KR20150111387A - Hot-pipe for refrigerator - Google Patents

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KR20150111387A
KR20150111387A KR1020140032648A KR20140032648A KR20150111387A KR 20150111387 A KR20150111387 A KR 20150111387A KR 1020140032648 A KR1020140032648 A KR 1020140032648A KR 20140032648 A KR20140032648 A KR 20140032648A KR 20150111387 A KR20150111387 A KR 20150111387A
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    • 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
    • F25D21/04—Preventing the formation of frost or condensate
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/003—General constructional features for cooling refrigerating machinery
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/006—General constructional features for mounting refrigerating machinery components
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
    • F25D23/028—Details
    • 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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a hot pipe for a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a hot pipe for a refrigerator, which comprises an inlet portion formed in a partition portion of upper and lower rooms on one side of a main body and supplied with high-temperature refrigerant, And a branch piping portion connected to the discharge portion after independently enclosing each room in the inflow portion.
The present invention differs from the prior art in that a hot pipe of a refrigerator is branched so that high temperature refrigerant flows individually into each room, thereby reducing the temperature difference of each room by the high temperature refrigerant, thereby preventing or minimizing the formation of water droplets.

Description

[0001] HOT PIPE FOR REFRIGERATOR [0002]

The present invention relates to a hot pipe for a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a hot pipe for a refrigerator, in which a hot pipe of a refrigerator is branched so that hot refrigerant flows individually into each room, thereby reducing a temperature difference in each room by a high temperature refrigerant, And more particularly, to a hot pipe for a refrigerator which can prevent or minimize a heat pipe.

Generally, a refrigerator is a device for taking ambient latent heat during evaporation of a refrigerant in an evaporator and supplying the cooled ambient air to a freezer and a refrigerator to store foods at a low temperature. When a user opens and closes a door of a freezer or a refrigerator, Which is discharged through the compressor and the condenser, to cool the refrigerant compressed at a high temperature and a high pressure discharged from the compressor and the condenser, because of the moisture contained in the relatively hot and humid outside air, Hot pipes are arranged around the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment and around the refrigerating compartment to prevent dew condensation around the freezing compartment and the refrigerating compartment and around the refrigerating compartment due to the heat generated by the hot pipes.

In the hot-pipe arrangement structure of the conventional double-face type refrigerator, the hot-pipe 2 for freezing room is connected by welding at a position adjacent to the outlet side of the condenser, and is disposed from the bottom of the cabinet to the entire periphery of the freezing compartment from the lower- And extends rearwardly through the bottom of the cabinet to be welded to the hot pipe around the freezing compartment and disposed around the freezing compartment and then connected to the dryer.

As a prior art, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1083690 (registered on November 11, 2011), "Refrigerator Hot Pipe Arrangement Structure" was proposed.

Conventional refrigerator hot pipe has a structure having a single pass structure in which hot pipe inlet and outlet are connected in series. Since there is a large difference between the inlet side temperature and the outlet side temperature, there is a problem that water droplets are formed in a room near the outlet side have.

Therefore, there is a need to improve this.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which is capable of branching a hot pipe of a refrigerator and allowing hot refrigerant to flow individually in each room, thereby reducing a temperature difference in each room by a high- And it is an object of the present invention to provide a hot pipe for a refrigerator for preventing or minimizing the problem.

A hot pipe for a refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: an inlet formed at one side of a main body and supplied with a high-temperature refrigerant; a discharging portion formed at the other side of the main body to discharge heat-exchanged refrigerant; And a branch pipe portion that is independently wrapped and connected to the discharge portion.

The branch pipe portion includes a first branch pipe extending from the inlet portion and disposed along the upper side of the main body so as to surround the outside of a plurality of rooms located on the upper side of the main body, A third branch pipe extending from the inlet section and disposed along the lower side and the inner side of the plurality of rooms above the main body, and a second branch pipe extending from the inlet section And a fourth branch pipe extending along the upper side and the inner side of the plurality of rooms on the lower side of the main body.

The third branch pipe includes an upper horizontal section disposed at an upper side of a room on an upper side of the main body, an upper upward bent section bent upwardly from the upper horizontal section, An upper downward bending section that is bent downward in the upper upward bending section and is arranged along an inner side of a room on the other side of the other side of the main body, .

At least one of the inflow part and the discharge part may be formed in a partition part of one side or the other side of the main body.

The hot pipe for a refrigerator according to the present invention can branch a hot pipe of a refrigerator so that high temperature refrigerant flows individually into each room, thereby reducing temperature difference in each room by a high temperature refrigerant, thereby preventing or minimizing the formation of water droplets .

1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator showing an arrangement of hot pipes according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a hot pipe for a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a schematic view of a refrigerator showing an arrangement of hot pipes according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a hot pipe 20 for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an inlet 30, a discharge unit 40, and a branch pipe unit 100.

 Particularly, the hot pipe 20 is disposed in the body 10 of the refrigerator so as to correspond to each room 12, 14, 16, 18 from the compressor 2, 16, 18).

In addition, the body 10 forms a plurality of rooms 12-18, which are shown as having four rooms 12-18 for convenience. At this time, the first room 12 is located on one side of the upper part of the main body 10, the second room 14 is located on the other side of the main body 10, and the third room 16 And the fourth room 18 is located on the other side of the bottom of the main body 10. [

In addition, the hot pipe 20 must be disposed separately along the edges of the plurality of rooms 12 to 18 to shorten the drying time of the dew through high-temperature refrigerant heating.

It is preferable that the high-temperature refrigerant is introduced into the middle portion of the main body 10 in the up-and-down direction and discharged to the intermediate portion in the up-down direction of the other side of the main body 10 after drying the dew. This is because, in order to deliver the high-temperature refrigerant to the rooms 12 to 18 through the shortest path, the refrigerant discharged in a relatively low-temperature state after passing through the rooms 12, In order to prevent influences on the environment.

The main body 10 is provided with a partition wall 13 for partitioning one of the rooms 12 and 16 and the other of the rooms 14 and 18 and has a first room 12 and a third room 16 And has another side partition wall 17 for partitioning the second room 14 and the fourth room 18 on the other side.

More specifically, the inlet portion 30 is formed in a partition portion of upper and lower rooms 12 and 16 on one side of the main body 10, and serves to receive high-temperature refrigerant. That is, the inlet 30 receives high-temperature refrigerant from the compressor 2 and is provided in the main body 10 corresponding to one side of the one partition wall 15. Here, the inlet 30 is a port for receiving high-temperature refrigerant.

In addition, the discharge part 40 is formed in a partition part of the upper and lower rooms 14 and 18 on the other side of the main body 10 and serves to discharge the heat-exchanged refrigerant. That is, the discharge portion 40 is provided in the main body 10 corresponding to the other partition wall 17, for discharging the refrigerant discharged along the edges of the first to fourth chambers 12 to 18 . Here, the discharge portion 40 is a port for discharging the refrigerant. The refrigerant discharged through the discharge part (40) flows into the condenser (4).

Meanwhile, the branch piping section 100 independently surrounds the rooms 12 to 18 in the inflow section 30 and is connected to the discharge section 40. That is, the branch pipe section 100 is branched from the inlet section 30 to a plurality of branch pipes 110, 120, 130 and 140 according to the number of the rooms 12 to 18. The branch pipes 120 to 140 are all connected to the discharge unit 40.

Of course, the number of the branch pipes 110 to 140 is not limited.

For example, the branch pipe section 100 includes a first branch pipe 110, a second branch pipe 120, a third branch pipe 130, and a fourth branch pipe 140.

The first branch pipe 110 extends from the inlet portion 30 and is arranged along the upper side of the main body 10 so as to surround the outside of the plurality of rooms 12 and 14 located on the upper side of the main body 10. [ That is, the first branch pipe 110 is connected to the discharge unit 40 disposed along one side edge, the upper edge and the other edge of the main body 10 at the inflow section 30. [

The first branch pipe 110 serves to supply the heat of the refrigerant from the inlet 30 to one side and the upper side of the first room 12 and to the upper side and the other side of the second room 14.

The second branch pipe 120 extends from the inflow section 30 and is arranged along the lower side of the main body 10 so as to surround the outside of the plurality of rooms 16 and 18 located on the lower side of the main body 10. [ That is, the second branch pipe 120 is connected to the discharge unit 40 disposed along one side edge, the lower edge, and the other edge of the main body 10 at the inflow section 30.

The second branch pipe 120 serves to supply the heat of the refrigerant from the inlet 30 to one side and the lower side of the third room 16, and to the lower side and the other side of the fourth room 18.

The third branch pipe 130 extends from the inflow section 30 and is disposed along the lower side and the inner side of the plurality of rooms 12, 14 on the upper side of the main body 10. That is, the third branch pipe 130 includes one side partition wall 15 corresponding to the lower side of the first room 12, a partition 13 partitioning the first room 12 and the second room 14, The first room 12 and the second room 14 are arranged along the other partition wall 17 corresponding to the lower side of the first room 12 and the second room 14 and connected to the discharge part 40, And serves to supply the heat of the refrigerant from the heat exchanger (30).

The fourth branch pipe 140 extends from the inlet 30 and is disposed along the upper side and the inner side of the plurality of rooms 16 and 18 on the lower side of the main body 10. That is, the fourth branch pipe 140 includes one side partition wall 15 corresponding to the upper side of the third room 16, a partition 13 partitioning the third room 16 and the fourth room 18, And is connected to the discharge port 40 disposed along the other partition wall 17 corresponding to the upper side of the fourth room 18 so that the inside of the third room 16 and the inside of the fourth room 18 are connected to the inflow part And serves to supply the heat of the refrigerant from the heat exchanger (30).

In particular, the third branch pipe 130 includes an upper horizontal section 132, an upper upward bending section 134, an upper downward bending section 136, and an upper second horizontal section 138.

The upper one side horizontal section 132 is a section extending from the inflow section 30 and disposed along the lower side of the room 12 on one side of the main body 10. That is, the upper one-side horizontal section 132 is embedded in one side of the main body 10 to the partition wall 13 along one partition wall 15.

The upper upward bending section 134 is bent upward in the upper horizontal section 132 and is arranged along the inner side of the room 12 at the upper side of the main body 10. The upper upward bending section 134 includes a partition wall 13 partitioning the first and second chambers 12 and 14 from each other along the partition wall 15, To the upper edge of the main body 10, as shown in Fig.

The upper downward bending section 136 is bent downward at the upper upward bending section 134 and is disposed along the inner side of the room 14 on the other side of the main body 10. That is, the upper downward bending section 136 is formed by downwardly folding the third branch pipe 130 disposed up to the upper side of the partition wall 13 and downwardly disposed to the central portion of the partition wall 13 corresponding to the other side partition wall 17 Section.

The upper second side horizontal section 138 is a section disposed along the lower side of the room 14 on the other side of the main body 10 in the upper downward bending section 136. That is, the upper second horizontal section 138 is connected to the discharge section 40 after the third branch pipe 130 bent downward along the partition 13 is disposed along the other partition wall 17.

Similarly, the fourth branch pipe 140 includes a lower one side horizontal section 142, a lower downward bending section 144, a lower upward bending section 146, and a lower second horizontal section 148.

The lower one side horizontal section 142 is a section extending from the inflow section 30 and disposed along the upper side of the room 16 on one side of the main body 10. That is, the lower one horizontal section 142 is a section disposed within one side of the main body 10 to the partition wall 13 along one partition wall 15.

The lower downward bending section 144 is a section that is bent downward from the lower one horizontal section 142 and disposed along the inner side of the room 16 below the one side of the main body 10. The lower downward bending section 144 includes a partition wall 13 partitioning the third room 16 and the fourth room 18 by a fourth branch pipe 140 disposed along one partition wall 15, To the lower edge of the main body 10 along the lower edge of the main body 10.

The lower upward bending section 146 is bent upward in the lower downward bending section 144 and is disposed along the inner side of the room 18 on the lower side of the main body 10. In other words, the lower upward bending section 146 is disposed such that the fourth branch pipe 140 disposed up to the lower side of the partition wall 13 is upwardly bent and disposed upward to the central portion of the partition wall 13 corresponding to the other partition wall 17 Section.

The other lower horizontal section 148 is a section arranged along the upper side of the room 18 on the lower side of the main body 10 in the lower upward bending section 146. That is, the lower second horizontal section 148 is connected to the discharge section 40 after the fourth branch pipe 140 bent upward along the partition wall 13 is disposed along the other partition wall 17.

Each of the plurality of branch pipes 110 to 140 constituting the branch pipe section 100 extends from the inlet section 30 and is disposed along the inner or outer edge of each of the rooms 12 to 18, The refrigerant from the refrigerant circuit 30 can transmit heat to the rooms 12 to 18 as much as possible. Thus, the dew generated along the front edge of each of the rooms 12 to 18 can be dried in a short time.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. I will understand. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

10: main body 13: partition wall
15: one side partition wall 17: another side partition wall
20: hot pipe 30: inlet
40: Discharge part 100: Branch pipe part
110: first branch pipe 120: second branch pipe
130: Third branch pipe 140: Fourth branch pipe

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An inlet formed in the main body and supplied with high-temperature refrigerant;
A discharge unit formed on the other side of the main body and discharging heat-exchanged refrigerant; And
And a branching pipe part connected to the discharging part after independently surrounding each of the rooms in the inflow part.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1,
A first branch pipe extending from the inflow portion and disposed along the upper side of the main body so as to surround the outside of the plurality of rooms located on the upper side of the main body;
A second branch pipe extending from the inflow portion and disposed along the lower side of the main body so as to surround the outside of the plurality of rooms located on the lower side of the main body;
A third branch pipe extending from the inflow portion and disposed along the lower side and the inner side of the plurality of rooms on the upper side of the main body; And
And a fourth branch pipe extending from the inflow portion and disposed along the upper side and the inner side of the plurality of rooms on the lower side of the main body.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the third branch pipe comprises:
An upper one side horizontal section disposed along a lower side of a room above one side of the main body;
An upper upward bending section bent upwardly from the upper one horizontal section and disposed along an inner side of a room on one side of the main body;
An upper downward bending section bent downward in the upper upward bending section and disposed along an inner side of a room above the other side of the main body; And
And an upper second side horizontal section disposed along the lower side of the upper portion of the other side of the main body in the upper downward bending section.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein at least one of the inflow portion and the discharge portion is formed in a partition portion of one or both upper and lower rooms of the main body.
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