CN101270950A

CN101270950A - Refrigeratory

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Publication number: CN101270950A
Application number: CNA2008100026754A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吉村育大; 山下润; 野口明裕
Original assignee: Toshiba Corp; Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corp; Toshiba Home Appliances Corp
Current assignee: Toshiba Corp; Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corp; Toshiba Lifestyle Products and Services Corp
Priority date: 2007-03-23
Filing date: 2008-01-14
Publication date: 2008-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 2028-01-14
Also published as: CN101270950B; JP4286878B2; JP2008241050A

Abstract

A refrigerator is provided. A condenser is configured at a main body of the refrigerator, to expand a storage space, and improve radiation capability, without damaging an outlook design when opening a front door, characterized by that the refrigerator provided with a plate-shaped condenser (15), a ring of freezing cycle formed on an upper surface (10) of an insulated refrigerator body with a front opening; a cap (17) covering the condenser; and a fan (16) supplying air cooling to the condenser; and being configured with a structure (25) forming a height equal to that of the condenser in the whole width direction at the insulated refrigerator body in front of the condenser.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, the fan assembly that condenser is set and condenser is carried out air cooling on the top of the body of thermal insulating box that forms storeroom.

Background technology

Domestic refrigerator becomes commercialized for the various user's request of correspondence is provided with a plurality of refrigerator to each storeroom, and capacity also enlarges and height dimension also is increased to about the 1800mm of the convenient higher limit of using.

On the other hand, a kind of refrigerator is proposed, by being arranged on condenser arrangement in the Machine Room, refrigerator main body bottom on the top of refrigerator main body, increase the storage volume of respective amount thus and do not increase the height of refrigerator, and do not damage as the appearance design ground of refrigerator and guarantee that heat-sinking capability (for example, with reference to patent document 1), as shown in Figure 6, because this refrigerator is configured in condenser 55 and fan assembly 56 on the top of refrigerator main body 51, so adopt multiple formation so that do not damage outward appearance, so that stand in condenser 55 that can't see portion disposed thereon under the situation in the place ahead of refrigerator and lid 57 etc. the user.

Patent document 1: TOHKEMY 2007-17022 communique

But, if increase the height of door 58, then become and need above outward appearance greatly from the outward appearance of observing previously of refrigerator, be provided in the rear of flange surface of body of thermal insulating box until position that the adult female of average height can't see even will cover the leading section of the lid 57 of condenser 55, when the door 58 of refrigerating chamber is opened, the air suction inlet opening 57a of lid 57 etc. comes into view, and produces the more ugly unfavorable condition of dust that this lid 57 damages outward appearance or adheres to itself.

Summary of the invention

The present invention In view of the foregoing makes, its purpose is to provide a kind of refrigerator, by condenser arrangement is enlarged storage space on refrigerator main body top, and improve heat-sinking capability, even and under the situation of the door of opening the front, also can not damage appearance design.

For the refrigerator of the mode of the present invention 1 that solves above-mentioned problem is characterised in that, dispose: tabular condenser forms a ring of freeze cycle on the body of thermal insulating box upper surface that inside is provided with front openings portion as storage space; Lid covers this condenser; And fan assembly, the above-mentioned condenser of air cooling; And on the position of the body of thermal insulating box in the place ahead of above-mentioned condenser, be configured in the tectosome that forms on the whole width with the equal height of condenser, the refrigerator of mode 3 is characterised in that, configuration: tabular condenser, a ring of formation freeze cycle on the body of thermal insulating box upper surface that inside is provided with front openings portion as storage space; Lid covers this condenser; And fan assembly, the above-mentioned condenser of air cooling; On the position of the body of thermal insulating box in the place ahead of above-mentioned condenser, form and the prominent section portion of the thermal insulation of condenser equal height at whole width.

Invention according to mode 1 record, by with condenser arrangement on refrigerator main body top, can not change height of contour size ground and enlarge storage space, and can improve heat-sinking capability, even and open the front the door situation under condenser or the lid can not seen by the user yet, can improve appearance design, invention according to hairdo 2, except that above-mentioned effect, also can keep the heat-insulating property on body of thermal insulating box top unchangeably the space of front upper in the case to be enlarged upward, and roomy sensation can be arranged when opening the door.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereoscopic figure of the refrigerator integral body of expression embodiment of the present invention 1.

Fig. 2 is the longitudinal section on the main body top among Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the rearview of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is the vertical view that the top of the part of the lid from cutaway view 2 is observed.

Fig. 5 is expression other embodiment of the present invention and longitudinal section Fig. 2 same section.

Fig. 6 is the existing longitudinal section that the refrigerator of condenser is set at the main body upper surface.

The specific embodiment

Below, based on accompanying drawing 1 embodiment of the present invention is described.As Fig. 1 of the stereogram of refrigerator, and shown in Figure 2 as the longitudinal section on 1 top of the refrigerator main body among Fig. 1, the refrigerator main body 1 that forms by the body of thermal insulating box of between interior outer container, having filled heat-insulating materials such as urethane fat vacuole foam, dispose along the vertical direction chamber 4, vegetable compartment 5 and refrigerating chamber 6 are switched as the refrigerating chamber 2 of storage space, ice-making compartment 3, temperature in inside, and special-purpose separately door is set and switch seals freely in the front openings portion of each storeroom.

Above-mentioned refrigerating chamber 2 is owing to take in the volume maximum and frequency of utilization is also higher, so rotate freely pivot suspension opposite opened door (Frenchtype doors: appearance of french doors) 8,8 and closed peristome, and each upper end of 8 is extended upward than the main body upper surface 10 of above-mentioned refrigerator main body 1 by the

hinge

7,7 that is arranged on front openings portion both sides.

And, on the corresponding position separately of the pivotal bearing part opposition side with opposite opened

door

8,8 of aforementioned body upper surface 10, dispose the known

door opener

11,11 that constitutes by solenoid and push rod, it acts on as follows: carried out under the situation of opening door operation at the operating portion 8a to the shop front, push the back side of the door 8 that extends to top by the push rod of giving prominence to owing to energising, and open it.And become following mechanism simultaneously: at closing time, when when being arranged near 7 ones on the above-mentioned

hinge door engine

12,12 and closing the door to predetermined angular, each 8 automatically turns to the refrigerator main body side and closely contacts.

So, aforementioned body upper surface 10 is provided with along whole Rack and rake 10a downwards by the central portion at its latter half, and be provided with par 10b at the rear of rake 10a, form depressed part 13 thus in the wings, and near par 10b is provided with the inclined plane 10c that descends with wide-angle towards rear wall overleaf, to above-mentioned depressed part 13, configuration is arranged on the condenser 15 in the Machine Room, current refrigerator main body 1 bottom from the front part of this main body upper surface 10.

Condenser 15 forms a ring of freeze cycle with not shown compressor and cooler, condenser 15 is, to be to crawl that welding heat radiation silk forms 2～3 layers of flat parts laminations on the top and bottom of refrigerant pipe of shape at bending forming, and make the front portion be higher than anteriorly, and be fixed on the main body upper surface 10 by support tool 14 (being illustrated among Fig. 4) near main body upper surface 10, rear portion.

On corresponding to the par 10b of the aforementioned body upper surface at the rear portion of condenser 15 to erect the fan assembly 16 that the state setting is made of the axial flow propeller fan, it is identical or become height below it that this fan assembly 16 is set to the height of upper end and the upper position of condenser 15 rear ends or above-mentioned door opener 11 or hinge 7 parts, and the lid 17 of the sheet metal system of being provided with, form the outline of refrigerator main body 1 so that cover this condenser 15 and fan assembly 16.

Therefore, forcibly condenser 15 is carried out the fan assembly 16 of air cooling, it is the bigbore fan assembly of the height dimension amount of depressed part 13 that bore can be set, can there be the unfavorable condition that as when the small-sized fans in less space, can not obtain the abundant air quantity that is used to dispel the heat, do not need the high fan assembly of cost, can carry out air cooling to condenser 15 effectively and radiating efficiency is improved with cross flow fan etc.

At this moment, by being formed for being provided with the above-mentioned depressed part 13 of fan assembly 16, form prominent section portion 19 in the inboard of the rear portion of the refrigerating chamber corresponding 2 ceiling face by adiabatic wall 18 thus with it, though the storage space of this part reduces, but this part is portions of the superiors as the storeroom of refrigerating chamber, as mentioned above, be that height dimension is that the hand of the many refrigerator main bodies of 180cm is difficult to reach, relatively is not easy to the space of using, compare with existing formation, because the dischargeable capacity of bottom storage space enlarges respective amount, so actual storage volume increases.

Lid 17 is made of upper plate, biside plate and the backboard of the level that covers the such back side portion that reaches refrigerator main body 1 of condenser 15, and makes the suction opening 17a of its leading section and formation consistent with the front end of condenser 15 to condenser 15 inflow air.The back side forms and covers depressed part 13 and become with one side with the back plate 20 of refrigerator main body 1, width central portion at its back side, as observe the shown in Figure 3 of main body upper surface 10 from the back side, on the position of departing from, be provided with the flow export 17b that has carried out the air of heat exchange with condenser 15 a little downwards from projection face to the back side of fan assembly 16.

According to above-mentioned formation, when moving, passes through by refrigerator the driving of fan assembly 16, from covering 17 suction opening 17a inhaled air, shown in the arrow of Fig. 2, because by tilting towards the rear and depressed part 3 that sectional area enlarges and flowing down, so because rectification effect air-supply efficient raising to oblique below with enlarging.Because condenser 15 tilts to rear portion top in contrast, thus on its flat whole with flow down air and carry out heat exchange well, can obtain higher radiating efficiency.Simultaneously, since as the flow export 17b of the outlet of air in the position upper shed that departs from from the Projection Division of fan assembly 16, so when fan assembly 16 drove, the household can be not by mistake insert finger from flow export 17b cover 17 interiorly and injured, can guarantee safety.

And, shown in Figure 4 as from the vertical view of cutting the top observation of cover a part of 17 open, cover 17 width dimensions and shorten given size in front and back by making with respect to the width dimensions of main body upper surface 10, form the

plane space

21,21 of Rack thus at its left and right sides side edge part, this

plane space

21,21 and be arranged on condenser 15, the fan assembly 16 on the main body upper surface 10 and cover 17 perspective plane and do not interfere.

By such formation, during keeping after refrigerator is made etc., for example be arranged among Fig. 3 with reinforced bulkhead material 22 such shown in the double dot dash line at above-mentioned plane space 21, by utilizing this reinforced bulkhead material 22, even the less lid 17 of having taken in condenser 15 and fan assembly 16 of intensity is set on the main body upper surface 10 of refrigerator, also can pile up refrigerator main body 1 samely, and can prevent to pile up the increase in the keeping space that causes as the weight thing.

At condenser 15 and cover 17 front portion, the space 23 of regulation is set on fore-and-aft direction and above-mentioned door opener 11 is installed.Make the front end of door opener 11 be positioned at the leading section of refrigerator main body 1, and at the both sides and the above-mentioned hinge 7 that similarly is provided with of main body upper surface 10, and, there is above-mentioned door engine 12 at the spatial portion between them, therefore in order almost to cover the front that comprises them, on the roughly whole width of main body upper surface, to dispose antetheca 25 as the tectosome of housing shape with the roughly the same height of above-mentioned condenser 15, even thus under the situation of opening refrigerating-chamber door 8, also can make condenser 15 and cover 17 front and do not seen by the user.

As mentioned above, not only cover covering of 17 fronts by above-mentioned all tectosomes, also can as with above-mentioned Fig. 2 with a part longitudinal section, to given the shown in Figure 5 of same-sign with a part, at condenser 15 and cover 17 front portion, on the whole width of refrigerator main body 1, form prominent section portions 26 that make adiabatic wall 20 itself form the inclined plane and erect towards top, the place ahead.And, the height dimension by making above-mentioned prominent section portion 26 and above-mentioned tectosome 25 in the same manner, form and cover 17 and highly equate, in the ceiling portion of the correspondence of refrigerating chamber 2 inboards of adiabatic wall 20, forming depressed part 27 thus.

According to such formation, also can under the situation of opening the door, make condenser 15 and cover 17 parts and do not seen by the user, and owing to the ceiling portion spaces in the refrigerating chamber 2 enlarge upward, thus the sensation of indoor expansion when opening the door, had, and can increase a capacity of taking in of bag top reality.

The present invention constitutes as described above, in the past, on the main body upper surface 10 corresponding to refrigerating-chamber door 8 back sides of refrigerator main body 1, for example dispose under the situation of the such outstanding structure of door opener 11, can not utilize quadrate part branch thereafter, become so-called idle space, but the present invention can provide a kind of refrigerator, by partly set condenser 15 as described above and fan assembly 16 at this, and comprise on the whole width that the body of thermal insulating box upper surface that partly tectosome 15 is provided in condenser 55 the place aheads being set of door opener 11, idle space can be effectively utilized thus, appearance design can't be damaged.And, be used as the storeroom internal volume by the amount of space that is provided with existing condenser 55 and fan assembly, can not enlarge appearance and size ground and enlarge the interior effective storage volume of case, and, can enlarge the selection width of storing indoor design by the protuberance that reduces in case.

In addition, for the foregoing description, condenser 15 is to be that crawl welding heat radiation silk on the top and bottom of refrigerant pipe of shape forms the parts of tabular and lamination at bending forming, fan assembly 16 is the axial flow propeller fan, but be not limited to this, condenser also can be that the refrigerant pipe connects the small pieces fin and becomes the flat parts that crawl, perhaps with fin and the tubular type that becomes one, the fan assembly that is provided in depressed part 13 is not limited to propeller fan, also can be above-mentioned cross flow fan or Sirocco fan.

Claims

1, a kind of refrigerator is characterized in that, has:

Tabular condenser, a ring of formation freeze cycle on the body of thermal insulating box upper surface that inside is provided with front openings portion as storage space;

Lid covers this condenser; And

Fan assembly, the above-mentioned condenser of air cooling;

On the position of the body of thermal insulating box in above-mentioned condenser the place ahead, be configured in the tectosome of the height identical of formation on the whole width with condenser.

2, refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that,

Being provided with on the face of face equal height of condenser the place ahead door opener is installed, is comprised this door opener part being set and tectosome is provided on the whole width of body of thermal insulating box upper surface in above-mentioned condenser the place ahead with condenser.

3, a kind of refrigerator is characterized in that, has:

Lid covers this condenser; And

Fan assembly, the above-mentioned condenser of air cooling,

On the position of the body of thermal insulating box in above-mentioned condenser the place ahead, on whole width, form and the prominent section portion of the thermal insulation of condenser equal height.

4, as any described refrigerator of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that,

On the body of thermal insulating box upper surface at the rear portion of condenser, form depressed part, and the configuration height size fan assembly bigger, and the part of this fan assembly is buried underground be installed in the above-mentioned depressed part than above-mentioned condenser.

5, refrigerator as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,

Making the upper position of fan assembly and the upper end of condenser is equal height or its following height.

6, refrigerator as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,

The flow export that the air cooling air is set that covers in the back that covers fan assembly is arranged on above-mentioned flow export from the position that the projection face at the back side of said fans device departs from.

7, refrigerator as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,

Form the hands-off plane space in perspective plane of set condenser, lid and fan assembly at the left and right sides at least of body of thermal insulating box upper surface side edge part.