KR100261700B1 - Upper frosting water treating apparatus of airconditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A condensate water disposal system for air conditioner is provided to achieve an in-advance prevention against vortex flow of air by inserting a spacer member into the space formed by injection molding the upper water tray integrally to the rear panel. CONSTITUTION: An air conditioner includes an upper water tray(200) which is formed integrally with the inner wall of a rear panel(30) through an injection molding process, such that the water tray collects the condensate water flowing from the upper portion of a heat exchanger(80). A spacer member(210) is inserted into the space formed beneath the water tray due to the injection molding process, so as to prevent vortex flow of air. The spacer member includes a cover surface(211) to be inserted into the space so as to be positioned at the line extended from the outer periphery of the water tray, and a hook protrusion(212) protruded from the rear surface of the cover surface so as to be elastically coupled to a penetrating hole formed at the rear panel.

Description

Top condensate treatment unit of air conditioner

The present invention relates to an upper condensate treatment apparatus of an air conditioner, and in particular, an upper drip tray is integrally formed by injection molding at a predetermined height of an inner wall of a rear panel to prevent air from vortexing in an empty space formed at a lower portion thereof. A top condensate treatment apparatus for an air conditioner.

In general, an air conditioner, that is, an air conditioner, is used for air conditioning, that is, temperature and humidity control, at a production site of a home or industry. The air conditioners are classified into various types according to functions or configuration of units. In the classification by function, it can be classified into cooling only, cooling and dehumidification only, and cooling and heating.In the classification by the unit configuration, an integrated air conditioner installed in a window by integrating cooling and heat dissipation functions, The cooling device may be roughly classified into a separate type air conditioner that separately installs a heat dissipation and a compression device.

The air-conditioning combined air conditioner is an indoor unit installed indoors and an outdoor unit installed outdoors, and can be heated and cooled as needed.

Here, in the conventional split type air conditioner, the indoor main body 10, as shown in Figure 1, the front panel 20 and the rear panel 30 is coupled to form the appearance.

The front grille 40 is installed on the front of the front panel 20 to open and close the interior of the indoor main body 10, and the indoor air is installed in the lower part of the front panel 20. The discharge port 50 is formed by heat exchange in order to discharge the cold air back to the room, the discharge port 50 is the direction of the air in the vertical direction when the discharged cold air or hot air discharged into the room Up and down wind direction control means for adjusting the 60 is installed.

In addition, the interior of the indoor body 10, the air filter for cleanly filtering the foreign matter floating in the indoor air sucked through the inlet port 21 of the front panel 20 and the inlet port 41 of the front grill 40 (70) is provided, the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger (80) for heat-exchanging the indoor air filtered by the air filter (70) with cold air is installed on the rear side of the air filter (70), the multi-stage bending type The rear side of the heat exchanger 80 sucks indoor air through the suction ports 21 and 41 and simultaneously discharges the heat exchanged by the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 80 to the room through the discharge port 50. The blower 90 is provided.

In the discharge port 50, a plurality of air suctioned into the interior of the main body 10 through the front grill 40 to control the flow of the air in the left and right directions when the heat-exchanged air is discharged to the outside through the discharge port 50 Two left and right wind direction control means 100 are installed, and the left and right wind direction control means 100 is freely rotated at the same time in the front lower end of the front panel 20 and at the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 80. The lower drip tray 110 is installed to collect and drain all of the flowing condensate.

At the predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel 30, when the condensed water generated at the upper end of the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 80 flows down to the rear panel 30, the condensed water is collected and at both ends of the drainage channel (not shown). The upper drip tray 120 is separately injection molded to guide to the lower drip tray 110 through) and is mounted on a predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel 30.

On the other hand, according to the upper condensate treatment apparatus of the air conditioner configured as described above, the shrinkage action and dimensions of the injection molding in the coupling portion of the drainage passage formed in the left and right ends of the upper drip tray 120 and the left and right ends of the rear panel 30 There is a problem that the condensate is easily leaked through these coupling parts because the coupling gap is always generated due to defects.

Thus, in order to prevent the leakage phenomenon by eliminating the coupling gap generated when the upper drip tray unit 120 is coupled as described above, the upper drip tray unit 120 is injected into the predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel 30. A structure for integrally forming by molding has been proposed.

That is, when the upper drip tray 200 is integrally formed at a predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel 30 during injection molding of the rear panel 30, the upper drip tray 200 is separately injection-molded as described above. Not only can the coupling gap generated when the panel 30 is coupled to the panel 30 be removed, but the condensed water can be prevented from leaking through an undefined drainage path through the coupling gap.

However, as described above, the upper drip tray 120 is integrally formed on the rear panel 30 by injection molding, so that the upper drip tray 120 may be drained to the lower drip tray 110. It needs to be molded by using the slide core on the inside and the outside, and thus the empty space (S) is formed in the lower portion of the upper drip tray 120, the empty space (S) will hinder the flow of air during air conditioning operation .

That is, the air is vortexed in the empty space (S) to prevent the smooth air blowing, there was a problem in reducing the cooling effect of the air conditioner.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to cover the empty space and by inserting a space member forming an extension line and the outer line of the upper drip, air is vortexed in the empty space It is to provide a top condensate treatment unit of the air conditioner to prevent the.

The upper condensate treatment apparatus of the air conditioner according to the present invention made to achieve the above object is integrated by injection molding at a predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel to collect the condensate flowing from the upper end of the multi-stage bending heat exchanger. An air conditioner having an upper drip tray formed of a space member, the space member coupled to the rear panel by a locking method to cover the empty space so that air does not vortex in the empty space generated by injection molding in the lower portion of the upper drip tray. Characterized in that provided.

1 is a schematic overall cross-sectional view of an indoor unit showing a condensate treatment structure at the upper center side of a conventional multi-stage bending heat exchanger.

Figure 2 is a schematic overall cross-sectional view of the indoor unit showing the condensate treatment structure of the upper center side of the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger according to the present invention.

3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the space member according to the present invention is inserted into the lower empty space of the upper drip tray.

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10: interior main body 30: rear panel

80: multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 110: lower drip tray

200: upper drip tray 201: water overflow prevention jaw

202: drainage

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

Figure 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the indoor unit showing the condensate treatment structure of the upper center side of the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a state in which the space member according to the present invention is inserted into the lower empty space of the upper drip tray Is a partial cross-sectional view.

For reference, the same components and the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as the conventional components in the drawings, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The upper condensate treatment apparatus of the air conditioner according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 2 and 3, the condensate generated at the upper end of the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 80 flows to the inner wall of the rear panel (30). The upper drip tray 200 and the upper drip tray which are integrally formed by injection molding at a predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel 30 so as to collect the whole amount without being leaked when being lowered and drained to the lower drip tray 110 at the same time. Space member 210 by the engaging method on the rear panel 30 so as to cover the empty space (S) so that the air is not vortex in the empty space (S) formed at the lower portion while the unit 200 is integrated by injection molding ) Is combined.

Here, the space member 210 is protruding from the rear surface of the cover surface 211 and the cover surface 211 is inserted into the empty space (S) to be located on an extension line from the outline of the upper drip tray 200. The hook protrusion 212 is elastically coupled to the through hole 220 formed in the rear panel 30.

In this case, the upper sump part 200 is a water overflow prevention jaw at a predetermined inclination height toward the front from the inner wall of the rear panel 30 so that the upper end of the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 80 does not contact the inside. 201 is integrally protruded, and both left and right ends of the overflow preventing jaw 201 are guided forward when the condensed water accumulated in the overflow preventing jaw 201 is drained through both left and right ends, to the lower sump part 110. Drainage paths are respectively formed to drain.

In addition, the cover surface 211 of the space member 210 is in contact with the bottom surface of the upper drip tray 200, the outline is smooth and matched on the inclined surface of the water overflow prevention jaw 201 of the upper drip tray 200 on the extension line. It has a shape bent in an inverted "a" shape to form an inclined surface.

In addition, the hook protrusion 212 protrudes from the inside of the cover surface 211 to the outside horizontally with the top surface of the cover surface 211, the front end portion of the hook protrusion 212 is formed in the rear panel 30 It is elastically inserted into the through hole 220 so as not to be pulled out.

Next, the operation and effect of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, when the hook protrusion 212 of the space member 210 is inserted into the through hole 220 formed in the rear panel 30, the space member 210 is described above. The empty space S is covered and the outer surface slope of the cover member of the space member 210 coincides with the slope of the water overflow prevention jaw of the upper drip tray to form a smooth slope.

In this state, when the air conditioner is operated by using a remote controller (not shown), the blower 90 in the indoor main body 10 rotates, and the indoor air is turned on by the rotational force of the blower 90. The air filter 70 mounted on the rear side of the suction ports 21 and 41 while being sucked into the inside through the plurality of suction ports 21 formed in the 20 and the plurality of suction ports 41 formed in the front grill 40 is provided. The foreign matter floating in the air is filtered while passing through, and the indoor air passing through the air filter 70 is evenly passed through the upper and lower sides of the multi-stage bending heat exchanger 80 to be heat-exchanged with cold air.

At this time, the air heat exchanged by the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 80 is discharged into the room through the discharge port 50 and at the same time under the guidance of the up and down wind direction control means 60 and the left and right wind direction control means 100. It is sent to cool the room temperature to a low temperature.

On the other hand, when the intake air passes through the multi-stage bending heat exchanger 80, the intake air is heat-exchanged by the temperature difference between the temperature of the suction air and the refrigerant temperature flowing inside the multi-stage bending heat exchanger (80). On the surface of the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger (80), condensate is generated during heat exchange and flows on the surface by gravity.

At this time, the condensed water flowing to the lower end of the multi-stage bending type heat exchanger 80 is collected and dropped to the upper portion of the lower drip unit 110 installed in the lower inner side of the front panel 20, as shown in FIG. The condensed water flowing to the upper end of the heat exchanger 80 is collected and dropped to the upper portion of the upper drip tray 200 integrally formed by injection molding at a predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel 30.

Then, the condensed water collected by the upper drip tray 200 flows to the left or right side of the upper drip tray 200 by the slope of the overflow tip 201 and the bottom surface, and is sent to the lower drip tray 110. The condensed water collected in the lower drip tray 110 is drained to the outside of the indoor main body 10 by receiving a guide of the drain hose 140 connected to the one end of the lower drip tray 110 through the connection member 150.

Here, when the upper drip tray 200 is integrally formed at a predetermined height of the inner wall of the rear panel 30 during injection molding of the rear panel 30, it occurs when the upper drip tray is separately injection molded and coupled to the rear panel. It is possible to eliminate the coupling gap that has been made to prevent the leakage in the undefined drainage path through the coupling gap in addition to the empty space (S) formed in the lower portion of the upper drip tray 200 according to the present invention space member Covered with (210) is to prevent the vortex of the air that may occur in the empty space (S) in advance.

As described above, according to the upper condensate water treatment apparatus of the air conditioner according to the present invention, by operating the air conditioner by inserting a space member into the empty space generated by injection molding the upper drip unit to the rear panel integrally, When there is an effect that can prevent the vortex of the air that can occur in the empty space in advance.

Claims (1)

An air conditioner having an upper drip tray integrally formed by injection molding at a predetermined height of an inner wall of a rear panel so as to collect condensate flowing down from an upper end of a multi-stage bending heat exchanger, wherein the lower drip tray is formed by injection molding. A space member coupled to the rear panel by a locking method to cover the empty space such that air is not vortexed in the empty space, wherein the space member is disposed in the empty space such that the space member is positioned on an extension line from an outline of the upper drip tray. The upper condensate treatment apparatus of the air conditioner is inserted into the cover surface, and a protrusion formed on the rear surface of the cover surface is elastically coupled to the through hole formed in the rear panel.

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