CN1955585A

CN1955585A - Air-conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN1955585A
Application number: CNA2006100570782A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 辛纹先; 朴钟垠; 尹渊燮; 朴允奭; 阴宇彻; 郑敞佑
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2005-10-24
Filing date: 2006-03-17
Publication date: 2007-05-02
Anticipated expiration: 2026-03-17
Also published as: CN100501251C; KR20070044161A; KR101271057B1

Abstract

The present invention provides an air conditioner capable of switching the front panel easily and opening the bottom part in the front of the body to ensure working space adequately. The air conditioner of the present invention comprises a body forming the appearance, a front panel used for opening the front of the body, a hinge used for hinge joint the front panel with the body for switching the front of the body. And the hinge forms an isolation space for isolating the rotating shaft center of the front panel from the front panel so as to prevent the front panel from interfering with the body when front panel is rotated. The hinge comprises a rotating shaft rotatablely supported on the body, a joining part joined to the front panel, a hinge body connecting the rotating shaft with the joining part. The hinge body comprises a rear extension part extending towards the rear of the rotating shaft, an inner extension part bending towards the inner side of the body from one end of the rear extension part and extending, and a front extension part bending towards the front from one end of the inner extension part and extending.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of air conditioner, relate in particular to the front panel integrated structure that is used to open and close the air conditioner front.

Background technology

Usually, air conditioner be utilize cold-producing medium be connected the heat of vaporization that is vaporized in the kind of refrigeration cycle that forms the loop circuit or is produced when liquefying by refrigerator pipes by compressor, condenser, expansion valve and evaporimeter and heat of liquefaction freezes or heating chamber in device.Type-dividing conditioner comprises as a kind of of this air conditioner: be arranged on outdoor off-premises station, this off-premises station has compressor, condenser etc.; Be arranged on indoor indoor set, this indoor set has evaporimeter etc.This type-dividing conditioner further is divided into the wall air conditioner that uprightly is arranged at ground vertical air conditioner and is attached at indoor wall.

Wherein, the present invention relates to a kind of indoor set of vertical air conditioner, abbreviate " air conditioner " below as.

Air conditioner roughly comprises the box main body of open front and is used to open and close the front panel of main body front.Be provided with that air conditioner or air conditioner break down and when needing repairing indoor, need at first to open or separated portions is exactly a front panel.And, the air conditioner that forms as one with air cleaner that generally uses recently, the situation that need open and close front panel for the filter that cleans air conditioner or air cleaner becomes more and more.

Existing air conditioner need separate not only big but also heavy front panel fully from main body when filter is cleaned or keeps in repair, perhaps only open the upside of front panel and guarantee working space.But,, because from the heavy very inconvenience of front panel of main body dismounting, and when only opening the front panel upside, owing to can not fully guarantee working space, thereby keep in repair or very inconvenient during work such as cleaning and filtering when when main body is separated front panel fully.

Summary of the invention

The present invention proposes in order to solve aforesaid problem, and its purpose is to provide a kind of air conditioner that can simply, easily open and close front panel.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of can open the main body front fully and can fully guarantee the air conditioner of working space.

Comprise according to air conditioner provided by the present invention to achieve these goals: the main body that is used to form outward appearance; Be used to open and close the front panel of described main body front; Hinge is in conjunction with the hinge of described front panel and described main body, to be used to open and close the front of described main body; And described hinge is formed for isolating the rotating shaft center of described front panel and the insulating space of described front panel, prevents to interfere with described main body during described front panel when rotation being used for.

And described hinge comprises the hinge bodies of rotatably propping up the rotating shaft that is held in described main body, the connection part that is connected in described front panel, connecting described rotating shaft and described connection part.

And the inboard extension that described hinge bodies comprises the rear extension that prolongs to the rear of described rotating shaft, prolong to the inboard warpage of described main body from an end of described rear extension and from an end of described inboard extension forwards warpage and the place ahead extension of prolonging.

And, the joint portion in conjunction with described hinge is set on the described front panel, the side in described hinge-coupled portion and the described joint portion is provided with a plurality of, and opposite side is provided for inserting and a plurality of holddown grooves of fixing described.

And, forming a plurality of sleeves that are provided with screwed hole on the described joint portion, hinge-coupled portion is provided with a plurality of insertion grooves that are used to insert described sleeve.

And described hinge is made one by injection mold, and the parting line that is produced when forming with injection moulding on the described hinge is the center by symmetry and cross one another a plurality of ribs up and down.

And described front panel is incorporated into described main body by upper hinge that is arranged on top and the underneath hinges that is arranged on the bottom by above-below direction, and opens and closes the front lower of described main body by left and right directions.

And described upper and lower part hinges fixing is due to the inboard, back of front panel, to be used for when closing the front lower of described main body by described front panel it not being exposed on the external.

And the rotating shaft that is formed at described upper hinge is outstanding towards the upper and lower, and it is only outstanding towards the bottom to be formed at the rotating shaft of described underneath hinges.

And described main body is provided with the hinge receiving space that is used to accommodate described upper hinge, and the height of described hinge receiving space is higher than the height of described upper hinge.

And, in the described hinge receiving space in conjunction with hinged cover, with be used for fixing the rotating shaft that described upper hinge projects upwards and push described upper hinge above, described hinged cover is provided with projection, to be used for limiting by the rotating range that limits described upper hinge the scope of opening of described front panel.

And, opposite side in conjunction with the front panel of described hinge is provided with the fixture that is used to keep described front panel closed condition, and described fixture is made of magnet that is arranged on a side among described main body and the front panel and the metallic plate that is arranged on opposite side.

And, comprise according to air conditioner provided by the present invention: the main body that is used to form outward appearance; Be used to open and close the front panel of described main body front; Hinge is in conjunction with the hinge of described front panel and described main body, to be used to open and close the front of described main body; And, hinge is separately positioned on the top of front panel, a side of bottom, this hinge is formed for isolating the rotating shaft center of described front panel and the insulating space of described front panel, prevents to interfere with described main body during described front panel when rotation being used for.

And described each hinge comprises the hinge bodies of rotatably propping up the rotating shaft that is held in described main body, the connection part that is connected in described front panel, connecting described rotating shaft and described connection part.

And, the joint portion in conjunction with described each hinge is set on the described front panel, the side in described connection part and the described joint portion is provided with a plurality of, and opposite side is provided for inserting and a plurality of holddown grooves of fixing described.

And described each hinge is made one by injection mold, and the parting line that is produced when forming with injection moulding on described each hinge is the center by symmetry and cross one another a plurality of ribs up and down.

And, be provided with the fixture that is used to keep described front panel closed condition in conjunction with the opposite side of the front panel of described each hinge.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is according to air conditioner overall schematic provided by the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of expression underneath hinges;

Fig. 3 is formed at the back of front panel and is used for schematic diagram in conjunction with the joint portion of hinge for expression;

Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of expression upper hinge;

Fig. 5 is incorporated into the schematic diagram of the combination of front panel for expression underneath hinges and upper hinge;

Fig. 6 a, Fig. 6 b rotatably support the underneath hinges groove of underneath hinges and upper hinge and the schematic diagram of upper hinge groove respectively for expression;

Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of expression hinged cover (hinge cover);

Fig. 8 is incorporated into the front elevation of hinge receiving space for the expression hinged cover;

Fig. 9 a, Fig. 9 b are connected in the plane that main body is rotated for expression front panel hinge.

Main symbol description: 10 is main body, and 11a is a front panel, and 20a is a underneath hinges, 20b is a upper hinge, and 21 is connection part, and 21a is a holddown groove, 21b is an insertion groove, 22a, 22b is rotating shaft, and 23 is hinge bodies, 23a is the rear extension, and 23b is inboard extension, and 23c is the place ahead extension, 24 is parting line (parting line), and 25 is rib, and 27 is insulating space, 30 is the joint portion, and 31 is piece, and 32 is sleeve, 35 is combination, and 40a is the underneath hinges groove, and 40b is the upper hinge groove, 41 is the hinge receiving space, 42 is hinged cover, and 43 is projection, and 44 for inserting the space, 45 is screw, and 50 is fixture.

The specific embodiment

Below, describe preferred embodiment provided by the present invention in detail with reference to accompanying drawing.

According to air conditioner that the preferred embodiments of the present invention provided as shown in Figure 1, comprise the main body 10 that forms overall appearance, be arranged on the front panel 11a of main body 10 front lower and be arranged on main body 10 front upper and by moving up and down the panel of the driving up and down 11b that opens and closes front outlet 15.The both sides of main body 10 bottoms are provided for sucking the suction grid 12a of air, the automatic luffer boards 12b that the both sides on main body 10 tops are provided for discharging the side outlet 13 of air and are used to open and close side outlet 13.

And, the bottom, inner space of main body 10 is provided with ventilating fan (not shown), the top, inner space of main body 10 is provided with heat exchanger (not shown), when moving ventilating fan by this structure, the room air that flow into main body 10 inside by suction grid 12a carries out heat exchange through over-heat-exchanger, and the air that carries out heat exchange is discharged to indoor by

outlet

13,15 once more.

The inboard that sucks grid 12a is provided with dismountable prefilter 16; with the big grain dust that is used for leaching leaked-in air etc. by being formed at the crack 14 that sucks grid 12a; the place ahead of ventilating fan is provided with dismountable electrostatic (electric dust) precipitator 17, to be used for leaching the fine dust of the inhaled air by ventilating fan.

When the prefilter 16 that so is arranged on main body 10 inside and electrostatic (electric dust) precipitator 17 are cleaned or replace, in order to be easy to open and close front panel 11a, and make front panel 11a and main body 10 mutually noninterferes when opening and closing front panel 11a, be provided with and be used for hinge and connect the side of front panel 11a and the hinge 20 of main body 10 1 sides.

Hinge 20 is made of underneath hinges 20a that is arranged on front panel 11a bottom and the upper hinge 20b that is arranged on front panel 11a top, underneath hinges 20a and upper hinge 20b press the above-below direction setting, thereby make front panel 11a open and close the front lower of main body 10 by left and right directions.

Because it is basic identical that front panel 11a hinge is connected in underneath hinges 20a and its structure of upper hinge 20b of main body 10, thereby following underneath hinges 20a is described at first, and upper hinge 20b only illustrates the structure that is different from underneath hinges 20a.And the inscape identical with underneath hinges 20a used identical label, omits its detailed description.

As shown in Figure 2, for front panel 11a hinge is connected in main body 10, the underneath hinges 20a global shape that is incorporated into front panel 11a bottom is " U " type, and comprises by screw attachment in the connection part 21 of front panel 11a, rotatably prop up rotating shaft 22a that is held in main body 10 and the hinge bodies 23 that connects described connection part 21 and rotating shaft 22a by tracing pattern.

Hinge bodies 23 comprises from the rear extension 23a that described rotating shaft 22a rearward prolongs, inboard warpage from the end of described rear extension 23a towards main body 10 and the inboard extension 23b that prolongs and the place ahead extension 23c of prolonging towards the place ahead warpage from the end of described inboard extension 23b.At this moment, because the length of the place ahead extension 23c is greater than the length of rear extension 23a, thereby connection part 21 is positioned at diagonal the place ahead with respect to rotating shaft 22a, and forms between connection part 21 and the rotating shaft 22a by hinge bodies 23 and surround a part of insulating space 27.

As mentioned above, hinge bodies 23 is not pressed straight line and is connected connection part 21 and rotating shaft 22a, but be: when front panel 11a rotates by the reason that warpage repeatedly forms insulating space 27, prevent that front panel 11a or underneath hinges 20a and main body 10 from interfering, thereby the scope of opening of front panel 11a is increased.

And the lateral surface of hinge bodies 23 preferably is treated to arc, prevents to interfere with main body 10 being used for when bottom hinge 20a rotates.

Underneath hinges 20a preferably is made into one by injection mold, so that it has certain intensity, and the parting line (Parting Line) 24 that the place of the combination of above bed die produces is that central upper and bottom are symmetrical, and the upper and lower forms cross one another a plurality of rib 25 respectively, thereby contingent contraction and the caused distortion of deflection are minimum when making moulding.

As shown in Figure 3, the back in conjunction with the front panel 11a of underneath hinges 20a forms hinge joint 30.

Form a plurality of 31 on the hinge joint 30, form a plurality of holddown groove 21a corresponding to described 31 on the connection part 21 of underneath hinges 20a, thereby can fix described 31 by inserting.

And, form a plurality of sleeves 32 that are provided with screwed hole 32a on the hinge joint 30, be provided with the insertion groove 21b that is used to insert described sleeve 32 corresponding to this sleeve 32 on the connection part 21 of underneath hinges 20a.And, for screw attachment in the sleeve 32 that is inserted into insertion groove 21b, the side of insertion groove 21b forms screw hole 22.

As mentioned above, when a plurality of 31 that will be formed at hinge joint 30 be inserted into be formed at underneath hinges 20a connection part 21 corresponding to described 31 a plurality of holddown groove 21a the time, underneath hinges 20a is temporarily fixed on hinge joint 30, and is formed at the screw hole 22 of connection part 21 and is formed at the position of screwed hole 32a of hinge joint 30 sleeves 32 consistent.Under this state, if pass through screw hole 22 joint bolts of connection part 21, then underneath hinges 20a is combined in the hinge joint 30 of front panel 11a securely.And the contact area that is inserted into holddown groove 21a along with piece 31 increases, and can reduce the suffered cut-out power of screw that is caused by the deadweight of front panel 11a.

As mentioned above, on hinge joint 30, form a plurality of 31, and the structure that forms corresponding a plurality of holddown groove 21a on the connection part 21 of the underneath hinges 20a of correspondence only is incorporated into underneath hinges the embodiment of front panel 11a, in addition can be by on underneath hinges 20a, forming a plurality of 31, and on hinge joint 30, be formed for inserting described a plurality of 31 multiple modes such as holddown groove 21a underneath hinges 20a is incorporated on the front panel 11a.

As shown in Figure 4, it is basic identical in its configuration aspects and underneath hinges 20a to be fixed in the upper hinge 20b on front panel 11a top.Just, the rotating shaft 22a of underneath hinges 20a has only outstanding downwards, but the rotating shaft 22b of upper hinge 20b is divided into outstanding bottom rotating shaft 22b ' and the top rotating shaft 22b that projects upwards downwards ".So, only on upper hinge 20b, form the top rotating shaft 22b that projects upwards " reason be to guide top rotating shaft 22b " according to following hinged cover 42.

Fig. 5 shows the combination 35 that underneath hinges 20a and upper hinge 20b are incorporated into front panel 11a.When hinge 20 is combined in front panel 11a, preferably hinge is incorporated into the inboard, back of front panel 11a, hinge 20 is exposed at the outside when preventing to close main body 10 front lower by front panel 11a.

So, for front panel 11a being gone up the front lower that rotatably is incorporated into main body 10 in conjunction with the combination 35 of hinge 20, underneath hinges groove 40a and upper hinge groove 40b are formed respectively at the bottom, side of main body 10 and top, rotatably support to be used to insert each rotating shaft 22a, the 22b that is formed at underneath hinges 20a and upper hinge 20b, shown in Fig. 6 a and Fig. 6 b.And, for the upside that is easy to combination 35 is installed in upper hinge groove 40b on the main body 10 is provided with hinge receiving space 41.

In order to be installed in main body 10 in conjunction with the front panel 11a of hinge 20, the rotating shaft 22a of underneath hinges 20a is inserted on the underneath hinges groove 40a, and the rotating shaft 22b ' of upper hinge 20b is inserted on the upper hinge groove 40b.At this moment, the rotating shaft 22b of the aspect ratio upper hinge 20b by making hinge receiving space 41 is highly high, thereby prevents that when accommodating upper hinge 20b the outstanding rotating shaft 22b of above-below direction is stuck on the main body 10.

But, owing to have hinge receiving space 41, thereby rotating

shaft

22a, 22b break away from from recessed hinge 40a, 40b when upwards mentioning the combination 35 that is combined with hinge 20 and front panel 11a, combination 35 may break away from from main body 10 thus.For the front panel 11a that prevents to be rotatably installed in main body 10 breaks away from and is provided with hinged cover 42 from main body 10, to be used for supporting the top rotating shaft 22b of upper hinge 20b by being incorporated into hinge receiving space 41 " time push upper hinge 20b.

As shown in Figure 7, hinged cover 42 is provided with the curved face part 42a of contact hinge receiving space 41 medial surface 41a and is used to support the top rotating shaft 20b of upper hinge 20b " the 42b of support sector.And, the bottom of hinged cover 42 is provided with projection 43, prevent that with the rotating range that is used for restriction upper hinge 20b when front panel 11a rotates front panel 11a is opened for more than the preset range, the front of hinged cover 42 is provided with the insertion space 44 that is used to insert screw 45, and this screw 45 is used for hinged cover 42 is combined in the medial surface 41a of hinge receiving space 41.

Fig. 8 prevents the front elevation that upper hinge 20b breaks away from from hinge receiving space 41 for the described hinged cover 42 of expression is incorporated into hinge receiving space 41.

As mentioned above, the opposite side that one side hinge is incorporated into the front panel 11a of main body 10 is provided with fixture 50, to be used to keep the pent state of front panel 11a, as shown in Figure 1.Fixture 50 comprises the magnet 50a on the base plate 10a that is arranged on main body 10 and top, front panel 11a side and is arranged on the metallic plate 50b on bottom, side and the top, main body 10 side of front panel 11a corresponding to the position of described magnet 50a.Aforesaid structure is only represented an embodiment of fixture 50, in addition, can also exchange magnet 50a and metallic plate 50b are set.

The structure of the air conditioner that provides according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention has been described above, has the following describes the course of work of the suction panel 11a of described air conditioner.

Shown in Fig. 9 a and Fig. 9 b, if be the center when counterclockwise rotating front panel 11a for the front lower of opening main body 10 with hinge 20, hinge 20 is that the center is rotated with rotating shaft 22.

If front panel 11a is directly connected in rotating shaft 22, then front panel 11a is that the sidepiece of center front panel 11a when being rotated interferes with the parts as sucking grid 12a that are arranged on main body 10 sides and causes the impaired phenomenon of parts with rotating shaft 22.But, hinge is incorporated into main body 10 by " U " type hinge 20 with insulating space 27 owing to front panel 11a, even thereby rotate front panel 11a in order to open front panel 11a, be rotated when also being pushed open forward by " U " type hinge 20, thereby be separated by preset distance with main body 10 and be rotated because of front panel 11a.Thus, eliminate the problem that front panel 11a and main body 10 interfere.

And because front panel 11a can be opened for more than 90 degree, thereby the front lower of main body 10 can open fully, widens the working space of cleaning and filtering or maintenance air conditioner inside thus.

And, open and close main body 10 front lower owing to front panel 11a is connected through the hinge by the left and right directions rotation, thereby can easily open and close front panel 11a.

In sum, utilize less power also can open and close front panel simply according to air conditioner provided by the present invention.

And because the front of main body can open fully and can guarantee sufficient working space, thereby cleaning and filtering or maintenance air conditioner ratio of inner time are easier to.

And,, thereby the air conditioner outward appearance is smartened up because hinge can not be exposed at the main body outside when closing front panel.

Claims

1, a kind of air conditioner is characterized in that comprising:

Be used to form the main body of outward appearance;

Be used to open and close the front panel of described main body front;

Hinge is in conjunction with the hinge of described front panel and described main body, to be used to open and close the front of described main body;

And described hinge is formed for isolating the rotating shaft center of described front panel and the insulating space of described front panel, prevents to interfere with described main body during described front panel when rotation being used for.

2, air conditioner according to claim 1 is characterized in that described hinge comprises the hinge bodies of rotatably propping up the rotating shaft that is held in described main body, the connection part that is connected in described front panel, connecting described rotating shaft and described connection part.

3, air conditioner according to claim 2 is characterized in that described hinge bodies comprises the rear extension that prolongs to the rear of described rotating shaft, the inboard extension that prolongs to the inboard warpage of described main body from an end of described rear extension and from an end of described inboard extension forwards warpage and the place ahead extension of prolonging.

4, air conditioner according to claim 2, it is characterized in that being provided with on the described front panel joint portion in conjunction with described hinge, side in described connection part and the described joint portion is provided with a plurality of, and opposite side is provided for inserting and a plurality of holddown grooves of fixing described.

5, air conditioner according to claim 4 is characterized in that forming a plurality of sleeves that are provided with screwed hole on the described joint portion, and described connection part is provided with a plurality of insertion grooves that are used to insert described sleeve.

6, air conditioner according to claim 2 is characterized in that described hinge makes one by injection mold, and the parting line that is produced when forming with injection moulding on the described hinge is the center by symmetry and cross one another a plurality of ribs up and down.

7, air conditioner according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described front panel is incorporated into described main body with being arranged on the underneath hinges of bottom by above-below direction by the upper hinge that is arranged on top, and open and close the front lower of described main body by left and right directions.

8, air conditioner according to claim 7 is characterized in that described top, underneath hinges are fixed in the inboard, back of front panel, to be used for when closing the front lower of described main body by described front panel it not being exposed on the external.

9, air conditioner according to claim 7, the rotating shaft that it is characterized in that being formed at described upper hinge is outstanding towards the upper and lower, and it is only outstanding towards the bottom to be formed at the rotating shaft of described underneath hinges.

10, air conditioner according to claim 9 is characterized in that described main body is provided with the hinge receiving space that is used to accommodate described upper hinge, and the height of described hinge receiving space is higher than the height of described upper hinge.

11, air conditioner according to claim 10 is characterized in that further comprising the hinged cover that is incorporated into described hinge receiving space, be used for fixing the rotating shaft that described upper hinge projects upwards and push described upper hinge above.

12, air conditioner according to claim 11 is characterized in that described hinged cover is provided with projection, to be used for limiting by the rotating range that limits described upper hinge the scope of opening of described front panel.

13, air conditioner according to claim 1 is characterized in that being provided with the fixture that is used to keep described front panel closed condition in conjunction with the opposite side of the front panel of described hinge.

14, air conditioner according to claim 13 is characterized in that described fixture is made of magnet that is arranged on a side among described main body and the front panel and the metallic plate that is arranged on opposite side.

15, a kind of air conditioner is characterized in that comprising:

Be used to form the main body of outward appearance;

Be used to open and close the front panel of described main body front;

And, hinge is separately positioned on each side of the upper and lower of front panel, this hinge is formed for isolating the rotating shaft center of described front panel and the insulating space of described front panel, prevents to interfere with described main body during described front panel when rotation being used for.

16, air conditioner according to claim 15 is characterized in that described each hinge comprises the hinge bodies of rotatably propping up the rotating shaft that is held in described main body, the connection part that is connected in described front panel, connecting described rotating shaft and described connection part.

17, air conditioner according to claim 16 is characterized in that described hinge bodies comprises the rear extension that prolongs to the rear of described rotating shaft, the inboard extension that prolongs to the inboard warpage of described main body from an end of described rear extension and from an end of described inboard extension forwards warpage and the place ahead extension of prolonging.

18, air conditioner according to claim 16, it is characterized in that being provided with on the described front panel joint portion in conjunction with described each hinge, side in described connection part and the described joint portion is provided with a plurality of, and opposite side is provided for inserting and a plurality of holddown grooves of fixing described.

19, air conditioner according to claim 15 is characterized in that described each hinge makes one by injection mold, and the parting line that is produced when forming with injection moulding on described each hinge is the center by symmetry and cross one another a plurality of ribs up and down.

20, air conditioner according to claim 15 is characterized in that being provided with the fixture that is used to keep described front panel closed condition in conjunction with the opposite side of the front panel of described each hinge.