CN111750517A - Filter screen fixing structure and air conditioner - Google Patents

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CN111750517A
CN111750517A CN201910243829.7A CN201910243829A CN111750517A CN 111750517 A CN111750517 A CN 111750517A CN 201910243829 A CN201910243829 A CN 201910243829A CN 111750517 A CN111750517 A CN 111750517A
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李新亮
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract

The invention discloses a filter screen fixing structure which comprises a shell and a filter screen assembly arranged at the top of the shell, wherein a driving assembly is arranged in the shell and drives the filter screen assembly to ascend from one side of the shell to be installed at the top of the shell or descend from the top of the shell to one side.

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Filter screen fixing structure and air conditioner
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of machinery, in particular to a filter screen fixing structure and an air conditioner.
Background
Along with the improvement of economic level of people, the air conditioner is used by every family, as is well known, an air conditioner filter screen needs to be cleaned after being used for a certain time, the existing wall-mounted air conditioner product is fixed at a certain height, when the filter screen needs to be cleaned, the filter screen needs to be manually lifted, taken out and cleaned, the operation difficulty is high, and the filter screen is not easy to take out when being arranged in a machine.
For example, chinese patent application publication No. CN206531264U discloses a filter screen device, which includes: the filter screen assembly is arranged in the casing, a self-locking switch is arranged on the casing, a clamping block matched with the self-locking switch is arranged on the filter screen assembly, and the filter screen assembly is locked or released on the casing under the matching of the self-locking switch and the clamping block. Also discloses an air conditioner, which is provided with the filter screen device. The self-locking switch is arranged, so that when the filter screen assembly is assembled in place, the clamping block is positioned at the limiting position of the self-locking switch, and the self-locking function is realized. When this filter screen subassembly needs clean, need ascend a height and press the filter screen subassembly outside or baffle just can take out, the operation degree of difficulty is great.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a filter screen fixing structure and an air conditioner, which can automatically lift a filter screen assembly without ascending a height and realize that a user can easily take out and clean the filter screen assembly.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: a filter screen fixing structure comprises a shell and a filter screen assembly arranged at the top of the shell, wherein a driving assembly is arranged in the shell and drives the filter screen assembly to ascend and mount to the top of the shell or descend from the top of the shell to one side.
Further, preferably, drive assembly includes the transmission band, transmission band one end with install winding assembly in the casing links to each other, the other end with filter screen subassembly is connected, the transmission band is through installing motor drive in the casing removes, through motor drive the transmission band removes and drives filter screen subassembly goes up and down filter screen subassembly lift in-process, winding assembly is right the transmission band carries out the rolling and releases.
More preferably, in a state that the conveying belt is rolled by the winding assembly, the conveying belt is flush with the top plane of the housing, and as the winding assembly releases the conveying belt, the conveying belt covers the side surface of the housing and automatically hangs down under the action of gravity to form a moving track of the filter screen assembly.
More preferably, the motor drive driving gear rotates, be equipped with in the casing with the driven gear that the action wheel parallel and level set up, transmission band one side be equipped with the driving gear and driven gear engaged with's sawtooth.
More preferably, the winding assembly comprises a mounting box mounted in the shell, a spring is arranged in the mounting box, and the spring is connected with one end of the transmission belt.
More preferably, the winding assembly includes a rotating shaft installed in the housing, the rotating shaft being connected to one end of all the conveyor belts.
More preferably, both ends of the rotating shaft are connected with the two inner side walls of the shell through bearings.
More preferably, the filter screen subassembly includes the filter screen, be equipped with the bearer bar outside the filter screen, the bearer bar with transmission band one end is connected.
More preferably, the protective frame comprises an upper plate and a lower plate, the upper plate and the lower plate are all hollowed through a plurality of through holes, three sides of the upper plate and the lower plate are all connected, and the other side is provided with an opening for inserting the filter screen.
An air conditioner comprises the filter screen fixing structure.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the invention, the automatic lifting of the filter screen assembly is realized through the driving assembly, so that a user can conveniently disassemble and clean the filter screen.
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FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural view of a filter screen fixing structure according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a second schematic structural view of a filter screen fixing structure according to the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the protection frame of the present invention.
The reference numbers in the figures illustrate: 1. the device comprises a shell, 2, a filter screen, 3, a transmission belt, 31, sawteeth, 41, a motor, 42, a driving gear, 50, a rotating shaft, 51, a mounting box, 52, a clockwork spring, 53, a bearing, 6, a protective frame, 61, an upper plate, 62, a lower plate, 63, a through hole, 64, an opening, 7, a driving gear, 100 and a wall body.
Detailed Description
The present invention is further described below in conjunction with the following figures and specific examples so that those skilled in the art may better understand the present invention and practice it, but the examples are not intended to limit the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, the embodiment discloses a filter screen fixing structure, which includes a housing 1 and a filter screen assembly on the top of the housing 1, the filter screen assembly is inserted into the top of the housing 1 from one side of the top of the housing 1, the other side of the housing 1 is mounted on a wall 100, a driving assembly is disposed in the housing 1, the driving assembly includes a transmission belt 3, the transmission belt 3 is driven by a motor 41 mounted in the housing 1 to move, the motor 41 drives a driving gear 42 to rotate, a driven gear 7 is disposed in the housing 1, the driven gear 7 is rotatably disposed on the inner wall of the housing 1, the driven gear 7 and the driving gear 42 are located on the same horizontal plane, a sawtooth 31 engaged with the driving gear 42 and the driven gear 7 is disposed on one side of the transmission belt 3, the transmission belt 3 is made of rubber materials and automatically hangs downwards under the action of gravity to form a movement track of the filter screen assembly, at least one group of driving assemblies are arranged on each driving assembly, one end of each transmission belt 3 is connected with a winding assembly arranged in the shell 1, the other end of each transmission belt is connected with the filter screen assembly, the driving gear 42 is driven by the motor 41 to rotate to drive the transmission belt 3 to move so as to drive the filter screen assembly to lift, the filter screen assembly lifts on one side of the shell 1, and the winding assembly winds and unwinds the transmission belt 3 in the lifting process of the filter screen assembly;
when the conveying belt 3 is wound by the winding assembly, the conveying belt 3 is flush with the top plane of the shell 1, and along with the unwinding of the winding assembly to the conveying belt 3, the conveying belt 3 covers the side surface of the shell 1 and automatically hangs down under the action of gravity to form a moving track of the filter screen assembly;
the winding assembly comprises a mounting box 51 mounted in the shell 1, a spring 52 is arranged in the mounting box 51, one end of the center of the spring 52 is fixed in the mounting box 51, the other end of the spring 52 is connected with one end of the conveying belt 3, and in order to prevent the spring 52 from generating deflection to both sides during winding, baffles can be respectively arranged on both sides of the spring 52 for blocking;
the motor 41 rotates forward and backward to drive the driving gear 42 to rotate, the transmission belt 3 is driven by the motor 41 to move upwards or downwards, the transmission belt 3 moves downwards to drive the filter screen assembly to move downwards from the top of the shell 1 to one side of the shell 1, so that people can conveniently take the filter screen assembly, at the moment, along with the pulling of the transmission belt 3, the clockwork spring 52 in the mounting box 51 is tightened, when the transmission belt 3 moves upwards, the filter screen assembly also moves upwards, the clockwork spring 52 expands under the action of elastic potential energy to re-wind the transmission belt 3 on the clockwork spring 52 for rolling, and when the filter screen assembly moves to the vicinity of the driving gear 42, the filter screen assembly is converted from a vertical state to a horizontal state to be inserted into the top of;
further, the filter screen assembly comprises a filter screen 2, in order to protect the filter screen 2 in the transmission process and prevent the filter screen 2 from deforming, a protection frame 6 is arranged outside the filter screen 2, the protection frame 6 is connected with one end of the transmission belt 3, in order to enable the filter screen 2 to reach the top of the shell 1, the protection frame 6 can also move along with the rotation of the driving gear 42 so as to reach the specified position and ensure the filtering effect, and one end of the transmission belt 3 is connected to the bottom end of the protection frame 6;
as shown in fig. 3, the protection frame 6 comprises an upper plate 61 and a lower plate 62, the upper plate 61 and the lower plate 62 are both hollowed through a plurality of through holes 63, three sides of the upper plate 61 and the lower plate 62 are connected, the other side is provided with an opening 64 for inserting the filter screen 2, the filter screen 2 is conveniently taken through the opening 64, and in the lifting process of the protection frame 6, one side with the opening 64 is always positioned at the top of the protection frame 6;
the filter screen fixing structure can be applied to an air conditioner, and the shell 1 is an air conditioner shell of an air conditioner indoor unit, so that the filter screen 2 on the top of the air conditioner shell can be conveniently cleaned and replaced.
Referring to fig. 2, the present embodiment discloses a filter screen fixing structure, which includes a housing 1 and a filter screen assembly, the filter screen assembly is inserted into the top of the housing 1 from one side of the top of the housing 1, a driving assembly is disposed in the housing 1, the driving assembly includes at least two sets of driving assemblies, the driving assemblies include a transmission belt 3, the transmission belt 3 is driven by a motor 41 mounted in the housing 1 to move, the motor 41 drives a driving gear 42 to rotate, a driven gear 7 is disposed in the housing 1, the driven gear 7 is disposed on the inner wall of the housing 1 in order to ensure that the filter screen assembly can move horizontally or in a direction similar to the horizontal direction after reaching the top of the housing 1, the driven gear 7 is rotatably disposed on the inner wall of the housing 1, the driven gear 7 and the driving gear 42 are located on the same horizontal plane, one side of the, the conveying belt 3 is made of rubber materials and automatically hangs downwards under the action of gravity to form a moving track of a filter screen assembly, one end of the conveying belt 3 is connected with a winding assembly installed in the shell 1, the other end of the conveying belt is connected with the filter screen assembly, the driving gear 42 is driven by the motor 41 to rotate to drive the conveying belt 3 to move so as to drive the filter screen assembly to lift, the filter screen assembly lifts on one side of the shell 1, and the winding assembly winds and unwinds the conveying belt 3 in the lifting process of the filter screen assembly;
when the conveying belt 3 is wound by the winding assembly, the conveying belt 3 is flush with the top plane of the shell 1, and along with the unwinding of the winding assembly to the conveying belt 3, the conveying belt 3 covers the side surface of the shell 1 and automatically hangs down under the action of gravity to form a moving track of the filter screen assembly;
the winding assembly comprises a rotating shaft 50 arranged in the shell 1, the rotating shaft 50 is connected with one end of each of the conveying belts 3, at least one mounting box 51 is arranged in the shell 1, the mounting boxes 51 are fixed with side plates of the shell 1, a clockwork spring is arranged in each mounting box 51, the rotating shaft 50 penetrates through the mounting boxes 51 and is connected with the clockwork spring, one end of the center of the clockwork spring is connected with the rotating shaft 50, the other end of the clockwork spring is fixed with the mounting boxes 51, in order to prevent the clockwork spring from being twisted towards two sides during winding, baffles can be respectively arranged on two sides of the clockwork spring for blocking, the rotating shaft 50 can rotatably;
the driving gear 42 is driven to rotate by the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 41, the transmission belt 3 is driven by the motor 41 to move upwards or downwards, the transmission belt 3 moves downwards to drive the filter screen assembly to move downwards from the top of the shell 1 to one side of the shell 1, so that people can conveniently take the filter screen assembly, at the moment, along with the pulling of all the transmission belts 3, the rotating shaft 50 also rotates along with the rotation, the clockwork spring in the mounting box 51 is tightened up, when the transmission belt 3 moves upwards, the filter screen assembly also moves upwards, the clockwork spring expands under the action of elastic potential energy to drive the rotating shaft 50 to rotate along with the rotation, so that the transmission belt 3 is wound on the rotating shaft 50 again for winding, and when the filter screen assembly moves to the vicinity of the driving gear 42, the filter screen assembly is converted;
further, the filter screen assembly comprises a filter screen 2, in order to protect the filter screen 2 in the transmission process and prevent the filter screen 2 from deforming, a protection frame 6 is arranged outside the filter screen 2, the protection frame 6 is connected with one end of the transmission belt 3, in order to enable the filter screen 2 to reach the top of the shell 1, the protection frame 6 can also move along with the rotation of the driving gear 42 so as to reach the specified position and ensure the filtering effect, and one end of the transmission belt 3 is connected to the bottom end of the protection frame 6;
as shown in fig. 3, the protection frame 6 comprises an upper plate 61 and a lower plate 62, the upper plate 61 and the lower plate 62 are both hollowed through a plurality of through holes 63, three sides of the upper plate 61 and the lower plate 62 are connected, the other side is provided with an opening 64 for inserting the filter screen 2, the filter screen 2 is conveniently taken through the opening 64, and in the lifting process of the protection frame 6, one side with the opening 64 is always positioned at the top of the protection frame 6;
the filter screen fixing structure can be applied to an air conditioner, and the shell 1 is an air conditioner shell of an air conditioner indoor unit, so that the filter screen 2 on the top of the air conditioner shell can be conveniently cleaned and replaced.
The above-mentioned embodiments are merely preferred embodiments for fully illustrating the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. The equivalent substitution or change made by the technical personnel in the technical field on the basis of the invention is all within the protection scope of the invention. The protection scope of the invention is subject to the claims.

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1. The utility model provides a filter screen fixed knot constructs, including the casing with the filter screen subassembly at casing top, its characterized in that: the filter screen assembly is characterized in that a driving assembly is arranged in the shell and drives the filter screen assembly to ascend from one side of the shell to be mounted on the top of the shell or descend from the top of the shell to one side.
2. The filter screen fixing structure according to claim 1, wherein the driving assembly includes a transmission belt, one end of the transmission belt is connected to a winding assembly installed in the housing, and the other end of the transmission belt is connected to the filter screen assembly, the transmission belt is driven by a motor installed in the housing to move, the transmission belt is driven by the motor to move so as to drive the filter screen assembly to ascend and descend, and the winding assembly winds and unwinds the transmission belt during the ascending and descending of the filter screen assembly.
3. The filter screen fixing structure according to claim 2, wherein the conveyor belt is flush with the top plane of the housing in a state that the conveyor belt is wound by the winding unit, and as the winding unit releases the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt covers the side of the housing and automatically hangs down by gravity to form a moving track of the filter screen assembly.
4. The filter screen fixing structure according to claim 2, wherein the motor drives the driving gear to rotate, a driven gear is provided in the housing and is flush with the driving gear, and one side of the transmission belt is provided with a saw tooth engaged with the driving gear and the driven gear.
5. The filter screen fixing structure according to claim 2, wherein the winding assembly includes a mounting box mounted in the housing, and a spring is provided in the mounting box and connected to one end of the conveyor belt.
6. The filter screen fixing structure according to claim 2, wherein said winding assembly includes a rotating shaft installed in said housing, said rotating shaft being connected to one end of all of said conveyor belts.
7. The filter screen fixing structure according to claim 6, wherein both ends of the rotation shaft are connected to both inner side walls of the housing through bearings.
8. The filter screen fixing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the filter screen assembly includes a filter screen, a protection frame is provided outside the filter screen, and the protection frame is connected to one end of the conveyor belt.
9. The filter screen fixing structure according to claim 8, wherein the protection frame comprises an upper plate and a lower plate, the upper plate and the lower plate are hollowed out by a plurality of through holes, three sides of the upper plate and the lower plate are connected, and the other side is provided with an opening for inserting the filter screen.
10. An air conditioner, characterized in that, comprising the filter screen fixing structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.
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