WO2017202056A1

WO2017202056A1 - Air conditioner with multidirectional air outlet function and air outlet control method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2017202056A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/073199
Authority: WO
Inventors: 孟智; 李芊; 梁涛; 谢承琪
Original assignee: 珠海格力电器股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-05-27
Filing date: 2017-02-10
Publication date: 2017-11-30
Also published as: CN106052072A

Abstract

An air conditioner with a multidirectional air outlet function, comprising a housing (1) as well as a first centrifugal impeller (2) and a second centrifugal impeller (3) provided within the housing (1) and adjacent to each other. Air outlets (21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 34) are provided on the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3) in the radial direction, and a central air outlet (4) is provided on the housing (1) between the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3) and along the tangential direction of each of the two impellers. The structure expands the positions of air outlets, and enlarges the range of air outlet, thereby satisfying the requirements of a wide air supply range and effectively improving the comfortableness of air supply. Also disclosed is an air outlet control method of the air conditioner with a multidirectional air outlet function.

Description

Air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet and air outlet control method thereof

Technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of air conditioners, and particularly relates to an air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet and an air outlet control method thereof.

Background technique

At present, most of the air conditioners on the market have problems in that the cooling and heating effects cannot be taken into consideration. When the conventional air deflector is opened up or down, there is always a disadvantage that the other side has a weaker wind, even if some brands develop the launching wind deflector. This has alleviated this disadvantage to the greatest extent and still cannot be perfect. Under this trend, a highly directional and efficient way of generating wind has emerged.

Due to technical problems such as a small air outlet range and a poor air supply comfort degree in the prior art, the present invention studies an air conditioner having a multi-directional air outlet and an air outlet control method thereof.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art air conditioner having a small air outlet range and a poor air supply comfort degree, thereby providing an air conditioner having a multi-directional air outlet and the outlet thereof. Wind control method.

The present invention provides an air conditioner having a multi-directional air outlet, comprising a casing and a first centrifugal impeller and a second centrifugal impeller disposed adjacent to each other, and the first centrifugal impeller is respectively located on the casing And an air outlet is disposed at four positions of the second centrifugal impeller in the radial direction of the upper, lower, left and right directions, and is located on the casing between the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller The tangential direction of the two is also provided with a central air outlet.

Preferably, the air outlet of the first centrifugal impeller includes a first upper air outlet disposed at an upper end thereof, a first lower air outlet disposed at a lower end thereof, a first left air outlet disposed at a left end thereof, and a first air outlet disposed at the left end thereof a first right air outlet at a right end, and/or an air outlet of the second centrifugal impeller includes a second upper air outlet disposed at an upper end thereof, a second lower air outlet disposed at a lower end thereof, and a second air outlet disposed at a left end thereof Two left air outlets and a second right air outlet located at the right end thereof.

Preferably, a first upper air deflector is further disposed on the casing at a position of the first upper air outlet, and/or a position on the casing at the first lower air outlet a first lower air deflector is further disposed, and/or a first left air deflector is further disposed at the position of the first left air outlet on the casing, and/or at the machine A first right air deflector is further disposed on the casing at a position of the first right air outlet.

Preferably, a second upper air deflector is further disposed on the casing at a position of the second upper air outlet, and/or a position on the casing at the second lower air outlet a second lower air deflector is further disposed, and/or a second left air deflector is further disposed at the position of the second left air outlet on the casing, and/or at the machine A second right air deflector is further disposed on the casing at a position of the second right air outlet.

Preferably, a middle air deflector is further disposed on the casing at a position of the central air outlet between the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller.

Preferably, the middle air deflector has two pieces, which are a first middle air deflector and a second middle air deflector, and the first middle air deflector is disposed on the casing at the central air outlet. At a position of the first centrifugal impeller, the second middle air deflector is disposed on the casing at a position where the central air outlet is close to the second centrifugal impeller.

Preferably, the first middle air deflector can be rotated through the one end of the other end in the range of 0-90°; and/or the second middle air deflector can be made 0-way through the other end thereof Rotation in the 90° range.

Preferably, further comprising a first stepping motor coupled to and controlling the first central air deflector, and/or including a second connected to the second central air deflector and controlling the same Stepper motor.

Preferably, the air conditioner is placed in a vertical direction such that the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller are arranged and arranged in a vertical direction.

Preferably, the air conditioner is placed laterally in a horizontal direction such that the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller are laterally arranged and arranged in a horizontal direction.

Preferably, further comprising a first motor independently coupled to the first centrifugal impeller, and a second motor independently coupled to the second centrifugal impeller, and/or at the first centrifugal impeller and the second Separate evaporators are respectively arranged at the respective positions of the centrifugal impellers.

The invention also provides an air outlet control method with a multi-directional air outlet air conditioner, which uses the aforementioned air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet to control and adjust the air outlet process.

Preferably, when the air conditioner is placed in a vertical direction, and when the air conditioner is heated, the lower centrifugal wind wheel is separately opened, and the upper centrifugal wind wheel is closed to form a carpet type hot air; when the air conditioner is cooled Open the upper centrifugal wind wheel separately and close the centrifugal wind wheel below to form the upward blowing cold air.

Preferably, when the air conditioner is placed horizontally in the horizontal direction, and when the air conditioner is heated, the air outlets under the two centrifugal wind wheels are separately opened, and the other air outlets are closed to form a carpet-type hot air; When the device is cooled, the air outlets above the two centrifugal wind wheels are separately opened, and the other air outlets are closed to form an upward blowing cold air.

Preferably, the left and right air outlets and the central air outlet of the two centrifugal impellers are opened.

The air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet provided by the invention and the air outlet control method thereof have the following beneficial effects:

1. The air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet of the invention expands the position of the air outlet, so that the air outlet range is large, the requirement of wide air supply range is satisfied, and the comfort of air supply is effectively improved;

2. The structure of the air deflector at the air outlets of the plurality of directions according to the present invention can guide the air in a plurality of directions, and can reasonably and effectively control the wind direction according to actual needs;

3. The air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet of the invention adopts the vertical air conditioner to arrange the air outlet on the upper and lower sides to save the distance, improve the guiding property and have a good experience; the air conditioner is conventionally horizontally Placed to improve the cooling and heating efficiency to a certain extent, and the diversity of the wind is improved.

4. The control method with multi-directional air outlet air conditioner of the invention expands the position of the air outlet, so that the air outlet range becomes larger, satisfies the requirement of wide air supply range, and improves the comfort of air supply; Moreover, according to the working mode and actual needs, the carpet-type hot air and the ceiling-type cold air can be realized, the indoor heating and cooling effects can be improved, and the comfort level of the human body can be enhanced.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic view showing the air supply front side structure of an air conditioner having a multi-directional air outlet according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a left side view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the central air outlet of Figure 1 (also a partial enlarged view of portion A in Figure 2).

The reference numerals in the figure are indicated as:

1—Chassis, 2—first centrifugal impeller, 21—first upper air outlet, 22—first lower air outlet, 23—first left air outlet, 24-first right air outlet, 3—second centrifugal impeller 31—Second upper air outlet, 32—second lower air outlet, 33—second left air outlet, 34—second right air outlet, 4—central air outlet, 51—first upper air deflector, 52— First lower air deflector, 53 - first left deflector, 54 - first right deflector, 61 - second upper deflector, 62 - second lower deflector, 63 - second left guide Plate, 64—second right air deflector, 7—middle air deflector, 71—first central air deflector, 72—second central air deflector, 81—first stepper motor, 82—second step Motor.

detailed description

As shown in FIG. 1-2, the present invention provides an air conditioner having a multi-directional air outlet, comprising a casing 1 and a double centrifugal impeller located inside thereof, the double centrifugal impeller including a first centrifugal impeller disposed adjacently 2 and the second centrifugal impeller 3, the air outlet is disposed on the casing 1 at four positions in the radial direction of the first centrifugal impeller 2 and the second centrifugal impeller 3, respectively, in the radial direction, the lower left, the left and the right And a central air outlet 4 is further disposed on the casing 1 between the first centrifugal impeller 2 and the second centrifugal impeller 3 along a tangential direction of the two.

The air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet of the present invention (including a method of providing a tuyere in a plurality of directions of the first and second centrifugal impellers and a central air outlet between the first and second centrifugal impellers) expands The position of the tuyere makes the wind output range large, satisfies the demand of wide air supply range, and effectively improves the comfort of the air supply; the hot air is generated at the lower end, the cold air is generated at the upper end, and the wind is assisted by the middle and the side to ensure the carpet. The hot air is sent and the cold air is blown upwards to improve the comfort of the air supply.

Preferably, the air outlet of the first centrifugal impeller 2 includes a first upper air outlet 21 disposed at an upper end thereof, a first lower air outlet 22 disposed at a lower end thereof, and a first left air outlet 23 disposed at a left end thereof, And a first right air outlet 24 disposed at a right end thereof, and/or the air outlet of the second centrifugal impeller 3 includes a second upper air outlet 31 disposed at an upper end thereof and a second lower air outlet disposed at a lower end thereof 32. A second left air outlet 33 provided at a left end thereof and a second right air outlet 34 provided at a right end thereof. This is a preferred arrangement position and configuration of the air outlets of the respective upper, lower, left and right directions of the first centrifugal impeller and/or the second centrifugal impeller, which can be in the first and/or second centrifugal impeller The wind or air supply is separately performed in four directions to increase the area and range of the air supply.

Preferably, a first upper air deflector 51 is further disposed on the casing 1 at a position of the first upper air outlet 21, and/or the first centrifugation is located on the casing 1 a first lower air deflector 52 is further disposed at a position of the first lower air outlet 22 at a lower end of the impeller 2, and/or is located at a left end of the first centrifugal impeller 2 on the casing 1 A first left air deflector 53 is further disposed at a position of the left air outlet 23, and/or a position of the first right air outlet 24 at the right end of the first centrifugal impeller 2 on the casing 1 A first right air deflector 54 is also provided. According to the above configuration, the wind deflector can be disposed at a position of at least one of the four air outlets of the first centrifugal impeller, and can guide the air in the plurality of directions of the first centrifugal impeller, and can output the wind according to actual needs. The wind direction has a reasonable and effective control effect.

Preferably, a second upper air deflector 61 is further disposed on the casing 1 at a position of the second upper air outlet 31 at an upper end of the second centrifugal impeller 3, and/or in the machine A second lower air deflector 62 is further disposed on the casing 1 at a position of the second lower air outlet 32 at a lower end of the second centrifugal impeller 3, and/or is located on the casing 1 A second left air deflector 63 is further disposed at a position of the second left air outlet 33 of the left end of the centrifugal impeller 3, and/or is located at the right end of the second centrifugal impeller 3 on the casing 1 A second right air deflector 64 is also disposed at a position of the second right air outlet 34. According to the above configuration, the wind deflector can be disposed at a position of at least one of the four air outlets of the second centrifugal impeller, and the wind can be guided in multiple directions of the second centrifugal impeller, and the wind can be output according to actual needs. The wind direction has a reasonable and effective control effect.

Preferably, a central wind deflector 7 is further disposed at a position of the central air outlet 4 at an intermediate position between the first centrifugal impeller 2 and the second centrifugal impeller 3 on the casing 1. . The wind coming out from the middle of the first and second centrifugal impellers can be guided by the structure of the central air deflector at the position of the central air outlet at an intermediate position between the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller, It can reasonably and effectively control the wind direction of the place according to actual needs.

As shown in FIG. 3, preferably, the middle air deflector 7 has two pieces, which are a first middle air deflector 71 and a second middle air deflector 72, and the first middle air deflector 71 is disposed in the The casing 1 is located at a position of the central air outlet 4 near the first centrifugal impeller 2, and the second central air deflector 72 is disposed on the casing 1 at the central air outlet 4 near the The position of the second centrifugal impeller 3. By providing the structure of the two air deflectors at the above positions, the winds from the first and second centrifugal impellers can be respectively guided separately, and the wind directions of the two places can be separately determined according to actual needs. get on Reasonable and effective control.

As shown in FIG. 3, preferably, the first middle air deflector 71 can be rotated through the one end thereof in the range of 0-90° around the other end; and/or the second middle air deflector 72 can pass. One end rotates around the other end in the range of 0-90°. By arranging the first and/or second central air deflectors in such a manner that they can be rotated around the respective ends in the above-mentioned angular range, the direction of the wind can be optimized according to the direction of the wind and/or the direction of the actual wind. Control the regulation to make the air outlet range larger and more uniform.

Preferably, a first stepping motor 81 connected to and controlling the first central air deflector 71 is further included, and/or includes a second intermediate air deflector 72 connected to and controlled The second stepping motor 82 can control the two central air outlet air deflectors separately through the respective connected motors through the above-mentioned structural form, and can prevent condensation by heat preservation and opening.

As shown in FIGS. 1-3, preferably, the air conditioner is placed in a vertical direction such that the first centrifugal impeller 2 and the second centrifugal impeller 3 are arranged and arranged in a vertical direction, that is, The first centrifugal impeller 2 is located above, the second centrifugal impeller 3 is located below, or the first centrifugal impeller 2 is located below and the second centrifugal impeller 3 is located above. By placing the air conditioner in the vertical direction, the lower impeller can be independently opened during heating to realize hot air blowing by the carpet, and the upper impeller can be separately opened during cooling to achieve cold air blowing directly to the ceiling, which can make the upper and lower sides The wind saves the distance, improves the orientation, and has a good experience.

Preferably, the air conditioner is laterally disposed in a horizontal direction such that the first centrifugal impeller 2 and the second centrifugal impeller 3 are laterally arranged and arranged in a horizontal direction, that is, the first centrifugal impeller is located on the left side, The second centrifugal impeller is located to the right, or the first centrifugal impeller is located to the right and the second centrifugal impeller is located to the left. By arranging the horizontal direction of the air conditioner horizontally, the lower air outlet can be independently opened during heating to realize the hot air blowing by the carpet, and the upper air outlet is separately opened during cooling to realize the cold wind blowing directly to the ceiling, to a certain extent. Improve the cooling and heating efficiency, and increase the diversity of the wind.

Preferably, further comprising a first motor independently connected to the first centrifugal impeller 2, and a second motor independently connected to the second centrifugal impeller 3, the motor independently connected by two centrifugal fans, enabling two The motors independently control the two fans to independently control the two fans; and/or, respectively, separate evaporations at respective positions of the first centrifugal impeller 2 and the second centrifugal impeller 3 The device can separately assist the independent evaporator connected to it by two independent centrifugal impellers to realize the independent heat exchange control between the evaporators.

The invention also provides an air outlet control method with a multi-directional air outlet air conditioner, which uses the foregoing The air conditioner with multi-directional air outlet controls and regulates the air outlet process. The control method of the air conditioner having multi-directional air outlet of the present invention (including a method of providing an air outlet in a plurality of directions of the first and second centrifugal impellers and a central air outlet between the first and second centrifugal impellers), The position of the air outlet is expanded to make the air outlet range large, satisfying the wide range of air supply range, and effectively improving the comfort of the air supply; reaching the hot air at the lower end, the cold air at the upper end, and the auxiliary air output at the middle and the side. It guarantees the hot air of the carpet and blows the cold air upwards, which improves the comfort of the air supply.

Preferably, when the air conditioner is placed in a vertical direction, and when the air conditioner is heated, the lower centrifugal wind wheel is separately opened, and the upper centrifugal wind wheel is closed to form a carpet type hot air; when the air conditioner is cooled Open the upper centrifugal wind wheel separately and close the centrifugal wind wheel below to form the upward blowing cold air. This is a control method and a step for realizing the carpet type hot air heating and ceiling type cold air cooling in the preferred arrangement of the air conditioner of the present invention (vertical placement), thereby effectively realizing the saving and comfort of the wind path. Sexuality and experience are good.

Preferably, when the air conditioner is placed horizontally in the horizontal direction, and when the air conditioner is heated, the air outlets under the two centrifugal wind wheels are separately opened, and the other air outlets are closed to form a carpet-type hot air; When the device is cooled, the air outlets above the two centrifugal wind wheels are separately opened, and the other air outlets are closed to form an upward blowing cold air. This is a control method and a step for realizing the carpet-type hot air heating and ceiling type cold air cooling in the preferred arrangement of the air conditioner of the present invention (horizontal horizontal placement), thereby effectively realizing the saving and comfort of the wind path. Sexuality and experience are good.

Preferably, the left and right air outlets and the central air outlet of the two centrifugal impellers are opened. This is a further preferred auxiliary air outlet form of the air conditioner of the present invention in the vertical placement and the horizontal horizontal placement mode, which can effectively increase the air volume under the vertical placement and the horizontal horizontal placement mode. The experience of "wind wall" in the direction of the air conditioner is improved, and the comfort of the human body is improved.

The working principle and preferred embodiment of the present invention are described below.

The invention opens the air outlet of the middle of the conventional double centrifugal fan air conditioner, expands the position of the air outlet, reaches the hot air at the lower end, and the cold air at the upper end, and the effect of the central and side assisting the air, ensuring the hot air of the carpet and blowing the cold wind upward. Improves the comfort of the air supply.

Solved the following technical problems

1. Solve the problem of small airflow range, taking into account the best airflow direction of cooling and heating.

2, to avoid a single "line type" air supply, to achieve "face type" air supply.

Beneficial effects:

The cold air is blown upwards, and the hot air is blown along the ground to improve comfort.

The invention changes the placement direction of the traditional double centrifugal fan air conditioner (as shown in Fig. 1), and increases the air outlet between the two blades to achieve the effect of air outlet on each side of the blade. Each fan is equipped with a separate evaporator. The two motors control the two blades separately. When heating, the lower blades can be independently opened. The carpets can be sent to the hot air. When cooling, the upper blades can be opened separately, so that the cold wind blows directly to the ceiling.

The upper and lower air deflectors of the air conditioner can be independently controlled, and the structure of the air deflector of the central air outlet is as shown in Fig. 3. The two air deflectors can be separately controlled by the motor, and the condensation can be prevented by heat preservation and opening. The combined opening and closing of the air outlet achieves high efficiency and energy saving while meeting the cooling (heat) demand, and the left and right side and middle air outlets assist in blowing air, increasing the air volume, so that the air conditioner has a "wind wall" experience and improves comfort. .

The air outlet mode of the multi-ventilation combination greatly expands the direction of the air supply, increases the diversity of the air volume selection, and the vertical arrangement saves the wind on the upper and lower sides, improves the guiding and the sense of experience. good.

Scheme 2: The vertical air conditioners are placed in a normal lateral direction to improve the cooling and heating efficiency to a certain extent, and the diversity of the wind is improved.

It will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the above advantageous modes can be freely combined and superimposed without conflict.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection of the present invention. Within the scope. The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that those skilled in the art can make several improvements and modifications without departing from the technical principles of the present invention. It should also be considered as the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

An air conditioner having a multi-directional air outlet, comprising: a casing (1) and a first centrifugal impeller (2) and a second centrifugal impeller (3) disposed adjacent to each other inside the casing (1) an air outlet is disposed at each of four positions of the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3) in the radial direction, the lower side, the left side, and the right side, and is in the casing (1) A central air outlet (4) is further disposed between the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3) along a tangential direction of the two.
The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air outlet of the first centrifugal impeller (2) includes a first upper air outlet (21) disposed at an upper end thereof, and a first lower airout disposed at a lower end thereof a tuyere (22), a first left air outlet (23) disposed at a left end thereof, and a first right air outlet (24) disposed at a right end thereof; and/or an air outlet of the second centrifugal impeller (3) The utility model comprises a second upper air outlet (31) disposed at an upper end thereof, a second lower air outlet (32) disposed at a lower end thereof, a second left air outlet (33) disposed at a left end thereof, and a second disposed at a right end thereof Second right outlet (34).
The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein a first upper air deflector (51) is further disposed at a position of the first upper air outlet (21) on the casing (1), And/or a first lower air deflector (52) is further disposed at the position of the first lower air outlet (22) on the casing (1), and/or in the casing ( 1) a first left air deflector (53) is further disposed at a position of the first left air outlet (23), and/or is located at the first right exit on the cabinet (1) A first right air deflector (54) is also disposed at the location of the tuyere (24).
The air conditioner according to any one of claims 2 to 3, characterized in that a second upper air deflector is further disposed at a position of the second upper air outlet (31) on the casing (1) (61), and/or, at the position of the second lower air outlet (32) on the casing (1), a second lower air deflector (62) is further disposed, and/or a second left air deflector (63) is further disposed at a position of the second left air outlet (33) on the casing (1), and/or is located on the casing (1) A second right air deflector (64) is also disposed at the position of the second right air outlet (34).
The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the casing (1) is located between the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3) A central air deflector (7) is further disposed at a position of the central air outlet (4).
The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein said middle air deflector (7) has two a first middle air deflector (71) and a second middle air deflector (72), wherein the first middle air deflector (71) is disposed on the casing (1) at the central air outlet (4) near the first centrifugal impeller (2), the second middle air deflector (72) is disposed on the casing (1) at the central air outlet (4) near the At the position of the second centrifugal impeller (3).
The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein said first middle air deflector (71) is rotatable in the range of 0-90 degrees around the other end by one end thereof; and/or said second The central air deflector (72) is capable of rotating in the range of 0-90 degrees around the other end through one end thereof.
The air conditioner according to any one of claims 6 to 7, characterized by further comprising a first stepping motor (81) connected to and controlling the first middle air deflector (71), and / Or, comprising a second stepper motor (82) coupled to and controlling the second central air deflector (72).
The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the air conditioner is placed in a vertical direction such that the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3) are along Arrange and arrange vertically.
The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the air conditioner is laterally disposed in a horizontal direction such that the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3) are along Horizontally arranged and arranged horizontally.
The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a first motor independently connected to said first centrifugal impeller (2), and independently connected to said second centrifugal impeller (3) A second motor, and/or a separate evaporator is disposed at respective locations of the first centrifugal impeller (2) and the second centrifugal impeller (3).
An air outlet control method with a multi-directional air outlet air conditioner, characterized in that an air conditioner having a multi-directional air outlet according to any one of claims 1 to 11 is used to control and adjust an air outlet process.
The air outlet control method for an air conditioner according to claim 12, wherein when the air conditioner is placed in a vertical direction, and when the air conditioner is heated, the lower centrifugal wind wheel is separately opened, and the upper side is closed. The centrifugal wind wheel forms a carpet type to send hot air; when the air conditioner is cooled, the upper centrifugal wind wheel is separately opened, and the lower centrifugal wind wheel is closed to form an upward blowing cold air.
The air outlet control method for an air conditioner according to claim 12, wherein when the air conditioner is placed horizontally in a horizontal direction, and when the air conditioner is heated, the outlets under the two centrifugal wind wheels are separately opened. Air outlet, close other air outlets, form a carpet-type hot air; when the air conditioner is cooled, open separately The air outlets above the two centrifugal wind wheels and the other air outlets are closed to form an upward blowing cold air.
The air outlet control method for an air conditioner according to any one of claims 13 to 14, characterized in that the left and right air outlets and the central air outlet of the two centrifugal impellers are opened.