CN218544890U - Evaporator shell structure, evaporator assembly and air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an evaporator shell structure, an evaporator assembly and an air conditioner, wherein the shell structure comprises a shell with a drainage cavity at the bottom, a rib component is arranged on the bottom surface of the drainage cavity, and the rib component comprises a first rib and a second rib; the first rib divides the drainage cavity into two adjacent cavities, and the first rib is provided with at least one fracture in the extending direction of the first rib and used for enabling the adjacent cavities to be in fluid communication; at least one second rib is arranged on one side of the first rib, the second rib and the first rib are arranged at intervals, and the second rib is constructed to at least partially shield the fracture. Based on the technical scheme of the utility model, utilize the rib subassembly to separate the drainage chamber, make the volume miniaturization of the cavity of separating and block the direct intercommunication route between each cavity, can effectively reduce the range of swashing, fluctuation of the water in the drainage chamber, guarantee the smoothness nature of the emission of the water in the drainage chamber, can avoid appearing the problem of overflow simultaneously.

Description

Evaporator shell structure, evaporator assembly and air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an air conditioning equipment technical field especially relates to an evaporator shell structure, evaporimeter assembly and air conditioner.

Background

The existing air conditioner box body for the vehicle is divided into an integral type and a split type, wherein the split type comprises an air inlet assembly, an evaporation box assembly and a fan heater assembly (also called a blast box assembly). The evaporator box assembly comprises an evaporator shell and an evaporator, wherein the evaporator shell plays a role in supporting the evaporator and draining water. At present, the shell of the evaporator has a complex drainage structure, is not beneficial to production, and the complex structure increases the probability of condensed water leakage.

At present, a patent with publication number CN203837224U discloses a drainage structure at the bottom of an evaporator core of an automobile air-conditioning box, which comprises an air-conditioning box shell, the bottom of the evaporator core, a cavity and a drainage hole; this patent guarantees to guide water better through an increase breakwater to the comdenstion water is smoothly discharged from the outlet. But the structure is more complicated by adding a water baffle; in addition, the number of parts and assembly steps are increased, which results in an increase in the overall cost of the product.

Therefore, in order to satisfy drainage and easy to assemble's demand simultaneously, the utility model provides an evaporator shell structure, evaporator assembly and air conditioner guarantees the simplification of structure under the prerequisite that satisfies the drainage smoothness degree, improves product assembly efficiency.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the problem that the structure is complicated, be unfavorable for the assembly operation that prior art's evaporator shell structure leads to in order to satisfy the drainage requirement, the utility model provides an evaporator shell structure, evaporator assembly and air conditioner.

In a first aspect, the utility model provides an evaporator shell structure, which comprises a shell, wherein the bottom of the shell is provided with a drainage cavity and a drainage hole communicated with the drainage cavity, the bottom surface of the drainage cavity is provided with a rib assembly for supporting an evaporator, and the rib assembly comprises a first rib and a second rib;

the first rib divides the drainage cavity into two adjacent cavities, and the first rib is provided with at least one fracture in the extending direction of the first rib and used for enabling the adjacent cavities to be communicated with fluid;

at least one second rib is arranged on one side of the first rib, the second rib and the first rib are arranged at intervals, and the second rib is constructed to at least partially shield the fracture.

In one embodiment, the first ribs extend in a direction that intersects the direction of the air flow passing through the evaporator.

In one embodiment, the second ribs are respectively disposed in the cavities on both sides of the first rib, and the second ribs are disposed on both sides of the corresponding fracture.

In one embodiment, the extension path of the first rib passes through the drainage hole, and the location of the drainage hole corresponds to the location of one of the fractures on the first rib.

In one embodiment, the second ribs are respectively disposed in the cavities on both sides of the first rib, and both sides of the fracture where the drainage hole is located have the second ribs.

In one embodiment, the rib assembly further comprises a third rib disposed in the cavities, the number of the third rib in each cavity being at least one; the extending direction of the third rib faces the position of the drain hole so as to guide the water in the cavity to the drain hole.

In one embodiment, the third ribs in two of the cavities on both sides of the first rib are distributed in a staggered manner in the extending direction of the first rib.

In one embodiment, one end of the third rib extends to be close to the first rib, and the other end of the third rib extends to be connected with the wall surface of the cavity.

In one embodiment, the top of the shell is further provided with an air leakage preventing assembly capable of being matched with the top of the evaporator, the air leakage preventing assembly comprises sealing ribs, the extending direction of the sealing ribs is intersected with the direction of air flow circulating through the evaporator, and the sealing ribs can be in sealing contact with the top surface of the evaporator.

In one embodiment, the air leakage preventing assembly further comprises wind blocking ribs arranged on two sides of the sealing rib respectively, the height of the wind blocking ribs, which is relative to the protrusion of the top surface of the shell, is greater than that of the sealing rib, and a mounting area at the top of the evaporator is defined between the two wind blocking ribs.

In one embodiment, the side of the wind-deflecting rib adjacent to the side of the mounting area is provided with a convex mounting part which can abut against the side of the top of the evaporator.

In one embodiment, the protruding height of the mounting portion relative to the side surface of the wind-shielding rib is gradually reduced along a direction away from the top surface of the shell, so that the mounting portion can abut against the side surface of the top of the evaporator to form a guide inclined surface.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides an evaporator assembly, which includes the above-mentioned evaporator housing structure, and further has all the technical effects of the evaporator assembly.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides an air conditioner, wherein the evaporator assembly has all the technical effects of the air conditioner.

The above-mentioned technical characteristics can be combined in various suitable ways or replaced by equivalent technical characteristics as long as the purpose of the invention can be achieved.

The utility model provides a pair of evaporimeter shell structure, evaporimeter assembly and air conditioner compares with prior art, possesses following beneficial effect at least:

the utility model discloses an evaporator shell structure, evaporator assembly and air conditioner utilizes the rib subassembly to divide, separate drainage chamber, makes the volume miniaturization of the cavity of separating and blocks the direct intercommunication route between each cavity, can effectively reduce sloshing, the undulant range of water in the drainage chamber, guarantees the smoothness nature of the emission of the water in the drainage chamber, can avoid appearing the problem of overflow simultaneously.

Drawings

The present invention will be described in more detail hereinafter based on embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherein:

fig. 1 shows a schematic structural outline of an evaporator case structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the side of the evaporator shell structure of the present invention (evaporator assembled);

FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the side of the evaporator shell structure of the present invention (evaporator unassembled);

FIG. 4 shows a top view of a fin assembly at the bottom of an evaporator shell structure of the present invention;

fig. 5 shows a bottom view of the air leakage preventing assembly at the top of the evaporator shell structure of the present invention.

In the drawings, like parts are provided with like reference numerals. The drawings are not to scale.

Reference numerals:

1. a housing; 11. a drainage cavity; 111. a cavity; 12. a drain hole; 2. an evaporator; 3. a tendon assembly; 31. a first rib; 311. breaking off; 32. a second rib; 33. a third rib; 4. an air leakage prevention assembly; 41. sealing the ribs; 42. a wind blocking rib; 421. an installation part; 5. and (7) a mounting area.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example 1

The embodiment of the utility model provides an evaporator shell structure, which comprises a shell 1, wherein the bottom of the shell 1 is provided with a drainage cavity 11 and a drainage hole 12 communicated with the drainage cavity 11, the bottom surface of the drainage cavity 11 is provided with a rib assembly 3 for supporting an evaporator 2, and the rib assembly 3 comprises a first rib 31 and a second rib 32;

the first rib 31 divides the drainage cavity 11 into two adjacent cavities 111, the first rib 31 has at least one fracture 311 in the extending direction, and the fracture 311 is used for enabling the adjacent cavities 111 to be communicated with fluid; at least one second rib 32 is arranged on one side of the first rib 31, the second rib 32 is arranged at a distance from the first rib 31, and the second rib 32 is configured to at least partially block the fracture 311.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, the evaporator 2 is installed inside the housing 1, and two opposite sides of the housing 1 are respectively provided with an inlet and an outlet. Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the area of the inside of the casing 1 near the bottom thereof is a drainage chamber 11, the bottom of the casing 1 is provided with a drainage hole 12 communicating with the drainage chamber 11, the bottom surface of the drainage chamber 11 is provided with the rib assembly 3, and the drainage chamber 11 is formed by the rib assembly 3 supporting and raising the evaporator 2 to a certain height. The first rib 31 in the rib assembly 3 divides the drainage cavity 11 into two adjacent cavities 111, the two adjacent cavities 111 are communicated with each other through the fracture 311 on the first rib 31, and the drainage hole 12 can be located in any one cavity 111 or in the junction between the two cavities 111. The second rib 32 of the rib assembly 3 is arranged in the cavity 111 on at least one side of the fracture 311, that is, at least on one side of the first rib 31, and mainly functions to shield the fracture 311 to some extent; preferably, the second ribs 32 completely cover the interruptions 311. The number of interruptions 311 is at least one, so the number of second ribs 32 corresponding to the interruptions 311 is also at least one. In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the space structure of the drainage cavity 11 is divided by the rib assembly 3 composed of the first ribs 31 and the second ribs 32, two cavities 111 are formed, and the two cavities 111 are not completely and directly communicated at the fracture 311 under the obstruction of the second ribs 32.

The main purpose of the rib assembly 3 of this embodiment is to ensure the drainage fluency of the drainage cavity 11, and the means for achieving this purpose is to avoid the water in the drainage cavity 11 to generate large and large amplitude sloshing and fluctuation, because the drainage fluency of the water which tends to be static as a whole is better. Especially the utility model discloses when corresponding evaporimeter 2 and air conditioner use on the vehicle, its drainage smoothness's problem is more serious, because jolting of vehicle causes water to produce by a wide margin and swashs, undulant, seriously influences the smoothness nature of drainage, also takes place the problem of overflow simultaneously easily.

The utility model discloses utilize rib subassembly 3 to carry out space division, partition to drainage chamber 11, make the volume miniaturization of the cavity 111 of separating and block the direct intercommunication route between each cavity 111, can effectively reduce sloshing, the undulant range of water in the drainage chamber 11, guarantee the smoothness nature of the emission of the water in the drainage chamber 11, can avoid appearing the problem of overflow simultaneously moreover. This overflow problem may be caused by excessive water due to poor water discharge in the drain chamber 11, or by water surging in the drain chamber 11 and surging out of the drain chamber 11 due to excessive fluctuation amplitude.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 4 of the drawings, the extending direction of the first ribs 31 is made to intersect with the direction of the air flow circulating through the evaporator 2. The purpose of this is that, can realize the function of keeping out the wind based on the rib subassembly 3 that first rib 31 and second rib 32 constitute, avoid the air current directly to circulate through the drainage chamber 11 of shell 1 bottom and do not pass through evaporator 2, ensure that the air current is as far as possible through the heat transfer region of evaporator 2. In order to ensure the wind shielding effect, the two directions are preferably orthogonal to each other, so that the air flow can directly enter the interval area between the first rib 31 and the second rib 32 at a certain angle and directly pass through the fracture 311 to cause air leakage; in order to ensure the wind shielding effect, the number of the interruptions 311 on the first rib 31 is preferably one, so as to avoid the interruptions 311 from excessively increasing the possibility of wind leakage.

Further, referring to fig. 4 of the drawings, the second ribs 32 are respectively disposed in the cavities 111 on both sides of the first rib 31, and both sides of the corresponding fracture 311 have the second ribs 32, and the two second ribs 32 together implement a complete shielding of the fracture 311. The purpose of this is to ensure the structural symmetry of the second ribs 32 on both sides of the break 311, so that the two second ribs 32 on both sides of the break 311 can improve the stability of the rib assembly 3 at the break 311 for supporting the evaporator 2; secondly, because of the wind-shielding function of the rib assembly 3, a double-layer wind-shielding structure is formed by two second ribs 32 which are symmetrical on two sides of the fracture 311, so that the wind-shielding effect at the fracture 311 can be improved, and the air flow circulating through the fracture 311 is further reduced.

Further, referring to fig. 4 of the drawings, the extending path of the first rib 31 passes through the drainage hole 12, the position of the drainage hole 12 corresponds to the position of one break 311 on the first rib 31, the second ribs 32 are respectively disposed in the cavities 111 on both sides of the first rib 31, and both sides of the break 311 where the drainage hole 12 is located have the second ribs 32. The drainage hole 12 is disposed at the intersection of the two cavities 111, i.e. corresponding to the extending path of the first rib 31, so that the convenience of draining water from the two cavities 111 can be satisfied at the same time. In addition, a relatively independent water outlet cavity is formed at the fracture 311 where the drain hole 12 is located by using the first rib 31 and the two second ribs 32, so that the water in the drain cavity 11 can be further prevented from being agitated at the drain hole 12, the water flows into the water outlet cavity in a relatively stable state, and the smoothness of drainage is ensured.

Example 2

The present embodiment is an improvement performed on the basis of embodiment 1, and reference is made to embodiment 1 for part of the same contents, which are not described in detail herein.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an evaporator shell structure, the rib component 3 of the shell structure further comprises third ribs 33 arranged in the cavities 111, and the number of the third ribs 33 in each cavity 111 is at least one; the third ribs 33 extend toward the drain hole 12 to guide the water in the cavity 111 to the drain hole 12.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4 of the drawings, the third ribs 33 are disposed in the corresponding cavities 111, and further divide the cavities 111 to form sub-cavities with smaller volumes, so as to further reduce the amplitude of the sloshing and fluctuation of water, and the third ribs 33 can guide the water to the drainage holes 12, which can improve the smoothness of drainage.

Further, referring to fig. 4 of the drawings, the third ribs 33 in the two cavities 111 on both sides of the first rib 31 are distributed in a staggered manner in the extending direction of the first rib 31. The third ribs 33 are arranged in a staggered manner, which is beneficial to the stability of supporting and fixing the evaporator 2, especially in the case that the cavity 111 is provided with a plurality of third ribs 33 distributed at intervals and the interval distance is large.

Further, referring to fig. 4, one end of the third rib 33 extends to be close to the first rib 31, and the other end extends to be connected with the wall surface of the cavity 111. Third rib 33 separates cavity 111 for a plurality of sub-cavitys like this, and a plurality of sub-cavitys have the export near one side of first rib 31, and water in the sub-cavitys can be flowing from the export along first rib 31 like this, finally flows to wash port 12, realizes the direction guide to water flow in-process, improves the smoothness nature of flowing. The guiding effect is better when the drainage hole 12 is located on the extension path of the first ribs 31.

Preferably, the distance between the end of the third rib 33 close to the first rib 31 and the first rib 31 is not greater than the distance between the second rib 32 and the first rib 31, so that water flowing from the outlet of the sub-cavity separated by the third rib 33 along the first rib 31 can directly enter the channel between the second rib 32 and the first rib 31, and then directly enter the water drainage hole 12, and the flow direction is more definite. The guiding effect is better.

Example 3

The present embodiment is an improvement on the above-described embodiments, and some of the same contents refer to the above-described embodiments, which are not described in detail herein.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an evaporimeter shell structure, shell structure's shell 1's top still be provided with can with 2 top complex leak protection wind subassemblies 4 of evaporimeter, leak protection wind subassembly 4 is including sealing rib 41, sealing rib 41's extending direction is crossing with the direction through the air current of 2 circulations of evaporimeter, sealing rib 41 can sealing contact evaporimeter 2's top surface.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings, the sealing ribs 41 are used to sealingly contact the top surface of the evaporator 2 in the installed state, to prevent the air flow from directly flowing through the gap between the top of the housing 1 and the evaporator 2 without passing through the evaporator 2, and to ensure that the air flow is as far as possible through the heat exchange area of the evaporator 2.

Further, referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings, the wind leakage preventing assembly 4 further includes wind shielding ribs 42 respectively disposed at both sides of the sealing rib 41, the wind shielding ribs 42 protrude to a greater height than the sealing rib 41 with respect to the top surface of the housing 1, and a mounting area 5 at the top of the evaporator 2 is defined between the two wind shielding ribs 42. The wind-deflecting strips 42 can define the installation region 5, firstly the limited installation of the evaporator 2; meanwhile, the wind blocking rib 42 can block the gap between the top of the housing 1 and the evaporator 2, so that the air flow is firstly prevented from entering the position between the top of the housing 1 and the evaporator 2, the air flow which possibly flows to the sealing rib 41 is reduced, and the wind leakage prevention effect is improved.

Further, referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings, the side of the wind-shielding rib 42 close to the mounting area 5 is provided with a protruding mounting portion 421, the mounting portion 421 can abut against the side of the top of the evaporator 2, and the protruding height of the mounting portion 421 relative to the side of the wind-shielding rib 42 is gradually reduced along the direction far away from the top surface of the housing 1, so that the mounting portion 421 can abut against the side of the top of the evaporator 2 to form a guiding inclined surface. The installation part 421 directly contacts the side surface of the evaporator 2, the contact area of the installation part 421 and the side surface of the evaporator is small, the interference magnitude is certain, the pressure at the contact part is large, the static friction force is large, the installation parts 421 at the two sides jointly clamp the evaporator 2, and the assembly structure is more stable. In addition, the guide slope of the mounting portion 421 has a certain slope, so that the evaporator 2 can be guided to enter the mounting region 5, and the installation is convenient.

Example 4

An embodiment of the utility model provides an evaporator assembly, it includes foretell evaporator shell structure, and then possesses all technological effects that it possessed.

Example 5

An embodiment of the utility model provides an air conditioner, it includes foretell evaporator assembly, and then possesses all technological effects that it possessed.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "bottom", "top", "front", "rear", "inner", "outer", "left", "right", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Although the invention herein has been described with reference to particular embodiments, it is to be understood that these embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and applications of the present invention. It is therefore to be understood that numerous modifications may be made to the illustrative embodiments and that other arrangements may be devised without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood that various dependent claims and the features described herein may be combined in ways different from those described in the original claims. It is also to be understood that features described in connection with individual embodiments may be used in other described embodiments.

Claims (14)

1. An evaporator shell structure comprises a shell, wherein the bottom of the shell is provided with a drainage cavity and a drainage hole communicated with the drainage cavity, and the evaporator shell structure is characterized in that a rib assembly used for supporting an evaporator is arranged on the bottom surface of the drainage cavity and comprises a first rib and a second rib;

the first rib divides the drainage cavity into two adjacent cavities, and the first rib is provided with at least one fracture in the extending direction of the first rib and used for enabling the adjacent cavities to be communicated with fluid;

at least one second rib is arranged on one side of the first rib, the second rib and the first rib are arranged at intervals, and the second rib is constructed to at least partially shield the fracture.

2. An evaporator shell structure according to claim 1 wherein the first ribs extend in a direction intersecting the direction of the air flow passing through the evaporator.

3. The evaporator shell structure according to claim 1, wherein the second ribs are respectively provided in the cavities on both sides of the first ribs, and both sides of the corresponding break have the second ribs.

4. The evaporator shell structure according to claim 1, wherein an extending path of said first rib passes through said drain hole, and a position of said drain hole corresponds to a position of one of said breaks on said first rib.

5. The evaporator shell structure according to claim 4, wherein the second ribs are respectively arranged in the cavities on both sides of the first rib, and the second ribs are arranged on both sides of the fracture where the drain hole is located.

6. An evaporator housing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the fin assembly further comprises third fins provided in the cavities, the number of the third fins in each of the cavities being at least one; the extending direction of the third rib faces the position of the drain hole so as to guide the water in the cavity to the drain hole.

7. The evaporator shell structure according to claim 6, wherein the third ribs in two of the cavities on both sides of the first rib are distributed alternately in the extending direction of the first rib.

8. The evaporator shell structure according to claim 6, wherein one end of said third rib extends to be close to said first rib, and the other end extends to be in contact with a wall surface of said cavity.

9. The evaporator shell structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the top of the shell is further provided with an air leakage prevention assembly capable of being matched with the top of the evaporator, the air leakage prevention assembly comprises sealing ribs, the extending direction of the sealing ribs intersects with the direction of air flow circulating through the evaporator, and the sealing ribs can be in sealing contact with the top surface of the evaporator.

10. The evaporator shell structure according to claim 9, wherein the air leakage preventing assembly further comprises wind blocking ribs respectively disposed at both sides of the sealing rib, the height of the wind blocking ribs protruding from the top surface of the shell is greater than that of the sealing rib, and a mounting area of the top of the evaporator is defined between the two wind blocking ribs.

11. An evaporator shell structure according to claim 10 wherein the side of the wind-shielding rib on the side close to the mounting region is provided with a projecting mounting portion which can abut against the side of the top of the evaporator.

12. An evaporator shell structure according to claim 11, wherein the projecting height of the mounting portion with respect to the side surface of the wind-shielding rib is gradually reduced in a direction away from the top surface of the shell so that the mounting portion can abut against the side surface of the top portion of the evaporator to form a guide slope.

13. An evaporator assembly comprising an evaporator shell structure of any of claims 1 to 12.

14. An air conditioner characterized by comprising the evaporator assembly as set forth in claim 13.

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