CN115493333A - Horizontal refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a horizontal refrigerator, which comprises a cabinet body with a storage space and a separator arranged in the storage space; the separator is supported between the two opposite inner walls of the storage space and is detachably connected and fixed with the inner walls of the storage space; the partition is provided with a partition positioning part, and the inner wall of the storage space is provided with a cabinet body positioning part matched with the partition positioning part; in the process of installing and fixing the separating piece, the positioning part of the separating piece and the positioning part of the cabinet body slide relatively. According to the embodiment of the invention, the partition is arranged in the storage space to divide the space in the storage space into the plurality of spaces, so that the storage space can be managed in a partition mode, the partition is detachably arranged and fixed on the inner wall of the storage space, the partition can be installed or detached according to the actual needs of users, and the diversified needs of the users are met.

Description

Horizontal refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration, in particular to a horizontal refrigerator.

Background

The horizontal refrigerator is a refrigeration device which keeps constant low temperature, is a common electrical appliance for preserving articles at low temperature in life, and is widely applied to the commercial and household fields due to large storage capacity.

At present, the refrigeration of the horizontal refrigerator can be supplied by a direct cooling mode or an air cooling mode, wherein the cabinet body of the horizontal refrigerator adopting the direct cooling mode generally comprises an outer shell and an inner container arranged on the outer shell, an evaporator is surrounded outside the inner container, and the cold energy is conducted into a storage space of the inner container in a natural radiation mode.

Horizontal freezer among the prior art generally is provided with a storing space, and the storing space is used for depositing article as a whole, and all article can only be deposited in a space, can not be fine realize the subregion management in storing space, the user's of not being convenient for use.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a horizontal refrigerator, which can solve the defects in the prior art, can manage the storage space in a partitioning manner, and can be installed or detached according to the actual needs of users by arranging a partitioning piece to be detachably installed and fixed on the inner wall of the storage space, thereby meeting the diversified needs of the users.

The invention provides a horizontal refrigerator, which comprises a cabinet body with a storage space and a separator arranged in the storage space;

the separator is supported between the two opposite inner walls of the storage space and is detachably connected and fixed with the inner walls of the storage space; a partition positioning part is arranged on the partition, and a cabinet body positioning part matched with the partition positioning part is arranged on the inner wall of the storage space;

in the installation and fixation process of the separating piece, the positioning part of the separating piece and the positioning part of the cabinet body slide relatively.

Further, the partition is supported on two inner walls of the storage space opposite to each other in the width direction of the cabinet body;

when the separator moves from the initial position to the positioning position, the separator positioning part and the cabinet positioning part are set to slide relatively along the length direction of the cabinet body and then slide relatively along the vertical direction of the cabinet body.

Further, cabinet body location portion is including setting up location on the storing space inner wall is protruding, separator location portion include the constant head tank and with the guide way of constant head tank intercommunication, the constant head tank with the guide way sets up the separator orientation on the prominent lateral wall of location, the guide way is followed the length direction of the cabinet body extends the setting, the constant head tank is followed the vertical direction of the cabinet body extends the setting.

Further, the positioning groove and the guide groove are concavely arranged on the separator; after the separating piece is installed and fixed, the positioning protrusions are contained in the positioning grooves, and the side walls, facing the positioning protrusions, of the separating piece are attached to the inner wall of the storage space.

Further, the partition extends along the opening direction of the storage space and divides the storage space into a first compartment and a second compartment which are arranged along the length direction of the cabinet body;

the guide groove has a guide groove entrance exposed toward the first compartment or the second compartment, and the positioning protrusion slides from the guide groove entrance to the positioning groove along the guide groove and is positioned in the positioning groove.

Furthermore, a top limit surface is arranged in the positioning groove, and a first limit surface and a second limit surface are oppositely arranged in the width direction of the cabinet body, and the first limit surface and the second limit surface are used for abutting against the positioning protrusion; the top limit surface is used for abutting against the top of the positioning protrusion.

Furthermore, the first limiting surface and the second limiting surface are both provided with limiting surface protrusions, and the positioning protrusions are positioned between the limiting surface protrusions and the top limiting surface.

Further, the partition member has left and right side walls opposed in the width direction and front and rear side walls opposed in the length direction, the positioning groove and the guide groove are provided on the left and right side walls, and an entrance of the guide groove is provided on the front side wall or the rear side wall.

Furthermore, the cabinet body positioning part is also provided with a support piece and a fastener which are pre-buried in the cabinet body, the support piece is provided with a mounting hole, the inner container of the cabinet body is provided with a through hole which exposes the mounting hole outwards, and the fastener is positioned in the mounting hole and compresses and fixes the positioning protrusion on the cabinet body.

Further, the fastener is a bolt which is in threaded connection with the mounting hole.

Compared with the prior art, the storage space is divided into the plurality of spaces by the partition pieces arranged in the storage space, so that the storage space can be managed in a partitioned mode, the partition pieces are detachably arranged and fixed on the inner wall of the storage space, the storage space can be installed or detached according to the actual needs of users, and the diversified needs of the users are met. Simultaneously, realize the installation of separator fixed through gliding mode in this embodiment, can more convenient operation, can be high-efficient swift realization separator's installation fixed.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a horizontal refrigerator disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a top view of the horizontal refrigerator disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction AA of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of a partition and a partition positioning portion in the horizontal refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a front view of the horizontal refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention after the partition is assembled with the partition positioning part;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction BB in FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a partition in the horizontal refrigerator disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 7 at D;

fig. 9 is a front view of a divider in the chest cooler disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction CC in FIG. 9;

fig. 11 is an exploded view of a divider in the chest cooler disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of a horizontal refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention after a partition is removed from a cover plate;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of the horizontal refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention after the separating member is detached from the cover plate and the air guide;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of the horizontal refrigerator partition according to the embodiment of the present invention after the cover plate, the air guide and the volute are detached;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of the volute fan in the partition in the horizontal refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention assembled on the air guide;

fig. 16 is a schematic view of a first structure of an air guide in the horizontal refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a second structural schematic view of the air guide in the horizontal refrigerator disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural view of a cabinet positioning portion in the horizontal refrigerator disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;

description of reference numerals: 1-cabinet, 10-storage space, 100-gap part, 101-first chamber, 102-second chamber,

11-inner container, 12-outer shell, 13-cabinet body positioning portion, 131-positioning projection, 132-supporting piece, 133-fastening piece, 2-evaporating pipe,

3-partition, 31-shell, 311-partition positioning part, 3111-positioning slot, 3112-guiding slot, 3113-guiding slot inlet, 3114-top limiting surface, 3115-first limiting surface, 3116-second limiting surface, 3117-limiting surface protrusion, 312-left side wall, 313-right side wall, 314-front side wall, 315-rear side wall, 316-base, 317-cover plate, 318-side air outlet, 319-side air inlet,

32-turbo fan, 321-axial air inlet side, 322-radial air outlet side,

33-an air inlet, 34-an air outlet, 341-a first air outlet, 342-a second air outlet,

35-air duct, 351-air inlet duct, 352-air outlet duct,

36-volute, 361-volute inlet, 362-volute outlet;

37-wind guide piece, 371-wind guide body, 3711-first lower guide part, 3712-second lower guide part, 3713-lower guide inclined plane, 3714-first upper guide part, 3715-second upper guide part, 3716-upper inclined guide surface, 372-communication hole, 373-volute positioning part, 374-positioning groove, 375-positioning part through hole,

38-mounting plate, 381-recess, 382-projection, 39-second plug.

Detailed Description

The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the invention.

The embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps: as shown in fig. 1 to 7, a horizontal refrigerator is disclosed, which comprises a cabinet body 1 having a storage space 10, a refrigerating unit disposed on the cabinet body 1, and a door body for opening or closing an opening of the storage space 10, wherein the storage space 10 is disposed to be opened upward. In this embodiment, the horizontal refrigerator is a direct-cooling horizontal refrigerator, that is, the direct cooling mode is adopted to cool the articles stored in the storage space 10.

Specifically, the refrigerating unit comprises a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device and an evaporator which are connected in sequence, the cabinet body 1 is provided with an inner container 11 forming the storage space 10 and a shell 12 arranged outside the inner container 11, and as shown in fig. 3, the evaporator comprises an evaporation tube 2 wound outside the inner container 11; the evaporator tube transmits cold energy into the storage space 10 in a natural radiation mode and is used for refrigerating articles stored in the storage space 10.

Horizontal freezer generally is provided with a storing space 10 among the prior art, and storing space 10 is used for depositing article as a whole, and all article can only be deposited in a space, can not be fine realize the subregion management of storing space, the user's of being not convenient for use.

In order to solve the technical problem, the horizontal refrigerator disclosed by the application further comprises a separator 3 arranged in the storage space 10;

the separator 3 is supported between two opposite inner walls of the storage space 10 and is detachably connected and fixed with the inner walls of the storage space 10; a partition positioning part 311 is arranged on the partition 3, and a cabinet positioning part 13 matched with the partition positioning part 311 is arranged on the inner wall of the storage space 10;

in the process of installing and fixing the partition 3, the partition positioning portion 311 slides relative to the cabinet positioning portion 13.

This application is through setting up separator 3 in storing space 10 with the spatial separation of storing space 10 in to a plurality of space to can carry out the subregion management in the storing space 10, and set up separator 3 to detachable installation and fix on the inner wall of storing space 10, can install or dismantle according to user's actual need, satisfy the diversified demand of user. Simultaneously, realize the installation of separator 3 through gliding mode in this embodiment and fix, can more convenient operation, can be high-efficient swift realization separator 3's installation fixed.

The partition 3 is supported on two opposite inner walls of the storage space 10 in the width direction of the cabinet body;

when the partition 3 moves from the initial position to the positioning position, the partition positioning portion 311 and the cabinet positioning portion 13 are configured to slide relatively along the length direction of the cabinet and then slide relatively along the vertical direction of the cabinet.

In this embodiment, when the partition 3 is installed, the partition 3 actually slides along the length direction of the cabinet body 1 for the cabinet body 1, and then slides downwards in the vertical direction relative to the cabinet body 1, so that the partition 3 can be placed in the storage space 10 in the fixed installation, and then slides along the matching of the partition positioning portion 311 and the cabinet body positioning portion 13, thereby better realizing the installation and fixation of the partition 3.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5 to 8, the cabinet positioning portion 13 includes a positioning protrusion 131 disposed on an inner wall of the storage space 10, the partition positioning portion 311 includes a positioning groove 3111 and a guiding groove 3112 communicated with the positioning groove 3111, the positioning groove 3111 and the guiding groove 3112 are disposed on a side wall of the partition 3 facing the positioning protrusion 131, the guiding groove 3112 extends along a length direction of the cabinet 1, the positioning groove 3111 extends along a vertical direction of the cabinet 1, and the guiding groove 3112 is communicated with a bottom of the positioning groove 3111.

The partitioning member 3 in this embodiment further has a housing 31, the partitioning member positioning portion 311 is provided on the housing 31, and the positioning groove 3111 and the guide groove 3112 are both provided on the housing 31. In the embodiment, the storage space 10 is actually divided into two compartments by the shell 31, and the shell 31 is used to divide the storage space 10, so that the partition management of the storage space 10 can be realized, and the user needs can be better met.

In other embodiments, the positioning groove and the guiding groove may be disposed on the inner wall of the storage space 10, and the positioning protrusion may be disposed on the sidewall of the housing 31. In addition, the guiding groove 3112 may be curved or S-shaped, the extending direction of the guiding groove 3112 may be perpendicular to the extending direction of the positioning groove 3111 or may be oblique, of course, when the positioning groove 3111 is obliquely arranged, the guiding groove 3112 may be regarded as a part of the positioning groove 3111 extending outward, the extending direction of the guiding groove 3112 is consistent with the extending direction of the positioning groove 3111, and the guiding groove 3112 mainly plays a role of guiding the positioning protrusion 131 to slide into the positioning groove 311.

In the process of installing and fixing the partition 3, the guide groove 3112 is first abutted against the positioning protrusion 131 on the inner wall of the storage space 10, after the abutment, the partition 3 is pushed in the width direction to slide the positioning protrusion 131 to the positioning groove 3111 along the guide groove 3112, and after the partition 3 is slid to the positioning groove 3111, the partition 3 is moved in the vertical direction, so that the positioning protrusion 131 is finally positioned in the positioning groove 3111. The setting of above-mentioned structure has realized that the installation of separator 3 is fixed through gliding mode, has also conveniently realized the dismantlement of separator 3 when easy to assemble is fixed, can carry out quick installation or dismantlement to being module 3 according to user's actual need.

As shown in fig. 7 to 8, in the present embodiment, the positioning groove 3111 and the guide groove 3112 are recessed in the housing 31; the housing 31 is integrally formed in a plate shape, the positioning protrusion 131 is accommodated in the positioning groove 3112 after the housing 31 is mounted and fixed, and a side wall of the housing 31 facing the positioning protrusion 131 is attached to an inner wall of the storage space 10.

Of course, in other embodiments, the positioning groove 3111 and the guiding groove 3112 may be disposed on the housing 31 without being recessed, for example, a protrusion may be disposed on the housing 31, and then the positioning groove 3111 and the guiding groove 3112 may be disposed on the protrusion.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the partition 3 extends along the opening direction of the storage space 10, and divides the storage space 10 into a first compartment 101 and a second compartment 102 arranged along the length direction of the cabinet 1;

the cabinet body 1 has a length direction and a width direction, and the housing 31 extends along the width direction of the cabinet body 1 and is supported on two inner walls of the storage space 10 opposite to each other in the width direction. The first compartment 101 and the second compartment 102 partitioned by the housing 31 are arranged adjacently along the length direction of the cabinet.

It should be noted that the case 31 is disposed to extend along the width direction of the cabinet 1, which means that the plane of the case 31 is parallel to the width direction of the cabinet 1. The partition 3 is actually installed at the middle position of the cabinet 1 in the length direction, so that the arrangement of the structure can avoid uneven cooling in the separated compartments due to the fact that the separated compartments are too long and narrow.

Of course, in other embodiments, the housing 31 may also extend along the length direction of the cabinet 1, but the temperature equalizing effect of the partitioned compartment is relatively worse than that of the cabinet 1 extending along the width direction.

As shown in fig. 8, the guide groove 3112 has a guide groove entrance 3113 exposed to the first compartment 101 or the second compartment 102, and the positioning protrusion 131 slides from the guide groove entrance 3113 along the guide groove 3112 and finally slides to the positioning groove 3111.

As shown in fig. 5 and 7, the housing 31 has a left side wall 312 and a right side wall 313 opposite to each other in the width direction, and a front side wall 314 and a rear side wall 315 opposite to each other in the length direction, wherein the left side wall 312 and the right side wall 313 are opposite to each other in the length direction of the cabinet 1, and the front side wall 314 and the rear side wall 315 are opposite to each other in the width direction of the cabinet 1. The side wall 312 and the right side wall 313 form inner walls of the first compartment 101 and the second compartment 102, respectively. The front side wall 314 is opposite to the inner wall of the storage space 10, and the rear side wall 315 is also opposite to the inner wall of the storage space 10.

The positioning groove 3111 and the guide groove 3112 are disposed on each of the left side wall 312 and the right side wall 313, and the guide groove entrance 3113 is disposed on the front side wall 314 or the rear side wall 315.

It is understood that the openings of the guide groove entrances 3113 on the left side wall 312 and the right side wall 313 face toward the same side. In order to more stably mount and fix the housing 31 on the cabinet 1, a plurality of partition positioning portions 311 are disposed on a left side wall 312, and the plurality of partition positioning portions 311 are arranged in a vertical direction.

As shown in fig. 7-8, the positioning groove 3111 has a top limiting surface 3114 therein, and a first limiting surface 3115 and a second limiting surface 3116 are oppositely disposed in the width direction of the cabinet 1, and the first limiting surface 3115 and the second limiting surface 3116 are used for abutting against the positioning protrusion 131; the top stopper surface 3114 is configured to abut against the top of the positioning protrusion 131.

After the positioning protrusion 131 reaches the positioning groove 3111, the cabinet 1 is limited by the first limiting surface 3115 and the second limiting surface 3116 in the width direction, and limited by the top limiting surface 3114 in the vertical direction to prevent the housing 31 from moving downward in the vertical direction, so that the housing 31 can only move upward in the vertical direction into the guide groove 3112, and finally slide out along the guide groove 3112 to detach the housing 31 from the cabinet 1.

As shown in fig. 8, the first stopper surface 3115 and the second stopper surface 3116 are both provided with stopper surface protrusions 3117, the stopper surface protrusions 3117 on the first stopper surface 3115 and the stopper surface protrusions 3117 on the second stopper surface 3116 are on the same horizontal plane, the stopper surface protrusions 3117 are protruded toward the positioning groove 3111, and the positioning protrusions 131 are positioned between the stopper surface protrusions 3117 and the top stopper surface 3114.

When the positioning protrusion 131 penetrates the stopper face protrusion 3117, the positioning protrusion 131 may be elastically deformed or the wall forming the stopper face protrusion 3117 may be deformed, so that the positioning protrusion 131 is positioned in the positioning groove 311 by the two opposite stopper face protrusions 3117. The two stopper face protrusions 3117 actually function as the positioning case 31 in the vertical direction, and the positioning case 31 can be passed through the two stopper face protrusions 3117 only when the force reaches a certain value.

As shown in fig. 18, in this embodiment, the cabinet positioning portion 13 further includes a supporting member 132 and a fastening member 133 pre-embedded in the cabinet 1, the supporting member 132 is provided with a mounting hole, the inner container 11 of the cabinet 1 is provided with a through hole exposing the mounting hole, and the fastening member 133 is positioned in the mounting hole and presses and fixes the positioning protrusion 131 onto the inner container 11 of the cabinet 1. In the embodiment, the fastening member 133 is a bolt, the mounting hole is a threaded hole, and the bolt has a bolt body screwed in the threaded hole and a nut disposed on the bolt body and abutting against the positioning protrusion 131.

In the prior art, the cold energy is transmitted from the inner wall of the storage space 10 to the middle, the size of the storage space 10 is generally large, and the large size inevitably causes the uneven cold energy in the storage space 10, and the more the cold energy is sufficient at the position closer to the inner wall of the storage space 10. In addition, because the storage space 10 is arranged towards the upper opening, and the upper side of the whole storage space 10 is an opening, the cold quantity at the opening position of the storage space 10 is relatively seriously dissipated outwards, and the difference between the cold quantity at the position of the storage space 10 close to the opening and the cold quantity at the position of the storage space 10 close to the bottom can be caused, specifically, the more the cold quantity is in the region close to the bottom of the storage space 10, the less the cold quantity is in the opening position of the storage space 10.

In the embodiment, in order to make the cooling capacity of the direct-cooling horizontal refrigerator more uniform, the storage space further includes a heat conduction unit disposed in the partition 3, specifically, the heat conduction unit is disposed in the housing 31 of the partition 3, and the heat conduction unit is used for transferring the cooling capacity at the bottom of the storage space 10 to the opening position of the storage space 10.

The cold quantity of storing space 10 bottom is transmitted to the opening position through the setting of heat-conduction unit in this embodiment, and the cold quantity of replenishment storing space 10 opening part that can be rapid after the door body is opened can be avoided because the not enough of cooling that the cold quantity of storing space opening part scatters and disappears and cause. Meanwhile, since the gap portion 100 is provided between the partition 3 and the bottom of the storage space 10, the partition 3 is actually provided overhead. The gap part arranged at the bottom of the heat conduction unit can facilitate the flowing and gathering of ambient cold at the bottom of the heat conduction unit, so that the cold can be better transferred from the bottom of the storage space 10 to the opening position of the storage space 10.

The partition 3 has a housing 31 supported on opposite inner walls of the storage space 10, and a gap portion 100 is provided and formed between the bottom of the housing 31 and the bottom of the storage space 10 at an interval. The gap portion 100 communicates the first chamber 101 and the second chamber 102. It should be noted that the bottom of the storage space 10 is a bottom wall opposite to the opening of the storage space in the storage space 10, and the inner wall of the storage space 10 is perpendicular to the bottom wall.

As shown in fig. 7-12, in the present embodiment, the heat conduction unit includes a fan module disposed in the housing 31, and the partition 3 further has an air inlet 33, an air outlet 34 disposed on the housing 31, and an air duct 35 communicating the air inlet 33 and the air outlet 34;

the fan module sets up in the wind channel 35, air intake 33 sets up the bottom of casing 31 and towards the 100 openings in clearance portion set up, the air outlet sets up and is close to on the casing opening part in storing space.

The fan module is used for transferring the cold energy absorbed by the air inlet 33 to the air outlet 34, in this embodiment, the air inlet 33 is disposed at a position of the housing 31 close to the bottom of the storage space 10, and the air outlet 33 is disposed at a position of the housing 31 close to the opening of the storage space 10.

The setting of above-mentioned structure can convey the cold volume of storing space 10 bottom to the open position of storing space 10, and the cold volume of storing space 10 bottom is compared in the cold volume of storing space 10 open position more sufficient to can make the distribution of cold volume more even in the storing space 10, avoid the local high temperature that the 10 open position high temperature of storing space caused, thereby influence refrigeration effect.

In the present embodiment, since the housing 31 is provided with the gap portion 100 between the housing 31 and the bottom of the storage space 10 after the housing 31 is installed and fixed, the air inlet 33 is directly provided at the bottom of the housing 31, and the air inlet 33 is directly exposed to the gap portion 100. As described above, the gap portion 100 can collect the coldness at the bottom of the partitioned first compartment 101 and second compartment 102 to the position, thereby more efficiently transferring the coldness.

In the embodiment, the air inlet 33 is exposed to the gap part 100, and the gap part 100 is communicated with the first chamber 101 and the second chamber 102 at the same time, so that the cold energy entering from the air inlet 33 comprises the cold energy in the first chamber 101 and the cold energy in the second chamber 102, the cold energy at the bottom of the first chamber 101 and the cold energy in the second chamber 102 are mixed in the air duct after entering the air inlet 33 and then are discharged through the air outlet 34, the cold energy in the first chamber 101 and the cold energy in the second chamber 102 can be well mixed through the arrangement of the structure, and the mixed cold energy is released into the first chamber 101 or the second chamber 102, so that the cold energy in the storage space 10 can be more uniform.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the air outlet 34 includes a first air outlet 341 opening toward the first compartment 101 to provide cooling capacity into the first compartment 101, and a second air outlet 342 opening toward the second compartment 102 to provide cooling capacity into the second compartment 102. It will be appreciated that the first air outlet 341 and the second air outlet 342 can be provided on the casing 31 at the same time, so as to redistribute the cold energy mixed in the first compartment 101 and the second compartment 102 to the two compartments. In other embodiments, only the first outlet 341 or the second outlet 342 may be provided.

It can be understood that, as shown in fig. 11 to 15, the fan module includes a fan disposed on the housing 31, the fan is used for generating forced convection to transport cold, and in order to better implement the transport and collection of cold, in this embodiment, the fan is a turbo fan 32, the turbo fan 32 has an axial air inlet side 321 and a radial air outlet side 322, and the axial air inlet side 321 and the radial air outlet side 322 are disposed perpendicular to each other. The air duct 35 includes an air inlet duct 351 disposed between the axial air inlet side 321 and the air inlet 33, and an air outlet duct 352 disposed between the radial air outlet side 322 and the air outlet 34.

In this embodiment, the housing 31 has a base 316 and a cover 317 engaged with the base 316, the fan module further has a volute 36 disposed on the base 316, the turbo fan 32 is disposed in the volute 36, the volute 36 has a volute inlet 361 opposite to the axial air inlet side 321, a volute outlet 362 opposite to the radial air outlet side 322, and a volute cavity communicating the volute inlet 361 and the volute outlet 362, the turbo fan 32 is disposed in the volute cavity, the inlet 351 is formed between the volute inlet 361 and the inlet 33, and the outlet 352 is formed between the volute outlet 362 and the outlet 34.

As shown in fig. 13, in this embodiment, to facilitate the installation and fixation of the fan module, the turbofan 32 is fixed on the base 316, and the volute 36 is covered outside the turbofan 32 and is installed and fixed on the base 316. The base 316 is provided with a volute positioning plate adapted to the volute 36, and the volute 36 is fastened to the volute positioning plate.

Because the front side at spiral case air intake 361 opening direction needs gaseous entering, consequently, need set up the clearance between the front side of spiral case air intake 361 upwards and apron 317, in order to avoid making the holistic thickness of casing 31 great, be provided with the fan installation department of outside projection on the base 316, be provided with the fan mounting groove that the opening set up inwards on the fan installation department, the opening orientation of fan mounting groove apron 317, the setting of mounting groove provides one in fact and dodges, increases the fan installation department of outside projection through the mounted position at the fan only, has avoided the increase of the thickness of whole casing 31 under the prerequisite that satisfies fan installation condition.

It will be appreciated that in another embodiment, an outwardly projecting fan mounting portion may be provided on the cover 317 at a location opposite the volute fan 32, with a fan mounting slot provided on the inside of the fan mounting portion towards the base opening.

As shown in fig. 11-17, the fan assembly further includes a wind guide 37, the wind guide 37 includes a wind guide body 371 disposed between the base 316 and the cover 317 and a communication hole 372 disposed on the wind guide body 371, the wind guide body 371 divides the inner cavity of the housing 31 into a wind outlet cavity communicating with the wind outlet 34 and a wind inlet cavity communicating with the wind inlet 33;

the communication hole 372 communicates the air outlet cavity with the air inlet cavity; the volute 36 is disposed at the position of the communication hole 372, the volute outlet 362 is opposite to the communication hole 372, the volute inlet 361 is directly exposed to the air inlet chamber, the air inlet duct 351 is located in the air inlet chamber, and the air outlet duct 352 is located in the air outlet chamber or the air outlet chamber directly forms the air outlet duct 352.

Because the turbo fan 32 is adopted as a power source for cold energy transmission, the air outlet cavity and the air inlet cavity are oppositely arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the communicating hole 372 in the vertical direction for realizing the high-efficiency transmission of the cold energy.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 10, two opposite sides of the air guide body 371 are respectively fixed to the cover 317 and the base 316, and the air guide body 371 is clamped between the cover 317 and the base 316.

In this embodiment, the air duct is actually formed by disposing the air guide 37 in the casing 31, and in order to better realize the transmission of the cooling energy in the air duct, the air guide 37 is a foam member disposed between the cover 317 and the base 316.

The air guide 37 is arranged to be a foam piece, so that the air guide 37 can be attached to the base 316 and the cover plate 317 more tightly on the basis of reducing cost and weight, the foam piece can bear certain deformation, and the foam piece can be only tightly attached to the cover plate 317 or the base 316 in a pressing mode.

In the prior art, a wind deflector is generally integrally molded on the base 316, and one end of the wind deflector, which is far away from the base 316, is attached to the cover 317 to form a wind channel between the wind deflector, the cover 317 and the base 316. In the prior art, one end of the air deflector, which is attached to the cover plate 317, is difficult to be completely attached to the cover plate 317, so that a gap exists between the air deflector and the cover plate 317, and when cold energy is transmitted in an air duct, the cold energy can leak out from the gap, thereby affecting the transmission efficiency of the cold energy in the air duct.

This embodiment is through pressing from both sides the air guide 37 that sets up the foam material between apron 317 and base 316, makes the relative both sides of air guide 37 can both laminate on apron 317 and base 316, avoids forming the gap between air guide 37 and apron 317 or base 316, can not appear spilling when making cold volume transmit in the wind channel, and cold volume can be more efficient follow the extending direction in wind channel and get into then discharge from the air outlet.

In order to reduce the thickness of the entire housing 31, in the present embodiment, a side of the volute 36 facing the base 316 is not provided with a cover plate but directly uses the base 316, so that the base 316 forms a side wall enclosing a volute cavity, that is, a side of the volute 36 facing the base 316 forms an open slot, and the base 316 blocks the open position of the open slot to form the volute cavity.

As shown in fig. 13, since the volute 36 needs to form the inner wall of the volute cavity by the base 316, the volute 36 generally needs to be tightly attached to the base 316, but in the actual manufacturing process, a gap exists between the volute 36 and the base 316, and the existence of the gap can cause cold energy to leak out from the side of the air duct, thereby reducing the release efficiency of the cold energy at the air outlet 34; the difficulty of the manufacturing process is high if the volute 36 and the base 316 are completely attached, and the cost is increased.

As shown in fig. 12 and 15-17, in order to reduce the lateral exposure of the cooling capacity during the transmission in the air duct, the air guide 37 further includes a volute positioning portion 373 provided on the air guide body 371; the scroll positioning portion 373 is fixedly attached to the base 316 and has a positioning groove 374 (shown in fig. 17) adapted to the scroll 36, and the positioning groove 374 has an opening exposed to the communication hole 372, that is, the positioning groove 374 communicates with the communication hole 372.

The volute 36 is positioned in the positioning groove 374 and located between the volute positioning portion 373 and the base 316, and a positioning portion through hole 375 is formed in the volute positioning portion 373 at a position opposite to the volute air inlet 361; the positioning portion through hole 375 is used for exposing the volute air inlet 361 outwards, an air guiding gap is formed between the volute positioning portion 373 and the cover plate 317, the positioning portion through hole 375 is exposed towards the air guiding gap, and it can be understood that the air guiding gap is located in the air inlet cavity.

After the air guide 37 is mounted and fixed, the volute positioning portion 373 is attached to the base 316, the volute positioning portion 373 can be regarded as covering the volute 36, the volute positioning portion 373 can play a role of fixedly supporting the volute 36, and meanwhile, because the volute positioning portion 373 serving as a foam member can be better pressed and attached to the base 316, the volute positioning portion 373 actually forms a seal outside the volute 36, and the cold can be prevented from leaking from a gap between the volute 36 and the base 316 in the transmission process.

In this embodiment, the volute positioning portion 373 attached to the base 316 is disposed outside the volute 36, so that the problem of leakage of cooling energy caused by a gap between the volute 36 and the base 316 can be effectively solved.

In this embodiment, the volute positioning portion 373 and the air guide body 371 are integrally formed and are made of foam material, but in other embodiments, a material having a certain deformation, such as rubber, may also be used, so that the air guide 37 can be tightly attached to the cover plate 317 and the base 316 when being clamped between the base 316 and the cover plate 317.

As shown in fig. 16 to 17, the air guide body 371 has a first lower guide 3711 and a second lower guide 3712 provided at opposite sides of the communication hole 372, and the first lower guide 3711 and the second lower guide 3712 guide the cold of the air inlet 33 to the communication hole 372.

Due to the presence of the volute positioning portion 373 and the positioning through hole 375, the first lower guide portion 3711 and the second lower guide portion 3712 are also disposed opposite to each other on both sides of the positioning through hole 375. The first lower guiding portion 3711 and the second lower guiding portion 3712 are used for guiding and collecting the cooling capacity of the air inlet 33 to the direction of the positioning portion through hole 375. The arrangement of the structure can enable the cold energy entering from the air inlet 33 to enter the positioning part through hole 375 more efficiently.

The first lower guide portion 3711 and the second lower guide portion 3712 each have a lower inclined guide surface 3713 inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, and the lower inclined guide surface 3713 forms an inner wall of the air intake chamber, and the size of the air intake chamber gradually shrinks from the air intake opening 33 to the positioning portion through hole 375. In this embodiment, the air inlet channel 351 is located in the air inlet cavity and between the air inlet 33 and the positioning portion through hole 375, so the downward inclined guide surface 3713 forms a side wall of the air inlet channel 351.

The first downward inclined guide surface of the first lower guide portion 3711 and the second downward inclined guide surface of the second lower guide portion 3711 are symmetrically disposed at opposite sides of the positioning portion through hole 375. The first downward inclined guide surface and the second downward inclined guide surface are symmetrically arranged, so that air guiding can be better realized.

The side of the first downward inclined guiding surface far from the positioning part through hole 375 and the side of the second downward inclined guiding surface far from the positioning part through hole 375 are oppositely arranged at two sides of the air inlet 33, and the arrangement of the structure can lead all cold entering from the air inlet 33 to be guided by the first downward guiding part 3711 and the second downward guiding part 3712.

The air guide body 371 has a first upper guide part 3714 and a second upper guide part 3715 arranged at two opposite sides of the positioning part through hole 375, and the first upper guide part 3714 and the second upper guide part 3715 are used for guiding and dispersing the cold energy coming out from the communication hole 372 to the direction of the air outlet 34;

the first upper guide portion 3714 and the second upper guide portion 3715 each have an upper inclined guide surface 3716 inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, the upper inclined guide surface 3716 forms an inner wall of the air outlet chamber, and the size of the air outlet chamber gradually increases from the communication hole 372 toward the air outlet 34;

a first upper inclined guide surface on the first upper guide portion 3714 and a second upper inclined guide surface on the second upper guide portion 3715 are symmetrically disposed at opposite sides of the communication hole 372;

the side of the first upper inclined guide surface away from the communication hole 372 and the side of the second upper inclined guide surface away from the communication hole 372 are oppositely arranged at two sides of the air outlet 34.

The first upper guide portion 3714, the first lower guide portion 3711, the second upper guide portion 3715 and the second lower guide portion 3712 have a pillar structure. The first upper guide portion 3714, the first lower guide portion 3711, the second upper guide portion 3715, and the second lower guide portion 3712 are fixed to the volute positioning portion 373 in a joint manner.

One end of the first upper guide portion 3714 away from the partition positioning portion 373 and one end of the first lower guide portion 3711 away from the partition positioning portion 373 are fixedly connected by a first vertical connecting rod, and a first lightening hole is defined among the first upper guide portion 3714, the first lower guide portion 3711 and the first vertical connecting rod.

One end of the second upper guide portion 3715, which is away from the partition positioning portion 373, and one end of the second lower guide portion 3712, which is away from the partition positioning portion 373, are fixedly connected by a second vertical connecting rod, and a second lightening hole is enclosed among the second upper guide portion 3715, the second lower guide portion 3712, and the second vertical connecting rod. It can be understood that the first vertical connecting rod and the second vertical connecting rod are respectively fixed on the front side wall 314 and the rear side wall 315 of the shell in a propping manner.

Through the arrangement of the structure, two lightening holes are formed in the guide piece 37, and the weight of the guide piece 37 can be better lightened due to the arrangement of the two lightening holes.

The housing 31 has the front side wall 314 and the rear side wall 315 oppositely disposed in the width direction, and the left side wall 312 and the right side wall 313 oppositely disposed in the length direction in the present embodiment as described above;

the left sidewall 312 is disposed in the first compartment 101 and constitutes an inner wall of the first compartment 101, the first outlet 341 is disposed on the left sidewall 312, the right sidewall 313 is disposed in the second compartment 102 and constitutes an inner wall of the second compartment 102, and the second outlet 342 is disposed on the right sidewall 313. The first air outlet 341 and the second air outlet 342 as two air outlets of the air outlet channel 352 can better transmit the cold energy at the bottom of the storage space 10 to the two compartments.

Further, as shown in fig. 12, the front sidewall 314 and the rear sidewall 315 are further provided with a side air outlet 318, the side air outlet 318 is disposed at a position close to the opening of the storage space 10, the first upper inclined guide surface and the second upper inclined guide surface respectively extend to the inner sides of the front sidewall 314 and the rear sidewall 315, and the first upper inclined guide surface and the second upper inclined guide surface are respectively located at the lower sides of the corresponding side air outlets 318.

The position that is provided with side air outlet 318 on casing 31 is provided with the groove of dodging of inside sunken, and the setting of dodging the groove is in casing 31 with form the clearance between the inner wall of storing space 10 to the cold volume that can make to come out from side air outlet 318 can blow on the inner wall of storing space 10.

Because storage space 10 need often open among the prior art, be close to storage space 10 open-ended position department owing to often receive the influence of external high temperature humid air to freeze more easily, make in this embodiment through setting up of side air outlet 318 and directly spray on storage space 10's inner wall from side air outlet 318 spun gas, can effectually alleviate the problem that storage space 10 inner wall frosted.

In this embodiment, as the cooling device is mainly used for a direct-cooling horizontal refrigerator, and the evaporation tube 2 is wound outside the inner container 11 for the direct-cooling horizontal refrigerator, the cooling capacity is transmitted and released from the inner wall of the storage space 10 to the center, and as a result of the above structure, the cooling capacity on the inner wall of the storage space 10 is relatively sufficient, and in order to better transmit the cooling capacity from the region where the cooling capacity is sufficient inside the storage space 10 to the opening position of the storage space, in this embodiment, the front sidewall 314 and the rear sidewall 315 of the inner wall of the storage space 10 on the casing 31 are further provided with the side air inlets 319 communicated with the air inlet channels 351, and the side air inlets 319 are directly arranged toward the opening position of the inner wall of the storage space 10, and as the cooling capacity of the storage space 10 near the bottom region is relatively sufficient, the side air inlets 319 are preferably arranged at the position of the storage space 10 near the bottom of the storage space.

In order to facilitate the transmission of the cooling capacity, a gap is formed between the side air inlet 319 and the inner wall of the storage space 10, and the gap can facilitate the circulation of air, in a specific embodiment, a recess which is concavely formed in the housing 31 may be arranged at a position on the housing 31, where the side air inlet 319 corresponds to the recess, and the recess may only form a gap between the position on the housing 31, where the side air inlet 319 corresponds to the inner wall of the storage space 10, but does not affect the fixed attachment relationship between other parts of the housing 31 and the inner wall of the storage space 10, and the installation stability of the housing 31 is affected as little as possible on the premise of realizing the efficient circulation of the cooling capacity.

In order to facilitate the transfer of the cooling energy entering from the side air inlet 319 to the communication hole 372, the first inclined guiding surface and the second inclined guiding surface are respectively extended to the inner sides of the front sidewall 314 and the rear sidewall 315, and are respectively located at the upper side of the corresponding side air inlet 319. The arrangement of the structure can lead the cold energy entering from the side air inlet 319 to be gathered towards the direction of the communicating hole 372 under the guiding action of the first downward inclined guiding surface and the second downward inclined guiding surface, and the transmission of the cold energy can be better realized.

In this embodiment, the side of the housing 31 where the air inlet is provided has a mounting plate 38, the mounting plate 38 has a plurality of concave portions 381 which are concave inwards and a protruding portion 382 which is formed between two concave portions 381, and the air inlet 33 is provided on the concave portion 381. The arrangement of the above structure is actually to provide a plurality of recesses 381 on the mounting plate 38 of the air inlet 33, so that the arrangement of the structure can make the mounting plate 38 of the air inlet 33 uneven, and the design has the advantage of preventing the articles in the storage space 10 from covering and blocking the air inlet 33.

As shown in fig. 9-14, the mounting plate 38 is a bottom plate disposed at the bottom of the housing 31 in this embodiment. The apexes of the protrusions 382 protruding outward are located on the same plane. The disposition of the apex of the protruding portion 382 protruding outward in the same plane enables more flatness when the bottom plate of the housing 31 abuts on the bottom of the storage space 10.

In this embodiment, the recesses 381 have the same structure, and the cross section of the recess 381 is arc-shaped, so that the mounting plate 38 is wavy as a whole.

In order to better achieve the entry of cooling energy from the air inlet opening in this embodiment, the protruding portion 382 is also provided with the air inlet opening 33.

Further, a connector mounting hole which is recessed inwards is formed in the inner wall of the storage space 10 opposite to the shell 31, the horizontal refrigerator further comprises a first plug connector arranged in the connector mounting hole, and as shown in fig. 7, the fan module comprises a second plug connector 39 which is matched with and electrically connected with the first plug connector. The second plug-in connector 39 is electrically connected with the turbofan 32, the power supply of the turbofan 32 is realized through the matching of the second plug-in connector and the second plug-in connector 39, and the installation and the fixation are realized more conveniently through a plug-in matching mode.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the heat conduction unit is a structure including a fan module to transmit cold, and it should be understood that in other embodiments, the heat conduction unit may also be a heat conduction pipe disposed in the housing 31 or a circulation pipe circulating in the housing 31, and a coolant is disposed in the circulation pipe.

The construction, features and functions of the present invention are described in detail in the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, which are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited by the drawings, and all equivalent embodiments modified or changed according to the idea of the present invention should fall within the protection scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention covered by the description and the drawings.

Claims (10)

1. A horizontal refrigerator is characterized in that: the refrigerator comprises a cabinet body with a storage space and a partition arranged in the storage space;

the separator is supported between the two opposite inner walls of the storage space and is detachably connected and fixed with the inner walls of the storage space; a partition positioning part is arranged on the partition, and a cabinet body positioning part matched with the partition positioning part is arranged on the inner wall of the storage space;

in the installation and fixation process of the separating piece, the positioning part of the separating piece and the positioning part of the cabinet body slide relatively.

2. The horizontal refrigerator of claim 1 wherein: the partition pieces are supported on two inner walls of the storage space opposite to each other in the width direction of the cabinet body;

when the separator moves from the initial position to the positioning position, the separator positioning part and the cabinet positioning part are set to slide relatively along the length direction of the cabinet body and then slide relatively along the vertical direction of the cabinet body.

3. The horizontal freezer of claim 2, wherein: the cabinet body location portion is including setting up location on the storing space inner wall is protruding, separator location portion include the constant head tank and with the guide way of constant head tank intercommunication, the constant head tank with the guide way sets up the separator orientation on the prominent lateral wall of location, the guide way is followed the length direction of the cabinet body extends the setting, the constant head tank is followed the vertical direction of the cabinet body extends the setting.

4. The horizontal freezer of claim 3, wherein: the positioning groove and the guide groove are concavely arranged on the separator; after the separating piece is installed and fixed, the positioning protrusion is contained in the positioning groove, and the side wall of the separating piece facing the positioning protrusion is attached to the inner wall of the storage space.

5. The horizontal freezer of claim 4, wherein: the partition piece extends along the opening direction of the storage space and divides the storage space into a first compartment and a second compartment which are distributed along the length direction of the cabinet body;

the guide groove is provided with a guide groove inlet exposed towards the first compartment or the second compartment, and the positioning protrusion slides to the positioning groove from the guide groove inlet along the guide groove and is positioned in the positioning groove.

6. The horizontal freezer of claim 5, wherein: the positioning groove is internally provided with a top limiting surface, and a first limiting surface and a second limiting surface are oppositely arranged in the width direction of the cabinet body, and the first limiting surface and the second limiting surface are used for being abutted with the positioning protrusions; the top limit surface is used for abutting against the top of the positioning protrusion.

7. The horizontal freezer of claim 6, wherein: the first limiting surface and the second limiting surface are both provided with limiting surface protrusions, and the positioning protrusions are positioned between the limiting surface protrusions and the top limiting surface.

8. The horizontal freezer of claim 5, wherein: the partition is provided with a left side wall and a right side wall which are oppositely arranged in the width direction, a front side wall and a rear side wall which are oppositely arranged in the length direction, the positioning groove and the guide groove are arranged on the left side wall and the right side wall, and an inlet of the guide groove is arranged on the front side wall or the rear side wall.

9. The horizontal freezer of claim 3, wherein: the positioning part of the cabinet body is also provided with a supporting piece and a fastening piece which are pre-buried in the cabinet body, the supporting piece is provided with a mounting hole, a through hole which exposes the mounting hole outwards is arranged on the inner container of the cabinet body, and the fastening piece is positioned in the mounting hole and tightly presses and fixes the positioning protrusion on the cabinet body.

10. The horizontal freezer of claim 9, wherein: the fastener is a bolt in threaded connection in the mounting hole.

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