CN211119945U - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an air conditioner, including casing, drive assembly and baffle. Wherein, drive assembly is connected with the casing, and the casing has the air intake, and the baffle is located air intake department. The driving assembly is connected with the baffle to drive the baffle to move between an opening position and a closing position, and when the baffle is located at the opening position, the air inlet is opened. When the baffle is located the closed position, the air intake is sheltered from to the baffle. According to the utility model discloses an air conditioner, through setting up the baffle and can drive the drive assembly of baffle motion, can utilize drive assembly drive baffle to opening the position or closing position to both can be when satisfying the air inlet demand of air conditioner, prevent that outside impurity from entering into the air conditioner through the air intake inside, and then improve the reliability of air conditioner, can simplify the control process who shelters from or open the air intake again, improve user experience.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of air conditioning technology and specifically relates to an air conditioner is related to.

Background

The air conditioner is a very important household appliance in life, and can keep the indoor temperature in a range which makes people feel comfortable so as to improve the comfort level of people in life.

Among the correlation technique, the air intake of air conditioner is for opening the state, and when the air conditioner was out of work, the dust just can fall into in the air intake that is located directly over the air conditioner, and the dust is accumulated in every month and just leads to the heat exchanger filth easily and blocks up, not only influences the refrigeration effect of air conditioner, and the bacterium is bred still easily to the filth, influences people's is healthy. Air conditioners in the related art are often provided with a baffle that can shield the air inlet to prevent dust from falling into the air inlet. However, the air conditioner in the related art has the problems of complex baffle connection structure and inconvenient operation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides an air conditioner, the baffle of air conditioner has simple, the convenient advantage of drive of connection structure.

According to the utility model discloses air conditioner, air conditioner includes casing, drive assembly and baffle. Wherein the shell is provided with an air inlet; the driving assembly is connected with the shell; the baffle is positioned at the air inlet, the driving assembly is connected with the baffle to drive the baffle to move between an opening position and a closing position, and when the baffle is positioned at the opening position, the air inlet is opened; when the baffle is located at the closed position, the air inlet is shielded by the baffle.

According to the utility model discloses air conditioner, through setting up the baffle and can drive the drive assembly of baffle motion, can utilize drive assembly drive baffle to opening the position or closing the position to both can be when satisfying the air inlet demand of air conditioner, prevent that outside impurity from entering into the air conditioner through the air intake inside, and then improve the reliability of air conditioner, can simplify the control process who shelters from or open the air intake again, improve user experience.

In some embodiments, the baffle is movable relative to the housing.

In some embodiments, the drive assembly comprises: a motor connected to the housing;

the gear is connected with the motor, and the motor drives the gear to rotate; the rack is meshed with the gear, the rack is movable relative to the gear, and one end of the rack is connected with the baffle.

In some embodiments, the baffle is rotatable relative to the housing.

In some embodiments, the drive assemblies are in spaced apart groups.

In some embodiments, an orthographic projection of the baffle plate on a plane where the air inlet is located is a rectangle, the baffle plate has four corners, the number of the driving assemblies is four, and the four sets of the driving assemblies are connected with the corners.

In some embodiments, the drive assembly is disposed within the housing.

In some embodiments, the baffle is removably coupled to the drive assembly.

In some embodiments, the baffle is a flat plate.

In some embodiments, the baffle is a plastic piece.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a baffle is in a closed position;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a baffle is in an open position;

fig. 3 is a partial structural schematic view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partial structural schematic view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 4.

Reference numerals:

an air conditioner 1;

a housing 10; an air inlet 11;

a drive assembly 20; a motor 21; a gear 22; a rack 23;

a baffle 30.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

An air conditioner 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, according to the air conditioner 1 of the embodiment of the present invention, the air conditioner 1 may include a housing 10, a driving assembly 20, and a baffle 30. It should be noted that the air conditioner 1 may be an integrated air conditioner or a split air conditioner. When the air conditioner 1 is an integrated air conditioner, the whole shell of the air conditioner 1 is a shell. When the air conditioner 1 is a split air conditioner, the air conditioner 1 includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, and the casing of the indoor unit is a casing 1

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing 10 has an air inlet 11. It is understood that the air flow outside the housing 10 can enter the housing 10 through the air inlet 111, and after the air flow passes through the heat exchanger for heat exchange, the air flow can be blown to the indoor space to condition the indoor air.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the driving assembly 20 may be connected to the housing 10, the baffle 30 is located at the air inlet 11, and the driving assembly 20 may be connected to the baffle 30 to drive the baffle 30 to move between the open position and the closed position. That is, the housing 10 may serve as a mounting platform for the driving assembly 20, and the driving assembly 20 may drive the baffle 30 to move, so as to control the baffle 30 to open or block the air inlet 11.

As shown in fig. 2, when the flap 30 is in the open position, the intake vent 11 is open. It is understood that when the air conditioner 1 needs to be supplemented with external airflow through the intake vent 11, the damper 30 may be driven to the open position by the driving assembly 20 to open the intake vent 11.

As shown in fig. 1, when the baffle 30 is in the closed position, the baffle 30 blocks the air inlet 11. It can be understood that, when the air conditioner 1 is in the shutdown state, the driving assembly 20 may be used to drive the baffle 30 to the closed position, so that the baffle 30 blocks the air inlet 11, thereby preventing external impurities (e.g., dust, hair) from entering the inside of the air conditioner 1 through the air inlet 11, and further improving the reliability of the air conditioner 1.

From this, along with the change of air conditioner 1 operating condition, can utilize drive assembly 20 drive baffle 30 to open the position or the closed position to both can prevent that outside impurity from entering into air conditioner 1 inside through air intake 11 when satisfying the air inlet demand of air conditioner 1, and then improve air conditioner 1's reliability, can simplify again and shelter from or open the control process of air intake 11, improve user experience.

For example, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, an air inlet 11 is provided above the housing 10, and the baffle 30 is located at the air inlet 11 above the housing 10. As shown in fig. 4, the baffle 30 is located above the driving assembly 20, and the upper end of the driving assembly 20 is connected to the baffle 30, and the driving assembly 20 is adapted to drive the baffle 30 to move in an up-down direction to open or block the air inlet 11.

According to the utility model discloses air conditioner 1, through setting up baffle 30 and the drive assembly 20 that can drive the motion of baffle 30, can utilize drive assembly 20 to drive baffle 30 to open the position or the closed position to both can be when satisfying the air inlet demand of air conditioner 1, prevent that outside impurity from entering into air conditioner 1 inside through air intake 11, and then improve the reliability of air conditioner 1, can simplify the control process who shelters from or open air intake 11 again, improve user experience.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the baffle 30 is movable relative to the housing 10. Therefore, when the air inlet 11 needs to be opened, the baffle 30 can move relative to the housing 10, so that a sufficient space is formed between the baffle 30 and the air inlet 11, the blocking influence of the baffle 30 on the air flow is reduced, the speed of the air conditioner 1 for extracting the external air flow is increased, and the working efficiency of the air conditioner 1 can be improved.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the driving assembly 20 may include a motor 21, a gear 22, and a rack 23. Wherein the motor 21 is connected to the housing 10. I.e. the housing 10 may serve as a mounting platform for the motor 21. As shown in fig. 4, the motor 21 is connected to the gear 22, and the motor 21 can drive the gear 22 to rotate, the gear 22 is engaged with the rack 23, and the rack 23 is movable relative to the gear 22, and one end of the rack 23 can be connected to the baffle 30.

It should be noted that the matching transmission of the gear 22 and the rack 23 has the advantages of high transmission precision and strong stability. Therefore, the gear 22 and the rack 23 are used as the transmission structure of the driving assembly 20, so that the reliability of the driving assembly 20 for driving the baffle 30 to move can be improved, and the probability of the deviation of the motion track of the baffle 30 in the moving process can be reduced.

It is understood that when it is desired to drive the flap 30 to the open position, the motor 21 may drive the gear 22 to rotate, the gear 22 may drive the rack 23 to move, and the end of the rack 23 connected to the flap 30 may push the flap 30 to move away from the air inlet 11, so that the flap 30 opens the air inlet 11.

When the baffle 30 needs to be driven to the shielding position, the motor 21 can drive the gear 22 to rotate, the gear 22 can drive the rack 23 to move by rotating, and the end part of the rack 23 connected with the baffle 30 can pull the baffle 30 to move towards the direction close to the air inlet 11, so that the baffle 30 shields the air inlet 11.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the baffle 30 is rotatable relative to the housing 10. In this embodiment, during the process of opening or shielding the air inlet 11, a portion of the baffle 30 may be fixedly connected to the housing 10, and the baffle 30 may rotate around the portion. Therefore, the power consumption of the driving assembly 20 for driving the baffle 30 to move can be reduced, the cost is saved, the movement space required by the baffle 30 for opening or shielding the air inlet 11 can be reduced, the requirement of the air conditioner 1 on the installation space can be reduced, and the practicability is improved.

As shown in fig. 4, the drive assemblies 20 may be spaced apart sets according to some embodiments of the present invention. This can improve the driving capability of the driving unit 20 for the baffle 30 and the reliability of the driving unit 20 for driving the baffle 30. For example, when one of the multiple sets of driving assemblies 20 is damaged, the other driving assemblies 20 may still drive the baffle 30 to move, so that the baffle 30 can open or block the air inlet 11.

As shown in fig. 2, according to some embodiments of the present invention, an orthographic projection of the baffle 30 on a plane where the air inlet 11 is located may be a rectangle. As shown in fig. 2, the air inlet 11 is a rectangular open opening, and by configuring the orthographic projection of the baffle 30 on the plane where the air inlet 11 is located to be a rectangle, when the baffle 30 is located at the closed position, the baffle 30 can fully shield the air inlet 11, so that the reliability of dust prevention and water prevention of the baffle 30 can be improved.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the baffle 30 has four corners, the driving assemblies 20 are four groups, and four groups of driving assemblies 20 can be connected with the corners. It is understood that the drive assembly 20 may serve as a support structure for the baffle 30 as the drive assembly 20 drives the baffle 30 in motion. Therefore, the four driving assemblies 20 are correspondingly connected with the four corners, so that the supporting force of the driving assemblies 20 can be uniformly applied to the baffle 30, the probability of unstable movement of the baffle 30 caused by insufficient supporting force of part of the baffle 30 is reduced, and the reliability of the driving assemblies 20 driving the baffle 30 to move is improved.

For example, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the air inlet 11 is a rectangle extending in the left-right direction, and the baffle 30 is also a rectangle extending in the left-right direction. The four driving assemblies 20 are respectively arranged below the four corners of the baffle 30, the upper ends of the racks 23 of the driving assemblies 20 are connected with the lower end surfaces of the corners of the baffle 30, and when the air inlet 11 needs to be opened, the driving assemblies 20 drive the racks 23 to move upwards so as to drive the baffle 30 to move upwards; when the air inlet 11 needs to be shielded, the driving assembly 20 drives the rack 23 to move downwards to drive the baffle 30 to move downwards.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the driving assembly 20 may be provided within the housing 10. Therefore, the inner space of the casing 10 can be used as the accommodating space of the driving assembly 20, so that the driving assembly 20 can be protected in a sealing manner, external impurities (such as dust and hair) can be prevented from entering the driving assembly 20, the service life of the driving assembly 20 can be prolonged, the driving assembly 20 can be prevented from leaking outside, and the layout and the appearance of the air conditioner 1 can be optimized.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the baffle 30 and the drive assembly 20 are detachably connected. In addition, the surface of the baffle 30 is likely to be fouled during long-term use of the air conditioner 1. Therefore, by detachably connecting the baffle 30 and the driving assembly 20, when the baffle 30 is not cleaned conveniently due to the placing position or the operation space of the air conditioner 1, the baffle 30 can be detached so as to clean the baffle 30 independently, thereby ensuring the cleaning effect.

In addition, when one of the baffle 30 or the drive assembly 20 is damaged, the damaged baffle 30 or the drive assembly 20 may be removed to facilitate repair or replacement of the damaged component.

As shown in fig. 4, the baffle 30 may be a flat plate according to some embodiments of the present invention. Therefore, the forming process of the baffle 30 can be simplified, the cost is saved, the advantages of high structural stability and strong supporting capability of a flat plate can be utilized, the probability that the baffle 30 is deformed and damaged due to external force in the long-term use process of the baffle 30 is reduced, the dustproof and waterproof reliability of the baffle 30 is improved, and the service life of the baffle 30 is prolonged.

Further, the baffle 30 may be a plastic piece. Therefore, by using the plastic member as the baffle 30, the material cost can be saved, and the light weight of the plastic member can be utilized to reduce the weight of the air conditioner 1, thereby facilitating the transportation or assembly of the air conditioner 1. In addition, the plastic part molding process is simple and can be easily molded into different shapes, so that the air inlets 11 with different shapes can be matched with the corresponding baffle 30 conveniently on the premise of saving cost.

An air conditioner 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 to 5. It is to be understood that the following description is illustrative only and is not intended as a specific limitation on the invention.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, for convenience of understanding, the air conditioner 1 includes an air conditioning indoor unit, which includes a casing 10, a baffle 30 and a driving assembly 20, taking a split type air conditioner as an example.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an air inlet 11 is defined above the housing 10, and the baffle 30 is located at the air inlet 11 above the housing 10. As shown in fig. 4, the baffle 30 is located above the driving assembly 20, and the upper end of the driving assembly 20 is connected to the baffle 30, and the driving assembly 20 is adapted to drive the baffle 30 to move in an up-down direction to open or block the air inlet 11. From this, can utilize drive assembly 20 drive baffle 30 to open the position or the closed position to both can prevent that outside impurity from entering into air conditioner 1 inside through air intake 11 when satisfying the air inlet demand of air conditioner 1, and then improve air conditioner 1's reliability, can simplify again and shelter from or open the control process of air intake 11, improve user experience.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the air inlet 11 is a rectangle extending in the left-right direction, and the baffle 30 is also a rectangle extending in the left-right direction. Therefore, when the baffle 30 is in the closed position, the baffle 30 can fully shield the air inlet 11, and the dustproof and waterproof reliability of the baffle 30 can be improved.

As shown in fig. 5, the driving assembly 20 includes a motor 21, a gear 22, and a rack 23. The motor 21 is connected with the gear 22, the gear 22 is meshed with the rack 23, and the upper end of the rack 23 is connected with the baffle 30. Therefore, the gear 22 and the rack 23 are used as the transmission structure of the driving assembly 20, so that the reliability of the driving assembly 20 for driving the baffle 30 to move can be improved, and the probability of the deviation of the motion track of the baffle 30 in the moving process can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the four driving assemblies 20 are respectively disposed below the four corners of the baffle 30, and the upper ends of the racks 23 of the driving assemblies 20 are connected to the lower end surfaces of the corners of the baffle 30, and when the air inlet 11 needs to be opened, the driving assemblies 20 drive the racks 23 to move upward to drive the baffle 30 to move upward; when the air inlet 11 needs to be shielded, the driving assembly 20 drives the rack 23 to move downwards to drive the baffle 30 to move downwards. Therefore, the supporting force of the driving assembly 20 can be uniformly applied to the baffle 30, and the reliability of the driving assembly 20 driving the baffle 30 to move is improved.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the driving assembly 20 is disposed in the housing 10. Therefore, the driving assembly 20 can be protected in a sealing manner, so that external impurities (such as dust and hair) can be prevented from entering the driving assembly 20, the service life of the driving assembly 20 can be prolonged, the driving assembly 20 can be prevented from being leaked outside, and the layout and the appearance of the air conditioner 1 can be optimized.

As shown in fig. 4, the baffle 30 is a flat plate. Therefore, the forming process of the baffle 30 can be simplified, the cost is saved, the advantages of high structural stability and strong supporting capability of a flat plate can be utilized, the probability that the baffle 30 is deformed and damaged due to external force in the long-term use process of the baffle 30 is reduced, the dustproof and waterproof reliability of the baffle 30 is improved, and the service life of the baffle 30 is prolonged.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; 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 meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. An air conditioner, comprising:

a housing having an air inlet;

a drive assembly connected with the housing;

the baffle is positioned at the air inlet, the driving assembly is connected with the baffle to drive the baffle to move between an opening position and a closing position, and when the baffle is positioned at the opening position, the air inlet is opened; when the baffle is located at the closed position, the air inlet is shielded by the baffle.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the baffle is movable relative to the housing.

3. The air conditioner of claim 2, wherein the driving assembly comprises:

a motor connected to the housing;

the gear is connected with the motor, and the motor drives the gear to rotate;

the rack is meshed with the gear, the rack is movable relative to the gear, and one end of the rack is connected with the baffle.

4. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the baffle is rotatable relative to the housing.

5. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the drive assemblies are in spaced apart groups.

6. The air conditioner of claim 5, wherein the baffle has a rectangular shape in an orthographic projection of the baffle on a plane where the air inlet is located, the baffle has four corners,

the driving assemblies are four groups, and the four groups of driving assemblies are connected with the corners.

7. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the drive assembly is disposed within the housing.

8. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the baffle is removably coupled to the drive assembly.

9. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein said baffle is a flat plate.

10. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein said baffle is a plastic piece.

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