CN1093627C

CN1093627C - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN1093627C
Application number: CN96106169A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 植村好孝
Original assignee: Toshiba Corp
Current assignee: Toshiba Corp
Priority date: 1995-04-27
Filing date: 1996-04-25
Publication date: 2002-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 2016-04-25
Also published as: KR100208197B1; CN1162732A; KR960038326A; TW293080B; JP2983447B2; JPH08296957A

Abstract

To improve volume efficiency and hence simplify molding by providing an accommodation container wherein a lower part is supported with a pair of rails, the rails serving to freely draw a door, and upon the door being drawn an upper surface opening part width is more increased than a lower part width that is drawn from a storage chamber. A pair of right and left movable rails 47 are provided on the back surface of a door 23b serving to open and close a front surface opening part of a storage chamber, extended in the direction of drawing. A lower part 31b of an accommodation container 31 is supported with a pair of left and right movable rails 47, and upon a door 23 being drawn the width of an upper surface opening part 31a is more increased than the width of the lower part that is drawn from the storage chamber. Hereby, an accommodation internal volume can be increased with the expansion of the width size of the whole of accommodation container 31 and hence molding can be simplified and further the external appearance can be improved.

Description

Refrigerator

The present invention relates to have the refrigerator of extracting door out.

Extraction door available aftermentioned Fig. 9-11 of conventional refrigerator describes.

Among Fig. 9,101 refrigerator body disposes refrigerating chamber 103, refrigerating chamber 105 successively from the top, and vegetable compartment 107 is provided with the door 109 that opens and closes each storeroom, 111a, 111b and 113 respectively in its front.Refrigerating chamber 105 is configured in the middle part, and makes and door 111a, 111b interlock, thereby constitute the pull-out type that storage container 115 can be extracted out, stock is seen easily, easily the structure of taking-up.And the volume of this storage container 115 just becomes the actual volume of the storeroom with this drawout door.

117 is to extend along the storeroom depth direction, is installed in a 111b left and right sides the inside, the movable rail that door freely can be extracted out.For door 111b and movable rail 117,, be fixed in the top of a inside by steel plate in the heat-insulating material of imbedding in the door and door inner panel by end bending with movable rail 117.

In Figure 10 (A), Figure 10 (B) and Figure 11,119 for being arranged on the movable pulley on movable rail 117 rearward end.In addition, 121 for being installed on interior case 123 side wall centers in the refrigerating chamber 105, becoming the retaining rail of the sliding part of movable pulley 119 along depth direction.

124 for to be arranged on a pair of fixed pulley on the front portion about refrigerating chamber 105 madial walls, it cooperated with the recess 117b that forms on movable rail 117 form sliding bearing.

Storage container 115 is made up of accommodation section 125 and the flange portion 127 that forms on the peristome periphery in the above.Flange portion 127 is made up of planar portions 127a and dip portion 127b.In addition, in the

accommodation section

125 and 127 of flange portion form many ribs 129, this ribs 129 is put about storage container 115 above the movable rail on the 117a, thereby storage container 115 is bearing in the storeroom.

In addition, on the flange portion 127 of storage container 115, form handle 131.

In refrigerator with traditional as mentioned above extraction door, because as shown in figure 11, for ribs 129 being put on movable rail, it must be arranged on the comparison top, in addition, storage container 115 is to be made of plastics, and need have the draw taper relation to consider from plastic shaping, makes its bottom littler than peristome above it.Therefore, make flange portion width (a ' among Figure 11) and following quadrate part width (b ' among Figure 11) become big, be difficult to make the volume of storage container 115 to become big, make the problem that wasted space enlarges in the refrigerator thereby exist.

In view of in the pull-out type conventional refrigerator that as mentioned above storage container is installed in a inside, becoming big owing to basis makes wasted space for the track matching relationship that storage container freely can be extracted out exists, volumetric efficiency degenerates, and makes shortcomings such as storage container shaping complexity.

Therefore, the object of the invention is to propose to make volumetric efficiency to improve for overcoming above-mentioned shortcoming, the above-mentioned refrigerator that is shaped and simplifies.

Refrigerator of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: by at least a portion with its inner space be divided into storeroom and have the interior case of peristome in its front and hold that outer container of case constitutes in this, body of thermal insulating box of filling heat-insulating material between case and outer container in this; Open and close the drawout door of the above-mentioned peristome that covers corresponding described storeroom freely, the a pair of movable rail that extends, moves with the on-off action interlock of above-mentioned door along the left and right sides wall portion of described storeroom, movable thus rail supporting, with the extraction action interlock of above-mentioned door from above-mentioned storeroom extract out above the storage container of formation opening, be characterized in, the A/F of above-mentioned storage container is wideer than its bottom, above-mentioned movable rail is configured near the corner portion of wall subordinate side, the above-mentioned storeroom left and right sides, has the portion of bearing of the above-mentioned storage container of supporting simultaneously.

On the wall of the left and right sides of above-mentioned storeroom, have the above-mentioned movable rail of supporting and the fixed pulley that makes it to be free to slide, in addition, an end of movable rail is fixed on the door, pulley is installed on its other end.

Have the last lower clapboard of the inner space of dividing above-mentioned storeroom and the retaining rail of lower clapboard formation one therewith.

Formation puts the portion of bearing on above-mentioned support with the bottom surface sections of above-mentioned storage container, the outside face that also can form above-mentioned storage container puts bearing in the portion at above-mentioned support, in addition, also can on the face of the outside of above-mentioned storage container, form end difference, this end difference is put on above-mentioned support.

In addition, also can on the bottom surface sections of above-mentioned storage container, form rib.

In aforesaid structure, must form wasted space owing to need draw taper be arranged in the storage container shaping, but because movable rail is provided in the storage container bottom outside, thereby wasted space is diminished, it is big that the volume of storage container becomes.

In addition,, can make the intensity of peristome periphery above the storage container need not to keep big as tradition, thereby flange portion is diminished, thereby the shaping of storage container flange portion is simplified owing to constitute with movable rail supporting storage container bottom, more attractive in appearance in appearance.

Owing to, reduce in the time of making screw connect place and worker, therefore can reduce cost in addition, prevent to produce workmanship and fluctuate excessive by retaining rail and shelf-shaped are integral.

Simple declaration to accompanying drawing

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of embodiment of the invention refrigerator,

Fig. 2 is the longitudinal side profile of refrigerator shown in Figure 1,

Fig. 3 is the amplification stereogram that refrigerator shown in Figure 1 is taken out door,

Fig. 4 takes out the orthogonal view and the sectional side view of door and storage container for representing refrigerator shown in Figure 1,

Fig. 5 is the amplification profile of refrigerator major part shown in Figure 1,

Fig. 6 is the vertical view (A) that is used for the internal partition of refrigerator shown in Figure 1, front view (B) and side view (C),

Fig. 7 is the profile of relevant another embodiment of the present invention major part,

Fig. 8 is the profile of relevant further embodiment of this invention major part,

Fig. 9 is the stereogram of expression conventional refrigerator integral body,

Figure 10 is the main pseudosection and the side cutaway view of conventional refrigerator,

Figure 11 is the amplification profile of conventional refrigerator major part.

1-8 elaborates to the embodiment of the invention referring now to accompanying drawing.

Among Fig. 1-2, refrigerator body 1 be with filling heat-insulating material 7 dividing plate 11,13 between outer container 3 and interior case 5 through foam filling the casing 9 of heat-insulating materials such as polyurethane foam plastics 7 separate configuration refrigerating chamber 15, refrigerating chamber 17 and vegetable compartment 19 from top to bottom successively.But the door 21 of freely openable is set respectively on each storeroom, 23a, 23b and 25 for the storeroom that is in central lower position (refrigerating chamber 17 in the present embodiment and vegetable compartment 19), promptly becomes the described extraction door in back.Inside is set in the dorsal edge portion of each packing 27 of magnet, this magnet can be close to the outer container front upper 3a that is made by iron plate and sidepiece 3b and dividing plate front face 11a for refrigerating chamber 15, for vegetable compartment 19, can be close to a cooling gas leakage when preventing to close with outer container front sidepiece 3b and bottom 3c and dividing plate front face 13a.In addition, for refrigerating chamber 17, form as the occasion of present embodiment two Room 17a, 17b at above-mentioned two Room 17a, formation median septum 29 between 17b, for the 1st refrigerating chamber 17a can with dividing plate front 11a, the sidepiece 3b of median septum 29 and outer container front is close to, for the 2nd refrigerating chamber 17b, can with median septum 29, dividing plate front 13a and outer container front sidepiece 3b are close to, the same with refrigerating chamber, in order to prevent cooling gas leakage.

31 is that storage container is in the 2nd refrigerating chamber 17b, when door 23b is taken out to the front, packing 27 is separated with median septum 29 and dividing plate front 13a, be exactly when door 23b being extracted out like this, peristome 31a is opened wide, can carry out the taking-up of food etc. and deposit.

Cooling effect in each storeroom is carried out as follows, promptly be blown in the refrigerating chamber 17 from refrigerating chamber blow vent 35 with the revolution of the cold air that is installed in cooler 39 generations on refrigerating chamber 17 back sides by blower fan 33, make its cooling, make thereafter by return duct 37 faces that in dividing plate 13, form and be back to cooler 39 formation circulations.In addition, the cold air that flows to refrigerating chamber 15 is flowed into from a plurality of cold air blow vents 43 in 42 formation of each shelf by the pipeline 41 that is arranged on its back side.The cold air influx is controlled in the switching that is installed in the damper device 45 on refrigerating chamber 15 lower backside by control, to regulate the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 15.And, will import vegetable compartment 19 to the cold air that has cooled off in the refrigerating chamber 15 again, thereafter, make and return cooler 39.

Fig. 3 is with the amplification stereogram behind storage container 31 removals of the 2nd refrigerating chamber.In addition, for the detailed relation of movable rail 47 of expression and pulley 49, be situation after block 61 is removed in expression as figure.A pair of movable rail 47 is extended along extracting direction out about the back side of door 23b, and a pair of pulley 49 about being arranged on the interior case 5 sidewall front portions of refrigerating chamber 17 belows is fixed pulley.It is put on the recess 47a that forms on the movable rail 47, in order to the extraction direction of control gate.51 for being arranged on the movable pulley on the movable rail rearward end 47b, can slide in the コ shape retaining rail 53 on being installed in the inner box side wall.

At this moment, formation with storage container 31 be contained in by door 23b, about movable rail 47 and be installed in about in the space that constitutes of block 61 (shown in Fig. 4 (B)) on the movable rail rearward end 47b, the bottom surface of storage container 31 is put in the portion of bearing 59 of the L font that stretches out to space one side, thereby storage container 31 and door 23b can be extracted out with being integral.

In Fig. 4 (A), Fig. 4 (B) and Fig. 5, consider that from lightweight and outward appearance storage container 31 is made of plastics, comprise accommodation section 55 and flange portion 57.In addition, for the ease of cleaning, formation can freely be loaded and unloaded from movable rail 47.In addition, to be easy to the demoulding in order being shaped, to make the top peristome 31a of accommodation section 55 bigger slightly, promptly have the rake 63 that enlarges of peristome 31a upward from bottom 31b than its bottom 31b.

And, movable rail 47 is installed in the wideest place of width of the spatial portion that the rake 63 by above-mentioned storage container 31 forms, exactly movable rail 47 is installed in the refrigerating chamber 17 at a back side about the corner portions vicinity of below, on the position corresponding in pair of right and left retaining rail 53 is arranged in the case 5 with movable pulley 51.

Below, the action of this embodiment is described.

When door 23b is extracted out, slide on fixed pulley 49 by making movable rail recess 47a, movable pulley 51 slides in retaining rail 53, and a 23b and movable rail 47 are extracted out integratedly.

When door 23b is extracted out, put into food etc. by peristome 31a above storage container and make and obtain cooling (present embodiment is freezing), its reality hold the volume that volume becomes storage container.

In this embodiment, because with the bottom surface of bearing portion's 59 supporting storage containers 31, this supports with the traditional flange portion with storage container top and compares, because the rake 63 that can make storage container 31 is near refrigerating chamber sidewall one side, the width (b among Fig. 5) of quadrate part is shortened, hold the volume change greatly thereby can make.

In addition, because because of needn't guarantee the intensity of flange portion 57 by the bottom surface of supporting storage containers 31 with movable rail 47, the planar portions 57a of flange portion and the size of dip portion 57b can be shortened width dimensions (a) the shortening among Fig. 5 that makes flange portion, thereby the volume that can make storage container becomes big, is shaped and simplifies.

Owing to storage container 31 is arranged to and can be freely loaded and unloaded, when storage container 31 is extracted out, till making movable pulley 51 and limiter 65 contacts, after door 23b is extracted out, will lift on the storage container 31.At this moment, not colliding with dividing plate 29 for the periphery of the peristome 31a that makes storage container 31 is necessary to make storage container 31 to tilt, yet, in the present embodiment,, storage container 31 is tilted easily because movable rail 47 is arranged on the bottom of storeroom.Therefore, storage container is loaded and unloaded easily, cleaning property is good.

Bear the rib of giving prominence in the space of portion 59 67 in the formation of inboard, storage container 31 bottom surfaces to the pair of right and left that on movable rail 47, forms, except using as the location of storage container 31, also can be to 31 booster actions of storage container.

For the 2nd refrigerating chamber 17b is such as shown in this embodiment, the occasion that has dividing plate 13 in the bottom, after casing 9 is shaped, at inner panel 13b, the dividing plate 13 that filling heat-insulating material 7 forms in dividing plate front 13a and the non-illustrated vegetable compartment top board is as the monomer device of installing out of the ordinary, as shown in Figure 6, inner panel 13b (present embodiment is the refrigerating chamber base plate) and retaining rail 13c can be formed one.

According to said structure, in the time of reducing screw and connect place and worker, reduce cost and can reach that to prevent the workmanship fluctuation excessive.

In addition, present embodiment is to describe by the 2nd refrigerating chamber, but vegetable compartment and the 1st refrigerating chamber are suitable for too.

In addition,, also can form joggling portion 71 as shown in Figure 7, it is put on movable rail, can further make this moment and hold the volume change greatly for the structure of formation with movable rail supporting storage container bottom surface.

In addition, also can forming rib (69 among the figure) on the quadrate part side under storage container,, it be put on movable rail as shown in Figure 8 as support.

In sum, the present invention is owing to constitute the corner portions that movable rail is configured in refrigerating chamber sidewall below along depth direction, use the bottom supporting storage container, can make the storage container integral width enlarge, can make when holding volume and increase thereby have, have that making is shaped and simplify, effect more attractive in appearance in appearance.

In addition, by retaining rail portion and base plate are formed one, can make that cost reduces, reduce when screw connects place and worker and can reach that to prevent to produce the workmanship fluctuation excessive.

Claims

1. refrigerator comprises: by at least a portion in the inner space mark off storeroom and have the interior case of peristome in its front and hold that outer container of case constitutes in this, body of thermal insulating box of filling heat-insulating material between case and outer container in this; Open and close the drawout door of the described peristome that covers corresponding above-mentioned storeroom freely; Left and right sides wall portion along above-mentioned storeroom extends, the mobile a pair of movable rail with the on-off action interlock of above-mentioned door; Be supported on the above-mentioned movable rail, with the extraction action interlock of above-mentioned door from above-mentioned storeroom extract out above the storage container of opening, it is characterized in that, the A/F of above-mentioned storage container is wideer than its bottom surface sections, described movable rail is configured near the corner portion of wall subordinate side, the left and right sides of described storeroom, and has the support of the described storage container of supporting.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the fixed pulley that has the movable rail of supporting and movable rail is free to slide on the wall of the left and right sides of described storeroom.

3. refrigerator according to claim 2 is characterized in that, an end of described movable rail is fixed on the door, pulley is placed on the other end of movable rail.

4. refrigerator according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described storeroom has the last lower clapboard of dividing the inner space and reaches the retaining rail that forms one with above-mentioned lower clapboard.

5. according to the described refrigerator of arbitrary claim among the claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, on above-mentioned support, form the portion of bearing that above-mentioned storage container bottom surface sections is put.

6. refrigerator according to claim 5 is characterized in that, forms rib on the bottom surface sections of above-mentioned storage container.

7. according to the described refrigerator of arbitrary claim among the claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, on the face of the outside of above-mentioned storage container, form described storage container is put the portion of bearing on described support.

8. according to the described refrigerator of arbitrary claim among the claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, on the face of the outside of above-mentioned storage container, form end difference, this end difference is put on above-mentioned support.