Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. To this end, the invention proposes an air conditioner which can be installed in a high position and at the same time can meet higher requirements for the comfort of the air conditioner.
According to an embodiment of the invention, an air conditioner includes: the air inlet is formed in the shell, the air outlet is formed in the bottom of the shell, the bottom of the shell is provided with a diversion inclined plane, and the diversion inclined plane extends upwards in an inclined manner in the direction from the air outlet to the side wall of the shell; the main air guide plate is used for opening and closing the air outlet and is rotatably arranged at the air outlet; the heat exchanger is arranged in the shell.
According to the air conditioner provided by the embodiment of the invention, the air outlet is arranged at the bottom of the shell, so that downward air supply can be realized, direct downward air supply in a heating state is facilitated, or downward and slightly forward air supply is facilitated, at the moment, the main air guide plate has a smaller included angle relative to the default air supply direction of the air duct, the air quantity loss caused by the air guide plate is reduced, the larger air quantity and the favorable air direction under the same rotating speed of the heating air supply are ensured, the temperature rise effect of the bottom layer is improved, and the purpose of supplying the hot air to the ground is realized, so that the installation height of the air conditioner can be improved, the air supply effect can be ensured, the utilization rate of an indoor space is improved, and the air guide inclined plane extending obliquely upwards is arranged at the bottom of the shell, so that cold air is blown upwards in a refrigerating mode, and the comfort of the air conditioner is further improved.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the sidewall surface of the air outlet adjacent to the diversion ramp extends obliquely towards the diversion ramp in a top-down direction.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the air outlet face of the air outlet has an included angle with the horizontal plane, and the inclination direction of the air outlet face is consistent with or close to the inclination direction of the diversion inclined plane.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the fan of the air conditioner is a centrifugal fan, and a rotation axis of the centrifugal fan extends in a horizontal direction.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, the rotation axis of the centrifugal fan extends in a left-right direction, the air outlet extends in the rotation axis direction of the centrifugal fan, and the diversion slope is located at the front side of the air outlet.
Optionally, the number of the heat exchangers is two, the two heat exchangers are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the centrifugal fan, air inlets are formed in the front side wall and the bottom wall of the casing, and the air inlets formed in the bottom wall of the casing are located on the rear side of the air outlets.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, the extending direction of the heat exchanger is parallel to the rotation axis of the centrifugal fan, the heat exchanger is vertically placed or obliquely placed in the casing, and when the heat exchanger is obliquely placed, an acute angle formed between the heat exchanger and a horizontal plane is between 30 and 90 degrees.
According to some optional embodiments of the invention, the centrifugal fan comprises: the wind wheels and the at least one motor are coaxially arranged.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the air conditioner has a cooling mode and a heating mode, and an opening angle of the main air deflector in the heating mode is larger than an opening angle of the main air deflector in the cooling mode, wherein the opening angle is an angle rotated when the air outlet is in an open state and the air deflector is in a closed state relative to the air outlet.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the air conditioner includes: the auxiliary air deflector is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the shell between a storage position and a unfolding position, the auxiliary air deflector is suitable for being matched with the main air deflector to guide the air outlet direction of the air outlet, and the bottom surface of the auxiliary air deflector forms the diversion inclined plane when the auxiliary air deflector is positioned at the storage position.
Optionally, a storage groove adapted to accommodate the auxiliary air deflector is formed on the bottom surface of the housing, and the auxiliary air deflector is stored in the storage groove when the auxiliary air deflector rotates to the storage position.
Further, a part of the bottom wall of the accommodating groove is recessed upwards to form an avoidance space, and one end of the auxiliary air deflector is accommodated in the avoidance space when the auxiliary air deflector is located at the unfolding position.
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.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, features defining "first", "second" may include one or more such features, either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The embodiment of the invention provides an air conditioner which is obviously arranged at the top of a room, is in a semi-hidden state, is attractive and convenient to maintain, and ensures the thermal comfort under the condition of increasing the installation height.
An air conditioner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5 (the arrow direction in the drawing is the air flow direction), an air conditioner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the air conditioner comprises a shell 1, a main air guide plate 8, a fan and a heat exchanger 5.
Specifically, the air inlet 11 is formed on the casing 1 and the air outlet 31 is formed at the bottom of the casing 1, the bottom of the casing 1 has a diversion slope 91, and the diversion slope 91 extends obliquely upward in a direction from the air outlet 31 to a side wall of the casing 1 (the "side wall of the casing 1" refers to a side wall in the circumferential direction of the casing 1). The main air deflector 8 is rotatably provided at the air outlet 31 for opening and closing the main air deflector 8 of the air outlet 31.
The fan and the heat exchanger 5 are both arranged in the shell 1, the bottom of the heat exchanger 5 is provided with the water pan 6, a sealing piece 7 is arranged between the top of the heat exchanger 5 and the inner wall of the shell 1, and the sealing piece 7 can prevent wind from flowing through between the top of the heat exchanger 5 and the inner wall of the shell 1, so that the heat exchange efficiency is further improved.
Thus, when the air conditioner 100 is in operation, the fan is operated, the main air guide plate 8 opens the air outlet 31, and outside air enters the casing 1 through the air inlet 11 and exchanges heat with the heat exchanger 5, and the air entering the casing 1 exchanges heat with the heat exchanger 5 and is blown out from the air outlet 31.
Through setting up air outlet 31 in the bottom of casing 1, can realize blowing down towards, be favorable to heating state hot-blast direct down-blowing, perhaps slightly blow forward downwards, leading air deflector 8 has less contained angle relative wind channel to defatting the wind direction this moment, reduced the amount of wind loss because of leading air deflector 8 wind-guiding causes, have great amount of wind and favorable wind direction under the equal rotational speed of heating air supply has been guaranteed, reach the temperature rise effect that promotes the bottom, realize sending hot-blast to the purpose on ground, thereby can improve the installation height of air conditioner 100 and can guarantee the air supply effect simultaneously, thereby improved the utilization ratio of indoor space.
In addition, by providing the guide inclined surface 91 extending obliquely upward at the bottom of the casing 1, when the air conditioner 100 is in the cooling mode, the cold air blown out from the air outlet 31 can be blown upward, and the comfort of the air conditioner is further improved by utilizing the characteristic that the cold air is easy to sink. The diversion slope 91 may be formed by a part of the bottom surface of the casing 1, and the diversion slope 91 may be formed by the bottom surface of another member provided at the bottom of the casing 1.
Alternatively, the air conditioner 100 may include a scroll case 3, the wind wheel 2 of the fan may be disposed in the scroll case 3, an opening end of the scroll case 3 faces downward, and an opening end of the scroll case 3 may define the air outlet 31.
It should be noted that, the installation height of the air conditioner 100 of the present invention may be higher than 2.5m, where the air blown out from the air outlet 31 may be blown to the ground, for example, when the air conditioner 100 is in the heating mode, the air blown out from the air outlet 31 may reach the ankle position of the human body, so as to ensure that the air supply distance reaches the requirement, and meanwhile, the indoor space utilization rate may be improved.
According to the air conditioner 100 of the embodiment of the invention, the air outlet 31 is arranged at the bottom of the casing 1, so that downward air supply can be realized, direct downward air supply or slight downward and forward air supply in a heating state can be facilitated, at the moment, the main air guide plate 8 has a smaller included angle relative to the air channel default air supply direction, the air quantity loss caused by the air guide of the main air guide plate 8 is reduced, the larger air quantity and the favorable air direction at the same rotating speed of the heating air supply are ensured, the bottom temperature rise effect is improved, the purpose of supplying the hot air to the ground is realized, the installation height of the air conditioner 100 can be improved, the air supply effect can be ensured, the utilization rate of an indoor space is improved, the air guide inclined surface 91 which extends obliquely upwards is arranged at the bottom of the casing 1, the cold air can be blown upwards in a refrigerating mode, and the comfort of the air conditioner is further improved.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-3 and 5, the air outlet 31 extends obliquely toward the diversion slope 91 in the top-down direction adjacent to the sidewall surface 311 of the diversion slope 91. Therefore, in the process of blowing out the air after heat exchange through the air outlet 31, the air can be guided to the direction of the diversion slope 91 through the side wall surface 311 of the air outlet 31, so that the air blown out by the air outlet 31 flows to the diversion slope 91 more, and then flows to the obliquely upper direction through the guiding action of the diversion slope 91, thereby further improving the comfort in the refrigeration mode. When the air conditioner 100 includes the above-mentioned scroll case 3, the air outlet 31 may be an inner side wall surface 311 of an opening end of the scroll case 3, and the tongue 32 of the scroll case 3 is located on a front side wall of the scroll case 3.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-3 and 5, the air outlet surface of the air outlet 31 has an included angle with the horizontal plane, and the inclined direction of the air outlet surface is consistent with or close to the inclined direction of the diversion slope 91. Thus, the air of the air outlet 31 can be directed obliquely upward, and the comfort of the air conditioner 100 in the cooling mode can be further improved.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-5, the fan of the air conditioner 100 is a centrifugal fan, and the rotation axis of the centrifugal fan extends in a horizontal direction. Thus, by setting the fan of the air conditioner 100 as a centrifugal fan, the air supply distance can be further increased, and at the same time, since the rotation axis of the centrifugal fan extends in the horizontal direction, the air outlet 31 can be positioned in the radial air outlet direction of the centrifugal fan, and the air outlet resistance can be reduced.
According to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1 to 5, the rotation axis of the centrifugal fan extends in the left-right direction, the air outlet 31 extends in the rotation axis direction of the centrifugal fan, the diversion slope 91 is located at the front side of the air outlet 31, and the diversion slope 9 extends obliquely upward in the direction from the air outlet 31 to the front side wall of the casing 1. Accordingly, by providing the diversion slope 91 on the front side of the air outlet 31, the air blown out from the air outlet 31 can be blown out in the front upper direction, and the operation efficiency and comfort of the air conditioner 100 can be further improved.
When the air conditioner 100 is installed, the top wall and one of the side walls of the air conditioner 100 are connected to the installation base 200 (refer to fig. 5, for example, a wall, a ceiling, etc.), and the side wall of the casing 1 connected to the installation base 200 is a rear side wall, and the other side wall opposite to the rear side wall in the casing 1 is a front side wall, and the "front side of the air outlet 31" indicates the side of the air outlet 31 away from the rear side wall of the casing 1.
Alternatively, referring to fig. 1 to 5, two heat exchangers 5 are provided, and two heat exchangers 5 are provided on both front and rear sides of the centrifugal fan, and air inlets 11 are formed on both the front side wall and the bottom wall of the casing 1, and the air inlets 11 formed on the bottom wall of the casing 1 are located on the rear side of the air outlets 31. From this, can increase air inlet area and intake through two air intakes 11 that set up to correspond with two air intakes 11 respectively through two heat exchangers 5 that set up, can increase heat transfer area, improve the heat transfer effect, thereby can improve work efficiency, establish the air intake 11 that is located on the diapire of casing 1 and above-mentioned water conservancy diversion inclined plane 91 respectively at the rear side and the front side of air outlet 31 simultaneously, make the position distribution of air outlet 31, air intake 11 on the casing 1 more reasonable.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, referring to fig. 1-5, the extending direction of the heat exchanger 5 (referring to the left-right direction in fig. 4) is parallel to the rotation axis of the centrifugal fan, the heat exchanger 5 is placed vertically or obliquely in the casing 1, and when the heat exchanger 5 is placed obliquely, the acute angle of the heat exchanger 5 to the horizontal plane is between 30-90 degrees. Therefore, the area of the heat exchanger 5 opposite to the centrifugal fan can be increased, the heat exchange area is increased, and the heat exchange efficiency is improved.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, referring to fig. 4, a centrifugal fan includes: a plurality of wind wheels 2 and at least one motor 4, the plurality of wind wheels 2 are coaxially arranged. Therefore, when the centrifugal fan runs, the air outlets of the wind wheels 2 are consistent, the air outlet efficiency is improved, and the centrifugal fan is simple in structure. The multiple wind wheels 2 can share one motor, the multiple wind wheels 2 can be divided into multiple groups, and each group of wind wheels 2 shares one motor, or each wind wheel 2 can independently adopt one motor.
For example, in the example of fig. 4, the rotation axis of the centrifugal fan extends in the left-right direction, the centrifugal fan includes three wind wheels 2 and one motor 4, the rotation shafts of the three wind wheels 2 extend in the left-right direction and are coaxially arranged, the output shafts of the motor 4 extend in the left-right direction and are coaxially arranged with the three wind wheels 2, the outside of each wind wheel 2 is covered with a volute 3, the motor 4 is arranged between two adjacent wind wheels 2, and the motor 4 drives the three wind wheels 2 to rotate at the same time.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-3, the air conditioner 100 has a cooling mode and a heating mode, and the opening angle α 1 of the main air guide plate 8 in the heating mode is greater than the opening angle α 2 of the main air guide plate 8 in the cooling mode, the opening angle being an angle by which the air guide plate rotates when the air outlet 31 is in a closed state with respect to the air outlet 31 when the air outlet 31 is in an open state. Thus, in the cooling mode, the air blown out from the air outlet 31 can be guided more obliquely upward by the guide inclined surface 91; in the heating mode, the air blown out from the air outlet 31 can be more directed downward, so that the comfort of the air conditioner 100 in the cooling mode and the heating mode can be further improved.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5, according to some embodiments of the present invention, an air conditioner 100 includes: the auxiliary air deflector 9 is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the casing 1 between a storage position and a unfolding position, the auxiliary air deflector 9 is suitable for being matched with the main air deflector 8 to guide the air outlet direction of the air outlet 31, and the bottom surface of the auxiliary air deflector 9 forms a diversion inclined surface 91 when the auxiliary air deflector 9 is positioned at the storage position. Therefore, through the auxiliary air guide plate 9, when the air conditioner 100 works, the air blown out from the air outlet 31 can be better guided through the combined action of the auxiliary air guide plate 9 and the main air guide plate 8, so that the comfort of the air conditioner 100 can be further improved, and the higher use requirement is met.
For example, referring to fig. 2, when the air conditioner 100 is in the cooling mode, the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is located at the storage position, the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is located at one side of the air outlet 31 (for example, the front side of the air outlet 31) and extends obliquely upward in a direction from the air outlet 31 to the side wall of the casing 1 (for example, the front side wall of the casing 1), the position of the bottom wall of the casing 1 opposite to the auxiliary air guide plate 9 coincides with the oblique direction of the auxiliary air guide plate 9, and the bottom surface of the auxiliary air guide plate 9 forms the above-mentioned guide inclined surface 91, whereby the air blown out from the air outlet 31 can flow obliquely upward through the guide action of the guide inclined surface 91, improving the comfort of the air conditioner 100 in the cooling mode.
For example, referring to fig. 3, when the air conditioner 100 is in the heating mode, the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is located at the extended position, and at this time, the auxiliary air guide plate 9 extends downward, the auxiliary air guide plate 9 may extend in the vertical direction, the auxiliary air guide plate 9 may also extend downward obliquely, and the wind of the air outlet 31 may be guided downward by the combined action of the auxiliary air guide plate 9 and the main air guide plate 8, so that the blown hot wind may better reach the ankle position of the human body, and the comfort in the heating mode is improved.
Alternatively, referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5, the bottom surface of the cabinet 1 is formed with a receiving groove 13 adapted to receive the auxiliary air guide plate 9, and the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is received in the receiving groove 13 when the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is rotated to the receiving position. Thereby, the storage of the auxiliary air deflector 9 is facilitated by the storage groove 13 provided, so that the air conditioner 100 is more compact in structure and more attractive in appearance. Alternatively, the bottom surface of the casing 1 may be formed with a limiting protrusion 12, and the opening end of the volute 3 in the casing 1 may extend to the outside of the casing 1, and the receiving groove 13 is defined between the limiting protrusion 12 and the volute 3.
Further, referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5, a portion of the bottom wall 131 of the receiving groove 13 is recessed upward to form a relief space 132, one end of the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is accommodated in the relief space 132 when the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is in the deployed position, and the other end of the auxiliary air guide plate 9 is rotated downward. Therefore, through the avoidance space 132, the auxiliary air deflector 9 is convenient to rotate, and when the auxiliary air deflector 9 is in the unfolding position, the auxiliary air deflector 9 can be positioned at a higher position, and the utilization rate of the space below the auxiliary air deflector 9 is improved. Here, the open end of the receiving groove 13 is directed downward, and the bottom wall 131 of the receiving groove 13 is a wall corresponding to the open end of the receiving groove 13.
Alternatively, referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5, when the scroll casing 3 is disposed in the casing 1, a support rib 33 may be disposed on an outer wall surface of the scroll casing 3, the support rib 33 extends toward the escape space 132, and a free end of a bottom wall of the escape space 132 (the bottom wall of the escape space 132 is opposite to an open end of the receiving groove 13) is supported on the support rib 33.
In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: many changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.