CN206320850U - A kind of air-conditioner - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of air-conditioner, it sets axial-flow windwheel including interior(5)Indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)With located at indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)On air inlet(104), it also includes fixed indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2), indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)Located at indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)On, air inlet(104)Located at indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)The back side, axial-flow windwheel(5)Air intake passage mouthful and air inlet(104)Connection and axial-flow windwheel(5)Air intake passage mouthful in air inlet(104)Projection in the plane at place is in air inlet(104)On;When air-conditioner is started shooting, indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)The back side and indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)Between to reserve and flow into air inlet for air(104)Region(3).The utility model has the advantages that its appearance is complete, intake is big.
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Technical field
The utility model is related to a kind of air-conditioner.
Background technology
Existing wall-hanging air conditioner, need to be mounted so that on wall, its air inlet is generally located on wall-hanging air conditioner
The sidepiece of the top of device either left and right sides, and install at air outlet air-inlet grille additional, can be to the appearance of wall-hanging air conditioner
Top or the sidepiece of left and right sides damage, air-inlet grille easily causes dust stratification outside due to exposure for a long time, influences air intake
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Utility model content
The technical problems to be solved in the utility model is to provide a kind of air-conditioner, and its appearance is complete, and intake is big.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the technical scheme of this offer is:A kind of air-conditioner, it sets axial-flow windwheel including interior
Indoor unit body of air-conditioner and the air inlet in indoor unit body of air-conditioner, it is characterised in that:It also includes fixed sky
Air conditioner indoor machine body mounting seat is adjusted, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner is located in indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat, wherein, institute
The back side that air inlet is located at indoor unit body of air-conditioner is stated, the air intake passage mouthful of axial-flow windwheel is connected and axial-flow windwheel with air inlet
Projection of the air intake passage mouthful in the plane where air inlet be on air inlet;When air-conditioner is started shooting, the air-conditioner
The region that air inlet is flowed into for air is reserved between the back side of indoor set body and indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat.
As a kind of preferred, when air-conditioner switch, the back side of the indoor unit body of air-conditioner and air conditioner room unit
Body mounting seat is fitted.
As one kind preferably, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner is rotatably arranged in indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat.
As one kind preferably, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat includes being placed in indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat
The rotating shaft of lower section left and right sides, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner includes being placed in the left and right sides of indoor unit body of air-conditioner bottom with turning
The axle sleeve that axle is rotatably assorted.
As one kind preferably, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat also includes fixed plate and the set being fixed on wall
Outside loaded on axle sleeve and it is connected to the clamping part of fixed plate left and right sides, the axle sleeve of the back side left and right sides of the indoor unit body of air-conditioner
Between be provided with for pipeline connect with the passage that passes through, wherein, the rotating shaft penetrated to axle sleeve by passage and be connected with fixed plate
It is fixed.
Preferably there is opening on the axial wall of the axle sleeve as a kind of, the rotating shaft include being used for being inserted into axle sleeve with
The axle main body that axle sleeve coordinates, has the first extension for extending towards axle main body tangential direction in the axle main body and with first
Connected the second extension extended along axle main body outline of extension;When axle main body is penetrated in axle sleeve, its first extension and
Second extension is in the opening of axle sleeve, and first extension is connected with fixed plate, and the axle main body is prolonged with second
The arc-shaped gaps rotated for axle sleeve are provided between extending portion.
As one kind preferably, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner also includes center body, the left and right sides of the center body
With side plate, wherein, axle sleeve described in one is placed on the side plate in left side, and axle sleeve described in one is placed on the side plate on right side, the axle sleeve
The end of outer end is provided with flange.
As one kind preferably, the top of the fixed plate left and right sides, which is provided with, is used to coordinate what indoor unit body of air-conditioner was rotated
The driving gear engaged with the tooth of arc-shaped rack is installed on arc-shaped rack, the side plate.
As a kind of preferred, the snail that the adjacent confession in left and right is built-in with axial-flow windwheel is offered on the air-conditioner center body
The mounting hole that shell is installed.
As one kind preferably, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner has front-outlet mouthful, and the front-outlet mouthful can be with sky
Adjust the rotation of air conditioner indoor machine body and rotate.
After above structure, the utility model compared with prior art, with advantages below:
The first, air inlet is located to the back side of indoor unit body of air-conditioner, air intake passage mouthful and the air inlet of axial-flow windwheel connect
Projection of the air intake passage mouthful of logical and axial-flow windwheel in the plane where air inlet is on air inlet;And opened in air-conditioner
During machine, reserved between the back side of indoor unit body of air-conditioner and indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat and flow into air intake for air
The region of mouth, by using the air intake passage mouthful of axial-flow windwheel and axial-flow windwheel at the projection in the plane where air inlet
In on air inlet;Air intake passage mouthful and the air inlet formation straight line insertion of axial-flow windwheel are caused, air-conditioner is greatly increased
Intake, secondly, by air inlet be located at indoor unit body of air-conditioner the back side, it is ensured that air-conditioner overall appearance face it is complete.
2nd, when air-conditioner switch, the back side and the indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat of the indoor unit body of air-conditioner
Laminating.Realize when without using air-conditioner, equivalent to the switch for the air inlet for realizing air-conditioner, it is to avoid air-conditioner
Air inlet exposure outside, it is to avoid air inlet dust stratification influences intake so that air-conditioner blows out clean wind.
3rd, because air-conditioner has front-outlet mouthful, front-outlet mouthful can turn with the rotation of indoor unit body of air-conditioner
It is dynamic, realize the adjustment of front-outlet mouthful so that people result in more comfortable air-out wind direction, improve the comfortable of air-conditioner
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Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the side view of structure of the utility model under open state.
Fig. 2 is the side view of the structure of the utility model in the power-offstate.
Fig. 3 is the side view that the utility model removes the structure after air-conditioner shell under open state.
Fig. 4 is the side view that the utility model removes the structure after air-conditioner shell in the power-offstate.
Fig. 5 is structure schematic diagram of the present utility model.
Fig. 6 is backside structure explosive view of the present utility model.
Fig. 7 is the sectional view that the utility model removes the structure after air-conditioner shell under open state.
Fig. 8 is the sectional view that the utility model removes the structure after air-conditioner shell in the power-offstate.
Fig. 9 is the structural representation of axle of the present utility model.
Described in figure:1st, indoor unit body of air-conditioner;101st, front-outlet mouthful;102nd, axle sleeve;1021st, passage;1022nd, go out
Water swivel;1023rd, connecting tube;1024th, flange;103rd, air-conditioner center body;1031st, side plate;1032nd, slot;1033rd, install
Hole;2nd, indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat;201st, fixed plate;202nd, rotating shaft;2021st, axle main body;2022nd, the first extension;
2023rd, the second extension;2024th, arc-shaped gaps;203rd, arc-shaped rack;3rd, region;4th, driving gear;5th, axial-flow windwheel;6th, it is empty
Adjust device shell;601st, base plate;602nd, rib.
Embodiment
The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
As shown in accompanying drawing 1, accompanying drawing 2, accompanying drawing 3, accompanying drawing 4, accompanying drawing 5, accompanying drawing 6, accompanying drawing 7, accompanying drawing 8 and accompanying drawing 9, this practicality is new
A kind of air-conditioner of type, it includes indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 and the indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat being fixed on wall
2, indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 here is each also including air-conditioner center body 103, on air-conditioner center body 103
Component needed for kind of air-conditioner and the air-conditioner shell being located at outside air-conditioner center body 103, in the present embodiment, axle stream
Wind wheel 5 is mounted on spiral case, and spiral case is arranged on air-conditioner center body 103, wherein installed in air-conditioner center body 103
On component refer to realize each type components of air-conditioner refrigeration and heat-production functions, the front-outlet mouthful 101 of air-conditioner is in sky
The front of air conditioner indoor machine body 1 is adjusted, equivalent to the front with air-conditioner shell, the air inlet 104 of air-conditioner is in air conditioner chamber
The back side of interior machine body 1, the air intake passage mouth of axial-flow windwheel 5 is connected with air inlet 104 and the air intake passage mouthful of axial-flow windwheel 5 exists
The projection in plane where air inlet 104 is on air inlet 104;Indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1, which is rotated, is located at air conditioner chamber
In interior machine body mounting seat 2 and its front-outlet mouthfuls 101 deviates from indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2, front-outlet mouthful 101 can
Rotated with the rotation of indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1.
Air inlet is located at the back side of indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1, i.e., on air-conditioner center body 103, work as air-conditioner
During start, reserve and flowed into for air between the back side of indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 and indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2
The region 3 of air inlet 104, i.e. indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 can rotate up to its back side when air-conditioner is started shooting with a horizontal plane
The region 3 that air inlet is flowed into for air, when air-conditioner switch, institute are presented between indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2
The back side for stating indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 is fitted with indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2, and indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 can be
Air-conditioner rotates up to its back side with a horizontal plane when shutting down and fitted with indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2, quite realizes
Air inlet 104 is arranged in indoor unit body of air-conditioner, it is to avoid dust stratification at air inlet 104, it is to avoid dust passes through air intake
Mouth 104 is entered in indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1, when air-conditioner switch, the back side of indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 and air-conditioner
Indoor set body mounting seat 2 is fitted, equivalent to the air inlet of air-conditioner is closed, so as to avoid dust from front-outlet mouthful
101 blowouts.
Indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2 includes the fixed plate 201 being fixed on wall and is placed under fixed plate 201
The axle 202 of walking around of square left and right sides;The top of the left and right sides of fixed plate 201, which is provided with, to be used to coordinate what indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 was rotated
Arc-shaped rack 203, the left and right sides of air-conditioner center body 103 has the air-conditioning between side plate 1031, the side plate 1031 of left and right sides
Mounting hole 1033 is provided with device center body 103, axial-flow windwheel 5 is set in spiral case, and mounting hole 1033 is installed in company with spiral case
On, the driving gear 4 engaged with the tooth of arc-shaped rack 203 is installed on the side plate 1031.Wherein, it is also corresponding on side plate 1031
Ground is configured with drive mechanism, to drive driving gear 4, realizes that driving gear 4 is rotated, and the specific installation site of driving gear 4 is not
Limit, wherein, the left and right sides of the bottom of center body 103 has the axle sleeve 102 being rotatably assorted with rotating shaft 202, the outer end of axle sleeve 102
End be provided with flange, the left and right sides of fixed plate 201 has the clamping part 2011 with being set in outside axle sleeve 102, clamping part 2011
Can be offseted with the flange 1024 of the outer end of axle sleeve 102, realizing can be spacing to the left and right of center body 103, at the same flange for
Axle sleeve 102 itself also plays the effect of reinforcement, it is ensured that the stable rotation of center body 103.Have on the axial wall of axle sleeve 102 and open
Mouthful, as shown in Figure 6, rotating shaft 202 can be penetrated from the side of axle sleeve 102 and is connected to axle sleeve 102 with fixed plate 201,
Wherein, rotating shaft 202 includes the axle main body 2021 for being used to coordinate with axle sleeve 102, and axle main body 2021 has cuts towards axle main body 2021
First extension 2022 of line direction extension and be connected with the first extension 2022 along the extension of the outline of axle main body 2021 the
Two extensions 2023, when axle main body 2021 is penetrated in axle sleeve 102, its extension 2023 of the first extension 2022 and second is in
In the opening of axle sleeve 102, the first extension 2022 is connected with fixed plate 201, and the top of the first extension 2022, which has, to be used
In the connecting portion 2025 being connected with fixed plate 201, connecting portion 2025 is provided with mutual corresponding spiral shell with the both of which of fixed plate 201
Pit, both can fix realization by screw and be connected, are provided between the extension 2023 of axle main body 2021 and second and supply axle
The arc-shaped gaps 2024 that set 102 is rotated, according to said structure, i.e., by designing single rotating shaft 202, with air-conditioner center body
Axle sleeve 102 on 103 coordinates, and when implementing to install single rotating shaft 202, only needs first by indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1
Connecting tube 1023 pulls the inwall close to passage 1021, and rotating shaft 202 is penetrated to axle by the side of passage 1021 from axle sleeve 102
Realize that fixed plate 201 is connected after set 102, compared to rotating shaft 202 and the design of indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2 in one
Formula structure, when the whole machine of air-conditioner realizes left side outlet pipe, it is not necessary to which the connecting tube 1023 to indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 is carried out
Bending, the whole machine of air-conditioner realizes the operational stronger of left side outlet pipe.
After indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 rotates maximum angle Q1, the axle sleeve 102 of center body 103 is towards between arc
The end of gap 2024, which is drawn close, not to be offseted, and when indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2 is dismantled, lower rotary shaft 202 is dismantled before this,
Connecting portion 2025 and the threaded of fixed plate 201 are released, then rotating shaft 202 is extracted out from the side of center body 103, air-conditioning
Air conditioner indoor machine body mounting seat 2 is rotated towards away from the direction of indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1, until the left and right sides of fixed plate 201
Clamping part 2011 releases the cooperation of axle sleeve 102, causes indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2 to be in detachable state, wherein tearing open
Rotational angle Q2 required for unloading indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat 2 is more than indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 in the operating condition
The maximum angle Q1 of rotation, so advantageously ensures that the safe and reliable of air-conditioner working condition.
A little connect in addition it is noted that being provided between the axle sleeve 102 of the back side left and right sides of center body 103 for pipeline
Provided with the water out adapter connected with the water receiving tank of indoor unit body of air-conditioner 1 in the passage 1021 for connecing and passing through, passage 1021
1022, water out adapter 1022 is drawn close towards the joint of the connecting tube 1023 of the air-conditioner, by the water outlet for setting ad-hoc location
Joint 1022, causes the drainpipe connected on water out adapter 1022 and the tube head of connecting tube 1023 not to interfere, makes water outlet
Joint 1022 and connecting tube 1023 is reached with the space shared by adhesive tape tangle up be covered with sky outside minimum, center body 103
Device shell 6 is adjusted, the bottom of air conditioner casing 6 is provided with the base plate 601 for the fastening for being used to open and close passage 1021, base plate 601 and air-conditioning
Outer surface at the fastening of device shell 6 is provided with rib 602, by setting rib 602 so that dismounting base plate 601 more facilitates, side
The connection and dismounting of pipeline between indoor set and outdoor unit, wherein, the rib 602 of base plate 601 again with fixed plate 201
Hanging plate(It is not marked on accompanying drawing)It is correspondingly arranged up and down, wherein, the effect of hanging plate is exactly that air-conditioner is installed on wall,
When dismounting air-conditioner, point out to hold air-conditioner at rib 602, make dismounting air-conditioner simpler easily.
Only most preferred embodiment of the present utility model is described above, but is not to be construed as the limit to claim
System.The utility model is not limited only to above example, all to be made in the protection domain of independent claims of the present utility model
Various change in this protection domain.
Claims (10)
1. a kind of air-conditioner, it sets axial-flow windwheel including interior(5)Indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)With located at air conditioner room unit
Body(1)On air inlet (104), it is characterised in that:It also includes fixed indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2), institute
State indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)Located at indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)On, wherein, the air inlet (104) is located at
Indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)The back side, axial-flow windwheel(5)Air intake passage mouthful connected and axial-flow windwheel with air inlet (104)
(5)Projection of the air intake passage mouthful in the plane where air inlet (104) be on air inlet (104);When air-conditioner start
When, the indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)The back side and indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)Between reserve and supply air stream
Enter to the region of air inlet (104) (3).
2. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:When air-conditioner switch, in the air conditioner chamber
Machine body(1)The back side and indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)Laminating.
3. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)Rotationally
Located at indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)On.
4. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 3, it is characterised in that:The indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)
Including being placed in indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)The rotating shaft of lower section left and right sides(202), the indoor unit body of air-conditioner
(1)Including being placed in indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)The left and right sides of bottom and rotating shaft(202)The axle sleeve being rotatably assorted(102).
5. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 4, it is characterised in that:The indoor unit body of air-conditioner mounting seat(2)
Also include the fixed plate being fixed on wall(201)Be set in axle sleeve(102)It is outer and be connected to fixed plate(201)Left and right sides
Clamping part(2011), the indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)Back side left and right sides axle sleeve(102)Between be provided with for pipeline connection
With the passage passed through(1021), wherein, the rotating shaft(202)Pass through passage(1021)Penetrate to axle sleeve(102)Afterwards with fixed plate
(201)It is connected.
6. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 5, it is characterised in that:The axle sleeve(102)Axial wall on have opening,
The rotating shaft(202)Including for being inserted into axle sleeve(102)In with axle sleeve(102)The axle main body of cooperation(2021), the axle master
Body(2021)It is upper to have towards axle main body(2021)First extension of tangential direction extension(2022)And with the first extension
(2022)It is connected along axle main body(2021)Second extension of outline extension(2023);When axle main body(2021)Penetrate in axle sleeve
(102)When, its first extension(2022)With the second extension(2023)In axle sleeve(102)Opening on, described first prolongs
Extending portion(2022)With fixed plate(201)It is connected, the axle main body(2021)With the second extension(2023)Between provided with supply
Axle sleeve(102)The arc-shaped gaps of rotation(2024).
7. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 6, it is characterised in that:The indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)Also include
Center body(103), the center body(103)Left and right sides there is side plate(1031), wherein, axle sleeve described in one(102)Put
Side plate in left side(1031)On, axle sleeve described in one(102)It is placed in the side plate on right side(1031)On, the axle sleeve(102)Outer end
End be provided with flange(1024).
8. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 7, it is characterised in that:The fixed plate(201)The top of left and right sides is set
Have for coordinating indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)The arc-shaped rack of rotation(203), the side plate(1031)On be provided with and arc
Tooth bar(203)Tooth engagement driving gear(4).
9. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 7, it is characterised in that:The air-conditioner center body(103)On open up
The confession for having left and right adjacent is built-in with axial-flow windwheel(5)Spiral case install mounting hole(1033).
10. a kind of air-conditioner according to claim 3, it is characterised in that:The indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)With just
Face air outlet(101), the front-outlet mouthful(101)Can be with indoor unit body of air-conditioner(1)Rotation and rotate.
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