KR20090050317A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

An air conditioner according to the present invention includes: a main body having an air suction unit and an air discharge unit; A filter disposed on the main body to filter foreign substances in the air sucked into the air suction unit; Cleaning means arranged to clean the foreign matter of the filter; A processing mechanism in communication with the cleaning means for sucking air and foreign matters, collecting foreign matters and discharging air; A control unit installed in the main body; Including a guide for guiding the air discharged from the processing mechanism in a direction other than the control unit, there is an advantage that can prevent damage to the control unit by the air discharged from the processing mechanism.

Air Conditioners, Filters, Cleaning Means, Disposal Equipment, Outlets, Induction Guides

Description

Air Conditioner

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly, to an air conditioner for inducing air discharged from a processing device for treating a foreign substance cleaned by a filter to not be directly discharged to a controller.

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

Various types of purifying units are installed in the air conditioner, and in particular, a detachable filter for filtering foreign matters in the air is detachably installed to purify the room while the foreign matters in the air are filtered out by the filter when the air conditioner is operated. Remove the filter and clean or replace it.

The filter as described above reduces the air intake ability when there are a lot of foreign matter, it is necessary to clean or replace periodically, but may cause inconvenience to the user, etc. during cleaning or replacement work, the filter is cleaned or replaced for a long time Since the filter cleaning device is installed in the air conditioner, the filter cleaning device itself may increase the convenience of using the air conditioner.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2006-0073936 discloses a suction nozzle having a suction hole for suctioning dust attached to an indoor unit, an intake and exhaust device connected to the suction nozzle to suck air from the suction nozzle, and an intake and exhaust device. An air conditioner having an exhaust duct connected to and connected to the outside of the other end is disclosed.

However, since the air conditioner disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2006-0073936 discharges foreign substances and air sucked from the intake and exhaust apparatus to the outside through the exhaust duct, it is necessary to allow the exhaust duct to extend through the interior to the outside. There is a problem.

On the other hand, without extending the exhaust duct to the outside, and installing a separate dust collecting means before or after the intake and exhaust device or the like to collect only the foreign matter to the dust collecting means, and discharge the air passing through the dust collecting means into the indoor unit, exhaust There is no need to extend the duct outdoors.

However, when the dust collecting means is installed inside the indoor unit as described above, and the air discharged from the dust collecting unit is discharged toward the electric component installed inside the indoor unit, for example, a controller (not shown) having a circuit board, the dust collecting means has passed through the dust collecting unit. The control unit may be damaged by the fine dust in the air, and the lead wire connected to the control unit may flow due to the flow rate of the exhaust air, thereby causing the lead wire to be separated or damaged from the control unit.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that does not damage the control unit by the air discharge of the processing mechanism for processing the foreign matters cleaned in the filter.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner in which a lead wire connected to a control unit is not damaged or separated by air discharged from a processing device.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that has improved heat dissipation performance of a fan motor by air discharged from a processing device.

Air conditioner according to the present invention for solving the above problems and the air inlet and the air discharge unit formed body; A filter disposed on the main body to filter foreign substances in the air sucked into the air suction unit; Cleaning means arranged to clean the foreign matter of the filter; A processing mechanism in communication with the cleaning means for sucking air and foreign matters, collecting foreign matters and discharging air; A control unit installed in the main body; And an induction guide for guiding the air discharged from the processing mechanism in a direction other than the control unit.

The treatment mechanism is provided with a cleaning blower communicating with the cleaning means for sucking and sending out air and foreign matter, and an inlet for sucking air and foreign matter from the cleaning blower, and an air outlet for discharging air separated from the foreign matter. It includes a dust collecting container, wherein the guide guide includes a barrier wall installed to be located between the outlet and the control unit.

The barrier wall is larger in size than the outlet.

 The dust collecting container is detachable from the cleaning blower so as to be positioned below the control unit, the upper surface is opened, and the dust collecting box having the suction opening is formed on one of front, rear, left and right sides, and opens and closes the upper surface of the dust collecting box. The air outlet includes a dust collecting cover which is opened in the vertical direction, and the blocking wall is located between the dust collecting cover and the controller.

The induction guide further includes a side plate formed integrally with the blocking wall so as to be located next to the dust collecting container, and having an opening through which air blocked by the blocking wall passes.

The dust collecting container further includes a foreign matter filtering net installed on the dust collecting cover to prevent foreign substances discharged to the air outlet.

The main body includes a blower flow path unit for guiding the air sucked into the air suction unit to the air discharge unit, and an electric field unit formed at one side of the left and right sides of the blower channel unit, and the control unit is disposed at an upper portion of the electric unit, The processing mechanism is disposed in the lower part of the electric part.

The induction guide is installed to guide the air discharged from the processing mechanism to the side of the blowing passage.

The fan motor is disposed in the lower portion of the electronic parts, a blowing fan connected to the fan motor and disposed to rotate the blowing flow path portion, and a motor cover provided to cover the fan motor, the induction guide is the It is installed to guide the air discharged from the processing mechanism to the front of the motor cover.

In the air conditioner according to the present invention configured as described above, since the air discharged from the processing device is blocked by the induction guide and cannot be discharged toward the control unit, the fine dust in the air discharged from the processing mechanism is prevented from penetrating into the control unit. It can be, and there is an advantage that can prevent damage to the control unit due to fine dust.

In addition, the air conditioner according to the present invention is provided with a treatment mechanism for processing foreign matters cleaned by the filter is installed in the electrical equipment with the control unit, minimizing the length of the lead wire between the control unit and the treatment mechanism, and also easy to wire the lead wire There is this.

In addition, the air conditioner according to the present invention has the advantage that the air discharged from the processing mechanism helps the fan motor heat dissipation of the blower is improved heat dissipation performance of the fan motor, and the life of the fan motor is extended.

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

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view when the front portion of Figure 1 opened.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the air conditioner according to the present exemplary embodiment has an air suction unit 4 and an air discharge unit 6 formed in the main body 2 to supply air to the air suction unit 4. After suction and air conditioning in the inside, the air is discharged through the air discharge unit 6, which will be described below by taking an example of a wall-mounted air conditioner.

 As for the main body 2, the air suction part 4 is formed in the front surface and the upper surface of the main body 2, and the air discharge part 6 can also be formed in the lower surface of the main body 2, The air intake part 4 May be formed on the upper surface of the main body 2, and the air discharge portion 6 may be formed on the lower surface of the main body 2, and the air intake 4 may be formed on the upper part of the main body 2, in particular the main body 2; The air discharge part 6 is formed in the lower part of the main body 2, especially in the lower surface side of the main body 2, and is demonstrated on the upper surface side of the main body 2 of FIG.

The main body 2 includes a chassis 10, a front frame 20, a suction grill 21, a discharge unit 30, and a front panel 40.

Chassis 10 is a kind of case that is installed on the wall of the room and the air flow passage through which air passes and various components are installed.

The front frame 20 forms a space between the chassis 10 and is disposed in front of the chassis 10.

The front frame 20 has openings formed in the upper surface and the front surface, and the upper opening serves as the air intake 4, and the front opening serves as a service hole for service.

The intake grill 21 protects the lower side while allowing the indoor air to be sucked into the inside of the main body 2, and is formed in a grill shape in the air intake portion 4, which is the upper opening of the front frame 20.

The front frame 20 is formed in the lateral position of the front opening so that the opening 24 for entering and exiting the dust collecting container 190 to be described later is opened before and after.

The discharge unit 30 discharges and guides the air conditioned inside the main body 2, and is coupled to at least one of the chassis 10 and the front frame 20 by a fastening means such as a fastening member or a hook means such as a hook. Are assembled.

The front panel 40 protects the front surface of the front frame 20, and is rotatably connected to one side of the upper and lower portions of the front frame 20, and is transparent so that light of a light emitting device (not shown) to be described later can be transmitted. A portion 45 is formed.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention when cleaning the filter, Figure 5 is a moving mechanism shown in FIG. An enlarged exploded perspective view of the filter frame, and FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view of the moving mechanism shown in FIG.

The chassis 10 is provided with a blowing flow path part 12 for guiding the air sucked into the air intake part 4 to the air discharge part 6, and various electric components are installed at a position next to the blowing flow path part 12. The electrical part 13 is formed.

The air flow passage part 12 formed in the chassis 10 forms a flow path of the fan 54 to be described later, and the left and right guides 15 and 16 protruding forward from the chassis 10 and the left and right guides. A heat exchanger supporter including a center guide 17 between the guides 15 and 16, and one of the left and right guides 15 and 16 supporting the heat exchanger 60 and forming an air passage. 18 is installed.

In the chassis 10, the motor mounting portion 14a on which the fan motor 52 of the blower 50, which will be described later, is seated and supported on the electric component part 13 protrudes forward, and the cleaning fan housing 181, which will be described later, The housing installation part 14b which is seated and supported is protruded forward.

The chassis 10 includes the fan motor 52 of the blower 50, the moving motor 121 of the moving mechanism 120, the cleaning motor 182 of the cleaning blower 180, The control unit 19, which is a control box for controlling the light emitting device 140 and the like, is provided.

The controller 19 is connected to the fan motor 52 of the blower 50, the moving motor 121, the cleaning and cleaning motor 182, the light emitting device 140, and a lead wire.

The front frame 20 forms a blow passage along with the chassis 10, and protects the electrical component 13 formed in the chassis 10.

The front frame 20 has front and rear openings formed in front of the air flow passage part 12 of the chassis 10, and upper and lower openings are formed in front of the air flow passage part 12 of the chassis 10.

The discharge unit 30 has a drain portion 32 which receives condensed water dropped from the heat exchanger 60 to be described later on the upper surface, and the drain portion 32 includes a drain hose for guiding the condensed water to the outside of the main body 2. 33 is connected, and the air discharge part 6 is formed in the lower part of the drain part 32.

In the discharge unit 30, a vane 34 that opens and closes the air discharge unit 6 is rotatably disposed while controlling the up and down wind direction of the air passing through the air discharge unit 6, and the vanes 34 are rotated. The vane motor 35 is installed, and the louver 36 for adjusting the left and right wind directions of the air passing through the air discharge unit 6 is rotatably disposed.

The main body 2 sucks air into the air inlet 4 and passes through the inside of the main body 2, and then blows it into the air discharge unit 6, and sucks the inside of the main body 2. A heat exchanger 60 is installed to heat exchanged air with the refrigerant.

The blower 50 is installed on the fan motor 52 seated on the chassis 10, in particular, the motor mounting portion 14a formed on the electric component section 13, and on the rotating shaft of the fan motor 52, and is provided with a blower flow passage part ( And a blower fan 54 positioned at 12 and a motor cover 56 installed at the chassis 10 to cover the fan motor 52.

The fan 54 consists of a cross flow fan formed long to the left and right between the blowing flow path parts 15 and 16 and especially the left and right flow path guides 15 and 16.

The heat exchanger 60 is arranged to be located in the space of the main body 2, in particular, behind the front part of the front frame 20 so as to be located between the air intake 4 and the blower fan 54, the lower end of which is a drain. It is installed to be located above the portion (32).

The heat exchanger 60 includes a vertical portion 62 positioned vertically above the drain portion 32, a front inclined portion 64 formed to be inclined toward the rear upper side from the upper portion of the vertical portion 62, and a front inclined portion. And a rear inclined portion 66 formed to be inclined toward the rear lower side from the upper portion of the 64.

The air conditioner according to the present embodiment includes a filter 80 disposed inside the main body 2 to purify the air sucked into the air intake unit 4, and cleaning means disposed to clean the foreign matter of the filter 80 ( 100); It is in communication with the cleaning means 100 includes a treatment mechanism 160 for sucking the air and foreign matter from the cleaning means 100 to collect the foreign matter and discharge the air.

The filter 80 includes a horizontal portion 82 formed horizontally, and an inclined portion 83 formed to be inclined downward from the front end of the horizontal portion 82 toward the front.

The main body 2 is provided with a filter frame 90 on which the filter 80 is mounted.

The filter frame 90 is installed to be positioned between the air intake 4 and the heat exchanger 60, and an opening 91 through which air passes and the filter 80 is formed.

The filter frame 90 includes a horizontal portion 92 formed horizontally and an inclined portion 93 formed to be inclined downward from the front end of the horizontal portion 92 toward the front.

The filter frame 90 has a horizontal portion 92 horizontally disposed above the rear inclined portion 66 of the heat exchanger 60, and the inclined portion 93 is the front inclined portion 64 of the heat exchanger 60. It is disposed inclined in parallel with the front inclined portion 64 on the front upper side of the.

The cleaning means 100 is moved along the filter 80 and the cleaning cleaning kit 110 for cleaning the foreign matter of the filter 80, the separator 152 to shake off the foreign matter attached to the mobile cleaning kit 110, and the movement, The foreign matter moved by the cleaning kit 110 includes a space 158 in which the foreign matter separated from the moving cleaning kit 110 by the separator 152, in particular, falls.

Mobile cleaning kit 110 is to move along the filter 80 to separate the foreign matter of the filter 80 from the filter 80 and to move the separated foreign matter to the space portion 158, is formed long approximately up and down It is also possible to slide in the left and right direction along the filter 80, it is also possible to be formed in substantially left and right to slide in the vertical direction, hereinafter bent in the same shape as the filter 80 and filter frame 90, It is described as sliding.

That is, the moving cleaning kit 110 has a horizontal portion facing the horizontal portion of the filter 80 and an inclined portion opposed to the inclined portion of the filter 80 bend the same as or similar to the bending angle of the filter 80.

The moving cleaning kit 110 is moved by the moving mechanism 120, and the cleaning body 112 formed to be bent like the filter 80 and the separated foreign matter while separating the foreign matter of the filter 80 from the filter 80 are left and right. And a brush 114 disposed on the cleaning body 112 to sweep in the direction.

 The cleaning means 100 further includes a moving mechanism 120 for moving the moving cleaning kit 110.

The moving mechanism 120 may be installed to be positioned near the lower portion of the inclined portion 93 of the filter frame 90, may be installed to be positioned near the rear of the horizontal portion 92 of the filter frame 90, Minimize the shaking of the movement mechanism 120, and the movement mechanism 120 is stably installed, and also the rear of the horizontal portion 92 of the filter frame 90 so that the movement mechanism 120 is not located on the passage of air. It is preferable to be installed in the vicinity.

The movement mechanism 120 may be installed directly on the upper portion of the filter frame 90 or the upper portion of the chassis 10, and a separate movement mechanism case 130 (hereinafter referred to as a “case”) may be provided on the upper portion of the chassis 10. The moving mechanism 120 may be installed at the case 130 and the moving mechanism 120 may be installed at the case 130, and the moving mechanism 120 may be formed as a single assembly together with the case 130. 130 is preferably installed.

3 and 5, the moving mechanism 120 moves the moving cleaning kit 110 left and right, and the wire 124 for moving the moving cleaning kit 110 and the wire driving for driving the wire. Includes an appliance.

The wire 124 is made of a wire-shaped member, and fixing members 124a and 124b fixed to the carrier 127 described later are fixed to both ends thereof.

The wire driving mechanism is connected to the moving motor 121, the driving motor 121, and is provided to be spaced apart from the driving roller 122 on which the wire 124 is wound, and the driving roller 122, so that the driving roller of the wire 124 ( The support roller 123 is wound on the opposite side of the 122.

The moving motor 121 is inserted into and received in the motor accommodating part 131 protruding from the case 130, and a fastening member 133, such as a screw, to the boss 132, which is a fastening part formed next to the motor accommodating part 131. Is fastened to.

The driving roller 122 is rotatably connected together with the rotation shaft of the moving motor 121.

The support roller 123 is rotatably connected to the roller connecting portion 134 formed on the opposite side of the motor accommodating portion 131 of the case 130.

The moving mechanism 120 may be directly connected to the moving cleaning kit 110 by the wire 124, but is connected through a separate carrier 127 so that the wire 124 moves the carrier 127 to the left and right and moves. The kit 110 may move left and right together with the carrier 127. The carrier 127 may be connected to the wire 124 for the installation of the guide roller 129 described below and the left and right guide by the guide roller 129. It is described that the carrier 127 is fixed and connected to the mobile cleaning kit 110.

The carrier 127 is formed with left and right wire fixing parts 127a and 127b to which the fixing members 124a and 124b of the wire 124 are fixed, and fastens the moving cleaning kit 110 and the screw. A connecting portion 127c connected to the member 126 is formed to protrude.

The connecting portion 127c is formed in a three-dimensional shape of the top plate portion, the seat plate portion and the right plate portion to surround the top plate portion, the left plate portion and the right plate portion of the cleaning body 112 of the moving cleaning kit 110, and the fastening member 126 penetrates the upper plate portion. The fastening hole 127d is formed.

 The connector 128 is connected to the carrier 127, and the guide roller 129 is rotatably connected to the connector 128.

The connector 128 is formed long in the left and right directions, and the guide roller 129 is rotatably provided at both left and right sides of the connector 128.

In addition, the case 130 is provided with a guide rail 136 in which the connector 128 and the guide roller 129 are positioned at the inner side to guide the guide roller 129.

The guide rail 136 is installed between the angle 137 fastened to the case 130 by a fastening member such as a screw and the upper plate portion 138 formed at the top of the case 130.

The guide rail 136 is open at the front and the upper plate portion 136b is bent forward at the upper end of the rear plate portion 136a, and the lower plate portion 136c is bent forward at the lower end of the rear plate portion 136a. It is formed long in the right direction, the connector 128 and the roller 129 are guided by the guide rail 136 between the upper plate portion 136b and the lower plate portion 136c.

 Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the moving cleaning kit 110 emits light, which is a kind of notification mechanism for informing the outside whether the cleaning unit 110 is operated, that is, whether the moving cleaning kit 110 is moved. The device 140 is installed.

The light emitting device 140 includes a circuit board 142 provided with a display component 141 such as an LED, and the circuit board 142 includes a control unit 19 and a lead wire 143 as shown in FIG. 7. Connected.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the filter frame 90 has electric wires connecting the light emitting device 140, which is an electric component installed in the mobile cleaning kit 110, and the controller 19 installed in the chassis 10. A wire guide 146 for guiding / protecting 143 is provided.

The wire guide 146 is formed in size and shape so as to cover the vertical portion 62 of the heat exchanger 60 to protect the vertical portion 62 of the heat exchanger 60 together with the protection of the wire 143.

On the other hand, the separator 152 is to shake off the dust attached to the brush 114 while rubbing with the brush 114 of the mobile cleaning kit 110, a plurality of protrusions protrude higher than the space portion 158 to move cleaning When the kit 110 passes over the space 158, the brush 114 rubs against the protrusion to separate foreign matter from the brush 114.

The separator 152 is disposed to be located on the open upper surface of the space 158, and the upper end thereof, particularly the upper end of the protrusion, is located to protrude more than the open top surface of the space 158.

Separator 152 is composed of a plurality of separation parts 153, 154 spaced apart in the left and right directions of the movement cleaning kit 110, each of the plurality of separation parts 153, 154 and the protrusions The groove portion has an uneven portion structure formed alternately in the longitudinal direction of each of the separation portions.

The plurality of separation parts 153 and 154 are formed so that the protrusions and the grooves alternate in the moving direction of the moving cleaning kit 110, that is, the left and right directions.

The space 158 is formed in a shape in which an upper surface is opened at a position below the moving path of the moving cleaning kit 110 so that foreign matters separated from the moving cleaning kit 110 fall.

The space 158 may be formed of a box portion recessed downward on one side of the left and right sides of the filter frame 90, and may be formed of a separate box body formed separately from the filter frame 90 and detached from the filter frame 90. The filter frame 90 may be formed in the shape bent like the filter frame 90. That is, the space portion 158 is formed of a kind of groove formed long over the horizontal portion 92 and the inclined portion 93 of the filter frame 90.

  The space 158 is a kind of foreign matter storage unit in which foreign matters washed by the mobile cleaning kit 110 and foreign matters separated from the mobile cleaning kit 110 are contained when the cleaning blower 180 to be described below is not operated. The foreign material guided to the lower end of the cleaning kit 110 is also formed longer than the length of the moving cleaning kit 110 so as not to be scattered, the lower end is formed to be located at a height lower than the lower end of the moving cleaning kit 110.

The space portion 158 has an opening 159 through which the treatment mechanism 160, in particular, the suction duct 170 described later, communicates with one side.

Although the treatment mechanism 160 may be directly connected to the cleaning means 100, in particular, next to the space 158, the cleaning means 100 and the suction duct 170 may be considered in consideration of the ease of installation of the treatment mechanism 160. It is connected in communication via the suction hose 174, and is installed to be located in the lower part of the electric component 13, in particular below the control unit 19.

 The suction duct 170 is installed in communication with the opening 159 of the space 158 to guide foreign matter and air, and as shown in FIG. 4, a lower duct 171 having an upper surface opened, and a lower duct ( An upper duct 172 is formed between the 171 and the passage through which foreign matter and air pass.

The suction duct 170 is formed so that the lower duct 171 and the upper duct 172 face each other, and the lower duct 171 and the inlet of the upper duct 172 communicate with the opening 159 formed in the space 158. The outlets of the lower duct 171 and the upper duct 172 are formed to protrude.

The suction duct 170 further includes a connector 173 connected to the outlet of the lower duct 171 and the upper duct 172 by being inserted and connected to the suction hose 174 which will be described later.

One end of the suction hose 174 is connected to the suction duct 170 and the other end of the suction hose 174 is connected to the processing mechanism 160, in particular, the cleaning blower 180 described later.

The treatment mechanism 160 treats foreign substances in the cleaning means 100, and the wiring of the lead wire connecting the electric component of the treatment mechanism 160, for example, the cleaning motor 182 and the controller 19, described later is easy. And it is preferable to be installed in the electrical equipment 13 to minimize the length of the lead wire, while increasing the space utilization of the electrical equipment 13 in the lower portion of the electrical equipment 13 to facilitate the attachment and detachment of the dust collecting container 190 to be described later. Preferably, the control unit 19 is installed so as to be positioned at the upper part of the electric component unit 13, and the processing mechanism 160 will be described as being installed at the lower part of the electric component unit 13.

 As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the treatment mechanism 160 includes a cleaning blower 180 that sucks air and foreign matters from the cleaning means 100 and delivers them, and the air and foreign matters emitted from the cleaning blower 180. And a dust collecting container 190 in which an inlet 193 to be sucked and an air outlet 194 for discharging the air separated from the foreign matter are formed.

The cleaning blower 180 is in communication with the space portion 158 of the cleaning means 100 through the suction hose 174 and the suction duct 170, and as shown in Figure 2, the cleaning fan housing 181, The cleaning fan includes a cleaning fan disposed to be rotated inside the cleaning fan housing 181, and a cleaning motor 182 installed inside or outside the cleaning fan housing 181 to rotate the cleaning fan.

The cleaning fan housing 181 is formed such that the suction hose 174 is connected to the inlet 183 and the dust collecting container 190 is detachably attached to the outlet 186.

As shown in FIG. 2, the dust collecting container 190 is combined with a dust collecting box 191 having one surface, in particular, an upper surface opened, and a dust collecting box 191, which opens and closes an open surface, especially an upper surface, of the dust collecting box 191. (192).

The dust collecting container 190 is in communication with the outlet 186 of the cleaning fan housing 181 to form an inlet 193 through which foreign matter and air are sucked, and the air separated from the foreign matter is discharged to the outside of the dust collecting container 190. An air outlet 194 is formed, and a partition 195 is formed therein to form a separation flow path having a 'U' shape therein.

The dust collecting container 190 is formed on a surface where the inlet 193 and the air outlet 194 are not opposed to each other, and the inlet 193 and the air outlet 194 are formed at the bottom thereof in consideration of the property that foreign matters heavier than air fall. ) Is not formed, and inlet 193 and air outlet 194 are formed in addition to the bottom.

When the suction port 193 is formed on the upper surface of the dust collecting container 190, the air suctioned downward through the suction opening 193 may cause foreign substances accumulated on the bottom of the dust collecting container 190 to be scattered. One of the front, rear, left and right sides, that is, is formed on one surface of the front, rear, left, right side of the dust collecting box 191.

The dust collector 190 opens the front panel 40, inserts the dust collector 190 in the rear direction from the front of the front frame 20, and pulls out the dust collector 190 toward the front of the front frame 20. In order to be able to do so, the suction port 193 is formed in the front and rear direction in the rear portion of the dust collecting container 190, in particular the dust collecting box 191.

In the dust collecting container 190, the inlet 193 is formed in the rear portion of the dust collecting box 191 in the front-rear direction, and the air outlet 194 is formed on a surface which is not opposite to the inlet 193, and thus the air outlet 194. The opening may be formed in one of the left side and the right side of the dust collecting box 191 in the left or right direction, or may be formed in the dust collecting cover 192 in an up and down direction. The air outlet may be formed at one side of the left and right sides of the dust collecting cover 192. When the air inlet 193 is formed on the rear surface of the dust collecting cover 192 while the 194 is formed, moldability such as injection molding of the dust collecting cover 192 is inferior, and an air outlet 194 is formed in the dust collecting cover 192. In this case, since the foreign matter is least likely to be discharged through the air outlet 194, the air outlet 194 is formed to be opened in the vertical direction on the upper surface of the dust collecting container 190, that is, the dust collecting cover 192.

The partition wall 195 is formed to protrude toward the inner bottom of the dust collecting box 191 from the dust collecting cover 192 so as to be spaced apart from the bottom of the dust collecting box 191, and is spaced apart from the inner bottom of the dust collecting box 191. It is formed to a height.

That is, in the dust collecting container 190, the inlet 193 is formed at the rear of one space among the left and right spaces based on the partition wall 195 in the front-rear direction, and the air discharge portion is disposed above the other space of the left and right spaces. Air and foreign matter 194 is formed in the vertical direction opening through the suction port 193 is introduced into one of the left and right spaces based on the partition wall 195 to rotate the bottom of the partition wall 195 while the air and foreign matter The separated, separated from the air remains in the lower portion of the dust collecting box 191, the air separated from the foreign matter is passed through the other space of the left and right spaces based on the partition wall 195, the air outlet 194 It is discharged to the upper side of the dust collecting cover 192 through.

Since the dust collecting container 190 may partially discharge foreign matters through the air outlet 194, the foreign matter strainer 196 is disposed at the air outlet 194, and the foreign matter strainer 196 may include a dust cover. 192).

The dust collecting container 190 is attached to and detached from the dust collecting box 191 and the cleaning fan housing 181 such that the suction port 193 is located in the lower position of the control unit 19 while being in front of the cleaning fan housing 181.

On the other hand, the air conditioner according to the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 3, the induction guide 200 for guiding the air discharged from the processing mechanism 160, particularly the dust collecting container 190 in a direction other than the control unit 19 Is installed.

7 is a front view of an open front of an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention, Figure 8 is a partial perspective view showing the full length of an embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention, Figure 9 is an air in accordance with the present invention A partially cutaway cross-sectional view of the dust collector and induction guide of an embodiment of the conditioner is enlarged.

3 and 7 to 9, the guide guide 200 includes a blocking wall 202 disposed between the dust collecting container 190 and the discharge port 193 and the control unit 19.

   The blocking wall 202 is positioned between the dust collecting container 190, the dust collecting cover 192, and the control unit 19, and has a larger size than the discharge port 193.

  The induction guide 200 is installed to guide the air discharged from the discharge port 193 of the processing mechanism 160, particularly the dust collecting container 190, to the side of the air flow passage 12, and is located next to the dust collecting container 190. The side plate 206 further includes a side plate 206 formed integrally bent in the blocking wall 202 and having the opening 204 open in the left and right directions so that air blocked by the blocking wall flows toward the air flow passage 12.

The induction guide 200 has a motor cover 56 such that the exhaust air whose side flow direction is bent by the blocking wall 202 dissipates the fan motor 52 of the blower 50 installed in the lower part of the electric part 13. The openings 204 are formed in the left and right directions at portions facing the front of the motor cover 56.

 The induction guide 200 is formed such that the opening 204 is rounded so that the side plate 206 does not interfere with other components adjacent to the dust collecting container 190 and the cleaning blower 180, for example, the motor cover 56 and the like. It is also possible that the 204 may function as a kind of avoiding part, and the opening part 204 may be formed as a shape to be joined with another part to serve as a kind of support part supported by the other part.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when a cleaning instruction is directly input through an operation unit (not shown) or when the condition of the preset cleaning operation is satisfied, such as when the operation integration time of the air conditioner is greater than or equal to the set time, the control unit 19 of the moving mechanism 120 The moving motor 121 is driven.

The control unit 19 is for moving the moving mechanism 120 to move the moving cleaning kit 110 to the upper right side of the filter frame 90 when the moving cleaning kit 110 is located on the upper left side of the filter frame 90. The motor 121 is controlled to the right shift mode.

In the right movement mode, the motor 121 rotates in the counterclockwise direction of FIG. 5, the drive roller 122 is rotated counterclockwise, and the wire 124 is counterclockwise of the drive roller 122. The carrier 127 is moved to the right direction while the support roller 123 is rotated counterclockwise by the rotation, and the movement cleaning kit 110 is moved to the right direction together with the carrier 127.

On the other hand, the control unit 19, when the moving cleaning kit 110 is located on the upper right of the filter frame 90, the moving mechanism 120 moves the moving cleaning kit 110 to the upper left of the filter frame 90. In order to control the movement motor 121 to the left movement mode.

In the left movement mode, the rotating motor rotates in the clockwise direction of FIG. 5, the driving roller 122 is rotated in the clockwise direction, and the wire 124 is rotated in the clockwise rotation of the driving roller 122. The carrier 127 is moved to the left direction by rotating the support roller 123 in the clockwise direction, and the movement cleaning kit 110 is moved to the left direction together with the carrier 127.

On the other hand, the foreign matter of the filter 80 when the left and right movement of the mobile cleaning kit 110 as described above is separated from the filter 80 by the brush 114, and moves the filter 80 above the brush 114, The mobile cleaning kit 110, in particular the brush 114, is separated from the brush 114 by the separator 152 when in contact with the separator 152.

As described above, the foreign matter separated from the brush 114 passes through the suction duct 170 and the suction hose 174 together with the air by the suction force driven by the cleaning blower 180, and through the cleaning blower 180. It is sent to the dust collector 190 and moved.

Air and foreign matter moved to the dust collector 190, the air and foreign matter is separated from the inside of the dust collector 190, the foreign matter separated from the air remains on the inner lower side of the dust collector 190, particularly the dust box 191, foreign matter The air separated from the air passes through the air outlet 194 and is discharged to the outside of the dust collecting container 190, in particular to the upper side of the dust collecting cover 192.

The air discharged to the upper side of the dust collecting cover 192 is blocked by the blocking wall 202 of the induction guide 200 and does not flow to the control unit 19 located above, and the flow direction is turned to the side by the blocking wall 202. After passing through the opening, the opening 204 of the side plate 206 is passed.

As described above, the air passing through the opening 204 of the side plate 206 is bent sideways and flows toward the air flow passage 12, in particular, the right guide 16, and at this time, the fan motor of the blower 50 Heat dissipate 52).

 That is, in the air conditioner according to the present embodiment, the induction guide 202 serves as a heat dissipation function of the fan motor 52 together with the protection function of the controller 19.

 10 is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention when the filter is being cleaned, FIG. 11 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the moving mechanism shown in FIG. 10, and FIG. 12 is a view of the suction duct shown in FIG. 10. Cross section view.

In the air conditioner according to the present embodiment, the mobile cleaning kit 300 separates the foreign matters of the filter 80 from the filter 80, and the separated foreign matters are sucked through the mobile cleaning kit 300.

The mobile cleaning kit 300 is installed on a member that separates the foreign matter of the filter 80 from the filter 80 when the mobile cleaning kit 300 moves, that is, the brush 302 faces the filter 80.

The mobile cleaning kit 300 has an inlet 304 which is an opening on a surface of the mobile cleaning kit 300 facing the filter 80, a passage 306 through which foreign substances and air pass, and an outlet through which foreign substances and air are discharged. The female discharge portion 308 is formed to protrude in a rectangular duct shape on the rear end side of the upper portion.

The mobile cleaning kit 300 includes a lower body 310 having a brush 302 installed therein, and a lower body 310 having an inlet 304 and an outlet 308 formed therein, and a lower body 310 formed therein. And an upper body 312 defining a passageway 306 therebetween.

 The mobile cleaning kit 300 is connected to the carrier 127 ', and the wire 124 is fixed to the carrier 127' so that the mobile cleaning kit 300 moves together with the carrier 127 'when the wire 124 is driven. This is moved left and right.

The mobile cleaning kit 300 may include a discharge part 308 and a passage of the mobile cleaning kit 300 when the discharge part 308 is movably connected to the suction duct 400 so that suction force is applied to the suction duct 400. Suction force is also applied to the 306 and the suction port 304.

The suction duct 400 is installed in the case 130 such that the suction duct 400 is disposed long left and right at an approximately upper position of the filter frame 90.

The suction duct 400 includes a duct 410 having a space in which the discharge part 308 of the mobile cleaning kit 300 communicates, and an opening surface 402 for moving the mobile cleaning kit 300, and a mobile cleaning. A shield member 450 connected to the kit 300 and moving by the moving cleaning kit 300 to block the opening surface 402, and rollers 460 and 470 which are guide mechanisms to guide the moving of the shield member 450. ).

The mobile cleaning kit 300 is disposed such that the discharge portion 308 penetrates through the opening surface 402 of the suction duct 400 so that an approximately rear end of the discharge portion 308 is located inside the suction duct 400.

That is, the movement cleaning kit 300 is moved along the longitudinal direction of the opening surface 402 in a state in which the discharge portion 308 is inserted into the suction duct 400 during the movement by the movement mechanism 120.

Duct 410 is a box-type of fixed type formed to the left and right as a whole, the space in which the discharge portion 308 of the mobile cleaning kit 300 can be moved in the left and right long, the mobile cleaning kit 300 The opening surface 402 is formed in the front surface which is the surface which faces toward the opening.

The duct 410 may be made of a single box-shaped member, or may be made of a combination of various members, and the various members may be coupled to facilitate the installation of the shielding member 450 and the rollers 460 and 470. It is preferable that it is done.

The duct 410 includes a duct case 412 whose front and top surfaces are opened, and a duct cap 414 which blocks an upper surface of the duct case 414 and forms an opening surface 402 between the duct case 412. Include.

The outlet 416 is formed in one of the duct case 412 and the duct cap 414, and the outlet 416 is described below in the bottom plate of the duct case 412.

The duct 410 is formed at a position where the outlet portion 416 communicates with the inner space of the shielding member 450.

Duct 410 may be directly connected to the suction hose 174 of one embodiment of the present invention, it may be connected via a separate connector 420, hereinafter, the suction duct 400 is a connector 420 It further demonstrates that it contains.

The connector 420 includes a duct connector 422, part of which is disposed below the duct 410 and bent at least one time so as to communicate with the outlet 416 of the duct 410.

The duct connector 422 has an opening 424 communicating with the outlet 416 of the duct 410 at a portion located below the duct 410.

The connector 420 further includes a hose connector 426 to which the suction hose 174 is connected to communicate the suction hose 174 with the duct connector 422.

The shielding member 450 forms a suction force acting space, that is, a suction passage, inside the duct 410 together with the duct 410, and is formed in a band shape that is a closed loop forming a suction force acting space therein.

The shielding member 450 is made of an elastic material such as rubber or a soft material such as a film to rotate along the rollers 460 and 470 in the duct 410.

On the other hand, the shielding member 450 is to block all other than the discharge portion 308 of the mobile cleaning kit 300 of the opening surface 402 of the duct 410, the discharge portion 308 of the mobile cleaning kit 300 The through part 452 penetrated is formed at one side thereof, and the moving cleaning kit 300 has the outlet part 308 having the end part of the outlet part 308 positioned in the inner space formed by the shielding member 450. Is inserted into 452.

  In the air conditioner according to the present embodiment, the shielding member 450 may be directly fixed to the moving cleaning kit 300 by an adhesive means such as an adhesive, and the moving cleaning kit 300 may be attached to a separate fixing member 490. It is also possible to be fixed to, it will be described as being fixed by the fixing member 490.

The fixing member 490 is coupled to the mobile cleaning kit 300 to prevent the separation of the shielding member 450, and a part of the shielding member 450 is interposed between the fixing member 490 and the mobile cleaning kit 300 to prevent the shielding member ( The mobile cleaning kit 300 is positioned in the inner space of the duct 410 and the shielding member 450 when the mobile cleaning kit 300 is constrained by the mobile cleaning kit 300 and the fixing member 490. 300).

 The fixing member 490 is formed of a plate body, and an opening 492 through which the discharge part 308 of the mobile cleaning kit 300 is formed is formed.

On the other hand, any one of the moving cleaning kit 300 and the fixing member 470 is formed with a coupling protrusion 494, the other is formed with a coupling hole 322 is inserted into the coupling protrusion 494 is coupled, shielding In the member 450, a through hole 454 through which the coupling protrusion 494 penetrates is formed to correspond to the coupling protrusion 494.

That is, the mobile cleaning kit 300, the shielding member 450, and the fixing member 490 pass through the discharge part 308 of the mobile cleaning kit 300 through the through part 452 of the shielding member 450, and then fix the moving cleaning kit 300. While inserting the engaging projection 494 through the through hole 454 of the shielding member 450 and inserting it into the engaging hole 322 while inserting it into the opening 492 of the member 490, a part of the shielding member 450 The mobile cleaning kit 300 is coupled between the mobile cleaning kit 300 and the fixing member 490 in a state sandwiched between the fixing member 490.

The rollers 460 and 470 are rotatably disposed in the duct 410 to guide the movement of the shielding member 470. The rollers 460 and 470 are rotatable in the duct 410. The roller guide 480 is supported and the passage 482 is formed.

The roller guide 480 is a kind of internal duct positioned inside the shielding member 450, and an opening surface 484 is formed on the front surface of the roller guide 480 like the opening surface 402 of the duct 410, and the passage 482 is formed therein. Is formed long in the left and right direction and the outlet portion 486 is formed in the vertical direction at a position corresponding to the outlet portion 416 of the duct 410 of the bottom portion.

The rollers 460 and 470 are rotatably supported by roller mounting portions 487 and 488 provided at both left and right sides of the roller guide 480.

The air conditioner according to the present embodiment includes a configuration of the mobile cleaning kit 300, other components such as the control unit 19, the dust collecting container 190, the induction guide 200, and the like other than the configuration of the suction duct 400, and Since the operation is the same as the embodiment of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

     Hereinafter, the operation of the air conditioner according to the present embodiment will be described.

First, the controller 19 drives the cleaning motor 182 of the cleaning blower 180 and the moving motor 121 during the filter cleaning operation.

The movement of the movement motor 121 and the movement of the movement cleaning kit 300 according to the present invention are the same as in the embodiment of the present invention, and the movement of the cleaning hose 174 and the suction duct 400 and the movement cleaning during the operation of the cleaning motor 182 is performed. A suction force is applied to the kit 300, and foreign matter separated from the filter 80 when the mobile cleaning kit 300 moves is sucked into the inside of the mobile cleaning kit 300 together with air by the suction force as described above. Foreign matter sucked with the air by the mobile cleaning kit 300 is sucked into the suction duct 400 through the discharge portion 308 of the mobile cleaning kit 300, the passage 482 and the duct (inside the duct 400) Passed through the discharge portion (486) 416, the connector 422 and the connection hose 174 of the 400 in order to be sucked by the cleaning blower 180, and then moved to the dust collecting container 190 as in the embodiment of the present invention. The foreign matter is contained in the dust collector 190, only the air is discharged to the outside of the dust collector 190.

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

2 is a perspective view when the front part of FIG. 1 is opened;

3 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention;

4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention when the filter is being cleaned;

5 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the moving mechanism and the filter frame shown in FIG. 2;

6 is a plan sectional view of the moving mechanism shown in FIG. 2;

7 is a front view of an open front portion of an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention;

8 is an enlarged partial perspective view of an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a partially cut-away sectional view showing an enlarged dust collecting and induction guide of an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention;

10 is a partial longitudinal sectional view when another embodiment of the air conditioner according to the present invention is being cleaned;

11 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the moving mechanism shown in FIG. 9;

12 is a cross sectional view of the suction duct shown in FIG. 9;

Description of the main parts of the drawing

2: body 4: air intake

6: air outlet 10: chassis

20: suction unit 21: suction grill

30: discharge unit 50: blower

60: heat exchanger 80: filter

90: filter frame 100: movable cleaning kit

152: separator 158: space part

159: opening 160: treatment mechanism

170: suction duct 174: suction hose

180: cleaning blower 190: dust collector

191: dust box 192: dust cover

193: inlet 194: air outlet

195: bulkhead 196: foreign matter strainer

200: guide guide 202: barrier wall

204: opening 206: side plate

Claims (9)

A main body having an air suction unit and an air discharge unit; A filter disposed on the main body to filter foreign substances in the air sucked into the air suction unit; Cleaning means arranged to clean the foreign matter of the filter; A processing mechanism in communication with the cleaning means for sucking air and foreign matters, collecting foreign matters and discharging air; A control unit installed in the main body; And an induction guide for guiding the air discharged from the processing mechanism in a direction other than the control unit. The method of claim 1, The treatment mechanism is provided with a cleaning blower communicating with the cleaning means for sucking and sending out air and foreign matter, and an inlet for sucking air and foreign matter from the cleaning blower, and an air outlet for discharging air separated from the foreign matter. Including dust collector, The induction guide is an air conditioner including a blocking wall installed to be located between the outlet and the control unit. The method of claim 2, The barrier wall is formed larger than the outlet air conditioner. The method of claim 2,  The dust collecting container is detachable from the cleaning blower so as to be positioned below the control unit, the upper surface is opened, and the dust collecting box having the suction opening is formed on one of front, rear, left and right sides, and opens and closes the upper surface of the dust collecting box. The air outlet includes a dust collecting cover which is opened in the vertical direction, The blocking wall is an air conditioner located between the dust cover and the control unit. The method of claim 4, wherein The induction guide further comprises a side plate formed integrally with the blocking wall so as to be located next to the dust collecting container and the opening through which the air blocked by the blocking wall passes. The method of claim 4, wherein The dust collecting container further comprises a foreign matter trapping net installed on the dust collecting cover to prevent foreign substances discharged to the air outlet. The method of claim 1, The main body includes a blower flow path unit for guiding the air sucked into the air suction unit to the air discharge unit, and an electric field unit formed at one side of the left and right sides of the blower flow path unit, The control unit is disposed on the upper portion of the electric part, The processing mechanism is an air conditioner disposed in the lower portion of the electric portion. The method of claim 7, wherein The induction guide is an air conditioner installed to guide the air discharged from the processing mechanism to the side of the blowing passage. The method of claim 7, wherein A fan motor disposed at a lower portion of the electric component, a blower fan connected to the fan motor and disposed to rotate in the air flow passage, and a motor cover installed to cover the fan motor, And the induction guide is configured to guide air discharged from the processing mechanism to the front of the motor cover.

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