CN1157903A

CN1157903A - Warm meal refrigerater

Info

Publication number: CN1157903A
Application number: CN 96107034
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王曰信
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1996-04-12
Filing date: 1996-07-08
Publication date: 1997-08-27

Abstract

A refrigerator with heating function, belonging to kitchen utensils, is mainly composed of refrigerator, food heating cases, dry and wet heaters, two sets of cooling system for food heating caes, and computer control system. The sequential time parameters of heating case, such as heating, keeping warm and cold storage, and temp control parameter can be chosen by user and then stored in computer. It serves to both refrigerate or cold store food and automatically heat quick meal and then keep warm.

Description

Warm meal refrigerater

" warm meal refrigerater " of the present invention is a kind of family kitchen equipment.

Patent EP373397 described " Monolithic column Partioularly, for Preservingfood Products and for preparing them to de eaten " mainly is dimeric.This device is the refrigerator by the bottom, and the micro-wave oven on top or other form baking box are formed.The bottom is used for chilled food, and top is used for the food heating or the cooking.Cafe or family's store food and cooking are used in being applicable to.But its deficiency is, the baking box on top or micro-wave oven can only be used as stove and accessory but can not store food, and it is perishable to put food in summer especially.

Patent No. EP323587 described " Selectively operated food heating and cool-ing vessel " mainly is made up of the cooling blast circulating line between the food-box that heater is housed, cool room, refrigeration system and connection cool room and food-box.In food-box, also be equipped with and annotate drainage system, heat sensor and level sensor.Automatic temperature control system can require automatically the food in the food-box to be heated or refrigerate processing according to chosen temperature.This installs existing cold storage function, again the cooking function is arranged.Can also in case, produce steam heated, make when the interior food of case heats too dry.But the weak point that this device exists is that energy consumption is big.Because the casing after the heating, the cooling of hot water and food all need be transmitted back to the energy consumption that the interior air-flow of cool room has also strengthened refrigeration system with the cooling of the cold air in the cool room during high temperature from the condition of high temperature to the low-temperature condition.The hot water amount who deposits in the case is more, if all bleed off after each heating, then the water consumption is high.If do not talk about with bleeding off, cool off the yet extra many energy consumptions of this part hot water.The present invention be directed to above-mentioned two kinds of problem and shortage that device exists, adopted the part rational structure, and do the improvement that makes new advances and design a kind of novel " warm meal refrigerater ".The present invention had both had the function of present widely used refrigerator, can do disinfection cabinet usefulness again, can also self-timing circulation finish the heating or the cooking function of food.After having served as selected heating, temperature retention time, can also be automatically to the cooling of the food in heating cabinet refrigeration.The food of depositing in the case in summer can not degenerate yet.During cooling, when the temperature inside the box is much higher than environment temperature, utilize surrounding air circulation cooling automatically.When the temperature inside the box during near environment temperature, conversion is frozen indoor cold air circulation cooling with refrigerator and cooled automatically.The steam generation systems of food-box is contained in outside the case, only introduces steam heated food with steam conduit.Owing to do not deposit hot water in the case, the energy that is consumed when cooling off has reduced greatly to lowering the temperature in the case.New invention is well suited for resident family and uses.

The technical solution adopted in the present invention is as follows: the present invention mainly is made up of normal domestic use refrigerator, food heating cabinet, electric heater, steam generating system, high temperature cooling system, low-temperature cooling system, water reclamation system and computer control system.Heating cabinet be positioned at refrigerator above.Steam generating system is contained in the outside of heating cabinet.Two cover cooling systems are adopted in the cooling of heating cabinet.When heating cabinet is in the condition of high temperature, adopt food in the high temperature cooling system draw ambient air cooling heating cabinet.When heating the temperature inside the box when dropping near environment temperature, adopt low-temperature cooling system to extract cold air in the freezer compartment of refrigerator and send in the heating cabinet the product depth cooling, can make that food reaches refrigerated storage temperature in the case.Air-suction channel in the low-temperature cooling system and backwind tube are being communicated with refrigerating chamber and heating cabinet.The steam that is installed in the steam generating system generation of heating cabinet outside is sent in the heating cabinet through conduit and steam jet.Damp and hot Steam Heating rice and flour based food can avoid stiff.The electric heater of installing in the heating cabinet is suitable for flesh of fish based food is toasted.The defrost water of steam condensate (SC) and refrigerating chamber is reused in water reclamation system flows back to the water tank of steam generating system in the heating cabinet.The parameter input button that install hot sensing in the heating cabinet and outside connects with the input interface of computer control system respectively.Fan in electric heater in digital display, the heating cabinet, the electric heater in the steam generating system, the high and low temperature cooling system all connects with the output interface of computer control system respectively.Computer control system can record temperature information regularly follow procedure work circularly of programme-control electric heater, steam generating system and high low-temperature cooling system respectively according to time, temperature parameter and the heat sensor of user's input.Advantage of the present invention:

1, heating cabinet can be according to time, the temperature supervisor parameter of user's input, and self-timing ground is heated, is incubated, lowers the temperature, is refrigerated the food in the heating cabinet.

2, the equipment bottom has the freezing and refrigeration food function.Top has finishes refrigeration, heating or cooking function automatically, and the disinfection cabinet that can also do tableware and food uses.Make the multiple function of a kind of equipment.

3, adopt the two cover types of cooling, utilized surrounding air circulation cooling during high temperature.When near environment temperature, adopt the cold wind circulation cooling in the refrigerating chamber again, can reduce energy consumption for cooling.

4, steam generator is placed on the outside of food heating cabinet, does not deposit hot water in the case, has also reduced the unnecessary energy that hot water consumed in the cooler bin.Evaporator capacity is little, and heating up, it is fast to produce steam.

5, the food in the shelf-life is put into top food heating cabinet, after heating for multiple times, refrigeration cycle, though cold preservation time is longer, temperature is low, be again to carry out according to the program that the user formulates by computer fully, thereby be not easy rotten and made things convenient for to live to use.

6, it is available that the mode of heating of food heating cabinet has the multiple mode of dry type, wet type and half dry type, select different mode of heatings for use at food not of the same race, overcome the single working method of conventional oven or rice cooker, more adapted in the life the heating of food and the requirement of cooking method.

Accompanying drawing 1 is the back structural representation of apparatus of the present invention.

Accompanying drawing 2 is survey face structure cut-away diagram of apparatus of the present invention.

Accompanying drawing 3 is apparatus of the present invention front structure schematic diagrames.

Provide details of the present invention below in conjunction with description to the embodiment of accompanying drawing.

The present invention mainly is made up of electric heater 12, high temperature cooling system, low-temperature cooling system, water reclamation system and computer control system 13 in refrigerator 1, heating cabinet 2, steam generating system 20, the heating cabinet.Heating cabinet 2 be positioned at refrigerator 1 above.Utilize the light principle of hot-air, the hot-air in the heating cabinet 2 can not influence the cold environment in the following refrigerator 1.Refrigerator 1 mainly is made up of refrigerating chamber 7, refrigerating chamber 8, compressor 24, cooler 31 and refrigerator 26 etc.Heating cabinet 2 is closed containers that door 9 are housed and filling thermal insulation layer all around.The top that electric heater 12 and heat sensor 15. heating cabinets 2 rear walls are housed in the heating cabinet 2 has steam vent 14, the baffle plate 3 of unidirectional external-open is equipped with at 14 places, hole, the bottom of case 2 rear walls has hole 5, and the baffle plate of opening in unidirectional 16 is housed, fan 4 is installed in the hole 5, and hole 5, fan 4, baffle plate 16, hole 14 and baffle plate 3 have been formed the high temperature cooling system.When fan 5 work, suction external environment air enters in the heating cabinet 5, and case 5 internal upper part higher temperature air are pushed baffle plate 3 open from steam vent 14 and returned at gas.Have in the hole 11 that is communicated with refrigerating chamber 8 in heating cabinet 5 bottoms fan 10 is installed, backwind tube 22 is being communicated with heating cabinet 5 and refrigerating chamber 8.The top near heating cabinet 2 suitable for reading of pipe 22.Hole 11, fan 10, backwind tube 22 and refrigerating chamber 8 have been formed low-temperature cooling system.When fan 10 work, the cold air in the suction refrigerating chamber 8 is sent in the heating cabinet 2, and the air of case 2 top higher temperatures returns in the refrigerating chamber 8 through backwind tube 22 simultaneously.This cool cycles can be cooled to the required temperature of chilled food with the product depth in the heating cabinet 2.Steam generating system 20 be positioned at refrigerator 1 below.The outside of straight catheter is installed with the evaporimeter 25 that electric heater 27 constituted and is communicated with the bottom surface of water tank 30 by U type pipe 29.The steam jet 28 that is installed in parallel in heating cabinet 2 inner bottom surfaces is communicated with evaporimeter 25 by steam lead 6.The outside of conduit 6 and evaporimeter 25 all is surrounded by heat-barrier material.Water tank 30 fronts are provided with water meter 21 and water injection hole 19.When electric heater 27 work, the water vapour that evaporimeter 25 produces enters in the heating cabinet 2 through conduit 6 and jet pipe 28.Damp and hot water vapour heating rice and flour based food can be avoided the stiff of food.This mode of heating is called the wet type heating.When 12 work of the electric heater in the heating cabinet 2, can the flesh of fish based food in the case be toasted.Thisly be called the former local flavor that the dry type mode of heating can keep oppressing based food.If when

electric heater

12 and 27 was worked simultaneously, at this moment Jia Re power was big, and order also has a certain amount of water vapour to enter in the heating cabinet 2.This working method is called the half dry type mode of heating.Three kinds of mode of heatings are all selected to computer control system 13 inputs by the parameter input button 18 that is located at heating cabinet 2 outsides.Temperature information in information when digital display 17 is used to show input or current time and the case.A mouth of pipe suitable for reading and middle of the water pipe 23 in the water reclamation system is communicated with the bottom surface of heating cabinet 2 and refrigerating chamber 8 respectively, and its end opening communicates with water tank 30.The pipe 23 of defrost water in water reclamation system is back to recycling in the water tank 30 in condensed water in the heating cabinet 2 and the refrigerating chamber 8.Heat sensor 15 links to each other with the input interface of computer control system 13 respectively with parameter input button 18.Digital display 17, heater 12, heater 27, fan 4 and fan 10 all link to each other with the output interface of computer control system 13 respectively.The user can squeeze in the computer control system 13 with button 18 parameters such as selection of temperature requirement, temperature retention time length and the mode of heating of time cycle, insulation and the refrigeration of heating cabinet 2 work according to oneself.Computer control system 13 can be automatically according to control heater 12, heater 27, fan 4 and fan 10 work respectively of procedure order, temperature and time parameter request.Finish heating, insulation, cooling cooling and refrigeration effect to food in the heating cabinet 2.Lift an examples of applications.The user needs 6:00 AM to begin heating in 30 minutes, and working method is a steam, 15 minutes heat time heating times, insulation length 1 hour, holding temperature is 65 ℃, enters frozen state after 7: 45, refrigerated storage temperature is 8 ℃, begin heating 11: 30 noon again, working method is a half dry type, 10 minutes heat time heating times, insulation length 30 clocks, 80 ℃ of holding temperatures enter frozen state after 12: 10 again, 6 ℃ of refrigerated storage temperatures.After the user squeezed in the computer control system 13 with button 18 above-mentioned requirements, computer control system 13 can be finished the control of the above-mentioned course of work automatically.This example is well suited for the fast food in morning of fast pace family, learns the lunch that makes children and adolescents or old man noon.Be equivalent to a computer nurse and be home services.Do not worry that leftover meal can break down in the heating cabinet endometamorphism yet.The user wants that the fast food of eating is just passable as long as constantly replenish in heating cabinet.

Claims

1, warm meal refrigerater is a kind of household kitchen equipment, and this equipment mainly is made up of refrigerator, heating cabinet, heater, steam generating system, high temperature cooling system, low-temperature cooling system, water reclamation system and computer control system, it is characterized in that:

(1), heating cabinet (2) be positioned at refrigerator (1) above;

(2), the hole in the low-temperature cooling system (11) and backwind tube (22) are being communicated with the refrigerating chamber (8) and the heating cabinet (2) of refrigerator (1);

(3), steam generating system (20) is located at the outside of heating cabinet (2);

(4), mouthful being communicated with the bottom surface of heating cabinet (2) and refrigerating chamber (8) respectively of the suitable for reading and middle arm of the pipe (23) in the water reclamation system, the end opening of managing (23) is communicated with the water tank (30) of steam generating system (20);

(5), heat sensor (15) and the input button (18) connect with the input interface of computer control system (13), digital display (17), fan (4), fan (10), heater (12) and heater (27) connect with the output interface of computer control system (13).

2, according to the heating cabinet described in the claim 1 (2), it is characterized in that: heating cabinet (2) is that a front has door (9), the closed container of thermal insulation layer in filling all around, have steam vent (14) on the top of its rear wall, the baffle plate (3) of unidirectional external-open is located adorning in hole (14), bottom at case (2) rear wall has hole (5), the baffle plate of opening in unidirectional (16) is located to be equipped with in hole (5), fan (4) is contained in the hole (5), have hole (11) in the bottom surface of case (2), fan (10) is housed in the hole (11), and electric heater (12) and heat sensor (15) are installed in the case (2), the parallel bottom surface that is contained in case (2) of steam jet (28).

3, steam generating system according to claim 1 (20), it is characterized in that: the outside of straight catheter is installed with the evaporimeter (25) that electric heater (27) constituted and communicates with water tank (30) end by U type pipe (29), steam jet (28) is communicated with evaporimeter (25) by steam lead (6), and evaporimeter (25) all is surrounded by heat-barrier material with the outside of steam lead (6).

4, high temperature cooling system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: this system is made up of steam vent (14), baffle plate (15), hole (5), baffle plate (16) and fan (4).

5, low-temperature cooling system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: this system is made up of refrigerating chamber (8), hole (11), fan (10) and backwind tube (22).