CN103727648A

CN103727648A - Filter cleaning unit and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN103727648A
Application number: CN201410039223.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 上山正治; 水口浩一; 长冈伸二; 凌悟朗; 冈本裕树
Original assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
Current assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
Priority date: 2008-09-09
Filing date: 2009-08-25
Publication date: 2014-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-25
Also published as: CN103727648B; CN102124280B; WO2010029849A1; CN103759401B; CN102124280A; CN103759401A

Abstract

The invention relates to a filter cleaning unit and an air conditioner. The filter cleaning unit comprises a dust removing member which is disposed near an air filter for removing dust adhered to the air filter; and a dust conveying member which is rotatable by the supporting of a pivot and allows the dust removed by the dust removing member to move in the rotation direction by rotation, wherein the dust conveying member has protrusion parts disposed on at least part of the peripheral surface of the dust conveying member and compress the dust in the conveying direction.

Description

Filter cleaning unit and air conditioner

The application is that original bill application number is the divisional application of 200980132999.2 application for a patent for invention (international application no: PCT/JP2009/064800, the applying date: on August 25th, 2009, denomination of invention: filter cleaning unit and air conditioner).

Technical field

The air conditioner that the present invention relates to there is the filter cleaning unit of the function that the dust that is attached to air cleaner is removed and possess this filter cleaning unit.

Background technology

In air conditioner, make from suction inlet suck room air by heat exchanger to this air carry out cooling or heating then blow out to indoor, but, for the airborne dust pollution heat exchanger that prevents from swimming sucking from suction inlet, at the upstream side of heat exchanger, be provided with air cleaner.When dust is attached to this air cleaner and thereby when producing mesh and stopping up flowing resistance and increase, the air handling capacity of air conditioner declines, and power consumption increases.In order to eliminate this unfavorable condition, propose to have the various air conditioners that automatically clean the filter cleaning unit of the dust that is attached to air cleaner that possess.

Patent documentation 1: TOHKEMY 2001-170430 communique

Patent documentation 2: TOHKEMY 2001-99479 communique

In this air conditioner, the general structure that the dust being scraped from air cleaner by cleaning brush is accommodated in to dust-collecting box that adopts, the amount of the dust that dust-collecting box can be received is limited.Therefore, user need to abandon the dust that is accommodated in dust-collecting box termly, so there is the poor problem of maintainability.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the present invention completes in order to solve problem as above, its object be to provide a kind of can be by the air conditioner that the dust of removing from air cleaner is compressed to improve the novel filter cleaning unit of maintainability and possess this filter cleaning unit.

The related filter cleaning unit of first aspect possesses: dust is removed member, and itself and air cleaner closely configure, and remove the dust that is attached to described air cleaner; And dust transport member, its by pivot suspension for rotating, by rotation, making to remove by described dust the dust that member removes moves towards direction of rotation, described dust transport member has jut, this jut is arranged at least a portion of the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member, along throughput direction, is pressed into dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize jut to be pressed into while this dust is moved in the direction of rotation of dust transport member removed dust that member removes by dust.Thus, can suppress the dust that cannot move by dust transport member stagnates.Consequently, the dust scraping can be accommodated in to dust-collecting box swimmingly from air cleaner, therefore maintainability improves.

The related filter cleaning unit of second aspect has: dust is removed member, and itself and air cleaner closely configure, and remove the dust that is attached to described air cleaner; And dust transport member, its by pivot suspension for rotating, by rotation, making to remove by described dust the dust that member removes moves, described dust transport member has the jut of at least a portion that is arranged on its outer peripheral face, described jut has limiting unit, and this limiting unit restriction dust is to the axial movement of rotation of described dust transport member.

The related filter cleaning unit of the third aspect has: dust is removed member, and itself and air cleaner closely configure, and remove the dust that is attached to described air cleaner, and dust transport member, its by pivot suspension for rotating, by rotation, making to remove by described dust the dust that member removes moves, described dust transport member has the jut of at least a portion that is arranged on its outer peripheral face, the position of leaving in direction of rotation at the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member is provided with multiple described juts, the multiple juts that are arranged at the position of leaving in described direction of rotation are all the waveform shape extending along the rotating shaft direction of described dust transport member, in these multiple juts at least 1 becomes the part of paddy portion of waveform shape with respect to the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of other jut, in described rotating shaft direction, stagger.

The related filter cleaning unit of fourth aspect has: dust is removed member, and itself and air cleaner closely configure, and remove the dust that is attached to described air cleaner, dust transport member, it, is made to remove by described dust the dust that member removes by rotation and moves for rotating by pivot suspension, and dust-collecting box, it receives dust, the dust that described dust transport member is arranged on described dust-collecting box is got porch, there is the jut of at least a portion of the outer peripheral face that is arranged on described dust transport member, described dust be taken into interruption-forming with respect to described dust transport member, be arranged on the throughput direction of dust upstream side the first guide portion and with respect to described dust transport member, be arranged between second guide portion in downstream of the throughput direction of dust, dust is via the gap between the gap between described dust transport member and described the first guide portion or described dust transport member and described the second guide portion, be incorporated in dust-collecting box.

The 5th related filter cleaning unit in aspect has: dust is removed member, and itself and air cleaner closely configure, and remove the dust that is attached to described air cleaner; And dust transport member, its by pivot suspension for rotating, by rotation, making to remove by described dust the dust that member removes moves, described dust transport member has the jut of at least a portion that is arranged on its outer peripheral face, and described dust transport member is the drum extending along the rotating shaft direction of described dust transport member.

In this filter cleaning unit, owing to can this dust being compressed before the dust that is attached to air cleaner is accommodated in to dust-collecting box, therefore can prevent from not compressed bulky dust to be accommodated in dust-collecting box.Thus, the dust amount that can be accommodated in dust-collecting box increases, and can reduce the number of times that abandons the dust that is accommodated in dust-collecting box, and therefore maintainability improves.

In addition, dust is removed member and the state configuration of dust transport member to approach.

In this filter cleaning unit, by dust being removed to member and the state configuration of dust transport member to approach, can be reliably at dust, remove between member and dust transport member and to compress removed nearly all dust that member removes by dust.As a result, the amount that can be accommodated in the dust of dust-collecting box increases, and can reduce the number of times that abandons the dust that is accommodated in dust-collecting box, and therefore maintainability improves.

And owing to can be directly removing between member and dust transport member and to compress removed nearly all dust that member removes by dust at dust, the dust that therefore can suppress to be removed from air cleaner disperses.

In addition, by dust, removing the dust that member removes removes between member compressed at dust transport member and dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize dust transport member to carry dust while at dust transport member and dust, removed between member dust is compressed before this dust is accommodated in to dust-collecting box.

In addition, remove the dust that member removes compressed between dust transport member and guide portion by dust, described guide portion guides towards dust-collecting box removed the dust that member removes by dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize dust transport member to carry dust while between dust transport member and guide portion, dust was compressed before dust is accommodated in to dust-collecting box.

In addition, be provided with dust and be taken into mouth between dust transport member and guide portion, this dust is taken into mouth dust is guided to dust-collecting box.

In this filter cleaning unit, all dust that can be accommodated in to be taken into mouth from dust dust-collecting box compresses.

In addition, have and make dust remove the filter contact site that member contacts with air cleaner being taken into mouthful different positions from dust, thereby dust is removed member and is configured to contact with air cleaner on one side on one side and rotates the dust of air cleaner is removed, the dust being removed at filter contact site is accompanied by dust and removes the rotation of member and be directed to dust and be taken into mouth.

In this filter cleaning unit, due to the rotation that is accompanied by dust and removes member, dust is guided to dust from filter contact site and is taken into mouth, therefore the dust that is attached to air cleaner can be accommodated in to dust-collecting box swimmingly.

In addition, filter contact site is arranged at the top that dust is taken into mouthful.

In this filter cleaning unit, can be taken into from the filter contact site of top to the dust of below mouth not carry dust with the mode of gravity direction contrary.

In addition, the dust being removed at filter contact site can not be transferred towards the direction contrary with gravity direction.

In this filter cleaning unit, can along gravity direction, carry the dust being removed at filter contact site swimmingly.

In addition, dust is taken into mouth and is arranged on dust and removes near the bottom of member or the dust that is arranged on this bottom is removed the direction of rotation upstream side of member.

In this filter cleaning unit, the dust being removed at filter contact site is transported to swimmingly and is positioned near the dust that dust is removed the bottom of member or the dust that is positioned at this bottom is removed the direction of rotation upstream side of member and is taken into mouth.

In addition, the position that is taken into the upstream side of mouthful throughput direction at dust with respect to dust is provided with the first guide portion, and described the first guide portion has the shape of removing the direction of rotation of member along dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize to be formed at the gap with predetermined path-length that this first guide portion and dust removes between member and reliably dust to be compressed.

And, owing to can making the first guide portion and dust remove member, approach, therefore can suppress dust and disperse.

In addition, the first guide portion and dust transport member approach, and, be arranged at gap between the first guide portion and dust transport member along roughly orthogonal direction formation of the direction of rotation of removing member with dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, the width that is arranged at the gap between the first guide portion and dust transport member is little, and it is roughly orthogonal that this gap and dust are removed the direction of rotation of member, and therefore, the dust that can suppress to be carried by dust transport member enters this gap.As a result, can swimmingly dust transport to dust be taken into mouth.

In addition, with respect to dust, be taken into and mouthful in the downstream of the throughput direction of dust, be provided with the second guide portion, between the second guide portion and dust transport member, be formed with gap, by dust, remove the dust that member removes and be directed to dust-collecting box via this gap.

In this filter cleaning unit, by dust, remove dust that member removes to arrive dust compressed between dust transport member and the second guide portion before being taken into mouth.

In addition, filter cleaning unit also possesses dust and departs from member, and this dust departs from member to be made to be attached to dust and remove the dust of member and depart from, dust be taken into mouth be configured in dust depart from member under or dust depart from member under near.

In this filter cleaning unit, by being set, dust departs from member, and can make to enter dust and remove the dust of the inside of member and depart from.And, because the dust of removing from dust member departs from falls near that dust is taken into mouthful, therefore can to dust, compress efficiently and be accommodated in dust-collecting box.

In addition, with respect to dust, be taken into the position of the upstream side of mouthful throughput direction at dust, be provided with dust transport member and dust and remove the portion that approaches that member approaches.

In this filter cleaning unit, by dust, remove dust that member removes and at approaching dust transport member and dust, remove between member compressed before being taken into mouth arriving dust.

In addition, dust is removed member and dust transport member all configures along the width of air cleaner.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize along the dust of the width configuration of air cleaner and remove member and dust transport member compresses dust, the whole width that therefore can spread all over air cleaner compresses dust with uniform power.The dust amount that thus, can make to be accommodated in dust-collecting box further increases.

In addition, dust remove member and dust transport member all by pivot suspension for rotating.

In this filter cleaning unit, the revolving force that can utilize dust to remove member and dust transport member compresses dust.

In addition, to remove the direction of rotation of member contrary with the direction of rotation of dust transport member for dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, the power that is involved in that can utilize dust to remove between member and dust transport member is compressed dust.

In addition, at least a portion of the outer peripheral face of dust transport member, be provided with jut, dust transport member utilizes this jut to make to remove by dust the dust that member removes to move by rotating.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize jut to be pressed into while this dust is moved in the direction of rotation of dust transport member removed dust that member removes by dust.Thus, can suppress the dust that cannot move by dust transport member stagnates.As a result, the dust scraping can be accommodated in to dust-collecting box swimmingly from air cleaner, therefore maintainability improves.

In addition, jut has limiting unit, and this limiting unit restriction dust is in the axial movement of rotation of dust transport member.

In this filter cleaning unit, can prevent from being escaped in rotating shaft direction by the dust of jut pushing tow.

In addition, jut is formed as the waveform shape extending along the rotating shaft direction of dust transport member.

In this filter cleaning unit, by jut is formed as to waveform shape, can easily realize the jut with above-mentioned limiting unit.

In addition, at the outer peripheral face of dust transport member, in the position of leaving along direction of rotation, be provided with multiple juts.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize the multiple juts that leave in direction of rotation that dust is moved successively.

In addition, in the position of leaving along direction of rotation, set multiple juts are all formed as the waveform shape extending along the rotating shaft direction of dust transport member, and the part that at least one in these multiple juts becomes the paddy portion of waveform shape is offset in described rotating shaft direction with respect to the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of other jut.

In this filter cleaning unit, owing to being staggered in the position that dust moves, therefore can suppress dust secund and stagnate.

In addition, be arranged at dust transport member width than substantial middle part by the jut of side's side and be arranged at dust transport member width than substantial middle part, by the jut of the opposing party's side, at the outer peripheral face of dust transport member, be arranged at the position of leaving along the direction of rotation of dust transport member.

In this filter cleaning unit, can make the rotation load that puts on dust transport member disperse, the durability of dust transport member improves.

In addition, dust transport member is formed as the drum extending along its rotating shaft direction.

In this filter cleaning unit, only by the dust transport member rotation that makes the drum extending along rotating shaft direction, just can make swimmingly dust move to predetermined position.

In addition, air cleaner can be removing when member contacts and move with dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, the gamut that can spread all over air cleaner carries out removing of dust.

In addition, to remove member be the brush that scraping is attached to the dust of air cleaner to dust.

In this filter cleaning unit, can utilize brush that the dust that is attached to air cleaner is scraped.

In addition, the related air conditioner of sixth aspect present invention possesses the filter cleaning unit described in above-mentioned either side.

According to this structure, can obtain a kind of by compressing to removed the dust that member removes by dust the novel air conditioner that has improved maintainability.

As described above, according to the present invention, can obtain by compressing the novel filter cleaning unit that has improved maintainability and the air conditioner that possesses this filter cleaning unit to removed the dust that member removes by dust.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is the schematic isometric that the related indoor set of embodiments of the present invention is shown.

Fig. 2 is the front view of the indoor set shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the cutaway view along A-A line of the indoor set shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is the figure after the front panel of the indoor set shown in Fig. 2 is unloaded.

Fig. 5 is the stereogram of filter unit.

Fig. 6 is the exploded perspective view of air cleaner and cleaning unit.

Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram that the position relationship of air cleaner, brush, constrictor and shaft supporting part is shown.

Fig. 8 is the stereogram that the tooth-strip part of air cleaner and the engagement of pinion are shown.

Fig. 9 is the cutaway view of filter unit.

Figure 10 is the amplification view of cleaning unit.

Figure 11 is the stereogram of constrictor.

Figure 12 is the figure that the position relationship of the waveform shape of the jut of constrictor is shown.

In Figure 13, be (a) that gap S1 between constrictor and guide portion and the amplification view of S2 are shown, (b) along the cross-sectional schematic of the B-B line shown in Figure 13 (a).

Figure 14 is the figure of the moving method of the air cleaner for filter unit is described.

Figure 15 is the figure of the moving method of the air cleaner for filter unit is described.

Figure 16 is for illustrating that the dust to being accommodated in dust incorporating section compresses the figure of the method for (second-compressed).

Figure 17 is the stereogram that the related constrictor of the first variation is shown.

Figure 18 is the stereogram that the related constrictor of the second variation is shown.

Figure 19 is the figure that the position relationship of the waveform shape of the jut of the related constrictor of the 3rd variation is shown.

Figure 20 is the cutaway view that the related cleaning unit of the 4th variation is shown.

Label declaration

1: indoor set (air conditioner); 16,460: cleaning unit (filter cleaning unit); 50: air cleaner; 70,470: brush (dust is removed member); 71,171,271,371,471: constrictor (dust transport member); 71b, 171b, 271b, 371b: jut; 72,472: dust-collecting box; 72a: dust is taken into mouth; 73: pectination parts (dust disengaging member); 78: the first guide portion (guide portion); 79: the second guide portion (guide portion); A: filter contact site; B: approach portion; S1: gap.

The specific embodiment

Below, with reference to the accompanying drawings the indoor set of air conditioner involved in the present invention is described.

[basic structure]

As shown in Figure 1, indoor set 1 entirety of present embodiment is formed as a shape that direction is elongated, and is installed on indoor metope in the mode that length direction becomes level.In addition, in the following description, the length direction of indoor set 1 is only called to " length direction ".And, indoor set 1 is called to " front " from the outstanding direction of installed wall, contrary direction is called to " rear ".

This indoor set 1 is configured to has main unit 10(main body) and be arranged on the front panel 20 above of main unit 10.

[main unit]

As shown in Figure 3, main unit 10 is configured to and has: main body cover 11, indoor heat converter 12, cross flow fan 13, electric component unit 14, filter unit 15, cleaning unit 16 and front grid 17.

Indoor heat converter 12, cross flow fan 13, electric component unit 14 and filter unit 15 are installed on main body cover 11.

Electric component unit 14 is configured to be had: the electric component such as the terminal board as power input part, alternating current circuit portion, DC high-voltage circuit portion, DC low-voltage circuit part and CPU control part that is connected in source power supply (exchange 100V or exchange 200V); Electric part box 41, this electric part box 41 is accommodated in inside by this electric component; And luminous displaing part 42(is with reference to Fig. 4), this luminous displaing part 42 is installed on the front surface of this electric part box 41.

The roughly rectangular-shaped profile that electric part box 41 is formed as slenderly extending along the length direction of main unit 10 is the housing that covers the surrounding that is accommodated in inner electric component.This electric part box 41 is in the position in the front of drain pan 11c, and the state of arranging substantially in parallel with the drain pan 11c extending with the length direction along main unit 10, configures towards the mode in front with luminous displaing part 42.

Luminous displaing part 42 is such display parts: have multiple LED that are arranged side by side, thereby these LED are luminous, can show predetermined word etc.The front of this luminous displaing part 42 is covered by front panel 20, still, by sending the light through this front panel 20, can be from the demonstration of outside Visual Confirmation luminous displaing part 42.

In addition, this luminous displaing part 42 is so that than the front surface of electric part box 41, also towards front, outstanding mode arranges.That is, the display surface of luminous displaing part 42 is configured to than the front surface of electric part box 41 also on the front.Thus, the back side that can make front panel 20 reliably with the display surface close contact of this luminous displaing part 42, result, easily from the demonstration of outside Visual Confirmation luminous displaing part 42.

Front grid 17 is installed on the front surface of main body cover 11 to cover the mode of the component parts such as indoor heat converter 12, cross flow fan 13, electric component unit 14 and filter unit 15.

Indoor heat converter 12 is front side heat exchanger 12a and rear side heat exchanger 12b to be configured to the word of falling V shape with respect to main body cover 11 and the heat exchanger of the plate-shaped fins shape that forms.In addition, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, at the front surface of front side heat exchanger 12a, secondary unit 12c is installed.And, in the rear surface of rear side heat exchanger 12b, secondary unit 12d is installed.Secondary unit 12c and secondary unit 12d are the parts for promoting the heat exchange between cold-producing medium and air.

As shown in Figure 1, in front grid 17, in top plate portion, be formed with end face suction inlet 17a.This end face suction inlet 17a forms by the top plate portion of front grid 17 is formed as to clathrate.

And, as shown in Figure 4, at the front upper lateral part of front grid 17, be formed with front openings 17b, 17c.

Front openings

17b, 17c are formed as respectively an opening.

And, in front grid 17, below above-mentioned

front openings

17b, 17c, be formed with the peristome 17d extending abreast with the length direction of indoor set 1.Cleaning unit 16 is embedded in this peristome 17d.

And, at the length direction central portion of front grid 17, be formed with the peristome 17e for luminous displaing part 42 is exposed forwardly below peristome 17d.This peristome 17e is formed as and roughly corresponding shape of the front surface shape of luminous displaing part 42, and this luminous displaing part 42 inserts this peristome 17e toward the outer side from the inner side of front grid 17.

As shown in Figure 1, closing under the state of front panel 20, outside air is inhaled into the inside of this front grid 17 from the end face suction inlet 17a of front grid 17 and the front side suction inlet 20a that is positioned at the top of front panel 20.

As shown in Figure 3, cross flow fan 13 is arranged on the inner side of the word of the falling V shape of indoor heat converter 12.This cross flow fan 13 is the fans that are called as aerofoil fan, and configures in the mode of the axial length direction along indoor set 1.In main body cover 11, in the behind of cross flow fan 13, be formed with scroll portion 11a, this scroll portion 11a is configured to has bending wall.Can utilize this scroll portion 11a that air is guided towards the blow-off outlet 17f of the front face side lower openings at front grid 17 from cross flow fan 13 swimmingly.

Main body cover 11 has the upside wall 11b of the upside that is positioned at blow-off outlet 17f.This upside wall 11b is integrally formed with the drain pan 11c of below that is positioned at front side heat exchanger 2.

Electric component unit 14 is configured in the position between drain pan 11c and front panel 20.And, below rear side heat exchanger 12b, dispose rear side drain pan 11d.

Main body cover 11, front grid 17 and front panel 20 are all the parts of growing crosswise.And blow-off outlet 17f is formed as extending along the length direction of front grid 17.

In indoor set 1, make to utilize room air that cross flow fan 13 sucks from end face suction inlet 17a and the front suction entrance 20a of upper surface with by carrying out heat exchange between the cold-producing medium of indoor heat converter 12, carry out thus the cooling of this air or heat.This air after heat exchange is blown out towards indoor by the blow-off outlet 17f from below.

[filter unit]

Filter unit 15 is for by the unit of removing from the contained dust of room air of end face suction inlet 17a and front suction entrance 20a suction, as shown in Figure 5, is arranged with along its length 2 filter units 15.Each filter unit 15 comprises: air cleaner 50, the contained dust of this air cleaner 50 this room air of trapping; Frame unit 51, air cleaner 50 is accommodated in this frame unit 51 in the mode that can move; And travel mechanism 52, this travel mechanism 52 makes air cleaner 50 move towards predetermined moving direction in the inside of frame unit 51.

Air cleaner 50 is configured between end face suction inlet 17a and front suction entrance 20a and indoor heat converter 12, from end face suction inlet 17a and front suction entrance 20a, to the stream of indoor heat converter 12, is trapping the contained dust of room air.As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, this air cleaner 50 has framework 53 and is arranged on the filter screen portion 54 of the inner side of this framework 53.Framework 53 is clathrate and is assembled with: the vertical supporting frame 53a forming along the moving direction of air cleaner 50; With with the orthogonal horizontal support frame 53b of this vertical supporting frame 53a, utilize above-mentioned vertical supporting frame 53a and horizontal support frame 53b supporting filter screen portion 54 in order to avoid filter screen portion 54 is lax.And, as shown in Figure 8, at the both ends of the width of framework 53, be formed with the tooth-strip part 55 engaging with the pinion 60 of travel mechanism 52 described later.

As shown in Figure 9, in frame unit 51, be formed with the air cleaner 50 of the inside that is accommodated in this frame unit 51 mobile route (conventionally path of navigation 50a, turn back path of navigation 50b and keep out of the way path of navigation 50c).Herein, path of navigation 50a is arranged on front panel 20 sides conventionally, and, keep out of the way path of navigation 50c and be arranged on indoor heat converter 12 sides.And then the path of navigation 50b that turns back links above-mentioned common path of navigation 50a and keeps out of the way path of navigation 50c in the bottom of frame unit 51.When carrying out operation of air conditioner, air cleaner 50 is configured in common path of navigation 50a, when utilizing cleaning unit 16 described later to carry out the automatic cleaning of air cleaner 50, air cleaner 50 is at common path of navigation 50a and keep out of the way between path of navigation 50c and move.This frame unit 51 has: guide member 56, and this guide member 56 forms common path of navigation 50a; End cover 57, this end cover 57 forms the path of navigation 50b that turns back; Guide member 58, this guide member 58 forms keeps out of the way path of navigation 50c; And divide parts 59, these division parts 59 are configured between guide member 56 and guide member 58.In addition, between end cover 57 and division parts 59, dispose the pinion 60 of travel mechanism 52 described later.End cover 57 is to make the brush 70 of cleaning unit 16 described later and the mode opening contacting at the air cleaner 50 that passes through in path of navigation 50b of turning back.

The mode that travel mechanism 52 all contacts with the brush 70 of cleaning unit 16 with the whole region of air cleaner 50 when carrying out the automatic cleaning of air cleaner 50, makes air cleaner 50 at above-mentioned common path of navigation 50a and keeps out of the way between path of navigation 50c and move.This travel mechanism 52 has: as the motor 61 of drive source; Be used for multiple idler gears (not shown) of the driving force of transmitting this motor 61; And the pinion 60 engaging with above-mentioned tooth-strip part 55.The mode that this pinion 60 is positioned at horizontal direction with rotating shaft configures, and air cleaner 50 is being moved with the orthogonal direction of this horizontal direction.

[cleaning unit]

Cleaning unit 16 is attached to air cleaner 50 dust in order to remove arranges, as shown in Figure 6, this cleaning unit 16 comprises: brush 70, constrictor 71, dust-collecting box 72, pectination parts 73 and the rotating mechanism 74 rotating for drive brush 70 and constrictor 71.

As shown in Figure 3, brush 70 is configured in the below of end cover 57, and the state configuration to contact with the air cleaner 50 exposing from the opening of end cover 57.As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, brush 70 widths along air cleaner 50 configurations, and by pivot suspension for can be using this width as axially rotating.Brush 70 direction of rotation D2 and make the direction of rotation D1 of the pinion 60 that air cleaner 50 moves contrary, moves in the mode contrary with the moving direction of the air cleaner 50 in path of navigation 50b that turns back with the bristle 70a of the Surface Contact of air cleaner 50.This brush 70 comprises: rotating shaft 70b; Bristle 70a, this bristle 70a is and is arranged on radially this rotating shaft 70b around; And gear installation portion 70c, this gear installation portion 70c is arranged on the substantial middle part of length direction.At this gear installation portion, 70c is provided with driven wheel 70d, and this driven wheel 70d engages with the driven gear 71e that is installed on constrictor 71 described later.And then driven wheel 70d is arranged on and is arranged at 2 parts that the region between air cleaner 50 is corresponding.

As shown in figure 10, this brush 70 is attached to the surperficial dust of air cleaner 50 in the brush 70 filter contact site A place scrapings that contact with air cleaner 50, and will at the dust of this filter contact site A place scraping, guide to brush 70 the approach portion B approaching with constrictor 71.Filter contact site A and approach the B of portion and be arranged at the position that separates predetermined space in brush 70 direction of rotation, and filter contact site A is arranged on the top that approaches the B of portion and dust described later and be taken into mouthful 72a.Thus, at filter contact site A place, accompanying dust is carried towards gravity direction.

The dust that constrictor 71 scrapes for the brush 70 to by above-mentioned compresses and arranges.Specifically, before being accommodated in the dust incorporating section 72b of dust-collecting box 72, compressed between constrictor 71 and brush 70 by brush 70 dust that scrape, and compressed between the second guide portion 79 of constrictor 71 and shaft supporting part described later 77.Further, the dust that is accommodated in dust-collecting box 72 is pressed against the inner peripheral surface (the particularly check wall 78a of shaft supporting part 77) of dust-collecting box 72 by the rotation of constrictor 71 and is compressed in the 72b of the dust incorporating section in the space as roughly airtight.

As shown in figure 10, this constrictor 71 is configured in the below of brush 70.And constrictor 71 is along the width configuration of air cleaner 50, and by pivot suspension for can be using this width as axially rotating.And the direction of rotation D2 of the direction of rotation D3 of constrictor 71 and brush 70 is contrary, constrictor 71 compresses dust in mode dust being involved between this constrictor 71 and brush 70.In the present embodiment, constrictor 71 and brush 70 are to approach state arranged opposite.Herein, so-called " approaching state " means " state of contact in fact ", specifically, not only mean constrictor 71 and brush 70 states that contact, thereby also mean at the state that only exists small gap to arrange in the mode that can carry dust this dust to be compressed on one side between constrictor 71 and brush 70 on one side between constrictor 71 and brush 70.Further, according to the shape difference of jut 71b described later, also comprise constrictor 71(jut 71b) contact and local discontiguous situation with brush 70 is local.

As shown in Figure 13 (a), constrictor 71 has: delivery section 71s, this delivery section 71s have until dust contacts with dust in being taken into the transport path of dust of mouthful 72a by this dust transport the function to dust incorporating section 72b; And compression unit 71t, thereby this compression unit 71t has and contacts and make this dust move the function that this dust is compressed with accumulating in the 72b of dust incorporating section to dust to a certain degree.Delivery section 71s is configured in the top of compression unit 71t.Delivery section 71s is arranged on the upper portion of constrictor 71, and arranges to expose to the mode of the space outerpace of dust incorporating section 72b.On the other hand, compression unit 71t is arranged on the lower portion of constrictor 71, and arranges to expose to the mode of the inner space of dust incorporating section 72b.If formed by this way, without being provided in addition, dust transport to dust is taken into the member of mouthful 72a and the member for the dust being accommodated in the 72b of dust incorporating section is compressed, therefore, the structure of filter cleaning unit 16 becomes simply, and can realize densification.

As shown in figure 11, this constrictor 71 comprises: the rotating shaft 71a of drum; Jut 71b, this jut 71b arranges towards the outstanding mode of radial outside with the surface from this rotating shaft 71a; Multiple support 71c, described multiple support 71c arrange along the predetermined interval of axially-spaced; And gear installation portion 71d, this gear installation portion 71d is arranged on axial substantial middle part.This constrictor 71 consists of right bar 71R and the left bar 71L that can be installed on gear installation portion 71d.

And jut 71b erects setting from the surface of rotating shaft 71a towards radial outside, as shown in figure 12, will load dust in the direction of rotation downstream of this jut 71b towards direction of rotation D3 pushing tow.In each bar 71R, 71L, jut 71b is arranged in the outer peripheral face of rotating shaft 71a and leaves 2 places of 180 ° along direction of rotation.Any jut 71b is formed as the waveform shape alongst extending.Like this, by jut 71b is formed as to waveform shape, can limits dust and at length direction, move with respect to the direction of rotation of constrictor 71 by the part that becomes paddy portion.And, in the present embodiment, the anglec of rotation that is arranged at left bar 71L is that the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of the jut 71b of the position of 0 ° is that the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of the jut 71b of the position of 180 ° is offset at length direction with respect to being arranged at the anglec of rotation.And, in right bar 71R, too, the part that is arranged at the anglec of rotation and is the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of the jut 71b of the position of 90 ° is that the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of the jut 71b of the position of 270 ° is offset at length direction with respect to being arranged at the anglec of rotation.The amplitude of the waveform shape of the jut 71b of present embodiment and frequency are all equal, and 2 waveform shapes of each bar 71L, 71R are provided with the phase difference of 180 °.

And support 71c is provided with 6 places including both ends, and by 6 axle support 77a that are arranged at shaft supporting part 77 described later respectively pivot suspension for rotating.As shown in Figure 7, this support 71c is arranged on the part corresponding with the vertical supporting frame 53a of above-mentioned air cleaner 50.

And, the driven gear 71e engaging with above-mentioned driven wheel 70d is installed at gear installation portion 71d.And then as shown in Figure 7, driven gear 71e is arranged on part corresponding between 2 air cleaners 50.

Dust-collecting box 72 arranges in order to receive the dust being compressed by constrictor 71.As shown in figure 10, this dust-collecting box 72 has: bottom parts 75; Shaft supporting part 76, this shaft supporting part 76 will be brushed 70 pivot suspensions for rotating; And shaft supporting part 77, this shaft supporting part 77 for rotating, forms by shaft supporting part 76 and shaft supporting part 77 are assembled in to bottom parts 75 box that can receive dust by constrictor 71 pivot suspensions.Shaft supporting part 76 and shaft supporting part 77 configure in opposed mode, and brush 70, constrictor 71 and pectination parts 73 are configured between shaft supporting part 76 and shaft supporting part 77.At this dust-collecting box 72, be provided with: for being taken into the dust of dust, be taken into a mouthful 72a; And for receiving the dust incorporating section 72b that is taken into the dust that mouthful 72a is taken into from this dust.This dust is taken near the upstream side that mouthful 72a is arranged on the bottom of brushing 70 and is arranged on the direction of rotation D2 of this bottom.

As shown in Figure 6, at shaft supporting part 76, be provided with: axle bearing hole 76a, this axle bearing hole 76a by brush 70 both ends pivot suspension for rotating; And axle support 76b, this axle support 76b by brush 70 gear installation portion 70c pivot suspension for rotating.And, as shown in figure 10, at shaft supporting part 76, be provided with the protuberance 76c for pectination parts 73 are installed.This protuberance 76c is towards outstanding from the direction of the stressed opposite direction of the brush 70 of rotation with pectination parts 73.

As shown in Figure 6, at shaft supporting part 77, be provided with: 6 axle support 77a, these 6 axle support 77a by 6 support 71c pivot suspensions of constrictor 71 for rotating; And axle support 77b, this axle support 77b by the gear installation portion 71d pivot suspension of constrictor 71 for rotating.As shown in Figure 7, these 6 axle support 77a are arranged on the part corresponding with the support 71c of constrictor 71 and the vertical supporting frame 53a of air cleaner 50.And, as shown in figure 10, at shaft supporting part 77, clip by the constrictor 71 of this shaft supporting part 77 pivot suspensions and be provided with the first guide portion 78 and the second guide portion 79.The first guide portion 78 is arranged on the throughput direction upstream side of dust with respect to constrictor 71, and the second guide portion 79 is arranged on the conveyance direction downstream side of dust with respect to constrictor 71.This first guide portion 78 be arranged on and brush 70 from filter contact site A to the opposed part of part approaching the B of portion, and have along the shape of brush 70 direction of rotation D2.

And, in the first guide portion 78, be provided with check wall 78a.This check wall 78a is arranged on towards the part of dust incorporating section 72b, and the dust that is accommodated in dust incorporating section 72b is pressed against this check wall 78a by the rotation of constrictor 71.At the end of check wall 78a, be formed with (a) with reference to Figure 13 towards the outstanding protuberance 78b(of the direction contrary with the direction of rotation D3 of constrictor 71).And the end of protuberance 78b is formed as tapering shape, at constrictor 71 the approach portion D approaching with this protuberance 78b, the outer peripheral face of constrictor 71 is connected smoothly with check wall 78a.Like this, by the outer peripheral face that is configured to constrictor 71, be connected smoothly with check wall 78a, can prevent that dust is excessively accumulated near of check wall 78a.Therefore, not only can prevent that the torque of constrictor 71 from becoming large, and can prevent that the dust of being carried by constrictor 71 from flowing out (adverse current) to the 72b of dust incorporating section via gap S1.

Between the first guide portion 78 and the second guide portion 79, be formed with above-mentioned dust and be taken into a mouthful 72a.The inner side that is taken into mouthful 72a at this dust disposes constrictor 71, as shown in figure 13, between constrictor 71 and the first guide portion 78 and between constrictor 71 and the second guide portion 79, is being respectively arranged with gap S1 and S2.By constrictor 71 and the first guide portion 78 are approached, thereby the duct width of the first gap S1 between constrictor 71 and the first guide portion 78 is less than the duct width of the second gap S2 between constrictor 71 and the second guide portion 79.This first gap S1 along with the direction of rotation D21 of the brush 70 at this S1 place, the first gap roughly orthogonal direction D4 form.And the second gap S2 between constrictor 71 and the second guide portion 79 is formed as compressed dust between brush 70 and constrictor 71 to guide to the path of dust incorporating section 72b.And then, being formed as along the curved surface shape of the direction of rotation D3 of constrictor 71 with 71 opposed 79a of constrictor of the second guide portion 79, therefore, this gap S2 becomes the path with predetermined path-length.Thus, dust continues in during by this gap S2 compressed between constrictor 71 and the second guide portion 79.

Pectination parts 73 are that the dust in order to make the bristle 70a that is attached to brush 70 departs from and arranges.As shown in Figure 10 and Figure 13 (a), above-mentioned dust be taken into mouthful 72a be configured in these pectination parts 73 under near, from brushing dust 70 bristle 70a departs from, fall to dust and be taken near of mouthful 72a.These pectination parts 73 are provided with: multiple brush abutting part 73a, and described multiple brush abutting part 73a are configured in the inside of the bristle 70a of brush 70; Recess 73b, the protuberance 76c of this recess 73b and above-mentioned shaft supporting part 76 is chimeric; And root 73c, this root 73c is used for keeping multiple brush abutting part 73a.The chimeric direction that this protuberance 76c and recess 73b are chimeric and pectination parts 73 are roughly the same directions from brushing 70 stressed directions, therefore, can prevent long-term use brush 70 during in pectination parts 73 from shaft supporting part 76, depart from.

As shown in Figure 13 (b), the jog E being formed between above-mentioned multiple brush abutting part 73a and root 73c is arranged on the position that approaches constrictor 71.Thus, can utilize the jut 71b of constrictor 71 that the dust of the jog E that lodges in pectination parts 73 is scraped.

When carrying out the automatic cleaning of air cleaner 50, rotating mechanism 74 makes the rotation in linkage of constrictor 71 and brush 70.This rotating mechanism 74 has: as the motor 80(of drive source with reference to Fig. 5); And for transmitting multiple idler gears (not shown) of driving force of this motor 80.This rotating mechanism 74 via multiple idler gears will be delivered to from the driving force of motor 80 the driven wheel 70d of brush 70 and the driven gear 71e of constrictor 71, make thus to brush 70 and constrictor 71 rotate in linkage.In the present embodiment, because driven wheel 70d and driven gear 71e directly engage, the direction of rotation D3 that therefore brushes 70 direction of rotation D2 and constrictor 71 is contrary.

The automatic cleaning operation > of < air cleaner

In the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, at operation of air conditioner, finish the automatic cleaning operation of laggard line space air filter 50.Below, with reference to Figure 14 and Figure 15, the automatic cleaning operation of air cleaner 50 is elaborated.

When operation of air conditioner finishes, drive filter unit 15 travel mechanism 52 each motor 61 and pinion 62 is rotated, and, drive rotating mechanism 74 motor 80 and make to brush 70 and constrictor 71 rotate.Thus, as shown in figure 14, the air cleaner 50 with the tooth-strip part 55 engaging with pinion 60 starts to move towards the path of navigation 50b that turns back from common path of navigation 50a.And then, arrive the air cleaner 50 that turns back after path of navigation 50b and in path of navigation 50b, carry out U-shaped and turn to turning back along the shape of end cover 57, and move towards keeping out of the way path of navigation 50c, as shown in figure 15, air cleaner 50 is disposed at keeps out of the way path of navigation 50c.Now, the Surface Contact of the air cleaner 50 that brush 70 and the opening from end cover 57 expose, scraping is attached to the surperficial dust of air cleaner 50 thus.During air cleaner 50 is kept out of the way path of navigation 50c from common path of navigation 50a arrival, brush 70 continues driven to rotate, at air cleaner 50, be incorporated in the moment of keeping out of the way path of navigation 50c completely, the rotation of pinion 60 and brush 70 stops, and the cleaning work of going to path is complete.

When the above-mentioned cleaning work of going to path is complete, the direction of rotation that makes pinion 60 and brush 70 is contrary during with the cleaning work of going to path, thereby carries out the cleaning work of return path.

The compression operation > of the dust of < based on cleaning unit

In the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, the dust scraping by the automatic cleaning operation of above-mentioned air cleaner 50 is incorporated in the dust incorporating section 72b of dust-collecting box 72 under compressive state.Below, with reference to Fig. 6 and Figure 16, the compression operation of the dust based on cleaning unit 16 is elaborated.

< first compression (being accommodated in dust-collecting box compression before) >

The dust scraping from air cleaner 50 by the automatic cleaning operation of above-mentioned air cleaner 50 is before being incorporated in the dust incorporating section 72b of dust-collecting box 72 compressed (first compression).In this first compression, (I) first, is attached to brush 70 dust and is between bristle 70a and the first guide portion 78 compressed at the approaching C of the portion that approaches of brush 70 and the first guide portion 78.(II) and then, by the above-mentioned dust approaching after the C of portion, than approaching the C of portion, by the B of the portion that approaches of the conveyance direction downstream side of dust, be between bristle 70a and constrictor 71 compressed.(III) is further, by above-mentioned approach dust after the B of portion than approach the C of portion by the gap S2(of the conveyance direction downstream side of dust with reference to Figure 13) be between constrictor 71 and the second guide portion 79 compressed.That is after the compression of the dust, being scraped by brush 70 at filter contact site A place through 3 above-mentioned stages, be incorporated in the dust incorporating section 72b of dust-collecting box 72.

In addition, the dust that enters the inside of bristle 70a is accompanied by the rotation of brush 70 and passes through pectination parts 73, and thus, this dust falls near of constrictor 71 from brushing 70 disengagings.Thus, can carry out the dust of the inside that enters bristle 70a: the compression between (II) brush 70 and constrictor 71; And the compression between (III) constrictor 71 and the second guide portion 79.

< second-compressed (being accommodated in dust-collecting box compression afterwards) >

By above-mentioned first compression compressed dust to a certain degree after being incorporated in the dust incorporating section 72b of dust-collecting box 72 also compressed (second-compressed).In this second-compressed, as shown in figure 16, when the storage amount of the dust in the 72b of dust incorporating section reaches scheduled volume, this dust is pressed against the inner peripheral surface (the particularly check wall 78a of shaft supporting part 77) of dust-collecting box 72 in the dust incorporating section 72b as confined space roughly by the rotation of constrictor 71.Thus, be accommodated in the dust of dust incorporating section 72b compressed.

As mentioned above, by the dust that is attached to air cleaner 50 is carried out to first compression and second-compressed, can obtain having alleviated the indoor set 1 that abandons the number of times of the dust that lodges in dust-collecting box 72 and labour's maintainability excellence.

The feature > of the indoor set of < present embodiment

In the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, there is following feature.

In the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, owing to can this dust being compressed before the dust that is attached to air cleaner 50 is accommodated in to dust-collecting box 72, therefore can prevent that not compressed bulky dust is incorporated in dust-collecting box 72.Thus, the dust amount that can be accommodated in dust-collecting box 72 increases, and can reduce the number of times that abandons the dust that is incorporated in dust-collecting box 72, and therefore maintainability improves.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, the brush 70 and state configuration of constrictor 71 to approach, thus, can be reliably between brush 70 and constrictor 71 to being compressed by nearly all dust of brushing 70 scrapings.As a result, the amount that can be accommodated in the dust of dust-collecting box 72 increases, and can reduce the number of times that abandons the dust that is accommodated in dust-collecting box 72, and therefore maintainability improves.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, brush 70 and the state configuration of constrictor 71 to approach, thus, can be directly between brush 70 and constrictor 71 to being compressed by nearly all dust of brushing 70 scrapings, the dust that therefore can suppress to scrape from air cleaner 50 disperses.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, can utilize constrictor 71 to carry while at constrictor 71 and brush, dust was compressed between 70 before dust is accommodated in to dust-collecting box 72.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, can utilize constrictor 71 to carry while between constrictor 71 and guide portion (the first guide portion 78, the second guide portion 79), dust was compressed before dust is accommodated in to dust-collecting box 72.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by being set, the dust that dust is guided to dust-collecting box 72 is taken into a mouthful 72a, and all dust that can be accommodated in to be taken into mouthful 72a from dust dust-collecting box 72 compresses.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, being accompanied by the rotation of brush 70, dust is guided to dust from filter contact site A and is taken into a mouthful 72a, therefore, can swimmingly the dust that is attached to air cleaner 50 be accommodated in to dust-collecting box 72.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, due to the top that filter contact site A is arranged on dust and is taken into mouthful 72a, therefore can from the filter contact site A of top to the dust of below, be taken into mouthful 72a not carry dust with the mode of gravity direction contrary.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, because the dust being removed at filter contact site A place can not be transferred towards the direction contrary with gravity direction, therefore can swimmingly this dust transport to dust be taken into a mouthful 72a along gravity direction.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by dust being taken into mouthful 72a, be arranged near brush 70 bottom and the dust that is arranged on this bottom is removed the upstream side of the direction of rotation D2 of member, thereby the dust being removed at filter contact site A place is delivered to dust swimmingly, be taken into a mouthful 72a.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by and from brushing 70 filter contact site A, to dust, be taken into the opposed part setting of part mouthful 72a and have along the first guide portion 78 of the shape of the direction of rotation D2 of brush 70, can utilize to be formed at the first guide portion 78 and reliably dust to be compressed with the gap with predetermined path-length of brushing between 70.By forming in the above described manner the first guide portion 78, can make the first guide portion 78 and brush 70 approach, therefore can suppress dust and disperse.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by the first guide portion 78 and brush 70 are approached, and along and brush 70 direction of rotation D2 roughly orthogonal direction form the gap S1 being arranged between the first guide portion 78 and brush 70, thereby the width that is arranged on the gap S1 between the first guide portion 78 and constrictor 71 diminishes, and this gap S1 is roughly orthogonal with the direction of rotation of brush 70, the dust that therefore, can suppress to be carried by constrictor 71 enters this gap S1.As a result, can swimmingly dust transport to dust be taken into a mouthful 72a.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by be taken into mouthful 72a with respect to dust, constrictor 71 and the approaching B of the portion that approaches of brush 70 are set in the position of the upstream side of the throughput direction of dust, thereby brush 70 and constrictor 71 approach, the dust scraping from air cleaner 50 is compressed between constrictor 71 and brush 70 before arrival dust is taken into mouthful 72a.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by be taken into mouthful 72a with respect to dust, the second guide portion 79 is set in the downstream of the throughput direction of dust, thereby compressed in following 2 stages before arrival dust is taken into mouthful 72a by brush 70 dust that scrape: (1) is between brush 70 and the first guide portion 78; (2) between constrictor 71 and the second guide portion 79.

And in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, the pectination parts 73 that the dust that is attached to brush 70 departed from by setting, can make the dust of the inside that enters brush 70 depart from.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by dust is taken into mouthful 72a be arranged on pectination parts 73 under or pectination parts 73 under near, thereby from brushing the dust of 70 disengagings, fall to dust and be taken near of mouthful 72a, therefore can to dust, compress efficiently and be accommodated in dust-collecting box 72.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, owing to can utilizing the brush 70 and the constrictor 71 that configure along the width of air cleaner 50 to compress dust, the whole width that therefore can spread all over air cleaner 50 moves dust and dust is compressed with uniform power.Thus, can further increase the dust amount that can be accommodated in dust-collecting box 72.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by by constrictor 71 and brush 70 all pivot suspension for rotating, can utilize this constrictor 71 and brush 70 revolving force dust is compressed.

And then, by making the direction of rotation of this constrictor 71 and brush 70 contrary, can utilize the power that is involved between constrictor 71 and brush 70 to compress dust.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by constrictor 71, jut 71b being set, can utilize jut 71b by being pressed into by brush 70 dust that scrape on one side, this dust is moved on one side at the direction of rotation D3 of constrictor 71.Thus, can suppress the dust that cannot move by constrictor 71 stagnates.As a result, the dust scraping from air cleaner 50 can be accommodated in to dust-collecting box 72 swimmingly.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by jut 71b is formed as to waveform shape, can prevent from being escaped in rotating shaft direction by the dust of jut 71b pushing tow.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by 2 positions leaving 180 ° along direction of rotation D3, jut 71b being set, can to dust, carry out pushing tow successively.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape by making jut 71b is offset at length direction with respect to the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of other jut 71b, thereby staggered in the position that dust moves, therefore can suppress dust secund and stagnate.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by the jut 71b that is arranged at right bar 71R is disposed to the position of leaving at direction of rotation D3 with the jut 71b that is arranged at left bar 71L, can make the rotation load that puts on constrictor 71 disperse.Thus, the durability of constrictor 71 improves.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by the drum that constrictor 71 is formed as extend along rotating shaft direction, only by making these constrictor 71 rotations just can make dust move to swimmingly predetermined position.

And in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by the structure that air cleaner 50 is formed as can move when contacting with brush 70, the gamut that can spread all over air cleaner 50 carries out removing of dust.

And, in the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, by use can be using the width of air cleaner 50 as axial-rotation brush 70, can utilize brush 70 that the dust that is attached to air cleaner 50 is scraped.

Below with reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the present invention are illustrated, still, will be understood that concrete structure is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment.Scope of the present invention is not merely the explanation of above-mentioned embodiment, but is represented by claims, further, be also included in the meaning and the scope of claims equalization in all changes.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, thereby the example that utilizes filter unit 15 to make air cleaner 50 move the cleaning of carrying out this air cleaner 50 is illustrated, still, the invention is not restricted to this, also can make cleaning unit move air cleaner is cleaned.By air cleaner and cleaning unit are relatively moved, can clean the gamut of air cleaner.

And, in the above-described embodiment, the example that the jut 71b of constrictor 71 is arranged in the mode of extending in rotating shaft direction is illustrated, but, the invention is not restricted to this, thereby also can jut is set and dust is carried out to pushing tow by least a portion of the outer peripheral face at constrictor, dust is moved.

And, in the above-described embodiment, the example that is provided with the jut 71b of waveform shape at constrictor 71 is illustrated, but, at constrictor in the situation that direction of rotation is rotated, as long as there is the face that can carry dust, the shape of this jut indefinite.

And, in the above-described embodiment, the example that the jut 71b of waveform shape is set at constrictor 71 is illustrated, still, the invention is not restricted to this, also can jut 171b be formed as to the waveform shape of pulse type as the constrictor 171 of the first variation shown in Figure 17.The jut 171b of this waveform shape extends in rotating shaft direction, and the part 171c that is equivalent to the peak portion of waveform shape extends along direction of rotation D3.If form by this way, can move in rotating shaft direction by the dust of limitation arrangement between adjacent this part 171c, and can carry out pushing tow and dust is moved this dust.

And the constrictor 271 of the second variation that constrictor of the present invention also can be shown in Figure 18, is formed as gear-like by the jut 271b extending along rotating shaft direction with the angle intervals configuration of being scheduled at direction of rotation D3.

And, in the above-described embodiment, to being arranged to the example that leaves 2 places of the position of 180 ° at direction of rotation D3, the jut 71b extending along rotating shaft direction is illustrated, but, the invention is not restricted to this, also can only at 1 place, jut be set, also can more than 3 juts be set in the position of leaving along direction of rotation D3.As an example, the constrictor 371 of the 3rd variation that can be shown in Figure 19, arranges jut 371b at 4 places of the position of leaving 90 ° along direction of rotation D3.Now, preferably making to be arranged at the anglec of rotation is that the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of each jut 371b of the position of 0 °, 90 °, 180 ° and 270 ° staggers in rotating shaft direction mutually.On the waveform shape of each jut 371b, be mutually provided with the phase difference of 90 ° herein.

And, in the above-described embodiment, to brush 70 and constrictor 71 cleaning unit 16 that approaches configuration be illustrated, but, the invention is not restricted to this, the cleaning unit 460 of the 4th variation that also can be shown in Figure 20, make to brush 470 and constrictor 471 separate predetermined arranged spaced.This cleaning unit 460 possesses: brush 470, constrictor 471, dust-collecting box 472 and pectination parts 473.In this cleaning unit 460, brush 470 and constrictor 471 are via rotations in linkage such as gears.In addition, making to brush 470 direction of rotation D402 and the direction of rotation D403 of constrictor 471 is identical direction of rotation.This constrictor 471 also with the same jut having to arrange towards the outstanding mode of radial outside from outer peripheral face of constrictor 71 of the first embodiment.

The box-shaped that dust-collecting box 472 is formed as growing crosswise by combined body housing 472c and the lid housing 472d that is installed on this body shell 472c.In this dust-collecting box 472, at brush 470 lower position opening, be formed with dust and be taken into a mouthful 472a, and, be provided with the dust incorporating section 472b that is taken into the dust that mouthful 472a is taken into from dust for receiving.Dust is taken into mouthful 472a by dividing and form from the side-prominent tabular guiding wall 474 of body shell 472c with from the side-prominent tabular check wall 475 of lid housing 472d.Guiding wall 474 and check wall 475 are configured to roughly V word shape, and the gap that is positioned at the base section of this V word shape forms dust and is taken into a mouthful 472a.And then the lower space of the body shell 472c being separated by guiding wall 474 and check wall 475 forms dust incorporating section 472b.

And then, constrictor 471 is configured between guiding wall 474 and check wall 475, and makes the interval between constrictor 471 and guiding wall 474 larger than the interval between constrictor 471 and check wall 475.Thus, can will scrape and the dust that is attached to constrictor 471 guides in the 472b of dust incorporating section between constrictor 471 and guiding wall 474 swimmingly from brushing 470.And the dust that can prevent from being attached to constrictor 471 is taken into a mouthful 472a from dust and spills.

And, in the above-described embodiment, the indoor set 1 that possesses 2 air cleaners 50 is illustrated, still, the invention is not restricted to this, air cleaner can be 1, can be also more than 3.

In industry, utilize possibility

Utilize the present invention, can obtain by the dust of removing from air cleaner being compressed to the novel filter cleaning unit that has improved maintainability and the air conditioner that possesses this filter cleaning unit.

Claims

1. a filter cleaning unit, is characterized in that,

This filter cleaning unit has:

Dust is removed member, and itself and air cleaner closely configure, and remove the dust that is attached to described air cleaner; And

Dust transport member, it, is made to remove by described dust the dust that member removes by rotation and moves towards direction of rotation for rotating by pivot suspension,

Described dust transport member has jut, and this jut is arranged at least a portion of the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member, along throughput direction, is pressed into dust.

2. filter cleaning unit according to claim 1, is characterized in that,

Described jut has limiting unit, and this limiting unit restriction dust is to the axial movement of rotation of described dust transport member.

3. filter cleaning unit according to claim 2, is characterized in that,

Described jut is formed as the waveform shape extending along the rotating shaft direction of described dust transport member.

4. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～3, it is characterized in that,

The position of leaving in direction of rotation at the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member is provided with multiple described juts.

5. filter cleaning unit according to claim 4, is characterized in that,

The multiple juts that are arranged at the position of leaving in described direction of rotation are the waveform shape extending along the rotating shaft direction of described dust transport member,

The part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of at least one jut in these multiple juts, with respect to the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of other jut, staggers in described rotating shaft direction.

6. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～5, it is characterized in that,

Described filter cleaning unit also has the dust-collecting box of storage dust,

The dust that described dust transport member is arranged on described dust-collecting box is got porch.

7. filter cleaning unit according to claim 6, is characterized in that,

Described dust is taken into interruption-forming between the first guide portion and the second guide portion, described the first guide portion is arranged on the upstream side of the throughput direction of dust with respect to described dust transport member, described the second guide portion is arranged on the downstream of the throughput direction of dust with respect to described dust transport member

Dust, via the gap between the gap between described dust transport member and described the first guide portion or described dust transport member and described the second guide portion, is incorporated in dust-collecting box.

8. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～7, it is characterized in that,

Described dust transport member is the drum extending along the rotating shaft direction of described dust transport member.

9. a filter cleaning unit, is characterized in that,

This filter cleaning unit has:

Dust transport member, it, is made to remove by described dust the dust that member removes by rotation and moves for rotating by pivot suspension,

Described dust transport member has jut, and this jut is arranged at least a portion of the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member,

10. filter cleaning unit according to claim 9, is characterized in that,

11. according to the filter cleaning unit described in claim 9 or 10, it is characterized in that,

12. filter cleaning units according to claim 11, is characterized in that,

The part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of at least 1 jut in these multiple juts, with respect to the part of the paddy portion that becomes waveform shape of other jut, staggers in described rotating shaft direction.

13. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 9～12, it is characterized in that,

14. filter cleaning units according to claim 13, is characterized in that,

15. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 9～14, it is characterized in that,

16. 1 kinds of filter cleaning units, is characterized in that,

This filter cleaning unit has:

The position of leaving in direction of rotation at the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member is provided with multiple described juts,

17. filter cleaning units according to claim 16, is characterized in that,

18. filter cleaning units according to claim 17, is characterized in that,

19. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 16～18, it is characterized in that,

20. 1 kinds of filter cleaning units, is characterized in that,

This filter cleaning unit has:

Dust is removed member, and itself and air cleaner closely configure, and remove the dust that is attached to described air cleaner;

Dust transport member, it, is made to remove by described dust the dust that member removes by rotation and moves for rotating by pivot suspension; And

Dust-collecting box, it receives dust,

The dust that described dust transport member is arranged on described dust-collecting box is got porch, and has jut, and this jut is arranged at least a portion of the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member,

21. filter cleaning units according to claim 20, is characterized in that,

22. 1 kinds of filter cleaning units, is characterized in that,

This filter cleaning unit has:

23. filter cleaning units according to claim 22, is characterized in that,

24. according to the filter cleaning unit described in claim 22 or 23, it is characterized in that,

25. filter cleaning units according to claim 24, is characterized in that,

26. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～25, it is characterized in that,

The section shape vertical with rotating shaft of described dust transport member is circular.

27. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～26, it is characterized in that,

Be arranged at than the substantial middle part of described dust transport member and lean on the jut of the opposing party's side at the outer peripheral face of described dust transport member by the jut of side's side with being arranged at than the substantial middle part of described dust transport member, be arranged at the position of leaving in direction of rotation.

28. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～27, it is characterized in that,

Described dust transport member is along the width configuration of described air cleaner.

29. according to the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～28, it is characterized in that,

Described dust is removed member to be along the width configuration of described air cleaner and by pivot suspension, to be the brush that can be rotated on described width.

30. 1 kinds of air conditioners, is characterized in that,

Described air conditioner has the filter cleaning unit described in any one in claim 1～29.