KR100725739B1 - Air-conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention can easily and easily open and close the front panel, and discloses an air conditioner in which the user can select the opening and closing direction.

The air conditioner according to the present invention includes a main body forming an appearance and a front panel for opening and closing the front of the main body, and the front panel slides to open and close the front of the main body in both directions.

Description

Air Conditioner {AIR-CONDITIONER}

1 is an overall perspective view of an air conditioner according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the air conditioner showing the first and second roller devices respectively installed on the top, bottom of the front panel.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a first roller is inserted into the first guide rail so that the first guide rail is supported by the first roller.

4 is a perspective view of a second guide rail and a second roller constituting the second roller device;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of part B in FIG. 1, and is a perspective view of a door provided at a side of the front panel; FIG.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

10: Main Unit 11: Front Panel

27: positioning device 30: first roller device

40: first guide rail 50: first roller

51: shaft 53: supporter

60: second roller device 70: second guide rail

80: second roller

The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to an opening and closing structure of the front panel for opening and closing the front of the air conditioner.

In general, an air conditioner is a device for cooling or heating a room by using vaporization heat and liquefaction heat generated when a refrigerant is vaporized or liquefied in a refrigeration cycle in which a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator are connected to a refrigerant pipe to form a closed circuit. One type of air conditioner includes a compressor and a condenser, and a separate type air conditioner having an outdoor unit installed outdoors and an evaporator and separated into an indoor unit installed indoors. Such a separate type air conditioner is divided into a stand type installed on the floor and a wall grain type attached to a wall of the room.

Among these, the present invention relates to an indoor unit of a stand type air conditioner, hereinafter abbreviated to "air conditioner".

The air conditioner includes a main body having an approximately front opening and a front panel opening and closing the front of the main body having a box shape. The front panel is the part to be opened or separated first when the air conditioner is installed indoors or when the air conditioner needs to be repaired due to a breakdown. In many cases, the front panel needs to be opened and closed to clean the filter.

Conventionally, such a heavy front panel is completely separated from the main body, or only the upper part of the front panel is opened to secure a work space. However, when the front panel was completely separated from the main body, it was inconvenient because the heavy front panel had to be removed from the main body by the user, and when opening only the upper part of the front panel, the working space was not secured enough. It was inconvenient to do work like cleaning

The present invention is to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner that can easily and easily open and close the front panel.

In addition, to provide an air conditioner that can select the opening and closing direction of the front panel in addition to the above object.

In order to achieve the above object, the air conditioner according to the present invention includes a main body forming an appearance, and a front panel for opening and closing the front of the main body and the front panel is sliding to open and close the front and rear of the main body in both directions do.

In addition, an upper portion of the front panel is supported by a first roller inserted into the first rail and the first rail and rotates, and a lower portion of the front panel is inserted into the second rail and the second rail and rolled. Is supported by.

In addition, both ends of the first rail and the second rail are open.

In addition, both sides of the front panel is provided with a door that opens and closes so that the first roller can pass through when the front panel slides.

The apparatus may further include a positioning device configured to determine the closed position by maintaining the front panel closed.

       Hereinafter, an air conditioner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a front panel 11 and a main body 10 installed below the front surface of the main body 10 and the main body 10 forming an overall appearance. It is provided on the upper front and provided with a vertical drive panel 12 for moving up and down and opening and closing the front discharge port (16). Inlet grills 13 through which air is sucked are provided at both lower sides of the main body 10, and auto shutters for opening and closing the side discharge port 14 and the side discharge port 14 through which air is discharged are provided at both upper sides of the main body 10 ( 14a) is provided.

In addition, a blower fan (not shown) is installed below the inner space of the main body 10, and a heat exchanger (not shown) is installed above the inner space of the main body 10. The indoor air introduced into the main body 10 through the heat exchanger 13 is heat-exchanged while passing through the heat exchanger, and the heat-exchanged air is discharged back into the room through the discharge ports 14 and 16.

Inside the suction grill 13, a pre-filter (not shown) for removing large dust in the air introduced through the slit 15 formed in the suction grill 13 is detachably installed. Electrostatic precipitating filter 17 for filtering the fine dust in the air sucked through the blowing fan is detachably installed.

As such, the front panel 11 needs to be opened and closed to clean the prefilter or electrostatic precipitating filter 17 provided inside the main body 10 or to repair the air conditioner. The panel 11 is slid and opened and closed in left and right directions.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first roller device 30 is installed on the upper portion of the front panel 11 so that the front panel 11 opens and closes the front lower portion of the main body 10 in a sliding manner, and the lower portion of the front panel 11 is provided. The second roller device 60 is installed.

The first roller device 30 includes a first guide rail 40 installed on the top of the front panel 11 and a plurality of first rollers 50 supported and rotated by the main body 10, and a second roller. The device 60 includes a second guide rail 70 formed in the main body 10 and a plurality of second rollers 80 installed at the bottom of the front panel 11.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of part A in FIG. 2, and the first guide rail 40 installed at the upper rear side of the front panel 11 as shown in FIG. 3 has a plurality of bents formed by bending one plate a plurality of times. It has a surface and both ends have an open bar (bar) shape, the insertion surface 41 is formed in the longitudinal direction of the first guide rail 40 in the lower surface (40a) of the bent surface. In addition, the width of the first guide rail 40 is narrower than the width of the side surface 11a of the front panel 11 so that the first guide rail 40 is not exposed to the outside of the front panel 11.

The first roller 50 is inserted into the first guide rail 40 to rotate while supporting the upper surface 40b of the first guide rail 40. The first roller 50 is rotatably supported by the supporter 53 which transmits the load of the front panel 11 transferred to the first roller 50 to the main body 10.

The supporter 53 is bent in an L shape, and the supporter 54 in the vertical direction supporting the load of the front panel 11 and the load transmitted to the supporter 54 to the main body 10 to transmit the load to the main body. It is composed of a fixing portion 55 is fixed. The shaft 51 of the first roller 50 is supported by a shaft cover 56 seated in a groove (not shown) formed at an upper end of the support 54 of the supporter 53 and coupled to the support 54. Deviation from) is prevented.

In this state, when the front panel 11 to which the first guide rail 40 is coupled is pushed in the left and right direction, the first roller 50 rotates to transfer the first guide rail 40. At this time, since the insertion hole 41 is formed in the first guide rail 40 and the supporter 53 is inserted into the insertion hole 41, the first guide rail 40 and the first roller 50 move relative to each other. No interference.

As shown in FIG. 4, the second roller device 60 is formed on the second roller 80 installed below the front panel 11 and the bottom plate 10a of the main body 10 to form the second roller 80. It includes a second guide rail 70 for guiding the rolling motion of the).

The lower part of the front panel 11 is provided with a plurality of second rollers 80 to move the rolling while transmitting the load of the front panel 11 to the bottom plate (10a). The lower surface of the front panel 11 has a groove portion 25 is formed so that the second roller 80 is rotated, the rotation shaft 81 of the second roller 80 is formed of the groove portion 25 It is rotatably supported on both sides. In addition, the cover 26 is coupled to the lower end of the front panel 11 so that the rotation shaft 81 is not separated from the recess 25.

The second guide rail 70 is provided on the bottom plate 10a of the main body 10 so that the second roller 80 is inserted and rolls. Since the second roller 80 is guided to the second guide rail 70 and rolls, the front panel 11 slides and opens along the trajectory formed by the second guide rail 70.

The second guide rail 70 extends to both side surfaces 10a 'of the bottom plate 10a so that the front panel 11 can be opened and closed in both directions.

5 is an enlarged view of the rear portion B of FIG. 1 and a part of the side surface 11a of the front panel 11 is cut at both sides 11a of the front panel 11 and rotated by a hinge 23 provided at the upper and lower portions. The door 22 supported as much as possible is provided. In addition, the door 22 is coupled so that one end is elastically supported by a torsion spring 24 supported on the rear surface of the front panel 11.

Thus, since the door 22 which can rotate left and right on the side 11a of the front panel 11 is installed, the side of the front panel 11 when the front panel 11 slides in both directions is opened and closed. It is prevented that the 11a is caught by the first roller 50 and the supporter 53.

Since the front panel 11 is opened and closed by sliding the front surface of the main body 10 in the left or right direction, the front panel 11 may be biased toward either side when the front panel 11 is closed.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 1, when the front panel 11 is closed, the positioning device 27 which determines the closed position by preventing the front panel 11 from biasing in either of the left and right directions is provided. Is installed. The positioning device 27 includes a magnet 27a installed at one side of the main body 10 and the front panel 11 and a metal plate 27b installed at the other side. As the positioning device 27 is installed in this manner, when the front panel 11 is closed, the closing is maintained by the attraction force between the magnet 27a and the metal plate 27b, and the accurate closing position is determined.

In the above embodiment, the first guide rail 40 and the second roller 60 are provided on the upper and lower portions of the front panel 11, respectively, and the first roller 50 and the upper and lower portions of the main body 10, respectively. Although the second guide rail 70 is provided, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but the first roller device 50 is installed on the upper part of the front panel 11 and the second guide is provided on the lower part of the front panel 11. The rail 70 is installed, and the first guide rail 40 and the second roller 80 are installed to correspond to the upper and lower portions of the main body 10, respectively.

As described in detail above, according to the air conditioner according to the present invention, the front panel can be opened and closed easily because of the relative rolling motion of the rail and the roller.

In addition, since the user can open and close the front panel by selecting one of the left and right directions, it is convenient to avoid opening and closing when an object interfering with the opening and closing of the front panel is disposed on one side.

Claims (6)

And a front panel for opening and closing the front and rear sides of the main body, the front panel sliding to open and close the front and rear sides of the main body in both directions. An upper part of the front panel is supported by a first roller which is inserted into the first rail and the first rail and rotates, and a lower part of the front panel is inserted by the second rail and a second roller which is inserted into the second rail and rolled. Supported, Both sides of the front panel air conditioner, characterized in that the door is opened and closed so as to pass through the first roller is not caught when the front panel is sliding. delete The method of claim 1, Both ends of the first rail and the second rail air conditioner is open. delete The method of claim 1, And a positioning device which maintains the front panel closed to determine a closed position. The method of claim 1, Both sides of the door and the front panel are hinged, And the door is elastically supported by a torsion spring provided at the rear of the front panel.

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