CN108266936B

CN108266936B - Refrigerator with a door

Info

Publication number: CN108266936B
Application number: CN201611251839.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙小飞; 洪涛; 陈立; 卢志山
Original assignee: Bo Xihua Electric Jiangsu Co Ltd; BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: Bo Xihua Electric Jiangsu Co Ltd; BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2016-12-30
Filing date: 2016-12-30
Publication date: 2021-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 2036-12-30
Also published as: CN108266936A

Abstract

A refrigerator (1) comprising: a storage compartment (1a), the storage compartment (1a) having oppositely disposed side walls (1 b); a first support (10) and a second support (20) respectively provided to a corresponding one of the side walls (1 b); a shelf (30), both sides of the shelf (30) being adapted to be supported on the first and second supports (10, 20); at least the first support (10) is movable away from the second support (20). When the height of the shelf (30) needs to be adjusted, the shelf (30) does not need to be taken out of the storage chamber (1a), the shelf (30) is directly lifted upwards or downwards adjusted in the storage chamber (1a), and the height of the shelf (30) is adjusted by utilizing the movement of the first support piece (10) and the second support piece (20) in the width direction; the whole adjusting process is very convenient and does not damage any part of the refrigerator (1).

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

The invention particularly relates to a refrigerator.

Background

The refrigerator is provided with storage chambers, the storage chambers are provided with inner walls which are arranged oppositely along the width direction of the refrigerator, each inner wall is provided with a supporting part, and the supporting parts on the two inner walls are opposite along the width direction of the refrigerator and are used for supporting the partition board. The storage room of the refrigerator is divided into a plurality of spaces by the partition board, and articles can be placed on the partition board so as to increase the storage function of the refrigerator.

Along the height direction of the refrigerator, a plurality of supporting parts are arranged on each inner wall at intervals, and the supporting parts are fixed on the inner wall of the refrigerator. The position of the partition board in the height direction in the storage chamber can be adjusted, and the specific implementation method comprises the following steps: the partition plate placed on the support part at a certain height is taken out from the storage chamber, and then the partition plate is placed in the storage chamber and placed on the support part at another height. The "other height" may be higher than the "certain height" or lower than the "certain height".

In summary, in the prior art, when the position of the partition board in the height direction in the storage chamber is adjusted, the partition board needs to be taken out from the storage chamber and then put back into the storage chamber. The position of the partition plate in the height direction is inconvenient to adjust, and the use experience of a user is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present invention to overcome at least one of the above technical problems and to provide an improved refrigerator.

Accordingly, the refrigerator of the present invention includes: a storage compartment having oppositely disposed side walls; the first supporting piece and the second supporting piece are respectively arranged on one corresponding side wall; a shelf, both sides of which are adapted to be supported on the first and second supports; at least the first support is movable away from the second support.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:

the first support of the present invention is movable away from the second support, while the second support is movable away from the first support. When the height of the shelf needs to be increased, the shelf is moved upwards along the direction towards the first support piece and the second support piece, after two sides of the width direction of the shelf touch the first support piece and the second support piece, two sides of the shelf apply acting force to the first support piece and the second support piece respectively. When the first support and the second support are subjected to the acting force exerted by the shelf, the first support moves away from the second support, and meanwhile, the second support moves away from the first support. The first support and the second support are correspondingly retracted into the side wall, so that the distance between the two oppositely arranged first supports and second supports in the width direction can be increased.

Then, the shelf may pass through a distance in the width direction between the first and second support members and be positioned above the first and second support members, so that both sides in the width direction of the shelf are respectively provided on the first and second support members.

When the shelf on the support above the first and second supports is turned down, the distance in the width direction of the first and second supports is increased by moving the first and second supports in opposite directions, so that the shelf can pass through the distance in the width direction of the first and second supports and be placed on the support below the first and second supports.

When the height of the shelf is required to be adjusted, the shelf is not required to be taken out of the storage chamber, the shelf is directly lifted upwards or downwards adjusted in the storage chamber, and the height of the shelf is adjusted by utilizing the movement of the first supporting piece and the second supporting piece in the width direction.

Optionally, a recess is included in the side wall into which the first support is movable. The concave part is used for accommodating the first support piece, the first support piece can move into the concave part towards the direction far away from the second support piece, and the size of the first support piece and the size of the second support piece in the width direction can be increased, so that the shelf can be adjusted in the width direction through the first support piece and the second support piece, and the height of the shelf can be adjusted. Meanwhile, the concave part is arranged to accommodate the first supporting piece, the concave part is not located in the storage chamber of the refrigerator but located on the side wall, and the storage space of the storage chamber of the refrigerator cannot be influenced.

Optionally, a resilient member is included for applying a force to the first support to face the second support. The elastic piece can be a spring sheet or a spring, and not only can exert the force towards the second supporting piece on the first supporting piece, but also can play a limiting role to prevent the first supporting piece from sliding out of the concave part when moving towards the second supporting piece.

Optionally, the side wall includes an inner container wall to define the storage chamber and a mounting box fixed to the inner container wall, the mounting box having an accommodating space with an opening opened toward the storage chamber, and the first support includes a mounting portion located in the accommodating space. In some embodiments, the depression in the sidewall may be formed by a depression in the inner bladder wall itself.

Optionally, the mounting box includes a stopper provided along the opening, and a projection of the mounting portion in the width direction of the storage chamber and a projection of the stopper in the width direction of the storage chamber at least partially overlap. Because the first supporting piece can move towards the direction of the second supporting piece in the mounting box, the stopping part can limit the first supporting piece to slide out of the mounting box, so that the limiting effect is achieved, and the phenomenon that the first supporting piece cannot be used for supporting the shelf after sliding out of the mounting box is avoided.

Optionally, an elastic member is included in the mounting box, the elastic member being located between the mounting portion and a bottom wall of the mounting box facing the opening and applying a force to the mounting portion to move away from the bottom wall.

Optionally, the first support comprises a support located within the storage compartment; the supporting part comprises a supporting surface for supporting the shelf board and a guide inclined surface positioned below the supporting surface; the projection of the guide slope in the height direction is completely located within the projection of the support surface in the height direction. Because the existence of guide inclined plane, the supporting part can receive oblique ascending effort, and the installation department that links to each other with the supporting part can receive the power of the direction of keeping away from second support piece, and then the installation department can compress the elastic component to in the accommodation space of direction motion to the mounting box of keeping away from second support piece. The first supporting member is retracted into the corresponding recess on the inner container wall, and correspondingly, the second supporting member symmetrically arranged with the first supporting member is also retracted into the corresponding recess on the inner container wall.

The size of the first support piece and the size of the second support piece in the width direction are increased, the shelf can pass through the size of the first support piece and the size of the second support piece in the width direction and is located on the first support piece and the second support piece, and after the first support piece and the second support piece lose the external force action, the first support piece and the second support piece automatically return to support the shelf under the elastic force action of the elastic piece.

When the height of the shelf is increased, the shelf does not need to be taken out of the storage chamber, acting force does not need to be additionally applied to the first supporting piece and the second supporting piece, the first supporting piece automatically moves towards the direction far away from the second supporting piece under the action of the guide inclined plane, and the second supporting piece automatically moves towards the direction far away from the first supporting piece under the action of the guide inclined plane, so that the height of the shelf is conveniently increased.

Optionally, the guide ramp comprises a curved surface.

Optionally, the elastic element is a spring, one of the bottom wall and the mounting portion is provided with a protrusion, the other is provided with a groove opposite to the protrusion, and the protrusion can be accommodated in the groove; one end of the spring is sleeved on the protrusion, and the other end of the spring is arranged in the groove.

Optionally, the plurality of protrusions are arranged at intervals along the depth direction of the refrigerator; the grooves are arranged at intervals along the depth direction of the refrigerator. The number of the bulges and the number of the grooves can be consistent, the bulges and the grooves correspond one to one, and each bulge is sleeved with a spring. The first support may be uniformly subjected to a force applied by the spring to face the second support, and the first support may also be smoothly moved within the accommodating space of the mounting box.

Optionally, the first supporting element includes a supporting portion located in the storage chamber, a clamping groove is concavely formed on one side, opposite to the side wall where the supporting portion is located, of the supporting portion, and the clamping groove is suitable for the shelf to be inserted. The shelf is inserted into the clamping groove, and the support of the support part for the shelf can be realized.

Optionally, the second support may be movable away from the first support. The first support piece and the second support piece can move towards the direction far away from each other, and the adjustment of the size of the first support piece and the second support piece in the width direction is more beneficial to the adjustment of the height of the shelf.

Optionally, the structure of the second support is a symmetrical structure of the first support.

Optionally, a plurality of pairs of the first and second supports are distributed in the height direction of the storage chamber. Only a pair of first and second supports is provided, the shelf being adjustable only in height at the positions of the pair of first and second supports without being taken out of the storage chamber; if a plurality of pairs of first supporting pieces and second supporting pieces are arranged, the height of the shelf at more positions does not need to be taken out of the storage chamber, and the height of the shelf can be adjusted by directly lifting or lowering the shelf in the storage chamber.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a side wall and an inner container wall of the refrigerator, wherein a graph formed by a dotted line and arrows on both sides in FIG. 1 represents a B-B plane, which is a cross-section, and an X direction shown in FIG. 1 is a width direction of the refrigerator;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken in the plane B-B of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a second perspective view of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the side wall of the refrigerator is not shown, the inner container wall of the refrigerator is shown, and the recess is formed in the inner container wall, the graph formed by the dotted line and the arrows on both sides in FIG. 3 represents the A-A plane, which is a cross section, the X direction shown in FIG. 3 is the width direction of the refrigerator, and the Y direction shown is the height direction of the refrigerator;

FIG. 4 is a first sectional view taken along the plane A-A of FIG. 3, showing only a portion of the structure thereof and showing the shelf supported on the first and second supports, the X-direction shown in FIG. 4 being the width direction of the refrigerator and the Y-direction shown being the height direction of the refrigerator;

FIG. 5 is a second cross-sectional view taken in the plane A-A of FIG. 3, showing only a portion of the structure, and showing the shelf supported on supports below the first and second supports;

FIG. 6 is a third cross-sectional view taken along plane A-A of FIG. 3, showing only a portion of the structure, and showing the first support member moving away from the second support member and the second support member moving away from the first support member during adjustment of the shelf height;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of portion B of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a mounting box in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a first perspective view of a first supporter in a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a support portion of the first supporter for supporting a shelf;

fig. 10 is a second perspective view of the first support member in the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention, and the second perspective view shows a groove on the first support member.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Referring to fig. 1 to 2, the present invention provides a refrigerator 1, the refrigerator 1 including: a storage chamber 1a, the storage chamber 1a being used for storing articles.

In order to increase the storage function of the storage chamber 1a, a shelf 30 is generally provided in the storage chamber 1a, and the storage chamber 1a has side walls 1b provided to face each other in the width direction (shown by the X direction in fig. 1). Referring to fig. 2, the side wall 1b includes an inner container wall 1c to define the storage chamber 1a, a housing wall 1d spaced apart from the inner container wall 1c, and an insulating material 1f between the inner container wall 1c and the housing wall 1 d. A plurality of supports 11 are provided on each side wall 1b at intervals in the height direction of the refrigerator 1, and in particular, in the present embodiment, the supports 11 are located on the inner container wall 1c defining the storage chamber 1 a.

One of the support members 11 of one of the side walls 1b is used to support the shelf 30 with an opposite one of the support members 11 of the other side wall 1 b. That is, the shelves 30 are respectively provided on the corresponding one of the supports 11 at both sides in the width direction.

The shelf 30 is placed on the support 11 of any height, and in the prior art, when the height of the shelf needs to be adjusted, the shelf needs to be taken out of the storage chamber and then placed on the support of another height. This causes inconvenience in adjusting the height of the shelf.

For this, referring to fig. 3 to 4 in combination with fig. 1, the embodiment of the present invention respectively provides the first support 10 and the second support 20 on the corresponding side wall 1b, the first support 10 and the second support 20 are opposite in the width direction (indicated by the X direction in fig. 3) of the refrigerator 1, and both sides of the shelf 30 in the width direction are respectively supported on the first support 10 and the second support 20.

Wherein the first support 10 is movable away from the second support 20; alternatively, the second support 20 may be moved away from the first support 10; alternatively, the first support 10 may be moved away from the second support 20, and at the same time, the second support 20 may be moved away from the first support 10. In this embodiment, the first support 10 can be moved away from the second support 20, and at the same time, the second support 20 can be moved away from the first support 10.

Referring to fig. 5, both sides of the shelf 30 are respectively disposed on the support members 11 below the first support member 10 and the second support member 20, and when the height of the shelf 30 needs to be increased, the shelf 30 is adjusted to the first support member 10 and the second support member 20 above the support members 11. Referring to fig. 4, when the shelf 30 is moved upward in a direction toward the first and

second supports

10 and 20 and both sides of the shelf 30 in the width direction contact the first and

second supports

10 and 20, the both sides of the shelf 30 apply forces to the first and

second supports

10 and 20, respectively.

When the first support 10 and the second support 20 are subjected to the force applied by the shelf 30, the first support 10 moves away from the second support 20 (shown in the direction D in fig. 6), and at the same time, the second support 20 moves away from the first support 10 (shown in the direction C in fig. 6); that is, the first support 10 and the second support 20 move in opposite directions. Corresponding to the first support 10 and the second support 20 "retracting" into the side wall 1b, so that the distance between the two oppositely disposed first supports 10 and second supports 20 in the width direction can be increased.

Then, referring to fig. 4, the shelf 30 may pass through the interval in the width direction of the first and

second supports

10 and 20 and be positioned above the first and

second supports

10 and 20; at this time, the first support 10 and the second support 20 can be returned, that is, the first support 10 and the second support 20 move towards each other, which is equivalent to the side wall 1b where the first support 10 and the second support 20 "extend out" again. So that both sides of the shelf 30 in the width direction are respectively provided on the first and

second supports

10 and 20. The shelf 30 is not taken out from the storage chamber 1a, and the height of the shelf 30 is adjusted up only by the movement of the first and

second supports

10 and 20 in the width direction.

When the shelf 30 on the support 11 located above the first and

second supports

10 and 20 is turned down, similarly, the distance between the first and

second supports

10 and 20 in the width direction is increased by the movement of the first and

second supports

10 and 20 in the opposite directions, so that the shelf 30 can pass through the distance between the first and

second supports

10 and 20 in the width direction and be placed on the support 11 below the first and

second supports

10 and 20. Also, the shelf 30 is not taken out from the storage chamber 1a, and the down-regulation of the height of the shelf 30 is achieved only by the movement of the first and

second supports

10 and 20 in the width direction.

In summary, when the height of the shelf 30 needs to be adjusted, the shelf 30 is directly lifted up or down in the storage chamber 1a without taking out the shelf 30 from the storage chamber 1a, and the height of the shelf 30 is adjusted by the movement of the first and

second supporters

10 and 20 in the width direction. The whole adjustment process is convenient and does not damage any components of the refrigerator 1.

It should be noted that the number of the first support 10 and the second support 20 in the present embodiment is not limited. In fig. 4, a pair of the first support 10 and the second support 20 is shown, i.e., one first support 10 and one second support 20 are shown. In other embodiments, a plurality of pairs of the first support and the second support may be provided at intervals in the height direction (indicated by Y direction in fig. 3) of the side wall. A plurality of first supporting pieces can also be arranged at intervals in the height direction of one side wall; alternatively, a plurality of second supporting members are provided at intervals in the height direction of the other side wall.

The number and the form of the first support 10 and the second support 20 disposed on the sidewall 1b are not described in detail, and the height of the shelf 30 can be adjusted as long as the first support 10 and the second support 20 are disposed on the sidewall 1b, and at least one of the first support 10 and the second support 20 can move away from the other.

Referring to fig. 4 in conjunction with fig. 3 and 2, the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a recessed portion 40 formed in the side wall 1b, and in the embodiment, the recessed portion 40 is formed in the heat insulating material 1f between the outer wall 1d and the inner wall 1 c. Referring to fig. 6, the first support 10 can move into the recess 40 along a direction (shown by direction D in fig. 6) away from the second support 20, i.e. the side wall 1b where the first support 10 is "retracted" in the above-mentioned embodiment. In addition, the second supporting member 20 can move into the recess 40 along a direction (shown as direction C in fig. 6) away from the first supporting member 10, i.e. the side wall 1b where the second supporting member 20 is "retracted" in the above-mentioned embodiment. Equivalently, the recessed portion 40 provided on the side wall 1b is a housing portion of the first support 10 and the second support 20.

Specifically, referring to fig. 7 and 5 in combination with fig. 3, the recessed portion 40 of the present embodiment includes a mounting box 41 provided on the inner container wall 1c, and the mounting boxes 41 having a symmetrical structure are provided on two opposite inner container walls 1c in the width direction. Taking one of the mounting boxes 41 as an example, referring to fig. 7, the mounting box 41 for accommodating the first support 10 has an accommodating space 42, and the accommodating space 42 has an opening 45 (refer to fig. 8) that opens toward the storage chamber 1 a. Fig. 7 shows that the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10 is located in the accommodating space 42, and the structure of the second support 20 is a symmetrical structure of the first support 10, so that the mounting portion of the second support 20 is also located in the accommodating space of the corresponding mounting box.

Taking the first support 10 as an example, referring to fig. 7, the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10 can move away from or towards the mounting portion of the second support 20 in the accommodating space 42 of the corresponding mounting box 41. Referring to fig. 8 in conjunction with fig. 3, the mounting box 41 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, i.e., the mounting box 41 extends in the depth direction of the refrigerator 1 after being mounted on the inner container wall 1c (see fig. 2). Then, referring to fig. 7 and 8, the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10 of the present embodiment may also extend in the depth direction of the mounting box 41.

On one hand, the extending direction of the mounting part 12 of the first supporting member 10 is consistent with that of the mounting box 41, so that after the mounting part 12 is arranged in the mounting box 41, the contact area with the mounting box 41 is large, and the mounting part 12 is stably connected with the mounting box 41; on the other hand, the mounting portion 12 may be moved in the mounting case 41 without deviating from the moving direction (i.e., the direction away from or toward the mounting portion of the second support 20).

In order to prevent the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10 from sliding out of the accommodating space 42 of the mounting box 41 when moving toward the mounting portion of the second support 20, referring to fig. 7 and 8, the mounting box 41 of the present embodiment includes a stopper portion 60 disposed along the opening 45. The shape of the stopper 60 is not limited as long as the projection of the mounting portion 12 in the width direction of the storage chamber 1a and the projection of the stopper 60 in the width direction of the storage chamber 1a at least partially overlap. The stopper 60 of the present embodiment has a plate shape, and can limit the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10 from sliding out of the accommodating space 42 of the mounting box 41, so that the first support 10 cannot be used to support the shelf 30.

To further limit the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10, referring to fig. 7 and 8, the refrigerator 1 of the present embodiment further includes an elastic member 50 located inside the mounting box 41. The elastic element 50 may be a spring or a spring plate or other elastic structure, and in this embodiment, the elastic element 50 is a spring.

The elastic member 50 is located between the mounting portion 12 and the bottom wall 44 of the mounting case 41 facing the opening 45. The elastic member 50 is connected to the mounting portion 12 at one end and the mounting case 41 at the other end in the width direction of the refrigerator 1, and the elastic member 50 may apply a force to the mounting portion 12 to be away from the bottom wall 44.

It can be understood that: when the mounting portion 12 of the first supporting member 10 moves in the accommodating space 42 of the mounting box 41 in a direction toward the second supporting member 20, the elastic force of the elastic member 50 can pull the mounting portion 12 of the first supporting member 10 and limit the first supporting member 10 under the action of the stopping portion 60, so as to prevent the mounting portion 12 of the first supporting member 10 from sliding out of the accommodating space 42 of the mounting box 41.

In addition, since the first and

second supports

10 and 20 are respectively received in the corresponding recesses, and the first and

second supports

10 and 20 can be returned after the height adjustment of the shelf 30 is completed (i.e., the first and

second supports

10 and 20 are "protruded" out of the side wall 1 b). The elastic member 50 according to the embodiment of the present invention also enables the first support 10 and the second support 20 to be automatically returned.

Taking the first support 10 as an example, the elastic member 50 is used for applying a force (as shown in the direction C in fig. 7) to the first support 10 to face the second support 20. When the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10 is moved away from the second support 20 by an external force, the elastic member 50 is compressed in a direction opposite to the direction C in fig. 5. When the external force is lost to the first support 10, the elastic force of the elastic member 50 drives the first support 10 to return along the direction C in fig. 7.

Referring to fig. 7, 8 and 10, in the present embodiment, the elastic member 50 is a spring, the bottom wall 44 of the mounting box 41 is provided with a protrusion 43, and the mounting portion 12 of the first supporting member 10 is provided with a groove 10 a. In other embodiments, a groove may be formed on the bottom wall of the mounting box, and a protrusion may be formed on the mounting portion of the first support. When the mounting portion 12 of the first support 10 is moved toward the bottom wall 44, the projection 43 can be received in the groove 10 a. Wherein, one end of the spring is sleeved on the protrusion 43, and the other end is arranged in the groove 10 a.

Referring to fig. 8, the bottom wall 44 of the mounting box 41 of the present invention has a plurality of projections 43. The number of the projections 43 is not limited, and six projections 43 are shown in fig. 8, and all the projections 43 are provided at intervals in the depth direction of the refrigerator 1. Referring to fig. 10, correspondingly, the recess 10a of the mounting portion 12 is provided in plural, and the number of the recesses 10a is not limited. Six grooves 10a are shown in fig. 10, and all the grooves 10a are provided at intervals in the depth direction of the refrigerator 1. The number of the grooves 10a is consistent with that of the protrusions 43, one protrusion 43 corresponds to one groove 10a, and each protrusion 43 is sleeved with a spring. This is provided for the purpose that the first support 10 can be evenly subjected to the force exerted by the spring to face the second support 20. The first support 10 can also be moved smoothly within the accommodating space 42 of the mounting box 41.

In other embodiments, the number of projections and the number of recesses may be different, for example, the number of projections is greater than the number of recesses; alternatively, the number of grooves is greater than the number of projections.

Referring to fig. 7 and 9, in the present embodiment, continuing to take the first support 10 as an example, the first support 10 includes a support portion 13 located inside the storage chamber 1a, and the support portion 13 is used for supporting the shelf 30. Wherein the support portion 13 includes a support surface 11a to support the shelf 30 and a guide slope 11b below the support surface 11a, i.e., the support surface 11a of the support portion 13 is located above the guide slope 11b in a height direction (shown in a Y direction in fig. 3 and 4) of the refrigerator 1. The projection of the guide slope 11b in the height direction is entirely within the projection of the support face 11a in the height direction.

In the present embodiment, the support surface 11a is a plane surface in order to smoothly support the shelf 30. Further, the guide slope 11b of the present embodiment includes a curved surface, and referring to fig. 7, the dimension of the curved surface to the width direction of the mounting portion 12 gradually increases in the direction toward the support surface 11 a. Three dimensions a, b, c in the width direction of the curved surface to the mounting portion 12 are shown in fig. 7, wherein the dimensions are increasingly larger from a to c.

This is so arranged that, as shown in fig. 5, the shelf 30 is located on the support 11 below the first and

second supports

10 and 20; when it is necessary to heighten the shelf 30, for example, the shelf 30 on the support 11 is adjusted to the first support 10 and the second support 20 (refer to fig. 4). Referring to fig. 6 in combination with fig. 7, the shelf 30 is first contacted by the minimum size portion (e.g., the a size) of the guide slope 11b of the support 13 during the lifting process, and the shelf 30 applies a force to the support 13.

Due to the guiding inclined surface 11b, the supporting portion 13 is acted by an upward oblique force, the mounting portion 12 connected to the supporting portion 13 is acted by a force in a direction away from the second supporting member 20, and then the mounting portion 12 compresses the elastic member 50 and moves into the accommodating space 42 of the mounting box 41 in a direction away from the second supporting member 20. The first supporting member 10 is retracted into the corresponding recess 40 of the inner container wall 1c, and correspondingly, the second supporting member 20 symmetrically disposed with respect to the first supporting member 10 is also retracted into the corresponding recess 40 of the inner container wall 1 c.

Accordingly, the first and

second supports

10 and 20 are increased in size in the width direction, the shelf 30 may pass through the size of the first and

second supports

10 and 20 in the width direction and be positioned at the first and

second supports

10 and 20, and after the external force of the first and

second supports

10 and 20 is lost, the first and

second supports

10 and 20 are automatically returned to support the shelf 30 (shown in fig. 4) by the elastic force of the elastic member 50.

It will be understood that the mounting portion 12 connected to the supporting portion 13 can be automatically moved in the receiving space 42 of the mounting case 41 after the supporting portion 13 is provided with the guide slope 11 b.

And since the support surface 11a of the support portion 13 for supporting the shelf 30 is a plane, when it is required to adjust the height of the shelf 30 downward, for example, when the shelf 30 placed on the first and

second supports

10 and 20 in fig. 4 is moved to the support 11 located below the first and

second supports

10 and 20; the user is required to manually compress the first and

second supports

10 and 20 into the receiving spaces 42 of the corresponding mounting boxes 41, respectively, to increase the width-directional dimensions of the first and

second supports

10 and 20 and to pass the shelf 30 through the width-directional dimensions of the first and

second supports

10 and 20, so that the shelf 30 is positioned on the supports 11 (shown in fig. 5) below the first and

second supports

10 and 20.

Note that, in the present embodiment, the support portion 13 is provided on the first support 10, and the shelf 30 is placed on the support surface 11a of the support portion 13. In other embodiments, the first supporting part comprises a supporting part located in the storage chamber, a clamping groove is concavely arranged on one side of the side wall of the supporting part, which is opposite to the side wall, and the shelf is inserted into the clamping groove, so that the shelf is supported.

In the present invention, each embodiment is written in a progressive manner, and the differences from the previous embodiments are emphasized, and the same parts in each embodiment can be referred to the previous embodiments.

Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A refrigerator (1) comprising:

a storage compartment (1a), the storage compartment (1a) having oppositely disposed side walls (1b), the side walls (1b) including an inner bladder wall (1c) to define the storage compartment (1 a);

a first support (10) and a second support (20) respectively provided to a corresponding one of the side walls (1 b);

a shelf (30), both sides of the shelf (30) being adapted to be supported on the first and second supports (10, 20);

characterized in that at least the first support (10) is movable away from the second support (20); the first support (10) and the second support (20) extend in a depth direction of the refrigerator (1) so that the shelf is adapted to be directly lifted or lowered in the storage chamber (1 a);

further comprising a recess portion (40) located at the side wall (1b), the recess portion (40) including a mounting box (41) provided on the inner container wall (1c), the mounting box (41) having a housing space (42) and extending in a depth direction of the refrigerator (1), the housing space (42) having an opening (45) opened toward the storage compartment (1a), the first support (10) including a mounting portion (12) located in the housing space (42), the mounting portion (12) of the first support (10) coinciding with an extending direction of the mounting box (41), the first support (10) being movable into the recess portion.

2. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by comprising an elastic member (50), said elastic member (50) being intended to be applied to said first support (10) with a force towards said second support (20).

3. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by the mounting box (41) comprising a stopper (60) provided along the opening (45), a projection of the mounting portion (12) in the width direction of the storage compartment (1a) and a projection of the stopper (60) in the width direction of the storage compartment (1a) at least partially overlapping.

4. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by comprising an elastic member (50) inside the mounting box (41), the elastic member (50) being located between the mounting portion (12) and a bottom wall (44) of the mounting box (41) facing the opening (45) and applying a force to the mounting portion (12) to be away from the bottom wall (44).

5. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by the first support (10) comprising a support (13) inside the storage compartment (1 a);

the support portion (13) includes a support surface (11a) to support the shelf (30) and a guide slope surface (11b) located below the support surface (11 a); the projection of the guide slope (11b) in the height direction is entirely located within the projection of the support surface (11a) in the height direction.

6. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 5, characterized by the guide ramp (11b) comprising a curved surface.

7. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 4, characterized by the fact that the elastic member (50) is a spring, one of the bottom wall (44) and the mounting portion (12) being provided with a projection (43) and the other with a recess (10a) opposite to the projection (43), the projection (43) being receivable in the recess (10 a); one end of the spring is sleeved on the bulge (43), and the other end of the spring is arranged in the groove (10 a).

8. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 7 wherein the projections (43) are plural and arranged at intervals in a depth direction of the refrigerator (1); the grooves (10a) are arranged at intervals along the depth direction of the refrigerator (1).

9. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by the first support (10) comprising a support (13) inside the storage compartment (1a), the side of the support (13) facing away from the side wall (1b) being concavely provided with a notch adapted for the insertion of the shelf (30).

10. A refrigerator (1) as in any one of the claims 1 to 9, characterized by the second support (20) being movable away from the first support (10).

11. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 10, characterized by the second support (20) having a symmetrical configuration with respect to the first support (10).

12. A refrigerator (1) as in claim 1, characterized by comprising a plurality of pairs of said first and second supports (10, 20) distributed in the height direction of said storage compartment (1 a).