CN113639329A

CN113639329A - Water washing air device, air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN113639329A
Application number: CN202010393761.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘祥宇; 王宁; 张展; 魏传超
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Gen Corp Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Gen Corp Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-11
Filing date: 2020-05-11
Publication date: 2021-11-12

Abstract

The invention provides a water washing air device, an air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner. The air washing device comprises a water tank and a fan, the fan is arranged above the water tank, the side wall of the water tank is provided with an air inlet, the upper end of the water tank is provided with an air outlet, the air inlet of the fan is connected with the air outlet, and the air outlet of the fan is connected with the external environment; the fan is the diagonal flow fan, still is equipped with the piece that gets rid of water in the water tank, gets rid of and is formed with the clearance between the lower extreme of piece and the bottom surface of water tank that gets rid of water, and the lower extreme of the piece that gets rid of water is equipped with the water inlet, and the lateral wall of the piece that gets rid of water is equipped with a plurality of apopores, gets rid of the piece and rotates under drive arrangement's drive in order to get rid of the piece inside with water suction and make water throw away from the apopore so as to form the water curtain. The invention can utilize the water curtain to clean the air, remove dust and microorganisms carried in the air, solve the problem of indoor air drying and effectively improve the quality of the indoor air; the fan adopts the diagonal flow fan, so that the loss of air volume is less, and the purification efficiency of the water washing air device is favorably improved.

Description

Water washing air device, air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a water washing air device, an air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner.

Background

An air conditioner is a device that adjusts and controls parameters such as temperature, humidity, flow rate, etc. of ambient air inside a building. The existing air conditioner generally comprises an air conditioner external unit and an air conditioner internal unit according to installation positions, wherein the air conditioner external unit has the basic functions of compressing low-temperature and low-pressure gas exhausted from the air conditioner internal unit into high-pressure and high-temperature gas to cool and dissipate heat outdoors and sending condensed refrigerant liquid to an evaporator of the air conditioner internal unit to absorb indoor heat; the air conditioner internal unit mainly utilizes the refrigerant liquid conveyed by the air conditioner external unit to exchange heat with indoor air, thereby achieving the purpose of heat exchange, and the air conditioner internal unit also has the functions of blowing and air conditioning system control.

In the prior art, in order to prevent cold or heat from leaking to the outdoor environment when the air conditioner is used, a user usually closes a door and a window to relatively isolate the indoor environment from the outdoor environment. However, after the air conditioner is used for a period of time, pollutants such as dust or microorganisms contained in indoor air gradually increase, so that the cleanliness of the air is reduced, and pollutants deposited on internal components of the air conditioner indoor unit also gradually increase, so that the quality of air blown out from the inside of the air conditioner indoor unit is poor, and the air conditioner indoor unit is extremely not beneficial to human health.

In order to solve the above problems to a certain extent, in the prior art, a filter screen structure is usually arranged at an air outlet of an air conditioner indoor unit, and after air passes through the filter screen, a part of dust amount can be reduced, so that the quality of air blown out by the air conditioner indoor unit is improved. However, the above method has a limited effect of improving the air quality.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, that is, to solve the problem of poor quality of air blown out from the inside of an internal unit of an existing air conditioner, an embodiment of the present invention provides an air washing device, including a water tank and a fan, wherein the fan is arranged above the water tank, an air inlet is arranged on a side wall of the water tank, an air outlet is arranged at the upper end of the water tank, the air inlet of the fan is connected with the air outlet, and the air outlet of the fan is connected with an external environment;

the fan is the diagonal flow fan, still be equipped with drive arrangement and get rid of the water piece in the water tank, the lower extreme that gets rid of the water piece with be formed with the clearance between the bottom surface of water tank, the lower extreme that gets rid of the water piece is equipped with the water inlet, the lateral wall that gets rid of the water piece is equipped with a plurality of apopores, it is in to get rid of the water piece rotates under drive arrangement's the drive in order to inhale with water get rid of the inside of the water piece and make water follow the apopore is thrown away in order to form the water curtain.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air washing device, a bracket is provided at an upper end of the water tank, the driving device is provided on the bracket, and an output shaft of the driving device is connected to the water-throwing member.

In an embodiment of the above air washing apparatus, the air washing apparatus further includes a water-blocking humidifying net, the water-blocking humidifying net is disposed on the bracket, and the water-blocking humidifying net includes a first portion for shielding the air outlet and a second portion for shielding the air inlet.

In a preferred embodiment of the above water washing air device, the plurality of water outlet holes are arranged in a plurality of rows along an axial direction of the water throwing member, and the water outlet holes of each row are all arranged on the same circumferential surface.

In a preferred embodiment of the above water washing air device, the water slinging member is conical, and the cross-sectional diameter of the water slinging member gradually decreases in a direction away from the fan.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air washing apparatus, the air inlets are disposed on two opposite sides of the water tank.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air washing device, the air inlet or the air outlet of the fan is further provided with a filter screen.

In a preferred embodiment of the above air washing device, the water tank is further provided with an aldehyde-removing antibacterial bottle.

Another embodiment of the invention provides an air conditioner indoor unit, which comprises any one of the above water washing air devices, wherein the water washing air device is arranged at the top, the bottom or the inside of the air conditioner indoor unit.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides an air conditioner, including an air conditioner external unit and an air conditioner internal unit connected to each other, where the air conditioner internal unit is the air conditioner internal unit described above.

The water washing air device comprises a water tank and a fan, wherein the fan is arranged above the water tank, the side wall of the water tank is provided with an air inlet, the upper end of the water tank is provided with an air outlet, the air inlet of the fan is connected with the air outlet, and the air outlet of the fan is connected with the external environment; the fan is the diagonal flow fan, still is equipped with drive arrangement and gets rid of the water piece in the water tank, gets rid of and is formed with the clearance between the lower extreme of water piece and the bottom surface of water tank, and the lower extreme of getting rid of the water piece is equipped with the water inlet, and the lateral wall of getting rid of the water piece is equipped with a plurality of apopores, gets rid of the water piece and rotates under drive arrangement's drive in order to get rid of the water piece inside with water suction and make water throw away from the apopore so as to form the water curtain. Through the arrangement, the air can enter the water tank from the air inlet, and is guided out to the external environment after passing through the water curtain under the driving of the fan, so that the air is cleaned by the water curtain to be purified; by adopting the water washing scheme, dust and microorganisms carried in the air can be removed, and the problem of indoor air drying can be solved, so that the quality of the indoor air is effectively improved, and the use experience of a user is improved; in addition, the fan adopts an oblique flow fan, and compared with a centrifugal fan, the loss of the air quantity of the oblique flow fan is small, so that the purification efficiency of the air washing device is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an air washing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the direction of air flow of the water-washed air device of FIG. 1 during use;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioner indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioner indoor unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

10-air conditioner indoor unit;

100-water washing air device;

110-a water tank;

111-air inlet;

112-air outlet;

113-a drive device;

114-a water slinger;

115-water retaining humidifying net;

120-blower.

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; can be mechanically or electrically 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 air conditioner generally comprises an air conditioner external unit and an air conditioner internal unit according to installation positions, wherein the air conditioner external unit has the basic functions of compressing low-temperature and low-pressure gas exhausted from the air conditioner internal unit into high-pressure and high-temperature gas to cool and dissipate heat outdoors and sending condensed refrigerant liquid to an evaporator of the air conditioner internal unit to absorb indoor heat; the air conditioner internal unit mainly utilizes the refrigerant liquid conveyed by the air conditioner external unit to exchange heat with indoor air, thereby achieving the purpose of heat exchange, and the air conditioner internal unit also has the functions of blowing and air conditioning system control.

The following describes in detail the preferred technical solutions of the water washing air device, the air conditioner indoor unit and the air conditioner in the present application with reference to the above description of the air conditioner.

Example one

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an air washing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the direction of air flow of the water-washed air device of FIG. 1 during use; please refer to fig. 1-2.

The embodiment provides a water washing air device 100, which comprises a water tank 110 and a fan 120, wherein the fan 120 is arranged above the water tank 110, an air inlet 111 is formed in the side wall of the water tank 110, an air outlet 112 is formed in the upper end of the water tank 110, the air inlet of the fan 120 is connected with the air outlet 112, and the air outlet of the fan 120 is connected with the external environment.

The fan 120 of this embodiment is an oblique flow fan, still is equipped with drive arrangement 113 and gets rid of water piece 114 in the water tank 110, gets rid of and is formed with the clearance between the lower extreme of water piece 114 and the bottom surface of water tank 110, and the lower extreme of getting rid of water piece 114 is equipped with the water inlet, and the lateral wall of getting rid of water piece 114 is equipped with a plurality of apopores, gets rid of water piece 114 and rotates in order to inhale water in getting rid of the inside of water piece 114 and make water throw away from the apopore so as to form the water curtain under drive arrangement 113's drive.

Specifically, the water tank 110 and the fan 120 of this embodiment may be disposed in a same housing, and the shape of the housing may be set according to needs, for example, the housing may be in a structure such as a prism or a cylinder, which is not further limited in this embodiment. The housing may be made of materials commonly used in the art, such as plastic or stainless steel.

The interior of the housing forms a cavity, and in the orientation shown in fig. 1, the water tank 110 is disposed at the lower end of the housing, and the blower 120 is disposed at the upper end of the housing and above the water tank 110. An air inlet 111 is formed in the side wall of the water tank 110, an air outlet 112 is formed in the upper end of the water tank 110, and the shapes and sizes of the air inlet 111 and the air outlet 112 can be set according to the power and actual needs of the fan 120. The air inlet of the fan 120 is connected to the air outlet 112, and the air outlet of the fan 120 is connected to the external environment. Through the above arrangement, under the action of the fan 120, indoor air can enter the water tank 110 through the air inlet 111, flow out to the fan 120 from the air outlet 112 at the upper end of the water tank 110, and finally pass through the fan 120 and then be discharged to the indoor environment again.

The fan 120 of the present embodiment is preferably an oblique flow fan, and the loss of the air volume of the oblique flow fan is smaller than that of a centrifugal fan, thereby being beneficial to improving the purification efficiency of the air washing device. In this embodiment, the lower end of the water tank 110 may be used for containing water, the water tank 110 is further provided with a driving device 113 and a water throwing member 114, the water throwing member 114 is driven by the driving device 113 to rotate so as to absorb water from the lower end to the upper end of the water throwing member 114, and is thrown out from the periphery of the water throwing member 114 in a water curtain shape, and finally, the thrown water flows into the lower end of the water tank 110 again under the action of gravity, so as to realize the recycling of water. Specifically, a gap is formed between the lower end of the water throwing piece 114 and the bottom surface of the water tank 110, the lower end of the water throwing piece 114 is provided with a water inlet, and the side wall of the water throwing piece 114 is provided with a plurality of water outlet holes. Through the arrangement, when the driving device 113 drives the water throwing piece 114 to rotate at a high speed, negative pressure is formed inside the water throwing piece 114, so that water in the water tank 110 is sucked into the water throwing piece from a water inlet at the lower end of the water throwing piece 114; the water sucked into the water throwing member 114 flows along the side wall of the water throwing member 114 to the upper end of the water throwing member 114, and since the side wall of the water throwing member 114 is provided with a plurality of water outlet holes, when the water flow rises to the height of the water outlet holes, the water flow is thrown out from the water outlet holes at a high speed, so that a circle of water curtain is formed in the circumferential direction of the water throwing member 114. When the water-throwing member 114 throws the water curtain, the air entering from the air inlet 111 contacts the water curtain, thereby completing the water washing of the air.

Referring to fig. 2, the arrows indicate the air flow direction. When the air washing device 100 of the present embodiment is used, the driving device 113 drives the water throwing element 114 to rotate, and when the water throwing element 114 rotates, water can be adsorbed from the lower end of the water tank 110 to the upper end of the water throwing element 114 and then thrown out from the circumferential direction of the water throwing element 114, so as to form a water curtain; meanwhile, the fan 120 enables air in the indoor environment to enter the water tank 110 from the air inlet 111 and to rapidly circulate from the air outlet 112, and the air passes through the water curtain when circulating between the air inlet 111 and the air outlet 112, so that the air is cleaned, and dust, microorganisms and the like carried in the air are removed; the air can carry some moisture after the washing of water curtain to can improve the humidity of room air, solve the dry problem of room air, bring fresh, the sense of revivifying for the customer, the effectual quality that improves the room air improves user's use and experiences. Moreover, the fan 120 of the embodiment adopts an oblique flow fan, and compared with a centrifugal fan, the loss of the air quantity of the oblique flow fan is small, so that the improvement of the purification efficiency of the air washing device is facilitated.

Further, a bracket may be disposed at an upper end of the water tank 110 in this embodiment, and the driving device 113 is disposed on the bracket, in this embodiment, the driving device 113 may be a motor or the like, and the driving device and the bracket may be connected and fixed by a bolt. An output shaft connected to the fixed rear driving device 113 extends toward a lower end of the water tank 120 to connect the water slinger 114.

Furthermore, the water washing air device of the embodiment further includes a water-blocking humidification screen 115, the water-blocking humidification screen 115 is disposed on the bracket, specifically, the water-blocking humidification screen 115 may be detachably connected (for example, bonded) to the bracket, and the water-blocking humidification screen may be made of sponge and other materials.

The water retaining humidification net 115 of this embodiment includes the first portion that is used for sheltering from air outlet 112 and the second portion that is used for sheltering from air intake 111, and water retaining humidification net 115 can prevent that the drop of water that water-slinging piece 114 throws away from air intake 111 or air outlet 112 to the air can further improve humidity behind water retaining humidification net 115, thereby better solution indoor dry problem.

Furthermore, a filter screen structure can be arranged on one side of the air outlet of the air inlet 111 or the air outlet of the fan 120, so that air is further filtered, and the quality of indoor air is improved.

Further, in this embodiment, the plurality of water outlets are arranged in a plurality of rows along the axial direction of the water throwing member 114, and the water outlets in each row are all disposed on the same circumferential surface, so that the water throwing member 114 can form a plurality of water curtains with different heights when rotating, thereby increasing the contact frequency with air and improving the purification efficiency.

Furthermore, above-mentioned water slinger 114 can be conical, and the cross section diameter of water slinger 114 reduces gradually in the direction that deviates from fan 120, and the setting can make rivers move to the upper end of water slinger 114 along the inclined plane in water slinger 114 is inside like this, reduces the influence that gravity goes up to rivers for rivers can rise to higher height.

In a preferred embodiment, the opposite two sides of the water tank 110 of this embodiment are respectively provided with the air inlets 111, and two sides of the upper end of the water tank 110 are respectively provided with the two air outlets 112 corresponding to the two air inlets 111, so that air can simultaneously enter the water tank 110 from two sides of the water tank 110 through the above arrangement, thereby increasing the air circulation and improving the purification efficiency.

In other optional embodiments, the water tank 110 may further include an aldehyde-removing antibacterial bottle, which can prevent the growth of microorganisms in water and effectively remove formaldehyde from air, thereby further purifying the indoor air.

In summary, in the embodiment, air enters the water tank 110 from the air inlet 111, and is guided out to the external environment through the water curtain under the driving of the fan 120, so that the air is cleaned by the water curtain to be purified; by adopting the water washing scheme, dust and microorganisms carried in the air can be removed, and the problem of indoor air drying can be solved, so that the quality of the indoor air is effectively improved, and the use experience of a user is improved; in addition, the fan 120 of this embodiment adopts the diagonal flow fan, compares in centrifugal fan, and the loss of diagonal flow fan amount of wind is less to be favorable to improving the purification efficiency of washing air device.

Example two

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioner indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioner indoor unit according to another embodiment of the present invention; please refer to fig. 3-4.

The present embodiment provides an air conditioner internal unit 10, which includes a casing, and the water-washing air device 100 as described in the first embodiment is disposed in the casing.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the water washing air device 100 may be disposed at any suitable position in the casing of the air conditioner internal unit 10, for example, as shown in fig. 3, the water washing air device 100 may be disposed at the bottom of the air conditioner internal unit 10; alternatively, as shown in fig. 4, the water wash air device 100 may be placed on top of the air conditioner indoor unit 10; in other alternative embodiments, the water wash air device may also be placed inside the air conditioner indoor unit.

The air inlet of the air washing device 100 can be directly arranged on the shell of the air conditioner internal unit 10, and the air outlet of the air washing device 100 can also be directly arranged on the shell of the air conditioner internal unit 10, so that the air washing device 100 can independently operate with the air conditioner. In addition, the air outlet of the air washing device 100 may also be connected to the air duct of the air conditioner internal unit 10, so that the purified air is blown out from the air outlet of the air conditioner internal unit 10 after passing through the heat exchanger of the air conditioner internal unit 10, and the purpose of purifying the indoor air can also be achieved.

It can be known through the above description that the air conditioner internal unit 10 that this embodiment provided can utilize the water curtain to wash the room air to make the air obtain purifying, not only can clear away dust and the microorganism that smugglies secretly in the air, can also solve the dry problem of room air, thereby the effectual quality that improves the room air improves user's use and experiences.

EXAMPLE III

The embodiment provides an air conditioner, which comprises an air conditioner external unit and an air conditioner internal unit which are connected with each other, wherein the air conditioner internal unit adopts the air conditioner internal unit as described in the second embodiment.

The air conditioner of this embodiment owing to adopted above-mentioned embodiment two air conditioner internal unit, consequently can utilize the water curtain to wash indoor air when using to make the air obtain purifying, not only can clear away dust and the microorganism that smugglies secretly in the air, can also solve indoor air drying's problem, thereby the quality of effectual improvement indoor air improves user's use and experiences.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit to a number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

It should be noted that in the description of the present application, the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. The air washing device is characterized by comprising a water tank and a fan, wherein the fan is arranged above the water tank, an air inlet is formed in the side wall of the water tank, an air outlet is formed in the upper end of the water tank, the air inlet of the fan is connected with the air outlet, and the air outlet of the fan is connected with the external environment;

2. A water washing air device according to claim 1, wherein a bracket is provided at an upper end of the water tank, the driving device is provided on the bracket, and an output shaft of the driving device is connected with the water throwing member.

3. The water scrubbing air device of claim 2, further comprising a water retaining humidifying mesh disposed on said frame, said water retaining humidifying mesh including a first portion for shielding said air outlet and a second portion for shielding said air inlet.

4. The water washing air device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of water outlet holes are arranged in a plurality of rows along the axial direction of the water throwing member, and the water outlet holes of each row are arranged on the same circumferential surface.

5. A water wash air device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said water slinger is conical with a decreasing cross-sectional diameter in a direction away from said fan.

6. A water wash air device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said air inlet is provided on both of opposite sides of said water tank.

7. A water washing air device according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the air inlet or the air outlet of the fan is further provided with a filter screen.

8. A water washing air device according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein a formaldehyde removing and sterilizing bottle is further provided in the water tank.

9. An air conditioner indoor unit, characterized by comprising the water washing air device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the water washing air device is arranged at the top, the bottom or the inside of the air conditioner indoor unit.

10. An air conditioner characterized by comprising an air conditioner external unit and an air conditioner internal unit which are connected with each other, wherein the air conditioner internal unit adopts the air conditioner internal unit as claimed in claim 9.