JP2003279240A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator for easily and quickly storing things in and out without any decrease in capacity of a storing rack. <P>SOLUTION: In this refrigerator including a refrigerating room, a vegetable room and a freezer room, a storing room is provided separately from the refrigerating room, the vegetable room and the freezer room, a plurality of support members are provided on the inside wall of the storing room, a plurality of drawer type storing containers are supported by the support members, and one rotary door is provided to open and close the storing room. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a refrigerator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, many refrigerators are provided with a refrigerating compartment in the upper part and a vegetable compartment and a freezing compartment in the central part and the lower part, because the convenience of the user is important. A conventional example of a refrigerator in which a vegetable compartment is arranged in the center is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-338681.

FIG. 14 is a vertical sectional view showing a conventional refrigerator. To explain the conventional refrigerator with reference to FIG. 14, the refrigerator body 1 is filled with the urethane foam heat insulating material 5 between the outer box 2 and the inner box 3, and the inside of the refrigerator is insulated by the heat insulating partition wall 70.
It is divided into two parts, top and bottom. Refrigerator 10
0, the vegetable compartment 200, the freezing compartment 300, and the freezing compartment 400 are provided in this order, and the vegetable compartment 200 and the freezing compartment 30 have a large temperature difference.
The space between 0 and 0 is a heat insulating partition wall 70.

The refrigerating compartment 100 has a revolving door 10 on its front surface.
The vegetable compartment 200 and the freezer compartments 300 and 400 are provided with pull-out doors 20, 30, and 40, respectively.
When the doors 0, 30, and 40 are opened, the container inside the container is pulled out together with the door.

The revolving door 10 has a door storage 126 inside the cabinet.
It is possible to arrange and store small foods such as seasonings, and to store PET bottles, milk packs and the like in the bottle shelf 126a provided at the bottom of the container. Also,
The height h1 from the floor of the refrigerator to the upper end of the pull-out door 20 of the vegetable compartment 200 is 850 to 1000 mm.

[0006]

However, in the conventional refrigerator described above, since the storage shelves for small foods such as seasonings and PET bottles are attached to the back plate of the revolving door, the volume of the entire refrigerator is reduced. As it gets smaller, the storage capacity of the storage rack becomes smaller. In addition, items that cannot be stored in the storage shelves are stored in shelves in the cold storage compartment, and may be stored in the interior of the storage compartment even though they are frequently used. Then, once inside the refrigerator, the user of the refrigerator needs to open the door of the refrigerator, push away various stored items and put his / her hands to the inside to take out the desired stored item.

Since the height h1 of the PET bottle stored in the storage rack is 850 mm to 1000 mm, the elbow height of the user (standard female elbow height is about 970 mm). It may be at a higher position, and the user is burdened with putting them in and out. In particular, when the user is a short person such as an elderly person or a child, when the food is put in or taken out from these bottle shelves, the operation of lifting the food product once may be very burdensome.

According to the present invention, without reducing the volume of the storage rack,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator in which stored items can be easily taken in and out.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to provide a refrigerating room,
In a refrigerator including a vegetable compartment and a freezing compartment, a storage compartment provided separately from the refrigerating compartment, the vegetable compartment, and the freezing compartment, a plurality of support members provided on an inner wall of the storage compartment, and a support for the storage compartment. This is achieved by having a plurality of pull-out type storage containers supported by members and one revolving door that opens and closes the storage chamber.

Further, it is preferable that the revolving door has a back plate provided with a second supporting member installed at the same height as the supporting member. Further, it is preferable that the frontage dimension of the storage chamber is 1/2 or less of the total width dimension of the refrigerator body.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator showing a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a state in which the storage container shown in FIG. 1 is pulled out, and FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the storage container periphery shown in FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the storage container shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a mounting view of the storage container shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of movement of another storage container, and FIG. 7 is a second view of the present invention. 8 is a perspective view of the refrigerator showing the embodiment, FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the storage container shown in FIG. 7 with the storage container pulled out, FIG. 9 is a front view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 7 with the door removed, and FIG. 10 is shown in FIG. Front view of a refrigerator with a door installed, FIG. 11 is AA shown in FIG.
FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing an example of a storage container used in the present invention, and FIG. 13 is an enlarged perspective view around a storage container showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a refrigerator body 1 includes an outer box 2 made of a steel plate, an inner box 3 which is a resin molded product, an outer box 2 and an inner box 3.
It is provided with a urethane foam insulating material 5 (see FIG. 3) filled between and, and has an overall height of 1600 mm so that it can be easily used by old people and children who are short. Refrigerator body 1
Includes a refrigerating room, a vegetable room, a freezing room, a storage room 6 and a second storage room, and as opening and closing doors of each room, a refrigerating room door 16, a vegetable room door 19, a freezing room door 22, and a storage room door 7 are provided. , Second storage chamber door 24.

The storage chamber 6 has a plurality of storage containers 9 inside.
The storage container 9 is supported by the supporting members 11, 11 having the sliding grooves 17, 17. The support members 11, 11 have a length substantially equal to the depth length of the storage container 9, and are fixed to the side wall of the inner box 3 near the rotation axis of the storage chamber door 7. Further, a plurality of storage shelves 26 are provided on the refrigerating room door back plate 25.

The storage chamber 6 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2. The storage chamber 6 is provided with a storage chamber door 7 which rotates about the hinge 4 (see FIG. 1) as a rotation axis. An upper support member 11a having a sliding groove 17 and a lower support member 11b are fixed to a certain inner wall 3. The storage container 9 has a substantially box shape with an open upper surface, and the upper and lower side edges of the side surface facing the inner box 3 and having the upper support member 11a and the lower support member 11b fixed thereto have sliding grooves. 17 has an upper end sliding flange 9a and a lower end sliding flange 9b for moving the storage container 9 in and out, and a front surface facing the door back plate 8 has a handle 9c for moving the storage container 9 in and out.

The relationship between the storage container 9 and the storage chamber door 7 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. The storage chamber door 7 prevents the storage chamber door 7 and the storage container 9 from coming into contact with each other when the storage container 9 is pulled out. ,
It is preferable to rotate 90 degrees or more from the closed state. The distance S between the door back plate 8 and the side wall of the storage container 9 when the storage container 9 is pulled out is determined by the distance S between the door back plate 8 and the storage container 9.
Is preferably about 1 to 5 mm so that they do not come into contact with each other.

Referring to FIG. 4, the storage container 9 and the support member 11
In addition to the above-described upper end sliding flange 9a and lower end sliding flange 9b, the inner wall of the container 9 is extended by a height h below the bottom surface of the container. The container locking rib 9d is provided. Further, the upper support member 11a includes a guide 11c and a storage chamber 6 not shown.
The sliding groove 17 is formed with the side wall of the upper end of the upper end sliding flange 9a. Further, the lower support member 11b
Includes a guide 11c having a U-shaped vertical section,
The lower end sliding flange 9b is inserted into the sliding groove 17 formed by the guide 11c. The guide 11c of the lower support member 11b is provided with a locking rib 11d having a height h, and by engaging with the container locking rib 9d, it is possible to prevent the storage container 9 from falling out of the sliding groove 17. I have to.

The installation position of the locking rib 11d will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5. The locking rib 11d engages with the container locking rib 9d to determine the drawing length of the storage container 9. It is preferable that at least the storage container 9 is provided at a position where half of the depth length l of the storage container 9 is pulled out. In the drawing, in the state before the storage container 9 is pulled out, the container locking rib 9d has a length of 1 / 2l. It is installed with the length separated.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a storage container different from the storage container described in FIGS. 1 to 5. Instead of the container locking rib 9d and the locking rib 11d shown in FIG. 5, an extension piece is used. 9
e, a stepped portion 11e are provided. The extension piece 9e is obtained by extending a part of the back wall of the storage container 9 along the upper end sliding flange 9a, and the step portion 11e is the upper end sliding flange 9a.
The guide 11c is provided with a step difference between the side closer to the revolving door (front side) and the farther side (back side). In the storage container shown in FIG. 6, when the storage container 9 is continuously pulled out, the extension piece 9e and the stepped portion 11e eventually engage with each other and the storage container 9 is prevented from falling off the support member 11 further. ing.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a refrigerator for explaining the second embodiment of the present invention. A portion different from the refrigerator main body 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a door back plate 8 of a storage chamber door 7 provided in the storage chamber 6, and in the present embodiment, a second upper support member 12 and a second lower support member. 13 is provided on the door back plate 8. The second upper and lower supporting members will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8. The second upper and lower supporting members are provided at the same height as the respective supporting members 11 and slide in the sliding groove 17 at the upper end. The flange 9a and the lower end sliding flange 9b are inserted to support the storage container 9.

The second upper support member 12 has an upper locking wall 12a for restricting the movement of the storage container 9 when the upper end sliding flange 9a moves in the sliding groove 17, and the storage container 9 falls off. To prevent it. In addition, the second lower support member 13
Includes a lower locking wall 13a that restricts the movement of the storage container 9 when the lower end sliding flange 9b moves in the sliding groove 17, and prevents the storage container 9 from falling off. Since the upper and lower locking walls both close the ends of the sliding groove 17 and abut and engage with the upper and lower sliding flanges, it is preferable to install a cushioning material on the abutting surfaces. Further, the locking wall may be provided only on either the upper side or the lower side, and even if only the upper locking wall 12a or the lower locking wall 13a is provided, the falling of the storage container 9 can be prevented. .

FIG. 9 is a front view with the door of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 7 removed. The refrigerator main body 1 includes a refrigerating room 15, a vegetable room 18, a freezing room 21, a storage room 6 and a second storage room 23. The refrigerating room 15, the vegetable room 18 and the freezing room, and a storage room. A vertical partition 32 is arranged between the two storage chambers 6 and the second storage chamber 23, and the storage chamber 6, the refrigerating chamber 15, and the vegetable chamber are provided in three chambers, and the second storage chamber 23 and the freezing chamber. 21
A horizontal partition 31 is arranged between the two chambers. A storage container is placed inside the vegetable compartment 18 and the freezing compartment 21, and the vegetable compartment door 19 or the refrigerator compartment door 2 shown in FIG.
By pulling out 2, the storage container is pulled out integrally with the door.

In the storage chamber 6, the storage containers 9 are vertically arranged in three stages, and each storage container 9 can be pulled out. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the storage chamber door 7 is provided with the second upper support member 12 and the second support member 13 on the back plate, and the storage container 9 has the storage chamber 6 having a depth of more than half the storage chamber 6. The user does not have to support the storage container 9 even if it is pulled out from the device, and no local force is applied.

The horizontal width of the storage chamber 6 in front view is preferably narrower than half the horizontal width of the refrigerator main body 1 in front view. This is the first purpose of the storage room 6
However, since it is used to store the storage items that cannot be stored in the storage shelves provided on the back surface of the refrigerating room door, if the storage room 6 is too large, the size of other rooms is likely to be affected.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view in which two milk packs are stored in the storage container 9. Handle 9c provided on the storage container 9
Irrespective of the presence or absence of the handle, it is preferable to install a handle with a sideways orientation, which improves convenience for the user. Further, the storage container 9 is preferably transparent or translucent and has a light projecting property so that the stored items can be easily distinguished.
Further, the upper end sliding flange 9a and the lower end sliding flange 9b
If the side surface opposite to the side surface provided with is opened without a side wall and a horizontal bar or the like is provided to prevent the stored items from falling, the stored items can be more easily distinguished.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the periphery of a storage container for explaining the third embodiment of the present invention. Unlike the door back plate 8 shown in FIGS. 2 and 8 described above, the door back plate 8 of the storage chamber door 7 shown in FIG. 13 includes an upper wall 28 and a lower wall 29 integrally formed with the door back plate 8. There is. A dent portion 8a is provided between the upper wall 28 and the lower wall 29, and the storage container 9 is inserted into the dent portion 8a. The groove width of the lower wall 29 is formed to be wider than the groove width of the upper wall 28, and the bottom surface of the storage container 9 is supported in a wide area, so that the stored items can be stably taken in and out. You can
Moreover, since the upper and lower walls 28 and 29 are integrally formed with the door back plate 8, the number of parts can be reduced and the number of assembling steps can be reduced.

Explaining the positional relationship between the storage room 6 and the user, the uppermost height of the storage room door 7 shown in FIG. 10 is as low as 1600 mm or less from the floor on which the refrigerator is mounted.
The storage room is designed to be easy to use even for relatively old people or children. In addition, the standard female elbow height is 970 mm from the floor, and the height that can be easily put in and out without standing up the elbow in the standing posture is about 1400 mm, so the storage container was pulled out and stored. Storage can be taken in and out without difficulty.

In the refrigerator having the above-described structure, by storing frequently used bottles, milk packs and the like in a dedicated storage chamber, the frequency of opening and closing the door of the refrigerating room having a large frontage is reduced and It is possible to provide a refrigerator that consumes less power, because the escape can be greatly reduced. Further, the storage room has a narrow frontage dimension with respect to the adjacent refrigerating room, and the storage case is of a pull-out type, so that the escape amount of cold air can be minimized.

[0028]

As described above, in the refrigerator of the present invention, it is possible to easily and quickly take in and out stored items without reducing the volume of the storage rack.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the storage container shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view around the storage container shown in FIG.

4 is an exploded perspective view around the storage container shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is a mounting view of the storage container shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of movement around another storage container.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a refrigerator showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

8 is an enlarged perspective view of the storage container shown in FIG. 7 in a pulled-out state.

9 is a front view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 7 with the door removed.

10 is a front view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 9 with a door installed.

11 is a sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged perspective view showing another storage container.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged perspective view around a storage container showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Refrigerator main body, 2 ... Outer box, 3 ... Inner box, 4 ... Hinge, 5 ... Urethane foam insulation, 6 ... Storage room, 7 ... Storage room door , 8 ... door back plate, 8a ... dented portion, 9 ... storage container, 9a ... upper end sliding flange, 9b ... lower end sliding flange, 9c ... handle, 9d ...・ Container locking rib, 9e ... Extension piece, 10 ... Revolving door, 11 ... Support member, 11a ... Upper support member, 11b ... Lower support member, 11c ... Guide, 1
1d ... Locking rib, 11e ... Step, 12 ... Second upper support member, 12a ... Upper lock wall, 13 ... Second lower support member, 13a ... Lower locking wall, 14 ... Refrigerator hinge, 15 ...
-Refrigerator, 16 ... Refrigerator door, 17 ... Sliding groove, 18 ... Vegetable compartment, 19 ... Vegetable compartment door, 20 ... Drawout door, 21 ... Freezer compartment, 22 ... Freezer compartment door, 23 ... Second storage compartment, 24 ...
Second storage chamber door, 25 ... Refrigerating chamber door back plate, 26 ... Storage shelf, 28 ... Upper wall, 28a ... Sliding groove, 29 ... Lower wall, 30 ...・ Drawer-type door, 31 ... Horizontal partition, 32 ... Vertical partition, 40 ... Drawer door, 70 ... Insulation partition wall, 100 ...
・ Refrigerator, 126 ... Door storage, 126a ... Bottle shelf,
200 ... Vegetable room, 300 ... Freezer room, 400 ... Freezer room

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Masuji Sudo             800 Tomita, Ohira-cho, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi             Hitachi Tochigi Technology Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3L102 JA01 LB39 LE04

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator provided with a refrigerating compartment, a vegetable compartment, and a freezing compartment, and a storage compartment provided separately from the refrigerating compartment, the vegetable compartment, and the freezing compartment, and an inner wall of the storage compartment. A refrigerator having a plurality of support members, a plurality of pull-out type storage containers supported by the support members, and one revolving door that opens and closes the storage chamber. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the revolving door has a back plate provided with a second supporting member installed at the same height as the supporting member. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the frontage dimension of the storage chamber is 1/2 or less of the full width dimension of the refrigerator body.