JPH0332925Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a wind direction adjustment device that is used as an air outlet in an air conditioner of an automobile or the like.

Prior Art FIG. 4 shows a first conventional example of a wind direction adjustment device. In the drawings, 1 is mounted, for example, on an instrument panel in the driver's cabin of a car,
The case 1 forms an air outlet of an air conditioner, and an opening 2 is formed in the front surface of the case 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a plurality of horizontal blades provided in the opening 2 of the case 1 in a horizontal lattice pattern, and the horizontal blades 3 are vertically arranged in parallel on the side walls 4a and 4b of the case 1, and are rotatably pivoted. It has been done.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a plurality of vertical blades provided in a vertical grid pattern on the back side of the horizontal blade 3, and the vertical blades 5 are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction on the upper wall 6a and the lower wall 6b of the case 1.
Moreover, it is pivotably mounted. 7 is a support bracket protruding rearward from the left flange portion 8a of the flange portion 8 of the case 1; 9 is the support bracket 7;
An adjustment dial for adjusting a horizontal blade is rotatably supported by a shaft, and an arcuate portion 9a of the adjustment dial 9 is made to protrude outside from a notch hole 10 formed in a left flange portion 8a of the case 1. 11 is the bottom wall 6b of case 1
An adjustment dial for vertical blade adjustment supported horizontally on the outer surface of the adjustment dial 11.
is made to protrude outside from a notch hole 12 formed in the lower flange portion 8b of the case 1. Then, when adjusting the air blowing direction, use the adjustment dial 9,
11 is separately rotated in a predetermined direction, and by this rotation, the horizontal blades 3 are rotated vertically and the vertical blades 5 are rotated horizontally and held at a predetermined angular posture.

FIG. 5 shows a second conventional example. In this conventional example, the adjustment dial 9 for adjusting the horizontal blades of the first conventional example is abolished, and instead, an adjustment piece 14 protruding forward is provided at the end 13 of any horizontal blade 3a among the horizontal blades 3. By pressing the adjustment piece 14 in the vertical direction, all the horizontal blades 3 are rotated in conjunction with each other to adjust the air blowing direction.

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional wind direction adjustment device,
When changing the wind direction to an oblique direction, the horizontal blade 3 can be adjusted using the adjustment dial 9 or the adjustment piece 1 for adjusting the horizontal blade.
After rotating the vertical blade 5 in the vertical direction with step 4,
The adjustment dial 11 for vertical blade adjustment must be rotated in the left and right directions. Therefore, there was a drawback that adjusting the wind direction was complicated and time consuming.

Therefore, in order to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, a wind direction adjusting device described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-35744 was proposed. This will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. Components that are the same as those in FIGS. 4 and 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and their explanations will be omitted. In the drawings, reference numeral 15 denotes a support bracket having a support hole 16 formed at its tip, and this support bracket 15 is protruded from the inner surface of the side wall 4b along with the back wall 17 of the case 1. Reference numeral 18 denotes an operating lever having a knob 19 at its outer end, and this operating lever 18 has a spherical portion 2 at its tip that fits into the support hole 16 of the support bracket 15.
0 and which presses the horizontal blade 3 and the vertical blade 5 onto the shaft portion 21.
It has been established. Then, when adjusting the air blowing direction, the operating lever 18 is swung vertically, horizontally and diagonally using the spherical part 19 at the tip as a fulcrum, and the guide parts 22 and 23 are used to control the horizontal blade 3. and the vertical blades 5 are simultaneously pressed and rotated in a predetermined direction.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to the third conventional example, the operating lever 18 swings about the spherical portion 20 at the tip, so the swinging angle of the operating lever 18 is large, making it difficult to adjust the air blowing direction. There was a problem that it was time consuming.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention was proposed in view of the above problems, and includes a case 31 forming an air outlet, and a case 31 that is pivotably mounted to the case 31 so as to be rotatable vertically and horizontally. A plurality of horizontal blades 37 and vertical blades 4
1, and an operating lever 48 which is swingably attached to the case 31 and has a knob 49 at the outer end, and the horizontal blade 37 and the vertical blade 41 can be operated by the operating lever 48 simultaneously or individually. In a rotating wind direction adjusting device, a base end portion 48 adjacent to a knob 49 of the operating lever 48
a is swingably supported by a case 31.

Function Since the base end of the operating lever close to the knob is swingably supported by the case forming the air outlet, the swinging angle of the operating lever is reduced. Therefore, the postures of the horizontal blades and the vertical blades can be changed by only slightly moving the operating lever, and the air blowing direction can be adjusted quickly and accurately.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. In the drawings, a case 31 is attached to an instrument panel 32 in the driver's cabin of a car, for example, and forms an air outlet of an air conditioner. A grill 35 having a recess 34 formed in the center of the outer surface is provided in the opening 33a. A bearing portion 36 for supporting an operating lever, which will be described later, is formed on the inner surface of a recess 34 formed in the grille 35 of the case 31. 37 is a plurality of horizontal blades provided in the case 31 in a horizontal lattice shape, and each horizontal blade 37 is
It is pivotally connected to side walls 38 and 39 of the case 31 via pivots 40 and 40 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. 41
are a plurality of vertical blades provided in a vertical lattice shape in the rear opening 33b of the case 31, each vertical blade 41 is connected to the top wall 42 and bottom wall 43 of the case 31 with a pivot 4.
4 and 44 so as to be rotatable in the left direction. The horizontal blade 37 and the vertical blade 41 are interlockably connected to each other via an interlocking rod (not shown). In addition, the horizontal blade 37 and the vertical blade 4
Notches 45 and 46, which are open to the front edge surfaces, are formed in the centers of the horizontal blade 37' and the vertical blade 41', respectively, which are arranged at the center of the shaft parts 37a and 41.
Blade pieces 37b, 37c and 41b at both ends of a,
41c are provided respectively. Reference numeral 48 denotes an operating lever that is swingably attached to the case 31. This operating lever 48 has a knob 49 attached to its outer end, and a base end 48a close to the knob 49 that is attached to the bearing part 36 of the case 31.
At the same time, an elongated hole 51 into which the shaft portion 37a of the horizontal blade 37' is fitted is formed in the central portion 48b, and the tip portion 48c is formed into a bifurcated shape to form the vertical blade 41'. An engagement groove 52 into which the shaft portion 41a is fitted is provided. Then, the base end 48c of the operation lever 48 supported by the bearing 36 of the case 31 is made to protrude outside, and the knob 49 is
is held in the recess 34 of the grill 35.

Next, the procedure for adjusting the air blowing direction will be explained as follows.

First, hold the knob 49 of the operating lever 48 and swing the operating lever 48 in the vertical direction using the spherical surface 50 of the base end 48a as a fulcrum. Then, the shaft portion 37a of the horizontal blade 37' inserted into the elongated hole 51 of the operating lever 48 is pressed by the operating lever 48, and all the horizontal blades 37, 37' rotate in the vertical direction about the pivots 40, 40. and held in the desired posture. At this time, since the engagement groove 52 at the tip of the operating lever 48 moves in the vertical direction along the shaft portion 41a of the vertical blade 41', the vertical blades 41, 41' do not rotate.
Further, when the operating lever 48 is swung in the left-right direction about the spherical part 50, the shaft part 41a of the vertical blade 41' engaged with the engagement groove 52 of the operating lever 48 is pressed by the operating lever 48, and all Vertical blade 4
1 and 41' are rotated in the left-right direction about pivots 44 and 44, and held in a desired posture. At this time, the long hole 51 in the center of the operating lever 48 is connected to the horizontal blade 37'.
Since it moves in the left-right direction along the shaft portion 37a of
The horizontal blades 37, 37' do not rotate. Furthermore, when the operating lever 48 is swung in an oblique direction, the horizontal blade 37' fitted into the elongated hole 51 and the engagement groove 52
The shaft portions 37a and 41a of the vertical blades 41' are pressed by the operating lever 48, respectively, and the horizontal blades 37,
37' and the vertical blades 41, 41' are pivots 40, 4
0, 44, and 44 as fulcrums, they are simultaneously rotated vertically and horizontally, respectively, and held in a desired posture.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the air outlet of an air conditioner of a car is explained, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to the air outlet of a general air conditioner. can also be applied.

Effects of the Invention In the present invention, the base end of the operating lever near the knob is swingably supported by the case, so the swinging angle of the operating lever is significantly reduced. Therefore, by just slightly moving the knob on the operating lever, the horizontal blades and vertical blades can be rotated vertically and horizontally simultaneously or individually, and the air blowing direction can be quickly changed.
And it can be easily adjusted. Moreover, space can be used effectively.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan sectional view of a wind direction adjusting device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the first conventional example of the wind direction adjustment device, Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the second conventional example, and Figs. 6 and 7 show the third conventional example. 6 is a perspective view, and FIG. 7 is a partially omitted perspective view. 31...Case, 37, 37'...Horizontal blade,
41, 41'... Vertical blade, 48... Operation lever,
48a...Proximal end, 49...Pinch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a case forming an air outlet, a plurality of horizontal blades and vertical blades pivotally connected to the case so as to be rotatable in the vertical and horizontal directions, and an outer end that is swingably attached to the case; In a wind direction adjusting device, the horizontal blade and the vertical blade are rotated simultaneously or individually by the control lever, and the base end of the control lever is located close to the knob. A wind direction adjustment device characterized by being swingably supported by a case.