CN212299185U - Door plate driving device and cabinet air conditioner - Google Patents

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CN212299185U
CN212299185U CN202021300255.7U CN202021300255U CN212299185U CN 212299185 U CN212299185 U CN 212299185U CN 202021300255 U CN202021300255 U CN 202021300255U CN 212299185 U CN212299185 U CN 212299185U
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朱志海
孟宪运
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The utility model provides a door plant drive arrangement, cabinet air conditioner, one of them door plant drive arrangement, including first mounting, door plant sliding arc groove with door plant sliding connection has on the first mounting, door plant sliding arc groove has first circumference section, first derailment section, second circumference section, first derailment section in first circumference section with between the second circumference section, just first derailment section orientation the outside direction protrusion of air conditioner shell extends, the tip of door plant can be through its first sliding connection portion, the second sliding connection portion sliding connection that has in the door plant sliding arc inslot, just first sliding connection portion, the second sliding connection portion be in of one-to-one respectively in first circumference section, the second circumference section. According to the utility model discloses a door plant drive arrangement, cabinet air conditioner through the derailment design to door plant sliding arc groove, realizes the extrapolation to the door plant in the drive process to the door plant, and then reduces the clearance of door plant and air conditioner shell, has simplified door plant drive structure.

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Door plate driving device and cabinet air conditioner
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of air conditioning, concretely relates to door plant drive arrangement, cabinet air conditioner.
Background
The existing circular floor type air conditioner with a straight air outlet generally has two air outlet panel motion devices: one is to adopt an air outlet panel (or a door panel) to open and close an air outlet and realize left and right air sweeping through an independent driving mechanism; one is to adopt the air outlet panel (or door panel) to open and close the air outlet, and simultaneously realize the function of left and right air sweeping through the left and right rotation of the air outlet panel. The existing first motion device needs a set of rotation mechanism of the air outlet panel (or door panel) to open or close the air outlet, and needs a set of independent air sweeping mechanism to realize the function of left and right air sweeping, so that the device has more parts, higher production cost and lower assembly efficiency, and can not reach a completely closed state in the state of closing the air outlet, namely, the air outlet panel and the air conditioner shell have larger gap, thus affecting the appearance attractiveness of the whole machine and being not beneficial to the safety design of insect and mouse prevention; the existing second type of movement device simultaneously realizes the functions of opening and closing an air outlet and left and right air sweeping through a set of air outlet panel (or door plate) rotating mechanism, but in order to realize a completely closed state, so that the gap between the air outlet panel and an air conditioner shell is eliminated, a set of telescopic mechanism is added, the movement device is complex, the number of parts is large, the production cost is high, the assembly efficiency is low, and the maintenance difficulty is increased.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Therefore, the to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is to provide a door plant drive arrangement, cabinet air conditioner, through the orbital transfer design to the door plant sliding arc groove, realize the extrapolation to the door plant in the drive process to the door plant, and then reduce the clearance of door plant and air conditioner shell, simplified door plant drive structure.
In order to solve the problem, the utility model provides a door plant drive arrangement, including first mounting, door plant sliding arc groove with door plant sliding connection has on the first mounting, door plant sliding arc groove has first circumference section, first derailment section, second circumference section, first derailment section in between first circumference section with between the second circumference section, just first derailment section is towards the outside direction protrusion extension of air conditioner shell, the tip of door plant can be through its first sliding connection portion, the second sliding connection portion sliding connection that has in door plant sliding arc inslot, just first sliding connection portion, second sliding connection portion difference one-to-one be in first circumference section, the second circumference section.
Preferably, the first circumferential segment is concentrically disposed with the second circumferential segment.
Preferably, the door panel sliding arc groove further comprises a second track changing section, and the second track changing section is located at one end of the first circumferential section, which is far away from the first track changing section.
Preferably, the door panel driving device further comprises a rotating member and a driving motor, the rotating member is connected with the door panel, and the driving motor can drive the rotating member to rotate.
Preferably, the rotating moving member is movably connected with the door panel through a connecting rod.
Preferably, the rotating member is provided with a first connecting column, the door panel is provided with a second connecting column, and two ends of the connecting rod are respectively pivoted on the first connecting column and the second connecting column in a one-to-one correspondence manner.
Preferably, the door panel driving device further comprises a second fixing member, the first fixing member and the second fixing member are fixedly connected, and the rotating member is located between the first fixing member and the second fixing member.
Preferably, the first fixing member is further configured with a first sliding arc groove, the second fixing member is further configured with a second sliding arc groove, the side of the rotating member facing the first fixing member and the second fixing member is provided with a sliding member, one part of the sliding member is slidably connected in the first sliding arc groove, and the other part of the sliding member is slidably connected in the second sliding arc groove.
Preferably, the sliding component comprises a translational rotating component and/or a rolling rotating component, the translational rotating component is used for being in sliding contact with the groove side wall of the first sliding arc groove or the second sliding arc groove, and the rolling rotating component is used for being in sliding contact with the groove bottom wall of the first sliding arc groove or the second sliding arc groove.
Preferably, the rotary motion member further has a bearing column extending toward one side of the door panel, the door panel is provided with a bearing groove, and the bearing column can be inserted into the bearing groove and can synchronously slide in the bearing groove in the sliding direction of the door panel.
The utility model also provides a cabinet air conditioner, including door plant drive arrangement, door plant drive arrangement has two, two door plant drive arrangement is in respectively the upper and lower both ends of door plant, door plant drive arrangement is foretell door plant drive arrangement.
The utility model provides a door plant drive arrangement, cabinet air conditioner, the door plant pass through first sliding connection portion and second sliding connection portion sliding connection in the door plant slip arc groove and be in respectively the both sides of first derailment section, when the air conditioner is under the windsweeper running mode, the door plant is driven along the arc extending direction of door plant slip arc groove with preset displacement reciprocating motion, at this moment, first sliding connection portion, second sliding connection portion are in respectively corresponding first circumference section, second circumference section and do not take place the relation with first derailment section, and when the air conditioner is in shutting down (or start), the door plant is driven along the arc extending direction and be close to first derailment section removal, second sliding connection portion finally by the second circumference section gets into first derailment section, and because first orbital transfer section is protruding towards one side of air conditioner shell, at this moment the door plant is in under the effect of first orbital transfer section is released towards air conditioner shell one side, has reduced from this the door plant is when being in the closure state clearance between its and the decoration panel, and adopts special telescoping device to realize reducing the mode in aforementioned clearance among the prior art and compare, the technical scheme of the utility model structure is simpler, and owing to need not to set up alone like among the prior art and extrapolate parts such as corresponding motor, has also reduced the manufacturing cost of air conditioner to a certain extent.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a disassembled structure of a door panel driving device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the first fastening member of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the rotary motion member of FIG. 1;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a door panel of a cabinet air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4 at A;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a driving connection between the door panel driving device and the door panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic view of a disassembled structure of a cabinet air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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1. a first fixing member; 111. a first circumferential segment; 112. a first track transfer segment; 113. a second circumferential segment; 114. a second track transfer segment; 12. a first sliding arc groove; 2. a rotary motion member; 21. a connecting rod; 22. a first connecting column; 241. a roller; 242. a roller mounting seat; 243. a shaft sleeve mounting post; 244. a shaft sleeve; 25. a load bearing column; 26. a ring gear; 3. a second fixing member; 4. a drive motor; 41. a drive gear; 101. a door panel; 1011. a first sliding connection portion; 1012. a second sliding connection portion; 1013. a second connecting column; 1014. a bearing groove; 1015. the door plate air outlet; 102. a door panel drive device; 1031. a cap assembly; 1032. a base assembly; 1033. a decorative panel; 1034. an air duct member; 1035. a heat exchanger; 1036. an air intake panel; 1037. a wind deflector component.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1 to 7 in combination, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a door panel driving device is provided, including a first fixing member 1, a position of the first fixing member 1 is fixed with respect to an air conditioner housing, a door panel sliding arc groove slidably connected to a door panel 101 is provided on the first fixing member 1, the door panel sliding arc groove has a first circumferential section 111, a first track-changing section 112, and a second circumferential section 113, the first track-changing section 112 is located between the first circumferential section 111 and the second circumferential section 113, and the first track-changing section 112 protrudes and extends toward an outside direction of the air conditioner housing, an end of the door panel 101 can be slidably connected to the door panel sliding arc groove through a first sliding connection portion 1011, a second sliding connection portion 1012 provided thereon, and the first sliding connection portion 1011, the second sliding connection portion 1012 are respectively located in the first circumferential section 111 one-to one, and the second sliding connection portion 1012 are respectively located in the first circumferential section 111, Within the second circumferential segment 113. In this technical solution, the door panel 101 is slidably connected to the door panel sliding arc groove through the first sliding connection portion 1011 and the second sliding connection portion 1012 and is respectively located at two sides of the first swing rail section 112, when the air conditioner is in the wind sweeping operation mode, the door panel 101 is driven to reciprocate along the arc extending direction of the door panel sliding arc groove with a preset displacement, at this time, the first sliding connection portion 1011 and the second sliding connection portion 1012 are respectively located in the corresponding first circumferential section 111 and the second circumferential section 113 and are not associated with the first swing rail section 112, when the air conditioner is in the shutdown (or startup) process, the door panel 101 is driven to move along the arc extending direction and close to the first swing rail section 112, and the second sliding connection portion 1012 finally enters the first swing rail section 112 from the second circumferential section 113, and since the first variable rail section 112 protrudes toward one side of the air conditioner case, the door panel 101 is pushed out toward the one side of the air conditioner case by the first variable rail section 112, thereby reducing the gap between the door panel 101 and the decorative panel 1033 when in the closed state, even achieving a complete closure of the door panel 101, compared with the prior art which adopts a special expansion device to reduce the clearance, the technical proposal of the utility model has simpler structure, and because there is no need to separately arrange an outward pushing component such as a corresponding motor as in the prior art, the production and manufacturing costs of the air conditioner are reduced to a certain extent, and simultaneously the utility model provides a technical scheme is more simplified, can simplify the equipment process of door plant drive arrangement and air conditioner, improves work efficiency, has also reduced the after-sales maintenance degree of difficulty of air conditioner. The first circumferential section 111 and the second circumferential section 113 may be arranged eccentrically to reduce the requirement for the processing accuracy of the door panel sliding arc groove, and at this time, the smooth sliding operation of the door panel 101 may be ensured by increasing the gaps between the first sliding connection portion 1011 and the second sliding connection portion 1012 of the door panel 101 and the groove side wall. Preferably, the first circumferential section 111 and the second circumferential section 113 are concentrically arranged, and in this case, gaps between the first sliding coupling portion 1011 and the second sliding coupling portion 1012 of the door panel 101 and the groove side wall can be further reduced, so that stable reliability of the sliding process of the door panel 101 can be ensured. The first sliding connection 1011 and the second sliding connection 1012 may be, for example, respective cylindrical components with bushings in specific design.
It will be understood that, when only the first track segment 112 is disposed in the door panel sliding arc groove, the second sliding connection portion 1012 will swing around the end of the first circumferential segment 111 away from the first track segment 112 as a pivot (at this time, the first sliding connection portion 1011 is movably abutted against the end), which is driven by the corresponding driving component, and this swing forms the outward pushing of the door panel 101, and this swing in one position may cause the gap between the door panel 101 and the decorative panel 1033 to be not uniform enough, therefore, preferably, the door panel sliding arc groove further includes a second track segment 114, the second track segment 114 is disposed at the end of the first circumferential segment 111 away from the first track segment 112, the protruding direction of the second track segment 114 is consistent with the protruding direction of the first track segment 112, and most preferably, when the cabinet air conditioner is a circular cabinet air conditioner, the protruding depths of the first rail changing section 112 and the second rail changing section 114 are preferably the same, so that the gap between the door panel 101 and the decorative panel 1033 can be ensured to be uniform, and certainly, when the outline of the cabinet air conditioner is not in a standard circular shape, the protruding depths of the first rail changing section 112 and the second rail changing section 114 can be reasonably designed according to the size of the air conditioner shell, and details are not repeated here.
Door plant drive arrangement includes rotary motion spare 2, driving motor 4, rotary motion spare 2 with door plant 101 is connected, driving motor 4 can drive rotary motion spare 2 is rotatory, and is concrete, as shown in fig. 6, ring gear 26 has on rotary motion spare 2's the inner wall, then be equipped with drive gear 41 on driving motor 4's the power take off end, drive gear 41 with tooth meshing between the ring gear 26, when driving motor 4 operates, rotary motion spare 2 drives door plant 101 produces circumferential motion.
Further, the rotating motion piece 2 with through connecting rod 21 swing joint between the door plant 101, it is concrete, the last first spliced pole 22 that has of rotating motion piece 2, the last second spliced pole 1013 that has of door plant 101, the pin joint that the both ends one-to-one respectively of connecting rod 21 in first spliced pole 22, second spliced pole 1013, the design of connecting rod 21 makes door plant 101 with the connection between the rotating motion piece 2 forms the displacement allowance, prevents to lead to the emergence of card dead phenomenon because of the fit clearance is improper in the sliding process of door plant 101.
Further, the door panel driving device further includes a second fixing member 3, the first fixing member 1 is fixedly connected to the second fixing member 3, the rotating member 2 is located between the first fixing member 1 and the second fixing member 3, and the driving motor 4 may be fixedly connected to the first fixing member 1 or the second fixing member 3. The first fixing member 1, the second fixing member 3 and the rotary motion member 2 are clamped, so that the door panel driving device is more compact and reliable in structure.
At this time, a first sliding arc groove 12 is further formed in the first fixing member 1, a second sliding arc groove is further formed in the second fixing member 3, a sliding part is arranged on a side surface of the rotary moving member 2 facing the first fixing member 1 and the second fixing member 3, one part of the sliding part is slidably connected in the first sliding arc groove, the other part of the sliding part is slidably connected in the second sliding arc groove, specifically, the sliding part comprises a translational rotating assembly and/or a rolling rotating assembly, the translational rotating assembly is used for slidably contacting with a groove side wall of the first sliding arc groove or the second sliding arc groove, and the rolling rotating assembly is used for slidably contacting with a groove bottom wall of the first sliding arc groove or the second sliding arc groove. The translational rotating assembly comprises a shaft sleeve mounting column 243 on the rotating part 2 and a shaft sleeve sleeved on the shaft sleeve mounting column 243, and the rolling rotating assembly comprises a roller mounting seat 242 on the rotating part 2 and a roller 241 pivotally connected to the roller mounting seat.
Further, the rotating motion part 2 is further provided with a bearing column 25 extending towards one side of the door panel 101, the door panel 101 is provided with a bearing groove 1014, the bearing column 25 can be inserted into the bearing groove 1014 and can synchronously slide in the bearing groove 1014 in the sliding direction of the door panel 101, the bearing column 25 can share the gravity of the door panel 101 to a certain extent, so that the pressure of the door panel 101 on a component (the first fixing part 1) below the door panel is ensured, and the fatigue damage caused by the long-time application of the component is prevented.
According to the embodiment of the utility model, still provide a cabinet air conditioner, including door plant drive arrangement 102, door plant 101, door plant drive arrangement 102 has two, two door plant drive arrangement 102 is in respectively the upper and lower both ends of door plant 101, door plant drive arrangement 102 is foretell door plant drive arrangement, specifically refers to figure 7, two door plant drive arrangement 102 is located respectively door plant 101 top and bottom, two door plant drive arrangement 102 can adopt different modes on specific detail structure to the concrete design at position about the adaptation cabinet-type air conditioner.
As shown in fig. 7, the cabinet air conditioner further includes a top cover assembly 1031 and a base assembly 1032, the air conditioner housing is located between the top cover assembly 1031 and the base assembly 1032, the air conditioner housing includes a decoration panel 1033 and an air inlet panel 1036 that are relatively buckled, and a door panel 101, a wind shield member 1037, an air channel member 1034 and a heat exchanger 1035 are sequentially arranged in the air conditioner housing along the direction from the air outlet to the air inlet. It is understood that the door panel 101 has a door panel outlet 1015, and the door panel driving device is used to ensure whether the door panel outlet 1015 is aligned with the outlet of the decorative panel 1033.
It is readily understood by a person skilled in the art that the advantageous ways described above can be freely combined, superimposed without conflict.
The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of modifications and variations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and variations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The door plate driving device is characterized by comprising a first fixing piece (1), wherein a door plate sliding arc groove in sliding connection with a door plate (101) is formed in the first fixing piece (1), the door plate sliding arc groove is provided with a first circumferential section (111), a first variable rail section (112) and a second circumferential section (113), the first variable rail section (112) is located between the first circumferential section (111) and the second circumferential section (113), the first variable rail section (112) protrudes and extends towards the outer side direction of an air conditioner shell, the end part of the door plate (101) can be slidably connected into the door plate sliding arc groove through a first sliding connection part (1011) and a second sliding connection part (1012) which are arranged on the first circumferential section (111) and the second circumferential section (1012), and the first sliding connection part (1011) and the second sliding connection part (1012) are respectively located in the first circumferential section (111) and the second circumferential section (113) in a one-to-one correspondence manner, Within the second circumferential segment (113).
2. A door panel driving device according to claim 1, characterized in that said first circumferential segment (111) is concentrically arranged with said second circumferential segment (113).
3. A door panel drive arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that said door panel sliding arc groove further comprises a second track segment (114), said second track segment (114) being at an end of said first circumferential segment (111) remote from said first track segment (112).
4. A door panel driving device according to claim 1, further comprising a rotary moving member (2), a driving motor (4), wherein the rotary moving member (2) is connected to the door panel (101), and the driving motor (4) can drive the rotary moving member (2) to rotate.
5. A door panel driving device according to claim 4, characterized in that the rotary moving member (2) is movably connected with the door panel (101) through a connecting rod (21).
6. A door panel driving device according to claim 5, characterized in that the rotating member (2) has a first connecting column (22), the door panel (101) has a second connecting column (1013), and two ends of the connecting rod (21) are respectively pivoted to the first connecting column (22) and the second connecting column (1013) in a one-to-one correspondence manner.
7. A door panel driving device according to claim 4, characterized in that it further comprises a second fixed member (3), said first fixed member (1) and said second fixed member (3) are fixedly connected, and said rotary moving member (2) is located between said first fixed member (1) and said second fixed member (3).
8. A door panel driving device as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that said first fixing member (1) is further configured with a first sliding arc groove (12), said second fixing member (3) is further configured with a second sliding arc groove, and the side of said rotary moving member (2) facing said first fixing member (1) and said second fixing member (3) is provided with a sliding member, one part of said sliding member is slidably connected in said first sliding arc groove, and the other part of said sliding member is slidably connected in said second sliding arc groove.
9. The door panel driving device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the sliding component comprises a translational rotating component and/or a rolling rotating component, the translational rotating component is used for being in sliding contact with the groove side wall of the first sliding arc groove or the second sliding arc groove, and the rolling rotating component is used for being in sliding contact with the groove bottom wall of the first sliding arc groove or the second sliding arc groove.
10. A door panel driving device according to claim 4, characterized in that the rotary motion member (2) is further provided with a bearing column (25) extending towards one side of the door panel (101), the door panel (101) is provided with a bearing groove (1014), the bearing column (25) can be inserted into the bearing groove (1014) and the bearing column (25) can synchronously slide in the bearing groove (1014) in the sliding direction of the door panel (101).
11. A cabinet air conditioner comprising a door panel driving device (102) and a door panel (101), wherein the door panel driving device (102) has two door panels, and the two door panel driving devices (102) are respectively disposed at the upper end and the lower end of the door panel (101), and the door panel driving device (102) is the door panel driving device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
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