JP2020025485A - Storage - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a storage capable of uniforming temperature and humidity in a storage chamber and suppressing dryness of objects to be stored.SOLUTION: A storage includes: (A) a storage body 11; (B) a section member 32 which is arranged on an inside back surface side of the storage body 11 and sections it into a storage chamber 14 and a functional component chamber 30; (C) a top surface side duct member 33 which is arranged on the inside top surface side of the storage body 11, connected to the section member 32 at a rear side end part, and forms an intake passage 37 which takes the air from the storage chamber 14 into the functional component chamber 30 by itself and the inside top surface of the storage body 11; (D) a first suction port 70 for taking the air in the storage chamber 14 from the front side of the top surface duct member 33 into the intake passage 37; and (E) a second suction port 71 which is provided on a connection part between the top surface duct member 33 and the section member 32 and takes the air in the storage chamber 14 into the functional component chamber 30.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage.

  Patent Document 1 listed below discloses a bread making temperature and humidity control cabinet including a storage room for storing bread dough, temperature control means for controlling the temperature of the storage room, and humidity control means for controlling the humidity of the storage room. Has been described. A storage room (accommodation room) for storing such a storage material and a functional component room (machine room) for accommodating a functional component for performing at least one of cooling, heating, and humidification of the storage room are formed therein. The storage provided with the box-shaped storage main body is configured to circulate the air in the storage in order to make at least one of the temperature and the humidity of the storage room uniform with the functional components.

JP 2001-57840 A

  In the storage having the above configuration, a plate-shaped member is arranged on the inner surface of the storage main body, and a circulation path for circulating air is formed between the member and the inner surface of the storage main body. There is. More specifically, a duct member, which is a plate-like member for forming a circulation path, is disposed on the top surface side, and the top surface side duct member forms an intake path for sucking air from the storage room to the functional component room. May form. Such an intake passage draws air from the front side of the storage room and sends air to the functional component room. However, in the storage room, the air flows on the upper back side (top side and rear side). Therefore, there is a problem that temperature unevenness is likely to occur. In particular, in the case of a bread-making temperature and humidity control cabinet as described in Patent Document 1, the upper back side is suitable for preventing the drying of bread dough because there is no air flow. It will happen. On the other hand, if the flow of the circulating air is too strong, there is a problem that the stored product is dried.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a storage that can equalize the temperature and humidity in a storage room and suppress drying of a storage item.

In order to solve the above problems, the storage of the present invention is:
A box-shaped housing that opens forward, and a storage compartment that stores a storage item, and a functional component that accommodates a functional component that performs at least one of cooling, heating, and humidification of the storage compartment behind the storage compartment. A chamber and a storage body formed therein,
A plate-shaped member disposed on the inner back side of the storage main body, and a partition member that partitions the storage room and the functional component room,
A plate-shaped member arranged on the inner top surface side of the storage main body, wherein a rear end is connected to the partitioning member, and the storage chamber main body and the internal top surface of the storage main body allow the storage room to have the above-mentioned configuration. A top-side duct member that forms an intake path that sucks air into the functional parts room,
A first suction port for taking air in the storage chamber into the intake path from the front side of the top surface side duct member,
A second suction port provided at a connection portion between the top surface side duct member and the partition member to take air in the storage chamber into the functional component chamber;
It is characterized by having.

  Since the storage configured as described above can take in the air at the upper back side of the storage room where it was difficult to circulate the air only with the first suction port directly from the second suction port to the functional component room, Temperature and humidity can be made uniform. The shape and size of the second suction port are not particularly limited. However, if the flow of air due to suction from the second suction port is too strong, drying of the stored material on the upper back side of the storage chamber may be caused. Therefore, it is desirable that the second suction port be smaller than the first suction port so as to function as an auxiliary suction port of the first suction port. Further, from the viewpoint of preventing drying of the storage material, it is preferable that the storage device be provided at a position as far as possible from the storage material, that is, near the end in the left-right direction on the upper back side of the storage room.

  In the storage having the above configuration, the top surface side duct member has a rear end bent portion inclined downward at a rear end portion, and the partition member has an upper bent portion inclined forward toward an upper end portion. The rear bending portion and the upper bending portion may be configured to overlap in the front-rear direction.

  In the storage of this configuration, the shape of the top surface side duct member and the partition member, more specifically, the shape of each connection portion thereof is limited. The storage of this configuration, for example, even if the partition member is removed in order to perform inspection or repair of functional components, etc., the upper bending portion of the partition member, the rear bending portion of the top side duct member Since the positioning can be performed by overlapping the partition member, the partition member can be easily attached. In addition, the direction of the air flow at the time of intake changes from a flow flowing from the front to the rear in the intake path, to a flow flowing from the upper part to the lower part in the functional component chamber. According to the storage having this configuration, since the intake path and the functional component chamber are connected by the inclined surface by the rear end bent portion and the upper end bent portion, the direction of the flow of air from the intake path to the functional component room is changed. Does not change suddenly, and the flow of air from the intake path to the functional component chamber can be stabilized.

  Further, in the storage having the above configuration, each of the rear end refracting portion and the upper end refracting portion has a size in the left-right direction smaller than that of the storage chamber in the left and right direction, and the rear end refracting portion and the upper end refracting portion. An opening may be formed at each of both ends in the left-right direction of the portion, and the opening may function as the second intake port.

  In the storage of this configuration, as in the configuration described above, the upper end bent portion is provided in the partition member, and the rear end bent portion is provided in the top surface side duct member, and the second suction port is formed simply by assembling. Will be. In addition, since the second suction port is formed near both ends in the left-right direction on the upper back side in the storage chamber, it is possible to suppress drying of the stored material.

  In the storage having the above configuration, the top surface side duct member may have a front end bent portion inclined downward at a front end.

  In the storage of this configuration, the shape of the first suction port is limited, and the front refraction portion functions as a flow regulating plate that regulates the flow of air toward the intake path. According to the storage of this configuration, the flow of the air impinging on the storage placed under the front bending portion can be weakened, and the storage can be suppressed from drying. In other words, from the viewpoint of suppressing drying of the storage material, it is desirable that the front end of the front-side refraction portion is located on the front side of the place where the storage material is placed.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while making the temperature and humidity in a storage room uniform, the storage which can suppress drying of a storage thing can be provided.

It is a front view of a temperature-humidity control store which is a store of an example of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state where an opening / closing door and the like of the temperature and humidity control cabinet shown in FIG. 1 are removed. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the temperature and humidity control cabinet shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the temperature and humidity control cabinet shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the temperature and humidity control cabinet shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing the inside of one space of the temperature and humidity control cabinet shown in FIG. 1, and is a diagram showing a flow of air flowing in the cabinet. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing functional components for one space of the temperature and humidity control cabinet shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state where three panels shown in FIG. 2 are removed. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of three panels shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 10 is a side view of the three panels shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 10 is a front view of a top panel and a rear panel shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 10 is a front view of the back panel and the bottom panel shown in FIG. 9. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the auxiliary suction port which is a 2nd suction port. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of parts fixed to the functional component room. FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a flow of air discharged from the evaporator Assy shown in FIG. 14. FIG. 2 is a plan sectional view of the temperature and humidity control cabinet shown in FIG. 1, showing a flow of air discharged into a storage room.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as embodiments for carrying out the present invention. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the following examples, and can be implemented in various modes with various changes and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

<Schematic configuration of temperature and humidity control cabinet>
FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 show a temperature and humidity control storage 10 as a storage according to an embodiment of the present invention. The temperature / humidity control cabinet 10 is called a dough conditioner, and can manage the formed dough from freezing to fermentation. Specifically, a freeze (freezing) process, a retard (refrigeration) process, a preheating process, and a proofing (fermentation) process are automatically performed in order on the formed dough before entering the bread baking process. Or one of the steps can be performed independently. That is, the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 is configured to perform temperature control in accordance with each of these steps, and to perform humidity control in addition to temperature control in the preheating step and the heating step.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the temperature / humidity control cabinet 10 mainly includes a housing 11 as a storage cabinet main body, which is a box-shaped housing that opens forward. The housing 11 has two vertically arranged spaces 12A and 12B, and storage spaces (storage rooms) 14A and 14B for storing bread dough (storage material) are provided in each of the spaces. . The two storages 14A, 14B are open on the front side, and the housing 11 is provided with two doors 15A, 15B for opening and closing the storage chambers 14A, 14B. In each of the storage chambers 14A and 14B, a pair of left and right tray guides 16 are detachably provided on each of the left and right side walls, and a large number of bread dough is placed on each of the plurality of pairs of tray guides 16. A tray (shelf) can be placed. Two front and rear shelf columns 17 are fixed to the left and right side surfaces in the space 12, and the tray guide 16 is attached so as to extend over the front and rear shelf columns 17. In other words, it can be considered that the shelf support portion is configured to include the shelf support member pair including the pair of left and right tray guides (shelf support members) 16 and the shelf 17.

  The temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 controls a cooling device 20 and a heating device 21 for performing temperature control, a humidifying device 22 for performing humidity control, and controls the cooling device 20, the heating device 21, the humidifying device 22, and the like. And a control device 24. As shown in FIG. 3, a machine room 25 having an open top is provided on the upper side of the housing 11, and a part of the cooling device 20 and the humidifying device 22 and the control device 24 are provided in the machine room 25. Etc. are accommodated. As shown in FIG. 1, an operation panel 26 for setting and operating the main temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 is provided on the front of the machine room 25.

  As shown in FIG. 4, each of the spaces 12A and 12B of the housing 11 has a rear side (rear side) of each of the storage chambers 14A and 14B as a functional component for adjusting the temperature and humidity of the storage chambers 14A and 14B. The functional component chambers 30A and 30B for accommodating a part of the cooling device 20, the heating device 21 and the humidifying device 22 are formed. The storage chambers 14A and 14B and the functional component chambers 30A and 30B are partitioned by a back panel 32 as a partition member that is a generally plate-shaped member. As will be described in detail later, as shown in FIG. 5, the cooling device 20 and the humidifying device 22 include components provided in the machine room 25 and components provided in the functional component chambers 30A and 30B. On the back side, they are connected by piping and wiring.

  Hereinafter, the internal configuration of each of the spaces 12A and 12B of the housing 11 will be described in detail. Since the configurations in the spaces 12A and 12B are almost the same, the description of the interior of the space 12 will be described on behalf of the upper space 12A with reference to FIG. Further, in the following description, when it is necessary to distinguish between the upper space 12A and the lower space 12B, the reference numerals are denoted by A and B, respectively. And

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the space 12, in addition to the back panel 32 described above, a top panel 33 and a bottom panel 34, which are generally plate-shaped members, are respectively provided on the top surface and the bottom surface. Is arranged. Each of the top panel 33 and the bottom panel 34 connects the storage room 14 and the functional component room 30 between the top panel of the space 12 and the bottom panel of the space 12, respectively. To form a circulation path (duct) for circulating air. That is, the top panel 33 functions as a top duct member, and the bottom panel 34 functions as a bottom duct member.

  A circulating fan 36 is housed in the functional component room 30, and the circulating fan 36 sends air from above to below in the functional component room 30. In other words, the top-side circulation path formed by the top panel 33 and the top of the space 12 by the circulation fan 36 functions as an intake path 37 that sucks air from the storage chamber 14 into the functional component chamber 30, The bottom-side circulation path formed by the bottom panel 34 and the bottom of the space 12 functions as a discharge path 38 for discharging air from the functional component chamber 30 to the storage chamber 14. That is, when the circulation fan 36 operates, the air in the storage chamber 14 is sucked into the functional component chamber 30 through the intake path 37, passes through the functional component chamber 30, and is discharged into the storage chamber 14 through the discharge path 38. .

  Further, in the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10, the temperature and humidity of the air sent from above to below by the circulation fan 36 (in other words, the air passing through the functional component room 30) are adjusted, and the temperature and humidity are adjusted. The adjusted air is sent to the storage room 14. Specifically, first, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 7, an evaporator (evaporator) 40 constituting the cooling device 20 is housed in the functional component room 30. The cooling device 20 lowers the temperature of the storage room 14 by cooling the air sent from the circulation fan 36 by the evaporator 40. The cooling device 20 uses a well-known cooling circuit, and includes a compressor 41, a condenser 42, expansion means 43, and the evaporator 40 described above. In brief, the refrigerant gas compressed by the compressor 41 is cooled by the condenser 42 to become a liquefied refrigerant, and the liquefied refrigerant is decompressed by the expansion means 43 to become a low-pressure gas-liquid mixed refrigerant, Sent to 40. Then, in the evaporator 40, the refrigerant evaporates and cools the air with the heat of evaporation. Note that components other than the evaporator 40 in the cooling device 20 are housed in a machine room 25 as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the compressor 41 and the expansion means 43 are connected to the evaporator 40 by refrigerant pipes 44A and 44B.

  Further, the heating device 21 is housed in the functional component room 30. The heating device 21 mainly includes three glass tube heaters 46, and heats the air sent from the circulation fan 36 by the heaters 46 to raise the temperature of the storage chamber 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the three heaters 46 are each extended in the left-right direction and held in a state of being arranged in the front-rear direction by a heater bracket 47, and are attached to the lower side of the evaporator 40. That is, the heating device 21 efficiently heats the air by the radiant heat and also functions as a defrost heater of the evaporator 40 arranged on the upper side.

  Further, a part of the humidifier 22 is accommodated in the functional component room 30. The humidifier 22 includes a spray nozzle 50 that is a two-fluid nozzle that sprays water in a mist state, a water supply pipe 51 that supplies water to the spray nozzle 50 from a water supply source, and an air supply pipe 52 that supplies air to the spray nozzle 50. And an air pump 53 that sends air in a pressurized state to the spray nozzle 50 through the air supply pipe 52. The water supply pipe 51 is provided with a water supply valve 51a, and a drain pipe 54 is connected to the spray nozzle 50 side from the water supply valve 51a, and the drain pipe 54 is provided with a drain valve 54a. The air pump 53 is configured to supply the air sucked from the inside of the functional component chamber 30 to the spray nozzle 50.

  Although the detailed illustration and description of the spray nozzle 50 are omitted, the spray nozzle 50 has a double cylinder arrangement, a water outlet is provided at the tip of the inner cylinder, and the outer cylinder has An air outlet is provided at the tip. The air outlet is located at a position behind the water outlet, and the air is sprayed from behind the jetted water, so that the water is atomized in front of the spray nozzle 50. I do. As shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the spray nozzle 50 is attached to the lower side of the heating device 21 in a state facing the inside of the functional component chamber 30 from the side surface.

  Then, the humidifier 22 opens the water supply valve 51 a and operates the air pump 53 to spray mist of water from the spray nozzle 50. Thus, the air sent from the circulation fan 36 is humidified, and the humidity of the storage room 14 is increased. When the water is not sprayed from the spray nozzle 50, the humidifier 22 opens the drain valve 54a and discharges the water from the drain pipe 54 so that the water does not remain in the water supply pipe 51. .

  The temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 configured as described above is controlled by the control device 24. More specifically, the control device 24 controls the circulation fan 36, the cooling device 20, the heating device 21, and the humidifying device 22 to adjust the temperature and humidity of each of the storage chambers 14A and 14B independently. Is configured. The functional component room 30 houses a temperature sensor 60 and a humidity sensor 61 (see FIG. 7), and the control device 24 controls the storage room 14A based on the detection results of the temperature sensor 60 and the humidity sensor 61. , 14B are adjusted.

<Configuration of circulation path>
i) Shape and mounting structure of duct member Since the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 has a feature regarding an air circulation path in each space 12, the circulation path will be described in detail below. As described above, in the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10, the storage room 14 and the functional component room 30 are partitioned by the back panel 32, and the storage room 14 is separated from the intake path 37 formed by the top panel 33. , And the temperature and humidity adjusted air is discharged from the discharge passage 38 formed by the bottom panel 34 to the storage chamber 14. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, a side wall duct member 65 extending vertically is fixed to each of the left and right side walls in each space 12, in the middle of the storage chamber 14 in the front and rear direction. The side wall side duct member 65 has a U-shaped cross section, and forms a side wall side circulation path 66 between the side wall side duct member 65 and the side surface of the space 12. Further, a discharge port 67 for discharging air onto the upper tray is formed in the side wall side duct member 65. By the way, in the present embodiment, the discharge ports are not formed in the two steps from the bottom, and the discharge ports 67 are formed in the six steps from the top. Then, after attaching the four shelf pillars 17 and the side wall-side duct member 65 to the side surface of the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 in the state shown in FIG. 8, the top panel 33, the rear panel 32, and the bottom panel By attaching in the order of 34, a circulation path in the space 12 is formed.

  First, the shapes of the three panel members 32, 33, and 34 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the top panel 33 includes a main plate portion 33a having a generally rectangular plate shape, side wall portions 33b rising from respective outer edges in the left-right direction of the main plate portion 33a, and a bracket portion 33c which is bent outward from the upper ends of the side wall portions 33b. And Each bracket 33c has two mounting holes 33d for mounting on the top surface in the space 12. As shown in FIG. 8, a pair of mounter members 68 for fixing the panel members 32, 33, and 34 are fixed to both side surfaces in the space 12, and the top panel 33 is located on the rear end side. Is mounted on the top surface in the space 12 using the four mounting holes 33d in a state where the part is inserted on the pair of mounter members 68. The top panel 33 further includes a front end bent portion 33e inclined downward from the front end of the main plate portion 33a, and a rear end bent portion 33f inclined downward from the rear end of the main plate portion 33a. are doing. In addition, the front-end bending part 33e has a folded shape, that is, a so-called hemming process, so that a user or the like is not injured. Further, the size of the rear end refracting portion 33f in the left-right direction is smaller than the size of the main plate portion 33a in the left-right direction, that is, smaller than the size of the storage chamber 14 in the left-right direction.

  Next, the back panel 32 has a main plate part 32a having a generally rectangular plate shape, and an upper end bending part 32b inclined forward from the upper end of the main plate part 32a. Further, two collars 32c each having a flange are fixed to the lower end side of the main plate portion 32a at intervals in the left-right direction. The collars 32c protrude forward from the main plate portion 32a of the rear panel 32 and function as protrusions. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the rear panel 32 can be positioned in the space 12 by overlapping the upper end bending portion 32 b on the front side of the rear end bending portion 33 f of the top panel 33. Then, it is attached to the pair of mounter members 68 shown in FIG. 8 by screwing.

  Subsequently, the bottom panel 34 has a main plate portion 34a having a generally rectangular plate shape, a leg portion 34b extending downward from an outer edge on the front side of the main plate portion 34a and contacting a bottom surface in the space 12, and a rear side of the main plate portion 34a. , A falling wall portion 34d that falls downward from each of the left and right outer edges of the main plate portion 34a, and a main plate portion 34a that is bent inward from the falling edge of the falling wall portion 34d. And a bent portion 34e formed in parallel with the above. In addition, two daruma-shaped engagement holes 34f are formed in the upright wall portion 34c so as to correspond to the two collars 32c of the rear panel 32. That is, the bottom panel 34 can be attached by hooking the engagement holes 34f to the collar 32c of the rear panel 32. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, the collar 32c can be inserted through the large diameter portion of the engagement hole 34f, and the bottom panel 34 can be attached by sliding in the left and right direction. As shown in FIG. 10, the falling wall 34d is provided with a falling edge above the lower end of the leg 34b, and when the bottom panel 34 is attached, the falling wall 34d and the folded wall 34d are folded. The lower side of the bent portion 34e is open to the side.

ii) Flow of air on the intake side By the circulation path formed by attaching the side wall side duct member 65 and the three panel members 32, 33, and 34, as shown by the white arrow in FIG. Will circulate. Specifically, when the circulation fan 36 operates, the air in the storage room 14 is sucked into the functional component room 30, and the air in the storage room 14 is mainly generated by the opening formed by the front end of the top panel 33. From, you will be sucked. That is, the opening is the main suction port 70 as the first suction port for taking the air in the storage chamber 14 into the suction passage 37.

  Further, the top panel 33 has the front end bent portion 33e as described above, and the front end bent portion 33e functions as a rectifying plate that regulates the flow of air toward the intake passage. Specifically, the front end bent portion 33e suppresses the suction of air from below and behind the main suction port 70, and the main suction port 70 sucks air only from the front of the front end bent portion 33e. In other words, according to the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10, the flow of air that hits the dough placed on the front side of the upper stage can be suppressed, and the drying of the dough can be suppressed.

  By the way, in the conventional temperature and humidity control cabinet, there is no air flow on the upper rear side (top side and rear side) in the storage room 14, and there is a problem that temperature unevenness occurs and fermentation unevenness of bread dough occurs. there were. Therefore, the temperature / humidity control cabinet 10 has an auxiliary suction port as a second suction port at a connection portion between the top panel 33 and the rear panel 32 as a second suction port for taking air in the upper back side of the storage chamber 14 into the functional component chamber 30. 71 are provided. Specifically, when the top panel 33 and the back panel 32 are mounted in the space 12 and the top bending section 32b of the rear panel 32 overlaps the rear bending section 33f of the top panel 33, FIG. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 13, the top panel 33 and the rear panel, and the mounter member 68, both ends in the left-right direction of the rear end bending section 33 f of the top panel 33 and the upper bending section 32 b of the rear panel 32. Will form a generally triangular aperture. These openings function as the auxiliary suction ports 71 described above.

  Therefore, according to the temperature / humidity control cabinet 10, the air in the upper rear side of the storage room 14 can be circulated using the auxiliary suction port 71, and the temperature and humidity of the storage room 14 are made uniform. be able to. Also, the bread dough is easy to dry when a strong air flow hits it. However, in the main temperature and humidity control cabinet 10, two auxiliary suction ports 71 are formed near both corners on the upper back side of the storage room 14. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the drying of the dough placed on the back side of the upper stage.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 13, the temperature / humidity control cabinet 10 has a connection portion between the intake path 37 and the functional component room 30 formed by a rear end bending portion 33 f of the top panel 33 and a rear panel 32. Of the air from the intake passage 37 to the functional component chamber 30 does not suddenly change. Therefore, the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 can stabilize the flow of air from the intake passage 37 to the functional component room 30.

iii) Flow of air in functional component room Next, the flow of air in the functional component room 30 will be described. A part of the circulation fan 36, the evaporator 40 of the cooling device 20, the heating device 21, and the humidifying device 22 described above is accommodated in the functional component chamber 30, and these are unitized as shown in FIG. And the evaporator Assy80. The evaporator Assy 80 will be briefly described, but as shown in FIG. 3, the evaporator 40, the heating device 21, and the spray nozzle 50 are mounted in the case 81 in this order from the upper side. The circulation fan 36 is attached to the upper end of the case 81. Further, a temperature sensor 60 and a humidity sensor 61 are attached to the upper end of the case 81, as shown in FIG. That is, in the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10, the evaporator Assy 80 is assembled outside the housing 11, and the assembled evaporator Assy 80 is fixed to the back surface in the space 12 of the housing 11 to complete the mounting of the functional components and the like. . Therefore, the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 can simplify the manufacturing process.

  Since the evaporator Assy 80 is configured as described above, the air sent downward by the circulation fan 36 passes through the evaporator 40 and the heating device 21 and the temperature is adjusted. It is humidified by the spray nozzle 50 and discharged from the lower end of the case 81.

  The evaporator Assy 80 is fixed to the housing 11 at a distance from the bottom surface in the space 12 in order to send the air discharged from the lower end of the case 81 to the lower side of the bottom panel 34. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 14, a case lower duct member 85 is provided to guide the air discharged from the lower side of the evaporator Assy 80 to the discharge path 38 formed by the bottom panel 34. The dimension of the evaporator Assy 80 in the left-right direction is smaller than the inner dimension of the space 12 in the left-right direction, and the space also extends to the left and right of the evaporator Assy 80 in the space 12 (functional component room 30). Therefore, the case lower duct member 85 includes a pair of blocking members 86 that block the flow of air in the left and right direction so that the air discharged from below the evaporator Assy 80 does not flow into the left and right spaces of the evaporator Assy 80. .

  As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, each of the pair of blocking members 86 is fixed to the right and left corners on the back side in the space 12. That is, the pair of blocking members 86 are disposed to face each other in the left-right direction, and have the facing wall portions 86a facing each other. Each of the pair of blocking members 86 has a mounting portion 86b that is provided in parallel with the bottom surface in the space 12 and on which the evaporator Assy 80 is mounted. As shown in FIG. 3, the evaporator assembly 80 is placed on the pair of blocking members 86, so that the height of the lower end is located slightly above the main plate portion 34 a of the bottom panel 34. The interval between the opposing wall portions 86 b of the pair of blocking members 86 substantially matches the inner size of the case 81 in the left-right direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the air discharged from the evaporator Assy 80 flows below the bottom panel 34 without leaking to other spaces by the above-described case lower duct member 85. That is, the temperature and humidity control cabinet 10 can efficiently discharge the air whose temperature and humidity have been controlled.

iv) Flow of Air on the Discharge Side The air discharged from the evaporator Assy 80 and flowing into the bottom of the bottom panel 34 is, as shown in FIG. It is discharged into the storage room 14. In addition, since the bottom panel 34 is provided with the leg 34b at the front end, the flow of air toward the front is blocked, and air is discharged only from the side of the bottom panel 34. That is, the leg 34b of the bottom panel 34 functions as a closing wall.

  Then, a part of the exhaled air rises upward from the gap between the tray guide 16 and the side wall as shown in FIGS. 6 and 16, and flows into each tray. Further, another part of the discharged air enters the side wall side circulation path 66 formed by the side wall side duct member 65 and is discharged on each tray on the upper stage side. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, since the leg portion 34 b functioning as a closing wall portion is located forward of the side wall-side duct member 65, a part of the air flows forward from the side front end of the bottom panel 34. , And flows into the front side of the storage room 14.

  Then, the air in the storage chamber 14 is sucked into the functional component chamber 30 again from the main suction port 70 and the auxiliary suction port 71, and is circulated. With the above-described configuration, the temperature / humidity control cabinet 10 can distribute the air evenly on each tray in the storage room 14 and the like, and can prevent the air from stagnating in a part of the storage room 14. Air can be circulated.

  Although the storage of this embodiment includes all of the cooling device 20, the heating device 21, and the humidifying device 22, the storage having the above-described configuration is installed in a refrigerator or a hot storage provided with at least one of them. The first suction port 70 and the second suction port 71 formed by the top panel 33 as the surface duct member and the rear panel 32 as the partition member can be adopted.

  Reference numeral 10: temperature and humidity control storage [storage], 11: housing [storage main body], 12A, 12B: space, 14A, 14B: storage room [storage], 16: tray guide [shelf support member], 17: shelf , 20 ... cooling device, 21 ... heating device, 22 ... humidifying device, 30A, 30B ... functional component room, 32 ... rear panel [partition member], 32a ... main plate portion, 32b ... upper bent portion, 33c ... collar [projection] 33, top panel [top duct member], 33e front bent section, 33f rear bent section, 36 circulating fan, 70 main suction port [first suction port], 71 auxiliary suction port [ Second suction port]

Claims (4)

A box-shaped housing that opens forward, and a storage compartment that stores a storage item, and a functional component that accommodates a functional component that performs at least one of cooling, heating, and humidification of the storage compartment behind the storage compartment. A chamber, and a storage body formed therein,
A plate-shaped member disposed on the inner back side of the storage main body, and a partition member that partitions the storage room and the functional component room,
A plate-shaped member arranged on the inner top surface side of the storage main body, wherein a rear end is connected to the partitioning member, and the storage chamber main body and the internal top surface of the storage main body allow the storage room to have the above-mentioned configuration. A top surface side duct member that forms an intake path for sucking air into the functional parts room,
A first suction port for taking air in the storage chamber into the intake path from a front side of the top surface side duct member;
A second suction port provided at a connection portion between the top surface side duct member and the partition member to take air in the storage chamber into the functional component chamber;
With storage. The top surface side duct member has a rear end bent portion inclined downward at the rear end,
The partition member has an upper end bent portion inclined forward in an upper end portion,
The storage according to claim 1, wherein the rear end bending portion and the upper end bending portion are configured to overlap in the front-rear direction. Each of the rear end refraction portion and the upper end refraction portion has a size in the left-right direction smaller than the size in the left-right direction of the storage room,
3. The storage according to claim 2, wherein openings are formed at both ends in the left-right direction of the rear end bent portion and the upper end bent portion, and the openings function as the second suction ports. 4.   4. The storage according to claim 1, wherein the top surface side duct member has a front end bent portion that is inclined downward at a front end. 5.

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