JPH11108515A - Refrigerate with automatically ice-making device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable prevention of the dropping of ice from a space by forming a rib or flange-shaped part on a frame part of an automatically ice making device at such a position as to be kept from interfering with an ice making tray during the operation of separating ice and a refrigerating chamber drawing container during the opening or closing of a refrigerating chamber door. SOLUTION: A rib 26d is installed on a frame part 26c of an automatically ice making device at such a position as to be kept from interfering with an ice making tray 26a during the operation of separating ice and a refrigerating chamber drawing container 17 during the opening or closing of a refrigerating chamber door. The distances of the rib 26d to the ice making tray 26a, the frame part 26c and an outer rim flange part of the refrigerating chamber drawing container 17 are all set to a dimension smaller than the size of the ice pieces made in the ice making tray 26a. The shape of the lower end of the rib is so arranged to make the distance thereof constant from a moving locus 63 of the upper surface of the outer rim flange part of the refrigerating chamber drawing container 17. This enables preventing of the dropping of ice from a space generated between the frame part of the automatically ice making device and the ice making tray and the outer rim flange part of the refrigerating chamber drawing container during the opening or the closing of the refrigerating chamber door.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a multi-door system,
The present invention relates to a refrigerator when the inside of a refrigerator (including a freezer compartment) is partitioned into several compartments, and particularly relates to a measure for preventing ice from falling out of a freezer drawer container of a refrigerator with an automatic ice machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Refrigerators that are commercially available recently include refrigerators for storing frozen foods, refrigerators for storing chilled foods, vegetable rooms for storing vegetables and fruits, and chilled rooms for storing chilled foods. It is finely divided and each is provided with a dedicated partition wall and door.

On the other hand, when viewed from the manufacturing process of a refrigerator, for example, a cooler for cooling the inside of a refrigerator and a fan motor for circulating cool air for sending cool air cooled by the cooler to each room have been frozen from the inside of the refrigerator at the front. It is located near the back wall of the room.
Therefore, as described above, when the interior of the refrigerator is divided into several chambers by the partition wall, it is immediately understood that the assembling of the cooler and the fan motor to the refrigerator body becomes very problematic. It is. Generally, for this reason, in consideration of the installation from the front side inside the refrigerator, the present situation is that the frontage of the freezing room having many built-in components is large.

However, recently, a so-called bottom-freezer type refrigerator in which a freezer compartment conventionally located above a refrigerator compartment is installed below the refrigerator compartment has come to be marketed. Naturally, if it is this type, the freezing room will be a drawer type (for convenience), and if it is a drawer type freezer room, if it is a deep bottom container, it will be difficult to identify what is in the lower part As a result, the drawer-type container is forced to have a shallow bottom. Especially in the freezer drawer of a refrigerator with an automatic ice maker where the freezer is the drawer door, the detection of full ice should be set near the edge of the container because we want to store as much ice as possible. . Therefore, when the freezing compartment door containing the ice is opened and closed, there is a problem that the ice falls from the ice storage portion of the freezing compartment drawer due to the reaction at the time of opening and closing. An example of a multi-door refrigerator is disclosed in
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 60-111867 and 4-313665.

[0005]

The following problems are involved in a refrigerator in which the above-mentioned freezing compartment is located below the refrigerating compartment and in which the freezing compartment is a drawer door with an automatic ice maker. was there.

(1) In order to maximize the amount of stored ice, the detection of full ice must be set near the edge of the container.

(2) There is a space for the ice to pass through the gap formed by the frame portion, the ice tray portion, and the outer peripheral flange portion of the freezer drawer of the automatic ice making machine.

(3) In a so-called bottom freezer in which a freezing compartment is formed at the lowermost part, the usability of ice made by an automatic ice maker becomes a problem.

That is, the user bends down and pulls out the container containing the ice. The problem at this time is the behavior of ice in the freezer drawer when the door of the freezer is opened and closed. The ice in the freezer compartment slides and rolls in the open / close direction in the container each time the door is opened and closed. For this reason, when the ice position has risen and the ice has risen, the position of the ice collected on the upper side is closer to the outer edge flange of the freezer compartment, and the impact of the opening and closing of the door causes the automatic ice machine ice tray, the automatic ice machine frame, and the freezer compartment. Ice falls out of the drawer container from the gap formed by the drawer container outer flange.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator with an automatic ice maker which prevents ice from falling out of a gap between an automatic ice maker ice tray, an automatic ice maker frame, and an outer flange of a freezer drawer container. It is in.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

That is, in a refrigerator with an automatic ice maker, which is arranged from the top in the order of a refrigerator compartment, a vegetable compartment, and a freezer compartment, and has a water supply bottle portion on the refrigerator compartment side and an ice making portion on the freezer compartment side, the frame of the automatic ice maker is provided. The ribs or flanges are formed at positions where they do not interfere with the ice tray when the automatic ice making machine performs a de-icing operation and the freezer drawer when opening and closing the freezer door.

[0013] Specifically, between the outer wall portion of the frame of the automatic ice maker and the ice tray of the automatic ice maker, the ice tray during the ice releasing operation of the automatic ice maker and the freezer compartment drawer container at the time of opening and closing the freezer door. A rib or flange shape is provided at a position where no interference occurs, so that ice is prevented from falling from a gap generated between the frame of the automatic ice making machine, the ice making tray, and the outer peripheral flange portion of the freezer compartment drawer when the freezer compartment door is opened and closed.

Further, the lower end of the rib or flange shape of the frame of the automatic ice making machine is formed to have a constant distance from the movement locus of the outer flange portion of the freezer compartment when the freezer compartment door is opened and closed.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator provided with the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a front view of a cooling chamber, FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an automatic ice making machine equipped with the present invention, FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a second automatic ice making machine different from FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG.

First, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, and the refrigerator main body 1 includes a box body 5 filled with foam insulation 4 between an outer box 2 and an inner box 3, a compressor 6, a condenser 7, and a cooler 8. Refrigeration cycle comprising a freezer compartment 9, a vegetable compartment 10 formed by the box 5, and doors 12, 13, 14, 15, and the like for closing front openings of the refrigerator compartment 11 and the like.

The doors 12, 13, and 14 are provided in the freezer compartment 9
a, 9b and drawer containers 16, 17 and vegetable compartment 1
0 is provided on the door side with a frame. In other words, the doors 12, 13, and 14 to be formed are drawer-type doors.
6, 17, and 18 are drawn out. The present refrigerator is also characterized in that the freezing room 9 is the lowest stage, the center is a vegetable room 10, and the refrigerator room 11 is above it.

In the refrigerator main body 1, the rear part of the freezer compartment 9 has an upper bottom in comparison with the front part in order to store the compressor 6. Along with this, the drawer container 16
Is made in a shape avoiding this part. Reference numeral 19 denotes a cooling room formed at the rear rear part of the freezing room 9. The cooler 8 is stored vertically in the cooling chamber 19. Reference numeral 20 denotes a cool air circulation fan installed above the cooler 8. 21 is a fan motor. The cooler 8 and the cooling air circulation fan 2
0 is located on the back of the refrigerator main body 1 as shown in FIG. Therefore, in the compressor 6 in which the lower surface of the freezing room 9 has an upper bottom, the position of the cooling air circulation fan 20 is located higher than the upper surface of the freezing room 9 (the lower surface of the partition wall 22). I will.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a partition wall as described above. This partition 2
2 thermally partitions the freezing room 9 and the vegetable room 10. The partition wall 22 has a rising portion 22a at the rear. This rising amount is a height reaching the upper portion of the cooling air circulation fan 20. Further, the partition wall 22 forms the upper surface of the freezer compartment 9 as described above. In other words, the partition wall 22 is the door 1
3, 14 gasket (not shown) receiving surfaces are also formed. Therefore, at the front end of the partition wall 22, a high-temperature pipe 24 (meaning a pipe of a condenser part of a refrigeration cycle) for heating the surface of the partition plate 23 so as not to be exposed to dew is provided.

With reference to the partition plate 23, the upright portion 22a stands up. Reference numeral 25 denotes a fan guard which also serves as a partition between the cooling room 19 and the freezing room 9, and cool air cooled by the cooler 8 is supplied to a cooling air circulation fan 20.
Is blown out into the freezing compartment 9 via the fan guard 25. 26 is an automatic ice machine. The automatic ice making machine 26 is provided near the lower surface of the partition wall 22. A cold air duct 27 is attached to the above-mentioned automatic ice making machine 26, and is attached to the lower surface of the partition wall 22 as shown in the figure, and a cold air passage is formed between the lower surface of the partition wall 22 and the cold air duct 27.

The partition wall 22 is divided into a side having a rising portion 22a (a second partition wall 22c) and a side having a partition wall 23 (a first partition wall 22b). Then, the first partition wall 22b is assembled to the box 5 of the refrigerator before the foaming and insulating agent 4 is fired.

Next, the automatic ice making machine 26 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a view corresponding to the section taken along the line CC of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. In the following figures, 26 is an automatic ice machine. The automatic ice making machine 26 is mounted on the partition wall 22. The automatic ice maker 26 includes an ice tray 26a and a drive unit. As shown in the drawing, the ice tray 26a is forcibly rotated by the drive unit 26b, and the ice formed in the ice tray 26a is separated from the ice. For this reason, the ice tray 26a and the partition 2
2 is secured so that the ice tray can be rotated.

Reference numeral 51 denotes an ice storage box for temporarily storing ice produced by the automatic ice making machine 26. This ice box 51
Is set in the drawer container 17. 52 is a water supply tank installed in the refrigerator compartment 11. Reference numeral 53 denotes a water supply pipe for guiding a fixed amount of water from the water supply tank to the ice tray 26a. As shown in the figure, the water supply pipe 53 has guide grooves 5 formed in the side wall (foam insulation 4) of the vegetable compartment 10a.
4, it is detachably mounted.

The frame 26c of the automatic ice making machine is provided with a rib 26d at a position where the rib 26d does not interfere with the ice tray 26a during the ice releasing operation and the freezer drawer 17 when the door is opened and closed.
The distance between the rib 26d and the ice tray 26a, the frame 26c, and the outer edge flange of the freezer drawer 17 is smaller than the size of the ice made by the ice tray 26a. The shape of the lower end of the rib is such that the distance from the movement locus 63 on the upper surface of the outer peripheral flange portion of the freezer compartment drawer when opening and closing the freezer compartment door is constant.

With the above-described structure, it is possible to prevent ice from falling from a gap generated between the frame of the automatic ice making machine, the ice making tray, and the outer edge flange of the freezer compartment drawer when the freezer compartment door is opened and closed.

Next, an automatic ice maker different from those shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. In the following figures, 26 is an automatic ice machine. The automatic ice making machine 26 is mounted on the partition wall 22. The automatic ice maker 26 includes an ice tray 26a and a drive unit. The ice tray 26a is, as shown in FIG.
6b, the ice formed in the ice tray 26a is released. For this reason, ice tray 2
A dimension that can rotate the ice tray is secured between 6a and the partition wall 22.

Reference numeral 51 denotes an ice storage box for temporarily storing ice produced by the automatic ice making machine 26. This ice box 51
Is set in the drawer container 17. 52 is a water supply tank installed in the refrigerator compartment 11. Reference numeral 53 denotes a water supply pipe for guiding a fixed amount of water from the water supply tank to the ice tray 26a. As shown in the figure, the water supply pipe 53 has guide grooves 5 formed in the side wall (foam insulation 4) of the vegetable compartment 10a.
4, it is detachably mounted.

The frame 26c of the automatic ice maker has a flange 26e at a position opposite to the ice releasing direction so as not to interfere with the ice tray 26a during the ice releasing operation and the freezer compartment drawer 17 at the time of opening and closing the door. Is installed. The flange 26
The distance between e and the outer flange portion of the freezer drawer 17 is smaller than the size of ice formed in the ice tray 26a. The shape of the flange portion is such that the distance from the movement locus 63 on the upper surface of the outer edge flange portion of the freezer compartment drawer when the freezer compartment door is opened and closed is constant.

With the above-described configuration, it is possible to prevent ice from falling from a gap generated between the frame of the automatic ice making machine, the ice making tray, and the outer edge flange of the freezer compartment drawer when the freezer compartment door is opened and closed.

[0033]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure, ice falling from a gap generated between the frame of the automatic ice making machine and the outer peripheral flange of the ice tray and the freezer drawer when the freezer compartment door is opened and closed. It can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side sectional view of a main part of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side sectional view of a main part different from FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerator main body, 2 ... Outer box, 3 ... Inner box, 4 ... Foam insulation, 5 ... Box body, 6 ... Compressor, 7 ... Condenser, 8 ... Cooler,
9 ... freezer compartment (9a, 9b freezer compartment), 10, 14 ... vegetable compartment, 11 ... refrigerator compartment, 12, 13 ... freezer compartment door, 15 ... refrigerator compartment door, 16 ... drawer container (for freezer compartment 9a), 17 ... Drawer container (for freezing room 9b), 18 ... Drawer container (for vegetable room), 19 ... Cooling room, 20 ... Cool air circulation fan, 21 ...
Fan motor, 22: partition wall, 22a: rising portion, 22
b: first partition wall, 22c: second partition wall, 22d: groove portion, 23: partition plate, 24: high-temperature pipe, 25: fan guard, 26: automatic ice machine, 26a: ice tray portion, 26b ...
Drive section, 26c: frame section, 26d: rib section, 26e: flange section, 27: cold air duct, 28: third partition wall, 29
... projecting wall, 29a ... concave groove, 30 ... molded heat insulating material, 31 ... cold air passage, 32 ... damper assembly, 33 ... frame, 40 ... case, 41 ... refrigerator compartment duct, 51 ... ice storage box, 52 ... water supply tank , 53 ... water supply pipe, 54 ... guide groove, 55 ...
Gutter, 57 ... Freezing prevention heater, 59 ... Rising rib, 60 ...
Cover, 61: hole, 62: groove, 63: movement locus.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator with an automatic ice maker, which is arranged from the top in the order of a refrigerator compartment, a vegetable compartment, and a freezer compartment, and has a water supply bottle section on the refrigerator compartment side and an ice making section on the freezer compartment side. A refrigerator with an automatic ice maker, wherein a rib or a flange is provided at a position not to interfere with an ice making tray at the time of ice making operation and a freezing room drawer container at the time of opening and closing the door. 2. The lower end shape of the rib or flange shape of the frame of the automatic ice making machine is such that the distance from the locus of movement of the rear flange portion of the freezer drawer when opening and closing the freezer compartment door is constant. The refrigerator with an automatic ice maker according to claim 1, characterized in that: