US20140028172A1 - Refrigerator vegetable room and a refrigerator with the same - Google Patents

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US20140028172A1
US20140028172A1 US13/952,044 US201313952044A US2014028172A1 US 20140028172 A1 US20140028172 A1 US 20140028172A1 US 201313952044 A US201313952044 A US 201313952044A US 2014028172 A1 US2014028172 A1 US 2014028172A1
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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
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
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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
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025—Drawers
    • 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
    • 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
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/021—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves combined with trays

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  • the present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in priority Korean Application Nos. 10-2012-0081928 and 10-2012-0081931, filed on Jul. 26, 2012, which is herein expressly incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • the present disclosure relates to a refrigerator vegetable room and a refrigerator with the same for storing fresh foods such as fruits or vegetables in a distinguished manner from the other foods and drinks.
  • refrigerator is an apparatus for generating cool air by the driving of a freezing cycle provided therein, and storing foods and the like for a long period of time in a low temperature state by supplying the cool air to an inner portion of a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber.
  • the refrigerator is provided with a vegetable room for storing vegetables as an independent space from the refrigerating chamber to store vegetables in a fresh state for a long period of time.
  • the vegetable room maintains a suitable low temperature state as well as maintain an attainable high humidity state.
  • the vegetable room may maintain a suitable low temperature and high humidity state, thereby allowing vegetables stored in the vegetable room to maintain freshness.
  • a refrigerator 1 may include a freezing chamber 20 and a refrigerating chamber 10 as illustrated in FIG. 1 , and also include a freezing chamber door 20 and a refrigerating chamber door 11 for opening or closing the freezing chamber and refrigerating chamber, respectively.
  • a vegetable room 100 for storing vegetables and fruits (collectively, referred to as “vegetables”) in a more fresh state is additionally provided at a predetermined location of the refrigerating chamber 10 .
  • the vegetable room 100 may be provided with a drawer type, and may include a case 110 and a drawer 130 inserted into the case 110 in a drawable manner.
  • the case 110 is formed in a front side open state to open or close the vegetable room while the drawer 130 is reciprocately inserted into a front side opening portion thereof that is open in a drawable manner .
  • the case 110 is formed with a freezing chamber side plate 111 , an outside plate 112 , an upper plate 113 and a lower plate 114 , and the rear surface thereof has a closed structure and the front side thereof has an open structure.
  • the inner portion may preferably sealed from the outer portion to maintain a pressure lower than external atmospheric pressure, which activates a separate vacuum pump to allow the inner portion of the vegetable room to become a semi-vacuum state, thereby maintaining a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure.
  • the refrigerating chamber 10 and freezing chamber 20 are sealed and divided by a partition wall 30 , and the partition wall 30 may be preferably formed not to transfer temperature from the freezing chamber 20 to the refrigerating chamber 10 , thereby independently performing the function of each storage chamber.
  • the left space of the refrigerating chamber 10 located with the partition wall 30 forms a temperature lower than that of the right side thereof due to the cool air (F) of the freezing chamber 20 .
  • the left wall portion of the vegetable room 100 (freezing chamber side plate 111 ) mounted at an inner portion of the refrigerating chamber 10 has a lower temperature distribution
  • the right wall portion (outside plate 112 ) has a higher temperature distribution compared to that of the left wall portion.
  • the temperature distribution of the case 110 member consequently exerts an effect on a temperature distribution within the vegetable room 100 , and such an uneven temperature distribution within the vegetable room may cause dew due to their temperature difference.
  • the dew falls on foods such as vegetables or the like stored in the vegetable room 100 to be brought into contact with them, thereby causing the decay of vegetables and exerting a great influence on the freshness.
  • the present disclosure is to solve the foregoing problems in the related art, and a technical task of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerator vegetable room capable of maintaining a uniform temperature within the vegetable room.
  • Another technical task of the present disclosure is to provide a refrigerator including a vegetable room having a uniform temperature distribution.
  • a refrigerator vegetable room including a case on which a front side thereof is open; a drawer inserted into a front side opening portion of the case in a drawable manner to store fruits and vegetable therein; and a metal plate provided to be brought into contact with at least two surfaces of the case to cause heat transfer from one surface of the case to the other surface thereof.
  • the metal plate may include an external metal plate attached to the outside of the case. Furthermore, the external metal plate may be formed to be brought into contact with at least three surfaces on an external surface of the case.
  • the metal plate may include an internal metal plate attached to the inside of the case.
  • the internal metal plate may be formed to be brought into contact with at least three or more surfaces on an internal surface of the case.
  • the internal metal plate may include an upper metal plate attached to a lower surface of the inner upper plate of the case, and a lower surface of the upper metal plate may include a plurality of protruding portions and groove portions.
  • the protruding portion may be formed with a plurality of protruding ribs in a lattice shape, and the groove portion may be formed to be depressed in a rectangular shape between the protruding ribs.
  • the refrigerator vegetable room may further include an insulating material attached to an outer side of the freezing chamber side plate of the case.
  • a plurality of ribs may be formed to be protruded from an external surface of the case, and the surface and insulating material of the case may be disposed to be separated from one another by the ribs.
  • the insulating material may include a sealing portion formed to be brought into contact with the surface of the case, and a hermetically sealed air cell may be formed between the case surface and the insulating material surface by the sealing portion.
  • a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; a refrigerating chamber door configured to open or close the refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber door configured to open or close the freezing chamber; a vegetable room accommodated into a predetermined location of the refrigerating chamber, and comprising a case on which a front side thereof is open and a drawer inserted into the case in a drawable manner to store fruits or vegetables therein; and a metal plate provided to be brought into contact with at least two surfaces of the case to cause heat transfer from one surface of the case to the other surface thereof.
  • the metal plate may include an external metal plate formed to be brought into contact with at least three or more surfaces on an external surface of the case.
  • the metal plate may include an internal metal plate formed to be brought into contact with at least three or more surfaces on an internal surface of the case.
  • the metal plate may be attached to an internal ceiling of the vegetable room, and may include an upper metal plate comprising a protruding portion and a plurality of groove portions
  • the refrigerator may further include an insulating material attached to an outer side of the freezing chamber side plate of the case.
  • a plurality of ribs may be formed to be protruded from an external surface of the case, and the surface and insulating material of the case may be disposed to be separated from one another by the ribs.
  • the insulating material may include a sealing portion formed to be brought into contact with the surface of the case, and a hermetically sealed air cell may be formed between the case surface and the insulating material surface by the sealing portion.
  • a metal plate may be attached to an outer or inner circumferential surface of the case to uniformly distribute cool air transferred from the freezing chamber by the conductivity of the metal to the outer circumferential surface of the case, thereby enhancing temperature distribution.
  • an insulating material may be attached to a freezing chamber side outer wall of the refrigerator case to block cool air transferred from the refrigerating chamber side, thereby minimizing a non-uniform temperature distribution within the vegetable room by cool air at the freezing chamber side.
  • FIG. 1 is an internal perspective view illustrating a refrigerator
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a drawer type vegetable room
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a vegetable room to an outer portion of which a metal plate of the invention is attached;
  • FIGS. 4A through 4C are perspective views illustrating various embodiments of the metal plate in FIG. 3 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a vegetable room to an inner portion of which a metal plate is attached according to another embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIGS. 6A through 6C are perspective views illustrating various embodiments of the metal plate in FIG. 5 ;
  • FIG. 7 is a graph in which the internal temperature distributions of a vegetable room according to the related art and a vegetable room to which a metal plate is attached according to the present disclosure are measured;
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the enhanced temperature distribution structure of a vegetable room using groove portions according to still another embodiment of the present disclosure
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 are views illustrating an example of groove portions in the embodiment of FIG. 8 ;
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating another embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11 ;
  • FIG. 13 is a graph illustrating a temperature distribution in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11 ;
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective view illustrating still another embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 15 is a graph illustrating a temperature distribution in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 14 .
  • FIGS. 2 through 10 a refrigerator vegetable room according to the present disclosure and a refrigerator mounted with the same will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 through 10 .
  • a refrigerator vegetable room 100 including a refrigerating chamber 100 having a case 110 on which a front side thereof is open and a drawer 130 inserted into the case in a drawable manner to store fruits or vegetables therein; and a metal plate 200 , 400 provided by way of a surface contact at the case 110 to disperse the temperature distribution of the case by conduction.
  • the vegetable room 100 may be typically implemented with a first box type and a second box type vegetable room, and when implemented with a second box type as illustrated in FIG. 2 , the vegetable room 100 may be formed with a drawer type including a case 110 configured to implement the case of the vegetable room and a drawer 130 inserted into the case 110 in a drawable manner.
  • the case 110 is formed in a front side open state to open or close the vegetable room while the drawer 130 is reciprocately inserted into a front side opening portion thereof that is open in a drawable manner .
  • the case 110 is formed with a freezing chamber side plate 111 , an outside plate 112 , an upper plate 113 and a lower plate 114 , and the rear surface thereof has a closed structure and the front side thereof has an open structure.
  • the inner portion may preferably sealed from the outer portion to maintain a pressure lower than external atmospheric pressure, which activates a separate vacuum pump to allow the inner portion of the vegetable room to become a semi-vacuum state, thereby maintaining a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure.
  • the refrigerating chamber 10 and freezing chamber 20 in the refrigerator 1 are sealed and divided by a partition wall 30 , and the left space of the refrigerating chamber 10 located with the partition wall 30 forms a temperature lower than that of the right side thereof due to the cool air (F) of the freezing chamber 20 .
  • the left wall portion of the vegetable room 100 (freezing chamber side plate 111 ) mounted at an inner portion of the refrigerating chamber 10 has a lower temperature distribution
  • the right wall portion (outside plate 112 ) has a higher temperature distribution compared to that of the left wall portion.
  • the temperature distribution of the case 110 member consequently exerts an effect on a temperature distribution within the vegetable room 100 , and such an uneven temperature distribution within the vegetable room may cause dew due to their temperature difference.
  • the temperature of the freezing chamber 20 side of the side-by-side refrigerator 1 is low to generate dew (D) better due to a non-uniform temperature distribution, and thus the dew (D) produced at the left side of the inner surface of the vegetable room 100 cannot be solved.
  • the dew falls on foods such as vegetables or the like stored in the vegetable room 100 to be brought into contact with them, thereby causing the decay of vegetables and exerting a great influence on the freshness.
  • a metal plate 200 , 400 is attached to the case 110 to solve the temperature distribution imbalance, thereby enhancing the temperature distribution.
  • the metal plate 200 is attached to the outside of the case 110 to uniformly distribute the temperature using the conductivity of the metal.
  • the external metal plate 200 may be attached to a third, a fourth or a fifth surface of the case 110 as in various embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 4A through 4C .
  • a low temperature at the left side (freezing chamber side plate 111 ) of the vegetable room 100 can be dispersed to the upper portion (upper plate 113 ), right side (outside plate 112 ), bottom (lower plate 114 ) and rear surface of the vegetable room 100 .
  • the temperature may be dispersed to each plate of the case 110 due to the metal plate 200 in this manner, thereby decreasing a temperature difference between the left and right sides within the vegetable room 100 , enhancing the distribution thereof, and consequently reducing dew generation within the vegetable room 100 .
  • FIG. 4A illustrates an embodiment in which a freezing chamber side metal plate 201 , an upper metal plate 203 and an external side metal plate 202 are connected as an integral body to form an external metal plate 200 according to the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4B illustrates an embodiment in which a freezing chamber side metal plate 201 , an upper metal plate 203 , an external side metal plate 202 and a rear metal plate 205 are connected as an integral body to form an external metal plate 200 according to the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4C illustrates an embodiment in which a freezing chamber side metal plate 201 , an upper metal plate 203 , an external side metal plate 202 , a rear metal plate 205 and a lower metal plate 204 are connected as an integral body to form an external metal plate 200 according to the present disclosure.
  • the external metal plate 200 is attached to the third, fourth or fifth surface of the case 110 , thereby uniformly distributing cool air from the freezing chamber 20 transferred by the freezing chamber side metal plate 201 using the conductivity of the metal plate 200 .
  • the metal plate 400 is attached to the inside of the case 110 to uniformly distribute the temperature using the conductivity of the metal.
  • the internal metal plate 400 may be attached to a third, a fourth or a fifth surface of the case 110 as in various embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 6A through 6C .
  • a low temperature at the left side (freezing chamber side plate 111 ) of the vegetable room 100 can be dispersed to the upper portion (upper plate 113 ), right side (outside plate 112 ), bottom (lower plate 114 ) and rear surface of the vegetable room 100 .
  • the temperature may be dispersed to each plate of the case 110 due to the metal plate 400 in this manner, thereby decreasing a temperature difference between the left and right sides within the vegetable room 100 , enhancing the distribution thereof, and consequently reducing dew generation within the vegetable room 100 .
  • FIG. 6A illustrates an embodiment in which a freezing chamber side metal plate 401 , an upper metal plate 403 and an external side metal plate 402 are connected as an integral body to form an internal metal plate 400 according to the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6B illustrates an embodiment in which a freezing chamber side metal plate 401 , an upper metal plate 403 , an external side metal plate 402 and a rear metal plate 405 are connected as an integral body to form an internal metal plate 400 according to the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6C illustrates an embodiment in which a freezing chamber side metal plate 401 , an upper metal plate 403 , an external side metal plate 402 , a rear metal plate 405 and a lower metal plate 404 are connected as an integral body to form an internal metal plate 400 according to the present disclosure.
  • the internal metal plate 400 is attached to the third, fourth or fifth surface of the case 110 , thereby uniformly distributing cool air from the freezing chamber 20 transferred by the freezing chamber side metal plate 401 using the conductivity of the metal plate 400 .
  • FIG. 7 is a graph in which the internal temperature distributions of a vegetable room according to the related art and a vegetable room to which a metal plate is attached according to the present disclosure are measured, in particular, a graph in which the temperature distribution is measured in a state that a metal plate 200 , 400 is attached to four surfaces (freezing chamber side, upper side, external side, rear surface) thereof.
  • the metal plate 200 , 400 according to the present disclosure is attached to the outside or inside of the vegetable room, and then the inside of the vegetable room is made airtight, and then temperature distribution is measured in the condition of an internal temperature of 4° C.
  • the lower space of the vegetable room at the freezing chamber side (left) exhibits a very low temperature of about 1.8 to 3° C.
  • the middle space of the vegetable room at the external side (right) exhibits a high temperature of 4.8 to 5.8° C.
  • the side of the freezing chamber exhibits a low temperature but has a temperature distribution in a diffused broad area.
  • the external side (right) exhibits a temperature distribution of about 4° C. and has a much more uniform temperature distribution compared to the internal temperature distribution of the vegetable room in the related art.
  • the metal plate 200 , 400 may be attached to the outside or inside of the case 110 to allow a low temperature at the side of the freezing chamber to be uniformly distributed using the conductivity of the metal, thereby reducing a dew condensation phenomenon within the vegetable room.
  • the internal metal plate is may include an upper metal plate 600 attached to a lower surface of the upper plate 113 of the case 110 , and formed to include a protruding portion 610 and a plurality of groove portions 630 .
  • the plurality of groove portions 630 may reduce the falling of dew (D) generated within the vegetable room.
  • the groove portion performs the role of collecting the generated dew, and thus performs the role of minimizing the falling of dew compared to a case where the groove portion is not formed.
  • the depressed shape of the groove portion 630 may not be necessarily limited to the illustrated shape, and may be also formed to have a circular or any polygonal cross-section.
  • temperature distribution is allowed to be uniform using a metal plate, but according to circumstances, the example of using an insulating material may be also taken into consideration.
  • the refrigerating chamber 10 and freezing chamber 20 are disposed side by side, and thus the left space of the refrigerating chamber 10 located with the partition wall 30 forms a temperature lower than that of the right side thereof due to the cool air (F) of the freezing chamber 20 .
  • the left wall portion of the vegetable room 100 (freezing chamber side plate 111 ) mounted at an inner portion of the refrigerating chamber 10 has a lower temperature distribution
  • the right wall portion (outside plate 112 ) has a higher temperature distribution compared to that of the left wall portion. Due to this, a temperature at an inner portion of the vegetable room becomes non-uniform, and thus an insulating material may be provided at a portion adjacent to the freezing chamber, thereby preventing cool air from the freezing chamber from being transferred as well as maintaining a more uniform temperature within the vegetable room.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 are a perspective view and a cross-sectional view illustrating an example in which an insulating material 900 is added to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • the vegetable room includes a drawer 130 sealed and inserted into a front opening portion of the case in a drawable manner
  • the case 110 includes ribs 111 a, 111 b externally protruded
  • the insulating material 900 attached to the freezing chamber side plate of the case 110 to block cool air from the freezing chamber is disposed between the metal plate 203 and the case 110 .
  • the insulating material 900 uses an insulating member such as a compressed styropor plate-shaped member. As illustrated in the drawing, the insulating material 900 is provided at an external left side (freezing chamber side) of the case 110 to insulate a low temperature transferred from the partition wall 30 dividing the freezing chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 10 of a side-by-side refrigerator, thereby preventing a temperature lower than the dew point from being generated from the left wall of the vegetable room 100 .
  • an insulating member such as a compressed styropor plate-shaped member. As illustrated in the drawing, the insulating material 900 is provided at an external left side (freezing chamber side) of the case 110 to insulate a low temperature transferred from the partition wall 30 dividing the freezing chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 10 of a side-by-side refrigerator, thereby preventing a temperature lower than the dew point from being generated from the left wall of the vegetable room 100 .
  • the ribs 111 a, 111 b are provided to enhance the rigidity of the case 110 , and formed to be extended along the vertical and horizontal direction on a circumferential surface of the case.
  • the ribs are configured with a vertical rib 111 a and a horizontal rib 111 b, and formed with a plurality of horizontal ribs and a plurality of vertical ribs crossed in a lattice form.
  • the insulating material 900 is attached to the freezing chamber side plate 111 at the left wall of the case 110 , in which the insulating material 900 is provided in an attached manner to be separated from the freezing chamber side plate 111 by a predetermined distance due to a lattice structure formed by the vertical rib 111 a and horizontal rib 111 b.
  • the insulating material 900 is provided to be separated from the freezing chamber side plate 111 by the ribs 111 a , 111 b , and a separation space between the freezing chamber side plate 111 and insulating material 900 forms an air cell (Ac).
  • the insulating material 900 includes sealing portions 901 , 902 for sealing the air insulating layer at an edge attached to the case 110 . Due to this, the air cell (Ac) may more effectively block cool air at the side of freezing chamber, and maximize the insulation effect.
  • FIG. 13 is a graph in which the internal temperature distributions of a vegetable room according to the related art and a vegetable room according to the present disclosure are measured, in particular, a graph in which the temperature distribution is measured in a state that the external metal plate 200 is attached to four surfaces (freezing chamber side, upper side, external side, rear surface) thereof.
  • temperature distribution is measured in the condition of an internal temperature of 4° C. in a state that an inner portion of the vegetable room is made airtight.
  • the lower space of the vegetable room at the freezing chamber side exhibits a very low temperature of about 1.8° C.
  • the middle space of the vegetable room at the external side exhibits a high temperature of 5.3 to 5.8° C., thereby generating a severe temperature distribution imbalance.
  • the freezing chamber side exhibits a relatively low temperature, but has a uniform temperature distribution compared to related art.
  • the external side (right) exhibits a temperature distribution of about 3.8° C., and has a much more uniform temperature distribution compared the internal temperature distribution of the vegetable room in the related art.
  • FIG. 14 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of having only an insulating material, which is the same as the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11 excluding that the metal plate is removed.
  • FIG. 15 is a graph illustrating a temperature distribution in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 14 in which temperature distribution is measured in the condition of an internal temperature of 4° C. after the inside of the vegetable room is made airtight.
  • the inner space of the vegetable room at the freezing chamber side exhibits a very low temperature of about 1.8° C.
  • the inner space of the vegetable room at the external side also exhibits a low temperature of about 3.6 to 4.8° C.

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