BATHROOM AIR CONDITIONER

• Main Author: IIDA MAMORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.04.2015
• Subjects: AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING; BLASTING; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATINGSYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RANGES; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathroom air conditioner that gives a user notice that dew condensation water gathers and prevents the dew condensation water from splashing over the user.SOLUTION: A bathroom air conditioner which is fitted to an opening part formed in a ceiling panel of a bathroom, and air-conditions the bathroom includes: a front panel which covers the opening part in an openable/closable state; a suction port which is formed in the front panel and sucks the air in the bathroom; an outlet which is formed in the front panel, and blows out the air sucked in from the suction port into the bathroom; an internal flow passage which is formed above the front panel, and serves as a flow passage to link the suction port and outlet to each other; an air blower which is arranged in the internal flow passage, and directs the air sucked in from the suction port to the outlet; a water reservoir part in which dew condensation water produced in the internal flow passage is received and held; detection means of detecting whether the dew condensation water is held in the water reservoir part; and dew condensation notification means of giving notice of whether there is the dew condensation water based upon the detection result of the detection means. 【課題】結露水が溜まったことを使用者に報知し、その結露水が使用者にかかるのを防ぐ浴室空調装置を提供すること。【解決手段】浴室の天井パネルに形成された開口部に取り付けられ、浴室の空調を行う浴室空調装置において、開口部を開閉可能に覆うフロントパネルと、フロントパネルに形成され、浴室内の空気を吸い込む吸込口と、フロントパネルに形成され、吸込口から吸い込んだ空気を浴室内に吹き出す吹出口と、フロントパネルの上方に形成され、吸込口と吹出口とを連通させる流路である内部流路と、内部流路に配置され、吸込口から吸い込んだ空気を前記吹出口に向かわせる送風機と、内部流路において発生した結露水を受け止めて溜めておく溜水部と、溜水部に結露水が溜まっているか否かを検知する検知手段と、検知手段の検知結果に基づき、結露水の有無を報知する結露水報知手段と、を備えることを特徴とする浴室空調装置。【選択図】図３