CN106403241B

CN106403241B - Air conditioner casing and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN106403241B
Application number: CN201611075938.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王玮
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Midea Group Wuhan Refrigeration Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Midea Group Wuhan Refrigeration Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-29
Filing date: 2016-11-29
Publication date: 2022-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-29
Also published as: CN106403241A

Abstract

The invention discloses an air conditioner shell and an air conditioner, wherein the air conditioner shell comprises a shell, a panel and a decorative plate; the shell is provided with a fixed clamping position, and the position of the panel corresponding to the fixed clamping position is provided with a fixed buckle matched with the fixed clamping position; the decorative plate is connected with the plate surface of the panel provided with the fixing buckle, and a positioning through hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the fixing buckle, of the decorative plate; the fixing buckle penetrates through the positioning through hole and is clamped with the fixing clamp position to fix the panel and the decorative plate on the shell. The technical scheme of the invention ensures that the panel and the decorative plate are assembled more tightly.

Description

Air conditioner casing and air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioner shell and an air conditioner.

Background

The conventional air conditioner decorative strip and the panel are fixed in a splicing way, so the decorative strip can only be designed to be strip-shaped, and because the mould for producing the strip-shaped decorative strip needs to carry out sectional treatment at the corner; therefore, when the decoration strip and the panel are used or installed in the air conditioner, the decoration strip is easy to segment, so that the panel and the decoration strip cannot be tightly assembled.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an air conditioner shell, aiming at ensuring that a panel and a decorative plate are assembled more tightly.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an air conditioner case including:

the shell is provided with a fixed clamping position;

the panel is provided with a fixed buckle matched with the fixed clamping position corresponding to the position of the fixed clamping position;

the decorative plate is connected with the panel surface provided with the fixing buckle, and a positioning through hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the fixing buckle, of the decorative plate;

the fixing buckle penetrates through the positioning through hole and is clamped with the fixing clamp position, so that the panel and the decorative plate are fixed on the shell.

Preferably, a rotating shaft part is arranged on one side of the panel in the length direction, a hinge clamping position matched with the rotating shaft part is arranged on one side of the shell in the length direction, and a through hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the rotating shaft part, of the decorative plate; a plurality of fixing buckles are arranged at the edge of one side of the panel, which is hinged with the shell, and the fixing buckles are arranged at intervals; the decorative plate is provided with a plurality of positioning through holes which correspond to the fixing buckles one by one; the shell is also provided with a plurality of fixed clamping positions corresponding to the plurality of fixed buckles one by one.

Preferably, a clamping block is convexly arranged at the middle position of the fixing buckle in the length direction, and a fixing hook matched with the clamping block is arranged on the fixing clamping position.

Preferably, one end of the fixed buckle is provided with a first hook, and one end of the first hook is provided with a reinforcing rib; and one end of the positioning through hole, which is close to the edge of the decorative plate, is provided with a second clamping hook which is correspondingly hooked with the first clamping hook.

Preferably, the positioning through hole in the middle of the decorative plate is tightly matched with the fixing buckle corresponding to the positioning through hole.

Preferably, a plurality of third hooks arranged at intervals with the fixed buckle are arranged at the edge of one side of the panel hinged to the shell, and the reinforcing rib is arranged at one end of each third hook; the decorative plate is provided with a through hole corresponding to the third clamping hook, and one end of the through hole is provided with a second clamping hook correspondingly hooked by the third clamping hook.

Preferably, the decorative plate is a U-shaped plate.

Preferably, two opposite sides of the decorative plate are respectively provided with a group of positioning clamping holes, and one end of each positioning clamping hole is provided with a fourth clamping hook; the panel is provided with a fifth clamping hook which corresponds to the positioning clamping hole in position and is matched with the positioning clamping hole to hook, and the reinforcing ribs are arranged at two ends, far away from the ends hooked by the fourth clamping hook, of the fifth clamping hook.

Preferably, a protrusion is disposed on an end of the positioning hole opposite to the fourth hook.

The invention also provides an air conditioner, which comprises the air conditioner shell; the air conditioner case includes:

the shell is provided with a fixed clamping position;

According to the technical scheme, the fixing buckle is arranged on the panel, and the positioning through hole for the fixing buckle to pass through is formed in the decorative plate, so that the panel and the decorative plate can be limited into a whole through the fixing buckle; in addition, a fixed clamping position which is matched and clamped with the fixed buckle is arranged on the shell of the air conditioner, and the panel and the decorative plate are tightly connected with the shell of the air conditioner by the fixed buckle which passes through the positioning through hole and then is clamped with the fixed clamping position; so, the decorative board can set up the slabby that is integrated into one piece, need not segmentation treatment, greatly increases the tight degree of assembly with the panel.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner housing according to an embodiment of the present invention mounted to a housing;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the portion B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at C;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at D;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a panel in an air conditioner housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a decorative panel in the housing of the air conditioner according to the present invention;

fig. 9 is a sectional view F-F of fig. 8.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name(s)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				10	Panel board	20	Decorative board
30	Outer casing	40	Reinforcing rib
				100	Fixing buckle	101	Clamping block
102	The first hook	110	Third hook
				120	Fifth hook	130	Rotating shaft component
200	Positioning through hole	201	The second hook
				210	Through-hole	220	Positioning clamp hole
221	Fourth hook	222	Projection
				300	Fixed clip position	301	Fixing hook
302	Embedded groove	310	Hinged clip
				230	Via holes

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the 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.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention provides an air conditioner shell and an air conditioner.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, fig. 1 is a schematic structural view illustrating an air conditioner casing according to an embodiment of the present invention mounted on a housing; FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A; FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at B; FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at C; FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at D; FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a panel in an air conditioner housing according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E of FIG. 6; FIG. 8 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a decorative panel in the housing of the air conditioner according to the present invention; fig. 9 is a sectional view F-F of fig. 8.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, the air conditioner case includes:

the shell 30, there are fixed screens 300 on the shell 30; the panel 10, the panel 10 is provided with a fixed buckle 100 adapted to the fixed block 300 at a position corresponding to the fixed block 300; the decorative plate 20 is connected with the panel surface of the panel 10 provided with the fixing buckle 100, and a positioning through hole 200 is formed in the position, corresponding to the fixing buckle 100, of the decorative plate 20; the fixing clip 100 penetrates the positioning through hole 200 and engages with the fixing clip 300 to fix the panel 10 together with the decorative plate 20 on the housing 30.

The traditional decorative strip of the air conditioner is connected with the panel in an inserting mode, so that the decorative strip can only be designed into a long strip shape, and the whole decorative strip is required to be subjected to sectional treatment at a corner position, so that the decorative strip and the panel can be conveniently assembled. However, in the process of assembling the strip-shaped and segmented decorative strip with the panel, the segmented phenomenon of the decorative strip is easily caused, namely, a gap is formed in the process of assembling the decorative strip with the panel, so that the integral appearance of the air conditioner is incomplete.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the connection manner of the panel 10 and the trim strip is improved, and a snap-fit connection manner is preferably adopted. The decorative strip can thus be designed in the form of an integrally formed plate, i.e. as a decorative plate 20; in this way, no segmentation phenomenon occurs during the assembly process of the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20, i.e. no gap occurs when the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 are assembled.

When the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 are assembled, the fixing buckle 100 passes through the positioning through hole 200, so that the panel 100 and the decorative plate 20 can be mutually fixed and positioned; at this time, the fixing clip 100 passing through the positioning through hole 200 is clipped into the fixing clip 300 on the housing 30 by pressing action, so that the panel 10 together with the decorative plate 20 can be fixed to the housing 30, and the decorative plate 20 forms a complete corresponding whole with the panel 10 within the range of the positioning through hole 200. When the panel 10 is to be detached from the decorative plate 20, the panel 10 is pressed in the opposite direction, so that the panel 10 is deformed to some extent, the fixing clip 100 on the panel 10 is separated from the fixing clip 300 on the housing 30, and the fixing clip 100 is pulled out from the positioning through hole 200 and separated from the decorative plate 20, which is convenient and fast, and does not damage the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20.

In the present embodiment, the fixing clip 100 may be disposed at or near an edge region of the panel 10, and the fixing clip 300 and the positioning through hole 200 are disposed corresponding to the fixing clip 100. In this embodiment, the positioning through hole 200 may be rectangular, circular or other shapes, and the size of the positioning through hole is slightly larger than that of the fixing buckle 100, so that the fixing buckle 100 can be inserted into the positioning through hole 200 conveniently.

Preferably, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the decorative panel 20 is a U-shaped panel. Specifically, the direction in which the decorative plate 20 is assembled coincides with the direction in which the panel 10 is provided with one end of the fixing clip 100; like this, decorative board 20 is when assembling with panel 10, and decorative board 20 is kept away from the one end of assembling with panel 10 and is the breach, and the one end of the breach of decorative board 20 does not disturb panel 10 and shell 30 articulated to make decorative board 20 can assemble with panel 10 more easily, and make whole panel assembly structure complete after the assembly. On the other hand, the U-shaped decorative plate 20 can save production materials and reduce production cost.

According to the technical scheme, the panel 10 is provided with the fixing buckle 100, and the decorative plate 20 is provided with the positioning through hole 200 for the fixing buckle 100 to pass through, so that the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 can be limited into a whole through the fixing buckle 100; in addition, a fixed clip 300 which is matched and clamped with the fixed clip 100 is arranged on the shell 30 of the air conditioner, and the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 are tightly connected with the shell 30 of the air conditioner through the fixed clip 100 passing through the positioning through hole 200 and then clamped with the fixed clip 300; in this way, the decorative plate 20 can be provided in an integrally formed plate shape without a separate process, greatly increasing the assembling tightness with the panel 10.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the panel 10 is provided with a rotating shaft member 130 at one side in the length direction, the housing 30 is provided with a hinge detent 310 adapted to the rotating shaft member 130 at one side in the length direction, and the decorative plate 20 is provided with a through hole 230 at a position corresponding to the rotating shaft member 130; a plurality of fixing buckles 100 are arranged at the edge of one side of the panel 10 hinged to the housing 30, and the fixing buckles 100 are arranged at intervals; the decorative plate 20 is provided with a plurality of positioning through holes 200 corresponding to the plurality of fixing buckles 100 one by one; the housing 30 is also provided with a plurality of fixing clips 300 corresponding to the plurality of fixing clips 100.

In order to make the panel 10 not easily detached from the housing 30 after the panel 10 is disengaged from the housing 30, the panel 10 is damaged. Therefore, the rotating shaft component 130 is arranged at one side of the panel 10 in the length direction, and the hinge blocking position 310 is arranged at one side of the shell 30 in the length direction; the rotating shaft part 130 of the panel 10 passes through the through hole 230 on the decorative plate 20 and is clamped on the hinge clamping position 310 of the shell 30, so that the panel 10 is hinged with the shell 30 without damaging the decorative plate 20. In order to further enhance the assembling tightness between the panel 10, the decorative plate 20 and the housing 30, a plurality of fixing buckles 100 are arranged on the side of the panel 10 opposite to the housing 30 in a hinged manner, the positioning through holes 200 are also corresponding to the number and the positions of the fixing buckles 100 one by one, and in addition, the housing 30 is also provided with the number of the fixing buckles 100, namely, the fixing buckles 100 are distributed along the edge area in the length direction of the panel 10; therefore, the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 can be tightly clamped on the shell 30 in the length direction one by one through the clamping of the plurality of fixing buckles 100 and the plurality of positioning through holes 200, and the one-to-one corresponding clamping of the plurality of fixing buckles 100 and the plurality of fixing clamping positions 300, so that the panel 10, the decorative plate 20 and the shell 30 are connected in a seamless fit mode. In this embodiment, it is preferable that 5 fixing clips 100 are provided according to the length of the panel 10, and the 5 fixing clips 100 are uniformly spaced. Of course, in other embodiments, 2, 3, 4, 6, etc. may also be provided.

Further, referring to fig. 2, 4, 6 and 7, a latch 101 is convexly disposed at a middle position of the fixing clip 100 in the length direction, and the fixing clip 300 is disposed with a fixing clip 301 adapted to the latch 101.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the fixing clip 300 is a groove structure on the housing 30, the groove structure is provided with a fixing clip 301 in a protruding manner, the fixing clip 301 and the side wall of the groove form a slot, and the slot is adapted to the shape of the clip 101; thus, the fixing clip 100 can be clipped into the slot formed by the fixing hook 301 and the side wall of the groove through the clipping block 101, so as to complete the clipping between the fixing clip 100 and the fixing clip 300. The fixing hook 301 may also restrict displacement of the cartridge 101 in the longitudinal direction of the fixing buckle 100. In order to further facilitate the detachment of the fixed buckle 100 from the fixed clip 300, a plurality of cavities are arranged in the fixed buckle 100, and when the clamping block 101 of the fixed buckle 100 is extruded, the side wall of the clamping block 101 can deform and move towards the inner cavity, so that a gap is formed between the fixed buckle 100 and the fixed clip 300, and then the fixed buckle 100 is pulled out.

Further, referring to fig. 2 and 3, a first hook 102 is disposed at one end of the fixing buckle 100, and a reinforcing rib 40 is disposed at one end of the first hook 102; one end of the positioning through hole 200 close to the edge of the decorative plate 20 is provided with a second hook 201 hooked correspondingly to the first hook 102.

Specifically, by hooking the first hook 102 and the second hook 201 in different directions, when the fixing buckle 100 is inserted into the positioning through hole 200, the panel 10 can drive the decorative plate 20 to limit the displacement of the decorative plate 20 in the circumferential direction, so that the decorative plate 20 can be accurately clamped between the panel 10 and the housing 30, and the panel 10 can completely cover the decorative plate 20. In addition, in order to improve the firmness of the first hook 102 on the panel 100, a reinforcing rib 40 is arranged at one end of the first hook, namely, the reinforcing rib 40 is arranged at one side of the first hook. Therefore, the service life of the first hook 102 is prolonged, and the hooking between the first hook 102 and the second hook 201 is not affected.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 5, the positioning through hole 200 located in the middle of the decorative plate 20 and the fixing clip 100 corresponding thereto are tightly fitted. In this embodiment, 5 fixing fasteners 100 are disposed on the panel 10 at intervals, wherein the positioning through hole 200 at the middle position is disposed in a shape just consistent with the shape of the fixing fastener 100; in this way, the positioning through hole 200 and the fixing clip 100 are engaged with each other, so that the panel 10 is positioned in the left-right direction with reference to the positioning.

Further, referring to fig. 6 and 7, a plurality of third hooks 110 spaced apart from the fixing buckle 100 are disposed at an edge of one side of the panel 10, which is opposite to the housing 30 in a hinged manner, and a reinforcing rib 40 is disposed at one end of the third hooks 110; the decorative plate 20 is provided with a through hole 210 corresponding to the third hook 110, and one end of the through hole 210 is provided with a second hook 201 hooked corresponding to the third hook 110. The third hook 110 on the panel 10 and the second hook 201 of the decorative plate 20 are hooked with each other, so that the panel 10 is more accurately assembled and positioned with the decorative plate 20, and the assembling speed of the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 is increased. Referring to fig. 1, in order to form a complete structure with the housing 30 after the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 are hooked, it is preferable that an insertion groove 302 for inserting the third hook 110 of the panel 10 and the second hook 201 of the decorative plate 20 is correspondingly formed in the housing 30, so that the hooked third hook 110 and second hook 201 are inserted into the insertion groove 302, and the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 do not protrude from the housing 30 due to the two hooks, thereby forming a whole with uniformly distributed appearance.

Further, referring to fig. 6 to 9, two opposite sides of the decorative plate 20 are respectively provided with a set of positioning fastening holes 220, and one end of each positioning fastening hole 220 is provided with a fourth fastening hook 221; the panel 10 is provided with a fifth hook 120 corresponding to the position of the positioning hole 220 and engaged with the positioning hole, and the two ends of the fifth hook 120 far from the end engaged with the fourth hook 221 are provided with reinforcing ribs 40.

Specifically, the fifth hook 120 of the panel 10 is inserted into the positioning hole 220 of the decorative plate 20, so as to limit the displacement of the panel 10 in the left-right direction of the decorative plate 20; and the fourth hook 221 and the fifth hook 120 are hooked with each other, so that the panel 10 and the decorative plate 20 are more accurately positioned in the left-right direction and are more firmly limited. Still further, the positioning latching hole 2200 is provided with a protrusion 222 at an end opposite to the fourth latching hook 221. The protrusion 222 can limit the displacement of the fourth hook 221 hooked by the fifth hook 120 in other directions, so that the panel 10 and the decoration plate 20 can be positioned more quickly in the left-right direction.

The present invention further provides an air conditioner, which includes an air conditioner housing, and the specific structure of the air conditioner housing refers to the above embodiments, and since the air conditioner employs all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, the air conditioner at least has all beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An air conditioner case, comprising:

the shell is provided with a fixed clamping position;

the decorative plate is connected with the panel surface provided with the fixing buckle, a positioning through hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the fixing buckle, of the decorative plate, and the decorative plate is of an integrated structure;

the fixing buckle penetrates through the positioning through hole and is clamped with the fixing clamp position so as to fix the panel and the decorative plate on the shell, a first clamp hook is arranged at one end of the fixing buckle, a second clamp hook correspondingly hooked with the first clamp hook is arranged at one end of the positioning through hole close to the edge of the decorative plate, and a guide surface used for being in sliding butt joint with the second clamp hook is arranged at the end part of the fixing buckle;

be located the decorative board middle part positioning hole with correspond rather than fixed buckle is for closely cooperating, and/or, the panel with the articulated relative one side edge of shell be equipped with a plurality ofly with the third trip that fixed buckle interval set up, be equipped with on the decorative board with the through-hole that the third trip position corresponds, the one end of through-hole be equipped with the third trip corresponds the colluding second trip.

2. The air conditioner casing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the panel is provided with a rotary shaft member at one side in a length direction, the housing is provided with a hinge catch adapted to the rotary shaft member at one side in the length direction, and the decorative plate is provided with a through hole at a position corresponding to the rotary shaft member; a plurality of fixing buckles are arranged at the edge of one side of the panel, which is hinged with the shell, and the fixing buckles are arranged at intervals; the decorative plate is provided with a plurality of positioning through holes which correspond to the fixing buckles one by one; the shell is also provided with a plurality of fixed clamping positions corresponding to the plurality of fixed buckles one by one.

3. The air conditioner case as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fixing clip is provided with a locking piece at a middle position in a length direction thereof, and the fixing clip is provided with a fixing hook adapted to be locked with the locking piece.

4. The air conditioner case as claimed in claim 3, wherein one end of the first hook is provided with a reinforcing rib.

5. An air conditioner case as set forth in claim 4 wherein said reinforcing rib is provided at one end of said third hook.

6. An air conditioner case as defined in claim 1 wherein said trim panel is a U-shaped panel.

7. The air conditioner case as claimed in claim 6, wherein said decorative plate is provided with a set of positioning engaging holes at both sides thereof opposite in the width direction, one end of said positioning engaging hole being provided with a fourth engaging hook; the panel is provided with a fifth clamping hook which corresponds to the positioning clamping hole in position and is matched with the positioning clamping hole to hook, and reinforcing ribs are arranged at two ends, far away from the ends hooked by the fourth clamping hook, of the fifth clamping hook.

8. The air conditioner case as claimed in claim 7, wherein the positioning catching hole is provided with a projection at an end opposite to the fourth catching hook.

9. An air conditioner characterized by comprising the air conditioner case according to any one of claims 1 to 8.