CN101000199A

CN101000199A - Refrigerator and method for producing supercooled liquid

Info

Publication number: CN101000199A
Application number: CNA200610108087XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 咸京希; 河周伶; 金庸汉; 金订翰; 申英植; 尹元载; 李在升; 李惠兰; 林正洙; 林苍鹤
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2006-01-14
Filing date: 2006-07-27
Publication date: 2007-07-18
Also published as: EP1813894A3; US20070163289A1; RU2006127370A; KR20070075677A; RU2324124C1; EP1813894A2

Abstract

A refrigerator for supercooling beverage into supercooled liquid and a method of producing the supercooled liquid using the same. The refrigerator includes a mixing room provided in a main body to mix chilled air from a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment with each other and having a first suction port for suctioning the freezer compartment chilled air and a second suction port for suction the refrigerator compartment chilled air, and a supercooling compartment provided in the main body to be directly or indirectly refrigerated by the chilled air mixed in the mixing room. The mixing room and the supercooling compartment may be provided either in the refrigerator compartment or in the freezer compartment, or in an independent refrigerator compartment to form an independent refrigerating room separated from the freezer compartment.

Description

Be used to make the refrigerator and the method for subcooled liquid

Cross reference to related application

The application requires the priority to the korean patent application No.2006-4207 of Korea S Department of Intellectual Property submission on January 14th, 2006, and its whole disclosures are incorporated in this by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, more specifically, relate to a kind of refrigerator that is used for the supercooling beverage, and utilize this refrigerator to make the method for subcooled liquid.

Background technology

Depress at normal atmosphere, although beverage can become solid phase under temperature drops to its freezing point temperature the time usually, beverage does not become solid phase sometimes, but remains on supercooled state.Like this, if even liquid does not also freeze when being lower than freezing point and remains on supercooled state, then it is in metastable state alleged in the thermokinetics.Owing to be in the both astable also non-instability of metastable subcooled liquid, therefore, if there is the disturbance of environment, supercooled beverage can undergo phase transition and change into solid-state.Like this,, perhaps vibrate or rock supercooled beverage, the beverage that not exclusively freezes, also not exclusively melts then can be provided promptly to the consumer if supercooled beverage is poured in the cold cup.Hereinafter, be called as half jelly beverage by apply the beverage that external force can make beverage undergo phase transition to supercooled beverage.

Relevant therewith, Japan Patent open source literature No.2003-214753 discloses a kind of supercooling apparatus, and this supercooling apparatus is installed in the refrigerator main body, makes that the temperature of the storeroom that is used to hold food is uniformly, thereby food is refrigerated.Traditional supercooling apparatus comprises cold air supply pipe and the cold air suction pipe that is respectively installed to the storeroom sidewall, and the tube connector that is installed to the storeroom upper wall, is used to connect cold air supply pipe and cold air suction pipe.In traditional supercooling apparatus, owing to cold air cycles through continuously by the formed passage of cold air supply pipe, storeroom, cold air suction pipe and tube connector, so the Temperature Distribution in the storeroom keeps evenly.

Similar with traditional supercooling apparatus, although for the supercooling beverage, keep the uniform temperature of storeroom to distribute important, but the more important thing is, in order to keep beverage that supercooled state and half jelly beverage in order to provide to client are provided, the Temperature Distribution that is used for the storeroom of drinks also should be consistent as far as possible with respect to the time.In other words, although the mean temperature of storeroom keeps evenly, if the temperature of storeroom along with the time through in a big way variation, so when the temperature of storeroom is in minimum point, freeze owing to be in the beverage of supercooled state, then can not make half jelly beverage.

As a kind of method of the temperature of utilizing traditional supercooling apparatus control storage chamber with respect to the mobility scale of time, this method is regulated the temperature by the cold air that evaporimeter produced.That is to say that if the required temperature of supercooling beverage is-5 degrees centigrade, the temperature of the cold air that evaporimeter produced will be lower than-5 degrees centigrade slightly so.

Yet ineffective by producing the freeze method of storeroom of cold air for the supercooling beverage, this is owing to following reason.Traditional refrigerator comprises refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.When being provided for cold storeroom for conventional refrigerator, for the supercooling beverage then needs other evaporimeter is installed, consider structure and cost, this is ineffective.

Therefore, need a solution, it can utilize the structure of conventional refrigerator and feature to produce and supply the cold air that is suitable for the supercooling beverage.

Summary of the invention

The present invention promptly considers the problems referred to above and makes, and one aspect of the present invention provides a kind of refrigerator, this refrigerator is used for suitably mixing the cold air from refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, be suitable for the cold air of supercooling beverage so that produce, and a kind of method of utilizing described refrigerator to make subcooled liquid is provided.

According to this aspect, the invention provides a kind of refrigerator, it comprises: the main body with refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber; Be arranged on the mixing chamber in the main body, be used to absorb and mix cold air from refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber; Be arranged on the cold house of crossing in the main body, freeze by the cold air that in mixing chamber, is mixed; And controller, be used to control the interior refrigerating chamber cold air of suction mixing chamber and the soakage of refrigerating chamber cold air.

Mixing chamber can comprise: first suction inlet that is used to suck refrigerating chamber cold air that is connected with refrigerating chamber, second suction inlet that is used to suck refrigerating chamber cold air that is connected with refrigerating chamber, and the cold air supply opening, the cold air that mixes in mixing chamber infeeded the cold house by described cold air supply opening.

In first suction inlet and second suction inlet, the blower fan that is used to suck cold air is installed.

Described mixing chamber also comprises mixing apparatus, and by this mixing apparatus, the cold air that is inhaled into by first suction inlet and second suction inlet is mixed with each other in the process that flows to the cold air supply opening and reaches poised state.

Described mixing apparatus is included in the hybrid channel that forms between suction inlet and the cold air supply opening, and this hybrid channel forms plate by at least one passage and forms snakelike.

Described mixing apparatus can also be included in the fan that rotates in the mixing chamber, so that quicken the mixing of cold air.

Cross the cold house and comprise built-in temperature sensor, the controller comparison is by temperature sensor temperature that records and the temperature that is provided with of crossing the cold house, so that the control blower fan, thereby the soakage of adjustment refrigerating chamber cold air and refrigerating chamber cold air.

Can and cross the cold house with mixing chamber is arranged in refrigerating chamber or the refrigerating chamber.

In addition, main body comprises also and refrigerating chamber and the separated independent refrigerating chamber of refrigerating chamber that this independent refrigerating chamber has independent cool room, is provided with mixing chamber and crosses the cold house in independent refrigerating chamber.

Mixing chamber is with the cold house can be located adjacent one another excessively.In addition, tube connector is separated and comprised to mixing chamber mutually with the mistake cold house, and this tube connector is arranged on mixing chamber and crossed between the cold house, so that mixing chamber was connected to the cold house.

Crossing the cold house is set in the mixing chamber.In the case, cross the cold house and also comprise the cold air introducing port that is connected with mixing chamber, so that be received in the cold air that mixes in the mixing chamber, and the cold air introducing port also is equipped with the damper that is used to open and close the cold air introducing port.

Described refrigerator also comprises the housing that is used to separate mixing chamber and crosses the cold house, and wherein this housing is made by the material with high heat capacity.

Described mixing chamber and mistake cold house can also comprise heat guard, are used to prevent by the caused influence of temperature change of the temperature of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.

According on the other hand, the invention provides a kind of refrigerator, this refrigerator comprises: have the main body that refrigerating chamber and being used to produces the evaporimeter of cold air; Be arranged on the mixing chamber in the main body, be used to absorb and mix cold air from refrigerating chamber and evaporimeter; Be arranged on the cold house of crossing in the main body, this crosses the cold house by the cold air refrigeration of being mixed in the mixing chamber; And controller, this controller is used to control the refrigerating chamber cold air of suction mixing chamber and the soakage of evaporimeter cold air.

According on the other hand, the invention provides the method that a kind of utilization has the refrigerator manufacturing subcooled liquid of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, this method comprises from refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber and sucks cold air, and mixes this cold air in mixing chamber, and the cold air that will mix in mixing chamber was blown into the cold house.

Described method also comprises regulates refrigerating chamber cold air soakage and the refrigerating chamber cold air soakage that sucks mixing chamber, makes the temperature of cold house remain on design temperature.

The described cold house of crossing can comprise: cold air supply opening, the cold air that mixes in mixing chamber by this supply opening supply; And the damper that is used to open and close the cold air supply opening; Described method can also comprise closes damper and utilizes cold air in the mixing chamber described cold house of crossing of freezing indirectly.

According on the other hand, the invention provides the method that a kind of utilization comprises the refrigerator manufacturing subcooled liquid of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, this method comprises from refrigerating chamber and evaporimeter and sucks cold air, and in mixing chamber cold air is mixed with each other, and will be blown into the cold house by mixed cold air in mixing chamber.

Other aspects of the present invention and/or advantage are partly set forth in the following description book, partly can be by finding out in the following description, and perhaps can acquistion by putting into practice the present invention.

Description of drawings

Will be obviously visible from conjunction with the accompanying drawings following explanation and embodiment and be more readily understood these and/or other aspect and advantage of the present invention.In institute's accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the front view of expression according to the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the front cross sectional view of refrigerator among Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of getting along I-I line among Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 A and 4B are the views of representing as shown in Figure 3 that is arranged on the mixing apparatus in the mixing chamber;

Fig. 5 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of second embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of third embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of fourth embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of fifth embodiment of the invention;

The specific embodiment

Hereinafter will be specifically with reference to embodiments of the invention, the example is shown in the drawings.Fig. 1 is the front view of expression according to the refrigerator of first embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the front cross sectional view of refrigerator among Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of getting along I-I line among Fig. 1.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the refrigerator according to first embodiment of the invention comprises the main body 10 with open front side.This main body 10 comprises shell 11 and inner casing 12, and shell 11 is used to form outward appearance, and inner casing 12 is separated with shell 11, so that be formed for holding the storeroom of food.Between shell 11 and inner casing 12, be provided with the heat guard 13 that is used to prevent the cold air dissipation.

Storeroom 20 is divided into the left and right sides by central dividing plate 14, and wherein the right side is as the refrigerating chamber 21 of chilled food, and the left side is as the refrigerating chamber 22 of frozen food.Rear side at storeroom 20 is provided with cold air generation chamber 15, so that produce the cold air that is supplied to storeroom 20.Cold air generation chamber 15 comprises the evaporimeter (not shown), and this evaporimeter is used to carry out the heat exchange between evaporimeter and the surrounding air, so that produce cold air.Be attached with the circulating fan (not shown) at evaporimeter, so that cold air is infeeded storeroom 20.

Hinged respectively refrigerating-chamber door 21a and the refrigerating chamber door 22a of being equipped with in the front side of refrigerating chamber 21 and refrigerating chamber 22 is respectively applied for and opens and closes refrigerating chamber 21 and refrigerating chamber 22.Each 21a and 22a are provided with the shelf 16 that is used to hold food.

Refrigerator according to first embodiment of the invention comprises the cold house 30 excessively that is arranged in the refrigerating chamber 21, and it is used for below freezing point beverage being freezed, thereby makes subcooled liquid.

Beverage therein can overcooled minimum temperature (below be referred to as " limit supercooling temperature ") is determined by various variablees, such as beverage types, be used for the material or the size of the container of splendid attire beverage, or the like.But, when the type of normally used container is limited when several, can ignore have minimum influence material, size and its dependent variable of (for example refrigerating speed), test data be carried out statistical disposition, thereby can determine to be suitable for the supercooling temperature of beverage types.For example, the repeated experiments that the 200ml water that is contained in the glass container is carried out shows, if the limit in mean supercooling temperature is-9 degrees centigrade, then can limit the temperature that equals or be higher than described limit in mean supercooling temperature a little as the design temperature of crossing cold house 30.As mentioned above, test when changing beverage types, the design temperature T that crosses cold house 30 is approximately-5 degrees centigrade to-12 degrees centigrade.Because the temperature range of refrigerating chamber 22 is between-18 degrees centigrade to-21 degrees centigrade, and the temperature range of refrigerating chamber 21 is between 3 degrees centigrade to 5 degrees centigrade, therefore cold air in the refrigerating chamber and the cold air in the refrigerating chamber can suitably be mixed with each other, so that obtain to be used for the cold air of supercooling beverage.

Like this, the refrigerator according to first embodiment of the invention comprises: be arranged on the mixing chamber 40 in the refrigerating chamber 21, it is used for sucking cold air and mixing this cold air from refrigerating chamber 22 and refrigerating chamber 21 respectively, so that make the cold air that will be infeeded cold house 30; And controller 50, be used to control soakage from the cold air of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber suction mixing chamber 40, remain on design temperature so that will cross the temperature of cold house 30.

Mixing chamber 40 comprises first and

second suction inlets

41 and 42, is respectively applied for from refrigerating chamber 22 and refrigerating chamber 21 and sucks refrigerating chamber cold air and refrigerating chamber cold air.Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, in refrigerating chamber 21, be provided with under the situation of mixing chamber 40 and mistake cold house 30, first suction inlet 41 runs through central dividing plate 14, so that be connected with refrigerating chamber 22; Second suction inlet 42 runs through and is used to make mixing chamber 40 and refrigerating chamber 21 separated dividing plate 43 1 sides, so that be connected with refrigerating chamber 21.In first and

second suction inlets

41 and 42, be equipped with: be used to provide the blower fan 44a and the 44b that suck the required inhalation power of refrigerating chamber cold air and refrigerating chamber cold air, and whether be driven the thin slice 45 that opens and closes first and

second suction inlets

41 and 42 according to

blower fan

44a and 44b.

Mixing chamber 40 is adjoining with mistake cold house 30, and is separated by dividing plate 46a.The Quilt with air conditioning that mixes in mixing chamber 40 directly was blown into cold house 30.For this reason, mixing chamber 40 is included in the cold air supply opening 46 that forms in the dividing plate 46a.

Described mixing chamber 40 can comprise and be used to mix through the cold air of first and

second suction inlets

41 and 42 suctions and the mixing apparatus 47 that it is carried in poised state.This mixing apparatus 47, shown in Fig. 4 A, the hybrid channel 47a that can comprise first suction inlet 41 and between second suction inlet 42 and cold air supply opening 46, form.Fig. 4 A is the plane that is illustrated in the hybrid channel that forms in the mixing chamber shown in Figure 3.Hybrid channel 47a forms plate 47b by at least one passage and forms with serpentine shaped.In addition, the mixing apparatus shown in Fig. 4 B can comprise be mounted be used in mixing chamber 40 rotation, to accelerate the fan 47c that cold air mixes.Fan 47c is installed in the mixing chamber 40, and not such as driving arrangements such as motors, but be driven in rotation by the power that receives from the cold airflow that is inhaled into mixing chamber 40, make the mixing of cooler quicken.

Cross the supercooling temperature sensor 31 that cold house 30 comprises the temperature that is used to measure cold house 30, and controller 50, the temperature of crossing cold house 30 of temperature that this controller comparison is recorded by supercooling temperature sensor 31 and setting, and according to comparative result

control blower fan

44a and 44b, so that adjust the soakage of refrigerating chamber cold air and refrigerating chamber cold air.For example, be-7 degrees centigrade if cross the design temperature of cold house 30, and the temperature of the supercooling temperature sensor 31 that records is-5 degrees centigrade, then controller 50

control blower fan

44a and 44b, so that increase the suction ratio of refrigerating chamber cold air, cause the temperature of mixing cold air to drop to-7 degrees centigrade.Shown in Fig. 4 A and 4B, mixing temperature sensor 48 can be installed in mixing chamber 40, and in this case, mixing temperature sensor 48 be installed, so that measure the temperature of the mixing cold air that infeeded cold house 30 around cold air supply opening 46.

Simultaneously, mixing chamber 40 and mistake cold house 30 comprise

heat guard

49 and 32, be used for refrigerating chamber 21 so that prevent from heat transmission is taken place, and preventing that the internal temperature of refrigerating chamber 22 is subjected to the Temperature Influence of refrigerating chamber 21 with mixing chamber 40 and cross cold house 30 and separate between them.

Relevant with one aspect of the present invention, introduce operation below according to the refrigerator of first preferred embodiment of the invention.After determining the design temperature of cold house 30 according to the kind for the treatment of the cold food thing, drive

drum fan

44a and 44b, make refrigerating chamber cold air be imported into mixing chamber 40 by first suction inlet 41 from refrigerating chamber 22, refrigerating chamber cold air then is imported into mixing chamber 40 by second suction inlet 42 from refrigerating chamber 21.Be inhaled into the refrigerating chamber cold air of mixing chamber 40 and refrigerating chamber cold air and heat exchange takes place in by hybrid channel 47a enter poised state, infeeded cold house 30 by cold air supply opening 46 subsequently, so that made the beverage supercooling in the cold house 30.

At this moment, be installed in the temperature that cold house's 30 interior supercooling temperature sensors 31 were measured cold house 30.The relevant data that record temperature are passed to controller 50, and controller 50 compares temperature that is recorded by supercooling temperature sensor 31 and the design temperature of crossing cold house 30, and according to comparative result control blower fan 44a and 44b.Subsequently, refrigerating chamber cold air soakage and refrigerating chamber cold air soakage are adjusted, thereby made in mixing chamber 40 temperature of the cold air that mixes near design temperature, the result can keep cold house 30 to be in design temperature.

Although in the represented example of Fig. 3, mixing chamber 40 and cross cold house 30 and be installed in the refrigerating chamber 21, mixing chamber 40 and cross cold house 30 and can be set in the refrigerating chamber 22.Yet in this case, second suction inlet that is used to suck refrigerating chamber cold air runs through central dividing plate and is connected with refrigerating chamber.

Fig. 5 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of second embodiment of the invention.Although in the embodiments of figure 3, cross cold house 30 and be configured to contiguous mixing chamber 40, in the present embodiment, cross cold house 60 and be set in the mixing chamber 70.Below will introduce cold house 60 and mixing chamber 70 and be arranged on situation in the refrigerating chamber 22.

As shown in Figure 5, refrigerator according to second embodiment of the invention comprises the mixing chamber 70 that is arranged in the refrigerating chamber 22, suck from the cold air of refrigerating chamber 22 and refrigerating chamber 21 respectively and mix these cold air, separate with mixing chamber 70 mutually by housing 61 cold houses 70 of crossing that are arranged in the mixing chamber 70.

Similar with the embodiment of Fig. 3, mixing chamber 70 comprises first and

second suction inlets

71 and 72, and they are connected with refrigerating chamber 22 and refrigerating chamber 21 respectively, and wherein

blower fan

73a and 73b and thin slice are installed in respectively in first and

second suction inlets

71 and 72.

Crossing cold house 60 comprises: the cold air introducing port 63 that is connected with mixing chamber 70, so that directly reception is from the cold air of mixing chamber 70; And the damper 64 that is used to open and close cold air introducing port 63.When opening damper 64, cold air was directly infeeded cold house 60 from mixing chamber 70, and when closing damper 64, the cold air that centered on cold house 60 in the mixing chamber 70 was cold house's 60 refrigeration by indirect heat transmission such as conduction, radiation etc.When by indirect heat transmission being cold house 60 refrigeration, can prevent the local of cold house 60 or variations in temperature rapidly, and this infeeded directly at Quilt with air conditioning under the situation of cold house 60 and is easy to take place.In addition, cross the influence that cold house 70 is subjected to cryogenic freezing chamber 22, cross cold house 60 and can keep stable temperature more accurately owing to the cold air that centered on cold house 60 in mixing chamber 70 has alleviated.At this moment, because crossing the housing 61 of cold house 60 is to be made by the material with big thermal capacitance, therefore, this housing 61 plays the effect of buffering variations in temperature, and the dramatic temperature variation of crossing cold house 60 that is caused by the influence of the environment temperature that centered on cold house 60 is further relaxed.

In crossing cold house 60, supercooling temperature sensor 62 is installed.When damper 64 cut out, controller 50 can be regulated the soakage of the cold air of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, made supercooling temperature sensor 62 measured temperature t satisfy following formula with respect to the design temperature T that crosses cold house 60.

T-2≤t≤T+2

When damper 64 cuts out and crosses cold house 60 and freezed indirectly, be difficult to keep the temperature t of cold house 60 to be in design temperature T.But when the temperature that is recording in crossing cold house 60 was more much lower than design temperature, the beverage in crossing cold house 60 may freeze; In contrast, when the temperature that is recording in crossing cold house 60 is too high, is difficult to make beverage to reach cold, thereby when the user utilizes supercooled beverage manufacturing half jelly beverage, also is difficult to change supercooled beverage into half jelly beverage.Like this, consider this point, controller 50

control blower fan

73a and 73b, and the mixed proportion of regulating cold air make the temperature t and the difference between the design temperature T that record in crossing cold house 60 remain in 2 degree.For example, having served as the temperature of crossing cold house 60 that cold temperature sensor 62 records is-4 degrees centigrade, and design temperature is-7 degrees centigrade the time, and controller 50 increases the soakage of refrigerating chamber cold air, so that further freeze to crossing cold house 60.

Simultaneously, be subjected to the Temperature Influence of refrigerating chamber 22 in order to prevent mixing chamber 70, this mixing chamber 70 comprises the heat guard that is used to separate mixing chamber 70 and refrigerating chamber 22, so that prevent to take place the heat transmission between refrigerating chamber 22 and mixing chamber 70.Described mixing chamber 70 also comprises cool air discharge ports 76, is used to make its inner cold air to flow to cold air generation chamber 15.This cool air discharge ports 76 can be equipped with the damper 77 that is used to open and close cool air discharge ports 76.

Introduce operation below according to the refrigerator of second embodiment of the invention.After determining design temperature T according to the kind for the treatment of cold beverage,

drive drum fan

73a and 73b, thereby make refrigerating chamber cold air enter mixing chamber 70 by first suction inlet 71, and refrigerating chamber cold air enter mixing chamber 70 from refrigerating chamber 21 by second suction inlet 42 from refrigerating chamber 22.Heat exchange takes place and enters poised state in the refrigerating chamber cold air and the refrigerating chamber cold air that are inhaled into mixing chamber 70 in mixing chamber 70, and is infeeded cold house 60 by cold air supply opening 63.Temperature control when damper 64 is opened is identical with embodiment shown in Figure 2.That is, controller 50

control blower fan

73a and 73b make the temperature of crossing cold house 60 that is recorded by supercooling temperature sensor 62 can remain on design temperature T.

Mix cold air after one period scheduled time to crossing cold house's 60 supplies, close damper 64, so that to crossing cold house's 60 indirect refrigerations.At this moment, be installed in the temperature that cold house's 60 interior supercooling temperature sensors 62 were measured cold house 60.Be passed to controller 50 about the data that record temperature, the temperature that controller 50 is relatively recorded by supercooling temperature sensor 62 and the temperature of crossing cold house 60 of setting, and control

blower fan

44a and 44b, when having served as difference between cold house's temperature t and the design temperature T, change the mixed proportion of cold air greater than 2 degrees centigrade.Subsequently, the temperature of mixing chamber 70 changes, thereby the temperature that allowed to cold house 60 remains on beverage is remained under the required temperature of supercooled state.

Although mixing chamber 70 and cross cold house 60 and be installed in the refrigerating chamber 22 in example shown in Figure 5 also can be arranged on mixing chamber 70 and mistake cold house 60 in the refrigerating chamber 21.

Fig. 6 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of third embodiment of the invention.Embodiment and the embodiment among Fig. 3 among Fig. 6 are roughly the same, be with the difference of embodiment among Fig. 3, mixing chamber 40 with cross cold house 30 and be separated out.Below, represent identical parts with identical Reference numeral, and only introduce the aspect of present embodiment uniqueness.

As shown in Figure 6, the mixing chamber 40 with first suction inlet 41 and second suction inlet 42 is separated mutually with mistake cold house 30, and is arranged in the refrigerating chamber rear side 21b.Described mixing chamber 40 can be configured to high and cross cold house 30, thereby makes the cold air that mixes in mixing chamber 40 can gently infeed cold house 30.

Described mixing chamber 40 and mistake cold house 30 are connected with each other by the connecting pipe 80 that is arranged on therebetween, make that the cold air in the mixing chamber 40 can be infeeded cold house 30.One end of connecting pipe 80 is connected with mixing chamber 40 by the cool air discharge ports 81 that is formed on mixing chamber 40 downsides, and opposite end is connected with mistake cold house 30 by the cold air introducing port 82 that was formed on cold house's 30 upsides.Described connecting pipe 80 can be provided with along the sidewall 21c of refrigerating chamber 21, and is oriented towards central dividing plate 14.

Owing to be similar to the operation of refrigerator shown in Figure 2 according to the class of operation of the refrigerator of the preferred embodiment, therefore omit introduction to it.

Fig. 7 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of fourth embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, cross cold house 30 and mixing chamber 40 and be not arranged in the refrigerating chamber 22 or in the refrigerating chamber 21, but be arranged on independently in the independent refrigerating chamber 90.Below will omit to the introduction of similar parts embodiment illustrated in fig. 3.Represent the parts identical with identical Reference numeral below, and only introduce the distinctive aspect of present embodiment with Fig. 3 embodiment.

As shown in Figure 7, comprise the independent refrigerating chamber 90 that separates with refrigerating chamber 21 with refrigerating chamber 22 (see figure 2)s according to the refrigerator of this embodiment of the invention, it has independent spatial accommodation.This independent refrigerating chamber 90 is set at down in the refrigerating chamber 21, and comprises the door 90a that is used to open and close independent refrigerating chamber 90.

Described independent refrigerating chamber 90 is divided into upside and downside by horizontal baffle 91, and is independent of refrigerating chamber 21.Described independent refrigerating chamber 90 is divided into left side and right side (see figure 2) by central dividing plate 14, and separates mutually with refrigerating chamber 22.Although Fig. 7 does not express refrigerating chamber and central dividing plate, can see figures.1.and.2 and understand the position of independent refrigerating chamber 90.

Described independent refrigerating chamber 90 comprises mixing chamber 40, described mixing chamber 40 has second suction inlet 42 that runs through central dividing plate 14 and first suction inlet 41 that is connected with refrigerating chamber 22 and run through horizontal baffle 91 and be connected with refrigerating chamber 21, and be used for directly receiving from the cold air of mixing chamber 40 in case the supercooling beverage cross cold house 30.

Because the structure of the refrigerator among said structure and operation and Fig. 3 and operation are similar, therefore omit explanation to it.In this embodiment, although by the agency of be arranged on the independent refrigerating chamber 90 of refrigerating chamber 21 downsides, also independent refrigerating chamber 90 can be arranged on the downside of refrigerating chamber 22.

Like this, when mixing chamber 40 with when crossing the cold house and being set at independent refrigerating chamber 90 in, because mixing chamber 40 and cross cold house 30 to be subjected to the influence of refrigerating chamber 22 or refrigerating chamber 21 less, so the easier temperature of controlling cold house 30.

Fig. 8 is the sectional view of expression according to the part of the refrigerator of fifth embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, the refrigerator of being introduced is used to mix refrigerating chamber cold air and from the cold air of cold air generation chamber 15, rather than mixes refrigerating chamber cold air and refrigerating chamber cold air.Use the Reference numeral identical to represent identical parts below, and only introduce the distinctive aspect of this preferred embodiment with Fig. 3.

As shown in Figure 8, in main body 10, be provided with mixing chamber 40 ', be used for evaporimeter 15a in cool room 21 and the cold air generation chamber 15 and suck and mix cold air.Described mixing chamber 40 ' comprising: be arranged on first suction inlet 41 in the rear side 21b of refrigerating chamber ', this suction inlet is used to suck the cold air that is produced by evaporimeter 15a, and is connected with cold air generation chamber 15; And second suction inlet 42 that is connected with refrigerating chamber 21 ', be used for sucking cold air from refrigerating chamber 21.This first suction inlet 41 ' can be arranged on the upside of evaporimeter 15a.This first and second suction inlet 41 ' and 42 ' blower fan 44a ' and 44b ' are installed, be used to provide from cold air generation chamber 15 and refrigerating chamber 21 suck the required inhalation power of cold air.

Except the cold air rather than refrigerating chamber cold air that are used to flash-pot, similar according to the operation of the operation of the refrigerator of this embodiment and refrigerator shown in Figure 2, therefore omit introduction to it.

Simultaneously, the many aspects shown in Fig. 3 to 7 (for example, hybrid channel, the position of mixing chamber and mistake cold house, the relation between mixing chamber and the mistake cold house, and damper) also can be used for this embodiment.

As mentioned above, refrigerator according to the present invention has produced the suitable cold air that is used for the supercooling beverage by suitably mixed freezing chamber cold air and refrigerating chamber cold air, thereby can produce the cold house under the situation of the structure of not serious change conventional refrigerator.

In addition, freezed with the approximately identical cold air of cold house's temperature of crossing of setting by its temperature owing to cross the cold house, therefore the temperature of cold house can not change and supercooling beverage stably sharp.

Although this paper only illustrates and has introduced a small amount of embodiment of the present invention; but it may occur to persons skilled in the art that; can modify these embodiment without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, protection scope of the present invention is limited by claim and equivalent thereof.

Claims

1. refrigerator comprises:

Main body with refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber;

Be arranged on the mixing chamber in the main body, be used to absorb and mix cold air from refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber;

Being arranged on the cold house of crossing in the main body, is freezed by the cold air that is mixed in the mixing chamber in the described cold house of crossing; And

Controller is used to control the interior refrigerating chamber cold air of mixing chamber and the amount of refrigerating chamber cold air of sucking.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described mixing chamber comprises:

Be connected, be used to suck first suction inlet of refrigerating chamber cold air with refrigerating chamber;

Be connected, be used to suck second suction inlet of refrigerating chamber cold air with refrigerating chamber; And

The cold air supply opening, the cold air that mixes in mixing chamber was infeeded the cold house by described cold air supply opening.

3. refrigerator according to claim 2 wherein, is equipped with the blower fan that is used to suck cold air in first suction inlet and second suction inlet.

4. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein, described mixing chamber also comprises mixing apparatus, by described mixing apparatus, the cold air that sucks through first suction inlet and second suction inlet is mixed with each other in the process that moves to the cold air supply opening and reaches poised state.

5. refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein, described mixing apparatus is included in the hybrid channel that forms between suction inlet and the cold air supply opening.

6. refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein, described hybrid channel forms plate by at least one passage and forms snakelike.

7. refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein, described mixing apparatus also is included in the fan that rotates in the mixing chamber, so that quicken the mixing of cold air.

8. refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein, the described cold house of crossing comprises and is installed in its temperature inside sensor, and the controller comparison is by temperature sensor temperature that records and the temperature that is provided with of crossing the cold house, so that the control blower fan, thereby regulate the soakage of refrigerating chamber cold air and the soakage of refrigerating chamber cold air.

9. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described mixing chamber and mistake cold house are set in refrigerating chamber or the refrigerating chamber.

10. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described main body comprises also and refrigerating chamber and the separated independent refrigerating chamber of refrigerating chamber that described independent refrigerating chamber has independent refrigeration space, is provided with mixing chamber and crosses the cold house in independent refrigerating chamber.

11. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described mixing chamber and mistake cold house are configured to located adjacent one another.

12. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described mixing chamber with cross the cold house and separate mutually, and described mixing chamber also comprises and is arranged on mixing chamber and crosses connecting pipe between the cold house, so that mixing chamber was connected to the cold house.

13. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, the described cold house of crossing is set in the mixing chamber.

14. refrigerator according to claim 13, wherein, the described cold house of crossing also comprises the cold air introducing port that is connected with mixing chamber, be used to be received in the cold air that mixes in the mixing chamber, and described cold air introducing port is equipped with the damper that is used to open and close the cold air introducing port.

15. refrigerator according to claim 1 wherein, also comprises the housing that is used to separate mixing chamber and crosses the cold house, described housing is made by the material with high heat capacity.

16. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, described mixing chamber and cross the cold house and also comprise heat guard is used to prevent the influence that the temperature owing to refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber produces.

17. a refrigerator comprises:

Main body with refrigerating chamber and evaporimeter, wherein said evaporimeter is used to produce cold air;

Be arranged on the mixing chamber in the main body, be used to absorb and mix cold air from refrigerating chamber and evaporimeter;

Be arranged on the cold house of crossing in the main body, the wherein said cold house of crossing is by the cold air refrigeration of mixing in the mixing chamber; And

Controller is used to control the interior refrigerating chamber cold air of suction mixing chamber and the soakage of evaporimeter cold air.

18. a method of utilizing refrigerator to make subcooled liquid, described refrigerator comprises refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, said method comprising the steps of:

Suck cold air from refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, and in mixing chamber, mix described cold air; And

The cold air that will mix in mixing chamber was blown into the cold house.

19. the method for manufacturing subcooled liquid according to claim 18 also comprises step:

Regulate the refrigerating chamber cold air soakage and the refrigerating chamber cold air soakage that suck mixing chamber, made the temperature of cold house remain on design temperature.

20. the method for manufacturing subcooled liquid according to claim 18, wherein, the described cold house of crossing comprises:

The cold air supply opening, the cold air that in mixing chamber, mixes by the supply of described cold air supply opening; And

Be used to open and close the damper of described cold air supply opening.

21. the method for manufacturing subcooled liquid according to claim 20 wherein, also comprises step: close damper, and utilize the cold air in the mixing chamber to freeze to crossing the cold house indirectly.

22. a method of utilizing refrigerator to make subcooled liquid, wherein said refrigerator comprise refrigerating chamber and are used to produce the evaporimeter of cold air, said method comprising the steps of:

Suck cold air from refrigerating chamber and evaporimeter, and in mixing chamber, cold air is mixed with each other; And

The cold air that will mix in mixing chamber was blown into the cold house.