CN112013571A

CN112013571A - Evaporator support and air conditioner using same

Info

Publication number: CN112013571A
Application number: CN201910468787.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 范慧; 李颂勤; 李文豪
Original assignee: Aux Air Conditioning Co Ltd; Ningbo Aux Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Aux Air Conditioning Co Ltd; Ningbo Aux Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-31
Filing date: 2019-05-31
Publication date: 2020-12-01

Abstract

The invention provides an evaporator bracket and an air conditioner using the same, and relates to the field of air conditioners, wherein the evaporator bracket comprises an evaporator upper bracket, a bracket body and a water pan, the evaporator upper bracket and the water pan are respectively arranged at two ends of the bracket body and are detachably connected with the bracket body, a plurality of first drainage holes are formed in the evaporator upper bracket, condensed water in the air conditioner can flow to fins of the evaporator along the first drainage holes and then flow to the water pan at the bottom of the evaporator, and the condensed water at the top of the air conditioner is discharged from the air conditioner; the water receiving tray is provided with a separating rib, and the separating rib separates the water receiving tray into a first water collecting part and a second water collecting part, so that the drainage efficiency can be improved; the water diversion device is characterized in that a water diversion piece is arranged on the support body and is positioned between the support body and the evaporator, condensed water on the support body is drained to the water receiving tray, and the water diversion piece can also play a role in separating the support body from the evaporator.

Description

Evaporator support and air conditioner using same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of air conditioners, in particular to an evaporator bracket and an air conditioner using the same.

Background

Generally, an evaporator bracket of an air conditioner comprises a bracket body and a water receiving disc, wherein the water receiving disc of the air conditioner can only receive condensed water in the evaporator and cannot receive condensed water formed on an air duct assembly, so that sponge must be adhered to the air duct assembly to keep warm and prevent the air duct assembly from forming the condensed water. Even so, after long-term operation, the sponge on the air duct assembly becomes mildewed after being soaked for a long time, the heat preservation effect is lost, condensed water can be formed on the air duct assembly, and finally the quality hidden trouble of water leakage occurs;

meanwhile, when the air conditioner works and operates, particularly under the refrigerating working condition, if air enters from the upper end of the vertical air conditioner, condensed water can be formed on the upper bracket of the evaporator, and the safety of the air conditioner can also be influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention solves the problem that the evaporator bracket in the prior art has potential safety hazard of condensed water convergence.

In order to solve the problems, the invention provides an evaporator support, which comprises an evaporator upper support, a support body and a water receiving tray, wherein the evaporator upper support and the water receiving tray are respectively arranged at two ends of the support body; and condensed water of the upper bracket of the evaporator flows into the first water collecting part through the first water drainage hole along the fins of the evaporator.

In the operation process of the air conditioner, particularly in a refrigerating state, when water vapor in the air meets the top end of the air conditioner with lower temperature, condensation can be generated, and if condensate water is attached to a circuit structure such as an electric control box, potential safety hazards can be generated; the water receiving tray is divided into two parts by the separating ribs and matched with the evaporator or the air duct assembly of the air conditioner, and can receive condensate water formed on the evaporator and the air duct assembly, so that water leakage of the air conditioner is avoided, condensate water generated by sponge having a heat insulation effect on the air duct assembly is reduced, and the operation safety of the air conditioner is improved.

Further, the evaporator upper bracket is provided with a groove, and the first drainage hole is arranged in the groove.

In order to improve the drainage effect of the condensed water, a groove is formed in the upper bracket of the evaporator, the condensed water is gathered in the groove under the action of gravity and is discharged through a first drainage hole, and the drainage effect of the upper bracket of the evaporator can be improved by the groove.

Furthermore, a communication hole is further formed in the partition rib, and the first water collecting portion and the second water collecting portion are communicated through the communication hole.

The comdenstion water passes through the intercommunicating pore and circulates between first water-collecting portion and second water-collecting portion, can in time discharge from the water collector, avoids appearing one of them water-collecting portion comdenstion water and assembles too much phenomenon.

Further, a second drainage hole is arranged in the first water collecting part and/or the second water collecting part.

The first water collecting part and the second water collecting part correspond to different parts of the air conditioner, the collected condensed water amount is different, and the second drain hole is arranged as required, so that the drainage efficiency can be improved; drain holes may be provided in both the first and second water collecting portions to increase a drainage effect.

Furthermore, a water diversion piece is arranged on the support body and is positioned between the support body and the evaporator.

The water diversion piece can guide condensed water on the bracket body to the water receiving tray at the lower end, and can also improve the gap between the evaporator bracket and the evaporator so as to avoid the direct contact of the evaporator and the evaporator bracket.

Furthermore, a plurality of clamping devices are arranged on the evaporator upper support and/or the water pan, and a fixing structure matched with the clamping devices is arranged on the support body.

The evaporator upper bracket and the water receiving disc are fixedly connected with the bracket body in a clamping manner and detachably connected with each other, so that the convenience of mounting and dismounting the evaporator bracket is improved; a stop block can be arranged on the clamping device or the fixing structure for preventing the clamping device from automatically falling off and improving the connection fixing effect between the evaporator supports.

The invention also provides an air conditioner, which is provided with the evaporator bracket.

The air conditioner adopts above-mentioned evaporimeter support, and evaporimeter upper bracket and water collector all have good drainage effect, and the air conditioner can be discharged fast to the comdenstion water, has solved the potential safety hazard problem that the air conditioner exists among the prior art.

Furthermore, first water catch portion is provided with a plurality of bearing structure, bearing structure is last to be provided with latch device or fixing device.

The supporting structure is arranged on the first water collecting part, so that direct contact between equipment above the first water collecting part and the water receiving tray is avoided; the clamping device or the fixing device is arranged on the supporting structure, so that the fixed connection and assembly between the parts of the air conditioner and the water receiving disc are facilitated.

Furthermore, the supporting structure is matched and fixed with an evaporator bracket or an evaporator of the air conditioner.

The supporting structure is matched with the evaporator support or the evaporator, so that the evaporator support or the evaporator can be prevented from contacting with the tray bottom of the water pan, and the evaporator support or the evaporator is prevented from being soaked in the condensed water of the water pan.

Furthermore, a wire clamping part is arranged on the upper bracket of the evaporator, and a wire clamping buckle is arranged on the water receiving tray.

The power cord of the air conditioner is generally led in from the bottom, and the electric control board of the air conditioner is usually arranged at the upper end of the air conditioner for avoiding the influence of condensed water and for convenient operation and control, so that a lead needs to be led in from the bottom to the upper part of the air conditioner; the line clamping part is arranged on the upper bracket of the evaporator, so that the line of the air conditioner can be clamped on the upper bracket of the evaporator, the line can be prevented from falling off automatically, the line in the air conditioner can be arranged in order, a special line clamp fixing device for a wire is omitted, and the internal space of the air conditioner is saved.

Compared with the prior art, the evaporator bracket and the air conditioner have the following advantages:

1) the upper bracket of the evaporator is provided with the drain hole, so that condensed water can be drained, and potential safety hazards caused by condensed water convergence in an air conditioner are solved;

2) the water diversion piece is arranged on the bracket body, condensed water on the bracket body can be quickly drained to the water receiving tray at the lower end, and meanwhile, the water diversion piece can also avoid the direct contact between the evaporator bracket and the evaporator;

3) the water pan of the invention can receive the condensed water formed on the evaporator and the air duct assembly, thereby avoiding the water leakage of the air conditioner and improving the operation safety of the air conditioner.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an evaporator bracket and an evaporator assembly according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the upper bracket of the evaporator of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural isometric view of an alternative perspective of the upper bracket of the evaporator of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the water pan of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of another aspect of the drip tray of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a water guide of a stent body according to the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

1-an upper bracket of an evaporator, 10-a first drain hole, 11-a groove, 12-a first avoidance opening, 13-a first blocking edge, 141-a first fixing piece, 17-a supporting piece, 18-a first fixing plate, 19-a second fixing plate, 101-a line clamping part, 2-a bracket body, 21-a water guiding piece, 3-a water collecting tray, 30-a second blocking edge, 31-a separating rib, 311-a communication hole, 32-a first water collecting part, 321-a first supporting structure, 322-a second supporting structure, 323-a third supporting structure, 324-a fourth supporting structure, 325-a second fixing piece, 33-a second water collecting part, 34-a second drain hole, 35-a line clamping buckle, 36-a second avoidance opening, 37-a fixing lug and 5-the evaporator, 6-condensation pipe.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Example 1

The invention provides an evaporator support which comprises an evaporator upper support 1, a support body 2 and a water pan 3, wherein the evaporator upper support 1 and the water pan 3 are respectively fixed at two ends of the support body 2 and detachably connected with the support body 2, and the evaporator support is used for accommodating an evaporator 5 and an air duct assembly of an air conditioner. The evaporator upper bracket 1 is provided with a groove 11, the groove 11 is internally provided with a plurality of first drainage holes 10, and the groove 11 is used for collecting condensed water collected on the evaporator upper bracket 1. In the operation process of the air conditioner, particularly in a refrigerating state, when water vapor in the air meets the top end of the air conditioner with lower temperature, a condensation phenomenon can be generated, condensed water is gathered on the upper bracket 1 of the evaporator, and potential safety hazards are easily generated in a long time. Support 1 is provided with first drain hole 10 on the evaporimeter in this application, can in time discharge the comdenstion water of air conditioner top, and the comdenstion water flows to the fin of evaporimeter 5 through first drain hole 10, and then flows to the water collector 3 of 5 bottoms of evaporimeter, discharges the comdenstion water at air conditioner top from the air conditioner.

Be provided with the chamber of catchmenting on the evaporimeter upper bracket 1, the lateral wall in chamber of catchmenting is the first fender edge 13 of evaporimeter upper bracket, and the first fender edge 13 of evaporimeter upper bracket 1 has a take the altitude, and forms the chamber of catchmenting between the bottom plate of evaporimeter upper bracket 1, and the comdenstion water restriction that the air conditioner top produced has avoided the comdenstion water to spill over or other spare parts departments of exosmosis to the air conditioner in catchmenting the chamber. The condensed water after gathering is discharged from the first water discharge hole 10 along the groove 11, thereby avoiding the phenomenon that the condensed water overflows or seeps out to other parts of the air conditioner to influence the normal operation of the air conditioner.

More preferably, the groove 11 is formed by the water collecting cavity sinking, and the groove 11 formed by the sinking of the water collecting cavity can reduce the gap between the first drain hole 10 and the evaporator fin, so as to ensure that the condensed water flows to the evaporator fin.

Further, a first avoidance port 12 is arranged on one side of the evaporator upper bracket 1 and is used for being matched with a motor on the evaporator 5; still be provided with first mounting 141 on the evaporimeter upper bracket 1, first mounting 141 fixes evaporimeter upper bracket 1 and the shell body of air conditioner, and in this embodiment, be provided with corresponding fixed column on the shell body of air conditioner, evaporimeter upper bracket 1 constitutes the evaporimeter support, and when assembling with the air conditioner shell body, the fixed column inserts first mounting 141 in, fixes evaporimeter support and air conditioner shell body.

In an air conditioner, in order to prevent condensed water generated during a cooling operation of the air conditioner from affecting an electric control box, the electric control box is generally disposed at an upper end of the air conditioner. A plurality of supporting members 17 are provided on the evaporator upper bracket 1, and in this embodiment, two supporting members 17 are used to support an electric control box of the air conditioner. The tip of support piece 17 is provided with the trip, the trip cooperatees with the automatically controlled box part of air conditioner, fixes automatically controlled box and evaporimeter upper bracket 1, simultaneously support piece 17 can make the automatically controlled box keep away from the bottom plate of evaporimeter upper bracket, has avoided taking place the contact between comdenstion water on the bottom plate and the automatically controlled box. Preferably, a plurality of reinforcing ribs are further provided on the supporting member 17 to increase the structural strength of the supporting member 17.

Connection mode has a lot of between evaporimeter upper bracket 1 and the support body 2, if through connection modes such as screw, bolt, buckle, the mode of the joint of selection in this embodiment is connected. Be provided with a plurality of latch devices on evaporimeter upper bracket 1, if buckle or draw-in groove etc. still are provided with the backstop piece in latch device, when evaporimeter upper bracket 1 was fixed on support body 2, during latch device card goes into the fixed knot who supports body 2 and constructs, prevent latch device's automation through the backstop piece and drop, improved the joint effect between evaporimeter upper bracket and the evaporimeter body. The evaporator upper bracket 1 and the bracket body 2 are fixedly connected in a detachable mode, so that the simple convenience of mounting and dismounting the evaporator bracket is improved.

Similarly, a plurality of clamping devices are also arranged on the water pan 3, and a fixing structure matched with the clamping devices is arranged on the support body 2, so that the water pan 3 and the support body 2 also have the advantage of convenient disassembly.

Further, the end of the first avoidance port 12 is provided with a first fixing plate 18 on the evaporator upper bracket 1, the first fixing plate 18 is provided with a fixing hole, the evaporator upper bracket 1 is fixed with the air duct assembly through the fixing hole, and a fixing device such as a screw or a bolt can pass through the fixing hole to assemble and fix the evaporator upper bracket 1 with the air duct assembly. Preferably, the first fixing plate 18 is further provided with a wire clamping structure for fixing a circuit of the motor assembly or the electric control board assembly on the upper bracket of the evaporator.

Preferably, one side of the evaporator upper bracket 1 close to the bracket body 2 is provided with a second fixing plate 19, the second fixing plate 19 and the first fixing plate 18 are respectively arranged at two sides of the evaporator upper bracket 1, the second fixing plate 19 is also provided with a fixing hole, and a fixing device penetrates through the fixing hole to fix the second fixing plate 19 on the side edge of the bracket body 2, so that the evaporator upper bracket 1 is fixedly connected with the bracket body 2.

The power interface of the vertical air conditioner is generally arranged below, the electric control box is arranged at the top end of the vertical air conditioner, so that the vertical air conditioner needs to be connected from top to bottom through a power line, and a longer line needs to be fixed by a fixing device. Still be provided with card line portion 101 of buckling on the evaporimeter upper bracket 1, the circuit card of air conditioner is gone into and is fixed in card line portion 101, has saved the use of ferrule or buckle in the air conditioner, and the wiring of air conditioner inside is more pleasing to the eye practical.

Preferably, the bracket body 2 is provided with a water diversion member 21, and the water diversion member 21 is positioned between the bracket body 2 and the evaporator 5. The water diversion piece 21 can guide the condensed water on the bracket body 2 to the water pan 3 at the lower end, and meanwhile, the water diversion piece 21 can also improve the gap between the evaporator bracket and the evaporator 5, so that the evaporator 5 is prevented from being in direct contact with the evaporator bracket.

The water pan 3 is further provided with a separating rib 31, and the separating rib 31 is bent on the water pan 3 to separate the water pan 3 into two parts, namely a first water collecting part 32 and a second water collecting part 33. The air conditioner comprises an evaporator 5, an electric heating assembly and an air duct assembly, wherein a first water collecting portion 32 is arranged below the evaporator 5, and a second water collecting portion 33 is arranged below the air duct assembly of the air conditioner, so that condensed water formed on the evaporator 5 and the air duct assembly can be completely received by the water receiving tray 3, water leakage of the air conditioner is avoided, the condensed water generated by sponge with a heat preservation effect on the air duct assembly is reduced, and the use safety of the vertical air conditioner is improved.

The partition rib 31 is provided with a communication hole 311, the communication hole 311 communicates the first water collecting part 32 and the second water collecting part 33, and the condensed water falls into the second water collecting part 33, flows into the first water collecting part 32 along the communication hole 311, and is discharged from the second water discharge hole 34.

Preferably, the first water collecting portion 32 and/or the second water collecting portion 33 are/is provided with a second water discharging hole 34, and the amount of the condensed water generated by the evaporator 5 of the air conditioner is greater than the amount of the condensed water generated by the air duct assembly, so that the second water discharging hole 34 is provided in the first water collecting portion 32 below the evaporator 5, which facilitates quick discharge of the condensed water, and the condensed water generated by the air duct assembly falls into the second water collecting portion 33, and can also enter the first water collecting portion 32 along the communication hole 311 and then be discharged from the second water discharging hole 34.

Set up second fender along 30 and separate muscle 31 on water collector 3, can satisfy water collector 3's structure and performance demand, can make water collector 3 use for a long time and be difficult for taking place to warp again, water collector 3's overall structure stability has obtained the improvement.

According to the evaporator bracket provided by the invention, the condensed water generated by the air conditioner can be quickly discharged, and the safety of the air conditioner is improved.

The invention also provides an air conditioner which comprises the evaporator bracket, wherein the air duct assembly of the air conditioner comprises a volute and a through-flow fan blade, the through-flow fan blade is arranged in the volute, the air conditioner is the prior art except for the evaporator bracket, and the details are not repeated.

The water receiving disc 3 is assembled on the air conditioner, the separating ribs 31 can play a certain supporting role on an air duct assembly of the air conditioner, a fan cover plate is sleeved at one end of an axial flow fan of the air duct assembly, and the fan cover plate is abutted to the water receiving disc 3 to support the air duct assembly.

In this embodiment, a part of the partition rib 31 is set to be arc-shaped, and when the air duct assembly is installed, the arc-shaped part of the partition rib 31 is matched with the circular fan cover plate, so that the positioning and guiding functions can be achieved, and the air duct assembly can be conveniently installed and fixed.

As shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the first water collecting portion 32 is provided with a first supporting structure 321, a second supporting structure 322, and a third supporting structure 323, and the evaporator 5 of the air conditioner is often arranged in a horseshoe shape, so in the present embodiment, three supporting structures are dispersedly arranged in the first water collecting portion 32, and virtual connecting lines thereof jointly form an intermittent arc-shaped supporting structure to support the evaporator 5, thereby preventing the fins at the bottom of the evaporator 5 from contacting with the bottom of the water receiving tray 3, and preventing the fins of the evaporator 5 from soaking in the condensed water in the water receiving tray 3.

A fourth supporting structure 324 is provided in the first water collecting portion 32, and the fourth supporting structure 324 is used for supporting the electric heating assembly disposed in the middle of the evaporator 5 to prevent the electric heating assembly from contacting with the condensed water to cause equipment failure. A plurality of fastening holes are also provided on the fourth support structure 324 to fasten the electric heating assembly to the fourth support structure 324.

A plurality of fixing lugs 37 are further arranged on the outer peripheral side of the second baffle edge 30, and fixing devices such as bolts or screws penetrate through fixing holes in the fixing lugs 37 to tightly fix the water pan 3 on the bracket body 2 of the air conditioner. The fixing lug 37 can also be provided with a buckle or a clamping sheet so that the water receiving tray 3 can be more easily installed and fixed with a bracket of the air conditioner.

Preferably, the second flange 30 is further provided with a wire clip 35, a power line of the air conditioner is generally led in from the bottom, an electric control board of the air conditioner is usually arranged at the upper end of the air conditioner for avoiding the influence of condensed water and convenient operation, so that a wire needs to be led in from the bottom to the upper part of the air conditioner.

Still be provided with the second on the water collector 3 and dodge mouthful 36, the condenser pipe 6 of evaporimeter 5 lower extreme can pass the second and dodge mouthful 36, neither influences the water-collecting effect of water collector 3, also can the rational utilization inner space of air conditioner, also can save the length of condenser pipe 6 simultaneously, avoids condenser pipe 6 to take place bending by a wide margin.

Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. An evaporator support comprises an evaporator upper support (1), a support body (2) and a water collecting tray (3), wherein the evaporator upper support (1) and the water collecting tray (3) are respectively arranged at two ends of the support body (2), and the evaporator support is characterized in that the evaporator upper support (1) is provided with a first drainage hole (10) positioned above an evaporator fin, a partition rib (31) is arranged on the water collecting tray (3), the partition rib (31) partitions the water collecting tray (3) into a first water collecting part (32) and a second water collecting part (33), the first water collecting part (32) is positioned below an evaporator (5), and the second water collecting part (33) is positioned below a duct component in an air conditioner; condensed water of the evaporator upper bracket (1) flows into the first water collecting part (32) along the evaporator fins through the first water drainage hole (10).

2. Evaporator bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that a groove (11) is provided on the evaporator upper bracket (1), the first drainage hole being provided in the groove (11).

3. Evaporator bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that the partition rib (31) is further provided with a communication hole (311), the communication hole (311) communicating the first water collection part (32) and the second water collection part (33).

4. Evaporator bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that a second drainage hole (34) is provided in the first water collection section (32) and/or the second water collection section (33).

5. Evaporator bracket according to claim 1, characterized in that a water-diverting piece (21) is arranged on the bracket body (2), which water-diverting piece (21) is located between the bracket body (2) and the evaporator (5).

6. The evaporator bracket according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of clamping devices are arranged on the evaporator upper bracket (1) and/or the water pan (3), and a fixing structure matched with the clamping devices is arranged on the bracket body (2).

7. An air conditioner characterized in that it has an evaporator support according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. Air conditioner according to claim 7, characterized in that the first water collection part (32) is provided with a plurality of support structures on which snap-in means or fixing means are provided.

9. Air conditioner according to claim 8, characterized in that the support structure is fixed in cooperation with the evaporator bracket or evaporator (5) of the air conditioner.

10. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the evaporator upper bracket (1) is provided with a wire clamping part (101), and the water pan (3) is provided with a wire clamping buckle (35).