KR101271064B1 - Ceiling type air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

     Disclosed is a ceiling type air conditioner, in which an installation structure of a partition member is improved to easily access parts installed outside the partition member without disassembling the drain pan. The disclosed ceiling air conditioner has a main body and a heat exchanger installed inside the main body. In the space formed between the both ends of the heat exchanger, the first compartment member and the second compartment member are installed to be separated from each other. The first compartment member may be installed adjacent to the upper surface of the main body, and the second compartment member may be installed below the first compartment member. The first compartment member is detachably coupled to at least one of an upper surface of the body and a heat exchanger, and a lower end portion of the first compartment member is coupled to an upper end portion of the second compartment member.

Description

Ceiling air conditioner {CEILING TYPE AIR CONDITIONER}

      The present invention relates to a ceiling type air conditioner, and more particularly, to a ceiling type air conditioner having improved installation structure of partition members installed between both ends of a heat exchanger.

      An air conditioner is a device that controls the temperature or humidity of an air by using heat transfer generated during evaporation and condensation of a refrigerant. Such an air conditioner may be classified into a stand type, a wall type or a ceiling type according to the installation type of the indoor unit.

      1 is an exploded perspective view showing a part of the configuration in a typical ceiling air conditioner. As shown in FIG. 1, a general ceiling type air conditioner has a main body 1 which is installed with its bottom open and embedded in a ceiling of a building. Inside the main body 1, a blowing fan (not shown) for forcibly circulating the indoor air, and a heat exchanger (2) for cooling or heating the indoor air disposed to surround the blowing fan and circulated.

      As shown in FIG. 1, a partition member 4 is provided in a space 3 formed between both ends of the heat exchanger 2. The partition member 4 prevents the indoor air introduced into the main body 1 from leaking into the space 3 formed between both ends of the heat exchanger 2 without passing through the heat exchanger 2. Several parts are arranged outside the partition member 4 inside the main body 1. For example, the coolant tubes 2a of the heat exchanger 2 are positioned outside the partition member 4, and the coolant tubes of any one of the coolant tubes 2a are positioned at the temperature of the heat exchanger 2. Sensor 5 is attached to provide the information necessary for the control of the air conditioner by measuring the.

      On the other hand, the lower part of the heat exchanger (2) is provided with a drain pan (6) for collecting the condensate generated in the heat exchange process.

      However, in the above air conditioner, when the sensor 5 is broken, there is a problem in that it is not possible to easily perform the task of repairing or replacing the same. That is, the operator can access the sensor 5 only after disassembling both the drain pan 6 and the partition member 4. In order to disassemble the drain pan 6, all the water stored in the drain pan 6 is removed. Drainage should be done. In addition, the control box 7 is installed on the bottom surface of the drain pan 6, but in order to separate the drain pan 6 from the main body 1, a complicated wiring connected to the control box 7 must be separated first.

      SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to improve the installation structure of the partition member so that the ceiling-type air conditioner makes it easy to access parts installed outside the partition member without disassembling the drain pan. To provide a flag.

      Ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention for achieving the object is provided in the space formed between the both ends of the heat exchanger in the ceiling type air conditioner including a main body and a heat exchanger installed inside the main body, And a first compartment member and a second compartment member coupled to each other so as to be separable from each other.

      The first compartment member may be installed adjacent to an upper surface of the main body, and the second compartment member may be installed below the first compartment member.

      The first compartment member may be detachably coupled to at least one of an upper surface of the main body and a heat exchanger, and a lower end portion of the first compartment member may be coupled to an upper end portion of the second compartment member.

      The first compartment member may include a support rib supported on the upper end of the second compartment member.

      The first partition member may have an arm portion extending toward an upper surface center portion of the main body.

      The second compartment member may be fixed to the heat exchanger.

      In addition, the ceiling-type air conditioner according to the present invention includes a main body, a blowing fan installed inside the main body, a heat exchanger surrounding the blowing fan, and a drain fan disposed below the blowing fan and the heat exchanger. In the ceiling-type air conditioner, the first partition member and the second partition member which is installed in the vertical direction between the both ends of the heat exchanger to prevent the leakage of air, the lower end of the first compartment member is the second Removably coupled to the upper end of the partition member.

      The first partition member may be detachably coupled to at least one of the main body and the heat exchanger.

      When the first compartment member and the second compartment member are combined, an upper end portion of the second compartment member extends to the rear of the first compartment member, and a rear end of the first compartment member is caught by an upper end portion of the second compartment member. It may be provided with a support rib protruding rearwardly.

      The first partition member may have an arm portion extending from the upper end portion toward the upper center portion of the main body.

      The heat exchanger may include a refrigerant pipe extending outwardly of the first compartment member and the second compartment member inside the main body, and a heat exchanger sensor installed at the refrigerant tube.

      The drain pan may include a partition panel having an opening through which the blowing fan can pass.

      According to the present invention, it is possible to perform a work of repairing or replacing parts installed on the outside of the partition member without disassembling the drain pan, which is difficult to disassemble. This improves the efficiency of maintenance and repair of parts.

      Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 2 and 3 are a cross-sectional view and an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the ceiling air conditioner according to the present invention.

      As shown in Figure 2 and 3, the ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention is coupled to the main body 10, the lower portion of which is opened and embedded in the ceiling (C), the open lower portion of the main body 10 The ceiling panel 20 is provided.

      The main body 10 is provided in a substantially enclosure shape, and inside the main body 10, a blowing fan 11 for forcibly circulating indoor air, a fan motor 12 for driving the blowing fan 11, and a blowing fan (11) A heat exchanger (30) is installed to cool the indoor air by exchanging heat with the indoor air sucked around. The blowing fan 11 is coupled to the rotation shaft 12a of the fan motor 12, and the fan motor 12 is fixed to the upper surface center side of the main body 10. On the other hand, the heat exchanger 30 is arranged in a structure surrounding the circumference of the blowing fan 11.

      A drain pan 40 is installed below the heat exchanger 30. The drain pan 40 is disposed under the heat exchanger 30 to collect the condensate generated during the heat exchange process, and is formed inside the drain 41 to suck the internal space of the main body 10. The partition panel 42 is divided into a region and a discharge region.

      The drain portion 41 is provided in a groove shape so that the condensed water flowing down from the heat exchanger 30 may be high, and a communication hole 43 communicating with the discharge port 23 of the ceiling panel 20 outside the drain portion 41. ) Is formed. The partition panel 42 is formed in the shape of a flat plate having an opening 42a formed at the center thereof. The opening 42a of the partition panel 42 is larger than the outer diameter of the blowing fan 11 so that the blowing fan 11 can pass therethrough. Is formed. This allows the blower fan 11 to be separated through the opening 42a without disassembling the drain pan 40 when the blower fan 11 is to be removed for repair or replacement of components installed inside the main body 10. It would be.

      A bell mouse member 50 is installed below the partition panel 42. The bell mouse member 50 has a central opening 51 through which intake air passes, and an air guide surface 52 formed in a curved shape toward the opening 51. Bell mouse member 50 is detachably coupled to the peripheral portion of the opening 42a side of the partition panel 42. The bell mouse member 50 guides the air introduced through the suction port 21 of the ceiling panel 20 to the suction side of the blower fan 11.

      In addition, one side of the partition panel 42 is provided with a control box 60 in which a plurality of electrical components for controlling the operation of the air conditioner. The control box 60 is fixed to the lower surface of the partition panel 42 adjacent to the drain portion 41. A straight cutout 53 is provided at the edge of the bell mouse member 50 at a position close to the control box 60. This is to prevent the bell mouse member 50 from interfering with the control box 60 when the bell mouse member 50 is mounted or removed.

      A suction port 21 is formed at the center of the ceiling panel 20 so that indoor air can be sucked into the main body 10 by suction force generated by the blower fan 11, and the suction port 21 is provided with a main body ( The filter 22 for filtering foreign matter in the air sucked into the inside of the 10) is provided. In addition, the discharge port 23 is formed outside the suction port 21, that is, the outer portion of the ceiling panel 20 so that the air heat-exchanged in the main body 10 can be discharged back to the interior.

      FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an air conditioner according to the present invention, in which the first compartment member and the second compartment member are installed from the inside of the main body, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first compartment member installed in FIG. 4. 6 is a perspective view showing a first compartment member and a second compartment member in the air conditioner according to the present invention.

      As shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, one end 30a and the other end 30b of the heat exchanger 30 surrounding the blower fan 11 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and thus formed. The first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 are installed in the space 31 between the both ends 30a and 30b. The first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 prevent a portion of air sucked into the main body 10 by the blower fan 11 from leaking between both ends of the heat exchanger 30. It is to.

      Refrigerant tubes 32 connected to the heat exchanger 30 are installed outside the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 in the main body 10, and among these refrigerant tubes 32. One of the refrigerant pipes is provided with a heat exchanger sensor 33 for measuring the temperature of the heat exchanger 30. The heat exchanger sensor 33 measures the temperature of the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant pipe 32 in the vicinity of the heat exchanger 30 and provides information necessary for controlling the operation of the air conditioner.

      On the other hand, the heat exchanger 30 has heat exchanger brackets 34 respectively coupled to both ends 30a and 30b thereof. The heat exchanger bracket 34 has an approximately 'C' shape so as to surround three surfaces (front, side and rear) at the end of the heat exchanger 30. The heat exchanger bracket 34 finishes the end of the heat exchanger 30, and functions as a fixing part to which the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 are fixed.

      As shown in Figures 4 to 6, the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 are disposed in the vertical direction, are coupled to each other to be separated. As the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 are defective to be separated from each other, the operator separates only one of the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 and then the first compartment. The heat exchanger sensor 33 may be repaired or replaced by accessing the heat exchanger sensor 33 installed outside the member 70 and the second partition member 80.

      Hereinafter, an example in which the first compartment member 70 is easily detached from the body 10 while the second compartment member 80 is fixed to the inside of the body 10 has been described. On the contrary, that is, through the design change, it is also possible to easily detach the second compartment member 80 while the first compartment member 70 is fixed inside the main body 10.

      The second compartment member 80 is positioned below the first compartment member 70, and both sides thereof are fixed to the heat exchanger bracket 34 through fixing screws 81. Meanwhile, the second compartment member 80 may include a pump installation unit 82 and an electric wire fixing unit 83. The pump installation unit 81 is provided with a drain pump (not shown) for draining the condensed water collected in the drain pan 40 to the outside, the front fixing portion 82 from the fan motor 12 from the control box 60 A portion of the wire (not shown) extending toward) is fixed.

      The first partition member 70 is positioned adjacent to the upper surface 10a of the main body 10. The first partition member 70 is detachably coupled to the upper surface 10a of the main body 10 and the heat exchanger 30. Both sides of the first partition member 70 are respectively coupled to the heat exchanger bracket 34 through a coupling screw 71. On the other hand, the first partition member 70 has an arm portion 72 extending from the upper end toward the center of the upper surface of the main body 10, the arm portion 72 has a first partition member 70 in the main body 10. Coupling portion 73 is provided with a coupling hole (73a) to be coupled to the upper surface (10a) of the. In this embodiment, the first compartment member 70 is coupled to both the heat exchanger 30 and the main body 10, but may be coupled to only one of the heat exchanger 30 and the main body 10.

      In addition, the front of the arm portion 72 and the first partition member 70 is provided with guide channels 74 and 75, which guide channels 74 and 75 move the control box 60 from the fan motor 12. To guide the wire (not shown) extending toward the. A locking ring 76 is provided at a lower portion of the guide channel 74 formed in the arm portion 72, and the locking ring 76 prevents the electric wire guided by the guide channel 74 from sagging downward.

      As shown in FIG. 6, the lower end 70a of the first compartment member 70 is coupled to the upper end 80a of the second compartment member 80 so as to be detachable. When the first compartment member and the second compartment member 80 are coupled, the upper end portion 80a of the second compartment member 80 extends to the rear of the lower end portion 70a of the first compartment member 70. The first compartment member 70 may be supported by the upper end portion 80a of the second compartment member 80 extending rearward of the first compartment member 70 on the rear surface of the bottom portion 70a of the first compartment member 70. Support ribs 77 may be formed to protrude rearward.

      Hereinafter, to repair the parts (for example, heat exchanger sensor 33) installed on the outside of the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 in the air conditioner as described above with reference to FIGS. The operation of disassembling the air conditioner will be described. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the first compartment member is separated in the air conditioner according to the present invention.

      First, the ceiling panel 20 is separated from the main body 10 in order to access the heat exchanger sensor 33 installed on the outside of the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80. After removing the ceiling panel 20, the bell mouse member 50 installed on the bottom surface of the drain pan 40 is removed. At this time, since the bell mouse member 50 and the control box 60 do not interfere with each other, there is no need to separate the control box 60 when the bell mouse member 50 is separated.

      Next, the blowing fan 11 coupled to the fan motor 12 is separated and then drawn out to the outside of the main body 10 through the opening 42a formed in the partition panel 42 of the drain pan 40. In this way, if separated to the blowing fan 11, the operator can approach the first compartment member (70). In this state, the coupling screws 71 coupled to the first compartment member 70 are loosened. Then, the first partition member 70 is in a state capable of being separated from the main body 10 and the heat exchanger.

      Meanwhile, since the lower end portion 70a of the first partition member 70 is coupled to the upper end portion 80a of the second partition member 80 in a detachable state, the upper end portion or the arm portion of the first partition member 70 is as shown in FIG. 7. Pulling down 72, the first compartment member 70 is separated from the body 10, the heat exchanger 30, and the second compartment member 80.

      Then, the worker may approach the heat exchanger sensor 33 installed outside the first compartment member 70 and the second compartment member 80 to perform repair or replacement work.

      1 is an exploded perspective view showing a part of the configuration in a typical ceiling air conditioner.

      2 and 3 are a cross-sectional view and an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of a ceiling air conditioner according to the present invention.

      Figure 4 is a perspective view of the inside of the main body the first compartment and the second compartment is installed in the air conditioner according to the present invention.

      5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the first compartment member is installed in FIG.

      Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a first compartment member and a second compartment member in the air conditioner according to the present invention.

      7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the first compartment member is separated in the air conditioner according to the present invention.

      Description of the Related Art [0002]

      10: main body 11: blowing fan

      20: ceiling panel 30: heat exchanger

      33: heat exchanger sensor 40: drain pan

      42: partition panel 42a: opening of the partition panel

      50: Bell mouse member 60: control box

      70: first compartment member 70a: lower end of the first compartment member

      72: arm portion 77: support rib

      80: second compartment member 80a: upper end of the second compartment member

Claims (12)

main body; A blowing fan installed inside the main body; A heat exchanger installed around the blowing fan and having one end and the other end disposed to be spaced apart from each other; and       A first compartment member and a second compartment member installed in a space formed between one end and the other end of the heat exchanger and detachably coupled to each other;       The first compartment member is installed adjacent to the upper surface of the main body, the second compartment member is ceiling-type air conditioner, characterized in that installed below the first compartment member. delete       The method of claim 1,       The first compartment member is detachably coupled to at least one of an upper surface of the main body and a heat exchanger, and a lower end portion of the first compartment member is coupled to an upper end portion of the second compartment member. group.       The method of claim 1,       The first compartment member includes a support rib which is supported on the upper end of the second compartment member.       The method of claim 1,       And the first partition member includes an arm portion extending toward an upper center portion of the main body.       The method of claim 1,       The second partition member is ceiling-type air conditioner, characterized in that fixed to the heat exchanger.       In the ceiling-type air conditioner including a main body, a blowing fan installed inside the main body, a heat exchanger surrounding the blowing fan, and a drain fan disposed below the blowing fan and the heat exchanger,       A first compartment member and a second compartment member installed in the vertical direction between both ends of the heat exchanger to prevent leakage of air;       The lower end of the first compartment member is ceiling-type air conditioner, characterized in that detachably coupled to the upper end of the second compartment member.       The method of claim 7, wherein       The first partition member is ceiling-type air conditioner, characterized in that detachably coupled to at least one of the main body and the heat exchanger.       The method of claim 7, wherein       When the first compartment member and the second compartment member are combined, an upper end portion of the second compartment member extends to the rear of the first compartment member, and a rear end of the first compartment member is caught by an upper end portion of the second compartment member. Ceiling air conditioner, characterized in that the support rib protruding to the rear so as to be provided.       The method of claim 7, wherein       And the first partition member includes an arm portion extending from an upper end portion toward an upper center portion of the main body.       The method of claim 7, wherein       The heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe extending from the inside of the main body to the outside of the first compartment and the second compartment member, and a heat exchanger sensor installed in the refrigerant pipe.       The method of claim 7, wherein       And the drain pan includes a partition panel having an opening through which the blowing fan can pass.

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