CN111059626B

CN111059626B - Wall-mounted air conditioner

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Publication number: CN111059626B
Application number: CN201911420570.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 叶剑; 杨灵芝; 赵文博; 高良; 其他发明人请求不公开姓名
Original assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-31
Filing date: 2019-12-31
Publication date: 2022-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-31
Also published as: CN111059626A

Abstract

The invention discloses a wall-mounted air conditioner which comprises an air conditioner body, a middle frame shell, a heat exchanger assembly and a filter screen, wherein an air inlet grille is arranged at the top of the air conditioner body, an air outlet is formed in the side part of the air conditioner body, a detachably mounted panel is arranged on the side part of the air conditioner body, which is provided with the air outlet, the middle frame shell is mounted in the air conditioner body, the heat exchanger assembly is arranged in the middle frame shell, and the filter screen is arranged in the middle frame shell and is positioned between the heat exchanger assembly and the air inlet grille. The wall-mounted air conditioner disclosed by the invention can be used for conveniently disassembling and assembling the filter screen, and the disassembling and assembling efficiency of the filter screen is improved.

Description

Wall-mounted air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of air conditioners, in particular to a wall-mounted air conditioner.

Background

At present, the filter screen of wall-hanging air conditioner among the split type air conditioner places the filter screen at the air conditioner top usually, and the user is when the dismouting, because the air conditioner mounted position is too high, the user can't see the assembly structure, can only blind dismouting to can lead to damaging the assembly structure, and if the air conditioner mounted position is too close to the ceiling, then can lead to the unable dismantlement of filter screen.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a wall-mounted air conditioner, and aims to solve the problem that a filter screen of the conventional wall-mounted air conditioner is inconvenient to disassemble and assemble.

In order to achieve the purpose, the wall-mounted air conditioner provided by the invention comprises an air conditioner body, a middle frame shell, a heat exchanger assembly and a filter screen, wherein an air inlet grille is arranged at the top of the air conditioner body, an air outlet is formed in the side part of the air conditioner body, a panel which is detachably mounted is arranged on the side part of the air conditioner body, the air outlet is formed in the side part of the air conditioner body, the middle frame shell is mounted in the air conditioner body, the heat exchanger assembly is arranged in the middle frame shell, and the filter screen is arranged in the middle frame shell and is positioned between the heat exchanger assembly and the air inlet grille.

In one embodiment, guide groove structures are formed at two ends of the middle frame shell along the length direction of the air conditioner body, and two sides of the filter screen are respectively clamped with the two guide groove structures.

In one embodiment, the guide groove structure includes a guide plate, a sliding groove is formed between the guide plate and an inner wall surface of the air conditioner body, and an end portion of the filter screen is slidable in the sliding groove.

In one embodiment, the distance between the guide plate and the inner wall surface of the air conditioner body is gradually reduced along the direction from the panel to the heat exchanger assembly, and one end of the filter screen, which is far away from the panel, is simultaneously abutted against the side surface of the middle frame shell and the side surface of the guide plate.

In an embodiment, the guide groove structure further includes two blocking ribs disposed on the air conditioner body and located at opposite ends of the air conditioner body in the length direction, the blocking ribs extend along the height direction of the air conditioner body, and opposite ends of the filter screen abut against the blocking ribs, so that the filter screen is limited in the sliding groove.

In an embodiment, the filter screen includes a filter frame and a filter screen disposed in the filter frame, the filter frame is recessed to form a bent and extended abutting surface, and the abutting surface abuts against the rib.

In an embodiment, the filter screen further includes a first limiting rib disposed on the filter frame, the first limiting rib is disposed on a side surface of the filter frame away from the air inlet grille, and the first limiting rib abuts against the guide plate and can follow the guide plate slide rail.

In an embodiment, the filter screen still including set up in second spacing rib on the filter frame, second spacing rib set up in filter frame is close to on the side of air-inlet grille, second spacing rib include certainly the filter screen orientation first spacing rib that air-inlet grille extended and certainly first spacing rib is kept away from the tip court of filter screen the second spacing rib that the wind direction of air outlet extends, the filter screen with the spacing rib of second encloses into U type draw-in groove, the opening orientation of U type draw-in groove the panel, set up on the center casing along the panel extremely the convex arch of direction of heat exchanger subassembly, the arch joint in the U type draw-in groove.

In an embodiment, a handle protruding in a direction toward the heat exchanger assembly along the filter screen is arranged on one side of the filter screen close to the heat exchanger, and the handle is arranged close to the air outlet.

In one embodiment, the filter net extends along the width direction of the air conditioner body.

According to the technical scheme, the middle frame shell is arranged in the air conditioner body, the heat exchanger assembly is arranged in the middle frame shell, when the filter screen is arranged on the middle frame shell, the filter screen extends along the width direction of the air conditioner body and faces the air inlet grille, so that the heat exchanger assembly cannot be completely covered after the filter screen is installed, the filter screen does not need to be installed at the top of the air conditioner body, a user only needs to open the panel to install the filter screen, the wall-mounted air conditioner can be installed by opening the panel, the filter screen can be very conveniently installed in the air conditioner body, and the installation efficiency of the filter screen is improved.

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 sectional view of a wall-mounted air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a wall-mounted air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention when a panel is opened;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view at B of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a filter screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				10	Air conditioner body	11	Air inlet grille
12	Air outlet	20	Middle frame casing
				21	Guide groove structure	211	Guide plate
212	Sliding chute	22	Blocking rib
				23	Projection	30	Heat exchanger assembly
40	Filter screen	41	Abutting surface
				42	First limit rib	43	Second limit rib
431	First limit strip	432	Second limit strip
				44	Handle bar	50	Panel board

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 only for descriptive purposes 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 the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Moreover, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to be able to be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention provides a wall-mounted air conditioner.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, a wall-mounted air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an air conditioner body 10, a middle frame casing 20, a heat exchanger assembly 30, and a filter screen 40, wherein an air inlet grille 11 is disposed at a top of the air conditioner body 10, an air outlet 12 is disposed at a side of the air conditioner body 10, a detachably mounted panel 50 is disposed at a side of the air conditioner body 10 where the air outlet 12 is disposed, the middle frame casing 20 is installed in the air conditioner body 10, the heat exchanger assembly 30 is disposed in the middle frame casing 20, and the filter screen 40 is disposed in the middle frame casing 20 and located between the heat exchanger assembly 30 and the air inlet grille 11.

The longitudinal direction along the air conditioner main body 10 is the left-right direction in fig. 3, the width direction along the air conditioner main body 10 is the front-rear direction in fig. 1, and the height direction along the air conditioner main body 10 is the up-down direction in fig. 1.

In the embodiment, the middle frame casing 20 is installed in the air conditioner body 10, and the heat exchanger assembly 30 is installed in the middle frame casing 20, when the filter screen 40 is installed on the middle frame casing 20, because the filter screen 40 extends along the width direction of the air conditioner body and faces the air inlet grille 11, the filter screen 40 does not completely cover the heat exchanger assembly 30 after being installed, and is not installed on the top of the air conditioner body 10, a user only needs to open the panel 50 to install the filter screen 40, so that the wall-mounted air conditioner can be installed by opening the panel 50, the user can conveniently install the filter screen 40 in the air conditioner body 10, the installation efficiency of the filter screen 40 is improved, and the filter screen 40 is arranged between the air inlet grille 11 and the heat exchanger assembly 30, and can filter dust, lint, limit and other pollutants in the inlet air, the surface dust collection of the evaporator is reduced, and the pollutants of the air outlet air are reduced.

Meanwhile, the filter screen 40 extends along the front-back direction, and does not completely cover the heat exchanger assembly 30, so that the influence on an air inlet field can be reduced, air inlet of each part of the heat exchanger assembly 30 is smoother, the air volume is improved, the thickness of the whole machine can be correspondingly reduced, and the whole visual operation can be realized after the panel 50 is disassembled, even when the installation position of the wall-mounted air conditioner is too high and close to a ceiling, the filter screen 40 can be effectively disassembled and assembled, and in an optional embodiment, the filter screen 40 is parallel to the front-back direction, namely, the air inlet grille.

It can be understood that the panel 50 can be hinged on a rotating shaft and rotate around the rotating shaft to open the interior of the air conditioner body 10, so as to disassemble and assemble the filter screen 40, and the panel 50 and the air conditioner body 10 can also be detachable, i.e. a clamping groove is formed on the air conditioner body 10, a clamping piece matched with the clamping groove is formed on the panel 50, and the clamping piece is clamped in the clamping groove to install the panel 50 on the air conditioner body 10.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, guide groove structures 21 are formed at two ends of the middle frame 20 along the length direction of the air conditioner body 10, two sides of the filter screen 40 are respectively clamped with the two guide groove structures 21, in this embodiment, the wall-mounted air conditioner includes a filter screen 40, two ends of the filter screen 40 are respectively clamped with the two guide groove structures 21, when the filter screen 40 is disassembled and assembled, the left and right ends of the filter screen 40 are respectively clamped on the guide groove structures 21 at two sides of the air conditioner body 10, and then, the filter screen 40 can be installed or disassembled only by pushing and pulling the filter screen 40.

Moreover, in an optional embodiment, the filter screens 40 may be a split structure, that is, the number of the filter screens 40 is two, meanwhile, four guide groove structures 21 are correspondingly formed on the middle frame casing 20 and are arranged at intervals along the left-right direction, and the two filter screens 40 are correspondingly clamped with the two guide groove structures 21 on the left side and the two guide groove structures 21 on the right side, respectively.

Further, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the guide groove structure 21 includes a guide plate 211, a sliding groove 212 is formed between the guide plate 211 and an inner wall surface of the air conditioner body 10, and an end of the filter screen 40 can slide in the sliding groove 212. Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the filter screen 40 slides on the guide plate 211.

Wherein, the filter screen includes filter frame 45 and sets up the filter screen in filter frame, and filter frame 45 is the grid form, all is equipped with the filter screen in the grid to because filter screen 40 is including setting up the first spacing rib 42 on filter frame 45, first spacing rib 42 sets up on filter frame 45 keeps away from the side of air-inlet grille 11, first spacing rib 42 butt on deflector 211 and can follow the deflector 211 slide rail. First spacing rib 42's quantity can be two sets of, and set up respectively on filter screen 40's the left and right sides, specifically, when filter screen 40 slides on deflector 211, deflector 211 top can be located in subsides to first spacing rib 42, deflector 211 can extrude first spacing rib 42, force first spacing rib 42 to warp, make relative extrusion force between deflector 211 and the first spacing rib 42, thereby guarantee when having filtered installation to center casing 20 on, can only pull filter screen 40 backward through external force, filter screen 40 just can slide on deflector 211, the steadiness after filter screen 40 installs has been guaranteed, prevent that filter screen 40 from becoming flexible. In another embodiment, the two first limiting ribs 42 may also be disposed at the side of the guide plate 211 and abut against the guide plate 211, that is, the first limiting rib 42 located at the left side is located at the left side of the left guide plate 211 and located at the right side of the right guide plate 211, so that the two sets of first limiting ribs 42 may abut against the guide plate 211 respectively.

In this embodiment, the shape of the first limiting rib 42 is trapezoidal, the upper bottom of the first limiting rib 42 is attached to the guide plate 42, the lower bottom is installed on the filter screen 40, when the filter screen 40 slides on the sliding groove 212, because the first limiting rib 42 can deform in the bidirectional extrusion of the filter screen 40 and the guide plate 211, the upper bottom can deform along the direction toward the lower bottom (from the lower to the upper direction), and the reverse force generated by the first limiting rib 42 due to the deformation can act on the guide plate 211 and the filter screen 40, so that the relative extrusion force between the guide plate 211 and the first limiting rib 42 can ensure that the filter screen 40 can only be pulled backwards through external force when the filter screen is installed on the middle frame housing 20, and the filter screen 40 can only slide on the guide plate 211. Of course, in other embodiments, the shape of the first position-limiting rib 42 may also be square, triangular, or other shapes.

Further, along the direction from the panel 50 to the heat exchanger assembly 30 (i.e. the front-back direction in fig. 1), the distance between the guide plate 211 and the middle frame casing 20 is gradually reduced, and one end of the filter screen 40 away from the panel 50 is simultaneously abutted against the side surface of the middle frame casing 20 and the side surface of the guide plate 211, i.e. in the direction from back to front, the aperture of the chute 212 is gradually reduced, so that after the filter screen 40 is inserted into the chute 212, the chute wall of the chute 212 can press the filter screen 40, so that the filter screen 40 is more difficult to fall off from the chute 212, and the stability of the filter screen 40 when in use is ensured, i.e. in the embodiment, a certain angle is formed between the guide plate 211 and the inner wall surface of the air conditioner body 10, an included angle is formed between an extension line of the guide plate 211 facing the inner wall surface of the air conditioner body 10 and the inner wall surface, so that the distance between the guide plate 211 and the inner wall surface of the air conditioner body 10 is gradually reduced, when the filter screen 40 is inserted into the sliding groove 212 and slides on the guide plate 211, the two opposite wall surfaces of the filter screen 40 can be gradually abutted by the guide plate 211 and the middle frame housing 20, so that the filter screen 40 is less prone to falling off from the sliding groove 212.

Of course, in an alternative embodiment, the distance between the guide plate 211 and the middle frame casing 20 gradually increases along the direction from the panel 50 to the heat exchanger assembly 30, and one end of the filter screen close to the panel 50 is clamped between the guide plate 211 and the middle frame casing 20.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the guiding groove structure 21 further includes two blocking ribs 22 disposed on the air conditioner body 10 and located at two opposite ends of the length direction of the air conditioner body 10, the blocking ribs 22 extend along the height direction of the air conditioner body 10, two opposite ends of the filtering net 40 abut against the blocking ribs 22, so that the filtering net 40 is limited in the sliding groove 212, and a bent and extended abutting surface 41 is formed on the filtering frame 45 in a recessed manner, and the abutting surface 41 abuts against the blocking ribs 22. In this embodiment, the main body of the filter screen 40 has a certain flexibility, and when the filter screen 40 is disposed in the sliding groove 212, the filter screen 40 goes beyond the stop rib 22 toward the rear side, therefore, the user can hold the filter screen 40 and push the filter screen 40 forward to slightly deform the filter screen 40, then abut the abutting surface 41 at the corner of the filter screen 40 against the side wall of the rib 22 close to the filter screen 40, then the user removes the pressing force, the filter screen 40 recovers the deformation, the abutting surface 41 abuts against the rib 22, so that the rib 22 can effectively limit the filter screen 40 in the sliding groove 212, and when the filter screen 40 needs to be removed, an external force must be applied to the filter screen 40 to deform the filter screen 40, and drives the filter screen 40 to move the filter screen 40 toward the lower side, when the abutting surface 41 is disconnected from the stop rib 22, the filter screen 40 can be pulled out from the chute 212, so that the filter screen 40 is effectively limited to be pulled out along the chute 212.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the filter screen 40 further includes a second limiting rib 43 disposed on the filter frame 45, the second limiting rib 43 is disposed on a side surface of the filter frame 45 close to the air inlet grille 11, the second limiting rib 43 includes a first limiting rib 431 extending from the filter screen 40 toward the air inlet grille 11 and a second limiting rib 432 extending from an end portion of the first limiting rib 431 far away from the filter screen 40 toward a wind direction of the air outlet 12, the filter screen 40 and the second limiting rib 43 enclose a U-shaped slot, an opening of the U-shaped slot faces the panel 50, a protrusion 23 protruding in a direction from the panel 50 to the heat exchanger component 30 is disposed on the middle frame shell 20, and the protrusion 23 is clamped in the U-shaped slot. In this embodiment, when the filter screen 40 is disposed in the sliding slot 212, at this time, the blocking rib 22 is not matched with the abutting surface 41, and then the user can hold the filter screen 40 and continuously push the filter screen 40 forward, so that the filter screen is slightly deformed, the protrusion 23 is clamped in the U-shaped clamping slot, and the blocking rib 22 is connected with the abutting surface 41, so that the filter screen 40 is equivalently hung on the protrusion 23 through the matching connection of the protrusion 23 and the U-shaped clamping slot, thereby preventing the air leakage phenomenon due to a large gap between the filter screen 40 and the middle frame housing 20 under the action of gravity, and also preventing the filter screen 40 from coming off along the direction of the sliding slot 212, further ensuring the stability of the filter screen 40, and in an optional embodiment, the protrusion 23 and the U-shaped clamping slot are in a sealing connection, so as to prevent dust from being blown into the heat exchanger assembly 30 from between the U-shaped clamping slot and the protrusion 23. With reference to fig. 2, when dust enters the air conditioner body 10 through the air inlet grille 11, the dust can be accumulated in the U-shaped slot, so as to further ensure that the dust does not pass through the filter screen 40 and enter the heat exchanger assembly 30, and the filter screen 40 can effectively block foreign matters such as external dust from entering the heat exchanger assembly 30.

Referring to fig. 5, in the above embodiment, a handle 44 extending along the direction from the filter screen 40 to the heat exchanger assembly 30 is protruded from one side of the filter screen 40 close to the heat exchanger, and the handle 44 is disposed close to the air outlet 12. The handle 44 is elongated, so that when a user operates the filter screen 40, the user can push and pull the filter screen 40 by holding the handle 44, thereby improving the efficiency of the user in operating the filter screen 40. And the grip 44 is formed with anti-slip lines so that the filter screen 40 is not easily detached from the hand when the user holds the grip 44.

In addition, there is a mounting method of the filter screen 40 in the wall-mounted air conditioner in the prior art, in which the filter screen 40 is mounted on the middle frame casing 20 after the panel 50 is opened, but the whole heat exchanger assembly 30 is covered, and since the mounting method needs to cover the whole heat exchanger assembly 30, the air volume and thickness of the air conditioner are affected, and the air volume and thickness of the air conditioner are affected.

To solve the technical problem, in an optional embodiment, the filter screen 40 extends along the width direction of the air conditioner body 10 and faces the air inlet grille 11, so that in this embodiment, the filter screen 40 is also installed by opening the panel 50, but the filter screen 40 is disposed in the middle frame casing 20 and located between the heat exchanger assembly 30 and the air inlet grille 11, and extends along the front-back direction in fig. 1, that is, the filter screen 40 does not cover the heat exchanger assembly 30, so that the air volume of the air conditioner can be increased, the thickness of the air conditioner can be reduced, and the influence on the air inlet wind field can be reduced.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is 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 wall-mounted air conditioner is characterized by comprising an air conditioner body, a middle frame shell, a heat exchanger assembly and a filter screen, wherein an air inlet grille is arranged at the top of the air conditioner body, an air outlet is formed in the side part of the air conditioner body, a detachably mounted panel is arranged on the side part of the air conditioner body, provided with the air outlet, the middle frame shell is mounted in the air conditioner body, the heat exchanger assembly is arranged in the middle frame shell, and the filter screen is arranged in the middle frame shell and is positioned between the heat exchanger assembly and the air inlet grille;

the filter screen extends along the fore-and-aft direction, the filter screen including filter frame and set up in filter screen in the filter frame, the filter screen still including set up in the last spacing rib of second of filter frame, the spacing rib of second set up in filter frame is close to on the side of air-inlet grille, the spacing rib of second include certainly the filter screen orientation the first spacing rib that air-inlet grille extended and certainly first spacing rib is kept away from the tip court of filter screen the spacing rib of second that the wind direction of air outlet extends, the filter screen with the spacing rib of second encloses into U type draw-in groove, the opening orientation of U type draw-in groove the panel, be provided with on the center casing along the panel extremely the convex arch of heat exchanger component's direction, protruding joint in the U type draw-in groove.

2. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein guide groove structures are formed at both ends of the middle frame case in a length direction of the air conditioner body, and both sides of the filter net are engaged with the two guide groove structures, respectively.

3. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove structure includes a guide plate forming a slide groove with an inner wall surface of the air conditioner body, and an end portion of the filter screen is slidable in the slide groove.

4. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the distance between the guide plate and the inner wall surface of the air conditioner body is gradually reduced in the direction from the panel to the heat exchanger assembly, and one end of the filter screen, which is away from the panel, abuts against both the side surface of the center frame housing and the side surface of the guide plate.

5. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the guide groove structure further comprises two blocking ribs disposed on the air conditioner body and located at opposite ends of the air conditioner body in the length direction, the blocking ribs extend in the height direction of the air conditioner body, and opposite ends of the filter screen abut against the blocking ribs so that the filter screen is retained in the sliding groove.

6. The wall-hung air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the filter frame is recessed to form an abutting surface extending in a bent manner, and the abutting surface abuts against the stopper rib.

7. The wall-mounted air conditioner of claim 6, wherein the filter screen further comprises a first limiting rib disposed on the filter frame, the first limiting rib is disposed on a side of the filter frame away from the air intake grille, and the first limiting rib abuts against the guide plate and can slide along the guide plate slide rail.

8. The wall hanging air conditioner of claim 1 wherein a side of said filter screen adjacent said heat exchanger is provided with a handle projecting in a direction of said filter screen toward said heat exchanger assembly, said handle being disposed adjacent said air outlet.

9. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the filter net extends in a width direction of the air conditioner body.