JPS6123222Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a ceiling-mounted air conditioner with an improved mounting structure for an outlet grill.

FIG. 1 shows a ceiling-mounted air conditioner, and 1 is the main body of the air conditioner. An air outlet 2 is provided on the front surface of the main body 1, and a plurality of air outlet grilles 3 are attached to the air outlet 2. Each outlet grill 3 has a plurality of blades 3a arranged in parallel. In this case, as shown in Fig. 2, the outlet grille 3 has two blades 3a arranged side by side with each blade 3a facing diagonally so as to guide the outlet air in an oblique direction, and one in which the blades 3a are arranged in parallel to guide the outlet air in a straight direction. Blades 3a are arranged in parallel along the straight direction so as to guide the blades 3a. Each of these outlet grilles 3 is connected to the outlet 2 of the air conditioner main body 1.
The blower grille 3 of various shapes can be selectively attached to any position of the blower outlet 2 of the main body 1 to set the wind direction to an appropriate state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the air outlet 2 of the air conditioner main body 1 is provided with an upper grill support 4 and a lower grill support 5, respectively. A plurality of outlet grilles 3 are arranged between the upper grill support 4 and the lower grill support 5. Protrusions 8 are formed at both upper and lower ends of each of these outlet grilles 3, and these protrusions 8 are attached to the grill support 4 on the upper side.
Each outlet grille 3 is supported while being inserted into each attachment hole 6, 7 of the grille support 5 on the lower side. Furthermore, the upper grille support 4 is positioned between the normal position where it supports each outlet grille 3... and the rotational position where the protrusion 8 of each outlet grille 3... is pulled out from each mounting hole 6 of the upper grille support 4. It is rotatably supported and is normally held at its normal position by the biasing force of a spring 9.

When removing each outlet grill 3 from the outlet 2 of the air conditioner body 1, the upper grill support 4 is rotated in the direction of arrow F in FIG. 3 against the biasing force of the spring 9. let When the upper grille support 4 is rotated in this way, the projections 8 of each outlet grille 3 are connected to the mounting holes 6 of the upper grille support 4.
is pulled out, and in this state, by pulling out the protrusions 8 of the outlet grille 3 from each attachment hole 7 of the grill support 5 on the lower side, the outlet 2 of the air conditioner main body 1 is removed.
Each outlet grille 3 can be removed from the.

However, in the conventional structure described above, when the upper grill support 4 is rotated against the biasing force of the spring 9, all the projections 8 of the outlet grills 3... 4 each mounting hole 6
One outlet grill 3
Even if you try to remove the air outlet 2 from the air outlet 2, there is a risk that the other air outlet grilles 3... will also be removed at the same time, and in such a case, there is a risk that the air outlet grilles 3 that were removed by mistake may fall and be damaged. Ta. In addition, when the upper grill support 4 is rotated to the rotation position and the protrusion 8 of each outlet grill 3 is pulled out from each mounting hole 6 of the upper grill support 4, the lower grill support 4 Each outlet grill 3 supported by a chisel...
Since the positions of the protrusions 8 of the grills 8 tend to be misaligned, when returning the upper grill support 4 from the rotational position to the normal position, the protrusions 8 of each outlet grill 3 and each mounting hole of the upper grill support 4 are There was also the problem that alignment between the two was troublesome.

This idea was devised in consideration of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to remove only one of the multiple outlet grilles attached to the air outlet of the air conditioner main body while removing the other outlet grilles. To provide a ceiling-suspended air conditioner which is free from the risk of being accidentally removed from an outlet and which also facilitates the work of returning an upper grill support from a rotational position to a normal position.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8. Figure 4 is similar to Figure 1 and 2.
This figure shows a schematic configuration of the main parts of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner shown in the figure, where 11 is the air conditioner main body. An air outlet 12 is formed on the front surface of the main body 11.
Further, an upper grill support 13 is attached to the main body 11 along the upper edge of the air outlet 12. The grill support 13 on the upper side has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and mounting holes 14 are formed in the lower surface of the grill support 13. Furthermore, this grill support 13 is held in its normal position by the urging force of a spring 15, and is rotatable in the direction of arrow F against the urging force of this spring 15. Further, a lower grill support 5 (shown in FIG. 3) is provided at the lower edge of the air outlet 12, and mounting holes 7 are bored in the upper surface of the lower grill support 5. There is.

Further, on the front surface of the air outlet 12, a plurality of air outlet grilles 16 are arranged between the upper grill support 13 and the lower grill support 5. As shown in FIG. 5, each of these blowout grilles 16 has a plurality of blades 17 arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval, and a connecting rod 18 that connects the upper and lower sides of these blades 17, respectively. (Only the upper side is shown) Furthermore, protrusions 19 are provided on the upper ends of the upper connecting rods 18, and protrusions 8 (shown in FIG. 3) are similarly provided on the lower ends of the lower connecting rods. It is installed protrudingly. Each of these outlet grilles 16 has a protrusion 19 in the mounting hole 14 of the upper grill support 13 and a mounting hole 7 in the lower grill support 5.
The protrusions 8 are inserted and supported within each of them. And the grill support 13 on the upper side
is rotatably supported between a normal position in which it supports each outlet grille 16 and a rotational position in which the protrusion 19 of each outlet grille 16 is pulled out from each mounting hole 14 of the upper grill support 13. It is normally held at the normal position by the biasing force of the spring 15.

On the other hand, on the bottom surface of the upper grill support 13, a sixth
A plurality of stoppers 20 having a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in the figure are attached. Each of these stoppers 20 is disposed at a position corresponding to each outlet grill 16. Further, each of these stoppers 20... has a pair of stopper claws 20a, 20 disposed opposite to each other on the front side of the upper connecting rod 18 of each outlet grille 16...
A is provided. Further, the stopper claws 20a, 20a of each stopper 20... are connected to the adjacent blades 17, 1 of each outlet grill 16... as shown in FIG.
The lower end of each stopper claw 20a, 20a is inserted between the stopper claws 20a, 20a when the upper grille support 13 is rotated to the rotating position.
0a, 20a are extended to a position where they do not come off from the position facing the front side of the upper connecting rod 18 of each outlet grille 16.

Note that grooves 2 are provided on both sides of the top plate 21 and bottom plate 22 of the air conditioner main body 11, as shown in FIG.
3, 23 are formed, and these grooves 23,
A side plate 24 is slidably inserted and attached to 23. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the top plate 21 is formed with a curved elastic piece 25 that is fitted into the groove 23, and the upper end surface of the side plate 24 is provided with a recess 26 into which the elastic piece 25 is fitted. is formed. Further, when the side plate 24 is inserted and slid into the grooves 23, 23, an elastic piece 25 is fitted into the groove 26 and held therein.

Therefore, in the case of the above configuration, when removing one of the plurality of outlet grilles 16 attached to the front surface of the outlet 12 of the air conditioner main body 11, the upper grill support 13 must first be removed. is rotated in the direction of arrow F against the biasing force of spring 15.
In this case, as the grill support 13 rotates, each stopper 20 also moves;
At the lower ends of the stopper claws 20a, 20a, the stopper claws 20a, 20a are attached to the respective outlet grills 16 with the upper grille support 13 rotated to the rotating position.
... extends from the position facing the front side of the upper connecting rod 18 to a position where it cannot be removed, so that the protrusion 19 of each outlet grill 16 can be pulled out from each mounting hole 14 of the upper grill support 13. Even if the stoppers 20 are pulled out, the lower end portions of the stopper claws 20a, 20a of the stoppers 20 do not come out of the position facing the front side of the upper connecting rod 18 of each outlet grille 16. Then, from this state, the selected outlet grill 16 is lifted upward and the protrusion 8 at the lower end of this outlet grill 16 is removed.
... are pulled out from the mounting holes 7 of the lower grill support 5, and finally the blow-off grill 16 is pushed down to remove the upper connecting rod 18 from each stopper claw 20a, 20a of the stopper 20.

Thus, in the case of the above structure, even when the upper grill support 13 is rotated against the biasing force of the spring 15, the stopper claws 20a of each stopper 20 of the upper grill support 13 are rotated. ,2
Since the lower end of each outlet grille 16 extends to a position where it cannot be removed from the position facing the front side of the upper connecting rod 18, each outlet grille can be attached from each mounting hole 14 of the upper grille support 13. Even if the protrusion 19 of 16 is pulled out, the lower end of each stopper claw 20a, 20a of each stopper 20...
6... will not come out of the position facing the front side of the upper connecting rod 18. Therefore, even if the upper grill support 13 rotates to the rotation position and the protrusion 19 of each outlet grill 16 is pulled out from the mounting hole 14 of the upper grill support 13, each stopper 20... Since the upper connecting rod 18 of each outlet grille 16 can be held by the lower ends of the stopper claws 20a, 20a, when attempting to remove one outlet grille 16 from the outlet port 12 as in the conventional case, It is possible to reliably prevent other outlet grilles 16 from being removed at the same time, and it is possible to prevent the mistakenly removed outlet grilles 16 from falling and being damaged. In addition, the upper grill support 13 is rotated to the rotation position, and the projections 1 of each outlet grill 16 are connected to the mounting holes 14 of the upper grill support 13.
9 is pulled out, the upper connecting support 18 of each outlet grille 16 is held by the lower end of each stopper claw 20a, 20a of each stopper 20. It is possible to prevent the positions of the upper protrusions 19 of the supported blow-off grilles 16 from becoming uneven. Therefore, when returning the upper grill support 13 from the rotating position to the normal position, each outlet grill 16...
The alignment between the upper protrusion 19 and each mounting hole 14 of the upper grille support 13 can be facilitated, and the work of returning the upper grille support 13 from the rotational position to the normal position can be facilitated. This can be facilitated.

It should be noted that this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of this invention.

As explained above, according to this invention, the stopper has a substantially U-shaped cross section and has stopper claws disposed opposite to each other on the front side of the upper connecting rods of the plurality of outlet grilles disposed at the outlet of the main body of the air conditioner. is provided on the underside of the upper grill support, and when the upper grill support has been rotated to the rotation position, the stopper claw can be moved to a position where it does not come off from the position facing the front side of the upper connecting rod of each outlet grill. Since the lower end of the claw is extended, when removing only one of the multiple outlet grilles attached to the outlet of the air conditioner, there is no risk of accidentally removing the other outlet from the outlet. Moreover, it is possible to facilitate the work of returning the upper grill support from the rotational position to the normal position.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance of a ceiling-suspended air conditioner, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the main parts of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner, and Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main parts of a conventional example. , 4th
Figures 8 to 8 show an embodiment of this invention, in which Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the main part, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the main part, Figure 6 is a perspective view showing the stopper, and Figure 7 is a perspective view of the main part. The figure is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the attached state of the side plate, and FIG. 8 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the fitted state between the recess of the side plate and the elastic piece of the top plate. 5... Lower side grill support, 7... Mounting hole, 8
... Protrusion, 11 ... Air conditioner main body, 12 ...
Air outlet, 13... Grill support on the upper side, 14...
Mounting hole, 15...Spring, 16...Blowout grill, 17...Blade, 18...Connecting rod, 19...
...Protrusion, 20... Stopper, 20a... Stopper claw.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An upper grill support and a lower grill support are provided at the air outlet of the air conditioner body.
A plurality of blowout grilles formed by a plurality of blades and connecting rods that respectively connect the upper and lower sides of these blades are arranged between the upper grill support and the lower grill support. At the same time, protrusions are formed at both upper and lower ends of each of the outlet grilles, and when these protrusions are inserted into the dowel holes of the upper grill support and the lower grill support, the Between the normal position where each outlet grille is supported and the upper grille support supports each outlet grille and the rotational position where the protrusion of each outlet grille is pulled out from each mounting hole of the upper grille support. is rotatably supported at
In a ceiling-suspended air conditioner that is normally held at a normal position by the biasing force of a spring, a stopper having a substantially U-shaped cross section and having stopper claws disposed opposite to each other on the front side of the upper connecting rod of each of the outlet grilles. is provided on the lower surface of the upper grill support, and when the upper grill support is rotated to a rotating position, the stopper claw is removed from a position facing the front side of the upper connecting rod of each of the outlet grills. A ceiling-suspended air conditioner, characterized in that the lower end of the stopper claw extends to a position where the stopper claw does not extend.