CN215765460U

CN215765460U - Outdoor unit and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN215765460U
Application number: CN202122404757.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李淼; 黄贵华
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-29
Filing date: 2021-09-29
Publication date: 2022-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses an outdoor unit and an air conditioner, wherein the outdoor unit comprises a side plate and a cover plate, an opening for a cable to penetrate through is formed in the upper part of the side plate, and a refrigerant pipe connector is arranged at the lower part of the side plate; the cover plate is detachably mounted on the side plate and comprises an upper cover portion and a lower cover portion, the upper cover portion covers the opening, and the lower cover portion covers the refrigerant pipe connector. When the cable is assembled and disassembled, the cable and the refrigerant pipe interface can be simultaneously covered only by one-time installation, and the cable cover has the advantages of being simple and easy to install and saving operation time.

Description

Outdoor unit and air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to an outdoor unit and an air conditioner.

Background

The water receiving part is mainly used for receiving condensed water generated at a refrigerant pipe of the outdoor unit in the outdoor unit, the handle and the water receiving part are two independent parts in the design scheme of the handle and the water receiving part on the existing outdoor unit, the handle and the water receiving part are installed on the same side plate of the outdoor unit and respectively shield a connecting wire and the refrigerant pipe, and two installation processes are needed during assembly so as to respectively install and fix the handle and the water receiving part on the side plate of the outdoor unit, so that the installation is complex and the cost is long.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims to provide an outdoor unit and an air conditioner, and aims to solve the problems of complex installation and long installation time of the conventional outdoor unit external design.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an outdoor unit, including:

the cable connector comprises a side plate, a cable, a connecting piece and a connecting piece, wherein an opening for a cable to penetrate through is formed in the upper part of the side plate, and a refrigerant pipe connector is arranged at the lower part of the side plate; and the number of the first and second groups,

the cover plate is detachably mounted on the side plate and comprises an upper cover portion and a lower cover portion, the upper cover portion covers the opening, and the lower cover portion covers the refrigerant pipe connector.

Optionally, the lower end of the inner side surface of the cover plate is concavely provided with a water receiving groove, and the water receiving groove is used for corresponding to the refrigerant pipe interface;

the lower covering part comprises the water receiving tank.

Optionally, cover portion still including locating the guide plate in the water receiving tank, the guide plate is from top to bottom towards the middle part slope setting of guide plate to with the lateral wall face of water receiving tank encloses jointly and becomes in order to catchment the chamber.

Optionally, the middle of the guide plate is concavely provided with a guide groove communicated with the water collecting cavity, and the bottom wall surface of the guide groove is inclined inwards from top to bottom and is used for communicating with a chassis drainage groove of the outdoor unit.

Optionally, the bottom of guide plate is equipped with a plurality of strengthening ribs that the interval set up, and is a plurality of the lower extreme of strengthening rib all with the diapire face of water collector is fixed.

Optionally, a gripping groove is provided on an outer surface of the upper covering portion.

Optionally, the cover plate further comprises a plurality of buckling structures, each buckling structure comprises a buckling protrusion and a buckling groove which are matched with each other, one of the buckling protrusion and the buckling groove is arranged on the inner surface, facing the side plate, of the cover plate, and the other buckling protrusion and the buckling groove are arranged on the surface, facing the cover plate, of the side plate.

Optionally, a clamping groove is formed on the inner surface of the upper cover portion facing the side plate, a notch of the clamping groove faces upward, and an upper edge of the side plate is inserted into the clamping groove.

Optionally, the waterproof structure further comprises a convex part and a concave part which are matched with each other, one of the convex part and the concave part is arranged on the surface of the side plate facing the cover plate, and the other is arranged on the inner surface of the cover plate facing the side plate.

Optionally, the outdoor unit further includes a sheet metal part located between the side plate and the upper cover part and covering the opening, and the first screw penetrates through the cover plate and the sheet metal part in sequence and is screwed into the side plate.

Optionally, a second screw is threaded through the sheet metal part and into the side plate.

Optionally, a clamping groove is formed in the inner surface, facing the side plate, of the upper covering portion, a notch of the clamping groove extends upwards, the sheet metal part is provided with a notch avoiding the clamping groove, and the upper edge of the side plate is inserted into the clamping groove.

The utility model also provides an air conditioner, which comprises the indoor unit and the outdoor unit.

According to the technical scheme, the cover plate can cover the cable and the refrigerant pipe connector at the same time, the upper cover covers the cable, external rainwater can be prevented from entering the cover plate, the lower cover covers the refrigerant pipe connector, the water receiving function can be achieved at the same time, condensed water formed at the refrigerant pipe connector is collected in an inner cavity of the lower cover, the cable and the refrigerant pipe connector can be covered at the same time only through one-time installation during assembly and disassembly, and the cover plate has the advantages of being simple in installation and saving time.

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 the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a perspective exploded view of an outdoor unit in the prior art;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective exploded view of an outdoor unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the cover plate of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of detail A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the side plate of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the cover plate of FIG. 2 shown in engagement (at an angle) with the side plate;

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the cover plate of FIG. 6 mated with the side plate;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the cover plate of FIG. 6 shown mated to the side plate (at another angle);

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 8;

fig. 10 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion C of fig. 9.

The reference numbers illustrate:

the implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, 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.

It should be noted that, if directional indication is involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indication is only used for explaining the relative positional relationship, the motion situation, and the like between the components in a certain posture, and if the certain posture is changed, the directional indication is changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is 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 at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic perspective exploded view of an outdoor unit in the prior art, a side plate of a general outdoor unit is provided with a handle 11 ' and a water receiving structure 12 ', the handle 11 ' is mounted on the side plate in a screw fixing manner, a sheet metal member 400 ' is covered on the side plate, and the water receiving structure 12 ' is also mounted on the side plate in a screw fixing manner, so that an operator needs to mount the outdoor unit separately in an assembling process, which results in a long time for the mounting process.

The utility model provides an outdoor unit and an air conditioner, and solves the problems of complex installation and long installation time of the conventional outdoor unit external design. Fig. 2 to 10 are views illustrating an outdoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, the outdoor unit includes a side panel 200 and a cover plate 100, an opening 201 for a cable to pass through is formed at an upper portion of the side panel 200, a refrigerant pipe connector 202 is disposed at a lower portion of the side panel 200, the cover plate 100 is detachably mounted to the side panel 200, the cover plate 100 includes an upper cover portion 11 and a lower cover portion 12, the upper cover portion 11 covers the opening 201, and the lower cover portion 12 covers the refrigerant pipe connector 202.

In the technical scheme of the utility model, the cover plate 100 can cover the cable and the refrigerant pipe connector 202 at the same time, the upper cover part 11 covers the cable and can prevent external rainwater from entering, the lower cover part 12 covers the refrigerant pipe connector 202 and can simultaneously take the function of water receiving, condensed water formed at the refrigerant pipe connector 202 is collected in an inner cavity of the lower cover part 12, and the cable and the refrigerant pipe connector can be covered at the same time only by one-time installation during assembly and disassembly, so that the cover plate has the advantages of simple installation and time saving.

In order to implement the water receiving function of the lower covering portion 12, in an embodiment, the lower covering portion 12 includes the water receiving tank 121, and specifically, the water receiving tank 121 is formed in a manner that: the lower end of the inner side surface of the cover plate 100 is concavely formed, the water receiving groove 121 is used for corresponding to the refrigerant pipe connector 202, and the refrigerant pipe is contacted with outdoor hot air to be condensed into condensed water in the water receiving groove 121 when meeting heat in the daily work process, so that the condensed water is limited by the water receiving groove 121 and is only collected in the water receiving groove 121, and the condensed water cannot drop outside, and therefore a good condensed water access function is achieved.

Further, the lower covering part 12 further includes a guide plate 122 disposed in the water receiving tank 121, and the guide plate 122 is disposed in an outward inclined manner from top to bottom so as to surround the side wall surface of the water receiving tank 121 together to form a water collecting cavity. The guide plate 122 is arranged below a high-low pressure valve connected with a refrigerant pipe on the outdoor unit, and condensed water falling above the guide plate 122 is guided by the inclined direction of the guide plate 122 and is collected in the water collecting cavity from a high position close to the outdoor unit to a low position far away from the outdoor unit, so that the condensed water is conveniently collected in a centralized manner.

After a certain volume of condensed water is collected in the water collecting cavity, the condensed water still overflows, so that the water receiving tank 121 is communicated with a chassis drainage tank of the outdoor unit, in an embodiment, a certain gap exists between the edge of the guide plate 122 and the side plate 200, when the condensed water in the water collecting cavity reaches the highest liquid level, the condensed water overflows from the edge of the guide plate 122, and the overflowing condensed water is guided to the chassis drainage tank of the outdoor unit through a pipeline, so that the condensed water is collected, and the condensed water in the water collecting cavity is prevented from overflowing to the outside from a seam between the cover plate 100 and the side plate 200 after being fully collected.

In order to improve the strength of the flow guide plate 122, a plurality of reinforcing ribs 1222 arranged at intervals are arranged at the bottom of the flow guide plate 122, and the lower ends of the plurality of reinforcing ribs 1222 are all fixed to the bottom wall surface of the water receiving tank 121. The plurality of ribs 1222 each extend vertically, thereby providing a supporting and reinforcing effect.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the middle of the guide plate 122 is concavely provided with a guide groove 1221 communicating with the water collecting cavity, and the bottom wall surface of the guide groove 1221 is inclined inward from top to bottom for communicating with a chassis drainage groove of an outdoor unit. Therefore, the end of the flow guide groove 1221 facing the outside of the outdoor unit is the lowest point on the whole flow guide plate 122, condensed water is collected to the bottom along the upper end surface of the flow guide plate 122, and the collected condensed water enters the pipeline corresponding to the outdoor unit downwards along the flow guide groove 1221 in the middle to be connected into the chassis drainage groove of the outdoor unit, so that the lower covering part 12 can directly lead out the condensed water after the condensed water is connected into the chassis drainage groove, and water accumulation in the water collection cavity is avoided.

Further, the flow guide plate 122 is inclined from the edge to the position where the middle of the flow guide plate 122 is connected with the inner wall of the water receiving tank 12, so that on the whole plane of the flow guide plate 122, the condensed water flows from the edge of the flow guide plate 122 to the low point of the center, and then is further led out along the flow guide groove 1221.

Further, the outer surface of the upper covering part 11 is provided with a holding groove 111, the design of the structure realizes that the upper covering part 11 has a holding function at the same time, specifically, when the outdoor unit is required to be lifted and moved, fingers extend into the holding groove 111 from outside to inside, and further, the upper wall surface of the holding groove 111 is inclined outwards from top to bottom, so that the force of hands of people can be applied conveniently, and when the outdoor unit is in rainy and snowy weather, the structure can also avoid water accumulation in the holding groove 111.

Further, it is outside outstanding to grip the whole of groove 111 the apron 100 sets up, water receiving 121 is whole to be outside outstanding apron 100 sets up, and the surface of water receiving 121 upper end is the slope setting from top to bottom outwards, the surface of the bottom of water receiving 121 is the slope setting from top to bottom inwards to when sleet weather, make the drop of water along the slope on its surface landing downwards, avoid ponding.

It should be noted that the upper cover portion 11 and the lower cover portion 12 may be integrally formed by a metal plate, or the upper cover portion 11 and the lower cover portion 12 are respectively formed into corresponding concave structures and then fixed to two ends of the same side of the metal plate by welding, so as to ensure that the cover plate 100 is an integral component when the cover plate 100 is mounted on the side plate 200, and the cover plate does not need to be mounted again.

Further, the cover plate 100 and the side plate 200 may be connected by fastening with screws, so as to facilitate connection between the cover plate 100 and the side plate 200, in an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 4 to 5, the cover plate 100 further includes a plurality of fastening structures, each fastening structure includes a fastening protrusion 131 and a fastening groove 132, which are matched with each other, one of the fastening protrusions 131 and the fastening grooves 132 is disposed on an inner surface of the cover plate 100 facing the side plate 200, and the other fastening protrusion is disposed on a surface of the side plate 200 facing the cover plate 100, in this embodiment, the fastening protrusion 131 is disposed on an edge of an inner side surface of the cover plate 100, the fastening groove 132 is disposed on the side plate 200, and the fastening protrusions 131 and the fastening grooves 132 are fastened and fixed with good stability and are convenient to install.

In order to facilitate the positioning of the cover plate 100 during the installation, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 6, an upper edge of the cover plate 100 is convexly disposed, so that a clamping groove 14 is formed on an inner surface of the cover plate 100 facing the side plate 200, a notch of the clamping groove 14 faces upward, the upper edge of the side plate 200 is inserted into the clamping groove 14, during the installation, the cover plate 100 is integrally and obliquely held, so that the convex portion of the upper edge of the cover plate 100 extends into the corresponding opening 201 on the side plate 200, and then the cover plate 100 is guided, so that the upper edge of the side plate 200 correspondingly abuts against an inner edge of the clamping groove 14, thereby facilitating the installation and positioning of an operator during the installation, and facilitating the installation of a subsequent fastening structure.

In other embodiments, in order to facilitate the installation of the cover plate 100 and the side plate 200, sliding grooves and sliding rails may be respectively disposed on opposite sides of the cover plate 100 and the side plate 200 to facilitate the installation by a sliding fit, and at the same time, the guiding is facilitated, which will not be described in detail herein.

In the existing outdoor unit, the joint of the handle 11' and the side plate of the outdoor unit has no waterproof scheme, if the whole outdoor unit is exposed in the external environment, in rainy and snowy weather, rainwater may flow into the inside of the outdoor unit along the gap between the handle 11' and the side panel of the outdoor unit, and contact with the connecting wire arranged in the outdoor unit can corrode the rubber outside the connecting wire and even cause electric leakage, therefore, referring to fig. 8 to 10, in an embodiment of the present invention, the outdoor unit further includes a waterproof structure, the waterproof structure is located between the side plate 200 and the cover plate 100, the waterproof structure includes a convex portion and a concave portion which are engaged with each other, one of the convex portion and the concave portion is provided on a surface of the side plate 200 facing the cover plate 100, and the other is provided on an inner surface of the cover plate 100 facing the side plate 200. The convex parts are tightly connected with each other in a concave-convex matching mode, so that a waterproof effect is achieved.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 9 to 10, the concave portion includes a plurality of grooves 302 disposed on the side plate 200 and distributed along the circumferential direction, the convex portion includes a plurality of ribs 301 correspondingly disposed on the cover plate 100, the plurality of ribs 301 are respectively inserted into the plurality of grooves 302, and an inner surface of the cover plate 100 facing the side plate 200 abuts against a surface of the side plate 200 facing the cover plate 100. A plurality of protruding muscle 301 and a plurality of recess 302 joint cooperation to play waterproof effect.

It should be noted that, the cooperation of convex part and concave part can be conventional rectangle concave-convex cooperation structure, and for further improvement water-proof effect, each concave part uses the lateral wall to personally submit step setting, in advance recess 302 is formed with along the interior outward direction interval set up first step face 3021 and second step face 3022, wherein, first step face is the bottom wall face of recess 302, second step face 3022 is one of them step face in the recess 302, correspondingly, the convex part is including corresponding a plurality of protruding muscle 301 that set up at apron 100, the medial surface of each protruding muscle 301 corresponds first step face 3021 sets up, the interior border of apron 100 offsets with second step face 3022. That is, the outer edge of each rib 301 on the cover plate 100 abuts against the second step surface 3022, the rib 301 is disposed right opposite to the bottom wall surface of the groove 302 after the installation, and the groove 302 and each rib 301 are matched to form a labyrinth-like arrangement, thereby achieving a good waterproof effect.

It should be noted that the waterproof structure is mainly concentrated between the upper covering portion 11 and the side panel 200, the lower covering portion 12 itself has a water receiving function, and the waterproof structure may not be provided between the lower covering portion 12 and the side panel 200.

Furthermore, the side faces of the groove 302 and the rib 301, which are attached to each other, may be inclined in a horizontal plane, and meanwhile, the surface of the side plate 200, which is covered by the cover plate 100, is lower than the surface of the side plate exposed outside the cover plate 100, so that the wall surfaces at two sides of the groove 302 are not uniform in height, and after the cover plate 100 is installed, the outer surface of the edge of the rib 301, which is provided on the cover plate 100, is flush with the surface of the side plate 200, which is exposed outside the cover plate 100.

In addition, the shape of the rib 301 is not limited in the present invention, and the rib may be a long strip, or may be disposed around two sides of the cover plate 100, and the groove 302 is correspondingly disposed, which will not be described in detail herein.

Furthermore, referring to fig. 7, the outdoor unit further includes a sheet metal part 400 disposed between the side plate 200 and the upper cover 11 of the cover plate 100 and covering the opening 201, and a first screw a sequentially penetrates through the cover plate 100 and the sheet metal part 400 and is screwed into the side plate 200, so that the three are tightly fitted together and more stably fixed.

In order to improve the stability of the sheet metal part 400 with respect to the side plate 200, a second screw b is screwed into the side plate 200 through the sheet metal part 400. Therefore, the sheet metal part 400 is connected and fixed together through two screws, and deflection movement of the sheet metal part is prevented.

Specifically, firstly, correspondingly install sheet metal component 400 the opening 201 department, second screw b will sheet metal component 400 is tentatively fixed curb plate 200, then, adjusts the angle of apron 100 makes clamp groove 14 with the corresponding joint of top edge of curb plate 200, then through pressing apron 100 with a plurality of on it the card is protruding 131 with in the card groove 132 of curb plate 200, at this moment, it is a plurality of protruding muscle 301 is with a plurality of that correspond the laminating of recess 302, finally, pass in proper order through first screw a apron 100 sheet metal component 400 with curb plate 200, in order to incite somebody to action apron 100 sheet metal component 400 with curb plate 200 is fixed together, accomplishes the installation.

Further, the sheet metal part 400 is provided with a notch 401 avoiding the clamping groove 14, and when the clamping groove 14 is clamped with the upper edge of the side plate 200, the clamping groove 14 is located in the notch 401, so that the sheet metal part 400 is prevented from shielding the opening 201 after being installed and interfering with the clamping groove 14.

The utility model also provides an air conditioner, which comprises an indoor unit and the outdoor unit, wherein the air conditioner comprises all the technical characteristics of the outdoor unit, so that the air conditioner also has the technical effects brought by all the technical characteristics, and the details are not repeated.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the technical solutions of the present invention, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An outdoor unit, comprising:

2. The outdoor unit of claim 1, wherein a holding groove is formed on an outer surface of the upper cover.

3. The outdoor unit of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of locking structures, each of the locking structures comprising a locking protrusion and a locking groove, which are engaged with each other, one of the locking protrusion and the locking groove being formed on an inner surface of the cover plate facing the side plate, and the other of the locking protrusion and the locking groove being formed on a surface of the side plate facing the cover plate.

4. The outdoor unit of claim 1, wherein a catching groove is formed at an inner surface of the upper cover portion facing the side panel, a notch of the catching groove faces upward, and an upper edge of the side panel is inserted into the catching groove.

5. The outdoor unit of claim 1, further comprising a waterproof structure including a convex portion and a concave portion which are engaged with each other, one of the convex portion and the concave portion being provided on a surface of the side plate facing the cover plate, and the other being provided on an inner surface of the cover plate facing the side plate.

6. The outdoor unit of claim 5, wherein the concave part comprises a plurality of grooves formed in the side plate and distributed in a circumferential direction, the convex part comprises a plurality of ribs correspondingly formed in the cover plate, the plurality of ribs are respectively inserted into the plurality of grooves, and an inner surface of the cover plate facing the side plate abuts against a surface of the side plate facing the cover plate.

7. The outdoor unit of claim 1, further comprising a sheet metal member positioned between the side panels and the upper cover portion and covering the opening, wherein a first screw is sequentially screwed into the side panels through the cover panel and the sheet metal member.

8. The outdoor unit of claim 7, wherein a second screw is screwed into the side plate through the sheet metal member.

9. The outdoor unit of claim 7, wherein a catching groove is formed at an inner surface of the upper cover portion facing the side plate, a notch of the catching groove extends upward, the sheet metal member is provided with a cut out to escape the catching groove, and an upper edge of the side plate is inserted into the catching groove.

10. An air conditioner characterized by comprising an indoor unit and the outdoor unit according to any one of claims 1 to 9.