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 refrigerator that hot water can be provided.
To achieve these goals, propose a kind of refrigerator according to embodiments of the invention, described refrigerator comprises: casing; The door body, described door body is installed on the described casing; Boiler, described boiler are installed on described casing and described Men Tizhong one, and wherein said boiler is provided with the first heating element heater and is used for heating water in the described boiler; And distributor, described distributor is installed on the described door body and the below that is located at described boiler is used for distributing water in the described boiler, and the water inlet of wherein said distributor links to each other with the delivery port of described boiler.
Refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention is provided with the described boiler of described the first heating element heater by an installation at described casing and described Men Tizhong, thereby hot water can be provided.The user can take out hot water in the described boiler by described distributor.
In addition, the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention can have following additional technical characterictic:
According to one embodiment of present invention, described refrigerator also comprises instantaneous heating water tank, described instantaneous heating water tank is removably mounted on the described door body and at above-below direction and is located between described boiler and the described distributor, the water inlet of described instantaneous heating water tank links to each other with the delivery port of described boiler and the delivery port of described instantaneous heating water tank links to each other with the water inlet of described distributor, and wherein said instantaneous heating water tank is provided with the water that the second heating element heater is used for heating the described instantaneous heating water tank of flowing through.Not only can reduce widely and heat water to noise and the pressure that when boiling produces by described instantaneous heating water tank is set, can also greatly reduce the overall current of described refrigerator.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described refrigerator also comprises boiler heat-insulation layer and instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer, wherein said boiler heat-insulation layer is located on the outer wall of described boiler, and described instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer is located on the outer wall of described instantaneous heating water tank., described boiler heat-insulation layer and described instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer can reduce widely the heat loss of described boiler and described instantaneous heating water tank and the hot water in them by being set.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described boiler heat-insulation layer and described instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer are made by heat-preservation cotton or pottery.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described the first heating element heater is located in the described boiler, and described the second heating element heater is located in the described instantaneous heating water tank.
According to one embodiment of present invention, also comprise constant temperature controller, described constant temperature controller is located at and is used in the described boiler temperature of the water in the described boiler is controlled at predetermined value.
According to one embodiment of present invention, also comprise overheat protector, described overheat protector is located at and is used on the wall of described boiler preventing that the temperature of described boiler from surpassing predetermined temperature, thus the security that improves described boiler.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described boiler has waste water discharge opening, and described waste water discharge opening is formed on the bottom of described boiler.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described refrigerator also comprises water purifier, and the delivery port of described water purifier links to each other with the water inlet of described boiler and is used for purifying the water that supplies in the described boiler.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described refrigerator also comprises for water dispenser, and described water inlet for water dispenser links to each other with the delivery port of described water purifier and the delivery port of described confession water dispenser links to each other with the water inlet of described boiler supplies in the described boiler with at least a portion of the water that will come from described water purifier.
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 same or similar label represents same 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, it will be appreciated that, term " vertically ", " laterally ", " on ", orientation or the position relationship of the indications such as D score, 'fornt', 'back', " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " " interior ", " outward " be based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only be for convenience of description the present invention and simplified characterization, rather than indication or the hint device of indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific orientation structure and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In addition, term " first ", " second " only are used for describing purpose, and can not be interpreted as indication or hint relative importance.
In description of the invention, unless otherwise prescribed and limit, need to prove, term " installation ", " linking to each other ", " connection " should be done broad understanding, for example, can be mechanical connection or electrical connection, also can be the connection of two element internals, can be directly to link to each other, and also can indirectly link to each other by intermediary, for the ordinary skill in the art, can understand as the case may be the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term.
Below with reference to the refrigerator 10 of Fig. 1 description according to the embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 1, the refrigerator 10 according to the embodiment of the invention comprises casing 100, door body 200, boiler 300 and distributor 400.
Door body 200 is installed on the casing 100.Boiler 300 is installed in casing 100 and the door body 200 one, and wherein boiler 300 is provided with the water that the first heating element heater 310 is used in the heat hot water tank 300.Distributor 400 is installed on the body 200 and water in the boiler 300 be used for to be distributed in the below that is located at boiler 300, and wherein the water inlet of distributor 400 links to each other with the delivery port of boiler 300.
Refrigerator 10 according to the embodiment of the invention is provided with the boiler 300 of the first heating element heater 310 by an installation in casing 100 and door body 200, thereby hot water can be provided.The user can obtain hot water in the boiler 300 by distributor 400.
As shown in Figure 1, in some embodiments of the invention, refrigerator 10 can also comprise instantaneous heating water tank 500, instantaneous heating water tank 500 can be removably mounted on the body 200 and on above-below direction A (direction of arrow among Fig. 1) and can be located between boiler 300 and the distributor 400, the water inlet of instantaneous heating water tank 500 can link to each other with the delivery port of boiler 300, and the delivery port of instantaneous heating water tank 500 can link to each other with the water inlet of distributor 400, and wherein instantaneous heating water tank 500 can be provided with the water that the second heating element heater 510 is used for heating the instantaneous heating water tank 500 of flowing through.Particularly, instantaneous heating water tank 500 is interior can be limited with passage, hot water in the boiler 300 can enter instantaneous heating water tank 500 after leaving boiler 300, also can flow in the described passage in instantaneous heating water tank 500, can enter into distributor 400 subsequently.In the process that described hot water flows in described passage, the second heating element heater 510 can heat described hot water.
By being set, instantaneous heating water tank 500 not only can compensate hot water dispersed heat 400 processes that flow from boiler 300 to distributor in the boiler 300, and described hot water heating extremely can be seethed with excitement (namely being heated to 100 ℃), thereby make refrigerator 100 that the water that can directly drink can be provided.With utilize boiler 300 that static water is heated to boiling to compare since instantaneous heating water tank 500 be the described hot water heating that will flow to boiling, therefore can reduce widely the noise that the water boiling produces.In addition, because the water of boiling can directly be removed by distributor 400, therefore can also reduce widely the pressure that the water boiling produces.And, with only utilize instantaneous heating water tank 500 heat water to the boiling compare, successively utilize boiler 300 and instantaneous heating water tank 500 to heat water to the heating power that boiling can greatly reduce instantaneous heating water tank 500, and then greatly reduce the overall current of refrigerator 10.
In examples more of the present invention, refrigerator 100 can also comprise boiler heat-insulation layer and instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer, wherein said boiler heat-insulation layer can be located on the outer wall of boiler 300, and described instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer can be located on the outer wall of instantaneous heating water tank 500.Described boiler heat-insulation layer is set and at the outer wall of instantaneous heating water tank 500 described instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer is set by the outer wall at boiler 300, can reduce widely the heat loss of boiler 300 and instantaneous heating water tank 500 and the hot water in them, thereby keep the temperature of the hot water in boiler 300 and the instantaneous heating water tank 500.For example, described boiler heat-insulation layer can be made by heat-preservation cotton or pottery, and described instantaneous heating water tank heat-insulation layer can be made by heat-preservation cotton or pottery.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first heating element heater 310 can be located in the boiler 300, and can directly contact directly water is heated with water, and particularly, the first heating element heater 310 can be resistance wire.The first heating element heater 310 can also be located on the outer wall of boiler 300 indirectly water is heated, and particularly, the first heating element heater 310 can be Electric radiant Heating Film.In another embodiment of the present invention, the second heating element heater 510 can be located in the instantaneous heating water tank 500, and can directly contact directly water is heated with water, and particularly, the second heating element heater 510 can be resistance wire.The second heating element heater 510 can also be located on the outer wall of instantaneous heating water tank 500 indirectly water is heated, and particularly, the second heating element heater 510 can be Electric radiant Heating Film.
As shown in Figure 1, in an example of the present invention, refrigerator 10 can also comprise constant temperature controller 320, and constant temperature controller 320 can be located at and be used in the boiler 300 temperature of the water in the boiler 300 is controlled at predetermined value.Constant temperature controller 320 can detect the temperature of the water in the boiler 300, and controls the first heating element heater 310 can reach predetermined value in the temperature of described water the time and stop the water in the boiler 300 is heated.In another example of the present invention, refrigerator 10 can also comprise overheat protector, and described overheat protector can be located at and be used on the wall of boiler 300 preventing that the temperature of boiler 300 from surpassing predetermined temperature, thus the security that can improve boiler 300.For example, when the water level in the boiler 300 was lower than predetermined value, described overheat protector can be controlled the first heating element heater 310 and stop the water in the boiler 300 is heated, to prevent dry combustion method.
In one embodiment of the invention, boiler 300 can have waste water discharge opening, and described waste water discharge opening can be formed on the bottom of boiler 300.After long-time the use, boiler 300 interior meetings produce impurity, therefore need regularly boiler 300 to be cleaned.The impurity that is used for cleaning the water of boiler 300 and washes can be discharged boiler 300 by described waste water discharge opening.Particularly, described waste water discharge opening can link to each other with wastewater discharge pipe, and the outlet of described wastewater discharge pipe can be located at the back of refrigerator 10, not affect the outward appearance of refrigerator 10.
As shown in Figure 1, in some embodiments of the invention, refrigerator 10 can also comprise water purifier 600, and the delivery port of water purifier 600 can link to each other with the water inlet of boiler 300 and be used for purifying the water that supplies in the boiler 300.Can increase water quality widely by water purifier 600 is set, reduce the impurity in the boiler 300.The water inlet that it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that water purifier 600 can link to each other with water source 800.Water purifier 600 can be activated carbon clarifier, doughnut clarifier, filter core etc.Particularly, can use simultaneously a plurality of of the same type or dissimilar water purifiers 600 further to increase water quality.
In a concrete example of the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, refrigerator 10 can also comprise for water dispenser 700, triple valve for example, can link to each other with the delivery port of water purifier 600 for the water inlet of water dispenser 700, and at least a portion that the delivery port of confession water dispenser 700 can link to each other with the water inlet of boiler 300 with the water that will come from water purifier 600 supplies in the boiler 300.Moisture after purifying through water purifier 600 can be fitted on boiler 300, ice machine etc. by arranging for water dispenser 700.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that water source 800, water purifier 600, can link to each other by water pipe successively with distributor 400 for water dispenser 700, boiler 300, instantaneous heating water tank 500.
Refrigerator 10 according to the embodiment of the invention can provide hot water, has satisfied different instructions for uses, has improved practicality.
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: in the situation that do not break away from principle of the present invention and aim can be carried out multiple variation, modification, replacement and modification to these embodiment, scope of the present invention is limited by claim and equivalent thereof.