JP3825620B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

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JP3825620B2
JP3825620B2 JP2000293901A JP2000293901A JP3825620B2 JP 3825620 B2 JP3825620 B2 JP 3825620B2 JP 2000293901 A JP2000293901 A JP 2000293901A JP 2000293901 A JP2000293901 A JP 2000293901A JP 3825620 B2 JP3825620 B2 JP 3825620B2
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淳一 藤堂
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide effective constitution by taking into consideration both cold air distribution to an upper face duct and to a rear face duct and arrangement of a cold air circulation blower in case of constituting the cold air circulation blower of a propeller fan or a turbo-fan, in a refrigerator having a cooler disposed on a rear face of a fresh food storage compartment and a cold air circulation blower provided above the same and distributing cold air sent from the cold air circulation blower to the upper face duct formed on an upper face of the fresh food storage compartment and the rear face duct formed on a rear face of the storage compartment. SOLUTION: The cold air circulation blower is constituted of the propeller fan or the turbo-fan and is disposed, corresponding to a branching part of the upper face duct and the rear face duct. The upper face duct constitutes a passage for allowing the cold air sent from the blower to be divided into left and right flows at an inflow part thereof and to widen toward a cold air outlet to the compartment. A straightening part for straightening the biased flow of the cold air from the blower is provided in the passage.

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、冷却器で冷却した冷気を冷気循環送風機によって冷蔵室へ循環する冷蔵庫に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
先行技術として、冷蔵庫内を上から冷蔵室、野菜室、冷凍室に区画し、冷蔵室用冷却器及び冷蔵室用冷気循環送風機によって冷蔵室と野菜室を冷却し、冷凍室用冷却器及び冷凍室用冷気循環送風機によって冷凍室を冷却する冷蔵庫があり、冷蔵室の前面開口部に上から下へ流れるエアカーテンを形成する方式を採っているものがある。この場合、冷蔵室の扉が開いている間に運転されるエアカーテン専用送風機を設けて前記エアカーテンを形成する方式である。このため、冷蔵室を冷却する冷気通路とは別の独立したエアカーテン用通路が形成されていて、このエアカーテン用通路には冷蔵室用冷却器は含まれていない。
【0003】
上記の技術では、冷蔵室用冷気循環送風機とは別に、エアカーテン用の特別の送風機とその空気ダクトが必要になり、構造的に複雑となる問題がある。
【0004】
そこで、この改良技術として、冷蔵室の背面部に冷却器と前記冷却器の上方に冷気循環送風機が配置され、この冷気循環送風機から送られる冷気を前記冷蔵室の上面部に形成された上面ダクトと前記冷蔵室の背面に形成された背面ダクトに分配して前記冷蔵室へ供給する冷蔵庫の技術を本出願人は開発している。
【0005】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、冷蔵室の背面部に冷却器と前記冷却器の上方に冷気循環送風機が配置され、この冷気循環送風機から送られる冷気を前記冷蔵室の上面部に形成された上面ダクトと前記冷蔵室の背面に形成された背面ダクトに分配して前記冷蔵室へ供給する冷蔵庫において、上面ダクトと背面ダクトへの冷気分配と冷気循環送風機の配置とを考慮して、これらが効果的になる構成を提供するものである。そして、冷気循環送風機をプロペラファン又はターボファン構成とした場合に、上面ダクトから吹き出される冷気流の均一化を目的とした構成を提供するものである。
【0006】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明の一つの具体的な手段として、冷蔵室の背面部に冷却器と前記冷却器の上方に冷気循環送風機が配置され、記冷気循環送風機から送られる冷気が、上面ダクトへ制限した量として供給されるゲート部と、このゲート部から左右の背面ダクトへ向けて冷気を案内するガイド部を設けた分岐部分により、分配されて前記冷蔵室へ供給する冷蔵庫において、前記冷気循環送風機はプロペラファン又はターボファン構成であって前記上面ダクトは、前記ゲート部から出た冷気が、左右の通路へ分流されるように中央部に分流壁部を有し、且つ、前記冷蔵室への冷気吹き出し口に向けて広がる通路を形成し、この通路には前記冷気循環送風機からの冷気流の偏りを整流する整流部を設けた技術手段を採用した。
【0007】
【発明の実施の形態】
次に、本発明の冷蔵庫の実施の形態について説明する。図1乃至図6は本発明の一つの実施の形態を示しており、図1は冷蔵庫の正面図、図2は冷蔵庫の縦断側面図、図3は冷蔵庫本体の正面図、図4は冷気分配ダクトの分解斜視図、図5は背面ダクト部材と送風機の分解斜視図、図6は冷気分岐部分と上面ダクト部の構成を示す説明図である。
【0008】
図1乃至図6において、1は冷蔵庫本体であり、外箱(外壁板)3と内箱(内壁板)2との間に発泡断熱材4を充填した断熱構造である。冷蔵庫本体1内には、上から冷蔵室5、野菜室6、冷凍室7が区画されて設けられ、冷蔵室5内の底部にはその上方の冷蔵室5と区画板(区画壁)8にて区画された特定低温室9が設けられ、また冷凍室7は上冷凍室10と下冷凍室11と更に製氷室20に区分されている。冷蔵室5の前面開口は、冷蔵庫本体1の一側部にヒンジ装置にて横方向に回動して開閉される回動式扉12にて閉塞される。野菜室6の前面開口は、野菜室6内に設けた左右のレール又はローラ装置によって前後方向へ引き出し可能に支持した野菜容器13と共に前方へ引き出される引き出し式扉14にて閉塞されている。上冷凍室10と下冷凍室11の前面開口は、それぞれ野菜室6と同様に、冷凍室内に設けた左右のレールに対してそれぞれ前後方向へ引き出し可能に支持した容器15、16と共に前方へ引き出される引き出し式扉17、18にて閉塞されている。19は冷蔵室5内に複数段に設けた棚である。
【0009】
上冷凍室10の左側には製氷室20が形成され、製氷室20内には、上部に自動製氷機を設けその下部に貯氷容器を配置している。貯氷容器は、野菜室6と同様に、製氷室20内の左右壁に設けた左右のレールに対してそれぞれ前後方向へ引き出し可能に支持されており、製氷室20の前面開口を開閉する引き出し式扉21と共に前方へ引き出される仕組みである。
【0010】
25は冷凍システムの冷媒の圧縮機、26は冷凍システムの冷媒の凝縮器、27は凝縮器26の熱にて後述の冷却器の除霜水を蒸発させる蒸発皿である。28、29は冷凍システムの冷媒の冷却器(蒸発器)であり、28は冷凍室7用冷却器であり、29は冷蔵室5用冷却器である。30は冷凍室7用冷気循環送風機、31は冷蔵室5用冷気循環送風機である。送風機30、31はプロペラファン或いはターボファン構成である。冷凍室7用冷却器28で冷却した冷気は送風機30によって、製氷室20、上冷凍室10及び下冷凍室11を経て冷却器28へ帰還する循環をする。また冷蔵室5用冷却器29で冷却した冷気は送風機31によって、後述のダクト配置構成によって、冷蔵室5、特定低温室9及び野菜室6を経て冷却器28へ帰還する循環をする。特定低温室9は、特定低温室9内に設けた左右のレールに対してそれぞれ前後方向へ引き出し可能に支持した容器50が設けられている。22は冷却器28の除霜用電気ヒータ、23は冷却器29の除霜用電気ヒータである。
【0011】
冷蔵室5と野菜室6側の冷気循環ダクト構成について説明する。図2乃至図6に示すように、上部に冷蔵室5、下部に冷凍室7を有し、冷蔵室5と冷凍室7に対してそれぞれ専用の冷蔵室用冷却器29及び冷蔵室用冷気循環送風機31と、冷凍室用冷却器28及び冷凍室用冷気循環送風機30を設け、冷蔵室5及び冷凍室7を冷却する冷蔵庫において、冷蔵室5と冷凍室7との間に野菜室6を設け、冷蔵室内下部に特定低温室9を設け、冷蔵室用冷却器29は冷蔵室5の背面上部に形成した冷却器室51に配置され、冷蔵室用冷気循環送風機31は冷却器室51の上方部に配置されている。
【0012】
冷蔵室用冷却器29で冷却された冷気を冷蔵室5へ循環する冷気ダクト52は、冷気分配ダクト52Aと冷気戻りダクト58とから構成されている。各室へ冷気を分配供給する冷気分配ダクト52Aは、冷蔵室5の上面部に形成された上面ダクト53と冷却器室51の左右側に縦方向に形成された背面ダクト54とを有する。上面ダクト53は、冷蔵室5の前面開口部の略横幅全域に渡って上から下へ流れる冷気カーテンを形成するための冷気吹き出し口55を前面部に形成している。冷気吹き出し口55は多数のハニカム形状の冷気吹き出し口からなる。
【0013】
背面ダクト54は、図3に示すように冷蔵室5の背面部の左右端部に縦方向に延びていて、冷蔵室5の各棚19上へ冷蔵室5の背面の冷気供給口56から冷気を供給し、野菜室6の背面まで延びて特定低温室9用冷気供給口59と野菜室6用冷気供給口57を有する。冷却器室51へ冷気を戻す冷気戻りダクト58は、左右の冷気分配ダクト即ち、背面ダクト54、54間に位置して冷却器室51の下方に配置され、野菜室6の背面まで延びて野菜室6の冷気戻り部60を下端部に有する。
【0014】
冷気ダクト52の構成を図4乃至図6に示している。背面ダクト54と上面ダクト53を構成する冷気分配ダクト52Aにおいて、背面ダクト54を構成する背面ダクト部材は、主として、ポリプロピレン等の合成樹脂を成形した表板61と、その裏に組み合わされる発砲スチロール等の成形断熱材62とで構成されている。そして上面ダクト53を構成する上面ダクト部材は、主として、ポリプロピレン等の合成樹脂を成形した表板63と、その裏に組み合わされる発砲スチロール等の成形断熱材64とで構成されている。表板61は冷蔵室5の背面壁を形成し、表板63は冷蔵室5の上面壁を形成する。また成形断熱材62はダクト部分を窪ませた成形がされており、また成形断熱材64もダクト部分を窪ませた成形がされている。成形断熱材62に窪ませたダクト部分62Aは、発砲スチロール等の成形断熱材カバー62Bによって覆われることによって背面ダクト54を形成している。表板61と成形断熱材62は組み合わされた状態で、冷蔵庫本体1へ前面開口から組み込まれる。もし、このカバー62Bを設けない構成の場合には、表板61と成形断熱材62が組み合わされた状態で冷蔵庫本体1へ前面開口から組み込むことによって、前記窪ませたダクト部分62Aに内箱(内壁板)2と成形断熱材62との間で、冷蔵室5の背面部の左右に縦方向に延びた背面ダクト54が形成される。また、表板63と成形断熱材64が組み合わされた状態で、冷蔵庫本体1へ前面開口から組み込まれることによって、前記窪ませたダクト部分64Aに内箱(内壁板)2と成形断熱材64との間で、冷蔵室5の上面部に水平方向の上面ダクト53が形成される。この組み合わせによって、表板61と表板63、及び成形断熱材62と成形断熱材64とが接合して上面ダクト53と背面ダクト54が連通した状態に形成される。
【0015】
背面ダクト54を構成する背面ダクト部材には、冷却器29を配置する冷却器室51とその上方に送風機31を配置する部分31Aが形成されている。具体的には、表板61で覆われた成形断熱材62の裏側に、冷却器29を配置する冷却器室部分51Aが窪ませて形成されており、その上方に送風機31を配置する部分31Aが形成され、更に冷却器室部分51Aの左右側には冷蔵室5、特定低温室9及び野菜室6へ冷気を供給するための背面ダクト部分64Aが下方へ延びている。成形断熱材62を表板61で覆った背面ダクト部材を冷蔵庫本体1へその前面開口から組み込むことによって、内箱(内壁板)2との間にシールされた冷却器室51と背面ダクト54が冷蔵室の背面に形成される。成形断熱材62は図4に示すように、冷却器室部分51Aのすぐ下の部分70は表板61が前方へ膨らんだ形状をしており、この部分70が除霜用電気ヒータ23とその下方に設けられる露受け皿24の配置部分である。また、冷却器29と送風機31、更には除霜用電気ヒータ23、露受け皿24等は、表板61と成形断熱材62とを冷蔵庫本体1へ組み込む前に冷蔵庫本体1の内箱(内壁板)2へ予め固定されて、所要の電気配線された状態である。
【0016】
冷気戻りダクト58は、左右の背面ダクト54間に位置して冷却器室51の下方に配置されるように、表板61と冷蔵庫本体1の内箱(内壁板)2との間に形成される。これは、実質的に背面ダクト54から冷蔵室5等へ供給される冷気よりも温度が高く、断熱の必要がないためである。冷気戻りダクト58は、その下端部の冷気戻り部60が野菜室6の背面に形成した冷気戻り口65に連通している。冷蔵室5の冷気が野菜室6へ流入するように冷蔵室5と野菜室6の区画壁に連通路83が形成されている。
【0017】
本発明では、上面ダクト53と背面ダクト54との分岐部分66には、冷蔵室用冷気循環送風機31から送られる冷気が上面ダクト53へ制限した量として供給されるゲート部68と、このゲート部68から左右の背面ダクト54へ向けて冷気を案内するガイド部67を設けた構成である。具体的には、背面ダクト54を構成する背面ダクト部材の一つである成形断熱材62は、上面ダクト53との接合部に、冷気分岐部66を形成した発砲スチロール等の成形断熱材90を一部に含む。冷気分岐部66は、送風機31の中心の前方位置に上面ダクト53へ冷気を供給するゲート部68と、このゲート部68の左右に形成された流線形上のガイド壁67とを有する。また、冷気分岐部66はその底面94がゲート部68から背面ダクト54へ向けて流線形に垂下した形状である。これによって、送風機31から供給される冷気は、図6に矢印で示すように、ゲート部68から前方の上面ダクト53へ流れる部分と、ガイド壁67に案内されて左右の背面ダクト54へ流れる部分とに分流される。ゲート部68の出口側は上面ダクト53とのマッチングのために広がった領域69を有する。上面ダクト53は、ゲート部68から出た冷気が左右の通路へ分流されるように中央部に分流壁部74を有する形状に成形断熱材64を成形している。
【0018】
これによって、ゲート部68から出た冷気は、広がった領域69から分流壁部74の左右の冷気通路64Aを通って冷気吹き出し口55から略均等な冷気カーテンとして冷蔵室5の前面開口部を上から下へ流れる。また、ガイド壁67から背面ダクト54へ流入した冷気は、背面ダクト54を下方へ流れながらそれぞれの冷気供給口から冷蔵室5、特定低温室9及び野菜室6への分配供給され、各室への十分な冷気供給量が確保される。72は冷気供給口59から特定低温室9へ供給される冷気量の調節を行う手動式ダンパ装置である。73は特定低温室9の冷気を冷気戻りダクト58へ戻すための冷気戻り口である。
【0019】
上記の構成において、冷却器29で冷却された冷気は、図6に矢印で示すように、送風機31によって上面ダクト53と背面ダクト54とに分流され、冷気吹き出し口55から略均等な冷気カーテンとして冷蔵室5の前面開口部を上から下へ流れる。背面ダクト54へ流入した冷気は、背面ダクト54を下方へ流れながら冷気供給口56から冷蔵室5へ吐出され、冷気供給口59から特定低温室9へ吐出され、冷気供給口57から野菜室6への供給され、これら各室を冷却する。また冷蔵室5の冷気は連通路83から野菜室6へ供給される。特定低温室9の冷気は冷気戻り口73から冷気戻りダクト58へ戻り、野菜室6の冷気は冷気戻り口65から冷気戻りダクト58へ戻り、再び冷却器29によって冷却されて上記循環を繰り返す。
【0020】
一方、冷却器28で冷却された冷気は送風機30によって製氷室20、上冷凍室10及び下冷凍室11へ循環されてこれら各室を冷却する。
【0021】
このような冷凍冷蔵運転モードでの制御によって、冷凍室7の温度範囲は、例えば―18℃〜―20℃の範囲に制御され、冷蔵室5は例えば、平均温度が約3℃になるように下限温度1.8℃〜上限温度4.2℃に制御され、野菜室4が約3〜5℃に制御される。
【0022】
この場合、冷蔵庫の種類によって、特定低温室9は、約1℃のチルド室であったり、0℃よりも低く食品の凍結温度よりも高い約―1〜―2℃の氷温室であったり、また、貯蔵食品の表面に薄い氷の層が形成される程度の約―4℃のパーシャル室であったりする。特定低温室9はこのように温度管理が厳しい範囲であるため、背面ダクト54を流れる冷気量をかなり厳しく設定する必要がある。
【0023】
本発明では、上記のように、上面ダクト53と背面ダクト54との分岐部分には、冷蔵室用冷気循環送風機31から送られる冷気が上面ダクト53へ制限した量として供給されるゲート部68と、このゲート部68から左右の背面ダクト54へ向けて冷気を案内するガイド部67を設けた構成である。このため、送風機31から送られる冷気は、ゲート部68の大きさによって上面ダクト53と背面ダクト54との分岐される量が調整されるので、冷蔵室の前面側の供給冷気量と背面側の供給冷気量とのバランスが取り易くなる。
【0024】
このため、冷蔵室の均一な冷却の達成ができる。また、特定低温室9の仕様が例えば上記氷温室の場合には、氷温室が所定の温度に維持できるようにゲート部68の幅を定めて上面ダクト53と背面ダクト54への分岐量を設定した成形断熱材90を製作する。また、特定低温室9が上記パーシャル室の仕様の場合には、パーシャル室が所定の温度に維持できるようにゲート部68の幅を定めて上面ダクト53と背面ダクト54への分岐量を設定した成形断熱材90を製作する。このようにゲート部68の変更によって各種の冷蔵庫に対応できる。上記の構成では、成形断熱材90の変更によってこれを行うことができる効果がある。92は成形断熱材90と冷蔵室5の内箱2の上面との間のシール材である。
【0025】
本発明は、冷蔵室5の背面部に冷却器29とこの冷却器29の上方に冷気循環送風機31が配置され、冷気循環送風機31から送られる冷気を冷蔵室5の上面部に形成された上面ダクト53と冷蔵室5の背面に形成された背面ダクト54に分配して冷蔵室5へ供給する冷蔵庫において、冷気循環送風機31はプロペラファン又はターボファン構成であって両ダクト53、54の分岐部分66に対応して配置され、上面ダクト53は、冷気循環送風機31から送られる冷気が入り口側では左右の通路64Aに分流した後、冷蔵室5への冷気吹き出し口55に向けて広がる通路64Aを形成し、この通路64Aには冷気循環送風機31からの冷気流の偏りを整流する整流部76を設けた技術構成である。
【0026】
これを更に具体的に説明する。上面ダクト53は、ゲート部68から供給される冷気を
左右の通路64Aにほぼ均等に分流するように分流壁74がゲート部68に対応して設けられている。ダクト53に相当する通路64Aは、入り口側から出口側まで略均一な深さを有し、ゲート部68に近い入り口側では幅が狭く冷気吹き出し口55側では冷気吹き出し口55に対応して幅が広くなった流線形を構成している。また、冷気循環送風機31がプロペラファン又はターボファン構成であるため、その回転方向によって吹き出される冷気量に偏りが生じる。このため、通路64Aにはその偏った状態で冷気が入るが、冷気吹き出し口55に至るときにはこれが補正された状態とするために、通路64Aには整流部76を設けている。整流部76は通路64Aの底から立ち上がるリブで形成され、整流部76を通過した後の左右の通路64Aを流れる冷気流は整流されて略均一な孔の冷気吹き出し口55の全体的に亘って略均一した冷気の吹き出しが形成されるように作用する。この実施形態では冷気循環送風機31は冷蔵庫本体1の正面視で時計方向へ回転するので、冷気循環送風機31の上部では右向きの風が生じる。上面ダクト53はこの右向きの風が流れる位置にあるため、この風によって上面ダクト53には図6で右側通路64Aの風量が左側通路64Aの風量よりも多くなる。特に図6で右側通路64Aの右側壁寄りの風量が多くなる。これをそのまま冷気吹き出し口55から吹き出すと、冷蔵室5の前面部には偏りの冷気流が生じて冷却の不均一等が生じる。このため、整流部76を形成するリブによって、この風量の偏りを整流して冷気吹き出し口55の全体的に亘って略均一した冷気の吹き出しが形成されるようにしている。
【0027】
本発明は、上記のように、プロペラファン又はターボファン構成である冷気循環送風機31によってゲート部68から供給される冷気は、冷気吹き出し口55へ至る間に整流されて冷気吹き出し口55からは略均一化された冷気の吹き出しがなされる。このために、冷気吹き出し口55の孔は均一した大きさに形成できるので製作が容易となり意匠的にも好ましい。また、上面ダクトと背面ダクトの分岐部分に対応して上記送風機を配置してダクト構成を簡素化した場合に適した構成となる。
【0028】
本発明は、上記実施形態に限定されず、本発明の技術的範囲を逸脱しない限り種種の変更が考えられ、それに係る種種の実施形態を包含するものである。
【0029】
【発明の効果】
本発明によれば、上面ダクトと背面ダクトの分岐部分に上記送風機を配置してダクト構成を簡素化した場合に適した構成とであり、上面ダクトの冷気吹き出し口へ至る間に整流されて冷気吹き出し口からは略均一化された冷気の吹き出しが達成できる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】 本発明の実施形態に係る冷蔵庫の正面図である。
【図2】 本発明の実施形態に係る冷蔵庫の縦断側面である。
【図3】 本発明の実施形態に係る冷蔵庫本体の正面図である。
【図4】 本発明の実施形態に係る冷蔵庫の冷気分配ダクトの分解斜視図である。
【図5】 本発明の実施形態に係る冷蔵庫の背面ダクト部材と送風機の分解斜視図である。
【図6】 本発明の実施形態に係る冷蔵庫の冷気分岐部分と上面ダクト部の構成を示す説明図である。
【符号の説明】
1……冷蔵庫本体
2……内箱
3……外箱
4……断熱材
5……冷蔵室
6……野菜室
7……冷凍室
8……区画壁
9……特定低温室
10…上冷凍室
11…下冷凍室
12…冷蔵室扉
13…野菜容器
14…野菜室扉
15…冷凍室容器
16…冷凍室容器
17…上冷凍室扉
18…下冷凍室扉
22、23…除霜用電気ヒータ
28…冷凍室用冷却器
29…冷蔵室用冷却器
30…冷凍室用冷気循環送風機
31…冷蔵室用冷気循環送風機
51…冷却器室
52…冷気ダクト
52A…冷気分配ダクト
53…上面ダクト
54…背面ダクト
55…冷気吹き出し口
56…冷気供給口
57…冷気供給口
58…冷気戻りダクト
59…冷気供給口
60…冷気戻り部
61、63…表板
62、64…成形断熱材
64A…通路
66…冷気分岐部分
67…ガイド部
68…ゲート部
74…分流壁
76…整流部
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a refrigerator that circulates cold air cooled by a cooler to a refrigerator compartment by a cold air circulation blower.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a prior art, the refrigerator is partitioned into a refrigerator compartment, a vegetable compartment, and a freezer compartment from the top, and the refrigerator compartment and the vegetable compartment are cooled by a refrigerator for the refrigerator compartment and a cold air circulation blower for the refrigerator compartment. There is a refrigerator that cools a freezing room by a cold air circulation blower for a room, and there is a type that forms an air curtain that flows from top to bottom in a front opening of a refrigerating room. In this case, the air curtain is formed by providing an air curtain dedicated fan that is operated while the door of the refrigerator compartment is open. Therefore, an independent air curtain passage is formed separately from the cold air passage for cooling the refrigerator compartment, and the air curtain passage does not include a refrigerator for the refrigerator compartment.
[0003]
In the above technique, a special blower for an air curtain and its air duct are required in addition to the cold air circulation blower for the refrigerator compartment, and there is a problem that the structure becomes complicated.
[0004]
Therefore, as an improved technique, a cooler and a cool air circulation blower are disposed above the cooler on the back surface of the refrigerating chamber, and the upper surface duct formed by the cool air sent from the cool air circulation blower on the upper surface of the refrigerating chamber The present applicant has developed a technology of a refrigerator that distributes to a rear duct formed on the rear surface of the refrigerator compartment and supplies it to the refrigerator compartment.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention includes a cooler on the back surface of the refrigerator compartment and a cool air circulation blower disposed above the cooler, and an upper surface duct formed on the upper face portion of the refrigerator compartment for supplying cool air sent from the cool air circulation fan. In the refrigerator that is distributed to the rear duct formed on the rear surface of the room and is supplied to the refrigerator compartment, the cooling air distribution to the upper duct and the rear duct and the arrangement of the cool air circulation blower are considered to be effective. Is to provide. And when a cold air circulation air blower is made into a propeller fan or a turbo fan structure, the structure aiming at the uniformization of the cold air current which blows off from an upper surface duct is provided.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The amount As a specific means of the present invention, cold air circulating blowers above the cooler and the cooler on the back portion of the refrigeration compartment is disposed, the cool air sent from the previous SL cold air circulating blower, which is limited to the top duct a gate unit supplied as, by the branch portion having a guide portion for guiding the cool air from the gate portion to the left and right rear duct in the refrigerator to supply to the refrigerating chamber is dispensed, the cold air circulating blower propeller It is a fan or turbofan configuration, and the upper surface duct has a flow dividing wall portion at the center so that the cold air coming out of the gate portion is diverted to the left and right passages, and the cold air to the refrigerator compartment A technical means provided with a rectifying unit that rectifies the bias of the cold airflow from the cold air circulation blower was formed in the passage extending toward the outlet.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention will be described. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of the refrigerator, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of the refrigerator, FIG. 3 is a front view of the refrigerator body, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the duct, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the rear duct member and the blower, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the cold air branching portion and the upper duct portion.
[0008]
1 to 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator body, which has a heat insulating structure in which a foam heat insulating material 4 is filled between an outer box (outer wall plate) 3 and an inner box (inner wall plate) 2. In the refrigerator main body 1, a refrigerator compartment 5, a vegetable compartment 6, and a freezer compartment 7 are partitioned from above, and a refrigerator compartment 5 and a partition plate (partition wall) 8 are provided at the bottom of the refrigerator compartment 5. The freezing room 7 is divided into an upper freezing room 10, a lower freezing room 11, and an ice making room 20. The front opening of the refrigerator compartment 5 is closed at one side of the refrigerator body 1 by a pivotable door 12 that is pivoted laterally by a hinge device and opened and closed. The front opening of the vegetable compartment 6 is closed by a drawer-type door 14 that is drawn forward together with the vegetable container 13 supported so as to be drawn in the front-rear direction by left and right rails or roller devices provided in the vegetable compartment 6. The front openings of the upper freezer compartment 10 and the lower freezer compartment 11 are drawn forward together with the containers 15 and 16 supported so as to be able to be drawn in the front-rear direction with respect to the left and right rails provided in the freezer compartment, respectively. Are closed by pull-out doors 17 and 18. Reference numeral 19 denotes a shelf provided in the refrigerator compartment 5 in a plurality of stages.
[0009]
An ice making room 20 is formed on the left side of the upper freezing room 10, and an automatic ice making machine is provided in the upper part of the ice making room 20, and an ice storage container is arranged in the lower part. Like the vegetable compartment 6, the ice storage container is supported so that it can be pulled out in the front-rear direction with respect to the left and right rails provided on the left and right walls in the ice making chamber 20, and is a drawer type that opens and closes the front opening of the ice making chamber 20. This is a mechanism that is pulled forward together with the door 21.
[0010]
25 is a refrigerant compressor of the refrigeration system, 26 is a condenser of the refrigerant of the refrigeration system, and 27 is an evaporating dish for evaporating defrost water of a cooler described later by the heat of the condenser 26. 28 and 29 are refrigerant coolers (evaporators) of the refrigeration system, 28 is a cooler for the freezer compartment 7, and 29 is a cooler for the refrigerator compartment 5. 30 is a cold air circulation blower for the freezer compartment 7, and 31 is a cold air circulation blower for the refrigerator compartment 5. The blowers 30 and 31 have a propeller fan or a turbo fan configuration. The cold air cooled by the cooler 28 for the freezer compartment 7 is circulated back to the cooler 28 via the ice making chamber 20, the upper freezer compartment 10 and the lower freezer compartment 11 by the blower 30. The cool air cooled by the cooler 29 for the refrigerating room 5 is circulated back to the cooler 28 through the refrigerating room 5, the specific low temperature room 9, and the vegetable room 6 by the blower 31 by a duct arrangement configuration described later. The specific low temperature chamber 9 is provided with a container 50 supported so that it can be pulled out in the front-rear direction with respect to the left and right rails provided in the specific low temperature chamber 9. 22 is an electric heater for defrosting of the cooler 28, and 23 is an electric heater for defrosting of the cooler 29.
[0011]
The structure of the cold air circulation duct on the refrigerator compartment 5 and vegetable compartment 6 side will be described. As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, the refrigerator compartment 5 is provided in the upper portion and the freezer compartment 7 is provided in the lower portion, and the refrigerator 29 for the refrigerator compartment and the cold air circulation for the refrigerator compartment are provided for the refrigerator compartment 5 and the freezer compartment 7, respectively. In the refrigerator which cools the refrigerator room 5 and the freezer compartment 7, the vegetable compartment 6 is provided between the refrigerator compartment 5 and the freezer compartment 7 in the refrigerator 31 which provided the air blower 31, the cooler 28 for freezer compartment, and the cold air circulation fan 30 for freezer compartment. The specific low temperature chamber 9 is provided in the lower part of the refrigerating room, the refrigerating room cooler 29 is disposed in the cooler room 51 formed in the upper back of the refrigerating room 5, and the refrigerating room cold air circulation blower 31 is located above the refrigerating room 51. It is arranged in the part.
[0012]
The cold air duct 52 that circulates the cold air cooled by the cold room cooler 29 to the cold room 5 includes a cold air distribution duct 52 </ b> A and a cold air return duct 58. The cold air distribution duct 52 </ b> A that distributes and supplies cold air to each room has an upper surface duct 53 formed on the upper surface portion of the refrigerator compartment 5 and a rear duct 54 formed vertically on the left and right sides of the cooler chamber 51. The upper surface duct 53 has a cold air outlet 55 formed on the front surface portion for forming a cold air curtain that flows from the top to the bottom over the substantially entire width of the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 5. The cold air outlet 55 includes a number of honeycomb-shaped cold air outlets.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 3, the rear duct 54 extends in the vertical direction at the left and right ends of the rear portion of the refrigerating chamber 5, and cool air from the cold air supply port 56 on the rear surface of the refrigerating chamber 5 onto each shelf 19 of the refrigerating chamber 5. Is extended to the back of the vegetable compartment 6 and has a cold air supply port 59 for the specific low temperature chamber 9 and a cold air supply port 57 for the vegetable compartment 6. The cool air return duct 58 for returning the cool air to the cooler chamber 51 is located between the left and right cool air distribution ducts, that is, the rear ducts 54 and 54, and is disposed below the cooler chamber 51 and extends to the rear surface of the vegetable chamber 6. A cold air return portion 60 of the chamber 6 is provided at the lower end portion.
[0014]
The structure of the cold air duct 52 is shown in FIGS. In the cool air distribution duct 52A that constitutes the back duct 54 and the top duct 53, the back duct member that constitutes the back duct 54 is mainly a front plate 61 formed of a synthetic resin such as polypropylene, and a foamed polystyrene combined on the back side. And the molded heat insulating material 62. And the upper surface duct member which comprises the upper surface duct 53 is mainly comprised by the surface board 63 which shape | molded synthetic resins, such as a polypropylene, and shaping | molding heat insulating materials 64, such as a foaming polystyrene, combined with the back. The front plate 61 forms a back wall of the refrigerator compartment 5, and the front plate 63 forms an upper wall of the refrigerator compartment 5. The molded heat insulating material 62 is molded with the duct portion recessed, and the molded heat insulating material 64 is molded with the duct portion recessed. A duct portion 62A recessed in the molded heat insulating material 62 is covered with a molded heat insulating material cover 62B such as foamed polystyrene, thereby forming a rear duct 54. The front plate 61 and the molded heat insulating material 62 are assembled into the refrigerator body 1 from the front opening. If the cover 62B is not provided, the cover 61B and the molded heat insulating material 62 are combined and assembled into the refrigerator body 1 from the front opening so that the inner box ( Between the inner wall plate 2 and the molded heat insulating material 62, a rear duct 54 extending in the vertical direction is formed on the left and right sides of the rear portion of the refrigerator compartment 5. In addition, in the state where the front plate 63 and the molded heat insulating material 64 are combined, the inner box (inner wall plate) 2 and the molded heat insulating material 64 are incorporated into the recessed duct portion 64A by being incorporated into the refrigerator body 1 from the front opening. A horizontal upper surface duct 53 is formed on the upper surface of the refrigerator compartment 5. By this combination, the front plate 61 and the front plate 63, and the formed heat insulating material 62 and the formed heat insulating material 64 are joined to form the upper face duct 53 and the rear face duct 54 in communication with each other.
[0015]
The rear duct member constituting the rear duct 54 is formed with a cooler chamber 51 in which the cooler 29 is disposed and a portion 31A in which the blower 31 is disposed above the cooler chamber 51. Specifically, a cooler chamber portion 51A in which the cooler 29 is disposed is formed on the back side of the molded heat insulating material 62 covered with the front plate 61, and a portion 31A in which the blower 31 is disposed above the cooler chamber portion 51A. Further, on the left and right sides of the cooler chamber portion 51A, a rear duct portion 64A for supplying cold air to the refrigerator compartment 5, the specific low temperature chamber 9, and the vegetable compartment 6 extends downward. The cooler chamber 51 and the back duct 54 sealed between the inner box (inner wall plate) 2 are formed by incorporating the back duct member in which the molded heat insulating material 62 is covered with the front plate 61 into the refrigerator main body 1 from the front opening. Formed on the back of the refrigerator compartment. As shown in FIG. 4, the molded insulation 62 has a shape in which a front plate 61 swells forward in a portion 70 immediately below the cooler chamber portion 51A. It is an arrangement | positioning part of the dew receiving tray 24 provided below. In addition, the cooler 29 and the blower 31, the electric heater 23 for defrosting, the dew tray 24, and the like are provided in the inner box (inner wall plate) of the refrigerator main body 1 before the front plate 61 and the molded heat insulating material 62 are assembled into the refrigerator main body 1. ) It is fixed in advance to 2 and is in the state of required electrical wiring.
[0016]
The cool air return duct 58 is formed between the front plate 61 and the inner box (inner wall plate) 2 of the refrigerator main body 1 so as to be positioned between the left and right rear ducts 54 and below the cooler chamber 51. The This is because the temperature is substantially higher than the cold air supplied from the rear duct 54 to the refrigerator compartment 5 and the like, and there is no need for heat insulation. The cold air return duct 58 communicates with a cold air return port 65 formed on the back surface of the vegetable compartment 6 by the cold air return portion 60 at the lower end thereof. A communication path 83 is formed in the partition walls of the refrigerator compartment 5 and the vegetable compartment 6 so that the cold air in the refrigerator compartment 5 flows into the vegetable compartment 6.
[0017]
In the present invention, the gate portion 68 to which the cold air sent from the cold air circulating blower 31 for the refrigerating room is supplied as a limited amount to the upper surface duct 53 is provided at the branch portion 66 between the upper surface duct 53 and the rear surface duct 54. In this configuration, a guide portion 67 for guiding cool air from 68 to the left and right rear ducts 54 is provided. Specifically, the molded heat insulating material 62 which is one of the rear duct members constituting the rear duct 54 is provided with a molded heat insulating material 90 such as foamed polystyrene having a cold air branching portion 66 formed at the joint portion with the upper surface duct 53. Partly included. The cold air branching portion 66 includes a gate portion 68 that supplies cold air to the upper surface duct 53 at a front position in the center of the blower 31, and streamlined guide walls 67 formed on the left and right sides of the gate portion 68. In addition, the cold air branching portion 66 has a shape in which a bottom surface 94 hangs in a streamline from the gate portion 68 toward the rear duct 54. As a result, as shown by the arrows in FIG. 6, the cool air supplied from the blower 31 flows from the gate portion 68 to the front upper duct 53 and the portion guided by the guide wall 67 to the left and right rear ducts 54. And is divided. The exit side of the gate portion 68 has a region 69 that is widened for matching with the upper surface duct 53. The upper surface duct 53 is formed with a molded heat insulating material 64 in a shape having a flow dividing wall portion 74 at the center so that the cold air coming out of the gate portion 68 is divided into the left and right passages.
[0018]
As a result, the cold air coming out of the gate portion 68 passes through the left and right cold air passages 64A of the diverting wall portion 74 from the widened region 69 and rises from the cold air outlet 55 to the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 5 as a substantially uniform cold air curtain. Flows down from. The cold air flowing into the rear duct 54 from the guide wall 67 is distributed and supplied from the respective cold air supply ports to the refrigerating room 5, the specific low temperature room 9, and the vegetable room 6 while flowing downward through the rear duct 54, to each room. A sufficient amount of cold air is ensured. Reference numeral 72 denotes a manual damper device that adjusts the amount of cold air supplied from the cold air supply port 59 to the specific low temperature chamber 9. 73 is a cold air return port for returning the cold air of the specific low temperature chamber 9 to the cold air return duct 58.
[0019]
In the above configuration, the cold air cooled by the cooler 29 is divided into the upper duct 53 and the rear duct 54 by the blower 31 as shown by arrows in FIG. It flows from the top to the bottom through the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 5. The cold air flowing into the rear duct 54 is discharged from the cold air supply port 56 to the refrigerating chamber 5 while flowing downward through the rear duct 54, discharged from the cold air supply port 59 to the specific low temperature chamber 9, and from the cold air supply port 57 to the vegetable room 6. Supplied to cool each of these chambers. The cold air in the refrigerator compartment 5 is supplied from the communication passage 83 to the vegetable compartment 6. The cold air in the specific low temperature chamber 9 returns from the cold air return port 73 to the cold air return duct 58, the cold air in the vegetable room 6 returns from the cold air return port 65 to the cold air return duct 58, is cooled again by the cooler 29, and repeats the above circulation.
[0020]
On the other hand, the cool air cooled by the cooler 28 is circulated by the blower 30 to the ice making room 20, the upper freezing room 10, and the lower freezing room 11 to cool these rooms.
[0021]
By controlling in such a freezing / refrigeration operation mode, the temperature range of the freezer compartment 7 is controlled to, for example, a range of −18 ° C. to −20 ° C., and the refrigerator compartment 5 has, for example, an average temperature of about 3 ° C. The lower limit temperature is controlled to 1.8 ° C to the upper limit temperature of 4.2 ° C, and the vegetable compartment 4 is controlled to about 3 to 5 ° C.
[0022]
In this case, depending on the type of refrigerator, the specific cold room 9 is a chilled room of about 1 ° C., an ice greenhouse of about −1 to −2 ° C. that is lower than 0 ° C. and higher than the freezing temperature of food, In addition, it may be a partial chamber at about -4 ° C. to the extent that a thin ice layer is formed on the surface of stored food. Since the specific low temperature chamber 9 has such a severe temperature control range, it is necessary to set the amount of cool air flowing through the rear duct 54 fairly strictly.
[0023]
In the present invention, as described above, the gate portion 68 to which the cold air sent from the cold air circulation blower 31 for the refrigerator compartment is supplied as a limited amount to the upper surface duct 53 at the branch portion between the upper surface duct 53 and the rear surface duct 54. The guide portion 67 for guiding the cold air from the gate portion 68 toward the left and right rear ducts 54 is provided. For this reason, the amount of cold air sent from the blower 31 is adjusted according to the size of the gate portion 68, so that the amount of the supply air on the front side of the refrigerator compartment and the amount of the cold air on the rear side are adjusted. It becomes easy to balance the amount of supplied cold air.
[0024]
For this reason, uniform cooling of the refrigerator compartment can be achieved. When the specification of the specific low temperature chamber 9 is, for example, the above-mentioned ice greenhouse, the width of the gate portion 68 is determined so that the ice greenhouse can be maintained at a predetermined temperature, and the branching amount to the upper duct 53 and the rear duct 54 is set. The formed heat insulating material 90 is manufactured. Further, when the specific low temperature chamber 9 is the above-mentioned partial chamber specification, the width of the gate portion 68 is determined so that the partial chamber can be maintained at a predetermined temperature, and the branching amount to the upper duct 53 and the rear duct 54 is set. A molded heat insulating material 90 is manufactured. Thus, it can respond to various refrigerators by the change of the gate part 68. FIG. In said structure, there exists an effect which can perform this by the change of the shaping | molding heat insulating material 90. FIG. 92 is a sealing material between the molded heat insulating material 90 and the upper surface of the inner box 2 of the refrigerator compartment 5.
[0025]
In the present invention, a cooler 29 and a cool air circulation blower 31 are disposed above the cooler 29 on the back surface of the refrigerating chamber 5, and the cool air sent from the cool air circulation blower 31 is formed on the upper surface of the refrigerating chamber 5. In the refrigerator that distributes to the duct 53 and the back duct 54 formed on the back of the refrigerating room 5 and supplies the refrigerating room 5 to the refrigerating room 5, the cool air circulation blower 31 has a propeller fan or a turbo fan configuration, and a branched portion of both the ducts 53 and 54. The upper face duct 53 is arranged corresponding to 66, and after the cold air sent from the cold air circulation blower 31 is diverted to the left and right passages 64 A on the entrance side, the upper surface duct 53 has a passage 64 A that spreads toward the cold air outlet 55 to the refrigerator compartment 5. This is a technical configuration in which the passage 64A is provided with a rectifying unit 76 that rectifies the deviation of the cold airflow from the cold air circulation blower 31.
[0026]
This will be described more specifically. The upper surface duct 53 is provided with a flow dividing wall 74 corresponding to the gate portion 68 so that the cold air supplied from the gate portion 68 is divided almost equally into the left and right passages 64A. The passage 64 </ b> A corresponding to the duct 53 has a substantially uniform depth from the entrance side to the exit side, the width is narrow on the entrance side near the gate portion 68, and the width corresponds to the cold air outlet 55 on the cold air outlet 55 side. Constitutes a wide streamline. Moreover, since the cool air circulation blower 31 has a propeller fan or turbo fan configuration, the amount of cool air blown out varies depending on the rotation direction. For this reason, cold air enters the passage 64A in a biased state, but a rectifying unit 76 is provided in the passage 64A in order to obtain a corrected state when reaching the cold air outlet 55. The rectifying unit 76 is formed by a rib rising from the bottom of the passage 64A, and the cold airflow flowing through the left and right passages 64A after passing through the rectifying unit 76 is rectified to cover the entire cold air outlet 55 having a substantially uniform hole. It acts so that a substantially uniform cold air blowout is formed. In this embodiment, the cold air circulation blower 31 rotates clockwise as viewed from the front of the refrigerator body 1, so that a rightward wind is generated at the upper part of the cold air circulation blower 31. Since the upper surface duct 53 is in a position where the rightward-facing wind flows, the air volume of the right side passage 64A in FIG. 6 is larger than that of the left side passage 64A in FIG. In particular, in FIG. 6, the air volume near the right side wall of the right passage 64A increases. If this is blown out from the cold air outlet 55 as it is, a biased cold air flow is generated in the front portion of the refrigerating chamber 5 to cause uneven cooling. Therefore, the ribs forming the rectifying unit 76 rectify the air flow deviation so that a substantially uniform cold air blowing is formed over the entire cold air blowing port 55.
[0027]
In the present invention, as described above, the cool air supplied from the gate unit 68 by the cool air circulation blower 31 having a propeller fan or turbo fan configuration is rectified while reaching the cool air outlet 55 and is substantially omitted from the cold air outlet 55. Uniform cold air is blown out. For this reason, since the hole of the cold air outlet 55 can be formed in a uniform size, it is easy to manufacture and is preferable in terms of design. Moreover, it becomes a structure suitable when the said air blower is arrange | positioned corresponding to the branch part of an upper surface duct and a back surface duct, and the duct structure is simplified.
[0028]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be considered without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, and the various embodiments related thereto are included.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the air blower is arranged at a branch portion between the upper surface duct and the rear surface duct, and the structure is suitable for simplifying the duct structure. A substantially uniform cold air blow can be achieved from the blow outlet.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the refrigerator main body according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a cold air distribution duct of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a rear duct member and a blower of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing configurations of a cold air branching portion and an upper surface duct portion of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... Refrigerator body 2 ... Inner box 3 ... Outer box 4 ... Insulation 5 ... Refrigerator room 6 ... Vegetable room 7 ... Freezer room 8 ... Division wall 9 ... Specific cold room 10 ... Upper freezer Room 11 ... Lower freezer room 12 ... Refrigerated room door 13 ... Vegetable container 14 ... Vegetable room door 15 ... Freezer room container 16 ... Freezer room container 17 ... Upper freezer room door 18 ... Lower freezer room door 22, 23 ... Electric for defrosting Heater 28 ... Freezer cooler 29 ... Refrigerator cooler 30 ... Freezer circulating air blower 31 ... Refrigerated cool air circulating fan 51 ... Cooler chamber 52 ... Cool air duct 52A ... Cool air distribution duct 53 ... Upper duct 54 ... Back duct 55 ... Cool air outlet 56 ... Cool air supply port 57 ... Cool air supply port 58 ... Cool air return duct 59 ... Cool air supply port 60 ... Cool air return part 61, 63 ... Front plate 62, 64 ... Molding insulation 64A ... Course 66 ... Cold air branch part 67 ... Guide part 8 ... the gate portion 74 ... shunt wall 76 ... rectifying section

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冷蔵室の背面部に冷却器と前記冷却器の上方に冷気循環送風機が配置され、
記冷気循環送風機から送られる冷気が、上面ダクトへ制限した量として供給されるゲート部と、このゲート部から左右の背面ダクトへ向けて冷気を案内するガイド部を設けた分岐部分により、分配されて前記冷蔵室へ供給される冷蔵庫において、
前記冷気循環送風機はプロペラファン又はターボファン構成であって
前記上面ダクトは、前記ゲート部から出た冷気が、左右の通路へ分流されるように中央部に分流壁部を有し、且つ、前記冷蔵室への冷気吹き出し口に向けて広がる通路を形成し、この通路には前記冷気循環送風機からの冷気流の偏りを整流する整流部を設けてなる冷蔵庫。
A cooler and a cool air circulation blower are disposed above the cooler on the back of the refrigerator compartment,
Cold air is fed from the previous SL cold air circulating blower, a gate portion is supplied as an amount restricted to top duct, by the branch portion having a guide portion for guiding the cool air from the gate portion to the left and right rear ducts, distributor In the refrigerator supplied to the refrigerator compartment ,
The cold air circulation blower has a propeller fan or turbo fan configuration ,
The upper surface duct has a flow dividing wall portion at the center so that the cold air coming out of the gate portion is diverted to the left and right passages, and forms a passage extending toward the cold air outlet to the refrigerator compartment The refrigerator is provided with a rectification unit that rectifies the deviation of the cold airflow from the cold air circulation blower in the passage.
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