KR200247438Y1 - A refrigerator for kimchi - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a kimchi refrigerator, its purpose is to configure the drainage hose integrally in the inner case forming the storage compartment to improve its workability and prevent quality defects.

According to the kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention, the bottom end of the inner case 31 forming the storage compartment 35 extends toward the machine room 36 side to be connected to the guide hose 52 and embedded in the heat insulating wall 33. The drain hose part 51 is integrally provided as much as possible. Accordingly, due to the unification of the parts of the inner case 31 and the drainage hose part 51 for discharging the defrost water, the overall workability of the Kimchi refrigerator is improved, the number of parts is reduced, the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the quality can be prevented. It works.

Description

A refrigerator for kimchi}

The present invention relates to a kimchi refrigerator for long-term storage of kimchi, and more particularly to a kimchi refrigerator having a defrost water discharge structure for discharging the defrost water to the outside.

In general, Kimchi refrigerators are constructed so that freshly prepared kimchi is appropriate to the user's preference by using a heating device, and the matured kimchi can be refrigerated for a long time through an evaporator of a refrigeration cycle.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional kimchi refrigerator that performs this function includes a cabinet 10 formed to partition the storage chamber 11a and the machine chamber 12a having an open front surface, and an evaporator embedded in the wall of the cabinet 10. (17) and the heater 18, the door 14 is slidably coupled through the rail 15 to open and close the storage compartment (11a), and provided on the back of the door 14 to drawer type from the storage compartment (11a) It is provided with a storage container (16) on the housing to enter and exit the kimchi container inside.

The cabinet 10 includes an inner case 11 having a front surface open to form a storage compartment 11a, an outer case 12 surrounding the inner case 11 at a predetermined interval, and the outer case 12 and the inner case. It consists of the heat insulation wall 13 provided by inject | pouring urethane foam liquid between (11).

And the evaporator 17 is composed of a refrigerant pipe bent to surround the outer wall of the inner case 11, it is configured by direct cooling to directly transfer the cool air through the inner case (11). In addition, the heater 18 for ripening or defrosting kimchi is also installed along the outer wall of the inner case 11 together with the evaporator 17.

As a result, the storage chamber 11a is kept cold by the evaporator 17, whereby the kimchi stored in the storage container 16 is kept in a mature state. And when the door 14 is pulled out, the storage container 16 is withdrawn in a drawer type.

Meanwhile, in the kimchi refrigerator, the storage compartment 11a is kept refrigerated by using the evaporator 17 embedded in the cabinet 10, so that condensed water forms on the wall surface of the storage compartment 11a, i.e., the inner case 11, during long time operation. This is frozen. Therefore, a defrosting operation for driving the heater 18 for a predetermined time is required to remove the ice. The defrost water generated during the defrosting operation is discharged to the outside of the cabinet 10 through the drainage means 20 provided at the bottom of the storage chamber 11a.

That is, the drainage means 20 is embedded between the drainage hole 21 perforated in the rear side of the bottom of the inner case 11, the inner case 11 and the outer case 12, and one end of the drainage hole 21 and A communication hose 23 communicating with the other end and extending to the machine room 12a, and a guide hose 23 connected to the drain hose 22 to guide the defrost water to the defrost water receiver 24 installed in the machine room 12a. Equipped with. At this time, at one end of the drain hose 22, an expansion pipe portion 22a is formed to completely surround the drain hole 21, which is in the process of injecting urethane foam liquid for forming the heat insulation wall 13. This is to prevent inflow. Accordingly, the defrost water generated in the storage chamber 11a during the defrosting operation is discharged to the outside through the drainage hole 21, the drainage hose 22, and the guide hose 23 sequentially.

However, in the conventional drainage means 20, since the drain hose 22 is separately assembled to the drainage hole 21 of the inner case 11 through the expansion part 22a, the overall workability of the Kimchi refrigerator is poor. have. In addition, if a slight gap is generated between the drain hole 21 and the expansion portion 22a of the drain hose 22 due to the work deviation, there is a possibility that the urethane foam liquid is introduced therein, and these are the causes of poor quality. Becomes

The present invention is to solve this problem, the object of the present invention is to construct the drainage hose for defrost water discharge in the inner case forming the storage chamber integrally to improve the assembly workability, and to reduce the manufacturing cost by unifying parts It is to provide a Kimchi refrigerator that can prevent quality defects.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the conventional kimchi refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the overall structure of the drawer type kimchi refrigerator to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2, illustrating a defrost water discharge structure.

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

30. Cabinet 31. Inner case

32. Outer case 33. Insulation wall

35. Storage room 36. Machine room

38. Evaporator 50. Drainage means

51 .. drain hose 52 .. guide hose

53. Defrost receiving

The present invention for achieving this object is;

An inner case forming a storage compartment, an outer case coupled to enclose an inner case and forming a machine compartment partitioned from the storage compartment, an insulating wall formed between the inner case and the outer case, a defrosting receiver provided in the machine compartment, and during defrosting operation In the Kimchi refrigerator having a drainage means for discharging the defrost water generated in the storage compartment to the defrost receiving tray,

The drainage means is provided integrally with the inner case and extends from the bottom thereof toward the machine room side and includes a drain hose part embedded in a heat insulation wall, and a guide hose connected to the drain hose part to guide defrost water to the defrosting receiver. It features.

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

2 and 3, the kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention is a kimchi storage compartment (35) and the cabinet (10) is provided to partition the machine room 36, in which the compressor 37 of the refrigeration cycle is installed, and the kimchi is contained The door 40 which opens and closes the storage chamber 35 is provided with the storage container 42 for accommodating and storing a container, and the hanger device 41 in which the storage container 42 is installed and which is mounted in the storage chamber 35 in a sliding manner. Equipped)

The cabinet 10 has an inner case 31 which forms a storage compartment 35 having an open front surface, and an outer case which is coupled to surround the inner case 31 and forms a machine compartment 36 partitioned from the storage compartment 35. And a heat insulating wall 33 provided between the inner case 31 and the outer case 32 to insulate the storage compartment 35 from the outside. The inner case 31 is composed of an enclosure having an open front, and a pair of rails 31a extending in the horizontal direction are disposed on both side walls thereof so that the hanger 41 of the door 40 is slidably coupled thereto. have. In addition, the support roller 31b is mounted in the front region of the rail 31a so as to contact and support the hanger device 41. And the outer case 32 is coupled to maintain a gap between the inner case 31 and a predetermined so as to form a heat insulating wall 33 by injecting a urethane foam.

Above the cabinet 30 is mounted a control panel 34 in which a plurality of operation buttons and a storage temperature control program are built. In addition, between the wall of the cabinet 10, that is, between the inner case 31 and the outer case 32, an evaporator 38 for keeping the storage compartment 35 in a refrigerated state, and an electric heater 39 for performing defrosting and aging functions. ) Are installed, which are driven by the control program.

The evaporator 38 is a coolant supplied by the start of the compressor 37 installed in the machine room 36 to generate cold air. The evaporator 38 is formed of cooling pipes extending to a predetermined length to surround the outer wall of the inner case 31. The electric heater 39 is also attached along the evaporator 38. Accordingly, the storage compartment 35 is a refrigeration mode is performed by the evaporator 38 in a direct cooling method, the defrosting or ripening mode is performed by the electric heater 39, the refrigeration and ripening mode is the control panel 34 It is programmed in.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 3, the machine room 36 provided at the rear of the cabinet 10 has a compressor 37 constituting a refrigeration cycle as well as a condenser (not shown) condensing the compressed refrigerant and a defrosting receiver. 53 and the like are provided. The defrosting receiver 53 is for collecting and removing the defrost water generated in the storage chamber 35 during the defrosting operation. In addition, a drain means 50 is provided between the inner case 31 and the machine room 36 for guiding discharge of the defrost water to the defrost receiver 53.

The drainage means 50 according to the present invention is coupled to the drain hose part 51 and the drain hose part 51 extending toward the machine room 36 on the bottom surface of the inner case 31 to receive defrost water. And a guide hose 52 for guiding to 53. The drain hose part 51 is a hollow tube communicating with the storage chamber 35 and is integrally formed with the inner case 31 and extends from the bottom thereof toward the machine chamber 36 side. And one end of the guide hose 52 is coupled to the open end of the bath hose portion 51, the other end thereof is assembled to be located directly above the defrosting receiver (53).

Therefore, after assembling the guide hose 52 to the drain hose part 51 and injecting urethane foam liquid, the drain hose part 51 is embedded in the heat insulation wall 33. At this time, since the drain hose part 51 is integrally formed with the inner case 31, the assembling work of the drain means 50 is easily performed, and the urethane foam liquid flows into the drain hose part 51. The phenomenon that does not occur.

Next will be described the drainage process according to the operation and defrosting operation of the kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above.

First, in the refrigerating mode, the storage chamber 35 is cooled by a direct cooling method through the evaporator 38 of the refrigerating cycle, so that the kimchi stored in the storage container 42 is kept in a fresh state for a long time. And when the door 40 is pulled out to take out or receive the kimchi, the storage container 42 is pulled out along the rail 31a along with the door 40 in the horizontal direction.

On the other hand, since the storage chamber 35 is in a humid state due to moisture generated from kimchi or the like due to the inflow of external air through opening and closing of the door 40 and opening and closing of the storage container 42, the wall surface of the storage chamber 35, that is, the inner case ( The frost is formed on the frost 31 and freezing occurs. (At this time, the frost is concentrated on the inner case 31 so that the evaporator 38 is embedded in the cabinet 10 wall. Because I'm drunk)

Since the freezing phenomenon lowers the heat exchange efficiency of the evaporator 38, the defrosting operation is performed by driving the electric heater 39 in the Kimchi refrigerator control program. Therefore, the heat generated in the electric heater 39 is transferred to the wall of the storage compartment 35, that is, the inner case 31, whereby defrosting is performed.

At this time, the defrost water generated in the storage chamber 35 is a drain hose part 51 formed integrally with the inner case 31. Guide Hose (52) The defrosting receiver 53 is discharged and removed from the defrosting receiver 53.

As described in detail above, according to the Kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention, the bottom end of the inner case forming the storage compartment is extended so that the tip is directed toward the machine room side is connected to the guide hose and is provided with a drain hose part integrally embedded in the insulation wall . Accordingly, due to the unification of parts of the inner hose and the drainage hose for defrosting water, the overall assembly performance of the Kimchi refrigerator is improved, the number of parts is reduced, manufacturing cost is reduced, and there is an effect of preventing quality defects.

Claims (1)

An inner case forming a storage compartment, an outer case coupled to surround the inner case and forming a machine compartment partitioned from the storage compartment, a heat insulation wall formed between the inner case and the outer case, and a defrosting receiver provided in the machine compartment; In the kimchi refrigerator having a drainage means for discharging the defrost water generated in the storage compartment during the defrosting operation to the defrost receiving tray, The drain means, A drain hose part provided integrally with the inner case and extending toward the machine room from the bottom thereof and embedded in the heat insulation wall; Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it is connected to the drain hose portion and provided with a guide hose for guiding defrost water to the defrost receiver.