CN101644517A

CN101644517A - Refrigeration and/or freezer device

Info

Publication number: CN101644517A
Application number: CN200910151420A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 理查德·施托克; 理查德·西莫纳
Original assignee: Liebherr Hausgeraete Lienz GmbH
Current assignee: Liebherr Hausgeraete Lienz GmbH
Priority date: 2008-07-17
Filing date: 2009-07-17
Publication date: 2010-02-10
Anticipated expiration: 2029-07-17
Also published as: AU2009202865A1; CN101644517B; EP2146165A2; DE202008012058U1

Abstract

The device has a door with a transparent and/or translucent panel i.e. glass panel, where the device is connected with a warm air source. Air circulation units are indirectly or directly connected with the warm air source. The air circulation units are arranged such that warm air is led to the panel through the air circulation units and/or into a region of the panel.

Description

Refrigerator and/or refrigerator

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator and/or refrigerator with at least one, this door comprises transparent and/or translucent panel, is preferably inserts of glass.

Background technology

In multiple different embodiment, this refrigerator and/or refrigerator are known.Particularly when high air humidity, dew may be formed on that door is gone up or door panel on, simultaneously because physical cause, this dewfall becomes the most remarkable at the cool region place near equipment.Usually, this is the lower area of door or door panel.In general, described dewfall occurs in the zone of the door or the bottom 1/3rd of door panel especially.

In order to prevent dewfall, be known that the electric heater that uses the heating critical zone by prior art.Especially, in having the glass door of framework, can in the framework of door, realize this heating on the one hand, or realize the surface heating of inserts of glass self.Since introduced heat, condensate evaporation, so that will not have or have only the water droplet of minimizing to form on the inserts of glass.The major defect of this heating is to have introduced additional heat by means of electric heater, and this energy balance to equipment has a negative impact.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the objective of the invention is to, research and develop a kind of aforementioned refrigerator and/or refrigerator, so that use simple relatively device to prevent effectively or reduce dewfall.

This purpose is solved by refrigerator and/or refrigerator with the described feature of claim 1.

Therefore, if equipment comprises the warm air source or links to each other with the warm air source, and equipment also comprises air guiding device, this air guiding device directly or indirectly links to each other with the warm air source, and this air guiding device is arranged so that by this air guiding device, and then stream of warm air is to panel and/or flow at least in the zone of panel.According to the present invention, so the door of equipment or be configured to can't help or not only by electric heater heating, also by the air-flow heating of warm air such as the panel of glass and plastics panel.According to the present invention, thereby realize heating panel by means of the air-flow of warm air specially or at least also, and prevent that therefore condensed water from forming.

Particularly advantageously, the warm air source is formed by the parts of refrigerant loop, and preferably condenser and/or the compressor by equipment forms.These parts produce used heat, these used heat can be used for producing warm air.Utilize suitable air guiding device, for example by means of the air blast and the air duct etc. that are arranged in equipment and/or the door, the air that utilizes the waste heat of these parts can be directed on the zone of panel or should the zone in.Because in this case, the used heat by condenser and/or compressor or other heat generating components by equipment produce warm air, and therefore there is not extra negative effect in the energy balance to equipment.

In another aspect of this invention, be provided with air guiding device, this air guiding device is arranged so that they form to the framework of small part by door.Therefore, framework for example can be configured to hollow section, guide warm air by this hollow section.

In another aspect of this invention, door comprises at least one warm air inlet, by this warm air inlet, warm air can be directed at least one chamber that is arranged in the door.In addition, door can comprise at least one warm air outlet.This warm air outlet preferably links to each other with the described warm air inlet of door.The function of warm air outlet is, is directed to warm air on the panel or is directed in the zone of panel, thereby heat panel or be present near the panel air layer, and prevent or reduce the dewfall of panel thus.

The warm air inlet of door can be arranged to, so that with on warm air is from the exterior guiding to the panel or in the zone from the exterior guiding to the panel.But in principle, also imaginabale is for example under the situation of double pane, warm air to be incorporated between two panels of double pane.

In another aspect of this invention, the warm air inlet of door and/or the warm air outlet of door are arranged in the framework of door.

In preferred aspects of the invention, the outlet of the warm air of door is arranged in the lower area of door, this is because this zone is at first to expect the place that the panel dewfall occurs.The warm air inlet can be arranged in the upper area of door.Yet, in principle, for example the warm air side direction is incorporated in the door or the framework of door in or the difference configuration in one or more laterally disposed warm air outlet be conceivable equally.

The warm air outlet of the warm air of door inlet and the door one or more hollow cells by the framework of door can be connected to each other.

For the air-flow in the framework on both sides preferably being directed to air outlet slit from air intake, door can comprise upper member, lower member and two support member that are connected upper member and lower member, and is provided with at least one hollow cell in the support member one or each.In this aspect of the invention, be incorporated into the hollow cell that airborne warm air passes framework at the top, the hollow cell of this framework extends to the warm air outlet that preferably is arranged on the bottom on its both sides, warm air suitably enters into the zone of panel from this warm air outlet.

Apparatus body can comprise at least one air outlet slit, and this air outlet slit is with respect to the air intlet setting of door, when closing, makes warm air flow to the air intlet of door from the air outlet slit of apparatus body.For example via air duct etc., the air outlet slit of apparatus body suitably is connected with the warm air source, this warm air source as mentioned above can be for example by compressor, form by condenser etc., so that preferably, the warm air that will be formed on the there by means of air blast is directed to the warm air outlet of apparatus body, and is directed to the warm air inlet of door therefrom.

For preventing the loss of possible warm air, seal can be set, the sealing part at least when closing the air outlet slit of water-tight equipment body with air intlet between transitional region.

Because possibly can't get rid of the residual dewfall of door, door can comprise condensate drain outlet.Conceivable is that for example, the condensate drain outlet that will be the recess form is combined in the lower frame element of door, so that discharging enters the condensed water of frame section.

In this, it should be noted that term " door " is not limited to pivotally the closure member around vertical installation, but comprise the closure member of pivotally installing equally, be i.e. flap etc. around the horizontal-extending axle.Term " door " thereby should extensively understand, and comprise the flap, slide lid etc. of door that the vertical gyroaxis on true meaning is pivotally installed and cabinet type refrigerator and/or refrigerator.

Description of drawings

Further details of the present invention and the advantage embodiment shown in is with reference to the accompanying drawings described in detail, wherein:

Fig. 1 there is shown the door of refrigerator of the present invention and/or refrigerator in front view, vertical view, side view, upward view and cross section.

Fig. 2 is at stereogram and the different views of overlooking the door that there is shown refrigerator of the present invention and/or refrigerator.

Fig. 3 show refrigerator of the present invention and/or refrigerator the door door frame and the sectional view of windowpane.

Fig. 4 shows the air intake of the door that flows to refrigerator of the present invention and/or refrigerator and the schematic diagram of the air-flow of the air outlet slit of the door that flows out refrigerator of the present invention and/or refrigerator.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 has illustrated the door 10 of refrigerator of the present invention and/or refrigerator in different views.

Fig. 1 b shows the view of door 10 from the front.Door 10 comprises the door frame 12 that wherein is furnished with inserts of glass 20.Panel 20 need not to be necessary for inserts of glass.Also can use other transparent or semitransparent panel, as plastics panel etc.

With regard to manufacturing technology and cost, can for example framework 12 be made extrudate.Useful material comprises for example aluminium or plastics.Use other material can expect equally.

Shown in Fig. 1 b, by means of suitable corner connector, and may be by means of screw, will be in the independent frame parts of this illustrated embodiment, just upper member 121, lower member 122 and support member 123,124 oblique angles connect and also are connected to form perimeter frame 12.

As Fig. 1 d illustrates especially, the figure shows the vertical view of door, upper frame element 121 is configured such that upper member 121 comprises that warm air can flow into recess 14 wherein.Preferably cover this opening 14, to avoid being subjected to the infringement of edge and pollutant by means of the protective graticule mesh.

Frame parts 121,122,123 and 124 is configured to hollow section, as via shown in the example counter-lateral quadrents parts 123 among Fig. 3 like that.In Fig. 3, the chamber of Reference numeral 123 ' representational framework parts 123.Other frame parts 121,122 and 124 has corresponding structure.Shown in Fig. 3 is further, the seal glass panel 20 that is configured to a secondary insulating glass or double-deck panel is contained in the frame parts 123.It is made of outer glass window 21 and inner glass window 22.

Equally as shown in Figure 3, facing on the side of body, framework 12 is provided with circumferential seal 13.

By being located at the air intake opening 14 in the upper horizontal frame member 121, heating installation flow in the framework 12, promptly flow in the hollow section of upper frame element 121, and spreads all over hollow section in the vertical support member 123,124 of framework subsequently.Therefrom, heating installation flow in the lower horizontal frame parts 122.Lower frame element 122 comprises air outlet slit 16, and the warm air that this air outlet slit 16 is arranged to leave air outlet slit 16 is directed on the outside of outside panel 21.

Be configured to the frame parts 121,122,123 and 124 thereby of hollow section, and be that steering current is downwards by the framework on the both sides 12 in the example shown in this also as breather line.The lower member 122 of framework 12 can for example be configured to multisection type or integral type is articles injection-moulded.Shown in Fig. 1 c, 1d, 1e, these figure there is shown door at side view, vertical view with along the cross section of the line A-A among Fig. 1 b, and air outlet slit 16 is arranged on the front of door, makes it outstanding with respect to the panel 20 or the outside panel 21 of door.Thus, air upwards flows out air outlet slit 16, flows on the panel 20 or its top, and as shown in Figure 4, wherein warm air enters air-flow and leave air-flow and represent with Reference numeral 100.

As shown in Figure 1a, this figure look up there is shown the door 10, lower frame element 122 comprises the condensate drain outlet 19 that is one or more recess forms.This is applicable to situation about the remaining dewfall of the particularly inserts of glass 20 of door can't be discharged.

As described, door 10 another kind of structure comprises that insulating glass plane is folded 20, seal 13 and unshowned being used for be installed in hinge on the refrigerator with door 10.In addition, door is included in shown in Fig. 1 b and the 1c to individual components or is depicted as the handle that is combined in the parts in the framework 12.At last, unshowned lock can be combined in the door 10.

By air suitably is directed in the refrigerator of the embodiment shown in this, the used heat of the used heat of condenser and/or compressor is blown to the air intake 14 of the upper end that is arranged in door.For better operation, can use unshowned potted component, when door was in closed condition, the sealing element was all or part of around air intake 14.Can be arranged on the sealing part on the apparatus body or be combined in the equipment.

At least when door when closing, air intake 14 links to each other with the warm air outlet of unshowned apparatus body or exports the warm air that is arranged so that from the outlet of apparatus body with respect to this warm air and can enter air intake 14.

Air-flow preferably is blown in the door 10 between two parties, to obtain the bilateral symmetry heating of framework 12.Yet the center air entrance and exit in the door is not absolute necessary, and this is because the zone that it depends on structural limitations or is subject to the dewfall influence.Therefore, the non-central opening as entrance and exit also is favourable.Thereby, for example it is further envisioned that, on the other parts 121,122,123 and 124 of framework 12 as an alternative or additional air intake 14 and/or the air outlet slit 16 of being provided with.

As mentioned above, air is directed to the top of the hollow cell in the framework 12 along the direction of air outlet slit 16, this air outlet slit 16 is configured to, so that blow on glass because of its shape in mode quite straight and that may cross the whole width of panel air.As shown in fig. 1, will be that air outlet slit 16 in this shown embodiment is located at the bottom, this is because because physical cause must reckon with that most dewfall is present in this place.If remaining dewfall is at formation water droplet on glass, then these water droplets can flow in the lower frame element 122 from its air outlet slit of flowing through, there with its guiding to condensate drain outlet 19, condensed water flows away from this.

Fig. 2 there is shown according to door of the present invention with overlooking at stereogram.Fig. 2 shows the configuration of air intake 14 and air outlet slit 16 and the configuration of condensate drain outlet 19 once more, wherein air outlet slit 16 is arranged on the front of door or the front portion that moves on to from the observation place that stand in the user of door before 10.As shown, air intake 14 is arranged in the upper horizontal frame member 121 between two parties.Air outlet slit 16 is arranged on the frame parts 122 of bottom, same level, and extends across the necessary part of panel width.Air outlet slit 16 can be arranged to make air quite to be evenly distributed in the top of necessary part or preferably to distribute and cross the whole width of panel 20.

Fig. 2 a from above the solid that tilts there is shown door, Fig. 2 b from below the solid that tilts there is shown door, Fig. 2 c there is shown door overlooking.Shown in Fig. 2 c, dim air outlet slit 16 is arranged on the front of panel 20 especially, so that air-flow is directed on the outside along panel 20.

Via example and by Reference numeral 100 expression, Fig. 4 shows warm air and flow in the framework 12 via air intake 14 and warm air 100 flows out to the top, zone, front side of panel 20 from air outlet slit 16.

Claims

One kind have at least one the door (10) refrigerator and/or refrigerator, described door (10) comprises transparent and/or translucent panel (20), be preferably inserts of glass (20), it is characterized in that, described equipment comprises the warm air source or links to each other with the warm air source, and described equipment also comprises air guiding device, described air guiding device directly or indirectly links to each other with described warm air source, and described air guiding device is arranged to go up and/or be directed in the zone of described panel (20) so that by described air guiding device warm air (100) is directed to described panel (20).
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 and/or refrigerator is characterized in that, described warm air source is formed by the parts of the refrigerant loop of described equipment.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 or 2 and/or refrigerator is characterized in that, described warm air source is formed by the condenser and/or the compressor of described equipment.
4. each described refrigerator and/or refrigerator in the claim as described above is characterized in that, described air guiding device is arranged so that they form to the framework (12) of small part by described door (10).
5. each described refrigerator and/or refrigerator in the claim as described above, it is characterized in that, described door (10) comprises at least one warm air inlet (14), can warm air (100) be directed at least one chamber that is arranged in the described door (10) by described warm air inlet (14).
6. each described refrigerator and/or refrigerator in the claim as described above, it is characterized in that, described door (10) comprises at least one warm air outlet (16), by described warm air inlet (16) warm air (100) is directed to described panel (20) and goes up or be directed in the zone of described panel (20).
7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 6 and/or refrigerator, it is characterized in that, the warm air outlet (16) of described door (10) is arranged to, so that warm air (100) is last from exterior guiding to described panel (20) or the zone from exterior guiding to described panel (20).
8. as each described refrigerator and/or refrigerator in the claim 5 to 7, it is characterized in that, the warm air inlet (14) of described door (10) and/or the warm air outlet (16) of described door (10) are arranged in the framework (12) of described door (10).
9. as each described refrigerator and/or refrigerator in the claim 6 to 8, it is characterized in that, the warm air outlet (16) of described door (10) is arranged in the lower area of described door (10) and/or the warm air inlet (14) of described door (10) is arranged in the upper area of described door (10).
10. as each described refrigerator and/or refrigerator in the claim 5 to 9, it is characterized in that, the warm air outlet (16) of the warm air import (14) of described door (10) and described door (10) the one or more hollow cells (18) via the framework (12) of described (10) are connected to each other.
11. refrigerator as claimed in claim 10 and/or refrigerator, it is characterized in that, the framework (12) of described door (10) comprises upper member (121), lower member (122) and connects described upper member (121) and two support member of described lower member (122) (123,124), and is provided with at least one described hollow cell in described support member (123,124) each.
12. as each described refrigerator and/or the refrigerator in the claim 5 to 11, it is characterized in that, apparatus body comprises at least one air outlet slit, described air outlet slit is provided with respect to the air intlet (14) of described door (10), when closing described door (10), warm air (100) flows to the air intlet (14) of described door (10) from the air outlet slit of described apparatus body.
13. refrigerator as claimed in claim 12 and/or refrigerator, it is characterized in that, described refrigerator and/or refrigerator are provided with seal, between described seal seals described apparatus body at least when closing described door (10) air outlet slit and the air intlet (14) of described door (10) to the transitional region of outside.
14. described refrigerator of each in the claim and/or refrigerator is characterized in that as described above, described door (10) comprises condensate drain outlet (19).