CN111089084B

CN111089084B - Fan installing support and fan subassembly

Info

Publication number: CN111089084B
Application number: CN201811239537.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐玉高; 苏真佑
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-24
Filing date: 2018-10-24
Publication date: 2021-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 2038-10-24
Also published as: CN111089084A

Abstract

The invention discloses a fan mounting bracket and a fan assembly, wherein the fan mounting bracket (1) comprises: a mounting base plate (11) and a side support assembly (12). Wherein, collateral branch supporting component (12) include the edge two collateral branch bracers (121) that lateral separation set up about or the fore-and-aft direction of mounting plate (11), collateral branch bracer (121) are followed mounting plate (11) upwards stretch out in order to strut install in fan (2) between collateral branch bracer (121), collateral branch bracer (121) still be equipped with be used for right spacing front and back limit structure of fan (2) with control limit structure. Compared with the existing fan mounting mode of pushing forwards and backwards or pushing leftwards and rightwards, the invention provides the novel fan mounting bracket which is novel and simple in structure and convenient for the fan to be inserted up and down, so that the fan is more convenient to mount and operate.

Description

Fan installing support and fan subassembly

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a fan mounting bracket and a fan assembly.

Background

Regarding the installation and fixation of the fan of the clothes dryer, the installation mode of pushing back and forth or pushing left and right is generally adopted at present so as to install the fan on the fan installation support to form a fan assembly.

Wherein, the structure of the fan installing support that pushes forward the mounting means in front and back is comparatively complicated, is the cage structure usually, and the structure of the mould of its preparation is also comparatively complicated, has oblique top and slider structure, because the influence of draft moreover, leads to the fan to install to produce behind the fan installing support and rock very easily because of having the installation clearance.

In addition, the fan mounting bracket which is pushed into and mounted from left to right generally needs a unique part structure, is difficult to be integrally arranged with the base, and has a long left-right insertion stroke, so that the fan mounting bracket is inconvenient to operate during mounting.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a fan mounting bracket which is simple in structure, convenient to disassemble and assemble and more stable and reliable in fan mounting effect.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a fan mounting bracket, including:

mounting a bottom plate;

side supporting component, include the edge two side supporting pieces that side direction interval set up about or the fore-and-aft direction of mounting plate, the side supporting piece is followed mounting plate upwards stretches out with strutting install in fan between the side supporting piece, the side supporting piece still be equipped with be used for right spacing front and back limit structure of fan with control limit structure, control limit structure including setting up respectively two side location muscle on the side supporting piece, side location muscle can set up the top of side supporting piece, the top of side supporting piece can for the bottom of side supporting piece produces pre-compaction deformation and is in order to adjust two interval about between the side location muscle.

In one embodiment, the front and rear limiting structures comprise front and rear positioning protrusions spaced apart from each other on the side support blocks.

In one embodiment, the fan mounting bracket further comprises a positioning rib assembly extending upwards from the mounting base plate, and the positioning rib assembly comprises a first bottom positioning rib and a second bottom positioning rib which are arranged on the inner side of the side support block.

Preferably, the positioning rib assembly can be arranged to be capable of lifting up and down to be locked so as to adjust the height of the top positioning surface of the positioning rib assembly.

Further, still including setting up on the fan installing support buckle on the mounting plate, the buckle is used for with the fan is pressed and is detained on the top locating surface of location protruding muscle subassembly.

In one embodiment, the fan mounting bracket further comprises a fastener bracket arranged inside the side support block, and the fastener bracket is provided with a screw mounting hole for fixing the fan.

Preferably, the screw mounting hole is a linear hole extending vertically.

Preferably, an inner side surface of the fastener bracket is formed as a support slope for supporting an outer circumferential portion of the blower.

In addition, the invention also provides a fan assembly, which comprises the fan and the fan mounting bracket, wherein the fan is detachably inserted on the fan mounting bracket from top to bottom.

Compared with the existing fan mounting mode of pushing back and forth or pushing left and right, the novel fan mounting bracket is novel and simple in structure and convenient for the fan to be inserted up and down, so that the fan is more convenient to mount and operate. Wherein, including being used for strutting the fan with spacing collateral branch bracer on mounting plate on the fan installing support at least, simple structure, consequently the mold processing that corresponds is also comparatively simple, need not additionally to set up oblique top or slider structure to fan installing support's location and spacing part no longer receive the influence of draft.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views of a fan mounting bracket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a fan mounting bracket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a top view of a fan mounting bracket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a fan assembly according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a fan assembly according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of section A-A of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the blower; and

fig. 9 is a front view of the fan.

Description of the reference numerals

1 blower mounting bracket 2 blower

11 mounting base plate 12 side support assembly

13 positioning convex rib component 14 fastener

15 fastener support

Positioning bulge at front end of 121-die bearing table cavity 122

123 rear end positioning bulge 124 side positioning rib

130 top positioning surface 131 first bottom positioning rib

132 second bottom positioning rib 150 screw mounting hole

151 supporting ramp

21 first fan mounting plate 22 second fan mounting plate

23 blower outer cover 24 blower mounting hole

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present invention, unless specified to the contrary, use of the terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" or the like are generally described with respect to the orientation shown in the drawings or the positional relationship of the components with respect to each other in the vertical, or gravitational direction. In the present invention, the "front and rear" are the extending directions of the axial direction of the fan, and the "up, down, left, and right" are the extending directions of the radial direction of the fan.

The present invention provides a novel fan mounting bracket, and referring to fig. 1 to 4, the fan mounting bracket 1 includes:

a mounting base plate 11;

the side support assembly 12 includes two side support blocks 121 that set up along the fore-and-aft direction of mounting plate 11 or left and right sides side direction interval, and side support block 121 upwards stretches out from mounting plate 11 in order to strut fan 2 (see fig. 5) of installing between side support block 121, and side support block 121 still is equipped with and is used for spacing front and back limit structure and controlling limit structure to fan 2.

As a reference, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, a conventional fan 2 structure is provided, in which the fan 2 includes a plurality of fan blades and a fan housing 23 disposed outside an outer peripheral portion of the fan blades, a first fan mounting plate 21 and a second fan mounting plate 22 are disposed at front and rear ends of the fan housing 23 in an axial direction, and fan mounting holes 24 for fastening members to pass through are formed in the first fan mounting plate 21 and the second fan mounting plate 22.

Therefore, compared with the existing fan mounting mode of pushing back and forth or pushing left and right, the invention provides the novel fan mounting bracket 1 which is novel and simple in structure and convenient for the fan 2 to be inserted up and down, so that the fan 2 is more convenient to mount and operate. Wherein, fan installing support 1 is last at least including being used for strutting fan 2 and spacing collateral branch bracer 121 on mounting plate 11, mounting plate 11 and collateral branch bracer 121's simple structure, and consequently the mold processing that corresponds is also comparatively simple, need not additionally to set up oblique top or slider structure to fan installing support 1's location and stop part no longer receive the influence of drawing die inclination.

In the illustrated preferred embodiment of the fan mounting bracket 1, two side support blocks 121 are arranged at intervals in the left-right direction, i.e., having a left side support block and a right side support block. Of course, the two side support blocks 121 may be arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction.

After the support of the side supporting block 121 is obtained, further limit fixing is needed. In the illustrated embodiment, as an example, the front and rear stopper structures may include front and rear

end positioning protrusions

122 and 123 provided at intervals on the side support blocks 121, and the left and right stopper structures may include side positioning ribs 124 provided on the two side support blocks 121, respectively.

Specifically, the side positioning ribs 124 may be preferably provided at the top end of the side support block 121, and the top end of the side support block 121 can be pre-compressed and deformed with respect to the bottom end of the side support block 121 to adjust the left and right spacing between the two side positioning ribs 124. In other words, the top end of the side support block 121 can slightly swing elastically to generate the elastic pre-pressure. When the fan 2 is not installed, the left-right spacing between the side positioning ribs 124 at the top ends of the two side support blocks 121 is smaller than the left-right width of the fan 2, and when the fan 2 is installed, the two side support blocks 121 are spread left and right so that the side positioning ribs 124 are pressed against the left and right side walls of the fan 2 with a certain pre-pressure.

Consequently, with the top of side location muscle 124 setting at side braced block 121, when fan 2 from last cartridge between two side braced blocks 121 down, side braced block 121 can rely on the cooperation of the pre-compaction deformation power of itself so that side location muscle 124 pastes tightly on fan 2, replace the guiding mechanism that slides of current slider and slide rail, it is lower to make the requirement, the manufacturing of being more convenient for, thereby reduce the defective rate of product, finally make seamless contact between fan 2 and the fan installing support 1, the phenomenon that can not take place to rock. Of course, the position of the side positioning rib 124 is not limited to be set on the top end of the side support block 121, and may also be set in the middle of the side support block 121, so as to achieve the effect of limiting the installation of the fan 2.

The front end positioning projection 122 and the rear end positioning projection 123 may also be preferably provided at the top end of the side support block 121. That is, the front end positioning protrusion 122, the rear end positioning protrusion 123 and the side support block 121 are disposed at the same top height, so that the side support block 121 is more beautiful in overall structure and more convenient to process. The side support block 121 may be plate-shaped or frame-shaped.

For further strengthening the installation firmness of the fan 2, the fan mounting bracket 1 further comprises a positioning rib assembly 13 extending upwards from the mounting base plate 11, and the positioning rib assembly 13 comprises a first bottom positioning rib 131 and a second bottom positioning rib 132 arranged at the inner side of the side supporting block 121.

When the fan 2 is directly placed on the top wall surface of the installation bottom plate 11, a large contact area is formed between the bottom surface of the fan and the top surface of the installation floor. Compared with the prior art, the fan mounting bracket 1 of the invention has the advantages that the fans 2 are placed on the positioning convex rib component 13, the bottom walls of the fans 2 are in contact with the ribs, the contact surface is smaller, and the installation is more stable. The positioning rib assembly 13 may also include a greater number of positioning ribs spaced apart.

In addition, the positioning rib assembly 13 can be used to further assist in fastening the fan 2, adjusting the installation height of the fan 2 or limiting the installation height of the fan 2.

For example, the positioning rib assembly 13 may be configured to be capable of being lifted and lowered to adjust the height position of the top positioning surface 130 of the positioning rib assembly 13, so that the installation height of the fan 2 can be adjusted. The adjustable structure of the top positioning surface 130 of the positioning rib assembly 13 can be realized in various forms, such as a configurable screw rod mechanism, and the lifting movement of the screw rod nut drives the positioning rib assembly 13 to move up and down correspondingly, so as to adjust the height position of the top positioning surface 130.

Further, the fan mounting bracket 1 may further include a buckle 14 disposed on the mounting base plate 11, and the buckle 14 is used for pressing and buckling the fan 2 on the top positioning surface 130 of the positioning rib assembly 13. Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the buckle 14 can further fix the fan 2 on the fan mounting bracket 1 to clamp the fan 2, and the buckle 14 can cooperate with the positioning rib assembly 13 to adjust the height and tightness of the fan 2 and prevent the fan 2 from loosening and shaking.

The number of the buckles 14 can be multiple, and the buckles are specifically arranged according to actual requirements and installation space. In fig. 1 and 2, four buckles 14 are used, and are divided into two groups arranged in front and back. The buckle 14 can be buckled downwards on the upper edge of the bottom edge of the first fan mounting plate 21 or the second fan mounting plate 22, and the lower edge of the bottom edge of the first fan mounting plate 21 or the second fan mounting plate 22 is supported on the top positioning surface 130 of the positioning convex rib component 13. When protruding muscle subassembly 13 can the oscilaltion locking in location, can place fan 2 earlier on protruding muscle subassembly 13 in location, through adjusting protruding muscle subassembly 13 lift in location, combine 14 fans 2 that can lock from top to bottom of buckle.

In addition, in the fan mounting bracket 1 of the present invention, the fan mounting bracket 1 further includes a fastener bracket 15 disposed inside the side support block 121, and the fastener bracket 15 is provided with a screw mounting hole 150 for fixing the fan 2. Wherein, the fastener support 15 is a reserved structure, that is, when the positioning and clamping force of the side support component 12 and the buckle 14 are not enough or the fixing structure of the buckle 14 is not provided, the blower 2 can be fixed in the screw mounting hole 150 of the fastener support 15 through the fastener, so that the fastener support 15 can play a role of further enhancing the mounting stability of the blower 2, and the fastener support 15 and the side support component 12 and the buckle 14 are independently arranged, so that the blower 2 can be mounted more accurately and firmly. Fastener support 15 sets up in side supporting piece 121 inboard, also can carry out the structural reinforcement to side supporting piece 121 for it is more reliable to strut the side direction of fan 2.

Wherein, in order to further prevent the phenomenon that the repeated positioning and the over-positioning of fan 2 appear, perhaps appear that screw mounting hole 150 can't aim at fan mounting hole 24 (see fig. 8) and take place, screw mounting hole 150 is preferably vertical extension's linear hole to can fix fan mounting hole 24 on the corresponding height of this linear hole correspondingly according to the mounting height of actual fan 2, position adjustment when convenient fastening installation. In addition, the linear hole as the screw mounting hole 150 is lower in manufacturing requirement, more convenient and lower in processing cost than a common circular hole and the like.

Further, the inner side surface of the fastener bracket 15 may be formed as a support slope 151 for supporting the outer circumferential portion of the fan 2, which plays a role in reinforcing the support and stabilization of the fan 2. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the fastener carrier 15 is preferably wedge-shaped with a ramp support surface.

In addition, the invention also provides a fan assembly, as shown in fig. 5 to 7, the fan assembly comprises a fan 2 and the fan mounting bracket 1, and the fan 2 is detachably inserted into the fan mounting bracket 1. Because the fan assembly comprises the fan mounting bracket 1, the fan assembly also comprises all the advantages of the fan mounting bracket 1, and the description is omitted.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present invention within the technical idea of the present invention, and these simple modifications are within the protective scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope of the invention. The invention is not described in detail in order to avoid unnecessary repetition.

In addition, any combination of the various embodiments of the present invention is also possible, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present invention as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A fan mounting bracket, characterized in that the fan mounting bracket (1) comprises:

a mounting base plate (11);

side supporting component (12), including along two side supporting blocks (121) that the fore-and-aft direction of mounting plate (11) or left and right sides side direction interval set up, side supporting block (121) are followed mounting plate (11) upwards stretch out in order to strut install in fan (2) between side supporting block (121), side supporting block (121) still are equipped with and are used for to spacing front and back limit structure and left and right limit structure of fan (2), left and right limit structure is including setting up respectively in two side location muscle (124) on side supporting block (121), side location muscle (124) set up the top of side supporting block (121), the top of side supporting block (121) can for the bottom of side supporting block (121) produces pre-compaction deformation in order to adjust two left and right sides interval between side location muscle (124), fan installing support (1) includes from the protruding muscle subassembly (13) of location that mounting plate (11) upwards stretches out, the positioning convex rib assembly (13) comprises a first bottom positioning rib (131) and a second bottom positioning rib (132) which are arranged on the inner side of the side supporting block (121).

2. The blower mounting bracket of claim 1, wherein the front and rear limiting structures comprise front and rear positioning protrusions (122, 123) spaced apart on the side support blocks (121).

3. The fan mounting bracket of claim 1, wherein the positioning rib assembly (13) is configured to be raised and lowered to lock the positioning rib assembly (13) to adjust the height of the top positioning surface (130).

4. The fan mounting bracket according to claim 1, further comprising a buckle (14) arranged on the mounting base plate (11) on the fan mounting bracket (1), wherein the buckle (14) is used for pressing and buckling the fan (2) on the top positioning surface (130) of the positioning rib assembly (13).

5. The fan mounting bracket according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the fan mounting bracket (1) further comprises a fastener bracket (15) arranged on the inner side of the side support block (121), and the fastener bracket (15) is provided with a screw mounting hole (150) for fixing the fan (2).

6. The fan mounting bracket of claim 5, wherein the screw mounting holes (150) are vertically extending linear holes.

7. The fan mounting bracket according to claim 6, wherein an inner side surface of the fastener bracket (15) is formed as a support slope (151) for supporting an outer circumferential portion of the fan (2).

8. A fan assembly, characterized in that the fan assembly comprises the fan (2) and the fan mounting bracket (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and the fan (2) is detachably inserted in the fan mounting bracket (1) up and down.