KR100334649B1 - Refrigerator for kimchi - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a Kimchi refrigerator having a main body cabinet and a machine room formed in an inner lower region of the main body cabinet and accommodating equipment parts such as a compressor and a condenser and having air inlets and air outlets spaced apart from one another. A blower fan is provided in the machine room between the air inlet and the air outlet, and blows toward the air outlet. The lower plate is coupled to the lower portion of the main cabinet to form an inlet passage for guiding the outside air with the lower surface of the main cabinet to the air inlet, and a discharge passage for guiding the air discharged through the air outlet to the outside Characterized in that it comprises a. As a result, it is possible to improve the productivity of the product, there is provided a kimchi refrigerator that can reduce the manufacturing cost.

Description

Kimchi Refrigerator {REFRIGERATOR FOR KIMCHI}

The present invention relates to a kimchi refrigerator, and more particularly to a kimchi refrigerator having an improved cooling structure of the machine room.

5 is a side cross-sectional view showing a compressor installation region of the conventional Kimchi refrigerator, Figure 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing a Kimchi refrigerator condenser installation region of FIG. As shown in these figures, the conventional Kimchi refrigerator 101 is formed in the main body cabinet 110 to form the appearance, and the storage compartment having a front door opening facing the foam material filling interval in the body cabinet 110 toward the front. The inner casing 111 and the door 130 for opening and closing the door opening of the storage compartment in front of the main cabinet 110.

Body cabinet 110 has a substantially rectangular cylindrical shape, the front upper end is provided with an operation unit 113 for operating the device. In addition, the inner casing 111 forms upper and lower storage chambers 121 and 123 to accommodate foods such as kimchi on the upper and lower sides of the main body casing, and the lower storage chamber 123 and the inner rear lower area of the main cabinet 110. An isolated machine room 115 is formed with a foam filling space.

In the machine room 115, a compressor 125 for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser 127 for condensing the refrigerant supplied from the compressor 125, a blower fan 129 for circulating air in the machine room 115, and the like. The instrument parts are installed. The compressor 125 and the condenser 127 are installed at both sides of the machine room 115, and the blower fan 129 is installed to blow toward the compressor 125 in the region between the compressor 125 and the condenser 127. .

On the other hand, in both front regions of the machine chamber 115, an air inlet 126 through which external air is introduced and an air outlet 128 through which air in the machine chamber 115 is discharged to the outside are formed, and the main cabinet 110 is formed. The inlet 176 and the outlet 178 that are open toward the outside are formed on both sides of the lower region of the front surface of the. In addition, the inlet duct 165 for guiding the outside air to the machine room 115 is embedded in the foam member so as to connect the inlet 176 and the air inlet 126 in the foam filling space in the lower left and right inner regions of the main cabinet 110. In addition, a discharge duct 167 for guiding the air inside the machine room 115 toward the front and the outside of the main cabinet 110 is embedded in the foam member to connect the air outlet 128 and the outlet 178, respectively. .

With this configuration, when the Kimchi refrigerator 101 starts to operate, and the machine parts such as the compressor 125 installed in the machine room 115 operate, the air inside the machine room 115 is generated by the operation heat of the machine parts. The temperature rises. At this time, the air inside the machine room 115 having the temperature rise due to the rotation of the blower fan 129 is discharged to the outside through the air outlet 128, the discharge duct 167 and the outlet 178, and the relatively cold air outside The inlet 176 and the inlet duct 165 and the air inlet 126 are introduced into the machine room 115 by the suction force of the blower fan 129 to cool the inside of the machine room 115 and the machine parts.

By the way, in the conventional Kimchi refrigerator, the inlet duct and the outlet duct forming the machine room air circulation passage are installed to be embedded in the foamed foam in the area between the main cabinet and the inner casing, so that the installation structure and manufacturing process are complicated. There is a problem that the productivity is lowered, and by providing a finishing material for preventing the leakage of foam liquid, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a kimchi refrigerator that can improve productivity and reduce manufacturing cost by improving the machine room cooling structure.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a bottom perspective view of Figure 1,

3 is a plan sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

4 is a side cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

Figure 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing a compressor installation region of the conventional kimchi refrigerator,

Figure 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing the kimchi refrigerator condenser installation area of FIG.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

10: main cabinet 15: machine room

23: lower storage room 25: compressor

26: air inlet 27: condenser

28: air outlet 29: blowing fan

41: jam holding portion 43: jam jaw

45: jam holder 50: lower plate

61: flow path forming unit 65: inflow passage

66: suction port 67: discharge flow path

68 discharge port 71 front cover

76: suction opening 78: discharge opening

81: locking portion 83: locking piece

85: hanging groove

The object is to a Kimchi refrigerator having a main body cabinet and a machine room formed in the inner lower region of the main body cabinet to accommodate device parts such as compressors and condensers, and air inlets and air outlets spaced apart from one another. A blower fan is provided in the machine room between the air inlet and the air outlet, and blows toward the air outlet. The lower plate is coupled to the lower portion of the main cabinet to form an inlet passage for guiding external air to the air inlet together with the lower surface of the main cabinet, and a discharge passage for guiding the air discharged through the air outlet to the outside. It is achieved by the kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it comprises a.

Wherein the air inlet and the air outlet are respectively opened downward in the bottom surface of the machine room; Preferably, the inflow passage and the discharge passage are recessed in the lower plate such that a rear region surrounds the air inlet and the air outlet, and has a suction port and a discharge port facing the front of the main cabinet.

The lower plate may further include: a flow path forming unit in which the inflow passage and the discharge passage are formed at both rear sides thereof; It is more effective to have a front cover part which is integrally formed at the front of the flow path forming part and is disposed at the front lower end of the main body cabinet, and has a suction opening and a discharge opening corresponding to the suction port and the discharge port.

In addition, any one side of the lower plate and the main cabinet is provided with a locking portion; It is more preferable that the other side of the lower plate and the main cabinet is provided with a latch retaining portion for engaging the engaging portion so that the lower plate is coupled in a plane movement relative to the lower surface of the main cabinet.

On the other hand, the engaging portion is a plurality of engaging pieces provided to extend outwardly in the rear end region of the lower plate, and the U-shaped so that the side toward the flow path forming portion is opened on the plate surface of the flow path forming portion and the front cover portion boundary region. It is provided with a plurality of engaging grooves cut into; The locking retaining portion protrudes downward in a reverse T-shaped cross-section on a lower surface of the main body cabinet corresponding to the locking piece and a plurality of locking jaws that are engaged to insert the locking piece and the lower surface of the main body cabinet corresponding to the locking groove. It is more effective that the engaging groove is provided with a plurality of engaging holder to be engaged.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is IV-IV of FIG. 3. Side sectional view along the line. As shown in these figures, the kimchi refrigerator 1 according to the present invention has a main body cabinet 10 forming an appearance, and a door opening facing forward and accommodated with a foam material filling interval in the main body cabinet 10. The inner casing 11 which forms a storage chamber, and the door 30 which opens and closes the door opening of a storage chamber in front of the main cabinet 10 are provided.

The main cabinet 10 has a substantially rectangular cylindrical shape, and an operation portion 13 for operating the device is provided at the front upper end. In addition, the inner casing 11 forms upper and lower storage chambers 21 and 23 for accommodating food such as kimchi in the upper and lower portions of the main body casing, and the lower storage chamber 23 in the inner rear lower region of the main cabinet 10. ) And a separate machine room 15 is formed with the foam material filling space.

In the machine room 15, a compressor 25 for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser 27 for condensing the refrigerant supplied from the compressor 25, a blowing fan 29 for circulating air in the machine room 15, and the like. The instrument parts are installed. The compressor 25 and the condenser 27 are installed at both sides of the machine room 15, and the blower fan 29 is installed to blow toward the compressor 25 in the region between the compressor 25 and the condenser 27. .

On the other hand, on both sides of the bottom surface of the front region of the machine room 15, the air inlet 26 and the air outlet 28 which are opened downward to the lower part of the main cabinet 10 with the blowing fan 29 therebetween are formed to be spaced apart from each other. In addition, the lower portion of the main cabinet 10 guides the outside air to be introduced into the machine room 15, while the inflow passage 65 guides the air inside the machine room 15 to be discharged to the outside. The lower plate 50 provided with the discharge passage 67 is detachably coupled. Here, the air inlet 26 and the inflow passage 65 are formed on the side where the condenser 27 is installed, and the air outlet 28 and the discharge passage 67 are formed on the side where the compressor 25 is installed.

The lower plate 50 has a substantially plate-like shape, and is formed integrally in front of the flow path forming portion 61 and the flow path forming portion 61 in which the inflow passage 65 and the discharge flow passage are formed. It has a front cover portion 71 located at the front lower end of the 10).

The inflow passage 65 and the discharge passage 67 are recessed from both side surfaces of the flow path forming portion 61 to form a flow path of air together with the bottom surface of the main cabinet 10. The inflow passage 65 and the discharge passage 67 are positioned so as to surround the air inlet 26 and the air discharge of the machine room 15, the rear region of which is opened to the lower portion of the main cabinet 10, respectively. The inlet port 66 and the outlet port 68 which face the front side of the main cabinet 10 are formed in the front recessed surface of the flow path 65 and the discharge flow path 67, respectively.

In addition, the suction opening 76 and the discharge opening which are opened toward the front of the main cabinet 10 on both front surfaces of the front cover portion 71 corresponding to the suction port 66 and the discharge port 68 of the inflow and discharge flow path 67. The opening 78 is formed.

On the other hand, the lower plate 50 and the lower surface of the main cabinet 10 is engaged with the engaging portion 81 so that the lower plate 50 can be detachably coupled by moving in a plane with respect to the lower surface of the main cabinet 10 The holding part 41 is provided.

The catching portion 81 includes a plurality of catching pieces cut into an “L” shape so as to have a predetermined distance from the rear end region of the lower plate 50, that is, the rear end portion of the flow path forming portion 61 along the width length direction. (83) and the plurality cut out so that the side toward the flow path forming portion 61 along the width length direction on the plate surface of the flow path forming portion 61 and the front cover portion 71 has an open "U" shape. It is provided with a locking groove (85).

In addition, the latch holding portion 41 corresponding thereto has a width length at a lower surface of the main cabinet 10 corresponding to the locking piece 83, that is, the rear region of the air inlet 26 and the air outlet 28 of the machine room 15. A plurality of locking jaws 43 formed along the direction, and a plurality of locking holders 45 protruded downward to have an inverted T-shaped cross section on the lower surface of the front region of the main cabinet 10 corresponding to the locking groove 85. Prepared.

By such a configuration, when the lower plate 50 is placed in close contact with the lower surface of the main cabinet 10 and then flatly moved from the front to the rear, the engaging piece 83 formed at the rear end of the lower plate 50 is provided. Is caught by the catching jaw 43 formed on the lower surface of the main cabinet 10, while the engaging groove 85 formed in the front region of the lower plate 50 is provided on the lower surface of the main cabinet 10 front region. The latch is held so as to engage with the locking holder 45 provided. As a result, the lower plate is simply coupled to the lower part of the main cabinet 10.

On the other hand, when the operation of the Kimchi refrigerator 1 is started and the machine parts such as the compressor 25 installed in the machine room 15 operate, the air inside the machine room 15 rises due to the heat generation of the machine parts. do. At this time, the blowing fan 29 is rotated to cool the inside of the machine room 15 in which the temperature is increased. First, when the blowing fan 29 operates, the outside air is caused by the pressure difference between the outside and the inside of the machine room 15. It is sucked through the suction opening 76 formed in the front cover portion 71 of the lower plate 50 and the suction opening 66 formed in the discharge passage 67, and then the air inlet 65 and the air inlet of the machine room 15. It is introduced into the machine room 15 through the (26). The relatively cold outside air is blown through the condenser 27 installation area by the blowing force of the blowing fan 29 to the compressor 25 installation area, and the blown air blown to the compressor 25 installation area is machine room ( 15) It is discharged to the air outlet 28 together with the hot air inside.

The relatively hot air discharged to the air outlet 28 is moved to the front of the main cabinet 10 along the discharge passage 67 of the lower plate 50, and then the discharge port 68 and the front cover portion of the discharge passage 67 By discharging to the front outside of the main cabinet 10 through the discharge opening 78 of the 71, the inside of the machine room 15 is cooled.

As such, by providing a lower plate that is easily coupled to the lower portion of the main body cabinet having an inflow passage and an exhaust passage for cooling the machine room, the machine room cooling structure and the manufacturing process can be made simple, for preventing the conventional foam liquid leakage There is no need for a separate finish. Thereby, the kimchi refrigerator which can improve the productivity of a product and can reduce manufacturing cost is provided.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the productivity of the product, there is provided a kimchi refrigerator that can reduce the manufacturing cost.

Claims (5)

In the Kimchi refrigerator having a main body cabinet and a machine room formed in the inner lower region of the main body cabinet to accommodate the equipment parts, such as compressor and condenser, the air inlet and the air outlet are spaced apart from each other in one area, A blowing fan installed in the machine room between the air inlet and the air outlet and blowing toward the air outlet; The lower plate is coupled to the lower portion of the main cabinet to form an inlet passage for guiding external air to the air inlet together with the lower surface of the main cabinet, and a discharge passage for guiding the air discharged through the air outlet to the outside. Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, The air inlet and the air outlet are respectively opened downward in the bottom surface of the machine room; And the inlet flow passage and the discharge flow passage are recessed in the lower plate such that a rear region surrounds the air inlet and the air outlet, and has an inlet and an outlet toward the front of the main cabinet. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The lower plate, A flow path forming unit formed at both rear sides of the inflow passage and the discharge passage; Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it is integrally formed in front of the flow path forming portion is disposed in the front lower end of the main cabinet, the front cover portion is formed with the suction opening and the discharge opening corresponding to the suction port and the discharge port. The method of claim 3, One side of the lower plate and the main cabinet is provided with a locking portion; Kimchi refrigerator, characterized in that the other side of the lower plate and the main cabinet is provided with a latch retaining portion engaging the engaging portion so that the lower plate is coupled in a plane movement relative to the lower surface of the main cabinet. The method of claim 4, wherein The locking portion is cut in a U-shape such that a plurality of locking pieces are provided to extend outwardly in the rear end region of the lower plate, and the side facing the flow channel forming portion is opened on a plate surface of the flow path forming portion and the front cover portion boundary region. It is provided with a plurality of engaging grooves; The latch holding part protrudes downward in a reverse T-shaped cross-section on the lower surface of the main body cabinet corresponding to the locking piece, the plurality of locking jaws provided to the locking piece to be inserted, and the lower surface of the main body cabinet corresponding to the locking groove. Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that the locking groove is provided with a plurality of engaging holder to be engaged.