CN217109979U

CN217109979U - Dehumidifier

Info

Publication number: CN217109979U
Application number: CN202220206500.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张志明; 李伟明; 朱天宏; 刘发申; 陈寿宜
Original assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-25
Filing date: 2022-01-25
Publication date: 2022-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2032-01-25

Abstract

The utility model discloses a dehumidifier, this dehumidifier includes: the water receiving device comprises a shell, a water receiving disc, a water tank and a sealing structure, wherein the shell is provided with an installation cavity, and an installation opening communicated with the installation cavity is formed in the side of the shell; the water receiving tray is provided with a water outlet communicated with the installation cavity; the water tank is provided with a water receiving port corresponding to the water outlet, and the self-mounting port of the water tank is mounted in the mounting cavity; the sealing structure comprises a support and a sealing element arranged on the support, wherein the support is rotatably connected to the shell, and the sealing element is provided with a sealing position for sealing the water outlet and an opening position for opening the water outlet. The technical scheme of the utility model aim at taking out from the installation cavity after at the water tank, avoid the water on the water collector to flow in the installation cavity of installation water tank to improve user satisfaction.

Description

Dehumidifier

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an air treatment equipment technical field, in particular to dehumidifier.

Background

With the continuous improvement of living standard, people have higher and higher requirements on life quality and certain requirements on air humidity, and a dehumidifier is generally used for reducing the air humidity. At present, water generated by a dehumidifier flows into a water receiving tray and then flows into a water tank, when the water in the water tank reaches a certain amount, the water tank needs to be drawn out from an installation cavity for installing the water tank, then the water in the water tank is poured, however, after the water tank is drawn out, the water tank is not arranged below a water outlet of the water receiving tray to continuously receive the water from the water receiving tray, and the water flowing out of the water outlet of the water receiving tray after the water tank is drawn out can drip onto the wall of the installation cavity, even flows out to the ground from an installation opening of the installation cavity, so that the satisfaction degree of a user is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a dehumidifier, aim at taking out from the installation cavity back at the water tank, avoid the water on the water collector to flow in the installation cavity of installation water tank to improve user satisfaction.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a dehumidifier includes:

the side of the shell is provided with an installation opening communicated with the installation cavity;

the water receiving tray is provided with a water outlet communicated with the installation cavity;

the water tank is provided with a water receiving opening corresponding to the water outlet, and the water tank is arranged in the mounting cavity from the mounting opening; and

the sealing structure comprises a support and a sealing element arranged on the support, wherein the support is rotatably connected to the shell, so that the sealing element has a sealing position for sealing the water outlet and an opening position for opening the water outlet.

Optionally, during the process of installing the water tank into the installation cavity, the water tank pushes the bracket until the sealing member is in the open position; during the process that the water tank is drawn out of the mounting cavity, the water tank is separated from the support until the sealing member is in the sealing position.

Optionally, the support includes a support plate located below the water outlet and a pushing plate connected to the lower side of the support plate, one end of the support plate is rotatably connected to the casing, and the other end of the support plate is provided with the sealing element.

Optionally, the mounting cavity has with the first chamber wall that the installing port is relative, it certainly to support the push pedal the backup pad extends downwards, seal structure still including locating first chamber wall with support the elasticity between the push pedal and reset the piece, the both ends that elasticity resets respectively the butt first chamber wall with support the push pedal.

Optionally, the resilient return member is configured as a spring.

Optionally, a first via hole is formed in the first cavity wall, a guide post penetrating through the first via hole is convexly arranged on the pushing plate, and the guide post is sleeved with the spring.

Optionally, the first cavity wall is further provided with a second through hole, the pushing plate is convexly provided with a buckling structure penetrating through the second through hole, and a buckling portion used for buckling the side, deviating from the installation cavity, of the first cavity wall is arranged on a portion, penetrating through the second through hole, of the buckling structure.

Optionally, the buckle structure is arranged at the lower end of the pushing plate, and the pushing plate and the lower surface of the buckle structure are arranged in a convex arc surface.

Optionally, the upper side of the supporting plate is provided with a mounting groove, and the sealing member is arranged in the mounting groove.

Optionally, the seal is configured as a gasket.

Optionally, a pushing convex part for pushing the pushing plate is arranged on one side of the water tank close to the pushing plate.

In the technical scheme of the utility model, the water outlet of the water receiving tray is communicated with the mounting cavity, the sealing structure is used for controlling the opening and closing of the water outlet, the sealing structure comprises a bracket which is rotatably connected with the casing and a sealing element which is arranged on the bracket, in the process that the water tank is arranged in the mounting cavity, the bracket rotates to drive the sealing element to move to an opening position, when the sealing element is positioned at the opening position, the water outlet is communicated with the mounting cavity, and water passing through the water outlet can flow into the water tank from the water receiving port of the water tank; in-process from the installation cavity is taken out at the water tank, the support rotates and removes to sealed position in order to drive the sealing member, and when the sealing member was located sealed position, outlet and installation cavity were separated to the sealing member, and the water of outlet can not flow into to the installation cavity in, so, avoid taking out the wall of the water droplet from the outlet after the installation cavity at the water tank and dropping on the installation cavity, avoid water to flow to ground from the installing port of installation cavity even, improved user's satisfaction.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be 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 schematic structural view of an embodiment of a dehumidifier with a water tank removed from an installation cavity;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the dehumidifier with the water tank of FIG. 1 installed in the installation cavity;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 3 at B.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				100	Machine shell	500	Sealing structure
110	Mounting cavity	510	Support frame
				130	Mounting port	511	Supporting plate
140	First chamber wall	513	Push plate
				141	A first via hole	514	Mounting groove
143	Second via hole	530	Sealing element
				300	Water pan	550	Elastic reset piece
310	Water outlet	560	Guide post
				400	Water tank	570	Buckle structure
410	Push convex part	571	Fastening part

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture, if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., "fixed" may be fixedly connected or detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments 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, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout includes three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B" including either A or B or both A and B. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

With the continuous improvement of living standard, people have higher and higher requirements on life quality and certain requirements on air humidity, and a dehumidifier is generally used for reducing the air humidity. At present, water generated by a dehumidifier flows into a water receiving tray and then flows into a water tank, when the water in the water tank reaches a certain amount, the water tank needs to be drawn out from an installation cavity for installing the water tank, then the water in the water tank is poured, however, after the water tank is drawn out, the water tank is not arranged below a water outlet of the water receiving tray to continuously receive the water from the water receiving tray, and the water flowing out of the water outlet of the water receiving tray after the water tank is drawn out can drip onto the wall of the installation cavity, even flows out to the ground from an installation opening of the installation cavity, so that the satisfaction degree of a user is reduced. In view of this, the utility model provides a dehumidifier.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, the dehumidifier includes:

the casing 100 is provided with an installation cavity 110, and an installation opening 130 communicated with the installation cavity 110 is formed in the side of the casing 100;

the water pan 300 is provided with a water outlet 310 communicated with the installation cavity 110;

a water tank 400 provided with a water receiving opening corresponding to the water discharge opening 310, wherein the water tank 400 is mounted in the mounting cavity 110 through the mounting opening 130; and

a sealing structure 500 including a bracket 510 and a sealing member 530 disposed on the bracket 510, wherein the bracket 510 is rotatably connected to the housing 100, and the sealing member 530 has a sealing position for closing the water outlet 310 and an opening position for opening the water outlet 310;

in the technical solution of the present invention, the water outlet 310 of the water receiving tray 300 is communicated with the installation cavity 110, the sealing structure 500 is used to control the opening and closing of the water outlet 310, wherein the sealing structure 500 comprises a bracket 510 rotatably connected to the housing 100 and a sealing member 530 disposed on the bracket 510, when the water tank 400 is installed in the installation cavity 110, the bracket 510 rotates to drive the sealing member 530 to move to an open position, when the sealing member 530 is located at the open position, the water outlet 310 is communicated with the installation cavity 110, and water passing through the water outlet 310 can flow into the water tank 400 from the water receiving port of the water tank 400; in the process that the water tank 400 is drawn out of the installation cavity 110, the support 510 rotates to drive the sealing member 530 to move to the sealing position, when the sealing member 530 is located at the sealing position, the sealing member 530 separates the water outlet 310 from the installation cavity 110, and water in the water outlet 310 cannot flow into the installation cavity 110, so that water dripping from the water outlet 310 after the water tank 400 is drawn out of the installation cavity 110 onto the wall of the installation cavity 110 is avoided, even water flowing out of the installation opening 130 of the installation cavity 110 to the ground is avoided, and the satisfaction degree of users is improved.

To couple the sealing structure 500 with the water tank 400, in one embodiment, the water tank 400 pushes against the bracket 510 to the open position of the sealing member 530 during the process of loading the water tank 400 into the mounting chamber 110; in the process that the water tank 400 is drawn out of the installation cavity 110, the water tank 400 is separated from the bracket 510 until the sealing member 530 is in the sealing position, and it can be seen that the movement state of the sealing structure 500 changes along with the change of the movement state of the water tank 400, and a user does not need to additionally operate the sealing structure 500, and can switch the sealing member 530 between the opening position and the sealing position by only pushing and pulling the water tank 400, which is very convenient. Of course, in other embodiments, the sealing structure may be manipulated by a user, for example, the sealing structure may be electrically connected to an electronic control box of the dehumidifier, and the user may input a corresponding command to the electronic control box to switch the sealing member of the sealing structure between the open position and the sealing position.

It should be noted that the dehumidifier at least comprises a fan assembly, a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator. The working principle of the dehumidifier is as follows: the refrigerant forms the high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant flow direction condenser after the compressor compression, the high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant cools down on the condenser and becomes low-temperature high-pressure liquid, then the refrigerant becomes low-temperature low-pressure liquid through throttling arrangement, the refrigerant flows to the evaporimeter again afterwards, low-temperature low-pressure liquid refrigerant carries out heat transfer with the air on the evaporimeter, the refrigerant heat absorption makes the air condensation, the refrigerant is converted into low pressure gas by liquid, flow to the compressor once more. Wherein the condensation is collected into condensed water which flows into the water receiving tray 300.

Without loss of generality, the casing 100 of the dehumidifier includes a front panel, a side panel and a back panel, the front panel is usually provided with a control mechanism for controlling the dehumidifier, the control mechanism usually includes a key or a touch screen, in an embodiment, the mounting port 130 is provided on the side panel, so that a frame line of the mounting port 130 is located on a side to avoid a visual field of a user, and the user's appearance of the dehumidifier is improved.

It should be noted that in an embodiment, the sealing structure 500 is located in the installation cavity 110, so that the sealing member 530 is prevented from being soaked in the water of the water receiving tray 300 for a long time when in the sealing position, and the service life of the sealing member 530 is prolonged. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, if the sealing member has a higher anti-corrosion performance, the sealing structure may be located on the water-receiving tray.

With respect to the specific structure of the sealing structure 500, in an embodiment, the bracket 510 includes a supporting plate 511 located below the water outlet 310, and a pushing plate 513 connected to the lower side of the supporting plate 511, one end of the supporting plate 511 is rotatably connected to the casing 100, the other end of the supporting plate 511 is provided with the sealing member 530, during the process of installing the water tank 400 into the installation cavity 110, the water tank 400 pushes the pushing plate 513 to drive the supporting plate 511 to rotate so as to make the sealing member 530 be in the open position, during the process of withdrawing the water tank 400 from the installation cavity 110, the water tank 400 is separated from the pushing plate 513, and the pushing plate 513 drives the supporting plate 511 to rotate so as to make the sealing member 530 be in the sealing position. Specifically, in one embodiment, the rotation axis of the support plate 511 extends in the front-rear direction of the cabinet 100, and the rotation axis of the support plate 511 is spaced farther from the mounting opening 130 than the sealing member 530 is spaced from the mounting opening 130 in the direction in which the water tank 400 enters and exits the mounting opening 130. Of course, in other embodiments, the arrangement of the rotation axis of the support plate and the sealing element can be in other forms as long as the water tank pushes the support to the open position of the sealing element in the process of installing the water tank into the installation cavity; and in the process of drawing the water tank out of the mounting cavity, the water tank is separated from the support until the sealing piece is in a sealing position.

However, the design is not limited to this, in other embodiments, the opening direction of the water outlet is the direction of the water tank entering and exiting the mounting opening, the bracket is rod-shaped, the bracket divides the blocking section opposite to the water outlet and the pushing section above the blocking section by the rotation point, the sealing member is arranged on one side of the blocking section close to the water outlet, in the process of the water tank being mounted in the mounting cavity, the water tank pushing section drives the blocking section to rotate so as to make the sealing member be in the open position, in the process of the water tank being drawn out of the mounting cavity, the water tank is separated from the pushing section, the blocking section rotates so as to make the sealing member be in the sealing position, the weight of the blocking section plus the sealing member is greater than that of the pushing section, and the blocking section can rotate by the self weight under the effect of no water tank so as to make the sealing member seal the water outlet.

In order to make the sealing structure 500 more automatic, in an embodiment, the mounting cavity 110 has a first cavity wall 140 opposite to the mounting opening 130, the abutting plate 513 extends downward from the supporting plate 511, the sealing structure 500 further includes an elastic resetting member 550 disposed between the first cavity wall 140 and the abutting plate 513, two ends of the elastic resetting member 550 abut against the first cavity wall 140 and the abutting plate 513, respectively, when the sealing member 530 is in the open position, the elastic resetting member 550 has a tendency to move the sealing member 530 toward the sealing position, the process of withdrawing the water tank 400 from the mounting cavity 110 gradually reduces the force applied to the abutting plate 513, and the abutting plate 513 drives the supporting plate 511 to rotate under the action of the elastic resetting member 550, so that the sealing member 530 is reset to the sealing position.

Alternatively, in an embodiment, the elastic restoring member 550 is configured as a spring, which is easily obtained and facilitates mass production of the sealing structure 500, but the design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the elastic restoring member may be configured as a rubber body.

In order to make the resetting process of the sealing structure 500 more stable, the first cavity wall 140 is provided with the first through hole 141, the pushing plate 513 is convexly provided with the guide post 560 penetrating through the first through hole 141, and the spring is sleeved on the guide post 560, so that the extension of the spring is restricted by the guide post 560, the shaking degree of the spring is lower, and the sealing structure 500 can be reset more stably.

Considering that the sealing structure 500 may be shaken during rotation even though the support plate 511 has a rotation axis, resulting in that the sealing member 530 does not seal the drain opening 310 well, in view of this, in an embodiment, the first cavity wall 140 is further provided with a second through hole 143, the pushing plate 513 is convexly provided with a snap structure 570 passing through the second through hole 143, the part of the fastening structure 570 passing through the second through hole 143 is provided with a fastening part 571 for fastening the side of the first cavity wall 140 away from the installation cavity 110, the second through hole 143 limits the motion track of the fastening structure 570, therefore, the movement track of the sealing structure 500 is limited, so that the sealing member 530 can better seal the water outlet 310 under a predetermined movement track, the fastening part 571 of the fastening structure 570 limits the fastening structure 570 from separating from the second through hole 143, and the sealing structure 500 can move according to the predetermined movement track every time.

In order to ensure that the water in the water outlet 310 can smoothly flow into the water tank 400 in the open position, in an embodiment, the fastening structure 570 is disposed at the lower end of the pushing plate 513, and the pushing plate 513 and the fastening structure 570 are disposed in a convex arc surface, so that the length of the fastening structure 570 entering and exiting the second through hole 143 is increased, that is, the rotation angle of the supporting plate 511 is increased, thereby increasing the distance between the open position and the water outlet 310, and the water in the water outlet 310 can more smoothly flow into the water tank 400 in the open position. It should be noted that, in an embodiment, the farthest distance from the first axis in the second via hole 143 is greater than or equal to the distance from the arc surface to the first axis.

Optionally, in an embodiment, a mounting groove 514 is formed on an upper side of the supporting plate 511, the sealing member 530 is disposed in the mounting groove 514, and the mounting groove 514 provides a location for the sealing member 530.

Alternatively, in one embodiment, the sealing member 530 is configured as a sealing ring, and it should be noted that the sealing ring herein may refer to a sealing ring without a hole in the middle, and may also refer to a sealing ring with a hole in the middle, but the design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the sealing member may also be in other shapes as long as the sealing member can seal the drainage opening. It should be noted that in one embodiment, the sealing member 530 has elasticity, and the sealing member 530 can abut against the periphery of the drain opening 310, but in other embodiments, the sealing member can extend into the drain opening to overlap the inner peripheral wall of the drain opening, so as to achieve the effect of sealing the drain opening.

Optionally, in an embodiment, a pushing convex portion 410 for pushing against the pushing plate 513 is disposed on a side of the water tank 400 close to the pushing plate 513, and without loss of generality, the middle partition plate serves as the first chamber wall 140, and generally, in order to fully utilize the space of the installation chamber 110, after the water tank 400 is installed in the installation chamber 110, the side of the water tank 400 close to the middle partition plate should be as close to the middle partition plate as possible, it will be appreciated that the sealing structure 500 is located between the middle partition and the water tank 400 so that the water tank 400 has a large gap with the middle partition, and, for this reason, in one embodiment, a portion of the midplate is recessed away from the mounting opening 130 to accommodate placement of the seal structure 500, it can be understood that, at this time, one side of the water tank 400 close to the middle partition plate is hard to push against the pushing plate 513, in view of this, one side of the water tank 400 close to the pushing plate 513 is provided with a pushing convex portion 410 to push against the pushing plate 513, and the pushing convex portion 410 can extend into the groove to better push against the pushing plate 513.

The above is only the optional embodiment of the present invention, and not the scope of the present invention is limited thereby, all the equivalent structure changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings are utilized under the inventive concept of the present invention, or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields is included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A dehumidifier, comprising:

2. The dehumidifier of claim 1 wherein said tank pushes said bracket against said seal in said open position during installation of said tank into said mounting chamber; during the process that the water tank is drawn out of the mounting cavity, the water tank is separated from the support until the sealing member is in the sealing position.

3. The dehumidifier of claim 2, wherein the bracket includes a support plate disposed below the drain port, and a push plate connected to a lower side of the support plate, one end of the support plate is rotatably connected to the case, and the other end of the support plate is provided with the sealing member.

4. The dehumidifier of claim 3, wherein the mounting cavity has a first cavity wall opposite to the mounting opening, the abutting plate extends downward from the supporting plate, the sealing structure further comprises an elastic reset member disposed between the first cavity wall and the abutting plate, and two ends of the elastic reset member abut against the first cavity wall and the abutting plate respectively.

5. The dehumidifier of claim 4 wherein the resilient return member is configured as a spring.

6. The dehumidifier of claim 5, wherein the first chamber wall is provided with a first through hole, the push plate is convexly provided with a guide post penetrating through the first through hole, and the spring is sleeved on the guide post.

7. The dehumidifier of claim 4, wherein the first chamber wall further has a second through hole, the push plate is provided with a protruding buckle structure passing through the second through hole, and a portion of the buckle structure passing through the second through hole is provided with a buckle portion for buckling a side of the first chamber wall facing away from the mounting chamber.

8. The dehumidifier of claim 7, wherein the locking structure is disposed at a lower end of the pushing plate, and lower surfaces of the pushing plate and the locking structure are disposed in a convex arc surface.

9. The dehumidifier of claim 3, wherein the support plate is provided at an upper side thereof with a mounting groove, and the sealing member is provided at the mounting groove.

10. The dehumidifier of claim 9 wherein the seal is configured as a gasket.

11. The dehumidifier of any one of claims 3 to 10, wherein a pushing protrusion for pushing the pushing plate is disposed on a side of the water tank close to the pushing plate.