JPH08121812A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an air conditioner in which an air wind tunnel can be easily fixed to a drain pan. CONSTITUTION: A lower end of an air wind tunnel plate 9 having a discharging hole discharging dehumidified air to a discharging air passage communicating with an air blowing part is formed with a plurality of openings 17, an upper surface of each of the openings 17 is formed with two symmetrical recessed grooves 18, thereby a plurality of resilient claws 16 are arranged. Then, the engaging claws 16 are engaged with engaging parts 19 of an air wind tunnel plate fixing rib 15 vertically installed on the drain pan, thereby the air wind tunnel plate 9 is arranged at a downstream end position of a condensor installed at a downstream side of an evaporator. When the engaging claws 16 are engaged, tongues 20 arranged at the air wind tunnel plate fixing rib 15 are abutted against the side surface of the air wind tunnel plate 9 so as to close the two recessed grooves 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner for dehumidifying or humidifying a room, and more particularly to fixing a wind tunnel plate having discharge holes for discharging dehumidified air to a blowout air passage communicating with an air outlet. Regarding the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an air conditioner has been used to dehumidify or humidify a room. An example of such an air conditioner is a dehumidifier that dehumidifies the room. Then, in this dehumidifier, as shown in FIG. 7, the blower fan 3 is blown from the air suction port 2 formed on the front surface of the front case 1a of the dehumidifier body 1.
After the air containing a large amount of moisture is sucked by the rotation of, the moisture contained in the air is condensed by passing through the evaporator 4 to cool the air, thereby dehumidifying the air.

Here, the dehumidified air passes through the condenser 5 provided on the leeward side of the evaporator 4, and at the time of this passage, the condenser 5 is cooled. After passing through the condenser 5, the dehumidified air has a high temperature due to heat exchange with the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant, and as shown by the arrow, the rear case 1
It is designed to be blown out from an air outlet 6 formed on the upper surface of b. Further, the moisture in the air condensed in the evaporator 4 is drained by a drain pan 7 provided below the evaporator 4.
After being received by, the water is dropped from the drain port 7a formed in the drain pan 7 and collected in the dehumidifying tank 8.

On the other hand, in FIG. 1, a resin 9 is provided on the leeward side of the condenser 5, and a discharge port 9a for discharging dehumidified air to a blowout air passage 6A communicating with the air blowout port 6 is formed in the central portion. A wind tunnel plate made of steel, and a holding plate 1 for fixing the wind tunnel plate 9, the drain pan 7, and the upper portions of the evaporator 4 and the condenser 5 to each other.
With 0, a wind tunnel S through which dehumidified air passes is formed on the leeward side of the condenser 5. Then, the dehumidified air, after passing through the wind tunnel portion S, is discharged from the discharge port 9a of the wind tunnel plate 9.
The air is discharged from the air outlet 6A to the air passage 6A, and is eventually discharged from the air outlet 6 into the room.

In the wind tunnel S, when the dehumidifier is assembled, the blower fan 3 and the fan motor 3a are mounted on the leeward side of the condenser 5 arranged on the drain pan 7 via the motor support fitting 11. The wind tunnel plate 9 in the state is attached, and the lower part of the wind tunnel plate 9 is fixed to the drain pan 7, while the upper part of the wind tunnel plate 9 is fixed to the holding plate 10 with the screw 12.

[0006]

By the way, in such an air conditioner such as a conventional dehumidifier, in order to fix the lower portion of the wind tunnel plate 9 to the drain pan 7, as shown in FIG. The rib 13 having a plurality of U-shaped grooves provided upright on the upper surface is sandwiched and fixed by the screw 12a and the wind tunnel plate 9. Incidentally, in FIG.
The rib 14a is a rib that is erected on the upper surface of the drain pan 7 so as to be orthogonal to the rib 13 having the U-shaped groove, as shown in FIG. This is for holding the wind tunnel plate 9 together with 14b so as not to fall.

However, when the lower part of the wind tunnel plate 9 is fixed to the drain pan 7 with the screws 12a, there is a problem in that it takes time and effort for assembling.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner capable of easily fixing a wind tunnel plate to a drain pan.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the air suction port and the air blowing port formed in the main body, and the moisture contained in the air by cooling the air sucked from the air suction port. An evaporator for dew condensation, a condenser provided on the lee side of the evaporator, a drain pan for receiving moisture in the air dew condensation in the evaporator and dropping it in a dehumidification tank,
A wind tunnel plate which is provided on the leeward side of the condenser and has a discharge hole for discharging dehumidified air to a blowout air passage communicating with the air outlet in a central portion, and a plurality of lower end portions of the wind tunnel plate. And a plurality of elastic locking claws provided by forming two notch grooves on the upper surface of each of the openings and forming a notch on the drain pan, and standing up on the drain pan. A wind tunnel plate having a locking portion that locks each locking claw of the wind tunnel plate and a tongue portion that abuts a side surface of the wind tunnel plate and closes the two cutout grooves when the locking claw is locked. And a fixing rib.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the locking portion of the wind tunnel plate fixing rib is formed in a shape that closes the opening of the wind tunnel plate when the locking claws of the wind tunnel plate are locked. It is what

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an air inlet and an air outlet formed in the main body, and an evaporator that cools the air sucked from the air inlet to condense moisture contained in the air. , A condenser provided on the leeward side of the evaporator, a drain pan that guides moisture in the air condensed in the evaporator to a dehumidification tank, and a condenser provided on the leeward side of the condenser at the center A wind tunnel plate in which a discharge hole for discharging dehumidified air to a blowout air passage communicating with the air outlet is formed, and two symmetrical cutout grooves are formed at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate. A plurality of locking claws having elasticity, a locking portion that is erected on the drain pan and locks each locking claw of the wind tunnel plate, and a side surface of the wind tunnel plate when the locking claws are locked. Fixing a wind tunnel plate having a tongue portion that abuts and closes the two notched grooves It is obtained by a rib.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the moisture contained in the air is condensed by cooling the air sucked from the air suction port by the evaporator, and the moisture contained in the condensed air is received by the drain pan. Try to drop it in the dehumidification tank. In addition, a plurality of openings are cut out at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate having a discharge hole for discharging the dehumidified air to the blowout air passage communicating with the air outlet and formed in the central portion. By forming two symmetrical notch grooves, a plurality of elastic locking pawls are provided. Then, by locking this locking claw to the locking portion of the rib for fixing the wind tunnel plate which is erected on the drain pan, the wind tunnel plate is provided at the leeward side position of the condenser provided on the leeward side of the evaporator. To Also, when the tongue provided on the wind tunnel plate fixing rib is applied to the side surface of the wind tunnel plate when the locking claws are locked,
Try to close the two notches.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the locking claws of the wind tunnel plate are locked, the locking portions of the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs formed in a shape that closes the opening of the wind tunnel plate, Try to block the opening of the wind tunnel plate.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the moisture contained in the air is condensed by cooling the air sucked from the air suction port by the evaporator, and the moisture contained in the condensed air is received by the drain pan. Try to drop it in the dehumidification tank. Further, by forming two symmetrical cutout grooves at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate having the discharge hole for discharging the dry air to the blowout air passage communicating with the air blowout port in the central portion, a plurality of elasticity is provided. Provide the locking claws that it has.
Then, by locking this locking claw to the locking portion of the rib for fixing the wind tunnel plate which is erected on the drain pan, the wind tunnel plate is provided at the leeward side position of the condenser provided on the leeward side of the evaporator. To Further, when the locking claws are locked, the tongue portion provided on the wind channel plate fixing rib is brought into contact with the side surface of the wind channel plate to close the two notched grooves.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a dehumidifier which is an example of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of a lower portion of a wind tunnel plate provided in this dehumidifier. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 7 and 8 indicate the same or corresponding portions.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 15 denotes a wind tunnel plate fixing rib that is provided upright on the drain pan 7. The wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15 are provided at a plurality of lower ends of the wind tunnel plate 9 as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, 2 formed on both left and right ends
This is for locking the two locking claws 16 respectively.
In addition, in FIG. 2, 9b is a rib protrudingly provided on the wind tunnel plate 9 so as to form the side wall of the wind tunnel S.

Here, the locking claws 16 of the wind tunnel plate 9 have openings 17 formed in the left and right ends of the lower end of the wind tunnel plate 9 and two symmetrical cutouts in the upper surface of each opening 17. The groove 18 is formed so that the notch grooves 18, 18 are formed in this way, so that the locking claw 16 provided on the resin wind tunnel plate 9 has elasticity. . Further, by having elasticity, the locking claw 16 is elastically locked to the wind tunnel plate fixing rib 15. In the present embodiment, the opening 17 of the wind tunnel plate 9 is formed by being cut out in the direction perpendicular to the bottom side of the wind tunnel plate 9.

On the other hand, the rib 15 for fixing the wind tunnel plate has a locking portion 19 for locking the locking claw 16 of the wind tunnel plate 9 as shown in FIG.
And a tongue portion 20 that extends upward from the locking portion 19 and hits the side surface of the wind tunnel plate 9 to close the two cutout grooves 18 when the locking claw 16 is locked. Here, this locking portion 19
Has an opening 19a through which the claw portion 16a at the tip of the locking claw 16 passes, and a locking piece 19b for locking the claw portion 16a.

When the wind tunnel plate 9 is pushed into the wind tunnel plate fixing rib 15 during assembly, the claw portion 16a of the locking claw 16 is pushed.
The slanted side surface of the locking piece 19 bends when it comes into contact with the locking piece 19b of the locking portion 19 and passes through the opening 19a. When the contact with the locking piece 19b is released, the locking piece 19b elastically moves.
It is designed to be locked to b. When the locking claw 16 is locked to the locking portion 19 of the wind tunnel plate fixing rib 15 in this manner, the side wall 17a of the opening 17 of the wind tunnel plate 9 is locked to the locking portion 19.
It is adapted to move downward along the side wall 19c, so that the locking claw 16 can be locked smoothly.

On the other hand, when the locking claws 16 of the wind tunnel plate 9 are locked to the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15 as described above, the two cutout grooves 18 are formed on the side surface of the wind tunnel plate 9 as shown in FIG. When the wind tunnel plate 9 is attached to the drain pan 7, the air containing moisture does not enter the wind tunnel S through the notch groove 18 because the tongue 20 hits the wind tunnel plate 9. Further, by fixing the wind tunnel plate 9 to the drain pan 7 with the locking claws 16 elastically locked to the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15 in this manner, the lower part of the wind tunnel plate 9 is fixed by the screw 12a as in the conventional case. It is possible to reduce the labor at the time of assembling as compared with the case where is fixed to the drain pan 7.

By the way, in this embodiment, the locking portion 19 of the rib 15 for fixing the wind tunnel plate is provided with each locking claw 16 of the wind tunnel plate 9.
Is formed in a shape that closes the opening 17 of the wind tunnel plate 9 when locked. Therefore, when the wind tunnel plate 9 is attached to the drain pan 7 as shown in the figure, the opening 17 of the wind tunnel plate 9 comes to be blocked by the locking portion 19 of the rib 15 for fixing the wind tunnel plate. Air containing moisture is prevented from entering the wind tunnel S.

When the wind tunnel plate 9 is attached to the drain pan 7 on which the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15 thus constructed are erected, the wind tunnel plate 9 is provided on the upper surface of the drain pan 7 with ribs 14a, 14b ( (See FIG. 9), and push it down along the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15. Here, when the wind tunnel plate 9 is pushed down along the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15 in this way, the locking claws 16 of the wind tunnel plate 9 are elastically engaged with the locking portions 19 of the wind tunnel plate fixing rib 15. The wind tunnel plate 9 is stopped and fixed to the drain pan 7.

When the locking claws 16 are elastically locked to the locking portions 19 of the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15 in this manner, the two cutout grooves 18 of the locking claws 16 are formed in the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15. The tongue portion 20 and the opening portion 17 of the wind tunnel plate 9 are closed by the locking portions 19 of the ribs 15 for fixing the wind tunnel plate, respectively, so that air containing moisture does not enter the wind tunnel portion S. Like

In this way, a plurality of elastic locking claws 16 are provided at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate 9, and the locking claws 16 are fixed to the locking portions 19 of the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs 15 standing on the drain pan 7. By locking, the wind tunnel plate 9 can be provided at the leeward side position of the condenser 5 without using the screw 12a.

By the way, in the above description, the opening portion 17 of the wind tunnel plate 9 is described as being cut out in the direction perpendicular to the bottom side of the wind tunnel plate 9, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the drawings are not limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 5, it may be formed by cutting out obliquely with respect to the bottom side of the wind tunnel plate 9. When the opening 17 is formed in such a shape, the side wall 19c of the locking portion 19 of the wind tunnel plate fixing rib 15 can close the opening 17 of the wind tunnel plate 9 and the locking claw 16 as well. It has a slanted shape so that it can be locked smoothly.

On the other hand, in the above description, the locking claw 16 is described as being provided by forming the two symmetrical cutout grooves 18 on the upper surface of the opening 17, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, as shown in FIG. 6, the locking claw 16 may be provided by forming two symmetrical cutout grooves 18 at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate 9.

When the locking claw 16 is provided by the two symmetrical cutout grooves 18, the claw portion 16a at the tip is formed in the direction orthogonal to the wind tunnel plate 9. In addition, the locking claw 16 having such a claw portion 16a
The locking piece 19b of the locking portion 19 of the rib 15 'for fixing the wind tunnel plate is provided at the lower end portion of the locking portion 19 as shown in FIG.

[0029]

As described above, according to the invention, a plurality of elastic locking claws are provided at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate, and the locking claws are locked by the wind tunnel plate fixing ribs erected on the drain pan. The wind tunnel plate can be easily fixed to the drain pan by locking it to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a dehumidifier that is an example of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a lower portion of a wind tunnel plate provided in the dehumidifier.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a locking claw formed on the wind tunnel plate and a wind tunnel plate fixing rib provided upright on the drain pan.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the wind tunnel plate is fixed to a drain pan.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a locking claw according to another embodiment formed on the wind tunnel plate and a wind tunnel plate fixing rib.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a locking claw according to another embodiment formed on the wind tunnel plate and a rib for fixing the wind tunnel plate.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a conventional dehumidifier.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a state in which the wind tunnel plate of the dehumidifier is fixed to a drain pan.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Dehumidifier Main Body 2 Air Suction Port 4 Evaporator 5 Condenser 7 Drain Pan 8 Dehumidification Tank 9 Wind Tunnel Plate 9a Discharge Port 15, 15 'Wind Tunnel Plate Fixing Rib 16 Locking Claw 17 Opening 18 Notch Groove 19 Locking Part 20 Tongue

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An air inlet and an air outlet formed in a main body, an evaporator for cooling the air sucked from the air inlet to condense moisture contained in the air, and an evaporator for the evaporator. A condenser provided on the leeward side, a drain pan that receives moisture in the air condensed in the evaporator to drip into the dehumidifying tank, and a dew air provided at the leeward side of the condenser, with dehumidified air at the center. A wind tunnel plate in which a discharge hole for discharging to an air outlet communicating with the air outlet is formed, and a plurality of openings are cut out at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate, and the upper surface of each opening is symmetrical. A plurality of elastic locking claws provided by forming two notch grooves, a locking portion that stands on the drain pan and locks each locking claw of the wind tunnel plate, and the locking When the claw is locked, it hits the side surface of the wind tunnel plate and An air conditioner, comprising: a wind tunnel plate fixing rib having a tongue portion that closes two notched grooves. 2. The locking portion of the wind tunnel plate fixing rib is formed in a shape that closes the opening of the wind tunnel plate when the locking claws of the wind tunnel plate are locked. The air conditioner according to claim 1. 3. An air inlet and an air outlet formed in the main body, an evaporator that cools the air sucked from the air inlet to condense moisture contained in the air, and an evaporator of the evaporator. A condenser provided on the leeward side, a drain pan that receives moisture in the air condensed in the evaporator and guides it to a dehumidifying tank, and a condenser provided on the leeward side of the condenser, the dehumidified air is provided at the center. A wind tunnel plate in which a discharge hole for discharging to a blowout air passage communicating with the air outlet is formed, and a plurality of elasticity provided by forming two symmetrical cutout grooves at the lower end of the wind tunnel plate. A locking claw, a locking portion that is erected on the drain pan and that locks each locking claw of the wind tunnel plate, and the two sides of the locking claw that touch the side surface of the wind tunnel plate when the locking claw is locked. A wind tunnel plate fixing rib having a tongue portion that closes the notch groove An air conditioner characterized by that.