JPS6218917Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to the air outlet of an air conditioner, and more specifically, improves the mounting structure of the sealing material provided at the air outlet.
The present invention relates to an air outlet for an air conditioner that facilitates attachment of a sealing material and also allows grille blades to be held at a predetermined angle.

Conventionally, the sealing material provided at the outlet of an air conditioner to prevent leakage of blown air is as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, as known from Utility Model Publication No. 57-41638. The longitudinal cross-sectional view and FIG.
and a groove 24 between the front plate 22, side plate 23, etc.
25 and 26 respectively, and a sealing material 3 is provided in each groove.
0 is attached using an adhesive or the like, and the sealing material 30 is unrelated to the shaft 28 of the grille blade 27, and the shaft 28 of the grille blade 27 is held at a predetermined angle using a spring or the like. As mentioned above, the conventional sealing material 30 requires the use of adhesive, which is cumbersome to work with, and the grille blades 27 have defects such as the use of other members such as springs. It was hot.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned conventional defects, and the purpose of the present invention is to improve the sealing material mounting structure around the outlet of an air conditioner to facilitate the sealing material installation work, and to improve the sealing material installation work. It also has the function of holding the blade at a specified angle.
In this invention, a groove with a U-shaped cross section is formed on the inner surface around the air outlet by the front plate, an inner frame perpendicular to the front plate, and an outer frame, and the shaft of the grill blade is attached to the left and right inner frames, and both ends of the shaft are grooved. A sealing material having a width larger than the groove width is press-fitted into the groove, and the sealing material is fixed in the groove, and the tip of the shaft is pressed to prevent the shaft from moving. This is an air conditioner in which the grille blades can be rotatably held at a predetermined angle, and the sealing material can be fixed in the groove by simply press-fitting the sealing material into the groove. This feature is characterized in that the grille blade shaft is prevented from floating and can be freely held at a predetermined angle.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an exploded view of a pull-out/push-in type air conditioner, Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the front panel section taken along line A-A in Figure 1, and Figure 3 is an enlarged view of Figure 1 in the direction of arrow B. Figure (excluding sealing material).

A pull-out, push-in type air conditioner is constructed as follows. 11 is an outer casing, 12 is an air conditioner kit, 17 is a front panel equipped with an air inlet 10 and an air outlet 1, and the air conditioner kit 12 can be freely moved in and out of the outer casing 11.
It is configured as follows. Reference numeral 13 denotes a bottom frame on which necessary equipment such as a compressor 14, indoor and external heat exchanger units 16 and 15 are placed, and the necessary equipment is integrated. Next, the air outlet 1 portion will be described in detail based on FIGS. The front plate 2, the inner frame 3, and the outer frame 4 form a groove 5 having a U-shaped cross section.
6 is a grill blade provided at the air outlet 1, 7 is a grill blade shaft, and the grill blade 6 is attached to the left and right inner frames 3, 3.
Both ends 8,8 of the shafts 7,7 protrude into the groove 5, and are supported in a floating state by the holes in the left and right inner frames 3,3. Numeral 9 is a sealing material which is attached to the groove 5.
It has a width larger than the width of the outer frames 3 and 4, and is compressed and inserted into the groove 5. By press-fitting the sealing material 9 into the groove 5, the sealing material 9 is inserted into the groove 5. The sealing material 9 is press-fitted to press the tips 8, 8 of the shafts 7, 7 of the grill blade 6 that protrude into the groove 5, and the shafts 7, 7 are fixed in a floating state. However, the elasticity of the sealing material 9 does not fix the shafts 7, 7 of the grill blade 6, but instead holds the grill blade 6 rotatably at a predetermined angle. Note that the part indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. When the front panel 17 is assembled, the above-mentioned members form an outer panel and also press-seal the sealing material 9 from the rear.

The present invention is as described above, and a groove 5 having a U-shaped cross section is formed by a front plate 2, an inner frame 3 and an outer frame 4 in a direction perpendicular to the front plate 2, and the groove 5 is as described above. Since the sealing material 9 having a width larger than the groove width is press-fitted into the groove 5 to fix the sealing material 9 in the groove 5, the installation work of the sealing material 9 is extremely simplified. Grill blade shafts 7, 7 are supported in the inner frames 3, 3 on the left and right sides of the groove 5 in a floating state with the tips of the shafts 7, 7 protruding into the groove 5, and the inner frames 3, 3 on the left and right sides of the groove 5 are supported in a floating state. By press-fitting, the tips of the shafts 8, 8 are pressed, preventing the shafts 7, 7 from moving freely, and the grille blades 6 can be rotatably held at a predetermined angular position. It can be freely rotated to a predetermined angular position by the press-fit resistance of the sealing material 9 without using other members such as a spring, and is held at that position, which is extremely convenient.

As described in detail above, the present invention has a unique groove structure in which the mounting groove for the sealing material 9 is narrower than the width of the sealing material 9, so that the mounting work of the sealing material 9 can be performed using adhesive as described above. It is much easier to press the grille blades 6 into the grooves 5 instead of pressing them into the grooves 5, and since the pressing force of the sealing material 9 is used to hold the grille blades 6 at a predetermined angular position as described above, there is no need to use springs or the like as in the past. No other members are required, and the overall structure is simple, easy to work with, and inexpensive.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an exploded view of a pull-out/push-in type air conditioner, Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line A-A of the front panel of Figure 1, which is the main part of the present invention.
The figure is an enlarged view taken in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are conventional examples, showing a vertical cross-sectional view and a cross-sectional view, respectively. 1...Air outlet, 2...Front plate, 3...Inner frame, 4...
...Outer frame, 5...Groove, 6...Grill blade, 7...Grill blade shaft, 8...Tip of shaft 7, 9...Sealing material.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A groove 5 having a U-shaped cross section is formed on the inner surface around the air outlet 1 by the front plate 2, an inner frame 3 and an outer frame 4 perpendicular thereto, and shafts 7, 7 of the grill blades 6 are formed in the left and right inner frames 3, 3. are supported in a floating state with the ends 8, 8 of the shafts 7, 7 protruding into the groove 5, and a sealing material 9 having a width larger than the groove width is press-fitted into the groove 5, and the sealing material 9 is inserted into the groove. 5, and presses the tips of the shafts 8, 8 to prevent the shafts 7, 7 from moving freely, thereby holding the grill blades 6 rotatably at a predetermined angle.