CN113739487A - Refrigerator with a door - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a refrigerator provided with a push-pull type storage container and capable of improving the appearance attractiveness. The refrigerator is provided with: a refrigerator main body provided with a storage chamber having a front opening therein; and a storage container which is provided in the storage chamber so as to be able to be pulled out forward and which is open at an upper surface, the storage container comprising: a bottom; a peripheral wall protruding upward from left and right end portions and a rear end portion of the bottom portion; and a front wall projecting upward from a front end portion of the bottom, the front wall being provided separately from the bottom and the peripheral wall.

Description

Refrigerator with a door

Technical Field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a refrigerator.

Background

In some cases, a push-pull type storage container is disposed at a position in the refrigerator where visibility is likely to be obtained, such as a lower portion of a refrigerating chamber, and the storage container is provided so as to be able to be pulled out forward (see, for example, patent document 1 below).

In such a refrigerator, the push-pull type container is disposed at a position where the stored articles are easily taken in and out, so that the convenience of use can be improved, and the container is disposed at a position where the appearance of the container is easily conspicuous.

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 2015-55452

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to improve the appearance of a refrigerator provided with a push-pull type storage container.

Disclosure of Invention

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a refrigerator main body provided with a storage chamber having a front opening therein; and a storage container which is provided in the storage chamber so as to be able to be pulled out forward and which is open at an upper surface, the storage container comprising: a bottom; a peripheral wall protruding upward from left and right end portions and a rear end portion of the bottom portion; and a front wall projecting upward from a front end portion of the bottom, the front wall being provided separately from the bottom and the peripheral wall.

According to the structure, the appearance aesthetic property of the push-pull type storage container can be improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator main body.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view a-a of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front view of a refrigerating chamber provided with a water supply box and a receiving container.

Fig. 5 is a B-B sectional view of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the storage container.

Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the storage container.

Description of the reference numerals

1 … refrigerator, 2 … refrigerator body, 6 … refrigerator compartment, 7 … vegetable compartment, 10 … freezer compartment, 12a … shelf, 14 … storage container, 30 … water supply box, 131 … container body, 132 … cover, 133 … front projection, 134 … box front face, 134a … nd 2 accent, 134b … lower end, 134c … upper end, 134d … inclined portion, 141a 141 … bottom, 141a … storage area, 141b … front side area, 142 … left wall, 143 … right wall, 144 … rear wall, 145 … front wall, 146 … peripheral wall engaging portion, 146a … engaging portion, 146b … clamping wall, 147 … bottom engaging portion, 148 … front wall engaging portion, 148a … claw portion, 148b … plate, … lower engaging portion, 150 accent … projection strip, 36151 container projection, 36160, … container projection, … a 36161, … front end 161, … c upper end portion, … c front end 161, … c front projection portion, … upper end portion 161, … c joining portion 161, … c, 163 … side face, 164 … grip, 165 … rear opening

Detailed Description

Next, a refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are merely exemplary, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto. The following embodiments may be variously omitted, replaced, or modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The following embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope of the claims of the present invention and the equivalent scope thereof.

In the following description, the left-right direction, the front-back direction, and the up-down direction refer to directions when the refrigerator is viewed from the front, and the left-right direction corresponds to the width direction of the refrigerator. In addition, left, right, upper, lower, back, and near, unless otherwise specified, refer to positions, lateral directions, and the like when the refrigerator is viewed from the front. In the inner box 4 of the refrigerator 1, the side facing the storage room is the refrigerator inner side, and the side facing the outer box 3 with the heat insulating material interposed therebetween is the heat insulating space side.

(1) Structure of refrigerator 1

The structure of the refrigerator 1 will be explained with reference to the drawings. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the refrigerator 1 includes a refrigerator main body 2 having an opening on a front surface. The refrigerator main body 2 includes an outer box 3 made of a steel plate and an inner box 4 made of a synthetic resin, and between the outer box 3 and the inner box 4, there are formed: and a heat insulating space 5 for storing heat insulating materials such as foam heat insulating materials and vacuum heat insulating panels. The refrigerator main body 2 is provided with a plurality of storage compartments inside the inner box 4. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, a refrigerating chamber 6 and a vegetable chamber 7 are provided in this order from the upper layer, and a freezing chamber 10 is provided below these chambers.

The refrigerating chamber 6 and the vegetable chamber 7 are: a storage room cooled to a refrigerating temperature band (for example, 1 to 4 ℃) based on the temperature detected by a refrigerating room temperature sensor 36 provided at the rear side thereof. Although the refrigerating chamber 6 and the vegetable chamber 7 are vertically partitioned by a partition plate 11 made of synthetic resin, air in the refrigerating chamber 6 flows into the vegetable chamber 7 through a communication hole 17 provided at a rear end portion of the partition plate 11. The front opening of the refrigerating chamber 6 is provided with: a rotatable insulated door 6a pivotally supported by hinges.

The rear surface of the refrigerating compartment 6 is defined by a rear wall member 40 provided in front of the inner compartment rear surface 4e with a space therebetween. The back wall member 40 has a1 st flow path portion 24b and a 2 nd flow path portion 24c formed between the back wall member and the inner case back surface 4e, and the 1 st flow path portion 24b and the 2 nd flow path portion 24c constitute: and a part of the refrigerating-side flow path 24 through which the cold air supplied to the refrigerating chamber 6 flows. Further, the rear wall member 40 is provided with: an operation panel 39 for allowing a user to set various settings such as the temperature of refrigerating compartment 6 and freezing compartment 10, and a refrigerating compartment temperature sensor 36 for detecting the temperature in refrigerating compartment 6.

A plurality of shelves 12 are provided in the internal space of the refrigerating compartment 6 at intervals in the vertical direction. The space vertically partitioned by the partition plate 11 and the shelf 12a at the lowermost layer is formed with: a lower storage chamber 6b for storing a push-pull type container such as a water supply box 30 or a storage container 14, and an upper storage chamber 6c in which the shelf 12 is provided is formed in a space defined above the shelf 12a in the lowermost layer.

The upper storage compartment 6c is a storage compartment disposed at the uppermost layer in the refrigerator 1, and a rear wall plate 41 of the rear wall member 40 disposed at the rear portion of the upper storage compartment 6c is exposed in a state where the stored products are not stored, and the rear wall plate 41 is visible from the front.

The rear wall plate 41 is a plate-like body constituting a front surface portion of the rear wall member 40, and is provided over substantially the entire width of the upper storage compartment 6c to partition and form a rear surface of the upper storage compartment 6 c. The rear wall plate 41 has cutouts on both left and right sides below the lowermost shelf 12a, the water supply device 31 and the outer case 38 are disposed in one cutout, and the communication hole 17 is provided below the other cutout.

A longitudinal partition wall 13 is disposed near one side wall (left side wall) of the refrigerating chamber 6, and the lower storage chamber 6b is partitioned in the refrigerator width direction by the longitudinal partition wall 13 (see fig. 4). A water supply box 30 and a water supply device 31 are provided in a space (hereinafter, also referred to as a box chamber) interposed between the left side wall of the refrigerating compartment 6 and the vertical partition wall 13.

A push-pull type storage container 14 provided to be able to be pulled out forward is stored in a space (hereinafter, also referred to as a fresh food compartment) interposed between the vertical partition wall 13 and the other side wall (right side wall) of the refrigerating compartment 6. As shown in fig. 3, the longitudinal partition wall 13 is configured such that: is hidden behind the front portion of the storage container 14.

The water supply box 30 and the storage container 14 are push-pull type containers that are stored at predetermined positions in the front-rear direction by positioning portions, not shown, provided on the partition plate 11.

In the lower storage chamber 6b, the rear wall member 40 and the outer case 38 disposed at the rear thereof are covered and hidden by the water supply box 30 and the storage container 14 from the front.

As shown in fig. 5, the shelf 12a at the lowermost layer is preferably formed with, on the lower side of the front end portion thereof: the inclined portion 12a1 inclined upward so that the thickness becomes thinner toward the tip. The shelf 12a at the lowermost layer may be fixed to the left and right side surfaces 4a, 4b of the inner box 4, or may be attached to and detached from the left and right side surfaces 4a, 4b of the inner box 4.

The top wall of the refrigerator main body 2 forming the ceiling surface of the refrigerating chamber 6 houses, inside the refrigerator: and an illumination device 80 for illuminating the inside of the refrigerating compartment 6.

A sliding heat insulating door 7a is provided at an opening portion on the front surface of the vegetable compartment 7. A storage container 15 constituting a storage container is connected to a rear surface portion of the heat insulating door 7a, and the storage container 15 is drawn out to the outside of the refrigerator simultaneously with the door opening operation.

The freezing chamber 10 is: a storage chamber cooled to a freezing temperature zone (for example, -10 to-20 ℃) based on the temperature detected by a freezing chamber temperature sensor 37 disposed at the rear thereof. The vegetable compartment 7 and the freezing compartment 10 are vertically partitioned by a heat insulating partition wall 16 having a heat insulating material provided therein. A sliding heat insulating door 10a is provided in a front opening of the freezing chamber 10.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 storage containers, that is, a lower container 100, a middle container 101, and an upper container 102, are provided in the freezing chamber 10 in a vertically aligned manner. A lower container 100 is connected to the rear surface of the heat insulation door 10a, and is configured such that: the lower container 100 and the middle container 101 supported by the upper surface of the lower container 100 are drawn out of the refrigerator simultaneously with the door opening operation.

Above the upper container 102 are provided: the ice making device 105 including an ice making tray and an ice releasing mechanism drops ice made by the ice making device 105 toward the upper container 102 and stores the ice in the upper container 102. The ice making device 105 constitutes an automatic ice making device together with the water supply box 30 provided in the refrigerating compartment 6 and the water supply device 31, and water of the water supply box 30 scooped up by the water supply device 31 is supplied to the ice making tray.

The inside of the freezing chamber 10 is provided with: a cooler 21 capable of generating cold air for cooling the storage chambers 6, 7, 10; and a cooler chamber 23 for housing the cooler fan 22. The cooler chamber 23 is connected with: a refrigerating-side flow path 24 for supplying cold air generated by the cooler 21 toward the refrigerating chamber 6; a freezing-side flow path 26 for supplying cold air generated by the cooler 21 toward the freezing chamber 10; and a return duct 19 for returning the air flowing through each of the storage chambers 6, 7, and 10 to the cooler chamber 23. A cold storage damper 25 is provided in a portion where the cooler chamber 23 is connected to the cold storage side flow path 24, and a freezing damper 27 is provided in a portion where the cooler chamber 23 is connected to the freezing side flow path 26.

The cooling side flow path 24 is formed by: vegetable compartment flow path 24a provided on the rear surface of vegetable compartment 7, and 1 st flow path portion 24b and 2 nd flow path portion 24c provided behind refrigerating compartment 6 are connected in this order from below.

The vegetable compartment flow path 24a is arranged such that: the widthwise center thereof is located on one side (the right side in the present embodiment) in the widthwise direction than the widthwise center of the vegetable compartment 7. The vegetable compartment passage 24a has a wider passage width as it goes upward from the refrigeration damper 25, and is connected to the lower end of the 1 st passage portion 24 b.

The 1 st passage portion 24b extends upward from the lower end of the lower storage chamber 6b to a position above the shelf 12a at the lowermost layer, and the 1 st passage portion 24b is provided behind the lower storage chamber 6b and behind the lower portion of the upper storage chamber 6 c. The 1 st channel section 24b is arranged such that: the widthwise center thereof is located on one side (the right side in the present embodiment) in the widthwise direction than the widthwise center of refrigerating compartment 6.

The upper end of the 1 st flow path portion 24b is connected to the 2 nd flow path portion 24c via an inclined portion 24d, wherein the inclined portion 24d is inclined toward the inside in the width direction (the left side in the present embodiment) with respect to the up-down direction. The 2 nd flow path portion 24c is arranged such that: the widthwise center of the first flow path part 24b is closer to the widthwise center of the refrigerating compartment 6 than the widthwise center of the first flow path part 1 b.

The front surface of the 1 st channel part 24b is provided with: the air outlet 18b, which opens toward the lower storage chamber 6b, is provided on the front surface of the 2 nd flow path portion 24c with: and an air outlet 18c opening toward the upper storage chamber 6 c.

The cooler 21 constitutes a refrigeration cycle together with a compressor 29 and a condenser housed in a machine chamber 28, in which the machine chamber 28 is formed in a lower portion of a rear surface of the refrigerator main body 2, and the cooler 21 is cooled by a refrigerant discharged from the compressor 29. The cooler 21 can cool the air in the cooler room 23 to generate cold air for cooling the storage rooms 6, 7, and 10.

As shown in fig. 1, a substrate storage section 60 recessed forward is provided on an upper portion of a rear surface of the refrigerator main body 2, and the substrate storage section 60 is provided therein with: for controlling electrical components 71 such as a control board 70 and a reactor of the refrigerator 1.

The control board 70 controls the opening and closing of the cold storage damper 25 and the freezing damper 27, the rotation speed of the cooler fan 22, the operation frequency of the compressor 29, and the lighting device 80 based on detection signals input from the various sensors 36 and 37 and the operation panel 39 and a control program stored in a memory in advance, and controls all operations of the refrigerator 1.

According to refrigerator 1 configured as described above, by controlling the rotation of cooler fan 22 and the opening and closing of refrigerating damper 25 and freezing damper 27, and by switching the supply of cold air generated by cooler 21 to refrigerating chamber 6, vegetable chamber 7, and freezing chamber 10, each of storage chambers 6, 7, and 10 is cooled so that the temperatures detected by refrigerating chamber temperature sensor 36 and freezing chamber temperature sensor 37 satisfy predetermined temperature conditions.

Specifically, when refrigerating room 6 and vegetable room 7 are cooled, compressor 29 is driven to lower the temperature of cooler 21, and cooler fan 22 is driven with refrigerating damper 25 opened and freezing damper 27 closed. Accordingly, the air cooled by cooler 21 flows upward through vegetable compartment flow path 24a, 1 st flow path portion 24b, inclined portion 24d, and 2 nd flow path portion 24c, and is supplied from blow-out ports 18b and 18c to refrigerating compartment 6, thereby cooling refrigerating compartment 6. The air flowing through refrigerating chamber 6 flows into vegetable compartment 7 through communication hole 17 provided in partition plate 11, cools vegetable compartment 7, enters return duct 19 through suction port 19a provided on the rear surface of vegetable compartment 7, returns to cooler compartment 23, and exchanges heat with cooler 21 again to cool the air.

When the freezing chamber 10 is cooled, the compressor 29 is driven to lower the temperature of the cooler 21, and the cooler fan 22 is driven with the freezing damper 27 opened and the refrigerating damper 25 closed. Accordingly, the air cooled by cooler 21 passes through freezing-side flow path 26 and is supplied from blow-out port 34 to freezing chamber 10, thereby cooling freezing chamber 10. The air flowing through the freezing chamber 10 enters the return duct 19 from the suction port 19b provided in the rear surface of the freezing chamber 10, returns to the cooler chamber 23, and is cooled again by heat exchange with the cooler 21.

In refrigerator 1, when door 6a of refrigerating compartment 6 is opened, control board 70 supplies power of a driving power source to lighting device 80 to illuminate the inside of refrigerating compartment 6.

(2) Storage container 14

Next, the storage container 14 stored in the fresh food compartment sandwiched between the vertical partition wall 13 and the right side wall of the refrigerating compartment 6 will be described. As shown in fig. 3 to 7, the storage container 14 includes: a bottom 141; a left wall 142 and a right wall 143 projecting upward from left and right ends of the bottom 141; a rear wall 144 projecting upward from a rear end of the bottom; and a front wall 145 projecting upward from a front end of the bottom 141.

With respect to the storage container 14, the left wall 142, the right wall 143, and the rear wall 144 constitute: a continuous peripheral wall provided integrally with the bottom 141. That is, the left wall 142 and the rear wall 144 are smoothly connected via a curved surface, the right wall 143 and the rear wall 144 are smoothly connected via a curved surface, and the bottom 141 and the peripheral walls 142, 143, 144 are smoothly connected via curved surfaces 142a, 143a, 144 a.

The bottom 141, the left wall 142, the right wall 143, and the rear wall 144 are formed of an integrally molded resin molded body, for example, an opaque resin material such as white.

The front wall 145 is formed of a resin molded body molded separately from the bottom 141 and the peripheral walls 142, 143, and 144, and is molded of a resin material having a color and transparency different from those of the bottom 141 and the peripheral walls 142, 143, and 144, such as a transparent resin material. The front wall 145 is fixed to the front end portions of the left wall 142, the right wall 143, and the bottom 141, thereby forming a substantially rectangular parallelepiped container with an open upper surface.

The types of the resin material constituting the bottom 141, the left wall 142, the right wall 143, and the rear wall 144 and the resin material constituting the front wall 145 are not particularly limited, but the same resin material is preferable, and for example, polystyrene resin (GPPS) or the like can be used.

The front end portions of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143 are provided with: a peripheral wall engaging portion 146 having a larger thickness and extending outward in the left and right directions. Further, the bottom portion 141 is provided at its front end portion with: and a bottom engagement portion 147 that expands downward so as to increase in thickness. The peripheral wall engaging portion 146 and the bottom engaging portion 147 are engaged with: front wall 145 is fixed to the front sides of left wall 142, right wall 143, and bottom 141 by front wall engaging portion 148 and lower engaging portion 149 provided on the back surface of front wall 145.

The peripheral wall engagement portion 146 includes: a hook-shaped locking part 146a provided at the upper end of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143; and a holding plate 146b provided below the locking portion 146 a. The holding plate 146b is: and a wall surface extending upward from the bottom portion 141 provided further outward in the left-right direction than the inner surfaces of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143. The holding plate 146b has formed between the wall surfaces on the left and right outer sides of the peripheral wall engaging portion 146: narrow slits extending in the vertical direction.

The upper surface of the bottom 141 is provided with: a housing area 141a partitioned between the curved surface 142a and the curved surface 143 a; and a front end region 141b sandwiched by the holding plates 146b, wherein the curved surfaces 142a, 143a are provided at the lower ends of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143, respectively, and the holding plates 146b, 146b are provided at the front end portions of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143, respectively.

The storage area 141a is an area where the stored items are mainly placed, and is inclined so as to be lower as it goes to the rear. The leading end region 141b is: a wide region that is longer in the left-right direction than the storage region 141a provided on the front side of the storage region 141 a. Provided on the lower side of the front region 141b are: a bottom engagement portion 147 having a slit with a small width extending in the left-right direction.

The bottom portion 141 is provided at the front end portion of the upper surface thereof with: and a protrusion 150 protruding upward. The protrusion 150 extends in the left-right direction so as to connect the front end of the curved surface 142a of the left wall 142 and the front end of the curved surface 143a of the right wall 143, and defines a housing area 141a on the rear side of the protrusion 150 and a front area 141b on the front side of the protrusion 150.

The front wall 145 has front wall engaging portions 148 at both left and right ends of the back surface, and a lower engaging portion 149 at a lower end of the back surface.

The front wall engagement portion 148 includes: a claw portion 148a projecting rearward from the upper end portion of the rear surface of the front wall 145 and locked to the locking portion 146a of the peripheral wall engaging portion 146; and left and right insertion plates 148b protruding rearward from the rear surface of the front wall 145. The left and right insertion plates 148b are formed in a plate shape provided along the vertical direction so as to connect the lower side of the claw portion 148a to the lower engagement portion 149, and are inserted into the slits formed by the holding plates 146b of the peripheral wall engagement portion 146.

The lower engaging portion 149 is formed in a plate shape that is provided along the left-right direction so as to connect the lower ends of the left and right insertion plates 148b and protrudes rearward from the rear surface of the front wall 145. That is, the left and right insertion plates 148b and the lower engagement portion 149 are continuously connected in an コ shape that is open upward when viewed from the rear. Such a lower engagement portion 149 is inserted into: the bottom engagement portion 147 of the bottom portion 141 has a slit.

Further, the upper ends of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143 are provided with: and a flange 151 protruding outward in the left-right direction. The projecting amount of the flange portion 151 projecting outward in the left-right direction is set to: like the peripheral wall engaging portion 146 provided at the distal end portions of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143, the peripheral wall engaging portion 146 is hidden by the flange portion 151 in a plan view.

A container protrusion 160 protruding upward and forward is provided at the upper end of the front wall 145 and over the entire width of the front wall 145. The container protrusion 160 includes: a container front portion 161 provided in front of the front wall 145 at a distance; a connecting portion 162 that connects the container front portion 161 and the front wall 145 and extends in the left-right direction; and side surface portions 163 connecting left and right side portions of the container front portion 161 and the connecting portion 162 to the front wall 145.

Container front portion 161 constitutes a vertical wall provided at a distance in front of front wall 145 and extending in the vertical direction. As shown in fig. 5, the container front surface portion 161 extends upward from a position below the claw portion 148a provided on the front wall 145 to the same height as the lowermost shelf 12 a. That is, the lower end of the container front surface portion 161 is located below the claw portion 148a, and the upper end of the container front surface portion 161 is disposed in front of the shelf 12a so as to overlap the lowermost shelf 12a in the front-rear direction in a state where the storage container 14 is stored in the fresh food compartment.

Accordingly, when the storage container 14 is stored in the fresh food compartment, the container front surface portion 161 shields and hides at least a part of the claw portion 148a provided on the front wall 145 and the front end of the lowermost shelf 12a from the front, and closes the gap formed between the upper end of the front wall 145 and the lowermost shelf 12a from the front in front view.

In the present embodiment, the upper end portion of the container front portion 161 is provided with: the upper end of the container inclined portion 161d is disposed in front of the shelf 12a at the lowermost layer, as the container inclined portion 161d is inclined rearward as it goes upward.

The container front surface 161 is inclined rearward as it goes upward, and the inclination angle thereof is substantially the same as the inclination angle of the case front surface 134 constituting the front surface portion of the water feed case 30. In the present embodiment, the container front surface portion 161 of the storage container 14 and the box front surface portion 134 of the water feed box 30 are inclined rearward so as to be slightly deviated from the vertical direction as they go upward.

The container front 161 includes, at its lower end: the 1 st emphasis part 161a is provided in a band shape having a dimension in the vertical direction set to a constant value and extending in the horizontal direction. The 1 st emphasized portion 161a is a region visually distinguishable from the other portions of the container front portion 161, that is: such as regions of different materials, colors, patterns, component thicknesses, etc. The 1 st emphasizing portion 161a is preferably: the thickness of the front face 161 is thicker than other portions of the container, and the transparency is made lower than other portions by coloring, surface processing, metal vapor deposition (metal vapor deposition), or the like. In the case where the colored layer is provided in the 1 st emphasized portion 161a, the surface on which the colored layer is formed is preferably: is set thicker in such a manner as to protrude more than the other portions of the container front portion 161. By providing the coloring layer thick in this manner, the 1 st accent 161a can be provided with a beautiful appearance without exposing the coloring layer from the 1 st accent 161 a.

The coupling portion 162 projects substantially horizontally forward from the upper end portion of the front wall 14a and is coupled to the lower portion of the container front portion 161. The coupling portion 162 is preferably configured to: at least a part of the front wall engaging portion 148 overlaps in the front-rear direction, and in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the coupling portion 162 is provided such that: overlaps with the root upper end portion of the claw portion 148a in the front-rear direction.

A container grip 164 that opens downward is formed below the coupling portion 162 and between the container front portion 161 and the front wall 145. The container gripper 164 is a member that serves as a gripper when a user inserts a finger from below to load and unload the storage container 14.

Further, a rear opening 165 is provided at least at the upper end portion of the rear surface of the container protrusion 160. In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 5 and 7, a rear opening 165 is provided over the entire width of the container protrusion 160 and above the connection portion 162 so that the rear surface of the container protrusion 160 is open.

The front wall 145 is fixed to the front ends of the bottom 141, the left wall 142, and the right wall 143 by locking the claw portions 148a to the locking portions 146a of the left wall 142 and the right wall 143, inserting the insertion plate 148b into the slit formed by the holding plate 146b of the peripheral wall engagement portion 146, and inserting the lower engagement portion 149 into the slit of the bottom engagement portion 147, thereby constituting the storage container 14.

(3) Water supply box 30

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the water supply box 30 includes: a container body 131 whose upper surface is open; and a lid 132 for closing the upper surface opening of the container main body 131. The water supply box 30 stores in the container main body 131: the water (ice making water) supplied to the ice making device 105 by the water supply device 31 is prevented from overflowing from the container main body 131 by the cover 132.

The container body 131 is: a substantially rectangular parallelepiped synthetic resin container having a larger space between the front wall and the rear wall than the space between the left and right side walls and being long in the front-rear direction.

Further, the container body 131 includes: a front protruding portion 133 provided over substantially the entire width of the front wall so as to protrude forward and upward from the upper end portion of the front wall.

The front protrusion 133 includes: a box front surface portion 134 provided on the front side of the front wall at a distance; and side surface portions 135 provided at both left and right ends of the case front portion 134.

The front projection 133 has a box grip portion opened downward between the box front 134 and the front wall of the container main body 131. The cartridge gripper portion is a member that functions as a gripper when a user inserts a finger from below and pulls out the water supply cartridge 30.

The case front surface 134 is inclined rearward as it goes upward, and the inclination angle thereof is substantially the same as the inclination angle of the container front surface 161 of the storage container 14.

The box front surface portion 134 is provided along the left-right direction over the entire width of the front wall of the container main body 131, and is provided from the same height as the lower end of the container front surface portion 161 of the storage container 14 to the same height as the upper end of the container front surface portion 161 in the up-down direction.

That is, the upper end portion of the case front surface portion 134 is provided with: the cartridge inclined portion 134d inclined more rearward as it goes upward is disposed on the front side of the shelf 12a so that the upper end of the cartridge inclined portion 134d overlaps the lowermost shelf 12a in the front-rear direction in a state where the water supply cartridge 30 is stored in the tank chamber, and the cartridge front portion 134 shields and hides at least a part of the front end of the lowermost shelf 12a from the front in a front view.

The lower end of the case front surface portion 134 is provided with: the 2 nd emphasis part 134a is provided in a band shape having a dimension in the vertical direction set to a constant value and extending in the horizontal direction. The 2 nd emphasized portion 134a is: the regions that are visually distinguishable from the rest of the box face portion 134 are: such as regions of different materials, colors, patterns, component thicknesses, etc. The 2 nd emphasis part 134a is preferably: the portion is provided to have a thickness thicker than other portions of the case front surface portion 134 and to have a lower transparency than other portions by coloring, surface processing, metal vapor deposition (metal vapor deposition), or the like. In the case where the colored layer is provided in the 2 nd highlight portion 134a, the surface on which the colored layer is formed is preferably: is provided thicker in such a manner as to protrude more than the other portion of the case front face portion 134. By providing the coloring layer thicker in this manner, the 2 nd emphasized portion 134a can be provided with a beautiful appearance without exposing the coloring layer from the 2 nd emphasized portion 134 a.

The lower end 134b of the 2 nd emphasized portion 134a is located at the lower end of the box front portion 134, and is located at: the same height position as the lower end 161b of the 1 st accent 161a of the container 14. In addition, the upper end 134c of the 2 nd emphasis part 134a is located at: the same height position as the upper end 161c of the 1 st accent 161a of the container 14.

As shown in fig. 2, such a water supply box 30 is housed in a box compartment sandwiched between the left side wall of the refrigerating compartment 6 and the vertical partition wall 13, and when the housing container 14 is housed in a fresh food compartment sandwiched between the vertical partition wall 13 and the right side wall of the refrigerating compartment 6, the container front surface portion 161 of the housing container 14 and the box front surface portion 134 of the water supply box 30 are overlapped in the left-right direction (refrigerator width direction).

(4) Effect

According to the refrigerator 1 of the present embodiment, since the front wall 145 constituting the storage container 14 is provided separately from the bottom 141 and the peripheral walls 142, 143, and 144, the degree of freedom in shape, color, and material of the front wall 145 of the storage container 14, which is likely to be conspicuous when placed in the refrigerator, is improved, and the appearance of the refrigerator provided with the storage container can be improved.

In the present embodiment, when the front wall 145 is formed of a transparent resin and the bottom 141 and the peripheral walls 142, 143, and 144 are formed of an opaque resin, the stored items stored in the storage container 14 can be visually recognized from the front of the storage container 14, and the internal components such as the outer case 38 disposed behind the storage container 14 can be hidden, so that the usability can be improved and the appearance of the refrigerator can be improved.

In the present embodiment, when the protrusion 150 protruding upward and extending in the left-right direction is provided at the upper surface front end portion of the bottom portion 141 of the storage container 14, even if the liquid overflows inside the storage container 14, the liquid can be blocked by the protrusion 150 and can be prevented from leaking from the joint portion between the bottom portion 141 and the front wall 145.

In the present embodiment, when the container front surface portion 161 is provided in front of the front wall 145 so as to cover the front of the claw portion 148a of the front wall engaging portion 148 that engages with the locking portion 146a provided on the left wall 142 and the right wall 143, the engaging portion between the front wall 145 and the left wall 142 and the right wall 143 is less conspicuous when viewed from the front, and the appearance of the refrigerator can be improved.

In the present embodiment, when the coupling portion 162 that couples the container front portion 161 and the front wall 145 is disposed so as to overlap at least a part of the front wall engagement portion 148 in the front-rear direction, the front wall engagement portion 148 is less likely to be conspicuous when viewed from the front, and the rigidity of the portion of the front wall 145 where the front wall engagement portion 148 is provided is increased, so that the front wall engagement portion 148 can be prevented from being damaged when the front wall 145 is attached to the bottom portion 141 and the peripheral walls 142, 143, and 144.

In the present embodiment, when the upper end of the container protrusion 160 is disposed in front of the shelf 12a so as to overlap the lowermost shelf 12a in the front-rear direction, the gap formed between the upper end of the front wall 145 and the lowermost shelf 12a can be closed from the front while preventing the shelf 12a from coming into contact with the container protrusion 160.

In the present embodiment, when the opening 165 is provided at the rear upper end of the container protrusion 160, or when the inclined portion 12a1 inclined upward so that the thickness of the shelf board becomes thinner toward the front end is formed below the front end of the shelf board 12a in the lowermost layer, the shelf board 12a can be prevented from contacting the container protrusion 160 even if the shelf board 12a is deflected downward by the weight of the stored articles placed on the shelf board 12a in the lowermost layer.

Claims (8)

1. A refrigerator is provided with: a refrigerator main body provided with a storage chamber having a front opening therein; and a storage container which is provided in the storage chamber so as to be able to be pulled out forward and which has an opening on the upper surface,

the storage container is provided with: a bottom; a peripheral wall protruding upward from left and right end portions and a rear end portion of the bottom portion; and a front wall projecting upward from a front end portion of the bottom, the front wall being provided separately from the bottom and the peripheral wall.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1,

the front wall is formed of a transparent resin, and the bottom and the peripheral wall are formed of an opaque resin.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2,

the bottom part is provided with: and a protrusion strip protruding upward and extending in the left-right direction.

4. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the refrigerator is provided with: a peripheral wall engaging portion provided at an upper end portion of a front side of the peripheral wall; front wall engaging portions provided at both left and right end portions of the front wall and engaged with the peripheral wall engaging portions; and a hanging wall provided in front of the front wall at an interval so as to cover the front of the front wall engaging portion.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4,

the refrigerator is provided with: a connecting portion protruding forward from the front wall and connecting the hanging wall and the front wall,

the connecting portion overlaps at least a part of the front wall engaging portion in the front-rear direction.

6. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

the refrigerator is provided with: a shelf disposed above the storage container and vertically partitioning the storage chamber,

the front wall includes: a protrusion portion protruding forward and upward from the upper end portion,

the upper end of the protruding portion is disposed in front of the shelf so as to overlap the shelf in the front-rear direction.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 6,

an opening is provided at an upper end portion of a back surface of the protruding portion.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 6 or 7,

the lower side of the front end part of the shelf inclines upwards towards the front end.

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