EP4174410A1 - Réfrigérateur à refroidissement par air - Google Patents

Réfrigérateur à refroidissement par air Download PDF

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EP4174410A1
EP4174410A1 EP21857476.2A EP21857476A EP4174410A1 EP 4174410 A1 EP4174410 A1 EP 4174410A1 EP 21857476 A EP21857476 A EP 21857476A EP 4174410 A1 EP4174410 A1 EP 4174410A1
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Jian Ma
Toshinori Noda
Xiaobing Zhu
Weijie Li
Lei Liu
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Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd
Haier Smart Home 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
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F25D11/02—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators with cooling 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
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/006—General constructional features for mounting refrigerating machinery components
    • 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
    • F25D2317/065—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 return
    • F25D2317/0651—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 return through 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
    • F25D2317/065—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 return
    • F25D2317/0655—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 return through the top
    • 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
    • F25D2317/0665—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 top
    • 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
    • F25D2317/068—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 fans
    • F25D2317/0683—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 fans the fans not of the axial type

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  • the present invention relates to refrigerating and freezing technologies, and particularly relates to an air-cooled refrigerator.
  • a return air duct is mainly configured to divert a return air flow of a variable temperature compartment into a cooling chamber at the lowest portion of the refrigerator, while a refrigerating compartment at the uppermost portion of the refrigerator adopts an independent air supply system.
  • the return air duct can only ensure variable temperature air return, which has a certain limitation; and two independent air supply systems inevitably occupy more spaces for foaming, which not only affects a heat load, but also increases the cost of the refrigerator.
  • An objective of the present invention is to overcome at least one defect in the prior art and to provide an air-cooled refrigerator.
  • a further objective of the present invention is that as for an air-cooled refrigerator with a cooling chamber at the bottom, a single return air duct is adopted to divert return air flows of the upper liners into the cooling chamber.
  • Another further objective of the present invention is to improve heat exchange efficiency of the refrigerator.
  • the present invention provides an air-cooled refrigerator, including:
  • the plurality of exhaust outlets are all provided in positions of rear walls of the corresponding upper liners close to edges of one side.
  • the upper liners include a first upper liner located above the bottom liner, and a second upper liner located above the first upper liner;
  • a segment of the return air duct between the second upper liner and the first upper liner is gradually bent, so as to extend from the position of the exhaust outlet of the second upper liner to the position of the exhaust outlet of the first upper liner.
  • the air-cooled refrigerator also includes:
  • the air-cooled refrigerator also includes:
  • the return air duct extends along the outer side of the bottom wall of the bottom liner until being connected with the side return air inlet.
  • the evaporator is a finned evaporator, which includes:
  • the air-cooled refrigerator also includes:
  • the return air duct is a flat square duct, and a wider face of the return air duct nestles against the bottom liner and the plurality of upper liners.
  • the cooling chamber is provided at the bottom of the bottom liner, the upper liners are located above the bottom liner, and an exhaust outlet is provided in each upper liner.
  • the side return air inlet communicating with the cooling chamber is provided in the bottom liner, the return air duct extends downwards to the side return air inlet along the exhaust outlets of the plurality of upper liners, so as to introduce return air flows of the plurality of upper liners into the cooling chamber to continue the heat exchange with the evaporator and form a circulating air flow.
  • the plurality of exhaust outlets are all provided in the positions of the rear walls of the corresponding upper liners close to the edges of one side, and the segment of the return air duct between the second upper liner and the first upper liner is gradually bent, which may avoid the situation that when the return air duct has a vertical shape and there are both the return air flow of the refrigerating compartment and the return air flow of the variable temperature compartment in the duct, the return air flow of the refrigerating compartment enters the variable temperature compartment via a first exhaust outlet, and counteract or inhibit the trend of the return air flow of the variable temperature compartment upwards entering the refrigerating compartment via a second exhaust outlet, thereby reducing the pressure loss of the return air duct and improving the heat exchange efficiency of the refrigerator.
  • orientation or position relationships indicated by terms “longitudinal”, “transverse”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “depth”, etc. are based on orientations of a refrigerator in normal use as a reference, and can be determined with reference to orientation or position relationships as shown in the accompanying drawings.
  • “front” for indicating an orientation refers to a side of the refrigerator facing a user.
  • a refrigerator 1 of the embodiment may generally include a refrigerator body 10.
  • the refrigerator body 10 may be composed of a housing, a liner, a heat insulation layer and other accessories.
  • the housing is an outer layer structure of the refrigerator 1, and protects the whole refrigerator 1.
  • the heat insulation layer is additionally disposed between the housing and the liner of the refrigerator body 10, and the heat insulation layer is generally made by means of a foaming process.
  • the liner at least includes a bottom liner 110, which may generally be a freezing liner.
  • a cooling chamber 140 is provided at the bottom of the bottom liner 110 of the refrigerator 1 of the embodiment, and an evaporator 220 is provided inside the cooling chamber 140 and supplies cold to the refrigerator 1.
  • a separation cover plate 210 is provided on the lower portion of the bottom liner 110, and transversely provided inside the bottom liner 110 to separate the bottom liner 110 into the cooling chamber 140 and a freezing compartment 160 located above the cooling chamber 140.
  • the evaporator 220 is provided on the lower portion of the bottom liner 110.
  • Such arrangement may avoid the reduction of depth of the freezing compartment due to the occupation of a rear space of the freezing compartment by an evaporator in a traditional refrigerator.
  • it is especially important to increase the depth dimension of the freezing compartment when the transverse dimension of the freezing compartment is small.
  • the space utilization rate of the refrigerator 1 is improved, and objects that are large and difficult to be divided are stored advantageously.
  • the freezing compartment on the lowest portion has a low position, a user needs to bend down significantly or squat down to pick up and place objects in the freezing compartment.
  • the height of the freezing compartment 160 above the cooling chamber 140 is raised, and thus the degree of bending down is reduced when the user picks up and places the objects in the freezing compartment 160, thereby improving the user experience of the user.
  • the evaporator 220 may have an overall flat cuboid shape, is arranged at a front portion of the cooling chamber 140, and is obliquely provided in the cooling chamber 140. This manner breaks through the technical shackle that, in the prior art, an evaporator needs to be placed horizontally to reduce the depth dimension.
  • oblique placement of the flat cuboid evaporator 220 may increase the length in the front-back direction, it makes other components inside the cooling chamber 140 arranged more reasonably, and it is verified from actual analysis of an air flow field that air circulation efficiency is higher, and water drainage is smoother.
  • the layout of oblique placement of the evaporator 220 is one of the main technical improvements made in the embodiment.
  • an oblique angle of the evaporator 220 is set within a range from 7 to 8 degrees, e.g., 7 degrees, 7.5 degrees and 8 degrees, preferably 7.5 degrees.
  • the refrigerator 1 may also include an air supply assembly.
  • the air supply assembly is provided behind the evaporator 220.
  • the air supply assembly may include a centrifugal fan and an air supply duct 150.
  • the centrifugal fan is obliquely provided behind the evaporator 220, with its suction inlet facing a front lower portion and its air outlet facing a rear portion, and is configured to prompt the formation of a refrigeration air flow supplied towards the freezing compartment 160 via the evaporator 220.
  • the air supply duct 150 communicates with the air outlet of the centrifugal fan and extends upwards, and is configured to convey an air flow discharged by the centrifugal fan to the freezing compartment 160.
  • a proportion of a horizontal distance between a front end of the centrifugal fan and the evaporator 220 to the depth dimension of the refrigerator body 10 in the front-back direction is less than 4.5%. For example, the proportion is set to 4.3%.
  • the refrigerator 1 may also include an air duct back plate 240.
  • the air duct back plate 240 is provided in front of a rear wall of the bottom liner 110 and may be roughly parallel to the rear wall of the bottom liner 110, so as to define the air supply duct 150 together with the rear wall of the bottom liner 110.
  • the air supply duct 150 communicates with the air outlet of the centrifugal fan and extends upwards.
  • At least one air supply outlet 242 is formed in the air duct back plate 240.
  • the air supply outlet 242 is configured to make the air supply duct 150 communicate with the freezing compartment 160.
  • the air supply duct 150 communicates with the cooling chamber 140, and the separation cover plate 210 serves as a separation part of the cooling chamber 140, thus the air duct back plate 240 may be connected with separation cover plate 210 in an abutting manner, so as to play a role in sealing a gap between the cooling chamber 140 and the air supply duct 150.
  • the centrifugal fan may also include fan blades 250, a fan upper cover 252 and a fan bottom shell 254.
  • the fan upper cover 252 extends obliquely downwards into the cooling chamber 140 from a lower end of the air duct back plate 240.
  • the fan bottom shell 254 covers the fan upper cover 252 and is fastened thereto.
  • the fan blades 250 are provided inside a fan cavity (not shown in the figures) formed by the fan upper cover 252 and the fan bottom shell 254.
  • the air duct back plate 240 and the fan upper cover 252 may also be configured as an integrally-formed piece, so as to simplify the installation procedure and reduce the cost, and it also enables the whole air duct structure to be more stable.
  • the refrigerator 1 may also include a return air cover 230.
  • the return air cover 230 is provided at the front portion of the cooling chamber 140.
  • At least one forward return air inlet 232 that makes the cooling chamber 140 communicate with the freezing compartment 160 is formed in the return air cover 230.
  • the evaporator 220 inside the cooling chamber 140 exchanges heat with surrounding air, so as to make its temperature reduced to form a refrigeration air flow.
  • the refrigeration air flow is discharged from the cooling chamber 140 to the air supply duct 150, and then enters the freezing compartment 160 from the air supply outlet 242 in the air duct back plate 240, so as to exchange heat with air in the freezing compartment 160 to reduce the temperature of the freezing compartment 160.
  • the refrigeration air flow may flow back to the cooling chamber 140 via the forward return air inlet 232 in the return air cover 230 after heat exchange to continue to conduct heat exchange with the evaporator 220, thereby forming a circulating air flow path.
  • the bottom liner 110 is provided with a side return air inlet 114 in communication with the cooling chamber 140.
  • the refrigerator 1 may also include a plurality of upper liners and one return air duct 300.
  • the plurality of upper liners are arranged in sequence above the bottom liner 110, and an exhaust outlet is formed in each upper liner 110.
  • the return air duct 300 extends downwards to the side return air inlet 114 along the exhaust outlets of the plurality of upper liners to introduce return air flows of the plurality of upper liners into the cooling chamber 140.
  • the side return air inlet 114 may be located on one side of the cooling chamber 140, so as to enable return air flows of the upper liners to be discharged to a side of the evaporator 220 via the side return air inlet 114, so that a contact path of the return air flows of the upper liners with the evaporator 220 is extended, improving heat exchange efficiency.
  • each upper line is configured to be independent of the bottom liner 110, such that the upper liners no longer occupy the space of the bottom liner 110, which may increase the volume of the freezing compartment 160 defined by the bottom liner 110.
  • the upper liners include a first upper liner 120 located above the bottom liner 110 and a second upper liner 130 located above the first upper liner 120.
  • a first exhaust outlet 122 is provided on a rear wall of the first upper liner 120
  • a second exhaust outlet 132 is provided on a rear wall of the second upper liner 130.
  • the return air duct 300 has a lower end duct opening 312 connected with the side return air inlet 114, a middle duct opening 314 connected with the first exhaust outlet 122 and an upper end duct opening 316 connected with the second exhaust outlet 132. That is, the return air duct 300 overall extends along and is provided on the rear walls of the bottom liner 110, the first upper liner 120 and the second upper liner 130.
  • the rear wall of the first upper liner 120 is also provided with a first upper air supply duct 256 communicating with the air supply duct 150 of the bottom liner 110, and a second upper air supply duct 258 communicating with the first upper air supply duct 256.
  • the air supply duct 150 and the first upper air supply duct 256 communicate with each other, or the air supply duct 150, the first upper air supply duct 256 and the second upper air supply duct 258 communicate with one another, so that the refrigeration air flow inside the air supply duct 150 enters the first upper air supply duct 256 and the second upper air supply duct 258 under the action of the centrifugal fan, and then the refrigeration air flow can be discharged into the upper liners via the upper air supply ducts and exchange heat with air of the upper liners, to reduce the temperature of the upper liners.
  • the cooling chamber 140 of the refrigerator 1 Since the cooling chamber 140 of the refrigerator 1 is located at the bottom of the bottom liner 110, i.e., the lowest portion of the refrigerator 1, the return air flows in the upper liners are discharged into the cooling chamber 140 via the return air duct 300 to conduct heat exchange with the evaporator 200 for cooling to form a circulating air flow.
  • the interior of the first upper liner 120 may be divided into a left storage zone and a right storage zone, and the two storage zones may also be configured as variable temperature compartments, and for example, are arranged as variable temperature drawers, respectively.
  • the second upper liner 130 is located above the first upper liner 120, and inner space of the second upper liner 130 may also be configured as a refrigerating compartment.
  • the temperature inside the refrigerating compartment may also be set to be within a range from 2°C to 10°C, preferably 4°C to 7°C; and the temperatures of the variable temperature compartment may be randomly adjusted to be within a range from -18°C to 8°C.
  • Different kinds of objects have different optimal storage temperatures and different positions suitable for storage. For example, fruit and vegetable foods are suitable for storage in the refrigerating compartment.
  • a return air duct is mainly configured to divert a return air flow of a variable temperature compartment into a cooling chamber at the lowest portion of the refrigerator, while a refrigerating compartment at the uppermost portion of the refrigerator adopts an independent air supply system.
  • the return air duct can only ensure variable temperature air return, which has a certain limitation; and two independent air supply systems inevitably occupy more spaces for foaming, which not only affects a heat load, but also increases the cost of the refrigerator.
  • a single return air duct 300 is adopted to divert return air flows of the refrigerating compartment and the variable temperature compartment, which can effectively save foaming space of the refrigerator 1, reduce the obstruction to foaming layers, ensure the foaming thickness, improve heat preservation performance of the refrigerator 1, and reduce the cost of the refrigerator 1.
  • the temperature of the refrigerating compartment is higher than the temperatures of the variable temperature compartment and the freezing compartment, thus the air pressure of the return air flow of the refrigerating compartment is relatively large.
  • the return air flow of the refrigerating compartment can increase the air pressure of the whole return air duct 300, so as to make the flow rate of the return air flow of the return air duct 300 increased and to make air return efficiency improved, which further improves the refrigeration effect of the refrigerator 1.
  • the inventor also verifies the technical effect on a trial product.
  • the plurality of exhaust outlets are all arranged in the positions of the rear walls of the corresponding upper liners close to edges of one side.
  • the arrangement of the plurality of exhaust outlets in the positions close to the edges of one side may also make the return air duct 300 kept in a roughly vertical state, so as to ensure the beauty of the refrigerator body 10.
  • a segment of the return air duct 300 between the second upper liner 130 and the first upper liner 120 is gradually bent, so as to extend from the position of the second exhaust outlet 132 of the second upper liner 130 to the position of the first exhaust outlet 122 of the first upper liner 120.
  • a certain distance may be kept between the first exhaust outlet 122 and the second exhaust outlet 132 in a transverse horizontal direction, such that there are segments of the return air duct 300 bent in the transverse horizontal direction generated at the position of the second upper liner 130 and the position of the first upper liner 120.
  • a certain distance may be kept between the first exhaust outlet 122 and the second exhaust outlet 132 in a depth horizontal direction, such that there are segments of the return air duct 300 bent in the depth horizontal direction generated at the position of the second upper liner 130 and the position of the first upper liner 120.
  • the inventor found that when both the return air flow of the refrigerating compartment and the return air flow of the variable temperature compartment are diverted in the return air duct 300, an optimal shape of the return air duct 300 is not completely vertical.
  • the return air flow of the refrigerating compartment may enter the variable temperature compartment via the first exhaust outlet 122, and the return air flow of the variable temperature compartment also tends to upwardly enter the refrigerating compartment via the second exhaust outlet 132, which makes the flow rate of the return air flow in the return air duct 300 overall reduced, and further reduces the heat exchange efficiency.
  • the segment of the return air duct 300 between the second upper liner 130 and the first upper liner 120 is simultaneously bent in the depth and transverse directions, which may counteract or inhibit the trend of the above return air flow, so as to avoid mutual interference between the return air flow of the refrigerating compartment and the return air flow of the variable temperature compartment when both of them exist in the return air duct 300, thereby effectively reducing the pressure loss of the return air duct 300 and improving the heat exchange efficiency.
  • the above technical effect is also verified by the trial product, with significant progress.
  • the evaporator 220 is provided in a sunken area between the supporting parts 112.
  • the areas of the bottom face of the bottom liner 110 close to the two sides protrude upwards to form the supporting parts 112, which may also be understood as the two sides of an intersection area of the rear wall and the bottom wall of the bottom liner 110 protruding inwards and upwards to form the supporting parts 112.
  • the upper surfaces of the supporting parts 112 may be configured to support the separation cover plate 210, and an area between the two supporting parts 112 forms the sunken area relative to the two supporting parts to dispose the evaporator 220.
  • a bottom face of the sunken area may also be provided as an oblique plate inclining downward from back to front, so as to enable the evaporator 220 to be obliquely arranged inside the cooling chamber 140 to achieve the technical effect of oblique arrangement of the evaporator 220 in the above embodiment.
  • inwards-sunken supporting parts 112 also allow for more spaces to be avoided for a compressor compartment located below the cooling chamber 140, making the whole refrigerator body 10 arranged more reasonably.
  • the evaporator 220 is provided in the sunken area formed by the supporting parts 112 on the two sides and located in the center of the cooling chamber 140.
  • the side return air inlet 114 is provided in the front end of one of the supporting parts 112.
  • the side return air inlet 114 is located at a side of the evaporator 220, while the return air cover 230 is located in front of the evaporator 220, there is the set gap between the return air cover 230 and the front end of said supporting part 112, which allows a return air area to be formed between the side return air inlet 114 and the return air cover 230, and the return air area is located on a side-front position relative to the evaporator 220.
  • the return air flow entering the cooling chamber 140 can be discharged to the side-front position relative to the evaporator 220, which may play a role in extending a contact path of the return air flow with the evaporator 220, so as to improve the heat exchange efficiency.
  • the value of the set gap may also be configured as any numerical value within a range from 20 mm to 60 mm, e.g., 20 mm, 30 mm, 50 mm and 60 mm, so as to ensure that normal air return of the bottom liner 110 is not affected while the air return efficiency of the upper liners is improved.
  • the evaporator 220 may also be a finned evaporator, which includes a set of fins 222, an evaporation tube 224 and supporting end plates 226.
  • the fins 222 are parallelly arranged in the front-back direction of the refrigerator 1.
  • the evaporation tube 224 is internally provided with a refrigerant to supply cold to the refrigerator 1, and penetrates through the fins 222.
  • the supporting end plates 226 are provided on two sides of the fins 222, and a front end of the supporting end plate 226 close to the side of the side return air inlet 114 is bent towards the corresponding supporting part to form a shielding part, so as to avoid the air flow from passing through the gap between the evaporator 220 and the corresponding supporting part 112 by using the shielding part.
  • the evaporator 220 is provided in the sunken area formed by the supporting parts 112 on the two sides, and there is a certain gap between the evaporator 220 and the supporting part 112 on one of the two sides.
  • the supporting end plates 226 play a role in blocking the gap, which avoids the situation that the air flow directly passes through the evaporator 220 via the gap under the action of the centrifugal fan without exchanging heat with the evaporator 220, thereby further improving refrigeration efficiency of the refrigerator 1.
  • the return air duct 300 after extending from the outer side of the rear wall of the bottom liner 110 to the outer side of the bottom wall of the bottom liner 110, the return air duct 300 extends along the outer side of the bottom wall of the bottom liner 110 until being connected with the side return air inlet 114.
  • an upper end of the return air duct 300 extends downwards from the second exhaust outlet 132 to the first exhaust outlet 122, then extends from the first exhaust outlet 122 to the outer side of the rear wall of the bottom liner 110, and finally extends roughly in the transverse direction until being connected with the side return air inlet 114.
  • the return air duct 300 is overall arranged behind the liner. Such an arrangement manner may reduce the transverse dimension of the refrigerator body 10 to make the refrigerator body 10 more reasonable and beautiful, as compared with a side return air duct.
  • the return air duct 300 may also be provided as a flat square duct, and a wider face of the return air duct nestles against the bottom liner 110 and the plurality of upper liners, which may not only meet the normal air return demand, but also reduce the transverse dimension occupied by the return air duct 300, while improving the stability of the return air duct 300.

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