JP4329638B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator cooling specification.

  Conventionally, this type of refrigerator is characterized in that the air passage for cooling the refrigerator compartment is arranged on the inner surface of the refrigerator compartment. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

FIG. 8 shows a conventional refrigerator described in Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, it comprises a first cooler 11, a second cooler 14, a refrigerating room cooling duct 12, a refrigerating room cooling fan 21, and a refrigerating room discharge air passage 25.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-300316

  However, in the above configuration, there is a problem that deodorization and cooling in the upper and lower parts of the refrigerator compartment cannot be performed uniformly, and brightness cannot be secured over every corner of the refrigerator.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and the front opening of the top duct that configures the air passage by connecting the duct for the refrigerating chamber in which the air passage for deodorization in the cabinet is configured in parallel with the return air passage for the refrigerator compartment. By placing the part in front of the shelf in the cabinet, the inside of the refrigerator compartment can be deodorized and cooled evenly, and by placing the interior lighting in the center of the top duct, The object is to provide a refrigerator with excellent brightness.

In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigerator main body, a refrigeration room for storing refrigerated food and the like in the upper part of the main body, and freezing to chilled and refrigerated provided in the lower part of the refrigeration room A switchable switching chamber, an ice making chamber arranged in parallel to the switching chamber in the lower part of the refrigeration chamber and storing ice, a freezing chamber provided in the lower part of the refrigerator body, and the ice making chamber arranged in parallel A vegetable room for storing vegetables, a first cooler installed on the back of the cold room, the first cooler, and the cold room, A refrigerating chamber discharge air passage for guiding cold air cooled by the first cooler to the refrigerating chamber, and a refrigerating chamber return air passage for returning the cold air that has cooled the refrigerating chamber to the first cooler; Partitioning the vegetable compartment and the freezer compartment, A partition wall installed in front, a second cooler installed in the back of the vegetable room, the ice making room and the switching room for cooling the ice making room, the switching room and the freezing room, and the second cooling A freezer compartment duct installed in front of the second cooler, including a discharge air passage for guiding the cool air cooled by the cooler to the ice making chamber, the switching chamber, and the freezer compartment; In the cooling unit, only the refrigerating room is cooled, and the ice making room, the switching room, and the freezing room other than the refrigerating room are cooled by the second cooler. The refrigerator compartment duct and the top duct, which are configured in parallel with the air passage for deodorizing the inside of the cabinet, are connected, the front opening of the top duct is arranged in front of the shelf in the cabinet, and the refrigerator compartment is cooled when the refrigerator is cooled. The cool air that has cooled the air is sucked from the front opening and the first cooler After being cooled, the front is guided to the refrigerating room from the refrigerating room discharge air passage, and at the time of deodorization, the cool air is sucked from the deodorizing suction hole provided in the lower part of the refrigerating room duct and then deodorized by the deodorizing catalyst. By guiding to the refrigerator compartment from the opening, it is possible to perform uniform deodorization and cooling at the upper and lower parts in the refrigerator compartment.

In addition, the refrigerator of the present invention can be switched between the refrigerating room cooling fan and the refrigerating room deodorizing fan, so that the top duct can share two discharge air passages for deodorization in the cabinet and cold air suction air passages for circulation in the cabinet. Can play a role.

  As a result, since the air passage can be provided at one place, the number of parts for configuring the air passage can be reduced, and the man-hours for attaching the parts can be reduced.

  Moreover, the refrigerator of this invention has arrange | positioned the interior lighting before and behind the center part of the said top surface duct.

  By this, it becomes possible to ensure brightness over every corner of the warehouse, and by arranging the discharge for deodorization in the warehouse and the cold air suction air passage for circulation in the warehouse on the left and right, uniform deodorization over the entire width, Cooling can be performed.

  The refrigerator of the present invention cools only the refrigerating room with the first cooler, and cools the ice making room, switching room, vegetable room and freezer room other than the refrigerating room with the second cooler, and for the refrigerating room. Refrigeration is achieved by connecting the refrigeration chamber duct and the top surface duct, which are configured in parallel with the return air path, and the front opening of the top surface duct is located in front of the shelf in the cabinet. It is possible to perform uniform deodorization and cooling in the upper and lower parts of the chamber.

  Further, the refrigerator of the present invention switches between the refrigerator cooling fan and the refrigerator deodorizing fan, so that the top duct has two roles of discharge for deodorization in the cabinet and cold air suction air passage for circulation in the cabinet. It is possible to reduce the number of parts for configuring the air path by reducing the number of parts attaching work man-hours.

  In addition, the refrigerator of the present invention is arranged by placing the interior lighting before and after the central portion of the top duct, thereby arranging the discharge for deodorization in the warehouse and the cold air suction air passage for circulation in the warehouse on the left and right, Uniform deodorization and cooling can be performed over the entire width, and brightness can be ensured in every corner of the interior.

The invention according to claim 1 is a refrigerator main body, a refrigeration room for storing refrigerated food etc. in the upper part of the main body, a switching room provided at the lower part of the refrigeration room, which can be switched from freezing to chilled, refrigeration, An ice making room for storing ice making and ice arranged in parallel to the switching room at the lower part of the refrigerating room, a freezing room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator body, and the ice making room, switching room and freezing room arranged in parallel. A vegetable room for storing vegetables, a first cooler installed on the back of the refrigerator compartment, the first cooler and the refrigerator compartment, and cooled by the first cooler. A discharge air passage for the refrigerating chamber for guiding the cooled air to the refrigerating chamber, a return air passage for the refrigerating chamber for returning the cold air that has cooled the refrigerating chamber to the first cooler, the vegetable compartment, and the freezer compartment Partition wall installed before foam filling of the refrigerator body, The ice making room, the switching room and the freezing room for cooling the vegetable room, the ice making room and the second cooler installed in the back of the switching room, and the cold air cooled by the second cooler A freezer compartment duct installed in front of the second cooler and having a built-in discharge air passage leading to an ice making chamber, the switching chamber and the freezer compartment, and cooling only the refrigerator compartment with the first cooler. The ice cooler other than the refrigerator compartment, the switching chamber, and the freezer compartment are cooled by the second cooler, and a deodorizing air passage is provided in the refrigerator return air passage. The refrigerating room duct and the top surface duct configured in parallel are connected, the front opening of the top surface duct is arranged in front of the shelf in the cabinet, and when the refrigerating room is cooled, the cold air that has cooled the refrigerating room is opened to the front surface. The refrigerated chamber after being sucked from the section and cooled by the first cooler Leads from the discharge air passage in the refrigerating compartment, deodorization time is by directing the refrigerating compartment from the front opening after deodorization deodorizing catalyst sucked from the hole suction for the internal deodorant provided with a cold air in the lower portion of the duct for the cooling chamber It is possible to perform uniform deodorization and cooling in the upper and lower parts of the refrigerator compartment.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the ceiling duct shares a discharge air passage for internal deodorization and a cold air suction air passage for internal circulation by switching between a refrigerator cooling fan and a refrigerator deodorizing fan. in, there are two roles ones, thereby can be in one place the air path, it is possible to reduce the number of parts for constituting the air path, and it is possible to reduce the component mounting working steps .

  Invention of Claim 3 arrange | positions the illumination in a store | warehouse | chamber back and forth in the center of the said top surface duct, and it becomes possible to ensure brightness over every corner in a storehouse, and the said By disposing the internal deodorizing discharge and the cold air suction air passage for internal circulation to the left and right, uniform deodorization and cooling can be performed over the entire width.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, a refrigerator compartment 2 at the top, a switching chamber 3 below the refrigerator compartment 2, an ice making chamber 4 arranged in parallel to store ice making and ice, and a lower part of the main body. It has the freezer compartment 5 provided, the ice making chamber 4 and the switching chamber 3 arranged in parallel, and the vegetable compartment 6 provided between the freezer compartment 5 for storing vegetables.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, 11 is a 1st cooler and is installed in the refrigerator compartment back surface. A refrigerating chamber cooling duct 12 partitions the first cooler 11 and the refrigerating chamber 2 and guides the cool air cooled by the first cooler 11 to the refrigerating chamber 2. A partition wall 13 partitions the vegetable compartment 6 and the freezer compartment 5 and is installed before foam filling of the refrigerator body 1. A second cooler 14 is installed in the back of the vegetable room 6, the ice making room 4 and the switching room 3, and cools the ice making room 4, the switching room 3 and the freezing room 5. Reference numeral 16 denotes a freezer duct, which cools the ice making chamber 4, the switching chamber 3, and the freezer chamber 5 other than the refrigerating chamber 2 by the second cooler. A discharge air passage 15 guides the cold air cooled by the second cooler to the ice making chamber 4, the switching chamber 3, and the freezing chamber. Reference numeral 17 denotes a cold room interior lamp, which is arranged in the front and rear in the center of the top duct 26 and illuminates the interior brightly.

  FIG. 3 is a front view of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator compartment during operation of the refrigerator compartment cooling fan of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator compartment during operation of the refrigerator compartment deodorizing fan of Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a plan view of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  3, 4, 5, and 6, reference numeral 21 denotes a refrigerating room cooling fan that returns the cold air that has cooled the refrigerating room 2 to the cooler 11 through the refrigerating room return air passage 32. Reference numeral 25 denotes a refrigerating room discharge air passage which guides the cold air cooled by the cooler 11 to the refrigerating room 2. 22 is a fan for deodorizing the inside of the refrigerator, and the odor generated in the refrigerator compartment 2 is taken into the deodorizing catalyst 24 from the suction hole 23 for deodorizing the interior of the refrigerator. It circulates in the warehouse by 33. Reference numeral 26 denotes a top duct, and the front opening of the top duct is disposed in front of the internal shelf 31.

  The operation in such a configuration will be described. The cold air generated by the cooler 11 is guided to the refrigerating room discharge air passage 25 of the refrigerating room duct 12 and supplied to the refrigerating room 2. The cold air that has cooled the refrigerator compartment 2 is guided to the refrigerator return air passage 32 and returns to the cooler 11.

  Further, the odor generated in the refrigerator compartment 2 is taken into the deodorization catalyst 24 through the deodorization suction hole 23 in the warehouse, deodorized, cooled by the cooler 11, and then becomes cold air through the top duct 26. Circulate to.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the top surface duct 26 is connected to the refrigerating room cooling duct 12 in which the internal deodorizing air path and the cooling air path of the refrigerating room are configured in parallel. By arranging the front opening of the front of the storage shelf 31 in front of the internal shelf 31, uniform deodorization and cooling can be performed in the upper and lower parts of the refrigerator compartment.

  Further, by switching the top duct 26 between the refrigerating room cooling fan 21 and the refrigerating room deodorizing fan 22, the internal deodorizing discharge air passage 33 and the refrigerating room return air passage 32 are provided in one place. In addition, it is possible to reduce the number of parts for configuring the air path, and it is possible to reduce the number of parts attaching work steps.

  Further, by arranging the interior lamp 17 in the front and rear in the center of the top duct 26, it becomes possible to ensure brightness over every corner of the interior, and the interior deodorizing discharge air passage 33. By arranging the refrigerating chamber return air passages 32 on the left and right sides, uniform deodorization and cooling can be performed over the entire width.

  As described above, the refrigerator according to the present invention connects the top surface duct to the refrigerating room duct in which the internal deodorizing air path and the cooling air path of the refrigerating room are configured in parallel, and opens the front surface of the top surface duct. By arranging the part ahead of the shelf in the cabinet, it is possible to perform uniform deodorization and cooling in the upper and lower parts of the refrigerator compartment, and to arrange the interior lamps around the center of the top duct In this way, a bright interior can be realized, so that it can be applied to uses such as a cooling method for general refrigeration equipment, a deodorizing method, and a lighting method.

The perspective view of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of this invention Sectional drawing of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of this invention Refrigerating room front view of refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Refrigeration room sectional view at the time of operation of the refrigerating room cooling fan of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Refrigeration room sectional view at the time of operation of the refrigeration room deodorization fan of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of the present invention The top view of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of this invention Sectional drawing of the refrigerator in Embodiment 1 of this invention Cross-sectional view of a conventional refrigerator

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator body 2 Refrigerating room 3 Switching room 4 Ice making room 5 Freezing room 6 Vegetable room 11 First cooler 12 Refrigerating room duct 13 Partition wall 14 Second cooler 15 Discharge air passage 16 Freezing room duct 17 Inside the room Lamp 21 Cooling room cooling fan 22 Internal deodorizing fan 23 Internal deodorizing suction hole 24 Deodorizing catalyst 25 Refrigerating room discharge air passage 26 Top surface duct 31 Refrigerating room upper shelf 32 Refrigerating room return air passage 33 Deodorizing discharge air Road

Claims (3)

Refrigerator body, refrigeration room for storing refrigerated food etc. in the upper part of the body, switching room provided at the lower part of the refrigeration room for switching from freezing to chilled, refrigeration, and the switching room at the lower part of the refrigeration room Ice making chambers arranged in parallel and ice storage chambers for storing ice, freezing chambers provided at the lower part of the refrigerator main body, vegetables provided between the ice making chambers and switching chambers arranged in parallel and the freezing chambers A vegetable room for storing food, a first cooler installed on the back of the refrigerator room, the first cooler and the refrigerator room are partitioned, and the cold air cooled by the first cooler is guided to the refrigerator room A refrigerator air discharge passage, a refrigerator return air passage for returning the cold air that has cooled the refrigerator compartment to the first cooler, the vegetable compartment and the freezer compartment, and foam filling of the refrigerator body Partition wall installed in front, the ice making chamber and the switching chamber And a second cooler installed in the back of the vegetable room, the ice making room, and the switching room for cooling the freezing room, and the cold air cooled by the second cooler, the ice making room, the switching room, and A freezer compartment duct installed in front of the second cooler and having a discharge air passage leading to the freezer compartment, wherein only the refrigerator compartment is cooled by the first cooler; The ice making room, the switching room, and the freezing room other than the refrigerating room are cooled by a refrigerator, and the refrigerating room in which an internal deodorizing air path is configured in parallel with the return air path for the refrigerating room The front duct and the top duct are connected to each other, the front opening of the top duct is disposed in front of the shelf inside the cabinet, and when the refrigerator is cooled, the cold air that has cooled the refrigerator is sucked from the front opening. After being cooled by the cooler of the refrigerator, it is led to the refrigerator compartment from the refrigerator air discharge passage. Refrigerators during deodorization, characterized in that leading to the refrigerating compartment from the front opening after deodorization deodorizing catalyst sucked from the hole suction for the internal deodorant provided with a cold air in the lower portion of the duct for the cooling chamber. The said top surface duct shares the discharge air path for internal deodorization, and the cool air suction air path for internal circulation by switching between the refrigerator cooling fan and the refrigerator deodorizing fan. Refrigerator. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein interior lighting is arranged in the front and rear in the center of the top surface duct.

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