KR19990047869A - Failure Testing Apparatus and Method of Maturation Level Display in Kimchi Storage - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a failure detection apparatus and method of the ripening degree display unit of the kimchi storage, and selectively drives the compressor and the heater according to the course selected and input through the operation unit, and then to determine the internal temperature inside the chamber detected by the temperature sensor In the kimchi storage for aging or refrigerated kimchi stored in the store by the temperature, and displaying the degree of ripening of the kimchi through the aging degree display unit, the step of checking whether the self-diagnosis button signal is entered through the operation unit And switching to the self-diagnosis mode when the self-diagnosis button signal is input, and then initializing by flashing the maturing degree display part as a whole, and turning on the aging degree display part step-by-step every time a predetermined button in the operation unit is input. And the time counted by counting time during the self-diagnosis mode is determined. If the self-diagnosis mode is exceeded, the self-diagnosis mode is terminated, and each lamp of the ripening degree display unit is gradually staged according to a predetermined button input even if the kimchi stored in the refrigerator is aged and the operation of the ripening degree display unit is not checked. Since the operation state of the aging degree display unit is displayed, it is possible to shorten the inspection time of the product, and to solve the inconvenience of the operator.

Description

Failure Testing Apparatus and Method of Maturation Level Display in Kimchi Storage

The present invention relates to a kimchi storage, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for testing the failure of the ripening degree display unit of the kimchi storage to be able to inspect the failure of the ripening degree display unit during the inspection of the kimchi storage.

In general, in order to store frozen and refrigerated foods or fermented foods (for example, kimchi, etc.), each of them should be stored at a temperature suitable for storing them. A refrigerator having a freezer and a refrigerating chamber is mainly used to perform this function. Used.

On the other hand, when the refrigerated food and the fermented food is stored together in the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator, the odor generated by the fermentation of the fermented food not only generates odors in the refrigerating chamber, but also odor is exhausted in other refrigerated foods inherent in the refrigerated food There is a need to store bulky fermented foods (kimchi) in a separate reservoir due to the increase in refrigerated foods and fermented foods stored in the refrigerator compartment.

In addition, kimchi should be buried in the ground for proper ripening, and the kimchi should be stored in it to be ripe and taste properly. However, it is difficult to keep it in a residential area.

Recently, in order to solve the above problems, research on kimchi storage that can store kimchi in a separate storage space, rather than a refrigerator, has been variously studied in various technical fields related thereto. As shown.

As can be seen with reference to Figure 1, the conventional kimchi storage in the conventional, the storage body 10, the door 20 used when storing or taking out the kimchi in the storage body 10, and each of the kimchi storage The control unit 30 is provided with a plurality of buttons to select and input a course.

And, the side of the storage body 10 is provided with a moving handle 15 to easily move the storage body 10 during the movement, the front of the door 20 is easy to open and close the door 20 The door handle 25 is installed in order to do so.

Meanwhile, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. 1, and a compressor 12 for compressing a refrigerant at high temperature and high pressure and then circulating the refrigerant is installed at an inner lower portion of the storage body 10. Inside one side wall of the storage body 10 generates a temperature sensor 50 for detecting the internal temperature of the inside of the refrigerator and a heater 17 for raising the internal temperature of the refrigerator and a cold air to generate cold air. Evaporators 18 are respectively provided for cooling them.

And, in the operation unit 30, as shown in detail in Figure 3, while maintaining the degree of maturation to keep the kimchi or fresh vegetables to keep the course to maintain the taste maintenance / vegetable storage button 31 and in the ground Underground ripening button (32) for selecting a course to maintain the degree of ripening, such as kimchi buried, kimchi selection button (33) for selecting the type of kimchi (for example, cabbage kimchi, radish kimchi, water kimchi, etc.) and , Degree of ripening to select the degree of ripening of kimchi (eg, ripe, normal, unripe, etc.), selection button 34, and the rate of ripening of kimchi (eg, fast, normal, added Ripening speed selection button 35 for selecting ripening, etc., input mode for selecting and inputting each course, driving the kimchi storage according to the selected course, and selecting or canceling ripening for canceling the wrongly inputted course. The button 36 is provided.

In addition, in order to display the operation state of the kimchi storage, etc. in the operation unit 30, the ripening degree display unit 37 for displaying the degree of maturation of kimchi, the storage display unit 38 for displaying that the kimchi is in the cold storage, and the Each button (flavor / vegetable storage button 31, underground ripening button (32), kimchi selection button (33), ripening degree selection button (34), ripening speed selection button (35), ripening selection / cancel button (36) In the operation unit 30, a selection display unit 39 for displaying each course selected at the time of operation) is provided.

An operation process of a conventional kimchi storage device constructed as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, the user stores the kimchi in the chamber of the storage body 10, and then press the ripening select / cancel button 36 in the operation unit 30 for a predetermined time (preferably, about 2 seconds), the ripening of kimchi and Switching to input mode for selecting and inputting each course such as refrigerated storage.

Then, the user of each button provided in the control panel 30 (taste maintenance / vegetable storage button 31, the underground ripening button 32, kimchi selection button 33, the ripening degree selection button 34, the selection of the ripening speed Button (35) to select the desired course (for example, refrigerated storage or refrigerated storage after aging), and then press the ripening select / cancel button 36, the kimchi according to the selected course through the control unit 30 The reservoir is operated.

That is, due to the heat generated from the heater 17 in the ripening mode, the internal temperature of the storage body 10 to the ripening temperature (about 23 ± 2 ℃ in fast ripening, usually 8 ± 2 ℃ in ripening) After being raised, the internal temperature in the refrigerator is maintained at the ripening temperature by the heat generated from the heater 17 and the cold air generated from the evaporator 18, whereby the kimchi stored in the storage main body 10 is aged.

In addition, while the refrigerant is circulated by the operation of the compressor 12 in the cold storage mode, the internal temperature of the storage body 10 is cooled to the cold storage temperature (about 0 ° C.) by cold air generated from the evaporator 18. Then, by the heat generated from the heater 17 and the cold air generated from the evaporator 18, the internal temperature in the refrigerator is maintained at the refrigerated storage temperature, so that the kimchi stored in the reservoir body 10 is refrigerated.

However, the aging degree display part of the kimchi storage part is displayed step by step according to the aging degree of the kimchi stored in the inside of the kimchi storage. While waiting for the kimchi to ripen, it is necessary to check the operation of the aging degree display unit, so there is inconvenience in product inspection due to a long inspection time.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, by displaying the aging degree display unit step by step during the inspection of kimchi storage, whether the operation of the aging degree display unit in a short time during the product inspection The purpose of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for failure inspection of the kimchi storage ripening indicator that can be inspected.

In order to achieve the above object, the kimchi storage ripening degree display failure inspection device according to the present invention, by selectively driving the compressor and the heater according to the input course selected through the operation unit, the interior of the interior detected by the temperature sensor By maintaining the temperature at a predetermined temperature, the kimchi stored in the refrigerator is aged or refrigerated, and the kimchi storage to display the degree of ripening of the kimchi through the ripening degree display, in order to check whether the operation of the ripening degree display unit A self-diagnosis button for switching to the diagnostic mode and a button signal from the self-diagnosis button are switched to the self-diagnosis mode so that each lamp of the aging degree display unit can be turned on step by step whenever a predetermined button in the operation unit is operated. Characterized in that the control unit.

In order to achieve the above object, the kimchi storage ripening degree display failure test method according to the present invention, the internal temperature of the interior of the oven is detected by the temperature sensor after selectively driving the compressor and the heater according to the input course selected through the operation unit In the kimchi storage to ripen or refrigerated the kimchi stored in the refrigerator by holding at a predetermined temperature, and to display the ripening degree of the kimchi through the ripening degree display unit, it is checked whether the self-diagnostic button signal is input through the operation unit And switching to the self-diagnosis mode when the self-diagnosis button signal is input, and then initializing by flashing the aging degree display part as a whole, and turning on the aging degree display part step-by-step every time a predetermined button in the operation unit is input. And counting the time during the self-diagnosis mode. If it exceeds a predetermined display time period of the simplified set it is characterized by being a step to end the self-diagnostic mode.

1 is an external perspective view of a conventional kimchi storage,

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the kimchi storage cut on the basis of the AA 'line of FIG.

3 is a detailed view of the operation unit installed on the top of the kimchi storage,

Figure 4 is a schematic block diagram of a failure inspection apparatus for the aging degree display unit kimchi storage according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 5 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of checking the failure of the kimchi storage aging degree display unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 6 is a view for explaining the inspection of the failure of the kimchi storage aging display unit according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: storage unit 15: moving handle

17 heater 18 evaporator

20: door 25: door handle

30: control panel 40: inside

50: temperature sensor 100: control unit

120: compressor driving unit 170: heater driving unit

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same part as a conventional structure, and description is abbreviate | omitted in order to avoid the overlapping description.

Figure 4 is a schematic block diagram of the failure test apparatus for the aging degree display unit of the kimchi storage according to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation unit 30, the temperature sensor 50, the control unit 100, the aging degree display unit 37 ), The display unit 38, the selection display unit 39, the compressor driving unit 120, the compressor 12, the heater driving unit 170, and the heater 17 during storage.

In FIG. 4, the operation unit 30 selects and inputs each course of the kimchi storage, and a plurality of buttons (for example, the taste maintaining / vegetable storage button 31 and the ground ripening button 32) to perform this operation. , Kimchi selection button 33, the ripening degree selection button 34, the ripening speed selection button 35, the ripening select / cancel button (36)) is provided, the corresponding button when the corresponding button is operated by the user's operation The signal is output to the controller 100, and the temperature sensor 50 detects the internal temperature of the storage body 10 and outputs the signal to the controller 100.

The control unit 100 generates a control signal for selectively driving the compressor 12 and the heater 17 according to the course selected and input through the operation unit 30 to drive the kimchi storage, 30 to switch to the self-diagnosis mode by the self-diagnosis button signal (e.g., a button signal generated when the taste keeping / vegetable storage button 31 and the earthquake button 32 are pressed simultaneously), and then display the ripening degree display unit ( A control signal for generating the control signal for flashing the entirety of 37) once, and turning on the ripening degree display unit 37 stepwise every time the button set from the operation unit 30 (for example, the kimchi selection button 33) is pressed. Generate a signal.

In addition, the ripening degree display unit 37 displays the ripening degree of the kimchi stored in the storage main body 10 by the control signal from the control unit 100, while the control signal from the control unit 100 in the self-diagnosis mode. The lamps L1, L2, and L3 are turned on step by step (see FIG. 6), and the display unit 38 during storage indicates that the kimchi stored in the storage body 10 is being stored by the control signal from the controller 100. The selection display unit 39 displays respective courses selected at the time of course input by the control signal from the control unit 100.

The compressor driver 120 drives the compressor 12 by the control signal from the controller 100, and the heater driver 170 drives the heater 17 by the control signal from the controller 100.

The operation process of the failure detection apparatus and method of aging degree display unit according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

First, when the operator manipulates the taste maintaining / vegetable storage button 31 and the underfloor ripening button 32 provided in the operation unit 30 at the same time in order to know the operation of the ripening degree display unit 37 installed in the kimchi storage operation unit 30 The corresponding button signal (self-diagnosis button signal) from) is input to the controller 100 (step 510).

Then, the control unit 100 switches to the self-diagnosis mode by the self-diagnosis button signal from the operation unit 30 (step 512), and then generates a control signal for flashing the ripening degree display unit 37 once, and the control unit The lamps L1, L2, L3 of the aging degree display unit 37 are turned on and extinguished by the control signal from the display unit 100 to initialize them (step 514).

Next, when the operator operates the kimchi selection button 33 in the operation unit 30 to check the operation state of the ripening degree display unit 37 step by step, the kimchi selection button signal from the operation unit 30 is controlled by the control unit 100. The controller 100 accumulates the kimchi selection button signal from the operation unit 30 and then generates a control signal for displaying it.

Therefore, the lamps L1, L2, L3 of the aging degree display unit 37 are turned on step by step by the control signal from the control unit 100.

That is, whenever the operator operates the kimchi selection button 33 in the operation unit 30 once, the lamps L1, L2, L3 of the ripening degree display unit 37 are sequentially turned on by the control signal from the control unit 100. (Steps 516, 518, 520).

On the other hand, when the operation number of the kimchi selection button 33 is three times, the cumulative number of times is reset, and then the lamps Ll, L2, and L3 of the ripening degree display unit 37 are reset by the control signal from the control unit 100 again. It is displayed step by step (steps 522, 524, 526).

At this time, if the counted time does not exceed the predetermined display time, the controller 100 returns to the step 516 and repeats the steps 518, 520, 522, 524, and 526. When the counted time exceeds the set predetermined display time, the self-diagnosis mode ends (step 528).

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the operation of the ripening degree display unit is not confirmed while aging the kimchi stored in the refrigerator, the lamps of the ripening degree display unit are displayed step by step according to a predetermined button input. Knowing the condition, it is possible to shorten the inspection time of the product, there is an excellent effect to solve the trouble of the operator.

Claims (4)

By selectively driving the compressor and the heater according to the input course selected through the operation unit, and maintaining the internal temperature of the interior detected by the temperature sensor at a predetermined temperature, the kimchi stored in the interior is aged or refrigerated, and aged In the kimchi storage that displays the degree of maturity of the kimchi through the degree display unit, the self-diagnosis button for switching to the self-diagnosis mode to confirm the operation of the maturity degree display unit and by the button signal from the self-diagnosis button And a control unit for turning on the respective lamps of the ripening degree display unit step by step whenever the predetermined button in the operation unit is operated by switching to the self-diagnosis mode. According to claim 1, wherein the self-diagnosis button is a failure detection device of the maturation degree display unit of the kimchi storage, characterized in that using the existing button provided in the operation unit. According to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the display unit is the kimchi storage of the maturity level display unit failure inspection device, characterized in that for turning on the respective lamps of the maturity level display unit for a predetermined display time set by the control signal from the control unit . By selectively driving the compressor and the heater according to the input course selected through the operation unit, and maintaining the internal temperature of the interior detected by the temperature sensor at a predetermined temperature, the kimchi stored in the interior is aged or refrigerated, and aged In the kimchi storage that displays the degree of maturation of the kimchi through the degree display unit, the step of checking whether the self-diagnostic button signal is input through the operation unit, and when the self-diagnostic button signal is input, switch to the self-diagnosis mode, Initializing by flashing the aging degree display unit as a whole, and turning on the aging degree display unit step by step whenever a predetermined button in the operation unit is input, and counting time by counting time during the self-diagnosis mode. If the display time is exceeded, the self-diagnosis mode is terminated. Aged about display failure detection method of kimchi cellar of a gong.