CN101666525A

CN101666525A - Air conditioner

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Publication number: CN101666525A
Application number: CN200910146540A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 辛纹先; 朴允奭
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2008-09-02
Filing date: 2009-06-03
Publication date: 2010-03-10
Also published as: KR20100027305A

Abstract

The invention provides an air conditioner, especially provides an air conditioner with a front face structure for preventing damage or break of the combination part induced by heat distortion, when composition members with different thermal expansion coefficients combine. The air conditioner disclosed in the invention, which includes a housing, a first panel equipped in front of the housing, and asecond panel equipped in front of the first panel, and also includes a combination device for mutually combining the first panel and the second panel, thereby one of the first panel and the second panel can execute relative movement relative to the other panel.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of air conditioner, relate in particular to a kind of assembly structure of air conditioner front face.

Background technology

Usually, air conditioner be suck room air and to inhaled air freeze, heat or purify after be discharged to again indoor, thereby the device that room air is regulated.

Recently, in order to promote the aesthetic feeling of air conditioner outward appearance, developing the scheme that multiple material (glass, aluminium foil, leather, timber, other metal materials etc.) improves the appearance design of air conditioner front face.

As a kind of air conditioner that improves aesthetic appearance, be disclosed in Korea S's publication communique 10-2007-0077369 number.

The front structure of the disclosed air conditioner of described communique comprises: form the outward appearance of front central portion front glass, be arranged on the rear side of front glass and support the back of front glass the support portion, be arranged between support portion and the front glass and be incorporated into the support portion support component, be arranged on a side of support portion and support the support panel of front glass.

The described front structure that is disclosed in the air conditioner on the communique is being fixed the front glass that is formed by tempered glass by the front of the injection molding support portion of plastic resin, support component and support panel.

The described front structure that is disclosed in the air conditioner on the communique, because the thermal coefficient of expansion of injection mo(u)lding things such as support portion, support component and support panel is relatively greater than the thermal coefficient of expansion of front glass, therefore thermal deformation takes place in the variation according to environmental factor, and the joint portion between injection mo(u)lding thing and the front glass may upwarp or may deform in view of the above.

Promptly, because injection mo(u)lding thing ductility is bigger, thus temperature, when humidity is higher, can be elongated along gravity direction (length direction) length, and the injection mo(u)lding thing is bigger than the front glass deflection, and disengaging or tip-tilted phenomenon between the assembling fittings can take place in view of the above.

In addition, when temperature, humidity are low, because the amount of contraction of injection mo(u)lding thing is relatively greater than front glass, therefore the injection mo(u)lding thing is that shrink at the center with the joint portion of injection mo(u)lding thing and front glass, breaking of fixed part or damaged can be taken place this moment, permanent deformation perhaps takes place, thereby reduces the aesthetic feeling of product appearance.

Summary of the invention

The present invention proposes in order to address the above problem, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of be equipped with when between the formation accessory with mutually different thermal coefficient of expansion in conjunction with the time, can prevent because the air conditioner of the joint portion that causes of thermal deformation damaged or the front structure that breaks.

To achieve these goals, according to air conditioner of the present invention, comprise housing, be arranged on described housing front first panel, be arranged on second panel of the front of described first panel, first coupling apparatus that also comprises be used to mutually combine described first panel and described second panel is so that the some panels in described first panel and described second panel can carry out relative motion with respect to another panel.

Form the hole on some panels in described first panel and described second panel, and form on another panel corresponding to described hole and than first combined hole of described Kong Gengda.Described first coupling apparatus is inserted in described hole and described first combined hole and in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel, can moves with respect to another panel so that be formed with the panel of described first combined hole in described first panel and described second panel.

Described hole is formed on the relative little some panels with coefficient of thermal expansion in described second panel of described first panel, and described first combined hole is formed on another panel in described first panel and described second panel.

Described first coupling apparatus comprises: be inserted in first bonded block that described hole and described first combined hole and its inside are formed with hollow bulb; Second bonded block that is inserted in the described hollow bulb of described first bonded block and radially a side of described first bonded block is exerted pressure.

Described first bonded block comprises: the head that is supported in the one side of described first panel or described second panel; Be inserted in the axial region of described hole and described first combined hole; According to described second bonded block and along the shank of the radial elastic in described hole distortion.

Described axial region is arranged to according to coefficient of thermal expansion in described first panel and second panel relative to the distortion of big panel and can move in described first combined hole.

Described shank prolongs and forms from described axial region, and alongst cuts to a plurality of.

Described first combined hole forms long hole shape along the vertical direction.

Form second combined hole on some panels in described first panel and described second panel corresponding to the size in described hole.And, also comprise second coupling apparatus that is used for fixing in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel.

Described first combined hole is arranged in the downside of described second combined hole.

Described second coupling apparatus is a screw.

And air conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention comprises: housing; Be arranged on the front of described housing and form first panel of combined hole; Form and be arranged in the front of described first panel and be formed with second panel in the hole of corresponding described combined hole with material with thermal coefficient of expansion different with described first panel; Be used in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel, and the coupling apparatus of the relative motion of described first panel that causes because of the thermal deformation of described first panel and described second panel of guiding and described second panel.

Described combined hole comprises relatively greater than first combined hole in described hole with corresponding to second combined hole of the size in described hole.Described coupling apparatus comprises: be inserted in described hole and described first combined hole and in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel and make described first panel and first coupling apparatus that described second panel can relatively move; Be inserted in described hole and described second combined hole and second coupling apparatus of described first panel of secure bond and described second panel.

As mentioned above, according to air conditioner of the present invention, the coupling apparatus that utilization is made of first and second bonded block comes in conjunction with the accessory that constitutes with mutually different thermal coefficient of expansion, prevent in view of the above along rocking on X, the Y direction, and, when under high temperature or low temperature environment, taking place to constitute the thermal deformation of accessory,, can prevent breaking and breakage of joint portion in view of the above because thermal coefficient of expansion can be that above-below direction moves along the Z direction relative to big formation accessory.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereogram that illustrates according to the general structure of the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view according to the front face of the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3,4 is for illustrating the transverse cross-sectional view in conjunction with action according to the coupling apparatus of the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 is the sectional side view that is combined with the state of coupling apparatus on the air conditioner that illustrates according to the embodiment of the invention.

Main symbol description: 10 is housing, and 20 is air exhausting device, and 30 is heat exchanger, and 40 is front face, 50 is first panel, and 52,53 is hook portion, and 54 is first combined hole, and 56 is second combined hole, 60 is second panel, and 70 is metal decking, and 71,72 is the joint portion, and 73 is the hole, 80 is strengthened glass panel, and 90 is first coupling apparatus, and 92 is second coupling apparatus, 100 is first bonded block, and 101 is head, and 102 is axial region, 103 is shank, and 104 is hollow bulb, and 110 is second bonded block.

The specific embodiment

Below, describe the embodiment of aforesaid air conditioner of the present invention in detail with reference to accompanying drawing.

The present invention is applicable to common air-conditioning machine such as vertical, wall-hanging, and in the embodiment of the invention, is that example describes with the vertical air conditioner.

Fig. 1 is the stereogram that illustrates according to the general structure of the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention.

With reference to Fig. 1, according to the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention comprise open at its front housing 10, be arranged on the lower space of housing 10 inside ventilating fan 20, be arranged on the upper space of housing 10 inside heat exchanger 30, can be arranged on the front face 40 of housing 10 fronts movably forward and backward.

Housing 10 with the front opened state form lower-upper length long be roughly the cuboid form, its inside is formed for installing the space of parts such as heat exchanger 30, ventilating fan 20.

The side of housing 10 bottoms and back are formed for to the inner suction inlet 11 that sucks room air of air conditioner, at this suction inlet 11 filter (not shown) that is used to filter dust etc. can be installed.

The front edge of housing 10 openings is installed forwards outstanding frame section 12.

Housing 10 and frame section 12 can form as one, and perhaps also can form separate parts and can carry out combination.

The downside of the inner space of the air conditioner that is formed by housing 10 and frame section 12 is provided with ventilating fan 20, and the upside of inner space is provided with and is used for heat exchanger 30 that the air of supplying with from ventilating fan 20 is carried out heat exchange.

But the front of housing 10 and frame section 12 is provided with and is used for forming the front of air conditioner and is arranged to the front face 40 that fore-and-aft direction moves, and housing 10 or frame section 12 are provided with the panel mobile device (not shown) that is used for mobile front face 40.

As the formation that is used for moving forward and backward the panel mobile device of front face 40 belongs to known technology, therefore omits specifying it.

The center upper portion of front face 40 install be used to follow the trail of air conditioner regulate the position of the thermal source in the space (surveyed area) and thermal source front and back or about the human detection unit 41 that moves.

Human detection unit 41 comprises the drive unit (not shown) that utilizes infrared detection to go out the hot detecting sensor (not shown) of the thermal source in the surveyed area and be used for rotating by predetermined angular hot detecting sensor (not shown).

The two sides, bottom of front face 40 are formed with a pair of side suction inlet 42 that is used to suck room air.

When front face 40 rearward retreats and when moving to the closed position, side suction inlet 42 enters into the inside of frame section 12 and is closed, and when front face 40 forwards before so that when moving to the enable possition, side suction inlet 42 is exposed on the external and by open.

When front face 40 moves forward, be formed between top edge of front face 40 (upside and both sides) and the frame section 12 to the

outlet

43,44 of indoor discharge through the air of heat exchange.

Therefore, when closing air conditioner,, front face 40 is inserted in frame section 12, so side suction inlet 42 and

outlet

43,44 are closed owing to retreating into the rear.

And air conditioner is when driving, front face 40 forwards moves and is in from the outstanding state of frame section 12, thereby make the side suction inlet 42 of both sides, front face 40 bottom open, and make

formation outlet

43,44 on the space that separates between front face 40 tops and the frame section 12.Under this state, ventilating fan 20 drives and the generation row of wind, heat exchanger 30 carries out heat exchange thereby the air that the suction inlet 11 by side suction inlet 42 and housing 10 is inhaled into is flowed through, and is discharged to the outside of air conditioner then by

outlet

43,44 through the air of heat exchange.

Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view according to the front face of the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3,4 is for illustrating the transverse cross-sectional view in conjunction with action according to the coupling apparatus of the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 5 is the sectional side view that is combined with the state of coupling apparatus on the air conditioner that illustrates according to the embodiment of the invention.

Shown in Fig. 2 to 4, comprise according to the front face of the air conditioner of the embodiment of the invention: first panel 50; Be arranged on second panel 60 of first panel 50 in order to make the air conditioner beautiful appearance; First and

second coupling apparatus

90,92 that is used for fastening first and

second panel

50,60.

First panel 50 is formed by the resin material injection molding object that is the cuboid form substantially, and is used for closing housing 10 by open front region.

The central upper of first panel 50 has the installation portion 51 that is used to install human detection unit 41.

Second panel 60 that is fixed on first panel, 50 fronts is installed for the aesthetic feeling of front face 40 outward appearances that improve air conditioner, and second panel 60 can be formed by glass material, metal material or other various materials.

Second panel 60 can form single panel form and be incorporated into first panel 50, describes but situation about being formed by a plurality of panels with second panel 60 in the present embodiment is an example.

Second panel 60 comprises the pair of metal panel 70 of the both sides, the place ahead that are fixed on first panel 50 and is arranged in strengthened glass panel 80 between the metal decking 70.

The present invention is applicable to the combination between the mutually different panel of thermal coefficient of expansion, therefore no doubt applicable to combining between first panel that is formed by the injection-moulding plastic thing and strengthened glass panel or first panel and the metal decking.

But, for convenience of explanation, only combining between first panel and metal decking described in the present embodiment, and replaces thus the explanation that combines between first panel and the panel that forms by other materials such as tempered glasses.

The both sides, front of first panel 50 form a plurality of

hook portion

52,53 that are used in conjunction with pair of metal panel 70.

Hook portion

52,53 comprises: protrude and first hook portion 52 of formation to the side from the sidepiece of first panel 50; Be arranged on the inboard of first panel 50, and corresponding to second hook portion 53 of first hook portion 52 with vertical layout.

Form a plurality of first combined holes 54 between first hook portion 52 and second hook portion 53 with the state arrangement of predetermined spaced.And second combined hole 56 of more than one circular hole form is formed at first panel, 50 tops, to be used for by second coupling apparatus 92 first panel 50 and metal decking 70 combinations.

In the present embodiment, second combined hole 56 forms the circular hole form, so that first panel 50 immovably combines by second coupling apparatus 92 and supports with metal decking 70.About forming, first combined hole 54 is shorter in length than the opening of the more microscler attitude of lower-upper length, but as long as its size greater than hole 73 described later, then can be formed by circular, oval or other forms.But, when first panel deforms according to thermal expansion or thermal contraction, produce distortion along gravity direction, therefore to be preferably formed be the opening of long form of lower-upper length to first combined hole 54.

It is a pair of that the

hook portion

52,53 and first combined hole 54 are with the front central authorities of first panel 50 that the left and right sides, center forms.

Pair of metal panel 70 is formed with first and second

joint portion

71,72 of corresponding first and

second hook portion

52,53 respectively.

First joint portion 71 is rearward given prominence to its end, back form of lateral bending song inwards in order to hold first hook portion 52 and form.Second joint portion 72 is rearward given prominence to the crooked laterally form in its end, back in order to hold second hook portion 53 and form.

Metal decking 70 is formed with on the position of corresponding first and second combined hole 54,56 a plurality of holes 73 of predetermined spaced longitudinally.

Therefore, first joint portion 71 of metal decking 70 is attached to first hook portion 52 of first panel 50, and second joint portion 72 is snapped fit onto second hook portion 53, in view of the above metal decking 70 tentatively is attached to first panel 50.

After this, carry out firm combining after second coupling apparatus 92 being inserted into the hole 73 of second combined hole 56 of first panel 50 and metal decking 70, and, first coupling apparatus 90 is inserted into behind the hole 73 of first combined hole 54 of first panel 50 and metal decking 70 metal decking 70 firm combining to first panel 50.

First coupling apparatus 90 comprises: be inserted into the hole 73 and first combined hole 54, and be formed with first bonded block 100 of hollow bulb 104 in inside; Second bonded block 110 that is inserted into the hollow bulb 104 of first bonded block 100 and a side of first bonded block 100 radially is out of shape.

First bonded block 100 comprises: be supported in the back side of first panel 50 head 101, be inserted into first combined hole 54 and hole 73 axial region 102, penetrate into hole 73 and be anchored on the shank 103 in hole 73 according to second bonded block 110.

Head 101 forms relative size greater than first combined hole 54, and its back support is in the adjacency section of first combined hole 54.Axial region 102 forms the length of the thickness of corresponding first panel 50 and metal decking 70 substantially, and is formed on its inner hollow bulb 104 and is formed with internal thread part 105.

Shank 103 prolongs and forms from axial region 102, and forms a plurality of after alongst cutting.

Shank 103 forms the predetermined form that strain can radially take place according to external force respectively.

Second bonded block 110 has external thread part 111, and is inserted into the hollow bulb 104 of first bonded block 100 and carries out screw thread with first bonded block 100 and combine.

During to hollow bulb 104 insertion second bonded blocks 110 of first bonded block 100 and along with screw thread rotation second bonded block 110, as shown in Figure 4, the front end of second bonded block 110 will enter into shank 103, according to second bonded block 110 a plurality of shanks 103 is out of shape along the radius lateral direction.

Therefore, after metal decking 70 tentatively is attached to first panel 50, second coupling apparatus 92 is inserted into the hole 73 of second combined hole 56 of first panel 50 and metal decking 70 and carries out firm combining, then, if first bonded block 100 is inserted into first combined hole 54 and hole 73 and second bonded block 110 is attached to the hollow bulb 104 of first bonded block 100, then shank 103 is close proximity to hole 73 according to second bonded block 110, finishes the combination between first panel 50 and the metal decking 70 thus.

Therefore, second coupling apparatus 92 plays the effect of fastening first panel 50 and metal decking 70 with combining of first and second

joint portion

71,72 with first and second hook portion 52,53.Between first coupling apparatus 90 restriction first panels 50 and the metal decking 70 along the rocking of directions X, and, therefore can firmly keep the combination of Y direction again because first combined hole 54 has the transverse width of the diameter that is same as hole 73 in fact substantially.In view of the above, the relative motion of the X between first panel 50 and the metal decking 70, Y direction obtains restriction.

At this as shown in Figure 2, X, Y, Z direction are represented thickness direction, width, the short transverse of air conditioner respectively.

And, as shown in Figure 5, because first combined hole 54 is formed by the opening long with respect to hole 73 length along the vertical direction, therefore, give birth to than the bigger thermal expansion of metal decking 70 or thermal contraction and first panel 50 during along the Z direction thermal deformation of gravity direction when first panel 50 of injection mo(u)lding issues in high temperature or cold environmental conditions, first panel 50 slides on metal decking 70 relatively according to first combined hole 54 of first panel 50.

That is, first panel 50 can move with metal decking 70 contacted state lower edge Z directions (above-below direction).

In the present embodiment, in order to realize moving of first panel 50 and metal decking 70 along the restricted of Z direction, and first and

second coupling apparatus

90,92 and first and second combined

hole

54,56 are illustrated, but, can carry out restricted other mobile structures, promptly only utilize the structure of first coupling apparatus 90, first combined hole 54 also can realize the present invention.

Therefore, can prevent breaking of the joint portion that causes owing to metal decking 70 is different with the thermal deformation of first panel 50.

So, metal decking 70 is attached to two rear flank of first panel 50, strengthened glass panel 80 is installed at the central portion of first panel 50.

The central portion of first panel 50 is formed with the accommodation section 55 that can hold strengthened glass panel 80, and as shown in Figure 3, and the front end 70a that is arranged to be incorporated into the metal decking 70 of first panel 50 covers the form of two upper lateral parts of accommodation section 55.

Therefore, slide strengthened glass panel 80 along the vertical direction and strengthened glass panel 80 is attached to accommodation section 55, thus strengthened glass panel 80 is installed on first panel 50, finish the combination of first and

second panel

50,60 in view of the above.

Claims

1, a kind of air conditioner, comprise housing, be arranged on described housing front first panel, be arranged on second panel of the front of described first panel, it is characterized in that comprising:

Be used to mutually combine first coupling apparatus of described first panel and described second panel is so that the some panels in described first panel and described second panel can carry out relative motion with respect to another panel.

2, air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:

Form the hole on some panels in described first panel and described second panel, and form on another panel corresponding to described hole and than first combined hole of described Kong Gengda;

Described first coupling apparatus is inserted in described hole and described first combined hole and in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel, can moves with respect to another panel so that be formed with the panel of described first combined hole in described first panel and described second panel.

3, air conditioner as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that:

Described hole is formed on the relative little some panels with coefficient of thermal expansion in described second panel of described first panel;

And described first combined hole is formed on another panel in described first panel and described second panel.

4, air conditioner as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that described first coupling apparatus comprises:

Be inserted in first bonded block that described hole and described first combined hole and its inside are formed with hollow bulb;

Second bonded block that is inserted in the described hollow bulb of described first bonded block and radially a side of described first bonded block is exerted pressure.

5, air conditioner as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that described first bonded block comprises:

Be supported in the head of the one side of described first panel or described second panel;

Be inserted in the axial region of described hole and described first combined hole;

According to described second bonded block and along the shank of the radial elastic in described hole distortion.

6, air conditioner as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that described axial region is arranged to according to coefficient of thermal expansion in described first panel and second panel relative to the distortion of big panel and can move in described first combined hole.

7, air conditioner as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that described shank prolongs and forms from described axial region, and alongst cuts to a plurality of.

8, air conditioner as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that described first combined hole forms long hole shape along the vertical direction.

9, air conditioner as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that:

Form second combined hole on some panels in described first panel and described second panel corresponding to the size in described hole;

And, also comprise second coupling apparatus that is used for fixing in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel.

10, air conditioner as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that described first combined hole is arranged in the downside of described second combined hole.

11, air conditioner as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that described second coupling apparatus is a screw.

12, a kind of air conditioner is characterized in that comprising:

Housing;

Be arranged on the front of described housing and form first panel of combined hole;

Form and be arranged in the front of described first panel and be formed with second panel in the hole of corresponding described combined hole with material with thermal coefficient of expansion different with described first panel;

Be used in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel, and the coupling apparatus of the relative motion of described first panel that causes because of the thermal deformation of described first panel and described second panel of guiding and described second panel.

13, air conditioner as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that:

Described combined hole comprises relatively greater than first combined hole in described hole with corresponding to second combined hole of the size in described hole;

Described coupling apparatus comprises and is inserted in described hole and described first combined hole and in conjunction with described first panel and described second panel and make described first panel and first coupling apparatus that described second panel can relatively move, be inserted in described hole and described second combined hole and second coupling apparatus of described first panel of secure bond and described second panel.

14, air conditioner as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that described first combined hole is arranged in the downside of described second combined hole.