JPH10292933A - Outdoor unit of air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide an air conditioner in which rainwater is prevented from entering from a joint between a top cover attached to an upper part of a main body and an electrical cover continuously attached to the top cover. Provide an outdoor unit. SOLUTION: A top cover 14 which is joined to one side of a joint piece of an electrical cover 11 to cover an upper part of a main body has a substantially concave shape extending to the front and rear corresponding to a lower portion of the joint piece, following the joint portion. While a drain groove 14b having a cross section was provided, joining ribs 11b and 11c were suspended from the joining piece so as to face upper portions on both sides of the drain groove, and tips of the joining ribs were in contact with upper portions on both sides of the drain groove.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, and more particularly, to a top cover attached to an upper part of a main body and an electrical cover continuously attached to the top cover. The present invention relates to a structure that prevents rainwater from entering from a joint.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 1, 3A and 3B, a conventional outdoor unit of an air conditioner has a compressor cover 2a substantially at the center on the front side of a bottom plate 1. As shown in FIG. The heat exchanger 3 is mounted on the compressor 2 covered with the heat exchanger 3 and bent substantially in a concave or L-shape over the rear side and one side or both sides of the compressor 2.
An electric blower 4 is provided on the rear side of the heat exchanger 3, and an electrical component is accommodated at the upper end of a side plate 3a provided on both sides of the heat exchanger 3, and the upper part is covered with a cover 5a. And a terminal board 7 for connecting the introduced cable 6 and a two-way valve 9a for connecting the introduced connection pipe 8 to one side of the electrical equipment section 5.
And / or a connection valve comprising a three-way valve 9b or the like is provided, the cable 6 is connected to the terminal board 7 and held by a screw 10c ', and the connection pipe 8 is connected to the connection valve. After the pipe holding piece 10a 'and the pipe receiving piece 10b' which are divided into upper and lower parts are screwed and held, a front cover 12 and a rear cover 13 having a fan ring 12a are attached to the bottom plate 1, and A top cover 14 is attached to the upper part of the part 5 and joined to one side of the top cover 14, and a connection part between the cable 6 and the terminal board 7 and a holding part of the cable 6 by the holding tool 10c; And an electrical cover 11 provided with an opening 11a for covering a connecting portion between the connecting pipe 8 and the connecting valve and a holding section of the connecting pipe 8 by the pipe holding piece 10a ', and facing the holding sections. Adherence It was a configuration consisting of:

[0003] However, since there is a slight gap between the joints 14a and 11b between the one side of the top cover 14 and the electrical cover 11, as shown in FIG. a is the terminal board 7 or the electrical component 5
Had the problem of reaching inside.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method for removing rainwater from a joint between a top cover attached to the upper part of a main body and an electrical cover continuously attached to the top cover. It is an object of the present invention to provide an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, which prevents entry of air.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a compressor mounted on a bottom plate at substantially the center on the front side and covered by a compressor cover, and a compressor having a rear surface. A heat exchanger that is provided over the side or both sides and that is bent and formed in a substantially concave or substantially L-shape; a blower that is provided to face a back portion of the heat exchanger; and a heat exchanger that is provided on both sides of the heat exchanger. An electrical part fixed to the upper end of the provided side plate and containing an electrical component and having an upper part covered by a cover; a top cover attached to the upper part and having a joint part on one side; Provided on the side, a two-way valve connected to a terminal board and a connection pipe connected to a cable, and / or a connection valve composed of a three-way valve and the like, a holding part for holding the cable and the connection pipe, Cover the cable and the connection part of the connection pipe. And, an opening for introducing the cable and the connection pipe to face the same connection unit, consists of a electrical cover with a junction piece for joining to the joining portion,
Continuing to the joining portion, while providing a drain groove having a substantially concave cross-section extending forward and backward corresponding to a lower portion of the joining piece, a joining rib is drooped from the joining piece facing upper portions on both sides of the drain groove, The distal end of the joining rib is in contact with the upper part on both sides of the drain groove.

[0006] Further, at the upper portion on both sides of the drainage groove, there is provided an extension piece extending outward and having a width surface on the right and left sides.

Further, the drain groove and the extending piece are formed integrally with the top cover, and the joining rib is formed integrally with the joining piece.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS With the above-described structure, rainwater is prevented from entering from the joint between the top cover attached to the upper part of the main body and the electrical cover continuously attached to the top cover. It becomes an outdoor unit of the air conditioner that was prevented.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1 and FIGS. 2A to 2C, reference numeral 1 denotes a bottom plate, and 2 denotes a compressor mounted on the bottom plate 1 at a substantially central portion on the front side thereof with a compressor cover 2a mounted thereon. Is a heat exchanger bent substantially in a concave or L-shape over the rear side and one side or both sides of the compressor 2; 4 is a blower provided facing the rear side of the heat exchanger 3; Is an electrical component fixed to the upper end of a side plate 3a attached to both ends of the heat exchanger 3, containing electrical components therein and covering the upper portion with a cover 5a;
Is a cable introduced from one upper side of the main body and connected to the terminal board 7, 8 is a connection pipe introduced from one upper side of the main body and connected to the two-way valve 9a and / or the three-way valve 9b, 10a and
10b constitutes a holding portion for holding the connection pipe 8,
A pipe restrainer divided into upper and lower parts including a plurality of semi-circular parts facing each other corresponding to the cross-sectional shapes of the cable 6 and the connection pipe 8, and a fixing part described below, which is fixed to each other by screwing. Piece and a pipe receiving piece, 10c is a fixture for fixing the cable 6 by screwing, 11 is provided with an opening 11a for introducing the cable 6 and the connection pipe 8, and a joining portion on one side of a top cover described later. An electric cover for covering the connection portion of the cable 6 and the connection pipe 8 and the like, and a front cover 12 provided with a fan ring 12a for the blower 4 and attached to the bottom plate 1 , 13 is a rear cover, and 14 is a top cover that has a joining portion on one side for joining the electric device cover 11 and covers the electric device portion 5 and the cover 5a.

The top cover 14, which is joined to one side of the electrical cover 11, has a substantially concave cross-section drain groove extending forward and backward corresponding to the lower portion of the joining piece of the electrical cover 11, following the joint. 14b, while joining ribs 11b and 11c are drooped from the joining piece so as to oppose the upper part on both sides of the drain groove 14b, and the tips of the joining ribs 11b and 11c abut the upper parts on both sides of the drain groove 14b. Has become this,
The drainage water, which has entered the junction between the electrical cover 11 and the top cover 14, is sealed by contacting the joining ribs 11b and 11c with upper portions on both sides of the drainage groove 14b.
The structure is such that water can be drained accurately by b.

Further, by providing extension pieces 14a and 14c extending outward and having width surfaces on the right and left sides at upper portions on both sides of the drain groove 14b, the joining ribs 11b and 14c are provided on the extension pieces 14a and 14c. The end of the drain 11c is easily brought into contact with the drain 11b so that the drain groove 14b can be accurately sealed.

Further, the drain groove 14b and the extension piece 14
a and 14c are integrally formed with the top cover 14,
By forming the joining ribs 11b and 11c integrally with the joining piece of the electrical cover 11, the dimensions and shape can be accurately finished, and the structure is advantageous in terms of cost.

With the above structure, the top cover 14, which is joined to the electrical cover 11 on one side, is substantially continuous with the lower portion of the joint piece of the electrical cover 11 and extends frontward and rearward. While a drain groove 14b having a concave cross section is provided, the joining piece 11
b and 11c are suspended, and the tips of the joining ribs 11b and 11c abut against the upper portions on both sides of the drain groove 14b.
The drain water, which has entered the junction between the electrical cover 11 and the top cover 14, is sealed by contacting the connection ribs 11b and 11c with the upper portions on both sides of the drain groove 14b.
It will be an outdoor unit of an air conditioner that can drain water accurately in b.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, rainwater is prevented from entering from the junction between the top cover attached to the upper part of the main body and the electrical cover continuously attached to the top cover. It becomes the outdoor unit of the air conditioner that was done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an outdoor unit of an air conditioner according to the present invention and a conventional example.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a main part of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner according to the present invention, in which (A) is an exploded perspective view, (B) is an assembly view, and (C) is an A-A shown in (B). It is A sectional drawing.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a main part of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner according to a conventional example, in which (A) is an assembly view and (B) is an AA sectional view shown in (A).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bottom plate 2 Compressor 2a Compressor cover 3 Heat exchanger 3a Side plate 4 Blower 5 Electrical part 5a Cover 6 Cable 7 Terminal board 8 Connection piping 9a Two-way valve 9b Three-way valve 10a Pipe holding piece 10b Pipe receiving piece 10c Fixture 11 Electrical equipment Cover 11a Opening 11b, 11c Joining rib 12 Front cover 12a Fan ring 13 Rear cover 14 Top cover 14a, 14c Extension piece 14b Drain

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A compressor which is mounted substantially at the center on the front side on a bottom plate and is covered with a compressor cover. The compressor is provided on the rear side and one side or both sides of the compressor, and has a substantially concave or L-shape. A heat exchanger bent in a shape, a blower provided opposite to the rear part of the heat exchanger, and fixed to the upper end of a side plate provided on both sides of the heat exchanger to house electric components An electrical part covered by a cover, and a top cover attached to the upper part and having a joint on one side; a terminal board and a connection pipe provided on one side of the electrical part and connected to a cable A connection valve comprising a two-way valve and / or a three-way valve, a holding part for holding the cable and the connection pipe, and a connection part for connecting the cable and the connection pipe with the holding part. With the connection part facing the cable and the connection An electrical cover provided with an opening for introducing a connecting pipe, and a joining piece joined to the joining part; a substantially concave cross-section extending to the front and rear corresponding to a lower portion of the joining piece, continuous with the joining part; An air conditioner characterized in that a drainage groove is provided, and a joining rib is drooped from the joining piece so as to face upper portions on both sides of the drainage groove, and tips of the joining ribs are in contact with upper portions on both sides of the drainage groove. Outdoor unit. 2. The outdoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein extension pieces extending outward and having width surfaces on the right and left sides are provided at upper portions on both sides of the drainage groove. 3. The drainage groove and the extension piece are formed integrally with the top cover, and the joining rib is formed integrally with the joining piece. Air conditioner outdoor unit.