CN214148303U

CN214148303U - Air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN214148303U
Application number: CN202022845258.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李淼; 黄贵华
Original assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd; Guangzhou Hualing Refrigeration Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd; Guangzhou Hualing Refrigeration Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-30
Filing date: 2020-11-30
Publication date: 2021-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-30

Abstract

The utility model discloses an air conditioner, which comprises a face frame and a cover component, wherein the face frame is provided with a mounting groove; the cover member is rotatably installed at the face frame to open or shield the installation groove, and the cover member can be turned over toward an outer side of the face frame to open the installation groove. The screwdriver is prevented from colliding with the cover component in the using process, and if the screwdriver collides with the cover component and the cover component falls, the cover component also falls outside the air conditioner, so that a user can pick up the cover component and reinstall the cover component on the face frame conveniently.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an air conditioner technical field, in particular to air conditioner.

Background

The structure of air conditioner is mostly connected with the screw, sets up the easy deposit dust of screw on the face frame, consequently can set up the mounting groove on the current face frame generally and supply the screw to insert to cover the lid part on the mounting groove and shelter from the dust, and the structure of current lid part and face frame takes place screwdriver and lid part mutually at the in-process that uses easily, leads to the lid part to drop and fall into in the air conditioner, causes the inconvenience in the installation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides an air conditioner can avoid the lid part to fall into in the air conditioner, easy to assemble.

The air conditioner according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention includes a face frame and a cover member, the face frame being provided with a mounting groove; the cover member is rotatably installed at the face frame to open or shield the installation groove, and the cover member can be turned over toward an outer side of the face frame to open the installation groove.

According to the utility model discloses air conditioner has following beneficial effect at least: the screwdriver is prevented from colliding with the cover component in the using process, and if the screwdriver collides with the cover component and the cover component falls, the cover component also falls outside the air conditioner, so that a user can pick up the cover component and reinstall the cover component on the face frame conveniently.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the cover member and the face frame are provided with a rotation structure and a fixing structure therebetween, the cover member and the face frame pass through the rotation structure is rotatably fitted, and the cover member and the face frame pass through the fixing structure can be detached from the connection.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the rotating structure comprises a rotating shaft and a slot, the rotating shaft and the slot are rotatably fitted, the slot is disposed on an inner wall of the mounting groove, and the rotating shaft is disposed on the cover member; alternatively, the rotation shaft is provided on an inner wall of the mounting groove, and the groove is provided in the cover member.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the rotational axis is slidable along the slot between a first position and a second position;

when the rotating shaft is located at the first position, the cover part shields the mounting groove;

when the pivot shaft is located at the second position, the cover member is able to pivot about the pivot shaft.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the fixing structure comprises a clamping block and a clamping groove, the clamping block and the clamping groove are clamped and matched, the clamping groove is disposed on the inner wall of the mounting groove, and the clamping block is disposed on the cover member; or, the joint piece set up in the inner wall of mounting groove, the draw-in groove set up in the cover part.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the joint piece set up in the cover part, the cover part is provided with the elastic arm, the joint piece sets up the free end of elastic arm.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the elastic arms are provided in two and are respectively provided on both sides of the cover member.

According to some embodiments of the invention, when the cover member covers the mounting groove, the surfaces of the cover member and the face frame are smoothly transitioned.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the surface of the cover member is provided with protrusions.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the cover member is provided with a limit portion, when the cover member opens the mounting groove, the limit portion and the face frame abut against each other to limit the turning angle of the cover member.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The invention will be further described with reference to the following drawings and examples, in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a lid component of an embodiment of the present invention in a closed state;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a cover member according to an embodiment of the present invention in an open state;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a cover member of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an angle of engagement of a cover member and a face frame of an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of another angle of engagement of the cover member and the face frame according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals

The panel comprises a face frame 100, a mounting groove 110, a mounting hole 111, a slot 112, a slot 113, a cover part 200, a rotating shaft 210, a clamping block 220, an elastic arm 221, a notch 222, a limiting part 230, a protrusion 240 and a panel 300.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated with respect to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, a plurality of means are one or more, a plurality of means are two or more, and the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood as not including the number, and the terms greater than, less than, within, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.

The air conditioner of the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, includes a panel 300 and a face frame 100, the panel 300 is installed on the face frame 100 and forms a shell of the air conditioner, wherein, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the face frame 100 is provided with an installation groove 110, and the bottom of the installation groove 110 is provided with an installation hole 111; the cover member 200 is rotatably installed at the face frame 100 to open or shield the installation groove 110, and the cover member 200 can be turned toward the outside of the face frame 100 to open the installation groove 110. Specifically, the panel is turned toward the side away from the panel 300.

It can be understood that the above-mentioned mounting holes 111 are used for inserting screws, the screws pass through the mounting holes 111 and are fixedly connected with the structure inside the air conditioner, the cover member 200 is shielded from the mounting groove 110 after assembly, dust is prevented from falling into the mounting groove 110, dust deposition is prevented, when the cover member 200 needs to be turned over to screw or unscrew the screws, the cover member 200 is turned over towards the outside of the face frame 100, when the cover member 200 falls due to collision between a screwdriver and the cover member 200 during use, the cover member 200 falls outside the air conditioner, and a user can pick up the cover member 200 and remount the cover member 200 onto the face frame 100 conveniently.

It should be noted that, referring to fig. 1, the above-mentioned outer side refers to a side of the panel frame 100 facing the external environment and away from the panel 300, and the side of the panel frame 100 facing the air conditioner where the parts are installed is an inner side relative to the outer side, and since the cover member 200 rotates towards the side of the panel frame 100 facing the external environment, when the cover member 200 falls, the cover member 200 falls into the external environment under the action of gravity, and the user can reinstall the cover member 200 into the panel frame 100 by picking up the cover member 200 from the external environment without picking up the cover member 200 inside the air conditioner with many parts and lines, which effectively improves the convenience in the installation process. It is understood that when the user opens the cover member 200 on the air conditioner, the user opens the cover member 200 facing the face frame 100, and the side where the user is located is the outside of the face frame 100 as described above, while the interior of the air conditioner is the inside of the face frame 100 relatively.

It can be understood that, referring to fig. 3, when the user opens the cover member 200, the user opens the cover member 200 toward the outside of the face frame 100 without pushing the cover member 200 toward the inside of the face frame 100, which is more suitable for the daily use habit of ordinary people and further improves the convenience of installation.

It is understood that, referring to fig. 4, a rotating structure and a fixing structure are provided between the cover member 200 and the face frame 100, the cover member 200 and the face frame 100 are rotatably engaged by the rotating structure, and the cover member 200 and the face frame 100 are detachably connected by the fixing structure.

It is understood that, referring to fig. 4, the cover member 200 is installed in the face frame 100 with one end as a rotation axis, and specifically, the cover member 200 can rotate on the face frame 100 with the rotation axis, and the other end of the cover member 200 is detachably connected to the face frame 100, thereby switching between two states of opening the installation groove 110 and shielding the installation groove 110. It should be mentioned that the rotation structure provides the cover member 200 with a degree of freedom of rotation in the circumferential direction and restricts a degree of freedom of movement in other directions, and therefore, the cover member 200 is restricted on the face frame 100 by the fixing structure and the rotation structure in the closed state, and shields the screws in the mounting holes 111 from entering dust.

It is understood that, in order to realize the rotation fit between the cover member 200 and the face frame 100, referring to fig. 4, the rotation structure includes a rotation shaft 210 and a groove 112, the rotation shaft 210 and the groove 112 are rotatably fitted, and in one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the inner wall of the mounting groove 110 is provided with the groove 112, and the cover member 200 is provided with the rotation shaft 210; the rotation shaft 210 may be rotated in the groove 112, and more specifically, the rotation shaft 210 may be a rotation shaft of the entire cover member 200, wherein the rotation shaft 210 is disposed at opposite sides of the cover member 200, the groove 112 is disposed on an inner wall of both sides of the mounting groove 110, the rotation shaft 210 is inserted into the groove 112, so that the cover member 200 can rotate around the rotation shaft 210, and in other embodiments, the rotation shaft 210 may be a long shaft structure penetrating through the entire piece of both sides of the cover member 200, the rotation shaft 210 is inserted and fixed to the cover member 200, and both ends of the rotation shaft 210 are inserted into the groove 112 and can rotate in the groove 112.

In yet another embodiment, the inner wall of the mounting groove 110 is provided with a rotational shaft 210, and the cover member 200 is provided with the groove 112. The rotation shafts 210 are provided on the inner walls of opposite sides of the mounting groove 110, the grooves 112 of the cover member 200 are provided on opposite sides of the cover member 200, and the rotation shafts 210 are rotatably engaged with the grooves 112 such that the cover member 200 is rotatably engaged with the face frame 100 to open or shield the mounting groove 110.

It will be appreciated that, based on the above-described embodiment in which the rotating shaft 210 and the slot 112 are engaged, wherein the slot 112 may be a circular slot, the rotating shaft 210 is inserted into the slot 112, so that the rotating shaft 210 and the slot 112 are engaged, and furthermore, in general manufacturing, the cover member 200 and the face frame 100 are both made of plastic material, when the cover member 200 and the face frame 100 are assembled, the rotating shaft 210 can be inserted into the slot 112 through a small amount of deformation, and finally the cover member 200 is restored to its shape by the property of plastic deformation of the plastic material itself, so that the rotating shaft 210 and the slot 112 are assembled together.

In order to make the appearance of the air conditioner more beautiful, it can be understood that, referring to fig. 2, when the cover member 200 covers the mounting groove 110, the surfaces of the cover member 200 and the face frame 100 are smoothly transited. The smooth transition surface makes the surface of the whole air conditioner not to be uneven, and particularly, the cover member 200 should be inserted into the mounting groove 110, so that the surface of the cover member 200 and the surface of the face frame 100 tend to be coplanar, thereby making the contour line of the surface of the air conditioner smoother and greatly improving the aesthetic degree of the air conditioner.

In order to make the surface of the air conditioner more beautiful, it can be understood that, referring to fig. 2, when the cover member 200 is in the closed state, the edge thereof should be adjacent to the edge of the mounting groove 110, and if it is directly rotated in the closed state, interference is easily generated between the face frame 100 and the cover member 200, or the angle of rotation of the cover member 200 is made small, which is inconvenient for a user, and for this reason, referring to fig. 4 and 7, the rotation shaft 210 can be slid between the first position and the second position along the slot 112; when the rotation shaft 210 is located at the first position, the cover member 200 covers the mounting groove 110; when the rotation shaft 210 is located at the second position, a space for the cover member 200 to rotate is provided between the cover member 200 and the face frame 100. After the cover member 200 and the face frame 100 are separated from each other by the fixing structure, the rotation shaft 210 is moved from the first position to the second position along the slot 112, and a space for the cover member 200 to rotate is provided between the cover member 200 and the face frame 100, thereby achieving a wide range of rotation of the cover member 200.

It will be appreciated that, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 7, the rotation shafts 210 are disposed at opposite sides of the cover member 200, and the slots 112 are disposed on inner walls of both sides of the mounting groove 110, the slots 112 are elongated and extend from an upper end to a lower end of the face frame 100, when the rotation shafts 210 are located at a first position, the rotation shafts 210 abut against the lower end of the slots 112, and the cover member 200 covers the mounting groove 110 and is fixedly coupled to the face frame 100, and when the rotation shafts 210 are located at a second position, the rotation shafts 210 abut against the upper end of the slots 112, and at this time, a space is provided between the cover member 200 and the face frame 100 with respect to a position where the cover member 200 covers the mounting groove 110, so as to provide a larger rotation space for the cover member 200, thereby providing a larger working space for a user when opening the mounting groove 110. It is understood that the slot 112 may be vertical or non-vertical along the extending direction, which enables the rotating shaft 210 to move, and when moving from the first position to the second position, a certain space is provided between the face frame 100 and the cover member 200.

It can be understood that, referring to fig. 4 and 6, in order to keep the cover member 200 stable in the closed state, the fixing structure includes a clamping block 220 and a clamping groove 113, the clamping block 220 and the clamping groove 113 are clamped and matched, in one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the clamping groove 113 is arranged on the inner wall of the mounting groove 110, and the clamping block 220 is arranged on the cover member 200; when cover part 200 rotated to the closed state, joint piece 220 and draw-in groove 113 joint cooperation made fixed connection between face frame 100 and the cover part 200, the mutual restraint of cooperation axis of rotation 210 and trench 112 made whole cover part 200 imbed in mounting groove 110 and shielded the screw of installing in mounting hole 111, avoided falling into the dust. When the mounting groove 110 needs to be opened, the clamping block 220 is separated from the clamping groove 113, so that the cover member 200 can be driven to rotate around the rotating shaft 210 towards the outer side of the face frame 100 and open the mounting groove 110 for a user to use. Specifically, the panel 300 and the panel frame 100 of the air conditioner are made of plastic materials, wherein the cover member 200 mounted on the panel frame 100 is also made of plastic materials, the cover member 200 has certain elasticity, in a clamped state, the clamping block 220 and the clamping groove 113 are tightly combined through the elasticity, the cover member 200 is prevented from being separated, in the dismounting process, through the deformation capacity of the plastic materials, when the cover member 200 is pulled out, the area of the cover member 200 provided with the clamping block 220 is deformed, the clamping block 220 is separated from the clamping groove 113 under the action of pressure from the clamping groove 113, and a user can conveniently dismount or mount the cover member 200.

It will be appreciated that, with reference to fig. 5, in order to facilitate the disengagement of the snap-in block 220 from the snap-in slot 113, the cover member 200 is provided with resilient arms 221, and the snap-in block 220 is provided at free ends of the resilient arms 221. For the lateral wall of a monoblock, elastic arm 221 has better elasticity, when making joint piece 220 deviate from draw-in groove 113, only need littleer power can be extracted joint piece 220 from draw-in groove 113, specifically, when lid component 200 is pulled out, the user extracts lid component 200 towards the outside of face frame 100, make draw-in groove 113 and joint piece 220 interact, under the effect of reaction force, two elastic arm 221 of relative setting extrude towards the direction of drawing close together, and make joint piece 220 deviate from draw-in groove 113. In some embodiments, the two opposite sides of the cover member 200 are two side walls, two notches 222 are formed on the side walls, the elastic arm 221 is formed between the two notches 222, and the latch 220 is disposed at the free end of the elastic arm 221.

In another embodiment, the inner wall of the mounting groove 110 is provided with a catching block 220, and the cover member 200 is provided with a catching groove 113. This embodiment can also realize the detachable connection between the face frame 100 and the cover member 200 by the snap fit of the snap block 220 and the snap groove 113, and in addition, in this embodiment, the cover member 200 is provided with the elastic arm 221, the snap groove 113 is provided at the free end of the elastic arm 221, and the snap block 220 and the snap groove 113 can be more easily snapped or separated by the elasticity of the elastic arm 221.

When the cover member 200 is fixedly coupled to the face frame 100, if the cover member 200 is to be pulled out, the user needs to pull the cover member 200 by the friction force between the fingers and the surface of the cover member 200 to disengage the snap blocks 220 and the snap slots 113 in the cover member 200, but this method of use is inconvenient, and for this reason, it can be understood that, referring to fig. 5, the surface of the cover member 200 is provided with the protrusions 240. The user can detain the finger in protruding 240 department to the outside direction pulling of face frame 100 makes lid component 200 rotate towards the outside of face frame 100, simultaneously, makes draw-in groove 113 and joint piece 220 extrude each other, and then makes joint piece 220 break away from draw-in groove 113, and joint piece 220 breaks away from behind draw-in groove 113, can make lid component 200 rotate round axis of rotation 210, thereby opens mounting groove 110. The protrusion 240 may be a continuous bar provided on the surface of the lid member 200, or may be a plurality of discontinuous protrusions.

Referring to fig. 5 and 7, in order to limit the cover member 200 from being excessively turned outward when the cover member 200 is rotated on the face frame 100, it can be understood that the cover member 200 is provided with a stopper 230, and when the cover member 200 opens the mounting groove 110, the stopper 230 abuts against the face frame 100 to limit the turning angle of the cover member 200. Specifically, when the cover member 200 is in a state where the mounting groove 110 is opened, the lower end of the cover member 200 abuts against the surface of the face frame 100, thereby restraining the cover member 200 at the position, blocking the tendency of the cover member 200 to continue to rotate, and effectively limiting the cover member 200 from turning excessively outward. It should be mentioned that the excessive eversion of the lid member 200 is restricted to prevent the damage of the rotating structure between the lid member 200 and the face frame 100 and also to prevent the lid member 200 from falling down during the rotation.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. An air conditioner, comprising:

the face frame is provided with an installation groove;

a cover member rotatably installed at the face frame to open or shield the installation groove, the cover member being capable of being turned over toward an outer side of the face frame to open the installation groove;

a rotating structure and a fixing structure are arranged between the cover component and the face frame, the cover component and the face frame are in rotating fit through the rotating structure, and the cover component and the face frame are detachably connected through the fixing structure;

the rotating structure comprises a rotating shaft and a groove position, the rotating shaft is matched with the groove position in a rotating mode, the groove position is arranged on the inner wall of the mounting groove, and the rotating shaft is arranged on the cover part; alternatively, the rotation shaft is provided on an inner wall of the mounting groove, and the groove is provided in the cover member.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein said rotational shaft is slidable along said slot between a first position and a second position;

3. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein surfaces of the cover member and the face frame are smoothly transited when the cover member covers the mounting groove.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the cover member is provided with a protrusion.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is provided with a stopper portion, and when the cover member opens the mounting groove, the stopper portion and the face frame abut against each other to limit a turning angle of the cover member.

6. An air conditioner, comprising:

the face frame is provided with an installation groove;

the fixing structure comprises a clamping block and a clamping groove, the clamping block is clamped and matched with the clamping groove, the clamping groove is formed in the inner wall of the mounting groove, and the clamping block is arranged on the cover component; or, the joint piece set up in the inner wall of mounting groove, the draw-in groove set up in the cover part.

7. The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the catching block is provided to the cover member provided with an elastic arm, and the catching block is provided to a free end of the elastic arm.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the elastic arm is provided in two and is respectively provided at both sides of the cover member.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein surfaces of the cover member and the face frame are smoothly transited when the cover member covers the mounting groove.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein a surface of the cover member is provided with a protrusion.

11. The air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein the cover member is provided with a stopper portion, and when the cover member opens the mounting groove, the stopper portion and the face frame abut against each other to limit a turning angle of the cover member.