CN217274798U - Outdoor unit of air conditioner and air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an off-premises station and air conditioner of air conditioner, the off-premises station of air conditioner includes: a housing; the compressor is communicated with the condenser, the compressor is provided with a refrigerant inlet, the condenser is provided with a refrigerant outlet, and the compressor and the condenser are both arranged in the shell; the first through pipe is communicated with the refrigerant outlet and extends out of the shell from the upper end of the shell; and the second through pipe is communicated with the refrigerant inlet and extends out of the machine shell from the upper end of the machine shell. Therefore, the first through pipe and the second through pipe extend out of the casing and are located at the upper end of the casing, compared with the prior art, installation of the first through pipe and the second through pipe can be facilitated for installation personnel, the length space occupied by the first through pipe and the second through pipe can be reduced, the length size of the outdoor unit can be reduced, and the outdoor unit can be installed in a narrow space.

Description

Outdoor unit of air conditioner and air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to an outdoor unit of an air conditioner and the air conditioner with the outdoor unit of the air conditioner.

Background

Among the correlation technique, through first runner pipe, the exchange of refrigerant is realized to the second runner pipe between off-premises station and the indoor set, first runner pipe, the second runner pipe all is close to the lower extreme setting of casing, when the off-premises station is installed to outdoor, installer is not convenient for install first runner pipe and second runner pipe, and, current first runner pipe, the second runner pipe all connects in the outside of casing, first runner pipe, the second runner pipe can occupy the length space of off-premises station, thereby lead to the length dimension overlength of off-premises station, and then cause the off-premises station to be difficult to install in narrow space.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, which can facilitate an installer to install a first flow pipe and a second flow pipe, and which can reduce the length space of the outdoor unit occupied by the first flow pipe and the second flow pipe, thereby reducing the length size of the outdoor unit, and further allowing the outdoor unit to be installed in a narrow space.

The utility model discloses an air conditioner is further proposed.

According to the utility model discloses an off-premises station of air conditioner includes: a housing; the compressor is communicated with the condenser, the compressor is provided with a refrigerant inlet, the condenser is provided with a refrigerant outlet, and the compressor and the condenser are both arranged in the shell; the first flow pipe is communicated with the refrigerant outlet and extends out of the shell from the upper end of the shell; and the second through pipe is communicated with the refrigerant inlet and extends out of the machine shell from the upper end of the machine shell.

According to the utility model discloses an outdoor unit of air conditioner is through making first flow through pipe and second flow through pipe all stretch out from the casing to make first flow through pipe and second flow through pipe all be located the upper end of casing, compare with prior art, can be convenient for installer installation first flow through pipe and second flow through pipe, and, can reduce the length space that first flow through pipe and second flow through pipe occupy the outdoor unit, thereby can reduce the length dimension of off-premises station, and then can make the off-premises station install in narrow space.

In some examples of the present invention, the outdoor unit of the air conditioner further comprises: high-pressure valve and low-pressure valve, be equipped with the valve body mounting panel in the casing, the casing is including the installation lateral wall, the valve body mounting panel with the installation lateral wall is injectd the assembly space, the high-pressure valve with the low-pressure valve is all located the valve body mounting panel just is located in the assembly space, the high-pressure valve is connected the refrigerant export with between the first circulation pipe, the low-pressure valve is connected the refrigerant import with between the second circulation pipe.

In some examples of the invention, the low pressure valve is provided with a vent adapted to communicate with a vacuum tube.

In some examples of the invention, the high pressure valve and the low pressure valve are all detachably mounted to the valve body mounting plate.

In some examples of the invention, the valve body mounting plate comprises: the installation side plate is connected with the installation bottom plate, the high-pressure valve and the low-pressure valve are arranged on the installation side plate, the installation bottom plate is connected with the installation side wall, and the installation side plate is spaced from the installation side wall.

In some examples of the present invention, the casing top wall of the casing is formed with a pipe clearance, the pipe clearance communicates with the assembly space, and the first flow pipe passes through the second flow pipe to pass through the pipe clearance.

In some examples of the invention, the mounting sidewall comprises: the mounting bottom plate is mounted at the upper end of the lower side wall, and the upper side wall is close to the upper end of the lower side wall and is spaced from the mounting side plate.

In some examples of the invention, the housing comprises: the casing chassis, the casing chassis is formed with the catch basin.

In some examples of the invention, the casing base is provided with a pipe joint adapted to communicate with a drain pipe of an indoor unit of the air conditioner, the pipe joint communicating with the reservoir.

In some examples of the invention, the chassis of the housing is provided with an assembly hole, and the pipe joint is mounted in the assembly hole.

In some examples of the present invention, the drain pipe, the first circulation pipe, and the second circulation pipe are disposed near the same side of the outdoor unit.

According to the utility model discloses an air conditioner, including foretell air conditioner's off-premises station.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention 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 invention.

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 outdoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view illustrating a partial structure of an outdoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the outdoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention communicating with the vacuum pipe through the exhaust port of the low pressure valve;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the chassis and the drain pipe according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a chassis of a housing according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is an enlarged schematic view at B in fig. 6.

Reference numerals are as follows:

an outdoor unit 100;

a housing 10; mounting the side wall 101; an assembly space 102; a routing gap 103; an upper sidewall 104; a lower sidewall 105; a chassis 106; a water storage tank 107; a pipe joint 108; a fitting hole 109; a flange 110; a cabinet top wall 111; a cabinet front wall 112;

a compressor 20;

a first flow pipe 301; a second flow tube 302;

a high pressure valve 401; a low pressure valve 402; an exhaust port 403; a vacuum tube 404; a first mounting portion 405; a third mounting portion 406; a first communication port 407; a third communication port 408;

a valve body mounting plate 50; mounting a side plate 501; a mounting base 502; a drain pipe 60.

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.

An outdoor unit 100 of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, which includes an indoor unit installed indoors and the outdoor unit 100 installed outdoors, is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7, and the indoor unit can improve the temperature of the indoor environment by exchanging heat between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit 100 using a refrigerant.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an outdoor unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the compressor comprises a shell 10, a compressor 20, a condenser, a first flow pipe 301 and a second flow pipe 302. The casing 10 may serve as a frame for supporting the compressor 20, the condenser, and other components. The compressor 20 is communicated with a condenser, the compressor 20 has a refrigerant inlet, the condenser has a refrigerant outlet, the compressor 20 and the condenser are both arranged in the casing 10, the indoor unit may have an evaporator, the evaporator may be respectively communicated with the compressor 20 and the condenser, the evaporator, the compressor 20 and the condenser may form a refrigeration system of the air conditioner after being communicated, and the refrigerant may circularly flow among the evaporator, the compressor 20 and the condenser.

In some embodiments, the air conditioner may have a cooling mode and a heating mode, in the cooling mode of the air conditioner, the refrigerant may be compressed into a high-temperature and high-pressure gaseous refrigerant in the compressor 20, and the refrigerant may flow toward the condenser, the refrigerant may exchange heat with the condenser, the temperature of the refrigerant is higher than that of the condenser, heat of the refrigerant may be transferred to the condenser, the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant is cooled to a low-temperature and high-pressure liquid refrigerant after being dissipated by the condenser, and the condenser may discharge the heat to an outdoor environment. The refrigerant can further flow towards the evaporimeter, the refrigerant can with the evaporimeter heat transfer, the refrigerant can absorb heat gasification in the evaporimeter, the refrigerant can change into low temperature low pressure gaseous refrigerant, the evaporimeter can with the indoor air heat transfer, the heat of indoor air can shift to the evaporimeter to can make the indoor set blow off cold wind, and then can control the reduction of indoor environment temperature. The low-temperature and low-pressure gaseous refrigerant may flow back to the compressor 20, so that the circulation flow of the compressor 20 may be realized.

Correspondingly, in the heating mode of the air conditioner, the refrigerant reversely flows, and the refrigerant exchanges heat with the indoor environment and the outdoor environment through the evaporator and the condenser respectively, so that the outdoor heat can be transferred to the indoor environment, and the temperature of the indoor environment can be increased by the air conditioner.

Also, the first flow pipe 301 is communicated with a refrigerant outlet, the second flow pipe 302 is communicated with a refrigerant inlet, and a refrigerant can be exchanged between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit 100 through the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302, preferably, the first flow pipe 301 may be configured as a high pressure pipe, a low-temperature high-pressure refrigerant in the condenser may flow to the evaporator through the first flow pipe 301, the second flow pipe 302 may be configured as a low pressure pipe, a low-temperature low-pressure refrigerant in the evaporator may flow to the compressor 20 through the second flow pipe 302, and the refrigerant may circulate between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit 100 through the cooperation of the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302.

Meanwhile, the first flow pipe 301 extends out of the cabinet 10 from the upper end of the cabinet 10, and the second flow pipe 302 extends out of the cabinet 10 from the upper end of the cabinet 10. At user's home, the outdoor installation position of air conditioner is usually lower than the windowsill height, and when installer installed outdoor unit 100 to outdoor, through making first circulation pipe 301, second circulation pipe 302 all be located the upper end of casing 10, can make the height of first circulation pipe 301 and second circulation pipe 302 more closely with the height of windowsill to can be convenient for installer installation first circulation pipe 301 and second circulation pipe 302, and then can reduce the assembly degree of difficulty of air conditioner, improved the assembly efficiency of air conditioner. Further, when the length of the casing 10 is the same, the first and second flow pipes 301 and 302 are extended from the inside of the casing 10, so that the first and second flow pipes 301 and 302 do not occupy an excessive length space of the outdoor unit 100 as compared with the case where the first and second flow pipes 301 and 302 are connected to the outside of the casing 10, thereby reducing the length of the outdoor unit 100 and allowing the outdoor unit 100 to be installed in a narrow space.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the outdoor unit 100 may further include: a high pressure valve 401 and a low pressure valve 402, a valve body mounting plate 50 may be disposed in the cabinet 10, the cabinet 10 may include a mounting sidewall 101, the mounting sidewall 101 may be located between the cabinet front wall 112 and the cabinet 10 rear wall, the valve body mounting plate 50 and the mounting sidewall 101 define a mounting space 102, and the mounting space 102 may be disposed in the cabinet 10.

Both the high pressure valve 401 and the low pressure valve 402 may be disposed in the valve body mounting plate 50 and located in the assembly space 102, the high pressure valve 401 is connected between the refrigerant outlet and the first flow pipe 301, and the low pressure valve 402 is connected between the refrigerant inlet and the second flow pipe 302. Wherein, one end of the fitting space 102 is open, the open end of the fitting space 102 may be an upper end of the fitting space 102, an end of the first flow pipe 301 may extend into the fitting space 102 from the open end of the fitting space 102 to be connected with the high pressure valve 401, and an end of the second flow pipe 302 may extend into the fitting space 102 from the open end of the fitting space 102 to be connected with the low pressure valve 402. By providing the high pressure valve 401 between the refrigerant outlet and the first flow pipe 301, the high pressure valve 401 can communicate the first flow pipe 301 with the condenser without disassembling the cabinet 10. Further, by providing the low pressure valve 402 between the refrigerant inlet and the second flow pipe 302, the low pressure valve 402 can communicate the second flow pipe 302 with the compressor 20 without disassembling the casing 10.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the high-pressure valve 401 may have a first communication port 407 and a second communication port, the first communication port 407 may be communicated with the first flow pipe 301, and the second communication port may be communicated with the condenser, and the high-pressure valve 401 may control a refrigerant flow rate between the condenser and the evaporator by adjusting an opening/closing degree of a refrigerant flow passage between the first communication port 407 and the second communication port, so that a temperature adjustment efficiency of the air conditioner may be changed. The low pressure valve 402 may have a third communication port 408 and a fourth communication port, the third communication port 408 may be communicated with the second flow pipe 302, and the fourth communication port may be communicated with the compressor 20, and the low pressure valve 402 may control a flow rate of the refrigerant between the evaporator and the compressor 20 by adjusting an opening and closing degree of a refrigerant flow passage between the third communication port 408 and the fourth communication port, so that a temperature adjustment efficiency of the air conditioner may be changed.

Further, in the width direction of the outdoor unit 100, the width direction of the outdoor unit 100 may refer to the front-rear direction in fig. 1, the high pressure valve 401 and the low pressure valve 402 may be spaced apart from each other, the central axis of the first communication port 407 and the central axis of the third communication port 408 may be disposed in parallel, and after the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 are respectively communicated with the first communication port 407 and the third communication port 408, the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 may be disposed in parallel, and the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 may extend in the same direction, so that it may be convenient for an installer to arrange pipes.

According to the utility model discloses an in some concrete embodiments, between high-pressure valve 401 and the refrigerant export, can also be provided with the third through-flow pipe between low-pressure valve 402 and the refrigerant import, set up the third through-flow pipe between high-pressure valve 401 and the refrigerant export, set up the third through-flow pipe between low-pressure valve 402 and the refrigerant import and all can pass valve body mounting panel 50, the third through-flow pipe can make the refrigerant between high-pressure valve 401 and refrigerant export, flow between low-pressure valve 402 and the refrigerant import.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the low pressure valve 402 may be provided with an exhaust port 403, the exhaust port 403 being adapted to communicate with a vacuum tube 404. The exhaust port 403 is suitable for being communicated with a refrigerant flow channel between the third communication port 408 and the fourth communication port, one end of the vacuum tube 404 is suitable for being communicated with the exhaust port 403, and the other end of the vacuum tube 404 is suitable for being communicated with the vacuum pump, when the first circulation tube 301 and the second circulation tube 302 are connected between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit 100 and the refrigeration system is sealed, the vacuum pump can pump out air in a pipeline of the refrigeration system through the vacuum tube 404, so that the content of air supplied by the refrigeration system can be reduced, air can be prevented from forming bubbles in refrigerant liquid, and further, the influence of the air bubbles on heat exchange efficiency between the refrigerant and a condenser and between the refrigerant and an evaporator can be avoided.

In addition, after the vacuum pipe 404 draws air out of the refrigeration system, an installer can detach the vacuum pipe 404 from the exhaust port 403, and at the moment, the exhaust port 403 can be closed, so that air in the external environment can be prevented from entering a pipeline of the refrigeration system from the exhaust port 403, meanwhile, refrigerant in the refrigeration system can be prevented from being discharged to the outdoor environment through the exhaust port 403, and the working reliability of the air conditioner is improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the high pressure valve 401 and the low pressure valve 402 are both detachably mounted to the valve body mounting plate 50. Specifically, the high-pressure valve 401 may include a first mounting portion 405, the valve body mounting plate 50 may include a second mounting portion, and the high-pressure valve 401 and the valve body mounting plate 50 may be connected through the first mounting portion 405 and the second mounting portion, in some embodiments, the first mounting portion 405 and the second mounting portion may be provided with mounting holes, and a bolt may sequentially pass through the mounting hole of the first mounting portion 405 and the mounting hole of the second mounting portion, and then may mount the high-pressure valve 401 on the valve body mounting plate 50.

And, low-pressure valve 402 can include third installation department 406, and valve body mounting panel 50 can include the fourth installation department, can be connected through third installation department 406 and fourth installation department between low-pressure valve 402 and the valve body mounting panel 50, and in some embodiments, third installation department 406 all can be provided with the mounting hole with the fourth installation department, and the bolt can install low-pressure valve 402 in valve body mounting panel 50 after passing the mounting hole of third installation department 406, the mounting hole of fourth installation department in proper order. By removably attaching both high-pressure valve 401 and low-pressure valve 402 to valve body mounting plate 50, high-pressure valve 401 and low-pressure valve 402 may be easily replaced and installed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the valve body mounting plate 50 includes: a mounting side plate 501 and a mounting bottom plate 502, the mounting side plate 501 is connected to the mounting bottom plate 502, the mounting bottom plate 502 is connected to the mounting side wall 101, the mounting bottom plate 502 can drive the mounting side plate 501 to fix the mounting side plate 501 to the mounting side wall 101 by mounting the mounting bottom plate 502 to the mounting side wall 101, so that the mounting side plate 501 can not move relative to the mounting side wall 101, preferably, the mounting side plate 501 and the mounting bottom plate 502 can be vertically arranged, the mounting bottom plate 502 can be horizontally extended, and the mounting bottom plate 502 can extend towards the inside of the casing 10, in the length direction of the outdoor unit 100, one end of the mounting bottom plate 502 can be extended to the mounting side wall 101, the other end of the mounting bottom plate 502 can be connected to the mounting side plate 501, and the mounting side plate 501 can be vertically extended, the high pressure valve 401 and the low pressure valve 402 are both arranged on the mounting side plate 501, by arranging the mounting bottom plate 502 between the mounting side plate 501 and the mounting side wall 101, the mounting side plate 501 may be spaced apart from the mounting side wall 101.

The first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 can both extend into the gap between the installation side plate 501 and the installation side wall 101, and it can also be understood that the gap between the installation side plate 501 and the installation side wall 101 can be used to avoid the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302, so that the interference between the first flow pipe 301 and/or the second flow pipe 302 and the installation side plate 501 and/or the installation side wall 101 can be avoided, and further, the outdoor unit 100 can be smoothly assembled together, further, the installation side plate 501 and the installation bottom plate 502 can be integrally formed, and thus, the processing time of the valve body installation plate 50 can be reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the casing top wall 111 of the casing 10 may be formed with a pipe gap 103, the pipe gap 103 is communicated with the assembly space 102, and the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 pass through the pipe gap 103. In some specific embodiments, the surface of the cabinet top wall 111 may be provided with a communication hole, the communication hole may penetrate through the cabinet top wall 111 in the thickness direction of the cabinet top wall 111, a gap between two adjacent hole walls of the communication hole may be configured as a duct gap 103, and the duct gap 103 may be configured to be free from the first flow duct 301 and the second flow duct 302, so that interference with the cabinet top wall 111 when the first flow duct 301 and the second flow duct 302 extend into the assembly space 102 may be avoided.

In other specific embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, an edge of the cabinet top wall 111 and an inner wall of the installation side wall 101 may be spaced apart from each other, and a gap between the edge of the cabinet top wall 111 and the inner wall of the installation side wall 101 may be configured as a duct gap 103, and the duct gap 103 may be configured to be free from the first flow duct 301 and the second flow duct 302, so that interference with the cabinet top wall 111 when the first flow duct 301 and the second flow duct 302 extend into the assembly space 102 may be avoided.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1-4, the mounting sidewall 101 may include: the mounting base plate 502 may be mounted at an upper end of the lower side wall 105, and specifically, the lower side wall 105 may be provided with a flange 110 extending toward a horizontal direction, the flange 110 of the lower side wall 105 may be in lap-joint with the mounting base plate 502, and the flange 110 and the mounting base plate 502 may be fixedly connected by a fastener. The fastener can be a bolt or the like, when the fastener is a bolt, the flange 110 of the lower side wall 105 can be further provided with at least one mounting hole, the mounting base plate 502 can be correspondingly provided with at least one mounting hole, and the bolt can sequentially pass through the mounting hole of the flange 110 and the mounting hole of the mounting base plate 502 to connect the mounting base plate 502 and the lower side wall 105 together, so that the valve body mounting plate 50 can be fixed on the mounting side wall 101.

The upper side wall 104 is disposed near the upper end of the lower side wall 105 and spaced apart from the mounting side plate 501. Furthermore, the upper sidewall 104 may be disposed outside the lower sidewall 105, and the upper sidewall 104 is detachably connected to the lower sidewall 105, so that an installer can detach the upper sidewall 104 from the lower sidewall 105 in the process of installing the outdoor unit 100, thereby increasing a visual range between the installer and the pressure valve and the low pressure valve 402, and increasing an operation space of the high pressure valve 401 and the low pressure valve 402 on the outdoor unit 100, thereby reducing an installation difficulty of the outdoor unit 100. After the outdoor unit 100 is installed, an installer may reinstall the upper sidewall 104 on the outside of the lower sidewall 105, and the upper sidewall 104 may shield the high pressure valve 401 and the low pressure valve 402, so that the outdoor unit 100 may have an appearance meeting design requirements. Further, the upper side wall 104 may be provided with a handle portion that an installer can grip to carry the outdoor unit 100.

The utility model discloses a in some other embodiments, installation curb plate 501 can also respectively with casing antetheca 112, the wall connection behind the casing, between installation curb plate 501 and the casing antetheca 112, all can pass through fastener such as bolt between installation curb plate 501 and the casing back wall and be connected, thereby can make valve body mounting panel 50 be fixed in the casing 10, in some embodiments, valve body mounting panel 50 can simultaneously with installation lateral wall 101, casing antetheca 112 and casing 10 back wall fixed connection, thereby can further improve joint strength between valve body mounting panel 50 and the casing 10, can avoid valve body mounting panel 50 to drop from casing 10.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 5-7, the housing 10 may include: a cabinet base 106, the cabinet base 106 may be formed with a reservoir 107. Wherein, the water storage tank 107 can be extended downwards along the height direction of the air conditioner, when the compressor 20 is installed on the chassis 106 of the machine shell, the bottom of the compressor 20 can be spaced apart from the bottom of the water storage tank 107, the liquid can be stored in the water storage tank 107, in some embodiments, the liquid can be condensed water formed on the surface of the evaporator of the indoor unit, the condensed water in the indoor unit can flow into the water storage tank 107, when the air conditioner works in a cooling mode, the liquid in the water storage tank 107 can flow onto the condenser, the liquid can absorb the heat of the condenser and then be gasified, the liquid can carry the heat of the condenser out to the outside of the outdoor unit 100, thereby improving the heat exchange efficiency of the condenser, and the working power of the fan for sucking air in the outdoor unit 100 can be reduced by cooling the condenser with the liquid in the water storage tank 107, therefore, the air conditioner can save more energy, and the market competitiveness of the air conditioner can be improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5-7, the casing base plate 106 is provided with a pipe joint 108, the pipe joint 108 is adapted to communicate with the drain pipe 60 of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and the pipe joint 108 communicates with the reservoir 107. The drain pipe 60 of the indoor unit is used to drain the condensed water generated by the indoor unit to the outdoor environment, so that the condensed water is prevented from flowing from the indoor unit to the indoor environment. One end of the pipe joint 108 can be communicated with the water storage groove 107, the other end of the pipe joint 108 can extend out of the casing chassis 106, the other end of the pipe joint 108 can be communicated with the drain pipe 60 of the indoor unit, and an installer can connect the drain pipe 60 and the pipe joint 108 on the outer side of the outdoor unit 100 to communicate the water storage groove 107 with the drain pipe 60 of the indoor unit by arranging the pipe joint 108 between the water storage groove 107 and the drain pipe 60 of the indoor unit, so that the communication difficulty between the water storage groove 107 and the drain pipe 60 of the indoor unit can be reduced. In some embodiments, the end of the pipe joint 108 connected to the drainage pipe 60 may be plugged into the drainage pipe 60, and the outer side of the pipe joint 108 may be provided with an anti-dropping structure, which may be used to prevent the drainage pipe 60 from dropping off the pipe joint 108. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the pipe joint 108 and the drain pipe 60 may be connected by a connection method such as a screw joint.

Further, as shown in fig. 5-7, the chassis 106 may be provided with mounting holes 109, and the pipe joints 108 may be mounted to the mounting holes 109. Wherein, the assembly hole 109 can run through the chassis 106 of the chassis, and the assembly hole 109 can be close to the catch basin 107 to set up, the union joint 108 can stretch into the assembly hole 109, thus can make some structures of the union joint 108 locate outside the chassis 106 of the chassis, and another some structures of the union joint 108 locate inside chassis 106 of the chassis, and can make the liquid flow between chassis 106 of the chassis. Furthermore, as shown in fig. 7, a claw may be provided at one end of the pipe joint 108 communicating with the water storage tank 107, and after the pipe joint 108 is inserted into the fitting hole 109, the claw may abut against a side wall of the chassis 106 of the cabinet by rotating the pipe joint 108, and the claw may be engaged with the side wall of the chassis 106 of the cabinet to reliably mount the pipe joint 108 to the chassis 106 of the cabinet.

The utility model discloses a in some other embodiments, coupling 108 can welded fastening in the outside on casing chassis 106, so set up can make joint 108 and casing chassis 106 between joint and the joint strength higher to, installer is at the in-process of installation air conditioner, and installer only need be connected drain pipe 60 and coupling 108, can reduce the installation procedure of air conditioner, and then can improve the installation effectiveness of air conditioner.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the drainage pipe 60, the first circulation pipe 301 and the second circulation pipe 302 may be disposed near the same side of the outdoor unit 100. Taking the embodiment shown in fig. 1 as an example, the drainage pipe 60, the first flow tube 301 and the second flow tube 302 may be disposed on the left side of the outdoor unit 100, but in other specific embodiments, the drainage pipe 60, the first flow tube 301 and the second flow tube 302 may be disposed on the right side of the outdoor unit 100. Furthermore, the drainage pipe 60, the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 may be extended upward in the height direction of the outdoor unit 100, that is, the extension directions of the drainage pipe 60, the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 are the same, and the drainage pipe 60, the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 are disposed near the same side of the outdoor unit 100 and the drainage pipe 60, the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 are extended in the same direction, so that it is convenient for an installer to arrange the pipelines, and the subsequent maintenance and repair of the air conditioner can be facilitated.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, a plug terminal may be further disposed in the assembly space 102, and a signal line between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit 100 may extend into the assembly space 102 to be connected and matched with the plug terminal. By disposing the plug terminals in the assembly space 102, the assembly space 102 can be effectively utilized, so that the outdoor unit 100 can have a more compact structure, and the routing directions of the first and second flow tubes 301 and 302 and the signal lines can be the same, thereby facilitating the arrangement of the pipelines by an installer.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the outdoor unit 100 including the above-mentioned embodiment, the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 through the outdoor unit 100 all extend out from the casing 10, and the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 are all located at the upper end of the casing 10, compared with the prior art, the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 can be conveniently installed by an installer, and the length space of the outdoor unit 100 occupied by the first flow pipe 301 and the second flow pipe 302 can be reduced, so that the length size of the outdoor unit 100 can be reduced, and the outdoor unit 100 can be installed in a narrow space.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "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 invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.

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

In the description of the present specification, reference to the description of "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means 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 present invention. 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 invention 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 invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (12)

1. An outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner, comprising:

a housing (10);

the compressor (20) is communicated with the condenser, the compressor (20) is provided with a refrigerant inlet, the condenser is provided with a refrigerant outlet, and the compressor (20) and the condenser are both arranged in the shell (10);

the first flow pipe (301), the first flow pipe (301) is communicated with the refrigerant outlet, and the first flow pipe (301) extends out of the casing (10) from the upper end of the casing (10);

and the second through pipe (302), the second through pipe (302) is communicated with the refrigerant inlet, and the second through pipe (302) extends out of the machine shell (10) from the upper end of the machine shell (10).

2. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner according to claim 1, further comprising: high-pressure valve (401) and low-pressure valve (402), be equipped with valve body mounting panel (50) in casing (10), casing (10) are including installation lateral wall (101), valve body mounting panel (50) with installation lateral wall (101) are injectd assembly space (102), high-pressure valve (401) with low-pressure valve (402) are all located valve body mounting panel (50) just are located in assembly space (102), high-pressure valve (401) are connected the refrigerant export with between first flow pipe (301), low-pressure valve (402) are connected the refrigerant import with between second flow pipe (302).

3. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the low pressure valve (402) is provided with a discharge port (403), and the discharge port (403) is adapted to communicate with a vacuum pipe (404).

4. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the high pressure valve (401) and the low pressure valve (402) are detachably mounted to the valve body mounting plate (50).

5. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the valve body mounting plate (50) comprises: installation curb plate (501) and mounting plate (502), installation curb plate (501) with mounting plate (502) are connected, high-pressure valve (401) with low-pressure valve (402) all set up in installation curb plate (501), mounting plate (502) with installation lateral wall (101) are connected, installation curb plate (501) with installation lateral wall (101) are spaced apart.

6. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein a top wall (111) of the casing (10) is formed with a duct gap (103), the duct gap (103) communicates with the installation space (102), and the first and second circulation pipes (301, 302) pass through the duct gap (103).

7. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner of claim 5, wherein the installation sidewall (101) comprises: the mounting structure comprises an upper side wall (104) and a lower side wall (105), the mounting bottom plate (502) is mounted at the upper end of the lower side wall (105), and the upper side wall (104) is arranged close to the upper end of the lower side wall (105) and is spaced from the mounting side plate (501).

8. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the casing (10) comprises: a cabinet chassis (106), the cabinet chassis (106) forming a reservoir (107).

9. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner of claim 8, wherein the casing base plate (106) is provided with a pipe joint (108), the pipe joint (108) is adapted to communicate with a drain pipe (60) of an indoor unit of the air conditioner, and the pipe joint (108) communicates with the water storage tank (107).

10. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner of claim 9, wherein the casing base plate (106) is provided with a fitting hole (109), and the pipe joint (108) is mounted to the fitting hole (109).

11. The outdoor unit (100) of an air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein the drainage pipe (60), the first through-flow pipe (301) and the second through-flow pipe (302) are disposed near a same side of the outdoor unit (100).

12. An air conditioner characterized by comprising the outdoor unit (100) of the air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

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