KR200365648Y1 - A refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, the refrigerator of the present invention, the main body forming the appearance, the storage compartment formed with a storage space inside the body, the door for opening and closing the interior of the storage chamber, the evaporator installed in the inner wall of the storage chamber, the cold side is installed to the upper side of the evaporator A blower fan is provided to blow air, and both sides of the blower fan are provided with discharge ducts extending upward and downward of the storage chamber and having a plurality of discharge holes formed on the front thereof. An intake duct is provided which extends up and down along the rear wall and communicates with the lower part of the evaporator, and has an outlet for allowing cold air sucked in the storage compartment to flow to the evaporator side. In the refrigerator according to the present invention, the cold air distribution structure of the cold air discharge port is formed on the left and right sides of the refrigerating compartment in a uniform and wide area, so that the supply of cold air to the refrigerating compartment is made more uniform and even. The refrigeration efficiency of the stored food is more improved, and since the even cold air supply effect can be achieved without providing a separate blowing means for evenly supplying conventional cold air, the assembly efficiency of the refrigerator is high, and the manufacturing cost is low. Lifting effect

Description

Refrigerator {A refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a cold air flow structure of a refrigerator having an improved cold air flow structure so that cold air can be more evenly supplied into a storage compartment.

In general, a refrigerator is an apparatus in which components of a refrigeration cycle are disposed therein to cool or refrigerate foodstuffs stored in an internal storage compartment.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the conventional refrigerator, a freezing compartment 12 is formed in an upper side of a rectangular body 10 and a refrigerating chamber 11 is provided in a lower side thereof.

A freezer compartment evaporator 16 and a refrigerator compartment evaporator 15 are respectively provided on the rear walls of the freezer compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 11, and a freezer compartment blower fan is provided above the freezer compartment side evaporator 16 and the refrigerating compartment side evaporator 15. 18 and a refrigerating chamber side blowing fan 17 are provided. In addition, the freezing chamber door 14 and the refrigerating chamber door 13 which open and close the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 11 are hingedly installed on the front surface of the main body 10.

In particular, the refrigerating chamber 11 is equipped with a rotary blade 19 extending in the vertical direction to the lower side of the refrigerating chamber side evaporator 15, as shown in Figure 2, discharge duct 20 in front of the rotary blade 19 ) Is formed. In the discharge duct 20, a plurality of discharge ports 20a are formed above and below the intermediate part inside the refrigerating chamber 11. In addition, the suction port 30a is formed in front of the evaporator 15. Here, the suction duct 20 in which the suction port 30a is formed is partitioned from the discharge duct 20 above the discharge duct 20.

The conventional structure for supplying cold air to the refrigerating chamber 11 has to install a separate rotary wing 19 as described above to more uniformly supply the cold air into the refrigerating chamber (11). However, as the rotary blade 19 is separately installed, the components are consumed a lot, the manufacturing cost is increased accordingly, and the manufacturing process is also complicated. In addition, the discharge port 20a formed in the central portion of the refrigerating chamber 11 has a limit in supplying cold air evenly to the corners of the refrigerating chamber 11.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to improve the structure of the cold air flow path to ensure the maximum discharge area of the discharge port in the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator to more evenly supply the cold air into the storage compartment To provide a refrigerator.

1 is a side cross-sectional view of a conventional refrigerator.

2 is a front view showing a cold air flow structure of a refrigerating compartment in a conventional refrigerator.

3 is a side cross-sectional view of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a front view showing the cold air flow structure of the refrigerator compartment in the refrigerator according to the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a cold air flow structure of the refrigerator compartment in the refrigerator according to the present invention.

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

100 ... fridge 110 ... fridge

120 Freezer 150 ... Evaporator on the refrigerator

160 Refrigerator side evaporator 170 Refrigerator side blower

180 ... Freezing fan side 200 ... Discharge duct

210 ... first discharge duct 220 ... second discharge duct

300 ... suction duct 310 ... first suction duct

320.2nd suction duct

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a refrigerator having a main body, a storage compartment formed inside the main body, a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, an evaporator installed on an inner wall of the storage compartment, and a blowing fan for blowing cold air of the evaporator. The storage chamber is provided with a first discharge duct and a second discharge duct branched to guide cold air passing through the evaporator to both sides of the storage chamber, and the first discharge duct and the second discharge duct extend upward and downward of the storage chamber. A plurality of discharge ports are formed up and down in front of the discharge duct, and a suction duct is formed at a rear side of the discharge duct, and a suction hole is formed at one side and a discharge hole communicating with a lower portion of the evaporator is formed at the other side.

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

As shown in FIG. 3, the refrigerator according to the present invention is provided with a main body 100 having an external shape and formed in a rectangular box shape, and a freezing compartment 120 is formed at an upper side of the inside of the main body 100 and moves downward. The refrigerator compartment 110 is provided.

The rear wall of the freezer compartment 120 and the refrigerating compartment 110 is provided with a freezer compartment evaporator 160 and a refrigerating compartment evaporator 150, respectively, and a freezer compartment 140 and a refrigerator compartment that open and close the freezer compartment 120 and the refrigerating compartment 110, respectively. The door 130 is hingedly installed on the front surface of the main body 100.

The refrigerator compartment side blower fan 170 is installed above the refrigerator compartment side evaporator 150, and the freezer compartment side blower fan 180 is installed above the freezer compartment side evaporator 160.

On the other hand, the cold air flow structure in the refrigerating chamber 110 is a configuration in which the discharge duct 200 and the suction duct 300 is provided, respectively, the discharge duct 200 and the suction duct 300 is the blower fan 170 It is formed in both sides and installed.

First, the discharge duct 200 is provided with the first discharge duct 210 installed in the left side of the blowing fan 170 and the second discharge duct 220 installed in the right side of the blowing fan 170. The first discharge duct 210 and the second discharge duct 220 are provided to correspond to each other. The refrigerating chamber side evaporator 150 is located between them.

Each of the first discharge duct 210 and the second discharge duct 220 extends vertically in the vertical direction and is opened toward the blower fan 170 at a portion adjacent to the upper blower fan 170. 210b and 220b are formed, and the upper ends of the discharge ducts 210 and 220 are bent toward the blower fan 170 to form the inlets 210b and 220b.

Next, according to FIG. 4, a plurality of discharge ports 210a and 220a of the discharge ducts 210 and 220 are formed on the front surface of the discharge ducts 210 and 220 so as to face the inside of the refrigerating chamber 110. The lower ends of the discharge ducts 210 and 220 are blocked. At this time, the discharge ports 210a and 220a are supplied to both sides of the rear wall of the refrigerating chamber 110 so that the discharged cold air is supplied to every corner of the refrigerating chamber 110.

Meanwhile, according to FIG. 5, the suction duct 300 has a first suction duct formed on the rear wall of each of the first discharge duct 210 and the second discharge duct 220 so as to overlap with the discharge duct 210 and 220. 310 and the second suction duct 320 is provided.

Referring to Figure 6, the upper end of each of the suction duct 310, 320 is bent so as to penetrate the upper portion of the discharge duct 210, 220 so that the end is located on the inner surface of the refrigerating chamber 110, Suction holes 310a and 320a are formed at the bent ends. The lower end is formed to form outlets 310b and 320b through which air circulating through the suction ducts 310 and 320 flows out, and the lower end of the evaporator 150 is downstream of the outlets 310b and 320b. It is supposed to be located.

Hereinafter will be described in more detail with respect to the cold air distribution in the refrigerator, in particular the refrigerating chamber 110 according to the present invention configured as described above.

First, the cold air generated by the freezer compartment side evaporator 160 is discharged into the freezer compartment 120 by the freezing compartment side blower fan 180, and the cold air circulated inside the freezer compartment 120 is returned to the evaporator 120 and continues. It will cycle.

The cold air generated by the refrigerating chamber side evaporator 150 is forcedly blown into the refrigerating chamber 110 by the refrigerating chamber side blowing fan 170. For this purpose, the cold air blown by the first blowing fan 170 is discharged from each discharge duct ( The coolant introduced into the discharge ducts 210 and 220 is introduced through the inlets 210b and 220b of the 210 and 220, and the cool air introduced into the discharge ducts 210 and 220 is continuously discharged into the discharge duct 210. As it flows from the upper side to the lower side of the 220, it is discharged into the refrigerating chamber 110 through the respective discharge ports 210a and 220a to cool the storage items stored in the refrigerating chamber 110.

In addition, the cold air circulated in the refrigerating chamber 110 moves to the upper side of the refrigerating chamber 110 and is sucked into the suction ports 310a and 320a of the suction ducts 310 and 320 formed above the refrigerating chamber 110. The cold air introduced into the suction ducts 310 and 320 flows down from the upper side of the suction ducts 310 and 320, and the outlets 310b and 320b formed at the lower ends of the suction ducts 310 and 320. It will flow through.

At this time, since the outlets 310b and 320b pass through the lower side of the evaporator 150 and the flow path, the air passed through the suction ducts 310 and 320 is cooled again while passing through the refrigerator compartment side evaporator 150. In addition, as the cold air passing through the evaporator 150 is distributed to the discharge ducts 210 and 220 by the blower fan 170, continuous air circulation and cooling are performed.

The cold air distribution structure in the refrigerator according to the present invention as described above is provided with a separate blowing means for evenly supplying the cold air to the inside of the refrigerating chamber because the discharge port of the cold air is formed in a uniform and wide area on the left and right sides inside the refrigerating compartment. Without this, there is an effect that can be made evenly supplied to the cold air into the refrigerator compartment.

Claims (3)

A refrigerator having a main body, a storage compartment formed inside the main body, a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, an evaporator provided on an inner wall of the storage compartment, and a blowing fan for blowing cold air of the evaporator, The storage chamber is formed with a first discharge duct and a second discharge duct branched to guide the cold air passing through the evaporator to both sides of the storage chamber, The first discharge duct and the second discharge duct are extended to the upper and lower sides of the storage chamber and a plurality of discharge ports are formed up and down in front of the storage chamber, and a suction port is formed at one side of the discharge duct and the evaporator at the other side. Refrigerator, characterized in that the suction duct is formed with a discharge port communicating with the lower portion of the. According to claim 1, The suction duct is a first suction duct formed on the rear of the first discharge duct overlapping with the first discharge duct and the second suction duct formed on the rear of the second discharge duct A refrigerator comprising a duct. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the suction port of the suction duct passes through one side of the discharge duct and communicates with the inside of the storage compartment.