CN218296191U - Air deflector and wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit - Google Patents

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CN218296191U
CN218296191U CN202221634697.4U CN202221634697U CN218296191U CN 218296191 U CN218296191 U CN 218296191U CN 202221634697 U CN202221634697 U CN 202221634697U CN 218296191 U CN218296191 U CN 218296191U
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王建平
任克坤
张雄菲
王丰
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Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner Gen Corp Ltd
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The utility model provides a machine in aviation baffle and wall-hanging air conditioning. The air guide plate comprises an outer plate body, an inner plate body and at least one mounting arm. The inner plate body and the outer plate body cover the inner side of the outer plate body with gaps, the inner side surface of the outer plate body is provided with a mounting boss, the mounting boss is in a long strip shape extending along the length direction of the inner plate body, and at least one positioning hole penetrating through the inner plate body is formed. The end part of each mounting arm is provided with a positioning block, the positioning block is provided with a plurality of clamping protrusions, the positioning block extends into the positioning hole, and each clamping protrusion is clamped and fixed at the edge of the positioning hole. The utility model discloses an aviation baffle can effectively prevent to improve the problem of warping and condensation.

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Air deflector and wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an air conditioning technology field especially relates to a machine in aviation baffle and wall-hanging air conditioning.
Background
The wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit generally uses an air deflector to guide the up-down air outlet direction of an air outlet so that the air outlet is directed forwards, forwards upwards or forwards downwards.
Because the air deflector is mostly in a strip-shaped sheet structure, the air deflector needs to be subjected to low cooling temperature and high heating temperature when working, so that the air deflector is easy to deform and influences the air supply effect. Moreover, the air deflector belongs to an appearance component, and when large deformation occurs, the appearance of the air conditioner is also influenced. In addition, the majority of the air deflector is an injection molding part, and the influence of injection molding internal stress on the deformation of the air deflector is also very large. Therefore, how to reduce the deformation of the air deflector is an important issue in the air conditioning industry.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at overcoming at least one defect among the prior art, provide one kind and can increase structural strength, improve the aviation baffle of unfavorable deformation and have its wall-hanging air conditioning indoor set.
The utility model discloses a further purpose reduces the condensation at the aviation baffle back.
In one aspect, the utility model provides an air deflector, it includes:
an outer plate body;
the inner plate body and the outer plate body cover the inner side of the outer plate body with a gap, the inner side surface of the inner plate body is provided with a mounting boss, the mounting boss is in a long strip shape extending along the length direction of the inner plate body, and at least one positioning hole penetrating through the inner plate body is formed; and
the end part of each mounting arm is provided with a positioning block, the positioning block is provided with a plurality of clamping protrusions, the positioning block extends into the positioning hole, and each clamping protrusion is clamped and fixed at the edge of the positioning hole.
Optionally, the inner plate body is further provided with two insertion holes penetrating through the inner plate body, and the two insertion holes are respectively located on two sides of the positioning hole; and is
The end part of the mounting arm is also provided with two clamping plate parts which are respectively positioned at two sides of the positioning block and have intervals with the positioning block, and the two clamping plate parts are respectively inserted into the two insertion holes so as to be respectively clamped at two sides of the mounting boss in the width direction.
Optionally, the inner side surface of the outer plate body is provided with two clamping ribs extending along the length direction of the outer plate body; and is
And each clamping plate part is provided with a first clamping hook at the outer side, and each first clamping hook is inserted into one of the jacks and is fixedly hooked on the corresponding clamping rib.
Optionally, the positioning block is a rectangular block with a length direction parallel to the width direction of the inner plate body; the two sides of the positioning block in the width direction are respectively provided with the clamping protrusions; and is
The two clamping plate parts are respectively positioned on two sides of the positioning block in the length direction.
Optionally, the air guide plate further comprises two end covers, which are respectively used for plugging the interval between the end parts of the outer plate body and the inner plate body; and is
The inner side surface of the inner plate body is provided with at least one insertion boss, each insertion boss is in a strip shape extending along the length direction of the inner plate body, is in a hollow shape with two open ends, and is provided with a clamping hole; at least one second clamping hook extends out of the inner side of each end cover, and each second clamping hook extends into one insertion boss and is hooked on the clamping hole.
Optionally, a plurality of positioning ribs extend from the inner side of each end cover, and two sides of each positioning rib respectively abut against the inner side surface of the outer plate body and the inner side surface of the inner plate body.
Optionally, two sides of the outer plate body in the width direction are bent inwards to form two flanges, and two edges of the inner plate body in the width direction are respectively clamped at the inner sides of the two flanges.
Optionally, the inner plate body and the outer plate body are both plastic pieces manufactured by a die extrusion process.
Optionally, the outer plate body is made of a PC + ABS material, and the inner plate body is made of a PC + GF material.
On the other hand, the utility model also provides a wall-hanging air conditioning indoor set, it includes:
a shell which is provided with an air outlet; and
at least one air deflector as in any one of the preceding claims, each mounting arm being rotatably connected to the housing to allow the air deflector to rotate at the air outlet.
The utility model discloses an aviation baffle includes inner plate body and outer plate body two-layer board, has the clearance in the middle of the two-layer plate body to the aviation baffle forms hollow structure, makes its structural strength bigger, and anti deformability is stronger. The hollow structure between the inner plate body and the outer plate body reduces the risk of condensation on the leeward side of the air deflector in the refrigeration mode. The installation arm passes through the locating hole of inner plate body in order to connect in inner plate body, and utilizes the locating piece to realize location and chucking simultaneously, and the design is very ingenious.
Further, in the air deflector of the present invention, the outer plate and the inner plate are plastic parts made by extrusion process, and the difference of the heat conduction coefficients is not large. And compared with the injection molding process, the internal stress of the plastic material formed by the extrusion process is reduced, the deformation of the air deflector is improved, and the disassembly and assembly structure is simpler. The mounting arm is designed to be a part independent of the inner plate body and the outer plate body, and the inner plate body and the outer plate body are convenient to manufacture through a die extrusion process.
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.
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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 to scale. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a wall-mounted indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of an air deflector according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the air deflection plate of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 3;
fig. 5 is a schematic end structure view of the inner plate body;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the air deflection plate of FIG. 2 in an exploded condition;
fig. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the air deflection plates of fig. 6 in an assembled state.
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The air deflector and the wall-mounted air conditioning indoor unit according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 7. 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 includes" a or some of the features that it covers, this is to be taken as an indication that other features are not excluded and that other features may further be included, unless expressly stated otherwise.
Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," "coupled," and the like are to be construed broadly and encompass, for example, both fixed and removable connection or integration; 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 a machine in wall-hanging air conditioning that is used for aviation baffle of machine in wall-hanging air conditioning and has it. An indoor unit of a wall-mounted type air conditioner is an indoor part of a split wall-mounted type room air conditioner for conditioning indoor air, such as cooling/heating, dehumidifying, purifying, introducing fresh air, and the like.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view illustrating a wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a schematic structural view illustrating an air guide plate 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view illustrating the air guide plate 50 shown in fig. 2, fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 3, and fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating an end portion of an inner plate 52; FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the air deflection plate 50 of FIG. 2 in an exploded condition; fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the air guide plate 50 shown in fig. 6 in an assembled state.
As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the air deflector 50 of the embodiment of the present invention is rotatably installed at the air outlet 12 of the indoor unit of the wall-mounted air conditioner for guiding the air outlet direction of the air outlet 12. The outlet 12 of the wall-mounted air conditioning indoor unit is generally elongated with its longitudinal direction extending in the horizontal transverse direction X, so that the air deflector 50 may be elongated with its longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal direction X of the outlet 12, and the axis X of rotation of the air deflector 50 is parallel to the longitudinal direction X.
As shown in fig. 2-7, the air deflection panel 50 of embodiments of the present invention may generally include an outer panel body 51, an inner panel body 52, and at least one mounting arm 55. The inner panel 52 and the outer panel 51 are positioned so that the side facing each other is the inner side and the side facing the outside is the outer side. When the air guide plate 50 is in a state of closing the outlet 12, the outer side of the outer plate 51 faces the outside of the casing 10, and the outer side of the inner plate 52 faces the inside of the casing 10.
The inner panel 52 covers the inner side of the outer panel 51 with a gap from the outer panel 51. The inner side surface of the inner plate 52 has mounting bosses 524. The mounting boss 524 is elongated to extend in the longitudinal direction (X direction) of the inner plate 52, and at least one positioning hole 5201 penetrating the inner plate 52 is formed in the mounting boss 524. The number of positioning holes 5201 is the same as the number of mounting arms 55. The installation bosses 524 are provided to reinforce the structure of the inner plate body 52.
The number of mounting arms 55 is typically two, as shown in fig. 2. Of course, the number of mounting arms 55 may also be three or more. The end of each mounting arm 55 has a locating block 555, and the locating block 555 has a plurality of retaining projections 5551 thereon. The positioning block 555 extends into the positioning hole 5201, so that the retaining projection 5551 is retained at the edge of the positioning hole 5201, thereby positioning the mounting arm 55. The other end of the mounting arm 55 is rotatably connected to the casing 10 of the wall-mounted air conditioning indoor unit to rotatably connect the air guide plate 50.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the inner plate 52 and the outer plate 51 form a double-layer structure, and a gap is formed between the two layers of plates, so that the air guiding plate 50 forms a hollow structure, which makes the structural strength larger and the deformation resistance stronger. The hollow structure between the inner plate 52 and the outer plate 51 also reduces the risk of condensation on the leeward side of the air deflector 50 in the cooling mode. In addition, the mounting arm 55 is directly clamped to the inner plate 52, so that the inner plate 52 is designed to be a basic component with the highest strength, the outer plate 51 and the mounting arm 55 are both mounted on the inner plate 52, and the whole structure of the air deflector 50 is more stable. In addition, the positioning and clamping of the mounting arm 55 are simultaneously realized by the positioning block 555, and the design is very ingenious.
In some embodiments, the inner plate 52 and the outer plate 51 may be made of plastic by a die extrusion process. Specifically, the outer plate body 51 may be made of PC + ABS material, and the inner plate body 52 may be made of PC + GF material. The plastic part manufactured by the extrusion process has small difference of heat conduction coefficients, and compared with the injection molding process, the internal stress is reduced, the deformation of the air deflector 50 is improved, and the disassembly and assembly structure is simpler. The present embodiment designs the mounting arm 55 as a separate component from the inner plate 52 and the outer plate 51, which facilitates the manufacture of the inner plate 52 and the outer plate 51 through a die extrusion process.
In some embodiments, the inner plate 52 may further have two insertion holes 5202 extending therethrough, which are respectively located on two sides of the positioning hole 5201. The end of mounting arm 55 also has two clip portions 551 which are located on either side of locating block 555 and spaced from locating block 555. The two plate portions 551 are inserted into the two insertion holes 5202, respectively, so as to be clamped on both sides of the mounting boss 524 in the width direction, respectively, to make the position of the mounting arm 55 more stable, referring to fig. 4, 5, and 7.
Further, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the inner side surface of the outer plate 51 may have two latching ribs 5231, 525 extending along the length direction thereof, the outer side of each of the plate portions 551 has a plurality of first hooks 552, and each of the first hooks 552 is inserted into one of the insertion holes 5202 and is hooked on the corresponding latching rib 5231, 525, as shown in fig. 7. This further prevents the mounting arm 55 from disengaging from the inner plate 52.
More specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the positioning block 555 may be a rectangular block with a length direction parallel to the width direction of the inner plate body 52, two sides of the positioning block 555 in the width direction may be respectively provided with a retaining protrusion 5551, and two clamping plate portions 551 may be respectively located at two sides of the positioning block 555 in the length direction. By the design, the freedom degree of the mounting arm 55 rotating relative to the inner plate body 52 is effectively restricted, and the mounting arm is effectively clamped around the periphery of the positioning block 555, so that the position of the mounting arm is more stable.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, the air deflector 50 may further include two end caps 53. The two end caps 53 are used to block the gap between the ends of the outer plate 51 and the inner plate 52, so as to form a closed cavity between the outer plate 51 and the inner plate 52, and prevent cold air or hot air from entering the cavity.
Referring to fig. 4, the inner side surface of the inner plate 52 has at least one insertion boss. For example, two plug-in cams 522, 523 can be provided. Each of the insertion bosses 522 and 523 is a long strip extending along the length direction of the inner plate 52, is hollow with two open ends, and is provided with a clamping hole 510. A plurality of second hooks 531 extend from the inner side of each end cover 53, and each second hook 531 extends into one of the insertion bosses 522, 523 and is hooked on the corresponding fastening hole 510, so that the end cover 53 and the inner plate 52 are fixedly connected. Snap ribs 5231 may also extend from the sides of the mating bosses 523, as shown in fig. 4.
Further, as shown in fig. 4, a plurality of positioning ribs 532 may extend from an inner side of each end cap 53, and two sides of each positioning rib 532 respectively abut against an inner side surface of the outer plate 51 and an inner side surface of the inner plate 52, so as to further clamp the positioning ribs 532 of the end cap 53 by using the outer plate 51 and the inner plate 52, thereby making the position of the end cap 53 more stable and making the sealing between the end cap 53 and the inner plate 52 and the outer plate 51 more tight.
As shown in fig. 6 and 7, two widthwise edges of the outer plate 51 may be bent inward to form two flanges 511, and two widthwise edges of the inner plate 52 may be respectively engaged with the inner sides of the two flanges 511, so as to achieve engagement between the inner plate 52 and the outer plate 51. Specifically, two widthwise edges of the inner plate 52 are bent inward to form flanges 521 to be received inside the flanges 511.
The utility model discloses another aspect still provides a wall-hanging air conditioning indoor set.
As shown in fig. 1, a wall-mounted air conditioning indoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention may generally include a casing 10 and a wind deflector 50 according to any of the above embodiments. Each mounting arm 55 of the air deflector 50 is rotatably connected to the housing 10 to allow the air deflector 50 to rotate at the air outlet 12.
As shown in fig. 1, the wall-mounted type air conditioner indoor unit may be an indoor part of a split wall-mounted type room air conditioner that performs cooling/heating using a vapor compression refrigeration cycle. An indoor side heat exchanger and a fan are provided inside the casing 10. The indoor side heat exchanger, the throttling device are connected with a compressor arranged in an air conditioner outdoor unit, the outdoor side heat exchanger and other refrigeration elements through pipelines to form a vapor compression refrigeration cycle system. Under the action of the fan, indoor air enters the inside of the casing 10 through the air inlet 11 at the top of the casing 10, and after forced convection heat exchange with the indoor side heat exchanger is completed, heat exchange air is formed and enters the air duct, and then is blown to the indoor environment through the air outlet 12. An inner air deflector 60 is arranged at the air outlet 12 for guiding the air outlet direction. The air deflector 50 is disposed at the air outlet 12 for guiding the air outlet direction and opening/closing the air outlet 12.
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.

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1. An air deflection panel, comprising:
an outer plate body;
the inner plate body and the outer plate body cover the inner side of the outer plate body with a gap, the inner side surface of the inner plate body is provided with a mounting boss, the mounting boss is in a long strip shape extending along the length direction of the inner plate body, and at least one positioning hole penetrating through the inner plate body is formed; and
the end part of each mounting arm is provided with a positioning block, the positioning block is provided with a plurality of clamping protrusions, the positioning block extends into the positioning hole, and each clamping protrusion is clamped and fixed at the edge of the positioning hole.
2. The air deflection of claim 1,
the inner plate body is also provided with two insertion holes penetrating through the inner plate body, and the two insertion holes are respectively positioned at two sides of the positioning hole; and is
The end part of the mounting arm is also provided with two clamping plate parts which are respectively positioned at two sides of the positioning block and have intervals with the positioning block, and the two clamping plate parts are respectively inserted into the two insertion holes so as to be respectively clamped at two sides of the mounting boss in the width direction.
3. The air deflection of claim 2,
the inner side surface of the outer plate body is provided with two clamping ribs extending along the length direction of the outer plate body; and is provided with
And each clamping plate part is provided with a first clamping hook at the outer side, and each first clamping hook is inserted into one of the jacks and is fixedly hooked on the corresponding clamping rib.
4. The air deflection of claim 2,
the length direction of the positioning block is parallel to the width direction of the inner plate body;
the two sides of the positioning block in the width direction are respectively provided with the clamping protrusions; and is provided with
The two clamping plate parts are respectively positioned on two sides of the length direction of the positioning block.
5. The air deflection of claim 1, further comprising:
the two end covers are respectively used for plugging the interval between the end parts of the outer plate body and the inner plate body; and is
The inner side surface of the inner plate body is provided with at least one insertion boss, each insertion boss is in a strip shape extending along the length direction of the inner plate body, is in a hollow shape with two open ends, and is provided with a clamping hole;
at least one second clamping hook extends out of the inner side of each end cover, and each second clamping hook extends into one insertion boss and is hooked on the clamping hole.
6. The air deflection of claim 5,
a plurality of positioning ribs extend from the inner side of each end cover, and two sides of each positioning rib are respectively attached to the inner side surface of the outer plate body and the inner side surface of the inner plate body.
7. The air deflection of claim 1,
the two sides of the width direction of the outer plate body are bent inwards to form two flanges, and the two edges of the width direction of the inner plate body are clamped on the inner sides of the two flanges respectively.
8. The air deflection of claim 1,
the inner plate body and the outer plate body are both plastic pieces manufactured by a die extrusion process.
9. The air deflection of claim 8,
the outer plate body is made of PC + ABS materials, and the inner plate body is made of PC + GF materials.
10. A wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit, comprising:
a shell which is provided with an air outlet; and
at least one wind deflector of any one of claims 1-9, each said mounting arm being rotatably connected to said housing to allow said wind deflector to rotate at said wind outlet.
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