CN217685796U - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an air conditioner, it includes casing, panel and stop part. One side of the housing is open. The panel is rotatably provided at an open side of the housing so as to rotate in an opening direction to open the housing or rotate in a closing direction to close the housing. The stopper is rotatably mounted to the housing. The air conditioner is configured to: after the panel is rotated to be opened, the panel is locked in an opening state by a stop piece; and in the process of continuing rotating the panel from the opening state to the opening direction, the stop piece is pushed to rotate to the unlocking position, so that the stop piece unlocks the panel, and the panel is allowed to rotate to the closing state in the closing direction. The utility model discloses the locking and the unblock operation of panel have been simplified.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a refrigeration plant technical field, in particular to air conditioner.

Background

Air conditioners are often provided with a panel that can be opened to allow an operator to open the panel and then manipulate other components inside the air conditioner, such as installing or removing a filter screen, replacing a functional module, adding water to the air conditioner, and the like.

For example, in a wall-mounted air conditioner, a fan and an evaporator are generally disposed in an indoor unit, and a filter screen is generally disposed outside the evaporator to filter an intake airflow of a casing. After the air conditioning is operated for a long time, the dust on the filter screen is too much, and the filter screen needs to be cleaned regularly. The existing scheme is that the top of a panel on the front side is pivotally arranged on the top of a shell, and the two transverse sides of the panel are clamped with the shell in a buckling connection mode. The user unlocks the buckle structure manually, and then overturns the panel towards the front upper side, so that the panel is overturned for a certain angle, and the filter screen is exposed. The user can dismantle the filter screen and wash this moment.

Most of the existing air conditioners adopt the mode, and innovative experience is lacked. And the user needs manual dismantlement buckle earlier, rotates the panel again, and the operation is very loaded down with trivial details, hard. And the opening angle of panel is too little, and the user need lift the panel and just can dismantle the filter screen, and operation experience is relatively poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that overcomes or at least partially solves the above problems.

The utility model discloses a simplify panel locking and unblock operation.

Particularly, the utility model provides an air conditioner, it includes:

a housing having one side opened;

a panel rotatably provided at an open side of the case so as to rotate in an opening direction to open the case or rotate in a closing direction to close the case; and

a stopper rotatably mounted to the housing; the air conditioner is configured to:

after the panel is rotated to be opened, the panel is locked in an opening state by the stop piece; and is provided with

And in the process of continuing the rotation of the panel from the opening state to the opening direction, pushing the stop piece to rotate to the unlocking position so as to unlock the panel, thereby allowing the panel to rotate to the closing state in the closing direction.

Optionally, the air conditioner is further configured to: in the process of rotating the panel from the closed state to the open state, the stop piece is pushed to rotate to the locking position, so that the panel is locked in the open state.

Optionally, the panel has a first latch facing the opening direction and a second latch facing the closing direction, the first latch being at a greater distance from the panel rotation axis than the stop rotation axis is at, and the stop rotation axis is at a greater distance from the panel rotation axis than the second latch is at;

in the process that the panel rotates from the closed state to the open state, the first clamping tongue pushes the end part of the stop piece to enable the end part to rotate from the unlocking position to the locking position, and the end part clamps the first clamping tongue to prevent the panel from being continuously opened, so that the panel rotates to a preset angle in the closing direction, the second clamping tongue is clamped by the other end part of the stop piece, and the panel is locked;

and during the process that the panel is rotated from the opening state to the opening direction continuously, the first clamping tongue pushes the stop piece to rotate to the unlocking position, so that the panel is allowed to rotate to the closing state in the closing direction, and during the process that the panel is rotated to the closing direction, the second clamping tongue pushes the side surface of the stop piece to rotate to the unlocking position which is 180 degrees away from the unlocking position before the panel is opened.

Optionally, both ends of the stopper respectively have an inward concave clamping groove for clamping the first clamping tongue or the second clamping tongue.

Optionally, the slot is a "V" shaped slot.

Optionally, both sides of the stopper are concave arc-shaped surfaces.

Optionally, a mounting arm extends from the panel, and an end of the mounting arm is rotatably mounted to the housing;

the outer peripheral surface of the end part of the mounting arm is inwards recessed to form a groove, and the first clamping tongue and the second clamping tongue are formed on two side walls of the groove.

Optionally, a region of one side wall of the groove, which is adjacent to the outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the mounting arm, extends out of the first latch in the opening direction;

and the connecting part between the other side wall of the groove and the outer peripheral surface of the end part of the mounting arm forms the second clamping tongue.

Optionally, the outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the mounting arm constituting the second latch is a convex arc surface.

Optionally, the air conditioner is a wall-mounted air conditioner, the front side of the housing is open, and the top edge of the panel is rotatably mounted to the housing along a transverse axis.

The utility model discloses an in the air conditioner, the panel rotates and opens the back, is locked the panel in the open mode by the stop part, makes its position very firm, need not that the user is hand. When the panel needs to be closed, the panel continues to rotate towards the opening direction to push the stop piece to rotate to the unlocking position, so that the panel is unlocked, and then the panel can be moved to the closed state. The unlocking design is very ingenious and is easy to operate.

Further, the utility model discloses an among the air conditioner, the operator opens the panel in-process, promotes the stop part by the panel and rotates to latched position from the unblock position, need not the extra locking operation of user for user's operation is simple swift more.

The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of specific embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Some specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail hereinafter, by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements or components. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where a panel is opened;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the air conditioner of FIG. 1 with the panel in a closed position;

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the air conditioner of FIG. 2 with the panel in an open position;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 4 with the panel rotated in an opening direction;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the arrangement of FIG. 5 with the panel continuing to rotate in an opening direction to cause the end of the stop to catch the first catch;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the arrangement of FIG. 6 with the panel rotated in a closing direction to allow the end of the stop member to capture the second latch;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 7 with the panel rotated in an opening direction;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 8 with the panel rotated in an opening direction;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 9 with the panel rotated in a closing direction;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 10 with the panel rotated in a closing direction;

fig. 12 is a schematic view of the structure of fig. 11 with the panel rotated to a closed position.

Detailed Description

An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 12. Where the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms "front", "back", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "lateral", etc., are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, they are merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.

The terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature, i.e., one or more such features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise. When a feature "comprises or comprises" a or some of its intended features, this indicates that other features are not excluded and that other features may be further included, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and "coupled" and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected or 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 they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. Those skilled in the art should understand the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention according to specific situations.

The utility model provides an air conditioner for adjust indoor air, for example refrigerate/heat, dehumidify, introduce new trend and so on.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention may generally include a case 10, a panel 20, and a stopper 30.

The case 10 defines an accommodation space in which some components of the air conditioner are accommodated. For example, the housing 10 may be provided therein with components such as a heat exchanger, a fan, a filter screen, etc., and may also be provided with functional modules such as a purification module, a fresh air module, etc. One side of the housing 10 is opened so that a user can perform operations, such as replacement, cleaning, etc., on components or modules inside the housing 10 through the opened port.

The panel 20 is rotatably provided at the open side of the case 10 so as to rotate in an opening direction to open the case 10, as shown in fig. 3; or in a closing direction to close the housing 10, as shown in fig. 2. The rotation axis of the panel 20 is X1. In the perspective of fig. 2 to 12, the opening direction is counterclockwise and the closing direction is clockwise.

The stopper 30 is rotatably mounted to the housing 10 with an axis of rotation X2. The air conditioner is configured to: after the panel 20 is rotated open, the panel 20 is locked in the open state by the stopper 30, as shown in fig. 7. Further, in the process of continuing the rotation of the panel 20 in the opening direction from the open state, the push stopper 30 rotates to the unlock position to unlock the panel 20, thereby allowing the panel 20 to rotate in the closing direction to the closed state, and this state change is illustrated in fig. 8 to 12.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in, panel 20 rotates and opens the back, is locked panel 20 in the open mode by stop part 30, makes its position very firm, need not that the user is hand-held. When the panel 20 needs to be closed, the panel 20 continues to rotate in the opening direction to push the stopper 30 to rotate to the unlocking position, so that the panel 20 is unlocked. The panel 20 may then be moved to the closed position. The unlocking design is very ingenious and easy to operate.

In some embodiments, the air conditioner is further configured to: in rotating the panel 20 from the closed state to the open state, the push stopper 30 is rotated to the lock position to lock the panel 20 in the open state, and this state change is illustrated in fig. 4 to 7. Therefore, when the operator opens the panel 20, the panel 20 pushes the stopper 30 to rotate from the unlocking position to the locking position, and no additional locking operation is required by the user, so that the user operation is simpler and faster.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4-12, the panel 20 has a first latch 211 facing in the opening direction and a second latch 212 facing in the closing direction. The first latch 211 is located at a distance from the rotation axis X1 of the panel 20 greater than the distance from the rotation axis X2 of the stopper 30 to the rotation axis X1 of the panel 20, and the distance from the rotation axis X2 of the stopper 30 to the rotation axis X1 of the panel 20 is greater than the distance from the second latch 212 to the rotation axis X1 of the panel 20. That is, the first latch 211 is farthest from X1, the stopper is 30 times, and the second latch 212 is closest to X1.

During the rotation of the panel 20 from the closed state to the open state, the end portion of the stopper 30 is pushed by the first latch 211 (see fig. 5) to rotate from the unlocked position to the locked position, and the first latch 211 is caught by the end portion to prevent the panel 20 from being continuously opened (see fig. 6), so that the panel 20 rotates by a preset angle in the closing direction, and the second latch 212 is caught by the other end portion of the stopper 30 to lock the panel 20 (see fig. 7).

During the continued rotation of the panel 20 from the open state in the opening direction, the first latch 211 pushes the stopper 30 to rotate to the unlocked position (see fig. 7 to 9), thereby allowing the panel 20 to rotate to the closed state in the closing direction, and during the rotation in the closing direction, the second latch 212 pushes the side 34 of the stopper 30 to rotate to the unlocked position (see fig. 10 to 12) 180 ° apart from the unlocked position before the opening of the panel 20. That is, the stopper 30 rotates 180 ° during the panel 20 is opened from the closed position shown in fig. 1 and then returns to the closed position shown in fig. 12. During subsequent opening and closing of the panel 20, the stop member 30 will still rotate in the same direction. In any case, the rotation of the stop 30 is always in the same direction, which is the same as the opening direction of the panel 20, and is counterclockwise in the illustrated view.

In some embodiments, both ends of the stopper 30 have concave catching grooves 31, 32, respectively, for catching the first or second catching tongues 211, 212, refer to fig. 6 and 7. Further, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the catching groove may be formed as a "V" shaped groove so as to more firmly catch the tip of the first catching tongue 211 or the second catching tongue 212.

In some alternative embodiments, the ends of the first and second latches 211 and 212 may be slotted, so that the two ends of the stopper 30 are pointed, and the catching effect can also be achieved.

As shown in fig. 11 to 12, the end of the closing of the panel 20 requires the side 34 of the stopper 30 to be pushed by the second latch 212 to facilitate the rotation thereof, so that it is preferable that both sides 33, 34 of the stopper 30 are concave arc-shaped surfaces to make the force more gradual.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, the panel 20 extends out of the mounting arm 21, and the end of the mounting arm 21 is rotatably mounted to the housing 10. The outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the mounting arm 21 is recessed inward to form a groove 215, and the first latch 211 and the second latch 212 are formed on both side walls of the groove 215. The panel 20 may be provided with two or more mounting arms 21, each mounting arm 21 may be provided with a respective first and second latch 211, 212 and provided with a respective stop 30.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, a region of one side wall of the groove 215 adjacent to the end outer peripheral surface of the mounting arm 21 may be extended in the opening direction by a first latch 211, and a connecting portion between the other side wall of the groove 215 and the end outer peripheral surface of the mounting arm 21 may constitute a second latch 212. That is, the other side wall of the groove 215 and the outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the mounting arm 21 constitute both side surfaces of the second latch 212, and the connecting edge of the both constitutes the tip of the second latch 212.

Further, the outer peripheral surface 2120 of the end portion of the mounting arm 21 constituting the second latch 212 may be made a convex curved surface. The peripheral surface 2120 is preferably matched to the arc shape of the sides 33, 34 of the stop 30. As shown in fig. 11 to 12, the end of the closing of the panel 20 requires the side faces 33, 34 of the stopper 30 to be close to the outer peripheral surface of the end of the mounting arm 21 constituting the second latch 212, so as to match the shapes thereof, in order to prevent the mounting arm 21 from pushing the stopper 30 again when the panel 20 continues to be closed after the stopper 30 is rotated to the unlocking position.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the air conditioner is a wall-mounted air conditioner, the front side of the case 10 is open, and the top edge of the panel 20 is rotatably mounted to the case 10 along a lateral axis.

In current wall-hanging air conditioner, the panel can rotate forward and open certain acute angle, but the opening angle of panel is too little, and the user need lift the panel and just can dismantle the filter screen, and operation experience is relatively poor. Different with this kind of current scheme, the embodiment of the utility model provides a then solved this problem, need not the user and lifted, made the user more laborsaving, operation experience is better.

Thus, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail herein, many other variations and modifications can be made, consistent with the principles of the invention, which are directly determined or derived from the disclosure herein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be understood and interpreted to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims (10)

1. An air conditioner characterized by comprising:

a housing having one side opened;

a panel rotatably provided at an open side of the case so as to rotate in an opening direction to open the case or rotate in a closing direction to close the case; and

a stopper rotatably mounted to the housing; the air conditioner is configured to:

after the panel is rotated to be opened, the panel is locked in an opening state by the stop piece; and is provided with

During the rotation of the panel from the open state to the open direction, the stopper is pushed to rotate to an unlocked position to unlock the panel, thereby allowing the panel to rotate to a closed state in the close direction.

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1,

the air conditioner is further configured to: in the process of rotating the panel from the closed state to the open state, the stop piece is pushed to rotate to a locking position so as to lock the panel in the open state.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 2,

the panel is provided with a first clamping tongue facing the opening direction and a second clamping tongue facing the closing direction, the distance from the first clamping tongue to the panel rotating axis is larger than the distance from the stop piece rotating axis to the panel rotating axis, and the distance from the stop piece rotating axis to the panel rotating axis is larger than the distance from the second clamping tongue to the panel rotating axis;

in the process that the panel rotates from the closed state to the open state, the first clamping tongue pushes the end part of the stop piece to enable the end part to rotate from the unlocking position to the locking position, and the end part clamps the first clamping tongue to prevent the panel from continuing to open, so that the panel rotates to a preset angle in the closing direction, the second clamping tongue is clamped by the other end part of the stop piece, and the panel is locked;

and in the process of rotating the panel from the opening state to the opening direction, the first clamping tongue pushes the stop piece to rotate to an unlocking position, so that the panel is allowed to rotate to the closing state in the closing direction, and in the process of rotating the panel to the closing direction, the second clamping tongue pushes the side surface of the stop piece to rotate to an unlocking position which is 180 degrees away from the unlocking position before the panel is opened.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 3,

two ends of the stop piece are respectively provided with an inwards concave clamping groove for clamping the first clamping tongue or the second clamping tongue.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 4,

the clamping groove is a V-shaped groove.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 4,

two side surfaces of the stop part are both inwards concave arc-shaped surfaces.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 3,

a mounting arm extends from the panel, and the end of the mounting arm is rotatably mounted on the shell;

the outer peripheral surface of the end part of the mounting arm is inwards recessed to form a groove, and the first clamping tongue and the second clamping tongue are formed on two side walls of the groove.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 7,

the first clamping tongue extends out of the area, adjacent to the outer peripheral surface of the end part of the mounting arm, of one side wall of the groove in the opening direction;

and the connecting part between the other side wall of the groove and the outer peripheral surface of the end part of the mounting arm forms the second clamping tongue.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 8,

the outer peripheral surface of the end part of the mounting arm forming the second clamping tongue is a convex cambered surface.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 1,

the air conditioner is a wall-mounted air conditioner, the front side of the housing is open, and the top edge of the panel is rotatably mounted to the housing along a transverse axis.

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