CN216308014U - Indoor unit of air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioners, and particularly provides an air conditioner indoor unit, aiming at solving the problem that the user experience is poor when the existing air conditioner indoor unit is used. The utility model provides an air-conditioning indoor unit, which comprises a functional module, wherein the functional module is provided with an indicating device, and the indicating device comprises: a light emitting member capable of emitting light outwardly; a soft light member, at least a part of which is formed to receive the light emitted from the light emitting member, so as to: the soft light transmitted through the soft light member, at which the light emitting member is disposed, can indicate information related to the functional module. The air-conditioning indoor unit provided by the utility model can enable a user to more comprehensively acquire the relevant information of the functional module, and increase the credibility of the user for configuring the functional module on the indoor unit, thereby improving the user experience.

Description

Indoor unit of air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioners, and particularly provides an air conditioner indoor unit.

Background

Air conditioners have become one of the indispensable household appliances of modern homes. In addition to the basic cooling/heating functions, some existing air conditioners also have a sterilization function, for example, by configuring an ultraviolet sterilization module or an ionizer. However, in order to ensure the integrity of the appearance of the air conditioner, the ultraviolet sterilization module or the ion generator is installed at a hidden position in the air conditioner, so that a user cannot visually observe the specific installation position of the air conditioner and cannot know whether the air conditioner smoothly performs a sterilization function during operation, and thus the user experience is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve or at least alleviate the technical problem, namely, the problem that the user experience is poor when the existing air conditioner indoor unit is used is solved.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present invention provides an air-conditioning indoor unit, including a functional module, where the functional module is configured with an indicating device, where the indicating device includes: a light emitting member capable of emitting light outwardly; and a soft light member, at least a part of which can receive the light emitted from the light emitting member, so as to: the soft light transmitted through the soft light member can indicate information related to the functional module; wherein the light emitting member and the soft light member are separately provided.

According to the air conditioner indoor unit provided by the utility model, the indicating device is further configured for the configured functional module, the indicating device comprises the light-emitting component and the soft light component capable of softening light emitted by the light-emitting component, the light intensity of the light transmitted to the indoor through the soft light component is reduced, the light entering human eyes is softer, and the information related to the functional module, such as the installation position of the indicating functional module, the running state of the functional module, whether the functional module works normally or not, is indicated to a user by means of the soft light, so that the user can know the related information of the functional module more comprehensively, the reliability of the indoor unit configured with the functional module is increased, and the user experience is improved. By arranging the light-emitting component on the soft light component, the integration level of the indicating device can be improved, and the indicating device is convenient to mount.

The functional module in the utility model can be a sterilization module, a dehumidification module, a purification module and the like for the air conditioner. For example, the sterilization module may be a positive and negative ion generator, an ultraviolet sterilization lamp, or the like. In some cases, even the entire air conditioning indoor unit can become the functional module.

In addition, the position where the light softening member is disposed may be variously. The soft light component can be arranged on the functional module, and also can be arranged on other structures of the indoor unit except the functional module. For example, the soft light member includes a main body portion and a connection portion, the main body portion being connected to the functional module by means of the connection portion; alternatively, the main body portion is connected to the indoor unit casing in which the function module is mounted by means of a connecting portion. There are also a variety of ways of constructing the light softening member. For example, a portion of the soft light member has a soft light effect, that is, the portion can receive the light emitted from the light emitting member and reduce the light intensity to emit the light to the indoor space; or the whole structure of the soft light component can receive the light emitted by the light-emitting component and reduce the light intensity to emit the light to the indoor space; alternatively, the body portion of the soft light member is constructed as a plate-like structure, an umbrella-like structure, a housing-like structure, or the like; alternatively, the light-diffusing member may be made of a light-emitting material, a semi-transparent material, a transparent material, or a combination of materials. It is understood that, regardless of the arrangement of the soft light member, the soft light member may be provided to soften the light emitted from the light emitting member and indicate the information related to the functional module.

It can be understood that there are various implementations in which the light emitting member and the soft light member are separately provided. For example, the light emitting member may be disposed in the air conditioning indoor unit, or may be disposed in the functional module. Furthermore, the light emitting member may be powered by various means, such as battery power, wire power, etc.

The information which can be indicated to the user through the transmitted soft light comprises the position information, the running state information and the like of the functional module on the indoor unit of the air conditioner. For example, the position information of the functional module may be realized by combining the soft light with the emergent position of the soft light, in other words, in the case of indicating the position information, the soft light member needs to be disposed at the functional module or at least disposed adjacent to the functional module, and the user can quickly determine the position of the corresponding functional module by acquiring the emergent position of the soft light. Further, the operating state information of the functional module may be indicated by controlling the brightness of the soft light or the opening and closing of the soft light while indicating the position information of the functional module, for example, when the function of the functional module is failed, the light emitting member associated with the functional module may be controlled to stop emitting light to show the failure information of the functional module to the user.

With regard to the above-mentioned air conditioning indoor unit, in some possible embodiments, the light emitting member is configured with a light shielding member so as to: at least one part of the light emitted outwards by the light emitting component is shielded so as to avoid the part of the light from being emitted to the indoor space.

Through setting up like this, can avoid among split type luminous component and the soft light component that sets up, some in the light that luminous component sent directly gets into indoor space through soft light component, user experience is relatively poor like this, and set up behind the shading component then can shelter from this part light or guide, make it unable direct ejection of, thereby avoid light to penetrate people's eye directly and cause uncomfortable sense.

The arrangement mode of the light shielding component can be various, for example, the light shielding component can be an arc-shaped wall arranged at one side of the light emitting component in a surrounding mode, or a tube structure sleeved on the light emitting component; and so on.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the light shielding member is disposed at the functional module.

By arranging the light shielding member in the functional module, the integration level of the functional module and the indicating device can be improved while the purpose of light shielding is achieved.

With regard to the above-described air conditioning indoor unit, in some possible embodiments, the air conditioning indoor unit is formed with an installation site, the light shielding member and the air conditioning indoor unit are formed with an installation site, or the functional module is formed with an installation site, and the light emitting member is disposed at the installation site.

In this way, several specific placement positions of the light emitting member are provided.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the information includes at least an installation location of the functional module in the air conditioning indoor unit.

It is understood that when the installation position of the function module is indicated by means of the soft light, the soft light member should be provided on the function module or on a structure of the indoor unit located near the function module. The information may be the operation state information, or a combination of the position information and the operation state information, or the like, in addition to the installation position information.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the soft light member includes a main body portion, and the main body portion is disposed on the functional module.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the light softening member further includes a connection portion by which the main body portion is provided to the functional module.

In this way, a construction of the light softening member is provided. Through setting the soft light component to the structure that includes main part and connecting portion, realized the function of each part of soft light component and distinguished, be favorable to making the main part exert the soft light effect better.

It is understood that the connecting portion and the main body portion may be made of materials capable of receiving light emitted from the light emitting member.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the main body portion is integrally formed with the connection portion.

With regard to the air conditioning indoor unit described above, in some possible embodiments, the air conditioning indoor unit includes an installation area, the functional module is disposed in the installation area, and the main body portion is disposed at a position of the air conditioning indoor unit corresponding to the installation area.

Thus, several arrangement modes of the soft light component in the air conditioner indoor unit are provided. Specifically, the main body portion may be disposed on the functional module, or may be disposed on a structure of the indoor unit of the air conditioner corresponding to the installation area. The main body portion may be provided directly at the above-described position, or may be provided indirectly at the above-described position via a connecting portion. For example, the soft light member includes a main body portion and a connection portion connected to each other, the connection portion being connected to the function module, or the connection portion being connected to an indoor unit casing in which the function module is installed; and so on.

For the above-mentioned air conditioning indoor unit, in some possible embodiments, the functional module is an ionizer.

Through configuring the indicating device for the ion generator, a user can visually observe information such as the working position of the ion generator configured in the air conditioner indoor unit, the reliability of the user on products is improved, the purchase intention of the user is enhanced, and the sales volume of the products is improved.

It will be appreciated that the connecting portion may be made in a cylindrical structure, a rod-like structure, a plate structure, or the like.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which mounting positions of an ionizer and an indicating device are shown;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an ionizer and an indicating device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

list of reference numerals:

1. an air-conditioning indoor unit; 10. a housing; 110. an air outlet; 20. an ion generator; 210. a housing; 211. an ion generating electrode; 212. an installation position; 30. an indicating device; 310. a body portion; 3101. a via hole; 320. a connecting portion; 330. a light emitting member; 340. a light shielding member.

Detailed Description

First, it should be noted that the following embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, although the following embodiments are explained by taking the functional module as an example for sterilizing the ionizer, this is not restrictive, and the technical solution of the present invention is also applicable to the functional module as a drying module, a detecting module, other types of sterilizing modules, etc., and such application objects may be changed without departing from the principle and scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, in the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "inside", "outside", "top", "bottom", and the like, which indicate directions or positional relationships, are based on directions or positional relationships in practical use, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the claimed apparatus must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In order to better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the following first explains the construction of the ionizer and the sterilization principle. The ionizer in this embodiment is a positive-negative ion generator, and as the name suggests, positive ions and negative ions can be generated simultaneously. The positive and negative ion generator has positive ion generating electrode connected to DC positive high voltage and negative ion generating electrode connected to DC negative high voltage, and the electrodes are tungsten needle or graphite brush. When the two electrodes are connected with electricity, corona is generated between the two electrodes, outer layer electrons of certain atoms in the air are separated from the orbit to become free electrons under the action of the corona, and the atoms losing the electrons are in positive polarity; the free electrons are negative-electrode, and since the separated free electrons cannot exist in the space independently for a long time, the separated free electrons are combined with other nonpolar molecules in the air, so that the part of gas molecules obtaining the electrons are negative-electrode (for example, negative oxygen ions are generated), and the process is called air ionization. When negative ions in the air are combined with microbes such as bacteria and viruses in the air, molecular protein structures of the microbes such as the bacteria and the viruses can be damaged, structural change or energy transfer is generated, and therefore the microbes such as the bacteria and the viruses die, and the sterilization effect is achieved. Therefore, after the air conditioner is provided with the ion generator for sterilization, compared with the ultraviolet sterilization module, the sterilization effect is better, and the positive ions and the negative ions generated by the ion generator can be diffused to any indoor area along with the air conditioner air outlet, so that the indoor all-around sterilization is realized.

However, the conventional ionizer configured in the indoor unit of the air conditioner is generally disposed at the air outlet of the indoor unit, and is influenced by the structure of the air outlet, so that a user cannot conveniently or visually observe the position of the ionizer, and cannot know the running state of the ionizer during the running process of the ionizer.

Based on the above, the utility model provides the air conditioner indoor unit which can simultaneously indicate the working position and the working state of the ion generator in real time, and is beneficial to users to use the air conditioner product with great care.

An air conditioning indoor unit according to the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 and 2. Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which mounting positions of an ionizer and an indicating device are shown; fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an ionizer and an indicating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, an air conditioning indoor unit 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing 10, and a fan, a heat exchanger, an air duct, and the like are disposed in the casing 10. The air inlet of the air duct is formed at the top of the housing 10, and a grille and a filter screen are arranged at the air inlet for filtering the air entering the air duct. An air outlet 110 of the air duct is formed at the bottom of the casing 10, an air deflector is disposed at the air outlet 110, and the air output and air output direction of the indoor unit can be adjusted by changing the extension direction of the air deflector. A mounting area is reserved on the left side wall of the casing 10 corresponding to the air outlet 110, the ion generator 20 is mounted in the mounting area, the ion generator 20 can simultaneously generate positive ions and negative ions, and the positive ions and the negative ions can be dissipated to all places indoors along with the air outlet of the indoor unit, so that the indoor air can be sterilized in all directions.

As shown in fig. 2, the ionizer 20 in this embodiment includes a housing 210 and an ion generating module disposed in the housing 210. The ion generation module includes a high voltage power conversion part, which is used for converting low voltage into alternating high voltage through circuits such as a pulse oscillation circuit, overvoltage current limiting, high-low voltage isolation and the like after processing input direct current or alternating current through an Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) processing circuit and a lightning stroke protection circuit, then obtaining pure direct current negative high voltage and direct current positive high voltage through rectification and filtering, and connecting the direct current negative high voltage and the direct current positive high voltage to the emission end of the ion generator 20 through an electric wire. The emitting end of the ion generator 20 is provided with an ion generating electrode 211, and the ion generating electrode 211 comprises a positive ion generating electrode and a negative ion generating electrode, wherein the number of the positive and negative ion generating electrodes can be the same or different, and when the number of the positive and negative ion generating electrodes is different, the number of the negative ion generating electrodes is preferably larger than that of the positive ion generating electrodes. As shown in fig. 2, the ion generating electrode 211 in this embodiment includes two negative ion generating electrodes and one positive ion generating electrode, the positive ion generating electrode and the negative ion generating electrode are adjacent to each other, and the three ion generating electrodes are distributed in a triangular shape. It is understood that the number and arrangement of the positive and negative ion generating electrodes can be other structural forms.

When the ion generator works, the positive ion generating electrode is connected with positive high-voltage electricity, the negative ion generating electrode is connected with negative high-voltage electricity, the high-voltage electricity generates corona between the tips of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, so that air is ionized, and the negative ion generating electrode emits a large amount of electrons (e-) at high speed, and the electrons cannot exist in the air for a long time and can be immediately absorbed by oxygen molecules (O-) in the air₂) Trapping to generate air negative oxygen ions, so-called negative ions. Ionization of H in air by positive ion generating electrode₂O, production of H₊Ions, so-called positive ions. The ion generating electrode 211 in the embodiment of the utility model adopts an electric corrosion resistant tungsten needle, and the tungsten needle is taken as the ion generating electrode 211, so that the capability of releasing ions is almost ensured to be not attenuated. The circuitry and electrical components that provide the positive and negative high voltage voltages for the electrodes are integrated on a circuit board that is secured within the housing 210.

The ionizer 20 of the air conditioning indoor unit 1 according to the present embodiment is electrically connected to the indicating device 30, and the indicating device 30 operates in accordance with the operation of the ionizer 20, so that the indicating device 30 can indicate the installation position and the operation state of the ionizer 20 at the same time. It will be appreciated that the two may be connected in other ways than electrically, for example, via a WIFI module, etc. When the ionizer 20 starts to operate, the control indicating device 30 is turned on, and when the ionizer 20 stops operating or is turned off due to a fault, the indicating device 30 is turned off, so that a user can know whether the ionizer 20 operates normally while knowing the installation position of the ionizer 20. It will be appreciated that the indicator device 30 may also be separately illuminated to indicate the mounting location of the ionizer 20 when desired, which may be useful as a reminder during product sale, maintenance, etc.

The indicating device 30 in the present embodiment is provided on the ionizer 20. Specifically, the indicating device 30 includes a light emitting member 330, a light softening member and a light shielding member 340, the light softening member being connected to the ionizer 20, the light emitting member 330 being disposed at a mounting position formed on the ionizer 20, the mounting position being a mounting recess (not shown) formed on the housing 210 of the ionizer 20, the light emitting member 330 being disposed in the recess. The light-emitting component comprises a lamp bead and a power supply, and the power supply is a battery, such as a button battery. As shown in fig. 2, the light softening member includes a main body portion 310 and a connection portion 320, and the main body portion 310 is connected to the ionizer 20 through the connection portion 320. The main body part 310 is arranged to be a Y-shaped plate-shaped structure, the plate-shaped structure extends outwards from the middle part to form a plurality of cantilevers, the number of the cantilevers in the embodiment is the same as that of the electrodes, the cantilevers are aligned to the tips of the negative ion generating electrodes, through holes 3101 are formed in positions corresponding to the tips, and the through holes 3101 are used for ensuring that generated positive/negative ions smoothly enter air flow. The design mode that cantilever and via hole combine can also avoid causing single, vexed visual impression for the user when realizing the soft light effect.

As shown in fig. 2, the connection portion 320 of the soft light member is a columnar structure, the ion generator 20 is provided with a mounting position 212 at one end where the tungsten needle is arranged, and the connection portion 320 of the columnar structure can be mounted at the mounting position 212, so that the connection of the soft light member and the ion generator 20 is realized.

The light shielding member 340 is a tubular structure sleeved on one end of the light emitting member 330, and light cannot pass through the light shielding member within a shielding range thereof, but the light shielding member further has a light guiding function, and can guide the light emitted by the light emitting member to the main body portion 310, so that the light passes through the main body portion 310 and then passes through. The light shielding member 340 may employ an optical fiber or the like.

The connecting portion 320 may be made of the same material as the main portion 310, such as a light-emitting material, or only the main portion 310 may be made of a light-emitting material. In this embodiment, the main body portion 310 and the connecting portion 320 are integrally formed and made of the same light emitting material.

Alternatively, the main part of sheen component can also set up to umbrella structure, and umbrella structure has the arc surface, compares with platelike structure, and light transmission direction can be widened to umbrella structure, makes light along each direction uniform transmission, and the user can receive the sheen in the position homoenergetic of difference like this, and then receives corresponding instruction information, and convenience of customers uses, promotes user experience.

Alternatively, the main body of the soft light component can be further arranged into a housing-shaped structure, the housing-shaped structure can be wrapped on the periphery of the ion generating electrode, the housing-shaped structure is provided with a hollow structure for positive ions and negative ions to pass through, and the soft light transmission surface can be increased by the arrangement mode, so that the indication effect is enhanced.

Alternatively, when the main body portion is made into an umbrella structure, since the umbrella structure has a shielding capability stronger than that of the plate structure, and can shield most of the connection portion, the connection portion 320 may also be made of a transparent material.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the utility model, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. An indoor unit of an air conditioner is characterized by comprising a functional module, wherein the functional module is provided with an indicating device,

wherein the indicating device comprises:

a light emitting member capable of emitting light outwardly; and

a soft light member, at least a part of which is capable of receiving the light emitted from the light emitting member, so as to:

the soft light transmitted through the soft light member can indicate information related to the functional module;

wherein the light emitting member and the soft light member are separately provided.

2. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting member is provided with a light shielding member so as to:

at least one part of the light emitted outwards by the light emitting component is shielded so as to avoid the part of the light from being emitted to the indoor space.

3. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the light shielding member is provided to the functional module.

4. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the indoor unit of an air conditioner is formed with an installation site, the light shielding member and the indoor unit of an air conditioner are formed with an installation site, or the functional module is formed with an installation site,

the light emitting member is disposed at the mounting position.

5. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the information includes at least an installation location of the functional module in the indoor unit.

6. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the soft light member includes a main body portion provided to the functional module.

7. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the soft light member further includes a connecting portion by which the main body portion is provided to the functional module.

8. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the main body portion is integrally formed with the connecting portion.

9. The indoor unit of claim 6, wherein the indoor unit includes an installation area, the functional module is disposed in the installation area, and the main body is disposed at a position of the indoor unit corresponding to the installation area.

10. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the functional module is an ionizer.

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