CN218511041U

CN218511041U - Water collector and air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN218511041U
Application number: CN202223037935.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴涛涛; 王玉琦; 娄金辉; 乔延垒
Original assignee: Ningbo Aux Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Aux Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-15
Filing date: 2022-11-15
Publication date: 2023-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 2032-11-15

Abstract

The utility model provides a water collector and air conditioner relates to air conditioner technical field. The water pan is applied to the air conditioner and comprises a chassis main body and a drain plug, wherein the chassis main body is provided with a drain hole, and the inner wall of the drain hole is provided with an internal thread; the drain plug is provided with the external screw thread, and the external screw thread is used for with internal thread interference fit. Because the screw thread has a guiding function, after an operator puts the drain plug on the upper drain hole, the drain plug can be conveniently arranged in the drain hole by rotating the drain plug, and the assembly and disassembly are convenient; and the sealing performance of the drain plug on the drain hole is improved by adopting interference fit, and the water in the water pan is prevented from accidentally overflowing the drain hole.

Description

Water collector and air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an air conditioner technical field particularly, relates to a water collector and air conditioner.

Background

In commercial air conditioner smallpox indoor unit installation room, can produce the comdenstion water under the refrigeration operating mode (moisture contact evaporimeter in the air produces), consequently smallpox machine is equipped with the water collector in hoist and mount bottom usually, be used for receiving the comdenstion water, consider the maintenance simultaneously, operation such as repacking, avoid the comdenstion water among the water collector to get into the organism or spill over during the dismantlement, generally need be equipped with the wash port on the water collector, in time pass through the wash port drainage organism with the comdenstion water, when not using this wash port, need plug up this wash port with the drain plug, there is the comdenstion water to spill when avoiding daily use.

The prior drain holes are all formed by extruding rubber plugs into the drain holes, namely, the rubber plugs are in interference fit with the inner walls of the drain holes. The rubber stopper is used for leaking stoppage drain holes, interference protection is achieved through extrusion deformation, the assembling structure is single, the rubber stopper is extruded to have assembling difficulty, meanwhile, the rubber stopper is prone to loosening due to long-time deformation or resilience, and potential quality hazards exist.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a problem be: the rubber stopper in the current drain hole assembles the difficulty, and easily pine takes off.

In order to solve the above problem, in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a water collector, which is applied to an air conditioner, the water collector includes:

the chassis body is provided with a drain hole, and the inner wall of the drain hole is provided with an internal thread;

the drain plug is provided with the external screw thread, and the external screw thread is used for with internal thread interference fit.

The beneficial effect of the water collector that this embodiment provided includes:

1. the drainage plug is connected with the drainage hole by threads, and the threads have a guiding function, so that an operator can conveniently install the drainage plug into the drainage hole by rotating the drainage plug after the drainage plug is aligned with the upper drainage hole, and the assembly and disassembly are convenient;

2. adopt interference fit between drain plug and the wash port, improved the leakproofness of drain plug to the wash port, avoided the water accident in the water collector to spill over the wash port.

In an alternative embodiment, the interference of the external thread with the internal thread is greater than 1mm.

Because the drain plug and the drain hole are connected by threads, the assembly is convenient, even if the interference magnitude of the matching of the drain plug and the drain hole is designed to be a little larger, the drain plug can be conveniently screwed into the drain hole, and the sealing performance of the drain plug to the drain hole is further enhanced due to the larger interference magnitude.

In an alternative embodiment, the end of the drain plug inserted into the drain hole is provided with a first chamfer and/or the entrance of the drain hole is provided with a second chamfer.

Like this, the one end diameter that the drain plug is used for inserting the wash port has little to big, makes things convenient for the drain plug to go up the drain hole, and first chamfer plays guide drain plug promptly to going up the drain hole, improves assembly efficiency, and on the same reason, the second chamfer on the wash port also can play the effect of making things convenient for the drain plug to go up the drain hole.

In an alternative embodiment, the drain plug is of one-piece construction, the drain plug comprising:

the external thread is arranged on the outer surface of the stud;

the end part is connected to one end of the stud, the diameter of the end part is larger than that of the stud, and the end part is in contact connection with the chassis main body.

In this way, the stud and the end part form a T-shaped structure and are inserted into the drain hole, and the surface of the end part is in contact connection with the surface of the chassis main body, so that water on the chassis main body can be further prevented from entering the drain hole.

In an alternative embodiment, the drain plug further comprises:

the knob is convexly arranged on one side of the end part far away from the stud.

Like this, operating personnel can realize the assembly or the dismantlement of drain plug and wash port through rotatory knob, and moreover, operating personnel is bare-handed operation just can accomplish, also avoids using tools in the narrow space on the water collector.

In an optional embodiment, the chassis main body is further provided with a limiting convex rib, the limiting convex rib is annular and is arranged around the inlet of the drain hole, and the limiting convex rib is used for abutting against the surface of the end part.

Like this, after the drain plug screws in the wash port, spacing protruding muscle is by the drain plug extrusion deformation, makes spacing protruding muscle can play well sealed effect to the gap between drain plug and the chassis main part.

In an optional embodiment, the end portion is provided with a limiting groove, the limiting groove is annular and is arranged around the stud, and the limiting groove is used for being matched with the limiting convex rib.

Like this, the area of drain plug and spacing protruding muscle extrusion contact is bigger, further improves sealed effect.

In an alternative embodiment, the drain plug is made of any one of ABS and PC.

Thus, the drain plug has characteristics of weather resistance, durability and the like.

In an optional embodiment, a sinking groove is formed in the chassis main body on one side of an inlet of the drain hole, the area of the bottom surface of the sinking groove is larger than that of the inlet of the drain hole, and the drain hole penetrates through the bottom of the sinking groove.

Therefore, when water needs to be drained through the drain hole, the sink groove equivalently increases the inlet area of the drain hole, and the drainage efficiency of the water receiving tray can be improved.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides an air conditioner, which comprises a water pan according to any one of the above embodiments, wherein the chassis body is further provided with a first air outlet at the edge and a second air outlet at the angular position, and a drain hole is arranged between the first air outlet and the second air outlet.

In the air conditioner that this embodiment provided, drain plug and wash port easy dismounting, moreover, the leakproofness is good after the assembly.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a water pan according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 isbase:Sub>A partial cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 and 4 are schematic structural views of a drain plug;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the chassis body;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the structure of the drain hole on the main body of the base plate.

Description of reference numerals:

1-a water pan; 11-a chassis body; 111-drain holes; 112-internal thread; 113-sink tank; 114-a limiting convex rib; 12-a drain plug; 121-knob; 122-end; 123-stud bolt; 124-external threads; 125-a limiting groove; 13-first chamfer; 14-second chamfer; 15-a first air outlet; 16-a second air outlet.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment provides a water pan 1, where the water pan 1 is applied to an air conditioner, and the water pan 1 includes a chassis body 11 and a drain plug 12. The chassis main body 11 is provided with a drain hole 111 (please refer to fig. 5 and 6), the chassis main body 11 is further provided with a first air outlet 15 located at the edge and a second air outlet 16 located at the angular position, the drain hole 111 is located between the first air outlet 15 and the second air outlet 16, and the drain plug 12 is detachably fitted in the drain hole 111.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the drain plug 12 includes a knob 121, an end 122, and a stud 123. Correspondingly, referring to fig. 6, an internal thread 112 is provided on the inner wall of the drainage hole 111, and the external thread 124 on the drain plug 12 is used for interference fit with the internal thread 112 on the inner wall of the drainage hole 111. Because the screw thread has a guiding function, after an operator enables the drain plug 12 to be aligned to the upper drain hole 111, the drain plug 12 can be conveniently installed in the drain hole 111 by rotating the drain plug 12, and the assembly and disassembly are convenient; and the interference fit is adopted, so that the tightness of the drain plug 12 to the drain hole 111 is improved, and the water in the water pan 1 is prevented from accidentally overflowing the drain hole 111.

The end portion 122 is connected to one end of the stud 123, the diameter of the end portion 122 is larger than that of the stud 123, and the end portion 122 is connected in contact with the chassis main body 11. In this way, the stud 123 and the end 122 form a T-shaped structure and are inserted into the drainage hole 111, and the contact connection of the end 122 and the chassis body 11 can further prevent water on the chassis body 11 from entering the drainage hole 111.

The one end that the drain plug 12 inserted the wash port 111 is provided with first chamfer 13, and like this, the one end diameter that the drain plug 12 was used for inserting the wash port 111 has little to big, makes things convenient for drain plug 12 to go up the wash port 111, and first chamfer 13 plays guide drain plug 12 to go up wash port 111 promptly, improves assembly efficiency, and in the same way, second chamfer 14 (please refer to fig. 6) on the wash port 111 also can play the effect of making things convenient for drain plug 12 to go up wash port 111.

The knob 121 is protruded on the side of the end 122 far from the stud 123, and the shape of the knob 121 is preferably a plate-shaped structure, which is convenient for the operator to clamp with two fingers. Thus, the operator can assemble or disassemble the drain plug 12 and the drain hole 111 by rotating the knob 121, and the operator can complete the operation by hands, thereby avoiding using tools in a narrow space on the water pan 1.

Preferably, the chassis main body 11 is further provided with a limiting rib 114 (see fig. 6), the limiting rib 114 is annular and is disposed around the inlet of the drainage hole 111, and the limiting rib 114 is used for abutting against the surface of the end portion 122. After the drain plug 12 is screwed into the drain hole 111, the stopper rib 114 is pressed and deformed by the drain plug 12, and the stopper rib 114 can provide a good sealing effect to the gap between the drain plug 12 and the chassis body 11.

Further, the end portion 122 is formed with a limiting groove 125 (see fig. 2), the limiting groove 125 is circular and disposed around the stud 123, and the limiting groove 125 is used for matching with the limiting convex rib 114. Thus, the area of the drain plug 12 in pressing contact with the limit rib 114 is larger, and the sealing effect is further improved.

In this embodiment, only one circle of limiting ribs 114 is provided on the chassis main body 11. Of course, in other embodiments, multiple circles of the concentric retaining ribs 114 may be provided on the chassis main body 11 to further improve the sealing between the drain plug 12 and the chassis main body 11. The drain plug 12 may be provided with a stopper rib 114, and the chassis body 11 may be provided with a stopper groove 125.

In the present embodiment, the drain plug 12 is made of any one of ABS and PC or a combination of a plurality of materials. Thus, the drain plug 12 has characteristics of weather resistance, durability, and the like, and the service life of the drain plug 12 is prolonged. The drain plug 12 is of an integrally formed structure, so that the manufacturing efficiency is high, and the structural strength is high.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, a sinking groove 113 is formed on the chassis body 11 at an inlet side of the water discharge hole 111, the sinking groove 113 may be circular, elliptical, polygonal, or the like, an area of a bottom surface of the sinking groove 113 is larger than an area of the inlet of the water discharge hole 111, and the water discharge hole 111 penetrates through a bottom of the sinking groove 113. When water needs to be drained through the drain hole 111, the sink 113 increases the inlet area of the drain hole 111, and the drainage efficiency of the drip tray 1 can be improved.

The entrance of the drain hole 111 is provided with a second chamfer 14, that is, the entrance diameter of the drain hole 111 is gradually reduced to the inside, which can facilitate the drain plug 12 to the upper drain hole 111.

Of course, in other embodiments, a chamfer may be provided on only one of the drain plug 12 and the drain hole 111, which may both serve to facilitate the drainage of the drain plug 12 to the upper drain hole 111.

The embodiment also provides an air conditioner which can be a ceiling machine, an indoor machine, an outdoor machine or a cabinet machine. The air conditioner comprises the water pan 1, so that the drain plug 12 and the drain hole 111 in the air conditioner are convenient to disassemble and assemble, and the air conditioner is good in sealing performance after assembly.

The beneficial effect of the water collector 1 and the air conditioner that this embodiment provided includes:

1. the drain plug 12 is connected with the drain hole 111 by screw threads, and the screw threads have a guiding function, so that after the drain plug 12 is aligned with the upper drain hole 111 by an operator, the drain plug 12 can be conveniently arranged in the drain hole 111 by rotating the drain plug 12, and the assembly and disassembly are convenient;

2. the drain plug 12 and the drain hole 111 are in interference fit, so that the tightness of the drain plug 12 to the drain hole 111 is improved, and water in the water pan 1 is prevented from accidentally overflowing the drain hole 111;

3. chamfers are arranged on the drain plug 12 and the drain hole 111, so that the efficiency of assembling the drain plug 12 into the drain hole 111 is improved;

4. the drain plug 12 is provided with a knob 121, so that the convenience of dismounting the drain plug 12 from the drain hole 111 is improved;

5. the interference of the assembly of the drain plug 12 and the drain hole 111 is large, so that the assembly and disassembly are not difficult, and the sealing performance of the drain plug 12 on the drain hole 111 is improved;

6. the limiting groove 125 on the drain plug 12 is matched with the limiting convex rib 114 on the chassis main body 11, so that the sealing effect between the drain plug 12 and the chassis main body 11 is further improved.

Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a water collector, is applied to the air conditioner, its characterized in that, the water collector includes:

the chassis comprises a chassis main body (11) which is provided with a drain hole (111), wherein the inner wall of the drain hole (111) is provided with an internal thread (112);

a drain plug (12) provided with an external thread (124), the external thread (124) being for interference fit with the internal thread (112).

2. The drip tray of claim 1, wherein the external thread (124) engages the internal thread (112) with an interference of more than 1mm.

3. A drip tray according to claim 1, wherein the end of the drain plug (12) inserted into the drain hole (111) is provided with a first chamfer (13) and/or the entrance of the drain hole (111) is provided with a second chamfer (14).

4. A drip tray according to claim 1, wherein the drain plug (12) is of one-piece construction, the drain plug (12) comprising:

a stud (123), the external thread (124) being disposed on an outer surface of the stud (123);

the end part (122) is connected to one end of the stud (123), the diameter of the end part (122) is larger than that of the stud (123), and the end part (122) is in contact connection with the chassis main body (11).

5. A drip tray according to claim 4, wherein the drain plug (12) further comprises: and the knob (121) is convexly arranged on one side of the end part (122) far away from the stud (123).

6. A water collector as claimed in claim 4, wherein a limiting rib (114) is further provided on the chassis body (11), the limiting rib (114) is annular and is provided around the inlet of the water discharge hole (111), and the limiting rib is used for abutting against the surface of the end part (122).

7. The water pan according to claim 6, wherein a limiting groove (125) is formed in the end portion (122), the limiting groove (125) is circular and is disposed around the stud (123), and the limiting groove (125) is used for being matched with the limiting convex rib (114).

8. A drip tray according to claim 1, wherein the drain plug (12) is made of any one of ABS and PC.

9. The drip tray according to claim 4, wherein a sink (113) is formed on the chassis body (11) at an inlet side of the drain hole (111), an area of a bottom surface of the sink (113) is larger than an area of an end surface of the end portion (122), and the drain hole (111) penetrates through a bottom of the sink (113).

10. An air conditioner, characterized in that, the air conditioner includes the defrosting pan of any claim 1 to 9, the chassis main body (11) is further provided with a first air outlet (15) at the edge and a second air outlet (16) at the angular position, and the drain hole (111) is located between the first air outlet (15) and the second air outlet (16).