This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-201099 filed Nov. 6, 2019.
The present disclosure relates to a booth.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2017-106676 discloses an air-conditioning system that controls the temperature inside a booth installed at a tollgate and ventilates the booth. The air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioner indoor unit, which has a removable first filter and blows out temperature-controlled air from a first blow-out port, and an outside-air intake unit, which has a removable second filter and blows out outside air entering from outside the booth from a second blow-out port. The air-conditioner indoor unit and the outside-air intake unit are both disposed inside the booth.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2019-119376 discloses an air-conditioner loading structure for a mobile facility converted from a bus having multiple step-entrances to the cabin. One of the step-entrances is separated from the cabin by a partition to form a small space inside the step-entrance, and this small space is used for an outdoor-unit compartment, in which the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is installed.
Aspects of non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to disposing an air-conditioner outdoor unit such that it does not to block the traffic of foot passengers and such that high-humidity exhaust from the outdoor unit does not enter the booth.
Aspects of certain non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure address the above advantages and/or other advantages not described above. However, aspects of the non-limiting embodiments are not required to address the advantages described above, and aspects of the non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure may not address advantages described above.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a booth including a space surrounded by side walls, an air-conditioner indoor unit that conditions air inside the space, and an air-conditioner outdoor unit to be connected to the air-conditioner indoor unit. The side walls include a first wall on which the indoor unit is disposed, a second wall intersecting and adjoining the first wall, a third wall facing the second wall and on or along which a plurality of heat sources are disposed, and a fourth wall having a door from which a person enters or exits the space. The outdoor unit is disposed on an outer side of the second wall.
Exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail based on the following figure, wherein:
The present disclosure will be described in more detail below by way of exemplary embodiments and examples with reference to the drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to those exemplary embodiments and examples.
Note that, in the description given below with reference to the drawings, the drawings are schematic, and the dimensional ratios etc. are different from those in actuality. For ease of understanding, components other than those necessary for explanation is omitted from the illustration as appropriate.
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The booth 1 includes a base 2 provided on an installation surface FL, a floorboard 3 provided on the base 2, side-wall panels 4 installed upright on the base 2, a ceiling panel 5 provided on the side-wall panels 4, and caster wheels 6 (see
The base 2 is formed of four joists joined to form a rectangular shape corresponding to the shape of the bottom of the booth 1 and is formed of, for example, rectangular steel tubes.
The floorboard 3 is in contact with and is supported by a floor support member 2a provided so as to project to the inside of the base 2 and includes, for example, a structural plywood, which is a wood board, and a floor mat laid thereon.
The side-wall panels 4 include: a first side-wall panel 41, which constitutes a far-side wall; a second side-wall panel 42, which constitutes a left wall; a third side-wall panel 43, which constitutes a right wall; and a fourth side-wall panel 44, which constitutes a near-side wall. The fourth side-wall panel 44 has an opening 44a serving as a doorway, to which a door 45 is attached. In this exemplary embodiment, the door 45 is a sliding door.
The ceiling panel 5 is fixed to the upper end of the side-wall panels 4 so as to close the opening defined by the side-wall panels 4. The ceiling panel 5 is formed of, for example, a structural plywood, which is a wood board.
The caster wheels 6 are provided at four corners below the base 2. When a booth 1 assembled in a factory or the like is to be installed in an installation site, the booth 1 is transported by a truck or the like and, when installed on the installation surface FL at the installation site, the booth 1 is moved by using the caster wheels 6.
Inside the booth 1, the desk 11 is disposed on the floorboard 3 so as to be in contact with the third side-wall panel 43, which is on the right side as viewed from the fourth side-wall panel 44. The monitor 13, the lighting fixture 14, and the electrical-equipment box 15 are disposed above the desk 11, in this order from the bottom to the top, along the third side-wall panel 43. The air-conditioner indoor unit 16 is installed on the upper part of the first side-wall panel 41 such that a blow-out port thereof is oriented in the direction of the floorboard 3 and the fourth side-wall panel 44.
An automatic fire extinguisher 20 is attached to the ceiling panel 5. The automatic fire extinguisher 20 has a lid made of a low-melting-point metal that detects a specific temperature. When the lid detects that the atmosphere reaches a predetermined temperature, fire extinguishant is sprayed in the booth 1.
The air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 connected to the air-conditioner indoor unit 16 is installed on the outer side of the second side-wall panel 42, which is located on the left side as viewed from the fourth side-wall panel 44. A vaporizer 18, which vaporizes drain water discharged from the air-conditioner indoor unit 16 and the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 and discharges the vaporized drain water into the air, and a secondary-drain-water pan 19 are disposed below the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 in this order in the gravity direction.
The thus-configured booth 1 is assembled in a factory or the like, is transported by a truck or the like, and is installed on the installation surface FL at a predetermined installation site. An example of the installation site is an internal corner of a building frame, which is an example of an exterior space where foot passengers and the user of the booth 1 exist at the same time. The booth 1 is suitable for installation at an internal corner located in, for example, a concourse space or a passage formed between a subway station and the ground.
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The booth 1 may be installed at any exterior space, other than internal corners of building frames. In this case, it is desirable that the booth 1 have a rectangular shape overall in plan view with short sides and long sides, have an inner space defined by the side-wall panels 4 and the air-conditioner outdoor unit disposed on the outer side of the inner space, and be disposed such that the surface having the door 45 face a path or a road where the traffic of foot passengers is heavy. By reducing the length of the booth 1 in the depth direction, which is the length of the short sides, the booth 1 can be disposed so as not to project toward the path by a large amount, and thus, not to inhibit the traffic of the foot passengers.
The booth 1 according to this exemplary embodiment includes the air-conditioner indoor unit 16, the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17, an air inlet 43A provided in the third side-wall panel 43, on or along which the desk 11, the monitor 13, the lighting fixture 14, and the electrical-equipment box 15 are disposed, and an exhaust fan 30 provided in the ceiling panel 5. An air-conditioning system of the booth 1 includes circulation of cool air or warm air blown from the blow-out port of the air-conditioner indoor unit 16 and an airflow formed by introducing the outside air from the air inlet 43A and discharging the air by the exhaust fan 30.
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More specifically, the first air inlet 43Aa is provided near the center of the third side-wall panel 43 in the horizontal direction, and the second air inlet 43Ab is provided at a position closer to the fourth side-wall panel 44 than the first air inlet 43Aa is. The air inlet 43A is provided at a position above the desk 11 and at the same height as the monitor 13 in the vertical direction.
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The monitor 13, the lighting fixture 14, and the electrical-equipment box 15, which are the heat sources, are arranged along the third side-wall panel 43 in this order from the bottom to the top in the space. Thus, the heat from these heat sources can be efficiently discharged outside the booth 1.
Furthermore, the blow-out port 16a of the air-conditioner indoor unit 16 is oriented in the direction of the floorboard 3 and the fourth side-wall panel 44, such that the air blown from the blow-out port does not directly reach the monitor 13, the lighting fixture 14, and the electrical-equipment box 15, which are the heat sources, or the automatic fire extinguisher 20 provided on the ceiling panel 5. With this structure, in the case of fire, the initial heat can reach the automatic fire extinguisher 20, enabling the automatic fire extinguisher 20 to quickly start a fire extinguishing operation (see the dotted area in
The air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 and the vaporizer 18 connected to the air-conditioner indoor unit 16 disposed in this manner in the booth 1 are disposed on the outer side of the second side-wall panel 42, which is different from the third side-wall panel 43 having the first air inlet 43Aa on the outer surface thereof.
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With this structure, the vaporized high-humidity exhaust does not enter the booth 1 through the first air inlet 43Aa for introducing the outside air.
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The duct 50A according to the modification has the outside-air inlet 51 connected to the air inlet 184, through which the outside air is taken in by the fan motor 183 of the vaporizer 18, and the exhaust receiving port 52 connected to the air outlet 185 of the vaporizer 18. The duct 50A receives the high-humidity exhaust discharged from the air outlet 185 of the vaporizer 18 and discharges the exhaust to the upper side, from an air outlet 53 formed at the top of the duct 50A. As shown in
The secondary-drain-water pan 19 is disposed below the vaporizer 18 and can store a certain amount of secondary drain water forcedly discharged from the vaporizer 18 when the drain water has accumulated in the tank 181 of the vaporizer 18.
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With this structure, the high-humidity exhaust generated by vaporizing the drain water in the vaporizer 18 and the exhaust air discharged from the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 flow in the direction opposite to the gravity direction, along the outer surface 42a of the second side-wall panel 42, along which the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 and the vaporizer 18 are disposed. This structure prevents the vaporized high-humidity exhaust discharged from the vaporizer 18 from entering the booth 1 and also prevents the exhaust air discharged from the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 from being blown against people nearby.
The air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 is located below the center-of-gravity position of the booth 1, which is located at the midpoint of the height from the installation surface FL to the ceiling panel 5 of the booth 1, and is attached to an installation base 60, serving as an installation part, via rubber dampers 61, which are an example of elastic members. The rubber dampers 61 as shown in
The center-of-gravity position G1 of the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 is located near the compressor 171 because the compressor 171, which is heavy, is disposed at the side of the outdoor heat exchanger 172 and the outdoor-heat-exchanger fan 173. Hence, by disposing the rubber dampers 61 on the installation plate 17c of the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17, at the positions S1 and S2 located at equal distances from the center-of-gravity position G1 in the gravity direction, leaning of the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 during the operation is prevented, thus suppressing remaining of the drain water during the heating operation. Furthermore, transmission of vibration of the air-conditioner outdoor unit 17 to the booth 1 is prevented.
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The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure has been provided for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in the art. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the disclosure and its practical applications, thereby enabling others skilled in the art to understand the disclosure for various embodiments and with the various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the disclosure be defined by the following claims and their equivalents.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2019-201099 | Nov 2019 | JP | national |