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CN102378885A - Refrigerator having ice making room - Google Patents

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CN102378885A
CN102378885A CN2010800149586A CN201080014958A CN102378885A CN 102378885 A CN102378885 A CN 102378885A CN 2010800149586 A CN2010800149586 A CN 2010800149586A CN 201080014958 A CN201080014958 A CN 201080014958A CN 102378885 A CN102378885 A CN 102378885A
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尹宁焄
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/06Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
    • F25D2317/061Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation through special compartments
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F25D2317/062Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation along the inside of doors
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Abstract

A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator main body including a cooling chamber, a door for opening or closing the cooling chamber, an ice making chamber located at the door, a sub-chamber located at the door and spaced from the ice making chamber, the sub-chamber being configured to receive cool air from the cooling chamber, and a cold energy transfer unit configured to transfer energy of cool air of the sub-chamber to the ice making chamber.

Description

Refrigerator with ice-making compartment
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, more particularly, design a kind of refrigerator that has ice-making compartment as follows: wherein need not use cold-air duct, therefore reduce owing to the adverse effect of using cold-air duct to cause with ice-making compartment.
Background technology
As known, refrigerator be used to refrigerate or frozen food so that it keeps fresh device.This refrigerator comprises: be formed with the refrigerator main body of cooling chamber, a plurality of doors that are used to open or close this cooling chamber and the refrigerating circulatory device that is used for providing to cooling chamber cold energy in it.
Refrigerating circulatory device is typically provided with the steam compression type refrigeration EGR, said steam compression type refrigeration EGR comprise the compressor that is used for compressed refrigerant, be used to make refrigerant loses heat and condenser condensing, be used to make cold-producing medium decompression and the bloating plant that expands and be used to allow cold-producing medium to absorb and consume around the evaporimeter of latent heat.
For the convenience and the satisfaction that strengthen the user, refrigerator can have various functions.As an instance, refrigerator can comprise and is used to make the ice-making system (or device) of ice cube to offer the user.
This ice-making system can be configured to comprise: ice machine, and this ice machine is used to make ice cube; And ice bank, this ice bank is positioned at the downside of ice-making system, is used for storing the ice cube of having processed at ice machine.
This ice machine can be installed in the inboard of said door or be installed in the refrigerating chamber.In addition, the ice-making compartment that is used to hold ice machine can be formed in the said door or be formed in the refrigerating chamber.
Fig. 1 is the perspective view that illustrates refrigerator of the prior art.As shown in Figure 1, this refrigerator comprises: refrigerator main body 10 is formed with refrigerating chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 30 in this refrigerator main body 10; And refrigerating-chamber door 25 and refrigerating chamber door 35, this refrigerating-chamber door 25 is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 20, and this refrigerating chamber door 35 is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 30.
Refrigerating chamber 20 is formed on the upper area of refrigerator main body 10, and the refrigerating-chamber door 25 that is used for optionally opening or closing refrigerating chamber 20 is arranged on the front surface place of refrigerating chamber 20.This refrigerator also can be provided with a plurality of refrigerating-chamber doors 25.
In the refrigerating-chamber door 25 any can be provided with distributor 40, and this distributor 40 is used under the situation of not opening refrigerating-chamber door 25, taking out water or ice.
Upper area at refrigerating-chamber door 25 can be formed with the ice-making compartment 50 that is used for ice making.In addition, in ice-making compartment 50, can be provided with ice machine and ice bank, this ice machine is used for making ice cube with reservation shape, and this ice bank is used for storing the ice cube of having made at ice machine.
In refrigerator main body 10, can be provided with sidewall cold-air duct 60, this sidewall cold-air duct 60 is used for the cold air of refrigerating chamber 30 is offered ice-making compartment 50.It can be configured with pair of sidewalls cold-air duct 60; And; Should form cold air service duct 61a to ducted one; Be used for cold air transfer to the ice-making compartment 50 with refrigerating chamber 30, this forms cold air backward channel 61b to ducted another, is used to make the cold air that has passed ice-making compartment 50 to return.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
But; According to the refrigerator with this ice-making compartment of the prior art, sidewall cold-air duct 60 is arranged to following mode: promptly, it is embedded in the sidewall of refrigerator main body 10; Invisible from the outside; Therefore, because cold air moves along this sidewall cold-air duct 60, may on the outer surface of refrigerator main body 10, produce to reveal and drip.
In addition, can in refrigerator main body 10, be provided with and be used to prevent because sidewall cold-air duct 60 and therefore the electric heater (not shown) that on the outer surface of refrigerator main body 10, produce to reveal drips has increased manufacturing cost, and when this electric heater operation, increased power consumption.
In addition, sidewall cold-air duct 60 forms and is connected the refrigerating chamber 30 that is formed at refrigerator main body 10 bottoms and is formed between the ice-making compartment 50 on refrigerating-chamber door 25 tops, so this sidewall cold-air duct 60 has length.As a result, sidewall cold-air duct 60 possibly cause the flow losses of cold air.
And, in this refrigerator of prior art, make ice through using cold air, therefore, in the manufacturing process of ice and between the storage life, ice may absorb airborne peculiar smell.
Technical scheme
In order to address the above problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of refrigerator with ice-making compartment, this refrigerator can not need use the sidewall cold-air duct.
In addition, another object of the present invention provides a kind of refrigerator with ice-making compartment, and this ice-making compartment can prevent that the peculiar smell of the air in the cooling chamber from passing to ice.
In order to realize above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, a kind of refrigerator with ice-making compartment is provided, this refrigerator comprises: refrigerator main body, said refrigerator main body comprises cooling chamber; Door is used to open or close said cooling chamber; Ice-making compartment, this ice-making compartment are positioned at said door place; Concubine, this concubine are positioned at said door place and spaced apart with said ice-making compartment, and this concubine is constructed to from said cooling chamber, receive cold air; And the cold energy transfer unit, this cold energy transfer unit is configured to the energy of the cold air of said concubine is passed to ice-making compartment.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of refrigerator is provided, this refrigerator has: refrigerator main body, and this refrigerator main body comprises refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber; Door, this door is used to open or close said refrigerating chamber; Ice-making compartment, this ice-making compartment are positioned at said door place; Concubine, this concubine are positioned at said door place and spaced apart with said ice-making compartment, and this concubine is constructed to from said refrigerating chamber, receive cold air; The first cold energy transfer unit, this first cold energy transfer unit is constructed to utilize convection current to transmit the energy of the cold air of said concubine; And the second cold energy transfer unit, the said second cold energy transfer unit is constructed to utilize the heat conduction that the energy of the said first cold energy transfer unit is passed to said ice-making compartment.
According to the detailed description that hereinafter provides, the further range of application of the application will become more clear.But should be appreciated that; These detailed descriptions and concrete example are in indication the preferred embodiments of the present invention; Only provide for illustration purposes; Because to those skilled in the art, to describe in detail according to this, various changes within the spirit and scope of the present invention and modification all will become obvious.
The beneficial effect of the invention
According to the present invention, can not need use the sidewall cold-air duct, therefore eliminated owing to the adverse effect of using the sidewall cold-air duct to cause.In other words, can on the outer surface of refrigerator main body, not produce to reveal and drip, therefore reduce the flow losses of cold air.In addition, be not provided with heater in addition, therefore reduced the manufacturing cost that manufacturing and installation brought, and reduced owing to the power consumption of using heater to cause owing to heater.
In addition, during ice-making process, cold air does not directly contact with water, has prevented that thus airborne peculiar smell from passing to ice.
In addition, can reduce cold air transmitting portions, reduce the flow losses of air thus through air.
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Included accompanying drawing is used to provide to further understanding of the present invention and incorporates this specification into and constitute its part, and these accompanying drawings show exemplary embodiment and are used to explain principle of the present invention with written description.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view that illustrates refrigerator of the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view that illustrates the refrigerator that has ice-making compartment according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the longitudinal sectional drawing of the refrigerator of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of line " IV-IV " intercepting along Fig. 3;
Fig. 5 is used to explain the view of process that cold energy is passed to the ice machine of Fig. 3;
Fig. 6 is the perspective view that illustrates the refrigerator that has ice-making compartment in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the view that is used to explain ice-making process;
Fig. 8 is the cutaway view that illustrates the refrigerator with ice-making compartment according to still a further embodiment;
Fig. 9 is used to explain the view of process that cold energy is passed to the ice machine of Fig. 8;
Figure 10 is the perspective view that illustrates the refrigerator with ice-making compartment according to still another embodiment of the invention; And
Figure 11 is the longitudinal sectional drawing of the refrigerator of Figure 10.
The specific embodiment
Hereinafter, will describe exemplary embodiment in detail with reference to accompanying drawing according to refrigerator of the present invention, as to have ice-making compartment.
Fig. 2 is the perspective view that illustrates the refrigerator that has ice-making compartment according to an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 3 is the longitudinal sectional drawing of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is the cutaway view of line " IV-IV " intercepting along Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is used to explain the view of process that cold air is passed to the ice machine of Fig. 3.
As shown in Figure 2, the refrigerator with ice-making compartment can be configured to comprise: refrigerator main body 110, and this refrigerator main body 110 is formed with cooling chamber 130; Door 135,145, said door 135,145 is used to open or close cooling chamber 130; Ice-making compartment 190, this ice-making compartment 190 are formed on cooling chamber 130 places or are formed on door 135,145 places; And cold energy transfer unit 250, this cold energy transfer unit 250 is configured to through heat conduction or cold-producing medium cold energy is passed to ice-making compartment 190.Here, cooling chamber 130 is commonly called refrigerating chamber 141 and refrigerating chamber 131.Therefore, can not need use the sidewall cold-air duct that is used for cold air is passed to ice-making compartment 190.In addition, ice does not directly contact with cold air, so the user needn't worry that airborne peculiar smell can pass to ice and quilt ice absorbs.
Cooling chamber 130 can be constructed with the refrigerating chamber 131 and the refrigerating chamber 141 that is formed on the lower area place of refrigerator main body 110 at the upper area place that is formed on refrigerator main body 110.Be provided with a pair of refrigerating-chamber door 135 that is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 131 at the front surface place of refrigerating chamber 131.Refrigerating-chamber door 135 can make up with the mode that moves simultaneously each other.Can be provided with the refrigerating chamber door 145 that is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 141 at the front surface place of refrigerating chamber 141.Refrigerating chamber door 145 can be configured to the drawing and pulling type door, and this drawing and pulling type door can move along the fore-and-aft direction of refrigerating chamber 141.
Ice-making compartment 190 can be formed on any place in the refrigerating-chamber door 135.Ice-making compartment 190 can form and make a side of ice-making compartment 190 to open, and ice-making compartment 190 can be provided with ice-making compartment door 195, and this ice-making compartment door 195 is used to open or close the opening of ice-making compartment 190.In ice-making compartment 190, can be provided with: ice machine 210, this ice machine 210 are used for making ice (ice cube) with predetermined shape; With ice bank 230, this ice bank 230 is used for storing the ice cube of having produced at ice machine 210.Here, ice machine 210 can be configured to comprise: ice-making tray 211, this ice-making tray 211 have a plurality of ice trays that are used for forming with reservation shape ice cube; Ice device 221 with pushing away, this pushes away ice device 221 and is used for taking out the ice cube that has formed in ice-making tray 211.Push away ice device 221 and can be configured to comprise a plurality of ice device bars that push away, these push away ice device bar, and the inboard corresponding mode with each ice tray is outstanding respectively through the peripheral region at axle place and this axle.When pushing away ice device 221 when the ice cube deenergized period rotates, the ice cube of in each ice tray, having processed is taken out from ice tray by pushing away the pushing of ice device bar then.Ice-making tray 211 can be by allowing heat conducting hardware to form.One side of ice-making tray 211 also is provided with tabular side wall portion 215.This side wall portion 215 can be formed by hardware.
The downside of ice bank 230 can be provided with the distributor 240 that is used to get ice and/or water.Ice bank 230 can be configured to comprise ice distributor (for example auger) (not shown) that is used to discharge ice cube.When needs, the ice cube that is stored in the ice bank 230 can be taken out to distributor 240 by the ice distributor.As a result, the user can take out ice cube from ice bank 230 under the situation of not opening refrigerating-chamber door 135.
On the other hand, refrigerator main body 110 can be provided with refrigerating circulatory device 150, and this refrigerating circulatory device 150 is used for cold energy is provided to refrigerating chamber 141 and refrigerating chamber 131.Refrigerating circulatory device 150 can be constructed with the circulation of so-called steam compression type refrigeration, and this refrigerating circulatory device 150 comprises: be used for compressed refrigerant compressor 151, be used to make refrigerant loses heat and condenser condensing 161, be used to make cold-producing medium decompression and the bloating plant 171 that expands and be used to allow cold-producing medium to absorb and consume around the evaporimeter 181 of latent heat.
Background Region at refrigerator main body 110 can be formed with Machine Room 120, and compressor 151, condenser 161 and bloating plant 171 can be arranged in the Machine Room 120.Evaporimeter 181 can be arranged on the Background Region of refrigerating chamber 141.In addition, evaporimeter 181 can be arranged in refrigerating chamber 141 and the refrigerating chamber 131.Here, be used to quicken the cooling fan 165 that air flows and can be arranged near evaporimeter 181 and the condenser 161, the two all belongs to refrigerating circulatory device 150 said evaporimeter 181 and condenser 161.Hereinafter, with the exemplary embodiment that is described below, for example in exemplary this embodiment, evaporimeter 181 is arranged in the Background Region of refrigerating chamber 141, but evaporimeter 181 is not limited to this position.
Cold energy transfer unit 250 is arranged to the cold energy that evaporimeter 181 produces is passed to ice-making compartment 190, and it can be configured to through heat conduction or cold-producing medium cold energy is passed to ice machine 210.
In addition, cold energy transfer unit 250 can be configured to comprise: the first cold energy transfer unit 260, and this first cold energy transfer unit 260 is used to transmit cold energy, more particularly, is to transmit cold air; With the second cold energy transfer unit 310, this second cold energy transfer unit 310 is used for through transmitting cold energy.The second cold energy transfer unit 310 can be configured to comprise heat pipe 311.Heat pipe 311 can be configured to comprise tubular body 313 and the working fluid 314 that is sealed in the tubular body 313.The inside of tubular body 313 can be configured such that working fluid 314 can utilize capillarity and moves.For example, can be formed with the groove 315 that is used to produce capillarity at the inner wall surface place of tubular body 313.In addition, in tubular body 313, also can be provided with network structure (not shown) or the porous member (not shown) that is used to produce capillarity.Can come suitably to select working fluid 314 (for example, ethanol, water, mercury etc.) based on employed temperature range.
One end of heat pipe 311 is arranged to absorb heat the air in ice machine 210, and the other end of heat pipe 311 is to the lower area that extends below and be arranged in refrigerating-chamber door 135.In other words; Being arranged to of heat pipe 311 can be evaporation element 312a with an end of ice machine 210 heat exchanges; Be used to allow the working fluid in it to absorb and consumption heat on every side; And the other end of heat pipe 311 can be condensing unit 312b, is used to cool off the working fluid 314 that evaporates with condensation.Condensing unit 312b can be provided with a plurality of heat transfer sheets (heat transfer plate) 316, is used to increase heat exchange area.
The first cold energy transfer unit 260 be arranged to from the thermal energy transfer of heat pipe 311 to the cold air that produces by evaporimeter 181; This heat pipe 311 is second cold energy transfer units 310; And the first cold energy transfer unit 260 can be configured to comprise: concubine 270, and this concubine 270 is formed on refrigerating-chamber door 135 places; With interface channel 280, this interface channel 280 is used for refrigerating chamber 141 is connected to concubine 270.Here, from forming the angle of passage, the first cold energy transfer unit 260 can be defined as " cold air transmission channels ", and the cold air of refrigerating chamber 141 is passed to heat pipe 311 in this passage.
The first cold energy transfer unit 260 can also be provided with pipeline 291, and this pipeline 291 can be with delivering to interface channel 280 in the cold air concentrated area of evaporimeter 181 sides.
The end portion of heat pipe 311, be the lower area place that condensing unit 312b is arranged in refrigerating-chamber door 135, with the cold air in thermal energy transfer to the said concubine.Be formed with the inlet portion 272 and the export department 273 that is used to cold air is flowed out that is used to make the cold air inflow in concubine 270 sides.Inlet portion 272 can be configured to the protuberance of giving prominence to from refrigerating-chamber door 135 271, connect with export department 273.
Between refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141, be formed with partition wall 142, and interface channel 280 can form to form the mobile route of cold air, this interface channel 280 is used for refrigerating chamber 141 is communicated with concubine 270.Here, show following situation: wherein, pipeline 291 is arranged in the place, top of refrigerating chamber 141, but pipeline 291 also can be configured to be arranged in the partition wall 142.
Interface channel 280 can be configured to comprise: cold air flow pass 282, this cold air flow pass 282 are used for cold air is provided to concubine 270; With cold air flow channel 283, this cold air flow channel 283 is used to make the cold air that has passed concubine 270 to return.One end of cold air flow pass 282 can be connected to the end, outflow side of pipeline 291, and the other end of cold air flow pass 282 can be connected to the inlet portion 272 of interface channel 280.One end of the cold air flow channel 283 of interface channel 280 can be connected to the export department 273 of concubine 270, and the other end of cold air flow channel 283 can be arranged in the place, top of refrigerating chamber 141.Here, from being expelled to cold air the angle the refrigerating chamber 141, can be with this other end of cold air flow channel 283, be that the top side end of refrigerating chamber 141 is defined as " cold air outlet ".As a result, the cold air that has passed concubine 270 can directly be expelled in the refrigerating chamber 141.
As shown in Figure 4, an end of the cold air flow pass 282 of interface channel 280 and an end of cold air flow channel 283 are formed at the place, bottom surface of refrigerating chamber 131.Between an end of the cold air flow pass 282 of the inlet portion 272 of concubine 270 and interface channel 280, the pad 293 that is used to prevent leakage of cold air can be provided with, and between an end of export department 273 and cold air flow channel 283, also pad 293 can be provided with.In this embodiment, show pad 293 and be arranged on the situation in inlet portion 272 and the export department 273.Here, the first cold energy transfer unit 260 (cold air transmission channels) can also be provided with the draft fan (not shown) that is used to quicken flow of cold air.As a result, drive the draft fan of lower-wattage, therefore reduced the running frequency (time) of the cooling fan 185 of higher evaporimeter 181 sides of power, thereby reduced power consumption so that cold air moves in the concubine 270.
The cold air that is produced by evaporimeter 181 moves in the interface channel 280 via pipeline 291.The cold air (more particularly, having moved to the cold air of cold air flow pass 282) that has moved in the interface channel 280 flows in the concubine 270 via inlet portion 272.Cold air in the inflow concubine 270 contacts with the condensing unit 312b of heat pipe 311 and carries out heat exchange, and this cold air flows into once more in the interface channel 280 via export department 273 and (more particularly, flows in the cold air flow channel 283) then.The cold air that flows in the cold air flow channel 283 is expelled in the refrigerating chamber 141.
On the other hand; The working fluid 314 that in the condensing unit 312b of heat pipe 311, cools down is condensed; And; The working fluid 314 that is condensed utilizes capillarity and moves to the upper end of heat pipe 311 along the inner wall surface of tubular body 313, and this inner wall surface for example is a groove 315, and said upper end for example is evaporation element 312a.The working fluid 314 that has moved among the evaporation element 312a absorbs and consumption heat on every side, more particularly, absorbs the heat that also consumes from ice machine 210.As a result, the water in each ice tray of ice machine 210 is frozen into ice cube.Make ice cube through repeating following process: in this process, be condensed, and move to again in the evaporation element 312 and evaporate thereby the working fluid that is evaporated 314 moves to condensing unit 312b once more.On the other hand, the ice cube of in ice machine 210, having made can the process through the release ice cube be stored in the ice bank 230, and is taken out to distributor 240 when needed.
Hereinafter, will an alternative embodiment of the invention be described with reference to figure 6 and Fig. 7.
Fig. 6 is the perspective view that illustrates the refrigerator that has ice-making compartment in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 7 is the figure that is used to explain ice-making process.Below, for the ease of explanation, in the accompanying drawings, represent by identical Reference numeral, and will omit it and be repeated in this description with the same or analogous part of the part in the above-mentioned structure.
Like Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 7, the refrigerator with ice-making compartment can be configured to comprise: refrigerator main body 110, this refrigerator main body 110 are formed with refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141; And refrigerating-chamber door 135 and refrigerating chamber door 145, this refrigerating-chamber door 135 is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 131, and this refrigerating chamber door 145 is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 141; Ice-making compartment 190, this ice-making compartment 190 is formed at refrigerating-chamber door 135 places; And cold energy transfer unit 250, this cold energy transfer unit 250 is passed to ice-making compartment 190 through heat conduction or cold-producing medium with cold energy.
Refrigerating chamber 131 in the refrigerator main body 110 and refrigerating chamber 141 can form and vertically be separated wall 142 and separate.A pair of refrigerating-chamber door 135 can be arranged on the front surface place of refrigerating chamber 131 with the mode that can move simultaneously; And; In refrigerating chamber 141, can be provided with refrigerating chamber door 145, this refrigerating chamber door 145 is used for when the fore-and-aft direction along refrigerating chamber 141 slides, opening or closing said refrigerating chamber 141.
Ice-making compartment 190 can be formed on any in the refrigerating-chamber door 135.Ice-making compartment 190 can be provided with opening and comprise ice-making compartment door 195, and this ice-making compartment door 195 is used to open or close the said opening of ice-making compartment 190.
In ice-making compartment 190, can be provided with the ice machine 210 that is used for ice making, and, can be provided with ice bank 230 at the downside of ice-making compartment 190, this ice bank 230 is used for being stored in the ice cube that ice machine 210 is made.
Evaporimeter 181 can be arranged on the Background Region place of refrigerating chamber 141, and cooling fan 185 can be arranged on a side of evaporimeter 181, to quicken flowing of cold air.
Cold energy transfer unit 350 can be configured to use cold-producing medium the thermal energy transfer of the air in the ice-making compartment 190 to be given the cold air of refrigerating chamber 141.Here, the cold-producing medium of cold energy transfer unit 350 can be called " auxiliary refrigerant ", distinguishes with " main refrigerant " with said kind of refrigeration cycle.
Cold energy transfer unit 350 can be configured to comprise auxiliary refrigerant cycling element (or device) 351, is used for when making the auxiliary refrigerant circulation, carrying out heat exchange.
Auxiliary refrigerant cycling element 351 can be configured to comprise: first heat exchanger 353 and second heat exchanger 354; This first heat exchanger 353 and second heat exchanger 354 are arranged to be isolated from each other carrying out heat exchange through auxiliary refrigerant, and this first heat exchanger 353 is connected through refrigerant pipe 355 each other with second heat exchanger 354 so that the auxiliary refrigerant circulation; And pump 356, this pump 356 is arranged between first heat exchanger 353 and second heat exchanger 354, is used to aspirate auxiliary refrigerant.In first heat exchanger 353 and second heat exchanger 354 any is set at that ice machine 210 sentences just can heat exchange, and in first heat exchanger 353 and second heat exchanger 354 another is arranged to send heat energy.In this embodiment, described following situation as an example: promptly, first heat exchanger 353 is arranged to and can be carried out heat exchange at the rear side of the side wall portion 215 of ice machine 210.
Cold energy transfer unit 350 can be configured to also comprise cold air transmission channels 361, and this cold air transmission channels 361 is used for the cold air that evaporimeter 181 produces is passed to second heat exchanger 354.
Cold air transmission channels 361 can be configured to comprise: concubine 270, and this concubine 270 is formed on refrigerating-chamber door 135 places; And interface channel 280, this interface channel 280 is used for refrigerating chamber 141 is communicated with concubine 270, so that move cold energy, i.e. cold air.
Concubine 270 can be formed on the lower area place of refrigerating-chamber door 135, and second heat exchanger 354 of auxiliary refrigerant cycling element 351 can be arranged in the concubine 270.As a result, the cold air that is produced by evaporimeter 181 can be passed to auxiliary refrigerant cycling element 351.Concubine 270 can be provided with inlet portion 272 and export department 273, is used to make cold air to flow into and outflow.
Interface channel 280 can be formed on partition wall 142 places, and this partition wall 142 is separated refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141.
Said cold air transmission channels can be configured to also comprise pipeline 291, and this pipeline 291 is used for the cold air concentrated area that evaporimeter 181 produces is moved to interface channel 280.
According to above-mentioned structure, the cold air that is produced by evaporimeter 181 moves along the pipeline 291 of cold air transmission channels 361, and moves in the concubine 270 via interface channel 280 and inlet portion 272.Being discharged in the refrigerating chamber 141 with interface channel 280 via export department 273 in concubine 270 with the cold air of second heat exchanger, 354 heat exchanges.
The auxiliary refrigerant of in second heat exchanger 354, having carried out heat exchange and having cooled off is by pump 356 pumpings and move to first heat exchanger 353.The cold-producing medium that moves to first heat exchanger 353 makes this ice machine 210 coolings when carrying out heat exchange with ice machine 210.As a result, the water of ice machine 210 freezes and forms ice cube with reservation shape.Make ice cube through repeating following process: in this process, be cooled and condensation thereby made the cold-producing medium of ice machine 210 cooling move to second heat exchanger 354 once more, then by pump 356 pumpings to move to first heat exchanger 353.The ice cube of in ice machine 210, having made can be stored in the ice bank 230, takes out through the distributor 240 that is formed on refrigerating-chamber door 135 places when needed then.
Hereinafter, will an alternative embodiment of the invention be described with reference to figure 8 and Fig. 9.
Fig. 8 is the cutaway view that illustrates the refrigerator with ice-making compartment according to still a further embodiment, and Fig. 9 is used to explain the figure of process that cold air is passed to the ice machine of Fig. 8.Like Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 9, the refrigerator with ice-making compartment can be configured to comprise: refrigerator main body 110, this refrigerator main body 110 are formed with refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141; Refrigerating-chamber door 135 and refrigerating chamber door 145, refrigerating-chamber door 135 is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 131, and refrigerating chamber door 145 is used to open or close refrigerating chamber 141; Ice-making compartment 190, this ice-making compartment 190 is formed on refrigerating-chamber door 135 places; And cold energy transfer unit 400, this cold energy transfer unit 400 is used for through heat conduction or cold-producing medium cold energy being passed to ice-making compartment 190.
Refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141 are respectively formed at the upper area and the lower area of refrigerator main body 110, and refrigerating-chamber door 135 is separately positioned on refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141 places with refrigerating chamber door 145.
Ice-making compartment 190 can be formed on any place in the refrigerating-chamber door 135, and, in ice-making compartment 190, can be provided with the ice machine 210 that is used for making ice cube with reservation shape.Downside at ice-making compartment 190 can be provided with ice bank 230, and this ice bank 230 is used for being stored in the ice cube that ice machine 210 is made.Downside at ice bank 230 can be provided with the distributor 240 that is used under the situation of not opening refrigerating-chamber door 135, taking out ice cube.
Cold energy transfer unit 400 can be configured to transmit cold energy through heat conduction or cold-producing medium.For example, cold energy transfer unit 400 can be configured to comprise heat pipe 311 or auxiliary refrigerant cycling element 351.For this exemplary embodiment, will describe following situation as an example: promptly, cold energy transfer unit 400 is configured to comprise heat pipe 311.
Cold energy transfer unit 400 can be configured to also comprise cold air transmission channels 410, and this cold air transmission channels 410 is used for the cold air from thermal energy transfer to the refrigerating chamber 141 of heat pipe 311.The interface channel 280 that cold air transmission channels 410 can be configured to comprise the concubine 270 that is formed on refrigerating-chamber door 135 places and be used for refrigerating chamber 141 is communicated with concubine 270.But the lower end of heat pipe 311 can be arranged in the concubine 270 with the mode of heat exchange.The lower end of heat pipe 311, for example condensing unit 312b can be provided with a plurality of heat transfer sheets 316 that are used to increase heat exchange area.
Interface channel 280 can be configured to comprise cold air flow pass 282 and cold air flow channel 283; This cold air flow pass 282 is used for making the cold air of refrigerating chamber 141 to move to concubine 270, and this cold air flow channel 283 is used for making the cold air that has passed concubine 270 to be back to refrigerating chamber 141.
Each side of cold air flow pass 282 and cold air flow channel 283 is arranged in the place, bottom surface of refrigerating chamber 131.When refrigerating-chamber door 135 was closed, cold air flow pass 282 and cold air flow channel 283 were communicated with the inlet portion 272 and the export department 273 of concubine 270 respectively.
Said cold air transmission channels can also be provided with draft fan 420, and this draft fan 420 is used for blow cold air to concubine 270.As a result, can reduce the driving frequency and the time of the higher cooling fan 185 of the power that is arranged in evaporimeter 181 sides, thereby reduce power consumption and reduced vibration and/or the noise that cooling fan 185 produces when driving.Draft fan 420 can be arranged on cold air flow pass 282 places.
According to this structure, during ice-making process, when draft fan 420 begins to rotate, the cold air of refrigerating chamber 141 via interface channel 280, more specifically flow through the inlet portion 272 of concubine 270 and flow in the concubine 270 via cold air flow pass 282.Flowed into cold air in the concubine 270 and contacted with the condensing unit 312b of heat pipe 311 and carry out heat exchange, flowed in the cold air flow channel 283 of interface channels 280 via export department 273 then.The cold air that flows in the cold air flow channel 283 is discharged to refrigerating chamber 141.Working fluid 314 in the condensing unit 312b of heat pipe 311 is cooled and condensation, utilizes capillarity to move to the evaporation element 312a that arranges at the upside of heat pipe 311 then.The working fluid 314 that moves to evaporation element 312a repeats following process: in this process, working fluid 314 carries out heat exchange (heat absorption) and evaporation with ice machine 210, moves to condensing unit 312b side then.
Hereinafter, will another embodiment of the present invention be described with reference to Figure 10 and Figure 11.Figure 10 is the perspective view that the refrigerator with ice-making compartment according to still another embodiment of the invention is shown, and Figure 11 is the lateral sectional view of Figure 10.Like Figure 10 and shown in Figure 11, the refrigerator with ice-making compartment can be configured to comprise: refrigerator main body 110, and this refrigerator main body 110 is formed with cooling chamber 130; Door 135,145, said door 135,145 is used to open or close said cooling chamber 130; Ice-making compartment 430, this ice-making compartment 430 are formed on cooling chamber 130 or door 135,145 places; And cold energy transfer unit 450, this cold energy transfer unit 450 is configured to through heat conduction or cold-producing medium cold energy is passed to ice-making compartment 430.
Refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141 are respectively formed at the upper area and the lower area place of refrigerator main body 110, and refrigerating-chamber door 135 is separately positioned on refrigerating chamber 131 and refrigerating chamber 141 places with refrigerating chamber door 145.
Evaporimeter 181 can be arranged on the Background Region place of refrigerating chamber 141.Can be provided with the cooling fan 185 that is used to quicken flow of cold air in evaporimeter 181 sides.
Can be provided with at any place of refrigerating-chamber door 135 and to be used under the situation of not opening refrigerating-chamber door 135, ice cube being taken out to outside distributor 240.
Ice-making compartment 430 can be formed on the upper area in the refrigerating chamber 131.Ice-making compartment 430 can be configured to comprise housing 431 and ice-making compartment door 435, is formed with in this housing 431 and refrigerating chamber 131 separated ice-making compartments 430, and this ice-making compartment door 435 is used to open or close the opening of arranging at the front surface place of housing 431.As a result, the inside of ice-making compartment 430 and the inside of refrigerating chamber 131 are separated, prevent that thus the peculiar smell of the air in the cooling chamber from passing to ice.
In ice-making compartment 430, can be provided with the ice machine 440 that is used for making ice with reservation shape.In ice-making compartment 430, can be provided with the ice bank 460 that is used for being stored in the ice cube that ice machine 440 makes at the downside of ice machine 440.
Cold energy transfer unit 450 can be configured to comprise the heat pipe 311 that is used for through transmitting cold air.
But an end of heat pipe 311 can connect (setting) with the mode of heat exchange to evaporimeter 181, but and the other end of heat pipe 311 can be connected to the ice machine 440 of refrigerating chamber 131 with the mode of heat exchange.In other words, the condensing unit 312b of heat pipe 311 is connected to evaporimeter 181, and the evaporation element 312a of heat pipe 311 is connected to ice machine 440.Heat energy can be directly delivered to the cold air that is produced by evaporimeter 181 from ice machine 440.As a result, during ice-making process, water in the ice-making compartment 430 and/or ice do not contact with extraneous air, prevent thus in peculiar smell transmission and the infiltration ice cube.Here, heat pipe 311 can be configured to be arranged in the inwall place of refrigerating chamber 141 and refrigerating chamber 131, more specifically, is arranged in the inboard of inner housing 112b.In other words; Before the process that is used to form refrigerator main body 110; Heat pipe 311 is arranged in the inboard of inner housing 112b and shell body 112a and makes expanded material 112c foaming, the result, heat pipe 311 can be configured to be embedded between inner housing 112b and the expanded material 112c.Here, the two ends of heat pipe 311, be that evaporation element 312a and/or condensing unit 312b can be arranged to be exposed to ice machine 440 and evaporimeter 181 sides, to carry out heat exchanging process.
In addition, heat pipe 311 also can be arranged in the outside of inner housing 112b, promptly is arranged in refrigerating chamber 141 and refrigerating chamber 131 sides, and the outer wall of this heat pipe 311 can be repaired with insulating materials then.
According to this structure, the working fluid 314 in the condensing unit 312b of heat pipe 311 is evaporated device 181 coolings and condensation, utilizes capillarity to move among the evaporation element 312a then.Moved to working fluid 314 among the evaporation element 312a and absorbed and consume the heat in the ice machine 440, and ice machine 440 cooled off, thereby formed ice.Carry out ice-making process through repeating following process: in this process, the working fluid 314 that in evaporation element 312a, has evaporated moves to condensing unit 312b, is cooled then and condensation, and moves to evaporation element 312a once more and be evaporated.The ice cube of in ice machine 440, making and separating (release) then can be stored in the ice bank 460, and this ice bank 460 is positioned at the downside of ice machine 440, and said ice cube is taken out to the outside via the distributor 240 that is formed on refrigerating-chamber door 135 places.
In the foregoing description relevant, described evaporimeter as an example and be arranged on the situation in the refrigerating chamber, but this evaporimeter also can be arranged in the refrigerating chamber with Figure 10 and Figure 11.In this case, heat pipe can be arranged so that this heat pipe is connected to the evaporimeter of being located in the refrigerating chamber, and the result can shorten the length of said cold energy transfer unit (for example heat pipe) and can make its structure simpler.
Describe like preceding text, according to one embodiment of present invention, can not need use the sidewall cold-air duct, therefore eliminated owing to the adverse effect of using the sidewall cold-air duct to cause.In other words, on the outer surface of refrigerator main body, can not produce to reveal and drip, therefore reduce the flow losses of cold air.In addition, be not provided with heater in addition, therefore reduced the manufacturing cost that manufacturing and installation brought, and reduced owing to the power consumption of using heater to cause owing to heater.
In addition, during ice-making process, cold air does not directly contact with water, has therefore prevented that airborne peculiar smell from passing to ice.
In addition, can reduce cold air transmitting portions, reduce the flow losses of air thus through air.
As stated, here with reference to annexed drawings set forth with the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described.But under the situation that does not depart from spirit of the present invention, the present invention can be implemented with various embodiment, and therefore, the foregoing description should not be limited to the content that above-mentioned detailed description is described.
In addition, though specifically not open in the detailed description of this paper, the foregoing description should broadly be explained in the scope of the technical spirit that is defined by the following claims.And the institute in the technical scope of claim and in the equal scope changes and revises and all should be regarded as being included in the accompanying claims.

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1. refrigerator comprises:
Refrigerator main body, said refrigerator main body comprises cooling chamber;
Door, said door is used to open or close said cooling chamber;
Ice-making compartment, said ice-making compartment are positioned at said door place;
Concubine, said concubine are positioned at said door place and spaced apart with said ice-making compartment, and said concubine is constructed to from said cooling chamber, receive cold air, and
Cold energy transfer unit, said cold energy transfer unit are configured to the energy of the cold air of said concubine is passed to said ice-making compartment.
2. refrigerator according to claim 1; Wherein, said concubine comprises first inlet, and said cooling chamber comprises first outlet; When said door is closed; First inlet of said concubine is communicated with first outlet of said cooling chamber, and when said door was opened, first inlet of said concubine was not communicated with said first outlet.
3. refrigerator according to claim 2; Wherein, said concubine comprises first outlet, and said cooling chamber comprises first inlet; When said door is closed; First outlet of said concubine is communicated with first inlet of said cooling chamber, and when said door was opened, first outlet of said concubine was not communicated with said first inlet.
4. refrigerator according to claim 1; Wherein, said concubine comprises first outlet, and said cooling chamber comprises first inlet; When said door is closed; First outlet of said concubine is communicated with first inlet of said cooling chamber, and when said door was opened, first outlet of said concubine was not communicated with said first inlet.
5. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, said ice-making compartment comprises the ice maker that is configured for ice making.
6. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, said cold energy transfer unit is included in the heat pipe that extends between said concubine and the said ice-making compartment.
7. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, said cold energy transfer unit comprises: the first cold energy transfer unit, the said first cold energy transfer unit is arranged in said concubine; With the second cold energy transfer unit, the said second cold energy transfer unit extends between said concubine and said ice-making compartment.
8. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein, the said second cold energy transfer unit comprises heat pipe.
9. refrigerator according to claim 7; Wherein, the said second cold energy transfer unit comprises: first heat exchanger in said concubine, second heat exchanger in said ice-making compartment and the footpath of the liquid circulating passage between said first heat exchanger and second heat exchanger.
10. refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein, the said second cold energy transfer unit comprises pump, said pump is used to make the cold-producing medium circulation of flowing in the said liquid circulating passage footpath.
11. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein, said cooling chamber comprises refrigerating chamber, and the said first cold energy unit comprises the evaporimeter that is positioned at said refrigerating chamber below, and the cold air that is produced by said evaporimeter leads to said concubine.
12. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein, said cooling chamber comprises refrigerating chamber, and said door is the refrigerating-chamber door that is used to open and close said refrigerating chamber, and said ice-making compartment is positioned at said refrigerating-chamber door place.
13. refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein, said cold energy transfer unit comprises the heat pipe that is arranged on said refrigerating-chamber door place.
14. refrigerator according to claim 13; Wherein, said cooling chamber comprises refrigerating chamber, and said refrigerator also comprises the cold air transmission channels; Said cold air transmission channels is formed in the said refrigerator main body, is passed to said concubine with the cold air with said refrigerating chamber.
15. refrigerator according to claim 14 wherein, is formed with the cold air outlet in said refrigerating chamber, said cold air outlet is used for discharging the cold air that passes said concubine.
16. refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein, said heat pipe comprises at least one heat transfer sheet that is arranged in the said concubine.
17. refrigerator according to claim 12, wherein, said cold energy transfer unit comprises the auxiliary refrigerant cycling element, and said auxiliary refrigerant cycling element absorbs heat through the circulation of cold-producing medium the air in said ice-making compartment.
18. refrigerator according to claim 17, wherein, said auxiliary refrigerant cycling element comprises: first heat exchanger, and said first heat exchanger is arranged in the said ice-making compartment; Second heat exchanger, said second heat exchanger is connected to said first heat exchanger, so that the cold-producing medium circulation; And pump, said pump is used to make said cold-producing medium circulation through said first heat exchanger and said second heat exchanger.
19. refrigerator according to claim 18; Wherein, Said cooling chamber comprises refrigerating chamber, and said refrigerator also comprises the cold air transmission channels that is arranged in said refrigerator main body, and said cold air transmission channels is used for the cold air of said refrigerating chamber is passed to said refrigerating-chamber door.
20. refrigerator according to claim 19; Wherein, The interface channel that said cold air transmission channels comprises the said concubine that is formed on said refrigerating-chamber door place and is used for said concubine is communicated with said refrigerating chamber, and said second heat exchanger is arranged in the said concubine.
21. according to the refrigerator of claim said 20, wherein, in said refrigerating chamber, be formed with the cold air outlet, said cold air outlet is used for discharging the cold air that passes said concubine.
22. refrigerator according to claim 21, wherein, said cold air transmission channels comprises the fan that is used to quicken flow of cold air.
23. a refrigerator comprises:
Refrigerator main body, said refrigerator main body comprises refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber;
Door, said door is used to open or close said refrigerating chamber;
Ice-making compartment, said ice-making compartment are positioned at said door place;
Concubine, said concubine are positioned at said door place and spaced apart with said ice-making compartment, and said concubine is constructed to from said refrigerating chamber, receive cold air;
The first cold energy transfer unit, the said first cold energy transfer unit is constructed to utilize convection current to transmit the energy of the cold air of said concubine; And
The second cold energy transfer unit, the said second cold energy transfer unit are constructed to utilize the heat conduction that the energy of the said first cold energy transfer unit is passed to said ice-making compartment.
24. refrigerator according to claim 23 also comprises the cold air transmission channels that is positioned at said refrigerator main body, said cold air transmission channels is used for the cold air of said refrigerating chamber is passed to said concubine.
25. refrigerator according to claim 24, wherein, the interface channel that said cold air transmission channels comprises the said concubine that is formed on said refrigerating-chamber door place and is used for said concubine is communicated with said refrigerating chamber.
26. refrigerator according to claim 25, wherein, said cold air transmission channels comprises the fan that is used to quicken flow of cold air.
27. refrigerator according to claim 26, wherein, said fan only just moves when said ice-making compartment ice making.
28. refrigerator according to claim 23, wherein, the said second cold energy transfer unit comprises and is used to provide heat conducting heat pipe.
29. refrigerator according to claim 23, wherein, the said second cold energy transfer unit comprises the auxiliary refrigerant cycling element, so that the heat conduction to be provided through flow of refrigerant.
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