CN207094822U - Air conditioner and its indoor set - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses the indoor set and air conditioner of a kind of air conditioner, and the air conditioner has heating mode, and the indoor set includes internal housing, the evaporating pan in the housing and the wind deflector in the housing for being provided with air channel.On the airflow direction in the air channel, the evaporating pan has inlet air sidepiece and air-out sidepiece, and the evaporating pan connects with the air channel, and in a heating mode, the water stored in the evaporating pan passes through the refrigerant pipeline heating evaporation of the indoor set to the air channel.The wind deflector is set adjacent to the inlet air sidepiece, the air-flow in air channel is directed into the evaporating pan from the inlet air sidepiece.The utility model carries out heating evaporation by the refrigerant pipeline of the indoor set to the water in the evaporating pan, to be humidified to air-flow, reduces energy loss, reduces the cost of indoor humidification.
Description
Technical field
It the utility model is related to air-conditioning technical field, the indoor set and air conditioner of more particularly to a kind of air conditioner.
Background technology
Present people come the temperature in regulation room, with the raising of quality of the life, are used alone empty typically by air conditioner
Device regulation temperature is adjusted to have can not meet people's needs, particularly in dry winter, indoors using air conditioner heat-production
In the case of so that people feel that indoor air humidity is relatively low, more dry, feel not quite the thing, result in poor user
Experience, otherwise existing solution is usually individually to buy a humidifier, otherwise it is that humidifier is integrated in air conditioner,
Humidification module is formed, humidification module is integrated in either single humidifier or air conditioner, all higher cost can be caused to throw
Enter.
Utility model content
Main purpose of the present utility model is to propose the indoor set and air conditioner of a kind of air conditioner, it is intended to is solved existing in sky
In the case of adjusting device heating, the problem of cost to indoor humidification is higher.
To achieve the above object, the utility model proposes a kind of air conditioner indoor set and air conditioner, the air conditioner
With heating mode, including:
Housing, the housing is interior to be provided with air channel;
Indoor heat exchanger, in the air channel;
Evaporating pan, in the housing, on the airflow direction in the air channel, the evaporating pan have inlet air sidepiece and
Air-out sidepiece, the evaporating pan connect with the air channel, and in a heating mode, the water stored in the evaporating pan passes through the room
The refrigerant pipeline heating evaporation of interior machine is to the air channel;And
Wind deflector, in the housing, and the neighbouring inlet air sidepiece is set, to by the air-flow in air channel described in
Inlet air sidepiece is directed into the evaporating pan.
Preferably, the evaporating pan is located at the bottom of the housing.
Preferably, the evaporating pan is located at the lower section of the indoor heat exchanger, and the inlet air sidepiece of the evaporating pan exceeds institute
State indoor heat exchanger setting.
Preferably, the indoor set is provided with the evaporation pipeline with the indoor heat exchanger in parallel or series, in heating mode
Under, the water stored in the evaporating pan passes through the evaporation pipeline heating evaporation.
Preferably, the evaporation pipeline is embedded in the bottom of the evaporating pan.
Preferably, the evaporation pipeline includes multiple straight lengths being set in distance and the multiple straight length of connection
Multiple bend loss.
Preferably, the air inlet of the indoor set of the air conditioner is located on the side plate of the housing, the air conditioner
The air outlet of indoor set is located at the front side board of the housing;
The inlet air sidepiece of the evaporating pan is set adjacent to the air inlet;
The wind deflector is arranged on the air inlet.
Preferably, cross flow fan is additionally provided with the air channel, the cross flow fan is located at the air inlet and the evaporation
Between device;
The wind deflector is arranged between the air inlet and the cross flow fan.
Preferably, the indoor set is in vertical setting, and correspondingly, the rotating shaft of the cross flow fan is set in upward and downward.
Preferably, the wind deflector is rotatably adjustably mounted in the housing, with adjust the wind deflector with it is described
Angle between evaporating pan.
Preferably, the wind deflector is driven by drive device and rotated;
The indoor set is additionally provided with controller and humidity detector, the controller and the drive device and described wet
Spend detection means to be electrically connected with, to the ambient humidity detected according to the psychrometric means, control the drive device driving institute
State wind deflector and turn to corresponding angle.
Preferably, the drive device is stepper motor.
Preferably, wind-guiding wing plate, flowing side of the wind-guiding wing plate along air-flow are convexly equipped with the wind-guiding face of the wind deflector
To setting.
Preferably, a corresponding wind deflector is provided with two wind-guiding wing plates mutually set in angle, described two wind-guidings
Wing plate is enclosed with wind deflector to be set formed with wind guide tank, and the wind guide tank is by being in contraction-like setting in the direction of the airflow.
The utility model also proposes a kind of air conditioner, includes the indoor set of air conditioner, and the indoor set of the air conditioner includes:
Housing, the housing is interior to be provided with air channel;
Indoor heat exchanger, in the air channel;
Evaporating pan, in the housing, on the airflow direction in the air channel, the evaporating pan have inlet air sidepiece and
Air-out sidepiece, the evaporating pan connect with the air channel, and in a heating mode, the water stored in the evaporating pan passes through the room
The refrigerant pipeline heating evaporation of interior machine is to the air channel;And
Wind deflector, in the housing, and the neighbouring inlet air sidepiece is set, to by the air-flow in air channel described in
Inlet air sidepiece is directed into the evaporating pan.
In technical scheme provided by the utility model, evaporating pan is provided with the housing of the indoor set of the air conditioner, it is described
Clean water is stored in evaporating pan, when the air conditioner is in heating mode, by the refrigerant pipeline of the indoor set to institute
State water in evaporating pan and carry out heating evaporation, to be humidified to air-flow, reduce energy loss, reduce indoor humidification into
This.In addition, being additionally provided with wind deflector at the inlet air sidepiece of the evaporating pan, the flow direction of air-flow can be adjusted, by air channel
Air-flow be directed into the evaporating pan from the inlet air sidepiece, to improve humidifying effect.
Brief description of the drawings
, below will be to embodiment in order to illustrate more clearly of the utility model embodiment or technical scheme of the prior art
Or the required accompanying drawing used is briefly described in description of the prior art, it should be apparent that, drawings in the following description are only
It is some embodiments of the utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, is not paying the premise of creative work
Under, other accompanying drawings can also be obtained according to the structure shown in these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the indoor set of air conditioner provided by the utility model;
Fig. 2 is the B direction views in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the sectional view in the C-C sections shown in Fig. 1 shown in the indoor set along Fig. 2 of air conditioner;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the A-A along Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is the decomposition texture schematic diagram of the indoor set of air conditioner shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is the mounting structure schematic diagram of the wind deflector of the indoor set of air conditioner shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 7 is another schematic diagram of mounting structure of the wind deflector of the indoor set of air conditioner shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 8 is the overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the wind deflector of the indoor set of air conditioner shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 9 be D shown in Fig. 8 to schematic diagram.
Drawing reference numeral explanation:
Label | Title | Label | Title |
100 | Indoor set | 41 | Wind-guiding wing plate |
1 | Housing | 5 | Evaporate pipeline |
11 | Air channel | 51 | Straight length |
12 | Air inlet | 52 | Bend loss |
13 | Air outlet | 6 | Cross flow fan |
2 | Indoor heat exchanger | 7 | Controller |
3 | Evaporating pan | 8 | Drive device |
4 | Wind deflector |
Realization, functional characteristics and the advantage of the utility model purpose will be described further referring to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the utility model embodiment, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model is carried out
Clearly and completely describing, it is clear that described embodiment is only part of the embodiment of the present utility model, rather than all
Embodiment.Based on the embodiment in the utility model, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making creative work premise
Lower obtained every other embodiment, belong to the scope of the utility model protection.
If it is to be appreciated that related in the utility model embodiment directionality instruction (such as upper and lower, left and right, it is preceding,
Afterwards ...), then directionality instruction be only used for explain it is relative between each part under a certain particular pose (as shown in drawings)
Position relationship, motion conditions etc., if the particular pose changes, directionality instruction also correspondingly changes therewith.
If, should " first ", " the in addition, relate to the description of " first ", " second " etc. in the utility model embodiment
Two " etc. description is only used for describing purpose, and it is not intended that instruction or implying its relative importance or implicit indicating meaning
The quantity of the technical characteristic shown.Thus, " first " is defined, the feature of " second " can express or implicitly include at least one
Individual this feature.In addition, the technical scheme between each embodiment can be combined with each other, but must be with ordinary skill
Personnel can be implemented as basis, and this technical side is will be understood that when the combination appearance of technical scheme is conflicting or can not realize
The combination of case is not present, also not within the protection domain of the requires of the utility model.
The utility model proposes a kind of air conditioner, the air conditioner has heating mode, and typically air conditioner also has
Refrigeration mode, also as cooling and warming dual system air conditioner, the air conditioner include indoor set 100, and Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 is this practicality
One embodiment of the indoor set 100 of the air conditioner of new offer.
As shown in Figures 1 to 7, the indoor set 100 includes the interior housing 1 provided with air channel 11, in the air channel 11
Indoor heat exchanger 2, the evaporating pan 3 in the housing 1 and the wind deflector 4 in the housing 1.In the wind
On the airflow direction in road 11, the evaporating pan 3 has inlet air sidepiece and air-out sidepiece, and the evaporating pan 3 connects with the air channel 11
Logical, in a heating mode, the water stored in the evaporating pan 3 passes through the refrigerant pipeline heating evaporation of the indoor set 100 to institute
State air channel 11.The wind deflector 4 is set adjacent to the inlet air sidepiece, the air-flow in air channel 11 to be led from the inlet air sidepiece
Enter to the evaporating pan 3.Clean water has been stored in evaporating pan 3, when the air conditioner is in heating mode, has passed through the interior
The refrigerant pipeline of machine 100 carries out heating evaporation to the water in the evaporating pan 3, to be humidified to air-flow, reduces energy damage
Consumption, reduce the cost of indoor humidification.
Specifically, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5, the evaporating pan 3 can be located at the bottom of the housing 1.In evaporating pan 3
The bottom-up evaporation of vapor that water evaporation is formed, when evaporating pan 3 is located at into the bottom of housing 1, air-flow is by the upper of evaporating pan 3
Portion is flowed, and so can more make full use of air-flow to drive vapor.Humidifying effect can be improved, can also accelerate the evaporation of vapor.
In addition, so setting the installing space that can be taken full advantage of inside the housing 1, it will be that the evaporating pan 3 is independent to avoid
The problem of setting installing space and the evaporating pan 3 to cause to stop to the air-flow in the air channel 11.
As shown in figure 3, the evaporating pan 3 is located at the lower section of the indoor heat exchanger 2, it is arranged such, steam is not only able to
The whole air channel 11 of filling upwards, the quantity of steam blown out from air outlet 13 is greatly improved, can also allowed in the air channel 11
Air-flow preferably blows to the evaporating pan 3, and steam caused by the evaporating pan 3 is taken out of.The shell is also allowed in addition, so setting
Mounting structure inside body 1 is compacter, reduces the limitation to the size of indoor set 100.In order to facilitate wind from evaporating pan 3
Inlet air sidepiece enters evaporating pan 3, and the inlet air sidepiece of the evaporating pan 3 is set beyond the indoor heat exchanger 2.
As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5, the indoor set 100 of the air conditioner can be provided with or string in parallel with the indoor heat exchanger 2
The evaporation pipeline 5 of connection, in a heating mode, the water stored in the evaporating pan 3 pass through the evaporation heating evaporation of pipeline 5.It is single
Evaporation pipeline 5 is solely set to be evaporated the water in evaporating pan 3, and the evaporation pipeline 5 and the indoor heat exchanger 2 are simultaneously
Connection or the relation of series connection, are arranged such, and are easy to the arrangement of the evaporation pipeline 5, the arrangement of the evaporation pipeline 5 can not be by
The limitation of the indoor heat exchanger 2, and the setting of the evaporating pan 3 is also convenient for, the evaporating pan 3 is avoided to the air channel 11
Interior air-flow impacts.
As shown in figure 3, the evaporation pipeline 5 can be embedded in the bottom of the evaporating pan 3.It is straight with pipeline 5 will be evaporated
Connect the technical scheme among the water for stretching to and being contained in evaporating pan 3 to compare, evaporation pipeline 5 is embedded and existed in the bottom of evaporating pan 3
While ensureing heating effect, water can be avoided directly to be contacted with evaporation pipeline 5, evaporation pipeline 5 is caused to corrode, also influences water
Matter.
As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5, in order to increase evaporating pan 3 and evaporate the contact area between pipeline 5, evaporation pipeline 5 can be with
Repeatedly turned back, the evaporation pipeline 5 can include multiple straight lengths 51 being set in distance and connection is the multiple straight
Multiple bend loss 52 of pipeline section 51.
Specifically, as shown in figure 5, the air inlet 12 of the indoor set 100 of the air conditioner is located at the side plate of the housing 1
On, the side plate can be specifically that left plate can also be right plate, and the air outlet 13 of the indoor set 100 of the air conditioner is set
In the front side board of the housing 1.The inlet air sidepiece of the evaporating pan 3 is set adjacent to the air inlet 12, and the wind deflector 4 is set
At the air inlet 12.Wind deflector 4 is set adjacent to air inlet 12, and wind deflector 4 is arranged on the air inlet 12, can be more effective
The air-flow that ground is led into housing 1, into the inlet air sidepiece of evaporating pan 3.
Specifically, as shown in Figures 3 to 5, cross flow fan 6 is additionally provided with the air channel 11, the cross flow fan 6 is located at institute
State between air inlet 12 and the evaporator, the wind deflector 4 is arranged between the air inlet 12 and the cross flow fan 6.
Cross flow fan 6 enters to certain driving air-flow from air inlet 12, is flowed out from air outlet 13.After airflow passes cross flow fan 6, stream
Speed can increase, so, if after wind deflector 4 is arranged on into cross flow fan 6, when air-flow passes through wind deflector 4, noise can be compared with
Greatly, and wind direction is not easy to be changed.Blower fan in the utility model is not limited to cross flow fan 6, and other kinds of blower fan can also
For the utility model, will not be repeated here.
Specifically, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5, for the indoor set 100 in vertical setting, the rotating shaft of the cross flow fan 6 can
It is space in housing 1 to make full use of to be set in upward and downward.
In order to control the flow direction of air-flow by the rotation of wind deflector 4, and then humidifying effect is controlled, the wind deflector 4 can turn
It is dynamic to be adjustably mounted in the housing 1, to adjust the angle between the wind deflector 4 and the evaporating pan 3.Led by regulation
Angle between aerofoil 4 and evaporating pan 3, humidifying effect can be adjusted.Further, since wind deflector 4 is set adjacent to the inlet air sidepiece
Put, and because the air-flow in air channel 11 can be accelerated to evaporate to the purging of the water in the evaporating pan 3, so, utilize wind deflector 4
Rotation the flow direction of air-flow can be adjusted, and then adjust humidifying effect.
In order that wind deflector 4 can rotate automatically according to ambient humidity, facilitate user, the wind deflector 4 can pass through driving
The driving of device 8 rotates.The indoor set 100 is additionally provided with controller 7 and humidity detector, the controller 7 and the driving
Device 8 and the humidity detector are electrically connected with, and to the ambient humidity detected according to the psychrometric means, control the drive
Dynamic device 8 drives the wind deflector 4 to turn to corresponding angle.
Specifically, the drive device 8 is stepper motor.
In order to increase guiding effect of the wind deflector 4 to the flow direction of air-flow, as shown in figure 8, the wind-guiding of the wind deflector 4
Wind-guiding wing plate 41 is convexly equipped with face, flow direction of the wind-guiding wing plate 41 along air-flow is set, and in Fig. 8, D is to shown face
Wind-guiding face.
During in order to cause air flow through wind deflector 4, flow velocity can increased, and as shown in Figure 8 and Figure 9, correspond to and led described in one
Aerofoil 4 is provided with two wind-guiding wing plates 41 mutually set in angle, and described two wind-guiding wing plates 41 are enclosed with wind deflector 4 to be set formed with leading
Wind groove, the wind guide tank is by being in contraction-like setting in the direction of the airflow.
Preferred embodiment of the present utility model is these are only, not thereby limits the scope of the claims of the present utility model, it is every
Under inventive concept of the present utility model, the equivalent structure transformation made using the utility model specification and accompanying drawing content, or
Directly/be used in other related technical areas indirectly and be included in scope of patent protection of the present utility model.
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1. a kind of indoor set of air conditioner, the air conditioner have heating mode, it is characterised in that including:
Housing, the housing is interior to be provided with air channel;
Indoor heat exchanger, in the air channel;
Evaporating pan, in the housing, on the airflow direction in the air channel, the evaporating pan has inlet air sidepiece and air-out
Sidepiece, the evaporating pan connect with the air channel, and in a heating mode, the water stored in the evaporating pan passes through the indoor set
Refrigerant pipeline heating evaporation to the air channel;And
Wind deflector, in the housing, and the neighbouring inlet air sidepiece is set, to by the air-flow in air channel from the inlet air
Sidepiece is directed into the evaporating pan.
2. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the evaporating pan is located at the bottom of the housing
Portion.
3. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that the evaporating pan changes located at the interior
The lower section of hot device, the inlet air sidepiece of the evaporating pan are set beyond the indoor heat exchanger.
4. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the indoor set is provided with and the indoor heat exchange
The evaporation pipeline of device in parallel or series, in a heating mode, the water stored in the evaporating pan passes through the evaporation pipeline heating
Evaporation.
5. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that the evaporation pipeline is embedded in the evaporating pan
Bottom in.
6. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that the evaporation pipeline is set including multiple in interval
The straight length and multiple bend loss of the multiple straight length of connection put.
7. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the air inlet of the indoor set of the air conditioner is set
In on the side plate of the housing, the air outlet of the indoor set of the air conditioner is located at the front side board of the housing;
The inlet air sidepiece of the evaporating pan is set adjacent to the air inlet;
The wind deflector is arranged on the air inlet.
8. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that cross flow fan, institute are additionally provided with the air channel
Cross flow fan is stated between the air inlet and the evaporator;
The wind deflector is arranged between the air inlet and the cross flow fan.
9. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 8, it is characterised in that the indoor set is in vertical setting, correspondingly,
The rotating shaft of the cross flow fan is set in upward and downward.
10. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the wind deflector is rotatably adjustably installed
In in the housing, to adjust the angle between the wind deflector and the evaporating pan.
11. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 10, it is characterised in that the wind deflector is driven by drive device
Rotate;
The indoor set is additionally provided with controller and humidity detector, and the controller is examined with the drive device and the humidity
Survey device to be electrically connected with, to the ambient humidity detected according to the psychrometric means, control and led described in the drive device driving
Aerofoil turns to corresponding angle.
12. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 11, it is characterised in that the drive device is stepper motor.
13. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that be convexly equipped with the wind-guiding face of the wind deflector
Wind-guiding wing plate, flow direction of the wind-guiding wing plate along air-flow are set.
14. the indoor set of air conditioner as claimed in claim 13, it is characterised in that a corresponding wind deflector is provided with two
The wind-guiding wing plate mutually set in angle, described two wind-guiding wing plates and wind deflector, which enclose, to be set formed with wind guide tank, the wind guide tank by
It is in contraction-like setting in the direction of the airflow.
15. a kind of air conditioner, it is characterised in that include the indoor set of the air conditioner as described in claim 1 to 14 any one.
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