Telescoping curtain for window-type air conditioner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telescoping curtains for window-type air conditioners suffer from poor heat insulation due to seams between components, complex installation processes, foam damage, and the need for custom-cut foam, leading to inconvenient operation and reduced service life.
Innovation Solution
A telescoping curtain comprising a plurality of hollow, long columns with frameworks and rotating arms that form a frame structure, allowing for telescoping and folding, and featuring internal partitions for a multi-layer heat-insulating structure, integrated extrusion molding, and a heat-insulating coating, with air or porous fillers for enhanced insulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If foam is used for heat insulation in existing telescoping curtains, then heat insulation effect is achieved, but the foam is prone to damage and deformation which shortens service life
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the foam insulation layer from the telescoping curtain structure entirely. The hollow telescoping units themselves provide the insulation function through their air-filled cavities, eliminating the need for separate foam components that are prone to damage and deformation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the insulation mechanism from relying on foam material properties to utilizing the physical structure of hollow units. The air-filled hollow cavities provide thermal insulation without the degradation issues associated with foam materials.
2Adaptability or versatility
If foam is cut according to actual width for installation, then the telescoping curtain fits the installation space, but the operation becomes inconvenient and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The telescoping units can dynamically adjust their length by telescoping in and out, allowing the curtain to adapt to different installation widths without requiring custom cutting. The hollow units slide relative to each other to provide size adjustment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized hollow telescoping units serve multiple functions: they provide structural support, enable telescoping motion, and provide thermal insulation. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate foam components and simplifies installation.
3Ease of manufacture
If seams are present between telescoping curtain and frame, then the structure can be assembled, but heat insulation effect deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the insulation function directly into the telescoping units themselves through their hollow structure. This merging of structural and insulating functions eliminates the need for separate foam components and reduces the number of assembly interfaces, thereby improving heat insulation while maintaining assembly capability.
4Reliability
If multiple separate components (telescoping curtain and foam) are used, then heat insulation function is achieved, but installation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the telescoping curtain structure and heat insulation into a single integrated system. The hollow telescoping units themselves provide the insulation function, eliminating the need for separate foam components and simplifying the overall installation process.
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
The solution provides improved heat insulation, simplifies installation, reduces assembly complexity, and extends the service life by using a foldable, hollow grid structure with integrated heat insulation and space partitioning, overcoming the limitations of previous designs.
Implementation Method 1
The hollow telescoping units are uniformly provided with a plurality of partitions to form a uniformly layered two-layer or multi-layer heat-insulating hollow structure
Data Source
AI summary
The utility model discloses a telescoping curtain for a window-type air conditioner, comprised of a plurality of continuously arrayed telescoping units; frameworks are respectively arranged on two sides of each one of the telescoping units, and four rotating arms are disposed between every two adjacent frameworks; each one of the frameworks is provided with a first rotating arm and a second rotating arm toward one side, and a third rotating arm and a fourth rotating arm toward the other side; the first rotating arms is connected with the third rotating arm of the next framework, and the second rotating arms is connected with the fourth rotating arm of the next framework. The telescoping unit is internally provided with a plurality of partitions to form a dual-layer or multi-layer heat-insulating hollow structure. The utility model integrates the structures and components for conducting support, heat insulation, and connection functions well.