Detailed Description
First, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. And can be adjusted as needed by those skilled in the art to suit particular applications.
Next, it should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "inside", "outside", and the like are based on the direction or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or member must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; the two components can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and the two components can be communicated with each other. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
The vertical air conditioner, also known as a cabinet air conditioner, has an air outlet arranged in the vertical direction, and an area covered by air blown out from the air outlet extends along the longitudinal direction and is in accordance with a human body, so that the cabinet air conditioner can improve the wind area of the human body and accelerate the change of the body surface temperature of the human body relative to a wall-mounted air conditioner. An air outlet is arranged on the shell of the vertical air conditioner, a sliding panel is arranged on the front side of the air outlet, and the sliding panel can open or close the air outlet under the driving of a sliding device. The existing sliding panel generally comprises an appearance plate and an inner lining plate located on the inner side of the appearance plate, wherein the inner lining plate is clamped with the appearance plate, and the inner lining plate is provided with a sliding structure for being connected with a sliding device to realize the opening or closing of the sliding panel. The existing sliding panel comprises an appearance plate and an inner lining plate which are clamped, and in the using process, the appearance plate is easy to deform when being cooled and heated, so that the appearance of the vertical air conditioner is influenced, even the connection between the inner lining plate and a sliding device is influenced, and the sliding panel is unsmooth to open and close; and the temperature difference between the inside and the outside of the sliding panel is large, so that condensation is easily generated, and the user experience is influenced.
In view of this, the sliding panel provided by the invention comprises the inner plate and the outer plate which are integrally formed, and has stable and reliable structural strength and difficult deformation; and a vacuum cavity is formed between the inner plate and the outer plate, so that heat transfer can be isolated, and condensation is avoided.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The vertical air conditioner provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a main body, wherein the main body comprises a shell, a cross-flow fan and an evaporator, an air inlet and an air outlet are formed in the shell, the air inlet and the interior of the shell are communicated with the air outlet to form an air duct, the cross-flow fan is arranged in the air duct and used for driving air in the external environment to flow into the air duct from the air inlet, and the evaporator is arranged between the air inlet and the cross-flow fan and used for exchanging heat with the air flowing into the air duct so as to realize refrigeration or heating. The air outlet is usually in a long strip shape extending along the vertical direction, correspondingly, the axis of the cross-flow fan is also perpendicular to the ground, and the area covered by the air blown out from the air outlet is also in a long strip shape and is generally consistent with the shape of a human body when the human body stands, so that the wind area of the human body is large, and the change of the body surface temperature of the human body is accelerated.
It can be understood that the vertical air conditioner can be divided into a single cross-flow vertical air conditioner, a double cross-flow vertical air conditioner and a multi-cross-flow vertical air conditioner according to the number of air ducts, the number of cross-flow fans and the number of air outlets. For example, the casing of the double cross-flow vertical air conditioner is provided with two air outlets and two air ducts, one cross-flow fan is arranged in each air duct, and the two sliding panels are also provided and are respectively used for opening and closing one of the air outlets. The following description will be given in detail by taking only a single-flow vertical air conditioner as an example, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to understand the technical solutions of the dual-flow vertical air conditioner and the multi-flow vertical air conditioner after reading the following technical solutions.
Optionally, the main part can also include water washing device, and dusty gas blows off from the air outlet after water washing device purifies in getting into water washing device, and the circulation purifies external gas gradually, does benefit to and humidifies the external air.
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a sliding panel and a panel driving device of a floor air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention. The vertical air conditioner provided by the embodiment further comprises a panel driving device 3 and a sliding panel 1, wherein the panel driving device 3 is connected with the sliding panel 1, and the panel driving device 3 drives the sliding panel 1 to open or close the air outlet.
First, it can be understood that the floor air conditioner includes two sliding panels 1, and the two sliding panels 1 are bilaterally symmetrically installed on the main body. The two sliding panels 1 are not fixed to the main body but slide by the panel driving device 3. For example, sliding grooves are formed in the frame of the main body corresponding to the upper and/or lower edges of the two sliding panels 1, and the upper and/or lower edges of the two sliding panels 1 are inserted into the sliding grooves and slide around the main body in the sliding grooves by the panel driving device 3. Or, sliding rails are formed on the frame of the main body corresponding to the upper edges and/or the lower edges of the two sliding panels 1, sliding grooves are formed on the upper edges and/or the lower edges of the two sliding panels 1, and the two sliding panels 1 are wrapped outside the sliding rails of the main body and are driven by the panel driving device to slide around the main body. By controlling the two sliding panels 1 to slide around the main body, the sliding panels 1 can be attached to the main body tightly instead of being far away from the main body, so that the occupation of space after the air conditioner is powered on and the sliding panels 1 slide away is reduced, and the installation and layout of the air conditioner in a room are facilitated.
Through setting up panel drive arrangement 3 drive two slip panels 1 and slide, utilize two slip panels 1's slip backward to form the air outlet, and utilize two slip panels 1 to slide in opposite directions and close the air outlet, need not directly to open the air outlet on the panel, also need not to set up the aviation baffle on the air outlet again additionally, avoided because of setting up the emergence that the outward appearance aesthetic property that the aviation baffle caused is poor, produce the gap easily and advance the dust scheduling problem.
Next, it can be understood that, for the sliding panel 1 with a large length, in order to ensure the stability of the sliding, it is preferable to provide a set of panel driving devices 3 at the upper end and the lower end of the sliding panel 1, respectively, to drive the sliding panel 1 synchronously.
In a specific implementation, with continued reference to fig. 4, the panel driving device 3 may include a rack plate 33, a gear, and a motor 31, wherein the rack plate 33 is fixed on the sliding panel 1, the gear is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the motor 31, and the gear is engaged with the rack plate 33.
Specifically, the rack plate 33 is an arc-shaped plate structure extending circumferentially around the main body, and may include a rack 331, a mounting plate 332, and a sliding plate 333, where the rack 331 is disposed at an inner middle portion of the rack plate 33 for meshing with a gear; sliding plates 333 are provided on upper and lower sides of the rack 331, respectively, an attachment plate 332 is provided on an outer side of the sliding plates 333, and an attachment plate is provided on an outer side of the rack plate 33, the attachment plate and the attachment plate 332 being used for attachment to the slide panel 1.
The panel driving device 3 of the present embodiment further includes a motor box 32, the motor box 32 is used for accommodating the motor 31, and the motor box 32 is fixedly connected with the main body to relatively fix the motor 31 on the main body. The motor case 32 is provided with a sliding groove engaged with the sliding plate 333, and the sliding smoothness and stability of the sliding panel 1 are improved by the engagement of the sliding plate 333 with the sliding groove.
The sliding of the sliding panel 1 into position when the motor 31 drives the sliding panel 1 to slide can be achieved in various ways. Alternatively, the definition of the sliding position of the sliding panel 1 is realized by controlling the motor 31 by a program. Alternatively, the sliding position of the sliding panel 1 is defined by a mechanical structure. Specifically, the rack plate 33 may be provided with a first stopper, for example, a stopper; set up the spacing portion of first spacing matched with second in the main part, limit switch for example, when first spacing portion and the spacing back of second contact, air conditioner control system receives spacing signal, control motor 31 stall to make sliding panel keep no longer sliding in this position, and then realize sliding spacing.
A schematic structural view of a sliding panel according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 3. Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a sliding panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line a-a in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of line P in fig. 1.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a sliding panel 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an inner plate 11 and an outer plate 12 that are disposed at an interval in a front-rear direction, side plates 13 are disposed on two sides of the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12, respectively, and end plates are disposed on two ends of the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12, respectively; the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plates 13 and the end plates are an integral piece formed by integral molding; the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plate 13 and the end plate are enclosed to form a vacuum cavity 14; the inner plate 11 is provided with a suction port 15 communicating with the vacuum chamber 14, and the suction port 15 is provided with a seal.
In short, the sliding panel 1 provided by the embodiment of the present invention is a single piece, which may be formed by injection molding, die casting, etc., and is not limited herein.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the front-back direction refers to the front-back direction of the floor air conditioner when placed on the ground, and the up-down direction refers to the height direction of the floor air conditioner, that is, the height direction of the sliding panel 1 of the floor air conditioner; the left-right direction refers to the width direction of the slide panel 1.
The inner plate 11 of the sliding panel 1 is close to the main body, and the outer plate 12 is far from the main body with a space between the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12. And the left and right sides of the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12 are respectively provided with a side plate 13, and the upper and lower ends of the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12 are respectively provided with an end plate, so that the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plates 13 and the end plates enclose a cavity. The suction device sucks the gas in the cavity to a preset pressure through the suction port 15 to form a vacuum state, a sealing element is arranged at the suction port 15 to seal, and at the moment, the cavity enclosed by the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plate 13 and the end plate is a vacuum cavity 14.
The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the vacuum state in the vacuum chamber 14, that is, does not limit the preset pressure in the vacuum chamber 14. Those skilled in the art can set the actual conditions according to the material, pressure resistance and the like of the sliding panel 1.
In this embodiment, inner panel 11 is inside sunken arc, and planking 12 is inside sunken arc too, so makes vacuum cavity 14 be the arc cavity structure, so sets up not only convenient processing, can laminate closely with the main part at slip in-process at slip panel 1 moreover, and the main part is kept away from to the non-main part, has reduced on the air conditioner electricity, has taken up the space after slip panel 1 slides out, the air conditioner of being convenient for is at installation, the overall arrangement in room.
In a specific embodiment, the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plates 13 and the end plates are all the same in thickness, which not only facilitates the processing, but also improves the structural strength of the sliding panel 1.
A suction port 15 provided on the inner plate 11 communicates with the vacuum chamber 14 for communicating with a suction apparatus to bring the vacuum chamber 14 into a preset vacuum state. The suction port 15 may be provided at any position of the inner plate 11, for example, the suction port 15 may be provided at a central position of the inner plate 11, facilitating connection of a suction apparatus. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the position of the suction port 15, and those skilled in the art can set the suction port according to the actual situation such as the main body structure, thereby avoiding the interference between the suction port 15 and the main body when the sliding panel 1 is mounted on the main body. Optionally, the suction port 15 is a circular port, which facilitates both processing and connection of suction equipment and seals.
The sealing member is a structure for blocking the suction port 15, and may be a plug, an end cap, or the like. The sealing element and the suction port 15 can be non-detachably connected, for example, the sealing element is a plastic part which is connected with the suction port 15 in a hot melting way, the connection mode is reliable, an additional sealing structure is not required, and the influence on the vacuum state in the vacuum cavity 14 caused by the mistaken detachment of a user can be avoided. The sealing element and the suction port 15 can also be detachably connected, for example, the sealing element is clamped with the suction port 15, and a sealing gasket is arranged between the sealing element and the suction port 15; as another example, the seal is threadedly connected to the suction port 15.
Therefore, the sliding panel 1 provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plates 13 and the end plates which are integrally formed, and has high structural strength and is not easy to deform; the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plates 13 and the end plates are enclosed to form a vacuum cavity 14, the vacuum cavity 14 has a heat insulation effect, heat transfer between the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12 is reduced, deformation of the sliding panel 1 due to cooling and heating is avoided, and condensation of the sliding panel can be avoided; moreover, the sliding panel 1 is stable in structure and not easy to deform, and is smooth to open and close, thereby being beneficial to improving the user experience.
In a particular embodiment, a portion of the inner plate 11 extends inwardly to form a suction connection 16 opposite the suction opening 15, the suction connection 16 being in sealing connection with the seal. That is, a suction joint 16 is provided at a position opposite to the suction port 15 inside the inner plate 11, and the suction joint 16 protrudes from the inner plate 11. The suction connection 16 may be integrally formed when the sliding panel 1 is cast, and the suction connection 16 may also be heat-fused at the suction opening 15. The suction fitting 16 may be a tubular fitting to facilitate connection.
There are various ways in which the suction attachment 16 is sealingly connected to the seal. Optionally, the suction connection 16 is threadedly connected to the sealing member, and a sealing adhesive is disposed between the suction connection 16 and the sealing member. For example, the seal is housed inside the suction connection piece 16, that is to say the seal is provided with an external thread, the suction connection piece 16 being provided with an internal thread connected to the external thread; for another example, the sealing element is arranged on the outside of the suction connection piece 16, i.e. the sealing element is provided with an internal thread and the suction connection piece 16 is provided with an external thread which is connected to the internal thread. The seal in this embodiment is housed in the suction connection 16, and is compact, avoiding excessive clearance between the sliding panel 1 and the main body. A sealant is disposed between the suction fitting 16 and the sealing member to facilitate improved sealing of the vacuum chamber 14.
Of course, the suction attachment 16 and the seal may be connected in other ways, such as by snapping the suction attachment 16 onto the seal, by heat-sealing the suction attachment 16 onto the seal, etc.
The suction connector 16 is arranged in the vacuum cavity, so that the vacuum cavity is conveniently connected with a sealing piece, the reliability and the stability of plugging are improved, and the vacuum cavity 14 is conveniently vacuumized by being connected with suction equipment.
With continued reference to fig. 1 and 3, in order to facilitate the installation of the rack plates 33 of the panel driving device 3, mounting grooves 17 are formed in the upper and lower ends of the inner panel 11 to be outwardly recessed, respectively, and mounting portions for mounting the rack plates 33 of the panel driving device 3 are provided in the mounting grooves 17. That is, the panel driving devices 3 are provided at the upper and lower ends of the slide panel 1, respectively, to drive them, thereby improving the smoothness of the sliding of the slide panel 1.
The specific position of the installation groove 17 is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, and can be determined by those skilled in the art according to actual situations. For example, in the present embodiment, the distance between the upper mounting groove 17 and the top end of the sliding panel 1 is greater than the distance between the lower mounting groove 17 and the bottom end of the sliding panel 1.
Optionally, at the installation position of the installation groove 17, only the outer plate 12 is arranged instead of the inner plate 1 to form a groove structure, so that the problem that the processing difficulty is increased due to too small gap between the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12 can be avoided.
This embodiment holds rack plate 33 through setting up mounting groove 17, avoids rack plate 33 protrusion increase air conditioner volume, is favorable to improving air conditioner structure's compactness.
The mounting portion provided in the mounting groove 17 may include a snap structure, such as a hook, a buckle, etc.; the mounting portion may further include a connection block, a fixing plate, and the like.
Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the mounting portion includes a first mounting bar 181 and a second mounting bar 182 which are oppositely spaced in an up-down direction, and the first mounting bar 181 and the second mounting bar 182 form a clamping space. Wherein, first mounting bar 181 and second mounting bar 182 all extend along the width direction of slip panel 1, and first mounting bar 181 and second mounting bar 182 interval from top to bottom sets up, so first mounting bar 181 and second mounting bar 182 form the centre gripping space, and rack plate 33 is by the centre gripping in this centre gripping space.
Specifically, the outside of rack plate 33 is provided with the connecting plate with first mounting bar 181, second mounting bar 182 matched with, through first mounting bar 181, second mounting bar 182 with the connecting plate centre gripping in centre gripping space, realize being connected of rack plate 33 and sliding panel 1, connected mode is simple reliable.
Alternatively, the first mounting bar 181 and the second mounting bar 182 may be a single bar-shaped structure extending in the width direction of the sliding panel 1; the first mounting bar 181 and the second mounting bar 182 may include a plurality of bar structures spaced apart in the width direction of the sliding panel 1. Illustratively, the first mounting bar 181 and the second mounting bar 182 each include two long bars, and the two long bars are spaced apart from each other along the width direction of the sliding panel 1.
In order to improve the structural strength of the mounting bar, optionally, the upper edge of the first mounting bar 181 is provided with a first rib 183, that is, one side of the first mounting bar 181 facing away from the clamping space is provided with the first rib 183. The first ribs 183 may be provided in plurality, and the plurality of first ribs 183 are provided at intervals along the length direction of the first mounting bar 181. So set up the structural strength who not only is favorable to improving first mounting bar 181, improves the stability of rack plate 33 installation, still is favorable to improving the structural strength of sliding panel 1.
Optionally, the lower edge of the second mounting bar 182 is provided with a second rib 184, that is, the side of the second mounting bar 182 facing away from the clamping space is provided with a second rib 184. The second ribs 184 may be provided in plurality, and the plurality of second ribs 184 are provided at intervals along the length direction of the second mounting bar 182. So set up the structural strength who not only is favorable to improving first mounting bar 181, improves the stability of rack plate 33 installation, still is favorable to improving the structural strength of sliding panel 1.
With continued reference to fig. 3, the mounting portion of the embodiment of the present invention further includes a plurality of card slots 185 located outside the clamping space, and the plurality of card slots 185 are arranged in a matrix in the mounting groove 17. Illustratively, a plurality of clamping grooves 185, for example, two or three clamping grooves 185, are arranged on a side of the first mounting bar 181 facing away from the second mounting bar 182, and the plurality of clamping grooves 185 are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the sliding panel 1; a plurality of, for example, two or three, card slots 185 are provided on a side of the second mounting bar 182 facing away from the first mounting bar 181, and the card slots 185 are spaced apart in the width direction of the sliding panel 1.
The mounting part of the embodiment of the invention is provided with the clamping groove 185 which is clamped with the mounting plate 332 of the rack plate 33, so that the mounting reliability and stability of the rack plate 33 are improved.
With continued reference to fig. 2 and 3, a first side edge 121 and a second side edge 122 are respectively formed on two sides of the outer plate 12 extending away from the inner plate 11, the first side edge 121 is bent inward to form a first flange 123, and the second side edge 122 is bent inward to form a second flange 124. Therefore, the structural strength of the side edge of the sliding panel 1 is improved, the side edge of the sliding panel 1 is prevented from deforming to influence sliding, and the appearance of the sliding panel 1 is improved.
In summary, the sliding panel 1 of the vertical air conditioner of the present invention comprises the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plates 13 and the end plates which are integrally formed, and has a high structural strength and is not easy to deform; the inner plate 11, the outer plate 12, the side plates 13 and the end plates are enclosed to form a vacuum cavity 14, the vacuum cavity 14 has a heat insulation effect, heat transfer between the inner plate 11 and the outer plate 12 is reduced, deformation of the sliding panel 1 due to cooling and heating is avoided, and condensation of the sliding panel 1 can be avoided; moreover, the sliding panel 1 is stable in structure and not easy to deform, and is smooth to open and close, thereby being beneficial to improving the user experience.
So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.