BUILDING

Abstract

The building of the present invention includes a wall making a boundary of a room, an inner wall formed by a group including first and second tubular structures and arranged on the wall as one body, and an air conditioner arranged in the room. The first tubular structure has a first ventilation hole, where gas blown into the first tubular structure from the air conditioner and passed through the first tubular structure with substantially no leakage is blown out, at a to-be-arranged position of a first storage equipment which is to be arranged in the room. The second tubular structure has a second ventilation hole, where the gas blown into the second tubular structure from the air conditioner and passed through the second tubular structure with substantially no leakage is blown out, at a to-be-arranged position of a second storage equipment which is to be arranged in the room.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a building having a roof and walls, of which the internal temperature is controlled. Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-264477, filed Nov. 29, 2010, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND ART

Generally, a content, such as an electronic equipment running hot during its operation or a food going worse at the normal temperature, is stored in a storage equipment (e.g., a cabinet or a rack), and the storage equipment is arranged in an air-cooled building (e.g., a warehouse or a container, etc.). The content may be frozen by lowering the temperature set for the air-cooled building according to circumstances. Then, in order to adjust the temperature appropriately for cooling or freezing the content effectively, various improvements have been made in an inner wall of the building.

For example, a building has been developed, of which all of the inner wall surfaces (i.e., the inner wall surfaces of the floor and the ceiling are included) are covered with heat insulation materials, in which the content is arranged on T-shaped rails to make the content kept apart from a bottom surface of the building in order to decrease the value of the heat conducted from the outside of the building as much as possible, and in which the flow of cold air from an air conditioner installed inside the building is improved by using the T-shaped rails (refer to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-90660 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-253492).

Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-90660

Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-253492

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

The buildings in the Patent Documents are able to feed the cold air to the lower part of the content as well. However, because the air conditioner feeds the cold air to the entire bottom surface of the building or to a wide space formed in the building, the cold air is dispersed. Therefore, the building is insufficient for the cold air to be used to cool the content effectively.

Thus, for example, a rubber tube may be used, which is connected to a supply opening of the air conditioner to feed the cold air to the content directly. However, in this case, because the rubber tube is not a part of the building itself, the building may become complicated to use. Further, the rubber tube may be an obstacle in the traffic line during carrying the content in the building or during carrying out of the building.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation. A building, according to the present invention, includes an inner wall structure used for controlling the temperature of the content into focusing on the content, and the inner wall structure is a part of the building.

The building of the present invention includes a wall making a boundary of a room, an inner wall formed by a group including a first tubular structure and a second tubular structure and arranged on the wall as one body, and an air conditioner arranged in the room. The first tubular structure has a first ventilation hole, where gas blown into the first tubular structure from the air conditioner and passed through the first tubular structure with substantially no leakage is blown out, at a to-be-arranged position of a first storage equipment which is to be arranged in the room. The second tubular structure has a second ventilation hole, where the gas blown into the second tubular structure from the air conditioner and passed through the second tubular structure with substantially no leakage is blown out, a to-be-arranged position of a second storage equipment which is to be arranged in the room.

Thereby, the plurality of tubular structures foamed integrally with the wall can be used to guide the gas blown from the air conditioner to the to-be-arranged position of the storage equipment.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a building which has an inner wall structure capable of controlling the temperature of contents to be stored in a concentrated manner, while the inner wall structure is a wall surface of the building.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view (perspective view) of a first embodiment of a building according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic view of an inner wall structure for the building of FIG. 1. That is, FIG. 2(a) illustrates a plan view in which an XY plane of the floor is viewed to the −Z direction, FIG. 2(b) illustrates an XZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line A-A′, and FIG. 2(c) illustrates a YZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line B-B′.

FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic view of an inner wall structure for a modified example of the building of FIG. 1. That is, FIG. 3(a) illustrates a plan view in which an XY plane of the floor of the modified example is viewed to the −Z direction, FIG. 3(b) illustrates an XZ sectional view of the modified example with taken along the line C-C′, and FIG. 3(c) is a YZ sectional view of the modified example with taken along the line D-D′.

FIG. 4 illustrates a schematic view of an inner wall structure of a building of the second embodiment. That is, FIG. 4(a) illustrates a plan view in which an XY plane of the floor of the building of the present embodiment is viewed to the −Z direction, FIG. 4(b) illustrates an XZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line E-E′ of the building of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4(c) illustrates a YZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line F-F′ of the building of the present embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

According to the embodiments of the building regarding the present invention described later, an inner wall formed by a group of tubular structures closely arranged, is set on one side of at least one wall among all walls including a roof as one of the walls. The walls of the building is arranged to make an airtight room in the building. Then, by each of the tubular structures, gas or air blown from an air conditioner, which is put in the room of the building, is selectively guided to the predetermined positions corresponding to each of storage equipments stored in the building, and is focused to the predetermined positions.

Hereinafter, the embodiments are described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIRST EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view regarding a building 1 of the first embodiment. FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic view of an inner wall structure of the building of FIG. 1. When the rectangular coordinates in FIG. 1 are used, FIG. 2(a) illustrates a plan view in which the XY plane of the floor is viewed to the −Z direction, FIG. 2(b) illustrates an XZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line A-A′, and FIG. 2(c) illustrates a YZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line B-B′. Hereinafter, in cases that the rectangular coordinates are described in drawings, all of them are the same.

The building 1 of the present embodiment includes walls 2, that form the building, that make a boundary of the inside of the building (hereinafter, referred to as a room) and that make the room hermetically closed with a door (not shown), and an inner wall 3 arranged on one side of at least one wall among the walls 2 as one body. In this embodiment, because the building is substantially rectangular in shape as one example, the wall 2 is formed on all six sides of the rectangular parallelepiped.

In other words, there are six walls 2 in total, two of that have an XY plane respectively, two of that have an XZ plane respectively, and two of that have a YZ plane respectively. However, the door or the like is arranged to a part of the walls 2 instead of the material of the part.

The inner wall 3 is set on one side of the wall 2, which is inside the room. Here, regarding the six surfaces of the walls 2, the inner wall 3 is set on a wall 2 (hereinafter, this wall is referred to as a “floor-part wall”) where a force of the gravity of the contents or the weight of the contents is supposed to be applied, in the case that the contents are arranged in the room. Therefore, when a user enters the room, the inner wall 3 becomes a floor actually. The wall 2 may be made of any material, such as metal, wood or resin. However, for easy temperature control in the room, the wall 2 is desirably a heat insulated wall made of a heat insulating material or the like.

In order to keep the room at a predetermined temperature, an air conditioner 4 such as a cooling equipment or a heating equipment a dehumidifier and a dryer are included) is installed in the room. The air conditioner 4 has a supply opening and a suction opening. Through the suction opening, gas (e.g., air) filled in the room is drawn into the air conditioner 4. After the air conditioner 4 regulates the temperature of the gas appropriately, the gas is blown into the room through the supply opening. As long as an air conditioner has the mechanism mentioned above, the air conditioner may be not only the air conditioner 4 fixed in the room but also an air conditioner built into the wall 2 of the room or arranged to the outside of the room.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the air conditioner 4 is fixed so as to be in contact with a wall 2 located at the −X side between two walls 2 having the YZ plane from the inside of the room, and also in contact with the inner wall 3 arranged on or above a wall 2 located at the −Z side between two walls 2 having the XY plane. Here, the supply opening of the air conditioner 4 is arranged at the lower part of the air conditioner 4 and over the entire surface of the lower part, and the gas is blown to the −Z direction. Of course, as long as the gas is allowed to flow into tubular structures described later, a position of the air conditioner 4 may be changed, and a direction for blowing the gas from the supply opening may be changed. Further, the direction for blowing the gas is able to be controlled in order that all the gas is focused to be blown from the supply opening efficiently into ventilation holes 9 formed on the tubular structures which form the inner wall 3.

In the room of the building, there is a storage equipment 6 having a plurality of shelves for storing a plurality of contents 5. The contents are preserved in the room or operated inside the room.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, there are six storage equipments 6 inside the room. That is, three of the storage equipment 6 (i.e., 6a, 6b, 6c) are fixed so as to be in contact with a wall 2 located at the +Y side between two walls 2 having the XZ plane from inside the room and also in contact with the inner wall 3, and three of the storage equipment 6 (i.e., 6d, 6e, 6f) are fixed so as to be in contact with a wall 2 located at the −Y side wall 2 between the two walls 2 having the XZ plane from inside the room and also in contact with the inner wall 3.

As long as the storage equipment 6 has a supply opening, a suction opening, and a flow channel that the gas (i.e., air) flows near a shelf at the lowest position among the shelves and up to a shelf at the highest position among the shelves from the suction opening to the supply opening, the storage equipment 6 may have any shape or structure. According to the above-described structure of the storage equipment 6, all contents 5 stored inside the storage equipment 6 can be easily adjusted to have a substantially constant temperature.

As to the contents 5, electronic hardware which generates heat or food products which undergo deterioration at normal temperatures, are desirably arranged in a refrigerated environment (or in a frozen environment). Woodworks or dried food products that are to be maintained at a high temperature or under dry conditions are desirably arranged in a heated environment. Therefore, in the case that the contents 5 are desirably kept in a refrigerated environment (or in a frozen environment), cooling equipment (or a freezer) is installed as the air conditioner 4. In the case that the contents 5 are desirably kept in a heated environment or in a dry environment, a heating equipment (or a dryer) is installed as the air conditioner 4. The refrigerated environment or the heated environment is desirably constant in temperature, which is appropriate for the contents 5. That is, a constant temperature is desirably maintained.

In the case that a building is used for the contents 5 to be frequently changed from those that are desirably stored in a refrigerated environment to those that are desirably stored in a heated environment, or from those that are desirably stored in a heated environment to those that are desirably stored in a refrigerated environment, an air conditioner working as a cooling equipment and also as a heating equipment may be used, as the air conditioner 4.

Hereinafter, as one example, the contents 5 are described as electronic hardware which generate heat by its operation (e.g., a battery module made up of a group of batteries). Thus, the air conditioner 4 will be described as a cooling equipment.

The structure of the inner wall 3 of the building 1 is described with FIG. 2. FIG. 2(a) illustrates a plan view in which the XY plane of the floor of the inner wall 3 is viewed to the −Z direction. FIG. 2(b) illustrates an XZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line A-A′. FIG. 2(c) illustrates a YZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line B-B′. In addition, in any of the views of FIG. 2, for an easy description of the inner wall 3, the air conditioner 4 and the storage equipments 6 are not shown, but their positions where they are to be arranged (hereinafter, it is called as “to-be-arranged positions”) are indicated by a dashed line.

In addition, hereinafter, the arrows in the drawing indicate a direction of the flow of the gas from the air conditioner 4.

The inner wall 3 is configured by arranging a plurality of tubular structures (to be described later) on the wall 2. The tubular structure is a tube-shaped structure whose cross section on the YZ plane follows a substantially rectangular periphery without any clearance and which has a space inside the periphery. The tubular structure is shaped by extending the cross section in the length direction (i.e., along the X direction). Here, as illustrated in FIG. 2(a) and FIG. 2(c), 12 tubular structures 7 (7a to 7l),that are substantially the same shape, are laid on the floor part wall. As described above, these tubular structures 7 are actually recognized as the floor by a user.

When the number of the storage equipments 6 arranged on one tubular structure 7 is given as “N” (“N” is an integral number of one or more), and when the number of tubular structures 7 which can be settled into the width of the storage equipment 6 (i.e., the width in the Y direction), (in other words, the number of tubular structures 7 across the width of the storage equipment 6 to support the storage equipment 6) is given as “n” (“n” is an integral number of one or more), a formula of N ≦n is obtained. Therefore, here, a description will be made according to the assumption that the width of the storage equipment 6 is four times (i.e., N=3, n=4) as large as the width of the tubular structure 7 (i.e., a width in the Y direction).

As described above, in the room, three of the storage equipment 6 (i.e., 6a, 6b, 6c) as a first group, are fixed so as to be in contact with a wall located at the +Y side between two walls 2 having the XZ plane, from the inside of the room, and also in contact with the inner wall 3. Further, three of the storage equipment 6 (i.e., 6d, 6e, 6f) as a second group, are fixed so as to be in contact with a wall located at the −Y side between two walls 2 having the XZ plane, from the inside of the room, and also in contact with the inner wall 3.

The storage equipment 6a, 6b, 6c, as the first group, are fixed on the four tubular structures 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d as a part of the inner wall 3. Each of three of them, among these four tubular structures, that are the tubular structures 7a, 7b, and 7c, has a ventilation hole 9 (i.e., 9a, 9b, 9c) respectively, into which the gas is blown from the air conditioner 4. Further, each of the tubular structures 7a, 7b, and 7c has a ventilation hole 8 (i.e., 8a, 8b, 8c) respectively for blowing the gas out, that passes through its ventilation hole 9 and the inside thereof, to the storage equipment 6a, 6b, and 6c corresponding to each of the ventilation hole 8. The tubular structure 7 is formed in order that the gas in the tubular structure 7 does not leak substantially from the ventilation hole 9 to the ventilation hole 8. In addition, in order to increase the cooling effect of the first group, each of hole sealing materials 10 (i.e., 10a, 10b, 10c) made of clay, resin, etc., is arranged to seal or clog the tubular structure near an end of its ventilation hole 8, which is more distant from the ventilation hole 9 between two ends of its ventilation hole 8. The sealing material 10 may be formed in a shape of a plate.

In other words, the tubular structure 7a has a ventilation hole 9a for blowing the gas into the tubular structure 7a from the supply opening of the air conditioner 4, and a ventilation hole 8a for blowing out the gas directly under the storage equipment 6a, after the gas passes through the inside of the tubular structure 7a with substantially no leakage. In the case that a part of the gas goes further from the end of the ventilation hole 8a (i.e., to the +X direction) in the tubular structure 7a, the part is not used for cooling the storage equipment 6a effectively. Therefore, the sealing material 10a is used to fill up and to seal or clog the inside of the tubular structure 7a where is near the end of the ventilation hole 8a. According to the tubular structure, the gas from the air conditioner 4 which has passed through the inside of the tubular structure 7a is entirely and completely blown into the storage equipment 6a. Similarly, the tubular structure 7b has a ventilation hole 9b, a ventilation hole 8b and a sealing material 10b). Further, the tubular structure 7c has a ventilation hole 9c, a ventilation hole 8c and a sealing material 10c.

Further, the storage equipment 6d, 6e, 6f, as the second group, are fixed on the four tubular structures 7i, 7j, 7k, 7l as a part of the inner wall 3. Each of three of them has the same structure as the inner wall 3 corresponding to one of the first group. That is, the tubular structure 7j has a ventilation hole 9j, a ventilation hole 8j and a sealing material 10j, for cooling the storage equipment 6f effectively into focus. The tubular structure 7k has a ventilation hole 9k, a ventilation hole 8k and a sealing material 10k, for cooling the storage equipment 6e effectively into focus. The tubular structure 7l has a ventilation hole 9l, a ventilation hole 8l and a sealing material 10l, for cooling the storage equipment 6d effectively into focus.

As described so far, because the building has the inner wall 3 made up of the tubular structures 7, the storage equipment 6 put in the building can be cooled effectively into focus, while a user may recognize the inner wall 3 as a wall or a part of the building as one body. As a result, it is possible to cool the content stored in the storage equipment 6 effectively into focus. The tubular structures 7 are able to support the storage equipment 6 or the like, although the tubular structures 7 have an empty space continuously extended like a tube. Therefore, the building is able to reduce heat conducted from the wall 2 as much as possible and to cool the content more effectively.

As described above, the tubular structures 7 are required to be made of a material sufficiently strong so as to support the storage equipment 6 or the like. However, the tubular structures 7 may be made of any material such as a metal or a resin, as long as sufficient strength for supporting the storage equipment 6 can be obtained. In the case that the heat conduction from the wall 2 is required to be decreased further according to the application of the building, it is desirable that the tubular structures 7 are made of a resin such as reinforced plastic instead of a metal.

The tubular structure 7 may be a single tube-shaped product itself, or a combination of the single tube-shaped products molded by a resin and formed as one body. Further, for forming the inner wall 3 by using the tubular structures 7, it is possible to use both of the single tube-shaped product as one of the tubular structures 7 and the combination as one of the tubular structures 7. In the above description, each of the tubular structures 7 is substantially equal in width. However, the tubular structures 7 different in width may be used.

Further, it is enough that shapes of the tubular structures 7 turn up and appear when the inner wall 3 is formed. Therefore, as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is possible to form the tubular structures 7 by putting metal plates, resin plates or wood plates on a plurality of floor rails (e.g., T-shaped rails, hat-shaped rails) arrayed and arranged in a predetermined width on the wall 2.

In the above description, the inner wall 3 formed by the tubular structures 7 is arranged on the floor-part wall. However, the present invention shall not be limited to the above description. The inner wall 3 may be arranged on the other wall 2, according to the shape and the arrangement of the air conditioner 4 or the storage equipment 6. Further, in order to exchange an old model as the storage equipment 6 to a new model as the storage equipment 6 easily, a plurality of the inner walls 3 may be formed on a plurality of surfaces of the wall 2 when the building is formed and before the storage equipment 6 is set in the building. Still further, a to-be-arranged position is only a position at which the storage equipment 6 is expected to be arranged. Therefore, there may be a case that the storage equipment 6 is not actually arranged on the to-be-arranged position.

In addition, as the building having the inner wall 3 formed by a group of the tubular structures 7, there may be any one of a warehouse, a ship, aircraft, a train, a container and a loading space of a motor vehicle, of that a room is required for temperature control (e.g., the temperature in the room is controlled by the air conditioner 4 at a predetermined temperature).

In the building described above, only one of the tubular structures 7 is used for cooling one of the storage equipments 6, among the plurality of tubular structures 7 across a position where one of the storage equipment 6 is arranged. However, in order to cool the storage equipment 6 more effectively, it is possible to introduce the gas such as cold air to one of the storage equipments 6 not only from one tubular structure 7 but from two or more tubular structures 7, among the plurality of tubular structures 7. Therefore, a modified example of the building is illustrated in FIG. 3.

In FIG. 3, the gas is introduced into one of the storage equipments 6 from the plurality of tubular structures 7. The number of the tubular structures 7, which introduce the gas into each of the plurality of the storage equipments 6, is the same number for each of the storage equipments 6, in order to cool the storage equipments 6 equally with each other. However, in the case that one of the tubular structures 7 has a plurality of the ventilation holes 8 each of that is for cooling each of the storage equipments 6 respectively, the efficiency for cooling the contents in the storage equipment 6 might be worse. Therefore, in the modified example, the tubular structure 7 has only one ventilation hole 8 for blowing out the air, that comes from its ventilation hole 8 and that go through its inside with substantially no leakage.

In the case that the air conditioner 4 has a superlative ability to blow the air or a superlative ability to cool the air, one of the tubular structures 7 may have a plurality of ventilation holes 8 each of that is for blowing the air into about two of the storage equipment 6. In this case, the gas blown into the tubular structure 7 from the air conditioner 4 is divided and dispersed to the plurality of ventilation holes 8. However, the gas blown out through each of the plurality of the ventilation holes 8 on one tubular structure 7 is greatly changed in the flow rate and in the velocity for blowing with an increase in the number of the ventilation holes 8, and it becomes difficult to cool each of the storage equipments 6 equally. Therefore, a large number of the ventilation holes 8 should not be formed on one of the tubular structure 7 for blowing the gas out of the tubular structure 7.

Hereinafter, a description will be made in detail for the modified example with reference to FIG. 3. When the orthogonal coordinates in FIG. 1 are used, FIG. 3(a) illustrates a XY plane of the floor which is viewed to the −Z direction, FIG. 3(b) illustrates an XZ sectional view of a building with taken along the line C-C′, and FIG. 3(c) illustrates a YZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line D-D′. In FIG. 3, the same components as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be given the same reference numerals, with the description being omitted here. Further, for easy understanding about FIG. 3(a), the dashed line of the storage equipment 6a, 6b, 6e in FIG. 2(a) is not illustrated. However, these storage equipments 6 are still arranged in the building.

In FIG. 3, when the number of the storage equipments 6 arranged on one tubular structure 7 is given as “N” (i.e., “N” is an integral number of one or more) and when the number of the tubular structures 7 which can be settled or fitted in the width of the storage equipment 6 (in other words, the number of tubular structures 7 across the width of the storage equipment 6 to support the storage equipment 6) is given as “n” “n” is an integral number of one or more), a formula of N≦ n is obtained. Further, “(2×N−n)” of the tubular structures 7 are needed in addition to the tubular structures 7 for being set under the storage equipments 6 and for supporting these storage equipments 6.

Therefore, in order to cool three storage equipments (i.e., the storage equipment 6a, 6b, 6c) as the first group, six tubular structures 7a to 7f are used. The tubular structures 7a to 7c are the same as in FIG. 2.

The first group in FIG. 3 is different from in FIG. 2 in points, that the tubular structure 7d, which supports the storage equipment 6a, 6b, 6c just like the tubular structures 7a to 7c, is also used for blowing the gas into these storage equipments 6, and that the tubular structure 7d has ventilation holes 8d-1, 8d-2, 8d-3 each of that is for blowing the gas into the corresponding one of three storage equipment 6a, 6b, 6c.

First, the tubular structure 7d has a ventilation hole 9d, a ventilation hole 8d-1 and a sealing material 10d-1, similar to the tubular structure 7c. Therefore, the storage equipment 6c is cooled by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8c, which comes from the ventilation hole 9c of the tubular structure 7c and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7c with substantially no leakage, and also by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8d-1, which comes from the ventilation hole 9d of the tubular structure 7d and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7d with substantially no leakage.

The tubular structure 7d also has a ventilation hole 8d-2, which is the same size as the ventilation hole 8b and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7d as the position of the ventilation hole 8b in the tubular structure 7b, and a sealing material 10d-3, which is the same material as the sealing material 10b and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7d as the position of the sealing material 10b in the tubular structure 7b, at a position where the storage equipment 6b is to be arranged.

Then, in order to guide the gas blown out by the air conditioner 4 to the ventilation hole 8d-2 from the tubular structure 7e arranged adjacent to the tubular structure 7d, the tubular structure 7e has a ventilation hole 9e, which is the same size as the ventilation hole 9d and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7e as the position of the ventilation hole 9d in the tubular structure 7d, and a sealing material 10e-1, which is the same material as the sealing material 10d-3 and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7e as the position of the sealing material 10d-3 in the tubular structure 7d.

Further, a part of walls of the tubular structure 7d and a part of walls of the tubular structure 7e near the ventilation hole 8d-2 are passed through each other to the Y direction, although the walls become a border between the tubular structures 7d and 7e. Therefore, the storage equipment 6b is cooled by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8b, which comes from the ventilation hole 9b of the tubular structure 7b and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7b with substantially no leakage, and also by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8d-2 of the tubular structure 7d, which comes from the ventilation hole 9e of the tubular structure 7e and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7e with substantially no leakage.

At this time, in the case that the ventilation hole 8d-2 is distant from the sealing material 10d-1 in the tubular structure 7d, it is desirable that the sealing material 10d-2 is arranged at a position adjacent to the ventilation hole 8d-2 to sandwich the ventilation hole 8d-2 with the sealing materials 10d-2 and 10d-3 and to seal or clog the inside of the tubular structure 7d at the position, in order to increase the effect for cooling the storage equipment.

Further, the tubular structure 7d has a ventilation hole 8d-3, which is the same size as the ventilation hole 8a and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7d to the position of the ventilation hole 8a in the tubular structure 7a, and a sealing material 10d-5, which is the same material as the sealing material 10a and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7d as the position of the sealing material 10a in the tubular structure 7a, at a position where the storage equipment 6a is to be arranged.

Then, in order to guide the gas blown by the air conditioner 4 into the ventilation hole 8d-3 from the tubular structure 7f, which is arranged at next to a tubular structure located next to the tubular structure 7d, the tubular structure 7f has a ventilation hole 9f, which is the same size as the ventilation hole 9d of the tubular structure 7d and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7f as the position of the ventilation hole 9d in the tubular structure 7d. Further, a part of walls of the tubular structure 7d, a part of walls of the tubular structure 7f, and a part of walls of the tubular structure 7e arranged between the tubular structures 7d and 7f, near the ventilation hole 8d-3, are passed through each other to the Y direction, although the walls become borders among the tubular structures 7d, 7e, and 7f.

Among the ends around the part passed through (i.e., the ends of a through-hole), near the end closest to the +X direction, a sealing material 10e-3 is arranged and filled to sealing or clogging, which is the same material as the sealing materials in the tubular structure 7e. Further, near the end closest to the +X direction, a sealing material 10f is arranged and filled for sealing or clogging, which is the same material as the sealing material 10a and which is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7f as the position of the sealing material 10e-3 in the tubular structure 7e, at a position where the storage equipment 6a is to be arranged.

Therefore, the storage equipment 6a is cooled by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8a, which comes from the ventilation hole 9a of the tubular structure 7a and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7a, and also by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8d-3 of the tubular structure 7d, which comes from the ventilation hole 9f of the tubular structure 7f and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7f and the through-hole.

At this time, in the case that the ventilation hole 8d-3 is distant from the sealing material 10d-3 in the tubular structure 7d, it is desirable that the sealing material 10d-4 is arranged at a position adjacent to the ventilation hole 8d-3 to sandwich the ventilation hole 8d-3 with the sealing materials 10d-4 and 10d-5 and to seal or clog the inside of the tubular structure 7d, and that the sealing material 10e-2 is arranged at the same position in the tubular structure 7e as the position of the sealing material 10d-4 in the tubular structure 7d to seal or clog the inside of the tubular structure 7e.

Three storage equipments 6d, 6e, 6f as the second group are fixed on the four tubular structures 7i, 7j, 7k, 7l which becomes a part of the inner wall 3. Then, three of these four tubular structures 7 have the inner wall 3, as described in the first group. That is, in FIG. 3(a), each parts illustrated in FIG. 3 including parts passing through the tubular walls have line symmetry about the border formed by the tubular structure 7f and the tubular structure 7g.

Therefore, regarding the arrangement and the configuration of these parts, the ventilation hole 9f and the sealing material 10f of the tubular structure 7f correspond respectively to the ventilation hole 9g and the sealing material 10g of the tubular structure 7g. The ventilation hole 9e and the sealing materials 10e-1 to 10e-3 of the tubular structure 7e correspond respectively to the ventilation hole 9h and the sealing materials 10h-1 to 10h-3 of the tubular structure 7h. The ventilation hole 9d, the ventilation holes 8d-1 to 8d-3 and the sealing materials 10d-1 to 10d-5 of the tubular structure 7d correspond respectively to the ventilation hole 9i, the ventilation holes 8i-1 to 8i-3 and the sealing materials 10i-1 to 10i-5 of the tubular structure 7i.

Therefore, the storage equipment 6f is cooled by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8j, which comes from the ventilation hole 9j of the tubular structure 7j and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7j with substantially no leakage, and also by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8i-1, which comes from the ventilation hole 9i of the tubular structure 7i and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7i with substantially no leakage along the way.

Further, the storage equipment 6e is cooled by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8k, which comes from the ventilation hole 9k of the tubular structure 7k and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7k with substantially no leakage, and also by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8i-2 of the tubular structure 7i, which comes from the ventilation hole 9h of the tubular structure 7h and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7h with substantially no leakage.

Still further, the storage equipment 6d is cooled by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8l, which comes from the ventilation hole 9l of the tubular structure 7l and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7l with substantially no leakage, and also by the gas blown from the ventilation hole 8i-3 of the tubular structure 7i, which comes from the ventilation hole 9g of the tubular structure 7g and goes through the inside of the tubular structure 7g and a through-hole corresponding to the through-hole mentioned above, with substantially no leakage.

SECOND EMBODIMENT

FIG. 4 illustrates an inner wall structure of the building in the second embodiment. FIG. 4(a) illustrates the XY plane of the floor of the building which is viewed to the −Z direction. FIG. 4(b) illustrates an XZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line E-E′ of the building. FIG. 4(c) illustrates a YZ sectional view of the building with taken along the line F-F′ of the building. Because the schematic view of the building is similar to that of FIG. 1, a description will be made by using the same coordinates. Further, the same components as those of the building of the first embodiment will be given the same reference numerals, with the description being omitted here. Still further, the sealing material used in FIG. 4 may be made of a material similar to that used in the first embodiment.

The building of the second embodiment is substantially different from that of the first embodiment at a point that the tubular structures 7 are stacked in the Z direction, one of that forms the inner wall 3. Because the first group is similar to the second group in the configuration of the second embodiment, three storage equipment 6d, 6d, 6f as the second group are described as typical examples.

The three storage equipment 6d, 6e, 6f as the second group are fixed on three tubular structures 7m, 7n, and 7o. More specifically, the tubular structure 7o is arranged on the floor part wall 2, the tubular structure 7n is arranged on the tubular structure 7o, the tubular structure 7m is arranged on the tubular structure 7n. The tubular structure 7m has a surface of the inner wall 3. Also, the three storage equipment 6d, 6e, 6f are to be arranged on the tubular structure 7m.

As described above, although the three tubular structures 7m, 7n, 7o are stacked (i.e., each of the group is called as a stack-type, and an inner wall formed by the group is called as a stack-type inner wall), a point that the gas blown into one tubular structure 7 from the air conditioner 4 is guided to one storage equipment 6 with no leakage, is the same as the first embodiment and the modified example.

Also, when the number of the storage equipments 6 arranged on one tubular structure 7 is given as “N” (i.e., “N” is an integral number of one or more) and when the number of tubular structures 7 arranged and settled into the width of the storage equipment 6 (i.e., in other words, the number of tubular structures 7 across the width of the storage equipment 6 to support the storage equipment 6) is given as “n” (i.e., “n” is an integral number of one or more), a formula of N≦n is obtained, that is the same as in the first embodiment and the modified example. Thus, in FIG. 4, the three tubular structures 7m, 7n, 7o are arranged under each of the three storage equipment 6d, 6e, 6f, as one example, in order that the above formula is satisfied.

Next, a description will be made in detail for a stack-type inner wall 3 formed by the group of the three tubular structures 7m, 7n, and 7o. First, in order that gas blown from the air conditioner 4 is blown into each of the three tubular structures 7, there are a ventilation hole 9m formed on the tubular structure 7m, a ventilation hole 9n which is the same arrangement and the same shape and size as the ventilation hole 9m on the XY plane and which passes through walls of the tubular structures 7m and 7n for forming a border between the tubular structure 7m and the tubular structure 7n in the Z direction, and a ventilation hole 9o which is the same arrangement and the same shape and size on the XY plane as the ventilation hole 9n and which passes through walls of the tubular structures 7n and 7o for forming a border between the tubular structure 7n and the tubular structure 7o in the Z direction.

The tubular structure 7m also has a ventilation hole 8m-1 for blowing the gas out directly under the storage equipment 6f, although the gas comes from the ventilation hole 9m and passes the inside of the tubular structure 7m with substantially no leakage. Because it is not effective for cooling the storage equipment 6f that the gas is guided further ahead of the ventilation hole 8m-1 (i.e., to the +X direction). Therefore, the sealing material 10m is used to seal and clog the tubular structure 7m at a position near a side located at the +X direction between two sides in the X direction of the ventilation hole 8m-1. According to the tubular structure 7m, the gas from the air conditioner 4, which passes through the tubular structure 7m, is entirely blown into the storage equipment 6f.

Further, the tubular structure 7m has a ventilation hole 8m-2 for blowing the gas out directly under the storage equipment 6e, although the gas comes from the ventilation hole 9n and passes the inside of the tubular structure 7n with substantially no leakage. And the tubular structure 7m has a ventilation hole 8n-1 which is the same arrangement and the same shape and size on the XY plane as the ventilation hole 8m-2 and which passes through walls of the tubular structures 7m and 7n for forming a border between the tubular structure 7m and the tubular structure 7n in the Z direction.

Because it is not effective for cooling the storage equipment 6e that the gas is guided further ahead of the ventilation hole 8n-1 (i.e., to the +X direction), the sealing material 10n is used to seal or clog the tubular structures 7m, 7n at a position near a side located at the +X direction between two sides in the X direction of the ventilation hole 8n-1. Therefore, the gas from the air conditioner 4, which passes through the tubular structure 7n, is entirely blown into the storage equipment 6e.

Still further, the tubular structure 7m has a ventilation hole 8m-3 for blowing the gas out directly under the storage equipment 6d, although the gas comes from the ventilation hole 9o and passes the inside of the tubular structure 7o with substantially no leakage. And the tubular structure 7m has a ventilation hole 8n-2, which is the same arrangement and the same shape and size on the XY plane as the ventilation hole 8m-2 and which passes through walls of the tubular structures 7m and 7n for forming a border between the tubular structure 7m and the tubular structure 7n in the Z direction. The tubular structure 7m also has a ventilation hole 8o, which is the same arrangement and the same shape and size on the XY plane as the ventilation hole 8n-2 and which passes through walls of the tubular structures 7n and 7o for forming a border between the tubular structure 7n and the tubular structure 7o in the Z direction.

It is not effective for cooling the storage equipment 6d that the gas is guided further ahead of the ventilation hole 8o (i.e., to the +X direction), the sealing material 10o is used to seal and clog the tubular structures 7m to 7o at a position near a side located at the +X direction between two sides in the X direction of the ventilation hole 8o. Therefore, the gas from the air conditioner 4, which passes through the tubular structure 7o, is entirely blown into the storage equipment 6d.

At this time, in the case that the ventilation hole 8m-2 is distant from the sealing material 10m in the tubular structure 7m, it is desirable that the sealing material 10m-1 is arranged at a position adjacent to the ventilation hole 8m-2 to sandwich the ventilation hole 8m-2 with the sealing materials 10n and 10m-1 and to seal or clog the inside of the tubular structure 7m, in order to cool the storage equipment effectively.

Further, similarly, in the case that the ventilation hole 8m-3 is distant from the sealing material 10n in the tubular structure 7m, it is desirable that the sealing material 10n-1 is arranged at a position adjacent to the ventilation hole 8m-2 to sandwich the ventilation hole 8m-3 with the sealing materials 10o and 10n-1 and to seal or clog the inside of the tubular structures 7m, 7n, in order to cool the storage equipment effectively.

As described above, according to the building disclosed in the first and the second embodiments as well as in the modified example, the inner wall of the building is configured by arranging a plurality of tubular structures. Therefore, although the inner wall is a part of the building, the gas blown from the air conditioner 4 is guided and focused effectively to the contents 5 stored in the storage equipment 6. Therefore, the contents are cooled effectively.

The present invention shall not be limited to the above-described embodiments or the modified example but may be modified in various ways within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, a description has been made for the gas blown from the air conditioner is cold air but the gas may be hot air depending on the contents 5. Further, the gas is not limited to air but may be, for example, inert gas, depending on the contents. A fire extinguisher (not shown) is additionally mounted on the air conditioner 4, and upon ignition of the contents 5, fire extinguishing gas is ejected from the fire extinguisher and blown from the air conditioner 4 to the tubular structures. Thereby, the extinguishing gas can be guided to the storage equipment 6 in a concentrated manner to extinguish a fire effectively.

Further, the inner wall is arranged on the floor part wall 2. However, the inner wall may be arranged on the surface of the other wall 2, whenever necessary, depending on an arranged position of the air conditioner 4 and an arranged position of the storage equipment 6.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

1: Building

2: Wall

3: Inner wall

4: Air conditioner

5: Contents

6 (6a˜6f): Storage equipment

7 (7a˜7o): Tubular structure

8 (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8i, 8j, 8k, 8l, 8m, 8n, 8o): Ventilation hole for storage equipment

9 (9a˜9o): Ventilation hole for air conditioner

10 (10a˜10o): Sealing material

Claims

1. A building comprising;

a wall making a boundary of a room;

an inner wall formed by a group including a first tubular structure and a second tubular structure and arranged on the wall as one body; and

an air conditioner arranged in the room;

wherein the first tubular structure has a first ventilation hole, where gas blown into the first tubular structure from the air conditioner and passed through the first tubular structure with substantially no leakage is blown out, at a to-be-arranged position of a first storage equipment which is to be arranged in the room, and

wherein the second tubular structure has a second ventilation hole, where the gas blown into the second tubular structure from the air conditioner and passed through the second tubular structure with substantially no leakage is blown out, at a to-be-arranged position of a second storage equipment which is to be arranged in the room.

2. The building according to claim 1,

wherein the group for the inner wall further includes a third tubular structure and a fourth tubular structure,

the third tubular structure has a third ventilation hole at a to-be-arranged position of the first storage equipment,

the fourth tubular structure is arranged outside the to-be-arranged position of the first storage equipment. and

the gas blown into the fourth tubular structure from the air conditioner is blown out from the third ventilation hole, with substantially no leakage.

3. The building according to claim 1,

wherein the first tubular structure and the second tubular structure are arranged to be stacked,

the first tubular structure has a fourth ventilation hole formed at a to-be-arranged position of the second storage equipment and a sealing material sealing a space between the first ventilation hole and the fourth ventilation hole, and

the gas blown into the second tubular structure from the air conditioner is blown out from the fourth ventilation hole through the second ventilation hole, with substantially no leakage.

4. The building according to any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein the air conditioner is used for cooling or heating of the room.

5. The building according to claim 4, wherein the inner wall is arranged on a floor part of the wall.

6. The building according to claim 5, wherein the first tubular structure and the second tubular structure are formed by using a plurality of floor rails.

7. The building according to claim 6, wherein the building is any one of a ship, aircraft, a train, a warehouse, a container and a loading space of motor vehicle.