WO2010137081A1 - 真空断熱材を備えた冷蔵庫 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a refrigerator, and particularly relates to a shape of a vacuum heat insulating material and a related configuration of the vacuum heat insulating material and the outer box and the inner box.
- the vacuum heat insulating material is generally arranged in a flat part on the outer box side of the refrigerator case, for example, in consideration of workability and the like.
- the original heat insulation performance cannot be sufficiently exhibited due to the heat bridge effect of the material.
- high temperature parts such as a heat radiating pipe, may be installed on the outer box side, a heat bridge of the jacket material is promoted, and a predetermined effect may not be obtained.
- the heat bridge means that the vacuum heat insulating material installed in the refrigerator outer box having a high thermal conductivity passes through the outer box from the high temperature outside air, and further covers the outer cover material of the vacuum heat insulating material shown in FIG.
- a vacuum heat insulating material is arrange
- vacuum insulation material is embedded in hard urethane foam between the outer box and inner box on the surface where the outer box surface area becomes higher than the outside air temperature, and the vacuum insulation material deteriorates over time The example of the refrigerator which is going to hold down is shown.
- the vacuum heat insulating material supported by the spacer fixed to the outer box side between an outer box and an inner box is arrange
- a refrigerator is shown in which hard urethane foam is filled in the gap between the outer box and the vacuum heat insulating material and between the inner box and the vacuum heat insulating material.
- the spacer is arranged in parallel with the foaming direction of the rigid urethane foam and has a bottom and a top that are in contact with the vacuum heat insulating material and the outer box, respectively, and the rigid urethane foam is interposed between the bottom and the outer box and between the top and the vacuum heat insulating material.
- a refrigerator provided with a flow path that can be passed has been proposed.
- the heat radiating pipe when the heat radiating pipe is disposed on the outer box side, the heat radiating pipe is located between the top and the top of the spacer and does not contact the bottom of the spacer, that is, the vacuum heat insulating material.
- An example of a refrigerator in which the material is not easily affected by the heat of the heat radiating pipe is shown.
- the heat insulating performance when used in a high temperature atmosphere, there is a tendency for the heat insulating performance to be lowered compared to when used in a low temperature atmosphere.
- the heat insulation performance is reduced before the lifetime of the refrigerator is reached. There was a possibility of a significant decrease.
- the urethane spacer is installed only between the outer box and the vacuum heat insulating material, when the hard urethane foam rises in the foaming direction, if it flows a lot between the outer box and the vacuum heat insulating material due to flow resistance etc., The vacuum insulation material is peeled off from the spacer by the foaming pressure, and the vacuum insulation material may generate unfilled parts (voids) of urethane foam when it comes into contact with the inner box. It wasn't.
- the conventional refrigerator shown by patent document 2 has the spacer installed between the vacuum heat insulating material and an outer box, the bottom part adhere
- the spacers are arranged in parallel with the foaming direction, there is an advantage that urethane is easily filled between the vacuum heat insulating material and the outer box.
- the adhesive surface of the outer box is a divided rectangular surface, the adhesive area is not sufficient and is installed only on the outer box side as in Patent Document 1, for example, between the outer box and the vacuum heat insulating material.
- the vacuum heat insulating material may be peeled off by the foaming pressure of the foamed urethane and may come into contact with the inner box, thereby causing an unfilled portion (void).
- the vacuum heat insulating material when placing the vacuum heat insulating material on the outer box, it is pressed to stabilize the adhesion, but since the bonding surface of the spacer is an island-shaped rectangular surface, an uneven shape appears on the outer box surface, and the appearance There was a problem with the above appearance.
- a fixing means (spacer) and a support member are disposed between the vacuum heat insulating material and the outer box, and the vacuum heat insulating material and the inner box, respectively.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the vacuum heat insulating material is not peeled off by the foaming pressure of urethane, and an unfilled portion (void) portion is not generated. It is another object of the present invention to provide a means or method for suppressing the occurrence of irregularities on the surface of the outer box due to the spacer, strengthening the fixing of the vacuum heat insulating material, and embedding the vacuum heat insulating material in urethane foam.
- the present invention mainly adopts the following configuration.
- a refrigerator comprising urethane foam and a vacuum heat insulating material between an outer box and an inner box, wherein the vacuum heat insulating material is separated from the outer box via a spacer on one surface thereof, and supporting means on the other surface via a supporting means.
- the urethane foam is filled between the vacuum heat insulating material and the outer box and between the vacuum heat insulating material and the inner box.
- the spacer forms a flat surface in which an adhesion surface between the vacuum heat insulating material and the outer box is continuous, and the urethane foam extends from an inlet provided between the outer box and the vacuum heat insulating material to a bottom surface.
- a plurality of arrays are arranged so as to ensure a space that does not block the liquid and foamed flows.
- the spacer has a surface shape that firmly adheres to the solidified urethane foam on a plane along the flow direction of the urethane foam, and specifically, the plane of the spacer penetrates the plane.
- a plurality of holes are provided in the flow direction, or a plurality of grooves along the flow direction are provided in a direction intersecting the flow direction on the plane of the spacer.
- the spacer has a substantially H-shaped cross-section, and the opposed flat surface in the substantially H-shape serves as an adhesive surface between the outer box and the vacuum heat insulating material. Furthermore, it is set as the structure which provides a groove
- the heat insulating performance of the vacuum heat insulating material is effectively exhibited by installing the vacuum heat insulating material in a state separated from the outer box and the inner box by the spacer and the supporting member that are fixing means of the vacuum heat insulating material. As a result, the heat insulation performance can be improved.
- the adhesive surface of the spacer with the vacuum heat insulating material and the adhesive surface of the outer box are made continuous, the adhesive force at the respective adhesive surfaces is increased, so that the vacuum heat insulating material can be firmly fixed.
- the adhesion surface of the spacer is a continuous flat surface, the load applied to the outer box becomes average, so that shapes such as irregularities do not appear on the surface of the outer box.
- the spacer has a continuous flat surface, it is easy to apply an adhesive and the like, and the number of assembling operations can be reduced, so that the cost can be reduced.
- the vacuum heat insulating material is sandwiched between the spacer and the support member by providing the support member on the side opposite to the side where the spacer is disposed, the vacuum heat insulating material is not peeled off from the spacer by the foaming pressure, and the urethane foam It is filled uniformly. Thereby, the refrigerator with favorable heat insulation performance can be provided. Furthermore, since the vacuum heat insulating material can secure a certain distance from the heat radiating pipe at a high temperature, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the heat insulating performance due to the heat effect and the deterioration of the heat insulating performance due to the heat bridge.
- FIGS. 10 and FIG. 13 are diagrams showing comparative examples to be compared with the present embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance of a refrigerator provided with a vacuum heat insulating material according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator provided with the vacuum heat insulating material according to the first embodiment, and is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the vacuum heat insulating material used in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator provided with the vacuum heat insulating material according to the first embodiment, and is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator provided with the vacuum heat insulating material according to the first embodiment, and is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ZZ of FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the spacer with respect to the outer box and the foaming direction of the urethane foam according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the injection direction and the foaming direction of urethane foam used in the refrigerator according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.
- the refrigerator 1 having this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has a refrigerator compartment 2, an ice storage compartment 3 (an ice making compartment 3a and an upper freezer compartment 3b), a freezer compartment 4, and a vegetable compartment 5 from the top. is doing.
- symbol of FIG. 1 is a door which obstruct
- An ice making room door 7a, an upper freezer compartment door 7b, a lower freezer compartment door 8, and a vegetable compartment door 9 are arranged. When the drawer type doors 6 to 9 are pulled out, the containers constituting each chamber are drawn out together with the doors.
- Each door 6-9 is provided with a packing 11 for hermetically sealing the refrigerator main body 1, and is attached to the indoor peripheral edge of each door 6-9.
- a partition heat insulation wall 12 is disposed to insulate and partition between the refrigerator compartment 2 and the ice making room 3a and the upper freezer room 3b.
- This partition heat insulation wall 12 is a heat insulation wall having a thickness of about 30 to 50 mm, and is made of styrofoam, foam heat insulation material (urethane foam), vacuum heat insulation material, etc., each of which can be used alone or in combination with a plurality of heat insulation materials. It has been. Since the temperature zone is the same between the ice making chamber 3a and the upper freezing chamber 3b and the lower freezing chamber 4, a partition member 13 having a packing 11 receiving surface is provided instead of a partition heat insulating wall for partition heat insulation.
- a partition heat insulation wall 14 is provided between the lower freezer compartment 4 and the vegetable compartment 5 to insulate the compartment.
- it is a heat insulation wall of about 30 to 50 mm, which is also made of styrofoam or foam insulation. Made of materials (urethane foam), vacuum insulation, etc.
- partition heat insulation walls are installed in partitions of rooms with different storage temperature zones such as refrigeration and freezing.
- the storage compartment of the refrigerator compartment 2, the ice making compartment 3a and the upper freezer compartment 3b, the lower freezer compartment 4, and the vegetable compartment 5 is divided and formed in the box 20, respectively.
- the invention is not particularly limited to this.
- the refrigerator doors 6a and 6b, the ice making door 7a, the upper freezer compartment door 7b, the lower freezer compartment door 8, and the vegetable compartment door 9 are also particularly limited in terms of opening and closing by rotation, opening and closing by drawer, and the number of divided doors. It is not a thing.
- the box 20 includes an outer box 21 and an inner box 22, and a heat insulating part is provided in a space formed by the outer box 21 and the inner box 22 to insulate each storage chamber in the box 20 from the outside.
- a vacuum heat insulating material 50 is disposed in a space between the outer box 21 and the inner box 22, and a space other than the vacuum heat insulating material 50 is filled with a foam heat insulating material 23 such as urethane foam.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50 is demonstrated in FIG. 3, it is fixedly supported by the fixing member 70, the supporting member 80, etc. which are mentioned later.
- a refrigerator 28 is provided on the back side of the freezer compartments 3a and 4 in order to cool the refrigerator compartment 2, the freezer compartments 3a and 4 and the vegetable compartment 5 to a predetermined temperature.
- the refrigeration cycle is configured by connecting the cooler 28, the compressor 30, the condenser 31, and a capillary tube (not shown). Above the cooler 28, a blower 27 that circulates the cool air cooled by the cooler 28 in the refrigerator and maintains a predetermined low temperature is disposed.
- the heat insulating partitions 12 and 14 are arranged, respectively, and the expanded polystyrene 33 and the vacuum heat insulating material 50c are used. It is configured.
- the heat insulating partitions 12 and 14 may be filled with a foam heat insulating material 23 such as urethane foam, and are not particularly limited to the foamed polystyrene 33 and the vacuum heat insulating material 50c.
- a concave portion 40 for accommodating an electrical component 41 such as a substrate for controlling the operation of the refrigerator 1 or a power supply substrate is formed in the rear portion of the top surface of the box 20, and a cover 42 that covers the electrical component 41.
- the height of the cover 42 is arranged so as to be substantially the same height as the top surface of the outer box 21 in consideration of appearance design and securing the internal volume. Although it does not specifically limit, when the height of the cover 42 protrudes from the top
- the recess 40 is disposed in a state where only the space for housing the electrical component 41 is recessed on the heat insulating material 23 side, so that the internal volume is inevitably sacrificed in order to ensure the heat insulating thickness. If the internal volume is increased, the thickness of the heat insulating material 23 between the recess 40 and the inner box 22 will be reduced.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50a is disposed in the heat insulating material 23 of the recess 40 to ensure and enhance the heat insulating performance.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50a is a single vacuum heat insulating material 50a formed in a substantially Z shape so as to straddle the case 45a and the electrical component 41 of the interior lamp 45 described above.
- the cover 42 is made of a steel plate in consideration of a fire from the outside or a case where it is ignited for some reason.
- the compressor 30 and the condenser 31 arranged at the lower back of the box 20 are components that generate a large amount of heat, in order to prevent heat from entering the inside of the box, a vacuum insulation is provided on the projection surface toward the inner box 22 side.
- the material 50d is arranged.
- the structure of the vacuum heat insulating material 50 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50 includes a core material 51, an inner packaging material 52 for holding the core material 51 in a compressed state, and an outer jacket material 53 having a gas barrier layer covering the core material 51 held in a compressed state by the inner packaging material 52. , And an adsorbent 54.
- the jacket material 53 is disposed on both surfaces of the vacuum heat insulating material 50, and is configured in a bag shape in which portions of a certain width are bonded together by thermal welding from the ridge line of the laminate film having the same size.
- the core material 51 glass wool having an average fiber diameter of 4 ⁇ m was used as a laminate of inorganic fibers not bonded or bound with a binder or the like.
- outgas since outgas is reduced by using a laminate of inorganic fiber materials (on the other hand, in the case of an organic material, gas is generated during evacuation or over time, and this gas is referred to as outgas.
- This is advantageous in terms of heat insulation performance, but is not particularly limited to this, and may be inorganic fibers such as ceramic fibers, rock wool, glass fibers other than glass wool, and the like.
- the inner packaging material 52 may be unnecessary.
- an organic resin fiber material can be used in addition to the inorganic fiber material.
- organic resin fibers there are no particular restrictions on use as long as the heat resistant temperature is cleared.
- polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, and the like are generally fiberized so as to have a fiber diameter of about 1 to 30 ⁇ m by a melt blown method, a spunbond method, or the like. If it is a fiberization method, it will not ask in particular.
- the laminate structure of the jacket material 53 is not particularly limited as long as it has gas barrier properties and can be thermally welded.
- the surface protective layer, the first gas barrier layer, the second gas barrier layer, the heat It is a laminate film composed of four layers of welding layers
- the surface layer is a resin film serving as a protective material
- the first gas barrier layer is provided with a metal vapor deposition layer on the resin film
- the second gas barrier layer is a resin having a high oxygen barrier property.
- a metal vapor deposition layer is provided on the film, and the first gas barrier layer and the second gas barrier layer are bonded so that the metal vapor deposition layers face each other.
- a film having low hygroscopicity was used as in the surface layer.
- the surface layer is a biaxially stretched film of polypropylene, polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate
- the first gas barrier layer is a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film with aluminum deposition
- the second gas barrier layer is a two-layered film with aluminum deposition.
- An axially stretched ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer resin film, a biaxially stretched polyvinyl alcohol resin film with aluminum deposition, or an aluminum foil was used, and the heat-welded layer was an unstretched polyethylene, polypropylene, or other film.
- the layer structure and material of the four-layer laminate film are not particularly limited to these.
- a metal foil or a resin film is provided with a gas barrier film made of an inorganic layer compound, a resin gas barrier coating material such as polyacrylic acid, or DLC (diamond-like carbon).
- a resin gas barrier coating material such as polyacrylic acid, or DLC (diamond-like carbon).
- a polybutylene terephthalate film having a high oxygen barrier property may be used for the heat welding layer.
- the surface layer is a protective material for the first gas barrier layer, but in order to improve the vacuum exhaust efficiency in the manufacturing process of the vacuum heat insulating material, it is preferable to dispose a resin having a low hygroscopic property.
- the resin-based film other than the metal foil used for the second gas barrier layer usually has a gas barrier property that is significantly deteriorated by moisture absorption. While suppressing deterioration of gas barrier property, the moisture absorption amount of the whole laminate film is suppressed. As a result, even in the vacuum evacuation process of the vacuum heat insulating material 50 described above, the amount of moisture brought into the jacket material 53 can be reduced, so that the vacuum evacuation efficiency is greatly improved, leading to higher performance of heat insulation performance. .
- the lamination (bonding) of each film is generally performed by a dry lamination method through a two-component curable urethane adhesive, but the type of adhesive and the bonding method are particularly limited to this. It is not necessary to use any other method such as a wet laminating method or a thermal laminating method.
- a polyethylene film that can be thermally welded is used for the encapsulating material 52, and a physical adsorption type synthetic zeolite is used for the adsorbent 54, but these are not limited to these materials.
- the inner packaging material 52 may be a polypropylene film, a polyethylene terephthalate film, a polybutylene terephthalate film or the like that has low hygroscopicity and can be thermally welded and has little outgas, and the adsorbent 54 adsorbs moisture and gas. Either adsorption or chemical reaction type adsorption may be used.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show the XX cut surface and the ZZ cut surface in FIG. 2 and FIG.
- the refrigerator 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment is the example which embed
- the vacuum heat insulating materials 50a and 50b were directly attached to the outer boxes 21a and 21b for the top surface and the back surface, respectively, and the bottom surfaces were attached to the inner box 22 surface.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50c is illustrated in FIG. 2, but the vacuum heat insulating material 50c is not used in the first embodiment. As illustrated, there is no problem even if the vacuum heat insulating material 50c is used.
- the spacer 70 is arranged inside the outer box 21e so as to be parallel to the foaming direction 23b of the urethane foam as shown in FIG.
- the description of the shape and arrangement of the spacer 70 will be described later.
- a foaming method of urethane foam will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 7 it arrange
- the urethane foam is made into a liquid by mixing a foaming agent into the urethane. The urethane is dropped in a liquid form from the inlet 25, and the foamed urethane rises upward from the gel-like bottom surface. It will solidify over time.
- the spacer 70 has an adhesive surface 70a, 70b that is a continuous plane, and has an H-shaped cross-sectional shape having a columnar portion 70c that connects the adhesive surfaces 70a and 70b.
- the bonding surface 70a is bonded to the vacuum heat insulating material 50e, and the opposite bonding surface 70b is bonded to the outer box 21e.
- a through-hole 70d is provided in the columnar portion 70c of the spacer 70 for strengthening the adhesiveness with the urethane foam 23. When the urethane foam 23 flows into the through hole 70d, the spacer 70 is buried in the urethane foam and firmly fixed.
- ABS resin is used as the material of the spacer 70. ABS resin is selected because it is easy to injection mold, but AS (acrylonitrile styrene copolymer compound), PS (polystyrene) and other resins may be used as the material, and the molding method is also extruded. There is no particular limitation using molding or other methods.
- the spacer 70 is preferably made of a material having a thermal conductivity of less than 1 (W / m ⁇ K) in order to make it difficult to transfer heat.
- the H-shaped cross-sectional shape shown in FIG. 6 is a shape that facilitates the flow of the foamed urethane without hindering its flow, and a shape that increases the contact area of the foamed urethane with the foam and strengthens the fixed relationship with the foam. It is.
- a surface layer is a biaxially stretched polypropylene film
- a 1st gas barrier layer is a biaxially stretched polyethylene terephthalate film with aluminum vapor deposition
- 2nd The gas barrier layer was a biaxially stretched ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer resin film with aluminum vapor deposition
- the heat welded layer was an unstretched linear low density polyethylene film.
- non-binder glass wool which is an aggregate of glass fibers having an average fiber diameter of 4 ⁇ m, which is an inorganic fiber material, was used. Other materials are as described above.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50 shown in FIG. 3 has a rectangular shape (which may be a square or a polygonal shape) when viewed from the thin direction (the vertical direction in the drawing in the example of FIG. 3), 4 consisting of pairs of short sides and long sides. If the edge part of the side is floating from the outer box or the inner box, the influence of the heat bridge via the edge part can be avoided. That is, if the four sides of the vacuum heat insulating material 50 are in contact with the outer box or the inner box, heat conduction wraps around the end, so-called heat bridge occurs, and the heat insulation performance is lowered. It is necessary to arrange the heat insulating material 50 at a substantially middle position between the outer box and the inner box.
- a synthetic rubber-based adhesive hot melt adhesive (not shown) is applied to the bonding surface 70 a of the spacer 70, and a plurality of them are disposed at predetermined positions on the vacuum heat insulating material 50.
- the spacer 70 is pasted.
- spacers having an H-shaped cross section are attached in parallel along the foaming direction 23 b.
- a similar adhesive is applied to one surface of the support member 80 and a plurality of support members 80 are attached to predetermined positions of the vacuum heat insulating material 50.
- a hot melt adhesive is similarly applied to the adhesive surface 70b of the spacer 70, and after adhering to the inner surface of the outer box 21e, the same adhesive is applied to the other surface of the support member 80, and the inner box is then applied.
- the outer surface of 22 is brought into contact with and fixed.
- attaching a spacer is the inner surface of an outer box
- the two-part curable urethane foam (urethane and foaming agent) is dropped directly into several places in the liquid state on the outer surface of the inner box 22 and then solidified by foaming and solidifying into a substantially ball shape.
- the support member 80 may be used. Assembling is completed by bringing the inner box to which the support member 80 is fixed into contact with the vacuum heat insulating material. With this support member, when the outer box 21e and the inner box 22 are combined, the vacuum heat insulating material 50e can be held in a sandwiched state by the spacer 70 and the support member 80.
- a foam adhesive such as foam melt is directly applied to the inner box 22 or the vacuum heat insulating material 50e, or a foam heat insulating material such as styrofoam or rigid urethane foam formed into a block shape, etc. May be arranged in the inner box 22 or the vacuum heat insulating material 50e.
- a molded product made of a resin material or the like may be placed in advance in the inner box 22 by bonding or bonding.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50 described above By incorporating the vacuum heat insulating material 50 described above into the refrigerator, the vacuum heat insulating material is installed in a state of being separated from the outer box and the inner box, and it is possible to avoid a decrease in heat insulating performance due to the heat bridge caused by the vacuum heat insulating material. In addition, since the vacuum heat insulating material is kept at a certain distance from the inner box by the support means 80, it is possible to prevent the vacuum heat insulating material from peeling off in the inner box direction due to the rising of the foamed urethane foam.
- the space between the outer box 21e and the vacuum heat insulating material 50e and between the inner box 22 and the vacuum heat insulating material 50e are as follows.
- the unfilled portion (void) portion was not confirmed, and it was confirmed that the urethane foam 23 was uniformly filled.
- FIG. 8 is a view showing the arrangement of the spacer with respect to the outer box and the foaming direction of urethane foam in the second embodiment. Also in the second embodiment, the structure of the refrigerator provided with the vacuum heat insulating material according to the first embodiment described in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 is the same. Is used.
- a spacer 71 used in the second embodiment is the same as the urethane foam 23, which is formed in advance in a predetermined shape with a molding die (not shown), and is continuous like the spacer 70 of the first embodiment.
- a substantially groove portion (not shown) that does not penetrate in the same direction as the foaming direction 23b may be provided.
- the specific example of the spacer 71 shown in FIG. 8A is not a rail-shaped H-shaped cross-sectional shape, but has a rectangular cross-sectional shape for ease of manufacturing.
- the spacer 71 is not limited to rigid urethane foam, but can be used as long as it has a heat insulation effect such as styrofoam, phenol foam, and the like. In view of handling and cost, a foamed heat insulating member is preferable.
- the spacer 73 may be used.
- the unfilled portion (void) collar portion is formed between the outer box 21e and the vacuum heat insulating material 50e and in the space between the inner box 22 and the vacuum heat insulating material 50e. It was not confirmed but it was confirmed that the urethane foam 23 was uniformly filled as in the first embodiment. As a result of measuring the heat insulation performance of the refrigerator adopting the second embodiment, when Comparative Example 1 described later was set to 100 (index), it was 95 and a good result was obtained.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a comparative example 1 of a standard regarding the heat insulation performance to be compared with the embodiment of the present invention, and is a cross-sectional view along the line XX.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50e of the outer box 21e that is both side surfaces does not use the spacer 70, and the outer box as in the prior art.
- the inner member 22 was directly pasted with a hot melt adhesive, and the inner box 22 was not provided with the support member 80. All other specifications are the same as in the first and second embodiments.
- FIG. 10 is a view showing Comparative Example 2 regarding the heat insulation performance to be compared with the embodiment of the present invention, and is a layout view in which spacers are arranged in a block shape.
- the refrigerator shown as Comparative Example 2 is a block material 75 made of styrofoam as shown in FIG. 10 instead of the spacer 70 for fixing the vacuum heat insulating material 50e employed in the first and second embodiments of the present invention.
- the adhesive was placed on the outer box 21e. And it was set as the specification which does not provide the supporting member 80 in the inner box 22 side. The rest is the same as in the first and second embodiments.
- the urethane foam flows a lot in the portion where the block material 75 between the vacuum heat insulating material 50e and the outer box 21e is relatively small, and the foaming pressure of the urethane foam 23 causes a vacuum.
- the heat insulating material 50e was pushed to the inner box 22 side and peeled off from the block material 75 (because the support member is not interposed between the inner box).
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50e was in contact with the inner box 22, and a large unfilled portion (void) portion was generated in this portion, so that the urethane foam 23 could not be uniformly filled.
- the heat insulation performance of the refrigerator having no unfilled part (void) part in Comparative Example 2 was 102 when Comparative Example 1 was set to 100 (index). It is considered that the heat insulating performance was deteriorated because the flow of urethane foam was inhibited by using a large number of block members 75.
- the spacer 77 used in the third embodiment is provided with a relief groove so that the heat radiating pipe 90 does not contact the spacer 70 of the first embodiment.
- the spacer 77 can be placed on the projection surface of the heat radiating pipe 90 fixed to the inner surface of the outer box 21e with an aluminum tape 91.
- the relief groove 77c is provided.
- channel 77c it was set as the width
- the heat radiating pipe 90 a pipe having a long overall length bent several times as shown in the figure was used. The other specifications are the same as those in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a view showing a comparative example 3 regarding the heat insulation performance to be compared with the embodiment of the present invention, and is a layout view in which heat radiating pipes are arranged around the vacuum heat insulating material.
- the vacuum heat insulating material 50e is directly attached to the outer box 21e on both sides with the hot melt adhesive as in Comparative Example 1, and the inner box 22 is not provided with the support member 80.
- a heat radiating pipe 90 was arranged around 50e as shown in the figure.
- the other specifications are the same as those in the first embodiment.
- the refrigerator according to the present embodiment has a heat bridge effect peculiar to a vacuum heat insulating material by arranging the vacuum heat insulating material by a spacer and a support member approximately in the middle of the urethane foam. It is possible to provide an energy-saving refrigerator that can be reduced and has good heat insulation performance.
- the fixing member of the vacuum heat insulating material has a shape having an adhesive surface composed of a continuous flat surface, so that the assembly workability is dramatically improved and the cost reduction by reducing the man-hours required for the assembly is effective. It is something that demonstrates. Specifically, when arranging the vacuum heat insulating material, by making the bonding surface between the vacuum heat insulating material and the outer box in the spacer a continuous flat surface, the bonding area can be increased, so the spacer and the vacuum heat insulating material and Adhesion with the outer box can be strengthened, and the adhesive surface is a continuous flat surface, which makes it easy to perform adhesive application work and pasting work.
- the support member on the inner box side or the inner box side surface of the vacuum heat insulating material, a structure in which the vacuum heat insulating material is sandwiched between the spacer and the supporting member can be taken, so the vacuum heat insulating material is peeled off by the foaming pressure. You can expect the effect that it will not be.
- the heat dissipation characteristics are improved by adopting a spacer with a relief groove that can secure a distance that does not cause the heat insulating performance to deteriorate due to heat. It is possible to provide a refrigerator that can greatly improve energy saving. This embodiment can be widely applied not only to refrigerators but also to products, equipment, houses / buildings, and vehicles such as automobiles and trains that require heat insulating materials.
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本発明の第1の実施形態に係る真空断熱材を備えた冷蔵庫について、図1~図7を参照しながら説明する。図1は本発明の第1の実施形態に係る真空断熱材を備えた冷蔵庫の外観を示す正面図である。図2は第1の実施形態に係る真空断熱材を備えた冷蔵庫の縦断面図であり、図1のA-A線の切断図である。図3は第1の実施形態に用いた真空断熱材の断面図である。
次に、本発明の第2の実施形態に係る真空断熱材を備えた冷蔵庫におけるスペーサの構造について、図8を参照しながら以下説明する。図8は第2の実施形態に関するスペーサの外箱に対する配置と発泡ウレタンの発泡方向を示す図である。第2の実施形態においても、図1、図3、図4、図5及び図7で説明した第1の実施形態に係る真空断熱材を備えた冷蔵庫の構造については同様であるので、この構造を援用する。
上述した本発明の第1と第2の実施形態と対比すべき断熱性能に関する基準の比較例1について、図9を参照しながら説明する。図9は本発明の実施形態と対比すべき断熱性能に関する基準の比較例1を示す図であり、X-X線の切断図である。
図10は本発明の実施形態と対比すべき断熱性能に関する比較例2を示す図であり、ブロック状にスペーサを配列した配置図である。比較例2として示す冷蔵庫は、本発明の第1の第2の実施形態において採用した、真空断熱材50eを固定するスペーサ70の代わりに、図10の図示するようにスチロフォームからなるブロック材75を複数用い、第1と第2の実施形態と同様に真空断熱材50eに図示しないホットメルト接着剤を用いて貼り付けた後、外箱21eに接着配置した。そして、内箱22側には支持部材80を設けない仕様とした。それ以外は全て第1と第2の実施形態と同じとした。
次に、第3の実施形態に関するスペーサの形状と放熱パイプとの関連構造並びに配置構造について、図11と図12を参照しながら以下説明する。第3の実施形態に用いたスペーサ77は、図11(a)に示すように、第1の実施形態のスペーサ70に放熱パイプ90が当接しないように逃げ溝を設けたものである。図11(b)に示すように、外箱21eの内面にアルミテープ91で固定された放熱パイプ90の投影面上にスペーサ77を設置することができるように、接着面77bに放熱パイプ90用の逃げ溝77cを設けた。溝77cについては、放熱パイプ90の直径よりも広い幅と高さとして、発泡ウレタン23が放熱パイプ23と溝77cの間を流動して埋まるように設定した。放熱パイプ90については図示の通り数回曲げた全長が長いものを使用した。それ以外については第1の実施形態と同じ仕様とした。
図13は本発明の実施形態と対比すべき断熱性能に関する比較例3を示す図であり、真空断熱材の周辺に放熱パイプを配列した配置図である。比較例3は前述の比較例1と同じく両側面である外箱21eに真空断熱材50eをホットメルト接着剤で直接貼り付け、内箱22には支持部材80を設けない仕様とし、真空断熱材50eの周囲に放熱パイプ90を図示の如く配置した。それ以外は第1の実施形態と同じ仕様とした。
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- 外箱と内箱の間に発泡ウレタンと真空断熱材とを備えた冷蔵庫であって、
前記真空断熱材は、その一面にスペーサを介して前記外箱と離隔され、その他面に支持手段を介して前記内箱と離隔されて設置され、
前記真空断熱材と前記外箱の間、及び前記真空断熱材と前記内箱の間に前記発泡ウレタンが充填されている
ことを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項1において、
前記スペーサは、前記真空断熱材及び前記外箱との接着面が連続した平坦面を形成し、
さらに、前記スペーサは、前記外箱と前記真空断熱材との間に設けられた注入口から底面へ前記発泡ウレタンが液流動する方向、及び前記底面から前記注入口の方向へ前記発泡ウレタンが発泡流動する方向において、前記液流動及び発泡流動を遮らない空間を確保できるように複数配列される
ことを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項1において、
前記スペーサは、前記発泡ウレタンの流動方向に沿う平面に、固化した発泡ウレタンとの固着を強固にする表面形状を有することを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項3において、
前記スペーサの平面には、前記平面を貫通する穴が前記流動方向に複数設けられることを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項3において、
前記スペーサの平面には、前記流動方向に沿った溝が前記流動方向と交差する方向に複数設けられることを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項2において、
前記スペーサは、前記発泡ウレタンの流動方向に沿う平面に、固化した発泡ウレタンとの固着を強固にする表面形状を有することを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項6において、
前記スペーサの平面には、前記平面を貫通する穴が前記流動方向に複数設けられることを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項6において、
前記スペーサの平面には、前記流動方向に沿った溝が前記流動方向と交差する方向に複数設けられることを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項1において、
前記スペーサは、その断面形状が略H形を形成し、前記略H形における対向する平坦面が前記外箱と前記真空断熱材との接着面となる
ことを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項9において、
前記平坦面の一方に溝又は凹部を設け、前記外箱に固定された放熱パイプを前記溝又は凹部に配設することを特徴とする冷蔵庫。 - 請求項1において、
前記支持部材は、発泡系の材料からなり、前記真空断熱材の前記他面に又は前記内箱の外側面に配設されることを特徴とする冷蔵庫。
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