Household electrical appliance with cold-storage device
[technical field]
The present invention relates to a kind of household electrical appliance, refer in particular to a kind of household electric refrigerator or refrigerator with cold-storage device.
[background technology]
Existing refrigerator reaches purpose of energy saving for the switching frequency of less refrigeration system; Perhaps, cold-storage device is set in refrigerator usually when accident is cut off the power supply in order to make refrigerator that the refrigerating function of certain hour still can be provided.In the process of refrigerastion of refrigerator, cold-storage device is cooled to predetermined temperature; To refrigerator stop the refrigeration after, cold-storage device discharges its energy stored lentamente.
About the position of cold-storage device in refrigerator, common mode is in the refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber that directly cold-storage device is arranged on, and for example is arranged on the sidewall or rear wall of refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber, perhaps is arranged on the layer frame of freezer evaporator.The defective of this design is: cold-storage device or taken the interior storage space of refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber, and also cold-storage device is not removable usually after installation, is unfavorable for that the user adjusts the cool storage function of cold-storage device.
For overcoming above-mentioned shortcoming, Chinese utility model patent has disclosed a kind of improved cold-storage device for No. 02268284.8, as shown in Figure 1.On the door body 1 of the refrigerating chamber of refrigerator, form several cavitys 11, a dismountable cold-storage bottle 2 is set in each cavity 11.The advantage of this design is the space that neither takies refrigerating chamber, cold-storage bottle 2 can be disassembled from cavity 11 again, thus can be according to the capacity of the cold-storage liquid in the refrigeration needs adjustment cold-storage bottle 2.Yet, present novel refrigerator, particularly the large-capacity refrigerator of block form (Side-by-side) is provided with automatic ice maker usually in refrigerating chamber, and what be provided on the door of refrigerating chamber correspondingly that ice cube with automatic ice maker exports to outdoors rear opening body goes out to ice passage.Because going out to ice the opening of passage need be corresponding with the automatic ice maker in the refrigerating chamber, form a protuberance in the inboard of door usually towards refrigerating chamber, the opening that goes out to ice passage is arranged on this protuberance.How to make full use of this protuberance occupation space, become the problem that the designer of refrigerator need consider.
[summary of the invention]
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of household electrical appliance, for example refrigerator with the cold-storage device that makes full use of the space.
For achieving the above object, the household electrical appliance of one embodiment of the present invention, particularly refrigerator, it comprises a casing with refrigerating chamber, the door that can seal refrigerating chamber, and a cold-storage device that is arranged on the inboard; Wherein Men inboard has the protuberance towards refrigerating chamber, has the opening of the ice cube that is used for deriving refrigerating chamber on this protuberance, be positioned on the protuberance this opening below form a recess, this cold-storage device is arranged in this recess.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the geomery of described cold-storage device is consistent with the geomery of this recess.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described cold-storage device comprises a regenerator, and one is fixed on the box that is used to place this regenerator in the recess, and one movably is connected to the lid that is used to cover this regenerator on the recess.
As a further improvement on the present invention, after described regenerator can take out from box, described box had the function of bottle stand.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described lid is pivotally attached on the side of this recess of door.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described regenerator is a cold-storage bottle that cold-storage liquid is housed.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows: cold-storage device has made full use of the space on the door of refrigerator, and the position of cold-storage device makes it can play the effect of the thickness of the heat insulation layer that increases door.
[Brief Description Of Drawings]
Fig. 1 is a kind of existing schematic diagram with refrigerator of cold-storage device;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram with refrigerator with cold-storage device of one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of refrigerator among Fig. 2, and wherein the lid of cold-storage device is in the enable possition;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of refrigerator among Fig. 2, and wherein cold-storage device is removed by the protuberance from door;
Fig. 5 is the enlarged diagram of the cold-storage device among Fig. 3;
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of the cold-storage device among Fig. 5, and wherein regenerator is taken out from box.
[specific embodiment]
With reference to figure 2, the refrigerator of one embodiment of the present invention comprises a casing 1, and casing 1 has refrigerating chamber arranged side by side and refrigerating chamber, and wherein the refrigerating chamber number in the figure is 2.The top of refrigerating chamber 2 is provided with an automatic ice maker 3, and there is an opening (not showing among Fig. 2) below of automatic ice maker 3, and the ice cube that automatic ice maker 3 is made can be transmitted out by this opening.This refrigerator also comprise one movably be installed to being used on casing one side seal refrigerating chamber 2 the door 4.Fig. 2 shows is the position of door 4 when being in opening, can see on door 4 the inboard and have a protuberance 40, the upside of protuberance 40 has an opening 41, opening 41 be arranged on door 4 in and the passage (showing among Fig. 2) that goes out to ice that runs through door 4 inside and outside both sides be connected.When door 4 was in closing position, the part of protuberance 40 extended in the refrigerating chamber 2, and the opening of opening 41 and the below of automatic ice maker 3 is to docking, thereby the ice cube that automatic ice maker 3 is produced exports to the outside of door 4 by opening via going out to ice passage.About going out to ice the design of the opening that to ice passage in the passage and door 4 outsides, in the refrigerator of a lot of prior aries, announcement is arranged all, the present invention repeats no more.
A cold-storage device 5 also is being set, about the position of empty device for cooling 5, detailed structure and cooperate Fig. 3 to Fig. 6 to describe in detail below the function on the protuberance 40 of Fig. 2.
With reference to figure 3, since the opening 41 of protuberance 40 when door 3 is in the close position, need extend to automatic ice maker 3 below, so the thickness that extend in refrigerating chamber 2 upper end of protuberance 40 is bigger, thereby forms a recess 42 in the lower end of protuberance 4 towards a side of refrigerating chamber 2.Again with reference to figure 2, cold-storage device 5 is arranged in this recess 42, the shape of cold-storage device 5 and volume be big or small consistent with recess 42 just in time, after cold-storage device 5 is fixed in the recess 42, the side of the side of the upper end of protuberance 40 and cold-storage device 5 is on the same vertical plane, that is recess 42 is is just in time filled and led up by cold-storage device 5, thereby make protuberance 40 have a smoother outward appearance, and cold-storage device 5 has made full use of the space of recess 42 again.
To Fig. 6, below describe the structure of cold-storage device 5 with reference to figure 4 in detail.Cold-storage device 5 comprises box 50, regenerator 51, and lid 52.Box 50 is made of plastics, and has an opening that makes progress.Box 50 its by fixture for example screw be fixed on the side of recess 42.Regenerator 51 comprises the cold-storage bottle of two strips, and these two cold-storage bottles are contained in the box 50 side by side.Cold-storage liquid is injected in the cold-storage bottle by the opening on the cold-storage bottle, and the capacity of cold-storage liquid can be adjusted the requirement of cool storage function according to refrigerator.When the higher cool storage function of needs, then inject more cold-storage liquid, otherwise then inject less cold-storage liquid.Lid 52 is pivotally connected on the pivot that is fixed in the recess 42, and can rotate between enable possition and closing position.When lid 52 was in the enable possition, the cold-storage bottle can take out from box 50, and when lid 52 was in closing position, the cold-storage bottle was fixed in the box 50, and the upper end of lid 52 and protuberance 40 is in same vertical plane.
Cold-storage device 5 of the present invention has made full use of the space of recess 41, and box 50 not only can be used for placing regenerator 51, when refrigerator does not need regenerator that cool storage function is provided, regenerator 51 can take out from box 50, this moment, box 50 also can play the function of little bottle stand, and bottle that the user can be less with some volumes or food storage are in box 50.In addition, since have in the protuberance 40 run through wherein go out to ice passage, cause the thickness of heat insulation layer herein big, the thickness that 5 of cold-storage devices play increases heat insulation layer is set, help improving the heat insulation function of 3 pairs of refrigerating chambers 2 of door more at recess 41 not as the thickness of other local heat insulation layers.
More than be a kind of better embodiment of the present invention, it is pointed out that those of ordinary skill in the art can make rational adjustment to the present invention according to concrete needs under the prerequisite of not paying creative work.For example, corresponding change all can be made according to the size shape of recess in the shape of cold-storage device of the present invention, size and the position on protuberance.Again for example, the unlatching of the lid of the size shape of the regenerator of cold-storage device and cold-storage device and closed manners all can be made rational adjustment according to the size shape of recess.These are reasonably changed and adjust all should be within the protection domain of claim of the present invention.