CN213019918U

CN213019918U - Indoor unit of air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN213019918U
Application number: CN202021498460.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙合庆; 张江; 李本卫
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Air Conditioning Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Air Conditioning Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-24
Filing date: 2020-07-24
Publication date: 2021-04-20
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-24

Abstract

The utility model provides an indoor unit of air conditioner, include: the air conditioner comprises a shell, a fan and a control device, wherein an air inlet and an air outlet are formed in the shell, and the air inlet is communicated with the air outlet to form an air duct; the flexible curtain is arranged in the air duct and is positioned at the air outlet; the flexible curtain supporting frame surrounds the periphery of the flexible curtain, and a water receiving tank is arranged at the bottom of the flexible curtain supporting frame and used for receiving condensed water on the flexible curtain; the flexible curtain driving mechanism is arranged on the flexible curtain supporting frame and drives the flexible curtain to roll; through setting up flexible curtain can realize flexible air-out and normal air-out, through set up the water receiving tank on flexible curtain braced frame, can collect the comdenstion water that condenses on the flexible curtain, avoid the comdenstion water to drip to the indoor set of air conditioner or outside the indoor set, avoid influencing the normal work of indoor set of air conditioner, improve user experience.

Description

Indoor unit of air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the air conditioner, especially, relate to an indoor unit of air conditioner.

Background

With the increasing living standard of people, the requirements of people on living environment are higher and higher, and the air conditioner becomes one of the essential household appliances. At present, cabinet type air outlet generally sets up the front side at the air conditioning indoor set, wind sensation near the air outlet is comparatively obvious, owing to receive the restriction of air-out distance, indoor corner department wind sensation is not obvious, and, indoor temperature distribution is inhomogeneous, make user experience relatively poor, can set up the hole on the panel usually, make the air-out soft, nevertheless the air-out effect is relatively poor, easily form the hindrance to the air, influence indoor refrigerating capacity, and can produce the condensation phenomenon, the condensation drips can produce the influence to the normal work of air conditioning indoor set in the air conditioning indoor set, influence pleasing to the eye when dripping outside the indoor set, influence user experience.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention aims at solving at least one of the technical problems in the related art to a certain extent. For this purpose,

according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an air conditioner indoor unit including:

the air conditioner comprises a shell, a fan and a control device, wherein an air inlet and an air outlet are formed in the shell, and the air inlet is communicated with the air outlet to form an air duct;

the flexible curtain is arranged in the air duct and is positioned at the air outlet;

the flexible curtain supporting frame surrounds the periphery of the flexible curtain, and a water receiving tank is arranged at the bottom of the flexible curtain supporting frame and used for receiving condensed water on the flexible curtain;

and the flexible curtain driving mechanism is arranged on the flexible curtain supporting frame and drives the flexible curtain to roll.

Through setting up flexible curtain can realize flexible air-out and normal air-out, through set up the water receiving tank on flexible curtain braced frame, can collect the comdenstion water that condenses on the flexible curtain, avoid the comdenstion water to drip to the indoor set of air conditioner or outside the indoor set, avoid influencing the normal work of indoor set of air conditioner, improve user experience.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the drain hole is formed in the bottom wall of the water receiving tank, so that condensed water collected by the water receiving tank can be drained.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the air conditioner further comprises a water pan assembly, wherein the water pan assembly is arranged below the drain hole and used for receiving the condensed water discharged by the drain hole and discharging the condensed water out of the air conditioner indoor unit.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the water guide plate is arranged between the flexible curtain supporting frame and the water pan assembly and used for receiving the condensed water discharged by the water discharge hole and guiding the condensed water into the water pan assembly.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the water guide plate and the longitudinal axis of the indoor unit of the air conditioner are arranged at an included angle, so that condensed water can conveniently flow into the water pan assembly along the water guide plate.

According to this disclosed embodiment, the width more than or equal to flexible curtain of water receiving tank's thickness avoids the condensation on the flexible curtain to drip outside the water receiving tank.

According to this disclosed embodiment, the diapire of water receiving tank is the arc, is convenient for discharge the comdenstion water in the water receiving tank is whole, prevents that the comdenstion water from being detained in the water receiving tank.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the flexible shade drive mechanism comprises:

the synchronous belt is connected to the side end of the flexible curtain;

the motor is arranged on the flexible curtain supporting frame;

the second gear is rotationally connected with the flexible curtain bracket and is meshed with the synchronous belt;

the first gear is connected to an output shaft of the motor and meshed with the synchronous belt, and the motor drives the first gear to rotate to drive the flexible curtain to roll.

Through setting up hold-in range, motor, first gear and second gear, can realize the roll of flexible curtain, can realize that flexible air-out and normal air-out are in turn, convenient easy going.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the two flexible curtain driving mechanisms are respectively connected to two side ends of the flexible curtain, the air-conditioning indoor unit further comprises two gear connecting shafts, the two first gears are connected to one gear connecting shaft, the two second gears are connected to the other gear connecting shaft, and the two flexible curtain driving mechanisms can be synchronized and have good stability by arranging the gear connecting shafts.

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, be equipped with the grating piece on the hold-in range, machine still includes in the air conditioning:

the photoelectric switch is arranged on the flexible curtain supporting frame and is matched with the grating block;

and the controller is used for receiving the sensing signal transmitted back by the photoelectric switch and outputting a signal to control the flexible curtain driving mechanism to work.

Through setting up photoelectric switch, grating piece and controller, the roll position of detectable flexible curtain, the roll of real-time control flexible curtain is convenient for control the air-out type.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a normal air outlet perspective view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of a flexible outlet air of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, with a front panel removed;

fig. 4 is a sectional view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a partial structural view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a partial structural view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6 at A;

fig. 8 is a partial structural view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a sectional view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is an exploded view of a partial structure of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 10 at C;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 10 at B;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a flexible curtain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a flexible curtain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 14 at D;

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a water pan assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is a block diagram of a flexible shade support frame according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the above figures: an indoor air-conditioning unit 100; a housing 1; an air inlet 11; an air outlet 12; an air duct 13; a water pan assembly 15; a drain port 151; a sealing plate 16; a heat exchanger 2; a volute fan 3; an air outlet 31; a flexible curtain 4; a soft wind section 41; a vent hole 411; a first ventilation section 42; a first vent 421; a second venting section 43; a second vent 431; a connecting section 44; a flexible curtain drive mechanism 5; a timing belt 51; a grating block 511; a motor 52; the first gear 53; a second gear 54; a flexible curtain support frame 6; a water receiving tank 61; a drain hole 62; a water guide plate 7; a photoelectric switch 8; the gear is connected to the shaft 9.

Detailed Description

The present invention is specifically described below by way of exemplary embodiments. It should be understood, however, that elements, structures and features of one embodiment may be beneficially incorporated in other embodiments without further recitation.

An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 17, where the indoor unit of an air conditioner is in a cabinet type, fig. 1 is a perspective view of normal air outlet of the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 2 is a perspective view of flexible air outlet of the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the indoor unit 100 of the air conditioner may include a casing 1, the casing 1 may have a substantially square pillar shape, and the casing 1 is formed with an inlet 11 and an outlet 12, in which the inlet 11 is disposed at a rear side and the outlet is disposed at a front side in a normal case.

It should be noted that the shape of the housing 1 may also be substantially cylindrical or elliptic cylindrical; the front side is the side of the air-conditioning indoor unit facing the user when in use, and the opposite side is the rear side; the air inlet 11 can also be arranged at the upper side or the left and right sides or the front side of the shell 1, and the air outlet can also be arranged at the left and right sides or the upper side.

An air duct 13 is formed by communicating the air inlet 11 and the air outlet, a heat exchanger 2 is arranged in the air duct 13, the heat exchanger 2 is arranged in the air duct 13 and is positioned between the air inlet 11 and the air outlet, a volute fan 3 can be further arranged in the air duct 13, indoor airflow is led into an indoor unit of the air conditioner from the air inlet 11 by the volute fan 3 and then is sent out from the air outlet through the heat exchanger 2, and therefore the refrigerating/heating function of the air conditioner is achieved.

Specifically, the housing 1 includes a front panel, a rear panel, side panels, a top panel, and a bottom panel. The air inlet 11 is located on a side plate of the shell 1 and located below the side plate, the heat exchanger 2 is located in the air duct 13 and located on the upper portion of the air-conditioning indoor unit, the heat exchanger 2 and a shell rear panel form an included angle, the contact area of the heat exchanger and air can be increased, the heat exchange effect is improved, the volute fan 3 is located in the air duct 13 and located below the heat exchanger 2, the volute fan 3 is provided with an air outlet 31, the air outlet 31 faces the heat exchanger 2, air enters the air-conditioning indoor unit from the air inlet 11 and is led to the heat exchanger 2 by the volute fan 3, the heat exchanger 2 exchanges heat with the air, and the air after heat exchange is discharged.

The indoor unit 100 of the air conditioner includes a flexible curtain 4, referring to fig. 13-15, the flexible curtain 4 is disposed in the air duct 13 and located at the air outlet 12, the flexible curtain 4 includes a soft air section 41 and a ventilation section, and the flexible curtain 4 is circumferentially closed.

Be equipped with a plurality of evenly distributed's ventilation hole 411 on the gentle wind section 41, when gentle wind section 41 when relative with air outlet 12, ventilation hole 411 is cut apart the air, avoids wind directly to blow, forms gentle wind, and the width of gentle wind section is greater than the air outlet width, and increase air-out area improves the refrigerating output.

Be formed with the vent on the ventilation section, it is concrete, the ventilation section comprises two flexible chains, has the interval between two flexible chains in order to form the vent for the air passes the vent and realizes normal air-out, and the vent width should be greater than the air outlet width, makes the better normal air-out of air conditioner.

The air conditioning indoor unit further includes a connection section 44 to enhance the strength of the flexible curtain, the connection section 44 dividing the ventilation section into a first ventilation section 42 and a second ventilation section 43, and dividing the air outlet into a first vent 421 and a second vent 431.

The height of air outlet is h, and the height of gentle wind section is a, and the height of first ventilation section 42 is b, and the height of second ventilation section 43 is c, and when needs gentle wind, gentle wind section 41 is relative with the air outlet, in order to avoid the gentle wind section too short can not cover the air outlet for the local normal air-out of air outlet influences flexible air-out effect, and a is more than or equal to h. When the air is discharged normally, the first ventilation section 42 and the second ventilation section 43 are opposite to the air outlet, so that the normal air outlet of the air outlet is influenced and the output of refrigerating output is reduced to influence a user body in order to prevent the first ventilation section and the second ventilation section from being too short to cover the air outlet, wherein b is more than or equal to a and more than or equal to h, and c is more than or equal to a and more than or equal to h.

Referring to fig. 6 and 9-12, the indoor unit of an air conditioner further includes a flexible curtain driving mechanism 5 to drive the flexible curtain to roll, so that the soft air section, the first ventilation section and the second ventilation section are alternately opposite to the air outlet, and the normal air outlet and the flexible air outlet effect are alternately realized, so that the indoor unit of an air conditioner has the functions of flexible air outlet and normal air outlet, a user can change the air outlet mode according to the requirement, the flexibility is good, and the user experience is improved.

Specifically, flexible curtain actuating mechanism 5 includes hold-in range 51, motor 52 and first gear 53 and second gear 54, motor 52 is connected in casing 1, second gear 54 is connected in casing 1 and can rotate relative casing 1, first gear 53 is connected in the output shaft of motor 51, first gear 53 and second gear 54 all mesh with hold-in range 51, hold-in range 51 is connected with flexible curtain 4's side, motor 52 drives first gear 53 and rotates and drive hold-in range 51 motion, hold-in range 51 motion drives the rotation of second gear and makes the hold-in range normal operating, hold-in range 51 is connected in order to drive flexible curtain 4 and rolls with flexible curtain. Through setting up hold-in range, motor, first gear and second gear, can realize the roll of flexible curtain, can realize that flexible air-out and normal air-out are in turn, convenient easy going.

The flexible curtain driving mechanisms 5 can be arranged at the two side ends of the flexible curtain 4, so that enough power is provided for the rolling of the flexible curtain, and the rolling stability of the flexible curtain is enhanced. In order to enable the two flexible curtain driving mechanisms 5 at the two side ends of the flexible curtain to synchronously run, the air-conditioning indoor unit further comprises two gear connecting shafts 9, the two gear connecting shafts 9 are connected with one gear connecting shaft through two first gears, the two second gears are connected with the other gear connecting shaft, the two gear connecting shafts are located in the flexible curtain, specifically, the first gears can be arranged on the gear connecting shafts, the motor is connected with the gear connecting shafts, the second gears are arranged on the gear connecting shafts, and the gear connecting shafts are rotationally connected with the shell 1.

The indoor unit 100 further includes a flexible curtain support frame 6, the flexible curtain support frame 6 is disposed in the air duct 13 and located at the air outlet 12, and is configured to support the flexible curtain 4 and the flexible curtain driving mechanism 5, and the flexible curtain support frame 6 surrounds the flexible curtain 4. The motor 52 is fixedly arranged on the flexible curtain supporting frame 6, the second gear 52 or the gear connecting shaft 9 is rotatably connected with the flexible curtain supporting frame, specifically, a rotating hole is arranged on the flexible curtain supporting frame, a rotating shaft is arranged on the second gear, and the rotating shaft is arranged in the rotating space, so that the second gear can rotate relative to the flexible curtain supporting frame.

Easy condensation on the flexible curtain 4, outside in order to collect the condensation of flexible curtain and discharge the air conditioning indoor set, refer to fig. 17, set up water receiving tank 61 in flexible curtain braced frame bottom, can avoid the comdenstion water to drip to influence the normal work of air conditioning indoor set in the empty strip indoor set, wherein, the width of water receiving tank 61 is greater than the thickness of flexible curtain, avoids the condensation on the flexible curtain to drip outside the water receiving tank. Be equipped with wash port 61 on the water receiving tank 61 diapire for outside the comdenstion water discharge water receiving tank in the water receiving tank, the water receiving tank diapire can be the arc, is convenient for discharge the comdenstion water in the water receiving tank is whole, prevents that the comdenstion water from being detained in the water receiving tank.

Referring to fig. 6 to 8 and 16, the indoor unit of the air conditioner further includes a water pan assembly 15, the water pan assembly is located below the heat exchanger 2, specifically, the water pan assembly is located below the drain hole, and is used for receiving the condensed water discharged from the drain hole and discharging the condensed water out of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, a water outlet 151 is provided on the water pan assembly 15, and the condensed water in the water pan assembly 15 is discharged through the water outlet.

The air-conditioning indoor unit further comprises a water guide plate 7, wherein the water guide plate 7 is arranged between the flexible curtain supporting frame and the water receiving tray assembly and is used for receiving condensed water flowing out of the water discharging hole and guiding the condensed water to the water receiving tray assembly. Specifically, the upper end of the water guide plate 7 is connected to the outer side of the flexible curtain supporting frame, the lower section of the water guide plate is arranged in the water receiving tray assembly, and the water guide plate and the longitudinal axis of the indoor unit of the air conditioner are arranged at an included angle, so that condensed water can conveniently flow into the water receiving tray assembly along the water guide plate and then is discharged out of the indoor unit of the air conditioner through the water receiving tray assembly.

In order to avoid that the air in the air duct is directly discharged from the air outlet without passing through the heat exchanger, the air-conditioning indoor unit further comprises a sealing plate 16, the sealing plate is connected around the heat exchanger to plug a gap between the heat exchanger and the shell, so that the air discharged from the air outlet passes through the heat exchanger.

Referring to fig. 7, the indoor unit of the air conditioner further includes a photoelectric switch 8 and a controller, which are configured to detect a position of the flexible curtain, the photoelectric switch 7 is disposed inside a vertical beam of the flexible curtain support frame 6, a synchronous belt 61 is provided with a grating block 511 adapted to the photoelectric switch 8, and is configured to cooperate with the photoelectric switch to detect a position of the flexible curtain 4, the photoelectric switch 7 crosses over the grating block 511, when the photoelectric switch 7 detects the grating block 511 and forms a sensing signal, the sensing signal is transmitted to the controller, and after receiving the sensing signal, the controller displays position information of the flexible curtain according to the sensing signal, and can output a control signal to control the start and stop of the flexible curtain driving mechanism, and controls the flexible curtain driving mechanism to be in telecommunication connection with the controller to receive a signal sent by the controller. The arrangement of the grating block, the photoelectric switch and the controller can detect the rolling position of the flexible curtain, control the rolling of the flexible curtain in real time and facilitate the control of the air outlet type.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature.

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; 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.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising:

2. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a drain hole is formed in a bottom wall of the water receiving tank.

3. The indoor unit of claim 2, further comprising a water pan assembly disposed below the drainage hole for receiving the condensed water discharged from the drainage hole and discharging the condensed water out of the indoor unit.

4. The indoor unit of claim 3, further comprising a water guide plate disposed between the flexible curtain support frame and the water pan assembly for receiving the condensed water discharged from the water discharge hole and guiding the condensed water into the water pan assembly.

5. The indoor unit of claim 4, wherein the water deflector is disposed at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the indoor unit.

6. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the width of the water receiving groove is greater than or equal to the thickness of the flexible curtain.

7. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the bottom wall of the water receiving tank is curved.

8. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the flexible curtain driving mechanism includes:

the synchronous belt is connected to the side end of the flexible curtain;

the motor is arranged on the flexible curtain supporting frame;

9. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 8, wherein the flexible curtain driving mechanism has two gears connected to both side ends of the flexible curtain, and the indoor unit of an air conditioner further comprises two gear connecting shafts, the two first gears are connected to one gear connecting shaft, and the two second gears are connected to the other gear connecting shaft.

10. The indoor unit of claim 8, wherein the timing belt is provided with a grating block, and the indoor unit further comprises: