CN219199666U - Refrigerator air supply structure and refrigerator with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a door air supply device and a refrigerator with the same, and belongs to the technical field of refrigeration of refrigerator doors. The refrigerator air supply structure comprises: the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body air duct, a refrigerator door and a refrigerator door, wherein the refrigerator body air duct is arranged at the refrigerator body of the refrigerator and comprises a refrigerator body air outlet facing to a door body of the refrigerator; and the door body air channel is arranged at the door body and comprises a door body air inlet and at least one door body air outlet, the door body air inlet is used for being in butt joint with the box body air outlet when the door body is closed so as to communicate the box body air channel with the door body air channel, and each door body air outlet is communicated with each storage container arranged at the door body so as to drain cold air to the storage container. The door body air supply device can ensure that the cooling effect of the storage container at the door body is better.

Description

Refrigerator air supply structure and refrigerator with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration of refrigerator doors, in particular to a door air supply device and a refrigerator with the door air supply device.

Background

The door body of the refrigerator generally has a storage function, for example, a storage container such as a bottle seat is arranged at the door body. And cold air of the refrigerator is generally mainly led to the refrigerating chamber through an air duct. Because the door body area is communicated with the internal space of the box body when the door body is closed, the cold air in the box body has a certain cooling effect on the articles at the door body. Therefore, in the prior art, an air duct is rarely specially arranged on the door body, and the cold in the refrigerating chamber is utilized to cool the articles at the door body.

However, for some spaces relatively closed at the door body, such as bottle seats, the openings of the spaces are upward or smaller, and the effect of directly cooling the spaces by using cold air of the box body is poor, namely the effect of cooling the articles at the door body in the prior art is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the first aspect of the present utility model is to provide a door air supply device, which can solve the problem of poor cooling effect on the articles at the door in the prior art.

It is a further object of the present utility model to increase the refrigeration efficiency.

It is a further object of the utility model to increase the flexibility of use.

It is yet another object of the present utility model to provide cold air to the door as needed.

An object of a second aspect of the present utility model is to provide a refrigerator including the door air supply device.

In particular, the present utility model provides a refrigerator air supply structure, comprising:

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body air duct, a refrigerator door and a refrigerator door, wherein the refrigerator body air duct is arranged at the refrigerator body of the refrigerator and comprises a refrigerator body air outlet facing to a door body of the refrigerator; and

the door body wind channel set up in door body department, and including door body air intake and at least one door body air outlet, the door body air intake be used for when the door body is closed with the butt joint of box air outlet, so that will the box wind channel with door body wind channel intercommunication, every door body air outlet with install in every of door body department puts the thing container intercommunication, so that with cold wind drainage extremely put thing container department.

Optionally, the number of the door body air outlets is multiple and the door body air outlets are sequentially arranged along the vertical direction of the refrigerator.

Optionally, the door body air duct includes vertical passageway and a plurality of horizontal sub-air duct that all communicates with vertical passageway, every horizontal sub-air duct is kept away from the one end of vertical passageway is formed with one the door body air outlet.

Optionally, the refrigerator air supply structure further includes:

the first air door is arranged at the air outlet of the door body and is in sliding connection with the transverse sub-air duct, and the first air door is further provided with an operation part, so that a user can slide the first air door.

Optionally, the door body air channel further comprises a transverse air inlet channel arranged at the top end or the bottom end of the vertical channel, and the end, far away from the vertical channel, of the transverse air inlet channel is provided with the door body air inlet.

Optionally, the transverse air inlet channel is arranged at a door liner position where the door body protrudes towards one side of the box body, and the vertical channel is provided with a communication port communicated with the transverse air inlet channel.

Optionally, the vertical channel and the transverse air inlet channel are arranged at the door body.

Optionally, the door body is a refrigerating chamber door body.

Optionally, the refrigerator air supply structure further includes:

the second air door is arranged at the air outlet of the box body and used for opening or closing the air outlet of the box body.

In particular, the utility model also provides a refrigerator, which comprises the refrigerator air supply structure.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the box air channel and the door air channel are arranged, the box air channel is provided with a box air outlet facing the door, the door air channel is provided with a door air inlet communicated with the box air outlet and at least one door air outlet, and the door air outlet is communicated with the storage container at the door. Through setting up above-mentioned refrigerator air supply structure can accurately drain box department cold wind to the storage container department of door body, therefore the cooling effect is better.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the door body air duct comprises a vertical channel and a plurality of transverse sub-air ducts communicated with the vertical channel, so that each channel of the door body air duct has no acute corner, is beneficial to quick circulation of air flow and has high refrigeration efficiency.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the first air door is arranged at the air outlet of the door body, the first air door can form sliding connection relative to the transverse sub-air duct and is provided with the operation part which is convenient for a user to operate, and the air outlet of the door body can be opened or closed by operating the sliding of the first air door, so that the air outlets of the door bodies can be independently closed or opened, various use requirements are met, and the use flexibility is improved.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the transverse air inlet channel is arranged at the bottom end or the top end of the vertical channel, so that the box air outlet matched with the transverse air inlet channel is arranged at the top or the bottom of the box compartment, the layout in the compartment is not affected as much as possible, and the arrangement of shelves and the like is facilitated.

According to one embodiment of the utility model, the transverse air inlet channel is a part of the door liner of the door body, the original structure of the door body is effectively utilized to form the door body air channel, and the door body air channel is matched with the original structure without separately arranging a convex part, so that the door body air channel is increased without causing larger change of the door body.

According to the embodiment of the utility model, the second air door for opening or closing the air outlet of the box body is arranged, so that whether the air duct of the door body is integrally supplied with air or not can be realized through the second air door, and the second air door is closed when all the storage containers of the door body do not contain articles or do not need more cold energy, so that cold air can be supplied to the door body according to the requirement.

The above, as well as additional objectives, advantages, and features of the present utility model will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of the present utility model when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Some specific embodiments of the utility model will be described in detail hereinafter by way of example and not by way of limitation with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts or portions. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the accompanying drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a refrigerator air supply structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model when the refrigerator is assembled;

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a refrigerator air blowing structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model when assembled to a refrigerator (door in a closed state);

fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a door duct of a refrigerator air supply structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of a door duct and a storage container of a refrigerator air supply structure according to one embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is an exploded structural view of a door body duct and a first damper of a refrigerator air supply structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a refrigerator air blowing structure according to another embodiment of the present utility model when the refrigerator is assembled (door is in a closed state).

Detailed Description

In the description of the present embodiment, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "transverse", "upper", "lower", "vertical", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

In the description of the present embodiment, a description referring to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present utility model. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, 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, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature, i.e. one or more such features. When a feature "comprises or includes" a feature or some of its coverage, this indicates that other features are not excluded and may further include other features, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Unless specifically stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," "coupled," and the like should be construed broadly, as they may be fixed, removable, or integral, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand the specific meaning of the terms described above in the present utility model as the case may be.

Furthermore, in the description of the present embodiments, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include the first and second features being in direct contact, or may include the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact through another feature therebetween. That is, in the description of the present embodiment, the first feature being "above", "over" and "upper" the second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature "under", "beneath", or "under" a second feature may be a first feature directly under or diagonally under the second feature, or simply indicate that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in the description of this embodiment have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a refrigerator air blowing structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model when the refrigerator 200 is assembled. Fig. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a refrigerator blowing structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model when assembled to a refrigerator 200 (the door 220 is in a closed state). As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the refrigerator air supply structure includes a cabinet air duct 10 and a door air duct 20. The box air duct 10 is disposed at a box 210 of the refrigerator 200, and the box air duct 10 includes a box air outlet 101 toward a door 220 of the refrigerator 200. The door body air duct 20 is disposed at the door body 220 and includes a door body air inlet 201 and at least one door body air outlet 202, as shown in fig. 2, the door body air inlet 201 is configured to dock with the box body air outlet 101 when the door body 220 is closed, so as to communicate the box body air duct 10 with the door body air duct 20, and each door body air outlet 202 is communicated with each storage container 230 installed at the door body 220, so as to drain cold air to the storage container 230. The storage container 230 may be a container for storing things, such as a bottle seat, at the door 220, and an opening 231 may be provided at a sidewall of the storage container 230, where the opening 231 is aligned with the door air outlet 202. Alternatively, the door air inlet 201 may be abutted with an opening of the storage container 230, for example, an opening at the top of the storage container 230.

In this embodiment, by providing the box air duct 10 and the door air duct 20, the box air duct 10 is provided with the box air outlet 101 facing the door 220, the door air duct 20 is provided with the door air inlet 201 and at least one door air outlet 202 which are communicated with the box air outlet 101, and the door air outlet 202 is communicated with the storage container 230 at the door 220. By arranging the refrigerator air supply structure, cold air at the refrigerator body 210 can be accurately guided to the storage container 230 of the door body 220, so that the cooling effect is better.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of a door duct 20 of a refrigerator air supply structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 3, in one embodiment, the number of the door outlets 202 is plural and sequentially arranged in the vertical direction of the refrigerator. The door body air duct 20 comprises a vertical channel 21 and a plurality of transverse sub-air ducts 22 which are communicated with the vertical channel 21, and a door body air outlet 202 is formed at one end of each transverse sub-air duct 22 far away from the vertical channel 21. The storage container 230 of the present embodiment may be a bottle seat at the door 220, and since the bottle seats are generally arranged sequentially from top to bottom, the vertical channel 21 and the plurality of transverse sub-channels are designed to communicate with each bottle seat, that is, the door air duct 20 of the present embodiment is particularly suitable for a case that the door 220 is provided with a plurality of bottle seats sequentially arranged vertically.

Further, the door duct 20 of the present embodiment may be an independent structure, and is installed in an installation channel formed in the door 220.

In an embodiment not shown, the door air duct 20 may be of other shapes, for example, when the storage containers 230 at the door 220 are not sequentially arranged but are staggered, the door air duct 20 may be adapted to the corresponding shape according to the positions of the storage containers 230, for example, a vertical main channel is provided, and then a plurality of branches are provided to connect the storage containers 230, where one end of each branch is connected to the main channel and the other end is connected to one storage container 230.

The door body air duct 20 of the present embodiment includes a vertical channel 21 and a plurality of transverse sub-air ducts 22 communicating with the vertical channel 21, so that each channel of the door body air duct 20 has no acute corner, which is beneficial to the rapid circulation of air flow, and therefore has high refrigeration efficiency.

Fig. 4 is a partial sectional view of a door duct 20 and a storage container 230 of a refrigerator air blowing structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model. Fig. 5 is an exploded structural view of a door body duct 20 and a first damper 30 of a refrigerator air blowing structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 4, in another embodiment, the air supply structure of the refrigerator further includes a first air door 30 disposed at the air outlet 202 of the door body and slidably connected to the lateral sub-air duct 22, and the first air door 30 is further provided with an operation portion 31 so that a user can slide the first air door 30. As shown in fig. 5, a sliding slot 221 extending vertically may be provided at the lateral sub duct 22, and a sliding bar 32 cooperating with the sliding slot 221 may be provided at the first damper 30. The operation portion 31 is a protrusion passing through the opening 231 of the storage container 230, so that the user can operate the first damper 30 when the storage container 230 is assembled to the door 220. Of course, in other embodiments, the operation portion 31 may be disposed at other positions convenient for the user to operate, for example, exposed at the side portion of the storage container 230, and the form of the operation portion 31 is not limited, and may be, for example, a convex or concave shape, or a pattern formed on the surface of the first damper 30.

By providing the first damper 30, the door body air outlet 202 can be closed when the article container 230 is not installed therein or the articles in the assembled article container 230 do not need much cold, and the door body air outlet 202 can be opened manually when the article container 230 is installed again or the articles are placed in the article container which needs a large amount of cold.

In this embodiment, by arranging the first air door 30 at the door body air outlet 202, the first air door 30 can form sliding connection with respect to the transverse sub-air duct 22 and is provided with the operation portion 31 which is convenient for user operation, and the door body air outlet 202 can be opened or closed by operating the sliding of the first air door 30, so that each door body air outlet 202 can be independently closed or opened, thereby meeting various use requirements and improving the flexibility of use.

In one embodiment, the door air duct 20 further includes a lateral air inlet duct 23 disposed at the top end or the bottom end of the vertical channel 21, and a door air inlet 201 is formed at one end of the lateral air inlet duct 23 away from the vertical channel 21.

In this embodiment, the transverse air inlet duct 23 is disposed at the bottom or top of the vertical channel 21, so that the box air outlet 101 matched with the transverse air inlet duct can be disposed at the top or bottom of the compartment of the box 210, the layout of the interior of the compartment is not affected as much as possible, and the arrangement of shelves and the like is facilitated.

In another embodiment, the lateral air inlet duct 23 is disposed at a door liner 240 protruding from a side of the door 220 facing the case 210, and the vertical channel 21 is provided with a communication port 211 communicating with the lateral air inlet duct 23.

As shown in fig. 1, a door liner 240 having a shape of a "mouth" is provided at a side of the door 220 facing the case 210, and the door liner 240 is protruded into the case 210 when the door 220 is closed, and the door liner 240 is matched with each inner wall of the compartment of the case 210. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the door 220 is a refrigerating compartment door 220, and the lateral air inlet duct 23 is disposed at an upper portion of the door liner 240, so that the compartment air outlet 101 may be disposed below a top surface of the compartment 210 to be matched with the lateral air inlet duct 23. Of course, in other embodiments not shown, the lateral air inlet duct 23 may also be located elsewhere in the door liner 240, such as at the bottom of the door liner 240, on the pivoting side of the door liner 240.

The transverse air inlet duct 23 in this embodiment is a part of the door liner 240 of the door 220, and the original structure of the door 220 is effectively utilized to form the door air duct 20, which is matched with the original structure, and no separate protruding part is required to be arranged, so that the increase of the door air duct 20 does not cause larger modification of the door 220.

In another embodiment, the vertical channel 21 and the lateral air inlet channel 23 are formed at the door 220. The vertical passage 21 and the lateral air inlet duct 23 of the present embodiment may be passages opened directly at the door body 220, instead of separate pipe members being provided in the door body 220.

The transverse sub-duct 22 may be provided with a duct communicating with the vertical channel 21 so that it may extend to the storage container 230, for example, a short distance or into the storage container 230, in order to better match the storage container 230, thereby preventing cold air from flowing from the gap between the door air outlet 202 and the storage container 230 to other parts of the door 220, and not efficiently flowing to the corresponding storage container 230.

Fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a refrigerator blowing structure according to another embodiment of the present utility model when the refrigerator is assembled (the door 220 is in a closed state). In another embodiment, the air supply structure of the refrigerator further includes a second air door 40 disposed at the box air outlet 101, that is, at the box air duct 10 where the box air outlet 101 is located, for opening or closing the box air outlet 101. The second damper 40 may be an electrically controlled damper or a mechanical damper, and generally includes a damper body and a driving device, where the driving device drives the damper to move to change the area of the air outlet 101 of the shielding box. Of course, in other embodiments, the second damper 40 may be disposed at the lateral air intake duct 23.

In this embodiment, by providing the second damper 40 for opening or closing the air outlet 101 of the box body, whether the air is supplied to the whole air duct 20 of the door body can be realized through the second damper 40, and when all the storage containers 230 of the door body 220 do not store articles or the stored articles do not need more cold, the second damper 40 is closed to supply cold air to the door body 220 as required.

The utility model also provides a refrigerator, as shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, the refrigerator comprises the refrigerator air supply structure in any one embodiment or the combination of embodiments.

The refrigerator of this embodiment is provided with a box air duct 10 and a door air duct 20, wherein a box air outlet 101 facing a door 220 is provided at the box air duct 10, a door air inlet 201 and at least one door air outlet 202 are provided at the door air duct 20, which are communicated with the box air outlet 101, and the door air outlet 202 is communicated with a storage container 230 at the door 220. By arranging the refrigerator air supply structure, cold air at the refrigerator body 210 can be accurately guided to the storage container 230 of the door body 220, so that the cooling effect is better.

By now it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while a number of exemplary embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described herein in detail, many other variations or modifications of the utility model consistent with the principles of the utility model may be directly ascertained or inferred from the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of the present utility model should be understood and deemed to cover all such other variations or modifications.

Claims (10)

1. A refrigerator air supply structure, comprising:

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body air duct, a refrigerator door and a refrigerator door, wherein the refrigerator body air duct is arranged at the refrigerator body of the refrigerator and comprises a refrigerator body air outlet facing to a door body of the refrigerator; and

the door body wind channel set up in door body department, and including door body air intake and at least one door body air outlet, the door body air intake be used for when the door body is closed with the butt joint of box air outlet, so that will the box wind channel with door body wind channel intercommunication, every door body air outlet with install in every of door body department puts the thing container intercommunication, so that with cold wind drainage extremely put thing container department.

2. The refrigerator blowing structure of claim 1, wherein,

the number of the door body air outlets is multiple, and the door body air outlets are sequentially arranged along the vertical direction of the refrigerator.

3. The refrigerator air supply structure according to claim 2, wherein,

the door body air duct comprises a vertical channel and a plurality of transverse sub-air ducts which are communicated with the vertical channel, and one end, far away from the vertical channel, of each transverse sub-air duct is provided with one door body air outlet.

4. The refrigerator blowing structure of claim 3, further comprising:

the first air door is arranged at the air outlet of the door body and is in sliding connection with the transverse sub-air duct, and the first air door is further provided with an operation part, so that a user can slide the first air door.

5. The refrigerator air supply structure of claim 3, wherein,

the door body air channel further comprises a transverse air inlet channel arranged at the top end or the bottom end of the vertical channel, and one end, far away from the vertical channel, of the transverse air inlet channel is provided with the door body air inlet.

6. The refrigerator blowing structure of claim 5, wherein,

the horizontal air inlet channel is arranged at the door liner position of the door body, which is protruded towards one side of the box body, and the vertical channel is provided with a communication port communicated with the horizontal air inlet channel.

7. The refrigerator blowing structure of claim 5, wherein,

the vertical channel and the transverse air inlet channel are arranged at the door body.

8. The refrigerator blowing structure of claim 1, wherein,

the door body is a refrigerating chamber door body.

9. The refrigerator blowing structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising:

the second air door is arranged at the air outlet of the box body and used for opening or closing the air outlet of the box body.

10. A refrigerator comprising the refrigerator air supply structure of any one of claims 1 to 9.

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