JP2000146390A - Basket - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an accommodated article to be taken out easily. SOLUTION: In a basket 29 that can accommodate a plurality of cold storage agents and is provided with a support part 38 for supporting the cold storage agents so that they do not touch one another, a pipe member 41 is provided at a shaft 40 rotatably in the support part 38. In the support part 38, a pipe member is arranged at the shaft rotatably in a loosely engaged supported state. The pipe member 41 is composed of a material with improved thermal conductivity and the cold storage agents.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a basket for storing articles, and more particularly to a basket suitable for use in freezing a regenerator in a freezer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When freezing a plurality of regenerators in a freezer, a basket 100 shown in FIG.
It is common to store the regenerator 101 as shown in FIG. The basket 100 includes a plurality of support portions 102.
Are arranged. By these support portions 102, the plurality of regenerators 101 do not come into contact with each other, and a gap is formed between the adjacent regenerators 101 to facilitate the passage of cool air, and these regenerators 101 are efficiently cooled and frozen. You.

[0003]

However, the cold storage agent 10
1 increases in volume by freezing, and as shown in FIG.
The flat central portion 104 surrounded by the edge 103 expands. The edge 103 of the regenerator 101 does not expand because it is structurally strong. Therefore, the expanded central portion 104 comes into contact with the support portion 102 and presses the support portion 102. Therefore, the frictional resistance between the central portion 104 and the support portion 102 increases, and the cold storage agent 101 is moved to the basket. There is a case where it cannot be easily taken out from the 100.

[0004] An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a basket from which stored articles can be easily taken out.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a basket provided with a support capable of accommodating a plurality of articles and supporting the articles so that they do not come into contact with each other. The pipe member is rotatably disposed on the shaft.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the supporting portion is configured such that a pipe member is rotatably disposed on a shaft in a loosely fitted state. is there.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the pipe member of the support portion is made of a material having good heat conductivity.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the pipe member of the support portion is formed of a regenerator.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the article is a regenerator.

The invention described in claim 1 or 5 has the following effects.

A plurality of articles (cooling agent) stored in the support portion
Are supported so that they do not come into contact with each other, and the adjacent articles do not come into contact with each other and have a gap. This gap serves as a flow path of cool air, and the article can be efficiently cooled.

In addition, since the pipe member is rotatably arranged on the shaft, the pipe member rotates when the article (cool storage agent) is taken out, so that the frictional resistance between the support section and the article is increased. And the article can be easily taken out.

The invention according to claim 2 or 5 has the following operation.

[0014] Since the support portion is configured so that the pipe member is rotatably disposed on the shaft in a loosely fitted state, the pipe member can move in the thickness direction of the article (cool storage agent) with respect to the shaft. For this reason, even if the volume of the article is expanded due to the temperature change, the pipe member rotates while moving to the outside of the article with respect to the shaft, so that even the article whose volume is expanded due to the temperature change can be easily taken out. Can be.

[0015] Further, the pipe member may be an article with respect to the shaft.
Since the difference in thickness of a plurality of articles can be absorbed by moving in the thickness direction of the (cold storage agent), a plurality of articles having different thicknesses can be simultaneously stored in the same basket.

The invention according to claim 3 or 5 has the following operation.

Since the pipe member of the support portion is made of a material having good thermal conductivity, the cold heat of the cold air flowing inside the pipe member is transferred to the article (cool storage agent) via the pipe member. The cooling efficiency of the article can be further improved.

The invention according to claim 4 or 5 has the following operation.

Since the pipe member of the supporting portion is made of a regenerator, after the pipe member is cooled, the article (regenerator) can be cooled also by the cold heat of the pipe member. At the same time,
After cooling the pipe member, the cold heat of the pipe member can contribute to preventing the temperature inside the refrigerator from rising when the door is opened in the freezer.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a quick freezer to which an embodiment of a basket according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a front sectional view showing the quick freezer of FIG. The quick freezer 10 as a freezer shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
Is for rapidly freezing the stored matter stored in the storage, and the heat insulating box 11 forms the storage 12. The heat insulating box 11 has an opening on the front surface, and the opening is
3 and is opened or closed by the insulated lower door 14.

In the compartment 12, a partition plate 16 as a partition body is disposed at a predetermined interval from one inner wall 15 of the heat insulating box 11. The partition plate 16 and the inner wall 15
A cooling chamber 17 is formed between the two.

In the cooling chamber 17, a cooler 18 is disposed at a vertically central position of the heat insulating box 11.
The upper fan 19 inside the refrigerator and the lower fan 2 below the refrigerator
0 is respectively set. Refrigerant flows downward from above through a heat exchange tube (not shown) of the cooler 18 via an inlet pipe (not shown), and flows out through an outlet pipe (not shown). Therefore, the upper fan 19 in the refrigerator
Is installed in the cooling chamber 17 on the refrigerant inlet side area 18A side of the cooler 18, and the in-compartment lower fan 20 is provided in the cooling chamber 17, on the refrigerant outlet side area 18 A of the cooler 18.
It will be installed on the B side.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
8, a compressor 30 and a condenser 3 constituting a refrigeration cycle
1 and the like are installed on the top surface of the heat insulating box 11. Compressor 3
The refrigerant from 0 reaches the cooler 18 via the condenser 31 and the expansion mechanism (not shown), and returns to the compressor 30 so that the cooler 18 cools the air in the storage 12.

A plurality of suction ports 23 are formed in the partition plate 16 at positions facing the cooler 18, and upper outlets 24 are formed at positions facing the upper fan 19 and the lower fan 20 in the refrigerator, respectively. , A lower outlet 25 is formed. The upper outlet 24 and the lower outlet 25 are covered by a fan guard 26. The air (cool air) in the refrigerator 12 is sucked into the cooling chamber 17 from the suction port 23 and cooled by the cooler 18, and then blows upward by the action of the upper fan 19 and the lower fan 20 in the refrigerator. The air is blown out from the outlet 24 and the lower outlet 25 into the inside of the refrigerator 12 and is forcedly circulated.

A plurality of net shelves 27 are arranged in the cabinet 12 in a horizontal state. A cool storage agent 28 as an article shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
Placed on Alternatively, food (not shown) may be directly
Placed on The cold storage agent 2 stored in these chambers 12
The food 8 or the food is cooled by the cooler 18 and frozen by the air blown into the refrigerator 12.

As shown in FIG. 2, the inside of the refrigerator 12 has an upper part 32 corresponding to the refrigerant inlet side region 18A of the cooler 18 in the cooling chamber 17 and a lower part corresponding to the refrigerant outlet side region 18B. It is partitioned into an inner lower part 33. Then, a temperature sensor 34 for detecting the temperature in the refrigerator is installed in the refrigerator 12. The temperature detected by the temperature sensor 34 is transmitted to the control device 36 (FIG. 1).

The control device 36 controls the operation and stop of the compressor 30 and the drive and stop of the in-compartment upper fan 19 and the in-compartment lower fan 20 based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 34. In addition, a quick freezing mode for rapidly freezing the cold storage agent 28 and the food and a freezing storage mode for storing the frozen state of the cold storage agent 28 and the food are performed.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the basket body 37 is capable of storing a plurality of regenerators 28 in an upright state.
It has a basket main body 37 and a plurality of support portions 38.

The basket body 37 is a frame structure made of a wire, and is formed in a box shape opening upward. A handle 39 protrudes upward from each side wall of the basket body 37.

The plurality of supporting portions 38 are connected to the basket body 37.
5, a plurality of rows, for example, two rows,
The support portions 38 in each row have a plurality of stages in the vertical direction in FIG.
For example, two stages are provided. The two-stage support portions 38 are positioned at the same position in the horizontal direction. These support portions 38 extend in the horizontal direction, and as shown in FIG. 6, one cold storage agent 28 is arranged between the horizontally adjacent support portions 38, and the plurality of cold storage agents 28 come into contact with each other. It is stored upright with a gap s without any gap. The gap s serves as a flow path for cool air, improving the cooling efficiency of the regenerator 28, and freezing the regenerator 28 in a short time.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, each support portion 38 is configured such that a pipe member 41 is rotatably disposed in a shaft 40 in a loosely fitted state. To be fixed. Also, the pipe member 4
1 is made of, for example, copper having good thermal conductivity.

Since the pipe member 41 is rotatably disposed on the shaft 40, the frictional resistance between the pipe member 41 and the cold storage agent 28 is reduced, and the removal of the cold storage agent 28 from the basket 29 is facilitated. .

Since the pipe member 41 is loosely fitted on the shaft 40, as shown in FIG.
In contrast, in the thickness direction t of the regenerator 28, the regenerator 28 moves to the outside of the regenerator 28.
Even if the central portion 28B surrounded by A expands due to freezing,
The removal of the cool storage agent 28 is facilitated.

Further, since the pipe member 41 is formed of copper having good heat conductivity, as shown in FIG. 7, the cold heat of the cold air 42 flowing through the pipe member 41 passes through the pipe member 41, The heat is transferred to the regenerator 28 in contact with 41.

Accordingly, the basket 29 of the above embodiment is
According to the above, the following effects are obtained.

The supporting portion 38 of the basket 29 supports the plurality of stored regenerators 28 so that they do not come into contact with each other. The adjacent regenerators 28 do not come into contact with each other and have a gap s. It becomes a flow path and can cool the regenerator 28 efficiently.

Since the pipe member 41 is rotatably disposed on the shaft 40, the support portion 38 of the basket 29 is configured such that the pipe member 4 is removed when the cold storage agent 28 is taken out.
1 rotates, the frictional resistance between the support portion 38 and the cold storage agent 28 is reduced, and the cold storage agent 28 can be easily taken out of the basket 29.

The support portion 38 of the basket 29 is configured such that the pipe member 41 is rotatably disposed in the shaft 40 in a loosely fitted state.
With respect to 0, the regenerator 28 can move in the thickness direction t. Therefore, even if the regenerator 28 expands due to freezing, the pipe member 4
Since 1 rotates with respect to the shaft 40 while moving to the outside of the cold storage agent 28, even the cold storage agent 28 whose volume has expanded due to freezing can be easily taken out of the basket 29.

The pipe member 41 of the supporting portion 38 moves in the thickness direction t of the cold storage agent 28 with respect to the shaft 40 and can absorb the difference in the thickness of the plurality of cold storage agents 28. A plurality of regenerators 28 having different thicknesses can be stored at the same time.

Since the pipe member 41 of the support portion 38 is made of a material having good heat conductivity, the pipe member 41
Is transferred to the cold storage agent 28 through the pipe member 41, so that the cooling efficiency of the cold storage agent 28 can be further improved.

Although the present invention has been described based on one embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, in the above embodiment, the support 38
Has been described in the upper and lower stages in the basket body 37, but may be arranged in one stage as in the basket 43 shown in FIG. 9, or may be arranged in three or more stages.

In the above embodiment, the pipe member 41 of the support portion 38 is made of copper. However, the pipe member 41 is made of another metal having good heat conductivity (for example, iron, aluminum, etc.). May be done. Furthermore, this pipe member 41
Does not exhibit the above effects, but may be made of resin.

The pipe member 41 of the support portion 38
May be composed of a regenerator. In this case, in addition to the effects of the above embodiment, the cold storage agent 28 can be cooled by the cold heat of the pipe member 41 by cooling the pipe member 41 in advance.
, And at the same time, the cold heat of the pipe member 41 can prevent the rise in the temperature of the inside of the quick-freezing chamber 10 when the heat-insulating upper door 13 or the heat-insulating lower door 14 is opened. it can.

In the above embodiment, the vertical type basket 29 in which the cold storage agents 28 are arranged and stored in an upright state is described. However, the horizontal type basket in which the cold storage agents 28 are arranged and stored in a horizontal state is described. It may be a basket.

Further, in the above embodiment, the article is described as having the cold storage agent 28, but may be any other article other than the cold storage agent 28 to be frozen.

[0048]

As described above, according to the basket of the present invention, the supporting portion for preventing a plurality of articles from contacting each other is constituted by the pipe member being rotatably disposed on the shaft. The frictional resistance between the support and the article can be reduced, and the article can be easily taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a quick freezer to which an embodiment of a basket according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view showing the quick freezer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a regenerator stored in the quick freezer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the basket and the regenerator of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the basket of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state of supporting a regenerator by a support portion of the basket of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view of the support and the regenerator in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state in which a frozen regenerator is taken out of the basket of FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the basket according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a conventional basket.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the basket of FIG. 10 in which a regenerator is stored.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a state in which the regenerator of FIG. 11 is frozen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Quick freezer 28 Cool storage agent 29 Basket 38 Support part 40 Shaft 41 Pipe member

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A basket provided with a support portion capable of accommodating a plurality of articles and supporting the articles so as not to contact each other, wherein the support section is configured such that a pipe member is rotatably arranged on a shaft. A basket characterized by being made. 2. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is configured such that a pipe member is rotatably disposed on a shaft in a loosely fitted state. 3. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the pipe member of the support portion is made of a material having good heat conductivity. 4. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the pipe member of the supporting portion is made of a regenerator. 5. The basket according to claim 1, wherein the article is a regenerator.