JP2000180017A - Vegetable container and refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a diversified refrigerator in which a moisture adjusting plate including moisture adjusting means capable of keeping optimum storage for vegetables and fruits is demountably provided, and in which containment property of a vegetable chamber and convenience are improved and the cost of a mold is reduced. SOLUTION: A moisture adjusting plate 42 (moisture adjusting means) is demountably anchored in a compartment wall bottom plate 41 constituting a vegetable chamber vent duct 48 communicated with a refrigerator chamber suction duct 47 provided in an upper compartment wall 35 in the vegetable chamber 37. Hereby, the need of a cover of an upper surface of a vegetable container 39 having moisture adjusting means is eliminated, and hence convenience and containment property are improved. Further, a demountable moisture adjusting plate 42 is also used, and hence the present refrigerator is also used for a refrigerator using a compartment wall bottom plate of other kinds, whereby mold reduction is achieved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a humidity control means is detachably provided in a ventilation duct for a vegetable room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in addition to a conventional freezing room and refrigerator, a refrigerator equipped with a low temperature room and a vegetable room for freshly storing fresh foods such as fish, meat, vegetables, fruits and the like has been developed. Widespread.

[0003] On the other hand, refrigerators which have a high use frequency and are arranged at the upper eye level instead of a conventional refrigerator having a freezer at the upper part to improve the usability and the storage capacity have become mainstream. . Representative examples of these are described in, for example, JP-A-10-1854.
An example is shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-2007, which will be described below with reference to FIG.

1 is an outer box, 2 is an inner box, 3 and both boxes 2,
It was constituted by the heat insulating material 4 filled in the space between the three.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a refrigerator compartment formed above the partition wall 5 and above the main body 1, and is provided with a rotary door 8. Reference numeral 9 denotes a freezer compartment formed below the partition wall 6 below the main body 1 and has draw-out doors 10 and 11. Reference numeral 12 denotes a low-temperature room provided at the lower part of the refrigerator room 7 for storing mainly fish and meat, and 13 denotes a vegetable room for storing vegetables and fruits.
The drawer-type door 14, a vegetable container 15 attached to the drawer-type door 14 and pulled out, and a small container 16 for storing mainly small vegetables and fruits arranged in the container are provided. It is arranged at the center of the main body 1 between the upper refrigerator compartment 7 and the lower freezer compartment 9.

[0005] Reference numeral 17 denotes a cooler of a refrigeration cycle.
Is a blower for forcibly ventilating the cool air cooled by the cooler 17 into the refrigerator. Reference numeral 19 denotes temperature control means (hereinafter referred to as damper devices 19 and 20) for feeding a required amount of cool air into the cold room 7 and 20, respectively.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a lid which covers the upper opening of the vegetable container 15 in the vegetable compartment 13 and integrally provided with a humidity control means 22 such as a moisture permeable functional film for maintaining the inside of the container at high humidity. Reference numeral 23 denotes a refrigerating room discharge duct, one end of which is open near the cooler 17 and the other end of which is open to the refrigerating room 7. 34 is a refrigerator room 7
The suction duct 25 is a ventilation duct provided above the lid 21 in communication with the suction duct 24, and is provided in front of the humidity control means 22. Reference numeral 27 denotes a combination of a projection formed on the lower surface of the ventilation duct 24 at a position between the humidity control means 22 and the opening 26, and a projection formed on the upper surface of the lid 21. It is a weir. 28 communicates with the ventilation duct 24 so that the vegetable container 15
A circulation duct 29 configured to circulate around the outer periphery of the container is a cool air return port provided at an upper part inside the vegetable compartment 13, and is configured to raise the circulation duct 28 along the back surface of the vegetable container 15. .

Reference numeral 30 denotes a communicating portion for communicating the space above the lid with the cold air return port 29 to the inner surface of the lid 21. Reference numeral 31 denotes a return duct for returning air to the cooler 17 through the cool air return port 29.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a freezing compartment discharge duct, one end of which is open near the cooler 17, and the other end of which is open to the freezing room 9. 33 is a freezing room suction duct, one end of which is a freezing room 9
And the other end is opened near the lower part of the cooler 17.

The operation of the refrigerator configured as described above will be described. The cool air cooled by the cooler 17 is forcibly ventilated to each room by the blower 18 via the refrigerator discharge duct 23 and the freezer discharge duct 32, sent into the freezer 9 and maintained at an appropriate temperature. On the other hand, an appropriate amount of cold air is sent to the refrigerating room 7 by the damper device 19, and cool air is sent to the low-temperature room 12 by the damper device 20 to maintain each at an appropriate temperature.

Next, the air that has cooled the inside of the refrigerator compartment 7 is led to a ventilation duct 25 through a suction duct 24,
The upper surface of the lid 21 is opened forward from the opening 26 by bypassing the upper surface space 2. Then, the return air of the refrigerator compartment 7 convects through the circulation duct 28 with the outer periphery of the vegetable container 15 facing rearward. Thereafter, return air flows along the back surface of the vegetable container 15, and returns to the cooler 17 via the return duct 31 from the cool air return port 29 provided in the upper part of the back of the vegetable compartment 13.

[0011]

However, in the above configuration, particularly in the background where the storage amount of vegetables is increasing due to the recent health tendency, the lid 21 covering the top opening of the vegetable container 15 is humidified. Since the means 22 is provided integrally, the amount of storage in the vegetable compartment 13 is reduced.

There is also a problem that a lid integrally formed with a humidity control means provided with a moisture-permeable functional film according to the size of each refrigerator is required exclusively.

It is an object of the present invention to reduce the number of dies by increasing the usability and storing ability of the vegetable compartment, and by making the humidity control means provided with a moisture permeable functional membrane detachable.

[0014]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention is directed to a refrigerator compartment defined in a main body and a partition wall below the refrigerator compartment for storing vegetables, fruits and the like. A vegetable room provided with a vegetable container, a vegetable room ventilation duct communicating with a suction duct of the refrigerator compartment provided in the partition wall above the vegetables, and a detachable detachable to the partition wall bottom plate in the vegetable room ventilation duct The humidifying means is provided so as to be fixed to the vegetable compartment and communicates with the vegetable compartment.

The present invention also provides a refrigerator compartment provided in the main body, a freezer compartment provided below, a vegetable compartment provided between the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, and a partition between the refrigerator compartment and the vegetable compartment. A partition wall, a vegetable room ventilation duct formed in the partition wall and communicating with the suction duct of the refrigerator compartment, and a vegetable wall inside the vegetable room ventilation duct, which is detachably fixed to the partition wall bottom plate and is attached to the vegetable wall. It is equipped with humidity control means that communicates with the room, and the vegetable room that is frequently used can be stored and managed in the convenient central part, the lid on the top of the vegetable container can be eliminated, and the storage capacity of the vegetable container can be further improved, In the container, vegetables and fruits can be maintained under optimum storage conditions regardless of the type.

Further, the present invention has a structure in which the humidity control means is detachable from the vegetable compartment, so that the cleaning property is improved and the replacement is easy.

Further, the present invention has a structure in which a detachable humidity control means is provided in a part of the outer shell, and it is possible to provide various closed containers which can easily store vegetables.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
A refrigerator compartment formed in the main body, a vegetable compartment partitioned by a partition wall below the refrigerator compartment and having a vegetable container for storing vegetables, fruits, and the like, and a vegetable compartment provided in a partition wall above the vegetables. A vegetable room ventilation duct communicating with the suction duct of the refrigerator compartment, and a humidity control means in the vegetable room ventilation duct which is detachably fixed to the partition wall bottom plate and communicates with the vegetable room. In addition, the lid of the conventional vegetable container is not required, so that the usability of the vegetable room and the storability can be improved. Further, the humidity control means can be standardized and mounted on a partition plate of another size, and the number of molds can be reduced.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the refrigerator compartment provided in the main body, the freezer compartment provided below, the vegetable compartment provided between the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, the refrigerator compartment and the vegetable compartment. A partition wall for partitioning between the chambers, a vegetable room ventilation duct formed in the partition wall and communicating with the suction duct of the refrigerator compartment, and in the vegetable room ventilation duct, detachably attached to the partition wall bottom plate. It is provided with a humidity control means which is fixed and communicates with the vegetable room. The lid on the top of the vegetable container can be abolished while storing and managing the frequently used vegetable room in the convenient central part, and the storage capacity of the vegetable container And the vegetables inside the vegetable container
Fruits can be maintained under optimal storage conditions regardless of type.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 provides the invention according to claim 1.
Alternatively, in the invention described in Item 2, the humidity control means is configured to be detachable from the vegetable compartment, so that the cleaning property is improved and replacement can be easily performed.

Further, the invention according to claim 4 has a configuration in which a detachable humidity control means is provided in a part of the outer shell, and it is possible to provide various closed containers which can easily store vegetables. .

[0022]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a refrigerator according to the present invention. In addition,
The same components as those in the related art are denoted by the same reference numerals, detailed description thereof will be omitted, and different portions will be described.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of the refrigerator of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the humidity control plate of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the humidity control plate of the embodiment. 1 to 4, reference numeral 34 denotes a refrigerator main body. Reference numerals 35 and 36 denote partition walls that partition the inside of the refrigerator up and down. Reference numeral 37 denotes a vegetable room for storing vegetables and fruits, which includes a drawer door 38 and a vegetable container 39 attached to the door 38 and pulled out. Vegetable container 39 in vegetable room 37
The partition walls 35 that cover the upper surface of the partition wall are opposed to each other, and are composed of a partition wall upper plate 40 and a partition wall bottom plate 41. The partition wall upper plate 40 has a flange 40a and a number of locking holes 40b all around. The partition wall bottom plate 41 includes a flange 41a fitted with the flange 40a and the locking hole 40b, and a plurality of claws 4.
1b is provided. Reference numerals 41c denote supporting frames for mounting a humidity control plate 42 provided on the surface of the partition wall bottom plate 41.
1d, a receiving portion 41e, a claw 41f, and an extending rib 41g are integrally provided. 43 is an opening hole. The humidity control plate 42 includes:
A substantially rectangular body provided with a front end portion 42a and a flange 42b has a moisture-permeable functional film 44 integrally formed therein. 45 is a partition wall rib 4 extending from the partition wall bottom plate 41 of the vegetable compartment 37
A partition wall fin made of a soft material attached to 1h and in contact with the front upper end portion 39a of the vegetable container 39. 4
Reference numeral 6 denotes a rear wall of the vegetable room, which is a rear wall rib 46a provided on the rear wall 46 of the vegetable room 37, and is a rear upper end portion 39 of the vegetable container.
b. Reference numeral 47 denotes a refrigerator compartment suction duct, and reference numeral 48 denotes a vegetable compartment ventilation duct which includes the partition wall upper plate 40 and the partition wall bottom plate 41 and communicates with the refrigerator compartment suction duct 47 and has a humidity control plate 42 provided therein. And
An opening 49 is provided in front of the humidity control means 42 communicating with the vegetable container 39 and the partition wall rib 41h.
Numeral 50 denotes a vegetable room circulation duct which communicates with the vegetable room ventilation duct 48 and circulates around the vegetable room container 39 by the partition wall rib 41h and the rear wall rib 46a. Reference numeral 51 denotes a cool air return port provided at an upper portion of the rear wall 46 in the vegetable compartment 37, and is configured to raise the vegetable compartment circulation duct 50 along the rear surface of the vegetable container 39. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the partition wall 35 is inserted into the extending ribs 41g and the receiving portions 41e of the support frame 41c provided on the partition wall bottom plate 41 at the front end portion 42a of the humidity control plate 42, and the entire periphery of the support frame 41c. The humidity control plate 42 is fitted to the flange 41d and the claw 41f.
And is attached to the flange 42b. Thereafter, the partition wall upper plate 40 is separated from the respective flanges 40 of the partition wall bottom plate 41.
The partition wall 35 having the vegetable room ventilation duct 48 is formed by mating the a, 41a, the locking hole 40b and the claw 41b.

The operation of the refrigerator configured as described above will be described below. The cooled air is guided to the vegetable room ventilation duct 48 via the refrigerator compartment suction duct 47, and bypasses the upper surface space of the humidity control plate 42 of the humidity control means from the opening 49 to the front of the vegetable container 39. Be released. Then, the return air convects the outer periphery of the vegetable container 39 toward the rear through the circulation duct 50. Then vegetable container 3
The return air flows along the back surface of 9 and returns from the return port 51 provided at the upper part of the back wall 46 in the vegetable compartment 37. In this way, the outer periphery of the vegetable container 39 is indirectly cooled, the vegetable room 37 is maintained at an appropriate temperature, and the hermeticity of the vegetable container 39 is maintained. At this time, the humidity inside the vegetable compartment 37 becomes high due to the moisture of the food such as stored vegetables and fruits by the humidity control means 42 provided on the top surface of the vegetable container 39, and the freshness of the vegetables and fruits is long. Maintained for a period. Further, it is not necessary to separately provide a lid for maintaining the hermeticity at the upper part of the vegetable container 39, and the usability of the vegetable room 37 can be improved and the storage amount of the vegetable container 39 can be increased while maintaining the hermeticity of the vegetable container 39. it can. Further, since the humidity control plate 42 having the humidity control means can be detachably attached, the humidity control plate 42 can be used in common, and the partition plate 41 of another size can be shared, and the effect of reducing the number of dies can be obtained.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 34 is a refrigerator main body. Reference numerals 35 and 36 denote partition walls that partition the inside of the refrigerator up and down. 52 is a main body 34 above the partition wall 35.
Is a refrigerating compartment partitioned and formed at the upper part of the refrigeration compartment, and is provided with a rotary door 53. Numeral 54 denotes a freezer compartment formed below the partition wall 36 and below the main body 34, and is a drawer-type door 5.
5, 56 are provided. Reference numeral 37 denotes a vegetable room for storing vegetables and fruits, which is provided with a drawer door 38 and a vegetable container 39 attached to the drawer 38 and drawn out.
It is disposed at the center of the main body 34 between the upper refrigerator compartment 52 and the lower freezer compartment 54. There is provided a humidity control plate 42 detachably fixed in a vegetable room ventilation duct 48 formed by a partition wall upper plate 40 and a partition wall bottom plate 41 of the partition wall 35 between the refrigerator compartment 52 and the vegetable compartment 37. . The operation of the refrigerator configured as described above is omitted as it is explained in the first embodiment, but the vegetable compartment 37 is arranged at the center of the main body in this way, so that the vegetables frequently used in recent years are arranged. The storability is improved, and the usability is improved by not having to bend down. In addition, the upper lid of the vegetable container 39 is not required, so that the storage capacity of the vegetable container 39 is further increased, and furthermore, the vegetable container can be kept fresh for a long time under optimum storage conditions regardless of the type of vegetables and fruits.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a humidity control plate according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the humidity control plate of the embodiment. 5 and 6, 4
A partition wall upper plate 41 is a vegetable room ventilation duct 48 formed by a partition wall bottom plate. The partition wall bottom plate 41 is a support frame 4 to which a humidity control plate 42 having a humidity control means is detachably attached.
1c, a receiving portion 41e, and a claw 41f are integrally provided. 43
Is an opening hole. The partition wall upper plate 40 and the partition wall bottom plate 41 are provided with a large number of locking holes 40b and a large number of claws 41b, which are fitted to each other, and the upper and lower plates are fitted to form the ventilation duct 48. The humidity control plate 42 has a substantially rectangular shape, and has a support piece 42b provided around the entire circumference thereof, and a moisture-permeable functional film 44 is integrally formed therein. 42c is a handle-shaped rib. Humidity control plate 42
The mounting operation of will be described. By inserting the humidity control plate 42 into the support frame 41c formed on the partition wall bottom plate 41 from the inside of the vegetable compartment 37, the support piece 42b of the humidity control plate 42 is sandwiched between the receiving portions 41e and the claws 41f of the bottom plate 41. To be fixed.
Also, when detaching, from the inside of the vegetable compartment 37, push the claw 41f with a finger or the like as shown in FIG.
And remove. In this manner, the humidity control plate 42 can be easily removed from the inside of the vegetable compartment, so that the humidity control plate 42 can be cleaned by severe dirt such as clogging, and service replacement can be easily performed.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a storage container according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator in which the storage containers of the embodiment are arranged. In FIG.
Reference numeral 57 denotes a vegetable storage container having an opening hole 58 into which the humidity control plate 42 is fitted. FIG. 8 shows that a variety of closed containers that can store vegetables even in a place other than the vegetable compartment 37 can be easily made. The humidity control plate 42 can be detachably attached to a part of the outer shell of the vegetable storage container 57 to provide a vegetable container. Even if the vegetable storage container 57 is commercially available, it can be used as a closed container.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the refrigerator compartment defined in the main body and the partition wall below the refrigerator compartment for storing vegetables, fruits and the like are provided. A vegetable compartment having a vegetable container, a vegetable compartment ventilation duct communicating with a suction duct of the refrigerator compartment provided in the partition wall above the vegetable compartment, and a detachable attachment / detachment to the partition wall bottom plate in the vegetable compartment ventilation duct. Since the humidity control means which is freely fixed and communicates with the vegetable room is provided, it is possible to improve the usability of the vegetable room and the storage ability. Further, since the humidity control plate can be detachably mounted, the humidity control plate can be shared and the number of molds can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a refrigerating room provided in a main body, a freezing room provided in a lower part, a vegetable room provided between the refrigerating room and the freezing room, and a refrigerating room. A partition wall for partitioning between the vegetable compartments, and a vegetable compartment ventilation duct formed in the partition wall and communicating with the suction duct of the refrigerator compartment;
In the vegetable room ventilation duct, a humidity control means which is detachably fixed to the partition wall bottom plate and communicates with the vegetable room is provided, so that the frequently used vegetable room is stored and managed in the convenient central portion. Meanwhile, the lid on the top of the vegetable container can be eliminated, and the storage capacity of the vegetable container can be further enhanced, and the vegetables and fruits can be maintained in the vegetable container under optimum storage conditions regardless of the type.

The third aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention.
Alternatively, since the humidity control means of the refrigerator according to the invention described in 2 is detachable from the vegetable compartment, the cleanability is improved and replacement can be easily performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, since the removable humidity control means is provided in a vegetable storage container provided in a part of the outer shell, the storage of the vegetables is facilitated, and various closed containers are provided. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator according to Embodiments 1 and 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of the refrigerator of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the humidity control plate of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the humidity control plate of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of a humidity control plate according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the humidity control plate of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a storage container according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator in which the storage containers of the embodiment are arranged.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 34 Refrigerator body 35 Partition wall 37 Vegetable room 39 Vegetable container 41 Partition wall bottom plate 42 Humidity control plate (humidifying means) 47 Refrigerator room suction duct 48 Vegetable room ventilation duct 52 Refrigerator room 54 Freezer room 57 Vegetable container

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A refrigeration compartment defined in a main body, a vegetable compartment provided with a vegetable container partitioned by a partition wall below the refrigeration compartment for storing vegetables, fruits, and the like, and a partition wall above the vegetable compartment. A vegetable room ventilation duct communicating with a suction duct of the refrigerator compartment provided therein, and a humidity control means removably fixed to the partition wall bottom plate in the vegetable room ventilation duct and communicating with the vegetable room. Refrigerator provided. 2. A refrigerator room provided in the main body, a vegetable room provided between a freezing room provided below and the refrigerator room, a partition wall partitioning between the refrigerator room and the vegetable room, A vegetable room ventilation duct formed in the partition wall and communicating with the suction duct of the refrigerator compartment; and a humidity control in the vegetable room ventilation duct, which is detachably fixed to the partition wall bottom plate and communicates with the vegetable room. Refrigerator with means. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the humidity control means is detachable from the vegetable compartment. 4. A vegetable storage container provided with a removable humidity control means in a part of an outer shell.