CN109028289B

CN109028289B - Indoor unit and air conditioner with same

Info

Publication number: CN109028289B
Application number: CN201710441719.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯绍广; 朱伟明; 蒙立醒
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2017-06-12
Filing date: 2017-06-12
Publication date: 2020-05-29
Anticipated expiration: 2037-06-12
Also published as: CN109028289A; WO2018228239A1

Abstract

The invention provides an indoor unit and an air conditioner with the same. Indoor set, includes: an upper bottom case; the upper bottom shell is connected with the lower bottom shell; the drive box assembly is connected with the upper bottom shell and comprises a first drive part and a second drive part; the air guide plate is connected with the first driving part, the first driving part is used for driving the air guide plate to enable the air guide plate to be located at an opening position or a closing position, and the second driving part is used for driving the air guide plate to rotate so as to change the air guide direction of the air guide plate. Through setting up the drive box subassembly on last drain pan to set the second drive division of drive box subassembly to drive aviation baffle pivoted mode, make when dismantling the bottom shell, need not to pull out the wire of second drive division and can realize the dismantlement work of bottom shell down, greatly made things convenient for and dismantled the washing operation to the air conditioner.

Description

Indoor unit and air conditioner with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioner equipment, in particular to an indoor unit and an air conditioner with the indoor unit.

Background

An indoor unit in the prior art comprises an upper bottom shell, a lower bottom shell, an air outlet frame and the like. The air outlet frame comprises an air deflector and a motor for driving the air deflector. The arrangement mode of the indoor unit in the prior art enables the air conditioner to be disassembled and cleaned only by removing the motor wire of the air deflector in the process of cleaning.

Further, in some indoor units of air conditioners in the prior art, the wind wheel and the motor are arranged on the lower bottom shell. The mode that the wind sweeping motor is fixed with the lower bottom shell is adopted, and in the setting mode in the prior art, when the lower bottom shell needs to be disassembled and cleaned, the wind sweeping motor line needs to be pulled out of the main board, so that the disassembling and cleaning operation can be realized, and the problems that the disassembling and cleaning operation of the indoor unit of the air conditioner is complex and the like are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an indoor unit and an air conditioner with the indoor unit, and aims to solve the problem that a lead of a motor for driving an air deflector to rotate needs to be pulled out when the indoor unit is disassembled and cleaned in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an indoor unit including: an upper bottom case; the upper bottom shell is connected with the lower bottom shell; the drive box assembly is connected with the upper bottom shell and comprises a first drive part and a second drive part; the air guide plate is connected with the first driving part, the first driving part is used for driving the air guide plate to enable the air guide plate to be located at an opening position or a closing position, and the second driving part is used for driving the air guide plate to rotate so as to change the air guide direction of the air guide plate.

Further, the drive box assembly still includes: the first end of the push rod is connected with the first driving part, the second end of the push rod is connected with the air deflector, and the first driving part drives the push rod to enable the air deflector to be located at the opening position or the closing position.

Furthermore, the second driving part is connected with the second end of the push rod, and an output shaft of the second driving part is connected with the air deflector.

Further, the drive box assembly still includes: the first driving part is arranged in the driving box and drives the push rod, so that at least part of the push rod has a retraction position retracted into the driving box and at least part of the push rod has an extension position extending out of the driving box; and the first end of the supporting piece is connected with the upper bottom shell, and the second end of the supporting piece is connected with the driving box.

Further, the support member includes: the first end of first support column is connected with last drain pan, and the second end of first support column is connected with the drive box.

Further, the support member further includes: the first end of second support column is connected with last drain pan, and the second support column sets up with first support column interval, and the second end of second support column is connected with the drive box.

Furthermore, a groove is formed in the end face of the second end of the first supporting column and/or the second supporting column.

Furthermore, a connecting bulge matched with the groove is arranged on the shell of the driving box.

Furthermore, the drive box is a plurality of, and a plurality of drive boxes include first drive box and second drive box, and support piece is a plurality of, and a plurality of support pieces include first support piece and second support piece, and first support piece is connected with the first end of last drain pan, and the second support piece is connected with the second end of last drain pan, and first support piece sets up with second support piece relatively, and first drive box is connected with first support piece, and the second drive box is connected with the second support piece.

Further, first drive division includes first motor and second motor, and first motor sets up in first drive box, and the second motor sets up in the second drive box, and the push rod is a plurality of, and a plurality of push rods include: the first end of the first push rod is connected with the first motor, and the second end of the first push rod is movably connected with the first end of the air deflector; and at least part of the second push rod is arranged in the second drive box, the first end of the second push rod is connected with the second motor, the second end of the second push rod is movably connected with the second end of the air deflector, and the second drive part is arranged on at least one of the first push rod and the second push rod.

Furthermore, the second driving part is arranged at the second end of the second push rod and connected with the second end of the first push rod, the connecting column is arranged at the second end of the first push rod, and the hook matched with the connecting column is arranged at the first end of the air deflector.

Furthermore, the second driving part comprises a third motor, a shell of the third motor is connected with the second push rod, and an output shaft of the third motor is connected with the air deflector.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an air conditioner is provided, which includes an indoor unit, and the indoor unit is the indoor unit described above.

By applying the technical scheme of the invention, the drive box assembly is arranged on the upper bottom shell, and the second drive part of the drive box assembly is arranged in a mode of driving the air deflector to rotate, so that when the lower bottom shell is disassembled, the disassembly work of the lower bottom shell can be realized without pulling out a lead of the second drive part, and the disassembly and cleaning operation of the air conditioner is greatly facilitated.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view showing an embodiment of an indoor unit assembled with an upper case according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows an enlarged schematic view of the structure at A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the lower base and the air deflector;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the assembly of the drive case with the lower chassis of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of the structure of the drive cartridge of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the drive cassette of FIG. 1 shown in a first view of assembly with the air deflection plate;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the structure shown at B in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the drive cassette of FIG. 1 shown in a second perspective assembled with the air deflection plate;

fig. 9 shows an enlarged schematic view of the structure at C in fig. 8.

Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:

10. an upper bottom case;

20. a lower bottom shell;

30. a drive cartridge assembly; 31. a drive cartridge; 311. a connecting projection; 312. a first drive cassette; 313. a second drive cassette;

32. a support member; 321. a first support column; 322. a second support column; 323. a first support member; 324. a second support member; 33. a first push rod; 331. connecting columns; 34. a second push rod; 35. a first motor; 36. a second motor;

40. an air deflector; 41. hooking;

50. a groove;

60. a third motor; 61. an output shaft;

70. screw holes.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial relationship to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is turned over, devices described as "above" or "on" other devices or configurations would then be oriented "below" or "under" the other devices or configurations. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

Exemplary embodiments according to the present application will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. These exemplary embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to only the embodiments set forth herein. It is to be understood that these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the exemplary embodiments to those skilled in the art, in the drawings, it is possible to enlarge the thicknesses of layers and regions for clarity, and the same devices are denoted by the same reference numerals, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an indoor unit is provided.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the indoor unit includes an upper base casing 10, a lower base casing 20, a drive box assembly 30, and a wind deflector 40. The upper case 10 is connected with the lower case 20. The driving box assembly 30 is connected to the upper case 10, and the driving box assembly 30 includes a first driving part and a second driving part. The air deflector 40 is connected to the first driving part, the first driving part is used for driving the air deflector 40 to enable the air deflector 40 to be located at an opening position or a closing position, and the second driving part is used for driving the air deflector 40 to rotate so as to change the air guiding direction of the air deflector 40.

In this embodiment, through setting up the drive box subassembly on last drain pan to set the second drive division of drive box subassembly to drive aviation baffle pivoted mode, make when dismantling the bottom shell, need not to pull out the wire of second drive division and can realize the dismantlement work of bottom shell down, greatly made things convenient for and dismantled the cleaning operation to the air conditioner.

Wherein the drive box assembly 30 further comprises a push rod. The first end of the push rod is connected with the first driving part, the second end of the push rod is connected with the air deflector 40, and the first driving part drives the push rod to enable the air deflector 40 to be located at the opening position or the closing position. That is, in the present embodiment, the second driving portion is indirectly connected to the air guiding plate 40, so that the opening or closing of the air guiding plate can be conveniently achieved, and the air guiding direction of the air guiding plate can be conveniently controlled.

Specifically, the second driving portion is connected to the second end of the push rod, and the output shaft of the second driving portion is connected to the air deflector 40. This arrangement can improve the reliability of the second driving unit for driving the air guide plate 40 to rotate.

The drive cartridge assembly 30 further includes a drive cartridge 31 and a support 32, a first driving portion being provided in the drive cartridge 31, the first driving portion driving the push rods such that at least part of the push rods have a retracted position retracted into the drive cartridge 31 and at least part of the push rods have an extended position extended out of the drive cartridge 31. A first end of the supporting member 32 is connected to the upper case 10, and a second end of the supporting member 32 is connected to the driving case 31. The arrangement can effectively improve the stability of the driving box assembly 30, wherein when the first driving part drives the push rod, one part of the push rod can be located in the driving box 31, and the other part of the push rod can be located outside the driving box 31, and of course, when the push rod is also arranged as the first driving part driving the push rod, the push rod can be completely pushed out of the driving box 31, and the push rod can also be completely retracted into the driving box 31.

Specifically, the support 32 includes a first support column 321 and a second support column 322. The first end of the first supporting column 321 is connected to the upper case 10, and the second end of the first supporting column 321 is connected to the driving box 31. The first ends of the second supporting pillars 322 are connected to the upper case 10, the second supporting pillars 322 and the first supporting pillars 321 are disposed at intervals, and the second ends of the second supporting pillars 322 are connected to the driving box 31. This arrangement can further improve the stability of the connection of the drive cartridge assembly 30 to the upper case.

To further improve the stability of the connection of the drive cartridge assembly 30 to the upper housing. The end surfaces of the second ends of the first support column 321 and the second support column 322 are provided with grooves 50. As shown in fig. 2 and 8, an embodiment of forming a groove 50 on an end surface of the second end of the second supporting column 322 is shown, and a connecting protrusion 311 matching with the groove 50 is provided on the housing of the driving box 31. Of course, the connecting protrusion 311 may be provided with a screw hole 70, when the driving box 31 is assembled, the connecting protrusion 311 of the driving box 31 may be inserted into the groove 50, and then the driving box 31 and the second supporting column 322 may be fixed by screwing into the screw hole 70.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6 and 8, the plurality of drive cassettes 31 includes a first drive cassette 312 and a second drive cassette 313. The support 32 is plural, and the plural supports 32 include a first support 323 and a second support 324. The first supporting member 323 is connected to a first end of the upper case 10, the second supporting member 324 is connected to a second end of the upper case 10, the first supporting member 323 and the second supporting member 324 are oppositely disposed, the first driving box 312 is connected to the first supporting member 323, and the second driving box 313 is connected to the second supporting member 324. This arrangement can effectively improve the reliability of the indoor unit.

The first driving part includes a first motor 35 and a second motor 36, the first motor 35 is disposed in the first driving box 312, and the second motor 36 is disposed in the second driving box 313. The push rod is plural, and the plural push rods include a first push rod 33 and a second push rod 34. At least a portion of the first push rod 33 is disposed in the first driving box 312, a first end of the first push rod 33 is connected to the first motor 35, and a second end of the first push rod 33 is movably connected to the first end of the air guiding plate 40. At least a portion of the second push rod 34 is disposed in the second driving box 313, a first end of the second push rod 34 is connected to the second motor 36, a second end of the second push rod 34 is movably connected to a second end of the air deflector 40, and the second driving portion is disposed on at least one of the first push rod 33 and the second push rod 34. The arrangement enables the air deflector to move from the opening position to the closing position or from the closing position to the opening position smoothly when the air deflector is pushed out by the driving box.

Further, the second driving part is disposed at the second end of the second push rod 34 and connected to the second end of the first push rod 33, a connection column 331 is disposed at the second end of the first push rod 33, and a hook 41 engaged with the connection column 331 is disposed at the first end of the air deflector 40. The arrangement can improve the connection stability of the air deflector 40 and the first push rod 33, and ensure the stable operation of the air deflector.

As shown in fig. 7, the second driving part includes a third motor 60, a housing of the third motor 60 is connected to the second push rod 34, and an output shaft 61 of the third motor 60 is connected to the air deflector 40. The arrangement can effectively improve the connection reliability of the second driving part and the second push rod 34, wherein the cross section of the output shaft 61 is in a cross structure, and the connecting lug of the air deflector 40 is provided with a cross groove matched with the output shaft 61, so that the arrangement can further improve the connection reliability of the third motor 60 and the air deflector.

The indoor unit in the above embodiments may also be used in the technical field of air conditioner equipment, that is, according to another aspect of the present invention, an air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit. The indoor unit is the indoor unit in the above embodiment. Specifically, the indoor unit includes an upper casing 10, a lower casing 20, a drive box assembly 30, and an air deflector 40. The upper case 10 is connected with the lower case 20. The driving box assembly 30 is connected to the upper case 10, and the driving box assembly 30 includes a first driving part and a second driving part. The air deflector 40 is connected to the first driving part, the first driving part is used for driving the air deflector 40 to enable the air deflector 40 to be located at an opening position or a closing position, and the second driving part is used for driving the air deflector 40 to rotate so as to change the air guiding direction of the air deflector 40.

Specifically, adopt the structural configuration of the air conditioner of this application, avoided being provided with electrified part on the air-out frame of air conditioner, improved the whole security of air conditioner especially indoor set.

By adopting the driving mode of the driving box assembly for the air deflector, the air deflector can be completely closed when being in the closed position, the appearance of the indoor unit is optimized, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Among the prior art, be fixed in the air-out frame with the sweep wind motor of aviation baffle or on the drain pan down for air-out frame or drain pan down need pull out the wire of sweeping the wind motor at the in-process of dismantling, thereby just can dismantle the operation. However, because of the capacitor in the main board of the air conditioner, even if the power is cut off, the danger of electric shock exists.

In order to solve the problems, the structure form that the driving box assembly is assembled to the upper bottom shell is adopted, so that the air outlet frame and the lower bottom shell are detached to be clean without pulling out a wire of the wind sweeping motor, and the safety of an operator is ensured. The lower bottom shell comprises an air duct, a water channel part, a fan blade and the like, so that the air conditioner is convenient to disassemble and clean.

In the process that a user needs to disassemble and clean the air conditioner, the air guide plate structure needs to be disassembled firstly, so that the lower bottom shell is disassembled and cleaned in a fixing mode of removing the lower bottom shell and the upper bottom shell, and the upper bottom shell and the lower bottom shell can be assembled and assembled in a matching mode in an opposite mode.

In addition to the foregoing, it should be noted that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "another embodiment," "an embodiment," or the like, means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment described generally throughout this application. The appearances of the same phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with any embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the scope of the invention to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An indoor unit, comprising:

an upper case (10);

the lower bottom shell (20), the upper bottom shell (10) is connected with the lower bottom shell (20);

the drive box assembly (30), the drive box assembly (30) is connected with the upper bottom shell (10), and the drive box assembly (30) comprises a first drive part and a second drive part;

the air deflector (40), the air deflector (40) is connected with the first driving part, the first driving part is used for driving the air deflector (40) to enable the air deflector (40) to be located at an opening position or a closing position, and the second driving part is used for driving the air deflector (40) to rotate so as to change the air guiding direction of the air deflector (40);

the drive cartridge assembly (30) further comprises:

the first end of the push rod is connected with the first driving part, the second end of the push rod is connected with the air deflector (40), and the first driving part drives the push rod to enable the air deflector (40) to be located at the opening position or the closing position;

the drive cartridge assembly (30) further comprises:

a drive cassette (31) in which the first drive portion is provided, the first drive portion driving the push rod so that at least part of the push rod has a retracted position retracted into the drive cassette (31) and at least part of the push rod has an extended position extended out of the drive cassette (31);

a support member (32), a first end of the support member (32) being connected with the upper case (10), and a second end of the support member (32) being connected with the driving cartridge (31).

2. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the second driving part is connected to a second end of the push rod, and an output shaft of the second driving part is connected to the air guide plate (40).

3. Indoor unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the support (32) comprises:

the first end of the first supporting column (321) is connected with the upper bottom shell (10), and the second end of the first supporting column (321) is connected with the driving box (31).

4. Indoor unit according to claim 3, characterized in that the support (32) further comprises:

the first end of second support column (322) with go up drain pan (10) and be connected, second support column (322) with first support column (321) set up at interval, the second end of second support column (322) with drive box (31) are connected.

5. The indoor unit of claim 4, wherein a groove (50) is formed in an end surface of the second end of the first support column (321) and/or the second support column (322).

6. Indoor unit according to claim 5, characterized in that the casing of the drive cassette (31) is provided with a coupling protrusion (311) that fits into the recess (50).

7. The indoor unit of claim 1, wherein the driving cartridges (31) are plural, the plural driving cartridges (31) include a first driving cartridge (312) and a second driving cartridge (313), the supporting members (32) are plural, the plural supporting members (32) include a first supporting member (323) and a second supporting member (324), the first supporting member (323) is connected to a first end of the upper casing (10), the second supporting member (324) is connected to a second end of the upper casing (10), the first supporting member (323) is disposed opposite to the second supporting member (324), the first driving cartridge (312) is connected to the first supporting member (323), and the second driving cartridge (313) is connected to the second supporting member (324).

8. The indoor unit of claim 7, wherein the first driving part includes a first motor and a second motor, the first motor is disposed in the first driving box (312), the second motor is disposed in the second driving box (313), the push rods are plural, and the plural push rods include:

the first push rod (33), at least part of the first push rod (33) is arranged in the first driving box (312), the first end of the first push rod (33) is connected with the first motor, and the second end of the first push rod (33) is movably connected with the first end of the air deflector (40);

the second push rod (34), at least part of the second push rod (34) is arranged in the second driving box (313), the first end of the second push rod (34) is connected with the second motor, the second end of the second push rod (34) is movably connected with the second end of the air deflector (40), and the second driving part is arranged on at least one of the first push rod (33) and the second push rod (34).

9. The indoor unit of claim 8, wherein the second driving part is connected to a second end of the second push rod (34), a connection column (331) is provided at a second end of the first push rod (33), and a hook (41) engaged with the connection column (331) is provided at a first end of the air guide plate (40).

10. The indoor unit of claim 8, wherein the second driving part comprises a third motor (60), a casing of the third motor (60) is connected to the second push rod (34), and an output shaft of the third motor (60) is connected to the air deflector (40).

11. An air conditioner comprising an indoor unit, characterized in that the indoor unit is the indoor unit according to any one of claims 1 to 10.