KR100884947B1 - Side by side type refrigerator with function of rapidity cooling using thermosyphon - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon, the side-by-side type refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment with a partition wall formed along an up-down direction, sealed inside And a lower portion formed at an upper side of the freezer compartment in contact with a rising portion protruding from the partition wall into the refrigerating compartment and the rising portion and being bent upwardly in contact with the cold portion of the freezing compartment. A thermosiphon for rapidly refrigerating foods located in the periphery of the airtight container including a sealed container and a working fluid accommodated in the airtight container, absorbing latent heat in the rising part, and evaporating and dissipating and condensing in the lower part. Characterized in that it comprises a. As a result, a side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon capable of rapidly cooling food and being stored in a refrigerated state is provided.

Description

Side by side type refrigerator with rapid refrigeration using thermosiphon {SIDE BY SIDE TYPE REFRIGERATOR WITH FUNCTION OF RAPIDITY COOLING USING THERMOSYPHON}

1 is a perspective view of a conventional side by side type refrigerator,

2 is a perspective view of a side by side type refrigerator having a rapid cooling function using a thermosiphon according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an enlarged front view of the thermosiphon region of FIG. 2;

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

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG. 4;

6 is a front view of a thermosiphon region of a side by side type refrigerator having a rapid cooling function using a thermosiphon according to another embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

11 body 12 bulkhead

21: freezer 31: cold storage room

40: can 41: thermosiphon

43: airtight container 44a: rising portion                 

44b: lower portion 45: working fluid

47: Quick Refrigerated Casing

The present invention relates to a side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon, and more particularly, a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon for rapidly cooling food and storing it in a refrigerated state. One side by side type refrigerator.

In general, a refrigerator is provided with a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment for storing food in a frozen and refrigerated state, and is provided with a refrigeration cycle component for cooling the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment. Such refrigerators include a so-called top mount type refrigerator in which a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment are disposed in an up and down direction with a partition formed along a horizontal direction, and a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment left and right with a partition formed along the vertical direction. The so-called side by side type refrigerator is arranged.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional side by side type refrigerator. As shown in the drawing, the side-by-side type refrigerator includes a main body 11 in which the freezing chamber 21 and the refrigerating chamber 31 are formed on the left and right sides of the partition wall 12 formed along the vertical direction, and the freezing chamber 21. And a freezing chamber door 23 and a refrigerating chamber door 33 which are coupled to the main body 11 so as to rotate and open each front opening of the refrigerating chamber 31.

A plurality of shelves 25 are disposed in the freezing chamber 21 to be spaced apart from each other along the up and down direction to support food, respectively, and a plurality of cold air discharge ports are provided on the rear wall of the freezing chamber 21 to discharge cold air. The duct 27 in which 28 is formed is provided.

A plurality of shelves 35 are installed in the refrigerating chamber 31 so as to be spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, and a duct 37 is provided in the upper region to discharge cold air provided from the freezing chamber 21.

The refrigerator door 33 is mainly provided with a pocket 34 to accommodate / storage liquor, beverages or foods accommodated in the pack 38 and the bottle 39 or the can 40.

By the way, in the conventional side-by-side type refrigerator, the food stored in the refrigerating chamber 31 and the pocket 34 is stored by the cold air discharged from the duct 37 disposed in the upper region of the refrigerating chamber 31. It is intended to be indirectly cooled, which takes considerable time to cool the beverage or liquor. Due to this, in order to drink a beverage or alcohol at room temperature in a cool state, or to drink in a cooler state than a state cooled in the refrigerating chamber 31, a user may drink a beverage or alcohol after cooling for a short time in the freezer compartment 21. do. At this time, if the user does not take out the liquor or drink in the freezer compartment 21, there is a problem that the contents are frozen, such as frozen or not drinkable, or in the case of co-current bottle is broken.

 Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon capable of rapidly cooling food and storing it in a refrigerated state.

The object of the present invention is a side-by-side type refrigerator in which a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment are formed with a partition wall formed in an up-down direction therebetween, forming an accommodating space therein and one side of the refrigerator compartment from the partition wall. An airtight container formed of a raised part protruding into an inner part of the lower part and communicating with the rising part and being bent upwardly in contact with the cold part of the freezer compartment and disposed along the up and down direction of the freezer compartment, and accommodated in the sealed container. Rapid refrigeration using a thermosiphon comprising a thermosiphon which rapidly absorbs food located in the periphery of the rising part by including a working fluid that absorbs latent heat in the rising part and is radiated and condensed in the falling part. This is achieved by a side by side type refrigerator having a function.

Here, the closed container is preferably formed to have a plate shape.

In addition, the sealed container is formed in plural to have a pipe shape and arranged to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along the front and rear direction of the refrigerating chamber, and are arranged to be heat-exchangeable at the respective rising portions of the sealed container to heat transfer area of the sealed container. It is effective to configure the heat transfer plate to further increase the.

The rising part is preferably formed to protrude downwardly from the partition wall.                     

It is effective to further include a rapid refrigeration casing to form a food accommodation space to accommodate the food to be refrigerated rapidly around the riser.

The rapid refrigeration casing is preferably configured to be formed of a heat insulating member.

In addition, the rapid refrigeration casing is effective to be arranged in the center along the vertical direction of the rapid refrigeration casing so that the rising portion of the sealed container can partition the food receiving space in the vertical direction.

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

2 is a perspective view of a side by side type refrigerator having a rapid cooling function using a thermosiphon according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the thermosiphon region of FIG. 2, and FIG. It is sectional drawing along the IV-IV line | wire, and FIG. 5 is sectional drawing along the VV line of FIG. The same reference numerals and the same components as the above-described and illustrated configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals for convenience of description, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. As shown in these figures, in the side-by-side type refrigerator having the rapid cooling function using the thermosiphon, the freezing chamber 21 and the refrigerating chamber 31 are formed along the left and right directions with the partition 12 interposed therebetween. The main body 11, the freezer compartment 23 and the refrigerating chamber door 33 which are hinged to the main body 11 so as to open and close the front openings of the freezer compartment 21 and the refrigerating compartment 31, and one side is a partition wall. Protruding from the refrigerator (12) to the refrigerating chamber (31) and the other side is arranged in the freezer compartment 21 in a heat exchangeable direction in the up and down direction to absorb latent heat from the refrigerating chamber (31) side to radiate heat in the freezer compartment (21) rapidly It is configured to include a thermosiphon (41) to be cooled and stored in a refrigerated state.

The thermosiphon 41 has a sealed container 43 formed with a heat-conductive member and is formed in a bent plate shape, and the inside of the sealed container 43 can be phase-converted according to temperature. It is composed of a two-phase, closed-type thermosiphon having a working fluid 45 to be received.

The sealed container 43 is projected from the partition 12 into the refrigerating chamber 31 side, and the working fluid 45 accommodated therein absorbs the latent heat of the periphery, and the rising part 44a and the rising part 44a are mutually oriented. The lower portion 44b communicates with and is disposed in the up and down direction in the freezing chamber 21 to condense heat inside the working fluid 45.

On the other hand, on the upper side of the rising portion (44a) there is arranged a rapid refrigeration casing 47 to form a receiving space for the mainstream or beverage to be rapidly cooled inside the refrigerated state, the rapid refrigeration casing 47 is the upper and lower sides It is formed so that each may form an open square cylinder shape.

By such a configuration, when the can 40 such as food, for example, alcoholic beverage or beverage, is accommodated in contact with the rising portion 44a in the inside of the rapid refrigeration casing 47, the density difference in the interior of the sealed container 43 is increased. As a result, the liquid working fluid 45 existing in the riser 44a absorbs latent heat from the can 40 and evaporates. The evaporated working fluid 45 flows upward into the lower portion 44b disposed in the freezing chamber 21 by the density difference in the sealed container 43. The working fluid 45 flowing into the lower portion 44b is radiated and condensed, and the condensed working fluid 45 again flows downward to the rising part 44a by the difference in density. The working fluid 45 rapidly cools the can 40 while repeating the evaporation and condensation process to be stored in a refrigerated state.

6 is a front view of a thermosiphon region of a side by side type refrigerator having a rapid cooling function using a thermosiphon according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6. As shown in these figures, in the side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid cooling function using the thermosiphon, the freezing chamber 21 and the refrigerating chamber 31 are provided with partition walls 12 formed along the vertical direction. The main body 11 and one side formed are protruded from the partition 12 into the refrigerating chamber 31 and the other side is disposed along the up and down direction of the freezing chamber 21 to absorb latent heat in the refrigerating chamber 31 and in the freezing chamber 21. It includes a thermosiphon 51 for dissipating heat, and a rapid refrigeration casing (57) for forming a food accommodation space to accommodate the food to be refrigerated rapidly around the thermosiphon (51) disposed in the refrigerating chamber (31) Consists of.

The rapid refrigeration casing 57 is provided in the lower portion of the refrigerating chamber 31, and is formed to form a rectangular cylinder shape whose front surface is opened by a heat insulating member. The front portion of the quick-refrigeration casing (57) is provided with a door 58 to open and close the food accommodation space, the door 58 can be rotated along the vertical direction around the rotation shaft 59 formed on the upper edge Is installed.

On the other hand, the thermosiphon 51 is provided with a sealed container 53 for forming a receiving space sealed therein, and a working fluid 55 accommodated in a phase-convertible inside the sealed container 53. The thermosiphon 51 may be configured in plurality. The airtight container 53 of each of the thermosiphons 51 protrudes from one side of the partition 12 into the quick refrigeration casing 57 and the other end passes through the partition 12 to be disposed in the freezer compartment 21. 54a and the lower part 54b which communicates with the raise part 54a mutually, and the downward part 54b which bends up along the up-down direction of the freezer compartment 21 is comprised.

The rising portion 54a of each of the thermosiphons 51 is disposed at the horizontal center line L at the center of the rapid refrigeration casing 57 so as to partition the internal space of the rapid refrigeration casing 57 from the partition 12 along the vertical direction. They are arranged to be inclined downward with a predetermined inclination angle θ and are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along the front and rear directions of the refrigerating chamber 31.

Upper and lower heat transfer plates 61a and lower portions of the upper and lower sides of the rising portions 54a of each thermosiphon 51 are mutually cooperatively accommodated in each of the rising portions 54a therein with a plate-shaped thermal conductive member. The heat transfer plates 61b are disposed respectively. The siphon contact portion 62 forming a semicircular cross-sectional shape on the bottom surface of the upper heat transfer plate 61a and the upper surface of the lower heat transfer plate 61b so as to be accommodated in a circumferential direction of each of the rising portions 54a so as to be in contact with each other. 63) are formed respectively.

By such a configuration, when the can 40 of food, for example, liquor or beverage, is accommodated inside the rapid refrigeration casing 57, the liquid working fluid 55 contained in each of the rising portions 54a The latent heat is absorbed and evaporated from the upper heat transfer plate 61a and the lower heat transfer plate 61b which are in heat exchangeable contact with the riser 54a. The evaporated working fluid 55 flows upward into the lower portion 54b disposed in the freezer compartment 21 due to the density difference therein, and is radiated and condensed in the lower portion 54b. The condensed working fluid 55 flows back into the rising portion 54a by the density difference therein, and absorbs the latent heat from the rising portion 54a to evaporate, thereby repeating the inside of the rapid refrigerating casing 57. Can 40 is rapidly cooled.

As described above, according to the present invention, one side protrudes from the partition wall to the refrigerating chamber side, and the other side passes through the partition wall and the rising portion disposed in the freezer compartment and the one side is in communication with the rising portion and is bent upwardly arranged to be heat exchanged in the freezer compartment. Rapidly cooling the food placed around the riser by providing a thermosiphon with a closed container made of a negative portion and a working fluid contained in the sealed container and absorbing latent heat at the rising portion and evaporating and dissipating and condensing at the lowering portion. A side by side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon which can be stored in a refrigerated state is provided.

Claims (7)

In a side-by-side type refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment formed with a partition wall formed along an up and down direction, a sealed accommodation space is formed therein, and one side thereof includes a rising part protruding from the partition wall into the refrigerating compartment. An airtight container which is in communication with a rising part and is bent upwardly in contact with the cold of the freezer compartment and disposed along the up and down direction of the freezing compartment, and is accommodated in the airtight container and absorbs latent heat from the rising part to evaporate. Side by side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon, characterized in that it comprises a thermosiphon for rapidly refrigeration of food located in the periphery of the rising portion having a working fluid that is radiated and condensed in the lower portion . The method of claim 1, Said hermetic container is a side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon, characterized in that it is formed to have a plate shape. The method of claim 1, The airtight containers are formed in plural to have a pipe shape and are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along the front and rear directions of the refrigerating chamber, and are arranged to be heat-exchangeable at each rising portion of the airtight container to increase the heat transfer area of the airtight container. Side by side type refrigerator having a rapid cooling function using a thermosiphon, characterized in that it further comprises a heat transfer plate. The method of claim 1, The rising part is a side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon, characterized in that formed to protrude downwardly from the partition wall. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Side by side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon further comprises a rapid refrigeration casing to form a food accommodation space to accommodate the food to be refrigerated rapidly around the riser. The method of claim 5, Said rapid refrigeration casing is a side-by-side type refrigerator having a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon, characterized in that formed by a heat insulating member. The method of claim 5, The rapid refrigeration casing has a rapid refrigeration function using a thermosiphon, characterized in that the rising portion of the sealed container is disposed in the center along the vertical direction of the rapid refrigeration casing so as to partition the food accommodation space along the vertical direction. Side by side type refrigerator.

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