CN111023311B

CN111023311B - Shell of air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner indoor unit with shell

Info

Publication number: CN111023311B
Application number: CN201911363724.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓浩光; 许志涛; 骆海
Original assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-25
Filing date: 2019-12-25
Publication date: 2021-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-25
Also published as: CN111023311A

Abstract

The invention provides a shell of an air conditioner indoor unit and the air conditioner indoor unit, wherein the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit comprises: the air conditioner core assembly comprises a base and a middle frame, wherein the middle frame and the base are encircled to form an accommodating cavity for accommodating the air conditioner core assembly, the base is provided with an elastic clamping hook, and the elastic clamping hook extends along the inner wall of the middle frame and is connected with an external hanging wallboard in a buckling mode; the sliding block is slidably mounted on the middle frame, a starting position and a stopping position are arranged on a sliding path of the sliding block, when the sliding block is located at the starting position, a gap is formed between the sliding block and the elastic clamping hook, and when the sliding block is located at the stopping position, the sliding block is inserted between the middle frame and the elastic clamping hook so that the elastic clamping hook is separated from the external wall hanging plate. In the invention, a maintainer can directly detach and maintain the air conditioner indoor unit without pulling the elastic clamping hook out of the external wall hanging plate by force, so that the air conditioner indoor unit is very convenient to detach and install.

Description

Shell of air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner indoor unit with shell

Technical Field

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

Background

Install the wall hanging plate on the wall usually among the prior art, the air conditioning indoor set passes through the pothook buckle on the wall hanging plate, when needs maintain the indoor set, needs lift up the organism of indoor set, then break away from the wall hanging plate with the pothook by force, because the mounted position of indoor set is higher, the operation is inconvenient, if do not use extra appurtenance to cause the part very easily to warp (if, the deformation of pothook or wall hanging plate), be not convenient for maintain.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a shell of an air conditioner indoor unit, and aims to solve the problems that when the air conditioner indoor unit is maintained in the prior art, the machine body of the indoor unit needs to be lifted, then a clamping hook is forcibly separated from a wall hanging plate, the operation is inconvenient, and parts are easy to deform.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a casing of an air conditioner indoor unit, including:

the air conditioner core assembly comprises a base and a middle frame, wherein the middle frame and the base are encircled to form an accommodating cavity for accommodating the air conditioner core assembly, the base is provided with an elastic clamping hook, and the elastic clamping hook extends along the inner wall of the middle frame and is connected with an external hanging wallboard in a buckling mode;

the sliding block is slidably mounted on the middle frame, a starting position and a stopping position are arranged on a sliding path of the sliding block, when the sliding block is located at the starting position, a gap is formed between the sliding block and the elastic clamping hook, and when the sliding block is located at the stopping position, the sliding block is inserted between the middle frame and the elastic clamping hook so that the elastic clamping hook is separated from the external wall hanging plate.

Optionally, the elastic hook is provided with a hook inclined surface, the sliding block is provided with a sliding block inclined surface, the hook inclined surface and the sliding block inclined surface are both inclined towards the inner wall of the middle frame, and the hook inclined surface and the sliding block inclined surface are arranged oppositely.

Optionally, the slider includes first sliding part, second sliding part and connecting portion, connecting portion connect first sliding part with the second sliding part, first sliding part with the second sliding part is installed respectively the inside and outside both sides of center, first sliding part, second sliding part and connecting portion surround and form the spout, the slider inclined plane is located on the first sliding part.

Optionally, the casing of the air conditioner internal unit further includes a decorative plate, the decorative plate is fastened to the middle frame, the sliding groove includes a first sliding groove and a second sliding groove, the first sliding groove and the second sliding groove are respectively located on two sides of the connecting portion, wherein the decorative plate is embedded into the first sliding groove, and the frame wall of the middle frame is embedded into the second sliding groove.

Optionally, a clamping groove is formed in the middle frame, one end of the sliding block is located in the clamping groove, and the other end of the sliding block and the elastic clamping hook form the gap.

Optionally, an avoiding groove is formed in the decorative plate, and a notch of the avoiding groove faces the clamping groove and is in butt joint with the clamping groove.

Optionally, the decorative plate is provided with a protrusion, the middle frame is provided with a buckle position, and the protrusion is embedded into the buckle position so that the decorative plate and the middle frame form matching.

Optionally, the second sliding portion is provided with concave grains, and the concave grains are located on the surface, deviating from the first sliding portion, of the second sliding portion.

Optionally, the elastic hook includes a buckling portion and an abutting portion, the buckling portion is connected with the external wall hanging plate in a buckling mode, the hook inclined plane is located on the abutting portion, when the slider is located at the starting position, the slider and the abutting portion form the gap, and when the slider is located at the stopping position, the slider is inserted into the middle frame and between the abutting portions.

The invention also provides an air conditioner indoor unit, which comprises the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit, and further comprises a machine core assembly, wherein the machine core assembly is arranged in the accommodating cavity in the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit, and the air conditioner indoor unit is fixed on an external wall hanging plate through the elastic clamping hook on the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit.

According to the technical scheme, the elastic clamping hook is arranged on the base in the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit, the elastic clamping hook extends along the inner wall of the middle frame and is connected with the outer wall hanging plate in a buckling mode, the sliding block is installed on the middle frame in a sliding mode, the sliding path of the sliding block is provided with the starting position and the stopping position, when the sliding block is located at the starting position, a gap is formed between the sliding block and the elastic clamping hook, and when the sliding block is located at the stopping position, the sliding block is inserted between the middle frame and the elastic clamping hook, so that the elastic clamping hook is separated from the outer wall hanging plate. When the slider was in when stopping the position, the slider inserted between center and the elasticity pothook for elasticity deformation takes place once more under the extrusion of slider for the elasticity pothook breaks away from in the mounting hole on the wallboard is hung to the outside, consequently, the slider slides to stopping the position after, and maintenance person can directly pull down the maintenance with the air conditioner internal unit, need not extract elasticity pothook from the wallboard is hung to the outside again hard, and the dismouting is very convenient.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a casing of an air conditioner indoor unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a base in a shell of an air conditioner indoor unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a slider in a shell of an air conditioner indoor unit of the present invention at a start position;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a slider in a terminating position in a casing of an air conditioner indoor unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a slider in a shell of an air conditioner indoor unit according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a decorative plate in a shell of the air conditioner indoor unit;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a middle frame in a shell of an air conditioner indoor unit.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				10	Sliding block	211	Fastening part
11	First sliding part	212	Abutting part
				12	Second sliding part	213	Hook inclined plane
13	Inclined plane of slide block	30	Middle frame
				14	Concave line	31	Clamping groove
15	Sliding chute	32	Fastening position
				151	First chute	40	External wall hanging plate
152	Second chute	50	Movement assembly
				16	Connecting part	60	Decorative board
20	Base seat	61	Projection
				21	Elastic hook	62	Dodging groove

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

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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

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

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a casing of an air conditioner indoor unit, including:

the air conditioner comprises a base 20 and a middle frame 30, wherein the middle frame 30 and the base 20 surround to form a containing cavity (not marked in the figure) for containing an air conditioner core assembly 50, the base 20 is provided with an elastic hook 21, and the elastic hook 21 extends along the inner wall of the middle frame 30 to be connected with an external hanging wall plate 40 in a buckling mode;

the sliding block 10 is slidably mounted on the middle frame 30, a sliding path of the sliding block 10 has a start position (not shown) and an end position (not shown), when the sliding block 10 is located at the start position, the sliding block 10 and the elastic hook 21 have a gap 22 (as shown in fig. 3), and when the sliding block 10 is located at the end position, the sliding block 10 is inserted between the middle frame 30 and the elastic hook 21, so that the elastic hook 21 is separated from the external hanging wall plate 40.

In the embodiment, the base 20 has an elastic hook 21, in the injection molding process, the elastic hook 21 may be integrally injection molded with the base 20, or may be directly fixed on the base 20 by a fixing member, and the elastic hook 21 is fastened on the external wall hanging plate 40, thereby achieving the purpose of fixing the air conditioner internal unit. In a specific implementation, the mounting portion of the external wall hanging plate 40 is an inclined surface (not labeled in the figure), the inclined surface is provided with a mounting hole, the end portion of the elastic hook 21 is wedge-shaped (as shown in fig. 2), when the elastic hook 21 slides from the inclined surface of the mounting portion to the mounting hole, the elastic hook 21 elastically deforms until the end portion of the elastic hook 21 reaches the mounting hole and slides into the mounting hole, at this time, the deformation of the elastic hook 21 recovers, and the elastic hook 21 forms a snap connection with the external wall hanging plate 40.

The middle frame 30 is installed on the base 20, and forms a containing cavity in a surrounding manner with the base 20, the containing cavity is used for containing the air conditioner core assembly 50, and the hook 21 on the base 20 extends to the external hanging wall plate 40 along the inner wall of the middle frame 30.

The slider 10 is installed on the middle frame 30 group and forms sliding connection with the middle frame 30, the slider 10 has a start position and a stop position in the sliding process along the middle frame 30, wherein when the slider 10 is at the start position, a gap 22 is formed between the slider 10 and the elastic hook 21, that is, at the start position, the slider 10 and the hook 21 are separated from each other, when the slider 10 is at the stop position, the slider 10 is inserted between the middle frame 30 and the elastic hook 21, so that the elastic hook 21 is elastically deformed again under the extrusion of the slider 10, and is separated from the installation hole on the external wall hanging plate 40 (as shown in fig. 4), therefore, after the slider 10 slides to the stop position, a maintenance worker can directly detach and maintain the air conditioner internal unit without pulling the elastic hook 21 out from the external wall hanging plate 40 by force, and the detachment is very convenient.

It can be understood that, in order to limit the sliding track of the slider 10 on the middle frame 30, a sliding rail (not shown) may be disposed on the middle frame 30, and a sliding groove (not shown) may be disposed on the slider 10, so as to limit the sliding direction of the slider 10.

Furthermore, the elastic hook 21 has a hook inclined plane 213, the slider 10 has a slider inclined plane 13, the hook inclined plane 213 and the slider inclined plane 13 are both inclined toward the inner wall of the middle frame 30, and the hook inclined plane 213 is opposite to the slider inclined plane 13.

In the starting position, the hook inclined plane 213 is opposite to the slider inclined plane 13, and both the hook inclined plane 213 and the slider inclined plane 13 are inclined toward the inner wall of the middle frame 30, the inner wall of the middle frame 30 is the inner wall of the slider 10 sliding along the middle frame 30, in the process that the slider 10 slides from the starting position to the ending position, the elastic hook 21 starts to elastically deform under the extrusion of the slider 10 from the position where the hook inclined plane 213 abuts against the slider inclined plane 13, the hook inclined plane 213 slides relative to the slider inclined plane 13, the closer the slider 10 is to the ending position, the larger the deformation of the elastic hook 21 is, and the elastic hook 21 is separated from the external wall hanging plate 40 until the slider 10 reaches the ending position.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the slider 10 includes a first sliding portion 11, a second sliding portion 12 and a connecting portion 16, the connecting portion 16 connects the first sliding portion 11 and the second sliding portion 12, the first sliding portion 11 and the second sliding portion 12 are respectively installed on the inner side and the outer side of the middle frame 30, the first sliding portion 11, the second sliding portion 12 and the connecting portion 16 surround to form a sliding slot 15, and the slider inclined surface 13 is located on the first sliding portion 11.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the first sliding portion 11 is located on the inner side of the middle frame 30, the second sliding portion 12 is located on the outer side of the middle frame 30, the connecting portion 16 connects the first sliding portion 11 and the second sliding portion 12, and the slider inclined surface 13 is located at one end of the first sliding portion 11 facing the termination position. In this embodiment, the middle frame 30 is embedded in the sliding slot 15, and the middle frame 30 slides relative to the inner wall of the sliding slot 15 in the process that the sliding block 10 slides from the start position to the end position. In this embodiment, the slide rails are disposed on the inner and outer sides of the middle frame 30, and the slide grooves are disposed on the inner wall of the slide groove 15.

The casing of the indoor unit of the air conditioner further comprises a decorative plate 60 (as shown in fig. 6), the decorative plate 60 is fastened on the middle frame 30, the sliding groove 15 comprises a first sliding groove 151 and a second sliding groove 152, the first sliding groove 151 and the second sliding groove 152 are respectively located on two sides of the connecting portion 16, the decorative plate 60 is embedded in the first sliding groove 151, and the frame wall of the middle frame 30 is embedded in the second sliding groove 152.

As an embodiment, in order to make the decorative plate 60 snap on the middle frame 30, a protrusion 61 is arranged on the decorative plate 60, and a snap-on position 32 is arranged on the middle frame 30 to form a matching. When the slider 10 is located at the start position, the decorative plate 60 is fitted into the first sliding groove 151, and when the slider 10 is located at the end position, the decorative plate 60 is detached from the first sliding groove 151.

As shown in fig. 7, optionally, a slot 31 is disposed on the middle frame 30, one end of the slider 10 is located in the slot 31, and the other end and the elastic hook 21 form the gap 22.

In order to prevent the slider 10 from being separated from the middle frame 30 when returning from the end position to the start position, the middle frame 30 is provided with a locking groove 31, and the locking groove 31 is used for accommodating the first sliding part 11 on the slider 10, so that the locking groove 31 is also located at the start position.

And an avoiding groove 62 is arranged on the decorative plate 60, and the notch of the avoiding groove 62 faces the clamping groove 31 and forms butt joint with the clamping groove 31.

The avoiding groove 62 is located at a position corresponding to the slot 31 on the decorative plate 60, a notch of the avoiding groove 62 faces the slot 31 and is in butt joint with the slot 31 to avoid the slider 10, and meanwhile, the decorative plate 60 is also embedded into the first sliding groove 151 from the avoiding groove 62.

In one embodiment, the decorative plate 60 is provided with a protrusion 61, the middle frame 30 is provided with a snap-fit position 32, and the protrusion 61 is embedded in the snap-fit position 32 to enable the decorative plate 60 to form a fit with the middle frame 30.

The connection mode that the bulge 61 and the buckle position 32 are mutually matched is convenient for dismounting, and when a drain pipe of an air conditioner internal unit or a connecting pipe of an air conditioner external unit, which is a part needing large space operation, needs to be maintained, the decorative plate 60 can be dismounted to enlarge the operation space for maintenance.

The second sliding portion 12 is provided with concave grains 13, and the concave grains 13 are located on the surface of the second sliding portion 12, which is far away from the first sliding portion 11.

The second sliding portion 12 is located on the outer side of the middle frame 30, and the concave grains 13 are arranged to facilitate a maintenance worker to stir the sliding block 10, so that the sliding block 10 slides from the starting position to the ending position.

In an embodiment, the elastic hook 21 includes a fastening portion 211 and an abutting portion 212, the fastening portion 211 forms a fastening connection with the external wall hanging plate 40, the hook inclined surface 213 is located on the abutting portion 212, when the slider 10 is located at the initial position, the gap 22 is formed between the slider 10 and the abutting portion 212, and when the slider 10 is located at the terminal position, the slider 10 is inserted between the middle frame 30 and the abutting portion 212.

The fastening portion 211 is located at an end of the elastic hook 21, in this embodiment, the fastening portion 211 is wedge-shaped, and when the fastening portion 211 slides on the inclined surface of the external wall hanging plate 40 toward the mounting hole, the elastic hook 21 is elastically deformed. The abutting portion 212 is located on the sliding path of the slider 10, the hook inclined plane 213 is located on the abutting portion 212, when the slider 10 is located at the initial position, the gap 22 is formed between the slider 10 and the hook inclined plane 213 on the abutting portion 212, and when the slider 10 is located at the terminal position, the slider 10 is inserted between the middle frame 30 and the abutting portion 212.

The invention also provides an air conditioner indoor unit, which comprises the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit, and further comprises a machine core assembly 50, wherein the machine core assembly 50 is installed in an accommodating cavity in the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit, and the air conditioner indoor unit is fixed on an external wall hanging plate 40 through the elastic clamping hook 21 on the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit.

The containing cavity is formed by enclosing the middle frame 30 and the base 20, the movement assembly 50 is installed in the containing cavity, and the elastic hook 21 extends from the base 20 to the external wall hanging plate 40 along the inner wall of the middle frame 30. In a specific implementation, the installation portion on the external wall-hung panel 40 is an inclined plane, the inclined plane is provided with an installation hole, the end portion of the elastic hook 21 is wedge-shaped, when the elastic hook 21 slides to the installation hole from the inclined plane of the installation portion, the elastic hook 21 elastically deforms until the end portion of the elastic hook 21 reaches the installation hole and slides into the installation hole, at this moment, the deformation of the elastic hook 21 recovers, the elastic hook 21 and the external wall-hung panel 40 form a buckle connection, and therefore the air conditioner internal unit is fixed on the external wall-hung panel 40.

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

Claims

1. A casing of an air conditioner indoor unit is characterized by comprising:

the air conditioner core assembly comprises a base and a middle frame, wherein the middle frame and the base are encircled to form an accommodating cavity for accommodating the air conditioner core assembly, the base is provided with an elastic clamping hook, and the elastic clamping hook extends along the inner wall of the middle frame and is connected with an external hanging wallboard in a buckling mode; the elastic clamping hook is provided with an end part, and the end part of the elastic clamping hook is in buckle connection with the external wall hanging plate;

the sliding block is slidably mounted on the middle frame, a starting position and a stopping position are arranged on a sliding path of the sliding block, when the sliding block is located at the starting position, a gap is formed between the sliding block and the elastic clamping hook, and when the sliding block is located at the stopping position, the sliding block is inserted between the middle frame and the elastic clamping hook so that the end part of the elastic clamping hook is separated from the external wall hanging plate.

2. The casing of an air conditioner internal unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic hook has a hook slope, the sliding block has a sliding block slope, the hook slope and the sliding block slope are both inclined toward the inner wall of the middle frame, and the hook slope and the sliding block slope are disposed opposite to each other.

3. The casing of an air conditioner internal unit according to claim 2, wherein the slider includes a first sliding portion, a second sliding portion and a connecting portion, the connecting portion connects the first sliding portion and the second sliding portion, the first sliding portion and the second sliding portion are respectively installed on the inner side and the outer side of the middle frame, the first sliding portion, the second sliding portion and the connecting portion surround to form a sliding groove, and the slider inclined surface is located on the first sliding portion.

4. The casing of the indoor unit of the air conditioner as claimed in claim 3, wherein the casing of the indoor unit further comprises a decorative plate, the decorative plate is fastened to the middle frame, the sliding groove comprises a first sliding groove and a second sliding groove, the first sliding groove and the second sliding groove are respectively located on two sides of the connecting portion, the decorative plate is embedded into the first sliding groove, and a frame wall of the middle frame is embedded into the second sliding groove.

5. The casing of an air conditioner internal unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein a slot is provided on the middle frame, one end of the slider is located in the slot, and the other end of the slider and the elastic hook form the gap.

6. The casing of an air conditioner internal unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the decorative plate is provided with an avoiding groove, and a notch of the avoiding groove faces the clamping groove and forms a butt joint with the clamping groove.

7. The casing of an air conditioner internal unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the decorative plate is provided with a protrusion, the middle frame is provided with a fastening position, and the protrusion is embedded into the fastening position so that the decorative plate and the middle frame are matched.

8. The casing of an air conditioner indoor unit according to claim 3, wherein the second sliding portion is provided with dimples on a surface of the second sliding portion facing away from the first sliding portion.

9. The casing of an internal unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic hook includes a fastening portion and an abutting portion, the fastening portion is connected to the external wall-hung panel in a snap-fit manner, a hook slope is located on the abutting portion, when the slider is located at the start position, the slider and the abutting portion form the gap, and when the slider is located at the end position, the slider is inserted between the center frame and the abutting portion.

10. An air conditioner indoor unit, characterized in that, the air conditioner indoor unit includes the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit according to any one of claims 1-9, the air conditioner indoor unit also includes a core assembly, the core assembly is installed in the containing cavity in the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit, the air conditioner indoor unit is fixed on the external wall hanging plate through the elastic hook on the shell of the air conditioner indoor unit.