CN115479303A - Indoor unit and air conditioner with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an indoor unit and an air conditioner with the same, wherein the indoor unit comprises: a housing having an accommodating chamber; the fan is arranged in the accommodating cavity through a fan mounting plate, the shell comprises a side plate, and a mounting space is formed between the fan and the side plate; the mounting bracket is positioned in the mounting space and detachably connected with the fan mounting plate, and the mounting bracket is used for mounting at least one of a water pump assembly, an electric appliance mainboard, a liquid level switch and a drain pipe; wherein the mounting bracket has a locking position located in the mounting space and connected with the blower mounting plate, and the mounting bracket has an unlocking position disengaged from the blower mounting plate. By adopting the technical scheme, the problem that the difficulty in dismounting parts such as a water pump, a liquid level switch and an electric appliance box of an indoor unit in the prior art is high during maintenance is effectively solved.

Description

Indoor unit and air conditioner with same

Technical Field

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

Background

The water pump and liquid level development of the air duct machine are generally assembled on the side plate. When the air duct machine is maintained after sale, the screws need to be unscrewed on the side faces of the side plates at first, and the operation difficulty is high. Meanwhile, the wires of the water pump and the liquid level switch can be fastened with other parts, so that the maintenance difficulty is further deepened. The electric appliance box is usually required to be disassembled during after-sale maintenance, the screws of the electric appliance box cover are also required to be disassembled from the side plates when the electric appliance box is disassembled, and then the fixing screws of the main plate are disassembled, so that the steps are complicated, the disassembly and the assembly are difficult, and the synchronous assembly efficiency is low.

In view of the above problems in the prior art, no effective solution has been achieved.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an air conditioner, which aims to solve the problem that in the prior art, parts such as a water pump, a liquid level switch, an electrical appliance box and the like of an indoor unit are difficult to disassemble and assemble during maintenance.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an indoor unit including: a housing having an accommodating chamber; the fan is arranged in the accommodating cavity through a fan mounting plate, the shell comprises a side plate, and a mounting space is formed between the fan and the side plate; the mounting bracket is positioned in the mounting space and detachably connected with the fan mounting plate, and the mounting bracket is used for mounting at least one of a water pump assembly, an electric appliance mainboard, a liquid level switch and a drain pipe; wherein, the installing support has the locking position that is located the installation space and is connected with the fan mounting panel to and the installing support has the unblock position that breaks away from with the fan mounting panel.

Furthermore, the shell is provided with an air outlet, the air outlet is located on one side of the side plate, and when the mounting bracket is located at the unlocking position, the mounting bracket is movably arranged in the direction towards the air outlet of the air conditioner.

Further, the mounting bracket includes: the electrical apparatus box casing, electrical apparatus box casing have at least one open-ended loop configuration for following on self direction of height, and loop configuration encloses and establishes formation electrical apparatus box installation cavity, and the electrical apparatus mainboard is located electrical apparatus box installation cavity and is connected with electrical apparatus box casing detachably.

Furthermore, at least one installation guide groove is formed in the side wall of the electrical box shell in the length direction, and the edge of the electrical main board is located in the installation guide groove and movably arranged along the height direction of the electrical box shell.

Furthermore, the areas of the two side walls in the width direction of the electric appliance box shell are arranged differently, one side wall with a larger area in the two side walls in the width direction of the electric appliance box shell is a connecting side wall, a liquid level switch support is arranged on one side, deviating from the electric appliance box installation cavity, of the connecting side wall, and the liquid level switch support is used for installing a liquid level switch.

Further, the one end that the lateral wall was kept away from to the liquid level switch support sets up mounting groove, and liquid level switch is located mounting groove and is connected with liquid level switch support detachably.

Furthermore, one side of the connecting side wall, which is far away from the liquid level switch support, is provided with a connecting plate, one end of the connecting plate is connected with the connecting side wall, the other end of the connecting plate is far away from the connecting side wall and extends, a pipe hole is formed in the connecting plate, and the drain pipe penetrates through the pipe hole and then is communicated with the water pump assembly.

Further, the mounting bracket still includes: the water pump fixing frame is simultaneously connected with the connecting side wall and the connecting plate and used for installing a water pump assembly.

Further, electrical apparatus box casing, liquid level switch support, connecting plate and water pump mount integrated into one piece set up.

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 mounting bracket is arranged in the mounting space formed between the fan and the side plate and is detachably connected with the fan mounting plate, so that the structures such as the side plate and the like do not need to be dismounted firstly when the indoor unit is maintained, the structures such as the water pump assembly, the electric appliance main board, the liquid level switch, the drain pipe and the like can be directly and integrally dismounted, the situation that the leads of the parts such as the water pump assembly, the liquid level switch and the like are fastened with other parts and are difficult to dismount is avoided, and the dismounting efficiency of the parts is effectively improved. By adopting the technical scheme, the problem that the difficulty in dismounting parts such as a water pump, a liquid level switch and an electric appliance box of an indoor unit in the prior art is high during maintenance is effectively solved.

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:

figure 1 shows a schematic view of the structure of a first embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a mounting bracket according to the present invention;

figure 3 shows a schematic view of the structure of a second embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention;

figure 4 shows a schematic view of the structure of a third embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention;

figure 5 shows a schematic view of the structure of a fourth embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention;

figure 6 shows a schematic view of the structure of a fifth embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention;

figure 7 shows a schematic view of a sixth embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention;

figure 8 shows a schematic view of the construction of a seventh embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention;

figure 9 shows a schematic view of the structure of an eighth embodiment of the indoor unit according to the invention.

Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:

10. a housing; 11. a side plate; 12. an installation space;

20. a fan;

30. mounting a bracket; 31. an electrical box housing; 311. an opening; 312. an electrical box mounting cavity; 313. connecting the side walls; 32. installing a guide groove;

40. a fan mounting plate; 41. a water pump assembly; 42. an electrical appliance main board; 43. a liquid level switch; 44. a drain pipe;

50. a liquid level switch bracket; 51. installing a groove;

60. a connecting plate; 61. a pipe passing hole;

70. a water pump fixing frame;

80. avoiding holes;

90. an air outlet;

100. a lower cover plate; 101. an upper cover plate; 102. a return air plate; 103. an evaporator.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the present application, the embodiments and features of the embodiments 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 exemplary 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 described above 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. Moreover, 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.

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 application, an indoor unit is provided.

The indoor unit comprises a shell 10, a fan 20 and a mounting bracket 30. The housing 10 has a receiving cavity. The fan 20 is disposed in the receiving cavity through a fan mounting plate 40. The housing 10 includes side plates 11. The fan 20 and the side plate 11 form an installation space 12 therebetween. The mounting bracket 30 is located in the mounting space 12. The mounting bracket 30 is removably connected to the fan mounting plate 40. The mounting bracket 30 is used to mount at least one of the water pump assembly 41, the appliance main board 42, the level switch 43, and the drain pipe 44. Wherein the mounting bracket 30 has a locked position within the mounting space 12 and coupled to the fan mounting plate 40, and the mounting bracket 30 has an unlocked position disengaged from the fan mounting plate 40.

By applying the technical scheme of the invention, the mounting bracket 30 is arranged in the mounting space 12 formed between the fan 20 and the side plate 11 and is detachably connected with the fan mounting plate 40, so that when the indoor unit is maintained, structures such as the side plate and the like do not need to be firstly dismounted, the structures such as the water pump assembly 41, the electric appliance main board 42, the liquid level switch 43, the drain pipe 44 and the like can be directly dismounted and mounted integrally, the situation that the leads of the parts such as the water pump assembly 41, the liquid level switch 43 and the like are fastened with other parts and are difficult to dismount is avoided, and the dismounting efficiency of each part is effectively improved. Adopt the technical scheme of this application, solved parts such as water pump, liquid level switch and electrical apparatus box of indoor set among the prior art effectively and dismouting the problem that the degree of difficulty is big when the maintenance.

Specifically, the mounting bracket 30 and the fan mounting plate 40 are clamped, so that a maintenance worker can manually contact the connection relationship between the mounting bracket 30 and the fan mounting plate when the maintenance worker needs to disassemble the mounting bracket. The indoor unit comprises an air duct machine, the air duct machine is connected with the outdoor unit through a pipeline, and as shown in fig. 1, the air duct machine mainly comprises two parts: a fan 20 and an evaporator 103, wherein the fan mounting plate 40 is located between the fan 20 and the evaporator 103. As also shown in fig. 1 and 5, a lower cover plate 100, an upper cover plate 101, and a return air plate 102.

Further, the housing 10 has an air outlet 90. The air outlet 90 is located at one side of the side plate 11. When the mounting bracket 30 is located at the unlocking position, the mounting bracket 30 is movably disposed in a direction toward the outlet 90 of the air conditioner. The arrangement enables the mounting bracket 30 to be drawn out without separately providing an outlet for the housing 10, thereby facilitating maintenance and operation by after-sales personnel.

Further, the mounting bracket 30 includes an appliance cartridge housing 31. The electrical box housing 31 is a ring-shaped structure having at least one opening 311 along its height direction. The annular structure encloses an appliance housing mounting cavity 312. The appliance main board 42 is located in the appliance box mounting cavity 312 and is detachably connected to the appliance box housing 31. This arrangement allows the appliance box housing 31 to provide good protection for the appliance motherboard 42 from moisture or contaminants.

Specifically, at least one mounting guide groove 32 is provided on a side wall of the electrical box housing 31 in the length direction. The edge of the appliance main board 42 is located in the mounting guide groove 32 and is movably disposed in the height direction of the appliance box case 31. By adopting the technical scheme of the embodiment, after-sale personnel can conveniently detach and install the electric appliance main board 42.

Further, the areas of the two side walls in the width direction of the electric box case 31 are set differently. The one of the two side walls in the width direction of the electrical box casing 31 having a larger area is a connection side wall 313. A liquid level switch bracket 50 is arranged on one side of the connecting side wall 313 away from the electrical box mounting cavity 312. The level switch bracket 50 is used to mount the level switch 43. The connecting side wall 313 can ensure the connecting strength between the parts of the mounting bracket 30 and avoid the tight binding of wires between the parts.

Further, a mounting groove 51 is provided at an end of the liquid level switch bracket 50 remote from the connection side wall 313. The level switch 43 is located in the mounting recess 51 and is detachably connected to the level switch bracket 50. The installation groove 51 may improve the connection stability between the level switch 43 and the level switch bracket 50.

The side of the connection sidewall 313 away from the level switch bracket 50 is provided with a connection plate 60. One end of the connection plate 60 is connected to the connection sidewall 313. The other end of the link plate 60 is disposed extending away from the link side wall 313. The connecting plate 60 is provided with a pipe hole 61, and the drain pipe 44 is communicated with the water pump assembly 41 after passing through the pipe hole 61. This arrangement enables the drain pipe 44 to be fixed and guided, facilitating the mounting and dismounting of the whole.

In an alternative embodiment, the housing 10 is provided with a relief hole 80, and the drain pipe 44 is disposed through the relief hole 80 and is communicated with the outside.

Further, the mounting bracket 30 further includes: a water pump mount 70. The water pump fixing frame 70 is connected with the connecting side wall 313 and the connecting plate 60 at the same time. The water pump fixing bracket 70 is used for mounting the water pump assembly 41.

Optionally, when the air outlet 90 of the air conditioner is disposed on one side of the housing 10 in the width direction, a roller is disposed between the mounting bracket 30 and the housing 10, and the mounting bracket 30 is movably disposed toward the air outlet 90 through the roller.

Further, the electrical box housing 31, the liquid level switch bracket 50, the connection plate 60 and the water pump fixing bracket 70 are integrally formed. In fact, the electrical box shell 31, the liquid level switch bracket 50, the connecting plate 60 and the water pump fixing frame 70 are arranged into an integrated structure, so that the after-sale dismounting efficiency and the production assembly efficiency of the air duct machine can be improved.

In an alternative embodiment, the electrical box housing 31, the liquid level switch bracket 50, the connecting plate 60 and the water pump fixing bracket 70 may be separately arranged and assembled together by means of screws or glue.

Alternatively, the mounting bracket 30 may be further coupled to the housing 10 by fixing screws.

The assembly sequence of the mounting bracket 30 and the components is as follows: the level switch 43 is first installed in the level switch bracket 50, the water pump assembly 41 is then fixed to the water pump mounting bracket 70, the drain pipe 44 is then passed through the pipe hole 61, the drain pipe 44 is fitted to the water pump drain port, and finally the drain pipe joint is fixed to the mounting bracket 30 using screws. After the assembly of the mounting bracket 30 and the components is completed, the mounting bracket 30 is mounted to the mounting space 12, the side plate 11 is assembled to the upper cover plate 101, and finally the side plate 11 is set aside to the drain pipe 44.

In an alternative embodiment, the mounting bracket 30 is disassembled in the following order: fig. 5 to 7 are schematic structural views showing sequential steps of the indoor unit when the mounting bracket 30 is removed. The drain tube 44 is first disconnected from the water pump drain fitting and the set screws of the mounting bracket 30 are then loosened. The mounting bracket 30 is then pulled outwardly, the mounting bracket 30 is then moved toward the blade as shown in fig. 6, and finally the mounting bracket 30 is pulled out as a whole as shown in fig. 7. As shown in fig. 5, the direction of the arrow is the air outlet direction, and the mounting bracket 30 can be pulled out through the air outlet.

In another alternative embodiment, the mounting bracket 30 is disassembled in the following order: fig. 8 to 9 are schematic structural views showing sequential steps of the indoor unit when the mounting bracket 30 is removed. The drain tube 44 is disconnected from the water pump drain fitting, the lower return air plate is removed, and the set screws of the mounting bracket 30 are loosened. Firstly, the mounting bracket 30 is pulled out, then the mounting bracket 30 moves towards the fan blade, and finally the whole mounting bracket 30 is pulled out upwards, as shown by the arrow direction in fig. 9, the whole mounting bracket 30 is the air outlet direction, and at this time, the mounting bracket 30 can be pulled out through the air outlet.

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

For ease of description, spatially relative terms such as "over 8230," "upper surface," "above," and the like may be used herein to describe the spatial positional relationship of one device or feature to other devices or features 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 terms "at 8230; \8230; above" may include both orientations "at 8230; \8230; above" and "at 8230; \8230; below". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

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 (10)

1. An indoor unit, comprising:

a housing (10), the housing (10) having a receiving cavity;

the fan (20) is arranged in the accommodating cavity through a fan mounting plate (40), the shell (10) comprises a side plate (11), and a mounting space (12) is formed between the fan (20) and the side plate (11);

the mounting bracket (30), the mounting bracket (30) is located in the mounting space (12), the mounting bracket (30) is detachably connected with the fan mounting plate (40), and the mounting bracket (30) is used for mounting at least one of a water pump assembly (41), an electric appliance main board (42), a liquid level switch (43) and a drain pipe (44);

wherein the mounting bracket (30) has a locked position located within the mounting space (12) and connected with the fan mounting plate (40), and the mounting bracket (30) has an unlocked position disengaged from the fan mounting plate (40).

2. Indoor unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the casing (10) has an outlet opening (90), the outlet opening (90) being located on the side of the side panel (11), and the mounting bracket (30) being arranged movably in a direction towards the outlet opening (90) of the indoor unit when the mounting bracket (30) is in the unlocked position.

3. Indoor unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the mounting bracket (30) comprises:

electrical apparatus box casing (31), electrical apparatus box casing (31) are for having the loop configuration of at least one opening (311) along self direction of height, loop configuration encloses and establishes formation electrical apparatus box installation cavity (312), electrical apparatus mainboard (42) are located in electrical apparatus box installation cavity (312) and with electrical apparatus box casing (31) detachably connects.

4. The indoor unit of claim 3, wherein at least one installation guide groove (32) is formed on a side wall of the electrical box casing (31) in the length direction, and an edge of the electrical main board (42) is located in the installation guide groove (32) and movably arranged along the height direction of the electrical box casing (31).

5. The indoor unit of claim 3, wherein the two side walls of the electrical box casing (31) in the width direction have different areas, the side wall of the electrical box casing (31) with the larger area is a connecting side wall (313), a liquid level switch bracket (50) is arranged on one side of the connecting side wall (313) departing from the electrical box installation cavity (312), and the liquid level switch bracket (50) is used for installing the liquid level switch (43).

6. Indoor unit according to claim 5, characterized in that the end of the liquid level switch bracket (50) remote from the connecting side wall (313) is provided with a mounting groove (51), and the liquid level switch (43) is positioned in the mounting groove (51) and detachably connected with the liquid level switch bracket (50).

7. The indoor unit of claim 5, wherein a connecting plate (60) is arranged on one side, away from the liquid level switch bracket (50), of the connecting side wall (313), one end of the connecting plate (60) is connected with the connecting side wall (313), the other end of the connecting plate (60) is arranged to extend away from the connecting side wall (313), a through hole (61) is formed in the connecting plate (60), and the drain pipe (44) penetrates through the through hole (61) and then is communicated with the water pump assembly (41).

8. The indoor unit of claim 7, wherein the mounting bracket (30) further comprises:

the water pump fixing frame (70), the water pump fixing frame (70) simultaneously with connect lateral wall (313), connecting plate (60) and be connected, water pump fixing frame (70) are used for installing water pump assembly (41).

9. Indoor unit according to claim 8, characterized in that the electrical box casing (31), the level switch bracket (50), the connection plate (60) and the water pump holder (70) are provided integrally.

10. 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 9.

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