CN1283967C

CN1283967C - Refrigerator having cold storage container in freezing chamber

Info

Publication number: CN1283967C
Application number: CNB001324578A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔相根
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2000-07-20
Filing date: 2000-11-21
Publication date: 2006-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 2020-11-21
Also published as: KR20020008450A; CN1334431A; TW498150B; KR100365176B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator with a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment including a refrigerating receptacle removably installed in the freezing compartment; and fixing means for removably joining the receptacle to the freezing compartment's inside. The refrigerating receptacle includes a body that is of a dual wall structure with an opened side and has an insulator filling between dual walls, and a cover for opening and closing the opening side of the body. The cover includes an outer panel and an inner panel spaced a given distance away from each other, and the outer and inner panels are each made of a transparent material. The fixing means includes support rails, fixing protrusions formed on the upper wall of the freezing compartment, and grooves provided to the top surface of the receptacle to mate with the fixing protrusions.

Description

The refrigerator that in refrigerating chamber, has cold storage container

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, it has a cold storage container in its refrigerating chamber.More specifically, the present invention relates to so a kind of refrigerator, it has a removable cold storage container that is arranged in the refrigerating chamber, thereby if the user needs to enlarge refrigerating space.

Background technology

Refrigerator is a kind ofly to make its inner colded container by the cold air that electrical evaporator produced, thereby can make its inner F﹠B keep fresh for a long time.Usually this type of refrigerator has the storage space of an inside, is refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber with this spatial division, and flow into the cold air in these chambers and keep best freezing and refrigerated storage temperature respectively by control.

More specifically, the air conditioning quantity that is provided in the refrigerating chamber is relatively large, so that its internal temperature is maintained below the freezing point temperature, thereby makes food be in freezing state.Simultaneously, the air conditioning quantity that is provided to refrigerating chamber is less relatively, is slightly higher than freezing point temperature so that its internal temperature is maintained, and indoor food is fresh thereby Keep cool.

In the family expenses refrigerator, owing to be stored in food item amount many than in the refrigerating chamber usually in the refrigerating chamber, therefore the Capacity Ratio refrigerating chamber of made refrigerating chamber is big usually.

Refrigerator manufacturers is determined the suitable capacity of refrigeration and refrigerating chamber after the actual conditions of considering the user who uses refrigerator and above-mentioned situation.

Yet in traditional refrigerator, the capacity of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber is all fixed, thereby can't all put into a large amount of chilled foods in the refrigerator of this kind, and is not easy to use usually the people's of chilled food use.In addition, compare with refrigerating chamber, the utilization ratio of refrigerating chamber is not very high, thereby traditional refrigerator does not effectively utilize the storage area of refrigerator.

Summary of the invention

One object of the present invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator, and dismantled and assembled cold storage container that provides in refrigerating chamber is provided for it, thereby if the user needs to increase the capacity of refrigerating space.

In order to realize above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of refrigerator with a refrigerating chamber and a refrigerating chamber, it comprises a cold storage container and fixture, this cold storage container has the storage area that is used to store F﹠B, and removable being installed in the refrigerating chamber, fixture is used for removable container being engaged with the inside of refrigerating chamber.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of refrigerator with a refrigerating chamber and a refrigerating chamber is provided, it comprises: a cold storage container, this cold storage container is the housing that has open side and lid, described lid is used to open and close described open side, with the storage area of the intended size that is formed for storing F﹠B, and removable being installed in the refrigerating chamber; And fixture, be used for removable described container being engaged with the inside of refrigerating chamber.

Cold storage container comprises a housing, and it has double-walled construction, has an open side, and has isolation filler and a lid between double-walled, is used to out/closes the open side of housing.Lid is double-walled construction, and it has an outside plate and an inner panel, and certain distance that separates each other, and outside plate and inner panel all are made of transparent material, can see the inside of container from the outside to guarantee the user.Lid is articulated with a side of housing.

Fixture comprises the supporting rail that stretch out a two side from refrigerating chamber, to support the bottom of cold storage container.

Fixture also comprise one on the upper wall that is formed on refrigerating chamber fixed projection and the groove that provides at the end face of cold storage container, this groove has elasticity and is used for matching with fixed projection.Provide the connection projection in the bottom of cold storage container, thereby icemaker is installed below container.

Description of drawings

By below in conjunction with the respective drawings detailed description of the present invention, can clearer understanding be arranged to principle of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is the integrally-built schematic cross-section according to refrigerator of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the perspective view according to cold storage container of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is for having installed the schematic cross-section of the refrigerating chamber of cold storage container of the present invention therein; And

Fig. 4 is the front view of refrigerating chamber inside.

Fig. 1 is the integrally-built schematic cross-section of refrigerator according to the present invention.

The specific embodiment

With reference to figure 1, main body 10 has a refrigerating chamber 12 and a refrigerating chamber 13, and it lays respectively at the upper and lower of refrigerator, and separates each other by dividing plate 11.Can enter into

chamber

12 and 13 by two

doors

14 and 15 of opening refrigerating chamber 12 and refrigerating chamber 13.

On the rear wall of main body 10, be provided with an evaporimeter 16, it cools off the air in freezing and the refrigerating

chamber

12 and 13 by heat exchange.Circulating cold air fan 17 is provided on evaporimeter 16, and it circulates to the cold air that evaporimeter 16 is produced.On the longitudinal direction of rear wall, provide a cool-air feed passage 18, circulating cold air is arrived refrigerating chamber 12 and refrigerating chamber 13 by circulating cold air fan 17.

A cold air return flow line 19 is provided in the inside of dividing plate 11, will directs into evaporimeter 16 by gases freezing and refrigerating chamber 12 and 13.Thereby make the air conditioning quantity be provided to refrigerating chamber 13 greater than the air conditioning quantity that is provided to refrigerating chamber 13 by design, thereby the food in the refrigerating chamber 12 remained on freezing state, simultaneously can Keep cool food in the chamber 13 fresh.

As a feature of the present invention, the refrigerating chamber 12 of this kind refrigerator comprises the cold storage container 20 of an extra slider, and it can preserve chilled food.This cold storage container 20 is installed to refrigerating chamber 12 in removable mode, thereby if necessary, makes people the part of refrigerating chamber can be used as refrigerating space, has enlarged the capacity of refrigerating space like this.

Fig. 2 shows the structure according to cold storage container 20 of the present invention.Cold storage container 20 comprises the locker room of an intended size, is used to preserve food, a box-like body, and it has an open side and a lid 23, is used to out/closes the open side of housing 22.At the outer surface of cold storage container 20 and the inwall of refrigerating chamber 12 fixture is set, is used for removable cold storage container 20 being engaged with refrigerating chamber 12.

The housing 22 of cold storage container 20 comprises a shell 22a and an inner casing 22b, thereby forms double-walled construction, fills the slider 22c that is used to isolate between shell 22a and inner casing 22b.

The lid 23 of cold storage container 20 comprises an outside plate 23a and an inner panel 23b, and it all is made of transparent material, can see the inside of locker room 21 from the outside with the assurance user, and form a double-canopy structure.Between outside plate 23a and inner panel 23b, form a gas-bearing formation 23c,, can strengthen the isolation effect of cold storage container 20 by this double-canopy structure.In addition, can prevent because the inside of cold storage container 20 and the temperature difference between refrigerating chamber 12 inside produce frost layer at the gas-bearing formation 23c that forms between outside plate 23a and the inner panel 23b, keep covering 23 cleanings and transparent thus by this double-canopy structure.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 have described and have been used for the removable fixture that cold storage container 20 is engaged with refrigerating chamber 12.

Fixture comprises a supporting rail 25 that is provided with in the two side of refrigerating chamber 12, to support the bottom of cold storage container 20, on the upper wall of refrigerating chamber 12, form a pair of fixed projection 26, and on the upper surface of the housing 22 of container 20, provide groove 27, to insert fixed projection 26 therein.

Supporting rail 25 stretches out from the two side level of refrigerating chamber 12, so that the bottom of cold storage container 20 is supported.Container 20 can be by pushing away before and after the upper surface of each supporting rail 25 on the supporting rail 25 that container 20 is fixed to refrigerating chamber 12.After cold storage container 20 is unloaded from refrigerating chamber 12, can on supporting rail 25, be fixed for preserving the support of food.

By screw fixed projection 26 is fixedlyed connected with the upper wall of refrigerating chamber 12, groove 27 is used for being used for holding therein each fixed projection 26 when cold storage container 20 being pushed refrigerating chamber 12 and being fixed on the supporting rail 25 for colluding shape.In order to reach this purpose, groove 27 is rectangular shape, and towards the direction opening that cold storage container 20 is installed, also has a flexure strip 27a (Fig. 2), and it can produce interior expansion.Groove 27 is preferably in both sides and has flexure strip.

Cold storage container 20 has the projection 31 of connection on its bottom, thereby ice-maker 30 can be fixed to the bottom of container 20 when container 20 is installed.For convenience of the user, these connect projections 31 can make ice-maker 30 be installed in below the container 20.

To the operation according to cold storage container of the present invention be described below.

When the user need be when the refrigerator and cooled that cold storage container 20 usually is not installed be hidden a large amount of food, it can make the refrigeration volume enlarge by will cold storage container 20 according to the present invention being installed in the refrigerating chamber 12.

When being installed to cold storage container 20 in the refrigerating chamber 12, the user is placed into container 20 on the supporting rail 25, wherein supporting rail 25 is fixed on two sidewalls of refrigerating chamber 12, and container 20 is pushed into the inside of refrigerating chamber 12, thereby with the mode of closing drawers bottom surface along the end face slides container 20 of rail 25 along supporting rail 25.

When the end face of each supporting rail 25 slided, the groove 27 that is arranged on cold storage container 20 end faces matched with fixed projection 26 at cold storage container 20, and wherein each fixed projection 26 is arranged on the upper wall of refrigerating chamber 12.At this moment, the flexure strip 27a of groove 27 outwards opens, and to carry out resilient engagement with fixed projection 26, thus cold storage container 20 is fixed to the inside of refrigerating chamber 12.

Start refrigerator if in refrigerating chamber 12, have under the situation of cold storage container 20, in refrigerating chamber 12, can keep-16 degrees centigrade to-25 degrees centigrade temperature, in refrigerating chamber 13, keep 0 degree centigrade to 3 degrees centigrade refrigerated storage temperature simultaneously.Because wherein room temperature can be kept in the storage area 21 of cold storage container 20 and the internal insulation of refrigerating chamber 12.As time goes on, internal temperature descends gradually.In case internal temperature reach given point, then it is maintained in the scope of refrigeration point.Accordingly, the user can preserve chilled food in cold storage container 21.

Because cold storage container 20 is made of transparent material, it can't guarantee good isolated, and the temperature difference between cold storage container 20 inside and refrigerating chamber 12 inside can cause heat exchange.If the temperature difference reaches a set-point, then stop heat exchange.Preferably pass through suitably to control the thickness of the slider 22c between shell 22a and the inner casing 22b, thereby cold storage container 20 temperature inside are remained on suitable refrigerated storage temperature.

Simultaneously, when when refrigerating chamber 12 takes off cold storage container 20, elastic groove 27 separates with fixed projection 26, by with container 20 is installed to side in the refrigerating chamber 12 and goes up the front of shifting cold storage container 20 onto refrigerating chamber 12 in the opposite direction container 20 is skidded off along the end face of supporting rail 25.

As mentioned above, the invention provides a kind of refrigerator, it has a cold storage container that is made of the slider in the refrigerating chamber, thereby can enlarge the capacity of refrigerating space when the user needs, and guarantees effectively to utilize refrigerator.

Though the present invention is described in detail in conjunction with most preferred embodiment, for those of skill in the art, to its various modifications and variations of doing all within the scope of appended claim.

Claims

1, a kind of refrigerator with a refrigerating chamber and a refrigerating chamber, it comprises:

A cold storage container, this cold storage container are the housing that has open side and lid, and described lid is used to open and close described open side, with the storage area of the intended size that is formed for storing F﹠B, and removable being installed in the refrigerating chamber; With

Fixture is used for removable described container being engaged with the inside of refrigerating chamber.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that described housing has double-walled construction, and have the isolation filler between double-walled.

3. refrigerator according to claim 2 is characterized in that lid is double-walled construction, and it has an outside plate and an inner panel, and certain distance that separates each other, and outside plate and inner panel all are made of transparent material, can see the inside of container from the outside to guarantee the user.

4. refrigerator according to claim 2 is characterized in that a side of covering with described housing is articulated.

5. refrigerator according to claim 2 is characterized in that fixture comprises the supporting rail that stretch out a two side from refrigerating chamber, to support the bottom of cold storage container.

6. refrigerator according to claim 5, it is characterized in that fixture also comprise one on the upper wall that is formed on refrigerating chamber fixed projection and the groove that provides at the end face of cold storage container, this groove has elasticity and is used for matching with fixed projection.

7. refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that providing the connection projection in the bottom of cold storage container, thereby below described container icemaker is installed.