Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to increase the height of a storage space at the bottom of a refrigerator from the ground and to reduce the operation of bending down to take and put articles by a user.
The invention further aims to improve the utilization rate of the storage space of the refrigerator and improve the use experience of a user.
In particular, the present invention provides a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes: the box body is internally limited with a cooling chamber, a compressor bin and at least one storage space, wherein the cooling chamber and the compressor bin are arranged at the bottom of the box body, the compressor bin is positioned at the rear of the cooling chamber, and the top wall of the cooling chamber is higher than the top wall of the compressor bin; the door body is arranged on the front surface of the box body and is used for operably opening and closing the storage space; and an evaporator which is horizontally arranged in the cooling chamber in a flat cube shape as a whole and is configured to provide cooling capacity for the storage space.
Optionally, the height of the compressor compartment is 100 to 180 mm, and the distance between the top wall of the cooling chamber and the top wall of the compressor compartment is 40 to 90 mm.
Optionally, the storage space is a plurality of, including cold storage space and at least one freezing space, and the box includes: a freezing liner, the interior of which is defined with a cooling chamber and at least one freezing space positioned right above the cooling chamber; and the refrigerating liner is arranged right above the freezing liner, and a refrigerating space is defined in the refrigerating liner.
Optionally, the refrigerator further includes: the evaporator cover plate is covered above the evaporator and defines a cooling chamber together with the freezing liner, and the evaporator cover plate is the top wall of the cooling chamber.
Optionally, a refrigerating air return port communicated with the refrigerating space is arranged at the front end of the evaporator cover plate so as to realize air return of the refrigerating space to the cooling chamber.
Optionally, the refrigerator further includes: the air supply duct is arranged on the inner sides of the rear walls of the refrigeration inner container and the freezing inner container, the bottom end of the air supply duct is provided with an air supply inlet communicated with the cooling chamber, and air supply outlets are respectively arranged corresponding to the refrigeration space and the freezing space so as to transfer the cold energy provided by the evaporator to the storage space; and the return air duct is arranged on any side wall of the refrigeration liner and the freezing liner, the upper end of the return air duct is provided with a return air inlet communicated with the refrigeration space, and the lower end of the return air duct is provided with a return air outlet communicated with the cooling chamber so as to realize return air from the refrigeration space to the cooling chamber.
Optionally, the case further includes: the shell is arranged outside the freezing inner container and the refrigerating inner container; and the heat preservation layer is arranged between the shell and the refrigerating liner and between the shell and the freezing liner to isolate heat outside the refrigerator.
Optionally, the housing comprises: the first bottom plate sets up in the below of freezing inner bag, includes: a front bottom plate positioned at the front side of the bottom of the refrigerator, an inclined plate extending obliquely upwards and backwards from the rear end of the front bottom plate, and a rear top plate extending backwards from the upper end of the inclined plate, wherein a window is arranged on the inclined plate; the second bottom plate is positioned below the rear top plate, and the front end of the second bottom plate is arranged with the rear end of the front bottom plate at intervals to form a gap; and the air guide cover plate is covered at the window and divides the gap into a heat dissipation air inlet and a heat dissipation air outlet.
Optionally, the housing further comprises: the two side plates and the back plate are configured to define a compressor compartment together with the rear top plate and the second bottom plate, and the rear top plate is the top wall of the compressor compartment.
Optionally, the refrigerator further includes: the condenser, the heat dissipation fan and the compressor are arranged in the compressor bin in sequence along the transverse direction, wherein the condenser is arranged on one side close to the heat dissipation air inlet, and the compressor is arranged on one side close to the heat dissipation air outlet.
The refrigerator of the present invention includes: the box body is internally limited with a cooling chamber, a compressor bin and at least one storage space, wherein the cooling chamber and the compressor bin are arranged at the bottom of the box body, the compressor bin is positioned at the rear of the cooling chamber, and the top wall of the cooling chamber is higher than the top wall of the compressor bin; the door body is arranged on the front surface of the box body and is used for operably opening and closing the storage space; and an evaporator which is horizontally arranged in the cooling chamber in a flat cube shape as a whole and is configured to provide cooling capacity for the storage space. The cooling chamber is arranged at the bottom of the refrigerator body, so that the storage space at the lowest part of the refrigerator has a certain ground clearance, the operation of taking and placing objects by a user during bending or squatting is avoided, and the use experience of the user is improved. The cooling chamber and the compressor bin are arranged at the bottom of the box body, and the compressor bin is arranged at the rear part of the cooling chamber, so that the storage space above the compressor bin and the cooling chamber is realized as a plane space, and the utilization rate of the storage space is improved compared with a special-shaped space. In addition, the depth of the storage space is effectively reduced, so that the storage of the articles is changed from stacked storage to expanded storage, the users can find the articles conveniently, and the time and energy of the users are saved.
Further, the height of the compressor bin of the refrigerator is 100-180 mm, the distance between the top wall of the cooling chamber and the top wall of the compressor bin is 40-90 mm, the distance between the top wall of the cooling chamber and the top wall of the compressor bin is determined by the height of the cooling chamber and the height of the compressor bin together, and the capacity of occupying storage space is reduced as much as possible on the basis of meeting the technical requirements of all parts in the cooling chamber and the compressor bin. Condenser, radiator fan and compressor set gradually along transversely in the compressor storehouse, and the condenser sets up in the one side that is close to the heat dissipation air intake, and the compressor sets up in the one side that is close to the heat dissipation air outlet, so set up and effectively utilize the space when guaranteeing to satisfy technical requirement, further reduce the area that occupies the storing space.
The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present invention when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
The embodiment firstly provides a refrigerator, and the distance between the lowest storage space of the refrigerator and the lower end of the supporting bottom foot of the refrigerator is a preset distance, so that a certain ground clearance of the storage space can be ensured, the operation of taking and placing objects by a user during bending or squatting is avoided, and the use experience of the user is improved. The cooling chamber and the compressor bin are arranged at the bottom of the box body, and the compressor bin is arranged at the rear part of the cooling chamber, so that the storage space above the compressor bin and the cooling chamber is realized as a plane space, and the utilization rate of the storage space is improved compared with a special-shaped space. Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 2 is an internal schematic view of the refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the refrigerator 100 of the present embodiment may generally include: a case 10, a door 20, and an evaporator 21.
Wherein, the box 10 is defined with a cooling chamber 11, a compressor bin 12 and at least one storage space therein, the cooling chamber 11 and the compressor bin 12 are both arranged at the bottom of the box 10, the compressor bin 12 is positioned at the rear of the cooling chamber 11, and the top wall of the cooling chamber 11 is higher than the top wall of the compressor bin 12. As shown in fig. 2, the refrigerator 100 of the present embodiment may include three storage spaces arranged from top to bottom: a first space 131, a second space 132, and a third space 133. The first space 131, the second space 132 and the third space 133 may be configured as a refrigerating space, a freezing space, a temperature changing space or a fresh keeping space according to the purpose. Each storage space may be divided into a plurality of storage areas by a division plate, and the storage of articles using racks or drawers.
Fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view of a refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The refrigerator 100 of the present embodiment has a plurality of storage spaces including a refrigerating space and at least one freezing space. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the case 10 may include: a refrigerated liner 72 and a frozen liner 71. The freezing liner 71 defines therein a cooling chamber 11 and at least one freezing space located directly above the cooling chamber 11. The refrigerating liner 72 is disposed right above the freezing liner 71, and defines a refrigerating space therein. Specifically, the first space 131 is defined inside the refrigeration liner 72 of the present embodiment, and may be provided as a refrigeration space, the second space 132, the third space 133, and the cooling chamber 11 are defined inside the freezing liner 71, and the second space 132 and the third space 133 may be provided as a freezing space, and the cooling chamber 11 is provided directly below the second space 132 and the third space 133.
In addition, the case 10 may further include: a housing 60 and an insulating layer (not shown). Wherein the housing 60 is disposed outside the freezing liner 71 and the refrigerating liner 72. The heat insulating layer is disposed between the casing 60 and the refrigerating liner 72 and the freezing liner 71 to insulate the heat outside the refrigerator 100.
The door 20 is provided at the front surface of the case 10 to operatively open and close the storage space. The door 20 is disposed corresponding to the storage spaces, i.e., each storage space corresponds to one or more doors. The door 20 may be pivotally disposed on the front surface of the case 10, for example, the door of the first space 131 of the present embodiment may be pivotally opened. The second space 132 and the third space 133 of the present embodiment may be drawer-type opened. The bottoms of the second space 132 and the third space 133 may be provided with drawer slides to ensure a gentle effect and noise reduction in the opening and closing process of the drawer.
The evaporator 21 is disposed horizontally in the cooling chamber 11 in a flat cubic shape as a whole, and is configured to supply cooling energy to the storage space. The evaporator 21 is horizontally arranged in the cooling chamber 11 in a flat cube shape, namely, the long and wide surfaces of the evaporator 21 are parallel to the horizontal plane, and the thickness surface is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The evaporator 21 provides different amounts of cold to the various types of storage spaces, so that the temperatures within the various types of storage spaces are also different. For example, the temperature in the refrigerated space is generally between 2 ℃ and 10 ℃, preferably between 4 ℃ and 7 ℃. The temperature in the refrigerated space is generally in the range of-22 ℃ to-14 ℃. The optimal storage temperatures of different kinds of articles are not the same, and thus the storage spaces suitable for storage are not the same. For example, fruits and vegetables are suitable for storage in a refrigerated space or a fresh-keeping space, and meat is suitable for storage in a frozen space.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the bottom of the case 60 of the refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 5 is an exploded schematic view of fig. 4. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the housing 60 may include: a first base plate 61, a second base plate 62 and an air guiding cover plate 63. The first bottom plate 61 is disposed below the freezing liner 71, and includes: a front bottom plate 611 positioned at a front side of a bottom of the refrigerator 100, a tilting plate 612 extending obliquely upward and rearward from a rear end of the front bottom plate 611, and a rear top plate 613 extending rearward from an upper end of the tilting plate 612, the tilting plate 612 being provided with a window 614. The second bottom plate 62 is positioned below the rear top plate 613, and a gap is formed between the front end of the second bottom plate 62 and the rear end of the front bottom plate 611. The air guiding cover plate 63 is covered at the window 614 and divides the gap into a heat dissipation air inlet 121 and a heat dissipation air outlet 122.
In addition, the housing 60 may further include: two side plates 64 and a back plate 65 are configured to cooperate with the back top plate 613 and the second bottom plate 62 to define the compressor compartment 12. The rear top panel 613 is the top wall of the compressor housing 12 and the second bottom panel 62 is the bottom wall of the compressor housing 12. As shown in fig. 3, the refrigerator 100 may further include: the evaporator cover 111 is disposed above the evaporator 21, and defines a cooling chamber 11 together with the refrigerating liner 71, and the evaporator cover 111 is a top wall of the cooling chamber.
Fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of a refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the top wall of the cooling chamber 11, i.e., the evaporator cover 111, is spaced from the lower end of the support foot 15 of the refrigerator 100 by a distance a, which is defined by a plurality of dimensions B, C, D in common constraint. Wherein, the dimension B mainly represents the height occupied by the compressor bin 12 and the heat radiation fan 24; the dimension C is determined for ensuring the volume and the drainage angle of the evaporating dish 50; the dimension D is determined to ensure the height of the evaporator 21, the space occupied by the cooling fan 22 and the drainage angle around the evaporator 21. While dimension E mainly represents the relationship between dimension B and dimension a, i.e., the distance between the top wall of the cooling chamber 11 and the top wall of the compressor compartment 12, i.e., the distance between the evaporator cover 111 and the rear top plate 613. In a preferred embodiment, the distance between the top wall of the cooling chamber 11 and the top wall of the compressor compartment 12, i.e. the distance E between the evaporator cover plate 111 and the rear top plate 613, may be 40 to 90 mm. The distance is determined by the height of the cooling chamber 11 and the height of the compressor bin 12, and the volume of the storage space occupied is reduced as much as possible on the basis of meeting the technical requirements of all parts in the cooling chamber 11 and the compressor bin 12.
As shown in fig. 2, the compressor compartment 12 is provided not only at the bottom of the case 10 but also at the rear of the cooling chamber 11. In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the height B of the compressor compartment 12 may be 100 mm to 180 mm. The height can meet the installation requirements of all components in the compressor bin 12, such as the occupied height of the heat radiation fan 24; the cooling chamber 11 can be matched to enable the lowest storage space of the refrigerator 100 to be flattened, abnormal shape is avoided, and the utilization rate of the storage space of the refrigerator 100 is improved.
Furthermore, in other embodiments, the distance a of the top wall of the cooling chamber 11, i.e., the evaporator cover 111, from the lower end of the support foot 15 of the refrigerator 100 may be 230 to 310 mm by the collective definition of the above dimensions. The specific range ensures the technical requirements of the components and the ground clearance of the storage space at the bottom of the refrigerator 100, so that a user does not need to bend down or squat down to take and put articles.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, a front end of the evaporator cover 111 is provided with a refrigerating air return 112 communicating with the refrigerating space to return the refrigerating space to the cooling chamber 11. Specifically, the refrigeration return 112 may be shutter-shaped. The second space 132 and the third space 133 of the present embodiment are used as refrigerating spaces, and return air to the cooling chamber 11 can be realized through the refrigerating return air port 112.
Fig. 7 is a partial schematic view of a refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the refrigerator 100 may further include: an air supply duct 31 and a return air duct 32. The air supply duct 31 is disposed inside the rear walls of the refrigeration liner 72 and the freezing liner 71, as shown in fig. 3 and 7, and has an air supply inlet 312 at the bottom end thereof for communicating with the cooling chamber 11, and an air supply outlet 311 corresponding to the refrigeration space and the freezing space, respectively, so as to transfer the cooling capacity provided by the evaporator 21 to the storage space. Since the air supply outlet 311 is located at the rear side of each storage space, the cooling capacity of each storage space is transferred from the rear side to the front side. In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, a cooling fan 22 may be further disposed at the rear side of the evaporator 21, the cooling fan 22 may be disposed at the rear side of the evaporator 21 in a forward tilting manner, and the air outlet direction of the cooling fan 22 may face the air supply inlet 312, so that the cooling capacity generated by the evaporator 21 smoothly enters the air supply duct 31.
As shown in fig. 3, the return air duct 32 may be disposed on any side wall of the refrigerating liner 72 and the freezing liner 71, and has a return air inlet at an upper end thereof for communicating with the refrigerating space, and a return air outlet at a lower end thereof for communicating with the cooling chamber 11, so as to return the refrigerating space to the cooling chamber 11. In a preferred embodiment, the return air duct 32 may be provided in two and may be symmetrically disposed on both sidewalls of the refrigeration liner 72 and the freezing liner 71.
The first space 131 in this embodiment is a refrigerating space, and an independent temperature changing space may be further disposed inside the first space. The temperature change space can be internally provided with a heater, so that the article can be heated in a closed manner, and the temperature of the external refrigeration space is not influenced when the article is heated. Thus, as shown in fig. 7, a refrigerating air return inlet 321 and a temperature-changing air return inlet 322 are provided at the first space 131 in this embodiment, so that both the refrigerating space and the temperature-changing space can independently realize air return through the air return duct 32. After the air in the refrigerating space and the temperature changing space is returned to the cooling chamber 11, the evaporator 21 can be effectively defrosted.
The refrigerator 100 may further include: the condenser 25, the heat dissipation fan 24 and the compressor 23 are sequentially arranged in the compressor bin 12 along the transverse direction, the condenser 25 is arranged on one side close to the heat dissipation air inlet 121, the compressor 23 is arranged on one side close to the heat dissipation air outlet 122, and the heat dissipation fan 24 is arranged between the condenser 25 and the compressor 23. The components are arranged in the compressor bin 12 in such a way that the space is effectively utilized while the technical requirements are met, and the area occupying the storage space is reduced. In a specific embodiment, the refrigerator 100 may further include: the evaporation pan 50 is disposed below the condenser 25, so as to evaporate the moisture in the evaporation pan 50 by using the heat of the condenser 25, and take away the moisture by the heat dissipation fan 24 to dissipate heat.
It should be noted that, the refrigerator 100 of the embodiment may be an embedded refrigerator, and in order to ensure the overall aesthetic degree, the reserved distance between the embedded refrigerator and the surrounding walls or cabinets is smaller, and the bottom air inlet and bottom air outlet may be adopted. Therefore, the refrigerator 100 of the embodiment is provided with the heat dissipation air inlet 121 and the heat dissipation air outlet 122 at the bottom of the casing 60, and the air outside the refrigerator 100 enters the compressor bin 12 from the heat dissipation air inlet 121, sequentially passes through the condenser 25, the heat dissipation fan 24 and the compressor 23, and flows out from the heat dissipation air outlet 122, so that the whole heat dissipation cycle process is reasonably completed.
As shown in fig. 6, a bottom wall of the cooling chamber 11 below the evaporator 21 may be formed with a water receiving tray 40 for receiving condensed water generated from the evaporator 21, and a drain port 41 is provided at the bottom of the bottom thereof. Since the bottom wall of the freezing container 71 is the bottom wall of the cooling chamber 11, the bottom wall of the freezing container 71 is formed with the water pan 40. The refrigerator 100 may further include: and a drain pipe 42, one end of the drain pipe 42 is communicated with the water receiving tray 40 through the drain port 41, and the other end of the drain pipe 42 is communicated to the evaporation tray 50 to transfer condensed water in the water receiving tray 40 to the evaporation tray 50. The drain pipe 42 is disposed obliquely, and one end of the drain pipe 42 connected to the drain port 41 is higher than the other end of the drain pipe 42, and an included angle between the drain pipe 42 and the horizontal plane is 5 ° or more and 10 ° or less, which combines the drain angle of the drain pipe 42 with the space compactness. The horizontal distance from the drain opening 41 to the front end of the evaporator 21 is smaller than the horizontal distance from the drain opening 41 to the rear end of the evaporator 21. In one particular embodiment, the ratio of the horizontal distance of the drain 41 to the front end of the evaporator 21 to the horizontal distance of the drain 41 to the rear end of the evaporator 21 is 1/3. The water discharge port 41 is located below the evaporator 21 and a horizontal distance ratio to the front and rear ends of the evaporator 21 is 1/3 so that air entering the cooling chamber 11 through the water discharge port 41 passes through the evaporator 21 first without forming adverse phenomena such as frosting, icing, etc. directly on the air cooler 22.
The refrigerator 100 of the present embodiment includes: the refrigerator body 10 is internally provided with a cooling chamber 11, a compressor bin 12 and at least one storage space, wherein the cooling chamber 11 and the compressor bin 12 are arranged at the bottom of the refrigerator body 10, the compressor bin 12 is positioned at the rear of the cooling chamber 11, and the top wall of the cooling chamber 11 is higher than the top wall of the compressor bin 12; a door body 20 provided at a front surface of the case body 10 to operatively open and close the storage space; and an evaporator 21 which is horizontally disposed in the cooling chamber 11 in a flat cube shape as a whole and is configured to supply cooling capacity to the storage space. The cooling chamber 11 is disposed at the bottom of the case 10, so that the storage space at the lowest part of the refrigerator 100 has a certain height above the ground, thereby avoiding the user from bending down or squatting down to take and put articles, and improving the use experience of the user. The cooling chamber 11 and the compressor bin 12 are both arranged at the bottom of the box body 10, and the compressor bin 12 is arranged at the rear part of the cooling chamber 11, so that the storage space above the compressor bin 12 and the cooling chamber 11 is realized as a plane space, and the utilization rate of the storage space is improved compared with a special-shaped space. In addition, the depth of the storage space is effectively reduced, so that the storage of the articles is changed from stacked storage to expanded storage, the users can find the articles conveniently, and the time and energy of the users are saved.
Further, in the refrigerator 100 of the present embodiment, the height of the compressor compartment 12 is 100 mm to 180 mm, and the distance between the top wall of the cooling chamber 11 and the top wall of the compressor compartment 12 is 40 mm to 90 mm, and the distance between the top wall of the cooling chamber 11 and the top wall of the compressor compartment 12 is determined by the height of the cooling chamber 11 and the height of the compressor compartment 12 together, so that the volume occupying the storage space is reduced as much as possible on the basis of meeting the technical requirements of the components inside the cooling chamber 11 and the compressor compartment 12. Condenser 25, radiator fan 24 and compressor 23 set gradually along transversely in compressor storehouse 12, and condenser 25 sets up in the one side that is close to radiator air intake 121, and compressor 23 sets up in the one side that is close to radiator air outlet 122, so set up and effectively utilize the space when guaranteeing to satisfy technical requirement, further reduce the area that occupies the storing space.
By now it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the invention have been shown and described herein in detail, many other variations or modifications of the invention consistent with the principles of the invention may be directly ascertained or inferred from the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be understood and deemed to cover all such other variations or modifications.