a remote control device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state where the remote control device is attached.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing the mounting state of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a side view showing the mounting state of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a rear view showing the mounting state of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an example in which wiring is connected using a first wiring inlet of the main body.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a connection state of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example in which wiring is connected using a second wiring inlet of the back cover.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing the connection state of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Remote control device 12 Assembly 14 Main body 16 Back cover 18 Makeup member 20 First wiring intake 22 Second wiring intake

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Naoki Kurozukano 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Michiya Harada 2 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 5-5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Katsuhiro Tsuda 2-5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. in Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takayuki Shirota Keihanmoto, Moriguchi, Osaka 2-5-5, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Kazuyoshi Yamaguchi 2-5-5, Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A remote control device having a box-shaped main body for housing an electric element and a back cover of the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a first wiring inlet, and the back cover has A remote control device comprising: a second wiring inlet; and a back body provided on the back cover capable of closing the first wiring inlet. 2. A remote control device having a box-shaped main body for housing an electrical element and a back cover of the main body, wherein a first wiring inlet is provided on an upper surface of the main body, and the back cover is provided. Is provided with a second wiring inlet, and a back body provided with a back body capable of closing the first wiring inlet is provided on the back cover. 3. A remote control device having a box-shaped main body for accommodating an electric element and a back cover of the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a first wiring inlet, and the back cover is provided on the back cover. A second wiring inlet is provided, the back lid is provided with a closing body capable of closing the first wiring inlet, and the main body is provided with an assembly of the main body and the back lid in a wall surface. A remote control device provided with a decorative member for concealing a gap formed between the main body and an inner wall of a hole of a wall surface when being housed in the main body.