CN111750433B - Indoor unit of air conditioner and air conditioner - Google Patents

Indoor unit of air conditioner and air conditioner Download PDF

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CN111750433B
CN111750433B CN201910234829.0A CN201910234829A CN111750433B CN 111750433 B CN111750433 B CN 111750433B CN 201910234829 A CN201910234829 A CN 201910234829A CN 111750433 B CN111750433 B CN 111750433B
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曾威
谭周衡
陈良锐
方健
曾小朗
李金波
杜顺开
谢鹏
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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The invention provides an air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner, wherein the air conditioner indoor unit comprises: the air outlet cavity is provided with an air inlet end and an air outlet end opposite to the air inlet end, and the air passing area of the air outlet end is smaller than that of the air inlet end; the vortex ring generating part includes: a plurality of blades; a bracket assembly on which the blades are mounted, the plurality of blades having a first position closing the airflow passage and a second position opening the airflow passage; and a driving section capable of driving the blade to switch between a first position and a second position; the vortex ring generating part is arranged on one side of the air inlet end, which is far away from the air outlet end, and the driving part drives the blade to switch between the first position and the second position so as to periodically drive air flow to blow out through the air outlet cavity. The vortex ring generating part of the indoor unit of the air conditioner can periodically drive the air flow to be blown out from the air outlet cavity in a vortex ring air flow mode, so that the air supply range and the air supply distance are enlarged, and the energy consumption is reduced.

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Indoor unit of air conditioner and air conditioner
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner.
Background
The conventional air conditioner blows out the air flow after heat exchange through the conventional air outlet of the air conditioner, the air outlet mode is conventional air outlet, the air flow from the conventional air outlet is fixed, the radiation range is short and narrow, large-range air supply cannot be realized, and the use experience of a user is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art or related art.
To this end, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide an indoor unit of an air conditioner.
A second aspect of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner.
In view of this, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising: the air outlet cavity is provided with an air inlet end and an air outlet end opposite to the air inlet end, and the air passing area of the air outlet end is smaller than that of the air inlet end; vortex ring generating part, vortex ring generating part includes: a plurality of blades; a bracket assembly on which the blades are mounted, the bracket assembly defining an airflow channel capable of providing airflow therethrough, the plurality of blades having a first position closing the airflow channel and a second position opening the airflow channel; and a driving section capable of driving the blade to switch between a first position and a second position; the vortex ring generating part is arranged on one side of the air inlet end, which is far away from the air outlet end, and the driving part drives the blade to switch between the first position and the second position so as to periodically drive air flow to blow out through the air outlet cavity.
The invention provides an indoor unit of an air conditioner, which comprises an air outlet cavity and a vortex ring generating part, wherein the air passing area of the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity is smaller than the air passing area of the air inlet end, the vortex ring generating part is arranged on one side of the air inlet end far away from the air outlet end, the vortex ring generating part comprises a plurality of blades, a bracket component and a driving part, the blades are arranged on the bracket component, the bracket component defines an airflow channel capable of flowing air supply flow, the driving part drives the blades to switch between a first position and a second position, so that the vortex ring generating part can periodically drive air flow to blow out from the air outlet cavity, and because the air passing area of the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity is smaller than the air passing area of the air inlet end, the air flowing through the vortex ring generating part is discharged through the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity and forms vortex ring airflow, the air supply range and the air supply distance of the indoor unit of the air conditioner are effectively enlarged, and the vortex ring air flows through the air outlet of the air conditioner, thus the air supply directional transmission is realized. Meanwhile, the wind of the existing air conditioner is discharged in a fixed airflow mode, so that a user has airflow concentration and a sense of body with larger wind force, and the wind is discharged in a vortex ring airflow mode from the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity through the vortex ring generating part, so that the user experience can be enabled to be free from wind sense and blowing, the requirements of old people, children and patients on the air outlet of the air conditioner can be met, the application range of products is further expanded, and the market competitiveness of the products is improved.
In addition, the indoor unit of the air conditioner in the technical scheme provided by the invention can also have the following additional technical characteristics:
In the above technical solution, preferably, each blade is provided with a rotation shaft, and each blade is mounted on the bracket assembly through the rotation shaft and is rotatable about the rotation shaft to open or close the air flow passage.
In this technical scheme, every blade is provided with the pivot, installs the blade on the support subassembly and can revolute the pivot and rotate in order to open or close airflow channel through the pivot, has combined the characteristic that the blade can self rotate effectively to fully utilized the pivot, combined the installation component and the rotation component of blade, simplified the structure, reduced manufacturing cost, and then improved the market competition of product.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the bracket assembly includes: the fixed disk is of an annular structure provided with an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring is provided with first holes distributed in a circular shape, and the outer ring is provided with second holes distributed in a circular shape; the blades comprise inner blades and outer blades which are annularly distributed and sequentially arranged at intervals, and the inner blades and the outer blades can jointly cover the airflow channel; the inner side blade is provided with a first rotating shaft, the outer side blade is provided with a second rotating shaft, the inner side blade is connected with the first hole through the first rotating shaft, and the outer side blade is connected with the second hole through the second rotating shaft; the driving part drives the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft to move in the first hole and the second hole respectively so that the blades rotate to open or close the airflow channel.
In this technical scheme, the support subassembly includes the fixed disk, the fixed disk is for being equipped with the annular structure of inner ring and outer loop, be equipped with the first hole that is circular distribution on the inner ring, be equipped with the second hole that is circular distribution on the outer loop, a plurality of blades are including being annular distribution and the inboard blade and the outside blade of interval arrangement in proper order, inboard blade and outside blade can cover the air current passageway jointly, inboard blade is provided with first pivot, outside blade is provided with the second pivot, inboard blade is connected with first hole through first pivot and makes inboard blade install on the inner ring, outside blade is connected with the second hole through the second pivot and makes outside blade install on the outer loop, make by the inboard blade of installing on the inner ring and the outside blade of installing on the outer loop constitute fan-type structure, drive first pivot and second pivot respectively at first hole and second hole internal motion make the blade rotate in order to open or close the air current passageway, and then make the fan-type structure that inboard blade and outside blade jointly constitute opens or close the air current passageway with the form periodicity of pulse, be favorable to the formation of annular airflow, simultaneously, be favorable to the output range of vortex ring and output wind is good to guaranteeing.
In the above-described aspect, preferably, the driving section includes: the driving disc is arranged on the inner ring, and is provided with a hole cover corresponding to the first hole and used for limiting the movement track of the first rotating shaft in the first hole; the first linkage piece is arranged on the driving disc; a second linkage member disposed on the outer ring; the driving piece works to drive the first linkage piece and the second linkage piece to move so that the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft rotate to enable the inner side blade and the outer side blade to rotate, and the inner side blade and/or the outer side blade reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc to open or close the airflow channel.
In this technical scheme, drive division includes driving disk, first linkage spare and second linkage spare, be provided with the handhole door that is used for restricting first pivot in first downthehole motion orbit corresponding with first hole on the driving disk, set up on the driving disk through first linkage spare, the second linkage spare sets up on the outer loop, the first linkage spare of driving piece work drive and second linkage spare removal make first pivot and second pivot rotate and make inboard blade and outside blade rotatory, simultaneously with inboard blade and/or outside blade along the axis direction reciprocating motion of fixed disk cooperate in order to open or close the air current passageway, make inboard blade and outside blade cooperate and open or close the air current passageway with multiple mode can satisfy the demand of fixed disk different structures, drive division different structures, application scope is extensive.
Further, on one hand, the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft drive the inner side blades and the outer side blades to rotate, and simultaneously the inner side blades are driven to reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc by being matched with the rotation of the first rotating shaft or the outer side blades are driven to reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc by the rotation of the second rotating shaft to open or close the airflow channel; on the other hand, the first rotating shaft drives the inner side blade to reciprocate along the axis direction of the fixed disc and rotate, and meanwhile, the first rotating shaft drives the outer side blade to reciprocate along the axis direction of the fixed disc and rotate to be matched with the outer side blade to open or close the airflow channel, so that the inner side blade and the outer side blade rotate simultaneously and are matched with the inner side blade and/or the outer side blade to move a certain distance along the axis direction of the fixed disc to jointly open or close the airflow channel, further, the inner side blade and the outer side blade are facilitated to rotate while moving, the problem that the inner side blade and the outer side blade cannot rotate due to interference is avoided, the inner side blade and the outer side blade are effectively guaranteed to rotate sensitively and accurately, the airflow channel is further sensitively and accurately opened or closed, the formation of vortex ring airflow is effectively guaranteed, and the satisfaction degree of user use is improved.
In the above-described aspect, preferably, the driving member includes: the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet are arranged on the driving disc and are positioned on two sides of the circle center of the driving disc, and the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet are mutually exclusive to move so that the first linkage piece moves towards the circle center direction of the driving disc and the second linkage piece moves towards the circle center direction deviating from the driving disc.
In the technical scheme, the driving piece comprises a first electromagnet and a second electromagnet, the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet are arranged on the driving disk and are positioned on two sides of the circle center of the driving disk, the first linkage piece moves towards the circle center of the driving disk along the radial direction of the driving disk through mutual exclusion movement of the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet, the first rotating shaft of the inner side blade rotates in the first hole under the limit of the hole cover, the inner side blade further moves and rotates along the axis direction of the fixed disk, the second linkage piece simultaneously moves along the radial direction of the driving disk towards the circle center direction deviating from the driving disk, the second rotating shaft of the outer side blade rotates in the second hole, the outer side blade moves and rotates along the axis direction of the fixed disk, the inner side blade and the outer side blade simultaneously move and rotate to open an airflow channel along the axis direction of the fixed disk, and the airflow flows through the outlet end of the air outlet cavity in a vortex ring airflow mode, and the satisfaction degree of user use is improved. It can be understood that when the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet attract each other to move the first linkage member in the radial direction of the driving disc to the direction away from the center of the driving disc, and simultaneously move the second linkage member in the radial direction of the driving disc to the center of the driving disc, the inner blade and the outer blade can be simultaneously rotated and moved in the axial direction of the fixed disc to close the airflow channel.
The inner side blade and the outer side blade are driven to rotate in the mode of the first electromagnet, the second electromagnet, the first linkage piece and the second linkage piece and move along the axial direction of the fixed disc to open or close the airflow channel, the mutual exclusion and attraction characteristics of the electromagnets are fully utilized, the structure of the driving part is simplified, the inner side blade and the outer side blade can be guaranteed to rotate simultaneously, accurately and sensitively, the airflow channel is accurately and sensitively opened or closed, the formation of vortex ring airflow is promoted, and the reliability of products is improved.
It can be understood that the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet move mutually exclusively to enable the first linkage piece and the second linkage piece to move and enable the inner side blade and the outer side blade to rotate, and meanwhile one of the inner side blade and the outer side blade can be enabled to move along the axis direction of the fixed disc, so that the inner side blade and the outer side blade can be guaranteed to rotate simultaneously, accurately and sensitively, the airflow channel can be opened or closed accurately and sensitively, the formation of vortex ring airflow is promoted, and the reliability of products is improved.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the inner side blade is a concave fan-shaped structure, the outer side blade is a convex fan-shaped structure, and the rotating shaft is opposite to the center of the fan-shaped structure.
In this technical scheme, inboard blade is the fan-shaped structure of indent, and outside blade is the fan-shaped structure of evagination, and the pivot sets up with fan-shaped structure's centre of a circle relatively for install the inboard blade on the inner ring and install the outside blade on the outer loop through the pivot and can constitute fan structure, and inboard blade and outside blade can fully be closed airflow channel when all being located horizontal position, can open airflow channel when inboard blade and outside blade all rotate. Further, the rotating angle of each blade is 90 degrees, and the closed airflow channel is opened by rotating the blades by 90 degrees, so that the wind can be ensured to have a larger flow area, the formation of vortex ring airflow is effectively promoted, the large output range and long output distance of the vortex ring airflow are ensured, and a good wind outlet effect is ensured.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the bracket assembly includes: the fixed disk is provided with an inner ring, first holes distributed in an annular mode are formed in the inner ring, and blades are distributed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring in an annular mode; the rotating shaft comprises a first rod and a second rod, one end of the first rod is connected with the blade, the other end of the first rod is connected with the second rod, an included angle is formed between the first rod and the second rod, and the first rod penetrates through the first hole; the drive part comprises a drive disc, the drive disc and the fixed disc are coaxially arranged, the drive disc can rotate relative to the fixed disc, a first limiting hole corresponding to the first hole is formed in the drive disc, the second rod of the rotating shaft penetrates through the first limiting hole, and the drive disc can drive the second rod and the first rod to rotate around the axis of the first rod.
In this technical scheme, the support subassembly is including the fixed disk that has the inner ring, be provided with the first hole that is annular distribution on the inner ring, the blade is annular distribution in the outer peripheral face of inner ring, the pivot includes first pole and second pole, the one end and the blade of first pole are connected, the other end and the second pole of first pole are connected, first pole and second pole are formed with the contained angle, first hole is worn to locate by first pole, drive disk and fixed disk through drive division coaxial setting and drive disk can rotate relative to the fixed disk, be equipped with the first spacing hole that corresponds with first hole on the drive disk, the second pole of pivot wears to locate first spacing hole, make rotation drive disk can drive second pole and first pole rotatory around the axis of first pole, and then make the blade rotatory opening or closing airflow channel around the axis of first pole, be favorable to the formation of vortex ring air current, and then guarantee good air-out effect.
Further, the first pole is formed with the contained angle with the second pole, and first hole is worn to locate by first pole, and first spacing hole is worn to locate by the second pole for rotate through first hole and first spacing hole to every blade and then open or close air current passageway under the drive of drive division, combined the characteristic that the blade can self rotate effectively, realized opening or closing of air current passageway through simple structure, easily popularization, and the cost is lower, reduced the manufacturing cost of product effectively.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the fixing disc is provided with an arc-shaped groove structure; the driving disc is provided with a protruding structure which can reciprocate in the groove.
In this technical scheme, be provided with on the fixed disk and be curved groove structure, be provided with protruding structure on the driving disk, can reciprocate the operation in groove structure through protruding structure, make driving disk rotate and drive second pole and first pole around the axis rotation of first pole, transmit the rotation of driving disk to the first pole of pivot through simple structure to guaranteed pivot pivoted accuracy and sensitivity effectively, further improved the reliability of product.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the driving part further includes a motor, and a hole adapted to an output shaft of the motor is provided on the driving disc.
In this technical scheme, drive division includes the motor, is provided with the hole with the output shaft looks adaptation of motor on the driving disk, drives the driving disk through the motor and rotates, simple structure, and the transmission is accurate, is favorable to improving the reliability of product. Further, the motor is connected with the wind wheel of the air conditioner and drives the wind wheel to rotate, so that the vortex ring generating part and the wind wheel share one motor, the production cost of products is effectively reduced, meanwhile, the occupied space inside the vortex ring generating part can be reduced, the sufficient space circulation of air flow is facilitated, the formation of vortex ring air flow is facilitated, and good air outlet effect is ensured.
Further, through motor drive driving disk rotation and through the mode drive inboard blade of electro-magnet (first electro-magnet, second electro-magnet) and linkage (first linkage, second linkage) and outside blade rotation and move and combine together to open or close the air current passageway along the axis direction of driving disk, can promote the formation of vortex ring air current greatly, be favorable to increasing the output scope and the output distance of vortex ring air current, guarantee good air-out effect, improve the satisfaction that the user used.
In the above-described aspect, preferably, the driving section includes: the connecting rod mechanism is connected with the driving disc; and the motor is connected with the connecting rod mechanism and used for driving the connecting rod mechanism to move so as to enable the driving disc to rotate.
In this technical scheme, drive division includes the link mechanism who is connected with the driving disk, and the motor is connected with link mechanism, is connected drive driving disk rotation through link mechanism and motor, and the mode is simple, easily realizes, and can guarantee higher transmission precision, and then makes the air current passageway can accurately, sensitively open or close, improves the quality of product. It will be appreciated that the linkage mechanism may be replaced by other mechanisms as required. Further, the rotating speed of the motor can be controlled to enable the blades to rotate at different frequencies, so that the airflow channels can be opened or closed at different frequencies, the output range and the output distance of vortex ring airflow can be adjusted, personalized air outlet is realized, the requirements of different users are met, and the market competitiveness of products is improved.
Further, the motor drives the driving disc to rotate and the electromagnet (the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet) and the linkage piece (the first linkage piece and the second linkage piece) drive the inner side blade and the outer side blade to rotate, and the inner side blade and/or the outer side blade are combined with each other to open or close the airflow channel along the reciprocating movement of the axis direction of the fixed disc, so that the formation of vortex ring airflow can be greatly promoted, the output range and the output distance of the vortex ring airflow are increased, the good air outlet effect is ensured, and the satisfaction degree of user use is improved.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the fixed disk further includes: and a support member disposed between and connecting the inner ring and the outer ring.
In this technical scheme, the fixed disk still includes support piece, sets up between inner ring and outer loop, connects inner ring and outer loop through support piece, avoids the blade to rotate the great and different axle of in-process inner ring and outer loop atress or damage, has improved the reliability of fixed disk effectively, and then has guaranteed the good quality of product, improves the satisfaction that the user used.
In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: the shell, the air inlet and the air outlet are arranged on the shell; the air duct is arranged in the shell and is communicated with the air inlet and the air outlet; the vortex ring generating part is detachably provided at an inner side or an outer side of the housing.
In this technical scheme, air conditioner indoor set includes the casing, air intake and air outlet set up on the casing, the wind channel sets up inside and intercommunication air intake and air outlet of casing for vortex ring generating portion is linked together with the wind channel, and then makes from the wind in the air intake inflow wind channel concentrate, abundant, in succession through vortex ring generating portion by the air-out end discharge of air-out cavity and form vortex ring air current, can promote the formation of vortex ring air current, and guarantee that vortex ring air current output scope is big and output distance is far away, guarantee good air-out effect, promote user's use experience.
The vortex ring generating part is arranged inside or outside the shell in a detachable mode, so that the vortex ring generating part is convenient to install and detach, and meanwhile, maintenance, part replacement and the like of the vortex ring generating part are facilitated, the maintenance efficiency of a product is improved, and the satisfaction degree of user use is improved. Further, the vortex ring generating part is arranged inside and outside the shell, so that the requirements of different structures of the air conditioner can be met, and the application range is wide. Further, the vortex ring generating part may be integrated with the air conditioner.
Further, the fixed disk further comprises an outer ring arranged on the outer side of the inner ring, the outer ring is provided with a mounting hole, the outer ring is mounted on the shell or the air duct through the mounting hole, the vortex ring generating part can be firmly mounted on the shell, and the reliability of a product is improved. Further, be provided with the ear seat on the outer loop, the mounting hole is for setting up in the middle of the ear seat has the screw hole, fixes vortex ring generating part on the casing through the screw, can guarantee that vortex ring generating part is firm, reliably be connected with the casing. It will be appreciated that the outer ring of the vortex ring may be mounted to the housing by other arrangements as may be required.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner including: the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to any one of the above-mentioned aspects.
The air conditioner provided by the invention comprises the air conditioner indoor unit according to any one of the technical schemes, so that the air conditioner indoor unit has all the beneficial effects and is not repeated herein.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
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The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 shows a partial schematic of a vortex ring generator in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the assembly of a stationary disc and a drive disc in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 shows a schematic of the structure of a drive disk in one embodiment according to the invention;
FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of the construction of an inboard blade in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 shows a schematic of the structure of an outboard blade in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 shows a schematic structural view of a stationary plate according to still another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 shows a schematic structural view of a drive disk according to one direction in still another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is a schematic view showing the structure of the driving disk of fig. 7 in another direction according to still another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 shows a schematic structural view of a blade according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing a part of the structure of a vortex ring generating part in accordance with still another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of a configuration in which a vane opens an airflow passage in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12 shows a schematic view of a configuration in which a vane closes an air flow passage in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing a structure in which a vane opens an air flow passage according to still another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 14 is a schematic view showing a structure of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to one direction in one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 15 is a schematic view showing the structure of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to still another direction in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 16 illustrates a left side view of the air conditioner indoor unit shown in FIG. 15 according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 17 illustrates a front view of the air conditioner indoor unit illustrated in fig. 15 according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 18 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the air conditioner indoor unit illustrated in FIG. 15 according to one embodiment of the invention;
fig. 19 shows a top view of the air conditioner indoor unit shown in fig. 15 according to one embodiment of the invention.
The correspondence between the reference numerals and the component names in fig. 1 to 19 is:
100 air outlet cavity, 10 blades, 12 rotating shafts, 122 first rotating shafts, 124 second rotating shafts, 126 first rods, 128 second rods, 102 inner side blades, 104 outer side blades, 20 support components, 22 fixed discs, 222 inner rings, 224 outer rings, 2222 first holes, 2224 groove structures, 2242 second holes, 2244 protruding structures, 226 supporting pieces, 24 driving discs, 242 first limiting holes, 322 first electromagnets, 324 first linkage pieces, 342 second electromagnets, 344 second linkage pieces, 36 linkage mechanisms and 200 air conditioner indoor units.
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In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present application will be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the application will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description. It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
An air conditioner indoor unit 200 and an air conditioner according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 19.
As shown in fig. 1, 10 to 19, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner indoor unit 200 including: the air outlet cavity 100 is provided with an air inlet end and an air outlet end opposite to the air inlet end, and the air passing area of the air outlet end is smaller than that of the air inlet end; a vortex ring generating part (not shown), the vortex ring generating part including: a plurality of blades 10; a bracket assembly 20, the blades 10 being mounted on the bracket assembly 20, the bracket assembly 20 defining an airflow channel capable of providing airflow therethrough, the plurality of blades 10 having a first position closing the airflow channel and a second position opening the airflow channel; and a driving part (not shown) capable of driving the blade 10 to switch between a first position and a second position; the vortex ring generating part is arranged on one side of the air inlet end far away from the air outlet end, and the driving part drives the blade 10 to switch between the first position and the second position so as to periodically drive air flow to blow out through the air outlet cavity 100.
The indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner provided by the invention comprises an air outlet cavity 100 and a vortex ring generating part, wherein the air passing area of the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity 100 is smaller than the air passing area of the air inlet end, the vortex ring generating part is arranged on one side of the air inlet end far away from the air outlet end, the vortex ring generating part comprises a plurality of blades 10, a bracket component 20 and a driving part, the blades 10 are arranged on the bracket component 20, the bracket component 20 defines an airflow channel capable of flowing air supply flow, the driving part drives the blades 10 to switch between a first position and a second position, so that the vortex ring generating part can periodically drive airflow to be blown out by the air outlet cavity 100, and because the air passing area of the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity 100 is smaller than the air passing area of the air inlet end, the air flowing through the vortex ring generating part is discharged through the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity 100 to form vortex ring airflow, the air supply range and the air supply distance of the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner are effectively enlarged, and the air outlet end of the vortex ring airflow is discharged by the air outlet of the air conditioner, so that the air outlet direction of the air conditioner is realized, the air outlet of the air conditioner is changed between the first position and the second position, and the air outlet of the air conditioner is greatly consumed by the same user, and the user experience is greatly reduced. Meanwhile, the wind of the existing air conditioner is discharged in a fixed airflow mode, so that a user has airflow concentration and a sense of large wind force, and the wind is discharged from the wind outlet end of the wind outlet cavity 100 in a vortex ring airflow mode through the vortex ring generating part, so that the user experience can be enabled to be free from wind sense and blowing, the requirements of old people, children and patients on the wind outlet of the air conditioner can be met, the application range of products is further expanded, and the market competitiveness of the products is improved.
As shown in fig. 4, 5 and 9, in one embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that each blade 10 is provided with a rotation shaft 12, and each blade 10 is mounted on a bracket assembly 20 through the rotation shaft 12 and is rotatable about the rotation shaft 12 to open or close an air flow passage.
In this embodiment, each of the blades 10 is provided with a rotation shaft 12, the blades 10 are mounted on the bracket assembly 20 through the rotation shaft 12 and can rotate around the rotation shaft 12 to open or close the air flow passage, the characteristic that the blades 10 can rotate themselves is effectively combined, the rotation shaft 12 is fully utilized, the mounting part and the rotation part of the blades 10 are combined, the structure is simplified, the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the market competitiveness of the product is improved.
As shown in fig. 1,2, 4,5, in one embodiment of the present invention, the bracket assembly 20 preferably includes: the fixing disc 22, the fixing disc 22 is an annular structure provided with an inner ring 222 and an outer ring 224, the inner ring 222 is provided with first holes 2222 distributed in a circular shape, and the outer ring 224 is provided with second holes 2242 distributed in a circular shape; the blades 10 comprise inner blades 102 and outer blades 104 which are annularly distributed and sequentially arranged at intervals, and the inner blades 102 and the outer blades 104 can jointly cover an airflow channel; the inner blade 102 is provided with a first rotating shaft 122, the outer blade 104 is provided with a second rotating shaft 124, the inner blade 102 is connected with the first hole 2222 through the first rotating shaft 122, and the outer blade 104 is connected with the second hole 2242 through the second rotating shaft 124; the driving part drives the first and second rotating shafts 122 and 124 to move within the first and second holes 2222 and 2242, respectively, to rotate the vane 10 to open or close the air flow passage.
In this embodiment, the bracket assembly 20 includes the fixed disk 22, the fixed disk 22 is an annular structure provided with an inner ring 222 and an outer ring 224, the inner ring 222 is provided with a first hole 2222 in circular distribution, the outer ring 224 is provided with a second hole 2242 in circular distribution, the plurality of blades 10 includes an inner blade 102 and an outer blade 104 in annular distribution and orderly arranged at intervals, the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 can jointly cover an airflow channel, the inner blade 102 is provided with a first rotating shaft 122, the outer blade 104 is provided with a second rotating shaft 124, the inner blade 102 is connected with the first hole 2222 through the first rotating shaft 122, the inner blade 102 is installed on the inner ring 222, the outer blade 104 is connected with the second hole 2242 through the second rotating shaft 124, the outer blade 104 is installed on the outer ring 224, the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 installed on the inner ring 224 form a fan-type structure, the first rotating shaft 122 and the second rotating shaft 124 are respectively driven in the first hole 2242 and the second rotating shaft 2242 through a driving part, the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 rotate in the first hole 2242 and the outer blade 104, the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 rotate, the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 form a good vortex-type structure and the vortex-like, the vortex-like structure is formed, the good output and the vortex-like output is formed, the good output cycle is ensured, the output cycle is increased, and the output cycle is ensured, and the output cycle is also is good, and the output is formed.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the driving part includes: a driving disk 24, the driving disk 24 is mounted on the inner ring 222, and a hole cover (not shown) corresponding to the first hole 2222 is provided on the driving disk 24 for limiting a movement track of the first rotation shaft 122 in the first hole 2222; a first link 324 provided on the drive plate 24; a second linkage 344 disposed on the outer ring 224; a driving member (not shown), the driving member operates to drive the first and second link members 324 and 344 to move such that the first and second rotation shafts 122 and 124 rotate such that the inner and outer blades 102 and 104 rotate, and the inner and/or outer blades 102 and 104 reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disk 22 to open or close the air flow passage.
In this embodiment, the driving portion includes a driving disc 24, a first linkage member 324 and a second linkage member 344, a hole cover corresponding to the first hole 2222 and used for limiting the movement track of the first rotating shaft 122 in the first hole 2222 is disposed on the driving disc 24, the first linkage member 324 is disposed on the driving disc 24, the second linkage member 344 is disposed on the outer ring 224, the driving member operates to drive the first linkage member 324 and the second linkage member 344 to move so that the first rotating shaft 122 and the second rotating shaft 124 rotate to rotate the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104, and simultaneously, the driving member cooperates with the inner side blade 102 and/or the outer side blade 104 to reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixing disc 22 to open or close the airflow channel, so that the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 cooperate with each other to open or close the airflow channel in multiple manners can meet the requirements of different structures of the fixing disc 22 and different structures of the driving portion, and the application range is wide.
Further, in one aspect, the first rotating shaft 122 and the second rotating shaft 124 drive the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 to rotate, and simultaneously, the inner blade 102 is driven to reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc 22 by cooperating with the rotation of the first rotating shaft 122 or the outer blade 104 is driven to reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc 22 by the rotation of the second rotating shaft 124 to open or close the airflow channel; on the other hand, the first rotating shaft 122 drives the inner side blade 102 to reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc 22 and rotate, and meanwhile, drives the outer side blade 104 to reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc 22 and rotate to be matched with the second rotating shaft 124 to open or close the airflow channel, so that the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 rotate simultaneously and are matched with the inner side blade 102 and/or the outer side blade 104 to move a certain distance along the axial direction of the fixed disc 22 to jointly open or close the airflow channel, further, the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 move and rotate simultaneously, the problem that the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 cannot rotate due to interference is avoided, the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 can be effectively guaranteed to rotate sensitively and accurately, the airflow channel is sensitively and accurately opened or closed, the formation of vortex ring airflow is effectively guaranteed, and the satisfaction of use by a user is improved.
In the above-described aspect, preferably, the driving member includes: the first electromagnet 322 and the second electromagnet 342 are arranged on the driving disc 24 and are positioned on two sides of the center of the driving disc 24, and the first electromagnet 322 and the second electromagnet 342 are mutually exclusive to move so that the first linkage piece 324 moves towards the center of the driving disc 24 and the second linkage piece 344 moves away from the center of the driving disc 24.
In this embodiment, the driving member includes a first electromagnet 322 and a second electromagnet 342, which are disposed on the driving disc 24 and located at two sides of the center of the driving disc 24, and the first electromagnet 322 and the second electromagnet 342 move mutually to move the first linkage member 324 along the radial direction of the driving disc 24 toward the center of the driving disc 24, so that the first rotating shaft 122 of the inner blade 102 rotates in the first hole 2222 under the limitation of the hole cover, and further the inner blade 102 moves and rotates along the axial direction of the fixed disc 24, and at the same time, the second linkage member 344 moves along the radial direction of the driving disc 24 away from the center of the driving disc 24, so that the second rotating shaft 124 of the outer blade 104 rotates in the second hole 2242, and the outer blade 104 moves and rotates along the axial direction of the fixed disc 24, and the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 simultaneously move along the axial direction of the fixed disc 24 and rotate to open the airflow channel, so that the airflow flows through the outlet end of the air outlet cavity 100 in the form of a vortex ring airflow, thereby improving the user satisfaction. It will be appreciated that when the first electromagnet 322 and the second electromagnet 342 are moved to each other to move the first link 324 in the radial direction of the driving disk 24 away from the center of the driving disk 24 and simultaneously move the second link 344 in the radial direction of the driving disk 24 toward the center of the driving disk 24, the inner vane 102 and the outer vane 104 can be simultaneously rotated and moved in the axial direction of the fixed disk 24 to close the air flow passage.
The inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 are driven to rotate and move along the axial direction of the fixed disc 24 to open or close the airflow channel by means of the first electromagnet 322, the second electromagnet 342, the first linkage member 324 and the second linkage member 344, the mutual exclusion and attraction characteristics of the electromagnets are fully utilized, the structure of the driving part is simplified, the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 can be guaranteed to rotate simultaneously, accurately and sensitively, the airflow channel is accurately and sensitively opened or closed, the formation of vortex ring airflow is promoted, and the reliability of products is improved.
It will be appreciated that the mutual displacement of the first electromagnet 322 and the second electromagnet 342 moves the first linkage member 324 and the second linkage member 344 and rotates the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104, and simultaneously, one of the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 may be moved along the axial direction of the fixed disk 24, which also ensures that the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 rotate simultaneously, accurately and sensitively, thereby opening or closing the airflow channel accurately and sensitively, promoting the formation of the vortex ring airflow, and improving the reliability of the product.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, in one embodiment of the present invention, the inner blade 102 is preferably a concave fan-shaped structure, the outer blade 104 is preferably a convex fan-shaped structure, and the rotating shaft 12 is disposed opposite to the center of the fan-shaped structure.
In this embodiment, the inner blade 102 is of a concave fan-shaped structure, the outer blade 104 is of a convex fan-shaped structure, and the rotating shaft 12 is disposed opposite to the center of the fan-shaped structure, so that the inner blade 102 mounted on the inner ring 222 and the outer blade 104 mounted on the outer ring 224 through the rotating shaft 12 can form a fan structure, and the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 can fully close the airflow channel when both are in the horizontal position, and can open the airflow channel when both the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 rotate. Further, the rotation angle of each blade 10 is 90 degrees, and the closed airflow channel is opened by rotating the blades 10 by 90 degrees, so that the wind can be ensured to have a larger flow area, the formation of vortex ring airflow is effectively promoted, the large output range and long output distance of the vortex ring airflow are ensured, and a good air outlet effect is ensured.
As shown in fig. 6 to 13, in one embodiment of the present invention, the bracket assembly 20 preferably includes: the fixed disk 22, the fixed disk 22 has an inner ring 222, the inner ring 222 is provided with first holes 2222 distributed in a circular shape, and the blades 10 are distributed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring 222 in a ring shape; the rotating shaft 12 comprises a first rod 126 and a second rod 128, one end of the first rod 126 is connected with the blade 10, the other end of the first rod 126 is connected with the second rod 128, an included angle is formed between the first rod 126 and the second rod 128, and the first rod 126 penetrates through the first hole 2222; the driving part includes a driving disc 24, the driving disc 24 and the fixed disc 22 are coaxially arranged, the driving disc 24 can rotate relative to the fixed disc 22, a first limiting hole 242 corresponding to the first hole 2222 is arranged on the driving disc 24, the second rod 128 of the rotating shaft 12 is arranged through the first limiting hole 242, and the driving disc 24 can drive the second rod 128 and the first rod 126 to rotate around the axis of the first rod 126.
In this technical scheme, the bracket assembly 20 includes a fixed disc 22 having an inner ring 222, a first hole 2222 annularly distributed is provided on the inner ring 222, the blades 10 are annularly distributed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring 222, the rotating shaft 12 includes a first rod 126 and a second rod 128, one end of the first rod 126 is connected with the blades 10, the other end of the first rod 126 is connected with the second rod 128, an included angle is formed between the first rod 126 and the second rod 128, the first rod 126 is arranged in the first hole 2222 in a penetrating manner, the driving disc 24 of the driving part is coaxially arranged with the fixed disc 22 and the driving disc 24 can rotate relative to the fixed disc 22, a first limiting hole 242 corresponding to the first hole 2222 is provided on the driving disc 24, the second rod 128 of the rotating shaft 12 is arranged in the first limiting hole 242 in a penetrating manner, so that the rotating driving disc 24 can drive the second rod 128 and the first rod 126 to rotate around the axis of the first rod 126, and further the blades 10 can open or close the airflow channel around the axis of the first rod 126, thus being beneficial to the formation of the vortex ring airflow, and further guaranteeing good wind outlet effect.
Further, the first rod 126 and the second rod 128 form an included angle, the first rod 126 is arranged in the first hole 2222 in a penetrating manner, the second rod 128 is arranged in the first limiting hole 242 in a penetrating manner, so that the rotation of each blade 10 is limited through the first hole 2222 and the first limiting hole 242, and then the airflow channel is opened or closed under the driving of the driving part, the characteristic that the blade 10 can rotate is effectively combined, the opening or closing of the airflow channel is realized through a simple structure, the popularization is easy, the cost is low, and the manufacturing cost of a product is effectively reduced.
As shown in fig. 6 to 8, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the fixing plate 22 is provided with a groove structure 2224 having an arc shape; the drive disk 24 is provided with a boss structure 2244, and the boss structure 2244 is capable of reciprocating within the recess structure 2224.
In this embodiment, the groove structure 2224 is disposed on the fixed disk 22, the protrusion structure 2244 is disposed on the driving disk 24, and the driving disk 24 can reciprocate in the groove structure 2224 through the protrusion structure 2244, so that the driving disk 24 rotates to drive the second rod 128 and the first rod 126 to rotate around the axis of the first rod 126, and the rotation of the driving disk 24 is transmitted to the first rod 126 of the rotating shaft 12 through a simple structure, thereby effectively ensuring the accuracy and sensitivity of the rotation of the rotating shaft 12, and further improving the reliability of the product.
In one embodiment of the invention, the drive section preferably further comprises a motor, and the drive plate 24 is provided with a hole adapted to the output shaft of the motor (not shown).
In this embodiment, the driving part includes a motor, and the driving disc 24 is provided with a hole adapted to an output shaft of the motor, and the driving disc 24 is driven to rotate by the motor, so that the driving part has a simple structure and accurate transmission, and is beneficial to improving the reliability of products. Further, the motor is connected with the wind wheel of the air conditioner and drives the wind wheel to rotate, so that the vortex ring generating part and the wind wheel share one motor, the production cost of products is effectively reduced, meanwhile, the occupied space inside the vortex ring generating part can be reduced, the sufficient space circulation of air flow is facilitated, the formation of vortex ring air flow is facilitated, and good air outlet effect is ensured.
Further, the motor drives the driving disc 24 to rotate and the electromagnet (the first electromagnet 322, the second electromagnet 342) and the linkage piece (the first linkage piece 324, the second linkage piece 344) drive the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 to rotate and move along the axis direction of the driving disc 24 to open or close the airflow channel, so that the formation of the vortex ring airflow can be greatly promoted, the output range and the output distance of the vortex ring airflow can be increased, the good air outlet effect can be ensured, and the satisfaction degree of the user can be improved.
As shown in fig. 10, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the driving part includes: a link mechanism 36 connected to the drive plate 24; a motor (not shown) is coupled to the linkage 36 for driving the movement of the linkage 36 to rotate the drive disk 24.
In this embodiment, the driving part includes a link mechanism 36 connected with the driving disc 24, the motor is connected with the link mechanism 36, and the driving disc 24 is driven to rotate by connecting the link mechanism 36 with the motor, which is simple and easy to implement, and can ensure higher transmission precision, so that the air flow channel can be accurately and sensitively opened or closed, and the quality of the product is improved. It will be appreciated that the linkage mechanism 36 may be replaced by other mechanisms as desired. Further, the rotation speed of the motor can be controlled to enable the blades 10 to rotate at different frequencies, so that the airflow channels can be opened or closed at different frequencies, the output range and the output distance of the vortex ring airflow can be adjusted, personalized air outlet is realized, the requirements of different users are met, and the market competitiveness of products is improved.
Further, the motor drives the driving disc 24 to rotate and the electromagnet (the first electromagnet 322, the second electromagnet 342) and the linkage piece (the first linkage piece 324 and the second linkage piece 344) drive the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 to rotate, and the inner blade and/or the outer blade reciprocate along the axis direction of the fixed disc to open or close the airflow channel, so that the formation of the vortex ring airflow can be greatly promoted, the output range and the output distance of the vortex ring airflow can be increased, the good air outlet effect can be ensured, and the satisfaction degree of the user can be improved.
As shown in fig. 2 and 6, in one embodiment of the present invention, the fixed disk 22 preferably further includes: a support 226 is disposed between the inner ring 222 and the outer ring 224 and connects the inner ring 222 and the outer ring 224.
In this embodiment, the fixing plate 22 further includes a supporting member 226, which is disposed between the inner ring 222 and the outer ring 224, and connects the inner ring 222 and the outer ring 224 through the supporting member 226, so as to avoid the inner ring 222 and the outer ring 224 from being stressed greatly and not coaxial or damaged during the rotation of the blade 10, effectively improving the reliability of the fixing plate 22, further ensuring good quality of the product, and improving the satisfaction degree of the user.
In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the method further includes: a housing (not shown), on which an air inlet (not shown) and an air outlet are provided; an air duct (not shown) disposed inside the housing, the air duct communicating the air inlet and the air outlet; the vortex ring generating part is detachably provided at an inner side or an outer side of the housing.
In this embodiment, the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner includes a housing, an air inlet and an air outlet are disposed on the housing, and an air duct is disposed inside the housing and is communicated with the air inlet and the air outlet, so that the vortex ring generating part is communicated with the air duct, and further the air flowing into the air duct from the air inlet is concentrated, fully and continuously discharged from the air outlet end of the air outlet cavity 100 through the vortex ring generating part to form a vortex ring airflow, so that the formation of the vortex ring airflow can be promoted, the output range of the vortex ring airflow is ensured to be large, the output distance is long, the good air outlet effect is ensured, and the use experience of a user is improved.
The vortex ring generating part is arranged inside or outside the shell in a detachable mode, so that the vortex ring generating part is convenient to install and detach, and meanwhile, maintenance, part replacement and the like of the vortex ring generating part are facilitated, the maintenance efficiency of a product is improved, and the satisfaction degree of user use is improved. Further, the vortex ring generating part is arranged inside and outside the shell, so that the requirements of different structures of the air conditioner can be met, and the application range is wide. Further, the vortex ring generating part may be integrated with the air conditioner.
Further, the fixing plate 22 further comprises an outer ring 224 arranged on the outer side of the inner ring 222, a mounting hole is formed in the outer ring 224, the outer ring 224 is mounted on the shell or the air duct through the mounting hole, the vortex ring generating part can be firmly mounted on the shell, and reliability of products is improved. Further, the outer ring 224 is provided with an ear seat, and the mounting hole is provided with a screw hole in the middle of the ear seat, and the vortex ring generating part is fixed on the shell through a screw, so that the vortex ring generating part can be firmly and reliably connected with the shell. It will be appreciated that the vortex ring outer ring 224 may be mounted to the housing by other arrangements as may be desired.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner including: the indoor unit 200 of an air conditioner according to any one of the above embodiments.
The air conditioner provided by the invention comprises the air conditioner indoor unit 200 according to any one of the technical schemes, so that the air conditioner indoor unit 200 has all the beneficial effects and is not described herein.
In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the vortex ring generating portion includes a plurality of blades 10, the fixed disk 22 is an annular structure provided with an inner ring 222 and an outer ring 224, the inner ring 222 is provided with a first hole 2222 distributed in a circular shape, the outer ring 224 is provided with a second hole 2242 distributed in a circular shape, the plurality of blades 10 includes an inner blade 102 and an outer blade 104 distributed in a circular shape and arranged in sequence, the inner blade 102 is connected with the first hole 2222 through a rotating shaft 12 so that the inner blade 102 is mounted on the inner ring 222, and the outer blade 104 is connected with the second hole 2242 through the rotating shaft 12 so that the outer blade 104 is mounted on the outer ring 224, so that a fan structure is formed by the inner blade 102 mounted on the inner ring 222 and the outer blade 104 mounted on the outer ring 224. Wherein, the first hole 2222 is a slot hole, which plays a limiting role on the rotating shaft 12 of the inner side blade 102 assembled therein, and a circle of groove structure 2224 is arranged on the circumference of the end surface of the inner ring 222; a plurality of supports are arranged between the inner ring 222 and the outer ring 224, a plurality of second holes 2242 are arranged on the outer ring 224, the second holes 2242 are slotted holes, the slotted holes play a limiting role on the rotating shaft 12 of the outer side blades 104 assembled in the slotted holes, a motor shaft hole is arranged in the middle of the fixed disc 22, and the motor shaft hole can rotate along with the same speed of a wind wheel motor of the air conditioner, or can independently rotate at different speeds. The driving disc 24 is disc-shaped, and the driving disc 24 is provided with first limiting holes 242 which correspond to the first holes 2222 on the fixed disc 22 in a circular sequence, and meanwhile, the rotating shaft 12 of the inner side blade 102 is limited, so that the rotating shaft 12 of the inner side blade 102 moves in the opening direction of the first limiting holes 242. The middle of the driving disk 24 is provided with a shaft hole which can be coaxially fixed with a wind wheel of the air conditioner. As shown in fig. 5, each of the inner blade 102 and the outer blade 104 is provided with a rotating shaft 12, the inner blade 102 is defined in a first hole 2222 of the inner ring 222 by the rotating shaft 12, the outer blade 104 is defined in a second hole 2242 of the outer ring 224 by the rotating shaft 12, and the rotating shaft 12 moves in the first hole 2222 and the second hole 2242 along the hole direction under the driving of the linkage piece, so as to realize the opening and closing of the vortex ring generating part. In a specific embodiment, the electromagnet system including the first electromagnet 322 and the second electromagnet 342 is energized, the first electromagnet 322 and the second electromagnet 342 repel each other away along the radius direction of the driving disc 24, and respectively drive the second linkage piece 344 to move outwards, so that the outer side blade 104 is opened, the first linkage piece 324 is driven to move inwards, the inner side blade 102 is opened, and all the inner side blade 102 and the outer side blade 104 are opened; upon de-energization, the electromagnet is reset, the first and second linkages 324 and 344 are reset, and the inside and outside blades 102 and 104 are all closed.
In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the power supply of the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner is powered on, the air outlet is opened, the motor drives the wind wheel to operate, the whole machine is started, the driving disc 24 is driven by the motor to rotate, the electromagnet system is started, the inner side blades 102 arranged on the inner ring 222 and the outer side blades 104 arranged on the outer ring 224 are all opened, namely, the vortex ring generating parts of the fan structure are all opened, the inner side blades 102 and the outer side blades 104 periodically open and close the airflow channels, so that the airflow enters from the air inlet of the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner, and after axial thrust is obtained through the wind wheel and the vortex ring generating parts of the fan structure, vortex ring airflow is formed through the air outlet cavity 100 and blown out from the air outlet, directional propagation of the air supply is realized, and the air supply range and the air supply distance of the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner are effectively enlarged.
In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 6 to 12, the vortex ring generating portion includes a plurality of blades 10, the fixed disk 22 is an annular structure provided with an inner ring 222 and an outer ring 224, the inner ring 222 is provided with first holes 2222 distributed in a circular shape, the first holes 2222 are slotted holes, the slotted holes limit the inner shaft of the blades 10, a circle of groove structures 2244 are arranged on the circumference of the end surface of the inner ring 222, and a plurality of supports are arranged between the inner ring 222 and the outer ring 224; the outer ring 224 is provided with a plurality of ear seats, and a screw hole site is arranged in the middle of the outer ring and can be fixed on the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner; the outer ring 224 is provided with second holes 2242 which are circularly distributed and are used for fixing the outer shafts of the rotating shafts 12 of the blades 10, two ends of each rotating shaft 12 are respectively connected with the first holes 2222 and the second holes 2242 to mount each blade 10 on the fixed disc 22, the driving disc 24 is mounted on the inner ring 222 and connected with the driving part, the driving disc 24 is provided with first limiting holes 242 which correspond to the first holes 2222 and are used for limiting the inner shafts of the blades 10, the surface of the driving disc 24 is provided with cylindrical protruding structures 2244 and reciprocates in the groove structures 2224 of the fixed disc 22, and meanwhile, the surface of the driving disc 24 is provided with screw holes and is used for connecting the driving part which drives the driving disc 24 to rotate. The driving part drives the driving disc 24 to rotate, so that the rotating shaft 12 rotates under the limitation of the first hole 2222 and the first limiting hole 242, the blades 10 are switched between the first position and the second position to open or close the air flow channel, and the air flow is blown out from the air outlet cavity 100 in a pulse mode in a vortex ring air flow mode, so that the air supply range and the air supply distance of the indoor unit of the air conditioner are effectively enlarged, and the satisfaction degree of the use of users is improved.
As shown in fig. 9, the rotating shaft 12 of the vane 10 includes a first rod 126 and a second rod 128, one end of the first rod 126 of the rotating shaft 12 is defined in the first hole 2222 of the inner ring 222, the second rod 128 of the rotating shaft 12 is defined in the first limiting hole 242 of the driving disk 24 and rotates under the rotation of the driving disk 24, and the other end of the first rod 126 of the rotating shaft 12 is defined in the second hole 2242 of the outer ring 224; as shown in fig. 10, the link mechanism 36 drives the driving disc 24 to rotate, the driving disc 24 drives the first rod 126 and the second rod 128 in the first hole 2222 and the first limiting hole 242 to rotate along the axis of the first rod 126 in the process of rotating, so that the blade 10 rotates, the link mechanism 36 is connected and fixed with the driving disc 24 through a screw, and can also be directly fixed together, and the other end of the link mechanism 36 is connected with a motor; fig. 11 is a state where the blades 10 are fully opened, through which flowing air can pass; fig. 12 shows a state where the vane 10 is fully closed, and the flowing air cannot pass through.
In a specific embodiment, a power supply of the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner is electrified, an air outlet is opened, a motor drives a wind wheel to operate, the whole machine is started, a driving part starts to operate, and blades 10 finish opening and closing of an airflow channel within a certain time, so that airflow enters from an air inlet of the air conditioner, passes through the wind wheel and a vortex ring generating part, and forms vortex ring airflow after axial thrust is obtained, and the vortex ring airflow is blown out from the air outlet; the directional propagation of the air supply is realized, the air supply range and the air supply distance of the indoor unit 200 of the air conditioner are effectively enlarged, and the vortex ring generating part blows the air farther under the same air quantity, so that the energy consumption is reduced; meanwhile, cold/hot/wet air can be accurately sent to the designated position of the room to perform regional temperature control, and people moving back and forth in the room can be tracked and accompanied temperature adjustment is given.
As shown in fig. 14 to 19, the air conditioner has two air outlets, and one air outlet located below can be provided with an upper vortex generating part, and the installation mode can be connected in a screw, a buckle or other modes meeting the requirement.
In the present invention, the term "plurality" means two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; "coupled" may be directly coupled or indirectly coupled through intermediaries. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In the description of the present specification, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "particular embodiments," and the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:
The air outlet cavity is provided with an air inlet end and an air outlet end opposite to the air inlet end, and the air passing area of the air outlet end is smaller than that of the air inlet end;
A vortex ring generating portion comprising:
A plurality of blades;
A bracket assembly on which the blades are mounted, the bracket assembly defining an airflow channel capable of providing airflow, the plurality of blades having a first position closing the airflow channel and a second position opening the airflow channel; and
A driving portion capable of driving the blade to switch between the first position and the second position;
The vortex ring generating part is arranged on one side of the air inlet end, which is far away from the air outlet end, and the driving part drives the blade to switch between the first position and the second position so as to periodically drive air flow to blow out through the air outlet cavity;
The bracket assembly includes:
The fixing disc is of an annular structure provided with an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring is provided with first holes distributed in a circular shape, and the outer ring is provided with second holes distributed in a circular shape;
The blades comprise inner blades and outer blades which are annularly distributed and sequentially arranged at intervals, and the inner blades and the outer blades can jointly cover the airflow channel; the inner side blade is provided with a first rotating shaft, the outer side blade is provided with a second rotating shaft, the inner side blade is connected with the first hole through the first rotating shaft, and the outer side blade is connected with the second hole through the second rotating shaft;
The driving part drives the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft to respectively move in the first hole and the second hole so as to enable the blade to rotate to open or close the airflow channel;
The fixed disk further includes: and a support member disposed between and connecting the inner ring and the outer ring.
2. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the indoor unit of the air conditioner,
Each blade is provided with a rotating shaft, and each blade is mounted on the bracket assembly through the rotating shaft and can rotate around the rotating shaft to open or close the airflow channel.
3. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the driving unit includes:
The driving disc is arranged on the inner ring, and is provided with a hole cover corresponding to the first hole and used for limiting the movement track of the first rotating shaft in the first hole;
a first linkage member disposed on the drive plate;
A second linkage member disposed on the outer ring;
The driving piece is used for driving the first linkage piece and the second linkage piece to move so that the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft rotate to enable the inner side blade and the outer side blade to rotate, and the inner side blade and/or the outer side blade reciprocate along the axial direction of the fixed disc to open or close the airflow channel.
4. An indoor unit for an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the driving member comprises:
The first electromagnet and the second electromagnet are arranged on the driving disc and are positioned on two sides of the circle center of the driving disc, and the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet are mutually exclusive to move so that the first linkage piece moves towards the circle center of the driving disc and the second linkage piece moves towards the direction deviating from the circle center of the driving disc.
5. The indoor unit of claim 4, wherein the indoor unit of the air conditioner,
The inner side blade is of a concave fan-shaped structure, the outer side blade is of a convex fan-shaped structure, and the rotating shaft is arranged opposite to the circle center of the fan-shaped structure.
6. The indoor unit of claim 2, wherein the blades are annularly distributed on the outer circumferential surface of the inner ring;
the rotating shaft comprises a first rod and a second rod, one end of the first rod is connected with the blade, the other end of the first rod is connected with the second rod, an included angle is formed between the first rod and the second rod, and the first rod penetrates through the first hole;
The drive part comprises a drive disc, the drive disc and the fixed disc are coaxially arranged, the drive disc can rotate relative to the fixed disc, a first limiting hole corresponding to the first hole is formed in the drive disc, a second rod of the rotating shaft penetrates through the first limiting hole, and the drive disc can drive the second rod and the first rod to rotate around the axis of the first rod.
7. The indoor unit of claim 6, wherein the indoor unit of the air conditioner,
The fixed disc is provided with an arc-shaped groove structure;
The driving disc is provided with a protruding structure, and the protruding structure can rotate in the groove structure in a reciprocating mode.
8. An indoor unit for an air conditioner according to any one of claims 3 to 7,
The driving part further comprises a motor, and a hole matched with an output shaft of the motor is formed in the driving disc.
9. The indoor unit of any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the driving section includes:
The connecting rod mechanism is connected with the driving disc;
And the motor is connected with the connecting rod mechanism and used for driving the connecting rod mechanism to move so as to enable the driving disc to rotate.
10. The indoor unit of any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:
The air inlet and the air outlet of the air conditioner are arranged on the shell;
the air duct is arranged in the shell and is communicated with the air inlet and the air outlet;
The vortex ring generating part is detachably provided at an inner side or an outer side of the housing.
11. An air conditioner, comprising: the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
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