EP2492619B1 - Appareil frigorifique - Google Patents

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EP2492619B1
EP2492619B1 EP12153607.2A EP12153607A EP2492619B1 EP 2492619 B1 EP2492619 B1 EP 2492619B1 EP 12153607 A EP12153607 A EP 12153607A EP 2492619 B1 EP2492619 B1 EP 2492619B1
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Karl-Friedrich Laible
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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
    • F25D23/006—General constructional features for mounting refrigerating machinery components

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigeration appliance, in particular a household refrigerating appliance, with a machine room, which accommodates components of a refrigerant circuit.
  • Domestic refrigerators conventionally include a heat-insulating housing enclosing one or more cooled storage chambers and a refrigerant circuit for cooling the storage chamber (s).
  • Most domestic refrigeration appliances incorporate into the casing an engine room which accommodates components of the refrigerant circuit, particularly those which contain movable components and may need to be serviced or repaired during the expected life of the appliance and which must be accessible thereto. The number and type of these components may vary from one refrigerator model to another.
  • a compact machine room can be realized, in particular, if the machine room and the arrangement of the components therein are each model-specifically constructed. However, this makes the production complicated, since individual parts of the housing must be made model-specific and because the required assembly steps may vary from model to model and therefore each have to be learned individually by participating in the assembly staff or machines.
  • Simplification would be achievable if a machine room useful for various refrigerator models each had mounting locations for each component used in the various models. However, this would increase the dimensions of the engine room at the expense of the storage chamber.
  • US 5 040 953 A discloses a refrigerator according to the preamble of claim 1 and relates to fastening and suspension systems, in particular a system for mounting a motor compressor in a condenser of a Refrigerator.
  • the motor compressor 12 is mounted by special spacers 22 resiliently relative to a base 10 or stored.
  • US 5 117 523 A relates to refrigerators, in particular the assembly of a condenser and a motor compressor in a machine room.
  • the condenser is attached indirectly via fingers 36 and 38 and a support block 42.
  • the engine compressor 60 is attached via a compressor mounting structure or support frame 64 received in the engine room.
  • US 4 497 183 A relates to refrigerators, in which a compressor and a condenser are housed in a relative to the refrigerated goods heat-insulated engine room.
  • the compressor 18 foot portions 56 which correspond in number and position a set of support members 50 of a base member 19.
  • Another component 34 has feet 40 which are aligned with another set of support elements 50 of the base part 19.
  • US 2007/130987 A1 refers to condenser units in which the functionalities of compressor and heat exchanger are combined in one refrigeration unit.
  • a compressor 400 is placed on an end plate 110 by means of a reinforcing plate 300.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a refrigeration device that is suitable for a variety of device models with different refrigerant circuits, from has model-specific housing parts substantially free, yet compact engine room.
  • a refrigeration appliance is understood in particular to be a household refrigeration appliance, that is to say a refrigeration appliance used for household purposes or possibly even in the gastronomy sector, and in particular for storing food and / or beverages in household quantities at specific temperatures, such as, for example, a refrigerator, a freezer , a fridge freezer, a freezer or a wine storage cabinet.
  • the object is achieved by blocking in a refrigerator with a machine room and with components of a refrigerant circuit, which are accommodated in the machine room, wherein assembly stations for the components are provided in the machine room, at least one unoccupied assembly station is blocked by a component mounted in another assembly station, characterized in that a wall of the machine room is covered with a wall plate on which the assembly stations are formed.
  • the assembly stations should be arranged in the machine room and assigned to the components mounted therein so that the blocking of a mounting position by a mounted component or the absence of provided for the blocked mounting position component, the functionality of the refrigerator is not in question. Therefore, the blocked mounting space should be expediently designed for a component that is at least partially functionally identical to the mounted component.
  • the functions of the components at the mutually blocking assembly sites may be completely identical, e.g. to allow the use of components such as valves, fans, etc. of different manufacturers, which are similar in their technical characteristics, but not in their shape and / or the manner of their attachment.
  • a partial functional equality can be based, for example, in that both the mounted component and a component for which the blocked assembly station is designed serve to supply power to a compressor.
  • the assembled component may e.g. be selected under a power distributor, which connects the compressor and optionally other consumers of the refrigerator with a supply terminal, a power regulator, the e.g. between the supply port and the compressor must be arranged to control the absorption of electrical power by the compressor, and a condenser connected in parallel with the compressor.
  • the condenser is particularly needed in a non-output-controlled compressor to slow the voltage rise at the compressor supply terminals at a start of the compressor and thus to avoid an abrupt, noisy startup of the compressor.
  • a power controller in particular a speed controller, on the other hand can serve to control the cooling capacity of the compressor so that it rarely or not at all off and must be switched on again.
  • the power controller can make the capacitor and the capacitor partially unnecessary and the power controller, and therefore both are not required in the same time in the refrigerator, the functionality of the device by blocking one of the assembly stations and the resulting impossibility to install both components simultaneously is not impaired.
  • the assembled component can be secured quickly and efficiently at its installation site.
  • the mounted component may be selected from a valve of the refrigerant circuit and a water-carrying valve.
  • the blocked mounting space is then suitably set up to receive the respectively unselected component.
  • Valves are essentially required in the refrigerant circuit when it has several circuits which cool the storage compartments held at different operating temperatures and which are not always to be flowed through simultaneously by the refrigerant.
  • a water-conducting valve is particularly useful when the refrigerator has a built-in ice and / or cold water dispenser. Since this claimed a non-negligible space in the refrigerator, it is usually uneconomical to divide the space inside the refrigerator, leaving the engine room and the ice / water dispenser, still in two different temperature ranges. The place, for that reason is not needed for a valve of the refrigerant circuit, can be conveniently used to accommodate the water-conducting valve, and vice versa.
  • Fig. 1 shows a horizontal section through the body of a household refrigerator according to the invention.
  • the substantially cuboidal body is subdivided into a storage chamber 1 surrounded by heat-insulating walls 2, 3 and a machine room 4 which extends along a lower rear edge of the carcass.
  • the heat-insulating walls 2, 3 each comprise a foam layer 5, an inner container 6, which separates the foam layer 5 from the storage chamber 1, and the foam layer 5 outwardly facing outer wall panels 7, eighth
  • the formed from sheet metal outer wall panels 7 of the side walls 2 also form the narrow sides of the cuboid machine room 4. They are angled at their rear edge to form two backs of the machine room 4 defining webs 9. The mutually facing edges of the webs 9 are cranked and provided with locking openings, not shown in the figure.
  • An inner wall plate 10, which covers one of the narrow sides of the machine room 4, is fixed on the one hand by latching on the latching openings of the web 9 adjacent thereto, on the other hand by surface contact with the outer wall plate 7 extending between the machine room 4 and the storage chamber 1.
  • the wall panel 10 has mounting locations and attachment means for various types of components to be mounted in the machine room.
  • a second inner wall panel 11 with other mounting locations for other types of components is located on the opposite narrow side of the machine room 4.
  • An outer wall plate 8 which limits the engine room to the front of the device, may be made of cardboard.
  • an evaporation tray 12 On her a compressor 13 is mounted.
  • a condenser 14 may, as shown, together with a him and the compressor 13th cooling fan 15 also in the engine room 4 or above on a rear wall of the body to be mounted.
  • Fig. 2 shows the molded plastic wall plate 10 in a perspective view.
  • a flat central region 16 is surrounded on all four sides by stiffening ribs or walls.
  • a in the assembled state of the rear side of the machine room 4 adjacent rib 17 has on its side facing away from the central region of the web 9 encompassing hooks and latching in the latching openings tongues and on its central region 16 side facing a half-round recess 18. From a along the wall plate 8 extending, the rib 17 opposite wall portion 19 projects a flat web 20 before, at the top of a half-round recess 21 is formed.
  • the recesses 18, 21 and the intermediate flat central region 16 form a mounting place for a in Fig. 3 Junction box 22 shown in plan view, the flat cuboid junction box 22 has on its lower narrow side an inlet 23 for a power cord and on its upper narrow side a plurality of outlets 24 for cables that lead to electrical consumers of the refrigerator such as the compressor 13, interior lighting, etc.
  • the junction box 22 is assembled by inserting two flat tabs 25 projecting from the side flanks of the junction box 22, which are conventionally provided for screwing the junction box 22 to a base, into the recess 21, then pivoting the junction box against the central portion , so that the second tab 25 engages in the recess 18 and engages there behind an elastic tongue.
  • the tongue could be in one in the view of the Fig. 2 be covered by the rib 17 area of the central region 16 a screw hole or a screw dome, which receives a through the bore of the second tab 25 extending screw. Since only one screw is needed, mounting the junction box 22 is fast and efficient.
  • the inlet 23 can be fixed to a power cord fixing cable clamp 26 (see Fig. 2 ).
  • Fig. 5 shows a schematic vertical section through the mounted on the wall plate 10 junction box 22.
  • the designated here with 27 power cord includes a plurality of wires 28, each of which is contacted with a manifold block 29.
  • One of these manifold blocks 29 is shown in section; it comprises a bundle of contact pads 30 which are each contacted at one end by a screw 31 with one of the wires 28, held together and fixed to the bottom of the junction box 22 and whose fanned-out ends are adapted to attach thereon shoes 32 to the various electrical consumers of the refrigerator leading cables 33 réellestecken.
  • the junction box 22 has a purely passive function, without affecting the power supply of the individual consumers.
  • FIG. 2 is formed on the wall portion 19 a niche 34.
  • This niche 34 is closed by a latched lid 35. The lid is at the same time a carrier of a now concealed inside the niche 34 capacitor.
  • This capacitor is connected in parallel with the compressor 13 to, when a control circuit, not shown, the compressor 13 with voltage to slow down the voltage increase at the terminals of the compressor 13 and to achieve a gentle and low-noise starting of the compressor 13.
  • the junction box 22 and the capacitor supplied via it can be mounted simultaneously on the wall plate 10.
  • Fig. 7 shows the wall plate 10 with a speed control circuit mounted thereon 36.
  • the speed control circuit 36 is known, so that their structure need not be explained in detail here. Their function is, depending on a measured temperature in the storage chamber 1, the speed (and thus the cooling capacity or the electrical power absorbed) of the compressor 13 to match the actual needs of the storage chamber 1, so that the compressor 13 with at most weakly fluctuating Power can run continuously and switching on and off of the compressor 13 to control the temperature in the storage chamber 1 is not required.
  • the speed control circuit 36 includes high-power transistors, must be able to give off their heat and therefore has not negligible dimensions.
  • the wall plate 10 makes it possible, depending on the model of the refrigeration device, to accommodate different arrangements of refrigeration machine components in the machine room 4 in a space-saving manner.
  • FIG. 8 shows the wall plate 11 with two mounted thereon solenoid valves 39, 40, which are needed, for example, to control the distribution of circulated by the compressor 13 refrigerant on two different storage chambers of the refrigerator. If the refrigeration device has only one storage chamber, or if it has two or more storage chambers, but their evaporators are connected in series in the refrigerant circuit and therefore can not be acted upon independently with refrigerant, at least one of the solenoid valves 39, 40 is not needed. The vacated by omission of the lower solenoid valve 40 space can, as in Fig.
  • evaporation tray 12 assembly 41 which contains one or two water-carrying valves.
  • These water-carrying valves can be connected on the input side via a connecting piece 42 to a domestic water pipe; On the output side they are connected to a built-in refrigeration unit water tank or with an automatic ice maker to control the water supply to these.

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  1. Appareil frigorifique, en particulier appareil frigorifique ménager, avec un compartiment technique (4) et avec les composants (13, 14, 15, 22, 34, 39, 40) d'un circuit frigorifique, intégrés au compartiment technique (4), dans lequel des emplacements de montage (16, 18, 21 ; 34 ; 37, 38) pour les composants (13, 14, 15, 22, 34, 39, 40) sont prévus dans le compartiment technique (4), dans lequel au moins un emplacement de montage inoccupé (16, 18, 21 ; 34 ; 37, 38) est bloqué par un composant monté sur un autre emplacement de montage (16, 18, 21 ; 34 ; 37, 38), caractérisé en ce qu'une paroi du compartiment technique (4) est revêtu d'une plaque de paroi (10 ; 11) sur laquelle les emplacements de montage (16, 18, 21 ; 34 ; 37, 38) sont constitués.
  2. Appareil frigorifique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'emplacement de montage bloqué (16, 18, 21 ; 34 ; 37, 38) est dimensionné pour un composant (22 ; 36) de fonction en partie identique au composant monté (36 ; 22).
  3. Appareil frigorifique selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le composant monté (36 ; 22) sert à l'alimentation électrique d'un compresseur (13).
  4. Appareil frigorifique selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le composant monté (36 ; 22) est sélectionné parmi un répartiteur de courant (22), un régulateur de puissance (36) pour le compresseur (13) et un condensateur raccordé en parallèle au compresseur (13).
  5. Appareil frigorifique selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'emplacement de montage bloqué (16, 18, 21 ; 34 ; 37, 38) est aménagé afin d'accueillir un autre composant choisi parmi un répartiteur de courant (22), un régulateur de puissance (36) et un condensateur.
  6. Appareil frigorifique selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le composant monté est sélectionné parmi une soupape (39, 40) du circuit frigorifique et une soupape à circulation d'eau (41).
  7. Appareil frigorifique selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que l'emplacement de montage bloqué est aménagé afin d'accueillir le composant non sélectionné respectif.
  8. Appareil frigorifique selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le composant monté (22, 36) est sécurisé par enfichage et par vissage en son emplacement de montage (16,18, 21 ; 34 ; 37, 38).
  9. Appareil frigorifique selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la plaque de paroi (10, 11) est disposée sur un côté étroit du compartiment technique (4).
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