BR102017002380A2 - COOLING DEVICE REFRIGERATOR SECTOR - Google Patents

Abstract

a sectorized refrigerator cooling device with direct access to these products without the need to open other refrigerator cold chambers, which has a housing that defines housings and air passage regulators between the refrigerator cold chamber and the housing.

Description

Patent Descriptive Report for "SECTOR COOLING DEVICE FOR COOLERS". BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the field of devices, appliances and accessories for residential, public, professional use, etc. used for cooling products, or containers containing products, preferably of mass consumption, such as beverages and preferably beer bottles, and more particularly the invention relates to a sectoral and selective cooling device of these products, preferably for use in residential refrigerators, which includes a cold air volume regulating device that enters the sectored cooling compartment.

Description of the Prior Art [002] Refrigerators for general products, whether for industrial, residential, public use, dispensers, etc. They consist of an insulated cabinet that has inside what is called a cold or cooling chamber. Residential refrigerators generally have these cabinets with their interior divided into two parts, a lower part dedicated to the cooling of products, food, etc., usually within a main space or chamber that has a main door. access to it, and a top, dedicated to further cooling or freezing of some special products. This smaller top can be a cooler freezer than the main chamber, or it can be a freezer of even lower temperatures, down to -2510. In the main chamber, on the other hand, it is normal to find a temperature of between 5 and 8Ό, cold enough for the food stored there.

For some products, however, none of these temperatures are best suited for their conservation and consumption. For example, beer is a typical product according to the customs of some countries, especially in the Americas, it is consumed at temperatures below freezing, that is, below 5Ό of the main cold room, but above -25Ό of the freezer. .

There are refrigerators and refrigerators manufactured to generate and maintain the desired temperatures for these products, such as beer, but they are special refrigerators for food stores, restaurants, bottle dispensers, etc. However, there are no residential refrigerators or refrigerators that are adapted or have special compartments for storing beer and other products, allowing to keep these products with a temperature divided by sectors and that offer easy access to them quickly, easily and selectively.

It would therefore be very convenient to have a new device that is factory fitted in the refrigerators or is adaptable to already manufactured refrigerators or residential refrigerators, which allows the preservation of products such as beer bottles at a suitable temperature using the generating capacity. the coldest part of the cooling chambers, allowing direct access for the user to remove and store these products without opening the access doors to the other cold chambers of the refrigerator.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a sectorized cooling device for refrigerators that allows the creation of a selected and controlled temperature space for such products and which provides direct access to these products without the need to open other refrigeration chambers. refrigerator.

It is yet another scope of the present invention to provide a sectorized cooling device for refrigerators where the refrigerator may have one or more doors, and where at least one of these doors, preferably that of access to the cooler chamber of the refrigerator, has a sectorized compartment for the storage and preservation of differentiated products at a desired and regulated temperature.

It is also another object of the present invention to provide a sectored cooling device for refrigerators of the type having at least one access door to at least one refrigerator cold chamber, wherein said access door has a sectored compartment having a a plurality of sectors for storing consumer product containers, the compartment having an inner wall separating it from said cold chamber, said compartment also having at least one air blower / blower capable of taking air from the cold chamber and directing it. to such container storage sectors according to one or more preselected temperatures.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a sectoral chiller for cooling which includes an air volume regulating device that enhances the functionality of the chiller by being a manual regulating device.

It is also another object of the present invention to provide a sectoral chiller for cooling which includes a plurality of air volume regulating devices, each of which can be independently adjusted to grade incoming cold. in the sectored cooling device.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a sectored chiller for cooling which includes an air volume regulating device that enters the sectored chiller, wherein the regulator comprises at least one swivel cap having a window and at least at least one holding member, at least one main body threaded to that swivel cover and having an upper end with a face containing a window and an open lower end, and at least one base connected to the main body and having a through central hole .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

For further clarification and understanding of the scope of the present invention, it has been illustrated in various figures, in which the invention has been represented in one of the preferred embodiments, by way of example, where: Figure 1 shows a perspective and partial view of a home-type refrigerator or refrigerator that has two doors, one lower or main for access to the main cold room of the refrigerator and one upper door for access to the freezer or freezer, with the refrigerator equipped with the appliance. sectoral cooling device of the invention;

Figure 2 shows a front view of the upper freezer or freezer door provided with the sectoral cooling device of the invention, separate from the refrigerator;

Figure 3 shows a top view of the upper freezer or freezer door provided with the sectoral cooling device of the invention, separate from the refrigerator;

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the freezer or freezer upper door, provided with the sectoral cooling device of the invention, opened in a first opening function to access the cold room such as the freezer or freezer;

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of the upper freezer or freezer door, provided with the sectorized cooling device of the invention, opened in a second opening function to gain access to the compartment storing the containers to be refrigerated;

[0018] Figure 6 shows an exploded view of the freezer or freezer upper door provided with the sectoral cooling device of the invention;

Figure 7 shows a top and sectional perspective view of the freezer or freezer upper door provided with the sectored cooling device of the invention;

Figure 8 shows a cross-sectional side view of the interior of the sectoral cooling device of the invention, where the direction of circulation of cold air can be observed;

Figure 9 shows a cross-sectional side view of the interior of the sectoral cooling device of the invention, similar to Figure 8, where an air volume regulating device is also illustrated according to the present invention;

Figure 10, similar to Figure 6, shows an exploded view of the sectored cooling device in conjunction with the air volume regulating device according to the invention;

Figure 11 shows a perspective and exploded view of the air volume regulating device of the present invention;

Figure 12 shows a front view of the regulator cap in a neutral position, where an average regulator aperture is observed;

Figure 13 shows a front view of the lid of figure 12, where it has been rotated counterclockwise to restrict the flow of air from the upper cold chamber to the sectoral cooling compartment, and [ Fig. 14 shows a front view of the cap of Fig. 12, where it has been rotated clockwise to extend the flow of air from the upper cold chamber to the sectioned cooling compartment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring now to the figures, it is noted that the invention is a novel sector controlled and selected temperature controlled cooling device for such products, particularly beverages, and especially beverages requiring a selected temperature range, such as beers. , allowing them to be deposited and extracted without opening other cold chambers of the refrigerator and thus preventing heat from entering them which may harm other products. This, of course, helps to decrease the electrical consumption of the refrigerator.

Thus, according to Figures 1 to 8, the sectoral cooling device of the present invention may be used in a refrigerator 1 of the type having a main cooling sector 2 with a main access door 3 to said main sector 2 and a freezer or cold room sector 4 with an access door 5 thereto. Where said access door 5 has a sectored compartment 6 having a plurality of consumer product container storage sectors 7, which are defined by a plurality of partitions 8 forming separate housing 9 for said container 7, such as best illustrated in Figure 5.

Each of these separate housings 9 for such containers 7 may have a cold air passage regulator for the housings 9. In the preferred embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 8, each regulator comprises a suction / blower device 10 which may be a fan. On the other hand, each airway regulator or air blower 10 has a suction side facing that cold room 4 and a blowing side facing the interior of this sectored compartment, thereby allowing air to enter. inside the housings 9 to keep the containers stored therein at the desired temperature. Furthermore, said sectored compartment has an interior wall 11 which separates it from said cold room 4 and which has a plurality of slots 12 through which cold air circulates from the cold chamber to the sectored compartment.

The arrangement of the slots 12 as illustrated in Figure 6 does not indicate that the invention is limited thereto, but that other arrangements such as the top, side or bottom of the interior wall 11 may also be considered and used for the slots 12 without any inconvenience. In this way, cold air passes through the slots 12 and circulates to the upper part of the housings 9 where the vacuum cleaners / blowers 10 are distributed so that they maintain the temperature of the containers, and the air returns to the cold chamber through from the lower end of the housing 9, as best illustrated in Figure 8. However, alternatively and to facilitate cold air circulation, each housing 9 may have at least one slot (confirm that it is so) on either wall.

On the other hand, said sectored compartment is formed by a compartment structure defined by a plurality of frames 13, 14, 15 and 16 mounted on respective "L" profile side supports 17, lower support 18 and upper support 19, wherein said cold chamber compartment is enclosed by the inner wall 11 and the exterior is enclosed by a front panel 20 of at least one access door 5 of the refrigerator 1.

Said front panel 20 of access door 5 of refrigerator 1, said compartment structure and said interior wall 11 form a pivoting assembly in refrigerator 1 through at least a first opening hinge 21 of the assembly for access to the cold room. 4, while said front panel 20 of the refrigerator access door 5 is pivotally connected to said compartment structure by means of at least a second door opening hinge 22 for access to the sectored compartment where the containers 7 are placed.

According to Figures 1 to 5 the first hinge 21 on the upper right corner of the refrigerator 1 has been illustrated, while the second hinges 22 are placed on the left part of the sectored compartment. This arrangement of the hinges 21 and 22 causes the access door to be opened to the right to access the cold room 4, or to the left to access the sectored compartment where the containers 7 are. The arrangement of the hinges is simply exemplary and not limiting to the invention, and the arrangement of the hinges may vary according to each manufacturer and particular requirement of each customer, thereby allowing the opening of the access door 5 to the right and to the right. to the left to access the cold room and its corresponding complementary opening movement to access the sectored compartment. That is, the access door 5 of the present invention may have the following opening configurations: - Right opening for cold chamber access and left opening for sectored compartment access; or, - Left opening for cold room access right opening for sectored compartment access.

Although the opening of the access door to the left or right for access to the cold room has been exemplified, with its subsequent opening to the right or left for access to the sectored compartment, this does not imply that the invention is limited to said embodiments, but rather that the invention also considers opening the access door up and down for access to the cold room with its corresponding opening up or down for access to the sectored compartment.

It is noteworthy that at least one sectored compartment access door 5 is the freezer door. Furthermore, said sectored compartment may have at least one temperature sensor (not shown), while said front panel 20 may have at least one visual access window 23 to said consumer products stored in the housing 9 of the sectored compartment, such being window 23 together with a transparent blade 24 which may be of glass or some plastic material well known in the art.

At the same time, the front panel 20 is mounted in said compartment structure by means of an upper lid 25, lower lid 26 and said second hinges 22 which are attached to said upper lid 25 and lower 26. At the same time, said front panel 20 has at least one holding / opening device 27 for facilitating opening / closing thereof and at least one temperature display screen 28 within said sectored compartment. It is noteworthy that said main access door 3 also has a holding / opening device 29 to facilitate its opening / closing.

According to Figures 9 to 14, an alternative of the invention is illustrated in which the housing 6 with the housings 9 is equipped with air volume regulating devices, or also called chamber cold air passage regulators. of cooling inside the sectored compartment, all also according to the invention.

It is noted that in Figures 9 to 14 the same reference numerals of Figures 1 to 8 will be used to describe those equal parts, whereas reference numerals from 101 to describe those parts corresponding to the device will be used. of regulation.

In accordance with this embodiment of the present invention, the air volume regulating device is indicated by reference numeral 101 and comprises at least one swivel cover 102 having a window 103, at least one holding element 104 , a pair of indicators comprising a "+" shape 105 and 106 disposed on either side of the support member 104 and an internal thread 107. Although it has been described that the indicators have a "+" shape and this It does not imply that the invention is limited thereto, but that other forms and arrangements may be taken into account and used without any inconvenience in the present invention to indicate a larger or smaller opening of the air regulating passage.

In addition, the device of the invention has at least one main body 108 having an upper end 109 with a face 110 fitted with a window 111, and an open lower end 112. The main body 108 is threaded to the swivel cap 102 through an outer thread 113 made at an upper end portion 109. On the other hand, the present invention is equipped with at least one base 114 comprising a base platform 115, a protrusion 116 which is coupled to the inner part of the lower end 112 of the main body 108 and a through central hole 117, wherein said base platform 115 has a section larger than the protrusion section 116.

According to Figures 9 and 10, it can be seen that the device of the invention is mounted between the respective holes 118 in one of the walls of the housing 9 and in the interior wall 11. Thus, the base platform 115 faces the cold chamber 4 while the swivel cap 102 faces the interior of the housing 9 of the sectored compartment.

In this way, the volume or flow of air no longer forcibly enters fan 10 through the upper part of the housing 9, as illustrated in Figure 1, but rather that the volume or flow of air enters through the device of the invention, Figure 9, that is, airflow enters through the central through-hole 117 of the base 114, flows through the interior of the main body 108, passes through the windows 111 and 103 of the face 110 and swivel cap 102 respectively, and enters housing 9 to cool the container.

Although it has been illustrated that the device of the present invention comprises a cylindrical structure, this does not imply that the invention is limited thereto, but that other forms can also be considered and used.

With respect to the air volume adjustment, this has been shown schematically in Figures 12 to 14. The air volume adjustment depends on the position of the swivel cover window 103 with respect to the face 110 - window 111 of the main body 108. In Figure 12, an intermediate air inlet position can be seen in which the window 103 of the cover 102 comprises a half of the face 110 and a half of the window 111 of the main body 108.

If you wish to reduce or restrict the air volume, the lid 102 must be turned by securing the holding member 104 counterclockwise in accordance with Figure 13. In this case window 103 covers a otherwise larger portion of face 110 than window 111. Otherwise, if you wish to increase or increase the air volume, you must turn the lid 102 clockwise as shown in Figure 14. In this case, window 103 covers a larger portion. 111 than that of face 110.

In this way, the volume of air entering the housing can be adjusted conveniently, quickly and easily.

It should be noted that although it has been described that the counterclockwise rotation of the lid allows for a reduction in air volume, and that the clockwise rotation of the lid allows for an increase in air volume, this It does not imply that the invention is limited thereto, but rather that the invention may be modified and adapted to reverse directions of rotation without any inconvenience.

In this way, the sectoral refrigeration cooling device of the present invention is constituted and constructed, where it allows to create a selected and controlled temperature space for products that require it, with a direct access to these products without the need of open other cold rooms in the refrigerator. In addition, the invention does not reduce the space available for storing products nor does it vary the category of cooling consumption using the same standard cooling source as any refrigerator.

Claims (18)

1. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators of a type having at least one access door to at least one refrigerator cold chamber, characterized in that: at least one access door has a sectored compartment which has a plurality of sectors. for storage of consumer containers, wherein the compartment has an inner wall separating it from said cold chamber, said compartment also having at least one air passage regulating device having a cold air inlet side facing said cold chamber and a cold air outlet side facing said compartment. Sectoral cooling device according to claim 1, characterized in that the refrigerator has a main cooling sector with a main access door to said main sector and a freezer sector with an access door to the same and at least one sectored compartment door is the freezer door. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to claim 1, characterized in that said compartment has a plurality of partitions forming separate housing for said containers. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one cold air flow regulator is a suction / blower fan. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that it has a regulator of the passage of cold air through each of said separate housing for containers. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to claim 1, characterized in that said compartment is formed by a compartment structure which for the cold chamber is closed by said wall and to the outside by a panel front of at least one refrigerator door. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to claims 1 and 6, characterized in that said refrigerator door front panel, said compartment structure and said interior wall form a pivoting assembly in the refrigerator by means of at least one first opening hinge of the cold chamber access assembly, while said front door of the refrigerator door is pivotally connected to said compartment structure by at least a second opening door hinge for access to the compartment. . Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to claim 1, characterized in that said compartment has at least one temperature sensor. Sectoral refrigerator cooling device according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one refrigerator door has a visual access window to such consumer products stored in the compartment housing. Sector refrigerating cooling device according to claim 9, characterized in that at least one refrigerator door has a temperature display screen within said compartment. Sectoral refrigeration cooling device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 10, characterized in that said air-flow regulating device comprises: at least one swivel lid having a window and at least a holding element, at least one main body threaded to said swivel cover and having an upper end with a windowed face and an open lower end, and at least one base connected to the main body and having a through central hole . Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to claim 11, characterized in that said swivel cap has an internal thread and a pair of indicators arranged on either side of the support element. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to Claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the upper end of the main body has an outer thread. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to any one of claims 11 to 13, characterized in that said base comprises a base platform and a protrusion which is coupled to the interior of the lower end of the main body, wherein said base. base has a larger section than the protruding section. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to any one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that the base platform faces the cold chamber while the swiveling lid faces the interior of the sectored compartment housing. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to any one of Claims 11 to 15, characterized in that it is mounted between respective holes in one of the housing walls and the interior wall. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to any one of claims 11 to 16, characterized in that it has operating positions between open and closed. Sectoral cooling device for refrigerators according to any one of claims 11 to 17, characterized in that it has a cylindrical shape.