CN110906479A

CN110906479A - Cooling fan

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Publication number: CN110906479A
Application number: CN201911226098.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张逸鸿; 张培德; 黄雪珍; 杨丽静; 白建东; 雷明静; 杨康云; 梁桂明
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2019-12-03
Filing date: 2019-12-03
Publication date: 2020-03-24

Abstract

The invention provides a cooling fan, comprising: a body; the water tank is detachably connected to the bottom of the machine body; the first end of the support is hinged with the bottom of the machine body, so that the support is provided with a supporting position which is supported in the water tank and a containing position which is contained at the bottom of the machine body, and the support is provided with a containing space which is suitable for containing a water pump; a reset structure connected between the body and the stand and having a reset force for resetting the stand from the support position to the storage position; and the limiting structure is arranged at the upper end of the water tank, and when the machine body is connected to the water tank, the limiting structure overcomes the resetting force to enable the support to be kept at the supporting position. When the water tank is detached from the bottom end of the machine body to add water or maintain the water tank, the machine body is separated from the water tank, the reset force of the reset structure enables the support to be automatically stored at the bottom of the machine body, the storage mode is simple and convenient, and manual guiding is not needed.

Description

Cooling fan

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a cooling fan.

Background

The thermantidote generally includes water tank and host computer, and under the normal use condition, the water pump is located the water tank bottom, when needs dismouting or washing water tank, needs to receive the water pump. The prior art discloses a combined air cooler, which comprises a machine body, a water storage tank and a water pump; the bottom end of the machine body is provided with an accommodating groove, and the water pump is hinged to the side wall of the accommodating groove, so that the water pump rotates around the side wall of the accommodating groove; the water storage tank is detachably connected with the bottom end of the machine body, and external force enables the water storage tank to be buckled on the top end of the machine body when the water storage tank and the bottom end of the machine body are mutually separated. This air-cooler needs manual guide to accomodate the water pump in the holding tank when dismantling the storage water tank, and it is not very convenient that the water pump is accomodate.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the invention aims to solve the technical problem of overcoming the defect that the cooling fan in the prior art is inconvenient to store the water pump, so that the cooling fan convenient to store the water pump is provided.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a cooling fan, including:

a body;

the water tank is detachably connected to the bottom of the machine body;

the first end of the support is hinged with the bottom of the machine body, so that the support is provided with a supporting position which is supported in the water tank and a containing position which is contained at the bottom of the machine body, and the support is provided with a containing space which is suitable for containing a water pump;

a reset structure connected between the body and the stand and having a reset force for resetting the stand from the support position to the storage position;

and the limiting structure is arranged at the upper end of the water tank, and when the machine body is connected to the water tank, the limiting structure overcomes the resetting force to enable the support to be kept at the supporting position.

The first end of support extends along its length direction and is provided with first bulge, limit structure includes:

a guide surface for guiding and pressing the first protrusion to rotate the bracket from the storage position to the support position when the body is mounted to the water tank;

and the limiting surface is a vertical plane, and when the bracket is positioned at the supporting position, the limiting surface is in surface contact with the first protruding part, so that the bracket is kept at the supporting position.

The guide surface is a cambered surface.

The bottom of organism is equipped with two relative primary shaft holes, the first end of support is equipped with the secondary shaft hole, the support the first end passes through the articulated shaft and articulates two between the primary shaft hole, reset structure is for setting up articulated epaxial torsional spring, the first end of torsional spring is fixed the bottom of organism, the second end of torsional spring is fixed on the support.

The bottom of organism is equipped with the arc recess, the first end of torsional spring is located in the recess, the first end of torsional spring supports and leans on the tip of recess.

The hinge shaft comprises a body, a plate-shaped part arranged at one end of the body and a first elastic buckle arranged on the side wall of the body and close to the other end of the body, wherein a hollow area is arranged at the position of the body corresponding to the first elastic buckle.

The first elastic buckle comprises an elastic arm arranged in the hollow area and a second protruding portion arranged at the end of the elastic arm, and the top end of the second protruding portion faces away from the body.

The second protruding part is provided with an inclined plane.

The organism includes the main part and connects the collet in the main part bottom, the first end of support with the collet is articulated.

The water tank includes the box and can dismantle the connection and be in the breakwater of box upper end, limit structure establishes on the breakwater.

The accommodating space is arranged at the second end of the bracket.

And the bracket is provided with a wire groove suitable for mounting a power wire.

The wire chase is also suitable for installing a corrugated pipe, and the corrugated pipe is used for conveying water pumped by the water pump to the upper part.

And the support is provided with a second elastic buckle for fixing the power line and the corrugated pipe.

The technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:

1. according to the cooling fan provided by the invention, when the machine body is connected to the water tank, the limiting structure on the water tank extrudes the support, the reset force of the reset structure is overcome, the support is rotated to the supporting position from the accommodating position, after the cooling fan is installed, the limiting structure on the water tank enables the support to be kept at the supporting position, the water pump can work normally, when the water tank needs to be detached from the bottom end of the machine body to add water or maintain the water tank, the machine body is separated from the water tank, the support is automatically accommodated to the bottom of the machine body due to the reset force of the reset structure, the accommodating mode is simple and convenient, and manual guiding is.

2. The invention provides a cooling fan, wherein a first end of a bracket is provided with a first protruding part in an extending manner along the length direction of the bracket, and the limiting structure comprises: a guide surface for guiding and pressing the first protrusion to rotate the bracket from the storage position to the support position when the body is mounted to the water tank; the limiting surface is a vertical plane, when the support is located at the supporting position, the limiting surface is in surface contact with the first protruding part, so that the support is kept at the supporting position, the arrangement mode is simple and compact in structure, the support can be automatically rotated to the supporting position without manual guiding in the installation process, and the installation efficiency is improved.

3. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the guide surface is the arc surface, so that the support can be guided to rotate to the supporting position, and the friction resistance between the support and the guide surface in the rotating process is small.

4. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the bottom of the machine body is provided with two opposite first shaft holes, the first end of the bracket is provided with the second shaft hole, the first end of the bracket is hinged between the two first shaft holes through the hinge shaft, the reset structure is a torsion spring arranged on the hinge shaft, the first end of the torsion spring is fixed at the bottom of the machine body, the second end of the torsion spring is fixed on the bracket, the reset structure is simple in structure, and the installation mode is simple.

5. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the bottom of the machine body is provided with the arc-shaped groove, the first end of the torsion spring is arranged in the groove, and the first end of the torsion spring abuts against the end part of the groove, so that the assembly position can be conveniently found when the torsion spring is installed.

6. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the hinge shaft comprises a body, a plate-shaped part arranged at one end of the body and a first elastic buckle arranged on the side wall of the body and close to the other end of the body, a hollow area is arranged at the position of the body corresponding to the first elastic buckle, when the support and the fan body are connected, the first elastic buckle is pressed, the hinge shaft penetrates through the first shaft hole and the second shaft hole and then is released, the support and the fan body can be hinged, and the connection mode is simplified.

7. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the first elastic buckle comprises the elastic arm arranged in the hollow area and the second protruding part arranged at the end part of the elastic arm, the top end of the second protruding part is arranged towards the direction far away from the body, and when the second protruding part is pressed, the elastic arm is embedded into the hollow area, so that a hinge shaft can conveniently penetrate between the first shaft hole and the second shaft hole.

8. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the inclined plane is arranged on the second protruding part, and the inclined plane has a guiding function, so that the hinge shaft can conveniently penetrate between the first shaft hole and the second shaft hole.

9. The cooling fan provided by the invention comprises a machine body and a bottom support connected to the bottom of the main body, wherein the first end of the support is hinged to the bottom support, only the first shaft hole is processed on the bottom support, and the main structure of the machine body is not required to be damaged.

10. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the water tank comprises a tank body and the breakwater which is detachably connected to the upper end of the tank body, the limiting structure is arranged on the breakwater, the limiting structure is only required to be processed on the breakwater, the structure of the tank body is not required to be changed, and the conventional water tank is convenient to modify.

11. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the accommodating space is arranged at the second end of the support, and when the support is positioned at the supporting position, the water pump is close to the bottom of the water tank, so that water at the bottom of the water tank can be pumped away, and the waste of water is avoided.

12. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the wire grooves suitable for mounting the power wires are formed in the support, the wiring is neat, and the power wires can be protected.

13. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the wire groove is also suitable for mounting the corrugated pipe, and the corrugated pipe is used for conveying water pumped by the water pump to the upper part, so that the corrugated pipe can be protected.

14. According to the cooling fan provided by the invention, the second elastic buckle for fixing the power line and the corrugated pipe is arranged on the bracket, so that the power line and the corrugated pipe are conveniently fixed.

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, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a bracket of a cooling fan in a storage position according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the initial state of the mounting of the shoe to the water tank shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a half-sectional view of the mounting of the shoe to the water tank shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a half-sectional view of the shoe shown in FIG. 1 fully installed to the water tank;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view taken at A of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of the hinge shaft of the hinge bracket and the base;

description of reference numerals:

1-bottom support; 2-a scaffold; 21-a first projection; 3-a torsion spring; 4-a water pump; 5-a box body; 6-a wave board; 7-a limiting structure; 71-a guide surface; 72-a limiting surface; 8-a hinge axis; 81-body; 82-a plate-like portion; 83-a resilient arm; 84-second projection.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. 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.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

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; can be mechanically or electrically connected; 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.

In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Example 1

The embodiment provides a specific implementation manner of a cooling fan, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, including a machine body, a water tank, a bracket 2, and a reset structure.

In the embodiment, the machine body comprises a main body and a bottom support 1 connected to the bottom of the main body, and the main body and the bottom are fixedly connected through a screw connection mode.

The water tank detachably connects in the bottom of organism, and the mode of specific accessible joint is connected. In this embodiment, the water tank includes box 5 and can dismantle the connection and be in the breakwater 6 of box 5 upper end, and breakwater 6 is used for preventing that the water in the box 5 from spilling over when rocking, and is concrete, and breakwater 6 connects in the box 5 upper end through the mode of joint.

The first end of support 2 with the bottom of organism is articulated, specifically is articulated with collet 1, so that support 2 has the support and is in the support position in the water tank and accomodate the position of accomodating of the bottom of organism is equipped with on collet 1 and accomodates the groove, and when support 2 was located the position of accomodating, support 2 was in and accomodates the inslot. Be equipped with the accommodation space that is suitable for holding water pump 4 on the support 2, it is concrete, the accommodation space is established at the second end department of support 2 to when making support 2 be in the holding position, water pump 4 is close to the bottom of water tank, can take away the water of water tank bottom, avoids making the waste of water.

A reset structure connected between the body and the support 2 and having the number of the support 2 according to the design

A reset force for resetting the support position to the storage position. In the present embodiment, the return structure is a torsion spring 3.

And the limiting structure 7 is arranged at the upper end of the water tank, particularly on the wave-proof plate 6, and when the machine body is connected to the water tank, the limiting structure 7 overcomes the resetting force to keep the bracket 2 at the supporting position.

The first end of support 2 extends along its length direction and is provided with first bulge 21, limit structure 7 includes: a guide surface 71 and a limit surface 72, wherein the guide surface 71 is used for guiding and pressing the first bulge part 21 to enable the bracket 2 to rotate from the accommodating position to the supporting position when the machine body is installed on the water tank; the limiting surface 72 is a vertical plane, and when the bracket 2 is at the supporting position, the limiting surface 72 is in surface contact with the first protruding part 21, so that the bracket 2 is kept at the supporting position, as shown in fig. 5, the supporting position in this embodiment is a vertical position. In other alternative embodiments, the stop surface 72 may be a sloped surface, such that the bracket 2 is inclined when the bracket 2 is in the support position.

In the present embodiment, the guide surface 71 is a curved surface. In other alternative embodiments, the guide surface 71 may be a sloped surface.

The bottom of organism is equipped with two relative primary shaft holes, the first end of support 2 is equipped with the secondary shaft hole, support 2 the first end articulates two through articulated shaft 8 between the primary shaft hole, reset structure is for setting up torsional spring 3 on the articulated shaft 8, the first end of torsional spring 3 is fixed the bottom of organism, the second end of torsional spring 3 is fixed on support 2.

The bottom of organism is equipped with the arc recess, the first end of torsional spring 3 is located in the arc recess, the first end of torsional spring 3 supports and leans on the tip of arc recess. When fixing the first end of torsional spring 3, at first insert the arc recess with the first end of torsional spring 3 in, rotatory torsional spring 3 makes the first end of torsional spring 3 support at the tip of arc recess, and when the second end of torsional spring 3 rotated along with support 2, the first end of torsional spring 3 received the restriction of arc recess tip and can not rotate to make torsional spring 3 produce restoring force.

As shown in fig. 7, the hinge shaft 8 includes a body 81, a plate-shaped portion 82 disposed at one end of the body 81, and a first elastic catch disposed on a side wall of the body 81 and near the other end of the body 81, and a hollow area is disposed at a portion of the body 81 corresponding to the first elastic catch. When connecting bracket 2 and organism, through pressing down first elastic buckle, make articulated shaft 8 pass and loosen first elastic buckle behind first shaft hole and the second shaft hole, can accomplish the articulated of support 2 and organism, simplified connected mode.

The first elastic buckle comprises an elastic arm 83 arranged in the hollow area and a second bulge 84 arranged at the end part of the elastic arm 83, and the top end of the second bulge 84 is arranged towards the direction far away from the body 81. When the second protrusion 84 is pressed, the elastic arm 83 is fitted into the hollow region, so that the hinge shaft 8 can be easily inserted between the first shaft hole and the second shaft hole.

The second protrusion 84 is provided with a slope. The inclined surface has a guiding function, so that the hinge shaft 8 can conveniently penetrate between the first shaft hole and the second shaft hole.

The support 2 is provided with a wire groove suitable for installing a power line, the wiring is neat, and the power line can be protected.

The wire casing still is suitable for the installation bellows, the bellows be used for with the water that 4 pumps of water pump were carried the top, can play the effect of protection to the bellows.

And a second elastic buckle for fixing the power line and the corrugated pipe is arranged on the support 2, so that the power line and the corrugated pipe are convenient to fix.

When connecting the organism at the water tank, limit structure 7 on the water tank extrudees support 2, overcome reset structure's the power that resets, make support 2 rotate to the support position from accomodating the position, after the installation is accomplished, limit structure 7 on the water tank makes support 2 keep at the support position, water pump 4 can normally work, when needs with the water tank from the organism bottom dismantlement get off add water or when maintaining the water tank, organism and water tank separation, reset structure's the power that resets makes support 2 accomodate bottom the organism automatically, the mode of accomodating is simple and convenient, need not artifical guide.

As a first alternative to the above described embodiments, the mounting 1 is not provided and the body comprises only the main body, the first end of the support 2 being hinged at the bottom of the main body.

As a second alternative to the above-described embodiment, the tank is of unitary construction,

as a third alternative to the above embodiment, the hinge shaft 8 may be a bolt, and one end is fixed by means of a nut.

As a fourth alternative embodiment of the above embodiment, the reset structure uses a spring, one end of the spring is fixed at the bottom of the bottom support 1, the other end of the spring is fixed on the bracket 2, the spring is stretched when the bracket 2 rotates from the storage position to the support position, and when the water tank is separated from the machine body, the elastic force of the spring makes the bracket 2 automatically rotate from the support position to the storage position.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a thermantidote, its characterized in that includes:

a body;

the water tank is detachably connected to the bottom of the machine body;

the first end of the support (2) is hinged with the bottom of the machine body, so that the support (2) is provided with a supporting position which is supported in the water tank and a containing position which is contained at the bottom of the machine body, and the support (2) is provided with a containing space which is suitable for containing the water pump (4);

a reset structure connected between the body and the stand (2) and having a reset force for resetting the stand (2) from the support position to the storage position;

and the limiting structure (7) is arranged at the upper end of the water tank, and when the machine body is connected to the water tank, the limiting structure (7) overcomes the reset force to enable the support (2) to be kept at the supporting position.

2. The cooling fan according to claim 1, wherein the first end of the bracket (2) is provided with a first protrusion (21) extending along the length direction thereof, and the limiting structure (7) comprises:

a guide surface (71) for guiding and pressing the first protrusion (21) to rotate the bracket (2) from the storage position to the support position when the body is mounted to the water tank;

the limiting surface (72) is a vertical plane, and when the support (2) is located at the supporting position, the limiting surface (72) is in surface contact with the first protruding part (21), so that the support (2) is kept at the supporting position.

3. Cooling fan according to claim 2, characterized in that the guide surface (71) is a curved surface.

4. The cooling fan according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the machine body is provided with two opposite first shaft holes, the first end of the bracket (2) is provided with a second shaft hole, the first end of the bracket (2) is hinged between the two first shaft holes through a hinge shaft (8), the resetting structure is a torsion spring (3) arranged on the hinge shaft (8), the first end of the torsion spring (3) is fixed at the bottom of the machine body, and the second end of the torsion spring (3) is fixed on the bracket (2).

5. The cooling fan according to claim 4, wherein an arc-shaped groove is formed in the bottom of the machine body, the first end of the torsion spring (3) is arranged in the groove, and the first end of the torsion spring (3) abuts against the end of the groove.

6. The cooling fan according to claim 4, wherein the hinge shaft (8) comprises a body (81), a plate-shaped portion (82) provided at one end of the body (81), and a first elastic catch provided at a side wall of the body (81) and near the other end of the body (81), and a hollow area is provided at a portion of the body (81) corresponding to the first elastic catch.

7. The cooling fan according to claim 6, wherein the first elastic catch comprises an elastic arm (83) disposed in the hollow area, and a second protrusion (84) disposed at an end of the elastic arm (83), and a tip of the second protrusion (84) is disposed in a direction away from the body.

8. Cooling fan according to claim 7, characterized in that the second protrusion (84) is provided with a bevel.

9. Cooling fan according to any of claims 1-8, characterized in that the body comprises a body and a mounting (1) attached to the bottom of the body, the first end of the bracket (2) being hinged to the mounting (1).

10. The cooling fan according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the water tank comprises a tank body (5) and a breakwater (6) detachably connected to an upper end of the tank body (5), and the limiting structure (7) is provided on the breakwater (6).

11. Cooling fan according to claim 1, characterised in that the receiving space is provided at the second end of the bracket (2).

12. Cooling fan according to claim 1, characterised in that the bracket (2) is provided with wire slots suitable for the installation of power supply wires.

13. -cooling fan according to claim 12, characterised in that the wire chase is also adapted to be fitted with a bellows for transporting the water pumped by the water pump (4) to above.

14. The cooling fan according to claim 13, wherein a second elastic buckle for fixing the power line and the corrugated tube is arranged on the bracket (2).