CN1149123A

CN1149123A - Refrigerators

Info

Publication number: CN1149123A
Application number: CN96108914A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 南里聪
Original assignee: Toshiba Corp
Current assignee: Toshiba Corp
Priority date: 1995-04-27
Filing date: 1996-04-27
Publication date: 1997-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2016-04-27
Also published as: CN1108505C; JPH08296953A; TW314588B; KR960038317A; KR100202117B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator which has a channel cover being covered on a channel shaping part on the compartment interior wall, and the channel cover does not bulge out towards the inside of the compartment and can enlarge the effective volume of the compartment with more beautiful appearance, and a groove recessing outwards is formed on the compartment interior wall surface so as to contain the channel shaping part in the groove and mount the channel cover on the compartment interior wall flatly. A valve device is arranged on the channel forming the channel shaping part, so the damping area of a valve baffle points to the inner side of the compartment, and a cold air exhaust port is positioned at the outer side of the compartment, the channel is communicated with the cold air exhaust port of the valve device, and the most lower parts of the channel shaping part and the channel cover will not extend out towards the inner side of the compartment as the current shape.

Description

Refrigerator

The present invention relates to have on the inwall face in case the refrigerator of channel cover.

Up to now, in refrigerator, on the inwall face in case channel cover is set.Fig. 8 to Figure 11 shows the structure of existing this refrigerator.Channel cover 2 is arranged on the internal face of the inboard of (at this moment, being refrigerating chamber 1) in the case.Channel cover 2 covers the passage that forms as 2 passages as illustrated in fig. 9 and forms parts 4, this passage is formed the internal face that parts 4 are pressed into the inboard of above-mentioned refrigerating chamber 1, and with installing and fixing as 3 screws 5 (with reference to Fig. 8), these passage formation parts 4 meetings are interior side-prominent to refrigerating chamber 1.

As shown in figure 10, in the inboard of the foot of refrigerating chamber 1, be used to regulate the valve gear 6 of cold air supply with respect to passage being provided with.Though this valve gear 6 figure do not disclose in detail, under effect, make valve shield 7 move the through hole 9 that switch is communicated with cooler chamber (not shown) by passage shown in Figure 11 8 with the air pressure of the variations in temperature refrigerating chamber 1 in or motor action.Therefore cool-air feed when the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 1 is higher than set point of temperature, and cut-out cool-air feed when being lower than set point of temperature.

And, this valve gear 6 is to be arranged on like this on the inboard of foot of above-mentioned refrigerating chamber 1: promptly, the damping area that contacts with above-mentioned through hole 9 10 of valve shield 7 points to the case outside, and cold gas exhausting outlet 11 is positioned on the position of case inboard, and passage 3 is communicated with this cold gas exhausting outlet 11.

Passage forms their foot of parts 4 and channel cover 2 and stretches out to the case inboard together in the position of cold gas exhausting outlet 11, and this just becomes the protuberance on the valve gear in case.

In addition, set the lead 13 (with reference to Fig. 9) of power circuit substrate 12 (with reference to Figure 10) part that connects above-mentioned valve gear and be configured in the upper rear portion outside the case at the upper edge, the back side of refrigerating chamber 1 passage 3.

Passage forms parts 4 and engages with above-mentioned valve gear 6 overlappingly along the vertical direction, and under this state, utilizes the screw 14 (with reference to Figure 11) that inserts from the place ahead of case inboard that valve gear 6 is tightened and fix.

Under the situation of said structure, because of channel cover 2 interior side-prominent to refrigerating chamber 1, the useful space that causes holding article in the case reduces, and gives in appearance and use a kind of constriction.

The foot 2a of channel cover 2 is interior side-prominent to refrigerating chamber 1 also, this and above-mentionedly can reduce the useful space in the case equally, and equally not attractive in appearance in appearance yet.

In addition, the back side that sets the refrigerating chamber 1 of lead 13 is the part of filling heat insulator 15, in general this heat-insulating material 15 injects stoste and the stoste foaming is formed, under the effect that foaming is pressed, lead 13 is moved, be displaced on the another location at refrigerating chamber 1 back side shown in Fig. 9 arrow and two pecked lines from the inner side of channel cover 2, here, owing to be subjected to the influence that the foaming of heat-insulating material 15 is pressed, and will influence the wall portion that has further passed to refrigerating chamber 1, cause the distortion D of wall portion of refrigerating chamber 1.

At these problems, present means are to measure the position that lead 13 will be biased to, and near heat-insulating material 15 1 sides this part (the interior case back side) are installed reinforcement plates such as iron plate, but such result is the raising that causes the refrigerator cost.

In view of the above problems, the object of the invention aims to provide and a kind ofly can increase dischargeable capacity in the case, refrigerator that outward appearance is more beautiful, simultaneously, particularly can solve the refrigerator of the chamber interior wall facial disfigurement problem that is caused by lead under the condition that does not need reinforcement plate.

In order to finish purpose of the present invention, refrigerator of the present invention is provided with formation and supplies with the passage of the passage of the cold air that is produced by freezing cycle device form parts in case, form on the part of the internal face in above-mentioned case and hold the groove that above-mentioned passage forms parts, and have and cover that above-mentioned passage forms parts and above-mentioned groove and flatly be installed in channel cover on the above-mentioned internal face.

In refrigerator of the present invention, it is characterized in that on the end of above-mentioned channel cover, establishing meshing flake, on the above-mentioned internal face of the end that is positioned at above-mentioned groove, form the engaging piece that meshes with this meshing flake, above-mentioned channel cover is entrenched on the above-mentioned internal face.

On refrigerator of the present invention, it is characterized in that being provided with the valve shield that utilizes band switchably to cover the damping area of the cold gas exhausting outlet that is communicated with above-mentioned passage and regulate valve gear from the cold air supply of above-mentioned passage, and make above-mentioned damping area point to the case inboard, above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet is configured on the position facing to this damping area.

In refrigerator of the present invention, it is characterized in that in above-mentioned groove, being provided with the lead accommodation section that holds lead.

In refrigerator of the present invention, it is characterized in that having the adiabatic wall that constitutes by heat-insulating material, and the heat release pipe of above-mentioned freeze cycle is provided in the above-mentioned adiabatic wall away from above-mentioned groove at above-mentioned inwall face.

Adopt above-mentioned first kind of structure, be contained in the groove in the case Nell wall because passage forms parts, channel cover flatly is installed on the internal face in the case, so channel cover can not given prominence in case.

Adopt above-mentioned second kind of structure, because channel cover is installed on the case Nell wall face in the end by meshing flake and engaging piece with being meshing with each other, even therefore some distortion of end also can be corrected it and maintenance and case Nell wall face and sealed shape installation.

Adopt above-mentioned the third structure, because of the cold gas exhausting outlet of valve gear is positioned on the case outside, passage forms parts and channel cover and installs both foots of back and can not give prominence in case.

Adopt above-mentioned the 4th kind of structure,, do not move so be not subjected to the influence that the foaming of heat-insulating material presses because of lead is contained in the lead accommodation section.

Adopt above-mentioned the 5th kind of structure, the heat release pipe of freeze cycle is configured in away from the thicker place of groove inboard, the adiabatic wall of case Nell wall.

Embodiment

Below, referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 6 the first embodiment of the present invention is described.

At first, Fig. 2 shows the main body cover 21 of refrigerator, injects in the space between outer container 22 and interior case (refrigerating chamber that Fig. 2 only shows epimere with the refrigerating chamber in interior case 23 and stage casing with interior case 24) that stoste makes and heat-insulating material foaming and fill up this space.

In the refrigerating chamber 26 that case 23 constitutes in by above-mentioned refrigerating chamber multilayer shelf 27 is set, the feed-tank chamber 29 that chilly locellus 28 and ice machine are used is set at foot.In addition, near the centre of the inboard of refrigerating chamber 26, channel cover 30 is set.Because channel cover 30 is the parts that are used for from the cool-air feed refrigerating chamber 26 of not shown cooling chamber, so have cold gas exhausting outlet 31 accordingly respectively with each layer of above-mentioned shelf 27, go up overleaf, as shown in Figure 1, the passage that forms many passages 32 that extend up and down has been installed and has been formed parts 33.

With it relatively, form groove 34 on the interior case 23 of the internal face that constitutes refrigerating chamber 26, above-mentioned passage forms parts 33 and is contained in this groove 34, and channel cover 30 is installed with itself becoming flat condition.

Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 show above-mentioned channel cover be installed in structure on the case 23, from Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 as can be known, on the ora terminalis of channel cover 30, extend contact site 30a again, and at for example 4 local Elastic Meshing sheets 35 that form as fitting portion, the both side ends of the groove 34 on interior case 23 forms a plurality of conducts by the engaging piece 36 of fitting portion, and each Elastic Meshing sheet and this engaging piece are meshing with each other.On a position of the centre of channel cover 30, form installing hole 37, with a screw 38 insert in this installing hole 37 be threaded onto on the case 23, like this, in just channel cover 30 being installed on the case 23.

Because the groove of interior case 23 34 more shallow (heat-insulating material of main body cover 21 25 residual have thicker adiabatic wall), so it is littler than the thickness T 2 (with reference to Fig. 9) that existing passage forms parts 4 that passage forms the thickness T 1 (with reference to Fig. 1) of parts 33, and its width W 1 is bigger than the width W 2 that existing passage forms parts 4, therefore can guarantee the breathing area of necessity of passage 32, with above-mentioned this relation, the width W 3 of channel cover 30 is big than the width W 4 of existing channel cover 2 also.

Inboard at the foot (chilly chamber 28) of refrigerating chamber shown in Figure 3 26 is provided with valve gear 39 with respect to passage 32.Though do not have detailed icon among this valve gear 39 figure, but under effect, make valve shield 40 actions, the through hole 42 that switch is communicated with cooler chamber (not shown) by Fig. 3 and passage 41 shown in Figure 6 with the air pressure of the variations in temperature in the refrigerating chamber 26 or motor action.Therefore cool-air feed when the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 26 is higher than set point of temperature, and cut-out cool-air feed when being lower than set point of temperature.

This valve gear 39 is to be arranged on like this on the inboard of foot of above-mentioned refrigerating chamber 26: promptly, the damping area that contacts with above-mentioned through hole 42 43 of valve shield 40 points to the case inboard, and cold gas exhausting outlet 44 is positioned on the position in the case outside, and passage 32 is communicated with this cold gas exhausting outlet 44.Under such relation, passage forms their foot of parts 33 and channel cover 30 and can not resemble existing passage and form and stretch out to the case inboard parts 4 and the channel cover 2.

Passage forms parts 33 and engages overlappingly along fore-and-aft direction with respect to above-mentioned valve gear 39, and under such state, valve gear 39 is tightened by the screw 45 that enters from the case inboard and fixes.

Secondly, also show a little groove 46 to the rear cabinet outside in Fig. 1, the passage that this little groove 46 is formed on the groove 34 of above-mentioned interior case 23 forms on the side of parts 33 accommodation sections, is used to hold lead.To after binding, above-mentioned valve gear 39 parts of the connection of passage 32 and the vinylon band etc. that is configured in power circuit substrate 47 (with reference to Fig. 3) the many braided steel wires of lead 48 usefulness partly on back side case outside be contained in this little groove 46.

In addition, in the adiabatic wall of main body cover 21, the back position of the thicker both side ends of the inboard of the groove 34 of case 23 sets the heat release pipe 49 of a part of the condenser of freeze cycle in avoiding.

In addition, Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 also shows the refrigerating chamber 26 illuminating lamp inside the box covers 50 of the topmost that is arranged on channel cover 30.

Under situation about constituting in the above described manner, owing to after the groove 34 on the case 23 that is contained in the internal face that constitutes refrigerating chamber 26 at the passage formation parts 33 that will be positioned at channel cover 30 inboards channel cover 30 being installed on this case 23, so channel cover 30 itself is flatly to be installed on the internal face of refrigerating chamber 26, can not resemble the existing channel cover 2 outstanding in case.So just the dischargeable capacity of holding article in the case can be increased, and a kind of constriction of user can be do not given in appearance.

Under the situation of above-mentioned formation, since channel cover 30 by for the Elastic Meshing sheet 35 of fitting portion and for by the engaging piece 36 of fitting portion in the end engagement is installed on the case 23, even distortion occurs in the end, also can its rectification be installed and fixed by the chimeric of them.Because channel cover 30 can be adjacent to installation from the internal face of refrigerating chamber 26 with lifting up, so outward appearance can be better.And, because this installation mainly is the engagement that utilizes Elastic Meshing sheet 35 and engaging piece 36, only used a screw 38 to install, so installation exercise is more easy, owing to reduced the usage quantity of screw 38, also can reduce cost in addition.

In addition, because engaging piece 36 is so-called tooth root (under cut) shapes that cut, though it is difficult forming on the flat of interior case 23, owing to be formed on the groove 34, so be shaped with 34 formation (generally being vacuum forming) time of this groove easily.As long as the demouldings of this moment etc. are by using the embedded mould that slides towards the center position of groove 34 just can carry out at an easy rate.

Because relatively the valve gear 39 that is used to regulate cold air supply that forms the passage 32 that forms on the parts 33 at passage is installed like this, the damping area 43 of valve shield 40 points to the case inboard, and cold gas exhausting outlet 44 is positioned on the position in the case outside, above-mentioned passage 32 is communicated with the cold gas exhausting outlet 44 of this valve gear 39, so passage form parts 33 and channel cover 30 their foot 33a, 30b and can not resemble existing passage and form and stretch out to the case inboard parts 4 and the channel cover 2.And the foot 30b of channel cover 30 can be to refrigerating chamber 26 yet interior side-prominent, therefore can further increase dischargeable capacity in the case, outward appearance is also better.

It is not to engage overlappingly along the vertical direction as existing passage forms parts 4 with respect to valve gear 39 that passage forms parts 33, but engage overlappingly along fore-and-aft direction, under this state, because by the screw 45 that enters from the case inboard valve gear 39 is tightened and to be fixed, play and strengthen the effect that passage forms the engaging force of parts 33 effectively so produce screwing forces by this screw 45.Even skew appears in the installation site before and after these, they are closely engaged, needn't use seal member just can guarantee that the cold air of supplying with does not leak.

In addition, on the groove 34 of interior case 23, form little groove 46 as the lead accommodation section, be configured in this little groove 46 because will hold along above-mentioned valve gear 39 parts of the connection of passage 32 and the lead 48 that is configured in power circuit substrate 47 (with reference to Fig. 3) part on back side case outside, thus this lead 48 can not be subjected to heat-insulating material 25 the foaming pressure influence and move.And, can not cause the wall portion distortion of the refrigerating chamber 26 outside the channel cover 30, and particularly because do not need existing reinforcement plate just can realize above-mentioned purpose, so can reduce the cost of refrigerating chamber because of this lead 48 places the position that is covered by channel cover 30 yet.

And,, can play the effect that increases dischargeable capacity in the case and beautify outward appearance so can also avoid this little groove 46 outstanding in case because in the darker scope of the groove 34 of interior case 23, form little groove 46.

In addition, because in the adiabatic wall of main body cover 21, the back position of the thicker both side ends of the inboard of the groove 34 of case 23 sets the heat release pipe 49 of a part of the condenser of freeze cycle in avoiding, so can utilize the thicker part of adiabatic wall thickness to prevent the influence of the heat of heat release pipe 49 to the temperature inside the box more reliably.

With relatively above, Fig. 7 shows second embodiment of the present invention, and this Fig. 7 shows to go up in the part adjacent with the groove 34 of interior case 23 (part that is covered by channel cover 30) and forms a little groove 50 towards the forward direction (case inboard) opposite with above-mentioned little groove 46 and replace above-mentioned little groove 46 as the lead accommodation section.

Therefore, by lead 48 being provided in the little groove 50, this lead 48 equally can not be subjected to the influence that heat-insulating material 25 foaming press and moves with above-mentioned.And do not need especially reinforcement plate just can with the above-mentioned the same problem on deformation that solves the wall portion of the refrigerating chamber 26 that lead 48 causes.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to above-mentioned and illustrated embodiment, can be implemented equally as long as can do suitable variation in the scope that does not break away from the present invention's design.

Refrigerator structure of the present invention has following effect as mentioned above.

First, form parts owing to be provided with the passage that formation supplies with by the passage of the cold air of freezing cycle device generation in case, form on the part of the internal face in above-mentioned case and hold the groove that above-mentioned passage forms parts, and have and cover that above-mentioned passage forms parts and above-mentioned groove and flatly be installed in channel cover on the above-mentioned internal face, therefore can increase dischargeable capacity in the not outstanding situation of channel cover, beautify its outward appearance.

Second, owing on the end of above-mentioned channel cover, establish meshing flake, on the above-mentioned internal face of the end that is positioned at above-mentioned groove, form engaging piece with this meshing flake engagement, above-mentioned channel cover is entrenched on the above-mentioned internal face, just channel cover can not lifted up the ground close installation from internal face in case, can make outward appearance better make installation exercise more easy simultaneously, and can reduce cost.

The 3rd, regulate valve gear owing to be provided with the valve shield that utilizes band switchably to cover the damping area of the cold gas exhausting outlet that is communicated with above-mentioned passage from the cold air supply of above-mentioned passage, and make above-mentioned damping area point to the case inboard, above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet is configured on the position facing to this damping area, therefore can make that the foot of channel cover is not outstanding in case, can increase the dischargeable capacity in the case, make outward appearance more beautiful.

The 4th, owing to be provided with the lead accommodation section that holds lead in above-mentioned groove, lead can not be subjected to the influence that the foaming of heat-insulating material presses and move, and can not need the problem on deformation of the chamber interior wall face that solution under the situation of special reinforcement plate causes by lead.

The 5th, because above-mentioned inwall face has the adiabatic wall that is made of heat-insulating material, and the heat release pipe of above-mentioned freeze cycle is provided in the above-mentioned adiabatic wall away from above-mentioned groove, just can prevent positively that the heat of heat release pipe is to the Temperature Influence in the case.

Claims

1. refrigerator, this refrigerator has formation and supplies with the passage of the passage of the cold air that is produced by freezing cycle device form parts in case, it is characterized in that forming on the part of the internal face in above-mentioned case and hold the groove that above-mentioned passage forms parts, and have and cover that above-mentioned passage forms parts and above-mentioned groove and flatly be installed in channel cover on the above-mentioned internal face.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that establishing meshing flake on the end of above-mentioned channel cover, forms the engaging piece that meshes with this meshing flake on the above-mentioned internal face of the end that is positioned at above-mentioned groove, and above-mentioned channel cover is entrenched on the above-mentioned internal face.

3. refrigerator according to claim 1, it is characterized in that being provided with the valve shield that utilizes band switchably to cover the damping area of the cold gas exhausting outlet that is communicated with above-mentioned passage and regulate valve gear from the cold air supply of above-mentioned passage, and make above-mentioned damping area point to the case inboard, above-mentioned cold gas exhausting outlet is configured on the position facing to this damping area.

4. refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that being provided with the lead accommodation section that holds lead in above-mentioned groove.

5. refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that having the adiabatic wall that is made of heat-insulating material at above-mentioned inwall face, and the heat release pipe of above-mentioned freeze cycle is provided in the above-mentioned adiabatic wall away from above-mentioned groove.