Information
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Patent Grant
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6705099
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Patent Number
6,705,099
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Date Filed
Wednesday, December 11, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, March 16, 200420 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
Agents
- Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 062 186
- 062 404
- 062 407
- 062 408
- 062 81
- 236 493
- 454 108
- 454 154
- 454 305
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, including a housing which is respectively mounted in one or more cold air guiding paths formed on a side wall of the chilling chamber to guide cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber, a nozzle which is rotatably supported in the housing, for concentratedly injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred in the chilling chamber, a temperature sensor which is mounted at the front of the nozzle, for sensing the region where the high temperature load is occurred, rotating together with the nozzle, and a nozzle driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down as well as in the circumferential direction of the nozzle, can swiftly maintain a temperature inside of a chilling chamber as a uniform temperature by concentratedly discharging cold air into a region where a high temperature load is occurred inside the chilling chamber.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a refrigerator and particularly, to a concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, capable of swiftly maintaining a temperature inside of a chilling chamber as a uniform temperature by performing a swift cooling operation of a high temperature load by concentratedly injecting cold air into a region where a high temperature load is occurred inside the chilling chamber.
2. Description of the Background Art
Generally, a refrigerator includes a freezing chamber for keeping frozen food, and a chilling chamber for keeping chilled food, and a refrigerating cycle for supplying cold air to the freezing chamber and chilling chamber is positioned therein.
FIG. 1
is a perspective view showing a partially cut section of a conventional refrigerator, and
FIG. 2
is a longitudinal sectional view showing a conventional chilling chamber.
The conventional refrigerator includes a main body
104
in which a pair of doors
102
opened and closed in both directions are mounted at the front side, having a receiving space therein, a freezing chamber
106
which is positioned at the left side of the main body
104
, for keeping frozen food, a chilling chamber
108
which has a plurality of shelves
114
for keeping refrigeration food therein, which is divided by the freezing chamber
106
and partition
110
and is positioned at the right side of the main body
104
, and a cold air supplying apparatus which is installed at the upper side of the freezing chamber
106
, for supplying air which is cooled passing the refrigerating cycle to the freezing chamber
106
and chilling chamber
108
.
The cold air supplying apparatus includes a ventilation fan
120
which is mounted on the upper rear wall of the freezing chamber
106
, for coercively ventilating air which is cooled by passing the refrigerating cycle, a panel
128
which is positioned at the lower side of the ventilation fan
120
, having a plurality of cold air discharging ports
130
are formed therein to supply cold air into the freezing chamber
106
, a cold air supply path
132
which is formed at the upper side of the partition
110
for flowing cold air ventilated from the ventilation fan
120
to the chilling chamber
108
, a cold air discharging duct
134
which is mounted at the upper portion of the chilling chamber
108
and is connected to the cold air supply path
132
, for discharging cold air into the chilling chamber, and a cold air inflow path
138
which is formed at the lower side of the partition
110
, and in which cold air which completed cooling operation circulating in the chilling chamber
108
is flowed into the refrigerating cycle.
Here, a plurality of cold air discharging ports
136
for discharging cold air to the chilling chamber
108
are formed at the front and lower sides of the cold air discharging duct
134
.
A temperature sensor
140
is attached on one side of the chilling chamber
108
, blocks supply of cold air to the chilling chamber
108
when the temperature of the chilling chamber
108
is lower than a predetermined level, and supplies cold air from the freezing chamber
106
when the temperature is higher than a predetermined level.
The operation of the conventional art with the above composition will be described as follows.
Firstly, when the refrigerating cycle is driven and the ventilation fan rotates, the cold air cooled by passing through the refrigerating cycle is discharged respectively to the cold air discharging port
130
of the panel
128
and cold air supply path
132
by a ventilation pressure of the ventilation fan
120
.
The cold air discharged to the cold air discharging port
130
performs a freezing operation of a frozen food stored in the freezing chamber
106
circulating inside the freezing chamber
106
.
The cold air supplied to the cold air supply path
132
is flowed to the cold air discharging duct
134
and is discharged into the chilling chamber through the cold air discharging port
136
which is formed in the cold air discharging duct
134
.
Therefore, the cold air discharged into the chilling chamber
108
performs cooling operation of the chilled food stored in the chilling chamber
108
circulating in the chilling chamber
108
, and the cold air which stops being cooled is flowed to the cold air inflow path
138
formed at the lower side of the partition
110
and is cooled again by the refrigerating cycle.
However, in the conventional refrigerator, since the cold air discharging duct is positioned at the upper side of the chilling chamber and cold air is supplied from the upper side to the lower side of the chilling chamber through the cold air discharging port formed in the cold air discharging duct, temperature deviation became deepened according to the distance from the cold air discharging port. Since the cold air is discharged only from the cold air discharging duct of the chilling chamber, it took much time to make temperature inside the chilling chamber uniform when a high temperature load is occurred due to a receiving food and the like in the chilling chamber. Therefore, a chilling time became longer, thus to degrading freshness of food stored in the chilling chamber.
Also, since the temperature sensor and cold air discharging port are positioned under the condition that they are respectively fixed in a predetermined region, the temperature detected by the temperature sensor was limited in a predetermined region in the chilling chamber and since cold air discharging was also limited in a predetermined region, in case a high temperature load is occurred in a region out of the portion where the temperature sensor can detect temperature, it took much time to get rid of temperature deviation inside the chilling chamber, and accordingly, the temperature inside the chilling chamber could not be swiftly uniformized.
Particularly, since the cold air discharging port is formed a the rear portion of the chilling chamber, cold air is concentrated in the rear portion and center portion of the chilling chamber near from the cold air discharging port. Therefore, food near the rear portion was over-cooled by much effect of the cold air and food which was kept near the door far from the cold air discharging port could not be relatively affected by the cold air and was under-cooled.
That is, since the internal temperature of the chilling chamber gains a more serious deviation according to the distance from the cold air discharging port, the distribution of the temperature inside the chilling chamber can not be uniformed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, capable of swiftly maintaining a temperature inside of a chilling chamber as a uniform temperature by increasing a cooling speed of the high temperature load by concentratedly discharging cold air to a region where the high temperature load is occurred.
Also, the other object of the present invention is to provide a concentration cooling apparatus for refrigerator, capable of widening the sensing range of the temperature sensor by rotating a nozzle having a cold air injection port for discharging the cold air and the temperature for sensing temperature therein up and down as well as in the circumferential direction, and actively coping with the high temperature load occurred inside the chilling chamber by widening the cold air discharging range of the cold air injection port.
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, there is provided a concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising a housing which is respectively mounted in one or more cold air guiding paths formed on a side wall of the chilling chamber to guide cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber a nozzle which is rotatably supported in the housing, for concentratedly injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred in the chilling chamber a temperature sensor which is mounted at the front of the nozzle, for sensing the region where the high temperature load is occurred, rotating together with the nozzle, and a nozzle driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down, and in the direction of the circumference.
The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1
is a partially cut perspective view showing a conventional refrigerator;
FIG. 2
is a longitudinal sectional view showing a conventional chilling chamber of the conventional refrigerator.
FIG. 3
is a partially cut perspective view showing a refrigerator in which a concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention is positioned;
FIG. 4
is a longitudinal sectional view showing the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 5
is a partially perspective view showing a disjointed cold air injecting apparatus of the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 6
is a partially cut perspective view showing a nozzle of the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 7
is a front view showing the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 8
is a cross-sectional view taken along section line VIII—VIII of
FIG. 7
; and
FIG. 9
is a block diagram showing a concentration cooling apparatus for the refrigerator in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
As the embodiment of the present invention, there can be plural ones and hereinafter, most preferred embodiments will be described.
FIG. 3
is a partially cut perspective view showing a refrigerator in which a concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention is positioned and
FIG. 4
is a longitudinal sectional view showing the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
The refrigerator in which the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention is formed includes a main body
2
in which a door (not shown) opened and closed in both directions is mounted, having a receiving space for storing food therein, a freezing chamber
4
which is positioned at a side between the left or right side of the main body
2
, for storing frozen food, a chilling chamber
6
which is divided by the freezing chamber
6
and partition
8
and is positioned at the right side of the main body
4
and partition
8
, for receiving chilled food, a refrigerating cycle (not shown) which is installed at a side of the main body
2
, for generating cold air, and a concentration cooling apparatus for concentratedly discharging cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred inside of the chilling chamber
6
.
The cold air supplying apparatus includes a ventilation fan
12
which is attached on the upper rear wall of the chilling chamber
4
, for coercively ventilating the cold air which is cooled passing the refrigerating cycle, a panel
14
which is positioned at the lower side of the ventilation fan
12
, for discharging cold air ventilated from the ventilation fan
12
to the freezing chamber
4
, a cold air supply path
15
which is formed at the upper side of the partition
8
for flowing cold air ventilated from the ventilation fan
12
to the chilling chamber
6
, and a cold air discharging duct
17
in which a cold air discharging port
16
which is connected to the cold air supply path
15
and is mounted at the upper portion of the chilling chamber
6
, for discharging cold air into the chilling chamber
6
, is formed.
At the lower side of the partition
8
, a cold air inflow portion
18
for flowing the cold air completed to be cooled circulating in the chilling chamber
6
to the refrigerating cycle is formed.
The concentration cooling apparatus includes a cold air guiding path
19
which is extended in the cold air supply path
15
formed in the partition
8
and is formed one or more of it is formed in the side wall, for guiding cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber
6
, and a cold air injecting apparatus
30
which is connected with the cold air guiding path
19
, positioned at the side wall of the chilling chamber
6
respectively, for injecting cold air to the region where the high temperature load was generated.
On the other hand, a damper
20
for opening and closing cold air flowed to the chilling chamber
6
or selectively disclosing the cold air supplying duct
17
and cold air guiding path
19
is formed.
The damper
20
is formed in a circular type that is rotably mounted by a hinge shaft
22
on the upper side surface of the cold air supply path
15
. The hinge shaft
22
is connected to a driving device (not shown) and the damper
20
rotates when the hinge shaft
22
is operated.
That is, as shown in
FIG. 4
, when the damper
20
is positioned in the first position L by the operation of the driving device, cold air supply from the freezing chamber
6
becomes blocked, if the damper is positioned in the second position M, the cold air is supplied to the cold air guiding path
19
and cold air discharging duct
17
. When the damper is positioned in the third position N, cold air is supplied to the cold air guiding path
19
and supply of cold air to the cold air discharging duct
17
becomes blocked.
The cold air injecting apparatus
30
will be described with reference to
FIGS. 5
to
9
.
FIG. 5
is a partially perspective view showing a disjointed cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 6
is a partially cut perspective view showing a nozzle of the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 7
is a front view showing the cold air injecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 8
is a cross-sectional view taken along section line VIII—VIII of FIG.
7
and
FIG. 9
is a block diagram showing a concentration cooling apparatus for the refrigerator in accordance with the present invention.
The cold air injecting apparatus
30
includes a housing
32
which is respectively mounted in the cold air guiding path
19
at a regular interval, a nozzle
39
which is rotably supported in the housing
32
, for injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred, a temperature sensor
45
which is mounted at the front of the nozzle
39
, for sensing the region where the high temperature load was generated inside the chilling chamber
6
, rotating together with the nozzle
39
, a first driving portion
51
which is mounted in the housing
32
, for rotating the nozzle
39
up and down, a second driving portion
61
which is mounted in the housing
32
, for rotating the nozzle
39
in the circumferential direction, and a control unit
81
for controlling the first and second driving portions
51
and
61
by receiving a signal from the temperature sensor
45
.
The housing
32
is mounted in each cold air guiding hole
24
which is formed in the cold air guiding path
19
, and a cover
33
is mounted on the opened surface of the front side of the housing
32
.
The housing
32
is formed in a cylindrical shape with a side opened and it is contacted on the nozzle
39
in the direction of the cover
33
at the center, and a protrusion portion
34
for guiding cold air flowed to the housing
32
to the nozzle
39
is positioned therein.
Here, a plurality of first supporting rollers
35
in which the nozzle
39
is rotably supported are mounted in the circumferential direction of the housing
32
.
Also, the protrusion portion
34
is formed in a protruded shape to be connected with the cold air guiding hold
24
of the cold air guiding path
19
, and the surface where the protrusion portion
34
and the nozzle
39
are contacted is formed in a curved shape so that it can be easily rotated being contacted on the nozzle
39
. In the circumferential direction of the protrusion portion
34
, a first heater
73
is attached to prevent the part contacted between the nozzle
39
and protrusion portion
34
from being frost.
The cover
33
is formed in a circular shape that the nozzle insertion hole
36
in which the nozzle
39
is inserted at the center portion is formed, a plurality of second supporting rollers
37
for rotably supporting the nozzle
39
is mounted in the circumferential direction of the nozzle insertion hole
36
, and a second heater
71
is attached on the inner surface of the cover
33
in the circumferential direction, thus to prevent frost in the portion contacted with the nozzle
39
.
Here, the housing
32
and cover
33
are coupled by a mutual combining bolt
38
and they can be combined by another combing means as well as the mutual combining bolt
38
.
The nozzle
39
is inserted in the nozzle insertion hole
36
of the cover
32
, the front side is exposed to the front portion of the cover
32
, and the inner circumferential surface at the rear side is contacted on the protrusion portion
34
of the housing
32
.
As shown in
FIG. 6
, the nozzle
39
is formed in a hemispheric shape, and a cold air injecting port
40
for injecting cold air to the inside of the chilling chamber
6
is formed being penetrated in a position that it is eccentrically positioned at a predetermined interval at the center. A temperature sensor
45
for detecting the internal temperature of the chilling chamber
6
is mounted at the upper side of the nozzle
39
.
The nozzle
39
is rotably fixed to the nozzle supporting member
62
which is positioned at a predetermined distance from the outer circumference of the nozzle by the connection rod
52
which is extended to the both sides.
Here, the upper side of the connection rod
52
is inserted in the rod receiving portion
69
which is mounted on the inner circumferential surface of the nozzle supporting member
62
and is rotably supported.
Also, the nozzle supporting member
62
includes a circular portion
63
which is opened so that the nozzle
39
is inserted therein, a cylindrical portion
64
in which the rod receiving portion
69
is mounted in the inner circumferential surface, being vertically extended in the circular portion
63
in the cylindrical shape.
In addition, the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion
64
of the nozzle supporting member
62
is rotably supported in the first supporting roller which is formed in the housing
32
.
Therefore, the nozzle
39
can rotate up and down being connected to the nozzle supporting member
62
by the connection rod
52
, and it can rotate in the to circumferential direction by rotation of the nozzle supporting member
62
.
The cold air injecting port
40
is formed being slanted a predetermined angle from the rear center of the nozzle
39
to the front side and the outlet of the cold air is eccentrically positioned at a side.
The temperature sensor
45
is mounted being slanted a predetermined is angle in the sensor receiving groove
42
which is eccentrically formed in the nozzle
39
, and it is desirable that the sensor is composed of infrared sensors for detecting temperature by receiving infrared ray from the heat source at the front of the cold air injection port
40
.
Here, it is desirable that the temperature sensor
45
is formed being slanted in the same direction as the cold air injection port
40
to have the region direction that is detected by the temperature sensor
45
and the direction of the cold air which is discharged from the cold air injection port
40
same.
The first driving portion
51
includes a plurality of gears for transmitting a driving force in gear with the connection rod
52
, and a first driving motor
56
for generating a driving force being connected to the gears.
The gears include a first gear
53
which is fixed to the connection rod
52
, a second gear
55
which is fixed in the driving shaft of the first driving motor
56
, a third gear
54
for decelerating the driving force of the first driving motor
56
being in gear between the first and second gears
53
and
55
.
It is desirable that the first driving motor
56
includes a stepping motor which is rotated a predetermined step angle.
The first driving portion
51
with the above composition rotates the connection rod
52
as the driving force is transmitted to the connection rod
52
by the gears when the driving force is generated in the first driving motor
56
, and the nozzle
39
which is combined with the connection rod
52
by rotation of the connection rod
52
rotates up and down.
The second driving portion
61
includes a rack gear
68
which is fixed on the inner side surface of the cylindrical portion
64
of the nozzle supporting member
62
, a pinion gear
57
which is in gear with the rack gear
68
, and a second driving motor
66
for driving the pinion gear
57
.
It is desirable that the second driving motor
66
includes a step motor which is rotated a predetermined step angle.
In the second driving portion
61
with the above composition, the nozzle supporting member
62
rotates by the pinion gear
57
and the rack gear
68
when the second driving motor
66
generates a driving force.
Therefore, the nozzle
39
which is connected to the nozzle supporting member
62
and the connection rod
52
rotates in the circumferential direction.
On the other hand, as shown in
FIG. 9
, the control unit
81
determines whether a high temperature load is occurred according to the signal applied from the temperature sensor
45
, controls driving of the first and second driving portions
51
and
61
, and at the same time, controls a damper driving part
23
which controls a position of the damper
20
.
The operation of the refrigerator having the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention with the above composition will be described as follows.
Firstly, when the refrigerating cycle and ventilation fan
12
are driven, the cold air cooled passing the refrigerating cycle is discharged to the freezing chamber
4
through the cold air discharging port
13
which is formed in the panel
14
, performs a cooling operation circulating the chilling chamber
4
, and is supplied to the chilling chamber
6
through the cold air supply path
15
which is formed in the partition
8
.
The cold air supplied to the cold air supply path
15
is supplied to the cold air discharging duct
17
and the cold air guiding path
19
, and is discharged into the chilling chamber
6
through the cold air discharging port
16
formed in the cold air discharging duct
17
, thus to perform a cooling operation. At this time, the damper
20
which is installed in the cold air supply path
19
is operated in the third position N and accordingly, discharging of cold air from the freezing chamber
4
is performed.
On the other hand, when the first driving motor
56
is driven by the control unit
81
of the cold air injecting apparatus
30
, the driving force of the first driving motor
56
is transmitted to the connection rod
52
and the nozzle
39
rotates up and down, and when the second driving motor
66
is driven, the nozzle supporting member
62
which is in gear with the driving shaft
65
of the second driving motor
66
rotates by the driving force of the second driving motor
66
, thus to rotate the nozzle
39
.
At this time, the temperature sensor
45
which is mounted at the front side of the nozzle
39
senses the temperature of the chilling chamber
6
by scanning the internal temperature of the chilling chamber
6
and applies the temperature to the control unit
81
.
In case a high temperature load is generated inside the chilling chamber
6
in the above operation, the damper
20
is operated in the second position M and the cold air is supplied just to the cold air guiding path
19
, and the cold air injecting apparatus
30
is operated. The nozzle
39
is rotated by the first and second driving portion
51
and
61
, the cold air injecting port
40
is directed to the region where the high temperature load is generated, and cold air is concentratedly injected.
That is, the control unit
81
of the cold air injecting apparatus
30
controls the first and second driving motor
56
and
66
so that the cold air injecting port
40
of the nozzle
39
is directed to a predetermined region. Accordingly, the internal temperature of the chilling chamber
6
can rapidly become uniform by performing concentration cooling in the region where the high temperature load is generated.
The concentration cooling apparatus of the refrigerator in accordance with the present invention with the above composition and operation will be described as follows.
The concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention concentratedly discharges cold air to the region where the high temperature load is occurred inside the chilling chamber by installing a nozzle having a plurality of cold air injection port on the side wall of the chilling chamber, thus to rapidly maintain internal temperature of the chilling chamber by performing a rapid cooling operation.
Also, the concentration cooling apparatus in accordance with the present invention, including the first driving portion for rotating in the nozzle up and down ,and the second driving portion for rotating the nozzle in the circumferential direction, widens the sensing range of the temperature sensor by rotating the nozzle, and can actively cope with the high temperature load generated inside the chilling chamber by widening the cold air discharging range of the cold air injecting port.
As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or equivalence of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.
Claims
- 1. A concentration cooling apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising:a housing which is respectively mounted in one or more cold air guiding paths formed on a side wall of the chilling chamber to guide cold air to the side wall of the chilling chamber; a nozzle which is rotatably supported in the housing, for concentratedly injecting cold air to a region where a high temperature load is occurred in the chilling chamber; a temperature sensor which is mounted at the front of the nozzle, for sensing the region where the high temperature load is occurred, rotating together with the nozzle; and a nozzle driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down as well as in the circumferential direction.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing is attached to be connected to the cold air guiding path and a cover which is mounted to be exposed in the front portion of the front surface which is exposed in the housing.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the housing is formed in a cylindrical shape opened to the cover portion, a protrusion portion which is rotably contacted with the nozzle from the center to the front direction, and a plurality of first supporting rollers for rotably supporting the nozzle is mounted in the circumferential direction.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the cover is formed in a circular type that an exposed insertion hole in which the nozzle is rotably inserted, and a plurality of second supporting rollers for rotably supporting the nozzle is mounted on the rear surface.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the nozzle is inserted in the nozzle insertion hole of the cover, having the front portion which is exposed to the inside of the chilling chamber, is rotably fixed to a nozzle supporting member which is positioned at a predetermined distance from the outer circumference by a connection rod which is extended to both directions.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a cold air injection port for injecting cold air flowed through the cold air guiding path to the chilling chamber is eccentrically formed to the front surface of the nozzle, and a sensor receiving portion for accommodate a temperature sensor is formed on the upper surface of the cold air injection port in the nozzle.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the front surface of the nozzle which is exposed to the chilling chamber is formed in a hemispheric shape.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the temperature sensor is a infrared sensor which detects temperature by receiving the infrared ray radiated from a heat source at the front of the cold air injection port.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the nozzle driving portion includes:a first driving portion for rotating the nozzle up and down by rotation of the connection rod; and a second driving portion for rotating the nozzle in the circumferential direction by rotation of the nozzle supporting member.
- 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first driving portion includes:a plurality of gears for transmitting a driving force in gear with the connection rod; and a first driving motor for generating the driving force being connected to the gears.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the gears include:a first gear which is fixed in the connection rod; a second gear which is fixed in the driving shaft of the first driving motor; and a third gear which is in gear between the first and second gears, for reducing a driving force of the first driving motor.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first driving motor is a step motor which rotates a predetermined step angle.
- 13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second driving portion include:a rack gear which is fixed in the nozzle supporting member; a pinion gear which is in gear with the rack gear; and a second driving motor for generating a driving force for driving the pinion gear.
- 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second driving motor is a step motor which is rotated a predetermined step angle.
Priority Claims (1)
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