WO2009115279A1 - Refrigerator ducting system - Google Patents
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- WO2009115279A1 WO2009115279A1 PCT/EP2009/001927 EP2009001927W WO2009115279A1 WO 2009115279 A1 WO2009115279 A1 WO 2009115279A1 EP 2009001927 W EP2009001927 W EP 2009001927W WO 2009115279 A1 WO2009115279 A1 WO 2009115279A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
- F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
- F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
- F25D25/025—Drawers
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D17/00—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces
- F25D17/04—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection
- F25D17/06—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation
- F25D17/062—Arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating air, e.g. by convection by forced circulation in household refrigerators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D23/00—General constructional features
- F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
- F25D23/021—Sliding doors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D2317/00—Details 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
- F25D2317/06—Details 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
- F25D2317/067—Details 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 characterised by air ducts
- F25D2317/0672—Outlet ducts
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- the present invention relates to ducting systems for refrigerators, freezers and other appliances which include drawers.
- the present invention provides an appliance including a cabinet, at least one drawer or carriage including a door panel and a rear panel being held in a spaced apart relationship defining a storage or other space therebetween, the door panel and rear panel being moveable together the rear panel having a plurality of apertures therethrough with the apertures performing one or more of the following functions: flow through of air or gases; to decrease a vacuum effect when the door and rear panels are being moved; means to allow shelves which extend across the storage space to be connected to the rear panel; allow air or gas flow into and out of the storage space for cooling or heating purposes when the drawer or carriage is in the cabinet.
- the apertures can be arranged as an array.
- the present invention also provides an appliance comprising a cabinet and at least one moveable door panel and a respective rear panel being held in a spaced apart relationship defining a storage space therebetween and moveable together, the rear panel having a series, or an array, of apertures therethrough with columns or rows of the apertures performing different functions.
- the rows or columns of the apertures can perform one or more of the following functions: flow through of air or gases; to decrease a vacuum effect when the door panels are being moved; means to allow shelves which extend across the storage space to be connected to the rear panel; allow air or gases flow into and out of the storage space for cooling or heating purposes.
- the rear panel when fully retracted into the cabinet makes communicable passage with a duct located in the cabinet, so that air or gas flowing from the duct can exit the duct and subsequently pass through at least one aperture in the rear panel.
- the compressible seal can be mounted on the duct or the compressible seal can mounted on the rear panel, or each can carry a portion of the compressible seal which forms a seal once the duct and rear panel are in close proximity to each other.
- the duct can include a plurality of rows or columns.
- the duct can include a bifurcated portion.
- a plurality of rows or columns of the duct can spaced from each other to enable an intermediate row or column of apertures in the rear panel to lie therebetween.
- the seals and or the duct can operate to retard, stop or slow down said carriage relative to the appliance cabinet.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an appliance being a refrigerator with a bottom mount freezer
- Figure 2 is an upper perspective view of the appliance of Figure 1 ;
- Figure 3 is a section through the appliance of Figures 1 and 2;
- Figure 4 is a front view of the appliance of Figures 1 to 3 with the upper and lower door panels removed;
- Figure 5 is an upper perspective view of a shelf and drawer arrangement (with front panel removed) for use with the appliance of Figures 1 to 4;
- Figure 6 illustrates a refrigerator carriage having front and rear panel upper strut and two side struts which forms a sub-assembly of the unit of the previous figures together with a ducting arrangement for use therewith and which shows the arrangement of the duct relative to the drawer when the drawer is pulled out from the refrigerated cabinet.
- Figure 7 illustrates the components of Figure 6 when the drawer or carriage is pushed back into the refrigerator and the duct is next adjacent to the rear panel;
- Figure 8 shows the side elevation of the components of Figure 6
- Figure 9 shows a cross section through the parts of Figure 8 in line with ducts
- Figure 10 illustrates the side view of the arrangement of components of Figure 7;
- Figure 11 shows a section through these components
- Figure 12 illustrates the duct component in larger perspective
- Figure 13 illustrates in perspective view detail A of Figure 12.
- FIG. 1 Illustrated in Figure 1 is an appliance 10 with a refrigerator cabinet in the upper portion closed by a door panel 12, and a freezer cabinet in the lower portion closed by a door panel 14.
- the door panel 12 and rear panel 18 form a carriage unit defining a space between them, with the door panel 12 and rear panel 18 moving together and being held in a spaced apart relationship, by means of two lower struts 20 and 21 (see Figures 2 and 3) and an upper strut 22.
- the struts 20, 21, and 22 are of a generally C-shape in cross section, and form rails which are part of a sliding drawer mechanism or a telescoping mechanism, which carries and transmits the weight forces of the carriage unit and all that it contains, to the refrigerator cabinet.
- the lower struts 20 and 21 are located at a height above the lower most edge 13 of the door panel 12, so as to accommodate the height of a crisper or vegetable bin or drawer 32 both within the refrigerator cabinet and above the bottom edge 13.
- the upper strut 22 is located near the centre of the door panel 12 at the upper edge thereof. While one strut 22 is used, two struts 22 and 23 which form a composite strut can replace the single strut 22, as illustrated in Figures 12 to 14 as described below.
- the rear panel 18 has a series of apertures or holes 81, which in this instance are each of an obround shape, while the rear facing side of the door panel 12 as illustrated in Figure 4 or 10, has respective or corresponding locking formations 12.1 in the shape of obround projections, so that at least one or a multiple of shelves 26, 28 and 30, can be suspended between the rear panel 18 and rear face of the door panel 12.
- the shelf 30 is the full width of the carriage unit formed by the door panel 12 and rear panel 18, as is shelf 28, whereas shelf 26 is approximately half the width of the carriage unit or the rear panel 18.
- the array or series of holes 81 and corresponding locking formations 12.1 on the rear face of the door panel 12 allow the removable/repositionable shelves to be installed in a number of different positions on the carriage unit, and at a variety of heights or width locations when a partial width shelf unit is used, or at a selection of heights when a full width shelf unit is used.
- the shelves have rearwardly extending obround projections not illustrated which fit into the holes 81 , while at the front edges thereof the shelves have half obround recesses 67 which receive the obround projections 12.1 to mount a shelf between rear panel 18 and front panel 12.
- the shelf 24 has its base secured to the bases of the struts 20 and 21, and is not repositionable like the other shelves 26, 28 and 30, relative to the rear panel 18.
- the shelf 24 allows the shelf 24 to be used to carry or hold bottles which will extend past the height of shelf 26, and this allows sufficient space above the bottles to assist in their removal from the carriage unit.
- the half or fraction width shelf 26 can be slidably mounted to the rear panel and the door so as to be slidable across the width of the carriage.
- the holes 81 in the rear panel 18 have several purposes.
- a first is that when a spigot 18.1 is not located therein, they allow the flow through of air or gases, in addition to the spaces around the sides and top and bottom, to decrease a vacuum effect that may otherwise be produced when the carriage unit is being moved out of the refrigerator cabinet or a piston effect when the carriage unit is being moved into the refrigerator cabinet.
- a second function is the one mentioned earlier which is to provide a peg board type arrangement to allow the shelves to be supported and located by the rear panel 18.
- the final function is to allow air flow into and out of the space between the rear panel 18 and door panel 12 for cooling purposes (or heating purposes if the appliance were an oven or cooking appliance).
- FIG. 6 Illustrated in Figure 6, is the carriage 9 which comprises the front door panel 12, rear panel 18 with its series of apertures 81 and struts 20, 21, 22 interconnecting them.
- a duct 110 as illustrated in Figure 6 which sits behind the rear panel 18 and delivers refrigerated air to the refrigerator cavity via this duct 110.
- the rear panel is made up of 7 rows of apertures, two large apertures in row 120, 25 apertures in the 5 rows 122 and 3 further apertures as the lowest row 124.
- seals 211, 213 and 212 being of a spongy nature and able to maintain this characteristic in the relatively cool environment of a refrigerator, these seals can act as a means to slow down the carriage 9 as it comes to rest inside the cabinet 1 1. Such an action can be in addition to or separate from any springy resistance offered against compressive forces by the shape of the duct 110, when the rear panel engages the duct 110. This can be used a stop or retardation means of the carriage's movement with respect to the appliance cabinet.
- the rows 112 and 113 are provided to ensure that relatively large amounts of cool air can pass through to the refrigeration space from the duct 1 10 should for example 3 of the 5 rows 112 be utilised as illustrated in Figure 1 and 2 to carry shelving.
- the whole row of apertures 122 where the shelf is located would be effectively occluded or partially occluded by the shelf and as such decreased cool or refrigerated air flow would occur and the rows 120 and 124 ensure sufficient air flows out if say 3 of the 5 rows 120 were occluded or partially occluded.
- the lower end of the duct 1 10 includes a bulbous portion 140 which fits snugly into the space under the rear panel 18 in the region of 141. This can help to ensure the vertical alignment of the apertures in the duct 110 with the respective apertures through the rear panel 18 as is illustrated in Figures 10 and 1 1.
- the lower reaches of the duct 110 in the region of 214 is for interconnecting of the duct 110 to the duct delivering refrigerated air from the evaporator.
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