JPS5910518Y2 - Grill for air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to grills mainly used for air conditioners such as outlet or intake grills, and when a grill is formed by combining multiple grill units in parallel, the overall appearance of the grill is This invention relates to a grill for an air conditioner in which the joints between each grill unit are aligned so that the grill unit has a good appearance.

Conventionally, the outlet grille 1 of a ceiling-suspended air conditioner as shown in Fig. 1 has a horizontally elongated shape, and incorporating it as one piece would result in a large and bulky device, and the assembly work would be troublesome. Therefore, the outlet grill 1 is connected to a plurality of grill units 2...
The grill unit 2 is divided into parts and molded with resin.
... was assembled between the top plate 3 and the bottom plate 4, which constitute the casing of the air conditioner, to form the outlet grille 1.

To assemble the grill unit 2, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the edge of the top plate 3 is bent diagonally upward inward and then vertically bent downward. The front part of the upper surface of the grill unit 2 is brought into contact with the inside of the front end of the hook-shaped locking part 5, the upper rear surface of the grill unit 2 is brought into contact with the inside of the vertical bent part 11 of the hook-shaped locking part 5, and the bottom surface of the grill unit 2 is brought into contact with the inside of the front end of the hook-shaped locking part 5. of,
The end edge of the bottom plate 4 is placed on a support part 6 which is bent inward horizontally, and the support part 6 is further bent vertically upward into a screw hole 8 provided in a tip bent part 7. Grill unit 2・
・・・・・・Align the hole 9 provided above the lower edge,
Tighten and fix the grill unit 2 by screwing in the mounting screws 10.

The side edges of the thus fixed grill unit 2 and the adjacent other grill units 2 are brought into contact with each other, and the adjacent other grill units 2 are sequentially attached by the above-described method.

However, as mentioned above, grill unit 2...
When assembled in parallel, grill unit 2...
・Since the joints between each other are simply connected, and the edge of the top plate 3 is made of a thin long steel plate and has a hook-shaped locking part 5, it will not bend. The upper part of the grill unit 2 is only partially in contact with the inner surface of the hook-shaped locking part 5, so it is easy to swing back and forth. Because there is a tolerance in the diameter of the grill unit 9, there is no relationship between the grill unit 2 installed using the above assembly method, so the second
As shown in part A of the figure, the joints tend to be out of alignment, and the outer frame and horizontal bars 12 of each grill unit 2...
They were not flush in each of the front and rear directions, and were irregular, spoiling the beauty of the blow-out gnoll 1 as a whole and giving it a poor appearance.

The present invention is an improvement on the above-mentioned conventional defects.The purpose of this invention is to make it possible to easily attach and detach the grill A unit by adopting a specially shaped engagement structure at the joint between adjacent grill units. The outer frame of each grill unit is made flush, improving the overall appearance of the grill and improving its appearance.

In order to achieve this object, in the structure of the present invention, in a grill for an air conditioner in which a plurality of rectangular grill units I are assembled in parallel, the grill unit has one on one side edge in the left and right direction. The grill unit I is provided with prismatic protrusions, and the rear edge of the other side edge is adjacent to the other side edge.
- A substantially U-shaped notch is provided that serves as an opening for receiving the protrusion provided in the grill unit, is notched in the front-rear direction, and engages with the protrusion provided on the adjacent grill unit, and the protrusion on the grill unit and the notch on the adjacent grill unit are provided. A grill for an air conditioner is formed by sequentially connecting a plurality of grill units by engaging the two.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

The same structures or parts as in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described with the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 4 to 7, 2... is a square-shaped grill unit made of resin, and horizontal bars 12... constitute a continuous pattern within a horizontally long rectangular outer frame. ..., one prismatic protrusion 13 is provided on one side edge in the left-right direction, and a notch 17 that engages with the protrusion 13 is provided on the other side edge opposite to this.

As shown in detail in FIG. 7, the notch 17 is shaped so as to have an opening at the rear end of the other side edge and to have a substantially U-shape in the front-rear direction.

The protrusion 13 provided on the adjacent grill unit 2 is received through the opening and engaged with the notch 17.

Further, the grill units 1, 2, etc. are formed with protruding pieces 16 having U-shaped grooves 15 on both rear ends of the upper edge,
A hole 9 is provided above the center of the lower edge.

Reference numerals 3 and 4 indicate a top plate and a bottom plate that form the casing of the horizontally elongated air conditioner, and are made of thin long steel plates. Admonish the formal precepts.

That is, the edge of the top plate 3 is bent horizontally inward and then vertically downward to form the locking part 18 that engages with the U-shaped groove 15, and the edge of the bottom plate 4 is bent. It is bent horizontally inward to form a support part 6 on which the grill unit 2 is placed, and a screw hole 8 is bored in a tip bent part 7 which is further vertically bent upward from the support part 6. .

To install grill unit 2 in the above configuration,
First, after inserting the U-shaped groove 15.15 on the upper edge of the grill unit 2 into the locking part 18 on the edge of the top plate 3,
The bottom surface is placed on the support part 6, the blank hole 9 is aligned with the screw hole 8, and the mounting screw 10 is screwed into the screw hole 8 to fix the first grill unit 2.

After that, in order to connect another gnoll unit 2 to the first grill unit 2, insert the U-shaped groove 15.15 on the upper edge of the grill unit 2 into the locking part 18 on the edge of the top plate 3, as described above. In the fitted state, the protrusion 13 of the first grill unit 2
By slightly shifting both grill units 2, 2 in the front-back direction so that the opening of the notch 17 of the other grill unit 2 is positioned in front of the grill unit 2, and then adjoining the grill units 2, 2, and then pushing the other grill unit 2 backward, While the protrusion 13 and the notch 17 are engaged, the bottom surface of the other grill unit 2 is placed on the support part 6, the blank hole 9 is aligned with the screw hole 8 as before, and the other grill unit is attached with the mounting screw 10. Fix 2.

In this way, a plurality of grill units 2 are connected in parallel to form the entire outlet grill 1.

On the other hand, when removing each grill unit 2..., it is sufficient to perform the removal in the reverse order to the above-mentioned order.

In addition to the mechanism of engaging the protrusion 13 and the notch 17 as in this embodiment, the U-shaped groove 15.15 on the upper edge of the grill unit 2 and the locking part 18 on the edge of the top plate 3 are provided. By engaging the grill units 2 and the edges of the top plate 3, the mutual positions of the grill units 2 and the edges of the top plate 3 are restricted. There are no gaps in the joints, and the outer frames of the grill units 2 arranged side by side are flush with each other in the vertical, horizontal, and front-back directions, as if the outlet grill 1 were formed as one piece. The appearance can be more unified and consistent.

As mentioned above, the present invention has a rectangular grill unit 2.
In an air conditioner grill in which a plurality of... are assembled in parallel, the grill unit 2... has one prismatic protrusion 13 on one side edge in the left and right direction. On the other hand, the rear edge of the other side edge serves as an opening for receiving the protrusion 13 provided on the adjacent grill unit 2, and is notched in the front-rear direction, and is provided on the adjacent grill unit 2. Since the substantially U-shaped notch 17 that engages with the protrusion 13 is provided, (1) the prismatic protrusion 13 of one grill unit 2 and the substantially U-shaped notch 17 of the other adjacent grill unit 2 are arranged; Since they are engaged, one grill unit 2 does not rotate and shift in the front-back direction with respect to the other grill unit 2 about the protrusion 13 as an axis, so the entire grill can be made flush, improving the appearance. can be done.

■ Moreover, one grill unit l-2 one protrusion 1
3, the rear edge of the other side edge serves as an opening for receiving the protrusion 13 and is notched in the front-rear direction, and the engagement structure of the other side edge of the other grill unit 2 that engages with the protrusion 13 is Since it has a substantially U-shaped notch 17 that engages, for example, fixing members such as screws can be attached to other things besides sushi.
One grill unit l-2 to another grill unit 2
Sushi can be easily attached or removed by pushing or pulling it in the front-back direction.

(2) Moreover, since only one protrusion 13 is provided on the grill unit 2, the structure is simple and manufacturing is easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 3 relate to a conventional air conditioner grill, and FIGS. 4 to 7 relate to an air conditioner according to the present invention. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the air conditioner, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the grill unit installed, and Figure 3 is Figure 2 II-III.
4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the grill unit installed; FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ of FIG. 4; FIGS. It is an abbreviated perspective view. 2...Grill unit, 13...Protrusion, 17...Notch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a grill for an air conditioner in which a plurality of rectangular grill units 2 are assembled in parallel, each of the grill units 2 has one on one side edge in the left and right direction.
A prismatic protrusion 13 is provided, while the rear edge of the other side edge serves as an opening for receiving the protrusion 13 provided on the adjacent grill unit 2, and is notched in the front-rear direction and is adjacent to the rear edge of the other side edge. A grill for an air conditioner is provided with a substantially U-shaped notch 17 that engages with the projection 13 provided on the grill unit 2.