KR20020014212A - Side by side type refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A collateral refrigerator is provided to enlarge the capacity of a storage chamber by embedding an evaporator in a middle wall dividing a freezing chamber from a refrigerating chamber and to easily circulate cooling air. CONSTITUTION: A collateral refrigerator has a middle wall(11) dividing a body(10) into a freezing chamber(12) and a refrigerating chamber(13). An evaporator(18) for generating cooling air into the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber is received in an evaporator receiving chamber(20) in the middle wall. To form a cooling air path in the middle wall, the evaporator receiving chamber is formed longer than the evaporator. Since the evaporator is installed in the middle wall, the inner capacities of the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber are enlarged. Cold air discharge outlets(23,32) of the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber are prepared in the middle wall, the cooling air circulates smoothly in the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber.

Description

Side by side refrigerator {SIDE BY SIDE TYPE REFRIGERATOR}

The present invention relates to a parallel refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment separated into two sides, and more particularly, to a parallel refrigerator installed in an intermediate wall partitioning the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment to increase the contents of the storage compartment.

In general, the refrigerator is a device for supplying the cold air generated in the evaporator to the storage compartment to maintain the freshness of various foods for a long time. However, these refrigerators are gradually increasing in size as more consumers prefer large storage spaces due to improved quality of life.

In addition, as a large refrigerator, a parallel refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment divided into left and right sides is widely used in consideration of storage properties and storage characteristics of the storage. In the parallel refrigerator, a storage compartment inside the main body is divided into left and right sides by an intermediate wall to form a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, respectively, and a freezer door and a refrigerating compartment door are installed in front of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment. In addition, a plurality of shelves and storage boxes are provided on the inner surfaces of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment and each door to facilitate storage of the stored matter. In addition, the inner rear wall of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment is configured to supply cold air to the inside of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, and is provided with an evaporator, a cold air circulation fan, and a cold air duct forming a cold air duct, and a plurality of cold air outlets and cold air in front of the cold duct. A suction port is provided.

However, in the conventional parallel refrigerator having such a configuration, an evaporator for generating cold air and a cold air circulation fan for forced circulation of cold air are disposed at the rear of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, and cold air ducts for circulation of the cold air are provided inside the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment. Therefore, there is a problem that the internal volumes of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment are reduced.

In addition, since the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment are divided into left and right sides of the parallel refrigerator, the depths of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment are deeper than before and after the widths of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment. There was a problem that circulation was not smooth.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to allow the evaporator for generating cold air to be installed on the intermediate wall partitioning the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment, thereby increasing the contents of the storage compartment and facilitating circulation of the cold air. Termination is to provide a parallel refrigerator.

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a parallel refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the internal configuration of the evaporator holding room of the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention.

3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a cold room circulation structure of the refrigerator compartment of the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of a parallel refrigerator according to the present invention.

6 is a perspective view showing a cold room circulation structure of another embodiment of a parallel refrigerator according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: main body, 11: the middle wall,

12: freezer, 13: refrigerating chamber,

18: evaporator, 20: evaporator chamber,

21: cover, 22: cold air inlet side,

23: cold air discharge outlet in the freezer compartment, 24: cold air circulation fan,

25: partition plate, 26: cold storage side suction flow path,

27: discharge passage in the refrigerating chamber, 28: cold air damper,

30: cold air dispersion duct in the refrigerating compartment, 32: cold air discharge outlet in the refrigerating compartment,

40: Refrigeration chamber side cold air duct, 42: Refrigeration room cold air circulation fan.

A parallel refrigerator according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the storage compartment formed in the interior of the body, the intermediate wall partitioning the storage compartment into the freezer compartment and the refrigerating chamber on both sides, to generate cold air to supply cold air to the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment A parallel refrigerator comprising an evaporator, comprising: an evaporator accommodating chamber formed in the intermediate wall to accommodate the evaporator, a cold air inlet and a cold air outlet, a cold air inlet and a cold air discharging port formed so that the cold air passage of the evaporator accommodating chamber and the freezing chamber communicate with each other; It characterized in that it comprises a cold air circulation fan installed in the evaporator receiving chamber to circulate the cold air generated in the refrigerating chamber side suction flow path and the discharge flow path, the cold air flow path and the refrigerating chamber.

In addition, the evaporator receiving chamber is provided with an opening to open toward the freezing chamber, the freezing chamber side of the intermediate wall to cover the opening to form a cold air flow path, characterized in that the surface of the freezer compartment side cold air inlet and the cold air outlet is coupled is combined; .

In addition, a cold air damper is provided at the middle of the freezing chamber discharge flow path to adjust the supply amount of cold air to the refrigerating compartment, and a cold air flow passage communicating with the freezing compartment discharge flow path is formed at the middle wall of the refrigerating compartment, and a plurality of cold air discharge ports are provided on the surface. The cold air dispersion duct formed is characterized in that it is installed.

In addition, the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention is a parallel refrigerator including a storage compartment formed inside the main body, an intermediate wall partitioning the storage compartment into a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment on both sides, and an evaporator for generating cold air to supply cold air to the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment. The method according to claim 1, wherein the evaporator receiving chamber formed in the intermediate wall to accommodate the evaporator, the freezer compartment side cold air suction port and the cold air discharge port formed so as to communicate with the cold air flow path of the evaporator receiving chamber, the evaporator receiving chamber for cold air circulation of the freezing chamber The freezer compartment side cold air circulation fan installed in the inside of the refrigerator compartment is installed in close contact with the intermediate wall of the refrigerator compartment so that the internal air of the refrigerator compartment exchanges heat with the back side of the evaporator compartment. Refrigerating chamber cold air ducts having suction and discharge ports respectively formed at both ends thereof; It characterized in that it comprises a refrigerating chamber side cool air circulating fan installed in the cold air duct's office.

In addition, the cold air flow path formed in the refrigerating chamber cold air duct is characterized in that the 'U'-shaped flow path is located in the upper inlet and outlet.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

In the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the storage compartment inside the main body 10 is partitioned from side to side by an intermediate wall 11, and the left side forms the freezer compartment 12 and the right side the refrigerating compartment 13. Configured to achieve. In addition, a freezer compartment door 14 and a refrigerating compartment door 15 for opening and closing them are provided on the front surface of the freezer compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13, and the freezer compartment 12, the refrigerating compartment 13, and the inner surfaces of the doors 14 and 15. There are a plurality of shelves 16 and storage boxes 17 for the storage of stored goods are installed.

Also, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the evaporator 18 is formed in the intermediate wall 11 that divides the freezing compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13 to generate cold air to be supplied into the freezing compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13. ) Is installed. To this end, an evaporator accommodating chamber 20 recessed to accommodate the evaporator 18 is provided inside the intermediate wall 11. At this time, the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 is recessed in the freezing compartment 12 so that the open portion is directed toward the inside of the freezing compartment 12, and the upper and lower than the length of the evaporator 18 so that a cold air flow path can be formed inside the intermediate wall 11. It is formed longer.

The opening 21 of the evaporator accommodation chamber 20 is provided with a cover 21 covering the opening of the evaporator accommodation chamber 20 and forming a cold air flow path. At this time, the freezer compartment side cold air suction port 22 is formed in the lower portion of the cover 21 so that the cold air in the freezer compartment 12 can be introduced into the evaporator accommodation chamber 20, and the evaporator 18 is formed on the upper portion of the cover 21. A plurality of freezer compartment side cold air outlets 23 are formed to allow the cold air to be discharged back into the freezer compartment 12. That is, the cover 21 covers the evaporator accommodating chamber 18 to form a cold air flow path and at the same time forms a side surface of the freezing chamber 12.

In addition, the cold air circulation fan 24 forcibly circulating cold air so that the cold air in the freezer compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13 may exchange heat with the evaporator 18 while passing through the evaporator accommodating chamber 20. ) Is installed. At this time, in the upper space of the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 in which the cold air circulation fan 24 is installed, the fan installation hole 25a at the center of the cold air passing through the evaporator 18 flows toward the cold air outlet 23 of the freezer compartment side of the cover 21. ) Is provided with a divider 25. This is to allow the cold air passing through the evaporator 18 to flow into the rear space of the partition plate 25, and then flows to the space in front of the partition plate 25 through the fan installation hole 25a, and also the partition plate 25 The cold air in the front space is to be supplied to the inside of the freezing chamber 12 through the cold air discharge port 23 of the cover (21).

In addition, the lower portion of the intermediate wall 11, the inlet flow path 26 of the refrigerating chamber side in which the lower portion of the evaporator chamber 20 and the refrigerating chamber 13 communicate with each other so that the cold air of the refrigerating chamber 13 flows into the lower portion of the evaporator receiving chamber 20. Is formed, and the discharge passage 27 on the refrigerating chamber side is formed at the upper portion of the intermediate wall 11 so that a part of the cold air that has been heat-exchanged by the evaporator 18 can be supplied into the refrigerating chamber 13.

In this case, the refrigerating chamber side discharge passage 27 communicates with the front space of the partition plate 25 and the inside of the refrigerating chamber 13 so that a part of the cold air discharged by the cold air circulation fan 24 is supplied to the refrigerating chamber 13. It is composed. In the middle of the discharge passage 27, a cold air damper 28 is installed to adjust the amount of cold air supplied to the refrigerating chamber 13 to control the internal temperature of the refrigerating chamber 13.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the refrigerating chamber 13, a cold air dispersing duct for guiding the distribution of cold air so that the cold air introduced into the refrigerating chamber 13 through the discharge passage 27 is evenly distributed and discharged. 30 is installed. The dispersion duct 30 is installed in close contact with the intermediate wall 11 so as to communicate with the refrigerating chamber discharge passage 27, and spaced internal spaces form a refrigerating chamber side cold air passage 31 to guide the flow of cold air. A plurality of cold air discharge ports 32 are formed on the surface of the cold air so as to distribute and discharge cold air into the refrigerating chamber 13.

The parallel refrigerator having such a configuration is such that the contents of the freezer compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13 can be increased as much as the evaporator 18 that generates cold air is installed in the middle wall 11, and the freezer compartment 12 is also provided. The cold air discharge ports 23 and 32 of the refrigerating compartment 13 are provided in the intermediate wall 11 so that the cold air circulation between the freezer compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13 is smooth.

Next will be described the cold air circulation operation of the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above.

When the cold air circulation fan 24 provided in the upper portion of the evaporator accommodation chamber 20 is driven, the air inside the freezing chamber 12 flows into the lower portion of the evaporator accommodation chamber 20 through the freezing chamber side cold air suction port 22. In addition, the introduced air moves to the upper portion of the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 while exchanging heat with the evaporator 18, and is discharged back into the freezing chamber 12 through the cold air circulation fan 24 and the cold air discharge port 23.

In addition, the internal air of the refrigerating chamber 13 is introduced into the lower part of the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 through the refrigerating chamber side suction passage 26 provided below the intermediate wall 11, and exchanges heat with the evaporator 18 along with the freezing chamber side cold air. A portion of the cold air that has risen above the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 flows into the cold air dispersion duct 30 in the refrigerating chamber 13 through the discharge chamber 27 at the upper side of the cold compartment, and the cold air of the cold air dispersion duct 30 It is supplied back into the refrigerating chamber 13 through the cold air discharge port 32. At this time, the amount of cold air supplied to the refrigerating chamber 13 is controlled by the operation of the cold air damper 28 provided in the middle of the refrigerating chamber discharge passage 27.

Meanwhile, FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate another embodiment of the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention, in which the cold air of the freezer compartment 12 circulates only inside the freezer compartment 12, and the cold air of the refrigerator compartment 13 is a refrigerator compartment ( The freezing compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment are completely blocked by the intermediate wall 11 so as to circulate only into the inside of the 13). Here, the cold air circulation structure of the freezing compartment 12 is the same as the above-described embodiment, whereas the cold air circulation structure of the refrigerating compartment 13 is characterized in that the air inside the refrigerating compartment 13 has an intermediate wall 11 toward the refrigerating compartment 13, that is, an evaporator. It is characterized by heat exchange with the rear surface 11a of the storage chamber 20. That is, the air in the refrigerating chamber 13 is circulated only in the refrigerating chamber 13 and cooled by contact with the rear surface 11a of the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 in which the evaporator 18 is installed.

To this end, in the refrigerating chamber 13, the refrigerating chamber cold air is installed in close contact with the intermediate wall 11 so that the air inside the refrigerating chamber 13 can be circulated along the back surface 11a of the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 to form the cold air passage 41. The duct 40 is installed, and the cold air duct 40 is further installed in the cold air duct 40 to circulate air in the cold air chamber 13. In addition, the flow path 41 of the cold air duct 40 has an overall shape having a “U” shape so that the area where the air exchanges with the back surface 11a of the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 increases, and the suction port 43 and the discharge port ( 44) is formed at the top of the "U" -shaped flow path.

The cold air circulation of the refrigerating compartment 13 having such a configuration is an inside of the refrigerating compartment 13 by the suction port 43 provided at one side of the cold air duct 40 when the cold air circulation fan 42 inside the cold air duct 40 is driven. The air is sucked in, and the sucked air moves downward along the flow path 41 in the cold air duct 40 to exchange heat with the back surface of the evaporator accommodating chamber 20 to become cold air. In addition, the cooled cold air descending to the lower portion rises again along the cold air flow path 41 to exchange the heat again and becomes colder cold air, and then is discharged into the refrigerating chamber 13 through the discharge port 44.

As described in detail above, in the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention, since the evaporator for generating cold air is built in the middle wall separating the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, the depth of the front and rear directions of the refrigerating compartment and the freezer compartment can be deepened by that much. It is effective to increase the contents of the refrigerator compartment.

In addition, the parallel refrigerator according to the present invention has a cold air circulation between the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment through the cold air inlet and outlet provided in the middle wall, so that the overall cold air circulation is smooth, and thus the internal space of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment has an even distribution of cold air. have.

Claims (7)

A parallel refrigerator comprising a storage compartment formed inside the main body, an intermediate wall dividing the storage compartment into two freezing compartments and a refrigerating compartment, and an evaporator for generating cold air to supply cold air to the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment. And the evaporator is installed on the intermediate wall, and the internal air of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment exchanges heat with the evaporator. The method of claim 1, An evaporator accommodation chamber formed in the intermediate wall to accommodate the evaporator, a freezer compartment side cold air inlet and a cold air outlet formed so that the evaporator accommodation chamber and the freezing chamber communicate with each other, and a refrigerating chamber side suction passage and a discharge passage configured to communicate the evaporator accommodation chamber and the refrigerating chamber; And a cold air circulation fan installed in the evaporator accommodating chamber so that the cold air generated in the evaporator circulates. The method of claim 2, The evaporator chamber has an opening that opens toward the freezer compartment, And a cover formed with a cover formed with a cold air inlet and a cold air outlet on a surface of the freezing chamber side intermediate wall to form a cold air flow path. The method of claim 2, And a cold air damper is provided at the middle of the refrigerating chamber discharge flow path to adjust a supply amount of cold air to the refrigerating chamber. The method of claim 2, And a cold air flow passage duct formed on the intermediate wall of the refrigerating compartment, the cold air passage communicating with the discharge passage of the refrigerating compartment, and having a plurality of cold air discharging ducts formed on the surface thereof. The method of claim 1, An evaporator accommodation chamber formed in the intermediate wall to accommodate the evaporator, a freezer compartment side cold air suction port and a cold air outlet port formed to communicate the evaporator accommodation chamber and the freezer compartment, and a freezer compartment side cold air circulation fan installed in the evaporator accommodation chamber for cold air circulation of the freezer compartment. And a cold air passage that is installed on the intermediate wall of the refrigerating chamber so that the internal air of the refrigerating chamber exchanges heat with the rear surface of the evaporator chamber, and forms a cold air passage that traverses the rear surface of the evaporator chamber. And a refrigerator compartment side cold air circulation fan installed in the refrigerator compartment cold air duct. The method of claim 6, The cold air flow path formed through the cold air duct of the refrigerating compartment is a parallel refrigerator, characterized in that the 'U'-shaped flow path is located in the upper inlet and outlet.