CN217402697U - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to an air conditioner, which comprises a shell and a filter plate. The inside of the shell forms an accommodating space. The wall of the shell is provided with an opening, and the filter plate is embedded in the opening. The filter includes the net portion that is equipped with a plurality of through-holes, the through-hole intercommunication the inside and the outside of casing. The filter plate is prevented from being damaged in the transportation process, the attractiveness of the whole machine is improved, and the product sale is facilitated.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioner for kitchen.

Background

The filter plate of the existing kitchen ceiling air conditioner is usually hung outside a cabinet. Such an arrangement may have the following disadvantages: firstly, the structural layout of the existing kitchen ceiling air conditioner already enables the size of the air conditioner to be larger, and the size of the air conditioner is larger due to the external connection of a filter plate, so that the aesthetic value and the sale of the whole machine are influenced; secondly, in the transportation process, improper external force can oppress the externally-hung filter plate, causes the filter plate to damage.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the present application is to provide an air conditioner to solve the above technical problems.

In order to achieve the purpose, the following technical scheme is adopted in the application: the utility model provides an air conditioner, includes casing and filter, the inside of casing forms accommodating space, the wall of casing is equipped with the opening, the filter inlays to be located in the opening, the filter is including the net portion that is equipped with a plurality of through-holes, the through-hole intercommunication the inside and the outside of casing.

Compared with the related art, the method has the advantages that: the filter plate is embedded in the opening, and the outer surface of the filter plate is flush with the outer surface of the shell, so that the filter plate is prevented from being damaged in the transportation process, the attractiveness of the whole machine is improved, and the product sale is facilitated; the through-hole on the filter makes the inside and the outside intercommunication of casing, and the filter can filter the oil smoke in the air that gets into in the casing and outside the discharge casing, has guaranteed the cleanliness of air to main components and parts in to the air conditioner have the guard action.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective assembly view of a first embodiment of the air conditioner of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an air conditioner of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a partially exploded perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the air conditioner of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective exploded view of a filter plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of another angle of the filter plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;

fig. 8 is an enlarged view of portion B of fig. 5;

FIG. 9 is a schematic front view of a portion of the second locking member with the top cover removed according to the first embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is an exploded view of a second latch according to a first embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a portion of an air conditioner of the present application with the top wall removed;

FIG. 12 is a perspective assembly view of a portion of an air conditioner of the present application with the top wall and filter panel removed;

fig. 13 is a perspective assembly view of a second embodiment of the air conditioner of the present application;

fig. 14 is a partial exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present application;

FIG. 15 is a perspective exploded view of a filter plate, a pressing plate and screws of the second embodiment of the air conditioner of the present application.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. If several embodiments exist, the features of these embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. When the description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The statements made in the following exemplary detailed description do not represent all implementations consistent with the present application; rather, they are merely examples of apparatus, products, and/or methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as recited in the claims of the present application.

The terminology used in the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. As used in the specification and claims of this application, the singular form of "a", "an", or "the" is intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like, as used in the description and claims of this application, do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. Also, the use of the terms a, an, etc. do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. Unless otherwise indicated, the appearances of the phrases "front," "back," "upper," "lower," and the like in this application are for convenience in description and are not limited to a particular position or spatial orientation. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, is intended to be open-ended, meaning that an element that appears before "comprises" or "comprising" includes "or" includes "and its equivalents, that do not exclude the presence of other elements in addition to the element that appears before" comprising "or" including ". In this application, the meaning of "a number" if it occurs is two as well as more than two.

The household air conditioner mostly adopts a split structure of an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, but some high-rise residences at present do not have corresponding installation platforms arranged outside a kitchen, so that the outdoor unit of the air conditioner cannot be installed in the kitchen.

Referring to fig. 1 to 14, the present application provides an air conditioner 100, in which the air conditioner 100 does not have an outdoor unit and thus does not need to occupy an additional outdoor platform, so that the air conditioner 100 can be installed in a space above a ceiling of a kitchen, and can cool down the room temperature of the kitchen in summer, thereby improving discomfort caused by high temperature and sultry. It will be readily appreciated that the air conditioner 100 may be applied to other environments besides a kitchen. And are not limited herein.

Two examples of the present application are presented below:

the first embodiment is as follows: referring to fig. 1 to 12, an air conditioner 100 of the present application includes a housing 1 and a filter plate 2 for filtering oil smoke.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, the side wall surfaces of the housing 1 include a first side wall 11, a second side wall 12, a third side wall 13, and a fourth side wall 14. The first sidewall 11 and the third sidewall 13 are disposed opposite to each other, and the second sidewall 12 and the fourth sidewall 14 are disposed opposite to each other. The housing 1 further comprises a bottom wall 15 extending horizontally, and the first side wall 11, the second side wall 12, the third side wall 13 and the fourth side wall 14 extend vertically upward from the edge of the bottom wall 15, so as to form the receiving space 10 inside the housing 1. The casing 1 may also comprise a top wall 16, i.e. an upper cover (not shown) of the machine in the usual sense of an aerial trimmer, arranged opposite the bottom wall 15. In other embodiments, the top wall 16 may not be provided. For example: the air conditioner 100 without the upper cover is snap-fitted upward to the roof of the kitchen, and a closed housing space 10 is formed by the roof. The housing 1 further includes a partition 17 partitioning the housing space 10 to form a condensation-side chamber 101 and an evaporation-side chamber 102. The partition 17 has one end connected to the second sidewall 12 and the other end connected to the fourth sidewall 14. That is, the partition 17, the first side wall 11, at least a part of the second side wall 12, and at least a part of the fourth side wall 14 are provided around the periphery of the condensation-side chamber 101, and the partition 17, the third side wall 13, at least a part of the second side wall 12, and at least a part of the fourth side wall 14 are provided around the periphery of the evaporation-side chamber 102. The first side wall 11 and/or the second side wall 12 are provided with a condensation side air inlet 181. The opening 130 is formed in the third side wall 13, and correspondingly, an air inlet of the evaporation side chamber 102 is formed in the third side wall 13. The fourth side wall 14 is further provided with an air supply port 182 for supplying cold air after heat exchange by evaporation into the kitchen and two air exhaust ports 183 for exhausting hot air after heat exchange by condensation to the outside of the kitchen.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the filter plate 2 includes a mesh portion 21 having a plurality of through holes 210. The mesh parts 21 are formed of grids crisscrossed with each other, and function to allow oil droplets in oil smoke to adhere to the surfaces of the grids when air passes through, thereby filtering air entering the air conditioner 100. The third side wall 13 of the shell 1 is provided with an opening 130, the filter plate 2 is embedded in the opening 130, the outer surface of the filter plate 2 is flush with the outer surface of the shell 1, and the through hole 210 enables the inside of the shell 1 to be communicated with the outside. The through holes 210 on the filter plate 2 are air inlets of the evaporation side chamber 102, so that the cleanliness of heat exchange air in the evaporation side chamber 102 is ensured, and components in the evaporation side chamber 102 are prevented from being polluted by oil smoke. Of course, in other embodiments, the filter plate 2 may also be installed on other side walls of the housing 1, such as the first side wall 11, so that the air entering the condensing side chamber 101 may also be filtered, and the cleanliness of the heat exchange air in the condensing side chamber 101 is ensured, so that the components in the condensing side chamber 101 are protected from the oil smoke. Since the cold air heat-exchanged in the evaporation side chamber 102 is to be sent indoors and the hot air heat-exchanged in the condensation side chamber 101 is to be discharged outdoors, the present application optionally considers that the filter panels 2 are installed on the third side wall 13 forming the evaporation side chamber 102. Even though the filter plate 2 may be installed on the fourth sidewall 14 of the housing 1, the filter plate 2 may filter the hot air discharged from the condensation-side chamber 101 and the cold air discharged from the evaporation-side chamber 102.

Referring to fig. 2 to 8, the filter plate 2 further includes a frame 22, a first fastener 23 and a second fastener 24. The frame 22 surrounds the grid part 21. The first fastener 23 and the second fastener 24 are oppositely disposed at two opposite ends of the frame 22. Because the housing 1 is provided with the first notch portion 132 bent to be located at one side of the opening 130 and the second notch portion 133 bent to be located at the other side of the opening 130, the first locking member 23 is detachably inserted into the first notch portion 132, and the second locking member 24 is detachably locked in the second notch portion 133.

Referring to fig. 2, 4, 7 and 8, the frame 22 includes two lateral sides 221 and two longitudinal sides 222, and the two lateral sides 221 and the two longitudinal sides 222 surround to form a receiving cavity. Referring to fig. 7, the first locking member 23 is a sheet metal piece formed by stamping and exposed on the two longitudinal edges 222, and the exposed sheet metal piece can directly position one side of the filter plate 2 in a manner of being inserted into the first notch 132. The second locking member 24 has a complex structure, and includes a base 241, a bracket 242, and an elastic element 243. The base body 241 is embedded inside the frame 22, specifically, the base body 241 is located inside the receiving cavity and is disposed adjacent to one of the longitudinal edges 222, the base body 241 occupies a small portion of the receiving cavity, and the grid part 21 occupies the remaining large portion of the receiving cavity. The base 241 and the mesh part 21 together fill the receiving cavity. The holder 242 is positioned on the base 241, and one end of the elastic element 243 abuts against the base 241 and the other end abuts against the holder 242. The bracket 242 can be pressed back into the bezel 22 for installation; the elastic member 243 is compressed by the holder 242 to have elastic force; the elastic element 243 can push the bracket 242 to partially expose outside the frame 22 for buckling. That is, the second latch 24 may elastically latch in the second notch 133 to position the other side of the filter plate 2.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, the bracket 242 includes a base 2421 and two extension arms 2422 extending from two ends of the base 2421 in the same direction and in parallel, and the frame 22 is provided with two through holes 220 for the extension arms 2422 to pass through. With this arrangement, two balanced elastic forces can be simultaneously provided at the upper half portion and the lower half portion of the filter plate 2, so that the elastic element 243 provides stronger restoring force to the bracket 242, and the second latch 24 is more stably latched in the second notch 133. In other embodiments of the present application, the number of the extension arms 2422 may be one, and the one extension arm 2422 is correspondingly snapped into the one second notch portion 133 to achieve positioning.

With continued reference to fig. 9 and 10, in one aspect, the bracket 242 includes a branch part 2423 extending from a side of the extension arm 2422 and a positioning part 2424 extending from a side of the branch part 2423 and being parallel to the extension arm 2422, the elastic element 243 is a spiral spring, and the positioning part 2424 extends into the spiral spring, so that the positioning between the bracket 242 and the elastic element 243 is facilitated, and at the same time, the detachment is not easy to occur; on the other hand, the support 242 includes a stop part 2425 extending integrally and located beside the extension arm 2422, and the base 241 includes a base 2411, a top cover 2412, a front retaining wall 2413 and a rear retaining wall 2414. The front retaining wall 2413 and the rear retaining wall 2414 are disposed between the base 2411 and the top cover 2412 in an opposite manner, the rear retaining wall 2414 abuts against the elastic element 243, and the front retaining wall 2413 can abut against the stopping part 2425 to resist excessive bias of the elastic element 243 on the bracket 242. The front blocking wall 2413 is provided with a gap 2410 through which the extension arm 2422 can pass, so that the elastic force of the elastic element 243 is released, and the extension arm 2422 sequentially passes through the gap 2410 of the base 241 and the two through holes 220 of the frame 22 and is correspondingly clamped into the two second notch parts 133.

Referring to fig. 2, 4 and 12, the housing 1 includes a sheet metal limiting portion 131 bent inward from an edge of the opening 130. Because the first latch 23 is not elastic and the second latch 24 is elastic, the first latch 23 side of the filter plate 2 is inserted into the first notch 132 during the installation process; then, the second buckling piece 24 of the filter plate 2 is pressed, so that the part of the second buckling piece 24 extending out of the frame 22 is retracted into the filter plate 2, the purposes of avoiding and reducing the width are achieved, and the filter plate 2 at the moment is pressed into the position of the opening 130; and finally, the second buckle piece 24 is loosened to restore the natural state of the second buckle piece 24, and the second buckle piece 24 is elastically clamped in the second notch 133. The sheet metal limiting parts 131 on both sides of the opening 130 can respectively clamp the first fastener 23 and the second fastener 24 of the filter plate 2, so that the filter plate 2 can be prevented from coming out of the opening 130. In the first embodiment of the present application, it can be realized that the filter plate 2 is embedded in the housing 1, optionally, the outer surface of the filter plate 2 is flush with the outer surface of the housing 1 without protruding outward.

In the present application, the first notch portion 132 and the second notch portion 133 may be a closed shape (for example, an O-shape) formed on the sheet metal limiting portion 131, so that even if the sheet metal limiting portion 131 does not form a limit to the filter plate 2 at the inner side of the filter plate 2, the first locking member 23 and the second locking member 24 can be prevented from being accidentally removed from the first notch portion 132 and the second notch portion 133; of course, when the metal plate limiting portion 131 limits the filter plate 2 at the inner side of the filter plate 2, the first notch portion 132 and the second notch portion 133 shown in fig. 12 may also be open (for example, C-shaped), and if the first locking member 23 and the second locking member 24 are assembled into the first notch portion 132 and the second notch portion 133 from the C-shaped opening, the locking and positioning effect may also be achieved.

The above is the first embodiment of the air conditioner 100 of the present application, and the invention is mainly characterized in that: the filter plate 2 is embedded in the opening 130 of the shell 1 in the mode of the first fastener 23 and the second fastener 24, so that the damage to the filter plate 2 possibly caused in the transportation process is avoided, the attractiveness of the whole machine is improved, and the product sale is facilitated.

The present application further includes a second embodiment, specifically referring to fig. 13 to 15, in which the air conditioner 100 of the second embodiment includes a pressing plate 3 and a screw 4 disposed outside the housing 1, in addition to the housing 1 and the filter plate 2. One end of the pressing sheet 3 is fixed on the shell 1 through the screw 4, and the other end of the pressing sheet 3 is only extended and pressed on the filter plate 2 without passing through the screw 4. In an alternative embodiment, the pressing plate 3 is fixed by the screw 4 at the end positioned on the filter plate 2, and the other end of the pressing plate 3 is extended and pressed on the housing 1. Even more, both ends of the pressing sheet 3 are respectively pressed on the housing 1 and the filter plate 2, and both ends of the pressing sheet 3 are fixed by the screws 4. Compared with the first embodiment, because there are no first fasteners 23 for fixing and no second fasteners 24 for movably positioning, the filter plate 2 is only put into the opening 130 reserved in the housing 1, the pressing plate 3 is pressed, and the screw 4 is pressed when the filter plate is installed. The second embodiment of this application also can realize equally will filter 2 is embedded in casing 1, the surface of filter 2 with the surface parallel and level of casing 1 is evagination not.

The difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that: the filter plate 2 is embedded in the opening 130 in different ways. In the second embodiment, the filter plate 2 is embedded in the opening 130 of the housing 1 by means of the cooperation of the pressing plate 3 and the screw 4. Because the pressing sheet 3 and the screws 4 press the filter plate 2 outside the housing 1, the second embodiment needs to be provided with the metal plate limiting part 131 which limits the filter plate 2 at the inner side of the filter plate 2.

Regardless of the first embodiment or the second embodiment, the air conditioner 100 of the present application at least includes a compressor, a condenser, a throttling element, an evaporator and a plurality of pipes, which are not shown in the drawings. The condenser is disposed in the condensation side chamber 101, the evaporator is disposed in the evaporation side chamber 102, and the compressor is disposed in one of the condensation side chamber 101 and the evaporation side chamber 102. At least one of the compressor and the condenser, the condenser and the throttling element, and the evaporator and the compressor is connected through a section of the pipeline. The operation principle of the air conditioner 100 is well known to those skilled in the art, and the detailed description thereof is omitted.

In conclusion, the filter plate 2 of the air conditioner 100 is embedded in the opening 130, so that the filter plate 2 is prevented from being damaged in the transportation process, the attractiveness of the whole machine is improved, and the product sale is facilitated; the filter plate 2 is used as an air inlet to communicate the inside and the outside of the shell 1, and simultaneously filters oil smoke in air entering the shell 1, so as to ensure the cleanliness of the air entering the air conditioner 100 for heat exchange, thereby having a protection effect on main components (such as a compressor, a condenser, a throttling element, an evaporator and a plurality of pipelines) in the air conditioner 100; the filter plate 2 can also be used as an air outlet and an air supply outlet to filter cold air discharged by the hot air discharged from the condensation side chamber 101 and sent by the evaporation side chamber 102, so that the air outlet of the air conditioner is further optimized; the air conditioner 100 of the application only needs to clean the filter plate 2 regularly, and the cleaning is simple, convenient and easy to operate.

The above embodiments are only used for illustrating the present invention and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the present application, and the understanding of the present specification should be based on the technical personnel in the technical field, such as directional descriptions of "front", "back", "left", "right", "upper", "lower", etc., and although the present specification has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, the technical personnel in the technical field should understand that the present application can be modified or substituted equivalently by the technical personnel in the technical field, and all technical solutions and modifications thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application should be covered in the claims of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. An air conditioner, characterized in that: including casing (1) and filter (2), the inside of casing (1) forms accommodating space (10), the wall of casing (1) is equipped with opening (130), filter (2) inlay to be located in opening (130), filter (2) are including mesh portion (21) that are equipped with a plurality of through-holes (210), through-hole (210) intercommunication the inside and the outside of casing (1).

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein: the filter plate (2) comprises a frame (22) surrounding the grid part (21) and a first buckle piece (23) and a second buckle piece (24) which are arranged at two opposite ends of the frame (22) in a back-to-back mode, wherein the first buckle piece (23) and the second buckle piece (24) are detachably arranged on two opposite sides of the shell (1) respectively.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein: the shell (1) comprises a metal plate limiting part (131) bent towards the interior of the accommodating space (10), and the metal plate limiting part (131) is abutted against the inner edge of the filter plate (2) facing the accommodating space (10).

4. The air conditioner according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: the shell (1) comprises a first notch portion (132) located on one side of the opening (130) and a second notch portion (133) located on the other side of the opening (130), the first buckling piece (23) is clamped in the first notch portion (132), and the second buckling piece (24) is clamped in the second notch portion (133).

5. The air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein: the second buckle piece (24) comprises a base body (241), a support (242) and an elastic element (243), the base body (241) is located on the frame (22), the support (242) is located on the base body (241), one end of the elastic element (243) is abutted to the base body (241), and the other end of the elastic element (243) is abutted to the support (242).

6. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein: the support (242) comprises a base (2421) and extension arms (2422) extending from the base (2421), and the frame (22) is provided with through holes (220) for the extension arms (2422) to pass through.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein: the support (242) comprises branches (2423) extending from the side of the extension arm (2422) and positioning parts (2424) extending from the side of the branches (2423) and parallel to the extension arm (2422), the elastic element (243) is a spiral spring, and the positioning parts (2424) extend into the spiral spring.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein: the support (242) comprises a stopping portion (2425) extending integrally and located beside the extending arm (2422), the base body (241) comprises a base (2411), a top cover (2412), a front blocking wall (2413) and a rear blocking wall (2414), the front blocking wall (2413) and the rear blocking wall (2414) are located between the base (2411) and the top cover (2412) and are arranged oppositely, the rear blocking wall (2414) is abutted to the elastic element (243), the front blocking wall (2413) can be abutted to the stopping portion (2425), and the front blocking wall (2413) is provided with a notch (2410) which can enable the extending arm (2422) to penetrate through.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein: the frame (22) comprises two transverse edges (221) and two longitudinal edges (222), the two transverse edges (221) and the two longitudinal edges (222) are arranged in a surrounding mode to form an accommodating cavity, the base body (241) is located in the accommodating cavity and is arranged close to one of the longitudinal edges (222), the base body (241) occupies a small part of the accommodating cavity, and the grid portion (21) occupies the rest of the accommodating cavity.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein: the filter plate is characterized by further comprising a pressing sheet (3) and a screw (4) which are arranged outside the shell (1), wherein the screw (4) at least fixes one end of the pressing sheet (3) on one of the shell (1) and the filter plate (2), and the other end of the pressing sheet (3) at least extends and is arranged on the other of the shell (1) and the filter plate (2) in a pressing mode.

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