KR20110124389A - Cooler for rice refrigerator - Google Patents

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KR20110124389A
KR20110124389A KR1020100043723A KR20100043723A KR20110124389A KR 20110124389 A KR20110124389 A KR 20110124389A KR 1020100043723 A KR1020100043723 A KR 1020100043723A KR 20100043723 A KR20100043723 A KR 20100043723A KR 20110124389 A KR20110124389 A KR 20110124389A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J47/00—Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread
    • A47J47/02—Closed containers for foodstuffs
    • A47J47/04—Closed containers for foodstuffs for granulated foodstuffs
    • A47J47/06—Closed containers for foodstuffs for granulated foodstuffs with arrangements for keeping fresh
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B21/00—Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects
    • F25B21/02—Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effect; using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D11/00—Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
    • F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
    • F25D17/06—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D21/00—Defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water
    • F25D21/14—Collecting or removing condensed and defrost water; Drip trays
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2321/00—Details or arrangements for defrosting; Preventing frosting; Removing condensed or defrost water, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2321/14—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water
    • F25D2321/144—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water characterised by the construction of drip water collection pans
    • F25D2321/1441—Collecting condense or defrost water; Removing condense or defrost water characterised by the construction of drip water collection pans inside a refrigerator

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Abstract

PURPOSE: A cooling device of a rice refrigerator is provided to keep rice using cold air of a thermoelectric element and simplify the structure of the rice refrigerator. CONSTITUTION: A cooling device of a rice refrigerator comprises a thermoelectric element(110), a cooling block(120), a ventilating fan(130), a heat radiating block(140), a heat radiating fan(150). The thermoelectric element comprises a cooling unit and a heating unit. The cooling unit generates cold air to cool a rice storage. The heating unit generates heat. The cooling block is installed on the cooling unit of the thermoelectric element and emits cold air from the cooling unit. The ventilating fan sends cold air from the cooling block to the rice storage. The heat radiating block is installed on the heating unit of the thermoelectric element and emits heat from the heating unit.

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Cooling device of rice refrigerator {COOLER FOR RICE REFRIGERATOR}

The present invention relates to a cooling apparatus of a rice refrigerator to refrigerated rice by using the cold air of the thermoelectric element, excellent cooling efficiency, and furthermore, sanitary treatment of condensate.

In general, the rice is used to store the rice barrel, in which case the phenomenon that the rice is produced from the rice stored in the rice barrel, or the rice is deteriorated by bacteria and mold.

In order to prevent such deterioration of rice in the rice container has been developed and used rice refrigerator.

The rice refrigerator according to the related art is provided with a rice storage room for storing rice and a machine room for generating cold air, respectively, and a door for opening and closing the upper part of the rice storage room.

Such a conventional rice refrigerator is stored in the refrigerator by the cooling cycle, for this purpose, by compressing the gaseous refrigerant to a high temperature and high pressure in accordance with the operation of the compressor to enter the condenser, the heat of the refrigerant introduced from the condenser to the atmosphere After liquefying by heat radiation to the medium, the liquefied refrigerant flowing from the capillary tube is converted into a mixed refrigerant of low temperature and low pressure gas and liquid, and then transferred to the evaporator.The evaporator removes the surrounding heat while evaporating the liquid refrigerant to remove the rice in the rice storage room. Cooled.

However, such a conventional rice refrigerator is equipped with a compressor, a condenser, a capillary tube, an evaporator, etc. for refrigerated storage of rice by a cooling cycle, which not only complicates the structure but also becomes bulky, which takes up a lot of installation space. In addition, there was a problem that causes noise due to driving.

The present invention is to solve the problems as described above, while excellent in the cold storage effect of the rice to simplify the structure of the rice refrigerator to reduce the volume and manufacturing cost of the rice refrigerator, to minimize the noise generation of the rice refrigerator do.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the cooling device of the rice refrigerator, a cooling unit for generating cold air for cooling the rice reservoir provided to store the rice in the rice refrigerator is provided on one side, the other side A thermoelectric element having a heat generating portion for generating heat in; A cooling block installed in the cooling unit of the thermoelectric element and having a plurality of cooling fins to dissipate cold air from the cooling unit; A blower fan installed at the cooling block and configured to blow cold air emitted from the cooling block to the rice storage side; A heat dissipation block installed in the heat generating part of the thermoelectric element, the heat dissipation block having a plurality of heat dissipation fins to dissipate heat of the heat dissipation part; And a heat dissipation fan installed at the heat dissipation block, and configured to blow out heat emitted from the heat dissipation block to the outside.

In addition, the cooling block and the heat dissipation block is isolated from each other by a support frame installed inside of the main body, the cooling ducts surrounding the cooling block to guide the cold air blown from the blower fan flows to the rice reservoir side It is characterized in that fixed to the support frame.

In addition, it is installed between the heat generating portion located on the lower surface of the thermoelectric element and the heat dissipation block, the collection unit is formed to collect the condensed water further comprises an evaporation unit for evaporating the condensed water by the heat emitted from the heat dissipation block; It is done.

In addition, the evaporation unit is fitted to the upper end of the heat dissipation block is fitted with a fitting hole is formed, a protrusion extending horizontally to one side or both sides is formed, the collection portion is formed in the upper side of the protrusion is formed in the groove shape It features.

According to the cooling device of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention, by using the cold air of the thermoelectric element can be stored in the cold storage, thereby simplifying the structure of the rice refrigerator can reduce the volume and manufacturing cost of the product, as well as noise Minimizes the occurrence and solves the problem of damage or sanitation caused by condensate that inevitably occurs from the thermoelectric element.

1 is a perspective view of a rice refrigerator equipped with a cooling device according to the present invention;
2 is a perspective view showing the inside of a rice refrigerator equipped with a cooling device according to the present invention;
3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a cooling apparatus of a rice refrigerator according to the present invention;
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a state equipped with a cooling device of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention,
Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the main part of the cooling apparatus of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention are provided to more fully explain the present invention to those skilled in the art, the following examples may be modified in various other forms, the scope of the present invention Is not limited to the following examples.

1 is a perspective view showing a rice refrigerator with a cooling device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the inside of a rice refrigerator with a cooling device according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1 and 2, the cooling device 100 of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention is the inside of the main body 210 to cool the rice storage compartment 211 is provided to store the rice in the rice refrigerator 200 Is installed in, in the present embodiment may be installed on the rear side of the main body 210 as well as the front side of the main body 210, in addition may be installed at various locations for cooling the rice storage chamber 211. On the other hand, the rice refrigerator 200 may be provided with a door 212 for opening and closing on the upper portion of the rice storage chamber 211, the discharge port formed at the bottom of the rice storage chamber 211 by the operation of the discharge means not shown ( 213 may be provided to supply a predetermined amount of rice to the rice discharge container 214 detachably installed.

As shown in Figure 3 and 4, the cooling device 100 of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention is a cooling block 120 is installed in the thermoelectric element 110, the cooling unit 111 of the thermoelectric element 110. And, the blowing fan 130 is installed in the cooling block 120, the heat dissipation block 140 is installed on the heat generating unit (not shown) of the thermoelectric element 110, and the heat dissipation fan (140) 150).

For example, the thermoelectric element 110 may use an element that converts electrical energy into thermal energy by using a Peltier effect that causes absorption and generation of heat by an electric current. The thermoelectric element 110 may have a quadrangular plate shape and absorb heat. Thus, the cooling unit 111 for generating cold air for cooling the rice reservoir 211 is provided on one side, and has a heat generating unit (not shown) for generating heat on the other side. On the other hand, the thermoelectric element 110 may be installed such that the cooling unit 111 is provided on the upper surface and the heating unit (not shown) is provided on the lower surface, as in the present embodiment, the cooling block 120 and the heat radiation block 140 By being positioned therebetween, it may be fixed by them, or may be fixed by a separate member provided inside the main body 210.

The cooling block 120 has a plurality of cooling fins 121 (shown in FIG. 5) for maximizing a surface to dissipate cold air of the cooling unit 111 provided in the thermoelectric element 110 to the outside, and cooling fins 121. ) Is projected so as to be arranged back and forth and left and right, and a fixing portion 122 (shown in FIG. 5) for fixing the blower fan 130 is provided at each corner, and is installed above the thermoelectric element 110.

The blowing fan 130 is fixed to the fixing part 122 of the cooling block 120 by using a fastening member such as a bolt so as to be fixed to the upper portion of the cooling block 120, and the cold air emitted from the cooling block 120 The blowing force for blowing to the storage compartment 211 side is provided.

On the other hand, the rice storage chamber 211 may have a discharge port for discharging the cold air of the thermoelectric element 110 blown by the blowing fan 130 to the inside, as shown in Figure 2, unlike in the present embodiment A space (not shown) for circulation of cold air may be formed between the main body 210 and the rice storage chamber 211 so that the cold air of the thermoelectric element 110 is circulated and supplied around the rice storage chamber 211.

The heat dissipation block 140 is installed to be attached to a heat generating unit (not shown) located on the lower surface of the thermoelectric element 110, and maximizes the surface area to dissipate heat generated from the heat generating portion of the thermoelectric element 110 to the outside. Although having a plurality of heat dissipation fins 141 (shown in FIG. 5), the heat dissipation fins 141 may be provided to be arranged in a tornado shape along the edge.

The heat dissipation fan 150 is fixed to the heat dissipation hole 217a side formed at the bottom of the bottom case 217 of the main body 210 so as to communicate with the outside, and is fixed to the bottom of the heat dissipation block 140, by the heat dissipation block 140. The radiating heat is blown to be discharged to the outside through the heat dissipation port (217a) side.

The heat dissipation fan 150 may be fixed to the heat dissipation port 217a formed on the bottom surface of the bottom case 217 by using a fastening member such as an interference fit or a bolt, and the heat dissipation block 140 may be mounted inside. The bracket 142 is fixed to the upper side by fastening members such as bolts to fix the heat dissipation block 140.

The cooling block 120 and the heat dissipation block 140 are separated from each other by a support frame 215 (shown in FIG. 2) installed to be located below the rice storage chamber 211 inside the main body 210, thereby dissipating the heat dissipation block. The cooling efficiency is prevented from being lowered by the heat emitted from the 140. On the other hand, the support frame 215 (shown in Figure 2) may be to isolate the cooling block 120 and the heat radiation block 140 from each other by isolating the cooling unit 111 and the heat generating unit of the thermoelectric element 110.

In addition, the cooling apparatus 100 of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention may further include a cooling duct 160 for guiding the cold air emitted from the cooling block 120.

The cooling duct 160 may be fixed to the upper side of the support frame 215 to surround the cooling block 120 to guide the cold air blown from the blower fan 130 to flow toward the rice storage 211. 120 may be fixed to the support frame 215.

On the other hand, the cooling device 100 of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention is a rice at a user's operation temperature or a predetermined temperature by a control unit (not shown) for receiving an operation signal of an operation panel (not shown) provided in the main body 210 It is controlled to refrigeration, and may further include an evaporation unit 170 for evaporating the condensed water generated by the temperature difference from the thermoelectric element (110).

The evaporation unit 170 is installed horizontally between the heat generating unit (not shown) located on the lower surface of the thermoelectric element 110 and the heat dissipation block 140, the condensate generated due to the temperature difference of the thermoelectric element 110 on the upper surface Collecting unit 171 is formed in a groove shape so as to collect the evaporated condensed water by the heat emitted from the heat radiation block 140.

As shown in FIG. 5, the evaporation unit 170 has a fitting hole 172 formed to be fitted and fixed to an upper end of the heat radiation block 140, and a protrusion 173 extending horizontally to one side or both sides is formed. The collector 171 is formed in a groove shape on an upper side of the protrusion 173. In the present embodiment, the evaporation unit 170 includes two protrusions 173 formed at both sides, and a collection unit 171 may be formed at each protrusion 173.

The operation of the cooling apparatus of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention as described above will be described.

When the thermoelectric element 110, the blowing fan 130, and the heat radiating fan 150 are driven by the supply of power for cooling the rice stored in the rice storage chamber 211, the cooling unit 111 of the thermoelectric element 110 is removed. As the generated cold air is diverted through the cooling block 120, the rice stored in the rice storage chamber 211 is refrigerated by being supplied around the rice storage chamber 211 along the cooling duct 160 by the blowing force of the blower fan 130. Do it. Therefore, by preventing the occurrence of rice bugs, bacteria, mold, etc. from the rice stored in the rice storage room 211 to prevent the deterioration of the rice to maintain the rice fresh state despite long-term storage.

In addition, the heat generated from the heat generating portion of the thermoelectric element 110 is discharged to the outside of the main body 210 by the heat dissipation block 140 and the heat dissipation fan 150 through the heat dissipation port 217a so as not to reduce the refrigeration efficiency of the rice. In addition, condensed water inevitably generated from the thermoelectric element 110 is collected in the collecting unit 171 of the evaporation unit 170 and is evaporated by heat emitted from the heat radiating block 140 positioned below to facilitate the treatment of the condensed water. In addition, it solves the hygiene problems caused by condensate.

As described above, although the cooling apparatus of the rice refrigerator according to the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

110: thermoelectric element 111: cooling unit
120: cooling block 121: cooling fin
122: fixing part 130: blowing fan
140: heat dissipation block 141: heat dissipation fin
142: bracket 150: heat dissipation fan
160: cooling duct 170: evaporation unit
171: collecting unit 172: fitting hole
173: protrusion 210: main body
211: rice storage room 212: door
213: outlet 214: rice discharge container
215: support frame 217: bottom case
217a: heatsink

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In the chiller of the rice refrigerator,
A thermoelectric element having a cooling unit configured to generate cold air on one surface of the rice reservoir provided to store rice in the rice refrigerator, and having a heat generating unit generating heat on the other surface thereof;
A cooling block installed in the cooling unit of the thermoelectric element and having a plurality of cooling fins to dissipate cold air from the cooling unit;
A blower fan installed at the cooling block and configured to blow cold air emitted from the cooling block to the rice storage side;
A heat dissipation block installed in the heat generating part of the thermoelectric element, the heat dissipation block having a plurality of heat dissipation fins to dissipate heat of the heat dissipation part; And
The heat dissipation fan is installed in the heat dissipation block and blows out the heat emitted from the heat dissipation block to the outside.
Chiller of the rice refrigerator comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The cooling block and the heat dissipation block are isolated from each other by a support frame installed inside the main body,
The cooling device of the rice refrigerator characterized in that the cooling duct is wrapped around the cooling block to guide the cooling air blown from the blower fan to the rice storage side is fixed to the support frame. According to claim 1, It is installed between the heat generating portion and the heat dissipation block located on the lower surface of the thermoelectric element, the collecting unit is formed to collect the condensed water further evaporation unit for evaporating the condensed water by the heat emitted from the heat dissipation block Cooling apparatus of the rice refrigerator, characterized in that it comprises. According to claim 3, The evaporation unit is fitted to the upper end of the heat dissipation block is fitted with a fitting hole is formed, a protrusion extending horizontally to one side or both sides is formed, the collecting portion is formed in the upper side of the protrusion Cooling apparatus of the rice refrigerator, characterized in that formed by.
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