JP2002090057A - Electric refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase an effective volume by providing indoor lamps each for illuminating in cold storage chamber so as not to project the lamps into the chamber. SOLUTION: An electric refrigerator comprises a pair of recesses 13a recessed rearward in a duct cover 9 at both right and left sides of a blower for the cold storage chamber having a crossflow fan 12b, and the indoor lamps 13 provided in the recesses 13. In this case, the lamps 13 may not project to a front surface in the cold storage chamber 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric refrigerator, and more particularly, to an evaporator for a refrigerator and a cross flow for sending cool air generated by the evaporator for the refrigerator on the back surface of a duct cover. Equipped with a fan for the refrigerator compartment consisting of a fan,
The present invention relates to a configuration in which the internal light is provided on both left and right sides of the refrigerator compartment blower to increase the effective volume of the refrigerator compartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An interior light provided in a refrigerator of a conventional electric refrigerator has a structure as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, for example. Electric refrigerator 3 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a blower comprising an evaporator 32 for a refrigerator and an axial fan for sending cool air generated by the evaporator 32 for the refrigerator to the refrigerator 31 on the back of a refrigerator 31 provided at an upper portion. 33, and inside lamps 34 for illuminating the inside of the refrigerator compartment 31 are provided on both left and right sides of the blower 33. The interior light 34 includes an interior light lamp 34a and an interior light lamp 34.
and a refrigerator light cover 34b made of a transparent material that protects the refrigerator compartment a. This is because the blower 33 is formed of an axial fan, so that its volume is small and there is no possibility of interference with the interior lamp 34.

The electric refrigerator 40 shown in FIG. 4B uses a cooling system called a suction cooling system, and is provided with a refrigerator 43 for a refrigerator formed of a cross flow fan on the back surface of the refrigerator 41. In the suction cooling method, a refrigerator evaporator 42 and a refrigerator air blower 43 are provided on a back surface of the refrigerator 41, and the cool air generated by the refrigerator evaporator 42 is supplied to the refrigerator blower. While sending out to a cool air outlet provided at the front of the refrigerator compartment 41 by 43,
The cooling chamber 41 is cooled by sucking cool air through a suction port provided on the back surface of the cooling chamber 41. By using a cross-flow fan formed in a cylindrical shape having excellent blowing capacity, the refrigerating room blower 43 is formed in a horizontally long shape, and in order not to interfere with the refrigerating room blower 43, the refrigerating room is used. Interior light 4 for illuminating 41
Numerals 4 were provided in front of both sides of the refrigerating room blower 43. For this reason, the interior lamp 44a and the interior lamp 4
The interior light cover 44b for protecting the refrigerator compartment 4a
1 is provided so as to protrude forward on both sides in the refrigerator, and this limits the storage capacity of the storage object in the refrigerator compartment 41.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention comprises a refrigerator having an evaporator for a refrigerator and a horizontally long blower for a refrigerator formed of a cross flow fan on the back of the refrigerator. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric refrigerator in which the inside volume of the refrigerator compartment is provided on both left and right sides of the blower for illuminating the refrigerator compartment, thereby increasing the effective volume of the refrigerator compartment and improving the usability.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a heat insulating box having an open front is divided into upper and lower parts by a partition wall, and a refrigerator compartment and a vegetable compartment are provided at an upper part, and a vegetable compartment is provided at a lower part. A freezer compartment is provided, a machine room equipped with a compressor is provided at the lower rear portion of the heat insulating box, and an evaporator and a blower for sending out cool air generated by the evaporator are provided on the back surface of the freezer compartment. A duct cover is provided from the rear inner wall to the upper inner wall of the refrigerating compartment, and a refrigerating compartment evaporator and a refrigerating compartment blower including a cross flow fan are provided on the back surface thereof, and the refrigerating compartment is provided with the refrigerating compartment. In an electric refrigerator provided with an interior light to be illuminated, an upper portion of the duct cover is arranged on both sides of the refrigerator compartment blower, and a pair of concave portions facing rearward are provided, and the interior light is provided in the concave portion. The configuration provided There.

[0006] Further, the recess is formed integrally with the duct cover.

[0007] Further, an interior light cover made of a transparent member is provided on the front surface of the concave portion.

Further, mounting pieces are provided on both sides of the refrigerating compartment blower, supporting pieces corresponding to the mounting pieces are provided in the concave portions, and the mounting pieces are mounted on the supporting pieces, whereby the refrigerating compartment is provided. A blower is mounted between the recesses.

Further, the refrigerator air blower is mounted on the heat insulating box, and the support pieces projecting from both sides of the refrigerator air blower are hooked on the upper surface of the recess. .

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an electric refrigerator according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the rear inner wall of a refrigerator compartment of the electric refrigerator according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, an electric refrigerator 1 according to the present invention divides a heat insulating box 2 having an open front into upper and lower parts by a partition wall 2 a and a partition wall 2 b, and has a refrigerating room provided with an opening / closing door 3 a at an upper part. 3, a vegetable compartment 4 provided with a pull-out door 4a at the center, and a freezer compartment 5 provided with a pull-out door 5a at the bottom. A compressor 6 is provided at a lower rear portion of the heat insulating box 2.
is provided, and an evaporator 7 is provided above the evaporator 7 for exchanging heat with the refrigerant sent from the compressor 6a to generate cool air. The cold air is sent to the freezing room 5 by a blower 8 provided on the front surface thereof.

The refrigerating compartment 3 is provided with a plurality of mounting shelves 3b and a duct cover 9 extending from the rear inner wall to the upper inner wall. On the back surface of the duct cover 9, an evaporator 11 for a refrigerator and an air blower 12 for a refrigerator formed in a horizontally long shape and composed of a cross flow fan for sending out cool air generated by the evaporator 11 for the refrigerator. The cool air blown out from the refrigerator air blower 12 passes through a delivery path 10 formed in the duct cover 9, and is supplied to the refrigerator room 3 from a cool air outlet 9 a at a tip portion, After the storage object is cooled, it is sucked through the cool air inlet 9b formed in the duct cover 9.

On the left and right sides of the refrigerator air blower 12, upper portions of the duct cover 9 are arranged, and when the opening door 3a is opened, the inside of the refrigerator room 3 is illuminated. A light 13 is provided. Interior light 13
As shown in FIG. 2, on the upper part of the duct cover 9,
It is molded integrally with the duct cover 9 by press working,
A pair of recesses 13a facing rearward are provided, and inside the recesses 13a, interior lamps 13b are provided, and the interior lamp covers 13c made of a transparent member are provided to protect the interior lamps 13b. Mounted on the front of The refrigerating room blower 12 includes a cross flow fan 12b formed of a plurality of blades and formed in a cylindrical shape, a cover 12a supporting the cross flow fan 12b, and a fan motor 12c for driving the cross flow fan 12b. Thus, the width is set slightly smaller so as to be accommodated between the recesses 13a. As an example of the attachment of the refrigerating room blower 12, as shown in FIG. 3A, a support piece 13d in which a screw hole is formed in the recess 13a.
Are provided opposite to each other, and the blower 12
A mounting piece 12d having a screw insertion hole corresponding to the support piece 13d is protrudingly provided on both sides of the support piece 13d, and the refrigerating compartment blower 12 is mounted between the recesses 13a with screws 14. Alternatively, as shown in FIG.
Is attached to the heat-insulating box 2 by the attachment member 12e, while reinforcing pieces 12f are provided on both sides of the refrigerator compartment blower 12, and the reinforcing pieces 12f are hooked on the upper surface of the concave portion 13a to reinforce the mounting strength. It has become.

As mentioned above, the refrigerator air blower 12
The left and right sides of the refrigerator 13 are provided with the recesses 13a, and the interior lamps 13 are provided in the recesses 13a, so that the interior lamps 13 can be prevented from protruding in the refrigerator compartment 3. By increasing the effective volume of the electric refrigerator, an electric refrigerator with improved usability can be obtained.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention,
On the left and right sides of the refrigerator air blower, a pair of recesses in which the duct cover is recessed rearward is provided, and the interior light is provided in the recess so that the interior light is provided without protruding in the refrigerator compartment. Accordingly, the electric refrigerator can be provided with an increased effective volume of the refrigerating compartment and improved usability without restricting the objects to be stored in the refrigerating compartment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an electric refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the rear inner wall of the refrigerator compartment of the electric refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 (A) is an external perspective view showing the attachment of a blower for a refrigerator in an electric refrigerator according to the present invention. (B) is an external appearance perspective view which shows the other example of attachment of the fan for the refrigerator compartment of the electric refrigerator by this invention.

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a rear surface of a refrigerator in an electric refrigerator according to a conventional example. (B) is a sectional view showing the configuration of the back of the refrigerator compartment of the electric refrigerator according to the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electric refrigerator 2 Heat insulation box 2a Partition wall 2b Partition wall 3 Refrigerator room 3a Opening / closing door 3b Mounting shelf 4 Vegetable room 4a Door 5 Freezer room 5a Door 6 Machine room 6a Compressor 7 Evaporator 8 Blower 9 Duct cover 9a Cold air blowing Outlet 9b Cold air inlet 10 Delivery path 11 Refrigerating room evaporator 12 Refrigerating room blower 12a Cover 12b Cross flow fan 12c Fan motor 12d Mounting piece 12e Mounting member 12f Reinforcement piece 13 Interior light 13a Recess 13b Interior light lamp 13c Warehouse Inner light cover 13d Support piece 14 Screw

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An insulated box body having an open front surface is vertically divided by a partition wall, a refrigerator room and a vegetable room are provided at an upper portion, and a freezing room is provided below the refrigerator room. Provide a machine room equipped with a machine, and on the back of the freezing room, an evaporator, and a blower that sends out the cool air generated by the evaporator, while providing a duct cover from the rear inner wall to the upper inner wall of the refrigerator compartment. In addition to the above, an electric refrigerator provided with a refrigerator compartment evaporator and a refrigerator compartment blower comprising a cross flow fan on the back surface thereof, and provided in the refrigerator compartment with an interior light for illuminating the refrigerator compartment, On both sides of the room blower, the upper portion of the duct cover is arranged, and a pair of concave portions facing rearward are provided,
An electric refrigerator, wherein the interior light is provided in the recess. 2. The electric refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the recess is formed integrally with the duct cover. 3. The electric refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein an interior light cover made of a transparent member is provided on a front surface of the recess. 4. A mounting piece protrudes from both sides of the refrigerator compartment blower, and a support piece corresponding to the mounting piece is provided in the recess.
The electric refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator is attached between the recesses by attaching the mounting piece to the support piece. 4. 5. The refrigerating compartment blower is mounted on the heat-insulating box, while supporting pieces projecting from both sides of the refrigerating compartment blower are hooked on the upper surface of the recess. The electric refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein