CN111219863A

CN111219863A - Drainage structure, air conditioner base and air conditioner indoor unit

Info

Publication number: CN111219863A
Application number: CN202010102736.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 骆妍; 邵家成; 赵健聪; 罗文君; 曾新成; 刘德茂
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-02-19
Filing date: 2020-02-19
Publication date: 2020-06-02

Abstract

The invention provides a drainage structure, an air conditioner base and an air conditioner indoor unit, relates to the technical field of air conditioners, and solves the technical problem that the drainage effect of the drainage structure of the air conditioner indoor unit is poor. The water draining structure comprises a water receiving part and a water collecting disc which are arranged on a machine body at the lower part of the air duct part, wherein the water receiving part is positioned at the upper part of the water collecting disc, and water in the water receiving part can flow into the water collecting disc and is drained by the water collecting disc; at least one water receiving part and a water collecting disc are positioned on the opposite side of the air duct component, so that the water receiving part and the water collecting disc receive water from different sides of the air duct component. The air conditioner base comprises a base and the drainage structure; the air-conditioning indoor unit comprises the base; the water collecting tray and the water receiving part can receive water on different sides of the air duct component, and the water receiving part positioned on the upper part collects water to the water collecting tray and is convenient to discharge in a centralized manner. The water receiving part and the water collecting disc are combined to form a multi-stage drainage device, water in the air duct component can be received and drained from different sides through different water paths, and the drainage effect is more excellent.

Description

Drainage structure, air conditioner base and air conditioner indoor unit

Technical Field

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

Background

The indoor unit of the air conditioner comprises an air duct component, a moving component, a base component and the like, as shown in figure 1. The air channel part 100 is positioned right above the base part 200, and the moving part 300 is positioned right above the base part 200.

The air duct component is an essential part of the air conditioner and is arranged inside the air conditioner body; in the working process of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, the air duct component and the moving component are air inlet and outlet channels, cold air or warm air is blown out from the air duct, and the cold air or the warm air has temperature difference with the air duct component and the moving component, so that more condensate water can be generated in the air duct component and accumulated at the bottom of the air duct component.

The base part has the functions of supporting the whole machine, fixing the junction box part, the electrical box part, draining water and the like.

The applicant has found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art:

the drainage function of the base part is that water at a certain position or a certain side of the air duct is only collected singly and is drained through the drainage pipe by utilizing a single-stage waterway at present, water at other sides of the air duct part cannot be drained, and the drainage is not thorough. If the drainage is not thorough, the water produced by the air conditioner drips on the electric appliance box and the junction box to produce potential safety hazards of the electric appliance, and the water flows to the floor of a user to influence the use experience of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a drainage structure, an air conditioner base and an air conditioner indoor unit, and aims to solve the technical problem that the drainage effect of the drainage structure of the air conditioner indoor unit is poor in the prior art; the technical effects that can be produced by the preferred technical scheme in the technical schemes provided by the invention are described in detail in the following.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:

the invention provides a drainage structure, which comprises a water receiving part and a water collecting disc which are arranged on a machine body at the lower part of an air duct component, wherein:

the water receiving part is positioned at the upper part of the water collecting tray, and water in the water receiving part can flow into the water collecting tray;

at least one water receiving part and the water collecting disc are positioned on the opposite sides of the air duct component, so that the water receiving part and the water collecting disc receive water from different sides of the air duct component.

Preferably, the water receiving part and the water collecting tray are stored on four sides of the air duct component to receive water from the periphery of the air duct component.

Preferably, the water receiving portions are arranged on three sides of the air duct component, the water collecting tray is arranged on the fourth side of the air duct component, and all the water receiving portions are communicated with the water collecting tray.

Preferably, the water catchment disc is arranged obliquely downwards from the machine body to the outside, and a drain hole for connecting a drain pipe is arranged at the lowest position of the water catchment disc.

Preferably, the water receiving part comprises a first water receiving tray, the first water receiving tray is arranged on the front side and the left side of the air duct component, and the first water receiving tray is obliquely and downwards arranged.

Preferably, a drainage structure for draining water to the water collecting tray is arranged on the first water collecting tray.

Preferably, the drainage structure comprises: overflow hole and drainage rib, wherein: the overflow hole is located the lowest of first water collector, the drainage rib intercommunication the overflow hole with catchment dish.

Preferably, the water receiving part further comprises a second water receiving tray capable of receiving right water from the air duct component, and the second water receiving tray extends from the right side of the air duct component to be communicated with the water collecting tray.

Preferably, the second water pan is lower than the first water pan and is located adjacent to the moving part of the air outlet of the air conditioner.

Preferably, the second water pan is arranged obliquely downwards, and a water outlet of the second water pan is positioned at the upper part of the water collecting pan.

Preferably, the water receiving portion further comprises a water flowing channel, the water flowing channel is arranged on the front side of the air duct component and located on the upper portion of the moving component of the machine body, and a water discharging port used for discharging water and guiding the water to the water collecting tray is arranged on the water flowing channel.

Preferably, the water catchment plate is stepped, and the water discharge hole is located at the lowest step position.

The invention also provides an air conditioner base which comprises a base and the drainage structure arranged on the base.

The invention also provides an air conditioner indoor unit which is characterized by comprising the air conditioner base.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. the drainage structure provided by the invention is arranged on the machine body at the lower part of the air duct component through the water receiving part and the water collecting disc, and ensures that at least one water receiving part and the water collecting disc are positioned at different sides of the air duct component, the water collecting disc and the water receiving part can receive water at different sides of the air duct component during working, and the water receiving part positioned at the upper part collects water to the water collecting disc in the water collecting disc so as to be conveniently and intensively discharged. The water receiving part and the water collecting disc are combined to form a multi-stage drainage device, water in the air duct component can be received and drained from different sides through different water paths, and the drainage effect is more excellent.

2. The air conditioner base provided by the invention has the drainage structure, so that the drainage effect of the air conditioner base is more excellent.

3. The air-conditioning indoor unit provided by the invention has the air-conditioning base, so that the drainage effect of the air-conditioning indoor unit is more excellent, and the influence of water flowing to a user bottom plate on the use effect is prevented.

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 drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the indoor unit body of the air conditioner of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an overall structural front view of an indoor unit body of an air conditioner;

FIG. 3 is an overall schematic view of a drainage structure on an air conditioner base;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the distribution of drainage structures on the rear side of an air conditioning base;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a drainage structure on the first drip tray;

fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the first water pan and the water channel;

fig. 7 is a distribution schematic diagram of the first water pan and the water channel on the front side of the air conditioner base.

In the figure: 100. an air duct member; 200. a base member; 300. a moving part;

11. a first water pan; 111. an overflow aperture; 112. conducting flow to the ribs; 12. a second water pan; 13. a water flow channel; 131. a water outlet; 3. a water catchment tray; 31. and (4) draining the water.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described in detail below. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the examples given herein without any inventive step, are within the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "height", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "side", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the equipment or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the overall structure of the cabinet air conditioner is shown, and the cabinet air conditioner includes an air duct component 100, a moving component 300 and a base component 200, where the air duct component 100 is located right above the base component 200, the moving component 300 is located right above the base component 200, and the moving component 300 in the figure is a fan blade, a motor, etc. disposed at an air outlet of the air conditioner. The base member 200 is a portion of the lower portion of the entire air channel member 100 for supporting the whole machine. In the working process of the air conditioner, because the air duct component 100 is a channel for air inlet and outlet, water is easy to accumulate in the air duct component 100 and is stored at the bottom of the air duct component.

In order to better receive and drain water, the present embodiment provides a drainage structure, which is shown in fig. 1 to 7, and for convenience of description, the viewing angle in fig. 2 is taken as the front side of the machine body, and the remaining sides correspond to each other. In the plan views of fig. 2, 4, 5 and 7, fig. 2 and 7 show the front side of the air channel member 100, and fig. 4 and 5 show the rear side of the air channel member 100.

This drainage structures is including setting up water receiving portion and catchment dish 3 on wind channel part 100 lower part organism, wherein: the water receiving part is positioned at the upper part of the water collecting tray 3, and water in the water receiving part can flow into the water collecting tray 3 and is discharged by the water collecting tray 3;

at least one water receiving portion and water collection tray 3 are located on opposite sides of air duct member 100 such that water receiving portion and water collection tray 3 receive water from different sides of air duct member 100.

The water catchment tray 3 functions as follows: the water collecting tray 3 is fixed to the body, receives water from the water receiving portion of the air duct member 100, and discharges the water.

Wherein, the water receiving part is positioned at the upper part of the water collecting tray 3 so as to lead the water of the water receiving part to flow into the water collecting tray 3 and then be discharged together. Preferably, the two are fixed on the machine body in a detachable connection mode.

The number of the water receiving parts can be one or more, but it should be ensured that at least one water receiving part and the water collecting tray 3 are positioned at different sides of the air duct component 100, so as to receive water in different water paths of the air duct component 100, and the water receiving and draining effects are better.

As an alternative embodiment, water receiving portions and water catchment trays 3 are present on four sides of the air duct member 100 to receive water from the surroundings of the air duct member 100.

In other words, the number of the water receiving portions may be multiple, the arrangement positions of the multiple water receiving portions and the air duct member 100 should be present on four circumferential sides of the air duct member 100, and the water receiving portions or the water collecting trays 3 are present on all four sides of the bottom of the air duct member 100, so that water from the air duct member 100 can be received more comprehensively. Such as: the water catchment tray 3 is disposed at the rear side of the air duct component 100, the number of the water receiving portions is two or three, and all the water receiving portions can extend to the other three sides of the air duct component 100. Alternatively, the water collection tray 3 may extend to both sides of the air duct member 100, and the water receiving portion may be present on the remaining both sides of the air duct member 100.

As an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 1, the water receiving portions are present on three sides of the circumferential direction of the air duct member 100, the water collection tray 3 is located on the fourth side of the air duct member 100, and all the water receiving portions are communicated with the water collection tray 3.

It should be understood that the sides or which sides of the water receiving portion on the machine body can be adjusted according to actual conditions, and are not particularly limited. The water receiving parts in this embodiment are located on the front side, the left side and the right side of the lower body of the air duct component 100, and the water collecting tray 3 is located on the rear side of the lower body of the air duct component 100.

In order to facilitate the water collection tray 3 to discharge water after receiving each waterway, as an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the water collection tray 3 is disposed obliquely downward from the machine body to the outside, and a drain hole 31 for connecting a drain pipe is provided at the lowest position of the water collection tray 3.

The downward inclination of the catchment tray 3 can facilitate the water to flow to the drain hole 31 at the lowest position quickly, and the drain hole 31 is connected with the drain pipe to facilitate the timely drainage of the water in the catchment tray 3.

The water receiving part can adopt the forms of a water receiving tray or a water receiving channel and the like, and can be specifically selected according to the layout of other parts of the machine body. As an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the water receiving portion includes a first water receiving tray 11, the first water receiving tray 11 is disposed on the front side and the left side of the air duct member 100, and the first water receiving tray 11 is disposed obliquely downward.

The above-mentioned water-receiving tray is located on the lower body of the air duct component 100 and can receive water from the front side and the left side of the air duct component 100, and the first water-receiving tray 11 is communicated with the water-collecting tray 3 to form a first water path flowing into the water-collecting tray 3, as shown in fig. 4.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, since the first water-receiving pan 11 is located at the upper portion of the water-collecting pan 3 and has a certain height difference, in order to facilitate that water in the first water-receiving pan 11 can accurately flow into the water-collecting pan 3 below, as an alternative embodiment, a drainage structure for draining water to the water-collecting pan 3 is provided on the first water-receiving pan 11.

Above-mentioned drainage structure's setting can be convenient for water in the first water collector 11 from specific position drainage to catchment dish 3, forms steady orderly water route, prevents to influence the normal operating of other each parts of organism.

As an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the drainage structure comprises: overflow apertures 111 and drainage ribs 112, wherein: the overflow hole 111 is positioned at the lowest part of the first water collecting tray 11, and the drainage rib 112 is communicated with the overflow hole 111 and the water collecting tray 3.

Wherein, the concrete position of overflow hole 111 has decided the water in the first water collector 11 from this department flows out, and drainage rib 112 can guide the flow direction of water, makes water more steady, the accurate specific position department that flows to catchment dish 3.

As an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 1, 3-5, the water receiving portion further includes a second water receiving tray 12 capable of receiving right water from the air duct member 100, the second water receiving tray 12 is a channel structure, and the second water receiving tray 12 extends from the right side of the air duct member 100 to communicate with the water collecting tray 3.

Specifically, as described with reference to fig. 3 and 4, the second water receiving pan 12 extends from the right side of the air duct member 100 to the rear side of the water collecting pan 3, that is, the second water receiving pan 12 guides water into the water collecting pan 3 by its own extending direction. The second drip tray 12 is used for receiving water on the right side of the air channel member 100 and forming a second water path into the drip tray 3, as shown in fig. 4.

In order to be able to receive water from the moving part 300 at the lower air outlet at the same time, as an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 6, the second water-receiving tray 12 is positioned lower than the first water-receiving tray 11 and the second water-receiving tray 12 is positioned adjacent to the moving part 300 of the lower air outlet of the air conditioner.

The water receiving part can form an upper and a lower two-stage water receiving structure, and the second water receiving tray 12 is positioned at the lower part of the first water receiving tray 11, so that water can be received and drained more comprehensively.

In order to facilitate the water in the second drip pan 12 to flow into the drip pan 3 more rapidly, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, as an alternative embodiment, the second drip pan 12 is disposed obliquely downward and the drain opening of the second drip pan 12 is located at the upper portion of the drip pan 3.

According to the actual layout of each part of the machine body, as an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 1, 2, 4 and 5, the water receiving part further includes a water flowing channel 13, the water flowing channel 13 is disposed at the front side of the air channel part 100 and is located at the upper part of the moving part 300 of the machine body, and the water flowing channel 13 is provided with a water discharging port 131 for discharging water and guiding the water to the water collecting tray 3.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 6, the water flow channel 13 is disposed at a position close to the right of the front side of the air duct member 100 (on the upper portion of the moving member 300), the first water receiving tray 11 receives the water flow channel 13, and the first water receiving tray 11 and the water flow channel 13 can receive water from the front side of the air duct member 100. As shown in fig. 6 and 4, the water flow channel 13 extends from the front side of the air channel member 100 to the rear side of the air channel member 100, and water received by the water flow channel member flows downstream to the rear side of the air channel member 100 and can be collected into the water catch tray 3. The water in the water channel 13 is used to receive the water on the right side of the front side of the air channel part 100 and form a third water path, and the water is collected into the water collecting tray 3 and discharged.

In order to facilitate rapid drainage of the catchment tray 3, as an alternative embodiment, see fig. 4, the catchment tray 3 is stepped and the drainage hole 31 is located at the lowest step position.

In this embodiment, the water collecting tray 3 can receive water from the first water collecting tray 11, the second water collecting tray 12, the water flow channel 13 and the rear side of the air duct member 100, and the water in the water paths is collected in the water collecting tray 3 and rapidly flows to the lowest step position to be discharged by the drain hole 31 connected with the drain pipe.

The drainage structure in this embodiment utilizes a multi-stage drainage device, and can receive water from different positions on the air channel member 100 or the air channel member 100 and the moving member 300 and form a plurality of water paths to be collected and drained.

With the drainage structure in this embodiment, water flowing down from the air channel part 100 and the moving part 300 can be divided into three water paths, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the flow direction of the three water paths is shown in fig. 4, the flow direction of the third water path is shown in fig. 5, wherein the direction of the arrow indicates the water flow direction.

The first water path is mainly water on the left side and the left side of the front side of the air duct component 100, the second water path is water on the right side of the air duct component 100, and the third water path is water on the right side of the front side of the air duct component 100. The flow direction of the specific water in each waterway is as follows:

a first water path: the water on the front side and the left side of the air duct component 100 flows to the first water receiving tray 11, flows to the right side of the water collecting tray 3 through the overflow holes 111 and the drainage ribs 112 on the first water receiving tray 11, is discharged through the steps of the water collecting tray 3, and flows to the drain holes 31 in the lowest step to be discharged, as shown in fig. 4 (the right first water path in fig. 4);

a second water path: the water on the right side of the air channel member 100 flows to the second water-receiving tray 12, and the second water-receiving tray 12 has a certain downward inclination angle, so that the water is discharged from the water discharge hole 31 after rapidly flowing to the third water-receiving tray, as shown in fig. 4 (the first water path on the left side in fig. 4).

A third water path: the water on the right side of the front side of the air channel component 100 flows to the water flowing channel 13, the water in the water flowing channel 13 flows to the water collecting tray 3 on the rear side of the air channel component 100 through the water discharging port 131 and along the side wall of the machine body, and then is discharged through the water discharging hole 31; as shown in fig. 4 (middle waterway of fig. 4), fig. 5 and fig. 6.

In the drainage structure of the present embodiment, the first water-receiving tray 11, the second water-receiving tray 12, the water flow channel 13 and the water collecting tray 3 on different sides of the air duct component 100 are used to form a multi-stage drainage structure, so that water from the air duct component 100 or the air duct component 100 and the moving component 300 can be received more comprehensively; and is collected to the water collection disc 3 through each waterway to quickly discharge water. Further eliminates the potential safety hazard of the electric appliance caused by the water produced by the air conditioner dropping on the electric appliance box and the junction box, and avoids the water flowing on the floor of the user.

Example 2

The embodiment provides an air conditioner base, and as shown in fig. 3-7, the air conditioner base comprises a base and the drainage structure arranged on the base.

The air conditioner base provided by the embodiment has the drainage structure, so that the drainage effect of the air conditioner base is more excellent.

Example 3

The embodiment provides an air conditioner indoor unit, which is shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2 and comprises the air conditioner base.

The air-conditioning indoor unit provided by the embodiment has the air-conditioning base, so that the drainage effect of the air-conditioning indoor unit is more excellent, and the effect of water flowing to a user bottom plate on use is prevented from being influenced.

The particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a drainage structures, its characterized in that is including setting up water receiving portion and the dish that catchments on wind channel part lower part organism, wherein:

the water receiving part is positioned at the upper part of the water collecting tray, and water in the water receiving part can flow into the water collecting tray and is discharged by the water collecting tray;

2. The drain structure according to claim 1, wherein the water receiving portion and the water catch tray are stored on four sides of the air duct member to receive water from the periphery of the air duct member.

3. The drain structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the water receiving portions are present on three sides of the air duct member, and the water catch tray is located on a fourth side of the air duct member, and all of the water receiving portions communicate with the water catch tray.

4. The drainage structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the catchment tray is provided obliquely downward from the machine body to an outer side, and a drainage hole for connecting a drainage pipe is provided at a lowest position of the catchment tray.

5. The drainage structure of claim 1, wherein the water receiving portion comprises a first water receiving pan disposed at the front and left sides of the air duct member and disposed obliquely downward.

6. A drainage arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the first water-receiving tray is provided with a flow directing arrangement for directing water to the water-collecting tray.

7. The drainage structure of claim 6, wherein the drainage structure comprises: overflow hole and drainage rib, wherein: the overflow hole is located the lowest of first water collector, the drainage rib intercommunication the overflow hole with catchment dish.

8. The drain structure of claim 5, wherein the water receiving portion further comprises a second water receiving pan operable to receive water from the right side of the air duct member, the second water receiving pan extending from the right side of the air duct member to communicate with the water collection pan.

9. The drain structure of claim 8, wherein the second drip pan is positioned lower than the first drip pan and is positioned adjacent to the moving part of the lower air outlet of the air conditioner.

10. The drain structure of claim 8, wherein the second drip pan is disposed obliquely downward and the drain opening of the second drip pan is located at an upper portion of the drip pan.

11. The drainage structure according to claim 1 or 5, wherein the water receiving portion further includes a water flow passage provided at a front side of the air duct member and at an upper portion of the moving member of the body, and the water flow passage is provided with a water discharge port for discharging and guiding water to the water collection tray.

12. The drainage structure according to claim 4, wherein the drip tray is stepped, and the drainage hole is located at a lowermost step position.

13. An air conditioner base comprising a base and the drainage structure of any one of claims 1 to 12 provided on the base.

14. An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising the air conditioning base of claim 13.