KR19990007054U - 3D Cooling Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention has a first side wall (11), the first side wall (11) formed with a duct 14 through which cold air supplied to the refrigerating chamber is circulated, and a discharge port (14a) opened in the duct 14 to the inside of the refrigerator. A second side wall 12 facing each other and having a duct 15 therein and having a discharge port 15a open in the duct 15 to the inside of the refrigerator, and each of the two side portions connected to the respective side walls 11 and 12. A main body 10 formed of a rear wall 13 having a duct 16 and 17 formed at a corner and a discharge port 15a open to the inside of the refrigerator at the duct 16 and 17; And a door (20) rotatably mounted in front of the first side wall (11) of the main body (10), wherein the door (20) includes a first side of the main body (10). A plurality of ducts 21 for receiving cold air from the ducts 14 of the side wall 11 are installed, and each of the ducts 21 has a discharge port 22 communicating with the inside of the refrigerator. In addition, the duct 14 of the first side wall 11 of the main body 10 and the duct 21 of the door 20 are connected by the connecting means 30, and cool air is ejected from the door of the refrigerator. Cooling efficiency can be excellent and can quickly reach a constant temperature.

Description

3D Cooling Refrigerator

The present invention relates to a three-dimensional cooling type refrigerator, and more particularly, by installing a cold air circulation duct in the door of the refrigerator and connecting the duct to the cold air duct of the refrigerator main body to improve cooling efficiency by supplying cold air from the door of the refrigerator. It relates to a four-sided three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator.

Generally, refrigerators are prevalent in homes so that food and beverages can be stored and stored in a refrigerated or frozen state.

In the refrigerator or freezer of such a refrigerator, the refrigerant is circulated by the operation of essential components such as the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator of the refrigerator, and the cooling air brought into the cold state by the refrigerant is ejected from the refrigerator or the freezer in place, It is kept in a frozen state, and thus the food and beverages stored in such a refrigerator compartment or a freezer compartment are stored in a refrigerated or frozen state.

In general, when the refrigerant evaporates in the evaporator, the amount of heat is absorbed so that the cooled air passes through the circulation duct 1c formed between the inner phase 1a and the outer phase 1b of the main body 1 of the refrigerator as shown in FIG. 1A. It is supplied and circulated to circulate cold air as shown by the arrow.

In addition, since the cooling or frozen air is ejected from the position of the main body of the refrigerator, a recently manufactured refrigerator employs a three-dimensional cooling method in which cooling air is ejected from three sides in order to increase the cooling efficiency.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1B, the outlet 2a formed on one side wall 2 of the refrigerator body 1, the outlet 3a formed on the other side wall 3, and the rear wall 4 or the respective sidewalls ( Cool air is discharged from the ejection openings 4a of the corner portions formed by 2, 3) and the rear wall. As described above, the cold air discharged from each of the outlets 2a, 3a, and 4a maintains the food and beverage stored in the refrigerator in a refrigerated or frozen state while circulating inside the refrigerator as shown by arrows in FIG. 1B.

As such, recently, there is a trend to improve the refrigeration or freezing efficiency by storing food and beverages by the three-dimensional cooling method.

However, in spite of these effects, those skilled in the art and users are in a situation of better development and demand.

In particular, when the refrigerator door 5 is opened, the food and beverages stored in the refrigerator door are instantaneously discharged from the inside of the door 5, in which contact with external air is most frequently and quickly rises in temperature. There was a problem of being deteriorated.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional cooling method of the refrigerator to improve the cooling efficiency of the refrigerator by discharging the cooling air in the refrigerating chamber or the freezing compartment from four sides.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional cooling system that can temporarily supply cold air to food and beverages stored in the refrigerator door even when the refrigerator door is opened.

These objects are achieved by the present invention, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first side wall, the first side wall is formed with a duct through which the cold air supplied to the refrigerating chamber is circulated and the discharge opening is opened to the refrigerator indoor side; A second side wall facing the side wall and having a duct installed therein, and having a discharge opening open to the inside of the refrigerator in the duct; A body consisting of a rear wall formed; And a door rotatably mounted in front of the first side wall of the main body, wherein the door includes a plurality of ducts for receiving cold air from the duct of the first side wall of the main body. Each of the ducts is formed in communication with the discharge port which is open toward the interior of the refrigerator, characterized in that the duct of the first side wall of the main body and the duct of the door is connected by a connecting means.

Figure 1a is a cross-sectional view showing the discharge state of the cold air of the conventional cooling type refrigerator.

1B is a cross-sectional view illustrating a circulation state of cold air in a general refrigerator type refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the discharge state of the cold air of the three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the duct and the duct connecting means inserted into the refrigerator door.

Figure 5 is a front view showing the inner side of the door of the three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: main body 11: first side wall

12: second side wall 14, 15, 16, 17: duct

20: door 21: duct

22: discharge port 30: connecting means

31: host 32: first connector

32a, 34a: fastening piece 33: second connector

33a: fastening groove

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

2 is a cross-sectional view showing the discharge state of the cold air from the door of the three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a duct and duct connecting means inserted into the door of the three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention 4 is a perspective view illustrating the discharge state of the cold air of the three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention.

2 to 4, the three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention basically includes a main body 10 including a first side wall 11, a second side wall 12, and a rear wall 13. The door 20 for opening and closing the main body 10 is rotatably mounted.

Of course, the main body 10 is generally divided into a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment, and correspondingly, the door 14 is also separately installed in each of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment. In this embodiment, only the refrigerator compartment and the refrigerator compartment door for clear understanding. An example is demonstrated.

Each side wall of the main body 10 is provided with a cold air supply duct bar, that is, the first side wall 11, the duct 14 is built in the second side wall 12, the duct 15 is built in have. In addition, respective ducts 16 and 17 are also installed in each corner portion formed by the first side wall 11 and the second side wall 12 and the rear wall 13 of the main body.

In addition, each of the ducts is formed in communication with the discharge port toward the inside of the refrigerating chamber, that is, the discharge port 14a in the duct 14, the discharge port 15a in the duct 15, the discharge port 16a in the duct 16 In addition, in the duct 17, discharge ports 17a are formed in communication with each other, and the cold air supplied from each of the ducts 14, 15, 16, and 17 is connected to each other through the respective discharge ports 14a, 15a, 16a, and 17a. To be discharged.

In particular, the door 20 of the four-sided three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention is also built in a plurality of ducts 21 in the same manner as the main body 10 and the discharge port 22 in the inner surface of the door 20 Is formed, and each of the duct 21 and the discharge port 22, as well as communicating with each other, the cold air supplied from the duct 21 through the discharge port 22 toward the refrigerating chamber or the food and beverages stored in the pocket inside the door To the side.

In addition, each duct 21 of the door 20 is interconnected by a connecting means 30, the connecting means 30 is connected to the main pipe 31, the main body side duct 14 It consists of a first connecting pipe 32 and the second connecting pipe 33 is connected to the door-side duct (14).

In more detail, the main pipe 31 of the connecting means 30 is formed in a bellows type with excellent elasticity, and the first end 34 is interpolated at one end 34 and the other end 35 The second connecting pipe 33 is extrapolated.

In addition, a fastening groove 34a is formed at one end 34 of the main pipe 31 so as to firmly connect the main pipe 31 of the connecting means 30 and each of the connecting pipes 32 and 33. A fastening piece 32a is formed at a position of the first connection pipe 32, and a fastening piece 35a is formed at the other end 35 of the main pipe 31, and correspondingly, the second connection pipe is formed. The fastening groove 33a is formed in the position of 33. As shown in FIG.

As described above, a fastening groove 34a is formed at one end 34 of the main pipe 31, and a fastening piece 35a is formed at the other end 35, and correspondingly, a fastening groove is fastened to the first connection pipe 32. The reason why the piece 32a is also provided with the fastening groove 33a in the second connecting pipe 33 is that most of the cold air is supplied from the main body 10 toward the door 20, so that the cold air is supplied at the time of supplying such cold air. This is to prevent leakage to the outside.

According to the manufacturing method of the three-dimensional refrigerator according to the present invention and the connection method of the connecting means, first the hole communicating with the duct 14 of the first side wall 11 of the three-dimensional refrigerator according to the present invention the first side ( It is formed on the front side of 11) to manufacture the main body 10.

In addition, the door 20 which is rotatably mounted to the main body 10 is provided with a hole in communication with a plurality of internal ducts 21 on one side of the door.

In this state, the hole formed in the first side portion 11 of the main body 10 is inserted into the first connecting pipe 31 of the connecting means 30 so as to communicate with the duct 14, and further into the door 10. In the formed hole, the second connecting pipe 32 of the connecting means 30 is inserted in communication with the duct 21.

Thereafter, one end 34 of the main pipe 31 of the connecting means 30 is extrapolated to the first connecting pipe 32 and the other end 35 of the main pipe 31 is connected to the second connecting pipe 33. Interpolate in At this time, the fastening groove 34a formed at one end 34 of the main pipe 30 is extrapolated and fixed to the fastening piece 32a of the first connecting pipe 32, and the other end of the main pipe 30 ( The fastening piece 35a formed in the 35 is interpolated and fixed to the fastening groove 33a of the second connecting pipe 33.

Accordingly, during operation of the refrigerator, the cold air supplied from the duct 14 of the main body 10 through the connecting means 30 passes through the duct 21 inserted into the door 20 to the inner surface of the door 20. Through the discharge port 22 formed is ejected toward the interior of the refrigerator.

Therefore, in the interior of the refrigerator according to the present invention, cold air is discharged from the doors 20 as well as the respective side walls 11 and 12 and the rear wall 13 to achieve more effective cooling.

In addition, even when the door 20 of the refrigerator is opened, cold air is continuously transmitted to the food and beverage stored inside the refrigerator door through the discharge port 22 to prevent instantaneous alteration.

Of course, when the refrigerator door is opened or closed, the connecting means 30 does not affect the opening and closing operation of the door at all, because the main pipe of the connecting means 30 is formed in a bellows type having excellent elasticity.

As a result, according to the three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator according to the present invention, the cooling air is supplied to not only the side wall and the rear wall of the refrigerator body but also the door to discharge the cold air from all four surfaces forming the inside of the refrigerator, thereby improving the cooling efficiency. There is.

In addition, even when the refrigerator door is opened, by supplying cold air continuously or temporarily to the food and beverages stored in the refrigerator door, there is an effect of preventing the instantaneous alteration of the food and beverages due to the opening of the door.

Although a preferred embodiment according to the present invention has been described above, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (4)

A duct 14 in which cold air supplied to the refrigerating chamber is circulated is provided, and the duct 14 faces the first side wall 11 and the first side wall 11 having a discharge port 14a open to the refrigerator interior. The second side wall 12 having the outlet 15a formed in the duct 15 and opened to the inside of the refrigerator in the duct 15, and at each corner portion of both side portions connected to the respective side walls 11 and 12, respectively. A main body (10) consisting of a duct (16, 17) and a rear wall (13) having a discharge opening (15a) open to the refrigerator interior side in the duct (16, 17); And a door (20) rotatably mounted in front of the first side wall (11) of the main body (10). The door 20 is provided with a plurality of ducts 21 for receiving cold air from the duct 14 of the first side wall 11 of the main body 10, and each of the ducts 21 is provided with the refrigerator. A discharge port 22 is opened to communicate with the room, and the duct 14 of the first side wall 11 of the main body 10 and the duct 21 of the door 20 are connected by connecting means 30. Three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator characterized in that. 2. The connecting means (30) according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means (30) is inserted into a flexible and flexible main tube (31), one end (34) of the main tube (31) and the first side wall of the main body (10). A first connection pipe 32 communicating with the duct 14 of (11), and a second connection extrapolated to one end 34 of the main pipe 31 and communicating with the duct 21 of the door 20. Three-dimensional cooling type refrigerator, characterized in that consisting of a tube (33). 3. The fastening groove 34a is formed in one end 34 of the main pipe 31, and a fastening piece 35a is formed in the other end 35. A fastening piece 32a is formed in the fastening groove 34a of the main pipe 31 and is inserted into the fastening groove 33a which is extrapolated to the fastening piece 34a of the main pipe 31 in the second connecting pipe 33. Three-dimensional cooling method refrigerator, characterized in that formed. The refrigerator according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the main pipe (31) of the connecting means (30) is formed of bellows.