JP2006010167A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of securing an ice making speed even in summer when the number of times of opening and closing a door of a refrigeration chamber is increased. <P>SOLUTION: As only the refrigeration chamber 2 is cooled by a first cooling unit 17, an ice making chamber 4, a switching chamber 3 and a freezing chamber 5 are cooled by a second cooling unit 20, and a vegetable chamber 6 is cooled by a cooling plate 24, the frost formation on the second cooling unit 20 for cooling the ice making chamber 4 is prevented, the ice making speed can be secured, and the freshness keeping performance of the vegetable chamber 6 can be improved even when the number of times of opening and closing the door of the refrigeration chamber 2 is increased, and the warm/wet air flows into the refrigeration chamber 2 in summer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a plurality of storage rooms and cooling each room with a plurality of coolers.

  In recent years, refrigerators with various layouts have been put on the market in order to improve usability (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

FIG. 4 shows a conventional refrigerator described in Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the refrigerator main body 101, the refrigerator compartment 102 provided in the upper part of this main body, the switching chamber 103 provided under the refrigerator compartment, and the switching compartment under the refrigerator compartment were provided in parallel with the switching chamber. An ice making chamber 104, a freezing chamber 105 provided at the lower part of the main body, a switching chamber and a vegetable chamber 106 provided between the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber, a cooler 107 for generating cold air, A fan device 108 for supplying each chamber, a freezing chamber air passage 109 for supplying cold air to the freezing chamber, an ice making air passage 110 for supplying cold air to the ice making chamber, and cold air from the ice making chamber A return air path 111 for the ice making room that returns the air to the cooling room, a part of the cool air passing through the air path for the ice making room, and a part of the cool air that is sent to the switching room 112 and the cool air from the switching room to the cooler It passes through the return air passage 113 for switching room for returning and the air passage for switching room. A part of the air is shunted and sent to the refrigerator compartment for the refrigerator compartment 114, the return air passage 115 for returning the cool air sent to the refrigerator compartment to the vegetable compartment, and the cold air sent to the vegetable compartment It is comprised from the return path 116 for vegetable rooms for returning to a cooler.
Japanese Patent No. 3212954

  However, in the above conventional configuration, it is necessary to bear the cooling of the entire refrigerator main body with one cooler, and it is difficult to ensure cooling capacity particularly in an ice making room surrounded by a refrigeration room and a vegetable room with a high set temperature, Furthermore, when the number of times of opening and closing the doors of the refrigeration room increases in summer, there is a problem that a large amount of frost adheres to the cooler, so that the capacity of the cooler is significantly reduced and ice making speed is lowered. Moreover, since the cold air was blown directly to the vegetable room, it had the subject that a preserved food was easy to dry.

  This invention solves the said conventional subject, and it aims at providing the refrigerator which improves the freshness of a vegetable compartment while ensuring ice making speed also in the summer when the door opening / closing frequency | count of a refrigerator compartment increases. .

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigerator compartment for storing refrigerated food and the like in the upper part of the refrigerator body, a first freezer compartment provided in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment, and a lower part of the refrigerator compartment. The ice making chamber for storing ice making and ice arranged in parallel in the first freezing chamber, the second freezing chamber provided in the lower part of the refrigerator body, the ice making chamber, the first freezing chamber, and the second freezing chamber A vegetable room for storing vegetables, a partition wall separating the first freezing room, ice making room, and vegetable room, a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator room, and a vegetable room And a second cooler installed at the back of the ice making room and the first freezing room, and a cooling plate installed on the top of the vegetable room through the partition wall from the first freezing room. .

  Thus, only the refrigerator compartment is cooled by the first cooler, the ice making chamber, the first freezer compartment and the second freezer compartment are cooled by the second cooler, and the vegetable compartment is cooled by the cooling plate. Can do.

  In addition, the refrigerator of the present invention has a refrigerator compartment for storing refrigerated food etc. in the upper part of the refrigerator body, a specific cold room for storing meat and fish provided in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment, and a specific cold room in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment. An ice making room for storing ice making and ice arranged in parallel, a freezing room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator body, a vegetable room for storing vegetables provided between the ice making room and the specific low temperature room and the freezing room, A partition wall separating the specific cold room and ice making room from the vegetable room, a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator room, and a second cooler installed at the back of the vegetable room, ice making room and specific low temperature room And a cooling plate that penetrates the partition wall from the specific cold room and is installed on the top of the vegetable room.

  Thereby, only the refrigerator compartment can be cooled by the first cooler, the ice making room, the specific low temperature room and the freezing room can be cooled by the second cooler, and the vegetable room can be cooled by the cooling plate. By installing a low greenhouse, meat and fish can be stored optimally.

  The refrigerator of the present invention includes a refrigeration room for storing refrigerated food and the like in the upper part of the refrigerator body, a switching room provided at the lower part of the refrigeration room that can be switched in a temperature range from freezing to refrigeration, and a lower part of the refrigeration room. Ice making room arranged in parallel in the switching room and an ice making room for storing ice, a freezing room provided in the lower part of the refrigerator body, and a vegetable for storing vegetables provided between the ice making room, the switching room and the freezing room A partition wall that partitions the room, the switching room, the ice making room, and the vegetable room, a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator room, and a second cooler installed at the back of the vegetable room, ice making room, and switching room And a cooling plate that penetrates the partition wall from the switching chamber and is installed on the top of the vegetable room.

  Thereby, only the refrigerator compartment can be cooled by the first cooler, the ice making room, the switching room and the freezing room can be cooled by the second cooler, the vegetable room can be cooled by the cooling plate, and the switching room By providing, the usability can be improved.

  The refrigerator of the present invention cools only the refrigerator compartment with the first cooler, cools the ice making chamber, the first freezer compartment, and the second freezer compartment with the second cooler, and the vegetable compartment with the cooling plate. As a result of cooling, even if the number of times the refrigeration room doors are opened and closed in summer and warm moisture flows into the refrigeration room, the second cooler that cools the ice making room is free from frost and increases the ice making speed. While being able to ensure, the freshness of a vegetable room can be improved.

  Moreover, the refrigerator of this invention cools only a refrigerator compartment with a 1st cooler, cools an ice making room, a specific low temperature room, and a freezing room with a 2nd cooler, and cools a vegetable room with a cooling plate. As a result, even if the number of times the door of the refrigerator compartment is opened and closed in summer and warm moisture flows into the refrigerator compartment, the second cooler that cools the ice compartment can be kept free of frost and ensure the ice making speed. It is possible to improve the freshness of the vegetable room. In addition, the establishment of a specific low temperature chamber enables optimal preservation of meat and fish.

  Moreover, the refrigerator of this invention cooled only the refrigerator compartment with the 1st cooler, cooled the ice making room, the switching room, and the freezing room with the 2nd cooler, and cooled the vegetable room with the cooling plate. As a result, even if the number of times of opening and closing the doors of the refrigeration room increases in the summer and warm moisture flows into the refrigeration room, the second cooler that cools the ice making room is free from frost and can secure the ice making speed. At the same time, the freshness of the vegetable compartment can be improved. In addition, by providing the switching room, usability can be improved.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a refrigerator compartment for storing refrigerated foods and the like in the upper part of the refrigerator main body, a first freezer compartment provided in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment, and a first freezer compartment in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment The ice making room for storing ice making and ice arranged in parallel, the second freezing room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator main body, and the ice making room, the first freezing room, and the second freezing room are provided. A vegetable room for storing vegetables, a partition wall for partitioning the first freezing room and ice making room and the vegetable room, a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator room, the vegetable room and the ice making room, and the first room A second cooler installed in the back of the freezer compartment, and a cooling plate installed on the top of the vegetable compartment through the partition wall from the first freezer compartment, The refrigerator compartment was cooled, the ice making room, the first freezing room and the second freezing room were cooled with the second cooler, and the vegetable room was cooled with the cooling plate. Thus, even if the number of times of opening and closing the door of the refrigeration room increases in summer and warm moisture flows into the refrigeration room, the second cooler that cools the ice making room is free from frost and can secure the ice making speed. At the same time, the freshness of the vegetable compartment can be improved.

  The invention according to claim 2 is a refrigerator compartment for storing refrigerated foods in the upper part of the refrigerator body, a specific cold room for storing meat and fish provided in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment, and a specific low temperature in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment Ice making room arranged in parallel to the room and an ice making room for storing ice, a freezer room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator body, and a vegetable for storing vegetables provided between the ice making room, the specific low temperature room and the freezer room A partition wall separating the room, the specific low temperature room and the ice making room from the vegetable room, a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator compartment, and a second installed at the back of the vegetable room, ice making room and the specific low temperature room A cooler and a cooling plate that penetrates the partition wall from the specific cold room and is installed on the top of the vegetable room, cools the refrigerating room with the first cooler, and with the second cooler The ice making room, the specific low temperature room and the freezer room are cooled, and the vegetable room is cooled with a cooling plate. Even if the number of times of opening and closing the door of the refrigeration room increases and warm moisture flows into the refrigeration room, the second cooler that cools the ice making room is free of frost and can secure ice making speed, and vegetables The freshness of the room can be improved. In addition, the establishment of a specific low temperature chamber enables optimal preservation of meat and fish.

  The invention according to claim 3 is a refrigerator room for storing refrigerated food etc. in the upper part of the refrigerator main body, a switching room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator room that can be switched in the temperature range from freezing to refrigeration, Stores ice making and ice storage placed in parallel in the switching room at the bottom, freezing room provided at the bottom of the refrigerator body, and vegetables provided between the ice making room, switching room and freezing room A vegetable room, a partition wall, a partition wall separating the ice making room and the vegetable room, a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator compartment, and a second installed at the back of the vegetable room, ice making room and switching room A cooler and a cooling plate that penetrates the partition wall from the switching room and is installed on the top of the vegetable room, cools the refrigerator compartment with the first cooler, and makes ice with the second cooler By cooling the room, the switching room and the freezer room and cooling the vegetable room with the cooling plate, Even if the number of times of opening and closing the door of the refrigeration room increases and warm humidity flows into the refrigeration room, the second cooler that cools the ice making room is free from frost and can ensure ice making speed, and the vegetable room The freshness of the can be improved. In addition, by providing the switching room, usability can be improved.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a cooling plate installed in the vegetable room is installed on the back surface of the vegetable room, and further cooling of the vegetable room. Ability can be increased and the freshness of vegetables can be increased.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cooling plate penetrates the partition wall from the ice making room and is installed in the vegetable room. The cooling capacity can be stabilized and the freshness of the vegetables can be increased.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ice chamber door is a rotary mechanism, and the ice in the ice chamber can be easily taken out. In addition, usability can be improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an air path diagram of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, a refrigerator compartment 2 at the top, a switching chamber 3 provided at the lower portion of the refrigerator compartment 2, ice making and a parallel arrangement in the switching chamber 3 provided at the lower portion of the refrigerator compartment 2, and An ice making room 4 for storing ice, a freezer room 5 provided in the lower part of the refrigerator body 1, and a vegetable room for storing vegetables provided between the ice making room 4, the switching room 3 and the freezer room 5. 6.

  In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 17 denotes a first cooler, which is installed in the back of the refrigerator compartment. A refrigerating room cooling duct 18 divides the first cooler 17 from the refrigerating room 2, and a refrigerating room discharge air passage 18 a for guiding the cold air cooled by the first cooler 17 to the refrigerating room 2. A refrigeration chamber return air passage 18 b for returning the cold air that has cooled the refrigeration chamber 2 to the first cooler 17 is provided. Reference numeral 19 denotes a cooling fan device for the refrigerator compartment, which circulates the cold air generated by the first cooler 17 inside the refrigerator compartment 2. A second cooler 20 is installed in the back of the vegetable room 6, the ice making room 4, and the switching room 3, and cools the ice making room 4, the switching room 3, and the freezing room 5. A partition wall 21 partitions the ice making chamber 4 and the switching chamber 3 from the vegetable chamber 6. Reference numeral 22 denotes a freezer compartment duct, which includes a refrigeration system discharge air passage 22a and a refrigeration system return air passage 22b for guiding the cold air cooled by the second cooler 20 to the ice making chamber 4, the switching chamber 3, and the freezing chamber 5. And installed in front of the second cooler 20. Reference numeral 23 denotes a freezer compartment cooling fan device that circulates the cold air generated by the second cooler 20. A cooling plate 24 is installed on the top surface of the vegetable compartment 6 through the partition wall 21 from the bottom surface of the switching chamber 3.

  Further, the door of the ice making chamber 4 is a rotary mechanism including an upper rotation support portion 25 and a lower rotation support portion 26.

  The operation in such a configuration will be described. The cold air generated by the first cooler 17 is guided to the refrigerating room discharge air passage 18 a of the refrigerating room duct 18 and supplied to the refrigerating room 2. The cold air that has cooled the refrigerator compartment 2 is guided to the refrigerator return air passage 18b of the refrigerator compartment duct 18 and returned to the first cooler 17 to cool the refrigerator compartment 2 to a predetermined temperature.

  The cold air generated by the second cooler 20 is guided to the freezing system discharge air passage 22a of the freezer compartment duct 22 and supplied to the ice making room 4, the switching room 3 and the freezing room 5, and the freezing room after cooling each room. The refrigeration system return air path 22b of the duct 22 returns to the second cooler 20, and each storage chamber is cooled to a predetermined temperature. The cooling plate 24 is cooled in the same manner as the switching chamber 3 is cooled, and cools the vegetable chamber 6 from the top surface by heat conduction.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the refrigeration chamber 2 at the top, the switching chamber 3 below the refrigeration chamber 2, the ice making chamber 4 for storing ice making and ice arranged in parallel, and the lower part of the main body The freezing room 5 provided, the ice making room 4 and the switching room 3 arranged in parallel, and the vegetable room 6 for storing vegetables provided between the freezing room 5 are provided. In the cooler 17 in which the second cooler 20 is installed in the back of the vegetable room 6, the ice making room 4, and the switching room 3, only the refrigerating room 2 is cooled by the first cooler 17, and the second cooling The ice making room 4, the switching room 3, and the freezing room 5 are cooled by the vessel 20, and the vegetable room 6 is cooled by the cooling plate 24, so that the number of times of opening and closing the doors of the refrigerating room 2 increases in the summer. Even when warm and humid air flows, the second cooler 20 that cools the ice making chamber 4 is not frosted and the ice making speed is secured. It is, it is possible to enhance the freshness of the vegetable compartment.

  Further, the cooling plate 24 may be further extended to the inner surface of the vegetable room 6. In this case, the cooling capacity of the vegetable compartment 6 can be further increased, and the freshness of the vegetables can be increased.

  Further, the cooling plate 24 may further be installed in the vegetable compartment 6 through the partition wall 21 from the ice making chamber 4. In this case, the cooling capacity of the vegetable compartment 6 can be further increased, and the freshness of the vegetables can be increased.

  In the present embodiment, the storage room arranged in parallel with the ice making room 4 has been described as the switching room 3 that can be switched from freezing to chilled to refrigeration temperature. However, the storage room arranged in parallel with the ice making room 4 is used as the freezing room. Also good. In this case, a member for controlling the temperature of the storage room is not required, so that the cost can be reduced, and the ice making room 4 is cooled even when warm and humid air flows into the refrigerating room 2 because the door opening / closing of the refrigerating room 2 increases in summer. The second cooler 20 is not affected and can secure the cooling capacity of the ice making room 4 and can improve the freshness of the vegetable room.

  Further, the storage room arranged in parallel with the ice making room 4 may be a specific low temperature room of about 0 ° C. to −3 ° C. for storing meat and fish. In this case, meat and fish can be preserved freshly, energy saving can be achieved without excessive cooling of the storage room, and the ice making room can be used even if warm air flows into the refrigeration room 2 due to increased door opening / closing of the refrigeration room 2 in summer The second cooler 20 for cooling 4 is not affected and can secure the cooling capacity of the ice making chamber 4 and can enhance the freshness of the vegetable chamber. In addition, the establishment of a specific low temperature chamber enables optimal preservation of meat and fish.

  In the present embodiment, the mechanism for supporting the rotary door of the ice making chamber 4 at the top and bottom has been described, but the mechanism for supporting at the left and right may be used. In this case, usability can be improved because the door when opened constitutes a flat surface.

  As described above, the refrigerator according to the present invention cools only the refrigerating room with the first cooler, cools the ice making room, the switching room, and the freezing room with the second cooler, and cools the vegetable room with the cooling plate. As a result, the second cooler that cools the ice-making room is free of frost and ensures ice-making speed even if the number of times the door opens and closes in the refrigeration room in the summer and warm air flows into the refrigeration room. Therefore, it can be applied to uses such as a cooling storage.

Refrigerator front view for explaining Embodiment 1 of the refrigerator according to the present invention Front view of refrigerator air passage for explaining the first embodiment of the refrigerator according to the present invention Refrigerator sectional drawing explaining Embodiment 1 of the refrigerator by this invention Front view of refrigerator air path of conventional refrigerator

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator body 2 Refrigeration room 3 Switching room 4 Ice making room 5 Freezing room 6 Vegetable room 17 1st cooler 20 2nd cooler 21 Partition wall 24 Cooling plate

Claims (6)

  A refrigerator main body, a refrigeration room for storing refrigerated food or the like in the upper part of the refrigerator main body, a first freezing room provided in a lower part of the refrigeration room, and a lower part of the refrigeration room in parallel with the first freezing room Between the ice making room for storing ice making and ice storage, a second freezing room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator body, and between the ice making room, the first freezing room and the second freezing room A vegetable room for storing vegetables, a partition wall for partitioning the first freezing room, the ice making room, and the vegetable room; a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator room; and the vegetable A second cooler installed in the back of the room, the ice making room and the first freezing room; a cooling plate installed on the top of the vegetable room through the partition wall from the first freezing room; And the first cooler cools the refrigerator compartment, and the second cooler cools the ice making chamber and the first cooler. Refrigerator of freezer compartment and a second freezer compartment is cooled, it is characterized in that so as to cool the vegetable compartment in the cooling plate.   A refrigerator main body, a refrigerator compartment for storing refrigerated food and the like in the upper part of the refrigerator main body, a specific cold room for storing meat and fish provided in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment, and the specific cold room in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment An ice making room for storing ice making and ice arranged in parallel, a freezing room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator body, and vegetables provided between the ice making room, the specific low temperature room and the freezing room. A vegetable room for storing; a partition wall for partitioning the specified low temperature room and the ice making room and the vegetable room; a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator room; the vegetable room and the ice making room; A second cooler installed in the back of a low greenhouse, and a cooling plate installed on the top surface of the vegetable compartment through the partition wall from the specific low temperature chamber, and the refrigeration in the first cooler The room is cooled, and the ice making chamber and the specific low-temperature chamber are cooled by the second cooler. Refrigerator, characterized in that said the freezing chamber is cooled, and to cool the vegetable compartment in the cooling plate.   A refrigerator body, a refrigeration room for storing refrigerated food and the like in the upper part of the refrigerator body, a switching room provided in a lower part of the refrigeration room, which can be switched in a temperature range from freezing to refrigeration, and a lower part of the refrigeration room Ice making room arranged in parallel to the switching room and an ice making room for storing ice, a freezing room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator body, and a vegetable provided between the ice making room, the switching room and the freezing room A vegetable room for storing food, a partition wall for partitioning the switching room, the ice making room and the vegetable room, a first cooler installed at the back of the refrigerator room, the vegetable room, the ice making room and the A second cooler installed in the back of the switching chamber; and a cooling plate that penetrates the partition wall from the switching chamber and is installed on the top surface of the vegetable room, wherein the refrigerator stores the refrigerator room The ice making chamber, the switching chamber and the front with the second cooler A freezing chamber cooling, the refrigerator being characterized in that so as to cool the vegetable compartment in the cooling plate.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cooling plate installed in the vegetable compartment is installed on the back surface of the vegetable compartment.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a cooling plate passes through the partition wall from the ice making room and is installed in the vegetable room.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a door of the ice making chamber is a rotary mechanism.

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