US 12,235,011 B2
Indoor unit apparatus of split-type air conditioner and method for using the same
Bin Yang, Tianjin (CN); Bin Zhou, Tianjin (CN); and Xiao Wang, Tianjin (CN)
Assigned to TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY, Tianjin (CN); and XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, Xi'an (CN)
Filed by TIANJIN CHENGJIAN UNIVERSITY, Tianjin (CN); and XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, Xi 'An (CN)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,185.
Claims priority of application No. 202110876140.5 (CN), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032000 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 13/14 (2006.01); F24F 1/0003 (2019.01); F24F 1/0041 (2019.01); F24F 1/0073 (2019.01); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F24F 13/22 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 13/14 (2013.01) [F24F 1/0003 (2013.01); F24F 1/0041 (2019.02); F24F 1/0073 (2019.02); F24F 8/22 (2021.01); F24F 13/222 (2013.01); F24F 2013/227 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indoor unit apparatus of a split-type air conditioner, comprising: an internally hollow housing (1), and an interior of the housing (1) from top to down being sequentially disposed with an air return region, a heat exchange region, and an air supply region;
wherein an air return louver (2) is arranged on the housing (1) corresponding to the air return region, and a blower (4) is arranged in the air return region;
wherein a separator (9) is arranged horizontally in the air supply region, and an air duct (10) is arranged vertically in the air supply region; a baffle (13) is arranged on the separator (9), an opening angle of the baffle (13) is adjustable, and a connecting hole is arranged in a middle of the baffle (13); the air duct (10) comprises a straight pipe section and a tapered pipe section, an end of the straight pipe section is connected to the connecting hole, a tapered edge of the tapered pipe section is connected to a bottom edge of the housing (1); and an air supply louver (11) is arranged on the housing (1) corresponding to the air supply region, and a slidable orifice plate (12) is arranged on an inner side of the air supply louver (11);
wherein a coiled pipe (6), a concave orifice plate (7) and a condensate tray (8) are horizontally arranged in the heat exchange region;
wherein an outlet and an inlet of the coiled pipe (6) are located on the same side, and a bottom of the coiled pipe (6) is connected to the concave orifice plate (7);
wherein the concave orifice plate (7) is in contact with an inner wall of the housing (1), a plurality of holes are arranged in a middle portion of a bottom of the concave orifice plate (7), and the plurality of holes are just aligned with the condensate tray (8); and
wherein a gap exists between the condensate tray (8) and the inner wall of the housing (1) and is configured to facilitate flowing of air therethrough, a bottom of the condensate tray (8) is provided with a condensate water outlet pipe (14), and the condensate water outlet pipe (14) extends outside the housing (1) through the air duct (10).