KR20080055456A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

An air conditioner is provided to improve the assembly workability and the convenience of use by installing a rotational member for assembling a front panel with a main body. An air conditioner comprises a main body(10) having an air conditioning part, a front panel(20) installed at the front of the main body, and a rotational member. The rotational member has the front panel inserted into the main body vertically, and hinge brackets(201,202) fixed on any one of the main body and the front panel and hinged on the other one of the main body and the front panel. The hinge brackets consist of a fixing part fixed on any one of a back surface of the front panel and the main body, and a hinge part. The hinge part curved from the fixing part with the predetermined angle is hinged on the other one of the back surface of the front panel and the main body. The hinge part is curved toward the rotational direction of the front panel.

Description

Air Conditioner

1 is a perspective view of an air inlet and an air outlet of an air conditioner according to a first embodiment of the present invention opened;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the air inlet and the air outlet of the air conditioner of FIG. 1 opened; FIG.

3 is a perspective view when the front panel of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1 is opened forward;

4 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1;

5 is an exploded perspective view of the front panel of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1 disassembled;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of portion A in FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of portion B in FIG. 5;

8 is a perspective view showing an open state of the front panel of the air conditioner according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating an exploded state of the front panel illustrated in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of portion 'A' in FIG. 8;

11 is an enlarged view of a portion B ′;

12 is a perspective view showing an open state of the front panel of the air conditioner according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the front panel and the upper panel illustrated in FIG. 12 are disassembled;

14 is an enlarged view of a portion 'A' of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a lower surface of the upper panel viewed from the direction C of FIG. 13;

16 is a perspective view of an air conditioner according to the prior art.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

1: air conditioner 10: main body

20: front panel 22: glass

23: glass panel 24: cover

30: base 50: top panel

53: front part 200: rotating member

201,220: upper hinge bracket 202: lower hinge bracket

203: fixed portion 204: hinge portion

206,222 Hinge pin 207,221 Seating groove

208: hinge pin coupling groove 230: hinge bracket

231 hinge pin

The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and in particular, the front panel is coupled to the main body in the vertical direction, and the rotation member which is coupled to the front panel to be rotatable to the main body is provided, thereby improving assembly workability and ease of use. It relates to an air conditioner that can.

In general, an air conditioner is used to cool or heat a room or purify the air by using a refrigeration cycle of a refrigerant consisting of a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator to create a more comfortable indoor environment for a user. .

The separate type and the integrated type are functionally the same, but the separate type connects the indoor unit and the outdoor unit separated by the refrigerant pipes by installing the cooling / heating unit in the indoor unit and the heat radiating / cooling and compression unit in the outdoor unit, and the integrated type by cooling heat dissipation. Integrate the function of the hole in the wall of the building or by hanging the device on the window is installed directly.

16 is a perspective view of an air conditioner according to the prior art.

As shown in FIG. 16, the air conditioner 500 according to the related art includes a base 501, a cabinet 502 disposed above the rear part of the base 501 and having an open front surface, and the cabinet ( The front upper panel 504 disposed above the front of the front panel 502, the front lower panel 505 disposed below the front of the cabinet 502, the left and right sides of the front upper panel 504 and A suction grill 506 disposed between the base 501, a blower (not shown) disposed inside the cabinet 502 to suck and discharge air, and air blown by the blower (not shown) It includes a heat exchanger (not shown) for heating / cooling.

The front upper panel 504 has a front air outlet 504a formed at the upper front side, and side air outlets 504b are formed at both inclined side surfaces. The front upper panel 504 is provided with a vertical drive panel 510 for opening and closing the front air discharge port 504a. The side air discharge port 504b is rotatably mounted with a vane 512 that opens and closes the side air discharge port 504b.

The air conditioner according to the prior art as described above after the air sucked through the intake grill 506 when the blower (not shown) is heated / cooled by the heat exchanger (not shown), the front air outlet It is discharged through 504a and the side air discharge port 504b.

However, the air conditioner according to the prior art has the front upper panel 504 and the front lower panel 505 respectively installed on the front of the cabinet 502, there is a problem that the structure is complicated and detachable.

An object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that is simple in structure of the front panel and improves assembly workability, and the front panel is rotatably installed so that opening and closing is easy and convenience of use can be improved.

The present invention provides a main body provided with an air conditioning unit, a front panel installed at the front of the main body to form an appearance, and the front panel is fitted to the main body in the vertical direction, and the front panel is rotatable to the main body. It comprises a rotating member for coupling, the rotating member is fixed to any one of the main body and the front panel, and provides an air conditioner comprising a hinge bracket hinged to the other.

The hinge bracket includes a fixing part fastened to one of the rear part and the main body of the front panel, and a hinge part bent at a predetermined angle from the fixing part and hinged to the other of the rear part and the main body of the front panel. do.

The hinge portion includes one formed to be bent in a rotational direction of the front panel.

The hinge portion includes a hinge pin protruding in the vertical direction.

The hinge bracket is fastened and fixed to any one of the rear part and the main body of the front panel, and the other one of the rear part and the main body of the front panel includes a seating groove in which the hinge bracket is seated.

One of the hinge bracket and the seating recess includes a hinge pin protruding upward and downward, and the other of the hinge bracket and the seating recess includes a hinge pin coupling groove to which the hinge pin is coupled.

The hinge pin includes a protrusion formed on at least one surface of the upper and lower surfaces of the hinge bracket.

In addition, the air conditioner according to the present invention, the main body includes a cabinet and a front upper panel covering the front upper portion of the cabinet, the hinge bracket is on any one of the front portion of the front upper panel and the rear portion of the front panel. It is fixed, and hinged to the other of the front portion of the front top panel and the rear portion of the front panel.

 In addition, the air conditioner according to the present invention, the main body includes a cabinet, a front upper panel covering the front upper portion of the cabinet, a front lower panel covering the front lower portion of the cabinet, the hinge bracket of the front lower panel It is fixed to any one of the front portion and the rear portion of the front panel, and includes a hinge coupled to the other of the front portion of the front lower panel and the rear portion of the front panel.

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 inlet and an air outlet of an air conditioner according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the air inlet and the air outlet of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1.

The indoor unit of the air conditioner (1) according to the present invention comprises a main body (10) for sucking and air conditioning indoor air, and a front panel (20) rotatably connected to the main body (10).

The main body 10 includes a case in which at least one air inlet and outlet is formed, and an air conditioner provided in the case to air-condition air entering and exiting through the air inlet.

The case includes a base 30, a cabinet 40 having an upper surface and a lower surface opened, an upper panel 50 installed on an upper front of the cabinet 40, lower sides of both sides of the upper panel 50, and The left and right suction panels 60 and 70 are installed between the base 30.

The base 30 has a stepped portion 32 at the lower portion of the front panel 20 such that when the front panel 20 is closed, there is no gap between the bottom of the front panel 20 and the bottom surface of the room. Is formed to protrude.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front panel 20 is a kind of door that covers or opens the entire front part of the case. The front panel 20 of the upper panel 50 is formed from the bottom of the base 30. It has a height equal to or similar to the height between the upper ends, and the same width as or similar to the width between the left suction panel 60 and the right suction panel 70.

In addition, the front panel 20 is detachably provided with a display 90 for displaying operation information of the air conditioner 1. The display 90 is installed at the rear portion of the front panel 20 to be positioned inside the main body 10 when the front panel 20 is closed, and the transparent portion 21 formed on the front panel 20. The operation information of the air conditioner is displayed through).

3 is a perspective view when the front panel of the air conditioner illustrated in FIG. 1 is opened forward, FIG. 4 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the air conditioner illustrated in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an air conditioner illustrated in FIG. 1. An exploded perspective view of the front panel of the machine.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the cabinet 40 has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a front surface. The rear part 41 of the cabinet 40 is vertically disposed on the upper side of the base 30, and the left and right side parts 42 and 43 are formed to be inclined with the rear part 41. An upper panel 44 is installed above the cabinet 40.

The upper panel 50 has left and right side portions 51 and 52 formed to be inclined with the front portion 53, and an upper surface portion 54 is formed orthogonal to the front portion 53. The upper panel 50 has side air outlets 55 and 56 through which air is discharged in each of the left and right side parts 51 and 52, and opens and closes the side air outlets 55 and 56, respectively. Left and right side discharge vanes 57 and 58 are rotatably installed. The left and right side discharge vanes 57 and 58 are installed to be rotated by a vane driving motor mounted to the upper panel 50.

In addition, the upper panel 50 has an upper surface air discharge port 80 through which air is discharged in the upper front portion or the upper surface portion 54, and the upper surface discharge vane 81 that opens and closes the upper surface air discharge port 80 is rotated. It is possible to install. Here, the upper surface air discharge port 80 is formed in the upper surface portion 54 of the upper panel 50, the upper discharge vane 81 is in the vertical direction on the upper surface portion 54 of the upper panel 50. It demonstrates only that it was installed so that rotation was possible. The safety net 82 is installed in the upper air discharge port 80 to prevent foreign matter from entering the inside.

The service cover 130 is installed between the lower side of the upper panel 50 and the base 30 so as to cover the front of the air conditioning unit.

The left suction panel 60 is disposed below the left surface portion 51 of the upper panel 50, and the right suction panel 70 is disposed below the right surface portion 52 of the upper panel 50. do. The left and right suction panels 60 and 70 are provided with air suction ports 61 and 71 through which air is sucked, respectively, and left and right suction vanes 62 for opening and closing the air suction ports 61 and 71. 72 is installed.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 4, the air conditioner, the heat exchanger 100 for heating / cooling the air using a refrigerant, and the air outside the indoor unit of the air conditioner sucks the air inside the indoor unit of the air conditioner to the heat exchange It includes a blower 110 to blow through the air to the outside of the indoor unit of the air conditioner after passing through the machine (100).

The heat exchanger 100 is mounted to at least one of the cabinet 40 and the upper panel 50, and is disposed to be inclined between the cabinet 40 and the upper panel 50.

The blower 110 is mounted to the cabinet 40 to be located below the heat exchanger 100. The blower 110 has an open front surface, a discharge hole is formed on the upper surface thereof, a fan housing 111 mounted to the cabinet 40, and a fan 112 rotatably positioned inside the fan housing 111. And a blower motor 113 having a shaft connected to the fan 112 to rotate the fan 112, and an orifice 114 mounted to the front of the fan housing 111.

In addition, the air conditioning unit includes a purifying mechanism 120 installed in front of the blower 110 to purify the air sucked into the blower 110. The purifying mechanism 120 includes at least one central filter 121 and a filter holder 122 mounted to the blower 110 to attach and detach the central filter 121.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 4, the main body 10 is equipped with left and right suction filters 63 and 73 for purifying the air sucked into the air suction ports 61 and 71. A filter cleaning unit 140 for cleaning the right suction filter 63, 73 is mounted.

The filter cleaning unit 140 is connected to the filter kit 141 installed to be movable on the left and right suction filters 63 and 73, and the filter kit 141 and the dust hose 142 are connected to the filter kit 141. Kit blower 143 for providing a suction force so that contaminants such as dust on the left and right suction filters 63 and 73 can be sucked through the filter kit 141, and a cyclone for separating the sucked foreign matter and air ( 144, a dust box 145 for collecting filter foreign matter separated from the cyclone 144, and a kit control box 146 for controlling the filter cleaning unit 140.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5, the front panel 20 is fitted to the main body 10 in the up and down direction, and centered on any one of the left and right sides of the main body 10. It is hinged by the rotating member 200 to rotate.

The pivot member 200 includes hinge brackets 201 and 202 fixed to one of the main body 10 and the front panel 20 and hinged to the other. Here, the hinge brackets 201 and 202 are preferably installed at least one or more spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction from the front of the body 10, the hinge brackets (201) (202) is the upper portion The upper and lower hinge brackets 201 and 202 fixed to the left side of the front part 53 of the panel 50 and the left side of the front part of the base 30, respectively.

In addition, the front panel 20 is coupled to the upper panel 50 of the main body by a rotation limiting means so that the rotational speed and angle are limited.

The rotation limiting means 160 is a slider 161 whose one end is slidably coupled to the front panel 20 and the other end is rotatably coupled to the upper panel 50. The front panel 20 is provided with a guide rail 162 for guiding the movement of the slider 161, the upper panel 50 is provided with a hinge bracket 163 hinged to the slider 161. .

6 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion B in FIG. 5.

The upper and lower hinge brackets 201 and 202 are fixed to the upper panel 50 or the base 30 and the fixing part 203 and the fixing part 203 are bent at a predetermined angle to form the It consists of a hinge portion 204 hinged to the back portion of the front panel 20.

Fastening holes are formed on the upper and lower sides of the fixing part 203 so as to be fixed to the upper panel 50 or the base 30 by fastening members such as bolts 205.

The hinge portion 204 is formed to be bent in the rotational direction of the front panel 20, the rotation angle of the front panel 20 is adjusted according to the length of the hinge portion 204. In addition, the hinge part 204 is provided with a hinge pin 206 protruding in the vertical direction. Here, the hinge pin 206 is limited to the one protruding upward from the upper surface of the hinge part 204.

On the other hand, the rear portion of the front panel 20 is formed with a mounting groove 207 in which the upper and lower hinge brackets 201 and 202 are seated. Here, the front panel 20 is a glass 22 disposed in the front, the glass panel 23 disposed behind the glass 22, the glass 22 and the glass panel 23 to assemble Consists of a cover 24, the seating groove 207 may be formed in the right corner of the glass panel 23 of the front panel 20, it may be formed in the right corner of the cover 24 The description here will be limited to those formed on the glass panel 23.

A hinge pin coupling groove 208 is formed on the inner upper surface of the seating groove 207 so that the hinge pin 206 is coupled. The hinge pin coupling groove 208 has a cylindrical shape to correspond to the hinge pin 206.

Looking at the operation of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when the user requests the operation of the air conditioner 1, the left and right suction vanes 62 and 72 open the air suction ports 61 and 71, and the upper discharge vane 81 ) And the left and right side discharge vanes 57 and 58 open the upper air outlet 80 and the side air outlets 55 and 56, respectively.

When the blower 110 is driven, external air is sucked into the air conditioner 1 through the air inlets 61 and 71 by the blowing force of the blower 110. The air sucked into the air conditioner 1 is purified while passing through the left and right suction filters 63 and 73 and then moved to the front of the blower 110.

The air moved to the front of the blower 110 is purified in stages while sequentially passing through the central filter 121. After passing through the central filter 121, the air passes through the blower 110, and is blown to the upper side of the blower 110 to be heat exchanged by the heat exchanger (100).

The air heat exchanged by the heat exchanger 100 is discharged to the outside of the air conditioner 1 through the upper air outlet 80 and the side air outlets 55 and 56, and the upper discharge vane ( 81 and the left and right side discharge vanes 57 and 58 are inclined to the upper air outlet 80 and the side air outlets 55 and 56 at a predetermined angle.

On the other hand, when the front panel 20 is pulled forward for repair or other reasons of the air conditioner 1, the front panel 20 is rotated and opened. In addition, the slider 201 is rotated about the hinge bracket 220 by the force of the front panel 20 to be forward, and the rotation speed and the rotation angle are slid along the guide rail 210. Adjusted.

On the other hand, the assembly method of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

An air conditioner such as the heat exchanger 100 and the blower 110 is installed in the cabinet 40, and the upper panel 50 and the service cover 130 are installed in the cabinet 40.

The upper and lower hinge brackets 201 and 202 are fastened and fixed by bolts 205 to the front part 53 of the upper panel 50 and the front part of the base 30, respectively.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5, the front panel 20 is fitted downward in front of the main body 10, that is, the hinge pin coupling groove 208 of the front panel 20 is connected to the front panel 20. The upper and lower hinge brackets 201, 202 to be fitted to the hinge pin 206.

Therefore, since the front panel 20 can be rotatably installed on the main body 10 by only one operation of fitting the front panel 20 downwardly to the main body 10, the operation can be simplified. .

In addition, when the front panel 20 is closed, the hinge bracket 201 is not exposed to the outside, thereby improving appearance.

8 is a perspective view illustrating an open state of the front panel of the air conditioner according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating an exploded state of the front panel of FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion 'A' in FIG. 8 and FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion B '.

In the pivoting member of the air conditioner according to the second embodiment of the present invention, a hinge bracket 220 for rotatably coupling the front panel 20 to the main body is provided on the glass panel 23 of the front panel 20. It is fixed to the front portion 53 and the base 30 of the upper panel 50, the seating groove 221, the hinge bracket 220 is seated on the hinge pin 222 of the hinge bracket 220 Except for the fact that the hinge pin coupling groove 223 is formed, other configurations and functions are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus the description of the overlapping with the first embodiment will be omitted and the first embodiment will be omitted. The same code | symbol is written together about the same structure.

The hinge pin 222 is formed on the lower surface of the hinge bracket 220, the front panel 20 is assembled to the body 10 in the lower direction.

12 is a perspective view showing an open state of the front panel of the air conditioner according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a state in which the front panel and the upper panel shown in FIG. 12 are disassembled. FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of a portion A ″ of FIG. 12, and FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a lower surface of the upper panel viewed from the direction C of FIG. 13.

In the pivoting member of the air conditioner according to the third embodiment of the present invention, a hinge bracket 230 for rotatably coupling the front panel 20 to the main body 10 includes a glass panel of the front panel 20. One is fixed to the 23), except that the hinge bracket 230 is coupled to the lower surface portion 50a of the upper panel 50, the other configuration and operation is the same as the first embodiment, so The same description as that of the first embodiment is omitted while the description of the overlap with the first embodiment is omitted.

That is, the hook 50b is formed on the bottom surface 50a of the upper panel 50 so that the service cover 130 is coupled, and the hinge pin 231 formed on the hinge bracket 230 is coupled to the hinge 50. Pin coupling groove 232 is formed.

In addition, an upper end of the front panel 20 is rotatably coupled by an upper hinge bracket 151 installed on an upper surface 54 of the upper panel 50, and a lower end of the front panel 20 is connected to the base. It is rotatably coupled by the lower hinge bracket 152 installed on the upper surface of the (30).

Therefore, the front panel 20 is hinged to the main body 10, the upper and lower ends, respectively, can be opened and closed more stably.

The air conditioner according to the present invention includes a rotating member for fitting the front panel to the main body in a vertical direction and for coupling the front panel to the main body so that the front panel is rotatable. Since the front panel can be rotatably installed on the main body by only one operation to be inserted in the vertical direction, workability and ease of use can be improved.

In addition, since the pivot member includes a hinge bracket provided at the rear portion of the front panel and the front portion of the main body, the hinge bracket is not exposed to the outside, thereby improving appearance.

In addition, the hinge bracket is a fixing portion fixed to any one of the rear portion and the main body of the front panel, the hinge is formed at a predetermined angle from the fixing portion hinged to the other of the rear portion and the main body of the front panel The hinge part is formed to be bent in the rotational direction of the front panel, the rotation angle of the front panel is adjusted according to the length of the hinge portion, there is an advantage that can limit the rotation angle of the front panel have.

Claims (9)

A main body provided with an air conditioning unit; A front panel installed at the front of the main body to form an exterior; It includes a rotating member for fitting the front panel to the main body in the vertical direction and the front panel is rotatably coupled to the main body, The rotating member is fixed to any one of the main body and the front panel, the air conditioner comprising a hinge bracket hinged to the other. The method according to claim 1, The hinge bracket includes a fixing part fixed to one of the rear part and the main body of the front panel, and a hinge part bent at a predetermined angle from the fixing part and hinged to the other of the rear part and the main body of the front panel. Air conditioning. The method according to claim 2, And the hinge portion is formed to be bent in a rotational direction of the front panel. The method according to claim 2, The hinge unit has an air conditioner comprising a hinge pin protruding in the vertical direction. The method according to claim 1, The hinge bracket is fixed to any one of the rear portion and the main body of the front panel, the other air conditioner comprising a seating groove is formed in the other of the rear portion and the main body of the hinge bracket is seated. The method according to claim 5, Any one of the hinge bracket and the seating groove is a hinge pin protruding in the vertical direction, the other one of the hinge bracket and the seating groove air hinge comprising a hinge pin coupling groove is formed in which the hinge pin is coupled. The method according to claim 6, The hinge pin is an air conditioner comprising a protrusion formed on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the hinge bracket. The method according to claim 1, The main body includes a cabinet and a front upper panel covering a front upper portion of the cabinet, The hinge bracket is fixed to any one of the front portion of the front upper panel and the rear portion of the front panel, the air conditioning comprising a hinge coupled to the other of the front portion of the front upper panel and the rear portion of the front panel group. The method according to claim 1, The main body includes a cabinet, a front upper panel covering the front upper part of the cabinet, and a front lower panel covering the front lower part of the cabinet, The hinge bracket is fixed to any one of the front portion of the front lower panel and the rear portion of the front panel, the air conditioner comprising a hinge coupled to the other of the front portion of the front lower panel and the front panel of the front panel .

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