Rotating Auxiliary Air Outlets for Precise Air Conditioner Airflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air conditioners lack the ability to finely control the orientation and movement of airflow from auxiliary air outlets without losing airflow force, which is essential for creating a pleasant indoor temperature environment.
Innovation Solution
The air conditioner incorporates a structural body with a wind direction plate and auxiliary housings that allow for the rotation of auxiliary air outlets, enabling precise control of airflow direction and movement by adjusting the position and orientation of these outlets relative to the main air outlet, using separate blower fans to manage airflow speed and direction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If auxiliary air outlets are added to blow out indoor air, then the ability to control airflow orientation and movement is improved, but the complexity of the device structure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The air outlet system is segmented into a main air outlet for cool/warm air and auxiliary air outlets for indoor air, allowing independent control of each airflow path. The auxiliary housings are separable components that can be independently adjusted, enabling fine control of airflow orientation without complicating the overall device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The auxiliary housings are designed to be rotatable around a horizontal shaft, providing dynamic adjustment capability. This allows the auxiliary air outlets to change orientation according to different operational requirements, enhancing airflow control versatility while maintaining a relatively simple fixed structure for the main body.
2Ease of operation
If auxiliary housings are made rotatable to adjust airflow direction, then airflow orientation control is improved, but the reliability of the structure decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary housings are designed to be rotatable around a horizontal shaft, providing dynamic adjustment capability. This allows the auxiliary air outlets to change orientation according to different operational requirements, enhancing airflow control versatility while maintaining a relatively simple fixed structure for the main body.
Solution Approach 2:
The air outlet system is segmented into a main air outlet for cool/warm air and auxiliary air outlets for indoor air, allowing independent control of each airflow path. The auxiliary housings are separable components that can be independently adjusted, enabling fine control of airflow orientation without complicating the overall device structure.
3Force
If the distance from the shaft line to the auxiliary air outlet is increased, then the airflow force is maintained, but the ability to control airflow orientation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary housings are designed to be rotatable around a horizontal shaft, providing dynamic adjustment capability. This allows the auxiliary air outlets to change orientation according to different operational requirements, enhancing airflow control versatility while maintaining a relatively simple fixed structure for the main body.
Solution Approach 2:
The distance parameter L1 from the shaft line to the auxiliary air outlet is specifically set to be longer than distance L3 from the shaft line to the main air outlet. This parameter optimization maintains airflow force while the rotatable design ensures orientation control capability is preserved.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration effectively maintains airflow force and allows for efficient temperature regulation by directing cool or warm air to desired locations within a room, enhancing the indoor temperature environment while avoiding collisions and ensuring the auxiliary outlets are not damaged during installation.
Implementation Method 1
The centrifugal fan can allow the airflow to sufficiently pass through the dust collection filter having high air resistance
Implementation Method 2
blows out cool air or warm air that is heat-exchanged by a heat exchanger from an air outlet
Data Source
AI summary
An aspect of the present invention relates to an air conditioner which is provided with a structural body, a wind direction plate, and auxiliary housings. The structural body forms an air outlet that extends in a horizontal direction and blows out a cool or warm airflow which is generated by a heat exchanger on a downward-facing surface which is continuous downward from a front surface, and includes one pair of wall bodies which are fixed to be immovable with respect to the air outlet on both sides of the first air outlet. The wind direction plate is disposed in the air outlet and is supported by the structural body to be freely rotatable around a horizontal shaft line. The auxiliary housings are attached to an outer wall surface of the wall body to be freely rotatable around a horizontal shaft on both sides of the air outlet, and form an auxiliary air outlet which blows out taken-in indoor air. Furthermore, a distance L1 from an imaginary shaft line to the auxiliary air outlet is set to be longer than a distance L3 from the imaginary shaft line to the air outlet of the structural body.