KR20080055464A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

An air conditioner is provided to minimize the size of a voice guiding unit and to guide the operation of an air conditioning part in voice precisely to a user by forming a voice guiding unit between an upper panel and a lower panel. An air conditioner comprises a cabinet having an air conditioning part, an upper panel(50) covering a whole upper part of the cabinet, a lower panel(130), and a voice guiding unit(200). The lower panel assembled with the upper panel covers a whole lower part of the cabinet. The voice guiding unit, which is placed at a separate space formed between the upper panel and the lower panel, guides the operation of the air conditioning part in voice by using the resonance of the separate space. A stepped part(59) is placed at the upper panel or the lower panel to form the separate space. The voice guiding unit is installed at the stepped part in which an assembling part(212b) is assembled with the other one of the upper panel and the lower panel.

Description

Air Conditioner

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

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 a longitudinal sectional view of the indoor unit of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1;

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the installation structure of the voice guide unit of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention,

7 is a front view of the upper panel to which the voice guidance unit shown in FIG. 6 is coupled;

8 is a front view of the upper panel from which the voice guidance unit shown in FIG. 6 is removed;

9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the upper panel and the lower panel shown in FIG.

10 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 9;

11 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 30: base

50: upper panel 59: stepped portion

130: lower panel 131: hook holder

132: hook 190: door switch

200: voice guidance unit 201: separation space

210: unit case 211: unit base

212: unit cover 220: substrate

230: speaker

The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and in particular, a voice guide unit for guiding the operation of the air conditioner is installed in a space between the upper panel and the lower panel, which is advantageous in securing an installation space and also in the space. Since the resonant can increase the volume of the sound is directed to an air conditioner that can guide the operation of the air conditioner more quickly and accurately to the user.

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.

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

As shown in FIG. 11, 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, 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.

On the other hand, the control panel 520 for manipulating the operation of the air conditioner is installed on the upper side of the front lower panel 505 which is the center side of the front part of the air conditioner.

The control panel 520 is provided with a display unit 521 for displaying the operation of the air conditioner, and an input unit 522 for the user to input the driving. The display unit 521 is configured to display operation information of the air conditioner by letters or numbers. On the back side of the control panel 520, an LED (not shown) for displaying operation information of the air conditioner through the display unit 521 and a substrate on which a switch switched by the input unit 522 is mounted. ) Is mounted.

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, in the conventional air conditioner, since the display unit 521 is provided at the front of the air conditioner and only visually displays the operation operation of the air conditioner, the user keeps watching the display unit 521. Since there should be a problem that there is a limit to promptly inform the user of the operation operation of the air conditioner.

An object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner capable of guiding the operating condition of an air conditioner by voice so as to quickly transmit information of the air conditioner and to improve the convenience of use.

The present invention provides a cabinet provided with an air conditioner, an upper panel covering an upper portion of the front of the cabinet, a lower panel coupled to the upper panel and covering the lower portion of the front of the cabinet, and formed in a front-rear direction between the upper panel and the lower panel. The air conditioner is disposed in the separation space, and includes a voice guidance unit for guiding the operation of the air conditioning unit by using the resonance phenomenon of the separation space.

At least one of the upper panel and the lower panel includes a stepped portion formed stepwise in the front-rear direction to form the separation space.

The voice guide unit includes the stepped portion.

The stepped part includes a protruding coupling part coupled to another one of the upper panel and the lower panel.

The voice guide unit includes a unit case installed in the separation space, a substrate embedded in the unit case and provided with a voice guide circuit, and a speaker installed on the substrate.

The upper panel and the lower panel include hooked up.

One of the upper panel and the lower panel includes a hook protruding, and the other of the upper panel and the lower panel includes a hook holder to which the hook is coupled.

The hook holder includes a detachably coupled to any one of the upper panel and the lower 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 an 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. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the indoor unit of a 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.

A lower panel 130 is installed between the lower side of the upper panel 50 and the base 30 to cover the front of the air conditioning unit. The lower panel 130 is detachable when the front panel 20 is opened to repair the air conditioner, etc., and is also referred to as a service cover.

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 formed with air suction inlets 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, and the left The filter cleaning unit 140 for cleaning the right suction filters 63 and 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 and 4, the front panel 20 is hinged to be rotated about any one of left and right sides of the main body. That is, the upper left side of the front panel 20 is rotatably coupled to the upper hinge bracket 151 installed on the upper surface of the upper panel 50, and the lower left side of the front panel 20 is attached to the upper surface of the base. It is rotatably coupled to the installed lower hinge bracket 152. In addition, the upper panel 50 is provided with a bracket cover 153 covering a part of the upper hinge bracket 151.

The front panel 20 is coupled to the upper panel 50 of the case by the rotation limiting means so as to limit the rotation speed and angle. 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. A slider guide rail 163 for guiding the movement of the slider 161 is installed in the front panel 20, and a hinge bracket 162 in which the slider 161 is hinged is installed in the upper panel 50. do.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the front panel 20 includes a glass 22 disposed at the front, a glass panel 23 disposed at the rear of the glass 22, and the glass 22. And a cover 24 for assembling the glass panel 23. The opaque sheet 25 having a predetermined color or pattern is attached to the back surface of the glass 22 or a printed matter is formed. Hereinafter, the glass 22 will be limited to the opaque sheet 25.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front panel 20 is provided with a remote control box 26 for receiving a remote controller for remotely operating the air conditioner 1. The remote control box 26 is provided on the rear side of the front panel 20 so as not to be exposed to the outside.

The front part 53 of the upper panel 50 has a door switch 190 for detecting the opening and closing of the front panel 20 through contact with the front panel 20 when the front panel 20 is opened or closed. It is provided.

6 is an exploded perspective view showing the installation structure of the voice guidance unit of the air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is a front view of the upper panel coupled to the voice guide unit shown in Figure 6, Figure 8 is 6 is a front view of the upper panel from which the voice guidance unit illustrated in FIG. 6 is removed, and FIG. 9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the upper panel and the lower panel illustrated in FIG. 6, and FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 9. It is also.

On the other hand, the air conditioner 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a voice guide unit 200 for guiding a driving operation state by voice. The voice guidance unit 200 is electrically connected to the display 90 and the remote controller, and a control unit (not shown) for controlling the operation of the air conditioning unit, and is input to the display 90 or the remote controller or from the control unit. It is configured to receive the output signal to guide the voice.

6 to 10, the voice guide unit 200 uses the resonance phenomenon of the separation space 201 formed in the front-rear direction between the upper panel 50 and the lower panel 130. It is disposed in the space 201.

At least one of the upper panel 50 and the lower panel 130 is provided with a stepped part 59 formed stepwise in the front-rear direction to form the separation space 201, where the stepped part 59 is provided. It will be described as limited to the step formed toward the rear from the lower side of the front portion 53 of the upper panel 50.

As shown in FIG. 6, the upper panel 50 and the lower panel 130 may be fastened and fixed by a fastening member such as a bolt, or may be hooked together. Here, the upper panel 50 and the lower panel 130 are hook-coupled with each other so that the lower panel 130 can be easily attached and detached, and then limited to being fastened and fixed by bolts.

The hook 132 protrudes backward from the rear side of the lower panel 130, and a hook holder 131 to which the hook 132 is coupled is provided at the stepped portion of the upper panel 50.

The hook holder 131 is formed to have an elastic force in the left and right directions, and is detachably coupled to the upper panel 50. That is, the hook holder 131 is fastened by bolts to the protrusion 59a protruding forward from the stepped portion 59 of the upper panel 50.

In addition, a fastening boss 59b is formed at the stepped portion 59 of the upper panel 50 to protrude forward to be fastened by the lower panel 130 and a bolt, and the fastening boss is formed on the lower panel 130. A fastening hole 130a corresponding to 59b is formed.

On the other hand, the voice guide unit 200 is built in the unit case 210 and the unit case 210, which is installed in the separation space 201 between the upper panel 50 and the lower panel 130, the voice It comprises a substrate 220 with a guide circuit, and a speaker 230 installed on the substrate 220 to convert an electrical signal into an acoustic signal.

The unit case 210 is preferably formed at a height such that the unit case 210 does not touch the rear surface of the lower panel 130 when installed in the stepped portion 59a of the upper panel 50. As shown in FIG. 6, the unit case 210 includes a unit base 211 on which the substrate 220 is installed, and a unit cover 212 covering the unit base 211.

The unit base 211 and the unit cover 212 may be coupled by a fastening member such as a bolt or a hook. The unit base 211 has a base fastening hole 211a to which the bolt is fastened to at least some of upper, lower, left, and right edges, and the unit cover 212 also corresponds to the base fastening hole 211a. Cover fastening holes 212a are formed.

The unit cover 212 is coupled to the unit base 211, the coupling portion 212b having the cover fastening hole 212a is formed, and protrudes forward from the coupling portion 212b, such as the speaker 230 It consists of an accommodating part 212c which forms an accommodating space. A chamfer 212d is rounded at an edge of the receiving portion 212c to facilitate bolt fastening to the cover fastening hole 212a from the front. A plurality of holes 212e are formed in front of the accommodation portion 212c so that the sound of the speaker 230 comes out.

As shown in FIG. 10, a speaker clearance preventing rib 212f protrudes backward from the rear surface of the accommodation portion 212c to prevent the clearance of the speaker 230. In addition, a substrate gap prevention rib 211b protrudes from the unit base 211 to prevent the gap of the substrate 220.

Since the speaker 230 is generally an electroacoustic converter used to convert an electrical signal into an acoustic signal and radiate it into a space as sound waves, other detailed descriptions of the shape and structure of the speaker 230 are omitted.

A guide rib 213 is formed at the stepped portion 59 of the upper panel 50 to guide the assembly position of the unit base 211 toward the front, and the base fastening hole 211a of the unit base 211 is formed. The fastening boss 214 is protruded to a position corresponding to).

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.

On the other hand, when a user inputs an operation signal of the air conditioner 1 by operating the display or the remote control or there is a change in the operation of the air conditioner 1, the controller (not shown) guides the voice. The unit guides the operation signal of the air conditioner 1 to voice.

That is, the electrical signal transmitted from the controller (not shown) to the substrate 220 is converted into an acoustic signal in the speaker 230 and radiated as sound waves through the speaker 230. At this time, the sound waves emitted to the outside of the unit case 220 through the hole 212e is resonated in the space between the upper panel 50 and the lower panel 130, the speaker 230 in the The sound is louder than the sound coming out.

Therefore, by installing the voice guide unit 200 between the upper panel 50 and the lower panel 130, the voice for guiding the operation of the air conditioner 1 can be made louder, so that a greater sound Since it is not necessary to use a larger speaker to make a sound, the voice guidance unit 200 can be made compact, and the user can be guided more quickly and accurately.

In the air conditioner according to the present invention, the voice guide unit for guiding the operation of the air conditioner is installed in a space between the upper panel and the lower panel, so that the sound waves from the voice guide unit resonate in the space and the volume of sound. Since can be increased, not only can guide the operation of the air conditioner more quickly and accurately to the user, there is an effect that the size of the voice guidance unit can be minimized.

In addition, the separation space is formed of any one of the upper panel and the lower panel stepped in the front and rear direction, there is an advantage that the structure is simple.

In addition, since the voice guide unit is installed in a portion where the upper panel and the lower panel are coupled, there is an advantage that there is no need to secure an installation space separately, and the cold air or the like penetrates from the air conditioning unit because it is not exposed to the outside. There is an advantage that can be minimized.

In addition, since the upper panel and the lower panel are hook-coupled, there is an advantage that easy detachment.

Claims (8)

A cabinet provided with an air conditioning unit; An upper panel covering an upper front portion of the cabinet; A lower panel coupled to the upper panel and covering a lower front surface of the cabinet; And an audio guide unit disposed in a spaced space formed in a front-rear direction between the upper panel and the lower panel to guide the operation of the air conditioner by voice using a resonance phenomenon of the spaced space. The method according to claim 1, At least one of the upper panel and the lower panel comprises a stepped portion formed stepped in the front and rear direction to form the separation space. The method according to claim 2, The voice guide unit is provided with the air conditioner comprising a step. The method according to claim 2, The stepped portion air conditioner comprising a protruding portion coupled to the other of the upper panel and the lower panel. The method according to claim 1, The voice guide unit includes a unit case installed in the separation space, a board embedded in the unit case, the voice guide circuit is provided, and a speaker installed on the substrate. The method according to claim 1, And the upper panel and the lower panel are hooked. The method according to claim 1, Any one of the upper panel and the lower panel has a hook protruding, and the other of the upper panel and the lower panel includes a hook holder to which the hook is coupled. The method according to claim 7, And the hook holder is detachably coupled to any one of the upper panel and the lower panel.

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