CN113007804A

CN113007804A - Indoor unit and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN113007804A
Application number: CN202110345154.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高维瑞; 谢承琪; 杨伟; 王喜成; 江吉昌; 邓星亮
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2021-03-31
Filing date: 2021-03-31
Publication date: 2021-06-22

Abstract

The application provides an indoor unit and an air conditioner. The indoor unit comprises a main body frame (1), wherein an upper panel (2) and a lower panel (3) are covered outside the main body frame (1), and the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3) are arranged in a vertical symmetrical mode. According to the indoor unit, the vertical symmetry of the appearance structure of the indoor unit can be realized, and the appearance consistency of the air conditioner is improved.

Description

Indoor unit and air conditioner

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of air conditioning, in particular to an indoor unit and an air conditioner.

Background

With the improvement of the living standard of people, consumers pay more and more attention to the appearance effect of air conditioner products, and the air conditioners with attractive appearance are easy to be favored by the consumers. Most of air conditioners on the market keep a symmetrical structure in the left-right direction as much as possible in the design process, but due to the existence of air inlets and air outlets of traditional air conditioners, the symmetrical layout cannot be achieved in the up-down direction, so that the overall appearance of the air conditioner is not coordinated enough, and the overall appearance effect of the air conditioner is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the technical problem that this application will be solved lies in providing an indoor set and air conditioner, can realize indoor set outward appearance structure longitudinal symmetry, improves the outward appearance uniformity of air conditioner.

In order to solve the above problem, the present application provides an indoor unit, including main body frame, main body frame coats outward and has upper panel and lower panel, and upper panel and lower panel are upper and lower symmetrical arrangement.

Preferably, the overall appearance of the indoor unit is arranged up and down symmetrically.

Preferably, the overall appearance of the indoor unit is in a left-right symmetrical arrangement.

Preferably, the upper and lower panels are disposed at a front side of the main body frame.

Preferably, the upper panel and the lower panel are arranged at intervals, and the shielding piece is arranged at the interval between the upper panel and the lower panel.

Preferably, the shield itself is vertically and/or laterally symmetrical in appearance.

Preferably, the main body frame has an air inlet and a first air outlet, the air inlet is located at an upper side of the main body frame, and the first air outlet is located at a lower side of the main body frame.

Preferably, the lower panel is movably mounted on the body frame, the lower panel having a first position opening the first outlet vent and a second position covering at least part of the first outlet vent.

Preferably, the lower panel is rotatably mounted on the main body frame, and a rotation axis of the lower panel is located on a side of the lower panel away from the first air outlet.

Preferably, when the shielding member is disposed at the interval between the upper panel and the lower panel, the main body frame further includes a second air outlet and an air outlet duct, the second air outlet is disposed between the upper panel and the lower panel, the shielding member is mounted at the second air outlet and can open or close the second air outlet, the air outlet duct is provided with an air duct switching mechanism, and the air duct switching mechanism can adjust a communication state between the air outlet duct and the first air outlet as well as between the air outlet duct and the second air outlet, so that the air outlet duct can be selectively communicated with the first air outlet, with the second air outlet, or with the second air outlet and the first air outlet simultaneously.

Preferably, a communicating air duct is arranged between the second air outlet and the air outlet duct, the air outlet duct can be communicated with the second air outlet through the communicating air duct, the communicating air duct comprises an air duct inner wall and an air duct outer wall, and the lower panel is arranged on the outer side of the air duct outer wall.

Preferably, the air duct switching mechanism includes an air duct adjusting plate, the air duct adjusting plate is rotatably disposed at an outlet position of the air outlet duct, the air duct adjusting plate has a first rotating position for blocking the communicating air duct so that the air outlet duct communicates with the first air outlet, a second rotating position for blocking the first air outlet so that the air outlet duct communicates with the communicating air duct, and a third rotating position for enabling the air outlet duct to communicate with the communicating air duct and the first air outlet at the same time.

Preferably, when the air duct adjusting plate is located at the first rotating position, the outer wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate is attached to the edge of the outer wall of the air duct facing the first air outlet, and the edge of the air duct adjusting plate is attached to the wall surface of the inner wall of the air duct facing the outer wall of the air duct.

Preferably, when the air duct adjusting plate is located at the second rotating position, the outer wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate is attached to the inner wall surface of the outer wall of the air duct, and the inner wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate is located in the extending direction of the air outlet duct and is connected with the air outlet wall surface of the air outlet duct and in smooth transition.

Preferably, when the air duct adjusting plate is located at the third rotating position, the first side of the air duct adjusting plate is located between the inner wall and the outer wall of the air duct, and the second side of the air duct adjusting plate is located at the inner side of the first air outlet and is spaced from the lower edge of the first air outlet.

Preferably, the axis of rotation of the shutter is located at the lower edge of the second outlet mouth, the shutter being able to rotate open downwards.

Preferably, the upper panel is movably mounted on the main body frame, and the upper panel has a first position for opening the air inlet and a second position for covering at least a part of the air inlet.

Preferably, when the upper panel covers part of the air inlet, an air inlet baffle is further arranged at the air inlet, and the air inlet baffle can cover the part of the air inlet which is not covered by the upper panel and can open the air inlet.

Preferably, when the air inlet baffle and the upper panel both cover the air inlet, the air inlet baffle and the upper panel are superposed at the matching position.

Preferably, the upper panel is partially overlapped on the air inlet baffle at the side matched with the air inlet baffle.

Preferably, when the main body frame further comprises a second air outlet,

the upper panel can be rotatably arranged on the main body frame, and the rotating axis of the upper panel is positioned at the upper edge of the second air outlet; and/or the air inlet baffle can be rotatably arranged on the main body frame, and the rotating axis of the air inlet baffle is positioned on one side of the air inlet baffle, which is far away from the second air outlet.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided an air conditioner including an indoor unit, the indoor unit being the indoor unit described above.

The application provides an indoor set, including the main body frame, the main body frame coats outward and has top panel and lower panel, and top panel and lower panel are upper and lower symmetrical arrangement. The upper panel and the lower panel which cover the main body frame of the indoor unit can form a vertically symmetrical structure, the appearance style different from that of the existing indoor unit can be formed, the vertical symmetry of the appearance structure of the indoor unit can be realized, the appearance consistency of the air conditioner is improved, new visual sense impact is given to a user to a certain degree, the user obtains better appearance impression, and the novelty and the attraction of the indoor unit are enhanced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a first axial structure of an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic second axial-view structural diagram of an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an indoor unit in a shutdown state according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of an indoor unit in an upward air-out state according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a first axial structure of an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic second axial-view structural diagram of an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an indoor unit in a shutdown state according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of an indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present application when the indoor unit is in a lower air-out state;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of an indoor unit in an upper air-out state according to an embodiment of the present application.

The reference numerals are represented as:

1. a main body frame; 2. an upper panel; 3. a lower panel; 4. a shield; 5. an air inlet; 6. a first air outlet; 7. a second air outlet; 8. an air outlet duct; 9. the air duct is communicated; 10. the inner wall of the air duct; 11. the outer wall of the air duct; 12. an air duct adjusting plate; 13. an air inlet baffle; 14. a fan; 15. a heat exchanger.

Detailed Description

In the indoor unit in the embodiment of the present application, when the indoor unit is in a use state, an installation side facing a wall body is a rear side, a side opposite to the rear side is a front side, an upper side of the indoor unit is an upper side, and a lower side of the indoor unit is a lower side.

Referring to fig. 1 to 10 in combination, according to an embodiment of the present application, an indoor unit includes a main body frame 1, an upper panel 2 and a lower panel 3 are covered outside the main body frame 1, and the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are arranged in a vertical symmetry.

In the indoor unit of the embodiment, the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 which cover the main body frame 1 can form a vertically symmetrical structure, so that the appearance style different from that of the existing indoor unit can be formed, the vertical symmetry of the appearance structure of the indoor unit can be realized, the appearance consistency of the air conditioner is improved, new visual sensory impact is given to a user to a certain extent, the user can obtain better appearance impression, and the novelty and attraction of the indoor unit are enhanced.

The main body frame 1 includes a bottom case and a panel body, and the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 may be disposed on the bottom case or the panel body.

As a preferred embodiment, the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are arranged symmetrically with respect to each other. In the present embodiment, the appearance surface structures in the longitudinal direction of the upper panel 2, i.e. the left-right direction, are symmetrically or approximately symmetrically arranged, the appearance surface structures in the longitudinal direction of the lower panel 3, i.e. the left-right direction, are symmetrically or approximately symmetrically arranged, and the appearance surface structures of the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are the same or similar and can be basically regarded as mutual mirror image structures. The upper panel 2 is arranged at the upper side of the indoor unit, and the lower panel 3 is arranged at the lower side of the indoor unit and is arranged symmetrically up and down or approximately symmetrically. The appearance surface is symmetrical from left to right, up and down when observed from the front of the indoor unit, and the appearance is beautiful.

In one embodiment, the overall appearance of the indoor unit is arranged in a vertically symmetrical manner, so that the overall upper and lower appearance of the indoor unit is more symmetrical, and the visual effect of a user is better.

In one embodiment, the overall appearance of the indoor unit is arranged in a left-right symmetrical mode, so that the overall appearance surface of the indoor unit can be arranged in a vertical and left-right symmetrical mode at the same time, and the appearance effect is better.

In one embodiment, the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are disposed at the front side of the main body frame 1, that is, the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are located at positions most easily observed by a user, so that the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are disposed in a vertically symmetrical manner, which enables the user to obtain a better visual experience at first glance and improves the overall appearance performance of the user.

In one embodiment, the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are spaced apart from each other, and the shield 4 is disposed at the space between the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3. In this embodiment, the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3 are arranged at an interval, and the shielding member 4 is arranged at an interval position, so that an installation space can be formed by using the interval, an air outlet can be designed by using the space, a multi-air-outlet structure of the indoor unit can be realized, meanwhile, the influence of the multi-air-outlet structure on the symmetrical structure of the upper panel and the lower panel of the indoor unit can be avoided, and the overall appearance of the indoor unit can still be approximately in an up-and-down symmetrical distribution form.

The shielding piece 4 has a vertically symmetrical structure and/or a horizontally symmetrical structure on the appearance surface. As a preferred embodiment, the shielding member 4 itself is symmetrical in the vertical and horizontal directions in the appearance surface, so that after the shielding member is added between the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3, the whole shielding member is symmetrical in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the structure is more attractive. The length of the shutter 4 of the present embodiment is smaller than the lengths of the upper and

lower panels

2 and 3, and is located at an intermediate position between the upper and

lower panels

2 and 3 in the left-right direction.

In one embodiment, the main body frame 1 has an intake opening 5 and a first outlet opening 6, the intake opening 5 is located at an upper side of the main body frame 1, and the first outlet opening 6 is located at a lower side of the main body frame 1.

The lower panel 3 is movably mounted on the main body frame 1, and the lower panel 3 has a first position for opening the first outlet 6 and a second position for covering at least a part of the first outlet 6. The lower panel 3 can open the first air outlet 6, so that when the indoor unit is exhausted from the first air outlet 6, the lower panel 3 cannot obstruct the first air outlet 6, and the air outlet effect of the first air outlet 6 can be ensured. When the indoor unit is turned off, the lower panel 3 can cover at least part of the first air outlet 6 and can shield the first air outlet 6, so that the first air outlet 6 is prevented from being exposed to the outside in the off state, and the appearance of the indoor unit in the off state is prevented from being influenced.

In one embodiment, the lower panel 3 covers the whole first air outlet 6, so that the integrity of the indoor unit can be improved, and the internal structure visible from the first air outlet 6 when the indoor unit is turned off is shielded, so that the appearance effect of the indoor unit is good.

In one embodiment, when the lower panel 3 opens the first air outlet 6, the lower panel 3 completely covers the first air outlet 6 along a line of sight direction from the lower edge of the lower panel 3 to a side edge of the first air outlet 6 away from the lower panel 3, so that the first air outlet 6 can be always covered without being exposed in a user line of sight, and a user can still have a better appearance visual effect when the indoor unit is in a working state.

In one embodiment, the lower panel 3 is rotatably mounted on the main body frame 1, and the rotation axis of the lower panel 3 is located on the side of the lower panel 3 away from the first outlet 6. In this embodiment, a rotating shaft is disposed on the main body frame 1, one side of the lower panel 3 away from the first air outlet 6 is rotatably mounted on the rotating shaft, and the lower panel 3 can be driven by a motor or a moving mechanism to perform a rotating motion, so as to realize the operations of shielding and opening the first air outlet 6.

In an embodiment, when the shielding member 4 is disposed at the gap between the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3, the main body frame 1 further includes a second air outlet 7 and an air outlet duct 8, the second air outlet 7 is disposed between the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3, the shielding member 4 is installed at the second air outlet 7 and can open or close the second air outlet 7, an air duct switching mechanism is disposed at the air outlet duct 8 and can adjust a communication state between the air outlet duct 8 and the first air outlet 6 and the second air outlet 7, so that the air outlet duct 8 can be selectively communicated with the first air outlet 6, the second air outlet 7, or the second air outlet 7 and the first air outlet 6.

In this embodiment, the second air outlet 7 may be disposed in a space formed by the interval between the upper panel 2 and the lower panel 3, so that the appearance symmetry of the indoor unit is not affected by the disposition of the second air outlet 7. The second air outlet 7 is located on the upper side of the first air outlet 6 and can be matched with the first air outlet 6, three air outlet modes of upper air outlet, lower air outlet and upper and lower simultaneous air outlet of the indoor unit are achieved under the switching action of the air duct switching mechanism, accordingly, the air outlet modes of the indoor unit are enriched, various air outlet requirements of a user can be met, a proper air outlet mode can be adopted according to different air outlet temperatures, the air outlet effect is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.

A communicating air duct 9 is arranged between the second air outlet 7 and the air outlet duct 8, the air outlet duct 8 can be communicated with the second air outlet 7 through the communicating air duct 9, the communicating air duct 9 comprises an air duct inner wall 10 and an air duct outer wall 11, and the lower panel 3 is arranged on the outer side of the air duct outer wall 11. The air supply distance of the air outlet duct 8 can be increased by the communicating air duct 9, so that the air outlet duct 8 can supply air to the first air outlet 6 and the second air outlet 7, can be matched with the air duct switching mechanism, adopts an independent air outlet duct to realize different air outlet modes, and is simple in structure and convenient to realize.

The air duct outer wall 11 is arranged between the communication air duct 9 and the lower panel 3, so that the air flow of the communication air duct 9 is smoother, the lower panel 3 and the communication air duct 9 can be separated from each other, the lower panel 3 and the communication air duct 9 are prevented from being communicated with each other, and the problem of air leakage after the lower panel 3 is opened is caused.

In one embodiment, the air duct switching mechanism includes an air duct adjusting plate 12, the air duct adjusting plate 12 is rotatably disposed at an outlet position of the air outlet duct 8, the air duct adjusting plate 12 has a first rotating position for blocking the communicating air duct 9 to enable the air outlet duct 8 to communicate with the first air outlet 6, a second rotating position for blocking the first air outlet 6 to enable the air outlet duct 8 to communicate with the communicating air duct 9, and a third rotating position for enabling the air outlet duct 8 to communicate with the communicating air duct 9 and the first air outlet 6 at the same time.

The duct adjusting plate 12 may be rotatably connected to the main body frame 1 by an ear plate or the like, and is drivingly connected to a motor or a moving mechanism so as to perform a rotational movement by a driving action of the motor or the moving mechanism.

In this embodiment, the air duct adjusting plate 12 is, for example, an arc-shaped plate structure, and can be matched with the original air duct structure to guide the air outlet, thereby improving the air outlet efficiency and reducing the air outlet resistance. The air duct adjusting plate 12 can be in driving connection with a motor, driven by the motor to rotate, driven by a gear-rack structure to rotate, and driven by other driving mechanisms to rotate. The air duct adjusting plate 12 is located between the air outlet duct 8, the communicating air duct 9 and the first air outlet 6, so that the communicating state of the air outlet duct 8 can be adjusted through the difference of the rotating positions of the air duct adjusting plate 12, the structure is simple, and the realization is convenient.

In an embodiment, when the air duct adjusting plate 12 is located at the first rotation position, the outer wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate 12 is attached to the edge of the air duct outer wall 11 facing the first air outlet 6, the edge of the air duct adjusting plate 12 is attached to the wall surface of the air duct inner wall 10 facing the air duct outer wall 11, and the air duct adjusting plate 12 is in sealing contact with the air duct inner wall 10 and the air duct outer wall 11, so as to seal the communicating air duct 9, and separate the communicating air duct 9 from the air outlet duct 8, and meanwhile, the concave surface of the air duct adjusting plate 12 faces the air outlet duct 8, so as to guide the air outlet of the air outlet duct 8, so that the air flow flows to the first air outlet 6 more smoothly, and blows out from the first air outlet 6, and the.

In an embodiment, when the air duct adjusting plate 12 is located at the second rotation position, the outer wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate 12 is attached to the inner wall surface of the air duct outer wall 11, the inner wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate 12 is located in the extending direction of the air outlet duct 8, and is connected to and smoothly transits the air outlet wall surface of the air outlet duct 8, so that the air duct adjusting plate 12 is in sealing contact with the air outlet duct 8 and the air duct outer wall 11, separation between the first air outlet 6 and the air outlet duct 8 is achieved, and smooth transition between the inner wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate 12 and the air outlet wall surface of the air outlet duct 8 can be utilized, so that the whole air duct is smoother, air. Here, the outer wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate 12 means that the air duct adjusting plate 12 faces the wall surface of the first air outlet 6 when the air duct adjusting plate 12 is in the second rotation position.

In one embodiment, when the air duct adjusting plate 12 is located at the third rotation position, the first side of the air duct adjusting plate 12 is located between the air duct inner wall 10 and the air duct outer wall 11, and the second side of the air duct adjusting plate 12 is located inside the first air outlet 6 and is spaced from the lower edge of the first air outlet 6.

In this embodiment, the air duct adjusting plate 12 is located between the first rotating position and the second rotating position, and therefore, the first air outlet 6 is not sealed, the air duct 9 is not sealed, the air outlet duct 8 can be communicated with the first air outlet 6 and the air duct 9, and the upper and lower air outlets of the indoor unit can be realized simultaneously.

In one embodiment, the axis of rotation of the shutter 4 is located at the lower edge of the second outlet mouth 7, the shutter 4 being able to rotate open downwards. When the shielding piece 4 is screwed down to open the second air outlet 7, the air outlet can be positioned at the lower edge of the second air outlet 7, so that the air flow blown out from the second air outlet 7 is dredged obliquely upwards, the air supply distance of the second air outlet 7 can be prolonged, the indoor temperature adjusting efficiency is accelerated, meanwhile, the shielding piece 4 can be utilized to shield the sight of a user, and the second air outlet 7 is hidden when the indoor unit is in a working state. In addition, the airflow blown out from the second air outlet 7 is dredged obliquely upwards, so that the problem of cold air blowing head in refrigeration can be prevented, and the comfort is better. The shielding piece 4 is arranged at the second air outlet 7 and can rotate under the driving of a motor or a motion mechanism, the rotation center of the shielding piece is arranged at the lower side of the second air outlet 7, and the shielding piece 4 is opened in a downward rotating mode. Preferably, when the shielding element 4 is screwed down to open the second air outlet 7, the shielding element 4 can completely shield the second air outlet 7 along the sight line direction. When the shielding piece 4 closes the second air outlet 7, the second air outlet 7 can be in a fully closed state, so that dust or insects and the like can be effectively prevented from entering the indoor unit through the second air outlet 7.

When the indoor unit is turned off, the air duct adjusting plate 12 is in the second rotating position, and when the lower panel 3 does not completely cover the first air outlet 6, because the air duct adjusting plate 12 is arranged at the first air outlet 6, the width of the air duct adjusting plate 12 is greater than that of the first air outlet 6, the air duct adjusting plate 12 covers the first air outlet 6, and the air duct adjusting plate 12 is matched with the lower panel 3 to completely seal the first air outlet 6.

The indoor unit further comprises a fan 14 and a heat exchanger 15, the heat exchanger 15 is arranged between the air inlet and the fan 14, the first air outlet 6 and the second air outlet 7 are both located on the air outlet side of the fan 14, and the air inlet 5 is located on the air inlet side of the fan 14.

In one embodiment, the upper panel 2 is movably mounted on the main body frame 1, and the upper panel 2 has a first position opening the intake vent 5 and a second position covering at least a part of the intake vent 5.

In one embodiment, when the upper panel 2 is in the closed state, the upper panel 2 covers part of the air inlet 5, and the uncovered air inlet 5 is exposed to air, and when the indoor unit is in operation, the air can directly enter the indoor unit through the uncovered air inlet 5, and after exchanging heat with the heat exchanger 15, the air is blown out from the first air outlet 6 and/or the second air outlet 7 by the fan 14.

In one embodiment, when the upper panel 2 is in the closed state, the upper panel 2 covers all the air inlets 5, and when the indoor unit is in operation, the upper panel 2 opens the air inlets 5. The upper panel 2 can cover the air inlet 5 comprehensively when the indoor unit is turned off, can shield the air inlet 5, and can prevent impurities such as dust from entering the indoor unit from the air inlet 5 to pollute air, or can prevent the filter at the air inlet 5 from being polluted, and can prevent insects from entering the indoor unit from the air inlet 5 to damage components of the indoor unit, and improve the working reliability of the indoor unit.

In one embodiment, when the upper panel 2 covers part of the air inlet 5, an air inlet baffle 13 is further disposed at the air inlet 5, and the air inlet baffle 13 can cover the part of the air inlet 5 not covered by the upper panel 2 and can open the air inlet 5. In this embodiment, top panel 2 and air inlet baffle 13 mutually support, form comprehensive the covering to air intake 5, can form comprehensive effectual protection to air intake 5, can shelter from air intake 5, avoid impurity such as dust to enter into indoor set contaminated air from air intake 5, also can avoid insect etc. to enter into the indoor set from air intake 5, cause the damage to the components and parts of indoor set etc. improve the reliability of indoor set work.

In this embodiment, when the air inlet 5 is opened on the upper panel 2, the air inlet 5 can obtain a larger air inlet area, thereby improving the air inlet efficiency and the air inlet amount.

In an embodiment, when the air inlet baffle 13 and the upper panel 2 both cover the air inlet 5, the air inlet baffle 13 and the upper panel 2 are overlapped at the matching position, so that a gap between the air inlet baffle 13 and the upper panel 2 at the matching position along the vertical direction can be avoided, and therefore, impurities such as dust and the like can be more effectively prevented from entering the indoor unit from the air inlet 5 to pollute air or polluting a filter at the air inlet 5.

In one embodiment, the upper panel 2 partially overlaps the intake air baffle 13 on the side that engages the intake air baffle 13.

In an embodiment, when the main body frame 1 further includes the second air outlet 7, the upper panel 2 can be rotatably installed on the main body frame 1, and the rotation axis of the upper panel 2 is located at the upper edge of the second air outlet 7, so that the upper panel 2 can be prevented from obstructing the second air outlet 7 while the upper panel 2 has a relatively high adjusting efficiency at the air inlet 5.

In an embodiment, when the main body frame 1 further includes the second air outlet 7, the air inlet baffle 13 can be rotatably installed on the main body frame 1, and the rotation axis of the air inlet baffle 13 is located on one side of the air inlet baffle 13 away from the second air outlet 7, so that a side-by-side door structure is formed between the upper panel 2 and the air inlet baffle 13, and when the air inlet 5 is opened, the upper panel 2 and the air inlet baffle 13 can both more effectively open the air inlet 5, thereby avoiding blocking the air inlet 5, and improving air inlet efficiency.

According to an embodiment of the application, the air conditioner comprises an indoor unit, and the indoor unit is the indoor unit.

It is readily understood by a person skilled in the art that the advantageous ways described above can be freely combined, superimposed without conflict.

The present invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments shown and described, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features herein disclosed. The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several modifications and variations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present application, and these modifications and variations should also be considered as the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The indoor unit is characterized by comprising a main body frame (1), wherein an upper panel (2) and a lower panel (3) are covered outside the main body frame (1), and the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3) are symmetrically arranged up and down.

2. The indoor unit according to claim 1, wherein the entire appearance of the indoor unit is arranged vertically symmetrically.

3. The indoor unit according to claim 1, wherein the entire appearance of the indoor unit is arranged in left-right symmetry.

4. Indoor unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3) are arranged on the front side of the main frame (1).

5. Indoor unit according to claim 4, characterized in that the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3) are spaced apart from each other, and a shield (4) is provided at the spacing between the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3).

6. The indoor unit of claim 5, wherein the shield (4) itself has a vertically symmetrical structure and/or a horizontally symmetrical structure in an external appearance.

7. Indoor unit according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the main frame (1) has an air inlet (5) and a first air outlet (6), the air inlet (5) being located at the upper side of the main frame (1) and the first air outlet (6) being located at the lower side of the main frame (1).

8. Indoor unit according to claim 7, characterized in that the lower panel (3) is movably mounted on the main frame (1), the lower panel (3) having a first position opening the first outlet mouth (6) and a second position covering at least part of the first outlet mouth (6).

9. Indoor unit according to claim 8, characterized in that the lower panel (3) is rotatably mounted on the main frame (1), the axis of rotation of the lower panel (3) being located on the side of the lower panel (3) remote from the first outlet mouth (6).

10. The indoor unit of claim 7, wherein when a shielding member (4) is disposed at a gap between the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3), the main frame (1) further comprises a second air outlet (7) and an air outlet duct (8), the second air outlet (7) is disposed between the upper panel (2) and the lower panel (3), the shielding member (4) is disposed at the second air outlet (7) and can open or close the second air outlet (7), an air duct switching mechanism is disposed at the air outlet duct (8) and can adjust a communication state between the air outlet duct (8) and the first air outlet (6) and between the air outlet duct (8) and the second air outlet (7), so that the air outlet duct (8) can selectively communicate with the first air outlet (6), Is communicated with the second air outlet (7) or is simultaneously communicated with the second air outlet (7) and the first air outlet (6).

11. The indoor unit of claim 10, wherein a communication duct (9) is disposed between the second air outlet (7) and the air outlet duct (8), the air outlet duct (8) can communicate with the second air outlet (7) through the communication duct (9), the communication duct (9) includes an inner duct wall (10) and an outer duct wall (11), and the lower panel (3) is disposed outside the outer duct wall (11).

12. The indoor unit of claim 11, wherein the air duct switching mechanism comprises an air duct adjusting plate (12), the air duct adjusting plate (12) is rotatably disposed at an outlet position of the air outlet duct (8), the air duct adjusting plate (12) has a first rotation position for blocking the communication air duct (9) to communicate the air outlet duct (8) with the first air outlet (6), a second rotation position for blocking the first air outlet (6) to communicate the air outlet duct (8) with the communication air duct (9), and a third rotation position for communicating the air outlet duct (8) with the communication air duct (9) and the first air outlet (6) at the same time.

13. Indoor unit according to claim 12, characterized in that when the duct adjusting plate (12) is in the first rotation position, the outer wall surface of the duct adjusting plate (12) is attached to the edge of the duct outer wall (11) facing the first air outlet (6), and the edge of the duct adjusting plate (12) is attached to the wall surface of the duct inner wall (10) facing the duct outer wall (11).

14. The indoor unit of claim 12, wherein when the air duct adjusting plate (12) is located at the second rotation position, an outer wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate (12) is attached to an inner wall surface of the air duct outer wall (11), and the inner wall surface of the air duct adjusting plate (12) is located in an extending direction of the air outlet duct (8) and is connected to and smoothly transited to the air outlet wall surface of the air outlet duct (8).

15. The indoor unit of claim 12, wherein when the air duct adjusting plate (12) is located at the third rotation position, the first side of the air duct adjusting plate (12) is located between the air duct inner wall (10) and the air duct outer wall (11), and the second side of the air duct adjusting plate (12) is located inside the first air outlet (6) and is spaced from the lower edge of the first air outlet (6).

16. Indoor unit according to claim 10, characterized in that the axis of rotation of the shutter (4) is located at the lower edge of the second outlet mouth (7), the shutter (4) being able to rotate downwards to open.

17. Indoor unit according to any of claims 8 to 16, characterized in that the upper panel (2) is movably mounted on the main frame (1), the upper panel (2) having a first position opening the air intake (5) and a second position covering at least part of the air intake (5).

18. Indoor unit according to claim 17, characterized in that when the upper panel (2) covers part of the air inlet (5), an air inlet baffle (13) is further arranged at the air inlet (5), and the air inlet baffle (13) can cover the part of the air inlet (5) not covered by the upper panel (2) and can open the air inlet (5).

19. Indoor unit according to claim 18, characterized in that, when the main frame (1) further comprises a second outlet mouth (7),

the upper panel (2) is rotatably mounted on the main body frame (1), and the rotating axis of the upper panel (2) is positioned at the upper edge of the second air outlet (7); and/or, air inlet baffle (13) can be installed with rotating on main body frame (1), the axis of rotation of air inlet baffle (13) is located air inlet baffle (13) is kept away from one side of second air outlet (7).

20. An air conditioner comprising an indoor unit, characterized in that the indoor unit is the indoor unit according to any one of claims 1 to 19.