EP0793066A2 - Réfrigérateur avec compartiments de refroidissement à des températures différentes - Google Patents

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EP0793066A2
EP0793066A2 EP97100646A EP97100646A EP0793066A2 EP 0793066 A2 EP0793066 A2 EP 0793066A2 EP 97100646 A EP97100646 A EP 97100646A EP 97100646 A EP97100646 A EP 97100646A EP 0793066 A2 EP0793066 A2 EP 0793066A2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • F25D17/06—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
    • F25D17/062—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation in household refrigerators
    • F25D17/065—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation in household refrigerators with compartments at different temperatures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
    • F25D2317/066—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply
    • F25D2317/0661—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply from the bottom
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
    • F25D2317/066—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply
    • F25D2317/0666—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply from the freezer
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/04—Refrigerators with a horizontal mullion

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  • the invention relates to a refrigerator with a cooling compartment and a cold storage compartment.
  • Refrigerator and freezer manufacturers strive to provide devices that optimally meet practical requirements. For this reason, combinations of devices are offered that have compartments with different temperatures, for example, refrigerated compartments with a temperature range of 2 ° to 9 ° C, freezer or freezer compartments and / or cold storage compartments with temperatures from -2 ° to + 3 ° C.
  • the combination devices in such a cost-effective and economical manner that compartments of different temperatures are cooled by a common or coherent evaporator or a coherent cooling circuit.
  • the devices should be economical, i. H. operate with low energy consumption.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a refrigerator with a cooling compartment and a cold storage compartment, which can be produced inexpensively and operated in an economical manner.
  • this object is achieved by a refrigerator with an upper cooling compartment and a lower cold storage compartment, which are separated from one another by a horizontal partition, and with at least one door or flap closing them, in which a cooling fan is arranged in the upper region of the cooling compartment and by one the rear wall of the cooling compartment is divided into a roughly parallel intermediate wall, a cooling air duct in which there is an evaporator and which opens into the cold storage compartment through openings in the rear region of the intermediate wall, with openings and / or a gap between the intermediate wall and in the front region of the intermediate wall the door are provided, through which the cooling air enters the cooling compartment and in which the cold distribution is controlled by the running time of the compressor and / or the duty cycle (relative running time) and / or the speed of the cooling fan.
  • the air stream cooling the cooling compartment and the cold storage compartment is cooled in the cooling air duct.
  • This cooled cooling air flow then first enters the cold storage compartment, so that it is acted upon by colder air and is thereby cooled more than the cooling compartment into which the air emerging from the cold storage compartment enters.
  • the parameters determining the temperature in the refrigerator compartment and in the cold storage compartment are coordinated in such a way that the desired temperatures prevail in both compartments, i.e. in the cold storage compartment a temperature of + 1 ° C. fluctuating temperature and in the refrigerator compartment a temperature in the range of 4 ° to 9 ° C.
  • a temperature sensor is arranged in the cooling compartment and / or in the cold storage compartment. These temperature sensors measure the temperatures and emit signals corresponding to the measured temperatures to an electronic computing unit (microcomputer) which, based on appropriate control programs to maintain the desired temperatures, the running time of the compressor, the relative duty cycle of the fan and the speed of the fan controls accordingly.
  • microcomputer electronic computing unit
  • the coordination of these parameters to be controlled can take place empirically or else mathematically.
  • the size of the openings in the partition wall is to be empirically or mathematically adapted to the cooling requirements of the cooling compartment and the cold storage compartment.
  • the evaporator is expediently arranged freely suspended in the cooling air duct.
  • the evaporator can also be foamed behind the rear wall of the refrigerator compartment.
  • the refrigerator consists of a body part 1 with a rear wall 2, a top wall 3 and intermediate walls 4, 5.
  • the intermediate wall 4 separates an upper cooling compartment 6 from a lower cold storage compartment 7.
  • a freezer compartment can also be arranged under the intermediate wall 5, but not in the present case belongs to the invention and is therefore disregarded.
  • the body part containing the cooling compartment 6 and the cold storage compartment 7 can be closed by a conventional door 8.
  • An insulating intermediate wall 9 is arranged approximately parallel to the rear wall 2 and divides a cooling air duct 10 from the cooling compartment 6.
  • the cooling air duct 10 widens in its lower region in the direction of the intermediate wall 4 due to the inclined position of the lower part of the intermediate wall 9 shown .
  • An evaporator 13 is freely suspended in the cooling air duct 10.
  • a channel 14 is provided, which is used to collect water dripping from the evaporator.
  • the intermediate plate 4 is provided at its rear end region in the mouth region of the cooling air duct 10 with a gap or openings 15 through which the cooling air flow 16, which is indicated by the arrows, enters the cold storage compartment 7.
  • the cooling air flow is divided in the manner indicated by the arrows 17.
  • Drawers 18 can be arranged in the cold storage compartment 7, which are then swept by the cooling air flow 17 in the manner shown.
  • the intermediate plate 4 is provided in its front area with gaps or openings 19 through which the cooling air flow enters the cooling compartment 6 in the direction of the arrow 20.
  • the cooling air stream emerging from the cold storage compartment then sweeps over the cooling compartment 6 and cools it in the desired manner.
  • the cooling air flow then enters the suction side of the cooling fan and is then cooled again in the cooling air duct 10.
  • Storage plates and a drawer can be arranged in the refrigerator compartment in the manner shown.
  • the usual storage compartments can be attached to the door.
  • the control device for controlling the switch-on times of the compressor and the cooling fan and for controlling the speed of the cooling fan is not shown. However, this is to be set empirically or arithmetically in such a way that a flow of cooling air flows through the cold storage compartment and the cooling compartment at a speed and a temperature which ensures the desired temperature distribution.
  • the insulation of the walls of the body part, the partitions and the door should be selected so that the optimum temperature distribution is achieved with little loss of cold.
  • the size of the openings or passage gaps 15, 19 in the intermediate wall 4 must also be set up in accordance with the desired temperature distribution.

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EP97100646A 1996-03-01 1997-01-16 Réfrigérateur avec compartiments de refroidissement à des températures différentes Expired - Lifetime EP0793066B1 (fr)

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DE29603848U DE29603848U1 (de) 1996-03-01 1996-03-01 Kühlschrank mit einem Kühlfach und einem Kaltlagerfach
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