JP3261822B2 - Air conditioner wind direction adjustment device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for connecting wind direction vanes as a plurality of wind direction devices of an air conditioner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG.
No. 0 is a wind direction adjusting device provided in an indoor unit or the like of a conventional air conditioner, the outlet wall (2)
A plurality of wind vanes (3) are arranged in a louver shape so as to partition the air outlets (1) at substantially equal intervals in the air outlets (1) constituted by the air outlets (1). It is configured to be rotatable in the left-right direction with (4) as a fulcrum. When ten wind direction vanes (3) are arranged in parallel in the outlet (1) as shown in FIG. 7, the five right-hand vanes (3) are connected by a connecting rod (6) via a connecting pin (5). . At this time, each support shaft (4) and connecting pin
The distance from (5) is different from that of the wind direction vane (3) provided at one end on the side close to the side wall. The left five wind direction vanes (3) have the same configuration as the right side.

Next, the operation of the conventional wind direction adjusting device will be described with reference to an example shown in FIG. Five wind vanes on the right
The outlet side of (3) is integrally turned to the right, and the wind direction is deflected to the right. At the same time, the blow-out sides of the five wind direction vanes (3) on the left are integrally rotated to the left to deflect the wind direction to the left to generate a diffusion flow as a whole. By the way, when the wind direction vane (3) near the left side wall (2) of the outlet is turned to the left by a certain angle, the other wind direction vanes (3) also turn to the left by the connecting rod (6), Because the position of the connecting pin (5) of the vane is different,
The turning angle of each wind direction vane (3) is larger in the left half wind direction vane (3) in the right wind direction vane (3). At the same time, the wind direction angle (A) deflected by each wind direction vane (3) also increases as the wind direction vane (3) on the right side as indicated by the solid arrow.

[0004]

Since the conventional wind direction adjusting device is configured as described above, as shown in FIG.
When the right and left wind vanes are rotated outward, respectively, at the outlet center, the inclination angle (A) of the wind vane becomes larger than the inclination angle of the wind vane outside the outlet. The dimension of the gap distance (a) is narrow,
As a result, the amount of air passing between the central wind vanes is reduced, and the secondary air (10) wraps around, causing dew (1
There is a problem that 1) easily adheres.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, when the right and left wind vanes are turned inward, respectively, the inclination angle (B) of the wind vane at the center of the air outlet becomes larger at the outside of the air outlet. It is larger than the inclination angle of the wind direction vane, and therefore, the dimension of the gap distance (b) between the central wind direction vanes is narrow, so that the wind flowing from the outlet is contracted and the noise is increased. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has a structure in which the right and left wind vanes are rotated outward at the respective outlets. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a wind direction adjusting device capable of preventing the occurrence of dew or the like.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wind direction adjusting device capable of preventing noise and the like due to contraction when the outlet sides of the right and left wind direction vanes are turned inward.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a wind direction adjusting device in which right and left wind direction vanes are normally driven independently of each other in a normal state, and left and right interlocking driving is possible at the time of widening, thereby improving operability. .

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wind direction adjusting device for an air conditioner in which a plurality of wind direction vanes arranged in a louver and supported by a shaft are interlockingly rotated by a connecting rod. respectively independently rotatable wind direction device individually are arrayed at mutually spacing, a pair of connecting shaft which projects from a position close to each other connecting rod of the left and right of the wind direction equipment
A pair of connecting elongated hole to be inserted respectively provided on the left and right, connection A which Ru is connecting the wind vane wind vane and the left portion of the right portion
A chromatography arm, the connecting elongated hole has a geometry that can be the connecting shaft is interference in a rotating wind direction vane to the outer limits the mutual inclination angle of the wind vane by a predetermined angle The main configuration is provided with a connecting means .

In the wind direction adjusting device according to the second aspect of the present invention, a pair of connecting shafts are protruded from positions close to each other on the left and right connecting rods, and the pair of connecting long holes provided on the left and right sides of the connecting arm. By passing the pair of connection shafts, the right wind direction vane and the left wind direction vane are connected, and the connection long hole is connected when the wind direction vane is turned inward. The main configuration is that the shafts interfere with each other and have a shape and dimension capable of limiting the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vanes to a predetermined angle.

Further, in the wind direction adjusting device according to the third aspect of the present invention, a shaft connecting arm having a connecting shaft protruding at a distal end portion is pivotally mounted at one of opposing positions of the left and right connecting rods close to each other. At the other end of the position, a perforated connecting arm having a connecting slot at the tip is pivotally mounted, the connecting shaft is inserted through the connecting slot , and the mutual inclination of the wind direction vanes of the pair of left and right wind direction devices is adjusted .
Individual independent rotation is possible within the specified angle range
And if it exceeds this predetermined angle range,
The mutual inclination angle of the wind direction devices is determined by the interference between the direction devices.
The main configuration is that it is rotated in conjunction with it without changing .

[0012]

The wind direction adjusting device according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured as described above. When the blowout sides of the right and left wind direction vanes are respectively turned outward, the wind direction adjusting device is connected to the long hole of the connecting arm. The connecting shaft of the rods interferes with each other and restricts the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vanes within a predetermined angle. Therefore, the dimension of the gap distance between the right wind direction vane and the left wind direction vane in the central portion is equal to or more than a predetermined size. And the dew of the wind direction vane due to the wraparound of the secondary air is prevented.

The wind direction adjusting device according to the invention of claim 2 is:
When the outlet sides of the right and left wind vanes are rotated inward, the long holes of the connecting arms and the connecting shafts of the connecting rods interfere with each other, and the mutual movement of the wind vanes. Is limited to a predetermined angle, the dimension of the gap distance between the right wind vane and the left wind vane in the central portion is maintained to be equal to or greater than a predetermined dimension, and noise due to flow contraction is prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wind direction adjusting device,
With the configuration described above, the right and left wind vanes are driven independently during normal operation, and the right and left wind vanes are connected to the shaft connecting arm when wide angle ventilation is set. Mutual inclination angles of wind direction devices due to interference of hole connecting arms
Driven in conjunction without changing

[0015]

[Embodiment 1] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the main part, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a plan view, but the main part is shown in a perspective view so that the connecting rod and the connecting arm do not overlap for easy understanding. I have. FIG.
In FIG. 3 to FIG. 3, (3) is a wind direction vane arranged in a louver shape, which is divided into a right part and a left part. Each wind direction vane as a wind direction device is supported by a frame (10) in a straight line. I have. The right wind vane (3R) is connected so as to be linked and rotated by the connecting rod (6R), and the left wind vane (3L) is connected to the connecting rod (6L).
Are connected so as to be linked to each other. These connecting means are performed by inserting a connecting pin (5) in the form of an arrowhead projecting from the wind direction vane (3) into the center of the slit-shaped long hole (6a) of the connecting rod (6). I have. Connecting rod (6R) (6L)
As shown in FIG. 3, the distance between the support shaft (4) and the connecting pin (5) is inclined with respect to the wind direction vane (3) so that the inside wind direction vane is short and the outside wind direction vane is long. It is arranged in. Therefore, the left wind direction vane (3L) and the right wind direction vane (3R) can be independently and interlockingly rotated, but the tilt angle of each rotated wind direction vane changes little by little, and the wind direction is more efficiently increased. Can be adjusted.

The above-mentioned turning operation can be performed manually as appropriate, but can also be performed electrically. That is, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the motor (11)
One end of a crank-shaped rotating arm (12) capable of swinging horizontally is fitted on the vertical axis of
By fitting the pin (13b) projecting from the lower end of the center of the wind direction vanes (3) to both ends of the drive connection arm (14), the left and right rotation operation of the rotation arm (12) is performed. ). Usually, it is preferable to provide one motor for the connecting rod (6).

(7) is a connecting arm for connecting the left connecting rod (6L) and the right connecting rod (6R). Both ends of the connecting arm are bent in a crank shape, and are connected in the left-right direction (longitudinal direction). ) Is provided with elasticity so that the shock during operation is reduced. A right connecting long hole (9R) and a left connecting long hole (9L) are formed at both ends of the connecting arm (7) in the longitudinal direction. (8) (8) is a pair of left and right connecting rods (6L) (6R) is a pair of barbed connecting shaft protruding downward from the position adjacent to each other, this connecting shaft is the connecting long hole (9R) (9L) to connect the connecting rod (6R) (6
L) and the connecting arm (7) are connected. The connection slot (9R)
(9L) has the right and left wind vanes (3R) (3
When the outlet side of (L) is turned outward, the connecting shaft (8) (8)
Are set so as to interfere with the connection elongated holes (9R) and (9L), so that the inclination angles (A) and (A ′) of the wind direction vanes (3L) and (3R) are restricted within a predetermined angle.

Next, the operation will be described. In the wind direction adjusting device having the above-described configuration, the right wind direction vane and the left wind direction vane can be separately and interlockedly rotated by the connecting rods (6R) and (6L). As shown in FIG. 3, the wind vane on the right
When the outlet side of (3R) is directed to the outermost side, the right connecting shaft (8)
Is closer to the center (left end) of the right connecting slot (9R), and then if the blow side of the left wind vane (3L) is turned to the outermost side, the wind vane (3L) cuts off Before connecting the left connecting rod (6
The connection shaft (8) of L) abuts on the centermost side (right end) of the left connection long hole (9L), and then if it is to rotate further outward, the left connection long hole (9L) By pressing the edge of, the outlet side of the rightward wind direction vane (3R) inclined to the outermost is slightly inclined inward, the inclination angle (A ') becomes smaller than (A),
The mutual inclination angle (A) + (A ') of the wind direction vanes of the wind direction device is not further enlarged. That is, when the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vanes of the wind direction device exceeds a predetermined angle range, the rotation is restricted by interference between the wind direction devices. For this reason, the dimension of the gap distance (a ') between the wind direction vanes in the central portion is maintained at a predetermined dimension which is set to be larger than the dimension of the gap distance (a) in the conventional example, and is sufficiently provided between the wind direction devices. Since the wind flows, dew of the wind direction vane due to the wraparound of the secondary air is prevented.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view when the right wind direction vane and the left wind direction vane are inclined in the same direction. FIG. 5 shows one wind direction device (here, the right wind direction vane) from the state of FIG. It is also possible to rotate the vane manually to blow air while tilting it to the left as shown in FIG.

Embodiment 2 FIG. Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Since the entire apparatus is the same as in the first embodiment, the description is omitted. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view when blowing out concentrated wind. The wind direction vane (3
R) and the outside of the connecting shaft (8) and the right connecting slot (9R), and the connecting shaft (8) and the left portion even when the outlet side of the wind vane (3L) on the left portion is turned inward. The outside of the connection long hole (9L) interferes, so that the inclination angle (B) (B ') of the wind direction vane inclined to the innermost does not become a predetermined angle or more, the connection long hole (9R) (9L) The shape and dimensions are set.

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, when the blowing side of the right wind direction vane (3R) is directed to the innermost side, the connecting shaft (8) of the right connecting rod (6R) is connected to the right connecting long hole (9R).
Of the wind vane (3)
If the blow side of (L) is directed to the innermost side,
Before the (3L) swings off, the connecting shaft (8) of the left connecting rod (6L) abuts the outermost (left end) of the left connecting long hole (9L), and then it will rotate further inward Then, by pushing the edge of the left connecting slot (9L), the right-side wind direction vane (3R) tilted inward slightly tilts outward, and the tilt angle (B ') is greater than that of (B). The angle of inclination of the wind vanes relative to each other,
(B) + (B ′) is not expanded any further. That is, when the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vanes of the wind direction device exceeds a predetermined angle range, the rotation is restricted by interference between the wind direction devices. For this reason, the dimension of the gap distance (b ′) between the wind direction vanes at the center is the gap distance (b) of the conventional example.
Is maintained at a predetermined size larger than the above size, and the wind sufficiently flows between the wind direction devices, so that noise due to the contraction is prevented.

In this embodiment, it is also possible to manually rotate one wind direction device (here, the left wind direction vane) from the state shown in FIG. 4 to incline air to the left as shown in FIG. It is also possible to keep one wind direction vane neutral and rotate the other wind direction vane outward.

Embodiment 3 FIG. Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. According to this embodiment, since the basic configuration of the wind direction adjusting device is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description is omitted, and only the points different from the first embodiment will be described. In FIG. 6, (5R) and (5L) are left and right connecting rods.
(6R) and (6L) are connection pins located at opposing positions close to each other. (7a) is a shaft connecting arm pivotally attached to one connecting pin (5R), which is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and has a connecting shaft (8) protruding at the tip. (7b) is a long hole connecting arm fitted to the other connecting pin (5L), is formed in a substantially rectangular shape symmetrically with the shafted connecting arm (7a), the connecting long hole ( 9) is formed, and the connecting shaft (8) is inserted through the connecting slot (9).

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 6 (a) is a plan view of a main part when normal operation is performed in the neutral state, and the connecting shaft (8) of the shafted connecting arm (7a) is located substantially at the center of the connecting elongated hole (9), As the connecting shaft (8) slides in the connecting slot (9), the left wind direction vane (3L) and the right wind direction vane (3R) are independently and interlockedly rotated. FIG.
(b) shows an operation in which the right wind vane (3R) and the left wind vane (3L) are interlocked.
When the connecting shaft (8) of a) comes into contact with the left end of the connecting long hole (9), and further expanding the angle of one wind direction vane (3), the other
(3) is also driven in conjunction with , for example, the wind vane (3R) on the right
And the connecting shaft (8) is connected to the connecting slot (9).
The wind vane (3R) is further turned to the left even if it
The left wind vane (3L) also rotates to the left
While maintaining a constant angle with the wind vane (3R) (3L)
Wind direction of the whole that expansion angle is that to change in the right direction.

In the above embodiment, in order to pivotally connect the pivoted connecting arm (7a) and the perforated connecting arm (7b) to the connecting rods (6R) (6L), the connecting pins (5R) of the fins at the opposing positions are used. (5L) was used,
Another mounting pin may be protruded at a position facing the pair of connecting rods (6R) and (6L), and the arms (7a) and (7b) may be pivotally connected thereto.

In the above-described first to third embodiments, the description has been made of an example in which a pair of left and right wind direction vanes as a wind direction device are arranged.
The device of the present invention can be applied to three or more sets of wind direction devices, and the same operation and effect can be obtained.

[0027]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner in which a plurality of wind direction vanes arranged in a louver and supported by a link are rotated by a connecting rod. and direction device rotatable independently individually a plurality of arranged mutually spaced outlet, a pair of connecting shaft from a position close to each other connecting rod of <br/> right of the wind direction device A pair of connection lengths through which a pair of projecting connection shafts are respectively inserted
Provided a hole on the left and right, a connecting arm which Ru is connecting the wind vane wind vane and the left portion of the right portion, the connecting elongated hole is
When the wind direction vane is rotated outward, the connecting shaft interferes with the wind direction vane, and the connecting means has a shape and dimension capable of limiting the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vane to a predetermined angle. Is limited within a predetermined angle, and therefore the dimension of the gap distance between the right-side wind direction vane and the left-side wind direction vane is always maintained at a predetermined value or more, and sufficient air flows through this gap. Dew of the wind direction vane due to the wraparound of the next air is prevented.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the wind direction adjusting device is provided with a pair of connecting shafts protruding from positions close to each other on the left and right connecting rods, and a pair of connecting lengths provided on the left and right sides of the connecting arm. By passing the pair of connecting shafts through the hole, the right wind direction vane and the left wind direction vane are connected, and the connection hole is provided when the wind direction vane is turned inward. Since the connecting shaft interferes and has a shape and size that can limit the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vanes to a predetermined angle, the inclination angle of the wind direction vane is limited to a predetermined angle, and the right side wind direction vane The dimension of the gap distance between the wind direction vane and the left wind direction vane is always maintained to be equal to or greater than a predetermined dimension, and since sufficient wind flows through this gap, noise or the like due to contraction is prevented.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the wind direction adjusting device is pivotally attached to one of the opposing positions of the left and right connecting rods, each of which has a connecting shaft projecting from the distal end thereof. The other end of the facing position, a perforated connecting arm having a connecting long hole at the tip is pivotally attached, the connecting shaft is inserted through the connecting long hole, and the wind direction vanes of the pair of left and right wind direction devices are mutually connected.
Independent rotation when the tilt angle is within the specified angle range
And when the angle exceeds this predetermined angle range.
If the wind direction devices interfere with each other due to the interference between the wind direction devices
It is configured to rotate in conjunction with it without changing the angle
Therefore, the inclination angle of the wind vane is limited to a predetermined angle,
The operability of the wind direction vane can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of a wind direction adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view including a perspective portion of the wind direction adjusting device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view including a perspective part of a wind direction adjusting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view including a perspective portion of a wind direction adjusting device according to Embodiments 1 and 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a main part of a wind direction adjusting device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a conventional wind direction adjusting device at the time of front blowing.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a conventional wind direction adjusting device at the time of diffusion blowing.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the conventional wind direction adjusting device at the time of concentrated blowing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outlet 2 Outlet side wall 3 Wind direction vane 3R Right wind direction vane 3L Left wind direction vane 4 Support shaft 5 Connecting pin 5L, 5R Right and left connecting pins at opposing positions 6 Connecting rod 6R Right connecting rod 6L Left part Linking rod 7 Connecting arm 7a Shaft connecting arm 7b Perforated connecting arm 8 Connecting shaft 9 Connecting long hole 9R Right connecting long hole 9L Left connecting long hole a 'Clearance distance between wind direction vanes at center b' Gap distance between wind direction vanes 10 frames

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-60-175955 (JP, A) JP-A-4-260748 (JP, A) JP-A-59-9235 (JP, U) JP-A-3-928 73856 (JP, U) Actually open sho 59-49128 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F24F 13/15 F24F 1/00 401

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of wind direction vanes arranged in a louver and pivotally supported by a connecting rod. The plurality of wind direction vanes are arranged at intervals at an air outlet of an air conditioner and are individually and independently turned. It provided a rotatably wind direction device, the upper Symbol pair of connecting elongated hole pair of connecting shafts protruding from a position close to each other of the right and left connecting rod is inserted through the wind direction device in the right and left wind direction of the right portion vanes A connection arm for connecting the wind direction vane to the left portion, wherein the connection long hole interferes with the connection shaft when the wind direction vane is rotated outward, and sets the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vane to a predetermined angle. wind deflector of the air conditioner you characterized in that a connecting means having a geometry that can restrict. 2. A plurality of louvers arranged and supported in a louver shape.
An air conditioner blower that rotates the wind direction vane in conjunction with a connecting rod
Multiple outlets are arranged at a distance from each other
A wind direction device that can be rotated independently, and a pair of connection long holes through which a pair of connection shafts protruding from positions close to each other on the left and right connecting rods of the wind direction device are provided on the right and left, respectively. A connection arm for connecting the wind direction vane and the left wind direction vane, wherein the connection long hole interferes with the connection shaft when the wind direction vane is rotated inward, and sets the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction vane. wind deflector of the air conditioner you characterized in that a connecting means having a geometry capable of restricting to a predetermined angle. 3. A blower for an air conditioner, wherein a plurality of louver-shaped vanes arranged and supported in a louver shape are interlocked and rotated by a connecting rod.
Multiple outlets are arranged at a distance from each other
And direction device rotatable independently pivotally mounted on one of the opposing positions close to each other in continuous rod of the left and right of the wind direction device, chromatic shaft connecting arm projecting from the connecting shaft to the tip, and the counter is pivotally secured to the other position consists perforated connecting arm having a connecting elongated hole which the connecting shaft to the distal end portion is inserted, the pair
The mutual inclination angle of the wind vanes of the wind direction device is within a predetermined angle range.
Within the enclosure, individual independent rotation is possible and
If the angle exceeds the specified range, interference between wind direction devices
Interlock without changing the mutual inclination angle of the wind direction device
And a connecting means for rotating the air conditioner.