Air-conditioning apparatus
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a body, a decorative panel attached to a lower surface of the body defining a lower surface of the air-conditioning apparatus, an air-inlet grille that can rotate to open and close and is attached to an air inlet of the decorative panel, and a shaft disposed on the decorative panel. The shaft is movable along an axis of rotation of the air-inlet grille. The shaft includes a shaft body, a pivot protruding from one end face of the shaft body in a moving direction of the shaft, and a rib extending parallel to the pivot. The air-inlet grille has a mating portion into which the pivot is inserted to support rotation of the air-inlet grille. The pivot engages the air-inlet grille at a first limit of a movable range of the shaft. The rib engages the decorative panel while the pivot is fitted in the mating portion.
1. An air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
a body;
a decorative panel attached to a lower surface of the body defining a lower surface of the air-conditioning apparatus;
an air-inlet grille that is attached to an air inlet of the decorative panel and configured to rotate around an axis of rotation to open and close the air inlet; and
a shaft disposed on the decorative panel, the shaft being movable along the axis of rotation within a movable range,
wherein the shaft includes
a shaft body,
a pivot protruding in a direction of the axis of rotation from one end face of the shaft body in a moving direction of the shaft, and
a rib extending parallel to the pivot,
wherein the air-inlet grille has a mating hole into which the pivot is inserted to support rotation of the air-inlet grille,
wherein the pivot is fitted in the mating hole at a first limit of the movable range of the shaft,
wherein the rib engages the decorative panel while the pivot is fitted in the mating hole,
wherein the shaft body includes a shaft protrusion, the shaft protrusion being formed on a face of the shaft body that extends in the moving direction,
wherein the decorative panel includes a panel protrusion located on a path along which the shaft protrusion moves, and
wherein the panel protrusion is disposed between a position of the shaft protrusion at the first limit of the movable range of the shaft and a position of the shaft protrusion at a second limit of the movable range of the shaft.
2. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rib has a tip located farther than base part of the pivot in the moving direction of the shaft.
3. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air-inlet grille includes a movement limiter that limits movement of the shaft while the air-inlet grille is closed.
4. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 3 ,
wherein the movement limiter is located on a path for the shaft while the air-inlet grille is closed, and
wherein a distance between the movement limiter and the mating hole is shorter than a distance between an abutment face of the shaft body that comes in contact with the movement limiter when the shaft moves and a tip of the pivot.
5. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the shaft body has a slope sloping in such a manner that an amount of interference between the slope and the movement limiter increases in the direction of the pivot.
6. An air-conditioning apparatus comprising:
a body;
a decorative panel attached to a lower surface of the body defining a lower surface of the air-conditioning apparatus;
an openable air-inlet grille attached to an air inlet of the decorative panel such that the air-inlet grille is configured to rotate around an axis of rotation to open and close the air inlet; and
a shaft disposed on the decorative panel, the shaft being movable along an axis of rotation within a moveable range,
wherein the shaft includes
a shaft body,
a pivot protruding from one end face of the shaft body in a direction of the axis of rotation, and
a rib extending parallel to the pivot,
wherein the air-inlet grille has a mating hole into which the pivot is inserted to support rotation of the air-inlet grille,
wherein the pivot is fitted in the mating hole at a first limit of the movable range of the shaft,
wherein the rib engages the decorative panel while the pivot is fitted in the mating hole, and
wherein the air-inlet grille includes a movement limiter that limits movement of the shaft while the air-inlet grille is closed.
7. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the rib has a tip located farther than base part of the pivot in the moving direction of the shaft.
8. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 6 ,
wherein the movement limiter is located on a path for the shaft while the air-inlet grille is closed, and
wherein a distance between the movement limiter and the mating hole is shorter than a distance between an abutment face of the shaft body that comes in contact with the movement limiter when the shaft moves and a tip of the pivot.
9. The air-conditioning apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the shaft body has a slope sloping in such a manner that an amount of interference between the slope and the movement limiter increases in the direction of the pivot.