JPH0579752A - Storage refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a storage refrigerator which is good in a cooking workability, has a structural form good in the installation and assembly of pipelines and cables of refrigerant systems, electric systems or one like, and a refrigerating showcase assembled on a lower horizontal refrigerator. CONSTITUTION:At both sides of the top table 11 of a horizontal refrigerator 1, frames 13a and 13b are provided and a refrigerating showcase 12 is assembled and installed with a sufficient space A so that a cooking workability is improved on the top table 11. Refrigerant pipelines 25a, 25b, electric cables 28, drain pipes for drain water or the like are passed by employing the inner space of the frame 13a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cold store.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, not only a refrigerator, a freezer, or a refrigerating case is used alone, but a combination of these is advantageous in terms of installation space and usability. However, it is becoming popular.

U. S. What is disclosed in the specification of P No. 2443787 and the drawings is one example.

In this publication, a cooler is provided in an upper storage compartment having an opening / closing door on the front surface, and cool air cooled by the cooler is circulated to a lower storage compartment containing a plurality of pull-out type product cases. Therefore, the upper storage chamber and the lower storage chamber are cooled.

[0005]

In the cooling storage box disclosed in this publication, the upper surface of the lower storage room serves as a storage table or a work table for the stored articles, but when the door of the upper storage room is opened (see FIG. 2). ) It becomes narrow and inconvenient. Also,
It is structurally complicated, for example, the refrigerant pipe is pierced through the upper wall of the lower storage chamber.

The present invention is a further improvement of a cooling storage cabinet of a type in which two upper and lower storage compartments are combined as described above, and is particularly installed in a kitchen room of a restaurant or the like, which is useful for making cooking work smooth. Further, the present invention provides a refrigerating circuit, a piping for electric circuits, and a cooling storage having a structure capable of further simplifying wiring formation.

[0007]

The present invention, from the front side,
In addition, a horizontal refrigerator with a refrigerator unit room is provided on the side of the storage room that has front and rear doors so that stored items can be taken out from the rear side, and a cooler is arranged inside and front and rear doors are provided. And a refrigerating case that constitutes only a storage room, and the refrigerating case is provided with a horizontal refrigerator by the left and right pedestals erected on the top table of the horizontal refrigerator. Installed with a sufficient space between them, an illumination device for illuminating the top table is provided above the space, and next to the refrigerator unit room is a partition plate for the refrigerated case. A refrigerator unit room is provided, and refrigerant pipes between the refrigerator unit room and the refrigerating case, wiring of the electric system, and piping for drain water treatment from the refrigerating case are provided. This is done through an inner space formed in the gantry.

[0008]

A refrigerating case is installed above the horizontal refrigerator with a sufficient space between the left and right pedestals.

Therefore, even if there is a refrigerating case above, cooking work can be performed without difficulty on the top table of the horizontal refrigerator, and dishes can be placed or handed over.

Further, the refrigerator unit corresponding to the refrigerating case is installed in the horizontal refrigerator, and the refrigerator pipes of this refrigerator unit and the cooler in the refrigerating case are installed. The piping is performed through the inner space of the gantry, the space for piping can be omitted, and the piping work becomes easy. Similarly, the wiring of the electric system and the drain water drainage pipe can be arranged, and the overall structure can be simplified.

[0011]

EXAMPLE 1 1 has openings 2a and 2b on both the front surface and the rear surface,
This is a pass-through type horizontal refrigerator in which stored items in the storage chamber 3 can be freely taken out from the front and the rear by opening the front door 4a and the rear door 4b.

The storage chamber 3 and the doors 4a and 4b are both made of a heat insulating material. A shelf 5a is provided in the storage chamber 3, and a cold air forced circulation type cooling unit 6 is provided on the ceiling surface. The cooling unit 6 is annularly connected to the compressor 8, the condenser 9, etc. in the refrigerator unit chamber 7 arranged on the left side of the storage chamber by a refrigerant pipe line to form a cooling circuit. 9a is a condenser cooling fan. A cooling air circulation fan 10 is installed in a part of the cooling chamber 6a that accommodates the cooling unit 6, and the air in the storage chamber 3 is heat-exchanged through the cooling chamber 6a, and the cold air is forcedly circulated for storage. Chamber 3 is cooling. Reference numeral 11 is a top table of the pass-through horizontal refrigerator 1.

On the upper surface of the top table 11, a stand 13a for mounting a separate refrigerating showcase 12 is provided.
13b are erected on the left and right. The height of the gantry 13a, 13b is sufficient for the space A between the lower horizontal refrigerator 1 and the upper refrigerating case 12, so that cooking work can be performed on the top table 11 with a sufficient margin. The height of the space A is such that food can be easily placed on the cooked food, cooked food can be handed from the cook to the waiter, and the cooked food can be carried by the waiter. Further, the widths of the mounts 13a and 13b are set to the dimensions of the width of the main body of the refrigerating showcase 12, and the refrigerating show
Ensure sufficient strength to support the case 12.

Further, at least one of the mounts 13a has a structure in which a part of the inner space 14 is provided.
The inner space portion 14 in the pedestal 13a is used as a passage for a refrigerant pipe, electric wiring, a drain pipe, etc., which will be described later.

By the way, the refrigerating case 12 installed on the pedestals 13a and 13b and fixed by an appropriate fixing member also has a pass-through type storage chamber 15 whose front and rear are open. In addition to having the shelf 5b, left and right doors 16 and 16 are provided at the front and rear openings thereof. A left space 17a of the left and right side walls 17a and 17b of the storage chamber 15 is provided with a space space 18, and the space space 18 communicates with the inner space 14 of the pedestal 13a. .. A fluorescent lamp 19 for illuminating the inside of the storage room 15 is provided in the storage room 15, and a cool air natural convection type cooling unit 20 is installed on the ceiling surface of the storage room. On the other hand, the refrigerator unit chamber 21 for accommodating the compressor, the condenser and the like forming the cooling circuit with the cooling unit 20 is not attached to the side portion of the storage chamber 15 or the like, but of the pass-through horizontal refrigerator 1. It is arranged next to the refrigerator unit chamber 6 via a partition plate 33. Therefore, in the refrigeration case 12, it is necessary to connect the cooling unit 20 in the upper cooling chamber 20a and the compressor 23 and the condenser 24 in the lower refrigerator unit chamber 21 with a refrigerant pipe. There is an inner space 14 of one of the mounts 13a described above.
As shown in FIG. 6, the refrigerant pipe 25a (the liquid refrigerant that goes to the cooling unit 20 passes therethrough) via the space space 18 on the side of the refrigeration case 12 which is in communication with the inner space 14. ), 25b (through which the evaporated refrigerant returning from the cooling unit 20 to the compressor 23 passes). 24a is a condenser cooling fan.

The inner space 14 and the space space 18 are also used as a wiring path for electric wiring. As electric wiring, there is a lead wire to a fluorescent lamp 19 that illuminates the inside of the storage room 15 of the refrigerated case 12, and the storage room 15
There are an internal temperature sensor (not shown) in the inside, a wiring path of an input / output signal circuit with the control device of the cooling circuit, and the like. In addition, the lead wire to the fluorescent lamp 27 that illuminates the space A part is also attached to the pedestal 13
It is passed through the inner space 14 of a. Reference numeral 28 indicates these lead wires and the like (see FIG. 6). Further, in the refrigerating case 12, the defrosting water receiving tray 30 for receiving the defrosting water of the cooling unit 20.
The defrosting water drainage pipe 31 from the above passes through the space space 18,
Then, the internal water drainage pipe 34 connected to the bottom drainage port 32 of the storage chamber 15 and the T-shaped joint pipe 35 are connected so as to join together, and a cooling unit is provided by a single drainage pipe 36 passing through the inner space 14 of the pedestal 13a. It is led to the evaporation dish 37 in the chamber 7.

As described above, the inner space portion 14 and the space space 18 are also used as the drainage conduits for draining the defrosted water from the refrigerated case 12 and the water generated in the refrigerator to the outside. Is used.

The evaporating dish 37 is made of a stainless steel plate, and is placed horizontally on a discharge gas pipe of the compressor 8 having a meandering shape 38 so that drain water in the evaporating dish 37 can be efficiently removed. Evaporate. And this evaporation dish 3
Defrosting water from the cooling unit 6 on the side of the horizontal refrigerator 1 is also guided to the drainage pipe 7 via the defrosting water drain pipe 39. Since a large amount of drain water may cause the evaporation capacity of the evaporation tray 37 to be insufficient, the drain pipe 40 may be used to overheat the evaporation tray 37.
An evaporating dish 41 that receives the drain water that flows is provided in the refrigerator unit chamber 21. The evaporation tray 41 is also placed on the meandering shape 42 of the discharge gas pipe from the compressor 23 so that the drain water is evaporated. An air blower 43 is provided above the evaporation tray 41 to directly apply air to the evaporation tray 41 to promote evaporation.

As described above, since the drain process is completed by the two-stage system drain water evaporation mechanism,
This cooling storage can be installed even in a place where there is no drainage facility, or in a place where the floor of the kitchen room does not get wet with water. Reference numerals 44 and 44 are power supply sockets of the refrigerator units.

The front side of each refrigerator unit chamber 7, 21 has a grill 4 having a slit-like ventilation opening for cooling.
5, 45 are provided to be openable and closable.

Assuming that the cooling storage is installed in the kitchen room and that the door 4a side is a waiting place such as a waitress and the door 4b is a kitchen room with a cook, the cook is horizontal. From the refrigerator 1 or the refrigerating case 12, the doors 4b and 16 are opened, the necessary cooking ingredients are taken out from the storage chambers 3 and 15, and the cooked food is placed on the top table 11 or the top table 11. Since there is a sufficient space A above the horizontal refrigerator 1 when carrying out the dishes on the top table even in the case of cooking above and even in a waitress, the work is easy. Further, the doors 4a and 16 are opened and the storage chambers 3 and 15 are opened.
When a salad or the like is taken out and the dishes are simply arranged on the top table 11, the space A is sufficiently set, so that the work can be smoothly performed.
The top table 11 is equipped with a fluorescent lamp 27 that illuminates the top table 11, and the shaded portion of the refrigerating case 12 is brightened, so that the work can be done quickly.

Further, the refrigerating show 12 mounted on the mounts 13a and 13b is installed in the horizontal refrigerating show 1 by separating the refrigerating machine unit from the refrigerating show. The storage volume of the storage chamber 15 of the space 12 can be made large.

Then, the refrigerator unit and the refrigerating store
The piping of the refrigerant pipe between the case 12 and the cooling unit 20 in the storage chamber 14, the wiring of the electric system, the drainage water drain pipe, and the like can be performed through the inner space 14 of the mount 13a. There is. Further, the drain water on the side of the refrigerated case 12 and the drain water on the side of the horizontal refrigerator 1 are collected in the common evaporation tray 37, and the evaporation water of the drain water is reduced by another evaporation tray 41. Steps are taken to efficiently vaporize.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, a refrigerating store with a sufficient space space provided on a horizontal refrigerator.
Since it is a cold storage with a combination of facilities, it can be installed in a kitchen room such as a restaurant and used for cooking work on the top table above the horizontal refrigerator and for cooking such as exchanging cooked food between the cook and the waiter. Various related work can be done smoothly.

Since the refrigerant pipes, the electric system wiring, and the drain water drainage pipes can be arranged through the insides of the left and right pedestals that support the refrigeration case, these wirings are separately provided. It is not necessary to design the installation structure, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

 Fig. 1 Front view of the cooling storage of the present invention Fig. 2 Rear view of the same cooling storage Fig. 3 Schematic vertical front view of the same cooling storage Fig. 4 BB vertical view of Fig. 1 6 is a vertical view of DD in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Pass-through-horizontal refrigerator 3 ... Storage room 7 ... Refrigerator unit 11 ... Top table 12 ... Refrigerator show
Spaces 13a, 13b ... Frame 14 ... Inner space 18 ... Space space 21 ... Refrigerator unit room 25
a, 25b ... Refrigerant piping 19, 27 ... Fluorescent lamp

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A horizontal refrigerator having a refrigerator unit chamber at a side portion of a storage chamber provided with front and rear doors so that stored items can be taken out from the front side and the rear side, and a cooler inside. And a refrigerating case that constitutes only a storage room provided with front and rear doors.
The horizontal refrigerator is installed on the top table of the horizontal refrigerator with left and right stands, with sufficient space between the horizontal refrigerator and the horizontal refrigerator, and an illumination device for illuminating the top table is provided above the space. , A refrigerator unit chamber for the refrigerating case is disposed next to the refrigerator unit chamber via a partition plate, and a refrigerant between the refrigerator unit chamber and the refrigerating case Piping, electrical system wiring, and refrigeration show
A cooling storage box, characterized in that a pipe for treating drain water from the case is provided through an inner space formed in the frame.