Freezing and refrigerating device and defrosting control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10247466-B2
Application number	US-201515523367-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	Apr 29, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A freezing and refrigerating device comprises a box body and a door body. An air supply path supplying cooling air flow to a storage compartment, an air return path enabling the air flow from the storage compartment to pass, a cooling chamber and a defrosting air return path are defined in the box body, wherein the cooling chamber is provided with an air feeding opening part and an air return opening part and contains an evaporator, a blower and a defrosting heater, and the defrosting air return path is communicated with the air feeding opening part and the air return opening part of the cooling chamber. The air supply path and the defrosting air return path are provided with an air supply door and a defrosting air return door respectively. The present invention further provides a defrosting control method of the freezing and refrigerating device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A defrosting control method of a freezing and refrigerating device, the freezing and refrigerating device comprising a box body and a door body pivotably connected to the box body, wherein inside the box body are defined:
at least one storage compartment for storing articles;
an air supply path configured to supply cooling air flow to the at least one storage compartment an air return path configured to allow the air flow from the at least one storage compartment to pass;
a cooling chamber which comprises an air feeding opening part allowing air inside the cooling chamber to flow to the air supply path and an air return opening part allowing air from the air return path to enter, and contains an evaporator for cooling the air entering the cooling chamber from the air return opening part, a blower for driving the air inside the cooling chamber to flow towards the air feeding opening part, and a defrosting heater provided on the evaporator; and
a defrosting air return path located behind the cooling chamber and communicating with the air feeding opening part and the air return opening part of the cooling chamber; wherein
the air supply path and the defrosting air return path are provided with an air supply door and a defrosting air return door respectively to selectively connect or block the air supply path and the defrosting air return path;
the method comprising:
step A: receiving a defrosting signal instructing the evaporator located inside the cooling chamber of the freezing and refrigerating device to perform defrosting;
step B: starting the defrosting heater located on the evaporator;
step C: closing the air supply door located in the air supply path of the freezing and refrigerating device to block the air supply path; and
step D: opening the defrosting air return door located in the defrosting air return path of the freezing and refrigerating device to connect the defrosting air return path, such that hot air generated by the defrosting heater when performing heating and defrosting sequentially passes the air feeding opening part of the cooling chamber, the defrosting air return path, and the air return opening part of the cooling chamber, and returns to the evaporator, and circulating defrosting is performed to the evaporator using the hot air.

2. The defrosting control method of claim 1 , after the step D, further comprising: step E: when the temperature of the top of the evaporator reaches a predetermined temperature, stopping the defrosting heater.

3. The defrosting control method of claim 2 , after the step E, further comprising:
step F: closing the defrosting air return door to block the defrosting air return path; and
step G: opening the air discharging door in the air discharging path of the freezing and refrigerating device to connect the air discharging path such that residual hot air generated during circulating defrosting is directly discharged to the ambient space via the air discharging path.

4. The defrosting control method of claim 3 , after the step G, further comprising: step H: when the defrosting heater is stopped for a predetermined time period, closing the air discharging door to block the air discharging path.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co Ltd
• Qindao Haier Joint Stock Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tao Haibo
• Liu Jianru
• Qi Feifei
• Ji Lisheng

Classifications

• F25D21/08

  by electric heating · CPC title

• F25D21/14

  Collecting or removing condensed and defrost water; Drip trays · CPC title

• F25D17/062 Primary

  in household refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D11/00

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title

• F25B2700/21173

  at the outlet · CPC title