KR101428677B1 - air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The air conditioner according to the present invention includes a front cover disposed at the front of the chassis and having an air intake portion formed at an upper portion thereof and having an opening portion and a front panel disposed to open and close the front of the front cover, The front cover has a connecting portion, and the connecting portion includes a resilient portion that is elastically deformed when the front panel is opened and closed, a protrusion over the curved portion formed on the front cover is formed, and a rail guided to the guide portion formed on the front cover So that the front panel can be smoothly closed and the front panel can be easily closed.

Elastic portion, slot portion, deformation portion, rail portion, stopper, curved portion, guide portion.

Description

Air conditioner

The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and in particular, a connecting portion formed on a front panel of the air conditioner is provided with a resilient portion which is elastically deformed and formed with a protrusion over a curved surface portion formed on a front cover when the front panel is rotated, And the front panel is smoothly opened and closed.

       Generally, the air conditioner is a device for keeping indoor air in the most optimal condition according to the purpose. For example, when the indoor temperature becomes high as in the summer, the indoor air is cooled by blowing a low-temperature wind, and warm air of a high temperature is blown in the winter so as to be heated.

 The separate type air conditioner includes an indoor unit installed in a space for air conditioning and an outdoor unit installed in an outdoor space. The indoor unit includes a plurality of indoor units, Respectively.

Particularly, in recent years, a separate type air conditioner (hereinafter referred to as an "air conditioner") is widely used in consideration of the noise and the installation environment of the air conditioner.

The air conditioner is a device for cooling / heating the room by using a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator. When the purifier unit for purifying the air is installed, the air conditioner functions to purify the room.

The air conditioner is provided with various kinds of purifying units, and in particular, a filter for filtering out foreign substances in the air is detachably installed so that foreign substances in the air are filtered by the filter during operation of the air conditioner, , Remove filter to clean or replace.

 The suction panel opening / closing structure of the indoor unit of the air conditioner disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2003-2004-0044300 includes a suction panel formed at one side thereof with a front suction grille formed therein to guide indoor air therethrough, And a plurality of parts are mounted on the suction panel. The suction panel is coupled to one side of the front panel, and the suction panel interferes with a plurality of parts of the suction panel, A panel coupling means for maintaining a fixed state at a plurality of angles with respect to the panel is formed at a rear side of the suction panel and is protruded and formed so as to penetrate through one side of the front panel to allow the suction panel to pivot, And the suction panel is protruded from one side of the rear face, Sup is configured by combining the front panel port to regulate the release and fall of the intake panel to the front panel.

The suction panel coupling member includes a body formed in a round shape and protruded and guided by the front panel engaging member so that the suction panel is rotatable, and a suction panel formed on one side of the body to shield the front panel And an opening protrusion formed on one side of the lower portion of the body to maintain the opening state of the suction panel at a predetermined angle with respect to the front panel, Preventing protrusion.

Wherein the front panel coupling member includes an insertion guide hole formed at one side of the front panel to guide the insertion of the suction panel into the insertion guide hole and a rotation guide member projecting from the upper side of the insertion guide hole to guide the rotation of the suction panel, And the insertion guide hole

An open holding piece formed to have an elastic force at a lower end portion to selectively interfere with the opening protrusion and a body interference piece protruding from one side of the insertion guide hole and interfering with the left and right flow of the body.

And a shielding protrusion protruding roundly at one side of the rotation guide member to prevent the suction panel from being opened by selectively interfering with the shielding protrusion.

And one side of the body interference member is provided with a hook that protrudes so as to have an elastic force to interfere with the detachment protrusion so that the suction panel is selectively detached from the front panel.

However, in the air conditioner disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 10-2007-0044300, a plurality of protrusions are interfered with each other in the suction panel, and a plurality of the suction ports are selectively provided to maintain the suction panel fixed at various angles with respect to the front panel There is a problem that the front panel is not smoothly closed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner in which the front panel is smoothly rotated from a front cover when the front panel is closed, thereby facilitating the opening and closing of the front panel.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an air conditioner in which the front panel forms an outer front surface of an air conditioner and serviceability is improved due to protection of an internal device, easy cleaning and parts replacement.

An air conditioner according to the present invention includes: a front cover having an air intake portion formed in an upper portion thereof and an opening portion formed therein; And a front panel disposed to open and close a front of the front cover, wherein the front panel has a connection part arranged to pass through the opening part, and when the front panel is opened and closed, a curved surface part formed on the front cover And a rail portion guided to the guiding portion formed on the front cover is formed.

The elastic portion may further include a slit portion formed in a curved shape in the connection portion and a deformation portion deformed to the slit portion when the front panel rotates.

The slit portion is closed at one end and opened at the other end.

The front cover is formed with a stopper to which the protrusion is caught when the front panel is fully opened.

Wherein the stopper guides the deformed portion and includes an upper stopper formed on the front cover so as to catch the upper portion of the protrusion when the front panel is fully opened and a lower stopper disposed on the lower portion of the protrusion when the front panel, And includes a lower stopper.

The distance between the upper stopper and the lower stopper is larger than the thickness of the deformed portion and smaller than the height of the protruded portion.

The rail portion is formed in a curved shape in the connecting portion, and both ends are closed.

        The air conditioner according to the present invention includes a front cover disposed at the front of the chassis and having an air intake portion formed at an upper portion thereof and having an opening portion and a front panel disposed to open and close the front of the front cover, The front cover has a connecting portion, and the connecting portion includes a resilient portion that is elastically deformed when the front panel is opened and closed, a protrusion over the curved portion formed on the front cover is formed, and a rail guided to the guide portion formed on the front cover So that the front panel can be smoothly closed and the front panel can be easily closed.

Further, it is not necessary to manufacture and assemble a separate device so as to facilitate the deformation of the elastic portion and smoothly move the connection portion by forming a slit portion having a simple structure in which the elastic portion is clogged at one end and the other end is opened. There is an advantage of cost reduction.

In addition, since the elastic portion is deformed by the protruding portion over the curved surface portion, the connection portion is smoothly moved so that the front panel is smoothly closed.

In addition, a curved rail portion is formed in the connecting portion to smoothly open and close the front panel, thereby preventing the front panel from being detached from the front cover due to strong force of the user.

In addition, a stopper is formed on the front cover to induce smooth open / close of the front panel, and to maintain the release and opening from the front cover.

       Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a front panel of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The air conditioner according to the present embodiment includes a main body 2 and a front panel 200 disposed in front of the main body 2, as shown in Figs.

The main body 2 is formed with an air suction part 4 and an air discharge part 6. The air suction part 4 sucks air and cools it inside and discharges it through the air discharge part 6 Hereinafter, a wall-mounted type air conditioner will be described as an example.

The main body 2 has the air suction part 4 formed on the front surface and the upper surface of the main body 2 and the air discharge part 6 formed on the lower surface of the main body 2, 200 can be moved forward or rotated about the upper or lower portion to form an air suction passage between the front portion of the main body 2 and the air suction portion 4, It is also possible that the air discharge portion 6 is formed on the lower surface of the main body 2 and the front panel 200 covers the front surface of the main body 2, The suction portion 4 is formed on the upper surface of the main body 2 and particularly on the upper surface side of the main body 2 and the air discharge portion 6 is formed on the lower surface of the main body 2, The front panel 200 forms the front side outer tube of the air conditioner, and the inside part of the main body 2 For the service is connected around the upper part protruding forwardly rotated.

The main body 2 includes a chassis 10, a front cover 100, a suction grill 21, and a discharge unit 30.

The chassis 10 is a kind of a case in which various components are installed and installed in a wall of a room, an air flow passage through which air passes, and the like.

The front cover 100 forms a space with respect to the chassis 10 and is disposed in front of the chassis 10.

The front cover 100 is formed with a dust collecting / removing part 94 in which a dust collecting receptacle 90 containing foreign substances and discharging only air is attached and detached.

The upper surface and the front surface of the front cover 100 are formed with an upper surface opening (not shown) and a front surface opening 5 so that the upper surface opening (not shown) acts as an air suction portion 4, The opening 5 serves as a service hall for services and the like.

The suction grill 21 protects the lower side of the indoor air while being sucked into the inside of the main body 2 and is formed into a grill shape on the air suction part 4 which is the upper surface of the front cover 100 do.

A filter (80) is disposed inside the main body (2) to purify the air sucked into the air suction part (4).

The discharge unit 30 discharges the air ventilated inside the main body 2 and is provided with a fastening means such as a fastening member of at least one of the chassis 10 and the front cover 100, (Not shown).

Openings (not shown) connected to the front panel 200 are formed on both front sides of the front cover 100 to be connected to the front panel 200.

Fig. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of part A of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a closed state of the front panel according to Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view of part B of Fig. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the open state of the front panel with respect to the first embodiment.

3 and 6, the air conditioner according to the present embodiment includes a front cover 100 having an air intake part 4 formed at an upper portion thereof and an opening 110 formed therein, And a front panel 200 having a connection part 210 arranged to be opened and closed and disposed to penetrate the opening part 110. The connection part 210 is provided with a front cover 200 The protruding portion 222 that rides over the curved surface portion 120 formed on the curved surface portion 120 of the front panel 200 is formed and the elastic portion 220 elastically deformed by the protruding portion 222 over the curved surface portion 120 when the front panel 200 is closed. And a guide part 230 guided by the guide part 130 formed on the front cover 100 are formed.

The elastic part 220 includes a slit part 225 formed in a curved shape in the connection part 210 and a deformation part 224 deformed by the slit part 225 when the front panel is rotated.

At this time, since the slit part 225 has a structure in which one end is closed and the other end is opened, the deformation part 224 can be elastically deformed.

The front cover 100 is provided with a stopper 222 for preventing the front panel 200 from being detached from the front cover 100 when the front panel 200 is fully opened and holding the protrusion 222 to maintain the opening of the front panel 200 140 are formed.

The stopper 140 guides the deformed portion 224 to be elastically deformed like the curved surface portion 120 so that the upper surface of the protrusion 222 is hooked when the front panel 200 is fully opened. And an upper stopper 140a formed on the front panel 100 and a lower stopper 140b for catching the lower portion of the protrusion 222 when the front panel 200 guiding the slit 225 is fully opened.

Since the distance h1 between the upper stopper 140a and the lower stopper 140b is larger than the thickness t of the deformed portion and smaller than the height h2 of the protrusion, And the opening of the front panel 200 is maintained.

The curved hole is formed in the connection part 210 so that the rail part 230 smoothly performs the opening of the front panel 200 along the guide part 130. In addition, And both ends are closed to prevent the front cover 200 from being detached from the front cover 100 when the front panel 200 is opened.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described.

3 and 6, a front panel 200 having a connection portion 210 formed to pass through an opening 110 formed in the front of the front cover is disposed in front of the front cover 100.

At this time, when the front panel 200 is opened and closed, a spherical protrusion 222 passing over the curved surface 120 formed on the front cover 100 is formed in the connection part 210.

The curved surface portion 120 and the protruding portion 222 are disposed so as to interfere with each other in order to prevent the front panel 200 from being opened and closed from the front cover 100 by itself.

The reason why the curved surface portion 120 and the protruding portion 222 are arranged to interfere with each other is to prevent the front panel 200 from being opened or closed by itself when the front panel 200 is closed .

The front panel 200 is provided with an elastic part 220 elastically deformed by the protrusion 222 and a rail part having a round hole for guiding the guide part 130 formed on the front cover 100 230 are further formed.

The elastic part 220 includes a slit part 225 formed in a curved shape in the connection part 210 and a deformation part 224 deformed by the slit part 225 when the front panel is rotated.

The resilient part 220 is deformed by the projecting part 222 over the curved part 120 so that the connection part 210 is smoothly moved while the resilient part 220 is deformed. The deformed portion 224 is further included.

Also, the rail 230 guides the movement of the connecting part 210 to form a smooth open / close of the front panel 200.

The slit part 225 is formed so that one end is closed and the other end is opened so that the deformation part 224 is elastically deformed more easily.

In addition, a stopper 140 is formed on the front cover 100 so that the protrusion 222 is engaged when the front panel 200 is fully opened.

At this time, the stopper 140 guides the deformed portion 224, and when the front panel 200 is fully opened, the upper stopper 140a (not shown) formed on the front cover 100 And a lower stopper 140b for catching the lower portion of the protrusion 222 when the front panel 200 guiding the slit 225 is fully opened.

The distance h1 between the upper stopper 140a and the lower stopper 140b is set to be larger than the thickness t of the deformation portion and smaller than the height h2 of the protrusion, Thereby preventing the front cover 100 from coming off.

In addition, when the front panel 200 is fully opened, the protrusion 222 is fitted to the upper stopper 140 and the lower stopper 140b, so that the front panel 200 can be kept open.

The rail 230 forms a curved hole in the connection part 210 to smoothly open and close the front panel 200.

In addition, to prevent the front panel 200 from being detached from the front cover 100 due to strong force of the user, the rail 230 is formed with both ends clogged.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a closed state of a front panel of another embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a front panel opened state of another embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the air conditioner according to the present embodiment includes a front panel 200 'and a front panel 200' A front frame 300 protruding from the front frame 300 and a glass 400 disposed on the front surface of the front frame 300.

That is, the front panel 200 'has a dual structure of the glass 400 and the front frame 300 positioned before and after the front panel 200', and the front panel 300 ' And a link 500 that supports the front panel 200 'to which the glass 400 is attached when the front panel 200' is lifted.

One end of the link 500 is hingedly connected to the link connection part 320 formed on the front frame 300 and the other end is a free end 540. The front panel 300 ' 200 'are arranged at the rear of the front panel 200' in parallel with the front panel 200 'when the front panel 200' is opened, and when the front panel 200 'is opened, .

The frame 500 further includes a frame supporter 340 formed on the front frame 300 to support the link 500 when the link 500 is dropped by its own weight when the front panel 200 'is opened.

 The cover supporter 600 further includes a cover stopper 600 formed on the front cover 100 so that a part of the link 500 supported by the frame supporter 340 is inserted and constrained.

The free end 540 of the cover stopper 600 is formed in a box shape with its front surface opened by the weight of the cover stopper 600 when the front panel 200 ' Down.

As described above, when the link 500 is inserted into the space S, the link 500 is restrained by the cover stopper 600 to limit any disengagement of the link 500, (540) is fixed to the cover stopper (600).

At this time, the cover stopper 600 is formed such that the length of the upper plate 603 is shorter than that of the lower plate 601.

The upper plate 603 is formed to be shorter than the upper plate 603 in order to facilitate insertion of the link 500 when the link 500 is dropped by its own weight when the front panel 200 'is opened.

Further, the upper plate 603 is formed to protrude to prevent the link 500 from being arbitrarily disengaged from the cover stopper 600.

In the air conditioner according to another embodiment of the present invention, the weight of the front panel 200 'is heavier than that of the embodiment of the present invention due to the installation of the glass 400, When the front panel 200 'is made of a double structure of the glass 400 and the front frame 300, the front panel 200' is supported by the front panel 200 ' The open state of the panel 200 'can be efficiently maintained.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, This is possible. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

The air conditioner according to the present invention smoothly rotates the front panel from the front cover when the front panel is closed, facilitates close and close, forms a front-side appearance, protects the inside device, So that it can be used for all wall-mounted type air conditioners.

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a front panel of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Fig. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of part A of Fig. 1,

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the closed state of the front panel of FIG. 3,

Fig. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view of part B of Fig. 2,

6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the open state of the front panel according to Fig. 5; Fig.

7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a closed state of the front panel of another embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a front panel of an air conditioner according to another embodiment of the present invention,

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

2: Main body 4: Air intake part

5: front opening portion 6: air discharge portion

 10: Chassis 21: Suction grill

30: Discharging unit 90: Dust collector

       94: dust collecting / removing part 100: front cover

       110: opening 120:

130: guide portion 140: stopper

140a: Upper stopper 140b: Lower stopper

200,200 ': front panel 210: connection

220: elastic part 222:

224: Deformation portion 225: Slit portion

230: rail part 300: front frame

320: link connecting portion 340: frame supporter

     400: Glass 500: Link

540: Free end 600: Cover stopper

601: lower plate 602: front plate

       603: top plate S: space

       h1: separation distance h2: height of protrusion

t: thickness of deformation part

Claims (12)

A front cover disposed at a front side of the chassis and having an air intake portion formed at an upper portion thereof and having an opening; And a front panel arranged to open and close the front of the front cover, Wherein the front panel has a connection part arranged to pass through the opening,  The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the connection portion includes a resilient portion that elastically deforms when the front panel is opened and closed, and a projection portion that rides over the curved surface portion formed on the front cover is formed.    The method according to claim 1, Wherein the elastic portion includes a slit portion formed in a curved shape in the connecting portion and a deformation portion deformed into the slit portion when the front panel rotates.    The method of claim 2, Wherein the slit portion is closed at one end and the other end is opened.    The method of claim 2, Wherein the front cover is provided with a stopper to which the protrusion is hooked when the front panel is fully opened.    The method of claim 4, Wherein the stopper guides the deformed portion and includes an upper stopper formed on the front cover so as to catch the upper portion of the protrusion when the front panel is fully opened, And a lower stopper such that a lower portion of the protrusion is caught when the front panel guiding the slit portion is fully opened.    The method of claim 5, Wherein the distance between the upper stopper and the lower stopper is larger than the thickness of the deforming portion and smaller than the height of the projecting portion.    The method according to claim 1, Wherein the rail portion is formed in a curved shape in the connecting portion and both ends are closed.    The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, Wherein the front panel includes a front frame protruding from the connection part and disposed in front of the front panel, and a glass disposed on a front surface of the front frame.    The method of claim 8, The air conditioner includes a link having one end connected to the front panel and the other end having a free end, And a frame supporter formed on the front frame to support the link when the link is dropped by its own weight when the front panel is opened.    The method of claim 8,  Wherein the air conditioner further comprises a cover stopper formed on the front cover so that a free end supported by the frame supporter is inserted and constrained. The method of claim 10, Wherein the cover stopper is in the form of a box having a front surface opened, and the free end is inserted into a space formed inside the cover stopper when the front panel is opened, so that the link is constrained. The method of claim 11, Wherein the cover stopper is shorter than the front-rear projecting length of the lower plate.

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