Hiding structure of a vent pipe for a mobile air conditioner

a) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an extractable vent pipe, and more particularly to a hiding structure of a vent pipe for a mobile air conditioner which does not take up a space and can be moved easily.

b) Description of the Prior Art

It is known that an air conditioner has been used widely in an existing society. The air conditioner can be divided into a split type air conditioner and a window type air conditioner. The window type air conditioner is usually installed at a window or a hole on a wall, with a side of the window type air conditioner being provided with a cold air outlet for blowing the cold air into a room, and the other side being provided with a hot air outlet for expelling the hot air out of the room.

The split type air conditioner includes an indoor machine and an outdoor machine, the indoor machine is located indoors and is provided with a cold air outlet for blowing the cold air into a room to reduce temperature in the room, whereas the outdoor machine is located outdoors, at a place with good ventilation, and is provided with a hot air outlet for venting the hot air out of the room to expel heat in the room.

However, both the window type air conditioner and the split type air conditioner are large in volume and heavy in weight, and are usually fixed on a wall. For a space which is used often, such as a temporary conference room, as the air conditioner is not used frequently, installing the air conditioner will indirectly cause a waste of resource. Therefore, there are vendors who have developed a kind of mobile air conditioner, below which is installed with wheels so that the air conditioner can freely move when needed, and above which is installed with the cold air outlet and the hot air outlet, with the cold air outlet directly blowing the cold air into the room, and the hot air outlet being connected to a vent pipe which faces toward a window for expelling the hot air out of the room.

Yet, upon using the aforementioned conventional mobile air conditioner, following problems and shortcomings really exist to need improvement.

The conventional mobile air conditioner is provided with the cold air outlet and the hot air outlet, and the hot air outlet is connected to the vent pipe for expelling the hot air out of the room. As the vent pipe is huge in volume, when the mobile air conditioner needs to be moved, the vent pipe should be removed first that the mobile air conditioner can be moved conveniently. Next, the vent pipe is reinstalled when the mobile air conditioner has been moved to the other place. Therefore, frequent disassembly and installation will induce a lot of inconvenience, and when the mobile air conditioner needs to be collected, another space will be required to collect the vent pipe.

Accordingly, how to eliminate the aforementioned problems and shortcomings is a technical issue to be solved by the present inventor and related vendors.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a hiding structure of a vent pipe for a mobile air conditioner, which includes a housing, a cold air outlet, and a hot air outlet. The hot air outlet is provided with an extractable vent pipe, and the housing is provided with a corresponding connector opening which is disposed with a vent pipe cap. The extractable vent pipe can be collected and hidden in the housing of the mobile air conditioner, in order to save space and to increase convenience in moving upon moving the mobile air conditioner.

To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments.