KR20090006277U - Air damper - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an external air control damper for a refrigerator and freezer combined, in particular, the upper plate installed on the upper part of the main body is formed with an inlet for inlet air connected to the drying chamber and an outlet for discharging steam generated inside the drying chamber to the outside. In the refrigerator and freezer combined dryer comprising a, the inner space is separated into the inlet chamber connected to the inlet and the outlet by the central partition, the interior space is separated, the front door of the case is opened and closed with an opening and closing door equipped with a weight It is possible to install, the side of the case by installing a first actuator connected by the opening and closing doors to form a damper, the weight of the weight provided in the opening and closing door of the damper while the first actuator is turned off during the drying operation Open and close the door automatically to supply the outside air into the drying room. The present invention relates to an external air control damper for a refrigerator / freezer combined dryer that can control power interruption by using a simple operation structure as well as reducing power consumption.

Dryer, refrigeration, freezing, air control, damper,

Description

Air Control Damper for Refrigerator & Freezer Dryer {AIR DAMPER}

The present invention relates to an external air control damper for a refrigerator and a freezer dryer, and more particularly, a case in which an inner space is separated into an inlet chamber connected to an inlet and a discharge chamber connected to an inlet by a central partition, and the front of the case. The opening and closing door with a weight is installed to open and close, and the side of the case is provided with a first actuator connected by the connection between the opening and closing door to configure a damper, the first actuator is turned off during the drying operation of the damper The open / close door is automatically opened by the weight of the weight provided in the open / close door, so that the outside air can be supplied to the inside of the drying room, which can reduce power consumption and control the intermittent control of the outside air by using a simple operation structure. The present invention relates to an air control damper for a refrigerator, freezer and dryer.

Currently, dryers are used to dry vegetables such as pepper, jujube, wolfberry, pumpkin, herbs, radish, fern, wild greens, or aquatic products such as squid, fish and anchovies.

The dryer is configured to operate a built-in heater to dry vegetables or seafood in a confined space.

However, since the conventional dryer is used only for drying vegetables or aquatic products, when the dryer is not used, the conventional dryer may be left as it is.

In order to solve this problem, a refrigerator and a freezer dryer, which is configured to have a drying function, a refrigeration and a freezing function, have been provided. Such a refrigerator and freezer dryer has to introduce fresh air into the dryer for quick drying during a drying operation. In the refrigeration and freezing function, the outside air must be blocked to prevent the inflow of air into the dryer. However, in the prior art, since the user has to manually perform the supply and blocking of the outside air, there is a problem in that workability is inferior and inconvenience in use is increased.

Therefore, the present invention for solving the above problems is the combined use of the refrigerator and freezer, including forming an inlet for inlet air connected to the drying chamber and an outlet for discharging the steam generated in the drying chamber to the outside in the upper plate installed on the upper portion of the main body In the dryer, the inner space is separated into an inlet chamber connected to the inlet port and the outlet port by the central partition, the interior space is separated, the front and rear of the case is provided with an opening and closing door equipped with a weight body to open and close the case The first actuator is connected to the opening and closing door and connected to the side of the damper to configure a damper, so that the first actuator is turned off during the drying operation, and the opening and closing door is automatically opened by the weight of the weight provided in the opening and closing door of the damper. Open operation allows the supply of outside air into the drying chamber. It aims to provide an external air control damper for a combined refrigerator and freezer dryer that can reduce and reduce the control of outside air using a simple operation structure.

The present invention for achieving the above object

In the upper plate installed on the upper portion of the main body, the inlet for the external air inlet connected to the drying chamber and the outlet for discharging the steam generated inside the drying chamber to the outside, comprising:

An inner space is separated into an inlet chamber connected to an inlet and an outlet by a central partition, and an inner space is separated. An open / close door having a weight is provided on the front of the case so as to be opened and closed. Characterized in that the first actuator is connected by the opening and closing door and the connection.

According to the present invention, the first actuator is turned off during the drying operation, and the opening and closing door is automatically opened by the weight of the weight provided in the opening and closing door of the damper, thereby reducing the power consumption. In addition, it can be expected to provide an air control damper for a refrigerator and freezer combined dryer that can control the intermittent control of the outside air precisely by using a simple operation structure.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 to 6 are as follows.

Reference numeral 1 represents a main body forming the outline of the present invention.

The main body 1 is provided with a plurality of drying chambers, that is, a first drying chamber 2 and a second drying chamber 3, and the side surfaces of the drying chambers 2 and 3 have an insulating wall 4 and an inner panel ( 5) consists of.

The inner panel 5 is spaced apart from the heat insulation wall 4 so that a flow space 6 through which air can flow is formed between the inner panel 5 and the insulation wall 4, and the inner panel 5 ) Is formed a plurality of flow holes 10 for supplying air through the flow space 6 into the drying chamber (2) (3), the tray 14 is placed inside the inner panel (5) A plurality of support shelves 16 are coupled as bolts.

The tray 14 is formed with a porous hole 15 for vertical flow of the heating air, the upper portion of the inner panel 5, the air vent 9 to communicate with the heater chamber 20 and the flow space (6) ) Is formed.

In addition, a heater chamber 20 for blowing the heated air into the flow space 6 is installed at the upper portion of the drying chamber 2, 3, the heater chamber 20 having a central portion as shown in FIG. 2. Blower fan 22 is installed in the heater, the heater 21 for heating is installed on both sides of the heater chamber 20, the outside air flowing through the inlet 12 to be installed behind the blower fan 22 blowing fan The outdoor air induction pipe 24 which guides below 22 is provided.

An upper plate 11 is installed at an upper portion of the drying chambers 2 and 3, and the inlet 12 and the drying chamber 2 for supplying outside air to the drying chambers 2 and 3 are installed in the upper plate 11. 3) A discharge port 13 for discharging the steam generated from the inside to the outside is formed, the motor 23 for rotating the blowing fan 22 is installed on the upper plate (11).

In addition, the upper portion of the upper plate 11 is provided with a damper 30 for selectively introducing the outdoor air into the drying chamber during the drying operation,

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the damper 30 has an inlet chamber 32 connected to the inlet 12 by a central partition 34 and an outlet chamber 33 connected to the outlet 13. The space is divided into a case 31, the front and rear of the case 31 is provided with an opening and closing door (35) provided with a weight body 36 is installed so as to open and close while the upper side is flipped, the case ( 31 is configured by installing a first actuator 37 connected by the opening and closing door 35 and the connecting portion 38.

The weight body 36 is coupled as a bolt to the end of the coupling piece (35a) is inclined upwardly on the top of the opening and closing door 35, as shown in the figure.

The reason for coupling the weight body 36 to the end of the coupling piece 35a is preferably at a position away from the center of rotation of the opening / closing door 35 so that the weight of the first actuator 37 is off. This is to open and close the door 35 quickly by the self load of the sieve 36.

When the weight body 36 is coupled to the end of the coupling piece 35a as described above, even if the weight of the weight body 36 is reduced, the opening and closing of the door 35 may be smoothly performed.

The damper 30 opens and closes the door 35 by the weight of the weight body 36 as the first actuator 37 is turned off by the control of a control device not shown in the drying operation, so that outside air flows in. After being supplied to the heater chamber 20 through the chamber 32 and the outdoor air induction pipe 24, the drying fan is supplied to the drying chamber 2 and 3 by the blowing fan 22.

The first control panel 27 and the second control panel 28 for controlling the respective drying chambers (2) and (3) in a dry state at the front upper end of the dryer body of the present invention are installed independently, the user's first And the drying operation of the drying chambers 2 and 3 is independently controlled in accordance with the operation of the second control panels 27 and 28.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the dryer can be utilized as a refrigerator, a freezer.

To this end, the refrigerant pipes 7 and 8 are embedded in the heat insulating walls 4 forming the sidewalls of the first and second drying chambers 2 and 3, and the refrigerant pipes are formed on the upper part of the main body 1. 7,8) to install the evaporator 25 and the compressor 26 for circulating the refrigerant, and the third control panel 29 for refrigeration and freezing control is installed on the front of the main body (1).

Since the evaporator 25 and the compressor 26 constitute a refrigerant cycle for refrigerating and freezing, detailed description thereof will be omitted. The refrigerant pipes 7 and 8 are the first drying chamber 2 and the second drying chamber, respectively. In order to be able to cool (3) independently, make each closed loop.

That is, each of the refrigerant pipes 7 and 8 is installed in each of the first drying chamber 2 and the second drying chamber 3 so that the first drying chamber 2 or the second drying chamber 3 can be independently cooled and controlled. will be.

Then, by installing a three-way valve 50 at the output end of the compressor 26 to control the amount of refrigerant supplied to each refrigerant pipe (7, 8), each drying chamber (2) (3) to be cooled independently To help.

In the present invention, a blocking plate 40 is installed on the outlet 13 to block the outflow of the refrigerant, and a second actuator 41 is installed on the outlet 13 in the vertical direction. When the dryer is operated as a refrigerator or a freezer by coupling the blocking plate 40 to the operating shaft of the actuator 41, the second actuator 41 is turned on to raise the blocking plate 40 so that the outlet 13 is closed. In order to prevent cold air inside the drying chamber 2 and 3 from flowing out, and when the dryer operates as a dryer, the second actuator 41 is turned off while being lowered by the weight of the blocking plate 40. The outlet 13 is opened to allow steam generated during the drying operation to be discharged to the outside through the outlet 13.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

◈ Dryer Operation ◈

Drying operation is a user puts the vegetables or aquatic products to be dried on the tray (16) in the state placed on the tray 14, and then operate the control panels 27, 28 to operate the drying.

In the initial drying operation, the opening / closing door 35 of the damper 30 is closed by the ON operation of the first actuator 37, the second actuator 41 is turned off, and the discharge port 13 is opened.

That is, as the heater 21 and the blower fan 22 installed in the heater chamber 20 operate, the heated air is supplied to the flow space 6 through the air vent 9, and the heated air 6 And through the flow hole 10 is supplied into the drying chamber (2) (3) inside the drying object in the drying chamber starts to dry.

The steam generated at this time is discharged through the outlet 13.

After the initial drying operation is continued for a set time, the first actuator 37 is turned off by the control of a control device (not shown) and the weight of the weight body 36 installed in the opening / closing door 35 of the damper 30 is reduced. Opening and closing door 35 is opened by the outside air is supplied into the heater chamber 20 through the inlet chamber 32 and the outdoor air induction pipe 24 of the damper 30, the outside air supplied into the heater chamber 20 Is blown by the blowing fan 22 and supplied into the drying chamber (2) (3).

As the outside air is continuously supplied into the drying chamber (2) (3), the steam in the drying chamber is quickly discharged to the outside, the drying of the object to be dried in the process.

◈ Refrigerated, frozen operation ◈

Refrigeration and freezing operation of the present invention is to use a refrigerator or freezer when the dryer is not used.

When the user sets the refrigerating and freezing temperatures of the drying chambers 2 and 3 using the third control panel 29, the compressor 26 operates to compress and discharge the refrigerant, and to output the compressor 26. The three-way valve 50 installed in the operation operates to supply the refrigerant to the refrigerant pipes 7, 8 embedded in the heat insulating wall 4 of the drying chamber 2, 3.

When the refrigerant is supplied to the refrigerant pipes 7 and 8, the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant pipes 7 and 8 cools the air in the flow space 6 between the inner panel 5 and the heat insulation wall 4. By the rotation of the blower fan 22, low-temperature air present in the flow space 6 is supplied to the drying chambers 2 and 3 to lower the internal temperature of the drying chamber.

When the drying chamber (2) (3) is used as a refrigerator or freezer, the blocking plate 40 is raised by the on-operation of the second actuator 41 to block the discharge port (13).

Only when the outlet 13 is blocked, the cold air inside the drying chamber 2 and 3 does not leak to the outside, thereby enabling efficient refrigeration and freezing.

When operating in the refrigerating and freezing function, since the first actuator 37 of the damper 30 is kept in an on state, the opening / closing door 35 is kept in a closed state, thereby preventing the outside air from being supplied into the dryer. .

1 is a perspective view showing a refrigerator, a freezer and a combined dryer to which the damper of the present invention is applied.

Figure 2 is a front sectional view showing a refrigerator, freezer and combined dryer to which the damper of the present invention is applied.

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing a refrigerator, freezer combined dryer to which the damper of the present invention is applied.

4 and 5 is a view showing the air control damper of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing an external air control damper of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: main body, 2, 3: drying chamber,

4: insulation wall, 5: inner panel,

6: flow space, 7,8: refrigerant pipe,

9: vent, 10: floating hole,

11: top plate, 12: inlet,

13: outlet, 20: heater chamber,

21: heater, 22; Blowing Fan,

24: air induction pipe, 25: evaporator,

26: compressor, 30: damper,

31: case, 32: inlet chamber,

33: discharge chamber, 34: central bulkhead,

35: open / close door, 36: weight,

37: first actuator, 38: between connections,

40: blocking plate, 50: 3-way valve,

Claims (2)

In the upper plate installed on the upper portion of the main body, the inlet for the external air inlet connected to the drying chamber and the outlet for discharging the steam generated inside the drying chamber to the outside, comprising: An inner space is separated into an inlet chamber connected to an inlet and an outlet by a central partition, and an inner space is separated. An open / close door having a weight is provided on the front of the case so as to be opened and closed. An external air control damper for a refrigerator / freezer combined dryer, comprising: a first actuator connected by an opening / closing door and a connection; The air conditioner damper of claim 1, wherein the weight is coupled as a bolt to an end of the coupling piece that is inclined upwardly to the upper end of the opening / closing door.

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