JP2015227740A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of avoiding the occurrence of malfunctions of contamination and corrosion of an installation floor surface, which are caused by water flowing down along a back surface of a refrigerator body.SOLUTION: Water flowing down along a back surface of a refrigerator body 1 is received by a groove part 35b (water receiving part) of a connector 35 and discharged, and the discharged water is received by an evaporation dish 38 (receiver). Thus, dripping of the water, which flows down along the back surface of the refrigerator body 1, to a floor surface of a room provided with a refrigerator can be avoided, and the occurrence of malfunctions of contamination and corrosion of the floor surface can be prevented.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a refrigerator.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a refrigerator, a cooling device is provided in a storage body having a storage room such as a refrigerator compartment or a freezer compartment, and the storage room is cooled by the cooling device.
Especially in recent refrigerators, there is one that uses a vacuum heat insulation panel alone or in combination with a foam heat insulating material on the heat insulation peripheral wall of the main body, and the heat insulation peripheral wall of the main body due to the high heat insulation performance of the vacuum heat insulation panel. The thickness of the storage chamber is reduced to increase the volume of the storage chamber (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-6039 A

Under the situation where the refrigerator is installed and used, for example, when the humidity of the installed room becomes high, condensation may occur on the back of the cabinet body, or when the cabinet body gets wet, water adheres, As a result, water may flow down the back of the cabinet. If the water flowing down the back surface of the cabinet body is dripped onto the floor surface of the room where the refrigerator is installed, the floor surface is not only soiled but also possibly corroded.
In particular, in the case where a vacuum heat insulation panel is used for the above-mentioned heat insulation peripheral wall of the warehouse main body, when the vacuum heat insulation panel is damaged, condensation may occur on the back of the warehouse main body due to the cool air in the storage room in the warehouse. There is a risk that water will flow down the back of the floor, causing the floor to become dirty and corroded.

  Then, the refrigerator which can avoid generation | occurrence | production of the contamination of the installation floor surface by the water which flows down the back surface of a warehouse main body, and the malfunction of corrosion is provided.

  The refrigerator of the present embodiment receives and discharges a storage body having a storage chamber therein, a cooling device provided in the storage body to cool the storage chamber, and water flowing down the back of the storage body. And a receiver that receives the water discharged from the water receiver.

1 is a perspective view of a machine room portion showing a first embodiment from the bottom of a bag. Vertical side view of the entire refrigerator Longitudinal side view of machine room along line III-III in Fig. 1 Broken perspective view of machine room Enlarged broken perspective view of portion V in FIG. Cross section of machine room along line VI-VI in Fig. 1 Enlarged vertical side view of the VII part in FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, FIG. 2 shows the entire refrigerator as viewed from the right side in a longitudinal section. As is apparent from this figure, the main body 1 is composed of a vertically long casing as a whole, and its peripheral wall is composed of an outer box 2, an inner box 3, and a heat insulating material 4 filled between the two boxes. The heat insulating material 4 is composed of the vacuum heat insulating panel 4a alone as exemplified by the back wall or the vacuum heat insulating panel 4a and the foam heat insulating material 4b as exemplified by the ceiling wall and the bottom wall.

The interior of the storage body 1 is a storage room in which the uppermost part is a refrigerating room 5, the lower part is a vegetable room 6, the lower part is an ice making room 7, and the lower part is a freezing room 8. Each has an opening on the front surface, and each opening 9-12 is opened and closed by each door.
A plurality of pockets 13 are provided on the back side of the door 9 of the refrigerating chamber 5, a plurality of shelves 14 are also provided in the refrigerating chamber 5, and a chilled container 15 is provided at the bottom so that it can be pulled out.

Although not shown in detail in the vegetable compartment 6, a vegetable container 16 is provided so that it can be taken in and out when the door 10 of the vegetable compartment 6 is opened and closed.
The ice making chamber 7 has an ice tray 17a, an ice removing drive unit 17b for peeling the ice from the ice tray 17a, an ice storage container 17c for storing the peeled ice, and an amount (bulk) of ice stored in the ice storage container 17c. An ice storage mechanism 17 comprising an ice storage detection lever 17d for detecting the ice storage is provided, and an ice storage container 17c is provided so as to be taken in and out as the door 11 of the ice making chamber 7 is opened and closed, although this is not shown in detail.

The freezer compartment 8 is provided with two upper and lower refrigerated storage containers 18 and 19 so as to be taken in and out together with the opening and closing of the door 12 of the freezer compartment 8 although this is not shown in detail.
The vegetable compartment 6 and the ice making chamber 7 are partitioned by a heat insulating partition wall 20, but neither the vegetable compartment 6 and the refrigerator compartment 5 nor the ice making compartment 7 and the freezing compartment 8 are partitioned.

A refrigeration cooler chamber 21 is provided behind the chilled container 15 storage portion of the refrigeration chamber 5 by a partition wall 22, and the refrigeration cooler chamber 21 includes a refrigeration cooler 23, a refrigeration fan 24, and the like. Is arranged.
Further, in the back part from the ice making chamber 7 to the freezing chamber 8, a freezing cooler chamber 25 is provided with a partition wall 26, and the freezing cooler chamber 25 is provided with a freezing cooler 27 and a freezing fan 28. And are arranged.

  These coolers 23 and 27 are well-known as a compressor 30 disposed in a machine chamber 29 provided in a rear lower portion outside the main body 1, a condenser not shown in FIG. 2, a capillary tube as a constrictor, and the like. When the compressor 30 operates, a refrigerant (not shown) flows from the compressor 30 to the condenser, the capillary tube, the coolers 23 and 27, and then the compressor 30 and is circulated in this order. It has become so.

  The refrigeration cooler 23 and the refrigeration fan 24 function as a cooling device that cools the refrigerator compartment 5 and the vegetable compartment 6 by generating cold air and flowing the cold air as indicated by arrows in the figure. The refrigeration cooler 27 and the refrigeration fan 28 also function as a cooling device that cools the ice making chamber 7 and the freezing chamber 8 by generating cold air and flowing the cold air as indicated by arrows in the figure. It is.

  Next, FIGS. 1 and 3 show the machine room 29. As is apparent from these drawings, the machine room 29 is formed by indenting the rear part of the bottom plate 2a of the outer box 2 in the cabinet body 1 into a horizontally long rectangular tube, and the bottom part of the machine room 29 is the bottom plate. A base plate 31 coupled to 2a is formed on the base plate 31 (in the machine room 29). In addition to the compressor 30, a fan 32 for cooling the compressor 30 and the fan 32 are surrounded and fixed. The machine parts of the warehouse main body 1 such as the fan fixing tool 33 and the condenser 34 of the refrigeration cycle are arranged side by side. In addition, FIG. 1 has shown the said store body 1 in the state which carried out the some front-end (rear raising).

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a coupling tool 35 that couples the bottom plate 2 a and the back plate 2 b of the outer box 2 is provided at the rear upper edge of the machine room 29. The coupler 35 is a long one extending over the entire width of the bottom plate 2a and the back plate 2b, and a rear edge 2a ₁ bent in an L shape of the bottom plate 2a is placed on the lower edge. has a coupling portion 35a for coupling Te, the upper edge, which has a groove 35b to insert the lower edge 2b ₁ which is bent in a crank shape of the back plate 2b, the lower edge portion 2b ₁ of the Merged back plate 2b Has a plurality of ribs 35c sandwiched between the opposite portions of the groove 35b.

Incidentally, while held between the rib 35c in the groove 35b of the coupler 35 by inserting the lower edge portion 2b ₁ of the back plate 2b, the groove 35b is also Ya from above main portion of the lower edge portion 2b ₁ of the back plate 2b It is located so as to bulge outward after the heel.
This groove part 35b is located below the lower end part of the vacuum heat insulation panel 4a arrange | positioned in the back wall of the warehouse main body 1, The width dimension of the left-right direction is the width dimension of the left-right direction of the vacuum heat insulation panel 4b. Larger than that.

4 and 5 also show a closing plate 36 that closes the open portion of the back surface of the machine room 29, and the coupling device 35 includes a plurality of screws not shown in the upper edge portion of the closing plate 36. For example, most of the portions other than the upper edge of the coupler 35 are covered with the closing plate 36.
In FIG. 4, the internal structure of the compressor 30 is omitted by hatching.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a water passage 35d communicating with the groove 35b is formed at the central portion of the coupler 35, and a water groove 35e communicating with the water passage 35d is further lowered. A drainage port 35f that is formed to extend and communicates with the water flow groove 35e at the lowermost end portion thereof is formed so as to be directed forward.

  And the front-end | tip part of the extension part 37a formed in the water receiving tool 37 is arrange | positioned under the drain port 35f (above the said compressor 30 in the machine chamber 29). The water receiver 37 is intended to receive water (so-called defrosted water) that is generated when defrosting is performed by dissolving and removing frost adhering to the refrigeration cooler 23 and the refrigeration cooler 27. 6, a portion for receiving water from the refrigeration cooler 23 is indicated by Wr, and a portion for receiving water from the refrigeration cooler 27 is indicated by Wf.

  Note that the defrosting of the refrigeration cooler 23 is performed by blowing air by, for example, stopping the supply of the refrigerant to the refrigeration cooler 23 and operating only the refrigeration fan 24, and the defrosting of the refrigeration cooler 27 is The defrost heater (not shown) attached to the refrigeration cooler 27 is heated to generate heat.

  The water receptacle 37 is formed with a drain tube portion 37b extending downward as shown in FIG. 1 at the end of one side (in this case, the fan 32 side). Not. The evaporating dish 38 is disposed on the base plate 31 (in the machine chamber 29) so as to be positioned below the fan 32, the fan fixture 33, and the condenser 34, and receives the water received through the water receiver 37. It is evaporated by indirect heat (for example, about 40 [° C.]) in the machine chamber 29 due to heat generated by the compressor 30 and the condenser 34 or by direct heat from a part of the condenser 34 attached to the evaporating dish 38. is there.

  The extension 37a of the water receiver 37 extends rearward from the vicinity of the central portion of the water receiver 37. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. Is located at the lowermost end and faces the drainage port 35f.

Next, the operation of the refrigerator having the above configuration will be described.
As described above, in the situation where the refrigerator is installed and used, for example, when the humidity of the installed room becomes high, condensation may occur on the back of the storage body, or the storage body has been exposed to water. Occasionally, water adheres, which may cause water to flow down the back of the cabinet body. In particular, in the case where the vacuum heat insulation panel 4a is used for the heat insulation peripheral wall of the storage body 1 as in this embodiment, when the vacuum heat insulation panel 4a is damaged, condensation is formed on the back surface of the storage body 1 due to the cold air in the storage chamber. In that case, water flows down the back of the main body 1.

  In the refrigerator according to this embodiment, the water flowing down is received by the fitting 35 on the back surface of the main body 1 by the groove 35b and the water from the drain port 35f through the water channel 35e. Drop on the extension 37 a of the support 37. The water dropped on the extension 37a of the water receiver 37 then falls on the evaporating dish 38 from the extension 37a of the water receiver 37 through the drain tube 37b. Then, it evaporates on the evaporating tray 38 by receiving indirect heat in the machine room 29 or direct heat from a part of the condenser 34.

  Therefore, the groove part 35b of the coupler 35 functions as a water receiving part that receives and discharges the water flowing down the back of the main body 1, and the evaporating dish 38 is a receiver that receives the water discharged from the water receiving part. The water receiving device 37 functions as a water guiding means for guiding water discharged from the water receiving portion to the receiver, and the water guiding means evaporates water generated by defrosting of the cooling device. It is a water guide member that leads to the plate 38.

  In this way, in this embodiment, the water flowing down the back of the main body 1 can be prevented from dripping onto the floor surface of the room where the refrigerator is installed. Furthermore, the occurrence of corrosion defects can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, the evaporating dish 38 is a receiver that receives water discharged by the groove 35b (water receiving portion) of the coupler 35, and the refrigeration cooler that is a cooling device as the receiver. 23 and the evaporating dish 38 for evaporating the water generated by defrosting the refrigeration cooler 27 can be used, so that a separate receiver is not required and the refrigerator is installed in a rational configuration. It is possible to prevent the floor surface from being soiled and corroded.

  In addition, even if it is the base plate 31 of the machine chamber 29 which has arrange | positioned machine parts including the compressor 30 of the store | warehouse | chamber main body 1 as a receiver which receives the water received and discharged | emitted by the groove part 35b of this coupling tool 35 Even if it is good in this way, generation | occurrence | production of the malfunction of the stain | pollution | contamination of the floor surface of the room which installed the said refrigerator, and corrosion with the rational structure using the base plate 31 can be prevented.

  In addition, in this embodiment, it has water guide means for guiding the water received and discharged by the groove 35b (water receiving portion) of the coupler 35 to the receptacle, and thereby discharged from the water receiving portion. Water can be reliably guided to the receptacle, and the occurrence of fouling and corrosion problems on the floor surface of the room where the refrigerator is installed can be more reliably prevented.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the water guiding means is a water receiving member 37 that is a water guiding member that guides water generated by defrosting of the cooling device to the evaporating dish 38, thereby utilizing the water receiving member 37. With this rational configuration, it is possible to more reliably prevent the occurrence of fouling and corrosion of the floor surface of the room where the refrigerator is installed.

  Although this embodiment demonstrated to the example the case where the surrounding wall of the store | warehouse | chamber main body 1 was comprised only by the vacuum heat insulation panel 4a over the whole back wall, you may change the structure of the heat insulating material 4 according to a temperature range. That is, both the vacuum heat insulating panel 4a and the foam heat insulating material 4b are used in the rear projection region of the freezing temperature zone of the ice making room 7 and the freezing room 8, and the refrigerating room 5 and the vegetable room having a higher target temperature than the freezing temperature zone. The rear projection area of the refrigeration temperature zone 6 may be constituted by the vacuum heat insulation panel 4a alone. According to this, even when the vacuum heat insulating panel 4a is damaged, the heat insulating effect by the foam heat insulating material 4b can suppress the occurrence of dew condensation as compared with the case where the vacuum heat insulating panel 4a is configured alone.

  Moreover, although this embodiment demonstrated as an example the case where the compressor 30 is arrange | positioned in the machine room 29, space is provided in the upper surface rear part of the warehouse main body 1, and the compressor 30 is arrange | positioned. Also good. In this case, a receiver that receives the water discharged from the water receiver can be installed without being restricted by the dimensions of the compressor 30.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the evaporating dish 38 or the base plate 31 in the machine room 29 is used as a receiver. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a receiver that receives condensed water outside the machine room 29 may be provided separately. In this case, by configuring the receptacle so as to be detachable from the main body 1, the user can confirm the water accumulated in the receptacle and can remove the entire receptacle to treat the water, thereby improving the usability. .

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this embodiment is shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  In the drawings, 1 is a main body, 5 is a refrigeration room (storage room), 6 is a vegetable room (storage room), 7 is an ice making room (storage room), 8 is a freezing room (storage room), and 23 is a refrigerator for refrigeration. (Cooling device), 27 is a refrigeration cooler (cooling device), 31 is a base plate (receiver) of the machine room, 35b is a groove portion (water receiving portion) of the coupler, 37 is a water receiving device (water guide means, water guide) (Member), 38 shows an evaporating dish (receiver).

Claims (7)

A warehouse body having a storage room inside,
A cooling device provided to cool the storage chamber in the storage body;
A water receiving portion provided to receive and discharge water flowing down the back of the main body,
A refrigerator comprising a receptacle for receiving water discharged from the water receptacle.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is an evaporating dish that evaporates water generated by defrosting the cooling device.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is a base plate of a machine room in which mechanical parts of the storage body are arranged.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising water guiding means for guiding water discharged from the water receiving portion to the receiver.   The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the water guiding means is a water guiding member that guides water generated by defrosting of the cooling device to the evaporating dish.   The refrigerator as described in any one of Claim 1 to 5 which uses a vacuum heat insulating material for the back wall of the said warehouse main body.   The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein a width dimension in the left-right direction of the water receiving portion is larger than a width dimension in the left-right direction of the vacuum heat insulating material.

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