CN106958859B

CN106958859B - Air guide device, air guide control method and air conditioner

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Publication number: CN106958859B
Application number: CN201710200677.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈良锐; 闫长林
Original assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-03-30
Filing date: 2017-03-30
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2037-03-30
Also published as: CN106958859A

Abstract

The invention provides an air guide device, an air guide control method and an air conditioner, wherein the air guide device comprises: the air duct component is connected with the wind wheel component and is arranged in the shell at the two air outlet areas; a damper assembly mounted on the housing and including at least one folding door and at least one moving door. According to the wind guiding device provided by the invention, wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel component is expanded or contracted to different parts of the middle air outlet or the side air outlet which are opened at different positions through the folding door and blown out to the external environment, so that the wind in different directions can be blown out from the middle air outlet or the side air outlet in the air outlet state, the cost of the air outlet mode of the middle air outlet or the side air outlet is lower by controlling the radial movement of the moving door along the shell, the wind can be blown out along the periphery of the moving door, the comfort level of the use of a user is improved, the two parts are matched with each other, the pursuit of the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the user can be met, the cost is saved, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Description

Air guide device, air guide control method and air conditioner

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air guide device, an air guide control method and an air conditioner.

Background

In order to meet the requirement of multiple air outlet modes, the air conditioner in the related art is generally provided with multiple air outlets, but the air outlet direction of each air outlet is single, so that the air outlet mode of the air conditioner is limited, the pursuit of a user on the multidimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner cannot be met, and the experience of the user is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the above problems, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides an air guiding device.

In a second aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling air guiding is also provided.

In a third aspect of the present invention, an air conditioner is also provided.

In view of this, according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides an air guiding device for an air conditioner, the air conditioner including a housing and a wind wheel assembly, wherein a middle air outlet positioned in the middle and two side air outlets positioned at two sides of the middle air outlet are provided on an outer peripheral wall of the housing, the wind wheel assembly includes two wind wheels which rotate in opposite directions to realize two air outlet areas when in operation, the air guiding device includes: the air duct assembly is connected with the wind wheel assembly, the two wind wheels are arranged in the air duct assembly, and the air duct assembly is arranged in the shell at the two air outlet areas; the air door assembly is arranged on the shell and comprises a plurality of air doors for opening or closing the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets; the plurality of air doors comprise at least one folding door and at least one moving door, the at least one folding door can be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different-direction air outlet, and the at least one moving door can be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet.

The invention provides an air guiding device, which is used for an air conditioner, the air conditioner comprises a shell provided with a middle air outlet and two side air outlets and a wind wheel assembly, the wind wheel assembly comprises two wind wheels which rotate in opposite directions to realize two air outlet areas during operation, the air guiding device comprises an air duct assembly and a wind door assembly, the air duct assembly is connected with the wind wheel assembly and is arranged in the shell at the two air outlet areas of the two wind wheels, the wind door assembly is arranged on the shell and comprises a plurality of wind doors for opening or closing the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets, the wind doors comprise at least one folding door and at least one movable door, the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet are/is closed or opened to different sizes through the expansion or contraction of the at least one folding door, so that wind generated during operation of the wind wheel assembly is expanded or contracted to different parts of the middle air outlet or the side air outlet which are opened at different positions are blown to the external environment, the wind in different directions of one middle air outlet or one side air outlet can be blown out of the wind outlet in different directions under the air outlet state, the air outlet in the air outlet state is prevented from being blown out, the air outlet in one direction can be more than the air outlet in the air conditioner is required to be more than the air conditioner, the air conditioner is capable of being more than the air conditioner to be more users, and the air conditioner is more users can have the air conditioner to have the air outlet effect; the air outlet mode that the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet are/is closed or opened to control the air conditioner by at least one movable door moving to different positions along the radial direction of the shell is low in cost, the consumption requirement of a user can be met, meanwhile, the movable door can enable the air operated by the wind wheel assembly to be blown out to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door along the radial direction of the shell, the pursuit of the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner by the user is further met, meanwhile, the influence of the air to the user caused by direct blowing of the air to the comfort level of the user is avoided, and the using satisfaction of the user is effectively improved. Therefore, different air outlets can be set to be a folding door and a moving door according to the use habit of a user, so that pursuit of the user on a multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is met, the cost is saved, and the use satisfaction of the user is improved.

Further, the wind wheel component comprises two wind wheels which rotate in opposite directions to realize two air outlet areas during operation, the air outlet range of the work of the wind wheel component is increased, the requirements of an intermediate air outlet and two side air outlets for air outlet can be met, sufficient air outlet quantity and the effect of quick air outlet are guaranteed, and then the air conditioner can quickly achieve heating or refrigerating comfort, the use experience of a user is improved, and the satisfaction degree of the use of the user is improved.

In addition, the air guiding device in the above embodiment provided by the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical scheme, preferably, the at least one folding door comprises two door plates which are symmetrically arranged, and the two door plates simultaneously shrink towards the middle to enable the included angle R between the two door plates to meet the condition that the included angle R is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 180 degrees; when r=0°, the two door panels are folded to fully open at least one folding door and to fully open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet; when 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG, the two door panel contractions open at least one folding door and close the middle air outlet and/or the middle part of each side air outlet; when r=180°, the two door panels are simultaneously unfolded to both sides to completely close at least one folding door and to completely close the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet.

In this technical scheme, at least one folding door includes two door plant that the symmetry set up, and two door plant shrink simultaneously to the centre makes contained angle R between two door plant satisfy 0 be less than or equal to 180 and make the centre air outlet or the side air outlet that folding door is located open completely, partly open or close completely, and then realized the multiple air-out mode of air conditioner, simultaneously open centre air outlet or side air outlet completely or partly open and make same air outlet can blow out the wind of different directions under the air-out state, promoted user's use experience effectively.

On the one hand, when R=0, two door panels are folded to be parallel to each other and completely open at least one folding door, and then the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet where the folding door is located are completely opened, so that wind generated by the work of the wind wheel component is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet where the two door panels are completely opened in parallel, the middle air outlet where the folding door is located and/or the whole single air outlet of each side air outlet are realized, the requirement of a user on the concentrated air outlet can be met, and concentrated and rapid air outlet can enable the air conditioner to rapidly cool or heat, so that the requirement of the user on the air conditioner for rapidly reaching comfort level is met, and the satisfaction degree of the user is improved.

On the one hand, when 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG, two door plates shrink to a certain angle, and at least one folding door is partially opened, so that the middle air outlet where the folding door is positioned and/or the middle part of each side air outlet are closed, the middle air outlet where the folding door is positioned and/or the two sides of each side air outlet are communicated with the inside and the outside of the shell, so that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the two door plates shrink to the middle air outlet where the certain angle is opened and/or the two sides of each side air outlet, one middle air outlet or one side air outlet can blow out wind in two directions at the same time, the problem that in the prior art, the use experience of a user is influenced by blowing out wind in one direction only by one air outlet is avoided, the air outlet range of one air outlet is effectively enlarged, the requirement of a user on double air outlets of the air conditioner can be met, and the use experience of the user is improved; meanwhile, the included angle of the two door panels of the folding door after being contracted is 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG, so that a user can select different included angles according to specific requirements, the participation degree of the user is improved, the use experience of the user is further improved, and the satisfaction degree of the user in use is improved.

On the one hand, when R=180°, two door plates are unfolded towards two sides simultaneously, so that the two door plates are connected to completely close at least one folding door, and then the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet are completely closed, so that the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet are completely unfolded and connected through the two door plates of the folding door, and the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly cannot be blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet where the folding door is located.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the at least one moving door moves in a radial direction of the housing to connect the at least one moving door with the housing to close the intermediate air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and the at least one moving door moves in a radial direction of the housing to locate the at least one moving door inside or outside the housing to open the intermediate air outlet and/or each side air outlet.

In the technical scheme, at least one movable door is connected with the shell along the radial movement of the shell to close the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, at least one movable door is arranged in the shell or outside to open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet along the radial movement of the shell, the control mode is simple, manufacturing cost is saved, meanwhile, wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel component when the at least one movable door is arranged outside to open the middle air outlet or the side air outlet is blown out to the external environment through the periphery of the movable door, pursuit of a multi-dimensional air outlet mode of an air conditioner by a user can be met, meanwhile, the situation that the wind is too hard to directly blow to the user through the middle air outlet or the side air outlet to influence the comfort level of the user is avoided, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel component when the movable door is arranged inside to open the middle air outlet or the side air outlet through the periphery of the movable door is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet or the side air outlet of the shell, the impact force of the wind is effectively reduced, the wind is gentle, the wind is prevented from being blown out to the user through the air outlet to the periphery to the middle air outlet or the external environment, the user experience is not good, the user comfort level is effectively ensured, and the user comfort level is satisfied is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the at least one sliding door includes a supporting portion and two door bodies located at two sides of the supporting portion, the supporting portion moves radially along the housing, the two door bodies are pivotally connected to the supporting portion, and the two door bodies rotate relative to the supporting portion to make an included angle Q of the two door bodies satisfy 0 degree less than or equal to 180 degrees.

In the technical scheme, the at least one movable door comprises a supporting part and two door bodies positioned at two sides of the supporting part, the two door bodies are connected with the shell to open a middle air outlet or a side air outlet through radial movement of the supporting part, the two door bodies are positioned outside or inside the shell to open the middle air outlet or the side air outlet, the two door bodies are pivotally connected with the supporting part through the two door bodies, the included angle Q of the two door bodies is smaller than or equal to 0 degree and smaller than or equal to 180 degrees through pivotal movement of the two door bodies relative to the supporting part, the movable door also has a folding function, and further the two door bodies of the movable door are rotated to different angles relative to the supporting part, so that the middle air outlet or the side air outlet where the movable door is positioned can be controlled to be opened to different sizes, wind generated by working of the wind wheel component is blown out to the external environment in a concentrated mode through the middle air outlet or blown out to the external environment through the periphery of the movable door, the pursuing of a multi-dimensional wind mode of the air conditioner by a user is further met, and the satisfaction of the user on the use of the air conditioner is improved.

On the one hand, when the supporting part moves along the radial direction of the shell to enable the two door bodies to be located outside the shell, the middle air outlet or the side air outlet is opened, when the two door bodies rotate relative to the supporting part to enable the included angle Q=0° of the two door bodies, the two door bodies are folded to be parallel to each other to completely open at least one movable door, and then the middle air outlet or the side air outlet where the movable door is located is completely opened, so that wind generated by the work of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the two sides of the supporting part, the wind outlet is concentrated, the wind speed is high, the refrigerating or heating comfort of the air conditioner can be rapidly realized, and the using satisfaction of a user is improved.

On the one hand, when the supporting part moves along the radial direction of the shell to enable the two door bodies to be located outside the shell, the middle air outlet or the side air outlet is opened, when the two door bodies rotate relative to the supporting part to enable the included angle Q=180 DEG of the two door bodies, the two door bodies are simultaneously unfolded to be parallel to the two sides, wind generated by the work of the wind wheel assembly is blown to the external environment along the periphery of the moving door through the middle air outlet or the side air outlet where the moving door is located, the situation that the wind is directly blown to the user through the air outlet where the moving door is located is large in wind force and hard in wind force to influence the comfort of the user is avoided, the comfort of the air conditioner can be guaranteed through heat exchange of the wind blown to the external environment along the periphery of the moving door, the user can enjoy comfortable environment without direct blowing, and the satisfaction of the use of the user is further improved.

On the one hand, when the supporting part moves radially along the shell to enable the two door bodies to be located outside the shell, the middle air outlet or the side air outlet is opened, when the two door bodies rotate relative to the supporting part to enable the included angle between the two door bodies to be 0 DEG < Q < 180 DEG, the two door bodies shrink to a certain angle, wind generated by the work of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet or the side air outlet where the movable door is located at a certain angle through the two sides of the two door bodies, and then a user can control the two door bodies of the movable door to shrink to different angles to achieve different directions of air outlet according to the actual demands of the user, so that the participation of the user is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, at least one of the folding doors is one, one of the folding doors is located at the middle air outlet, at least one of the moving doors is two, and the two moving doors are located at the two side air outlets respectively.

According to the technical scheme, at least one folding door is arranged at the middle air outlet, so that the middle air outlet is closed or different parts of the middle air outlet are opened by expanding or contracting two door plates of the folding door to different positions, wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the opened part of the middle air outlet, various air outlet modes of the middle air outlet are realized, the requirement of a user on the fact that the middle air outlet can blow out wind in different directions in a blowing state is met, and the satisfaction degree of the user is improved; the two movable doors are respectively positioned at the two side air outlets, so that the side air outlets are controlled to be closed or opened by the movement of the movable doors, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the outside environment through the periphery of the opened side air outlets of the movable doors, the cost is low, the movable doors can be set to have folding functions for realizing the centralized air outlet of the side or the multi-angle air outlet, the pursuit of a user on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is further met, the satisfaction degree of the user is improved, the folding doors are positioned in the middle of the two movable doors, the symmetrical arrangement of the two movable doors on the two sides of one folding door is ensured, the appearance attractiveness of the air conditioner is further ensured, and the use satisfaction degree of the user is improved.

Further, one folding door is located middle air outlet department, and two floating gates are located two side air outlets departments, utilize a folding door and simple floating gate can satisfy the user to middle air outlet single air-out or two air-out, and the side air outlet is along the demand of air-out all around of floating gate, promotes user's use experience, practices thrift the cost simultaneously, has reduced user's consumption. Meanwhile, the folding door or the movable door can be arranged at different air outlets according to specific requirements of users, and the movable doors with different functions can be arranged according to the requirements of the users, so that the use experience of the users is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, a groove structure is provided on a side of the middle portion of the air duct assembly, which is close to the middle air outlet, and a folding door is located in the groove structure when fully opened.

In this technical scheme, the mid portion of wind channel subassembly is close to one side of middle air outlet and is provided with groove structure, be located groove structure when a folding door is opened completely, two door plant occupy the space in the inside wind channel of casing when having reduced the folding door and open completely, two door plant are located the wind channel centre when having avoided the folding door to open completely and influence air-out volume and air-out effect, the wind channel space that the inside wind channel subassembly of casing limited has been increased effectively, guarantee that wind turbine work produced can smoothly, blow out to external environment along the wind channel through the middle air outlet of opening fast, guarantee sufficient air-out volume and quick air-out effect, and then can satisfy the demand that the user reached refrigeration or heats the comfort level fast to the air conditioner, improve the satisfaction that the user used.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the method further includes: the air guide assembly is rotationally arranged inside the air duct assembly and comprises two air guide pieces which are respectively positioned between the middle air outlet and each side air outlet, the two air guide pieces rotate to be respectively abutted with the two sides of the air duct assembly so as to be capable of communicating the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet, and the two air guide pieces rotate to be abutted with the middle part of the air duct assembly so as to be capable of communicating the two air outlet areas with the two side air outlets.

In this technical scheme, wind guiding device still includes the wind guiding subassembly that rotates to set up in the wind channel subassembly inside, wind guiding subassembly is including being located two wind guiding pieces between middle air outlet and each side air outlet respectively, rotate through two wind guiding pieces respectively with the both sides or the mid portion looks butt of wind channel subassembly with two air-out district and middle air outlet or two side air outlets are linked together, or be located two air-out district and three air outlets through two wind guiding pieces and be linked together between one side and the mid portion of wind channel subassembly, make wind that wind wheel subassembly work produced blow out to external environment through the air outlet that opens entirely, the air loss of air conditioner in the air-out in-process has been reduced, the work efficiency of wind wheel has been improved, the use cost has been reduced, and sufficient air outlet has been guaranteed, and then can make the air conditioner reach the comfort level of heating or refrigerating fast, the satisfaction that the user used has been improved.

On the one hand, rotate through every wind-guiding piece respectively with one side looks butt of wind channel subassembly with two air-out areas and middle air outlet are linked together, simultaneously with two air-out areas and two side air outlets block, two door plant at folding door shrink to the centre simultaneously and make the contained angle between two door plant satisfy 0 and be less than or equal to R < 180, two door plant open the middle air outlet completely or partly, two movable doors are located two side air outlets department and close two side air outlets, make the wind of two air-out areas that two wind wheel work produced blow out to the external environment through middle air outlet totally, guarantee that wind wheel work produced wind blows out to the external environment through the middle air outlet that is going on the action of air-out, the air loss of air conditioner in the inside of casing has been reduced, the work efficiency of wind wheel has been improved, use cost has been reduced, and sufficient air outlet has been guaranteed simultaneously, can reach the comfort level of air conditioner heating or refrigerating, promote user's use experience.

On the one hand, rotate through two wind-guiding spare and the mid portion looks butt of wind channel subassembly with two air-out areas respectively be linked together with two side air outlets, simultaneously with two air-out areas with middle air outlet block, when two door plant of folding door is unfolded to both sides simultaneously and when the contained angle between two door plant satisfies +.R=180, folding door closes middle air outlet, when two movable doors remove and open two side air outlets, make the wind of two air-out areas that two wind wheels work produced blow out to the external environment through two side air outlets entirely, the loss of wind volume in the inside casing of wind wheel subassembly work has been reduced, the work efficiency of wind wheel has been improved, and the amount of wind that blows out to the external environment from two side air outlets has been guaranteed, make sufficient wind and external environment carry out heat exchange and can reach the comfort level of heating or refrigerating fast, the use experience of user is promoted, the satisfaction that the user used is improved.

On the one hand, rotate and lie in between one side and the middle part of wind channel subassembly respectively through two wind-guiding piece for two air-out areas that two wind wheels work produced communicate simultaneously with middle air outlet and two side air outlets respectively, two door plant at folding door make the contained angle between two door plant satisfy 0 and be less than or equal to less than 180 to middle shrink simultaneously, two door plant open middle air outlet completely or partly, when two dodge gates remove simultaneously open two side air outlets, make wind that wind wheel subassembly work produced blow out to the external environment simultaneously through three air outlets, because two wind-guiding pieces lie in two air-out areas are inside, divide two air-out areas through two wind-guiding pieces and make the amount of wind that blows out to the external environment through two side air outlets and middle air outlet even and sufficient, avoid wind that wind wheel work produced to blow out to the problem that there is different air outlets uneven through side air outlet and middle air outlet at will, the air outlet uniform, sufficient, and further make the wind that makes the shell outside even, sufficient, the air outlet range of air-out and the air conditioner is made to the outside with the heat exchanger that the air outlet is satisfied with the outside, the air conditioner is realized to the heat exchanger that the air-exchanging scope is improved simultaneously, and the air conditioner is satisfied.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the method further includes: the shutter components are arranged inside the shell and opposite to the middle air outlet, the shutter components are located on one side, close to the inside of the shell, of one folding door when the folding door is closed, and the shutter components are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the folding door when the folding door is completely opened.

In the technical scheme, the air guide device further comprises a shutter assembly which is arranged in the shell, and is arranged opposite to the middle air outlet and is positioned on one side close to the inside of the shell when one folding door is completely closed, so that the shutter assembly is prevented from being exposed to the outside when the folding door is closed to the middle air outlet to influence the appearance of the air conditioner; meanwhile, the shutter assemblies are symmetrically distributed on two sides of one folding door when the folding door is completely opened, on one hand, when two door plates of the folding door are contracted to enable an included angle of the two folding doors to meet 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG and the middle air outlet is partially opened, wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assemblies is guided to two sides of the middle air outlet through the shutter assemblies and then blown to the external environment, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assemblies is prevented from being directly blown to the door plates of the folding door without being guided by the shutter assemblies, the wind loss is prevented from influencing the wind outlet effect, and the wind blown to the external environment through two sides of the middle air outlet after being guided by the shutter assemblies has sufficient wind outlet and uniform wind outlet, so that the working efficiency of the wind wheel assemblies is improved, the use cost of users is saved, meanwhile, the good wind outlet effect of the air conditioner is ensured, and the satisfaction degree of use of users is improved; on the one hand, when two door plates of the folding door are contracted to enable the included angle of the two folding doors to meet the condition that R=0 DEG and the middle air outlet is completely opened, the air outlet direction of the middle air outlet can be controlled through rotation of the shutter assembly, so that single air outlet in different directions can be realized in one middle air outlet, pursuit of a user on a multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is further met, and the satisfaction degree of the user in use is improved

Further, a louver component can be arranged at the position, opposite to each side air outlet, inside the shell, and the air outlet direction of each side air outlet is controlled through rotation of the louver component, so that the same side air outlet can blow out air in different directions, pursuits of a user on a multidimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner are further met, and the satisfaction degree of the user in use is improved.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides an air guiding control method, for an air conditioner, where the air conditioner includes a casing, a wind wheel assembly, and an air guiding device according to any of the foregoing technical solutions, and an intermediate air outlet located in the middle and two side air outlets located at two sides of the intermediate air outlet are provided on an outer peripheral wall of the casing, and the wind wheel assembly includes two wind wheels that rotate in opposite directions to implement two air outlet areas during operation, where the air guiding control method includes: detecting a wind mode command; according to the air outlet mode instruction, at least one folding door is controlled to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize air outlet in different directions, at least one moving door is controlled to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and the working state of the wind wheel assembly is controlled.

The embodiment of the second aspect of the invention provides a wind guiding control method for an air conditioner, the air conditioner comprises a shell, a wind wheel assembly and a wind guiding device, the shell is provided with a middle air outlet and two side air outlets, the wind wheel assembly comprises a wind wheel which reversely rotates to realize two air outlet areas when in operation, the wind guiding device comprises an air duct assembly, at least one folding door and at least one moving door, and the wind guiding control method comprises the following steps: detecting wind mode command, controlling at least one folding door to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes according to the wind mode command so as to realize wind outlet in different directions, controlling at least one movable door to be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly, controlling at least one folding door to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes according to the wind mode command, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel component is expanded or contracted to different parts of the middle air outlet or the side air outlet which are opened at different positions through the folding door to blow out to the external environment, so that the wind in different directions can be blown out from one middle air outlet or one side air outlet in the air outlet state, the problem that the air outlet mode of the air conditioner is single due to the fact that one air outlet can only blow out one direction of wind is avoided, the air outlet mode of the air conditioner is effectively increased, pursuit of a user on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is met, the use experience of the user is improved, and the market competitiveness of products is improved; the air outlet mode of controlling the air conditioner to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet by controlling at least one movable door to different positions along the radial direction of the shell according to the air outlet mode instruction is low in cost, so that the consumption requirement of a user can be met, meanwhile, the movable door can open the middle air outlet and/or the side air outlets along the radial direction of the shell, so that the air generated by the work of the wind wheel assembly can be blown out to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door, the pursuit of the user on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is further met, the influence of the air to the user is avoided, and the user comfort is effectively improved. Therefore, different air outlets can be set to be a folding door and a moving door according to the use habit of a user, so that pursuit of the user on a multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is met, the cost is saved, and the use satisfaction of the user is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, at least one of the folding doors is one, one of the folding doors is located at the middle air outlet, at least one of the moving doors is two, and the two moving doors are located at the two side air outlets respectively; wherein, at least one folding door includes two door plant that the symmetry set up, and two door plant shrink simultaneously to the centre makes contained angle R between two door plant satisfy 0% and be less than or equal to 180.

According to the technical scheme, at least one folding door is arranged at the middle air outlet, so that the middle air outlet is closed or different parts of the middle air outlet are opened by expanding or contracting two door plates of the folding door to different positions, wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the opened part of the middle air outlet, various air outlet modes of the middle air outlet are realized, and the requirement of a user on the fact that the middle air outlet can blow out wind in different directions in a blowing state is met; the included angle R between the two door plates is smaller than or equal to 180 degrees and is smaller than or equal to 0 degree through the two door plates contracting towards the middle, the middle air outlet where the folding door is located can be completely opened, partially opened or completely closed, and therefore various air outlet modes of the air conditioner are achieved, meanwhile, the middle air outlet is completely opened or partially opened, so that the same air outlet can blow out wind in different directions in an air outlet state, and the use experience of a user is effectively improved.

The two movable doors are respectively positioned at the two side air outlets, so that the side air outlets are controlled to be closed or opened by the movement of the movable doors, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the outside environment through the periphery of the opened side air outlets of the movable doors, the cost is low, the movable doors can be set to have a folding function for realizing the centralized air outlet or multi-angle air outlet of the side air outlets, the pursuit of a user on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is further met, the satisfaction degree of the user is improved, the folding doors are positioned in the middle of the two movable doors, the symmetrical arrangement of the two movable doors on the two sides of one folding door is ensured, the appearance of the air conditioner is further ensured to be attractive, and the satisfaction degree of the user is improved.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the method further includes: according to the air outlet mode instruction, two air guide pieces of the air guide device are controlled to rotate to different positions.

According to the technical scheme, the two wind guide pieces of the wind guide device are controlled to rotate to different positions according to the wind outlet mode instruction, so that the wind guide pieces are communicated with the middle wind outlet and/or the side wind outlet which are in wind outlet actions, the two wind outlet areas which are in wind outlet actions are blocked from the middle wind outlet and/or the side wind outlet which are not in wind outlet actions, wind generated by wind wheel actions is blown out to the outside of the shell through the wind outlet which is in wind outlet actions, the wind loss of wind generated by wind wheel actions is reduced, the wind capacity loss of the wind wheel working is improved, the wind capacity of the wind wheel working to the outside environment is ensured to be sufficient, and the sufficient wind blown out to the outside of the shell and the air of the outside environment are subjected to energy exchange sufficiently so as to quickly achieve the heating or refrigerating comfort of the air conditioner, thereby meeting the requirements of users on the quick refrigerating or heating comfort of the air conditioner and improving the use experience of the users.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the air outlet mode instruction is a middle single air outlet instruction, according to the air outlet mode instruction, the specific steps of controlling at least one folding door to expand or contract to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air outlet, controlling at least one moving door to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly include: according to the middle single air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to shrink towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates completely opens a middle air outlet, each movable door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, and the two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

In the technical scheme, the air outlet mode instruction is a middle single air outlet instruction, according to the middle single air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be contracted towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates is formed by completely opening the middle air outlet, each movable door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, the two wind wheels are controlled to start working, wind generated by the working of the two wind wheels is contracted to the completely opened middle air outlet through the two door plates to blow out to the external environment, the single air outlet mode of the middle air outlet of the air conditioner is realized, the integral air outlet of the middle air outlet can meet the requirement of a user on concentrated air outlet of the middle air outlet, and further concentrated and rapid air outlet can enable the air conditioner to be rapidly cooled or heated, so that the requirement of the user on the air conditioner to rapidly reach comfort level is met, and the satisfaction of the use of the user is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the air outlet mode instruction is a middle double air outlet instruction, according to the air outlet mode instruction, the specific steps of controlling at least one folding door to expand or contract to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air outlet, controlling at least one moving door to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly include: according to the middle double air-out instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to shrink towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle between the two door plates is 0 degree < 180 degrees, the middle part of the middle air outlet is closed, each moving door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, and the two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

According to the technical scheme, the air outlet mode instruction is a middle double air outlet instruction, according to the middle double air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be contracted towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle between the two door plates is smaller than 0 DEG < 180 DEG, the middle part of the middle air outlet is closed, two sides of the middle air outlet are communicated with the inside and the outside of the shell, each moving door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, two wind wheels are controlled to start working, wind generated by the working of the two wind wheels is contracted to a certain angle through the two door plates to partially open the two sides of the middle air outlet to be blown out to the external environment, the fact that one middle air outlet of the air conditioner blows out wind in two directions simultaneously in an air outlet state is avoided, the use experience of a user is influenced by wind in one direction only in the prior art, the requirement of dispersing the air outlet of the middle air outlet by a user is met, the air outlet range of the middle air outlet is expanded, and the use experience of the user is promoted.

Further, according to the specific requirements of users, the two door plates of the folding door can be controlled to be contracted to any position in which the included angle between the two door plates is less than 180 degrees and less than 0 degree < R, so that the requirements of different air outlet ranges and different air outlet angles during double air outlet of the same middle air outlet are met, the participation of the users is improved, the use experience of the users is improved, and the satisfaction of the users is improved.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the method further includes: according to the middle single air outlet instruction or the middle double air outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate and respectively abut against one side of the air duct assembly to communicate the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet.

According to the technical scheme, according to the middle single air outlet instruction or the middle double air outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate to be respectively abutted to one side of the air duct assembly to enable the two air outlet areas to be communicated with the middle air outlet, and meanwhile the two air outlet areas are blocked with the two side air outlets, so that when the air conditioner executes the middle single air outlet instruction and the middle double air outlet instruction, air in the two air outlet areas generated by the work of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet, the air quantity loss of the air conditioner in the air outlet process is reduced, the working efficiency of the wind wheels is improved, the use cost is reduced, the sufficient air outlet quantity is ensured, the heating or refrigerating comfort level of the air conditioner can be quickly achieved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the air outlet mode instruction is a two-sided air outlet instruction, according to the air outlet mode instruction, the specific steps of controlling at least one folding door to expand or contract to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air outlet, controlling at least one moving door to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly include: according to the two-side air outlet instructions, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be unfolded towards two sides simultaneously, so that an included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates completely closes the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move to the outside or the inside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell, each side air outlet is controlled to be opened, and the two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

In the technical scheme, the air outlet mode instruction is a two-side air outlet instruction, according to the two-side air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be unfolded towards two sides simultaneously, so that an included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates is used for completely closing the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move to the outside or the inside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell to open each side air outlet, two wind wheels are controlled to start to work, wind generated by the work of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment through the two side air outlets which are opened by the movement of the two moving doors, and the two-side air outlet of the air conditioner is realized.

Further, when each movable door moves to the outside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell to open each side air outlet, wind generated by the work of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door through each side air outlet, so that pursuit of a multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the side air outlet of the air conditioner by a user can be met, and meanwhile, the phenomenon that the impact force of the wind directly blown to the user through the side air outlet is large and the wind is too hard to influence the comfort level of the user is avoided; when each movable door moves to the inside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell to open each side air outlet, wind generated by the work of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment through the periphery of each movable door along the side air outlets, so that the impact force of the wind is effectively reduced, the wind is soft, the phenomenon that the wind is directly blown to a user through the air outlets to cause poor user experience is avoided, the good comfort level of the user is effectively ensured, and the satisfaction degree of the user is improved.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the method further includes: according to the two-side air outlet instructions, the two air guide pieces of the air guide device are controlled to rotate and abut against the middle part of the air duct assembly, so that the two air outlet areas are respectively communicated with the two side air outlets.

In this technical scheme, through according to both sides air-out instruction, control two wind-guiding spare rotate with the mid portion looks butt of wind channel subassembly with two air-out district be linked together with two side air outlets respectively, simultaneously with two air-out district and middle air outlet block for the wind in two air-out district that two wind wheels work produced all blows out to external environment through two side air outlets, has reduced the inside air loss of air conditioner at air-out in-process casing, has improved the work efficiency of wind wheel, has reduced use cost, has guaranteed sufficient air-out volume simultaneously, can reach the air conditioner fast and heats or refrigerated comfort level, promotes user's use experience.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the air outlet mode instruction is a three-sided air outlet instruction, according to the air outlet mode instruction, the specific steps of controlling at least one folding door to expand or contract to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air outlet, controlling at least one moving door to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly include: according to the three-side air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to shrink towards the middle simultaneously, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates completely opens the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move to the inside or the outside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell, each side air outlet is opened, and the two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

In the technical scheme, the air-out mode instruction is a three-side air-out instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to shrink towards the middle according to the three-side air-out instruction, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates is formed by completely opening the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move to the inside or the outside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell to open each side air outlet, two wind wheels are controlled to start to work, wind generated by the two wind wheels is enabled to blow out the middle air outlet opened by the folding door and the two side air outlets opened by the moving door to the external environment, and three-side air-out of the air conditioner is realized.

Further, the movable door can be set to have a folding function according to the requirement of the user on the side air outlet for centralized air outlet or multi-angle air outlet, so that the use experience of the user is improved, and the use requirement of the user is further met.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the method further includes: according to the three-face air outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate to a position between one side and the middle part of the air duct assembly, and the two air outlet areas are respectively communicated with the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets.

According to the technical scheme, according to the three-face air outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate between one side and the middle part of the air duct assembly, the two air outlet areas are communicated with the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets, as the two air guide pieces are positioned inside the two air outlet areas, the two air outlet areas are divided by the two air guide pieces, so that the air quantity blown out to the external environment through the two side air outlets and the middle air outlet is uniform and sufficient, the problem that the air quantity generated by the wind wheel working is not split and is blown out to the external environment through the side air outlet and the middle air outlet at will, and different air quantity is uneven is avoided.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the air outlet mode instruction is an air outlet stopping instruction, according to the air outlet mode instruction, the specific steps of controlling at least one folding door to expand or contract to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air outlet, controlling at least one moving door to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly, and controlling the two air guiding members of the air guiding device to rotate to different positions according to the air outlet mode instruction include: according to the air outlet stopping instruction, the two wind wheels are controlled to stop working, the two wind guide pieces are controlled to stop rotating, the two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be unfolded towards two sides simultaneously, the included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates is controlled to completely close the middle air outlet, and the two movable doors are controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close the two side air outlets.

According to the technical scheme, the air outlet mode instruction is an air outlet stopping instruction, the two wind wheels are controlled to stop working and stop generating air according to the air outlet stopping instruction, the two wind guide pieces are controlled to stop rotating, the phenomenon that the wind guide pieces always rotate to waste energy and generate noise to influence the use of a user in an air outlet stopping instruction state is avoided, the using satisfaction degree of the user is improved, the two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be simultaneously unfolded to two sides to enable the included angle R=180 DEG to completely close the middle air outlet, the two moving doors are controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close the two side air outlets, the fact that the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets are exposed on the peripheral wall of the shell when the air outlet stopping instruction is avoided, the appearance of the air conditioner is influenced is effectively guaranteed, and the using satisfaction degree of the user is improved.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an air conditioner including: the shell is provided with a middle air outlet positioned in the middle and two side air outlets positioned at two sides of the middle air outlet on the peripheral wall; the wind wheel assembly comprises two wind wheels which rotate in opposite directions to realize two wind outlet areas during working; and the wind guiding device according to any one of the above technical schemes.

An embodiment of a further aspect of the present invention provides an air conditioner, including a casing, a wind wheel assembly, and an air guiding device according to any one of the foregoing technical solutions, where a middle air outlet and two side air outlets located at two sides of the middle air outlet are provided on an outer peripheral wall of the casing, and the wind wheel assembly includes two wind wheels that reversely rotate during operation to implement two air outlet areas. An embodiment of the present invention further provides an air conditioner, which includes the air guiding device provided in the embodiment of the first aspect, so that all the beneficial technical effects of the air guiding device provided in the embodiment of the first aspect are not described herein.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the method further includes: the detection device is arranged on the shell and is used for detecting a wind mode instruction; the controller is arranged on the shell, is connected with the wind wheel assembly, the air door assembly and the two air guide pieces of the air guide device, and controls at least one folding door, at least one moving door and the two air guide pieces of the two wind wheels and the air door assembly according to the air outlet mode instruction; the air-out mode instruction comprises a middle single air-out instruction, a middle double air-out instruction, two side air-out instructions, three side air-out instructions and an air-out stopping instruction.

In the technical scheme, the air conditioner further comprises a detection device and a controller, the detection device is arranged on the shell, an air outlet mode instruction is detected, the controller is arranged on the shell and connected with the wind wheel assembly, the air door assembly and the two air guide pieces of the air guide device, and according to the middle single air outlet instruction, the middle double air outlet instruction, the two side air outlet instructions and the three side air outlet instructions detected by the detection device, the two wind wheels, at least one folding door, at least one moving door and the two air guide pieces are controlled by stopping the air outlet instruction, so that air generated by the work of the wind wheel assembly is expanded or contracted to different parts of the middle air outlet or the side air outlet which are opened at different positions through the folding door to blow out to the external environment, the problem that one middle air outlet or one side air outlet can blow out different directions in the air outlet state is solved, the air outlet mode of the air conditioner is single only can be blown out, the air outlet mode of the air conditioner is effectively increased, the pursuing of the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is met for users, the market experience of the users is improved, and the use competitiveness of the users is improved; the air outlet mode that the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet are/is closed or opened to control the air conditioner by at least one movable door moving to different positions along the radial direction of the shell is low in cost, the consumption requirement of a user can be met, meanwhile, the movable door can enable the air operated by the wind wheel assembly to be blown out to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door along the radial direction of the shell, the pursuit of the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner by the user is further met, meanwhile, the influence of the air to the user caused by direct blowing of the air to the comfort level of the user is avoided, and the using satisfaction of the user is effectively improved. Therefore, different air outlets can be set to be a folding door and a moving door according to the use habit of a user, so that pursuit of the user on a multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is met, the cost is saved, and the use satisfaction of the user is improved.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a air conditioner with a single air outlet command in the middle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention when the air conditioner is an intermediate double air-out command;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention when the air conditioner is two-sided air-out command;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention when the air conditioner is a three-sided air outlet command;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a structure of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention when the air conditioner is a stop air-out command;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method of controlling air delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method of controlling air delivery according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a method of controlling air induction according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of a method of controlling air induction according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a method of controlling air delivery according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method for controlling air guiding according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

The correspondence between the reference numerals and the component names in fig. 1 to 5 is:

10 wind guiding devices, 12 wind channel components, 122 groove structures, 14 wind door components, 142 folding doors, 1422 door plates, 144 moving doors, 16 wind guiding components, 162 wind guiding components, 18 shutter components, 20 shells, 202 middle air outlets, 204 side air outlets, 302 wind wheels and 100 air conditioners.

Detailed Description

In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments of the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

An air guide apparatus 10, an air guide control method, and an air conditioner 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 11.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides an air guiding device 10 for an air conditioner 100, the air conditioner 100 includes a housing 20 and a wind wheel assembly, a middle air outlet 202 located in the middle and two side air outlets 204 located at two sides of the middle air outlet 202 are disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the housing 20, the wind wheel assembly includes two wind wheels 302 rotating in opposite directions to realize two air outlet areas when working, and the air guiding device 10 includes: the air duct assembly 12 is connected with the wind wheel assembly, the two wind wheels 302 are arranged inside the air duct assembly 12, and the air duct assembly 12 is arranged inside the shell 20 at the two air outlet areas; a damper assembly 14 mounted on the housing 20 and including a plurality of dampers for opening or closing the middle air outlet 202 and the two side air outlets 204; wherein the plurality of dampers includes at least one folding door 142 and at least one moving door 144, the at least one folding door 142 is unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204 to different sizes to realize different direction air outlet, and the at least one moving door 144 is moved to different positions along the radial direction of the housing 20 to close or open the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204.

The invention provides an air guiding device 10, which is used for an air conditioner 100, the air conditioner 100 comprises a shell 20 provided with a middle air outlet 202 and two side air outlets 204 and a wind wheel assembly, the wind wheel assembly comprises two wind wheels 302 which rotate reversely to realize two air outlet areas when in operation, the air guiding device 10 comprises an air duct assembly 12 and an air door assembly 14, the air duct assembly 12 is connected with the wind wheel assembly and is arranged in the shell 20 at the two air outlet areas of the two wind wheels 302, the air door assembly 14 is arranged on the shell 20 and comprises a plurality of air doors for opening or closing the middle air outlet 202 and the two side air outlets 204, the plurality of air doors comprise at least one folding door 142 and at least one moving door 144, the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204 are/is closed or opened to different sizes by expanding or contracting at least one folding door 142 to different positions, so that air generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through different parts of the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlets 204 which are opened at different positions by expanding or contracting the folding door 142, the air in different directions can be blown out by one middle air outlet 202 or one side air outlet 204 in the air outlet state, the problem that the air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100 is single due to the fact that one air outlet can only blow out one direction is avoided, the air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100 is effectively increased, the pursuit of a user on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100 is met, the use experience of the user is improved, and the market competitiveness of products is improved; the air outlet mode of closing or opening the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204 by moving the at least one movable door 144 to different positions along the radial direction of the casing 20 is low in cost, so that the consumption requirements of users can be met, meanwhile, the movable door 144 can move the opened middle air outlet 202 and/or side air outlet 204 along the radial direction of the casing 20, so that the wind working by the wind wheel assembly can be blown out to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door 144, the pursuit of the users on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100 is further met, meanwhile, the influence of the wind on the comfort level of the users is avoided, and the using satisfaction of the users is effectively improved. Therefore, different air outlets can be set as the folding door 142 and the moving door 144 according to the use habit of the user, so as to meet the pursuit of the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100 by the user, save the cost and improve the satisfaction degree of the user.

Further, the wind wheel assembly comprises two wind wheels 302 which rotate in opposite directions to realize two air outlet areas during operation, the air outlet range of the work of the wind wheel assembly is increased, the air outlet requirements of the middle air outlet 202 and the two side air outlets 204 can be met, sufficient air outlet quantity and rapid air outlet effect are guaranteed, the air conditioner 100 can further achieve heating or refrigerating comfort rapidly, the use experience of users is improved, and the satisfaction degree of the use of the users is improved.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, at least one folding door 142 includes two door panels 1422 symmetrically disposed, and the two door panels 1422 are simultaneously retracted toward the middle such that an angle R between the two door panels 1422 satisfies 0 ° -180 °; wherein when r=0°, the two door panels 1422 are folded to fully open the at least one folding door 142 and to fully open the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204; when 0 ° < R < 180 °, the contracted portions of the two door panels 1422 open at least one of the folding doors 142 and close the middle portion of the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204; when r=180°, the two door panels 1422 are simultaneously unfolded to both sides to completely close the at least one folding door 142 and to completely close the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204.

In this embodiment, the at least one folding door 142 includes two door panels 1422 symmetrically arranged, the two door panels 1422 simultaneously shrink towards the middle to enable an included angle R between the two door panels 1422 to satisfy 0 degree less than or equal to 180 degrees, so that the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 where the folding door 142 is located can be completely opened, partially opened or completely closed, and multiple air outlet modes of the air conditioner 100 are further realized, and meanwhile, the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 is completely opened or partially opened to enable the same air outlet to blow out air in different directions in an air outlet state, so that the use experience of a user is effectively improved.

On the one hand, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 4, when r=0°, the two door panels 1422 are folded to be parallel to each other to fully open at least one folding door 142, so as to fully open the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204 where the folding door 142 is located, so that the air generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is folded to be parallel to the fully opened middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204 via the two door panels 1422 to be blown out to the external environment, the integral single air outlet of the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204 where the folding door 142 is located is realized, the requirement of a user on the concentrated air outlet can be met, and the concentrated and rapid air outlet can enable the air conditioner 100 to be rapidly cooled or heated, so as to meet the requirement of the user on the rapid comfort level of the air conditioner 100, and the satisfaction degree of the user is improved.

On the one hand, as shown in fig. 2, when R < 180 ° is 0 ° < #, the two door panels 1422 are contracted to a certain angle, and at least one folding door 142 is partially opened, so that the middle air outlet 202 where the folding door 142 is located and/or the middle part of each side air outlet 204 are closed, the two sides of the middle air outlet 202 where the folding door 142 is located and/or each side air outlet 204 are communicated with the inside and the outside of the shell 20, so that the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is contracted to the middle air outlet 202 opened at a certain angle and/or the two sides of each side air outlet 204 through the two door panels 1422 to be blown out to the external environment, and the wind in two directions can be blown out by one middle air outlet 202 or one side air outlet 204 at the same time, thereby avoiding the influence on the use experience of a user due to the wind in one direction in the prior art, effectively expanding the wind outlet range of one air outlet, and being capable of meeting the requirements of users on the double wind outlets of the air conditioner 100, and improving the use experience of users; meanwhile, the included angle of the two door panels 1422 of the folding door 142 after contraction is 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG, so that a user can select different included angles according to specific requirements, the participation degree of the user is improved, the use experience of the user is further improved, and the satisfaction degree of the user in use is improved.

On the one hand, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, when r=180°, the two door panels 1422 are unfolded simultaneously to two sides, so that the two door panels 1422 are connected to completely close at least one folding door 142, and further completely close the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204, so that the two door panels 1422 of the folding door 142 are completely unfolded and connected to close the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204, and it is ensured that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly cannot be blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204 where the folding door 142 is located.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the movement of the at least one moving door 144 in the radial direction of the housing 20 connects the at least one moving door 144 with the housing 20 to close the intermediate air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204, and the movement of the at least one moving door 144 in the radial direction of the housing 20 positions the at least one moving door 144 inside or outside the housing 20 to open the intermediate air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204.

In this embodiment, the radial movement of the at least one movable door 144 along the housing 20 enables the at least one movable door 144 to be connected with the housing 20 to close the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204, the radial movement of the at least one movable door 144 along the housing 20 enables the at least one movable door 144 to be located inside or outside the housing 20 to open the middle air outlet 202 and/or each side air outlet 204, the control manner is simple, the manufacturing cost is saved, meanwhile, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly when the at least one movable door 144 is located outside the housing 20 to open the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 is blown out to the external environment through the periphery of the movable door 144, the pursuit of the multi-dimensional wind outlet mode of the air conditioner 100 by the user can be satisfied, meanwhile, the comfort level of the user is prevented from being influenced by the wind being blown to the user directly through the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 too hard, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly when the movable door 144 is located inside the housing 20 to open the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 is effectively reduced, the user is prevented from being blown out to the external environment through the periphery of the movable door 144, the user's soft and the user experience is effectively improved, the comfort level is prevented from being blown out to the user through the user.

In one embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the moving doors 144 preferably includes a support portion and two door bodies located at both sides of the support portion, the support portion moves radially along the housing 20, the two door bodies are pivotally connected to the support portion, and the two door bodies rotate relative to the support portion such that an angle Q of the two door bodies satisfies 0 ° or less and 180 ° or less.

In this embodiment, the at least one sliding door 144 includes a supporting portion and two door bodies located at two sides of the supporting portion, the two door bodies are moved radially along the housing 20 by the supporting portion so that the two door bodies are connected with the housing 20 to open the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204, the two door bodies are located outside or inside the housing 20 to open the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204, the two door bodies are pivoted to the supporting portion by the two door bodies, the included angle Q of the two door bodies is smaller than or equal to 0 ° and smaller than or equal to 180 ° by the two door bodies rotating relative to the supporting portion, so that the sliding door 144 also has a folding function, and further, the two door bodies of the sliding door 144 are rotated to different angles relative to the supporting portion, the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 where the sliding door 144 is located can be controlled to open to different sizes, so that wind generated by the wind wheel assembly works is blown out to the outside environment through the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 where the sliding door 144 is located in a concentrated, or blown out to the outside environment through the periphery of the sliding door 144.

On the one hand, when the support portion moves radially along the housing 20 to enable the two door bodies to be located outside the housing 20, the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 is opened, when the two door bodies rotate relative to the support portion to enable the included angle q=0° of the two door bodies, the two door bodies are folded to be parallel to each other to completely open at least one movable door 144, and then the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 where the movable door 144 is located is completely opened, so that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through two sides of the support portion, the wind outlet is concentrated, the wind speed is high, the refrigerating or heating comfort of the air conditioner 100 can be rapidly achieved, and the user satisfaction is improved.

On the one hand, when the supporting portion moves radially along the casing 20 to enable the two door bodies to be located outside the casing 20, the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 is opened, when the two door bodies rotate relative to the supporting portion to enable the included angle q=180° between the two door bodies, the two door bodies are simultaneously unfolded to be parallel to the two sides, so that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door 144 through the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 where the movable door 144 is located, the condition that the wind is directly blown to a user through the air outlet where the movable door 144 is located is avoided, the wind is hard, the comfort of the user is influenced, the comfort of the air conditioner 100 can be ensured through heat exchange of the wind blown to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door 144, the user can enjoy the comfortable environment, and the satisfaction of the use of the user is further improved.

On the one hand, when the supporting portion moves radially along the casing 20 to enable the two door bodies to be located outside the casing 20, the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 is opened, when the two door bodies rotate relative to the supporting portion to enable the included angle 0 DEG < Q < 180 DEG of the two door bodies, the two door bodies shrink to a certain angle, so that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet 202 or the side air outlet 204 where the movable door 144 is located at a certain angle through two sides of the two door bodies, and further, a user can control the two door bodies of the movable door 144 to shrink to different angles according to the actual requirements of the user to achieve air outlet in different directions, the participation degree of the user is improved, and the use experience of the user is improved.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, at least one folding door 142 is one, one folding door 142 is located at the middle air outlet 202, at least one moving door 144 is two, and two moving doors 144 are respectively located at the two side air outlets 204.

In this embodiment, at least one folding door 142 is one, and one folding door 142 is located at the middle air outlet 202, so that the middle air outlet 202 is closed or different parts of the middle air outlet 202 are opened by expanding or contracting two door panels 1422 of the folding door 142 to different positions, so that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the opened part of the middle air outlet 202, various air outlet modes of the middle air outlet 202 are realized, the requirement of a user on the middle air outlet 202 in different directions can be met, and the satisfaction degree of the user is improved; the two movable doors 144 are respectively located at the two side air outlets 204, so that the side air outlets 204 are controlled to be closed or opened by the movement of the movable doors 144, so that the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the outside environment through the periphery of the opened side air outlets 204 by the movable doors 144, the cost is low, the movable doors 144 can be provided with a folding function for realizing the centralized air outlet of the side or the multi-angle air outlet, the pursuit of a user on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100 is further met, the satisfaction degree of the user is improved, the folding doors 142 are located in the middle of the two movable doors 144, the symmetrical arrangement of the two movable doors 144 on the two sides of one folding door 142 is ensured, the appearance of the air conditioner 100 is further ensured, and the satisfaction degree of the user is improved.

Further, one folding door 142 is located at the middle air outlet 202, two movable doors 144 are located at the two side air outlets 204, and the requirement of a user on single air outlet or double air outlets of the middle air outlet 202 can be met by using one folding door 142 and the simple movable doors 144, so that the use experience of the user is improved, meanwhile, the cost is saved, and the consumption of the user is reduced. Meanwhile, the folding door 142 or the moving door 144 can be arranged at different air outlets according to specific requirements of users, and the moving doors 144 with different functions can be arranged according to the requirements of the users, so that the use experience of the users is improved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, a recess structure 122 is preferably provided in a side of the middle portion of the duct assembly 12 adjacent to the middle air outlet 202, and a folding door 142 is positioned within the recess structure 122 when fully opened.

In this embodiment, the middle portion of the air duct assembly 12 is provided with the groove structure 122 near one side of the middle air outlet 202, and one folding door 142 is located in the groove structure 122 when being fully opened, so that the space of the air duct inside the casing 20 occupied by two door panels 1422 when the folding door 142 is fully opened is reduced, the influence of the air output and the air output effect caused by the fact that the two door panels 1422 are fully located in the middle of the air duct when the folding door 142 is fully opened is avoided, the air duct space defined by the air duct assembly 12 inside the casing 20 is effectively increased, the wind energy generated by the wind wheel 302 is ensured to be smoothly and quickly blown out to the external environment along the air duct through the opened middle air outlet 202, the sufficient air output and the quick air output effect are ensured, the requirements of users on the air conditioner 100 for quickly achieving the comfort level of refrigeration or heating are further met, and the satisfaction of the users is improved.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the method further includes: the wind guide assembly 16 is rotationally arranged inside the air duct assembly 12, the wind guide assembly 16 comprises two wind guide pieces 162 which are respectively positioned between the middle air outlet 202 and each side air outlet 204, the two wind guide pieces 162 are rotationally abutted against two sides of the air duct assembly 12 respectively to enable two air outlet areas to be communicated with the middle air outlet 202, and the two wind guide pieces 162 are rotationally abutted against the middle part of the air duct assembly 12 to enable the two air outlet areas to be communicated with the two side air outlets 204 respectively.

In this embodiment, the air guiding device 10 further includes an air guiding assembly 16 rotatably disposed inside the air duct assembly 12, where the air guiding assembly 16 includes two air guiding members 162 respectively disposed between the middle air outlet 202 and each side air outlet 204, and the two air guiding members 162 rotate to respectively abut against two sides or middle portions of the air duct assembly 12 to communicate the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet 202 or the two side air outlets 204, or the two air guiding members 162 are disposed between one side and the middle portion of the air duct assembly 12 to communicate the two air outlet areas with three air outlets, so that air generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the opened air outlets, thereby reducing air volume loss of the air conditioner 100 in the air outlet process, improving the working efficiency of the wind wheel 302, reducing the use cost, ensuring sufficient air outlet volume, and further enabling the air conditioner 100 to quickly achieve the comfort level of heating or cooling, and improving the satisfaction of users.

On the one hand, the two air outlet areas are respectively connected with the middle air outlet 202 by abutting one side of the air duct assembly 12 through the rotation of each air guide piece 162, the two air outlet areas are simultaneously blocked with the two side air outlets 204, the two door panels 1422 of the folding door 142 are simultaneously contracted towards the middle to enable the included angle between the two door panels 1422 to meet the angle R < 180 degrees, the two door panels 1422 completely or partially open the middle air outlet 202, when the two movable doors 144 are positioned at the two side air outlets 204 to close the two side air outlets 204, the air of the two air outlet areas generated by the operation of the two wind wheels 302 is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet 202, the air loss of the air conditioner 100 in the air outlet process in the shell 20 is reduced, the working efficiency of the wind wheel 302 is improved, the use cost is reduced, the sufficient air outlet is ensured, the heating or refrigerating comfort of the air conditioner 100 can be quickly achieved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

On the one hand, the two air-out areas are respectively communicated with the two side air outlets 204 by abutting the middle part of the air duct assembly 12 through the rotation of the two air guide members 162, the two air-out areas are blocked from the middle air outlet 202, when the two door panels 1422 of the folding door 142 are unfolded towards two sides at the same time, and when the included angle between the two door panels 1422 meets r=180°, the folding door 142 closes the middle air outlet 202, and when the two movable doors 144 move to open the two side air outlets 204, the air in the two air-out areas generated by the operation of the two wind wheels 302 is blown out to the external environment through the two side air outlets 204, so that the air loss of the air generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly in the shell 20 is reduced, the working efficiency of the wind wheels 302 is improved, the air quantity blown out to the external environment is sufficient, the sufficient air is enabled to be subjected to heat exchange with the external environment, the comfort level of heating or refrigerating can be quickly reached, and the using satisfaction of users is improved.

On the one hand, the two wind guiding members 162 are respectively positioned between one side and the middle part of the air duct assembly 12 in a rotating way, so that two wind outlet areas generated by the operation of the two wind wheels 302 are respectively communicated with the middle air outlet 202 and the two side air outlets 204 at the same time, the two door panels 1422 of the folding door 142 are simultaneously contracted towards the middle to ensure that the included angle between the two door panels 1422 is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 180 degrees, the two door panels 1422 completely or partially open the middle air outlet 202, when the two movable doors 144 move and simultaneously open the two side air outlets 204, wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is simultaneously blown out to the external environment through the three air outlets, as the two wind guiding members 162 are positioned in the two wind outlet areas, the two wind outlet areas are divided by the two wind guiding members 162, so that the wind blown out to the external environment through the two side air outlets 204 and the middle air outlet 202 is uniform and sufficient, the problem that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel 302 is blown out to the external environment through the side air outlet 204 and the middle air outlet 202 without being split and the wind quantity of the air outlet is uneven is avoided, the uniform and sufficient wind quantity of all the air outlets is effectively ensured, the uniform and sufficient wind blown out to the outside of the shell 20 and the air of the external environment are fully subjected to heat exchange to achieve uniform heating or refrigerating effect, the satisfaction degree of the use of a user is improved, the wind outlet range is enlarged by the middle air outlet 202 and the two side air outlets 204, the heat exchange range of the wind blown out to the outside of the shell 20 and the wind of the external environment is increased, the comfort range of the air conditioner 100 is enlarged, and the use experience of the user is improved.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the method further includes: the shutter assemblies 18 are disposed inside the housing 20 opposite to the middle air outlet 202, the shutter assemblies 18 are disposed on one side of the housing 20 near the inside when one of the folding doors 142 is closed, and the shutter assemblies 18 are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the folding door 142 when it is fully opened.

In this embodiment, the air guiding device 10 further includes a shutter assembly 18 disposed inside the casing 20, and by disposing the shutter assembly 18 opposite to the middle air outlet 202 and on a side of the casing 20 near the inside when one of the folding doors 142 is completely closed, the shutter assembly 18 is prevented from being exposed to the outside when the folding door 142 closes the middle air outlet 202, which affects the appearance of the air conditioner 100, and by disposing the shutter assembly 18 on a side of the casing 20 near the inside when the folding door 142 is closed, the appearance of the air conditioner 100 is effectively ensured to be attractive when the folding door 142 is closed, and the satisfaction of the user is improved; meanwhile, by symmetrically distributing the shutter assemblies 18 on two sides of one folding door 142 when the folding door 142 is fully opened, on one hand, when the two door panels 1422 of the folding door 142 are contracted to enable the included angle of the two folding doors 142 to meet the requirement of 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG and the middle air outlet 202 is partially opened, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assemblies is guided to the two sides of the middle air outlet 202 by the shutter assemblies 18 and then blown out to the external environment, so that the influence of the wind loss on the wind outlet effect caused by the wind loss generated by the operation of the wind wheel assemblies is avoided, and the wind blown out to the external environment from the two sides of the middle air outlet 202 after the wind is guided by the shutter assemblies 18 has sufficient wind outlet and uniform wind outlet, thereby improving the working efficiency of the wind wheel assemblies, saving the use cost of users, simultaneously ensuring the good wind outlet effect of the air conditioner 100 and improving the satisfaction degree of the use of users; on the one hand, when the two door panels 1422 of the folding doors 142 are retracted to enable the included angle of the two folding doors 142 to meet r=0° to fully open the middle air outlet 202, the air outlet direction of the middle air outlet 202 can be controlled by rotating the shutter assembly 18, so that one middle air outlet 202 can realize single air outlet in different directions, further satisfying the pursuit of users on the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100, and improving the satisfaction of the users in use

Further, the louver assembly 18 may be disposed at a position opposite to each side air outlet 204 inside the casing 20, and the air outlet direction of each side air outlet 204 is controlled by rotation of the louver assembly 18, so that the same side air outlet 204 can blow out air in different directions, further satisfying pursuit of a user on a multidimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner 100, and improving satisfaction of the user.

An embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention provides an air guiding control method, for an air conditioner, where the air conditioner includes a casing, a wind wheel assembly, and an air guiding device according to any of the foregoing technical solutions, and a middle air outlet located in the middle and two side air outlets located at two sides of the middle air outlet are provided on an outer peripheral wall of the casing, and the wind wheel assembly includes two wind wheels that rotate in opposite directions to implement two air outlet areas during operation, as shown in fig. 6, where the air guiding control method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

step 602, detecting an air-out mode instruction;

step 604, according to the instruction of the air outlet mode, controlling at least one folding door to expand or contract to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize air outlet in different directions, controlling at least one moving door to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, at least one of the folding doors is one, one of the folding doors is located at the middle air outlet, at least one of the moving doors is two, and the two moving doors are located at the two side air outlets respectively; wherein, at least one folding door includes two door plant that the symmetry set up, and two door plant shrink simultaneously to the centre makes contained angle R between two door plant satisfy 0% and be less than or equal to 180.

In the embodiment, at least one folding door is one, and one folding door is positioned at the middle air outlet, so that the middle air outlet is closed or different parts of the middle air outlet are opened by expanding or contracting two door plates of the folding door to different positions, so that wind generated by the operation of the wind wheel assembly is blown out to the external environment through the opened part of the middle air outlet, various air outlet modes of the middle air outlet are realized, and the requirement of a user on the fact that the middle air outlet can blow out wind in different directions in a blowing state is met; the included angle R between the two door plates is smaller than or equal to 180 degrees and is smaller than or equal to 0 degree through the two door plates contracting towards the middle, the middle air outlet where the folding door is located can be completely opened, partially opened or completely closed, and therefore various air outlet modes of the air conditioner are achieved, meanwhile, the middle air outlet is completely opened or partially opened, so that the same air outlet can blow out wind in different directions in an air outlet state, and the use experience of a user is effectively improved.

The flow chart of the air guiding control method according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 6 further includes:

step 606, controlling the two air guide members of the air guide device to rotate to different positions according to the air outlet mode command.

According to the wind guiding control method provided by the invention, the two wind guiding parts of the wind guiding device are controlled to rotate to different positions according to the wind outlet mode instruction, so that the wind guiding parts are used for communicating the two wind outlet areas generated by the operation of the two wind wheels with the middle air outlet and/or the side air outlet which are in wind outlet actions, the two wind outlet areas generated by the operation of the two wind wheels are blocked with the middle air outlet and/or the side air outlet which are not in wind outlet actions, the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheels is further ensured to be blown out of the shell through the air outlet which is in wind outlet actions, the wind loss of the wind generated by the operation of the wind wheels in the shell is reduced, the wind wheel working efficiency is improved, the wind quantity blown out to the outside environment is ensured to be sufficient, and the sufficient energy exchange is carried out between the wind blown out to the outside environment and the air of the outside environment to quickly achieve the heating or refrigerating comfort of the air conditioner, the requirements of a user on the quick heating or refrigerating comfort of the air conditioner are further met, and the use experience of the user is improved.

A flow chart of a method for controlling air guiding according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 7 includes:

step 702, detecting an air-out mode instruction;

step 704, according to the middle single air outlet instruction, controlling two door panels of a folding door to shrink towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle r=0° between the two door panels completely opens the middle air outlet, controlling each moving door to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, and controlling the two wind wheels to start working.

According to the air guide control method provided by the invention, the air outlet mode instruction is a middle single air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be contracted towards the middle according to the middle single air outlet instruction, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates is formed by completely opening the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, the two wind wheels are controlled to start working, so that air generated by the working of the two wind wheels is contracted to the completely opened middle air outlet through the two door plates to be blown out to the external environment, the single air outlet mode of the middle air outlet of the air conditioner is realized, the integral air outlet of the middle air outlet can meet the requirement of a user on concentrated air outlet of the middle air outlet, and further concentrated and rapid air outlet energy can enable the air conditioner to be rapidly cooled or heated, so that the user can rapidly reach the comfort level of the air conditioner, and the user satisfaction is improved.

The flow chart of the air guiding control method according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 7 further includes:

step 706, according to the middle single air outlet instruction, controlling each air guide piece of the air guide device to rotate and respectively abut against one side of the air duct assembly to communicate the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet.

According to the air guide control method provided by the invention, according to the middle single air outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate and respectively abut against one side of the air duct assembly to communicate the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet, and simultaneously the two air outlet areas are blocked with the two side air outlets, so that when the air conditioner executes the middle single air outlet instruction, the air of the two air outlet areas generated by the operation of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet, the air quantity loss in the shell of the air conditioner in the air outlet process is reduced, the working efficiency of the wind wheels is improved, the use cost is reduced, the sufficient air outlet quantity is ensured, the heating or refrigerating comfort of the air conditioner can be rapidly achieved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a method for controlling air guiding according to another embodiment of the present invention, where the method includes:

Step 802, detecting an air-out mode instruction;

step 804, according to the middle double air-out instruction, controlling two door plates of a folding door to shrink towards the middle at the same time, enabling an included angle between the two door plates to meet 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG, closing the middle part of the middle air outlet, controlling each movable door to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, and controlling the two wind wheels to start working.

According to the air guide control method provided by the invention, the air outlet mode instruction is a middle double air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be contracted towards the middle according to the middle double air outlet instruction, so that the included angle between the two door plates is smaller than 0 DEG < 180 DEG, the middle part of the middle air outlet is closed, the two sides of the middle air outlet are communicated with the inside and the outside of the shell, each movable door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, the two wind wheels are controlled to start working, the wind generated by the working of the two wind wheels is contracted to a certain angle by the two door plates to partially open the two sides of the middle air outlet to be blown out to the external environment, the fact that one middle air outlet of the air conditioner blows out the wind in two directions simultaneously in the air outlet state is realized, the use experience of a user is prevented from being influenced by only blowing out the wind in one direction in the air outlet in the prior art, the requirement of the middle air outlet on the air outlet of the user is met, the use experience of the user is widened, the air outlet range of the middle air outlet of the air outlet is expanded, and the user experience is promoted.

The flow chart of the air guiding control method according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 8 further includes:

step 806, according to the middle double air outlet instruction, controlling each air guide piece of the air guide device to rotate to be respectively abutted with one side of the air duct assembly so as to communicate the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet.

According to the air guide control method provided by the invention, according to the middle double-air-outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate and respectively abut against one side of the air duct assembly to communicate the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet, and simultaneously the two air outlet areas are blocked with the two side air outlets, so that when the air conditioner executes the middle double-air-outlet instruction, the air of the two air outlet areas generated by the operation of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment through the middle air outlet, the air quantity loss in the shell of the air conditioner in the air outlet process is reduced, the working efficiency of the wind wheels is improved, the use cost is reduced, the sufficient air outlet quantity is ensured, the heating or refrigerating comfort of the air conditioner can be rapidly achieved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

A flow chart of a method for controlling air guiding according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 9 includes:

step 902, detecting an air-out mode instruction;

step 904, according to the two-side air outlet instruction, controlling two door plates of a folding door to be unfolded towards two sides simultaneously, so that an included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates completely closes the middle air outlet, controlling each moving door to move to the outside or the inside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell, and controlling the two wind wheels to start working.

According to the wind guide control method provided by the invention, the wind outlet mode instruction is a two-side wind outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be unfolded towards two sides simultaneously according to the two-side wind outlet instruction, so that an included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates completely closes the middle wind outlet, each movable door is controlled to move to the outside or the inside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell to open each side wind outlet, two wind wheels are controlled to start working, wind generated by the working of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment through the two side wind outlets opened by the movement of the two movable doors, and the two-side wind outlet of the air conditioner is realized.

The flow chart of the air guiding control method according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 9 further includes:

step 906, according to the two-side air outlet command, controlling the two air guide pieces of the air guide device to rotate and abut against the middle part of the air duct assembly to communicate the two air outlet areas with the two side air outlets respectively.

According to the air guide control method provided by the invention, the two air guide pieces are controlled to rotate and abut against the middle part of the air duct assembly according to the two-side air outlet instructions, so that the two air outlet areas are respectively communicated with the two side air outlets, and the two air outlet areas are blocked from the middle air outlet, so that the air of the two air outlet areas generated by the work of the two wind wheels is blown out to the external environment through the two side air outlets, the air quantity loss in the shell of the air conditioner in the air outlet process is reduced, the working efficiency of the wind wheels is improved, the use cost is reduced, the sufficient air outlet quantity is ensured, the heating or refrigerating comfort degree of the air conditioner can be rapidly achieved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

A flow chart of a method for controlling air guiding according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 10 includes:

step 1002, detecting an air-out mode instruction;

Step 1004, according to the three-side air outlet instruction, controlling two door plates of a folding door to shrink towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle R=0° between the two door plates completely opens the middle air outlet, controlling each moving door to move to the inside or the outside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell, and opening each side air outlet, and controlling the two wind wheels to start working.

According to the wind guide control method provided by the invention, the wind outlet mode instruction is a three-side wind outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be contracted towards the middle according to the three-side wind outlet instruction, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates is formed by completely opening the middle wind outlet, each movable door is controlled to move to the inside or the outside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell, each side wind outlet is controlled to start working, wind generated by the working of the two wind wheels blows the middle wind outlet opened by the folding door and the two side wind outlets opened by the movable door to the external environment, and three-side wind outlet of the air conditioner is realized.

The flow chart of the air guiding control method according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 10 further includes:

step 1006, according to the three-side air outlet instruction, controlling each air guide piece of the air guide device to rotate between one side and the middle part of the air duct assembly, and communicating the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets respectively.

According to the wind guide control method provided by the invention, each wind guide piece of the wind guide device is controlled to rotate to a position between one side and the middle part of the wind channel component according to the three-side wind outlet instruction, the two wind guide pieces are communicated with the middle wind outlet and the two side wind outlets, as the two wind guide pieces are positioned in the two wind outlet areas, the two wind outlet areas are divided by the two wind guide pieces, so that the wind quantity blown out to the external environment through the two side wind outlets and the middle wind outlet is uniform and sufficient, the problem that wind generated by wind wheel work is blown out to the external environment through the side wind outlets and the middle wind outlet without being split and has different wind quantities is avoided, the uniform and sufficient wind quantity of all wind outlets is effectively ensured, further, the uniform and sufficient wind blown out to the outside of the shell is fully subjected to heat exchange with the air of the external environment to realize uniform heating or refrigerating effect, the satisfaction degree of users is improved, and the wind outlet ranges of the middle wind outlet and the two side wind outlets are simultaneously enlarged, so that the heat exchange range of the wind blown out to the outside of the shell is increased, and the comfortable use range of the air conditioner is further improved.

A flow chart of a method for controlling air guiding according to still another embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 11 includes:

step 1102, detecting an air-out mode instruction;

and 1104, controlling the two wind wheels to stop working according to the air outlet stopping instruction, controlling the two wind guide members to stop rotating, controlling the two door plates of one folding door to be unfolded towards two sides simultaneously so that an included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates completely closes the middle air outlet, and controlling the two movable doors to move along the radial direction of the shell until the two movable doors are connected with the shell to close the two side air outlets.

According to the wind guide control method provided by the invention, the wind outlet mode instruction is the wind outlet stopping instruction, the two wind wheels are controlled to stop working and wind generation according to the wind outlet stopping instruction, the two wind guide pieces are controlled to stop rotating, the phenomenon that the wind guide pieces always rotate to waste energy and generate noise to influence the use of a user in a wind outlet stopping instruction state is avoided, the satisfaction degree of the use of the user is improved, the two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be simultaneously unfolded to two sides to enable the included angle R=180 DEG to completely close the middle air outlet, the two moving doors are controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close the two side air outlets, the influence of the air conditioner appearance caused by the fact that the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets are exposed on the peripheral wall of the shell is avoided, the appearance of the air conditioner is effectively ensured, and the satisfaction degree of the use of the user is improved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the method further includes: the detection device is arranged on the shell and is used for detecting a wind mode instruction; the controller is arranged on the shell, is connected with the wind wheel assembly, the air door assembly and the two air guide pieces of the air guide device, and controls at least one folding door, at least one moving door and the two air guide pieces of the two wind wheels and the air door assembly of the wind wheel assembly according to the air outlet mode instruction; the air-out mode instruction comprises a middle single air-out instruction, a middle double air-out instruction, two side air-out instructions, three side air-out instructions and an air-out stopping instruction.

In the embodiment, the air conditioner further comprises a detection device and a controller, the detection device is arranged on the shell, the air outlet mode instruction is detected, the controller is arranged on the shell and connected with the wind wheel assembly, the air door assembly and the two air guide pieces of the air guide device, and according to the middle single air outlet instruction, the middle double air outlet instruction, the two side air outlet instructions and the three side air outlet instructions detected by the detection device, the two wind wheels, at least one folding door, at least one moving door and the two air guide pieces are controlled by stopping the air outlet instruction, so that the wind generated by the work of the wind wheel assembly is expanded or contracted to different parts of the middle air outlet or the side air outlet which are opened at different positions through the folding door to blow out to the external environment, the problem that the wind in different directions can be blown out by one air outlet only in one direction is solved, the air outlet mode of the air conditioner is single is effectively increased, the pursuing of the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner by a user is met, the market experience of the user is improved, and the use competitiveness of the user is improved; the air outlet mode that the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet are/is closed or opened to control the air conditioner by at least one movable door moving to different positions along the radial direction of the shell is low in cost, the consumption requirement of a user can be met, meanwhile, the movable door can enable the air operated by the wind wheel assembly to be blown out to the external environment along the periphery of the movable door along the radial direction of the shell, the pursuit of the multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner by the user is further met, meanwhile, the influence of the air to the user caused by direct blowing of the air to the comfort level of the user is avoided, and the using satisfaction of the user is effectively improved. Therefore, different air outlets can be set to be a folding door and a moving door according to the use habit of a user, so that pursuit of the user on a multi-dimensional air outlet mode of the air conditioner is met, the cost is saved, and the use satisfaction of the user is improved.

In the present invention, the term "plurality" means two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; "coupled" may be directly coupled or indirectly coupled through intermediaries. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the description of the present specification, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "particular embodiments," and the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An air ducting for the air conditioner, the air conditioner includes shell and wind wheel assembly, be provided with the middle air outlet that is located in the middle and be located in the middle two side air outlets of air outlet both sides on the periphery wall of shell, the wind wheel assembly is including two wind wheels that the during operation opposite direction rotated in order to realize two air-out areas, its characterized in that, the air ducting includes:

the wind channel assembly is connected with the wind wheel assembly, the two wind wheels are arranged inside the wind channel assembly, and the wind channel assembly is arranged inside the shell at the two wind outlet areas;

a damper assembly mounted on the housing and including a plurality of dampers for opening or closing the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets;

the plurality of air doors comprise at least one folding door and at least one moving door, the at least one folding door can be unfolded or contracted to different positions to enable the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to be closed or opened to different sizes so as to enable the air outlet to be in different directions, and the at least one moving door can be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to enable the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to be closed or opened;

The at least one movable door comprises a supporting part and two door bodies positioned at two sides of the supporting part, the supporting part moves along the radial direction of the shell, the two door bodies are pivotally connected with the supporting part, and the two door bodies rotate relative to the supporting part so that the included angle Q of the two door bodies is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 180 degrees.

2. The wind-guiding device of claim 1, wherein the air guiding device comprises a housing,

the at least one folding door comprises two door plates which are symmetrically arranged, and the two door plates simultaneously shrink towards the middle to enable the included angle R between the two door plates to meet the condition that the included angle R is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 180 degrees;

wherein when r=0°, the two door panels fold to fully open the at least one folding door and to fully open the middle air outlet and/or each of the side air outlets;

when 0 DEG < R < 180 DEG, the two door panel contractions open the at least one folding door and close the middle air outlet and/or the middle portion of each side air outlet;

when r=180°, the two door panels are simultaneously unfolded to both sides to completely close the at least one folding door and to completely close the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet.

3. The wind-guiding device of claim 1, wherein the air guiding device comprises a housing,

the at least one moving door is moved along the radial direction of the shell to enable the at least one moving door to be connected with the shell so as to close the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and the at least one moving door is moved along the radial direction of the shell so as to enable the at least one moving door to be positioned inside or outside the shell so as to open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet.

4. The wind-guiding device of claim 1, wherein the air guiding device comprises a housing,

the at least one folding door is one, one folding door is positioned at the middle air outlet, the at least one moving door is two, and the two moving doors are respectively positioned at the two side air outlets.

5. The wind-guiding device of claim 4, wherein the air guiding device comprises a housing,

one side of the middle part of the air duct component, which is close to the middle air outlet, is provided with a groove structure, and one folding door is positioned in the groove structure when being completely opened.

6. The air guiding device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

the wind guide assembly is rotationally arranged inside the air duct assembly, the wind guide assembly comprises two wind guide pieces which are respectively positioned between the middle air outlet and each side air outlet, the two wind guide pieces rotate respectively and are in butt joint with two sides of the air duct assembly, the two wind outlet areas can be communicated with the middle air outlet, and the two wind guide pieces rotate and are in butt joint with the middle part of the air duct assembly, and the two wind outlet areas can be respectively communicated with the two side air outlets.

7. The air guiding device according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising:

the shutter components are arranged inside the shell and opposite to the middle air outlet, the shutter components are positioned on one side, close to the inside of the shell, of the folding door when the folding door is closed, and the shutter components are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the folding door when the folding door is completely opened.

8. An air guiding control method for an air conditioner, the air conditioner comprising a housing, a wind wheel assembly and an air guiding device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a middle air outlet positioned in the middle and two side air outlets positioned at two sides of the middle air outlet are arranged on the peripheral wall of the housing, the wind wheel assembly comprises two wind wheels which rotate in opposite directions to realize two air outlet areas when in operation, the air guiding control method is characterized by comprising:

detecting a wind mode command;

according to the air outlet mode instruction, at least one folding door is controlled to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize air outlet in different directions, at least one moving door is controlled to move to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and the working state of the wind wheel assembly is controlled.

9. The method for controlling air guide according to claim 8, wherein,

the at least one folding door is one, one folding door is positioned at the middle air outlet, the at least one moving door is two, and the two moving doors are respectively positioned at the two side air outlets;

the at least one folding door comprises two door plates which are symmetrically arranged, and the two door plates shrink towards the middle at the same time to enable an included angle R between the two door plates to meet the condition that the included angle R is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 180 degrees.

10. The air guide control method according to claim 9, further comprising:

and controlling the two air guide pieces of the air guide device to rotate to different positions according to the air outlet mode instruction.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the air outlet mode command is a middle single air outlet command, and the specific step of controlling at least one folding door to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air outlet according to the air outlet mode command, controlling at least one moving door to be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly includes:

According to the middle single air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to shrink towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates is used for completely opening the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, and two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the air-out mode command is a middle double air-out command, and the specific step of controlling at least one folding door to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air-out, controlling at least one moving door to be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the housing to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly includes:

according to the middle double air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to shrink towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle between the two door plates is 0 degree < 180 degrees, the middle part of the middle air outlet is closed, each movable door is controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close each side air outlet, and two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

13. The air guide control method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized by further comprising:

according to the middle single air outlet instruction or the middle double air outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate and respectively abut against one side of the air duct assembly to communicate the two air outlet areas with the middle air outlet.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the air outlet mode command is a two-sided air outlet command, and the specific step of controlling at least one folding door to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different air outlet directions according to the air outlet mode command, controlling at least one moving door to be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the housing to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly includes:

according to the two-side air outlet instructions, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be unfolded to two sides at the same time, so that an included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates is used for completely closing the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move to the outside or the inside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell, each side air outlet is opened, and two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

15. The method of controlling air conduction according to claim 14, further comprising:

according to the two-side air outlet instructions, two air guide pieces of the air guide device are controlled to rotate and abut against the middle part of the air duct assembly, and the two air outlet areas are respectively communicated with the two side air outlets.

16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the air outlet mode command is a three-sided air outlet command, and the specific step of controlling at least one folding door to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize different direction air outlet, and controlling at least one moving door to be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the housing to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet according to the air outlet mode command includes:

according to the three-face air outlet instruction, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to shrink towards the middle at the same time, so that an included angle R=0 DEG between the two door plates is used for completely opening the middle air outlet, each moving door is controlled to move to the inside or the outside of the shell along the radial direction of the shell, each side air outlet is opened, and two wind wheels are controlled to start working.

17. The method of controlling air conduction according to claim 16, further comprising:

according to the three-face air outlet instruction, each air guide piece of the air guide device is controlled to rotate between one side and the middle part of the air duct assembly, and the two air outlet areas are communicated with the middle air outlet and the two side air outlets.

18. The method according to claim 10, wherein the air outlet mode command is an air outlet stopping command, the specific step of controlling at least one folding door to be unfolded or contracted to different positions to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet to different sizes so as to realize air outlet in different directions according to the air outlet mode command, controlling at least one moving door to be moved to different positions along the radial direction of the shell to close or open the middle air outlet and/or each side air outlet, and controlling the working state of the wind wheel assembly according to the air outlet mode command, wherein the specific step of controlling two air guiding members of the air guiding device to be rotated to different positions comprises:

according to the air outlet stopping instruction, two wind wheels are controlled to stop working, two wind guide pieces are controlled to stop rotating, two door plates of one folding door are controlled to be unfolded towards two sides simultaneously, an included angle R=180 DEG between the two door plates is controlled to completely close the middle air outlet, and two moving doors are controlled to move along the radial direction of the shell to be connected with the shell to close the two side air outlets.

19. An air conditioner, comprising:

the air conditioner comprises a shell, wherein a middle air outlet positioned in the middle and two side air outlets positioned on two sides of the middle air outlet are arranged on the peripheral wall of the shell;

the wind wheel assembly comprises two wind wheels which rotate in opposite directions to realize two wind outlet areas during working; and

the air guiding device of any one of claims 1 to 7.

20. The air conditioner as set forth in claim 19, further comprising:

the detection device is arranged on the shell and is used for detecting a wind mode instruction;

the controller is arranged on the shell, is connected with the wind wheel assembly, the air door assembly and the two air guide pieces of the air guide device, and controls the two wind wheels, at least one folding door and at least one moving door of the air door assembly and the two air guide pieces according to the air outlet mode instruction;

the air-out mode instruction comprises a middle single air-out instruction, a middle double air-out instruction, two side air-out instructions, three side air-out instructions and an air-out stopping instruction.