KR20060050138A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to reduce the thickness of the air conditioner, the front panel is closed when the air conditioner is not in use, and when the air conditioner is operated, the front panel is opened to provide an air conditioner capable of sufficiently inhaling air. In addition, the drive of the front panel is not a combination of gears, and a simple mechanism is employed to allow the front panel to be peeled off and to be easily assembled.

An air conditioner comprising an air conditioner main body 2 and a front panel 7 that covers the entire surface of the air conditioner main body. The front panel 7 is supported by the air conditioner main body 2 so as to reciprocate between the first state of closing by the drive mechanism 27 and the second state of opening to secure a predetermined amount of air intake. The drive side cam member 33 provided on the air conditioning base body 2 side to reciprocate by the transmission mechanism 34, and the driven side cam member 35 which abuts against this drive side cam member and reciprocates by this drive side cam member is comprised.

Front panel, base member, working arm, driving side cam member, driven side cam member

Description

Air Conditioner {AIR CONDITIONER}

1 is a top perspective view of an air conditioner according to the present invention. (Example 1)

Figure 2 is a top perspective view of the air conditioner with the front panel open according to the present invention. (Example 1)

Figure 3 is a longitudinal side view of the air conditioner according to the present invention. (Example 1)

Figure 4 is a top perspective view showing the relationship between the front panel and the base member according to the present invention. (Example 1)

Figure 5 is a longitudinal side view illustrating a closed state of the front panel according to the present invention. (Example 1)

Figure 6 is a longitudinal side view illustrating the open state of the front panel according to the present invention. (Example 1)

Figure 7 is a partial perspective view of the front portion of the air conditioning base body related to the present invention. (Example 1)

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the left side engaging portion of the front panel and the base member according to the present invention from the inside. (Example 1)

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the right side coupling portion between the front panel and the base member according to the present invention from the inside. (Example 1)

Figure 10 is a perspective view and an exploded view showing a detachable coupling structure of the front panel and the operation arm according to the present invention. (Example 1)

[Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings]

1: air conditioner 2: air conditioner base

3: heat exchanger 4: blower

5: Air suction part 5A: Upper air suction hole

5B: Front air intake 6: Filter

7: front panel 11: air outlet

20: base member 21A, 21B, 21C: working arm

22A, 22B, 22C: Shaft Support 23A, 23B, 23C: Shaft Support

25A, 25B: Hanger part 26A: Hanger part

27 drive mechanism 33 drive side cam member

33A: Cam face 34: Electric mechanism

35: driven cam member 35A: cam surface

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner having an opening and closing mechanism for varying an inlet of air flowing into a heat exchanger disposed in an air conditioner.

A heat exchanger and a blower are disposed in the air conditioner. During operation of the air conditioner, the front panel of the air conditioner is opened to widen the air inlet so that a sufficient amount of air flows into the heat exchanger. Gears are provided on both suction grills, and the intermediate gears fitted to one of the teeth are driven by a motor to rotate the one gear, and the L geared to the intermediate gears is operated to operate the other gear. There is a mechanism for opening and closing both suction grills by rotating the gear. (For example, refer Japanese Patent Document 1).

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-156225

In patent document 1, since the driving force driven by a motor is a structure by which gear is transmitted to the suction grill which is a driven side, these gears are a predetermined tooth in combination with a suction grill and an air conditioner main body side. It is necessary to assemble in the position to be in position, which makes it necessary to correct the mounting position of the suction grille, which makes it difficult to assemble at the time of manufacture or during internal inspection. In addition, a large number of gears and L are required, and assembling becomes complicated, the cost is increased.

In view of the above, the present invention, in order to achieve a thinner air conditioner, closes the front panel when the air conditioner is not in use, and opens the front panel when the air conditioner is in operation. It is to provide an air conditioner capable of sufficiently inhaling. In addition, the front panel is not driven by a combination of gears, but a simple mechanism is adopted. Furthermore, the front panel can be peeled off easily, and the assembly is easy. It is to provide an air conditioner that is easy to check the internal repair.

The invention according to claim 1 is an air conditioner having an air conditioner main body in which a heat exchanger and a blower are accommodated, and a front panel covering the front surface of the air conditioner main body, wherein the front panel is closed by a drive mechanism. The air conditioner is supported by the air conditioner main body so as to reciprocate in a first state and a second state opened to secure a predetermined amount of air intake. And a driven side cam member provided on the body side, and a driven side cam member which abuts against the drive side cam member and reciprocates by the drive side cam member.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the air conditioner according to claim 1, the front panel can be peeled off from the air conditioning base body together with the driven side cam member.

In the air conditioner according to claim 1, in the air conditioner according to claim 1, the air conditioner main body side and the front panel are axially supported on the front side of the air conditioner main body and the back side of the front panel, respectively. A drive side cam member, which is connected by an arm, has a driven side cam surface formed on a rear surface of at least one of the operating arms of the operating arm, and a drive side cam surface formed in front of the driving side cam surface abuts on the driven side cam surface. It is characterized in that it is provided on the air conditioning base body side.

In the air conditioner according to claim 4, in the air conditioner according to claim 1, a base member which is capable of being peeled off on the front side of the air conditioner main body is provided inside the front panel. The panel and the base member and the front panel are characterized in that they are connected to each other via the left and right operating arms respectively supported by the shaft.

In the air conditioner according to claim 4, in the air conditioner according to claim 4, the front panel and the base member are maintained in a connected state by the left and right operating arms, and the air conditioner main body is detachable from the air conditioner. It is characterized by.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the control unit is set to the first state while the air conditioner is not in operation, and to the second state while the air conditioner is in operation. It is characterized by.

In the air conditioner of the present invention, the air conditioner includes an air conditioner main body in which a heat exchanger and a blower are accommodated, and a front panel that covers the entire surface of the air conditioner main body. The air conditioner is supported by the air conditioner main body so as to reciprocate between the first state of closing and the second state of opening to secure a predetermined amount of air intake, and the drive mechanism is reciprocated by the electric mechanism. Embodiment of this invention is described below with the structure provided with the drive side cam member provided in the basic body side, and the driven side cam member which abuts against this drive side cam member, and reciprocates by this drive side cam member.

Example 1

Next, embodiment of this invention is described. 1 is a top perspective view of an air conditioner according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of an air conditioner with the front panel open according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view of the air conditioner according to the present invention, and FIG. Figure 5 is a top perspective view showing the relationship between the front panel and the base member according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a longitudinal side view illustrating a closed state of the front panel according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a front panel explaining the open state related to the present invention Figure 7 is a partial perspective view of the front portion of the air conditioner main body according to the present invention, Figure 8 is a perspective view showing a left side engaging portion between the front panel and the base member according to the present invention, Figure 9 is a front panel related to the present invention 10 is a perspective view showing an inner side of the right coupling portion with the base member, FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a coupling structure capable of attaching and detaching a front panel and an operating arm according to the present invention and its disassembly; A.

In the drawing, the air conditioner 1 according to the present invention is a wall-mounted indoor air conditioner of the type which is hung on a wall of an indoor room. The air conditioner 1 is a set of separate type air by an outdoor unit containing a compressor, a condenser, and a heat exchanger blower of the refrigerant. It constitutes a harmonization device. In the air conditioner 1, a heat exchanger 3, a blower 4, and the like are arranged inside, and an air intake portion 5 is formed on the upper surface.

Specifically, the air conditioner 1 has a horizontal length shape consisting of the air conditioner main body 2 and the front panel 7, and the air conditioner main body 2 includes a gas unit 2A located on the rear side of the air conditioner 1, The cover part 2B is combined with the front side of the base part 2A, and the cover part 2B is opened and closed to form a frame shape of the air conditioner 1, and covers the front opening of the cover part 2B. Member 20 can be attached and detached to the cover 2B

It is mounted. With this configuration, the base member 20 can be peeled off on the front side of the air conditioner body 2 so as to be provided.

The front panel 7 is configured to be peeled off the base member 20 as described later. That is, the heat exchanger 3, the blower 4, the electric box, etc. are attached to the front side of the gas part 2A, and the cover part 2B covers these surroundings, and the base member 20 covered the whole surface. When the air conditioner 1 is mounted on the wall of the room, the rear surface of the gas unit 2A is attached to the fixed plate fixed to the wall of the room.

As described above, the heat exchanger 3 and the blower 4 are arranged in the air conditioner main body 2, and the heat exchanger 3 is composed of the front side heat exchanger 3A and the rear side heat exchanger 3B arranged in an approximately inverted V shape, and the front side. The heat exchange part 3A has the shape which formed the part 3A1 by which the lower part was bent rearward. The heat exchanger 3 is a structure of the plate fin type heat exchanger in which the refrigerant pipe Q was arrange | positioned through the several aluminum plate P of parallel arrangement. The blower 4 is a cross-flow fan in which a plurality of vanes 4A extending in the left and right directions are arranged circumferentially and rotates the horizontal axis 4B by an electric motor. The blower 4 is disposed inside the heat exchanger 3 and has a length substantially extending over the width of the heat exchanger 3. .

The air sucked into the air conditioner 1 from the air intake part 5 by the operation of the blower 4 flows in from the upper surface and the front surface of the air conditioner main body 2 toward the heat exchanger 3, Air intakes are formed on the front in the left and right directions, respectively. For this reason, the upper surface air intake port 5A is formed in the upper surface of the air conditioning base body 2 in the left-right direction, and the front air intake port 5B is formed in the front side of the air conditioning base body 2 in the left-right direction.

The upper surface air intake port 5A is formed in a lattice shape at the base portion 2A and the cover portion 2B, and the front air intake port 5B is formed in a lattice shape at the base member 20. A mesh filter 6 is disposed inside these air inlets 5A and 5B.

The filter 6 is integrated at the same time by injection molding the synthetic resin frame formed around the filter net, with one pair of left and right sheets, the front panel 7 being opened, and the left and right sides of the air conditioning base 2 With respect to the filter support rail portion 9 formed in the middle portion thereof, the left and right filters 6 are free to be detached by sliding insertion upward from the front opening side of the cover portion 2B.

The pair of left and right filters 6, respectively, are supported by the filter support rails 9 provided on both the left and right edge portions on the rear side, and are arranged in close or abutting contact inside the air inlets 5A and 5B. It will be in the state which covers the whole front side and upper surface side of 3.

In order to make it easier to slide the filter 6 onto the filter support rail portion 9, in order to prevent the middle portion of the filter 6 from falling out toward the heat exchanger 3, the filter support rail portions 9 and 9 on the left and right sides are supported as the inner support portion of the filter 6. A lattice-like shelf can be formed as a vertical shelf 9B crossing up and down between the horizontal shelf 9A and this horizontal shelf 9A.

Air conditioner 1, in order to improve heat exchange in heat exchanger 3 of the illustrated form, as shown in Figure 3, the front panel 7 is opened in a dotted line to the front to widen the front of the air intake portion 5, as shown in FIG. do. As a result, since the air intake portion 5 is enlarged to the front, the air intake area is enlarged, whereby the amount of air sucked from the intake port 5B of the front air can be increased. 10 is an air cleaning filter, and is a chemical fiber filter structure which performs air purification with higher precision than filter 6. As shown in FIG.

The air heat-exchanged with the heat exchangers 3A and 3B by the operation of the blower 4 is blown forward from the air outlet 11 of the horizontal length rectangle formed in the lower part of the front surface of the air conditioner 1. As shown in FIG. The air outlet 11 is provided with an up-and-down motion wind direction plate 12 supported to be moved up and down by an axis 12A, and a left and right motion wind direction plate 13 for dividing the blowing air flow into a plurality of right and left flows. The dew flowing down from the heat exchangers 3A and 3B is received by dew bowls 14 and 15 below and discharged to the outside.

Hereinafter, a configuration in which the front panel 7 opens forward to widen the air intake 5 will be described. The front panel 7 is connected to the base member 20 by a pair of upper and lower operating arms 21A and 21B. One end of the right and left operating arms 21A and 21B is pivotally supported 22A and 22B on the rear side of the front panel 7, respectively, and the other ends of the left and right operating arms 21A and 21B are long holes of the base member 20, respectively. The shafts 23A and 23B are pivotally supported on the back surface side of the base member 20 through 24A and 24B. The shaft coupling between the upper working arms 21A, 21B and the base member 20 comprises the end portions of the working arms 21A, 21B on the shaft 50 mounted laterally inside the upper part of the base member 20 to form the shaft supports 23A, 23B. Doing.

With this configuration, the front panel 7 is supported by the base member 20 by the operation arms 21A and 21B, and is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the base member 20 in accordance with the rotation of the operation arms 21A and 21B. In the illustrated embodiment, since the front panel 7 is long left and right, in order to stabilize the forward and backward movement of the front panel 7 with respect to the base member 20, the center portion of the front panel 7 is connected to the base member 20 by the intermediate operating arm 21C. I make a supported structure.

The operating arm 21C is pivotally supported 22C at one end thereof so as to be rotatable on the rear surface side of the front panel 7. The other end of the operating arm 21C is pivotally supported at 23C so as to be pivotable to the shaft 50 through the base member 20. . In this way, since the support by the intermediate operating arm 21C is auxiliary, it can be omitted depending on the configuration of the air conditioner 1.

In order to be able to support peeling of the base member 20 to the front side of the air-conditioning base body 2, the hook parts 25A and 25B formed in the upper left and right sides of the base member 20 are the front surface of the cover part 2B of the air-conditioning base body 2 Desorption is freely hung on the engaging portion 26A formed so as to have a hole or depression in the side. In addition, when the lower part of the base member 20 is attached to the cover part 2B by screwing, an engaging part by elastic rings, or other removable fixing part, the base member 20 is stably attached to the front side of the air-conditioning base body 2, It is also possible to peel off the support.

Thus, by supporting the base member 20 to be peeled off on the front side of the air conditioner main body 2, by mounting the base member 20 to the front side of the air conditioner main body 2, the operating arm 21A is attached to the base member 20. , Front panel 7 supported by 21B, 21C is mounted on the front side of air conditioning body 2 at the same time. In addition, by peeling the base member 20 from the front side of the air conditioner main body 2, the front panel 7 is also peeled from the front side of the air conditioner main body 2 at the same time.

The front panel 7 is supported by the air conditioner main body 2 so as to reciprocate between the first state closed by the drive mechanism 27 and the second state opened. The drive mechanism 27 is comprised from the transmission mechanism 34 provided with the drive side cam member 33, and the driven side cam member 35 operated by the drive side cam member 33. As shown in FIG.

As shown in Fig. 5, the electric mechanism 34 includes an electric motor 28, a small gear 29 that rotates with the electric motor 28, a gear wheel 30 meshed with the gear wheel 30, a gear wheel 30, a coaxial gear wheel 31, and the gear wheel 31. And a driving side cam member 33 formed with teeth 32 engaged with each other. The drive side cam member 33 is pivotally supported 36 so that rotation is possible in the recessed part 37 formed in the cover part 2B of the air conditioning base body 2.

The driven side cam member 35 is axially supported on the front side of the air conditioner main body 2 so as to be rotatable. Specifically, the driven side cam member 35 is formed integrally with one operation arm 21B, and has an operation arm. The rear side of 21B is the form of driven cam surface 35A.

A cam surface 33A is formed on a front surface of the driving side cam member 33, and a cam surface 35A is formed on a rear surface of the driven cam member 35 in a valley shape, and the two cam surfaces 33A and 35A contact each other. In response to the reciprocating rotation of the driving side cam member 33, the driven side cam member 35 reciprocates. The reciprocating rotation of the drive side cam member 33 is performed by the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the electric motor 28.

In the state in which the front panel 7 and the base member 20 are connected by the operating arms 21A, 21B, 21C, and the base member 20 is mounted on the front surface of the air conditioning base body 2, As shown in Fig. 5, the front panel 7 moves to the base member 20 side in a closed state (first state). In such a state, when the operation switch of the air conditioner 1 is turned ON, the motor 28 rotates forward and the drive side cam member 33 rotates clockwise from the state of FIG. 5, whereby the driven side cam member 35 rotates clockwise. Rotate. By this operation, as shown in Fig. 6, the front panel 7 is moved away from the base member 20 to be in an open state (second state). When it reaches this open second state. It is controlled by a control unit (not shown) so that the forward rotation of the electric motor 28 is stopped.

In this state, when the stop switch of the air conditioner 1 is turned on, the motor 28 rotates in the reverse direction, and the driving side cam member 33 rotates counterclockwise from the state of FIG. Rotate clockwise. By this operation, as shown in Fig. 5, the front panel 7 returns to the closed state (first state) such that the front panel 7 abuts or approaches the base member 20. When the front panel reaches the closed first state, it is controlled by a controller (not shown) to stop the reverse rotation of the electric motor 28.

In this way, in the operation stop state of the air conditioner 1, since the front panel 7 is in the closed first state, the air intake part 5 is kept narrow, and the air conditioner 1 becomes thin. At the same time, the darkness is reduced and the intrusion of dust is reduced.

In the second state in which the front panel 7 is opened, the air intake part 5 becomes wider, and a predetermined air intake can be ensured from the front air intake port 5B, so that the front side heat exchange part 3A of the heat exchanger 3 It can promote heat exchange and achieve good air conditioning effect.

In addition, when the operation switch and the stop switch of the air conditioner 1 are turned on, the air conditioner 1 performs any of the cooling operation, the heating operation, the dehumidification operation, the ventilation operation, and the indoor air circulation operation. It means manual operation or operation of a switch that is controlled by a timer.

The shaft support 22A, 22B, 22C, which is a coupling portion between the front panel 7 and the working arms 21A, 21B, 21C, is removable. That is, as shown in Fig. 10, the end portions of the working arms 21A, 21B, and 21C are fitted to fit the bearing portion 40 formed inside the front panel 7, and the end portions and the bearing portion 40 of the operating arms 21A, 21B, and 2C are fitted. The shaft member 42 which forms the shaft 41 which penetrates and is supported by the support parts 43 and 43 formed in the inside of the front panel 7 so that it can slide in the axial direction. To this end, the shaft 41 penetrates the ends of the working arms 21A, 21B and 21C and the bearing 40 through the state in which the protrusions 45 of the supporting members 43 and 43 are assembled into the grooves 44 of the shaft member 42 by the elasticity of the supporting members 43 and 43. Hold the shaft member 42 in one position.

In the case where the front panel 7 is peeled off, the shaft member 42 is strongly pulled to the right in Fig. 10 from this assembled state, and the projection 45 is peeled off from the groove 44 by the elasticity of the supporting portions 43 and 43, and the front panel 7 Since the engagement portion between the operating arms 21A, 21B and 21C is peeled off, the front panel 7 can be peeled off the base member 20, leaving the operating arms 21A, 21B and 21C. If the projection 45 is locked to another groove 46 of the shaft member 42, the shaft member 42 can be stably held in this state.

As described above, the base member 20 is installed inside the front panel 7 to be peeled off at the front side of the air conditioning basic body 2, and the front panel 7 is axially supported on the front panel 7 and the base member 20, respectively. It is connected to the base member 20 by the working arms 21A, 21B.

In addition, a driving side cam surface 35A is formed on a rear surface of at least one operating arm 21B of the operating arm, and the driving side cam is reciprocated by an electric mechanism 34 having a driving side cam surface 33A in front of the driven side cam surface 35A. The member 33 is installed in the air conditioning body 2.

In addition, the front panel 7 is capable of reciprocating between the first state closed by the electric mechanism 34 and the second state opened to secure a predetermined amount of air intake, and the front panel 7 is the front panel 7 and the left and right operating arms. The shaft coupling portions 22A and 22B with 21A and 21B can be detached from the base member 20 by a freely detachable coupling. In addition, the front panel 7 and the base member 20 are connected by the left and right operating arms 21A and 21B. It is possible to peel off from the air conditioner main body 2 while maintaining the.

As a result, the driving force is transmitted by abutting the driving side cam surface against the driven side cam surface formed on the rear surface of the one operating arm, so that one driving arm is effectively utilized, so that the number of parts is reduced and the driving force is further precisely reduced. It can be delivered to the front panel, and configuration can be simplified.

Since the front panel is detachable from the shaft support portion with the operation arm, only the front panel can be peeled off, and the base member and the front panel can be peeled off in a set. In addition, it is convenient to be able to select whether to peel off only the front panel or to peel off by setting the base member and the front panel in accordance with the situation during the repair or inspection of the inside.

In addition, the front panel and the base member can be peeled off or mounted by SET, which greatly opens the front part of the air-conditioning base unit during internal repair or inspection. For example, if you prepare a plurality of front panels with different colors or a plurality of front panels with different patterns, you can change or select them according to your preferences or the interior of the room you are installing. Air conditioner with front panel structure can be made.

The air conditioner of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments with respect to the shape and the like of the air intake unit, and can be applied to various air conditioners without departing from the technical scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, since the transmission of the driving force of the electric mechanism for opening and closing the front panel is carried out by abutment between the driving side cam member and the driven side cam member, the driving force is compared with the power transmission system by gear engagement. Since the assembly of the transmission mechanism is sufficient, the assembly at the time of manufacture and the assembly at the time of the internal repair and inspection are easily performed, so that the front panel which opens and closes can be peeled off from the air conditioning basic body. .

Claims (6)

In an air conditioner including an air conditioner main body in which a heat exchanger and a blower are accommodated, and a front panel which covers the front surface of the air conditioner main body, the front panel includes a first state and a predetermined state closed by a drive mechanism. The driving side cam is supported by the air conditioner main body so as to reciprocate in a second state opened to secure the air intake amount, and the drive mechanism is provided on the air conditioner main body side so as to reciprocate by an electric mechanism. And a driven side cam member which abuts against the driving side cam portion and reciprocates by the driving side cam member. An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the front panel can be peeled off from the air conditioner body together with the driven side cam member. The air conditioner main body side and the front panel are connected to the front side of the air conditioner main body and the left and right operating arms axially supported on the back side of the front panel, respectively, and at least one rear side of the operating arm of the operating arm. Claim 1, characterized in that a driven side cam surface is formed on the drive side cam member, which is reciprocated by an electric mechanism that is formed on the front surface of the drive side cam surface in contact with the driven side cam surface. The air conditioner described in the above. Inside the front panel, a base member capable of being peeled off is provided on the front side of the air conditioning basic body, and the base member and the front panel are axially supported by the base member and the front panel, respectively. An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner of claim 1 is connected to each other via an operating arm of the same. The air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the front panel and the base member are detachable to the air conditioner main body while maintaining the connection state by the left and right operating arms. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the air conditioner is controlled to be in the first state, and the air conditioner is controlled to be in the second state during operation of the air conditioner.

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