Patent Application
20220205652
The present invention relates to the technical field of window air conditioners, and particularly to an auxiliary mounting device and mounting method for a saddle-type window air conditioner.
A saddle-type window air conditioner usually includes an indoor part, an outdoor part, and a connecting part. The connecting part is used to connect the indoor part with the outdoor part. The outdoor part and the indoor part are located on the same side of the connecting part. The whole window air conditioner is shaped into an inverted U-shaped structure. After the saddle-type window air conditioner is mounted to a window, the connecting part is located on the window, and both the indoor part and the outdoor part are located below the window, which can prevent the window air conditioner from blocking the sunlight. At present, saddle-type window air conditioners become more and more popular among consumers.
Due to a specific structure of the saddle-type window air conditioner, when the window air conditioner is moved to the window and descends onto the window, the window air conditioner is very likely to descend suddenly to generate a relatively strong impact between the connecting part and the window to further damage the connecting part as well as pipelines, devices, etc., therein. The above information disclosed in the background art is only used to understand the background art of the present application better, and thus may include information that does not constitute the prior art known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
For the risk in the prior art that a saddle-type window air conditioner descends suddenly in a mounting process, the present invention provides an auxiliary mounting device for a saddle-type window air conditioner, so that under the action of a damping component, the saddle-type window air conditioner can descend slowly in the mounting process. The auxiliary mounting device is simple in structure and convenient to operate.
In order to achieve the foregoing invention objective, the present invention is implemented through the following technical solutions:
The present invention provides an auxiliary mounting device for a saddle-type window air conditioner. The saddle-type window air conditioner includes an indoor part located on an indoor side, an outdoor part located on an outdoor side, and a connecting part located on a window. A first end of the connecting part is connected with the indoor part, and a second end of the connecting part is connected with the outdoor part. The auxiliary mounting device includes: a base, located below the connecting part and forming a certain distance from the connecting part; and two damping components. One of the damping components is disposed at the first end of the connecting part, and end portions thereof are connected with the base and the indoor part respectively. The other of the damping components is disposed at the second end of the connecting part, and end portions thereof are connected with the base and the outdoor part respectively. The connecting part moves gradually towards a direction close to the base with stretching of the two damping components.
In order to guide the damping components to move, a guide portion is disposed on the connecting part, and the damping components are partially disposed in the guide portion.
As an embodiment, the damping components include elastic ropes and a depression bar. One of the elastic ropes is disposed at the first end of the connecting part, and end portions thereof are connected with the base and the indoor part respectively. The other of the elastic ropes is disposed at the second end of the connecting part, and end portions thereof are connected with the base and the outdoor part respectively. The depression bar is connected with the connecting part, and the elastic ropes are pressed between the depression bar and the connecting part.
In order to limit the elastic ropes, the depression bar is disposed at a middle position on an upper surface of the connecting part along a length direction of the connecting part, pits are formed at two ends of the depression bar respectively, and the elastic ropes are pressed between the pits and the upper surface of the connecting part.
Further, fixed sheets are disposed on a back plate of the indoor part and a back plate of the outdoor part respectively, first fixing holes are formed in the fixed sheets, and the elastic ropes pass through and are disposed in the first fixing holes. The base is located above the fixed sheets.
Further, second fixing holes are formed in four corners of the base respectively, and the end portions of the elastic ropes are connected with the second fixing holes.
As another embodiment, the damping components include rope components and a depression bar, and the rope components include springs and ropes disposed at two ends of the springs. The spring on one of the rope components is disposed at the first end of the connecting part, and end portions of the ropes are connected with the base and the indoor part. The spring on the other of the rope components is disposed at the second end of the connecting part, and the end portions of the ropes are connected with the base and the outdoor part. The depression bar is connected with the connecting part, and the springs are pressed between the depression bar and the connecting part.
As another embodiment, the damping components include ropes and descent control devices connected with the ropes. The descent control device on one of the damping components is disposed at the first end of the connecting part, and end portions of the rope are connected with the base and the indoor part. The descent control device on the other of the damping components is disposed at the second end of the connecting part, and end portions of the rope are connected with the base and the outdoor part.
As another embodiment, the damping components include first ropes, second ropes, and damping rotating shafts, and the first ropes and the second ropes are wound on the damping rotating shafts in opposite directions. The damping rotating shaft on one of the damping components is disposed at the first end of the connecting part, and end portions of the first ropes and the second ropes are connected with the base and the indoor part respectively. The damping rotating shaft on the other of the damping components is disposed at the second end of the connecting part, and the end portions of the first ropes and the second ropes are connected with the base and the outdoor part.
The present invention further provides a mounting method for mounting a saddle-type window air conditioner using the above-mentioned auxiliary mounting device for the saddle-type window air conditioner. The mounting method includes: mounting one of the damping components to the first end of the connecting part, end portions of the damping component being connected with the base and the indoor part; mounting the other of the damping components to the second end of the connecting part, the end portions of the damping component being connected with the base and the outdoor part; moving the saddle-type window air conditioner to a window together with the base and the two damping components, and placing the base on the window, the indoor part being located on an indoor side, and the outdoor part being located on an outdoor side; and causing the connecting part to move gradually towards a direction close to the base with stretching of the damping components.
Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages and beneficial effects:
The present invention provides an auxiliary mounting device and a mounting method for a saddle-type window air conditioner. The auxiliary mounting device includes the base and two damping components. The base is located below the connecting part, and forms the certain distance from the connecting part. One of the damping components is disposed at the end, close to the indoor part, of the connecting part, and the end portions thereof are connected with the base and the indoor part respectively. The other of the damping components is disposed at the end, close to the outdoor part, of the connecting part, and the end portions thereof are connected with the base and the outdoor part respectively. During mounting, the two damping components are mounted to the connecting part at first, then the two ends of each damping component is connected with the base, the indoor part and the outdoor part respectively, and then the saddle-type window air conditioner is moved to the window together with the auxiliary mounting device, and the base is located on the window. The saddle-type window air conditioner moves downwards under the action of gravity to stretch the damping components, and under the action of the damping components, the connecting part moves gradually toward the direction close to the base, so that the saddle-type window air conditioner descends slowly. The auxiliary mounting device is simple in structure and convenient to operate. After reading specific implementation manners of the present invention in combination with the accompanying drawings, other features and advantages of the present invention will be clearer.
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or in the prior art clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present invention, and those of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
In the figures: 10 denotes an auxiliary mounting device; 111 denotes an elastic rope; 112 denotes a spring; 113 denotes a rope; 114 denotes a descent control device; 115 denotes a damping rotating shaft; 116 denotes a first rope; 117 denotes a second rope; 118 denotes a depression bar; 1181 denotes a pit; 12 denotes a base; 121 denotes a second fixing hole; 20 denotes a saddle-type window air conditioner; 21 denotes an indoor part; 211 denotes a back plate of the indoor part; 22 denotes a connecting part; 221 denotes a first end of the connecting part; 222 denotes a second end of the connecting part; 23 denotes an outdoor part; 231 denotes a back plate of the outdoor part; 24 denotes a fixing piece; 241 denotes a first fixing hole;
W denotes a width direction of the connecting part; L denotes a length direction of the connecting part; and d denotes a distance between the connecting part and the base.
In order to make objectives, technical solutions and advantages of embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are parts of embodiments rather than all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It is to be noted that, in the descriptions of the present invention, the terms “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inner”, “outer”, and the like indicating the direction or position relationships are based on the direction or position relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, which is only for the convenience of description, and does not indicate or imply that the devices or elements must be in specific orientations or structured and operated in specific orientations, and thus should not be understood as limits to the present invention. In addition, terms “first” and “second” are used for description only, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance.
The present invention discloses an auxiliary mounting device for a saddle-type window air conditioner, which is applied to a mounting process of the saddle-type window air conditioner. Referring to
To facilitate the description below, the end, close to the indoor part, of the connecting part 22 is defined as a first end 221 of the connecting part, the end, close to the outdoor part, of the connecting part 22 is defined as a second end 222 of the connecting part, and a length direction L of the connecting part is defined to be from the first end 221 of the connecting part to the second end 222 of the connecting part.
The auxiliary mounting device 10 includes a base 12 and two damping components of the same structure. The base 12 is located below the connecting part 22, and forms a certain distance d from the connecting part 22. One damping component is disposed at the first end 221 of the connecting part, and end portions of the damping component are connected with the base 12 and the indoor part 22 respectively. The other damping component is disposed at the second end 222 of the connecting part, and end portions of the damping component are connected with the base 12 and the outdoor part 23 respectively. Referring to
A guide portion (not shown in the figures) is disposed on the connecting part 22, and the damping components are partially disposed in the guide portion, so that the damping components are prevented from being deviated in a stretching process, and move more smoothly. The guide portion can be a guide element disposed on an upper surface and/or a sidewall of the connecting part 22, a guide hole is formed in the guide element, the damping components pass through and are disposed in the guide hole, and the damping components are stretched reciprocally along the guide hole. Alternatively, the guide portion can be a groove formed in the upper surface and/or the sidewall of the connecting part 22, the damping components are partially disposed in the groove, and the damping components are stretched reciprocally along the groove.
After the auxiliary mounting device 10 is fixedly mounted to the saddle-type window air conditioner 20, a lower surface of the base 12 is retracted into a lower is surface of the indoor part 21 and a lower surface of the outdoor part 23, so that a low-height inverted U-shaped structure is formed between the base 12 and the indoor part 21 and outdoor part 23. When the saddle-type window air type 20 is placed on the window together with the base 12 and the damping components, the low-height inverted U-shaped structure plays a certain role in positioning and clamping, that is, the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 are preliminarily positioned and clamped on the window, and when the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 moves downwards under the action of gravity, it can be ensured that, after descending, the indoor part 21 is located on the indoor side and may not generate movement interferences to the window, and the outdoor part 23 is located on the outdoor side and may not generate movement interferences to the window.
The present invention provides four embodiments of the auxiliary mounting device for a saddle-type window air conditioner. In the first embodiment, the damping components include elastic ropes 111 and a depression bar 118. In the second embodiment, the damping components include rope components and the depression bar 118, and the rope components include springs 112 and ropes 113 disposed at two ends of the springs 112. In the third embodiment, the damping components include ropes 113 and descent control devices 114 connected with the ropes 113. In the fourth embodiment, the damping components include first ropes 116, second ropes 117 and damping rotating shafts 115, and the first ropes 116 and the second ropes 117 are wound on the damping rotating shafts 115 in opposite directions. The four embodiments will be described below in detail one by one.
Referring to
When the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 moves downwards under the action of gravity, the elastic ropes 111 are stressed and stretched, and a tensile force of the elastic ropes 111 reacts on the saddle-type window air conditioner 20, so that the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 descends slowly. With continuous stretching of the elastic ropes 111, the distance d between the base 12 and the lower surface of the connecting part 22 is gradually reduced until the base 12 abuts against the lower surface of the connecting part 22. For the retractable connecting part 22, a length size of the connecting part 22 is readjusted to be adapted to a corresponding window size.
There may be two depression bars 118, and each depression bar 118 is used to press one elastic rope 111. Alternatively, there may be one depression bar 118. In the embodiment, there is one depression bar. As a preferred embodiment, the depression bar 118 is disposed at a middle position of the connecting part 22 along the length direction L of the connecting part. In order to conveniently limit the elastic ropes 111, pits 1181 are formed in two ends of the depression bar 118 respectively. Referring to
Fixed sheets 24 are disposed on a back plate 211 of the indoor part and a back plate 221 of the outdoor part respectively, first fixing holes 241 are formed in the fixed sheets 24, and end portions of the elastic ropes 111 pass through and are disposed in the first fixing holes 241. The base 12 is located above the fixed sheets 24, so as to avoid movement interferences of the fixed sheets to the base 12 in a descending process of the saddle-type window air conditioner 20. In addition, the fixed sheets 24 should be not too large, so as to avoid movement interferences of the fixed sheets 24 to descending of the saddle-type window air conditioner 20.
Second fixing holes 121 are formed in four corners of the base 12 respectively, and the end portions of the elastic ropes 111 are fixedly connected with the second fixing holes 121. During mounting, the end portions of the elastic ropes 111 penetrate into the first fixing holes 241 at first, then penetrate into the second fixing holes 121, and then the end portions of the elastic ropes 111 are wound and knotted at the second fixing holes 121, so as to prevent the elastic ropes 111 from falling off from the first fixing holes 241 and the second fixing holes 121.
When the elastic ropes 111 simultaneously penetrate into the first fixing holes 241 and the second fixing holes 121, the elastic ropes 111 are preferably in a vertical state in an up-down direction, so that acting forces on the base 12 and the fixing holes 24 can be reduced when the elastic ropes 111 are stretched and deformed, thereby improving the reliability of the device.
Preferably, concave portions (not shown in the figures) are formed in four corners of the lower surface of the connecting part 22. When the connecting part 22 descends to be close to the base 12, knotted positions of the end portions of the elastic ropes 111 are just in the concave portions, so that the base 12 can fit closely with the lower surface of the connecting part 22, and the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 mounted on the window is more stable and beautiful.
The size of the base 12 is set to be no greater than the size of the lower surface of the connecting part 22, so that when the connecting part 22 descends to abut against the base 12, it can be ensured that the base 12 is not exposed, which is more attractive in appearance.
In the second embodiment, the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment, connecting structures between the end portions of the damping components and the base 12, the indoor part 21, and the outdoor part 23 are the same. Therefore, elaborations are omitted, and only differences among them are described.
Referring to
When the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 moves downwards under the action of gravity, the springs 112 are stressed and stretched, and a tensile force of the springs 112 reacts on the saddle-type window air conditioner 20, so that the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 descends slowly. With continuous stretching of the springs 112, the distance d between the base 12 and the lower surface of the connecting part 22 is gradually reduced until the base 12 abuts against the lower surface of the connecting part 22. For the retractable connecting part 22, the length size of the connecting part 22 is readjusted to be adapted to the corresponding window size.
Referring to
When the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 moves downwards under the action of gravity, the ropes 113 extend out slowly under the action of the descent control devices 114, and as the ropes 113 extend out continuously, the distance d between the base 12 and the lower surface of the connecting part 22 is gradually reduced, so that the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 descends slowly until the base 12 abuts against the lower surface of the connecting part 22. For the retractable connecting part 22, a length size of the connecting part 22 is readjusted to be adapted to a corresponding window size.
Referring to
When the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 moves downwards under the action of gravity, the first ropes 116 and the second ropes 117 spin out slowly under the action of the damping rotating shafts 115, and as the first ropes 116 and the second ropes 117 spin out continuously, the distance d between the base 12 and the lower surface of the connecting part 22 is gradually reduced, so that the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 descends slowly until the base 12 abuts against the lower surface of the connecting part 22. For the retractable connecting part 22, the length size of the connecting part 22 is readjusted to be adapted to the corresponding window size.
A mounting method for an auxiliary mounting device for a saddle-type window air conditioner includes:
mounting one damping component to a first end 221 of a connecting part, end portions of the damping component being connected with a base 12 and an indoor part 22;
mounting the other damping component to a second end 222 of the connecting part, end portions of the damping component being connected with the base 12 and an outdoor part 23;
moving the saddle-type window air conditioner 20 to a window together with the auxiliary mounting device 10, and placing the base 12 on the window, the indoor part 21 being located on an indoor side, and the outdoor part 23 being located on an outdoor side; and
causing the connecting part 22 to gradually move towards a direction close to the base 12 with stretching of the damping components.
It should be illustrated finally that, the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention is illustrated in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that, modifications may still be made on the technical solutions recited in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent replacements are made on part of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions break away from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the various embodiments of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201910353186.1 | Apr 2019 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2020/083986 | 4/9/2020 | WO | 00 |
