TW201617576A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator, which comprises: a heat insulation box inside which a storage unit with an opening is formed; a box door unit for sealing the opening; a cooling system for generating cold air to cool the air within the storage unit; a circulation unit connected to the storage unit and the cooling system; and an ion driver installed on a wall surface of the heat insulation box that defines the storage unit, and contacted with the flowing air within the storage unit. The ion driver can break down water molecule into hydroxide ions and ozone. The cold air generated by the cooling system flows through the circulation unit and arrives at the storage unit. When the air passes the ion driver, the water molecule of the cold air will be broken down to produce hydroxide ions and ozone. The hydroxide ions and ozone is further spread all over the storage unit and other parts via the circulation unit.

Description

refrigerator

The invention relates to a refrigerator, in particular to a refrigerator which can generate hydroxide ions and ozone inside.

Generally, various foods are stored in the refrigerator, some of which are relatively heavy in smell, or which are scented due to storage for too long, resulting in a mixture of various odors in the refrigerator to form an odor or an odor. In order to remove the odor and bacteria in the refrigerator, the existing refrigerator is provided with a plurality of purification units connected in series in the cold air circulation path and having a deodorizing and sterilizing function, respectively, for deodorization and sterilization.

However, these purification units cause a large amount of pressure loss to the cold air circulation path. When a plurality of purification units are disposed on the cold air circulation path, the air circulation volume of the entire refrigerator will decrease, resulting in a decrease in cooling performance, and there is still room for improvement.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which is deodorized by hydroxide, oxygen and ozone.

Thus, in some embodiments, the refrigerator of the present invention comprises a heat insulating box body internally forming a storage compartment unit having at least one opening; a box door unit closing the opening; and a cooling mechanism for generating cold air to cool the air of the storage compartment unit, including an air outlet end and a a returning unit; and a circulation unit connecting the storage unit and the cooling mechanism, the circulation unit comprising an outlet duct connecting the outlet end of the cooling mechanism and a return air passage connecting the return end of the cooling mechanism; An ion driver disposed on the wall of the heat insulating box defining the storage unit and contacting the airflow flowing in the storage unit, the ion driver comprising a nozzle and a high pressure unit, the nozzle having a collecting needle for collecting air In the water molecule, the high pressure unit can apply a high voltage electric shock to the poly needle to dissociate the water molecules to produce hydroxide ions and ozone.

The cold air generated by the cooling mechanism flows to the storage chamber unit through the air outlet and the return air passage of the circulation unit, and when the ion driver is passed, the water molecules in the cold air are dissociated by the ion driver to generate hydroxide ions and ozone. The hydroxide ions and ozone are dispersed along the airflow path and the air outlet to the rest of the storage unit unit.

In some embodiments, the storage unit includes a vegetable and fruit compartment for storing fruits and vegetables, the temperature of the vegetable compartment is between 4 and 7 degrees, and the humidity is between 30% and 85%.

In some embodiments, the circulation unit further includes a vegetable and fruit air outlet connecting the return air passage and the vegetable and fruit chamber, and a first air supply fan disposed adjacent to the air outlet of the vegetable and fruit outlet.

In some embodiments, the ion driver is disposed at a top wall of the heat insulating box defining the vegetable and fruit chamber, so that hydrogen ions and ozone generated by the ion driver are easily diffused and circulated in the vegetable and fruit chamber.

In some embodiments, the circulation unit further includes a return air duct connecting the return air duct, a fruit and vegetable return air port connecting the return air duct and the vegetable and fruit chamber, and a return air outlet disposed adjacent to the return air duct The first exhaust fan, the fruit and vegetable return air outlet is separated from the vegetable and fruit outlet.

In some embodiments, the storage unit further includes a refrigerating chamber above the vegetable and fruit chamber and a freezing chamber located below the vegetable and fruit chamber.

In some embodiments, the circulation unit further includes a refrigerating air outlet that communicates with the outlet duct, a second blower fan disposed adjacent to the refrigerating air outlet of the outlet duct, and at least one refrigerated communication connecting the return air duct a return air outlet and at least one second exhaust fan disposed adjacent to the refrigerating air return port of the return air duct.

In some embodiments, the circulation unit further includes at least one frozen air outlet that communicates with the air outlet, at least one third air fan disposed adjacent to the air outlet of the air outlet, and a return air passage. a freezing air return port and a third exhaust fan disposed adjacent to the refrigerating air return port of the return air duct.

The effect of the invention is that the water molecules in the air of the storage unit are dissociated into hydroxide ions and ozone through the ion driver, and the hydroxide ions and the ozone are transported and distributed to the storage unit unit through the circulation unit. At the place, the effect of deodorizing and bacteriostatic is achieved.

1‧‧‧Insulation box

11‧‧‧Storeroom unit

111‧‧‧Vegetable Room

112‧‧‧Refrigerator

113‧‧‧Freezer

2‧‧‧Box unit

21‧‧‧ Fruit and vegetable door

22‧‧‧Refrigeration door

23‧‧‧Freezing door

3‧‧‧Ion driver

31‧‧‧Nozzles

311‧‧‧Gathering needle

32‧‧‧High pressure unit

4‧‧‧Cooling mechanism

41‧‧‧ Wind outlet

42‧‧‧return end

5‧‧‧Circular unit

51‧‧‧Outlet

52‧‧‧Back air duct

53‧‧‧Refrigerated air outlet

531‧‧‧Send fan

54‧‧‧Refrigerated air return

541‧‧‧fan

55‧‧‧ Fruit and vegetable outlet

551‧‧‧Send fan

56‧‧‧ Fruit and vegetable return air outlet

561‧‧‧fan

57‧‧‧ return air duct

58‧‧‧Frozen outlet

581‧‧‧Send fan

59‧‧‧Frozen return air outlet

591‧‧‧fan

The other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, wherein: FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a block diagram. Describe an ion driver; 3 is a partial enlarged view of FIG. 1 illustrating a cold air circulation flow direction of a refrigerating compartment; FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of FIG. 1 illustrating a cold air circulation flow direction of a vegetable and fruit compartment; and FIG. 5 is a partial enlargement of FIG. Schematic diagram showing the flow direction of a cold air circulation in a freezer compartment.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention comprises a heat insulating box body 1, a storage compartment unit 11 formed inside the heat insulating box body 1, a box door unit 2, an ion driver 3, and a cooling unit. The mechanism 4 and a circulation unit 5 that communicate the cooling mechanism 4 and the storage compartment unit 11.

In the present embodiment, the storage unit unit 11 includes a vegetable and fruit chamber 111, a refrigerating chamber 112 above the vegetable and fruit chamber 111, and a freezing chamber 113 located below the vegetable and fruit chamber 111. The vegetable and fruit chamber 111, the refrigerating chamber 112 and the freezing chamber 113 has an opening. The door unit 2 includes a vegetable door 21, a refrigerating door 22 and a freezing door 23 for respectively closing the opening. The temperature of the refrigerating chamber 112 is between 1 and 5 ° C, the temperature of the vegetable and fruit chamber 111 is between 4 and 7 ° C, the humidity is between 30% and 85%, and the temperature of the freezing chamber 113 is between -22 and -18 ° C. between.

The cooling mechanism 4 is for generating cold air to cool the air of the storage unit unit 11, and includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a compressor. Since the cooling mechanism 4 is a conventional one used in a general refrigerator, it will not be described herein. The cooling mechanism 4 further includes an air outlet end 41 and a return air end 42.

The circulation unit 5 includes an air outlet end 41 that communicates with the cooling mechanism 4 An air outlet 51, a return air passage 52 connecting the return air end 42 of the cooling mechanism 4, a refrigerating air outlet 53 connecting the refrigerating chamber 112 and the air outlet 51, and a refrigerating air outlet 53 disposed adjacent to the air outlet 51 The fan 531 of the air outlet 53 , the refrigerating air return port 54 connecting the refrigerating chamber 112 and the return air duct 52 , the exhaust fan 541 disposed on the return air duct 52 adjacent to the refrigerating air return port 54 , the connecting fruit and vegetable compartment 111 and the return air duct a vegetable and fruit air outlet 55 of 52, a blowing fan 551 disposed adjacent to the air outlet 55 of the return air passage 52, a return air duct 57 connected to the return air duct 52, a connecting return air duct 57, and a fruit and vegetable chamber 111 The air outlet 56, the exhaust fan 561 disposed adjacent to the return air outlet 56 of the return air duct 57, the freezing air outlet 58 connecting the air outlet 51, and the blower fan 581 disposed adjacent to the freezing air outlet 58 of the air outlet 51 And a freezing air return port 59 connected to the return air duct 52, and a pumping fan 591 disposed adjacent to the freezing air return port 59 of the return air duct 52. The number of the refrigerating air return port 53, the exhaust fan 531, the freezing air outlet 58, and the blower fan 581 is not limited to two, and at least one may be used.

The ion driver 3 includes a nozzle 31 and a high voltage unit 32. The nozzle 31 has a collecting pin 311 for collecting water molecules in the air, and the high voltage unit 32 can apply a high voltage electric shock to the poly needle 311 to dissociate the water molecules. Hydrogen and oxygen ions and ozone. The preferred operating conditions for the ion driver 3 operating environment range from 5 to 35 ° C and humidity between 30% and 85%. In the present embodiment, the ion driver 3 is disposed at the top wall of the heat insulating box 1 defining the fruit and vegetable chamber 111, so that the hydroxide ions and ozone generated by the ion driver 3 are easily diffused and circulated in the vegetable and fruit chamber 111.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 , the cold air flowing out from the air outlet end 41 of the cooling mechanism 4 is respectively separated by the air outlet 51 along the direction of the dotted arrow in the figure. It flows to the refrigerating compartment 112 and the freezing compartment 113. The cold air flowing into the freezer compartment 113 flows into the freezer compartment 113 through the freezing air outlet 58 through the blower fan 581, flows in the direction of the solid arrow in the figure, passes through the chilled air return port 59 through the exhaust fan 591, flows into the return air duct 52, and finally flows back to the cooling. The return air end 42 of the mechanism 4. The cold air flowing to the refrigerating chamber 112 first flows into the refrigerating chamber 112 through the refrigerating air outlet 53 through the blower fan 531 in the direction of the arrow arrow, and then flows through the refrigerating air return port 54 through the refrigerating air return port 54 into the return air duct 52 through the refrigerating air return port 54 in the direction of the arrow arrow. The fan 551 flows into the fruit and vegetable chamber 111 through the fruit and vegetable air outlet 55. When passing through the ion driver 3, the water molecules in the air are dissociated by the ion driver 3 to generate hydroxide ions and ozone, and the generated hydroxide ions and ozone are dispersed along the air flow. To the vegetable and fruit room 111 everywhere. Then, the airflow flows through the return air duct 56 through the air-conditioner 56 to the return air duct 52. The cold air with the hydroxide ions and the ozone passes through the blower fan 551 and partially flows into the fruit and vegetable chamber 111 again to form a small air. Circulatory system. Such a small circulation system can increase the humidity of the air entering the fruit and vegetable compartment 111, so that the ion driver 3 can generate more hydroxide ions and ozone. The other portion of the cold air that has not flowed into the fruit and vegetable chamber 111 again will flow downward through the return air passage 52 and finally return to the return air end 42 of the cooling mechanism 4. Then, it flows in the direction of the cold air circulation as described above. In this way, the cold air with the hydroxide ions and the ozone can flow to the refrigerator compartment 112 and the freezer compartment 113 to achieve the effect of deodorizing and sterilizing the storage compartment unit 11. The direction of the dotted arrow in the figure represents the flow direction of the cold air in the air outlet and the return air passage, and the solid arrow direction represents the flow direction of the cold air in the refrigerating chamber, the vegetable and fruit chamber, and the freezing chamber.

In summary, the storage compartment unit 11 is passed through the ion driver 3. The water molecules in the air dissociate into hydroxide ions and ozone, and then transport the hydroxide ions and ozone to the rest of the storage unit unit 11 through the circulation unit 5 to achieve the deodorizing and bacteriostatic effect. The purpose of the invention.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the patent application scope and the patent specification of the present invention are still It is within the scope of the patent of the present invention.

1‧‧‧Insulation box

11‧‧‧Storeroom unit

111‧‧‧Vegetable Room

112‧‧‧Refrigerator

113‧‧‧Freezer

2‧‧‧Box unit

21‧‧‧ Fruit and vegetable door

22‧‧‧Refrigeration door

23‧‧‧Freezing door

3‧‧‧Ion driver

4‧‧‧Cooling mechanism

41‧‧‧ Wind outlet

42‧‧‧return end

5‧‧‧Circular unit

51‧‧‧Outlet

52‧‧‧Back air duct

53‧‧‧Refrigerated air outlet

531‧‧‧Send fan

54‧‧‧Refrigerated air return

541‧‧‧fan

55‧‧‧ Fruit and vegetable outlet

551‧‧‧Send fan

56‧‧‧ Fruit and vegetable return air outlet

561‧‧‧fan

57‧‧‧ return air duct

58‧‧‧Frozen outlet

581‧‧‧Send fan

59‧‧‧Frozen return air outlet

591‧‧‧fan

Claims (8)

A refrigerator comprising: a heat insulating box body internally forming a storage compartment unit having at least one opening; a box door unit closing the opening; and a cooling mechanism for generating cold air to cool the air of the storage compartment unit, including a a wind end and a return air end; a circulation unit that communicates with the storage unit and the cooling mechanism, the circulation unit includes an air outlet that communicates with the air outlet end of the cooling mechanism, and a return air that communicates with the return air end of the cooling mechanism And an ion driver disposed on the wall of the heat insulating box defining the storage unit and contacting the air flowing in the storage unit, the ion driver comprising a nozzle and a high pressure unit, the nozzle having a collecting pin For collecting water molecules in the air, the high voltage unit can apply a high voltage electric shock to the poly needle to dissociate the water molecules to generate hydroxide ions and ozone; the cold air generated by the cooling mechanism passes through the air outlet and the return air passage of the circulation unit. Flowing to the storage unit, when passing through the ion driver, dissociating water molecules in the cold air by the ion driver to generate hydroxide ions and ozone, the hydrogen Ions and ozone to redistribute the gas flow along the entire storage compartment unit via the other duct and the return duct. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit comprises a vegetable and fruit compartment for storing fruits and vegetables, wherein the temperature of the vegetable and fruit compartment is between 4 and 7 degrees, and the humidity is between 30% and 85%. The refrigerator of claim 2, wherein the circulation unit further comprises a communication The return air duct and the vegetable and fruit air outlet of the vegetable and fruit room and a first blower fan disposed adjacent to the air outlet of the vegetable and fruit outlet. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the ion driver is disposed at a top wall of the heat insulating box defining the vegetable and fruit chamber, so that hydrogen hydroxide ions and ozone generated by the ion driver are easily diffused and circulated in the vegetable and fruit chamber. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the circulation unit further comprises a return air duct connecting the return air duct, a fruit and vegetable return air port connecting the return air duct and the vegetable and fruit chamber, and a gas returning valve disposed adjacent to the return air duct The first exhaust fan of the return air outlet of the vegetable and fruit, the return air outlet of the vegetable and fruit is separated from the air outlet of the vegetable and fruit. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the storage unit further comprises a refrigerating chamber located above the vegetable and fruit compartment and a freezing compartment located below the vegetable and fruit compartment. The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the circulation unit further comprises a refrigerating air outlet communicating with the air outlet, a second blowing fan disposed adjacent to the refrigerating air outlet of the air outlet, and at least one connecting the return air a refrigerating air return port of the road and at least one second exhaust fan disposed adjacent to the refrigerating air return port of the return air duct. The refrigerator according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the circulation unit further comprises at least one frozen air outlet that communicates with the air outlet, at least one third fan disposed adjacent to the freezing air outlet of the air outlet, and a communication a refrigerating air return port of the return air duct and a third exhaust fan disposed adjacent to the refrigerating air return port of the return air duct.