Refrigerator with a detachable heat exchange unit

Abstract

The invention is a refrigerator with a detachable heat exchange unit, and includes a refrigerator body 11 having upper openings 23 on the top or lower openings 30 ; a heat exchange unit 13 provided on the upper surface or the lower surface of the refrigerator body 11 ; a base plate 18 on which the heat exchange unit 13 is mounted, is detachably attached on the refrigerator body 11 ; and an evaporator box 21 mounted on the base plate 18 , enclosing the evaporator 7 and having box openings 24 on the floor corresponding to the upper openings 23 or the lower openings 30 of the refrigerator body 11.

1 . A refrigerator with a detachable heat exchange unit, wherein the refrigerator comprises;
 a refrigerator body  11  having a cooling storage  25  in which the food is cooled or frozen, and upper openings  23  or lower openings  30  on the top or bottom of it communicating with the cooling storage  25 ;   a heat exchange unit  13  provided above or under on the upper or lower surface of the refrigerator body  11  and including a compressor  15 , a condenser  16 , an expansion valve, an evaporator  17  and refrigerant lines  14  connecting them to each other to circulate the refrigerant;   a base plate  18  on which the heat exchange unit  13  is mounted, is detachably attached on the refrigerator body  11 ; and   an evaporator box  21  mounted on the base plate  18  to enclose the evaporator  7  and having box openings  24  on the floor corresponding to the upper openings  23  or the lower openings  30  of the refrigerator body  11 .   
     
     
         2 . A refrigerator with a detachable heat exchange unit of  claim 1 , wherein the refrigerator further includes an air supply duct  26  disposed horizontally along the upper corner of the cooling storage  25  and communicating with the upper openings  23  of the refrigerator body  11 , and the air supply duct  26  is provided with an inducing panel  27  having plural holes  29  corresponding to the upper opening  23  and exhaust gaps  28  on both sides of the inducing panel  27  between the inner wall of the cooling storage  25  and the air supply duct  26 . 
     
     
         3 . A refrigerator with a detachable heat exchange unit of  claim 2 , wherein the refrigerator further includes an inducing duct  31  communicating with the lower openings  30  of the refrigerator body  11  and extending upward on the inner wall of the refrigerator body  11 , and the inducing duct  31  having plural side holes  32  along the side of it to exhaust a partial of the cooling air, and upper exhaust holes  33  on the upper part of the inducing duct  31  to exhaust the remaining cooling air. 
     
     
         4 . A refrigerator with a detachable heat exchange unit of  claim 3 , wherein the refrigerator further includes a lifting means  40  on the refrigerator body  11  or the base plate  18  to lift the evaporator box  21  to tightly contact the lower surface of the refrigerator body  11 .