Automatic defrost system for a refrigerating device
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25D-021/06
F25B-047/00
출원번호
US-0980392
(2002-04-01)
우선권정보
BR-9903093 (1999-06-22)
국제출원번호
PCT/BR00/00067
(2000-06-20)
국제공개번호
WO00/79193
(2000-12-28)
발명자
/ 주소
Lopes, Luiz Antonio Diemer
출원인 / 주소
Mul'Tibras S. A. Eletrodomesticos
대리인 / 주소
Darby & Darby
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
7인용 특허 :
4
초록▼
An automatic defrost system for a refrigerating device, comprising, in a cabinet, an evaporator and a condenser, and a defrost air circuit having: a first circuit portion; a second circuit portion receiving a certain defrost airflow from the first circuit portion and positioned adjacent to the conde
An automatic defrost system for a refrigerating device, comprising, in a cabinet, an evaporator and a condenser, and a defrost air circuit having: a first circuit portion; a second circuit portion receiving a certain defrost airflow from the first circuit portion and positioned adjacent to the condenser, in order to be heated by the latter; a third circuit portion, which is positioned adjacent to the evaporator, so as to selectively heat it when the heated defrost airflow passes through the second circuit portion and to conduct the defrost airflow to the first circuit portion; and a valve means, which selectively permits the passage of the defrost airflow from the second circuit portion to the third circuit portion.
대표청구항▼
1. An automatic defrost system for a refrigerating device, whose cabinet (1) comprises a freezing compartment (2) and a refrigerating compartment (3), a refrigeration circuit including a condenser (20) and an evaporator (10), and a refrigeration forced air circuit comprising said compartments (2 and
1. An automatic defrost system for a refrigerating device, whose cabinet (1) comprises a freezing compartment (2) and a refrigerating compartment (3), a refrigeration circuit including a condenser (20) and an evaporator (10), and a refrigeration forced air circuit comprising said compartments (2 and 3) and the evaporator (10), characterized in that it further comprises a defrost air circuit (30) through which the defrost air flows by natural convection and having: a first circuit portion (31), through which flows a certain defrost airflow; a second circuit portion (32) receiving the defrost airflow from the first circuit portion (31) and positioned adjacent to the condenser (20), in order to exchange heat with the latter and heat the defrost airflow; a third circuit portion (33), which selectively receives, from the second circuit portion (32), the defrost airflow, and which is positioned adjacent to the evaporator (10), so as to be in direct contact with the latter and heat it when the refrigerating device is under a defrost condition, and conducting the defrost airflow to the first circuit portion (31); and a valve means (40), which selectively permits the passage of the defrost airflow from the second circuit portion (32) to the third circuit portion (33), upon occurrence of a certain ice formation condition in the evaporator, and blocks said passage of defrost airflow, upon completion of the defrost in the evaporator (10). 2. System, as in claim 1, characterized in that the third circuit portion (33) comprises a descending extension (34), which defines the part of the refrigeration forced air circuit that contains the evaporator (10). 3. System, as in claim 2, characterized in that the valve means (40) comprises a multi-way valve, which allows the passage of the defrost airflow through the defrost air circuit, and simultaneously blocks the passage of the refrigeration air from the freezing and refrigerating compartments (2 and 3) to the evaporator (10), upon occurring said certain ice formation in the evaporator (10). 4. System, as in claim 3, characterized in that the multi-way valve is mounted in the refrigeration forced air circuit at a region of said circuit where air returns from the freezing and refrigerating compartments (2, 3). 5. System, as in claim 4, characterized in that the second circuit portion (32) occupies an area extension substantially corresponding to that of the condenser (20). 6. System, as in claim 5, characterized in that the second circuit portion (32) is provided externally to an adjacent rear wall portion of the cabinet (1), the first and the third circuit portions (31, 33) being provided on the rear wall of the cabinet (1), respectively adjacent to the refrigerating compartment (2) and to the freezing compartment (3). 7. System, as in claim 6, characterized in that it comprises a drain (35) provided at a lower region of the second circuit portion (32).
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