EP2891853A1 - Réfrigérateur - Google Patents

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EP2891853A1
EP2891853A1 EP13832198.9A EP13832198A EP2891853A1 EP 2891853 A1 EP2891853 A1 EP 2891853A1 EP 13832198 A EP13832198 A EP 13832198A EP 2891853 A1 EP2891853 A1 EP 2891853A1
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Kiyoshi Mori
Kenichi Kakita
Toyoshi Kamisako
Masashi Nakagawa
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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
    • F25D23/02—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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • 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
    • F25D2700/00—Means for sensing or measuring; Sensors therefor
    • F25D2700/04—Sensors detecting the presence of a person

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerator having a configuration with which a heat insulating property of a storage compartment is improved.
  • Common refrigerators for home use are provided with gaskets made of resin materials to reduce leakage of cooled air through a gap between the housing and the door.
  • a refrigerator in which a heat insulating property is improved there is proposed a refrigerator in which a gasket, and a protruding wall and a flange are used to doubly shield the leakage of cooled air through the gap between the housing and the door, for example, (for example, see PTL 1).
  • Fig. 10 and Fig. 11 are enlarged cross sectional views of a main part of a conventional refrigerator.
  • doors 114, 115, and 116 each have outer face plate 124 made of a steel plate, inner face plate 125 which is made of resin and whose circumferential edge part is abutted on a rear flange of outer face plate 124, heat insulating member 126, and gasket 128 fixed in groove 127 formed in a circumferential edge part of inner face plate 125.
  • the gaskets 128 are provided with a plurality of void parts 129 and further enclose magnet members 130 to improve contacts with front face flange 102a of outer case 102 shown in Fig. 10 and front face plate 131 of partition body 110 shown in Fig. 11 .
  • protruding walls 132 are provided, as shown in Fig. 11 , on partition body 110 on approximately the same plane as the surface of front face flange 103a of inner case 103 shown in Fig. 10 .
  • gaskets 128 are provided with hollow walls 133, which are abutted on front face flange 103a and a front face of protruding wall 132, on inner case 103 side and partition body 110 side, respectively.
  • These hollow walls 133 and parts enclosing magnet members 130 doubly shield the leakage of cooled air from inside the refrigerator.
  • a refrigerator of the present invention includes: a housing constituted by a heat insulating wall; a storage compartment separated by a door which closes a storage opening of the housing; and a gasket which is provided on a circumferential edge of the door and brings the door into close contact with the housing.
  • the door has a first closed door mode in which the gasket is pressed against the housing to be compressed, and a second closed door mode in which the compressed state of the gasket has been released from the first closed door mode.
  • the heat insulating property of the storage compartment is improved in the first closed door mode when the door is closed, the power consumption can be reduced.
  • the compressed state of the gasket is released, when opening the door, in the second closed door mode, the door can be opened without impairing the operability, whereby the energy saving property is improved while the usability is maintained.
  • Fig. 1 is a front view of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a control block diagram of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 3A is a planar sectional view of a drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention in a normal closed door mode
  • Fig. 3B is a side sectional view of the drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention in the normal closed door mode
  • Fig. 4A is a planar sectional view in a closed door mode in which the drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention is pulled in toward a housing
  • Fig. 4A is a planar sectional view in a closed door mode in which the drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention is pulled in toward a housing
  • FIG. 4B is a side sectional view in the closed door mode in which the drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention is pulled in toward the housing.
  • Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing a control of a door of the refrigerator of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a heat insulating case body as housing 11 is formed of an outer case in which a steel plate is mainly used, an inner case formed of resin such as ABS, and a heat insulating member injected between the outer case and the inner case.
  • the heat insulating case body as housing 11 is divided into a plurality of storage compartments in a heat insulating manner; on an uppermost part is provided refrigeration compartment 12; and under refrigeration compartment 12 are provided ice-making compartment 13 and selective compartment 14 in a side-by-side manner. Under ice-making compartment 13 and selective compartment 14 is provided freezing compartment 15, and on the lowermost part is disposed vegetable compartment 16.
  • a heat insulating door to separate the compartments from external air is provided in such a manner that an opening of each storage compartment is openable.
  • operation unit 17 In the vicinity of a center of refrigeration compartment door 12a, which is a heat insulating double door, of refrigeration compartment 12, there is disposed operation unit 17 on which settings of inside temperatures for the storage compartments and settings of ice making and rapid cooling can be made, and detection result of the storage states and the operation conditions of the refrigerator can be displayed. Above this operation unit 17 is provided human detection sensor 18 to detect a motion of a surrounding human, and the possibility for the refrigerator to be used is estimated by operation controller 1 shown in Fig. 2 . As human detection sensor 18, there is used an optical type sensor such as an infrared sensor or an ultrasonic sensor.
  • a touch sensor which detects a touch of a human on the door or a door opening-and-closing detection sensor which detects the opening and closing of the door.
  • An illuminance sensor may also be used to estimate that when it is dark in the surrounding area, the possibility for a human to be there is low, and that when it is bright in the surrounding area, the possibility for a human to be there is high.
  • a combination of the above-described sensors may also be used for more accurate detection.
  • a machine room formed in a rear area and an uppermost part of refrigeration compartment 12, there are housed component parts for a freezing cycle such as compressor 30 and a dryer for water removal.
  • a cooling compartment for generating cooled air
  • a cooling device for distributing cooled air cooled by the cooling device to refrigeration compartment 12, selective compartment 14, ice-making compartment 13, vegetable compartment 16, and freezing compartment 15.
  • an air rate adjusting dumper 32 for adjusting the rate of air from cooling fan 31.
  • a radiant heater not shown
  • a drain pan not shown
  • a drain tube evaporation tray not shown
  • ice is made of water fed from a water storage tank in refrigeration compartment 12 by an automatic ice-making device provided on an upper part of the compartment, and the ice is stored in an ice storage container disposed on a lower part of the compartment.
  • the temperature for selective compartment 14 can be switched to a temperature zone having been preset between the refrigeration temperature zone and the freezing temperature zone in addition to the refrigeration temperature zone set at 1 °C to 5 °C, a vegetable storage temperature zone set at 2 °C to 7 °C, and the freezing temperature zone usually set at -22 °C to -15 °C.
  • Selective compartment 14 is a storage compartment, which is provided alongside ice-making compartment 13 and is provided with an independent door, and is often provided with a drawer type door.
  • selective compartment 14 is a storage compartment including a refrigeration temperature zone and a freezing temperature zone.
  • the refrigeration temperature zone can be assigned to refrigeration compartment 12 and vegetable compartment 16, and the freezing temperature zone can be assigned to freezing compartment 15; thus, selective compartment 14 can be a storage compartment dedicated to switching the temperature only in the above-described temperature zone between the refrigeration temperature zone and the freezing temperature zone.
  • selective compartment 14 can be a storage compartment fixedly set at a specific temperature zone, for example, the freezing temperature zone.
  • a storage case 20 held by frame 19.
  • latch mechanism 21a which pulls in door 15a toward housing 11 to surly close door 15a.
  • gasket 22 made of resin material.
  • Actuator 23a is made up of motor 28a, a gear mechanism (not shown), and the like, and the driving force is transmitted to rotation axis 24a to rotationally move arm 25a.
  • motor 28a other power sources such as a solenoid can be used.
  • Frame 19 is provided with pull-in rod 26a, and arm 25a comes in contact with pull-in rod 26a when arm 25a rotationally moves. That is to say, the motion of arm 25a is transmitted to door 15a via pull-in rod 26a.
  • actuator 23a keeps arm 25a at a position shown in Fig. 3A and Fig. 3B , and this state is defined as a standard position of arm 25a.
  • this state because arm 25a and pull-in rod 26a do not interfere with each other, door 15a can be freely opened and closed.
  • Door 15a is subjected to the action of latch mechanism 21a pulling in toward housing 11; however, because the pull-in force of latch mechanism 21a is set at a predetermined value or less to control the door-opening force, there is room left for gasket 22 to be further compressed.
  • This state shown in Fig. 3A and Fig. 3B is defined as a second closed door mode.
  • door opening-and-closing detector 2 shown in Fig. 2 detects that door 15a is in the closed door mode, and human detection sensor 18 detects whether no human is in the vicinity of the refrigerator. If no human is detected for a predetermined time or more (step S101; Y), it is determined that the refrigerator will not be used for a while, and actuator 23a is supplied with electricity to strongly pull in door 15a toward housing 11 (step S102). Although a pull-in force required at this time varies depending on the elasticity of the gasket, the friction of a drawer rail of door 15a, and the weight of foods in freezing compartment 15, and other factors, the gasket can be sufficiently compressed with a force of approximately 50 N to 300 N.
  • actuator 23a, arm 25a, and pull-in rod 26a constitute a compression structure which brings gasket 22 in close contact with housing 11.
  • Gasket 22 can be further compressed by using a soft material and reducing a material thickness, and the contact area is thus reduced, the heat insulating property can be expected to be improved. At this time, the pull-in force required to compress gasket 22 of actuator 23a can be expected to be reduced.
  • a magnet is often built in gasket 22 to improve contact with housing 11.
  • the contact is already high due to the pull-in force of actuator 23a, there is no need for a magnet.
  • This arrangement eliminates heat loss due to heat transfer through a magnet, and thus the heat insulating property can be further improved.
  • actuator 23a is provided on a lower surface of freezing compartment 15 to pull mainly in the lower part of door 15a.
  • step S103 After gasket 22 is compressed and brought into sufficiently close contact with housing 11, supply of electricity to actuator 23a is stopped. However, since design is made such that a holding torque is generated by motor 28a and a gear mechanism in actuator 23a without supply of electricity, the pull-in state of Fig. 4A and Fig. 4B is held (step S103).
  • actuator 23a, arm 25a, and pull-in rod 26a constitute a compression holding structure which holds the compressed state of gasket 22 without supply of electricity.
  • step S104 Y
  • step S104 Y
  • step S104 Y
  • arm 25a has to be quickly returned to the standard position shown in Fig. 3A and Fig. 3B so that the door can be opened with a weak force.
  • actuator 23a makes arm 25a move in the direction opposite to that in step S102 to return arm 25a to the standard position (the second closed door mode) within the time (about 3 seconds) after the a human is detected and before door 15a is opened (step S105).
  • This action from step S101 to step S105 is basic operation of the present exemplary embodiment.
  • actuator 23a, arm 25a, and pull-in rod 26a constitute a decompression structure which releases the compressed state of gasket 22.
  • step S101 If a human is detected to be present in step S101 (step S101: N), arm 25a holds the standard position of Fig. 3A and Fig. 3B . In this time, it is determined, by standard position detector 27a provided in actuator 23a, whether arm 25a is at the standard position (step S106). If arm 25a is determined to be at the standard position (step S106: Y), actuator 23a does not operate. However, if arm 25a is not at the standard position due to position shift or other reasons by any chance (step S106: N), an original point adjustment operation, which is operation of returning arm 25a to the standard position, is performed (step S107). By this alignment operation, a rotational error of arm 25a can be reduced, and it is preferable to perform the alignment operation also at the time of power-on and other timings.
  • actuator 23a when there is no possibility for a human to use the refrigerator, actuator 23a strongly pulls in door 15a to improve the heat insulating property.
  • the pull-in force of door 15a can reduced before the door is opened and closed, thereby reducing the door-opening force.
  • actuator 23a is designed such that when there is applied an external force slightly stronger than a force at the time of pulling in, arm 25a can be returned to the standard position.
  • This mechanism is realized by, for example, using a clutch mechanism or a mechanism in which the mesh of the gears is releasable with a predetermined external force or more.
  • a mechanism may be provided in which arm 25a is returned to the standard position by manual lever operation in vegetable compartment 16 or from outside of housing 11 or by other operations.
  • human detection sensor 18 is used to detect whether a human is not in the vicinity of the refrigerator; however, it is possible to use a touch sensor, a switch, or the like which detects a human's touch on the door.
  • freezing compartment 15 In the present exemplary embodiment, the above description has been made on freezing compartment 15; however, the present system may be applied to the other storage compartments (refrigeration compartment 12, ice-making compartment 13, selective compartment 14, and vegetable compartment 16).
  • a refrigerator of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that, the same configurations as in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be assigned the same reference marks and will not be described again.
  • Fig. 6 is a control block diagram of the refrigerator of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7A is a planar sectional view of a drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention in a normal closed door mode
  • Fig. 7B is a side sectional view of the drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention in the normal closed door mode.
  • Fig. 8A is a planar sectional view in a closed door mode in which the drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention is pushed out
  • Fig. 8B is a side sectional view in the closed door mode in which the drawer storage compartment of the refrigerator of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention is pushed out.
  • Fig. 9 is a flow chart showing a control of a door of the refrigerator of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • latch mechanism 21b which pulls in door 15b toward housing 11 to surely close door 15b. Further, in order to prevent cooled air from leaking through the gap between door 15b and housing 11, gasket 22 made of a resin material is provided.
  • a force with which latch mechanism 21b pulls in door 15b is set to slightly strong, for example, 50 N or more so that gasket 22 can be sufficiently compressed; thus, gasket 22 is in close contact with housing 11.
  • latch mechanism 21b constitutes a compression structure to bring gasket 22 into close contact with housing 11.
  • latch mechanism 21b also constitutes as a compression holding structure to hold the compressed state of gasket 22 without electric power.
  • actuator 23b applies a force in a door-opening direction so that door 15b can be opened even with a weak force.
  • Actuator 23b is made up of motor 28b, a gear mechanism (not shown), and the like, and the driving force is transmitted to rotation axis 24b to rotationally move arm 25b.
  • motor 28b other power sources such as a solenoid can be used.
  • Frame 19 is provided with push-out rod 26b, and arm 25b comes in contact with push out rod 26b when arm 25b rotationally moves. That is to say, the motion of arm 25b is transmitted to door 15b via push-out rod 26b.
  • actuator 23b keeps arm 25b at a position shown in Fig. 7A and Fig. 7B , and this state is defined as a standard position of arm 25b.
  • door 15b is subjected to an action of being strongly pulled in toward housing 11 by latch mechanism 21b, and gasket 22 is sufficiently compressed, whereby the gap dimension between housing 11 and door 15b is narrowed to be ⁇ .
  • door opening-and-closing detector 2 shown in Fig. 6 detects that door 15b is in a closed door mode, and human detection sensor 18 detects whether a human is in the vicinity of the refrigerator. If a human is detected (step S201: Y), it is determined that there is a possibility for door 15b to be opened, and actuator 23b is supplied with electricity to push out door 15b in the door-opening direction (step S202).
  • a required push-out force varies depending on the elasticity of gasket 22, the friction of the drawer rail of door 15b, and the weight of foods in freezing compartment 15, and door 15b can be pushed out with a force of approximately 50N to 300N.
  • This action is realized by a mechanism in which arm 25b is rotationally moved to be brought into contact with push-out shaft 26b as shown in Fig. 8A and Fig. 8B so that a force is applied to door 15b in the door-opening direction.
  • the gap ⁇ between housing 11 and door 15b is made wider than the gap ⁇ shown in Fig. 7A and Fig. 7B ; thus, a pull-in force by latch mechanism 21b is reduced, and the thickness of gasket 22 returns to the original thickness.
  • actuator 23b, arm 25b, and push-out shaft 26b constitute a decompression structure which releases the compressed state of gasket 22.
  • actuator 23b is provided on a lower surface of freezing compartment 15.
  • step S203 After the pull-in force of latch mechanism 21b is reduced, supply of electricity to actuator 23b is stopped. However, because design is made such that a holding torque is generated by motor 28b and a gear mechanism in actuator 23b without supply of electricity, the push-out state of Fig. 8A and Fig. 8B is held (step S203).
  • a mechanism may be used in which a transmission mechanism from motor 28b to arm 25b is locked to hold the state of Fig. 8A and Fig. 8B without supply of electricity.
  • a mechanism can be used in which a spring mechanism or a second motor mechanism is interfered with a gear to lock.
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S204 Y
  • step S205 pull-in force of latch mechanism 21b improves the heat insulating property.
  • step S205 This action from step S201 to step S205 is basic operation of the present system.
  • step S201 If a human is not detected to be present in step S201 (step S201: N), arm 25b holds the standard position of Fig. 7A and Fig. 7B .
  • standard position detector 27b provided in actuator 23b determines whether arm 25b is at the standard position (step S206). If arm 25b is determined to be at the standard position (step S206: Y), actuator 23b does not operate. However, arm 25b is not at the standard position due to position shift or other reasons by any chance (step S206: N), an operation for returning arm 25b to the standard position is performed (step S207). However, because a human is in the vicinity of the refrigerator just after power is supplied, it is preferably to rotationally move arm 25b to the position of Fig. 8A and Fig. 8B .
  • door 15b when there is no possibility for a human to use the refrigerator, door 15b is strongly pulled in by latch mechanism 21b to improve the heat insulating property.
  • door 15b is pushed out by actuator 23b in the door-opening direction to reduce the door-opening force.
  • Door 15b is slightly pushed out in step S202; however, arm 25b can be largely rotationally moved to release door 15b when a user touches door 15b.
  • freezing compartment 15 In the present exemplary embodiment, the above description has been made about freezing compartment 15; however, the present system may be applied to the other storage compartments (refrigeration compartment 12, ice-making compartment 13, selective compartment 14, and vegetable compartment 16).
  • the present invention includes: a housing formed of a heat insulating wall; a storage compartment separated by a door which closes a storage opening of the housing; and a gasket which is provided on a circumferential edge of the door and brings the door into close contact with the housing.
  • the door has a first closed door mode in which the gasket is pressed toward the housing to be compressed, to improve heat insulating property of the storage compartment, and a second closed door mode in which the compressed state of the gasket is released from the first closed door mode.
  • the energy saving property can be improved.
  • the second closed door mode in which the compressed state of the gasket is loosened to reduce the door-opening force, the door can be opened with a small force.
  • the present invention includes, in the first closed door mode: a compression structure which brings the gasket into close contact with the housing to improve the heat insulating property of the storage compartment; and a compression holding structure which holds the compressed state of the gasket without electric power, and the present invention includes, in the second closed door mode, a decompression structure which releases the compressed state of the gasket.
  • the above structures allow the first closed door mode and the second closed door mode to switchingly constitute each of the independent operations of the compression, the compression holding, and the release of compression; and the structures achieve both of the improvement of the heat insulating property and the improvement of the door openability while reducing the power required to the operation.
  • the present invention includes a prediction unit which predicts the opening and closing of the door in advance, and when the prediction unit predicts that the door will not be opened and closed within a predetermined period of time, the first closed door mode is established, and when the prediction unit predicts that the door will be opened and closed within the predetermined period of time, the second closed door mode is established before the door is opened and closed.
  • the compression structure, the compression holding structure, and the decompression structure are formed of an electric actuator using a motor or a solenoid as a driving source.
  • the present invention uses as the compression holding structure the retentive force of the electric actuator when power disconnected.
  • the compression holding structure is an electric lock mechanism which locks the driving source of the electric actuator or a transmission mechanism to an output unit when the gasket is brought into strongly close contact with the housing, and the compressed state of the gasket is thus held.
  • the compression holding structure is a lock mechanism which uses a spring and locks the driving source of the electric actuator or a transmission mechanism to an output unit when the gasket is brought into strongly close contact with the housing, and the compressed state of the gasket is thus held.
  • the decompression structure is configured to serve as the electric actuator and to perform reverse operation to compressing operation.
  • the compression structure and the compression holding structure are configured to pull in the door toward the housing by a spring or a magnet.
  • the decompression structure is an electric actuator, for opening the door, using a motor or a solenoid as a driving source, and the decompression structure pushes out the door in the opening direction when the prediction unit predicts that the door will be opened and closed.
  • This arrangement can surely reduce the door-opening force.
  • the closed door modes can be changed by controlling the actuator, the system can be easily realized.
  • the prediction unit is a sensor which detects a human coming close to or moving in a predetermined area.
  • the prediction unit is a touch sensor or a switch which detects a human's touch on the door.
  • the retentive force of the compression holding structure can be manually releasable with a predetermined force or more.
  • the door can be opened even when the actuator does not operate at a time of power failure, failure of the actuator, or other cases.
  • a refrigerator of the present invention can be applied to or practiced in a door mechanism which needs to achieve a balance between the improvement of the heat insulating property of the door and the improvement of the door openability.

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