KR20040000809A - Function selection dial for kim-chi refrigeration - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A function selection dial for a kimchi refrigerator is provided to allow easy setting of kind of food stored in each of storage compartments of the kimchi refrigerator and operating condition appropriate for the kind of the food. CONSTITUTION: An operation control part includes visualizing windows and function selection dials(32) setting operating condition, whose numbers correspond with number of storage compartments. The visualizing window is an LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) visualizing temperature in the storage compartment and progress of operating condition selected by the function selection dial. The function selection dial comprises a dial button(32a) protrusively formed and penetrating an outer case and to be rotated so as to select optimum operating conditions such as refrigeration, freezing, thawing and maturing radially arranged correspondingly with kind of food stored in the storage compartment; and a dial axis(32c) coupled to a bottom of the dial button to operate a thermostat.

Description

Function selection dial for kimchi refrigerator {FUNCTION SELECTION DIAL FOR KIM-CHI REFRIGERATION}

The present invention relates to a kimchi refrigerator, and more particularly, each operation mode according to various food types and storage characteristics stored in the storage compartment of the refrigerator is simply selected through one dial and operated according to the selected mode. It relates to a function selection dial for the kimchi refrigerator.

In general, the kimchi refrigerator, unlike conventional refrigerators, focuses on the conventional conventional kimchi ripening principle, that is, the kimchi ripening time and temperature principle of kimchi poison in the ground, so that fermented foods such as kimchi are properly aged to taste food. In order to further improve the, inside the cooling means and heating means are provided, using the heating means in the early time to ripen kimchi stored in the storage container in accordance with the preferences, and after aging By using the cooling means to maintain the internal temperature of the storage container at an appropriate level, it was developed to be able to preserve for a long time while maintaining the taste and freshness of kimchi.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional kimchi refrigerator, Figure 2 is a partially enlarged view of the operation control unit of the conventional kimchi refrigerator. As shown in the drawing, a conventional Kimchi refrigerator is divided into a plurality of storage compartments and a lower machine compartment in which the outer case is insulated by a foaming space in a foaming agent and has an upper portion for opening and closing the main body 110 and the upper opening of each storage compartment. The door 120 is rotatably mounted on one side of the surface, and the driving controller 130 is provided on the upper front surface of the main body 110 to control the overall driving state.

The operation control unit 130 is provided with a visualization window 131 and a plurality of function selection buttons 132 corresponding to the number of storage compartments to control each storage compartment.

The function selection button 132 controls the operation of each storage compartment ON / OFF and sets the operating conditions such as refrigeration, freezing storage and thawing / maturation according to the type of food stored for the storage compartment in the ON state. It consists of a number of buttons.

The visualization window 131 includes an LCD for visualizing the storage temperature set by the function selection button and visualizing the progress of the selected operating condition.

By this configuration, the conventional kimchi refrigerator to accommodate the frozen storage foods such as kimchi and other refrigerated foods and meat / fish in each storage compartment insulated by the foam space of the foam inside the main body 110, respectively, According to the food received by the user to be refrigerated and frozen storage according to the operating conditions selected by the function selection button 132 of the operation control unit 130.

However, as the number of foods stored and stored in the storage compartment increases, and the operating conditions according to foods vary according to foods, there is a problem in that the user needs to know the types and operating conditions of foods to set the desired operating conditions. In addition, the number of function selection buttons 132 for setting each operation condition according to each type of food or the type of food becomes too large, causing the user to confuse and increase the function selection button 132 during use. There is a problem in use.

According to the present invention devised to solve the above problems, the Kimchi refrigerator refrigerating function selection dial to make it easier to set the type of food accommodated in each storage compartment of the kimchi refrigerator and the operating conditions according to the type of the food To provide.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional kimchi refrigerator,

2 is a partially enlarged view of a driving control unit of a conventional kimchi refrigerator,

3 is a perspective view of the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention,

4 is an enlarged partial view of the operation control unit of the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention,

5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the refrigerator function selection dial of the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention;

6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an operating state of the function selection dial of FIG. 5;

7 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of the A-A portion of FIG.

* Description of the main parts of the drawings *

10: main body 11: outer case

20: door 30: operation control unit

31: Visualization window 32: Function selection dial

32a: Dial button 32b: Dial dial

32c: dial shaft 33: spring

34: spring support bracket 35: locking plate

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, the outer case, at least one storage compartment insulated inside the outer case by the foaming space of the foaming agent, and the temperature inside the storage compartment according to the type of food accommodated in the storage compartment In the kimchi refrigerator provided with an operation operation unit for controlling the upper portion of the outer case, the operation operation portion Kimchi, characterized in that for selecting the type of food stored in the storage compartment by rotating one food function selection dial Refrigeration storage function for the refrigerator is achieved by the selection dial.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the kimchi refrigerator refrigerating storage function selection dial according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention, Figure 4 is a partial enlarged view of the operation operation portion of the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention, Figure 5 is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view of the selection storage function dial for the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention, Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an operating state showing an operating state of the function selection dial of FIG. 5, and FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention includes a main body 10 partitioned into a plurality of storage compartments and a lower machine compartment insulated from a foaming space by an inner space of the outer case 11 forming an external appearance. A door 20 rotatably mounted on one side of the upper surface of the main body 10 for opening and closing the upper opening of each storage compartment, and an operation control unit provided on the upper front surface of the main body 10 to control the overall driving state ( It consists of 30).

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation control unit 30 includes a visualization window 31 corresponding to the number of storage rooms and a function selection dial 32 for setting operation conditions so as to control each storage room.

The visualization window 31 includes an LCD for visualizing the set storage temperature and visualizing the progress of the operation according to the operating condition selected by the function selection dial 32.

And, as shown in Figure 5 to 7, the function selection dial 32, according to the type of food stored in the storage compartment for optimal operating conditions arranged in the columnar, such as refrigeration, freezing storage and thawing / ripening A dial button 32a protruding through the control-side outer case 11a for rotation and selection, and a dial shaft 32c extending and coupled to a bottom of the dial button 32a to operate a thermostat (not shown). It consists of.

In addition, it is preferable that malfunction preventing means for preventing the malfunction of the function selection dial 32 and / or locking means for limiting the use of the function selection dial 32 are respectively provided.

The malfunction preventing means is a dial formed by alternating at predetermined distances along the outer circumferential surface of the locking portion of the dial button 32a to allow the function selection dial to be operated only by the user's intention and to stop at the correct operation condition setting position. The projection 32b, the rotation preventing groove 11b formed intaglio on the inner circumferential surface of the controller outer case so that the dial projection 32b is engaged with the dial projection 32b, and the dial projection 32b is engaged with the rotation preventing groove 11b. It is composed of a spring 33 for elastically supporting to maintain the, and a spring support bracket 34 for supporting the other side of the spring (33).

In addition, the locking means is coupled to both sides of the spring support bracket 34 so as to be horizontally transported, and the locking plate 35 for controlling the separation of the dial protrusion 32b inserted into the anti-rotation groove 11b. )

By this configuration, the conventional kimchi refrigerator accommodates kimchi and other refrigerated foods and frozen foods such as meat, fish and ice cream in each storage compartment insulated and partitioned by the foam space of the foam material in the main body 10, respectively. Be sure to

table. One

Refrigerated, frozen food Operating condition temperature (℃) wine 10 beer 4 Sikhye / Crystal / Ice 3 Vegetable / Fruit / Herb 0 Fish / Meat Thawing -One Sherbet / red bean shaved ice -3

As shown in Table 1 above, the operating conditions according to the type of food accommodated in the storage compartment and the set temperature band such as refrigeration, freezing, ripening and thawing of the food are arranged along the circumference around the function selection dial 32. Of these arranged operating conditions, the user operates the function selection dial 32 to set the desired operating condition.

In order to set the operating conditions of the kimchi refrigerator by operating the function selection dial 32, the locking means for preventing the dial projection 32b of the function selection dial 32 from being released from the rotation preventing groove 11b is first released. In order to release the locking means, the locking plate 35 coupled to both sides of the bottom of the dial protrusion 32b is horizontally transferred in both directions.

In addition, by pressing the dial button 32a, which is a protrusion of the function selection dial 32 in which the locking means is released, the dial projection 32b at the bottom thereof is rotated in a state of being released from the anti-rotation groove 11b, so that the function selection dial 32 The indicator displayed on the upper surface of the top surface is placed under the selected operating condition, and the pressing force is removed from the dial button 32a so that the dial projection 32b is engaged with the rotation preventing groove 11b by the spring force of the spring 33. do.

Therefore, when the diamond shaft 32c extended to the bottom of the function selection dial 32 operates to the set temperature by raising the thermostat (not shown) of the bottom, the current is stopped so as not to exceed the set temperature and falls below the set temperature. The current starts to operate to maintain the set temperature so that the storage compartment of the Kimchi refrigerator is operated under the operating conditions selected by the function selection dial 32 among various operating conditions.

As described above, according to the present invention, the type of each food stored in the storage room of the Kimchi refrigerator and the operating conditions according to the type of the food are arranged on the circumference according to the temperature band, and easily selected with one function selection dial. In addition, it has an effect of performing a malfunction prevention and locking function of the function selection dial.

Claims (6)

The outer case, at least one storage compartment insulated inside the outer case by the foam space of the foam material, and an operation operation unit for controlling the temperature inside the storage compartment in accordance with the type of food contained in the storage compartment front In the kimchi refrigerator provided on the outer top, The operation operation unit is a kimchi refrigerator function selection dial, characterized in that provided with at least one function selection dial for selecting each of the column-arranged operation conditions according to the type of each food stored in the storage compartment. The function selection dial for kimchi refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the function selection dial is installed corresponding to the number of storage compartments. 2. The function selection dial for kimchi refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the function selection dial is provided with a malfunction preventing means. 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the malfunction preventing means comprises: a dial protrusion alternately formed at a predetermined distance along the circumferential surface of the function selection dial bottom, an anti-rotation groove formed on the inner side of the outer case so that the dial protrusion is inserted, and the dial protrusion. And a spring for elastically supporting the bottom of the function selection dial to maintain the state inserted in the anti-rotation groove, and a spring support bracket for fixing the spring to the bottom thereof. The function selection dial for kimchi refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the function selection dial is provided with a locking means. The method of claim 5, wherein the locking means is in contact with the bottom of the function selection dial function of the kimchi refrigerator characterized in that made of at least one locking plate which is fastened and fixed to allow horizontal transfer to limit the use of the function selection dial. Selection dial.