JPH11304236A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air conditioner having a body common to both high and low capacities. SOLUTION: The body 1 comprises a casing 2, a substrate 3 having open upper surface and a front grill 4 having open upper surface and upper front part wherein a split heat exchanger 9 is disposed while being hooked on the front and rear face sides in the body 1. A wind shield member 15 is disposed between the upper end of the first upper heat exchanging part 7 and a second water receiving part 13 while filling the space between them at an upper part in the space 8a for disposing a second heat exchanging part which does not intrude the conventional space 8a for disposing the second heat exchanging part while being integrated with the first upper heat exchanging part 7 in place of the second heat exchanging part and inclining toward the back face side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of an air conditioner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional air conditioner, as shown in FIG. 5, a main body 1 comprises a casing 2, a substrate 3 and a front grille 4 formed of resin, and an upper surface of the substrate 3 and a front grill 4 A lattice-shaped suction port 5a, 5b, 5c is formed on the upper surface and the front surface, and a discharge port 6 is formed on the lower part of the front surface, respectively. A heat exchanger 9 including two heat exchange units 8 is provided. The first heat exchange part 7 of the heat exchanger 9 is further divided and formed in a V shape.

A cross flow fan 10 is provided below the heat exchanger 9, a first water receiving portion 12 having a stabilizer 11 is provided below the first heat exchanging portion 7, and a cross flow fan 10 is provided below the first heat exchanging portion 8. Below the casing 2, the second water receiving portions 13 are arranged integrally with the casing 2, respectively.

[0004]

However, in the air conditioner having the above-mentioned structure, the heat exchanger of the same size and the same size is used to cope with both small capacity and large capacity air conditioners. Therefore, in the case of a small-capacity air conditioner, there is a cost problem of using a heat exchanger having an unnecessary capacity.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and in the case of a small capacity, the first heat exchange part is located at a position above the installation space of the second heat exchange part which does not enter the installation space of the second heat exchange part. Instead of the two heat exchanging parts, a structure is adopted in which the wind shielding member is fixed and arranged integrally with the first heat exchanging part, and the object is to share the main body for both small capacity and large capacity.

Further, the present invention improves the ventilation performance by improving the sealing performance between the heat exchanger and the side surface of the wind shield member by providing integrally formed side portions on both side surfaces of the wind shield member. With the goal.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a back surface integrally molded on the back surface of a wind shielding member, and a sealing member made of eptosealer or foamed polyethylene is provided at a contact portion between the back surface portion and a substrate formed of resin. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to improve the sealing property between the back surface of the wind shielding member and the substrate, and to reduce the noise caused by the contact between the wind shielding member and the substrate.

Further, the present invention provides an ept sealer or a foamed polyethylene heat-insulating member at the overlapping portion of the wind shielding member and the first heat exchange portion, so that the dew condensation water on the surface of the overlapping portion of the wind shielding member is provided. The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the generation of water and to prevent the adhesion of dew water to the filter.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above-mentioned problems, an air conditioner of the present invention comprises a main body having a suction port formed on an upper surface and a front upper part, and a discharge port formed on a lower front part, respectively.
A heat exchanger comprising a first heat exchange section and a second heat exchange section having an inverted V-shape, a cross flow fan is disposed below the heat exchanger, and a stabilizer is formed below the first heat exchange section. In the air conditioner in which the second water receiving portion is disposed below the second heat exchanging portion, the second heat exchanging portion does not enter the space where the second heat exchanging portion is disposed. A means for fixing and arranging a wind shielding member integrally with the first heat exchange unit in place of the second heat exchange unit at a position above the arrangement space.

[0010] Further, there is provided a means for sealing the side surface of the wind shield member by the side portions integrally formed on both side surfaces of the wind shield member.

Further, there is provided means for providing a back part integrally formed on the back of the wind shielding member, and disposing a sealing material such as epto-sealer or polyethylene foam on the back part of the wind shielding member which comes into contact with the substrate formed of resin. Things.

Further, there is provided means for arranging an ept sealer or a heat insulating material such as foamed polyethylene at an overlapping portion of the wind shielding member and the first heat exchange portion.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fuel cell system, comprising: By fixing and arranging the wind shield member at the upper position of the arrangement space of the second heat exchange unit that does not invade, and integrally with the first heat exchange unit,
The main body can be used for both small and large abilities, and rationalization can be achieved by sharing parts.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by providing integrally formed side portions on both side surfaces of the wind shield member, the sealing performance of the side portions of the wind shield member can be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an integrally formed back surface on the back surface of the wind shield member, and a sealing material such as eptosealer or foamed polyethylene is provided on the back surface of the wind shield member which comes into contact with the substrate formed of resin. By disposing, it is possible to improve the sealing property between the back surface of the wind shielding member and the substrate, and to reduce the squeaking noise caused by the contact between the wind shielding member and the substrate.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an ept sealer or a heat insulating material such as polyethylene foam is provided at the overlapping portion of the wind shielding member and the first heat exchange portion, so that the surface of the overlapping portion of the wind shielding member can be formed. Condensation can be reduced.

[0017]

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention. A main body 1 has a casing 2, a substrate 3 having an open upper surface, and a front surface of the substrate 3. And a front grill 4 to be mounted. Lattice-shaped suction ports 5a, 5b, and 5c are formed on the upper surface of the substrate 3 and the upper surface and the upper front surface of the front grill 4, and the outlet 6 is formed on the lower front surface. Above the main body 1, a heat exchanger 9 divided into a C-shape on the front side and the upper side is disposed. Filter 1 on the front side of heat exchanger 9
4 is attached.

Below the heat exchanger 9, a cross flow fan 10 rotating around a horizontal axis perpendicular to the thickness direction of the main body 1 is provided.
Is disposed below the heat exchanger 9, and a first water receiving portion 12 having a stabilizer 11 is disposed below the heat exchanger 9. The casing 2 above the cross flow fan 10 is provided integrally with the substrate 3 in a second water receiving portion. 13 are formed. Between the upper end of the upper first heat exchange section 7 and the second water receiving section 13 of the heat exchanger 9 which are divided into two in a V shape, a wind shielding member 15 for closing a space between the two is provided in the conventional manner. The second heat exchange unit 8 is fixed integrally with the first heat exchange unit 7 instead of the second heat exchange unit 8 at a position above the arrangement space 8a of the second heat exchange unit 8 which does not enter the arrangement space 8a of the second heat exchange unit 8. It is arranged to incline to the side.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 2 is a side view of a wind-shielding member according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an essential part of an air conditioner according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
The back part 17 integrally formed is provided on the back of the
A seal member 18 made of Eptosealer or foamed polyethylene is provided at a contact portion between the substrate 7 and the substrate 3 formed of resin.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an essential part of an air conditioner according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
A heat-insulating member 19 made of epto-sealer or polyethylene foam is provided at a portion where the first heat exchange section 7 and the first heat exchange section 7 overlap.

[0022]

As apparent from the above embodiment, the first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
According to the described invention, instead of the second heat exchange unit disposed on the back side in the main body, the wind shielding member is fixed integrally with the first heat exchange unit above the arrangement space of the second heat exchange unit. With this arrangement, the heat exchanger and the wind shield can be easily installed in the main unit at the same time, and the main unit can be used for both small capacity and large capacity. The need for an exchanger is eliminated, and the effect of cost reduction is achieved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by providing the integrally formed side surfaces on both side surfaces of the wind shielding member, the sealing performance between the wind shielding member and the side surfaces of the heat exchanger is improved,
This has the effect of improving ventilation performance.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, an integrally formed back surface is provided on the back surface of the wind shielding member, and a contact portion between the back surface and the substrate formed of resin is made of a seal made of Eptosealer or foamed polyethylene. The provision of the member has an effect of improving the sealing performance between the back surface of the wind shielding member and the substrate, and reducing the noise caused by the contact between the wind shielding member and the substrate.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, an ept sealer or a foamed polyethylene heat insulating member is provided at the overlapping portion of the wind shielding member and the first heat exchange portion, so that the wind shielding members are overlapped. To improve the sealing performance of the
The effect of reducing the generation of dew condensation water on the surface of the overlapping portion of the wind shield member, eliminating the adhesion of dew condensation water to the filter, and providing a comfortable air conditioner to the user is achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of an air conditioner showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a wind shielding member showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of an air conditioner showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an essential part of an air conditioner showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a conventional air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 3 Substrate 7 1st heat exchange part 8 2nd heat exchange part 8a Arrangement space of 2nd heat exchange part 9 Heat exchanger 14 Filter 15 Wind shield member 16 Side part 17 Back part 18 Seal member 19 Heat insulation member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A heat exchanger comprising an inverted V-shaped first heat exchange part and a second heat exchange part in a main body having a suction port formed on an upper surface and an upper part on a front surface and a discharge port formed on a lower part on a front surface. A cross-flow fan is disposed below the heat exchanger, a first water receiving portion having a stabilizer is disposed below the first heat exchanger, and a second water receiving portion is formed below the second heat exchanging portion. In the air conditioner provided with the two-water receiving unit, instead of the second heat exchange unit at a position above the installation space of the second heat exchange unit that does not enter the installation space of the second heat exchange unit. An air conditioner in which a wind shield member is fixed and disposed integrally with the first heat exchange section. 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein side surfaces integrally formed on both side surfaces of the wind shielding member are provided. 3. The sealing member according to claim 1, wherein a back portion integrally molded is provided on the back surface of the wind shielding member, and a sealing member made of eptosealer or polyethylene foam is provided at a contact portion between the back portion and a substrate formed of resin. Air conditioner. 4. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein an ept sealer or a heat insulating member made of foamed polyethylene is provided at a portion where the wind shielding member and the first heat exchange portion overlap.