TWI653422B - Bathroom dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

The bathroom dryer (100) is characterized in that the body dryer (1) is provided on the ceiling of the bathroom, and the control board (10) is located on the opening (2a) provided on the body (1). ); An electronic component is provided below the opening portion (2a) of the main body portion (1); a wiring is connected at one end to the control substrate (10) and the other end is connected to the electronic component through the opening portion (2a); and The control substrate cover (11) houses the control substrate (10) and covers the opening (2a). According to the bathroom dryer (100), a bathroom dryer with a small number of components and easy assembly can be obtained.

Description

   Bathroom dryer   

The present invention relates to a bathroom dryer installed on a ceiling of a bathroom in a building.

Conventionally, in a building such as a house, an air conditioner or a ventilator is installed. For example, the ceiling of a bathroom in a house is installed in a bathroom dryer that performs heating or ventilation.

The bathroom dryer is provided with a main body in a state where it enters the ceiling from an opening provided on the ceiling panel. The main body is an assembled blower, a heater that heats the air sent by the blower, and switches the operation mode of the bathroom dryer. Windshield and the motor that drives the windshield. The bathroom dryer is a front panel having a suction port for sucking in the air in the bathroom and a blowout port for blowing out the air in a state exposed from the ceiling panel of the bathroom.

Generally, a body of a bathroom dryer is provided with a motor for driving a blower, a duct connection port for exhausting air in the bathroom outward, and a control board element that controls the operation of the bathroom dryer. Moreover, these elements are covered by a metal case. A terminal block for connecting a power source connected to an external power source is provided at a predetermined position.

For example, in Patent Document 1, a bathroom dryer is disclosed. The bathroom dryer is disposed on the upper surface of a housing and is on the upper side of a motor that drives a blower, and a control board and a power source connection portion are arranged. Moreover, in the bathroom dryer of patent document 1, the heating part which heats air, and the motor which drives the windshield which switches the operation mode of a bathroom dryer are arrange | positioned in a housing.

    [Leading Patent Literature]         [Patent Literature]    

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent No. 5460921

However, according to the bathroom dryer of Patent Document 1, each of the motor for driving the blower and the control board is independently covered by the cover. On the other hand, the wiring connecting the heating portion for heating the air with the control substrate, and the wiring connecting the motor and the control substrate driving the windshield that switches the operation mode of the bathroom dryer are exposed from the cover and the housing that cover the control substrate. Therefore, in a bathroom dryer, since a cover element for protecting these wirings needs to be protected, there is a problem that the number of elements increases and the assemblability is poor.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a bathroom dryer with a small number of components and easy assembly work.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the objective, the bathroom dryer of the present invention is characterized by including: a main body portion, which is provided on the ceiling of the bathroom; a control board, which is disposed on the opening portion provided on the upper surface of the main body portion; The electronic component is provided at a lower portion of the opening portion of the main body portion; the wiring is connected at one end to the control substrate and the other end is connected to the electronic component through the opening portion; and the control substrate cover receives the control substrate and covers the opening portion.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that a bathroom dryer with a small number of components and an easy assembling operation can be obtained.

1‧‧‧Body

2‧‧‧ metal case

2a‧‧‧ opening

3‧‧‧ blower motor

4‧‧‧Terminal Block

5‧‧‧Terminal Block Cover

10‧‧‧Control Board

11‧‧‧Control board cover

11a‧‧‧Moisture deflation slit

11b‧‧‧The remote control wiring escaped the gap

11c‧‧‧The blower motor wiring escaped the gap

11d‧‧‧Terminal block cover escapes the gap

11e‧‧‧The conduit connection port escaped the gap

11f‧‧‧ raised

12‧‧‧Control board base

12a‧‧‧Slot

12b‧‧‧ side

12c‧‧‧ rib

12d‧‧‧Wiring guide

13‧‧‧Control board shielding board

13a‧‧‧ Windshield motor wiring escaped the gap

13b‧‧‧ heater wiring escaped the gap

14‧‧‧windshield motor

15‧‧‧ heater

20‧‧‧ front panel

21‧‧‧ conduit connection

22‧‧‧Ventilation air duct

31‧‧‧Terminal Block Wiring

32‧‧‧Blower motor wiring

33‧‧‧Windshield motor wiring

34‧‧‧heater wiring

35‧‧‧Remote control wiring

41‧‧‧Power cord

100‧‧‧Bathroom dryer

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a bathroom dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of a bathroom dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure of a bathroom dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of a bathroom dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a control board cover of a bathroom dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a control board cover of the bathroom dryer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a control board shielding plate of a bathroom dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a control substrate holder of a bathroom dryer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a bathroom dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited by this embodiment.

    First Embodiment    

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a bathroom dryer 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a state where the control substrate shielding plate 13 has been removed, and FIG. 2 shows a state where the control substrate shielding plate 13 has been installed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the configuration of the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and is a view viewed from above. FIG. 4 shows a state where the terminal base cover 5, the control substrate cover 11 and the control substrate shielding plate 13 have been removed. In addition, in FIGS. 1 to 3, a part of the wiring is not shown.

The bathroom dryer 100 includes a main body portion 1 covered with a metal case 2 and a front panel 20 mounted on a lower surface side of the main body portion 1 and is disposed on a ceiling of a bathroom in a building. The bathroom dryer 100 is installed in a state where the body portion 1 enters the ceiling from an opening portion of a ceiling panel provided in the bathroom. In addition, the front panel 20 is attached to the main body portion 1 in a state in which the air inlet for inhaling air in the bathroom and the air outlet for blowing air into the bathroom are formed between the air outlet and the ceiling surface of the bathroom, and are exposed in the bathroom.

The bathroom dryer 100 is, as shown in FIG. 1, provided on a side of the metal casing 2 of the main body portion 1 at a duct connection port 21 for exhausting air in the bathroom to the outside. An exhaust duct (not shown) is connected to the duct connection port 21 from the outside of the main body portion 1. The exhaust duct determines the piping path based on each condition of the structure of the building in which the bathroom is installed. In addition, in the ceiling panel of the bathroom, an inspection port (not shown) used for installation work and inspection work of the bathroom dryer 100 is opened. Furthermore, the bathroom dryer 100 is installed on the ceiling of the bathroom in order to connect the exhaust duct to the duct connection port 21 in accordance with the direction of the structure of the building.

A control substrate 10 for controlling the operation of the bathroom dryer 100 is disposed on one end side of the opening portion 2a provided on the upper surface of the metal casing 2 of the main body portion 1. The control board 10 is disposed on the upper side of the main body section 1. The control substrate 10 is fixed to a metal control substrate holder 12 made of a non-combustible material, and the control substrate holder 12 is fixed to one end side of the opening 2a. The control board holder 12 is fixed by being inserted into the control board shield plate 13. The control substrate shielding plate 13 covers the side of the control substrate 10 in the control substrate cover 11 and is mounted on the control substrate holder 12. The control substrate cover 11 partitions the arrangement area of the control substrate 10. The area including the opening 2 a of the control substrate 10 is covered by the control substrate cover 11. Therefore, the control substrate 10 is covered and isolated by the control substrate cover 11, the control substrate holder 12, and the control substrate shielding plate 13 made of a metal that is a non-combustible material.

An air blower (not shown) is arranged in the lower part of the metal casing 2 of the main body portion 1 in a region where the opening portion 2 a is not provided. Further, in a region where the opening 2a is not provided on the upper surface of the metal casing 2 which is the main body portion 1, a blower motor 3 and a terminal block 4 for driving the blower are arranged. The blower motor 3 is connected to a blower motor wiring 32 connected to the control board 10.

The area of the main body portion 1 below the opening portion 2 a includes a heater 15 that heats the air sent by a fan (not shown), which is an electronic component, and a windshield that switches the operation mode by switching the air path in the main body portion 1. The area of the main body 1 below the opening 2a includes a windshield motor 14 for driving the windshield as an electronic component, a windshield motor wiring 33 connecting the windshield motor 14 and the control board 10, and a heater 15 and a control The heater wiring 34 of the substrate 10. That is, one end of the windshield motor wiring 33 and the heater wiring 34 are connected to the control board 10 and the other end is a wiring of the electronic component via the opening 2a. The bathroom dryer 100 drives the windshield and switches the air path, thereby performing a ventilation operation for exhausting air to the outside, a heating operation for flowing heated air to the bathroom, and returning part of the air to the bathroom and exhausting excess air. Dry air operation.

A blower motor 3 and a terminal block 4 for driving the blower are arranged in a region where the opening 2 a is not provided on the upper surface of the metal case 2 of the main body portion 1. The blower motor 3 is connected to a blower motor wiring 32 connected to the control board 10.

The terminal block 4 electrically connects a terminal block wiring 31 connected to the control board 10 and a power line 41 connected to an external power source. By connecting the terminal block wiring 31 and the power supply line 41 to the terminal block 4, power can be supplied to the control board 10 from an external power source. The terminal block 4 is covered with a metal terminal block cover 5 fixed to the upper surface of the metal case 2 of the main body portion 1 and is isolated from the external environment.

The control board 10 is connected to the terminal block wiring 31, the fan motor wiring 32, the windshield motor wiring 33, the heater wiring 34, and the remote control wiring 35 connected to the remote controller.

The control board cover 11 covers the windshield motor 14, the ventilation air passage 22, the terminal block wiring 31, the blower motor wiring 32, the windshield motor wiring 33, the heater wiring 34, and the remote control wiring together with the control substrate 10. 35 and isolate these from the external environment. The ventilating air passage portion 22 is connected to the duct connection opening 21, and forms an air passage in the main body portion 1, that is, the metal casing 2, for exhausting the air in the bathroom outward.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the control board cover 11 of the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the control substrate cover 11 of the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention in another direction.

The control substrate cover 11 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape which is opened on the lower surface. As shown in FIG. 5, a side surface and an upper surface of the control substrate cover 11 are provided with moisture vent slits 11 a for allowing moisture in the control substrate cover 11 to escape to the outside. The moisture vent slit 11 a is a case where moisture in the bathroom gradually enters the inside of the body portion 1, and is provided so that moisture does not enter the arrangement area of the control board 10 in order to escape the moisture to the ceiling.

The side of the control board cover 11 includes a remote control wiring escape gap 11b, a blower motor wiring escape gap 11c, a terminal block cover escape gap 11d, and a conduit connection port escape gap 11e. Thereby, the gap between the control substrate cover 11 and each of these wirings can be reduced, and isolation of the control substrate 10 by metal can be achieved.

The escapement 11b of the remote control wiring is a cutout through which the remote control wiring 35 passes. The blower motor wiring escape gap 11c is a notch for passing the blower motor wiring 32 through. The terminal seat cover escaping from the notch 11d is a notch for the terminal seat cover 5 to pass through. The escape hole 11e of the conduit connection port is a notch for allowing the conduit connection port 21 to pass through.

Moreover, the side of the control board cover 11 is provided with protrusions 11f at six positions. By inserting the projection 11f into a projection receiving portion (not shown) provided on the upper surface of the metal case 2, the mounting of the control board cover 11 of the metal case 2 is stabilized.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the control board shielding plate 13 of the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the control board shielding plate 13 includes a motor wiring escape gap 13 a and a heater wiring escape gap 13 b for the windshield. Thereby, the gap between the lower sides of the control substrate shield plate 13 of the control substrate holder 12 in the portions where the wiring is not connected can be made small, and the control substrate 10 by metal can be isolated.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the control board holder 12 of the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The control substrate holder 12 is provided with a groove portion 12 a for mounting the control substrate shielding plate 13. The groove portion 12a is composed of a side surface 12b and a rib 12c provided to be separated from the side surface 12b. Further, a wiring guide 12 d is provided on a side surface of the control board base 12 opposite to the side where the groove portion 12 a is provided to cover and guide the terminal base 4 and the terminal base wiring 31 of the control board 10.

When mounting the control substrate cover 11 and the terminal base cover 5, first, the control substrate 10 is fixed to the control substrate base 12. Next, after the terminal base wiring 31, the blower motor wiring 32, the windshield motor wiring 33, the heater wiring 34, and the remote control wiring 35 are mounted on the control board 10, the control board shielding plate 13 is inserted and fixed to the control board base The groove portion 12a of 12 separates a region in which the control substrate 10 is disposed in the main body portion 1 from other regions. Next, the terminal base cover 5 is fixed to the upper surface of the metal case 2 of the main body portion 1 while covering the power cord 41, the terminal base 4, the terminal base wiring 31, and the wiring guide 12d. Then, the opening portion 2 a is covered, and the control board cover 11 is mounted on the upper surface of the metal case 2.

As described above, in the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment, the control substrate 10 is disposed in the opening portion 2a provided on the upper surface of the metal casing 2 of the main body portion 1, and the control substrate 10 is accommodated in the control substrate cover. The state inside 11 covers the opening 2a by the control substrate cover 11. That is, the control substrate 10 is covered and hidden by the control substrate cover 11. Thereby, it is possible to cover and protect the control substrate 10 and the components arranged below the opening portion 2 a in the main body portion 1 with one control substrate cover 11.

That is, in the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment, a control board cover 11 can be used to cover and protect the windshield motor wiring 33 and the heater wiring 34 together with the control board 10. This eliminates the need for a protective member that protects the motor wiring 33 and the heater wiring 34 for the windshield, reduces the number of components, reduces costs, and improves work efficiency.

In the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment, a part of the terminal block wiring 31, a part of the fan motor wiring 32, and a part of the remote control wiring 35 can be covered and protected by the control board cover 11. The remaining part of the terminal block wiring 31 and a part of the power line 41 are covered and protected by the terminal block cover 5. Thereby, a protective member for protecting the terminal block wiring 31 and a protective member for protecting a part of the power supply line 41 are not required, and the cost can be reduced and the work efficiency can be improved.

In the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment, the duct connection opening 21 is provided on the side of the main body portion 1, that is, the side of the metal casing 2, and the outer peripheral portion of the duct connection opening 21 is covered by the side of the metal casing 2 and the control board. Surrounded by 11. Therefore, the above-mentioned external exhaust air path element is unnecessary, and the number of element points does not increase due to the arrangement position of the duct connection port 21.

When the duct connection opening 21 is provided on the top surface of the main body portion 1, an external exhaust air passage element connected to the duct connection opening 21 and constituting an exhaust air passage outside the main body portion 1 and an external exhaust air passage is required. The components are connected to form an internal exhaust air path element which forms an exhaust air path inside the main body portion 1 and a metal cover element which is an outer contour of the body, and the number of components increases.

In the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment, the control substrate 10 is surrounded by the control substrate holder 12 and the control substrate cover 11. Furthermore, the control substrate shield plate 13 separates the area in which the control substrate 10 is arranged from the other areas in the control substrate cover 11. Thereby, in the bathroom dryer 100, the control substrate 10 is isolated from the external environment by metal, and safety can be improved.

Therefore, according to the bathroom dryer 100 according to the first embodiment, there is an effect that a bathroom dryer with a small number of components and an easy assembling operation can be obtained.

The structure shown in the above embodiment is an example showing the content of the present invention, and other well-known technologies may be combined, and a part of the structure may be omitted or changed without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims (13)

A bathroom dryer is characterized in that it includes: a main body portion, which is provided on a ceiling of a bathroom; a control substrate, which is disposed on an opening portion provided on the main body portion; and an electronic component, which is provided on the main body. A lower portion of the opening portion; wiring, one end of which is connected to the control substrate and the other end connected to the electronic component via the opening portion; and a control substrate cover, which houses the control substrate and covers the opening portion. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the lower part of the opening includes: a windshield motor for driving a windshield for switching the wind path in the body part; and a windshield motor wiring for connecting the windshield motor and the The control board. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 1 or 2 of the patent application scope includes: a duct connection port provided on the side of the body part; and a ventilation air path part constituting a ventilation air path, the ventilation air path It is connected to the duct connection port and is arranged inside the body part to exhaust the air in the bathroom to the outside. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 1 or 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the control substrate cover is made of metal; and includes: a metal control substrate holder, which is arranged at the opening and holds the control substrate thereon; and A control board shielding plate made of metal covers the side of the control board in the control board cover, is mounted on the control board holder, and separates the arrangement area of the control board in the control board cover. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 4 of the patent application scope, wherein the control substrate holder includes a groove portion for mounting the control substrate shielding plate. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 3 of the patent application, wherein the control substrate cover is made of metal; and includes: a metal control substrate holder, which is arranged in the opening and holds the control substrate on the top; and metal The control substrate shielding plate covers the side of the control substrate in the control substrate cover, is mounted on the control substrate holder, and separates the arrangement area of the control substrate in the control substrate cover. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the control substrate holder includes a groove portion for mounting the control substrate shielding plate. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 1 or 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the control substrate cover includes a slit. For example, the bathroom dryer of claim 3, wherein the control substrate cover includes a slit. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 4 of the patent application, wherein the control substrate cover includes a slit. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 5 of the patent application, wherein the control substrate cover includes a slit. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 6 of the patent application, wherein the control substrate cover includes a slit. For example, the bathroom dryer of item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the control substrate cover includes a slit.