KR20020048884A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an air conditioner including a blade in which blade air direction is easily changed over, and which blade is demounted with ease. CONSTITUTION: An air conditioner is provided, which comprises a demountable blade section which is mounted across a blow-off outlet from which cold air/ warm air heat exchanged in a heat exchanger is blown off, and changes the direction of cold air/warm air blown out from the blow-off outlet, and an anchorage section for anchoring the demountable blade section to the blow-off outlet. In the air conditioner, the demountable blade section and the anchorage section are provided demountably across the blow-off outlet, and the anchorage section has an operation piece that facilitates demounting thereof from the blow-off outlet.

Description

Air Conditioner {AIR CONDITIONER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly, to an apparatus for controlling wind direction of a blower outlet for blowing out heated air.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, air conditioners are widely used to be attached to wall surfaces.

The air conditioner of Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 9-4916 was proposed regarding the wind direction control of this kind of air conditioner blade part.

Although this air conditioner provided the blade part detachably at a blower outlet and removed this blade part, cleaning of a blower fan was easy, but the drive method of the blade part was manual.

For this reason, when changing the wind direction of an air conditioner, it was necessary to go to the installation place of an air conditioner, and to operate by hand.

Therefore, there is a strong demand to operate the wind direction switching with a remote controller by driving the blade unit with a motor.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner having a blade section which is easy to switch the wind direction and is detachable in view of the above points.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is attached to a blower outlet for blowing cold air / hot air heat exchanged by a heat exchanger, the detachable blade unit for changing the wind direction of the cold air / hot air to be discharged from the blower outlet, and this detachable blade unit to the outlet An air conditioner provided with a fixing part for fixing, wherein the detachable blade part and the fixing part are detachably provided at the outlet, and the fixing part is provided with an operation member that facilitates detachment from the outlet.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the operating member of the fixing portion is provided in a direction in accordance with the flow of wind from the air outlet.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that a support rib for connecting the upper and lower sides of the ejection port is provided at a substantially central portion of the ejection port, and the operation member of the fixing portion is positioned at an approximately downstream side of the support rib.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the detachable blade unit is driven by a motor.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the side face of the operation member is substantially arc-shaped, and the fastening portion can be easily removed from the outlet by engaging a finger with the arc.

The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the arc portion of the operation member is directed toward the inside of the ejection opening.

1 is an explanatory diagram of an approximately center cross section of an air conditioner showing an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an explanatory view of the top of the exploded blade portion of the air conditioner showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the blowout port of the air conditioner showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an explanatory diagram showing a removal procedure of a blade portion of the air conditioner showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the blowout port of the air conditioner showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is an explanatory view showing the removal procedure of the blade portion of the air conditioner showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: indoor unit

2A: front case part

2C: rear case part

4: heat exchanger

5: blowing fan

6: drain pan

7: air filter

9: outlet

9A: Support Rib

10: blade part

11: linear drive blade

13: removable blade portion

14: fixed part

14B: operation member

14C: arc

15: micro switch

16: finger

Hereinafter, two embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)

1 is an explanatory diagram of a substantially central cross section of an air conditioner showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

In Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is connected by a pipe between an outdoor unit (not shown) and a unit to form an air conditioner.

The case of the indoor unit 1 is provided with a front case part 2A on the front face side, a suction panel 2B provided on the front part of the front case part 2A, and provided with an intake vent for indoor air, It consists of 2 C of back case parts.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a heat exchanger that heats / cools indoor air, and functions as a cooler during the cooling / humidification operation by cooling the refrigerant passing through the pipe, and functions as a heater during the heating operation.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a blower fan, which sucks indoor air from the suction panel 2B, heats / cools it with the heat exchanger 4, and circulates it back to the room.

6 is a drain pan for collecting and draining drain water from the heat exchanger 4, 7 is an air filter for removing relatively large dust of indoor air sucked by the blowing fan 5, and 8 is an air filter ( It is an air purifier filter which removes relatively small dust of indoor air which passed through 7).

Reference numeral 9 denotes a blower of the cold / hot air accelerated by the blower fan 5 and blown back into the room, and 9A denotes a flap which is attached to the blower 9 to control the upper and lower wind directions of the cold / hot air blown out of the blower 9 A reference numeral 10 denotes a blade portion for controlling the left and right wind directions in the same manner. The drain pan 6 and the blowout port 9 are integrally molded as shown in FIG.

Here, the blade unit 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

Fig. 2 is an explanatory view of the top of the exploded blade portion of the air conditioner showing the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the blowout port of the air conditioner showing the first embodiment of the present invention. 4 is an explanatory view of the lower surface of the blade unit of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The blade portion 10 includes a linear blade portion 11 directly driven by the motor 11A, and a removable blade portion connected and driven through an interlocking portion 11B of the linear blade portion 11 and the linear blade portion 11 ( 13) and the fixing part 14 which fixes the detachable blade part 13 is comprised.

The linear blade portion 11 includes a motor 11A, a blade 11C driven by the motor 11A, a fixing portion 11D rotatably journaling the blade portion 10, a blade 11C, It consists of the interlocking part 11B which connects the removable blade part 13. As shown in FIG.

The detachable blade portion 13 includes a base 13A fitted with a hook (not shown) of the outlet 9, and a plurality of blades 13B rotatably journaled at intervals with the base 13A. ) And the interlocking plate 13C which connects these blades 13B and rotates each blade 13B to the left-right direction, and the detachable blade part 13 is attached to the ejection opening 9 so that attachment and detachment are possible. The blade 13B of the left end part of the detachable blade part 13 is connected via the blade 11C of the linear blade part 11, and the interlocking part 11B. The above-described blade 13B and the interlocking plate 13C can be easily molded by integrally molding with PP resin or the like.

The fixing portion 14 is fitted with a hole (not shown) of the outlet 9 to fix the detachable blade portion 13, and a die portion 14A, and an operation member erected upright in the center of the die portion 14A ( 14B), and the fixing | fixed part 14 is attached to the ejection opening 9 so that attachment or detachment is possible. Moreover, the operation member 14B is provided in a thin plate shape in accordance with the flow of wind from the blowout port, and is substantially downstream of the support rib 9A provided so as to connect the top and bottom of the blowout port 9 to a substantially central portion of the blowout port 9 (Fig. It is possible to reduce the ventilation resistance to eliminate wind noise and to clean up the appearance by being installed at the dashed-dotted line 2).

Since the blade part 10 is comprised as mentioned above, by preparing a remote controller, a user can operate the wind direction of an air conditioner with a remote controller.

Here, the detachment of the blade unit 10 will be described.

The user first turns off the air conditioner and, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, disconnects the connection with the detachable blade portion 13 of the interlocking portion 11B at the left end of the outlet 9 of the indoor unit 1. Release (see Fig. 4A).

Next, the fixing part 14 in the lower center of the ejection opening 9 is grasped | released by the operation member 14B (refer FIG. 4 (B)).

Next, the blades 13B at both ends of the detachable blade portion 13 at the lower part of the ejection opening 9 are grasped with both hands and pulled forward to remove them (see Fig. 4C).

At this time, the micro switch 15 is installed in the outlet 9 of the lower left end of the detachable blade unit 13 so that the user may forget to turn off the air conditioner by mistake. When detached, the control means by which the micro switch 15 acts and cut | disconnects a power supply is provided (refer FIG. 3).

What is necessary is just to perform the said method in reverse about mounting of the blade part 10. FIG.

By removing the blade portion 10 and directing the flap portion 9A downward as described above, it is possible to easily clean the blowing fan 5 from the air outlet 9.

(2nd Example)

Next, the operation member 14B of the fixing part 14 which is different from the first embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 with respect to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the blowout port of the air conditioner showing the second embodiment of the present invention. 6 is an explanatory view of the lower surface of the blade unit of the air conditioner according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The fixing part 14 which fixes the detachable blade part 13 is the die part 14A which fits in the hole (not shown) of the ejection opening 9, and fixes the detachable blade part 13, and this die part 14A. It is comprised by the operation member 14B which stood upright in the center, and the fixing | fixed part 14 is attached to the extraction port 9 so that attachment or detachment is possible. As shown in Fig. 5, the side shape of the operation member 14B has an approximately arc shape with the openings facing the inside of the outlet.

Here, the detachment of the blade unit 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. The basic detachment method is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the fixing portion 14 easily engages the finger 16 with the circular arc portion 14C of the operation member 14B and pulls it forward to the front, thereby easily fixing the fixing portion 14 from the outlet. ) Can be removed. [See FIG. 6 (B)]

In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

As described above, according to the invention according to claim 1, a detachable blade portion which is attached to a blower outlet that blows out cold / hot air heat-exchanged by a heat exchanger and changes the wind direction of the cold / hot wind that is blown out from the blower outlet, and the detachable blade unit is provided in the outlet. In the air conditioner provided with the fixing part which fixes, the detachable blade part and the fixing part are detachably installed in the outlet, and the fixing part is provided with the blade part which is easy to attach and detach, by providing the operation member which makes easy attachment and detachment from an outlet. One air conditioner can be provided.

According to the invention according to claim 2, the operating member of the fixing portion is provided in a direction in accordance with the flow of wind from the air outlet, thereby providing an air conditioner having a blade portion that is quiet in sound and easily detachable.

According to the invention according to claim 3, by providing a support rib that connects the top and bottom of the ejection port to a substantially central portion of the ejection port, and placing the operation member of the fixing portion at a position substantially downstream of the support rib, the sound is quiet and detachable. An air conditioner having an easy blade portion can be provided.

According to the invention of claim 4, the detachable blade unit may be driven to provide an air conditioner in which the wind direction is easily changed.

According to the invention according to claim 5, the side shape of the operation member is substantially arc-shaped, and by engaging a finger with the arc, the fixing portion can be easily removed from the air outlet, so that the air can be easily switched. A harmonic can be provided.

According to the invention according to claim 6, the circular arc portion of the operation member can provide an air conditioner in which the wind direction can be easily switched since the opening thereof faces the inside of the blowout port.

Claims (13)

In an air conditioner having a detachable blade portion attached to a blower outlet for exhaling cold / hot air heat exchanged by a heat exchanger to change the wind direction of the cold / hot wind emitted from the blower outlet, and a fixing portion for fixing the detachable blade unit to the blower outlet, And the detachable blade portion and the fixed portion are detachably installed at the ejection opening, and the fixing portion includes an operation member that facilitates detachment from the ejection opening. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the operation member of the fixing part is provided in a direction along the flow of wind from the blowout port. 3. The support rib according to claim 1 or 2 is provided with a support rib connecting the upper and lower sides of the ejection port to a substantially central portion of the ejection port, and the operation member of the fixing part is positioned on a substantially downstream side of the support rib. Air conditioner. The air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the detachable blade unit is driven by a motor. The side shape of the said operation member is substantially arc-shaped, Comprising: The engagement part can be easily removed from the said outlet by engaging a finger to this arc. Air conditioner. 6. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the arc portion of the operation member has its opening facing the inside of the blowout port. The air conditioner of claim 3, wherein the detachable blade unit is driven by a motor. 4. The air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the side shape of the operation member is substantially arc-shaped, and the fixing portion can be easily removed from the outlet by engaging a finger with the arc. 5. The air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the side shape of the operation member is substantially arc-shaped, and the fixing portion can be easily removed from the outlet by engaging a finger with the arc. 8. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the side surface of the operation member has a substantially arc shape, and the fastening portion can be easily removed from the outlet by engaging a finger with the arc portion. The air conditioner according to claim 8, wherein the arc portion of the operation member has its opening facing the inside of the blowout port. 10. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein the arc portion of the operation member is directed toward the inside of the blowout port. The air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein the circular arc portion of the operation member has its opening facing the inside of the blowout port.