KR100768165B1 - Drain panel of ceiling type air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

A drain panel of a ceiling type air conditioner is provided to prevent degradation of cooling efficiency by allowing cool air to be not leaked through a water penetration hole of the drain panel and to improve cooling efficiency by preventing cool air outflow with a guide member and an interception member. A drain panel(20) of a ceiling type air conditioner comprises a guide member(24), a side member(30) and an interception member(40). The guide member forms a partition wall(28) by being protruded in both sides of the drain panel toward a direction of a heat exchanger(10), and includes a water penetration hole for flow of condensed water in a lower side. The side member is communicated with the water penetration hole, has an inclined surface(32) in an outer side of the guide member and includes side surface space for collecting the condensed water downwardly fallen from a connecting pipe(12) of the heat exchanger. The interception member is protruded to have partition wall shape in the inclined surface of the side member.

Description

Drain panel of ceiling type air conditioner

1 is a view showing the front of a conventional ceiling air conditioner.

FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a state in which the ceiling type air conditioner illustrated in FIG. 1 is installed on the ceiling.

3 is a view illustrating a state in which a drain panel of a ceiling air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed under a heat exchanger.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the drain panel shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the right side of the drain panel shown in FIG. 4.

6 is a view showing an installation state of the blocking member shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the left side of the drain panel illustrated in FIG. 4.

8 is a side cross-sectional view of the ceiling air conditioner to which the drain panel shown in FIG. 4 is mounted.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10 heat exchanger 12 connector

20: drain panel 22: water supply

24: guide member 26: second bulkhead

28: first partition 30: side member

32: slope 34: side space

40: blocking member 42: first member

44: second member 46: third member

48: fourth member 50: front panel

52: suction grill 54: discharge grill

56: blower fan

The present invention relates to a drain panel of a ceiling type air conditioner, and more particularly, in order to block the outflow of cold air through a water hole provided in the guide member, by installing a blocking member in the outer side space of the guide member to the flow of condensate It relates to a drain panel of a ceiling air conditioner which permits and blocks outflow of cold air.

In general, an air conditioner is widely used as a mechanical device that performs functions such as air conditioning, dehumidification, and air cleaning, and includes components for implementing a refrigeration cycle.

That is, a compressor for compressing the refrigerant, a condenser for introducing the compressed refrigerant from the compressor and condensed into the liquid phase and transmitting condensation heat to the surroundings, an expansion mechanism for expanding the refrigerant condensed in the condenser, and the expansion mechanism It is composed of an evaporator which is a heat exchanger that absorbs the heat of evaporation from the surroundings while the refrigerant expanded through the evaporation.

Among the air conditioners as described above, the indoor type and the outdoor unit are separated from each other by installing a cooling device on the indoor side, and installing a heat dissipation and compression device on the outdoor side to connect the two separated devices with each other by a refrigerant pipe.

The indoor unit may be installed on a wall surface, and may be fixed to a ceiling or spaced apart from the ceiling, such as the ceiling type air conditioner of the present applicant.

Hereinafter, a ceiling type air conditioner will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing the front of a conventional ceiling air conditioner, Figure 2 is a view showing a state in which the ceiling air conditioner shown in Figure 1 is installed on the ceiling.

As shown in FIG. 1, a suction grill 1 for sucking air in a target space for air conditioning and a discharge grill 5 for discharging the air-conditioned air are provided on the front panel 3 of the ceiling type air conditioner, which is an indoor unit. Is installed.

The indoor unit is installed in a fixed state on the ceiling (7) by the fixing bar (9) as shown in FIG. 2 or the ceiling 7 in a state in which only the suction grill (1) and the discharge grill (5) are exposed downward. It may be installed in a landfill.

The air introduced into the suction grill 1 from the indoor unit of the ceiling type air conditioner is guided to the heat exchanger through a blower fan, and the air cooled in the heat exchanger is discharged to the air conditioning target space through the discharge grill 5. Is done.

On the other hand, a drain panel is installed below the heat exchanger to collect the condensate generated by the heat exchanger.

However, water flow holes are formed in the drain panel to guide the condensed water dropped from the connection pipe installed at one end of the heat exchanger in the direction of the drain pump. Cold air flows out through the water flow holes, thereby lowering cooling efficiency. Therefore, there is a need for improvement.

The present invention has been made by the necessity as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drain panel of a ceiling type air conditioner for improving the cooling efficiency is reduced by leakage of cold air through the water hole of the drain panel.

A drain panel of a ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention includes: a drain panel of a ceiling type air conditioner provided with connection pipes protruding at both sides and installed at a lower side of a heat exchanger to which refrigerant is supplied to collect condensed water dropped from the heat exchanger, Protruding from both sides of the drain panel in the direction of the heat exchanger to form a partition wall, the lower side is provided with a guide member having a water passage for flowing condensate, and the inclined surface on the outside of the guide member in communication with the water passage, It comprises a side member having a side space for collecting the condensate falling from the connecting pipe to the lower side and a partition-shaped blocking member protruding on the inclined surface of the side member.

Preferably, the blocking member includes a first member installed obliquely downward from left to right, and a second member installed obliquely downward from right to left.

The first member and the second member are alternately installed on the side member.

And, the blocking member is increased in height as the distance from the water hole.

The blocking member includes a third member spaced apart from the water hole and inclined in a state where the upper end is in contact with the side surface of the guide member.

The blocking member includes a fourth member spaced apart from the water hole and installed in a direction parallel to the side surface of the guide member.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the drain panel of the ceiling air conditioner according to the present invention. For convenience of explanation, the indoor unit of the ceiling type air conditioner will be described as an example. In this process, the thickness of the lines or the size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or convention of a user or an operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

3 is a view illustrating a state in which a drain panel of a ceiling type air conditioner is installed under a heat exchanger, FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the drain panel shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the right side of the drain panel, and FIG. 6 is a view showing an installation state of the blocking member shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the left side of the drain panel shown in FIG. 8 is a side cross-sectional view of the ceiling air conditioner to which the drain panel shown in FIG. 4 is mounted.

The drain panel 20 of the ceiling air conditioner according to the present invention is provided with a 'U'-shaped connecting pipe 12 protruding on both sides, and is installed below the heat exchanger 10 to which a refrigerant is supplied. The condensate falling from 10 is collected.

The drain panel 20 is inclined at a predetermined angle to collect the condensed water collected to one side.

The heat exchanger 10 is installed at an angle set at an upper side of the drain panel 20 in order to maximize a contact area with air.

As a result, through holes are formed in the side surfaces of the heat exchanger 10 and the drain panel 20. In order to block them, protrusions are protruded from both sides of the drain panel 20 in the direction of the heat exchanger 10. The guide member 24 is provided.

The guide member 24 includes a first partition 28 and a second partition 26 corresponding to a side surface on which the heat exchanger 10 is inclined, and is inclined lower than the first partition wall 28. In the lower side of the second partition 26 is installed in the water supply hole 22 for the condensed water flow is provided.

The outer side of the guide member 24 is formed with a side member 30 having an inclined surface (32).

The side member 30 is in communication with the water through hole 22, the side space 34 for collecting the condensed water falling to the lower side from the connecting pipe 12 of the heat exchanger 10 is provided.

An inclined surface 32 of the side member 30 is provided with a barrier member 40 having a protrusion shape.

The blocking member 40 includes a first member 42 inclined downward from left to right and a second member 44 inclined downward from right to left, and the first member 42 and the first member 42 are inclined downward from right to left. The two members 44 may be installed on the side members 30 provided on the left and right sides of the drain panel 20, and may be installed only on one side as necessary.

The first member 42 and the second member 44 are preferably installed in the side member 30 alternately, but two or three alternately installed in one direction will also be another embodiment of the present invention.

The first member 42 and the second member 44 constituting the blocking member 40 are installed to increase in height as the distance from the water passage 22 increases, and the first partition wall 28 is formed. It is preferable that the height of the blocking member 40 is increased as it goes along the inclined surface 32 from the lower side to the upper side so as to have the same height.

As shown in FIG. 7, the blocking member 40 includes a third member 46 spaced apart from the water supply hole 22 so as to be inclined with the upper end contacting the side surface of the guide member 24. do.

By the shape of the third member 46 as described above, the movement of the condensate through the water hole 22 is free, while the flow of cold air to the side space 34 through the water hole 22 is blocked Cooling efficiency is improved.

5 and 6, the blocking member 40 is spaced apart from the water passage 22 and has a fourth member having a partition shape in a direction parallel to the side surface of the guide member 24 ( 48).

The fourth member 48 is also installed to be spaced apart from the water hole 22, while allowing the condensed water flowing down the inclined surface 32 to pass through the blocking member 40, while the cold air flows through the water hole 22. The first member 42 and the second member 44 are alternately installed even if cold air from the fourth member 48 rises along the inclined surface 32. As a result, the leakage of cold air is prevented as much as possible.

The use state of the drain panel of the ceiling air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 8, the air introduced through the suction grille 52 installed on one side of the front panel 50 is transferred to the heat exchanger 10 by the blower fan 56.

The air heat-exchanged in the heat exchanger 10 is discharged to the air conditioning target space through the discharge grill 54.

Part of the air cooled by heat exchange in the heat exchanger 10 is to be discharged to the side of the drain panel 20, as shown in Figs. 3 to 7, the heat exchanger 10 and the drain panel 20 Cold air leakage is blocked by the guide member 24 for shielding the space on both sides of the).

In addition, the cold air leaked into the side space 34 of the side member material 30 along the water supply hole 22 formed at the lower side of the guide member 24 is provided with a third member 46 provided on the front surface of the water supply hole 22. ) And the fourth member 48 is the primary leakage is blocked, the cold air leakage by the first member 42 and the second member 44 is installed along the side space 34 is blocked secondary cooling efficiency This is maximized.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art to which the art belongs can make various modifications and other equivalent embodiments therefrom. Will understand.

Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

As described above, the drain panel of the ceiling-type air conditioner according to the present invention, unlike the conventional invention, the cold air exiting the side of the heat exchanger and the drain panel by the partition member guide member and the blocking member provided on the front surface and the guide member side of the water hole cold air Blocking outflow can provide improved cooling efficiency.

Claims (6)

In the drain panel of the ceiling-type air conditioner is provided on the lower side of the heat exchanger is provided with a connection pipe protruding on both sides to collect the condensed water falling from the heat exchanger, A guide member protruding from both sides of the drain panel in the direction of the heat exchanger to form a partition wall, and a lower side of the guide member having a water hole for flowing condensate; A side member having an inclined surface communicating with the water hole and having an inclined surface on an outer side of the guide member, the side member having a side space for collecting condensate falling downward from the connection pipe of the heat exchanger; And The drain panel of the ceiling type air conditioner, characterized in that it comprises a partition-shaped blocking member protruding on the inclined surface of the side member. The method of claim 1, The blocking member is a drain panel of a ceiling type air conditioner, characterized in that it comprises a first member installed inclined downward from left to right, and a second member installed inclined downward from right to left. The method of claim 2, The first panel and the second member of the drain panel of the ceiling air conditioner, characterized in that alternately installed on the side member. The method of claim 1, The blocking member is a drain panel of the ceiling air conditioner, characterized in that the height increases as the distance from the water hole. The method of claim 1, The blocking member is a drain panel of the ceiling type air conditioner, characterized in that it comprises a third member inclined to be spaced apart from the water hole and in contact with the upper end on the side of the guide member. The method of claim 1, The blocking member is a drain panel of the ceiling air conditioner, characterized in that it comprises a fourth member spaced apart from the water hole and installed in a direction parallel to the side of the guide member.

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