KR100623529B1 - Hood for kitchen having air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a case, a hood part provided inside the case and allowing the combustion gas, food smell, oil, and mixed air inherent in the hood inlet by the driving of the hood fan to be discharged to the exhaust pipe, and blowing air. And an air conditioner having a cooling function, wherein the at least one auxiliary evaporator is provided between the hood inlet and the condenser in the air conditioner to cool the heat of the mixed air sucked into the hood inlet. It is done.

Air Conditioner, Kitchen, Hood, Condenser, Cooling Filter.

Description

Hood for kitchen having air conditioner

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a kitchen hood having an air conditioner according to the prior art,

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a kitchen hood with an air conditioner according to the present invention,

3 is a block diagram showing a refrigerant cycle of the air conditioner in the kitchen hood provided with an air conditioner according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

101; Case 101b; Inlet

102; Heat shield 103; Condenser

104; Hood fan 105; Hood Intake

106; Filter 107; vent pipe

108; Evaporator 109; Blower of evaporator

110; Compressor 111; Outlet

112; Expansion valve 120; Bottom plate

121; Hole 130; Auxiliary Heat Exchanger

200; Cookware

The present invention relates to a kitchen hood having an air conditioner.

In general, an exhaust hood for forcibly discharging a food smell is provided at an upper portion of a cooking appliance such as a gas range or an oven provided in a kitchen.

However, the conventional hood has a simple function of discharging only the smell of food when cooking, and has a disadvantage in that it does not satisfy the needs of consumers who require multifunction.

In this way, by creating an uncomfortable environment due to the heat generated from the cooking utensils, there was a problem that the consumption of physical strength in food cooking is large and inconvenient.

In response to the needs of these consumers, the present applicant has applied for a number of technologies other than 'range hood combined air conditioner as a kitchen air conditioner' in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2004-0023485 (filed on June 4, 2004).

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a kitchen hood having an air conditioner according to the prior art.

As shown in FIG. 1, a kitchen hood including a conventional air conditioner includes a case 1, a hood part, and an air conditioner.

First, the inside of the case (1) is made of a hollow and is equipped with a number of parts, the discharge function to discharge the mixed air, such as combustion gas, food smell, oil, and heat to the outside, and the cooling function to cool the kitchen A heat shield plate 2 is provided which partitions the hood unit and the air conditioner to perform the same operation.

The hood part is provided inside the case 1 and the hood fan 4 rotated by a motor (not shown) to discharge the combustion gas or odor generated from the cooking appliance 200 to the outside, and the case 1 It is installed on the lower side and consists of a filter (6) to adsorb and remove the odor or foreign substances generated when the combustion gas or dirty air sucked through the hood inlet (5) to the outside.

And the upper surface of the case 1 is formed with an exhaust pipe (7) for discharging the mixed air introduced through the filter (6) to the outside.

Meanwhile, the air conditioner includes an evaporator 8, a blower fan 9, a compressor (not shown), and a condenser 3.

Specifically, the air conditioner has a suction port 1b formed on one side of the front surface of the case 1, and a discharge port 11 is formed below the suction port 1b. A blowing fan 9 is rotatably installed by a motor (not shown) on a side of the evaporator 8, and a condenser 3 is provided on an upper portion of the filter 6 of the hood part.

As shown in FIG. 1, first, the mixed air generated from the cooking apparatus 200 flows into the case 1 and rises upward according to the driving of the hood pan 4, and the filter of the hood portion rises upward. Pass (6).

Thereafter, the air from which impurities are removed by the filter 6 is discharged to the outside through the exhaust pipe 7 while sequentially passing through the condenser 3 and the hood fan 4 of the air conditioner.

On the other hand, when using the cooling function in the prior art, it is to drive the blowing fan 9 and the hood fan 4 in the hood portion of the evaporator (8), respectively.

As the blowing fan 9 of the evaporator 8 rotates, the indoor air is sucked through the inlet 1b on the front of the case 1, and the sucked indoor air is heat exchanged while passing through the evaporator 8, The generated cool air is discharged into the kitchen through the discharge port 11 by the blowing fan 9 of the evaporator (8).

At the same time, while the hood fan 4 of the hood portion rotates, the air passing through the hood 6 filter 6 from the room is heat-exchanged while passing through the condenser 3, and the heat-exchanged hot air passes through the hood fan 4 through the exhaust pipe. (7) is discharged to the outside.

In conclusion, the exhaust gas or the smell of food generated from the cooking appliance 200 through the exhaust pipe 7 is discharged to the outside through the exhaust pipe 7 in the same manner as before, and at the same time, when cooling of the summer or kitchen space is required, Activation to additionally cool the kitchen.

However, the kitchen hood provided with the air conditioner according to the prior art has a serious problem that the cooling system is unstable, because the heat exchange efficiency of the condenser is lowered by the heat of the mixed air during the heat exchange of the condenser.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen hood having an air conditioner capable of stably operating a cooling system by increasing the heat exchange efficiency of the condenser.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a mixture of the combustion gas, food smell, oil, and hot air provided inside the case and sucked into the hood inlet by driving the hood fan. A kitchen hood comprising a hood unit for discharging exhaust gas into an exhaust pipe and an air conditioner having a blowing and cooling function, wherein the hood inlet and the condenser in the air conditioner are configured to cool the heat of the mixed air sucked into the hood inlet. It provides a kitchen hood having an air conditioner, characterized in that provided with at least one auxiliary evaporator.

The air conditioner is composed of a compressor and an evaporator together with the condenser and the auxiliary evaporator inside the case, wherein the cool air generated by the evaporator is discharged to the discharge port of the case by driving a blower fan, and by the condenser The generated warmth may be discharged to the exhaust pipe by driving the hood fan.

The auxiliary evaporator is provided in parallel with the condenser at a predetermined interval.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of a kitchen hood with an air conditioner according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a kitchen hood with an air conditioner according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the kitchen hood including the air conditioner according to the present invention includes a case 101, a hood part, and an air conditioner.

First, the inside of the case 101 is made of a hollow and is equipped with a plurality of parts, the hood function for discharging the mixed air containing combustion gas, food smell, oil, and heat to the outside, and to cool the kitchen The heat shield plate 102 is partitioned by the hood unit and the air conditioner, which are configured to simultaneously perform the cooling function.

The hood part is provided in the case 101 and is disposed on the hood fan 104 and a case 101 which is rotated by a motor (not shown) to discharge the mixed air generated from the cooking apparatus 200 to the outside. The filter 106 is installed to adsorb and remove odors or foreign substances generated when the combustion gas or dirty air is discharged from the mixed air sucked through the hood suction port 105 to the outside.

And the upper surface of the case 101, the exhaust pipe 107 for discharging the air introduced through the filter 106 to the outside is formed. Unexplained reference numeral 120 denotes a lower plate of the case, and reference numeral 121 denotes a hole of the lower plate.

As shown in FIG. 3, the air conditioner includes a compressor 110, a condenser 103, an evaporator 108, a blower fan 109, and an auxiliary evaporator 130. The refrigerant cycle of the air conditioner consists of a compressor 110, a condenser 103, an expansion valve 112, an evaporator 108, and an auxiliary evaporator 130.

That is, the compressor 110 converts the refrigerant into gas of high temperature and high pressure, the condenser 103 liquefies gas of high temperature and high pressure, and the expansion valve 112 expands the refrigerant into a spray state at low temperature and low pressure to facilitate heat exchange. In addition, the degree of expansion of the refrigerant is adjusted, and the evaporator 108 generates cold air by heat-exchanging the cold refrigerant on the pipes inherent in the air and the air introduced by the blower fan 109.

The auxiliary evaporator 130 generates cold air by heat-exchanging the mixed gas introduced by the operation of the hood fan 104 and the relatively cool refrigerant provided from the evaporator 108.

Specifically, in FIG. 2, the air conditioner having the refrigerant cycle includes an inlet port 101b formed on one side of the front surface of the case 101, and a discharge port 111 formed under the inlet port 101b. Blowing fan 109 is rotatably installed by a motor (not shown) on the side of the evaporator 108, the condenser 103 is provided on the filter 106 of the hood portion.

In addition, at least one auxiliary evaporator 130 is provided between the hood suction port 105 and the condenser 103 to cool the heat of the mixed air sucked into the hood suction hole 105.

The auxiliary evaporator 130 is preferably provided side by side at a predetermined interval with the condenser (103).

As such, the auxiliary evaporator 130 has an advantage that the heat exchange efficiency of the condenser 103 can be maximized by cooling the heat of the mixed air sucked into the hood inlet 105.

Operation of the kitchen hood with an air conditioner according to the present invention, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, first when using the cooling function in the present invention, the compressor 110, the condenser 103, expansion valve 112 The refrigerant moves in order of the evaporator 108 and the auxiliary evaporator 130.

At this time, the mixed air generated in the cooking utensil 200 is introduced into the case 101 by the driving of the hood pan 104 and ascends upward, and passes through the filter 106 provided in the hood suction opening 105. Done.

The mixed air passing through the filter 106 passes through the auxiliary evaporator 130 again. The heat of the mixed air passing through the auxiliary evaporator 130 is cooled while heat-exchanging with the auxiliary evaporator 130.

The mixed air cooled as described above is provided to the condenser 103, and the air heat-exchanged in the condenser 103 is discharged to the outside through the exhaust pipe 107 while passing through the hood fan 104.

The present invention relates to a kitchen hood provided with an air conditioner, and because the heat of the mixed air generated in the cooking appliance to cool the auxiliary evaporator, unlike the conventional to increase the heat exchange efficiency of the condenser, thereby to maintain a stable cooling system Has an excellent effect.

Claims (3)

case; A hood part provided inside the case and configured to discharge combustion gas, food smell, oil, and mixed air inherent in the hood inlet by driving the hood fan to the exhaust pipe; Compressor, condenser, and evaporator on one side of the hood portion, the cold air generated by the evaporator is discharged to the discharge port of the case by the driving of the blower fan, the warmth generated by the condenser to drive the hood fan An air conditioner to be discharged to the exhaust pipe; And And at least one auxiliary evaporator between the hood inlet and the condenser to cool the heat of the mixed air sucked into the hood inlet. delete The method of claim 1, The auxiliary evaporator is a kitchen hood with an air conditioner, characterized in that provided side by side at a predetermined interval with the condenser.

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