阅读说明：本技术 风道清扫机构和空调器 (Air duct cleaning mechanism and air conditioner ) 是由 陈伟 李松 竺熔 穆亚林 于 2020-05-19 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供了一种风道清扫机构和空调器,涉及空调技术领域。空调器包括风道清扫机构,风道清扫机构包括齿条、电机、第一齿轮和清扫组件,齿条用于安装在风道壁上；第一齿轮与所述齿条啮合,电机与所述第一齿轮传动连接,以驱动所述第一齿轮；清扫组件连接在所述第一齿轮上、可随所述第一齿轮移动。这样,通过驱动第一齿轮转动,就可以使第一齿轮在齿条上移动,同时第一齿轮带动清扫组件对空调内部进行清扫,特别是对空调的风道壁进行清扫。采用本实施例提供的风道清扫机构,对空调内部进行清扫,不需要拆开空调的外壳,也不需要专职清扫人员人工作业,直接电动控制第一齿轮转动即可,省时省力,提高了用户使用的舒适度和满意度。(The invention provides an air duct cleaning mechanism and an air conditioner, and relates to the technical field of air conditioners. The air conditioner comprises an air duct cleaning mechanism, the air duct cleaning mechanism comprises a rack, a motor, a first gear and a cleaning assembly, and the rack is used for being installed on the wall of an air duct; a first gear is meshed with the rack, and a motor is in transmission connection with the first gear to drive the first gear; the sweeping assembly is connected to the first gear and can move along with the first gear. Therefore, the first gear can move on the rack by driving the first gear to rotate, and meanwhile, the first gear drives the cleaning assembly to clean the interior of the air conditioner, particularly the air duct wall of the air conditioner. Adopt the wind channel that this embodiment provided to clean the mechanism, clean the air conditioner inside, need not unpack apart the shell of air conditioner, also need not the full-time personnel manual work that cleans, direct electric control first gear rotate can, labour saving and time saving has improved comfort level and the satisfaction that the user used.)

1. The utility model provides an air duct cleaning mechanism which characterized in that, air duct cleaning mechanism includes:

a rack (131) for mounting on the air duct wall (111);

a first gear (170) engaged with the rack (131);

the motor (190) is in transmission connection with the first gear (170) to drive the first gear (170) to move along the rack (131);

a sweeping assembly (140) connected to the first gear (170) and movable with the first gear (170).

2. The air duct sweeping mechanism of claim 1, wherein the sweeping assembly (140) includes:

a housing (141) movable with the first gear (170);

a brush mounted on the housing (141).

3. The air duct sweeping mechanism of claim 2, wherein the first gear (170) includes:

a circular gear (171) engaged with the rack (131);

a first bevel gear (172) disposed coaxially with the circular gear (171);

and the second bevel gear (180) is sleeved on the output shaft of the motor (190), and the second bevel gear (180) is meshed with the first bevel gear (172).

4. The air duct sweeping mechanism of claim 3, comprising:

one end of the connecting rod (200) is hinged to the brush, and the other end of the connecting rod (200) is hinged to the eccentric position of the second bevel gear (180).

5. The air duct sweeping mechanism of claim 4, wherein the brush includes:

the air duct brush (150) is slidably mounted on the shell (141), and the air duct brush (150) is hinged with one end of the connecting rod (200);

a wind wheel brush (160) mounted on the housing (141).

6. The air duct cleaning mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the housing (141) is provided with a first guide groove (144), the air duct brush (150) is provided with a guide post (151), and the guide post (151) is slidably disposed in the first guide groove (144).

7. The air duct sweeping mechanism of claim 2, comprising:

the limiting column (210), one end slidable of limiting column (210) connect in wind channel wall (111), limiting column (210) with casing (141) fixed connection.

8. The air duct sweeping mechanism according to claim 7, wherein the air duct wall (111) and the rack (131) are disposed at an interval to form a second guide groove (220), and one end of the limiting column (210) is slidably disposed in the second guide groove (220).

9. The air duct sweeping mechanism according to claim 2, wherein a dust suction port is formed in the housing (141), and the dust suction port is located on the housing (141) near the air duct wall (111) or the axial flow wind wheel (120).

10. The air duct sweeping mechanism of claim 9, comprising:

and one end of the air suction pipe (147) is communicated with the shell (141), and the other end of the air suction pipe (147) is connected with an air suction pump.

11. The air duct cleaning mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the air duct brush (150) has an arc-shaped structure, the outer arc surface of the air duct brush (150) is used for cleaning the surface of the air duct wall (111), the wind wheel brush (160) has an arc-shaped structure, and the inner arc surface of the wind wheel brush (160) is used for cleaning the axial flow wind wheel (120).

12. An air conditioner, characterized in that the air conditioner comprises the air duct sweeping mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 11.

13. The air conditioner according to claim 12, wherein the rack (131) extends along a length direction of the air duct wall (111).

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an air duct cleaning mechanism and an air conditioner.

Background

The long-term use of air conditioner can gather a large amount of dust and bacterium on parts such as the inside wind channel wall of air conditioner, axial compressor wind wheel, be unfavorable for when ventilating, more be unfavorable for human health, consequently, the air conditioner needs often to wash. However, in the related art, the air duct wall and the axial flow wind wheel of the air conditioner are mostly required to be manually cleaned, and a dedicated cleaning person is generally required to be informed to clean the air duct wall and the axial flow wind wheel. In order to clean the air conditioner, the shell of the air conditioner needs to be opened, and after cleaning, the components such as the shell need to be reassembled, so that time and labor are wasted, and the use comfort level and the use satisfaction degree of a user are reduced.

Therefore, the mechanism capable of automatically cleaning the inside of the air conditioner is designed, and the shell is prevented from being disassembled, which is a technical problem which is urgently needed to be solved at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention solves the problems that in order to clean the air conditioner, the shell of the air conditioner needs to be opened, and after the air conditioner is cleaned, the components such as the shell and the like need to be reassembled, thereby wasting time and labor and reducing the comfort level and the satisfaction degree of users.

In order to solve the above problem, in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an air duct cleaning mechanism, including:

the rack is used for being installed on the air duct wall;

a first gear engaged with the rack;

the motor is in transmission connection with the first gear to drive the first gear to move along the rack;

the cleaning assembly is connected to the first gear and can move along with the first gear.

Therefore, the first gear can move on the rack by driving the first gear to rotate, and meanwhile, the first gear drives the cleaning assembly to clean the interior of the air conditioner, particularly the air duct wall of the air conditioner. Adopt the wind channel that this embodiment provided to clean the mechanism, clean the air conditioner inside, need not unpack apart the shell of air conditioner, also need not the full-time personnel manual work that cleans, direct electric control first gear rotate can, labour saving and time saving has improved comfort level and the satisfaction that the user used.

In an alternative embodiment, the sweeping assembly comprises:

a housing movable with the first gear;

a brush mounted on the housing.

Thus, the cleaning assembly is simple and reliable in structure.

In an alternative embodiment, the first gear comprises:

a circular gear engaged with the rack;

the first bevel gear is coaxially arranged with the circular gear;

and the second bevel gear is sleeved on the output shaft of the motor and is meshed with the first bevel gear.

Therefore, the motor drives the second bevel gear to rotate, the second bevel gear drives the first bevel gear to rotate, the first bevel gear drives the circular gear to synchronously rotate, the circular gear is meshed with the rack, the position of the rack is fixed relative to the air duct wall, and the circular gear moves on the rack, so that the brush moves, and the work of cleaning the inside of the air conditioner is completed. In addition, the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear are meshed and driven, so that the axis of the motor can be changed and is parallel to the rack, and the shell can be small in size and convenient to install inside the air conditioner.

In an alternative embodiment, the air duct sweeping mechanism comprises:

and one end of the connecting rod is hinged with the brush, and the other end of the connecting rod is hinged at the eccentric position of the second bevel gear.

Like this, second bevel gear rotates the in-process, can drive the connecting rod is reciprocating motion, the connecting rod drives the brush drunkenness makes the brush cleans inside the air conditioner more thoroughly, and it is better to clean the effect.

In an alternative embodiment, the brush comprises:

the air duct brush is slidably arranged on the shell and is hinged with one end of the connecting rod;

and the wind wheel brush is arranged on the shell.

Like this, the wind channel cleans the mechanism and can cleans wind channel wall and axial compressor wind wheel simultaneously, cleans efficiently, can get rid of the inside dust of air conditioner and bacterium by maximum efficiency, more does benefit to human health.

In an optional embodiment, the housing is provided with a first guide groove, the air duct brush is provided with a guide post, and the guide post is slidably disposed in the first guide groove.

Like this, the in-process of air duct brush relative casing emergence drunkenness because guide post and first guide way cooperation make the motion of air duct brush more stable, avoid appearing air duct brush motion skew, card phenomenon such as dead.

In an alternative embodiment, the air duct sweeping mechanism comprises:

the limiting column is connected to the air duct wall in a sliding mode, and one end of the limiting column is fixedly connected with the shell.

Therefore, the shell and the hairbrush can keep self stability through the limiting column in the moving process, and the shell and the hairbrush cannot deviate or even separate from the air duct wall.

In an alternative embodiment, the air duct wall and the rack are arranged at an interval to form a second guide groove, and one end of the limiting column is slidably arranged in the second guide groove.

Thus, the second guide groove is formed in a simple mode and is in sliding fit with the limiting column, so that the limiting column and the shell can slide stably and have small friction.

In an optional embodiment, the casing is provided with a dust suction port, and the dust suction port is located on the casing and close to the air duct wall or the axial flow wind wheel.

Like this, the wind channel cleans the mechanism at the in-process of work, can take in the dust that drops from the air conditioner internals along with the trend, avoids on the dust shifts other parts of air conditioner inside, cleans more thoroughly.

In an alternative embodiment, the air duct sweeping mechanism comprises:

and one end of the air suction pipe is communicated with the shell, and the other end of the air suction pipe is used for connecting an air suction pump.

Therefore, the dust swept by the brush from the parts in the air conditioner can be efficiently washed out through the air suction pump, the air suction pipe and the dust suction opening, and the dust removal efficiency in the air conditioner is higher.

In an optional embodiment, the air duct brush is of an arc-shaped structure, the outer arc surface of the air duct brush is used for cleaning the surface of the air duct wall, the wind wheel brush is of an arc-shaped structure, and the inner arc surface of the wind wheel brush is used for cleaning the axial flow wind wheel.

Like this, the surface of wind channel wall is laminated better more to the wind channel brush, the surface of axial compressor wind wheel also can be laminated better to the wind wheel brush, cleans efficiently, moreover the wind channel brush with the space that the wind wheel brush occupy is also less.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an air conditioner, including the air duct sweeping mechanism according to any one of the foregoing embodiments.

Like this, adopt the wind channel to clean the mechanism, when the inside of needs to the air conditioner cleans, need not unpack apart the shell of air conditioner, also need not the full-time personnel manual work that cleans, direct electric control first gear rotate can, labour saving and time saving has improved comfort level and the satisfaction that the user used.

In an alternative embodiment, the rack extends along the length of the duct wall.

Like this, the length of brush only need satisfy the width of wind channel wall can, the size is less, and the brush removes along the rack moreover, can clean the wind channel wall comprehensively, cleans more thoroughly.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of an air conditioner according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the airway cleaning mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the airway cleaning mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the housing of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the wind wheel brush of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the air duct brush and its driving part shown in FIG. 3;

fig. 7 is an exploded view of a duct sweeping mechanism provided in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals: 100-an air conditioner; 110-a housing; 111-air duct walls; 112-a side wall; 113-an air outlet; 120-axial flow wind wheel; 130-air duct cleaning mechanism; 131-a rack; 140-a sweeping assembly; 141-a housing; 142-a first groove; 143-a second groove; 144-a first guide groove; 145-connecting plate; 146-mounting holes; 147-suction duct; 150-an air duct brush; 151-guide posts; 160-a wind wheel brush; 170-a first gear; 171-circular gear; 172-a first bevel gear; 180-a second bevel gear; 190-a motor; 200-a connecting rod; 210-a spacing post; 220-second guide groove.

Detailed Description

The existing air conditioner is cleaned, most of the existing air conditioner needs manual cleaning, an air conditioner shell needs to be opened, after the existing air conditioner is cleaned, the existing air conditioner shell needs to be reassembled by passing components such as the shell, time and labor are wasted, and the comfort level and the satisfaction degree of a user are reduced. The embodiment provides an air duct cleaning mechanism and an air conditioner, and can solve the technical problem.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

First embodiment

Referring to fig. 1, an air conditioner 100 according to the present embodiment includes a housing 110, an axial flow wind wheel 120, and a wind path sweeping mechanism 130. The casing 110 includes an air duct wall 111 and side walls 112 connected to both ends of the air duct wall 111 in the length direction, an air outlet 113 is provided below the casing 110, the axial flow wind wheel 120 and the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 are both installed in the casing 110, and the axial flow wind wheel 120 extends along the length direction of the air duct wall 111. The air duct cleaning mechanism 130 is used for cleaning dust and bacteria on the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 includes a rack 131 and a cleaning assembly 140, wherein two ends of the rack 131 are respectively connected to the two side walls 112, and the rack 131 is installed on one side of the air duct wall 111 close to the air outlet 113. Sweeping assembly 140 includes a housing 141 and a brush mounted to housing 141, the brush including an air duct brush 150 and a wind wheel brush 160. The air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 are mounted on the housing 141.

The rack 131 extends in the longitudinal direction of the air duct wall 111. The wind channel brush 150 is in contact with the wind channel wall 111 for moving along the rack gear 131 and cleaning the wind channel wall 111, and the wind wheel brush 160 is in contact with the axial flow wind wheel 120 for moving along the rack gear 131 and cleaning the axial flow wind wheel 120. Therefore, the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 can clean the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120 at the same time, the cleaning efficiency is high, dust and bacteria in the air conditioner can be removed to the maximum efficiency, and the air duct cleaning mechanism is more beneficial to the health of a human body.

The surfaces of the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 are both provided with fluff, which has certain elastic deformation capability and can not scratch the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120. The air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 are detachably mounted on the housing 141, so that the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 can be replaced after long-term use.

In other embodiments, only one brush may be provided, for example, only one air duct brush 150 is provided, which may simplify the structure and clean the air duct wall 111. The number of brushes can be increased, for example, a brush head is added on the housing 141 near the air outlet 113 to clean dust and bacteria near the air outlet 113.

Referring to fig. 3, the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 includes a first gear 170 and a motor 190, the motor 190 is installed in the housing 141, the motor 190 is in transmission connection with the first gear 170, and the first gear 170 is engaged with the rack 131. Thus, by driving the first gear 170 to rotate, the first gear 170 can move on the rack 131, and at the same time, the first gear 170 drives the cleaning assembly 140 to clean the inside of the air conditioner, especially the air duct wall 111 of the air conditioner. Adopt the wind channel that this embodiment provided to clean mechanism 130, clean the air conditioner inside, need not unpack apart the shell 110 of air conditioner, also need not the professional personnel manual work that cleans, direct electric control first gear 170 rotate can, labour saving and time saving has improved comfort level and the satisfaction that the user used.

Referring to fig. 4, the casing 141 is an arc-shaped structure, the inner arc surface of the casing 141 is close to the axial flow wind wheel 120, and the outer arc surface of the casing 141 is close to the air duct wall 111. First groove 142 has been seted up on the intrados of casing 141, first groove 142 is used for holding wind wheel brush 160, second groove 143 has been seted up on the extrados of casing 141, second groove 143 is used for holding wind channel brush 150, first guide way 144 has still been seted up on the side of casing 141, the extending direction of first guide way 144 is the arc, still be provided with connecting plate 145 on the side of casing 141, the mounting hole 146 has been seted up on the surface that is close to rack 131 on casing 141, the rotatable connection of the pivot of first gear 170 is in mounting hole 146.

The air duct cleaning mechanism 130 includes an air suction pipe 147, and a dust suction port (not shown) is formed in the casing 141, and is located on the casing 141 near the air duct wall 111 or the axial flow wind wheel 120. One end of the suction pipe 147 is communicated with the case 141, and the other end of the suction pipe 147 is connected to a suction pump. Thus, the dust swept by the brush from the parts inside the air conditioner can be efficiently washed out by the suction pump, the suction pipe 147 and the dust suction port, and the dust removal efficiency inside the air conditioner is higher.

In other embodiments, the housing 141 may not have a dust suction opening, and the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 may not include the air suction pipe 147, so that dust swept by the brush can be directly discharged from the air outlet 113, thereby simplifying the structure and reducing the cost.

Referring to fig. 5, the wind wheel brush 160 has an arc structure, and the inner arc surface of the wind wheel brush 160 is used for sweeping the axial flow wind wheel 120. Thus, the wind wheel brush 160 can be better attached to the surface of the axial flow wind wheel 120, the cleaning efficiency is high, and the space occupied by the wind wheel brush 160 is small.

Referring to fig. 6, the first gear 170 includes a circular gear 171, a first bevel gear 172 and a second bevel gear 180, the circular gear 171 is engaged with the rack 131, and the first bevel gear 172 is coaxially disposed with the circular gear 171, such that the circular gear 171 and the first bevel gear 172 are integrally structured and can rotate synchronously.

The second bevel gear 180 is sleeved on the output shaft of the motor 190, and the second bevel gear 180 is meshed with the first bevel gear 172.

Thus, the motor 190 drives the second bevel gear 180 to rotate, the second bevel gear 180 drives the first bevel gear 172 to rotate, the first bevel gear 172 drives the circular gear 171 to synchronously rotate, the circular gear 171 is meshed with the rack 131, the rack 131 is fixed relative to the air duct wall 111, and the circular gear 171 moves on the rack 131, so that the brush moves, and the work of cleaning the inside of the air conditioner is completed. In addition, the first bevel gear 172 is engaged with the second bevel gear 180 for transmission, so that the axis of the motor 190 can be changed to be parallel to the rack 131, and the housing 141 can be small in size and convenient to install in the air conditioner.

In other embodiments, the transmission form between the motor 190 and the rack 131 may also be other options, for example, a gear on the output shaft of the motor 190 is directly engaged with the rack 131, or the gear on the output shaft of the motor 190 is indirectly transmitted with the rack 131, and the intermediate transmission component may be a gear, or the output shaft of the motor 190 is used to drive the first gear 170 to rotate by using a pulley transmission.

The air duct cleaning mechanism 130 includes a connecting rod 200, one end of the connecting rod 200 is hinged to the air duct brush 150, and the other end of the connecting rod 200 is hinged to an eccentric position of the second bevel gear 180. Thus, the second bevel gear 180 can drive the connecting rod 200 to reciprocate in the rotating process, and the connecting rod 200 drives the air duct brush 150 to move, so that the air duct brush 150 can clean the air duct wall 111 more thoroughly, and the cleaning effect is better.

In other embodiments, the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 may not include the connecting rod 200, and the housing 141 may not be provided with the first guide groove 144, so that the structure is simplified and the cost is reduced, and accordingly, the air duct brush 150 may be fixed to the housing 141 to perform the function of cleaning the air duct wall 111.

Air duct brush 150 is the arc structure, and the extrados of air duct brush 150 is used for cleaning the surface of air duct wall 111, and like this, air duct brush 150 more can laminate the surface of air duct wall 111 better, cleans efficiently, and the space that air duct brush 150 occupy is also less moreover.

The air duct brush 150 is provided with a guide post 151, and the guide post 151 is slidably disposed in the first guide groove 144. Thus, in the process of the relative movement of the air duct brush 150 with respect to the housing 141, the guide post 151 is engaged with the first guide groove 144, so that the movement of the air duct brush 150 is more stable, and the phenomena of movement deviation, locking and the like of the air duct brush 150 are avoided.

The air duct cleaning mechanism 130 includes a limiting column 210, the limiting column 210 has a structural form with two large ends and a small middle, the air duct wall 111 and the rack 131 are arranged at an interval to form a second guide groove 220, one end of the limiting column 210 is slidably arranged in the second guide groove 220, and the other end of the limiting column 210 is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 145 on the housing 141. Thus, the housing 141 and the brush can keep themselves stable by the position-limiting post 210 during the movement process, and the deviation or even the separation from the air duct wall 111 is avoided. Further, the second guide groove 220 is formed in a simple manner and is slidably fitted to the stopper rod 210, so that the stopper rod 210 and the housing 141 can slide stably with less friction.

In actual work, the air duct brush 150 keeps contact with the air duct wall 111, the wind wheel brush 160 keeps contact with the axial flow wind wheel 120, and in the moving process of the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160, dust and bacteria on the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120 can be effectively swept, so that the sweeping effect is better.

The working process of the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 and the air conditioner 100 provided by the embodiment is as follows:

the controller controls the rotation direction of the motor 190, so that the motor 190 drives the circular gear 171 to rotate, and the casing 141, the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 move along the rack 131, thereby cleaning the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120. When the motor 190 drives, the second bevel gear 180 rotates to drive the connecting rod 200 to reciprocate, and the connecting rod 200 drives the air duct brush 150 to move, so that the air duct brush 150 cleans the air duct wall 111 more thoroughly. After the motor 190 drives the circular gear 171 to move from one end of the rack 131 to the other end, the controller controls the motor 190 to rotate in reverse, and the housing 141, the wind duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 move in reverse along the rack 131, and continuously clean the wind duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120.

The beneficial effects of the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 and the air conditioner 100 provided by the embodiment are as follows:

1. by adopting the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 provided by the embodiment, the interior of the air conditioner is cleaned, the first gear 170 is directly and electrically controlled to rotate without disassembling the shell 110 of the air conditioner or manually operating by a professional cleaning worker, so that time and labor are saved, and the use comfort level and the satisfaction degree of a user are improved;

2. the casing 141 is provided with the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160, so that the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120 can be cleaned simultaneously, the cleaning efficiency is high, dust and bacteria in the air conditioner can be removed to the maximum degree, and the health of a human body is facilitated;

3. the air duct brush 150 is hinged to the eccentric position of the second bevel gear 180 through the connecting rod 200, so that the second bevel gear 180 can drive the connecting rod 200 to do reciprocating motion in the rotating process, the connecting rod 200 drives the air duct brush 150 to move, the air duct brush 150 cleans the air duct wall 111 more thoroughly, and the cleaning effect is better.

Second embodiment

The present embodiment provides an air conditioner 100, which has a similar structure to the air conditioner 100 provided in the first embodiment, except that the transmission form in the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 is different.

Referring to fig. 7, the air duct sweeping mechanism 130 includes a rack 131 and a sweeping assembly 140, wherein the sweeping assembly 140 includes a housing 141, and an air duct brush 150 and a wind wheel brush 160 mounted on the housing 141.

The air duct cleaning mechanism 130 further comprises a first gear 170 and a motor 190, the motor 190 is installed in the housing 141, the first gear 170 is sleeved on an output shaft of the motor 190, and the first gear 170 is meshed with the rack 131. That is, the motor 190 directly drives the first gear 170, and the first gear 170 directly engages with the rack 131. Thus, the axis of the motor 190 is parallel to the length direction of the rack 131.

Other structures of the air conditioner 100 provided in this embodiment are the same as the corresponding structures in the first embodiment, and are not described herein again.

The working process of the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 and the air conditioner 100 provided by the embodiment is as follows:

the controller controls the rotation direction of the motor 190, so that the motor 190 drives the first gear 170 to rotate, and the casing 141, the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 move along the rack 131, thereby cleaning the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120.

The beneficial effects of the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 and the air conditioner 100 provided by the embodiment are as follows:

1. the transmission mode that the shell 141, the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160 move relative to the rack 131 is simple and reliable, and the manufacture is convenient;

2. by adopting the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 provided by the embodiment, the interior of the air conditioner is cleaned, the first gear 170 is directly and electrically controlled to rotate without disassembling the shell 110 of the air conditioner or manually operating by a professional cleaning worker, so that time and labor are saved, and the use comfort level and the satisfaction degree of a user are improved;

3. the casing 141 is provided with the air duct brush 150 and the wind wheel brush 160, so that the air duct wall 111 and the axial flow wind wheel 120 can be cleaned simultaneously, the cleaning efficiency is high, dust and bacteria in the air conditioner can be removed to the maximum degree, and the air conditioner is more beneficial to the health of a human body.

It is understood that the air duct cleaning mechanism 130 provided in the present embodiment can be applied not only to the air conditioner 100, but also to other devices requiring internal cleaning, such as a blower, a range hood, etc. The air duct cleaning mechanism 130 provided in this embodiment should be used within the scope of the present application.

Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.