JPH04106332A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cause recessed portions to be approached to each other to enable a cover to be as small as possible and further to improve the appearance of an air conditioner by a method wherein the cover is provided with a rotating projection and a sliding projection, the recessed portion in a front panel is provided with a recessed portion to be fitted to the rotating projection and a sliding part where the sliding projection is slid. CONSTITUTION:A recess 19 formed in a side surface 7a of a recess part 7 is made such that a rotating projection 20 of a side surface 7a of a cover 10 rotatably stored in a recess 7 is fitted to a recess 19. A front surface 21 of the cover 10 is slant downwardly and when the recess 7 is closed by the cover 10, the front surface 21 of the cover 10 and the lower side 8 of a discharging port 5 are in flush with each other. Even if the recesses 19 are approached to each other, a strength of the recess is not lowered as compared with a hole or a recess passed through the side surface 7a, resulting in that the recess 7 can be made small and then the cover 10 can be made small. In addition, the reinforcing part needed in the prior art can be eliminated. In addition, the sliding projection 23 of the cover 10 is slidably supported by a surface contact at the sliding part 24, so that the rotation of the cover 10 can be smoothly performed.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 （イ）産業上の利用分野 この発明は、熱交換器、送風機等が収納きれた本体に、
前パネルを取付けるようにした空気調和機に関する。[Detailed description of the invention] (a) Industrial application field This invention provides a main body in which a heat exchanger, a blower, etc. can be housed.
This relates to an air conditioner with a front panel attached.

（ロ）従来の技術 熱交換器、送風機等が収納された本体に、前パネルを螺
子止めすると共にこの螺子を隠すようにカバーを取付け
た空気調和機の従来技術としては、本出願人が特願平１
−２３６２３５号で提案したものがある。この空気調和
機の要部は、例えば第４図に示すようなものであった。(b) Conventional technology As for the prior art of an air conditioner, in which a front panel is screwed to the main body in which a heat exchanger, a blower, etc. are housed, and a cover is attached to hide the screws, the applicant has specifically Ganpei 1
There is something proposed in No.-236235. The main parts of this air conditioner were as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

（５０）は螺子孔（５１）に止めた螺子〔図示せず〕を
隠すカバー（５２）はこのカバーが嵌められる前バネノ
呟（５３）はこの前パネルに設けられたＵ字状の切欠き
、（５４）はカバー（５０）の端部（５５）と線接触す
る接触部である。また、（５６）はカバーの固定用の凸
部、（５７）は補強部、（５８）は前記切欠き（５３）
に嵌まり合う突起である。(50) is a cover (52) that hides the screw (not shown) fixed in the screw hole (51), and the front spring into which this cover is fitted (53) is a U-shaped notch provided in this front panel. , (54) are contact parts that make line contact with the end (55) of the cover (50). Further, (56) is a convex part for fixing the cover, (57) is a reinforcing part, and (58) is the notch (53).
It is a protrusion that fits into the

（ハ）発明が解決しようとする課題 前述した空気調和機では、端部（５５）と接触部（５４
）とが線接触するため、カバー（５０〉の回動がスムー
ズでないという欠点があった。また、切欠き（５３）が
凹部でなく貫通したものであるため強度が弱く、補強部
（５７）が必要となっていた。しかも、凹部（５９）を
大きくする必要があり、延いてはカバー（５０）が大き
くなり美観を損ねるとう欠点があった。(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the air conditioner described above, the end portion (55) and the contact portion (54
) was in line contact with the cover (50〉), so there was a drawback that the rotation of the cover (50〉) was not smooth.Also, since the notch (53) was not a recess but a through hole, the strength was weak, and the reinforcement part (57) In addition, it was necessary to make the recess (59) larger, which resulted in a larger cover (50), which had the disadvantage of impairing its aesthetic appearance.

この発明は、カバーの回動がスムースで、且つ、カバー
の小さい空気調和機を提供するものである。The present invention provides an air conditioner in which the cover rotates smoothly and the cover is small.

（ニ）課題を解決するための手段 この発明は、熱交換器、送風機を収納した本体に前パネ
ルを当てて、この前パネルの凹所に螺子を差し込んで、
この前パネルを本体に固定し、且つこの凹所には前記螺
子を隠すためのカバーを設けた空気調和機において、前
記カバーには回動用の突起及び摺動用の突起を設け、前
記前パネルの凹所には前記回動用の突起と嵌まり合うく
ぼみ及び前記摺動用の突起が摺動する摺動部を設けたも
のである。(d) Means for Solving the Problems This invention involves placing a front panel against a main body housing a heat exchanger and a blower, and inserting screws into recesses in the front panel.
In an air conditioner in which the front panel is fixed to the main body and a cover is provided in the recess for hiding the screw, the cover is provided with a rotation projection and a sliding projection, and the front panel is provided with a rotation projection and a sliding projection. The recess is provided with a recess into which the rotation projection fits and a sliding portion on which the sliding projection slides.

（ネ）作用 この発明においては、前カバーの凹所にはカバーの回動
用突起と嵌まり合うくぼみが設けられているため、この
くぼみとくぼみとの間が近接しても凹所の強度がそれほ
ど低下しない。また、前カバーに、カバーの摺動用突起
と摺動支持する摺動部が設けられているため、カバーの
摺動用突起は摺動部に面接触で支持される。(f) Function In this invention, since the recess of the front cover is provided with a recess that fits into the rotation protrusion of the cover, the strength of the recess is maintained even if the recesses are close to each other. It doesn't drop that much. Further, since the front cover is provided with a sliding portion that slides and supports the sliding projection of the cover, the sliding projection of the cover is supported in surface contact with the sliding portion.

くへ）実施例 この発明の実施例を図面に基づき説明する。第３図にお
いて、（１）は分離型空気調和機の室内ユニットで、室
内壁面に固定される。（２）は本体で、送風機や熱交換
器〔いずれも図示せず〕が固定きれている。（３）は前
パネルで、この本体（２〉の前面に当てられる。（４）
は吸込グリル、（５）は吐出口で、この吐出口（５）に
は風向変更羽根（６）が備えられている。（７〉は前パ
ネル（３）の吐出口（５）の下辺（８）に設けられた凹
所で、この凹所（７）には、螺子（９）と、この螺子（
９）を隠すためのカバー（１０）とが取付けられている
。尚、この第３図は前パネル（３）を本体（２）から外
す状態を示している。Example) An example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In FIG. 3, (1) is an indoor unit of a separate air conditioner, which is fixed to an indoor wall. (2) is the main body, and the blower and heat exchanger (both not shown) are completely fixed. (3) is the front panel, which is placed on the front of this main body (2). (4)
1 is a suction grille, (5) is a discharge port, and this discharge port (5) is equipped with a wind direction changing blade (6). (7> is a recess provided in the lower side (8) of the discharge port (5) of the front panel (3), and this recess (7) has a screw (9) and a screw (
9) and a cover (10) for hiding it. Note that FIG. 3 shows the state in which the front panel (3) is removed from the main body (2).

第１図、第２図はこの凹所（７〉のまわりを示す断面図
で、（１１）は吐出口（５）に位置きれた縦羽根、（１
２）はこの縦羽根の支持部材で、係合爪（１３）が本体
（２）の下縁の係合穴（１４）に嵌まり合うようになっ
ている。（１５）は前パネル＜３）の凹所（７）に設け
た取付穴で、この前パネル（３）を本体（２）に当てる
と、本体（２）の螺子（１６）と支持部材（１２）の取
付穴（１７）と、この前パネル（３）の取付穴（１５）
とが横方向に並ぶ。そして螺子（１８）を前パネル（３
）の取付穴（１５）から挿入すると、この螺子（１８）
は本体（２）の螺子穴（１６）に螺合して本体（２）に
支持部材（１２）と前パネル（３）とが固定される。（
１９）はこの凹所（７）の側面（７ａ）に形成したくぼ
みで、凹所（７）に回動自在に収納きれたカバー（７）
の側面（７ａ）の回動用突起（２０）がくぼみ（１９）
に嵌まるようになっている。ここでこのカバー（１０）
の前面（２１）は斜め下方へ傾斜しており、このカバー
（１０）で凹所（７）を璽いた時にこのカバー（１０）
の前面（２１）と吐出口（５）の下辺（８）とが路面−
となるようにしている。Figures 1 and 2 are cross-sectional views showing the area around this recess (7), where (11) is the vertical blade positioned at the discharge port (5), and (1
2) is a support member for this vertical blade, and the engaging claw (13) fits into the engaging hole (14) on the lower edge of the main body (2). (15) is a mounting hole provided in the recess (7) of the front panel <3). When the front panel (3) is placed on the main body (2), the screw (16) of the main body (2) 12) mounting hole (17) and this front panel (3) mounting hole (15)
are arranged horizontally. Then attach the screw (18) to the front panel (3
) through the mounting hole (15), this screw (18)
is screwed into the screw hole (16) of the main body (2) to fix the support member (12) and the front panel (3) to the main body (2). (
19) is a recess formed in the side surface (7a) of this recess (7), and the cover (7) is rotatably stored in the recess (7).
The rotation protrusion (20) on the side surface (7a) is recessed (19)
It is designed to fit in. Here this cover (10)
The front surface (21) is inclined diagonally downward, and when the recess (7) is sealed with this cover (10), this cover (10)
The front surface (21) and the lower side (8) of the discharge port (5) are on the road surface.
I am trying to make it so that

（２２）はがたつき妨止用の突部、（２３）は摺動用の
突起、（２４）は前記突起（２３）を摺動支持する摺動
部である。(22) is a protrusion for preventing backlash, (23) is a sliding protrusion, and (24) is a sliding part that supports the protrusion (23) in a sliding manner.

このように構成きれた空気調和機ではくぼみ（１９）同
志を近接させても凹所の強度が、側面（７ａ）を貫通さ
けた孔や切欠きに比べて、それぼど低下しないため、凹
所（７）をノＪＸキくでき、延いては力／＜−（１０）
を小さくすることができる。また、従来必要であった補
強部（５７）も不要となる。In an air conditioner configured in this manner, even if the recesses (19) are placed close to each other, the strength of the recesses will not decrease as much as compared to a hole or notch made through the side surface (7a). Place (7) can be reduced to JX, which in turn results in force/<-(10)
can be made smaller. Furthermore, the reinforcing portion (57), which was conventionally necessary, is also no longer necessary.

しかも、カバー（１０〉の摺動用の突起〈２３）は摺動
部（２４）で面接触によって摺動支持されるため、カバ
ー（１０）の回動がスムーズである。Furthermore, since the sliding protrusion <23> of the cover (10>) is slidably supported by the sliding portion (24) through surface contact, the cover (10) can rotate smoothly.

（ト）発明の詳細 な説明したように、この発明によればくぼみとくぼみと
を近接させても凹所の強度がそれほど低下しないため、
くぼみとくぼみとを近づけてカバーを小さくでき、空気
調和機の見栄えを良くすることができる。(g) As described in detail, according to the present invention, the strength of the recesses does not decrease significantly even if the recesses are placed close to each other.
By bringing the recesses closer together, the cover can be made smaller and the appearance of the air conditioner can be improved.

しかも、カバーの摺動用突起は前パネルの摺動部に面接
触で支持きれるため、カバーの回動をスムーズにするこ
とができる。Moreover, since the sliding protrusion of the cover can be supported in surface contact with the sliding portion of the front panel, the cover can be rotated smoothly.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第１図はこの発明の一実施例を示す空気調和機の要部分
解斜視図、第２図は同空気調和機の要部断面図、第３図
は同空気調和機の斜視図、第４図は従来例を示す空気調
和機の要部分解斜視図である。 〈２〉・・・本体、 （１０）・・・カバ （２３）・・・突起、 （３）・・・前パネル、 （１９）・・・くぼみ、 （２４〉・・・摺動部。 （７）・・・凹所、 （２０）・・・突起、FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts of an air conditioner showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of essential parts of the air conditioner, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the air conditioner, and FIG. The figure is an exploded perspective view of essential parts of a conventional air conditioner. <2> Main body, (10) Cover (23) Protrusion, (3) Front panel, (19) Recess, (24> Sliding part. (7)...Recess, (20)...Protrusion,

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] （１）熱交換器、送風機を収納した本体に前パネルを当
てて、この前パネルの凹所に螺子を差し込んで、この前
パネルを本体に固定し、且つこの凹所には前記螺子を隠
すためのカバーを設けた空気調和機において、前記カバ
ーには回動用の突起及び摺動用の突起を設け、前記前パ
ネルの凹所には前記回動用の突起と嵌まり合うくぼみ及
び前記摺動用の突起が摺動する摺動部を設けたことを特
徴とする空気調和機。(1) Place the front panel on the main body housing the heat exchanger and blower, insert the screws into the recesses of the front panel, fix the front panel to the main body, and hide the screws in the recesses. In the air conditioner, the cover is provided with a rotating protrusion and a sliding protrusion, and the front panel has a recess that fits with the rotating protrusion, and the sliding protrusion is provided with a recess that fits with the rotating protrusion. An air conditioner characterized by having a sliding part on which a protrusion slides.