Window-type air-conditioner
A window-type air-conditioner installable on a window frame, and including an outdoor module including a compressor to compress a coolant, an outdoor heat exchanger to generate heat exchange between outdoor air and the coolant, and an outdoor housing accommodating the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger; an indoor module including an indoor heat exchanger to generate heat exchange between indoor air and the coolant, and an indoor housing spaced apart from the outdoor housing, and accommodating the indoor heat exchanger; a coolant pipe along which the coolant moves between the outdoor and indoor modules; and a pipe cover accommodating the coolant pipe, and connecting the indoor and outdoor modules. The coolant pipe has a spiral shape that is expandable and compressible, and the pipe cover structure is expandable and compressible, to adjust an interval between the outdoor and indoor modules to correspond to a thickness of the window frame.
1 . A window-type air-conditioner installable on a window frame, the window-type air-conditioner comprising:
an outdoor module including:
a compressor configured to compress a coolant,
an outdoor heat exchanger configured to generate heat exchange between outdoor air and the coolant, and
an outdoor housing accommodating the compressor and the outdoor heat exchanger;
an indoor module including:
an indoor heat exchanger configured to generate heat exchange between indoor air and the coolant, and
an indoor housing spaced apart from the outdoor housing, and accommodating the indoor heat exchanger;
a coolant pipe providing a flow path along which the coolant moves between the outdoor module and the indoor module;
a pipe cover accommodating the coolant pipe, and connecting the indoor module and the outdoor module;
a sealing member coupled to the pipe cover, and configured to provide a seal between an outer circumferential surface of the pipe cover and the window frame on a plane perpendicular to a direction in which the pipe cover extends,
wherein the coolant pipe has a spiral shape that is expandable and compressible, and the pipe cover has a structure that is expandable and compressible, to adjust an interval between the outdoor module and the indoor module so that the interval corresponds to a thickness of the window frame,
the structure of the pipe cover is a bellows structure including a plurality of corrugations, and
the sealing member includes a coupling surface in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the pipe cover, the coupling surface including an uneven portion corresponding to the plurality of corrugations of the pipe cover.
2 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the coolant pipe is wound multiple times in the spiral shape around a virtual center axis.
3 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 2 , wherein
the virtual center axis of the coolant pipe extends in a direction from the outdoor module toward the indoor module.
4 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
a virtual projection trajectory formed by an outer circumference of the spiral shape of the coolant pipe includes two line segments parallel to each other, a first curved line connecting a first pair of end portions of the two line segments to each other, and a second curved line connecting a second pair of end portions of the two line segments to each other.
5 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
a virtual projection trajectory formed by an outer circumference of the spiral shape of the coolant pipe is oval.
6 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the coolant pipe includes:
a first coolant pipe providing a first flow path along which the coolant moves from the outdoor module to the indoor module, and
a second coolant pipe providing a second flow path along which the coolant moves from the indoor module to the outdoor module, and
a virtual projection trajectory formed by an outer circumference of the spiral shape of the first coolant pipe is greater than a virtual projection trajectory formed by an outer circumference of the spiral shape of the second coolant pipe.
7 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 6 , wherein
the virtual projection trajectory of the second coolant pipe is formed inside the virtual projection trajectory of the first coolant pipe.
8 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 1 , wherein
the coolant pipe includes a metal pipe.
9 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 1 , further comprising:
a coil spring surrounding the coolant pipe, and configured to reduce stress on the coolant pipe when the interval between the outdoor module and the indoor module is adjusted.
10 . The window-type air-conditioner of claim 1 , further comprising:
a temporary support portion supporting the indoor module and the outdoor module at a fixed interval, and configured to be removed before the window-type air-conditioner is installed on the window frame.