EP1630501A1 - Kühlschrank - Google Patents

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EP1630501A1
EP1630501A1 EP05253296A EP05253296A EP1630501A1 EP 1630501 A1 EP1630501 A1 EP 1630501A1 EP 05253296 A EP05253296 A EP 05253296A EP 05253296 A EP05253296 A EP 05253296A EP 1630501 A1 EP1630501 A1 EP 1630501A1
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refrigerator
main body
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Sang Keun Choi
Jong Hoon Oh
Hyun Sang Yoo
Young Duck Kim
Hae Chan Park
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • 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
    • F25D2323/00—General constructional features not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2323/0011—Means for leveling refrigerators
    • 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
    • F25D2400/38—Refrigerating devices characterised by wheels

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  • the present invention relates to refrigerators.
  • a refrigerator serves to store various foods in a fresh state for a long time by supplying cold air, generated from an evaporator, to storage chambers, such as a chilling chamber and a freezing chamber.
  • storage chambers such as a chilling chamber and a freezing chamber.
  • refrigerators having a large volume for storing a large quantity of foods have been manufactured and sold.
  • Such a refrigerator having a large volume includes a main body, the front surface of which is opened, a chilling chamber and a freezing chamber divided by a partition vertically disposed in the main body and positioned in parallel at left and right sides, and a chilling chamber door and a freezing chamber door installed on the opened front surface of the main body for opening and closing the chilling and freezing chambers such that the chilling and freezing chamber doors are rotated with respect to respective side ends of the main body.
  • the refrigerator also includes a plurality of wheels installed on the bottom surface thereof for easily moving the refrigerator, and a plurality of height adjustable legs for horizontally installing the refrigerator when the refrigerator is located at a desired position.
  • Korean Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2001-0003377 discloses a refrigerator, as shown in FIG. 1 thereof, including four wheels installed at four corners of the bottom surface thereof, and two height adjustable legs installed at front corners of the bottom surface thereof.
  • the above conventional refrigerator cannot be smoothly moved, and increases the probability of damaging a floor of an indoor space, and after movement, it is difficult to level the refrigerator.
  • the conventional refrigerator is moved while supported at four points on the floor of the indoor space by the four wheels, thus requiring a large force for movement. Further, the conventional refrigerator requires excessive support points on the floor of the indoor space, thus increasing the probability of damaging the floor of the indoor space during movement.
  • the refrigerator Since the refrigerator must be leveled via the two wheels installed at both front corners of the bottom surface thereof when the refrigerator is located at a desired position, it is difficult to level the refrigerator and it takes considerable time to level the refrigerator.
  • a refrigerator having a large volume has a large weight, it is more difficult to move the refrigerator while supported at four points in the same manner as the above conventional refrigerator. Further, in this case, since it is difficult to precisely level the refrigerator having the large volume, freezing and chilling chamber doors of the refrigerator sag, thereby decreasing sealing force of the freezing and chilling chamber doors and generating noise when the freezing and chilling chamber doors are opened and closed.
  • One aim of preferred embodiments of the invention is to provide a refrigerator, in which one moving member is installed at one of front and rear parts of a main body, thereby minimizing a difference of heights of doors, and easily adjusting the difference of heights of the doors when the refrigerator is installed.
  • Another aim of preferred embodiments of the invention is to provide a refrigerator, which reduces the number of contact points between a main body thereof and a floor of an indoor space, thereby being easily moved and installed.
  • a refrigerator including: a main body; and a rolling unit at a bottom surface of the main body and on which the main body is movable, the rolling unit including one moving member at one of a front part and a rear part of the bottom surface, and a plurality of moving members at the other of the front and rear parts.
  • the one moving member may be installed at the front part of the bottom surface of the main body, the plural moving members may be installed at the rear part of the bottom surface of the main body, and height adjustable legs may be installed at both corners of the front part of the bottom surface of the main body.
  • the one moving member may be disposed at an approximately central point of the bottom surface of the main body.
  • a refrigerator including: a main body having a pair of doors respectively hinged at right and left corners of a front of the main body; a rolling unit at a bottom surface of the main body and on which the main body is movable, and including one moving member at one of a front part and a rear part of the bottom surface, and a plurality of moving members at the other of the front and rear parts; and a plurality of height adjustable legs at both corners of the front part of the bottom surface.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view illustrating a bottom surface of a refrigerator in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the refrigerator 1 in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 provided with an opened front surface and including a freezing chamber (not shown) and a chilling chamber (not shown) for containing foods therein, a freezing chamber door 11 and a chilling chamber door 12 installed on the opened front surface of the main body 10 for respectively opening and closing the freezing chamber and the chilling chamber, and a rolling unit 20 and a plurality of height adjustable legs 30 installed on a bottom surface 10a of the main body 10.
  • the freezing chamber door 11 is hinged to one side end of the main body 10 by a hinge member 13 such that the freezing chamber door 11 can be rotated, and the chilling chamber door 12 is hinged to the other side end of the main body 10 by a hinge member 14 such that the chilling chamber door 12 can be rotated.
  • the refrigerator 1 has a side-by-side structure such that the freezing chamber door 11 and the chilling chamber door 12 are respectively hinged to both side ends, i.e., left and right ends, of the main body 10 and are disposed in parallel, thus having a large storage volume.
  • the above side-by-side refrigerator 1 has a large total weight of the main body 10, and the freezing and chilling chamber doors 11 and 12.
  • the heavy freezing and chilling chamber doors 11 and 12 sag in transverse and longitudinal directions, resulting in reduced sealing force between the doors and the refrigerator and generating noise when the freezing and chilling chamber doors 11 and 12 are opened and closed.
  • the rolling unit 20 installed on the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10 serves to allow the refrigerator 1 to be easily and rapidly moved, and a plurality of the height adjustable legs 30 installed on the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10 together with the rolling unit 20 serve to allow the refrigerator 1 to be installed on the floor 5 of the indoor space in parallel with the floor 5 together with the operation of the rolling unit 20.
  • the rolling unit 20 includes one front wheel 20a installed at an approximately central point of the front part of the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10 and serving as an moving member, and a pair of rear wheels 20b installed at both corners of the rear part of the bottom surface 10a and serving as other moving members, thereby causing the refrigerator 1 to be moved while supported on the floor 5 at three points.
  • the front wheel 20a and the rear wheels 20b are respectively made of rollers, which are rotatably installed on the bottom surface 10.
  • the front wheel 20a is installed close to a point on the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10 at which a an unhinged side of the freezing chamber door 11 faces an unhinged side of the chilling chamber door 12, and supports the unhinged sides of the freezing and chilling chamber doors 11 and 12 of the side-by-side refrigerator 1 having a comparatively large weight, thereby leveling the freezing and chilling chamber doors 11 and 12 so as not to be tilted in the transverse or longitudinal direction.
  • the height adjustable legs 30 are installed at both corners of the front part of the bottom surface 10a such that heights of the height adjustable legs 30 can be adjusted, thereby allowing the refrigerator 1 to be installed at a desired position when the refrigerator 1 is leveled.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the refrigerator 1 when the refrigerator 1 is moved while supported at three points by the front and rear wheels 20a and 20b
  • FIG. 3 is a partial front view of the refrigerator 1 when the refrigerator 1 is installed on the floor 5 of the indoor space when the refrigerator 1 is leveled on the floor 5 by the front and rear wheels 20a and 20b and the height adjustable legs 30.
  • the refrigerator 1 is moved while supported at three points on the floor 5 of the indoor space, thus being capable of being smoothly and rapidly moved even when the floor 5 of the indoor space is not even, compared to the conventional refrigerator, which is moved while supported at four points, and decreasing the probability of damaging the floor 5 of the indoor space due to the careless movement.
  • the front part of the main body 10 is supported at one point by the front wheel 20a installed at the approximately central point of the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10. Accordingly, as long as the rear part of the main body 10 supported by the rear wheels 20b is horizontally disposed, the front part of the main body 10 can be horizontally disposed.
  • the refrigerator 1 is not leveled, it can be easily determined whether or not the refrigerator 1 is tilted to one side by means of the front wheel 20a installed at the approximately central point of the bottom surface 10a of the main body.
  • the refrigerator 1 which was leveled, is supported by the front and rear wheels 20a and 20b and a pair of the height adjustable legs 30.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate alternative structures or positions of the rolling unit 20 of the refrigerator 1 according to alternative embodiments of the present invention. Hereinafter, as the alternative embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic exploded perspective view illustrating a bottom surface of a refrigerator in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the refrigerator 1 of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the front and rear wheels 20a and 20b of the rolling unit 20 are rolling balls.
  • the rolling unit 20 includes one front wheel 20a, having a ball structure, installed at the approximately central point of the front part of the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10, and a pair of rear wheels 20b, each having a ball structure, installed at both corners of the rear part of the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10.
  • the refrigerator 1 of the second embodiment can be rapidly moved rectilinearly or curved by a small force, compared to the refrigerator 1 of the first embodiment in which the front and rear wheels 20a and 20b of the rolling unit 20 are respectively made of rollers.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic exploded perspective view illustrating a bottom surface of a refrigerator in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the refrigerator 1 of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that positions of the front and rear wheels 20a and 20b of the rolling unit 20 are modified.
  • the rolling unit 20 includes a pair of front wheels 20a installed at both corners of the front part of the bottom surface 10a of the main body 10 and serving as one moving member, and one rear wheel 20b installed at the approximately central point of the rear part of the bottom surface 10a and serving as other moving members.
  • the refrigerator 1 of the third embodiment is moved while supported at three points on the floor 5 of the indoor space in the same manner as those of the first and second embodiments, thus being easily and rapidly moved.
  • the above-described embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator, which is moved while supported at three points, thus being easily and rapidly moved compared to conventional refrigerators. Further, the refrigerator is easily and rapidly leveled when the refrigerator is located at a desired position, thus being rapidly handled. Moreover, since freezing and chilling chamber doors of the refrigerator are leveled without tilting in the transverse and longitudinal directions, sealing force of the freezing and chilling chamber doors is improved and opening and closing operation of the freezing and chilling chamber doors is smoothly performed.
  • the refrigerator of the above-described embodiments of the present invention is moved and installed while supported at three points, a difference of heights of the doors can be efficiently adjusted.
  • gaskets installed on the doors more firmly contact a main body of the refrigerator, thereby preventing cold air from being discharged to the outside of the main body and improving cooling efficiency of the refrigerator.
  • the refrigerator of the above-described embodiments of the present invention prevents fan noise, generated therefrom, from being audible due to firm contact between the main body and the doors, and efficiently adjusts a difference of heights of the doors, thereby easily adjusting the gradient of a machinery chamber in the main body, thus easily and efficiently reducing noise generated from compressors and fans installed in the machinery chamber.

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