JP2012017752A - Vacuum heat insulation member and refrigerator using same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum heat insulation member and a refrigerator provided therewith in which loads on a core member and an outer covering member are reduced, resulting in heat insulation performance being able to be secured for a long period of time.SOLUTION: The vacuum heat insulation member is equipped with the core member; and the outer covering member, which houses the core member, and the interior of which is depressurized. Cutouts are provided in first pieces of material of the core member. A second piece of material the density of which is lower than that of the first pieces of material, and the thickness-wise deformation rate of which is larger than that of the same, is placed in overall contact with the first pieces of material. The second piece of material is bent toward the cutouts in such a way as to form recesses.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum heat insulating material and a refrigerator using the same.

  As a background art in this technical field, there is JP-A-2008-64323 (Patent Document 1). In Patent Document 1, a heat insulating box body filled with a foam heat insulating material between an outer box and an inner box, a heat radiating pipe arranged on the inner surface side of the outer box, and a core material covered with a jacket material, the inside is decompressed. And a vacuum heat insulating panel provided with a groove part into which a heat radiating pipe is fitted, the vacuum heat insulating panel is formed on the back surface of the surface on which the groove part is formed so as to face the groove part and is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction than the groove part. A configuration having a wide convex portion is described.

JP 2008-64323 A

  However, in patent document 1, after forming a vacuum heat insulating material, the groove part is formed in a vacuum heat insulating material by pressing with a metal mold | die. Then, in the performance of the vacuum heat insulating material, the inorganic fiber of the core material in the processed part is cut or the like. Thereby, heat insulation performance deteriorates. In addition, there is a problem that the heat insulation performance deteriorates because the jacket material is stretched by press working and is torn and gas barrier property is lowered.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the vacuum heat insulating material which can ensure heat insulation performance over a long period of time by reducing the load to a core material and a jacket material, and a refrigerator provided with the same.

  In order to solve the above problems, for example, the configuration described in the claims is adopted. The invention of the present application includes a plurality of means for solving the above-described problems. To give an example, a vacuum heat insulating material provided with a core material and a jacket material that houses the core material and depressurizes the inside, The core material is provided with a notch in the first material, and a second material having a density lower than that of the first material and a large deformation rate in the thickness direction is overlaid on the first material, The second material is characterized by being curved toward the notch so as to form a recess.

  By reducing the load on the core material and the jacket material, it is possible to provide a vacuum heat insulating material that can ensure heat insulating performance over a long period of time and a refrigerator including the same.

The front view of the refrigerator which concerns on the Example of this invention. AA sectional drawing of FIG. The schematic sectional drawing of the vacuum heat insulating material used for this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Core material structure explanatory drawing of the vacuum heat insulating material which shows Example 1 of this invention. The core-material structure explanatory drawing of the vacuum heat insulating material which shows Example 2 of this invention. The vacuum heat insulating material outer box installation explanatory drawing which shows Example 3 of this invention. The chart which shows the evaluation result of the core material which concerns on each Example of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator showing the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

  The refrigerator 1 of this embodiment has the refrigerator compartment 2 in the upper part, and the vegetable compartment 5 in the lower part, as shown in FIG. Further, a lower freezer compartment 4 is provided between the refrigerator compartment 2 and the vegetable compartment 5. Between the lower freezer compartment 4 and the refrigerator compartment 2, an ice making room 3a and an upper freezer room 3b are provided side by side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each of the storage chambers is provided with a door that opens and closes the front opening. The refrigerating room 2 is provided with rotating refrigerating room doors 6a and 6b that rotate around the hinge 10 and the like.

  In the ice making room 3a, the upper freezing room 3b, the lower freezing room 4 and the vegetable room 5, a drawer type ice making room door 7a, an upper freezing room door 7b, a lower freezing room door 8 and a vegetable room door 9 are arranged. When these drawer type doors are pulled out, the storage containers housed in the respective storage chambers are pulled out together.

  Each door includes a seal member 11 for hermetically adhering to the refrigerator 1 body, and is attached to the outer peripheral edge of the door on the storage chamber side. In addition, a heat insulating partition 12 is arranged to insulate the refrigerator compartment 2 from the ice making chamber 3a and the upper freezer compartment 3b. The heat insulating partition 12 is a heat insulating wall having a thickness of about 30 to 50 mm, and is provided with a single material or a combination of a plurality of heat insulating materials such as a styrofoam, a foam heat insulating material (hard urethane foam), a vacuum heat insulating material, and the like. . Similarly, a heat insulating partition 14 is provided between the lower freezer compartment 4 and the vegetable compartment 5 to insulate the compartment.

  Between the ice making chamber 3a and the upper freezing chamber 3b and the lower freezing chamber 4, since the temperature zone is the same, a partition member 13 having a seal member 11 receiving surface is provided instead of a partition heat insulation.

  Insulation partitions are basically installed in the partitions of rooms with different storage temperature zones such as refrigeration and freezing. In addition, although the storage room of the refrigerator compartment 2, the ice-making room 3a, the upper stage freezer compartment 3b, the lower stage freezer compartment 4, and the vegetable compartment 5 is each dividedly formed in the box 20, the arrangement | positioning of each storage room is carried out. The invention is not particularly limited to this. Further, the refrigerator doors 6a and 6b, the ice making door 7a, the upper freezer door 7b, the lower freezer door 8, and the vegetable door 9 are also specifically limited, such as opening / closing by rotation, opening / closing by drawer, and the number of divided doors. It is not a thing.

  The box 20 includes an outer box 21 and an inner box 22, and a heat insulating part is provided in a space formed by the outer box 21 and the inner box 22 to insulate each storage chamber in the box 20 from the outside. Yes. A vacuum heat insulating material is disposed in the space between the outer box 21 and the inner box 22, and a space other than the vacuum heat insulating material is filled with a foam heat insulating material 23 such as hard urethane foam. The vacuum heat insulating material 50 will be described later.

  Further, in order to cool each storage room of the refrigerator 1 to a predetermined temperature, a cooler 28 is provided on the back side of the ice making room 3a, the upper freezing room 3b, and the lower freezing room 4 (freezing temperature zone room). Yes. The cooler 28 connects a compressor 30, a condenser 31, and a capillary tube (not shown) to constitute a refrigeration cycle. Above the cooler 28, a blower 27 that circulates the cold air cooled by the cooler 28 in the refrigerator 1 and maintains a predetermined low temperature is disposed.

  Moreover, the heat insulation partitions 12 and 14 which divide the refrigerator compartment 2, the ice making room 3a, the upper freezer compartment 3b, the freezer compartment 4, and the vegetable compartment 5 of the refrigerator 1 are provided with the expanded polystyrene 33 and the vacuum heat insulating material 50c. About the heat insulation partitions 12 and 14, you may fill with foam heat insulating materials, such as a rigid urethane foam, and it does not specifically limit to the foamed polystyrene 33 and the vacuum heat insulating material 50c.

  Moreover, the recessed part 40 for accommodating electrical components 41, such as a board | substrate for controlling the driving | operation of the refrigerator 1, and a power supply board, is formed in the top surface rear part of the box 20. As shown in FIG. Further, a cover 42 that covers the electrical component 41 is provided. The height of the cover 42 is arranged so as to be substantially the same height as the top surface 21a of the outer box 21 in consideration of appearance design and securing the internal volume. Although it does not specifically limit, when the height of the cover 42 protrudes from the top surface 21a of the outer box 21, it is desirable to keep in the range within 10 mm.

  Since the recessed portion 40 is disposed in a state where only the space for storing the electrical component 41 is recessed on the foamed heat insulating material 23 side, the internal volume is inevitably sacrificed in order to ensure the heat insulating thickness. If the internal volume is increased, the thickness of the foam heat insulating material 23 between the recess 40 and the inner box 22 will be reduced. For this reason, the vacuum heat insulating material 50a is arrange | positioned in the foam heat insulating material 23 of the recessed part 40, and it is strengthening, ensuring heat insulation performance. In the present embodiment, the vacuum heat insulating material 50a is a single vacuum heat insulating material 50a formed in a substantially Z shape so as to straddle the lower part of the electrical component 41. The cover 42 is made of a steel plate in consideration of heat resistance.

  Moreover, the compressor 30 and the condenser 31 arrange | positioned at the back lower part of the box 20 are components with big heat_generation | fever. Therefore, a vacuum heat insulating material 50d is disposed on the projection surface toward the inner box 22 in order to prevent heat from entering the interior. Moreover, the heat insulation of the box 20 is improved by arranging the vacuum heat insulating material 50b and the like on the side surface 21e and the back surface 21b.

  Next, the structure of the vacuum heat insulating material 50 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The vacuum heat insulating material 50 includes a core material 51, an inner packaging material 52 for holding the core material 51 in a compressed state, and an outer jacket material 53 having a gas barrier layer covering the core material 51 held in a compressed state by the inner packaging material 52. And an adsorbent (not shown).

  The jacket material 53 is disposed outside the vacuum heat insulating material 50, and is configured in a bag shape in which portions having a certain width are bonded to each other from the ridge line of the same size laminate film by thermal welding. In the present embodiment, the core material 51 is a laminate of flexible inorganic fibers that are not bonded or bound with a binder or the like, and glass wool having an average fiber diameter of 4 μm is used. About the core material 51, since outgas is reduced by using a laminate of inorganic fiber materials, it is advantageous in terms of heat insulation performance. However, the core material 51 is not particularly limited to this. For example, ceramic fibers, rock wool, Inorganic fibers such as glass fibers other than glass wool may be used. Depending on the type of the core material 51, the inner packaging material 52 may be unnecessary.

  Moreover, about the core material 51, an organic resin fiber material other than an inorganic fiber material can be used. In the case of organic resin fibers, there are no particular restrictions on use as long as the heat-resistant temperature is satisfied. Specifically, it is common to fiberize polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, etc. to a fiber diameter of about 1 to 30 μm by a melt blown method or a spun bond method, If it is a fiberization method, it will not ask in particular.

  The laminate structure of the jacket material 53 is not particularly limited as long as it has gas barrier properties and can be thermally welded. In this embodiment, the surface protective layer, the multiple gas barrier layers, and the thermally welded layer are not limited. The laminate film has a three-layer structure. The surface protective layer is a resin film that serves as a protective material.

  The gas barrier layer has a layer in which a metal vapor deposition layer is provided on a resin film and a layer in which a metal vapor deposition layer is provided on a resin film having a high oxygen barrier property, and is bonded so that the metal vapor deposition layers face each other. .

  The heat welding layer uses a film having a low hygroscopicity like the surface layer.

  Specifically, a biaxially stretched polypropylene, polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate film or the like is used as the surface protective layer.

  As the gas barrier layer, a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film with aluminum vapor deposition, a biaxially stretched ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer resin film with aluminum vapor deposition, a biaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol resin film with aluminum vapor deposition, or an aluminum foil is used.

  As the heat welding layer, unstretched polyethylene, polypropylene, or other films are used.

  The layer configuration and material of the three-layer laminate film are not particularly limited thereto. For example, as a gas barrier layer, a metal foil or a resin film provided with a gas barrier film made of an inorganic layered compound, a resin gas barrier coating material such as polyacrylic acid, DLC (diamond-like carbon), etc. A polybutylene terephthalate film having a high barrier property may be used.

  The surface protective layer is a protective material for the gas barrier layer, but in order to improve the vacuum exhaust efficiency in the manufacturing process of the vacuum heat insulating material 50, it is preferable to dispose a resin having a low hygroscopic property.

  Moreover, since resin barrier films other than metal foil used for a gas barrier layer will deteriorate gas barrier property remarkably by absorbing moisture, resin with low hygroscopic property is arrange | positioned also about a heat welding layer. Thereby, while suppressing deterioration of gas barrier property, the moisture absorption amount of the whole laminate film is suppressed. Also, in the vacuum evacuation process of the vacuum heat insulating material 50, the amount of moisture brought into the jacket material 53 can be reduced, so that the vacuum evacuation efficiency is greatly improved, leading to higher performance of heat insulation performance.

  In addition, the lamination (bonding) of each film is generally performed by a dry laminating method via a two-component curable urethane adhesive, but the type of adhesive and the bonding method are particularly limited to this. However, other methods such as a wet laminating method and a thermal laminating method may be used.

  In addition, for the encapsulating material 52, a heat-weldable polyethylene film and a physical adsorption type synthetic zeolite are used as the adsorbent.

  However, these are not limited to these materials, and the inner packaging material 52 may be a polypropylene film, a polyethylene terephthalate film, a polybutylene terephthalate film, etc., as long as it has low hygroscopicity and can be thermally welded and has a small outgas. The agent adsorbs moisture and gas and may be either physical adsorption or chemical reaction type adsorption.

Example 1
Next, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a core material configuration of a vacuum heat insulating material according to the first embodiment. The core material of the vacuum heat insulating material 50 is provided with a notch 51c in the first material 51b. Further, a second material 51a having a density lower than that of the first material 51b and a large deformation rate in the thickness direction is overlaid on the first material 51b so that the second material 51a forms a recess 54. It is the structure curved to the notch part 51c side.

  The second material 51a is a glass wool fiber aggregate of inorganic fibers as a low-density material with large deformation in the thickness direction.

  The first material 51b uses a polystyrene fiber aggregate of organic fibers as a high-density material with small deformation in the thickness direction.

  By combining the first material 51b and the second material 51a and vacuum-packaging them with the inner packaging material 52 and the outer covering material 53, the inside becomes a negative pressure, and the core material 51 receives the pressure equally from the outside. At this time, the first material 51b has a notch 51c, and the second material 51a having a lower density than the first material 51b is pushed into the notch 51c. In addition, the 1st material 51b can be made into the shape smaller than the 2nd material 51a, and the one end side or both ends side of the 2nd material 51a can curve, and can also comprise a recessed part.

  Further, the maximum depth of the notch is made substantially the same as the thickness of the first material 51b after compression deformation. In this case, the curved portion of the second material 51a that is curved so as to form the recess 54 is substantially flush with one side surface of the first material 51b, and it is prevented from protruding more than necessary on the opposite side of the recess 54. be able to.

  Next, FIG. 7 shows the examination results of the first material 51b and the second material 51a in this example, that is, the high-density material and the low-density material.

In FIG. 7, No.1 is, ABS resin plate density 1050 kg / m ³ dense material was a low density material with glass wool fiber aggregate density 11.5 kg / m ^3.

In No. 2, a high density material was a polystyrene fiber aggregate having a density of 88 kg / m ³ , and a low density material was a glass wool fiber aggregate having a density of 11.5 kg / m ³ .

In No. 3, a high-density material was a polystyrene fiber aggregate having a density of 44 kg / m ³ , and a low-density material was a glass wool fiber aggregate having a density of 11.5 kg / m ³ .

For No. 4, high-density material was foamed urethane with a density of 25 kg / m ³ and low-density material was a glass wool fiber aggregate with a density of 11.5 kg / m ³ .

In No. 5, a high-density material was a polystyrene fiber aggregate having a density of 44 kg / m ³ , and a low-density material was a press-compressed glass wool fiber aggregate having a density of 23 kg / m ³ .

In No. 6, a high-density material was a polystyrene fiber aggregate having a density of 16 kg / m ³ , and a low-density material was a glass wool fiber aggregate having a density of 11.5 kg / m ³ .

No. 7 was a glass wool fiber aggregate having a density of 11.5 kg / m ³ consisting of a high-density material and a low-density material.

  As a result of these studies, a concave shape can be formed even if the density ratio of the low-density material to the high-density material is 1% as in No. 1. However, when the density of the high-density material is high, the heat transfer when the vacuum heat insulating material is used is high, and the thermal conductivity is deteriorated.

  On the other hand, as in No. 7, when the density ratio of the low density material to the high density material is 100%, the concave shape cannot be stably formed.

  Thereby, when the density ratio of the low-density material to the high-density material is 13 to 72% (No. 2 to No. 6), the shape of the concave shape is good, and a good value of thermal conductivity is obtained. Further, preferably, the density ratio of the low-density material to the high-density material is set to 26 to 52% (No. 3 to No. 5) to obtain a vacuum heat insulating material with better moldability and thermal conductivity. Can do.

  In addition, although the polystyrene fiber aggregate was used as the high-density material of this example, polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyvinyl alcohol fiber aggregate, foamed urethane, polystyrene, or the like can also be used. .

  In addition, as a low-density material, even in the same type of fiber aggregate as the fiber aggregate, it is possible to form a concave shape by using a material having a different density such as a binder or a glass wool sheet.

(Example 2)
Next, Example 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, a part of the first material 51b (polystyrene fiber aggregate) is made smaller than the size of the second material 51a (glass wool fiber aggregate). That is, it is the structure which provided the clearance gap of the predetermined space | interval in the layer of the 1st material 51b which overlaps with the 2nd material 51a. Or it is set as the structure which provided the notch part substantially the same as the thickness after the compression deformation of the 1st material 51b in the layer of the 1st material 51b which overlaps with the 2nd material 51a.

  Since the size of the concave portion 54 of the second material 51a is determined by the thickness of the first material 51b, the size of the concave portion 54 can be easily changed by reducing the thickness of the layer of the first material 51b. be able to. Thereby, in the layer of the second material 51a, it is possible to form a small concave portion 54 that is difficult to be formed by a spring back by pressing or the like.

(Example 3)
Next, Embodiment 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view when the vacuum heat insulating material 50 is installed between the outer box 21 and the inner box 22 of the refrigerator. A vacuum heat insulating material 50 is provided between the outer box 21 and the inner box 22. Furthermore, the heat radiating pipe 60 for radiating the refrigerant is disposed between the outer box 21 and the vacuum heat insulating material 50 so as to contact the outer box 21 made of steel plate. Thereby, since the heat from the heat radiating pipe 60 is transmitted to the outside through the outer casing 21 made of a steel plate, it can be suppressed so as not to affect the inside of the cabinet.

  The heat radiating pipe 60 is installed in the recess 54.

  Thereby, the heat radiating pipe 60 can be arranged in the planar outer box 21, and the vacuum heat insulating material 50 can be installed so as to cover the heat radiating pipe 60. In addition, the vacuum heat insulating material 50 can be installed from above the heat radiating pipe 60 without grooving the outer box 21 or the like. Therefore, since the vacuum heat insulating material 50 can be arranged with a large outer diameter along the outer box 21, the coverage by the vacuum heat insulating material 50 is increased, and the refrigerator 1 with improved heat insulating performance with less heat leakage can be provided. .

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the core material is provided with a notch in the first material, and the second material having a lower density and a higher deformation rate in the thickness direction than the first material is used as the first material. The second material is characterized by being curved toward the notch portion so as to form a recess. That is, the second material that is largely deformed in the thickness direction becomes a shape along the notch portion of the first material due to the pressure from the outside air when vacuum packaging is performed, and a recess can be provided.

  Thereby, it is not necessary to perform a press work after setting it as a vacuum heat insulating material. Therefore, it is possible to prevent factors that lower the heat insulation performance, such as the inorganic fibers of the core material being cut, the outer jacket material being stretched by press working, and being torn or the gas barrier properties being lowered. Moreover, the energy-saving property of a refrigerator can be improved by using the vacuum heat insulating material which maintained heat insulation performance for a long time also in the heat radiating pipe part installed in the outer box of a refrigerator.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 20 Box 21 Outer box 22 Inner box 23 Foam heat insulating material 40, 54 Recess 50, 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d Vacuum heat insulating material 51 Core material 51a Second material (glass wool fiber aggregate)
51b First material (polystyrene fiber aggregate)
51c Notch 52 Inner material 53 Outer material 60 Heat radiation pipe 61 Aluminum tape 62 Urethane foam

Claims (6)

In a vacuum heat insulating material provided with a core material and a jacket material that houses the core material and depressurizes the inside,
The core material is provided with a notch in the first material, and a second material having a density lower than that of the first material and a large deformation rate in the thickness direction is overlaid on the first material, A vacuum heat insulating material, wherein the second material is curved toward the notch so as to form a recess.   The vacuum heat insulating material according to claim 1, wherein glass wool or a resin fiber aggregate is used as the second material.   The vacuum heat insulating material according to claim 1, wherein a resin fiber aggregate or urethane foam is used as the first material.   The vacuum heat insulating material according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a density ratio of the second material to the first material is 13 to 72%.   The vacuum heat insulating material according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a maximum depth of the notch is substantially the same as a thickness of the first material after compression deformation. A vacuum heat insulating material is provided between the outer box and the inner box,
In the refrigerator in which the heat radiating pipe that radiates the refrigerant is disposed between the outer box and the vacuum heat insulating material,
The vacuum heat insulating material includes a core material, and a jacket material that houses the core material and depressurizes the inside.
The core material is provided with a notch in the first material, and a second material having a density lower than that of the first material and a large deformation rate in the thickness direction is overlaid on the first material, The second material is curved toward the notch so as to form a recess,
The refrigerator is characterized in that the heat radiating pipe is located in the recess.

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