JP2003166781A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator allowing to fully pull out an entire container from a refrigerator body by enlarging a pulling-out quantity of the pulling-out container such as a freezing chamber and a vegetable chamber and essentially enlarge a containable volume of the container by facilitating containing and pulling out of food into/from a far side of the container. <P>SOLUTION: In this refrigerator, the vegetable chamber 5 and the freezing chamber 6 are installed at a lower part of a refrigerating chamber 4 in a pulling-out style and coolers 17, 20 and cooling fans 18, 21 are respectively installed. Rear end parts of the pulling-out containers 25, 33 are extended and arranged to the vicinity of partitioning covers 14, 15 and rear ends of support frames 27, 34 fixed on a door are extended into a projected space with a depth size of the coolers, and thereby the rear end of the pulling-out container is pulled out to a front surface from the body opening when the container is pulled out. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawer container structure for a refrigerator door, and more particularly, to a structure in which the container drawer amount is increased.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, refrigerators are required to increase their storage capacity along with diversification of life, and the size of height and width has been enlarged to the limit. In general, a large refrigerating room is installed, a vegetable room is provided under the refrigerating room, and a freezing room is provided at the bottom.

The opening of the refrigerating room is closed by a door pivotally supported on one side in the vicinity of the front opening of the refrigerating room, and the vegetable room and the freezing room are conveniently opened and closed. In many cases, a storage container is attached to the storage room side of the door, making it a drawer door type and improving usability.

In particular, with regard to the freezer compartment, since various forms of frozen foods have been developed and the demand has expanded, and the number of users who make ice from milk packs and PET bottles has increased, the volume expansion and The demand for improved usability is increasing.

On the other hand, the cooling system of the refrigerator has a cooler and a cooling fan dedicated to the back of the refrigerating space and the freezing space respectively, and the refrigerating room and the vegetable compartment are refrigerating coolers, and the upper and lower two
Each of the freezer compartments is configured to be cooled to a predetermined temperature by a freezing cooler.

As shown in FIGS. 8, 9 and 10, the drawer type container structure of the vegetable compartment (45) and the freezing compartment (46) has an inner surface on the inner side of the door body (56) in the inner direction of the compartment. A pair of extending left and right support frames (57) is fixed, and a drawer container (55) for storing stored items is held between the support frames (57).

The pair of left and right support frames (57) are L-shaped at the upper and lower edges.
The horizontal part is formed by a pulley (59) provided on the side wall near the front opening of the refrigerator body so that the horizontal part also serves as the sliding rail of the drawer door (56) and the upper end The L-shaped part supports the flange formed on the upper peripheral edge of the container (55).

A pulley (59) is fixed to the outside of the rear ends of the left and right support frames (57) so as to slide in rails (60) formed on both side walls of the inner box, and the space between the rear ends is fixed. By attaching a rear frame to be connected, a four-sided frame is formed, and the frame is housed inside the frame to stably hold the container (60).

[0009]

In the above configuration, the refrigerator and the refrigerator for cooling and the cooling fan and the cooling fan are arranged on the rear surfaces of the vegetable compartment (45) and the freezer compartment (46), respectively. The freezer compartment (46) for which storage capacity is desired is subject to the width, depth, and height restrictions of the upper end position and height of the vegetable compartment located above it, and the drawer container (60). It was difficult to expand the storage capacity of the. Further, since it is a drawer container, the container (6
As a result of the design to increase the volume of (0), the container (6
When the (0) is pulled out, the amount of withdrawal is so small that the rear part of the container cannot be completely pulled out from the refrigerator body, and it is difficult to take out the food stored in the back of the container, and it is stored as it is. It was also a cause of food spoilage.

Further, the drawer type freezer compartment is a two-tier container system, but since the opening of the container is mostly polymerized at the top and bottom, it can be stored when the milk pack or PET bottle stands up due to height restrictions. If this is not possible, and if it is laid down, the dead space inside the container will become large, and it will be difficult to make ice blocks with a milk pack because water will flow out.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to this point, and it is possible to completely pull out the entire container from the refrigerator main body by enlarging the drawer amount of the drawer container such as the freezer compartment and the vegetable compartment. (EN) Provided is a refrigerator which makes it easy to store and take out food in and from which the storage and utilization volume of a freezer compartment container is substantially expanded, and a milk pack and a PET bottle can be stood up and stored.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the refrigerator according to claim 1 has a refrigerating room at the upper part of the refrigerator body and a storage container for the vegetable room and the freezing room at the lower part of the refrigerator. In a refrigerator provided in each of the refrigerator compartments for storing a refrigerator for refrigeration and a refrigerator for freezing and a fan for circulating cold air, the rear end of the drawer container is a partition cover for the front of the refrigerator for refrigeration or the refrigerator. When the drawer container is pulled out, the rear end of the support frame fixed to the door of the storage chamber is extended to the inside of the projected space of the depth dimension of the cooler while being arranged to extend to the vicinity. The end is pulled out to the front side from the main body opening, and the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the refrigerating cooler is provided on the back side located above the rear end of the support frame in the freezing space. Specially arranged It is an.

With this structure, the entire container can be completely withdrawn from the refrigerator body by increasing the withdrawal amount of the withdrawal container without increasing the dead space by shortening the depth of the withdrawal container in the freezing space. Since it is possible to easily store and take out food in the inner part of the container, it is possible to substantially expand the storage and utilization volume of the freezer compartment container.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a lower container for constructing a freezing drawer container is constructed in two stages, a lower container and an upper container slidably mounted on the upper part of the lower container, and supporting the upper container. This is characterized in that the rear end support edge is extended rearward from the lower container opening. With this configuration, even if the drawer container is formed in two upper and lower stages, the upper container is slidably moved rearward. It is possible to completely open the upper opening of the lower container when pulled out.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the upper container is divided into front and rear portions in the depth direction, and the adjacent front and rear edges are mutually superimposable. The invention is characterized in that a holding frame capable of accommodating a PET bottle or a milk pack in an upright position is detachably provided in the front part of the lower container.

With this structure, by sliding the front side of the upper container backward and overlapping with the rear side, a tall container or a large-sized food can be stored in the front end of the lower drawer container. It is also possible to stand and store PET bottles and milk packs.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator (1) in which a plurality of doors are partially opened or pulled forward,
A storage space is formed by an inner box (3) provided inside the outer box (2) via a heat insulating material, and the storage space is divided into a plurality of storage chambers (4) (5) (6) by a heat insulating partition wall. It is divided. Reference numeral (4) is a refrigerating chamber arranged on the upper part of the main body, and a hinge device pivotally supports a refrigerating chamber door (7) to one side of the main body, and the front opening is closed by the door (7). ing.

A vegetable compartment (5) for storing vegetables and fruits is formed below the refrigerating compartment (4) through a partition plate (8). The vegetable compartment (5) is kept at a temperature slightly higher than the refrigerating compartment temperature and high humidity, but basically the temperature zone is almost the same as that of the refrigerating compartment (4). (8) does not require a heat insulating structure, and is formed of a transparent plate or the like that merely performs a partitioning function.

Below the vegetable compartment (5), an ice-making storage compartment (9), which is a part of the freezing space, and a temperature switching compartment (10) having a relatively small volume are divided into right and left sections. A freezer compartment (6) for storing frozen foods is arranged in the lower part thereof.

A machine room (12) for accommodating the refrigerant compressor (11) is provided outside at the lower part of the rear surface of the refrigerating space arranged at the bottom of the refrigerator body (1) by providing a protrusion to the inside of the refrigerator. Has been formed.

A freezing cooler chamber (16) partitioned by a partition cover (15) is provided behind the ice making storage chamber, the temperature switching chamber (10) and the freezing chamber (6) below the freezing space.
Is provided, and a freezing cooler (17) is arranged on the back surface portion corresponding to the freezing chamber (6), and a temperature switching chamber (1
The rear part of (0) has a fan (1
8) is provided.

Below the freezing cooler (16), a defrost heater and a drain gutter (not shown) are installed so that the defrost water is guided to the evaporation tray outside the refrigerator by the drain pipe embedded in the heat insulating material. I have to.

On the back side of the vegetable compartment (5) located above the heat insulation partition wall (9), a partition cover (14) is provided like the freezing space.
To form a refrigerating cooler room (19) provided with a refrigerating cooler (20) and a cold air fan (21) for a refrigerating space.
The refrigerating cooler (20) is arranged above the heat insulating partition wall (9) and corresponds to the rear part of the drawer container (23) supported by the vegetable compartment door (22).

In the above-mentioned structure, the drawer container (25) for storing and storing frozen food has a freezer compartment door (2) as shown in FIG. 2 when it is stored in the refrigerator and in FIG. 3 when it is pulled out from the refrigerator.
It is held between a pair of left and right support frames (27) that extend in the interior of the refrigerator fixed to the inner surface of 6), and its rear end is placed on the front of the freezing cooler (17) when stored in the refrigerator. While extending and arranging near the partition cover (15) provided,
It is supported in the freezer compartment so that it can be pulled out freely.

The pair of left and right support frames (27) has L-shaped portions (27
a) (27b) is formed, and the horizontal portion of the L-shaped portion (27b) at the lower end is received by a pulley (28) attached to the inner box side wall near the front opening of the cooling / freezing chamber (6). The support frame (27) is slidable in the rails (30) formed on both side walls of the inner box, and the flange formed on the upper peripheral edge of the drawer container (25) at the L-shaped portion (27a) at the upper end. (25a) is supported.

A pulley (29) is attached to the outside of the rear ends of the left and right support frames (27) so as to slide in the rail (30), and is formed by the inner surface of the door and the left and right support frames (27). By placing the drawer container (25) therein, the container is held stably.

An upper container (31) having a relatively shallow bottom is placed on the upper surface of the drawer container (25) by utilizing the peripheral flange (25a) of the container (25).

Thus, the freezing cooler (17) has left and right support frames (27) whose lower ends are fixed to the freezer compartment door (26).
Of the left and right support frames (27) arranged along the left and right side walls of the freezing compartment (23), the rear ends of the freezing cooler compartment are arranged. As can be understood from the positional comparison between the space portions on both sides of (16) in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 which is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 8 to FIG. It is located at a location that extends inward for the depth dimension.

With this configuration, there is no problem if the refrigerating cooler (17) is arranged substantially in the center of the inside width, but the relationship with various cold air ducts and external mounting members. Therefore, even when the cooler (17) is attached to one side of the inside of the refrigerator, the rear ends of the left and right support frames 27 can be extended to the inside of the refrigerator.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, when the container (25) is pulled out together with the freezer compartment door (26), a pulley provided at the rear end of the support frame (27) extending rearward from the conventional position. The (29) engages with the rail (30) of the inner box and engages with the stopper at the front end of the inner box rail (30), and the lower surface of the support frame (27) opens at the front opening of the freezer compartment (6). Since it is supported by the pulley (28) provided on the side wall in the vicinity of the part, the container (25) can be pulled out further than the conventional one because the depth of the cooler (17) is pulled out further than the conventional one. As described above, the opening of the container (25) is completely open to the outside of the main body without reducing the depth of the container and increasing the dead space. Can be done easily.

As shown in FIG. 6, the upper container (31) has a front container (31a) and a rear container (31) at the center in the depth direction.
It is divided into b), and the front and rear adjacent edges are formed so as to be mutually superimposable over a predetermined size.

This upper container (31) is provided so as to be slidable back and forth with the peripheral flange (25a) of the lower container as a sliding surface. Usually, as shown in FIG. It is placed with the opening covered, but when it is pulled out, it is moved backward to open the front of the lower container (25) and take out the stored food in the lower container (25) to the outside, It can also be stored and is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the front container (31a) is moved backward and held in a state of being superposed on the inner surface of the rear container (31b) to open the front part of the lower container (25), and to be attached to and detached from the open part. By freely providing the holding frame (34), the PET bottle (35) and milk pack can be stood up and stored.

As a result, even if the freezer compartment door (26) is opened / closed by pulling out, the vertically placed PET bottle (35) and milk pack do not fall over, and the ice making water etc. filled in the milk pack is spilled. Can be prevented.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper container (31)
By forming a rear end supporting edge (25b) of the lower container (25) for supporting the container from the rear end of the opening of the lower container (25) to the rear over a predetermined length, the drawer container is formed in two upper and lower stages. Even
Sliding movement of the upper container (31) to the rear is possible,
The upper surface opening of the lower container (25) when pulled out can be completely opened.

The drawer container structure is basically the same for the vegetable container (33) as well, and the front opening of the vegetable compartment (5) is closed by the vegetable compartment door (22) and inside the door body. A pair of left and right support frames (34) extending in the depth direction inside the storage chamber (5) are attached, and the vegetable containers (33) are attached by the support frames (34).
Is stored and held.

The relatively shallow bottom upper container (35) of the vegetable container (33) is placed on the upper surface of the lower container (33) excluding the front end using the peripheral flange portion of the lower container, and the upper container (35) is placed. ) Is provided with a lid (36) so as to cover the entire opening of the container, and the humidity inside the upper and lower vegetable containers (35) (33) is kept high.

Also in the above-mentioned vegetable container, the rear end of the container (33) is extended to the vicinity of the partition cover (14), and the left and right support frames (34) similar to the pull-out type container in the above-mentioned freezer are provided. , It extends to the projection space of the depth dimension of the refrigerating cooler (20) on both sides of the refrigerating cooler room (19),
The amount of withdrawal to the front is made large, and the opening of the vegetable container (33) is completely opened when withdrawn.

[0038]

As described above, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the storage capacity of the drawer container is reduced to increase the dead space of the freezing space without increasing the dead space of the drawer container. Since the entire container can be pulled out completely from the refrigerator body by increasing the withdrawal amount, it is possible to easily store and take out food in the back of the container,
The storage utilization volume of the freezer compartment container can be substantially expanded.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even if the drawer container is formed in upper and lower two stages, the upper container can be slid further rearward, and the upper surface opening of the lower container when pulled out is completely. It can be opened.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, by sliding the front part of the upper container to the rear side and polymerizing it with the rear part, the container of a tall container or size can be attached to the front end of the lower drawer container. It can store large food items, and can also store PET bottles and milk packs upright.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a refrigerator showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a drawer container portion of the freezer compartment in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which the drawer container in FIG. 2 is pulled out.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional front view showing the support structure of the drawer container according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the drawer container according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view showing still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the same portion as FIG. 2 in the related art.

FIG. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the same portion as FIG. 3 in the related art.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing the same portion as FIG. 5 in the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 ... Refrigerator room 5 ... Vegetable room 6 ... Freezer rooms 14, 15 ... Partition covers 16, 19 ... Cooler room 17 ... Refrigerator cooler 20 ... Refrigerator cooler 18, 21 ... Cold air fan 25 ... Drawer container 25a ... Edge Flange 25b ... Rear end support edge 26 ... Freezer compartment door 27 ... Support frame 28, 29 ... Pulley 30 ... Rail 31 ... Upper container 31a ... Front container 31b ... Rear container 34 ... Holding frame 35 ... PET bottle

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerating compartment is arranged at an upper part of a refrigerator main body, and storage containers for a vegetable compartment and a freezing compartment are provided at a lower part thereof in a drawer type,
In a refrigerator equipped with a refrigerator chamber for storing a refrigerator for refrigeration and a refrigerator for accommodating a fan for circulating cold air, extend the rear end of the drawer container to near the partition cover in front of the refrigerator for refrigeration or the refrigerator. When the drawer container is pulled out, the rear end of the support frame fixed to the door of the storage chamber extends into the projection space of the depth dimension of the cooler so that the rear end of the container is the main body. A refrigerator characterized in that it is pulled out from the opening to the front. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cooling device for freezing is arranged on the back surface of the freezing space above the rear end of the support frame. 3. A freezing drawer container is configured in two stages, a lower container and an upper container slidably mounted on the upper part of the lower container, and a rear end supporting edge of the lower container supporting the upper container is formed. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator extends rearward from the lower container opening. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the upper container is divided into front and rear parts in a depth direction, and adjacent front and rear edges are mutually superimposable. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 3, further comprising a holding frame which is detachably provided so that a PET bottle and a milk pack can be erected in a front portion of the lower container.