JPH04252748A - Glove box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily attach and detach an air filter in an air conditioner, which is equipped in an instrument panel, to/from the outside of the instrument panel by using the opening of a glove box provided in the instrument panel. CONSTITUTION:A glove box 15 formed with a front member 15-1 and a detachable rear member 15-2 has the engagement portion 17 disengaged by demounting a mounting screw 18. An air filter unit 21 is easily taken from a space at the rear of the glove box to the front.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glove box incorporated into an instrument panel of an automobile.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional vehicle air conditioner built into an instrument panel of an automobile has a structure as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

A schematic structure of a vehicle air conditioner having a well-known structure will be explained below with reference to the same figure.

[0004] Reference numeral 1 indicates an instrument panel in the vehicle interior, and reference numeral 2 indicates a windshield. Reference numeral 3 denotes a glove box assembled into the instrument panel, and the opening of the glove box 3 can be opened and closed by a lid 4. 5 is instrument panel 1
This is a fan device installed inside the fan device, and an air duct 6 is formed on the intake port side of this fan device. The air duct 6 is provided with both an outside air intake 7 and an inside air intake 8, and is also provided with an on-off valve 9 that can alternately open and close the outside air intake 7 and the inside air intake 8. It is being Reference numeral 10 denotes an outside air intake hole provided in the bonnet portion 11 of the automobile.

Therefore, by opening the outside air intake port 7 at the same time as the fan device 5 is driven, the outside air intake hole 10
The structure is such that the more sucked outside air enters the vehicle interior, and the interior air is circulated into the vehicle interior by opening the interior air intake port 8.

However, with such a structure, when the outside air intake port 7 is opened and the fan device 5 is driven, for example, when driving in traffic jams in a city area, especially when driving close to the rear of a diesel car, the outside air in front of the vehicle is Contaminated air enters through the intake hole 10, and the air inside the vehicle is immediately contaminated.

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In order to prevent such contamination of the air inside the vehicle, the inventor of the present invention interposed an air filter unit for air purification in the middle of the air duct 6 of the above-mentioned air conditioner. We are currently developing a vehicle air purifier that cleans and deodorizes the outside air sucked into the vehicle interior and releases it into the vehicle interior. When a unit is installed, it is generally difficult to attach and detach the air filter from the outside of the instrument panel, and it is impossible to replace or clean the air filter, which becomes contaminated over time.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned problem, and it is provided that the glove box is installed in the instrument panel by utilizing the opening of the glove box provided in the instrument panel. To provide a glove box in which an air filter in an air conditioner can be easily attached and detached from the outside of an instrument panel.

[0009]

Embodiments The present invention will be explained in detail below based on embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a bonnet, and an outside air intake hole 13 is provided near the windshield 12 of the bonnet 11.
is formed. Reference numeral 14 denotes an instrument panel installed in front of the driver's seat in the vehicle interior, and this instrument panel 14 is provided with a glove box 15 whose front side is open. This glove box 15
The front member 15-1, the back member 15-2, and the front member 1
Lid body 15-3 for opening and closing the front opening of 5-1
The front member 15-1 is fixed to the instrument panel 14 with mounting screws 16. The back member 15-2 is removably locked to the front member 15-1 via a locking portion 17, and is removably fixed to the front member 15-1 by a mounting screw 18.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a fan device incorporated in the instrument panel, and an air duct 20 communicating with the outside air intake hole 13 is formed on the intake side of this fan device. In the middle of this air duct 20 (air intake case), there is an air filter unit 2 consisting of a paper filter 21-1 and an activated carbon filter 21-2.
1 is placed. Child air filter unit 21
The flat plane is positioned so as to be inclined with respect to the axial direction of the air duct 20, and the area of the flat plane is the same as that of the air duct 20.
The opening area was set to be larger than that of the opening area. Moreover, this air filter unit 21 is removably inserted into the air duct 20. 22 is an outside air intake formed in the air duct 20, 23 is an inside air intake formed in the air duct 20, and an on-off valve 24 that can open and close this inside air intake 23 is a spindle driven by a motor 29. It is supported by 25. Further, the on-off valve 24 is brought into contact with the air filter unit 21 when the inside air intake port 23 is opened, so that the ventilation of the air filter unit 21 is blocked.

Note that 26 is a steering member, 27 is a side vent duct, and 28 is a side differential duct.

The above is the configuration of this embodiment. Next, the operation of the glove box 15 is as follows.
It is divided into a front member 15-1 and a rear member 15-2, and by removing the mounting screw 18, the rear member 15-2 can be connected to the locking portion 17 provided on the rear member 15-2. The locking force with the member 15-2 is released, and the inner member 15-2
can be removed from the front member 15-1. Therefore, by removing this rear member 15-2, the rear end of the glove box opens, so that the air filter unit 21 can be removed by inserting it into the front member 15-1 and grasping the air filter unit 21 with your hand. It becomes possible. The removed air filter unit 21 can be taken out of the instrument panel 14 through the front member 15-1 of the glove box. It goes without saying that the size (width) of this air filter unit 21 is set to be smaller than the width inside the glove box. The above air filter unit 21
The air filter 21 can be assembled into the air duct 20 by an operation opposite to the removal operation. After the air filter 21 has been assembled, the glove box 15 can be used as a normal storage space by locking the rear member 15-2 to the front member 14-1.

As described above, in this embodiment, the glove box can be divided into the front member and the back member, and by removing the back member, the back part of the glove box is opened. The opening allows the installation and removal of the air filter unit located behind the glove box.
According to this, it is possible to easily attach and detach a replacement member such as an air filter unit installed inside the instrument panel from the front part of the instrument panel.

[0015]

As described above, the present invention provides a removable air filter unit 2 inside an instrument panel.
The glove box 15 includes a front member 15-1 and a front member 15-1.
The air filter unit is composed of two members, a back member 15-2 which is detachable from the glove box 15-1, and by removing the back member 15-2 from the front member, the air filter unit can be installed using the opening of the glove box 15. According to this, it is a glove box that can be attached and detached.
This provides the advantage that replacement parts such as an air filter unit installed inside the instrument panel can be easily attached and detached from the front part of the instrument panel.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional air cleaning device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the main parts of the vehicle body showing an outside air intake hole.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the air cleaning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of this embodiment showing the back of the glove box.

[Explanation of symbols]

11...Bonnet 12...
Windshield 13...Outside air intake hole
14... Instrument panel 15... Glove box 16... Mounting screw 15-1... Front member 15-
2... Back member 17... Locking part
18...Mounting screw 19...Fan device
20...Air duct (air intake case) 21...Air filter unit 22...Outside air intake 23...Inside air intake 24...Opening/closing valve 25...Spindle
26...Steering member 27...Side vent duct 28...Side differential duct 29...Motor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The instrument panel is equipped with an air conditioner having a removable air filter unit (21) inside the instrument panel, and has a glove box (15) that opens at the front of the instrument panel. 15) includes a front member (15-1) and this front member (1
2 with a back member (15-2) that is removable from 5-1)
By removing the back member (15-2) from the front member, the air filter unit (21) can be attached and detached using the opening of the glove box (15). glove box.