CN107339844B

CN107339844B - Wall hanging refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN107339844B
Application number: CN201610286114.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张明明; 郑健; 郭锦娜
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-05-03
Filing date: 2016-05-03
Publication date: 2019-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 2036-05-03
Also published as: CN107339844A

Abstract

The invention provides a wall-mounted refrigerator, which comprises a box body, a refrigerating system and a control system, wherein the box body is used for hanging the refrigerator on a wall, the refrigerating system is positioned in the box body, and the control system is in communication connection with the refrigerating system and comprises a temperature sensor used for detecting the temperature in the box body; the wall-mounted refrigerator further comprises a plurality of openings arranged on the refrigerator body and a storage container movably connected with the openings. Each storage container of the wall-mounted refrigerator can store one article, so that the aim of classified storage is fulfilled; in addition, each storage container is convenient to take down and does not influence the storage of the articles in other storage containers.

Description

Wall hanging refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a wall-mounted refrigerator which is convenient to use and can store articles in a classified manner.

Background

The food materials or seasonings such as green mustard, barbeque sauce, tomato sauce, beans, rice and the like which are frequently used by a user in daily cooking need to be stored in a cold storage environment, and when the food materials or seasonings are used by the user, the food materials or seasonings are usually taken out of a refrigerator and then put back into the refrigerator. On the one hand, it is very inconvenient to handle, and on the other hand, it is often the case that the refrigerator is used up or deteriorated when some food material or seasoning is used.

In view of the above, there is a need to provide a new wall-mounted refrigerator to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a wall-mounted refrigerator which is convenient to use and can store articles in a classified manner.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wall-mounted refrigerator, comprising a box for hanging the refrigerator on a wall, a refrigeration system located in the box, and a control system in communication connection with the refrigeration system, wherein the control system comprises a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature in the box; the wall-mounted refrigerator further comprises a plurality of openings arranged on the refrigerator body and a storage container movably connected with the openings.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the box body includes a fixed wall for being fixed on the wall, a supporting wall extending outwards from the top end of the fixed wall and away from the wall, an arc-shaped wall connecting one end of the supporting wall away from the wall with the bottom end of the fixed wall, and a connecting wall 14 connecting the arc-shaped wall with the fixed wall, wherein the opening is opened on the arc-shaped wall.

As a further improvement of the invention, the box body further comprises a cover which is arranged at the opening to open or shield the opening, the cover comprises a cover plate with the area matched with the opening and a side wall extending downwards from the periphery of the cover plate, and a plurality of through holes are arranged on the side wall at positions close to the cover plate; when the storage container is connected to the box body, the interior of the storage container is communicated with the interior of the box body through the through hole, and when the storage container is taken down from the box body, the cover plate covers the opening.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first thread is disposed on the inner side of the side wall at a position far from the cover plate, and the side wall and the opening are also connected by a matching internal thread and an external thread.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the box body is provided with a dividing plate 16, a cooling chamber and a refrigerating chamber which are respectively arranged at two sides of the dividing plate 16 and used for installing the refrigerating system; the opening is arranged on the refrigerating chamber, and when the storage container is connected to the opening, the refrigerating chamber is communicated with the storage container.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the refrigeration system has an evaporator, a fan for driving the air to flow, and an air outlet and an air return opening provided on the partition plate 16.

As a further improvement of the invention, the box body also comprises a heat insulation plate which divides the refrigerating chamber into N refrigerating areas, wherein N is an integer which is more than or equal to 2.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the refrigeration system has an evaporator, a fan for driving air to flow, and N sets of air outlets and air return inlets which are arranged on the partition plate 16 and correspond to the N cooling zones one by one, wherein N-1 sets of air outlets and/or air return inlets are provided with air doors, and only one set of air outlets and/or air return inlets corresponding to the cooling zone with the lowest set temperature is not provided with an air door.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the refrigeration system comprises a semiconductor refrigeration unit, a heat dissipation unit for dissipating heat from the hot end of the semiconductor refrigeration unit, and an evaporator matched with the cold end of the semiconductor refrigeration unit, or the refrigeration system comprises a compressor → a condenser → a capillary → an evaporator → a compressor which are circularly connected through a pipeline.

As a further improvement of the invention, the inside of the opening is provided with a first thread, and the top end of the storage container is provided with a second thread which is matched with the first thread.

As a further improvement of the invention, the storage container comprises a silica gel sleeve movably connected to the bottom end of the storage container; the bottom of the storage container is provided with a third thread which is the same as the second thread, and the inner side of the silica gel sleeve is provided with a fourth thread which is matched with the third thread.

As a further improvement of the invention, the storage container comprises a vacuum cup, an inner container which is positioned in the vacuum cup and used for storing refrigerated articles, a hollow part which is clamped between the vacuum cup and the inner container, a cover body which covers the top of the inner container, and a connecting plate which is arranged at the top of the storage container at intervals and is connected with the vacuum cup and the inner container, wherein a hollow part which is communicated with the hollow part is arranged on the connecting plate.

As a further refinement of the present invention, the wall-mounted cooler further includes a defrost system including a heating device and a defrost sensor both communicatively connected to the control system.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: each storage container of the wall-mounted refrigerator can store one article, so that the aim of classified storage is fulfilled; in addition, each storage container is convenient to take down and does not influence the storage of the articles in other storage containers.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction of a wall-mounted refrigerator according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partially exploded view of the wall mounted cooler of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the wall-mounted cooler of fig. 1 taken along the direction a-a.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the wall-mounted cooler taken along the line B-B of fig. 1.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the storage container and opening in another embodiment.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1 ~ and fig. 5, the wall-mounted refrigerator 100 of the present invention comprises a box 1 capable of being hung on a wall, a refrigeration system 2 disposed in the box 1, a control system 5 in communication with the refrigeration system 2, a plurality of openings 3 formed in the box 1, and storage containers 4 movably connected to the openings 3, wherein each storage container 4 can store one kind of goods, thereby achieving the purpose of classified storage, and each storage container 4 can be removed independently, thereby facilitating and not affecting the storage of the goods in the other storage containers 4.

Specifically, box 1 is the setting of falling L type, including fixed wall 11 that is fixed in on the wall, deviate from the wall from the supporting wall 12 of 11 tops of fixed wall outwards extending, connect supporting wall 12 keep away from the one end of wall with the arc wall 13 and the connection of fixed wall 11 bottom arc wall 13 with the connecting wall 14 of fixed wall 11. The opening 3 is arranged on the arc-shaped wall 13, the storage container 4 is movably connected to the arc-shaped wall 13, and the interior of the storage container 4 is communicated with the interior of the box body 1. Specifically, a first thread 31 is arranged on the inner wall of the opening 3, a second thread 41 matched with the first thread 31 is arranged at the top of the storage container 4, and the storage container 4 is separated from and connected with the box body 1 in a rotating and screwing mode.

Further, the case 1 further includes a cover 15 disposed at the opening 3 to open or shield the opening 3. In this embodiment, the cover 15 includes a cover plate 151 having an area matching the opening 3, and a sidewall 152 extending downward from the periphery of the cover plate 151, a plurality of through holes are provided at positions on the sidewall 152 close to the cover plate 151, the first threads 31 are provided at an inner side of the sidewall 152 far from the cover plate 151, and the sidewall 152 and the opening 3 are also connected by matching internal threads and external threads. The matching of the cover plate 151 and the opening 3 means that the cover plate 151 can completely cover the opening 3, that is, the area of the cover plate 151 is not smaller than the opening 3. When the storage container 4 is screwed on the side wall 152, the cover 15 moves upward by the matching of the internal thread and the external thread, so that the opening 3 is in an open state, and the inside of the storage container 4 is communicated with the inside of the box body 1 through the through hole to perform heat exchange to refrigerate the articles in the storage container 4. When the storage container 4 is removed from the cooler 100, the cover 15 is also moved downwardly so that the through holes in the side walls 152 are located in the opening 3 and the cover 151 covers the opening 3 to prevent cold leakage.

In other embodiments, the cover 15 includes a cover plate 151 and a side wall 152, a plurality of through holes 1521 are disposed on the side wall 152 at positions close to the cover plate 151, the first screw 31 is still disposed inside the opening 3, when the storage container 4 is rotatably screwed and connected to the box body 1, the top end of the storage container 4 jacks up the side wall 152, so that the opening 3 is in an open state, the inside of the storage container 4 is communicated with the inside of the box body 1 through the through holes 1521, and at this time, a side of the side wall 152 away from the cover plate 151 is still located inside the opening 3; when the storage container 4 is removed from the cooler 100, the cover 151 moves downward under the force of gravity so that the side walls 152 cover the opening 3 and the top covers the opening 3 to prevent cold leakage.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the box body 1 has a partition plate 16 therein, a cooling chamber 17 and a refrigerating chamber 18 separately provided on both sides of the partition plate 16 for installing the refrigerating system 2; the opening 3 is opened on the refrigerating chamber 18, and when the storage container 4 is connected to the opening 3, the refrigerating chamber 18 is communicated with the storage container 4.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, the box body 1 further includes a heat insulation board 19 dividing the refrigerating chamber 18 into a plurality of refrigerating areas, and the refrigerating areas have different temperatures, so as to facilitate refrigerating of refrigerated objects requiring different refrigerating temperatures.

The control system 5 comprises a control unit and a temperature sensor 51 for detecting the temperature in the box body 1, and the control unit controls the running state of the refrigeration system 2 according to the temperature in the box body 1.

In this embodiment, the refrigeration system 2 employs semiconductor refrigeration, and includes a semiconductor refrigeration unit 21, a heat dissipation unit 22 for dissipating heat from the hot end of the semiconductor refrigeration unit 21, and an evaporator 23 matched with the cold end of the semiconductor refrigeration unit 21. After the semiconductor refrigeration unit 21 passes through direct current, the temperature difference is generated at the cold end and the hot end by the Peltier effect, and the temperature of the cold end is reduced by heat dissipation of the hot end through the heat dissipation unit 22. The heat dissipation unit 22 includes a heat sink 221 contacting with the hot end and a cooling fan 222, and heat dissipation holes (not numbered) are formed on the fixing wall 11 or the connecting wall 14, respectively. The refrigerating system 2 is small in size and weight, free of vibration and noise and good in user experience.

Further, the refrigeration system 2 supplies the cold to each storage container 4 by air cooling. In the embodiment where the refrigerating compartment 18 has only one refrigerating area, the temperature sensor 51 is disposed in the refrigerating compartment 18, and the refrigeration system 2 further includes an air outlet 25 disposed on the partition plate 16, an air return 26 disposed on the partition plate 16, and a fan 24 for driving air to flow. The semiconductor refrigeration unit 21, the heat dissipation unit 22, the evaporator 23, and the fan 24 are disposed in the cooling chamber 17. During refrigeration, the fan 24 conveys cold air at the cold end of the semiconductor refrigeration unit 21 and/or around the evaporator 23 into the refrigerating chamber 18 from the air outlet 25, and the cold air exchanges heat with the articles in the storage container 4 and then returns to the cooling chamber 17 through the air return opening 26; when the temperature sensor 51 detects that the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 18 reaches a set temperature, the control unit controls the semiconductor refrigerating unit 21 to stop refrigerating.

In the embodiment where the refrigerating chamber 18 is provided with a plurality of refrigerating areas, taking two refrigerating areas, i.e. the weak area 181 and the strong area 182 as an example, the set temperature of the weak area 181 is higher than the set temperature of the strong area 182. The difference from the above embodiment is that: the control system 5 comprises a plurality of temperature sensors 51 corresponding to the plurality of cold storage areas one by one, the division plate 16 is provided with a plurality of groups of air outlets 25 and air return inlets 26 corresponding to the plurality of cold storage areas one by one, and air doors 27 are arranged at the air outlets 25 and the air return inlets 26 leading to the weak-grade area 181. When cooling is started, the damper 27 is in an open state, and the weak gear area 181 and the strong gear area 182 cool simultaneously; when the temperature of the weak gear area 181 reaches the set temperature, the damper 27 is closed, and only the strong gear area 182 cools; when the temperature of the strong shift area 182 reaches the set temperature, the control unit controls the refrigeration system 2 to stop refrigerating.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that, when N refrigerating zones are provided, the air outlet 25 and/or the air return 26 of N-1 refrigerating zones are provided with the damper 27, and the refrigerating zone with the lowest set temperature is not provided with the damper 27. Wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. After the refrigeration is started, the damper 27 of the refrigeration area with the high set temperature is closed before the damper 27 of the refrigeration area with the low set temperature, and the refrigeration system 2 stops the refrigeration until the refrigeration area with the lowest set temperature reaches the set temperature.

Of course, the refrigeration system 2 may also provide cooling to the individual storage containers 4 using direct cooling. In this case, the refrigeration system 2 does not include the fan 24, and in the embodiment where the refrigerating chamber 18 is composed of only one refrigerating area, the evaporator 23 is close to the partition plate 16 to provide the refrigerating capacity in the refrigerating chamber 18 by means of heat radiation, or the partition plate 16 is provided with a window, and the evaporator 23 protrudes into the refrigerating chamber 18 through the opening 3 to provide the refrigerating capacity in the refrigerating chamber 18. In the embodiment with a plurality of said cold storage areas, the temperature of each cold storage area is adjusted by adjusting the area size of said evaporator 23 corresponding to each said cold storage area; or a plurality of sub-evaporators connected in parallel through electromagnetic valves are arranged, and each sub-evaporator corresponds to one refrigerating area.

In distinction to the above embodiment, the refrigeration system 2 may also employ a compressor refrigeration system, including a compressor → a condenser → a capillary tube → an evaporator → a compressor, connected in a circuit. The refrigeration system 2 may also provide cooling capacity to each storage container 4 in a direct cooling manner or an air cooling manner, and the specific structure refers to the above-described embodiment.

Further, after a certain time of refrigeration, the evaporator 23 is frosted, and in order to ensure the refrigeration effect, the invention further comprises a defrosting system which comprises a heating device and a defrosting sensor which are both in communication connection with the control system 5, wherein the defrosting system is forcibly stopped and the heating device is started after the refrigeration is accumulated for 12 hours, and the heating is stopped until the defrosting sensor detects that the evaporator 23 reaches a certain temperature, and the normal refrigeration control is resumed. The freezer 100 may have different defrost intervals depending on the refrigerated items or the environment in which it is used, and this data is for reference only.

In order to conveniently see the types and the quantity of the articles in the storage container 4, at least part or all of the storage container 4 is made of transparent materials such as transparent glass and transparent plastic.

In this embodiment, the storage container 4 is a heat-preserving cup 42 made of transparent heat-preserving glass and a silica gel sleeve 43 movably connected to the bottom end of the heat-preserving cup 42. The vacuum cup 42 can also be made of double-layer glass, and a vacuum state is formed between the two layers of glass. Specifically, the bottom of the heat-insulating cup 42 is provided with a third thread 44 identical to the second thread 41, and the inner side of the silica gel sleeve 43 is provided with a fourth thread matched with the third thread 44, so that the fourth thread is also matched with the second thread 41. When the storage container 4 is connected to the opening 3, the silicone sleeve 43 is placed at the bottom end of the heat preservation cup 42, and the top end of the storage container 4 is open, so that the inside of the storage container 4 and the inside of the refrigeration container 100 are subjected to heat exchange to refrigerate articles; when the user takes off the thermos cup 42, the silica gel sleeve 43 can be taken off from the bottom to cover the top of the thermos cup 42 as the cover of the thermos cup 42.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, the storage container 4 further includes an inner container 45 located in the heat-insulating cup 42 for storing refrigerated articles, a hollow portion 46 sandwiched between the heat-insulating cup 42 and the inner container 45, a cover 47 covering the top of the inner container 45, and a connecting plate 48 disposed at an interval on the top of the storage container 4 for connecting the heat-insulating cup 42 and the inner container 45, wherein the connecting plate 48 is provided with a hollow portion 481 communicated with the hollow portion 46. When the storage container 4 is fixedly connected to the opening 3, the cool air in the refrigerating chamber 18 exchanges heat with the air in the hollow portion 46 through the hollow portion 481, and the items stored in the inner container 45 are refrigerated. Because the items are not in direct contact with the air in the refrigerated compartment 18, the refrigerated items in the plurality of storage containers 4 do not taint.

In summary, each storage container 4 of the wall-mounted refrigerator 100 of the present invention can store one kind of goods, so as to achieve the purpose of classified storage; in addition, each storage container 4 is easy to remove and does not interfere with the storage of the items in the other storage containers 4.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A wall-mounted refrigerator comprises a box body used for hanging the refrigerator on a wall, a refrigerating system positioned in the box body, and a control system in communication connection with the refrigerating system, wherein the control system comprises a temperature sensor used for detecting the temperature in the box body; the method is characterized in that: wall-hanging fridge still including set up a plurality of openings on the box and swing joint in open-ended storage container, the box including be used for being fixed in fixed wall on the wall, deviate from the outside support wall that extends of wall, connection support wall on the fixed wall top one end of keeping away from the wall with the arc wall and the connection of fixed wall bottom the arc wall with the connection wall of fixed wall, the opening set up in on the arc wall.

2. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the box body also comprises a cover which is arranged at the opening to open or shield the opening, the cover comprises a cover plate with the area matched with the opening and a side wall extending downwards from the periphery of the cover plate, and a plurality of through holes are arranged on the side wall at the position close to the cover plate; when the storage container is connected to the box body, the interior of the storage container is communicated with the interior of the box body through the through hole, and when the storage container is taken down from the box body, the cover plate covers the opening.

3. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, further comprising: the inner side of the opening is provided with first threads, the first threads are arranged on the inner side of the position, far away from the cover plate, on the side wall, and the side wall and the opening are also connected through matched internal threads and external threads.

4. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the refrigerator is characterized in that a partition plate, a cooling chamber and a refrigerating chamber which are respectively arranged on two sides of the partition plate and used for installing the refrigerating system are arranged in the refrigerator body; the opening is arranged on the refrigerating chamber, and when the storage container is connected to the opening, the refrigerating chamber is communicated with the storage container.

5. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the refrigerating system is provided with an evaporator, a fan for driving air to flow, and an air outlet and an air return opening which are arranged on the partition plate.

6. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the refrigerator is characterized in that the refrigerator body also comprises a heat insulation plate for dividing the refrigerating chamber into N refrigerating areas, wherein N is an integer more than or equal to 2.

7. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, further comprising: the refrigerating system is provided with an evaporator, a fan for driving air to flow, N groups of air outlets and air return inlets which are arranged on the partition board and correspond to the N refrigerating areas one by one, air doors are arranged at the N-1 groups of air outlets and/or the air return inlets, and only one group of air outlets and/or air return inlets corresponding to the refrigerating area with the lowest set temperature are not provided with the air doors.

8. A wall-mounted refrigerator as claimed in any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein: the refrigerating system comprises a semiconductor refrigerating unit, a heat dissipation unit for dissipating heat of the hot end of the semiconductor refrigerating unit and an evaporator matched with the cold end of the semiconductor refrigerating unit, or the refrigerating system comprises a compressor → a condenser → a capillary → an evaporator → a compressor which are circularly connected through a pipeline.

9. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the inner side of the opening is provided with a first thread, and the top end of the storage container is provided with a second thread matched with the first thread.

10. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 9, further comprising: the storage container comprises a silica gel sleeve movably connected to the bottom end of the storage container; the bottom of the storage container is provided with a third thread which is the same as the second thread, and the inner side of the silica gel sleeve is provided with a fourth thread which is matched with the third thread.

11. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 9 or 10, wherein: the storage container includes the thermos cup, is located be used for storing the inner bag of cold-stored article in the thermos cup, press from both sides and locate the thermos cup with well kenozooecium, lid between the inner bag are located the lid at inner bag top in storage container top interval sets up the connection the thermos cup with the connecting plate of inner bag, be provided with on the connecting plate with the fretwork portion of well kenozooecium intercommunication.

12. The wall hung refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the wall-mounted cooler also includes a defrost system including a heating device and a defrost sensor both communicatively coupled to the control system.