JP2006084127A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator for easily draining water, by cleaning a vegetable case without removing from a refrigerator body. <P>SOLUTION: This refrigerator has respectively a refrigerating chamber 7 in an upper part of the refrigerator body 1, a freezing chamber 10 in a lower part, and a vegetable chamber 9 between the refrigerating chamber 7 and the freezing chamber 10; and has the vegetable case 20 arranged in front of the vegetable chamber 9 and pulled out together with a vegetable chamber door 5, a drain hole arranged in a bottom part of this vegetable case 20, and a drain plug 28 for blocking up this drain hole; and is provided with the vegetable case 20 so that a bucket 100 can be placed under the drain hole of the vegetable case 20 when pulling out the vegetable case 20. The drain hole of the vegetable case 20 is arranged in a bottom part on the vegetable chamber door 5 side, and a pulling-out mechanism is provided for downwardly inclining the vegetable case 20 when pulling out the vegetable case 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a vegetable case, and more particularly to a refrigerator that facilitates drainage of a vegetable case.

  The conventional refrigerator has a vegetable room provided at the bottom of the refrigerator compartment, a vegetable container with an open top, a lid closely attached to the top of the vegetable container, and a vertical groove that closes a drain hole provided at the bottom of the vegetable container. It is comprised from the drain stopper which entered, and the water tray which provided the some hole provided in the lower part of the vegetable container (for example, refer patent document 1).

JP-A-7-305949 (paragraphs 0011 to 0014, FIGS. 1 to 3)

  In conventional refrigerators, if garbage such as vegetables closes the drainage holes of the vegetable case, the water cannot be drained and the case becomes dirty. Also, when trying to clean the dirty vegetable case, the water collected in the water tray There was a problem that it was not easy to drain without spilling.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a refrigerator that can be easily drained.

  The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a refrigerator compartment at the top of the refrigerator body, a freezer compartment at the bottom, a vegetable compartment between the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, and is pulled out together with the vegetable compartment door provided on the front of the vegetable compartment. A vegetable case, a drainage hole provided at the bottom of the vegetable case, and a drain plug for closing the drainage hole, and when the vegetable case is pulled out, below the drainage hole of the vegetable case The vegetable case is arranged so that a bucket can be placed.

  According to the present invention, when the vegetable case is pulled out, the vegetable case is arranged so that a bucket can be placed under the drainage hole of the vegetable case, so that the case can be easily cleaned without removing the vegetable case from the refrigerator body. Can be drained.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator showing Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a vegetable case, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a drainage hole of the vegetable case.

  In FIG. 1, a refrigerator compartment 7 is provided at the top of the refrigerator body 1, a freezer compartment 10 at the bottom, an ice making room 12 at the bottom left of the refrigerator compartment 7, and a switching room 8 at the right. A vegetable room 9 is provided at the second door from the side, and a cold room door 3 is supported on the front side of the refrigerating room 7. The freezing room 10, the ice making room 12, the switching room 8, and the vegetable room 9 are stored in front. A freezer compartment door 6, an ice making compartment door 11, a switching compartment door 4 and a vegetable compartment door 5 that can be pulled out in the front-rear direction together with the case are provided.

The vegetable case 20 is supported by a frame 31 supported by rails 33 (see FIG. 5 described later) provided on the wall surface of the vegetable compartment 9, and the vegetable compartment door 5 is attached to the frame 31. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the vegetable case 20 is provided with a drainage hole 27 for draining water after cleaning the vegetable case 20 on the front side of the bottom surface of the vegetable case 20. In order to keep the vegetable room in a high humidity state, a drain plug 28 is attached to the hole.
Further, a rib 29 having a height of H2 (for example, 2 mm) or more is installed on the lower surface side around the vegetable case drain hole 27 so that water does not go around to other places.
The drain plug 28 is made of a material such as rubber or soft resin (for example, elastomer or silicone) so that it can be easily attached and detached and does not leak water.
Note that the front bottom surface of the vegetable case 20 where the drainage hole 27 is located is made one step lower than the other bottom surface so that the drainage can easily flow into the drainage port 27.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vegetable case 20 is disposed so that the bucket 100 can be placed under the drainage hole 27 of the vegetable case 20 when the vegetable case 20 is pulled out.
Specifically, for example, the height of a commonly used standard bucket is 255 to 350 mm. Therefore, 50 mm is added as an allowance for the installation and removal of the bucket 100, and vegetables are removed from the floor on which the refrigerator is placed. The height H1 to the lower end of the chamber door 5 is desirably 400 mm or more.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the air path of the refrigerator. In FIG. 4, the refrigerator main body 1 is provided with a cooler 13 on the inner back surface surrounded by the outer box 23, the inner box 24, and the heat insulating material 2 filled between the two boxes, and the cooler 13 cools the cooled air. An internal fan 14 that blows air into the interior is provided. In addition, a refrigerator room 7, a switching room 8, a vegetable room 9 and a freezer room 10 are provided from the top of the refrigerator body 1, and a refrigerator room door 3, a switching room door 4, and a vegetable room door 5 are provided in front of these rooms. And the freezer compartment door 6 is provided.
Further, a partition A25 that partitions the refrigerator compartment 7 and the vegetable compartment 9, a partition B26 that is in close contact with the upper surface of the vegetable compartment 9, an air passage A21 formed by the partition A25 and the partition B26, a partition 36 at the bottom of the vegetable compartment 9 and the freezer compartment 10 An air passage B22 formed by the partition 37 is provided.

Further, a cold room damper 15A that is provided in the cold room air passage 19 and the cold room air passage 19 that is an air flow path for the cold air to the cold room 7, and adjusts the amount of cold air supplied to the cold room 7, A switching chamber damper 15B that adjusts the amount of cool air supplied to the switching chamber 8 and a freezing chamber air passage 35 that is provided in the switching chamber air passage 34 and that supplies the freezing chamber 10 A freezer damper 15C for adjusting the amount is provided.
Further, the refrigerator compartment outlet 16 for supplying cold air from the refrigerator compartment air passage 19 into the refrigerator compartment 7, and the switching chamber outlet for supplying cold air into the switching compartment 8 from the switching chamber air passage 34. 17. A freezer compartment outlet 18 for supplying cold air into the freezer compartment 10 from the freezer compartment air passage 35 is provided.

FIG. 5 is a partially broken side view showing a state when the vegetable compartment door 5 is pulled out by the drawer mechanism and the water stored in the vegetable case 20 is drained.
As shown in FIG. 5, the drawer mechanism includes a rail 33 on which a moving roller (not shown) of a frame 31 attached to the vegetable compartment door 5 slides on the wall surface of the inner box 24 of the refrigerator main body 1 and is fixed. A roller 32 is provided. When the vegetable compartment door 5 is pulled out during normal use, the frame 31 is provided with a first stopper 38 for stopping the vegetable compartment door 5 drawn out in contact with the fixed roller 32, and the first stopper 38. When the vegetable compartment door 5 is further pulled out after getting over the fixed roller 32, the vegetable compartment door 5 which is brought into contact with the fixed roller 32 is stopped and the vegetable compartment door 5 is inclined downward with the fixed roller 32 as a fulcrum. Two stoppers 39 are provided.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the refrigerator configured as described above, when the vegetable case 20 becomes dirty due to dirt such as food during normal use of the refrigerator, the vegetable compartment door 5 is first pulled out as in normal use, and the vegetable case 20 is removed from the frame 31. Then, with the rail 33 attached to the refrigerator main body 1, water is poured directly into the vegetable case 20 by washing with water or with a wet cloth. At this time, the first stopper 38 of the frame 31 attached to the vegetable compartment door 5 comes into contact with the fixed roller 32 and stops.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, a container having a certain depth, such as a bucket 100, is placed under the drainage hole 27 provided at the lower end of the vegetable compartment door 5 and the bottom surface of the vegetable case 20.
And in order to drain vegetable waste and dirty water, the vegetable compartment door 5 is lifted with the vegetable case 20 placed on the frame 31 attached to the vegetable compartment door 5, and the first stopper 38 of the frame 31 is fixed to the fixed roller 32. When the vegetable compartment door 5 is further pulled out and the second stopper 39 is brought into contact with the fixed roller 32, the roller 32 serves as a fulcrum and the frame 31 is inclined downward, and this state is maintained. The chamber door 5 and the vegetable case 20 are inclined downward.
In this state, the drain plug 28 in the drain hole provided on the bottom surface of the vegetable case 20 is removed, and the dirty water is drained into the bucket 100. At this time, since the rib 29 is provided around the hole of the drainage hole 27, the drainage does not flow into containers other than the bucket 100 or the like that receives the drainage through the bottom surface of the vegetable case 20.

  As described above, the vegetable case 20 is disposed so that the bucket 100 can be placed under the drainage hole 27 of the vegetable case 20 when the vegetable case 20 is pulled out. 100 can be easily drained, and the refrigerator can be used cleanly at any time.

  Moreover, since the drawer mechanism which inclines the vegetable case 20 downward when the vegetable case 20 is pulled out is provided, water can easily flow toward the drain hole 27.

  Moreover, since the height from the floor surface on which the refrigerator main body 1 is placed to the lower end of the vegetable compartment door of the vegetable case 20 is 400 mm or more, the vegetable case 20 can be washed and easily drained into the bucket 100.

  Further, since the drain plug 28 is made of rubber or soft resin, it is possible to prevent water leakage from the drain hole 27 of the vegetable case 20.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In Embodiment 1, when draining after cleaning the vegetable case 20, when the vegetable case 20 is pulled out, a bucket can be placed under the vegetable case 20, and the vegetable case 20 is still placed. The vegetable compartment door 5 is lifted and pulled out, and the vegetable compartment door 5 and the vegetable case 20 are inclined downward with the second stopper at the end of the frame 31 as a fulcrum on the fixed roller 32 provided in the inner box 24. However, in this embodiment, the vegetable case is drained without being inclined downward.

  FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the vegetable case of the refrigerator showing the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the bottom of the vegetable case 40 is inclined downward toward the front, a drain hole 41 is provided at the lowest bottom, a rib 42 is provided on the lower surface around the drain hole 41, and the drain hole 41 is blocked. A drain plug 43 is provided. In addition, since the structure of a refrigerator is the same as Embodiment 1, description is abbreviate | omitted.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
The vegetable compartment door 5 is pulled out when the vegetable case 40 is soiled with food or other dirt during normal use of the refrigerator. With the vegetable case 40 attached to the refrigerator main body 1, water is poured directly into the vegetable case 40 to wash it with water, or a vegetable cloth or the like is dropped into the vegetable case 40 with a wet cloth. A container having a certain depth such as a bucket 100 is placed under the vegetable compartment door 5 and the vegetable case 40 as shown in FIG. Then, the drain plug 43 provided at the bottom of the vegetable case 40 is removed from the vegetable case 40 in order to drain vegetable waste and dirty water.
Since the bottom surface of the vegetable case 40 is inclined downward toward the front, the dirty water flows along the inclined bottom surface toward the drain hole 41 and is drained from the drain hole 41 to the bucket 100.

  At this time, since the rib 42 is provided around the hole of the drainage hole 41, the drainage does not flow into any container other than the bucket 100 or the like that receives the drainage through the bottom surface of the vegetable case 40.

  As described above, since the bottom surface of the vegetable case 40 is inclined downward and the drainage hole 41 is provided at the lowest bottom of the vegetable case 40, the vegetable case 40 is inclined downward when the vegetable case 40 becomes dirty. Therefore, drainage can be easily performed, and the inside of the case can always be kept clean.

It is a perspective view of the refrigerator which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the vegetable case of the refrigerator which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view of the drainage hole of the vegetable case of the refrigerator which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an air line block diagram of the refrigerator which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a partially broken side view which shows a state when draining the water collected in the vegetable case of the refrigerator which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the vegetable case of the refrigerator which shows Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 refrigerator main body, 5 vegetable compartment door, 7 refrigerator compartment, 9 vegetable compartment, 10 freezer compartment, 20 vegetable case, 27, 41 drain hole, 28, 43 drain plug, 31 frame, 29, 42 rib, 100 bucket.

Claims (5)

A refrigerator compartment at the top of the refrigerator body, a freezer compartment at the bottom, and a vegetable compartment between the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment,
A vegetable case withdrawn together with the vegetable compartment door provided in front of the vegetable compartment;
A drainage hole provided at the bottom of this vegetable case,
A drain plug that closes the drain hole,
With
A refrigerator, wherein the vegetable case is disposed so that a bucket can be placed under the drainage hole of the vegetable case when the vegetable case is pulled out. The vegetable case drain hole is provided at the bottom of the vegetable compartment door side,
The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a drawer mechanism that tilts the vegetable case downward when the vegetable case is pulled out.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the vegetable case is inclined downward toward the front, and the drainage hole is provided in the lowest bottom of the vegetable case.   4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a height from a floor surface on which the refrigerator main body is placed to a lower end of a vegetable compartment door of the vegetable case is set to 400 mm or more. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a rib is provided on a lower surface around the drainage hole of the vegetable case.

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