CN101175427A - Refrigerated merchandiser - Google Patents
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Abstract
A refrigerated merchandiser (10) has a cabinet (20) defining an interior product display space. A generally vertically extending air supply duct (104) at the rear of the cabinet has an inlet (108) for receiving the refrigerated air and an outlet (109) at its upper end for passing the refrigerated air from the air supply duct into an upper region of the interior space along the top wall of cabinet. An evaporator fan (62) in a compartment (53) beneath the interior space draws air flow downwardly through the product display space and through a return air inlet (102) in the lower wall separating the compartment from the interior space. A flow baffle (140) may be disposed in the upper region of the interior space for directing the air downwardly into the interior space to pass through the product displayed therein and out the air return outlet in the lower wall.
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The cross reference of related application
Quote at this, and the sequence number that the application requires on March 18th, 2005 to submit to is No.60/663, U.S. Provisional Application No. 472, " COLD AIR DISTRIBUTION DUCT FORBOTTLE COOLER " by name, the full content of this application is incorporated herein by reference.
That the present invention relates to common assignee to be arranged and submit the following application of United States Patent (USP) trademark office in same date with the application with the application:
International patent application no No.PCT/US05/ (attorney docket No.210_816PCT), " SEALING SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATIONCASSETTE " by name;
International patent application no No.PCT/US05/ (attorney docket No.210820PCT), MODULAR REFRIGERATION CASSETTE by name ";
International patent application no No.PCT/US05/ (attorney docket No.210_879PCT), " MODULAR REFRIGERATION CASSETTEWITH EVAPORATIVE TRAY " by name;
International patent application no No.PCT/US05/ (attorney docket No.210_818PCT), " BOTTOM DECK ASSEMBLY FORREFRIGERATED MERCHANDISER " by name; And
International patent application no No.PCT/US05/ (attorney docket No.210_819PCT), " EVAPORATOR FAN/MORTOR ASSEMBLYMOUTING BRACKET " by name.
Aforementioned each patent application is all incorporated herein by reference and in full.
Invention field
The present invention is broadly directed to showcase, more specifically, relates to the refrigerated that is equipped with modular cassette refrigeration.
Background of invention
Refrigerated has associated refrigeration system, to provide cooler environment in refrigerated cabinet.The refrigeration system of this refrigerated is used famous Kano kind of refrigeration cycle (Carnot refrigeration cycle) usually, and comprise the evaporator fan that evaporimeter is relevant with refrigerated cabinet with its operation, and condenser, condenser fan and compressor.In vertical counter (stand alone cabinet), compressor, condenser and condenser fan are accommodated in the cooled interior of refrigerated and separate in the also heat insulation with it equipment compartment.By refrigerant line, the latter connects compressor, condenser and evaporimeter to cold-producing medium in a conventional manner by compressor cycle, to form the closed-loop path.Air in the heat insulation refrigerated cabinet cycles through evaporimeter by evaporator fan, and with cold-producing medium generation heat exchange relationship, in order to the cooling air.Evaporimeter and evaporator fan can be arranged in the cooled interior of refrigerated, for example are positioned at upper area wherein.
Yet evaporimeter and evaporator fan also can be accommodated in certain part of equipment compartment equipment compartment, this part and compressor, and condenser and condenser fan are heat insulation.In other application, such refrigerated can be used as refrigerated or reach in freezer display bin, cold beverage showcase and automatic vending machine and use in supermarket, grocery store, gas station, convenience store and other retail location.For example, cold beverage (such as soft drink), beer, wine chiller etc. are commonly displayed in the refrigerated merchandiser (refrigerated merchandiser), so that the self-service purchase of client.Such conventional beverage refrigerator comprises insulated cabinet, and it defines the refrigerated product display district that has a fan or fan glass door more, can contact cabinet interior by glass door.Beverage product (form with independent or multi-pack is contained in jar or the bottle usually) is stored on the top of the shelf in the refrigerated display of cabinet.In order to obtain your drink, customer need is opened door, and the contact refrigerated cabinet is to take out desirable commodity from shelf.
Refrigerated merchandiser is equipped with the modular cassette refrigeration that is positioned on the refrigerated top, (for example) by people such as Bauman in U.S. Patent No. 5,953,929 and 6,070,424, and by Morse in U.S. Patent No. 6,701, open in 739.Be equipped be positioned at the modular cassette refrigeration under the refrigerated refrigerated merchandiser then (for example) by people such as Rudick in U.S. Patent No. 5,347,827; 5,402,654; 5,417,079 and 5,417,081, and by people such as Maynard in U.S. Patent No. 5,678, open in 421.
Be equipped with the refrigerated merchandiser that is arranged in the modular cassette refrigeration under the refrigerated, mobile with the circulation pattern of general toroidal from the cooling air (refrigerated air) of refrigeration unit in the product display zone of cabinet.Cooling air makes progress from refrigeration unit along the cabinet rear wall usually up to the cabinet upper wall, then along the cabinet upper wall, then faces down up to the product display zone bottom before cabinet, and returns inlet by air and get back to refrigeration unit.Yet, in the circulation pattern of general toroidal, may can not get the commodity Temperature Distribution of uniform and stable, may not fully contact the cold cooling air of circulation because be arranged at the product display zone central part or be positioned at the lower shelf sidepiece with commodity on the aft section.In addition, because the cooling air that passes through along the cabinet upper wall has big horizontal velocity component, very most of cryogenic refrigeration air impacts on the inner surface of selling cabinet door, and mobile along facing down in front of the door.This edge prone Cryogenic air in front of the door may cause excessive condensation on the lower door surface of temperature.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of one aspect of the present invention is, a kind of refrigerated merchandiser is provided, and it has the cooling air stream that approximate vertical is passed through display commodity wherein downwards.
The present invention's purpose on the other hand is, provide a kind of in refrigerated merchandiser the method for circularly cooling air, vending machine provides approximate vertical downward stream, it is by at least wherein displaying the zone line of commodity.
The purpose of a further aspect of the invention is, is improved to the distribution of cooling air of the product display space of refrigerated merchandiser, reducing the time of commodity cooling, and reduces the commodity variation of temperature in the product display space.
The purpose of another aspect of the present invention is, is improved to the distribution of cooling air of the product display space of refrigerated merchandiser, to reduce along the downward cryogenic refrigeration air stream of the front glass door of refrigerated merchandiser.
In one aspect of the invention, refrigerated merchandiser is provided with and has the cabinet inner space, and wherein commodity can be displayed in the environment that is freezed by the cooling air that supplies to the inner space.Cabinet has upper wall, lower wall (it has the air Returning outlet that runs through wherein), rear wall and the sidewall in restricted internal space.Rear board is arranged in the inner space, and with the rear wall of described cabinet spaced apart and almost parallel with it, thereby limit approximate vertical is extended, the air supply channel between them.Air supply channel has inlet, is used to receive cooling air, and has outlet in the top, so that be transferred in the upper area of inner space along the cabinet upper wall from the cooling air of air supply channel.One or more deflectors can be set in the upper area of inner space, enter in the inner space downwards, and by being given in commodity wherein, and flow out air Returning outlet in the lower wall in order to guide the air-flow that passes through along the cabinet upper wall again.
In one embodiment, the flow area in air supply channel exit (flow area) is less than the flow area of air supply channel exit upstream side.Flow area can reduce with flow restriction, for example, and can be with the deflector that is arranged at the air supply channel exit flow area that restricts export, so that its flow area is less than the flow area of air supply channel upstream portion.Deflector can be the rear board extension, and rear board extends towards the cabinet rear wall at described rear board upper end on the bias.
Invention on the other hand in, top panel is arranged in the inner space, and and the cabinet upper wall is spaced apart and almost parallel with it, thereby define approximate horizontal is extended, the air distribution channel between them.Top panel has first group of a plurality of opening (it is arranged in panel rear and divides) by wherein and the second group of a plurality of opening (it is arranged in the panel forward part) by wherein.Air distribution channel has the inlet opening that is communicated with air supply channel outlet fluid.In this embodiment, be provided with deflector in the air distribution channel, and between the first group of a plurality of opening and second group of a plurality of opening in the top panel in top panel.Deflector causes that in air distribution channel stream flows to by the air counter-rotating of baffle plate, therefore, from air distribution channel flow in the inner space the part cold air can by first group of a plurality of opening with roughly downwards and direction forward enter the inner space.And from air distribution channel flow in the inner space the part cooling air can by second group of a plurality of opening with roughly downwards and direction backward enter the inner space.
The present invention other aspect in, rear board has a plurality of openings that run through wherein, in order to enter the lower area and/or the zone line of inner space from air supply channel hop cooling air.In an embodiment, a plurality of relatively large openings are arranged in the part of rear board, this part rear board defines the lower area of inner space, rear board part at the upper area that limits the inner space is not provided with opening, and is provided with a plurality of less relatively openings at the rear panel portion branch of the zone line in restricted internal space.
Refrigeration unit can be arranged on the outside of inner space, and be arranged to can with the inner space cooperating operation.Refrigeration unit comprises evaporimeter and evaporator fan, evaporator fan and evaporimeter cooperating operation.Evaporator fan operation, with return by the air in the lower wall opening internally the space suction air and cooling air is conveyed in the described air supply channel from refrigeration unit to the evaporimeter of described refrigeration unit.This unit can be arranged in the equipment compartment under the lower wall, the air Returning outlet in the lower wall then with the evaporator fan airflow connection.Refrigeration unit comprises refrigeration unit cassette, its have first compartment (being used to hold evaporimeter and evaporator fan assembly) and second compartment (be used to hold condenser, with the condenser fan assembly and the compressor of condenser synthetic operation, and evaporimeter, compressor and condenser connect in the closed loop refrigerating circuit, to form refrigerant flow communication.First compartment of refrigeration unit cassette has air intake, and the air Returning outlet in itself and the lower wall is an airflow connection, and first compartment also has air outlet slit, and it is an airflow connection with the air intake that leads to air supply channel.Cassette refrigeration can optionally be placed in the equipment compartment or compartment outside.
In another aspect of this invention, provide a kind of method, in order to the commodity that are given in the refrigerated merchandiser inner space are freezed, this is by realizing to inner space the supply system cold air.The method comprises the steps: cooling air is supplied to the upper area of inner space, the cooling air approximate vertical of the upper area that supplies to the inner space is down guided by being given in the commodity in the inner space, and the lower area suction air in space internally.The cooling air of upper area that guiding supplies to the inner space generally perpendicularly can comprise by the commodity that are given in the inner space downwards: financial-supply-leading is arrived roughly downwards and direction forward to the first of the cooling air of the upper area of inner space, and the handle second portion of cooling air that supplies to the upper area of inner space be directed to be in reverse to first's air roughly downwards and direction backward.
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In order further to understand these contents and purpose of the present invention, can be with reference to following detailed description of the present invention, it can be read with accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the side cross section view according to an embodiment of refrigerated merchandiser of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the side cross section view of another embodiment of the present invention's refrigerated merchandiser of being correlated with;
Fig. 3 is the cut-away section front view that takes off along Fig. 1 center line 3-3;
Fig. 4 is the cut-away section front view that takes off along Fig. 2 center line 4-4;
Fig. 5 A-5D is the decomposition view of the present invention's each exemplary embodiment of being correlated with, and it is relevant to the air distribution channel of the product display space upper area of Fig. 2 refrigerated merchandiser.
Detailed description of the present invention
Come now referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, shown in it is cold drink vending machine (generally representing with label 10) among the optional embodiment, it comprises interior product display space 100, be used to deposit commodity to be sold 110, for example bottled or canned carbonated drink, milk, water, fruit juice, fruit drink, beer and other beverage.Although in this article, to come the present invention is introduced with reference to the illustrated embodiment of cold drink refrigerator, need to understand, this invention also can be applied in other the refrigeration vending machine, be used to display perishable and freezing F﹠B, comprise (for example) meat, poultry, fish, dairy produce, freezing packaged food and other commodity that need in controlled environment, preserve.
Refrigeration unit 15 combines the box body 50 of the box structure with essentially rectangular, this structure have upper flange 52, base plate 54 and generally perpendicularly between upper flange 52 and base plate 54, extend around structure, side plate 56C that put constitutes by backboard 56B, header board 56A are relative with two around structure.Partition wall 68 extends between the side plate 56C that puts relatively, extends from refrigeration cassette forward region toward back plate 56B, the inside of refrigeration unit cassette 50 is separated into aforesaid first 53 and second portion 57.Condenser 70, its corresponding condenser fan/electric motor assembly 72 and compressor 74 are installed on the common support plate, and the common support plate is suitable for being installed on the base plate 54 of the bottom surface that forms cassette refrigeration 50.Base plate 54 is slidably mounted in the compartment 55, is assemblied in the compartment 55 to make things convenient for it, and therefrom takes out, like this can be conveniently to the maintenance of the refrigeration plant that is mounted thereon.Condensate pans (condensate tray) 76 can be arranged under the evaporimeter 60, drips with the condensation of be used to collect self cooling condenser 70 and evaporimeter 60, and a condensate of collecting is discharged to waste line.Condensate pans 76 uses as the condensation evaporation dish, and wherein the condensate of Shou Jiing is by the hot-air evaporation of discharging from condenser, and this realizes by time on the condensate pans 76 at hot-air.
In the closed-loop refrigerant circulation circuit (not shown), evaporimeter 60, condenser 70 and compressor 74 link in a conventional manner, in order to freeze from the air of interior product display space 100 by famous Carnot cycle.Typically only when compressor 74 operations, condenser fan/electric motor assembly 72 (being typically single blower fan and motor) can be operationally from the external suction air of refrigerated merchandiser 10, for example the preceding grid 12 by being arranged at vending machine 10 front lower places is from the surrounding environment suction air, and makes its opening that passes through header board 56A 59 arrive condenser 70.Externally air is by condenser 70, and and during by the cold-producing medium generation heat exchange relationship of compressor 74 transmission by wherein, cold-producing medium is cooled, air then is heated.Behind process condenser 70, this air is just discharged compartment 55 by the opening behind the cabinet, and gets back to external environment condition.Pass through on compressor 74 by the part air of condenser fan 72 suctions, to assist cooling compressor by refrigeration unit cassette 50.
The cold-producing medium of cooling arrives evaporimeter 60 from condenser 70 by the transmission of closed-loop refrigerant circulation circuit (not shown).Evaporator fan/ electric motor assembly 62 or 62 operations of a plurality of evaporator fan/electric motor assembly, with by the air intake in the lower wall 24 102 internally product display space 100 suction airs enter the first 53 (promptly referring to evaporator compartment) of refrigeration unit 50, after this air is transferred to the cooling air air supply channel by evaporimeter 60, and air is turned back to product display space 100 by this passage.When circulating air when the evaporimeter 60, it in transmission with by the ice-cold cold-producing medium generation heat exchange of compressor 74 transmission by evaporimeter 60, and cold-producing medium is heated and evaporate, air just has been cooled.Evaporator fan 62 is the cooling air circulation of process evaporimeter 60, make it to get back to the interior product display space 100 of refrigerated from evaporator compartment 53, wherein cooling air will by be arranged in compartment rear portion place lower wall 24 afterbodys and open and return air outlet slit 108 to cooling air air supply channel 104.
In one embodiment, cover plate 120 comprises circumferential flange 126, and it generally perpendicularly extends downwardly into and reaches lower wall 24, to support cover plate 120 on the air intake 102 of lower wall 124.A plurality of on circumference isolated opening 125 be arranged in the circumferential flange 126, with the interior product display space 100 that form the to connect refrigerated air flow passage to air intake 102, air intake 102 leads to the evaporator compartment 53 of refrigeration unit cassette 50.
Now at length with reference to embodiment illustrated in fig. 1, enter back air supply channel 104 by air outlet slit 108 from the cooling air of evaporator compartment 53.Back air supply channel 104 generally perpendicularly upwards extends between rear wall 34 and rear board 134, and terminates in the air outlet slit 109 of its upper end.The position of air outlet slit 109 above high-order frame 112A opens in the refrigerated interior space, but under upper wall 22.The cross section flow area of air outlet slit 109 is restricted, and this cross section flow area is less than the cross section flow area of the back path 10 4 of the air-flow upstream end of outlet 109.For example, can provide baffle plate 136, and extend through air outlet slit 109 at the port of export place of air duct 104, thereby can be with respect to the cross section flow area of air duct 104 and reduce the cross section flow area of air outlet slit 109.In the embodiment shown, outlet damper 136 is extensions 134 of rear board, and its deflection is extended, and with vertical back to angled in the direction of rear wall 34.Outlet damper 136 can extend back at a certain angle, for example in the angular range of 30 to 60 degree.The outlet damper 136 one section sufficiently long distance that can extend back is to be reduced to the cross section flow area that is about as much as 1/4 to 3/4 outlet damper 136 upstream end circulation passages 104 to the cross section flow area at air outlet slit 109 places.
In Fig. 1 embodiment, the circulation cooling air of path 10 4 later is conveyed in the interior product display space 100, and part enters by the air outlet slit 109 of back path 10 4, and part enters by the opening in the rear board 134 135.For example in exemplary embodiment shown in Figure 3, opening 135 constitutes groove horizontally extending, relative narrower, its in the back plate be arranged in the form of multiple lines and multiple rows.The minimizing of air outlet slit 109 place's flow areas can make pressure descend, and this can cause desirable, as the to circulate path 10 4 part air communication opening 135 in the panel later, and makes things convenient for distribution of air flow to go in the product display zone.Distribution of air flow can be partly be controlled by the flow area limit amount that changes air outlet slit 109 places, for example realizes by the ductility that changes outlet damper 136, and this ductility can limit air exports the flow area at 109 places.In order to improve air-flow with respect to air-flow, can increase air outlet slit 109 place's flow areas by air outlet slit 109 by the opening in the rear board 134 135.On the contrary, in order to reduce air-flow with respect to air-flow, can reduce air outlet slit 109 place's flow areas by air outlet slit 109 by the opening in the rear board 134 135.Reducing relatively and can selecting by changing structure of air outlet slit 109 place's flow areas for example changes the length and/or the angle of outlet damper 136, thereby the flow area at desirable air outlet slit 109 places is provided.
The air-flow that enters interior product display space 100 by air outlet slit 109 will flow in the top of the product display space 100 above the high-order frame 112A, and generally perpendicularly aspirate by being arranged at the commodity on the shelf 112 by evaporator fan assembly 62 subsequently, return inlet 102 by the air in the lower wall 24 then and enter in the evaporator compartment 53.One or more deflectors 140 can be arranged on the upper wall 22, and extend down in the inner space 100.Deflector 140 extends in the inner space with less relatively distance downwards, but this segment distance enough is used for guiding the air-flow counter-rotating from air outlet slit 109 to flow to, and generally perpendicularly flows by the commodity on the shelf 112 in the interior product display space 100 downwards.Each deflector 140 helps the steering current zone line by interior product display space 100 downwards, thereby guarantees more effectively to cool off the commodity on the shelf 112, and reduces internally product display space 100 rear portions to its anterior commodity variation of temperature.If there is lamp to be arranged to cross last the place ahead of interior product display space 100, can hot baffle be set corresponding to lamp, so that commodity are heat insulation in the heat that is produced by lamp, and also can be used as deflector, pass through commodity downwards with steering current.
Come now in detail with reference to the embodiment among Fig. 2, enter back air supply channel 104 by air outlet slit 108 from the cooling air of evaporator compartment 53.Back air supply channel 104 generally perpendicularly extends upward between rear wall 34 and rear board 134, and with horizontal air air supply channel 106 fluid flow communication.In this embodiment, cooling air is conveyed in the interior product display space 100, a part enters in the display space 100 by the opening the rear board 134 135 from back path 10 4, and is a part of then enter by the opening the top panel 122 123 and 125 from upper channel 106.Again, opening 135 constitutes groove horizontally extending, relative narrower, and as shown in the exemplary embodiment of Fig. 4, groove plate in the back is arranged in multiple lines and multiple rows.In this exemplary embodiment, in the upper area of plate 134 opening 135 is not set in the back, and the opening 135A that is arranged in rear board 134 lower areas is bigger than the opening 135B that is arranged in rear board 134 zone lines.The total flow area that is provided by the opening 135A in the rear board bottom is bigger than the total flow area that is provided by the opening 135B in the rear board zone line.Therefore, from path 10 4 enter by rear board 134 cooling airs in the product display space 100 be from behind plate upper area (cooling air not stream by) to rear board lower area (panel directly entered product display space 100 after the circulation of largest portion cooling air was arranged) vertical tilt distribution.
Come with reference to Fig. 2, the remainder cooling air by cooling air air supply channel 104 enters product display space 100 from path 10 6 by the opening 123 and 125 that runs through top panel 122 again.The representative configuration of other last air supply channel 106 is embodied among Fig. 5 a, 5b, 5c and the 5d.In each structure, deflector 105 is arranged in the forward part of path 10 6, and extends into path 10 6 and part is intersected with path 10 6 from top panel 122, thus cause the air that wherein on baffle plate 105, passes through at the forward end place of path 10 6 reverse directions roughly.Opening 123 is arranged in the top panel 122 and is in the downstream part of the air-flow of deflector 105 base portions, and opening 125 is arranged in the top panel 122 and be in the upstream end of the air-flow of deflector 105 base portions.Therefore, enter from back path 10 4 upper channel 106 cooling air first will by opening 123 with roughly downwards and direction forward enter the commodity space 100, and second portion wherein will by opening 125 with roughly downwards and direction backward enter product display space 100.Therefore, the cooling air that one group of opening 125 by forward direction enters product display space 100 will have the horizontal velocity component of pointing to backward, its with by the back to one group of opening 123 corresponding horizontal velocity component of sensing forward of entering the cooling air of product display space 100 be opposite.Roughly down aspirated by opening in the top panel 122 123 and 125 cooling airs that enter interior product display space 100 from path 10 4, return inlet 102 and enter evaporator compartment 53 by the air that is arranged at commodity 110 on the shelf 112, arrive in the lower wall 24, this is realized by evaporator fan assembly 62.Therefore, cooling air along overall for the downward path of approximate vertical by being arranged at the commodity 110 on the shelf 112, this has improved the cooling of commodity greatly, and has reduced the commodity variation of temperature from product display space 100 rear portions to the front portion.
In two illustrated embodiments of the present invention, the part cooling air of supplying with by path 10 4 enters interior product display space 100 by the opening 135 that is arranged in the rear board 134, the part cooling air then enters interior product display space 100 by the outlet 109 of path 10 4, or directly realize, or by the form shown in Fig. 2 embodiment, realize by its horizontally disposed extension with Fig. 1 embodiment form.The distribution of bulk flow also can change (this can by increasing or reducing the quantity of groove 135 or the size of opening 135 realizes) by total flow area that the groove in the rear board 135 provides by increasing or reducing (as desired) between two parts.In addition, the distribution of that part of cooling air by rear board also can realize by select the position of opening in any desirable setting (as desired), also can by in the plate part in the back with respect to the opening of another part of rear board, increase or the relative size or the relative populations that reduce groove realizes.
For exemplary purposes, in exemplary embodiment as shown in Figure 3, groove 135 is the grooves that are arranged in the uniform-dimension of three row multirows, but it only appears at the vertical zone line of rear board.The width of each groove is 5.50 inches (139.7 millimeters) and highly be 0.25 inch (6.4 millimeters).In exemplary embodiment shown in Figure 4, opening 135A and 135B are arranged in three row multirows, groove 135A is bigger, it is positioned at the panel lower area, width is 8.00 inches (203.2 millimeters) and highly be 0.75 inch (19.2 millimeters), and groove 135B is less, and it is positioned at the vertical central region of panel, and width is 8.00 inches (203.3 millimeters) and highly be 0.25 inch (6.4 millimeters).Need should be appreciated that the arrangement, size and the quantity that are arranged at the opening in the rear board 135 are in the free process range of those skilled in the art.The selection of the quantity of row and column, the relative distribution between the row and column and interval and groove 135 specific sizes can change, and with respect to entering the cooling air of interior product display space 100 by rear board 134, provide desirable distributions.
Though with reference to preference pattern the present invention has been done detailed illustrating and introducing as shown in drawings, but those skilled in the art is understood that, under the prerequisite that does not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention defined by the claims, can carry out the variation on the various details.
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Air supply channel;
The panel of approximate horizontal, it is arranged in the described inner space, spaced apart and the almost parallel with it with the described upper wall of described cabinet, and between them, define cooling air and distribute passage, the panel of described approximate horizontal has rear section and forward part, and it is that fluid is communicated with that described cooling air air supply channel and described cooling air distribute passage;
First group of a plurality of opening, it is arranged in the described rear section of panel of described approximate horizontal and passes wherein, in order to from described air distribution channel transmission cooling air with roughly downwards and direction forward enter described interior product display space;
Second group of a plurality of opening, it is arranged in the described forward part of panel of described approximate horizontal and passes wherein, in order to from described air distribution channel cooling air with roughly downwards and direction backward import described interior product display space into; With
Refrigeration unit, it is arranged under the described lower wall, and can with described inner space cooperating operation, described refrigeration unit comprise evaporimeter and be arranged to can with the evaporator fan of described evaporimeter cooperating operation, described evaporator fan operation, to return opening by the described air the described lower wall and air is drawn into the described evaporimeter of described refrigeration unit, and cooling air is imported into the described air supply channel from refrigeration unit from described inner space.
18. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 17 is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises:
Deflector, its described air distribution channel is arranged between described first group of a plurality of opening and the described second group of a plurality of opening, the operation of described deflector flows to cause the cooling flow counter-rotating by described deflector, thus described second group of a plurality of opening of the panel by described approximate horizontal.
19. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 17, it is characterized in that, the panel of described approximate vertical has lower area, and it has the 3rd group of a plurality of openings that are arranged at wherein and pass wherein, and it is used for from described air supply channel the cooling air biography being entered described interior product display space.
20. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 17 is characterized in that, the panel of described approximate vertical has lower area, its have be arranged at wherein and pass wherein
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1. refrigerated merchandiser with inner space, wherein commodity can be given in the environment by the cooling air refrigeration that supplies to described inner space, and described refrigerated merchandiser comprises:
Cabinet, it has the upper wall that defines described inner space, have lower wall, rear wall and the sidewall of the air Returning outlet by wherein; And
Rear board, it is arranged in the described inner space, spaced apart with the described rear wall of described cabinet and roughly parallel with it, and define the air supply channel that approximate vertical is extended therein, described air supply channel has in order to receive the inlet of described cooling air, and have outlet in the top, enter the upper area of inner space in order to the first of transmitting described cooling air from described air supply channel;
At least one deflector, it is arranged at the upper area of inner space, redirect along the air-flow in the described first cooling air that described cabinet upper wall passes through in order to handle, make it enter described inner space downwards, with by the described commodity that are given in wherein, and pass air Returning outlet in the described lower wall.
2. according to the refrigerated merchandiser described in the claim 1, it is characterized in that described at least one deflector comprises from described upper wall and extends inward into deflector in the described inner space.
3. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described at least one deflector comprises a pair of isolated deflector, and every deflector extends inward in the described inner space from described upper wall.
4. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described air supply channel has first flow area at the upstream side of described outlet, and has second flow area in described exit, and described second flow area is less than described first flow area.
5. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises the flow restriction in the described exit that is arranged at described air supply channel, and described flow restriction limits described second flow area, so that described second flow area is less than described first flow area.
6. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 4, it is characterized in that described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises deflector, it is arranged at the described exit of described air supply channel, described deflector limits described second flow area, so that described second flow area is less than described first flow area.
7. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 6 is characterized in that described deflector comprises the extension of described rear board, and the extension of described rear board extends towards the described rear wall of described cabinet on the bias at described rear board upper end.
8. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises a plurality of openings that are arranged in described rear board, is used for from the upstream portion of described air supply channel the second portion cooling air being imported into described inner space.
9. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises refrigeration unit, its be arranged to can with described inner space cooperating operation, and be positioned at the outside of described inner space, described refrigeration unit comprise evaporimeter and be arranged to can with the evaporator fan of described evaporimeter cooperating operation, described evaporator fan operation, to return opening from described inner space by the described air the described lower wall, air is drawn into the described evaporimeter of described refrigeration unit, and cooling air is imported into described air supply channel from refrigeration unit.
10. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described refrigeration unit is arranged in the equipment compartment under the described lower wall, and the air Returning outlet in the described lower wall and described evaporator fan are airflow connections.
11. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises refrigeration unit cassette, it has first compartment, it holds evaporimeter, reach evaporator fan assembly with the evaporimeter cooperating operation, refrigeration unit cassette also has second compartment, it holds, and condenser reaches and the condenser fan assembly and the compressor of described condenser cooperating operation, described evaporimeter, described compressor and described condenser are connected in the closed loop refrigerating circuit and make refrigerant flow communication, described first compartment has air intake, described air Returning outlet airflow connection in itself and the described lower wall, first compartment also has air outlet slit, and it is an airflow connection with the described air intake that leads to described air supply channel.
12. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 11 is characterized in that, described cassette refrigeration can optionally be arranged in the described equipment compartment or be arranged at outside it.
13. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises the top panel that is arranged in the described inner space, its described upper wall with described cabinet is spaced apart and roughly parallel with it, and between them, define the air distribution channel that approximate horizontal is extended, described top panel has the first group of a plurality of opening that passes wherein in its rear section, then have the second group of a plurality of opening that passes wherein in its forward part, the air distribution channel that described approximate horizontal is extended has the inlet opening, and it is that fluid is communicated with the described outlet of described air supply channel.
14. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, described at least one deflector comprises the deflector that is arranged in the described air distribution channel, between the described second group of a plurality of opening in the described first group of a plurality of opening in the panel of described approximate horizontal and the panel of described approximate horizontal.
15. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, described rear board, it has and has the lower area that passes first group of a plurality of opening wherein, do not have opening to pass wherein upper area and the zone line between described upper area and lower area, zone line has the second group of a plurality of opening that passes wherein, to enter in the described inner space from described air supply channel transmission cooling air.
16. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 15, it is characterized in that, described first group of a plurality of opening in the described lower area of described rear board define first flow area, and described second group of a plurality of opening of the described zone line in the described rear board define second flow area, and described first flow area is greater than described second flow area.
17. the refrigerated merchandiser with inner space, described inner space accommodates the commodity in the refrigerating environment, selects for client, and described refrigerated merchandiser comprises:
Cabinet, it has upper wall, lower wall, rear wall and the sidewall that defines described inner space, and described lower wall has the air that passes wherein and returns opening;
The panel of approximate vertical, it is arranged in the described inner space, and with the described rear wall of described cabinet spaced apart and almost parallel with it, and between them, define the cooling air air supply channel;
The panel of approximate horizontal, it is arranged in the described inner space, spaced apart and the almost parallel with it with the described upper wall of described cabinet, and between them, define first air duct, the panel of described approximate horizontal has rear section and forward part, described first air duct and second air duct are that fluid is communicated with, and distribute passage thereby set up cooling air;
First group of a plurality of opening, it is arranged in the described rear section of panel of described approximate horizontal and passes wherein, in order to from described air distribution channel transmission cooling air with roughly downwards and direction forward enter described interior product display space;
Second group of a plurality of opening, it is arranged in the described forward part of panel of described approximate horizontal and passes wherein, in order to from described air distribution channel cooling air with roughly downwards and direction backward import described interior product display space into; With
Refrigeration unit, it is arranged under the described lower wall, and can with described inner space cooperating operation, described refrigeration unit comprise evaporimeter and be arranged to can with the evaporator fan of described evaporimeter cooperating operation, described evaporator fan operation, to return opening by the described air the described lower wall and air is drawn into the described evaporimeter of described refrigeration unit, and cooling air is imported into the described air supply channel from refrigeration unit from described inner space.
18. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 17 is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises:
Deflector, its described air distribution channel is arranged between described first group of a plurality of opening and the described second group of a plurality of opening, the operation of described deflector flows to cause the cooling flow counter-rotating by described deflector, thus described second group of a plurality of opening of the panel by described approximate horizontal.
19. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 17, it is characterized in that, the panel of described approximate vertical has lower area, and it has the 3rd group of a plurality of openings that are arranged at wherein and pass wherein, and it is used for from described air supply channel the cooling air biography being entered described interior product display space.
20. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 17, it is characterized in that, the panel of described approximate vertical has lower area, its have be arranged at wherein and pass wherein the 3rd group of a plurality of openings, be used for cooling air being imported into described inner space from described air supply channel, described panel also has does not have opening to pass wherein upper area and the zone line between between described upper area and lower area, it has the 4th group of a plurality of openings that pass wherein, in order to from described air supply channel cooling air is imported into described inner space.
21. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 20, it is characterized in that, described the 3rd group of a plurality of openings in the described lower area of the panel of described approximate vertical define first flow area, and described the 4th group of a plurality of openings of the described zone line of the panel of described approximate vertical define second flow area, and described first flow area is greater than described second flow area.
22. one kind is used for method that commodity are freezed in refrigerated merchandiser, described refrigerated merchandiser has cabinet, described cabinet has the inner space that has commodity, described commodity display is freezed in the inner space and by cooling air being supplied to described inner space, and described method comprises the steps:
Cooling air is provided to the upper area of inner space;
Guiding supplies to the described cooling air of the upper area of described inner space, makes it roughly down by being given in the described commodity in the described inner space; And
The lower area suction air in space internally;
Therefore, the described cooling air that supplies to the upper area of described inner space is crossed the described commodity that are given in the described inner space with the downward path flow of approximate vertical.
23. according to the method described in the claim 22, it is characterized in that, the guiding supply to described inner space upper area described cooling air, it is roughly down comprised the steps: again by the described step that is given in the described commodity in the described inner space
With roughly downwards and direction forward, guiding supplies to the first of described cooling air of the described upper area of described interior zone; And
With roughly downwards and direction backward, guiding supplies to the second portion of described cooling air of the described upper area of described interior zone.
24. the refrigerated merchandiser with inner space, wherein, commodity can be given in the environment that is freezed by the cooling air that supplies to described inner space, and described refrigerated merchandiser comprises:
Cabinet, it has the upper wall that defines described inner space, lower wall, rear wall and the sidewall that has the air Returning outlet that passes wherein; And
Be arranged at the rear board in the described inner space, spaced apart and the almost parallel with it of the described rear wall of itself and described cabinet, and between them, define the air supply channel that approximate vertical is extended, described air supply channel has the outlet that is used to receive the inlet of described cooling air and is positioned at its upper end, and described outlet is used for from described air supply channel the first of described cooling air being imported into the upper area of inner space;
Described air supply channel has first flow area at the upstream end of described outlet, and has second flow area in described exit, and described second flow area is less than described first flow area.
25. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 24, it is characterized in that, described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises flow restriction, it is arranged at the described exit of described air supply channel, described flow restriction limits described second flow area, makes described second flow area less than described first flow area.
26. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 24, it is characterized in that described refrigerated merchandiser also comprises deflector, it is arranged at the described exit of described air supply channel, described deflector limits described second flow area, makes second flow area less than described first flow area.
27. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 26 is characterized in that, described deflector comprises the extension of described rear board, and described extension obliquely extends towards the described rear wall of described cabinet at the upper end of described rear board.
28. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 24 is characterized in that deflector obliquely extends back at a certain angle, this angular range is spent between about 60 degree about 30.
29. refrigerated merchandiser according to claim 24 is characterized in that, described second flow area approximately is 1/4 to 3/4 of described first flow area.
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