KR101858237B1 - Refrigerator haing home bar and hot air unit for refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

A refrigerator having a home bar and a hot air unit for a refrigerator are disclosed.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, A door unit installed in the main body and opening / closing the storage chamber; An opening formed through the front surface of the door part and provided to approach the storage room or another independent space without opening the door part; A home bar frame provided at an edge of the opening; A home bar door connected to the home bar frame to open and close the opening; A machine room formed on one side of the main body and equipped with driving equipment necessary for driving the refrigerator, and filled with waste heat discharged from the driving equipment; And a hot air unit for providing waste heat of the machine room to the home bar frame to prevent dew formation.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a home bar and a hot air unit for a refrigerator.

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a home bar and a hot air unit for a refrigerator.

Generally, a refrigerator is a household appliance for supplying fresh air to a storage room to maintain freshness of stored food for a long time. The refrigerator supplies cool air generated by a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator to the storage room.

The refrigerator can be manufactured in various forms such as a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment divided vertically or horizontally, and the compartment having a relatively large capacity. Recently, a refrigerator having a home bar has been introduced to meet various needs of consumers have.

A refrigerator having a home bar enables the storage of the articles stored in the storage room without opening the refrigerator door. Therefore, a separate home door is rotatably installed on the refrigerator door, and a storage space such as a home bar case is formed on the rear surface of the refrigerator door where the home bar door is installed. In addition, when the article is stored inside the home bar case, the user can open the home bar door to retrieve or store the articles contained therein.

However, in the refrigerator having the home bar, dew condensation occurs due to the contact between the hot air cooler and the indoor air around the home bar frame which contacts the home bar door.

Conventionally, in order to prevent a large amount of dew from being formed around the home bar frame, a heater is mounted around the home bar frame to evaporate dew. In order to prevent dew formation, the use of a heater requires additional power The excessive heat of the heater is transmitted to the inside of the home bar, which may cause the power consumption of the refrigerator for maintaining the cool air to be increased.

Patent Document: Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2009-75070 (Published on July 8, 2009)

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator having a home bar and a hot air unit for a refrigerator, which removes dew formation generated around the home bar frame in a refrigerator having a home bar using waste heat generated in the refrigerator by itself.

According to an aspect of the present invention, A door unit installed in the main body and opening / closing the storage chamber; An opening formed through the front surface of the door part and provided to approach the storage room or another independent space without opening the door part; A home bar frame provided at an edge of the opening; A home bar door connected to the home bar frame to open and close the opening; A machine room formed on one side of the main body and equipped with driving equipment necessary for driving the refrigerator, and filled with waste heat discharged from the driving equipment; A refrigerator having a home bar including a hot air unit for preventing dew formation by providing waste heat of the machine room to the home bar frame.

The driving equipment may include a compressor and a condenser in which waste heat is generated.

The machine room may be formed to be long along the width direction of the main body at a lower rear portion of the main body.

The hot air unit includes an air passage through which the waste heat moves, and the air passage may be inclined from the rear of the main body to an upper front side of the home bar frame.

One end of the air passage may be connected to one side of the top of the machine room, and the other end of the air passage may be connected to the top side of the home bar frame.

The upper surface of the home bar frame may be provided with a plurality of discharge ports through which the waste heat transferred through the air flow path is discharged.

A groove bar gasket may be provided at a portion of the home bar frame opposed to the inner surface of the groove door to prevent external air and waste heat from entering the opening.

The hot air unit may include a bellows pipe that connects the main body and the door portion to move the waste heat and has a length expanding and contracting so as not to interfere with the opening and closing of the door portion.

And an intake fan for sucking waste heat of the machine room may be installed at one end of the air passage.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air passage for preventing dew formation by providing waste heat of a refrigerator machine room to a home bar frame; A plurality of discharge openings provided at the end of the air flow path and installed in the home bar frame to discharge waste heat transferred through the air flow path; There is provided a hot air unit of a refrigerator including a bellows pipe connected between a refrigerator body and a refrigerator door unit so as to prevent waste heat moving inside the air passage from leaking to the outside and to be stretched so as not to interfere with opening and closing of the door unit .

The air passage may extend obliquely from the lower rear of the refrigerator main body to the upper front side of the home bar frame so that one end thereof is connected to one side of the upper part of the machine room and the other end thereof is connected to the upper side of the home bar frame.

In addition, a groove bar gasket may be provided at a portion of the home bar frame opposite to the inner side of the home bar door to closely contact the groove bar door.

Embodiments of the present invention can provide a refrigerator having a home bar and a hot air unit for a refrigerator that removes dew formed around a home bar frame in a refrigerator having a home bar by using waste heat generated in the refrigerator.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a side view of a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a plan view of a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a rear view of a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an enlarged view of the "A" portion of FIG.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion " B " in Fig.
Fig. 7 is an operational state view showing a state in which the door is rotated in Fig. 6. Fig.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, configurations and operations according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The following description is one of many aspects of the claimed invention and the following description may form part of the detailed description of the invention.

However, the detailed description of known configurations or functions in describing the present invention may be omitted for clarity.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and its various embodiments, it is intended to illustrate the specific embodiments and the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited by such terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from another.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will be understood that the terms such as "comprises" or "having" in this application are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a cross- FIG. 4 is a rear view of a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a refrigerator having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 4, a refrigerator 10 having a home bar according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 100, a door 200, an opening 300, a home bar frame 310, A heat exchanger 320, a machine room 400, and a hot air unit 500.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but may be modified and changed without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. However, the known technology is not described in detail because it may obscure the gist of the present invention.

The main body 100 may be provided with a plurality of storage rooms 110 inside the main body 100, The storage room 110 may be divided into a freezer room provided on one side of the main body 100 and a refrigerator room provided on the other side of the main body 100.

The door unit 200 may be rotatably installed in the main body 100 so that the storage chamber 110 may be opened or closed. One or more door units 200 may be provided in the main body 100, but two or more may be provided to independently open and close the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment or the storage compartment 110 for other uses.

The opening 300 is formed to pass through the front surface of the door part 200 and is provided to approach the storage room 110 or the independent space 301 without opening the door part 200. The opening 300 may be provided in a refrigerator provided with a home bar, and the opening 300 may be provided in any one of the door portions 200, for example, the refrigerator door 200. Accordingly, the items (water, beverage, etc.) frequently taken out by the user can be put in and taken out through the opening 300 relatively small compared to the door unit 200.

The home bar frame 310 is provided at the edge of the opening 300 and the home bar door 320 is connected to the home bar frame 310 to be rotated so as to open and close the opening 300.

The machine room 400 is formed on one side of the main body 100, and a driving equipment 410 required for driving the refrigerator can be installed. 2 and 4, the machine room 400 is elongated along the width direction of the main body 100 at a lower rear portion of the main body 100 and includes a predetermined accommodation space for installing the driving equipment 410 .

Therefore, the machine room 400 may be relatively higher in temperature than other parts because the waste heat discharged from the driving equipment 410 is filled. The compressor 411 and the condenser 412 may be installed in the machine room 400. The compressor 411 and the condenser 412 generate high heat during operation, Conventionally, the generated heat is discharged to the outside and discarded. In this embodiment, however, it is possible to prevent or remove dew formation on the home bar using the waste heat.

The hot air unit 500 can prevent the dew formation by providing waste heat of the machine room 400 to the home bar frame 310. 2, the air flow path 510 is formed in a rear portion of the main body 100, and a home bar frame 310 is disposed at a rear side of the main body 100. The air flow path 510 may include a plurality of air flow paths 510, As shown in Fig. Therefore, the waste heat charged in the machine room 400 has a property of rising upward due to a high temperature, and can move to the home bar frame 310 along the air flow path 510. However, since the machine room 400 is formed long along the width direction of the main body 100, the air flow path 510 connected to the machine room 400 in order to smoothly supply a larger amount of waste heat toward the home bar frame 310 At one end, an intake fan 420 capable of sucking waste heat may be installed.

2, one end of the air passage 510 may be connected to one side of the upper part of the machine room 400, and the other end may be connected to the upper side of the home bar frame 310. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the upper surface 311 of the home bar frame 310 may be provided with a plurality of discharge openings 520 through which the waste heat transferred through the air flow path 510 is discharged.

This will be described below with reference to Figs. 5 to 7. Fig.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the "A" portion of FIG. 2, FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the "B" portion of FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is an operational state view .

Referring to FIG. 5, a homeward gasket 312 may be provided on a portion of the home bar frame 310 that faces the inner surface of the home bar door 320. The home bar gasket 312 may be formed in the shape of a home bar frame 310 extending along the home bar frame 310 as schematically shown in Figure 1. The home bar gasket 312 is in close contact with the home bar door 320, External air and waste heat are prevented from flowing into the opening 300 through the gap between the home bar frame 310 and the home bar door 320. Therefore, the space inside the opening 300 (which may be referred to as a groove bar in general) can keep the freshness because the entrance of the outside air and the waste heat is blocked by the home gas gasket 312.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the hot air unit 500 may include a bellows pipe 530 having a length expanding and contracting.

The bellows pipe 530 connects between the main body 100 and the door part 200 so that the waste heat is supplied to the home bar frame 310 without leaking to other places and does not interfere with the opening and closing of the door part 200 do.

6, when the door unit 200 is closed, the door unit 200 is rotated at a predetermined interval (hereinafter referred to as " door gap " 7). As shown in FIG. 7, when the door unit 200 is opened, the door 100 is further away from the door 100, and the door gap is further increased.

In order to supply the waste heat of the machine room 400 to the home bar frame 310, the hot air unit 500 must communicate without interrupting the air flow path 510. The door 500, which is formed between the main body 100 and the door part 200, The air passage 510 is inevitably cut off due to the gap, and the bellows pipe 530 can be provided in the gap between the door and the door. 6, when the door 200 is closed, the bellows tube 530 is compressed to be in close contact with the door 200 so that waste heat through the air passage 510 does not leak to the outside, 200 to the air passage 510 and supplied to the home bar frame 310.

7, when the door unit 200 is opened, the bellows pipe 530 is separated from the main body 100 so as not to interfere with the opening and closing of the door unit 200, and at this time, Stopped.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto.

10: refrigerator 100:
110: storage room 200: door part
300: opening 301: independent space
310: home bar frame 320: home bar door
400: Machine room 410: Driving equipment
420: Suction fan 500: Hot air unit
510: air passage 520: discharge port
530: Bellows tube

Claims (14)

A body having a storage chamber;
A door unit installed in the main body and opening / closing the storage chamber;
An opening formed through the front surface of the door part and provided to approach the storage room or another independent space without opening the door part;
A home bar frame provided at an edge of the opening;
A home bar door connected to the home bar frame to open and close the opening;
A machine room formed on one side of the main body and equipped with driving equipment necessary for driving the refrigerator, and filled with waste heat discharged from the driving equipment; And
And a hot air unit for providing waste heat of the machine room to the home bar frame to prevent dew formation,
In the hot air unit,
An air passage connecting the machine room and the home bar frame so that waste heat of the machine room is moved to the home bar frame; And
Wherein the door unit is connected to the door unit so that the waste heat is transferred to the home bar frame by connecting the air passage disconnected in the interval between the main unit and the door unit, And a bellows tube which is stretchable in length,
A refrigerator with a home bar. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the driving equipment includes a compressor and a condenser in which waste heat is generated. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the machine room is formed long along the width direction of the main body at a lower rear portion of the main body. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the air flow path is disposed obliquely from the rear lower portion of the main body toward an upper front side where the home bar frame is provided. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein one end of the air passage is connected to one side of an upper portion of the machine room, and the other end of the air passage is connected to an upper side of the home bar frame. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the top surface of the home bar frame is provided with a plurality of discharge openings through which the waste heat transferred through the air flow path is discharged. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein a groove bar gasket is provided in a portion of the home bar frame opposite to the inner side surface of the groove door to prevent external air and waste heat from flowing into the opening. delete 5. The method of claim 4,
And a suction fan for sucking waste heat of the machine room is provided at one end of the air passage. An air flow path for providing waste heat of the refrigerator machine room to the home bar frame to prevent dew formation;
A plurality of discharge openings provided at the end of the air flow path and installed in the home bar frame to discharge waste heat transferred through the air flow path; And
The door is connected to the air passage which is disconnected in the interval between the refrigerator body and the refrigerator door unit so that the waste heat moving inside the air passage moves to the home bar frame without leaking to the outside, And the other end of the bellows pipe is provided as a free end, and the length of the bellows pipe is expanded and contracted. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the air flow path extends obliquely from an upper rear side of the refrigerator main body to an upper front side of the refrigerator main body so that one end is connected to one side of the upper part of the machine room and the other end is connected to the upper side of the home bar frame. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein a groove bar gasket is provided in a portion of the home bar frame opposed to the inner side surface of the groove bar door so as to be in close contact with the groove bar door.
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