CN213019880U - Shell and skirting line electric heater of fixed heating element - Google Patents

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CN213019880U
CN213019880U CN202021626806.9U CN202021626806U CN213019880U CN 213019880 U CN213019880 U CN 213019880U CN 202021626806 U CN202021626806 U CN 202021626806U CN 213019880 U CN213019880 U CN 213019880U
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陈佳兵
李忠正
廖泓斌
安继东
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The utility model discloses a fixed heating element's shell and skirting line electric heater, wherein the shell is including relative rear panel and the front panel that sets up, and the rear panel bottom is equipped with the bottom plate, and relative first curb plate and the second curb plate that is equipped with fixed heating element on the bottom plate, front panel bottom are equipped with grafting structure, be equipped with on the bottom plate with grafting structure complex joint structure, through grafting structure and joint structure cooperation so that front panel and bottom plate are pre-fixed, through fastener with curb plate and front panel fixed connection. The shell tear the backshell and the front panel into two parts, during the assembly, at first fix heating tube and curb plate on the backshell, then slide the front panel along the bottom plate again to with front panel and curb plate fixed connection, this mounting means is convenient for the installation of curb plate and heating tube, promotes the installation effectiveness, simultaneously, the quantity of the installation use bolt of shell and curb plate significantly reduces, assembly efficiency promotes greatly.

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Shell and skirting line electric heater of fixed heating element
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an electric heater especially relates to a shell and skirting line electric heater of fixed heating element.
Background
Along with the development of floor heating, the skirting line electric heater has also got into everybody's sight. The skirting line electric heater utilizes baseboard formula to arrange, organically combines baseboard and electric heater together, and the modern design, simple to operate, occupation space not. Therefore, the method is more and more favored by people.
Present skirting line electric heater complete machine assembly efficiency is lower, and the fuselage equipment is fixed by a large amount of screws, and production uses the fix with screw consuming time longer when the equipment assembly line, and the frame of complete machine is bottleneck man-hour, influences the beat of whole operation assembly line, leads to production assembly overall efficiency lower. The stability of the whole frame influences the damage degree of the electric heater to the body caused by abnormal falling in the transportation process. When frame stability is lower, it causes the fuselage to damage to cause what the customer took to be the damage product to fall to appear among the transportation handling, causes the user to complain and the cost of transportation of goods returned to improve manufacturing cost, and user experience is poor.
On the other hand, the cross-section of the casing of current skirting line electric heater is the U type, and the casing forms the mounting groove of installation heating element, however, the structure of skirting line electric heater is small and exquisite, and the mounting groove undersize, the installation of the heating element of being not convenient for makes the packaging efficiency of skirting line electric heater reduce.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a fixed heating element's shell and skirting line electric heater to solve the shell of current skirting line electric heater and the technical problem that heating element assembly efficiency is low.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model discloses a shell of fixed heating element and skirting line electric heater's concrete technical scheme as follows:
the utility model provides a shell of fixed heating element, is equipped with the bottom plate including relative rear panel and the front panel that sets up, rear panel bottom, relative first curb plate and the second curb plate that is equipped with fixed heating element on the bottom plate, and the front panel bottom is equipped with grafting structure, be equipped with on the bottom plate with grafting structure complex joint structure, through grafting structure and joint structure cooperation so that front panel and bottom plate are pre-fixed, through fastener with curb plate and front panel fixed connection.
Further, first curb plate is pegged graft and is fixed on the bottom plate, and the bottom plate bottom surface is equipped with a pair of cardboard, forms the insertion groove between the cardboard, and the rear panel top is equipped with first turn-ups, be equipped with on the first curb plate with the first mounting panel of first turn-ups butt, the relative mounting hole that is equipped with on first mounting panel and the first turn-ups, first curb plate bottom inserts along the insertion groove, makes the mounting hole on first mounting panel and the first turn-ups align to pass through the bolt fastening.
Furthermore, a first limiting plate which is turned downwards is arranged on the first flanging, and after the first side plate is fixed, the outer wall of the first side plate is in contact with the side edge of the first limiting plate.
Furthermore, a positioning block is arranged on the bottom plate, the positioning block is abutted against the inner wall of the bottom of the second side plate, a first fixing plate is arranged on the second side plate below the first flanging, fixing holes are oppositely formed in the first flanging and the first fixing plate, the second side plate is fixedly connected with the rear panel through bolts, a second limiting plate is arranged on the first flanging, and the second limiting plate is in contact with the first fixing plate.
Furthermore, a third fixing plate which is turned outwards is arranged on the bottom edge of the second side plate, fixing holes are oppositely formed in the bottom plate and the third fixing plate, and the second side plate is fixedly connected with the bottom plate through bolts.
Furthermore, the bottom edge of the front panel is provided with a third flanging which is turned inwards, a second flanging is arranged on the bottom plate far away from the direction of the rear panel, the inserting structure is provided with a plurality of hooks arranged on the third flanging, the clamping structure is a clamping hole which is arranged on the second flanging and matched with the hooks, and the hooks are clamped in the clamping hole to enable the front panel and the bottom plate to be pre-fixed.
Furthermore, the front panels on the two sides of the third flanging are respectively provided with a connecting plate, the bottom plate is provided with a guide plate protruding upwards, and the connecting plate is arranged below the guide plate and is abutted against the third flanging close to the direction of the first side plate.
Furthermore, the fastener is a bolt, a third mounting plate is arranged at the bottom end of the first side plate, fixing holes are oppositely formed in the connecting plate, the bottom plate, the third mounting plate and the third fixing plate on the two sides, and the side plate, the bottom plate and the front panel are fixedly connected through the bolt.
Furthermore, the top of the front panel is provided with an inward-turned hem, a first side plate below the hem is provided with a second mounting plate, a second side plate below the hem is provided with a second fixing plate, the hem, the second mounting plate and the second fixing plate are provided with fixing holes which are opposite, and the front panel is fixedly connected with the side plates through bolts.
Further, the foldable solar panel comprises an upper cover, wherein slide fasteners are respectively arranged on the bottom surface of the upper cover along the long edge direction, slide holes matched with the slide fasteners are respectively arranged on the first flanging and the flanging of the front panel, the upper cover, the rear panel and the front panel are relatively fixed through the matching of the slide fasteners and the slide holes, fixing holes are oppositely formed in the flanging at the top of the second side panel and the upper cover, and the upper cover and the second side panel are fixed through bolts.
The utility model provides a skirting line electric heater, includes heating element and foretell fixed heating element's shell, and the both ends of heating element are pegged graft respectively on first curb plate and second curb plate, and the both sides board presss from both sides tight heating element in order to fix heating element in the shell.
The utility model discloses a fixed heating element's shell and skirting line electric heater have following advantage:
fixed heating element's shell include backshell and front panel, backshell and front panel realize fixing in advance through grafting structure, during the assembly, at first fix heating tube and curb plate on the backshell, then slide the front panel along the bottom plate again to with front panel and curb plate fixed connection, this mounting means is convenient for the installation of curb plate and heating tube, promotes the installation effectiveness, simultaneously, the quantity of bolt is used in the installation of shell and curb plate significantly reduces, assembly efficiency promotes greatly.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first viewing angle of the rear housing and the side plate of the present invention after assembly;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 1;
fig. 3 is a perspective view of a second viewing angle after the rear housing and the side plates of the present invention are assembled;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 3;
fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rear case, the side plates and the front panel of the present invention after being assembled;
fig. 6 is a perspective view of the front panel of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a perspective view of the front panel and the bottom plate of the present invention after being assembled;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view at C of FIG. 7;
fig. 9 is a perspective view of the upper cover of the present invention.
The reference numbers in the figures illustrate: 1. a rear panel; 11. a first flanging; 111. a first limit plate; 112. a second limiting plate; 2. a base plate; 21. second flanging; 211. a clamping hole; 22. clamping a plate; 23. a guide plate; 3. a first side plate; 31. a first mounting plate; 32. a second mounting plate; 33. a third mounting plate; 4. a second side plate; 41. a first fixing plate; 42. a second fixing plate; 43. a third fixing plate; 5. a front panel; 51. third flanging; 511. a hook; 52. a connecting plate; 6. an upper cover; 61. and (6) sliding and buckling.
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In order to better understand the purpose, structure and function of the present invention, the following description, in combination with the accompanying drawings, is further detailed for the housing of the fixed heating component and the skirting line electric heater of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 5, the utility model discloses a skirting line electric heater, heating element in shell and the shell, heating element includes the fin that heating tube and heating tube outer wall cover were established, the shell has the mounting groove that holds heating element, the cross-section of mounting groove is the U type, the shell includes backshell and front panel 5, the backshell comprises rear panel 1 and 2 integrated into one piece of bottom plate, front panel 5 and rear panel 1 set up relatively, 5 bottoms of front panel are equipped with grafting structure, be equipped with on the bottom plate 2 with grafting structure complex joint structure, cooperate so that front panel 5 and bottom plate 2 are pre-fixed through grafting structure and joint structure, through the fastener with curb plate and 5 fixed connection of front panel, front panel 5 along 2 edges of bottom plate slide and with 2 joints of bottom plate.
The both ends of heating tube are equipped with first curb plate 3 and second curb plate 4 respectively, and first curb plate 3 and second curb plate 4 pass through the bolt respectively with backshell and front panel 5 fixed to make the heating tube fix on the shell. During the assembly, slide grafting first curb plate 3 along bottom plate 2 and make first curb plate 3 and backshell fixed connection on the backshell and through the bolt, the one end of heating tube is pegged graft on first curb plate 3, compresses tightly the heating tube with second curb plate 4 from the other end of heating tube to make second curb plate 4 and shell fixed connection through the bolt. Through tearing into two parts with backshell and front panel 5, during the assembly, at first with heating tube and curb plate fixed on the backshell, then slide front panel 5 along bottom plate 2 again to with front panel 5 and curb plate fixed connection, this mounting means is convenient for the installation of curb plate and heating tube, promotes the installation effectiveness, and simultaneously, the quantity of bolt is used in the installation of shell and curb plate significantly reduces, and assembly efficiency promotes greatly.
As shown in fig. 1-4, the first side plate 3 is inserted and fixed on the bottom plate 2, a pair of clamping plates 22 is arranged on the bottom surface of the bottom plate 2, an insertion groove is formed between the clamping plates 22, a third mounting plate 33 is arranged at the bottom end of the first side plate 3, a first flanging 11 is arranged on the top edge of the rear panel 1, a first mounting plate 31 is arranged on the first side plate 3 below the first flanging 11, mounting holes are oppositely formed in the first flanging 11 and the first mounting plate 31, the third mounting plate 33 is inserted into the insertion groove from one side in a sliding manner, when the first side plate 3 is inserted into the abutting joint with the rear panel 1, the mounting holes in the first mounting plate 31 and the first flanging 11 are aligned, and the first side plate 3.
In order to prevent the heating tube from being inserted into the first side plate 3, the first flange 11 is provided with a first limiting plate 111 which is turned downwards due to excessive force application to cause the first side plate 3 to translate, and after the first side plate 3 is inserted in place, the outer wall of the first side plate 3 contacts with the side edge of the first limiting plate 111.
When installing second curb plate 4, second curb plate 4 inserts from the tip of keeping away from the backshell of 3 directions of first curb plate, is equipped with the locating piece on the bottom plate 2, the inner wall butt of locating piece and second curb plate 4 bottom to it is excessive to prevent that second curb plate 4 inserts, effectively protects the heating tube, be equipped with first fixed plate 41 on the second curb plate 4 of first turn-ups 11 below, relative being equipped with the fixed orifices on first fixed plate 41 and the first board that turns over, through the bolt with first fixed plate 41 and first turn-ups 11 fixed connection. The first flange 11 is provided with a second limiting plate 112, and the second limiting plate 112 is in contact with the outer wall of the first fixing plate 41.
The bottom edge of the second side plate 4 is provided with a third fixing plate 43 which is turned outwards, the third fixing plate 43 and the bottom plate 2 are oppositely provided with fixing holes, and the second side plate 4 and the bottom plate 2 are fixedly connected through bolts.
When the first side plate 3 and the second side plate 4 are fixed on the rear shell, the front panel 5 needs to be installed, as shown in fig. 6-8, a third flange 51 which is turned inwards is arranged on the bottom edge of the front panel 5, the insertion structure is a plurality of hooks 511 arranged on the third flange 51, the bottom plate 2 far away from the direction of the rear panel 1 is provided with a second flange 21, the clamping structure is a clamping hole 211 which is arranged on the second flange 21 and matched with the hooks 511, and the hooks 511 are clamped in the clamping hole 211, so that the front panel 5 and the rear shell are pre-fixed. One end of the clipping hole 211 is wide and the other end is narrow, the hook 511 is inserted into the clipping hole 211 from the wider end, the front panel 5 is dragged to make the hook 511 slide to the end part of the clipping hole 211 at the narrower end, thereby fastening the two parts.
In order to make the front panel 5 more stable when sliding on the bottom plate 2, as shown in fig. 8, the front panel 5 on both sides of the third flange 51 is respectively provided with a connecting plate 52, the bottom plate 2 is provided with a guide plate 23 protruding upwards, during assembly, the hook 511 of the front panel 5 is inserted into the clamping hole 211 of the bottom plate 2, meanwhile, the connecting plate 52 is arranged below the guide plate 23, the front panel 5 is dragged to make the hook 511 move towards the first side plate 3, and when the connecting plate 52 close to the first side plate 3 is abutted against the third flange 51, the front panel 5 and the rear shell are pre-fixed.
In order to fix the front panel 5 to the rear case and the side panels, the fastening members are bolts, fixing holes are formed in the connecting plates 52, the bottom plate 2, the third mounting plate 33 and the third fixing plate 43 at the two sides in a manner of facing each other, and the side panels and the bottom plate 2 are fixedly connected to the front panel 5 through the bolts.
The top of the front panel 5 is provided with an inward folded edge, the first side plate 3 below the folded edge is provided with a second mounting plate 32, the second side plate 4 below the folded edge is provided with a second fixing plate 42, the folded edge and the second mounting plate 32 are oppositely provided with fixing holes, the front panel 5 is fixedly connected with the top of the first side plate 3 through bolts, the folded edge and the second fixing plate 42 are oppositely provided with fixing holes, and the front panel 5 is fixedly connected with the top of the second side edge through bolts.
In addition, the housing further includes an upper cover 6, as shown in fig. 9, the upper cover 6 is provided with an air outlet grid, the bottom surface of the upper cover 6 is respectively provided with a slide fastener along the long side direction, the first flanging 11 of the rear panel 1 and the flanging of the front panel 5 are respectively provided with a slide hole matched with the slide fastener, one end of the slide hole is wide, and the other end of the slide hole is narrow, so that the slide fastener is drawn into the slide hole, thereby realizing the relative fixation of the upper cover 6, the rear panel 1 and the front panel 5, the flanging at the top of the second side panel 4 and the upper cover 6 are oppositely provided with fixing holes, and the upper cover 6 and the second side panel 4 are fixed through bolts. Thus, the assembly of the shell, the side plates and the heating tube is completed.
This shell is torn into two parts with backshell and front panel 5, during the assembly, at first fixes heating tube and curb plate on the backshell, then slides front panel 5 along bottom plate 2 again to with front panel 5 and curb plate fixed connection, this mounting means is convenient for the installation of curb plate and heating tube, promotes the installation effectiveness, and simultaneously, the quantity of bolt is used in the installation of shell and curb plate significantly reduces, and assembly efficiency promotes greatly.
It is to be understood that the present invention has been described with reference to certain embodiments, and that various changes or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, and all embodiments falling within the scope of the claims of the present application are intended to be covered by the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a shell of fixed heating element, a serial communication port, including relative rear panel (1) and front panel (5) that set up, rear panel (1) base is equipped with bottom plate (2), relative first curb plate (3) and the second curb plate (4) that are equipped with fixed heating element on bottom plate (2), front panel (5) bottom is equipped with grafting structure, be equipped with on bottom plate (2) with grafting structure complex joint structure, cooperate so that front panel (5) and bottom plate (2) are pre-fixed through grafting structure and joint structure, through fastener with curb plate and front panel (5) fixed connection.
2. The shell for fixing the heating component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first side plate (3) is inserted and fixed on the bottom plate (2), a pair of clamping plates (22) is arranged on the bottom surface of the bottom plate (2), an insertion groove is formed between the clamping plates (22), a first flanging (11) is arranged on the top edge of the rear panel (1), a first mounting plate (31) abutted to the first flanging (11) is arranged on the first side plate (3), mounting holes are oppositely arranged on the first mounting plate (31) and the first flanging (11), and the bottom of the first side plate (3) is inserted into the insertion groove, so that the mounting holes on the first mounting plate (31) and the first flanging (11) are aligned and fixed through bolts.
3. The housing for fixing a heat generating component as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first flange (11) is provided with a first limiting plate (111) which is turned downwards, and when the first side plate (3) is fixed, the first side plate (3) contacts with a side edge of the first limiting plate (111).
4. The shell of a fixed heating element according to claim 2, wherein the bottom plate (2) is provided with a positioning block, the positioning block abuts against the inner wall of the bottom of the second side plate (4), the second side plate (4) below the first flange (11) is provided with a first fixing plate (41), the first flange (11) and the first fixing plate (41) are provided with fixing holes in a relative manner, the second side plate (4) is fixedly connected with the rear panel (1) through bolts, the first flange (11) is provided with a second limiting plate (112), and the second limiting plate (112) is in contact with the first fixing plate (41).
5. The housing for fixing a heat generating component as claimed in claim 4, wherein the bottom edge of the second side plate (4) is provided with a third fixing plate (43) which is turned outwards, the bottom plate (2) and the third fixing plate (43) are provided with fixing holes which are opposite, and the second side plate (4) and the bottom plate (2) are fixedly connected through bolts.
6. The housing for fixing a heat generating component as claimed in claim 5, wherein the bottom edge of the front panel (5) is provided with a third flange (51) which is turned inward, the bottom plate (2) far away from the direction of the rear panel (1) is provided with a second flange (21), the inserting structure is a plurality of hooks (511) arranged on the third flange (51), the fastening structure is a fastening hole (211) arranged on the second flange (21) and matched with the hooks (511), and the hooks (511) are fastened in the fastening holes (211) to pre-fix the front panel (5) and the bottom plate (2).
7. The shell for fixing the heating component as claimed in claim 6, wherein the front panel (5) at both sides of the third flange (51) is respectively provided with a connecting plate (52), the bottom plate (2) is provided with a guide plate (23) protruding upwards, the connecting plate (52) is arranged below the guide plate (23), and the connecting plate (52) close to the first side plate (3) is abutted against the third flange (51).
8. The casing for fixing the heating assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the fastening member is a bolt, the bottom end of the first side plate (3) is provided with a third mounting plate (33), the connecting plates (52) at both sides, the bottom plate (2), the third mounting plate (33) and the third fixing plate (43) are provided with fixing holes in an opposite manner, and the side plate, the bottom plate (2) and the front panel (5) are fixedly connected through the bolt.
9. The shell for fixing the heating assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the top of the front panel (5) is provided with an inward folded edge, the first side plate (3) below the folded edge is provided with a second mounting plate (32), the second side plate (4) below the folded edge is provided with a second fixing plate (42), the folded edge, the second mounting plate (32) and the second fixing plate (42) are provided with fixing holes in an opposite manner, and the front panel (5) and the side plates are fixedly connected through bolts.
10. The shell of the fixed heating component as claimed in claim 9, further comprising an upper cover (6), wherein the bottom surface of the upper cover (6) is provided with a slide fastener along the long side direction, the first flange (11) and the folded edge of the front panel (5) are provided with a slide hole matched with the slide fastener, the upper cover (6), the rear panel (1) and the front panel (5) are fixed relatively through the matching of the slide fastener and the slide hole, the flange at the top of the second side panel (4) and the upper cover (6) are provided with a fixing hole relatively, and the upper cover (6) and the second side panel (4) are fixed through bolts.
11. A skirting line electric heater, characterized in that, includes heating element and the shell of the fixed heating element of any one of claims 1-10, the both ends of heating element are pegged graft respectively on first curb plate (3) and second curb plate (4), and both curb plates press from both sides tight heating element in order to fix heating element in the shell.
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