JPS6024663Y2 - Console box with refrigerated case - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a console box with a refrigerated case for an automobile.

BACKGROUND ART When refrigerating food and drinks in the cabin of an automobile, it is common to use cold air from a cooling evaporator of an air conditioner or the like located below an instrument panel, for example.

In this case, when a refrigerating case is housed in an air conditioner, the device becomes large and protrudes from the passenger's feet and becomes a nuisance.

Therefore, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 48-14263 proposes installing a refrigerating case inside a console box and guiding a portion of the cold air blown into the vehicle interior from the air conditioner into the case.

The purpose of this proposal is to efficiently utilize the cold air from the evaporator.The console box 3 is located approximately in the center between the driver's seat 1 and the passenger seat 2, and has its rear end extended to the vicinity of the seats. A full suction port 4 is provided on the side wall of the rear end, and the evaporator 5 and refrigerating case 6 are arranged sequentially forward from the suction port 4 in the console box 3, and the lower part between the front ends of the console box 3 is connected to the instrument panel. 8 and connected to the inside air inlet 11 of the heater unit 9.

The figure shows an example in which the front lower part of the console box 3 and the inside air inlet 11 of the heater unit 9 are connected via a duct 12.

13 is an outside air inlet, 14 is an inside air/outside air switching damper,
15 is a fan, 16 is a motor, 17 is a heater core, 18
is a pie-level damper that converts the air from the fan 15 into cool air that exits upward into the vehicle interior through the air outlet 19 and the cool air that flows from the passage 20 in the heater unit 9 through the heater core 17 to the foot air outlet 2.
This is to distribute the warm air coming out of 1 and adjust the cold head and foot heat as appropriate.

The refrigerating case 6 is a box made of a lattice or net with low ventilation resistance, which is housed in the console box 3, and food and drinks R, etc. are stored in the case 6.

Reference numeral 22 indicates an opening/closing lid provided above the case 4.

Next, to explain its operation, when the inside air inlet 11 is opened by the inside air/outside air switching damper 14 and the fan 15 is turned, the air circulates as shown by the arrow in the figure and flows into the console box 3 from the air intake ports 4. The entered air is cooled through the evaporator 5, and all of the cooled air is guided into the heater unit 9 through the mesh or hole of the refrigeration case 6, and is then stored in the refrigeration case 6 by the cooling air. The food, drinks, etc. that have been prepared are cooled.

In the figure, 23 is a front panel that partitions the cabin 7 and the outside of the cabin;
24 is a windshield, and 25 is a change lever.

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, all of the cold air from the evaporator 5 passes through the inside of the refrigerating case 6 and can reliably cool the food, drinks, etc. inside the case 6, and compared to the conventional system, the blowout temperature is less affected. The cold air from the evaporator 5 can be used efficiently without being damaged.

In addition, by arranging the evaporator 5 in the console box 3 as described above, a space can be created below the instrument panel 8, which was conventionally arranged, and a wide leg area can be secured, and the refrigerating case 6 can be used as a refrigerator. When not in use, it can be used as a storage space, and the original console box functionality is not compromised in any way.

Moreover, since the air suction port 4 from inside the passenger compartment 10 to the inside of the console box 3 is provided at the rear end of the console box, cool air can be circulated well to the seats 1 and 2.

In this case, if the air inlet 4 is provided on the left and right side walls of the rear end of the console box as shown in the illustrated example, a cold air circulation path from the cabin air outlet 19 to the air inlet 4 will be formed on both the driver's seat 1 and passenger seat 2 sides. Although a uniform cooling effect can be obtained, it goes without saying that the air suction port 4 may be formed on the rear side wall of the rear end.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view of a portion of an automobile equipped with a console box with a refrigerated case according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional side view thereof. 1 and 2 are seats, 3 is a console box, 4 is an air intake port, 5 is an evaporator, 6 is a refrigerator case, 7 is an opening, 8 is an instrument panel, and 9 is a heater unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An air intake port 4 is provided in the side wall of the rear end of a console box 3, which is arranged approximately in the center between the driver's seat 1 and the passenger seat 2, and whose rear end extends to the vicinity of the seat. A refrigerator in which an evaporator 5 and a refrigerator case 6 are arranged sequentially forward from the suction port 4, and the lower part between the front ends of the console box 3 is connected to the inside air inlet 11 of the heater unit 9 arranged below the instrument panel 8. Console box with case.