CN115978777A

CN115978777A - Water pan assembly, air conditioner and control method of air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN115978777A
Application number: CN202211550391.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡东杰; 万敏; 叶强蔚; 李欣; 聂宝平
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2022-12-05
Filing date: 2022-12-05
Publication date: 2023-04-18

Abstract

The invention provides a water pan assembly, an air conditioner and a control method of the air conditioner, wherein the water pan assembly comprises a water pan, the bottom of one side of the water pan is provided with a first drain pipe, and a first drain valve and a second drain valve are arranged on the first drain pipe at intervals along the water outlet direction; a second drain pipe is arranged at the bottom of the other side of the water receiving tray, and a third drain valve is arranged on the second drain pipe; the water inlet pipe is connected between the first drain valve and the second drain valve on the first drain pipe, and a water inlet valve is arranged on the water inlet pipe. The invention can solve the problems that the water pan of the existing air conditioner indoor unit is not easy to clean and the drain pipe is easy to be filthy and blocked.

Description

Water pan assembly, air conditioner and control method of air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to a water pan assembly, an air conditioner and a control method of the air conditioner.

Background

In the use process of the air conditioner, the surface of a condenser of an indoor unit of the air conditioner is easy to generate condensation on the surface of the fin due to the cold temperature, condensed water can flow into a water pan below the condenser along the fin, and microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi in the air can be enriched in the water pan. After a period of time, the microorganism can breed bacterium or mould, forms the gathering of flocculent material near the water collector drain pipe to make the drain pipe block up, the comdenstion water can't be discharged, causes the indoor set comdenstion water outflow phenomenon to appear.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a water pan assembly, an air conditioner and a control method of the air conditioner, and aims to solve the problems that the water pan of an indoor unit of the existing air conditioner is not easy to clean, and a drain pipe is easy to be filthy and blocked.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a water pan assembly is provided, which includes a water pan, a first drain pipe is disposed at a bottom of one side of the water pan, and a first drain valve and a second drain valve are disposed on the first drain pipe at intervals along a water outlet direction; a second drain pipe is arranged at the bottom of the other side of the water pan, and a third drain valve is arranged on the second drain pipe; still include the inlet tube, municipal water route is connected to inlet tube one end, and the other end is connected first drain valve with between the second drain valve on the first drain pipe, be equipped with the water intaking valve on the inlet tube.

Furthermore, a booster pump is further arranged on the water inlet pipe and is located between the water inlet valve and the first water discharge pipe. The booster pump can provide higher pressure for municipal water to improve the fluid speed when scouring, guarantee the cleaning performance.

Furthermore, the first drain pipe and the second drain pipe are arranged at the bottoms of two opposite sides of the water pan. The two are oppositely arranged, so that the dirty and blocked substances washed off are conveniently discharged.

Furthermore, the bottom surface of the water receiving tray is obliquely arranged, and the water outlet height of the first water discharge pipe is lower than that of the second water discharge pipe. The bottom surface of the water receiving tray has a certain height difference, so that certain shearing force is generated when the water receiving tray is cleaned, and the cleaning effect is better.

Furthermore, a first vibration part is arranged on the bottom surface of the water collecting tray. Through the vibration of the vibration component, the flushing effect of the filth blockage substances is further improved.

Furthermore, a second vibration part is arranged on the first drainage pipe. Through the vibrations of vibrations part, further improve the washing effect of pipeline.

Furthermore, a water level early warning device is arranged in the water receiving tray. The water level of the water receiving tray can be monitored in real time, and the control precision is improved.

Further, the water level early warning device comprises a floater and a proximity switch, the floater is arranged on a vertical guide rod in a sliding mode, and the proximity switch is arranged on the top surface of the water pan and is opposite to the floater.

According to another aspect of the invention, an air conditioner is provided, which comprises the water pan assembly.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of the air conditioner, including a water tray cleaning mode and a drainage mode;

a water pan cleaning mode: opening a water inlet valve, a first drain valve and a third drain valve, closing a second drain valve, allowing municipal water to enter the water pan through the water inlet valve and the first drain valve, flushing filthy substances at the bottom of the water pan, and discharging through the third drain valve;

a drainage mode: presetting a warning water level h0 of a water receiving tray;

monitoring the real-time water level h of the water pan;

when h is less than h0, the first drain pipe is not blocked, the first drain valve and the second drain valve are opened, and water is drained through the first drain pipe;

when h is larger than or equal to h0, the first drainage pipe is blocked, and whether the air conditioner is continuously operated or not is judged;

if yes, opening a third drain valve, and draining water through a second drain pipe; if not, the second drain valve and the water inlet valve are opened, and the first drain pipe is flushed through municipal water.

By applying the technical scheme of the invention, the second drain pipe is used as a standby drain pipe, the first drain pipe which is used as a main drain pipe is connected to a municipal waterway through a water inlet pipe, and the water pan and the drain pipeline are cleaned by municipal water, so that the problem of condensate water overflow caused by dirty and blocked water pan is effectively solved, and the problems of inconvenient cleaning of the water pan and high operation difficulty of a user are solved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a water-pan assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a cleaning flow path of the water pan assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a view of a normal drain flow path of a drip tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a drainage flow path diagram of a drain pan assembly after filth blockage according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a cleaning flow path for a first drain of a drip tray assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

wherein:

1-a water pan; 2-a first drain pipe; 3-a first drain valve; 4-a second drain valve; 5-a second drain pipe; 6-a third drain valve; 7-water inlet pipe; 8-a water inlet valve; 9-a pressure pump; 10-a first vibrating member; 11-a second vibrating member; 12-a float; 13-proximity switch.

Detailed Description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments, it being noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application can be combined with each other without conflict.

It should be noted that the following detailed description is exemplary and is intended to provide further explanation of the disclosure. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

The invention provides a water pan assembly, an air conditioner and a control method of the air conditioner, and aims to solve the problems that a water pan of an existing air conditioner indoor unit is not easy to clean and a drain pipe is easy to be dirtied and blocked.

As shown in fig. 1, the water collector of this embodiment, including water collector 1, first drain pipe 2, second drain pipe 5 and inlet tube 7, first drain pipe 2 sets up the bottom in water collector 1 one side, along the water outlet direction, interval is equipped with first drain valve 3 and second drain valve 4 on first drain pipe 2, second drain pipe 5 sets up the bottom at water collector 1 opposite side, be equipped with third drain valve 6 on it, municipal water route is connected to inlet tube 7 one end, the other end is connected on first drain pipe 2 between first drain valve 3 and second drain valve 4, along the water inlet direction, interval is equipped with water intaking valve 8 and force (forcing) pump 9 on the inlet tube 7, force (forcing) pump 9 can provide higher pressure for municipal water, in order to improve the fluid speed when wasing, guarantee the cleaning performance.

Wherein, the bottom surface slope of water collector 1 sets up, first drain pipe 2 sets up in lower one side, second drain pipe 5 sets up in higher one side, the difference in height that produces makes water collector 1 clean sometimes certain shearing force, clean effect is better, for further improving clean effect, 1 bottom surface of water collector is equipped with first vibrations part 10, be equipped with second vibrations part 11 on the first drain pipe 2, in this embodiment, vibrations part is commercially available to be obtained, the vibrations mode is not limited to ultrasonic vibration, pressure vibrations, mechanical vibration etc. can realize small vibrations can.

Meanwhile, a water level early warning device, such as a liquid level meter and the like, is arranged in the water pan 1, and the water level of the water pan 1 can be monitored in real time.

In order to realize intelligent control, the first drain valve 3, the second drain valve 4, the third drain valve 6 and the water inlet valve 8 adopt electromagnetic valves, and are connected to a controller of an air conditioner indoor unit together with the booster pump 9, the first vibration part 10, the second vibration part 11 and the proximity switch 13.

Use the technical scheme of this embodiment, first drain pipe 2 is the former drain pipe of water collector 1, second drain pipe 5 is reserve drain pipe, insert municipal water route through inlet tube 7 in the middle of first drain pipe 2, when not taking place filthy stifled, through the normal drainage of first drain pipe 2, when taking place filthy stifled, accessible second drain pipe 5 drainage, wash the mediation through inlet tube 7 to the first drain pipe 2 that blocks up simultaneously, when needs wash water collector 1, accessible inlet tube 7 inserts municipal water, the filthy stifled material of 1 bottom of water collector is washed by rivers, discharge through second drain pipe 5.

Therefore, the water pan assembly effectively solves the problem that condensed water overflows after the water pan is dirty and blocked, and also solves the problems that the water pan is inconvenient to clean and the operation difficulty of a user is high.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an air conditioner is further provided, which includes the water pan assembly according to any one of the above technical solutions, and a control method of the air conditioner is also provided, and a specific control flow is described below with reference to fig. 2.

Starting up, and selecting a mode (a water receiving tray cleaning mode or a drainage mode) by a user;

in the cleaning mode of the water pan, the water inlet valve 8, the first drain valve 3 and the third drain valve 6 are opened, the second drain valve 4 is closed, and the first vibration assembly 10 and the booster pump 9 are started, wherein the specific flow path is shown in fig. 3. When municipal water flows into the water pan 1 through the water inlet valve 8, the booster pump 9 and the first drain valve 3, the water path and the bottom surface of the water pan 1 form a certain angle, and the vibration of the first vibration part 10 is combined, so that filth and blocking substances at the bottom of the water pan 1 are flushed by water flow to the third drain valve 6 and are discharged. And automatically shutting down after the cleaning is finished, and finishing the operation.

In the drainage mode, a warning water level h0 of the water receiving tray 1 is preset, and a real-time water level h of the water receiving tray 1 is monitored;

and when h is less than h0, the first drain pipe 2 is not blocked, the first drain valve 3 and the second drain valve 4 are opened, the third drain valve 6 and the water inlet valve 8 are closed, the booster pump 9, the first vibration part 10 and the second vibration part 11 are closed, the specific flow path is shown in fig. 4, and the condensed water in the water receiving tray 1 is discharged through the first drain valve 3 and the second drain valve 4.

And when h is more than or equal to h0, the first drainage pipe 2 is indicated to be dirty and blocked, and the system reminds whether to continuously operate the air conditioner.

When the continuous operation is selected, the second drain valve 5 is started, the third drain valve 6 is opened, the first drain valve 3, the second drain valve 4, the water inlet valve 8 and the booster pump 9 are closed, the first vibration assembly 10 and the second vibration assembly 11 are not started, a specific flow path is shown in fig. 5, and condensed water in the water pan 1 is discharged through the third drain valve 6, so that the problem of overflow of the condensed water is effectively avoided.

When the operation is not continued, a drain pipe dredging mode is selected, the second drain valve 4 and the water inlet valve 8 are opened, the first drain valve 3 and the third drain valve 6 are closed, the second vibration part 11 is opened, and the pressurizing pump 9 is started, wherein the specific flow path is as shown in fig. 6, municipal water is pressurized by the pressurizing pump 9, then is discharged through the second drain valve 4, and washes the first drain pipe 2. And after the set time, closing the drain pipe dredging mode and returning to the drainage mode.

And after the operation is carried out for a certain time, the system reminds whether the water receiving tray is shut down or not, if the water receiving tray is not shut down, the real-time water level h of the water receiving tray 1 is continuously monitored, and if the water receiving tray is shut down, the operation is finished.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal" and "top, bottom" and the like are generally used for indicating the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and in the case of not making a reverse description, these orientation terms do not indicate and imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present invention; the terms "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the profile of the respective component itself.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases by those skilled in the art

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meanings unless otherwise stated, and therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a water collector subassembly, includes water collector (1), its characterized in that: a first drainage pipe (2) is arranged at the bottom of one side of the water receiving tray (1), and a first drainage valve (3) and a second drainage valve (4) are arranged on the first drainage pipe (2) at intervals along the water outlet direction; a second drain pipe (5) is arranged at the bottom of the other side of the water pan (1), and a third drain valve (6) is arranged on the second drain pipe (5); still include inlet tube (7), inlet tube (7) are connected first drain valve (3) with between second drain valve (4) on first drain pipe (2), be equipped with water intaking valve (8) on inlet tube (7).

2. The drip tray assembly of claim 1, wherein: still be equipped with force (forcing) pump (9) on inlet tube (7), force (forcing) pump (9) are located water intaking valve (8) with between first drain pipe (2).

3. The drip tray assembly of claim 2, wherein: the first drain pipe (2) and the second drain pipe (5) are arranged at the bottoms of two opposite sides of the water pan (1).

4. A drip tray assembly according to claim 3, wherein: the bottom surface of the water receiving tray (1) is obliquely arranged, and the water outlet height of the first water discharge pipe (2) is lower than that of the second water discharge pipe (5).

5. The drip tray assembly of claim 1, wherein: the bottom surface of the water receiving tray (1) is provided with a first vibration part (10).

6. The drip tray assembly of claim 1, wherein: and a second vibration part (11) is arranged on the first drainage pipe (2).

7. The drip tray assembly of claim 1, wherein: a water level early warning device is arranged in the water receiving tray (1).

8. A water pan assembly according to claim 7, wherein: the water level early warning device comprises a floater (12) and a proximity switch (13), wherein the floater (12) is arranged on a vertical guide rod in a sliding mode, and the proximity switch (13) is arranged on the top surface of the water pan (1) and is opposite to the floater (12).

9. An air conditioner, characterized in that: a water-tray assembly comprising a water-tray according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. A control method applied to the air conditioner as claimed in claim 9, characterized by comprising a water pan cleaning mode and a drainage mode;

a water pan cleaning mode: opening a water inlet valve (8), a first drain valve (3) and a third drain valve (6), closing a second drain valve (4), enabling municipal water to enter a water pan (1) through the water inlet valve (8) and the first drain valve (3), flushing filth and blocking substances at the bottom of the water pan (1), and then discharging the filth and blocking substances through the third drain valve (6);

a drainage mode: presetting a warning water level h0 of the water receiving tray;

monitoring the real-time water level h of the water pan (1);

when h is less than h0, the first drain pipe (2) is not blocked, the first drain valve (3) and the second drain valve (4) are opened, and water is drained through the first drain pipe (2);

when h is more than or equal to h0, the first drainage pipe (2) is blocked, and whether the air conditioner is continuously operated is judged;

if yes, opening a third drain valve (6) and draining water through a second drain pipe (5); if not, the second drain valve (4) and the water inlet valve (8) are opened, and the first drain pipe (2) is flushed by municipal water.