KR20090075043A - A refrigerator having function for preventing dew from forming using heat storing reagent - Google Patents

Abstract

A refrigerator having a dew prevention function with a regenerative agent is provided to prevent generation of dew with inexpensive cost by passing heated regenerative agent in a thermal storage tank through a circumference of a home-bar. A refrigerator(100) having a dew prevention function with a regenerative agent includes a refrigerator main body(110), a door(120), a home-bar, a thermal storage tank(140), a regenerative agent hose, and a refrigerant pipe(153). The refrigerator main body accommodates contents. The door opens and closes an opening of the refrigerator main body. The home-bar is installed at a front side of the door. The thermal storage tank is installed at the refrigerator main body. The thermal storage tank accommodates the regenerative agent. The refrigerant pipe is connected between a compressor(151) and a condenser(152). The refrigerant pipe passes through the inside of the thermal storage tank.

Description

Refrigerator with dew condensation using heat storage agent {A REFRIGERATOR HAVING FUNCTION FOR PREVENTING DEW FROM FORMING USING HEAT STORING REAGENT}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a dew condensation prevention function using a heat storage agent, and more particularly, to a refrigerator which prevents dew condensation by heating a heat storage agent in a heat storage tank and circulating around a home bar or a dispenser.

In general, a refrigerator is a home appliance that generates cold air through a cooling device constituting a series of cooling cycles and supplies the generated cold air to a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment to freeze / refrigerate items stored in the refrigerator.

Recently, a structure for installing a home bar on a door of a refrigerator is common.

By the way, in the refrigerator provided with such a home bar, the dew condensation generate | occur | produced around the home bar in many cases by the temperature difference between the cold air inside a home bar, and the outside hot air. When dew condensation occurs in the refrigerating compartment or the freezing compartment home bar, the contaminants flow to the floor and water is left in the storage, and in some cases, the freezing may cause the opening of the home bar not to be smooth.

In order to prevent such dew condensation, the electric heating wire is disposed around the home bar in the related art. In this case, there is a disadvantage in that the maintenance cost is excessive due to high power consumption.

This dewing phenomenon appears in the dispenser as well as the home bar, indicating a similar problem.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to use a cooling cycle to heat the heat storage agent and circulate the heat storage agent to prevent the dew condensation of the home bar to reduce the power consumption significantly To provide.

In order to achieve the above object, a refrigerator having a function of preventing dew condensation using a heat storage agent according to the present invention includes a refrigerator body accommodating contents, a door opening and closing an opening of the refrigerator body, a home bar installed at the front surface of the door, A heat storage tank installed in the refrigerator main body and accommodating a heat storage agent, a heat storage hose extending from the heat storage tank to a home bar and returning to the home bar, and connected between a compressor and a condenser, and a refrigerant pipe passing through the inside of the heat storage tank.

Here, the heat storage hose is preferably wrapped around the groove bar.

The heat storage hose may extend through the door hinge.

In addition, the heat storage tank is preferably provided on the upper end of the refrigerator body.

Furthermore, a dispenser is additionally installed on the front surface of the door, and a separate heat storage hose is extended between the heat storage tank and the dispenser.

In this case, the heat storage hose is preferably wrapped around the dispenser.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, by allowing the cooling pipe between the compressor and the condenser to pass through the heat storage tank, and the heat storage agent heated in the heat storage tank passes through the circumference of the groove bar to prevent dew formation in the home bar at low cost. There is an advantage.

With reference to the accompanying Figures 1 and 2 will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the refrigerator 100 having a dew condensation prevention function using the heat storage agent according to the present invention, the refrigerator main body 110 for receiving the contents and the door 120 for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerator body 110. Includes, the front of the door 120, the home bar 130 is installed.

In general, the home bar 130 is composed of a storage room and a home bar door for opening and closing the opening of the storage room.

The heat storage tank 140 in which a heat storage agent (medium for storing heat) is accommodated is installed at an upper end of the refrigerator main body 110. The heat storage tank 140 does not necessarily need to be disposed at an upper end of the refrigerator body, but may be formed at a side or a rear surface according to a space in which the refrigerator is installed.

The heat storage agent may be a known general product such as an aqueous sodium chloride solution or an aqueous calcium chloride solution, and water may be used.

The heat storage hose 141 is connected between the heat storage tank 140 and the groove bar 130. Accordingly, since the heated heat storage agent circulates to heat the groove bar 130, dew formation is prevented.

In particular, when the heat storage hose 141 wraps around the groove bar 130, it is possible to completely prevent dew formation phenomenon more effectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, the heat storage hose 141 is connected to the home bar 130 through the door hinge 121 which is the rotation center of the door 120. The heat storage hose 141 may be embedded when the door 120 is foamed.

Meanwhile, the refrigerator 100 of the present invention includes a conventional cooling cycle configuration such as a compressor 151, a condenser 152, an expansion valve (not shown) and an evaporator (not shown). Among these, the refrigerant pipe 153 connected between the compressor 151 and the condenser 152 passes through the inside of the heat storage tank 140.

Accordingly, since the high temperature refrigerant passing through the compressor 151 passes through the heat storage tank 140, the heat storage agent in the heat storage tank is heated. The heated heat storage agent flows around the home bar 130 while circulating through the heat storage hose 141 by the heat storage circulation pump 144.

To this end, the interior of the heat storage tank 140 has to be formed of a space that can accommodate not only the refrigerant pipe 153 but also the heat storage circulating pump 144. In addition, the heat storage tank 140 may be a plastic having a high corrosion resistance so as not to be corroded by the heat storage agent.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when the dispenser 150 is additionally installed on the front surface of the door 120, a separate heat storage hose 145 is disposed between the heat storage tank 140 and the dispenser 150. It may be extended.

The heat storage hose 145 is preferably to wrap around the dispenser 150 similar to the above.

Since the remaining components are the same as those in FIG. 1, the same components are assigned the same components.

1 is a rear perspective view of a refrigerator having a dew preventing function using a heat storage agent according to the present invention.

2 is a front perspective view of a refrigerator having a dew preventing function using a heat storage agent according to the present invention.

3 is a front perspective view showing another embodiment of a refrigerator having a dew formation preventing function using a heat storage agent according to the present invention.

<Description of Major Reference Signs>

100 ... Refrigerator with dew condensation function using heat storage agent

110. Refrigerator body

120 ... Door

121 ... Door hinge

130 ... Home Bar

140 ... heat storage tank

144. Heat storage circulation pump

141, 145 ... heat storage hose

150 ... dispenser

153 ... refrigerant pipe

Claims (6)

Refrigerator body accommodating the contents, A door for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerator main body, A home bar installed on the front of the door, A heat storage tank installed in the refrigerator main body to receive a heat storage agent; A heat storage hose extending from the heat storage tank to the home bar and returned to the home bar, And a refrigerant pipe connected between the compressor and the condenser and including a refrigerant pipe passing through the inside of the heat storage tank. The method of claim 1, The heat storage hose is a refrigerator having a dew formation preventing function using a heat storage agent, characterized in that surrounding the groove bar. The method of claim 2, The heat storage hose is a refrigerator having a dew formation preventing function using a heat storage agent, characterized in that extending through the door hinge. The method of claim 2, The heat storage tank is a refrigerator having a dew formation preventing function using a heat storage agent, characterized in that is installed on the top of the refrigerator body. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, A dispenser is additionally installed at the front of the door, and a separate heat storage hose is extended between the heat storage tank and the dispenser, wherein the refrigerator has a dew formation preventing function using the heat storage agent. The method of claim 5, The heat storage hose is a refrigerator having a dew formation preventing function using a heat storage agent, characterized in that surrounding the circumference of the dispenser.

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