JP2003279241A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator enabling effective use of space formed between door pockets and in a front area of a rack inside the body of the refrigerator in the light of circumstances where since articles to be stored are stored in an erect state in the door pocket, wide space is formed between the upper and lower sides of the door pocket, resulting in the disadvantage that there is wide space useless for storing articles in a front area of racks at a plurality of stages, and it is wasteful space in view of effectively using the capacity of the refrigerator. <P>SOLUTION: The refrigerator body is provided with a door supported to be opened and closed pivoting on one side of the refrigerator body having racks at a plurality of stage, the front of which is opened. In the refrigerator, the inside surface of the door is provided with door pockets at a plurality of stages, and small article containers are removably supported on the inside surface of the refrigerator body to position in front of the racks corresponding to the space between the upper and lower sides of the rack and face the lower space of the door pocket. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door which is openably and closably supported on a refrigerator main body having a front opening provided with a plurality of shelves around one side of the refrigerator main body as an axis. A refrigerator having a plurality of door pockets provided on an inner surface of the door. 2. Description of the Related Art A door which is openably and closably supported on the refrigerator main body around one side of the refrigerator main body having a front opening provided with a plurality of shelves is provided on an inner surface of the door. In a refrigerator provided with a door pocket, a space is formed in front of a plurality of shelves to allow cool air to flow vertically in order to cool articles on the shelves. In addition, a sufficiently large space is formed between the top and the bottom of the door pocket so that the door pocket is suitable for storing and storing the stored articles. There is a large space that is not used, and it is a wasteful space in terms of effective use of the volume in the refrigerator. [0003] In view of the above, the present invention provides a refrigerator that effectively utilizes a space formed between a door pocket and a front area of a shelf in a refrigerator body. Things. [0004] The refrigerator of the present invention comprises a door which is openably and closably supported on the refrigerator main body around one side of the refrigerator main body having a front opening provided with a plurality of shelves, and In a refrigerator provided with a plurality of door pockets on the inner surface of the door, the refrigerator is located forward of the shelf corresponding to the space between the upper and lower sides of the shelf and faces the space between the upper and lower door pockets. The accessory container is detachably supported on the inner surface of the main body. [0005] This makes it possible to effectively use the space formed between the door pockets and in the front region of the shelf in the refrigerator main body, and depending on the storage condition of the articles to be stored in the door pockets, the small container can be used. Removal will increase the flexibility of storage in the door pocket. Next, a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an open state of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator, and FIG. 2 is an explanation of the refrigerator compartment with the door closed. FIG. [0007] In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator, which is one of cooling storages, which divides a refrigerator main body 2 having an entire opening to form a plurality of storage rooms, and the front surfaces of these storage rooms are opened and closed by doors. It is a configuration that can be done. The refrigerator main body 2 has a heat insulating structure in which a foamed heat insulating material is filled between an outer box (outer wall plate) and an inner box (inner wall plate).
A vegetable compartment 4 and a freezer compartment below the compartment are provided.
A specific low-temperature room 9 partitioned by a refrigerator 10 above the refrigerator room 3 and a shelf 10 constituting a partition plate (compartment wall) 8 is provided at the bottom of the refrigerator room 3.
Is provided. A front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 is closed at one side of the refrigerator main body 2 by a pivotable refrigerator compartment door 5 which is opened and closed by being pivoted laterally by a hinge device 6. The front opening of the vegetable compartment 4 is closed by a drawer-type door that is drawn forward together with the vegetable container. In the refrigerator 3, the cool air cooled by the cooler is supplied from the top and back of the refrigerator 3 by a blower and cooled to about 3 to 4 ° C. The specific low-temperature room 9 is a chilled room at approximately 1 ° C. higher than 0 ° C., or an ice green room at approximately 0 to −1 ° C. lower than 0 ° C. and higher than the freezing temperature of food.
In addition, about-enough to form a thin ice layer on the surface of the food
It may be a partial freezing room at 4 ° C. In the specific low-temperature room 9,
A container 7 that can be pulled out forward is provided. A plurality of shelves 10 are arranged in the refrigerator main body 2, and a vertical support wall 20 is formed on the inner side surface of the refrigerator compartment door 5 on both left and right ends, and between the left and right support walls 20. A plurality of door pockets 11 are provided. The size and arrangement of the door pockets 11 differ depending on the type of refrigerator, and the door pockets 11A, 11
B, 11C, the middle door pocket 11
When storing a tall article in B, the door pocket 11A above it can be removed. In addition, the lowermost door pocket 11C generally has a shape that is greatly extended in the refrigerator body 2 so as to stably store an article in a container that is tall and has a large circumference such as a beverage in a plastic bottle. Therefore, the shelf 8 close to the door pocket 11C
It is in a state of being slightly retracted. In such a configuration, a space is formed between the door pockets 11 and in the front region of the shelf 10 in the refrigerator body 2. This space also functions as a cool air passage 12 for cooling the refrigerator compartment 3. In the present invention, in order to effectively use this space, the inner surface of the refrigerator body 2 is located forward of the shelf 10 corresponding to the space between the upper and lower shelves 10 and faces the space between the upper and lower door pockets. That is, the small container 13 (13A, 1A,
3B) is detachably supported. The accessory container 13 (including 13A, 13B) has a pair of locking holes 14 at the upper part.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a shape in which a lower portion is wide and an upper portion is narrow, and a locking pin 15 with a flange provided on the inner surface of the refrigerator body 2 and the locking hole 1 are provided.
4, the door 5 is detachably held on the inner surface of the door 5. The small container 13 (1
3A, 13B), after the flange of the locking pin 15 dives under the enlarged hole below the locking hole 14, the locking pin 1
This is achieved by fitting the shaft of No. 5 into the narrow vertical hole at the top of the locking hole 14. Accessory container 13 (including 13A, 13B)
Is the reverse of this operation. In the embodiment shown in FIG.
13A is located in front of these shelves 10 corresponding to the space between the lowermost shelf 10 and the upper and lower shelves 10 above and below, and is refrigerated so as to face the space between the door pockets 11B and 11C. It is detachably supported on the inner surface of the chamber 3. 13B of the other accessory container 13 is the uppermost shelf 10
In front of the shelves 10 corresponding to the space between the upper and lower shelves 10 under the doors 11A and 11B.
It is detachably supported on the inner surface of the refrigerator compartment 3 so as to face the space between the two. In this configuration, when the door 5 is closed, the accessory storage containers 13A and 13B correspond to the refrigerator body 2 at the protruding tip of the support wall 20 in front of the shelf 10, and are respectively connected to the upper and lower door pockets 11B. It faces the space between 11C and the space between the upper and lower door pockets 11A and 11B. This includes the following two states. That is, the accessory storage containers 13A and 13B are located at positions corresponding to the space between the door pockets 11B and 11C and the space between the upper and lower door pockets 11A and 11B, respectively, and the depth of the door pockets 11A and 11B. That is, when the overhang width to the refrigerator main body 2 side is large or the small container 13A, 13B protrudes from the inner surface of the refrigerator compartment 3 as shown in FIG.
In order to slightly enter the space below B, and to eliminate such entry, the depths of the door pockets 11A and 11B and the accessory container 13A,
This can be achieved by adjusting the mutual relationship between 13B and the protruding length of the 13B from the inner surface of the refrigerator compartment 3. Although the accessory storage containers 13A and 13B are provided on the left and right side surfaces of the refrigerator compartment 3, they may be provided on one side surface. In this case, when storing frequently used articles, it may be attached to the opposite side (left side in FIGS. 1 and 2) of the hinge device 6 side, and when storing rarely used articles, the hinge device 6 side It should be attached to. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but includes various embodiments without departing from the scope of the claims. According to the present invention, the space formed between the door pockets and in the front region of the shelf in the refrigerator main body can be effectively used, and the storage condition of the articles stored in the door pockets can be achieved. In some cases, removing this accessory container increases the flexibility of storage in the door pocket.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an open state of a refrigerator compartment of a refrigerator of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a refrigerating compartment portion of the refrigerator of the present invention with a door closed. [Explanation of Signs] 1 Refrigerator 2 Refrigerator body 3 Refrigerator room 4 Vegetable room 5 Refrigerator room door 10 Shelf 11 Door pockets 13, 13A, 13B Small container

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A refrigerator having a front opening provided with a plurality of shelves and a door supported on the refrigerator body so as to be openable and closable on one side of the refrigerator body as an axis. In a refrigerator provided with a plurality of door pockets, a small case is placed on the inner surface of the refrigerator main body so as to be located forward of the shelf corresponding to the space between the upper and lower sides of the shelf and facing the space between the upper and lower door pockets. Refrigerator with detachable containers.