JP2001050647A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow various type food to be contained, to improve containability of a storage chamber and to improve handling operability by obtaining a plurality of containing shapes by a way of arranging variable containers. SOLUTION: For example, a variable shelf 10 is constituted of two containers 7, 8, and the containers 7, 8 are provided so as to be full in a width between side walls 3a and 3b of the refrigerator 2 together on a bottom shelf plate 9. A width of them is freely settable in response to a way. For example, the width is about 1/2 of the width of a cold storage chamber. Or, for example, in the case of providing an engaging part in height of 1/2 of the containers 7, 8, vertical direction of the container 8 is inverted to change a height of the space between the shelf side of the container 8 and the above shelf by about 1/2 of the height of the container 7. Since the height of the space between the shelf surface of the container 7 and the above shelf can be changed, the foods can be stored with good containing efficiency corresponding to the heights of the many foods.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator which is suitable for storing foods therein as required and has good storage properties.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, refrigerators having a structure in which the height of shelves can be changed have been developed in order to store foods in refrigerators having different heights.

[0003] As an example of such a conventional technique, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-121954 is known.

In this prior art, the refrigerator body has a storage room such as a freezing room and a refrigerator room inside, and has a shelf for dividing the refrigerator room into several stages. These shelves contain variable containers, and if it becomes necessary to store bottles or tall food items, turn one of them over so that the bottom of the container just overlaps the bottom shelf. Then, the space between the variable container and the upper shelf is widened, so that tall food can be placed.

[0005] Further, the container is prevented from jumping out of the refrigerator compartment when the refrigerator is in use by engaging the lifting piece with the lifting hole provided on the shelf plate.

[0006]

The refrigerator according to the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems. When storing tall food, the height of the container can be inverted and the height of the upper space can be changed.However, when food with a height less than the height of the changed container is inserted, No consideration has been given to the fact that the upper space is an ineffective space that does not contribute to the storage of food, and that the storage performance is reduced and the usability is deteriorated.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that is easy to use by improving the storage capacity of a storage room.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a refrigerator according to the present invention comprises a storage room, a shelf on which articles can be placed in the storage room, and left and right sides of the storage room on the shelf surface. A first shelf provided on the side of the vehicle and having a side wall extending in the up-down direction of the storage room; and the side wall and the inner wall disposed between the side wall and the inner wall surface of the storage room. And a second shelf having a shelf surface supported at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction of the storage room.

Further, the second shelf has a side wall portion provided on a side portion of the refrigerator in the left-right direction so as to extend in the vertical direction of the refrigerator, and the size of the side wall portion in the vertical direction of the refrigerator is as described above. The size of the side wall of the first shelf is smaller than the size of the refrigerator in the vertical direction. Further, a structure is provided in which the second shelf can be turned upside down and supported by the side wall portion of the first shelf and the inner wall surface of the storage room.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a refrigerator container according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a refrigerator main body provided with a variable container of the present invention, and FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the engagement relationship between the variable height container part of a refrigerator, and a refrigerator. .

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, and the refrigerator main body 1 includes freezing rooms 4 and 5, a refrigerating room 2, a vegetable room 3 and the like which constitute a storage room therein. Reference numeral 6 denotes a shelf provided in the refrigerator compartment 2. The shelf 6 is arranged so as to divide the refrigerator compartment 2 equally (120 mm to 150 mm).

A variable shelf 10 is composed of two containers 7, 8 as shown in FIG. The containers 7, 8 do not have a rising surface on the front surface, and are formed by back flanges 7d, 8d and bottom plates 7e, 8e at the back, respectively.

These two containers 7, 8 are provided in the refrigerator compartment 2
Are provided on the bottom shelf 9 so as to fill the width between the side walls 3a, 3a of the refrigerator, and constitute the variable shelf 10 described above. Although the width is set to about 1/2 of the width, the width of these containers is not limited to this embodiment, and can be freely set according to required specifications. Reference numeral 9 denotes a bottom shelf that forms the bottom of the refrigerator compartment 2 as described above.

Reference numeral 7a denotes an engagement piece provided at the lower end of the side plate 7c of the container 7. The engaging piece 7a has a height of about 3 to 5 mm and engages with an engaging hole 9a provided on the bottom shelf 9 side.

The engagement of the engagement piece 7a with the engagement hole 9a is set so that the container 7 can be disengaged by slightly lifting the container 7 so that a user can freely attach and detach the container 7 during cleaning. I have.

Reference numeral 8a denotes an engagement piece provided at the lower end of the side plate of the variable shelf 8 and at the side end of the bottom plate.
mm, and is engaged with the engaging portion 7b provided on the side wall of the half-width shelf 7 so as to sandwich the front and rear, or the bottom shelf plate 9
The variable container 8 is disengaged by slightly lifting the variable container 8 in any state.

The engaging portions 7b and 7b 'are formed at corresponding heights on the container 7 and the side wall surface 3a, and support the height-variable container 8. The height provided may be approximately half the height of the containers 7 and 8 and, as in the present embodiment, is biased up and down, and a plurality of support portions are provided up and down. A certain engaging portion may be provided.

When the engaging portions are provided at half of the height of the containers 7 and 8, the container 8 shown in FIG. The height of the space between the shelf surface of the container 8 and the shelf above it can be changed by / 2. In addition, since the vertical direction of the container 7 is reversed, the height of the space between the shelf surface of the container 7 on the right side of the refrigerator and the shelf 6 thereabove can be changed, so that more food can be stored. Food can be stored with high storage efficiency according to the height.

When the positions of the engaging portions 7b and 7b 'are vertically deviated, for example, the height of the container 8 is made smaller than 1/2 of the container 7, and the height of the engaging portions 7b and 7b' is reduced. If the position to be provided is higher than 1/2 of the height of the container 7,
The height of the space between the shelf surface of the container 8 and the shelf 6 above it can be changed in smaller steps. Further, the container 7 is formed with 7d below the engaging portion 7b, and the height from the shelf surface below the engaging portion 7d is the same as the height from the upper shelf surface of the container 7 to the engaging portion 7b. Thus, the container 7 can be placed upside down without changing the height of the shelf surface of the container 8.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the container 8 is turned upside down and the container 8 is engaged and supported by the engaging portions 7b and 7b ', the shelf surface of the container 8 and the upper shelf 6 The height of the space becomes larger as the height of the container 8 increases. Tall food can be placed by this increased height. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the container 8 is set so that the bottom surface is located upward,
Further, if it is arranged so as to be placed on the lower shelf 9, the space between the upper surface of the container 8 and the shelf 6 on the next higher level is further widened.
Furthermore, if the container 8 is disposed on the lower shelf plate 9 so that the bottom face is downward, the space between the shelf surface of the container 8 and the upper shelf 6 becomes wider, so that the food to be stored can be stored. The invalidation of the upper space is reduced, and the storage of food is improved.

Further, an engaging portion 7d 'may be provided at a height corresponding to 7d on the side wall surface of the refrigerator compartment so that the container 8 can be engaged with these engaging portions 7d and 7d'. it can. For example, in FIGS. 4 and 5, the engaging portions 7b, 7
The position of the shelf surface engaged at the height of b ′ is
The engagement at the height position d, 7d 'changes the height of the space between the shelf surface of the container 8 and the upper shelf 6 in finer steps. With these configurations, foods can be stored with high storage efficiency corresponding to foods of various heights.

In the above description including FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, it goes without saying that the space below the shelf surface of the container 8 can be used for storing short food products.

The operation of the above configuration is as follows. The above-mentioned variable container is installed such that the bottom surfaces of the two containers 7 and 8 having different depths are located above and the heights of the bottom surfaces of the two containers are the same.
Can be used as

When a tall food is to be stored, the variable shelves 8 are turned upside down and suspended on the same left and right engaging portions, so that the space between the variable shelves 8 and the upper shelf 6 becomes higher. , The height of the variable container 8 increases. Further, if the variable container 8 is arranged so that the bottom surface is located at the upper side and is placed on the lower shelf plate 9, the space between the variable shelf 8 and the upper shelf 6 is further increased. Become. Further, by providing a plurality of pairs of engaging portions corresponding to the height positions provided in the refrigerator left-right direction, the height between the shelf surface of the container 8 and the upper shelf 6 can be more finely adjusted. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the invalid space and improve the storability in the refrigerator, corresponding to foods having different heights.

Further, if the variable container 8 is arranged on the lower shelf plate 9 so that the bottom surface faces downward, the space between the variable shelf 8 and the upper shelf 6 becomes the largest. Using this, as a variable shelf position according to the height of tall food such as bottles,
The storage space below the expanded storage space can also be used effectively.

The shelf 7 is provided with an engagement hole 9 formed in the shelf plate 9.
The engagement of the engagement piece 7a with a prevents an accident such as jumping out of the refrigerator compartment even if the refrigerator is tilted for transportation or the like.

Further, the shelf 8 is provided with an engaging portion 7 provided on the shelf 7.
b, or by engaging the engaging piece 8a with the engaging hole 9b provided in the lower shelf plate, the refrigerator can be placed on the floor or in a state directed by transportation or the like. Even in the state of use, an accident such as jumping out of the refrigerator compartment is suppressed.

According to the above embodiment, since a plurality of storage modes can be obtained by arranging the variable containers 8, it is needless to say that various foods can be stored. It is possible to store food with good storage efficiency without need.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide an easy-to-use refrigerator with improved storage capacity of the storage room.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a variable height container section of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a refrigerator main body provided with the variable container of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an engagement relationship between the variable height container portion of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 and the refrigerator.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another engagement relationship between the variable height container part of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 and the refrigerator.

5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another engagement relationship between the variable height container part of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 and the refrigerator.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another engagement relationship between the variable height container portion of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 and the refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerator main body, 2 ... Refrigerator room, 6 ... Shelf, 7,8 ... Container, 7a, 8a ... Engagement piece, 7b ... Engagement upper part, 7c, 8b ... Side plate, 7e, 8e ... Bottom plate, 9 ... Bottom part Shelves, 9a, 9b ... engaging holes.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage room, a shelf surface on which articles can be placed in the storage room, and a side wall portion provided on a lateral side of the storage room on the shelf surface and extending in a vertical direction of the storage room. A first shelf provided between the side wall portion and the inner wall surface of the storage room, the shelf surface being supported at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction of the storage room by the side wall portion and the inner wall surface. Having a second shelf. 2. The storage device according to claim 2, wherein the second shelf has a side wall portion provided on a side portion of the storage room in a left-right direction and extending in a vertical direction of the storage room, and a size of the side wall portion in the vertical direction of the storage room. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a size of a side wall of the first shelf in a vertical direction of the storage room is smaller than that of the first shelf. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the second shelf is turned upside down and is supported by a side wall of the first shelf and an inner wall surface of the storage room.