CN101017016B

CN101017016B - Indoor unit of air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN101017016B
Application number: CN200710008035XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 车祥源
Original assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Current assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2006-02-09
Filing date: 2007-02-09
Publication date: 2011-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-09
Also published as: CN101017016A; KR101259806B1; KR20070080999A

Abstract

An object of the present invention lies on providing an indoor unit of an air conditioner, which enables easy mounting/dismounting of a picture frame panel, and leave a cabinet opened, for convenience of cleaning and repair of an inside of the cabinet. The indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a cabinet having a front panel mounted thereon, a picture frame panel having a picture frame base and a picture frame assembly hinged on the picture frame base, the picture frame panel being linked with the front panel for opening/closing the front panel, a holding device slidably mounted on one of the picture frame assembly and the picture frame base for holding the other one, and a supporter mounted on one of the picture frame assembly and the picture frame base for supporting the picture frame assembly so that the picture frame assembly maintains a fixed distance to the picture frame base at the time the picture frame assembly is opened.

Description

The indoor unit of air conditioner

Technical field

The present invention relates to be used on wall, installing the picture frame class indoor unit of the air conditioner of photo or picture.

Background technology

Usually, air conditioner is used for the air in cooling room or the clean rooms as room heater, room cooler or air purifier, and it provides better room environment for the mankind.Recently, developed the air conditioner that provides turbofan thickness, be similar on the wall that picture frame is installed in the room to allow air conditioner with the cabinet that minimizes air conditioner.

Figure 26 illustrates the decomposition diagram of the air conditioner of correlation technique.

With reference to Figure 26, the air conditioner of correlation technique provide the thin rectangular cabinet 1 that has the front portion of opening, the fan 2 in the cabinet 1, fan 2 the place aheads heat exchanger 3, have front panel 4 at the air intake 4a in heat exchanger 3 the place aheads, as the orifice plate 5 of the air intake between cabinet 1 and the front panel 4 be used for the preceding lattice plate 6 that is rotatably installed in front panel 4 the place aheads of opening/closing air intake 4a.

Fan 2 provides turbofan 2a and is used for the motor 2b of revolving wormgear fan 2a, not only is used to minimize the thickness of cabinet 1 but also is used to be distributed in the air that circumferential direction is drawn through air intake 4a.

Orifice plate 5 between heat exchanger 3 and fan 2 leads from air intake 4a air to fan 2.

Simultaneously, the filter 7 that is used to filter from the air of air intake 4a is installed between front panel 4 and the orifice plate 5, and is installed in orifice plate 5 tops as the control box 8 of control module.

The outlet port unit 9 of the direction that blows when the air of air when discharge the inside of cabinet 1 of being used to lead is installed in cabinet 1.

Outlet port unit 9 has the air outlet slit with the lattice plate 9a of a plurality of air blowing directions that are used to lead on the inboard, also have the motor (not shown) that is used to rotate fin 9b.

Yet, the problem that the indoor unit of the air conditioner of correlation technique has be its require in cleaning or when repairing indoor unit with preceding lattice plate and front panel from cashier's office in a shop dismantling/be installed to cashier's office in a shop arriving interior section, thereby required the long working time.

Summary of the invention

Technical problem

The objective of the invention is to be intended to solve the problem that exists in the indoor unit that air conditioner is provided, this feasible attaching/detaching picture frame panel easily, and make cabinet open so that clean and repair the inside of cabinet.

Technical solution

For realizing according to these purposes of target of the present invention and other advantage, as implementing at this and broadly describing, the indoor unit of air conditioner comprises the cabinet with front panel mounted thereto, have picture frame base portion and the picture frame panel that is hinged on the picture frame assembly on the picture frame base portion, the picture frame panel links with front panel and is used for the opening/closing front panel, be slidably mounted in be used to keep another maintenance equipment on picture frame assembly and picture frame base portion one and be installed in the picture frame assembly and of picture frame base portion on be used to support the picture frame assembly so that when opening the picture frame assembly, picture frame assembly and picture frame base portion are kept the supporting member of fixing distance.

Favourable effect

Indoor unit for air conditioner of the present invention because of with maintenance equipment easily attaching/detaching picture frame panel can improve assembly working.

In addition, because the picture frame panel of indoor unit can be set in not the position that separates with cabinet, so the cleaning of indoor unit inside and repairing are easily.

Description of drawings

Included accompanying drawing provides further understanding of the invention, and accompanying drawing illustrates embodiments of the invention and explained principle of the present invention with describing.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates the perspective view of the indoor unit of air conditioner according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates the decomposition diagram of the indoor unit of air conditioner according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 illustrates the decomposition diagram of inboard of the indoor unit of air conditioner according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 illustrates the decomposition diagram of picture frame panel according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 illustrates the cross section, shows the step of the process of the picture frame panel that is used to assemble according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 illustrates the perspective view of the escutcheon that has fastening part according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 7 illustrates the perspective view of picture frame base portion according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 8 illustrates the decomposition diagram of maintenance equipment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 9 illustrates the front view of picture frame base portion, shows maintenance equipment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 10 illustrates the rearview of picture frame base portion, shows maintenance equipment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 11 illustrates the figure of the operation of the maintenance equipment that shows according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 12 illustrates the front view of front panel according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 13 illustrates the front view of front panel according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein removes maintenance cover from front panel.

Figure 14 illustrate according to a preferred embodiment of the invention cabinet and the decomposition diagram of front panel.

Figure 15 illustrates the cabinet that fits together according to a preferred embodiment of the invention and the perspective view of front panel.

Figure 16 illustrate according to a preferred embodiment of the invention maintenance cover and the perspective view of drain pan.

Figure 17 illustrate according to a preferred embodiment of the invention the picture frame panel and the decomposition diagram of link mechanism.

Figure 18 illustrates the side view of link mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 19 illustrates the perspective view of the mode of operation that shows link mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 20 illustrates the perspective view of the mode of operation that shows support strip according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 21 illustrates the perspective view that maintains the position that has rotated when the picture frame assembly of the picture frame panel among Fig. 1 forwardly after rotation.

Figure 22 illustrates the side view that maintains the position that has rotated when the picture frame assembly of the picture frame panel among Fig. 1 forwardly after rotation.

Figure 23 illustrates the perspective view at the back side of the picture frame assembly in Figure 21.

Figure 24 illustrates the perspective view that the supporting member that shows in Figure 21 wherein is received in the state in the picture frame assembly.

Figure 25 illustrates the cross section of A-A along the line among Figure 24.

The specific embodiment

In detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the example of preferred embodiment illustrates in the accompanying drawings now.

Referring to figs. 1 to Figure 16, air conditioner comprises cabinet 10 with the front panel 20 that is installed in the place ahead, is installed on the front panel 20 and has picture frame panel 30, the maintenance equipment 270 on the picture frame panel in space between the front panel 20 and be used to support picture frame panel 30 and make when picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20 are spaced apart itself and front panel 20 isolated supporting members 400 according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Front panel 20 has center air intake 15 and is fastened to cabinet 10.

Cabinet 10 has at least one air outlet slit 16, is used to discharge air.

Picture frame panel 30 is installed in front panel 20 the place aheads, with front panel 20 spaced apart predetermined distances to form the gap, move to air intake 15 by clearance air.

Simultaneously, indoor unit comprises the orifice plate 13 that being used on the base portion 12 that is mounted on the room wall, the base portion 12 aspirated/discharged the fan 14 of space air and be used for air is directed to from air intake 15 fan 14.

Fan 14 between base portion 12 and orifice plate 13 fully leads air to air outlet slit 16 from air intake 15.

Especially, fan 14 is to be used for air from the centrifugal fan of orifice plate 13 in the circumferential direction discharging.

At the opposite side of fan 14, promptly the opposite side of base portion 12 exists to be used for air from the air outlet slit 16 of fan 14 to the outside of cabinet 10 guiding.Each of air outlet slit 16 has outlet port unit mounted thereto 40, is used for opening/closing air outlet slit 16.

Air outlet slit 16 at base portion 12 downsides also has outlet port unit mounted thereto 40, is used for outlet air is led in the room, and outlet port unit is by the control module opening/closing of indoor unit.

Base portion 12 is fixed to the wall in room with the support on the dorsal part.

Above fan 14, promptly the top of base portion 12 is equipped with air guide member 18, is used for air from air outlet slit 16 guiding of fan 14 on base portion 12 both sides.

The equipment unit 150 of the control module of air conditioner is installed above orifice plate 13 simultaneously.

There is heat exchanger 50 to be used for being used for the cooling space air in the place ahead of orifice plate 13, and having drain pan 100 to be used to below the heat exchanger 50 to keep and discharging the water that condenses that on heat exchanger 50, forms with the space air heat exchange.

Heat exchanger 50 is fixed to front panel 20 or orifice plate 13, and has tube connector 52 in a side and be used to be connected to refrigerant lines (not shown) from the indoor unit outside.

Especially, heat exchanger 50 has pdp filter device 160 forwardly.

The front panel 20 in heat exchanger 50 the place aheads is fastened to base portion 12.Front panel 20 is to the fastening air outlet slit 16 that formed of base portion 12, and outlet port unit 40 is installed on the air outlet slit 16.

Cabinet 10 has the shroud 11 that is installed on the angle, when shroud 11 is installed on the angle of base portion 12 with the part of the outside that forms indoor unit.

Shroud 11 is installed on a plurality of angles at four angles of cabinet 10, is directed in the cabinet 10 by its outer refrigerant lines.

Simultaneously, picture frame panel 30 comprises that picture frame base portion 32 and picture frame panel assembly rotatably are hinged on the picture frame base portion 32.

The picture frame assembly comprises the escutcheon 34 that is hinged on the picture frame base portion 32, be placed on transparent panel 35 on the escutcheon 34, be used for simultaneously around and keep the decoration 36 and the display window in escutcheon 34 38 of escutcheon 34 and transparent panel 35.

Transparent panel 35 is used to expose picture or the photo that is attached to picture frame base portion 32 by the place ahead that transparent acryl glass or glass formed and be positioned at picture frame base portion 32.

Escutcheon 34 be installed in transparent panel 35 around be used for fixing transparent panel 35.

Escutcheon 34 comprises four

member

34a, 34b, 34c and 34d, is used for closely contacting with four limits of transparent panel 35, and each of four members fits together before installation.

Therefore, some member 34a of

escutcheon

34 and 34c have hole 34a ' and 34c ' and

other members

34b and 34d respectively and have projection piece 34b ' respectively to be placed on respectively in hole 34a ' and the 34c '.After decoration 36 was assembled, the clamp structure (not shown) was fastened to projection piece 34b ' so that escutcheon 34 is placed near decorations 36.

Therewith together,

member

34a, 34b, 34c and the 34d of escutcheon 34 have the edge that prone outer edge 33 is used for centering on transparent panel 35.

Prodger 31 towards picture frame base portion 32 is arranged on the upside of the dorsal part of escutcheon 34, and each prodger has hinge hole 31a and is used for hinge and is connected to picture frame base portion 32.

Hinge hole 31a extends at the upside place at escutcheon 34 on lateral, makes that the picture frame assembly can be around top margin along rotation.

In the groove (not shown) in prodger is placed on picture frame base portion 32 and pin (not shown) during by groove and prodger 31, prodger 31 is connected to the picture frame assembly with picture frame base portion 32 with hinge.

Downside at escutcheon 34 has the display window 38 that is connected to assembly unit 150 to be used to show signal.

At the place, lower right side that the lower side member 34c and the display window 38 between the member 34b of right side of escutcheon 34 is installed in figure, and the lower member 36c of decoration 36 has hole 36c ' and is used to expose display window 38.

Though embodiment shows display window 38 as the equipment that is used to open LED etc., different therewith is that display window 38 can be flat display unit, for example LCD.

Display window 38 has shown the running status of indoor unit or the environment in room etc.

Simultaneously, be used for centering on simultaneously and keeping the edge of escutcheon 34 and the decoration 36 of transparent panel 35 to have a side of opening towards transparency window.

Decoration 36 has four

member

36a, 36b, 36c and 36d, is used for centering on simultaneously four edges of transparent panel 35.

Place escutcheon 34 and transparent panel 35 in the groove 37 in

member

36a, 36b, 36c and 36d.

Especially, the coxopleure 37a of decoration 36 is closely contacted with transparent panel 35, and the epimeron 37b of decoration 36 is closely contacted with escutcheon 34.

The epimeron 37b of decoration 36 forms long enough with coverage hole 34a '/projection piece 34b ' part, and the member 36a of

escutcheon

34 and 36b join coverage hole 34a '/projection piece 34b ' part to.

The epimeron 37b of decoration 36 has the hole 37c that is used for placing clamp structure 39 within it, and after clamp structure 39 is placed by hole 37c, and the clamp structure 39 that the hole 37c by decoration 36 places is placed in the projection piece 34b ' of escutcheon 34.When the insertion length of clamp structure 39 became darker, clamp structure 39 was pressed in escutcheon 34 on the transparent panel 35.

Hole 37c in the decoration 36 have formation screw thread thereon, are used for clamp structure 39 fasteningly, and to transparent panel 35 is pushed escutcheon 34 in the end of clamp structure 39.

The coxopleure 37a long enough of decoration 36 is so that escutcheon 34 is invisible by transparent panel 35, and the hole 36c ' in the decoration 36 mates with display window 38.

The assembling of picture frame panel 30 of the present invention is effectively, because clamp structure 39 is pressed in escutcheon 34 on the transparent panel 35 in fastened, and decoration 36 and the fastening of decorative panel 34 are finished simultaneously.

Picture frame base portion 32 has the prodger 31 placement groove 32a within it that are used for the picture frame assembly, so that the picture frame member hinges thereon, also has the maintenance equipment 270 that is used to keep the picture frame assembly.

The picture frame assembly rotatably is hinged on the top of picture frame base portion 32, and picture frame base portion 32 has retaining hole 271 at the downside place and is used to install maintenance equipment 270.

Picture frame base portion 32 has a plurality of maintenance equipment 270 mounted thereto, and respectively has a retaining hole 271 in left side and right side.Retaining hole 271 is the through holes towards the picture frame assembly.

Therefore, retaining hole 271 is through holes on the fore-and-aft direction in this embodiment.

Retaining hole 271 has guide rail 273 direction that move of maintenance equipment 270 at lateral that be used to lead.

Dorsal part at picture frame base portion 32 has the fin of installation 32b to be used to install the cable (not shown) that is connected between assembly parts 150 and the display window 38.

Fin 32b is installed does not form straight line so that assembly parts 150 are connected to display window 38 with straight line, but the bent intermediate in the path of cable once be used to prevent cable separately.

Installation fin 32b forms with predetermined distance relative mutually, makes cable be installed in and installs between the fin 32b.

At the dorsal part of picture frame base portion 32, also exist and strengthen the intensity that fin 32c is used to strengthen picture frame base portion 32.

The escutcheon 34 of picture frame assembly has retaining part 272 to be placed in the retaining hole 271 and to keep maintenance equipment 270.

Maintenance equipment 270 comprises that being used on main body 274, the main body 274 is placed in the retaining hole 271 and the guiding prodger 275 that moves along guide rail 273, be used to be placed on the maintenance prodger 276 and the grip on the outside of main body 274 277 that keep picture frame in the retaining part 272 of escutcheon 34.

Main body 274 is installed on the dorsal part of picture frame base portion 32 and is exposed with the downside from picture frame base portion 32, and guiding prodger 275 is outstanding forward and engage with guide rail 273 from main body 274.

Guiding prodger 275 has hook-like shape and is used for being placed on front/rear direction in the retaining hole 271 and hooks guide rail 273.

Therefore, when guiding prodger 275 and guide rail 273 are hooked in a time-out, prevented maintenance equipment 270 from picture frame base portion 32 separately.

In addition, be hooked under the state at guide rail 273 places in guiding prodger 275, guiding prodger 275 can move along guide rail 273 in a left side/right.

That is, guiding prodger 275 has and is used to the function that prevents that maintenance equipment 270 from separating from picture frame base portion 32 and the function that is used for mobile maintenance equipment 270.

Simultaneously, keep prodger 276 outstanding to the retaining part 272 of escutcheon 34 from main body 274, be used to be placed in the hollow space 272a in the retaining part 272, when a left side/right moves, picture frame base portion 32 and escutcheon 34 are kept together when maintenance equipment 270.

Therefore, keep prodger 276 have when the outstanding forward predetermined distance of prodger back on a left side/end of right bending, and the hollow space 272a of retaining part 272 on a left side/the right extension.

In addition, for minimizing to the distance of maintenance equipment 270, retaining part 272 is given prominence to and is placed in an embodiment in the retaining hole 271 to picture frame base portion 32.

Grip 277 is formed on the outer surface of main body 274, has annular knurl, is used to prevent the slippage when mobile maintenance equipment 270.

Especially, the downside that grip 277 is formed on main body 274 makes grip 277 be exposed at the downside place of picture frame base portion 32, but be not exposed to the place ahead of indoor unit, because grip 277 is covered by the picture frame assembly when the picture frame assembly closely contacts with picture frame base portion 32.

With reference to Figure 17 to Figure 21, indoor unit also comprises supporting member 400, is used to support the picture frame assembly to keep the state that picture frame assembly 33 rotates forward.

Favouring or separating from picture frame base portion 32 easily photo etc. is attached to picture frame base portion 32/ for keeping picture frame assembly 33 perpendicular to the state of picture frame base portion 32, preferably supporting member 400 is bars, and the length of bar is greater than the predetermined length of the downside that is used to support the picture frame assembly that separates with picture frame base portion 32.

Supporting member 400 is rotatably connected to picture frame base portion 32 and picture frame assembly 33 one, and keeps picture frame base portion 32 and picture frame assembly 33 another.

That is, supporting member 400 comprise with hinged coupling part 402 of picture frame base portion 32 and picture frame assembly 33 and from the coupling part 402 another the end parts 410 that are used to keep picture frame base portion 32 and picture frame assembly 33 of extending.

For not placing obliquely in the intersection ridge 420 will describe subsequently, but vertical with it placement to be to have the contact area of maximum, and end parts 410 is 402 crooked predetermined angles from the coupling part.

The ridge 420 that intersects is formed in picture frame base portion 32 and picture frame assembly 33 one, is used to keep supporting member 400, and more specifically end parts 410 is used from guided bearing spare 400 with targeting part 430 1.

Below for simplicity, suppose that coupling part 402 is hinged on the dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33, be hinged to escutcheon 34 especially, and intersection ridge 420 and supporting member targeting part 430 are formed on the front portion of picture frame base portion 32, make end parts 410 slidably in last/following direction by supporting member targeting part 430 guiding, and dip down tiltedly to be placed on and intersect in the ridge 420.

Supporting member targeting part 430 be used for slidably/below upwards guided bearing spare 400 and restriction supporting member 400 especially confinement end divide a left side/right side of 410 to move, supporting member targeting part 430 is included in the perpendicular fins 432 and 434 on end parts 410 left sides/right side, fin 432 and 434 last/below extend upward, they are split up into slightly the width greater than a left side/right of supporting member 400, the width of end parts 410 especially.

Perpendicular fins 432 and 434 is given prominence to forward respectively from the front surface of picture frame base portion 32.

The ridge 420 that intersects is from the outstanding forward horizontal fin of picture frame base portion 32, and extend fin front portion at picture frame base portion 32 on lateral, extends between perpendicular fins 432 and 434 especially, makes that the rear end of end parts 410 is held down.

In this example, certainly obvious is the interior sliding channel to the back depression of front surface that the supporting member targeting part 430 and the ridge 420 that intersects can be formed on picture frame base portion 32, groove last/below extend upward, make supporting member 400 end parts 410 last/below to upper edge sliding channel guiding and be placed on the lower end of sliding channel, to be held down thereon.

Simultaneously, supporting member 400, coupling part 402 has from its outstanding supporting part 408 especially, is held down when being used to support picture frame assembly 33 at intersection ridge 420 places with the rear end when end parts 410, and supporting part 408 contacts with the dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33.

In fact the supporting part 408 that has supported picture frame assembly 33 is outstanding from supporting member 400, and is 402 outstanding from the coupling part especially, be used for picture frame assembly 33 surfaces to the contacting of surface or Line To Line, the dorsal part with escutcheon 34 contacts especially.

Preferably supporting part 408 has and forms flat part, makes supporting part 408 contact with big as far as possible area with the dorsal part of escutcheon 34.

Preferably supporting member 400 is arranged at least one place on a left side/right side of picture frame assembly 33, and the left side and the right side that are connected respectively to the dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33 are used for more firm supporting.

Because if supporting member 400 is connected to the left side of dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33 or the lower part on right side, the length that then requires supporting member 400 is big, preferably supporting member 400 be connected to the left side of dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33 or right side in the middle of the place or be higher than in the middle of the place.

In at least one of picture frame base portion 32 or picture frame assembly 33, receiving unit 440 is arranged, be used to receive supporting member 400.

Though receiving unit 440 can be formed in each of picture frame base portion 32 and picture frame assembly 33, if but preferably supporting member 400 is rotatably connected to the front portion of picture frame base portion 32, then receiving unit 440 is formed on the place ahead of picture frame base portion 32, if and preferably supporting member 400 is rotatably connected to the dorsal part of picture frame base portion 32, then receiving unit 440 is formed in the dorsal part of picture frame base portion 32.

Receiving unit 440 be on the left side of supporting member 400 and right side last/below upwardly extending

vertical fin

442 and 444,

fin

442 and 444 is split up into slightly greater than the left side of supporting member 400 to the width on right side and outstanding backward from the dorsal part of picture frame assembly 32.

Coupling part 402 has swivel pin 404 outstanding on lateral.

Picture frame assembly 33 has pin retaining part 33a, is used for rotatably keeping swivel pin 404.

Pin retaining part 33a is outstanding from the dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33 with semicircular in shape, and is outstanding from escutcheon 34 especially, and the hinge hole 33b that has on lateral is used for rotatably swivel pin 404 being placed within it.

Preferably selling retaining part 33a is formed between

perpendicular fins

442 and 444 on the dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33, especially on escutcheon 34, and have the insertion gathering sill 33c on that upwards is formed on

perpendicular fins

442 and 444 in the wings, be used to make things convenient for swivel pin 404 initial insertion within it.

Picture frame assembly 33 has the outstanding stopper portions 33d to pin retaining part 33a, make when swivel pin 404 degree of depth when being placed in the hinge hole 33b, the relative part 406 of the swivel pin 404 of coupling part 402 is maintained on the side relative with hinge hole 33b.

Stopper portions 33d is bent, and makes that the relative part 406 of the swivel pin 404 of coupling part 402 was slided on stopper portions 33d when swivel pin 404 initially was inserted in the hinge hole 33b.

At least on picture frame assembly 33 and supporting member 400 one, supporting member retainer 450 is arranged, be used for supporting member 400 is fastened to the picture frame assembly, be fastened to escutcheon 34 especially.

Supporting member retainer 450 is included in maintenance groove 452 and the hook 454 on escutcheon 34 and supporting member 400 one in escutcheon 34 and supporting member 400 one, is used for keeping being placed on the supporting member 400 that keeps in the groove 452 when storage supporting member 400.

Simultaneously, with reference to Figure 22 to Figure 25, picture frame panel 30 of the present invention can maintain the state that wherein picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20 separate, to allow to check or repair the inside of indoor unit.

After contact action of user was with the starting link mechanism, picture frame panel 30 can move to front panel 20 the place aheads, upwards to separate forwardly with front panel 20.

Link mechanism 200 comprises variable chains fitting 210 and the support chain fitting 220 that is hinged on respectively on picture frame panel 30 and the front panel 20.

Rotatable chaining part 210 is positioned at support chain fitting 220 tops, and rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220 be hinged with/below upwards rotatable.

Therefore, the dorsal part of the picture frame base portion 32 of picture frame panel 30 have outstanding backward respectively being arranged in/below the support 212 and 322 that makes progress, and front panel 20 also has respectively to picture frame panel 30

support

214 and 324 that outstanding being arranged in/below makes progress.

Rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220 have end 210a and the 220a on the support 212 and 322 that is hinged on the picture frame base portion 32, and

other end

210b and 220b are hinged on the

support

214 and 324 on the front panel 20.

Especially, support chain fitting 220 is longer than rotatable chaining part 210.

In addition, under picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20 tight state of contact, an end 210a and the 220a of rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220 are positioned at

other end

210b and 220b the place ahead.

Hook 202 and groove 204 are arranged on picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20, be used for picture frame panel 30 remained forwardly and upwards separate with front panel 20.

In an embodiment, hook 202 is formed on the dorsal part of picture frame base portion 32 at the upside of picture frame base portion 32 and place, side, and groove 204 is formed on the place ahead of front panel 20 in the position relative with hook 202.

Because the picture frame panel 30 that is connected with link mechanism 200 has the center of gravity in plate 20 the place aheads in front, if picture frame panel 30 is not kept by hook 202 and groove 204, then picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20 pass through in front that the rotatable chaining part 210 at plate 20 anterior position places and the articulated structure of support chain fitting 220 separate.

In addition, the other end of support chain fitting 220 is connected to support 324, and support 324 has slidably/down mobile track 225 that is used for other end 220b.

Track 225 is placed the hinge 223 at the other end place of support chain fitting 220 within it movably, and the lower end of support 324 is closed and is used to support support chain fitting 220.

Therefore, support chain fitting 220 can be rotated to support on the lower end of support 324, and can separate from support 324 by the other end that upwards draws support chain fitting 220 if desired.

Support chain fitting 220 comprises picture frame arm 222 that is hinged on the picture frame panel 30 and the panel arm 224 that is hinged on the front panel 20.

Picture frame arm 222 has in being placed on picture frame base portion 32 and is hinged on an end 222a on the picture frame base portion 32 when being fastened to picture frame base portion 32 with the pin (not shown), has the other end 222b of placement panel arm 224 within it and forms the inboard of gathering sill 226.

Especially, gathering sill 226 extends on the length direction of picture frame arm 222.

Panel arm 224 has an end 224a, an end 224a have that formation is used to be placed in the gathering sill 226 thereon and the guiding prodger 229 that moves along gathering sill 226 and the support 324 that is placed on front panel 20 in other end 224b.

Gathering sill 226 in picture frame arm 222 has and inserts prodger 227, and panel arm 224 has patchhole 228 and is used to be engaged in and inserts in the prodger 227.

Therefore, when

picture frame arm

222 and 224 relative motions of panel arm, insert prodger 227 and separate or connect, make picture frame arm 222 and shaking of panel 324 be minimized, and the frictional force that requires in engagement process is provided with insertion arm 228.

The place ahead of front panel 20 can expose manyly by the lower end of rising picture frame panel 30.

If rise with the state that picture frame panel 30 is opened the lower end of picture frame panel 20, the support chain fitting 220 that then is connected to picture frame panel 30 extends so that picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20 further separate, thereby allows the user easily to replace the filter that is installed on the front panel 20.

The place ahead of plate 20 is equipped with the support strip 280 that is used to support picture frame panel 30 in front.

Support strip 280 between picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20 has supported picture frame panel 30.Support strip 280 can or be installed on the front panel 20 or is installed on the picture frame panel 30, and support strip 280 is installed on the front panel 20 in an embodiment.

In the situation about when picture frame panel 30 is being replaced filter etc., further being opened, support strip 280 from the following side bearing of support chain fitting 220 picture frame panel 30.

Therefore, front panel 20 has formation rotatable portion 282 thereon, be used for the end of support strip 280 is placed within it, and support strip 280 has the relative end in the rotatable portion 282 that rotatably is placed on the front panel 20.

Rotatable portion 282 has the hole (not shown) so that support strip 280 can be forwardly to rotation at lateral, and support strip 280 on a left side/right extends.

Support strip 280 comprise to be placed in rotatable portion 282 shaft portion 284, form as one perpendicular to shaft portion 284, with shaft portion 284 or the bar part 286 of separating with shaft portion 284 and be connected to and perpendicular to the supporting part 288 of bar part 286, supporting part 288 forms as one with bar part 286 or separates with bar part 286.

Bar part 286 and supporting part 288 form with the length that increases metal support bar 280 by crooked predetermined part.

Dorsal part at the picture frame panel 30 that is supported by support strip 280 has retaining part 289, is used to keep the supporting part 288 of support strip 280.

Retaining part 289 has in vertical direction and is arranged in groove on picture frame panel 30 dorsal parts, is used to adjust the angle that support strip 280 tilts.

In addition, when support strip 280 closely contacted with front panel 20, bar part 286 fixed closely to contact and to be bearing between the support 204 with support 204.

To the operation of the indoor unit of air conditioner of the present invention be described.

The picture frame assembly is installed in the situation of picture frame base portion wanting, maintenance equipment 270 is placed in the retaining hole 271 that is formed on front/rear direction.Then, when the guiding prodger 275 of maintenance equipment 270 was placed in the retaining hole 271, the guiding prodger 275 of maintenance equipment 270 engaged with the guide rail 273 that centers on retaining hole 271.

Therefore, the main body 274 that prevents maintenance equipment 270 by guiding prodger 275 from picture frame base portion 32 separately.

In addition, guiding prodger 275 can move with the state that guiding prodger 275 remains on guide rail 273 places along guide rail 273 in a left side/right.

Then, picture, photo etc. is placed on picture frame base portion 32 the place aheads, and the picture frame assembly put is near picture frame base portion 32 the place aheads.

Then, the main body 274 of maintenance equipment 270 that is exposed to the downside of picture frame base portion 32 is placed in the retaining part 272 of escutcheon 34 with the maintenance prodger 276 that will keep equipment 270 a left side/right-hand moving up, and the picture frame assembly can be fixed to picture frame base portion 32.

Can finish from picture frame base portion dismounting picture frame assembly by the backward of above step.

Simultaneously, separate photo etc. if want to picture frame panel 30 attachments or from picture frame panel 30, then picture frame panel assembly 33 rotates forward, so that the lower part of picture frame assembly 33 rotates around the top of picture frame base portion, picture frame assembly 33 separates from the place ahead of picture frame base portion 32 simultaneously.

Then, if supporting member 400 is by substantially backward or pull down, then supporting member 400 makes hook 454 bendings to discharge fin 442 from hook 454, thereby the major part that allows supporting member 400 from the

perpendicular fins

442 and 444 as receiving unit 440 go out from, make that supporting member 400 can be around swivel pin 404 rotations.

Then, if the rear end of the end parts 410 of supporting member 400 is placed between perpendicular fins 432 and 434, and be placed on the intersection ridge 420, then picture frame assembly 33 is bearing on the supporting member 400, makes picture frame assembly 33 keep with predetermined angle and rotates forward.

When end parts 410 holds down at intersection ridge 420 places, supporting part 408 contacts with the dorsal part of picture frame assembly 33 and therefore is held, when the weight of picture frame assembly 33 is supported by supporting member 400, make picture frame assembly 33 not be returned to original state (being that picture frame assembly 33 is parallel to picture frame base portion 32), but remain on the state that picture frame assembly 33 tilts in picture frame base portion 32 the place aheads with predetermined angle.

Because picture frame assembly 33 remains on the state that picture frame assembly 33 is tilted in picture frame base portion 32 the place aheads with predetermined angle, photo may be attached to picture frame assembly base portion 32/ to be separated from picture frame assembly base portion 32, and does not keep picture frame assembly 33.

Simultaneously, if picture frame assembly 33 further upwards rises behind attachment/separation photo, then the rear end of end parts is from intersecting the upside of ridge 420 forwardly to separation, makes supporting member 400 from picture frame base portion 32 separately and make picture frame assembly 33 rotatable.

Then, if push away supporting member 400 between the

perpendicular fins

442 and 444 as receiving unit 440, then with supporting member 400, coupling part 402 is placed between

perpendicular fins

442 and 444 especially, makes hook 454 flexibly crooked simultaneously.

In case be placed between

perpendicular fins

442 and 444 to the supporting member degree of depth, then hook 454 is flexibly replied to be placed on and is kept in the groove 452, and when when keeping groove 452 its back to be kept by hook 454, supporting member 400 keeps being received between the

perpendicular fins

442 and 444 as receiving unit 440.

Therefore, by such picture frame base portion/from the dismounting of picture frame base portion that the picture frame assembly is installed to, the user can be easily be placed on photo etc. in the picture frame assembly/takes out from the picture frame assembly.

To the operating process of the link mechanism of indoor unit of the present invention be described.

The other end 210b of rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220 and 220b are placed on respectively in the support 214 and 424 of the front panel of having assembled 20, in the support 212 and 322 on the dorsal part that an end 210a of rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220 and 220a are placed on picture frame panel 20 respectively.

In this state, if push away picture frame panel 30 near front panel 20, make picture frame panel 30 rotation simultaneously picture frame panel 30 be maintained at rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220 places, then be connected to the part of picture frame panel 30 of rotatable chaining part and the part of the picture frame panel 30 that is connected to support chain fitting 220 and rotate with different mutually radiuses.

In addition, because support chain fitting 220 is longer than rotatable chaining part 210, after an end 210a of rotatable chaining part 210 rotated with predetermined angle, the mobile chaining part 220 that is supported forward of picture frame panel 30 limited when picture frame panel 30 moves forward.

Promptly when picture frame panel 30 is fixed to front panel 20, link mechanism 200 is installed to picture frame panel 30 and front panel 20, draw picture frame panel 30 forward if make, then the maintenance by hook 202 and groove 204 is released, with the center of gravity of rotation picture frame panel 30 mobile simultaneously picture frame panels 30 under the restriction of link mechanism 200.

In more detail, when picture frame panel 30 begins when mobile, one end 210a of rotatable chaining part 210 is rotated down the downside of support 214 from the upside of support 214, and an end 220a of support chain fitting 220 rotates predetermined angle forward from the upside of support 324.

Because thereby rotatable chaining part 210 is than the short bigger angle of the anglec of rotation that makes that rotatable chaining part 210 can speed ratio support chain fittings 220 of support chain fitting 220, so when an end 210a of rotatable chaining part 210 orientated the position that is lower than the support 214 that has supported rotatable chaining part 210 as, the mobile of picture frame panel 30 stopped.

Therefore, the user can open picture frame panel 30 and check the filter 60 of front panel 20 or check inside, and does not support picture frame panel 30.

Therefore, when wanting cleaning and filtering 60, picture frame panel 30 of the present invention allows the user easily to replace filter 60, even also do not separate largely because the downside of picture frame panel 30 is not supported the downside of picture frame panel 30.

In addition, even when the maintenance cover 24 of plate 20 separates in front, also do not require to keep picture frame panel 30.

In addition, even when photo on replacing picture frame panel 30 or picture, the replacement of photo or picture also is easy, because picture frame panel 30 is projected into the downside of the front portion of indoor unit, until putting down with respect to the user.

Simultaneously, because the anglec of rotation of rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220 depends on the relative length of rotatable chaining part 210 and support chain fitting 220, so the anglec of rotation can be adjusted in many ways, and the outstanding forward distance of separating can be set in many ways.

Especially, as long as an end 220a delocalization of support chain fitting 220 is to be lower than the support 224 that has supported support chain fitting 220, picture frame panel 30 just is bearing on the support chain fitting 220 securely.

In addition, when want to use link mechanism increase between picture frame panel and the front panel apart from the time, drawing picture frame panel 30 with after opening picture frame panel 30 forward, the support strip 280 on the plate 20 is rotated with the fixing angle of opening of picture frame panel 30 in front.

The supporting part 288 of support strip 280 is placed in the retaining part 289 of picture frame base portion 32 dorsal parts with supporting picture frame panel 30.

Therefore, if picture frame panel 30 is further fixedly opened by support strip 280, it is more convenient and replace maintenance cover 24 and repair indoor unit and become easier then to replace filter 60.

To those skilled in the art obvious be to carry out numerous modifications and variations and not depart from the spirit or scope of the present invention to the present invention.Therefore, want the present invention to cover the modifications and variations of invention, as long as these modifications and variations are in the scope of subsidiary claim and equivalent thereof.

Industrial usability

As describing, the indoor unit of air conditioner of the present invention has following advantage:

The installation of picture frame assembly on the picture frame base portion/from the basic dismounting of picture frame is easily. Even the picture frame assembly is not fully dismantled from the picture frame base portion, also can easily realize inspection and repairing to picture frame base portion and picture frame assembly.

In addition, because can separate with front panel by using link mechanism with the picture frame panel of picture frame base portion and picture picture frame assembly, and the space capable of regulating between picture frame base portion and the picture picture frame assembly, so the inspection of indoor unit and repairing are easily.

Therefore, indoor unit of the present invention has good industrial usability.

Claims

1. the indoor unit of an air conditioner comprises:

Cabinet with front panel mounted thereto;

Have picture frame base portion and the picture frame panel that is hinged on the picture frame assembly on the picture frame base portion, described picture frame panel links with front panel, is used for the opening/closing front panel;

Be slidably mounted in described picture frame assembly and the picture frame base portion one another the maintenance equipment of going up, be used for keeping described picture frame assembly and picture frame base portion; With

Be installed in the supporting member going up, be used to support described picture frame assembly of described picture frame assembly and picture frame base portion, make when described picture frame assembly is opened, described picture frame assembly is kept and the fixing distance of described picture frame base portion,

Wherein, described picture frame base portion has retaining hole at the downside place, described retaining hole is passed through described picture frame base portion on fore-and-aft direction, described maintenance equipment is by this retaining hole, and be slidably mounted in this retaining hole, make this maintenance equipment to move up at right and left along described retaining hole, described picture frame assembly has and is used for first retaining part that combines with described maintenance equipment, and this maintenance equipment is engaged with first retaining part of this picture frame assembly by sliding.

2. indoor unit according to claim 1, wherein, described picture frame assembly comprises:

Be hinged on the escutcheon on the picture frame base portion,

Be placed on the transparent panel on the described escutcheon,

Be used for simultaneously around and keep described escutcheon and transparent panel decoration and

Display window in described escutcheon.

3. indoor unit according to claim 1, wherein, described maintenance equipment comprises:

Be placed on the main body in the described retaining hole;

On described main body, be used for the guiding prodger that engages slidably with described picture frame base portion and

On described main body, be used to be placed on the maintenance prodger in first retaining part of described picture frame assembly,

Wherein, retaining hole in described picture frame base portion has the guide rail around retaining hole, this guide rail allows this guiding prodger to slide thereon, described guiding prodger is outstanding to described picture frame assembly from described main body, be used for engaging with the guide rail of described retaining hole and in described retaining hole, moving, and described guiding prodger has hook-like shape, is used for being placed on front/rear direction in the described retaining hole and hooks described guide rail.

4. indoor unit according to claim 3, wherein, described main body further comprises the grip that is used to prevent slippage.

5. indoor unit according to claim 3, wherein, described maintenance prodger is outstanding to described picture frame assembly from described main body, and described maintenance prodger has crooked end, with parallel with the length direction of described retaining hole.

6. indoor unit according to claim 1, wherein, described supporting member has described one bar that is rotatably connected to described picture frame base portion and picture frame assembly.

7. indoor unit according to claim 1, wherein, described supporting member comprises: one coupling part in hinged described picture frame base portion and the picture frame assembly and

The end parts of extending from described coupling part, be used for keeping described picture frame base portion and picture frame assembly described another.

8. indoor unit according to claim 1, wherein, described supporting member further comprises to be treated the supporting part that contacts with the dorsal part of described picture frame assembly to be used to support described picture frame assembly.

9. indoor unit according to claim 1 further comprises the intersection ridge at described another place that is formed on described picture frame base portion and picture frame assembly, the end that is used to keep described supporting member.

10. indoor unit according to claim 1 further comprises the supporting member targeting part at described another place that is formed on described picture frame base portion and picture frame assembly, the slip of the described supporting member that is used to lead.

11. indoor unit according to claim 1 further comprises the receiving unit at a described place that is formed on described picture frame base portion and picture frame assembly being used to receive described supporting member.

12. indoor unit according to claim 1 further comprises being used for the supporting member retainer at least one place that is formed on described picture frame assembly and supporting member described supporting member is fixed to described picture frame assembly.

13. indoor unit according to claim 12, wherein, described supporting member retainer comprises:

Maintenance groove in one in described picture frame assembly and supporting member and

Hook in described picture frame assembly and supporting member another is used to be placed in the described maintenance groove, to keep described supporting member when storing described supporting member.

14., comprising according to each described indoor unit among the claim 1-13:

Be hinged on the link mechanism on described front panel and the picture frame panel; With

Be fastened to one support strip in described front panel and the picture frame panel, be used for supporting another of described front panel and picture frame panel.

15. indoor unit according to claim 14, wherein, described support strip comprises:

The a pair of shaft portion that rotatably combines with the both sides of described front panel,

Respectively from described a pair of shaft portion extend and with this to the vertical bar part of shaft portion and

Extend and the supporting part vertical from described part with this part.

16. indoor unit according to claim 14, wherein, described another of described front panel and picture frame panel further comprises second retaining part that is used for placing support strip within it.

17. indoor unit according to claim 16, wherein, described second retaining part is the groove that is used to place support strip.

18. indoor unit according to claim 16, wherein, described link mechanism comprises:

Be hinged on described front panel and the picture frame panel rotatable chaining part and

Support chain fitting below described rotatable chaining part, described support chain fitting is hinged on described front panel and the picture frame panel, and described support chain fitting has the picture frame arm that is hinged on the described picture frame panel and is hinged on panel arm on the front panel moving with respect to the picture frame arm.