CN101484764B - Refrigerator having a temperature controlled compartment - Google Patents

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CN101484764B
CN101484764B CN2007800248819A CN200780024881A CN101484764B CN 101484764 B CN101484764 B CN 101484764B CN 2007800248819 A CN2007800248819 A CN 2007800248819A CN 200780024881 A CN200780024881 A CN 200780024881A CN 101484764 B CN101484764 B CN 101484764B
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • F25D17/06—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
    • F25D17/062—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation in household refrigerators
    • F25D17/065—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation in household refrigerators with compartments at different temperatures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/12—Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D29/00—Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
    • F25D2317/061—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation through special compartments
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/28—Quick cooling
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2700/00—Means for sensing or measuring; Sensors therefor
    • F25D2700/12—Sensors measuring the inside temperature
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B40/00—Technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of home appliances, e.g. induction cooking or efficient technologies for refrigerators, freezers or dish washers

Abstract

A refrigerator including a temperature controlled compartment partitioned from the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment, a door for the temperature controlled compartment, a cooling unit installed in the temperature controlled compartment for supplying cold air to the temperature controlled compartment, a duct for defining a flow passage of the cold air to circulate the cold air supplied from the cooling unit within the temperature controlled compartment, a blower fan for blowing the cold air supplied from the cooling unit through the duct, and a control unit for generating control signals to drive the cooling unit and the blower fan so as to maintain a temperature in the temperature controlled compartment at a set temperature.

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Refrigerator with temperature controlled compartment
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind ofly have and to become cryogenic temperature or to become the refrigerator of the temperature controlled compartment of refrigerated storage temperature from cryogenic temperature from refrigerated storage temperature; And more particularly, relate to a kind of have temperature controlled compartment of isolating and the refrigerator that can change the refrigeration of refrigerator with refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.
Background technology
Usually, refrigerator comprises compressor, condenser, expansion valve and evaporimeter, and through using these assemblies to produce cold air so that food is fresh-keeping for a long time.In this refrigerator, under freezing state the refrigerating chamber of stored food and under frozen state the refrigerating chamber of stored food in forming the main body of its outward appearance, isolated, therefore according to the required storage temperature of food with food preservation in refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber.
But refrigerator is set to only have refrigerating chamber and two storage spaces of refrigerating chamber, for its temperature of stored food under required temperature is fixed.Therefore, under the situation of storage variety classes food, be difficult to the food that storage needs different storage temperatures.
In recent years, in order to address the above problem,, can separately preserve food with different storage temperatures through in the indoor storage space of isolation and the cold air amount that control imports refrigerating chamber of being provided with of refrigerator cold-storage.
Fig. 1 and 2 shows the conventional refrigerator structure with such temperature controlled compartment.Just as illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, conventional refrigerator 10 is divided into refrigerating chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 30, and wherein refrigerating chamber 30 has the storage space of isolation, promptly at the temperature controlled compartment 40 of its underpart.This temperature controlled compartment 40 is set to have the storage drawer or is installed on the isolating door in the temperature controlled compartment.
In refrigerator 10, the cold air that from evaporimeter 50, produces is supplied to refrigerating chamber 20 through the air blast 60 that is used for refrigerating chamber; And a part of cold air of supplying with refrigerating chamber 20 flows into refrigerating chamber 30 through cool air inlet 70.In addition, thus import the air blast 61 circulation refrigeration refrigerating chambers 30 of cold air through being used for refrigerating chamber of refrigerating chamber 30.Therefore, the part cold air at refrigerating chamber 30 flows into temperature controlled compartment 40 through the cool air inlet 71 that is formed at refrigerating chamber 30 bottoms.
But for the conventional refrigerator with above-mentioned temperature controlled compartment 40 10, in order to take out the food that is kept at temperature controlled compartment 40 or stored food within it, the door 32 that must at first open refrigerating chamber 30 could arrive temperature controlled compartment 40, is inconvenience very like this.
In addition, could use temperature controlled compartment 40 because must open refrigerating chamber 30, that kind can lose the cold air of refrigerating chamber, will cause the increase of refrigerator total power consumption like this for the refrigerating chamber that freezes.
And after using temperature controlled compartment 40, thereby the temperature of the integrally cooling of the refrigerator that must turn round circulation control temperature controlled compartment 40 reaches design temperature, and this just causes the gross efficiency of refrigerator to reduce.
In addition, because the design temperature of temperature controlled compartment 40 depends on the cold air amount that refrigerating chamber 20 or refrigerating chamber 30 provide, be difficult to accurately keep the design temperature of temperature controlled compartment 40.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
Therefore the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator, can refrigerate or freezing food with different storage temperatures through forming the isolation storage space of isolating with the refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber of refrigerator with the temperature controlled compartment that can change storage temperature.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator with temperature controlled compartment of the refrigerating efficiency that storage temperature can accurately be controlled and improve refrigerator.
Technical scheme
According to embodiments of the invention, the refrigerator that has refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber that is used to preserve food is provided, said refrigerator comprises:
Temperature controlled compartment with refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber isolation;
The door of said temperature controlled compartment;
Be installed in the refrigeration unit in the said temperature controlled compartment, be used to said temperature controlled compartment supply cold air;
Be formed at the passage in the said temperature controlled compartment, be used to be limited to the cold air runner of the cold air that the said refrigeration unit of said temperature control indoor circulation supplies with;
Air blast is used to blow the cold air of being supplied with through said passage by said refrigeration unit; And
Control module is used to produce the control signal that drives said refrigeration unit and said air blast and is in design temperature to keep the temperature in the temperature controlled compartment.
Beneficial effect
In sum, the invention has the advantages that can be according to user's selection refrigeration or frozen food through use and the storage space that conventional freezing and refrigerating chamber are isolated.And,, can accurately control the temperature in the temperature controlled compartment through using main refrigeration unit and time refrigeration unit.In addition, through isolating refrigeration unit, can improve the energy consumption that is used to provide cold air effectively based on the variable quantity between Current Temperatures and the design temperature.
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Above-mentioned the object of the invention and characteristics with other will combine accompanying drawing more clear through following preferred embodiment, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view with conventional refrigerator of temperature controlled compartment;
Fig. 2 is the schematic cross-section of refrigerator A-A along the line among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view that has the refrigerator of temperature controlled compartment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic cross-section of refrigerator B-B along the line among Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is the schematic cross-section of refrigerator C-C along the line among Fig. 3;
Fig. 6 is the schematic cross-section of another improvement example structure of temperature controlled compartment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is the schematic cross-section of another improvement example structure of temperature controlled compartment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 8 is the sectional view that is used for showing the mode of operation of Fig. 7 temperature controlled compartment; And
Fig. 9 is the flow chart that is used to control the structure of freezer temperature control chamber according to the present invention.
The specific embodiment
The preferred embodiments of the present invention further are detailed below with reference to accompanying drawings, thereby they can be implemented easily by those skilled in the art.
Fig. 3 is the perspective view that has the refrigerator of temperature controlled compartment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention; And Fig. 4 is the schematic cross-section of the refrigerator B-B along the line among Fig. 3.
Shown in Fig. 3 and 4, refrigerator of the present invention comprises: casing 100; The segregate refrigerating chamber 200 and refrigerating chamber 300 that is used for preserving food within it on casing 100 tops; With the segregate temperature controlled compartment 400 of stored food within it that is used in casing 100 bottoms; Be used for cold air is supplied with the evaporimeter 220 of refrigerator and made the user can select the temperature required guidance panel 110 of refrigerating chamber 200, refrigerating chamber 300 and temperature controlled compartment 400.
Refrigerating chamber 200 has the refrigerating chamber door 210 of a side (like the right side) that is installed on casing 100 tops and is used in refrigerating chamber 200, blowing and the air blast 230 of the cold air supplied with by evaporimeter 220 of circulating.
Refrigerating chamber 300 is isolated by vertical clapboard 130 with refrigerating chamber 200, and refrigerating chamber 300 has the refrigerating-chamber door 310 of a side (like the left side) that is installed on casing 100 tops.Refrigerating chamber 300 also has and is used in refrigerating chamber 300, blowing and the air blast 320 of the part cold air that produced by evaporimeter 220 of circulating, and wherein cold air is supplied to through the cool air inlet 120 that is formed at vertical clapboard 130 places.
Simultaneously, temperature controlled compartment 400 is isolated by horizontal baffle 140 with refrigerating chamber 300 and refrigerating chamber 200 and is in the bottom of casing 100 and has the temperature controlled compartment door 410 that is installed in the anterior place of temperature controlled compartment.Though do not illustrate especially in the drawings, be the drawer type chamber that is designed to open and close temperature controlled compartment 400 through horizontal sliding door 410 thereby can understand temperature controlled compartment.
In addition, temperature controlled compartment 400 has the main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430 that is used to supply with cold air, and they are the unit that are independent of evaporimeter 220.
Temperature controlled compartment 400 further comprises the air blast 440 that is used in temperature controlled compartment 400, blowing with circulate cold air, and control module 500 (shown in Figure 8), and control module 500 is controlled the temperature in the temperature controlled compartment 400 according to the design temperature of selecting through guidance panel 110.
Above-mentioned temperature controlled compartment 400 can be set to according to user's selection as independent freezing or refrigerating chamber; And the food that therefore has different storage temperatures can be under the temperature that the user selects by storage for a long time, and this is very convenient concerning the user.
Main refrigeration unit 420 is installed in the rear portion place of temperature controlled compartment and with the same mode of evaporimeter 220 cold air that heat of evaporation was produced of cold-producing medium is conducted to temperature controlled compartment 400.On the other hand, thus inferior refrigeration unit 320 is placed as the effect of having played auxiliary main refrigeration unit near main refrigeration unit 420.More particularly; Under the very big situation of the temperature difference between the design temperature that the Current Temperatures of temperature controlled compartment 400 and user select; Thereby for example open under the situation of outside warm air entering temperature controlled compartment 400 at door 410, main refrigeration unit 420 runnings are so that temperature controlled compartment 400 can be by fast-refrigerating to design temperature.
On the contrary, after the temperature of temperature controlled compartment 400 reaches design temperature, if the temperature difference is less or temperature controlled compartment 400 in spontaneous variations in temperature very small, 430 runnings of time refrigeration unit are to keep design temperature consistently so.
Inferior refrigeration unit 430 comprises thermoelectric element.Thermoelectric element is the Pa Er card equipment that utilizes peltier effect, and wherein electric current causes heat absorption (or generation).Peltier effect is a kind of phenomenon, wherein when the end of two kinds of metals link to each other and electric current through the time, according to sense of current, end produces endothermic reaction and another terminally produces exothermic reaction.This thermoelectric element can produce with heat based on sense of current and magnitude of current control heat absorption.In addition, thermoelectric element is not by mechanically operation, so its installation site or direction do not influence its operation.In addition, do not come compressed refrigerant because need not move compressor, so possibly improve efficiency.
Air blast 440 is installed in the place ahead of main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430, and main refrigeration unit 420 and the cold air that time refrigeration unit 430 produces are supplied with temperature controlled compartment 400 with the mode of blowing.Preferred air blast 440, multiple wing type blower fan (sirocco fan) or the cross-flow fan of using.
Referring to Fig. 5, the sectional view of the refrigerator C-C along the line that has temperature controlled compartment according to the present invention is shown.
In refrigerator, the cold air that evaporimeter 220 is produced passes the cold air outlet 331 that is formed at luffer boards 330 places and is blown into refrigerating chamber 200 and circulated therein by air blast 320.Further, cold air gets into evaporimeter 220 through the suction hole 332 that is formed at place, luffer boards 330 bottoms, and then is freezed after utilizing air blast 320 in refrigerating chamber 300, to circulate.This kind of refrigeration cycle of refrigerator repeats.
Simultaneously, as shown in Figure 5, temperature controlled compartment 400 further comprises passage 450, temperature sensor 460 and Men Kai/close detector 470.
In temperature controlled compartment 400, passage 450 defines the runner that comes from the main refrigeration unit 420 and the cold air of time refrigeration unit 430.Passage 450 is by forming with isolated first plate part 454 in bottom surface of the upper wall (like horizontal baffle 140) of temperature controlled compartment 400 and with isolated second plate part 455 of the rear wall of temperature controlled compartment 400; Wherein, First plate part 454 400 rear portion extends and between the front end of the door 410 and first plate part 454, stays slit 457, the second plate parts 455 from the rear end downwarping of first plate part 454 and extend towards door 410 along horizontal direction from temperature controlled compartment.First plate part 454 and second plate part 455 are made of plastics and are integrally formed.
The cold air that from main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430, produces passes runner that passage 450 limits and vertically passes slit 457 then and enter in the temperature controlled compartment 400.The cold air that vertically enters in the temperature controlled compartment 400 forms gas curtain, thereby prevention temperature controlled compartment 400 interior cold airs are revealed or mixed with temperature controlled compartment 400 anterior extraneous warm airs.
Afterwards, be introduced in cold air in the temperature controlled compartment 400 and in temperature controlled compartment 400, circulate and drain into main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430 through the cold-air vent 452 that is positioned at temperature controlled compartment 400 rear portions then, and then freezed.
In this case, preferred air blast 440 is installed in the position near door 410, promptly is positioned at the position that is close to slit 457, thereby can force cold air towards door 410 dischargings.
Temperature sensor 460 is installed near the cold-air vent 452, and therefore detects the gas flow temperature in the temperature controlled compartment 400 according to the cold air that passes cold-air vent 452 discharges.
The detector 470 that detecting gate is opened/closed is installed near door 410 bottom like temperature controlled compartment 400, thus the opening/close of detecting gate 410.The door that indication door 410 is opened/closed is opened/is closed signal and is provided for control module shown in Figure 8 500.
With reference to Fig. 6, the sectional view that improves embodiment according to second of temperature controlled compartment of the present invention is shown.
Except that passage 450 had a plurality of cold air holes that are formed in first plate part 454, second of the temperature controlled compartment 400 shown in Fig. 6 improved embodiment and constructs identical with embodiment shown in Figure 5; Therefore omit the details of same components describes for simplification.
In second embodiment of temperature controlled compartment 400, in the front end area of first plate part 454, form a plurality of cold air holes 451.
The cold air of supplying with through passage 450 passes cold air holes 451 inflow temperature controlled compartments 400 from top, thereby for being stored in temperature controlled compartment 400 interior foods cold air is provided.
In addition, the part cold air that passes passage 450 vertically is discharged in the temperature controlled compartment 400 through slit 457.The cold air that enters in the temperature controlled compartment 400 forms gas curtain, thereby the cold airs in the prevention temperature controlled compartment 400 are revealed or mixed with extraneous warm air in the front portion of temperature controlled compartment 400.
After this, be introduced in cold air in the temperature controlled compartment 400 and in temperature controlled compartment 400, circulate and flow to main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430 through cold-air vent 452 then, and then freezed.
In this case, preferred air blast 440 is installed in the place ahead of main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430, thereby forces cold air to pass through passage 450.Alternatively, can air blast 440 be installed in the top of cold air holes 451.
With reference to Fig. 7 and 8, the sectional view that improves embodiment according to the 3rd of temperature controlled compartment of the present invention is shown.
The 3rd embodiment of the temperature controlled compartment shown in Fig. 7 and 8 have with Fig. 6 in the essentially identical structure of second embodiment; Just passage 450 has one or more air slit but not pore among Fig. 5 and baffle plate is provided, and therefore describes in order to simplify the details of omitting same components.
In the 3rd embodiment of temperature controlled compartment, at front end area formation one or the more air slit 461 of first plate part 454.And baffle plate 453 is installed at the upstream region place in air slots 461.
Baffle plate 453 control through passage 450 cold air so that the part cold air vertically discharge towards the front portion of door.More specifically, shown in Fig. 7 and 8, baffle plate 453 is generally closed to stop the passage 450 of cold air through the upstream region place of air slots 461, therefore has no cold air to be emitted through slit 457, flows into temperature controlled compartment 400 but pass slit 461.If but baffle plate 453 opens, the part cold air through passage 450 passes the front portion discharging of slit 457 towards door 410, thereby forms gas curtain, stops the cold airs in the temperature controlled compartment 400 to be revealed.
After this, the cold-air vent 452 that the passage 450 at temperature controlled compartment 400 rear portions is passed in the cold air circulation in temperature controlled compartment 400 that is introduced into temperature controlled compartment 400 is then drained into main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430, and then freezes.
In this case, preferred air blast 440 is installed in the top of cold air slit 461.Selectively, thus can force cold air to pass through passage 450 in the place ahead that air blast 440 is installed in main refrigeration unit 420 and time refrigeration unit 430.
With reference to Fig. 9, illustrate and be used to control block diagram according to the temperature controlling unit 500 of temperature controlled compartment 400 of the present invention.
The Current Temperatures that design temperature that control module 500 compare operation panels 110 are selected and temperature sensor 460 detect.According to comparative result, if Current Temperatures is higher than design temperature, control module 500 reaches design temperature with regard to the control signal that produces main refrigeration unit 420 of operation and air blast 440 up to Current Temperatures so.
After this, reached design temperature if confirm the Current Temperatures in the temperature controlled compartment 400, control module 500 just produces the control signal of main refrigeration unit 420 out of service and air blast 440.
In addition; After Current Temperatures in temperature controlled compartment 400 reaches design temperature; If the very little temperature difference is arranged between Current Temperatures and design temperature; Control module 500 just produces the control signal of operation time refrigeration unit 430 and air blast 440 so, thus with the temperature constant in the temperature controlled compartment 400 remain on design temperature.
On the other hand, open/close the signal that detector 470 detects and the indication door 410 that provides is opened if control module 500 receives door, control module 500 just produces the control signal of opening baffle plate 453, therefore can form gas curtain in the front portion of temperature controlled compartment 400.
After this, open/close the signal that detector 470 detects and the door that provides 410 is closed if control module 500 receives door, control module 500 just produces baffle plate 454 and returns to the control signal that the home position is a closing position.
After this, as stated, control module 500 will produce the control signal that drives main refrigeration unit 420 and air blast 440 and reach design temperature until Current Temperatures.
Then, if the temperature of temperature controlled compartment 400 reaches design temperature, just stop the operation of main refrigeration unit 420; And inferior refrigeration unit 420 brings into operation with air blast 440, and the temperature in the temperature controlled compartment 400 can be remained on design temperature consistently thus.Therefore, possibly improve energy consumption effectively.
Because the present invention is shown and described according to preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that and to make different changes and improvement and do not break away from accompanying claims restricted portion of the present invention.

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1. refrigerator that has refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber that is used to preserve food, said refrigerator comprises:
Temperature controlled compartment with refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber isolation;
The door of said temperature controlled compartment;
Be installed in the refrigeration unit in the said temperature controlled compartment, be used to said temperature controlled compartment supply cold air;
Be formed at the passage in the said temperature controlled compartment, be used to be limited to the cold air runner of the cold air that the said refrigeration unit of said temperature control indoor circulation supplies with;
Air blast is used to blow the cold air of being supplied with through said passage by said refrigeration unit; And
Control module is used to produce the control signal that drives said refrigeration unit and said air blast and is in design temperature to keep the temperature in the temperature controlled compartment,
Wherein said refrigeration unit comprises: be used to produce cold air so that the temperature in the said temperature controlled compartment reaches the main refrigeration unit of design temperature; And the temperature in said temperature controlled compartment is used for keeping consistently the inferior refrigeration unit of said temperature control indoor temperature after reaching design temperature.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein said passage comprises:
First plate part, the spaced apart and along continuous straight runs of the upper wall of itself and temperature controlled compartment extends between the door and the first plate part front end, to leave the slit;
Second plate part, it makes cold air flow through said runner and also then vertically is discharged in the said temperature controlled compartment from the rear end downwarping and the extension and spaced apart with the rear wall of said temperature controlled compartment of said first plate part.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first plate part has a plurality of cold air holes that are formed at its front end, and feasible cold air by said refrigeration unit supply can be discharged into the said temperature controlled compartment from the top.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein said air blast are installed into a part of cold air that forces through said passage and vertically pass the slit and enter in the said temperature controlled compartment.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first plate part have and are formed at its anterior one or more cold air slits so that the cold air that said refrigeration unit is supplied with passes said cold air slit is discharged in the said temperature controlled compartment.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein said passage have the baffle plate that is used to control the cold air runner at the upstream region place that is installed in the cold air slit, make a part of cold air vertically be discharged in the said temperature controlled compartment.
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein said air blast are installed into a part of cold air that forces through said passage and vertically pass the slit and enter in the said temperature controlled compartment.
8. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main refrigeration unit is formed by the evaporimeter that uses cold-producing medium; And said time refrigeration unit is formed by thermoelectric element.
9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1; Wherein, If confirm to be higher than design temperature through the Current Temperatures that Temperature Detector detects, the temperature of control signal in said temperature controlled compartment that said control module just produces said main refrigeration unit of operation and said air blast reaches design temperature; And if confirmed that Current Temperatures reaches design temperature, said control module would just produce the control signal of said refrigeration unit of operation and said air blast while said main refrigeration unit out of service and said air blast so that the temperature in the said temperature controlled compartment remains on design temperature.
10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, also comprise be used for detecting gate and open/close drive/close detector, if wherein said control module receives the signal of opening from the indication door of driving/close detector, said control module just produces the control signal of opening baffle plate.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 10; If wherein receive from the closed signal of the indication door of said opening/close detector, the temperature of control signal in said temperature controlled compartment that said control module just produces said main refrigeration unit of operation and said air blast reaches design temperature.
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