The specific embodiment
Below, with reference to the accompanying drawings of an embodiment.In addition, the reveal of refrigerator is made as to " front side ", the right side when relatively observing refrigerator with door is made as " right side " and describes.
Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 illustrate the heat insulating box 1 that forms refrigerator main body.Heat insulating box 1 integral body is the lengthwise case shape of the cuboid of front openings.The inner space of heat insulating box 1 becomes accommodation space 2.As shown in Figure 5, in heat insulating box 1, as perisporium, make respectively the 1a of top wall portion, bottom wall part 1b, the 1c of left side wall portion, right side wall portions 1d and in side wall portion 1e, by by the plurality of wall 1a~1e of portion, in other words for the 1a of thermal wall portion~1e combination forms heat insulating box 1.In this situation, the quantity of wall portion is 5.Bottom wall part 1b except the 1a of top wall portion, the 1c of left side wall portion, right side wall portions 1d and in side wall portion 1e be the tabular of rectangle.The 1a of top wall portion is the lower level shape in rear portion.Because the 1a of this top wall portion is level shape, as a plurality of wall 1a~1e of portion of combination and while forming heat insulating box 1, the formation Machine Room, rear portion 3 on the top of this heat insulating box 1.In this Machine Room 3, configure the compressor of not shown kind of refrigeration cycle etc.
Here, the structure of the above-mentioned 1a~1e of each wall portion is described.First, the heat insulating function of the 1a~1e of each wall portion by insulator for example vacuum insulation panel 4 obtain.As shown in Fig. 6 (a), this vacuum insulation panel 4 is for example in make the gas-barrier container 6 that sack obtains by the laminated film consisting of aluminium foil and synthetic resin, to put into plate closure of openings being obtained after the mineral wool of the cotton of the glass fibre as thin being made to the nuclear component 5 that cushion obtains and its exhaust gas inside being vacuum state.Thus, vacuum insulation panel 4 becomes the plate that the inside of gas-barrier container 6 is remained to vacuum decompression state.
As shown in Fig. 6 (a), Fig. 6 (b), the 1a of each wall portion~1e adopts such as metal shells 7 such as steel plates be for example filled with the structure of vacuum insulation panel 4 between plastic inner casing 8.Shell 7 and vacuum insulation panel 4 are by affixed being integrated mutually such as bonding.In addition, vacuum insulation panel 4 and inner casing 8 are by affixed being integrated mutually such as bonding.Thus, vacuum insulation panel 4, shell 7 and inner casing 8 are integrated.In addition, the portion of flat wall shown in Fig. 6.But the 1a of top wall portion is level shape.
In the 1a~1e of each wall portion, inner casing 8 is compared with shell 7, and linear foot is very little and crossfoot is very little less.And vacuum insulation panel 4 is compared with inner casing 8, linear foot is very little and crossfoot is very little less.Thereby four limits that four ends do not arrive shell 7, four limits of vacuum insulation panel 4 i.e. four ends, and four limits that do not arrive inner casing 8 i.e. four ends.That is, four limits of vacuum insulation panel 4 than four limits of shell 7 and four limits of inner casing 8 be positioned at inner side in portion position.In addition, the limit of the regulation among four limits of the shell 7 of the 1a~1e of each wall portion is formed with the link sheet 9 that is bent into right angle.The link sheet 9 forming at place, needed limit of the 1a~1e of each wall portion is for connected to each other by the shell 7 of the wall portion adjoining each other by screw etc.
Before the heat insulating box 1 forming in the 1a of Jiang Gebi portion~1e combination, 3 horizontal frames 10~12 on above-below direction, this being separated are installed above.In addition,, between the horizontal frame 12 of the Heng Kuang11He lower floor in the middle level of heat insulating box 1, vertical frame 13 is installed.And, though not shown, at the rear side of horizontal frame 10~12 and the rear side of vertical frame 13, be provided with thermal wall or demarcation strip.By this thermal wall and demarcation strip, will in accommodation space 2, by order from top to bottom, be divided into refrigerating chamber 2a, vegetable compartment 2b, ice-making compartment 2c and specification switching chamber 2d, refrigerating chamber 2e.In addition, ice-making compartment 2c and specification switching chamber 2d arrange in the horizontal.And, before heat insulating box 1, be separately installed with for by the not shown door of the front opening of each storeroom 2a~2e.
Refrigerator possesses refrigeration to be used and freezing 2 evaporimeters (evaporator), as cooler.The cooling chamber that the evaporator arrangement of refrigeration use forms in portion in refrigerating chamber 2a.The cooling chamber that freezing evaporator arrangement forms in portion in refrigerating chamber 2e.And, by fan, to refrigerating chamber 2a, vegetable compartment 2b, ice-making compartment 2c and specification switching chamber 2d, refrigerating chamber 2e, carry and carry out the cooling cold air obtaining by 2 evaporimeters.Thus, refrigerating chamber is cooled to refrigerated storage temperature, and refrigerating chamber is cooled to cryogenic temperature.
Fig. 1 is the drawing in side sectional elevation of the corner angle part of downward-extension on the rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1.Fig. 2 is the cross-section stereogram of the corner angle part of downward-extension on the rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1.In this Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the structure of the bound fraction between inner side wall portion 1e and right side wall portions 1d is shown.In addition, in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, to forming vacuum insulation panel 4, shell 7, the inner casing 8 of right side wall portions 1d, add character " d ".On the other hand, the vacuum insulation panel 4 of side wall portion 1e in forming, shell 7, inner casing 8 are added to character " e ".Thus, vacuum insulation panel 4e, the shell 7e of side wall portion 1e in forming, inner casing 8e are distinguished to expression with vacuum insulation panel 4d, the shell 7d, the inner casing 8d that form right side wall portions 1d.
In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, in the rear end of the shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d, be provided with and link sheet 9.This links sheet 9 from the right part of the shell 7e of the inboard wall 1e of portion of interior side contacts.And this link sheet 9 screws tight as described later in the right part of the shell 7e of inner side wall portion 1e.In addition the surface of the rearward end of the inner casing 8d of the right-hand member of the inner casing 8e of inner side wall portion 1e contact right side wall portions 1d.
As described above, in the 1a~1e of each wall portion, the end of vacuum insulation panel 4 does not arrive the end of shell 7 and forms slightly shortly.Therefore, the right side wall portions 1d mutually being linked and in the vacuum insulation panel 4d of inside and the vacuum insulation panel 4e of side wall portion 1e separated each other, between them, there is clearance G.And, in this clearance G, the heat-barrier material 14 of filling sponge shape when by right side wall portions 1d and inner side wall portion 1e combination.
Between the inner casing 8d of the right side wall portions 1d being bonded and the inner casing 8e of inner side wall portion 1e or between the link sheet 9 of shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d and the right part of the shell 7e of inner side wall portion 1e, cannot avoid producing a little gap.Therefore, by this gap, likely from the inside of accommodation space 2, the outside to heat insulating box 1 spills cold air, or the outside air of heat insulating box 1 is likely invaded to the inside of accommodation space 2.Therefore, on the rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1, the corner angle of downward-extension are partly provided with coating member longer on above-below direction 15.This coating member 15 is by the bound fraction sealing between right side wall portions 1d and inner side wall portion 1e.In this situation, coating member 15 is mounted from the outside of corner angle part.
Coating member 15 is for example made of plastics, and as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, is section L word shape.And the 2 mutually orthogonal limits of coating member 15 have the portion of being adjacent to.In this situation, coating member 15 has the portion that is adjacent to 16 of being close to right side wall portions 1d and the portion that is adjacent to 17 of being close to inner side wall portion 1e.The horizontal stroke wide (being the length of fore-and-aft direction in this situation) that is adjacent to portion 16 is sized to, make when making coating member 15 near the corner angle part at the rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1, for the shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d, be adjacent to the filling part that portion 16 surpasses the filling part of heat-barrier material 14 and extends to vacuum insulation panel 4.In addition, the horizontal stroke wide (being the length of left and right directions in this situation) that is adjacent to portion 17 is sized to, make when making coating member 15 near the corner angle part at the rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1, for the shell 7e of inner side wall portion 1e, be adjacent to the filling part that portion 17 surpasses the filling part of heat-barrier material 14 and extends to vacuum insulation panel 4e.
Be adjacent to the leading section bending respectively to the inside of the width of portion 16,17.Due to there is this bending the 16a of dististyle portion, 17a, the inner side that is adjacent to portion 16,17 becomes respectively concavity.And the inner side that forms the portion that is adjacent to 16,17 of concavity at these, is filled with respectively foaminess heat-barrier material 18,19 as thermal insulation layer.In at least one party in these two foaminess heat-barrier materials 18,19, form groove.In this situation, the surface of for example, foaminess heat-barrier material 19 in the portion that is adjacent to 17 contacting at the shell 7e with inner side wall portion 1e, is formed with groove 20.This groove 20 is positioned at the front of the width of the portion of being adjacent to 17, at upper and lower, extends upward.
The foaminess heat-barrier material 19 that is adjacent to the foaminess heat-barrier material 18 in portion 16 and is adjacent in portion 17 is extending upward with decussate side mutually.And the shell 7d of the surface of foaminess heat-barrier material 18 and right side wall portions 1d joins, the shell 7e of the surface of foaminess heat-barrier material 19 and inner side wall portion 1e joins.In this situation, the shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d makes the center side of removing outside this peripheral part form concavity in order to strengthen its peripheral part.Therefore, be matched with this concavity part, be close to the 16a of dististyle portion of the portion that is adjacent to 16 of right side wall portions 1d than the 17a of dististyle portion of inner side wall portion 1e side, outstanding to the inside more longways.In addition, being adjacent to the part of front and the part of base end side of among the surface of the foaminess heat-barrier material 18 in portion 16, partly joining with the concavity of shell 7d compares outstanding to the inside higher.
And as described above, being adjacent to portion 16 is clearance G over the separating part between vacuum insulation panel 4d and vacuum insulation panel 4e, and extends to the filling part of vacuum insulation panel 4d.Thus, foaminess heat-barrier material 18 by the separating part between vacuum insulation panel 4d and vacuum insulation panel 4e be clearance G from outer side covers, and then the end of vacuum insulation panel 4d is also covered.In addition, being adjacent to portion 17 is clearance G over the separating part between vacuum insulation panel 4d and vacuum insulation panel 4e, and extends to the filling part of vacuum insulation panel 4e.Thus, foaminess heat-barrier material 19 by the separating part between vacuum insulation panel 4d and vacuum insulation panel 4e be clearance G from outer side covers, and then the end of vacuum insulation panel 4e is also covered.
Coating member 15 has and starts with lower end from heat insulating box 1 till the equal length of the length of the bottom surface 3a of Machine Room 3 (the low aspect at the rear portion of the 1a of top wall portion).And, be adjacent to portion 16,17 and on above-below direction, be intermittently formed with respectively a plurality of rib 16b, the 17b for the mounting portion that is installed on thermal wall portion is strengthened.This rib 16b, 17b are also as mounting portion itself the performance function that is installed on thermal wall portion.This rib 16b, 17b form towards inner side from being adjacent to the surface of portion 16,17 respectively, are and have the tubular at the end for example cylindric outstanding.The overhang of rib 16b, 17b is set to the degree equal with the degree of depth of the portion that is adjacent to 16,17 that forms concavity.The surface co-planar of the outer bottom of this rib 16b, 17b and foaminess heat-barrier material 18,19.
Being adjacent to the rib 16b of portion 16,17, the bottom of 17b, be formed with respectively through hole 22.In these through holes 22, break-through is for being fixed on right side wall portions 1d or will being adjacent to portion 17 and being fixed on the tapping screw 21 of inner side wall portion 1e being adjacent to portion 16 respectively.And, at the shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d, be formed with flange (burring) the hole portion 23 that tapping screw 21 is screwed into.In addition, at the shell 7e of inner side wall portion 1e, be formed with for making the through hole 24 of tapping screw 21 break-through.In addition, the link sheet 9 at the right side wall portions 1d contacting with this shell 7e, is formed with the flanging bore portion 25 that tapping screw 21 is screwed into.
While coating member 15 being installed on to the corner angle part at rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1, after the groove 20 that pipe arrangement, for example suction tube (suction pipe) 26 is inserted to foaminess heat-barrier material 19 is interior, coating member 15 is configured in to the corner angle part at the rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1.And, the portion that is adjacent to 16 is contacted with the shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d, and the portion that is adjacent to 17 is contacted with the shell 7e of inner side wall portion 1e.Under this state, make tapping screw 21 break-through in the through hole 22 of rib 16b that is adjacent to portion 16, and then be screwed in the flanging bore portion 23 of shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d.Thus, be adjacent to portion 16 and be fixed in right side wall portions 1d.In addition, make tapping screw 21 be adjacent to portion 17 rib 17b through hole 22 and in break-through successively in the through hole 24 of shell 7e of side wall portion 1e, and then be screwed in the flanging bore portion 25 of link sheet 9 of right side wall portions 1d.Thus, be adjacent to portion 17 and be fixed in inner side wall portion 1e.
Groove 20 is formed on the front of the portion of being adjacent to 17.Therefore,, under the state that coating member 15 fixed, suction tube 26 is arranged in the part corresponding with the vacuum insulation panel 4e of inner side wall portion 1e, be the outside of the part of joining with vacuum insulation panel 4e of shell 7e.In addition, suction tube 26 is used refrigeration and the suction inlet of freezing 2 evaporimeters and compressor is connected.In this suction tube 26, flow through the liquid coolant of low temperature.
According to present embodiment, the corner angle at the rear portion, right side of heat insulating box 1 are partly provided with coating member 15.Therefore, capped parts 15 sealings from outside of the bound fraction between right side wall portions 1d and inner side wall portion 1e.Thus, even if the bound fraction between right side wall portions 1d and inner side wall portion 1e exists a little gap, also can prevent that the cold air in accommodation space 2 from spilling to outside, or extraneous gas is to the interior intrusion of accommodation space 2.Thereby, can prevent that shell 7d, 7e and inner casing 8d, 8e from dewfall occurring, and can improve the cooling effectiveness of accommodation space 2.
Particularly, according to present embodiment, in coating member 15, be provided with foaminess heat-barrier material 18,19.This foaminess heat-barrier material 18,19 by self strain and with the shell 7e close proximity of shell 7d and the inner side wall portion 1e of right side wall portions 1d.Therefore, sealing effectiveness is good especially.
And, according to present embodiment, make link sheet 9 that the shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d possesses from inner side with the shell 7e of side wall portion 1e contact, make rib 17b that the portion that is adjacent to 17 of coating member 15 possesses from outside with the shell 7e of side wall portion 1e contact, and, by tapping screw 21 by the fastening flanging bore portion 23 that links sheet 9 of being fixed on of rib 17b.Thus, the link sheet 9 of the shell 7d of right side wall portions 1d and the shell 7e of inner side wall portion 1e are mutually fastened strongly, produce gap between the two and reduce.Thereby, can further improve sealing.
And foaminess heat-barrier material 18,19 is present in the part corresponding with clearance G part.And then according to present embodiment, foaminess heat-barrier material 18,19 does not exist only in the part corresponding with clearance G, also the part corresponding with clearance G is covered and extended to the part at vacuum insulation panel 4d, 4e place.Therefore, even if the heat-barrier material of filling in clearance G 14 and vacuum insulation panel 4d, that 4e compares thermal insulation is poor, also can be compensated by foaminess heat-barrier material 18,19 the heat insulation deficiency of this heat-barrier material 14.Thereby, can improve the heat-proof quality of the bound fraction between right side wall portions 1d and inner side wall portion 1e.
According to present embodiment, the suction tube 26 that flows through the refrigerant of low temperature is covered by foaminess heat-barrier material 19.Thus, can prevent that suction tube 26 from dewfall occurring.
In addition, for example, in the situation that suction tube 26 is configured in the position corresponding with clearance G, when shell 7e is attracted pipe 26 when cooling, the refrigerated storage temperature band in this chilled part contact gap G (for example, 2~3 ℃) air, there is the such problem of dewfall.According to present embodiment, suction tube 26 is configured in the position corresponding with vacuum insulation panel 4e.Therefore, 26 cooling even if shell 7e is attracted pipe, the air of the refrigerated storage temperature band of this chilled part in also can contact gap G.Thereby, can prevent from being attracted the such problem of pipe 26 chilled part generation dewfall.
In addition, coating member 15 is arranged to rib 16b, 17b, by tapping screw 21, this rib 16b, 17b are fixed on to right side wall portions 1d, inner side wall portion 1e.Thus, can improve the fastening intensity of force to tapping screw 21.That is,, if rib 16b, 17b are not set, the fastening force that coating member 15 can be subject to tapping screw 21 bends and accumulates the problem of the intensity aspect of internal stress etc.But, according to present embodiment, can prevent the generation of such problem.
In addition, right side wall portions 1d is fixed in the portion that is adjacent to 16 of coating member 15, is adjacent to portion 17 and is fixed on inner side wall portion 1e.Such coating member 15, owing to extending upward being adjacent to portion 16 and being adjacent to the mutually orthogonal side of portion 17, so there is the function that keeps right side wall portions 1d and inner side wall portion 1e with the combination angle of 90 degree, have by right side wall portions 1d and in the intersecting angle of side wall portion 1e remain the function at right angle.And, be adjacent to portion 16 and be formed with rib 16b, be adjacent to portion 17 and be formed with rib 17b.Therefore,, as the intensity raising of coating member 15, can strengthen the function that keeps right side wall portions 1d and inner side wall portion 1e with the combination angle of 90 degree.
In addition, above-mentioned embodiment is to point out as an example, and is not intended to limit scope of invention.This new embodiment can be implemented with other various forms, within not departing from the scope of inventive concept, can carry out various omissions, replacement, change.These embodiments and distortion thereof are included in scope of invention and purport, and are included in the invention and impartial scope thereof of claim record.
For example, can be also, by between the shell 7 of the 1a~1e of wall portion and inner casing 8 with vacuum insulation panel 4 and in the inner side of this vacuum insulation panel 4 or the outside foamed heat-insulating material of filling be full of.
Heat insulating box 1 is not limited to consist of 5 1a~1e of wall portion.For example, the parts that heat insulating box 1 also can obtain the 1c of left side wall portion and 2 wall portions such as inner side wall portion 1e, bottom wall part 1b and inner side wall portion 1e are integrally formed are as 1 wall portion.
The pipe arrangement being covered by foaminess heat-barrier material can be also the pipe beyond suction tube.
Rib can be also, at the surface element that is being adjacent to portion 16,17, forms through hole, in the surrounding of this through hole, forms tubular.
Rib 16b, 17b are not limited to tubular.
Coating member also can from the inner side of accommodation space 2 by the bound fraction of a plurality of thermal wall portion, for example by the inner casing 8d of right side wall portions 1d and the bight that forms of the inner casing 8e of side wall portion 1e cover.
Coating member is arranged on the needed bound fraction in the bound fraction of the 1a~1e of wall portion.Thereby coating member can not be arranged on especially can be by applying such part that for example sealant seals.
Also vacuum insulation panel 4 be can replace and other insulator, for example foaming heat insulation plate used.