This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application Serial No. 201920901390.8, entitled “a mounting plate” and filed with National Intellectual Property Administration of PRC on Jun. 14, 2019, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of air conditioners, and more particularly to a mounting plate for an air conditioner.
A mounting plate for an indoor unit of a conventional wall-mounted air conditioner has relatively complicated mounting procedures, an aspect of which is reflected in usage of measuring tools such as a tape, a ruler, etc., in order for positioning the mounting plate in a left-and-right direction and in an up-and-down direction.
In view of deficiencies and defects of the related art, the present disclosure proposes a mounting plate having a marking structure. The marking structure includes a plurality of through holes and a scale mark, the plurality of through holes are arranged at the mounting plate in a predetermined direction sequentially, and the scale mark corresponds to the plurality of through holes to determine a distance between at least some the plurality of through holes.
With the mounting plate with the scale mark and the through holes, distance measuring and preliminary positioning in an up-and-down direction and a left-and-right direction can be achieved without using a measuring tool such as a tape, a ruler, etc., such that mounting steps are simplified to some extent, labor intensity is reduced, and mounting efficiency is improved.
In some embodiments, the marking structure includes an up-down mark and a left-right mark. The up-down mark includes a plurality of through holes arranged at intervals in the up-and-down direction, and the left-right mark includes a plurality of through holes arranged at intervals in the left-and-right direction.
In some embodiments, the plurality of through holes of the up-down mark are arranged at equal intervals or at unequal intervals in the up-and-down direction, and the plurality of through holes of the left-right mark are arranged at equal intervals or at unequal intervals in the left-and-right direction.
In some embodiments, the up-down mark is disposed at a center position of the mounting plate in the left-and-right direction, one through hole of the left-right mark is aligned with the up-down mark in the up-and-down direction, and the remaining through holes of the left-right mark are arranged at left and right sides of the one through hole.
In some embodiments, the scale mark includes a first indication line extending in the up-and-down direction, the first indication line is connected between any two adjacent through holes of the up-down mark; and/or the scale mark further includes a second indication line extending in the left-and-right direction, the second indication line is connected between any two adjacent through holes of the left-right mark.
In some embodiments, the marking structure includes a vertical direction mark, and the vertical direction mark is formed as an arrow pointing to an upper edge of the mounting plate.
In some embodiments, the marking structure further includes a horizontal direction mark, the horizontal direction mark is disposed at a lower left portion of the mounting plate and includes an arrow shape pointing to a left edge of the mounting plate; and/or the horizontal direction mark is disposed at a lower right portion of the mounting plate and includes an arrow shape pointing to a right edge of the mounting plate.
In some embodiments, the scale mark is a protrusion structure or a recess structure formed on a surface of the mounting plate.
mounting plate 100; marking structure 10, through hole 1; scale mark 2; first indication line 21; second indication line 22; up-down mark 3; left-right mark 4; vertical direction mark 5; horizontal direction mark 6; left side edge 7 of the mounting plate; horizontal reference 20; wall hole 30.
Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail and examples of the embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings, where same or similar reference numerals are used to indicate same or similar members or members with same or similar functions. The embodiments described herein with reference to drawings are explanatory, illustrative, and used to generally understand the present disclosure. The embodiments shall not be construed to limit the present disclosure.
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The purpose of providing the through holes 1 in the mounting plate 100 is mainly for marking. For example, when the mounting plate 100 is moved by a predetermined distance in the predetermined direction, a mark can be made in one through hole 1 when in an initial position (a specific marking method can be achieved by using a pen or plaster), a corresponding through hole 1 in the mounting plate 100 deduced by means of the scale mark 2 can be moved to the mark, such that the mounting plate 100 is entirely moved by the predetermined distance in the predetermined direction.
It should note that, the predetermined direction means that the up-and-down direction, the left-and-right direction and a slanted direction all can serve as a moving direction of the mounting plate 100, assuming that the mounting plate 100 is planar and parallel to a wall, which specifically depends on actual situations. In a general situation, the predetermined direction refers to the up-and-down direction and the left-and-right direction.
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Likewise, in an embodiment illustrated in
With the mounting plate having the scale mark 2 and the through holes 1, distance measuring and preliminary positioning in the up-and-down direction and the left-and-right direction can be achieved without using a measuring tool such as a tape, a ruler, etc., such that mounting steps are simplified to some extent, labor intensity is reduced, and mounting efficiency is improved.
Generally, in a practical application, the mounting pate 100 for the air conditioner is generally positioned in the up-and-down direction and the left-and-right direction, such that a position of the indoor unit for the air conditioner on an indoor wall is determined. In some embodiments, the marking structure 10 of the mounting plate 100 for the air conditioner may be a grid structure with latitude and longitude lines, similar to a go board. A plurality of through holes 1 at equal intervals are arranged at a centerline of the mounting plate 100 for the air conditioner in the left-and-right direction, and distances from the edge of the mounting plate 100 to the horizontal reference 20 and to the center of the wall hole 30 are marked by the scale mark 2 arranged beside the through holes 1. When positioning the mounting plate 100, the initial position thereof is first determined, and the through hole 1 is marked, and then more accurate positioning is performed according to the latitude and longitude lines on the grid.
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The provision of the up-down mark 3 and the left-right mark 4 is mainly intended to position the mounting plate 100 in the up-and-down direction and in the left-and-right direction. At least one through hole 1 is designed to serve as a mark, thereby serving as a reference of movement.
Additionally, the plurality of through holes 1 of the up-down mark 3 are arranged at equal intervals or at unequal intervals in the up-and-down direction, and the plurality of through holes 1 of the left-right mark 4 are arranged at equal intervals or at unequal intervals in the left-and-right direction. The embodiment illustrated in
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The through holes 1 for the left-right mark 4 may be symmetrically distributed at the left and right sides of the up-down mark 3, and alternatively they may also be asymmetrically distributed at the left and right sides of the up-down mark 3, which can be specifically determined according to actual situation.
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At a second step as illustrated in Fig. (b), the mounting plate 100 is then moved rightwards until the through hole 1 of the left-right mark 4 having a scale of zero coincides with the marking. At this point, a positioning process in the left-and-right direction is completed.
Furthermore, in practical application, when the mounting plate is fixed in the left-and-right direction, only the positioning of the mounting plate 100 in the up-and-down direction can be performed; when the mounting plate is fixed in the up-and-down direction, only the positioning of the mounting plate 100 in the left-and-right direction can be performed. The positioning in the up-and-down direction can be performed prior to the positioning in the left-and-right direction, or the positioning in the left-and-right direction can be performed prior to the positioning in the up-and-down direction.
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Furthermore, the scale mark 2 includes a second indication line 22, the second indication line 22 extends in the left-and-right direction, and the second indication line 22 is connected between any two adjacent through holes 1 of the left-right mark 4.
In order for aesthetics and markedness, the first indication line 21 and the second indication line 22 are provided to connect the through holes 1 of the up-down mark 3 and the left-right mark 4, such that the marking structure 10 looks more standard.
The marking structure 10 includes a vertical direction mark 5, and the vertical direction mark 5 is formed as an arrow pointing to an upper edge of the mounting plate 100. Generally, the vertical direction mark 5 can remind a mounting worker that the up-down mark 3 near it is used to perform downward positioning, and it points to a direction of the horizontal reference 20.
Likewise, in order to remind the mounting worker, referring to
In other embodiments, if only one of the leftward positioning and the rightward positioning of the mounting pate 100 in the left-and-right direction is needed, then only the lower left portion or the lower right portion of the mounting plate 100 may be provided with the arrow shape for reminder.
Additionally, the scale mark 2 is a protrusion structure or a recess structure formed on a surface of the mounting plate 100. The scale mark 2 and the mounting plate 100 are usually directly produced by stamping, such that the cost can be reduced, and massive production is easy to achieve, and the production efficiency can be improved.
Reference throughout this specification to “an embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “an example,” “a specific example,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the phrases in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples. In addition, without conflicting, various embodiments or examples or features of various embodiments or examples described in the present specification may be combined by those skilled in the art.
Although explanatory embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments cannot be construed to limit the present disclosure, and changes, alternatives, and modifications can be made in the embodiments without departing from spirit, principles and scope of the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201920901390.8 | Jun 2019 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2019/103824 | 8/30/2019 | WO | 00 |