JPS59115922A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the fine appearance by a method wherein an air conditioner which is incorporated with an indoor and outdoor unit is contrived to enable to arrange in a space between the floor of an upstair and the ceiling of a downstairs. CONSTITUTION:An air conditioner 1 is arranged by utilizing a space 6 located between a floor board 4 of an upstairs and a ceiling board 5 of a downstairs. A refrigerant compressor 21, an outdoor heat exchanger 22 and a blower 23 are arranged inside of a heat exchange unit 2, the air in the space 6 is blown into the open air via the heat exchanger 22. An indoor heat exchanger 31 and blowers 32a, 32b are arranged inside of a heat exchange unit 3, an air sucking port 34 and an air blowing port 35 are arranged on the upper surface of the air conditioner, also an air sucking port 36 and an air blowing port 37 are arranged similarly on the lower surface thereof.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to an air conditioner that integrates an indoor unit and an outdoor unit and disposes them indoors.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, residential air conditioners have had a major drawback in that, regardless of whether the indoor unit and outdoor unit are separated or integrated, the outdoor unit is disposed outdoors, which spoils its aesthetic appearance. on the other hand.

Indoor units are also fitted into the walls of the house so that they can be hung, so they do not spoil the aesthetics, and in order to improve the aesthetics, it is necessary to apply decorative panels or other expensive exterior coverings. . In addition, when air-conditioning two rooms, it is necessary to set two air conditioners or set an indoor unit for each room (multi-type), which has the disadvantage of being expensive. The invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and it provides an air conditioner that integrates an indoor unit and an outdoor unit by allowing it to be stored in the space between the upper floor and the lower ceiling of a house. This is an attempt to eliminate the above drawbacks.

The present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 is an external view of an embodiment of the present invention, and the air conditioner 1 has an integrated structure of a heat exchange unit 2 equipped with an outdoor heat exchanger and a heat exchange unit 3 equipped with an indoor heat exchanger. It is made well.

FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4 each show a cross-sectional view of the installation structure of the air conditioner 1.

Referring to Fig. 2 as seen from the outside wall of the house and Fig. 3 as seen from the heat exchange unit 2 side, air conditioning (somewhat A refrigerant compressor 21, an outdoor heat exchanger 22, and a blower 23 are provided in the heat exchange unit 2.The front and rear surfaces of the heat exchange unit 2 are open, and the opening are each provided with a louver 24 (the rear side is not shown).In this way, the blower 23 is installed on the floor board 4 and the ceiling board 5.
The air in the space 6 can be discharged outdoors through the outdoor heat exchanger 22. Note that the heat exchange unit 2 and the heat exchange unit 3 are connected to a heat insulating wall 11 within the main body of the air conditioner 1.
It is separated by.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 viewed from the heat exchange unit 3 side, an indoor heat exchanger 31 and blowers 32a and 32b are disposed within the heat exchange unit 3. In addition, indoor heat exchanger 3
A partition plate 33 is provided on the leeward side of the air conditioner 1 to divide the air path in the vertical direction. Further, an air inlet 34 and an air outlet 35 are provided on the upper surface of the heat exchange unit 3, and an air inlet 36 and an air outlet 37 are similarly provided on the lower surface. On the other hand, the floorboard 4 corresponding to the inlet 34 and the outlet 35 has an inlet 41 and an outlet 42, respectively.
and is provided. Similarly, the ceiling plate 5 corresponding to the suction port 36 and the blowout port 37 have respective holes.

A suction port 51 and a blowout port 52 are provided.

5 and 6 respectively show a room 7 on the floor corresponding to the location where the air conditioner 1 is installed. The interior of downstairs room 8 is shown.

In FIG. 5, the suction hole 4 of the floor plate 4 shown in FIG.
1. Each outlet 42 is provided with a grill 43,44. Similarly, in FIG. 6, grills 53 and 54 are provided at the inlet 51 and the outlet 52 of the ceiling plate 5 shown in FIG. 2, respectively. In this way, the blower 3
2a allows the air in the room 7 on the upper floor to be returned to the room 7 through the indoor heat exchanger 31, and the blower 32b allows the air in the room 8 on the lower floor to be returned to the room 8 through the indoor heat exchanger 31.

As shown in FIG. 7, the air conditioner 1 is installed in a space 6 between a floor plate 4 and a ceiling plate 5 so that it can be freely stored and removed through an opening 91 provided in a wall 9 outside the house.

In addition to the opening 91, the outside wall 9 of the house is provided with an air intake (not shown) communicating with the space 6 between the floor plate 4 and the ceiling plate 5.

Note that when each heat exchanger 22, 31 is used as an air-conditioning device (including a heat pump type), during cooling operation, the indoor heat exchanger 22 acts as a refrigerant evaporator, that is, a heat absorber, and the outdoor heat exchanger 31 acts as a refrigerant condenser, that is, a heat absorber. It acts as a radiator, and acts in the opposite direction during heating operation. Moreover, even when used as a simple cooler unit, the indoor heat exchanger 22 acts as a heat absorber and the outdoor heat exchanger 31 acts as a radiator by using an air conditioner 1 such as zero or more.

The inside of the space 6 between the floor plate 4 and the ceiling plate 5 is ventilated by an air blower 23. Further, depending on the operating mode of the blowers 321L and 32b, they are operated to simultaneously cool or heat the room 7 on the upper floor and the room 8 on the lower floor, or to cool or heat either one of them.

The present invention has the following advantages.

■ The air conditioner is installed in the space between the floorboards on the upper floor and the ceiling board on the lower floor, so no installation space is required indoors or outdoors.

■ Air conditioners are not visible from inside or outside the room, so they do not spoil the aesthetics.

■ The durability of the house is improved because the space between the floorboards on the upper floor and the ceiling panels on the lower floor is ventilated.

■ Heat exchange units 2 and 3 are integrated, so
There is no reduction in heating and cooling capacity due to the length of the refrigerant piping, and on-site piping work can be omitted.

■ A single air conditioner can cool and heat two rooms at the same time, and there is no need to decorate the air conditioner, resulting in significant cost reductions.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention. 3 and 4 are sectional views, respectively, of the installation structure of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, viewed from the arrow A direction, arrow B direction, and arrow C direction in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are respectively sectional views. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a part of a house in which the device shown in FIG. 1 is installed.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An air conditioner that integrates a first heat exchange unit that includes an outdoor heat exchanger, an air blower, and a refrigerant compressor, and a second heat exchange unit that includes an indoor heat exchanger and an air blower. The first heat exchange unit can be stored in a space between an upper floor and a lower ceiling of a house, and the first heat exchange unit can exhaust air from the space through an opening provided in an outdoor wall through the outdoor heat exchanger. , the second heat exchange unit has an inlet and an outlet that are to be communicated with the upstairs room through the indoor heat exchanger, and also communicates with the downstairs room through the indoor heat exchanger. An air conditioner characterized by having an inlet and an outlet. Below are the clues