KR101059812B1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a refrigerator to facilitate the separation operation of the cooling fan assembly installed in the machine room.

To this end, the refrigerator according to the present invention includes a main body, a storage compartment provided inside the main body, a machine room provided at an upper side of the main body so as to be partitioned from the storage compartment, and a compressor, a condenser, and a cooling fan assembly installed therein; It includes an opening formed on the front surface, the cooling fan assembly is supported to be slidable in the front and rear direction inside the machine room so as to be slid and drawn to the opening side.

Description

Refrigerator {REFRIGERATOR}

1 is a perspective view showing an upper structure of a refrigerator according to the present invention, showing a state in which a cooling fan assembly is mounted in a machine room.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the upper structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention, showing a state in which the cooling fan assembly is separated from the machine room.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken from the arrow line A-A of FIG. 1 and viewed in an arrow direction, in which the structure of the cooling fan assembly is enlarged.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: main body 20: storage compartment

30: machine room 33: opening

34: Cover 35: Guide rail

40: compressor 50: condenser

51: support 60: cooling fan assembly

70: cooling fan 80: fan motor

90: fan support member 91: fan receiving portion

92: motor coupling portion 93: support rib

94: guide groove 95: fixing part                 

52: 96: screw fastener 100: screw

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an installation structure of a cooling fan assembly installed in a machine room of a refrigerator.

In general, the refrigerator is a device provided to maintain the freshness of various foods for a long time by supplying the cool air generated from the evaporator of the refrigeration cycle for a long time, and has a main body formed with a storage compartment, the front of the main body to open and close the storage compartment The door is installed.

In addition, the main body of the lower rear side of the storage compartment is provided with a machine compartment partitioned from the storage compartment and formed so that the rear side is opened. In this machine compartment, a compressor and a condenser for compressing refrigerant and condensing the compressed refrigerant to the evaporator side, respectively, A cooling fan assembly is provided that includes a cooling fan to cool the condenser.

In addition, a cover is screwed to the rear of the main body of the machine room to cover the open machine room, and inlet and outlet ports for suction and discharge of external air are formed at one side and the other side of the machine room, respectively.

When the fan is rotated through this structure, the air introduced into the machine room from the suction port is discharged back to the outside of the machine room through the discharge port while passing through the condenser and the compressor, and in this process, the condenser and the compressor are cooled by external air.                         

On the other hand, the cooling fan assembly generally includes the cooling fan, a fan motor for driving the cooling fan, and a fan support member provided to couple the cooling fan and the fan motor, and the cooling fan assembly has a cooling fan and the fan motor coupled thereto. As the pan support member is installed in the machine room, it is mounted inside the machine room. The lower end of the fan support member is provided with a plurality of screw fastening parts provided to fix the fan support member to the bottom of the machine room by using a screw, and the cooling fan assembly has a screw fastening part of the fan support member through the screw. It is fixed inside the machine room by fixing it to the floor.

However, in the conventional refrigerator, since the main body is disposed so that the rear surface is adjacent to the interior wall surface in order to reduce the installation area of the refrigerator, a sufficient working space is secured to separate the cooling fan assembly from the machine room for maintenance and the like. After separating the main body from the inside wall by a predetermined distance, first, the cover of the machine room was removed, and in this state, the operator had to bend and lean down, and then remove the cooling fan assembly from the machine room. When the withdrawal from the machine room has a problem that the cooling fan assembly in the narrow machine room is caught by other adjacent parts such as a compressor or a condenser and is not easily withdrawn.

In addition, in the conventional cooling fan assembly, since a plurality of screw fastening portions formed on the fan support member are fixed to the bottom surface of the machine room by screws, an operator may move his hand into the narrow machine room to separate the fan support member from the machine room bottom surface. Difficult to insert deeply and remove the screw with a tool such as a screwdriver.

The present invention is to solve such a problem, it is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator to facilitate the separation operation of the cooling fan assembly installed in the machine room.

Refrigerator according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a machine room provided with a main body, a storage compartment provided inside the main body, and the upper side of the main body so as to be partitioned from the storage compartment, and a compressor, a condenser and a cooling fan assembly are installed therein. And an opening formed on the front surface of the machine room, wherein the cooling fan assembly is slidably supported in the machine room so as to be slidable in the front and rear directions so as to be slid out to the opening part.

The cooling fan assembly includes a cooling fan, a fan motor for driving the cooling fan, and a fan support member provided to couple the cooling fan and the fan motor, wherein the fan support members have upper and lower ends respectively in the machine room. It is characterized in that the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface of the support so as to be slidable in the front and rear direction.

In addition, the opening part side pan support member is provided with a fixing part for fixing the fan support member slid into the machine room, the opening part side machine support is supported by the fixing part and the fixing part is provided to be fixed by a screw An additional feature is provided.

In addition, the condenser and the pan support member are disposed to be adjacent to each other along the longitudinal direction of the opening portion, the fixing portion is provided to extend from the end of the opening portion side of the pan support member to the condenser side, the front of the support portion the condenser It characterized in that it is provided integrally with the condenser.

In addition, the upper and lower inner surfaces of the upper and lower ends of the fan support member and the machine chamber corresponding thereto may be provided with guide rails and guide grooves slid by the guide rails.

In addition, the opening is provided with a cover to open and close the machine room, the cover is characterized in that the hinge is coupled to be able to rotate in the vertical direction.

In addition, the refrigerator according to the present invention includes a main body, a storage compartment provided inside the main body, a machine compartment provided to be partitioned from the storage compartment, and having a compressor, a condenser, and a cooling fan assembly installed therein, and an opening part formed at the front of the machine compartment. And the cooling fan assembly includes a cooling fan, a fan motor for driving the cooling fan, and a fan support member to which the cooling fan and the fan motor are coupled, wherein the fan support member is slid out to the opening side. It is characterized in that it is supported so as to be slidable in the front and rear direction inside the machine room.

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

1 and 2, the refrigerator according to the present invention has a main body 10 forming an external shape, the internal space of the main body 10 is a storage compartment 20 is provided at the bottom to store the storage And the compressor 40 and the condenser 50 is divided into a machine room 30 provided in the upper portion is installed.

The storage compartment 20 is further divided into a freezing compartment 21 on the left side and a refrigerating compartment 22 on the right side. An evaporator for generating cold air and supplying the inside of the storage compartment 20 to the inner body 10 behind the storage compartment 20 ( Not shown), and the doors 11 and 12 for opening and closing the freezing compartment 21 and the refrigerating compartment 22 are respectively installed on the front surface of the main body 10 at the freezing compartment 21 and the refrigerating compartment 22. For reference, reference numerals 23 and 24 are shelves provided in multiple stages on the inner surfaces of the storage compartment 20 and the doors 11 and 12, respectively, to support the storage stored in the storage compartment 20.

In addition, a compressor 40 and a condenser 50 for compressing a refrigerant and condensing the compressed refrigerant to be delivered to the evaporator (not shown) are installed in the machine room 30, and the compressor 40 and the condenser 50 are installed. In the machine room (30) between the cooling fan assembly 60 having a cooling fan 70 for cooling the compressor 40 and the condenser 50 is installed.

In addition, a suction port 31 is formed at an outer surface of the machine room 30 on the side of the condenser 50 and the machine room 30 on the compressor 40, and the compressor 40, the condenser 50, and the cooling fan assembly ( 60 are arranged side by side to be adjacent to each other in the order of the compressor 40 cooling fan assembly 60 condenser 50 from left to right.

Through this structure, when the cooling fan 70 of the cooling fan assembly 60 rotates, external air sucked into the machine room 30 through the suction port 31 passes through the condenser 50 and the compressor 40 in order. After the discharge port 32 is discharged again to the outside of the machine room 30, in this process the compressor 40 and the condenser 50 is cooled by the external air.

Here, the machine room 30 provided on the upper side of the main body 10 is provided in a front open shape in which the opening part 33 is formed on the front side, and the opening part 33 can be rotated in the vertical direction to open and close the machine room 30. The hinged cover 34 is installed, and the structure of the machine room 30, which is provided in the front open shape on the upper part of the main body 10, maintains the cooling fan assembly 60, etc. installed in the machine room 30. When the operator does not need to take an uncomfortable posture such as bowing or bending, and also to secure the opening or working space of the machine room 30 cover 34 during the separation operation of the cooling fan assembly 60. It is to avoid the hassle of moving 10) away from the indoor wall surface.

In addition, the cooling fan assembly 60 includes a fan motor 80 for driving the cooling fan 70 and the cooling fan 70, and a fan support member provided such that the cooling fan 70 and the fan motor 80 are coupled to each other. 90, which is installed in the machine room 30 as the pan support member 90 is mounted inside the machine room 30.

The fan support member 90 is provided in a plate shape having a predetermined thickness, and the fan support member 90 has a fan accommodating portion 91 provided to penetrate a central portion of the fan support member 90 to accommodate the cooling fan 70. ) And a motor coupling part 92 provided to be spaced a predetermined distance from the fan receiving part 90 on the fan receiving part 91 side to the condenser 50 so that the fan motor 80 is coupled to the fan motor 80. The outer surface of the plurality of support ribs 93 are formed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval and extend to be connected to the fan receiving member 90 side fan support member 90 along the radial direction. Therefore, when the fan shaft 80 is coupled to the motor coupling part 92 of the fan support member 90 and the rotary shaft of the fan motor 80 is coupled to the cooling fan 70, the fan accommodating part 91 is a cooling fan. While the 70 is accommodated, the cooling fan 70 and the fan motor 80 are supported by the fan support member 90.                     

On the other hand, the pan support member 90 is slid to the open portion 33 side of the machine room 30, and the upper and lower ends in the front and rear directions on the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface of the machine room 30 so as to be drawn out of the machine room 30. 3, the upper and lower inner surfaces of the upper and lower inner surfaces of the fan support member 90, and the upper and lower ends of the corresponding fan support members 90, are machine rooms. Guide rails 35 formed in the front and rear directions of the 30 and guide grooves 94 guided and slid to the guide rails 35 are provided, respectively.

This allows the cooling fan assembly 60 to be stably guided without being caught by adjacent parts such as the compressor 40 or the condenser 50 and to be drawn out of the machine room 30 through the opening 33. The separation operation of the assembly 60 is to be made more easily.

In this structure, the upper and lower ends of the fan support member 90 are supported by the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface of the machine room 30, so that the cooling fan assembly 60 is inside the machine room 30 without any additional fastening means. Since the state can be stably supported, the number of fastening means for fixing the cooling fan assembly 60 to the machine room 30 can be reduced.

Of course, the guide rail 35 and the guide groove 94 is such that the guide rail 35 is provided on the upper and lower ends of the pan support member 90, the guide groove 94 is the upper inner surface of the machine room 30 It can be applied in any other form according to the designer's choice, such as to be provided on the lower and inner surface.                     

In addition, the fixing part 95 extending toward the condenser 50 is provided at the end of the fan support member 90 on the open part 33 side to fix the fan support member 90 which is slid into the machine room 30. On the front side of the condenser 50 on the side of the open part 33 adjacent to the fan support member 90, a support part integrally formed with the condenser 50 to be fixed to the screw 100 while the fixing part 95 is supported ( 51 is provided, and screw fastening holes 96 and 52 for fastening the screw 100 are formed in the fixing part 95 and the support part 51, respectively.

The structure of the fixing part 95 and the support part 51 fixes the fan support member 90 supported to be slidable inside the machine room 30 so that the cooling fan assembly 60 is stably fixed inside the machine room 30. Be sure to In addition, during the separation operation of the cooling fan assembly 60, the operator removes the screw 100 fastened to the fixing unit 95 by using a tool such as a screwdriver, wherein the fixing unit 95 and the support unit 51 are By being provided on the open part 33 side of the machine room 30, the operator can simply remove the screw 100 from the open part 33 side without having to dig deeply into the narrow machine room 30.

In addition, unlike the present embodiment, the fixing part 95 may be provided to extend toward the compressor 40 or to be supported on the upper or lower inner surface of the machine room 30, and the supporting part 51 may also be fixed to the fixing part 95. It may be formed separately from the condenser 50 so as to correspond to the position of the, and the fixing portion 95 and the support 51 is provided on the open portion 33 side of the machine room 30 to fix the pan support member 90 It may be provided to have a variety of forms and locations within the range that can be made.

Next, in the refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above, the separation operation of the cooling fan assembly 60 and the effects thereof will be described.

When the cooling fan assembly 60 is to be removed from the machine room 30 for the maintenance of the cooling fan assembly 60, the operator first rotates the cover of the machine room 30 and the machine 34 upward to open the machine room 30. Be sure to In this case, in the refrigerator according to the present invention, the operator moves the main body 10 from the indoor wall or leans over and bends the machine room 30 to open the machine room 30 as the machine room 30 is provided in an open front in the upper portion of the main body 10. There is no need to take an uncomfortable posture.

In this state, the operator removes the screw 100 from the fixing part 95 of the pan support member 90 provided on the opening part 33 side using a tool such as a screwdriver. In this case, the fixing part 95 Since the worker is provided on the open part 33 side of the machine room 30, the operator can simply remove the screw 100 from the open part 33 side without having to put his hand deep into the machine room 30, Through this, the fixing part 95 is separated from the supporting part 51.

In addition, when the fixing part 95 is separated from the support part 51, the fan support member 90 is slidable in the front-rear direction inside the machine room 30, and in this state, the operator opens the fan support member 90. The fan support member 90 is stably guided by the guide rail 35 and the guide groove 94 so as not to be caught by adjacent parts such as the compressor 40 or the condenser 50 by simply pulling toward the part 33. 33) to the outside of the machine room 30, thereby completing the separation of the cooling fan assembly (60). After the maintenance work is completed, the cooling fan assembly 60 is easily installed in the machine room 30 again through a reverse procedure.

As described in detail above, the refrigerator according to the present invention is provided so that the machine room provided in the front open type is located on the upper portion of the main body, and the cooling fan assembly is slidably slid to the open side formed on the front side and can be withdrawn from the machine room. Therefore, the refrigerator according to the present invention does not have to take an uncomfortable posture such as moving the body or leaning down to secure a working space when the cooling fan assembly is separated, and simply removes the screw from the fixing part provided on the open side. When the fan support member is pulled to the open side in a removed state, the fan support member is stably guided without being caught by other adjacent parts and is drawn out of the machine room to facilitate the separation of the cooling fan assembly.

Claims (10)

A main body having a storage compartment with an open front surface; A door for opening and closing the storage compartment; and A machine room provided at an upper portion of the main body so that the front surface is opened, and a compressor, a condenser, and a cooling fan assembly are installed therein and are partitioned from the storage compartment. A cover coupled to the hinge so as to be rotatable in a vertical direction from the front of the machine room to open and close the machine room; And the cooling fan assembly is inserted through the front opening of the machine room while being supported by the inner wall of the machine room and slidably moved back and forth of the machine room so as to be mounted and detached inside the machine room. The method of claim 1, The cooling fan assembly includes a cooling fan, a fan motor for driving the cooling fan, and a fan support member provided to couple the cooling fan and the fan motor, wherein the fan support member has upper and lower ends of the machine room, respectively. And a refrigerator supported on the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. 3. The method of claim 2, The opening part side pan support member is provided with a fixing part for fixing the pan support member slid into the machine room, and the opening part side machine room is provided with a support part provided to be supported and fixed to the fixing part. The method of claim 3, The condenser and the pan support member are disposed to be adjacent to each other along the longitudinal direction of the opening portion, the fixing portion is provided to extend from the end of the opening portion side of the pan support member to the condenser side, the support portion is in front of the condenser A refrigerator, which is provided integrally with the condenser. 3. The method of claim 2, And a guide rail and guide grooves which are guided and slid by the guide rail are respectively provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the fan support member and the upper and lower inner surfaces of the machine room corresponding thereto. The method of claim 3, And a guide rail and guide grooves which are guided and slid by the guide rail are respectively provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the fan support member and the upper and lower inner surfaces of the machine room corresponding thereto. delete A main body, a storage compartment provided inside the main body, a machine compartment provided to be partitioned from the storage compartment, and having a compressor, a condenser, and a cooling fan assembly installed therein; The cooling fan assembly includes a cooling fan, a fan motor for driving the cooling fan, and a fan support member to which the cooling fan and the fan motor are coupled. The fan support member is supported to be slidable in the front-rear direction inside the machine room so that the fan support member is slid to the open side and drawn out. And a guide rail and guide grooves which are guided and slid by the guide rail are respectively provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the fan support member and the upper and lower inner surfaces of the machine room corresponding thereto. The method of claim 8, The opening part side pan support member is provided with a fixing part for fixing the pan support member slid into the machine room, and the opening part side machine room is provided with a support part provided to be supported and fixed to the fixing part. delete

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