EP2320180A1 - Kühlschrank - Google Patents

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EP2320180A1
EP2320180A1 EP09808027A EP09808027A EP2320180A1 EP 2320180 A1 EP2320180 A1 EP 2320180A1 EP 09808027 A EP09808027 A EP 09808027A EP 09808027 A EP09808027 A EP 09808027A EP 2320180 A1 EP2320180 A1 EP 2320180A1
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storage case
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refrigerator
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Toshiyuki Moriuchi
Atsuhiro Ohshima
Masato Sasaki
Fumio Ishikawa
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
    • F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
    • F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
    • F25D25/025—Drawers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/06—Walls
    • F25D23/065—Details
    • F25D23/067—Supporting elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/22—Cleaning means for refrigerating devices

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  • the present invention relates to refrigerators, and particularly relates to a refrigerator including a slide-out container.
  • refrigerators often include a slide-out container in consideration of full utilization of entire storage space, usability, and so on. Since such a container stores various kinds of food and so on, it is necessary to increase the storage capacity of the container and provide ease of taking in and out such food and so on from the container.
  • Fig. 13 is a diagram showing a peripheral configuration of a container 206 of a slide-out type in a conventional refrigerator 300.
  • the conventional refrigerator 300 includes a body 208. Space within the body 208 is divided by two partitions 208a. Accordingly, a storage compartment 220, a storage compartment 230, and a storage compartment 240 are formed in the body 208.
  • a door 202 is provided at an opening 204 in a front part of the storage compartment 220, and a frame 203 is connected to a portion near a central portion in a vertical direction of the door 202.
  • a container 206 housed in the storage compartment 220 includes a flange portion 205.
  • the frame 203 supports the container 206 in a detachable and attachable manner through the flange portion 205.
  • the container 206 includes an inclined portion 210 including an inclined surface 210a at a lower rear end of the flange portion 205.
  • the user can detach the container 206 from the refrigerator 300 by tilting the container 206.
  • the space within the storage compartment 230 is not effectively utilized.
  • at least the space below the frame 203 is an invalid space which is not used for storing goods.
  • the container 206 needs to be tilted when taken out, and also needs to be tilted when inserted into the storage compartment 230 before attached to the frame 203. Thus, attachment and detachment of the container 206 is not very easy.
  • the stopping protrusion 203a restricts a maximum slide-out distance of the container 206 to a distance such that a rear portion of the container 206 remains within the storage compartment 230. For this reason, it is not easy to recognize the whole area inside the container 206, and it cannot be said that taking food and so on in and out of the container 206 is easy.
  • refrigerator which is not of a slide-out type but includes a single-swing hinged door which allows, by opening the hinged door, sliding out the container through the opening in the storage compartment.
  • such a slide-out container also requires ease of taking in and out food and so on as well as ease of attachment and detachment.
  • the techniques are premised on a presence of a door which is provided in front of the container and is therefore in the way of attachment and detachment of the container.
  • the techniques are not necessarily appropriate for improving the usability of the container that is slid out by opening the hinged door.
  • An object of the present invention which is conceived in view of the conventional problems above is to provide a refrigerator which includes a user-friendly slide-out container that is provided, behind a hinged door, inside a storage compartment.
  • a refrigerator including a heat-insulating main body including: an outer case; an inner case; a heat insulating material provided between the outer case and the inner case; a storage compartment provided inside the heat-insulating main body and including an opening in a front part; and a hinged door covering the opening in the storage compartment with flexibility in opening and closing
  • the refrigerator includes: a container which is provided inside the storage compartment and stores an item; and a slide-out rail unit supporting the container in a manner to allow the container to be vertically detachable and attachable, and supporting the container in a manner to allow, by being extensible, the container to be slid out
  • the slide-out rail unit includes: a rail part elongated in a front-rear direction and attached, in a detachable and attachable manner, to each of ends in a right-left direction of the container; and a fixed part supporting the rail part in a manner to allow the rail part to slide in
  • a maximum slide-out distance of the container is a distance such that the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end of the container is located before the front end of another component provided above the container.
  • This increases ease of recognizing the item stored in the container as well as ease of taking food and so on in and out of the container. In addition, this facilitates taking in and out a relatively large item.
  • the container when attaching the container to the refrigerator, it is possible to attach the container to the refrigerator by vertically lowering, with the rail parts on both ends extended, the container from above the rail parts. That is, the container can be easily attached to the refrigerator.
  • a refrigerator which includes a user-friendly slide-out container that is provided, behind the hinged door, inside the storage compartment.
  • the refrigerator may further include: another storage compartment provided above the storage compartment and including an opening in a front part; and another door which covers the opening in the other storage compartment with flexibility in opening and closing, and the slide-out rail unit may be extended up to a point at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end of the container is located before a front surface of the other door, the front surface being the front end of the other component included in the refrigerator and located above the container.
  • the refrigerator may further include: another storage compartment provided above the storage compartment and including an opening in a front part; and a divider which separates the storage compartment from the other storage compartment by dividing a space inside the heat-insulating main body into upper and lower parts, and the door may be a single door that covers, with flexibility in opening and closing, both the opening in the storage compartment and the opening in the other storage compartment, and the slide-out rail unit may be extended up to a point at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end of the container is located before a front end of the divider that is the front end of the other component included in the refrigerator and located above the container.
  • a refrigerator including a heat-insulating main body including: an outer case; an inner case; a heat insulating material provided between the outer case and the inner case; a storage compartment provided inside the heat-insulating main body and including an opening in a front part; and a hinged door covering the opening in the storage compartment with flexibility in opening and closing
  • the refrigerator includes: a first container which is provided inside the storage compartment and stores an item; and a slide-out rail unit supporting the container in a manner to allow the container to be vertically detachable and attachable, and supporting the container in a manner to allow, by being extensible, the container to be slid out
  • the slide-out rail unit includes: a rail part elongated in a front-rear direction and attached, in a detachable and attachable manner, to each of right-left ends in a lower portion of the first container; and a fixed part supporting the rail part in a manner to allow
  • the rail part for the right and left is attached to each of the right-left ends in the lower portion of the first container. This secures stability when sliding out or pushing back the first container, and allows minimizing such invalid space under the rail parts that is present in the conventional refrigerator described above. That is, it is possible to increase the capacity of the first container as compared to the conventional refrigerator.
  • a refrigerator which includes a user-friendly slide-out container that is provided, behind a hinged door, inside a storage compartment.
  • the first container may include an attachment hole provided on each of the right-left ends in the lower portion of the first container
  • the rail part may include a protrusion projecting upward and engaged to the attachment hole
  • the slide-out rail unit with the protrusion of the rail part on each of the right-left ends being insertable and removable through the attachment hole, may support the first container in a manner to allow the first container to be vertically detachable and attachable, the attachment hole being provided on each of the right-left ends of the first container.
  • the first container is steadily held by a slide-out rail unit.
  • a user can easily detach the first container from the slide-out rail unit by lifting up the first container.
  • the first container may be formed using a light-transmissive resin through which the item stored in the first container can be visually recognized from a side of the first container. According to this configuration, visibility of an interior portion of the first container is increased. In addition, since the rail part is attached to a lower portion of the container, the visibility of the interior portion of the first container as viewed from the side is very satisfactory. This allows the user to easily recognize, for example, the kind and number of food articles stored in the first container.
  • the refrigerator may further include a second container which is shallower than the first container and has right and left ends supported, respectively, by right and left ends in an upper portion of the first container.
  • the second container suppresses an amount of strain on the first container that is caused when storing food that is heavy in weight.
  • a refrigerator which includes a user-friendly slide-out container that is provided, behind a hinged door, inside a storage compartment.
  • Fig. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the refrigerator 100 includes two doors, and includes, in a heat-insulating main body 70, three partitioned storage compartments.
  • the heat-insulating main body 70 includes a heat-insulating wall in which a space formed between an inner case 71 that is formed by vacuum-forming a resin such as ABS and an outer case 72 formed using a metal material such as a pre-coated metal plate is filled with foam insulation 73.
  • the refrigerator 100 includes: a refrigerating compartment 10, a vegetable compartment 20, and a freezing compartment 30. Note that each dotted rectangular in the figure indicates an opening in each storage compartment.
  • the vegetable compartment 20 houses a slide-out container described later.
  • a heat insulating door 107 filled with foam insulation such as urethane is provided.
  • a first door 11 of a hinged type is provided to cover, with flexibility in opening and closing, the opening in each of the refrigerating compartment 10 and the vegetable compartment 20.
  • the first door 11 includes a hinge on the left edge as one faces it and rotates around a longitudinal rotational axis. Note that the first door 11 is an example of the hinged door in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention.
  • a second door 31 of a slide-out type is provided in the freezing compartment 30.
  • the refrigerating compartment 10 is cooled by direct cooling system, and the vegetable compartment 20 and the freezing compartment 30 are cooled by indirect cooling system.
  • Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the refrigerating compartment 10 and the vegetable compartment 20 are partitioned by an upper divider 15.
  • the vegetable compartment 20 and the freezing compartment are partitioned by a lower divider 25.
  • the refrigerator 100 includes two coolers. Specifically, a first cooler 12 is provided on a flip side of an internal back surface 10a of the refrigerating compartment 10. The internal back surface 10a of the refrigerating compartment 10 is cooled by thermal conductivity from the first cooler 12. The internal back surface 10a thus cooled cools the air inside the refrigerating compartment 10.
  • the first cooler 12 includes a cooling pipe 12a and a metal plate 12b.
  • the internal back surface 10a of the refrigerating compartment 10 is directly cooled by the metal plate 12b that is attached in contact with the flip side of the internal back surface 10a.
  • the refrigerator 100 includes a second cooler 32 on the flip side of the internal back surface of the freezing compartment 30.
  • An inside of the freezing compartment 30 is cooled by a circulation of cool air discharged from the second cooler 32.
  • the cool air discharged from the second cooler 32 is also supplied to the vegetable compartment 20, and is maintained, for example, at a temperature zone between temperature zones of the refrigerating compartment 10 and the freezing compartment 30.
  • the vegetable compartment 20 houses a storage case 21 of a slide-out type, and allows a user to slide out the storage case 21 by opening the first door 11.
  • the storage case 21 is an example of the container in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention.
  • the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention has a feature which is ease of taking food and so on in and out of the storage case 21 as well as ease of attaching and detaching the storage case 21.
  • the following will describe the storage case 21 and the slide-out configuration thereof with reference to Figs. 3 to 5 .
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing an appearance of the storage case 21 according to the first embodiment.
  • the storage case 21 is supported by a rail part 42.
  • the rail part 42 is elongated in the longitudinal direction, and is supported in a manner to be slidable in the front-rear direction by the fixed part 41 which is fixed in the vegetable compartment 20.
  • the storage case 21 has a holding part 23 protruding outward and provided on each end in a right-left direction, more specifically, on each end in the right-left direction in a lower portion of the storage case 21.
  • the holding part 23 includes an attachment hole 23a that allows attachment and detachment of the storage case 21 to the rail part 42.
  • the rail part 42 includes a protrusion 43 protruding upward and engaged to the attachment hole 23a.
  • Each protrusion 43 of the rail part 42 on each side of the storage case 21 is insertable or removable through the attachment hole 23a.
  • the slide-out unit 40 supports the storage case 21 in a manner to allow the storage case 21 to be vertically detachable and attachable.
  • the storage case 21 is formed using a light-transmissive resin through which the item stored in the storage case 21 can be recognized from the side of the storage case 21. That is, the storage case 21 is formed using a resin having relatively high transparency.
  • a small item case which is shallower than the storage case 21 is attached in a detachable and attachable manner.
  • the small item case 22 suppresses the amount of strain on the storage case 21 that is caused when storing food that is heavy in weight.
  • slide-out unit 40 is an example of the slide-out rail unit in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention, and includes the rail part 42 and fixed part 41 in each of the right-left sides of the storage case 21.
  • Fig. 4 is a plan sectional view showing the storage case 21 and the slide-out unit 40 according to the first embodiment.
  • the slide-out unit 40 includes the fixed part 41 and rail part 42 which are provided on each of the right-left sides of the storage case 21.
  • each of the two rail parts 42 includes a middle rail 42a and a support rail 42b.
  • the support rail 42b is a rail that directly supports the storage case 21, and is slidable in a front-rear direction with respect to the middle rail 42a.
  • the middle rail 42a is slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the fixed part 41.
  • Such a configuration of the rail part 42 allows the entire slide-out unit 40 to be extended in the front-rear direction.
  • the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 is a distance that increases the usability of the storage case 21.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the slide-out unit 40 is extended up to a point at which the position in the front-rear direction (the right-left direction in Fig. 5 ) of a rear end A of the storage case 21 is located before a front end B of the upper divider 15 provided above the storage case 21.
  • the upper divider 15 in the first embodiment is an example of a component provided above the container in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention.
  • the user when taking food and so on out of the storage case 21, the user can easily take out the food from any storage position of the food in the storage case 21.
  • the user is able to detach the storage case 21 from the refrigerator 100 without a motion to avoid the upper divider 15 such as tilting the storage case 21.
  • the refrigerator 100 includes the storage case 21 of the slide-out type which is housed in the vegetable compartment 20.
  • the maximum slide-out distance thereof is a distance at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located before the front end B of the upper divider 15 provided above the storage case 21.
  • ease of attachment and detachment of the storage case 21 also means ease of cleaning the storage case 21, and this is very effective in keeping clean the storage case 21 for storing food.
  • the refrigerator 100 is a refrigerator 100 which includes the storage case 21 of the slide-out type which is a user-friendly storage case 21 that is provided, behind the hinged door, inside the storage compartment.
  • Fig. 6 is a front view of a refrigerator 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the refrigerator 200 includes three doors, and includes, in a heat-insulating main body 170, three storage compartments.
  • the refrigerator 200 includes: a refrigerating compartment 110, a vegetable compartment 120, and a freezing compartment 130.
  • a heat insulating door is provided at an opening in each storage compartment.
  • the refrigerator 200 includes: a top door 111 which covers the opening in the refrigerating compartment 110 with flexibility in opening and closing, a middle door 121 which clovers the opening in the vegetable compartment 120 with flexibility in opening and closing, and a bottom door 131 which covers the opening in the freezing compartment 130 with flexibility in opening and closing.
  • each dotted rectangular in the figure indicates the opening in each storage compartment.
  • top door 111 and middle door 121 are hinged doors, each of which includes a hinge at a left end as one faces it and rotates around a vertical rotational axis.
  • middle door 121 is another example of the hinged door in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention.
  • top door 111 is an example of such another door in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention.
  • the cooling system for each of the three storage compartments is the same as the first embodiment. Specifically, the refrigerating compartment 110 is cooled by the direct cooling system, and the vegetable compartment 120 and the freezing compartment 130 are cooled by the indirect cooling system.
  • the vegetable compartment 120 houses a storage case 21 of a slide-out type which is detachably and attachably supported by a slide-out unit 140 described later.
  • the refrigerator 200 according to the second embodiment is different from the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment in that the refrigerator 200 includes a door at each of the refrigerating compartment 110 and the vegetable compartment 120.
  • the top door 111 when opening, with the top door 111 closed, the middle door 121 to slide out the storage case 21, the top door 111 is present above a portion that is part of the storage case 21 and slid out through the opening of the vegetable compartment 120.
  • the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 in the second embodiment is different from the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 in the first embodiment.
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the storage case 21 is provided in the vegetable compartment 120 that is vertically partitioned by an upper divider 115 and a lower divider 125, and is supported by the slide-out unit 140.
  • the basic configuration of the slide-out unit 140 includes a fixed part 141 and a rail part 142 that are provided on each of the right and left sides of the storage case 21 (at the back and the front in Fig. 7 ).
  • the rail part 142 includes two rails which reciprocally slide with each other.
  • a protrusion 143 is provided in the rail part 142 and engaged to the attachment hole 23a of the storage case 21 in an insertable and removable manner.
  • the storage case 21 is supported by the rail part 142 in a vertically detachable and attachable manner.
  • the slide-out unit 140 has the same basic configuration as the slide-out unit 40 according to the first embodiment. However, the slide-out unit 140 is configured such that the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 is longer than the maximum slide-out distance by the slide-out unit 40 according to the first embodiment.
  • the slide-out unit 140 is extended up to the position at which the position in the front-rear direction (the right-left direction in Fig. 7 ) of a rear end A of the storage case 21 is located before a front surface C of the top door 111 provided above the storage case 21.
  • the storage case 21 does not interfere with the top door 111 that is another component.
  • the refrigerator 200 according to the second embodiment is a refrigerator 200 which includes the storage case 21 of the slide-out type which is a user-friendly storage case 21 that is provided, behind the middle door 121 of the hinged type, inside the storage compartment.
  • slide-out unit 140 may be extended up to a point at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located between the front end of the upper divider 115 and the front surface C of the top door 111.
  • the top door 111 is not a substantial obstacle in improving the usability of the storage case 21.
  • the user is able to take the storage case 21 out of the refrigerator 200 without causing interference of the rear end of the storage case 21 with the top door 111.
  • the presence of the top door 111 is not such an obstacle that significantly decreases ease of recognizing the storage item and taking in and out the food and so on.
  • the storage case 21 is more user-friendly than the conventional slide-out container, even in the case where the slide-out unit 140 is extended up to the point at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located between the front end of the divider 115 and the front surface C of the top door 111.
  • the direct cooling system and the indirect cooling system have been described as cooling systems adopted for the three storage compartments.
  • the system for cooling each compartment is not limited to any particular system.
  • all of the refrigerating compartment 10, the vegetable compartment 20, and the freezing compartment 30 may be cooled by the indirect cooling system.
  • the same is applicable to the refrigerator 200 according to the second embodiment.
  • each storage compartment is not limited to the types described in the first and second embodiments above.
  • each of the vegetable compartments 20 and 120 may be a storage compartment which is called a variable temperature compartment which allows the user to set a temperature zone.
  • each of the hinged doors such as the first door 11 and middle door 121 is what is called a single swing door.
  • such hinged doors as the first door 11 and middle door 121 may also be French doors in which each of door sheets provided side by side in a right-left direction rotates around the rotational axis along an external edge side.
  • one first door 11 may be made up of the two door sheets. The same is applicable to the middle door 121.
  • the effect of improving the usability of the storage case 21, which is an advantageous effect of the present invention can be produced without depending on the type or cooling system of the storage compartment.
  • the front view, the longitudinal sectional view, the enlarged perspective view showing an appearance of a storage case, and the plan sectional view showing the storage case and the slide-out unit are the same as those of the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment as shown in the Figs. 1 to 4 , and the description thereof will therefore be omitted.
  • the storage case 21 shown in Fig. 2 is an example of the first container in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention.
  • the small item case 22 is an example of the second container in the refrigerator according to an implementation of the present invention.
  • a mode of attachment of the small item case 22 to the storage case 21 will be described later using Fig. 10A .
  • the storage case 21 is provided, effectively utilizing the space inside the vegetable compartment 20.
  • Fig. 8A is a diagram showing a longitudinal section of the storage case 21 in the third embodiment
  • Fig. 8B is a diagram showing a longitudinal section of a conventional general slide-out container 250.
  • a rail part 251 for the right and left is generally attached to a central portion in the vertical direction of each of the right-left ends of the container 250.
  • the rail part 42 for the right and left side is attached to each lower end of the storage case 21.
  • the storage case 21 according to the third embodiment is provided in the refrigerator 100 by effectively utilizing the invalid space that is present outside the conventional container 250.
  • the storage case 21 is formed using a resin having high transparency, and the rail part 42 is provided in a lower portion of the storage case 21. This achieves a very satisfactory visibility of an interior portion of the storage case 21 as viewed from the side of the storage case 21.
  • the storage case 21 when reliably attached to the rail part 42, is steadily held by the slide-out unit 40 and is also easily detachable from the rail part 42.
  • Fig. 9 is a diagram showing an attachment hole 23a in the storage case 21 and a protrusion 43 of the rail part 42 in the third embodiment.
  • the rail part 42 has the protrusion 43 near a tip of the support rail 42b.
  • the protrusion 43 includes an elastic part having upper and lower ends inclined in a front-rear direction (in the right-left direction in Fig. 9 ).
  • a front-rear width of the protrusion 43 is greater than a width of the attachment hole 23a provided in the holding part 23 of the storage case 21.
  • the protrusion 43 is inserted, shrinking in width, through the attachment hole 23a.
  • the protrusion 43 is pulled out, shrinking in width, through the attachment hole 23a.
  • the small item case 22 is attached to the storage case 21 in a detachable and attachable manner. This small item case 22 suppresses an amount of strain on the storage case 21.
  • Fig. 10A is a sectional schematic view showing a mode of attachment of the small item case 22 to the storage case 21 according to the third embodiment.
  • the small item case 22 includes, at each end, a stopper 22a including a barb downward.
  • the small item case 22 is attached to the storage case 21, with these stoppers 22a hooked on top ends of the right and left sidewalls of the storage case 21.
  • the user is able to, for example, selectively use the storage case 21 and the small item case 22.
  • this also suppresses an amount of outward tilt of the sidewalls of the storage case 21 that is caused when storing food that is heavy in weight.
  • the small item case 22 suppresses the amount of strain on the storage case 21.
  • small item case 22 may be attached to the storage case 21 in another mode.
  • an attachment part 21a including a slot may be provided on top of each of right and left internal sidewalls of the storage case 21.
  • the small item case 22 is attached to the storage case 21.
  • the amount of strain on the storage case 21 is also suppressed by the small item case 22.
  • the small item case 22 may be attached to the storage case 21 by mounting the stopper 22a, which includes no barb downward, on top of each of the right and left sidewalls of the storage case 21.
  • the small item case 21 suppresses the amount of strain on the storage case 21.
  • the small item case 22 attached to the storage case 21 such that the left and right ends of the small item case 22 are supported by the left and right ends in an upper portion of the storage case 21, the amount of strain on the storage case 21 can be suppressed.
  • the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 is a distance that improves the usability of the storage case 21.
  • Fig. 11 is a schematic view showing the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 according to the third embodiment.
  • the slide-out unit 40 is extended up to a point at which the position in the front-rear direction (the right-left direction in Fig. 11 ) of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located before the front end B of the upper divider 15 provided above the storage case 21.
  • the user when taking food and so on out of the storage case 21, the user can easily take out the food from any storage position of the food within the storage case 21.
  • the user is able to take the storage case 21 out of the refrigerator 100, without a motion to avoid the upper divider 15 such as tilting the storage case 21.
  • the refrigerator 100 includes the storage case 21 of the slide-out type which is housed in the vegetable compartment 20.
  • the rail part 42 supporting, on the right and left side, the storage case 21 is attached to a lower end of the storage case 21.
  • the storage case 21 is formed using a resin having high transparency, and the rail part 42 is provided in a lower portion of the storage case 21, thus achieving a very satisfactory visibility of an interior portion of the storage case 21 as viewed from the side of the storage case 21.
  • the storage case 21 is attached to the rail part 42. With this, the storage case 21 is steadily held by the slide-out unit 40. In addition, it is possible to easily detach the storage case 21 from the slide-out unit 40.
  • the amount of strain on the storage case 21 can be suppressed.
  • the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 is a distance at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located before the front end B of the upper divider 15 provided above the storage case 21.
  • ease of attachment and detachment of the storage case 21 also means ease of cleaning the storage case 21, and this is very effective in keeping clean the storage case 21 for storing food.
  • the refrigerator 100 according to the third embodiment is a refrigerator 100 which includes the storage case 21 of the slide-out type which is a user-friendly storage case 21 that is provided, behind the hinged door 11, inside the storage compartment.
  • a refrigerator including three doors will be described. Note that the front view of the refrigerator 200 according to the fourth embodiment is the same as the front view of the refrigerator 200 according to the second embodiment as shown in Fig.6 , and the description thereof will therefore be omitted.
  • Fig. 12 is a schematic view showing the maximum slide-out distance of the storage case 21 according to the fourth embodiment.
  • the storage case 21 is provided in the vegetable compartment 120 that is vertically partitioned by an upper divider 115 and a lower divider 125, and is supported by the slide-out unit 140.
  • the basic configuration of the slide-out unit 140 includes a fixed part 141 and a rail part 142 that are provided on each of the right and left sides of the storage case 21 (at the back and the front in Fig. 12 ).
  • the rail part 142 includes two rails which reciprocally slide with each other.
  • a protrusion 143 is provided in the rail part 142. With the protrusion 143 inserted through the attachment hole 23a in a lower portion of the storage case 21, the storage case 21 is attached to the rail part 142.
  • the rail parts 142 on each of the right and left sides is attached to a lower end of the storage case 21.
  • the storage case 21 is steadily held by the slide-out unit 140.
  • the slide-out unit 140 has the same basic configuration as the slide-out unit 40 according to the third embodiment.
  • the slide-out unit 140 is configured such that the maximum slide-out distance of the storage unit 21 is longer than the maximum slide-out distance of the slide-out unit 40 according to the third embodiment.
  • the slide-out unit 140 is extended up to the position at which the position in the front-rear direction (the right-left direction in Fig. 12 ) of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located before the front surface C of the top door 111 provided above the storage case 21.
  • the storage case 21 does not interfere with the top door 111 that is another component.
  • the refrigerator 200 according to the fourth embodiment is a refrigerator 200 including the storage case 21 of the slide-out type which is a user-friendly storage case 21 that is provided, behind the middle door 121 of the hinged type, inside the storage compartment.
  • slide-out unit 140 may be extended up to a point at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located between the front end of the upper divider 115 and the front surface C of the top door 111.
  • the top door 111 is not a substantial obstacle in improving the usability of the storage case 21.
  • the user is able to take the storage case 21 out of the refrigerator 200 without causing interference of the rear end of the storage case 21 with the top door 111.
  • the presence of the top door 111 is not such an obstacle that significantly decreases ease of recognizing the storage item and taking in and out the food and so on.
  • the storage case 21 is more user-friendly than the conventional slide-out container, even in the case where the slide-out unit 14 is extended up to the point at which the position in the front-rear direction of the rear end A of the storage case 21 is located between the front end of the divider 115 and the front surface C of the top door 111.
  • the direct cooling system and the indirect cooling system have been described as the cooling systems adopted for the three storage compartments.
  • the system for cooling each compartment is not limited to any particular system.
  • all of the refrigerating compartment 10, the vegetable compartment 20, and the freezing compartment 30 may be cooled by the indirect cooling system.
  • the same is applicable to the refrigerator 200 according to the fourth embodiment.
  • each storage compartment is not limited to the types described in the third and fourth embodiments above.
  • each of the vegetable compartments 20 and 120 may be a storage compartment which is called a variable temperature compartment which allows the user to set a temperature zone.
  • each of the hinged doors such as the first door 11 and middle door 121 is what is called a single swing door.
  • such hinged doors as the first door 11 and middle door 121 may also be French doors in which each of door sheets provided side by side in the right-left direction rotates around the rotational axis along an external edge side.
  • one first door 11 may be made up of the two door sheets. The same is applicable to the middle door 121.
  • the effect of improving the usability of the storage case 21, which is an advantageous effect of the present invention can be produced without depending on the type or cooling system of the storage compartment.
  • the present invention it is possible to provide a refrigerator which includes a user-friendly slide-out container provided, behind a hinged door, inside a storage compartment. Accordingly, the present invention is applicable to a refrigerator or the like of various types and sizes for home and professional uses, and so on.

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