TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of air. The temperature control device including a fan and a blow-out area in a housing, the fan moving air to the blow-out area, a sound wave-effective body being arranged in the blow-out area, and the sound wave-effective body being part of a compensating ring for producing an air duct adjacent to the blow-out area.

Claims

1. A temperature control device for controlling the temperature of air, comprising: a compensating ring, the temperature control device being configured as an air conditioning system adapted to be fastened on a vehicle roof of a caravan or a mobile home, wherein the air conditioning system includes an evaporator and a room air distributor, the temperature control device including a fan and a blow-out area in a housing, wherein the fan moving air through the evaporator to the blow-out area, a sound wave-effective body being reversibly arranged in the blow-out area, and wherein the sound wave-effective body is reversibly arranged in the blow-out area, wherein the sound wave-effective body has sound-absorbing properties and/or acting as a resonance body, wherein the sound wave-effective body is part of the compensating ring for producing an air duct adjacent to the blow-out area and opening into the room air distributor, and wherein the compensating ring serves as a height compensation between the housing and the room air distributor.

2. The temperature control device according to claim 1, wherein the compensating ring and at least one height compensating ring serve as a height compensation, and wherein the compensating ring and the height compensating ring are connected to each other by geometries which latch into each other.

3. The temperature control device according to claim 1, wherein the sound wave-effective body has a cuboid shape.

4. The temperature control device according to claim 1, wherein the sound wave-effective body has a greater extension in one direction than in at least one direction perpendicular thereto, and wherein the direction of the greater extension is a direction in which the air exists the blow-out area.

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7. The temperature control device according to claim 4, wherein the sound wave-effective body is at least partially made of EPP.

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Description

[0018] More specifically, there are a variety of possibilities of configuring and further developing the temperature control device according to the invention. To this end, reference is made, on the one hand, to the claims depending on claim 1, and, on the other hand, to the description below of example embodiments in conjunction with the drawing, in which:

[0019] FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an air conditioning apparatus, and

[0020] FIG. 2 shows a section through a configuration of an air conditioning system.

[0021] FIG. 1 schematically shows the structure of an air conditioning system 1 for cooling a room 100 as an example for a temperature control device. The cooling circuit or refrigeration process thus realized is described, for example, in document WO 2007/042065 A1. The room 100 is for example the interior of a caravan or a mobile home. For this case of application, the air conditioning system 1 is mounted on the vehicle roof of the caravan or mobile home.

[0022] For the refrigeration process, a compressor 2 compresses a gaseous refrigerant which is thus heated and conveyed to a condenser 3 via a refrigerant line. In the condenser 3, the heat of the refrigerant is transferred to the ambient air (or outside air) from the environment around the room 100. The outside air is thus sucked in—by an appropriate fan—and again blown out after interaction with the refrigerant in a heat exchanger. Therefore, this unit 3 may also be referred to as outside air or outdoor heat transferring means. As a result of the heat release, the compressed refrigerant condenses. The liquid refrigerant which is still under high pressure is expanded to a lower pressure in an expansion means 4, which is for example configured as a throttle. The refrigerant is thus cooled.

[0023] In the next step, the refrigerant reaches an evaporator 5, through which the room air of the room 100 to be cooled is guided by means of an evaporator fan 50. The room air thus transfers its heat to the refrigerant, which changes to the gaseous state. Thus, the component 5 may also be referred to as an interior air or indoor heat transferring means. The gaseous refrigerant finally returns to the compressor 2 so that the refrigeration cycle can continue. The cooled air is in turn distributed by the fan 50 out of the blow-out area 51 and in the room 100 through a so-called room air distributor 6. Here, in the example shown, the ceiling 101 of the room 100 is interrupted, as the housing 10 with the described components of the air conditioning system 1 is located outside the room 100 and here on the roof 101. The circuit can also be reversed so that the device 1 acts as a room heater. In this case, the condenser 3 described above acts as an evaporator and, conversely, the evaporator 5 serves as a condenser.

[0024] FIG. 2 shows a detail of a part of an air conditioning system. It shows the blow-out area 51 for the preferably cooled air into the room located below the air conditioning system. The evaporator fan 50 serves for the transport of air. An alternative designation would be indoor fan.

[0025] The cuboidal sound wave-effective body 7 can be seen, which here is formed in one piece with the upper compensating ring 70 and the longer extension of which is oriented in the direction of the air draft. The compensating ring 70 and three further height compensating rings 71 as well as an end piece therebelow define an air duct which adjoins the blow-out area 51 and opens into the room air distributor (not shown here). The height of this air duct in the assembled state depends on the height of the ceiling located between the upper housing and the lower room air distributor (see FIG. 1). The compensating ring 70 and the height compensating rings 71 are connected to each other by corresponding geometries.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0026] 1 temperature control device [0027] 2 compressor [0028] 3 condenser [0029] 4 expansion means [0030] 5 evaporator [0031] 6 room air distributor [0032] 7 sound wave-effective body [0033] 10 housing [0034] 50 evaporator fan [0035] 51 blow-out area [0036] 70 compensating ring [0037] 71 height compensating ring [0038] 100 room [0039] 101 ceiling