JP2008180484A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an air conditioner that can perform filter replacement and cleaning while the front cover is moved by a sliding method, prevents shaking of the front cover, and realizes soft elevation. It is for providing.
An air conditioner according to the present invention includes a suction port provided at an upper portion of a main body, a filter provided inside the suction port, and a front cover mounted on the front surface of the main body so as to be moved up and down by a sliding method. And a sliding coupling device for mounting the front cover, a metal part that is provided on the front surface of the main body and that is long in the vertical direction, and the inner surface of the front cover so as to move up and down together with the front cover while attached to the metal part And a magnet provided on the surface.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner, and more particularly to an air conditioner that can open a front cover by a sliding method.

  Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0041444 discloses an air conditioner having a front cover that can open and close the front surface of a main body. The front cover of the air conditioner is opened and closed by rotating up and down by connecting arc-shaped coupling members provided on both sides of the upper part to the hinge hole on the front surface of the main body.

  A hinge shaft supported by an elastic piece is provided in the hinge hole of the main body, and a position fixing groove fixed to the hinge shaft on the coupling member and a guide for guiding the rotation when the front cover is opened and closed. Grooves are formed. A support stage for supporting the lower part of the coupling member is provided at the lower part of the hinge hole of the main body so that the front cover can be kept open when the front cover is opened.

  Therefore, the air conditioner opens while rotating when the front cover is lifted upward, and when the hand is released in the open state, the front cover is kept open while the lower stage of the coupling member is applied to the support stage. The In this state, the user can change the filter or clean the filter.

  However, in such an air conditioner, when the front cover is opened and closed, the hinge shaft is caught in the fixing groove of the coupling member or the locking is released, so that opening and closing is unnatural and noise may occur. .

In addition, this air conditioner maintains the opening of the front cover only by the coupling member being supported by the support stage with the front cover opened, so that during the replacement or cleaning of the filter, When an impact is applied, the front cover is closed. In particular, recent air conditioners use a heavy object such as glass as a material for the front cover in order to provide a beautiful appearance, and thus it has been difficult to keep the front cover open.
Korean Published Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0041444

  The present invention is for solving such problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable air to be replaced or cleaned while the front cover is moved by a sliding method. It is to provide a harmony machine.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner that can prevent shaking of the front cover and that can realize soft elevation of the front cover.

  In order to achieve such an object, an air conditioner according to the present invention includes a suction port provided at an upper portion of a main body, a filter provided inside the suction port, and a sliding method on a front surface of the main body. A front cover that is mounted so as to be attached, a sliding coupling device for mounting the front cover, a metal part that is provided on the front surface of the main body and that is vertically long, and the front cover that is attached to the metal part And a magnet provided on the inner surface of the front cover so as to move up and down.

  The sliding coupling device includes a plurality of coupling members projecting from the inner surface of the front cover, and a plurality of coupling grooves formed vertically long on the front surface of the main body for raising and lowering the coupling members. And a support shaft protruding laterally from each of the coupling members so as to cover the inside of the front surface of the main body.

  In addition, the sliding coupling device may be configured to move laterally from the top of each coupling groove so that the front cover can be prevented from being lowered when the front cover is moved in the lateral direction with the front cover raised. It includes an extended locking groove.

  The sliding coupling device is provided on one side of each coupling groove so that a support shaft of each coupling member can enter the inside of the main body when the front cover is attached to the main body. A shaft entrance groove having a size larger than the shaft is included.

  Further, in the present invention, the shaft entry groove is provided at a position spaced apart from the lower part of the coupling groove by a predetermined distance so that the front cover can be kept locked when the front cover is completely lowered. It is characterized by.

  The plurality of coupling grooves are respectively provided on a central portion of the front surface of the main body and both sides of the front surface of the main body, and the plurality of coupling members are respectively provided on the inner surface of the front cover at positions corresponding to the coupling grooves. The metal part is provided in a central part of the front surface of the main body, and the magnet is provided in a central part of the front cover.

  The air conditioner according to the present invention includes a suction port provided at an upper portion of the main body, a filter provided inside the suction port, and a front surface mounted on the front surface of the main body so as to be moved up and down by a sliding method. A cover, a sliding coupling device for mounting the front cover, a magnet fixed to the front surface of the main body, and an inner surface of the front cover so as to move up and down together with the front cover while being attached to the magnet And a metal part that is long in the vertical direction.

  As described above in detail, in the air conditioner according to the present invention, the front cover is coupled to the front surface of the main body by the sliding coupling device so that the front cover can be moved up and down. There is an effect that cleaning can be carried out. Therefore, it is possible to perform filter replacement and cleaning under conditions that are more stable than in the past.

  In addition, the present invention maintains the state in which the magnet on the inner surface of the front cover is attached to the metal part on the front surface of the main body in the rising and lowering state of the front cover and the process of raising and lowering the front cover. Not only can this be prevented, but the front cover can be raised and lowered softly.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the air conditioner according to the present invention includes a main body 10 including a rear surface portion 11 fixed to a building wall and a front surface portion 12 coupled to the front of the rear surface portion 11. A suction port 13 for sucking room air is formed above the front surface portion 12 of the main body 10, and a discharge port 14 through which conditioned air is discharged into the room is formed below the front surface portion 12 of the main body 10. Is done.

  A heat exchanger 15 for heat exchange of air and a blower fan 16 for blowing air are provided in the main body 10. The blower fan 16 is a cross-flow fan. This is so that the air sucked through the suction port 13 by the operation of the blower fan 16 is heat-exchanged through the heat exchanger 15 and then supplied into the room through the discharge port 14.

  A filter 17 that traps foreign substances in the air sucked through the suction port 13 is provided inside the suction port 13 at the upper part of the main body 10. The filter 17 can be mounted or separated by a sliding method through an inlet 18 provided in the upper part of the front surface of the main body 10.

  The main body 10 is provided with a front cover 20 that covers the front surface of the main body 10. The front cover 20 can provide a beautiful appearance by blocking the front surface of the main body 10. Recently, a decorative panel (not shown) made of glass or acrylic may be attached to the front cover 20 to provide a beautiful appearance.

  The front cover 20 is slidably mounted on the front surface of the main body 10 by a sliding method so that the filter 17 can be easily separated from the main body 10 when the filter 17 is replaced or cleaned. As shown in FIG. 3, the filter 17 can be replaced or cleaned while the front cover 20 is moved downward.

  For the coupling of the front cover 20, a sliding coupling device 30 is provided on the inner surface of the front cover 20 and the front surface of the main body 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the sliding coupling device 30 includes a plurality of coupling members 31 protruding from the inner surface of the front cover 20 and a plurality of coupling grooves 32 provided on the front surface of the main body 10 so that the coupling members 31 are coupled. Including.

  The coupling member 31 is provided in a form that forms a pair of two on the center portion of the front cover 20 and the inner surface on both sides, and the coupling groove 32 corresponds to the position of the coupling member 31. 10 is provided on the front surface. As shown in FIG. 5, each coupling groove 32 is formed to be long in the vertical direction so that the elevation of the coupling member 31 can be guided. As shown in FIG. 4, the coupling groove 32 located at the center of the front surface of the main body 10 is formed with one groove extending from the upper part to the lower part so that the two coupling members 31 on the front cover 20 side can be coupled together. It is a form. As shown in FIG. 6, each coupling member 31 is provided with a support shaft 33 that protrudes laterally from each coupling member 31 so that it can be applied to the inside of the front surface portion 12 of the main body 10.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the sliding coupling device 30 moves slightly in the lateral direction (in the direction of arrow A) with the front cover 20 raised (with the coupling member raised), each coupling member 31 A locking groove 34 extending from the upper part of each coupling groove 32 is provided so that it can be supported. By pushing the front cover 20 slightly in the lateral direction with the front cover 20 raised, the front cover 20 is prevented from being lowered.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the front cover 20 is mounted from the front of the main body 10, the sliding coupling device 30 is configured so that the support shaft 33 of each coupling member 31 can enter the inside of the main body 10. A shaft entry groove 35 is provided at a lower position and is larger than the support shaft 33. The shaft entry groove 35 is provided at a position spaced apart from the lower stage of each coupling groove 32 by a predetermined distance (L). This is because the front cover 20 is completely lowered so that each support shaft 33 is placed on the inner surface of the front surface portion 12 of the main body 10 when each connection member 31 is positioned at the lower stage of each connection groove 32. This is to prevent the cover 20 from being detached from the main body 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a metal portion 41 having a long length in the vertical direction is provided at the central portion of the front surface portion 12 of the main body 10. The metal part 41 is provided in the form of a normal metal rod or metal plate that is long in the vertical direction, and the upper and lower stages are fixed to the front surface part 12 of the main body 10. And the magnet 42 is fixed to the inner surface of the front cover 20 so that it may be attached to such a metal part 41.

  In such a configuration, when the front cover 20 is moved up and down, the front cover 20 is moved up and down in a state where the magnet 42 is attached to the metal part 41, so that the front cover 20 can be moved up and down softly. is there. Further, by maintaining the state where the magnet 42 is attached to the metal portion 41, the front cover 20 can be prevented from shaking in the state where the front cover 20 is raised or lowered. In addition, the front cover 20 can be prevented from shaking even in the process of raising and lowering the front cover 20 so that the front cover 20 can be prevented from being detached from the main body 10.

  The example of FIG. 4 shows a case where the metal portion 41 is provided on the front surface portion 12 of the main body and the magnet 42 is provided on the inner surface of the front cover 20. It is provided on the inner surface of the cover, and the magnet may be provided on the front surface of the main body. In such a case, the metal part that moves up and down together with the front cover is maintained attached to the magnet, so that the same function as described above can be performed.

  Next, the raising / lowering of the front cover and filter replacement operation of such an air conditioner will be described.

  FIG. 2 shows a state where the front cover 20 is fully raised. In this state, when lowering the front cover 20, first, the front cover 20 is slightly pushed in the lateral direction so that the coupling member 31 inside the front cover 20 is disengaged from the locking groove 34 and positioned in the coupling groove 32. Like that. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the front cover 32 can be lowered by moving the coupling member 31 in the direction of arrow B so as to be disengaged from the locking groove 34. When the front cover 20 is lowered in such a state, the coupling member 31 descends along the coupling groove 32. At that time, the magnet 42 on the inner surface of the front cover 20 is kept attached to the metal part 41 of the main body 10, so that the front cover 20 is prevented from shaking and can be lowered softly. In the state where the front cover 20 is completely lowered, the support shaft 33 is in a state where it is applied to the inner surface of the front surface portion 12 of the main body 10, so that the front cover 20 does not separate from the main body 10.

  When the front cover 20 is completely lowered, the inlet 18 formed on the front surface of the main body 10 for attaching and detaching the filter 17 is exposed as shown in FIG. Therefore, the user can pull the filter 17 forward to separate it. After the filter 17 is cleaned and replaced, the front cover 20 is closed in the reverse order of the lowering operation. That is, after the front cover 20 is pushed upward, it is moved slightly in the lateral direction so that the coupling member 31 on the inner surface of the front cover 20 enters the locking groove 34 and is applied. Of course, since the magnet 42 remains attached to the metal part 41 even in the process of performing such an operation, the front cover 20 is prevented from shaking and is softly closed. Even when the front cover 20 is stopped while being raised, the magnet 42 is kept attached to the metal portion 41, so that the front cover 20 is not detached or suddenly dropped.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the mounting structure of the front cover of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state which the front cover closed. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state which isolate | separates a filter, after a front cover falls. It is a perspective view which shows the metal part and magnet of the air conditioner which concern on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the sliding coupling device for raising / lowering the front cover of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state which a support shaft approachs into the inner surface side of a main body through a shaft approach groove | channel. It is a perspective view showing a sliding coupling device for raising and lowering the front cover of the air conditioner according to the present invention, a state where the coupling member is raised following the coupling groove and a state where the support shaft is applied to the inner surface of the front surface of the main body FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the sliding coupling device for raising / lowering the front cover of the air conditioner which concerns on this invention, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state in which the coupling member was caught in the latching groove.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Main body 11 Rear surface part 12 Front surface part 13 Inlet port 14 Outlet port 15 Heat exchanger 16 Blower fan 17 Filter 20 Front cover 30 Sliding coupling device 31 Coupling member 32 Coupling groove 33 Support shaft 34 Locking groove 35 Shaft entry groove 41 Metal part 42 Magnet

Claims (7)

The body,
An inlet provided at the top of the body;
A filter provided inside the suction port;
A front cover mounted on the front surface of the main body so as to be raised and lowered by a sliding method;
A sliding coupling device for mounting the front cover;
A metal part which is provided on the front surface of the main body and which is long in the vertical direction;
A magnet provided on the inner surface of the front cover so as to move up and down together with the front cover in a state attached to the metal part;
The air conditioner characterized by including. The sliding coupling device includes a plurality of coupling members protruding from the inner surface of the front cover,
A plurality of coupling grooves formed vertically long on the front surface of the main body for raising and lowering the coupling members;
A support shaft projecting laterally from each coupling member so as to cover the inside of the front surface of the main body,
The air conditioner according to claim 1, comprising:   The sliding coupling device extends laterally from the top of each coupling groove so that the front cover can be prevented from descending when the front cover is moved in the lateral direction while being moved upward. The air conditioner according to claim 2, further comprising a locking groove.   The sliding coupling device is provided on one side of each coupling groove so that the support shaft of each coupling member can enter the inside of the main body when the front cover is attached to the main body. The air conditioner according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a shaft entry groove having a large size.   The shaft entry groove is provided at a position spaced apart from the lower part of the coupling groove by a predetermined distance so that the front cover can be kept locked when the front cover is completely lowered. 4. The air conditioner according to 4. The plurality of coupling grooves are respectively provided on a central portion of the front surface of the main body and on both sides of the front surface of the main body.
The plurality of coupling members are each provided on an inner surface of the front cover at a position corresponding to the coupling groove,
6. The air conditioner according to claim 5, wherein the metal part is provided in a central part of the front surface of the main body, and the magnet is provided in a central part of the front cover. The body,
An inlet provided at the top of the body;
A filter provided inside the suction port;
A front cover mounted on the front surface of the main body so as to be raised and lowered by a sliding method;
A sliding coupling device for mounting the front cover;
A magnet fixed to the front surface of the body;
Provided on the inner surface of the front cover so as to move up and down together with the front cover in a state attached to the magnet,
The air conditioner characterized by including.

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