JP3398577B2 - Bathroom heating and drying equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom heating / drying apparatus having a ventilation function, and more particularly to a wall-mounted bathroom heating / drying apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the structure of a conventional bathroom heating / drying apparatus mounted on a bathroom wall, and FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view of a body case of the bathroom heating / drying apparatus.
Note that FIG. 1 shows a cross section taken along line XX of FIG.

In the conventional bathroom heating / drying apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 2, a duct through hole 4 having a size substantially equal to that of the duct 3 of the ventilation blower is provided in the lower left portion (facing) of the main body case 2. And a pipe through hole 6 for passing a pipe 5 for circulating a heat medium such as hot water in a heat exchanger was opened on the upper left side.

When the bathroom heating / drying apparatus 1 is attached to the bathroom wall 7 for construction, a hole 9 for passing the exhaust pipe 8 and a hole 10 for passing the pipe 5 are provided as shown in FIG. The exhaust pipe 8 connected to the duct 3 protruding from the duct through hole 4 of the bathroom heating / drying device 1 is inserted into the hole 9 of the bathroom wall 7, and the hole 10 is provided with the pipe through hole. The pipe 5 drawn from 6 is inserted, and the pipe 5 leads to the heat source device along the outer wall.

[0005]

However, in the bathroom heating / drying apparatus 1 having the above-described structure, the main body case 2 has the duct through hole 4 for the duct and the pipe through hole 6 for the pipe. Therefore, the opening 9 for passing the exhaust pipe 8 and the hole 10 for passing the pipe 5 are separately provided in the bathroom wall 7 in correspondence with the through hole 4 for the duct and the through hole 6 for the pipe. Construction was needed. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time and labor to install and install the bathroom heating / drying device 1, and the construction cost is high.

Further, the wall opening work is restricted by structures inside the wall (brace, reinforcing beam, etc.), but it is necessary to make two holes 9 and 10 as in the conventional bathroom heating and drying apparatus 1. Since the opening positions of the holes 9 and 10 are restricted, the restrictions on the construction as a whole must be great.

Further, a bathroom heating / drying device 1 is installed in the existing bathroom.
When installing, you may want to use the existing ventilation port as the hole 9 for passing the exhaust pipe 8, but since the ventilation port of the bathroom is generally provided at the upper end portion (near the ceiling) of the bathroom wall 7,
In the conventional bathroom heating / drying apparatus 1 in which the duct through hole 4 is provided in the lower portion of the main body case 2, the existing ventilation port cannot be used as the hole 9 for passing the exhaust pipe 8.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of conventional examples, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom heating / drying device which has few restrictions on construction and can simplify construction work. To provide.

[0009]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION A bathroom heating / drying apparatus according to claim 1 has a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with a heat medium to supply warm air and a ventilation fan in a main body case. In the dryer, the pipe was fitted into the through hole in the bathroom wall.
And an exhaust stack formed separately from the pipe is inside the pipe.
For inserting the heat medium to circulate the heat medium in the heat exchanger.
The pipe is inserted inside the pipe and outside the exhaust stack.
The ventilation blower duct at the end of the exhaust stack.
Connected and mounted on the outdoor side of the through hole.
The other end of the exhaust pipe is held by an exhaust port provided in the cup .

Further, the bathroom heating / drying apparatus according to the second aspect is a bathroom heating / drying apparatus in which a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with a heat medium to supply hot air and a ventilation blower are housed in a main body case. In the device, a duct for discharging exhaust gas from a ventilation blower and an opening for inserting a pipe for circulating the heat medium in a heat exchanger are provided on the back surface of the main body case, and a bathroom wall is provided. The pipe fits into the through hole opened in
And an exhaust stack formed separately from the pipe is inside the pipe.
Inserted, the pipe is inside the pipe, and the exhaust
It is inserted outside the cylinder, and the duct of the ventilation blower is
Connected to the end of the exhaust stack and on the outdoor side of the through hole
The exhaust port provided on the cap attached to the exhaust pipe
The other end is held .

[0011]

Therefore, in the bathroom heating / drying apparatus according to the first and second aspects, like the conventional bathroom heating / drying apparatus, the through hole for passing the exhaust passage of the ventilation blower and the pipe for passing the passage are provided. Since it is not necessary to separately provide the through hole on the wall of the bathroom, the installation work of the bathroom heating / drying device can be simplified. In addition, since the number of through holes in the bathroom wall is reduced, there are less restrictions when opening the through holes, and the construction is easier. Therefore, the bath according to claim 1 and claim 2.
According to the room heating / drying device, the construction time can be shortened and the construction labor can be reduced, so that the construction cost can be reduced.

A bathroom heating dryer according to claim 1 or 2
The drying device is installed on the exhaust wall in the through hole formed in the bathroom wall.
The space for the pipe and the space for the piping are separated. Obey
In spite of the fact that the through hole in the wall is shared with the exhaust passage and the piping,
Instead, each space is separated, so while exhausting to the outside
There is no risk of exhaust gas leaking back into the bathroom .

A bathroom heating / drying apparatus according to claim 2
In order to discharge the exhaust gas from the ventilation blower,
An arrangement for circulating the heat medium in the exhaust passage and the heat exchanger.
Are there openings to allow the tubes to pass through together?
A through hole in the wall of the bathroom according to the opening.
Exhausts the exhaust air from the ventilation blower to the through hole.
The heat transfer medium is circulated through the exhaust passage and the heat exchanger.
It is possible to insert the pipe for this together.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bathroom heating / drying apparatus according to the second aspect, the opening is provided in the upper part of the main body case, and the ventilation blower is arranged so as to be located above the opening. The controller is disposed below the ventilation blower, and a part of the opening is exposed between the ventilation blower and the controller.

In this embodiment, since the opening is provided in the upper part of the main body case, when the bathroom has an existing ventilation port, the existing ventilation port is used as an exhaust passage and a through hole for piping / wiring. Can be utilized for further simplification of construction. Further, according to such an arrangement, since the controller and the opening are also adjacent to each other, the wiring of the controller can be passed through the opening of the main body case and the through hole of the wall together with the piping, and the construction can be further facilitated.

[0017]

[0018]

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(Structure) FIG. 3 is a front view showing a bathroom heating / drying device 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an internal structure view thereof, and FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof. First, the structure of the bathroom heating / drying device 11 will be described mainly with reference to FIG. In this bathroom heating / drying device 11, in order to heat the air by exchanging heat with a heat medium such as hot water circulating in the pipe (coil) 13 from the central part toward the right side toward the inside of the main body case 12. The heat exchanger 14 of FIG. A warm air blowing fan 15 is housed in the upper part of the space behind the heat exchanger 14 inside the main body case 12. The hot air blowing fan 15 is, for example, a flow-through (crossflow) fan 1 driven by a motor 16.
By rotating 7 the air heated by the heat exchanger 14 is sucked in from below and blown out as warm air into the bathroom from above. Further, on the upper portion of the front cover 18 which is detachably attached to the front surface of the main body case 12,
As shown in FIG. 3, the warm air outlet 19 is opened in correspondence with the warm air blowing position by the warm air blowing fan 15.
A louver blade 20 for adjusting the vertical wind direction is provided on the front upper part of the warm air outlet 19, and a plurality of louver blades 21 for adjusting the left and right wind directions are provided in the warm air outlet 19.
Is provided. Further, the heat exchanger 1 of the front cover 18
4, an air suction port 22 is provided, and a dustproof filter 23 can be removably inserted into the back surface of the air suction port 22 from below.

A ventilation blower 24 is attached in a horizontal position on the upper left side of the body case 12.
The ventilation blower 24 is, for example, a sirocco fan (not shown) that is rotated by a thin motor 25. When the sirocco fan is rotated by the motor 25 located on the upper surface, the ventilation fan 24 moves from the suction port 26 located on the lower surface to the bathroom. The inside air (humidity) is sucked and exhausted to the outside through the duct 27 on the back surface. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, a shutter 28 for preventing back wind is suspended in the duct 27, and an upper edge thereof is rotatably supported. The shutter 28 is closed by its own weight and is opened to the outside by the wind force of the ventilation fan 24. The ventilation blower 24 is fixed by fixing a mounting plate 29 provided on the back surface to the back surface of the body case 12 with screws 30.

An opening 32 as shown in FIG. 6 is formed in the upper left part of the main body case 12. This opening 3
2 is an opening diameter sufficiently larger than the outer diameter of the duct 27 of the ventilation fan 24 (for example, the diameter of the duct 27 is 80 mm.
Then, the opening 32 has a diameter of about 120 mm), and the ventilation blower 24 is attached to the main body case 12 so that the duct 27 projects from the opening 32 to the back side. Moreover, only the upper part of the opening 32 is blocked by the ventilation blower 24, and the opening 32 is opened below the mounting plate 29 without being blocked by the ventilation blower 24.

As shown in FIG. 4, one end of the pipe 13 arranged in the heat exchanger 14 has an opening 3 under the mounting plate 29.
2, and the other end of the pipe 13 is also led to the opening 32 below the mounting plate 29 via the thermal valve 33.

The ventilation fan 2 in the main body case 12
In front of 4 is a light receiving section 41 that receives an infrared signal from a remote controller (not shown).
It also has a display function for displaying a message such as during operation or confirmation of reception), and the light receiving portion 41 is exposed from the window 42 of the front cover 18. A controller 43 is provided below the opening 32 of the main body case 12.

As shown in FIG. 5, a support plate 44 made of metal is detachably attached to the back surface of the main body case 12. That is, the support plate 44
The claw portion 45 protruding from the upper edge is inserted from below into the insertion port 46 provided on the back surface of the body case 12, and the protrusion 49 protruding from the ceiling surface of the recess 48 of the body case 12 is bent horizontally in the support plate 44. The main body case is attached to the support plate 44 by being inserted from above into the through hole 47 opened in the opened portion. Reference numeral 50 is a through hole for screwing the support plate to the wall.

(Usage Condition) Bathroom heating / drying device 11
As shown in FIG. 7, is a wall-hanging type that is attached to a bathroom wall 51. For example, in the vicinity of the ceiling above the bathtub 53, the bathroom wall (outer wall) is provided by the support plate 44.
It is attached to 51. Then, a heat source machine (not shown)
By circulating the high-temperature heat medium from the heat exchanger 14 to the pipe 13 of the heat exchanger 14 and operating the hot-air blowing fan 15 to discharge the relatively low-temperature hot air from the hot-air outlet 19 of the bathroom heating / drying device 11. , Heating the bathroom. Also,
With the clothes 52 suspended in the bathroom, if hot hot air is discharged from the hot air outlet 19 of the bathroom heating / drying device 11, the clothes can be dried and the bathroom can be used as a clothes drying room. Will be possible. Furthermore, the ventilation fan 24
By driving, the air containing moisture in the bathroom can be discharged to the outside to ventilate the bathroom.

(Construction Method) Next, a construction method of the bathroom heating / drying apparatus 11 will be described with reference to FIG. The attachment to the bathroom wall 51 can be easily performed by using the support plate 44. That is, after determining the mounting position of the bathroom heating / drying device 11, the support plate 4 is determined according to the mounting position.
Only 4 is screwed to the bathroom wall 51. Next, the opening position of the bathroom wall 51 is determined by using a paper pattern or the like, and a relatively large (for example, 120 mm in diameter is made to match the opening 32 of the main body case 12) through hole 54 is formed at the opening position. To do. Alternatively, when the bathroom wall 51 has an existing ventilation port, the existing ventilation port is used as the through hole 54.
Used as the support plate 4 according to the through hole 54.
4 is attached to the bathroom wall 51.

Next, a through hole 54 opened in the bathroom wall 51.
A vinyl chloride pipe (PVC pipe) 55 is fitted to the inner circumference of the above, and an indoor cap 56 as shown in FIG. 9 is attached to the end of the through hole 54 from the bathroom side. The indoor cap 56 is formed of a soft material such as rubber or soft vinyl chloride resin into a substantially cylindrical shape, and is provided with a collar 57 to close the gap between the inner cap 56 and the through hole 54.
Is provided at one end, and a fitting portion 58 for inserting the end of the PVC pipe 55 with no gap is provided on the inner circumference.

After that, the bathroom heating / drying device 11 is attached to the bathroom wall 51 so as to be hooked on the support plate 44. At this time, the duct 27 protruding to the back surface of the bathroom heating / drying apparatus 11 is inserted into the indoor cap 56 and is located above the through hole 54 and the PVC pipe 55. Next, the exhaust pipe 59 is inserted into the PVC pipe 55 from the outdoor side, the end of the exhaust pipe 59 is connected to the duct 27 of the ventilation fan 24, and the exhaust pipe 59 is positioned above the through hole 54 and the PVC pipe 55. Let

On the other hand, an outdoor cap 60 as shown in FIG. 10 is attached to the end of the through hole 54 from the outdoor side. The outdoor side cap 60 is made of a soft material such as rubber or soft vinyl chloride resin, and a gap is formed between the outdoor side cap 60 and the through hole 54 around the protrusion 61 inserted into the through hole 54 from the outdoor side. A brim portion 62 is provided to prevent this. The end of the PVC pipe 55 is inserted into and connected to the inner circumference of the cylindrical protrusion 61. Further, an exhaust port 63 is opened at the upper part inside the protrusion 61, and the exhaust port 6
A connecting portion 64 for inserting the end portion of the exhaust pipe 59 is provided around the circumference of 3, and a pipe through hole 65 is provided below the connecting portion 64.
Is open.

After that, the front cover 18 of the bathroom heating / drying device 11 is removed to expose the pipe 13 of the heat exchanger 14. Then, the pipe 66 for supplying the heat medium is guided from the heat source device along the outer wall of the house, etc., and the pipe 66 is passed through the pipe through hole 65 into the space 67 outside the exhaust pipe 59 to blow the ventilation fan 24.
The pipe 66 is connected to the pipe 13 of the heat exchanger 14 through the bottom. Also, the wiring (signal line) 3 of the controller 43
1 is also connected to the heat source device through the pipe through hole 65 together with the pipe 66. When the work is finished, the front cover 18 is attached to the body case 12 again.

Finally, the pipe 68 and the pipe through hole 65 through which the wiring 31 is passed are appropriately covered with a cover 68, and the pipe 66 and the wiring 31 exposed on the outer wall are covered with a decorative molding 69. An outdoor hood 70 is attached to the outlet of the exhaust stack 59.

As described above, the bathroom heating / drying apparatus 11 of the present invention
Has an opening 32 through which the duct 27 of the ventilation blower 24 and the pipe 66 can pass, on the back surface of the main body case 12, so that the bathroom wall 51 also has one through hole 54 corresponding to the opening 32. By opening, the exhaust pipe 59 and the pipe 66 of the ventilation blower 24 can be simultaneously arranged in one through hole 54. Therefore, as in the conventional case, the through hole for passing the exhaust pipe 59 of the ventilation blower 24 and the pipe 6
Since it is not necessary to separately provide a through hole for passing 6 in the bathroom wall 51, the installation work of the bathroom heating / drying device 11 can be simplified. Further, since the number of the through holes 54 in the bathroom wall 51 is reduced, the restriction in opening the through holes 54 is reduced and the construction is facilitated.

Moreover, although the wall openings (through holes 54) for exhaust and wiring are made common, the exhaust passage consisting of the duct 27 and the exhaust tube 59 has a space 67 for passing the pipe 66.
The structure is independent from the and can prevent the exhaust gas from leaking on the way.

In this bathroom heating / drying device 11, an opening 32 is opened in the upper part of the main body case 12, a ventilation blower 24 is installed in a horizontally long shape above the opening 32, and a controller 43 is arranged below the ventilation blower 24. However, since the opening 32 is exposed between the ventilation fan 24 and the controller 43, when the existing ventilation port is open in the bathroom wall 51,
The bathroom heating / drying device 11 can be attached to the bathroom wall 51 by aligning the opening 32 with the ventilation port, and the existing ventilation port can be used as the through hole 54. Further, according to such an arrangement, not only the pipe 66 but also the wiring 31 of the controller 43 can be passed through the pipe through hole 65. Therefore, in this case, the bathroom wall 5 is separately provided.
There is no need to perform opening work in 1, bathroom heating and drying device 1
Installation work 1 can be made even easier. Further, according to such an arrangement, the heat exchanger 14, the ventilation blower 24, the controller 43 and the like can be compactly arranged. Further, since the controller 43 is arranged at a low position, it becomes easy to perform maintenance and adjustment when the controller 43 is out of order, and it is easy to set and change special switches inside the controller 43.

In the above embodiment, the wall-mounted type bathroom heating / drying apparatus has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the wall-mounted type, and may be a ceiling-mounted type. Even in a ceiling-mounted bathroom heating / drying apparatus, the present invention can be applied to a case where a through hole is formed in the bathroom wall above the ceiling through the space above the ceiling and an exhaust pipe or piping is passed through.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a conventional bathroom heating / drying device is installed on a bathroom wall.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view showing a rear portion of a main body case of the bathroom heating / drying apparatus of the above.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the bathroom heating / drying apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an internal structure of the bathroom heating / drying apparatus of the above.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the bathroom heating / drying device of the above.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view showing a rear portion of the main body case of the bathroom heating / drying apparatus of the above.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a state in which the bathroom heating / drying apparatus of the above is installed in a bathroom.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the bathroom heating / drying device of the above is installed on a bathroom wall.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an indoor cap.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing the outdoor cap.

[Explanation of symbols]

12 body case 13 Piping 14 heat exchanger 15 Hot air blower fan 24 Ventilation blower 27 ducts 29 Mounting plate 31 wiring 32 openings 51 bathroom wall 54 Bathroom wall through-hole 59 Exhaust stack 66 piping

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI F24F 13/32 F24F 1/00 391C F26B 9/02 421 (72) Inventor Kaichi Kaichi 93 Edo-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Stock company Noritsu (72) Inventor Takao Kitamura 4-1-2, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tetsuya Niwa 4-1-2, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-8-42965 (JP, A) JP-A-7-229633 (JP, A) JP-A-4-73531 (JP, A) JP-A-58-31235 (JP , A) (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F24F 1/00 F26B 9/02 D06F 58/10

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bathroom heating / drying apparatus in which a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with a heat medium to supply hot air and a ventilation blower are housed in a main body case, and a pipe is provided in a through hole formed in a bathroom wall. Inset and separate from the tube
The exhaust pipe formed on the inside is inserted into the inside of the pipe,
The pipe for circulating the heat medium in the exchanger is inside the pipe.
Part, and is inserted into the outside of the exhaust stack, and is used for the ventilation.
The blower duct is connected to the end of the stack and
Provided on the cap attached to the outdoor side of the through hole
A bathroom heating / drying device characterized in that the other end of the exhaust pipe is held at an exhaust port . 2. In a bathroom heating / drying device in which a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with a heat medium to supply warm air and a ventilation blower are housed in a main body case, exhaust gas from the ventilation blower is discharged. An opening for inserting together a duct for circulating the heat medium in the heat exchanger and a duct for
Separate the pipe from the pipe by fitting it into the through hole in the bathroom wall.
The exhaust pipe formed in the inside is inserted into the inside of the pipe,
The pipe is inserted inside the pipe and outside the exhaust stack.
The duct of the ventilation blower is in contact with the end of the exhaust stack.
And a cap attached to the outdoor side of the through hole.
The other end of the exhaust pipe is held by an exhaust port provided in the stack . 3. The opening is provided in the upper part of the main body case, the ventilation blower is horizontally arranged so as to be located above the opening, and the controller is arranged below the ventilation blower. The bathroom heating / drying device according to claim 2, wherein a part of the opening is exposed between them.