JP2001050641A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure a hand gap and to increase an inner volume by a method wherein a first handle is provided above the rear part of a refrigerator, while a second handle, which is spaced from the front end of the bottom side of the refrigerator and extends in the left and right directions of the box body of the refrigerator. SOLUTION: A foot assembly 3 is secured to each of two points on the front side of a bottom surface of a box body to support the weight of a refrigerator, while an upper handle 10 is disposed on each of the upper left and right sides of the rear side of the box body. The assembly 3 is floated between foot plates 3a on either side of the assembly 3, and when a refrigerator body is moved, an adjusting foot part 4 is moved in such a manner that a difference ΔH in height between the part 4 and a roller 5 is maintained. Further, an end of the foot plate 3a is extended on the rear side of the roller 5 and bent into a C shape to provide a handle part 7 close to a bottom plate 8. The part 7 is attached to a box body of the refrigerator and bent to the lower side of the refrigerator so as to form a step between the upper side of the assembly 3 and the part 7. Thus, a gap is secured to allow the part 7 to be gripped by hands.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a handle and a foot assembly in front of a bottom surface of a box to serve as a handle when carrying a refrigerator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a commercially available refrigerator, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-27973 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 1), a handle is integrated with a foot at the front of the bottom of the box of the refrigerator. The structure formed in is adopted. In this conventional technique, the bottom surface of the box is constituted by a bottom plate and a heat insulating material. Foot assemblies for supporting the mass of the refrigerator are fixed to two places near the front end of the bottom surface of the box, and upper handles are arranged on the left and right of the upper back of the box. The foot assembly also has an adjustable foot at the front. The adjusting foot part is moved up and down by the screw part, and serves to horizontally set the refrigerator body. In addition, the foot assembly includes a roller that is supported in a horizontal direction, so that the roller rotates during the movement of the refrigerator to reduce the force applied to the movement.

Here, the foot plate of the foot assembly is made of an L-shaped member such as an iron plate, and has a handle portion having an upward flange extending from the front end of the adjusting foot portion to the inside of the refrigerator.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art 1, since the handle portion is below the lower end of the door, a clearance for gripping at the time of gripping is required, and the lower end of the door is a foot assembly. It must be higher than this product by this gap. For this reason, no consideration has been given to the problem that the bottom position of the storage room corresponding to this door is restricted by the height position of the handle and the internal volume cannot be increased.

As another conventional technique, a concave handle portion is attached to a bottom plate on the bottom of a refrigerator, and is buried in a heat insulating material. However, in this technique, when the heat insulating material of the refrigerator is foamed, the heat insulating material easily leaks to the outside from the mounting portion of the concave handle portion, and a sealing material or the like is required to prevent the heat insulating material from leaking. The complexity and production cost will increase.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that can secure a large internal volume.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a refrigerator according to the present invention is provided with a door for opening and closing a front side of a storage room, and a second refrigerator disposed above and behind the refrigerator. A first handle portion and a second handle portion formed in front of the bottom surface of the refrigerator at a distance from the front end of the bottom surface and extending in the left-right direction of the box. Further, the handle portion includes a bent portion formed to bend toward the floor on which the refrigerator is installed. Furthermore, a concave portion is provided on a portion of the bottom surface facing the handle. Furthermore, it is formed by connecting the handle and a support member arranged on the bottom surface and supporting the refrigerator on the floor surface.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the entire structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view showing a handle-integrated foot of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view showing a handle-integrated foot of the embodiment, in which 1 is a box, 2 is a door, and the bottom of the box 1 is constituted by a bottom plate 8 and a heat insulating material 9. The foot assembly 3 for supporting the mass of the refrigerator is fixed to two places in front of the bottom surface of the box 1, while upper handles 10 are arranged on the left and right of the upper back of the box 1.

The foot assembly 3 has an adjusting foot 4 at the front. The adjusting foot 4 is moved up and down by the screw 4a and serves to horizontally set the refrigerator main body. Further, the foot assembly 3 has a foot plate 3a on both sides, the roller 5 is interposed between the foot plates 3a, and the foot assembly 3 is suspended between the foot plates 3a by the roller support shaft 6, and when the refrigerator body is moved, the adjusting foot portion is used. The dimensional relationship between the roller 4 and the roller 5 is moved by providing a height difference of ΔH. At the time of installation, the adjusting foot 4 is lowered from the roller 5 to stop the movement of the refrigerator.

Further, a handle portion 7 having a flange 7a extending inward of the box body at the rear side of the roller 5 and having an end surface bent into a C-shape or the like is provided on the foot plate 3a close to the bottom plate 8. It is. The handle portion 7 is formed to be bent downward from the refrigerator when attached to the box 1 of the refrigerator, and is formed so as to form a step with the upper surface of the foot assembly 3 in this embodiment. Have been. With such a configuration, a gap in which a hand grasping the handle 7 can be inserted is ensured.

In this embodiment, a concave portion 8a is formed in the bottom plate 8 at the opposite portion of the handle portion 7 to secure a space for a handle when gripping the handle. With this configuration, even when the gap between the bottom surface of the refrigerator box 1 and the floor surface is insufficient to secure a space where a hand can be put between the handle and the refrigerator, the handle and the refrigerator can be used. Space can be secured between the refrigerator and the refrigerator. The grip 7 is fixed to the bottom plate 8 near the end opposite to the moving roller by screws 11 to increase the rigidity of the grip.

In FIG. 3, in the second embodiment, the roller portion 5, the foot plate 20 constituting the adjusting foot portion 4 and the roller portion 5 extend inside the box behind the roller portion 5 and the end face is bent into a C-shape or the like. The handle plate 21 that constitutes the handle portion 7 having the flange 7a formed as a separate component is provided. The handle plate 21 is formed by integrally fixing the foot plate 20 and the handle plate 21 by welding, screw fixing, or the like.

In the configuration of the present embodiment as described above, the handle portion extending toward the inside of the box behind the roller portion and having a flange formed by bending the end surface into a C-shape or the like is close to the bottom plate. In addition, a concave portion is provided in the opposite portion of the handle portion in order to secure a space for a handle when gripping the handle. According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the handle gap of the handle portion and the door body are irrelevant, the door body can be brought close to the foot assembly, and a large internal volume can be secured.

Further, the load applied to the hand during transportation is defined as a surface load, so that it is possible to prevent the load from being concentrated on the hand.

Further, in the prior art, a sealing material or the like was required to prevent the heat insulating material from leaking, and there was a drawback that the structure became complicated and the manufacturing cost was increased. Since the structure does not allow the heat sink to be buried, leakage of the heat insulating material does not occur, thereby simplifying the structure and reducing the manufacturing cost.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A refrigerator capable of ensuring a large internal volume can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view showing a handle-integrated foot according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the entire configuration of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing a handle-integrated foot according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Box body, 2 ... Door body, 3 ... Foot assembly, 3a ... Foot plate, 4 ... Adjusting foot part, 4a ... Screw part, 5 ... Roller, 6 ... Roller spindle 7 ... handle part, 7a ... flange, 8 ... bottom plate, 8a ... recess, 9 ... heat insulating material, 10 ... upper handle, 11 ... screw, 20 ... foot plate, 21 ... handle plate.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator provided with a door for opening and closing a front side of a storage room, comprising: a first handle portion disposed above and behind the refrigerator; and a front end of the bottom surface in front of the bottom surface of the refrigerator. A second handle portion formed at a greater interval and extending in the left-right direction of the box. 2. A bend portion having a bent portion formed to bend toward a floor on which the refrigerator is installed.
The refrigerator as described. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is provided on a portion of the bottom surface facing the handle. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the handle is connected to a support member disposed on the bottom surface and supporting the refrigerator on the floor surface.