CN110701677A

CN110701677A - Air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN110701677A
Application number: CN201911087569.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王昌鹏; 张江; 李小宁
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Air Conditioning Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Air Conditioning Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-08
Filing date: 2019-11-08
Publication date: 2020-01-17

Abstract

The invention provides an air conditioner, and belongs to the technical field of household appliances. The air conditioner comprises a machine body; the box body is connected to the outer side of the machine body, a motor and a gear are arranged in the box body, and the gear is connected with an output shaft of the motor; the box body is connected with a rolling body, and the axis of the rolling body is horizontally arranged; the inner side of the sliding door is connected with a rack, and the rack is in meshing transmission with the gear so as to drive the sliding door to slide relative to the machine body; the rack is provided with a sliding groove which extends along the transverse direction; when the sliding door slides relative to the machine body, the sliding groove slides transversely relative to the rolling body. The invention has the advantages of simple structure and stable and smooth operation.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to an air conditioner.

Background

The existing air conditioner is provided with a sliding door, when the air conditioner is not used, the sliding door closes an air outlet on the air conditioner, when the air conditioner runs, the sliding door slides to open the air outlet, and the sliding door in the existing air conditioner has the phenomenon of unsmooth running.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an air conditioner aiming at the technical problems, and the air conditioner has the advantages of simple structure and stable and smooth operation.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

an air conditioner, comprising:

a body;

the box body is connected to the outer side of the machine body, a motor and a gear are connected in the box body, and the gear is connected with an output shaft of the motor; the box body is connected with a rolling body, and the axis of the rolling body is horizontally arranged; and

the inner side of the sliding door is connected with a rack, and the rack is in meshing transmission with the gear so as to drive the sliding door to slide relative to the machine body; the rack is provided with a sliding groove which extends along the transverse direction;

when the sliding door slides relative to the machine body, the sliding groove slides transversely relative to the rolling body.

Preferably, the box body is provided with a bearing part extending in the direction of the chute, and the rolling body is connected to the bearing part.

Preferably, the bearing part is integrally formed with the box body.

Preferably, the root part of the bearing part connected with the box body is provided with a reinforcing rib.

Preferably, the rolling elements are bearings or balls.

Preferably, the sliding groove is located in the middle of the rack, and the gear teeth of the rack are located above the sliding groove.

Preferably, the number of the rolling bodies is at least two, and the two rolling bodies are distributed in the sliding groove at intervals in the transverse direction.

Preferably, a slot is arranged on the box body, and part of gear teeth of the gear are exposed out of the slot and meshed with the rack.

Preferably, a through containing cavity is formed in the box body, and the rack penetrates through the containing cavity.

Preferably, the machine body is provided with a groove for placing the box body.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages and positive effects that:

1. according to the air conditioner, the box body is connected to the machine body, the motor and the gear are connected to the box body, the rack is arranged on the sliding door, the sliding of the sliding door relative to the machine body is realized through the matching of the gear and the rack, the sliding of the sliding door relative to the machine body is realized through the arrangement of the sliding groove on the rack, the rolling body is connected to the box body, and the rolling body rolls relative to the sliding groove in the sliding process of the sliding door relative to the machine body; on the other hand, the rolling body is in rolling connection with the sliding groove, so that the sliding door slides more smoothly and stably, the friction between the rolling body and the sliding groove can be reduced, the service life is prolonged, the noise in the sliding process of the sliding door can be reduced due to the rolling connection, and the use experience of a user is improved; in another aspect, the rolling bodies and the sliding grooves are matched to provide vertical supporting force for the sliding door in a simple and compact structural form.

2. This air conditioner sets up the strengthening rib through the root of being connected at bearing part and box body, can improve the intensity of bearing part, can further improve the bearing capacity of bearing part simultaneously, has long service life, advantage that the reliability is high.

3. The sliding groove is arranged in the middle of the rack, so that the resistance of the rolling body borne by the rack can be ensured to be balanced in the vertical direction when the rack runs to the limit position as much as possible, and if the sliding groove is arranged at the upper end or the lower end of the rack, when the sliding groove is in contact stress with the rolling body, the sliding door can be vertically deflected due to the fact that the resistance is acted on the end portion of the rack.

4. The air conditioner has the advantages that the gear teeth of the rack are arranged above the sliding groove, the sliding groove is used as a boundary, the strength of the upper side with the gear teeth on the rack is higher than that of the lower side, the bearing part can act on the upper side with high strength when supporting the rack, and the use reliability of products is further improved.

5. Set up on the box body of this air conditioner and hold the chamber, the rack wears to locate and should hold the chamber, can ensure that the rack can not break away from the gear, and the form of setting up the draw-in groove on the rack by box body and draw-in groove joint realizes being connected of box body and rack among the comparison in prior art, pegs graft in the structure that holds the chamber with the rack in this air conditioner more reliable because: the form of draw-in groove among the prior art has weakened the intensity of rack on the one hand, and the form of on the other hand draw-in groove joint belongs to partial joint, and this air conditioner structure is for wrapping up the formula grafting entirely, and stability and reliability are higher.

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 drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner provided in the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded view of an air conditioner provided in the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the line A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a movement mechanism in an air conditioner according to the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a rack in an air conditioner according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another angle of the moving mechanism of the air conditioner of the present invention;

fig. 7 is an exploded view of a moving mechanism in an air conditioner provided by the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of B of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is an exploded view of a driving apparatus in an air conditioner according to the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a driving device in an air conditioner according to the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of an upper seat in the air conditioner provided by the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural view of a lower seat of an air conditioner according to the present invention;

in the above figures: 1. a body; 11. an air outlet; 12. a groove; 2. a sliding door; 3. a motion mechanism; 31. a drive device; 310. a load bearing part; 3101. reinforcing ribs; 311. a motor base; 3111. an upper seat; 3112. a lower seat; 3113. a first mounting hole; 312. a supporting seat; 3121. a second mounting hole; 313. a motor; 314. a gear; 32. a rack; 321. a chute; 3211. a first side wall; 3212. a second side wall; 3213. an upper tank wall; 322. gear teeth; 4. a third mounting hole; 5. a pillar; 51. a fourth mounting hole; 6. a bearing; 7. a box body; 71. an accommodating chamber; 72. and (4) slotting.

Detailed Description

The invention is described in detail below by way of exemplary embodiments. It should be understood, however, that elements, structures and features of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in other embodiments without further recitation.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used 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 one or more of that feature.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioner of this embodiment, and fig. 2 is an exploded view of a sliding door and a machine body in the air conditioner of this embodiment, the air conditioner includes a machine body 1 and a sliding door 2, and an air outlet 11 is formed in the machine body 1; the sliding door 2 can slide relative to the machine body 1, and when the air conditioner is not used, the sliding door 2 closes the air outlet 11; when the air conditioner is used for air supply normally, the sliding door 2 opens the air outlet 11. The sliding of the sliding door 2 relative to the machine body 1 is realized by a movement mechanism 3, and the movement mechanism 3 is arranged between the machine body 1 and the sliding door 2.

Referring to fig. 2 to 8, the moving mechanism 3 includes a driving device 31 and a rack 32, the driving device 31 is fixedly connected to the outer side of the machine body 1, the rack 32 is fixedly connected to the inner side of the sliding door 2, and the driving device 31 can drive the rack 32 to slide transversely, so as to open or close the air outlet 11 on the machine body 1; the driving device 31 includes a driving mechanism and a box 7, the driving mechanism is installed in the box 7, and the driving mechanism cooperates with the rack 32 to drive the rack 32 to slide.

The rack 32 is provided with a sliding groove 321, a length extending direction of the sliding groove 321 is the same as a sliding direction of the sliding door 2, the sliding groove 321 includes a first side wall 3211, a second side wall 3212 and an upper groove wall 3213, and accordingly, the box body 7 of the driving device 31 is connected with a rolling element, which may be a bearing or a ball, and in this embodiment, the rolling element is specifically a bearing 6 for example. The bearing 6 extends into the sliding groove 321, and the axis of the bearing 6 is horizontally arranged, so that the bearing 6 rolls relative to the sliding groove 321 in the sliding process of the sliding door 2 relative to the machine body 1. The contact of the bearing 6 with the upper groove wall 3213 in the sliding groove 321 can provide a vertical supporting force for the sliding groove 321.

According to the air conditioner, the driving device 31 is connected to the machine body 1, the rack 32 is arranged on the sliding door 2, the sliding of the sliding door 2 relative to the machine body 1 is realized through the matching of the driving device 31 and the rack 32, the sliding of the sliding door 2 relative to the machine body 1 is realized through the arrangement of the sliding groove 321 on the rack 32, the rolling body is arranged on the driving device 31, and the rolling body rolls relative to the sliding groove 321 in the sliding process of the sliding door 2 relative to the machine body 1; on the other hand, the rolling body is in rolling connection with the sliding groove 321, so that the sliding door 2 slides more smoothly and stably, the friction between the rolling body and the sliding groove 321 can be reduced, the service life is prolonged, the noise in the sliding process of the sliding door 2 can be reduced due to the rolling connection, and the use experience of a user is improved; on the other hand, the rolling bodies cooperate with the sliding grooves 321 to provide vertical supporting force for the sliding door 2 in a simple and compact structure.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, two moving mechanisms 3 are provided and spaced at the upper and lower positions of the air conditioner, so as to ensure that the sliding door 2 is uniformly stressed. The machine body 1 is provided with a groove 12, the driving device 31 is connected in the groove 12, and the driving device 31 is tightly connected with the machine body 1 through screws.

Specifically, a bearing portion 310 extends transversely on the box body 7 of the driving device 31, the bearing 6 is connected to the bearing portion 310, and the bearing portion 310 supports the bearing 6 to provide vertical supporting force for the sliding door 2.

Since the bearing 6 has a bearing function on the sliding door 2, in order to ensure the load-bearing force balance, referring to fig. 8, two bearing parts 310 and two bearings 6 are correspondingly arranged on the driving device 31, and the two bearing parts 310 are connected to the driving device 31 at intervals. It is understood that the load-bearing part 310 and the bearing 6 may be provided in plurality accordingly, and the present invention is not limited to the number thereof.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9-12, the bearing part 310 and the box body 7 are integrally formed, so that the production process is simple and the cost is low. Further, in order to improve the strength of the bearing part 310 and avoid fracture of the bearing part in a long-term use process, the air conditioner is provided with the reinforcing ribs 3101 at the root part of the connection part 310 and the box body 7, so that the strength of the bearing part 310 can be improved, meanwhile, the bearing capacity of the bearing part 310 can be further improved, and the air conditioner has the advantages of long service life and high reliability.

In the sliding process of the sliding door 2, the bearing 6 may contact with the end of the sliding groove 321, that is, the bearing 6 may contact with the first side wall 3211 and the second side wall 3212, in some embodiments, the sliding groove 321 is disposed in the middle of the rack 32, so as to ensure that when the bearing 6 contacts with the end of the sliding groove 321, the rack 32 may not deflect when bearing resistance of the bearing 6 is borne, if the sliding groove 321 is disposed at the upper end or the lower end of the rack 32, when the sliding groove 321 contacts with the bearing 6 and is stressed, because the resistance acts on the end of the rack 32, the sliding door 2 may deflect vertically. Of course, the position of the sliding groove 321 disposed in the middle of the rack 32 is only a preferred embodiment, and the present invention still protects the structure in which the sliding groove 321 is disposed at the end of the rack 32.

In some embodiments, the gear teeth 322 of the rack 32 are disposed above the sliding groove 321, so that the upper side of the rack 32 having the gear teeth 322 is stronger than the lower side thereof with the sliding groove 321 as a boundary, and the bearing 6 can act on the stronger upper side when supporting the rack 32, thereby further improving the reliability of the product.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9 to 12, the driving device 31 includes a driving mechanism and a box body 7, the driving mechanism is installed in the box body 7, a through receiving groove 71 is formed in the box body 7, and the rack 32 is inserted into the receiving groove 71, so as to ensure that the rack 32 is not separated from the driving device 31, compared to a manner in which the driving device 31 is connected with the rack 32 in a clamping manner by providing a clamping groove on the rack 32 in the prior art, the structure for inserting the rack 32 into the driving device 31 in the air conditioner is more reliable because: the form of draw-in groove among the prior art has weakened the intensity of rack on the one hand, and the form of on the other hand draw-in groove joint belongs to partial joint, and this air conditioner structure is for wrapping up the formula grafting entirely, and stability and reliability are higher.

In some embodiments, the box 7 is further provided with a slot 72, and a part of the teeth of the gear 314 can be exposed from the slot 72 to engage with the rack 32.

Specifically, the driving mechanism comprises a motor 313 and a gear 314, an output shaft of the motor 313 is connected with the gear 314, and the box body comprises a motor seat 311 and a supporting seat 312; the motor 313 and the gear 314 are installed in the motor base 311, the motor base 311 is fixedly connected with the machine body 1, the slot 72 is formed in the motor base 311, the gear teeth of the gear 314 can be exposed out of the slot 72, and the gear 314 is meshed with the rack 32, so that the rack 32 is driven to move.

As for the connection structure of the support base 312 and the motor base 311, referring to fig. 8, a first mounting hole 3113 is provided on the motor base 311, a second mounting hole 3121 is provided on the support base 312, and a screw is inserted through the first mounting hole 3113 and the second mounting hole 3121 to fasten and connect the motor base 311 and the support base 312. Specifically, the number of the first mounting holes 3113 and the number of the second mounting holes 3121 are three, and the connection is more stable and firm.

To facilitate the assembly of motor 313 and gear 314 into motor housing 311, motor housing 311 includes an upper housing 3111 and a lower housing 3112, with upper housing 3111 and lower housing 3112 enclosing a cavity in which motor 313 and gear 314 are mounted. The upper seat 3111 and the lower seat 3112 can be connected by screws, and as shown in fig. 11 and 12, the upper seat 3111 is provided with a third mounting hole 4, the lower seat 3112 is provided with a pillar 5, a free end of the pillar 5 is provided with a fourth mounting hole 51, and the screws penetrate through the third mounting hole 4 and the fourth mounting hole 51 to connect the upper seat 3111 and the lower seat 3112 in a fastening manner.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9, the load bearing part 310 is disposed on the motor mount 311, more specifically, the load bearing part 310 is disposed on the lower mount 3112; it is understood that the load-bearing portion 310 may be disposed on the support base 312, and the invention is not limited to the specific position of the load-bearing portion 310 on the driving device 31.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. An air conditioner, comprising:

a body;

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a bearing portion extending in the chute direction is provided on the case, and the rolling body is connected to the bearing portion.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the bearing part is integrally formed with the case.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein a root portion of the bearing portion connected to the case body is provided with a reinforcing rib.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the rolling bodies are bearings or balls.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the chute is located at a middle portion of the rack, and the teeth of the rack are located above the chute.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the number of the rolling bodies is at least two, and the two rolling bodies are spaced apart in the sliding groove in a lateral direction.

8. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slot is provided on the box body, and part of the teeth of the gear are exposed from the slot to engage with the rack.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the box body is provided with a through accommodating cavity, and the rack is arranged in the accommodating cavity in a penetrating manner.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a groove for placing the box body is provided on the body.