KR20070044216A - Dehumidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The dehumidifier of the present invention is provided with a plurality of air intake ports for sucking indoor air, and a plurality of air discharge ports for discharging the dehumidified air are formed, and the indoor air is quickly sucked into the dehumidifier to be dehumidified and distributed in various directions in the room. Since it can discharge, there is an advantage that the indoor air can be dehumidified quickly and three-dimensionally.

Dehumidifier, Air Intake, Air Outlet, Evaporator, Condenser, Bucket

Description

Dehumidifier {Dehumidifier}

1 is a perspective view of the driving dehumidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a perspective view when the bucket and the filter are pulled out when the dehumidifier stops operation of the embodiment according to the present invention;

3 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of a dehumidifier according to the present invention;

4 is a longitudinal sectional view of an embodiment of a dehumidifier according to the present invention;

5 is a partially cutaway front view of an embodiment of a dehumidifier according to the present invention;

6 is a bottom view of the discharge panel shown in FIG.

7 is an exploded perspective view of a dehumidifier according to the prior art,

8 is a schematic internal configuration diagram of a dehumidifier according to the prior art.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

50: main body 51: left air intake

52: right air inlet 53: left air outlet

53a: left vane 54: right air outlet

54a: right vane 55: front air outlet

55a: front vane 56: rear air outlet

56a: rear vane 60: base

62: left cabinet 64: right cabinet

66: front cabinet 68: rear cabinet

70: discharge panel 72: top panel

90: bucket 92: bucket accommodation space

93: compressor 100: evaporator

102: condenser 104: heat exchanger

110: blower

The present invention relates to a dehumidifier in which indoor air is sucked and dehumidified and then discharged back into the room. More particularly, the present invention relates to a dehumidifier in which indoor air is sucked and dehumidified by a plurality of lower air inlets and discharged through a plurality of upper air outlets.

7 is an exploded perspective view of the dehumidifier according to the prior art, Figure 8 is a schematic internal configuration of the dehumidifier according to the prior art.

7 and 8, the dehumidifier of the prior art forms the exterior of the left, right sides and the upper surface, the front and rear and the bottom open the cabinet (1), and the inside of the cabinet (1) A heat exchanger 4 comprising an installed evaporator 2 and a condenser 3 to perform a dehumidifying action, a compressor 10 for compressing refrigerant circulating in the evaporator 2 and the condenser 3, and the heat exchanger A blowing fan 5a and a motor 5b which are installed at the front or the rear of the chamber 4 and generate a blowing force for sucking the air in the room into the cabinet 1 and discharging it back to the room; and the cabinet 1 A front panel 7 coupled to a front surface of the panel) and having a grill formed to discharge the dehumidified air passing through the heat exchanger 4 to the outside; It is coupled to the bottom of the cabinet 1 and supports the motor (8b) and the base (8) on which the compressor (10) is mounted and on which the water tank (11) is placed, and of the blowing fan (5a). A housing 6 having a hole formed at the center thereof to guide the air sucked into the cabinet 1 by rotation to the grill side of the front panel 7, and a bucket for storing condensed water generated during dehumidification at the heat exchanger ( 11) is configured to include.

A barrier 9 is formed above the base 8 to partition an area in which the compressor 10 is installed and an area in which the water tank 11 is accommodated, and an upper part of the barrier 9 is located in the heat exchanger. A drain pan 13 for receiving the condensed water falling from 4) and guiding the bucket 11 to support the housing 6 is installed.

The dehumidifier is provided with a filter 19 for filtering foreign substances in the air sucked into the dehumidifier in the upper rear of the cabinet (1).

The dehumidifier according to the prior art as described above rotates the blowing fan 5a when the motor 5b is driven, and the indoor air is sucked into the cabinet 1 while passing through the filter 19 at the rear of the dehumidifier. After dehumidifying while passing through the heat exchanger (4), it is discharged forward through the hole of the housing (6) and the grill of the front panel (7) in turn.

However, the dehumidifier according to the prior art sucks indoor air from the rear of the dehumidifier in the forward direction and dehumidifies and discharges only one direction of the front of the dehumidifier. Therefore, the suction and discharge of the indoor air is delayed and the dehumidification time of the indoor air is delayed. There is a problem.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems of the prior art, the indoor air is sucked by a plurality of air intake and dehumidification and then discharged through a plurality of air discharge port dehumidifier capable of quickly and three-dimensional dehumidification of indoor air The purpose is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dehumidifier having a plurality of air inlets formed between the cabinet and the base, the cabinet structure is simple.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a dehumidifier in which the air discharge port is closed when the operation is stopped, so that the air discharge port and the inside are kept clean.

Dehumidifier according to the present invention for solving the above problems, a plurality of air inlet is formed in the lower portion, a plurality of air outlet is formed in the upper portion, the bucket receiving space formed body; A blower that sucks air through the plurality of air inlets, passes the inside of the main body, and discharges the air to the plurality of air outlets; A heat exchanger comprising an evaporator and a condenser installed to sequentially exchange air sucked into the air intake port; It characterized in that it comprises a bucket that is received in the bucket receiving space to store the condensate generated and dropped on the surface of the evaporator.

The main body and the base; A left cabinet disposed on an upper left side of the base; A right cabinet disposed on the upper right side of the base; A front cabinet installed at an upper end of the left cabinet and the right cabinet to be spaced apart from the base; A rear cabinet disposed above the rear of the base; And a discharge panel disposed above the left cabinet, the right cabinet, the front cabinet, and the rear cabinet, and having the plurality of air discharge ports formed therein.

The left cabinet is characterized in that the air inlet is formed between the base.

The right cabinet is characterized in that the air inlet is formed between the base.

The discharge panel is characterized in that the air discharge port is formed in each of the front, rear, left and right.

The discharge panel is characterized in that the upper surface of the flat panel is disposed on the upper surface.

The dehumidifier is characterized in that the vanes are respectively disposed in each of the air discharge port.

The dehumidifier is characterized in that it further comprises a vane driving means for rotating the vanes so that each of the vanes to seal each of the air outlet when the operation is stopped.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the operation of one embodiment of the dehumidifier according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view when the bucket and the filter is taken out when the operation of the embodiment of the dehumidifier according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the dehumidifier according to the present embodiment has a plurality of air inlets 51 and 52 formed at a lower portion of the main body 50 forming an external appearance, and the upper portion of the main body 50. A plurality of air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56 are formed.

The plurality of air inlets 51 and 52 may be formed at the front, rear, left, and right sides of the lower portion of the main body 50, and the left air inlet 51 may be disposed below the left side of the main body 50. Is formed and the right air intake port 52 is formed on the lower right side of the main body 50.

The plurality of air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56 may be formed at the front, rear, left, and right sides of the lower portion of the main body 50, and hereinafter, the left side of the main body 50. The left air discharge port 53 is formed on the upper surface, the right air discharge port 54 is formed on the upper right side of the main body 50, and the front air discharge port 55 is formed on the front upper portion of the main body 50. Hereinafter, the rear air discharge port 56 is formed on the rear surface of the main body 50.

The main body 50 has a bucket accommodation space 92 in which the bucket 90 is accommodated below the front side.

The bucket 90 is inserted into the bucket accommodation space 92 in front of the bucket accommodation space 92, and vice versa.

The bucket 90 has a rear end connected to both left and right sides of the bucket 90, and a front end of the front of the bucket 90 so that the user's hand enters between the front end and the top of the front part of the bucket 90. The bucket handle 91 is spaced apart from and serves as a decor function.

The bucket handle 91 may be made of a metal material or plated with chrome plating, or the like, and a mirror or the like may be formed on the front surface.

The front end of the bucket handle 91 is formed on the same vertical surface as the front surface of the main body 50 and the front surface of the bucket 90 so as to give a sense of unity with the main body 50 is formed so as not to step.

The dehumidifier controls the wind direction of the air discharged through the air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56 and vanes for opening and closing the air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56. Each of the 53a, 54a, 55a, 56a is rotatably disposed at each of the air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56.

The dehumidifier, a filter 120 is installed so that the air sucked into the body 50 can be purified, the filter 120 can be taken out of the body 50 so that the cleaning is easy to replace. Is installed.

The filter 120 is provided with at least one bar, may be made of a mesh-shaped filter formed in a mesh shape and coated with a photocatalyst, or the like, or may be made of a high-performance filter such as a HEPA filter. The first filter 122 is provided with a mesh filter such as the above, and the second filter 124 is provided with a HEPA filter.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the dehumidifier according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of one embodiment of the dehumidifier according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a partial cutaway front view of one embodiment of the dehumidifier according to the present invention.

The main body 50 has a base 60, as shown in Figures 3 to 5; A left cabinet 62 disposed on the upper left side of the base 60; A right cabinet 64 disposed on the upper right side of the base 60; A front cabinet (66) disposed between an upper end of the left cabinet (62) and the right cabinet (64) so as to be spaced apart from the base (60); A plurality of rear cabinets 68 disposed on the rear upper part of the base 60, and above the left cabinet 62, the right cabinet 64, the front cabinet 66, and the rear cabinet 68; And a discharge panel 70 in which air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56 are formed.

The left cabinet 62 is spaced apart from each other so as to have a gap with an upper surface of the base 60 so that the left air inlet 51 is formed between the base 60 and the left cabinet 62. At least one side of the bottom of the upper surface of the base 60 and the protrusion 63 for supporting the bottom of the left cabinet 62 to be spaced apart from the upper surface of the base 60 is protruded.

The right cabinet 64 is spaced apart from the upper surface of the base 60 so as to have a gap, and the right air inlet 52 is formed between the base 60 and the right cabinet 64. At least one side of the lower surface and the upper surface of the base 60 protrudes a protrusion 65 supporting the lower end of the left cabinet 62 to be spaced apart from the upper surface of the base 60.

The front cabinet 68 is provided with a display 79 that displays various operation information of the dehumidifier.

The front cabinet 68 is provided with an operation unit 79a such as various buttons for inputting various operation commands such as operation / stop / reservation of the dehumidifier at the lower side of the display 79.

In the discharge panel 70, the air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56 are formed at the front, rear, left, and right sides, respectively.

In the discharge panel 70, a flat panel 72 is disposed on an upper surface of the discharge panel 70 so that various objects and the like can be placed thereon.

On the other hand, the upper surface of the base 60, the inner lower space of the main body 50 to the bucket accommodation space 92, the bucket 90 is accommodated, and the compressor accommodation space 94, the compressor 93 is accommodated A barrier 95 for partitioning is provided.

The top of the barrier (95) is equipped with a heat exchanger (104) consisting of the evaporator 100 and the condenser (102) and the drain to receive the condensed water generated on the surface of the evaporator (100) to guide the bucket (90) A fan 96 and a blower mounting unit 97 on which the blower 110 is mounted are formed.

The barrier 95 includes left and right side portions 95a and 95b and a rear portion 95c so as to surround the left and right sides and the rear surface of the bucket 90.

As shown in FIG. 5, the barrier 95 passes through the air sucked into the left air inlet 51 between the lower portion of the left cabinet 62 and the left side portion 95a of the barrier 95. The left side portion 95a is spaced apart from the left cabinet 62 and the left suction passage 95d so as to be moved to the front side of the heat exchanger 104, and is sucked into the right air inlet 52. The right side part 95b includes the right side cabinet (b) so that air can pass between the lower part of the right side cabinet 64 and the right side part 95b of the barrier 95 and move to the front side of the heat exchanger 104. 64) and the right suction passage 95e.

Meanwhile, the heat exchanger 104 is integrally coupled to the evaporator 96 and the condenser 98 at predetermined intervals, and is supported on the upper surface of the drain pan 96.

In the evaporator 100 and the condenser 102, an expander 106 such as an LEV or capillary tube is provided with a refrigerant pipe so that the refrigerant condensed in the condenser 102 may be expanded at low temperature and low pressure before entering the evaporator 100. Is connected.

The blower 110 includes a fan housing 111 seated on the blower installation unit 97, a housing cover 113 coupled to the fan housing 111, the fan housing 111, and a housing cover. It comprises a centrifugal fan 114 positioned between the 113 and the blowing motor 115 installed in the fan housing 111 or the housing cover 113 to rotate the centrifugal fan 114. do.

The fan housing 111 has an orifice 112 which sucks air in the center thereof, and the air accelerated in the centrifugal fan 114 passing through the orifice 112 is the fan housing 111 and the housing cover 113. Flows in the upward direction to guide.

The fan housing 111 partitions the inside of the main body 50 in the front / rear direction so that all the air sucked in the room can flow to the centrifugal fan 114 only through the suction hole 112.

Inside the main body 50, the filter holders 130 are inserted into the front lower position of the heat exchanger 104 after the filters 122 and 124 are inserted through the lower side of the front cabinet 66. Is installed.

The filter holder 130 is rotatably connected to the upper filter holder 132 and the upper filter holder 132 fixedly installed at the front lower position of the heat exchanger 104 and the filters 122 and 124. It is configured to include a lower filter holder 134 is mounted.

The upper filter holder 132 is mounted to the heat exchanger 104, in particular, a lower portion of the front surface of the evaporator 96 by a fastening means such as a fastening bolt or a locking means such as a hook, and is generally horizontal in the main body 50. To be placed.

The lower filter holder 134 is rotatably connected to a rear portion of the upper filter holder 132 by a hinge means, is rotated in a lower direction of the filter case 132, and the upper filter holder 132 The front part is coupled / separated by a locking means such as a hook.

Reference numeral 140 shown in FIG. 3 is provided to be positioned above the heat exchanger 104, and controls various electric components such as the display 79, the compressor 93, the blower motor 115, and the like. Is the control box where.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the discharge panel shown in FIG. 3.

The dehumidifier has the vanes 53a such that each of the vanes 53a, 54a, 55a, 56a seals each of the air outlets 53, 54, 55, 56 when its operation is stopped. And vane driving means (53b) (54b) (55b) (56b) for rotating the (54a) (55a) (56a).

The vane driving means 53b, 54b, 55b, 56b are respectively shown in FIG. 6 for independent opening and closing operations of the respective vanes 53a, 54a, 55a, 56a. It is also possible to comprise vane motors connected to vanes 53a, 54a, 55a, 56a, and a plurality of vanes 53a, 54a, 55a for minimizing the number of parts of the vane motor and for ease of control. One vane motor installed in the main body 50 to rotate any one of the 53a, and the other vanes 54a, 55a, 56a when the vane 53a connected to the vane motor is rotated. It is also possible to include a connecting member for connecting the vanes (53a) (54a) 55a (56a) to be rotated together, as well as the motors (53b) (54b) (55b) connected to each vane below It will be described as being limited to 56b.

Looking at the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when a user inputs a dehumidification command through the operation unit 79a or a remote control device installed separately from the dehumidifier, the control unit controls the vane motors 53b, 54b, 55b, 56b to discharge air. In the open mode, the compressor 93 is driven and the blower motor 115 is driven.

In the air outlet opening mode of the vane motors 53b, 54b, 55b and 56b, the vanes 53a, 54a, 55a and 56a are rotated horizontally to discharge air from the air outlet. It is parallel to the direction.

During operation of the compressor 93, the high temperature and high pressure gas refrigerant compressed by the compressor 93 is condensed by releasing heat to the surroundings while passing through the condenser 102, and then passes through the expander 106 with liquid. Expands into a two-phase refrigerant of gas. The expanded refrigerant absorbs heat from the surroundings while passing through the evaporator 100 and evaporates into the gas refrigerant, and flows into the compressor 93 to repeat the above-described circulation.

When the blowing motor 115 is driven, the centrifugal fan 114 is rotated, and the indoor air is caused by the negative pressure around the main body 50 and around the left air inlet 51 and the right air inlet 52. As shown in FIG. 1, the left side of the left side air inlet 51 and the right side of the right side air inlet 52 are respectively gathered.

As shown in FIG. 5, the indoor air collected at the left side of the left air intake port 51 passes through the left air intake port 51, which is a gap between the left cabinet 62 and the base 60, and the main body 50. After being sucked into the interior of the room, the air flows up along the left suction passage 95d and the air collected at the right side of the right air intake port 52 is the right air intake port, which is a gap between the right cabinet 64 and the base 60. After passing through 52 and sucked into the main body 50, the pump is raised along the right suction passage 95e.

The air raised as described above is combined at the inner central side of the main body, and then purified by passing through the filters 122 and 124, and the like, and then moving forward of the evaporator 100. do. Thereafter, the purified air is cooled while exchanging heat with the evaporator 100.

On the surface of the evaporator 100 is condensed with water in the air during the cooling process condensation, condensed water formed in the evaporator 100 falls and falls into the drain pan 96, by the drain pan 96 Guided to the bucket 90 is to be contained in the bucket (90).

On the other hand, the air dehumidified by the evaporator 100 is heated by heat exchange with the condenser 102 and then blown upward by the centrifugal fan 114, the fan housing 111 and the housing cover 113.

The dehumidified air blown to the upper side is widened sideways in the discharge panel 70, and the left air discharge port 53, the right air discharge port 54, the front air discharge port 55, and the rear air discharge port 56 are opened. While passing through the guides of the vanes 53a, 54a, 55a, 56a installed in each of them, they are distributed and discharged in four directions before, after, and after the upper part of the main body 50.

On the other hand, when a user inputs a dehumidification stop command through the operation unit 79a or a remote control device installed separately from the dehumidifier, the control unit controls the vane motors 53b, 54b, 55b and 56b. The air discharge port is sealed in a closed mode, and the compressor 93 is driven and stopped, and the blower motor 115 is driven and stopped.

In the air outlet closing mode of the vane motors 53b, 54b, 55b and 56b, the vanes 53a, 54a, 55a and 56a rotate vertically as shown in FIG. It is disposed so as to be orthogonal to the air discharge direction of the air discharge ports 53, 54, 55, 56.

The dehumidifier of the present invention configured as described above has a plurality of air intake ports for sucking indoor air, and a plurality of air discharge ports for discharging dehumidified air are formed, and the indoor air is quickly sucked into the dehumidifier and dehumidified. Since it can be dispersed and discharged in various directions, there is an advantage that can quickly and three-dimensional dehumidify the indoor air.

In addition, the dehumidifier of the present invention, the left air inlet is formed between the base and the left cabinet and the right air inlet is formed between the base and the right cabinet, to form a separate air inlet and suction grille in the left cabinet and the right cabinet. Since there is no need to do so, there is an advantage that the structure of the left cabinet and the right cabinet is simple and easy to manufacture.

In addition, the dehumidifier of the present invention is formed in each of the front, rear, left and right of the discharge panel, it is possible to discharge the dehumidified air all the way to the circumferential side of the dehumidifier, so that the room dehumidified more quickly There is an advantage to this.

Moreover, the dehumidifier of this invention has the advantage that a flat top panel is arrange | positioned on the upper surface of a discharge panel, various objects etc. can be put on the upper surface of a dehumidifier, and a dehumidifier can also serve as a collapsing function.

In addition, the dehumidifier of the present invention, the air discharge port is automatically sealed when the operation stops and foreign matters do not flow through the air discharge port when the operation of the dehumidifier is stopped, thereby keeping the inside of the dehumidifier clean, There is an advantage that there is no need to install a separate mesh to prevent input.

Claims (8)

A main body having a plurality of air inlets formed in a lower portion thereof, a plurality of air outlets formed in an upper portion thereof, and a bucket accommodation space formed therein; A blower that sucks air through the plurality of air inlets, passes the inside of the main body, and discharges the air to the plurality of air outlets; A heat exchanger comprising an evaporator and a condenser installed to sequentially exchange air sucked into the air intake port; And a bucket that is received in the bucket receiving space so that condensed water generated on the surface of the evaporator is dropped. The method of claim 1, The main body and the base; A left cabinet disposed on an upper left side of the base; A right cabinet disposed on the upper right side of the base; A front cabinet installed at an upper end of the left cabinet and the right cabinet to be spaced apart from the base; A rear cabinet disposed above the rear of the base; And a discharge panel disposed above the left cabinet, the right cabinet, the front cabinet, and the rear cabinet, and having a plurality of air outlets. The method of claim 2, The left cabinet is a dehumidifier, characterized in that the left air inlet is formed between the base. The method of claim 2, The right cabinet is a dehumidifier, characterized in that the right air inlet is formed between the base. The method of claim 2, The discharge panel is a dehumidifier, characterized in that the air discharge port is formed in each of the front, rear, left and right. The method of claim 1, The discharge panel is a dehumidifier, characterized in that the upper surface of the flat panel is arranged on the upper surface. The method of claim 1, The dehumidifier is a dehumidifier, characterized in that each vane is disposed in each of the air discharge port. The method of claim 7, wherein And the dehumidifier further includes vane driving means for rotating the vanes so that each of the vanes seals each of the air outlets when the operation is stopped.

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