JPWO2017033257A1 - Air conditioner indoor unit - Google Patents

Abstract

A wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit comprising a front panel provided on the front side of the indoor unit main body and a design cover made of transparent parts and attached to cover the front side of the front panel. The cover has a rectangular planar portion, and a peripheral wall portion that is provided on a side portion of the planar portion and protrudes to the back side, and the planar portion extends from the left end portion to the right end portion on the back side when viewed from the front. Convex protruding continuously, or a plurality of continuously recessed recesses are provided, the protrusions or recesses are arranged in the vertical direction, the back side of the design cover is coated with pearl paint, Furthermore, the background color paint is applied from above the pearl paint.

Description

  The present invention relates to an indoor unit of a wall-mounted air conditioner installed on a wall surface, and particularly to the structure of a front panel.

  Since the indoor unit of an air conditioner is installed in a room where a resident or the like is present, the appearance of the indoor unit is within the field of view of the resident or the like. Then, in order to improve the design property of the indoor unit of an air conditioner, there was one in which a coating process or a printing process was performed on the front side of the front panel of the indoor unit body. However, since the front side of the front panel is often subjected to irritation such as rubbing from the outside, the painted surface or the printed surface is easily deteriorated due to damage or peeling, and there is a problem that the design surface is deteriorated. Therefore, there is one in which deterioration of the design surface is suppressed (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

In Patent Document 1, a transparent front panel is provided on the front side of the indoor unit body, and a color or pattern is provided on the back side of the transparent front panel. In Patent Document 2, a transparent front panel is provided on the front side of the indoor unit main body, a plurality of irregularities are provided on the back side of the transparent front panel, pearl coating is applied thereon, and a background color is provided from above. Has been painted.
As described above, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, by designing the back side of a transparent front panel by painting or the like, it is difficult to receive external stimuli such as rubbing, and the deterioration of the design surface is suppressed. The design is improved.

JP 2004-184051 A Japanese Patent No. 5264860

  When the design surface is looked up from the bottom with the indoor unit of the air conditioner installed on the top of the wall surface, the conventional technology such as Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 is designed by painting on the back side of the transparent front panel. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to see the design through transparency.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner that has improved design while suppressing deterioration of the design surface.

  An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to the present invention includes a front panel provided on a front side of an indoor unit main body, and a wall cover provided with a design cover made of a transparent part and attached to cover the front side of the front panel. An air conditioner indoor unit, wherein the design cover includes a rectangular flat surface portion, and a peripheral wall portion provided on a side portion of the flat surface portion and projecting to the back side, and the flat surface portion Is provided with a plurality of convex protrusions continuously protruding from the left end portion to the right end portion on the back side when viewed from the front, or a plurality of continuous concave recesses, and the protrusions or the recesses are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction. A pearl paint is applied to the back side of the design cover, and a background color paint is applied from above the pearl paint.

  According to the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to the present invention, the flat surface portion of the design cover is provided with a plurality of protrusions continuously protruding from the left end portion to the right end portion on the back side, and these are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction. As a result, the pearl paint often enters between the protrusions, so that when the air conditioner indoor unit is looked up from below, the protrusions provided in the left-right direction are clearly visible. Moreover, the whole color tone can be adjusted by the color paint that has been applied from above the pearl paint. As a result, even when the indoor unit of the air conditioner is installed on the top of the wall surface, even if the design cover that is the design surface is looked up from below, the convex design can be seen clearly through the transparency, so the design characteristics Can be improved.

It is the external appearance perspective view which looked at the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concerns on embodiment of this invention from the front side. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the front panel and design cover of the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concern on embodiment of this invention, and is a figure before attaching a design cover to a front panel. It is a perspective view which shows the front panel and design cover of the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concern on embodiment of this invention, and is a figure after attaching a design cover to a front panel. It is the 1st side view showing typically the design cover of the indoor unit of the air harmony machine concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a 2nd side view which shows typically the design cover of the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows typically the design cover of the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows typically the front panel and design cover of the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concern on embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. Moreover, in the following drawings, the relationship of the size of each component may be different from the actual one.

Embodiment.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an air conditioner indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front side, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section of the air conditioner indoor unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
In addition, FIG. 2 has shown the left side of the figure as the front side of an indoor unit.
In the following description, terms for indicating directions (for example, “up”, “down”, “right”, “left”, etc.) are used as appropriate for easy understanding. Thus, these terms do not limit the present invention. In the present embodiment, “upper”, “lower”, “right”, and “left” are used when the indoor unit main body 100 is viewed from the front.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the indoor unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
The indoor unit according to the present embodiment supplies conditioned air to an air-conditioning target area such as a room by using a refrigeration cycle that circulates refrigerant. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the indoor unit is a wall-mounted type that is attached to the wall surface of the air-conditioning target area.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the indoor unit main body 100 includes a rear case 1 provided on the rear side and attached to a wall surface, a front panel 2 provided on the front side and formed with a recess 11 and a front inlet 12, and a front panel Design cover 3 attached to the front side of 2, an upper opening formed at the upper part, mainly an inlet port 4 for sucking indoor air into the interior, and an opening formed at the lower part to supply conditioned air to the air-conditioned area The blower outlet 5 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the indoor unit main body 100 sucks room air from the upper suction port 4 and the front suction port 12 and blows conditioned air from the blower outlet 5, and covers the blower fan 6 from above. And a heat exchanger 7 that creates conditioned air by exchanging heat between the refrigerant and room air. And the air flow path is connected in the indoor unit main body 100 by these components. Further, in the indoor unit main body 100, an electrical component box (not shown) that accommodates a circuit board and the like, and a drain pan 8 that is provided below the lower end portion of the heat exchanger 7 and collects condensed water of the heat exchanger 7 are provided. And.

  In addition, although the ventilation fan 6 is a crossflow fan, for example, and the heat exchanger 7 is a fin tube type heat exchanger, for example, it is not limited to them.

  Further, a filter 9 is provided between the upper suction port 4 and the front suction port 12 and the heat exchanger 7 for removing dust contained in the sucked room air. Furthermore, the blower outlet 5 is provided with an up / down air direction adjusting plate 10 for controlling the blowing direction of the airflow.

Next, the flow of air in the indoor unit body 100 will be briefly described.
First, room air flows into the indoor unit main body 100 from the upper inlet 4 and the front inlet 12 of the indoor unit main body 100 by the blower fan 6. At this time, dust and the like contained in the air are removed by the filter 9. This indoor air is heated or cooled by the refrigerant that is conducted through the heat exchanger 7 when passing through the heat exchanger 7 to become conditioned air. The air direction of the conditioned air is adjusted by the up / down air direction adjusting plate 10 and is blown out of the indoor unit main body 100 from the air outlet 5, that is, to the air conditioning target area.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the front panel 2 and the design cover 3 of the indoor unit of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a view before the design cover 3 is attached to the front panel 2, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a front panel 2 and a design cover 3 of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is a view after the design cover 3 is attached to the front panel 2. FIG. In addition, the arrow in FIG. 3 has shown the position where the design cover 3 is attached.

The front panel 2 has a flat surface shape in order to improve the design. Moreover, in the state which has rectangular shape and the indoor unit main body 100 was attached to the wall surface, a longitudinal direction turns into the left-right direction, ie, a horizontal direction, and a transversal direction turns into an up-down direction, ie, a vertical direction. Moreover, the recessed part 11 extended from the inner side of a left end part to the inner side of a right end part is formed in the center of an up-down direction seeing front. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the front panel 2 has a center in the vertical direction that is recessed from the front side toward the back side, but the left and right front surfaces of the recess 11 are flat. Moreover, the recessed part 11 is dented toward the back side from the front side, and the front inlet 12 is formed in the lower part of the recessed part 11. As shown in FIG.
The position where the recess 11 is formed may not be strictly at the center in the vertical direction.

  FIG. 5 is a first side view schematically showing the design cover 3 of the indoor unit of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 7 is a second side view schematically showing the design cover 3 of the indoor unit of Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a front view schematically showing the design cover 3 of the indoor unit of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing the front panel 2 and the design cover 3 of the indoor unit of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The design cover 3 is made of a transparent part, and the entire front surface has a flat surface shape like the front panel 2. Moreover, in the state which has rectangular shape and the indoor unit main body 100 was attached to the wall surface, a longitudinal direction turns into the left-right direction, ie, a horizontal direction, and a transversal direction turns into an up-down direction, ie, a vertical direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the design cover 3 includes a rectangular flat surface portion 3a and a peripheral wall portion 3b provided on each of the four side portions of the flat surface portion 3a and protruding to the back surface side. The design cover 3 is improved in design by being attached to the front side of the front panel 2 by a claw (not shown) provided on a part or all of the peripheral wall 3b.
In addition, you may provide the surrounding wall part 3b in a part among four side parts instead of all the four side parts of the plane part 3a. Moreover, the method of attaching the design cover 3 to the front panel 2 is not limited to a nail, For example, you may attach using an adhesive agent.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the design cover 3 is designed by a convex 20, a pearl paint 21, and a color paint 22 on the back side. Thus, since the design is applied to the back side of the design cover 3, it is difficult to receive a stimulus such as rubbing from the outside, and deterioration of the design surface can be suppressed.

  On the back side of the flat surface portion 3a of the design cover 3, as shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 7, a plurality of protrusions 20 that continuously protrude from the left end portion to the right end portion of the flat surface portion 3a are provided. Are installed side by side. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the protrusions 20 are provided with irregular widths and heights in the vertical direction. Furthermore, the interval between the adjacent protrusions 20 is also irregularly provided. That is, on the back side of the flat surface portion 3a of the design cover 3, hairline processing in which a plurality of minute protrusions 20 are provided in a single direction is performed. By providing the protrusions 20 as described above, it becomes easy to make a shadow on a part of the protrusions 20, and the protrusions 20 can be easily seen due to contrast with other light reflecting portions. In addition, it is possible to express a sophisticated and sophisticated design.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a pearl paint 21 is applied to the back side of the design cover 3, that is, the back side of the flat surface part 3a and the inside of the peripheral wall part 3b. The color paint 22 is applied.
The pearl paint 21 is a paint in which fine particles of stone mica are mixed, and when exposed to light, the fine particles become glossy. Therefore, pearl light is refracted and scattered by the projections 20 using the color of the color paint 22 as a background color. Due to the scattering of the light, the pearly color appears to stand out from any angle with respect to the design cover 3 which is a transparent part.

  As described above, the flat surface portion 3a is provided with the protrusion 20 on the back side and the pearl paint 21 and the color paint 22 are provided, but the peripheral wall portion 3b is not provided with the protrusion 20, and the pearl is formed on the inner side. Only the paint 21 and the color paint 22 are applied. Therefore, since the shadow is not formed like the flat surface portion 3a and it looks transparent and shiny, the flat surface portion 3a and the peripheral wall portion 3b have different appearances. And it becomes contrast and an accent and can improve design nature.

  Further, by providing a plurality of protrusions 20 that continuously protrude from the left end portion to the right end portion of the flat surface portion 3a on the back side of the flat surface portion 3a of the design cover 3, and arranging them in parallel in the vertical direction, The pearl paint 21 gets in well. Therefore, when the indoor unit of the air conditioner is looked up from below, the convexes 20 provided in the left-right direction are conspicuous, and the overall color tone is adjusted by the color paint 22 applied from above the pearl paint 21. can do.

  As a result, in the state where the indoor unit of the air conditioner is installed on the upper part of the wall surface, even when the design cover 3 which is the design surface is looked up from the bottom, the design of the convex 20 can be clearly seen through the transparent, Designability can be improved.

  The color paint 22 corresponds to the “background color paint” of the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 8, the design cover 3 is attached to the upper side and the lower side of the recess 11 with respect to the front side of the front panel 2. Specifically, the design cover 3 attached to the upper side of the recess 11 of the front panel 2 is attached so as to cover from the upper end of the recess 11 to the upper end of the front panel 2 from the left end to the right end of the front panel 2. The design cover 3 attached to the lower side of the recess 11 of the front panel 2 is attached so as to cover from the lower end of the recess 11 to the lower end of the front panel 2 from the left end to the right end of the front panel 2. And the design property when the indoor unit main body 100 is seen from the front is improved by attaching the design cover 3 to the front side of the front panel 2 in this way.

  In the present embodiment, the design cover 3 is attached to the upper side and the lower side of the concave portion 11 of the front panel 2 one by one. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the design cover 3 is attached to the upper side of the concave portion 11 of the front panel 2. For example, the design cover 3 may be divided into a plurality of parts such as two, and the design cover 3 attached to the lower side of the recess 11 of the front panel 2 may be divided into a plurality of parts such as two. May be. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which eliminates the recessed part 11 from the front panel 2, and attaches one design cover 3 so that the whole front surface of the front panel 2 may be covered.

  As mentioned above, according to the indoor unit of the air conditioner which concerns on this Embodiment, since the design is given to the back side of the design cover 3, the deterioration of a design surface can be suppressed. Further, by providing a plurality of protrusions 20 that continuously protrude from the left end portion to the right end portion of the flat surface portion 3a on the back side of the flat surface portion 3a of the design cover 3, and arranging them in parallel in the vertical direction, The pearl paint 21 gets in well. Therefore, when the indoor unit of the air conditioner is looked up from below, the convexes 20 provided in the left-right direction are conspicuous, and the overall color tone is adjusted by the color paint 22 applied from above the pearl paint 21. can do.

  As a result, in the state where the indoor unit of the air conditioner is installed on the upper part of the wall surface, even when the design cover 3 which is the design surface is looked up from the bottom, the design of the convex 20 can be clearly seen through the transparent, Designability can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the back surface of the design cover 3 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 20 protruding continuously from the left end portion to the right end portion of the flat surface portion 3a. However, instead of the protrusions 20, the flat surface portion 3a is provided. A plurality of recesses that are continuously recessed from the left end portion to the right end portion may be provided, or both the protrusions 20 and the recesses may be provided.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Back case, 2 Front panel, 3 Design cover, 3a Plane part, 3b Perimeter wall part, 4 Upper suction port, 5 Air outlet, 6 Blower fan, 7 Heat exchanger, 8 Drain pan, 9 Filter, 10 Vertical air direction adjustment plate, 11 Concavity, 12 Front suction port, 20 Convex, 21 Pearl paint, 22 Color paint, 100 Indoor unit body.

An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to the present invention includes a front panel provided on a front side of an indoor unit main body, and a wall cover provided with a design cover made of a transparent part and attached to cover the front side of the front panel. An air conditioner indoor unit, wherein the design cover includes a rectangular flat surface portion, and a peripheral wall portion provided on a side portion of the flat surface portion and projecting to the back side, and the flat surface portion Is provided with a plurality of convex protrusions or continuous concave depressions from the left end to the right end on the back side when viewed from the front, and the protrusions or depressions are arranged in parallel at intervals in the vertical direction. The protrusion or the recess is provided with irregular width, height, and adjacent intervals in the vertical direction, and a pearl paint is applied to the back side of the design cover. In addition, the background color paint is applied over the pearl paint. Those which are.

Claims (3)

A front panel provided on the front side of the indoor unit body,
A wall cover air conditioner indoor unit comprising a transparent cover and a design cover attached so as to cover from the front side of the front panel,
The design cover is
A rectangular planar portion, and a peripheral wall portion provided on a side portion of the planar portion and projecting to the back side;
The plane portion is
From the left end to the right end when viewed from the front, a plurality of continuously protruding protrusions or continuously recessed recesses are provided, and the protrusions or recesses are arranged side by side in the vertical direction.
An indoor unit of an air conditioner, wherein a pearl paint is applied to the back side of the design cover, and a background color paint is applied from above the pearl paint. The indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the front panel and the design cover have a flat front surface as a whole. The design cover is colorless and transparent,
The indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the background color paint is white.

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