JP2550619Y2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for displaying the temperature of each part in a refrigerator, the presence or absence of defrosting, an abnormal alarm, and the like in a refrigerator including a freezer, a constant-temperature refrigerator, a low-temperature and high-humidity refrigerator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional refrigerator, as shown in FIG. 5, a door 3 is attached to a front surface of a main body 1 with a packing 2 interposed therebetween, and a machine room 4 formed above the main body 1 is provided.
Inside, a condenser 6 equipped with a filter 5 on the front surface, a fan 7 and the like are installed, and a thermometer mounting plate 8 is fixed to the front of the machine room 4, and a thermometer 9 is mounted on the mounting plate 8. Was. Further, a front panel 10 is attached to the front of the machine room 4, and the display of the thermometer 9 can be read from the front of the refrigerator through the burring hole 11 of the front panel 10. The cooling air was normally taken in from above the machine room 4 as shown by the arrow.

[0003] That is, since the mounting plate 8 and the thermometer 9 are provided in front of the machine room 4, they obstruct the intake of cooling air into the machine room 4. As a result, air having a relatively high temperature is introduced into the machine room 4, and there is a possibility that the performance of the refrigerator may not be sufficiently exhibited. When the filter 5 mounted on the front of the condenser 6 is to be cleaned, the mounting plate 8 and the thermometer 9 existing in front of the condenser 6 hinder the installation and removal of the filter 5 in addition to the difficulty. When cleaning the condenser 6, it is necessary to remove the mounting plate 8 one by one, which is troublesome for a large layer. Further, when the front panel 10 is attached or detached, the flange portion of the burring hole 11 comes into contact with the thermometer 9 to easily damage the thermometer 9, causing the thermometer 9 to fail. In addition, it is necessary to form a hole 11 for reading the display of the thermometer 9 on the front panel 10, and the number of manufacturing steps is increased.

[0004]

According to the present invention, with a simple structure, the intake of cooling air to the condenser of the refrigerator is smoothly performed without being hindered by the installation of a thermometer or the like, and the performance of the refrigerator is easily improved. It is intended to be improved.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] To achieve this object, refrigerators according to the present invention, the refrigerator front between the front panel and the refrigerator body door of the refrigerator machine room, a display unit such as a thermometer is is installed, together with the front of the refrigerator is configured so that the display such as the thermometer is read, the temperature
At the bottom of the front panel near the
A notch leading to the condenser in the machine room is formed .

[0006]

That is, a display such as a thermometer is attached to the front of the refrigerator between the front panel of the refrigerator machine room and the door of the refrigerator body, and the display is not arranged in the front panel. intake cooling air into the machine room can be carried out without being disturbed in particular by the presence of the display unit, also under the front panel proximate the thermometer or the like
Part has a notch leading to the front of the condenser inside the refrigerator machine room.
It has been cooled down from this notch into the refrigerator machine room
Since air can be taken in, the cooling performance of the refrigerator can be easily improved.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; 1 to 3, the main body 21 of the refrigerator 20 is filled with foamed heat insulating material in the upper and lower and surrounding walls, and a heat insulating door 23 is attached to a front opening thereof through a packing 22. Also, the main body 21
A U-shaped frame 24 is fixed to the upper surface of the frame 24. Side panels 25 are mounted on both sides of the frame 24, and a front panel 26 is mounted in front of the frame 24 to form a machine room 27. Inside the filter 28 on the front
, A condenser 30, a fan 30, a compressor 31 and the like.

Further, a thermometer mounting plate 33 is arranged on the front surface of the main body 21 between the front panel 26 and the door 23 so as to be adjacent to the lower notch 32 of the front panel 26, and a screw 3 is provided.
4, a thermometer 36 indicating the temperature inside the main body 21 is stored in the mounting plate 33. The thermometer 36 is provided between the front panel 26 and the door 23 from the front of the refrigerator 20 and the thermometer. The thermometer 36 passes through the front window 37 of the mounting plate 33.
Is configured to be able to read the temperature display. Therefore, when the fan 30 is driven, outside air is guided to the condenser 29 as shown by an arrow through the front upper portion of the machine room 27 and the lower notch 32 of the front panel 26 to cool the refrigerant in the condenser 29. Can be.

In this case, the mounting plate 3 containing the thermometer 36
3 is attached to the front surface of the main body 21 between the front panel 26 and the door 23 and is not disposed in the front panel 26, so that it passes through the upper front of the machine room 27 and the lower notch 32 of the front panel 26. When the refrigerator 20 is installed, the upper surface of the machine room 27 is very close to the ceiling of the room, and the outside air flows in from the upper front of the machine room 27. Front panel 2
The outside air can be introduced into the condenser 29 through the lower notch 32 of the condenser 6, and the condenser 29 is always effectively air-cooled,
Therefore, the cooling performance of the refrigerator 20 can be easily improved.

Further, since the mounting plate 33 accommodating the thermometer 36 is not disposed in the front panel 26, the front panel 26 does not come into contact with the mounting plate 33 or the thermometer 36 when the front panel 26 is attached or detached. Since the thermometer 36 is easily restrained, the thermometer 36 is less likely to be damaged and the thermometer 36 is less likely to fail, and the cleaning work of the filter 28 and the condenser 29 on the front face of the condenser 29 is facilitated. Maintenance becomes easier. Furthermore, the front panel 2
6, there is no need to make a hole for reading the display of the thermometer 36, so that the structure of the front panel 26 is greatly simplified and shared with the front panel of a refrigerator without the thermometer 36. Thus, the cost of parts can be significantly reduced, and even when a memo or the like is attached to the front panel 26, the display of the thermometer 36 is less likely to be difficult to read.

Next, in the refrigerator shown in FIG. 4, a main body 21 is provided between a door 23 attached to a front opening of the main body 21 through a packing 22 and a front panel 26 attached in front of a machine room 27. the front, adjacent to the lower notch 32 of the front panel 26, is arranged a thermometer mounting plate 40, transverse section portion of the frame 24 fixed to the upper surface of the main body 21
A mounting plate 40 is fixed to the main body 21 by screws 34.
Although thermometer to view the temperature of the inner is housed in the mounting plate 40, the front of the mounting plate 40 is inclined downward, the mounting plate 40 inside the thermometer according to the installation height, etc. of the refrigerator 20 The display is easy to read from the front of the refrigerator 20, and the same operation and effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained. In addition, the front surface of the mounting plate may be inclined upward in reverse depending on the installation height of the refrigerator 20 or the like, so that the thermometer display inside the mounting plate can be easily read from the front of the refrigerator.

It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a wide range of refrigerators including a freezer, a constant-temperature refrigerator, a low-temperature and high-humidity refrigerator, and a refrigerator between a front panel of a refrigerator machine room and a door of a refrigerator body. The display unit attached to the front of the main body can be configured to appropriately display the temperature, the presence or absence of defrost, an abnormality alarm, etc. at a plurality of locations in the refrigerator, and furthermore, the height of the front panel at the front of the refrigerator machine room. By reducing the size, a display unit such as a thermometer can be installed in the front of the refrigerator machine room between the front panel and the door.

[0013]

Oite the present invention according to the refrigerator, according to the invention], since the display unit such as a thermometer is attached to the refrigerator front between the front panel and the refrigerator body door of the refrigerator machine room, the front panel behind When the cooling air is introduced into the refrigerator machine room, the presence of the display unit does not particularly hinder it, and the notch formed in the lower part of the front panel
Can also take cooling air into the refrigerator machine room.
Runode, by a simple structure can be easily improved the refrigerator cooling performance, a large practical effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, with a part thereof broken away.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 20 refrigerator 21 main body 23 door 26 front panel 27 machine room 29 condenser 32 notch 33 mounting plate 36 thermometer 40 mounting plate

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] Refrigerator front between the 1. A refrigerator machine room front panel and the refrigerator body doors are installed display unit such as a thermometer is configured from the front of the refrigerator so that the display such as the thermometer read And close to the thermometer, etc.
At the bottom of the front panel, the condensation inside the refrigerator machine room
Leading to vessel forward notches formed refrigerators.