Packing material for air conditioner and air conditioner

Abstract

Provided is a packing material which packs at least a unit main body of an air conditioner to be installed in a ceiling, the packing material including: a cover part for covering an opening part through which components inside the unit main body are exposed; and a cut and bent up part which has a slit part for inserting a protruding portion of the unit main body and fixes the cover part on the unit main body. The packing material can eliminate the need for a curing sheet and a tape for fixing the curing sheet while keeping out dust etc.

1 . A packing material for an air conditioner that packs at least a unit main body of the air conditioner to be installed in a ceiling, the packing material comprising:
 a cover part configured to cover an opening part through which components inside the unit main body are exposed; and   a cut and bent up part having a slit part for inserting a protruding portion included in the unit main body and configured to fix the cover part on the unit main body.   
     
     
         2 . The packing material for an air conditioner of  claim 1 , wherein the packing material has the cut and bent up part at such a position that the protruding portion located on a casing outer frame side of the unit main body at an outside of the opening part can be inserted into the slit part. 
     
     
         3 . The packing material for an air conditioner of  claim 1 , wherein a hanging clamp having a hole, through which a hanging bolt suspended from a ceiling is passed, is inserted as the protruding portion into the slit part. 
     
     
         4 . The packing material for an air conditioner of  claim 1 , wherein
 a portion serving as the cut and bent up part is printed on the packing material made of cardboard, and   the cut and bent up part is formed by making an incision along the printed portion.   
     
     
         5 . The packing material for an air conditioner of  claim 4 , wherein the printed portion is printed with antistatic ink. 
     
     
         6 . An air conditioner including a unit main body with built-in components exposed through an opening part,
 wherein the air conditioner has a protruding portion that fixes the packing material of  claim 1  so that the packing material covers the opening part of the unit main body, the protruding portion locating on a casing outer frame side of the unit main body at an outside of the opening part.   
     
     
         7 . The air conditioner of  claim 6 , wherein the protruding portion includes a projection for engaging the packing material.