KR20100028783A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A refrigerator with a side dish storage part is provided to minimize energy consumption by blocking loss of cold air while a user draws out a side dish from a refrigerator. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator comprises a main body, an opening and closing door, a freezing device, a side dish storage chamber, a side dish chamber door(114), a receiving member(121), and a side dish storage part. The main body has a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment. The opening and closing door selectively opens and closes the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment. The side dish storage chamber is separated from the freezing and refrigerating compartments. The side dish chamber door opens and closes the side dish storage chamber. The receiving member is coupled to the side dish storage chamber. The side dish storage part has a cold air supply member(130) which supplies cold air to the receiving member.

Description

Refrigerator with side dish storage unit {Refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator having a side dish storage unit formed to minimize power consumption by blocking outflow of cold air even if a side dish is often taken out.

In general, a home refrigerator may be classified into a general type in which a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment are divided up and down, and a double door opening type in which the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment are separated by partition plates extending in a vertical direction.

Such a household refrigerator has a refrigerator compartment for storing vegetables, fruits or foodstuffs requiring cold storage, and a freezer compartment for storing freezer storage, regardless of shape, and a vegetable storage compartment or a rapid freezing chamber, if necessary. It may further be provided.

In general refrigerators, the refrigerant is circulated through the compressor, the condenser, the throttling unit, the evaporator, and the like to lower the temperature inside the refrigerating compartment or the freezing compartment.

When the door of the refrigerator is closed to maintain the cold air inside the refrigerating compartment or the freezing compartment, heat loss is prevented by sealing the inside of the refrigerating compartment or the freezing compartment so that heat exchange with external air does not occur.

Although the door is designed to seal the refrigerating compartment or the freezing compartment, in the process of opening and closing the door from time to time, the cold air in the refrigerating compartment or the freezing compartment leaks to the outside, and the compressor is operated to lower the temperature inside the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment. Since it is necessary to cycle the power consumption accordingly.

In general, many households have a small amount of side dishes for each meal and store them in the refrigerator. When the doors of the fridge are opened to take or remove the side dishes from the refrigerator, there are various kinds of side dishes. Therefore, the time for opening the door to take out or put in each side dish becomes long, and thus the amount of cold air outflow inside the refrigerator compartment increases, which increases the risk of deterioration of the stored foods, and is used to lower the temperature inside the refrigerator compartment to the set temperature. There was a problem that the amount of energy increases.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, it is to provide a refrigerator having a side dish storage unit that can reduce the energy consumption for maintaining the temperature of the refrigerator by blocking the outflow of cold air while taking out the side dishes at meal time. There is this.

The refrigerator having a side dish storage unit according to the present invention includes a main body having a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, an opening / closing door installed at the main body to selectively open and close the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, and a temperature of the inside of the refrigerating compartment and the freezer compartment in a set low temperature state. A refrigerator having a refrigerating device for holding, comprising: a side dish storage compartment that is separately partitioned so that cold air does not flow from the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment, a side dish chamber door that opens and closes the side dish storage compartment, and the side dish coupled to the side dish chamber door A storage member having a plurality of side dishes, which are withdrawn and withdrawn from the side dishes storage chamber and having side dishes stored therein, and extending from the main body to supply cold air to the storage members. Cold air supply is formed so that the connection state with the receiving member is not released when opening and closing Dish storage containing material is further comprising a.

The accommodating member is coupled to the side dish chamber door and coupled to one side of the cold air supply member to supply cold air therein, the accommodating member opened upward, and the cold air supplied to the accommodating member does not leak to the outside. A cover member covering an open upper surface of the housing member and having a plurality of installation holes formed therein, wherein the side dishes are provided in the cover member to be introduced into the housing member through the installation holes; It is preferable to include a lid member for selectively opening and closing the side dish.

A plurality of feed rollers may be rotatably installed on a bottom surface of the side dish storage chamber and may be rotatable about a rotation axis extending along a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the storage member is inserted and inserted. The roller guide groove extends in a predetermined depth upward from the bottom of the storage member and extends along the entry / exit direction of the storage member, and is provided to be rotatable on one side of the side dish storage chamber to selectively move toward the side dish storage chamber. A protruding stopper is provided, and a locking step formed on the receiving member so as to be caught by the stopper on one side spaced apart from the opening / closing door along the entry and exit direction of the receiving member to prevent the receiving member from being separated from the side dish storage chamber. It is preferable that this is formed.

The refrigerator having a side dish storage unit according to the present invention can easily take out the side dish, and has an advantage of minimizing energy consumption by blocking the loss of cold air during the withdrawal process of the side dish.

Hereinafter, a refrigerator 100 having a side dish storage unit according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3, the refrigerator 100 including the side dish storage unit 120 according to the present invention includes a main body 110 having a freezer compartment, a refrigerator compartment, a side dish storage unit 120, a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment. First and second opening and closing doors 112 and 113 to open and close, and a refrigeration device (not shown) for maintaining the temperature inside each of the storage compartment to a set temperature.

The main body 110 has the freezer compartment, the side dish storage chamber 115, and the refrigerating chamber sequentially formed along the up and down direction, and the front surface thereof is open.

The freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment are formed to store storage items requiring freezing and refrigerating, respectively, such as a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment of a general refrigerator, and a plurality of shelves are installed to partition the inside of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

The side dish storage unit 120 is for storing the side dishes separately so that the side dishes are easily taken out each time a meal is taken out and the loss of cold air is minimized while the side dishes are taken out.

The freezing compartment, the refrigerating compartment and the side dish storage chamber 115 are individually maintained in temperature, and even if one of the storage compartments is opened, the remaining storage compartments maintain mutually independent states so that cold air does not flow out.

Therefore, the refrigerating device is formed to lower the internal temperatures of the freezer compartment, the refrigerating compartment, and the side dish storage chamber 115 to a predetermined temperature. The refrigerating apparatus of the present embodiment is heat-exchanged by a refrigerant circulating through a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser, and a capillary tube. This configuration is the same as the configuration of a general refrigeration unit to lower the temperature inside each storage compartment. Therefore, a detailed description of the freezing apparatus will be omitted.

The side dish storage unit 120 is coupled to the side dish storage room 115, the side dish room 114 to open and close the side dish storage room 115, and the side dish room door 114 of the side dish room 114 A storage member 121 having a plurality of side dish storage grooves 122 formed therein and withdrawn from the side dish storage room 115 and storing side dishes, and supplying cold air to the storage member 121 according to opening and closing. It includes a cold air supply member (130).

The side dish room 114 is rotatably installed in the main body 110, and when combined with the main body 110 so as to close the side dish storage room 115, the inside of the side dish storage room 115 is sealed and the outside air and the receiving member ( 121) to prevent heat exchange.

The accommodating member 121 is installed in the side dishes chamber door 114, and a plurality of side dish storage grooves 122 are opened, as described above, to store respective side dishes, and the accommodating member ( A cold air transfer part 123 through which cold air circulates is formed inside 121. In addition, a cold air inlet 124 is formed at one side of the accommodation member 121 to allow the cold air supplied from the cold air supply member 130 to flow into the cold air transfer part 123. The accommodating member 121 may store the side dishes stored in the side dish storage grooves 122 by the cold air introduced into the cold air transfer unit 123 so that freshness can be maintained for a long time without being deteriorated.

Although not shown, a coating layer may be formed on an outer circumferential surface of the accommodating member 121 so as to separate heat exchange between cold air and external air of the accommodating member 121.

The receiving member 121 is coupled to the opening and closing member 125 to be detachable to open and close the side dish storage grooves 122, the opening and closing member 125 is the contents stored in the side dish storage groove 122 without opening. It is preferable that the inside be formed of a transparent material.

 When taking out the side dishes necessary for taking out of the side dishes, it is possible to easily check the desired side of the side dishes without opening the opening and closing member 125, and minimizing energy loss because the area to be opened is minimized when taking out each side dish. It is possible.

The first fastening member 126 is installed on the rear surface of the receiving member 121, and a second fastening member 127 detachably coupled to the first fastening member 126 is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the side chamber. In this case, the accommodating member 121 may be detachably coupled to the side chamber door. Therefore, when it is necessary to replace or wash the receiving member 121, it can be easily separated from the side chamber door.

The cold air supply member 130 is for supplying cold air into the accommodating member 121, and is coupled to the cold air inlet 124 of the accommodating member 121 to supply cold air.

Since the cold air supply member 130 directly supplies cold air to the accommodating member 121, unnecessary loss of cold air can be minimized. In addition, the cold air supply member 130 can be easily maintained in connection with the storage member 121 even if the receiving member 121 is withdrawn or drawn from the side dish storage chamber 115 in accordance with the rotation of the side dishes chamber (114). It is preferable to form a flexible flow tube, but in this embodiment, the cold air supply member 130 is a corrugated tube.

Pressing portion 131 is provided at the end of the cold air supply member 130 coupled with the cold air inlet 124, when combined with the cold air inlet 124, the cold air is lost to the outside through the combined portion It can be blocked, and when the pressing member 131 is released, the cold air supply member 130 can be easily separated from the receiving member 121. In addition, one side of the cold air supply member 130 is provided with a valve member 132 for selectively opening and closing the flow path to move the cold air, if it is necessary to separate the attachment member and the cold air supply member 130 as necessary The valve member 132 is closed to prevent cold air from leaking out through the cold air supply member 130.

4 shows a second embodiment of a refrigerator 200 having a side dish storage unit 220 according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the refrigerator 200 having the side dish storage unit 220 according to the present embodiment may also include a main body 210 including a freezer compartment, a refrigerating compartment, and a side dish storage chamber 217, and third and second openings of each of the storage compartments. And four open / close doors 212 and 213 and a side dish door 214, and a refrigerating device for keeping the temperature inside the respective storage compartments at a low temperature.

The remaining components except for the side dish storage unit 220 of the present embodiment are the same as the first embodiment, and thus, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The side dish storage unit 220 is installed in the receiving member 221 having the receiving space 222 opened upward, the cover member 225 coupled to the upper portion of the receiving member 221, and the cover member 225. A plurality of side dishes (227) for storing the side dishes and a cold air supply member 230 for supplying cold air into the receiving member 221.

The side dish storage unit 220 according to the present embodiment has a side dish door 214 sliding from the side dish storage room 217 to open and close the side dish storage room 217, and the receiving member 221 mounted to the side dish room door 214 has side dishes. It slides with the seal door 214, and it is provided so that entry and exit from the side dish storage room 217 is possible.

A plurality of feed rollers 216 are rotatably installed on the bottom surface of the side dish storage chamber 217 so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the entry and exit direction of the storage member 221. As a result, the sliding member 221 can be easily slid.

And stopper 218 is rotatably installed on both sides of the side dish storage room 217, the stopper 218 is to prevent the storage member 221 is separated from the side dish storage room 217, the storage member When 221 is provided, it protrudes toward the side dish storage room 217, and when the storage member 221 is withdrawn from the side dish storage room 217, the stopper 218 can be rotated so that it may be embedded in the side of the side dish storage room 217. Is installed.

The accommodating member 221 has an accommodating space 222 having an open upper surface, and a cold air supply member 230 is coupled to one side to supply cold air to the accommodating space 222. The lower surface of the housing member 221 is formed with a roller guide groove 223 extending along the entry and exit direction of the housing member 221, the feed rollers are inserted into the roller guide groove 223, side dishes chamber door When pushing or pulling, the feed roller rotates to allow the receiving member 221 to easily slide.

In addition, extension grooves 224 extending along the entry and exit direction are formed on both outer surfaces of the accommodation member 221. When the receiving member 221 is slid inside the side dish storage room 217, the protruding stopper 218 is inserted into the extension groove 224, and the receiving member 221 has the side dish storage room 217 for a predetermined length or more. When it is withdrawn from the stopper 218 is caught at the end of the extension groove 224, the withdrawal of the housing member 221 is blocked.

The cover member 225 is coupled to the upper portion of the accommodating member 221 to close the accommodating space 222, and a plurality of installation holes 226 are formed.

The cover member 225 is provided with a side dish box 227, the side dish box 227 is a side dish container 228 which is installed to be introduced into the storage space 222 through the installation hole 226, the side dish container ( 228 includes a lid member 229 for opening and closing.

The storage space 222 is sealed by the side dishes 227 and the cover member 225, and the cold air introduced through the cold air supply member 230 does not flow out of the storage space 222 to the outside. Energy loss due to spills can be prevented.

The lid member 229 is also preferably formed of a transparent material to be able to see the inside of the side dish 228, it is possible to selectively take out only the necessary side dishes.

Refrigerator (100,200) having a side dish storage unit according to the present invention can minimize the loss of cold air during the withdrawal process of side dishes, thereby reducing the energy loss.

1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a refrigerator having a side dish storage unit according to the present invention;

2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a refrigerator having a side dish storage unit;

3 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of a refrigerator having a side dish storage unit;

4 is an exploded perspective view showing the container support of the embodiment of FIG.

Claims (4)

A refrigerator having a main body having a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, an opening / closing door installed at the main body to selectively open and close the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, and a refrigerating device for maintaining the temperature inside the refrigerating compartment and the freezer compartment at a set low temperature. , Side dishes storage room which is separately partitioned so that cold air does not flow from the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment, a side dishes room door for opening and closing the side dishes storage room, and are combined with the side dishes room door and withdrawn from the side dishes storage room according to the opening and closing of the side dishes room door. A storage member having a plurality of side dishes to which side dishes are inserted and stored, and extending from the main body to supply cold air to the storage member, and the connection state with the storage member is not released when the side chamber door is opened or closed. A side dish storage unit comprising a cold air supply member formed to prevent; Refrigerator having a side dish storage unit further comprising. The method of claim 1, The accommodating member is coupled to the side chamber chamber door and the accommodating member coupled to one side of the cold air supply member to supply cold air to the inside and opened upward; It includes a cover member which covers the open upper surface of the housing member and a plurality of installation holes are formed so that the cold air supplied to the housing member does not leak to the outside, The side dish box includes a plurality of side dishes provided on the cover member so as to be introduced into the inside of the receiving member through the installation hole, and side dishes including a lid member for selectively opening and closing the side dishes. Refrigerator. The method of claim 2, A plurality of feed rollers are rotatably installed on a bottom surface of the side dish storage chamber about a rotation axis extending along a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the receiving member is inserted and exited. The lower surface of the housing member has a side dish storage portion, characterized in that the roller guide groove extending in a predetermined depth upwards from the bottom surface of the housing member so that the feed roller can be inserted and extends along the entry and exit direction of the housing member. One refrigerator. The method of claim 1, A front side of the side dish storage room is provided with a stopper rotatably installed to selectively protrude toward the side dish storage room, The accommodating member has a locking jaw formed to be caught by the stopper on one side of the accommodating member spaced apart from the opening and closing door to prevent the accommodating member from escaping from the side dish storage chamber. Refrigerator with side dish storage.

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