WO2020000556A1

WO2020000556A1 - Mobile air conditioner

Info

Publication number: WO2020000556A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/097438
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘刚
Original assignee: 广东美的制冷设备有限公司; 美的集团股份有限公司
Priority date: 2018-06-29
Filing date: 2018-07-27
Publication date: 2020-01-02
Also published as: CN108518749A

Abstract

A mobile air conditioner, comprising a housing (100), an air discharge volute (500), and a connecting joint (400); an accommodating groove (200) for accommodating an air discharge pipe (300) of the air conditioner is disposed in the housing (100), and a lower end plate of the accommodating groove (200) is provided with a through hole (201); the air discharge volute (500) is arranged below the accommodating groove (200); and the connecting joint (400) is arranged to correspond to the through hole (201), one end of the connecting joint (400) being connected to the air discharge pipe (300), and the other end being connected to an air outlet of the air discharge volute (500).

Description

Mobile Air Conditioning Ranch

Technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of household appliances, and in particular, to a mobile air conditioner.

Background technique

The air conditioner usually includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. After installation, the position is fixed, the removal of the machine is difficult, and the overall structure is relatively large. The mobile air conditioner is an integrated air conditioner, which is small in size, convenient to move, and has a compact internal structure design. The mobile air conditioner has an exhaust pipe leading to the outdoor. Generally, the exhaust pipe is a retractable hose. One end of the exhaust pipe is connected to the exhaust port of the mobile air conditioner, and the other end faces the outdoor. Generally, the exhaust port of the mobile air conditioner is set on the back panel and vents to the rear. Due to the packaging of the whole machine, the exhaust duct cannot be predicted. Installation to the air outlet requires the user to install it by himself. Installation by the user is prone to the problem of unstable installation. In order to avoid the inconvenience of installation by the user, an accommodating groove for accommodating the exhaust pipe is provided in the casing, and the air outlet of the exhaust volute is disposed at the lower end of the accommodating groove. The existing installation method of the exhaust pipe is not suitable for this structure. It should be noted that the background technology is not equal to the prior art.

Summary of the invention

The main purpose of this application is to propose a mobile air conditioner, which aims to solve the problem that the exhaust pipe is not easy to install due to being accommodated in the accommodating groove.

In order to achieve the above object, the mobile air conditioner provided by the present application includes a housing, an exhaust volute, and a connector; the housing has a receiving slot therein to receive an exhaust pipe of the mobile air conditioner, and a lower end plate of the receiving slot is provided with A through hole; the exhaust volute is provided below the accommodation slot; the connector is provided corresponding to the through hole, one end of the connector is connected to the exhaust pipe, and the other end is connected to the exhaust air The air outlet of the volute is connected.

Optionally, the exhaust volute is provided with two chute grooves located on the left and right sides of the air outlet, the two chute grooves extend forward and backward and the rear end is open; and the lower end of the connector is provided with the two Slide rails adapted to the chute; or the exhaust volute is provided with two slide rails located on the left and right sides of the air outlet, the two slide rails extend back and forth, and the lower end of the connector is provided with the slide rails Rail-fitting chute.

Optionally, the exhaust volute is further provided with a limiting rib connecting two front ends of the chute; the limiting rib is provided on the front side of the air outlet.

Optionally, the limiting rib forms a limiting groove, and the front side of the lower end of the connecting head is provided with a convex rib adapted to the limiting groove.

Optionally, the rear side of the lower end of the connector is in contact with the rear side of the housing.

Optionally, a part of the exhaust volute having an air outlet passes through the through hole and is located in the accommodating slot, so that a connection point between the connector and the exhaust volute is located in the accommodation. Inside the slot.

Optionally, a lock is provided at the rear end of at least one of the chute.

Optionally, the lower end of the connection head extends through the through hole to below the accommodation slot, and the exhaust volute is connected to the lower end of the connection head.

Optionally, the connecting head is integrally formed with the casing; or the connecting head is integrally formed with the exhaust volute.

Optionally, when the connection head is integrally formed with the exhaust volute, a lower end of the front side plate of the accommodation groove is provided with an avoidance gap to avoid the connection head.

Optionally, a connection ring is provided at the lower end of the exhaust pipe, a sinker adapted to the connection ring is provided at the upper end of the connection head, and a buckle is provided at the upper end of the connection head, and the connection ring The buckle is held in the sink.

The technical solution of the present application adopts a connector having an upper end connecting the exhaust pipe and a lower end connecting the exhaust volute, and an accommodation groove for accommodating the exhaust pipe of the mobile air conditioner is provided in the casing, and the lower end of the accommodation groove is opened. A through hole, and the exhaust volute is arranged below the accommodating groove, so that the air outlet of the exhaust volute corresponds to the through hole, so that the exhaust pipe, the connector and the exhaust volute are connected through the through hole, simplifying The connecting process is overcome, and the problem of inconvenient installation of the exhaust pipe caused by the restriction of the degree of freedom of the exhaust pipe by the containing groove is overcome.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to explain the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art more clearly, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are merely These are some embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on the structure shown in these drawings without paying creative labor.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of an embodiment of a mobile air conditioner of the present application; FIG.

2 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of an embodiment of a mobile air conditioner according to the present application;

3 is another schematic diagram of a partial structure of an embodiment of a mobile air conditioner according to the present application;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an exhaust volute of an embodiment of a mobile air conditioner of the present application;

5 is a partially enlarged view of the area A in FIG. 4;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector of an embodiment of a mobile air conditioner of the present application;

7 is another schematic diagram of a connector structure of an embodiment of a mobile air conditioner according to the present application;

8 is a schematic structural diagram of an exhaust pipe of an embodiment of a mobile air conditioner of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an assembly structure of an exhaust volute and a connector of a mobile air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

10 is a schematic structural diagram of an exhaust volute of another embodiment of a mobile air conditioner of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a receiving slot according to another embodiment of the mobile air conditioner of the present application.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

标号Label	名称name	标号Label	名称name
100100	壳体case	400400	连接头Connector
200200	容置槽Receiving slot	401401	滑轨Slide rail
201201	通孔Through hole	402402	凸筋Rib
202202	避让缺口Avoid the gap	500500	排风蜗壳Exhaust volute
300300	排风管Exhaust pipe	501501	出风口Air outlet
301301	管体Body	502502	限位筋Stop bar
302302	连接圈Connection circle	503503	滑槽Chute

The implementation, functional characteristics and advantages of the purpose of this application will be further described with reference to the embodiments and the drawings.

detailed description

In the following, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of this application.

It should be noted that if there is a directional indication (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the embodiment of the present application, the directional indication is only used to explain in a specific posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings) (Shown) the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. of the components below, if the specific posture changes, the directional indicator will change accordingly.

In addition, if there are descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present application, the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. are only used for description purposes, and cannot be understood as instructions or hints Its relative importance or implicitly indicates the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but must be based on those that can be realized by a person of ordinary skill in the art. When the combination of technical solutions conflicts or cannot be achieved, such a combination of technical solutions should be considered nonexistent. Is not within the scope of protection claimed in this application.

The mobile air conditioner needs to be installed with an exhaust pipe connected to the outdoor. The exhaust pipe is installed at the air outlet of the exhaust volute. Generally, the direction of the air outlet of the air outlet of the exhaust volute is toward the rear of the mobile air conditioner. It protrudes and extends to one side of the outer shell of the mobile air conditioner, the protruding part forms an air outlet, and the exhaust pipe is connected to the exhaust volute at the air outlet through a buckle, a hoop or a screw. This type of mobile air conditioner requires separate packaging of the exhaust duct and the main unit of the air conditioner. Even if a single packing box is used for packaging, the packaging volume is relatively large. Therefore, a structure in which the exhaust duct is housed inside the casing of the mobile air conditioner is designed. This new structure requires an accommodating groove for accommodating the exhaust pipe inside the housing of the mobile air conditioner. Considering the volume requirements of the mobile air conditioner, the width of the accommodating groove can just accommodate the exhaust pipe. In addition, considering that the height of the mobile air conditioner is usually greater than the width, and the exhaust pipe also needs a large maximum extension length, the length direction of the accommodation groove is consistent with the height direction of the mobile air conditioner. The air outlet of the exhaust volute communicates with the accommodation groove. The through hole of the lower end plate, the lower end of the exhaust pipe is installed at the part of the exhaust volute forming the air outlet. However, when the exhaust pipe is installed at the air outlet, because the exhaust pipe is arranged in the accommodation groove, it is limited by the space of the accommodation groove, and the degree of freedom is very small. It will become difficult to install the ordinary connection method. Therefore, this application proposes a mobile air conditioner to solve the problem that the exhaust pipe of such a mobile air conditioner is difficult to install.

It should be noted that the technical solution of the present application is described by taking a mobile air conditioner having a height greater than a width as an example. Applying the same solution to a mobile air conditioner having a width greater than a height is equivalent in the art and belongs to the technical solution of the present application. The conventional deformation also belongs to the scope protected by the claims of this application.

In the embodiment of the present application, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 8, the front, rear, left, and right are defined on the basis of the panel where the indoor air outlet of the mobile air conditioner is located and the other side opposite to it , Up, down three-dimensional direction.

The mobile air conditioner includes a housing 100, an exhaust volute 500, and a connector 400. The housing 100 has a receiving slot 200 therein for receiving the exhaust pipe 300 of the mobile air conditioner. A lower end plate of the receiving slot 200 is provided. A through-hole 201; the exhaust volute 500 is disposed below the accommodating groove 200; the connector 400 is provided corresponding to the through-hole 201, and one end of the connector 400 is connected to the exhaust pipe 300, The other end is connected to the air outlet 501 of the exhaust volute 500.

Specifically, an accommodation groove 200 having a width and a depth capable of accommodating the exhaust pipe 300 is provided on the inner side of the side panels of the mobile air-conditioning casing 100 or the inner side of the back plate. In the embodiment of the present application, the accommodation groove 200 is provided on the back plate. As an example. The slot opening of the accommodating groove 200 is opened backward, and the exhaust pipe 300 uses a retractable bellows as the pipe body 301. The length of the accommodating groove 200 is longer than the shortest length of the exhaust pipe 300, so that the exhaust pipe 300 can It is completely contained in the containing groove 200, and the upper end of the exhaust pipe 300 can be pulled out from the opening of the containing groove 200. The exhaust volute 500 is disposed below the interior of the casing 100, and the air outlet 501 formed by the exhaust volute 500 is disposed opposite the lower end plate of the accommodation groove 200. A through hole 201 is defined in the lower end plate of the receiving groove 200. The connection head 400, the exhaust pipe 300 and the exhaust volute 500 are connected through the through hole 201.

In order to facilitate the connection and installation between the exhaust pipe 300 and the main unit of the mobile air conditioner, a connector 400 is provided between the exhaust pipe 300 and the exhaust volute 500, and the exhaust pipe 300 and the exhaust volute 500 are connected through the connector 400. The connector 400 includes upper and lower ends; the lower end of the connector 400 is connected to the exhaust volute 500, and the lower end of the exhaust pipe is provided with a connection ring 302. The upper end of the connector 400 has a sink groove adapted to the connection ring 302. The upper end of the connector 400 is further provided with a buckle, and the connection ring 302 is held in the sink by the buckle. In this way, the connection between the exhaust pipe 300 and the connector 400 can be completed by directly pressing the connection ring 302 of the pipe body 301 into the sink at the upper end of the connector 400. The connector 400, as a component directly connected to the exhaust pipe 300, needs to be provided at the lower end of the accommodating groove 200 so as to connect the exhaust pipe 300 and the exhaust volute 500.

Please also refer to FIGS. 9 to 11.

The connection head 400 may be used as a single component, or may be integrated with the casing 100 or the exhaust volute 500.

When the connection head 400 is used alone as a component or is integrally provided with the housing 100, the connection head 400 and the exhaust volute 500 are slidably connected by means of a groove-rail cooperation. Specifically, the exhaust volute 500 is provided with two sliding grooves 503 located on the left and right sides of the air outlet 501. The two sliding grooves 503 extend forward and backward and the rear ends of the two sliding grooves 503 are open. The lower end of the connector 400 is provided with two The slide rail 503 slides and fits the slide rail 401, and the slide rail 401 at the lower end of the connection head 400 slides from the openings of the two slide grooves 503 into the two slide grooves 503 from back to front. The opening directions of the two sliding grooves 503 are opposite to the left and right, and the slide rail 401 is clamped in the two sliding grooves 503 in the up-down and left-right directions to fix the connection head 400 in the up-down and left-right directions. In other embodiments, slide rails located on the left and right sides of the air outlet 501 may be provided on the exhaust volute 500. The two slide rails extend back and forth, and the connecting head 400 is provided with slide grooves adapted to the sliding connection of the two slide rails. .

During specific installation, the exhaust pipe 300 can be first snapped onto the connector 400, and then the connector 400 and the exhaust pipe 300 can be directly slid and installed on the exhaust volute 500. The operation is simple and the capacity is completely avoided. The space of the placing groove 200 is narrow, which causes inconvenience when installing the exhaust pipe 300.

The slide groove 503 is provided on the exhaust volute 500 as an example for further description. When the connector 400 is used as a separate component and the air outlet 501 of the exhaust volute 500 is located below the accommodation slot 200, after the exhaust pipe 300 is clamped on the connector 400, the lower end of the connector 400 needs to be raised from above Then pass through the through hole 201, and then slide the connector 400 along with the housing 100 forward and backward to the exhaust volute 500; after the connector 400 is installed on the exhaust volute 500, The exhaust duct 300 snaps into the connection head 400. Because of this arrangement, the lower end of the connector 400 needs to be installed on the exhaust volute 500 through the through hole 201 from above the through hole 201, so that the lower end of the connector 400 can smoothly pass through the through hole 201, and the lower end of the connector 400 The radial dimension is smaller than the radial dimension of the through hole 201. After the lower end of the connector 400 passes through the through hole 201, it has a certain degree of freedom with respect to the housing 100, and can move within a range in the front-rear direction. In order to keep the connector 400 fixed in the front-rear direction when the connector 400 is slidingly mounted on the exhaust volute 500, a limiting rib 502 is provided on the exhaust volute 500. The limiting rib 502 is connected to the two sliding grooves 503 and is provided on the air outlet 501. On the front side, when the connector 400 is slid into place, the front side of the connector 400 abuts the limiting rib 502 to prevent the connector 400 from being installed in place due to excessive or insufficient sliding, and the lower end of the connector 400 is installed in the exhaust air. When the volute 500 is mounted, its installation position is inside, and it cannot be directly observed when the rear side plate of the casing 100 covers the casing 100. Therefore, the positioning ribs 502 can ensure that the connector 400 is in a row without direct observation. The wind volute 500 is installed in place. The lower end of the connector 400 is located below the accommodating groove 200 and is located inside the housing 100. After the connector 400 is installed in place, the inside of the housing 100 abuts against the rear side of the lower end of the connector 400 to pass through the exhaust volute The limiting ribs 502 on 500 together fix the connecting head 400 in the front-rear direction.

In order to reduce design factors that may cause air leakage between the connector 400 and the exhaust volute 500, a limiting groove is provided on the limiting rib 502 of the exhaust volute 500, and a limiting groove is provided on the front side of the lower end of the lower joint. The adapted convex rib 402 is snapped into the limiting groove and connected with the slide rail 401 at the lower end of the lower joint. The limiting groove is connected to the sliding groove 503 of the exhaust volute 500. In this way, the slide rail 401 is locked into the sliding groove 503 and the convex rib 402 is locked into the limiting groove. The left and right sides of the air outlet 501 and the front side are better formed. Seal structure. This structure undergoes a simple sealing process, such as providing a gasket, which can achieve a good sealing effect and effectively prevent air leakage.

When the connector 400 is used as a single component and the air outlet 501 of the exhaust volute 500 is located in the accommodating groove 200, a part of the air outlet volute 500 having the air outlet 501 passes through the through hole 201, and the connector 400 and the exhaust volute The connection point of 500 is located in the accommodation slot 200. At this time, the housing 100 is pre-assembled. After the exhaust pipe 300 is snapped onto the connector 400, it slides along the slots 503 on both sides of the air outlet 501 of the exhaust volute 500 along with the connector 400. The installation process is simple. Convenient.

After the connector 400 is slidingly mounted to the exhaust volute 500, an additional fixing member needs to be provided for limiting and fixing in the front-rear direction. The present application proposes a simple and practical fixing method. A locking buckle is provided at the rear end of at least one chute 503 of the exhaust volute 500 to lock and fix the connector 400 after the connector 400 is installed in place. Therefore, the connecting head 400 is restricted in the front-rear direction to prevent the connecting head 400 from sliding out accidentally.

The connector 400 is integrated with the housing 100. Compared to the connector 400 as a separate component, the connector 400 needs to be disposed at the lower end of the accommodation slot 200, and the process of installing the connector 400 to the exhaust volute 500 is simplified. In order to connect the connector 400 with the housing 100 from the front to the back, the connector 400 is slid into place at the same time when the housing 100 is installed in place, and the installation process is simpler.

When the connecting head 400 is integrated with the exhaust volute 500, the air outlet 501 is formed at the connecting head 400. In order to facilitate the installation of the exhaust pipe 300 on the connecting head 400, the upper end of the connecting head 400 needs to be set above the lower end plate of the receiving groove 200, so that the upper end of the connecting head 400 protrudes upward from the lower end plate in the receiving groove 200. . When the housing 100 is installed, the receiving groove 200 needs to correspond to the connecting head 400. At this time, in order to facilitate the upper end of the connecting head 400 to extend into the receiving groove 200 from below, the aperture of the through hole 201 of the lower end plate of the receiving groove 200 is larger than The outer diameter of the upper end of the connecting head 400 allows the connecting head 400 to pass through the through hole 201 from bottom to top without any obstacle. Alternatively, an avoidance notch 202 is provided at the lower end of the bottom plate on the front side of the accommodation groove 200, and the avoidance notch 202 and the through hole 201 form an installation position of the connection head 400. After installation, the exhaust volute 500 is fixed inside the housing 100, The accommodating slot 200 follows the housing 100 from front to back, and the connector 400 passes through the avoidance gap 202 and enters the through hole 201. The integrated formation of the connector 400 and the exhaust volute 500 can reduce the steps of installing the exhaust pipe 300 on the exhaust volute 500, so that when the exhaust pipe 300 is installed, only the pipe body 301 is pressed down into the upper end of the connector 400 to form Just sink.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present application, and thus do not limit the patent scope of the present application. Under the inventive concept of the present application, equivalent structural transformations made by the specification and drawings of the present application, or direct / indirect use All other related technical fields are covered by the patent protection scope of this application.

Claims

A mobile air conditioner, comprising:

A housing having a receiving groove therein to receive an exhaust pipe of a mobile air conditioner, and a lower hole of the receiving groove is provided with a through hole;

The exhaust volute is arranged below the containing groove;

A connector that is provided corresponding to the through hole, the connector has an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the connector is connected to the exhaust pipe, and the lower end of the connector is connected to the exhaust volute Air outlet connection.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a slot of the accommodating groove is opened rearward.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the exhaust volute is provided with two chute grooves located on the left and right sides of the air outlet, and the two chute grooves extend forward and backward and the rear end is open; A lower end of the connecting head is provided with a sliding rail adapted to the two sliding grooves; or,

The exhaust volute is provided with two slide rails located on the left and right sides of the air outlet, the two slide rails extend back and forth, and a lower groove of the connector is provided with a slide groove adapted to the slide rail.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the exhaust volute is further provided with a limiting rib connecting two front ends of the chute; the limiting rib is provided on the front side of the air outlet.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the limiting ribs form a limiting groove, and a front side of a lower end of the connector is provided with a convex rib adapted to the limiting groove.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein a rear side of a lower end of the connector is in contact with a rear side of the housing.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein a part of the exhaust volute with an air outlet passes through the through hole and is located in the accommodation slot, so that the connector and the exhaust air The connection place of the volute is located in the receiving groove.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein a rear end of at least one of the chute is provided with a lock.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the lower end of the connector extends through the through hole to the lower portion of the accommodation slot, and the exhaust volute is connected to the lower end of the connector .
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the connector is integrally formed with the housing;
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the connection head is integrally formed with the exhaust volute.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 11, wherein a lower end of a front side plate of the accommodating groove is provided with an avoidance notch to avoid the connector.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a lower end of the exhaust pipe is provided with a connecting ring, an upper end of the connecting head is provided with a sink groove adapted to the connecting ring, and the upper end of the connecting head is also A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein a connecting ring is provided at a lower end of the exhaust pipe, an upper end of the connecting head has a sink groove adapted to the connecting ring, and an upper end of the connecting head is further A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein a connecting ring is provided at the lower end of the exhaust pipe, an upper end of the connecting head has a sink groove adapted to the connecting ring, and the upper end of the connecting head is also A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein a lower end of the exhaust pipe is provided with a connecting ring, an upper end of the connecting head is provided with a sink groove adapted to the connecting ring, and the upper end of the connecting head is further A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein a connection ring is provided at a lower end of the exhaust pipe, an upper end of the connection head has a sink groove adapted to the connection ring, and an upper end of the connection head is further A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein a lower end of the exhaust pipe is provided with a connecting ring, an upper end of the connecting head is provided with a sink groove adapted to the connecting ring, and the upper end of the connecting head is further A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein a connection ring is provided at a lower end of the exhaust pipe, an upper end of the connection head has a sink groove adapted to the connection ring, and an upper end of the connection head is further A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 12, wherein a lower end of the exhaust pipe is provided with a connecting ring, an upper end of the connecting head has a sink groove adapted to the connecting ring, and the upper end of the connecting head is also A buckle is provided, and the connecting ring is held in the sink by the buckle. Ranch