CN107228471B - Volute rotating structure and air conditioner - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a volute rotating structure and an air conditioner, wherein the volute rotating structure is used for the air conditioner and comprises: the side plate is provided with a first central hole; the volute is rotatably arranged on the side plate by taking the axle center of the volute as a rotating shaft, and is provided with an air outlet and a second center hole matched with the first center hole; the rotating mechanism is used for connecting the edge of the first central hole and the edge of the second central hole to realize the rotary connection of the side plate and the volute; wherein, the spiral case terminal surface sets up with the curb plate is relative, and when the spiral case was rotatory, the air outlet direction changed. According to the volute rotating structure provided by the invention, the rotating mechanisms are arranged on the first center hole on the side plate and the second center hole on the volute, so that the volute rotates relative to the side plate, the position of the air outlet of the volute can be changed, the fixed installation of the air pipe and the volute is realized, the step that a user installs and detaches the air pipe and the volute by himself is eliminated, and the time and the labor are saved.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to a volute rotating structure and an air conditioner.
Background
In the correlation technique, the spiral case is fixed structure among the mobile air conditioner, the air outlet of spiral case is towards the lateral wall of air conditioner, the tuber pipe need install temporarily on the spiral case when the user uses, when the air conditioner does not use, the tuber pipe will be lifted off and deposit, the reason of doing so is because, the tuber pipe needs to stretch to window department and realizes arranging hot-blast to outdoor, so the tuber pipe has just had certain length, be in the pleasing to the eye of guaranteeing the air conditioner, the protection to the tuber pipe and the purpose of user safety in utilization, just have to adopt the mode of the temporary installation of tuber pipe and spiral case, and the installation of tuber pipe and spiral case and the process of dismantling waste time and energy, user's use experience is poor.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art.
To this end, in an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, a scroll casing rotating structure facilitating rotation is provided.
In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an air conditioner is provided.
In view of the above, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a scroll casing rotating structure for an air conditioner, including: the side plate is provided with a first central hole; the volute is rotatably arranged on the side plate by taking the axle center of the volute as a rotating shaft, and is provided with an air outlet and a second center hole matched with the first center hole; the rotating mechanism is used for connecting the edge of the first central hole and the edge of the second central hole to realize the rotary connection of the side plate and the volute; the end face of the volute is opposite to the side plate, and when the volute rotates, the direction of the air outlet changes.
According to the volute rotating structure, the rotating mechanism is arranged on the first center hole in the side plate and the second center hole in the volute, so that the volute rotates relative to the side plate, the position of the air outlet of the volute can be changed, the air pipe is connected to the air outlet of the volute, the position of the air pipe is changed, the air pipe can be changed from the inside of the shell of the air conditioner to the outside of the shell, the air pipe and the volute are fixedly mounted, the air conditioner accessory is convenient to store, the accessory is prevented from being lost, the step that a user automatically mounts and detaches the air pipe and the volute is omitted, time and labor are saved, and the use safety of the air conditioner in the using process is guaranteed. Specifically, when the user does not use the air conditioner, the air outlet direction of the volute can be rotated upwards, so that the air pipe is positioned in the shell of the air conditioner, and the air pipe is stored; when the user uses the air conditioner, the air outlet direction of the volute is rotated to the side face, the air pipe is exposed outside the shell of the air conditioner, the window of the air pipe is straightened, and hot air generated by the air conditioner is discharged outdoors.
In addition, the volute rotating structure provided by the invention in the above embodiment may further have the following additional technical features:
in the above technical solution, preferably, the rotating mechanism includes: the first bearing ring is arranged at the edge of the first central hole and protrudes towards the volute direction; the second bearing ring is arranged at the edge of the second central hole and is matched with the first bearing ring; a roller disposed between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring.
In this technical scheme, connect through the bearing formula, realize the rotation of spiral case for the curb plate, because the existence of roller for the rotation of spiral case is more smooth and easy, makes the user more laborsaving to the rotation of spiral case.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the first bearing ring is provided with a groove, and an opening direction of the groove faces to the outer side or the inner side of the central hole; the second bearing ring is positioned in the groove; the rollers are a plurality of balls and are arranged between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring, and the end face of the second bearing ring is provided with a curved surface matched with the balls.
In this technical scheme, through setting up the ball in the recess, protect the ball, avoided in impurity gets into the ball, and lead to the rotating part of spiral case smooth to and produce the noise, and, guaranteed the life of ball.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the rotation mechanism includes: the slideway is arranged at the edge of the first central hole, a groove is arranged on the slideway, and the opening direction of the groove faces to the outer side or the inner side of the central hole; and the sliding block is arranged at the edge of the second central hole and is matched with the slide way.
In the technical scheme, the sliding block slides in the slide way, so that the rotation of the volute relative to the side plate is realized, the structure is simple, and the installation is convenient.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the slide way is provided with a positioning groove adapted to the slide block; wherein, the number of the sliding blocks is at least one; the number of the positioning grooves is at least two, and the connecting lines of the two positioning grooves towards the center of the second center hole are vertical.
In this technical scheme, fix a position the slider through the constant head tank to, at least two constant head tanks are mutually perpendicular to the line at second centre bore center, and then make the spiral case carry out 90 degrees rotations for the curb plate, when the spiral case is rotatory to the air outlet up or level promptly, the user homoenergetic perception definitely avoids rotatory excessively to accessories such as tuber pipe, spiral case, curb plate to shine into the damage.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the number of the sliding blocks is four, and the four sliding blocks are uniformly distributed on the edge of the second central hole; the quantity of constant head tank is four evenly distributed on the slide.
In this technical scheme, through four sliders and four constant head tanks, fix a position the spiral case to apportion the revolving force, avoid the revolving force too big and make slider or constant head tank in good order bad.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the edge of the positioning groove is provided with blocking ribs along two ends of the peripheral side of the first central hole, and a gap is left between the blocking rib and the volute; wherein, the one end of a fender muscle is provided with first inclined plane, and first inclined plane is inboard towards the constant head tank, and the one end of slider is provided with the second inclined plane with first inclined plane looks adaptation, and the slider other end keeps off muscle looks adaptation with another.
In this technical scheme, realize the location to the spiral case through the cooperation of keeping off muscle and slider, promptly through the jamming that keeps off muscle and slider touching brought, realize the location to spiral case and curb plate.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the method further includes: the top plate is positioned at the upper end of the side plate; the bottom plate is positioned at the lower end of the side plate, and the volute is positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate; the first limiting part is arranged on the side plate, the top plate or the bottom plate; the second limiting part is arranged on the volute, is matched with the first limiting part and is used for limiting the rotating angle of the volute relative to the side plate.
In this technical scheme, through the cooperation of first spacing portion and the spacing portion of second, realize spacing to spiral case and side, and then avoid spiral case rotation angle too big, and lead to the damage of spiral case or curb plate.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the number of the first limiting parts is two, and the two first limiting parts are respectively arranged on the top plate and/or the side plate; the second limiting part is arranged on the outer wall of the volute; the second limiting part moves between the two first limiting parts, the range of the rotation angle of the volute relative to the side plate is limited to be larger than 0 degree and smaller than or equal to 90 degrees, and when the second limiting part is matched with one of the two first limiting parts, the air outlet faces upwards.
In this technical scheme, touch mutually through two first spacing portions and pivoted second spacing portion between the two, realize spacing to the spiral case, specifically, when the spiral case air outlet was towards the top, the spacing portion of second touched mutually with a first spacing portion, realized spacingly, after the spiral case rotated 90 degrees, air outlet parallel arrangement, at this moment, the spacing portion of second touched mutually with another first spacing portion, realized spacingly.
In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are baffles or stoppers.
In this technical solution, the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion may be a baffle or a stopper.
In any of the above solutions, preferably, the volute comprises: the first shell is connected with the side plate; the second shell is buckled on the first shell; wherein, first casing passes through the buckle with the second casing and is connected.
In this technical scheme, form a complete spiral case through first casing and the looks lock of second casing, and because slewing mechanism sets up on the second centre bore of the relative one side of spiral case and curb plate, consequently, in the installation, can be earlier with first casing of installation, slewing mechanism and curb plate, later with second casing lock on first casing, and then reduced the installation degree of difficulty of spiral case and curb plate.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner including: a housing; according to the volute rotating structure in any one of the above technical solutions, the volute rotating structure is arranged in the housing; the first heat exchanger is arranged in the shell and is positioned on one side of the side plate back to the volute; the second heat exchanger is arranged in the shell and is positioned above the volute rotating structure; the air pipe is arranged on the air outlet of the volute; when the volute rotates to enable the air outlet to face upwards, the air pipe is located in the shell and is located on the side face of the second heat exchanger; when the air outlet rotates to enable the air outlet to face the horizontal direction, the air pipe extends out of the shell from the side face of the shell.
The air conditioner provided by the present invention includes the scroll casing rotating structure according to any one of the above-mentioned technical solutions, and therefore, all the advantageous effects of the scroll casing rotating structure according to any one of the above-mentioned technical solutions are provided, which is not illustrated herein.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
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The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural view illustrating a scroll rotation structure provided in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 showsbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view A-A of the volute rotational structure shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows a partial enlarged view at B of the volute rotational structure shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the spiral case rotating structure of FIG. 1 with the spiral case outlet facing upward;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the spiral casing outlet facing horizontally in the spiral casing rotating structure of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a rotational structure of a volute according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the volute rotation structure shown in FIG. 6 with the volute outlet facing upward;
FIG. 8 shows a close-up view at C of the volute rotation structure shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the spiral casing outlet facing horizontally in the spiral casing rotation configuration of FIG. 6;
fig. 10 is a schematic structural view illustrating an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, which does not include an outer case and in which an air duct is vertically disposed;
fig. 11 is a schematic structural view illustrating an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, which does not include an outer case and in which an air duct is horizontally disposed.
Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 11 is:
the air conditioner comprises an air conditioner body 1, a volute 10 rotating structure, a side plate 12, a volute 14, a first bearing ring 162, a second bearing ring 164, a roller 166, a slideway 182, a sliding block 184, a positioning groove 186, a blocking rib 188, a top plate 20, a first limiting part 22, a second limiting part 24, a first heat exchanger 30, a second heat exchanger 40 and an air duct 50.
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In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.
A scroll casing rotating structure 10 and an air conditioner 1 provided according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 11.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, according to a first aspect embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a scroll rotation structure 10 for an air conditioner 1, including: the side plate 12 is provided with a first central hole; the volute casing 14 is rotatably arranged on the side plate 12 by taking the axis of the volute casing 14 as a rotating shaft, and the volute casing 14 is provided with an air outlet and a second central hole matched with the first central hole; the rotating mechanism is used for connecting the edge of the first central hole with the edge of the second central hole to realize the rotary connection of the side plate 12 and the volute 14; wherein, the end face of the volute 14 is opposite to the side plate 12, and when the volute 14 rotates, the direction of the air outlet is changed.
According to the volute rotating structure 10 provided by the invention, the rotating mechanisms are arranged on the first center hole on the side plate 12 and the second center hole on the volute 14, so that the rotation of the volute 14 relative to the side plate 12 is realized, the position of the air outlet of the volute 14 can be further changed, the air pipe 50 is connected to the air outlet of the volute 14, the position of the air pipe 50 is further changed, the air pipe 50 can be changed from the inside of the shell of the air conditioner 1 to the outside of the shell, the fixed installation of the air pipe 50 and the volute 14 and the storage of accessories of the air conditioner 1 are further realized, the loss of the accessories is avoided, the steps of installing and disassembling the air pipe 50 and the volute 14 by a user are eliminated, the time and the labor are saved, and the use safety of the air conditioner 1 in the use process is ensured. Specifically, when the user does not use the air conditioner 1, the air outlet direction of the volute 14 can be rotated upwards, so that the air pipe 50 is positioned in the housing of the air conditioner 1 to achieve storage; when the user uses the air conditioner 1, the air outlet direction of the volute 14 is rotated to the side surface, so that the air pipe 50 is exposed outside the shell of the air conditioner 1, the window of the air pipe 50 is straightened, and the hot air generated by the air conditioner 1 is discharged to the outside.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the rotating mechanism includes: a first bearing ring 162 provided at the first center hole edge and protruding toward the scroll casing 14; a second bearing collar 164 disposed at the edge of the second central bore, adapted to the first bearing collar 162; a roller 166 disposed between the first bearing ring 162 and the second bearing ring 164.
In this embodiment, the rotation of the volute 14 relative to the side plate 12 is realized by a bearing type connection, and the rotation of the volute 14 is smoother due to the existence of the roller 166, so that the rotation of the volute 14 by a user is more labor-saving.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, the first bearing ring 162 is provided with a groove, the opening direction of the groove is toward the outside or inside of the central hole; the second bearing race 164 is seated in the groove; the rollers 166 are a plurality of balls, and are disposed between the first bearing ring 162 and the second bearing ring 164, and the end surface of the second bearing ring 164 is provided with a curved surface adapted to the balls.
In this embodiment, by disposing the balls in the grooves, the balls are protected from foreign substances entering the balls, which results in smooth rotation of the scroll casing 14 and generation of noise, and the service life of the balls is ensured.
Of course, in particular embodiments, grooves may be provided on the second bearing ring 164 and the rollers 166 may be provided as rollers.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, as shown in fig. 6 to 9, the rotating mechanism includes: the slideway 182 is arranged at the edge of the first central hole, a groove is arranged on the slideway 182, and the opening direction of the groove faces to the outer side or the inner side of the central hole; and the sliding block 184 is arranged at the edge of the second central hole and is matched with the sliding way 182.
In this embodiment, the sliding block 184 slides in the sliding channel 182 to rotate the scroll casing 14 relative to the side plate 12, which is simple in structure and easy to install.
In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6 to 9, preferably, the slide 182 has a positioning groove 186 adapted to the slide block 184; wherein, the number of the sliding blocks 184 is at least one; the number of the positioning grooves 186 is at least two, and the connecting line of the two positioning grooves 186 to the center of the second central hole is vertical.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 6 to 9, the number of the sliding blocks 184 is four, and the four sliding blocks are uniformly distributed on the edge of the second central hole; the number of the positioning grooves 186 is four and is evenly distributed on the slide 182.
In this embodiment, the four sliding blocks 184 and the four positioning grooves 186 are used to position the scroll casing 14 and distribute the rotation force, so as to avoid the sliding blocks 184 or the positioning grooves 186 from being damaged due to the excessive rotation force.
Of course, in the specific embodiment, the number of the sliding block 184 and the positioning groove 186 may be set arbitrarily according to the actual situation, and the positioning groove 186 may be a long groove, and the sliding block 184 slides in the positioning groove 186.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, as shown in fig. 8, the edge of the positioning groove 186 is respectively provided with a blocking rib 188 along both ends of the peripheral side of the first central hole, and a gap is left between the blocking rib 188 and the scroll casing 14; one end of one blocking rib 188 is provided with a first inclined surface facing the inner side of the positioning groove 186, one end of the sliding block 184 is provided with a second inclined surface matched with the first inclined surface, and the other end of the sliding block 184 is matched with the other blocking rib 188.
In this embodiment, the volute casing 14 is positioned by the cooperation of the blocking rib 188 and the slider 184, specifically, for example, when the volute casing 14 rotates clockwise, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are relatively close to each other, when the volute casing 14 rotates clockwise, the second inclined surface and the first inclined surface cooperate to form a sliding slope, and the sliding slope and the first inclined surface rub to form a resistance, so that when the slider 184 slides out of the positioning groove 186, a user can obviously perceive that the slider 184 has slid out of the positioning groove 186, and when the slider 184 slides into the next positioning groove 186, the user can feel an obvious resistance, when the volute casing 14 rotates clockwise, due to the touch of the blocking rib 188 and the slider 184, when the slider 184 is forced to pass over the blocking rib 188, the user can obviously perceive that the slider 184 has passed over the blocking rib 188, and when the slider 184 touches the first blocking rib 188, the volute casing 14 cannot rotate, and only when the slider 14 rotates relative to the side plate 12 under the external force.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, further comprising: a top plate 20 positioned at an upper end of the side plate 12; a bottom plate located at the lower end of the side plate 12, and a volute 14 located between the top plate 20 and the bottom plate; a first stopper 22 provided on the side plate 12, the top plate 20, or the bottom plate; and the second limiting part 24 is arranged on the volute casing 14, is matched with the first limiting part 22 and is used for limiting the rotating angle of the volute casing 14 relative to the side plate 12.
In this embodiment, the first limiting portion 22 and the second limiting portion 24 are matched to limit the position of the volute 14 and the side edge, so as to prevent the volute 14 from being damaged or the side plate 12 from being damaged due to an excessively large rotation angle of the volute 14.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, two first position-limiting portions 22 are provided on the top plate 20 and/or the side plate 12, respectively; the second limiting part 24 is arranged on the outer wall of the volute casing 14; the second position-limiting portion 24 moves between the two first position-limiting portions 22, and limits the range of the rotation angle of the scroll 14 relative to the side plate 12 to be greater than 0 degree and less than or equal to 90 degrees, and when the second position-limiting portion 24 is matched with one of the two first position-limiting portions 22, the air outlet faces upward.
In this embodiment, the two first limiting portions 22 contact with the second limiting portion 24 rotating therebetween to limit the position of the spiral casing 14, specifically, when the air outlet of the spiral casing 14 faces upward, the second limiting portion 24 contacts with one first limiting portion 22 to limit the position, and after the spiral casing 14 rotates 90 degrees, the air outlet is parallel, and at this time, the second limiting portion 24 contacts with the other first limiting portion 22 to limit the position. Wherein, two first spacing portions can set up simultaneously on the roof or set up simultaneously on the curb plate, of course, also can one set up on the roof, and another sets up on the curb plate.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the first position-limiting portion 22 and the second position-limiting portion 24 are preferably baffles or stoppers.
In this embodiment, the first position-limiting portion 22 and the second position-limiting portion 24 may be baffles or stoppers.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 9, the scroll casing 14 includes: a first housing connected to the side plate 12; the second shell is buckled on the first shell; wherein, first casing passes through the buckle with the second casing and is connected.
In this embodiment, the first casing and the second casing are fastened to form a complete volute casing 14, and since the rotating mechanism is disposed in the second central hole on the opposite side of the volute casing 14 and the side plate 12, the first casing, the rotating mechanism and the side plate 12 can be mounted first, and then the second casing is fastened to the first casing during the mounting process, thereby reducing the difficulty in mounting the volute casing 14 and the side plate 12.
In a specific embodiment, the first housing and the second housing may also be connected by screws.
In the installation process, the first bearing ring 162, the roller 166 and the second bearing ring 164 may be installed together in advance, the first bearing ring 162 is installed on the side plate 12, the second bearing ring 164 is installed on the scroll 14, or the first bearing ring 162 and the side plate 12 may be integrally formed, the second bearing ring 164 and the scroll 14 are integrally formed, and then the assembly of the first bearing ring 162, the roller 166 and the second bearing ring 164 and the roller 166 is completed.
As shown in fig. 10 and 11, according to a second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides an air conditioner 1, including: a housing; as with the volute rotary structure 10 provided in any of the above embodiments, the volute rotary structure 10 is disposed within a housing; a first heat exchanger 30 arranged in the housing and positioned on the side of the side plate 12 opposite to the volute 14; a second heat exchanger 40 disposed within the housing above the volute rotational structure 10; the air pipe 50 is arranged on an air outlet of the volute 14; when the volute 14 rotates to make the air outlet face upward, the air duct 50 is located inside the housing and on the side of the second heat exchanger 40; when the outlet is rotated to make the outlet face the horizontal direction, the air duct 50 extends out of the housing from the side surface of the housing.
The air conditioner 1 provided by the present invention includes the scroll casing rotating structure 10 according to any of the above embodiments, and therefore, all the advantages of the scroll casing rotating structure 10 according to any of the above embodiments are provided, which is not illustrated herein.
In summary, according to the volute rotation structure 10 and the air conditioner 1 provided by the present invention, the rotation mechanism is disposed on the first center hole on the side plate 12 and the second center hole on the volute 14, so that the rotation of the volute 14 relative to the side plate 12 is realized, and the position of the air outlet of the volute 14 can be changed, and the air duct 50 is connected to the air outlet of the volute 14, so that the position of the air duct 50 is changed, so that the air duct 50 can be changed from inside to outside of the housing of the air conditioner 1, and further, the fixed installation of the air duct 50 and the volute 14 and the accommodation of accessories of the air conditioner 1 are realized, thereby avoiding the loss of the accessories, and eliminating the step of installing and detaching the air duct 50 and the volute 14 by a user, which saves time and labor, and further ensures the use safety of the air conditioner 1 in the use process. Specifically, when the air conditioner 1 is not used by a user, the air outlet direction of the volute 14 can be rotated upwards, so that the air pipe 50 is positioned in the housing of the air conditioner 1 to achieve storage; when the user uses the air conditioner 1, the air outlet direction of the volute 14 is rotated to the side surface, so that the air pipe 50 is exposed outside the shell of the air conditioner 1, the window of the air pipe 50 is straightened, and the hot air generated by the air conditioner 1 is discharged to the outside.
In the present invention, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance, and the terms "mounting", "connecting", "fixing" and the like are to be construed broadly, for example, "connecting" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A scroll casing rotating structure for an air conditioner, comprising:
the side plate is provided with a first central hole;
the volute is rotatably arranged on the side plate by taking the axis of the volute as a rotating shaft, an air outlet and a second center hole matched with the first center hole are formed in the volute, the volute is fixedly arranged with an air pipe, and the air pipe is connected to the air outlet of the volute;
the rotating mechanism is used for connecting the edge of the first center hole and the edge of the second center hole to realize the rotary connection of the side plate and the volute;
the end face of the volute is opposite to the side plate, and when the volute rotates, the direction of the air outlet changes, and the position of the air pipe also changes, so that the air pipe is changed from the inside to the outside of the shell of the air conditioner.
2. The volute rotation structure of claim 1,
the rotating mechanism includes:
the first bearing ring is arranged on the edge of the first central hole and protrudes towards the volute direction;
the second bearing ring is arranged at the edge of the second central hole and is matched with the first bearing ring;
a roller disposed between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring.
3. The volute rotation structure of claim 2,
the first bearing ring is provided with a groove, and the opening direction of the groove faces to the outer side or the inner side of the central hole;
the second bearing ring is located within the groove;
the rollers are a plurality of balls and are arranged between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring, and a curved surface matched with the balls is arranged on the end face of the second bearing ring.
4. The volute rotation structure of claim 1,
the rotating mechanism includes:
the slideway is arranged at the edge of the first central hole, a groove is arranged on the slideway, and the opening direction of the groove faces to the outer side or the inner side of the central hole;
and the sliding block is arranged at the edge of the second central hole and is matched with the slide way.
5. The volute rotation structure of claim 4,
a positioning groove is formed in the slide way and is matched with the slide block;
wherein the number of the sliding blocks is at least one;
the number of the positioning grooves is at least two, and the connecting lines of the two positioning grooves towards the center of the second center hole are vertical to each other.
6. The volute rotation structure of claim 5,
the number of the sliding blocks is four, and the four sliding blocks are uniformly distributed on the edge of the second central hole;
the number of the positioning grooves is four, and the four positioning grooves are uniformly distributed on the slide way.
7. The volute rotation structure of claim 6,
the edge of the positioning groove is respectively provided with a retaining rib along two ends of the peripheral side of the first center hole, and a gap is reserved between the retaining rib and the volute;
one end of the blocking rib is provided with a first inclined plane, the first inclined plane faces the inner side of the positioning groove, one end of the sliding block is provided with a second inclined plane matched with the first inclined plane, and the other end of the sliding block is matched with the other blocking rib.
8. The volute rotation structure of any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:
the top plate is positioned at the upper end of the side plate;
the bottom plate is positioned at the lower end of the side plate, and the volute is positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate;
the first limiting part is arranged on the side plate, the top plate or the bottom plate;
the second limiting part is arranged on the volute, is matched with the first limiting part and is used for limiting the rotating angle of the volute relative to the side plate.
9. The volute rotation structure of claim 8,
the two first limiting parts are respectively arranged on the top plate and/or the side plate;
the second limiting part is arranged on the outer wall of the volute;
the second limiting part moves between the two first limiting parts, the range of the rotation angle of the volute relative to the side plate is limited to be larger than 0 degree and smaller than or equal to 90 degrees, and when the second limiting part is matched with one of the two first limiting parts, the air outlet faces upwards.
10. The volute rotation structure of claim 9,
the first limiting part and the second limiting part are baffles or stop blocks.
11. The volute rotation structure of any of claims 1 to 7,
the volute includes:
the first shell is connected with the side plate;
the second shell is buckled on the first shell;
wherein, the first shell is connected with the second shell through a buckle.
12. An air conditioner, comprising:
a housing;
the volute rotational structure of any of claims 1-11, disposed within the housing;
the first heat exchanger is arranged in the shell and is positioned on one side of the side plate back to the volute;
a second heat exchanger disposed within the housing above the volute rotational structure, the second heat exchanger being above the first heat exchanger;
the air pipe is arranged on the air outlet of the volute;
when the volute rotates to enable the air outlet to face upwards, the air pipe is located in the shell and is arranged on the side face of the second heat exchanger; when the air outlet rotates to enable the air outlet to face the horizontal direction, the air pipe extends out of the shell from the side face of the shell.
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