CN1815092A

CN1815092A - Air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN1815092A
Application number: CNA2006100060968A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金祉训; 柳重吉; 刘基正; 权熹才
Original assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Current assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2005-02-01
Filing date: 2006-01-26
Publication date: 2006-08-09
Anticipated expiration: 2026-01-26
Also published as: KR100691894B1; CN1815092B; KR20060088424A

Abstract

An air conditioner is provided. In the air conditioner, a panel frame is mounted on a front of a main body, a front panel is movably installed in the panel frame, and a front cover is detachably mounted on the front panel.

Description

Air-conditioner

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of air-conditioner, especially a kind of and picture or photo air-conditioner designed in conjunction not only provide the outward appearance of improvement but also provide its intrinsic air conditioning effect thus.

Background technology

Usually, when cold-producing medium when having the kind of refrigeration cycle as a series of processes of compression process, condensation process, expansion process and evaporation process, just air-conditioner moved, in other words, after cold-producing medium was compressed to the high temperature and high pressure state, heat was discharged into the outside by condenser.Then, when cold-producing medium passed through expansion valve, its temperature and pressure reduced.After, cold-producing medium process evaporimeter is to absorb heat and return condensed device.

Here, compression, condensation and expansion process all are to carry out in the indoor unit of air-conditioner.Evaporation process is undertaken by fan and heat exchanger.

Simultaneously, air-conditioner is divided into window air conditioner and split-type air conditioner device usually, window air conditioner is designed to be installed on the window and with refrigerating circulatory device integral body and is placed in one, and the split-type air conditioner utensil has indoor unit and the outdoor unit that is separated from each other and is installed in the indoor and outdoors side respectively.

The split-type air conditioner device is further divided into wall-hanging, vertical type, overhead type and ceiling-inserted according to the installation method of indoor unit.

Also have a kind of reversible type indoor unit, it can adopt any in wall-hanging, vertical type and the overhead type.

Simultaneously, the indoor unit of air-conditioner is divided into various forms according to the suction and the launching position of air.For example, in one form, the lateral parts of room air process indoor unit is inhaled into and the previous section of process indoor unit is discharged from, and shutter is installed in the forward part of indoor unit, so that by rotating up and down air is evenly distributed in the room.

In typical air-conditioner indoor unit, its forward part is designed to only play a part simply lid.That is to say, the effect that constitutes the protecgulum of indoor unit forward part is to prevent that the various parts such as drawing fan, the heat exchanger etc. that are installed in indoor unit inside are exposed to the outside, thereby prevents that the user from causing electric shock because of touching the parts that are installed in indoor unit inside.That is to say, because simple function is only considered in the design of protecgulum, so can not work improving internal environment.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the present invention is devoted to a kind of air-conditioner, and this air-conditioner is eliminated the one or more problems that cause owing to the restriction of prior art and defective substantially.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of and picture or photo air-conditioner designed in conjunction, not only provide the outward appearance of improvement but also provide intrinsic air conditioning effect thus.

The part of attendant advantages of the present invention, purpose and feature embodies in the following description, and to those skilled in the art, another part can display according to following explanation or recognize from implement the present invention.By the structure that specification and claim and accompanying drawing specifically indicate, can realize and obtain purpose of the present invention and other advantages.

In order to realize these purposes and other advantages and,, provide a kind of air-conditioner here that it comprises: main body as implementing and concise and to the point the description according to purpose of the present invention; Be contained in the sheet frame of main body front; Be installed in the front panel in the sheet frame movably; And be releasably attached to protecgulum on the front panel.

In another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of air-conditioner, it comprises: main body; Be installed in the transparent sheet frame of main body front; Be installed in the luminescence unit in the main body; Be installed in the front panel that is limited to the air entry in the sheet frame in the sheet frame with opening and closing movably; And be removably mounted on protecgulum on the front panel.

Of the present invention aspect another in, a kind of air-conditioner is provided, it comprises: the main body that heat exchanger and fan wherein are installed; Be installed in the sheet frame of main body front; Be installed in the sheet frame to open and close the front panel of air entry in the sheet frame by rotation or translational motion; And be removably mounted on protecgulum on the front panel front, this protecgulum comprise transparent housing, the gripper shoe that is connected with this outer cover and be arranged on outer cover and gripper shoe between interchangeable artistic work plate.

According to the present invention,, therefore can improve internal environment because artistic work or picture may be displayed on the previous section of indoor unit.

The generality description and the following detailed description that the present invention is made that are appreciated that the front are exemplary and explanat, and purpose is to provide further explanation to the invention in the claim.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing illustrates embodiments of the invention and is used for explaining inventive principle with specification, and the accompanying drawing that comprises is in order to providing further understanding invention, and it is in conjunction with in this application and form the application's a part.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to air-conditioner indoor unit of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the decomposition diagram of indoor unit shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 represents the perspective view of air-conditioner indoor unit operation according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 represents the perspective view of air-conditioner indoor unit operation according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the perspective view of the air-conditioner indoor unit when the indoor unit protecgulum is removed according to the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the decomposition diagram that is installed in according to the protecgulum on the indoor unit of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the perspective view of expression by dismounting protecgulum in the indoor unit according to the present invention; And

Fig. 8 is that expression is installed in the perspective view according to the luminescence unit in the air-conditioner indoor unit of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

Describe the preferred embodiments of the present invention now in detail, its example illustrates in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to air-conditioner indoor unit of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is the decomposition diagram of indoor unit shown in Figure 1.

With reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2, the front that indoor unit 100 comprises the main body 110, the sheet frame 190 that is installed in main body 110 fronts that constitute the unit outward appearance, be installed in front panel 120 in the sheet frame 190, be detachably connected to front panel 120 is used for inserting the protecgulum 130 of picture wherein or photo.Front panel 120 can before and after slide or rotate around its edge so that air-flow is through sheet frame 190.

When front panel 120 slided along the place ahead or rotates, air entry (with reference to the Reference numeral in figure 3 and 4 150) just was exposed in the environment.Room air is inhaled into then by air entry 150 and is discharged from by the exhaustion rack (discharge bent) that is formed on main body 110 sides.

Main body 110 also comprise be used for air plankton in the filter chamber filter 101, be arranged on filter 101 back be used for that filter is installed thereon and protect front baffle 102, the base 109 that is connected with front baffle 102 of internal part and be installed in front baffle 102 and base 109 between be used for room air is sucked fan 107 in the indoor unit.

In addition, main body 110 comprises that being installed in fan 107 fronts is used for reducing the heat exchanger 103 that sucks the indoor air temperature in the indoor unit, is arranged on heat exchanger 103 belows and is used for collecting from heat exchanger 103 and condenses and the drip tray 105 of the moisture that falls, be installed in indoor air stream that heat exchanger 103 back are used for guiding inspiration and go into air guide member 104 in the indoor unit, be arranged on air guide member 104 tops and be used for holding the electronic shell 106 of electronic component and be used for making by fan 107 and suck room air in the unit from the conduit 108 of unit discharging.

Explanation is according to the operation and the function of air-conditioner indoor unit 100 of the present invention now.

At first, when electric current was imported on the indoor unit 100, the front panel 120 that is arranged on main body 110 fronts was opened to expose air entry 150.Plate 120 moves and when exposing air entry 150, the fans 107 in the main body 110 begin rotation in front.The fan 107 of rotation sucks indoor unit with room air by air entry 150.Through filter 101 time, be inhaled into airborne impurity and remove, and carry out heat exchange through heat exchanger 103 and cold-producing medium wherein.Its temperature reduces when air is flowed through heat exchanger 103, is drawn towards fan 107 by air guide member 104 then.Then air is set at conduit 108 guiding of fan 107 tops, thereby is expelled back into the interior space by exhaust outlet 151 at last.

As mentioned above, protecgulum 130 is detachably connected on the front panel 120 that is arranged on main body 110 fronts.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of representing indoor unit operation in the air-conditioner according to an embodiment of the invention.

With reference to figure 3, indoor unit 100 comprises main body 110, be installed in sheet frame 190 on main body 110 fronts, be installed in front panel 120 in the sheet frame 190 and the protecgulum 130 that is connected front panel 120 fronts movably.

During operation, front panel 120 outwards moves to open air entry 150.Room air is inhaled into by air entry 150 and is cooled in main body 110.The air of cooling is discharged from main body 110 by exhaust outlet 151.

Indoor unit 100 comprises that also at least one is installed in the tooth bar 140 at front panel 120 back sides.For front panel 120 is moved horizontally, on four of plate 120 angles four tooth bars 140 are installed in front.In addition, indoor unit 100 comprises at least one rotating element, as with the pinion 141 of tooth bar 140 engagement, and at least one driver element is as the stepper motor 142 that is connected with pinion 141.The rotation of stepper motor 142 can be converted to linear movement by the combination of pinion 141 and tooth bar 140, and front panel 120 can accurately move forward and backward like this.

Fig. 4 is the perspective view of indoor unit operation in the air-conditioner in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to figure 4, indoor unit 100 comprises front panel 120.Front panel 120 can rotate with exposed suction gas port 150 around its edge.

In detail, indoor unit 100 also comprise front panel 120 upper rear portion tooth bar 170, rotating element for example with the pinion 171 of tooth bar 170 engagements and the driver element that is connected with pinion 171 stepper motor 172 for example.When stepper motor 172 rotated, tooth bar 170 moved forward and backward so that front panel 120 rotates around feather edge.Tooth bar 170 can be crooked, so that front panel 120 smooth rotation.

Though the indoor unit 100 in the present embodiment is designed so that front panel 120 rotates around feather edge, indoor unit 100 can be designed so that front panel 120 rotates around top edge or lateral edges.

Fig. 5 is the perspective view according to the air-conditioner indoor unit that the indoor unit protecgulum is removed of the present invention.

With reference to figure 5, as mentioned above, indoor unit 100 comprises main body 110, be installed in the sheet frame 190 of main body 110 fronts and be installed in front panel 120 in the sheet frame 190 movably.

Front panel 120 comprises that at least one is used for the hook end (hook end) 121 that is connected with protecgulum 130.Hook end 121 can be formed on every side on front panel 120 tops, above being hooked in the top with protecgulum 130.In addition, the downside of front panel 120 comprises at least one coupling part, in order to the lower part of protecgulum 130 is fixed with it.Can to be dog hole 123 (being illustrated as two) be formed on hook (with reference to the Reference numeral among the figure 6 135) on protecgulum 130 back sides with admittance in the coupling part.In addition, front panel 120 comprises at least one flexible member 122, in order to promote protecgulum 130 when pushing.That is to say that for lower part and the front panel 120 that makes protecgulum 130 separates, the lower part that the user can push protecgulum 130 once.Afterwards, the liftable protecgulum 130 of user also makes it center on 121 rotations of hook end, so that protecgulum 130 is removed from front panel 120.

Fig. 6 is the protecgulum decomposition diagram that can be installed in according on the indoor unit of the present invention.

With reference to figure 6, protecgulum 130 comprises the artistic work panel 160 that is printed on picture or photo on it, cover artistic work panel 160 fronts with first lid of protecting this artistic work panel 160 such as transparent housing 131 and second lid such as the gripper shoe 132 that are connected with outer cover 131 from artistic work panel 160 back sides.

Comprise on the back side of gripper shoe 132 that at least one is used for the attaching/detaching element 137 that is connected with outer cover 131.Attaching/detaching element 137 is designed to by promoting attaching/detaching element 137 to gripper shoe 132 centers outer cover 131 and gripper shoe 132 are separated.On the contrary, on gripper shoe 132, place after artistic work panel 160 and the outer cover 131, just can make outer cover 131 be connected to gripper shoe 132 away from the center of gripper shoe 132 by promoting attaching/detaching element 137.

Limit at least one slot 133 on the outer cover 131, when outer cover 131 is connected with gripper shoe 132, make slot admit attaching/detaching element 137.

Outer cover 131 is not limited to diagram and described structure with the syndeton of gripper shoe 132.Can adopt various syndetons such as hook formation.

Gripper shoe 132 back sides also comprise at least one shackle 134, are used for being connected with the hook end 121 that is formed on front panel 120 fronts.Gripper shoe 132 lower rear also comprise coupling part such as at least one magnet 136 and at least one hook 135.The dog hole 123 that hook 135 is designed to be used for front panel 120 forms previously is connected.Magnet 136 is designed to be connected with flexible member 122 by magnetic force.That is to say that hook 135 and magnet 136 make protecgulum 130 be connected to front panel 120 reliably.The connecting ring 134 of protecgulum 130 and the hook end 121 of front panel 120 are designed so that to be connected to front panel or when front panel 120 was removed, protecgulum 130 can rotate around hook end 121 when protecgulum 130.

For from front panel 120 dismounting protecgulums 130, the lower end that the user can push protecgulum 130 once outwards stretches flexible member 122.Because the stretching, extension of flexible member 122, front panel 120 is left in the lower end of protecgulum.In this position, the user can lift protecgulum 130 and it is rotated around hook end 121, thereby protecgulum 130 is removed from front panel 120.

The syndeton of protecgulum 130 and front panel 120 is not limited to present embodiment.The connection that is used between protecgulum 130 and front panel 120 can be adopted various structures.

Fig. 7 is the perspective view of expression from indoor unit dismounting protecgulum according to the present invention.

With reference to figure 7,, protecgulum 130 can be disassembled from front panel 120 in order to replace old picture or photo with new picture or photo.

As mentioned above, for unloading protecgulum 130 from front panel 120, the user can push protecgulum 130 once from the lower end, and flexible member 122 is outwards stretched.The lower end of outwards pushing protecgulum 130 when flexible member 122 outwards stretches.After the lower end of protecgulum 130 separated with front panel 120, the user can abovely lift protecgulum 130, and left front panel 120 at protecgulum 130 pulling protecgulum 130 when hook end 121 rotates.

After this, the user promotes attaching/detaching element 137 to gripper shoe 132 centers, and outer cover 131 is disassembled from gripper shoe 132.Then, the user can be replaced by artistic work plate 160 the new artistic work plate with different pictures or photo.

In this example, protecgulum 130 rotates around its top when front panel 120 is removed.As another example, protecgulum 130 can be designed to around the bottom or side rotates.

With reference to figure 8, indoor unit 100 comprises the luminescence unit 500 at least one installation main body 110.The light that luminescence unit 500 sends illuminates the periphery of indoor unit 100 by sheet frame 190.

Luminescence unit 500 is installed in inward flange near sheet frame 190, with luminous to lateral surface by sheet frame 190.By utilize luminescence unit 500 illuminate indoor unit 100 around, indoor unit can provide more beautiful effect.The light color of luminescence unit 500 can be selected according to environment, to increase the decoration functions of indoor unit 100.In addition, luminescence unit 500 is removably mounted on the main body 110, can provide the light of shades of colour and intensity by changing luminescence unit 500 like this.In addition, for more kinds of different illuminations are provided, can select the transparency and the color of sheet frame 190.Can control luminescence unit 500 and make one straight hair light or only luminous when indoor unit 100 operations.

In addition, for picture or the photo on the artistic work plate 160 that throws light on, can make some light of luminescence unit 500 emissions shine directly into lateral surface by protecgulum 130.

Clearly, can make various modifications and variations to the present invention to those of ordinary skills.Therefore, the present invention should cover the various modifications and variations of carrying out in the scope of claim or equivalent.

Claims

1. air-conditioner, it comprises main body, be installed in and be used for carrying out the heat exchanger of heat exchange with room air in the main body and suck room air in the main body and this air that is inhaled into blown getting back to indoor fan, it is characterized in that this air-conditioner comprises:

Be installed in the sheet frame on the main body front;

Be installed in the front panel in the sheet frame movably; With

Be releasably attached to the protecgulum on the front panel.

2. air-conditioner according to claim 1 is characterized in that protecgulum comprises:

Transparent housing;

Be detachably connected to the gripper shoe on the outer cover; With

Interchangeable artistic work plate between outer cover and gripper shoe.

3. air-conditioner according to claim 2 is characterized in that, comprises at least one attaching/detaching element on the back side of gripper shoe, comprises at least one slot in the edge of this outer cover, to admit the attaching/detaching element.

4. air-conditioner according to claim 1 is characterized in that, front panel can translational motion on fore-and-aft direction.

5. air-conditioner according to claim 1 is characterized in that, front panel can rotate predetermined angular around the one edge.

6. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises:

At least one be formed on front panel the back side, have straight line or crooked shape, be used for tooth bar that front panel is moved;

The pinion that at least one and tooth bar mesh; With

At least one is connected the motor with rotation pinion with pinion.

7. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises:

At least one is formed on the hook end that is used on the front panel front removably protecgulum being installed on the front panel; With

At least one is formed on and is used for the shackle that removably is connected with the hook end on the protecgulum back side.

8. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises:

Be formed on the hook on the protecgulum back side; With

Be limited on the front panel to admit the dog hole of hook.

9. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises:

Be formed on the flexible member of front panel predetermined portions with outside promotion protecgulum; With

Be formed on and be used for the magnet that is connected with flexible member by magnetic force on the protecgulum back side.

10. air-conditioner according to claim 9 is characterized in that, is withdrawn in the front panel time a time when flexible member is pressed, and outwards stretches from front panel when being pressed once more.

11. air-conditioner according to claim 1 is characterized in that sheet frame is made by transparent material.

12. air-conditioner according to claim 1, also comprise be installed in the main body, with the luminescence unit of emission band special color light.

13. air-conditioner according to claim 12 is characterized in that, near sheet frame luminescence unit is installed.

14. air-conditioner according to claim 12 is characterized in that, luminescence unit is luminous to the previous section of sheet frame and/or protecgulum.

15. air-conditioner according to claim 12 is characterized in that, luminescence unit is that the available luminescence unit that another sends different colours light exchanges.