KR100569892B1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, which is configured to simultaneously excite or alternately rotate an accumulator and an object to be cooled through an excitation means or a rotating means to rapidly cool the object to be cooled by the endothermic action of the accumulator. By applying the device, there is an excellent effect that can shorten the cooling time of the object to be cooled.

In addition, since the above-described rapid cooling device is installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the inside of the refrigerating chamber, the cold air in the refrigerator is also used as another medium for cooling the object to be cooled along with the accelerated cooling method of the object to be cooled through the rapid cooling device. As a result, it is possible to cool the object to be quickly cooled, and thus there is also an excellent effect of significantly shortening the cooling time of the object to be cooled, as compared with the conventional rapid cooling apparatus.

Refrigerator, high inside, rapid cooling unit, excitation means, rotating means, alternating rotation

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

1 is a perspective view of a typical side by side type refrigerator.

2 is a front view of a refrigerator in which a conventional rapid cooling apparatus is installed in a refrigerator;

3 is a front view of a refrigerator in which another rapid cooling apparatus is conventionally installed in a refrigerator;

4 is a perspective view schematically showing a refrigerator according to the present invention;

5 is a working principle of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing a rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

7 is another operating principle of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

8 is another embodiment of the rapid cooling apparatus according to FIG.

9 is yet another operating principle of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

10 is another embodiment of the rapid cooling apparatus according to FIG.

11 is another operating principle of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

12 is another embodiment of the rapid cooling apparatus according to FIG.

Figure 13 is another embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

14 is another embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

15 is an embodiment of the cold air jetting means of FIG.

16 is an operational state diagram showing the cooling process of the object to be cooled through the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10. Freezer 12. Refrigerator

14. Freezer door 16. Refrigerator door

20, 20a. Rapid Chiller 22. Oscillator

24. Gear 26. Roller

40, 40a, 140, 140a. Rapid Chiller

41, 141. Case 42, 142.

43, 143. Receiving member 143a. Hollow hole

44. Oscillator 144. Drive motor

45, 145. Connection bar 46. Vibration resistant member

146. Roller members 48, 148. Support members

47, 147. Quick cooling unit door 400. Nozzle

410. Pan A. Cans (Chilled Water, Beverages)

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, by rapidly exciting or alternately rotating an accumulator and an object to be cooled by vibrating means or a rotating means to rapidly cool the object to be cooled by the endothermic action of the accumulator. It is related with the refrigerator which installed the cooling apparatus in the inside of the refrigerator which is inside a freezer compartment and / or a refrigerator compartment.

In general, a refrigerator is a device for maintaining a freezing compartment or a refrigerating compartment at a low temperature by using a refrigeration cycle device of a refrigerant.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator includes a freezing compartment 10 and a refrigerating compartment 12 separated by a barrier 11, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus for maintaining the freezing compartment 10 and the refrigerating compartment 12 at a low temperature. The main body 1 mounted, the freezer door 14 rotatably connected to the main body 1 to open and close the freezer compartment 10, and the main body 1 to open and close the refrigerating chamber 12. And a refrigerating compartment door 16 possibly connected.

The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor (not shown) for compressing a low temperature low pressure gas refrigerant, a condenser (not shown) in which the high pressure refrigerant compressed by the compressor is radiated to outside air, and condensed, and the refrigerant condensed in the condenser is An expander (not shown) that is depressurized, and an evaporator (not shown), in which the refrigerant expanded in the expander, takes heat from the freezing chamber 10 and the refrigerating chamber 12 and evaporates.

However, after the beverage (A) is put in the freezer compartment 10 or the refrigerating compartment 12 as a method for coldly cooling the water to be cooled at room temperature, that is, the beverage A is cooled by internal cold air. It is common to take out the beverage (A) and drink it. As such, a long time (3-4 hours) is consumed to cool the beverage (A) using only cold air in the refrigerator. Beyond the limit of waiting time (about 2 minutes) there was a big problem such as the cooling time of the beverage (A) is too long.

In order to solve this problem, a rapid cooling device (application number: 2000-6783) (20), which was filed in advance of February 14, 2000, was provided, the rapid cooling device 20 is shown in FIG. As described above, the ultrasonic vibrator 22 is provided at the bottom of the refrigerator, and the liquid in the can A is flowed by the ultrasonic waves generated by the vibrator 22.

In the case of using the rapid cooling device 20 configured as described above, the convection of the liquid in the can A by the vibrator 22 facilitates the cooling and heat transfer around the can A, thereby allowing the liquid inside the can A to Although the cooling time may be shorter than the liquid cooling time inside the can A using only cold air, the above-mentioned cooling method is also the cold medium in the can that cools the liquid in the can A and the inside of the can A. Because of the heat transfer of the liquid heat to the cold, this too has a big problem of exceeding the limit of the waiting time (about 2 minutes) for the thirsty user, and the waiting time for drinking cold beverage (A) is too long. There was a big problem, such as lengthening.

In addition, in addition to the above-described rapid cooling apparatus, a rapid cooling apparatus (application number: 2000-6789) 20a, which was filed on February 14, 2000, was provided. The rapid cooling apparatus 20a is illustrated in FIG. As described above, two parallel rollers 26 are installed at the bottom of the freezer compartment 10, and a motor (not shown) is installed at one side of the rollers 26 so that the two rollers are driven by the gear 24 driven by the motor rotation. The can A is rotated in accordance with the rotation of the roller 26 so that 26 is rotated in the same direction.

In the case of using the rapid cooling device 20a configured as described above, the liquid in the can A is convection by convection of the liquid in the can A by using the vibrator 22 to flow the cold air around the can A. Although the heat transfer may be smooth, the cooling time of the liquid inside the can (A) may be shorter than the liquid cooling time inside the can (A) using only cold air, but the above-mentioned cooling method also uses a medium for cooling the liquid inside the can (A). Since it is cold and heat transfers the liquid heat inside the can A to cold, this also has a great problem of exceeding the limit of time (about 2 minutes) that a user who is thirsty can wait. There was the same problem that the waiting time for drinking (A) became too long.

Moreover, in the case of the roller-cooling rapid cooling device (No. 2000-6789) 20a, since the roller 26 applied to the rapid cooling device 20a rotates only in one direction, the liquid in the can A Since the convection is not smooth, only the liquid in contact with the can (A) makes heat transfer to the cold air, but the whole liquid does not conduct heat transfer to the cold air through convection. There was also a big problem that the liquid cooling time in the can A was very long, such as exceeding the limit of about 2 minutes).

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, by simultaneously exciting or alternately rotating the coolant body and the cooled object through the excitation means or rotating means so that the cooled object is accelerated cooling by the endothermic action of the coolant body. By applying a rapid cooling system of the way, the purpose is to shorten the cooling time of the object to be cooled.

In addition, since the above-described rapid cooling device is installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the inside of the refrigerating compartment, the cold air in the refrigerator is also used as another medium for cooling the object to be cooled along with the accelerated cooling method of the object to be cooled through the rapid cooling device. It is another object of the present invention to significantly cool down the object to be cooled, as compared to the conventional rapid cooling apparatus, thereby cooling the object to be quickly cooled.

An object of the present invention is to provide a rapid cooling apparatus for simultaneously cooling or alternately rotating an accumulator and an object to be cooled by an excitation means or a rotating means so that the object to be cooled is acceleratedly cooled by the endothermic action of the refrigerant. Can be solved by the refrigerator of the present invention installed in the configuration, will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 4 is a perspective view schematically showing a refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a principle diagram of the operation of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

The refrigerator of the present invention is configured to simultaneously excite the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled by the excitation means so that the coolant object A can be acceleratedly cooled by the coolant body 42. 40 is a structure installed in the inside of a freezer compartment and / or a refrigerating compartment inside.

In addition, as another refrigerator of the present invention, the rapid cooling device 40a configured to have only the cooled object A through the excitation means so that the cooled object A can be acceleratedly cooled by the cool storage body 42. Is a configuration installed in the interior of the freezer compartment and / or the refrigerating compartment inside.

In addition, as another refrigerator of the present invention, by rotating the accumulator 142 and the object to be cooled (A) at the same time through the rotating means to be cooled by the accumulator (142) to be cooled (A). The rapid cooling device 140 is configured to be installed in the interior of the freezer compartment and / or the refrigerating compartment.

In addition, as another refrigerator of the present invention, a rapid cooling device 140a configured to alternately rotate only the object to be cooled through the rotating means so that the object to be cooled may be acceleratedly cooled by the coolant body 142. Is a configuration installed in the interior of the freezer compartment and / or the refrigerating compartment inside.

Hereinafter, the refrigerator of the present invention will be described in detail, and the same reference numerals will be applied to the same configuration as the above-described conventional invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the refrigerator according to the present invention includes a freezing compartment 10 and / or a refrigerating chamber 12 which are inside the refrigerator; A door 30 for sealing the inside of the refrigerator to prevent leakage of cold air; Installed inside the freezer compartment (10) and / or the refrigerating compartment (12) inside, through the endothermic action of the refrigerating body (42) by exciting the accumulator (42) and the object to be cooled (A) through the excitation means A rapid cooling device 40 for rapidly cooling the object to be cooled (A); A support member (48) installed to partition a separate space in the refrigerator while supporting the rapid cooling device (40); Corresponding to the support member 48 is a configuration including an opening and closing means for inserting the object to be cooled (A) in the rapid cooling device (40).

At this time, the rapid cooling device 40 has the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled (A) through the excitation means as described above, while the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled (A) at the same time Excited to accelerate cooling of the object to be cooled (A) by the endothermic action of the cold storage body 42, or excitation of the object to be cooled by the endothermic action of the cold storage body (42) A) is accelerated and cooled.

As shown in FIG. 5 of the operation principle of the rapid cooling device 40, the cooling object 42 and the object to be cooled (A) are simultaneously excited by the excitation means and cooled by the cooling object 42. The rapid cooling device 40 configured to accelerate-cool the water A will be described in detail as follows.

A rapid cooling device 40 configured to simultaneously excite the accumulator 42 and the object to be cooled through the excitation means to accelerate-cool the object to be cooled by the accumulator 42 is illustrated in FIG. 6. As described above, the case 41 forms a predetermined space; A storage cooler (42) installed in the case (41) and rapidly cooling the object to be cooled (A) contacted through an endothermic action; It is connected to the case 41 is composed of an excitation means for simultaneously exciting the storage coolant 42 and the object to be cooled (A).

In addition, the vibrating means includes a vibrator 44 for exciting the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled (A) in the case (41); The oscillator 44 is composed of a connecting bar 45 interconnected between the vibrator 44 and the case 41 so that the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled (A) are excited.

In addition, in the case of the vibrator 44 of the vibration means, the vibration state of the vibrator 44 is inserted into the vibration preventing member 46 so as not to be transmitted to the entire refrigerator through the inside of the installation installed to partition a separate space in the interior It is fixed to the bottom of the support member 48, the vibration preventing member 46 is made of an elastic rubber material.

In addition, one side of the support member 48, the cool air in the interior flows into the side of the rapid cooling device 40, the cooling process of the object to be cooled (A) by the rapid cooling device (40), by the cold air A plurality of cold air inlet holes 49 are provided to allow the cooling process of the coolant A to be further added.

In addition, the accumulator 42 is composed of a cold storage bag and a cold storage liquid and has a structure in which the cold storage bag is completely sealed in the state where the cold storage liquid is accommodated. In this case, the cold storage liquid absorbs heat from the object to be cooled (A). It consists of salt water that can be released to the outside, and the temperature of the phase change of the cold storage liquid is changed when the mixing ratio of water and salt is changed, so that the endothermic action temperature (-20 ℃) of the cold storage body 42 can be adjusted using this. have. Therefore, in the present invention, the mixing ratio of water and salt is set to 4: 1 by mass.

In the case of the rapid cooling device 40 configured as described above, the excitation force by the vibrator 44 is connected to the vibrator 44 and the case 41 via a connecting bar 45 directly connected to the cold storage body 42 and the cooled object When the water A is delivered to the interpolated case 41, the entire case 41 including the accumulator 42 and the object to be cooled A vibrates (see FIG. 5) while the accumulator 42 is vibrated. And the convection circulating inside the object to be cooled (A) is mutually promoted, and as a result, the movement of molecules in the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled is activated, thereby contacting the object to be cooled (A). The object to be cooled is cooled within a short time (about 2 minutes) through an endothermic action in which the internal heat of the object to be cooled is absorbed by the heat storage body 42.

Furthermore, the cooled object A is further cooled by the cold air introduced into the rapid cooling device 40 through the cold air inlet hole 49 of the support member 48, and thus, the rapid cooling device 40 and the cold air. The cooling time of the object to be cooled (A) can be further shortened. In the cooling of the object to be cooled (A) using the vibrator as described above, the cooling method as described above is the most preferred embodiment.

Next, as an embodiment of the refrigerator according to the present invention, a rapid cooling apparatus configured to excite the object to be cooled by the excitation means so that the object to be cooled can be acceleratedly cooled by the heat storage body 42. The 40a is installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the refrigerating compartment, or by rotating the refrigerating body 142 and the cooled object A at the same time through the rotating means to be cooled by the refrigerating body 142. The rapid cooling device 140 configured to accelerate-cool (A) is installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the inside of the refrigerating compartment, or rotates only the cooled object A alternately through the rotation means to accumulate the coolant 142. By the rapid cooling device (140a) to be cooled by the cooling target (A) by being installed in the interior of the freezer compartment and / or the refrigerating chamber to form an embodiment of the refrigerator according to the present invention, In the detailed description of the invention, the same phrases are used. By omitting the detail description of the configuration, and a refrigerator, in which the rapid cooling device disposed inside that is, it works with different rapid cooling device (40a, 140,140a) divided by will be described in detail consisting of a.

7 is another operation principle of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 8 is another embodiment of the rapid cooling apparatus according to FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7 of the operating principle of the rapid cooling apparatus, only the cooled object A is excited through the excitation means, and the cooled object A is configured to be acceleratedly cooled by the refrigerating body 42. The rapid cooling device 40a will be described in detail as follows.

As shown in FIG. 8, a rapid cooling device 40a configured to excite only the object to be cooled through the excitation means and to accelerate-cool the object to be cooled by the accumulator 42 is provided with a predetermined space. A case 41 to be formed; A storage cooler (42) installed in the case (41) and rapidly cooling the object to be cooled (A) contacted through an endothermic action; An accommodating member (43) installed adjacent to the cold storage body (42) for accommodating the object to be cooled (A) so that an independent excitation movement of the object to be cooled (A) is achieved; It is composed of an excitation means connected to the receiving member 43 to excite only the object to be cooled (A).

In addition, the vibrating means comprises a vibrator (44) to excite only the object to be cooled (A) accommodated in the cold storage body (42); The oscillator 44 is composed of a connecting bar 45 for interconnecting the vibrator 44 and the receiving member 43 so that the object to be cooled (A) is excited.

In addition, in the case of the vibrator 44 of the vibration means, the vibration state of the vibrator 44 is inserted into the vibration preventing member 46 so as not to be transmitted to the entire refrigerator through the inside of the installation installed to partition a separate space in the interior It is fixed to the bottom of the support member 48, the vibration preventing member 46 is made of an elastic rubber material.

In addition, one side of the support member 48, the cool air in the interior flows into the rapid cooling device (40a) side as well as the cooling process of the object to be cooled (A) by the rapid cooling device (40a), A plurality of cold air inlet holes 49 are formed to allow further cooling of the object to be cooled (A).

In the case of the rapid cooling device 40a configured as described above, the excitation force by the vibrator 44 passes through the connecting bar 45 directly connected to the vibrator 44 and the receiving member 43. When it is transmitted to the object to be cooled (A) inserted into the receiving member 43, the case 41 and the coolant body 42 do not move, and only the receiving member 43 and the object to be cooled are vibrated. As shown in FIG. 7, convective phenomena of only the inside of the to-be-cooled object A are promoted, such as active molecular motion in the to-be-cooled object A, and the coolant body 42 contacted with the to-be-cooled object A. The cooled object (A) is cooled within a short time through an endothermic action in which the internal heat of the cooled object (A) is absorbed, and further, through the cold air inlet hole (49) of the support member (48). When the object to be cooled (A) is further cooled by the cold air introduced to the side (40a), the cooling device 40a and the object to be cooled by the air (C) are cooled. This is to be further shortened.

9 is another operating principle of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 10 is another embodiment of the rapid cooling apparatus according to Figure 9, which is shown in Figures 9 and 10, the outer shape A case 141 in which part or the whole is formed in a spherical shape; A cold storage body 142 accommodated in the case 141; Rotation means connected to the case 141 and alternately rotating the cold storage body 142 and the object to be cooled (A) at the same time; The roller member 146 is made of a rolling contact with the case 141 so as to smoothly rotate the case 141 by the rotation means.

At this time, the cool storage body 142 may be installed at the top or bottom of the case 141.

In addition, the rotating means includes a drive motor 144; It consists of a connection bar 145 for connecting the drive motor 144 and the case 141 so that the cold storage body 142 and the object to be cooled (A) are alternately rotated.

In addition, one side of the support member 148, the cool air in the inflow into the side of the rapid cooling device 140, the cooling process of the object to be cooled (A) by the rapid cooling device 140, the blood by cold A plurality of cold air inlet holes 149 are penetrated so that the cooling process of the coolant A can be further added.

In particular, in the case of the rapid cooling device 140, the storage cooling body 142 and the object to be cooled (A) by the drive motor 144 are alternately rotated at the same time starting from the rotation axis of the motor 144.

In the case of the rapid cooling device 140 configured as described above, the alternating rotational force by the driving motor 144 passes through the connection bar 145 directly connected to the driving motor 144 and the case 141. And when the object to be cooled (A) is transferred to the interpolated case 141, the entire case 141 including the heat storage body 142 and the object to be cooled (A) is based on the rotation axis of the drive motor (144) During the alternating rotation (see FIG. 9), molecular motions in the coolant body 142 and the object to be cooled are activated, and convection circulating in the coolant body 142 and the object to be cooled is caused. The object to be cooled (A) within a short time (about 2 minutes) through an endothermic action in which the internal heat of the object to be cooled is absorbed by the heat storage body 142 in contact with the object to be cooled (A). Is cooled.

In addition, the coolant (A) is further cooled by the cold air introduced into the rapid cooling device 140 through the cold air inlet hole 149 of the support member 148, and thus, the rapid cooling device 140 and the cold air. The cooling time of the object to be cooled (A) can be further shortened, and this is also performed by alternately rotating the entire case 141 including the heat storage body 142 and the object to be cooled (A) through the driving motor 144. In the method of cooling the coolant (A), the above-described cooling method may be the most preferred embodiment.

11 is another operating principle of the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 12 is another embodiment of the rapid cooling apparatus according to Figure 11, which is a planar state, as shown in Figure 11 and 12 A cool storage body 142; A case 141 for accommodating the cold storage body 142; Located in the upper end of the cold storage body 142, the receiving member 143 is formed with a hollow hole (143a) for receiving the object to be cooled (A); The receiving member 143 is composed of a rotating means connected to one end.

At this time, the rotating means is composed of a driving motor 144, one end of the housing member 143 and a connecting bar 145 to which the driving motor 144 is linked.

In addition, the accommodating member 143 is formed in a rectangular plate shape, the hollow hole 143a is slightly larger than the object to be cooled (A) so that the object to be cooled (A) can be inserted in the center thereof.

In addition, one side of the support member 148, the cool air in the interior flows into the side of the rapid cooling device (140a) and the cooling process of the object to be cooled (A) by the rapid cooling device (140a), by the cold air A plurality of cold air inlet holes 149 are penetrated so that the cooling process of the coolant A can be further added.

Looking at the operation principle of the rapid cooling device 140a through the rotation means as described above, the drive motor (by the connection bar 145 connected to the rotary shaft of the drive motor 144 and one end of the housing member 143 by a link) The rotational force of 144 is transmitted to the receiving member 143 so that the receiving member 143 moves forward / backward when the driving motor 144 alternately rotates, and the hollow hole 143a of the receiving member 143 is rotated. The inserted to-be-cooled object A is accelerated and cooled by the endothermic action of the contacted coolant 142 while rotating alternately (see FIG. 11) by the receiving member 143 moving back and forth, and further, the support. The object to be cooled is further cooled by the cold air introduced into the rapid cooling device 140a through the cold air inlet hole 149 of the member 148, and the object to be cooled by the rapid cooling device 140a and cold air. The cooling time of (A) is further shortened.

As described above, in the refrigerator in which the rapid cooling devices 40, 40a, 140, 140a are installed in the inside of the refrigerator, the rapid cooling device door which is an opening and closing means for inserting the object to be cooled into the rapid cooling devices 40, 40a, 140, 140a. (47,147) That is, it is known in advance that only the quick cooling device (40, 40a, 140, 140a) may be used in a state in which the quick cooling device door (47, 147) hinged to the upper end of the support member (48, 148).

13 is another embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention, which is a refrigerator to which the rapid cooling devices 40, 40a, 140 and 140a of FIGS. 6 to 12 are applied, and the rapid cooling devices 40, 40a, 140 and 140a. ) Is configured to be detachable to the inside of the high, and shown in FIG. 16 using the rapid cooling device 40 of FIG. 6 as an example.

In this case, the detachable structure of the rapid cooling device 40 has a hook-like locking protrusion 50 formed at one end of the support member 48 on which the rapid cooling device 40 is fixed as shown in FIG. At a predetermined position in the chamber where the support member 48 is fixed, a binding groove 31 corresponding to the locking protrusion 50 of the support member 48 is formed, and the locking protrusion 50 of the support member 48 is formed. When slidingly coupled to the fastening groove 31 of the high inside, the fast cooling device 40 fixed to the support member 48 forms a state installed on the inside of the high, on the contrary, the fastening groove 31 of the high inside When the engaging projection 50 of the support member 48 is separated from the rapid cooling device 40 installed and fixed to the support member 48 is in a state of being separated from the inner side.

14 is another embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention, and FIG. 15 is an embodiment of the cold air injection means of FIG. 14, which is applied with the rapid cooling devices 40, 40a, 140, 140a of FIGS. 6 to 12. In the refrigerator, cold air is injected into the coolant body 42 and the cooled object A to the rapid cooling device 40 so that the endothermic action of the cooled object A by the coolant body 42 is further promoted. It is a configuration in which the cold air injection means is installed, of which the rapid cooling device 40 of Figure 6 is shown in Figure 14 and 15 as an example.

At this time, in the case of the rapid cooling device 40, while having the coolant body 42 and the cooled object (A) through the excitation means, as shown in Figure 5 the coolant body 42 and the cooled object (A) Simultaneous excitation, or as shown in Figure 7 by only excitation of the object to be cooled (A) by the endothermic action of the cold storage body 42 to accelerate the cooling of the object to be cooled (A) and the shaft through the rotating means The cooling body 142 and the to-be-cooled material A are alternately rotated, and as shown in FIG. 9, the coolant 142 and the to-be-cooled material A are alternately rotated at the same time, or as the coolant A as shown in FIG. 11. ) By rotating only alternately can be applied to all of the operating principle of accelerated cooling of the object to be cooled (A) by the endothermic action of the cold storage body (142).

In addition, as shown in FIG. 15A, the cold air spraying means includes the cold storage body 42 and the cooled object so that the endothermic action of the cooled object A by the cold storage body 42 can proceed more quickly. A fan 400 made of a nozzle 400 for injecting cold air into the water A, or as shown in FIG. 15B, which blows cold air into the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled (A) ( 410).

As described above, in order to describe the operation state of the cold air injection means installed in the rapid cooling device 40 in more detail, the coolant body 42 and the object to be cooled are simultaneously excited by the vibrator 44. The state will be described as one embodiment.

As described above, the case in which the refrigerating body 42 and the object to be cooled (A) are interpolated through the connecting bar 45 in which the excitation force by the vibrator 44 is directly connected to the vibrator 44 and the case 41 ( 41, the endothermic action of absorbing the internal heat of the object to be cooled (42) while the entire case 41 including the accumulator (42) and the object to be cooled (A) vibrate. When it is made, as shown in (a), (b) of FIG. 15, when the cold air is injected 400 or the cold air is blown 410, the endothermic action between the object to be cooled (A) and the cold storage body 42, The heat exchanged between the cooled object A and the cold period and the heat exchanged between the cold storage body 42 and the cold period further act as a result. To cool.

Hereinafter, the operational state of the refrigerator according to the present invention will be described.

At this time, in the refrigerator of the present invention configured as described above, the operation state of the refrigerator by the freezing cycle is the same as the operation state of the refrigerator described in the prior art will be omitted for this, description of the operation of the present invention is rapid cooling The cooling process of the object to be cooled A through the device 40 will be described.

16 is a functional state diagram showing the cooling process of the object to be cooled through the rapid cooling apparatus according to the present invention.

First, the user opens the refrigerator door 30 in order to drink the cool to-be-cooled object, that is, the beverage A, and then opens and closes the quick-cooling device door 47 which is an opening and closing means of the quick-cooling device 40 installed at the inner side. After opening the rapid cooling device 40 by opening the, and the beverage (A) to be cooled in the open rapid cooling device 40 is accommodated, in the case of the beverage (A) the rapid cooling device It is stored in contact with the heat storage body 42 that is a component of the 40, that is, the heat storage body 42 installed in the case 41 forming a predetermined space, and then closes the open rapid cooling device door 47 to rapidly After closing the refrigerator 40, the refrigerator door 30 is closed, so that the previous step for cooling the beverage A through the rapid cooling device 40 is completed.

 Thereafter, when the driving button installed at a predetermined position of the refrigerator door 30 is pressed to drive the rapid cooling device 40, the vibrator may be driven by the microcomputer (not shown) to control the rapid cooling device 40. And a case 41 in which the cold storage body 42 and the beverage water A are interpolated by the vibrator 44 which is excited as described above, that is, the vibrator 44 and the case 41 directly. The excitation force of the vibrator 44 is transmitted to the casing 41 in which the coolant body 42 and the beverage A are interpolated through a connection bar 45 connected to the case, and the case including the coolant body 42 and the beverage A is provided. (41) The whole vibrates as shown in FIG.

When the case 41 is vibrated by the vibrator 44 as described above, convection circulating in the refrigerating body 42 and the drinking water A becomes active while molecular motions in the refrigerating body 42 and the drinking water A become active. The phenomenon is accelerated to generate an endothermic action in which the heat of the beverage A is absorbed into the cold storage body 42, and a short time (about 2 minutes) as the temperature in the beverage A decreases through the endothermic action. The beverage A is cooled inside.

Thereafter, when cooling of the beverage A is finished, the stop button is pressed, the refrigerator door 30 is opened, and the rapid cooling device door which is an opening / closing means of the rapid cooling device 40 installed at the inner side of the refrigerator ( 47) is opened again to take out the cooled beverage (A) in the rapid cooling device (40), the thirst of the user is quenched by drinking it, and the beverage, that is, the cooling of the cooled object (A) The process ends.

The refrigerator of the present invention configured as described above is not only a side-by-side type refrigerator in which the freezing compartment 10 and the refrigerating compartment 12 which are one embodiment of the present invention are divided into left and right sides, but also the freezer compartment 10 and the refrigerating compartment 12. It will be appreciated that the top-mounted refrigerator, the refrigerating chamber 12 and the freezer compartment 10, which are divided into upper and lower parts, can also be applied to a bottom-type refrigerator and a freezer, which are divided into upper and lower parts.

The refrigerator of the present invention applies a rapid cooling device in which a cooled object is acceleratedly cooled by an endothermic action of the stored coolant by simultaneously exciting or alternately rotating the coolant and the cooled object through an exciting means or a rotating means. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that can shorten the cooling time of the object to be cooled.

In addition, since the above-described rapid cooling device is installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the inside of the refrigerating chamber, the cold air in the refrigerator is also used as another medium for cooling the object to be cooled along with the accelerated cooling method of the object to be cooled through the rapid cooling device. As a result, it is possible to cool the object to be quickly cooled, and thus there is also an excellent effect of significantly shortening the cooling time of the object to be cooled, as compared with the conventional rapid cooling apparatus.

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A rapid cooling device configured to simultaneously excite the accumulator and the object to be cooled by the excitation means so that the object to be cooled is acceleratedly cooled by the accumulator and installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the refrigerating compartment; Opening and closing means for inserting the object to be cooled into the rapid cooling device; And And a support member having a cold air inlet hole formed therein so that cold air in the refrigerator flows into the rapid cooling device while being supported so that the rapid cooling device is installed inside the refrigerator. A rapid cooling device configured to excite only the object to be cooled through an excitation means so that the object to be cooled is acceleratedly cooled by the coolant and installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the refrigerating compartment; Opening and closing means for inserting the object to be cooled into the rapid cooling device; And And a support member having a cold air inlet hole formed therein so that cold air in the refrigerator flows into the rapid cooling device while being supported so that the rapid cooling device is installed inside the refrigerator. delete The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rapid cooling device comprises: a case forming a predetermined space; A refrigerating body installed in the case and rapidly cooling the cooled object to be contacted through an endothermic action; And a vibrating means connected to the case to simultaneously excite the accumulator and the object to be cooled. 5. An oscillator according to claim 4, wherein said excitation means comprises: an oscillator for causing an accumulator and an object to be cooled in the case; And a connection bar interconnecting the vibrator and the case so that the coolant and the object to be cooled are excited by the vibrator. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the rapid cooling device comprises: a case forming a predetermined space; A refrigerating body installed in the case and rapidly cooling the cooled object to be contacted through an endothermic action; An accommodating member installed adjacent to the accumulator and accommodating the object to be cooled so that an independent excitation motion of the object to be cooled is achieved; And a vibrating means connected to the receiving member to excite only the object to be cooled. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the excitation means comprises: an oscillator configured to excite only the object to be stored stored in the cold storage body; And a connecting bar configured to interconnect the vibrator and the receiving member to be cooled by the vibrator. A rapid cooling device configured to rotate the accumulator and the object to be cooled at the same time by rotating means to accelerate and cool the object to be cooled by the accumulator, and to be installed inside a freezer compartment and / or a refrigerator compartment; Opening and closing means for inserting the object to be cooled into the rapid cooling device; And And a support member having a cold air inlet hole formed therein so that cold air in the refrigerator flows into the rapid cooling device while being supported so that the rapid cooling device is installed inside the refrigerator. A rapid cooling device which alternately rotates only the object to be cooled through a rotating means so that the object to be cooled is acceleratedly cooled by the coolant and installed inside the freezer compartment and / or the inside of the refrigerating compartment; Opening and closing means for inserting the object to be cooled into the rapid cooling device; And And a support member having a cold air inlet hole formed therein so that cold air in the refrigerator flows into the rapid cooling device while being supported so that the rapid cooling device is installed inside the refrigerator. delete 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the rapid cooling device comprises: a case in which part or all of an external shape is formed in a spherical shape; A cool storage body accommodated in the case; Rotation means connected to the case to rotate the coolant and the cooled object alternately at the same time; Refrigerator, characterized in that consisting of a roller member in contact with the cloud so that the rotation of the case by the rotation means smoothly. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the rotating means comprises: a drive motor; And a connection bar connecting the driving motor and the case so that the accumulator and the object to be rotated alternately. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the rapid cooling device comprises: a cold storage body in a planar state; A case accommodating the cool storage body; A housing member positioned on an upper end of the cold storage body and having a hollow hole for accommodating a cooled object; Refrigerator, characterized in that consisting of a rotating means connected to one end of the housing member. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the rotating means comprises: a driving motor; And a connecting bar connecting the driving motor and the receiving member to alternately rotate the coolant and the cooled object. 10. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1, 2, 8, or 9, wherein the rapid cooling device is configured to be detachable from the inside of the refrigerator. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, 2, 8, or 9, further comprising cold air injection means for injecting cold air into the coolant and the object to be cooled inside the door in which the rapid cooling device is installed. Refrigerator, characterized in that. 17. The refrigerator according to claim 16, wherein the cold air spraying means is a nozzle for injecting cold air into the cold storage body and the cooled object. 17. The refrigerator according to claim 16, wherein the cold air injection means is a fan that blows cold air into the cold storage body and the cooled object.

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