JPH08100975A - Cold or warm keeping storage - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To efficiently cool or heat the inner space to store the goods. CONSTITUTION: In the title storage provided with a body case 1 having an opening part, a lid member 2 to open/close the opening part of the body case 1, a thermal conductive container 3 having an opening part arranged in the body case 1, and a heat exchanger 4 to cool or heat the thermal conductive container 3, a thermal conductive member 14 capable of the thermal coupling to the thermal conductive container 3 is provided on the lid member 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cold / heat storage box for storing food and beverages, medicines and other articles, and more particularly to a structure for improving cooling or heating efficiency.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a portable refrigerating and storing room which is convenient to carry, for example, a main body case having an opening, a lid member for opening and closing the opening of the main body case, and one disposed inside the main body case A heat-conducting container formed with a material having a high thermal conductivity such as aluminum to have an opening, and a heat exchanger for cooling or heating the heat-conducting container are provided in the inner space of the heat-conducting container. There are those that store articles. For the heat exchanger, for example, an electronic element that can utilize the Peltier effect is used.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The cold storage described above is
When the lid member closes the opening of the main body case, the lid member thermally blocks the opening of the heat conducting container, so that the heat cooled or heated by the heat exchanger is difficult to be immediately transmitted to the entire heat conducting container. However, it was difficult to improve the cooling or heating efficiency of the internal space of the heat transfer container.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cold storage box capable of efficiently cooling or heating an internal space for storing articles. is there.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a refrigerating cabinet according to claim 1 has a main body case having an opening, a lid member for opening and closing the opening of the main body case, and a main body case. In a refrigerating cabinet having a heat transfer container having an opening disposed inside, and a heat exchanger for cooling or heating the heat transfer container, the lid member is thermally coupled to the heat transfer container. A heat conducting member to be obtained is provided.

Further, in the cold-storage cabinet according to a second aspect, a contacted portion is provided at an end portion on the opening side of the heat-conducting container according to the first aspect, and the heat-conductive member is in contact with the contacted portion. It is configured to have a section.

Further, the cold-storage cabinet according to claim 3 has a structure in which an elastic member is interposed between the lid member and the heat-conducting member according to claim 1 or 2.

According to a fourth aspect of the cold storage, the elastic member of the third aspect is formed of a material having a high heat insulating property.

According to a fifth aspect of the cold storage, the heat conducting member according to any one of the first to fourth aspects is detachably provided on the lid member and is partitioned inside the heat conducting container when detached. The structure is formed so that an open space can be formed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cold storage cabinet in which the heat conducting member according to any one of the first to fourth aspects is used as a lid member so as to form a space partitioned inside the heat conducting container. It is configured to be rotatable.

Further, the cold-storage cabinet according to claim 7 has a main body case having an opening, a lid member for opening and closing the opening of the main body case, and an opening arranged inside the main body case. In a cold / hot storage provided with a heat transfer container and a heat exchanger for cooling or heating the heat transfer container, a heat transfer member for forming a closed space is provided inside the heat transfer container.

[0012]

According to the structure of claim 1, when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case, the heat cooled or heated by the heat exchanger is transferred from the heat transfer container to the heat transfer member, and the heat transfer container is heated. The internal space of can be efficiently cooled or heated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case, the contact portion comes into contact with the contacted portion, so that the heat conduction container and the heat conduction member are thermally coupled. It can be done reliably.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case, the heat conducting member is pressed against the heat conducting container by the elastic member. Can be more reliably thermally coupled.

According to the structure described in claim 4, since the elastic member insulates the lid member and the heat conducting member from each other, when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case, the inner space and the outside of the heat conducting container are closed. It can be more difficult to exchange heat with.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the space can be formed inside the heat conducting container by the heat conducting member, so that the articles can be stored separately.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, since the partitioned space can be formed inside the heat conducting container by rotating the heat conducting member, the articles can be stored separately. .

According to the seventh aspect of the invention, since the closed space can be formed inside the heat conducting container by the heat conducting member, the heat cooled or heated by the heat exchanger is released from the heat conducting container. It is possible to efficiently cool or heat the internal space of the heat conductive container by being transmitted to the conductive member.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

This cold storage is a main body case 1 having an opening at the top, and a lid member for opening and closing the opening of the main body case 1.
2, a heat conduction container 3 provided inside the main body case 1 and having an opening at the top, and a heat exchanger 4 for cooling or heating the heat conduction container 3.

The main body case 1 is made of synthetic resin or the like, and a first cover 5 and a second cover 6 are provided on both sides thereof. On the inner surface of the second cover 6,
A fan 7 driven by a motor or the like is provided.
A heat insulating material 8 is filled between the main body case 1 and the heat conducting container 3 except for a portion where the heat exchanger 4 is provided.
The heat-conducting container 3 is formed of a material having a high heat conductivity such as aluminum, has a groove 3a at the bottom substantially in the center, and has a flared contact portion 3b at the left and right ends on the opening side. , 3b
have.

The heat exchanger 4 is composed of an electronic element 9 capable of utilizing the Peltier effect and a fin 10 for exchanging heat between the electronic element 9 and air. The fin 10 is brought into contact with the outer surface and the fin 10 is projected into the space between the main body case 1 and the second cover 6. One end surface of the electronic element 9 is cooled or heated according to the direction of current flow. The electric current flowing through the electronic element 9 can be converted between forward and reverse by a switch or the like.

The lid member 2 is formed by filling a heat insulating material 12 inside a casing 11 made of synthetic resin or the like, and is formed so as to fit on the inner side surface of the upper portion of the main body case 1. An elastic member 13 formed of a material having a high heat insulating property and formed into a substantially plate is fixed to the lower surface of the lid member 2, and a heat conducting member 14 is detachably provided on the lower surface of the elastic member 13.

The heat conducting member 14 is made of a material having a high heat conductivity such as aluminum, and is formed in a substantially plate-like shape so that the opening of the heat conducting container 3 can be closed. It has contact portions 14a, 14a capable of surface contact. This heat conducting member 14 can be thermally coupled to the heat conducting container 3 by contacting the contacted portions 14a, 14a with the contacted portions 3b, 3b.
By separating from the elastic member 13 and engaging one contact portion 14a with the concave groove 3a, a partitioned space can be formed inside the heat conduction container 3.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
When the heat conducting member 14 is attached to the elastic member 13, when the opening of the main body case 1 is closed by the lid member 2, the heat conducting member 14
Since the contact portions 14a, 14a come into contact with the contacted portions 3b, 3b and are pressed by the elastic member 13, the thermal coupling with the heat conducting container 3 is surely performed. In this state, the heat exchanger
Since the heat cooled or heated by the electronic element 9 of 4 is transferred from the heat conduction container 3 to the heat conduction member 14, the closed space inside the heat conduction container 3 is efficiently cooled or heated.

When the heat conducting member 14 is detached from the elastic member 13 and one of the contact portions 14a is locked in the concave groove 3a, the lid member
2 When the opening of the main unit case 1 is closed by
The other contact portion 14a of the elastic member 14 is pressed by the elastic member 13. In this state, in the closed space inside the heat transfer container 3, two spaces partitioned by the heat transfer container 3 are formed. X in FIG. 2 is an article such as food and drink, medicine, etc., and is housed in the space near the heat exchanger 4.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the lid member 2 closes the opening of the main body case 1, the heat cooled or heated by the heat exchanger 4 is transferred from the heat transfer container 3 to the heat transfer member 14. The internal space of the heat conduction container 14 can be efficiently cooled or heated, and as a result, it is possible to save power.

In this embodiment, the lid member 2 is the main body case.
When the opening of 1 is closed, the contact parts 14a, 14a are
While contacting b and 3b, the heat conduction member 14
As a result, the heat conductive container 3 is pressed against the heat conductive container 3, so that the heat conductive container 3 and the heat conductive member 14 can be more reliably thermally coupled.

Further, in this embodiment, the elastic member 13 is the lid member 2.
Since the heat conduction member 14 and the heat conduction member 14 are insulated from each other, when the lid member 2 closes the opening of the main body case 1, it is further difficult to exchange heat between the internal space of the heat conduction container 3 and the outside.

In the present embodiment, the space partitioned inside the heat transfer container 3 by the heat transfer member 14 is not required even if a new member for forming a space partitioned inside the heat transfer container 3 is added. Can be formed, and the articles X can be stored separately.

In the present embodiment, the cold / hot storage is capable of cooling and heating, but the cold / hot storage in the present invention is a generic term for cooling / heating, cooling only, and heating only. are doing.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that members having substantially the same functions as those in the previous embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, a hinge portion 15 is provided on the lower surface of the lid member 2 on the right side of the drawing for allowing the heat conducting member 14 to rotate. The heat-conducting member 14 has a substantially plate-like shape that can close the opening of the heat-conducting container 3.

Therefore, in this embodiment, since the partitioned space can be formed inside the heat conducting container 3 by rotating the heat conducting member 14, the articles X can be accommodated separately. .

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that members having substantially the same functions as those in the previous embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, both side walls of the heat conducting container 3 are formed in a stepped shape so that the heat conducting member 14 can be placed on the stepped upper steps 3c, 3c or the lower steps 3d, 3d. It has become. The heat conduction member 14 is composed of two plate members 14b and 14c slidable along the surface.
When the b and 14c are slid outward, they can be placed on the upper step portions 3c and 3c, and when the plate members 14b and 14c are slid inward, they can be placed on the lower step portions 3d and 3d.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the heat conducting member 14 is used for the heat conducting container 3 according to the articles to be accommodated in the heat conducting container 3.
A heat conducting container that can form a closed space inside
The internal space of 14 can be efficiently cooled or heated.

[0038]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case, the heat cooled or heated by the heat exchanger is transferred from the heat conduction container to the heat conduction member.
The internal space of the heat transfer container can be efficiently cooled or heated, and as a result, it is possible to save power.

In addition to the effect of the first aspect, the cold-and-refrigerator according to the second aspect of the invention has a contact portion contacting the contacted portion when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case. The thermal coupling with the heat conducting member can be surely performed.

In addition to the effect according to claim 1 or 2, the cold-and-warm refrigerator according to claim 3 presses the heat conducting member against the heat conducting container by the elastic member when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case. Therefore, the thermal coupling between the thermal conductive container and the thermal conductive member can be performed more reliably.

In addition to the effect of the third aspect, the cold storage box according to the fourth aspect provides the heat insulation between the lid member and the heat conducting member by the elastic member, so that when the lid member closes the opening of the main body case. The heat exchange between the internal space of the heat transfer container and the outside can be further made difficult.

In addition to the effect according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the cold and warm storage according to the fifth aspect can form a space partitioned inside the heat conducting container by the heat conducting member. Items can be sorted and stored.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first to fourth aspects, the cold-heat storage box forms a partitioned space inside the heat conduction container by rotating the heat conduction member. Therefore, the articles can be stored separately.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, since the heat conduction member can form a closed space inside the heat conduction container, the heat cooled or heated by the heat exchanger is released from the heat conduction container. It is possible to efficiently cool or heat the internal space of the heat conductive container by being transmitted to the conductive member, and as a result, it is possible to achieve power saving.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a case where a partitioned space is formed inside the heat conduction container.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main case 2 Lid member 3 Heat conduction container 3b Contacted part 4 Heat exchanger 13 Elastic member 14 Heat conduction member 14a Contact part

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A main body case having an opening, a lid member for opening and closing the opening of the main body case, a heat conducting container having an opening arranged inside the main body case, and a heat conducting container for cooling. Or in a cold / hot storage with a heat exchanger for heating,
A cold / warm refrigerator in which the lid member is provided with a heat conducting member capable of being thermally coupled to a heat conducting container. 2. The cold storage box according to claim 1, wherein a contacted portion is provided at an end of the heat conducting container on the opening side, and a contact portion capable of contacting the contacted portion is provided on the heat conducting member. 3. The cold storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein an elastic member is interposed between the lid member and the heat conducting member. 4. The cold storage box according to claim 3, wherein the elastic member is formed of a material having a high heat insulating property. 5. The heat conducting member is detachably provided on the lid member, and is formed so as to form a partitioned space inside the heat conducting container when detached. Cold storage described. 6. The cold storage according to claim 1, wherein the heat conducting member is rotatably provided on the lid member so as to form a partitioned space inside the heat conducting container. Warehouse. 7. A main body case having an opening, a lid member for opening and closing the opening of the main body case, a heat conducting container having an opening arranged inside the main body case, and a heat conducting container for cooling. Or in a cold / hot storage with a heat exchanger for heating,
A cold / warm storage provided with a heat conducting member forming a closed space inside the heat conducting container.