CN101430113B

CN101430113B - Air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN101430113B
Application number: CN2008100090375A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱元一; 姜声范
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2007-11-07
Filing date: 2008-01-30
Publication date: 2013-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 2028-01-30
Also published as: KR101484037B1; CN101430113A; KR20090047066A

Abstract

The invention discloses an air conditioner which is not only beautiful, but also is easy to mount a front panel on a main body or be separated from the main body. The air conditioner of the invention comprises the main body with opened front end; the front panel moving along a straight line from forward to backward direction and opening/closing the main body front end; at least a driving member with a guide bar movably arranged on the main body along the forward and backward directions; at least a sleeve hanging member arranged at the back of the front panel corresponding to the driving member comprises a prolonging part for covering the guide bar upside and a sleeve hanging part for covering the backside of the guide bar.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of air conditioner, relate in particular to front panel and can be arranged on air conditioner on main body with advancing and retreat.

Background technology

Air conditioner is to utilize the transfer of heat that produces in cold-producing medium evaporation, condensing process to regulate the device of the temperature and humidity of air, can be divided into two large class, i.e. separate type air conditioner and integral air conditioners.Separate type air conditioner is subdivided into again vertical, wall-hanging and ceiling type according to its setting position.

A kind of vertical air conditioner is disclosed in No. the 2007-0044294th, Korea S's publication.Disclosed air conditioner has main body and is arranged on the front panel of body front end.Front panel is made of upper panel, lower panel and side panel.

The front end of upper panel is in order to form the front discharge portion to Bas Discharged to the place ahead, and the upper and lower of side panel forms respectively side outlet and suction inlet.And, be provided for opening and closing the sliding door of front discharge portion on upper panel.Sliding door covers the front discharge portion when not using air conditioner, and carries out slippage and open front discharge portion when using air conditioner.

Existing air conditioner as above covers the front discharge portion by sliding door when not using air conditioner, thereby improves its front end outward appearance.But the front discharge portion is arranged on the most eye-catching part of user, i.e. the front end of equipment, so although only open when air conditioner is worked, from still staying bad impression to the user in appearance.

In addition, not only to consider refrigeration/heating performance or appearance design during the design air conditioner, also need to consider to improve assembling to be easy to carry out setting and the repairing of product.

But its front-panel structure of published existing air conditioner is complicated, considers to improve fully the equipment of product, thus have be not easy to carry out with front panel be provided to main body or from body portion from operation.

Summary of the invention

The present invention proposes in order to address the above problem, and it is a kind of not only attractive in appearance that its purpose is to provide, and be easy to front panel be assembled to main body or from body portion from air conditioner.

To achieve these goals, air conditioner provided by the present invention is characterized in that: have main body, can be arranged on the front panel of described body front end with advancing and retreat and drive at least one drive unit of described front panel; Described at least one drive unit comprises the guide rod of being combined with described front panel, and described front panel comprises being hung on described guide rod hitches parts with supported at least one.

Described guide rod can have the described corner section that parts break away from of hitching that prevents.

And, can be provided with spigot surface on described guide rod, to be used for guiding described the entering of parts of hitching when described front panel is assembled to described main body.

Described at least one hitch parts and comprise the section of hitching of rearward extending from the back side of described front panel and covering the extension above described guide rod and covering described guide rod back from described extension to downward-extension.

The described section of hitching can constitute a part that covers described guide rod back.

Described at least one hitch that parts can be included in that the described front panel back side arranges up and down first hitch parts and second and hitch parts.

Described drive unit also can comprise drive source and the driver part that moves along fore-and-aft direction according to described drive source, and described first at least one of hitching that parts and second hitch in parts can be fixed on described driver part by attaching parts.

Described first at least one of hitching that parts and second hitch in parts can have the contact site that contacts previously with described front panel.

And air conditioner provided by the present invention also can have the slide unit that is arranged on described main body and moves along fore-and-aft direction, and described front panel is combined on described slide unit rotationally.

And the present invention also can have the stop support leg, and described stop support leg is arranged on described front panel rotationally, so that described front panel can be supported on indoor floor at ad-hoc location.

And air conditioner provided by the present invention has: the main body that front end is opened; Open and close the front panel of described body front end along the fore-and-aft direction traveling priority; Can be arranged on movably along fore-and-aft direction at least one driver part of described main body, it has the guide rod that extends along left and right directions; Corresponding described driver part be arranged on the described front panel back side at least one hitch parts, the section of hitching that it has the extension that covers above described guide rod and covers described guide rod back.

Described guide rod can comprise and being formed on above described guide rod and the corner section of intersection, back, and the described parts of hitching can comprise the corner section that is formed on described extension corresponding to described corner section and hitches the section intersection.

The described parts of hitching can constitute a upside part that covers described guide rod back.

Described at least one hitch some being fixed by screws on described driver part in parts.

Again, air conditioner provided by the present invention also has slide unit, and described slide unit can be arranged on described main body movably along fore-and-aft direction, and the one end forms pan, and described front panel comprises the hinge axis that is incorporated into described pan.

Outlet and side suction inlet only reveal the outside when operation of air-conditioner in the present invention, and it is formed on when exposing and is not easy the part perceived by the user.Therefore, also can keep it attractive in appearance during operation of air-conditioner.

And the present invention makes front panel can unload at the enterprising luggage of the guide rod that is arranged at main body easily by the cover hanging hang structure with simple structure, thereby the operating personnel who feeds capable air conditioner setting, repairing provides convenience.

Moreover, the present invention can rotate front panel under the state that separates from drive unit, thereby the operating personnel need not separate heavy front panel fully also from main body and can carry out required operation.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereoscopic figure of air conditioner provided by the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view of the structure of expression air conditioner provided by the present invention;

Fig. 3 is illustrated in the stereogram that separates main body and front panel in air conditioner provided by the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the exploded perspective view of the structure of drive unit in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the cutaway view of the integrated structure of front panel and the first driver part in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the cutaway view of the integrated structure of front panel and the second driver part in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the structure and the stereogram that is incorporated into the front panel of carriage of carriage in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention;

Fig. 8 rotates the stereogram of situation for front panel in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention.

Main symbol description: 10 is main body, 100 is front panel, 200 is the first drive unit, and 220 is the first driver part, and 240 is the first guide rod, 300 is the second drive unit, 320 is the second driver part, and 340 is the second guide rod, and 400 is first to hitch parts, 500 is second to hitch parts, and 600,700 is carriage.

The specific embodiment

Below, describe the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to accompanying drawing.Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the outward appearance of air conditioner provided by the present invention, and Fig. 2 is the cutaway view of the structure of air conditioner provided by the present invention, and Fig. 3 is illustrated in the stereogram that separates main body and front panel in air conditioner provided by the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, air conditioner provided by the present invention have the open main body 10 of front end, be arranged on main body 10 front ends front panel 100, be used for driving the first drive unit 200 and second drive unit 300 of front panel 100.

The air-supply arrangement 20 that is arranged on main body 10 lower inside is used for the room air that circulates, and the heat exchanger 30 that is arranged on main body 10 inside upper part is used for that cooling or heating relies on air-supply arrangement 20 and the room air that is recycled.

Air-supply arrangement 20 comprises Air Blast fan 21, drive the fan electromotor 22 of this fan 21, the air of sending is directed to the fan guard 23 of heat exchanger 30 1 sides.As shown in Figure 2, the Air Blast fan 21 two-way suction-type centrifugal fan that can constitute from the place ahead and rear air amount vertically and radially discharge.

The downside back of main body 10 can form back suction inlet 11, is used for sucking room air.The lower end of main body 10 forms the protuberance 12 outstanding toward the rear, and this protuberance 12 can make main body 10 more stably be supported on indoor floor.And protuberance 12 separates the back of the main body 10 that forms back suction inlet 11 with wall on every side, thereby can successfully suck room air by back suction inlet 11.

Front panel 100 opens and closes main body 10 front ends along the fore-and-aft direction advance and retreat.When air conditioner did not move, front panel 100 was adjacent to towards main body 10 sides.When bringing into operation from such state air conditioner, front panel 100 is by drive unit 200,300 preset distance that advances.The space between the edge part of the edge part of main body 10 and front panel 100 is opened, and forms as shown in Figure 1 top outlet 13 and side outlet 14 and side suction inlet 15.

So, in the

present invention outlet

13,14 and 15 of side suction inlets reveal the outside when operation of air-conditioner.And, due to outlet 13,14 and side suction inlet 15 be formed on the edge part that is not easy the equipment perceived by the user, so also can be from making a good impression to the user in appearance when operation of air-conditioner.

As shown in Figure 3, the back side of plate 100 in front, both sides of the edge form respectively the side and discharge diversion division 110, to be guided through side outlet 14 toward the air of indoor discharges, and upper edge forms top discharge diversion division 120, to be guided through top outlet 13 toward the air of indoor discharges.

The bottom that diversion division 110 is discharged in the side is provided with the covering panel 130 that rearward extends preset distance.Hiding on panel 130 in order to form panel suction inlet 131 by side suction inlet 15 air amounts.When before front panel 100 and then when forming side suction inlet 15, hide panel 130 and make air conditioner inside only be exposed to necessary degree, thereby improve outward appearance.

And the side is discharged diversion division 110 and is hidden between panel 130 the subregion panel 140 that crosses front panel 100 back sides along left and right directions is set.Subregion panel 140 plays the air that separately is drawn into main body 10 inside and the effect of air to prevent that their from mixing mutually of discharging from main body 10.

In addition, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, between front panel 100 and heat exchanger 30, guide panel 40 is set, to be used for being directed to outlet 13,14 by the air of heat exchanger 30, the bottom of main body 10 arranges base component 50.The first drive unit 200 and the second drive unit 300 are set respectively, to be used for making front panel 100 along the fore-and-aft direction traveling priority on base component 50 and guide panel 40.

Fig. 4 is the exploded perspective view of the structure of drive unit in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention.At first the first drive unit 200 is launched explanation.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the first drive unit 200 comprises drive motors 210, carries out straight-line driver part 220, is used for the pilot unit that moves 230 of guiding driver part 220 along fore-and-aft direction according to drive motors 210.

Driver part 220 has along two support sectors 221 that left and right directions is spaced mutually, the connecting portion 222 that connects these two support sectors 221, the tooth-strip part 223 that extends along fore-and-aft direction in connecting portion 222 bottoms.Drive motors 210 is arranged on the bottom of driver part 220, and the pinion 212 that meshes with tooth-strip part 223 is set on the axle 211 of drive motors 210.

Pilot unit 230 has the moving rail 231, corresponding with this moving rail 23 1 and be fixed on fixed track 232 on base component 50 of the lateral surface that is fixed on each support sector 221.Moving rail 231 is combined slidably with fixed track 232.Although do not illustrate in the accompanying drawings, between moving rail 231 and fixed track 232, parts of bearings can be set, moving rail 231 is successfully slided.

And driver part 220 has the guide rod 240 with front panel 100 combinations.Guide rod 240 extends along left and right directions between two support sectors 221, and is located at the place ahead of connecting portion 222 with keeping at a certain distance away.As shown in Figure 4, guide rod 240 can form one with driver part 220.But, after also can preparing special guide rod 240 according to design needs (for example, needing to strengthen the situation of rigidity), be assembled on driver part.

Front panel 100 has and is easy to the cover hanging hang structure that unloads at the enterprising luggage of guide rod 240, will be elaborated in the back to this.

The second drive unit 300 has the structure identical with the first drive unit 200 except the position difference that arranges.That is, as shown in Figure 3, the second drive unit 300 has drive motors 310, is slidably disposed on the driver part 320 on guide panel 40, the pilot unit (not shown) that guiding driver part 320 moves.Has the guide rod 340 with front panel 100 combinations on driver part 320.

Below, the driver part that the first drive unit 200 has and guide rod are called as the first driver part 220 and the first guide plate 240, and the driver part that the second drive unit 300 has and guide rod are called as the second driver part 320 and the second guide rod 340.

Fig. 5 is the cutaway view of front panel and the first driver part integrated structure in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention, and Fig. 6 is the cutaway view of front panel and the second driver part integrated structure in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention.

To shown in Figure 6, front panel 100 has to be hung on the first guide rod 240 to hitch parts 400 and to be hung on the second guide rod 340 with supported second with supported first hitches parts 500 as Fig. 3.First hitches parts 400 and second hitches parts 500 and arranges up and down at plate 100 back sides in front, corresponding with the setting position of the first drive unit 200 and the second drive unit 300.

First hitches parts 400 and second hitches parts 500 and has respectively the extension 410 that rearward extends from front panel 100 back sides, 510 and from extension 410,510 sections of hitching 420,520 to downward-extension.Plate 100 is assembled under the state of main body 10 in front, and extension 410,510 is placed in above corresponding guide rod 240,340 with supported, and hitches section 420,520 corresponding guide rod 240,340 back, lid position, and front panel 100 can not be broken away from from main body 10.Hitch parts 500 and possess structure as above if first hitches parts 400 and second, only put it on guide rod 240,340 or from guide rod 240,340 actions of taking out and just can load and unload front panels 100 in main body 10 by gently lifting front panel 100.

As Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, in order more successfully to carry out the action of front panel 100 loading and unloading to main body 10, guiding first can be set in guide rod 240,340 fronts to hitch parts 400 and second and hitch the spigot surface 241,341 that parts 500 enter.

Extend to the degree that can cover guide rod 240,340 back fully if hitch the section of hitching 420,520 of parts, the operating personnel who assembles/decompose front panel 100 must raise front panel 100 and could be attached on guide rod 240,340 hitching parts 400,500, causes task difficulty relatively to increase.So the section of hitching 420,520 of hitching parts is preferably formed as only covering the upside part of guide rod 240,340 back.

The first guide rod 240 and the second guide rod 340 have that formation hitches with the corner section 242,342, the first of intersection, back that parts 400 and second are hitched parts 500 corresponding described corners section 242,342 in the above and extension 410,510 and hitch section 420,520 intersections form corner sections 421,521.The corner section 242 of guide rod, 342 and the corner section 421,521 of hitching parts coincide mutually, hitch parts 400,500 and be not easy to break away from from guide rod 240,340 thereby make.

And as shown in Figure 6, second hitches parts 500 can have the contact site 530 that contacts previously with the second guide rod 340.When the second driver part 320 advanced, contact site 530 and the second guide rod 340 fronts interfered, thereby make front panel 100 driven together with the second guide rod 340.Although hitch parts 500 as example to have second of contact site 530 in the present embodiment, first hitches parts 400 also can have contact site.

In addition, to shown in Figure 5, first hitches parts 400 can be fixed on the first driver part 220 by attaching parts such as screws 1 as Fig. 3.In the present invention, although only hitch parts 500 cover and be suspended to the first guide rod 240 and the second guide rod 340 by hitching parts 400 and second with first, just can be supported on front panel 100 on main body 10, but according to circumstances, may hitch parts 400,500 from guide rod 240,340 phenomenons that break away from, be fixed on the first driver part 220 so hitch parts 400 to first as a kind of safety device.

For this reason, has the outstanding fixing rib 221a in past top in two of the first driver part 220 support sectors 221.Be formed with the fixing hole 221b for attachment screw 1 on fixing rib 221a.And form the connecting hole 430 of corresponding described fixing hole 221b in the first side of hitching parts 400.When first hitched parts 400 and be placed on the first guide rod 240, the fixing hole 221b of the first connecting hole 430 of hitching parts 400 and the first driver part 220 will be relative.With screw 1, fixing hole 221b and connecting hole 430 are coupled together under this state, just can hitch parts 400 to first and be fixed to the first driver part 220.As shown in Figure 3, with first to hitch the position of connecting hole 430 of parts 400 corresponding, form operation hole 132 on the covering panel 130 of front panel 100.The operating personnel carries out screw 1 by operation hole 132 insertion tools and connects or detached job.

Fig. 7 is the structure and the stereogram that is incorporated into the front panel of carriage of carriage in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention.As Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 7, in the present invention, front panel 100 is attached to main body 10 rotationally by carriage 600,700.By such structure, the operating personnel need not fully separate front panel 100 from main body 10, also can be near the parts of main body 10 inside and place under repair.

Carriage 600,700 is separately positioned on top and bottom surface one side of main body 10.The formation of two carriages is only variant on setting position, and its internal structure essence is identical, so the following carriage 600 that arranges take main body 10 tops describes as example.

Carriage 600 have on main body of being fixed on 10 fixed track 610 and for can along fore-and-aft direction slide and with the slide unit 620 of fixed track 610 combinations.Between fixed track 610 and slide unit 620, parts of bearings 630 for successfully being moved, slide unit 620 is set.This carriage 600 is arranged on arranging in groove 16 of main body top formation, and this top that groove 16 is set is provided for covering the lid 17 of a carriage 600.

Front end at slide unit 620 forms pan 621, and the hinge axis 151 that is formed on front panel 100 upper end one sides is inserted in this pan 621.And as shown in Figure 3, a side of the lower end of front panel 100 also has hinge axis 152, and this hinge axis 152 is inserted in the pan 721 of the carriage 700 that is arranged on main body 10 bottoms.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, the bottom at front panel 100 back sides can arrange stop support leg 160.For front panel 100 can be supported on indoor floor at ad-hoc location, stop support leg 160 is set to and can rotates along the vertical direction.

Below, with reference to Fig. 3 level Fig. 8 illustrate in air conditioner provided by the present invention, front panel is assembled to main body or from body portion from action.Fig. 8 rotates the stereogram of situation for front panel in expression air conditioner provided by the present invention.

At first, illustrate that with reference to Fig. 3 front panel 100 is assembled to the situation of main body 10.At first the operating personnel is attached to two hinge axis 151,152 of front panel 100 respectively two pans 621,721 of slide unit.Then put the rear front panel 100 gently lifted and enter toward main body 10 thrusters front panel 100 is relative with main body 10.First of front panel 100 hitch parts 400 and be hung on the first guide rod 240 with supported, and second hitches parts 500 and be hung on the second guide rod 340 with supported.Utilize at last screw 1 to hitch parts 400 to first and be connected to the first driver part 220, so just completed the assembling of front panel 100.

When in order to repair internal part, front panel 100 being separated from main body 10, its sequence of operation is the backward of described assemble sequence.That is, unload rear front panel 100 is gently lifted of screw 1 by operation hole 132 and take out forward.Then, as shown in Figure 8, rotate front panel 100 and the front end of opening main part 10, and rotate stop support leg 160 and front panel 100 is supported on indoor floor.So front panel 100 is separated from main body 10, the operating personnel just can approach the parts that are arranged on main body 10 inside, thereby can carry out required operation.

In addition, although describe as example to have 2 drive units in the above, this is an example, and the quantity of drive unit can be carried out suitable change according to the needs in design.And, when the quantity of change drive unit, be incorporated into hitching number of components and also may changing of driver part guide rod.

Claims

1. air conditioner is characterized in that:

Have main body, can be arranged on the front panel of described body front end with advancing and retreat and drive at least one drive unit of described front panel;

Described at least one drive unit comprises the guide rod of being combined with described front panel, and described front panel comprises being hung on described guide rod hitches parts with supported at least one.

2. air conditioner according to claim 1 is characterized in that described guide rod comprises the described guide rod corner section of hitching that parts break away from that prevents.

3. air conditioner according to claim 1, is characterized in that being provided with spigot surface on described guide rod, to be used for guiding described the entering of parts of hitching when described front panel is assembled to described main body.

4. air conditioner according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described at least one hitch parts and comprise and rearward extend from the described front panel back side and cover extension above described guide rod, cover the section of hitching of described guide rod back from described extension to downward-extension.

5. air conditioner according to claim 4, is characterized in that the described section of hitching covers the part of described guide rod back.

6. air conditioner according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described at least one hitch that parts are included in that the described front panel back side arranges up and down first hitch parts and second and hitch parts.

7. air conditioner according to claim 6, it is characterized in that described drive unit also comprises drive source and the driver part that moves along fore-and-aft direction according to described drive source, and described first at least one of hitching that parts and second hitch in parts is fixed on described driver part by attaching parts.

8. air conditioner according to claim 6 is characterized in that described first at least one of hitching that parts and second hitch in parts comprises the contact site that contacts previously with described front panel.

9. air conditioner according to claim 1 it is characterized in that also having the slide unit that is arranged on described main body and moves along fore-and-aft direction, and described front panel is attached to described slide unit rotationally.

10. air conditioner according to claim 1, is characterized in that also having the stop support leg, and described stop support leg is arranged on described front panel rotationally, so that described front panel can be supported on indoor floor at ad-hoc location.

11. an air conditioner is characterized in that having:

The main body that front end is opened;

Open and close the front panel of described body front end along the fore-and-aft direction traveling priority;

Can be arranged on movably at least one driver part on described main body along fore-and-aft direction, it has the guide rod that extends along left and right directions;

Corresponding described driver part be arranged on the described front panel back side at least one hitch parts, the section of hitching that it has the extension that covers above described guide rod and covers described guide rod back.

12. air conditioner according to claim 11, it is characterized in that described guide rod comprises is formed on above described guide rod and the guide rod corner section of intersection, back, and the described parts of hitching comprise the parts corners section of hitching that is formed on described extension corresponding to described guide rod corner section and hitches the section intersection.

13. air conditioner according to claim 11 is characterized in that the described part that the upside of guide rod back is stated in the piece cover residence of hitching.

14. air conditioner according to claim 11, it is characterized in that described at least one hitch some being fixed by screws on described driver part in parts.

15. air conditioner according to claim 11, it is characterized in that also having slide unit, described slide unit can be arranged on described main body movably along fore-and-aft direction, and the one end forms pan, and described front panel comprises the hinge axis that is incorporated into described pan.