JP2000161838A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable both entering of surrounding atmosphere and a leakage of cold air when a door of a refrigerator is opened to be reduced as much as possible and further eliminate or restrict a disadvantage caused by bad odor within a storing chamber as less as possible. SOLUTION: A refrigerator 1 is constructed such that a refrigerating chamber 11 formed in a thermal insulating box 6 is cooled and at the same time an opening of the refrigerating chamber 11 is closed by a door 14 in such a way that it can be opened or closed. In the case that the door 14 is released to open, the cold air within the refrigerating chamber 11 is deodored and after this operation a cold air curtain is formed at the opening of the refrigerating chamber 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a storage room is formed and cooled in an insulated box, and an opening of the storage room is closed and opened by a door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of refrigerator has a freezing room and a refrigeration room in an insulated box as shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-12301 (F25D23 / 00).
A method of installing a cooler and a blower in a cooling room defined in the back of the freezing room, supplying cool air cooled by this cooler to each of the above-mentioned rooms by a cooling blower, circulating and cooling. Has been adopted. In addition, the front opening of each room was closed by a door so that it could be opened and closed freely.

[0003]

However, when the door is opened for delivery of food, cold air in each room leaks to the outside, and instead, outside air having a high temperature and humidity flows into each room. In the past, measures such as shutting down the cooling blower when the door was opened were taken.However, the temperature rise due to cold air leakage and outside air intrusion was also severe in proportion to the door opening time. I was

On the other hand, since the storage room is closed by a door, odors generated from foods and the like stored in the storage room are transferred to other foods or become unpleasant odors when the door is opened, so that the user may have a bad smell. There was a problem of discomfort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional technical problems, and it is possible to minimize the invasion of outside air and the leakage of cold air when the door is opened, and to reduce the inconvenience caused by the odor in the storage room. An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that can be eliminated or minimized.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator for cooling a storage room formed in a heat-insulating box, and the opening of the storage room is closed by a door so as to be openable and closable. After the door is opened, the cool air in the storage room is deodorized and then circulated to form a cool air curtain at the opening of the storage room.

In the refrigerator according to the second aspect of the present invention, a storage room is formed in the heat insulating box body, and the cool air exchanged with the cooler is forcibly circulated to the storage room by a cooling blower, and the opening of the storage room is a door. The air outlet is formed so as to be openable and closable, and has an air outlet formed at an upper portion of the opening of the storage chamber, a suction port formed below the air outlet, and an air curtain communicating between the air outlet and the suction port. Duct, a deodorizing device arranged in the air curtain duct, and a cool air in the storage room arranged in the air curtain duct from the suction port, and from the air outlet through the air curtain duct. An air curtain blower that forms a cool air curtain at the opening of the storage room by blowing into the storage room is provided.

In the refrigerator according to the third aspect of the present invention, the air curtain blower is stopped when the door is closed and the air curtain blower is operated when the door is opened.

According to the present invention, the cold air curtain is formed at the opening of the storage compartment of the refrigerator which can be opened and closed by the door. Cold air that is about to leak from the storage chamber can be prevented as much as possible by the air curtain. As a result, a rise in the temperature in the storage room due to the opening of the door can be suppressed as much as possible, and the cooling effect can be improved.

Further, since the air curtain is formed by circulating the cool air in the storage room, the duct structure is simplified, and the function of stirring the cool air in the storage room is also exhibited. Also contributes. Furthermore, since the cool air for forming the air curtain is circulated after being deodorized, the circulation of the cool air allows the deodorization in the storage room to be performed smoothly, and the cool air blown out as the air curtain is deodorized. Thus, the inconvenience of the user feeling bad smell can be eliminated or minimized.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, a blower for an air curtain is provided separately from a blower for cooling, which circulates cool air that has exchanged heat with a cooler to a storage room, and a duct is specially formed for an air curtain. The formation of the air curtain does not adversely affect the cooling air circulation for cooling. In addition, since the deodorizing device for deodorizing cool air is installed in the air curtain duct, the appearance does not deteriorate as compared with the one installed in the storage room, and the stored items collide and may be damaged. Inconvenience can be avoided beforehand.

According to the first and third aspects of the present invention, since the cool air curtain is formed when the door is opened, it is possible to contribute to energy saving.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator for accumulating a time during which the door is opened in the refrigerator according to the third aspect and, when the door is closed, a time based on the integrated time for the air curtain. After the operation of the blower is continued, it is stopped.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the time during which the door is open is integrated, and when the door is closed,
Since the air curtain blower continued to operate for a time based on the accumulated time, it was stopped after the door was closed. It is possible to reduce and homogenize.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator according to the third or fourth aspect, wherein the refrigerator door is closed.
When the temperature in the storage room rises above a predetermined value, the air curtain blower is operated.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the third or fourth aspect, even when the door is closed, if the temperature in the storage room rises to a predetermined value or more, the air curtain is used. Since the blower is operated, the cool air in the storage room is stirred by the operation of the air curtain blower, so that the temperature recovery (decrease) in the storage room can be accelerated.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator according to the first, second, third, fourth or fifth aspect of the invention, wherein the heat insulating box is opened at the front surface. Are partitioned vertically by a partition wall, and a storage room is formed on the upper side, and a partition room is formed by a partition plate at a lower portion of the storage room,
The cool air suction part constituting the cool air curtain is formed on the upper surface of the front part of the partition wall and the front part of the partition plate.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the heat-insulating box is open at the front, the heat-insulating box is vertically divided by a partition wall, and a storage room is formed on the upper side. A compartment is formed by a partition plate at the lower part, and a cold air suction part constituting a cool air curtain is formed on the upper surface of the front part of the partition wall and the front part of the partition plate. It is possible to form an air curtain,
The effect of suppressing cold air leakage can be further improved.

Particularly, in this case, since the cool air is sucked from the upper surface of the front part of the partition wall and the suction part at the front part of the partition plate, the cool air forming the air curtain is reliably sucked to minimize the leakage to the outside. In addition, the cooling efficiency can be improved.

[0020]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the refrigerator 1 to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator 1 without the door 14, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view of the refrigerator 1, FIG. FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of the refrigerator compartment 11 of the refrigerator 1, and FIG. 6 is a transparent perspective view of the refrigerator compartment 11 of the refrigerator 1.

The refrigerator 1 has a front-opening heat-insulating box 6 which is filled with a heat-insulating material 4 such as foamed polyurethane by an in-situ foaming method between an outer box 2 made of a steel plate and an inner box 3 made of a hard resin such as ABS. It is composed of The interior of the heat-insulating box 6 is divided into upper and lower four chambers by an upper partition wall 8, a middle partition member 7, and a lower partition member 9, and the upper part of the upper partition wall 8 is a refrigerator room 11,
A freezer compartment 13 is provided below the lower partition member 9, and a vegetable compartment 12 is provided between the middle partition member 7 and the lower partition member 9. The space between the upper partition wall 8 and the middle partition member 7 is further divided into left and right sides by a heat insulating wall (not shown). The left side is an ice room 10 and the right side is a select room.

The opening of the front of the refrigerator compartment 11 is closed by a rotatable heat-insulating door 14 so as to be openable and closable.
Each of the drawer-type heat-insulating doors 16 and 17 having 7A is openably and closably closed. Ice room 10
Also, the drawer-type heat-insulating door 18 provided with the container 18A having an upper surface opening is openably and closably closed, and the select room is also closed and closable by the same drawer-type heat-insulating door 19.

An automatic ice maker 21 is installed above the ice chamber 10. Further, the back of the vegetable compartment 12 is partitioned forward and backward by a heat insulating partition plate 22 and a cooler front plate 23, and a cooling chamber 24 is formed behind the cooler front plate 23 to form a compartment. A cooler 26 is provided vertically.
A cooling blower 29 is provided above the cooler 26, and a defrost heater 31 is provided below the cooler 26.

The heat insulating partition plate 22 and the cooler front plate 23
A freezer compartment discharge port 13A is formed at the lower end of the space therebetween, and a freezer chamber suction port (not shown) is formed below the heat insulating partition plate 22.

On the other hand, a grill 23A is formed above the cooler front plate 23 so that the propeller fan 32 of the cooling blower 29 faces. In the space between the heat insulating partition plate 22 and the cooler front plate 23 on the front side of the fan 32, the upper part of the heat insulating partition 38 inserted into the heat insulating partition plate 22 and the upper partition wall 8 is vertically penetrated. An extended guide duct 39 is formed, and a motor damper 46 is mounted in the guide duct 39 above the heat insulating partition plate 22.

The motor damper 46 is provided with two baffles. A refrigerator compartment rear duct 47 extending toward the refrigerator compartment 11 extends upward from the refrigerator compartment baffle, and extends from the select compartment baffle. Ducts (not shown) are formed toward the select chambers.

A back plate 49 is attached to the back of the refrigerator compartment 11 at an interval from the back of the inner box 3.
On the left and right between the inner box 9 and the inner box 3, the refrigerator compartment rear duct 47 extending vertically is formed. And back plate 4
Refrigerating room discharge ports 11A are formed on the left and right of 9 and communicate with the refrigerator room rear duct 47. In the refrigerating room 11, a plurality of shelves 51 are provided.

Further, a partition plate 42 is attached to the lower part of the refrigerator compartment 11 above the upper partition wall 8 at a predetermined interval, and a lid 43 that can be opened and closed can be turned on the front side of the partition plate 42. The built-in room 4 is suspended movably and surrounded by these.
4 are formed. In this built-in chamber 44, a container 48 that can be pulled out is stored. Reference numeral 44A denotes a built-in chamber discharge port formed in the back plate 49, and communicates with a lower portion of the refrigerator compartment rear duct 47.

Further, at the lower right corner of the rear plate 49 on the back of the refrigerator compartment 11, a rear refrigerator compartment suction port 61 is formed at the rear face of the built-in chamber 44, and the rear refrigerator compartment suction port 61 is shown in the figure. Not in communication with the return duct. Further, a water supply tank 52 for supplying water to the automatic ice maker 21 is stored on the left side of the built-in chamber 44.

The container 17A housed in the vegetable compartment 12
Is closed by a lid 53, and a return duct from the refrigerating room 11 is returned to the cooling room 24 after flowing around the container 17A. The return cool air from the ice chamber 10 and the select chamber is directly returned to the cooling chamber 24 by a return duct (not shown).

Here, a concave portion 54 is formed in the center of the rear plate 49 so as to be vertically depressed, and a translucent shade 56 is attached to the concave portion 54.
The refrigerating room rear duct 47 is formed so as to be separated from the left and right sides of the concave portion 54. A rear duct 57 for an air curtain is formed in the concave portion 54 closed by the shade 56, and an illumination lamp 59 is mounted therein.

An air curtain blower 68 having a turbo fan 67 for sucking cool air from the axial direction (forward) and blowing it out in the radial direction is disposed in the air curtain rear duct 57 located at the lowermost portion of the recess 54. Have been. Also,
A top plate 69 is attached to the top surface of the refrigerator compartment 11, and inside the top plate 69, a top duct 71 for an air curtain is formed extending in the front-rear direction. The rear end of the air curtain top duct 71 is connected to the air curtain rear duct 5.
A plurality of air outlets 72 are arranged at the front end of the air curtain top surface duct 71 in the vicinity of the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 11 at the front end of the air curtain top surface duct 71.

The upper surface of the molded heat insulating material 38 inserted into the upper partition wall 8 is depressed forward and backward, and a bottom duct 73 for an air curtain is formed in the upper partition wall 8. ing. This air curtain bottom duct 7
3 is located near the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 11 (the outlet 72).
.. Corresponding to the lower side) of the plurality of suction ports 74.
・ Is arranged side by side. The rear end of the air curtain bottom duct 73 communicates with the front side of the air curtain blower 68 via a communication duct 76.

Further, a plurality of suction ports 75... Communicating with the front side of the air curtain blower 68 are provided on the back plate 49 located below the partition plate 42 on the left and right sides.
Then, a gap G (cold air suction part) between the lid 43 of the built-in chamber 44 and the front part of the partition plate 42 is formed.

Here, the back duct 57 for the air curtain is used.
Above the air curtain blower 68 disposed therein, a deodorizing device 70 is attached. The deodorizing device 70 has a rectangular shape with a width smaller than the left and right dimensions of the air curtain rear duct 57, for example, a width approximately half the left and right dimensions, and is deflected to the left side inside the duct 57. Attach it. Furthermore, this deodorizing device 7
Numeral 0 is an antibacterial deodorizing catalyst which is made of activated carbon and has a deodorizing effect of adsorbing odor components in a plurality of fine pores and can also capture floating bacteria present in cold air passing therethrough ( For example, a deodorizer manufactured by Shinko Shoji Co., Ltd.).

On the other hand, a machine room 77 is formed at the lower part of the heat insulating box 6, and a compressor 78 and a condenser (not shown) constituting a well-known refrigeration cycle are provided at the rear of the machine room 77. , A condenser blower and the like are installed.

With the above configuration, when the compressor 78 and the cooling blower 29 are operated by the control device (not shown), the cool air in the cooling chamber 24 cooled by the cooler 26 is removed by the propeller fan 32 of the cooling blower 29. As a result, the air is sucked upward, blows out forward, and a part thereof goes downward, and is blown out into the freezing compartment 13 from the freezing compartment discharge port 13A. And
After circulating and cooling the inside of the container 16 </ b> A in the freezing room 13, the cool air returns to the inside of the cooling room 24 from the freezing room suction port. As a result, the freezing compartment 13 has a predetermined freezing temperature (−20 ° C.).
About).

The operation of the compressor 78 and the cooling blower 29 is controlled by the control device based on a freezing room temperature sensor (not shown) for detecting the temperature in the freezing room 13.

A part of the cool air blown out from the cooling blower 29 goes upward, flows into the guide duct 39, and the motor damper 46 portion as described above, the refrigerator room rear duct 47
And it distributes to each ice room 10 and a selection room.
The amount of cold air supplied is controlled so that the temperature in the ice chamber 10 becomes a freezing temperature by the motor damper 46, and ice is made by the automatic ice making machine 21.

In the select room, the control temperature can be selected in a range from the freezing room to the vegetable room, and the supply amount of the cool air is controlled so as to reach the selected temperature. In addition, the motor damper 46 is used for the ice room 10, the selection room, and the refrigeration room 1.
The temperature is controlled by the control device based on a temperature sensor (not shown) that detects the temperature of each of the first and second temperatures.

Here, the cool air flowing from the motor damper 46 to the refrigerator compartment rear duct 47 is discharged from the refrigerator compartment outlets 11A.
-It is blown out from the internal chamber discharge port 44A into the refrigerating chamber 11 and the internal chamber 44, circulates through the inside and cools, and flows into the refrigerating chamber rear suction port 61.

The cool air flowing into the suction port 61 after the refrigerating compartment flows into the return duct. The cool air that has flowed into the return duct descends there and is discharged into the vegetable compartment 12.
Then, after circulating in the vegetable compartment 12 and indirectly cooling the inside of the container 17A, it is sucked through a vegetable compartment suction port (not shown) and returns to the lowermost portion in the cooling compartment 24. by this,
Vegetables in container 17A are kept at + 3 ° C to +
It will be kept cool at a temperature of about 5 ° C.

The control device controls ON / OFF of the cooling blower 29 on the basis of the temperature of the freezing room 13, but when any of the doors 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 is opened, The cooling blower 29 is stopped. by this,
This is to suppress cold air leakage from each room.

In the control device, the door 14 of the refrigerator compartment 11 is closed, and the temperature in the refrigerator compartment 11 is, for example, +6.
If the temperature is lower than a predetermined high temperature such as ° C, the air curtain blower 68 is stopped. Then, when the door 14 is opened, the control device operates the air curtain blower 68.
And the illumination lamp 59 is turned on.

When the air curtain blower 68 is operated, it has a function of sucking cool air from the axial direction and blowing it out in the radial direction, so that the cool air in the refrigerator compartment 11 is sucked from the suction ports 74. The air reaches the air curtain blower 68 via the bottom duct 73 and the communication duct 76, and is also sucked from the suction ports 75 through the gap G to reach the air curtain blower. Then, the air is blown out to the rear duct 57 for the air curtain, and a part of the air rises through the deodorizing device 70, and the rest rises as it is, enters the air duct top surface duct 71, flows therethrough, and blows out. 72... Are blown out to the opening of the refrigerator compartment 11 below.

As a result, a cold air curtain is formed at the opening of the refrigerator compartment 11 as shown by arrows in FIGS. 5 and 7 over the entire area. The outside air that is going to enter and the cool air that is going to leak from inside the refrigerator compartment 11 can be prevented as much as possible by the air curtain.

In particular, by operating the air curtain blower 68, the cool air after being deodorized by the deodorizing device 70 provided in the air curtain rear duct 71 is cooled.
Can be circulated, so that the deodorization in the storage room can be smoothly performed. In addition, since the cool air blown out as the air curtain is deodorized, the inconvenience of the user feeling bad smell can be eliminated or minimized.

A deodorizing device 70 is provided in an air curtain rear duct 71 for circulating cool air in the refrigerator compartment 11.
Is provided, there is also an effect that the deodorizing effect can be concentrated in the refrigeration room 11 where a bad odor easily occurs.

Further, a deodorizing device 70 for deodorizing cold air.
Is installed in the air curtain back duct 71,
The appearance is not deteriorated as compared with the one mounted in the storage room, and inconveniences such as damage of the stored articles due to collision can be avoided.

Here, the control device accumulates the time during which the door 14 is open, and when the door 14 is closed,
Air curtain blower 6 for the same time as the integration time
After the operation 8 is continued, the operation is stopped. This allows
After the door 14 is closed, the temperature rise and the temperature unevenness in the storage chamber that occur during the opening of the door 14 can be quickly reduced and made uniform.

The time during which the operation of the air curtain blower 68 is continued after the door 14 is closed is not limited to the same time as the integrated time, but may be a time ratio proportional to the integrated time. In this case, the aspect of the proportionality may be such that it gradually increases as the integration time becomes longer, or may be linearly proportional to the length of the integration time. Alternatively, the operation of the air curtain blower 68 may be continued for a predetermined time each time the door 14 is opened and closed without adding up the time during which the door 14 is open.

Further, when the temperature in the refrigerator compartment 11 rises to a high temperature such as + 6 ° C., for example, due to input of a large amount of heat load, the control device closes the door 14 and further closes the door. The air curtain blower 68 is operated even after the integration time has elapsed.

Thus, the cool air in the refrigerator compartment 11 is agitated, so that the temperature recovery (reduction) in the refrigerator compartment 11 is accelerated. In addition, the operation of the air curtain blower 68 as described above stirs the cool air in the refrigerator compartment 11, so that the temperature in the refrigerator compartment 11 also becomes uniform.

Further, since the cool air curtain is formed when the door 14 is opened, it is possible to contribute to energy saving.

Further, even when the door 14 is closed, if the temperature in the storage room rises to a predetermined value or more, the air curtain blower 68 is operated. Stirring is performed by the operation of the blower 68, and the temperature recovery (reduction, especially, the pocket inside the door 14) in the storage room can be accelerated.

[0056]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a cold air curtain is formed at the opening of the storage compartment of the refrigerator which can be opened and closed by the door, so that the storage compartment is opened when the door is opened. The air curtain can prevent as much as possible the outside air trying to enter the air and the cool air trying to leak from the storage chamber. As a result, a rise in the temperature in the storage room due to the opening of the door can be suppressed as much as possible, and the cooling effect can be improved.

Further, since the air curtain is formed by circulating the cool air in the storage room, the duct structure is simplified, and the function of stirring the cool air in the storage room is also exhibited. Also contributes. Furthermore, since the cool air for forming the air curtain is circulated after being deodorized, the circulation of the cool air allows the deodorization in the storage room to be performed smoothly, and the cool air blown out as the air curtain is deodorized. Thus, the inconvenience of the user feeling bad smell can be eliminated or minimized.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, an air curtain blower is provided separately from the cooling blower for circulating the cool air exchanged with the cooler to the storage room, and the duct is also specially formed for the air curtain. The formation of the air curtain does not adversely affect the cooling air circulation for cooling. In addition, since the deodorizing device for deodorizing cool air is installed in the air curtain duct, the appearance does not deteriorate as compared with the one installed in the storage room, and the stored items collide and may be damaged. Inconvenience can be avoided beforehand.

According to the first and third aspects of the present invention, since the cool air curtain is formed when the door is opened, it is possible to contribute to energy saving.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the time during which the door is open is integrated, and when the door is closed, the operation of the air curtain blower is performed for a time based on the integrated time. After the continuation, the operation is stopped, so that the temperature rise and the temperature unevenness in the storage room that occur during the opening of the door can be quickly reduced and made uniform after the door is closed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, even when the door is closed, if the temperature in the storage room rises to a predetermined value or more, the air curtain is used. Since the blower is operated, the cool air in the storage room is stirred by the operation of the air curtain blower, so that the temperature recovery (decrease) in the storage room can be accelerated.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned inventions, the heat-insulating box body is opened at the front surface, and the heat-insulating box body is vertically divided by a partition wall, and a storage room is formed on the upper side. At the same time, a compartment is formed by a partition plate at the bottom of this storage room,
Since the cold air suction part that constitutes the cold air curtain is configured on the upper surface of the front part of the partition wall and the front part of the partition plate, it is possible to form the cool air curtain all over the opening of the storage room, The effect of suppressing cold air leakage can be further improved.

Particularly, in this case, since the cool air is sucked from the upper surface of the front part of the partition wall and the suction part at the front part of the partition plate, the cool air forming the air curtain is reliably sucked to minimize the leakage to the outside. In addition, the cooling efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator excluding the refrigerator compartment door of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a refrigerator room of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of a refrigerator compartment part of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the refrigerator excluding the refrigerator compartment door of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 6 Insulated box 7 Middle partition member 8 Upper partition wall 9 Lower partition member 11 Refrigerator room 11A Refrigerator room discharge port 24 Cooling room 26 Cooler 29 Cooling blower 42 Partition plate 43 Cover 44 Built-in room 47 Refrigerator room back duct 57 Back duct for air curtain 70 Deodorizer 71 Top duct for air curtain 72 Air outlet 73 Bottom duct for air curtain 74 Suction port 75 Suction port G Gap

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Ishikawa et al. 2-5-2-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takumi Abe 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No.5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Fujiko Masuda 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator in which a storage room formed in a heat insulating box is cooled and an opening of the storage room is closed by a door so as to be openable and closable. When the door is opened, cool air in the storage room is removed. Refrigerator characterized by forming a cool air curtain at the opening of the storage room by circulating after deodorization. 2. A storage chamber is formed in an insulated box body, and cool air exchanged with a cooler is forcibly circulated to the storage chamber by a cooling blower, and an opening of the storage chamber is closed by a door so as to be openable and closable. An air outlet formed above the opening of the storage chamber, a suction port formed below the air outlet, an air curtain duct communicating the air outlet and the suction port, and the air curtain A deodorizing device disposed in the air duct, and disposed in the air curtain duct, sucking cool air in the storage chamber from the suction port, and storing the cold air from the outlet through the air curtain duct. A refrigerator, comprising: an air curtain blower that forms a cool air curtain at an opening of the storage room by blowing the air into a room. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the air curtain blower is stopped when the door is closed, and the air curtain blower is operated when the door is opened. 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: accumulating a time during which the door is opened, and, when the door is closed, continuing operation of the air curtain blower for a time based on the accumulated time, and then stopping the operation. The refrigerator according to claim 3, characterized in that: 5. The air curtain blower is operated when the temperature in the storage room rises to a predetermined value or more with the door closed.
Refrigerator. 6. The heat-insulating box body is open at the front, the heat-insulating box body is vertically divided by a partition wall, and a storage room is formed on the upper side, and a partition plate is provided at a lower portion of the storage room. 3. A compartment, wherein a cold air suction portion constituting a cold air curtain is formed on an upper surface of a front portion of the partition wall and a front portion of the partition plate. 3,
The refrigerator according to claim 4 or claim 5.