JPH08110084A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an air conditioner capable of assembling two upper and lower wind direction plates pivotally supported on a side wall of an outlet so as to accurately close the outlet at a stop position. [Structure] Protrusions 7a and 9a are provided on support shafts 7 and 9 of gears 11 and 12 provided on one side of two upper and lower wind direction plates 6 and 8 which are axially supported on both side walls 5a of the outlet 5, while A support hole 5b provided on one side of the side wall 5a corresponding to the support shafts 7 and 9 is provided with a substantially U-shaped recess 5c corresponding to the protrusions 7a and 9a. Alternatively, the gear 11,
The protrusions 7a and 9a are provided by projecting the support shafts 7 and 9 on the other side of the support shaft 12, and the support plate holes 5c are formed in the mounting plate 15 corresponding to the support shafts 7 and 9 and the protrusions 7a and 9a. A substantially U-shaped recess 5d is provided. The concave portion 5c is inserted into the convex portion 7a, 9a, or the convex portion 7a,
By engaging the gears 11 and 12 and the intermediate gear 10 with the recess 5d inserted in 9a, the vertical wind direction plate 6,
The air conditioner is capable of accurately assembling the air outlet 5 at a position where the air outlet 5 is closed at the stop position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to a drive device for two upper and lower wind direction plates provided at an outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional air conditioner, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, is provided with a gear 11 having a support shaft 7 connected to a support shaft of an upward wind direction plate 6 provided at the outlet, and at the outlet. A gear 12 having a support shaft 9 connected to the support shaft of the downwind direction plate 8 is provided, and an intermediate gear 10 is provided between the two gears 11 and 12 to mesh with each other.
A motor 14 fixed to a mounting plate 15 is attached to a spindle 13 of the intermediate gear 10.
By connecting and driving the gear groups 10, 11, 12
The upper wind direction plate 6 and the lower wind direction plate 8 are rotated from the stop position where the air outlets are closed to the horizontal position and the vertical position via the. The gear groups 10, 11, 12 are marked with marks 10a, 11a, 12a, which indicate the positions where the gears mesh with each other,
The wind direction plates 6 and 8 are assembled at the stop position so as to close the air outlets by engaging with each other while checking the positions of the markings 10a, 11a and 12a. However, visually checking the positions of the markings 10a, 11a, 12a, aligning the markings 10a and 11a, and aligning the markings 10a and 12a with each other, the gear groups 10, 11, 12 are aligned. In the engaging assembly work, the operator is required to be careful in aligning the markings 10a, 11a, 12a. There is a problem that the plates 6 and 8 do not close the air outlet accurately at the stop position, and there is a problem that the appearance is impaired.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the upper and lower two wind direction plates provided at the air outlets do not rely solely on the operator's attention and the stop position. It is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner that can be accurately assembled at a position where the air outlet is closed by.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a support shaft of two upper and lower wind direction plates provided at an outlet.
A gear is provided that has a support shaft that is pivotally supported by a support shaft hole provided on the side wall of the outlet and that has a support shaft that is connected to the support shaft. By fixing the motor to which the supporting shaft of the intermediate gear is connected to the mounting plates provided facing each other, and driving the motor, the vertical wind direction plate rotates from the stop position where the air outlet is closed to the horizontal or vertical position. In the moving air conditioner, a convex portion is formed on the support shaft of the wind direction plate, a concave portion is formed in the support shaft hole corresponding to the convex portion, and the convex portion is inserted into the concave portion, and both gears are formed. And the intermediate gear are meshed with each other. Further, while the spindles of the both gears are projected to the other side to form a convex portion, a spindle hole and a concave portion are formed in the mounting plate corresponding to the spindle and the convex portion, and the convex portion is formed. Is inserted into the recess, and the both gears and the intermediate gear are meshed with each other. Further, the wind direction plate is set so as to close the air outlet at the stop position. Further, the convex portion is provided at a tip end portion of a spindle of the both gears. Furthermore,
The both gears, a support shaft of the both gears, and the convex portion are integrally formed.

[0005]

With the above construction, the upper and lower two wind direction plates provided at the air outlet can be assembled so that the air outlet can be accurately closed at the stop position without displacement. Becomes

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, 1 is an air conditioner main body, 2 is an air intake port provided on the upper surface and the front surface of the main body 1, and 3 is provided in the main body 1 corresponding to the air intake port 2. The heat exchanger, 4 exchanges heat with the air sucked from the suction port 2 through the heat exchanger 3, and the blower fan 5, which sends the air to the blowout port described later, is heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger 3. It is an air outlet that blows air into the room by the blower fan 4. Reference numeral 5a is both side walls forming both sides of the outlet 5, 5b is a support shaft hole of a vertical wind direction plate, which will be described later, provided in the both side walls 5a, and 5c is a substantially shaft formed in the support shaft hole on one side of the side wall 5a. By inserting a convex portion described later into the concave portion 5c, the vertical airflow direction vane described later is accurately positioned so as to close the blowout port 5. Reference numeral 6 denotes an upper wind direction plate provided at the outlet 5, 6a denotes a joint hole for positioning and joining a support shaft of the upper wind direction plate 6 and a support shaft provided for a gear described later, and 7 denotes a joint hole 6a. The spindle hole having a joining portion (not shown) for joining
A support shaft rotatably supported by 5b, a reference numeral 7a integrally formed at an end of the support shaft, and a projection for positioning corresponding to the recess 5c,
Reference numeral 8 is a downwind direction plate provided at the outlet 5, and 8a is the downflow direction plate 8
A joint hole for positioning and joining the support shaft of the above and a support shaft provided in a gear to be described later, and 9 has a joint portion (not shown) for joining to the joint hole 8a and is rotated by the support shaft hole 5b. A support shaft 9a that is movably supported is integrally formed at the end of the support shaft, and the recess 5c is formed.
Is a convex portion for positioning corresponding to. 10 is an intermediate gear, 11
Is a gear integrally formed with the support shaft 7, 12 is a gear integrally formed with the support shaft 9, and the intermediate gear 10 is provided between the two gears 11 and 12 and is mutually provided. It is in mesh. 13
Is a support shaft of the intermediate gear 10, and 14 is a motor connected to the support shaft 13 for driving. Reference numeral 15 denotes a mounting plate which is provided on one side of the both side walls 5a so as to be opposed thereto and which fixes the motor 14, and 16 denotes the side wall 5a
It is a pillar that is installed upright on one side and has a screw hole 16a.
Insert the screw 17 into the through hole 15a provided in the
Screw into the screw hole 15b provided in the mounting plate 15,
The motor 14 is fixed by a screw 18.

With the above structure, when the joining portions (not shown) provided at the tips of the support shafts 7 and 9 are joined to the joining holes 6a and 8a, the convex portions 7a and 9a are formed in the concave portion 5c. After the intermediate gear 10 is meshed with the both gears 11 and 12 with the screw inserted, it is screwed into the screw hole 16a with the screw 17, so that the blower outlet 5 as shown in FIG. The upper and lower wind direction plates 6 and 8 provided in the above are assembled in a state of being accurately positioned at the stop position.

Further, in the above configuration, as another embodiment, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the support shafts 7 and 9 of the both gears 11 and 12 are projected to the other side to form the protrusions 7a and 9a, while the support shafts 7 and 9 and the protrusions 7a and 9a are corresponded to each other. Support shaft 15c
And a substantially U-shaped concave portion 15d are formed, the convex portions 7a and 9a are inserted into the concave portion 15d, and the gears 11 and 12 are meshed with the intermediate gear 10. By screwing into the hole 16a, as shown in FIG. 5, the vertical airflow direction vanes 6 and 8 provided in the air outlet 5 are assembled in a state of being accurately positioned at the stop position.

With the above structure, the upper and lower two wind direction plates 6 and 8 provided at the air outlet 5 are assembled to the position where the air outlet 5 is accurately closed at the stop position without causing misalignment due to erroneous assembly. It becomes an air conditioner that can

[0010]

As described above, in the structure of the air conditioner according to the present invention, the upper and lower two wind direction plates provided at the air outlet are erroneously assembled without relying only on the attention of the operator. Therefore, it is possible to accurately assemble the blower outlet at a position where it is closed at the stop position.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an air conditioner according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts taken along arrow A shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a main part as viewed from an arrow A shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of another embodiment as viewed from the direction of arrow A shown in FIG.

5 is an explanatory view of a main part of another embodiment as viewed from the direction of arrow A shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of an air conditioner according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Air conditioner 2 Suction port 3 Heat exchanger 4 Blower fan 5 Air outlet 5a Side wall 5b Support shaft hole 5c Recess 6 Upward wind direction plate 6a Joint hole 7 Upward wind direction plate support shaft 7a Convex portion 8 Downward wind direction plate 8a Joint hole 9 Downwind direction plate support shaft 9a Convex part 10 Intermediate gear 11 Gear 12 Gear 13 Gear 13 Support shaft of intermediate gear 14 Motor 15 Mounting plate 15a Insertion hole 15b Screw hole 15c Support shaft hole 15d Recess 16 Strut 16a Screw hole 17 Screw 18 Screw

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A support shaft of upper and lower two wind direction plates provided at the outlet is supported by a support shaft hole provided in a side wall of the outlet,
A gear having a support shaft connected to the support shaft is provided, an intermediate gear is provided between the two gears to mesh with each other, and the support shaft of the intermediate gear is connected to a mounting plate provided opposite to the side wall. In an air conditioner in which a motor is fixed and the vertical wind direction plate is rotated from a stop position in which the air outlet is closed to a horizontal or vertical position by driving the motor, a convex portion is provided on a support shaft of the wind direction plate. On the other hand, the air conditioner is characterized in that a recess is formed in the support shaft hole corresponding to the protrusion, and the protrusion is inserted into the recess to mesh the both gears with the intermediate gear. 2. A support shaft of both gears is projected to the other side to form a protrusion, while a support shaft hole and a recess are formed in the mounting plate in correspondence with the support shaft and the protrusion. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the both gears and the intermediate gear are engaged with each other by inserting the convex portion into the concave portion. 3. The wind direction plate is set so as to close the air outlet at the stop position.
2. The air conditioner described in 2. 4. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the convex portion is provided at a tip end portion of a support shaft of the both gears. 5. The both gears, a support shaft of the both gears, and the convex portion are integrally formed.
5. The air conditioner according to 2, 4.