CN115479306A

CN115479306A - Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN115479306A
Application number: CN202110670204.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈诚; 毛先友; 张强; 苏田
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-16
Filing date: 2021-06-16
Publication date: 2022-12-16

Abstract

The invention discloses an air-conditioning indoor unit and an air conditioner, wherein the air-conditioning indoor unit comprises a host, a sub-unit and a movable door, the host comprises a casing, the casing comprises a panel, the casing comprises a casing body and the panel, the casing body is provided with an accommodating cavity and an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the panel is arranged on the casing body and is positioned above the opening; the sub machine is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity; the movable door is arranged at the opening and can move up and down relative to the panel to open or close the opening; when the movable door opens the opening, the movable door is positioned at the rear side of the panel. According to the air-conditioning indoor unit, the movable door which moves up and down is arranged at the opening of the main machine, so that the overall consistency of the air-conditioning indoor unit is improved, dust and the like can be prevented from entering the accommodating cavity, and meanwhile, the air-conditioning indoor unit is simple in structure and small in occupied space.

Description

Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner

Technical Field

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

Background

At present, the treatment of indoor air is mainly controlled by individual products such as an air conditioner, a purifier, a humidifier, and the like. Although the problem of indoor air quality can be solved by using a plurality of products, the space occupied by the plurality of products is large, and the products are inconvenient for users to store. In the related art, an accommodating cavity and an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity are arranged on an air conditioner main machine, a sub machine is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the sub machine has an air purification or humidification function, and the sub machine can be moved out from the opening, so that the problem of inconvenient storage is solved. However, since the opening is normally open, dust is likely to enter the accommodating cavity, and the overall consistency of the air conditioner is affected.

The above is only for the purpose of assisting understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, and does not represent an admission that the above is the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an air conditioner indoor unit, and aims to solve the technical problem that the overall structure of the air conditioner indoor unit in the prior art is poor in consistency.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an indoor unit of an air conditioner, including:

the host comprises a shell, the shell comprises a shell body and a panel, the shell body is provided with an accommodating cavity and an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the panel is arranged on the shell body and positioned above the opening;

the submachine is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity; and

the movable door is arranged at the opening and can move up and down relative to the panel so as to open or close the opening; when the movable door opens the opening, the movable door is located at the rear side of the panel.

In one embodiment, the rear side of the panel is formed with a movable gap for the movable door to move up and down.

In an embodiment, the indoor unit of an air conditioner further includes a driving device, and the driving device is configured to drive the movable door to move up and down.

In one embodiment, the driving device comprises a driving motor, a gear and a rack plate, wherein the driving motor is connected with the gear in a driving mode, the rack plate extends in the vertical direction and is connected with the movable door, and the rack plate is meshed with the gear.

In one embodiment, the driving device includes a driving box, the driving box can move back and forth relative to the host, and the driving motor and the gear are arranged on the driving box.

In an embodiment, the driving box mounting bar has a receiving groove mounting bar, the receiving groove mounting bar has a notch opened forward, the driving motor is mounted in the receiving groove mounting bar, the gear mounting bar extends out of the notch of the receiving groove mounting bar, and at least one side of the rack plate mounting bar is provided with a toothed portion mounting bar engaged with the gear mounting bar.

In one embodiment, two toothed installation bars are respectively arranged on two sides of the rack plate installation bar, the number of the gear installation bars is two, and the two gear installation bars are respectively meshed with the two toothed installation bars.

In an embodiment, a mounting groove mounting bar is arranged in the casing body mounting bar, the mounting groove mounting bar is provided with an opening which is opened forward, and the driving box mounting bar is slidably mounted in the mounting groove mounting bar.

In one embodiment, a roller assembly mounting bar is disposed between the driving box mounting bar and the mounting groove mounting bar.

In one embodiment, the driving box mounting bar is provided with a fixing block mounting bar, and the roller assembly mounting bar is mounted on the fixing block mounting bar.

In one embodiment, the groove wall of the mounting groove mounting bar is recessed to form a guide groove, the guide groove extends in the front-back direction, and the fixing block mounting bar is located in the guide groove and can slide back and forth relative to the guide groove.

In one embodiment, one of the driving box mounting bar and the movable door mounting bar is provided with a sliding clamping piece, and the other one is provided with a sliding groove in sliding fit with the sliding clamping piece.

In one embodiment, the driving box mounting bar is provided with a gear box mounting bar for mounting a gear mounting bar, and the sliding clamping piece is arranged on the gear box mounting bar.

In an embodiment, a sliding part is arranged on the movable door, a sliding track which is in sliding fit with the sliding part is arranged on the shell body, the sliding track extends along the vertical direction, and when the sliding part moves upwards from the lower end of the sliding track, the movable door opens the opening.

In one embodiment, the sliding rail includes a straight rail and an inclined rail connected to the straight rail, and the inclined rail is inclined from a lower end of the straight rail toward a front lower direction.

In one embodiment, the included angle between the inclined track and the straight track is 120-170 °.

In an embodiment, the indoor unit of an air conditioner further includes a mounting bar, the mounting bar is disposed on the casing body, and the sliding rail is disposed on the mounting bar.

The invention also provides an air conditioner, which comprises an air conditioner outdoor unit and an air conditioner indoor unit, wherein the air conditioner indoor unit comprises:

the sub machine is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity; and

The air-conditioning indoor unit comprises a host, a sub-unit and a movable door, wherein the host comprises a shell, the shell comprises a panel, the shell comprises a shell body and a panel, the shell body is provided with an accommodating cavity and an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the panel is arranged on the shell body and is positioned above the opening; the sub machine is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity; the movable door is arranged at the opening and can move up and down relative to the panel to open or close the opening; when the movable door opens the opening, the movable door is located at the rear side of the panel. According to the air-conditioning indoor unit, the movable door which moves up and down is arranged at the opening of the main machine, so that the overall consistency of the air-conditioning indoor unit is improved, dust and the like can be prevented from entering the accommodating cavity, and meanwhile, the air-conditioning indoor unit is simple in structure and small in occupied space.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of the air conditioning indoor unit of fig. 1;

FIG. 3 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view taken along A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a detailed view of the inside of the air conditioning indoor unit of fig. 2, wherein the movable door is in a closed state;

FIG. 6 is a front view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line D-D of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 at A;

fig. 10 is an internal detailed view of the air conditioning indoor unit of fig. 6, wherein the movable door is in an open state;

fig. 11 is an exploded view of the indoor unit of the air conditioner of fig. 1;

FIG. 12 is an assembled view of the drive cartridge and gears of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of the rack plate of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of the mounting bar of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the slider shown in FIG. 11.

The reference numbers indicate:

the implementation, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that if the description of "first", "second", etc. is provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is only for descriptive purposes and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout is to include three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B" including either scheme A, or scheme B, or a scheme in which both A and B are satisfied.

The invention provides an indoor unit of an air conditioner.

Referring to fig. 1 to 10, the present invention provides an air-conditioning indoor unit 300, where the air-conditioning indoor unit 300 includes a main unit 100, a sub unit 200, and a movable door 120, the main unit 100 includes a casing 110, the casing 110 includes a casing body 111 and a panel 115, the casing body 111 is provided with an accommodating cavity 112 and an opening 113 communicating with the accommodating cavity 112, and the panel 115 is disposed on the casing body 111 and above the opening 113. The sub-machine 200 is detachably mounted in the accommodating cavity 112; the movable door 120 is installed at the opening 113, and the movable door 120 is movable up and down with respect to the panel 115 to open or close the opening 113; when the movable door 120 opens the opening 113, the movable door 120 is located at the rear side of the panel 115.

The indoor air conditioner 300 is specifically a floor type indoor air conditioner. The main unit 100 of the air conditioning indoor unit 300 may have a cylindrical shape, a square column shape, or another shape, and may extend in the vertical direction as a whole. The casing 110 of the host 100 includes a casing body 111, and the casing body 111 is provided with an air inlet, an air outlet, and a heat exchange air duct communicating the air inlet and the air outlet. The indoor unit 300 further includes a heat exchange module disposed in the heat exchange air duct for exchanging heat of the air flowing through the heat exchange air duct, so as to implement cooling or heating. The heat exchange module can only have a refrigerating function and can also have refrigerating and heating functions. Without loss of generality, the heat exchange module comprises a heat exchanger and a heat exchange fan, the heat exchange fan drives airflow to enter a heat exchange air channel from an air inlet and blow out from an air outlet after heat exchange of the heat exchanger, and therefore indoor refrigeration or heating is achieved. Other specific structures of the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner may refer to the prior art, and are not described herein again.

The cabinet 110 further includes a panel 115 (shown in fig. 5 and 10), and the panel 115 is disposed on the front side of the cabinet body 111. The panel 115 may be fixedly mounted on the housing body 111, or may be detachably mounted on the housing body 111, and may be selected and designed according to actual needs. The housing body 111 is provided with a receiving cavity 112 therein, the receiving cavity 112 has an opening 113 opened forward, and the opening 113 may be located at the middle or lower portion of the housing body 111. Of course, in order to facilitate the extension of the sub-unit 200, the receiving cavity 112 may be disposed at the lower portion of the housing body 111, and correspondingly, the opening 113 is disposed at the lower portion of the housing body 111.

The sub-unit 200 is installed in the accommodating cavity 112, and when the opening 113 is opened by the movable door 120, the sub-unit 200 can be removed from the opening 113. It can be understood that the sub-machine 200 can be removed from the accommodating cavity 112 by means of manual detachment by a user, and the control device can also control the sub-machine 200 to be removed from the accommodating cavity 112 without manual operation by the user. After the sub-unit 200 is moved out, the sub-unit 200 can be controlled by itself to perform the circulation movement indoors and work independently, so as to meet the requirement of the whole indoor air treatment. Of course, the user can move the sub-unit 200 to a desired indoor position, such as an area where multiple persons are concentrated, so as to meet fixed-point air supply in a certain area, realize remote, fixed-point and directional air supply, and improve the air treatment effect. Compared with the whole floor type air conditioner indoor unit 300, the sub-unit 200 can move more flexibly and conveniently, so that different air treatment requirements of users can be met.

The sub-unit 200 is mainly used for processing air, such as, but not limited to, purification, humidification, sterilization, dehumidification, and the like. The sub-machine 200 comprises at least one air treatment module, and it should be noted that the types and functions of at least two air treatment modules may be the same or different. Optionally, the air treatment module comprises one or more of a humidification module, a purification module, a sterilization module, and a dehumidification module. The purification module comprises one or more combinations of a filter screen module, an electrostatic dust collection module, an anion module and a plasma module. Specifically, the filter screen module specifically can include one or more combinations in HEPA filter screen, active carbon filter screen, plasma integrated network, photocatalyst filter screen, formaldehyde filter screen. The opening 113 may be provided below the panel 115 in order to facilitate the movement of the sub-unit 200 out of the receiving cavity 112. The opening 113 is positioned below the panel 115 for a detailed description.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to prevent dust and the like from entering the accommodating chamber 112 and improve the overall structural consistency of the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner, the movable door 120 is disposed at the opening 113. The movable door 120 is movable up and down with respect to the panel 115 to open or close the opening 113. It is understood that the movable door 120 has a closed state closing the opening 113 and an open state opening the opening 113. Here, it should be noted that, when the movable door 120 is in the closed state, the fact that the movable door 120 closes the opening 113 includes two layers: one layer is that the movable door 120 is approximately flush with the panel 115, and the movable door 120 blocks the opening 113 to shield the sub-machine 200 in the accommodating cavity 112; the other layer is that the movable door 120 is located inside the accommodating cavity 112, so that the movable door 120 exposes the opening 113, but at this time, the movable door 120 still shields the sub-machine 200 in the accommodating cavity 112.

As shown in fig. 8 and 10, when the movable door 120 is in the open state, the movable door 120 is located at the rear side of the panel 115. Optionally, a movable gap is formed at the rear side of the panel 115 for the movable door 120 to move up and down. Here, it should be explained that the opening 113 is opened by the movable door 120, and the opening 113 may be partially opened or the opening 113 may be fully opened. The opening 113 is located below the panel 115, and the movable door 120 moves upward to partially open or fully open the opening 113.

In addition, the movable door 120 is movable up and down with respect to the panel 115, and it is understood that the movable door 120 is vertically movable up and down with respect to the panel 115, or the movable door 120 is movable obliquely upward or obliquely downward with respect to the panel 115; alternatively, the movable door 120 may be moved obliquely upward or obliquely downward with respect to the panel 115, and then be moved vertically upward or downward with respect to the panel 115. As long as it is possible to move the movable door 120 to open or close the opening.

The air-conditioning indoor unit 300 comprises a main unit 100, a sub unit 200 and a movable door 120, wherein the main unit 100 comprises a casing 110, the casing 110 comprises a casing body 111 and a panel 115, the casing body 111 is provided with an accommodating cavity 112 and an opening 113 communicated with the accommodating cavity 112, and the panel 115 is arranged on the casing body 111 and is positioned above the opening 113; the sub-machine 200 is detachably installed in the accommodating cavity 112; the movable door 120 is installed at the opening 113, the movable door 120 is movable up and down with respect to the panel 115 to have a closed state closing the opening 113 and an open state opening the opening 113; when the movable door 120 is in the open state, the movable door 120 is located at the rear side of the panel 115; in this way, the movable door 120 moving up and down is disposed at the opening 113 of the main unit 100, so that the overall consistency of the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner is improved, dust and the like can be prevented from entering the accommodating chamber 112, and meanwhile, the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner has a simple structure and occupies a small space.

As for the up and down movement of the movable door 120, there are two ways: one is to manually drive the movable door 120 to move up and down by a user, and the other is to drive the movable door 120 to move up and down by the driving means 130. For the convenience of users, in an embodiment, the air conditioning indoor unit 300 further includes a driving device 130, and the driving device 130 is connected to the movable door 120 to drive the movable door 120 to move up and down.

The driving device 130 has various structures, for example, but not limited to, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, 10, 11 and 12, the driving device 130 includes a driving motor, a gear 132, and a rack plate 133, the driving motor is connected to the gear 132 in a driving manner, the rack plate 133 extends in an up-and-down direction and is connected to the movable door 120, and the rack plate 133 is engaged with the gear 132. The gear 132 is driven to rotate by the driving motor, the gear 132 is meshed with the rack plate 133, and then the rack plate 133 is driven to move up and down, so that the movable door 120 can move up and down along with the rack plate 133.

Further, considering that the panel 115 may obstruct the up and down movement of the movable door 120 if the movable door 120 is flush with the panel 115, in order to move the movable door 120 up and down inside the housing 110, the driving device 130 includes a driving box 131, the driving box 131 may move back and forth with respect to the main body 100, and the driving motor and the gear 132 are provided on the driving box 131.

As for the driving box 131 to move back and forth, there are various ways, for example, the driving box 131 may be driven to move back and forth by a driving mechanism, or the driving box 131 may be driven to move back and forth by a manual way of a user, or of course, the driving box 131 may also be driven to move back and forth by a track limiting movable door 120, and then the driving box 131 is driven to move back and forth by a reaction force of the movable door 120 on the driving box 131.

In the initial state, the movable door 120 is in a closed state, that is, the movable door 120 is located below the panel 115. The rack plate 133 and the movable door 120 are moved backward together by driving the driving case 131 to move backward (inward) with respect to the panel 115, and thus the driving motor mounted on the driving case 131 and the gear 132 are moved backward together, and the gear 132 is engaged with the rack plate 133; meanwhile, the gear 132 is driven to rotate by the driving motor, and the gear 132 is meshed with the rack plate 133 to be brought to move upwards by the rack plate 133, so that the movable door 120 connected with the rack plate 133 is driven to move upwards. In this way, by driving the movable door 120 to move backward, the upper end of the movable door 120 is moved to the rear side of the panel 115, so that the panel 115 can be retracted; at the same time, the opening 113 is completely opened by the movable door 120 by driving the movable door 120 to move upward at the rear side (inner side) of the panel 115.

Referring to fig. 12, specifically, the driving case 131 has a receiving groove 136, the receiving groove 136 has a notch opened toward the movable door 120, the driving motor is installed in the receiving groove 136, the gear 132 extends out of the notch of the receiving groove 136, and at least one side of the rack plate 133 is provided with a toothed portion 134 engaged with the gear 132.

In this embodiment, the receiving groove 136 has a notch opened forward, and the gear 132 protrudes out of the notch of the receiving groove 136, so that the gear 132 is engaged with the rack plate 133. Wherein the rack plate 133 extends in an up-down direction, and a rotation axis of the gear 132 is perpendicular to the rack plate 133. The rack plate 133 is a substantially elongated plate, and the rack plate 133 is provided with a toothed portion 134 that engages with the gear 132 along one side or both sides in the longitudinal direction thereof. For example, in one embodiment, the rack plate 133 is provided at one side thereof with a toothed portion 134, and the number of the gears 132 is one.

For another example, referring to fig. 11, 12 and 13, two toothed portions 134 are respectively disposed on both sides of the rack plate 133, the number of the gears 132 is two, and the two gears 132 are respectively engaged with the two toothed portions 134. In this embodiment, by providing two gears 132 to cooperate with the rack plate 133, on one hand, the driving force on the rack plate 133 can be improved, so as to drive the rack plate 133 to move up and down stably, and on the other hand, the connection stability between the gears 132 and the rack plate 133 can be enhanced, so that the rack plate 133 and the gears 132 always maintain the meshing state without being disengaged, thereby being beneficial to ensuring that the rack plate 133 moves back and forth along with the gears 132 and the driving box 131.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, in an embodiment, a mounting groove 114 is formed in the housing body 111, the mounting groove 114 has an opening opened forward, and the driving box 131 is slidably mounted in the mounting groove 114. That is, the driving case 131 can move forward and backward in the mounting groove 114. The mounting groove 114 may be disposed in the accommodating cavity 112, and of course, the mounting groove 114 may also be disposed outside the accommodating cavity 112, i.e. independent from the accommodating cavity 112.

Further, in order to facilitate the forward and backward movement of the driving case 131 in the mounting groove 114, a roller assembly 140 may be disposed between the driving case 131 and the mounting groove 114. Specifically, the roller assembly 140 may be mounted on the driving case 131 such that the roller assembly 140 is roller-engaged with the mounting groove 114; the roller assembly 140 may also be installed in the mounting groove 114 such that the roller assembly 140 is roller-engaged with the drive case 131. By providing the roller assembly 140, frictional resistance between the cartridge 131 and the mounting groove 114 can be reduced, thereby facilitating the movement of the cartridge 131 forward and backward.

Wherein, the number of the roller assemblies 140 may be one or more, and when the number of the roller assemblies 140 is plural, a plurality of the roller assemblies 140 may be arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the drive box 131. In order to facilitate the installation of the roller assembly 140, a fixing portion, such as a fixing bracket or a fixing block 141, may be provided on the driving case 131, and the roller assembly 140 is installed on the fixing portion.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, in an embodiment, the fixing portion is a fixing block 141 extending in a front-back direction. The groove wall of the mounting groove 114 is recessed outward to form a guide groove 114a, the guide groove 114a extends in the front-rear direction, and the fixing block 141 is located in the guide groove 114a and can slide back and forth relative to the guide groove 114 a. In this way, the fixing block 141 not only can fix the roller assembly 140, but also can be slidably fitted with the guide groove 114a to perform a certain guiding and limiting function.

Referring to fig. 8, 9 and 12, in an embodiment, one of the driving box 131 and the movable door 120 is provided with a sliding card 150a, and the other is provided with a sliding slot 150b slidably engaged with the sliding card 150 a. By arranging the sliding fastener 150a to be engaged with the sliding groove 150b, on one hand, the movable door 120 can be ensured to move up and down relative to the driving box 131, on the other hand, the stability between the movable door 120 and the driving box 131 can be improved, and the movable door 120 can be ensured to move back and forth together with the driving box 131.

The sliding groove 150b may be disposed on the movable door 120, and the sliding clip 150a is disposed on the driving box 131. Alternatively, the sliding groove 150b may be disposed on the driving box 131, and the sliding clip 150a may be disposed on the movable door 120. The number of the slide groove 150b and the slide fastener 150a is not particularly limited, and for example, the number of the slide groove 150b and the slide fastener 150a may be one, two or more, or the like.

Referring to fig. 8, 9 and 12, in an embodiment, two sliding grooves 150b are respectively disposed on two sides of the movable door 120, each sliding groove 150b has a notch opened toward the other sliding groove 150b, two sliding fasteners 150a are disposed on the driving box 131, and the two sliding fasteners 150a are respectively inserted into the two sliding grooves 150b.

Further, a gear box 135 is disposed in the driving box 131, the gear box 135 is used for mounting the gear 132, and the sliding fastener 150a may be disposed on the gear box 135. Specifically, in order to improve the structural strength, the sliding clip 150a may be integrally formed on the gear box 135, and of course, the sliding clip 150a may be detachably disposed on the gear box 135.

Referring to fig. 11 to 15, in an embodiment, the movable door 120 is limited by the rail to move back and forth, and the reaction force of the movable door 120 on the driving box 131 is used to drive the driving box 131 to move back and forth together. Specifically, a sliding member 121 is disposed on the movable door 120, a sliding rail 170 slidably engaged with the sliding member 121 is disposed on the housing body 111, the sliding rail 170 extends in an up-down direction, and when the sliding member 121 moves upward from a lower end of the sliding rail 170, the movable door 120 is switched from the closed state to the open state, that is, the movable door 120 opens the opening 113.

Considering that the movable door 120 is positioned below the panel 115, the opening 113 may be opened by moving the movable door 120 upward. It can be understood that when the movable door 120 is located above the panel 115, the opening 113 can be opened when the movable door 120 moves downward from the upper end of the sliding rail 170.

Referring to fig. 11 and 14, in this embodiment, the sliding rail 170 includes a straight rail 171 and an inclined rail 172 connected to the straight rail 171, the inclined rail 172 is inclined forward and downward from a lower end of the straight rail 171, the first end is located at an end of the inclined rail 172 away from the straight rail 171, and the second end is an end of the straight rail 171 away from the inclined rail 172.

Specifically, the straight rail 171 is in smooth transition connection with the inclined rail 172. When the sliding member 121 moves along the inclined rail 172 from the lower end of the inclined rail 172, due to the limiting effect of the sliding rail 170 on the movable door 120, the movable door 120 moves backward and upward, a reaction force is applied to the driving box 131 by the movable door 120 during the moving process, so that the driving box 131 moves backward, and the driving box 131 moves backward to drive the driving motor and the gear 132 to move backward, thereby driving the rack plate 133 and the movable door 120 to move backward. When the slider 121 moves to the upper end of the inclined rail 172, the driving cartridge 131 moves backward to the maximum displacement. Thereafter, the slider 121 continues to move upward along the rectilinear rail 171, the driving case 131 is maintained at the maximum displacement, and the movable door 120 continues to move upward until the opening 113 is completely opened.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the sliding rail 170 is used to limit the front and back movement of the movable door 120, and the reaction force of the movable door 120 on the driving box 131 is used to drive the driving box 131 to move back and forth, so as to avoid using a special driving mechanism to drive the driving box 131 to move, and thus, the structure is simple, and the space occupied by installing the driving mechanism is reduced.

Referring to fig. 11 and 14, the inclined rail 172 and the straight rail 171 form an included angle therebetween. Optionally, the included angle between the inclined rail 172 and the straight rail 171 is 120 ° to 170 °.

The included angle between the inclined track 172 and the straight track 171 may be, but is not limited to, 120 °, 130 °, 140 °, 150 °, 160 °, 170 °, and the like. If the included angle between the inclined rail 172 and the straight rail 171 is less than 120 °, the reaction of the movable door 120 on the driving box 131 must be large enough to drive the driving box 131 to move back and forth; if the included angle between the inclined rail 172 and the straight rail 171 is greater than 170 °, it takes a long time for the driving cartridge 131 to move backward to the maximum displacement position, and it is not easy to drive the driving cartridge 131 to move forward and backward. Therefore, the included angle between the inclined rail 172 and the straight rail 171 is set to 120-170 degrees, so that the driving box 131 can be better driven to move back and forth, and the movable door 120 is further driven to move back and forth.

In this embodiment, the number of the sliding member 121 and the sliding rail 170 may be one, or may be two, three or more, and is not particularly limited. The sliding rail 170 is disposed corresponding to the sliding member 121. In an embodiment, in order to better drive the movable door 120 to move up and down, the number of the sliding members 121 and the number of the sliding rails 170 are four, and the four sliding rails 170 are arranged corresponding to the four sliding members 121. The movable door 120 is disposed in a square shape, four sliding members 121 may be symmetrically disposed at four corners of the movable door 120, two sliding rails 170 are disposed at an upper portion of the case body 111 at intervals, and the other two sliding rails 170 are disposed at a lower portion of the case body 111 at intervals.

For convenience of explanation, two slide rails 170 positioned at an upper portion of the case body 111 may be defined as a first left rail and a first right rail, and two slide rails 170 positioned at a lower portion of the case body 111 may be defined as a second left rail and a second right rail. The first left rail and the second left rail can be arranged in a split manner, and can be integrally formed; similarly, the first right rail and the second right rail may be provided separately, or may be provided integrally, and are not particularly limited.

Of course, in other embodiments, the driving box 131 may be driven to move back and forth by a driving mechanism. Specifically, the indoor unit 300 further includes a driving mechanism, which is installed in the installation groove 114 and connected to the driving box 131 to drive the driving box 131 to move back and forth. Wherein, the driving mechanism can be a driving motor or a driving air cylinder and the like. The driving mechanism may directly drive the driving box 131 to move back and forth, or may indirectly drive the driving box 131 to move back and forth through a transmission assembly. Here, the transmission assembly may be a rack and pinion transmission assembly, a gear set transmission assembly, or the like, and may be selected and designed according to actual needs.

Referring to fig. 11 and 14, in an embodiment, the indoor unit 300 further includes a mounting bar 180, the mounting bar 180 is disposed on the casing body 111, and the sliding rail 170 is disposed on the mounting bar 180. Specifically, the mounting bars 180 extend along the length direction of the shell body 111, the number of the mounting bars 180 is two, and the two mounting bars 180 are respectively disposed on two sides of the shell body 111. By arranging the sliding rail 170 on the mounting bar 180, on one hand, the sliding rail 170 can be conveniently mounted and dismounted, on the other hand, the sliding rail 170 does not occupy extra mounting space, the internal space of the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner is saved, and the reduction of the overall size of the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner is facilitated.

If the number of the sliding tracks 170 is two, the two sliding tracks 179 are respectively disposed on one side of the two mounting bars 180 away from the movable door 120, or the two sliding tracks 179 are respectively disposed on one side of the two mounting bars 180 close to the movable door 120. If the number of the sliding tracks 170 is four: namely, the first left rail, the second left rail, the first right rail and the second right rail, the first left rail and the second left rail may be disposed on one side of one of the mounting bars 180 close to the movable door 120, and the first right rail and the second right rail may be disposed on the other side of the mounting bar 180 close to the movable door 120.

Referring to fig. 15, in an embodiment, the sliding member 121 includes a sliding shaft 122 and a mounting frame 123, the mounting frame 123 is disposed on the movable door 120, and the sliding shaft 122 is mounted on the mounting frame 123 and is slidably engaged with the sliding rail 170. There are various ways of installing the mounting bracket 123 on the movable door 120, for example, the mounting bracket 123 may be fixed to the movable door 120 by a screw fixing method, or may be fixed to the movable door 120 by a snap-fit method, or may be integrally installed on the movable door 120. The structure of the mounting frame 123 is not particularly limited, and for example, but not limited to, the mounting frame includes a fixing plate, a fixing block, a fixing frame, and the like.

In addition, in order to reduce vibration and noise when the rack plate 133 moves up and down, considering that a certain amount of vibration may be generated when the rack plate 133 moves up and down, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 13, the indoor air conditioner 300 further includes a damper 160, and the damper 160 is mounted on the rack plate 133.

Specifically, the rack plate 133 is provided with a mounting hole, and the shock absorbing member 160 is mounted in the mounting hole. The shock absorbing member 160 may be a rubber member, a silicon rubber member, or other members having a shock absorbing effect. The number of the shock absorbing members 160 may be one or more, and in order to obtain a better shock absorbing effect, a plurality of shock absorbing members 160 may be used, and a plurality of shock absorbing members 160 may be arranged at intervals along the length direction of the rack plate 133.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, in the above embodiments, the air inlet is disposed at the back of the shell body 111, and the air outlet includes a left air outlet and a right air outlet respectively disposed at two sides of the shell body. Correspondingly, the heat exchange air duct comprises a left air duct communicated with the air inlet and the left air outlet and a right air duct communicated with the air inlet and the right air outlet. The heat exchange fan comprises a first fan and a second fan, the first fan is arranged in the left air channel, and the second fan is arranged in the right air channel. In this embodiment, through setting up left air outlet and right air outlet, increased the air supply scope, simultaneously, improved the air supply amount of wind, and then promoted the use travelling comfort of this air conditioning indoor set.

Further, the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner further includes a left opening and closing door and a right opening and closing door, the left opening and closing door is installed at the left air outlet, and the right opening and closing door is installed at the right air outlet. The left switch door may be rotatably connected to the housing body 111 to open or close the left air outlet, and of course, the left switch door may also be slidably connected to the housing body 111 to open or close the left air outlet. Similarly, the right opening and closing door may be rotatably connected to the housing body 111 to open or close the right air outlet, and of course, the right opening and closing door may also be slidably connected to the housing body 111 to open or close the right air outlet.

The present invention further provides an air conditioner, which includes an outdoor unit of the air conditioner and an indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner, and the specific structure of the indoor unit 300 of the air conditioner refers to the above embodiments, and since the air conditioner employs all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, the air conditioner at least has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments, and details are not repeated herein.

The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:

the submachine is detachably arranged in the accommodating cavity; and

the movable door is arranged at the opening and can move up and down relative to the panel so as to open or close the opening; when the movable door opens the opening, the movable door is positioned at the rear side of the panel.

2. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a movable gap is formed at a rear side of the panel for the movable door to move up and down.

3. The indoor unit of claim 1, further comprising a driving unit for driving the movable door to move up and down.

4. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the driving unit includes a driving motor drivingly connected to the gear, a gear, and a rack plate extending in an up-down direction and connected to the movable door, the rack plate engaging with the gear.

5. An indoor unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 4, wherein the driving unit includes a driving case movable forward and backward with respect to the main unit, and the driving motor and the gear are provided on the driving case.

6. The indoor unit of claim 5, wherein the driving case has an accommodating groove having a notch opened frontward, the driving motor is installed in the accommodating groove, the gear protrudes out of the notch of the accommodating groove, and at least one side of the rack plate is provided with a tooth portion engaged with the gear.

7. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein two teeth portions are provided on both sides of the rack plate, respectively, the number of the gears is two, and the two gears are engaged with the two teeth portions, respectively.

8. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein a mounting groove is formed in the casing body, the mounting groove has an opening opened frontward, and the driving case is slidably mounted in the mounting groove.

9. The indoor unit of claim 6, wherein a roller assembly is provided between the driving case and the mounting groove.

10. The indoor unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 9, wherein a fixing block is provided on the driving case, and the roller assembly is mounted on the fixing block.

11. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein a groove wall of the installation groove is recessed to form a guide groove extending in a front-rear direction, and the fixing block is positioned in the guide groove and is slidable forward and backward relative to the guide groove.

12. An indoor unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 5, wherein one of the driving case and the movable door is provided with a slide engaging member, and the other is provided with a slide groove slidably engaged with the slide engaging member.

13. An indoor unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 12, wherein a gear box for gear installation is provided on the driving box, and the sliding latch is provided on the gear box.

14. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein a sliding member is provided on the shutter, a sliding rail slidably engaged with the sliding member is provided on the casing body, the sliding rail extends in an up-down direction, and the shutter opens the opening when the sliding member moves upward from a lower end of the sliding rail.

15. The indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 14, wherein the slide rail includes a straight rail and an inclined rail inclined forward and downward from a lower end of the straight rail.

16. An indoor unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 15, wherein an angle between the inclined rail and the straight rail is 120 ° to 170 °.

17. The indoor unit of claim 14, further comprising a mounting bar provided on the casing body, wherein the sliding rail is provided on the mounting bar.

18. The indoor unit of air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the movable door is flush with the panel when the movable door closes the opening.

19. An air conditioner comprising an outdoor unit and the indoor unit of any one of claims 1 to 18.