JP4453381B2 - Water storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a water storage device that stores drain water that is detachably provided in a device main body such as a dehumidifying device.

  Conventionally, a drain tank provided with a handle is known as an example of this type of water storage device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Hereinafter, the drain tank will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in the figure, a drain port 103 for introducing drain water into the drain tank 101 is provided on the upper surface 102 of the drain tank 101, a handle 105 is provided at a substantially central portion of the front surface 104 of the drain tank 101, and a handle is also provided on the upper surface 102. 106 and the handles 105 and 106 are integrally formed in a drain tank 101 made of synthetic resin.

  Moreover, an air conditioner provided with this type of water storage device is known (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  Hereinafter, the air conditioner will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, the drainage tank 107 whose upper surface is open is configured to be accommodated in a storage portion 109 provided in the housing 108, and the drainage tank 107 is taken out to the left side 110 and the right side 111 of the drainage tank 107. Handles 112 and 113 are provided, respectively.
JP-A-10-227432 ([0017] [0018], FIG. 2) JP-A-9-89298 ([0012], FIG. 2)

  In such a conventional drain tank, since the drain tank 101 made of synthetic resin is integrally molded, there is a problem that the water adhering to the inner wall or the like of the drain tank 101 cannot be cleaned. There is a need to make it easy.

  Further, in the conventional air conditioner, since the upper surface of the drain tank 107 is open, there is a problem that drain water accumulated in the drain tank 107 is easily spilled when the drain tank 107 is taken out or transported. It is required to prevent drain water from spilling.

  The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and it is easy to clean the inside of the water storage tank, so that drain water in the water storage tank does not spill when the water storage tank is taken out, and transportation and draining work at the time of drainage can be performed. The purpose is to provide an easy-to-use water storage device.

In order to achieve the above object, the water storage device of the present invention has a tank portion opened at the top, a tank lid covering the upper opening of the tank portion, a coupling means for coupling the tank portion and the tank lid, A water inlet provided on the top surface of the tank lid, a drain outlet, and a handle means are provided, and a water storage tank that is detachably attached to the apparatus main body is provided, and the drain outlet is formed at an end of the tank lid, The tank lid is provided so as to be able to fit in the opening of the tank portion, provided with a leakage prevention means for preventing water in the tank portion from leaking from a gap between the tank lid and the tank portion, and the leakage prevention means a hanging rib along the outer periphery of the tank lid, and rising ribs facing upward have along the outer periphery of the tank lid is the upper end of the rising rib that is formed lower than the upper end of the tank portion.

  By this means, even if water drops leak out of the fitting gap, the water drops flow into the tank lid side, so that a water storage device that does not spill out of the water storage tank can be obtained.

According to the present invention, the tank portion that is open at the top, the tank lid that covers the upper opening of the tank portion, the coupling means that couples the tank portion and the tank lid, and the top surface of the tank lid are provided. A water storage tank that is provided with a water inlet, a drain outlet, and a handle, and is detachably attached to an apparatus main body, the drain outlet is formed at an end of the tank lid, and the tank lid is formed on the tank portion. Provided in the opening so as to be able to be fitted, and provided with leakage preventing means for preventing water in the tank part from leaking from the gap between the tank lid and the tank part, and the leakage preventing means is suspended along the outer periphery of the tank lid A rib, a rising rib facing upward along the outer periphery of the tank lid, and an upper end of the rising rib formed lower than the upper end of the tank portion. Water droplets leak from the gap Also, flows to a lower tank lid side height, have the effect that no spill out of the water storage tank, it is possible to provide a water storage device having the effect of preventing the leakage of water in the tank.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a tank portion having an upper opening, a tank lid covering the upper opening of the tank portion, a coupling means for coupling the tank portion and the tank lid, A water injection port provided on the top surface, a water discharge port, and a handle means are provided, and a water storage tank that is detachably attached to the apparatus main body is provided, and the water discharge port is formed at an end of the tank cover, , provided to be fitted into the opening of the tank, the leakage preventing means for preventing the clearance of the tank portion and the tank lid for leakage water in the tank portion is provided, the tank lid said leakage preventing means a hanging rib along the outer periphery of the rising ribs facing along had over the outer periphery of the tank lid, which the upper end of the rising rib constructed by forming lower than the upper end of the tank portion, unlikely tank portion And tank lid mating gap Luo even water droplets leaks, flows to a low profile tank lid side has the effect of not spill out of the water storage tank.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, a tank portion 1 that opens upward, a tank lid 2 that covers the upper opening of the tank portion 1, a coupling means 3 that couples the tank portion 1 and the tank lid 2, The water injection port 4, the drainage port 5, and the handle means 6 are provided to form a water storage tank 8 that is detachably attached to the body 7 of the dehumidifier.

  And the tank part 1 is long in the attaching / detaching direction of the main body 7, and the front and rear end parts are bowl-shaped formed with an arc shape 9, and the concave part into which the coupling means 3 fits at a substantially symmetrical position of the side part of the tank part 1. 10 is formed of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, a receiving portion 1a for receiving the tank lid 2 is provided on the inner surface of the tank portion 1, and a cover 11 and a cover formed of the same material as the main body 7 are provided at the front portion. 11A is attached.

  The tank lid 2 is formed with a tray portion 12 below the handle means 6, and the front portion of the tank lid 2 is formed with an arc shape 9 A similar to the arc shape 9 of the tank portion 1 and is fitted to the tank portion 1. In the outer periphery of the tank lid 2, a hanging rib 13 that faces downward and a rising rib 14 that has a shape lower than the upper end of the tank portion 1 and that faces upward are provided. By the action of the hanging rib 13 and the rising rib 14, respectively. Leakage prevention means 15 for preventing water in the tank portion 1 from leaking is formed, and the drainage port 5 is provided close to the end of the top surface of the tank lid 2, and a tank cap 16 is provided at the drainage port 5. Provide.

  Further, a wall facing downward is provided around the water inlet 4 on the inner surface of the tank lid 2 where the water inlet 4 is provided, and a water splash prevention means 17 is formed to prevent splashing of water droplets due to water splash during water storage.

  Further, the coupling means 3 is provided with a lid locking portion 18 formed by a curved portion for locking the tank lid 2 at the upper portion, and formed in an L shape at the lower portion, so that the bottom portion and the side portion of the tank portion 1 are formed. An engagement hole 20 that engages with the locking protrusion 19 provided in the tank is provided, and a tank locking portion 21 is formed by the locking protrusion 19 and the locking hole 20.

  Further, a storage portion 23 for detachably storing the water storage tank 8 is provided in the main body 7, and a correction rib 25 is provided in the mounting direction of the water storage tank 8 at the same height as a reinforcing rib protruding from the inner wall portion 24 of the storage portion 23. Provide.

  Further, the float switch 26 is provided so that the operation of the main body 7 is stopped when the water droplets stored in the tank unit 1 reach a predetermined water level.

  In the above configuration, when the water is stored in the water storage tank 8, the tank lid 2 is fitted to the tank portion 1. At this time, the tank portion 1 and the tank lid 2 can be easily fitted by the arc shapes 9 and 9A. Further, the lid locking portion 18 of the coupling means 3 is fitted to the tank lid 2 side, and then the engagement hole 20 of the tank locking portion 21 is elastically deformed to be formed by a locking projection 19 provided on the tank portion 1. After engaging the tank locking portion 21 and connecting the tank lid 2 to the tank portion 1, the water storage tank 8 is stored in the storage portion 23 of the main body 7, and water droplets discharged from the main body 7 side flow into the water inlet 4. Can be stored.

  Then, in order to drain the water droplets stored in the water storage tank 8, the tank lid 2 can be used even if the water surface is rippled when the water storage tank 8 is taken out from the main body 7 along the correction rib 25 provided in the storage portion 23 and moved. The leakage prevention means 15 for preventing the leakage of water formed by the hanging ribs 13 provided on the outer periphery of the tank prevents leakage of the water outside the tank portion 1 and, for example, the inner wall of the tank portion 1 and the tank lid 2. Even if water rises from the gap with the outer wall of the tank, leakage prevention means for preventing leakage of water formed with the height of the rising rib 14 provided in the tank lid 2 being lower than the height of the side wall of the tank portion 1 15, water droplets are received on the tank lid 2 from the flow tray 12 and are not leaked from the tank 1.

  Further, even if water splashes occur in the tank portion 1 due to vibrations caused by the movement of the water storage tank 8, the water splash preventing means 17 made up of walls provided around the water inlet 4 prevents water splashes. Water droplets can be prevented from jumping out.

  Further, by removing the tank cap 16 during drainage, the drainage port 5 is formed at the end of the tank lid 2 so that drainage work can be facilitated.

  Further, when cleaning the water storage tank 8, the tank locking portion 21 of the coupler 22 that forms the coupling means 3 of the tank lid 2 coupled to the tank portion 1 is removed from the tank portion 1 and then the lid locking portion. 18 can be removed from the tank lid 2, the tank lid 2 can be removed from the tank portion 1, and the inside of the tank portion 1 can be cleaned.

( Reference Example 1 )
As shown in FIG. 7, one end of a connecting means 27 comprising a hinge is provided on the tank lid 2A, the other end is attached to the connecting means 3A, and the connecting means 3A is movable via the connecting means 27 with respect to the tank lid 2A. Provide and configure.

  In the above configuration, by attaching the tank lid 2A to the tank portion 1A, the coupling means 3A is fitted to the upper opening of the tank portion 1A after the coupling means 3A is attached via the coupling means 27, and then the coupling means 3A is coupled. It moves to the side of the tank part 1A via the means 27, engages the engagement hole 20 provided in the coupling means 3A with the locking projection 19 provided in the tank part 1A, and attaches the tank lid 2A to the tank part 1A. By attaching, it is prevented that the coupling means 3A is lost.

In Reference Example 1 , the coupling means 3A is attached to the tank lid 2A, but it goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained even if the coupling means 3A is attached to the tank portion 1A and coupled to the tank lid 2A.

  In addition to being used as a storage tank for a dehumidifier, the present invention can also be applied to a storage tank for storing liquids such as sewage and waste liquid little by little for disposal or after-treatment.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a water storage device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view which shows the state which attached the water storage apparatus to the main body Sectional view showing leakage prevention means of the water storage device A perspective view of the back surface of the tank lid showing the water splash preventing means of the water storage device The perspective view which shows the accommodating part of the water storage apparatus The perspective view which shows the state before the coupling | bonding by the coupling means of the same water storage apparatus Sectional drawing which shows the coupling | bonding means of the water storage apparatus of the reference example 1 A perspective view of a conventional drain tank Perspective view showing separation of drainage tank of conventional air conditioner

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tank part 1A Tank part 2 Tank lid 2A Tank lid 3 Coupling means 3A Coupling means 4 Water injection port 5 Drainage port 6 Handle means 7 Main body 8 Water storage tank 9 Arc shape 9A Arc shape 12 Sauce part 13 Hanging rib 14 Rising rib 15 Prevention of leakage Means 17 Water splash prevention means 18 Lid locking part 21 Tank locking part 23 Storage part 24 Inner wall part 25 Correction rib 26 Float switch 27 Connecting means

Claims (1)

A tank portion that is open at the top, a tank lid that covers the upper opening of the tank portion, a coupling means that couples the tank portion and the tank lid, a water inlet and a drain port provided on the top surface of the tank lid, and And a water storage tank that is detachably attached to the device body, the drain port is formed at the end of the tank lid, and the tank lid can be fitted into the opening of the tank portion A leakage preventing means for preventing water in the tank portion from leaking from a gap between the tank lid and the tank portion, the leakage preventing means being a hanging rib along the outer periphery of the tank lid, and the tank lid a rising rib facing upwards had along the periphery of the water storage apparatus the upper end of the rising rib constructed by forming lower than the upper end of the tank portion.

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