KR20100124114A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A refrigerator is provided to generate uniform current flow for emitting heat from a fin-tube type condenser by loading the fin-tube type condenser inside a flow path duct part. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator includes a storage room(200), a machinery room(100), a fin-tube type condenser(10), and a fan(30). The storage room is installed in the main body of the refrigerator. The machinery room is divided from the storage room. The fin-tube type condenser is arranged on the inner bottom side of the machinery room. The fan inhales air from the pin-tube type condenser.

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator. The present invention relates to a refrigerator which can be used by changing the shape of a condenser and a fan installed in a machine room, and increasing the internal volume of the refrigerator.

In general, a refrigerator is a device that lowers the inside of the refrigerator by using a temperature difference generated by a phase change of a refrigerant, and keeps the stored food fresh for a long time.

The refrigerator has a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment formed therein, and the user keeps food in the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment.

The refrigerator is provided with a machine room, and a compressor, a condenser, and a heat radiating fan are installed in the machine room. Since the compressor and the condenser dissipate high temperature heat to the outside during the operation, the inside of the machine room is cooled by operating the heat radiating fan.

The condenser installed in the conventional machine room uses a wire type heat exchanger, but the wire type condenser has a problem of unnecessarily occupying an internal space of a limited machine room.

In addition, the wire-type condenser is not provided with a separate flow path duct for improving the heat dissipation effect, it required a countermeasure for improving the heat dissipation performance of the condenser.

In addition, various efforts have been made to improve the limited contents inside the refrigerator having the same size.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the internal structure of a machine room is downsized and the heat exchange performance of a condenser is improved.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which mounts the condenser itself inside the flow path duct part and generates a uniform flow flow using a cross flow fan to perform heat dissipation of the condenser.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator having an increased internal volume inside a refrigerator having the same external size.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which can minimize power consumption by using a condenser and a fan to improve heat exchange performance.

In order to achieve the above object, a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage compartment provided inside a refrigerator main body; A machine room partitioned from said storage room; Fin tube type condenser provided in the machine room; And a fan that sucks air into the fin tubular condenser.

The fan is characterized by using a cross-flow fan (Cross-Flow Fan).

The condenser is characterized in that it is arranged in the form of a plate on the inner bottom surface of the machine room.

One end of the condenser is disposed on the inner bottom surface of the machine room, the other end is bent in a vertical direction and is disposed to face the compressor of the machine room.

The bent portion of the condenser is characterized in that the insertion groove is formed for the fan is installed.

The condenser is characterized in that the inlet and outlet formed in the flow path duct portion is formed to accommodate the outside air flow is made.

The inflow port of the flow path duct portion is characterized in that the opening facing the side wall at a position spaced from the side wall of the machine room.

Inlet of the flow path duct is characterized in that the opening toward the bottom surface of the machine room.

The fan is characterized in that it is installed at the outlet end of the flow path duct portion.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a storage compartment including a storage area inside a refrigerator main body;

A machine room partitioned from the storage area and provided with an installation area; And the storage compartment has an enlarged region extending toward the machine compartment in order to use a portion of the space of the installation region as a space of the storage region.

The enlarged region is characterized in that it extends with any one of the storage region of the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment.

A partition wall for partitioning the installation area and the expansion area is provided between the installation area and the expansion area.

Assuming that the entire area of the installation area is A1, the area of A1 included in the enlarged area has an area range of 0.5 * A1 to 06 * A1.

As described above, the refrigerator according to the present invention has an effect that the content is increased relative to the existing refrigerator having the same size to improve the satisfaction of the content of the refrigerator of the consumer, thereby improving the merchandise and the satisfaction with the product.

The refrigerator according to the present invention has an effect of stable heat dissipation of the condenser and the compressor while satisfying the layout inside the machine room.

In the refrigerator according to the present invention, the condenser or the condenser and the fan may be integrally mounted inside the flow path duct part, so that the heat dissipation of the condenser may be more efficiently performed, thereby increasing the efficiency of the refrigerator.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention, Figures 3a to 3c is a view showing various embodiments of the condenser installed in the refrigerator according to the present invention, Figures 4a to Figure 4c is a view showing various embodiments of the flow path duct installed in the refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a cross-flow fan installed in the refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 6a to Figure 6b according to the present invention It is also a working state of the refrigerator.

Referring to FIG. 1, the refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage compartment 200 in which food is stored inside the refrigerator body 1, and a machine compartment 100 is provided below the storage compartment.

The machine room 100 is provided with a fin tube type condenser 100, and is provided with a fan 30 that sucks air from the fin tube type condenser 100.

The fin tube type condenser 100 is smaller in volume than the wire type condenser and is suitable for use in the machine room 100. The heat dissipation amount is similar to that of the wire type condenser, compared to the miniaturized volume.

The configuration according to another embodiment of the refrigerator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2, the refrigerator according to the present invention may include a storage compartment having a storage region 210 and a machine chamber having an installation region 110, as shown in the drawing. Is made to have an enlarged area 220 enlarged toward the machine room 100. A detailed description of the enlarged area 220 will be described later.

3A to 3C, the refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention is installed with a fin tube type condenser 10 to maximize the area of the machine room 100 as described above, and the condenser 10 ) Can be used by installing a cross-flow fan (30) to allow outside air to flow.

The machine room 100 may be installed by using the condenser 10 and the fan 30 in a limited area that is generally used, or install the condenser 10 and the fan 30 in a state where the enlarged area 220 is provided. It is also possible to use.

In the embodiment of the present invention and the accompanying drawings, it will be described in a state where an enlarged area is provided, but it can be seen that a state in which the enlarged area is not provided is also operable.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the condenser 10 may be disposed in a plate shape on the inner bottom surface of the machine room 100. In FIG. 3A, although the condenser 10 is slightly spaced apart from the bottom surface of the machine room 100, the condenser 10 may be spaced apart from the upper side and installed under the partition 40.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the condenser 10 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention has one end horizontally installed in the machine room 100 in the horizontal direction, and the other end thereof is bent vertically to face the compressor 20. Are arranged vertically. That is, it is installed in the form of the letter "L".

The reason why it is installed in this way is to make the best use of the inner region of the machine room 100 and at the same time for effective heat dissipation of the condenser 10 '.

Referring to FIG. 3C, the condenser 10 ″ according to another embodiment of the present invention is formed such that an insertion groove 10a rounded outward is formed so that the fan 30 is installed at a vertically bent portion. Is done.

The insertion groove (10a) is made to have a size for insertion of the fan 30. As such, when the fan 30 is installed in the middle of the condenser 10 '', the flow and flow of air flowing into the condenser 10 '' may be smoother than when the fan 30 is installed at one end. There is this.

The condenser 10 '' is used by installing a separate mounting member (not shown) in the insertion groove 10a so that the fan 30 is installed. The mounting member may be any one of a bracket or a holder for fixing the fan 30 and a bolt.

In addition, the condenser 10 ″ may be used in a state in which the conduit 10 ″ is inserted into the flow path duct 300 to be described later.

As described above, the condenser may be installed and used alone in the machine room. Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the condenser is accommodated in the passage duct part will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4A, the condenser 10 is installed in the machine room 100 in a state in which the condenser 10 is mounted inside the flow path duct 300 formed with the inlet 310 and the outlet 320.

The flow path duct part 300 is a kind of case in which the condenser 10 is accommodated, and the structure of the flow path duct part 300 is determined according to the structure of the condenser 10.

For example, when the condenser 10 is in the form of a plate, the conduit 10 is formed in the form of a flow path duct 300 to accommodate the condenser 10, and the condenser 10 has a shape of “L”. In the case of the structure, the structure of the flow path duct part 300 also has an “L” shape.

In addition to the above-described structure, the flow path duct part 300 satisfies the layout on the limited installation area 110 of the machine room 100, and may be variously changed within a condition that enables stable heat dissipation of the condenser 10.

The flow path duct part 300 may be installed at the lower side of the partition wall 40, and the enlarged area 220 (S3) in which the space of the machine room 100 is converted to a volume inside the refrigerator to the upper side of the flow path duct part 300. ) Is provided. In addition, the freezer compartment storage area S1 and the refrigerating compartment storage area S2 are provided above the machine room 100, respectively.

The flow path duct part 300 is positioned to be spaced apart from the compressor 20, and the air flow generated while the fan 30 is operated is installed at a position that can be stably reached toward the compressor 20.

Preferably, it is provided on the vertically bent upper end of the flow path duct 300, but is not necessarily limited.

The detailed structure of the flow path duct part by this invention is demonstrated with reference to an accompanying drawing.

Referring to FIG. 4B, the flow path duct part 300 has an outer shape having an “L” shape, a horizontal part extending in a horizontal direction, integrally formed with the horizontal part, and bent in a vertical direction. It may consist of a vertical portion.

An inlet 310 opened in the width direction is provided at an end portion of the horizontal portion, and an outlet 320 opened in the width direction is provided at an end portion of the vertical portion so that external air introduced through the inlet 310 is discharged. And moveable to 320).

The remaining portion except the inlet 310 and the outlet 320 is formed in a blocked state.

The flow path duct part 300 is installed to be spaced apart from the side wall of the machine room 100 by a predetermined distance from the inlet 310 so as not to be in close contact with the side wall of the machine room 100, and is opened to face the side wall. .

When the inlet 310 is located in such a state, the outside air introduced through the bottom plate or the back plate of the machine room is spaced apart from the horizontal side from the side wall. Is introduced through the region, it is stably introduced through the inlet (310).

The spaced area is a space in which the external air introduced from the outside moves to the inlet 310, and serves as a space for stably introducing external air onto the inlet 310.

The inlet port according to the present invention may be opened in another position and will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4C, the flow path duct part 300 may be positioned so that the horizontal part is in close contact with the side wall of the machine room 100, and the inlet 310 ′ is opened toward the bottom surface of the machine room 100.

As such, when the inlet 310 ′ is positioned, the inlet 310 ′ should be installed with the horizontal part spaced apart from the bottom surface. At this time, the inlet 310 'is in communication with the through-hole formed in the bottom plate, or is installed to enable communication.

The fan 30 is installed at the outlet 320 of the flow path duct 300, and installed to discharge the air exchanged with the condenser 10 and the external air introduced through the inlet 310 toward the compressor 20. Can be.

In addition, the condenser 10 may be provided in the middle of the extended path. If it is installed in this way it should be provided on the condenser 10 separately the insertion groove (10a) is installed in the fan (30).

The compressor 20 is installed at a position spaced in parallel with the flow path duct 300, and is installed at a position where the air flow generated by the operation of the cross flow fan installed in the fan 30 can be directly reached.

The outside air moved to the installation area 110 of the machine room 100 may be introduced into the machine room 100 through a through hole (not shown) opened at the bottom and sidewalls and the back of the machine room, By operation, the inflow is made more smoothly by the pressure difference between the outside and the inside of the machine room 100.

A refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage chamber 200 in which a storage area 210 is formed to store food in the refrigerator body 1.

The storage area is divided into a freezer compartment storage area for storing food in a frozen state, and a refrigerating compartment storage area for refrigerating and storing food.

In the lower side of the refrigerator body 1, a machine room 100 having an installation area 110 formed thereon so as to install a compressor 20, a condenser 10, and a fan 30 is separately installed as a separate space from the storage room 200. .

The storage compartment 200 has an enlarged region 220 in which a part of the space of the installation region 110 is used as the storage region 210 in order to secure sufficient contents of the inside of the refrigerator.

The enlarged region 220 may extend with any one of the storage regions S1 and S2 of the freezing compartment or the refrigerating compartment, but is not limited to a specific chamber of the freezing compartment or the refrigerating compartment.

Between the installation region 110 and the enlarged region 220 according to the present invention is formed so that the partition wall 40 for partitioning the space between the two. The partition wall 40 may be formed of a conventional plastic material, or may be provided with a separate heat insulating member for thermal cutoff between the machine room 100 and the storage room 200.

Assuming that the entire installation area 110 is A1, the area of A1 included in the enlarged area 220 has an area range of 0.5 * A1 to 0.6 * A1.

When the area range of the installation area 110 is 0.5 * A1 or less, the area of the newly enlarged enlarged area 220 is small so that the internal utility of the refrigerator is reduced, and the area area of the installation area 110 is 0.6 *. In the case of A1 or more, the layout of the compressor 20, the condenser 10, and the fan 30 disposed in the machine room 100 may be so narrow that the smooth operation may be prevented, and thus, the area range as described above is preferable.

An operation state according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 3C, the condenser 10 ″ according to the present invention may have an insertion groove 10a formed at a bending position of the vertical portion, and a fan 30 may be installed in the insertion groove 10a. .

When the fan 30 is installed as described above, the condenser 10 " and the fan 30 are integrally mounted inside the flow path duct 300, and the external air flowing into the condenser 10 " It can be sucked in an easy manner, and the heat dissipation performance of the condenser 10 '' is further improved.

The flow path duct 300 may be provided with a guide vane for supplying external air directly toward the compressor 20 integrally with the outlet 320. The guide vanes may be formed in a ¼ circle or may be changed to another structure in which external air may be discharged toward the compressor 20.

An embodiment of the flow path duct portion according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4C, the flow path duct 300 according to the present invention may be opened such that the inlet 310 ′ is open to the bottom of the machine room 100.

When installed inside the machine room 100 in such a state, it is installed in a state spaced apart from the bottom surface of the machine room 100 by a predetermined interval, so that the outside air introduced through the bottom plate or the rear surface more stably inlet 310 '. Allow it to flow into.

When the inlet 310 ′ of the flow path duct part 300 is opened toward the bottom surface, the length of the horizontal part of the condenser 10 is further extended, thereby increasing the number of fins that exchange heat with the outside air, thereby increasing the heat dissipation effect of the condenser. Provide synergistic conditions.

The refrigerator provided with the enlarged area according to another embodiment of the present invention is the same as the above-described operation method, and has a feature that can be used by storing separate food on the enlarged area 220.

The operation state of the refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 6A, food and fruit stored in a freezer compartment or a refrigerating compartment, which is a storage region 210 of the refrigerator body 1, are classified and stored on the storage region 210 according to storage conditions of the food.

The user can store food in the freezer compartment storage area (S1) and the refrigerator compartment storage area (S2), and additionally not stored in the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment storage areas (S1, S2) in the enlarged area 220 (S3) with increased contents. Additional foods can be stored.

The enlarged area 220 (S3) according to the present invention has an area range of 0.5 * A1 to 0.6 * A1 of the total area A1 of the machine room 100. In the above-described area range, a part of the installation area 110 of the machine room 100 may be used as the content of the storage area 210 in the refrigerator main body 1 having the same outer size.

In the embodiment of the present invention, although the enlarged region 220 (S3) is shown to extend with the refrigerating compartment storage region S2, it is understood that this is only one embodiment and may be connected to the freezer compartment storage region S1.

The operation state of the refrigerator in which the content of the storage compartment is increased will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 6A, when the compressor 20 is operated while the plate-shaped condenser 10 is installed in the machine room 100, the refrigerant is moved to the condenser 10 while the phase changes. The refrigerant in the high temperature and high pressure state is radiated through a plurality of fins while moving along the tube provided in the condenser 10 of the fin tube type.

At the same time, while the cross flow fan installed in the fan 30 is operated, the outside air is moved along the condenser 10 arranged in the form of a plate through a through hole (not shown) formed in the bottom or the back plate of the machine room 100, and the condenser 10 ) Is radiated and discharged to the compressor 20 through the fan 30.

Since the compressor 20 radiates heat of high temperature to the outside in the process of compressing the refrigerant, proper heat dissipation is required for stable operation of the compressor 20 and reduction of power consumption.

In the present invention, while the cross flow fan installed in the fan 30 is operated while the outside air moved through the condenser 10 in a uniform flow toward the compressor 20 is discharged, the heat dissipation of the compressor 20 is achieved.

The compressor 20 is stable heat dissipation by the external air supplied through the crossflow fan, the heat exchanged external air is moved to the outside of the machine room 100 while the heat dissipation of both the condenser 10 and the compressor 20 is made. .

An operation state according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 6B, it is installed below the partition wall 40 in a state of being mounted in the condenser flow passage duct part 300 having an “L” shape. The condenser may be installed alone. In this embodiment, an operating state in a state in which the condenser is mounted inside the flow path duct part 300 will be described.

As the compressor 20 is operated, external air is sucked through a through hole (not shown) formed in the bottom or the back plate of the machine room 100 to move inside the inlet 310 as shown in the drawing.

The inlet 310 is spaced apart from the side wall of the machine room 100 in the lateral direction, the space is spaced to form a space in which the outside air can stably enter the outside air does not move to the space except the inlet 310 It flows directly in the form shown by the arrow.

The external air is moved along the shape of the flow path duct part 300 by the suction force of the cross flow fan while being heat-exchanged with the hot heat generated in the fin tube type condenser.

The cross flow fan installed in the fan 30 maintains a uniform and constant flow of external air that is moved along the inner region of the flow path duct part 300, thereby maintaining high temperature generated in the condenser 10 ′. By stably dissipating heat, the heat exchange efficiency is increased.

At the same time, the outside air is moved along the shape of the flow path duct 300 to be discharged to the compressor 20 through the outlet 320 to dissipate the compressor 20.

The flow path duct 300 has a condenser 10 ′ mounted therein, so that external air flows through the inlet 310 and the outlet 320, thereby providing a space for the installation area 110 of the machine room 100. The usability is improved, so that the configuration and heat exchange performance of the compact machine room 100 can be further improved.

The outlet 320 is spaced apart from the lower side of the partition 40, so that the outside air by the operation of the cross flow fan can be stably discharged toward the compressor 20.

1 to 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

3a to 3c are views showing various embodiments of the condenser installed in the refrigerator according to the present invention.

4a to 4c are views showing various embodiments of the flow path duct unit installed in the refrigerator according to the present invention.

5 is a perspective view illustrating a cross flow fan installed in a refrigerator according to the present invention;

6a to 6b is an operating state of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100: machine room 110: installation area

200: storage room 210: storage area

220: enlarged area 300: flow path duct portion

310: inlet 320: outlet

Claims (13)

A storage compartment provided inside the refrigerator main body; A machine room partitioned from said storage room; Fin tube type condenser provided in the machine room; And And a fan for sucking air from the fin tubular condenser. According to claim 1, The fan is a cross-flow fan, characterized in that the refrigerator. According to claim 1, And the condenser is arranged in a plate shape on the inner bottom surface of the machine room. According to claim 1, The condenser A refrigerator, characterized in that one end is disposed on the inner bottom surface of the machine room, the other end is bent in a vertical direction to face the compressor of the machine room. 5. The method of claim 4, Refrigerator, characterized in that the insertion groove is formed for the fan is installed in the bent portion of the condenser. According to claim 1, The condenser is a refrigerator characterized in that it is disposed in the flow path duct portion formed in the inlet and outlet so that the outside air flows intake. The method according to claim 6, And the inlet of the flow path duct is opened to face the side wall at a position spaced apart from the side wall of the machine room. The method according to claim 6, And an inlet of the flow path duct is opened toward the bottom of the machine room. The method according to claim 6, And the fan is installed at an outlet end of the flow path duct part. A storage compartment provided with a storage area inside the refrigerator main body; A machine room partitioned from the storage area and provided with an installation area; And And the storage compartment has an enlarged region extending toward the machine compartment in order to use a portion of the space of the installation region as the storage region. The method of claim 10, The enlarged area is A refrigerator, characterized in that extending with the storage area of any one of the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment. The method of claim 10, And a partition wall is formed between the installation area and the enlarged area to partition the installation area and the enlarged area. The method of claim 10, Assuming that the total area of the installation area is A1, The area of A1 included in the enlarged area is a refrigerator, characterized in that it has an area range of 0.5 * A1 ~ 06 * A1.

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