KR102025993B1 - Stand type air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a stand-type air conditioner, the stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention and the plurality of discharge ports are spaced up and down and discharged after cooling the suctioned air and discharged after cooling the sucked air And a plurality of blowers installed at each of the plurality of discharge holes to discharge the cooled air through the plurality of discharge holes, each of the plurality of blowers rotating to face the plurality of discharge holes. A fan coupled to each other, a blowing motor for rotating the fan, and a rotating unit rotating the blowing motor and the fan in a conical direction to rotate a discharge direction of the cooled air.

Description

Stand Air Conditioner {STAND TYPE AIR CONDITIONER}

The present invention relates to a stand type air conditioner, and more particularly, to a stand type air conditioner capable of uniform cooling by rotating the discharge direction of the cooling air and adjusting the discharge direction and the angle to a position desired by the user.

An air conditioner is a device that cools / heats an air or purifies the air by using a refrigeration cycle of a refrigerant consisting of a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator to create a more comfortable indoor environment for a user.

These air conditioners are classified according to their installation type, such as a wall-mounted air conditioner installed on a wall, a stand type air conditioner installed in an indoor space, and a ceiling type air conditioner installed on a ceiling.

1 is a view briefly showing a conventional stand type air conditioner.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional stand type air conditioner 1 is elevated along a main body 2, a front panel 3 provided on a front surface of the main body 2, and a main body 2 to discharge air. The front discharge port 8 is configured to include a lifting unit (7) formed.

The main body 2 is provided with suction inlets 4a and 4b through which air is sucked, which are opened and closed by the rotation of the vanes 5a and 5b and opened and closed by vanes 5a and 5b. The side discharge ports 6a and 6b were further provided, and the air was discharged also to the side surface of the main body 2.

On the other hand, the conventional stand-type air conditioner (1) was provided with a blower (not shown) inside the main body 2, the blower pumps the air introduced through the inlet (4a, 4b) to the side discharge portion (6a) 6b) or through the front discharge section 8 to discharge cooling air.

However, the conventional stand-type air conditioner 1 is provided with a discharge port (for example, the front discharge port 8, the side discharge port 6a, 6b, etc.) through the upper and side surfaces of the main body, and controls the direction of the discharged wind In order to achieve this, a motor driven guide vane or the like was further used.

However, in order to control the blowing direction more precisely, at least one guide vane and an angle control motor should be used for each discharge port, and thus, the structure of the device becomes complicated and the problem of cost increase may follow.

Furthermore, in the case of the conventional stand-type air conditioner 1, there is a disadvantage in that a blind spot of flow exists at the front of the main body 2 and close to the main body 2.

Related prior art is Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0049692 (2012.05.17. Publication Date), the prior art discloses a blower for an air conditioner.

An object of the present invention is to provide a stand-type air conditioner that can be cooled evenly by rotating the discharge direction of the cooling air, and the discharge direction and angle can be adjusted to a desired position by the user.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects and advantages of the present invention, which are not mentioned above, can be understood by the following description, and more clearly by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

Stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, a stand-shaped main body having a suction inlet for sucking the outside air, a plurality of discharge ports are spaced up and down and cooled and discharged after the suctioned air, and the plurality of discharge ports And a plurality of blowers installed at each of the plurality of discharge ports to discharge the air cooled through the plurality of blowers, wherein each of the plurality of blowers includes a fan rotatably coupled to the plurality of discharge ports. And a rotating unit for rotating the blowing motor, and rotating the blowing motor and the fan in the conical direction to rotate the discharge direction of the cooled air.

In this case, the suction port may be formed at both sides through a lower end of the main body.

The apparatus may further include a heat exchanger for cooling the air sucked through the suction port, and the heat exchanger may be disposed at a lower end of the main body to obliquely block an internal flow path of the main body provided between the suction port and the plurality of blowers. Can be.

The apparatus may further include a filter for filtering the air sucked through the inlet, and the filter may be disposed in close contact with the rear of the inlet.

Each of the plurality of blowers may further include a discharge grill installed to face the fan and configured to discharge air compressed by the fan through the discharge port.

In addition, the discharge grill may rotate in the conical direction in conjunction with the fan.

The fan may include a plurality of blades and a hub connecting the plurality of blades, and the blower motor may be fixedly coupled to a rotating shaft through a center of the hub.

In addition, the rotation unit, the housing having a receiving groove surrounding at least a portion of the blowing motor, the housing is fixed to the upper inner side of the main body, the direction change motor provided on the top of the housing to rotate, provided from the direction conversion motor A spinner for rotating the blower motor in a conical direction by using a rotational force, and a hinge connected between the housing and the blower motor to enable conical rotation of the blower motor.

On the other hand, the stand-type air conditioner according to another embodiment of the present invention is a stand-type body having an inlet for inhaling the outside air, a discharge port for cooling the discharged air and then discharged, and discharges the cooled air through the discharge port And a blower installed to rotate the fan, the blower being rotatably coupled to face the discharge port, a blower motor for rotating the fan, and cooled by rotating the blower motor and the fan in a conical direction. It includes a rotating unit for rotating the discharge direction of air.

According to the stand-type air conditioner of the present invention, the ejection direction of the cooling air is rotated to allow uniform cooling, and the ejection direction and the angle can be adjusted to a desired position by the user. In the case of the conventional stand type air conditioner, a discharge port (for example, a front discharge port, a side discharge port, etc.) is provided through the upper and side surfaces of the main body, and a guide collar driven by a motor is used to control the direction of discharge wind. It became. In particular, in order to more precisely control the blowing direction of the discharge wind, it was necessary to install the guide vane and the motor for each of the plurality of discharge ports, so that the structure of the device was complicated, and there was a problem such as an increase in cost. .

Furthermore, according to the stand type air conditioner of the present invention, unlike the conventional stand type air conditioner, the rectangular area of the flow is reduced, and thus there is an advantage that uniform cooling performance can be ensured even at the front of the main body or near the main body.

In addition to the effects described above, the specific effects of the present invention will be described together with the following description of specifics for carrying out the invention.

1 is a perspective view briefly showing a stand-type ceiling type air conditioner.
Figure 2 is a front view briefly showing a stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view briefly showing a stand type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a brief blower of the stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a coupling structure between the rotary unit and the blower motor constituting the stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view showing a conical rotation operation of the blower motor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view showing the air flow by the blower of the stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 and 9 are views for explaining a blowing direction control function using a stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

In order to clearly describe the present invention, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification. In addition, some embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to components of each drawing, the same components may have the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description may be omitted.

In describing a component of the present invention, when a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component. It is to be understood that other components may be "interposed" between each component, or that each component may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected" through other components.

2 is a front view briefly illustrating a stand type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view briefly showing a stand type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3, the stand type air conditioner 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 600 and a plurality of blowers 100 and 100 ′. And each of the plurality of blowers (100, 100 ') is a fan (200, see FIG. 3), blower motor (300, see FIG. 3), rotary unit (400, see FIG. 3), discharge grill (500, see FIG. 3) ).

The main body 600 refers to a case of the air conditioner 1000 installed up and down to have a predetermined height as shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated shape of the main body 600 and may be changed to various other shapes.

The main body 600 may be provided with a suction port 610 for sucking outside air.

Specifically, the suction port 610 may be formed on both sides through the lower end of the main body 600. The air in the room may be introduced into the body 600 through the inlet 610, and the suction force of the air required may be generated by the rotation of the fan 200 (see FIG. 3) to be described later.

Meanwhile, a heat exchanger 620 (see FIG. 3) may be further provided inside the main body 600.

The heat exchanger 620 (refer to FIG. 3) serves to cool the air sucked through the inlets 610 (refer to FIG. 2) provided at both lower ends of the main body 600.

Specifically, the heat exchanger 620 (see FIG. 3) is an internal flow path 630 (see FIG. 3) of the main body 600 provided between the suction port 610 (see FIG. 2) and the blower 100, 100 ′ which will be described later. It may be arranged in such a way as to obliquely block. In addition, the heat exchanger 620 (refer to FIG. 3) may be disposed at a lower end of the main body 600.

As such, the air introduced through the inlet 610 (see FIG. 2) passes through the heat exchanger 620 (see FIG. 3) and is cooled to a temperature set by the user, and the cooled air passes through the internal flow path 630. 3) from the bottom of the main body to the top. Thereafter, the cooled air may be compressed by the blowers 100 and 100 'and discharged into the room through the discharge port.

On the other hand, the stand-type air conditioner 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a filter (not shown) for filtering the air sucked into the body 600 through the inlet 610 (see FIG. 2). can do.

Such a filter (not shown) is disposed in close contact with the rear of the inlet 610 (see FIG. 2) and serves to filter foreign matter in the air passing through the inlet 610 (see FIG. 2).

In addition, the main body 600 may be provided with at least one discharge port 650, 650 ′. Although not shown separately, only one of the discharge holes 650 and 650 ′ may be formed through the upper end of the main body 600, and a plurality of the discharge holes 650 and 650 ′ may be spaced apart from each other at a vertical interval in the longitudinal direction of the main body 600. May be In the following description, a stand type air conditioner 1000 (refer to FIG. 2) having two discharge ports 650 and 650 ′ formed in the main body 600 will be described as an example.

Two blowers 100 and 100 'may be provided in the two discharge ports 650 and 650' provided in the main body 600. These blowers (100, 100 ') serves to discharge the cooled air flowing through the internal flow path 630 of the main body 600 through the two discharge ports (650, 650').

Hereinafter, the blower 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating a blower of a stand type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein one blower 100 of the two blowers 100 and 100 'shown in FIG. It is an enlarged cross section.

As shown, the blower 100 may include a fan 200, a blower motor 300, a rotation unit 400, and may be installed through a discharge hole 650 (see FIG. 2) provided in the main body 600. .

In particular, the blower 100 may further include a discharge grill 500 installed to face the fan 200 and provided to discharge the air compressed by the fan 200 through the discharge port 650 (see FIG. 2). Can be.

The fan 200 is rotatably coupled to face a discharge hole 650 having a circular hole shape (see FIG. 2) formed through the front surface of the main body 600.

The fan 200 pumps the cooled air through the inlet 610 (see FIG. 2), the filter (not shown), the heat exchanger 620, and the heat exchanger 620 (see FIG. 3). And discharges the cooled air to the outside of the 600.

For example, the fan 200 may include a plurality of blades 210 and a hub 220 for fixing the plurality of blades 210 at the center.

On the other hand, the fan 200 is rotated by receiving a rotational force from the blowing motor (300). To this end, the rotation shaft 310 of the blower motor 300 may be inserted and fixed in the shaft fastening groove 221 provided in the hub 220 of the fan 200.

The blowing motor 300 may be connected to the rear of the fan 200 to rotate the fan 200.

The rotary unit 400 serves to rotate the blower motor 300 and the fan 200 in the conical direction. In other words, the rotary unit 400 rotates the blowing motor 300 and the fan 200 in the conical direction (the R direction in FIG. 6), and as a result, the blowing direction of the cooling air discharged through the discharge grill 500 is It can be rotated 360 degrees. Detailed configuration of the rotation unit 400 will be described later with reference to FIG. 5.

The discharge grill 500 may be disposed to block the discharge holes 650 (see FIG. 2) provided in the main body 600, and may have a circular grill shape. The shroud 510 may be further provided outside the discharge grill 500.

The discharge grill 500 may be disposed to face the fan 200.

The discharge grill 500 may be configured to be rotatable together with the conical rotation of the fan 200 and the blower motor 300.

However, according to this embodiment, the fan 200 and the blower motor 300 are rotated in the conical direction by the rotary unit 400, and the discharge grill 500 is fixed to the fan 200 at an interval. It may be made of. On the contrary, only the discharge grill 500 may be formed to rotate, and may have various embodiments.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a coupling structure between the rotary unit and the blower motor constituting the stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a conical rotation operation of the blower motor according to an embodiment of the present invention Figure showing.

5 and 6, the rotation unit 400 rotates the blower motor 300 connected through the fan 200 (see FIG. 4) and the rotation shaft 310 in the conical direction (the R direction in FIG. 6). . To this end, the rotation unit 400 includes a housing 410, a direction change motor 420, a spinner 430, and a hinge 440.

The housing 410 of the rotating unit 400 may include a receiving groove surrounding at least a portion of the blowing motor 300, and may be provided in a form fixed to the rear surface of the main body 600 (see FIG. 4).

Specifically, the housing 410 of the rotating unit 400 may have a receiving groove made of a shape and size to accommodate a portion of the rear end of the blowing motor 300 (ie, a part of the opposite side of the rotating shaft 310). have.

The direction change motor 420 of the rotation unit 400 is installed in the center of the housing 410, that is, the center of the receiving groove provided in the housing 410, the rotation direction and the speed can be adjusted according to the user's setting. However, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated form and may be arranged in another form.

The spinner 430 of the rotating unit 400 connects between the direction change motor 420 and the rear end of the blower motor 300 and uses the rotational force provided from the direction change motor 420 to blow the motor 300 (and the fan). (200, see Fig. 4) can be rotated in the conical direction (R direction of Fig. 6).

The hinge 440 of the rotating unit 400 is a member that connects between the periphery of the receiving groove of the housing 410 and the side portion of the blower motor 300, and the blower motor 300 is operatively connected in two degrees of freedom to a cone. Make sure that the direction of rotation is smooth.

Referring to Figure 6, the blower motor 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be rotated in the conical direction by the rotary unit 400.

At this time, the fan 200 (refer to FIG. 4) and the blowing motor 300 (refer to FIG. 4) are firmly supported by the housing 410 of the rotating unit 400, and the spinner 430 is the direction change motor 420. And the blower motor 300 are connected to each other, and the blower motor 300 is rotated in the conical direction (R direction) by using a rotation in one direction of the direction change motor 420. As a result, the fan 200 (refer to FIG. 4) connected to the blower motor 300 may rotate in the conical direction (R direction) to rotate the discharge direction of the cooling air by 360 degrees and perform a uniform cooling operation.

7 is a view showing the air flow by the stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the blowing device 100 of the stand-type air conditioner illustrated in FIG. 7 generates suction power while the fan 200 rotates by the rotational force of the blowing motor 300, and the suction port 610 of the main body 600. 2) through the air. The air sucked through the inlet 610 (see FIG. 2) passes through a filter (not shown) and the heat exchanger 630 (see FIG. 3) and is cooled to a temperature set by a user. Meanwhile, the cooled air a moves to the upper end of the main body 600 along the internal flow path 630 of the main body 600. Thereafter, the cooled air a may be discharged through the discharge grill 500 by the rotation of the fan 200.

On the other hand, by the action of the rotary unit 400, the blowing motor 300 and the fan 200 rotates in the conical direction and rotates the direction of discharging the cooled air (a) through the discharge grill 500 to 360 degrees have. Accordingly, uniform discharge of cooling air can be achieved.

In this case, when the user controls the rotation direction, rotation angle and rotation speed of the rotation unit 400, more specifically, the direction change motor 420, the user may perform intensive cooling at a location where cooling is required.

8 and 9 are views for explaining a blowing direction control function using a stand-type air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, an operation implementation example of intensively discharging air cooled in a right direction of the main body 600 (that is, in a left direction of FIG. 8) is illustrated. In this case, the plurality of blowers 100 and 100 ′ may be simultaneously directed to the right direction (that is, the left direction of FIG. 8) of the main body 600, so that concentrated cooling of the corresponding region may be performed.

On the contrary, referring to FIG. 9, an exemplary embodiment of the operation for intensively discharging air cooled in the left direction (ie, the right direction of FIG. 9) of the main body 600 is illustrated. In this case, the plurality of blowers 100 and 100 ′ may be simultaneously directed toward the left side of the main body 600 (that is, the right direction of FIG. 9), so that concentrated cooling of the corresponding region may be performed.

As described above, according to the configuration and operation of the present invention, the ejection direction of the cooling air is rotated to allow uniform cooling, and there is an advantageous technical effect that the ejection direction and the angle can be adjusted to a position desired by the user.

In the case of the conventional stand type air conditioner, a discharge port (for example, a front discharge port, a side discharge port, etc.) is provided through the upper and side surfaces of the main body, and a guide collar driven by a motor is used to control the direction of discharge wind. It became.

In particular, in order to more precisely control the blowing direction of the discharge wind, it was necessary to install the guide vane and the motor for each of the plurality of discharge ports, so that the structure of the device was complicated, and there was a problem such as an increase in cost. .

Furthermore, according to the configuration and operation of the present invention, unlike the conventional stand-type air conditioner, the rectangular area of the flow is reduced, so that there is an advantageous technical effect of ensuring uniform cooling performance in front of or near the main body.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. It is obvious that modifications can be made. In addition, even if the above described embodiments of the present invention while not explicitly described and described the operation and effect according to the configuration of the present invention, it is obvious that the effect predictable by the configuration is also to be recognized.

1000: stand type air conditioner
100, 100 ′: Blower
200: fan
210: blade
220: hub
221: shaft fastening groove
300: blown motor
310: axis of rotation
400: rotating unit
410: housing
420: direction change motor
430: spinner
440: hinge
500: discharge grill
510: shroud
600: main body
610: inlet
620: heat exchanger
630: internal flow path

Claims (12)

A stand-type main body having a suction port for sucking outside air and a plurality of discharge ports spaced apart from each other by cooling and discharging the sucked air; And
And a plurality of blowers installed at each of the plurality of discharge holes to discharge the cooled air through the plurality of discharge holes.
Each of the plurality of blowers includes a fan rotatably coupled to face the plurality of discharge ports;
A blowing motor for rotating the fan; And
And a rotating unit rotating the blowing motor and the fan in a conical direction to rotate a discharge direction of the cooled air.
The rotating unit includes a housing having a receiving groove surrounding at least a portion of the blower motor, the housing fixed to the inner upper end of the main body;
A direction change motor provided at an upper end of the housing to rotate;
A spinner for rotating the blower motor in a conical direction by using a rotational force provided from the direction change motor; And
And a hinge connected between the housing and the blower motor to enable rotation of the blower motor in a conical direction.
The method of claim 1,
The suction port,
It is formed on both sides through the lower end of the body
Stand type air conditioner.
The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a heat exchanger for cooling the air sucked through the inlet,
The heat exchanger,
It is arranged to obliquely block the internal flow path of the main body provided between the suction port and the plurality of blowers.
Stand type air conditioner.
The method of claim 1,
Stand air conditioner further comprises a filter for filtering the air sucked through the inlet.
The method of claim 1,
Each of the plurality of blowers,
And a discharge grill installed to face the fan and configured to discharge air compressed by the fan through the discharge port.
The method of claim 5,
The discharge grill is rotated in the conical direction in conjunction with the fan
Stand type air conditioner.
The method of claim 1,
The fan includes a plurality of blades and a hub connecting the plurality of blades,
The blower motor is fixed to the rotation axis through the center of the hub
Stand type air conditioner.
delete A stand-type main body having a suction port for sucking external air and a discharge port for cooling and discharging the sucked air; And
And a blower installed to discharge the cooled air through the discharge port.
The blower includes a fan rotatably coupled to face the discharge port;
A blowing motor for rotating the fan; And
And a rotating unit rotating the blowing motor and the fan in a conical direction to rotate a discharge direction of the cooled air.
The rotating unit includes a housing having a receiving groove surrounding at least a portion of the blower motor, the housing fixed to the inner upper end of the main body;
A direction change motor provided at an upper end of the housing to rotate;
A spinner for rotating the blower motor in a conical direction by using a rotational force provided from the direction change motor; And
And a hinge connected between the housing and the blower motor to enable rotation of the blower motor in a conical direction.
The method of claim 9,
The blower is,
And a discharge grill installed to face the fan and configured to discharge air compressed by the fan through the discharge port.
The method of claim 9,
The fan includes a plurality of blades and a hub connecting the plurality of blades,
The blower motor is fixed to the rotation axis through the center of the hub
Stand type air conditioner.
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