JPH06229657A - Insurated cold storage for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable drink containers in which drink is contained to be taken out in order cooled and also to enable the number of provided drink containers to be accurately managed. CONSTITUTION:Four drink containers 40 can be housed in a container housing chamber 13 to be cooled through a process of absorbing heat of the inside by a thermoelement 30. When a new drink container 40 is put in from an inlet 11 of the container housing chamber 13, respective drink conatiners 40 in the container housing chamber 13 are pressed and moved to a discharging port 12, so that one drink container 40 is discharged from the discharging port 12 of the container housing chamber 13. Heat in the container housing chamber 13, and absorbed by the thermoelement 30 is discharged downward by an exhaust heat device 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small refrigerating cabinet mounted on an automobile, and more particularly to an automobile refrigerating cabinet suitable for use in commercial passenger cars such as taxis and hire cars.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, commercial vehicles such as taxis and hires are equipped with small refrigerators to provide bottled or canned functional beverages (drinks) and soft drinks to passengers for a fee. Is being done. Such a cool box usually has a box shape, and a drink container containing a beverage is taken out by opening and closing the lid. The cool box is located near the passenger or near the driver, and when the passenger wants a beverage,
The passenger can directly open the lid and take out the drink container inside, or the driver can open the lid and take out the drink container and hand it to the passenger. The price of consumed beverages is settled when passengers get off.

[0003]

In such a cool box, it is necessary to check the beverage consumed by the passenger by the number of empty drink containers or the number of drink containers remaining in the cool box. However, when the lid can be freely opened and closed by the passenger, it is not easy to confirm whether the passenger is consuming the drink when the drink container emptied by the passenger is returned to the cool box. Also,
As soon as the consumption of the beverage is confirmed, it is necessary to replenish the drink container in which the beverage is not consumed in the cool box. If this refilling work is neglected, it will not be possible to accurately confirm that the next passenger has consumed the beverage. The beverage in the drink container to be replenished is insufficiently cooled as compared with the beverage already cooled in the cool box, so that the passenger may consume the beverage that is not sufficiently cooled. .

The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to allow a drink container containing a functional drink, a soft drink and the like to be sequentially taken out from a sufficiently cooled container. Moreover, it is another object of the present invention to provide a cool box for automobiles capable of accurately managing the number of taken-out drink containers.

[0005]

The vehicle cool box of the present invention is provided with an inlet for inserting a drink container and an outlet for discharging the drink container contained therein, and a predetermined inside thereof. A number of drink containers are accommodated adjacent to each other in a predetermined posture, and a drink container newly inserted from the input port causes the drink containers stored inside to be sequentially pushed out from the discharge port, and the electricity is supplied. A heat absorbing plate that conducts heat in the container housing chamber, a thermoelectric element attached to the heat absorbing plate so as to absorb the heat in the container housing chamber through the heat absorbing plate, and the heat absorbed by the thermoelectric element in a predetermined direction. And a heat discharging device for discharging the heat, which achieves the above object.

[0006]

In the automobile cool box of the present invention, the heat of the predetermined number of drink containers accommodated in the container accommodating chamber is absorbed by the thermoelectric element through the heat absorbing plate and discharged in the predetermined direction by the heat exhausting device. Thereby, the drink container in the container accommodating chamber is cooled. The cooled drink container is pressed by the drink container newly inserted into the container storage chamber from the input port, and each moves in the container storage chamber,
The drink container near the discharge port is discharged to the outside through the discharge port.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of an automobile cool box of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof.

This vehicle cool box is mounted and fixed on a console box between a driver's seat and a passenger seat of a commercial passenger car, for example. This cold storage box for automobiles is a casing in which a container storage chamber 13 for storing, for example, four bottle-shaped drink containers 40 in which functional drinks, soft drinks, etc. are adjacent in a horizontal state is formed inside. 10, a thermoelectric element 30 that absorbs the heat of the drink container 40 accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 13 through the endothermic plate 15, and the heat absorbed by the thermoelectric element 30 disposed below the casing 10 And a heat exhausting device 20 for discharging the heat. The thermoelectric element 30 is sandwiched between the heat absorbing plate 15 and the heat radiating plate 25 of the heat exhausting device 20.

The casing 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with an open lower surface, and a drink container 40 is placed in a container storage chamber 13 formed in the casing 10 on the front surface, which is the front side of a passenger car to be mounted. The inlet 11 is provided, and the outlet 12 through which the drink container 40 is discharged from the container storage chamber 13 is provided on the rear surface on the opposite side. The four drink containers 40 are accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 13 in a state of being horizontally arranged side by side from the inlet 11 to the outlet 12.
This container storage chamber 13 is designed to be able to store only four drink containers 40.
When the book drink container 40 is loaded, the container storage chamber 13
The respective containers 40 inside are sequentially pressed, and the discharge port 12
One drink container 40 accommodated close to is pushed out from the outlet 12.

Below the charging port 11 is a container 4 to be charged.
A guide portion 16 for introducing 0 into the container accommodating chamber 13 is provided so as to extend from the charging port 11 to the outside. The casing 10 is provided with an opening / closing door 17 that opens and closes the inlet 11. An upper edge of the opening / closing door 17 is rotatably attached to the casing 10, and a lower edge of the opening / closing door 17 comes into contact with and separates from the guide portion 16.
When the lower end edge of the opening / closing door 17 is rotated upward so as to move away from the guide portion 16, the insertion port 11 is opened, and conversely, the lower end edge of the opening / closing door 17 is moved downward toward the guide portion 16. By turning, the insertion port 11 is closed.
The lower edge of the opening / closing door 17 is bent so as to engage with the guide portion 16 when the insertion port 11 is closed.

Below the outlet 12 in the casing 10, a drink container 40 discharged from the outlet 12 is provided.
A guide chute 18 that guides is provided so as to extend from the discharge port 12 to the outside. The guide chute 18 is inclined so as to be downward as it goes away from the discharge port 12, and the far side portion of the discharge port 12 can receive and hold the drink container 40 discharged from the container storage chamber 13. It is curved like an arc. Further, the discharge port 12 is opened and closed by a discharge door 19 attached to the casing 10. This discharge door 19
The upper edge is rotatably attached to the casing 10, and is pressed by the drink container 40 pushed out from the discharge port 12 to rotate upward so as to open the discharge port 12. When the drink container 40 leaves the discharge door 19,
The discharge door 19 is rotated downward by gravity or a spring force to close the discharge port 12.

An upper part of the casing 10 is filled with an elastic heat insulating material 14 so as to cover the upper part of the container housing chamber 13, and a lower part of the casing 10 covers the lower part of the container housing chamber 13. A heat absorbing plate 15 is arranged. On the lower surface of the heat insulating material 14 on the container accommodating chamber 13 side, four recesses into which the four containers 40 horizontally accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 13 are respectively fitted are provided from the input port 11 to the discharge port 1.
2 are provided at a predetermined interval. When the drink container 40 is fitted, the recesses position and fix the drink containers 40 in a state of being close to each other.

The heat absorbing plate 15 is made of, for example, a copper plate having excellent thermal conductivity, and four concave portions are formed on the upper surface of the heat absorbing plate 15 which is the container accommodation chamber 13 side, like the lower surface of the heat insulating material 14. It's

The lower surface of the heat absorbing plate 15 faces the opening of the lower surface of the casing 10, and a thermoelectric element 30 having a Peltier effect is attached to the central portion of the lower surface. The thermoelectric element 30 absorbs heat by being energized, and the heat of the container 40 accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 13 is conducted through the heat absorbing plate 15 and the thermoelectric element 30 is absorbed.
Absorbed by

The heat exhausting device 20 arranged below the casing 10 includes a heat radiating plate 25 for sandwiching the thermoelectric element 30 together with the heat absorbing plate 15, and a cooling fan 21 arranged below the central portion of the heat radiating plate 25. Have In the heat sink 25,
The cooling fan 2 below the inlet 11 of the container chamber 13
A large number of radiating fins 22 extending in the front-rear direction are provided in front of 1 and behind the cooling fan below the outlet 12. Heat sink and heat sink 22
Are each made of, for example, a copper plate having excellent thermal conductivity like the heat absorbing plate 15. An air filter 23 is arranged in front of and behind each radiating fin 22.

The cooling fan 21 is a sirocco fan that sucks air from the peripheral surface, and the air that flows in through the air filters 23 flows between the radiating fins 22 and is sucked into the cooling fan 21. The air sucked into the cooling fan 21 is discharged downward. The air filter 23 is supported by four support legs 24 so that a space is formed below the discharge port of the cooling fan 21.

The refrigerator for automobiles having such a structure usually has the inlet 11 of the casing 10 directed forward in the traveling direction on the console box arranged between the driver's seat and the passenger seat in a commercial passenger car. It is used with the lower ends of the support legs 24 fixed. Therefore, the outlet 12 of the casing 10 is located in front of the passenger seat at the rear of the vehicle. Then, the opening / closing door 17 is rotated upward to open the charging port 11 of the casing 10, and, for example, four drink containers 40 containing functional beverages are sequentially charged into the container storage chamber 13. Each drink container 40 put into the container accommodating chamber 13 is sequentially fitted into the respective recesses on the lower surface of the heat absorbing plate 15 and the upper surface of the heat insulating material 14. In this way, the four drink containers 40 are positioned at predetermined positions in the container storage chamber 13 and fixed in the horizontal state.

In such a state, the thermoelectric element 30 and the cooling fan 21 of the heat exhausting device 20 are driven. Thermoelectric element 3
0 absorbs the heat of each drink container 40 accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 13 through the heat absorbing plate 15. Then, the absorbed heat is conducted to the heat dissipation plate 25 and is emitted from the large number of heat dissipation fins 22 provided on the heat dissipation plate 25. Each radiating fin 22 provided on the radiating plate 25 has a cooling fan 21.
Is cooled by the air flowing in through the air filter 23. The heat taken from the radiation fins 22 is discharged downward by the cooling fan 21. Thereby, each drink container 40 accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 13
Is cooled. Since the upper part of the container housing chamber 13 is covered with the heat insulating material 14, each drink container 40 housed in the container housing chamber 13 is efficiently cooled.

In this state, when the passenger in the rear passenger seat desires a drink, the driver rotates the opening / closing door 17 upward of the drink container 40 containing the prepared drink. And push it into the inlet 11. As a result, the drink container 40 is newly pushed into the container storage chamber 13,
Each drink container 40 previously stored in the container storage chamber 13
However, the drink container 40 is sequentially moved toward the discharge port 12, and the drink container 40 arranged in the vicinity of the discharge port 12 is pushed out of the discharge port 12 while pushing the discharge door 19 upward. Drink container 4 pushed out from the outlet 12
0 falls along the guide chute 18 and is held on the guide chute 18. In the container accommodating chamber 13, the drink container 40 newly inserted into the container accommodating chamber 13 is fitted and fixed in each of the recesses of the heat insulating agent 14 and the heat absorbing plate 15 near the charging port 11. .

The passenger in the rear passenger seat is guided by the guide chute 18
The drink container 40 taken out above is picked up and the beverage inside is consumed. The driver counts and stores the number of drink containers 40 that have been put into the slot 11 before the passengers get off, so that the driver can check the number of drink containers 40 for the beverage consumed by the passengers and get off the price. Occasionally charge passengers.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle cool box according to the present embodiment is used by being mounted on a rear mounting table further rearward of a rear seat of a passenger car. In this cool box, the container housing chamber 53 provided in the casing 50 has an upper introduction part 53a and a lower cooling part 5a.
3b and. The introduction part 53a on the upper side is provided with a charging port 51 at an end part on the front side of a vehicle to be mounted, and the end part on the rear side of the introduction part 53a is a cooling part 53b on the lower side.
Is in communication with. For example, five drink containers are accommodated in the introduction part 53a, and
The five drink containers 40 put into the introduction part 53a from the cooling part 53 are placed in such a manner that they are in contact with each other.
The end communicating with b is inclined downward. Input port 5
An opening / closing door 57 that opens and closes the input port 51 is provided in the unit 1.

The cooling part 53b of the container accommodating chamber 53 is in a substantially horizontal state so that the drink containers 40 in the introducing part 53a are sequentially introduced into the cooling part 53b. For example, four drink containers 40 are housed in the cooling unit 53b. Introductory part 53
An end on the front side of the cooling unit 53b is located below the input port 51 in a, and the discharge port 52 is provided at this end. The discharge port 52 is provided with a discharge door 59 that opens and closes the discharge port 52.
A guide chute 58 for receiving the drink container 40 discharged from the No. 2 is provided.

Above the cooling unit 53b, the cooling unit 53 is provided.
3 drink agents 40 on the side of the outlet 52 accommodated in b
A heat insulating material 54 is provided to be pressed against. The heat insulating material 54 has recesses into which the drink containers 40 are fitted, respectively, formed on the lower surface that is pressed against the drink containers 40.

Below the cooling unit 53b in the container storage chamber 53, each drink container 4 contained in the cooling unit 53b is provided.
The heat absorbing plates 55 on which 0s are respectively placed are arranged in a substantially horizontal state. On the upper surface of the heat absorbing plate 55, four recesses into which the four drink containers 40 are respectively fitted are formed. The thermoelectric element 30 having the Peltier effect is attached to the central portion of the lower surface of the heat absorbing plate 55.

Below the thermoelectric element 30, a heat exhaust device 60 is arranged. The heat exhausting device 60 has substantially the same configuration as the heat exhausting device 20 in the cool box of the first embodiment, and includes a heat radiating plate 65 for sandwiching the thermoelectric element 30 together with the heat absorbing plate 55, and a center of the heat radiating plate 65. It is placed below the department,
A cooling fan 61 that absorbs air from the peripheral surface portion, a large number of heat radiation fins 62 provided on a heat radiation plate 65 so as to be arranged in front of and behind the cooling fan 61, and in front of and behind the heat radiation fins 62. And the air filters 63 respectively arranged. This heat exhaust device 6
For example, the front air filter 63 is inclined so that 0 is accommodated in the space above the rear mounting table in the passenger car.

In the cold storage of the present embodiment, the drink container 40 charged from the charging port 51 of the container accommodating chamber 53 has the introduction part 5
It is adapted to be sequentially introduced into the cooling section 53b through the 3a, and as a result, nine drink containers 40 are accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 53. And the cooling unit 53
The heat of the four drink containers 40 accommodated in b is absorbed by the thermoelectric element 30 through the heat absorbing plate 55, and is conducted to the heat radiating plate 65 of the heat exhausting device 60. Then, the radiation fins 62 are cooled by being sucked by the cooling fan 61, whereby the radiation plate 65 is cooled. The heat taken from each radiating fin 62 is discharged downward by the cooling fan 61. As a result, the four drink containers 40 in the cooling unit 53b are cooled.

When a passenger in the rear seat desires a drink agent, the driver hands the passenger a drink container 40 containing a prepared beverage. The passenger inserts the handed drink container 40 into the container accommodating chamber 53 through the input port 51. Thereby, the drink containers 40 accommodated in the container accommodating chamber 53 are sequentially pressed, and the discharge port 52 is discharged.
Move to the side. Then, the drink container 40 close to the discharge port 52 is pushed out from the discharge port 52 and discharged onto the guide chute 58. The passenger may consume the drink in the discharged drink container 40. The driver memorizes the number of drink containers 40 handed to the passenger and charges the price when the passenger gets off the vehicle.

[0028]

As described above, in the vehicle cool box of the present invention, the drink container cooled by the thermoelectric element while being accommodated in the container accommodating chamber is newly charged by the drink container. , Pushed out from the outlet. As a result, the number of drink containers discharged from the container storage chamber can be managed accurately and reliably. The drink container discharged from the discharge port is sufficiently cooled while moving inside the container storage chamber from the input port to the discharge port.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an example of an automobile cool box of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the automobile cool box shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the vehicle cool box of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Casing 11 Input Port 12 Discharge Port 13 Container Storage Room 14 Heat Insulation Material 15 Endothermic Plate 17 Opening / Closing Door 18 Guide Chute 19 Discharge Door 20 Heat Exhaust Device 21 Cooling Fan 22 Radiating Fin 23 Air Filter 25 Radiating Plate 30 Thermoelectric Element 40 Drink Container

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A supply port for inserting a drink container and a discharge port for discharging a drink container accommodated therein are provided, and a predetermined number of drink containers are accommodated adjacently in a predetermined posture. The container housing chamber is configured so that the drink containers housed inside by the drink container newly introduced from the charging port are sequentially pushed out from the discharging port, and the heat absorbing plate that conducts heat in the container housing chamber by energization, A cold insulation for automobiles, comprising: a thermoelectric element attached to the heat absorbing plate so as to absorb the heat in the container housing through the heat absorbing plate; and a heat discharging device for discharging the heat absorbed by the thermoelectric element in a predetermined direction. Warehouse.