CN214275942U - Guide rail type driving device of air conditioner front panel - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an air conditioner field, concretely relates to guide tracked drive arrangement of air conditioner front panel. The guide rail type driving device comprises a lifting mechanism connected with the front end face of the middle frame, a rail block fixedly arranged and provided with a rail, and a connecting rod, wherein the front end of the connecting rod is connected with the front panel, the rear end of the connecting rod is connected with the lifting end of the lifting mechanism, the sliding part in the middle of the connecting rod is in sliding fit with the rail, and the rear end of the connecting rod is driven by the lifting mechanism to move in a lifting way and the front end of the connecting rod moves along the path of the rail. The utility model discloses a cooperation of elevating system, track piece and connecting rod makes the front panel can move along the track orbit of track piece, and overall structure is stable, simple structure, and the motion demand of adjustable track shape in order to satisfy the front panel makes the front panel realize the control of wind speed, reduces inner structure's change, reduces research and development and product cost, and the controllability is strong.

Description

Guide rail type driving device of air conditioner front panel

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an air conditioner field, concretely relates to guide tracked drive arrangement of air conditioner front panel.

Background

Air conditioners (Air conditioners) are Air conditioners. The device is used for manually regulating and controlling parameters such as temperature, humidity, flow rate and the like of ambient air in a building or a structure.

Generally, an air conditioner blows air after cooling or heating through an air outlet, and the air volume (air speed) of the air conditioner is adjusted by an internal structure of the air conditioner to realize air volume adjustment, such as soft air, small air, normal air, big air, and the like.

Of course, a front panel may be disposed at the air outlet of the air conditioner to split the air blown from the air outlet, and the air outlet volume is reduced by the system resistance of the front panel, or the air volume is blown in other directions (up, down, left, and right directions). However, the space between the front panel and the middle shell of the air conditioner is small, the front panel is difficult to move back and forth on the front end surface of the air conditioner by a common driving structure, the structure is complex, the problems of high production cost, complex installation process and the like are easily caused, particularly, the movement track of the front panel needs to meet the requirement, at least more than two motors are needed to realize, the structure is complex, and the cost is high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in, to the above-mentioned defect of prior art, provide a guide tracked drive arrangement of air conditioner front panel, solve and need make the front panel movement track meet the requirements, need the more than two motor realization at least, the structure is complicated, and is with high costs.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that its technical problem adopted is: the utility model provides a guide tracked drive arrangement of air conditioner front panel, air conditioner include the center to and can be before the center the front panel of terminal surface motion, guide tracked drive arrangement includes with the center before the elevating system of terminal surface connection, set firmly and be equipped with orbital track piece and connecting rod, the front end and the front panel of connecting rod are connected, and its rear end is connected with elevating system's lift end, the sliding part and the track sliding fit in its middle part, the rear end of connecting rod is elevating movement under elevating system drives, and makes its front end remove along orbital route.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the track is in a multi-section line shape, and the multi-section line shape comprises a first section line shape at least relative to the front-back direction and a second section line shape relative to the up-down direction.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the track piece includes the installed part, the center includes the installation position with the installed part complex to make the track piece fix on the center through fixing the installed part on the installation position.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the track block comprises a first limiting structure, the fixed end of the lifting mechanism comprises a second limiting structure matched with the first limiting structure, and the fixed end of the lifting mechanism is positioned with the track block through the matching of the second limiting structure and the first limiting structure.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the first limiting structure is provided with a first fixing piece, and the second limiting structure is provided with a second fixing piece matched with the first fixing piece.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the lifting mechanism comprises a mounting plate serving as a fixed end and a sliding block serving as a lifting end, and a matching structure of a driving motor and a rack is arranged between the lifting mechanism and the sliding block so as to enable the sliding block to move up and down relative to the mounting plate; wherein, the driving motor is meshed with the rack through the rotating gear.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the track piece assembly is between mounting panel and slider, the slider include with the hole site complex axis of rotation of connecting rod rear end, the track piece includes the slip track with axis of rotation sliding fit.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the middle frame comprises a lower air outlet, and the bottom of the sliding block is provided with a door opening and closing hanging buckle position of the lower air outlet.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the mounting panel includes the guide part, the slider include with guide part complex guide structure, the slider passes through on the guide structure cooperation guide part and along guide part lift movement.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the slider is provided with third limit structure, third limit structure is the spacing groove, the spacing groove includes spacing limit and lower spacing limit, the rear end of connecting rod rotates and sets up at the spacing inslot, and swings round the axis of rotation slope and carries on spacingly when leaning on supreme spacing limit or lower spacing limit.

Wherein, the preferred scheme is: the guide rail type driving device further comprises a supporting frame connected with the front panel, and the front end of the connecting rod is connected with the supporting frame.

The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that, compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a cooperation of elevating system, track piece and connecting rod makes the front panel can move along the track orbit of track piece, and overall structure is stable, simple structure, and the motion demand of adjustable track shape in order to satisfy the front panel makes the front panel realize the control of wind speed, reduces inner structure's change, reduces research and development and product cost, and the controllability is strong.

Drawings

The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and examples, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional front view of a rail-type driving apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side sectional view of the rail-type driving apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the rail-type driving apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the track block of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the construction of the connecting rod of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a track block of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of the inner frame of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the lift mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a slider according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the back side structure of the slider of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic top view of a slider according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present invention provides a guide rail type driving apparatus for a front panel of an air conditioner.

A guide rail type driving device 20 of a front panel 30 of an air conditioner comprises a middle frame 10 and the front panel 30 which can move on a front end face 101 of the middle frame 10, wherein the guide rail type driving device 20 comprises a lifting mechanism 100 connected with the front end face 101 of the middle frame 10, a rail block 200 and a connecting rod 300, the rail block is fixedly arranged and provided with a rail 210, a front end 310 of the connecting rod 300 is connected with the front panel 30, a rear end 330 of the connecting rod 300 is connected with a lifting end of the lifting mechanism 100, a sliding part 320 in the middle of the connecting rod is in sliding fit with the rail 210, and the rear end 330 of the connecting rod 300 is driven by the lifting mechanism 100 to move up and down and enables the front end 310 of the connecting rod to move along a path of the rail 210.

Specifically, the lifting mechanism 100 includes a fixed end and a lifting end, the lifting end moves up and down relative to the fixed end, the fixed end of the lifting mechanism 100 is fixedly disposed on the front end face 101 of the middle frame 10, the lifting end of the lifting mechanism 100 drives the connecting rod 300 to move up and down relative to the fixed end and the front end face 101, and the connecting rod 300 is respectively connected with the track block 200 and the front panel 30 in a matching manner, and under the driving of the lifting mechanism 100, the rear end 330 of the connecting rod 300 can move along the path of the track 210, so as to drive the front panel 30 to move along the path of the track 210. The moving mode comprises a back and forth movement relative to the front end surface 101 of the middle frame 10 and a lifting movement relative to the front end surface 101 of the middle frame 10.

Further, the guide rail type driving device 20 further includes a supporting frame 400 connected to the front panel 30, and the front end 310 of the connecting rod 300 is connected to the supporting frame 400, so that the front panel 30 can be quickly and efficiently detached from and mounted on the supporting frame 400.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the front panel 30 is movably disposed on the front end face 101 of the middle frame 10 to form a system resistance of the lower outlet 11, when the front panel 30 moves back and forth relative to the front end face 101 under the driving of the rail-type driving device 20, even if the front panel 30 moves away from or close to the air-conditioning front end face 101, the front panel 30 and the front end face 101 form an outlet channel 102 communicating with the lower outlet 11, corresponding to a gap space formed between the front panel 30 and the front end face 101, and the outlet channel 102 forms at least one second outlet at the peripheral edge of the front panel 30, corresponding to an edge opening of the gap space, the air blown out from the lower outlet 11 enters the outlet channel 102 and is guided to the second outlet to be blown out when being blocked by the front panel 30, the controllable soft wind state is realized, the wind speed is controlled through the front panel 30, the change of the internal structure is reduced, the research and development and the product cost are reduced, and the controllability is strong. Under the drive of the guide rail type driving device 20, the panel can move back and forth relative to the front end surface 101, the space size of the air outlet channel 102 is adjusted to control the air inlet volume of the air channel, and the change trend of the space size and the air inlet volume is the same direction; and the front panel 30 can also move up and down relative to the front end face 101, and the opening degree of the lower air outlet 11 is adjusted to control the air inlet amount of the air outlet channel 102, and the trend of the opening degree and the air inlet amount is opposite. Preferably, the track 210 is a multi-segment line shape, that is, the multi-segment line shape includes at least a first segment line shape relative to the front-back direction and a second segment line shape relative to the up-down direction; preferably, the rail 210 has a lower arc shape and an upper vertical shape. The front end of the connecting rod 300 moves back and forth along the arc-shaped track and then moves along the vertical track, and the front end of the connecting rod 300 moves up and down, so that when the front panel 30 moves up, the front panel 30 is far away from the front end face 101, the front panel 30 also moves up, part of the air is leaked out of the lower air outlet 11, and when the front panel 30 moves to the vertical path, namely the front panel 30 moves to the farthest distance from the front end face 101, the front panel 30 is driven to move up and down. By driving the front panel 30 to move along a special path, at least the air outlet channel 102 is formed in the whole movement process, so that the air blown out from the lower air outlet 11 is guided to the second air outlet.

In the present embodiment, and referring to fig. 3, the distance between the front end 310 of the link 300 and the sliding part 320 is D1, the distance between the vertical line of the front end 310 of the link 300 and the rail 210 is D2, and D1 is greater than D2. Specifically, the distance between the central position of the connection between the front end 310 of the link 300 and the lifting end of the lifting mechanism 100 and the central position of the sliding part 320 is D1, the distance between the center position of the connection between the front end 310 of the link 300 and the lifting end of the lifting mechanism 100 and the center of the rail 210 is D2, and the link 300 is preferably designed to be inclined upward, so that the link 300 is driven by the lifting mechanism 100 and the link 300 keeps inclined upward by the resistance of the rail 210, and the situation that the link 300 is continuously inclined until the link is inclined downward due to the change of the front and rear positions of the rail 210 is avoided, and the link 300 loses the upward thrust on the support frame 400.

In this embodiment, and referring to fig. 6 and 7, the rail block 200 includes a mounting member 230 having a hole, the middle frame 10 includes a mounting position 12 matching with the mounting member 230, the mounting position 12 is preferably a notch, a hole is also disposed in the mounting position 12, and an external screw passes through the hole of the mounting member 230 and the hole of the mounting position 12 to fix the mounting member 230 in the mounting position 12. Specifically, the fixed ends of the track block 200 and the lifting mechanism 100 must be fixed, and the track block 200 may be fixed to the fixed end of the lifting mechanism 100, or may be fixed to the middle frame 10, preferably, to both of them, and then fixed to the limiting structure, so as to stabilize the track block 200.

The rail block 200 is inserted into the mounting position 12 of the middle frame 10 through the mounting members 230, preferably two, which are protruded, so that the hole positions of the mounting position 12 correspond to the hole positions of the mounting members 230; secondly, the hole site of the installation site 12 is provided with a thread structure, and the external screw passes through the hole site of the installation component 230 and is fixed in the hole site of the installation site 12, or an installation slot or a nut is arranged behind the hole site of the installation site 12, so as to fix the external screw.

Further, the track block 200 includes a first limiting structure 240, the fixed end of the lifting mechanism 100 includes a second limiting structure 111 (refer to fig. 8) engaged with the first limiting structure 240, and the fixed end of the lifting mechanism 100 is located with the track block 200 by the engagement of the second limiting structure 111 and the first limiting structure 240. Specifically, the first limiting structure 240 of the track block 200 is preferably a groove, and the second limiting structure 111 at the fixed end of the lifting mechanism 100 is a protrusion to be inserted into the groove of the track block 200 to achieve position limitation of the two, or vice versa, the first limiting structure 240 of the track block 200 is preferably a protrusion, and the second limiting structure 111 at the fixed end of the lifting mechanism 100 is a groove.

Meanwhile, in order to improve the stability of the track block 200, the first limiting structure 240 is provided with a first fixing member 250, preferably a fixing buckle position, the second limiting structure 111 is provided with a second fixing member (not shown in the drawings) matched with the first fixing member 250, preferably a buckling member, and when the track block 200 is matched with the fixed end of the lifting mechanism 100 through the groove and the protruding portion for limitation, the track block is clamped and buckled into the first fixing member 250 through the second fixing member.

As shown in fig. 8 to 11, the present invention provides a preferred embodiment of a lifting mechanism.

The lifting mechanism 100 comprises a mounting plate 110 as a fixed end and a slider 120 as a lifting end, and a matching structure of a driving motor 131 and a rack 123 is arranged between the mounting plate and the slider so as to enable the slider to move up and down relative to the mounting plate; the driving motor 131 is engaged with the rack 123 through the rotating gear 132, so that the driving motor 131 drives the rack 123 to move up and down through the rotating gear 132.

Preferably, a driving motor 131 is disposed on the mounting plate 110, a rotating gear 132 is disposed on the driving motor 131, and a rack 123 engaged with the rotating gear 132 is disposed on the sliding block 120. Specifically, the sliding block 120 is slidably disposed on the mounting plate 110 up and down, and the driving motor 131 drives the rotating gear 132 to rotate, so as to drive the sliding block 120 to move up and down in cooperation with the rack 123 disposed in the up-down direction of the sliding block 120. Preferably, the mounting plate 110 and the slider 120 are arranged in a front-back direction, the rotating gear 132 of the driving motor 131 is arranged towards the slider 120, and the toothed part of the rack 123 of the slider 120 is arranged towards the left side or the right side and is matched with the rotating gear 132 in a rotating direction, so that the slider 120 is arranged on the mounting plate 110 in a controllable sliding manner.

In this embodiment, the slider 120 is provided with a third limiting structure 121, the third limiting structure 121 is a limiting groove, the limiting groove includes an upper limiting edge 1211 and a lower limiting edge 1212, the rear end 330 of the connecting rod 300 is rotatably disposed in the limiting groove, and obliquely swings around the rotating shaft 122 and limits when abutting against the upper limiting edge 1211 or the lower limiting edge 1212. The third limiting structure 121 is a triangular-like shape with a limiting groove being a narrow-back front frame, the rear end 330 of the connecting rod 300 is rotatably disposed on the rotating shaft 122 at the rear end 330 of the limiting groove and can swing up and down in the limiting groove until abutting against the upper limiting edge 1211 or the lower limiting edge 1212, so as to limit the inclination angle of the connecting rod 300, improve the ascending supporting force of the front end 310 of the connecting rod 300, and support the supporting frame 400.

That is, when the slider 120 is at the lower or bottom position, the link 300 is engaged with the upper limit 1211 to limit the inclination angle of the link 300, so as to generate a greater downward pressure on the supporting frame 400, maintain the front panel 30 close to the middle frame 10, and achieve a relatively sealed state inside the middle frame 10. When the sliding block 120 ascends, especially when the sliding part 320 in the middle of the connecting rod 300 is in the upper vertical track of the track 210, the limit of the inclination angle of the connecting rod 300 is realized through the cooperation of the connecting rod 300 and the lower limit edge 1212, so that a greater upward thrust is generated to the supporting frame 400, and the front panel 30 can be stably kept ascending on the middle frame 10.

In this embodiment, the track block 200 is assembled between the mounting plate 110 and the slider 120, the slider 120 includes a rotating shaft 122 engaged with the hole at the rear end 330 of the connecting rod 300, and the track block 200 includes a sliding track 210 slidably engaged with the rotating shaft 122. On one hand, the track block 200, the mounting plate 110 and the slider 120 can be compactly arranged, and on the other hand, the slider 120 has a supporting point in the lifting process, that is, the sliding track 210 of the track block 200 is in sliding fit with the rotating shaft 122 of the slider 120, so that the slider 120 can stably move up and down.

In this embodiment, the middle frame 10 includes a lower air outlet 11, and the bottom of the slider 120 is provided with a door opening and closing hook 124 of the lower air outlet 11, which is a hook, so as to implement door opening and closing hook.

In this embodiment, the mounting plate 110 includes a guide portion 112, the slider 120 includes a guide structure 125 engaged with the guide portion 112, and the slider 120 is engaged with the guide portion 112 through the guide structure 125 and moves up and down along the guide portion 112, so as to improve the stability of the relative lifting movement between the mounting plate 110 and the slider 120 and the supporting force during the lifting process.

The utility model discloses in, connecting rod 300 can be provided with two from top to bottom, other structures supporting with connecting rod 300, the lift end, support frame 400 and track piece 200 like elevating system 100 all are equipped with two the same cooperation structures to the normal function that corresponds connecting rod 300 is cooperated respectively, with heightening the stability in front panel 30 motion process.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, which is intended to cover all equivalent changes and modifications made within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. The utility model provides a guide tracked drive arrangement of air conditioner front panel, air conditioner includes the center to and can be at the front panel of center preceding terminal surface motion, its characterized in that: the guide rail type driving device comprises a lifting mechanism connected with the front end face of the middle frame, a rail block fixedly arranged and provided with a rail and a connecting rod, the front end of the connecting rod is connected with the front panel, the rear end of the connecting rod is connected with the lifting end of the lifting mechanism, the sliding part is in sliding fit with the rail, the rear end of the connecting rod is driven by the lifting mechanism to move in a lifting mode, and the front end of the connecting rod moves along the path of the rail.

2. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the track is in a multi-section line shape, and the multi-section line shape comprises a first section line shape at least relative to the front-back direction and a second section line shape relative to the up-down direction.

3. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the track piece includes the installed part, the center includes the installation position with the installed part complex to make the track piece fix on the center through fixing the installed part on the installation position.

4. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the track block comprises a first limiting structure, the fixed end of the lifting mechanism comprises a second limiting structure matched with the first limiting structure, and the fixed end of the lifting mechanism is positioned with the track block through the matching of the second limiting structure and the first limiting structure.

5. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the first limiting structure is provided with a first fixing piece, and the second limiting structure is provided with a second fixing piece matched and fixed with the first fixing piece.

6. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the lifting mechanism comprises a mounting plate serving as a fixed end and a sliding block serving as a lifting end, and a matching structure of a driving motor and a rack is arranged between the mounting plate and the sliding block so as to enable the sliding block to move up and down relative to the mounting plate; wherein, the driving motor is meshed with the rack through the rotating gear.

7. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the track piece assembly is between mounting panel and slider, the slider include with the hole site complex axis of rotation of connecting rod rear end, the track piece includes the slip track with axis of rotation sliding fit.

8. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the middle frame comprises a lower air outlet, and the bottom of the sliding block is provided with a door opening and closing hanging buckle position of the lower air outlet.

9. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the mounting panel includes the guide part, the slider include with guide part complex guide structure, the slider passes through guide structure cooperation guide part along guide part lift movement.

10. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: the slider is provided with third limit structure, third limit structure is the spacing groove, the spacing groove includes spacing limit and lower spacing limit, the rear end of connecting rod rotates and sets up at the spacing inslot, and swings round the axis of rotation slope and carries on spacingly when leaning on supreme spacing limit or lower spacing limit.

11. The rail-type driving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the guide rail type driving device further comprises a supporting frame connected with the front panel, and the front end of the connecting rod is connected with the supporting frame.

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