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Patent Abstract
The present invention relates to a solenoid valve supporter of Kim-chi
refrigerator that guarantees the original functions of the solenoid
valve with very simplified structure for mounting a plurality of
solenoid valves by positioning every solenoid valve corresponding
to the evaporators on one supporter body with the same intervals
and flowing and emitting the refrigerants into the plurality of
solenoid valves through the supporter. The Kim-chi refrigerator
comprise a solenoid valve supporter S for supporting the plurality
of solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 every corresponding to the plurality
of evaporator 17. The plurality solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 are
positioned on the solenoid valve supporter S with the same intervals
each other, and the solenoid valve supporter S comprises a supporter
body 11 having a inlet port 15 formed the lower edge central portion
of the supporter body 11 and a plurality of outlet ports 18 formed
corresponding to the every solenoid valve S1, S2, and S3, an inlet
pipe P which sends the refrigerants from the condenser 8 to the
every solenoid valve S1, S2, and S3 via inlet holes 15a inside the
supporter body 11, and a plurality of outlet ports 18 which sends
the refrigerants from the every solenoid valve S1, S2, and S3 to
every evaporator via outlet holes 18a inside the supporter body
11.
Patent Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A Kim-chi refrigerator consisting of the first two first Kim-chi
storage room with opening and shutting type upper door respectively
and a drawer consisting a third Kim-chi storage room as a vegetable
chamber for storing the vegetables and fruits, a compressor for
compressing the refrigerant, a condenser for condensing and liquefying
the compressed refrigerant, a plurality of evaporators corresponding
from the first to the third Kim-chi storage rooms in the machine
room, and numerous solenoid valves which can modulate the flow path
of the refrigerants supplied to the numerous evaporators, which
comprise: a solenoid valve supporter for supporting the numerous
solenoid valves to every corresponding evaporators, wherein the
plurality solenoid valves are positioned on the solenoid valve supporter
with the same intervals to each other, and the solenoid valve supporter
comprising: a supporter body having an inlet port formed on the
lower edge central portion of the supporter body and numerous outlet
ports formed corresponding to every solenoid valve, an inlet pipe
which sends the refrigerants from the condenser to every solenoid
valve via inlet holes inside the supporter body, and numerous outlet
ports which send the refrigerants from the every solenoid valve
to each evaporator via outlet holes inside the supporter body.
2. A Kim-chi refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising a bracket
for mounting the solenoid supporter with the numerous solenoid valves
inside the wall of the machine room, wherein the bracket comprises:
a vertical slat combined in the adhesive condition with the inside
wall of the machine room, a horizontal slat formed integrally with
the vertical slat and prolonged in a rectangular direction and inserted
adhesively to the concave portion formed on the central portion
of the upper surface of the supporter body to be connected and combined
through the screw hole formed on the central portion of the upper
surface of the supporter body.
3. A Kim-chi refrigerator of claim 2, further comprising a sound-absorbing
material installed inside the solenoid valve supporter with solenoid
valves on the inside wall of the machine room by the bracket, the
sound-absorbing material is inserted between the vertical slat of
the bracket and the inside wall of the machine room to prevent the
noise occurring from the solenoid valves being transmitted to the
inside wall of the machine room through the bracket.
Patent Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (1) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a solenoid valve supporter
of Kim-chi refrigerator, and more specifically to a solenoid valve
supporter of Kim-chi refrigerator that is guaranteed of the original
functions of the solenoid valve with very simplified structure for
mounting a plurality of solenoid valves by positioning every solenoid
valve corresponding to the evaporators on one supporter body with
the same intervals and flowing and emitting the refrigerants into
the plurality of solenoid valves through the supporter.
[0003] (2) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] In general, a refrigerator is a type of cooling apparatus.
The refrigerants are condensed and liquefied under a high pressure
by using a condenser. The condensed refrigerants are moved to an
expansion valve having a tube of a small diameter. Here, the refrigerants
are instantaneously vaporized in an evaporator, and thus the temperature
is dropped to generate cooling air. The cooling air is supplied
to a main body of the refrigerator, thus maintaining freshness of
the food in the refrigerator.
[0005] The refrigerant vaporized in the evaporator by absorbing
heat are moved from a compressor to a condenser, and condensed and
liquefied in the condenser, discharging heat. Thereafter, the above-described
procedure is repeated to perpetually perform the cooling operation.
[0006] On the other hand, a Kim-chi refrigerator introducing the
refrigerating principle to ripen Kim-chi and maintain freshness
of Kim-chi has been popular. Such a Kim-chi refrigerator is made
small. Accordingly, while a general refrigerator has a door on its
front side, the Kim-chi refrigerator has a door on its top surface
in a hinge type.
[0007] The interior of the Kim-chi refrigerator contains a cooling
and heating device. Accordingly, when ripening Kim-chi, the temperature
inside the container is raised by making the heater a heating device
operates thereby ripening Kim-chi kept in a containing room. After
ripening Kim-chi properly, the heater stops and simultaneously a
cooling device is operated, so the temperature of the containing
room is maintained properly, thereby capable of maintaining Kim-chi
with its taste and freshness for a long period of time.
[0008] Recently, a drawer type Kim-chi refrigerator has been suggested
to insert a drawer into its main body. The upper opening and shutting
type Kim-chi refrigerator has a Kim-chi storage room positioned
vertically and the door mounted on the Kim-chi storage room to open
upward, and the drawer type Kim-chi refrigerator has a drawer providing
a Kim-chi storage room positioned horizontally. Recently the compound
type Kim-chi refrigerator with an upper door of the upper opening
and shutting type Kim-chi refrigerator and a drawer of the drawer
type Kim-chi refrigerator has been developed and in use.
[0009] The conventional compound type Kim-chi refrigerator has
the same structure as shown in the FIGS. 1a and 1b.
[0010] As illustrated in FIGS. 1a and 1b, generally there are two
Kim-chi storage rooms 20 divided on the upper part of body 10 of
the Kim-chi refrigerator that constitutes the outer appearance,
and there is a mounted hinge 40 on the upper part of the back of
body 10 in order to open and close by lifting the two upper door
30 upwards, which enables the two Kim-chi storage rooms 20 to open
and close.
[0011] In Kim-chi storage room 20, the separate Kim-chi storage
vessels 21 is inserted to ripen and store Kim-chi.
[0012] Also, on the lower portion of the Kim-chi storage rooms
20, a drawer 53 providing the drawer type storage room 50 is positioned.
Usually, this drawer type storage room 50 is designed mainly to
store vegetable chamber. This vegetable chamber maintains the indoor
temperature from the cool air supplied from the evaporator 100 installed
separately.
[0013] This drawer type storage room 50 is structured so that mostly
vegetables and fruits, etc. can be kept fresh, and the drawer type
storage room 50 is built in a way that it is equipped with a handle
52 wholly conjoined with a drawer 53 in order to open and close
the receipt barrel 51 which can store and maintain vegetables, etc.
In addition, on the backside of the drawer type storage room 50,
a machine room 70 is separately positioned where the compressor
60 and a condenser are set in place for the cooling unit.
[0014] The control for all the Kim-chi refrigerator operation is
attained by the modulating panel 80 provided on the front side of
the body 10, and the insulating material 90 is filled inside the
body 10 through the foaming molding to raise the insulating effect
from the exterior air.
[0015] Meanwhile, since the compounded Kim-chi refrigerator with
two Kim-chi storage rooms 20 and the drawer type storage room 50
as the above mentioned is fully equipped with an evaporator 100
that supplies cool air in each interior space, a solenoid valve
is provided in order to smoothly supply the refrigerants by modulating
the flow of the refrigerants by each evaporator.
[0016] At this point, by briefly examining the structure of the
solenoid valve used in the conventional Kim-chi refrigerator, as
it is shown in FIG. 2, this is composed of the valve body 220 with
the inlet port 160 and the outlet port 180 through which the refrigerants
are flown and emitted, the cylinder 110 installed adhesively to
this valve body 220, the plunger 130 which closes the inlet port
160 through the lower edge sealing cap 120 by the pressure of spring
210, and the cover 190 embedded with the coil 170 possible of the
refrigerants to flow by pulling the plunger 130, magnetized by the
exterior power transmitted through the wire 150.
[0017] Then, since the inlet port 160 and the outlet port 180 are
connected with the inlet pipe 200 and the outlet pipe 140 each coupled
with the refrigerant hose, as the coil 170 is charged with electricity,
and the plunger 130 overcomes the power of spring 210 to be raised,
the refrigerants flown through the inlet pipe 200 are emitted out
of the flow-out pipe 140 through the inlet port 160 and the outlet
port 180, making the refrigerants flow.
[0018] On the other hand, in case of applying the solenoid valve
constituted as aforementioned to the compound type Kim-chi refrigerator,
three solenoid valves are usually furnished corresponding to every
evaporator installed in three space.
[0019] Nevertheless, in composing each of the three solenoid valve
separately to correspond with each evaporator, there is an obvious
discrepancy that this structure becomes very complicated, and there
is another problem where setting in each solenoid valve inside the
machine room loses its assembling efficiency.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0020] The objective of this invention is to provide a solenoid
valve supporter of Kim-chi refrigerator supported with a number
of (for example, three pieces) solenoid valves to discharge the
refrigerants flown through one inlet pipe to every solenoid valve
by establishing plurality solenoid valves in one supporter body
and provide the solenoid valves of Kim-chi refrigerator with very
simple structure by emitting the refrigerants to the corresponding
evaporator through the outlet pipe according to the controlled amount
in every solenoid valve.
[0021] Another objective of this invention to provide a solenoid
valve supporter of Kim-chi refrigerator capable of enhancing the
assembling efficiency by fixing the simple structured solenoid valve
on the wall of the machine room using one bracket.
[0022] In addition, the other objective of this invention to provide
a solenoid valve supporter of Kim-chi refrigerator capable of preventing
the noise occurring from the solenoid valve being transmitted to
the machine room wall surface through the bracket by inserting the
sound-absorbing material between the bracket and the machine room
wall surface in fixing the solenoid valve on the machine room wall
surface by using the bracket.
[0023] In accordance with this present invention a solenoid valve
supporter of Kim-chi refrigerator Kim-chi refrigerator
[0024] Consisting of the first two Kim-chi storage rooms with opening
and shutting type upper door respectively and a drawer consisting
a third Kim-chi storage room as a vegetable chamber for storing
the vegetables and fruits, a compressor for compressing the refrigerant,
a condenser for condensing and liquefying the compressed refrigerant,
a plurality of evaporators corresponding to the first to third Kim-chi
storage rooms in the machine room, and a plurality of solenoid valves
which can modulate the flow path of the refrigerants supplied to
the plurality of evaporators, which comprise: a solenoid valve supporter
for supporting the plurality of solenoid valves corresponding to
every evaporator, wherein the plurality solenoid valves are positioned
on the solenoid valve supporter with the same intervals to each
other, and the solenoid valve supporter comprising: a supporter
body having an inlet port which forms the lower edge central portion
of the supporter body and a plurality of outlet ports formed corresponding
to each solenoid valve, an inlet pipe which sends the refrigerants
from the condenser to every solenoid valve via inlet holes inside
the supporter body, and numerous outlet ports which send the refrigerants
from each solenoid valve to every evaporator via outlet holes inside
the supporter body.
[0025] It is preferable that the Kim-chi refrigerator further comprising
a bracket for mounting the solenoid supporter with numerous solenoid
valves inside the wall of the machine room, wherein the bracket
comprises: a vertical slat combined in the adhesive condition with
the inside the wall of the machine room, a horizontal slat formed
integrally with the vertical slat and prolonged in a rectangular
direction and inserted adhesively to the concave portion formed
on the central portion of the upper surface of the supporter body
to be connected and combined through the screw hole formed on the
central portion of the upper surface of the supporter body.
[0026] And, it is preferable that the Kim-chi refrigerator further
comprising a sound-absorbing material in the installation of the
solenoid valve supporter with solenoid valves on the inside wall
of the machine room by the bracket, the sound-absorbing material
is inserted between the vertical slat of the bracket and the inside
wall of the machine room to prevent the noise occurring from the
solenoid valves from being transmitted to the inside wall of the
machine room through the bracket.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0027] Other objectives and aspects of the present invention will
become apparent from the following description of the embodiments
with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:
[0028] FIGS. 1a and 1b are perspective view and sectional view
of the conventional compound type Kim-chi refrigerator respectively;
[0029] FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a solenoid of prior art;
[0030] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a compound type Kim-chi
refrigerator according to the present invention;
[0031] FIG. 4 is an partially sectional view showing a structure
for mounting a solenoid valve supporter with solenoid valves on
an inside wall of a machine room in accordance with the present
invention;
[0032] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the solenoid
valve supporter and bracket for fixing solenoid valves in accordance
with the present invention;
[0033] FIG. 6 is a front view showing the solenoid valves fixed
on the supporter with the bracket of FIG. 5; and
[0034] FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the solenoid valves fixed
on the supporter with the bracket of FIG. 5.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0035] As shown in the FIG. 3, the constitution of the compound
type Kim-chi refrigerator with this invention applied is substantially
similar to the constitution explained in the conventional technology.
[0036] The compound type Kim-chi refrigerator according to the
present invention has the first and second Kim-chi storage rooms
R1 and R2 ripening and refrigerating Kim-chi, prolonged and formed
to the lower part vertically, and on the first and the second storage
rooms, each door 2 is installed possible of opening and shutting
to the upper portion of the body 1 by the hinge 4. Meanwhile, the
drawer 6 providing a third Kim-chi storage room is designed to be
used mainly as the vegetable chamber for storing the vegetables
and Kim-chi. Hereinafter, the third Kim-chi storage room also refers
to a vegetable chamber. This vegetable chamber is supplied with
the cool air from the evaporator established separately to maintain
the indoor temperature.
[0037] As shown is FIG. 4, The vegetable chamber of the drawer
type Kim-chi refrigerator plays the role of receipt vessel capable
of receiving the vegetable etc, and on the back side of the vegetable
chamber, the machine room 3 provided with the compressor 7 for compressing
the refrigerants and the condenser 8 for condensing the compressed
refrigerants in the compressor 7 is divided and formed. Also, the
solenoid valve supporter S and blowing fan 16 needed in the cooling
cycle are mounted on the machine room 3.
[0038] As shown is FIGS. 5 and 6, at this point, the solenoid valve
supporter S is supported of three solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3
corresponding to every evaporator 17 mounted on the first and the
second Kim-chi storage rooms R1 and R2 and the third Kim-chi storage
room.
[0039] At this time, one supporter body 11 fixes the three-solenoid
valves S1, S2, and S3. Also, the solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3
are positioned to be diverged with each other with 120.degree. intervals
from the central portion of the supporter body 11. That is, the
supporter body 11 structurally diverged in the form of wing with
120.degree. intervals with the central portion taking the triangular
horn form as a standard. On the edge portion diverged in the form
of wing in three directions, three solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3
are positioned.
[0040] Meanwhile, a bracket 9 is provided in the form proper to
the structure of the solenoid valve supporter S to install three
solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 mounted on the supporter body 11
within the machine room 3.
[0041] The bracket 9 plays the role of attaching the solenoid valve
supporter S inside wall 3a of the machine room 3. This bracket 9
is composed of the vertical slat 9a adhesive to the inside wall
3a of the machine room 3 and the horizontal slat 9b formed integrally
with this vertical slat 9a and prolonged at right angles.
[0042] At this time, the horizontal slat 9b is inserted adhesively
to the 11 concave portion 11a formed on the upper side central portion
of the supporter body 11, and connected to the screw hole formed
on the center of the supporter body 11 by the screw 14. The width
of the horizontal slat 9b adhesive to the supporter body 11 is formed
more narrow than the width of the vertical slat 9a, considering
the intervals of the supporter body 11 diverged in 120.degree. .
[0043] Also, in establishing the solenoid valve supporter S fixed
inside wall 3a of the machine room 3a by using bracket 9, the sound-absorbing
material 13 is inserted between the bracket 9 and the inside wall
3a of the machine room 3 to prevent the noise occurring from the
solenoid valve supporter S from being transmitted to the inside
wall 3a of the machine room 3a through the bracket 9, and for this
the placing portion 9c capable of inserting the sound-absorbing
material 13 to the vertical slat 9a of the bracket is protruded
and formed to the front direction.
[0044] As shown in FIG. 7, the solenoid valve supporter S comprises
the supporter body 11 having a inlet port 15 formed the lower edge
central portion of the supporter body 11 and a plurality of outlet
ports 18 formed corresponding to the every solenoid valve S1, S2,
and S3, an inlet pipe P which sends the refrigerants from the condenser
8 to the every solenoid valve S1, S2, and S3 via inlet holes 15a
inside the supporter body 11, and a plurality of outlet ports 18
which sends the refrigerants from each solenoid valve S1, S2, and
S3 to every evaporator 17 via outlet holes 18a inside the supporter
body 11.
[0045] The inlet holes 15a are branched and formed in three directions
(120.degree. intervals ) from the inlet port 15 connected with the
inlet pipe P to every solenoid valve S1, S2, and S3. The inlet holes
18a penetrated through the solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 are vertically
elongated form every solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 to the outlet
ports 18 connected to the outlet pipes P1, P2, and P3.
[0046] According to this invention, in the condition that the solenoid
valves S; S1, S2, and S3 are positioned with the same intervals
and jointed on the supporter body 11, through the inlet pipe P connected
to the supporter body 11 and the outlet pipes P1, P2, and P3 connected
to every solenoid valve S1, S2, and S3, the refrigerants which mediate
the cooling cycle possibility of flowing and moving freely, and
at this time, the solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 send the refrigerants
to every evaporator 17 the same as the solenoid valves maintaining
the conventional independent form by modulating the refrigerants
amount, controlled by the microcomputer(not shown).
[0047] Since the supporter body 11 and the solenoid valve S take
the jointed structure, as well as the structure itself is very simplified
than the solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 which are existing independently,
and in constructing and attaching to the inside wall 3a of the machine
room3, the bracket 9 can be used simply by having the profit of
raising the construction intensity.
[0048] According to this invention as above mentioned, by positioning
and jointing the solenoid valves on one supporter in one structure,
the structure itself is very simplified as well as completely guaranteeing
the functional quality of the original solenoid valve to minimize
the space which the solenoid valve takes in installing on the inside
wall of the machine room with the profit of relieving the intervention
with the other components.
[0049] Also, the use of one bracket makes the construction intensity
proficient with the profit of reducing the cost in the aspect of
the production cost price.
[0050] Meanwhile, in attaching the solenoid valve to the inside
wall of the machine room through the bracket, mediating of the sound-absorbing
material can prevent the noise occurring from the solenoid valve
from being transmitted to the inside wall of the machine room with
the effect of noise reduction. |