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CN100416192C
CN100416192C CNB021219222A CN02121922A CN100416192C CN 100416192 C CN100416192 C CN 100416192C CN B021219222 A CNB021219222 A CN B021219222A CN 02121922 A CN02121922 A CN 02121922A CN 100416192 C CN100416192 C CN 100416192C
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长尾清贵
长谷川利英
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator which formed a storeroom and an air-conditioning duct in a insulating housing, the refrigerator formed by a cooler mounted in the air-conditioning duct and cooled air exchanging heat by a blast in the storeroom, which including a ultraviolet radiation device for radiating ultraviolet mounted in cooled air flowing side of the cooler and keep a certain distance with the cooler, the ultraviolet radiation device radiates ultraviolet into the air-conditioning duct. A refrigerator can prevent breed of bacterium and fungus and remove off-flavor is provided.

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Refrigerator
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, it forms storeroom and pipeline in body of thermal insulating box, by being installed on the cooler in this pipeline and by air blast the cold air after the heat exchange being constituted in the storage indoor circulation.
Background technology
In the past, this class refrigerator is between the interior case of being made by outer container of making at steel plate and hard resin, body of thermal insulating box by foamed heat-insulating materials such as foam-in-place mode filling-foam polyurethane constitutes, by to dividing in this body of thermal insulating box, form storerooms such as refrigerating chamber, refrigerating chamber, vegetable compartment.
Bottom at this body of thermal insulating box is separated to form the Machine Room, and compressor, condenser and the condenser that install to constitute cooling device is with air blast etc.The back side in storeroom with above-mentioned cooling device, vertically is installed with the cooler that constitutes freeze cycle, and the cooler air blast is installed above this cooler.Dividing plate is equipped with in the place ahead at this cooler and air blast, like this, forms cold duct between the rear wall of dividing plate and body of thermal insulating box.
The running of compressor and air blast by cooling device, the cold air that will be cooled in cold duct is discharged in the storeroom, make refrigerating chamber as storeroom be cooled to cryogenic temperature about-20 ℃, refrigerating chamber as storeroom is remained on+about 5 ℃ refrigerated storage temperature.In addition, in vegetable compartment, make be unsuitable for dry storage food preservation in suitable temperature.
On the other hand, in the storeroom of refrigerator after the foodstuff storing etc., particularly be attached to assorted bacterium such as the bacterium on surface of egg etc. and mould, be diffused in the storeroom, the problem that assorted bacterium is attached to other food can occur by cold air in the storage indoor circulation.In addition, to be back to cold duct, assorted bacterium will occur and be attached to cooler in the cold duct and cooler with problems such as air blasts owing to contain the cold air of assorted bacterium.
Like this, assorted bacterium will breed in refrigerator, and the corruption of the food of quickening storage etc. also has the problem that produces peculiar smell.
Therefore, just propose in refrigerator, to install the scheme of sterilizing unit and/or odor removal in the past.In addition, the general use of this device is ultraviolet discharge lamp.Just utilize ultraviolet ray to kill planktonic bacteria, or in the ultraviolet irradiation scope, the light catalyst filter deodorizing is installed.In addition,, can also produce ozone, utilize this ozone to carry out deodorizing, sterilization if ultraviolet emission wavelength comprises the zone that 185nm is following.
Summary of the invention
Purpose of the present invention provides a kind of structure that is suitable for this refrigerator.
When for example this device being installed to refrigerator, the best approach is to be installed in the circulation route of cold air.Be installed to most circulating cold air the position, be the position of cooler.But after temperature reduced, the luminous efficiency of discharge lamp also descended usually.One of purpose of the present invention provides a kind of decline that suppresses discharge lamp efficient, and can carry out the refrigerator of sterilization, deodorizing well.
Feature of the present invention is in having the refrigerator that ultraviolet discharge lamp takes place, refrigerated storage temperature zone and cryogenic temperature zone have been comprised, this refrigerator has the cooler that is installed on refrigerated storage temperature intra-zone mid portion top, and below this refrigerated storage temperature zone and be positioned at above-mentioned cooler below, guiding cold air returns the reflux line of above-mentioned cooler, in pipeline, dispose air blast, cooler in regular turn, be provided with the condensate pans of heat-barrier material, and the discharge lamp of irradiation ultraviolet radiation.Like this, owing to can make discharge lamp, therefore can suppress the reduction of the luminous efficiency that low temperature causes away from above-mentioned cooler.
Another feature of the present invention is in the refrigerator of the 2nd cooler of the 1st cooler with the ultraviolet discharge lamp of generation, refrigerated storage temperature zone cooling usefulness, cryogenic temperature zone cooling usefulness, have above-mentioned the 1st cooler that is installed on refrigerated storage temperature intra-zone mid portion top, and in the refrigerated storage temperature zone, and be positioned at the below of above-mentioned the 1st cooler, guiding cold air is got back to the reflux line of above-mentioned the 1st cooler, and the discharge lamp that is installed on the irradiation ultraviolet radiation in this pipeline.Like this, owing to can make discharge lamp, therefore can suppress the reduction of the luminous efficiency that causes because of low temperature away from above-mentioned the 1st cooler.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is to form storeroom and pipeline in body of thermal insulating box, by be installed in this pipeline cooler with make heat exchange by air blast after cold air become at storage indoor circulation face, but possess face that irradiation ultraviolet radiation is arranged and the ultraviolet lamp that can shine the face of visible rays, by this ultraviolet lamp ultraviolet ray is shone in the pipeline, visible rays is shone in the storeroom.Like this, ultraviolet lamp can be used as the indicator lamp of luminance at storeroom, the sterilization of cold air and inner-walls of duct face that can circulate in pipeline simultaneously, and the sterilization that is installed on the equipment in the pipeline.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is, at the face of the shone visible rays of ultraviolet lamp fluorophor is installed.Like this, ultraviolet ray can be transformed to visible rays.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is, has the dividing plate that storeroom and pipeline are separated, and ultraviolet lamp is installed on the dividing plate, but the face of irradiation ultraviolet radiation in pipeline, the face that can shine visible rays is in storeroom.Can make simple in structurely like this, and can realize in the storeroom and visible rays, ultraviolet irradiation in the pipeline by ultraviolet lamp.Thus can simplified structure, reduce cost.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is that ultraviolet lamp can break away from respect to dividing plate from the storeroom side.Like this, just can check ultraviolet lamp at an easy rate from storeroom one side.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is that ultraviolet lamp is the plane lamp, installs along dividing plate.Like this, can reduce the installing space of ultraviolet lamp, improve space efficiency.Like this, not only can not reduce the reservoir volume of storeroom, nor can hinder in the pipeline and the circulating cold air in the storeroom, can improve cooling effectiveness.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is made of metal material by the inner face of the pipeline of the ultraviolet ray of ultraviolet lamp irradiation.Like this, the just damage that can avoid the pipeline inner face to be subjected to because of ultraviolet ray.
Refrigerator of the present invention is to form storeroom and pipeline in body of thermal insulating box, by being installed on the cooler in this pipeline and cold air after the heat exchange being formed in the storage indoor circulation by air blast, but ultraviolet lamp with irradiation ultraviolet radiation, this ultraviolet lamp is installed on the cold air inflow side of cooler, apart from the position of this cooler certain distance, by this ultraviolet lamp to pipeline internal radiation ultraviolet ray.Like this, just can be at an easy rate to carrying out sterilization in the pipeline.In addition, the sterilization of also can circulate in pipeline cold air and inner-walls of duct face also can be carried out sterilization to the equipment that is installed in the pipeline simultaneously.Like this, just can prevent the breeding of assorted bacterium such as bacterium and mould, eliminate the generation of peculiar smell.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is that air blast is installed in the pipeline of cold air outflow side of cooler.Like this, air blast is positioned at the opposite side of ultraviolet lamp across cooler, and therefore the cold air after the ultraviolet lamp sterilization can prevent that assorted bacterium is attached to cooler and air blast successively by cooler and air blast.In addition, owing to ultraviolet lamp the highest position of temperature in pipeline, can improve the ultraviolet illumination efficiency of ultraviolet lamp.
In addition, the feature of ultraviolet lamp is also to storeroom internal radiation ultraviolet ray.Like this, ultraviolet lamp therefore can be to carrying out sterilization in the storeroom He in the pipeline also to storeroom internal radiation ultraviolet ray.
Refrigerator of the present invention is to form storeroom and pipeline in body of thermal insulating box, by be installed in this pipeline cooler with make heat exchange by air blast after cold air become at storage indoor circulation face, but its another feature is the ultraviolet lamp with irradiation ultraviolet radiation, by this ultraviolet lamp in storeroom and pipeline internal radiation ultraviolet ray.Like this, just can carry out in the storeroom and the sterilization in the pipeline.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is the door with the opening free switch that makes storeroom, and under the state of the closure of openings of this goalkeeper's storeroom, ultraviolet lamp is in storeroom and pipeline internal radiation ultraviolet ray.Like this, the danger that the user can be shone ultraviolet photograph prevents trouble before it happens, and improves security.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention is to have a sterilizing chamber that is separated in storeroom, shines ultraviolet ray in the storeroom from ultraviolet lamp, also shines in the sterilizing chamber.Like this, by making ultraviolet reflection, being diffused in the sterilizing chamber, the irradiation ultraviolet radiation that can concentrate reaches the bactericidal effect to bread and fresh food etc.In addition, by to irradiation ultraviolet radiations such as mushrooms, can increase the vitamin ingredients that mushroom has.
Another feature of refrigerator of the present invention be have with storeroom in adjacent, a plurality of parlours that are separated to form, to one of them parlour of major general as sterilizing chamber, with at least one face closure of other parlours with this sterilizing chamber.Like this, can in above-mentioned other parlour, cool off cold items on one side, at sterilizing chamber article carried out sterilization on one side.
The battle array feature of refrigerator of the present invention is that the inner face of sterilizing chamber is made of metal material.Like this, just can prevent that the sterilizing chamber inner face from sustaining damage because of ultraviolet ray.
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Fig. 1 is that the part of refrigerator of the present invention is amplified the side longitudinal section;
Fig. 2 is that the part of Fig. 1 is amplified the side longitudinal section;
Fig. 3 is the circuit block diagram of refrigerator cooling device;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of ultraviolet lamp;
Fig. 5 is the front elevation of ultraviolet lamp;
Fig. 6 is the sectional view when ultraviolet lamp is installed to dividing plate;
Fig. 7 is that the part of refrigerator of the present invention is amplified the side longitudinal section;
Fig. 8 is the part amplification sectional view of Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 is that the part of the refrigerator of other embodiment is amplified the side longitudinal section;
Figure 10 is the part amplification sectional view of Fig. 9.
R: refrigerator 4: body of thermal insulating box
5: refrigerating chamber 6: insulated door
7: dividing plate 8: cold duct
9: cooler 10: air blast
11: compressor 12: door switch
16: parlour (sterilizing chamber) 30,45: ultraviolet lamp
31,32,44: plate glass 33: glass component
34: electronics 35: install and use opening
36: support pawl 37: be to close pawl
38: rubber component 39: installing plate
40: protective cover member 41: metal material
43,46: drawer member
The specific embodiment
Below by drawing embodiments of the invention are elaborated.Fig. 1 is that the part of refrigerator R of the present invention is amplified the side longitudinal section, Fig. 2 is the part enlarged drawing of Fig. 1.Synthetic resin such as outer container 1 that refrigerator R of the present invention is made by the steel plate of front openings and ABS make interior case 2 between, the body of thermal insulating box 4 that forms by foam-in-place mode filling-foam polyurethane heat-barrier material 3 constitutes.
By being contained in slightly, is separated into two parts up and down in the case of this body of thermal insulating box 4 by the not shown partition member of middle body, with the top of this partition member as the refrigerating chamber 5 of keeping refrigerated storage temperature (about+5 ℃).In addition, the temperature sensor 17 (only illustrating at Fig. 3) that detects temperature in the refrigerating chamber 5 is housed in refrigerating chamber 5 (refrigerated storage temperature zone), the microcomputer 18 by the control device that will be described in detail as the back is controlled at set point of temperature.
In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 below the partition member of not shown refrigerator R, below partition member, be divided into two parts up and down by not shown thermal baffle again, between this thermal baffle and partition member, be formed for storing the not shown vegetable compartment (refrigerated storage temperature zone) that vegetables etc. are unsuitable for the food of dry storage.In addition, below thermal baffle, form the not shown refrigerating chamber (cryogenic temperature zone) that is cooled to cryogenic temperature (about 20 ℃).
In addition, unshowned Machine Room in the pie graph of the back lower place of body of thermal insulating box 4, the cooler 9 that the back will describe in detail is housed, and the compressor 11 (only illustrating at Fig. 3) of well-known formation freeze cycle, not shown condenser, condenser are with air blast etc. in this Machine Room.
But the front openings of refrigerating chamber 5 is equipped with the insulated door 6 of the sealing of free switch.In the back of this insulated door 6, promptly refrigerating chamber 5 one sides form a plurality of knockers 20 that vary in size.In addition, in the front openings marginal portion of this insulated door 6 or refrigerating chamber 5, the door switch 12 (only illustrating at Fig. 3) as the door switch checkout gear of the on off state that is used to detect this insulated door 6 is housed.Other refrigerating chamber and vegetable compartment are by the sealing of the insulated door of drawer type, but free switch.
A plurality of shelf of making by synthetic resin etc. 13 that in refrigerating chamber 5, are being arranged above and below, and at the front end of undermost shelf 13, be equipped with downwards can before and after the parlour door 14 of free switch.Below bottom shelf 13, the drawer member 15 that can freely pull out forwardly is housed below the refrigerating chamber 5, in the space that surrounds by this drawer member 15, parlour door 14, undermost shelf 13 and dividing plate 7, form parlour 16.
In refrigerating chamber 5, above body of thermal insulating box 4, about rear wall, across certain intervals dividing plate 7 is housed with body of thermal insulating box 4.Between dividing plate 7 and body of thermal insulating box 4, form cold duct 8 like this.On the cold duct 8 of the rear wall front that is positioned at body of thermal insulating box 4, cooler 9 is installed vertically.Air blast 10 is housed above this cooler 9.In addition, in above-mentioned not shown partition member inside, form the cold air reflux line 25 that cold air returns from refrigerating chamber 5, this cold air reflux line 25 is communicated with the lower end of cold duct 8.
In addition, this refrigerator is the refrigerator with 2 cooler types, and the cooler of refrigerated storage temperature zone usefulness is illustrated cooler 9.The cooler (not shown) of cryogenic temperature zone usefulness is positioned at the below of refrigerator, and is installed in the rear of above-mentioned refrigerating chamber.
Air blast 10 is by cold air reflux line 25, suck cold air from the below of cold duct 8, after cold air is risen along cold duct 8, make the cold air cooling by cooler 9, discharge from the cold gas exhausting outlet 23 that the front end of the dividing plate 7 on constitute refrigerating chamber 5 forms, circulating cold air is carried out in pressure cold duct 8 and refrigerating chamber 5 in.
Below cooler 9, the condensate pans 19 that is used to accept the condensed water that drips from cooler 9 is housed, and the condensation heater 21 that is used to promote the condensate evaporation accepted is housed in this condensate pans 19.In addition in order to form condensate pans 19, the back side at above-mentioned body of thermal insulating box 4 forms recess 4A,, be equipped with simultaneously to preventing to be knotted frost and dividing plate 7 overcooled heat-barrier materials 22 in condensate pans 19 that is positioned at cold duct 8 one sides and cooler 9 and cold duct 8 one sides that are positioned at the dividing plate 7 of air blast 10 front sides.
In Fig. 1, the recess 7A that the central portion of the dividing plate 7 on be positioned at forms is equipped with the illuminating lamp 24 that is used for throwing light in the case in addition.
Opposed dividing plate 7 below the summary of above-mentioned condensate pans 19 is leaned on promptly in the cold air inflow side of cooler 9, apart from the dividing plate 7 of these cooler 9 certain distances, but is equipped with the ultraviolet lamp 30 of irradiation ultraviolet radiation.
This ultraviolet lamp 30 is illustrated in figure 4 as the plane lamp, constitute by discharge lamp in the present embodiment, by seeing through the plate glass 31,32 that the ultraviolet synthetic quartz glass of 254nm for example constitutes, the glass component 33 that makes plate glass 31,32 be formed with the airtight glass container of certain intervals constitutes.And, in the inboard of the above-mentioned glass component 33 that forms these glass container both sides, not shown sparking electrode being housed respectively, this sparking electrode links to each other with not shown electrode reed.In addition, be almost vacuum in this glass container, enclose the rare gas of trace such as micro-mercury vapor (Hg) and argon (Ar).
By not shown distribution above-mentioned electrode reed is linked to each other with AC power, make between sparking electrode discharge after, the electronics 34 that is accelerated clashes with mercury (Hg) and argon (Ar) molecule, energy unit becomes foment from ground state.When molecule of being excited or atom revert to ground state, will radiate the distinctive ultraviolet ray of each molecule, this ultraviolet ray sees through above-mentioned plate glass 31,32, sends ultraviolet ray from the surface of plate glass 31,32.
This ultraviolet lamp 30 is installed in the prior installation that the forms opening 35 in installation site at the ultraviolet lamp 30 of dividing plate 7 as Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6.Promptly installation that dividing plate 7 forms with cold duct 8 one lateral edge portion of opening 35 up and down about or entire circumference, side-prominent to cold duct 8 a little, and be formed for supporting the support pawl 36 of ultraviolet lamp 30.In addition, install with refrigerating chamber 5 one lateral edges of opening 35 up and down or about, what formation can make that ultraviolet lamp 30 breaks away from from refrigerating chamber 5 one sides is to close pawl 37.
Ultraviolet lamp 30 as shown in Figure 5, installing around above the ultraviolet lamp 30, behind the rubber component 38 of bottom surface and two sides periphery, installation is used to keep the installing plate 39 of these rubber component 38 peripheries, fills the installation opening 35 of aforementioned barriers 7 under this state.Form the installing plate 39 that can freely break away from above-mentioned installation with opening 35, the not shown electrode reed of ultraviolet lamp 30 becomes the state that can switch on being installed to the state of installing with opening 35.
Like this, just can carry out the disengaging of ultraviolet lamp 30 at an easy rate from refrigerating chamber 5 one sides.Therefore, do not need to decompose refrigerator R ultraviolet lamp 30 is taken out, can carry out the inspection of ultraviolet lamp 30 at an easy rate.
In addition in the front of the ultraviolet lamp 30 that is positioned at refrigerating chamber 5 one sides, be equipped with and be used to prevent ultraviolet lamp 30 damages, with seeing through the protective cover member 40 that ultraviolet material constitutes, can freely break away from.The detailed installment state of ultraviolet lamp 30 is only shown in Figure 6.
Be installed to the ultraviolet lamp 30 of installing plate 39, the installment state of sending (irradiation) ultraviolet plate glass 31 and 32 is respectively in cold duct 8 and in the refrigerating chamber 5.
By top structure, behind the compressor 11 and air blast 10 runnings of above-mentioned cooling device, the cold air that is cooled through cooler 9 is drawn onto the top by air blast 10, is discharged in the refrigerating chamber 5 from cold gas exhausting outlet 23.Then, after the circulation cooling, cold air is in cold air reflux line 25 is got back to cold duct 8 in refrigerating chamber 5.At this moment, can deposit the food that is attached with bacterium and mould etc. etc. sometimes in the refrigerating chamber 5, these bacteriums and mould etc. will be recycled cold air and peel off from food etc., in cold air is got back to cold duct 8.
At this moment, the ultraviolet lamp 80 that is installed in dividing plate 7 is energized, and emits ultraviolet ray from the plate glass 31 of ultraviolet lamp 30, the cold air irradiation ultraviolet radiation in getting back to cold duct 8.
Like this, contain the Quilt with air conditioning ultraviolet sterilization of assorted bacterium such as bacterium and mould,, be discharged to once more in the refrigerating chamber 5 by air blast 10 with device 9 cooling that is cooled of the state of cleaning.Therefore, cold air can prevent that in circulation in refrigerating chamber 5 and in the cold duct 8 under the killed state of assorted bacterium assorted bacterium is attached to the food that is stored in the refrigerating chamber 5, prevents food spoilage.
Therefore the ultraviolet lamp 30 of present embodiment directly to refrigerating chamber 5 internal radiation ultraviolet rays, can be directly carries out sterilization to being stored in the interior food of refrigerating chamber 5 etc. from plate glass 32.
Not only can carry out sterilization to the food in circulation cold air in the cold duct and the refrigerating chamber 5, but also can be to carrying out sterilization in the cold duct 8 and in the refrigerating chamber 5, also can carry out sterilization to the wall of cold duct 8, the equipment such as air blast 10 in the cold duct 8 and condensate pans 19 that are installed on.
Like this, just can prevent the breeding of assorted bacterium such as bacterium in the refrigerator R and mould, eliminate peculiar smell.
As previously mentioned, what the plate glass 31,32 of the ultraviolet lamp 30 that the refrigerator R of present embodiment is adopted used is to see through the ultraviolet synthetic quartz glass of 254nm, in addition, also can use the ultraviolet synthetic quartz glass that sees through ozoniferous wavelength (for example 185nm is following).
At this moment,, therefore in cold duct 8 He in the refrigerating chamber 5, ozone will be produced, and so just deodorizing and sterilization can be carried out owing to emit ozoniferous ultraviolet ray from plate glass 31,32.
Also can be in cold duct 8, the ultraviolet position coating photocatalyst of irradiation ultraviolet radiation irradiation unit 30 etc.Can utilize these photocatalysts that the cold air in the cold duct 8 is carried out deodorizing, can will be upgraded by the bacterium that photocatalyst adsorbs with ultraviolet ray simultaneously, continuously the cold air in the cold duct 8 be carried out deodorizing.
In the present embodiment, air blast 10 is installed to across cooler 9, the opposite side of ultraviolet lamp 30, the i.e. position of the cold duct 8 of the cold air outflow side of cooler 9.Therefore, the cold air after ultraviolet lamp 30 sterilizations can pass through cooler 9 and air blast 10 successively, can prevent that assorted bacterium is attached on cooler 9 and the air blast 10.
In addition, because ultraviolet lamp 30 is installed in the position that temperature is the highest in cold duct 8, so the difficult reduction of the temperature of ultraviolet lamp 30, can improve ultraviolet illumination efficiency.
Ultraviolet lamp 30 in the present embodiment is in the space limited in cold duct 8, is made of the plane lamp that can save installing space relatively, therefore can effectively utilize the space in the cold duct 8.
On the other hand, because be installed to the installation opening 35 that on dividing plate 7, forms by the ultraviolet lamp 30 that the plane lamp constitutes, therefore can ultraviolet lamp 30 be installed along dividing plate 7, can further reduce the installing space of ultraviolet lamp 30, improve the space efficiency of cold duct 8.Like this, just can not dwindle the situation of the reservoir volume of refrigerating chamber 5, can not hinder in the cold duct 8 simultaneously and the circulating cold air in the refrigerating chamber 5 yet, therefore can improve cooling effectiveness.
Above-mentioned ultraviolet lamp 30 is by the control of switching on as the microcomputer 18 of above-mentioned control device.Promptly as shown in Figure 3, connecting above-mentioned door switch 12 and temperature sensor 17, connecting compressor 11, air blast 10 and ultraviolet lamp 30 at the outlet side of microcomputer 18 at the input side of microcomputer 18.In addition, though do not mark in Fig. 3, temperature setting device and ice lamp inside the box 24 etc. also can link to each other with microcomputer 18 in the refrigerator.
Like this, when microcomputer 18 detects insulated door 6 with the state of the closure of openings of refrigerating chamber 5 by door switch 12, make ultraviolet lamp 30 energisings, to refrigerating chamber 5 in, reach cold duct 8 internal radiation ultraviolet rays.In addition, when detecting insulated door 6 and make the opening opened state of refrigerating chamber 5, cut off the circuit of ultraviolet lamp 30, stop from ultraviolet lamp 30 irradiation ultraviolet radiations.
Therefore, the user of refrigerator R is when opening insulated door 6, because can not be from ultraviolet lamp 30 to refrigerating chamber 5 internal radiation ultraviolet rays, the danger that the user can be shone ultraviolet photograph prevents trouble before it happens, and improves security.
Above-mentioned door switch 12 is also controlled the running of above-mentioned air blast 10.Be door switch 12 when detecting insulated door 6 and make the state of closure of openings of refrigerating chamber 5, make air blast 10 runnings; Door switch 12 when detecting insulated door 6 and make the opening opened state of refrigerating chamber 5, the running of the machine 10 that turns off the blast.But when detecting opened state, the running of the machine 10 that at first turns off the blast is synchronous with the running of carrying out temperature controlled compressor 11 according to temperature sensor 17 in addition, the running of air blast 10 is controlled.
By the place of ultraviolet lamp 30 irradiation ultraviolet radiations, promptly in cold duct 8, in the relative position, position of ultraviolet lamps 30 being installed with dividing plate 7, or near interior case 2 fronts of the adiabatic wall 4 it or the whole inner face of refrigerating chamber 5, post the metal material 41 that constitutes by aluminium foil and corrosion resistant plate etc.
Like this, just can avoid using interior case 2 damages of synthetic resin such as the ABS formation that wears out because of ultraviolet ray.In addition, when dividing plate 7 was made of resin, the dividing plate 7 in the position of irradiation ultraviolet radiation sticked metal material, also can obtain identical effect.
In the refrigerating chamber 5 of the ultraviolet ray irradiation that is subjected to ultraviolet lamp 30, directly be subjected to ultraviolet ray irradiation shelf 13, constitute insulated door 6 refrigerating chamber 5 one sides inner panel or knocker 20 etc. when constituting by the resin that wear out because of the ultraviolet ray irradiation, also need stick same metal material.
The ultraviolet lamp 30 that uses at present embodiment is seated on the dividing plate 7 of above-mentioned parlour 16 back as shown in Figures 7 and 8, also can be with this parlour 16 as sterilizing chamber.In addition, opening 35 is used in installation and as previously mentioned, formation on the dividing plate 7 that is positioned at sterilizing chamber 16 back can freely break away from by installing plate 39.
Be installed in the drawer member 15 of sterilizing chamber 16, by can promptly not constituting because of aging material takes place in ultraviolet ray by stainless steel and other metal materials.
By top structure, after ultraviolet lamp 30 energisings, from 32 irradiation ultraviolet radiations of the plate glass in sterilizing chamber 16, by making ultraviolet ray in sterilizing chamber 16 internal reflections, diffusion, can the cover ultraviolet ray.Therefore, bread and fresh food or egg etc. are stored in the sterilizing chamber 16, just can be to needing the food of sterilization especially, or the food of storing with the state of peeling carried out effective sterilization.
To irradiation ultraviolet radiations such as mushrooms, can increase the contained vitamin ingredients of mushroom in addition.To irradiation ultraviolet radiations such as fruits, can increase the sweet taste of fruit.
At this moment, because the plate glass 31 of ultraviolet lamp 30 in cold duct 8, therefore can carry out sterilization to the cold air of circulation in cold duct 8.In addition in this case, place in the ultraviolet ray irradiation that is subjected to ultraviolet lamp 30, promptly in cold duct 8, dividing plate 7 with the relative position, position that ultraviolet lamp 30 is installed, stick the metal material 41 that constitutes by aluminium foil and corrosion resistant plate etc.
Referring again to Fig. 9 and Figure 10 describes the refrigerator S as other embodiment.Refrigerator S among this embodiment is forming 2 layers of above-mentioned parlour 16 up and down on the basis of the foregoing description.Promptly the undermost shelf 13 in refrigerating chamber 5 below, 2 drawer member 43,46 are installed up and down, the installation of the two is opening in the above all, and can forwards pull out.Like this, in parlour 16, be formed on the ice greenhouse that forms in the drawer member 43, the sterilizing chamber that in drawer member 46, forms.
These drawer member 43,46 are made of the stainless steel and other metal materials that is difficult for because of ultraviolet ray ageing, are positioned at the top opening of the drawer member 46 of downside simultaneously, can enough following face closures that is positioned at the drawer member 43 of upside.In the back of the drawer member 46 that is positioned at downside, be formed for from ultraviolet lamp 30 to the ultraviolet opening 42 of drawer member 46 internal radiations.
On the dividing plate 7 that is positioned at these drawer member 46 back, ultraviolet lamp same as the previously described embodiments 30 is installed.In addition, install as previously mentioned, on the dividing plate 7 that is positioned at sterilizing chamber 18 back, form, can freely break away from by installing plate 39 with opening 35.
Like this, to drawer member 46 internal radiation ultraviolet rays, make ultraviolet ray in drawer member 46 internal reflections, diffusion from ultraviolet lamp 30, can the cover ultraviolet ray.Therefore, bread and fresh food or egg etc. are stored in the sterilizing chamber 16, just can be to needing the food of sterilization especially, or the food of storing with the state of peeling carried out effective sterilization.
In addition, can also cool off with 43 pairs of cold items of drawer member on one side, drawer member 46 in article carried out sterilization on one side.Like this, even the meat that is made of protein etc. easily because of the rotten food of ultraviolet ray, can cool off with not seeing through 43 pairs of these meats of drawer member that ultraviolet partition member 42 separates, and in drawer member 46, vegetables etc. are carried out sterilization.
In this embodiment, owing to be contained in the top closure of openings of the drawer member 46 that below will constitute another sterilizing chamber of an ice greenhouse of the formation drawer member 43 of parlour 16, so need can not make designs simplification at drawer member 46 other mounting cover members.In addition, in the present embodiment the situation that drawer member 43,46 is housed up and down is illustrated, in addition, also can makes as the ice greenhouse of a parlour with as the adjacent formation of sterilizing chamber of another parlour.
At this moment, because the plate glass 31 of ultraviolet lamp 30 in cold duct 8, therefore can carry out sterilization to the cold air of circulation in cold duct 8.In the place of the ultraviolet ray irradiation that is subjected to ultraviolet lamp 30, promptly in cold duct 8, dividing plate 7 with the relative position, position that ultraviolet lamp 30 is installed, stick the metal material 41 that constitutes by aluminium foil and corrosion resistant plate etc.
In addition,, in refrigerating chamber 5, deposit kitchen articles such as chopping board and kitchen knife, also can carry out sterilization it by the refrigerating chamber 5 internal radiation ultraviolet rays of ultraviolet lamp to present embodiment.
Again the ultraviolet lamp 45 as the refrigerator R of another embodiment is described below.The plate glass 31 that ultraviolet lamp 45 is made of the ultraviolet synthetic quartz glass that can see through 54nm, the plate glass 44 that can constitute through the calcium soda-lime glass of the above visible rays of 290nm, the glass component 33 that makes these plate glass be formed with the airtight glass container of certain intervals constitute.And, same with the ultraviolet lamp 30 of the foregoing description, link to each other with sparking electrode and electrode reed, and in glass container, enclose mercury vapor and argon etc.
By not shown distribution above-mentioned electrode reed is linked to each other with AC power, make between sparking electrode discharge after, same as above, the electronics 34 that is accelerated clashes with mercury (Hg) and argon (Ar) molecule, energy unit becomes foment from ground state.When this molecule of being excited or atom revert to ground state, will radiate the distinctive ultraviolet ray of each molecule, at plate glass 31, this ultraviolet ray is from seeing through plate glass 31, emits ultraviolet ray from the surface of plate glass 31.At plate glass 44, when plate glass 44 is run in this ultraviolet ray, emit from plate glass 44 surfaces as visible rays.
When this ultraviolet lamp 45 is installed to dividing plate 7, the same with the foregoing description, by rubber component 38 and installing plate 39, be installed to cooler 9 the cold air inflow side apart from the installation of the dividing plate 7 of these cooler 9 certain distances with opening 35, on can freely break away from.At this moment, ultraviolet lamp 45 sends (radiation) ultraviolet plate glass 31 towards cold duct 8 making, and makes under the state of plate glass 44 in refrigerating chamber 5 and install.
Like this,, utilize from the ultraviolet ray of plate glass 31 irradiations of ultraviolet lamp 45 in cold duct 8 one sides, the same with the foregoing description, can carry out sterilization to the cold air of circulation in cold duct 8 and the equipment in the cold duct 8 etc.
On the other hand, in refrigerating chamber 5 one sides, by plate glass 44 irradiation visible light, auxiliary lamp or the key lighting lamp of ultraviolet lamp 45 as ice lamp inside the box 24 can be used, and can be used as the indicator lamp of the luminance of ultraviolet lamp 45 from ultraviolet lamp 45.And can improve design performance as the decoration in the refrigerating chamber 5.
In addition, by the installation opening 35 that ultraviolet lamp 45 is installed in dividing plate 7, but can make at an easy rate irradiation ultraviolet radiation face, be that plate glass 31 is in cold duct 8, make the face that can shine visible rays, be that plate glass 44 is in refrigerating chamber 5, therefore simple in structure, and can enough ultraviolet lamps 45 to refrigerating chamber 5 in cold duct 8 internal radiation visible rays and ultraviolet rays.Therefore, can simplified structure, and can reduce cost.
At this moment, also can be at the face of the shone visible rays of ultraviolet lamp 45, be unshowned fluorophor in the plate glass 44 1 side installations diagram.At this moment, when the fluorophor of plate glass 44 is run in the ultraviolet ray that takes place, can send stronger visible rays in glass container, can improve the illuminating effect in the refrigerating chamber 5 from the surface of plate glass 44.
The present invention has following beneficial effect:
The present invention forms storeroom and pipeline in body of thermal insulating box, by being installed in this pipeline Cooler and the refrigerator that the cold air after the heat exchange is formed by air blast in the storage indoor circulation In, but possess face that irradiation ultraviolet radiation is arranged and can shine the ultraviolet ray irradiation dress of the face of visible rays Put, by this ultraviolet lamp ultraviolet ray is shone in the pipeline, make the visible rays irradiation In storeroom, so ultraviolet lamp can be used as the finger of luminance in storeroom Show that lamp uses, and the sterilization of ancient piece of jade, round, flat and with a hole in its centre face in pipeline, can circulate cold air and the pipeline, with And the equipment that is installed in the pipeline is carried out sterilization.
The present invention forms storeroom and pipeline in body of thermal insulating box, by being installed in this pipeline Cooler and the refrigerator that the cold air after the heat exchange is formed by air blast in the storage indoor circulation In, but have the ultraviolet lamp of irradiation ultraviolet radiation, this ultraviolet lamp is installed In the cold air inflow side of cooler, apart from the position of this cooler certain distance, by this ultraviolet ray Irradiation unit is to pipeline internal radiation ultraviolet ray, so this ultraviolet lamp can not be subjected to upper State the impact of the cold air that cooler is cooled, can prevent the luminous effect of this ultraviolet lamp The reduction of rate.
The present invention forms storeroom and pipeline in body of thermal insulating box, by being installed in this pipeline Cooler and the refrigerator that the cold air after the heat exchange is formed by air blast in the storage indoor circulation In, but have the ultraviolet lamp of irradiation ultraviolet radiation, by this ultraviolet lamp to Interior and the pipeline internal radiation ultraviolet ray of storeroom therefore can be to killing in the storeroom He in the pipeline Bacterium.

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1. refrigerator, it is characterized in that, in body of thermal insulating box, form storeroom and pipeline, by being installed on the cooler in this pipeline and making cold air after the heat exchange in the refrigerator that above-mentioned storage indoor circulation forms by air blast, refrigerated storage temperature zone and cryogenic temperature zone have been comprised, but this refrigerator has the ultraviolet lamp of irradiation ultraviolet radiation, this ultraviolet lamp is to be configured in the pipeline of being located in the refrigerated storage temperature zone, and in pipeline, disposing air blast in regular turn, cooler, be provided with the condensate pans of heat-barrier material, and ultraviolet lamp
This ultraviolet lamp is installed on the cold air inflow side of above-mentioned cooler, apart from the position of this cooler certain distance, by this ultraviolet lamp to above-mentioned pipeline internal radiation ultraviolet ray.
2. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned air blast is installed in the above-mentioned pipeline of cold air outflow side of above-mentioned cooler.
3. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, above-mentioned ultraviolet lamp is the plane lamp.
4. refrigerator as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, has the dividing plate that above-mentioned storeroom and pipeline are separated, and above-mentioned ultraviolet lamp is installed on this dividing plate along aforementioned barriers.
5. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, but above-mentioned ultraviolet lamp has the face of irradiation ultraviolet radiation and can shine the face of visible rays, but ultraviolet ray shines in the above-mentioned pipeline from the face of above-mentioned irradiation ultraviolet radiation, and visible rays shines in the above-mentioned storeroom from the above-mentioned face that shines visible rays.
6. refrigerator as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, above-mentioned ultraviolet lamp is also to above-mentioned storeroom internal radiation ultraviolet ray.
7. a refrigerator is characterized in that, in having the refrigerator that ultraviolet discharge lamp takes place, has comprised refrigerated storage temperature zone and cryogenic temperature zone, and this refrigerator has the cooler that is installed on cold KURA temperature province bosom part top, and
In this cold KURA temperature province inside, and be positioned at the below of above-mentioned cooler, guiding cold air returns the reflux line of above-mentioned cooler, and in pipeline, dispose air blast, cooler in regular turn, be provided with the condensate pans of heat-barrier material, and the discharge lamp of irradiation ultraviolet radiation.
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