CN111076289A

CN111076289A - Indoor unit and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN111076289A
Application number: CN201911383345.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄煜鹏; 温耀新; 成凯; 李振华; 贾冰冰
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2019-12-27
Filing date: 2019-12-27
Publication date: 2020-04-28

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an indoor unit and an air conditioner, wherein the indoor unit comprises a shell, wherein the shell is provided with an air opening, a first air deflector and a second air deflector which are respectively and rotatably arranged at the air opening; when the air opening is closed by the first air deflector, the second air deflector is rotated to be attached to the first air deflector so as to shield a gap between the first air deflector and the shell, the first air deflector and the second air deflector are respectively rotatably installed on two opposite sides of the air opening, the first air deflector is provided with a step structure used for being attached to the second air deflector, the first air deflector can rotate on the outer side of the shell to adjust an air outlet angle, the second air deflector can rotate on the inner side of the shell to guide air to flow out of the shell, in the scheme, the first air deflector and the second air deflector can simultaneously shield the air opening, external dust is prevented from entering the air conditioner, the appearance and the neatness of the outer portion of the air conditioner are guaranteed, the air deflectors are rotated, and the air outlet direction of the air opening can be adjusted.

Description

Indoor unit and air conditioner

Technical Field

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

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, the comfort of human body and the aesthetic property of the air conditioner become important influencing factors for selecting the air conditioner, which puts higher requirements on the air conditioner. For a common wall-mounted air conditioner, when the air conditioner is closed, a gap is usually reserved at an air inlet/an air outlet of the air conditioner, the attractiveness of the appearance of the air conditioner is influenced, dust in the air easily enters the air conditioner through the gap, secondary pollution is caused to the air, and when the air conditioner is opened, the angle of the air deflector is fixed, and the comfort of a human body is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an indoor unit and an air conditioner, which can solve the problems of untight closing of an air port and fixed air outlet angle.

The embodiment of the invention is realized by the following steps:

an indoor unit is characterized in that a shell is provided with an air opening, a first air deflector and a second air deflector which are respectively and rotatably arranged at the air opening;

when the first air deflector closes the air opening, the second air deflector is rotated to be attached to the first air deflector so as to shield a gap between the first air deflector and the shell.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first air guiding plate and the second air guiding plate are respectively rotatably installed on two opposite sides of the tuyere.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first air guiding plate is provided with a step structure for being attached to the second air guiding plate, the first air guiding plate can rotate on the outer side of the casing to adjust an air outlet angle, and the second air guiding plate can rotate on the inner side of the casing to guide the air to flow out of the casing.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the housing is provided with a first driving motor for driving the first air guiding plate to rotate and a second driving motor for driving the second air guiding plate to rotate.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, a volute tongue for cooperating with a fan is further disposed in the casing, and the second wind deflector rotates to the volute tongue and forms an air duct with the inner wall of the casing.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the housing is provided with a filter assembly that can be extended and retracted with respect to the tuyere, and the filter assembly is used for filtering the gas entering the housing.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the filtering assembly includes a filtering net, a rack and pinion mechanism and a driving member installed on the housing, the rack and pinion mechanism is respectively connected to the filtering net and the driving member, and the driving member drives the filtering net to reciprocate at the air port through the rack and pinion mechanism.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the housing is provided with two or more air ports.

Further, in an embodiment of the present invention, the two opposite sides of the housing are respectively provided with the air ports.

An air conditioner comprises the indoor unit.

The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the casing is provided with the wind gap and rotates first aviation baffle and the second aviation baffle of installing in wind gap department respectively, and when the wind gap was closed to first aviation baffle, rotate the first aviation baffle of second aviation baffle laminating to shelter from the clearance between first aviation baffle and the casing, when the air conditioner did not open, first aviation baffle and second aviation baffle can shelter from the wind gap, prevent that outside dust from getting into the air conditioner, guarantee that the air conditioner outside is pleasing to the eye clean and tidy, rotatory aviation baffle, the air-out direction in adjustable wind gap.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an air inlet and outlet state of an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of another air inlet and outlet state of the indoor unit according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a tuyere closing state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Icon: 100-a housing; 200-upper crossflow blower; 300-lower crossflow blower; 400-an evaporator; 110-air inlet; 120-lower tuyere; 130-a first air deflector; 140-a second air deflection plate; 150-upper volute tongue; 160-upper air duct; 170-filtering screen.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, 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 some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the 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.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

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 or the orientations or positional relationships that the products of the present invention are conventionally placed in use, and are only used for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, the terms "horizontal", "vertical" and the like do not imply that the components are required to be absolutely horizontal or pendant, but rather may be slightly inclined. For example, "horizontal" merely means that the direction is more horizontal than "vertical" and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; 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.

Example 1:

referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides an indoor unit and an air conditioner including the indoor unit, where the indoor unit includes a casing 100, the casing 100 is provided with an air inlet, and a first air deflector 130 and a second air deflector 140 rotatably installed at the air inlet, and when the air inlet is closed by the first air deflector 130, the second air deflector 140 is rotated to be attached to the first air deflector 130 to shield a gap between the first air deflector 130 and the casing 100, and when the air conditioner is not turned on, the first air deflector 130 and the second air deflector 140 can shield the air inlet to prevent external dust from entering the air conditioner, so as to ensure that an exterior of the air conditioner is beautiful and tidy, and the air deflectors are rotated to adjust an air outlet direction of the air inlet, thereby improving a comfort level of the air.

Fig. 1-3 are schematic views illustrating a use state of the casing 100, wherein the top of the casing 100 is provided with an upper tuyere 110, the bottom of the casing 100 is provided with a lower tuyere 120, the structural arrangement principle of the casing 100 at the upper tuyere 110 and the lower tuyere 120 is the same, and the present scheme describes the structural design of the casing 100 at the upper tuyere 110 in detail. In practical use, the housing 100 may be provided with a plurality of air ports according to the use requirement.

As shown in fig. 1, the casing 100 is rotatably provided with a first air deflector 130 and a second air deflector 140 at two opposite sides of the upper air inlet 110, the first air deflector 130 can rotate at the outer side of the casing 100, the second air deflector 140 can rotate at the inner side of the casing 100, and the casing 100 is further provided with a first driving motor for driving the first air deflector 130 to rotate and a second driving motor for driving the second air deflector 140 to rotate. The first air deflector 130 rotates towards one side of the upper air inlet 110, when the outer surface of the first air deflector 130 is flush with the outer edge of the upper air inlet 110, the first driving motor stops rotating, the first air deflector 130 closes the upper air inlet 110, in order to reduce the gap between the first air deflector and the upper air inlet 110 and prevent the first air deflector from rotating into the casing 100, a bevel edge structure is arranged on one side of the casing 100 opposite to the upper air inlet 110 and the first air deflector 130, and the first air deflector is provided with a bevel edge with the same inclination angle as the bevel edge structure.

After the first air deflector closes the upper air inlet 110, in order to reduce a gap between the first air deflector and the upper air inlet 110, the second air deflector 140 rotates towards the first air deflector 130, a step structure for being attached to the second air deflector 140 is arranged on one side of the first air deflector 130 facing the inside of the casing 100, after the second air deflector 140 is attached to the first air deflector 130, a part of the second air deflector 140 is located in the step structure, and the second driving motor stops rotating.

In this embodiment, the first air deflector 130 and the second air deflector 140 respectively rotate to shield the air inlet 110 at two opposite sides of the air inlet 110, the first air deflector 130 is located at the outer side, and the second air deflector 140 is located at the inner side, so as to prevent external dust from entering the air conditioner, and ensure the appearance and neatness of the air conditioner.

Casing 100 still activity is provided with filter assembly, filter assembly includes filter screen 170, rack and pinion subassembly and installs the driving piece in casing 100, the driving piece passes through rack and pinion mechanism transmission and connects filter screen 170, the driving piece can drive filter screen 170 and remove in casing 100, filter screen 170 can stretch out and draw back for last wind gap 110, when filter screen 170 stretches out, filter screen 170 shelters from last wind gap 110, can filter the air that gets into casing 100 from last wind gap 110, when last wind gap 110 is in the air-out state, driving motor drives filter screen 170 and retracts back for last wind gap 110, guarantee the air-out speed of last wind gap 110.

The embodiment also provides an air conditioner, and the air conditioner adopts the casing 100.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an air outlet structure of an upper air inlet 110, the upper air inlet 110 is arranged at the upper part of a casing 100, a lower air inlet 120 is arranged at the lower part of the casing 100, an evaporator 400 is arranged in the casing 100, the evaporator 400 is positioned between the upper air inlet 110 and the lower air inlet 120, an upper cross flow fan 200 is arranged at one side of the evaporator 400 facing the upper air inlet 110, a lower cross flow fan 300 is arranged at one side of the evaporator 400 facing the lower air inlet 120, and the casing 100 is provided with an upper volute tongue matched with the upper cross flow fan 200 and a lower volute tongue matched with the lower cross flow fan 300. The upper cross flow fan 200 and the lower cross flow fan 300 are both in a working state, gas enters the shell 100 from the lower air port 120, the lower cross flow fan 300 accelerates the gas to flow to the evaporator 400, the first air deflector and the second air deflector of the lower air port 120 rotate in the back direction, the first air deflector of the lower air port 120 rotates outside the shell 100 until the first air deflector is attached to the outer wall surface of the shell 100, the second air deflector of the lower air port 120 rotates inside the shell 100 until the second air deflector is attached to the inner wall surface of the shell 100, the attractiveness of the shell 100 is improved, the lower air port 120 is in an open state, the air inlet amount of the lower air port 120 is guaranteed, meanwhile, the lower air port 120 is shielded by a filter screen arranged on the lower air port 120, and air entering the shell 100 is filtered. The gas after heat exchange in the evaporator 400 flows to the up-flow fan 200, the up-flow fan 200 accelerates the gas to be discharged out of the casing 100, the second air deflector at the upper air inlet 110 rotates to the upper volute tongue 150 of the up-flow fan 200 and stops rotating, the second air deflector and the inner wall of the casing 100 form an upper air duct 160, the upper air duct 160 guides the gas to be discharged out of the casing 100, and the driving member at the upper air inlet 110 drives the filter screen 170 to retract relative to the upper air inlet 110, so as to ensure the air outlet speed of the upper air inlet 110.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of air intake from the upper air inlet 110, the upper air inlet 110 is disposed at the upper part of the casing 100, the lower air inlet 120 is disposed at the lower part of the casing 100, the evaporator 400 is disposed in the casing 100, the evaporator 400 is located between the upper air inlet 110 and the lower air inlet 120, the upper cross flow fan 200 is disposed at one side of the evaporator 400 facing the upper air inlet 110, and the lower cross flow fan 300 is disposed at one side of the evaporator 400 facing the lower air inlet 120. The upper cross flow fan 200 and the lower cross flow fan 300 are both in a working state, air enters the casing 100 from the upper air inlet 110, the first air deflector at the upper air inlet 110 rotates far away from the upper air inlet 110, the second air deflector at the upper air inlet 110 rotates towards the inner wall of the casing 100, the first air deflector of the upper air inlet 110 rotates outside the casing 100 until the first air deflector is attached to the outer wall surface of the casing 100, the second air deflector of the upper air inlet 120 rotates inside the casing 100 until the second air deflector is attached to the inner wall surface of the casing 100, the upper air inlet 110 is not shielded, meanwhile, the attractiveness of the casing 100 is improved, the air inflow of the casing 100 is ensured, the air flows to the evaporator 400 in an accelerated manner after passing through the upper cross flow fan 200, the air after heat exchange of the evaporator 400 flows to the lower cross flow fan 300, the lower cross flow fan 300 accelerates the air to be discharged out of the casing 100 from the lower air inlet 120, the second air deflector at the lower air inlet 120 rotates to the volute tongue of the lower, and forms a lower air duct with the inner wall of the casing 100 to guide the air flowing out from the lower cross flow fan 300 to be discharged out of the casing 100, and the first air deflector at the lower air inlet 120 can be adjusted and rotated according to the position of the human body to guide the air to flow.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a closed state of the indoor unit, where the first air deflector and the second air deflector at the upper air inlet 110 and the first air deflector and the second air deflector at the lower air inlet 120 are both in a closed state, that is, the first air deflector and the second air deflector rotate to the air inlets respectively and are attached to each other.

In summary, the present scheme provides an indoor unit and an air conditioner including the indoor unit, the casing 100 is provided with the double-layer air deflector at the air port, so that when the air conditioner is closed, the tightness of the air port is ensured, and dust is prevented from entering the casing 100 from the air port to affect the air quality. The first air deflector rotates at the outer side of the shell 100, and the air outlet angle can be adjusted; the second air guiding plate 140 rotates inside the casing 100, the second air guiding plate 140 can be used as a part of an air duct, and the second air guiding plate 140 and the inner wall of the casing 100 form an air duct for guiding air to flow, so that the air outlet concentration is ensured.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An indoor unit is characterized by comprising a shell, wherein the shell is provided with an air port, a first air deflector and a second air deflector, and the first air deflector and the second air deflector are respectively and rotatably arranged at the air port;

2. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the first and second air deflectors are rotatably installed at opposite sides of the air opening, respectively.

3. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the first air deflector defines a step structure for engaging with the second air deflector, the first air deflector is rotatable outside the casing to adjust an air outlet angle, and the second air deflector is rotatable inside the casing to guide air out of the casing.

4. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the casing is provided with a first driving motor for rotating the first air deflector and a second driving motor for rotating the second air deflector.

5. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein a volute tongue is further disposed in the casing for being assembled with a fan, and the second air deflector rotates to the volute tongue and forms an air channel with the inner wall of the casing.

6. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the casing is provided with a filter assembly that is retractable with respect to the tuyere, the filter assembly being for filtering gas entering the casing.

7. The indoor unit of claim 6, wherein the filter assembly comprises a filter screen, a rack and pinion mechanism and a driving member mounted on the casing, the rack and pinion mechanism is connected to the filter screen and the driving member, respectively, and the driving member drives the filter screen to extend and retract back and forth at the air inlet through the rack and pinion mechanism.

8. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the casing has two or more air ports formed therein.

9. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the air ports are respectively formed at opposite sides of the casing.

10. An air conditioner characterized by comprising the indoor unit according to any one of claims 1 to 9.