JPS62213641A - Ceiling suspension type air-conditioning machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm the declining position of an airflow deflecting blade at one's hand and improve the operability of the titled air-conditioning machine by a method wherein the declining position of the airflow deflecting blade, regulating the direction of blow-off air, is indicated on a remote control switch in conjunction with the operation of the airflow deflecting blade. CONSTITUTION:When a horizontal blade 5 in an air blow-off unit 4 is in a horizontal position, the light receiving unit of a position detector 13, which receives the rays of a light emitting element 12, is positioned at a position 16. When a horizontal blade 5 is pivoted about the rotary shaft 6 thereof by the turning-on of an airflow direction regulating switch 10, the position of the light receiving unit of the light emitting element 12 is positioned at a position 17, corresponding to the inclination thereof. Information, detected by the position detecting unit 13, is converted into an output signal in a converting unit 14 and is sent into the information receiving unit 15 of a remote control switch through a signal wire 18 while the signal operates so as to light and emit an airflow direction indicating light 11 at a position corresponding to the position 17 which has received the light of the light emitting element 12.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a ceiling-suspended air conditioner, and particularly to a ceiling-suspended air conditioner equipped with a wind direction display device suitable for improving the operability of an air conditioner operated by a remote control switch. This invention relates to a ceiling-suspended air conditioner.

[Conventional technology]

First, let's look at the second part about conventional general ceiling-suspended air conditioners.
This will be explained with reference to the drawings to FIG.

Here, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an indoor unit of a general ceiling-suspended air conditioner, FIG. 3 is a detailed sectional view of the air blowing part in the indoor unit of FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG. 5, an explanatory diagram showing an example of installation of a ceiling-suspended air conditioner, is a schematic front view of a conventional remote control switch.

In Fig. 2, 1B is an indoor unit related to the air conditioner main unit that is attached to the ceiling VC, 2 is a heat exchanger, 3 is a blower, and 4 is a heat exchanger.
is an air blowing section, and as shown by the thick white arrow, VCC air is sucked in and heat-exchanged cold or warm air is blown into the room from the air blowing section 4. 5 is a horizontal blade related to the wind direction plate for adjusting the direction of the blown air, and this horizontal blade is rotated in the direction of the arrow by a rotary shaft 6 by known means as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the state shown by the solid line indicates horizontal airflow, and the state shown by the broken line shows the tilted position of the horizontal blade 5 for downward airflow.

The tilting operation of the horizontal blade 5 is performed using a wind direction adjustment switch 8V provided on the remote control switch 7 shown in FIG.
This is done from c. In other words, the wind direction adjustment switch 8 (+-
When turned on, the horizontal blades 5 move in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 3, and when the wind direction adjustment switch 8 is turned off, the horizontal blades 5 stop at the current wind direction position.

In order to make it easier to see the state of the horizontal blades in the air blowing section 4, it is known that a wind direction display is displayed on the main body of an air conditioner.

For example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 60-39845 describes a technique in which a display window is provided on the front panel of an air conditioner body so that rotation of a display drum can be viewed.

Also, Utility Model Application No. 60-28336 and Utility Model Application No. 60-28336
Publication No. 28337 describes a means for displaying the operating state of a wind direction board by displacing the irradiation position of an indicator lamp on the display board.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 60-28338 describes a means for using one light emitting element as a display light source and changing the state from the swinging state of the light emitting element to the operating state of the wind direction plate.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, the wind direction of the VC air blower is controlled by a remote control switch.As can be seen in the installation example shown in Fig. 4, the remote control switch 7 is placed on the lower side of the indoor unit 1 mounted on the ceiling. Moreover, VCs are often installed on walls and pillars. For this reason, the air blowing section 4 becomes a blind spot from the operating position of the remote control switch 7, making it troublesome to check the wind direction and position.

In addition, in the prior art example mentioned above, the wind direction adjustment display is displayed on the main body of the air conditioner, but consideration should be given to the fact that the wind direction adjustment display itself becomes a blind spot VC in ceiling-suspended air conditioners that use a remote control switch. It had not been done.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ceiling-suspended air conditioner with excellent operability in which the inclination state of the wind direction plate can be confirmed by position display.

[Means for solving problems]

The configuration of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner according to the present invention is such that the ceiling-suspended air conditioner is operated by a remote control switch, and the wind direction is adjusted to adjust the direction of the air blown from the air vents and blow-off portions of the air conditioner main body. The wind direction display device is equipped with a wind direction display device that displays a position corresponding to the tilt position of the wind direction board on the remote control switch in conjunction with the operation of the board. a position detection means for detecting a floating position tfL of a light emitting element provided on a wind direction plate; a plurality of position display units corresponding to the tilt positions of the wind direction plate visible on a remote control switch; and control means for receiving an output signal from the means and causing a position display section corresponding to the tilt position of the wind direction plate of the position display section for the number of membranes to emit light.

[Effect]

According to the above technical means, the position detection means detects the inclination of the wind direction plate as the rocking position of the light emitting element, and depending on the detection result, the direction of the wind direction plate of the plurality of position display parts provided on the remote control switch is determined. Since the position corresponding to the tilted position emits light, the tilted position of the wind direction plate can be confirmed at the hand of the remote control switch, improving operability.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a wind direction display device for a ceiling-suspended air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the configuration of the ceiling-suspended air conditioner main body, that is, the room unit 1, is as described above. Since it has the same number as the prior art and its installation condition is also the same as that shown in FIG. 4, a description thereof will be omitted.

In Figure 1, a 9-piece remote control switch,
10 is a wind direction adjustment switch, and the function of this wind direction adjustment switch is exactly the same as the conventional wind direction adjustment switch 8 shown in FIG. That is, the inclination position of the horizontal blade 5 related to the wind direction plate can be arbitrarily set by operating the wind direction adjustment switch.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a wind direction indicator light that is visible on the remote control switch 9 and has a plurality of position display sections corresponding to the tilted positions of the horizontal blades 5.

12 is a light emitting element provided on the horizontal blade 5; 13 is a position detecting unit that detects the swinging position of the light emitting element 12; and 14 is a unit that converts input information detected by the position detecting unit 13 into output information related to an output signal. The position detecting section 13 and the converting section 14 constitute a position detecting means. This position detection means is disposed behind the air blowing section 4 of the indoor unit 1, more specifically, behind the horizontal blades 5.

15, an information receiving section that receives an output signal from the converting section 14 of the position detecting means; It constitutes a control means that performs command processing. Reference numeral 18 denotes a signal line connecting the converting section 14 and the information receiving section 15.

The operation of the wind direction display device having such a configuration will be explained.

Air blowout W154 When the horizontal blade 5 with the IC is in the horizontal position shown by the solid line in FIG. There is. Further, when the horizontal blade 5 is rotated about the rotating shaft 6 by a known means by the operator of the wind direction adjustment switch, the light emitting element 12 is moved to the position indicated by the broken line [K], and the light receiving part that receives the light from the light emitting element 12 is The position is position 1 indicated by the dashed line.
It becomes 7. The information detected by the position detection e13 is sent to the redemption unit 14.
The signal is converted into an output signal at the signal edge 18 and sent to the information receiving section 15 of the remote control switch. Information receiving section 1
5 operates to turn on and emit light the wind direction indicator lamp 11 at the position corresponding to the position 17 where the position detection section receives the light.

In this way, according to the present wind direction display device, the position detecting section 13 detects the inclination of the horizontal blade 5 as the swinging position of the light emitting element 12, and the position detecting section 13 detects the inclination of the horizontal blade 5 as the swinging position of the light emitting element 12. Since the position of the plurality of wind direction indicator lights 11 corresponding to the tilt position of the horizontal blade 5 lights up, the operator can check the tilt position of the horizontal blade 5! ,'ft, the remote control switch 90 allows the user to adjust the wind direction while checking the remote control switch 90 at hand, which significantly improves operability.

In the above embodiment, the wind direction indicator light 11 is used as the plurality of position indicators on the remote control switch 9. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the plurality of position indicators on the remote control switch 9 may be visually visible, such as light emitting elements. It goes without saying that other means may be used.

In addition, the position detecting means of the wind direction plate has been described as an example of an optical sensor that detects the entire swing position 1th: of the light emitting element 12 provided on the horizontal blade 5, but the present invention is not limited to this. This does not preclude the adoption of other position detection means that can be expected to have the same effect.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when adjusting the wind direction of the air blowing section of an air conditioner using a remote control switch, the tilt state of the wind direction board can be determined by the wind direction position display provided on the remote control switch to be operated. It is possible to provide a ceiling-suspended air conditioner with excellent operability that can be checked.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a wind direction display device of a ceiling-suspended air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an indoor unit of a general ceiling-suspended air conditioner. , FIG. 3 is a detailed sectional view of the air blowing part in the indoor unit of FIG. 2,
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an installation example of a ceiling-suspended air conditioner;
FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of a conventional remote control switch. 1... Indoor unit 4... Air blowing section 5.
...Horizontal blade 9...Remote control switch 11...Wind direction indicator light 12...Light emitting element 13
...Position detecting section 15... Information receiving section. 1st r: J.J.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a ceiling-suspended air conditioner whose operation is operated by a remote control switch, in conjunction with the operation of a wind direction plate that adjusts the direction of air blown from an air blowing section of the air conditioner main body, A ceiling-suspended air conditioner characterized by comprising a wind direction display device that displays a position corresponding to the tilted position of the wind direction plate on the remote control switch. 2. In the device described in claim 1, the wind direction display device includes a position detecting means for detecting the swinging position of a light emitting element provided on the wind direction plate, and a position detecting means for detecting the swinging position of the light emitting element provided on the wind direction plate, and a position detecting means for detecting the swinging position of the light emitting element provided on the wind direction plate, which is visible on the remote control switch. a plurality of position display sections corresponding to the tilted position; and a control means that receives an output signal from the position detection means and causes a position display section of the plurality of position display sections corresponding to the tilted position of the wind direction plate to emit light. A ceiling-suspended air conditioner.