KR19990049540A - Refrigerator with open wine cellar - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a refrigerator having an open wine storage room.

The refrigerator has a main body inner box 10 "in which the refrigerator main body 10 is coupled to an outer main body cabinet 10 'and its main cabinet 10' at an outer circumferential end and a heat insulating material is filled therebetween. In the European refrigerator having a refrigerating chamber (50) is formed in the freezer compartment 40 is formed in the lower portion: the body cabinet (10 ') extending below the freezing chamber 40 to form a machine room 15 in the rear and open in the front Characterized in that the open wine storage chamber 60 is formed, the steel wine case 61 is installed in the wine storage chamber 60, the cold air flow path between the wine storage chamber 60 and the freezing chamber 40 ( 68, and a warmer flow path 68 'is formed between the wine cell chamber 60 and the machine chamber 15 so that the temperature of the wine cell chamber 60 can be quickly adjusted and maintained at a predetermined temperature. do.

Accordingly, the wine storage room 60 of the open structure can be more conveniently stored and withdrawn wine, it is possible to maintain at an appropriate temperature and the like.

Description

Refrigerator with open wine cellar

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having an open wine storage room, and more particularly, by forming an open wine storage room for separating and storing wine in a simple configuration, wine can be conveniently stored and withdrawn, and also wine It relates to a refrigerator having an open wine cellar, which can be kept at an optimum temperature.

Typically, in the European type home refrigerator, as shown in FIG. 1, the storage space is divided into a refrigerator compartment 50 and a freezer compartment 40 up and down, and in the case of direct cooling, an evaporator is provided in the freezer compartment 40. ) Are separated into a plurality of spaces, for example, an ice making chamber 31, a quick freezing chamber 32 and a general freezing chamber 33, 34.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator configured as described above is accommodated and drawn out of the stored items in the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment through the upper and lower refrigerating compartment doors 20 and the lower freezing compartment door 30, which are rotated as shown in FIG. 1. However, in the case of the freezing compartment, since the freezing temperature is low, the heat loss is increased by the opening of the freezing compartment door 30 at the lower side, so as to be closed between the separated spaces inside the freezing compartment 40 as shown in FIG. 1. It is configured to be. That is, in the refrigerator illustrated in FIG. 1, up-down doors are installed in the ice making chamber 31 and the rapid freezing chamber 32, and drawers are installed in the general freezing chambers 33 and 34.

In this way, it is divided into a freezer compartment 40 and a refrigerating compartment 50, and the internal temperature is also configured to be separately controlled and maintained.

However, such a separate structure between the conventional freezer compartment 40 and the refrigerating compartment 50 alone, for example, the freezer compartment 40 is to be kept below minus Celsius and the refrigerating compartment 50 is controlled to be maintained at 3 to 5 degrees Celsius to be maintained at 13 to 16 degrees There is a problem that it is not suitable for the storage of such things as wine.

In addition, the structures inside the freezer compartment 40 and the refrigerating compartment 50 also have a shelf structure which is not suitable for storing wine, which often causes a problem that the wine cannot be stably stored. In particular, the refrigerator 50 is formed in the upper portion and the freezing chamber 40 is formed in the lower portion of the European-style refrigerator to accommodate the wine is more inconvenient.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, the wine can be separated and stably stored and the wine can be stored and taken out conveniently, open wine storage room that can be maintained by keeping the wine at the optimum temperature The object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a conventional European refrigerator,

Figure 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing in detail the structure of the open wine cellar of the refrigerator having an open wine cellar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of symbols about main part of drawing ※

1: wine 10: refrigerator body

10 ': main body cabinet 10 ": main body inner case

10a: wine compartment cold air inlet 10b: freezer cold air outlet

15: machine room 16: compressor

20: refrigerator compartment door 30: freezer compartment door

30 ": Freezer door inner 30a: Groove

31: ice-making room 32: quick freezer

33,34: normal freezer 40: freezer

42: evaporator 43: dividing wall

50: fridge 60: open wine cellar

61: wine case 62: cord heater

65,65 ': first and second back plates 66,66': valve opening

67: Duct 68,68 ': Wine cell cold flow path

70,70 ': Temperature damper 71,71': Bellows

72,72 ': Forward and backward rod 73,73', 75,75 ': Hinge shaft

74,74 ': Rotating link 77,77': Opening and closing door

In the refrigerator having an open-type wine storage room according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the refrigerator body is coupled to the outer body cabinet and its body cabinet and the outer peripheral end, the inner body is filled with a heat insulating material therebetween In the European refrigerator having a refrigerating chamber is formed in the upper portion and the freezing chamber is formed in the lower portion: characterized in that it extends the body cabinet to the lower side of the freezer compartment to form a mechanical chamber at the rear and an open wine storage chamber opened in the front .

A steel wine case installed in the open wine cell and having a cord heater installed therein; The wine compartment cold air inlet and the freezer cold air outlet are respectively formed in the main body of the wine compartment and the freezer compartment, and a duct is installed at the rear of the partition wall that is thermally separated from the freezer compartment to connect the wine compartment cold air inlet and the wine compartment cold air outlet. In the upper part of the wine storage compartment, a wine chamber first back plate having a valve opening is formed downstream of the wine cell cold air inlet, and the temperature of the open wine storage compartment is cooled to a predetermined temperature. A cold air passage through which cold air is controlled and supplied by a cooling opening / closing door that opens and closes the valve opening; A wine chamber warm inlet is formed in a main body cabinet below the machine chamber at a lower part of the wine chamber first back plate, and a second back plate having a valve opening opening communicating with the wine chamber warm inlet is provided at the machine room rear surface of the main cabinet. It is configured to include a warmer flow path that is controlled and supplied by the warming opening and closing door for opening and closing the valve opening in accordance with the temperature of the open wine storage compartment to increase the temperature of the open wine storage chamber to a predetermined temperature It is possible to quickly adjust and maintain the temperature of the wine storage chamber to a predetermined temperature.

The opening and closing door may be simply configured by opening and closing the valve opening through the hinge shaft and the rotary link by a temperature damper in which the forward and backward rods of the bellows move forward or backward in accordance with the temperature of the open wine storage chamber.

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

Figure 2 shows the structure of an open wine cellar according to an embodiment of the present invention as a specific partial cross-sectional view.

The refrigerator having an open wine cell of the present invention is particularly applicable to a European refrigerator in which the refrigerator body 10 has a refrigerator compartment 50 formed at an upper portion thereof and a freezer compartment 40 formed at a lower portion thereof, as shown in FIG. 1.

The refrigerator having the open wine storage chamber extends the main cabinet 10 'below the freezer compartment 40 to form a machine room 15 in which a compressor 16 or the like is installed at the rear, and is open in the front. 60 is formed.

The open-type wine storage chamber 60 may be formed by integrally extending the main cabinet 10 'or may be formed by fixing a separate wine chamber cabinet 60' to the refrigerator main body 10. Thus, the wine storage chamber 60 is formed to be opened under the freezing chamber door 30 and the lower hinge 30 'in FIG.

In addition, the wine cell compartment 60 and the machine compartment 15 are thermally separated from the freezing compartment 40 by the separating wall 43, and the wine cell compartment 60 receives cold air from the upper freezing compartment 40. It can be cooled, and configured to be heated by being supplied with warmth from the machine room 15 is selectively supplied with warm and cold air in accordance with the temperature of the wine storage chamber 60, the temperature of the wine storage chamber 60 is predetermined It is maintained at the optimum temperature of. In addition, the cord heater 62 may be installed and warmed around the wine case 61.

In FIG. 2, the steel wine case 61 is installed in the wine storage chamber 60 so that the wine 1 can be stored and taken out more conveniently and the temperature can be adjusted and maintained in a simple structure.

That is, in FIG. 2, the cold air flow passage 68 forms a wine cell cold air inlet 10a and a freezer cold air outlet 10b in the inner body 10 ″ of the wine compartment 60 and the freezer compartment 40, respectively. And a duct 67 is provided behind the separating wall 43 which is thermally separated from the freezing compartment 40 so as to connect the wine compartment cold air inlet 10a and the wine compartment cold air outlet 10b.

In addition, in order to control or block the cold air supplied through the cold air flow passage 68, the wine compartment first rear plate 65 having the valve opening 66 formed on the upper surface of the wine storage chamber 60 is the wine compartment cold air. It is provided downstream of the inlet 10a, and the cooling opening / closing door 77 is provided so that the said valve opening opening 66 may be opened and closed according to the temperature of the open type wine storage chamber 60. As shown in FIG.

The opening / closing door 77 is configured to be operated by the temperature damper 70 when the temperature of the wine storage chamber 60 is high so as to cool the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60 to a predetermined temperature. That is, the temperature damper 70 is installed in the wine case 61 so as to sense the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60, and the bellows by the amount of vaporization according to the temperature of the high volatile liquid filled therein according to the temperature The bellows 71 is connected to the temperature damper 70 so that the forward and backward rod 72 of the 71 is reciprocated, and the pivot link 74 is hinged according to the forward and backward of the forward and backward rod 72. 75 is connected via a hinge shaft 73 at one end so as to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise with respect to 75, and at the other end of the rotating link 74, the opening / closing door 77 is clocked together with the rotating link 74. It is fixed to the rotation link 74 to the opening / closing door 77 via the fixed shaft 76 so as to rotate in the counterclockwise direction and open and close the valve opening 66. Therefore, the rotation link 74 and the opening and closing door 77 may be integrally formed.

In addition, in order to control or block the warmth supplied through the hot air flow passage 68 ', the wine chamber second back plate 65' having a valve opening 66 'is formed at the bottom of the bottom of the wine storage chamber 60. A cooling opening / closing door 77 'is provided at a downstream (front side) of the wine cell warmer inlet 10c to open and close the valve opening 66' according to the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60.

The open / close door 77 'is configured to be operated by the temperature damper 70' when the temperature of the wine storage chamber 60 is low so as to warm the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60 to a predetermined temperature. . That is, the temperature damper 70 'is installed in the wine case 61 so as to sense the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60, the amount of gas vaporized in accordance with the temperature of the high volatile liquid filled therein according to the temperature The bellows 71 'is connected to the temperature damper 70' so that the forward and backward rod 72 'of the bellows 71' is reciprocated. The bellows 71 'is rotated according to the forward and backward of the forward and backward rod 72'. The link 74 'is connected via a hinge shaft 73' in the middle so as to rotate counterclockwise and clockwise about the hinge shaft 75 ', and at the other end of the pivot link 74', an open / close door The door 77 'opens and closes via a fixed shaft 76' such that 77 'rotates counterclockwise and clockwise with the rotation link 74' to close or open the valve opening 66 '. Is fixed to the pivot link 74 '. Rotating link 74 'and the opening and closing door 77' may be integrally formed.

The refrigerator having the open-type wine storage chamber 60 configured as described above is convenient because the wine 1 can be stored and withdrawn in the lower wine case 61 without having to open the freezer door 30.

When the wine 1 is stored, if the internal temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60 is higher than the set temperature, the vaporization amount of the volatile liquid in the temperature damper 70 increases, and the forward and backward rods 72 in the bellows 71 The opening and closing door 77 is rotated clockwise along with the rotation link 74 so that the valve opening 66 is opened so that a lot of cool air is opened in the wine case 61 of the open wine storage chamber 60. A) is supplied from the general freezing compartment 33 to the rear so that the temperature of the wine storage compartment 60 decreases.

On the other hand, when the temperature of the open-type wine storage chamber 60 is below the set temperature, the temperature damper 70 is closed in reverse, and the volatilized gas in the lower temperature damper 70 'is also liquefied, so that the bellows 71' ), The forward and backward rod 72 'is reversed, and the pivoting link 74' and the opening / closing door 77 'are rotated clockwise about the hinge shaft 75' to open the valve 66 '. By opening, the supply of cold air is cut off and the warmth of the machine room 15 is supplied. In this way, it is possible to supply the cold and warmth appropriately, so that the temperature can be quickly adjusted, and the temperature of the open-type wine storage chamber 60 is repeatedly opened or closed according to the set temperature of the temperature dampers 70 and 70 '. 77 ') and valve openings (66, 66') to regulate the supply of cold and warm air to quickly maintain the temperature of the open wine cellar 60 in an optimal state for storing the wine (1) It becomes possible.

According to the configuration and function of the refrigerator having an open wine storage room according to an embodiment of the present invention described above, by storing the wine in and out of the wine by a simple structure by installing the open wine storage room 60 in the lower part of the freezer of the European refrigerator It is convenient, the wine can be stored stably, and furthermore, the wine storage temperature can be optimally and quickly maintained.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is not limited to the scope of the present invention provided without departing from the spirit or the field of the present invention. It will be readily apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications and variations can be made.

Claims (3)

The refrigerator body 10 has an outer body cabinet 10 ', a body cabinet 10' and a body inner box 10 " In the European refrigerator having a) and a freezer compartment 40 at the bottom: The refrigerator having an open wine storage compartment, characterized in that the body cabinet 10 'is extended below the freezing compartment 40 to form a machine compartment 15 at the rear and an open wine storage compartment 60 is opened at the front. . According to claim 1, Steel wine case 61 is provided in the open type wine storage chamber 60, the cord heater 62 is installed around; The wine compartment cold air inlet 10a and the freezer compartment cold air outlet 10b are respectively formed in the body inner portion 10 "of the wine compartment 60 and the freezer compartment 40, and the wine compartment cold air inlet 10a and the wine compartment are respectively formed. A duct 67 is installed at a rear side of the separation wall 43 that is thermally separated from the freezing chamber 40 so as to connect the cold air outlet 10b, and a valve opening 66 is provided at the top of the rear surface of the wine storage chamber 60. The formed wine compartment first back plate 65 is installed between the downstream of the wine compartment cold air inlet 10a and the wine case 61 to cool the temperature of the open wine storage compartment 60 to a predetermined temperature. A cold air flow passage 68 in which cold air is controlled and supplied by a cooling opening / closing door 77 for opening and closing the valve opening 66 according to the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60; The wine cell warmth inlet 10c is formed in the main body cabinet 10 'under the machine room 15 under the wine chamber 1st back plate 65, and the valve opening which communicates with the wine cell warmth inlet 10c. A second back plate 65 'having a vent 66' is provided on the back of the machine room 15 of the main cabinet 10 ', and is open to raise the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60 to a predetermined temperature. It is configured to include a warmer flow path 68 'is supplied to the machine room warmth is controlled by the heating opening and closing door 77' for opening and closing the valve opening 66 'in accordance with the temperature of the wine storage chamber 60 A refrigerator with an open wine cellar, characterized by the above. The front and rear rods 72 and 72 'of the bellows 71 and 71' are formed in accordance with the temperature of the open wine storage chamber 60. The valve openings 66 and 66 'are opened through the hinge shafts 73 and 75 and 73' and 75 'and the rotary links 74 and 74' by forward or backward temperature dampers 70 and 70 '. A refrigerator having an open wine storage room, characterized in that the opening and closing.