KR20060085497A - The device for opening and closing air clean suction gate for air clean of air conditioner with air cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an air inlet opening and closing device for purifying an air conditioner having an air purifier. The present invention relates to an air conditioner having an air conditioning function that sucks indoor air and discharges air cooled by a predetermined heat exchange effect to the room. The inlet of the air purifier, which can be operated independently of the air purifier by filtering and discharging the air sucked separately, is opened and closed so that the suction port of the air purifier can be slid and transferred to the rack and pinion structure. It provides an inlet opening and closing device of the independent air purifying device to enable a smooth and smooth transfer.

Air Conditioner, Air Purifier, Intake, Switchgear, Pinion, Rack

Description

Inlet opening and closing device for air purification of air conditioner with air purifier {THE DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING AIR CLEAN SUCTION GATE FOR AIR CLEAN OF AIR CONDITIONER WITH AIR CLEANER}

1 is an overall perspective view of an air conditioner having an air purifying function according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing one side opening and closing structure of the air purifier inlet in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the other side opening and closing structure of the air purifier suction port according to an embodiment of the present invention,

4 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 1 according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10 air conditioner 13 inlet cover

14 Inlet port 15 Outlet cover

16 discharge port 17 filter panel

18: side panel 19: cover slider

19a: rib 20: feeder

21,25: Motor 22: Rack

23: pinion 24: support

26: opening and closing link

The present invention relates to an air intake opening and closing device for an air purifying air conditioner having an air purifier, and more particularly, in an air conditioner having an air conditioning function for sucking indoor air and releasing the air cooled by a predetermined heat exchange effect to the room. It relates to an air intake opening and closing device for an air conditioner having an independent air purifier to be opened and closed in a sliding manner so that the inlet of the air purifying device that can be operated independently from the air conditioner is protruded and returned to the front.

The general air conditioner is widely referred to as an air conditioner, or abbreviated air conditioner, and its function is to cool the indoor air according to the air conditioning method and to supply cold cold air to the room.

These air conditioners can be largely classified into an integrated air conditioner installed in a window and a packaged air conditioner that installs a cooling device indoors and separately installs a heat dissipation and a compression device in an outdoor area. Air conditioners have been released and its spread is expanding.

In particular, the packaged air conditioner is provided with an air inlet and a discharge port for discharging the cooled air to the indoor unit main body, and a heat exchanger inside the main body to allow the refrigerant cooled in the heat dissipation unit and the compression unit installed in the outdoor unit to achieve heat exchange. And, a drain means for collecting the condensate from the heat exchanger, a fan motor which is a rotation means for blowing the air and a filter for filtering the dust contained in the air sucked in the air inlet is built-in, The condensate collected in the drain is configured to be led to the outside through the pipeline.

Since the air conditioning system is provided with air intake means and air discharge means, that is, a blowing means, as described above, if the sterilizing and discharging dust or harmful microorganisms contained in the inhaled air, it may perform an air purification function. have.

The air cleaning function is assisted by installing a mesh filter for cleaning the air sucked into the back of the suction grill and an electric dust collector for collecting dust.

However, in the case of a simple air conditioner with a built-in mesh filter and an electric dust collector, they cannot be used alone, so they can only be used while the air conditioner is operating.

Therefore, the scope of use is inevitably limited and a separate power consumption has to be used more disadvantages.

In addition, since the mesh filter is almost the same size as the intake grill and is disposed to cover the entire intake port, and the electric dust collector is about half the size of the intake grill, the efficiency of air cleaning or dust collection is inevitably deteriorated and flow resistance is inevitably reduced. This enlargement causes noise, etc.

Therefore, an air conditioner having an air purifying function has been released in an advanced specification of the air conditioner to improve the method and to apply an independent clean function.

That is, Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2004-0025269 discloses an air conditioner having an air cleaning function.

The disclosed invention is to form a space between the air inlet and the cold air outlet separately, and by installing an air purifier in the space, to prevent re-contamination of the air and to use it independently from the predetermined cooling flow path to the flow resistance of the air The main focus is to prevent this from happening and to facilitate installation and removal.

Recently, an air conditioner that independently drives an air conditioner and an air purifier has been released, and the air purifier includes a blower fan, an inlet port, a discharge port, a filter, and the like. it means.

However, air conditioners with independent air purifying function have the inlet openings of the air purifiers open in the form of simple grilles without opening / closing functions due to the internal structural complexity thereof. There is a problem that the life of the filter is significantly shortened because it is exposed to dust.

Another type of prior art has a shutter method in which a plurality of plates are formed at regular intervals, and the inlet cover member for sucking air has a problem that the opening and closing operation is unstable due to structural weakness that is opened while the shutter blades are shaken during opening and closing. .

In other words, the inlet opening and closing means such as the shutter is a primary means for rotating the shutter and a secondary means for interlocking the plurality of shutter blades, so that there is a high risk of failure and vibration of the main parts There is a problem of reducing the internal life.

In addition, in order to replace the filter of the conventional air cleaner, since the front cover must be removed as a whole, the filter has to be replaced.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the present invention allows to intake a sufficient amount of air while performing the opening and closing operation of the air purifier inlet in a short time, and to simplify the opening and closing structure It is an object of the present invention to provide an air intake opening and closing device for an air conditioner having an independent type of air purifier, which prevents the durability of the related parts from being lowered by smooth transfer of the opening and closing operation, and reduces noise caused by vibration.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an air intake opening and closing device for an air conditioner having an air purifier to facilitate the exchange of the air purification filter through the front and rear movement of the inlet cover for opening and closing the air inlet for purifying the air purifier. have.

The present invention for achieving the above object is in the air conditioner having an air intake for purifying the air and an independent air purifier provided with an inlet cover and a discharge port cover for opening and closing the discharge port for discharging the purified air, respectively, A filter panel provided at the inside of the air inlet cover, the inlet cover; A transfer device provided on the filter panel to provide a driving force so that the inlet cover is slide-moved to the front / rear of the air conditioner; An air inlet opening / closing device for an air conditioner having an air purifier, comprising: a cover slider fixed to an inner surface of the inlet cover by passing through the filter panel so as to guide the front / rear slide transport of the inlet cover. Is achieved by providing

At this time, the conveying apparatus is composed of a rack (RACK) installed inside the filter panel, and a pinion (PINION) fixed to the inner surface of the inlet cover through the filter panel; By combining the rack and pinion with each other, the slide movement of the inlet cover is enabled by the rotational movement of the rack.

Thus, the object of the present invention is achieved by allowing the inlet cover for opening the air inlet of the air purifying apparatus to protrude toward the front of the main body, and having this slide action as the rack and pinion structure.

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

1 is an overall perspective view of an air conditioner having an air purifying function according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing one side opening and closing structure of the air purifier inlet according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is 4 is a perspective view illustrating the other side opening and closing structure of the air purifier inlet according to the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 1 according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the air conditioner 10 having the air purifying function has a cooling inlet 11 for sucking air for cooling the air therein and cooling air for discharging the air cooled by a predetermined air conditioning action. At the same time as the discharge port 12 is provided, the suction port 14 for air purification and the discharge port 16 for discharging the air purified by filtering is provided.

In addition, the front of the air conditioner 10 is provided with an operation panel 30 that can control the overall operation of the air conditioner 10 by manual or remote control operation.

Here, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when using the intake port 14 and the discharge port 16 provided for the air purification, or when not in use is provided with opening and closing means for opening and closing them to prevent the inflow of dust. Inlet cover 13 and outlet cover 15 are as shown.

At this time, the filter panel 17 is provided inside the inlet cover 13, and the filter panel 17 is provided with a filter (not shown) for air purification.

Here, the present invention is characterized in that the inlet cover 13 is configured to be able to slide forward and backward with respect to the body bar, in order to open the inlet 14, the inlet cover 13 to the front To protrude and close, it is supposed to return backwards.

That is, the present invention provides a cover slider 19 and a driving force for allowing the inlet cover 13 to open the inlet port 14, that is, the slidable forward as shown by the dotted line. It is equipped with a slide feeder 20 for.

Hereinafter, a slide feed apparatus 20 for opening the inlet cover 13 according to the present invention will be described.

2 and 3, the transfer apparatus 20 according to the present invention provides a motor 21 on the inner surface of the filter panel 17, and the rack (RACK) (on the shaft of the motor 21) 22, a pinion coinciding with the rack 22 penetrates through the filter panel 17 and is fixed perpendicularly to the inner surface of the inlet cover 13.

At this time, the motor 21 is supported by a support 24 fixed to the filter panel 17.

Such a transfer device 20 is capable of sucking sufficient air just by allowing the inlet cover 13 to move a short distance, and the vibration of the motor 21 when the motor 21 is driven causes the inlet cover ( It is not delivered to 13, the front and rear movement of the inlet cover 13 is made smoothly.

Here, the cover slider 19 is provided on the inner surface of the inlet cover 13 to guide the movement of the inlet cover 13, and the cover slider 19 is formed at four corners of the inlet cover 13. In addition, it is possible to slide through the filter panel 17.

At this time, it is most preferable to guide the movement of the inlet cover 13, the cover slider 19 is provided with one each in four corners, but is not limited to this, the inlet cover 13 is shaken If there is no structure that can be moved back and forth smoothly without necessarily four.

In particular, since the cover slider 19 slides through the filter panel 17, it is preferable to reduce the contact surface as much as possible between the through surfaces of the filter panel 17 to move smoothly without friction. As shown in the figure, by forming the rib 19a in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface of the cover slider 19, the friction force between the cover slider 19 and the through surface of the filter panel 17 can be reduced as much as possible. I have a structure.

Therefore, according to the configuration according to the present invention as described above, the inlet cover 13 is flow or shake when the slide is moved forward of the body of the air conditioner 10 by the cover slider 19 through the filter panel 17. Not only can be smoothly conveyed without being, as shown in the dotted line when the inlet cover 13 is moved forward with respect to the filter panel 17, between the filter panel 17 and the inlet cover 13, more specifically the inlet cover Spaces are provided at all sides of the 13, in which a large amount of air can be introduced through this portion, that is, the suction port 14, and although not shown, the sucked air is provided with a filter member provided on the filter panel 17. Is purified by.

That is, the filter of the air cleaner may be at least one of a dust removal pre-filter (FRE-FILTER), a HEPA-FILTER, a deodorant and a photocatalyst, independently driven or the operation panel 30 It can operate by electrical signal.

At this time, the filter should be replaced if severe, but after filtering a certain amount of air should be removed, whisk or washed.

The operating instructions for a typical air conditioner require cleaning the filter at least once a week.

As such, the filter is an element that needs to be periodically cleaned or replaced. In the present invention, when the filter is to be cleaned and replaced, the inlet cover 13 is moved forward to open the inlet port 14, thereby allowing the filter panel ( The filter member installed in 17 can be easily separated.

On the other hand, the air purified by the filter member as described above is discharged when the outlet cover 15 provided in the side panel 18 of the air conditioner is opened.

Of course, the outlet cover 15 is independently opened and closed by the opening and closing link 26 for transmitting the drive of the motor 25 and the drive of the motor 25 is provided separately.

Although the outlet cover 15 has a structure in which the outlet opening 15 is independently opened and closed by a separate motor 25, the outlet cover 15 is substantially opened at the same time as the inlet cover 13 is opened for the air cleaning. The drive control of the motor 25 is made to be opened.

On the other hand, the conveying device 20 is installed on the left and right sides of the inlet cover 13, respectively, as shown in Fig. 2 and 3 one by one, the distribution side of the overall load across the left and right sides of the inlet cover (13) In the preferred, but may be installed in one or two or more numbers.

Of course, in the case of installing one conveying device 20 on the left and right sides as described above, since the inlet cover 13 is supported by the four cover sliders 19, one conveying device ( 20) can have a sufficiently smooth conveying state.

Although the foregoing description has been described by means of a limited embodiment and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto, and will be described by the person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It will be understood that various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the claims.

According to the inlet opening and closing device of the independent air purifying apparatus of the present invention as described above, by taking the inlet cover in the form of a plate and opening and closing it by a relatively simple mechanical device of the rack and pinion, it prevents the deterioration of the durable life of the opening and closing device. In addition, the shaking and flow is minimized during the opening and closing operation of the inlet cover has the effect of realizing the reduction of vibration and noise.

In addition, since the air is introduced from all four sides of the inlet cover while the opening and closing operation within a relatively short time, there is an effect that can improve the air purification ability.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that it is easy to replace the filter for air purification through the front and rear movement of the inlet cover.

Claims (3)

An air conditioner having an air intake for purifying air and an independent air purifier provided with an inlet cover and an outlet cover for respectively opening and closing the outlet for discharging the purified air, A filter panel installed at the front side of the air conditioner, wherein the air intake cover is provided in the air conditioner; A transfer device provided on the filter panel to provide a driving force so that the inlet cover is slide-moved to the front / rear of the air conditioner; An air inlet opening / closing device for an air conditioner having an air purifier, comprising: a cover slider fixed to an inner surface of the inlet cover by passing through the filter panel so as to guide the front / rear slide transport of the inlet cover. . The method of claim 1, The conveying apparatus includes a rack installed inside the filter panel and a pinion fixed to an inner surface of the inlet cover through the filter panel; Integrating the rack and the pinion with each other, the inlet opening and closing device for the air conditioner of the air conditioner having an air purifier, characterized in that the slide movement of the inlet cover is possible by the rotational movement of the rack. The method according to claim 1 or 2, An air inlet opening and closing device for an air conditioner having an air purifier, wherein a rib for reducing a contact area between the through surfaces of the filter panel is protruded in a longitudinal direction on an upper surface of the cover slider.

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