JP2001201245A - Agricultural product cold insulation cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with regulation of an axial central position, when a door of a cold insulation cabinet for containing and cold insulating an agricultural product is mounted by forming the rotary shaft of a hinge fitting of the door in a hollow state, so that a harness can be inserted into its interior, thus facilitating a removal of the door. SOLUTION: The agricultural product cold insulation cabinet comprises a door 3 for opening and closing via a hinge fitting 10 supported to a hinge base 9, and a control panel 7 connected with a harness 13 from the rear surface side to control a cold storage unit 5 provided out of the cabinet and provided at a front surface side of the door 3, thereby mainly containing and cold insulating the agricultural product in the cabinet. In this case, a hinge shaft 11 of the fitting 10 is formed in a hollow state, so that the harness 13 can be inserted. A cutout 9d of a size for not allowing the shaft 11 to pass through but allowing the harness 13 to pass through is provided at the front surface side of a hollow hinge shaft supporting hole 9c formed at the base 9 for insertably and removably supporting the shaft 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cool box for storing and keeping agricultural products cool, and more particularly relates to a door for easily removing a door by forming a hinge shaft of a door hinge hollow so that a harness can be inserted thereinto. The present invention relates to an agricultural product cool box that does not require adjustment of the axial center position when mounting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG.
As shown in the figure, a hinge base 9 fixed to the upper part of the cool box main body 2 is provided with a hinge shaft insertion hole 9f and a hinge fitting fixing bolt 9b, and the hinge shaft 10b of the hinge fitting 10 is inserted into the hinge shaft insertion hole 9f. The hinge fitting 10 is fixed to the hinge base 9 by inserting the hinge fitting fixing bolt 9b into the bolt insertion hole 10a of the hinge fitting 10 and tightening it with the nut 9e.
The hinge shaft 10b protruding downward from f is inserted into a shaft hole 12a provided at the upper corner of the door 3, and the hinge shaft 10b protrudes upward from the door receiving member 19 provided at the lower corner of the cool box body 2. The dynamic support shaft 20 is inserted into a shaft hole 21 provided at a lower end corner of the door 3 and is rotatably supported by the rotation support shaft 20 and the hinge shaft 10b supported by the shaft holes 21 and 12a. ing.

On the front side of the door 3, an operation panel 7 for controlling a refrigeration unit (not shown) provided outside the refrigerator is embedded. The other end of the not-shown harness, one end of which is connected to the refrigeration unit, is introduced into the refrigerator through a hole formed in the cool refrigerator main body 2, passes through the cool refrigerator, and is operated from the rear side of the door 3 to the operation panel 7. To connect to. The hinge shaft 10b of the hinge fitting 10 is a solid one and cannot be inserted even if an attempt is made to insert a harness. The harness is inserted through a hole formed in the cool box main body 2 and is inserted into the refrigerator. Has been introduced within. In the cool box, agricultural products are mainly stored and kept cool and preserved.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional cool box for agricultural products, the hinge shaft 10b of the hinge fitting 10 is solid and cannot be inserted even if an attempt is made to insert a harness. Further, in order to insert and introduce the harness from the refrigeration unit outside the refrigerator into the refrigerator, it is necessary to make a hole in the refrigerator main body 2 and connect the harness to the operation panel 7 from the back side of the door 3 through the refrigerator. For this reason, since the harness is wired in the refrigerator, the wiring structure is not only complicated, but also obstructs the cool insulator. When the door 3 is removed, the hinge fitting 10 is removed from the hinge base 9 to remove the door 3. Must be removed from the cool box main body 2 and the connection of the harness to the operation panel 7 must be removed. Furthermore, if the hinge base 9 is removed when the door 3 is removed, it is necessary to adjust the axial center position when re-attaching. There were various problems.

Accordingly, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention forms a hinge shaft of a door hinge fitting in a hollow shape so that a harness can be inserted therein, and a harness inserted into the door through the hollow hinge shaft. Connected to the operation panel from the back side of the door, there is no need to make a hole to insert the harness into the cool box body, and when removing the door, remove the hinge fitting from the hinge base, and the harness was formed on the hinge base The object of the present invention is to provide an agricultural cool box in which the door can be easily removed from the cool box body together with the harness by passing through the notch, and the axial position does not need to be adjusted when the door is mounted. And

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a door which opens and closes via a hinge fitting supported by a hinge base. An operation panel for controlling a refrigeration unit provided outside the refrigerator by connecting a harness is provided, and in a refrigerated refrigerator for storing and cooling mainly agricultural products in the refrigerated refrigerator, a hinge shaft of the hinge fitting is formed to be hollow. A notch is provided on the front side of a hinge base that allows the harness to be inserted and that allows the hollow hinge shaft to be inserted and removed so that the hollow hinge shaft is not allowed to pass but the harness is allowed to pass.

[0007]

With the above arrangement, the agricultural product cool box of the present invention is
The harness is inserted through the hollow hinge shaft of the hinge fitting and introduced into the door, the end of the harness is connected to the operation panel from the back side of the door, and the operation panel controls the refrigeration unit provided outside the refrigerator. When removing the door, the hinge fitting is removed from the hinge base, the harness passes through the notch formed in the hinge base, and the door and the harness can be easily removed from the cool box body. When the door is mounted, it is only necessary to fix the hinge fitting to the hinge base, and it is not necessary to adjust the axial center position again.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that portions common to those in the conventional example of FIG. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes an agricultural cool box that mainly stores and keeps agricultural products therein, and the right door 3 and the left door 4 can be opened and closed by opening and closing knobs 3 a and 4 a on the front side of the cool refrigerator main body 2. Is provided. A refrigeration unit 5 for keeping the inside of the refrigerator cool is placed on the upper surface of the refrigerator main body 2, and four casters 6 are provided on the lower surface of the refrigerator cool main body 2 so that the entire refrigerator can be moved. The refrigeration unit 5 is provided with a drain 5a for drainage toward the rear. An operation panel 7 (FIG. 15) for controlling the refrigeration unit 5 is provided on the front of the right door 3.
Is enlarged and shown in the upper part of the right door 3,
A key 8 is provided.

The operation panel 7 switches the temperature of the refrigerator between high and low in accordance with the type and state of agricultural products (vegetables, root vegetables, fruits and vegetables, brown rice, etc.) stored in the refrigerator, and manually reduces the humidity in the refrigerator. For example, control is performed to switch between high humidity and automatic (automatic) so as to maintain a set temperature according to the type and state of the agricultural product stored in the refrigerator. Further, control such as defrosting is also performed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 to 18, in order to rotatably support the right door 3 with respect to the cool box body 2, four hinge bases 9 are mounted on the upper part of the cool box body 2. The hole 9a is fixed by tightening with a bolt. The hinge base 9 is provided with a hollow hinge shaft insertion hole 9c and a hinge fitting fixing bolt 9b, and the hollow hinge shaft 11 of the hinge fitting 10 is inserted into the hollow hinge shaft insertion hole 9c so as to project downward, thereby fixing the hinge fitting. Connect the bolt 9b to the hinge fitting 10
The hinge fitting 10 is fixed to the hinge base 9 by being inserted into the bolt insertion hole 10a and tightened by the nut 9e. A hollow hinge shaft 11 protruding downward from the hollow hinge shaft insertion hole 9c is inserted into a shaft hole 12 provided at an upper end corner of the right door 3, and a door holder 19 provided at a lower end corner of the cool box body 2. A rotation support shaft 20 protruding upward from is inserted into a shaft hole 21 provided at a lower end corner of the right door 3. The right door 3 is rotatably supported by a hollow hinge shaft 11 pivotally supported by the shaft holes 12 and 21 and a rotation support shaft 20.

The hollow hinge shaft 11 of the hinge fitting 10 has
A harness 13 having one end connected to the refrigerator unit 5 via a connector 13a outside the refrigerator.
Is inserted through the harness guide 14 into the right door 3, and its end is connected to a connection portion 7 a provided on the back side of the operation panel 7. A packing 22 is provided on the inner peripheral portion of the right door 3.

The hollow hinge shaft insertion hole 9c of the hinge base 9, which supports the hollow hinge shaft 11 of the hinge fitting 10 so that it can be inserted and removed, does not allow the hollow hinge shaft 11 to pass through but the harness 13 to the front side. Size cutout 9
d is provided. Then, when removing the right door 3 from the cool box 2, the connection of the connector 13 a of the harness 13 is released, the hinge fitting 10 is removed from the hinge base 9, the hollow hinge shaft 11 is removed from the shaft hole 12, and the harness 13 is removed. When the shaft hole 21 is pulled out from the notch 9 d formed in the hollow hinge shaft insertion hole 9 c of the hinge base 9 and the shaft hole 21 is removed from the rotation support shaft 20, the right door 3 becomes the harness 13.
At the same time, it can be easily removed from the cool box main body 2.
When the right door 3 is mounted, the rotation support shaft 20 is inserted into the shaft hole 21, and the hollow hinge shaft 11 of the hinge fitting 10 through which the harness 13 is inserted is inserted into the shaft hole 12 and fixed to the hinge base 9. Only and the hinge base 9 is not removed, so there is no need to adjust the axial center position again.

On the other hand, the left door 4 does not require the harness 13 to be inserted into the upper hinge portion unlike the right door 3,
As shown in FIG. 5, a hinge base 15 is fixed on the upper part of the cool box main body 2, and the hinge fitting 1 is attached to the hinge base 15.
The hinge fitting 10 is fixed to a hinge base 15 in a state where a solid hinge shaft 17 provided at 6 is fitted into a shaft hole 18 provided at an upper corner of the door 4. A rotation support shaft 20 protruding upward from a door receiving member 19 provided at a lower end corner of the cool box main body 2 is inserted into a shaft hole 21 provided at a lower end corner of the left door 4. It is rotatably supported by the rotation support shaft 20 and the hinge shaft 17 which are supported by the shafts 21 and 18.

Next, the usage of the present invention will be described. Agricultural product cool box 1 mainly stores and cools and stores agricultural products. The operation panel 7 switches the inside temperature between high and low according to the type and state of the stored agricultural products (for example, vegetables, root vegetables, fruit vegetables, brown rice, etc.). Also, switch to manual or automatic (automatic), manually switch between low and high humidity in the refrigerator, or leave automatic (automatic) to maintain the set temperature according to the type and condition of the agricultural products stored in the refrigerator. Control. Also, control such as defrosting is performed.

In the present invention, the harness 13 is inserted through the hollow hinge shaft 11 of the hinge fitting 10 and introduced into the right door 3, and the end of the harness 13 is attached to the back of the operation panel 7 from the back of the right door 3. Connected to the connection section 7a, the operation panel 7
Controls the refrigeration unit 5 provided outside the refrigerator freely. When removing the right door 3 from the refrigerator compartment body 2, the hinge fitting 10 is removed from the hinge base 9, and the harness 13 is inserted into the hollow hinge shaft insertion hole 9c of the hinge base 9.
The right door 3 together with the harness 13 can be easily removed from the cool box main body 2 by passing through the notch 9d formed in the refrigerator. When the right door 3 is mounted, it is only necessary to fix the hinge fitting 10 to the hinge base 9, and it is not necessary to adjust the axial center position again.

[0016]

As described above, according to the agricultural product cool box of the present invention, the hinge base of the hinge fitting is formed hollow so that the harness can be inserted, and the hollow hinge shaft is supported so as to be insertable and removable. On the front side of the door, a notch large enough to allow the passage of the harness but not the hollow hinge shaft was provided, so the harness was inserted through the hollow hinge shaft of the hinge bracket and introduced into the door, and the harness was inserted from the back side of the door. Can be connected to the operation panel, as before,
There is no need to make a hole in the cool box body to introduce the harness into the cool box, and the wiring structure of the harness is simplified and does not interfere with the cool box. When the door is removed from the cool box body, the hinge fitting is removed from the hinge base, the harness passes through the notch formed in the hinge base, and the door and the harness can be easily removed from the cool box body. Further, when the door is mounted, it is only necessary to fix the hinge fitting to the hinge base, and it is not necessary to adjust the axial center position again.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an agricultural product cool box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion C in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the hinge fitting.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a hinge base.

FIG. 10 is a side view of a hinge base.

FIG. 11 is a rear view of the right door.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the door.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the door.

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the door.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged front view of a refrigeration unit control operation panel embedded in the right door.

FIG. 16 is a partial side view of a state where a harness is inserted through a hollow hinge shaft.

FIG. 17 is a front view of a state in which a terminal of the harness is connected to a back of the operation panel.

FIG. 18 is an exploded perspective view of a rotation support portion of the door (right) according to the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional door rotation support portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Agricultural cool box 2 Cool box main body 3 Door (right) 3a Open / close knob 4 Door (left) 4a Open / close knob 5 Refrigeration unit 5a Drain for drainage 6 Caster 7 Refrigeration unit control operation panel 7a Connection part 8 Key 9,15 Hinge base 9a mounting hole 9b hinge fitting fixing bolt 9c hollow hinge shaft insertion hole 9d notch 9e nut 10,15 hinge fitting 10a bolt insertion hole 11 hollow hinge shaft 12,18,21 shaft hole 13 harness 13a connector 14 harness guide 17 hinge shaft (Solid) 19 Door support 20 Rotation support shaft 22 Packing

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operation panel having a door that opens and closes via a hinge fitting supported by a hinge base, and a harness connected to the front side of the door from the back side to control a refrigeration unit provided outside the refrigerator. In the agricultural product cool box which mainly stores and cools the agricultural products in the cool box, the hinge shaft of the hinge fitting is formed to be hollow so that the harness can be inserted therethrough, and the hollow hinge shaft is supported so as to be insertable and removable. A cold storage for agricultural products, characterized in that a notch is provided on the front side of the hinge base, which is not large enough to allow the hollow hinge shaft to pass therethrough but allow the harness to pass therethrough.