JPS6326652Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement of an embedded air conditioner that is embedded in a partition wall that partitions a room.

Conventionally, separate air conditioners have mainly been divided into an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, and the indoor unit 1' is placed on a wall 16' or floor 20', as shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b. Therefore, the indoor unit 1' protrudes into the living space, which has the disadvantage of narrowing the living space and spoiling the aesthetics of the room.

In addition, recent houses have a structure in which the rooms (indoor spaces) are highly sealed in order to improve the cooling/heating effect and sound insulation effect of the room. For this reason, it is necessary to appropriately ventilate the air in the room, and it is especially necessary to ventilate the room when the air is contaminated by cigarettes or the like.

In order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention disposes an air conditioner in the partition wall above the door, and provides an inlet and an outlet at the upper and lower front surfaces of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, respectively. A ventilation passage communicating between the suction port and the air outlet is provided inside the indoor unit, and a heat exchanger is disposed within the ventilation passage behind the suction port, and a blower is disposed behind the air outlet. An opening is provided on the back side of the indoor unit to communicate the ventilation passage with the hallway or the outdoors, and the opening can be opened and closed freely, and furthermore, the air inlet, the heat exchanger, the air outlet, and the blower are connected to each other. By installing a damper that blocks communication between
The purpose is to easily exhaust the air in the living space to the hallway or outside, making it easier to ventilate the living space.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for a built-in air conditioner, which makes it extremely easy to redecorate a living space.

The present invention will be described below with reference to drawings showing embodiments.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes an indoor unit of a separate type air conditioner having a well-known heat pump type refrigeration cycle. A mounting hole 2a for mounting the indoor unit is formed. An opening 1a is formed in the front of the indoor unit 1, and the opening 1a has an inlet 3a at the upper front and an outlet 3b at the lower front.
A front panel 3 is provided. Inside the indoor unit 1, there are the suction port 3a and the air outlet 3.
A ventilation passage 4 is formed which communicates with b, and within the ventilation passage 4, a blower 5, a heat exchanger 6, a drain water receiver 7 for receiving and discharging drain water from the heat exchanger 6, etc. are arranged. An opening 8 is formed on the back side of the frame 2 to communicate the ventilation path 4 with a corridor or the outside described later, and a damper frame 10 with a damper 9 assembled thereon which can be opened and closed is disposed in the opening 8. A refrigerant pipe 11 extends downward from the side surface of the heat exchanger 6 and is connected to an outdoor unit (not shown). A drain hose 12 is connected to the drain water tray 7 and discharges drain water from the indoor unit 1 to the outside. Reference numeral 13 indicates a dustproof filter disposed at the suction port 3a, and reference numeral 14 indicates a dustproof filter disposed on the back side of the indoor unit 1 to prevent dew from forming on an interior material 17a provided on the surface of a partition wall 17, which will be described later. It is an insulation material.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, the indoor unit 1
The frame 2 is formed with a recess 2c into which the protrusion 3c of the front panel 3 fits, so that the front panel 3 can be easily attached to and removed from the indoor unit 1. 2b is for discharging the refrigerant pipe 11 and drain water to the outside, which are connected to an outdoor unit (not shown) through a through hole formed in a pillar 19 or a house member 20, passing through a partition wall 17 to be described later. Connect the drain hose 12 to the indoor unit 1.
This is a through hole for guiding the inside.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the damper 9 is provided with guide pins 9a at both left and right ends thereof, and a link connecting portion 9b at its center. The guide pin 9a is rotatably and slidably disposed in guide grooves 10a formed inside both left and right side surfaces of the damper frame 10, and the link connecting portion 9b is connected to the tip of the solenoid movable piece 16a via a link 15. Connect to the section. The solenoid movable piece 16a is movable by the solenoid 16 in the front-back direction (arrow a-a' direction). Next, the operation of the damper 9 will be explained. When the solenoid 16 is energized, the solenoid movable piece 16a moves in the direction of arrow a', and the guide pin 9a of the damper 9 moves into the damper frame 1.
0 along the guide groove 10a, and the damper 9 becomes open. Further, when the power to the solenoid 16 is cut off, the solenoid movable piece 16a moves in the direction of the arrow a, and the damper 9 enters the closed state.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the opening/closing means for controlling the opening/closing of the opening 8. The damper 9 has a guide pin 9a and a rotating shaft 9b formed at both left and right ends thereof, and a wire 23 is connected to the damper 9. A wire connection portion 9c is formed. The rotating shaft 9b is rotatably disposed in the recess 10b of the damper frame 10, and the guide pin 9a is slidably disposed in the guide groove 10a. Further, a spring 24 is disposed in the dampers 9, 9, and the spring 24 is disposed in the dampers 9, 9.
One end of the damper 4 is fixed to one damper 9, and the other end is fixed to the other damper 9, and is normally held in a closed state by the spring 24. The wire 23 is connected to one end of a substantially L-shaped arm member 26 via a disc-shaped guide plate 25, and the arm member 26 is arranged to be rotatable about a bent portion 26a as a fulcrum. The other end of the arm member 26 is connected to the solenoid movable piece 16a of the solenoid 16, and the solenoid 16 moves the arrow b-
It is possible to move in the b′ direction. Next, the operation of the damper 9 will be explained. When the solenoid 16 is energized, the solenoid movable piece 16a moves in the b' direction, and the arm member 26 rotates to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure. 26
As one end and the wire 23 move in the C' direction, the guide pin 9a of the damper 9 moves toward the damper frame 1.
0 along the guide groove 10a, and the damper 9 is in an open state as shown by the two-dot chain line in the figure. When the solenoid 16 is de-energized, the solenoid movable piece 16a moves in the direction of arrow b, and the damper 9 is brought into a closed state by the restoring force of the spring 24.

Next, the structure and work for installing the indoor unit 1 having the above structure into the partition wall 17 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. A is indoors, B is a hallway or outdoors, 18 is a door, 19 is a pillar, 20 is a house member, 17 is a partition wall, and 21 is a ceiling. First, the door 18 is attached to the pillar 19 in the partition wall 17, and the pillars 19, 19 are attached to the upper part of the door 18.
A mounting space C for mounting the indoor unit 1 is formed surrounded by the house members 20, 20 and the interior material 17a. The indoor unit 1 is inserted into the installation space C from the indoor A side. At this time, partition wall 1
Interior material 17a provided on the indoor side or hallway side surface of No.7
A heat insulating material 14 is provided between the indoor unit 1 and the rear surface of the indoor unit 1. Next, the mounting screws 22 are inserted through the mounting holes 2a formed in the frame 2 of the indoor unit 1.
The pillars 19, 19 forming the mounting space C
The indoor unit is installed and fixed in the installation space C by fixing the indoor unit to the installation space C. Next, after completing various works such as connecting the refrigerant pipes and arranging the drain hose inside the indoor unit 1, the front panel 3 is installed in the front opening of the indoor unit 1, and the recessed type The installation of the indoor unit of the air conditioner into the partition wall 17 is completed.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the partition wall 1
By fixing the frame 2 of the indoor unit 1 to the house members 20, 20 disposed within the partition wall 1
The indoor unit 1 may be mounted inside the frame 2 of the indoor unit 1.Although the above embodiment describes a configuration in which the mounting screws 22 for fixing the indoor unit 1 are provided on the side, the structure is not limited to this.・Attach the lower surface to the house member 2 using the mounting screws 22.
It is also possible to have a structure in which it is fixed at 0 and 20.

Therefore, the pillars 19 disposed within the partition wall 17,
19. Insert the indoor unit 1 into the mounting space C formed by the house members 20, 20, and attach the frame 2 of the indoor unit 1 to the pillar 1 using the mounting screws 22.
9, 19 or house members 20, 20, the embedded air conditioner can be installed inside the partition wall 17, and maintenance and
Inspection work can also be carried out by simply removing the front panel 3. Furthermore, the interior material 17a disposed on the surface of the partition wall 17 that partitions the room can be replaced without moving the indoor unit 1, making it extremely easy to rearrange the living space. Furthermore, since the indoor unit 1 does not protrude into the living space, the living space can be used effectively, and the interior space is also very aesthetically pleasing. Furthermore, since the indoor unit 1 is formed with an opening 8 that communicates the living space with the hallway or the outdoors, and a damper 9 that can be opened and closed is provided in the opening 8, the living space can be easily ventilated. can.

In addition, since the built-in air conditioner is installed inside the partition wall 17 above the door 18, objects are not placed in front of it when changing the interior design, etc., and therefore indoor air can be drawn in and blown out smoothly at all times. It will be held on.

As mentioned above, when the indoor unit 1 installed in the installation space C formed in the partition wall 17 is operated with the damper 9 in the closed state, the blower 5 is driven and the indoor unit A is moved as shown by the arrow in FIG. The air flows in through the suction port 3a at the upper front surface, undergoes heat exchange with the heat exchanger 6 in the ventilation passage 4, and is blown out into the room A through the blowout port 3b. By repeating this process, indoor A
At the same time, if the indoor unit is operated with the damper 9 open, the air in the room A will be exhausted to the hallway or outside as shown by the arrow shown in Figure 7b, and the room A will be ventilated. I can do it.

Furthermore, when the damper 9 is opened, the air discharged from the room A can be heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 6 and then discharged to air-condition the hallway.
If air is discharged from the room to the room A using the blower 5, the hallway and the room can be air-conditioned at the same time.

As described above, the present invention forms a space opening to the air-conditioned room in the part of the partition wall that partitions the room above the door, inserts the indoor unit into the space, and configures the indoor unit. Since the indoor unit is installed and fixed within the partition wall by fixing the frame to the pillars or house members installed inside the partition wall, the indoor unit of the air conditioner does not protrude into the living space. This has excellent practical effects in that the living space can be used effectively, the living space can be rearranged very easily, and the aesthetic appearance of the living space can be improved. There is no need to place anything on the front side of the air conditioner due to changes, etc., and indoor air can be drawn in and blown out smoothly.

In addition, since the indoor unit is provided with an opening that communicates the indoor space with the hallway or the outdoors, and an opening/closing means for opening and closing the opening is provided in the opening, air from the indoor space can be easily exhausted to the hallway or outside. This makes it possible to easily ventilate the living space.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1a and 9 are explanatory diagrams showing how the indoor unit of a conventional air conditioner is installed, and Figures 2 to 9 are
The figures show an embodiment of the present invention: Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of an indoor unit, Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the indoor unit with internal mechanisms omitted, and Fig. 4 is an illustration of an indoor unit of an air conditioner. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the opening/closing means arranged in the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the opening/closing means arranged in the indoor unit of the air conditioner. The figure is a perspective view showing how the indoor unit is inserted into the partition wall, Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing how the frame of the indoor unit is fixed to the pillars in the partition wall, and Fig. 8A is the partition above the door. FIG. 8B is a vertical sectional view showing the indoor unit installed in the wall and the damper in the open state.
Figure A is a vertical sectional view showing the damper in the closed state, Figure 9 is a vertical sectional view showing another embodiment with the indoor unit installed inside the partition wall, and Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view showing the installation of the indoor unit in Figure 9. It is a perspective view showing a completed state. 1...Indoor unit, 2...Frame, 3...
Front panel, 8...opening, 9...damper,
17... Partition wall, A... Indoor, B... Corridor or outdoor, C... Installation space.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a built-in air conditioner that is disposed within a partition wall that partitions a room and air-conditions the indoor space, the air conditioner is disposed within the partition wall above the door, and the front upper part of the indoor unit of the air conditioner is A suction port and a blowout port are provided at the lower part of the indoor unit, and a ventilation path is provided inside the indoor unit to communicate the suction port and the blowout port, and a heat exchanger is provided inside the ventilation path and behind the suction port. Further, a blower is disposed behind the air outlet, and an opening is provided on the rear side of the indoor unit to communicate the ventilation path with the hallway or the outdoors, and the opening can be opened and closed freely, and furthermore, the air inlet,
An embedded air conditioner characterized in that a damper is provided to cut off communication between the heat exchanger, the air outlet, and the blower.