Floor-type air-conditioning indoor unit and air conditioner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air conditioners have limited air supply forms and ranges, and top air outlet structures in floor-type units tend to swing back and forth during movement, causing noise and inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
A floor-type air-conditioning indoor unit design featuring a top air outlet frame with a sliding plate and groove system that allows for up-down movement, preventing swinging and adjusting air supply range, combined with a fan assembly for airflow distribution and a driving device for position change.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a top air outlet structure is movably installed at the installation port to increase air supply range, then air supply flexibility is improved, but the top air outlet frame swings back and forth during movement causing noise and reliability issues
Solution Approach 1:
A sliding plate is introduced as an intermediary component between the top air outlet frame and the housing. The sliding plate is guided by a sliding groove to ensure stable linear movement, preventing the frame from swinging while maintaining mobility for adjustable air supply directions
Solution Approach 2:
The top air outlet frame is designed to be movable along a predetermined path defined by the sliding groove, allowing dynamic adjustment of air supply direction while the sliding plate ensures the movement remains controlled and stable without swinging
2Adaptability or versatility
If the top air outlet frame is made movable to adjust air supply range, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional guiding mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The guiding function is segmented from the main frame structure and implemented as a separate sliding groove feature on the housing. This modular approach allows the groove to be independently designed and manufactured, simplifying the overall structure while enabling frame movement
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of making the entire top air outlet structure complex and movable, the design fixes the housing with a sliding groove and allows only the necessary frame portion to move along this simple guide path, inverting the approach by using a fixed reference structure to enable controlled movement
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AI summary
A floor-type air-conditioning indoor unit and an air conditioner are provided. The indoor unit has a housing, a top air outlet frame and a fan assembly. The housing has an installation port where the top air outlet frame is installed. The top air outlet frame is movable in an up-down direction and has a lower port and a front port. The fan assembly blows airflow from the air inlet to the lower port and out from the front port of the top air outlet frame. One of the top air outlet frame and the housing is provided with a sliding plate extending in the up-down direction, and the other is provided with a sliding groove engaging the sliding plate. A length of the sliding plate is longer than or equal to a maximum trip of the top air outlet frame in the up-down direction.