CN218119950U

CN218119950U - Air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN218119950U
Application number: CN202221152801.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李丕超; 张晓斌; 郝本华
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Gen Corp Ltd; Qingdao Haier Air Conditioning Electric Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Gen Corp Ltd; Qingdao Haier Air Conditioning Electric Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-13
Filing date: 2022-05-13
Publication date: 2022-12-23
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-13

Abstract

The utility model provides an air conditioner, it includes casing, panel and guide rail. The housing is provided with an opening. The panel is used for opening and closing the opening and comprises a guide part. The guide rail is fixed to the cabinet, and the guide portion is slidable along the guide rail so as to guide the opening and closing path of the panel by the guide rail. The guide rail comprises a turning section and a flat section which are connected, the turning section extends towards the outer side of the opening, the flat section extends towards the first edge direction of the opening, so that in the opening process of the panel, the guide part slides along the turning section firstly to enable the panel to be far away from the opening in the normal direction of the opening, and then the guide part slides along the flat section to enable the panel to move towards the first edge of the opening to open the opening. The utility model discloses an air conditioner can more make things convenient for, swiftly dismantle the panel.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an air conditioning technology field, in particular to air conditioner.

Background

Along with the development of the technology, the air conditioner not only has basic functions such as refrigeration and heating, but also has additional air treatment functions such as purification, fresh air and humidification, and various additional functional modules are embedded frequently to realize the functions.

Such air conditioners often require the operation of additional functional modules, such as replacement of filter modules, addition of water, etc., requiring the opening of the air conditioner panel. The panel is usually mounted on the framework by a buckle in the related art, so as to be detachable. However, it is often not known to the user where to remove the panel, and the panel needs to be aligned when being remounted, which is inconvenient.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the present invention is to overcome the above problems or to at least partially solve the above problems, and to provide an air conditioner capable of opening a panel more conveniently and quickly.

The utility model discloses a another aim is to realize the automation of panel switching process with simpler actuating mechanism.

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

a housing provided with an opening;

a panel for opening and closing the opening, the panel including a guide portion; and

a guide rail fixed to the housing, the guide portion being slidable along the guide rail so that an opening/closing path of the panel is guided by the guide rail;

the guide rail comprises a turning section and a flat section which are connected, the turning section extends towards the outer side of the opening, the flat section extends towards the first edge direction of the opening, so that in the panel opening process, a guide part slides along the turning section firstly to enable the panel to be far away from the opening in the normal direction of the opening, and then the guide part slides along the flat section to enable the panel to move towards the first edge of the opening so as to open the opening.

Optionally, the extended trajectory of the direction-changing segment is configured to: when the panel is in a closed state and is subjected to the acting force towards the first edge of the opening, the guide part can move from the turning section to the straight section under the guidance of the turning section.

Optionally, the extending track of the direction-changing section is a curve, and one end of the direction-changing section is tangent to the extending track of the straight section.

Optionally, the guide rail is provided with a groove extending along an extending track thereof, and the guide portion is slidably inserted into the groove of the guide rail.

Optionally, the air conditioner further comprises a driving mechanism for driving the guide part to slide along the guide rail so as to open or close the opening of the panel.

Optionally, the drive mechanism comprises:

a first sliding part mounted to the cabinet to be reciprocally movable in a direction toward or away from a first edge of the opening; and

a second sliding part fixed on the inner side of the panel and provided with the guide part, wherein the second sliding part is slidably arranged on the first sliding part, and the sliding direction is parallel to the normal direction of the opening;

the driving mechanism is used for driving the first sliding part to move along the direction towards or away from the first edge of the opening;

when the panel is in a closed state and the first sliding part moves towards the first edge of the opening, the second sliding part slides relative to the first sliding part, so that the guide part moves from the direction-changing section to the straight section.

Optionally, the drive mechanism further comprises:

the screw rod is arranged on the shell, the length direction of the screw rod is parallel to the length direction of the straight section, and the screw rod is screwed in a screw hole formed in the first sliding part to form a screw rod nut mechanism; and

and the motor is used for controllably driving the lead screw to rotate around the axis of the lead screw in a positive and negative mode so as to enable the first sliding part to move in a reciprocating mode along the length direction of the lead screw.

Optionally, the second sliding portion is cylindrical, and the guide portion is formed on an outer peripheral wall of the second sliding portion;

the first sliding part is columnar and can be telescopically inserted into the inner cavity of the second sliding part.

Optionally, the air conditioner is a vertical air conditioner, the opening is formed in the front side of the casing, and the straight section extends in the vertical direction.

Optionally, the opening is opened at a lower portion of the front side of the casing, the first edge of the opening is an upper edge thereof, and the panel is configured to be movable upward to open the opening.

The utility model discloses in, the air conditioner is under conventional state, and the panel inlays at the opening part to make its surface and all the other partial surface parallel and levels of casing, make the outward appearance of air conditioner more pleasing to the eye. When the panel needs to be opened, the guide part slides along the guide rail so as to guide the opening and closing path of the panel by the guide rail, the panel is normally away from the opening so as to be away from the blockage of the rest part of the machine shell, and then the front panel is smoothly moved towards the first edge of the opening so as to open the opening.

Further, the utility model discloses an among the air conditioner, the panel is in the closed condition and when receiving the effect of the direction towards the first edge of opening, and the guide part just can be under the guide of diversion section, removes to straight section from the diversion section. Therefore, the user or the driving mechanism only needs to apply acting force towards one direction to the panel, the panel can complete the whole opening process, and the user operation or the driving of the driving mechanism is simpler.

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 invention will be described in detail hereinafter by way of example 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 front view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the engagement structure of the panel with the driving mechanism in the closed state;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the engagement of the panel with the drive mechanism in the open position;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view from another perspective of the structure shown in FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 6.

Detailed Description

An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7. Where the orientation or positional relationship indicated by "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "lateral", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, it is merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and does 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 taken 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 embodiment of the utility model provides an air conditioner. The air conditioner is used for adjusting the room air, including refrigeration, heating, purification, humidity regulation, introduction new trend etc, the embodiment of the utility model provides a do not do the injecing to the concrete form of air conditioner, can be wall-hanging, vertical etc.

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1; fig. 3 is a schematic view of the air conditioner shown in fig. 2 when the panel 20 is in an open state.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention may generally include a cabinet 10 and a panel 20. The cabinet 10 is used to define an accommodating space for installing main components of the air conditioner, such as a blower fan, a heat exchanger, a control panel, various additional function modules, and the like. The cabinet 10 is provided with an opening 12, and the opening 12 communicates with the accommodating space of the cabinet 10.

The panel 20 opens and closes the opening 12. When the air conditioner is in a normal state, the opening 12 is closed with the panel 20, as shown in fig. 2. When it is necessary to perform a corresponding operation on the additional function module 30 within the cabinet 10, for example, replacement of the filter module, addition of water, etc., the panel 20 may be moved to open the opening 12, as shown in fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the air conditioner may be a floor type air conditioner, and the opening 12 is opened at a front side of the cabinet 10. Of course, the opening may be provided at the top, left and right sides, or rear side of the housing 10.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the engagement structure of the panel 20 with the driving mechanism 50 in the closed state; fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the panel 20 in the open state and the driving mechanism 50.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a guide rail 15, and the panel 20 further includes a guide portion 710. The guide 710 may be integrally formed with the remainder of the panel 20 or may be a separate component mounted to the remainder of the panel 20. The guide 710 is illustrated in dashed lines in fig. 4 and 5 because the guide 710 is not visible at the back of the guide rail 15 at the angle shown in the figures.

The guide 15 is fixed to the cabinet 10. Specifically, the guide rail 15 may be formed as an integral piece with the casing 10, or the guide rail 15 may be a separate component fixedly mounted on the casing 10. The housing 10 is hidden in fig. 4 and 5. The guide part 710 is slidably installed to the guide rail 15 so that the opening and closing path of the panel 20 is guided by the guide rail 15. Specifically, the guide rail 15 guides the movement trace of the guide part 710, that is, the movement trace of the panel 20, that is, the opening and closing path of the panel 20, so that the panel 20 can be opened and closed along a preset path.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the guide rail 15 includes a direction-changing section 151 and a straight section 152 connected with each other. That is, the direction-changing section 151 and the straight section 152 are two adjacent sections of one continuous, complete guide rail 15. Further, it is possible to make the guide rail 15 of a direction-changing section 151 and a straight section 152, i.e. comprising only these two sections. The direction-changing section 151 extends toward the outside of the opening 12, and the straight section 152 extends toward the first edge of the opening 12. The first edge may be any edge of the opening 12, such as upper, lower, left, right, diagonally upper, diagonally lower. For example, for the embodiment of the floor air conditioner shown in the drawings, since the opening 12 is open forward, the term "toward the outside of the opening 12" means forward, the front-rear direction constitutes a normal direction of the opening 12, and the straight section 152 extends in the up-down direction. "toward the first edge of opening 12" means upward. In this way, during the opening process of the panel 20, the guiding portion 710 slides along the direction changing section 151 to move the panel 20 away from the opening 12 in the normal direction of the opening 12, and then the guiding portion 710 slides along the straight section 152 to move the panel 20 section toward the first edge of the opening 12 to open the opening 12, please refer to the position change of the panel 20 in fig. 4 to 5.

Of course, it will be understood that the path of movement of the panel 20 during closing is the same as, but opposite to, the path of movement during opening. That is, during the closing of the panel 20, the guiding portion 710 slides along the straight section 152 and then enters the turning section 151.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the panel 20 is embedded in the opening 12 of the air conditioner in a normal state, so that the outer surface of the panel is flush with the outer surface 11 of the rest of the casing 10, and the appearance of the air conditioner is more beautiful, as shown in fig. 1 and 2. When it is necessary to open the panel 20, the guide portion 710 is slid along the guide rail 15 so that the opening and closing path of the panel 20 is guided by the guide rail 15, the panel 20 is first moved away from the opening 12 in a normal direction so as to be moved away from the blockage of the rest of the cabinet 10, and then the panel 20 is smoothly moved toward the first edge of the opening 12 to open the opening 12.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the extending track of the turning section 151 is configured to: when the panel 20 is in the closed state and is forced in a direction toward the first edge of the opening 12, the guide portion 710 can move from the direction-changing section 151 to the straight section 152 under the guidance of the direction-changing section 151. In this way, a user or the driving mechanism 50 only needs to apply a force to the panel 20 in one direction to complete the opening process of the panel 20 without pulling the panel 20 outward along the normal direction and then changing the pulling direction to move the panel in the opening direction. This makes the user operation or actuation of the actuation mechanism 50 simpler.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the extending track of the turning segment 151 may be curved, and one end of the curved segment is tangent to the extending track of the straight segment 152, so as to better achieve a smoother transition and make the steering of the guiding portion 710 smoother and more labor-saving. The extended trajectory of the straight section 152 is preferably a straight line.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another perspective of the structure shown in FIG. 5; fig. 7 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 6.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the guide rail 15 may be provided with a groove extending along the extending track thereof, and the guide portion 710 may be slidably inserted into the groove of the guide rail 15. Specifically, the section of the groove in the turning section 151 is a groove section 153, and the section of the groove in the straight section 152 is a groove section 154. The present embodiment provides such a groove-like structure, which can guide the guide part 710 well, and the guide part 710 is relatively simple to mount and dismount.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 to 7, the air conditioner may further include a driving mechanism 50. The driving mechanism 50 is used to drive the guide portion 710 to slide along the guide rail 15 so that the panel 20 opens or closes the opening 12. Thus, the opening and closing processes of the panel 20 are automated without manual operation by a user. The user can control the opening and closing of the panel 20 through the control panel 20 of the cabinet 10 of the air conditioner, a remote controller, or a control terminal such as a mobile phone.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4-7, the drive mechanism 50 includes a first slide 300 and a second slide 700. The first sliding portion 300 is reciprocally movably mounted to the cabinet 10 in a direction toward or away from the first edge of the opening 12. The second sliding portion 700 is fixed to the inner side of the panel 20 and has the aforementioned guide portion 710, and the second sliding portion 700 is slidably mounted to the first sliding portion 300 with a sliding direction parallel to the normal direction of the opening 12. For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 7, the opening 12 is open toward the front, the first edge is the upper edge of the opening 12, and the "direction toward or away from the first edge of the opening 12" is the up-down direction. "normal to the opening 12" refers to the front-rear direction.

The driving mechanism 50 is used to drive the first sliding portion 300 to move in a direction toward or away from the first edge of the opening 12. When the panel 20 is in the closed state and the first sliding portion 300 moves toward the first edge of the opening 12, the second sliding portion 700 is slid with respect to the first sliding portion 300, so that the guide portion 710 moves from the direction-changing section 151 to the straight section 152. For example, in the embodiment of fig. 4 to 7, the driving mechanism 50 drives the first sliding portion 300 to move up, and during the process of moving up the first sliding portion 300, the guiding portion 710 moves forward along the guiding rail 15 due to the guiding of the guiding rail 15, and finally reaches into the straight section 152.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the second sliding portion 700 has a cylindrical shape, and the guide portion 710 is formed on the outer peripheral wall of the second sliding portion 700. The first sliding portion 300 is cylindrical and can be telescopically inserted into the inner cavity of the second sliding portion 700, so as to realize the sliding connection between the first sliding portion 300 and the second sliding portion 700.

As shown in fig. 4 to 7, the driving mechanism 50 may further include a lead screw 200 and a motor 500. The lead screw 200 is installed on the housing 10, and the length direction thereof is parallel to the length direction of the straight section 152. The screw 200 is screwed into a screw hole formed in the first sliding portion 300 to form a screw nut mechanism. The motor 500 is used for controllably driving the screw rod 200 to rotate forward and backward around its axis so as to reciprocate the first sliding part 300 along the length direction of the screw rod 200. The present embodiment converts the rotation of the motor 500 into the translation of the first sliding portion 300 by the lead screw nut mechanism. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 to 7, an outer wall of the first sliding portion 300 may be protruded outward to form a mounting plate 350, and the mounting plate 350 may be formed with the aforementioned screw hole. Two brackets 600 can be fixedly installed on the housing 10, and the upper and lower ends of the screw 200 are respectively inserted into the limiting holes of the two brackets 600, so that the screw 200 is limited by the two brackets 600.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4-7, two lead screws 200 may be provided such that the two lead screws 200 are arranged in parallel. The motor 500 drives the two lead screws 200 to rotate simultaneously through the gear mechanism. In the embodiment, by arranging the two lead screws 200, the stress of each lead screw 200 can be reduced, so that the lead screw nut mechanism has higher reliability and cannot be easily failed or damaged.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the opening 12 may be opened at a lower portion of the front side of the cabinet 10, a first edge of the opening 12 is an upper edge thereof, and the panel 20 is configured to be movable upward to open the opening 12. If the panel 20 is moved in the left-right direction to open the opening 12, which results in a limited installation location of the air conditioner, the air conditioner must ensure enough space on the left or right side thereof in order to give way to the panel 20. This embodiment avoids this problem.

Of course, in alternative embodiments, the panel 20 may be configured to open and close the opening 12 in a left-right translational manner, or the panel 20 may be configured to be mounted to the opening 12 in a diagonal translational manner or in an arc.

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

1. An air conditioner characterized by comprising:

a housing provided with an opening;

a guide rail fixed to the cabinet, the guide part being slidably mounted to the guide rail so that an opening/closing path of the panel is guided by the guide rail;

2. The air conditioner according to claim 1,

the extending track of the direction changing section is configured as follows: when the panel is in a closed state and is forced towards the first edge of the opening, the guide part can move from the turning section to the straight section under the guidance of the turning section.

3. The air conditioner according to claim 2,

the extending track of the turning section is a curve, and one end of the turning section is tangent to the extending track of the straight section.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 1,

the guide rail is provided with a groove extending along the extending track of the guide rail, and the guide part can be slidably inserted into the groove of the guide rail.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 2, further comprising:

and the driving mechanism is used for driving the guide part to slide along the guide rail so as to enable the panel to open or close the opening.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the driving mechanism comprises:

a first sliding part mounted to the housing to be reciprocally movable in a direction toward or away from a first edge of the opening; and

a second sliding part fixed to the inner side of the panel and having the guide part, the second sliding part being slidably mounted to the first sliding part in a sliding direction parallel to the normal direction of the opening;

the driving mechanism is used for driving the first sliding part to move towards or away from the first edge of the opening;

7. The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises:

8. The air conditioner according to claim 6,

the second sliding part is cylindrical, and the guide part is formed on the outer peripheral wall of the second sliding part;

9. The air conditioner according to claim 1,

the air conditioner is a vertical air conditioner, the opening is formed in the front side of the casing, and the straight section extends in the vertical direction.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 9,

the opening is arranged at the lower part of the front side of the shell, the first edge of the opening is the upper edge of the opening, and the panel is configured to move upwards to open the opening.