Abstract:
An insulation box unit and a refrigerator of the present invention employs i) rigid urethane foam with a 8.0 MPa-or-greater bending modulus, and a 60 kg/m -or-lower density, and ii) a vacuum insulation material. The proper bending modulus provides the insulation box unit with a substantial strength, even in the case that the coverage of the vacuum insulation material with respect to the surface of the outer box exceeds 40%. The proper density prevents the insulation box unit from poor insulation efficiency due to undesired solid thermal conductivity. Despite of an extended use of the vacuum insulation material, the insulation box unit offers an excellent insulation efficiency and therefore accelerates energy saving. According to the recycling method of the present invention, rigid urethane foam formed of tolylene di-isocyanate composition, which was separated from refrigerator wastes, is recycled as a material of rigid urethane foam.
Abstract:
A refrigerator is improved in storage environment by suppressing drying and oxidation and enhanced in volume efficiency and cooling efficiency. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber, a vegetable chamber, and a freezing chamber in order from its top to its bottom. Cool air is introduced into the freezing chamber by a first cooler and a first fan, and is introduced into the refrigerating chamber by a second cooler and a second fan. These chambers function as a direct cooling chamber. The vegetable chamber functions as an indirect cooling chamber cooled by a cooling plate which is disposed at the top of the chamber and has a large thermal conductivity, which is cooled by forced convection by the second cooler and the second fan, producing the effects of low temperature radiation and natural convection in the chamber. This arrangement provides the refrigerator with quality maintaining effects in accordance with the suitability for storage of foods, and allows the refrigerator to assure high storing performance.
Abstract:
A refrigerator is improved in storage environment by suppressing drying and oxidation and enhanced in volume efficiency and cooling efficiency. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber, a vegetable chamber, and a freezing chamber in order from its top to its bottom. Cool air is introduced into the freezing chamber by a first cooler and a first fan, and is introduced into the refrigerating chamber by a second cooler and a second fan. These chambers function as a direct cooling chamber. The vegetable chamber functions as an indirect cooling chamber cooled by a cooling plate which is disposed at the top of the chamber and has a large thermal conductivity, which is cooled by forced convection by the second cooler and the second fan, producing the effects of low temperature radiation and natural convection in the chamber. This arrangement provides the refrigerator with quality maintaining effects in accordance with the suitability for storage of foods, and allows the refrigerator to assure high storing performance.
Abstract:
There are provided, in the order from top, a refrigerating compartment (90), a vegetable compartment (91) and a freezing compartment (92), and a compressor (104) and a cooler (106) are disposed in side-by-side relation in a left and right direction at a location rearwardly of the freezing compartment (92). Also, a damper device (115) and a forced draft fan (114) are provided above the compressor (104) and the cooler (106), and an electronic control board (128) is provided rearwardly of the cooler (106). In addition, a chilly air discharge duct (116) and a chilly air suction duct (121) are provided at opposite ends of a deep region within the refrigerating compartment (90).
Abstract:
An insulated box body, a refrigerator having the box body, and a method of recycling materials for the insulated box body, the insulated box body comprising hard urethane foam and vacuum insulating material, wherein, since the bending elastic modulus of the hard urethane foam is 8.0 MPa or more and a density is 60 Kg/m3 or below, even when the coverage of the vacuum insulating material exceeds 40% of an outer box surface area, the box body has a sufficient strength and an insulation performance is not lowered due to increase in solid thermal conduction, whereby, even when a large amount of vacuum insulating material is used, the insulated box body does not cause any quality problem, and energy saving can be realized by the excellent insulating performance thereof; the method of recycling comprising the step of industrially recycling the hard urethane foam of tolylenediisocyanate composition used as insulating material again for the material of the hard urethane foam.
Abstract:
A refrigerator which is designed to suppress drying and oxidation to create an improved storage environment therein for food and which has increased volumetric efficiency and increased cooling efficiency. A cold storage chamber, a vegetable chamber and a freezing chamber are arranged in the refrigerator in the order mentioned as viewed from top. The freezing chamber has cold air introduced thereinto from a first cooler and a first blower and the cold storage chamber has cold air introduced thereinto from a second cooler and a second blower, so that both chambers function directly as cooling chambers. The vegetable chamber is provided at its top with a thermally conductive cooling plate which is cooled by the action of forced convection caused by the second cooler and second blower so as to radiate low temperature within the chamber, so that it functions as an indirect cooling chamber which is cooled by natural convection effect. Therefore, the refrigerator has high preservation performance, exerting quality retention effects corresponding to the storage suitabilities of foods.
Abstract:
A refrigerator, wherein a cooling compartment (90), a vegetable compartment (91), and a refrigerating compartment (92) are provided in order from the upper side, a compressor (104) and a cooler (106) are provided behind the refrigerating compartment (92) in parallel with each other in lateral direction, also a damper device (115) and a blower (114) are provided over the compressor (104) and the cooler (106), respectively, and an electronic control substrate (128) is provided behind the cooler (106) and, in addition, a cool air discharge path (116) and a cool air suction path (121) are provided at both bottom end parts inside the cooling compartment (90).