JPS6035023Y2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention is a refrigerator having storage compartments arranged side by side, in which a machine compartment and a duct extending between the two storage compartments are arranged rationally.

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, there are storage chambers a and b on the left and right sides, and a machine room d in which a compressor C and the like are housed is provided at the bottom.

Generally, a cooler e is placed in one of storage rooms a and b, and air from the other storage room a is sucked through a duct g in a partition wall f, but this increases the space in the machine room and reduces the internal volume. However, due to restrictions such as the opening position of the duct g on the side of the storage chamber a being above the bottom surface a', the circulation of cold air could not be said to be smooth.

Therefore, the present invention solves these conventional drawbacks by providing a large storage volume and good circulation of cold air.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator body, which is made up of an inner box 2, an outer box 3, and a heat insulating material filled between the two boxes 2 and 3.

The main body 1 is divided into three compartments, a freezer compartment 6, a refrigerator compartment 7, and a vegetable compartment 8, by T-shaped partition walls 4 and 5.

9 is a cooler stored in the back of the freezer compartment.

10 is a duct installed on the back side of the inner box 2, and a cooler 9
The cooled air is sent to the refrigerator compartment 7.

The cold air that has cooled the refrigerator compartment 7 is introduced through the opening 11 into the cooling duct 14, which is constructed by forming a concave part 12 in the inner box 2 of the vegetable compartment 8 and fixing the aluminum cover 13 with screws or the like. be done.

As is clear from FIG. 4, the bottom walls of the vegetable compartment 8 and the freezer compartment 6 are constructed so that the bottom wall 8' of the vegetable compartment 8 is higher than the bottom wall 6' of the freezer compartment 6, and The formed machine room 15 is made to be a large space on the side of the vegetable compartment 8, and a compressor 16 is arranged in this large space.

A condenser, an evaporation dish, etc. (not shown) are arranged in a small space below the freezer compartment 6.

17 is an inclined duct extending below the cooling duct 14 and the cooler 9 in the freezer compartment 6;
, 6, and is placed in the insulation material 18 spanning the freezer compartment 6
The sides are sloping downward.

Therefore, the cool air in the cooling duct 14 passes through the inclined duct 17 and returns to the cooling chamber in which the cooler 9 is provided.

The cooling compartment is located at the back of the freezer compartment and houses a cooler inside.

With this structure, the space in the machine room 15 can be saved by making the bottom wall of one storage compartment (vegetable compartment 8) higher than the bottom wall of the other storage compartment (freezer compartment 6) for arranging the compressor 16. In addition, by forming the inclined duct 17 in the heat insulating material 18 located between both storage chambers, the duct opening position of one storage chamber is brought closer to the bottom wall. In addition, it is possible to reliably guide the cold air to the lower part of the cooling chamber housing the cooler 9 in the other chamber, thereby improving the cold air circulation efficiency and preventing the backflow of cold air. It is something.

In the embodiment, the storage compartments arranged side by side on the left and right are a vegetable compartment and a freezer compartment, but are not limited to these, and may be a refrigerator compartment, a refrigerator compartment, or the like.

As described above, the refrigerator of the present invention has first and second storage chambers formed on the left and right sides of the refrigerator body, and the bottom wall of the first storage chamber is positioned above the bottom wall of the second storage chamber. a machine room is formed below the bottom walls of the two storage chambers, a cooling duct is formed extending from the back side to the bottom of the first storage chamber, and a cooler is installed in the second storage chamber. The cooling duct and the cooling chamber are connected by an inclined duct that slopes from the bottom of the first storage chamber toward the cooling chamber. The compressor can be placed in the machine room located on the room side, reducing the space in the machine room on the second storage room side, which means increasing the internal volume of the second storage room. One end of the duct that connects is one in which cold air flows through the bottom opening of the first storage chamber whose bottom wall is located at a high position, so compared to, for example, a case where the cold air flows through the left and right side walls, the cold air accumulates at the bottom and makes the flow worse. As a result, the flow of cold air in the cooling duct becomes smooth, and the first storage chamber can be efficiently cooled.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator with the door looked into, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line m-m' in Fig. 2; 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV' in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of a portion of a conventional refrigerator corresponding to FIG. 4. 1... Refrigerator body, 6... Freezer compartment (storage room), 6'... Bottom wall, 8... Vegetable compartment (storage room), 8 '...Bottom wall, 17...
Inclined duct, 18... Insulation material.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] First and second storage chambers are formed on the left and right sides of the refrigerator main body, the bottom wall of the first storage chamber is located above the bottom wall of the second storage chamber, and the bottom wall of both storage chambers is A machine room is formed below, a cooling duct is provided extending from the back surface to the bottom of the first storage room, a cooling room provided with a cooler is provided in the second storage room, and the cooling duct and a cooling chamber are communicated with each other by an inclined duct that slopes from the bottom of the first storage chamber toward the cooling chamber.