CN215412188U - Pipeline coupling assembling and air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a pipeline connecting assembly and an air conditioner, which comprise a first butt joint pipe, wherein one end of the first butt joint pipe is provided with a first butt joint section; one end of the second butt joint pipe facing the first butt joint pipe is provided with a second butt joint section in butt joint with the first butt joint section, and the second butt joint section is provided with at least one first positioning part; and the locking piece is arranged on the first butt joint pipe, and a second positioning part clamped with the first positioning part is arranged on one surface of the locking piece facing the second butt joint pipe. When the locking piece rotates to the locking position, the second positioning part rotates along with the locking piece and is clamped with the first positioning part, and the first butt joint pipe and the second butt joint pipe are quickly connected; when the locking piece rotated to the dismantlement position, second location portion rotated and separated with first location portion along with the locking piece, realized realizing that first butt joint pipe and second butt joint pipe dismantle fast, improved pipeline coupling assembling's joint strength, avoided pipeline coupling assembling to receive service environment influence and the phenomenon that breaks away from.

Description

Pipeline coupling assembling and air conditioner

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of pipeline connection, in particular to a pipeline connecting assembly and an air conditioner.

Background

At present, pipe connection has can dismantle and non-detachable connected mode, and wherein, detachable connected mode often need adopt threaded connection, and non-detachable connected mode often adopts welded fastening, and threaded connection nevertheless has the characteristics that are favorable to the pipeline to dismantle, but exists easily and receive vibrations and the phenomenon that breaks away from.

Use the fresh air pipe of air conditioner to connect as an example, current fresh air pipe of air conditioner often adopts screw thread interference assembly to connect, sets up the external screw thread at the fresh air pipe mouth, sets up the internal thread at the connecting pipe mouth, is connected fresh air pipe and connecting pipe through rotating, nevertheless because the torrent phenomenon of fresh air pipe air current leads to the mouth of pipe vibrations, finally causes the phenomenon that the pipe connection department breaks away from because of the fitting depth is not enough.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a pipeline coupling assembling and air conditioner aims at solving current pipeline and even receives service environment influence and leads to the relatively poor technical problem of steadiness.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a pipe coupling assembly comprising:

the first butt joint pipe is provided with a first butt joint section at one end;

one end of the second butt joint pipe facing the first butt joint pipe is provided with a second butt joint section in butt joint with the first butt joint section, and the second butt joint section is provided with at least one first positioning part; and

the locking piece is arranged on the first butt joint pipe, and one surface of the locking piece facing the second butt joint pipe is provided with a second positioning part clamped with the first positioning part;

when the locking piece rotates to the locking position, the second positioning part rotates along with the locking piece to be clamped with the first positioning part, so that the second butt joint pipe and the first butt joint pipe are locked; when the locking piece rotates to the dismounting position, the second positioning part rotates along with the locking piece and is separated from the first positioning part, so that the second butt joint pipe and the first butt joint pipe are unlocked.

In some embodiments, the latch includes a first latch member; the first locking piece is provided with a first positioning cambered surface which faces the second butt joint pipe and is matched with the outer wall surface of the second butt joint pipe, the second positioning part comprises a first sub-positioning part positioned on the first positioning cambered surface, and the first sub-positioning part is clamped with the first positioning part.

In some embodiments, the latch further comprises a second locking element; the second locking piece is provided with a second positioning cambered surface which faces the second butt joint pipe and is matched with the outer wall surface of the second butt joint pipe, the second positioning part further comprises a second sub-positioning part positioned on the second positioning cambered surface, and the second sub-positioning part is clamped with the first positioning part.

In some embodiments, the first positioning portion comprises an annular groove arranged on the outer wall surface of the second butt joint pipe;

the first sub-positioning portion comprises a first arc-shaped convex block matched with the annular groove, the second sub-positioning portion comprises a second arc-shaped convex block matched with the annular groove, and the sum of circle center angles corresponding to the first arc-shaped convex block and the second arc-shaped convex block is smaller than or equal to 360 degrees.

In some embodiments, the first locking member is hingedly connected to the first docking tube;

a first clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinged part, of the first locking piece, and a first clamping groove clamped with the first clamping hook is formed in the first butt joint pipe; or

One end of the first locking piece, which is far away from the hinged position, is provided with a first clamping groove, and the first butt joint pipe is provided with a first clamping hook clamped with the first clamping groove.

In some embodiments, the first locking element is hinged to the first spud and the second locking element is hinged to the first spud;

a second clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinge joint, of the first locking piece, and a second clamping groove clamped with the second clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinge joint, of the second locking piece; or

The one end that articulated department was kept away from to first closure is provided with the second draw-in groove, and the one end that articulated department was kept away from to the second closure is provided with the second trip with the second draw-in groove block.

In some embodiments, the first locking element is hinged to the second locking element;

a third clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinge joint, of the first locking piece, and a third clamping groove clamped with the third clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinge joint, of the second locking piece; or

The one end that articulated department was kept away from to first closure is provided with the third draw-in groove, and the one end that articulated department was kept away from to the second closure is provided with the third trip with the third draw-in groove block.

In some embodiments, the first butt joint section is provided with a third positioning portion, the first positioning arc surface is further provided with a third sub-positioning portion engaged with the third positioning portion, and/or the second positioning arc surface is further provided with a fourth sub-positioning portion engaged with the third positioning portion;

when the locking piece rotates to the locking position, the third clamping hook is clamped with the third clamping groove, and the third sub-positioning portion and/or the fourth sub-positioning portion is clamped with the third positioning portion, so that the locking piece is fixed on the first butt joint pipe.

In some embodiments, the first docking section at least partially overlaps the second docking section;

the second butt joint section is provided with at least one first positioning part at the part overlapped with the first butt joint section, the first butt joint section is provided with at least one fourth positioning part at the part overlapped with the second butt joint section, and the fourth positioning part is clamped with the first positioning part to connect the first butt joint pipe and the second butt joint pipe.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an air conditioner comprising a duct connection assembly as described in the first aspect.

According to the locking device, the locking piece is relatively and fixedly arranged on the first butt joint pipe, when the locking piece rotates to the locking position, the second positioning part rotates along with the locking piece to be clamped with the first positioning part, and the first butt joint pipe and the second butt joint pipe are quickly connected; when the locking piece rotated to the dismantlement position, second location portion rotated and separated with first location portion along with the locking piece, realized realizing that first butt joint pipe and second butt joint pipe dismantle fast, reduced pipeline coupling assembling's the assembly degree of difficulty, the mode that adopts the block simultaneously has improved pipeline coupling assembling's joint strength, has avoided pipeline coupling assembling to receive service environment influence and the phenomenon that breaks away from.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a conduit coupling assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of one configuration of a latch member provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is another exploded view of the conduit coupling assembly provided in the examples of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the application of FIG. 3 with the locking member in the locked position;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 4 of the present application at A;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the locking member of FIG. 3 in a disassembled position according to the present application;

FIG. 7 is another exploded view of the conduit coupling assembly provided in the examples of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the application of FIG. 7 with the locking member in the locked position;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the present application at B in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the present application showing the locking member of FIG. 7 in a disassembled position;

FIG. 11 is a further exploded schematic view of a conduit coupling assembly provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the application of FIG. 11 with the locking member in the locked position;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged partial schematic view at C of FIG. 12 of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the present application showing the locking member of FIG. 11 in a disassembled position;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged partial schematic view taken at D of FIG. 11 of the present application;

fig. 16 is an exploded view of the first and second docking pipes provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 17 is a schematic connection diagram of a first pair of connection pipes and a second pair of connection pipes provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 18 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion E of fig. 17 of the present application.

Wherein:

10 first butt joint pipe, 11 first butt joint section, 111 third positioning part, 112 fourth positioning part and 12 grids;

20 a second docking pipe, 21 a second docking section, 211 a first positioning portion, 2111 an annular groove;

30 locking piece, 320 second positioning part;

31 a first locking piece, 311 a first positioning arc surface, 312 a first sub-positioning part, 3121 a first arc-shaped convex block, 313 a third sub-positioning part;

32 second locking element, 321 second positioning arc surface, 322 second sub-positioning portion, 3221 second arc-shaped convex block, 323 fourth sub-positioning portion;

41 first hook, 51 first hook, 42 second hook, 52 second hook, 43 third hook, 53 third hook.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, 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, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In this application, the word "exemplary" is used to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the utility model. In the following description, details are set forth for the purpose of explanation. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and processes are not shown in detail to avoid obscuring the description of the utility model with unnecessary detail. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.

At present, the pipe connection has can dismantle and non-detachable connected mode, and wherein, detachable connected mode often need adopt threaded connection, and non-detachable connected mode often adopts welded mode to connect, and threaded connection nevertheless has the characteristics that are favorable to the pipeline to dismantle, but generally only to metal pipeline, and has the complicated higher shortcoming of cost of processing.

Use air conditioner fresh air pipe as the example, fresh air pipe adopts screw thread interference fit, and it is big to have the assembly degree of difficulty, appears the assembly degree of depth easily and then cause the phenomenon that fresh air pipe deviates from inadequately, for this reason, this application provides a pipeline coupling assembling, and the specially adapted air conditioner fresh air pipe is connected, carries out the detailed description below.

Referring first to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows an exploded view of a pipe coupling assembly according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the pipe coupling assembly includes:

a first butt pipe 10, one end of the first butt pipe 10 having a first butt section 11;

a second butt joint section 21 butt jointed with the first butt joint section 11 is arranged at one end, facing the first butt joint section 10, of the second butt joint pipe 20, and the second butt joint section 21 is provided with at least one first positioning part 211;

the locking piece 30, the locking piece 30 is mounted on the first adapter tube 10, the locking piece 30 is equipped with the second locator 320 that is blocked with the first locator 211 on the surface facing the second adapter tube 20;

when the locking member 30 rotates to the locking position, the second positioning portion 320 rotates with the locking member 30 to engage with the first positioning portion 211, so as to lock the second adapter 20 and the first adapter 10; when the locking member 30 rotates to the detachment position, the second positioning portion 320 is separated from the first positioning portion 211 with the rotation of the locking member 30, so as to release the locking of the second docking pipe 20 and the first docking pipe 10.

According to the utility model, through the locking piece 30 relatively and fixedly arranged on the first butt joint pipe 10, when the locking piece 30 rotates to the locking position, the second positioning part 320 rotates along with the locking piece 30 to be clamped with the first positioning part 211, so that the first butt joint pipe 10 and the second butt joint pipe 20 are quickly connected; when the locking piece 30 rotates to the dismounting position, the second positioning part 320 rotates along with the locking piece 30 and is separated from the first positioning part 211, so that the first butt joint pipe 10 and the second butt joint pipe 20 are quickly dismounted, the assembling difficulty of the pipeline connecting assembly is reduced, the connecting strength of the pipeline connecting assembly is improved by adopting a clamping mode, and the phenomenon that the pipeline connecting assembly is separated from the pipeline connecting assembly due to the influence of the using environment is avoided.

Specifically, the first connection pipe 10 is one of two interconnected pipes, and for example, the air conditioner fresh air pipe is connected, the first connection pipe 10 may be a cap pipe connected to the end of the flexible corrugated pipe. Taking the first connecting pipe as a wind cap pipe as an example, one end of the first connecting pipe 10 is a first butt-joint section 11 for butt-jointing with the second connecting pipe 20, and the other end is an air inlet, and a grille 12 may be disposed at the air inlet to prevent sundries (such as leaves, etc.) or small animals (such as cockroaches, etc.) from entering the first connecting pipe 10.

The second connection pipe 20 is another one of two interconnected pipes, for example, the air conditioner fresh air pipe is connected, and the second connection pipe 20 may be a flexible corrugated pipe, so that the second connection pipe 20 is bent and deformed to adapt to the installation environment of the air conditioner fresh air pipe. Wherein one end of the second butt joint pipe 20 has a second butt joint section 21 butt-jointed with the first butt joint section 11 so as to facilitate the connection of the first butt joint pipe 10 with the second butt joint pipe 20.

Specifically, the first butt section 11 and the second butt section 21 may be overlapped inside and outside, for example, an outer wall surface of the first butt section 11 is partially overlapped with an inner wall surface of the second butt section 21, or an outer wall surface of the second butt section 21 is partially overlapped with an inner wall surface of the first butt section 11, so as to improve the sealing property at the joint of the first butt pipe 10 and the second butt pipe 20. It is understood that the inner diameters of the first butt-joint section 11 and the second butt-joint section 21 may be the same and butt-jointed directly.

The second docking section 21 is provided with at least one first positioning portion 211, and for example, the second docking pipe 20 is a corrugated pipe in a fresh air pipe of an air conditioner, the first positioning portion 211 may be a corrugated annular groove 2111 or a corrugated annular protrusion structure of the corrugated pipe. It should be understood that the first positioning portion 211 may also be other structures that can achieve the connection, such as a latch (e.g., a square or circular latch) or a groove (e.g., a square or cylindrical groove) protruding from the outer wall surface of the second docking segment 21.

In order to connect the first connecting pipe pair 10 and the second connecting pipe pair 20, the pipe connecting assembly further includes a locking member 30 for connecting the first connecting pipe pair 10 and the second connecting pipe pair 20, wherein the locking member 30 is relatively fixedly mounted on the first connecting pipe pair 10, and a second positioning portion 320 engaged with the first positioning portion 211 is disposed on a surface of the locking member 30 facing the second connecting pipe pair 20.

Specifically, the second positioning portion 320 is correspondingly engaged with the first positioning portion 211, for example, when the first positioning portion 211 is a corrugated annular groove 2111 or a corrugated annular protrusion structure, the second positioning portion 320 may be an arc-shaped snap ring or an arc-shaped groove provided on the locking member 30. It can be understood that, when the first positioning portion 211 is a latch or a groove protruding from the outer wall surface of the second docking segment 21, the second positioning portion 320 may be a latch or a groove correspondingly disposed on the locking member 30.

In order to better clamp the second positioning portion 320 of the locking member 30 with the first positioning portion 211 of the second adapter tube 20, in some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 shows another exploded view of the pipe connecting assembly in the embodiments of the present application, the locking member 30 includes a first locking member 31, the first locking member 31 has a first positioning arc 311 facing the second adapter tube 20 and matching with the outer wall surface of the second adapter tube 20, the second positioning portion 320 includes a first sub-positioning portion 312 located on the first positioning arc 311, and when the locking member 30 clamps the second adapter tube 20, the first positioning arc 311 of the first locking member 31 abuts against the outer wall surface of the second adapter tube 20, so that the second adapter tube 20 has a support of the first positioning arc 311 after the first adapter tube 10 is connected, thereby ensuring the reliability of the connection between the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20.

Further, in order to improve the connection strength between the second positioning portion 320 of the locking member 30 and the first positioning portion 211 of the second adapter 20, referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows another exploded view of the pipe connecting assembly in the embodiment of the present application, in some embodiments of the present application, the locking member 30 further includes a second locking element 32; the second locking element 32 has a second positioning arc surface 321 facing the second connecting pipe pair 20 and matching with the outer wall surface of the second connecting pipe pair 20, and the second positioning portion 320 further includes a second sub-positioning portion 322 located on the second positioning arc surface 321. When the first pipe and the second pipe are butted, the first sub-positioning portion 312 and the second sub-positioning portion 322 are engaged with the first positioning portion 211 at the same time, so that the connection strength between the second positioning portion 320 and the first positioning portion 211 is improved.

It is understood that the locking member 30 may further include more locking elements to further enhance the connection strength between the second positioning portion 320 and the first positioning portion 211.

As a preferable mode, the locking member 30 includes a first locking member 31 and a second locking member 32, and referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the locking member 30 in the embodiment of the present invention, in which the first positioning portion 211 includes an annular groove 2111 disposed on an outer wall surface of the second adapter 20; the first sub-positioning portion 312 includes a first arc-shaped projection 3121 matching with the annular groove 2111, the second sub-positioning portion 322 includes a second arc-shaped projection 3221 matching with the annular groove 2111, and the sum of the circle center angles corresponding to the first arc-shaped projection 3121 and the second arc-shaped projection 3221 is less than or equal to 360 °.

In the process of fixing the second adapter tube 20 by the locking member 30, the first locking member 31 and the second locking member 32 can be locked from the upper side or the lower side or the left side and the right side of the second adapter tube 20, so as to avoid the locking member 30 from being too complicated and ensure the connection strength between the second positioning portion 320 and the first positioning portion 211. Illustratively, the corresponding circle center angles of the first arc-shaped projection 3121 and the second arc-shaped projection 3221 are respectively 180 °, so that the first locking element 31 and the second locking element 32 respectively enclose the semicircular arc surface of the second docking pipe 20 and jointly enclose the entire circumference surface of the second docking pipe 20.

As an embodiment of the locking member 30 mounted on the first adapter tube 10, refer to fig. 3, in which the first locking member 31 is hinged to the first adapter tube 10, one end of the first locking member 31 away from the hinge is provided with a first hook 41, and the first adapter tube 10 is provided with a first locking groove 51 engaged with the first hook 41.

When the lock member 30 is rotated to the locking position, referring to fig. 4 and 5, fig. 4 shows a schematic view of the lock member 30 in the locking position in fig. 3, and fig. 5 shows a partial enlarged view at a in fig. 4. The first locking member 31 is rotated to clip the first sub-positioning portion 312 into the first positioning portion 211 of the second adapter tube 20, and the first hook 41 of the first locking member 31, which is far away from the hinge, is clipped into the first slot 51 of the first adapter tube 10, so as to finally connect the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20.

When the locking member 30 is rotated to the detaching position, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows a state diagram of the locking member 30 in the detaching position in fig. 3, wherein the first hook 41 of the first locking member 31 away from the hinge is disengaged from the first slot 51 of the first adapter tube 10, and the first sub-positioning portion 312 is disengaged from the first positioning portion 211 of the second adapter tube 20 by the rotation of the first locking member 31, so as to unlock the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20.

It will be understood that the positions of the first hook 41 of the first locking element 31 and the first locking groove 51 of the first adapter 10 can be interchanged, for example, the first locking groove 51 is provided at the end of the first locking element 31 away from the hinge joint, and the first hook 41 engaged with the first locking groove 51 is provided at the first adapter 10.

As another embodiment in which the locking member 30 is mounted on the first adapter 10, see fig. 7, a first locking member 31 is hinged to the first adapter 10, and a second locking member 32 is hinged to the first adapter 10; the first locking piece 31 is provided with a second hook 42 at the end far away from the hinge, and the second locking piece 32 is provided with a second slot 52 engaged with the second hook 42 at the end far away from the hinge.

When the lock member 30 is rotated to the lock position, referring to fig. 8 and 9, fig. 8 is a schematic view showing a state where the lock member 30 is in the lock position in fig. 7, and fig. 9 is a partially enlarged view at B in fig. 8. The first locking element 31 and the second locking element 32 rotate to clamp the first sub-positioning portion 312 and the second sub-positioning portion 322 into the first positioning portion 211 of the second adapter 20, and the second hook 42 of the first locking element 31 is clamped into the second slot 52 of the second locking element 32, so as to finally connect the first adapter 10 and the second adapter 20.

When the locking member 30 is rotated to the detaching position, referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic view illustrating a state that the locking member 30 in fig. 7 is in the detaching position, wherein the second hook 42 of the first locking member 31 away from the hinge is disengaged from the second slot 52 of the second locking member 32, and the first sub-positioning portion 312 and the second sub-positioning portion 322 are disengaged from the first positioning portion 211 of the second adapter 20 by the rotation of the first locking member 31 and the second locking member 32, so as to unlock the first adapter 10 and the second adapter 20.

It can be understood that the positions of the second hook 42 of the first locking element 31 and the second hook 52 of the second locking element 32 can be interchanged, for example, the end of the first locking element 31 away from the hinge is provided with the second hook 52, and the end of the second locking element 32 away from the hinge is provided with the second hook 42 engaged with the second hook 52. For another example, the first locking element 31 and the second locking element 32 are both provided with the second hook 42/the second slot 52, and are simultaneously engaged with the second hook 42/the second slot 52 on the first adapter tube 10.

Referring to fig. 11, as another embodiment in which the locking member 30 is mounted on the first adapter tube 10, fig. 11 shows a further exploded view of the pipe coupling assembly according to the embodiment of the present application, wherein the first locking member 31 is hinged to the second locking member 32; the end of the first locking element 31 far away from the hinge is provided with a third hook 43, and the end of the second locking element 32 far away from the hinge is provided with a third slot 53 engaged with the third hook 43.

When the lock member 30 is rotated to the locking position, referring to fig. 12 and 13, fig. 12 shows a schematic view of a state in which the lock member 30 is in the locking position in fig. 11, and fig. 13 shows a partially enlarged schematic view at C in fig. 12. The first locking piece 31 and the second locking piece 32 are rotatably enclosed to form a sleeve structure, a part of the sleeve structure overlaps with the first butt section 11 of the first butt pipe 10, another part overlaps with the first butt section 11 of the second butt pipe 20, the overlapping part of the sleeve structure and the first butt section 11 clamps the first butt pipe 10, the overlapping part of the sleeve structure and the second butt section 21 clamps the first sub-positioning part 312 and the second sub-positioning part 322 into the first positioning part 211 of the second butt pipe 20, and the third hook 43 of the first locking piece 31 is clamped into the third clamping groove 53 of the second locking piece 32, so that the first butt pipe 10 and the second butt pipe 20 are finally connected.

When the locking member 30 is rotated to the detaching position, referring to fig. 14, fig. 14 shows a state diagram of the locking member 30 in the detaching position in fig. 11, wherein the third hook 43 of the first locking member 31 away from the hinge is disengaged from the third slot 53 of the second locking member 32, and the first sub-positioning portion 312 and the second sub-positioning portion 322 are disengaged from the first positioning portion 211 of the second adapter 20 by the rotation of the first locking member 31 and the second locking member 32, so as to unlock the first adapter 10 and the second adapter 20.

It can be understood that the positions of the third hook 43 of the first locking element 31 and the third slot 53 of the second locking element 32 can be interchanged, for example, the third slot 53 is disposed at the end of the first locking element 31 away from the hinge, and the third hook 43 engaged with the third slot 53 is disposed at the end of the second locking element 32 away from the hinge. For another example, the first locking member 31 and the second locking member 32 are provided with the third hook 43/the third slot 53, and are simultaneously engaged with the third hook 43/the third slot 53 of the first adapter tube 10.

Further, in order to improve the connection strength between the locking member 30 and the first adapter tube 10 and avoid the limitation of the first adapter tube 10 only by friction, in some embodiments of the present application, referring to fig. 11, 12 and 15, fig. 15 shows a partially enlarged schematic view of a position D in fig. 12, wherein the first adapter section 11 is provided with a third positioning portion 111, the first positioning arc 311 is further provided with a third sub-positioning portion 313 engaged with the third positioning portion 111, and/or the second positioning arc 321 is further provided with a fourth sub-positioning portion 323 engaged with the third positioning portion 111.

When the locking member 30 rotates to the locking position, the third hook 43 is engaged with the third groove 53, and the third sub-positioning portion 313 and/or the fourth sub-positioning portion 323 is engaged with the third positioning portion 111, so as to fix the locking member 30 on the first adapter 10, thereby improving the connection strength between the first adapter 10 and the locking member 30. Illustratively, the third sub-positioning portion 313, the fourth sub-positioning portion 323, and the third positioning portion 111 are annular grooves or arc-shaped bump structures. It will be understood that the third sub-positioning portion 313, the fourth sub-positioning portion 323, and the third positioning portion 111 may also be a protrusion or a groove with other shapes.

Further, in order to further improve the connection strength of the first butt joint pipe 10 and the second butt joint pipe 20, referring to fig. 16, 17 and 18, fig. 16 shows an exploded schematic view of the first butt joint pipe 10 and the second butt joint pipe 20 in the embodiment of the present application, fig. 17 shows a connection schematic view of the first butt joint pipe 10 and the second butt joint pipe 20 in fig. 16, and fig. 18 shows an enlarged schematic view of a part E in fig. 17, wherein the first butt joint section 11 and the second butt joint section 21 at least partially overlap; the second docking section 21 is provided with at least one first positioning portion 211 at a portion overlapping the first docking section 11, and the first docking section 11 is provided with at least one fourth positioning portion 112 at a portion overlapping the second docking section 21.

When the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20 are butted, the fourth positioning portion 112 is engaged with the first positioning portion 211 to connect the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20, so that the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20 can be fixed in advance before the locking member 30 is fixedly connected to the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20, so as to improve the connection strength between the first adapter tube 10 and the second adapter tube 20 and ensure that the locking member 30 can be accurately engaged into the first positioning portion 211 which is fixed in advance. For example, the fourth positioning portion 112 may be a latch or a groove structure.

It should be noted that the above description of the pipe connection assembly is only for clearly explaining the verification process of the present application, and those skilled in the art can make equivalent modifications and designs to the pipe connection assembly under the guidance of the present application, for example, the first positioning portion 211, the second positioning portion 320, the first sub-positioning portion 312, the second sub-positioning portion 322, the third positioning portion 111, and the fourth positioning portion 112 can also be structures that implement a snap function for the cooperating snap 40, snap ring, and the like.

Further, in order to better implement the pipe connection assembly in the embodiment of the present application, on the basis of the pipe connection assembly, an air conditioner is further provided in the embodiment of the present application. The air conditioner includes the duct connection assembly of any one of the embodiments. The air conditioner in this application embodiment is because of being provided with the pipeline coupling assembling of above-mentioned embodiment to have above-mentioned pipeline coupling assembling's whole beneficial effect, no longer describe herein.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment may refer to the above detailed descriptions of other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

Having thus described the basic concept, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing detailed disclosure is to be considered merely illustrative and not restrictive of the broad application. Various modifications, improvements and adaptations to the present application may occur to those skilled in the art, although not explicitly described herein. Such modifications, improvements and adaptations are proposed in the present application and thus fall within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present application.

Also, this application uses specific language to describe embodiments of the application. Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," and/or "some embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with at least one embodiment of the present application is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, some features, structures, or characteristics of one or more embodiments of the present application may be combined as appropriate.

It should be noted that in the foregoing description of embodiments of the present application, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in the understanding of one or more of the embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to require more features than are expressly recited in the claims. Indeed, the embodiments may be characterized as having less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.

The above detailed description is provided for a pipe connection assembly and an air conditioner according to the embodiments of the present application, and the principle and the embodiments of the present invention are explained herein by using specific examples, and the above description of the embodiments is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A conduit connection assembly, comprising:

a first butt joint pipe having a first butt joint section at one end thereof;

a second butt joint section which is in butt joint with the first butt joint section is arranged at one end, facing the first butt joint section, of the second butt joint pipe, and at least one first positioning part is arranged on the second butt joint section; and

the locking piece is arranged on the first butt joint pipe, and a second positioning part clamped with the first positioning part is arranged on one surface of the locking piece facing the second butt joint pipe;

when the locking piece rotates to the locking position, the second positioning part rotates along with the locking piece to be clamped with the first positioning part, so that the second butt joint pipe and the first butt joint pipe are locked; when the locking piece rotates to the disassembly position, the second positioning part rotates along with the locking piece and is separated from the first positioning part, so that the second butt joint pipe and the first butt joint pipe are unlocked.

2. The conduit coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein the locking member comprises a first locking element;

the first locking piece is provided with a first positioning arc surface facing the second butt joint pipe and matched with the outer wall surface of the second butt joint pipe, the second positioning part comprises a first sub-positioning part located on the first positioning arc surface, and the first sub-positioning part is clamped with the first positioning part.

3. The conduit coupling assembly of claim 2, wherein the locking member further comprises a second locking element;

the second locking piece is provided with a second positioning arc surface facing the second butt joint pipe and matched with the outer wall surface of the second butt joint pipe, the second positioning part further comprises a second sub-positioning part located on the second positioning arc surface, and the second sub-positioning part is clamped with the first positioning part.

4. The conduit coupling assembly of claim 3, wherein the first detent comprises an annular groove disposed in an outer wall surface of the second adapter tube;

the first sub-positioning portion comprises a first arc-shaped convex block matched with the annular groove, the second sub-positioning portion comprises a second arc-shaped convex block matched with the annular groove, and the sum of circle center angles corresponding to the first arc-shaped convex block and the second arc-shaped convex block is smaller than or equal to 360 degrees.

5. The conduit coupling assembly of claim 2, wherein the first locking element is hingedly coupled to the first spud;

a first clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinged part, of the first locking piece, and a first clamping groove clamped with the first clamping hook is formed in the first butt joint pipe; or

One end, far away from articulated department, of first locking part is provided with first draw-in groove, first butt joint pipe be provided with the first trip of first draw-in groove block.

6. The conduit coupling assembly of claim 3, wherein the first locking element is hingedly connected to the first spud and the second locking element is hingedly connected to the first spud;

a second clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinged part, of the first locking piece, and a second clamping groove clamped with the second clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinged part, of the second locking piece; or

The one end that articulated department was kept away from to first closure is provided with the second draw-in groove, the one end that articulated department was kept away from to the second closure be provided with the second trip of second draw-in groove block.

7. The conduit coupling assembly of claim 3, wherein the first locking element is hinged to the second locking element;

a third clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinge joint, of the first locking piece, and a third clamping groove clamped with the third clamping hook is arranged at one end, far away from the hinge joint, of the second locking piece; or

The one end that articulated department was kept away from to first closure is provided with the third draw-in groove, the one end that articulated department was kept away from to the second closure be provided with the third trip of third draw-in groove block.

8. The pipe connection assembly according to claim 7, wherein the first butt section is provided with a third positioning portion, the first positioning arc surface is further provided with a third sub-positioning portion engaged with the third positioning portion, and/or the second positioning arc surface is further provided with a fourth sub-positioning portion engaged with the third positioning portion;

when the locking piece rotates to the locking position, the third clamping hook is clamped with the third clamping groove, and the third sub-positioning portion and/or the fourth sub-positioning portion is clamped with the third positioning portion, so that the locking piece is fixed on the first butt joint pipe.

9. A conduit connection assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first docking section at least partially overlaps the second docking section;

the second butt joint section is provided with at least one first positioning portion at a part overlapping with the first butt joint section, the first butt joint section is provided with at least one fourth positioning portion at a part overlapping with the second butt joint section, and the fourth positioning portion is engaged with the first positioning portion to connect the first butt joint pipe and the second butt joint pipe.

10. An air conditioner characterized by comprising the duct connecting assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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