Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the air conditioner with the fresh air module provided by the invention can increase the universality of the bottom shell of the air conditioner and save the cost.
The air conditioner with the fresh air module according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: the heat exchanger comprises a bottom shell, a heat exchanger arranged in the bottom shell, an air inlet arranged on the side part of the bottom shell, and an air outlet arranged on the front part of the bottom shell; the mounting seat is detachably arranged on the side part of the bottom shell; the fresh air module is arranged on the mounting seat and provided with an air inlet pipe and an air outlet pipe, and the air outlet pipe is communicated with the air inlet.
The method has the following beneficial effects: the fresh air module can purify the air entering the fresh air module from the air inlet pipe and send the purified air out of the air outlet pipe. The mounting seat is detachably mounted on the bottom shell, the mounting seat can be mounted on the bottom shell when the air conditioner with the fresh air function is produced, and the mounting seat does not need to be mounted on the bottom shell when the common air conditioner without the fresh air function is produced, so that the universality of the bottom shell is enhanced, the production cost is saved, and meanwhile, the volume of the common air conditioner is also reduced.
According to some embodiments of the invention, an end portion of the air outlet pipe extends into the air inlet, and an end portion of the air outlet pipe extends to an end of the heat exchanger member close to the air inlet.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the fresh air module comprises an air duct assembly, a filter screen and a wind wheel, a first cavity is arranged inside the air duct assembly, the air outlet pipe is communicated with the first cavity, the wind wheel is rotatably accommodated in the first cavity, the filter screen is arranged on the air duct assembly, and the air inlet pipe is communicated with the first cavity through the filter screen.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the air duct assembly includes a first volute and a second volute, the first chamber is formed by the first volute and the second volute being fastened to each other, the first volute is provided with an air inlet grille, and the air inlet grille is disposed at a position corresponding to the filter screen.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the air intake grille is integrally formed with the first volute.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the fresh air module further includes an end cover, the end cover is fastened on the first volute and forms a second chamber with the first volute, the filter screen is disposed in the second chamber, and the air inlet pipe and the first chamber are both communicated with the second chamber.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the filter screen separates the second chamber into a chamber to be filtered and a chamber to be filtered, the air inlet duct communicates with the chamber to be filtered, and the first chamber communicates with the chamber to be filtered.
According to some embodiments of the invention, a first semicircular opening is formed in the end cover, a second semicircular opening is formed in the first volute, the first semicircular opening and the second semicircular opening can be connected with each other and buckled to form a round butt joint opening, the air inlet pipe and the butt joint opening are butted with each other, a turning plate is arranged in the first chamber in a turning mode, and the turning plate can open or close the butt joint opening.
According to some embodiments of the invention, one side edge of the turning plate is provided with a hinge shaft, two ends of the hinge shaft are respectively and rotatably connected with the end cover and the first volute, and the hinge shaft is located below the butt joint port.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the filter screen is removably slidably disposed on the air duct assembly.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Drawings
The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and examples, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a bottom case according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a mounting base according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the bottom case and the mounting base after being connected to each other according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a fresh air module according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the new wind module shown in FIG. 6 from another perspective;
FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the fresh air module of FIG. 6;
FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of an end cap according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 9 at A;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a first volute according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a partial enlarged view of the structure at B in FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the second volute of the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a flap in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 15 is a schematic view of a partial structure of an air inlet duct according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numerals:
a bottom shell 100, a heat exchange device 110, an air inlet 120 and an air outlet 130;
a mounting base 200;
the fresh air module 300, the air duct assembly 310, the first volute 311, the air inlet grille 3111, the second semicircular opening 3112, the second volute 312, the end cover 320, the first semicircular opening 321, the filter screen 330, the handle 331, the wind wheel 340, the turning plate 350, the hinge shaft 351 and the stepping motor 360;
the air inlet pipe 400, the flange 410 and the bulge 420;
an air outlet pipe 500;
the stopper rib 600.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, if there are first and second described only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, it is not understood that relative importance is indicated or implied or that the number of indicated technical features or the precedence of the indicated technical features is implicitly indicated or implied.
In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as set, mounted, connected, accommodated and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.
Referring to fig. 1 to 15, the present invention discloses an air conditioner with a fresh air module, which includes a bottom case 100, a mounting base 200 and a fresh air module 300, wherein the fresh air module 300 is mounted on the mounting base 200, the fresh air module 300 has an air inlet pipe 400 and an air outlet pipe 500, and the fresh air module 300 can purify air entering the fresh air module 300 from the air inlet pipe 400 and send out the purified air from the air outlet pipe 500. The mounting base 200 in the embodiment of the invention is detachably mounted on the bottom shell 100, the mounting base 200 can be mounted on the bottom shell 100 when producing an air conditioner with a fresh air function, and the mounting base 200 does not need to be mounted on the bottom shell 100 when producing a common air conditioner without the fresh air function, so that the universality of the bottom shell 100 is enhanced, the production cost is saved, and the volume of the common air conditioner is reduced.
Further, the air outlet pipe 500 of the fresh air module 300 is communicated with the air inlet 120 at the side of the bottom case 100, the heat exchanging device 110 is disposed in the bottom case 100, and the air outlet 130 is disposed at the front of the bottom case 100, specifically, the purified air flows out from the air outlet pipe 500 and then flows through the heat exchanging device 110, in this process, the purified air can exchange heat with the heat exchanging device 110, and finally, the hot air or the cold air can be sent out from the air outlet 130. Wherein the heat exchanging device 110 refers to a condenser or an evaporator.
As shown in fig. 1, an end of the outlet duct 500 may extend into the air inlet 120 of the bottom housing 100, and meanwhile, an end of the outlet duct 500 may extend to an end of the heat exchanging device 110 close to the air inlet 120, so that the purified air may fully contact with various parts of the heat exchanging device 110 and perform heat exchange, a dotted arrow in fig. 1 indicates a general path of the purified air after flowing out from the outlet duct 500, and a path of the air flowing through the heat exchanging device 110 is the longest and the heat exchange is the most sufficient. It should be noted that the end of the air outlet pipe 500 may be spaced from the end of the heat exchanger 110 in the longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger 110 by a certain distance, or may be overlapped with the end of the heat exchanger 110 in the longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger 110, as long as the air outlet pipe 500 is close to the end of the heat exchanger 110.
Referring to fig. 6 to 8, the fresh air module 300 specifically includes an air duct assembly 310, a filter 330 and a wind wheel 340, wherein the wind wheel 340 is rotatably accommodated in a first chamber (not shown) inside the air duct assembly 310, the filter 330 is disposed on the air duct assembly 310, the air outlet pipe 500 is communicated with the first chamber, and the air inlet pipe 400 is communicated with the first chamber through the filter 330. The filter screen 330 can purify the air flowing into the air inlet pipe 400, and the purified air can flow into the first chamber and finally flow out of the fresh air module 300 from the air outlet pipe 500. It is understood that the rotation of the wind wheel 340 in the first chamber generates a negative pressure in the first chamber, and the negative pressure causes the airflow to flow along the direction from the air inlet pipe 400 to the air outlet pipe 500, and specifically, the wind wheel 340 may be a centrifugal wind wheel.
It should be noted that, referring to fig. 6 to 8, the air duct assembly 310 is composed of a first volute 311 and a second volute 312 which are fastened to each other, wherein an air inlet grille 3111 is disposed on the first volute 311 at a position corresponding to the filter screen 330, and the air flow can enter the first chamber after passing through the filter screen 330 and the air inlet grille 3111 in sequence. The split air duct assembly 310 is more convenient to install.
As shown in fig. 11, the air inlet grille 3111 can be formed integrally with the first scroll casing 311, and it is understood that both the air inlet grille 3111 and the first scroll casing 311 can be made of plastic material. The air inlet grille 3111 of integral type structure need not the installation, can improve production efficiency, reduction in production cost.
Referring to fig. 6 to 9, the fresh air module 300 further includes an end cap 320 fastened on the first volute 311, a second chamber (not shown) is formed between the end cap 320 and the first volute 311, and the air inlet pipe 400 is communicated with the second chamber. It can be understood that the first chamber and the second chamber are communicated with each other through the air inlet grill 3111, and the filter screen 330 is disposed in the second chamber and corresponds to the position of the air inlet grill 3111. By arranging the end cap 320, the filter screen 330 can be disposed in the second chamber, so that the air entering from the air inlet pipe 400 can be sufficiently purified in the second chamber, and the purification quality of the filter screen 330 can be improved. In particular, the filter screen 330 may be a HEPA filter screen.
Referring to fig. 6 and 8, the filter 330 divides the second chamber into a chamber to be filtered and a chamber to be filtered, and it can be understood that the chamber to be filtered and the chamber to be filtered are communicated with each other through the filter 330, air entering from the air inlet pipe 400 firstly flows through the chamber to be filtered, and then flows into the chamber to be filtered after being filtered by the filter 330, and the chamber to be filtered is communicated with the first chamber through the air inlet grill 3111, so that the air in the chamber to be filtered can flow into the first chamber under the negative pressure of the wind wheel 340. It is understood that the filter net 330 divides the second chamber into a chamber to be filtered and a chamber to be filtered, so that the air purification efficiency can be improved.
It is understood that, since the filter screen 330 can accumulate more dust when purifying and filtering the air for a long time, referring to fig. 6 and 8, the filter screen 330 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be slidably disposed on the air duct assembly 310 and detachably disposed with respect to the air duct assembly 310, and specifically, the filter screen 330 can be slidably disposed on the first volute 311. One end of the filter screen 330 may be provided with a handle 331, when the filter screen 330 needs to be detached for cleaning, the handle 331 may drive the filter screen 330 to move, so that the filter screen 330 slides and is drawn out of the second chamber, and the cleaned filter screen 330 may be inserted into the air duct assembly 310 through the original path and re-enter the second chamber. The removable filter 330 is easy to clean and use, and the filter 330 can be quickly removed without removing the end cap 320 or the air duct assembly 310 by providing the handle portion 331 on the filter 330. It will be appreciated that the handle portion 331 may extend out of the second chamber and be flush with the outer surface of the air duct assembly 310, i.e., the end cap 320, the first volute 311, and the handle portion 331 may collectively define the second chamber.
Referring to fig. 8 to 11 and 13, the end cap 320 of the embodiment of the invention is provided with a first semicircular opening 321, and the first volute 311 is provided with a second semicircular opening 3112, when the end cap 320 is installed on the first volute 311, the first semicircular opening 321 and the second semicircular opening 3112 can be buckled with each other and formed into a circular butt joint (not shown in the drawings), and meanwhile, the air inlet duct 400 can be installed at the butt joint, and the butt joint is provided in a split manner to facilitate installation of the air inlet duct 400. Further, the first chamber is provided with a turning plate 350 in a turning manner, the turning plate 350 can open or close the interface, specifically, a hinge shaft 351 is arranged on the turning plate 350, two ends of the hinge shaft 351 are respectively rotatably connected with the end cover 320 and the first volute 311, the hinge shaft 351 can be arranged below the interface so as to facilitate installation, and shielding of the interface can be reduced to the greatest extent.
It should be noted that the butt joint port in the embodiment of the present invention is formed by butting the first half-round port 321 and the second half-round port 3112, which is convenient for forming the butt joint port, and can avoid the deformation problem of the integrated butt joint port, thereby facilitating the connection between the port of the air inlet pipe 400 and the butt joint port, and improving the installation efficiency.
Specifically, referring to fig. 9-12 and 15, the end of the air inlet duct 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with a flange 410 and a protrusion 420, wherein the flange 410 may be disposed to protrude from the surface of the air inlet duct 400, and the protrusion 420 may be disposed to protrude from the surface of the air inlet duct 400 and a side close to the flange 410 is a fitting plane parallel to a side surface of the flange 410. In addition, the inner surface of the interface is provided with a stopping rib 600, the stopping rib 600 extends along the circumferential direction of the interface, and specifically, the stopping rib 600 may be disposed on the first semicircular opening 321 and/or the second semicircular opening 3112. During installation, the end of the air inlet pipe 400 can be inserted into the first semicircular opening 321 along the radial direction of the butt joint opening, the stop rib 600 is clamped in a gap formed between the side surface of the flange 410 and the matching plane of the protrusion 420, the end cover 320 is buckled on the air duct assembly 310, the second semicircular opening 3112 is in butt joint with the first semicircular opening 321, the stop rib 600 on the second semicircular opening 3112 can be clamped between the flange 410 and the protrusion 420, the air inlet pipe 400 can be limited to move along the axial direction of the air inlet pipe 400 by the stop rib 600 between the end cover 320 and the air duct assembly 310 after installation, the circumferential rotation of the air inlet pipe 400 cannot be limited, the air inlet pipe 400 can be conveniently fixed, the angle of the air inlet pipe 400 can be conveniently adjusted to adapt to different installation requirements, and the adaptability of an air conditioner product is improved.
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art can make equivalent modifications or substitutions without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and such equivalent modifications or substitutions are included in the scope defined by the claims of the present application.