TWI636226B - Refrigerator with independent greenhouse - Google Patents

Abstract

A refrigerator with an independent greenhouse, comprising a freezing compartment, an independent greenhouse, a control unit, a heat exchange system and an air volume control system. The heat exchange system is electrically coupled to the control unit and used to cool the gas and generate cold air. The air volume control system includes a wind passage connected to the heat exchange system, a first air outlet opening in the air passage and communicating with the freezing chamber, and a second air outlet opening in the air passage and communicating with the independent greenhouse. And an air volume adjusting device electrically coupled to the control unit. The air volume adjusting device controls the cold air to enter the air passage channel and blows the cold air from the first air outlet to the freezing chamber, and the air volume adjusting device is controlled by the control unit to adjust the air volume of the cold air blown from the second air outlet to the independent greenhouse. Make the independent greenhouse operate in a refrigerated mode or a freezing mode.

Description

Refrigerator with independent greenhouse

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a refrigerator having an independent variable greenhouse.

Refrigerators are indispensable household appliances in modern life, which are related to the food storage sources needed for public life, so the setting of refrigerators is very important. Generally speaking, the refrigerator has a multi-layered fresh-keeping compartment in the structure, and the user can refrigerate the food in a cold room below 5 degrees Celsius to suppress the growth of most bacteria, and freeze the food at -18 degrees Celsius. The following freezer compartments can stop the growth of bacteria, so the public can store food in the freezer or freezer at the temperature they need to keep fresh.

However, the various compartments of the existing refrigerators, such as the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, are fixedly arranged, and the user can only use the original refrigerating or freezing function of each compartment. Therefore, when the food in the freezing compartment is to be defrosted, the user needs to take the food out of the freezer compartment and then place it in the refrigerator compartment, which is extremely inconvenient in use.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator having an independent variable greenhouse.

Therefore, the refrigerator with independent greenhouse in the present invention includes, in some embodiments, a freezing compartment, an independent greenhouse, a control unit, a heat exchange system, and an air volume control system. The heat exchange system is electrically coupled to the control unit and is used to cool the gas and generate cold air. The air volume control system includes a wind passage connected to the heat exchange system, a first air outlet opening in the air passage and communicating with the freezing chamber, and opening in the air passage and communicating with the independent greenhouse And a second air outlet, and an air volume adjusting device electrically coupled to the control unit and disposed in the air passage. The air volume adjusting device controls the cold air generated by the heat exchange system to enter the air passage passage and blows the cold air from the first air outlet to the freezing chamber, and the air volume adjusting device is controlled by the control unit to adjust The air outlet of the two outlets is blown to the cold air of the independent greenhouse, and the independent greenhouse is operated in a refrigerating mode or a freezing mode.

In some embodiments, the periphery of the independent greenhouse is covered by a thermal barrier.

In some embodiments, the air volume adjusting device of the air volume control system has a fan and a damper adjacent to the first air outlet and configured to blow the cold air to the freezing chamber and the damper, the damper being adjacent to the second The air outlet and controlling the air volume of the cold air sent to the independent greenhouse by the second air outlet.

In some implementations, the control unit can also control the air volume adjusting device to adjust the amount of cold air blown by the second air outlet to the independent greenhouse, so that the independent greenhouse operates in a micro-freeze mode.

In some embodiments, the air volume adjusting device can control the temperature range of the independent greenhouse to be between -20 degrees Celsius and 5 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the refrigeration mode is 5 degrees Celsius in the freezing mode. The lower temperature is -18 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the micro-freeze mode is -5 degrees.

In some embodiments, the refrigerator with the independent greenhouse further includes a refrigerating chamber, and the air volume control system further includes a third air outlet opening in the air passage and communicating with the refrigerating chamber, the air volume adjusting The apparatus also blows the cold air of the air passage to the cold room from the third air outlet.

In some embodiments, the temperature of the freezer compartment ranges from -20 degrees Celsius to -17 degrees Celsius, and the temperature range of the refrigerator compartment ranges from 0 degrees Celsius to 10 degrees Celsius.

In some embodiments, the air volume adjusting device of the air volume control system has a first fan for blowing cold air and adjacent to the first air outlet, and a second for blowing cold air and adjacent to the second air outlet. a fan that blows the cold air of the air passage from the first air outlet to the freezer compartment and from the second air outlet to the independent greenhouse, the second fan being in an open state and a Switching between the closed states, and in the open state, the cold air of the air passage can be blown from the second air outlet to the independent greenhouse, and when the independent greenhouse operates in the refrigeration mode, the control unit The second fan is controlled to the closed state; and when the independent greenhouse operates in the freezing mode, the control unit controls the second fan to the open state.

In some embodiments, the air volume adjusting device can control the temperature range of the independent greenhouse to be between -20 degrees Celsius and 5 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the refrigeration mode is 5 degrees Celsius, and the freezing The temperature in the mode is -18 degrees Celsius.

In some embodiments, the freezer compartment has a temperature ranging from -20 degrees Celsius to -17 degrees Celsius.

In some implementations, the refrigerator with an independent greenhouse further includes a temperature sensor electrically coupled to the control unit, the temperature sensor is configured to detect the temperature of the independent greenhouse, and the detected A measured temperature value is transmitted to the control unit, and then the control unit controls the air volume adjusting device and the heat exchange system according to the temperature value.

The present invention has at least the following effects: the cold air generated by the heat exchange system 6 is controlled by the air volume adjusting device 75 to enter the air passage 70 and the cold air is blown from the first air outlet 71 to the freezing chamber 1, and the air volume is The adjusting device 75 is controlled by the control unit 5 to adjust the amount of cold air blown by the second air outlet 72 to the independent greenhouse 2, so that the independent greenhouse 2 operates at least in a refrigerating mode or a freezing mode, In the first place, the same space of the independent greenhouse 2 can be used at least as a refrigerating function or a freezing function.

1‧‧‧freezer

2‧‧‧Independent greenhouse

3‧‧‧Refrigerator

4‧‧‧Temperature Sensor

5‧‧‧Control unit

6‧‧‧Hot exchange system

61‧‧‧Compressor

62‧‧‧Condenser

63‧‧‧Control valve

64‧‧‧bypass line

65‧‧‧Flow valve

66‧‧‧Dryer

67‧‧‧ Capillary

68‧‧‧ heat exchanger

7‧‧‧Air volume control system

70‧‧‧Windway

71‧‧‧First air outlet

72‧‧‧second air outlet

73‧‧‧The third outlet

74‧‧‧fourth outlet

75‧‧‧Air volume adjustment device

751‧‧‧First fan

752‧‧‧second fan

753‧‧‧First damper

754‧‧‧Second damper

76‧‧‧ Fifth outlet

77‧‧‧ sixth outlet

Other features and effects of the present invention will be directed to the implementation of the drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of a refrigerator having an independent greenhouse in accordance with the present invention; FIG. 2 is a side view of the internal structure of the first embodiment, illustrating independent changes The greenhouse operates in a refrigerating mode; FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the heat exchange system of the first embodiment; and FIG. 5 is an internal configuration of the first embodiment. 1 is a side view showing the operation of the independent greenhouse in a freezing mode; FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a second embodiment of the refrigerator having the independent greenhouse in the present invention; and FIG. 7 is a view showing the internal structure of the second embodiment. Side view showing the operation of the independent greenhouse in a refrigerating mode; FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the second embodiment; and FIG. 9 is a side view of the internal structure of the second embodiment, illustrating the operation of the independent greenhouse In a freezing mode.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , a first embodiment of a refrigerator having an independent greenhouse is a three-door refrigerator, and includes a freezing compartment 1 , an independent greenhouse 2 , and a refrigerating compartment. 3. A temperature sensor 4, a control unit 5, a heat exchange system 6, and an air volume control system 7. The freezer compartment 1, the independent variable greenhouse 2 and the refrigerating compartment 3 are respectively stacked from bottom to top, wherein the periphery of the independent greenhouse 2 is covered by a heat insulation layer, and in this embodiment, The heat insulating layer is composed of a foaming material cyclopentane and a vacuum heat insulating plate. Of course, in other embodiments, the heat insulating layer may also be composed of other heat insulating materials, which are not disclosed in the embodiment. Insulation material is limited.

The temperature sensor 4 is electrically coupled to the control unit 5, and the temperature sensor 4 is configured to detect the temperature of the independent greenhouse 2, and transmit the detected temperature value to the control unit 5. .

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the heat exchange system 6 is electrically coupled to the control unit 5 and used to cool the gas and generate cold air. In detail, the heat exchange system 6 includes a compressor 61, a condenser 62, a control valve 63, a bypass line 64, a flow valve 65, a dryer 66, a capillary 67, and a heat exchanger. 68. The compressor 61 is electrically coupled to the control unit 5 and controlled by the control unit 5, and compresses the refrigerant to form a high-temperature and high-pressure gas, and then the refrigerant starts to enter the condenser 62 to exchange heat with the air temperature, and the control valve 63 can be cooled by the refrigerant. And the pressure condition in the system, the switching refrigerant flows to the bypass line 64 to achieve pressure regulation in the pipeline, and the flow valve 65 controls the refrigerant in the bypass line 64 to pass through the dryer 66 to enter the decompression section. The flow of the capillary 67, Then, the refrigerant enters the heat exchanger 68 (ie, the evaporator (EVA) section), so that the hot air in the refrigerator exchanges heat with the refrigerant, and the refrigerant gas absorbs heat, etc., and then transfers the heat energy to the outside of the refrigerator, and then The refrigerant gas is returned to the compressor 61, thus completing the refrigeration cycle.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the air volume control system 7 includes a wind passage 70, a first air outlet 71, a second air outlet 72, a third air outlet 73, and a fourth air outlet 74. And an air volume adjusting device 75. Specifically, the air passage 70 is connected to the heat exchanger 68 of the heat exchange system 6. The first air outlet 71 is opened in the air passage 70 and communicates with the freezing chamber 1. The second air outlet 72 is opened. The air outlet channel 70 is connected to the independent greenhouse 2, and the third air outlet 73 and the fourth air outlet 74 are opened in the air passage 70 and communicate with the refrigerator compartment 3, and the fourth air outlet 74 is The position is higher than the third air outlet 73.

The air volume adjusting device 75 is electrically coupled to the control unit 5 and controlled by the control unit 5, and the air volume adjusting device 75 is disposed in the air passage 70 and has a first fan adjacent to the first air outlet 71. 751. A second fan 752 adjacent to the fourth air outlet 74, a first damper 753 adjacent to the second air outlet 72, and a second damper 754 adjacent to the third air outlet 73. The first fan 751 controls the cold air generated by the heat exchanger 68 to enter the air passage 70 and blows the cold air from the first air outlet 71 to the freezing chamber 1, so that the temperature of the freezing chamber 1 is between Celsius Between -20 degrees and -17 degrees Celsius, used as a freezing function.

The first fan 751 also blows the cold air to the first damper 753 and the second damper 754, wherein the first damper 753 is controlled by the control unit 5 to adjust the blowing from the second air outlet 72 to the independent The amount of cold wind of the greenhouse 2 is changed, and the independent greenhouse 2 is operated in a refrigerating mode, a freezing mode or a micro-freezing mode. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the opening degree of the first damper 753 is small, the amount of cold air blown by the second air outlet 72 to the independent greenhouse 2 is also small, so that the independent greenhouse 2 operating in a refrigerating mode; further, as shown in FIG. 5, when the opening degree of the first damper 753 is large, the amount of wind blown by the second air outlet 72 to the independent greenhouse 2 is also large. The independent change greenhouse 2 is operated in a freezing mode. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the first fan 751 and the first damper 753 of the air volume adjusting device 75 can control the temperature range of the independent variable greenhouse 2 to be between -20 degrees Celsius and 5 degrees Celsius, and The temperature in the refrigerating mode is 5 degrees Celsius, the temperature in the freezing mode is -18 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the micro-freeze mode is -5 degrees. In this way, the same space of the independent greenhouse 2 can be used as a refrigerating function, a freezing function or a micro-freezing function. In particular, the temperature of the independent greenhouse 2 of the present embodiment is not only controlled by the air volume adjusting device 75, but also controlled by the heat exchange system 6, for example, when the independent greenhouse 2 is to operate in the In the freezing mode, the control unit 5 needs to control the compressor 61 to strengthen the operation to increase more cold air, so that the independent greenhouse 2 and the freezing chamber 1 both operate in the freezing mode, so that the temperature sensor 4 detects The temperature was measured to be -18 degrees Celsius. Therefore, the control unit 5 is detected according to the temperature sensor 4 The air volume adjusting device 75 and the heat exchange system 6 are controlled by temperature values.

The second damper 754 is controlled by the control unit 5 to adjust the amount of cold air blown to the refrigerating compartment 3 by the third air outlet 73 and the fourth air outlet 74, and adjacent to the fourth air outlet 74. The second fan 752 is controlled by the control unit 5 to enhance the air volume of the cold air blown into the refrigerating chamber 3 by the fourth air outlet 74, so that the temperature of the refrigerating chamber 3 ranges from 0 degrees Celsius to 10 degrees Celsius. .

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8, a second embodiment of the refrigerator with independent greenhouse is a two-door refrigerator, and includes a freezing compartment 1, an independent greenhouse, and a sense of temperature. The detector 4, a control unit 5, a heat exchange system 6, and an air volume control system 7. The freezer compartment 1 and the independent greenhouse 2 are sequentially stacked from bottom to top, and the periphery of the independent greenhouse 2 is covered by a heat insulation layer. It should be noted that the temperature sensor 4, the control unit 5 and the heat exchange system 6 of the second embodiment are the same as the first embodiment, but the air volume control system 7 of the second embodiment. The utility model comprises a wind passage 70, a first air outlet 71, a second air outlet 72, an air volume adjusting device 75, a fifth air outlet 76, and a sixth air outlet 77. Specifically, the air passage 70 is connected to the heat exchanger 68 of the heat exchange system 6, and the first air outlet 71 is opened in the air passage 70 and communicates with the freezing chamber 1, the second air outlet 72, The fifth air outlet 76 and the sixth air outlet 77 are both open to the air passage 70 and communicate with the independent greenhouse 2 .

The air volume adjusting device 75 has a function for blowing cold air adjacent to the first The first fan 751 of the air outlet 71 and a second fan 752 for blowing cold air and adjacent to the second air outlet 72. The first fan 751 controls the cold air generated by the heat exchanger 68 to enter the air passage 70 and blows the cold air from the first air outlet 71 to the freezing chamber 1 and from the second air outlet 72 to the independent air. Change the greenhouse 2. The second fan 752 can switch between an open state and a closed state, and in the open state, the cold air of the air passage 70 can be separated from the second air outlet 72 and the fifth air outlet 76. The sixth air outlet 77 is blown to the independent greenhouse 2. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, when the control unit 5 controls the second fan 752 in the closed state, the independent change greenhouse 2 operates in the refrigerating mode; again, as shown in FIG. 9, when the control unit 5 When the second fan 752 is controlled to the open state, the independent greenhouse 2 operates in the freezing mode, so that the same space of the independent greenhouse 2 can be used as a refrigerating function or a freezing function. In this embodiment, the independent greenhouse 2 has a temperature ranging from -20 degrees Celsius to 5 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the refrigeration mode is 5 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the freezing mode is Celsius. -18 degrees.

In summary, the refrigerator having the independent greenhouse is controlled by the air volume adjusting device 75 to control the cold air generated by the heat exchange system 6 to enter the air passage 70 and the cold air is blown from the first air outlet 71 to the refrigerator. a freezer compartment 1, and the air volume adjusting device 75 is controlled by the control unit 5 to adjust the amount of cold air blown by the second air outlet 72 to the independent greenhouse 2, so that the independent greenhouse 2 operates at least in a refrigerated manner a mode or a freezing mode, so that the same space of the independent greenhouse 2 can be used at least It is used for the refrigerating function or the freezing function, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, and all the equivalent equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the patent specification of the present invention are still The scope of the invention is covered.

Claims (10)

A refrigerator with an independent variable greenhouse, comprising: a freezing chamber; an independent variable greenhouse; a control unit; a heat exchange system electrically coupled to the control unit for cooling the gas and generating cold air; and an air volume control system The utility model comprises a wind passage connected to the heat exchange system, a first air outlet opening in the air passage and communicating with the freezing chamber, a second air opening in the air passage and communicating with the independent greenhouse An air outlet, and an air volume adjusting device electrically coupled to the control unit and disposed in the air passage, the air volume adjusting device controls the cold air generated by the heat exchange system to enter the air passage and causes the cold air to be An air outlet is blown to the freezing chamber, and the air volume adjusting device is controlled by the control unit to adjust the air volume of the cold air blown to the independent greenhouse by the second air outlet, so that the independent greenhouse operates in a refrigerating mode Or a freezing mode, the air volume adjusting device of the air volume control system has a first fan and a first damper, the first fan is adjacent to the first air outlet and is used for blowing the Air to the freezing chamber and the first damper, the damper adjacent the first outlet and the second outlet of the second feeding control air flow to the cool air of the separate temperature changing. A refrigerator having an independent greenhouse according to claim 1, wherein the periphery of the independent greenhouse is covered by a heat insulating layer. a refrigerator having an independent greenhouse according to claim 2, wherein the control The unit can also control the air volume adjusting device to adjust the amount of cold air blown by the second air outlet to the independent greenhouse, so that the independent greenhouse operates in a micro-freeze mode. The refrigerator with independent greenhouse according to claim 3, wherein the air volume adjusting device can control the temperature range of the independent variable greenhouse between -20 degrees Celsius and 5 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the refrigeration mode The temperature is 5 degrees Celsius, the temperature in the freezing mode is -18 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the micro-freeze mode is -5 degrees Celsius. The refrigerator having an independent greenhouse according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a refrigerating chamber, the air volume control system further comprising a third outlet opened in the air passage and communicating with the refrigerating chamber The tuyere, the air volume adjusting device also blows the cold air of the air passage to the refrigerating chamber from the third air outlet. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the temperature of the freezer is between -20 degrees Celsius and -17 degrees Celsius, and the temperature range of the refrigerator compartment is between 0 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius. Between degrees. The refrigerator having an independent variable greenhouse according to claim 1, wherein the air volume adjusting device of the air volume control system has a first fan for blowing cold air and adjacent to the first air outlet, and one for blowing cold air a second fan adjacent to the second air outlet, the first fan blowing the cold air of the air passage from the first air outlet to the freezing chamber and blowing the second air outlet to the independent greenhouse, the first fan The two fans can switch between an open state and a closed state, and in the open state, the cold air of the air passage can be blown from the second air outlet to the independent greenhouse, when the independent greenhouse operates In the refrigerating mode, the control unit controls the second fan to a closed state; and when the independent greenhouse operates in the freezing mode, the control unit controls the second fan to the open state. The refrigerator with independent greenhouse according to claim 7, wherein the air volume adjusting device can control the temperature range of the independent variable greenhouse between -20 degrees Celsius and 5 degrees Celsius, and the temperature in the refrigeration mode It is 5 degrees Celsius and the temperature in this freezing mode is -18 degrees Celsius. The refrigerator having an independent variable greenhouse according to claim 8, wherein the temperature of the freezer compartment ranges from -20 degrees Celsius to -17 degrees Celsius. The refrigerator with an independent greenhouse as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor electrically coupled to the control unit, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to detect the temperature of the independent greenhouse, and the detected A temperature value obtained is transmitted to the control unit, and then the control unit controls the air volume adjusting device and the heat exchange system according to the temperature value.