Recessed refrigerator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Recessed refrigerators installed in limited spaces, such as wall cabinets or cupboards, face inefficiencies in heat dissipation from the compressor compartment due to blocking, which reduces their refrigerating effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A recessed refrigerator design featuring a compressor compartment with a main air inlet and outlet on its bottom plate, facilitated by a heat dissipating fan, along with a partition plate and wind baffle to enhance airflow and ensure timely heat discharge, allowing air to flow externally and maintain efficient refrigeration while allowing the back plate to be positioned against a wall or cupboard for space-saving.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the recessed refrigerator is installed in a wall cabinet or cupboard to improve space utilization and design conciseness, then the space utilization rate and indoor design are improved, but the heat dissipation from the compressor compartment is blocked and heat dissipation efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a bottom air inlet and bottom air outlet configuration, utilizing the vertical dimension (space between the refrigerator bottom and supporting surface) to create an additional heat dissipation pathway. This dimensional change allows heat to be discharged from below the refrigerator, bypassing the blocking issue caused by wall cabinet installation, thereby resolving the contradiction between space utilization and heat dissipation efficiency.
2Volume of moving object
If the back plate is positioned against the wall or cupboard for space-saving installation, then space utilization is improved, but heat dissipation pathways are blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the heat dissipation function into multiple independent pathways: front air inlet, back air outlet, bottom air inlet, and bottom air outlet. This segmentation allows the back plate to be positioned against the wall or cupboard for space-saving installation while ensuring that heat dissipation is not blocked, as heat can be discharged through both the back and bottom pathways.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design effectively discharges heat from the compressor compartment, ensuring improved refrigeration performance and allowing for space-saving installation without creating hygienic dead angles.
Implementation Method 1
air from the external, driven by the heat dissipating fan, entering the compressor compartment through the main air inlet and then flowing to the external through the main air outlet
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses a recessed refrigerator supported on a supporting surface, the refrigerator including a cabinet, a door movably disposed at a front side of the cabinet, a compressor compartment formed in a rear lower portion of the refrigerator and a compressor and a heat dissipating fan located in the compressor compartment, the cabinet including a bottom plate, the bottom plate being disposed apart from the supporting surface, and the bottom plate including a compressor compartment bottom plate located below the compressor compartment, the compressor compartment bottom plate being formed with a main air inlet and a main air outlet communicating the external with the compressor compartment, air from the external, driven by the heat dissipating fan, entering the compressor compartment through the main air inlet and then flowing to the external through the main air outlet.