JPS6322479Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a refrigeration cycle type dehumidifier.

[Conventional technology]

A refrigeration cycle type dehumidifier that repeatedly compresses, condenses, expands, and evaporates a refrigerant has been known for a long time, and is also used for indoor dehumidification (see, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 146963/1983).

On the other hand, at home, laundry and futons were often dried outdoors using solar heat. However, there are times when it is rainy or when it is not possible to dry laundry or futons for reasons of environmental beautification.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

Therefore, the bathroom is used as a drying room for laundry, the laundry is dried in the bathroom using the refrigeration cycle type dehumidifier, and the futons are dried inside the closet adjacent to the bathroom. It is conceivable that the dehumidification is performed using the heat generated by the compressor that constitutes the refrigeration cycle of the dehumidifying device. In this way, the drying of laundry in the bathroom and the drying of futons in the closet adjacent to the bathroom can be accomplished with one refrigeration cycle type dehumidifier, resulting in cost reduction.

However, conventional refrigeration cycle type dehumidifiers
As disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 50-146963, the compressor is built into a single housing along with the condenser and evaporator, so it is difficult to dry laundry in the bathroom. It is not possible to use a single refrigeration cycle type dehumidifier to dry the futons in the closet adjacent to the bathroom.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a refrigeration cycle type dehumidifier that enables the bathroom to be used as a drying room for laundry, etc., and which uses the heat generated by the compressor that makes up the refrigeration cycle to dry clothes inside a closet. To provide a dehumidifying device capable of drying futons and the like.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dehumidifying device that achieves the above-mentioned objects and can dry futons and the like in a closet even when the compressor is stopped.

[Means for solving problems]

According to the present invention, an inlet and an outlet are provided in a box that forms a closed space inside, a first blower, an evaporator, and a condenser are installed in the box, and the first
The blower can form an air path in the box from the inlet to the outlet, and the evaporator is installed at a position closer to the inlet in the air path,
The condenser is installed in the air path near the outlet, the inlet and outlet of the box are connected to the bathroom, and on the partition shelf in the closet,
A compressor storage chamber in which a compressor and a second blower are housed is installed, and the box is coupled to the compressor storage chamber, and the second blower can cool the compressor and cool the compressor. The compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator are arranged so that the heat generated by the compressor can be circulated within the closet, and the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator perform a refrigerant circulation cycle in which refrigerant is sequentially compressed, condensed, expanded, and evaporated. In the dehumidifying device, a heater is further arranged in the compressor storage chamber, and when the compressor is stopped, the second blower and the heater are driven, and the second air blower and the heater are driven. There is obtained a dehumidifying device characterized in that the heat generated by the heater is circulated within the closet by a blower.

[Implementation row]

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

Referring to FIG. 1, a wall-integrated dehumidifier 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a bathroom 20 and a closet 3.
This is a refrigeration cycle type dehumidification device that is built into the wall 40 between 0 and 0. The wall-integrated dehumidifier 10 of this embodiment can not only dry the laundry 21, towels 22, etc. hung to dry in the bathroom 20, but also dry the futon 31, etc. in the closet 30. It is.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the wall-integrated dehumidifier 10 of this embodiment, an inlet 11a and an outlet 11b are provided on the front surface of a box 11 that forms a closed space inside.
A box 11 provided with is assembled into the wall 40. On this occasion,
The box 11 is arranged so that the surface having the suction port 11a and the discharge port 11b faces the bathroom 20. This box 11 is constructed using a heat insulating material 11c. Inside this box 11, a first blower 12, an evaporator 13, and a condenser 14 are installed. The first blower 12 is arranged at a central position within the box 11, and is connected from a lower suction port 11a to an upper discharge port 1 within the box 11.
It is possible to form an air path A toward 1b. Evaporator 13
is a position near the inlet 11a in the air path A,
That is, it is installed at a position below the first blower 12. On the other hand, the condenser 14 is arranged in the air path A near the discharge port 11b, that is, above the first blower 12. A bottom surface 11d of the box 11 forms a slope that slopes downward toward the front, and a drain hose 15 is connected to a drain port at the front end of the bottom surface 11d. By this inclined surface 11d and the drain hose 15, water generated by the cooling action of the evaporator 13 is removed from the bathroom 2.
Drained into 0.

On the other hand, a compressor storage chamber 16 is formed in the outer lower part of the box 11 located on the closet 30 side. A suction port 16a is provided in the upper part of the rear plate of the compressor storage chamber 16, and a discharge port 16b is provided in the bottom plate of the compressor storage chamber 16. The compressor storage chamber 16 is placed on a shelf 32 of the closet 30, and the shelf 32 is provided with a hole 32a at a position corresponding to the discharge port 16b. A compressor 17 , a second blower 18 , and a heater 19 are arranged within the compressor storage chamber 16 .
The second blower 18 is connected from the suction port 16a to the discharge port 16.
It is possible to form an air path B toward b. A compressor 17 is installed at a position near the discharge port 16b in this air path B, that is, below the second blower 18.
Further, a heater 19 is installed in the middle of the air path B. By the second blower 18, the compressor 17
is cooled, and the heat generated by the compressor 17 and the heat generated by the heater 19 are circulated within the closet 30.

The compressor 17, condenser 14, and evaporator 13 constitute a refrigerant circulation circuit as shown in FIG. In this refrigerant circulation circuit, 50 is a capillary in which the refrigerant is expanded. The refrigerant flows in the direction of arrow C. In this refrigerant circulation circuit, the refrigerant is repeatedly compressed, condensed, expanded and evaporated.

The wall-integrated dehumidifier according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is controlled by the control circuit shown in FIG.
In Fig. 4, S ₁ to _{S 4} are operation switches, R is a relay, r ₁ is a make contact of relay R, and r ₂ is a relay R.
The break contact 100 is a power supply.

When operation switches S ₁ , S ₂ , and S ₄ are turned on, relay R is energized and operates. Furthermore, the first blower
FM ₁ 12 is also energized and operates. Also, the compressor CM17 and the second blower are connected via the make contact _r1 .
FM ₂ 18 is also energized and operates. Therefore, in this case, the air in the bathroom 20 is sucked in through the suction port 11a, and is cooled by the evaporator 13 and the condenser 1.
4 and is discharged into the bathroom 20 again from the discharge port 11b. At this time, the discharged air is dehumidified by the amount of dew deposited on the evaporator 13 and the like. In this way, the interior of the bathroom 20 is dried. At the same time, the inside of the closet 30 is also dried by the heat generated by the compressor 17.

On the other hand, when the operating switches S ₁ and S ₃ are turned on, the heater 19 and the second blower FM ₂ 18 are energized and operated. Therefore, in this case, the inside of the closet 30 is dried by the heat generated by the heater 19. In this way, when the compressor 17 is stopped, the inside of the closet 30 can be dried by the heat generated by the heater 19.

[Advantages of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention provides a refrigeration cycle type dehumidifier that allows the bathroom to be used as a drying room for laundry, etc., and that can also dry bedding and other items in a closet by utilizing the heat generated by the compressor that constitutes the refrigeration cycle. Furthermore, the present invention allows the heater and second blower to dry bedding and other items in the closet even when the compressor is stopped. Moreover, the present invention allows the dehumidifier to be placed on the partition shelf of the closet, so there is no need to prepare a special support plate to support the dehumidifier.
This makes the installation of the dehumidifier extremely simple.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and of course includes modifications to the embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, a wall-integrated dehumidifying device has been described, but the entire dehumidifying device shown in FIG. good.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a dehumidifying device according to an embodiment of the present invention installed in a wall, and FIG.
3 is a diagram showing a refrigerant circulation circuit of the dehumidifier 10 of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a control circuit of the dehumidifier 10 of FIG. 2. . 10...Dehumidifier, 11...Box, 11a...Intake port, 11b...Discharge port, 11c...Insulating material, 1
2...First blower, 13...Evaporator, 14...
Condenser, 16... Compressor storage chamber, 17... Compressor, 18... Second blower, 19... Heater, 2
0...bathroom, 30...closet.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A box that forms a closed space inside is provided with an inlet and an outlet, and a first blower, an evaporator, and a condenser are installed in the box, and the first blower is configured to provide a closed space inside the box. An air path can be formed from the mouth toward the discharge port, the evaporator is installed in the air path at a position closer to the suction port, and the condenser is installed at a position in the air path closer to the discharge port. ,
The inlet and outlet of the box are connected to the bathroom, while a compressor storage chamber containing a compressor and a second blower is installed on a partition shelf in the closet. The box is coupled to the storage chamber, and the second blower is arranged to cool the compressor and circulate the heat generated by the compressor in the closet, and the second blower is arranged to cool the compressor and circulate the heat generated by the compressor in the closet. The condenser and the evaporator are dehumidifiers that constitute a refrigerant circulation cycle that sequentially compresses, condenses, expands, and evaporates the refrigerant. When the machine is stopped, the second blower and the heater are driven, and the heat generated by the heater is circulated within the closet by the second blower. Dehumidifier.