WO2020199561A1

WO2020199561A1 - Movable air conditioner

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Publication number: WO2020199561A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/113414
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: 2019-03-29
Filing date: 2019-10-25
Publication date: 2020-10-08
Also published as: CN209819730U

Abstract

A movable air conditioner comprises an air conditioner main body (100), a flexible air exhaust pipe (200) and an adapter (300) having a first interface (311) and a second interface (321). The adapter (300) is connected to the air conditioner main body (100) by means of the first interface (311), and is connected to the flexible air exhaust pipe (200) by means of the second interface (321). The second interface (321) has an upward opening such that the flexible air exhaust pipe (200), when in a stored state, is in a vertical position on the adapter (300).

Description

Mobile Air Conditioning To

This application claims the priority of a Chinese patent application filed with the Chinese Patent Office with the application number 201920428836.X and the invention name "Mobile Air Conditioner" on March 29, 2019, the entire content of which is incorporated into this application by reference.

Technical field

The invention relates to the field of air conditioners, in particular to a mobile air conditioner.

Background technique

As shown in Fig. 1, an exemplary mobile air conditioner has an exhaust pipe directly connected to the back of the air conditioner body. In this way, when storing the exhaust duct or moving the air conditioner, the exhaust duct can only be folded, and repeated folding of the exhaust duct easily causes the exhaust duct plastic fatigue, and cannot be bent or damaged. Therefore, when moving or transporting the mobile air conditioner, the exhaust pipe can only be removed, and after the movement is completed, the exhaust pipe can be reinstalled, which is very inconvenient.

Summary of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to propose a mobile air conditioner, which aims to solve the technical problem of inconvenient storage of the existing mobile air conditioner exhaust duct.

In order to achieve the above objective, the mobile air conditioner proposed by the present invention includes an air conditioner body, a flexible exhaust pipe, and an adapter pipe. The adapter pipe has a first interface and a second interface. The adapter pipe communicates with the adapter through the first interface. The air conditioner body is connected, the adapter pipe is connected to the flexible exhaust pipe through the second interface, and the opening of the second interface faces upwards for the flexible exhaust pipe to stand on the adapter pipe when being stored .

Optionally, the adapter tube includes a second tube body, the end of the second tube body is formed with the second interface, and the angle between the second tube body and the horizontal plane is 70°-90°.

Optionally, the extension direction of the second tube body is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

Optionally, the end of the flexible exhaust pipe away from the adapter pipe is not higher than the top of the air conditioner body.

Optionally, the angle between the second tube body and the horizontal plane is 80°-90°.

Optionally, the second tube body is inclined toward the air conditioner body.

Optionally, the adapter tube further includes a first tube body, an end of the first tube body is formed with the first interface, and the first tube body is parallel to a horizontal plane.

Optionally, the adapter tube is an arc-shaped tube, and the first interface and the second interface are respectively formed at two ends of the adapter tube.

Optionally, the adapter tube is set as an arc tube with a radian of 90°.

Optionally, the adapter tube is in the form of a broken line.

Optionally, the transfer pipe is rotatably connected with the air conditioner body.

Optionally, the transfer pipe is fixedly connected to the air conditioner body.

Optionally, the flexible exhaust pipe is a corrugated pipe.

Optionally, the transfer pipe is detachably connected to the air conditioner body.

Optionally, the adapter pipe is detachably connected to the flexible exhaust pipe.

The technical scheme of the present invention connects the flexible exhaust pipe to the air conditioner body through the adapter pipe, and sets the opening of the second interface of the adapter pipe upward, so that the flexible exhaust pipe can stand on the adapter pipe, which is compatible with the existing flexible exhaust pipe. Compared with the mobile air conditioner in which the air conditioner body is directly connected, the mobile air conditioner of the present application has the advantage that the flexible exhaust pipe is convenient for storage.

Description of the drawings

In order to more clearly describe the technical solutions in the embodiments or exemplary technologies of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or exemplary technologies. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are merely These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative work, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an exemplary mobile air conditioner;

2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an embodiment of the mobile air conditioner according to the present invention in use;

Figure 3 is a schematic structural view of the flexible exhaust pipe standing on the adapter pipe in the embodiment shown in Figure 2;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a transfer pipe in another embodiment of the mobile air conditioner of the present invention.

Description with icon number:

Label	name	Label	name
100	Air conditioner body	110	Backplane
200	Flexible exhaust pipe	300	Adapter tube
310	First tube	311	First interface
320	Second tube	321	Second interface

The realization of the objectives, functional characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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

In addition, if there are descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. are only set for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as instructions or implications. Its relative importance or implicitly indicates the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" in the full text means that it includes three parallel schemes. Taking "A and/or B" as an example, it includes scheme A, scheme B, or schemes in which both A and B meet. In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but it must be based on what can be achieved by a person of ordinary skill in the art. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be achieved, it should be considered that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist. , Is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

To solve the above problems, the present invention proposes a mobile air conditioner.

In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 2, the mobile air conditioner includes an air conditioner body 100 and a flexible exhaust duct 200. Generally, the air conditioner body 100 of the mobile air conditioner includes a back plate 110 (shown in FIG. 3), and the air outlet of the air conditioner body 100 is formed on the back plate 110. Generally speaking, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is connected to the exhaust port to discharge hot or cold air outside.

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the mobile air conditioner provided by the present invention further includes a transfer pipe 300 having a first interface 311 and a second interface 321. The adapter pipe 300 is connected to the air conditioner body 100 through the first interface 311, and is connected to the flexible exhaust duct 200 through the second interface 321. Wherein, the first interface 311 of the adapter pipe 300 is connected to the air outlet on the back plate 110, and the second interface 321 is connected to the air inlet at one end of the flexible air exhaust pipe 200. In the mobile air conditioner provided in this embodiment, the opening of the second interface 321 of the adapter pipe 300 faces upwards, so that the flexible exhaust pipe 200 stands on the adapter pipe 300.

It is worth noting that during the use of the mobile air conditioner, the placement surface of the air conditioner body 100 can be regarded as a horizontal plane. Usually, the horizontal plane is parallel to the ground. However, the opening of the second interface 321 of the adapter tube 300 in this embodiment faces upward, which means that the second interface 321 is opened toward the upper side of the horizontal plane. That is, when the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is installed on the adapter pipe 300, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 extends from the adapter pipe 300 in a direction away from the horizontal plane. Since the horizontal plane is generally parallel to the ground, the flexible exhaust duct 200 can also be considered to extend in a direction away from the ground. We know that under the action of external force, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 has the characteristics of expansion and contraction and bendable. When the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is not in use, it can be restored to its original shape under the action of its own internal force. However, the internal force of the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is limited. Therefore, when the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is installed on the adaptor pipe 300, the end of the flexible exhaust pipe 200 away from the adaptor pipe 300 may fall under the action of gravity, resulting in The flexible exhaust duct 200 is bent and even falls to the ground. In this embodiment, by setting the orientation of the second interface 321, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 can stand on the flexible exhaust pipe 200. The purpose is to enable the flexible exhaust pipe 200 to maintain a certain vertical shape in the storage state after the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is installed on the adapter pipe 300. That is, when only gravity is used as the flexible exhaust pipe 200, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 will not be bent greatly, or even one end will be attached to the ground.

It can be understood that since the adapter pipe 300 is connected to the air conditioner body 100 again, when the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is erected on the adapter pipe 300, it is equivalent to that the air conditioner body 100 provides support for the flexible exhaust pipe 200 through the adapter pipe 300 to make the flexible exhaust pipe 200 flexible. The exhaust duct 200 can be housed on the side of the air conditioner body 100. In this way, compared with the existing way of storing the exhaust pipe, it not only avoids damage to the flexible exhaust pipe 200 due to long-term bending, but also avoids the cumbersome disassembly and assembly of the flexible exhaust pipe 200 repeatedly. It can be seen that, compared with the existing mobile air conditioner, the mobile air conditioner provided by the present application has the advantage that the flexible exhaust duct 200 is easy to store.

In this embodiment, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is a plastic corrugated pipe. Plastic bellows have the advantages of strong fatigue resistance, good flexibility, and aging resistance. In other embodiments of the present application, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 may also be a metal corrugated pipe.

Please refer to FIG. 4, in an embodiment of the present application, the adapter tube 300 includes a first tube body 310 and a second tube body 320. The end of the first pipe body 310 is formed with a first interface 311, and the end of the second pipe body 320 is formed with a second interface 321. Wherein, a first interface 311 is formed at the end of the first tube body 310, and the first tube body 310 is arranged parallel to a horizontal plane. A second interface 321 is formed at the end of the second pipe body 320.

In the technical solution provided in the present application, the angle between the second tube body 320 and the horizontal plane is 70°-90°. That is, in the foregoing embodiment, it can be considered that the included angle between the first tube body 310 and the second tube body 320 is 70°-90°.

Wherein, regarding the first pipe body 310, taking the placement surface of the air conditioner body 100 as a horizontal plane, the direction of the air outlet of the air conditioner body 100 is a horizontal direction. Because the first pipe 300 is connected to the air conditioner body 100 through the first pipe body 310, and the first pipe body 310 is parallel to the horizontal plane, it can be considered that the first pipe body 310 extends in a horizontal direction. This arrangement can facilitate the gas generated by the air conditioner body 100 to flow into the adapter pipe 300, and also facilitate the gas to flow out of the adapter pipe 300, thereby facilitating the exhaust of the mobile air conditioner. In addition, the first pipe body 310 extends along the direction of the air outlet, which also facilitates the connection of the adapter pipe 300 and the air conditioner body 100. It should be noted that in other embodiments of the present application, the extending direction of the first tube body 310 may also be set at a certain angle to the horizontal direction, such as extending upward from the air outlet of the air conditioner body 100, or from the air conditioner body The exhaust port of 100 extends downward and so on.

Furthermore, regarding the second tube body 320, since the second interface 321 is formed at the end of the second tube body 320, the extending direction of the second tube body 320 can be regarded as the opening direction of the second interface 321. In the technical solution provided in this application, the second tube body 320 is set to have an included angle of 70°-90° with the horizontal plane. The reason is that when the angle between the second pipe body 320 and the horizontal plane is less than 70°, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 will bend to a large extent under the action of its own gravity, which will affect the rotation of the flexible exhaust pipe 200. Take over the placement effect on 300. When the angle between the second pipe body 320 and the horizontal plane is set to 90°, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 is set perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The direction of internal force is opposite. In an ideal state, the flexible exhaust pipe 200 will not bend. Although the actual situation is slightly different from the ideal state, the flexible exhaust duct 200 is still in the most difficult to bend state.

Based on the above technical solution of the present application, in an embodiment of the present application, the extending direction of the second tube body 320 is perpendicular to the horizontal plane, that is, the angle between the second tube body 320 and the horizontal plane is 90°. Considering that the extending direction of the first tube body 310 is parallel to the horizontal plane, it can be considered that the first tube body 310 is arranged perpendicular to the second tube body 320. Of course, in other embodiments of the present application, the included angle between the second tube body 320 and the horizontal plane may also be 70°, 75°, 80°, 85°, etc.

On the basis of this embodiment, the end of the flexible exhaust pipe 200 away from the adapter pipe 300 is not higher than the top of the air conditioner body 100. This arrangement not only saves the space occupied by the mobile air conditioner, and facilitates the movement and storage of the mobile air conditioner, but also has a simpler and more beautiful appearance. It is easier to gain the favor of consumers during product display, which is helpful for product sales.

It should be noted that when the angle between the second tube body 320 and one side of the horizontal plane is greater than 90°, it can be considered that the angle between the second tube body 320 and the other side of the direction is between 70° and 90°. °between. In other words, the flexible exhaust duct 200 is inclined at an angle of 70° on the horizontal plane until it is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present application, the second pipe body 320 is inclined toward the air conditioner body 100. In this way, when the flexible exhaust duct 200 is bent under the action of gravity, the air conditioner body 100 can provide support for the flexible exhaust duct 200 to improve the stability of the storage of the flexible exhaust duct 200.

It is worth noting that, in some embodiments of the present application, the first tube body 310 and the second tube body 320 may be directly connected at the other end forming the interface, so that the adapter tube 300 is in the shape of a broken line. A transition pipe body can also be provided between the first pipe body 310 and the second pipe body 320 to connect the two. Optionally, in order to facilitate the circulation of gas in the adapter tube 300, the transition tube body may be set in an arc shape.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 3, in an embodiment of the present application, the adapter tube 300 is configured as an arc tube. At this time, the two ends of the adapter tube 300 have part of the tube body that extends in the tangential direction of the arc-shaped tube, which can be regarded as the first tube body 310 and the second tube body 320 respectively. Correspondingly, the first interface 311 and the second interface 321 are respectively formed at two ends of the adapter tube 300. The advantage of setting the adapter tube 300 as an arc tube is that, firstly, the length of the adapter tube 300 can be shortened as much as possible to save costs; secondly, the flexible exhaust tube 200 can be made as close to the air conditioner body 100 as possible to reduce The space occupied by the mobile air conditioner is convenient for storage and transportation of the mobile air conditioner. Optionally, the adapter tube 300 is set as an arc tube with an arc of 90°.

Furthermore, the transfer pipe 300 is rotatably connected with the air conditioner body 100. The adapter pipe 300 and the air conditioner body 100 are arranged to be rotatably connected, and the angle of the adapter pipe 300 relative to the air conditioner body 100 can be adjusted adaptively according to different use environments. In this way, the extension direction of the flexible exhaust duct 200 can be changed correspondingly, so that the mobile air conditioner can adapt to various use environments and improve the applicability of the mobile air conditioner. Of course, in other embodiments of the present application, the transfer pipe 300 may also be fixedly connected to the air conditioner body 100.

In an embodiment of the present application, the adapter pipe 300 is detachably connected to the air conditioner body 100 and the flexible exhaust pipe 200. It can be understood that with this arrangement, the air conditioner body 100 and the adaptor pipe 300, the adaptor pipe 300 and the flexible exhaust pipe 200 can be respectively disassembled and assembled to facilitate the transportation and storage of the mobile air conditioner. Generally, the adapter pipe 300 can be detachably connected with the air conditioner body 100 and the flexible exhaust pipe 200 by means of snaps, threads, and the like. In some cases, the flexible exhaust duct 200 can also be directly connected to the air conditioner body 100. Of course, in other embodiments of the present application, the adaptor pipe 300 may also be detachably connected to the air conditioner body 100 and/or the flexible exhaust pipe 200.

The above descriptions are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Under the inventive concept of the present invention, equivalent structural transformations made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or direct/indirect use Other related technical fields are included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims

A mobile air conditioner includes an air conditioner body and a flexible exhaust pipe, wherein the mobile air conditioner further includes:

An adapter tube, the adapter tube has a first interface and a second interface, the adapter tube is connected to the air conditioner body through the first interface, and the adapter tube is connected to the flexible exhaust pipe through the second interface Connected, the opening of the second interface faces upward, so that the flexible exhaust pipe can stand on the adapter pipe when the flexible exhaust pipe is stored.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the adapter tube includes a second tube body, the end of the second tube body is formed with the second interface, and the second tube body and the horizontal plane are clamped The angle is 70°-90°.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the extension direction of the second tube body is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the end of the flexible exhaust pipe away from the transfer pipe is not higher than the top of the air conditioner body.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 4, wherein the transfer pipe is detachably connected to the air conditioner body.
The mobile air conditioner of claim 5, wherein the adapter pipe is detachably connected to the flexible exhaust pipe.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the angle between the second tube body and the horizontal plane is 80°-90°.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the second tube body is inclined toward the air conditioner body.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the transfer pipe further comprises a first pipe body, an end of the first pipe body is formed with the first interface, and the first pipe body is parallel to the horizontal plane .
7. The mobile air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the adapter tube is an arc-shaped tube, and the first interface and the second interface are respectively formed at two ends of the adapter tube.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein the transfer pipe is an arc-shaped pipe with an arc of 90°.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the transfer tube is in the shape of a broken line.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the transfer pipe is rotatably connected with the air conditioner body.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 13, wherein the transfer pipe is detachably connected to the air conditioner body.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 13, wherein the adaptor pipe is detachably connected to the flexible exhaust pipe.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the transfer pipe is fixedly connected to the air conditioner body.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 16, wherein the adaptor pipe is detachably connected to the flexible exhaust pipe.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the flexible exhaust pipe is a corrugated pipe.
The mobile air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the transfer pipe is detachably connected to the air conditioner body.
The mobile air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the adapter pipe is detachably connected to the flexible exhaust pipe.