KR20050096340A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a machine room door provided to open and close a machine room formed at an upper portion of a main body. An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which protects the electric wires and allows the machine room doors to rotate freely by preventing the electric wires communicating from the inside of the machine room to the inside of the door from being interrupted or broken by the machine room doors. The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a machine room having an open portion formed on one surface thereof, a main body having a storage compartment formed thereon, a door installed to open and close the storage compartment, a door having an electric component installed thereon, and an electric wire connected to the electric component portion through the opening of the machine chamber from the inside of the machine chamber, It is installed to open and close the opening of the machine room, characterized in that it comprises a machine room door formed with a wire avoiding unit for preventing interference with the wire.

Description

Refrigerator {REFRIGERATOR}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a machine room door provided to open and close a machine room formed at an upper portion of a main body.

In general, the refrigerator is a device provided to maintain the freshness of various foods for a long time by supplying the cold air generated from the evaporator of the refrigeration cycle for a long time, and has a main body forming an appearance, the interior space of the main body stores refrigerated and frozen food It is partitioned into a storage compartment provided so as to be equipped with a compressor, a condenser and a control box. And the front door of the main body of the storage compartment side is provided with a hinged door rotatably to the left and right to open and close the storage compartment.

Some conventional refrigerators are provided so that the machine room is located on the upper part of the main body to increase the space utilization of the storage compartment. An opening is formed in the front of the refrigerator machine room, and the opening is hinged in a vertical direction to open and close the machine room. Combined machine room doors are installed.

In addition, an electronic device including an operation unit for controlling the entire refrigerator by receiving a user's operation signal is installed. Recently, a refrigerator has been developed to install the electronic device on a door for user convenience. On the other hand, in order to install the electric part inside the door, a wiring for electrically connecting the electric part from the machine room to the electric part inside the door is required. For this purpose, the wire passes through the opening part of the machine room and the hinge part where the door and the main body are coupled. It was made.

However, the conventional refrigerator has a problem that the wire and the machine room door may interfere as the machine room door is opened and closed because the wire passes through the door through the opening of the machine room.

The present invention is to solve such a problem, an object of the present invention is to prevent the electric wire communicated from the inside of the machine room into the door is not interfered or broken by the machine room door, so as to protect the wire and the machine room door can rotate freely. To provide a refrigerator.

Refrigerator according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a machine room with an opening is formed on one surface and the main body is formed, the storage compartment is formed, the door is installed to open and close the storage compartment, through the opening of the machine room from the inside of the machine room It is characterized in that it comprises a mechanical room door which is installed to open and close the opening of the machine room, the electric wire connected to the electric parts and the wire avoidance part is formed to prevent interference with the electric wire.

In addition, the door is rotatably coupled to the main body by a hinge portion, characterized in that the wire is fixed by the hinge portion.

In addition, the hinge portion is characterized in that it comprises a hinge shaft member hollow so that the wire passes through.

In addition, when the machine room door is closed is characterized in that it further comprises a wire protection member that is in close contact with the wire avoiding portion surrounding the wire.

In addition, it is characterized in that it further comprises a control box which is installed in the machine room and electrically connected by the electric component and the wire.

The apparatus may further include an operation panel installed at the door and electrically connected to the electronic device to receive a user's operation signal.

In addition, the mechanical chamber door, a stainless steel front plate, a back plate coupled to the front plate, is installed between the front plate and the back plate, characterized in that it comprises a reinforcing member for preventing the front plate from being deformed. do.

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

Refrigerator according to the present invention is a device provided to maintain the freshness of various foods for a long time by supplying the cold air generated from the evaporator of the refrigeration cycle for a long time, as shown in Figure 1, having a main body 10 forming the appearance In addition, the internal space of the main body 10 is divided into a storage chamber 20 provided at the bottom and a machine room 30 provided at the top to store the storage.

Here, the evaporator (not shown) is installed in the main body 10 of the rear side of the storage chamber 20, the compressor (31) for compressing the refrigerant to supply to the evaporator (not shown) side and the compressor ( A condenser 32 for condensing the compressed refrigerant between the 31 and the evaporator (not shown) is installed, and the compressor 31 and the condenser 32 are provided in the machine room between the compressor 31 and the condenser 32. Cooling fan 33 for cooling by using is installed.

The storage compartment 20 is further divided into a freezer compartment on the left side and a refrigerating compartment on the right side. Doors 11 and 12 which are hinged to the front and rear sides of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment side main body 10 to be rotated in the left and right directions to open and close the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, respectively. Is installed, and the opening part 34 formed on the front surface of the machine room 30 so as to open and close the machine room 30 is provided with a machine room door 35 hinged to be rotatable in the vertical direction. For reference, reference numeral 21 denotes a shelf installed in multiple stages on the back of each storage compartment 20 and doors 11 and 12 so as to support the storage, and reference numeral 36 denotes a machine compartment door 35 of the machine compartment 30. It is a hinge pin for hinge coupling to the opening 34.

In addition, the front side of the freezer compartment door 11 is provided with an operation panel 13 for the overall operation of the refrigerator, one side of the machine room 30 by the signal input through the operation panel 13 to the overall of the refrigerator A control box 37 with a built-in microprocessor is installed to perform control.

When the user inputs various driving conditions for driving the refrigerator through the operation panel 13 through the structure, the control box 37 which receives the signal sends a command corresponding to the signal to each component of the refrigerator. The user's action to be performed. Therefore, an electric wire 40 including a signal line or a power line for applying a predetermined signal and power is connected between the operation panel 13 and the control box 37, and the wire 40 is connected to the freezer compartment door 11. ) Extends into the machine room 30 through the opening 34 of the machine room 30 via the upper end of the door 11 from the inside of the door.

In addition, hinges are provided at the upper and lower ends of the doors 11 and 12 to hinge the doors 11 and 12 to the front of the main body 10 so as to be rotatable, and the operation panel 13 and the control box 37. The wire 40 for connecting the cable extends into the machine room 30 through the hinge portion provided at the upper side of the freezer compartment door 11, and for this purpose, the wire 40 is connected to the hinge portion provided at the upper side of the freezer compartment door 11. A structure for passing the passage is provided.

That is, the hinge portion provided at the upper end of the freezer compartment door 11 is fixed to the other end portion of which one end is fixed to the main body 10 side and extends to the door 11 side as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. And a hinge shaft member 52 coupled to the door 11 so as to be rotatably fitted in the hinge bracket 51 formed with the hinge bracket 51 and the hinge hole 51a of the hinge bracket 51, and the wire 40 ) Extends to the upper end of the door 11 through the hinge shaft member 52 and then to the inside of the machine room 30 through the opening part 34 (see FIG. 1) of the machine room 30. The member 52 is hollow so that the wire 40 can pass therethrough, and an upper end thereof is positioned at the front side of the opening part 34 (see FIG. 1) of the machine room 30. For reference, reference numeral 52a is a flange portion formed on the outer surface of the hinge shaft member 52 such that the hinge shaft member 52 is caught by the hinge hole 51a of the hinge bracket 51, and 52b is the flange portion 52a. And a bush provided to rotatably support the hinge shaft member 52 between the door 11 and the door 11.

On the other hand, since the wire 40 is connected to the inside of the door 11 through the opening 34 of the machine room 30 as described above, the wire 40 of the machine room door 35 at the time of opening and closing the machine room door 35 It is located on the movement path. Accordingly, the wire 40 may be damaged by the opening and closing of the machine room door 35, or the opening and closing of the machine room door 35 may be interrupted. Therefore, the refrigerator according to the present invention allows the machine room door 35 to be opened and closed smoothly by using the wire avoidance structure. The wire avoidance structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention includes a wire protection member 53 provided at one side of the opening part 34 and a machine room door 35 to support the machine room door 35 pivoted downward as shown in FIG. 2. In case of opening / closing, the wire avoidance part 60 is provided in the machine room door 35 to be in contact with and spaced apart from the wire protection member 53.

In addition, the wire protection member 53 is integrally formed through the upper end of the hinge shaft member 52 coupled to the upper end of the freezing compartment side door 11, that is, the hinge coupled to the upper end of the freezing compartment side door 11. The upper end of the shaft member 52 is located in front of the opening 34 of the machine room 30 so as to form the wire protection member 53 for supporting the rear surface of the machine room door 35 when the machine door 35 is closed. The wire avoiding unit 60 is installed at the bottom edge of the rear side of the machine room door 35 at a position corresponding to the wire protecting member 53.

3 and 4, the wire protection member 53 forming an upper end of the hinge shaft member 52 is provided to have an annular cross section. The skin 60 is provided in a tubular shape in which one side surface and a lower end of the wire protection member 53 side communicate with each other so that the skin 60 can be fitted to the wire protection member 53 through the side surface. The inner surface of the c) is provided to support and wrap the outer surface of the wire protection member 53 along a circumferential direction in a state where the wire avoidance part 60 is fitted to the wire protection member 53. To this end, side openings 61 and lower openings 62 formed on the side surfaces of the wire avoiding part 60 and the lower part of the wire avoiding part 60 are provided to communicate with each other. The inner surface of the 60 is provided with a close contact portion 63 formed to be in close contact with the outer surface of the wire protection member 53 while supporting the outer surface of the wire protection member 53 along a circumferential direction.

When the machine room door 35 is rotated downward through this structure, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the wire avoidance part 60 is formed along the side opening part 61 of the wire avoidance part 60. In close contact with the wire protection member 53, the machine room door 35 may not proceed any further and maintain a stop state. That is, the machine room door 35 is not directly in contact with the wire 40, the wire avoidance portion 60 and the wire protection member 53 is in close contact with each other. Then, when the wire avoiding unit 60 is rotated upward in the state in which the wire avoiding unit 60 is in close contact with the wire protecting member 53, the wire avoiding unit 60 is separated from the wire protecting member 53 and the machine room door ( 35) is opened.

In addition, the upper end of the wire avoiding unit 60 is provided with a closing portion 64 provided to be spaced apart from the wire protecting member 53 so that the upper end of the wire avoiding unit 60 is closed. Since the closed portion 64 is spaced apart and a space of a certain height is formed to allow the wire 40 to pass freely, the wire 40 and the machine room door 35 extending from the top of the wire protection member 53 do not interfere with each other. The wire 40 can be easily guided to the inside of the machine room 30 without.

On the other hand, the machine room door 35 according to the present invention includes a front plate 35a which is exposed to the outside when the machine room door 35 is closed as shown in FIG. 5, the front plate 35a presses a thin stainless steel sheet. It is manufactured by. And the rear plate 35b is coupled to the front plate 35a to the rear side of the front plate 35a. In addition, a reinforcing member 35c is installed between the front plate 35a and the rear plate 35b. The reinforcing member 35c is formed horizontally in the longitudinal direction along the edge of the machine room door 35 to prevent the edge portion of the front plate 35a from being deformed by an external impact.

As described in detail above, the refrigerator according to the present invention has a wire avoidance structure, so that the machine room door is not interfered by the wires communicating from the inside of the machine room to the door, thereby preventing damage to the wires and freely rotating the machine door. It works.

1 is a perspective view showing the overall structure of a refrigerator according to the present invention, showing a separate machine room door.

2 is an enlarged perspective view of a wire protection structure in the refrigerator according to the present invention.

3 is a side sectional view showing a structure of a hinge part in a state where the machine room door of the machine room is closed in the refrigerator according to the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the back of the machine room door of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on main parts of drawing

10: main body, 11, 12: door,

13: control panel, 20: storage room,

30: machine room, 34: opening part,

35: machine room door, 37: control box,

40: electric wire, 51: hinge bracket,

52: hinge shaft member, 53: wire protection member,

60: wire avoidance part, 61: side opening part,

62: lower opening, 63: close contact,

64: closure.

Claims (7)

A main body in which an opening is formed on one surface and a storage chamber is formed; A door installed to open and close the storage compartment and having an electric component installed therein; An electric wire connected from the inside of the machine room to the electric equipment part through an opening of the machine room; And a machine room door installed to open and close the opening of the machine room and having an electric wire avoiding part for preventing interference with the electric wire. The method of claim 1, The door is coupled by a hinge portion rotatably to the main body, And the electric wire is fixed by the hinge part. The method of claim 2, The hinge unit comprises a hinge shaft member hollow so that the wires pass through. The method of claim 3, wherein When the machine room door is closed, the refrigerator further comprises a wire protection member that is in close contact with the wire avoiding portion surrounding the wire. The method of claim 1, And a control box installed in the machine room and electrically connected to the electric component by the electric wire. The method of claim 1, And a manipulation panel installed at the door and electrically connected to the electric component to receive a manipulation signal of the user. The method of claim 1, The machine room door, Stainless steel faceplate; A rear plate coupled with the front plate; And a reinforcing member installed between the front plate and the rear plate to prevent the front plate from being deformed.