CN108954774B

CN108954774B - Air conditioner casing and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN108954774B
Application number: CN201810979527.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宁强延; 杨永祥; 黄林; 龙从辉; 李振华; 黄煜鹏; 成凯
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2018-08-24
Filing date: 2018-08-24
Publication date: 2023-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-24
Also published as: CN108954774A

Abstract

The invention provides an air conditioner shell and an air conditioner. The air conditioner casing includes: a bottom case; a panel body; the panel body is fixedly clamped with the bottom shell through the clamping assembly. The invention solves the problems of complex assembly of the panel body and the bottom shell and low efficiency in the prior art.

Description

Air conditioner casing and air conditioner

Technical Field

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

Background

At present, a panel body and a bottom shell of an air conditioner shell are fixed by screws, and screw covers are needed to be added after the screws are added for attractive appearance, so that screw holes and screw covers are hidden. The traditional screw cap only plays a role in decoration, and can not fix the panel body and the bottom shell. The bottom shell and the panel body are fixed by a plurality of bolts, and a plurality of bolt covers are also arranged, so that the efficiency is low, the production and the assembly are inconvenient, and the after-sale maintenance is realized.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an air conditioner shell and an air conditioner, which are used for solving the problems of complex assembly and low efficiency of a panel body and a bottom shell in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner casing comprising: a bottom case; a panel body; the panel body is fixedly clamped with the bottom shell through the clamping assembly.

Further, the clamping assembly comprises a plurality of clamping pieces which are sequentially and pivotally connected, and two clamping pieces positioned at two ends are respectively connected with the bottom shell and the panel body.

Further, at least one clamping piece of the two clamping pieces connected with the bottom shell and the panel body is clamped and fixed with the bottom shell or the panel body.

Further, one of the two clamping pieces connected with the bottom shell and the panel body is clamped and fixed with the bottom shell or the panel body, and the other clamping piece is pivotally connected with the bottom shell or the panel body.

Further, the bottom shell and/or the panel body are/is provided with a clamping groove matched with the clamping piece.

Further, the number of the clamping components is multiple, and the multiple clamping components are sequentially arranged at intervals along the connection side of the panel body and the bottom shell.

Further, the clamping assembly comprises two clamping pieces, namely a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece, wherein one ends, close to each other, of the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are in pivot connection, and one ends, far away from the second clamping piece, of the first clamping piece are provided with clamping hooks.

Further, the first clamping piece is pivotally connected with the second clamping piece through a first rotating shaft; the air conditioner shell further comprises a second rotating shaft connected with the bottom shell or the panel body, and the second rotating shaft is arranged at one end, close to the first clamping piece, of the second clamping piece and is arranged at intervals with the first rotating shaft.

Further, the second rotating shaft is close to the clamping hook relative to the first rotating shaft.

Further, the first clamping piece comprises a first clamping cover, one end of the first clamping cover, which is close to the second clamping piece, is provided with an avoidance notch, a first rotating shaft is arranged at the avoidance notch, and the clamping hook is positioned at one end, which is far away from the avoidance notch, of the first clamping cover; the second clamping piece is provided with a first assembly hole into which the first rotating shaft extends, and at least one part of the second clamping piece is embedded into the avoidance gap.

Further, the second clamping piece is provided with a mounting lug extending towards one side of the first clamping piece, the second rotating shaft is arranged on the mounting lug and located below the first clamping piece, and the mounting lug stops and supports the first clamping piece.

Further, after the clamping assembly is assembled in place, the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are flush with the surface facing the inner side of the air conditioner shell.

Further, one end of the second clamping piece far away from the first clamping piece is provided with a buckling position.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner including the above-described air conditioner casing.

Further, the air conditioner is a wall mounted unit.

By applying the technical scheme of the invention, the panel body is clamped and fixed with the bottom shell through the clamping assembly. The panel body is fixed with the bottom shell in a clamping way through the clamping assembly, screws can be avoided, so that the assembly difficulty is reduced, the operation of additionally installing a screw cover after the screws are assembled is avoided, and the assembly efficiency is greatly improved. In addition, the number of the screws is effectively reduced, and the assembly cost is reduced.

According to the invention, the clamping assembly with a brand new structure is arranged to replace the original panel body fixing screw and screw cover, so that the assembly requirement of the panel body and the bottom shell is met, the use of the fixing screw is reduced in the installation process, and the production efficiency is improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner cabinet with a snap-in assembly in place in an alternative embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 shows A-A view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the air conditioner cabinet of FIG. 1 with the clamping assembly not in place;

FIG. 4 shows a B-B view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 illustrates a front view of the snap assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 shows a side view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 shows a top view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 shows a front view of the first clip member of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 shows a side view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 shows a top view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 shows a front view of the second clip of FIG. 5;

FIG. 12 shows a side view of FIG. 11;

fig. 13 shows a top view of fig. 11.

Wherein the above figures include the following reference numerals:

10. a bottom case; 20. a panel body; 30. a first clamping piece; 31. a hook; 32. a first card cover; 33. avoiding the notch; 40. a second clamping piece; 41. a first fitting hole; 42. mounting lugs; 43. the hand is buckled; 50. a first rotating shaft; 60. and a second rotating shaft.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other. The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in connection with embodiments.

It is noted that all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs unless otherwise indicated.

In the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" are used generally with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or with respect to the component itself in the vertical, upright or gravitational direction; also, for ease of understanding and description, "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the profile of each component itself, but the above-mentioned orientation terms are not intended to limit the present invention.

The invention provides an air conditioner shell and an air conditioner, which aim to solve the problems of complex assembly and low efficiency of a panel body and a bottom shell in the prior art.

The air conditioner comprises an air conditioner shell.

Optionally, the air conditioner is a wall mounted unit.

As shown in fig. 1 to 13, the air conditioner casing includes a bottom casing 10, a panel body 20 and a clamping assembly, and the panel body 20 is clamped and fixed with the bottom casing 10 through the clamping assembly. The panel body 20 and the bottom shell 10 are clamped and fixed by using the clamping assembly, so that screws can be avoided, the assembly difficulty is reduced, the operation of additionally installing a screw cover after assembling the screws is avoided, and the assembly efficiency is greatly improved. In addition, the number of the screws is effectively reduced, and the assembly cost is reduced.

According to the invention, the clamping assembly with a brand new structure is arranged to replace the original fixing screw and screw cover of the panel body 20, so that the assembly requirement of the panel body 20 and the bottom shell 10 is met, the use of the fixing screw is reduced in the installation process, and the production efficiency is improved.

The clamping assembly comprises a plurality of clamping pieces which are sequentially and pivotally connected, and two clamping pieces positioned at two ends are respectively connected with the bottom shell 10 and the panel body 20. Because a plurality of joint spare connect in order, therefore when pressing or the operation of buckling to a joint spare, all can drive the joint spare motion rather than adjacent to reduce the assembly degree of difficulty of joint subassembly, improve assembly efficiency. The clamping assembly with the novel structure has the characteristic of easy disassembly.

Optionally, at least one of the two clamping members connected with the bottom shell 10 and the panel body 20 is clamped and fixed with the bottom shell 10 or the panel body 20. Through the mode of joint, can be enough effectively with both fixed, also can be convenient for dismouting.

That is, in one specific embodiment, two clamping members connected to the bottom case 10 and the panel body 20 can be simultaneously clamped with the two clamping members. Such a construction, while convenient for connection, may present a risk of the snap-in assembly slipping out during prolonged use.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 13, one of the two clamping members connected to the bottom case 10 and the panel body 20 is clamped and fixed to the bottom case 10 or the panel body 20, and the other clamping member is pivotally connected to the bottom case 10 or the panel body 20. The connecting mode is stable, one end is inconvenient to detach, only provides freedom degrees, and the other end is clamped and convenient to detach.

For better assembly, the bottom shell 10 and/or the panel body 20 have a clamping groove matched with the clamping piece.

Specifically, the clamping assembly includes two clamping members, namely a first clamping member 30 and a second clamping member 40, wherein one end of the first clamping member 30 and one end of the second clamping member 40, which are close to each other, are pivotally connected, and one end of the first clamping member 30, which is far away from the second clamping member 40, is provided with a clamping hook 31. In this way, the hook 31 extends into the slot, so that the fixing is facilitated.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the first clamping member 30 is connected to the bottom case 10, and the second clamping member 40 is connected to the panel body 20. Of course, the connection relationship between the first engaging member 30 and the second engaging member 40 may be interchanged. The first clamping member 30 is connected with the panel body 20, and the second clamping member 40 is connected with the bottom shell 10. That is, the clamping assembly is assembled by rotating 180 degrees, the panel body 20 is changed into a clamping groove matched with the original bottom shell, and the bottom shell 10 is changed into a second clamping piece 40 assembled with the original panel body.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 2 and 4, the first clamping member 30 is pivotally connected to the second clamping member 40 by a first pivot 50; the air conditioner casing further includes a second rotating shaft 60 connected to the panel body 20, where the second rotating shaft 60 is disposed at an end of the second clamping member 40 near the first clamping member 30 and spaced from the first rotating shaft 50.

When the clamping assembly with the structure is assembled, the second rotating shaft 60 on the second clamping piece 40 is matched with the panel body 20, so that the whole clamping assembly can rotate. The first clamping piece 30 is matched with the second clamping piece 40 through the first rotating shaft 50, and when the second clamping piece 40 is rotated, the position of the first clamping piece 30 can be driven to change, so that the first clamping piece 30 and the bottom shell 10 can be controlled to be assembled to be opened and locked. The hook 31 on the first clamping piece 30 is tightly matched with the clamping groove of the bottom shell 10, and the opening and locking can be realized by changing the position of the first clamping piece 30.

As shown in fig. 2, 4, 6 and 12, the second rotating shaft 60 is close to the hook 31 relative to the first rotating shaft 50. Specifically, after the first clamping member 30 and the second clamping member 40 are assembled together through the first rotating shaft 50, the assembled whole clamping assembly is assembled to the panel body 20 through the second rotating shaft 60. The second clamping piece 40 rotates around the second rotating shaft 60 to drive the first rotating shaft 50 to move downwards, so that the first clamping piece 30 is driven to press downwards, an assembly gap between the first clamping piece 30 and the bottom shell 10 is reduced, the purpose of fixing and clamping is achieved, at the moment, the clamping hook 31 of the first clamping piece 30 is assembled in the middle of the clamping groove of the bottom shell 10, and fixing assembly is completed by pressing the second clamping piece 40. When the first clamping piece 30 is detached, the second clamping piece 40 is reversely opened, so that the clamping hook 31 on the first clamping piece 30 is separated from the bottom shell 10, and the first clamping piece 30 can be loosened to achieve easy detachment.

As shown in fig. 5 to 10, the first clamping member 30 includes a first clamping cover 32, one end of the first clamping cover 32, which is close to the second clamping member 40, is provided with an avoidance gap 33, a first rotating shaft 50 is arranged at the avoidance gap 33, and the clamping hook 31 is positioned at one end of the first clamping cover 32, which is far away from the avoidance gap 33; the second clamping piece 40 is provided with a first assembly hole 41 into which the first rotating shaft 50 extends, and at least one part of the second clamping piece 40 is embedded into the avoidance gap 33. In this way, the first clamping member 30 and the second clamping member 40 are tightly connected, which is also beneficial to miniaturization design and does not occupy too much space.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 11 to 13, the second clamping member 40 has a mounting lug 42 extending toward one side of the first clamping member 30, and the second rotating shaft 60 is disposed on the mounting lug 42 and below the first clamping member 30, and the mounting lug 42 stops and supports the first clamping member 30. By providing the mounting lugs 42, a mounting position with the second rotating shaft 60 can be provided, and after the clamping assembly is assembled in place, the mounting lugs 42 play a role in supporting a certain stop, so that the first clamping piece 30 is prevented from moving to be in place, and the first clamping piece 30 is ensured to be stably connected with the bottom shell 10.

For ease of handling and aesthetics, the first and

second snap members

30, 40 are flush with the surface of the air conditioner cabinet facing inward when the snap assembly is assembled in place. After the assembly is in place, the appearance is attractive, the influence on the air duct is avoided, and the noise can be effectively reduced.

The second clamping member 40 of the present invention has a buckling position 43 at an end thereof away from the first clamping member 30 (refer to fig. 12). By providing the catch 43, the second clamping member 40 has the advantage of convenient operation, so as to improve the assembly reliability of the clamping assembly.

The number of the clamping components in the invention is a plurality, and the clamping components are sequentially arranged at intervals along the connecting side of the panel body 20 and the bottom shell 10. That is, the number of the fastening components assembled with the panel body 20 and the bottom case 10 is not limited, and may be increased or decreased according to the size of the air conditioner case.

The shape and size of the first and second engaging

members

30 and 40 are not limited to those shown in the drawings.

It will be apparent that the embodiments described above are merely some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments in accordance with the present application. As used herein, the singular is also intended to include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and furthermore, it is to be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" when used in this specification are taken to specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and the above figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that embodiments of the present application described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An air conditioner cabinet, comprising:

a bottom case (10);

a panel body (20);

the panel body (20) is clamped and fixed with the bottom shell (10) through the clamping assembly;

the clamping assembly comprises two clamping pieces which are sequentially and pivotally connected, and the two clamping pieces are respectively connected with the bottom shell (10) and the panel body (20);

the two clamping pieces are a first clamping piece (30) and a second clamping piece (40) respectively, one end, close to each other, of the first clamping piece (30) is pivotally connected with one end, close to each other, of the second clamping piece (40), and one end, far away from the second clamping piece (40), of the first clamping piece (30) is provided with a clamping hook (31);

the first clamping piece (30) is pivotally connected with the second clamping piece (40) through a first rotating shaft (50); the air conditioner shell further comprises a second rotating shaft (60) connected with the bottom shell (10) or the panel body (20), and the second rotating shaft (60) is arranged at one end, close to the first clamping piece (30), of the second clamping piece (40) and is arranged at intervals with the first rotating shaft (50).

2. The air conditioner cabinet according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the two clamping members connected to the bottom case (10) and the panel body (20) is clamped and fixed to the bottom case (10) or the panel body (20).

3. An air conditioner cabinet according to claim 2, wherein one of two clamping members connected with the bottom case (10) and the panel body (20) is clamped and fixed with the bottom case (10) or the panel body (20), and the other clamping member is pivotally connected with the bottom case (10) or the panel body (20).

4. An air conditioner cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the bottom shell (10) and/or the panel body (20) are provided with a clamping groove matched with the clamping piece.

5. The air conditioner cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the number of the clip assemblies is plural, and the plurality of clip assemblies are sequentially arranged at intervals along the connection side of the panel body (20) and the bottom case (10).

6. An air conditioner cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second rotation shaft (60) is close to the hook (31) with respect to the first rotation shaft (50).

7. The air conditioner casing according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first clamping member (30) comprises a first clamping cover (32), one end of the first clamping cover (32) close to the second clamping member (40) is provided with an avoidance gap (33), the avoidance gap (33) is provided with the first rotating shaft (50), and the clamping hook (31) is located at one end of the first clamping cover (32) away from the avoidance gap (33); the second clamping piece (40) is provided with a first assembly hole (41) into which the first rotating shaft (50) extends, and at least one part of the second clamping piece (40) is embedded into the avoidance gap (33).

8. The air conditioner cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second clamping member (40) has a mounting lug (42) protruding toward one side of the first clamping member (30), the second rotating shaft (60) is disposed on the mounting lug (42) and below the first clamping member (30), and the mounting lug (42) stops and supports the first clamping member (30).

9. The air conditioner cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first clamping member (30) is flush with a surface of the second clamping member (40) facing an inside of the air conditioner cabinet when the clamping assembly is assembled in place.

10. The air conditioner cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an end of the second clamping member (40) remote from the first clamping member (30) has a catch (43).

11. An air conditioner comprising the air conditioner casing of any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. The air conditioner of claim 11, wherein the air conditioner is a wall mounted unit.