JPH0765799B2 - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly, to a ceiling suspension equipped with a wind direction display device that is suitable for improving operability even though a driving operation is performed by a remote control switch. Type air conditioner.

[Conventional technology]

First, regarding the conventional general ceiling-suspended air conditioner
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

Here, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an indoor unit of a general ceiling-hung air conditioner, FIG. 3 is a detailed cross-sectional view of an air blowout portion in the indoor unit of FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing an installation example of a ceiling-hung air conditioner, and FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of a conventional remote control switch.

In FIG. 2, 1 is an indoor unit related to the main body of the air conditioner mounted on the ceiling, 2 is a heat exchanger, 3 is a blower, and 4 is an air blowout part, and air is sucked in as shown by a thick white arrow to perform heat exchange. Cold air or warm air is blown out from the air blowing unit 4 into the room. Reference numeral 5 is a horizontal blade related to the wind direction plate for adjusting the direction of the blown air, and the horizontal blade is rotated by a known means by a rotating shaft 6 in the arrow direction as shown in FIG. The state shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 shows the horizontal blowing, and the state shown by the broken line shows the tilted position of the horizontal blade 5 for the downward blowing.

The tilting operation of the lateral blades 5 is performed by the wind direction adjusting switch 8 provided on the remote control switch 7 shown in FIG. That is, turn on the wind direction adjustment switch 8.
Then, the horizontal blades 5 move as shown by the arrow in FIG.
When the wind direction adjusting switch 8 is set to "OFF", the horizontal blades 5 stop at the wind direction position at that time.

In order to make it easier to see the state of the horizontal blades in the air blowing unit 4, there is conventionally known an example in which the wind direction is displayed on the air conditioner body.

For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-39845 discloses a technique in which a display window is provided on the front panel of the air conditioner body so that the rotation of the display drum can be seen.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-28336 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-28337 disclose means for displaying the operating state of the wind direction plate by displacing the irradiation position of the display lamp on the display plate. .

Further, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-28338 discloses means for displaying a working state of a wind direction plate from a rocking state of a light emitting element by using a light emitting element as a display light source.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

As described above, the air direction of the air outlet is adjusted by the remote control switch. However, as can be seen from the installation example shown in FIG. 4, the remote control switch 7 is located under the indoor unit 1 mounted on the ceiling. It is often installed on the side, and also on places such as walls and columns. Therefore, the air blow-out portion 4 becomes a blind spot from the operation position of the remote control switch 7, which makes it difficult to confirm the wind direction position.

Further, in the above-mentioned prior art example, the wind direction adjustment display is provided on the main body of the air conditioner, but in a ceiling-suspended air conditioner that uses a remote control switch, etc., consider that the wind direction adjustment display itself becomes a blind spot. Was not done.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. When the wind direction of the air outlet of the air conditioner is adjusted by the remote control switch, the wind direction provided on the remote control switch is operated. It is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner with excellent operability that can confirm the tilted state of the wind direction plate by displaying the position.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adjusts the direction of air blown out from an air blowout part of an air conditioner body in an air conditioner in which the air conditioner body is operated by a remote control switch located at a remote place. The air conditioner body is provided with position detection means for detecting the tilt position of the wind direction plate, and a position display section for two-dimensionally displaying the tilt position of the wind direction plate detected by the position detection means on the remote control switch. The wind direction display device is provided with a control means for controlling the position of the wind direction plate at a position corresponding to the tilt position of the wind direction plate displayed by the position display unit.

Further, the wind direction display device can display, for example, a position detection unit including a light emitting element provided on the wind direction plate and a position detection unit that receives light from the element, and a position corresponding to the tilt position of the wind direction plate. A position display unit having a plurality of light emitting units, and a control unit for causing the light emitting units corresponding to the tilted position of the wind direction plate to emit light based on the output of the position detecting unit.

[Action]

According to the above technical means, the position detecting means detects the inclination of the wind direction plate as the swing position of the light emitting element, and the wind direction plates of the plurality of position display sections provided on the remote control switch are detected according to the detection result. Since the position corresponding to the tilted position emits light, the tilted position of the wind direction plate can be checked by the hand of the remote control switch, and operability is improved.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wind direction display device for a ceiling-hung air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention. The ceiling-hung air conditioner main body, that is, the indoor unit 1 has the above-described conventional structure. It is equivalent to the technology and its installation state is also equivalent to that shown in FIG. 4, and therefore their explanation is omitted.

In FIG. 1, 9 is a remote control switch,
Reference numeral 10 denotes a wind direction adjusting switch, and the function of this wind direction adjusting switch is exactly the same as that of the conventional wind direction adjusting switch 8 shown in FIG. That is, the tilt position of the horizontal blade 5 related to the wind direction plate can be arbitrarily set by operating the wind direction adjustment switch.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a wind direction indicator lamp that is visible on the remote control switch 9 and is associated with a plurality of position display portions corresponding to the tilted positions of the lateral blades 5.

Reference numeral 12 is a light emitting element provided on the lateral blade 5, and 13 is the light emitting element.
A position detector that detects the swinging position of 12, and a position detector 14
The position detection unit 13 and the conversion unit 14 constitute a position detection unit, which is a conversion unit that converts the input information detected by 13 into output information related to the output signal. This position detecting means is arranged behind the air blow-out portion 4 of the indoor unit 1, more specifically, behind the horizontal blade 5.

Reference numeral 15 is an information receiving unit that receives an output signal from the conversion unit 14 of the position detecting means, and this information receiving unit 15 is a lighting for causing the wind direction indicator lamp to emit light at a position corresponding to the tilt position of the horizontal blade 4. It constitutes a control means for performing command processing.
Reference numeral 18 is a signal line that connects the conversion unit 14 and the information reception unit 15.

The operation of the wind direction display device having such a configuration will be described.

When the horizontal blades 5 in the air blowing unit 4 are in the horizontal position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the light receiving unit of the position detecting unit 13 which receives the light of the light emitting element 12 is at the position shown by the solid line in the position 16. ing. Further, when the horizontal blade 5 is rotated about the rotation axis 6 by the known means by turning on the wind direction adjusting switch, the light emitting element 12 becomes the position of the broken line, and the position of the light receiving portion for receiving the light of the light emitting element 12 is located. Becomes the position 17 shown by the broken line. The information detected by the position detection unit 13 is converted into an output signal by the conversion unit 14, and the information reception unit 15 of the remote control switch is connected by the signal line 18.
Sent to. The information receiving unit 15 operates to light up and emit the wind direction indicator lamp 11 at a position corresponding to the position 17 received by the position detecting unit.

In this way, according to the present wind direction display device, the position detecting unit 13 detects the tilt of the lateral blade 5 as the swing position of the light emitting element 12, and the position detecting unit 13 is provided on the remote control switch 9 according to the detection result. Side vanes 5 of a certain plurality of wind direction indicators 11
Since the position corresponding to the tilt position of lights up, the operator
Set the tilt position of the side blades 5 to the remote control switch 9
The wind direction can be adjusted while checking by hand, and the operability is significantly improved.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the wind direction indicator lamp 11 is used as the plurality of position display portions on the remote control switch 9, but the present invention is not limited to this.
It goes without saying that other means may be used as long as it is a light emitting element or the like that can be visually observed.

Further, as the position detecting means of the wind direction plate, the example of the optical sensor for detecting the swing position of the light emitting element 12 provided in the lateral blade 5 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an equivalent effect is expected. It does not prevent adoption of other possible position detecting means.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when adjusting the wind direction of the air blowout part of the air conditioner by the remote control switch, the inclination state of the wind direction plate is displayed by the wind direction position display provided on the remote control switch to be operated. It is possible to provide an air conditioner that can be easily and reliably recognized without being disturbed by anything and that is capable of reliably performing operations and has excellent operability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a wind direction display device of a ceiling-hung air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an indoor unit of a general ceiling-hung air conditioner, FIG. 3 is a detailed cross-sectional view of the air blowout part in the indoor unit of FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an installation example of a ceiling-hung air conditioner,
FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of a conventional remote control switch. 1 ... Indoor unit, 4 ... Air outlet, 5 ... Horizontal blades, 9 ... Remote control switch, 11 ... Wind direction indicator lamp, 12 ... Light emitting element, 13 ... Position detector, 15 ... Information Receiver.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Takashi Sano, 390 Muramatsu, Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Hitachi Shimizu Plant, Ltd. (72) Hironori Eto, 390, Muramatsu, Shimizu City, Shizuoka Hitachi, Ltd., Shimizu Plant, Hitachi (56) References JP-A-59-191845 (JP, A) JP-A-59-1941 (JP, A) JP-A-62-26448 (JP, A) Actual development Sho-62-145055 (JP, U) Actual Kai 56-122035 (JP, U)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An air conditioner in which an air conditioner main body is operated by a remote control switch located at a remote place from now on, in a tilted position of a wind direction plate for adjusting the direction of air blown from an air blowout part of the air conditioner main body. And a position display section for two-dimensionally displaying the tilt position of the wind direction plate detected by the position detection section on the remote control switch, and a position display section for displaying the position display section. An air conditioner having a wind direction display device having a control means for controlling the position of the wind direction plate at a position corresponding to the tilted position of the wind direction plate. 2. The position detecting means according to claim 1, further comprising a light emitting element provided on the wind direction plate,
The air conditioner, wherein the control unit causes the light emitting unit corresponding to the tilted position of the wind direction plate to emit light based on the output of the position detection unit.