Wall-mounted air conditioner and air conditioner

By introducing humidification components and water refueling devices into the air conditioner wall-mounted machine, the problem of decreasing air humidity in the air conditioner wall-mounted machine is solved, and the air humidity and cleanliness are improved, thereby improving the user's comfort experience.

CN108679720BActive Publication Date: 2025-06-27GD MIDEA AIR CONDITIONING EQUIP CO LTD +1
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Application Number
CN201810592814.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2018-06-08
Publication Date
2025-06-27
Estimated Expiration
2038-06-08

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Technical Problem

During the working process, conventional air conditioning wall-mounted machines cause the air humidity of the indoor unit to drop, reducing the user's comfort experience.

Method used

Design an air conditioner wall mounter, including a housing, heat exchanger, humidification assembly and water filling device. The humidification assembly is located between the heat exchanger and the air inlet. It automatically adds water through the spray pipe to keep the humidification parts moist and improves air humidity and cleanliness.

Benefits of technology

Through the design of humidification components and water filling device, the humidity and cleanliness of the air supply air are improved, the comfort of the indoor unit is improved, and the user's comfort experience is improved.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a wall-mounted air conditioner and an air conditioner. The wall-mounted air conditioner includes a housing, and a heat exchanger, a humidifying component and a water adding device installed in the housing. Among them, the housing is provided with an air inlet; the humidifying component is located between the heat exchanger and the air inlet; the water adding device adds water to the humidifying component. The wall-mounted air conditioner of the present invention can humidify the supply air to improve the comfort of the air supply of the indoor unit, thereby enhancing the user's comfort experience.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, and particularly to a wall-mounted air conditioner and an air conditioner. Background Art

[0002] When a conventional wall-mounted air conditioner heats or cools the indoor environment, air circulates between the inside of the wall-mounted air conditioner and the indoor environment to adjust the indoor temperature. To avoid leakage of cold or heat to the outdoor environment, users usually close doors, windows, etc. Therefore, after the conventional wall-mounted air conditioner works for a period of time, the humidity of the air circulating inside the indoor unit gradually decreases, resulting in poor comfort of the air supply from the indoor unit and reducing the user's comfort experience. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The main object of the present invention is to provide a wall-mounted air conditioner, aiming to humidify the supplied air to improve the comfort of the air supply from the indoor unit and thus enhance the user's comfort experience.

[0004] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wall-mounted air conditioner, which includes a housing, and a heat exchanger, a humidifying component and a water adding device installed in the housing; the humidifying component is located between the air inlet and the heat exchanger; the water adding device is installed in the housing to add water to the humidifying component.

[0005] Preferably, the water adding device includes a spray pipe installed above the humidifying component.

[0006] Preferably, the spray pipe has a plurality of nozzles, and the plurality of nozzles are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the spray pipe.

[0007] Preferably, the spraying direction of at least one nozzle is different from that of another nozzle.

[0008] Preferably, the spray pipe is rotatably installed in the housing.

[0009] Preferably, the spray pipe is installed in the housing so as to be movable up and down.

[0010] Preferably, the spray pipe is installed in the housing so as to be movable back and forth.

[0011] Preferably, the spray pipe is installed in the housing so as to be movable along the length direction of the wall-mounted air conditioner.

[0012] Preferably, the housing includes a front panel; the heat exchanger includes a front heat exchanger; the humidifying component is installed between the front panel and the front heat exchanger.

[0013] Preferably, the humidifying component includes a humidifying element and a mounting bracket for mounting the humidifying element.

[0014] Preferably, the humidifying element is a humidifying element.

[0015] Preferably, the humidifying element has a working position close to and inclined towards the front heat exchanger.

[0016] Preferably, the humidifying element also has a storage position away from the front heat exchanger.

[0017] Preferably, the mounting bracket is movably mounted back and forth in the housing, the mounting bracket drives the humidifying element to rotate, and the humidifying element has a storage position where it rotates to be close to the front panel and away from the front heat exchanger.

[0018] Preferably, the lower end of the mounting bracket is rotatably mounted in the housing.

[0019] Preferably, the wall-mounted air conditioner further includes a driving device connected to the mounting bracket, and the driving device drives the mounting bracket to drive the humidifying element to reciprocate between the working position and the storage position.

[0020] Preferably, the humidifying element is movably mounted on the mounting bracket, and the humidifying element has a working state where it unfolds to be close to and inclined towards the front heat exchanger, and a storage state where it is received at one end of the mounting bracket.

[0021] Preferably, a film winding shaft is provided at one end of the mounting bracket; one end of the humidifying element is wound around the film winding shaft, the other end of the humidifying element is slidably mounted on the mounting bracket, and the humidifying element has a storage state where it is wound on the film winding shaft.

[0022] Preferably, the humidifying element is foldably mounted on the mounting bracket, and the humidifying element has a storage state where it is folded to one end of the mounting bracket.

[0023] Preferably, the humidifying element has a plurality of humidifying sheets connected in sequence by head and tail sides, and any two adjacent humidifying sheets are arranged in a V shape.

[0024] Preferably, the humidifying element is made of a flexible material.

[0025] Preferably, a water storage tank is provided below the water adding device.

[0026] Preferably, the humidifying element is located above the water storage tank, and at least part of the lower end of the humidifying element extends into the water storage tank.

[0027] Preferably, a water baffle is further provided inside the front panel, and the lower end of the water baffle extends towards the water storage tank.

[0028] Preferably, the housing includes a rear backplate; the heat exchanger includes a rear heat exchanger; the humidifying assembly is installed between the rear backplate and the rear heat exchanger.

[0029] Preferably, the housing includes a top plate, and the humidifying assembly is installed between the top plate and the heat exchanger.

[0030] The present invention also provides an air conditioner, which includes an air conditioner wall-mounted unit. The air conditioner wall-mounted unit includes a housing, a heat exchanger, a humidifying assembly and a humidifying device installed in the housing. Among them, the housing is provided with an air inlet; the humidifying assembly is located between the heat exchanger and the air inlet; the humidifying device adds water to the humidifying assembly.

[0031] According to the technical solution of the present invention, by arranging a humidifying assembly in the housing, the humidifying assembly humidifies, filters and cleans the air passing through the heat exchanger. Thus, on the one hand, it helps to increase the humidity of the air; on the other hand, it can clean the air and settle dust, microorganisms, etc. in the air. And through the water adding device in the housing, it can automatically add water to the humidifying assembly, so that the humidifying assembly can continuously maintain a wet state, greatly enhancing the efficiency of air treatment. It can be seen that the air conditioner wall-mounted unit of the present invention can improve the humidity and cleanliness of the blown air, greatly improve the comfort of the air blown by the indoor unit, and further enhance the user's comfort experience. Description of the Drawings

[0032] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the following drawings are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings.

[0033] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of the first embodiment of the air conditioner wall-mounted unit of the present invention;

[0034] Figure 2 is Figure 1 Another schematic structural diagram of the air conditioner wall-mounted unit in;

[0035] Figure 3 is Figure 2 A schematic structural diagram of the mounting frame installed on the support frame in;

[0036] Figure 4-A is Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the mounting frame driving the humidifying member to rotate to the working position in;

[0037] Figure 4-B isFigure 1 Schematic diagram of the mounting bracket driving the humidifying member to rotate to the receiving position;

[0038] Figure 5-A For Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the film winding shaft releasing the humidifying member to the working position;

[0039] Figure 5-B For Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the film winding shaft winding up the humidifying member to the receiving position;

[0040] Figure 6-A For Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the humidifying member unfolding to the working position;

[0041] Figure 6-B For Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the humidifying member contracting to the receiving position;

[0042] Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the structure of the second embodiment of the wall-mounted air conditioner of the present invention;

[0043] Figure 8-A For Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the mounting bracket driving the humidifying member to rotate to the working position;

[0044] Figure 8-B For Figure 7 Schematic diagram of the mounting bracket driving the humidifying member to rotate to the receiving position;

[0045] Figure 9 Schematic diagram of the structure of the third embodiment of the wall-mounted air conditioner of the present invention;

[0046] Figure 10-A For Figure 9 Schematic diagram of the humidifying member unfolding to the working position;

[0047] Figure 10-B For Figure 9 Schematic diagram of the humidifying member contracting to the receiving position;

[0048] Figure 11 Schematic diagram of the structure of the fourth embodiment of the wall-mounted air conditioner of the present invention;

[0049] Figure 12 For Figure 11 Schematic diagram of one of the movable mounting methods of the spray pipe;

[0050] Figure 13 For Figure 11 Schematic diagram of the second movable mounting method of the spray pipe;

[0051] Figure 14 For For Figure 11 Schematic diagram of the third movable mounting method of the spray pipe;

[0052] Figure 15 For Figure 11 Schematic diagram of the fourth movable installation method of the spray pipe in

[0053] Figure 16 For Figure 11 Schematic diagram of the structure of the spray pipe in

[0054] Figure 17 For Figure 11 Another schematic diagram of the structure of the spray pipe in

[0055] Explanation of the reference numerals in the drawings:

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[0058] The realization of the object, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. Specific embodiments

[0059] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0060] It should be noted that if there are directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back...) in the embodiments of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship and movement conditions between components in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings). If the specific posture changes, the directional indications will also change accordingly.

[0061] In addition, if there are descriptions such as "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present invention, the descriptions of "first" and "second" are only for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions between the embodiments can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the ability of those of ordinary skill in the art to implement. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be implemented, it should be considered that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the protection scope required by the present invention.

[0062] The present invention provides a wall-mounted air conditioner, which can improve the comfort of the air supplied by the indoor unit and enhance the user's comfort experience. It should be noted that in the attached Figures 1 to 17 In the specification of the present invention, the solid arrow indicates the groove and hole structure; the dashed arrow indicates the movement direction; and the positive direction of the x-axis in the coordinate system shown in the figure is the front, the negative direction of the x-axis is the rear, the positive direction of the y-axis is the upper, the negative direction of the y-axis is the lower, and the positive direction of the z-axis (not shown) is the left (perpendicular to the paper surface and outward), and the negative direction of the z-axis is the right (perpendicular to the paper surface and inward).

[0063] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 , in the first embodiment of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 of the present invention, the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 includes a housing 110, and a heat exchanger 120, a humidifying component 200 and a water adding device 400 installed in the housing 110. Among them, the housing 110 is provided with an air inlet 10; the humidifying component 200 is located between the heat exchanger 120 and the air inlet 10, and the humidifying component 200 is used for humidifying, filtering and cleaning the air flowing through the air duct 30; the water adding device 400 can add water to the humidifying component 200 to moisten the humidifying component 200.

[0064] Specifically, the housing 110 includes a chassis 111, a front frame 112 installed on the chassis 111, and a front panel 113 installed on the front side of the front frame 112. The impeller 130 and the heat exchanger 120 of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 are sequentially installed on the chassis 111. The heat exchanger 120 includes a front heat exchanger 121 and a rear heat exchanger 122, and the front heat exchanger 121 and the rear heat exchanger 122 are arranged at an angle to surround the impeller 130 in a semi-surrounding shape.

[0065] An air inlet 10 is provided at the top of the housing 110, and an air inlet grille 140 is installed at the air inlet 10. An air outlet 20 is provided at the bottom of the housing 110, and a wind deflector 150 is installed at the air outlet 20. The wind deflector 150 is used to adjust the air supply angle of the air outlet 20. An air duct 30 is formed inside the housing 110, and the air duct 30 communicates with the air inlet 10 and the air outlet 20. The air duct 30 includes an air inlet duct 31 located between the heat exchanger 120 and the air inlet 10, and an air outlet duct 32 located between the heat exchanger 120 and the air outlet 20.

[0066] The humidifying component 200 is located between the heat exchanger 120 and the air inlet 10, that is, equivalently, the humidifying component 200 is installed in the air inlet duct 31. The humidifying component 200 includes a material or structure with water absorption performance and ventilation performance, such as a wet film, a humidifying net, a wet cloth with ventilation holes, etc. There will be a detailed introduction later.

[0067] When the air conditioner wall-mounted unit 100 is operating, driven by the impeller 130, air enters from the air inlet 10 and flows from the air inlet duct 31 to the air outlet duct 32. During this process, the air passes through the heat exchanger 120 and exchanges heat with the heat exchanger 120, and finally blows into the room from the air outlet 20 to achieve refrigeration or heating. Since the humidifying component 200 is installed in the air inlet duct 31, before the air passes through the heat exchanger 120, the air first passes through the humidifying component 200 and is humidified, filtered and cleaned by the humidifying component 200, thereby improving the humidity and cleanliness of the air.

[0068] During the process of the above-mentioned humidifying component 200 humidifying, filtering or cleaning the air, as the humidifying component 200 is used for a period of time, the humidity of the humidifying component 200 will gradually decrease. Therefore, in order to ensure that the humidifying component 200 remains in a moist state, a water adding device 400 is additionally provided in the housing 110 to automatically add water to the humidifying component 200 through the water adding device 400. The water adding device 400 can be a spray pipe 410, a sprinkler head or other structures with a water spraying function, and specific details will be further introduced later.

[0069] In the technical solution of the present invention, by providing a humidifying component 200 in the housing 110, the humidifying component 200 is located between the heat exchanger 120 and the air inlet 10 to humidify, filter and clean the air passing through the heat exchanger 120. In this way, on the one hand, it helps to increase the humidity of the air; on the other hand, it can clean the air and settle dust, microorganisms, etc. in the air. And through the water adding device 400 in the housing 110, water can be automatically added to the humidifying component 200, so that the humidifying component 200 can continuously maintain a moist state, and the efficiency of air treatment is greatly enhanced. It can be seen that the air conditioner wall-mounted unit 100 of the present invention can improve the humidity and cleanliness of the supplied air, greatly improve the comfort of the air supplied by the indoor unit, and further enhance the user's comfort experience.

[0070] Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 For the structure of the humidifying component 200, no limitation is set. The humidifying component 200 may only include one or more humidifying members formed by water absorption and ventilation, or the humidifying component 200 may include a humidifying member and an installation structure for installing the humidifying member. In this embodiment, the humidifying component 200 includes a humidifying member 220 and an installation frame 210 for installing the humidifying member 220.

[0071] Among them, the humidifying member 220 is preferably a wet film here. The wet film has a large specific surface area in contact with the air, so that the wet film has better water absorption and ventilation. There are various types of wet films, such as organic wet films, inorganic glass fiber wet films, metal aluminum alloy wet films, metal stainless steel wet films, etc.

[0072] Please refer to Figure 2 andFigure 3 As for the specific structure of the mounting bracket 210, it can be designed accordingly based on the type and installation method of the humidifying member 220. Here, it is preferred that the mounting bracket 210 is arranged in a grid shape. In this way, on the one hand, the wind resistance generated by the mounting bracket 210 to the air can be reduced; on the other hand, the supporting action points of the mounting bracket 210 on the humidifying member 220 are relatively evenly distributed, effectively preventing the humidifying member 220 from collapsing uniformly.

[0073] It is worth mentioning that the mounting bracket 210 can be an independent structure separated from the housing 110, and the mounting bracket 210 can be directly mounted on the chassis 111, the front frame 112 or the front panel 113 of the housing 110. In addition, the mounting bracket 210 can be an integral structure integrally formed with the housing 110. For example, the mounting bracket 210 is integrally formed with the chassis 111 of the housing 110; or, the mounting bracket 210 is integrally formed with the front frame 112 of the housing 110.

[0074] Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 For the position of the humidifying assembly 200 in the air inlet duct 31, in the above first embodiment, the humidifying assembly 200 is installed between the front panel 113 and the front heat exchanger 121. The humidifying member 220 on the humidifying assembly 200 can humidify, filter or clean the air passing through the front heat exchanger 121.

[0075] Here, in order to ensure that the humidifying member 220 can be in full contact with the air, the humidifying member 220 has a working position close to the front heat exchanger 121 and inclined towards the front heat exchanger 121. It should be noted that the humidifying member 220 being close to the front heat exchanger 121 here is relative to the front panel; that is to say, the humidifying member 220 is located between the front heat exchanger 121 and the front panel 113, and the humidifying member 220 is closer to the front heat exchanger 121 relative to the front panel 113.

[0076] When the humidifying member 220 is in the working position, the humidifying member 220 is inclined towards the front heat exchanger 121, and the humidifying member 220 is relatively close to the air inlet surface of the front heat exchanger 121, thereby effectively increasing the contact surface between the humidifying member 220 and the air, and further ensuring that the humidifying member 220 can be in full contact with the air. In particular, when the air conditioner wall-mounted unit 100 is turned on in the heating mode, since the humidifying member 220 is relatively close to the heat exchanger 120, the moisture on the humidifying member 220 evaporates rapidly, effectively humidifying the air and avoiding the hot air from being too dry.

[0077] Considering that when the user does not need to humidify or clean the supply air, if the humidifying member 220 continuously remains close to the front heat exchanger 121, the humidifying member 220 will generate a large air resistance to the air flow, reducing the air supply volume of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100. Therefore, in order to avoid the humidifying member 220 blocking the wind when the user does not need to humidify or clean the supply air, the humidifying member 220 can be moved to a position farther away from the front heat exchanger 121, that is, the humidifying member 220 also has a storage position away from the front heat exchanger 121.

[0078] Please refer to Figure 4-A and Figure 4-B , to achieve the above purpose, the mounting frame 210 can be movably mounted in the housing 110 in the front-rear direction. The mounting frame 210 drives the humidifying member 220 to rotate, and the humidifying member 220 has a storage position that rotates close to the front panel and away from the front heat exchanger 121. When the mounting frame 210 drives the humidifying member 220 to rotate backward, the humidifying member 220 can be rotated to the working position; at this time, the humidifying member 220 can humidify, filter or clean the supply air. When the mounting frame 210 drives the humidifying member 220 to rotate forward, the humidifying member 220 can be rotated to the storage position; at this time, the front heat exchanger 121 is not blocked by the humidifying member 220, so that more supply air can pass through, realizing the conventional air supply of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100.

[0079] As for the movable mounting method of the mounting frame 210 in the housing 110, it can be swinging, rotating, or directly translating. Considering the relatively narrow position between the front heat exchanger 121 and the front panel, it is preferably to rotatably mount the lower end of the mounting frame 210 in the housing 110. For example, the chassis 111 is provided with a support frame 500 (please refer to Figure 3 ), the lower end of the mounting frame 210 is provided with a rotating shaft 211, and the rotating shaft 211 is pivotally connected to the shaft hole of the front frame 112; the water adding device 400 is installed at the upper end of the support frame 500.

[0080] For the method of driving the mounting frame 210 to move between the working position and the storage position, it can be electrically driven to rotate. For example, the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 further includes a driving device (not shown) connected to the mounting frame 210, and the driving device drives the mounting frame 210 to drive the humidifying member 220 to reciprocate between the working position and the storage position.

[0081] For the method of driving the mounting frame 210, it can also be manually driven to rotate. That is to say, when the user needs to humidify or clean the supply air, the user can reach into the housing 110 through the filter mounting opening on the front frame 112 and manually move the mounting frame 210 to the working position; when the user does not need to humidify or clean the supply air, the humidifying member 220 can be switched to the storage position by reverse operation.

[0082] To avoid the humidifying member 220 from blocking the wind, in addition to moving the humidifying member 220 to a receiving position away from the front heat exchanger 121 as described above, the humidifying member 220 can also be stored. That is to say, the humidifying member 220 is movably mounted on the mounting frame 210. The humidifying member 220 has a working state in which it is unfolded close to the front heat exchanger 121 and inclined towards the front heat exchanger 121, and a storage state in which it is stored at one end of the mounting frame 210.

[0083] Please refer to Figure 5-A and Figure 5-B For the first solution to store the humidifying member 220: A film winding shaft 212 is provided at one end of the mounting frame 210; one end of the humidifying member 220 is wound around the film winding shaft 212, and the other end of the humidifying member 220 is slidably mounted on the mounting frame 210. The humidifying member 220 has a storage position wound on the film winding shaft 212. When the film winding shaft 212 rotates and releases the humidifying member 220, the humidifying member 220 is movably unfolded to the working state; at this time, the humidifying member 220 can humidify, filter or clean the supply air. When the film winding shaft 212 rotates reversely and winds up the humidifying member 220, the humidifying member 220 can be received on the film winding shaft 212 (i.e., the storage position); at this time, the front heat exchanger 121 is not blocked by the humidifying member 220, so that more supply air can pass through, realizing the conventional air supply of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100.

[0084] For the way to drive the film winding shaft 212 to rotate, it can be electrically driven to rotate. For example, both ends of the film winding shaft 212 are pivotally connected to the mounting frame 210, and the film winding shaft 212 is connected to a driving motor. One end of the humidifying member 220 is wound around the film winding shaft 212, and the other end of the humidifying member 220 can be movably mounted on the mounting frame 210 through movable structures such as sliders and sliding rings. The driving motor drives the winding shaft to rotate to wind up the humidifying member 220; driving in the reverse direction can release the humidifying member 220. During this process, the humidifying member 220 pushes the movable structure to slide back to the working position.

[0085] For the way to drive the film winding shaft 212 to rotate, it can also be manually driven to rotate. That is to say, when the user needs to humidify or clean the supply air, the user can reach into the housing 110 through the filter mounting opening on the front panel 112 and manually rotate the film winding shaft 212 to release the humidifying member 220; when the user does not need to humidify or clean the supply air, rotating the film winding shaft 212 in the reverse direction can wind up the humidifying member 220 so that the humidifying member 220 is received on the film winding shaft 212.

[0086] Please refer to Figure 6-A and Figure 6-B, Solution 2 for accommodating the humidifying member 220: The humidifying member 220 is foldably mounted on the mounting frame 210, and the humidifying member 220 has a storage state where it is folded to one end of the mounting frame 210. When the humidifying member 220 is unfolded to the working state, the humidifying member 220 can humidify, filter, or clean the supply air. When the humidifying member 220 is folded to the storage state, the front heat exchanger 121 is not blocked by the humidifying member 220, so that more supply air can pass through, realizing the conventional air supply of the air conditioner wall-mounted unit 100.

[0087] Specifically, there are various ways for the humidifying member 220 to be foldable. For example, the humidifying member 220 itself is made of an elastic material, and the humidifying member 220 utilizes its own elasticity to switch between the working state and the storage state. For another example, the humidifying member 220 has a fixed end 221 fixedly connected to the mounting frame 210 and a movable end 222 movably connected to the mounting frame 210. The movable end 222 and the fixed end 221 are connected by an elastic reset member (such as a rubber member or an elastic cord, etc., a structure with elasticity) to drive the humidifying member 220 to switch between the working state and the storage state through the elasticity of the elastic reset member.

[0088] There is no limitation on the specific structure of the humidifying member 220. For example, the humidifying member 220 itself is made of a flexible material, and the humidifying member 220 can be flexibly folded or unfolded by itself. For another example, the humidifying member 220 has a plurality of humidifying sheets connected in sequence at the head and tail sides, and any two adjacent humidifying sheets are arranged in a V shape. The plurality of humidifying sheets themselves may not have flexibility, and the plurality of humidifying sheets can be folded in sequence to also bring the humidifying member 220 to the storage state.

[0089] For the way to drive the humidifying member 220 to unfold or fold, the user can manually pull the humidifying member 220 to unfold or fold. Of course, it can also be driven by electricity to unfold or fold the humidifying member 220. For example, a driving motor connected to the movable end 222 is added, and the movable end is driven to move relative to the fixed end 221 through the driving motor, and then the humidifying member 220 can be unfolded or folded.

[0090] Please refer to Figure 7 , In the second embodiment of the present invention, the difference from the above first embodiment is that the housing 110 includes a rear back plate (located on the chassis 111), and the humidifying assembly 200 is installed between the rear back plate and the rear heat exchanger 122. The humidifying assembly 200 can humidify, filter, or clean the air passing through the rear heat exchanger 122.

[0091] Please refer to Figure 8-A and Figure 8-B, herein, in order to enable the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 to implement a humidification mode and a conventional air outlet mode, the mounting bracket 210 and the humidifying member 220 in the second embodiment can be designed accordingly based on the similar design principle of the mounting methods of the mounting bracket 210 and the humidifying member 220 in the first embodiment above, so that the humidifying member 220 has a working position close to the rear heat exchanger 122 and a storage position close to the rear panel. Details will not be repeated here.

[0092] Please refer to Figure 9 , in the third embodiment of the present invention, different from the first embodiment above, the housing 110 includes a top plate, and the humidifying assembly 200 is installed between the top plate and the heat exchanger 120. The humidifying assembly 200 can humidify, filter or clean most of the air passing through the air inlet 10. The humidifying member 220 can process approximately 95% or more of the air here, and the processing efficiency is relatively high.

[0093] Please refer to Figure 10-A and Figure 10-B , similarly, herein, in order to enable the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 to implement a humidification mode and a conventional air outlet mode, the mounting bracket 210 and the humidifying member 220 of the humidifying assembly 200 in the third embodiment can be designed accordingly based on the similar design principle of the mounting methods of the mounting bracket 210 and the humidifying member 220 in the first embodiment above, so that the humidifying member 220 has a working position close to the rear heat exchanger 122 and a storage position close to the rear panel. Considering that the space between the top plate and the heat exchanger 120 is relatively narrow, it is preferably designed that "the humidifying member 220 is foldably mounted on the mounting bracket 210". Details will not be repeated here.

[0094] Please refer to Figure 11 , in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, on the basis of any of the above embodiments, the water adding device 400 can be a spray pipe 410, a sprinkler head or other structures with a water spraying function. The installation method of the water adding device 400 can be adjusted accordingly according to the different positions of the humidifying assembly 200 in the air inlet duct 31. To avoid repetition, in the following embodiments, the structure and installation method of the water adding device 400 will be explained by taking the humidifying assembly 200 installed between the front heat exchanger 121 and the front panel 113 as an example.

[0095] Please refer to Figure 11 and Figure 12 , in this embodiment, the water adding device 400 includes a spray pipe 410 installed above the humidifying assembly 200300. There can be various design methods for the specific structure of the spray pipe 410. Please refer to Figure 16 and Figure 17, preferably here, a water inlet 412 is provided at the end of the pipe body of the spray pipe 410, and a plurality of nozzles 411 are provided on the pipe body of the spray pipe 410. The plurality of nozzles 411 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the spray pipe 410, so that the spray pipe 410 has a larger spray range to fully humidify the humidifying member 220.

[0096] Furthermore, in order to expand the spray range of the spray pipe 410, the water spray direction of at least one nozzle 410 is different from that of another nozzle 410, so that the plurality of nozzles 410 spray water in different directions, and then wet different positions on the humidifying member 220, and the humidifying effect is uniform.

[0097] Please refer to Figure 11 and Figure 12 , the spray pipe 410 can be fixedly installed in the housing 110. However, considering that if the spray pipe 410 is fixedly installed in the housing 110, the spray pipe 410 can only humidify a local position of the humidifying member 220 intensively, and other positions of the humidifying member 220 are gradually infiltrated from the concentrated humidifying position, the humidifying speed is slow and the humidifying is uneven. To improve the humidifying effect of the spray pipe 410 on the humidifying member 220, the spray pipe 410 can be movably installed in the housing 110 to drive the spray pipe 410 to move through a driving device, so as to humidify each position of the humidifying member 220. The following are three movable installation methods of the spray pipe 410:

[0098] Please refer to Figure 12 , one of the movable installation methods of the spray pipe 410 is that the spray pipe 410 is rotatably installed in the housing 110 (as indicated by the dotted arrow in Figure 12 ). For example, the spray pipe 410 extends along the length or width direction of the air conditioner wall-mounted unit 100. When the spray pipe 410 rotates around the extension line of the pipe length of the spray pipe 410, the water ejected from the nozzle 411 sprays to a farther position under the centrifugal force. On the one hand, it can be evenly sprayed on the humidifying member 220, and the humidifying is uniform; on the other hand, it effectively expands the spraying range of the spray pipe 410.

[0099] As for the rotation angle of the spray pipe 410, it can be designed according to the actual situation, and only needs to roughly cover the humidifying member 220. Here, when the spray pipe 410 rotates approximately 30° to 90° (such as 30°, 50°, 70°, 80°, etc.), the spraying range of the spray pipe 410 can cover the humidifying member 220, so that the rotation mechanism can be simplified and the load of the rotation mechanism is smaller.

[0100] Please refer to Figure 13 , the second movable installation method of the spray pipe 410: the spray pipe 410 is movably installed in the housing 110 in the front-back direction (as in Figure 13The dashed arrows indicate). For example, the spray pipe 410 extends along the length direction of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100. When the spray pipe 410 moves in the front-rear direction, the spray pipe 410 sprays water on the front and rear parts of the humidifying member 220 in sequence in the front-rear direction, and the purpose of uniform humidification can also be achieved.

[0101] Please refer to Figure 14 , the third movable installation method of the spray pipe 410: the spray pipe 410 is movably installed in the housing 110 in the up-down direction (such as Figure 14 The dashed arrows indicate). For example, the spray pipe 410 extends along the length direction of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100. When the spray pipe 410 moves in the up-down direction, the spray pipe 410 sprays water on the upper and lower parts of the humidifying member 220 in sequence in the up-down direction, and the purpose of uniform humidification can also be achieved.

[0102] Please refer to Figure 15 , the fourth movable installation method of the spray pipe 410: the spray pipe 410 is movably installed in the housing 110 along the length direction of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 (such as Figure 15 In the direction perpendicular to the paper surface, that is, the left-right direction). For example, the spray pipe 410 extends in the up-down direction. When the spray pipe 410 moves along the length direction of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100, the spray pipe 410 sprays water on the left and right parts of the humidifying member 220 in sequence in the left-right direction, and the purpose of uniform humidification can also be achieved.

[0103] Please refer to Figure 11 , based on any of the above embodiments, in order to prevent the water sprayed out by the spray pipe 410 from flowing into the air outlet duct 32, a water storage tank 160 is provided between the front heat exchanger 121 and the front panel 113, and the water storage tank 160 is located below the water adding device 400. The water storage tank 160 can be used to receive the excess water that has not been sprayed onto the humidifying member 220.

[0104] Furthermore, the water storage tank 160 is arranged at the lower end of the humidifying member 220. In this way, the water storage tank 160 can also receive the water flowing down from the humidifying member 220. Particularly, one end of the humidifying member 220 can be extended into the water storage tank 160 to utilize the water absorption of the humidifying member 220 to absorb the water in the water storage tank 160, so that the humidifying member 220 can maintain a wet state for a long time.

[0105] Please refer to Figure 11 , in addition, a water baffle 170 can also be arranged on the inner side of the front panel 113, and the lower end of the water baffle 170 extends towards the water storage tank 160. The water sprayed out by the spray pipe 410 onto the inner side surface of the front panel 113 is blocked by the water baffle 170 and flows down along the water baffle 170 into the water storage tank 160 for the humidifying member 220 to recycle.

[0106] The present invention also provides an air conditioner, which includes a wall-mounted air conditioner 100. The specific structure of the wall-mounted air conditioner 100 refers to the above-mentioned embodiments. Since this air conditioner adopts all the technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments, it also has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments, which will not be elaborated one by one here.

[0107] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the patent scope of the present invention accordingly. Any equivalent structural transformation made by using the content of the specification and drawings of the present invention under the inventive concept of the present invention, or any direct / indirect application in other related technical fields is included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An air conditioner wall-mounted unit, characterized in that, Comprising: A housing having an air inlet, further including a chassis, a front frame mounted on the chassis, and a front panel mounted on the front side of the front frame; A heat exchanger mounted inside the housing, the heat exchanger including a front heat exchanger and a rear heat exchanger; A humidifying assembly mounted inside the housing and located between the air inlet and the heat exchanger, the humidifying assembly including a humidifying member and a mounting bracket for mounting the humidifying member, the humidifying member having a working position that is closer to the front heat exchanger than the front panel and inclined toward the front heat exchanger; A water adding device mounted inside the housing for adding water to the humidifying assembly; the water adding device includes a spray pipe mounted above the humidifying assembly, the spray pipe having a plurality of nozzles, and the plurality of nozzles are spaced apart along the length direction of the spray pipe; The spraying direction of at least one of the nozzles is different from the spraying direction of another nozzle.

2. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, characterized in that, The spray pipe is rotatably mounted inside the housing.

3. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, characterized in that, The spray pipe is vertically movably mounted inside the housing.

4. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, characterized in that, The spray pipe is horizontally movably mounted inside the housing.

5. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, characterized in that, The spray pipe is movably mounted inside the housing along the length direction of the air conditioner wall-mounted unit.

6. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, The humidifying assembly is mounted between the front panel and the front heat exchanger.

7. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 6, characterized in that, The humidifying member is a wet film.

8. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 1, characterized in that, The humidifying member further has a receiving position away from the front heat exchanger.

9. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 8, wherein, The mounting bracket is horizontally movably mounted inside the housing, the mounting bracket drives the humidifying member to rotate, and the humidifying member has a receiving position that rotates to be close to the front panel and away from the front heat exchanger.

10. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 9, characterized in that, The lower end of the mounting bracket is rotatably mounted inside the housing.

11. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 8, characterized in that, The air conditioner wall-mounted unit further includes a driving device connected to the mounting bracket, and the driving device drives the mounting bracket to drive the humidifying member to reciprocate between the working position and the receiving position.

12. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 6, characterized in that, The humidifying member is movably mounted on the mounting bracket, and the humidifying member has a working state that unfolds to be close to the front heat exchanger and is inclined toward the front heat exchanger, and a storage state that is received at one end of the mounting bracket.

13. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 12, characterized in that, A film winding shaft is provided at one end of the mounting bracket; one end of the humidifying member is wound around the film winding shaft, and the other end of the humidifying member is slidably mounted on the mounting bracket, and the humidifying member has a storage state that is wound on the film winding shaft.

14. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 12, characterized in that, The humidifying member is foldably mounted on the mounting bracket, and the humidifying member has a storage state that is folded to one end of the mounting bracket.

15. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 14, characterized in that, The humidifying member has a plurality of humidifying sheets connected in sequence at the head and tail sides, and any two adjacent humidifying sheets are arranged in a V shape.

16. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 6, wherein, The humidifying member is made of a flexible material.

17. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 6, characterized in that, A water storage tank is provided below the water adding device.

18. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to claim 17, wherein The humidifying member is located above the water storage tank, and at least a part of the lower end of the humidifying member extends into the water storage tank.

19. The air conditioner wall-mounted machine according to claim 18, characterized in that, A water baffle is further provided inside the front panel, and the lower end of the water baffle extends toward the water storage tank.

20. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, The housing includes a rear back panel; the humidifying assembly is mounted between the rear back panel and the rear heat exchanger.

21. The wall-mounted air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, The housing includes a top plate, and the humidifying assembly is mounted between the top plate and the heat exchanger.

22. An air conditioner, characterized in that, It includes a wall-mounted air conditioner as described in any one of claims 1 to 21.

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