CN1862189A

CN1862189A - Water supplying pipe for refrigerator distributor

Info

Publication number: CN1862189A
Application number: CN 200510013424
Authority: CN
Inventors: 安诗燕
Original assignee: LG Electronics Tianjin Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Taizhou LG Electronics Refrigeration Co Ltd
Priority date: 2005-05-09
Filing date: 2005-05-09
Publication date: 2006-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 2025-05-09
Also published as: CN100533019C

Abstract

The present invention relates to a water supply tube for refrigerator distributor. It is characterized by that it includes the following several portions: tubular lead-in tube which is connected with external water source, inserted into the interior of refrigeration compartment door from lower end side of said refrigeration compartment door, at the same time connected with water tank set in the lower portion of inner side surface of refrigeration compartment door; tubular distribution tube which is extended and formed in the direction from said water tank to ice-making machine and cold water machine; tubular first water outlet tube which is extended towards ice-making machine direction from upper end of distribution tube and communicated with said ice-making machine, and can be used for supply water to the ice-making machine; and tubular second water outlet tube which is connected to the cold water machine set on the distributor positioned in upper front surface of said refrigeration compartment door from central portion of distribution tube.

Description

The feed pipe of distributer for refrigerator

Technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of refrigerator, particularly about the feed pipe of french door type distributer for refrigerator, be about on refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber/following direction arranges and forms, and the door of the refrigerating chamber of refrigerator bottom forwards slides and opens/close, and 2 doors that are located at the refrigerating chamber on refrigerator top are the media french door type refrigerator dispenser water supplying pipe opening/close to counter-rotation separately with the hinge of refrigerator two side ends.

Background technology

In general, refrigerator possesses refrigerating chamber that food low temperature is preserved and the refrigerating chamber of food freezing keeping, generally be on refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber/down or the arrangement formation of a left side/right side.

In addition, above-mentioned refrigerator is installed distributor in the side outdoors of refrigerator sometimes in order to take refrigeration in the refrigerator or freezing beverages such as water easily in the outside of refrigerator.

And, recently on refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber/following direction arranges, and the refrigerating-chamber door on top is that media is opened to two side directions with the hinge of two side ends, and the french door type refrigerator that the refrigerating chamber door of bottom forwards slides open develops, but tries out in this also prematurity of french door type refrigerator dispenser technology.

Therefore, the formation of the refrigerating-chamber door of french door type refrigerator is similar to the formation of general freezing-compartment door of refrigerator, and be applicable to that the dispenser technology research and development on the general door of refrigerator are very active, so, describe as prior art of the present invention the technical essential of the distributor that is applicable to current refrigerator.

In addition, distributor is discharged and generally is made of cooling-water machine in the portion outdoors of refrigerator for the beverages such as water that make refrigerator cooling, and to be the ice cube that water is waited form row's ice maker of discharging in the outside of door of refrigerator recently be located at the trend that the situation of refrigerator inside increases together with cooling-water machine.

Here, the distributor formation in the past of installing with cooling-water machine and row's ice maker is: feed pipe connects from the rear face of outside watering through refrigerator, and be positioned at by the current direction that this feed pipe flows in the water pot of the rear face of refrigerator or cold storage chamber of refrigerator bottom, the water that flows in this water pot supplies water to cooling-water machine by the feed pipe that is connected on water pot and the cooling-water machine, and supply water to ice machine by the feed pipe that is connected on water pot and the ice machine, generate ice cube at ice machine, and move the ice of generation to row's ice maker, thus at the distributor discharge water and the ice cube of portion outdoors.

At this moment, the water pot that connects the refrigerator rear and the feed pipe of cooling-water machine and generally be by constituting to the bottom of refrigerator and the independent parts of top arrangement separately from the feed pipe that water pot is connected to ice machine, so the arrangement of feed pipe is provided with trouble, in addition also there is the problem of dwindling because of the volume of feed pipe in refrigerator internal arrangement refrigerator inside.

In addition, existed for the situation that the water pot that supplies water directly is connected cooling-water machine and is arranged on the inside of door in cooling-water machine with contact, but the feed pipe that connects to the rear of refrigerator is still in the rear of refrigerator branch, the feed pipe of one side connects ice machine, the feed pipe of opposite side is connected in the water pot of door of refrigerator inside, so still exist the feed pipe of refrigerator inside to arrange complexity and refrigerator inside because of problems such as the feed pipe volume dwindle.

Therefore, on the door of french door type refrigerator, be equipped with recently the distributor exploitation of the water pots that all supply water to ice machine and cooling-water machine, and also connect the water pot on the french door type door of refrigerator and the water supplying pipe exploitation of ice machine and cooling-water machine separately according to these.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is, provide a kind of the refrigerating chamber of refrigerator and refrigerating chamber upwards/following direction arranges and is equipped with the french door type refrigerator dispenser water supplying pipe that distributor can be set on the refrigerating-chamber door of refrigerator of french door.

Another kind of purpose of the present invention is, provides a kind of and supplies water in cooling-water machine after the normal-temperature water that cooling in the water pot flows into from outside watering, abolishes the french door type distributer for refrigerator water supplying pipe for the annex of cool stream water in cooling-water machine thus.

Another kind of purpose of the present invention is, provides a kind of and supplies water to ice machine after the normal-temperature water that 1 cooling of water pot flows into from outside watering, makes the french door type refrigerator dispenser water supplying pipe that needed heat-exchange power reduces when the ice machine cooling water.

Another kind of purpose of the present invention is, provides a kind of not only can making to be connected on water pot and ice machine and the cooling-water machine water supplying pipe and to arrange simply, but also shortens the french door type refrigerator dispenser water supplying pipe of his connection length.

Another kind of purpose of the present invention is, provide a kind of handle all to be arranged on the door of refrigerator, except the integral body that makes refrigerator constitutes the french door type refrigerator dispenser water supplying pipe of minimum interference between the component parts of each component parts that can also make distributor oversimplifying and refrigerator by the distributor that water pot and ice machine and cooling-water machine and the water supplying pipe that is connected therewith constitute.

Another kind of purpose of the present invention is, providing a kind of can constitute the door that is provided with water pot and ice machine and cooling-water machine and water supplying pipe with the independent parts that comprise distributor, only need replace door when making the property the applied flexibly raising of door the french door type refrigerator dispenser water supplying pipe of distributor just can be set on refrigerator.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention is characterized in that in the door inboard of french door type refrigerator water pot and ice machine and cooling-water machine are set, water pot is connected by water supplying pipe with cooling-water machine with ice machine.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that, water supplying pipe comprises by inlet tube and distributing pipe and the 1st outlet pipe and the 2nd outlet pipe and constituting.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that, the water pot that connects with outside watering by water supplying pipe in the medial surface setting of the door of refrigerator that can be cooled off by refrigerator cold air.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that, the inside that inlet tube inserts door by the lower end of refrigerating-chamber door is inserted the inner inlet tube of door and connected with the water pot that is arranged at a medial surface.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that distributing pipe is connected to the position of the ice machine that is arranged at a top from water pot.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that the 1st outlet pipe extends to the central upper of ice machine from the top front end of distributing pipe.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that, the 2nd outlet pipe is provided with position branch from the cooling-water machine of distributing pipe central portion and comes out to connect with cooling-water machine.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that, the hinge axis hollow bulb of the hinge of inlet tube by being arranged at student's end is inserted into the inside of door.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that, also is equipped with the ice machine and the water pot shell partly that cover a medial surface.

Another kind of the present invention is characterised in that distributing pipe of showing out and the 1st outlet pipe and the 2nd outlet pipe are arranged on the inside of shell and accommodate outside the medial surface of door.

As mentioned above, the present invention has following several effect:

1) on the refrigerating-chamber door of the refrigerator that is equipped with french door, distributor can be set.

2) the distributor component parts that is made of ice machine, cooling-water machine, water pot and water supplying pipe all is arranged on the door of refrigerator, so it is the single assembly of unit that distributor constitutes door, not only can make the making of distributor and assembling thus easily, and easy when storage and management.

3) the dispensers according to the invention component parts all is arranged on the door, disturbs so not only minimize with other parts of refrigerator, and solves the shortcoming that takies the refrigerator inner space, improves the space availability ratio of refrigerator thus

4) because water pot is positioned at the inside of refrigerating chamber, the water of chilled water tank inside is not so need for cooling off the independent cooling device of water in the feeding cold water machine.

5) because water pot is positioned at the inside of refrigerating chamber, the water in the water pot can be reduced needed heat-exchange power when ice-maker makes ice thus by 1 cooling.。

6) maintenance activity of distributing pipe and the 1st outlet pipe and the 2nd outlet pipe is more prone to.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are the oblique views according to refrigerator of the present invention,

Fig. 3 is the profile of dispensers according to the invention.

The explanation of accompanying drawing major part symbol:

10: refrigerator 11: door

12: refrigerating chamber 13: refrigerating chamber

14: hinge 15: hinge axis

20: distributor 21: row's ice maker

22: cooling-water machine 30: shell

31: ice machine 40: water pot

50: feed pipe 51: inlet tube

52: 53: the 1 outlet pipes of distributing pipe

54: the 2 outlet pipes

The specific embodiment

Describe in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings according to preferred embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 1 is the refrigerating chamber 13 according to french door type refrigerator of the present invention 10 tops, and door 11 is provided with the state of distributor 20.Fig. 2 illustrates refrigerating chamber 13 a certain side door 11 open states that are provided with dispensers according to the invention 20.Fig. 3 is the simple formation profile that dispensers according to the invention 20 is shown.

The present invention is that refrigerating chamber 13 a certain side door 11 medial surfaces at refrigerator 10 are provided with water pot 40, ice machine 31 and cooling-water machine 22, and water pot 40 utilizes the water supplying pipe 50 that is connected with outside watering to connect with ice machine 31 with cooling-water machine 22.

Refrigerator 10 in the present embodiment, form refrigerating chamber 13 on top, form refrigerating chamber 12 in its underpart, the door of refrigerating chamber 13 is by serve as spool to constitute to rotating 2 doors of the lateral direction of refrigerator 10 separately with the hinge 14 on the refrigerator 10 front two side ends, the door of refrigerating chamber 12 slides and outstanding the opening to the place ahead of refrigerator 10, and above-mentioned thus refrigerator is the refrigerator that possesses french door.

The door 11 of refrigerating chamber 13 forms because of covering refrigerating chamber 13 open central part fronts (in the present embodiment 1/2 of the refrigerating chamber front) can make refrigerating chamber 13 and outside separated plate shape.

And the general door of refrigerator that door 11 is filled with heat-barrier material by its inside for the cold air that prevents refrigerator 10 inside and extraneous air heat exchange constitutes.

In addition, in the present embodiment, door 11 medial surfaces that are provided with distributor 20 are made of the one side towards the door 11 of the refrigerating chamber 12 of refrigerator 10 and refrigerating chamber 13 directions.

Water pot 40 forms upwards in refrigerating chamber 13, door 11 medial surface bottom/pair of cylinders shape that following direction is arranged, and be interconnected and be bonded with each other for the tube that makes its inner hollow.

Water pot 40 makes the part of water pot 40 be inserted into the inside of refrigerating chamber 13 according to closing of door 11 in its one side of medial surface lower bond of door 11 thus.

Ice machine 31 constitutes: the water of supplying with was cooled off under the state of accommodating with the fixed time, make the water of accommodating form ice cube, and the ice cube that generates by the user the selectivity operation and self control in the ice storage container of falling the bottom, make ice be discharged to the outside of door 11 by the deicer 21 that penetrates into door 11 outsides from the ice storage container bottom.

Cooling-water machine 22 includes: for the storage water that makes 40 li of water pots is discharged the nozzle that is located at door 11 outsides according to user's selectivity operation to the outside of door 11.

Feed pipe 50 comprises by inlet tube 51, distributing pipe the 52, the 1st outlet pipe 53 and the 2nd outlet pipe 54 and constituting.

Inlet tube 51 forms the general tube shape of inner hollow in order to make water portion's circulation within it, the one end is connected with the watering of refrigerator 10 outsides, and the other end is arranged to the central portion of refrigerator 10 for the lower end hinge 14 that arrives refrigerating chamber 13, door 11.

And, the inboard that the inlet tube 51 lower end hinge 14 by 13 11 of refrigerating chambers inserts door 11, the inlet tube 51 that inserts this 11 inboard is for the end of the water pot 40 that is connected with being arranged at that door 11 medial surface water pots 40 are communicated with.

Here, inlet tube 51 is inserted in the hollow bulb of the axial pass through openings of axle 15 central portions of hinge axis 15 central portion hinges 14 of the hinge 14 of refrigerating chamber 13, door 11 lower ends one side, and is inserted into door 11 inside that are inserted with hinge axis 15.

Prolong to the top of door 11 when distributing pipe 52 is connected with water pot 40 tops that are connected in inlet tube 51 and form, and the identical shape of formation and inlet tube 51.

Here, distributing pipe 52 is in order to be arranged in the state of expression at door 11 medial surfaces with connection such as the water pot 40, ice machine 31 that are arranged at door 11 medial surfaces

The 1st outlet pipe 53 is to be formed to the identical pipe of the shape with inlet tube 51 of the direction prolongation of ice machine 31 by the upper end at distributing pipe 52.

At this moment, in order evenly to supply water in each ice cube resettlement section of ice machine 31, the front end of the 1st outlet pipe 53 forms its outlet for best in the central upper of ice machine 31.

The 2nd outlet pipe 54 a bit is connected to from the central authorities of distributing pipe 52 and is arranged between ice machine 31 and the water pot 40 on the cooling-water machine 22 on the central point, and the identical shape of formation and inlet tube 51.

In addition, water pot 40 and ice machine 31 and distributing pipe 52 and the 1st outlet pipe 53 and the 2nd outlet pipe 54 inside that is bonded on door 11 medial surfaces of refrigerating chamber 13 and is housed in shell 30 inner the time for each parts is all held is best.

Here, shell 30 forms the boxed-section shape of its one side open for the outward appearance that improves door 11 inboards by the formation product that cover distributors (20) such as ice machine 31 and water pot 40.

The following describes the effect according to french door type distributer for refrigerator water supplying pipe of the present invention of such formation.

Supply water from outside watering in the time of the running of refrigerator 10, the water of watering is by central portion one side flow of inlet tube 51 to refrigerator 10 thus.

The water that flows into by inlet tube 51 flows to refrigerating chamber 13, door 11 lower ends under the effect of the hydraulic pressure of watering, and the water that arrives door 11 lower ends under the effect of the pressure of supply water that continues of watering flows to the water pot 40 that is arranged at door 11 bottoms along the shape of the inlet tube 51 lower end hinge 14 by door 11, pours into the inside of water pot 40.

Flow to distributing pipe 52 when at this moment, the water that the pours into water pot 40 inside inside that is housed in refrigerating chamber 13 because of water pot 40 is cooled off by the cold air of refrigerating chamber 13.

The water that flows to distributing pipe 52 is in order to arrive ice machine 31 positions that are arranged at door 11 tops along distributing pipe 52 and to flow.

The water that flows to the front end of distributing pipe 52 flows to the 1st outlet pipe 53 that is connected distributing pipe 52 front ends, and the water that flows into the 1st outlet pipe 53 arrives the central portion of ice machine 31 for the shape along the 1st outlet pipe 53 and flow, and falls 31 li of ice machines.

The water of falling 31 li of ice machines freezes according to the control running of ice machine 31 is frozen chamber 12 when accommodating in the time of appointment cold air cooling.

Here, the water of inflow water pot 40 inside flows by distributing pipe 52 under the state that is cooled to assigned temperature under the effect that puts on refrigerating chamber 13 cold air on the water pot 40.And, flowing in the water of distributing pipe 52, the 2nd outlet pipe 54 that a part of current direction is connected distributing pipe 52 central authorities flows to cooling-water machine 22.

Therefore, by door 11 lower ends of inlet tube 51 flowing water flow to the refrigerating chamber 13 of refrigerator 10 central portions, the water that flow to door 11 lower ends is filled into water pot 40 inside that are arranged at door 11 inboards under the effect of the continuation pressure of supply water of watering, the water that flows into water pot 40 inside is by 1 cooling of the cold air of refrigerating chamber 13.

Water in 401 coolings of water pot is flowing by the distributing pipe 52 that is connected on water pot 40 another sides under the effect of the continuation pressure of supply water of watering, part water passes through the 1st outlet pipe 53 to 31 li water supply of ice machine, another part water supplies water to cooling-water machine 22 by the 2nd outlet pipe 54, and the control according to ice machine 31 and row's ice maker 21 and cooling-water machine 22 is used after discharge the outside of the door 11 of refrigerating chamber 13 thus.

In addition, when needing repairing distributing pipe 52 and the 1st outlet pipe 53 and the 2nd outlet pipe 54, the shell 30 that covers distributing pipe 52 and the 1st outlet pipe 53 and the 2nd outlet pipe 54 is unloaded down the back from the medial surface of door 11 under the state that exposes distributing pipe 52 and the 1st outlet pipe 53 and the 2nd outlet pipe 54 to the outside, keep in repair.

As mentioned above, the present invention is not limited in the above-mentioned specific preferred embodiment, but under the prerequisite of the main thought of the present invention that does not break away from the request area requirement, no matter so long as the those of ordinary skill of technical field that the present invention belongs to who can both carry out various deformation, and such change is included in the scope of putting down in writing in the request scope.

Claims

1, a kind of feed pipe of distributer for refrigerator, it be arranged on refrigerating chamber and the refrigerating chamber/certain in 2 refrigerating-chamber doors of the refrigerator that following direction is arranged, it is characterized in that it comprises by being connected on the outside watering and when the lower end of refrigerating-chamber door one side is inserted into the inside of door to link the tubulose inlet tube that is arranged on the basifacial water pot in an inboard; Prolong the tubular dispense pipe that forms at water pot to the direction of ice machine and cooling-water machine; Prolong and be communicated with to the direction of ice machine in the upper end of distributing pipe, tubulose the 1st outlet pipe that supplies water to ice machine; Be connected to tubulose the 2nd outlet pipe formation that is arranged at the cooling-water machine on the last front distributor from the central portion of distributing pipe.

2, the feed pipe of distributer for refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that inlet tube is inserted into the inside of door by hollow bulb on the hinge axis of the lower end hinge of refrigerating-chamber door.

3, the feed pipe of distributer for refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that inlet tube inserts to the lower end of refrigerating-chamber door, and in the internal arrangement of door water pot that the position is set is outstanding and connect with water pot to the medial surface of door; For covering the inside of the shell that water pot and ice machine and cooling-water machine cover in the medial surface boxed-section shape of door, distributing pipe and the 1st outlet pipe and the 2nd outlet pipe and water pot and ice machine and cooling-water machine are arranged and are connected.