Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to solve at least one of technical problem that exists in the prior art.For this reason, one object of the present invention is to propose a kind of air-duct apparatus, can easily regulate and control temperature by control air output size.
In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator, and it has above-mentioned air-duct apparatus.
Air-duct apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: the air channel back shroud; The air channel foam element, described air channel foam element cooperates to limit the air channel between them with described air channel back shroud, bottom at described air channel foam element is formed with air inlet, top at described air channel foam element is formed with the first air outlet, and wherein said air channel upper end closed and lower end form the second air outlet; Air channel front shroud, described air channel front shroud are engaged on the outer surface of described air channel foam element and are formed with corresponding with described the first air outlet and air inlet respectively air outlet grate and air-inlet grille; And air quantity adjusting mechanism, at least a portion of described air quantity adjusting mechanism can be rotatably set in the described air channel and between described the first air outlet and described the second air outlet, be used for regulating the air output of described the second air outlet, described air quantity adjusting mechanism comprises: air door, described air door has axle of the air door and the damper blade that is installed on the axle of the air door, described damper blade is arranged in the described air channel, and an end of described axle of the air door passes air channel foam element and air channel front shroud; With wind control knob, described wind control knob is installed in the mounting groove that is formed on the front shroud front side surface of described air channel, and described wind control knob is fixed on the described end of axle of the air door in order to make described damper blade rotation by described wind control knob.The air-duct apparatus of the above embodiment of the present invention is simple in structure, be easy to regulate air quantity by wind control knob, described damper blade comprises fanning strip and is arranged on the extension board that is used for the air output of adjusting the second air outlet on the described fanning strip part outer peripheral edges, being formed with ventilation slot on the described extension board is used for when described wind control knob is positioned at described primary importance by described ventilation slot with described minimum air output from described the second air outlet, described extension board is the arc adaptive with the outer peripheral edges shape of described fanning strip, and described ventilation slot can be for along the arc of described arc to the rectangular channel that extends.
According to the air-duct apparatus of the embodiment of the invention, have at least one of following advantages: easily between each air outlet control air output size to realize refrigeration and to the regulation and control of temperature; Improved the wind cooling refrigerator heat exchanger effectiveness; Can to satisfy effectively the user carry out the adjusting of cold blast rate according to different food, thereby the different refrigerating speed that has been different food product design so that the nutritional labeling of food can not destroyed and be run off.
In addition, according to embodiments of the invention, air-duct apparatus can have following additional technical characterictic:
According to embodiments of the invention, be formed with limiting section in the described mounting groove, being used for limiting described wind control knob rotates between primary importance and the second place, block described air channel so that be minimum air output from the air output of described the second air outlet in the described damper blade of described primary importance, open described air channel so that be maximum air output from the air output of described the second air outlet in the described damper blade of the described second place.
According to embodiments of the invention, thus the vertical and described extension board with described fanning strip of described extension board and described air channel suitable can close described air channel fully and only by described ventilation slot to described the second air outlet.
According to embodiments of the invention, the shape of described air channel front shroud and described air channel foam element is fully adaptive so that the air channel front shroud fits on the foam element of described air channel.
According to embodiments of the invention, described air inlet, air-inlet grille, the first air outlet and air outlet grate are respectively two, and described two air-inlet grilles are corresponding with two air inlets respectively, and described two air outlet grates are corresponding with two the first air outlets respectively.
In addition, according to a further aspect in the invention, also provide a kind of refrigerator, having comprised: casing, the front side of described casing are formed with opening and are limited with the first storeroom and the second storeroom in described casings; Chamber door, described chamber door are connected in and are used for opening described opening on the described casing; And air-duct apparatus, described air-duct apparatus is installed in described the first storeroom, and described air-duct apparatus is according to the described air-duct apparatus of above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment.
Additional aspect of the present invention and advantage in the following description part provide, and part will become obviously from the following description, or recognize by practice of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
The below describes embodiments of the invention in detail, and the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical or similar label represents identical or similar element or the element with identical or similar functions from start to finish.Be exemplary below by the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings, only be used for explaining the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In description of the invention, term " on ", orientation or the position relationship of the indication such as D score be based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only be for convenience of description the present invention rather than require the present invention with specific orientation structure and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
1~3 description is according to the air-duct apparatus of the embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Air-duct apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention comprises air channel back shroud 300, air channel foam element 200, air channel front shroud 100 and air quantity adjusting mechanism 400.
Wherein, air channel foam element 200 cooperates to limit the air channel between them with described air channel back shroud 300, the top of described air channel foam element 200 is formed with the first air outlet 202 and the bottom is formed with air inlet 201, by air inlet 201 to the evaporimeter that is arranged at the air-duct apparatus rear side (not shown) air supply, and by the first air outlet 202 in the future the cold wind of flash-pot supply with the first storeroom (not shown).And, the upper end closed in air channel (being that air channel foam element 200 is connected in the upper end with the sealing air flue upper end with air channel back shroud 300), and the lower end in air channel forms the second air outlet 203, supplies with cold wind by the second air outlet 203 to the second storeroom (not shown) that is positioned at the below.
Air channel front shroud 100 is engaged in (be the left-hand face among Fig. 1, this surface is to the user after installation) on the outer surface of described air channel foam element 200 and is formed with air outlet grate 102 and the air-inlet grille 101 corresponding with the first air outlet 202 and air inlet 201.。It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that term used herein " correspondence " should do broad understanding, comprise that the position is corresponding, shape is adaptive, its size can be the same also can be different, as long as can realize the purpose of air intake or air-out.
The part of air quantity adjusting mechanism 400 can be rotatably set in the air channel and between the first air outlet 202 and the second air outlet 203, is used for regulating the air output of described the second air outlet 203.
The below describes the air flow process in the refrigeration of the refrigerating plant of the air-duct apparatus that is provided with said structure.At first, air enters evaporimeter (not shown) through the air-inlet grille 101 of air channel front shroud 100, a cold wind part that flows out from evaporimeter is supplied to the first storeroom by the first air outlet 202 on the air channel foam element 200 via the air outlet grate 102 of air channel front shroud 100, and another part cold wind is supplied to the second storeroom by the second air outlets 203 that are arranged on behind the air quantity adjusting mechanism 400 in the air channel that is limited by air channel back shroud 300 and air channel foam element 200 by the lower end, air channel.Thus, so that constantly carry out heat exchange between air and the food, final so that reach the desired refrigerating state of user in the storeroom.In Fig. 2, schematically described the direction of air-out and air intake.
Above-mentioned air-duct apparatus is simple in structure, and windage is little, utilizes this air-duct apparatus heat exchanger effectiveness to be improved.And, can easily control air force by air quantity air quantity adjusting mechanism 400, can to satisfy effectively user's adjusting of carrying out cold blast rate according to different food temperature is regulated and control when realizing refrigeration, thereby the different refrigerating speed that has been different food product design is not so that the nutritional labeling of food can be destroyed and be run off.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described air quantity adjusting mechanism 400 comprises air door 420 and wind control knob 410.Wherein, as shown in Figure 1, described air door 420 has axle of the air door 421 and the damper blade 422 that is installed on the axle of the air door 421, described damper blade 422 is arranged in the air channel and between the first air outlet 202 and the second air outlet 203, an end of described axle of the air door 421 passes air channel foam element 200 and air channel front shroud 100.Described wind control knob 410 is installed in the mounting groove 103 that is formed on front shroud 100 front side surfaces of described air channel, and described wind control knob 410 be fixed on axle of the air door 410 a described end that passes air channel foam element 200 and air channel front shroud 100 on.Thus, can rotate described air door 420 with the angle of damper 420 by rotary wind control knob 410, thereby can easily control the air output of the second air outlet 203, and then realize refrigeration and to the control of temperature.
In a concrete example, be formed with limiting section (not shown) in the described mounting groove 103, be used for restriction wind control knob 410 and between primary importance and the second place, rotate.In described primary importance, described damper blade 422 is blocked described air channel (being that the part of damper blade 422 is positioned at laterally to shelter from the air channel that the upper and lower synform becomes that is shown in Figure 1) so that from the air output of described the second air outlet 203 as minimum air quantity (consider that the cold blast rate of supplying with from evaporimeter is certain, that is to say that from the air output of described the first air outlet 202 be maximum air output); In the described second place, described damper blade 422 is opened described air channel (being that the above-mentioned part of damper blade 422 is positioned at vertically to open the air channel that the upper and lower synform becomes that is shown in Figure 1) so that from the air output of described the second air outlet 203 as maximum quantity of wind (that is to say from described the first air outlet 202 air output as minimum air output).Thus, can utilize more easily wind control knob 410 to come the angle of damper 420, and then easily control cold blast rate size that the second storeroom supplies with to realize refrigeration and to the control of cryogenic temperature.The structure of described limiting section has no particular limits, if can and wind control knob 410 is suitable rotates between primary importance and the second place to limit it, such as being stopper etc.
Can around mounting groove 103, be formed with scale in addition, show the anglec of rotation of wind control knob 410 etc. by this scale.
In the present invention, the shape of damper blade 422 also is not particularly limited, according to one embodiment of present invention, damper blade 422 comprises fanning strip 4221 and is arranged on the extension board 4222 of the air output that is used for regulating the second air outlet 203 on described fanning strip 4221 a part of outer peripheral edges, realizes lightness when can improve like this efficient of air door 420 control cold blast rate sizes.
In a concrete example, as shown in Figure 3, be formed with ventilation slot 4222a on the described extension board 4222, be used for when described wind control knob is positioned at primary importance from making the second air outlet 203 with minimum air quantity air-out by described ventilation slot 4222a.In another concrete example, described extension board 4222 is the arc adaptive with the outer peripheral edges shape of fanning strip 4221, and described ventilation slot 4222a is to the rectangular channel that extends along the arc of described arc.Certainly the present invention is not limited to this, and it also can be a plurality of that described ventilation slot 4222a both can be one, both can be also can be along vertical or favour the special-shaped slot of arc direction along arc to the rectangular channel that extends.So arrange, even can be when air door being rotated to minimum angles, cold wind also can transfer to refrigerating chamber by the ventilation notch 4222a that is arranged on the air door, realizes refrigeration.
In another example, thus described extension board 4222 and described fanning strip 4221 vertical and described extension boards 4222 and described air channel suitable can close described air channel fully and only by described ventilation slot 4222a to 203 air-out of described the second air outlet.Thus, can when can effectively controlling air force, realize lightness.
In the present invention, air channel front shroud 100 is not particularly limited with the shape of described air channel foam element 200.For example, with reference to figure 1, according to one embodiment of present invention, described air channel front shroud 100 is fully adaptive so that air channel front shroud 100 fits on the described air channel foam element 200 with the shape of described air channel foam element 200.
In addition, in a concrete example, as shown in Figure 2, described air inlet 201, air-inlet grille 101, air outlet 202 and air outlet grate 102 are respectively two, described two air-inlet grilles 101 are corresponding with two air inlets 201 respectively, and described two air outlet grates 102 are corresponding with two air outlets 202 respectively.
In another specific example, as shown in Figure 2, described two air-inlet grilles 103 are symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal centre line of air channel front shroud 100, and two air outlet grates 103 are symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal centre line of air duct cover board 100.So arrange, can further improve the heat exchanger effectiveness of ducting system.
According to the air-duct apparatus of the embodiment of the invention, control easily air force, realize refrigeration and to the regulation and control of temperature; Improved the wind cooling refrigerator heat exchanger effectiveness; When rotary air valve rotation to hour, cold wind also can be delivered to refrigerating chamber with cold wind by the air door notch, realizes the refrigeration requirement of refrigerating chamber; And air-duct apparatus is simple in structure, and air quantity is easy to regulate, and can the to satisfy effectively user carry out the adjusting of cold blast rate according to different food, thus the different refrigerating speed that has been different food product design, so that the nutritional labeling of food can not destroyed and be run off.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention is described below.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention comprises: casing, the front side of described casing are formed with opening and are limited with the first storeroom and the second storeroom in described casings; Chamber door, described chamber door are connected in and are used for opening described opening on the described casing; And air-duct apparatus, described air-duct apparatus is installed in described the first storeroom, and described air-duct apparatus is above-mentioned any air-duct apparatus.Other formations of refrigerator are known for the ordinary skill in the art, are not described in detail here.According to refrigerator of the present invention, can between each storeroom, distribute more simply and effectively cold blast rate to satisfy the difference refrigeration requirement of different food products.
In the description of this specification, the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiment ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means to be contained at least one embodiment of the present invention or the example in conjunction with specific features, structure, material or the characteristics of this embodiment or example description.In this manual, the schematic statement of above-mentioned term not necessarily referred to identical embodiment or example.And the specific features of description, structure, material or characteristics can be with suitable mode combinations in any one or more embodiment or example.
Although illustrated and described embodiments of the invention, those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: can carry out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification to these embodiment in the situation that does not break away from principle of the present invention and aim, scope of the present invention is limited by claim and equivalent thereof.