CN220061902U - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an air conditioner, which comprises a shell, a ventilation component and a sliding clamping piece. The ventilation member is mounted to the housing for allowing air flow into or out of the housing after penetrating the ventilation member, the ventilation member being provided with at least one claw. The sliding clamping piece can be mounted on the shell in a reciprocating translation mode in a first direction so as to be clamped by at least one claw, and the locking position of the ventilation component is locked; or to an unlocked position out of the lock of the jaws, allowing the vent member to be detached from the housing. The air conditioner of the utility model can assemble and disassemble the ventilation component more conveniently.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of air conditioning, in particular to an air conditioner.

Background

Air conditioners are typically provided with a number of ventilation components such as an air inlet grille, an air outlet grille, a filter screen, a purification module, and the like. After the air conditioner runs for a long time, dust and impurities are easy to accumulate on the ventilation part, and the ventilation part needs to be detached for cleaning.

Therefore, how to improve the convenience of assembling and disassembling the ventilation component becomes an important technical problem in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The present utility model is directed to overcoming or at least partially solving the above-mentioned problems and providing an air conditioner in which a ventilation unit can be more conveniently and rapidly assembled and disassembled.

In particular, the present utility model provides an air conditioner, comprising:

a housing;

a ventilation member mounted to the housing for allowing an air flow to pass through the ventilation member and then enter or exit the housing, the ventilation member being provided with at least one claw; and

a sliding catch reciprocally translatable mounted to the housing in a first direction for translation to a catch to lock the vent member in a locked position; or to an unlocked position out of the lock of the jaws, allowing the vent member to be detached from the housing.

Optionally, the number of the at least one claw is a plurality, and the at least one claw is arranged in two columns along the direction perpendicular to the first direction;

the sliding clamping piece is characterized in that a plurality of protruding parts are respectively arranged on two side edges of the sliding clamping piece, each protruding part is located between the corresponding claw and the surface of the ventilation part when the sliding clamping piece is located at the locking position, and each protruding part is dislocated with the corresponding claw when the sliding clamping piece is located at the unlocking position so as to be separated from the locking of the claw.

Optionally, the first direction is an up-down direction, and the locking position is lower than the unlocking position.

Optionally, the two side tops of the sliding clamping piece are respectively provided with a protruding lug plate part, and when the sliding clamping piece is in the locking position, each lug plate part is positioned on the upper side of one claw so as to receive the support of the claw.

Optionally, the sliding catch is located between the ventilation component and the housing, and the at least one claw is located on an inner side surface of the ventilation component facing the housing;

the ventilation part is provided with a yielding port, and the handle of the sliding clamping piece extends out of the ventilation part through the yielding port, so that a user is allowed to translate the sliding clamping piece by stirring the handle.

Optionally, the yielding port is elongated and configured to: when the sliding clamping piece is positioned at the locking position and the unlocking position, the handles are respectively abutted against the two ends of the yielding port in the length direction.

Optionally, the inner side surface of the ventilation component is provided with at least one guiding rib extending along the first direction, the sliding clamping piece is correspondingly provided with a guiding groove extending along the first direction, and each guiding rib is positioned in the guiding groove and used for guiding the sliding clamping piece to reciprocate in the first direction.

Optionally, the number of the at least one guiding convex rib is two, and the two guiding convex ribs are collinear and respectively positioned at two sides of the yielding port.

Optionally, a jack is arranged on the shell;

the sliding catch includes a post extending in the first direction, the post being axially slidably insertable into the post to permit reciprocal translation of the sliding catch in the first direction.

Optionally, one end of the plunger is connected to the body portion of the sliding catch by a connecting arm, so that the plunger is spaced from the surface of the body portion of the sliding catch.

Optionally, the at least one claw is located at the top of the ventilation component.

In the air conditioner, the ventilating component is provided with the clamping claw, and the shell is provided with the sliding clamping piece. The sliding catch has a locked position and an unlocked position. The sliding catch can be locked with the pawl when in the locked position, thereby securing the ventilation component to the housing. When the ventilation component needs to be detached, the sliding clamping piece can be translated to an unlocking position, so that the locking with the clamping jaw is released, and the ventilation component can be easily removed. Therefore, an operator can lock and unlock the ventilation component only by translating the sliding clamping piece, the structure is very ingenious, and the operation is very simple.

Further, in the air conditioner of the present utility model, the sliding clamping member can translate up and down and the locking position is lower than the unlocking position. Therefore, the sliding clamping piece can be stably kept at the locking position by means of self gravity, and accidental unlocking can be avoided.

The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present utility model will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present utility model when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Some specific embodiments of the utility model 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 will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts or portions. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the accompanying drawings:

drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2 with the slide catch in an unlocked position;

FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of the air conditioner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view at B of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view at C of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 6 with the slide catch in an unlocked position;

fig. 8 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 6.

Detailed Description

An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present utility model will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 8. Where the terms "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "transverse", etc., are used to describe and simplify the description of embodiments of the present utility model, they are merely used in order to describe or simplify the present utility model, and do not denote or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

The terms "first," "second," and the like 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, a feature defining "a first", "a second", etc. may include at least one, i.e. one or more, of the feature, either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise. When a feature "comprises or includes" a feature or some of its coverage, this indicates that other features are not excluded and may further include other features, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Unless specifically stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," "coupled," and the like should be construed broadly, as they may be fixed, removable, or integral, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand the specific meaning of the terms described above in the present utility model as the case may be.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an air conditioner. The air conditioner is used for conditioning indoor air, including adjusting temperature, humidity, air quality of the air, humidifying the indoor air, dehumidifying, introducing fresh air, and the like. The air conditioner can form a vapor compression refrigeration cycle system by an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, a throttling device and other necessary elements, and cool air/hot air is output through a fan to realize the refrigeration and heating of the indoor environment.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present utility model; FIG. 2 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 2 with the slide catch in an unlocked position;

FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of the air conditioner of FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is an enlarged view at B of FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is an enlarged view at C of FIG. 4; FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 6 with the slide catch in an unlocked position; fig. 8 is an exploded view of the structure shown in fig. 6.

The curved arrow in fig. 4 indicates the direction of the decomposition of the ventilation member. That is, when the ventilation member 50 is disassembled, the ventilation member 50 is rotated 180 ° in the direction indicated by the arrow. The inner side 501 of the ventilation member 50 in fig. 4 is intended to face the interior of the housing 10.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present utility model may generally include a housing 10, a ventilation part 50, and a sliding catch 80.

The case 10 defines an accommodating space for accommodating a main body part of the air conditioner. In the case of a split air conditioner, the housing 10 here is a housing of an air conditioner indoor unit. The split type air conditioner may include a vertical air conditioner indoor unit (as shown in fig. 1), a wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit, or other types of indoor units, which are not limited herein. The shell 10 is provided with an air inlet 11 and at least one air supply outlet, and a fan, an indoor heat exchanger, a controller and the like are arranged inside the shell. The indoor heat exchanger and the throttling device are connected with a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger and other refrigerating elements arranged in the air conditioner outdoor unit through pipelines to form a vapor compression refrigeration cycle system. For a heat pump type air conditioner, in a cooling mode, the indoor heat exchanger is an evaporator. In the heating mode, the indoor heat exchanger is a condenser. Under the action of the fan, indoor air enters the shell 10 through the air inlet 11, and after forced convection heat exchange with the indoor heat exchanger is completed, heat exchange airflow is formed, and the air is guided by the air duct and flows out of the air supply outlet.

The ventilation member 50 is mounted to the housing 10 for allowing an air flow to enter or exit the housing 10 after penetrating the ventilation member 50. Specifically, the ventilation component 50 may be an air inlet grille, an air outlet grille, a filter screen, a purification module, and the like. Taking fig. 1 as an example, the ventilation part 50 is an air inlet grille, and the air inlet grille is detachably installed at the air inlet 11. The ventilation part 50 is provided with at least one claw 51, 52, as shown in fig. 6 and 8.

The slide catch 80 is reciprocally translatably mounted to the housing 10 in a first direction. The first direction may be any direction of up-down direction, lateral direction, etc. In the embodiment of fig. 1 to 8, the first direction is set to the up-down direction, that is, the y-axis direction indicated in fig. 6 and 7. In this way, so that the sliding catch 80 translates to be caught by the at least one catch 51, 52 to lock the ventilation member 50 in the locked position, as shown in fig. 6; or to an unlocked position, shown in fig. 7, out of the locking of the jaws 51, 52, allowing the ventilation member 50 to be detached from the housing 10.

Since the sliding catch 80 itself is only translatably mounted to the housing 10 in the first direction (y-direction) and cannot move along the z-axis. In the position shown in fig. 6, the slide holder 80 is engaged with the claws 51 and 52, so that the ventilation member 50 is not movable in the z-axis direction and cannot be detached. When the slide catch 80 is translated forward along the y-axis to the unlocked position shown in fig. 7, the jaws 51, 52 and the slide catch 80 are no longer in clamping engagement with each other, allowing the vent member 50 to be removed in the z-axis forward away from the slide catch 80. In the air conditioner of the embodiment of the utility model. The operator can lock and unlock the ventilation member 50 by only translating the sliding catch 80, so that the structure is very smart and the operation is very simple.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 to 8, the number of the aforementioned at least one claw 51, 52 is plural, and it is arranged in two columns along a perpendicular direction (x-axis direction) of the first direction (y-axis direction). Preferably two jaws 51, 52 are included in each column, an upper jaw 52 and a lower jaw 51, respectively. The 4 claws 51, 52 are provided in this way in total, which is sufficient to stably clamp the movable clamp. The sliding catch 80 has a plurality of protrusions 81, 82 (protruding positive/negative along the x-axis) on each side thereof, each protrusion 81, 82 being located between the corresponding jaw 51, 52 and the surface of the ventilation member 50 when the sliding catch 80 is in the locked position, each protrusion 81, 82 being offset (offset in the y-direction) from the corresponding jaw 51, 52 to disengage the locking of the jaw 51, 52 when the sliding catch 80 is in the unlocked position.

Further, the first direction may be set to be the up-down direction, and the locked position may be set to be lower than the unlocked position. In this way, the sliding latch 80 can be stably maintained in the locked position by its own weight, and accidental unlocking and accidental falling of the ventilation member 50 can be avoided. Also, the slide holder 80 may be provided with protruding lug plate portions 85 at both side top portions, respectively, each lug plate portion 85 being located on an upper side of one of the claws (the claw 52 located most upward) to receive the support of the claw when it is in the lock position. In this way, when the slide fastener 80 is in the locking position, the lug plate portion 85 is supported by the claw 52 so that the slide fastener 80 does not move down, and is stably held in the locking position by its own weight.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4-6, the housing 10 may be provided with a receptacle 18. The sliding catch 80 includes a post 86 extending in a first direction, the post 86 being axially slidably inserted into the post 86 to allow reciprocal translation of the sliding catch 80 in the first direction. Further, one end of the plunger 86 may be connected to the body portion of the sliding catch 80 by a connecting arm 861 such that the plunger 86 is spaced from the surface of the body portion of the sliding catch 80 to facilitate insertion into the receptacle 18. Specifically, for the embodiment in which the first direction is the up-down direction, the upper end of the post 86 is connected to the main body portion of the slide holder 80 by a connecting arm 861, as shown in fig. 6.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, the sliding catch 80 may be located between the vent member 50 and the housing 10, with the jaws 51, 52 located on an inner side 501 of the vent member 50 facing the housing 10. The vent member 50 is provided with a relief opening 55 through which the handle 88 of the sliding catch 80 extends out of the vent member 50 to allow a user to translate the sliding catch 80 by toggling the handle 88, see fig. 2 and 3.

Further, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the relief port 55 is preferably elongated and arranged so as to: when the sliding clamping member 80 is in the locking position and the unlocking position, the handles 88 are respectively abutted against the two ends of the yielding port 55 in the length direction, so that an operator does not worry about out-of-position adjustment or over-adjustment during adjustment.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6-8, the inner side of the ventilation component 50 has at least one guide rib 57 extending in a first direction, and the sliding catch 80 is correspondingly provided with a guide groove 89 extending in the first direction, and each guide rib 57 is located in the guide groove 89 for guiding the sliding catch 80 to reciprocate in the first direction. The number of the at least one guide rib 57 is preferably two, and the two guide ribs are collinear and respectively located on both sides of the relief opening 55.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the air conditioner may include a floor air conditioner indoor unit, and the housing 10 is a housing of the floor air conditioner indoor unit. The casing 10 may be provided with a first air supply opening 12 opened forward and at least one second air supply opening 13 opened laterally, the first air supply opening 12 and each second air supply opening 13 being adapted to blow an air flow in the casing 10 to an indoor environment. The transverse direction herein is the left-right direction of the indoor unit of the vertical air conditioner. Therefore, the air supply angle range of the indoor unit of the vertical air conditioner is large, and the indoor unit of the vertical air conditioner can supply air forwards and also can supply air in the transverse direction (left/right direction), so that various requirements of users are met.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the number of the second air supply openings 13 may be two. Two second air outlets 13 are respectively provided at both lateral sides of the housing 10 to supply air toward both lateral sides, respectively. That is, the left second air blowing port 13 is used for blowing air leftward, and the right second air blowing port 13 is used for blowing air rightward. Thus, the indoor unit of the vertical air conditioner can supply air forwards, leftwards and rightwards, and the air supply angle range is large.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a first air guiding member 60 is disposed at the first air outlet 12, for guiding the up-down air outlet angle of the first air outlet 12, and has a state of closing the first air outlet 12. The upper and lower air outlet angle refers to the included angle between the air outlet direction and the horizontal plane, or referred to as the pitch angle. The first air guide 60 can blow the air out in the direction of the front, the front upper direction, or the front lower direction. More importantly, the first air guiding component 60 can be utilized to close the first air supplying opening 12, so that the second air supplying opening 13 can be used for air outlet. For example, as shown in fig. 1, the first air guiding component 60 may be an air guiding swing blade set, each swing blade is a horizontally extending long slat, and a plurality of swing blades are arranged in an up-down direction, and each swing blade may rotate around a horizontal transverse axis. The upper and lower air outlet angles can be adjusted when the swing blades synchronously rotate. The specific synchronous drive mechanism is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a second air guiding component 90 is disposed at each second air supply opening 13, for guiding the front-rear air outlet angle of the second air supply opening 13, that is, the angle between the air outlet direction and the vertical plane extending transversely. The second air guide member 90 can blow the air in the forward direction (right), the forward direction (left) or the backward direction (right). For example, the second wind guiding member 90 may be a wind guiding swing blade group, each swing blade being a vertically extending long slat, a plurality of swing blades being arranged in the front-rear direction, each swing blade being rotatable about a vertical transverse axis. The front and back air outlet angles can be adjusted when the swing blades synchronously rotate. The specific synchronous drive mechanism is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein. In this embodiment, the second air guiding member 90 is disposed at the second air outlet 13, so as to guide the front-rear air outlet angle of the second air outlet 13, so that the second air outlet 13 does not simply supply air horizontally leftwards or rightwards, and the air supply direction can also be inclined forwards or backwards, and the user can select more.

In the description of the present embodiment, a description referring to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present utility model. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

By now it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described herein in detail, many other variations or modifications of the utility model consistent with the principles of the utility model may be directly ascertained or inferred from the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of the present utility model should be understood and deemed to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims (10)

1. An air conditioner, characterized by comprising:

a housing;

a ventilation member mounted to the housing for allowing an air flow to pass through the ventilation member and then enter or exit the housing, the ventilation member being provided with at least one claw; and

a sliding catch reciprocally translatable mounted to the housing in a first direction for translation to a catch to lock the vent member in a locked position; or to an unlocked position out of the lock of the jaws, allowing the vent member to be detached from the housing.

2. An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein,

the number of the at least one claw is a plurality, and the at least one claw is arranged in two columns along the vertical direction of the first direction;

the sliding clamping piece is characterized in that a plurality of protruding parts are respectively arranged on two side edges of the sliding clamping piece, each protruding part is located between the corresponding claw and the surface of the ventilation part when the sliding clamping piece is located at the locking position, and each protruding part is dislocated with the corresponding claw when the sliding clamping piece is located at the unlocking position so as to be separated from the locking of the claw.

3. An air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein,

the first direction is the up-down direction, and the locking position is lower than the unlocking position.

4. An air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein,

the tops of two sides of the sliding clamping piece are respectively provided with a convex lug plate part, and when the sliding clamping piece is in the locking position, each lug plate part is positioned on the upper side of one claw so as to receive the support of the claw.

5. An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein,

the sliding clamping piece is positioned between the ventilation component and the shell, and the at least one claw is positioned on the inner side surface of the ventilation component, which faces the shell; and is also provided with

The ventilation part is provided with a yielding port, and the handle of the sliding clamping piece extends out of the ventilation part through the yielding port, so that a user is allowed to translate the sliding clamping piece by stirring the handle.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein,

the abdication port is long strip-shaped and is configured to: when the sliding clamping piece is positioned at the locking position and the unlocking position, the handles are respectively abutted against the two ends of the yielding port in the length direction.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein,

the inner side surface of the ventilation component is provided with at least one guide rib extending along the first direction, the sliding clamping piece is correspondingly provided with a guide groove extending along the first direction, and each guide rib is positioned in the guide groove and used for guiding the sliding clamping piece to reciprocate in the first direction.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein,

the number of the at least one guide convex rib is two, and the at least one guide convex rib and the guide convex rib are collinear and are respectively positioned at two sides of the yielding port.

9. An air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein,

the shell is provided with a jack; and is also provided with

The sliding catch includes a post extending in the first direction, the post being axially slidably insertable into the post to permit reciprocal translation of the sliding catch in the first direction.

10. The air conditioner of claim 9, wherein the air conditioner further comprises a fan,

one end of the plug post is connected to the main body portion of the sliding clamping piece through a connecting arm, so that the plug post is spaced from the surface of the main body portion of the sliding clamping piece.