Refrigerating and freezing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12298074-B2
Application number	US-201917420590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2019
Priority date	Jan 4, 2019
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

A refrigerating and freezing device ( 200 ) includes a cabinet defining at least one storage compartment, a refrigerating system configured to provide cooling capacity to the at least one storage compartment, and a heating unit ( 100 ). The heating unit ( 100 ) includes a metal container body ( 110 ) disposed in one storage compartment, a door body ( 120 ) configured to open and close a pick-and-place opening of the metal container body ( 110 ), and an electromagnetic generating system generating electromagnetic waves in the metal container body ( 110 ) to heat an object to be processed. At least a part of the electromagnetic generating system is disposed in the metal container body ( 110 ) or accessed into the metal container body ( 110 ). The metal container body ( 110 ) is configured to be grounded to discharge the high-voltage electrostatic charges on the metal container body ( 110 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigerating and freezing device, comprising:
a cabinet, defining at least one storage compartment;
a refrigerating system, configured to provide cooling capacity to the at least one storage compartment; and
a heating unit, wherein the heating unit comprises:
a metal container body, disposed in one of the storage compartments and provided with an opening; and
a door body, disposed at the opening and configured to open and close the opening;
wherein at least part of the heating unit is disposed in the metal container body or accessed into the metal container body and configured to generate electromagnetic waves in the metal container body to heat an object to be processed, wherein the metal container body is configured to be grounded;
wherein the cabinet comprises an inner liner, a shell and an insulating layer disposed between the inner liner and the shell, and the shell comprises bottom steel disposed at a bottom of the insulating layer; and the refrigerating and freezing device further comprises:
a lead wire, one end of which is configured to be conductively connected with the metal container body, and the other end of which is configured to be conductively connected with the bottom steel;
wherein the bottom steel defines a compressor chamber configured to place a compressor of the refrigerating system; and
the lead wire is disposed in the insulating layer in advance and passes through the inner liner and the bottom steel to reserve wiring terminals respectively in the storage compartment where the metal container body is located and the compressor chamber.

2. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the wiring terminals are configured to be respectively fixed to and conductively connected with the metal container body and the bottom steel by fasteners.

3. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 1 , wherein the heating unit further comprises:
a radiating antenna, disposed in the metal container body to generate electromagnetic waves of a corresponding frequency in the metal container body according to an electromagnetic wave signal.

4. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 3 , wherein the at least another part of the heating unit is disposed in the compressor chamber to facilitate heat dissipation.

5. The refrigerating and freezing device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a heat dissipation fin, configured to be thermally connected with the heating unit to increase a heat dissipation area, and
two lateral side walls of the compressor chamber being respectively provided with an air vent to allow ambient air to enter the compressor chamber and exchange heat with the heat dissipation fin.

Assignees

• Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
• Qingdao haier special refrigeration electric appliance co ltd

Inventors

• Wang Haijuan
• Li Peng
• Zhao Kunkun
• Mu Sen

Classifications

• F25D2400/40

  Refrigerating devices characterised by electrical wiring · CPC title

• H05B6/12

  Cooking devices · CPC title

• F25D23/12

  Arrangements of compartments additional to cooling compartments; Combinations of refrigerators with other equipment, e.g. stove · CPC title

• A23B2/82

  Thawing subsequent to freezing · CPC title

• H05B6/80

  Apparatus for specific applications (stoves or ranges F24C7/02) · CPC title