JP2983748B2 - Local cooling machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a local cooler such as a spot cooler having a blower duct detachably connected to a cool air outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional local cooling machine of this type is, for example,
As disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-106832, a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, and the like, and a blower unit including a blower fan for the evaporator, a blower fan for the condenser, a motor, and the like. Is provided in the exterior body, and a ventilation duct is detachably connected to a cool air outlet provided in the exterior body, and cooling is performed by blowing cold air cooled by the evaporator locally through the ventilation duct.

[0003]

In the above-described local air conditioner with the air duct, the air conditioner is stored in an appropriate storage place during the off-season. In some cases, there is a concern that the air duct may be lost or damaged. Also, when packing products, it is necessary to secure a space for accommodating the ventilation duct separately from the space for accommodating the equipment, which increases the size of the package, complicates the packaging, and increases the storage space. There was a problem that required and cost increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is intended to allow a blower duct to be housed in an exterior body so that the blower duct can be prevented from being lost and compact and simple packing can be performed. It is an object.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a refrigerant circuit composed of a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and the like, and a ventilation unit composed of a condenser fan, an evaporator fan, a motor and the like are provided. In a local cooling device provided in the exterior body and having a blower duct detachably connected to a cool air outlet provided in the exterior body, a duct storage inside the exterior body for storing the ventilation duct from the front of the exterior body. Is formed.

According to the present invention, a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, etc., a blowing unit including a blower fan for a condenser, a blower fan for an evaporator, a motor, and the like, and a drain tank are provided. A local air conditioner that is provided in the exterior body and has a blower duct detachably connected to a cool air outlet provided in the exterior body. The ventilation duct and the drain tank are housed inside the exterior body from the front of the exterior body. A space for accommodating a duct is formed, and the drain tank is disposed in front of the duct in this space.

[0007]

With this configuration, in the off-season, the ventilation duct can be stored from the front of the exterior body in the duct storage space formed by utilizing the extra space in the exterior body,
No more worrying about losing or accidentally damaging the air duct during storage. In addition, since the ventilation duct can be housed in the exterior body, compact and simple packing is possible, and the storage space can be reduced and the packing cost can be reduced.

[0008] In the local cooling device according to the second aspect, the ventilation duct and the drain tank can be housed in the space from the front of the exterior body, and the drain tank is arranged before the duct in this space. As a result, the space can be substantially closed by the drain tank, and no special parts for closing are required.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a vertically long box-shaped exterior body, which can be detachably attached to a bottom plate 3 having a plurality of casters 2, 2, left and right side plates 4, 4 and front and rear panels 5, 6. The top body 7 can be opened by removing the top board 7. Numeral 8 denotes a partition plate provided at an intermediate height position in the exterior body 1. The partition plate 8 has a high step at the front portion and a lower step at the rear portion.
Thus, the inside of the exterior body 1 is vertically divided.

Below the lower portion 8A of the partition plate 8, a machine room A accommodating the compressor 9, the dryer 10 and the accumulator 11 and a duct accommodating space B are formed side by side and adjacent to each other. Below the upper step 8B of the partition plate 8 and in front of the machine room A and the space B for accommodating the duct, a space C for accommodating the drain tank 12 and having an open front is formed. I have. The space C for accommodating the tank and the space B for accommodating the duct are, as shown in FIG.

The drain tank 12 is arranged on the front side of the duct housing space B, and also has a function of substantially closing the front of the duct housing space B. The machine room A
Is separated from the duct accommodating space B and the tank accommodating space C by a partition plate 13 having a substantially L-shape in plan view.
The back of the machine room A is covered with a removable back plate 14.

Above the partition plate 8, a heat exchange chamber D containing an evaporator 15, a condenser 16 and a blower unit 17 is formed, and the compressor 9, the drier 10, the accumulator 11, and the evaporator 15 are formed. And the condenser 16 and the like constitute a refrigerant circuit. Further, the evaporator 15 and the condenser 1
6 are disposed at the front and rear ends of the heat exchange chamber D at a distance from each other, and the blower unit 17 includes an evaporator 15 and a condenser 16.
And is located between. Reference numeral 18 denotes a drain receiver disposed below the evaporator 15. Drain water received by the drain receiver 18 from the evaporator 15 is dropped and stored in the drain tank 12.

At the front end of the bottom plate 3, the drain tank 1 accommodated in the tank accommodation space C when the equipment is moved.
A receiving plate 19 for preventing the 2 from jumping out is mounted. The receiving plate 19 has an upwardly projecting portion 19A formed at the tip thereof, and a horizontal receiving surface portion 19B connected to the upwardly projecting portion 19A. The receiving surface portion 19B and the upwardly projecting portion 19A define the drain tank 12 with the upper surface. The front bottom surface is received so that the drain tank 12 can be stably accommodated.

The front panel 5 has an upper end engaged with a front edge of the top plate 7 and a lower end provided with a plurality of decorative screws 2.
It can be easily removed by removing the cosmetic screws 20 and 20 at 0 and 20 on both side plates 4 and 4. A large number of slit-shaped suction ports 21 and 21 is provided, and a detachable filter 22 is provided inside.

The rear panel 6 has a lower end locked by a lock 23 mounted on the bottom plate 3 and an upper end formed by a pair of left and right magnets (not shown).
The duct B can be easily attached and detached by sucking and holding it. When the panel 6 is subsequently removed, the duct housing space B is also opened on the rear side. Further, the condenser 16
A large number of slit-shaped suction ports 24, 24 are provided in the upper portion of the rear panel 6 facing the
On the inner surface side of each of the panels 4 and 24, a removable filter 25 is provided similarly to the front panel 5.

The blower unit 17 includes a plurality of fan cases 26, 27, an evaporator blower fan 28 housed in the fan case 26, a condenser blower fan 29 housed in the fan case 27, and both blower fans 28. , 29 and a plurality of connecting members 31, 31 erected between both fan cases 26, 27.
It is a unit made by using. Then, the blower unit 17 is incorporated so as to be able to be taken in and out of the heat exchange chamber C from the upper surface opening of the exterior body 1 with the top plate 7 removed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the top plate 7 is provided with a cool air outlet 32 communicating with the fan case 26 and an exhaust air outlet 33 communicating with the fan case 27. An air duct 35 is detachably connected by using a connection flange 34. The blower duct 35 includes an elbow 35A and a telescopic tube 35B detachably connected to the elbow 35A. The telescopic tube 35B expands and contracts and has flexibility.
Reference numerals 36, 36 in FIG. 1 denote cord holders around which a power cord is wound.

If an exhaust duct (not shown) is connected to the exhaust outlet 33, the exhaust heat of the condenser 16 can be discharged outside.

In this embodiment, a space B for accommodating a duct is formed in the exterior body 1 below the partition plate 8 adjacent to the machine room A accommodating the compressor 9, the dryer 10, and the accumulator 11. Since the duct housing space B is a space continuous with the tank housing space C which is open at the front, when the drain tank 12 is taken out from the tank housing space C, the front surface of the duct housing space B is removed. The side is greatly open. Therefore, the air duct 35 removed from the evaporator outlet 32 can be disassembled into an elbow 35A and a telescopic tube 35B, and can be housed in the duct housing space B as shown in FIGS. During storage in the off-season, it is possible to prevent the air duct from being lost or damaged.

The duct housing space B is provided in the machine room A.
Is formed using a surplus space adjacent to the elbow 35A and the telescopic tube 35 in the duct accommodating space B during product packing.
B can be packed in a housed state, so that there is no need to secure a space for accommodating the ventilation duct 35 separately from the space for housing the body in the package, and the packing form is not complicated, and compact and simple packing can be performed. Storage space and packaging costs are reduced.

Further, since the drain tank 12 is arranged on the front side of the duct housing space B, the front part of the duct housing space B can be substantially closed by the drain tank 12, and the duct housing 12 can be closed. It is not necessary to use any special components for closing the front side of the space B, so that the configuration can be simplified.

Further, the ventilation duct 35 is provided with an elbow 3
5A and a telescopic tube 35B detachably connected thereto, the duct housing space B can accommodate the air duct 35 even if it is not so large. The space B for accommodating the duct can be formed without increasing the outer dimensions of the duct 1 so much.

[0023]

Since the local air conditioner according to the present invention is configured as described above, in the off-season, the blower duct can be removed from the cool air outlet and easily housed in the outer body from the front of the outer body. Losing the air duct during storage,
It is easy to use without worrying about damage.
In addition, by storing the air duct in the exterior body from the front side, compact and simple packing can be performed at the time of packing, thereby reducing storage space and packing cost.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the ventilation duct and the drain tank can be housed in the duct housing space from the front of the exterior body, and the drain tank is located in front of the duct in this space. Since it is arranged in, the space can be substantially closed by the drain tank,
No special parts are required for closing, and the structure can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal left side view of a local air conditioner showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan sectional view of a main part of the same.

FIG. 3 is a vertical right side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the same air supply duct connected thereto.

[Description of Signs] B Duct accommodating space 1 Exterior 9 Compressor 12 Drain tank 15 Evaporator 16 Condenser 17 Ventilation unit 28 Ventilation fan for condenser 29 Ventilation fan for condenser 30 Motor 32 Cold air outlet 35 Ventilation duct

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 1-106831 (JP, U) JP-A 56-173927 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) F24F 1/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An exterior body comprising: a refrigerant circuit composed of a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and the like; and a ventilation unit composed of a condenser fan, an evaporator ventilation fan, a motor and the like. In the local air conditioner having a blower duct detachably connected to a cool air outlet provided in the air conditioner, a space portion for accommodating the blower duct for housing the blower duct is formed inside the exterior body from the front of the exterior body. A local air conditioner, characterized in that: 2. An exterior body comprising: a refrigerant circuit configured by a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, and the like; a blower unit configured by a blower fan for a condenser, a blower fan for an evaporator, a motor, and a drain tank; In the local air conditioner having a blower duct detachably connected to a cool air outlet provided in the exterior body, the interior of the exterior body is provided from the front of the exterior body.
A duct for storing the air duct and the drain tank
A space for storage is formed, and in this space,
The drain tank is located before the duct
Local cooling machine which is characterized in Rukoto.