JPH08303931A - Freezer/refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent the cooling of the vegetable chamber from being affected by the storage of food in the refrigerator chamber or the opening/closing of the door by communicating a passage to feed cold air to the freezer chamber to the vegetable chamber. CONSTITUTION: A heat insulating box body 1 comprises an external box 2, internal box 3 and heat insulating material 4 which is filled between both boxes, and is partitioned into a refrigerator chamber 6, freezer chamber 7 and vegetable chamber 8 from the top by partition walls 5. Cold air which is generated by a condenser 9 being placed on the back surface of the freezer chamber 7 is circulated to respective chambers by an air blowing device 10. To the freezer chamber 7, the cold air is fed to an air passage 12 which is constituted of a condenser cover 11, and the cold air is sent out from a discharging hole 13. The air passage 12 communicates with the vegetable chamber 8, and feeds the cold air. Also, on the partition wall 5 which partitions freezer chamber 7 and vegetable chamber 8, a damper device 14 which detects the temperature of the vegetable chamber 8 and opens/closes the air passage 12 is provided. By such a constitution, the cold air can be directly fed to the vegetable chamber 8 from the air passage 12 without circulating other chambers. Also, by providing the damper chamber 14, the feeding of the cold air to the vegetable chamber 8 is independently performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to a refrigerating room above a freezing room,
The present invention relates to a refrigerator / freezer in which a vegetable compartment is arranged below.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional defrosting device for a refrigerator is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-267677.

That is, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-267677, an air passage for returning the cool air sent to the refrigerating compartment is connected to the vegetable compartment.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional configuration has a drawback that the cooling of the vegetable compartment is affected by the food storage in the refrigerator compartment and the opening / closing of the door because the cold air circulated in the refrigerator compartment is sent to the vegetable compartment. there were.

The present invention solves the conventional problems and provides a freezer-refrigerator in which the cooling of the vegetable compartment is not affected by the food storage in the refrigerating compartment or the opening / closing of the door.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the refrigerator / freezer of the present invention is divided into a refrigerating room, a freezing room and a vegetable room from above by a heat insulating box and partition walls, a cooler and a blower. In the case where the cold air is circulated, the air passage for sending the cold air to the freezer compartment is connected to the vegetable compartment.

Further, the refrigerator-freezer of the present invention has a construction in which a damper device is provided on the partition wall portion of the air passage communicating with the vegetable compartment.

[0008]

According to the present invention, since the air passage for sending the cool air to the freezer compartment is communicated with the vegetable compartment according to the present invention, the cool air sent by the air blower is sent directly to the vegetable compartment without circulating through the other compartments.

Further, since the damper device is provided on the partition wall portion of the air passage communicating with the vegetable compartment, the supply of cold air to the vegetable compartment can be independently controlled to adjust the temperature.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a refrigerator-freezer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator-freezer of the same embodiment.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is an outer box 2 and an inner box 3
And a heat-insulating box body composed of the heat-insulating material 4 filled between the two boxes, which is partitioned by a partition wall 5 from above into a refrigerating room 6, a freezing room 7, and a vegetable room 8.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a cooler housed in the rear surface of the freezing room 7, and cool air generated by the cooler 9 is circulated to each room by a blower 10. Cooler cover 11 for freezer compartment 7
The cool air is sent to the air passage 12 constituted by the above from the discharge hole 13. The air passage 12 communicates with the vegetable compartment 8 to send cold air.

Further, a damper device 14 for detecting the temperature of the vegetable compartment 8 and opening and closing the air passage 12 is provided on the partition wall 5 which divides the freezer compartment 7 and the vegetable compartment 8.

With the above structure, the cool air can be directly sent to the vegetable compartment 8 by the air passage 12 without circulating through the other compartments.

Further, since the damper device 14 that detects the temperature of the vegetable compartment 8 and opens and closes the air passage 12 is provided, the supply of cold air to the vegetable compartment 8 can be independently controlled to adjust the temperature.

[0017]

As described above, the present invention is divided into a refrigerating room, a freezing room and a vegetable room from above by a heat insulating box and partition walls.
In the cooler and the one that circulates the cool air by the blower, the cool air sent by the blower is sent directly to the vegetable compartment without circulating the other rooms because the air passage for sending the cool air to the freezer is connected to the vegetable compartment. Cooling of the vegetable compartment is not affected by food storage or door opening / closing in other rooms.

Further, since the damper device is provided on the partition wall portion of the air passage communicating with the vegetable compartment, the supply of cold air to the vegetable compartment can be independently controlled to adjust the temperature.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a refrigerator-freezer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a refrigerator-freezer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Insulation box 5 Partition wall 6 Refrigerator 7 Freezer 8 Vegetable room 9 Cooler 10 Air blower 12 Air duct 14 Damper device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An air duct that divides cool air into a refrigerating room, a freezing room, and a vegetable room from above by a heat insulating box and partition walls, and circulates the cool air by a cooler and a blower, and sends the cool air to the freezing room. A freezer-refrigerator that communicates with the vegetable compartment. 2. The refrigerator / freezer according to claim 1, wherein a damper device is provided on a partition wall portion of an air passage communicating with the vegetable compartment.