JPH0933155A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize high speed ice making by preventing nonuniform ice making. SOLUTION: In a refrigerator that is provided with an evaporator 6 on the back surface inside a freezer compartment 3, provided with a blowing fan 7 that blows air chilled by the evaporator 6 through a blow out gate 8 to the freezer compartment 3, mounted with an automatic ice maker 9 that is provided with an ice cube tray 10 with sections in the freezer compartment 3, provided with a cool air duct 8a that is arranged with secondary blow out gates 8b at the upper part of the ice cube tray 10 and the chilled air is blown to the ice cube tray 10 through the secondary blow out gates 8b by the blowing fan 7, each of the second blow out gates 8b is arranged so that each of which faces each of the position of the sections of the ice cube tray 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator equipped with an automatic ice making machine, and more particularly to a refrigerator equipped with an automatic ice making machine, which is suitable for quickly making water in a plurality of divided ice making trays. The present invention relates to a structure of a second outlet for blowing cool air to a partition position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional refrigerator is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B) and (C), a partition wall 2 is provided in the refrigerator body 1.
Are divided into upper and lower parts to provide a freezing compartment 3, a refrigerating compartment 4, a vegetable compartment 5 and the like, an evaporator 6 for generating cold air is provided on the back side of the freezing compartment 3, and a blower fan 7 provided above the evaporator 6 The cold air is sent from the outlet 8 to the freezer compartment 3 by means of the above, and at the same time, the freezer compartment 3 is equipped with an automatic ice making machine 9 having a plurality of ice trays 10, and above the ice tray 10 above the ice tray 10. A cold air passage 8a having a second outlet 8b facing the upper surface of the plate 10 is provided, and cold air is blown from the second outlet 8b by the blower fan 7 to make water in the ice tray 10 with ice. there were.
In the above configuration, the second outlet 8b is not structured to face the respective partition positions of the ice tray 10 respectively, so that the second outlet 8b is positioned to directly receive the cool air blown out from the second outlet 8b. The compartments of the ice tray 10 are quickly made ice, and the compartments of the ice tray 10 located in a state where they are not directly exposed to cold air are slow to make ice, resulting in a difference in ice making time, and high speed of ice making. There has been a problem that users who want to use it will be dissatisfied.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator capable of realizing high speed ice making without causing unevenness of ice making. And

[0004]

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an evaporator is provided on the back side of a freezer compartment, and is cooled above the evaporator by the evaporator. A blower fan is provided for sending out the cooled air from the outlet to the freezing compartment, and the freezing compartment is equipped with an automatic ice making machine having a plurality of ice trays, and the second outlet is provided above the ice tray. In a refrigerator provided with a cool air passage, in which cool air is sent from the second outlet to the ice tray by the blower fan, the second outlet is provided so as to face each partition position of the ice tray. It is characterized by that. Further, a nozzle is provided at the second outlet. Further, the front end portion of the nozzle is smaller than the base end portion. Further, the nozzle is formed integrally with the cold air passage. Further, the front end of the cold air passage is narrower than the base end.

[0005]

With the above-mentioned structure, the refrigerator can realize high speed ice making without causing unevenness of ice making.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B showing the first embodiment
2 (A) and 2 (B) showing the second embodiment, 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a partition wall for vertically dividing the inside of the main body 1, and 3 is the partition wall 2 A freezer compartment defined in the center of the main body 1, a refrigerating compartment 4 defined in the upper part of the freezer compartment 3, a vegetable compartment 5 defined in the lower part of the freezer compartment 3, and a rear side of the freezer compartment 3 An evaporator 7 for generating the generated cold air sends the cool air generated by the evaporator 6 from the blower outlet described later toward the freezing chamber 3 and also from the second blower outlet of the cool air passage described later. It is a blower fan for sending and circulating each toward the upper surface of each section of the ice tray described later.

Reference numeral 8 is shown in FIG. 1 (A) as a first embodiment.
2B and 2C show a second embodiment shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), it is an outlet for sending the cold air generated by the evaporator 6 to the freezer compartment 3 by the blower fan 7 for circulation. 8a was generated in the evaporator 6 as shown in FIGS. 1 (A) (B) (C) as the first embodiment and as shown in FIGS. 2 (A) (B) as the second embodiment. This is a cold air passage for guiding the cool air to the upper surface of each compartment of the ice tray described later by the blower fan 7. The cold air passage
As shown in FIG. 1 (C) as the first embodiment and as shown in FIG. 2 (B) as the second embodiment, 8a is the blower fan 7a.
The distal end portion b farther from is narrower than the proximal end portion a, so that the flow rate of the cool air at the distal end portion b is not decreased and the cold air is allowed to flow into the second outlet described later. Has become. As shown in FIGS. 1 (A), (B), and (C) as a first embodiment, and as shown in FIGS. 2 (A) and (B) as a second embodiment, 8b is a bottom surface of the cold air passage 8a. It is the second outlet of the cool air provided so as to face each of the compartments that partition the inside of the ice tray described later. The second outlet
By arranging 8b so as to face each of the partitioned positions of the ice tray described later, it becomes possible to directly blow cold air to the surface of the water poured into each partition portion of the ice tray. As a result, solid ice is made for one of the second outlets 8b, so that there is no unevenness in ice making, and the speed of ice making can be increased. 8c is shown in FIG. 2 (A) as a second embodiment.
As shown in, the nozzle is provided continuously to the second outlet 8b, the nozzle 8c is formed with the tip end smaller than the base end, and is integrally formed with the bottom surface of the cold air passage 8a. It is composed. By providing the nozzle 8c, the cool air generated by the evaporator 6 and guided by the blower fan 7 can be contracted and accelerated toward the upper surface of each partition of the ice tray described later, Further, by forming the tip portion of the nozzle 8c smaller than the base end portion, it is possible to more effectively reduce the speed of contraction of cold air, and to more efficiently speed up ice making. Has become. Also,
By forming the nozzle 8c integrally with the bottom surface of the cold air passage 8a, the size and shape can be accurately finished, and the cost is advantageous.

9 is a first embodiment shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1 (B) and as a second embodiment in FIG. 1 (A), the automatic ice maker is installed in the freezer compartment 3. Ten
Is an ice tray installed in the freezer compartment 3 together with the automatic ice maker 9. The ice tray 10 is divided into a plurality of compartments, and water is poured into the compartments so that a large number of solid ice pieces can be simultaneously made. With the above configuration, on the upper surface of each partition of the ice tray 10, by making it possible to blow out the cool air from the second outlet 8b and or the nozzle 8c substantially evenly, as described above, the cool air The structure makes it possible to eliminate the unevenness of ice making directly from the water that is directly received, and to speed up ice making.

With the above construction, as shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C as a first embodiment, the evaporator 6 is generated on the upper surface of each compartment of the ice tray 10 into which water is poured. The cool air guided to the cool air passage 8a by the blower fan 7 is blown out substantially uniformly from the second outlet 8b, and it is possible to eliminate unevenness in ice making of the water that directly receives the cool air, thereby speeding up ice making. It becomes a refrigerator that can be removed. Further, with the above configuration, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B as a second embodiment, the blower fan 7 generated by the evaporator 6 is generated on the upper surface of each partition of the ice tray 10 into which water is poured. The cold air guided to the cold air passage 8a is contracted and accelerated from the nozzle 8c and ejected almost uniformly, and it is possible to eliminate the ice making unevenness of the water that directly receives the cold air, and speed up the ice making. It becomes a refrigerator designed to be more effective.

[0010]

As described above, according to the structure of the refrigerator of the present invention, it is possible to realize the speeding up of ice making and to satisfy the user's demand without causing unevenness of ice making. Become.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a main part of a refrigerator according to the present invention, (A) is a sectional view of a refrigerator main body, (B) is an enlarged view of part A shown in (A) as a first embodiment, (C) is a BB sectional view shown in (B) as a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a main part of a refrigerator according to the present invention, in which (A) is an enlarged view of part A shown in FIG. 1 (A) as a second embodiment, and (B) is a second embodiment ( It is a BB sectional view shown in A).

3A and 3B are explanatory views of a main part of a refrigerator according to a conventional example, FIG. 3A is a sectional view of a refrigerator main body, FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of part A shown in FIG. 3A, and FIG. It is a BB sectional view shown by.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Refrigerator body 2 Partition wall 3 Freezer room 4 Refrigerator room 5 Vegetable room 6 Evaporator 7 Blower fan 8 Air outlet 8a Cold air passage 8b Second air outlet 8c Nozzle 9 Automatic ice machine 10 Ice tray for automatic ice machine a Cold air passage base End b Tip of cold air passage

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An evaporator is provided on the back side of the freezer compartment, and a blower fan is provided above the evaporator for sending cold air cooled by the evaporator from the outlet to the freezer compartment. An automatic ice maker having an ice tray divided into a plurality of compartments is mounted in the chamber, a cold air passage having a second outlet is provided above the ice tray, and the blower fan causes the second outlet to the ice tray. A refrigerator in which cold air is sent to the refrigerator, wherein the second outlets are provided so as to face the respective partition positions of the ice tray. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a nozzle is provided at the second outlet. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein a tip end portion of the nozzle is made smaller than a base end portion. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle is formed integrally with the cold air passage. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a tip end portion of the cold air passage is narrower than a base end portion.