Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an air deflector opening and closing device to solve the problems that the existing air deflector is opened and closed through a stepping motor, so that the production cost is high, and the air deflector cannot be reset and closed when power is off.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner including the above air deflector opening and closing device.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the air deflector opening and closing device comprises a transmission mechanism and a driving device, wherein the transmission mechanism is respectively connected with an air deflector and the driving device, the driving device is used for driving the transmission mechanism to rotate and driving the air deflector to swing, the driving device comprises an elastic piece, one end of the elastic piece is fixedly connected with an installation frame, and the other end of the elastic piece is fixedly connected with the transmission mechanism.
As a preferred scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, the transmission mechanism comprises a crankshaft, a connecting rod and a crank, one end of the crankshaft is connected with the elastic piece, the other end of the crankshaft is connected with the connecting rod, one end of the crank is connected with the air deflector, and the other end of the crank is connected with the connecting rod.
As a preferred scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, the mounting frame comprises a mounting frame body, a crankshaft mounting hole is formed in the mounting frame body, and the crankshaft is rotatably arranged in the crankshaft mounting hole.
As a preferred scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, a rotary boss is arranged on the mounting frame body, the crankshaft mounting hole is formed in the rotary boss, and an open slot communicated with the crankshaft mounting hole is formed in the rotary boss.
As a preferred scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, a guide slot is formed in the mounting frame body and communicated with the open slot.
As a preferred scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, the rotating boss is provided with a limiting table top for preventing the crankshaft from inclining or tilting in the operation process.
As an optimal scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, the crankshaft comprises a rotating shaft and two rotating arms respectively connected to two ends of the rotating shaft, and a limiting space is formed between the two rotating arms and used for preventing the crankshaft from swinging in the axial direction.
As a preferable scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, an inclination angle alpha is formed between two rotating arms of the crankshaft, and the inclination angle alpha is 5-25 degrees.
As a preferred scheme of the air deflector opening and closing device, the crank comprises a rotating shaft and an air deflector mounting hole, the air deflector is provided with a mounting shaft matched with the air deflector mounting hole, and the connecting rod is provided with a crank mounting hole matched with the rotating shaft.
An air conditioner comprises an air deflector, an air outlet panel and the air deflector opening and closing device, wherein the air deflector opening and closing device is installed on the air outlet panel and is fixedly connected with the air deflector.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the invention provides an air deflector opening and closing device which can replace the existing stepping motor, and the elastic part is used for providing elasticity to realize the opening and closing of the air deflector, so that the production cost is reduced. Meanwhile, the air deflector opening and closing device can be used for withstanding manual shifting of artificial randomness, and complete reset and closing of the air deflector can be achieved during power failure.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is an assembly view of an air conditioner having an air guide plate opening and closing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;
FIG. 3 is an assembly view of the mounting bracket, the tension spring and the crankshaft according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a mounting bracket according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a crankshaft provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic position diagram of a first rotating arm and a second rotating arm according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an air outlet panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a partial enlarged view at B in fig. 7;
FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of a crank provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a connecting rod according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of an air deflector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure:
1. an air deflector; 2. a mounting frame; 3. a tension spring; 4. a crankshaft; 5. a connecting rod; 6. a crank; 7. an air outlet panel;
11. installing a shaft; 21. a mounting bracket body; 22. a circular arc bulge; 23. a circular arc groove; 24. rotating the boss; 25. a first positioning post; 26. a first limit post; 41. a rotating shaft; 42. a first rotating arm; 43. a second rotating arm; 44. a second positioning column; 45. a second limit post; 46. connecting the rotating shaft; 51. rotating the hole; 52. a crank mounting hole; 61. a rotating shaft; 62. an air deflector mounting hole; 71. screw holes; 72. a through hole;
211. a crankshaft mounting hole; 212. an open slot; 213. guiding and slotting; 214. screw holes; 215. a limiting surface; 216. a screw mounting face; 241. a limiting table surface; 461. a first limit step surface; 462. a second step limiting surface; 463. and (4) a groove.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems solved, technical solutions adopted and technical effects achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 11, the present embodiment provides a preferred air deflector opening and closing device, which includes a transmission mechanism and a driving device, wherein the transmission mechanism is respectively connected to the air deflector 1 and the driving device, the driving device is configured to drive the transmission mechanism to rotate and drive the air deflector 1 to swing, the driving device includes an elastic member, one end of the elastic member is fixedly connected to the mounting frame 2, and the other end of the elastic member is fixedly connected to the transmission mechanism. The elastic member is preferably a tension spring 3, and may be another elastic member that is elastically deformed and generates a resilient force.
The air deflector opening and closing device can replace the existing stepping motor, and the elastic piece provides elasticity to realize the opening and closing of the air deflector, thereby reducing the production cost. Meanwhile, the air deflector opening and closing device can be used for withstanding manual shifting of artificial randomness, and complete reset and closing of the air deflector can be achieved during power failure.
In the present embodiment, specifically, the transmission mechanism includes a crankshaft 4, a connecting rod 5 and a plurality of cranks 6, one end of the crankshaft 4 is connected to the elastic member, the other end is connected to the connecting rod 5, one end of each crank 6 is connected to the air deflector 1, and the other end is connected to the connecting rod 5.
Referring to fig. 4, 7 and 8, the mounting bracket 2 includes the mounting bracket body 21 installed on the air outlet panel 7, the mounting bracket body 21 is wholly an "L" type structure, two screw holes 214 are provided at two ends of the short support of the mounting bracket body 21, the screw holes 214 are designed into waist-shaped holes, and the mounting bracket is convenient for being aligned with two screw columns 71 on the air outlet panel 7. The long bracket of the mounting bracket body 21 has a limiting surface 215, and the limiting surface 215 is matched with the screw column 71 bus of the air outlet panel 7 to limit the movement in the horizontal direction. The short bracket of the mounting bracket body 21 is provided with a screw assembling surface 216, and the screw assembling surface 216 is matched with the end surface of the screw column of the air outlet panel 7 to facilitate fastening the screw.
The bottom of the long support of the mounting frame body 21 is provided with an arc protrusion 22 protruding towards the bottom, the air outlet panel 7 is provided with an arc groove 23 matched with the arc protrusion 22, and the mounting frame body 21 is fixedly mounted on the air outlet panel 7 through the arc protrusion 22 and the arc groove 23.
The bottom of the long support of the mounting frame body 21 is provided with a crankshaft mounting hole 211, and the crankshaft 4 is rotatably arranged in the crankshaft mounting hole 211. Specifically, a cylindrical rotary boss 24 is arranged at the bottom of the long support of the mounting frame body 21, a crankshaft mounting hole 211 is arranged on the rotary boss 24, and an opening groove 212 communicated with the crankshaft mounting hole 211 is arranged on the rotary boss 24. The above-structured rotation boss 24 facilitates the support and relative rotation of the crankshaft 4.
The long bracket of the mounting frame body 21 is provided with a guide slot 213, the guide slot 213 is communicated with the open slot 212, and the guide slot 213 provides a guide function for the assembly of the crankshaft 4. The crankshaft 4 can be slid into the crankshaft mounting hole 211 through the guide slot 213 from the top down.
The two sides of the rotary boss 24 are provided with the limiting table surfaces 241, so that the crankshaft 4 can be limited to rotate in a vertical plane, the crankshaft 4 is not easy to incline or tilt in the operation process, and the operation stability of the crankshaft 4 is effectively ensured. The inner wall of the crankshaft mounting hole 211 with a small local area on the rotary boss 24 is in contact with the crankshaft 4, so that the length of a force arm from friction to the axis of the rotating shaft 41 of the crankshaft 4 is reduced, and the torsion obstacle caused by the friction of the crankshaft 4 relative to the mounting frame 2 is reduced.
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the crankshaft 4 includes a rotation shaft 41 and two rotation arms respectively connected to two ends of the rotation shaft 41, the two rotation arms are respectively a first rotation arm 42 and a second rotation arm 43, and when the rotation shaft 41 of the crankshaft 4 is installed in the crankshaft installation hole 211 on the installation frame body 21, a spacing space is formed between the first rotation arm 42 and the second rotation arm 43, so that the crankshaft 4 can be restrained from swinging in the axial direction. In order to avoid the first rotating arm 42 from touching the blocking rib of the air outlet panel 7 when the air deflector 1 is closed, an inclination angle α is formed between the central axis of the first rotating arm 42 and the central axis of the second rotating arm 43, and the inclination angle α is 5-25 °. The inclination angle α in fig. 2 is 20 °.
First reference column 25 is connected to the long support one end of mounting bracket body 21, and the first swinging boom 42 of bent axle 4 is connected with second reference column 44, and the one end of extension spring 3 is hung and is established on first reference column 25, and the one end of extension spring 3 can rotate relative to first reference column 25, and the pull ring centre of the ring is motionless simultaneously. The other end of the tension spring 3 is hung on the second positioning column 44, and the second positioning column 44 is arranged to enable the other end of the tension spring 3 to rotate relative to the second positioning column 44 and provide tension for the tension spring 3 to extend and retract along with the integral rotation of the second positioning column 44. The other end of the tension spring 3 can rotate along with the second positioning column 44 of the crankshaft 4 to generate relative position change, so that the tension spring 3 is driven to expand and contract in length, and driving force is provided for resetting and closing the air deflector 1.
In order to prevent the two ends of the tension spring 3 from sliding out of the first positioning column 25 and the second positioning column 44, a first limiting structure is arranged on the first positioning column 25, and a second limiting structure is arranged on the second positioning column 44. The first position-limiting structure is preferably a first position-limiting column 26 arranged perpendicular to the first positioning column 25, and may also be a position-limiting groove arranged on the first positioning column 25, and the second position-limiting structure is preferably a second position-limiting column 45 arranged perpendicular to the second positioning column 44, and may also be a position-limiting groove arranged on the second positioning column 44. Further, the second limit column 45 is arranged perpendicular to the first rotating arm 42 of the crankshaft 4, and the second limit column 45 is kept higher than the tension spring 3 in the rotating position range to the maximum extent.
The second rotating arm 43 of the crankshaft 4 is connected with a connecting rotating shaft 46, the connecting rod 5 is provided with a rotating hole 51 matched with the connecting rotating shaft 46, and the crankshaft 4 and the connecting rod 5 are connected together through the connecting rotating shaft 46 and the rotating hole 51. The connecting shaft 46 has a first step surface 461 and a second step surface 462, which together limit the connecting rod 5 to be reliably mounted on the connecting shaft 46, so that the connecting rod 5 is not easy to be disengaged. The end of the connecting shaft 46 is provided with a groove 463 along the axial direction, and both ends of the groove 463 penetrate through the outer peripheral wall of the connecting shaft 46. The arrangement of the groove 463 enables the connecting rotary shaft 46 to elastically contract and return when rotating into the rotary hole 51 of the link 5, and is easily installed in the link 5.
As shown in fig. 1 and 7 to 11, the number of the cranks 6 of the present embodiment is 5, and each crank is rotatably connected to the link 5. Each crank 6 comprises a rotating shaft 61 and an air deflector mounting hole 62, the air deflector mounting hole 62 is a flat hole, a flat mounting shaft 11 matched with the air deflector mounting hole 62 is arranged on the air deflector 1, and a crank mounting hole 52 matched with the rotating shaft 61 is arranged on the connecting rod 5. The air outlet panel 7 is provided with a through hole 72 for the rotating shaft 61 to pass through. When the crank 6 and the connecting rod 5 are assembled, the rotating shaft 61 of the crank 6 finally penetrates through the crank mounting hole 52 on the connecting rod 5 through the through hole 72 on the air outlet panel 7. The rotation connection structure of the rotating shaft 61 of the crank 6 and the through hole 72 on the air outlet panel 7 and the crank mounting hole 52 of the connecting rod 5 is similar to the matching structure between the connecting rotating shaft 46 of the crank 4 and the rotating hole 51 of the connecting rod 5, and is not described again here.
The specific working process of the air deflector opening and closing device is as follows:
when the air deflector 1 is manually opened, the air deflector 1 pushes the cranks 6 to rotate, the 5 cranks 6 are connected in series with the connecting rod 5 and the crankshaft 4 at the rear end of the connecting rod 5 to run in parallel and synchronously, one end of the crankshaft 4 rotates around the crankshaft mounting hole 211 on the mounting frame 2, the other end of the crankshaft 4 pulls the tension spring 3 to have a certain distance relative to the first positioning column 25 of the mounting frame 2, the tension spring 3 generates elastic force, and mechanical energy is converted into elastic potential energy in the process. When the air deflector 1 is in an open state, the tension spring 3 is at the maximum extension amount along with the position of the crankshaft 4.
When the air deflector 1 is loosened and closed, the elastic force stored by the tension spring 3 is gradually released, the elastic force drives one end of the crankshaft 4 to rotate around the crankshaft mounting hole 211 of the mounting frame 2, the other end of the crankshaft 4 is driven to rotate integrally, the crankshaft 4 drives the connecting rod 5 to rotate, the connecting rod 5 drives the crank 6 to rotate, the crank 6 drives the air deflector 1 to be closed, and the elastic potential energy is converted into mechanical energy in the process. When the air deflector 1 is in a closed state, the tension spring 3 is at the minimum extension amount along with the position of the crankshaft 4.
The embodiment also provides an air conditioner, which comprises an air deflector, an air outlet panel and the air deflector opening and closing device, wherein the air deflector opening and closing device is arranged on the air outlet panel and is fixedly connected with the air deflector. The air conditioner realizes the opening and closing of the air deflector, has low production cost, can bear manual shifting of artificial randomness, and can realize the complete reset and closing of the air deflector during power failure.
The technical principle of the present invention is described in conjunction with specific embodiments. The description is made for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the invention and should not be construed in any way as limiting the scope of the invention. Based on the explanations herein, those skilled in the art will be able to conceive of other embodiments of the present invention without inventive effort, which would fall within the scope of the present invention.