CN217604382U

CN217604382U - Water heater shell subassembly and water heater

Info

Publication number: CN217604382U
Application number: CN202220919651.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蔡想周; 于水生; 刘洋; 杜天海; 郝东东
Original assignee: Qingdao Economic And Technology Development District Haier Water Heater Co ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Economic And Technology Development District Haier Water Heater Co ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-20
Filing date: 2022-04-20
Publication date: 2022-10-18
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-20

Abstract

The utility model discloses a water heater shell assembly and a water heater, which belong to the technical field of household appliances, wherein the water heater shell assembly comprises a shell body, an electricity-proof wall cover and a display assembly, the electricity-proof wall cover is connected with the shell body, and the electricity-proof wall cover is provided with an installation port; the display assembly is arranged at the mounting port and comprises a display panel rear shell, one side of the display panel rear shell is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover in a clamping mode, and the other side of the display panel rear shell is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover through a first screw. The water heater includes the above-mentioned water heater shell subassembly. The clamping connection mode has small occupied space, increases the distance between the display panel rear shell and the shell body, increases a certain reserved deformation space for the deformation of the shell body in the foaming process, avoids the interference of the shell body and the display panel rear shell, ensures the installation stability of the display panel rear shell, avoids the electric-proof wall cover from being jacked up, and does not influence the attractiveness.

Description

Water heater shell subassembly and water heater

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to a water heater shell subassembly and water heater.

Background

The water heater can heat cold water into hot water with proper temperature for users to use. According to different principles, the water heater can be divided into an electric water heater, a gas water heater, a solar water heater, an air energy water heater and the like. At present, electric water heaters are widely used due to the convenience of heating. The electricity-proof wall structure is an essential component of the electric water heater and can play a role in electric isolation.

The water heater generally comprises a shell and an electricity-proof wall cover arranged at the bottom of the shell, wherein a display component is arranged on the electricity-proof wall cover and comprises a display panel rear shell, a control component and a display panel, the display panel rear shell is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover, the control component is connected with the display panel rear shell, and the display panel is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover and covers the control component.

The installation mode between the existing display panel back shell and the electricity-proof wall cover is that the upper side and the lower side of the display panel back shell are fastened on the electricity-proof wall cover through screws. Because the upside of display panel backshell is very close to the shell, the screw interferes with the shell easily, not only makes display panel backshell atress influence reliability, can lead to preventing that the electric wall cover is jack-up moreover, influences beautifully.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a water heater shell subassembly and water heater to solve the inconvenient technical problem who interferes easily of display panel backshell installation that exists among the prior art.

As the conception, the utility model adopts the technical proposal that:

a water heater housing assembly comprising:

a housing body;

the electricity-proof wall cover is connected with the shell body and is provided with a mounting port;

the display assembly is arranged at the mounting port and comprises a display panel rear shell, one side of the display panel rear shell is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover in a clamping mode, and the other side of the display panel rear shell is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover through a first screw.

One side of the display panel rear shell is provided with a first clamping protrusion, the inner side of the electricity-proof wall cover is provided with a second clamping protrusion, a clamping groove is formed between the second clamping protrusion and the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall cover, and the first clamping protrusion is clamped into the clamping groove.

The display panel rear shell is provided with a first mounting hole, the electricity-proof wall cover is provided with a second mounting hole, and the first mounting hole is connected with the second mounting hole through the first screw.

The display panel rear shell is provided with a first protruding part, and the first mounting hole is located on the first protruding part.

The display panel rear shell comprises a bottom plate and a rib arranged around the circumferential edge of the bottom plate, the first clamping protrusion is arranged on one side of the rib, and the first protruding portion is arranged on the other side of the rib.

Wherein, the flange is connected with the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall cover in an abutting mode.

The display panel rear shell is positioned between the two positioning barrier strips.

Wherein, prevent one side of electric wall cover with shell body joint, prevent the opposite side of electric wall cover with shell body passes through the second screwed connection.

The electricity-proof wall cover comprises a shell body and is characterized in that a buckle is arranged on the inner side of the top of the electricity-proof wall cover, a clamping hole is formed in the shell body, and the buckle can be connected with the clamping hole.

A water heater comprises the water heater shell assembly.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model provides a water heater shell subassembly prevents electric wall cover and this body coupling of shell, prevents being provided with the installing port on the electric wall cover, and display element sets up in installing port department, and display element includes the display panel backshell, one side of display panel backshell with prevent electric wall cover joint, the opposite side of display panel backshell with prevent that electric wall cover passes through first screw connection. The clamping connection mode has small occupied space, increases the distance between the display panel rear shell and the shell body, increases a certain reserved deformation space for the deformation of the shell body in the foaming process, avoids the interference of the shell body and the display panel rear shell, ensures the installation stability of the display panel rear shell, avoids the electric-proof wall cover from being jacked up, and does not influence the attractiveness.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural view of a water heater housing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a water heater housing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a partial structure of the water heater housing assembly provided in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel rear case according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the electricity-proof wall cover provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of the electricity-resistant wall covering provided in FIG. 6;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

10. a housing body;

11. a containing groove; 12. a clamping hole; 13. a fourth mounting hole; 14. positioning holes;

20. an electricity-proof wall cover; 200. an installation port;

21. a second snap projection; 22. a second mounting hole; 23. positioning a barrier strip; 24. buckling; 25. a third mounting hole; 26. positioning a projection;

30. a display panel rear case;

31. a first snap projection; 32. a first mounting hole; 33. a first projecting portion; 34. a base plate; 35. and (7) blocking edges.

Detailed Description

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

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, detachably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be connected through the use of two elements or the interaction of two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The technical solution of the present invention is further explained by the following embodiments with reference to the drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, the embodiment of the present invention provides a water heater housing assembly, including housing body 10, prevent electric wall cover 20 and display module, the display module includes display panel backshell 30, control assembly and display panel, prevents that electric wall cover 20 is connected with housing body 10, prevents being provided with installing port 200 on electric wall cover 20, and the display module sets up in installing port 200 department.

Specifically, one side of the display panel rear case 30 is clamped with the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and the other side of the display panel rear case 30 is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover 20 through a first screw. The control component is connected with the display panel rear shell 30, the display panel is bonded with the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and the display panel covers the control component.

In this embodiment, the top of the display panel rear case 30 is clamped with the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and the bottom of the display panel rear case 30 is screwed with the electricity-proof wall cover 20. Specifically, the display panel rear shell 30 is rectangular, and two long sides of the display panel rear shell 30 are connected with the electricity-proof wall cover 20, so that the connection is ensured to be firm.

In other embodiments, the bottom of the display panel rear case 30 is clamped with the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and the top of the display panel rear case 30 is screwed with the electricity-proof wall cover 20.

In both the display panel rear shell 30 and the electricity-proof wall cover 20, one side of the display panel rear shell 30 is provided with a first clamping protrusion 31, the inner side of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is provided with a second clamping protrusion 21, a clamping groove is formed between the second clamping protrusion 21 and the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and the first clamping protrusion 31 is clamped into the clamping groove. First protruding 31 and the draw-in groove cooperation of card, first protruding 31 of card and the protruding 21 inner wall butt of second card promptly, the protruding 21 of second card plays limiting displacement to first protruding 31 of card for display panel backshell 30 with prevent electric wall cover 20 joint, it is convenient to install and dismantle.

The number of the first jamming bulges 31 is equal to that of the second jamming bulges 21, and the first jamming bulges 31 and the second jamming bulges 21 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner. Here, the number of the first protrusions 31 is not limited, and may be set according to the length of the display panel rear case 30, and a plurality of the first protrusions 31 are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the display panel rear case 30.

When the mounting is performed, the first engaging protrusion 31 is engaged with the engaging groove, and the first engaging protrusion 31 abuts against the second engaging protrusion 21. The first clamping protrusion 31 is provided with a first guide inclined plane, the second clamping protrusion 21 is provided with a second guide inclined plane, the first clamping protrusion 31 is clamped into the clamping groove, the first guide inclined plane is in contact with the second guide inclined plane, and the first clamping protrusion 31 and the second clamping protrusion 21 are enabled to have enough contact area when being abutted, so that the connection is stable.

The display panel rear shell 30 is provided with a first mounting hole 32, the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is provided with a second mounting hole 22, and the first mounting hole 32 is connected with the second mounting hole 22 through a first screw. The first mounting hole 32 is a countersunk hole for hiding the first screw, and the second mounting hole 22 is a threaded hole.

Specifically, the display panel rear case 30 is provided with a first protrusion 33, and the first mounting hole 32 is located on the first protrusion 33. A second convex part is arranged on the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and a second mounting hole 22 is positioned on the second convex part.

The surface of first bulge 33 is inwards sunken to form a groove, first mounting hole 32 is located at the tank bottom of the groove, and the second bulge can be inserted into the groove, so that first mounting hole 32 aligns with second mounting hole 22, and the second bulge and the groove cooperate to play a limiting role simultaneously.

The display panel rear case 30 includes a bottom plate 34 and a rib 35 disposed around a circumferential edge of the bottom plate 34, the first catching protrusion 31 is disposed at one side of the rib 35, and the first protrusion 33 is disposed at the other side of the rib 35. When the installation is carried out, the first clamping protrusion 31 is clamped into the clamping groove, the first installation hole 32 is aligned with the second installation hole 22, and the first screw is screwed.

When the installation is carried out, the retaining side 35 is abutted against the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall cover 20, so that the display panel rear shell 30 and the electricity-proof wall cover 20 have a larger contact area, and the installation stability is ensured.

Two positioning barrier strips 23 are arranged on the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 at intervals, and the display panel rear shell 30 is positioned between the two positioning barrier strips 23. The positioning barrier 23 plays a positioning role, so that the display panel rear shell 30 can be positioned and installed quickly.

Specifically, the positioning bars 23 may be a continuous strip-shaped structure, or several discontinuous strip-shaped structures arranged in a straight line. Wherein, the positioning barrier strip 23 and the electricity-proof wall cover 20 are integrally formed, thereby being convenient for processing and production and ensuring the structural strength.

Prevent electric wall cover for a kind of working of plastics that sets up at the shell front end, mainly plays two effects, can hide the insulating tube that intakes and go out the water insulating tube on the one hand, plays the decoration effect, and on the other hand is used for fixed display subassembly.

In the prior art, the electricity-proof wall cover is usually fixed on the shell through screws, and a plurality of screws are required to be arranged on the electricity-proof wall cover. The length of the electricity-proof wall cover of some water heaters is large, the electricity-proof wall cover is well matched with the shell without flash seams, the number of screws needs to be increased, more screws need to be arranged on the electricity-proof wall cover, the processing is complex, the strength is low, more screws enable the installation to be long, the production and assembly efficiency is low, and the maintenance efficiency is low.

Between electricity-proof wall cover 20 and shell body 10, shell body 10 is last to be seted up storage tank 11, and electricity-proof wall cover 20 is located storage tank 11, and storage tank 11 has the positioning action, and the swift smooth electricity-proof wall cover 20 of being convenient for is installed.

One side of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is clamped with the shell body 10, and the other side of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is connected with the shell body 10 through a second screw. The number of screws is reduced, the installation and the disassembly are convenient, and the production efficiency is improved. As the clamping side does not need to be provided with a screw, a screwdriver does not need to be rotated, and the required operation space is small. Because the clamping side does not need to be provided with a hole, the strength of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is ensured, the phenomenon that the structural strength of the whole water heater is greatly influenced because the electricity-proof wall cover 10 is deformed due to internal or external reasons is prevented, and the service life of the product is prolonged.

In this embodiment, the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is a long strip cover, the top of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is connected with the housing body 10 in a clamping manner, the bottom of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is connected with the housing body 10 through screws, that is, two long edges of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 are connected with the housing body 10. In other embodiments, the bottom of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is clamped with the housing body 10, and the top of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is connected with the housing body 10 through screws.

Specifically, the inner side of the top of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is provided with a buckle 24, the housing body 10 is provided with a clamping hole 12, and the buckle 24 can be connected with the clamping hole 12. Wherein, buckle 23 is provided with a plurality ofly, and a plurality of buckles 23 are arranged along the top edge of electricity-proof wall cover 20 at interval.

The bottom of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is provided with a third mounting hole 25, the shell body 10 is provided with a fourth mounting hole 13, and the third mounting hole 25 is connected with the fourth mounting hole 13 through a second screw. The third mounting hole 25 is a through hole, and the fourth mounting hole 13 is a threaded hole.

Specifically, the electricity-proof wall cover 20 includes a front side plate and a bottom side plate, the buckle 24 is disposed on the back of the top of the front side plate, and the third mounting hole 25 is disposed on the bottom of the bottom side plate. When the installation, insert buckle 24 in calorie hole 12 earlier, at this moment again with third mounting hole 25 and fourth mounting hole 13 alignment, install the second screw again at last can.

The third mounting hole 25 is a countersunk hole, which facilitates the hiding of screws.

In this embodiment, one end of the buckle 24 is connected to the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and the other end of the buckle 24 extends obliquely upward to facilitate insertion into the card hole 12.

The position of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 corresponding to the buckle 24 is provided with a notch, which is convenient for processing and production.

In addition, the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is provided with a positioning protrusion 26 on the inner side, the housing body 10 is provided with a positioning hole 14, and the positioning protrusion 26 can be inserted into the positioning hole 14. The positioning protrusion 26 and the positioning hole 14 play a positioning role, so that the third mounting hole 25 and the fourth mounting hole 13 can be aligned smoothly, and quick mounting is realized.

When the installation is carried out, the buckle 24 is inserted into the clamping hole 12, meanwhile, the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is applied with force, so that the positioning protrusion 26 is inserted into the positioning hole 14, at the moment, the third mounting hole 25 is aligned with the fourth mounting hole 13, and the second screw is installed.

Specifically, the positioning projection 26 includes a support portion and an elastic snap projection provided on the support portion. When the positioning protrusion 26 is inserted into the positioning hole 14 during installation, the elastic clamping protrusion is pressed and deformed to smoothly enter the positioning hole 14, and after the elastic clamping protrusion enters the positioning hole 14, clamping is smoothly achieved under the action of elastic restoring force of the elastic clamping protrusion.

Specifically, the positioning projection 26 is provided on the bottom inside of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 between the adjacent two third mounting holes 25.

In addition, prevent that electric wall cover still includes two end plates, preceding curb plate, bottom plate and two end plates enclose into rectangular cover body, its rear side profile face and shell body 10 contact, preceding curb plate towards the user, display module fixes on preceding curb plate to in order that the user observes and operates.

A plurality of reinforcing ribs are provided on the rear wall of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 for reinforcing the structural strength. The reinforcing ribs may be arranged in a staggered manner in the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the front surface of the electricity-proof wall cover 20 is an arc surface to adapt to the surface shape of the housing body 10, so that the display panel is arc-shaped after being bonded with the electricity-proof wall cover 20. The display panel is made of an acrylic material, which makes the housing body 10 more beautiful. Through directly bonding display panel and prevent electric wall cover 20, saved the welt, the cost is reduced has reduced whole thickness and weight, reduces to rock because of the transport and leads to display panel and prevent that electric wall cover 20 breaks away from.

Specifically, the display panel is bonded to the electricity-proof wall cover 20 by a bonding member. The adhesive piece can be an adhesive tape which is convenient to adhere and low in cost. In particular, the adhesive tape may be a double-sided tape.

The conventional adhesive tape is in a strip shape, so that the adhesive tape is conveniently arranged on the electricity-proof wall cover 20 in a transverse or longitudinal mode.

An embodiment of the utility model provides a still provide a water heater, including foretell water heater shell subassembly. One side of a display panel rear shell 30 of the water heater shell assembly is clamped with the electricity-proof wall cover 20, and the other side of the display panel rear shell 30 is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover 20 through a first screw. The clamping connection mode has the advantages that the occupied space is small, the distance between the display panel rear shell 30 and the shell body 10 is increased, a certain reserved deformation space is increased for the deformation of the shell body 10 in the foaming process, the interference between the shell body 10 and the display panel rear shell 30 is avoided, the installation stability of the display panel rear shell 30 is ensured, the electric-proof wall cover 20 is prevented from being jacked up, and the attractiveness is not influenced. Meanwhile, the display panel rear shell 30 is not stressed, so that the safety of the control assembly is ensured, and the use safety of the water heater is improved.

The water heater further comprises end covers arranged at two ends of the shell body 10, the shell body 10 and the end covers are enclosed to form a containing cavity, and an inner container is arranged inside the containing cavity. A foaming structure is arranged between the shell body 10 and the inner container.

The housing body 10 may be a cylindrical structure, and the cylindrical structure may be a hollow cylindrical structure, and the cross section of the cylindrical structure is perpendicular to the axis of the housing body 10, and the cross section may be any suitable shape such as a circle, an ellipse, a sector, a polygon, or an irregular shape.

The processing mode of shell body 10 is various, and shell body 10 can be made through one shot forming by the plastics material, and the kind of this one shot forming technology can be multiple, for example mould plastics, 3D prints etc. and there is not the gap in shell body 10 surface that obtains through one shot forming, and mechanical properties is good. Compared with a welding shell in the prior art, the welding shell has the advantages that the surface can be smoothly transited due to no welding seam, the shell body 10 is not easy to crack, and the appearance is good.

The above embodiments have only been explained the basic principle and characteristics of the present invention, the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, the present invention also has various changes and modifications, and these changes and modifications all fall into the scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A water heater enclosure assembly, comprising:

a housing body (10);

the electricity-proof wall cover (20) is connected with the shell body (10), and a mounting hole (200) is formed in the electricity-proof wall cover (20);

the display assembly is arranged at the mounting port (200) and comprises a display panel rear shell (30), one side of the display panel rear shell (30) is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover (20) in a clamped mode, and the other side of the display panel rear shell (30) is connected with the electricity-proof wall cover (20) through a first screw.

2. The water heater outer shell assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that one side of the display panel rear shell (30) is provided with a first clamping protrusion (31), the inner side of the electricity-proof wall cover (20) is provided with a second clamping protrusion (21), a clamping groove is formed between the second clamping protrusion (21) and the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall cover (20), and the first clamping protrusion (31) is clamped into the clamping groove.

3. The water heater outer shell assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that a first mounting hole (32) is formed in the display panel rear shell (30), a second mounting hole (22) is formed in the electricity-proof wall cover (20), and the first mounting hole (32) is connected with the second mounting hole (22) through the first screw.

4. A water heater enclosure assembly according to claim 3, wherein the fascia back shell (30) is provided with a first projection (33), the first mounting hole (32) being located on the first projection (33).

5. A water heater enclosure assembly according to claim 4, wherein the fascia back shell (30) comprises a base plate (34) and a rib (35) disposed around a peripheral edge of the base plate (34), the first detent (31) being disposed on one side of the rib (35) and the first projection (33) being disposed on the other side of the rib (35).

6. The water heater enclosure assembly of claim 5, wherein the rib (35) abuts an inner wall of the electricity protection wall shield (20).

7. The water heater enclosure assembly of claim 1, wherein two positioning bars (23) are spaced apart on the inner wall of the electricity-proof wall enclosure (20), and the display panel rear housing (30) is located between the two positioning bars (23).

8. The water heater enclosure assembly according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein one side of the electricity-proof wall enclosure (20) is clamped to the enclosure body (10), and the other side of the electricity-proof wall enclosure (20) is connected to the enclosure body (10) by a second screw.

9. The water heater outer shell assembly according to claim 8, characterized in that a buckle (24) is arranged at the inner side of the top of the electricity-proof wall cover (20), a clamping hole (12) is formed on the outer shell body (10), and the buckle (24) can be connected with the clamping hole (12).

10. A water heater including a water heater housing assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.