KR20090082732A - Ceiling type air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

A ceiling type air conditioner is provided to improve the performance of products by arranging a brush assembly at a filter housing to slide stably along the filter at the lower part of the filter. A ceiling type air conditioner comprises a main body(510), a base panel, a filter, a brush assembly(500), a mobile unit, and a filter housing assembly. The main body is arranged at the ceiling and has space inside. In the base panel, an air inlet and an air outlet are formed in order to be connected to the inside of the main body. The filter is arranged at the air inlet and filters the foreign material in the sucked air. The brush assembly cleans the foreign materials filtered in the filter with horizontally moving along the filter. The mobile unit provides driving force to the brush assembly and moves the brush assembly. The filter is mounted on the filter housing assembly. The filter housing assembly guides the brush assembly along the filter.

Description

Ceiling type air conditioner

The present invention relates to a ceiling type air conditioner, and more particularly, to a ceiling type air conditioner including a brush assembly for cleaning the foreign matter filtered by the filter while moving horizontally along the filter housing.

The conventional ceiling type air conditioner includes a indoor unit largely installed on a ceiling to perform a cooling function, an outdoor unit performing a heat dissipation and compression function, and a refrigerant pipe connecting the indoor unit and the outdoor unit to each other.

However, in the ceiling type air conditioner according to the prior art, the user is inconvenient to remove the filter of the indoor unit to perform cleaning work such as washing the water from time to time. In particular, since the indoor unit is disposed on the ceiling, there is a problem that a user causes a lot of inconvenience in attaching and detaching the filter.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceiling type air conditioner including a brush assembly for cleaning foreign substances filtered by a filter while moving horizontally along the filter housing.

Ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention is disposed on the ceiling, the main body having a predetermined space therein, the base panel is formed on one side and the other side of the air inlet and the air discharge port to communicate with the interior of the main body, and the air intake side A filter disposed to filter the foreign matter in the air sucked in, and the brush assembly for cleaning the foreign matter filtered by the filter while moving horizontally along the filter and a mobile unit for transmitting the driving force to the brush assembly to move the brush assembly And a filter housing assembly including a filter housing in which the filter is seated and the brush assembly is horizontally moved along the filter, and at the same time, the mobile unit is disposed.

In addition, the filter housing may include a seating portion in which a plurality of the filters are partitioned and seated, respectively.

In addition, at one side and the other side of the filter housing, the flow preventing parts for guiding the movement of the brush assembly and preventing the brush assembly from being removed downward may be disposed respectively.

Here, each of the flow preventing parts, the ground support for supporting both ends of the brush assembly, and the anti-separation surfaces extending from the lower end of the support surface to the side where the brush assembly is disposed to support the lower portion of the brush assembly, respectively It may include.

In addition, the flow preventing part may be integrally formed with the filter housing.

The brush assembly may include a brush in contact with the filter to separate foreign substances filtered by the filter when the brush assembly is moved, and at least one of the filter assembly and the filter housing may include: At least one protrusion may be formed to protrude toward the side where the brush assembly is disposed so as to remove foreign substances attached to the brush in contact with the brush during movement.

In addition, a first position detection unit and a second position detection unit may be disposed at first and second positions respectively corresponding to both ends of the filter housing to detect whether the brush assembly is reached.

The apparatus may further include a suction unit configured to suck foreign matter collected in the brush assembly after the brush assembly moves in one direction of the filter housing, wherein the brush assembly reaches the first position or the second position. When at least one of the first position detecting unit and the second position detecting unit senses that the operation of the suction unit can be started.

Ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention, since the brush assembly is automatically cleaned by the user's operation to filter the filter disposed on the air inlet side to filter foreign matter in the suction has the effect of increasing the user's convenience.

In addition, since the brush assembly is disposed in the filter housing so as to slidably move along the filter at the bottom of the filter, the brush assembly has an effect of increasing the performance of the product.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the ceiling type air conditioner 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the base panel is separated from the case shown in FIG. 1 and 2, the ceiling type air conditioner 1 includes a case 200 fixed in an interior space of the ceiling 100 to suck air and discharge heat exchanged air. The case 200 has a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped in which a bottom surface thereof is opened and a longitudinal direction thereof is long. The case 200 may be fixed by a fastening means such as a bolt (not shown) to be in close contact with the upper side of the inner space of the ceiling 100.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the longitudinal direction (that is, the left and right directions) of the case 200 in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is denoted by the reference numeral X, and the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the case 200 (ie , The front and rear directions) will be defined by reference numeral Y, and the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the case 200 (that is, the vertical direction) will be defined by reference numeral Z.

Inside the case 200, various heat exchange parts 180 are disposed to suck and heat the air from the lower side of the interior 170 side, and then discharge the air.

The ceiling type air conditioner 1 further includes a base panel 300 coupled to a lower portion of the case 200 to cover an opened bottom surface of the case 200.

3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a main configuration of the base panel 300 illustrated in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 3, the base panel 300 includes an air inlet 305 through which air is sucked, and air. An air discharge port 310 to be discharged is formed. The air inlet 305 and the air outlet 310 are formed long in the X direction, and are formed side by side on the base panel 300 at a predetermined distance from each other in the Y direction to form the inside and the outside of the case 200. To communicate. The suction surface of the air suction port 305 and the discharge surface of the air discharge port 310 may be disposed to be substantially parallel to the horizontal plane.

A filter 380 is disposed at the air inlet 305 to filter foreign matter from the air sucked into the case 200 from the inside of the case 200. The filter 380 is formed in a frame having a size corresponding to the shape of the inner end of the air inlet 305. The filter 380 is disposed horizontally on the filter housing assembly 1000 coupled to the base panel 300 to correspond to the suction surface of the air inlet 305.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a filter 380 disposed at the side of the air inlet 305 of FIG. 3 and a filter housing assembly 1000 on which the filter 380 is seated. FIG. 5 is a filter of FIG. 4. 380 is an exploded perspective view showing the filter housing 400. Hereinafter, the configuration and function of the filter housing assembly 1000 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

That is, the filter housing assembly 1000 includes a filter housing 400 in which a seating portion 405 is formed such that a plurality of the filters 380 are partitioned and seated, respectively. On the other hand, the filter housing assembly 1000 is disposed to be movable horizontally along the filter housing 400 to clean the foreign matter filtered by the filter 380, the filter seated on the seating portion 405 It is disposed in contact with the lower portion of the 380, and further comprises a brush assembly (500) for cleaning the foreign matter filtered by the filter 380 while moving horizontally along the filter housing (400).

The brush assembly 500 is controlled to automatically slide horizontally along the filter housing 400 by a user's manipulation. As such, the brush assembly 500 automatically cleans the foreign matter filtered by the filter 380 by a user's operation, so that the user may move the filter 380 to the filter housing 400 to clean the filter 380. There is no need to remove it. Thus, the user's convenience is increased.

In addition, the filter housing assembly 1000 may further include a mobile unit 600 disposed on the filter housing 400 and transmitting a driving force to the brush assembly 500 to move the brush assembly 500. Can be. The mobile unit 600 is disposed on one side of the filter housing 400 in which the driving motor 605 for providing a driving force to rotate the rotary shaft connected to one end and the driving motor 605 is disposed and the driving motor. Drive pulley 620 is connected to the rotation axis of the rotation 605, the interlocking pulley 625 disposed on the other side of the filter housing 400, the drive pulley 620 and the interlocking pulley 625 is wound It includes a wire belt 640 is rotated in accordance with the rotation of the drive pulley 620. The wire belt 640 is connected to one end in the longitudinal direction of the brush assembly 500 such that the brush assembly 500 slides along the filter housing 400 according to the rotational movement of the wire belt 640. do. Here, a plurality of rollers 520 may be disposed at one end and the other end in the longitudinal direction of the brush assembly 500 to facilitate the sliding movement of the brush assembly 500.

6 is a perspective view illustrating the brush assembly 500 illustrated in FIG. 4. Referring to FIG. 6, the brush assembly 500 includes a main body 510 in which foreign substances cleaned from the filter 380 are collected by falling in a self-weight direction, and disposed on the main body 510 and the upper end of the filter ( Brush 540 in contact with 380. The brush assembly 500 separates the foreign matter filtered by the filter 380 by moving along the filter housing 400 while the brush 540 is moved in contact with the filter 380.

Here, at least one of the filter 380 or the filter housing 400, as shown in FIG. 4, the foreign matter separated from the filter 380 is not seated in the main body 510, but the brush ( Protrusions 410A, 410B, 420A, and 420B are formed to be attached to 540 and prevent them from remaining. The protrusions 410A, 410B, 420A, and 420B are disposed in the brush assembly 500 to remove foreign substances attached to the brush 540 moving together with the main body 510 and drop them to the main body 510. It is formed to protrude a predetermined length in the direction.

Here, the protrusions 410A, 410B, 420A, and 420B are attached to the brush 540 while minimizing the movement of the brush assembly 500 by the resistance due to the contact with the brush 540. It may have an embossed protrusion shape so that foreign matter can be effectively removed.

The brush assembly 500 sufficiently cleans foreign substances filtered by the filter 380 while reciprocating the one end and the other end side of the filter housing 400 by the number of times set by the user. Here, the first position detection unit 700A and the second position detection unit 700B for detecting whether the brush assembly 500 reaches the first position and the second position corresponding to both ends of the filter housing 400, respectively. ) May be arranged.

The first position sensing unit 700A and the second position sensing unit 700B may be switches that generate a predetermined electrical signal when pressure is applied by contact with the brush assembly 500. However, the first position sensing unit 700A and the second position sensing unit 700B are not limited to the switch. That is, the first position detection unit 700A and the second position detection unit 700B may be any type of sensor that senses the approach of the brush assembly 500, even if any configuration is employed. 700A) and the second position detecting unit 700B.

The brush assembly 500 is slidably moved toward the second position when the user operates when the first position is a starting position at which the movement starts. When the brush assembly 500 reaches the second position, the second position sensing unit 700B detects the arrival of the brush assembly 500 to generate a predetermined electrical signal. When the second position sensing unit 700B generates a predetermined electrical signal, the brush assembly 500 is slid in the opposite direction and slid toward the first position.

On the other hand, when the brush assembly 500 sliding toward the first position reaches the first position, the first position sensing unit 700A detects the arrival of the brush assembly 500 to generate a predetermined electrical signal. In this case, the brush assembly 500 stops the sliding movement. However, the brush assembly 500 does not have to be set to only reciprocate once to one side and the other side of the filter housing 400 by starting the sliding movement in the first position. That is, according to the user's setting, one side and the other side of the filter housing 400 may be set to be slidably reciprocated two or more times.

The air conditioner 1 is moved to the brush assembly 500 after the brush assembly 500 moves in one direction (ie, the first position corresponding to the start position) of the filter housing 400. It further includes a suction unit 700 for sucking the collected foreign matter. The suction unit 700 serves to collect the foreign matter in the foreign matter collecting unit (refer to reference numeral 900 in FIG. 2) disposed on one side while suctioning the foreign matter from the brush assembly 500. More specifically, the suction unit 700, when the brush assembly 500 is slid to the first position, the first position detection unit 700A generates a predetermined electricity, wherein the brush assembly ( While stopping the sliding movement of the 500, the suction unit 700 is operated.

One side and the other side of the filter housing 400 corresponding to one end and the other end in the longitudinal direction of the brush assembly 500 guides the movement of the brush assembly 500 during sliding movement of the brush assembly 500. Flow preventing parts 450 are disposed to prevent the brush assembly 500 from being removed downward corresponding to the indoor side.

In the ceiling type air conditioner 1, the flow preventing part 450 is manufactured separately and assembled to the filter housing 400, but is not necessarily limited thereto. That is, the flow preventing part 450 may be formed integrally with the filter housing 400.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 4. Referring to FIG. 7, each of the flow preventing parts 450 includes support surfaces 450A supporting both ends of the longitudinal side of the brush assembly 500, and the brush assembly at the lower ends of the support surfaces 450A. Each of the 500 extending to the side is disposed, and includes anti-separation surface (450B) for supporting the lower portion adjacent to both ends of the brush assembly 500, respectively. The support surfaces 450A respectively support the both ends of the brush assembly 500 in a horizontal direction so as to appropriately disperse a driving force transmitted to only one end of the brush assembly 500 by the wire belt 640 so that the brush assembly ( 500 serves to prevent the eccentric and sliding movement. In addition, the removal prevention surfaces 450B serve to prevent the brush assembly 500 from being removed downward corresponding to the interior side by supporting the lower portions of both ends of the longitudinal side of the brush assembly 500 in the vertical direction. .

Referring to the operation of the ceiling air conditioner (1) is as follows.

First, when the user operates the brush assembly 500 by operating a remote control key or the like, the brush assembly 500 is slid in a horizontal direction along the filter housing 400 while being filtered by the filter 380. The filter is separated from the filter 380 and collected in the body 510 of the brush assembly 500. In this case, the brush assembly 500 is slidably moved in the filter housing 400 by the flow preventing portion 450 to improve the performance of the product.

Next, when the brush assembly 500 finally reaches the first position while reciprocating sliding one side and the other side of the filter housing 400 by a predetermined number of times according to a user's setting, the first position detecting unit ( 700A) generates a predetermined electrical signal, and at this time, the suction unit 700 sucks the foreign matter collected by the brush assembly 500 and collects the foreign matter collection unit 900.

As such, the air conditioner 1 does not require the user to remove the filter 380 from the base panel 300 (or the filter housing 400) in order to clean the filter 380. Provides the advantage of improving the convenience of.

In the above, an embodiment of the ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments of the present invention are not necessarily limited thereto, and it is obvious that various modifications or other embodiments falling within the scope equivalent to the present invention may be implemented by those skilled in the art. . Therefore, the true scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims that follow.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a ceiling type air conditioner according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the base panel is separated from the case shown in Figure 1,

3 is an exploded perspective view showing the base panel shown in FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing a filter disposed on the air inlet side shown in FIG. 3 and a filter housing assembly in which the filter is seated;

5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the filter and the filter housing illustrated in FIG. 4;

6 is a perspective view of the brush assembly shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 4.

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1: ceiling air conditioner 100: ceiling

170: indoor 200: case

300: base panel 305: air intake

380: filter 400: filter housing

410A, 410B, 420A, 420B: protrusion 450: flow preventing part

500: brush assembly 510: main body

540: brush 600: moving unit

605: drive motor 620: drive pulley

625: interlock pulley 640: wire belt

700A: first position detection unit 700B: second position detection unit

800: suction unit 1000: filter housing assembly

Claims (8)

A main body disposed on the ceiling and having a predetermined space therein; A base panel having air inlets and air outlets formed at one side and the other side to communicate with the inside of the main body; A filter disposed on the air inlet side and filtering foreign matter in the inhaled air; A brush assembly for cleaning the foreign substances filtered by the filter while moving horizontally along the filter and a moving unit for transmitting the driving force to the brush assembly to move the brush assembly, and the filter is seated and the brush assembly is the filter assembly And a filter housing assembly composed of a filter housing in which the mobile unit is disposed while guiding the horizontal movement. The method according to claim 1, The filter housing is a ceiling type air conditioner including a seating portion in which a plurality of the filter is partitioned and seated, respectively. The method according to claim 1, Ceiling air conditioners on one side and the other side of the filter housing, the flow preventing portion for guiding the movement of the brush assembly and at the same time to prevent the brush assembly from being removed downward. The method according to claim 3, Each of the flow preventing parts, Support surfaces for supporting both ends of the brush assembly; Ceiling air conditioner including a peeling prevention surface extending from the lower end of the support surface to the side where the brush assembly is disposed, respectively supporting the lower portion of the brush assembly. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The flow preventing unit is a ceiling type air conditioner integrally formed with the filter housing. The method according to claim 1, The brush assembly includes a brush in contact with the filter to separate foreign substances filtered by the filter when the brush assembly is moved, At least one of the filter or the filter housing, at least one protrusion is formed to protrude toward the side where the brush assembly is disposed so that the foreign matter attached to the brush is removed in contact with the brush when the brush assembly is moved. Air conditioner. The method according to claim 1, And a first position detector and a second position detector configured to detect whether the brush assembly is reached at first and second positions respectively corresponding to both ends of the filter housing. The method according to claim 7, After the brush assembly is moved in one direction of the filter housing, and further comprising a suction unit for sucking the foreign matter collected in the brush assembly, The ceiling type air conditioner starts the operation of the suction unit when at least one of the first position detecting unit and the second position detecting unit senses that the brush assembly reaches the first position or the second position. .

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