EP3803238A1 - Appareil de froid à recirculation active d'air - Google Patents

Appareil de froid à recirculation active d'air

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EP3803238A1
EP3803238A1 EP19726619.0A EP19726619A EP3803238A1 EP 3803238 A1 EP3803238 A1 EP 3803238A1 EP 19726619 A EP19726619 A EP 19726619A EP 3803238 A1 EP3803238 A1 EP 3803238A1
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Prior art keywords
rear wall
cooling air
cooling
fan
refrigerator according
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Emanuele Diana
Matyas LANTODY
Adrian Bachmann
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V-Zug AG
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V-Zug AG
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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
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    • 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
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    • F25D17/08—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 using ducts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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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
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    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to a cooling device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • this cooling device has a cooling air duct in the region of the rear wall of the working space, wherein a cooling element is arranged on or in the cooling air duct. Further, a fan is provided to convey air through the cooling air passage.
  • Refrigerators with active air circulation are known in principle. In such devices with a fan air from the work space through a cooling air duct led, where the air is cooled. Then the air is blown back into the work space.
  • Such a device is e.g. known from EP 2722620.
  • the refrigerator has the following
  • a utility room In the utility room, the food to be cooled are stored.
  • the rear wall limits the usable space to the rear.
  • the cooling air duct is located in the area of the rear wall.
  • a cooling element arranged on or in the cooling air duct the cooling element, e.g. the evaporator of a heat pump cools the cooling air anal passing air.
  • the fan is designed to suck process air from the work space through (at least) an inlet of the cooling air duct and through (at least) an outlet of the cooling air duct back into the work space to promote.
  • a rear wall element This is arranged on the rear wall. It has a front to the Workspace back and forth to the front, in particular perpendicular to the front, running edges. It has a shaped body of insulating material, in and / or on which the cooling air duct is at least partially formed. In other words, the cooling air duct extends at least partially, in particular completely, through the mold body and / or the molded body along.
  • the inlet and the outlet of the cooling air duct are arranged at the edges of the rear wall element is. This ensures that the inlet and the outlet are not directly aligned with the work space, i. they do not pass through the front of the back panel. This reduces the risk that they will be blocked by items to be stored and that items to be stored will be blown directly into very cold air.
  • the fan can be held on the rear wall element so that it can be installed and removed together with the rear wall element.
  • it is held on the shaped body, since insulating material usually transmits sound poorly.
  • the frame of the fan can be connected via a damping element with the molding.
  • the fan may be disposed at an opening which extends from front to back through the shaped body.
  • the front side of the rear wall element is advantageously formed by a cover plate which is made of a denser material than the shaped body. As a result, the molded body is protected. In this case, at least a first part of the cooling air channel can extend between the molded body and the cover plate.
  • a rear wall can be arranged behind the rear wall element.
  • at least a second part of the cooling air duct extend between the rear wall and the molded body.
  • the mentioned opening can connect the first and the second part with each other, resulting in a particularly compact design.
  • the shaped body On its rear side, the shaped body can have a recess which forms at least part of the second part of the cooling air channel.
  • the shaped body forms the rear side of the wall element.
  • the rear wall element can be removed forwards from the work space, i. it can be taken out of the device through the utility room nondestructively, e.g. To clean the areas behind it or to replace components in case of service. In particular, it can be kept releasably snapped in the work space.
  • the refrigerator is advantageously a refrigerator and / or a freezer, in particular a household appliance. However, it may also be a refrigerator for other applications, e.g. to a refrigerator for medicines or other refrigerated goods.
  • FIG. 2 shows a detail of the cooling device according to FIG. 1 from the front
  • FIG. 3 is a view of the rear wall element obliquely from the front
  • Cover plate, 5 shows the cover plate of the rear wall element of Fig. 3,
  • FIG. 6 shows the rear wall element from FIG. 3 obliquely from behind
  • FIG. 8 shows the sectional view of FIG. 7 from the cut side
  • FIG. 9 shows a somewhat simplified detail of FIG. 8, FIG.
  • FIG. 11 is a detailed view of a fastening generating device on the back of the rear wall element
  • FIG. 12 the spreading element of the fastening device
  • FIG. 14 is a section along line A-A of FIG. 16 by a fastening device snapped into its fastening recess,
  • Fig. 15 is a section along line B-B of
  • Fig. 16 is a section along line C-C of
  • Fig. 17 is a section corresponding to FIG. 9 by a variant embodiment.
  • Refrigerator are defined so that the door of the Refrigerator on the front, ie located on the front, while the back arranged on the rear of the device called the door opposite side of the door.
  • top, bottom, horizontal and vertical refer to the intended orientation of the device in which the door is vertical.
  • inside refers to the useful space of the device, which is considered the interior. In the case of a component, therefore, “inside” is the side facing the center of the useful space and the outside is the side facing away from the center of the useful space.
  • an "insulating material ⁇ " is a body with a thermal conductivity of less than 0.1 W / mK, in particular less than 0.05 W / mK, in the case of a vacuum insulation chip the value may even be less than 0.01 W / mK, eg 0.003. 0.006 W / mK.
  • Fig. 1 and 2 show an example of a refrigerator, a refrigerator, wherein the door is not shown.
  • the refrigerator has a housing 1, in the interior of which a utility space 2 for receiving food to be stored is arranged. In a section in the vertical direction of the work space 2 has approximately rectangular cross-section.
  • a rear wall element 3 is arranged, which is highlighted in Fig. 2 with fet Tem outline.
  • the rear wall element 3 is by means of fastening supply devices snapped into the work space 2 and can be removed from this.
  • the rear wall member 3 and its fastening movement mechanism will be described in more detail below.
  • Rear wall element The rear wall element 3 is in Fig. 3-7 front and rear and in Fig. 8 in a vertical
  • the rear wall element 3 has a Formkör- per 4 made of an insulating material, especially ex ⁇ pand jewem polystyrene, expanded polypropylene or expanded polyethylene, and / or mixtures of two or more of these materials and / or made of hard foam.
  • the molded body 4 is preferably made in one piece. However, it can also consist of several, interconnected or strung together molded parts.
  • a cover plate 5 is attached on the front of the molding 4.
  • the cover plate 5 may be glued to the molding or attached via a detachable connection.
  • the cover plate 5 is made of a material of higher strength than the shaped body 4. Preferably, it is made of plastic, e.g. Polystyrene, metal and / or the glass.
  • the cover plate 5 protects the molded body 4 from mechanical and chemical influences. It is preferably substantially smooth so that it can be cleaned well.
  • the cover plate 5 preferably extends on the front side over the entire wall element 3 or at least over the entire molded body 4.
  • the cover plate 5 is closed, i. it has no openings, at least no ventilation openings for the cooling air duct (at most local recesses at their edges).
  • the rear wall element 3 has a first section 3a (see Fig. 7, 8) and a second section 3b.
  • section 3a the fan 10 is arranged.
  • the gear 10 is arranged in this section 3a.
  • the gear 10 is arranged in this section 3a.
  • the gear 10 is arranged in this section 3a.
  • the gear 10 is arranged in this section 3a.
  • the gear 10 is arranged in this section 3a.
  • the gear 10 is arranged in the front-to-rear direction than in the second section 3b. This takes into account the fact that in section 3a the two parts 6a, 6b of the cooling air channel overlap, whereas in section 3-b this is not the case. Due to this configuration, the rear wall element 3 occupies less volume.
  • Cooling air duct
  • a cooling air channel is formed in or on the remindwan delement 3. It serves to guide cooling air past a cooling element.
  • the construction of the cooling air duct will be described in more detail below.
  • a ers ter part 6a of the cooling air channel at the front of the molded body 4 is configured, between the mold body 4 and the cover plate 5. This first part is best seen in FIGS. 4 and 10.
  • the cooling air channel has a plurality of inlets 7a-7i.
  • inlets 7a-7i e.g. four inlets 7a-7d are arranged on the lateral edges 8a, 8b of the rear wall element 3, in particular in the upper quarter of the lateral edges 8a, 8b, and the rest on the upper edge 8c.
  • the fan 10 is arranged at an opening 12 extending from the front to the rear through the shaped body and shown in detail in FIG. 9.
  • the fan 10 has a rigid frame 14 in which a fan 15 and its drive are arranged.
  • the frame 14 is attached via a damping element 16 on the molded body 4.
  • the damping element 16 is off another, preferably more elastic and / or damping material Staer ⁇ ker than the frame, in particular of a thermoplastic elastomer. It serves to acoustically decouple the fan 10 from the molded body 4 and thus to reduce noise emissions.
  • the damping element 16 forms in the embodiment shown against all sides of the fan 10, an airtight membrane between the frame 14 of the fan 10 and the molding 4, so that the passing through the opening air is forced through the fan 10.
  • the damping element 16 extends around the fan 10.
  • a holding frame 18 is provided.
  • Damping element 16 is clamped between a shoulder 20 of the molded body 4 and the holding frame 18.
  • the holding frame 18 is inserted in a recess of the molded body 4 and preferably snapped there in undercuts 24, so that it can be removed only under deformation.
  • the support frame 18 extends as a closed frame to the entire fan 10th
  • the support frame 18 has rearwardly projecting projections 26 which are supported in accordance with the intended installation of the rear wall element 3 against the front of the rear wall 30, which is located behind the rear wall element 3 and forms an abutment 32.
  • the molded body 4 has on its rear side one or more recesses 34 which form or form the front-side region of the part 6b of the cooling air duct.
  • the molded body 4 can form in one embodiment at least two lateral boundaries 36 for the recess 34, which touch the rear wall 30 in the mounted state of the wall element 3 and so limit the cooling air duct laterally.
  • One or preferably both of these limiters 36 have recessed areas 38a-38n which do not touch the rear wall and which form a plurality of lateral outlets of the cooling air channel at the side edges 8a, 8b of the rear wall element 3.
  • the recessed areas 38a-38n are not all the same size and equidistant. This makes it possible to adjust the air flow spatially suitable.
  • the recessed areas 38a-38n and thus the outlets of thedeluftka nals in the upper region of the rear wall member 3 are smaller and / or more spaced apart than in the lower region of the rear wall element 3, so that more air exits bottom than above. As a result, the cooling efficiency is verbes sert.
  • the shaped body 4 shown forms an upper boundary 39a of the recess 34, which contacts the rear wall 30 in the mounted state of the wall element 3.
  • this closes the second part 6b of the cooling air duct completely upwards.
  • the molding 4 shown forms a lower boundary 39b of the recess 34.
  • the lower boundary 39b one or more recessed areas 43, which or the rear wall 30 is not touched and so one or more outlets for the cooling air duct at the lower edge 8 d of the rear wall element 3 forms or form.
  • the molded body 4 spacers 37 form, which the recess 34 against the rear wall support.
  • spacers 37 can also be used as air guide elements.
  • the spacers are at least partially arranged for at least 37 minutes so that they do not form any horizon ⁇ tal or even trough-shaped areas where condensation or condensate could collect.
  • the upper edges of at least part of the spacers 37 extend obliquely to the horizontal.
  • the recess 34 is advantageously not everywhere equally deep. In particular, it has an upper, lower area 34a and a lower, lower area 34b. By this configuration, the air flow in the cooling air duct can be dosed according to the requirements.
  • the evaporator 40 of a heat pump is arranged as a cooling element in the rear wall 30. It is thermally connected to a wall plate 42 which forms the inside of the back wall 30, i. the side facing the working space 2 side.
  • an insulation element 44 in particular a vacuum insulation panel, is arranged.
  • the fan 10 promotes the air from the front to the rear, i. it sucks the air through the inlets 7a-7i, conveys them through the first part 6a of the cooling air duct, through the opening 12, through the second part 6b of the cooling air duct and to the outlets 38a-38n and 43.
  • FIGS. 4 and 6 Examples of corresponding air flows are shown in dashed lines in FIGS. 4 and 6.
  • the air during its passage through the second part 6 b of the cooling air duct is cooled by the evaporator 40.
  • the air passes substantially from top to bottom through the cooling air duct and sweeps from top to bottom on the cooling element or Ver steamer 40 over.
  • the cooling element ie, the evaporator 40
  • the wall plate 42 it can also be arranged in the cooling air channel itself and, for example, be surrounded on both sides by cooling air.
  • the heat pump fluid is passed from top to bottom through the evaporator, so that prevail at the top of the evaporator, the lowest temperatures.
  • the air is relatively strongly cooled there and also has on exit at the uppermost outlets, e.g. the outlets 38a, 38b, already a relatively low temperature.
  • These columns 48 to the side walls and / or the bottom and / or the ceiling of the work space 4, which are interpreted in Fig. 2, advantageously have a width of 10 mm or less and / or at least 2 mm, in particular at least 5 mm.
  • FIG. 17 shows an alternative variant in which the air runs from the rear to the front through the fan 10.
  • the rear part 6b of the cooling air duct is connected via one or more intake ducts 13 to one or more inlets.
  • such an inlet 7a is shown.
  • the inlets are again in part at the edges of the rear wall element 3.
  • at least one inlet 7a is arranged at the upper edge 8c.
  • the air is conveyed into the front part 6a of the cooling air duct. From there, the air in the embodiment shown passes through a NEN or more transfer channels 17 again through the shaped body 4 on the back of the molding 4, in turn, in turn, in a recess 34 on the back of the molding 4.
  • Fig. 17 the path of the cooling air is shown with a dashed arrow.
  • the rear wall element 3 is releasably secured by fastening devices in the device, in particular snapped.
  • the rear wall element 3 As shown in Fig. 6, page on the back, ie on the side facing away from the work space 2 outside 52, the rear wall element 3, one or more buildin ⁇ actuating devices 50 are arranged. Together with fastening supply recesses 54 in the wall plate 42, they form egg nen fastening mechanism, which has the purpose of releasably securing the rear wall member 3 to the rear wall 30.
  • fastening recesses 54 is shown in FIG. 6
  • Each fastening device 50 of the Darge presented embodiment comprises an expansion element 56 which is fixed to the rear wall element 3 and the rear side (ie outer side end) between two Zentrierelemen th 58 of the shaped body 4 is arranged.
  • the centering elements 58 displace the air in the mounting recesses and prevent so that there can accumulate a lot of water.
  • the centering elements 58 are formed by projections projecting rearward or outward of the molded body 4 and of the rear wall element 3, respectively.
  • the spreader 56 has a head 62 at the inside end, at least two spreaders 64 at the outside end, and a body 66 connecting the head 62 to the spreaders 66.
  • the head 62 has a larger diameter and / or a larger area than the body 66 and the spreading members 64th
  • the expansion element 56 consists of an elastic material, preferably in such a way that the expansion members 64 can be moved toward one another under elastic deformation by at least one millimeter or at least half a millimeter, without causing irreversible deformations or fractures.
  • it is made of thermoplastic materials such as e.g. POM, PA6, PE-LD, PP, ABS.
  • the expansion element 56 is made of a harder material than the molded body 4.
  • the expansion element 56 is seated in an opening 60 of the molding 4.
  • the head 62 is on the inside of the molding 4.
  • the head is seated in a recess 70 which is formed on the inside (i.e., on the utility room side) in the molded body 4.
  • the recess 70 is covered by the cover plate 5, so that the expansion element 56 is held in the rear wall element 3.
  • the cover plate 5 is, as mentioned, attached to the inside of the molding 4.
  • the head 62 of the expansion element 56 may contact the cover plate 5, so that the expansion element 56 is kept essentially free of play.
  • the head 62 is not on the entire surface of the cover plate 5, but it has one or more elevations 72, which touch the cover plate 5 in a surface which is much smaller, preferably ⁇ at least ten times smaller than the inside total surface of the head 62 is. As a result, the heat transfer from the expansion element 56 is reduced to the cover plate 5.
  • the fastening device 50 cooperates with one of the fastening recesses 54 in the wall plate 42. Such a fastening recess is shown in FIG. 13.
  • the fastening recess 54 is formed by a formation in the wall plate 42, without causing the wall plate 42 is interrupted, i. without an opening in the wall plate is formed in the region of the fastening recess 54. In other words, the fastening recess 54 is closed to the outside. As a result, the wall plate keeps its tightness and it prevents that in the region of the mounting recess 54, an undesired gas exchange between inside and outside takes place.
  • the fastening recess 54 Seen from the inside, i. From the work space 2 ago, the fastening recess 54 has an approximately dumbbell-shaped input contour. It extends along a longitudinal direction 74 and has two sen Schemee 76 and a central region 78. Perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 74, the outer regions 76 are on the input side in their maximum extent XI greater than the tel Scheme tel 78 in its minimum extent X2 (see Fig. 13).
  • the longitudinal direction 74 extends parallel to the main surface of the wall plate 42.
  • FIG. 14 which shows a section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 74 through the middle region 78
  • the wall sections 80 are the mounting recess 54 is undercut in the area of the central region 78, ie the extent of the buildin ⁇ actuating recess 54 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 74 increases towards the outside at least in a portion for, from a minimum dimension Dl to a maximum dimension D2.
  • the expansion element 56 engages with the spreading ⁇ members 64 in the middle region 78 of the Befest onlysver depression 54 a. It is so dimensioned that the soflä surfaces of the expansion members 64 in the relaxed state have a maximum distance slightly larger than DI, so that they are elastically deformed during insertion into the mounting recess 54.
  • the component to be fastened in this case the molded body 4 forms at least one shoulder 82, which abuts against the wall plate 42.
  • the components are advantageously dimensioned such that the fastening mechanism is still in this position, i. when the shoulder 82 abuts against the wall plate 42, still exerts a tensile force on the expansion element 56 and thus keeps the component to be fastened free of play.
  • the depth T 1 of the fastening recess 54 is preferably greater than the projection T 2 of the expansion element 56 via the shoulder 82.
  • the two centering elements 58 engage in the outer regions 76 of the fastening recess 54. They ensure that the expansion element 64 comes to rest in the undercut middle region 78. In the outer regions 76, the fastening recess 54 is not undercut, ie their expansion from the outside decreases steadily.
  • the fastening recess has a rear-cut middle portion 78 between two non hin th outer regions 76, it is possible to make the mounting recess 54 in the wall plate 52 by drawing deep.
  • a suitable molding ⁇ is convincing, which is also undercut and the nega- tivform loading to forming mounting recess 54 is located, pressed from the inside against the heated and soft wall plate 52 and the wall plate will be at a suitable pressure ⁇ difference between the inside and the outside of the Mold formed.
  • the mold can then be removed under forced removal, ie, with elastic deformation of the walls 80 of the central region 78.
  • a refrigerator is shown as an example of a refrigerator.
  • the refrigerator may e.g. may also be designed as a freezer or wine storage o- or other refrigerated goods, or it may be a combination device with multiple cooling zones for different temperatures.
  • the United steamer on the cooling air duct namely on the second section 6 b, respectively. It can also be arranged at least partially in the cooling air duct.
  • the fastening mechanisms described are characterized by a very simple structure, ease of manufacture and high robustness. They make it possible to attach components in the working space of a refrigerator, without the shell of the work space, ie the wall plate 52, must be broken.
  • Fastening mechanisms of the type shown here can also be used, for example, other construction parts to attach as the rear wall element 3 in the work space, such as storage devices and containers for objects to be loosened loin. They may be provided on all vertical walls, on the ceiling, on the floor and / or on the door of the appliance. Under “wall plate” is accordingly understood, for example, a on the door, on the ceiling or on the floor arranged plate.
  • undercut wall portions 80 are provided, between which the expansion element 56 is arranged. In principle, however, only one of the wall sections 80 may be undercut. However, the use of two undercut wall sections gives better grip.
  • the fan 10 and the Publ tion 12 in the upper quarter of the rear wall element 3 angeord net can also be arranged deeper.
  • attachment mechanism instead of the attachment mechanism shown in Figs. 11-16, another type of attachment may be provided, e.g. based on industrial Velcro connections or other, preferably detachable connection mechanisms.
  • the wall plate 42 extends in the upper portion 3a and 3b in the lower section from the same depth, which is why the first, thicker portion 3a engages further in the work space 2 than the second, thinner portion 3b.
  • the wall plate 42 is partially recessed to provide more space for the thicker portion of the back wall element 3, in particular in the first section 3a, in which case the cover plate 5 is e.g. just can run.
  • cooling air in and / o behind the rear wall does not run from top to bottom, but also eg U-shaped, from bottom to top or L since. Other variants are also possible.
  • the attachment mechanism is formed by the attachment device 50 and the attachment recess 54 disposed on the wall plate 42.
  • a fastening projection is arranged, which protrudes into the work space and from the spreader 56 from the outside (in its undercut wall sections) comprises, i. on compression is charged.

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L'appareil de froid possède un élément paroi arrière (3) en forme de plaque, qui est disposé sur la face arrière de l'espace utile (2) et lequel forme un canal d'air de refroidissement (6a, 6b). Un ventilateur (10), au moyen duquel l'air peut être transporté de l'espace utile (2) à travers le canal d'air de refroidissement (6a, 6b) et à nouveau dans l'espace utile (2), est en outre disposé dans l'élément paroi arrière (3). L'air est refroidi par un élément (40) de refroidissement, lequel est disposé sur ou dans le canal d'air de refroidissement (6a, 6b). Les entrées et les sorties du canal d'air de refroidissement (6a, 6b) sont disposées sur les bords (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) de l'élément paroi arrière (3).
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