CN1517653A

CN1517653A - Refrigerator

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Publication number: CN1517653A
Application number: CNA2004100390390A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 福井博一; 之; 吉井和之; 也; 川崎竜也; 司; 永田晃司
Original assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Current assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
Priority date: 2003-01-28
Filing date: 2004-01-20
Publication date: 2004-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 2024-01-20
Also published as: JP2004232888A; CN1321306C; CN1821687A; JP4096745B2; HK1066265A1; CN2771771Y; CN100371663C; CN2722147Y

Abstract

To have a neat feeling, a transparent feeling and a gloss in design of the inside of a refrigerator, and to enhance deodorizing performance in the refrigeration room. In the refrigerator, a transparent resin cover 33 is provided to the front faces of a back surface duct 31 and a top panel duct 32 over the approximately entire face to improve the neat feeling, the transparent feeling and a high grade feeling on a back surface or a top panel inside the refrigerator, and design properties in the refrigeration room is enhanced by the gloss on the surface. A deodorizing device composed of a deodorizing fan and deodorizing catalysts is integrally provided in a sucked air passage of the back surface duct 31. Accordingly a passing air amount through the deodorizing catalysts can be reliably secured and the deodorizing performance in the refrigeration room can be enhanced while keeping space saving.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical field

The present invention relates to be used to cool off the pipeline of refrigerator inside.

Background technology

In recent years because the variation of life style, the quality of design about greatly the value of commodity, therefore, people are devoted to improve the outward appearance (reference example such as spy open flat 8-152254 communique) in the refrigerator always.For a long time, people have a lot of potential being discontented with to the bad smell in the refrigerator, in order to ensure the space in the refrigerator, and improve deodorizing performance, need sometimes deodorization filter (for example opening flat 5-203336 communique with reference to the spy) to be set at the pipeline that is used for cooling off refrigerator inside.

Aforesaid current refrigerator is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 8 is the section plan of current refrigerator refrigerating chamber.In Fig. 8, between the interior case 2 of refrigerator body 1 and outer container 3, be filled with foamed heat-insulating material 4.At the back side of refrigerating chamber 5, with pipeline 6 and pipeline cover 7 predetermined fixed in the back side of interior case 2 side (heat-barrier material side), filling with insulation material and foaming then.Case 2 at the case inner outlet that is arranged in pipeline 6 is pre-formed opening, will be discharged in the refrigerating chamber 5 by the cold air that cooler, fan (not shown) generate.Therefore, just there is no need pipeline 6 and pipeline cover 7 to be fixed on the inboard (case inboard) of refrigerating chamber 5, thereby improve the outward appearance of refrigerating chamber 5 inside with bolt etc.

Fig. 9 is the profilograph of the major part of current refrigerator.In Fig. 9, the inside of refrigerator body 8 is provided with refrigerating chamber 9 and refrigerating chamber 10, is cooled off by cooler 11,12 pairs of refrigerating chambers 9 of air blast and refrigerating chamber 10.Therefore, suck, be back in the cooler 11 from the circulation cold air of refrigerating chamber suction inlet 14 by refrigerating chamber return duct 13.At this moment, the suction inlet 14 in refrigerating chamber return duct 13 is provided with deodorization filter 15, handles carrying out deodorization in the refrigerating chamber.Therefore, owing to be provided with deodorization filter 15 in the refrigerating chamber return duct 13, so, both can not reduce the volume in the refrigerating chamber, can play deodorization functions again.

But in existing structure as shown in Figure 8,,, therefore, can expose the surfacing of pipeline 6, and can not show beautiful lustrous surface and transparent feel etc. because the back side is made of interior case although the back side is very succinct in the case of refrigerating chamber 5.And in existing structure shown in Figure 9, problem is, because near the channel cross-section of the suction inlet 14 of refrigerating chamber return duct 13 is provided with deodorization filter 15, therefore, not only make the design of refrigerating chamber not attractive in appearance, and can increase duct resistance, the cooling performance of refrigerating chamber 10 is reduced.Consider the problems referred to above,, a kind of method that increases filter mesh size is arranged, but in the case, contact area reduces, therefore can produce the problem that deodorizing performance reduces again for reducing the duct resistance of deodorization filter 15.And prevent in the method for cooling performance reduction at another kind, promptly, making deodorization filter 15,, will produce the problem that deodorizing performance reduces because the cold air air quantity that flows in the very big deodorization filter 15 of duct resistance reduces as in branch road and the method that the part of refrigerating chamber return duct 13 communicates.

In order to solve above-mentioned existing issue, the objective of the invention is to, the improved refrigerator of design aesthetic feeling that the back side has succinct sense, transparent feel and glossiness in a kind of case of refrigerating chamber is provided, simultaneously, make this refrigerator in the refrigerating chamber return duct, be provided with under the situation of deodorization device, can when improving deodorizing performance, can't harm outward appearance U.S. again.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of refrigerator, the back side in this refrigerator has the pipeline that is used to cool off refrigerator inside, the front of this pipeline is provided with the transparent resin cover that roughly covers its integral surface, because of transparent resin has succinct sense, transparent feel, feeling of high class and lustrous surface, thereby improved the interior design aesthetic feeling of refrigerating chamber.Refrigerator provided by the invention in the air draught road of pipeline, is provided with the deodorization catalyst and the deodorization dedicated fan that form one, when guaranteeing to save the space, has improved the deodorizing performance in the refrigerating chamber, and harmless outward appearance U.S..

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the concise and to the point profile of the refrigerator of embodiment of the present invention 1;

Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of the cold compartment of refrigerator back part of embodiment 1;

Fig. 3 is near the profile of cold compartment of refrigerator tubes rows outlet of embodiment 1;

Fig. 4 is the cold compartment of refrigerator pipeline of embodiment 1 and the section plan of transparent resin cover;

Fig. 5 is a stereogram of being observed the cold compartment of refrigerator back side pipeline of embodiment of the present invention 2 by the inboard;

Fig. 6 is the stereogram by the cold compartment of refrigerator back side pipeline of top view embodiment 2;

Fig. 7 is the profile of the major part of being located at the deodorization device in the pipeline of the cold compartment of refrigerator back side of embodiment 2;

Fig. 8 is the section plan of the refrigerating chamber of current refrigerator;

Fig. 9 is the profilograph of the major part of current refrigerator.

The specific embodiment

The embodiment of refrigerator of the present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiment 1

Fig. 1 is the concise and to the point profile of the refrigerator in the embodiment 1; Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of the cold compartment of refrigerator back part of embodiment 1; Fig. 3 is near the profile of cold compartment of refrigerator tubes rows outlet of embodiment 1; Fig. 4 is the cold compartment of refrigerator pipeline of embodiment 1 and the section plan of transparent resin cover.

In Fig. 1, there is opening in refrigerator body 21 fronts, and inside is divided into a plurality of zones from top to bottom, are made of the heat insulating box 25 that forms refrigerating chamber 22, vegetable compartment 23, refrigerating chamber 24 from top to bottom respectively, refrigerating-chamber door 26, vegetable compartment door 27 and refrigerating chamber door 28.

The back side of refrigerating chamber 22 is provided with refrigerating chamber cooler 29, refrigerating chamber fan 30, and its front has resin system back side pipeline 31.And on the end face of refrigerating chamber 22, being provided with resin system end face pipeline 32, end face pipeline 32 top of pipeline 31 overleaf is communicated with into the air channel.

The back side of refrigerating chamber 24 is provided with refrigerating chamber with cooler (not shown), is specifically designed to the cooling refrigerating chamber, forms the cooling air channel that is different from refrigerating chamber 22 and vegetable compartment 23.

The front of pipeline 31 and end face pipeline 32 is provided with and almost covers its comprehensive transparent resin cover 33 overleaf.In the middle of Fig. 2, this transparent resin cover 33 is split into several, is made of top rear face cover plate 34, bottom back cover plate 35 and end face cover plate 36.End face pipeline 32 has end face lamp inside the box 37, and the central lower of back side pipeline 31 is provided with back side lamp inside the box 38.The front of back side lamp inside the box 38 is provided with bottom back cover plate 35.Be provided with removably lampshade 39 corresponding to the end face cover plate 36 in the place ahead (below) that is located at the end face lamp inside the box 37 on the end face pipeline 32 as the end face lamp inside the box of individual components by the transparent resin moulding.With alignment pin (not shown) top rear face cover plate 34 and bottom back cover plate 35 are fixed on the back side pipeline 31.

In the pipeline 31, have the cold air that is used to make in the refrigerator and be back to the suction inlet 41 and the outlet 42 that be used for by refrigerating chamber with cooler 29 to refrigerator in carry cold air of refrigerating chamber overleaf with cooler 29.

In Fig. 3, be attached with flank 44 at outlet 43 towards the back side with outlet 42 corresponding top rear face cover plates 34, be surrounded by seal 45 in the periphery of this flank 44.Sealing part 45 can use polyethylene film or polyurethane film etc.Therefore, when being assembled into top rear face cover plate 34 on the back side pipeline 31, the outlet 42 of back side pipeline 31 and the outlet 43 of top rear face cover plate 34 by seal 45 crimping by positiver sealing.

Fig. 4 is the section plan when refrigerating chamber pipeline and transparent resin cover are installed, and at the back side by the top rear face cover plate 34 of transparent resin moulding, pipeline 31 is other overleaf forms concavo-convex section 46.Concavo-convex section 46 can be selected waveform, triangle, shape such as trapezoidal.

Transparent resin cover 33 also can add coating and form opaque member when moulding.

According to said structure, owing to be provided with the transparent resin cover 33 of the whole front that almost covers back side pipeline 31 and end face pipeline 32, so the back side or end face have succinct sense, transparent feel, feeling of high class in the refrigerator, the surface is glossy, thereby makes in the refrigerating chamber more attractive in appearance.

Transparent resin cover 33 is divided into polylith, form by top rear face cover plate 34, bottom back cover plate 35 and end face cover plate 36, compare with the product of integrated molding, after finishing installation, when needs are changed parts, only need to change appropriate section, thereby have the effect that can reduce cost and be convenient to operate.Top rear face cover plate 34, bottom back cover plate 35 and end face cover plate 36 all use alignment pin etc. to be fixed on back side pipeline 31 and the end face pipeline 32, and needn't use bolt, the operability when therefore having improved assembling, and can improve outward appearance.

The central lower of pipeline 31 is provided with back side lamp inside the box 38 overleaf, and its front is provided with the bottom back cover plate 35 that transparent resin system is also used as the lampshade of back side lamp inside the box 38, therefore can reduce component count and manufacturing procedure.When opening refrigerating-chamber door 26, the light of back side lamp inside the box 38 scatters on the whole transparent resin cover 33, not only is easy to see the food of being preserved in the refrigerator clearly, can also improve feeling of high class, makes to become more attractive in appearance in the refrigerating chamber.Also be provided with end face lamp inside the box 37 simultaneously, make to be easier to see clearly refrigerator inside, and utilize the light of the back side and end face, can make the outward appearance of transparent resin cover 33 more beautiful.

With the corresponding end face cover plate 36 in end face lamp inside the box 37 the place aheads (below) that is installed on the end face pipeline 32 on, also be provided with lampshade 39 as individual components, can make thus and change end face lamp inside the box 37 and become and be more prone to by the removably end face lamp inside the box of transparent resin moulding.

Pipeline 31 is provided with the cold air that makes in the refrigerator and is back to the outlet 42 that refrigerating chamber is used the suction inlet 41 of cooler 29 and carried cold air by refrigerating chamber with cooler 29 in refrigerator overleaf, with near the flank 44 that is provided with the outlet 43 of outlet 42 corresponding top rear face cover plates 34 towards the back side, periphery at flank 44 is surrounded by seal 45, when assembling back side pipeline 31 and top rear face cover plate 34, the outlet 42 of back side pipeline 31 and the outlet 43 of top rear face cover plate 34 are by seal 45 crimping, feasible cold air of being discharged by the outlet of back side pipeline 31 is imported in the refrigerating chamber by the hole on the transparent resin cover 33 really, and can not leak into transparent resin cover 33 back sides, thereby prevent the dewfall of transparent resin cover 33.

Transparent resin cover 33 back sides form concavo-convex section 46, and the light by transparent resin layer produces refraction, reflection because of concavo-convex section 46, and the depth that seems is very big.

The coating that matches with transparent resin cover 33 can be freely selected, also transparency (light transmittance) can be freely set.And, also can sneak into antiseptic.

Embodiment 2

Below, embodiment 2 is described.

Fig. 5 is a stereogram of being observed the cold compartment of refrigerator back side pipeline of embodiment 2 by the inboard; Fig. 6 is the stereogram by the cold compartment of refrigerator back side pipeline of top view embodiment 2; Fig. 7 is the profile of the major part of being located at the deodorization device in the pipeline of the cold compartment of refrigerator back side of embodiment 2.For the structure identical, give its identical symbol, and omit its detailed description with embodiment 1.

In Fig. 5, back side pipeline 31 is divided into air draught road 47 and exhausting duct 48 by separation rib 49.Be provided with deodorization device 50 in the air draught road 47, deodorization device 50 is made of deodorization dedicated fan 51,

deodorization catalyst

52,53, deodorization dedicated fan 51 is a kind of box-like body that are known as aerofoil fan, can dwindle installing space, in present embodiment 2, as shown in Figure 7, be in the state that tilts a little by vertical during installation, overleaf pipeline 31 thickness can allow to greatest extent in, towards the top.

Deodorization catalyst the 52, the 53rd, it is 200/inch that the oxide of manganese, aluminium oxide, silicon etc. is shaped to the honeycomb number ²About the cellular material of ripple, be installed near the deodorization dedicated fan 51, in the downstream of deodorization dedicated fan 51,, stacked up and down with respect to the flow direction of cold air.Be surrounded by soft foam around the

deodorization catalyst

52,53, fix by the fixing rib 54 that forms one with back side pipeline 31.Two sides at deodorization dedicated fan 51 and

deodorization catalyst

52,53 are provided with dividing plate 55, form the special-purpose air channel of deodorization device 50.

The front (refrigerator inboard) of deodorization dedicated fan 51 installation portions of pipeline 31 is provided with the opening 56 as deodorization dedicated suction inlet overleaf.

The front of pipeline 31 is provided with and almost covers its comprehensive transparent resin cover 33 overleaf, and also is provided with opening 57 on the opening 56 corresponding above-mentioned transparent resin covers 33 as deodorization dedicated suction inlet on the back side pipeline 31.Opening 57 on the transparent resin cover 33 is a plurality of circular apertures, carries out heat embossing and form the opaque ornament materials with aluminium gloss 58 on the surface of opening 57.

In addition, except that above-mentioned deodorization device 50, be positioned in air draught road 47 near the refrigerating chamber cold air refluxing opening 60 of deodorization device 50 upstream sides, the composition, the composition that also are provided with the 3rd deodorization catalyst 59, the three deodorization catalysts 59 are the same with

deodorization catalyst

52,53.

Because also be provided with the deodorization console switch of the running of the deodorization dedicated fan 51 that is used to control deodorization device 50, so, when the stink in the refrigerator forms gas, press the deodorization console switch, deodorization dedicated fan 51 is turned round within a certain period of time.

According to said structure, overleaf in the air draught road 47 of pipeline 31, the monolithic devices deodorization device of being made up of deodorization dedicated fan 51 and

deodorization catalyst

52,53 50 is installed, thus, just can guarantee air quantity, guarantee to save the space, simultaneously by deodorization catalyst, can also improve the deodorizing performance in the refrigerating chamber, and harmless outward appearance U.S..

In air draught road 47, a plurality of

deodorization catalysts

52,53 are installed, be stacked in the cold air flow direction up and down, do not adsorbed by the deodorization catalyst 53 in downstream by the foul smell composition of deodorization catalyst 52 absorption of upstream, improve the deodorizing performance in the refrigerating chamber thus.And once taken off when inhaling because of long-term the use by the foul smell composition of the deodorization catalyst 52 of upstream absorption, just can be adsorbed once more, thereby can improve the interior deodorizing performance of refrigerating chamber by the deodorization catalyst 53 in downstream.

The front of the installation portion of the deodorization dedicated fan 51 of pipeline 31 (refrigerator inboard) is provided with the opening 56 as deodorization dedicated suction inlet overleaf, by the deodorization dedicated suction inlet different with the air draught road that is used for refrigerated compartment is set, just duct resistance can be further reduced, and the deodorizing performance in the refrigerating chamber can be improved.And, because the suction wind direction of deodorization dedicated fan 51 is made as horizontal direction, so, can reduce the depth of back side pipeline 31, thereby save the space.

Because the front of pipeline 31 is provided with and almost covers its comprehensive transparent resin cover 33 overleaf, with also be provided with opening 57 on the opening 56 corresponding above-mentioned transparent resin covers 33 on the above-mentioned back side pipeline 31 as deodorization dedicated suction inlet, the opening 57 of transparent resin cover 33 is a plurality of circular apertures, on the surface of opening 57, form opaque ornament materials with aluminium gloss 58, therefore, can't see deodorization dedicated fan 51 from the front, thereby improve outward appearance U.S., and can improve the succinct sense in the refrigerating chamber.

Except that deodorization device 50, in air draught road 47, be positioned near the refrigerating chamber cold air refluxing opening 60 of upstream side of deodorization device 50, also be provided with the 3rd deodorization catalyst 59, when deodorization dedicated fan 51 does not turn round, carry out the deodorization processing by the deodorization catalyst 59 that is located at deodorization device 50 upstreams, thereby improve the deodorization efficiency when running well.

Because also be provided with the deodorization console switch of the running of the deodorization dedicated fan 51 that is used to control deodorization device 50, so, can handle according to user's selection control deodorization, improve ease for use.Because just therefore just running where necessary can save electric energy.

In addition, in embodiment 2, refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber have separately independently cooler and cooling air channel, and this point is not carried out detailed especially explanation.Therefore, the foul smell composition that is produced by the higher refrigerating chamber of storage temperature accounts for the over half of refrigerator foul smell, have separately under the situation of independently cooler and cooling air channel, frozen food or ice-making compartment that the foul smell of refrigerating chamber just can not be diffused in the refrigerating chamber are interior on ice, simultaneously, owing to have above-mentioned deodorization device, can also obtain the deodorising effect of more excellent refrigerating chamber.

In the present embodiment, according to identical composition

explanation deodorization catalyst

52,53, but also can constitute by the catalyst that adsorption effect has nothing in common with each other.Thus, just can reach the interior comprehensive deodorising effect of refrigerating chamber.

And above-mentioned specification is illustrated the deodorization console switch of the running that is provided with the deodorization dedicated fan 51 that is used to control deodorization device 50, but also can be controlled the running of deodorization dedicated fan 51 by the stink sensor automatically.

As mentioned above, the back side of the present invention in refrigerator has the pipeline that is used to cool off refrigerator inside, be provided with in the front of above-mentioned pipeline and almost cover its comprehensive transparent resin cover, since succinct sense, transparent feel, feeling of high class and the surface gloss of transparent resin cover, and improved the interior outward appearance U.S. of refrigerating chamber.

The back side in refrigerator has the pipeline that is used to cool off refrigerator inside, in the air draught road of pipeline, be provided with the deodorization catalyst and the deodorization dedicated fan that form one, when guarantee saving the space, also have the effect that improves deodorizing performance in the refrigerating chamber, and harmless outward appearance U.S..

Claims

1. refrigerator, the back side in described refrigerator has the pipeline that is used to cool off refrigerator inside, it is characterized in that, is provided with in the front of described pipeline and almost covers its comprehensive transparent resin cover.

2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described transparent resin cover is assembled by the plate that is divided into polylith.

3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, has lamp inside the box in the inside of described pipeline, and described transparent resin cover is also used as the lampshade of described lamp inside the box.

4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, the lampshade of described lamp inside the box is an individual components, can be by loading and unloading on the described transparent resin cover.

5. as each described refrigerator in the claim 1～4, it is characterized in that perforate being arranged exporting on the corresponding described transparent resin cover, around the inside in described hole, be provided with seal with described pipeline.

6. as each described refrigerator in the claim 1～4, it is characterized in that the described transparent resin cover back side is formed with concavo-convex section.

7. refrigerator as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that the back side of described transparent resin cover is formed with concavo-convex section.

8. refrigerator, the back side in described refrigerator has the pipeline that is used to cool off refrigerator inside, it is characterized in that, is provided with the deodorization device that makes deodorization catalyst and deodorization dedicated fan form one in the air draught road of described pipeline.

9. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described deodorization device is provided with a plurality of described deodorization catalysts.

10. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, with the corresponding described pipeline of described deodorization dedicated fan on be provided with opening, described opening is as deodorization dedicated suction inlet.

11. as each described refrigerator in the claim 8～10, it is characterized in that, be provided with in the front of described pipeline and almost cover its comprehensive transparent resin cover, on the described deodorization dedicated suction with described pipeline enters the mouth corresponding described transparent resin cover, disposing the opaque ornament materials of opening.

12. refrigerator as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, except that described deodorization device, also is provided with deodorization catalyst at the upstream side of described deodorization device.

13. as each described refrigerator in the claim 8～10, it is characterized in that, be provided with the running gauge tap that is used to control described deodorization device running.

14. refrigerator as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that, is provided with the running gauge tap that is used to control described deodorization device running.

15. refrigerator as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, is provided with the running gauge tap that is used to control described deodorization device running.