CN216114901U

CN216114901U - Refrigerator with a door

Info

Publication number: CN216114901U
Application number: CN202122855082.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑培富
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-19
Filing date: 2021-11-19
Publication date: 2022-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-19

Abstract

The utility model provides a refrigerator, which comprises a refrigerator body and a humidifying assembly, wherein the refrigerator body is provided with a refrigerator body; a refrigerating chamber with a front opening is arranged in the box body; the humidifying component is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the humidifying component comprises a humidifying box, an air inlet channel, a humidifying channel, a fan and a first humidity sensor which are fixed in the refrigerating chamber; a water storage cavity for storing the humidifying water is arranged in the humidifying box. The air inlet channel and the humidifying channel are both communicated with the water storage cavity and the refrigerating chamber of the humidifying box, and the fan at the air inlet channel blows humidifying water in the water storage cavity into the refrigerating chamber through the humidifying channel to humidify objects in the refrigerating chamber. The air in the fan will the water storage chamber blows to the humidification passageway in, the humidity of the air of humidification passageway department is monitored to the first humidity transducer of humidification passageway department to whether lack of water in supplying to judge the humidification box, humidity in the real-time supervision humidification passageway can not receive the influence of refrigerator slope, the effectual accuracy of guaranteeing lack of water monitoring, convenience of customers's use improves user's experience.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration, in particular to a refrigerator.

Background

The fresh-keeping period of vegetables in the refrigerator is shorter, the water loss is quicker, especially green vegetables are dried up after several days and can not be eaten, although some fresh-keeping boxes can store food, the fresh-keeping box only plays a role in slowing down, the actual water loss of the food can not be avoided, and the humidifying and fresh-keeping effect can not be achieved.

With the development of the technology, a corresponding humidifying component is arranged in the refrigerator, and the humidifying component is used for supplementing moisture in the refrigerator so as to play a role in humidifying and refreshing. In the working engineering of the refrigerator, the humidity environment in the refrigerator is ensured by continuously supplementing water to the humidifying assembly.

In the related art, a water level is monitored by providing a water level sensor at a water storage position of the humidifying assembly to prompt a user to add water by the level of the water level. However, when the refrigerator is placed or the position of the refrigerator is inclined in other modes, the water level is in a state that one side of the water outlet and storage position has no water, so that the system monitors that the humidifying component is lack of water, the actual humidifying component has the water, the situation of misinformation occurs, troubles are caused for water adding and using of a user, and the use of the user is inconvenient.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a refrigerator with a humidifying function, which monitors moisture in a humidifying assembly through a humidity sensor, effectively ensures the accuracy of monitoring information and is convenient for a user to use.

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including a cabinet and a humidifying assembly; a refrigerating chamber with a front opening is arranged in the box body; the humidifying component is arranged in the refrigerating chamber; the humidifying assembly comprises a humidifying box, an air inlet channel, a humidifying channel, a fan and a first humidity sensor which are fixed in the refrigerating chamber; a water storage cavity for storing humidifying water is arranged in the humidifying box; the air inlet channel and the humidifying channel are communicated with the water storage cavity and the refrigerating chamber; the fan set up in inlet air channel department, first humidity transducer sets up in humidification passageway department.

In some embodiments of the present application, a second humidity sensor is disposed on a side wall of the refrigerating compartment.

In some embodiments of the present application, the second humidity sensor and the outlet of the humidification channel are offset.

In some embodiments of the present application, the outlet of the humidification passage is disposed forward, and the second humidity sensors are fixed to left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating compartment.

In some embodiments of the present application, the refrigerator further includes a controller, and the blower, the first humidity sensor, and the second humidity sensor are all electrically connected to the controller.

In some embodiments of the present application, the refrigerator further comprises a timing module electrically connected to the controller for controlling the humidification assembly to periodically operate.

In some embodiments of this application, the humidification subassembly still include the support humidification box detachably installs on the support, inlet air channel and humidification passageway set up respectively on the support.

In some embodiments of the present application, the front side of the bracket is open, and the humidifying box is detachably disposed through the front side opening of the bracket.

In some embodiments of the present application, the upper end of the humidification cartridge is provided with a filling port penetrating to the water storage cavity.

In some embodiments of the present application, the humidifying assembly is disposed at a top end of the refrigerating compartment.

According to the technical scheme, the utility model has at least the following advantages and positive effects:

in the utility model, the air inlet channel and the humidifying channel are both communicated with the water storage cavity and the refrigerating chamber of the humidifying box, and the fan at the air inlet channel blows humidifying water in the water storage cavity into the refrigerating chamber through the humidifying channel to humidify articles in the refrigerating chamber. The air in the fan will the water storage chamber blows to the humidification passageway in, the humidity of the air of humidification passageway department is monitored to the first humidity transducer of humidification passageway department to whether lack of water in supplying to judge the humidification box, humidity in the real-time supervision humidification passageway can not receive the influence of refrigerator slope, the effectual accuracy of guaranteeing lack of water monitoring, convenience of customers's use improves user's experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a humidifying box in an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

The reference numerals are explained below: 100. a box body; 110. a refrigerating chamber; 120. a freezing chamber; 200. a humidifying assembly; 210. a humidifying box; 211. a filling port; 220. an air inlet channel; 230. a humidification channel; 240. a fan; 250. a first humidity sensor; 260. a second humidity sensor.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments that embody features and advantages of the utility model are described in detail below in the specification. It is to be understood that the utility model is capable of other embodiments and that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the utility model and the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated in a particular manner, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the related art, a water level is monitored by providing a water level sensor at a water storage position of the humidifying assembly to prompt a user to add water by the level of the water level. However, when the refrigerator is placed or the position of the refrigerator is inclined in other modes, the water level is in a state that one side of the water outlet and storage position has no water, so that the system monitors that the humidifying component is lack of water, the actual humidifying component has the water, the situation of misinformation occurs, troubles are caused for water adding and using of a user, and the use of the user is inconvenient. In order to solve the technical problem, the application provides a refrigerator with a humidifying function.

For convenience of description and understanding, a state of the refrigerator when the refrigerator is vertically used is taken as a reference, a direction of the refrigerator facing a user is taken as a front, a direction of the refrigerator facing away from the user is taken as a rear, a width direction of the refrigerator is taken as a left-right direction, and a height direction of the refrigerator is taken as a vertical direction.

Referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a refrigerator for storing articles at a low temperature, which may also be a refrigerated showcase or a refrigerated wine cabinet. The refrigerator includes a cabinet 100, a door rotatably covering the cabinet 100, a refrigeration assembly disposed in the cabinet 100, and a humidification assembly 200 disposed in the cabinet 100.

A refrigerating compartment having an open front side is constructed in the cabinet 100, and foods are placed in the refrigerating compartment to be stored at a low temperature. The refrigerating compartment includes a refrigerating compartment 110 and a freezing compartment 120. The door is openably and closably covered on the front side of the cabinet 100 to open or close the refrigerating compartment of the cabinet 100 and to take and place articles in the refrigerating compartment. In this embodiment, the door is rotatably covered on the front side of the cabinet 100.

The refrigeration assembly is used for releasing heat in the refrigerator to the external environment and supplying cold energy to the refrigeration chamber so as to maintain the low-temperature environment in the refrigeration chamber. The refrigerating assembly comprises a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a capillary tube, a refrigerating air duct and other assemblies.

The refrigerating air duct is arranged in the box body 100, and an outlet in the refrigerating air duct is communicated into the refrigerating chamber and communicated with the refrigerating chamber so as to provide refrigerating capacity for the refrigerating chamber. The specific structure and connection relationship of the refrigeration assembly refer to the refrigeration assembly in the related art, and are not described in detail herein.

The humidifying assembly 200 is disposed in the refrigerating compartment 110, and is used for humidifying the goods in the refrigerating compartment 110 to keep the goods in the refrigerating compartment 110 fresh.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the humidifying assembly 200 includes a humidifying box 210 fixed in the refrigerating compartment 110, an air inlet passage 220, a humidifying passage 230, a blower fan 240, and a first humidity sensor 250; a water storage cavity for storing humidifying water is arranged in the humidifying box 210; the air inlet passage 220 and the humidifying passage 230 are communicated with the water storage chamber and the refrigerating chamber 110; the fan 240 is disposed at the air intake passage 220. The fan 240 operates to drive the air in the water storage chamber to enter the refrigerating chamber 110 from the humidifying channel 230, so that the humidified water in the water storage chamber enters the refrigerating chamber 110 along with the air in the water storage chamber, and the articles in the refrigerating chamber 110 are humidified and fresh-kept.

In this embodiment, the water storage intracavity is provided with the humidification cotton, and the lower extreme of humidification cotton contacts the humidification water in the water storage intracavity downwards, and the humidification water moves upwards along with the humidification cotton. The fan 240 blows air toward the humidifying cotton, and moisture on the humidifying cotton moves into the humidifying channel 230 along with the air and moves into the refrigerating compartment 110.

In this embodiment, the humidifying assembly 200 further includes a bracket (not shown), the humidifying box 210 is detachably mounted on the bracket, and the air inlet passage 220 and the humidifying passage 230 are respectively provided on the bracket. The humidifying box 210 is provided with openings respectively communicated with the air inlet passage 220 and the humidifying passage 230.

The humidifying box 210 is detachably mounted on a bracket so that humidifying water can be filled in the humidifying box 210 after the humidifying box 210 is detached.

The front side opening of support, humidification box 210 detachable wears to establish the front side opening part at the support to in the back is opened at the door body, quick convenient take off humidification box 210 and add water.

The humidifying assembly 200 is disposed at the top end of the refrigerating compartment 110 to avoid interference with the articles in the refrigerating compartment 110 as much as possible and to avoid blocking the articles in the refrigerating compartment 110, thereby increasing the effective volume of the refrigerating compartment 110. The humidifying assembly 200 is located at the top end of the refrigerating chamber 110, and moisture coming out of the humidifying assembly 200 can fall downwards under the action of gravity, so that the refrigerating chamber 110 is humidified more uniformly.

The partition plates are arranged in the refrigerating chamber 110 at intervals up and down to divide different storage spaces, and the outlet of the humidifying channel 230 is close to the front end of the refrigerating chamber 110, so that the influence of moisture on the partition plates can be effectively avoided.

In this embodiment, the upper end of the humidification case 210 is provided with a filling port 211 penetrating to the water storage chamber, so that the humidification water is replenished through the filling port 211.

In some embodiments, the humidifying assembly 200 does not include a bracket, and both the air inlet passage 220 and the humidifying passage 230 are disposed within the humidifying box 210.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2 again, the first humidity sensor 250 is disposed at the humidification channel 230 for monitoring the humidity at the humidification channel 230 to determine whether the humidification module 200 is lack of water.

In this embodiment, a second humidity sensor 260 is disposed on a sidewall of the refrigerating compartment 110, and the second humidity sensor 260 is used for monitoring the humidity in the refrigerating compartment 110.

The second humidity sensor 260 and the outlet of the humidification channel 230 are offset to prevent air exiting the humidification channel 230 from directly contacting the second humidity sensor 260 to prevent moisture monitoring within the refrigeration compartment 110. In this embodiment, the second humidity sensors 260 are fixed to the left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating compartment 110.

The fan 240 is disposed inside the air inlet passage 220 or at the air inlet of the air inlet passage 220. The first humidity sensor 250 is disposed in the humidification passage 230 or at the outlet of the humidification passage 230.

An alarm is arranged in the refrigerator and electrically connected with the controller so as to send out alarm information to prompt water shortage when the humidification box 210 is in water shortage. The alarm may be a corresponding indicator light, alarm bell or display message.

The refrigerator further comprises a timing module electrically connected with the controller for controlling the humidification assembly 200 to periodically work, and the first humidity sensor 250 and the second humidity sensor 260 are periodically controlled to periodically work through the timer without working all the time, so that the service lives of the first humidity sensor 250 and the second humidity sensor 260 are prolonged, and the energy source is saved.

Based on the structure, the application also provides a control method of the refrigerator.

After the refrigerator works for the first time or the door body is opened, in a first preset time T1, the fan 240 works to humidify the refrigerating chamber 110, water is not added in a lifting mode, and the alarm does not work.

After the time T2 when the door is closed, the first humidity sensor 250 collects the humidity value S1 at the humidification duct 230, and the second humidity sensor 260 collects the humidity value S2 in the refrigerating compartment 110.

When S1< S2+ N, it is determined that the humidifying box 210 is in a water shortage state, and the alarm gives an alarm to indicate the water shortage. Wherein N is a compensation coefficient.

When S1> S2+ M, it is determined that the humidifying water in the humidifying box 210 is sufficient, and the alarm does not operate and does not need to be added. Wherein M is a compensation coefficient, and M > N.

In the utility model, the air inlet passage 220 and the humidifying passage 230 are both communicated with the water storage cavity of the humidifying box 210 and the refrigerating chamber 110, and the fan 240 at the air inlet passage 220 blows humidifying water in the water storage cavity into the refrigerating chamber 110 through the humidifying passage 230 to humidify articles in the refrigerating chamber 110. In fan 240 blows the air in the water storage chamber to humidification passageway 230, the humidity of the air of humidification passageway 230 department is monitored to first humidity transducer 250 of humidification passageway 230 department to supply to judge whether lack of water in the humidification box 210, humidity in the real-time supervision humidification passageway 230 can not receive the influence of refrigerator slope, the effectual accuracy of guaranteeing lack of water monitoring, convenience of customers's use improves user's experience.

While the present invention has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator, characterized by comprising:

a box body, wherein a refrigerating chamber with an opening at the front side is arranged in the box body;

a humidifying assembly disposed in the refrigerating chamber; the humidifying assembly comprises a humidifying box, an air inlet channel, a humidifying channel, a fan and a first humidity sensor which are fixed in the refrigerating chamber; a water storage cavity for storing humidifying water is arranged in the humidifying box; the air inlet channel and the humidifying channel are communicated with the water storage cavity and the refrigerating chamber; the fan set up in inlet air channel department, first humidity transducer set up in humidification passageway department.

2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a second humidity sensor is provided on a sidewall of the refrigerating chamber.

3. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the second humidity sensor and the outlet of the humidification passage are offset.

4. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the outlet of the humidification passage is disposed forward, and the second humidity sensor is fixed to left and right sidewalls of the refrigerating chamber.

5. The refrigerator of claim 3, further comprising a controller, wherein the blower, the first humidity sensor, and the second humidity sensor are all electrically connected to the controller.

6. The refrigerator of claim 5, further comprising a timing module electrically connected to the controller for controlling the periodic operation of the humidification assembly.

7. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the humidifying assembly further comprises a bracket, the humidifying box is detachably mounted on the bracket, and the air inlet channel and the humidifying channel are respectively provided on the bracket.

8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the bracket has a front opening, and the humidification cartridge is detachably inserted through the front opening of the bracket.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein an upper end of the humidifying box is provided with a filling port penetrating to the water storage chamber.

10. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the humidifying assembly is disposed at a top end of the refrigerating compartment.