Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, the present invention provides a valve bracket, and a valve assembly, an outdoor unit, and an air conditioner having the same, so as to solve the problems of the prior art, such as complicated structure of the valve bracket and inconvenience in installation of the valve.
The invention provides a valve bracket, comprising:
the vertical plate is used for fixing the valve bracket;
the outer boss is formed by protruding the surface of the vertical plate, an outer protruding cavity is formed by the outer boss and the surface of the vertical plate, and the outer protruding cavity is used for accommodating a pipeline connected with a valve;
the inner groove is used for arranging a valve and is formed by inwards concave parts at the tops of the outer bosses, the inner groove is provided with a first limiting buckle, the inner side surface of the first limiting buckle and the inner concave surface of the inner groove form a mounting position, and the mounting position is used for mounting and limiting the valve;
the installation guide openings are arranged on two sides of the first limiting buckle, are opened from the edge of the vertical plate and extend to the middle part of the inner groove, the installation guide openings extend to the tail part of the middle part of the inner groove to form valve holes, and the valve holes are used for allowing valves to penetrate through the vertical plate to be connected with a pipeline;
the vertical plate is integrally formed with a plurality of installation guide openings, the installation guide openings form a plurality of valve holes, and the valve holes are matched with the installation positions to enable a plurality of valves to be integrally installed on the valve support.
Further optionally, the cross section of the outer convex cavity is of a quadrilateral structure, and the upper space of the outer convex cavity is larger than the lower space.
Further optionally, the opening direction of the installation position is consistent with the extending direction of the installation guide opening, and the installation position and the installation guide opening are parallel to each other.
Further optionally, the riser bottom has spacing dish and second spacing knot, and both relative settings are used for valve holder's spacing, wherein spacing dish is in riser one side forms one and is used for with valve holder sets up the structure of buckling on its installation object, the formation of second spacing knot is in the opposite side of riser is used for the card to establish valve holder.
Further optionally, the valve support is applied to a multi-inlet or multi-outlet integrated valve.
The invention also provides a valve assembly comprising a valve and a valve support as described in any of the above.
Further optionally, the valve is an integrated valve having an integral mounting plate that is retained within the inner recess by the mounting location.
Further optionally, the valve comprises a low pressure valve and a high pressure valve, the low pressure valve and the high pressure valve being connected by the integral mounting plate; the plurality of valve holes of the valve support comprise a low-pressure valve hole and a high-pressure valve hole, wherein the low-pressure valve corresponds to the low-pressure valve hole, and the high-pressure valve corresponds to the high-pressure valve hole; the low pressure valve installation guiding opening is parallel to the high pressure valve installation guiding opening, and the width of the high pressure valve installation guiding opening is larger than that of the low pressure valve installation guiding opening.
Further optionally, the valve integral mounting plate is provided with a second fixing hole, the inner groove is provided with a first fixing hole, when the valve is mounted on the valve support, the low-pressure valve corresponds to the low-pressure valve hole, the high-pressure valve corresponds to the high-pressure valve hole, the first fixing hole corresponds to the second fixing hole, and the valve is embedded into the mounting position.
The invention also provides an outdoor unit, which is provided with an outdoor unit casing and any one of the valve assemblies, wherein the valve assembly is fixed on the outdoor unit casing through the vertical plate.
The invention also provides an air conditioner which adopts the outdoor unit.
The invention provides a valve bracket adaptive to an integrated valve, wherein an installation position is reserved on an outer convex cavity, and the valve is fixed by an inner groove first limiting buckle and a fixing hole, so that the stability is improved, the structure is simple, the installation is realized by fewer screws, the production efficiency is improved, and the problems of complicated installation, more required parts and the like of the valve in the prior art are solved.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and "a" and "an" generally include at least two, but do not exclude at least one, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.
It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a good or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such good or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a commodity or system that includes the element.
Examples
The valve support provided by the invention is provided with the outer boss and the inner groove, so that the structure of the valve support is simplified; the inner groove is provided with a first limit buckle which is matched with the inner concave surface of the inner groove to position the valve; the inner groove is also provided with a fixing hole for fixing the valve, and the valve is simple to mount and reliable to fix. The sections of the outer convex cavity and the inner groove provided by the embodiment are both in a trapezoidal structure, the number of the installation guide openings and the valve holes is two, and the number of the first fixing holes on the inner groove is two; the valve bracket and the valve are combined to form a valve component which is applied to an outdoor unit of an air conditioner to realize the connection between a heat exchanger of the indoor unit and a heat exchanger of the outdoor unit; the outdoor unit casing has a bottom plate and a side wall.
< valve holder >
As shown in fig. 1a and 1b, the valve bracket provided by the embodiment comprises a vertical plate 1, an outer boss 2, an inner groove 3 and a mounting guide opening 4; the vertical plate 1 is provided with a mounting hole 11 for fixing the valve bracket on an outdoor unit casing 6 of the air conditioner; the outer boss 2 is formed by the outward protrusion of the vertical plate 1, an outer convex cavity 21 is formed on the outer boss 2, and the outer convex cavity 21 can accommodate an outdoor unit connecting pipe; the inner groove 3 is formed by the concave part at the top of the outer boss 2 and is provided with a first limit buckle 31; the inner side surface of the first limit buckle 31 and the inner concave surface of the inner groove 3 form a mounting position, and the mounting position is used for mounting and limiting the valve 5; the installation guiding opening 4 is arranged on two sides of the first limiting buckle 31, is opened at the edge of the vertical plate 1 and extends to the middle part of the inner groove 3, a valve hole 32 is formed at the tail part of the installation guiding opening 4 extending to the middle part of the inner groove 3, and the valve hole 32 is used for allowing a valve to pass through the vertical plate 1 and be connected with an outdoor unit connecting pipe.
Preferably, the cross sections of the outer boss 2 and the inner groove 3 are both trapezoidal structures, so that the structure of the valve support is optimized, and the valve support corresponds to the shape of the valve 5, so that the valve 5 is convenient to mount.
Preferably, the upper space 211 of the protruding chamber 21 is larger than the lower space 212 corresponding to the size of the outdoor unit connection pipe, a low pressure connection pipe may be installed in the upper space 211 of the protruding chamber 21, and a high pressure connection pipe may be installed in the lower space 212 of the protruding chamber 21.
Specifically, the first fixing hole 33 on the inner groove 3 and the second fixing hole 54 on the valve 5 are both threaded holes, and the two are matched to fix the valve 5 on the valve bracket; the depth of the inner recess 3 corresponds to the thickness of the integral mounting plate 53 of the valve 5, and when the valve 5 is positioned in the mounting position of the inner recess 3, the integral mounting plate 53 of the valve 5 is flush with the top of the inner recess 3.
Specifically, first spacing knot 31 is L type structure, and one end is fixed in the bottom of inner grove 3, and the other end is unsettled, and when valve 5 set up in inner grove 3's installation position, the installation position is spacing five directions such as upper and lower, left and right and back of valve 5 for valve 5 and 3 bottom in close contact with of inner grove, the leakproofness reinforcing.
Preferably, the valve port 32 has a low pressure valve port 321 and a high pressure valve port 322; the two valve openings 32 are sized to correspond to the size of the valve 5.
Preferably, the mounting guide port 4 has a low-pressure valve mounting guide port 41 and a high-pressure valve mounting guide port 42, the low-pressure valve mounting guide port 41 and the high-pressure valve mounting guide port 42 are parallel, and the width of the high-pressure valve mounting guide port 42 is greater than the width of the low-pressure valve mounting guide port 41.
Preferably, the opening direction of the mounting position is consistent with the extending direction of the mounting guide opening 4; when the valve 5 is installed, the valve 5 is pushed into the installation position along the extending direction of the installation guide port 4.
Specifically, the installation guide opening 4 is a long strip-shaped structure, a notch is formed on one side of the valve bracket, and extends to the inner groove 3 for guiding when the valve 5 is installed.
Preferably, the upper space of the inner groove 3 is large and the lower space is small corresponding to the size of the valve 5, the upper space of the inner groove 3 is provided with a low pressure valve 51, and the lower space is provided with a high pressure valve 52, so as to facilitate the operation of the valve 5.
Preferably, the bottom of the vertical plate has a limiting disc 12 and a second limiting buckle 13, which are oppositely disposed for limiting the valve holder, wherein the limiting disc 12 forms a bending structure for disposing the valve holder on the outdoor unit casing 6 on one side of the vertical plate 1, and the second limiting buckle 13 is formed on the other side of the vertical plate 1 for clamping the valve holder on the side wall 62 of the outdoor unit casing 6; the edge of the vertical plate 1 is provided with a bending structure; specifically, the limiting disc 12 is in a zigzag structure facing the left side of the outdoor unit casing 6, and corresponds to the base plate 61 structure of the outdoor unit casing 6 to limit the valve bracket; the second position-limiting buckle 13 protrudes out of the vertical plate 1 towards the right side of the outdoor unit casing 6, and forms a position-limiting groove with the vertical plate 1, and the side wall 62 of the outdoor unit casing 6 is clamped in the second position-limiting buckle 13 to limit the valve support.
Preferably, the valve support is formed by processing a plate material through multiple processes, the inner side of the valve support is a cavity, the outer side of the valve support is an inner groove, the connecting pipe of the outdoor unit is accommodated in the inner side of the valve support, and the valve is installed on the outer side of the valve support.
< valve Assembly >
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the valve assembly of the present embodiment has a valve and a valve holder, wherein the valve holder is preferably the valve holder described above.
Preferably, the valve 5 is an integrated valve comprising a low pressure valve 51 and a high pressure valve 52; the low pressure valve 51 and the high pressure valve 52 are connected by an integral mounting plate 53; the integral mounting plate 53 has a second fixing hole 54 corresponding to the first fixing hole 33 for fixing the valve 5.
Preferably, when the valve 5 is mounted on the valve bracket, the low pressure valve 51 corresponds to the low pressure valve hole 321, the high pressure valve 52 corresponds to the high pressure valve hole 322, the first fixing hole 33 corresponds to the second fixing hole 54, and the valve 5 is inserted into the mounting position.
The valve is installed and fixed in the following mode: firstly, matching the limiting disc 12 of the valve bracket with the base plate 61 of the outdoor unit casing 6, clamping the second limiting buckle 13 of the valve bracket on the side wall 62 of the outdoor unit casing 6, and fixing the valve bracket on the outdoor unit casing 6 through screws; secondly, connecting the low-pressure valve 51 of the valve 5 with a low-pressure connecting pipe of the outdoor unit; connecting the high pressure valve 52 of the valve 5 with the high pressure connecting pipe of the outdoor unit; thirdly, pushing the matched valve 5 into the inner groove 3 along the direction of the installation guide opening 4 to the position of the first limiting buckle 31, so that the first fixing hole 33 corresponds to the second fixing hole 54, and then embedding the valve 5 into the installation position; finally, two screws are attached to the first fixing hole 33 and the second fixing hole 54.
< outdoor Unit >
As shown in fig. 4, the outdoor unit of the present embodiment includes an outdoor unit casing 6 and a valve assembly, preferably, the valve assembly is the above-mentioned valve assembly, and the valve assembly is fixed on the outdoor unit casing 6 through a riser 1.
Preferably, the outdoor unit casing 6 has a bottom plate 61 and a side wall 62, the structure of the right side of the bottom plate 61 is matched with the structure of the limiting plate 12, when the valve bracket is assembled on the outdoor unit casing 6, the second limiting buckle 13 of the valve bracket and the limiting groove formed by the vertical plate 1 are clamped on the side wall 62, the limiting plate 12 of the valve bracket contacts with the right side of the bottom plate 61 of the outdoor unit casing to limit the limiting plate 12; therefore, the valve bracket is mounted on the outdoor unit casing 6 by the cooperation of the limiting disc 12 and the second limiting buckle 13.
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically illustrated and described above. It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements, instrumentalities, or instrumentalities described herein; on the contrary, the disclosure is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.