KR101650379B1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a condenser and a fan are disposed so that a machine room provided in a refrigerator can be downsized, and an unnecessary loss is prevented by improving a heat exchange performance and an inner volume of the refrigerator can be increased.

Cold, internal, machine room, condenser

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator in which the shape of a condenser and a fan installed in a machine room is changed and an internal volume of the refrigerator is increased.

Generally, a refrigerator uses a temperature difference generated when a refrigerant is phase-changed to lower the temperature of the inside of the refrigerator, and allows the stored food to be kept fresh for a long time.

The refrigerator has a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, and the user stores the food in the freezing compartment or the refrigerating compartment.

The refrigerator has a machine room, and a compressor, a condenser, and a heat-dissipating fan are installed in the machine room. Since the compressor and the condenser heat the high-temperature heat to the outside during operation, the inside of the machine room is cooled by operating the heat-dissipating fan.

Conventionally, a wire type heat exchanger is used as a condenser installed in a machine room. However, the wire type condenser has a problem of occupying an internal space of a limited machine room unnecessarily.

Further, since the wire type condenser is not provided with a separate flow duct for improving the heat radiation effect, a countermeasure for improving the heat radiation performance of the condenser is required.

In addition, various attempts have been made to improve the internal contents of a refrigerator having the same size.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the internal structure of a machine room is downsized and the heat exchange performance of the condenser is improved.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which a condenser itself is mounted in a duct part and a uniform flow flow is generated by using a cross flow fan to perform heat dissipation of a condenser.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator with increased contents inside a refrigerator having the same external size.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator using a condenser and a fan for enhancing heat exchange performance to minimize electrification.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator comprising: a storage chamber provided in a refrigerator body; A machine room partitioned with the storage chamber; A pin tube type condenser provided in the machine room; And a fan for sucking air into the pin tube type condenser.

The fan is characterized by using a cross-flow fan.

And the condenser is arranged in a plate shape on the inner bottom surface of the machine room.

The condenser is characterized in that one end is disposed on the inner bottom surface of the machine room, and the other end is bent in the vertical direction and disposed facing the compressor of the machine room.

And an insertion groove for installing a fan is formed in the bent portion of the condenser.

And the condenser is accommodated and disposed in a duct duct portion having an inlet and an outlet port so that external air is sucked and flowed.

And the inlet port of the duct duct portion is opened at a position spaced apart from the side wall of the machine room so as to face the side wall.

And an inlet port of the duct duct portion is opened toward the bottom surface of the machine room.

And the fan is installed at an outlet end of the duct duct portion.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator comprising: a storage room having a storage area inside a refrigerator body;

A machine room separated from the storage area and having an installation area; And the storage room has an enlarged area extending toward the machine room to use a part of the space of the installation area as a space of the storage area.

And the enlarged area is extended to one of the freezing compartment or the refrigerating compartment.

Between the mounting area and the enlarged area, a partition for partitioning the mounting area and the enlarged area is provided.

Assuming that the total area of the mounting area is A1, the area of A1 included in the enlarged area has an area range of 0.5 * A1 to 06 * A1.

As described above, the refrigerator according to the present invention has an increased content relative to a conventional refrigerator having the same size, thereby improving the satisfaction with the refrigerator contents of the consumer, thereby improving the merchantability and satisfaction with the product.

The refrigerator according to the present invention satisfies the layout of the inside of the machine room, and has an effect of reliably dissipating heat of the condenser and the compressor.

The refrigerator according to the present invention can integrate the condenser, the condenser and the fan inside the duct duct part, so that the efficiency of the refrigerator can be increased by more efficiently performing the heat radiation of the condenser.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 2 are perspective views illustrating an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention. FIGS. 3A to 3C are views showing various embodiments of a condenser installed in a refrigerator according to the present invention. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a cross flow fan installed in a refrigerator according to the present invention. FIGS. 6A and 6B are views showing a cross-flow fan according to the present invention, This is an operating state of the refrigerator.

Referring to FIG. 1, a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage room 200 in which food is stored in a refrigerator body 1, and a machine room 100 is provided under the storage room.

The machine room 100 is provided with a finned tube type condenser 10 and a fan 30 for sucking air from the finned tube type condenser 10.

The fin tube type condenser 10 has a volume smaller than that of a wire type condenser and is suitable for use in the machine room 100. The heat radiation amount is similar to that of a wire type condenser,

A configuration of a refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2, the refrigerator according to the present invention may include a storage room having a storage area 210 and a machine room having an installation area 110, (220) extending toward the machine room (100). The enlarged area 220 will be described later in detail.

Referring to FIGS. 3A to 3C, a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a pin tube type condenser 10 for maximizing the area of the machine room 100 as described above, and the condenser 10 And a cross-flow fan 30 for allowing the outside air to flow in.

The machine room 100 may be provided with a condenser 10 and a fan 30 installed in a limited area generally used in the prior art or may be installed in a state where the condenser 10 and the fan 30 are installed It is also possible to use it.

The embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings are explained in the state in which the enlarged area is provided, but the state without the enlarged area is also operable.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the condenser 10 may be disposed in a plate shape on the inner bottom surface of the machine room 100. Although the condenser 10 is shown as being slightly spaced from the bottom of the machine room 100 in FIG. 3A, it is also possible that the condenser 10 is installed below the partition 40, spaced upward.

3B, the condenser 10 'according to another embodiment of the present invention has one end horizontally installed horizontally in the machine room 100 and the other end vertically bent and facing the compressor 20 Vertically. That is, it is installed in the form of an English letter "L".

The reason for installing the condenser 10 'is to maximize the internal area of the machine room 100 and at the same time to effectively dissipate the heat of the condenser 10'.

Referring to FIG. 3C, the condenser 10 '' according to another embodiment of the present invention is formed such that an outer rounded insertion groove 10a is formed so that the fan 30 is installed at a vertically bent bent portion .

The insertion groove 10a is sized to have the fan 30 inserted therein. As described above, when the fan 30 is installed in the middle of the condenser 10 ", the flow and flow of the air flowing into the condenser 10 " .

The condenser 10 '' may be provided with a separate mounting member (not shown) in the insertion groove 10a so that the fan 30 is installed. The mounting member may be any one of a bracket or a holder and a bolt for fixing the fan 30.

It is also possible that the condenser 10 '' is inserted into the duct duct part 300 to be described later.

As described above, the condenser can be used alone in a machine room. Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the condenser is accommodated in the duct portion will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4A, the condenser 10 is installed in the machine room 100 in a state where the condenser 10 is mounted in the duct duct part 300 having the inlet 310 and the outlet 320.

The structure of the duct duct part 300 is determined in accordance with the structure of the condenser 10. The duct duct part 300 is a case in which the condenser 10 is housed.

For example, when the structure of the condenser 10 is a plate shape, the structure of the duct duct part 300 accommodating the condenser 10 is in the form of a plate. When the shape of the condenser 10 is "L" Structure, the structure of the duct duct part 300 also has an "L" character structure.

In addition to the structure described above, the duct duct part 300 satisfies the layout on the limited installation area 110 of the machine room 100 and can be variously modified within a condition capable of stable heat dissipation of the condenser 10.

The duct duct part 300 may be installed on the lower side of the partition wall 40 and may include an enlarged area 220 S3 (S3) in which the space of the machine room 100 is converted into the capacity of the refrigerator, . In addition, the freezer compartment storage area S1 and the refrigerating compartment storage area S2 are provided on the upper side of the machine room 100, respectively.

The duct duct 300 is spaced apart from the compressor 20 and installed at a position where the airflow generated while the fan 30 is operated can reach the compressor 20 stably.

But it is not always limited to the vertical bent upper end of the duct portion 300.

The detailed structure of the duct duct portion according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4B, the channel duct part 300 is formed to have an outer shape of an " L " shape and includes a horizontal part extending in the transverse direction, a vertical part extending integrally with the horizontal part, And a vertical portion.

The horizontal portion has an inlet port 310 opened in the width direction and an outlet port 320 opened in the width direction at an end portion of the vertical portion so that external air introduced through the inlet port 310 flows into the outlet port 320).

The remaining portions except for the inlet 310 and the outlet 320 are closed.

The inlet port 310 is not extended to closely contact the side wall of the machine room 100 but is spaced from the side wall of the machine room 100 by a predetermined distance and is opened to face the side wall .

When the inlet 310 is positioned in this state, the outside air introduced through the bottom plate or the back plate of the machine room flows through the separated area between the side walls and the horizontal part, and stably flows through the inlet 310 ≪ / RTI >

The spaced-apart region serves as a space through which the outside air introduced from the outside is moved to the inlet 310 and serves as a space for stably introducing the outside air onto the inlet 310.

The inlet according to the present invention can be opened at other locations and will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4C, the flow duct portion 300 may be positioned such that the horizontal portion is in close contact with the inside of the side wall of the machine room 100, and the inlet port 310 'is opened toward the bottom surface of the machine room 100.

When the inlet 310 'is positioned as described above, the horizontal portion must be spaced apart from the bottom surface. At this time, the inlet port 310 'is communicated with or communicable with the through hole formed in the bottom plate.

The fan 30 is installed in the outlet port 320 of the duct duct part 300 so as to discharge the external air introduced through the inlet port 310 and the air exchanged with the condenser 10 toward the compressor 20 .

It is also possible that the condenser 10 is interposed between the extended paths. In this case, the insertion groove 10a provided in the fan 30 must be separately provided on the condenser 10.

The compressor 20 is installed at a position spaced apart in parallel to the flow duct portion 300 and installed at a position where the flow of the air generated by the operation of the cross flow fan installed in the fan 30 can be directly reached.

The outside air that is moved to the installation area 110 of the machine room 100 can be introduced into the machine room 100 through a through hole (not shown) opened on the bottom, side, and back sides of the machine room, The operation is performed more smoothly by the pressure difference between the outside and the inside of the machine room 100.

A refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The refrigerator according to the present invention is provided with a storage room 200 in which a storage area 210 is formed for storing food in the refrigerator body 1.

The storage region is divided into a freezer compartment for storing food in a frozen state, and a refrigerating compartment for storing refrigerated food.

A machine room 100 in which a mounting area 110 is formed such that a compressor 20, a condenser 10 and a fan 30 are installed on the lower side of the refrigerator body 1 is installed separately from the storage room 200 .

The storage room 200 has an enlarged area 220 in which a part of the space of the installation area 110 is used as a storage area 210 in order to secure sufficient contents inside the refrigerator.

The enlarged area 220 may be extended with one of the storage areas S1 and S2 of the freezing compartment or the refrigerating compartment and is not limited to the specific compartment in the freezing compartment or the refrigerating compartment.

Between the installation area 110 and the enlarged area 220 according to the present invention, a partition wall 40 for partitioning spaces between the two is provided. The partition wall 40 may be made of a conventional plastic material or may have a separate heat insulating member for heat shielding between the machine room 100 and the storage room 200.

Assuming that the total area of the mounting area 110 is A1, the area of A1 included in the enlarged area 220 is set to have an area range of 0.5 * A1 to 0.6 * A1.

When the area of the installation area 110 is less than 0.5 * A1, the area of the newly enlarged enlarged area 220 is small, so that the content availability of the interior of the refrigerator deteriorates. The area of the installation area 110 is 0.6 * A1, the layout of the compressor 20, the condenser 10, and the fan 30 disposed in the machine room 100 is excessively narrowed, which may interfere with proper operation.

An operation state according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 3C, the condenser 10 '' according to the present invention may have an insertion groove 10a formed at a bent position of a vertical portion, and a fan 30 may be installed in the insertion groove 10a.

When the fan 30 is installed as described above, the condenser 10 '' and the fan 30 are integrally mounted in the duct duct portion 300 and the external air introduced into the condenser 10 ' So that the heat radiation performance of the condenser 10 '' is further improved.

It is also possible that a guide vane for directly supplying outside air to the compressor 20 is provided integrally with the outlet port 320. The guide vane may be formed in a ¼ circular shape or may be changed to another structure capable of discharging external air toward the compressor (20).

Embodiments of the duct duct portion according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4C, it is also possible that the flow duct portion 300 according to the present invention is opened so that the inlet 310 'faces the bottom surface of the machine room 100.

When installed in the machine room 100 in such a state, the machine room 100 is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the machine room 100 by a predetermined distance, so that external air introduced through the bottom plate or the rear surface is more stably introduced into the inlet 310 ' As shown in FIG.

When the inlet port 310 'of the duct duct part 300 is opened toward the bottom surface, the length of the horizontal part of the condenser 10 is further extended to increase the number of fins that are heat-exchanged with the outside air, Thereby providing an ascendable condition.

The refrigerator having the enlarged area according to another embodiment of the present invention is the same as the above-described operation method, and a separate food can be stored and used on the enlarged area 220.

The operation of the refrigerator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 6A, the food and fruits stored in the freezing room or the freezing room, which is the storage area 210 of the refrigerator main body 1, are classified and stored in the storage area 210 according to food storage conditions.

The user can store foods in the freezer compartment storage area S1 and the refrigerating compartment storage compartment S2 and further store in the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment storage areas S1 and S2 in an enlarged area 220 Food can be additionally stored.

The enlarged area 220 (S3) according to the present invention has an area range of 0.5 * A1 to 0.6 * A1 of the total area A1 of the machine room 100. A part of the installation area 110 of the machine room 100 can be used as the content of the storage area 210 in the refrigerator main body 1 having the same outer size as the above-mentioned area range.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the enlarged area 220 (S3) is extended to the freezing compartment storage area S2. However, it is also possible to connect the freezing compartment storage compartment S1 to the freezing compartment.

The operating state of the refrigerator with the increased contents of the storage chamber will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 6A, when the compressor 20 is operated with the plate-type condenser 10 installed in the machine room 100, the refrigerant is compressed and moved to the condenser 10. The refrigerant in the high-temperature and high-pressure state is radiated through the plurality of fins while being moved along the tubes provided in the condenser 10 of the fin tube type.

At the same time, while the transverse fan installed in the fan 30 is operated, outside air is moved along the condenser 10 arranged in a plate form through a through hole (not shown) formed in the bottom or back plate of the machine room 100, , And is discharged to the compressor (20) through the fan (30).

Since the compressor 20 dissipates the high-temperature heat to the outside in the process of compressing and operating the refrigerant, proper heat dissipation is required for stable operation of the compressor 20 and reduction of power consumption.

In the present invention, while the cross flow fan installed in the fan (30) is operated, external air moved via the condenser (10) is discharged in a uniform flow toward the compressor (20), thereby dissipating heat of the compressor (20).

The compressor 20 is stably discharged by the external air supplied through the cross flow fan and the heat exchanged external air is moved to the outside of the machine room 100 to dissipate heat of the compressor 20 and the condenser 10 .

An operation state according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

6B, it is installed on the lower side of the partition wall 40 in a state of being mounted on the inside (300) of the condenser duct duct part of the "L" shape. The condenser may be installed alone. In this embodiment, the operating state in the state where the condenser is mounted in the duct duct part 300 will be described.

As the compressor 20 is operated, the outside air is sucked through a through hole (not shown) formed on the bottom or back plate of the machine room 100 and moved to the inside of the inlet 310 as shown in the figure.

The inlet 310 is spaced transversely from the side wall of the machine room 100. The separated space forms a space into which the outside air can stably flow so that the outside air is not moved to the space excluding the inlet 310 And flows directly into the form shown by the arrow.

The outside air is moved along the shape of the flow path duct part 300 by the suction force of the cross flow fan while heat exchange with the heat of high temperature generated in the pin tube type condenser.

The cross flow fan installed in the fan 30 keeps the flow of the external air moving along the inner region of the flow duct portion 300 uniform and constant at all times, so that the high temperature generated in the condenser 10 ' The heat is stably discharged to increase the heat exchange efficiency.

At the same time, the outside air is moved along the shape of the duct duct part 300 and is discharged to the compressor 20 through the outlet port 320 to heat the compressor 20.

The condenser 10 'is mounted inside the duct duct 300 and the external air flows through the inlet 310 and the outlet 320 so that the space for the installation area 110 of the machine room 100 It is possible to improve the structure and compactness of the machine room 100 and the heat exchange performance.

The outlet 320 is spaced apart from the lower side of the partition wall 40 so that external air can be stably discharged toward the compressor 20 by the operation of the cross flow fan.

1 and 2 are perspective views illustrating an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIGS. 3A through 3C illustrate various embodiments of a condenser installed in a refrigerator according to the present invention; FIGS.

4A to 4C are views showing various embodiments of a duct duct portion provided in a refrigerator according to the present invention.

5 is a perspective view showing a cross flow fan installed in a refrigerator according to the present invention;

6A to 6B are operational states of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

100: machine room 110: installation area

200: storage room 210: storage area

220: enlarged area 300: flow duct part

310: Inlet port 320: Outlet port

Claims (13)

A storage chamber provided inside the refrigerator body; A machine room partitioned with the storage chamber; A horizontal portion formed on a bottom surface of the machine room and a vertical portion bent upward from one side of the horizontal portion are communicated with each other, an inlet port through which the air outside the machine room is sucked is provided in the horizontal portion, A duct duct portion provided with a duct; A pin tube type condenser including a horizontal portion horizontally installed in a horizontal direction and a vertical portion bent vertically at one side of the horizontal portion, the pin tube condenser being installed to be accommodated in the duct duct portion; And And a cross-flow fan installed at an outlet of the flow-duct part and sucking air from the condenser, The air flowing into the flow path duct portion through the inlet by the transverse fan flows so as to pass the horizontal portion and the vertical portion of the condenser along the longitudinal direction thereof and flows into the machine room through the outlet port, To the refrigerator. delete delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein the inlet port of the duct duct portion is opened to face the side wall at a position spaced apart from the side wall of the machine room. The method according to claim 1, Wherein an inlet port of the duct duct portion is opened toward a bottom surface of the machine room. delete A storage room having a storage area inside the refrigerator main body; A machine room separated from the storage area and having an installation area; A horizontal portion formed on a bottom surface of the machine room and a vertical portion bent upward from one side of the horizontal portion are communicated with each other, an inlet port through which the air outside the machine room is sucked is provided in the horizontal portion, A duct duct portion provided with a duct; A pin tube type condenser including a horizontal portion horizontally installed in a horizontal direction and a vertical portion bent vertically at one side of the horizontal portion, the pin tube condenser being installed to be accommodated in the duct duct portion; And And a cross-flow fan installed at an outlet of the flow-duct portion and sucking air from the condenser, Wherein the storage compartment has an enlarged area extending toward the horizontal part of the condenser to use a part of the space of the installation area as a space of the storage area, The air flowing into the flow path duct portion through the inlet by the transverse fan flows so as to pass the horizontal portion and the vertical portion of the condenser along the longitudinal direction thereof and flows into the machine room through the outlet port, To the refrigerator. 11. The method of claim 10, The enlarged region Wherein the freezer compartment extends from a storage area of any one of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment. 11. The method of claim 10, Wherein a partition wall for partitioning the installation area and the enlarged area is provided between the installation area and the enlarged area. 11. The method of claim 10, Assuming that the total area of the installation area is A1, And the area of the enlarged area has a range of 0.5 * A1 to 0.6 * A1.

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