CN111981574A

CN111981574A - Air outlet panel structure and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN111981574A
Application number: CN202010872510.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 廖岸辉; 文超; 郑和清
Original assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Air Conditioner Zhongshan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-26
Filing date: 2020-08-26
Publication date: 2020-11-24

Abstract

The invention discloses an air outlet panel structure and an air conditioner, wherein the air outlet panel structure comprises a panel component and a grid component, the panel component comprises a panel and a sliding part fixed on the panel, and an air outlet is formed in the panel; the grid subassembly includes fixed frame and installs grid on the fixed frame, fixed frame with the connection can be dismantled to the sliding part, just fixed frame passes through the sliding part with but panel sliding connection, so that the grid subassembly covers or keeps away from the air outlet. The grille component of the air outlet panel structure is easy to disassemble, and a user can clean the grille conveniently.

Description

Air outlet panel structure and air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air outlet panel structure and an air conditioner.

Background

The air outlet panel of the existing air conditioner is provided with the grating, the air outlet panel can be used for exhausting air through the grating so as to meet different air outlet effects, and after the air outlet panel is used for a long time, the grating on the air outlet panel is easy to be dirty, so that the grating on the air outlet panel is frequently required to be cleaned. However, the existing air outlet panel is generally of an integrated structure, and the grille is difficult to detach after being mounted on the air outlet panel, so that the grille is difficult to clean.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an air outlet panel structure and an air conditioner, and aims to solve the problem that a grille on an air outlet panel of the existing air conditioner is difficult to disassemble and is inconvenient to clean.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an air outlet panel structure, including:

the panel assembly comprises a panel and a sliding part fixed on the panel, and an air outlet is formed in the panel;

the grid subassembly, the grid subassembly includes fixed frame and installs grid on the fixed frame, fixed frame with the connection can be dismantled to the sliding part, just fixed frame passes through the sliding part with but panel sliding connection, so that the grid subassembly covers or keeps away from the air outlet.

Preferably, the sliding portion includes: install mounting box and slidable slide bar on the mounting box, the mounting box is fixed on the panel, the slide bar with fixed frame can dismantle the connection.

Preferably, one end, far away from the mounting box, of the sliding rod is clamped with the fixing frame.

Preferably, one end of the sliding rod, which is far away from the mounting box, is provided with a first clamping hook, one side of the fixing frame, which faces the mounting box, is provided with a second clamping hook, and the first clamping hook and the second clamping hook are mutually clamped.

Preferably, a gear is arranged in the mounting box, and a rack meshed with the gear is arranged on the sliding rod.

Preferably, the sliding portion further includes: and the output shaft of the motor is connected with the rotating shaft of the gear.

Preferably, the mounting box is provided with an opening through which the sliding rod passes, a sliding groove is formed in the mounting box from the edge of the opening in a recessed manner, and the sliding rod is provided with a sliding rail which is slidably connected with the sliding groove.

Preferably, the mounting box is provided with a mounting plate, the mounting plate is provided with a fixing hole, and the mounting plate is mounted on the panel through the fixing hole.

Preferably, the number of the sliding parts is plural, and the plural sliding parts are arranged on the panel at intervals.

In addition, the invention also provides an air conditioner which comprises the air outlet panel structure.

In the technical scheme of the invention, the panel component comprises a panel and a sliding part fixed on the panel, the grid component comprises a fixed frame and a grid arranged on the fixed frame, the fixed frame is connected with the panel in a sliding way through the sliding part, when a user needs to clean the grid, the grid component slides away from the air outlet on the panel through the sliding part, and the fixed frame is detachably connected with the sliding part, so that the user can detach the grid component from the sliding part, fix the grid component to the sliding part after cleaning is finished, and then slide to be close to the air outlet through the sliding part, so that the grid component covers the air outlet. The grille component of the air outlet panel structure is easy to disassemble, and a user can clean the grille conveniently.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is also possible for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings in the structures shown in the drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of an air outlet panel structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the air outlet panel structure of fig. 1 after assembly;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the slide bar-extending mounting box of the slide section of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a sectional view of the sliding portion in fig. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the connection between the sliding part and the fixing frame of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the first hook and the second hook of FIG. 6 engaged with each other;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the slide bar of the slide part of FIG. 1 being accommodated in the mounting box;

fig. 9 is a partial structural schematic diagram of fig. 2.

The reference numbers illustrate:

100	panel assembly	110	Panel board
				111	Air outlet	120	Sliding part
121	Mounting box	1211	Opening holes
				1212	Sliding chute	1213	Mounting plate
1214	Fixing hole	1215	Locating hole
				1216	Mounting groove	124	Box body
1241	First fixed part	125	Box cover
				1251	Second fixing part	122	Sliding bar
1221	Rack bar	1222	Sliding rail
				123	The first hook	1231	First extension section
1232	First connecting section	1233	First bump
				126	Gear wheel	200	Grid assembly
210	Fixing frame	211	Second hook
				2111	Second extension section	2112	Second connecting section
2113	Second projection	2114	Containing groove
				220	Grid

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the figure), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are only for descriptive purposes and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" can include at least one of the feature either explicitly or implicitly.

Moreover, the technical solutions between the embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but it is necessary to be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The references to "up", "down", "left" and "right" in the present invention are based on the orientation shown in fig. 9 and are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the respective members in the posture shown in fig. 9, and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indication is changed accordingly.

The present invention provides an air outlet panel structure, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, including: a panel assembly 100 and a grill assembly 200. The panel assembly 100 includes a panel 110 and a sliding part 120 fixed on the panel 110, and the panel 110 is provided with an air outlet 111; the grill assembly 200 includes a fixing frame 210 and a grill 220 installed on the fixing frame 210, the fixing frame 210 is detachably coupled to the sliding portion 120, and the fixing frame 210 is slidably coupled to the panel 110 through the sliding portion 120 so that the grill assembly 200 covers or is spaced apart from the air outlet 111.

It should be noted that the air outlet panel structure is particularly suitable for being used as an air outlet panel structure of a floor air conditioner, but is not limited to being used as an air outlet panel structure of a floor air conditioner, and if other devices are applied with the air outlet panel structure provided by the present invention, the air outlet panel structure also falls within the protection scope of the present invention.

When the grille 220 needs to be cleaned, the grille assembly 200 slides away from the air outlet 111 on the panel 110 through the sliding part 120, and since the fixing frame 210 is detachably connected with the sliding part 120, a user can detach the grille assembly 200 from the sliding part 120, fix the grille assembly 200 to the sliding part 120 after cleaning, and then slide close to the air outlet 111 through the sliding part 120, so that the grille assembly 200 covers the air outlet 111. The grid assembly 200 of the air outlet panel structure of the embodiment is easy to disassemble, and a user can clean the grid 220 conveniently. In the embodiment of the present invention, the panel 110 is an arc-shaped structure and is covered on the casing of the air conditioner, and actually, the panel 110 may have a rectangular parallelepiped shape or the like.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the sliding portion 120 includes: the mounting box 121 is fixed on the panel 110, and the sliding rod 122 is detachably connected with the fixed frame 210. When the grille 220 needs to be cleaned, the fixing frame 210 can be far away from the air outlet 111 through the sliding of the sliding rod 122, and a certain gap is formed between the grille assembly 200 and the air outlet 111, so that a user can conveniently detach the grille assembly 200 from the sliding rod 122. The sliding rod 122 of the present embodiment slides along the transverse direction of the air conditioner relative to the panel 110, where the transverse direction is the transverse direction in fig. 2, that is, the grille component 200 is far away from the air outlet 111 along the transverse direction, the mounting box 121 is accommodated inside the panel 110, after the cleaning is completed, the fixing frame 210 is fixed to the sliding rod 122, then the sliding rod 122 slides along the transverse direction near the air outlet 111, the sliding rod 122 is accommodated in the mounting box 121, and the grille component 200 covers the air outlet 111 of the panel 110.

As shown in fig. 6, one end of the sliding rod 122 away from the mounting box 121 is clamped to the fixing frame 210. When the grille 220 needs to be cleaned, the sliding rod 122 slides relative to the mounting box 121 in a direction away from the air outlet 111 to drive the fixing frame 210 to be away from the air outlet 111, and because one end of the sliding rod 122 away from the mounting box 121 is clamped with the fixing frame 210, the dismounting is easy, and the dismounting between the grille component 200 and the panel component 100 is convenient. In other embodiments, the detachable connection of the sliding rod 122 and the fixed frame 210 can also be realized by a fixing structure such as a screw or a pin.

More specifically, one end of the sliding rod 122 away from the mounting box 121 is provided with a first hook 123, one side of the fixing frame 210 facing the mounting box 121 is provided with a second hook 211, and the first hook 123 and the second hook 211 are engaged with each other. When the grill assembly 200 is disassembled, the grill assembly 200 can be disassembled from the panel assembly 100 only by separating the first hook 123 and the second hook 211 from each other, which is convenient for cleaning the grill 220. As shown in fig. 7, the first hook 123 includes a first extending section 1231 and a first connecting section 1232 connected to the first extending section 1231, the first extending section 1231 is connected to one end of the sliding rod 122 away from the mounting box 121, and a first protrusion 1233 bent toward the mounting box 121 is disposed at an end of the first connecting section 1232; the second hook 211 includes a second extension 2111 and a second connection 2112, the second extension 2111 extends from the fixing frame 210 toward the panel 110, the second connection 2112 bends downward from the end of the second extension 2111, the end of the second connection 2112 is provided with a second protrusion 2113 bending away from the mounting box 121, since a receiving groove 2114 is formed between the fixing frame 210 and the first connection 1232, the first protrusion 1233 is engaged in the receiving groove 2114, the first protrusion 1233 and the second protrusion 2113 are engaged with each other, the first connection 1232 abuts against the fixing frame 210, the upper end of the first protrusion 1233 abuts against the second extension 2111, the lower end of the second protrusion 2113 abuts against the first extension 1231, this structure can enhance the connection firmness between the first hook 123 and the second hook 211, and facilitate the detachment and fixation between the first hook 123 and the second hook 211, and the fixing frame 1233 can be detached from the receiving groove 1234 by lifting up the fixing frame 210, the first hook 123 and the second hook 211 are separated. Of course, in other embodiments, the first connecting section 1232 may also be bent from the first extending section 1231 to the left or to the right, so long as the accommodating groove 2114 is formed between the first connecting section 1232 and the fixing frame 210, which is not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, a gear 126 is disposed in the mounting box 121, and a rack 1221 engaged with the gear 126 is disposed on the sliding rod 122. When the sliding rod 122 slides out of the mounting box 121, the rack 1221 drives the gear 126 to rotate, so that the sliding process of the sliding rod 122 along the mounting box 121 is more stable, and the stability of the structure is improved. The sliding rod 122 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the rack 1221 may be disposed on either side of the sliding rod 122. The rack 1221 is preferably provided on the upper or lower side of the slide rod 122, and the gear 126 and the rack 1221 are engaged with each other in the vertical direction, so that the size of the mounting box 121 in the width direction can be reduced. A limiting member may be further disposed on an inner wall of the mounting box 121 or an end of the sliding rod 122, for controlling a sliding stroke of the sliding rod 122, so as to limit the sliding rod 122 from sliding out of the mounting box 121 completely.

The sliding portion 120 further includes: and a motor (not shown) fixed in the mounting box 121, and an output shaft of the motor is connected with a rotating shaft of the gear 126. The motor is used for driving the gear 126 to rotate, is a stepping motor, is also called a pulse motor, is based on the most basic electromagnet principle, is an electromagnet capable of freely rotating, and has the action principle that electromagnetic torque is generated by means of change of air gap permeability, the angular displacement of the stepping motor is strictly proportional to the number of input pulses, and is synchronous with the pulses in time, and the required rotation angle, speed and direction can be obtained by only controlling the number, frequency and phase sequence of motor windings. The motor can be electrically connected with a controller of the air conditioner, the panel 110 is provided with a first key and a second key which are electrically connected with the controller, a user can start the motor by pressing the first key, the driving gear 126 rotates, the sliding rod 122 slides and extends out of the mounting box 121, and the user can detach the grille assembly 200 from the panel assembly 100. After the grille 220 is cleaned, the fixing frame 210 is fixed to the sliding rod 122, the controller controls the motor to rotate reversely by pressing the second key, the motor driving gear 126 rotates in the opposite direction to drive the sliding rod 122 to slide and retract into the mounting box 121, operation is simple, and a user can conveniently detach the grille assembly 200 to clean the grille 220. Since the motor of the present embodiment is a stepping motor, the sliding displacement of the sliding rod 122 can be controlled, and the stability and accuracy of the sliding part 120 are improved. In other embodiments, only one button for controlling the driving of the motor may be provided on the panel 110, and the sliding rod 122 may be driven to extend or retract from the mounting box 121 by changing the duration of pressing the button to control the forward rotation or the reverse rotation of the motor; the external mobile terminal can be connected with the air conditioner through Wifi/Bluetooth, and the sliding rod 122 slides out of or retracts into the mounting box 121 by operating on App of the mobile terminal and driving the motor to rotate.

In addition, as shown in fig. 4, the mounting box 121 is provided with a mounting groove 1216 in an outward protruding manner, and the motor is fixed in the mounting groove 1216, so that the motor only occupies a small space of the mounting box 121, and the overall size of the mounting box 121 is reduced.

As shown in fig. 3, the mounting box 121 is provided with an opening 1211 through which the sliding rod 122 passes, the mounting box 121 is recessed from an edge of the opening 1211 to form a sliding slot 1212, and the sliding rod 122 is provided with a sliding rail 1222 slidably connected to the sliding slot 1212. The shape of the opening 1211 matches with the shape of the outer contour of the sliding rod 122, and the sliding rod 122 can just slide, and the sliding rail 1222 has a guiding function, so that the sliding rod 122 slides more stably through the cooperation of the sliding rail 1222 and the sliding groove 1212, and the structural firmness of the sliding portion 120 is further improved. The sliding rod 122 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the sliding rail 1222 may be disposed along the left or right side of the sliding rod 122, the rack 1221 is disposed on the upper or lower side of the sliding rod 122, and the rack 1221 and the gear 126 are engaged with each other by the sliding rail 1222 and the sliding groove 1212, so that the assembly and disassembly between the grille assembly 200 and the panel assembly 100 are simple and convenient for a user to clean the grille 220.

As shown in fig. 8, a mounting plate 1213 is disposed on the mounting box 121, a fixing hole 1214 is disposed on the mounting plate 1213, and the mounting plate 1213 is mounted on the panel 110 through the fixing hole 1214, that is, the mounting box 121 and the panel 110 are detachably connected, if a component in the mounting box 121 is damaged, the mounting box 121 can be detached to repair or replace the component, the entire panel assembly 100 does not need to be replaced, and the repair cost is reduced. The panel 110 is provided with fixing columns (not shown) corresponding to the fixing holes 1214, the fixing columns are provided with screw holes corresponding to the fixing holes 1214, and screws can pass through the fixing holes 1214 and the screw holes so as to fix the mounting plate 1213 to the panel 110. The mounting plate 1213 is provided with two fixing holes 1214, which enhances the connection stability between the panel 110 and the mounting box 121. The mounting plate 1213 may also be provided with a positioning hole 1215, and the panel 110 is provided with a corresponding positioning post (not shown), which is first passed through the positioning hole 1215 during installation, so as to position the mounting plate 1213, facilitate the passing of a screw through the fixing hole 1214 to fix the mounting plate 1213, and further improve the assembly efficiency. The number of the positioning holes 1215 is two, and the two positioning holes 1215 are symmetrically arranged on the mounting plate 1213, which further enhances the convenience of fixing the mounting case 121.

As shown in fig. 7, the first extending section 1231 of the first hook 123 is connected to the middle of the first connecting section 1232, the first protrusions 1233 bent toward the mounting box 121 are disposed at both ends of the first connecting section 1232, the two first protrusions 1233 are distributed vertically and symmetrically, because the mounting box 121 is an asymmetric structure, the first hook 123 of the above structure can satisfy the requirement that two identical mounting boxes 121 are respectively mounted on the left side and the right side of the panel 110, as shown in fig. 9, the rack 1221 of the sliding rod 122 on the left side of the air outlet 111 faces downward, the rack 1221 of the sliding rod 122 on the right side of the air outlet 111 faces upward, that is, the mounting box 121 on the right side of the air outlet 111 is equivalent to the mounting box 121 on the left side of the air outlet 111 and turned over by 180 degrees. Because the first hook 123 has the two symmetrical first protrusions 1233, the mounting boxes 121 with the same structure can be mounted at different positions of the panel 110, and only one die is needed to be used for preparing the mounting boxes 121, so that the production efficiency is improved, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

As shown in fig. 4 and 8, the mounting box 121 includes a box body 124 and a box cover 125, the box body 124 and the box cover 125 are assembled with each other to form the mounting box 121, the mounting plate 1213 is fixed on the box body 124, and the mounting groove 1216 protrudes from the box cover 125 in a direction away from the box body 124. The upper and lower both ends symmetry of box body 124 is equipped with first mounting 1241, the upper and lower both ends of lid 125 are equipped with the second mounting 1251 corresponding with first mounting 1241, all set up threaded hole on first mounting 1241 and the second mounting 1251, pass the screw hole of first mounting 1241 and second mounting 1251 respectively through the screw, can accomplish the fixed of box body 124 and lid 125, this structure dismouting is simple, be convenient for maintain the inside motor of mounting box 121, structures such as gear 126.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the number of the sliding parts 120 is plural, and the plural sliding parts 120 are provided at intervals on the panel 110, so that the sliding parts 120 can be stably slid. The sliding parts 120 are preferably respectively installed at four corners of the air outlet 111, and the sliding parts 120 may be additionally installed at the middle position of the edge of the air outlet 111 to further enhance the stability of the overall structure. The two sliding portions 120 may be provided only at the intermediate positions of the upper side and the lower side of the outlet 111.

In addition, the invention also provides an air conditioner which comprises the air outlet panel structure. The air conditioner may be a floor air conditioner. The specific structure of the air outlet panel structure refers to the above embodiments, and since the air conditioner adopts all the technical solutions of all the above embodiments, at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are achieved, and no further description is given here.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an air-out panel structure which characterized in that includes:

2. The air outlet panel structure according to claim 1, wherein the sliding portion includes:

install mounting box and slidable slide bar on the mounting box, the mounting box is fixed on the panel, the slide bar with fixed frame can dismantle the connection.

3. The air outlet panel structure of claim 2, wherein one end of the sliding rod, which is far away from the mounting box, is clamped with the fixing frame.

4. The air outlet panel structure of claim 3, wherein a first hook is disposed at an end of the sliding rod away from the mounting box, a second hook is disposed at a side of the fixing frame facing the mounting box, and the first hook and the second hook are engaged with each other.

5. The air outlet panel structure of claim 2, wherein a gear is arranged in the mounting box, and a rack meshed with the gear is arranged on the sliding rod.

6. The air outlet panel structure of claim 4, wherein the sliding portion further comprises:

and the output shaft of the motor is connected with the rotating shaft of the gear.

7. The air outlet panel structure of claim 2, wherein the mounting box is provided with an opening through which the sliding rod passes, the mounting box is recessed from an edge of the opening to form a sliding groove, and the sliding rod is provided with a sliding rail slidably connected with the sliding groove.

8. An air outlet panel structure according to claim 2, wherein a mounting plate is provided on the mounting box, a fixing hole is provided on the mounting plate, and the mounting plate is mounted on the panel through the fixing hole.

9. An air outlet panel structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the number of the sliding portions is plural, and the plural sliding portions are provided on the panel at intervals.

10. An air conditioner, characterized in that, comprises the air outlet panel structure of any one of claims 1-9.