CN216953278U

CN216953278U - Indoor unit of air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN216953278U
Application number: CN202220045614.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄彪; 张卫东; 张帆; 白景辉
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: 2022-01-07
Filing date: 2022-01-07
Publication date: 2022-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 2032-01-07

Abstract

The utility model discloses an air-conditioning indoor unit, comprising: the humidifying device comprises a shell, a humidifying module and a lifting water pipe, wherein the shell is hung in an indoor space and is provided with the humidifying module and the lifting water pipe, and the lifting water pipe is arranged in the shell in a retractable manner; a supply tank positionable beneath the housing and selectively communicable with the lift tube extending downwardly out of the housing, the supply tank configured to press pump water to replenish the humidification module with water. Therefore, the water supply tank and the lifting water pipe selectively communicated with the water supply tank are arranged, convenience of water supplement to the humidification module is improved, meanwhile, the water supply tank for supplementing water to the humidification module in a pressing pump water form is arranged, water supplement operation to the humidification module can be achieved without arranging a water pump in the water supply tank, the cost of the water supply tank can be reduced, and the cost of the air conditioner indoor unit is reduced.

Description

Indoor unit of air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioning equipment, in particular to an air conditioner indoor unit.

Background

In the related art, as the living standard is improved, the functions of the air conditioner are more and more abundant, and when the indoor unit of the air conditioner is equipped with a humidifying function, water needs to be supplied to a humidifying module.

In the prior art, a water supply tank independent of an air conditioner is generally adopted, the water supply tank supplies water to a humidification module through a lifting water pipe, the water supply tank is used as a power source, the water in the water supply tank is pumped into the humidification module located above the water supply tank, the cost of the water pump is high, and the cost of the water supply tank and the cost of the air conditioner are high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, an object of the present invention is to propose an air conditioning indoor unit that is less costly.

An air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention includes: the humidifying device comprises a shell, a humidifying module and a lifting water pipe, wherein the shell is hung in an indoor space and is provided with the humidifying module and the lifting water pipe, and the lifting water pipe is arranged in the shell in a retractable manner; a supply tank positionable beneath the housing and selectively communicable with the lift tube extending downwardly out of the housing, the supply tank configured to press pump water to replenish the humidification module with water.

According to the air-conditioning indoor unit provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the supply water tank and the lifting water pipe selectively communicated with the supply water tank are arranged, so that the convenience of water supplement to the humidification module is improved, and meanwhile, the supply water tank for supplementing water to the humidification module in a pressing pump water mode is arranged, the water supplement operation on the humidification module can be realized without arranging a water pump in the supply water tank, the cost of the supply water tank can be reduced, and the cost of the air-conditioning indoor unit can be reduced.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the supply water tank is provided with a flexible inner container, the inner container is suitable for containing water, the upper end of the inner container is provided with a water outlet, and the lifting water pipe is selectively communicated with the water outlet.

In some embodiments, a hard cover plate is arranged on the upper surface of the inner container, and the water outlet is formed in the hard cover plate.

Furthermore, be provided with the quick detach on the delivery port and connect, be provided with on the lift water pipe with quick detach connects complex adapter.

Furthermore, a hand-held part is also arranged on the hard cover plate.

Further, the supply water tank further includes: the inner container is arranged in the shell, and the hard cover plate is arranged in the shell in a sliding mode.

Further, the top end of the housing has an inwardly extending flange portion having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the hard cover plate.

Further, the supply water tank further includes: the elastic piece is arranged in a gap between the inner container and the shell and is suitable for pushing the hard cover plate to reset.

In some embodiments, a hoisting assembly is arranged in the housing, one end of the lifting water pipe is communicated with the humidifying module, the lifting water pipe is wound around the hoisting assembly, and the other end of the lifting water pipe extends out of the housing.

Further, a stabilizing block is arranged at the other end of the lifting water pipe.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of a supply water tank of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a plan view of a supply water tank of an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of line A-A of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of line B-B of fig. 3.

Reference numerals:

a shell 10, a lifting water pipe 11, a joint 12, a stabilizing block 13,

the water supply tank 20, the inner container 21, the hard cover plate 22, the quick-release joint 23, the handle part 24, the shell 25, the flange part 251 and the elastic part 26.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

It should be noted that, in the technical solution in which the air-conditioning indoor unit is equipped with the humidification module, if a water storage tank with a large volume is directly arranged in the casing 10, on one hand, the load on the wall is increased, and there is a potential safety hazard; on the other hand, the difficulty of adding water to the reservoir is high and during the water addition process, some water may drip onto the items or the floor below the housing 10.

Therefore, in the prior art, a smaller reservoir is provided in the housing 10, and water is directly added to the reservoir through the supply tank 20 placed on the lower side (ground) of the housing 10; or, the water in the supply water tank 20 may be replenished into the humidification module each time the humidification module is turned on, and the current humidification operation may be completed.

However, the supply tank 20 and the humidification module; or the height difference between the supply water tank 20 and the water storage tank is large, so that direct water adding is difficult, and the cost increase of the air conditioner indoor unit and the matched supply water tank 20 is increased by arranging the water pump in the supply water tank 20.

Based on this, the present invention provides a supply tank 20, which can reduce the cost of the air conditioner indoor unit and the supply tank 20.

An air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 5.

As shown in fig. 1, an air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention includes: a housing 10 and a supply tank 20.

The indoor humidifier comprises a shell 10, a humidifying module, a lifting water pipe 11 and a water inlet pipe, wherein the shell 10 is hung in an indoor space, the shell 10 is provided with the humidifying module and the lifting water pipe 11, and the lifting water pipe 11 is arranged in the shell 10 in a retractable manner; a supply tank 20 may be disposed under the housing 10 and selectively communicate with the elevation water pipe 11 downwardly protruded out of the housing 10, the supply tank 20 being configured to press the pump water to supplement the humidification module with water.

Specifically, at least one side wall of the indoor space is formed as a mounting surface, the housing 10 is hung on the mounting surface and has a certain height above the ground, a receiving space is provided in the housing 10 or a mounting position is provided in the housing 10, and the humidification module and the lifting water pipe 11 are provided in the receiving space of the housing 10 (the humidification module is configured as an embodiment of a built-in function module) or an integrated housing of the humidification module and the lifting water pipe 11 is provided in the mounting position (the humidification module is configured as an embodiment of an optional module).

Furthermore, the lifting water pipe 11 can be selectively extended out of the shell 10 or retracted into the shell 10, the water supply tank 20 can be selectively placed below the shell 10, and when water needs to be supplemented to the humidifying module, the lifting water pipe 11 can be controlled to extend out of the shell 10 and be communicated with the water supply tank 20, and water in the water supply tank 20 can be supplemented to the humidifying module in a pressing pump water mode, so that water supplementing operation to the humidifying module is realized; after the water is supplemented, the communication between the lifting water pipe 11 and the water supply tank 20 can be released, and the lifting water pipe 11 is reset into the shell 10, so that the lifting water pipe 11 is accommodated, and the appearance of the air-conditioning indoor unit is improved.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of directly supplying water to the humidification module through the water supply tank 20, the lifting water pipe 11 is communicated with the water curtain of the humidification module, and the water supply tank 20 can be correspondingly pressed for a certain number of times to enable the water curtain to be soaked to complete the humidification operation each time the humidification operation is performed; preferably, in the embodiment in which a water reservoir having a small volume is provided in the housing 10, the elevation pipe 11 is communicated with the water reservoir when the water is replenished by the supply tank 20.

According to the air conditioning indoor unit of the embodiment of the utility model, the supply water tank 20 and the lifting water pipe 11 selectively communicated with the supply water tank 20 are arranged, so that the convenience of water supplement to the humidifying module is improved, and meanwhile, the supply water tank 20 for supplementing water to the humidifying module in a pressing pump water mode is arranged, the water supplement operation of the humidifying module can be realized without arranging a water pump in the supply water tank 20, the cost of the supply water tank 20 can be reduced, and the cost of the air conditioning indoor unit can be reduced.

It should be noted that the lifting water pipe 11 of the present invention may be configured as a flexible pipe to be wound and disposed in the housing 10, and in an embodiment where the humidifying module is configured as an optional component, an installation position of the humidifying module may be reserved on the housing 10, a consumer may optionally install the humidifying module according to his/her own needs, the lifting water pipe 11 and the humidifying module may be externally provided with an integrated shell, the integrated shell is optionally assembled on the installation position, and the lifting water pipe 11 extends out of the integrated shell and the housing 10 correspondingly.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the supply tank 20 has a flexible inner container 21, the inner container 21 is adapted to contain water, and an upper end of the inner container 21 is provided with a water outlet, and the lifting water pipe 11 is selectively communicated with the water outlet.

Specifically, the inner container 21 is configured as a cylindrical or rectangular compressible flexible inner container 21, and a flexible material having a certain hydrophobicity such as a rubber material may be used, so that water contained in the inner container 21 may be pumped out by pressing the inner container 21, and the water may flow into the humidification module having a certain height difference from the water supply tank 20 in the lift water pipe 11 against the gravity of the water by the pressing force of the user.

Therefore, by arranging the flexible inner container 21, water in the water supply tank 20 can be pumped into the humidification module under the action of extrusion force of a user, and the water adding convenience is improved, and meanwhile, the water adding operation difficulty is lower.

It can be understood that, for further convenience of customers operation supply water tank 20 realizes supplying water to the humidification module, can set up trampling portion on inner bag 21, the user can extrude inner bag 21 through pedal mode, pedal mode realizes that the operation of pressing is more laborsaving, can further improve the operation convenience, improves and uses experience.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the upper surface of the inner container 21 is provided with a hard cover plate 22, and the water outlet is formed on the hard cover plate 22.

On one hand, based on the arrangement of the hard cover plate 22, in the process of pressing the inner container 21 by a user, the hard cover plate 22 is not deformed, so that the phenomenon of sliding and stagnation is avoided when the user presses, the response speed of pressing the inner container 21 can be improved, and faster water supply is realized; on the other hand, the water outlet is arranged on the hard cover plate 22, the water outlet on the hard cover plate 22 is not easy to deform, the sealing performance of the water supply tank 20 can be improved, and water can be prevented from overflowing from the water outlet in the water adding process; and in the process of connecting the lifting water pipe 11 with the water outlet, the hard cover plate 22 can provide support, so that the connection between the water outlet and the lifting water pipe 11 is simpler and more convenient.

It should be noted that the hard cover plate 22 may be made of hard plastic or metal material, and is fixed to the liner 21, which is made of rubber, by vulcanization, so as to be integrated.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, a quick-release joint 23 is further disposed on the water outlet, and an adapter 12 matched with the quick-release joint 23 is disposed on the lifting water pipe 11.

Specifically, quick detach connects 23 has a plurality of shaft segments in the axial, the diameter of a plurality of shaft segments is different, and the diameter of at least one shaft segment is in the direction of moving towards inner bag 21 or keeping away from inner bag 21 in the direction gradually increasing to inject the part of quick detach connects 23 and adapter 12 joint, and make quick detach connect 23 construct the flexible member, and set up ascending bellying on the stereoplasm apron 22, quick detach connects 23 sets up on the bellying, adapter 12 has the reducing area who corresponds with the joint part, so that the sealing performance when adapter 12 is connected with quick detach connects 23 is better, and the dismantlement convenience is higher.

Of course, the structure of the present invention for connecting the adapter 12 and the quick-release connector 23 is not limited thereto, and the adapter 12 and the quick-release connector 23 can be connected in a form of plugging and screwing, or in a form of plugging and fixing by a clamp, and has high sealing performance, and can be assembled quickly, thereby improving the convenience of use.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the hard cover 22 is further provided with a handle 24. Thus, the carrying and transferring of the supply tank 20 are facilitated by the carrying portion 24.

Wherein, portable portion 24 sets up on the middle zone of stereoplasm apron 22, can avoid supply tank 20 to produce the biasing in the transportation, can improve the travelling comfort of taking, and portable portion 24 can with stereoplasm apron 22 integrated into one piece, also can detachably set up on stereoplasm apron 22, portable portion 24 can be the same or different with stereoplasm apron 22 material, can process out a plurality of continuous concave parts in order to accord with human mechanics design on portable portion 24, the hand texture of laminating more, the experience of taking is improved.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the supply tank 20 further includes: the outer shell 25, the inner container 21 are arranged in the outer shell 25, and the hard cover plate 22 is slidably arranged in the outer shell 25.

Particularly, the shape profile of shell 25 is the same with inner bag 21, and the size of shell 25 is greater than the size of inner bag 21, so that inner bag 21 can set up in shell 25, and stereoplasm apron 22 and shell 25 sliding fit, thereby realize the extrusion to inner bag 21 through pressing stereoplasm apron 22, and in the extrusion process, can carry out spacingly through shell 25 to inner bag 21's deformation in inner bag 21's circumference, make inner bag 21's extrusion deformation more linear, under the prerequisite of improvement pumping effect and water supply speed, shell 25 and stereoplasm apron 22 can realize freely compressing inner bag 21, and inner bag 21 can be at self elasticity restoring force effect or water injection in-process after the compression, reset gradually, can further improve the convenience in use who supplies with water tank 20.

In the particular embodiment shown in fig. 4 and 5, the top end of the housing 25 has an inwardly extending flange portion 251, the flange portion 251 having an inner diameter less than the outer diameter of the hard cover plate 22.

Specifically, the housing 25 includes: bottom plate, curb plate and flange portion 251, the accommodation space of inner bag 21 is injectd with the curb plate to the bottom plate, inner bag 21 sets up in the accommodation space, flange portion 251 sets up with the bottom plate relatively, and then make stereoplasm apron 22's outer warp be greater than the internal diameter of flange portion 251, flange portion 251 can push away to stereoplasm apron 22, it is spacing to carry out to shell 25, can improve the structural stability who supplies with water tank 20, can avoid the water injection in-process, inner bag 21 warp too greatly, lead to stereoplasm apron 22 and shell 25 to break away from the cooperation.

The flange 251 is configured as an annular plate, the outer edge is connected to the side plate, and the inner edge may be provided with a flange extending toward the bottom plate, and the flange pushes against the hard cover plate 22.

As shown in fig. 5, further, the supply water tank 20 further includes: and the elastic piece 26, the elastic piece 26 is arranged in the gap between the inner container 21 and the outer shell 25, and the elastic piece 26 is suitable for pushing the hard cover plate 22 to reset.

Particularly, through setting up elastic component 26, can push away hard apron 22 through elastic component 26 to supplementary inner bag 21 resets, makes the resetting of inner bag 21 quicker, realizes the quick resetting of inner bag 21, can improve the convenience to the water injection of inner bag 21.

In some embodiments, the elastic member 26 may be configured as a single linear spring, which is sleeved on the inner container 21 and pushes against the bottom plate at one end and the hard cover plate 22 at the other end; in other embodiments, the elastic member 26 may be configured as a plurality of linear springs (e.g., 4, 6, 8, etc.), a plurality of positioning pillars extending toward the flange portion 251 are disposed on the bottom plate at equal angular intervals, the positioning pillars extending toward the bottom plate are correspondingly disposed on the flange portion 251, one linear spring is disposed between each set of opposing positioning pillars, and a circumferential edge of the hard cover plate 22 extends into a spiral gap of the linear spring to assist the liner 21 to rapidly return by an elastic return force of the plurality of linear springs, and based on the positioning pillars and the linear spring, the pressing deformation of the liner 21 may be further limited.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, a winding assembly is disposed in the housing 10, one end of the lifting water pipe 11 is communicated with the humidifying module, and the lifting water pipe 11 is wound around the winding assembly, and the other end of the lifting water pipe 11 extends out of the housing 10.

Specifically, the winding assembly at least comprises a coil spring, the coil spring can wind the lifting water pipe 11, and two ends of the lifting water pipe 11 are respectively connected with the humidifying module and the inner container 21 of the water supply tank 20.

It should be noted that, in the prior art, a belt wheel and belt structure is adopted, a motor drives a belt to slide, the belt drives the lifting water pipe 11 to move, although the sliding control of the lifting water pipe 11 can also be realized, the cost is higher, the lifting water pipe 11 is easy to slide under the driving of the self gravity, and the stability is poorer, but the lifting water pipe is wound by a coil spring to realize storage and extension by pulling, so that the lifting water pipe has higher lifting reliability, smaller resistance and smaller space occupation.

As shown in fig. 1, a stabilizing block 13 is further provided on the other end of the elevation water pipe 11. Therefore, through the arrangement of the stabilizing block 13, the free end (namely, the end extending out of the shell 10) of the lifting water pipe 11 can be prevented from swinging along the vertical direction, the lifting water pipe 11 is convenient to align with the water supply tank 20, the winding phenomenon of the part of the lifting water pipe 11 extending out of the shell 10 can be avoided, and the working stability is improved.

In addition, the geometric dimension of the stabilizing block 13 may be larger than the diameter of an avoiding hole on the housing 10 for avoiding the lifting water pipe 11, so as to ensure that the free end of the lifting water pipe 11 can be always positioned outside the housing 10, thereby improving the convenience of use.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "transverse," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the utility model and to simplify the description, but are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

In the description of the present invention, "the first feature" and "the second feature" may include one or more of the features.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more.

In the description of the present invention, the first feature being "on" or "under" the second feature may include the first and second features being in direct contact, and may also include the first and second features being in contact with each other not directly but through another feature therebetween.

In the description of the utility model, "over," "above," and "on" a second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

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

the humidifying device comprises a shell, a humidifying module and a lifting water pipe, wherein the shell is hung in an indoor space and is provided with the humidifying module and the lifting water pipe, and the lifting water pipe is arranged in the shell in a retractable manner;

a supply tank positionable beneath the housing and selectively communicable with the lift tube extending downwardly out of the housing, the supply tank configured to press pump water to replenish the humidification module with water.

2. An indoor unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supply tank has a flexible inner container adapted to contain water, and a water outlet is provided at an upper end of the inner container, and the lifting water pipe is selectively communicated with the water outlet.

3. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein a hard cover plate is provided on an upper surface of the inner container, and the water outlet is formed in the hard cover plate.

4. An indoor unit of an air conditioner as claimed in claim 3, wherein the water outlet is provided with a quick-release joint, and the lifting water pipe is provided with an adapter fitting with the quick-release joint.

5. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein a hand-held portion is further provided on the hard cover plate.

6. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the supply water tank further comprises: the inner container is arranged in the shell, and the hard cover plate is arranged in the shell in a sliding mode.

7. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the top end of the casing has an inwardly extending flange portion having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the hard cover.

8. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the supply water tank further includes: the elastic piece is arranged in a gap between the inner container and the shell and is suitable for pushing the hard cover plate to reset.

9. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein a winding assembly is disposed in the casing, one end of the lifting water pipe is communicated with the humidifying module, the lifting water pipe is wound around the winding assembly, and the other end of the lifting water pipe extends out of the casing.

10. An indoor unit of an air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein a stabilizer block is provided at the other end of the elevation water pipe.