KR100414272B1 - Refrigerator with special-refrigeration-room - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with a special chamber, wherein a refrigerating chamber having a suction port and an evaporator to suck and cool air to the rear wall, and a partition formed along one side of the freezer compartment in a vertical direction, with a refrigerating chamber interposed therebetween. A refrigerator formed, comprising: a suction part formed through the partition wall to suck air from the freezing compartment into the refrigerating compartment; A refrigerator compartment suction port formed through the partition wall to suck and cool air in the refrigerator compartment; It has a tubular shape, one side of which is opened as a heat insulating member, and is formed in the refrigerating chamber with an inlet formed through the rear wall to allow the air to flow out, and an inlet formed through the rear wall to allow the air to flow out. And a casing forming a thread. Thereby, the refrigerator provided with the special selection room which can be manufactured easily at low cost with a simple structure is provided.

Description

Refrigerator with Specialty Rooms {REFRIGERATOR WITH SPECIAL-REFRIGERATION-ROOM}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with a specialty room, and more particularly, to a refrigerator provided with a specialty room in which a configuration is simple and easy to manufacture at low cost.

In general, a refrigerator is a device for low temperature storage of food, and includes a freezer compartment for freezing and storing food at a relatively low temperature and a refrigerating compartment for storing food at a relatively high temperature. The freezing chamber usually maintains a cooling temperature of -18 ° C or lower, and the refrigerating chamber has a cooling temperature range around 2 ° C.

Fish and meat (漁 肉類) is usually stored in the freezer, in which case it takes a lot of time to thaw, causing a lot of inconvenience, especially if you want to store meat for a relatively short time, for example several hours to several ten hours There is no place for proper storage.

In recent years, in consideration of this point, refrigerators have been devised to store fish, meat, and the like by providing a special special room called a fresh room or a singso, etc. inside the refrigerating compartment.

By the way, in the conventional refrigerator equipped with the special selection room, the configuration of the special selection room is complicated, making it difficult to manufacture, and also requires a relatively large installation space compared to the storage space, there is a problem that the content is reduced.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator with a special selection chamber which can be easily manufactured at low cost with a simple configuration.

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator equipped with a special selection room according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the special room of FIG. 1;

3 is a cross-sectional plan view of the coupled state of the special yarn chamber of FIG.

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing the cold air flow of the special chamber of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of a refrigerator provided with the special selection room of FIG. 1.

** Description of symbols for the main parts of the drawing **

10 main body 11: bulkhead

13: suction part 14: refrigerator compartment suction port

16: suction duct 18: cold air suction guide

20: freezer 22: circulation passage

23: evaporator 29: special chamber temperature setting button

30: cold room 40: specialty room

41: casing 42: intake vent

43: temperature sensor 44: outlet

45: drawer 48: front

49: flange 50: handle

According to the present invention, a refrigerator having a refrigerator compartment having a suction port and an evaporator so as to cool air by suctioning a rear wall and a partition formed along one side of the freezer compartment in an up-down direction. A suction part formed through the partition wall to suck air from the freezing compartment into the refrigerating compartment; A refrigerator compartment suction port formed through the partition wall to suck and cool air in the refrigerator compartment; It has a tubular shape, one side of which is opened as a heat insulating member, and is formed in the refrigerating chamber with an inlet formed through the rear wall to allow the air to flow out, and an inlet formed through the rear wall to allow the air to flow out. It is achieved by a refrigerator equipped with a special compartment, characterized in that it comprises a casing forming a seal.

Here, one end is preferably disposed on the refrigerating chamber suction port side and the other end is further disposed downwardly extended to the outlet side formed on the rear wall of the casing further comprises a suction duct for sucking the cold air of the refrigerating chamber.

And controlling the suction part opening and closing means based on a temperature sensing means for sensing an internal temperature of the casing, a suction part opening and closing means disposed on the suction part to open and close the suction part, and a detection result of the temperature sensing means. It is effective to further include a control unit.

The apparatus may further include at least one drawer having a tubular shape upwardly open to accommodate food therein, the drawer being retractably received inside the casing, and the front side of the drawer at the edge of the opening of the casing. It is preferable that a flange portion extending in the plate direction is formed so that it can be contacted.

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

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator equipped with a specialty chamber according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the specialty compartment region of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of a combined state of the specialty compartment region of FIG. 2. 4 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating the flow of cold air in the special selection room of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of a refrigerator provided with the special selection room of FIG. 1. As shown in these drawings, the refrigerator equipped with the special selection chamber is specially selected in the freezer compartment 20 and the refrigerating compartment 30 and the lower region of the refrigerating compartment 30 with the partition wall 11 formed along the vertical direction. The main body 10 having the seals 40 formed therein, and the freezer door 21 and the refrigerating chamber door hinged to the main body 10 so that the front and rear openings of the freezing chamber 20 and the refrigerating chamber 30 can be rotated. Has 31.

A control unit 61 is provided on the upper surface of the main body 10 to control each driving component including an opening / closing plate driving motor to be described later. The freezing chamber 20 and the refrigerating chamber 30 are provided on the front surface of the freezing chamber door 21. The display unit 27 is provided to set the temperature and the like. The display unit 27 is provided with a plurality of operation buttons 28 including a special chamber temperature setting button 29 for setting the temperature of the special chamber 40 and the like.

A circulation passage 22 is formed in the rear region of the freezing chamber 20 so that air can be circulated, and an evaporator 23 is provided in the circulation passage 22 to cool the air. A grill pan 24 having an air inlet 25 is formed in a lower region of the front side of the evaporator 23 so that air can be sucked in.

A plurality of shelves 33 are spaced apart from each other in the up and down direction so as to support food in the refrigerating chamber 30, and a special chamber 40 is provided in the lower region.

Meanwhile, a suction part 13 is formed in the lower area of the partition 11 so as to suck cold air from the freezing chamber 20 into the specialty chamber 40, and a refrigerating room (in the upper upper area of the suction part 13). The refrigerating chamber suction opening 14 is formed to suck the air of the air 30 into the circulation passage 22.

The refrigerating chamber suction opening 14 is coupled with a suction duct 16 extending downward to the rear region of the special chamber 40 so that cold air can be sucked from the lower region of the special chamber 40. The cold air suction guide 18 extending along the left and right width directions of the refrigerating chamber 30 is coupled to the cold air to be sucked through the front and lower regions of the specialty chamber 40.

The special selection chamber 40 has an inlet port 42 formed on one side wall of the partition wall 11 so as to correspond to the intake unit 13 of the partition wall 11, and an outlet port 44 is formed on the opposite side of the open area to allow air therein to flow out. It comprises a casing 41 and a drawer 45 having a cylindrical shape upwardly open to accommodate food therein and being retractably received in the casing 41.

The casing 41 is formed to have a tubular shape in which one side is opened as a heat insulating member, and is inserted and coupled from the front opening side of the refrigerating chamber 30 so that the open area faces the front surface. The inside of the casing 41 is provided with a temperature sensor 43 to detect the temperature in the casing 41.

The drawer 45 is formed to have a predetermined reduced width with respect to the inner wall of the casing 41 so as to have a flow interval of the inner wall of the casing 41 and a predetermined cold air, the casing 41 on the front portion 48 The handle 50 is formed to facilitate withdrawal and withdrawal. When the front portion 48 is accommodated in the casing 41, the flange portion 49 is formed to extend the width in the left and right and up and down directions along the plate surface so as to contact the open end of the casing 41, It is formed relatively thicker than each side wall 46 and the bottom face part 47 of the storage side for heat insulation.

On the other hand, the suction part opening and closing part 51 is formed in the suction part 13 so that the suction part 13 can be opened and closed. The suction part opening and closing part 51 is rotatably disposed in the suction part 13, and is connected to a rotating shaft of the opening and closing plate 53 to open and close the suction part 13, and the opening and closing plate 53. It is provided with an opening and closing plate drive motor 55 for rotating the drive.

By such a configuration, when the inside of the casing 41 is accommodated in the state in which food is stored in the drawer 45, and the temperature inside the special chamber 40 is set by the special chamber temperature setting button 29, the controller Reference numeral 61 controls the opening and closing plate driving motor 55 based on the detection result of the temperature sensor 43.

When the opening and closing plate 53 is rotated by the opening and closing plate driving motor 55 and the suction unit 13 is opened, the cold air from the freezing chamber 20 is transferred to the casing 41 through the suction unit 13 and the inlet port 42. It is introduced inside. The introduced cold air flows along the circumference of the drawer 45 and cools the drawer 45 and is discharged through the outlet 44 formed in the rear region of the casing 41. The discharged cold air is sucked into the suction duct 16 together with the cold air of the refrigerating compartment 30 guided by the cold air suction guide 18, flows along the circulation passage 22 of the freezing compartment 20, and is cooled again. 20 or the process to be blown to the refrigerating chamber 30 is repeated.

If the internal temperature of the selection chamber 40 satisfies the temperature condition set by the selection chamber temperature setting button 29 as a result of the sensing of the temperature detecting sensor 43, the control unit 61 controls the opening and closing plate driving motor 55 to inhale. The opening and closing plate 53 is rotated to block the portion 13.

In the above-described and illustrated embodiments, a case in which the drawer is retractably housed in the casing is described as an example. However, a separate food container made of a synthetic resin member may be directly stored in the casing.

In the above-described and illustrated embodiments, the case in which the front open area of the casing is blocked by the front part of the drawer has been described as an example. However, the door may be configured to open and close the front area to the casing.

As described above, according to the present invention, the suction part is formed in the partition wall so as to suck the cold air from the freezing chamber, the inlet is formed corresponding to the suction part, and the casing is formed with the outlet in the rear region. By arranging to communicate with each other, there is provided a refrigerator equipped with a special chamber that can be manufactured easily and can reduce costs as well as its simple configuration.

In addition, according to the present invention, by further comprising a suction opening and closing means for opening and closing the suction, there is provided a refrigerator with a special room that can properly adjust the temperature of the inside of the casing according to the type of food contained in the casing. .

Claims (5)

A refrigerator comprising a freezing chamber having a suction port and an evaporator to suck air into a rear wall and a refrigerator, and a refrigerator having a partition formed on one side of the freezing chamber in a vertical direction therebetween. A suction part formed through the partition wall to suck air from the freezing compartment into the refrigerating compartment; A refrigerator compartment suction port formed through the partition wall to suck and cool air in the refrigerator compartment; It has a tubular shape, one side of which is opened as a heat insulating member, and is formed in the refrigerating chamber with an inlet formed through the rear wall to allow the air to flow out, and an inlet formed through the rear wall to allow the air to flow out. And a casing forming a seal. The method of claim 1, And one end disposed at the refrigerating chamber suction port side and the other end extending downward to the outlet side formed on the rear wall of the casing, and further including a suction duct for sucking cold air of the refrigerating chamber. The method of claim 2, A temperature sensing means for sensing an internal temperature of the casing, a suction part opening and closing means disposed on the suction part to open and close the suction part, and a control unit controlling the suction part opening and closing means based on a detection result of the temperature sensing means. Refrigerator with a special room, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And a at least one drawer having a tubular shape upwardly open to accommodate food therein, the drawer being retractably housed in the casing. The method of claim 4, wherein And a flange portion extending in a plate direction on the front surface of the drawer to be in contact with the edge of the opening of the casing.