CN112344620A

CN112344620A - Refrigerator with fruit ice-sand special area and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112344620A
Application number: CN202011233429.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许灿; 陈开松
Original assignee: Changhong Meiling Co Ltd
Current assignee: Changhong Meiling Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-06
Filing date: 2020-11-06
Publication date: 2021-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-06
Also published as: CN112344620B

Abstract

The invention discloses a refrigerator with a fruit smoothie special area and a control method thereof, and relates to the technical field of refrigerators. The invention comprises a refrigerating chamber, a first low-temperature chamber and a plurality of second low-temperature chambers; a fruit ice and sand special area module is arranged at the top of the second low-temperature chamber; a refrigerating chamber air duct is arranged in the fruit ice and sand special area module, and a refrigerating chamber air outlet and a second contact switch are arranged on one side of the refrigerating chamber air duct; a sliding rail device is arranged in the fruit ice sand special area module; a tray is movably matched in the slide rail device; a second temperature sensor is arranged above the interior of the fruit ice and sand special area module; the bottom of the tray is provided with a metal rapid cooling plate; the first temperature sensor is installed at the bottom of the metal rapid cooling plate. According to the invention, the tray is matched in the sliding rail device, the metal rapid cooling plate is arranged at the bottom of the tray, and the bottom air duct is arranged on the tray, so that the problems that the existing refrigerator is difficult to rapidly cool fruits and beverages, and the ice and sand design of various fruits and beverages is met are solved.

Description

Refrigerator with fruit ice-sand special area and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of refrigerators, and particularly relates to a refrigerator with a fruit smoothie special area and a control method thereof.

Background

At present, high-end refrigerator is mainly big volume forced air cooling refrigerator, and the function is more and more, can satisfy more actual use demands of more users. The special area function is a new function of the high-end air-cooling refrigerator, so that the function types are diversified, such as a dry-wet separate storage special area, a freezing constant-temperature special area, a microcrystal fresh-in-week special area and the like, which really meet part of requirements of users in actual use, but are not comprehensive and complete enough, and especially the special area of the refrigerator which can be really experienced by the users and can participate in the operation does not appear yet. The current district function mainly comes from the propaganda of manufacturers, and the user experiences not strongly in the actual use process, and does not creatively design a characteristic district design capable of interacting with the user.

Based on the defects described above, a special fruit ice-sand area needs to be designed, so that fruit ice-sand blocks matched with various fruits, milk, snow and other beverages can be realized, a user can really feel the actual functions of the refrigerator, the user can better interact with the refrigerator to make various favorite fruit ice-sand blocks, and various use requirements of the user are better met.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a refrigerator with a fruit smoothie special area and a control method thereof.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:

the invention relates to a refrigerator with a fruit ice and sand special area, which comprises a cold storage chamber, a first low-temperature chamber and a plurality of second low-temperature chambers; a fruit ice and sand special area module is arranged at the top of the second low-temperature chamber; a refrigerating chamber air duct is arranged in the fruit ice and sand special area module, and a refrigerating chamber air outlet and a second contact switch are arranged on one side of the refrigerating chamber air duct; a refrigerating fan is arranged in the refrigerating chamber air duct; a sliding rail device is arranged in the fruit ice sand special area module; a tray is movably matched in the slide rail device; a second temperature sensor is arranged above the interior of the fruit ice and sand special area module; the metal quick cooling plate is arranged at the bottom of the tray and mainly used for a quick cold guide function, after the fruit ice-sand food material is placed on the metal quick cooling plate, heat exchange can be quickly carried out between the metal quick cooling plate and the fruit ice-sand food material, and the design requirements of quick cooling and forming are met; the bottom of the metal rapid cooling plate is provided with a first temperature sensor;

a tray front baffle is fixed at the front end of the tray; the tray is provided with a bottom air duct along the rear side and the bottom thereof; an air inlet and a first contact switch are formed in one side, far away from the tray, of the bottom air duct; the air inlet is provided with an air door; the air inlet is connected with the air outlet of the refrigeration compartment; the first contact switch corresponds to the second contact switch; a first air outlet is formed in the upper end of one side, close to the tray, of the bottom air duct; and a second air outlet is formed in one side, close to the bottom of the tray, of the bottom air duct.

Further, the tray and the metal rapid cooling plate are of an integrated structure; the first temperature sensor is positioned in the middle of the bottom of the metal rapid cooling plate.

Further, a tray air outlet is formed in the lower end of the side wall of the tray.

Furthermore, the air outlets of the tray are symmetrically distributed on two side walls of the tray in an array mode.

Further, the bottom air duct comprises an air duct bottom structure; the air duct bottom structure is made of heat insulation materials.

A control method of a refrigerator with a fruit smoothie special area comprises the following steps:

step one, when detecting that a first contact switch and a second contact switch of the fruit ice and sand special area module act and the temperature change of a first temperature sensor is delta T, opening a refrigeration air door corresponding to the fruit ice and sand special area module, and starting to refrigerate the fruit ice and sand special area module;

step two, the refrigeration fan and a compressor arranged in the refrigerator run at the maximum rotating speed, and when the temperature of the first temperature sensor at the bottom of the fruit ice and sand special area module reaches T₁Maintaining the refrigeration time t at DEG C₁After min, the tray is drawn out, and after the manual processing operation of the ice shovel, the fruit ice sand special area module is placed at a specified position againRefrigerating time t for regeneration₂After min, closing the air door;

step three, if the prepared fruit smoothie is prepared and is not used in time or not used, the temperature of the special area is maintained at T₂C, until the final end.

Further, the delta T is more than or equal to 0.5 ℃/10 s.

Further, said T₁The value range is-23 ℃ to-26 ℃.

Further, said T₂The value is-2 ℃ to-1 ℃.

Further, the t is₁The value is 3-5 ℃; said t is₂The value is 3-5 ℃.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. the fruit smoothie special area module is arranged at the top of the refrigerating chamber of the refrigerator, so that the use space is hardly occupied, the use ratio of the space of the refrigerator is improved, the smoothie design of various fruits and various beverages can be realized, and the use requirements of users can be met in a targeted manner.

2. According to the invention, the tray is provided with the bottom air channels along the rear side and the bottom of the tray, and cold air is guided to the bottom of the metal rapid cooling plate, so that the metal rapid cooling plate is rapidly cooled; be provided with the metal rapid cooling board through tray bottom, eat the fruit ice sand and eat the back on the metal rapid cooling board in, can eat the material with fruit ice sand and carry out the heat exchange fast on the metal rapid cooling board, rapid cooling to make fruit and multiple beverage can knot fast for ice sand or ice cube, it is better to eat the taste.

3. The first temperature sensor is positioned in the middle of the bottom of the metal quick cooling plate, the actual temperature of the metal quick cooling plate after food is placed is mainly checked, and whether refrigeration is needed or not is determined according to the temperature; at the initial stage of putting food materials into the fruit ice and sand special area module, if the first contact switch acts, the first temperature sensor rises, and when the tray is put at the set position again, the fruit ice and sand special area module needs to be refrigerated and cooled, so that automatic temperature control is realized.

4. According to the invention, the air outlets of the tray are symmetrically distributed on two side walls of the tray in an array manner, one part of cold air flows out from the second air outlet through the bottom air duct and the metal rapid cooling plate, and the other part of cold air flows out from the air outlet of the refrigeration compartment, so that the space in the fruit ice and sand special area module and the fruit on the metal rapid cooling plate are cooled by adding milk, and then the cold air flows out from the air outlets of the tray on two sides of the tray, thereby realizing the design requirement of cooling by waterfall air at the.

Of course, it is not necessary for any product in which the invention is practiced to achieve all of the above-described advantages at the same time.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a refrigerator with a fruit smoothie area according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the installation of the tray;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a tray;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the wind direction of the tray and the cooling compartment duct;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method for controlling a refrigerator having a fruit smoothie area;

in the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:

1-tray, 2-tray air outlet, 3-bottom air duct, 4-air door, 5-air inlet, 6-tray front baffle, 7-air duct bottom structure, 8-second air outlet, 9-first contact switch, 10-metal quick cooling plate, 11-refrigeration chamber air duct, 12-refrigeration fan, 13-refrigeration chamber air outlet, 14-second contact switch, 15-first temperature sensor, 16-refrigeration chamber, 17-first low temperature chamber, 18-second low temperature chamber, 19-fruit ice and sand special area module, 20-slide rail device, 21-second temperature sensor and 31-first air outlet.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-5, the present invention relates to a refrigerator with a fruit smoothie area, which comprises a refrigerating compartment 16, a first low-temperature compartment 17 and a plurality of second low-temperature compartments 18; a fruit ice and sand special area module 19 is arranged at the top of the second low-temperature chamber 18; a refrigerating chamber air duct 11 is arranged in the fruit ice and sand special area module 19, and a refrigerating chamber air outlet 13 and a second contact switch 14 are arranged on one side of the refrigerating chamber air duct 11; a refrigerating fan 12 is arranged in the refrigerating chamber air duct 11; a sliding rail device 20 is arranged in the fruit ice and sand special area module 19 to realize the free extraction or reset of the tray 1; the tray 1 is movably matched in the slide rail device 20; a second temperature sensor 21 is arranged above the interior of the fruit ice and sand special area module 19; the bottom of the tray 1 is provided with a metal quick cooling plate 10 which is mainly used for a quick cold guide function, after the fruit ice-sand food material is placed on the metal quick cooling plate 10, the metal quick cooling plate 10 can quickly exchange heat with the fruit ice-sand food material, and the design requirements of quick cooling and forming are met; the bottom of the metal rapid cooling plate 10 is provided with a first temperature sensor 15;

a tray front baffle 6 is fixed at the front end of the tray 1; the tray 1 is provided with a bottom air duct 3 along the rear side and the bottom thereof, and guides continuous cold air from the air inlet 5 to the bottom of the metal rapid cooling plate 10, so that the metal rapid cooling plate 10 is rapidly cooled; an air inlet 5 and a first contact switch 9 are arranged on one side of the bottom air duct 3 away from the tray 1; the air inlet 5 is provided with an air door 4; the air inlet 5 is connected with an air outlet 13 of the refrigeration compartment; the first contact switch 9 corresponds to the second contact switch 14, and when the first contact switch 9 contacts with the second contact switch 14, the opening and closing design of the fruit ice and sand special area module 19 is controlled and displayed by signals; the upper end of one side of the bottom air duct 3 close to the tray 1 is provided with a first air outlet 31; one side of the bottom air duct 3 close to the bottom of the tray 1 is provided with a second air outlet 8.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 3-4, the tray 1 is of unitary construction with a metal instant cold plate 10; the first temperature sensor 15 is located in the middle of the bottom of the metal rapid cooling plate 10, and is mainly used for checking the actual temperature of the metal rapid cooling plate 10 after food is placed in the metal rapid cooling plate and determining whether refrigeration is needed according to the temperature; at the initial stage of food material is being put into to fruit ice sand special area module 19, whether need refrigerate mainly by the first temperature sensor 15 and the first contact switch 9 of metal rapid cooling board 10 bottom decide jointly, if first contact switch 9 has the action, explain that this fruit ice sand special area module 19's tray 1 has opened, first temperature sensor 15 rises, explain that tray 1 open time is longer or put into new food material, when treating this tray 1 and put set position again, then need refrigerate for this fruit ice sand special area module 19 and cool down.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the lower end of the side wall of the tray 1 is provided with a tray outlet 2.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the tray air outlets 2 are symmetrically distributed on two side walls of the tray 1 in an array manner, low-temperature cold air flows out from the refrigeration chamber air duct 11, and is disturbed by the refrigeration fan 12 of the special refrigeration chamber, after a part of the cold air sequentially passes through the refrigeration chamber air outlet 13 of the refrigeration chamber air duct 11 and enters the air inlet 5 and the air door 4, the cold air is divided into two paths of cold air, one path of cold air sequentially passes through the bottom air duct 3 and the metal rapid cooling plate 10 and flows out through the second air outlet 8, and the other path of cold air flows out from the refrigeration chamber air outlet 13, so that the space in the fruit ice and sand special area module 19 and fruit on the metal rapid cooling plate 10 are cooled, and then the cold air flows out from the tray air outlets 2 on two sides of the.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1-3, the bottom duct 3 includes a duct bottom structure 7; the air duct bottom structure 7 is made of heat insulation materials, so that the fruit smoothie cannot be used in time after being made, and is stored at a certain temperature, and because the temperatures of the first low-temperature chamber 17 and the second low-temperature chamber 18 are lower, the air duct bottom structure 7 is made of heat insulation materials, the influence of low temperature on the corresponding refrigerator chamber of the fruit smoothie special area module 19 can be prevented.

step one, when detecting that the actions of a first contact switch 9 and a second contact switch 14 of the fruit ice and sand special area module 19 and the temperature change of a first temperature sensor 15 are delta T, opening a refrigeration air door corresponding to the fruit ice and sand special area module 19, and starting to refrigerate the fruit ice and sand special area module 19;

step two, the refrigerating fan 12 and a compressor arranged in the refrigerator run at the maximum rotating speed, and when the temperature of the first temperature sensor 15 at the bottom of the fruit ice and sand special area module 19 reaches T₁Maintaining the refrigeration time t at DEG C₁After min, the tray 1 is pulled out, the fruit ice sand special area module 19 is placed at the specified position again after the manual processing operation of the ice shovel, and the refrigerating time t is carried out₂After min, closing the air door 4;

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5, Δ T is greater than or equal to 0.5 ℃/10s, and the refrigeration operation program can be quickly started according to the temperature change of the first temperature sensor 15, so that the food can be quickly cooled according to the established control logic, and the design requirements of the functions of the fruit ice and sand special area module 19 are met.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 5, T₁The value range is-23 ℃ to-26 ℃, and the design requirement of rapid cooling of the metal rapid cooling plate 10 is ensured.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 5, T₂The value is-2 ℃ to-1 ℃, so that the fruit smoothie is always in a smoothie state instead of an ice block state, and the fruit smoothie is more pleasant to eat.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 5, t₁The value is 3-5 ℃, when various fruits and various beverages such as milk and the like are mixed, rapid cooling is required, and the small quantity of ice-sand state of the mixture of the fruits and the milk and the like can be basically met in the time; t is t₂The value is 3-5 ℃, and the ice sand is formed by mixing and paving the ice shovel on the basis of the first layer of ice sand and carrying out secondary cooling, so that the fruit can be ensuredAnd a frozen state of the whole of a mixture with various beverages such as milk.

After various food materials such as fruits, milk and the like are placed on the metal rapid cooling plate 10, due to the fact that the size of part of fruits is large, the fruits need to be cut by a universal ice shovel to form a plurality of small blocks, then drinks such as milk and snow Bing are mixed by the ice shovel, the small blocks are paved into thin small blocks, then the special drawer is reset, and the design requirements of fruit ice slush are met through cooling.

In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed above are intended to be illustrative only. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand the invention for and utilize the invention. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.

Claims

1. A refrigerator with a fruit ice and sand special area comprises a refrigerating chamber (16), a first low-temperature chamber (17) and a plurality of second low-temperature chambers (18); a fruit ice and sand special area module (19) is arranged at the top of the second low-temperature chamber (18); the method is characterized in that:

a refrigerating chamber air duct (11) is arranged in the fruit ice and sand special area module (19), and a refrigerating chamber air outlet (13) and a second contact switch (14) are arranged on one side of the refrigerating chamber air duct (11); a refrigerating fan (12) is arranged in the refrigerating chamber air duct (11);

a sliding rail device (20) is arranged in the fruit ice and sand special area module (19); a tray (1) is movably matched in the slide rail device (20); a second temperature sensor (21) is arranged above the interior of the fruit ice and sand special area module (19);

a metal rapid cooling plate (10) is arranged at the bottom of the tray (1); a first temperature sensor (15) is arranged at the bottom of the metal quick cooling plate (10);

a front tray baffle (6) is fixed at the front end of the tray (1); a bottom air duct (3) is arranged along the rear side and the bottom of the tray (1); an air inlet (5) and a first contact switch (9) are formed in one side, far away from the tray (1), of the bottom air duct (3); the air inlet (5) is provided with an air door (4);

the air inlet (5) is connected with an air outlet (13) of the refrigeration compartment; the first contact switch (9) corresponds to a second contact switch (14);

a first air outlet (31) is formed in the upper end of one side, close to the tray (1), of the bottom air duct (3); and a second air outlet (8) is formed in one side, close to the bottom of the tray (1), of the bottom air duct (3).

2. A refrigerator with fruit smoothie spot according to claim 1 wherein the tray (1) is of integral construction with a metal quick chill plate (10); the first temperature sensor (15) is positioned in the middle of the bottom of the metal fast cooling plate (10).

3. A refrigerator with fruit smoothie area according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lower end of the side wall of the tray (1) is provided with a tray air outlet (2).

4. A refrigerator with fruit smoothie area according to claim 3, characterized in that the tray air outlets (2) are symmetrically distributed on both side walls of the tray (1).

5. A refrigerator with fruit smoothie spot according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that the bottom air channel (3) comprises a channel bottom structure (7); the air duct bottom structure (7) is made of heat insulation materials.

6. A control method of a refrigerator with a fruit smoothie special area is characterized by comprising the following steps:

step one, when detecting that the actions of a first contact switch (9) and a second contact switch (14) of the fruit ice and sand special area module (19) and the temperature change of a first temperature sensor (15) are delta T, opening a refrigeration air door corresponding to the fruit ice and sand special area module (19) and starting to refrigerate the fruit ice and sand special area module (19);

secondly, the refrigerating fan (12) and a compressor arranged in the refrigerator run at the maximum rotating speed, and when the temperature of a first temperature sensor (15) at the bottom of the fruit ice and sand special area module (19) reaches T₁Maintaining the refrigeration time t at DEG C₁After min, the tray (1) is drawn out, the fruit ice sand special area module (19) is placed at the specified position again after the manual processing operation of the ice shovel, and the refrigerating time t is carried out₂After min, closing the air door (4);

7. The control method of the refrigerator with the fruit smoothie area according to claim 6, wherein Δ T is greater than or equal to 0.5 ℃/10 s.

8. A control method of a refrigerator with fruit smoothie zones as claimed in claim 6 or 7 wherein T is the value of₁The value range is-23 ℃ to-26 ℃.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the T is a number of T₂The value is-2 ℃ to-1 ℃.

10. A fruit smoothie containing area according to claim 6 or 8Control method of refrigerator, characterized in that t is₁The value is 3-5 ℃; said t is₂The value is 3-5 ℃.