JP2007024405A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of carrying out effective utilization of an area occupied by a partition wall by providing a composition for smoothly carrying out drawing operation of a housing container, in a refrigerator wherein a front face opening of a refrigeration chamber is opened and closed by left and right side-by-side doors. <P>SOLUTION: A system is used, opening and closing the front face opening of a storage chamber by left and right side-by-side doors. One part of the storage chamber is partitioned into left and right storage chambers by a partition wall arranged in correspondence to a mutual gap T of the side-by-side doors. The drawer type housing container is housed in one or both of the left and right storage chambers. A horizontal width of the partition wall is provided larger than the mutual gap T of the side-by-side doors. An operating part of the refrigerator is arranged on a front face of the partition wall. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator that opens and closes a front opening of a storage room with a double door.

  In a double door type refrigerator that opens and closes the front opening of the storage room with two doors on the left and right, the back end of the non-axial support side (opposite to the shaft support side by the hinge) of one of the left and right doors A partition body having a length over the top and bottom of the front opening of the storage chamber is attached in a vertically movable manner (Patent Document 1). This is because when the two doors on the left and right sides are closed, the partition body rotates to a position extending up and down the front opening of the storage chamber, and becomes a partition body that partitions the front opening of the storage chamber up and down. A packing (also referred to as a gasket) disposed on the peripheral edge of the back surface of the door is brought into close contact with each other, and a sealed state is obtained in which cold air leakage from the facing portions of the left and right doors is prevented. In addition, in a state where one door to which the partition body is attached is opened or in a state where the left and right two doors are opened, the partition body is rotated to the storage position along the rear end portion of the one door, and It is set as the state which leaves | separates from a front opening and does not exist the partition body which partitions the front opening of a storage chamber up and down.

  Further, Patent Document 1 divides a refrigerator main body into a plurality of upper and lower storage chambers, uses the uppermost storage chamber as a refrigeration chamber, and opens and closes the front opening of the refrigeration chamber with two doors on the left and right. In the case of the type door system, a gasket with a magnet is attached to the length across the top and bottom of the left and right two doors along the opposing part of the left and right two doors on the non-axial support side (the opposite side of the shaft support side by the hinge) In a state where the left and right two doors are closed, a technique is disclosed in which the gaskets are brought into close contact with each other due to the attraction between the magnets to prevent cold air leakage from the facing portions of the left and right two doors.

  In this way, in the double door system that opens and closes the front opening of the storage room with the left and right two doors, as a method of preventing cold air leakage from the facing part of the left and right two doors, when the door is closed, the front of the storage room The partition that moves together with the door when the door is opened can be pivoted to the non-axial support side (opposite side of the shaft support side by the hinge) of one of the double doors. There is a movable partition body system attached to the left and right doors, and a gasket system based on the mutual adhesion of gaskets attached along the opposite part of the non-pivot axis support side (opposite side of the shaft support side by the hinge). Here, in the refrigerator having a sealed structure which prevents the leakage of cold air from the facing portions of the left and right two doors in this way, a form in which the drawer-type container is stored at the lowermost part in the storage chamber is proposed.

  One of the refrigerators 70 proposed by the inventor is shown in FIGS. FIG. 7 is a front view of the refrigerator 70, and FIG. 8 is a front view of the refrigerator 70 with the refrigerator compartment door opened. The refrigerator 70 has a structure in which a refrigerator compartment 72 is provided at the top, a freezer compartment 73 is provided at the lower middle portion thereof, and a vegetable compartment 74 is provided at the bottom below the refrigerator body 71 in the front opening. . The front opening of the refrigerator compartment 72 is pivotally supported by the upper and lower hinge devices H on the sides of the refrigerator main body 71, respectively, and is provided with two left and right double-folded refrigerator compartment doors 72A and 72B that rotate laterally. Opened and closed. The front opening of the freezer compartment 73 is closed by a drawer-type door 73A that is drawn forward together with a container that is supported so as to be able to be drawn in the front-rear direction by a support device using left and right rails and rollers provided in the freezer compartment 73. The front opening of the vegetable compartment 74 is closed by a drawer-type door 74A that is drawn forward together with a vegetable container that is supported so as to be able to be pulled out in the front-rear direction by a support device using left and right rails and rollers provided in the vegetable compartment 74.

  In the refrigerator compartment 72, the article storage areas are divided into upper and lower parts by a plurality of shelves 75 placed on a shelf receiver formed on the side wall of the refrigerator compartment 72, and the lowermost article storage areas are different specific storage rooms. For this reason, the right and left specific storage chambers 77 and 78 are partitioned by a plate-shaped partition wall 76. The partitioned storage room on the right side is a specific low temperature room 78, and a water supply tank 79 and a small article storage container 80 for an automatic ice maker (not shown) installed in the freezing room 73 can be drawn out in the storage room 77 on the left side. It is stored in. In the specified low temperature chamber 78, a storage container 81 having a relatively large lateral width is stored in the front and rear horizontal rails 84, 84 provided on the left and right sides of the specific low temperature chamber 78 in order to store the cold storage articles. It is supported freely. The specific low temperature chamber 78 is a chilled chamber of about 1 ° C., an ice greenhouse of about 0 to −1 ° C. which is lower than 0 ° C. and higher than the freezing temperature of food. A plurality of steps of door pockets 82 supported between the left and right side walls 83 are provided on the inner side surfaces of the open door refrigerator doors 72A and 72B. These door pockets 82 are provided with eggs, butter, beverages in paper packs, pets Stores bottled beverages. Reference numeral 85 denotes an operation unit for setting the temperature of the refrigerator 70 and the like, and is disposed on the front surface of one of the double doors 72A and 72B.

  In the refrigerator shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the storage container 81 provided in the specific cold room 78 on the right side of the specific storage rooms 77 and 78 partitioned right and left by the partition wall 76 is a refrigerator compartment door located in front of the storage container 81. Since the left-right width is larger than the left-right width of 72B, when pulling out the storage container 81, both the refrigerator compartment doors 72A, 72B must be opened, which is troublesome.

In the case where the partition wall 76 is not located at the position shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, but the partition wall 76 is disposed at a position corresponding to the facing portion M facing when the double doors 72A and 72B are closed. For example, a storage container having a width that extends substantially in the right and left width is placed on the rail in the specific storage room on the right side, and a refrigerator compartment door (for example, 72B) on the side facing the storage container is placed in the same manner as in FIGS. When the storage container is pulled out and the storage container is pulled out, the storage container swings to the left and right due to the flexibility in the support structure of the storage container, and collides with the inner surface of the closed refrigeration room door (for example, 72A). It is difficult to pull out easily. In order to avoid such a collision, a method is conceivable in which the lateral widths of the storage containers stored in the specific storage chambers 77 and 78 are made small enough not to collide.
JP 2002-206854 A.

  As described above, when the partition wall 76 is disposed at a position corresponding to the facing portion M facing when the double doors 72A and 72B are closed, the extent to avoid the storage container being pulled out from colliding with the door. In order to reduce the horizontal width of the storage container, the horizontal width of the partition wall 76 is increased and the area occupied by the partition wall 76 is increased in order to adopt a configuration in which the storage container is placed on the rail of the partition wall 76. From the point of article storage, this is a useless area. In view of such a point, the present invention is configured such that the opening and closing of the double doors and the drawer operation of the storage container are smoothly performed, and by disposing the operation portion of the refrigerator in the area occupied by the partition wall 76, The refrigerator which can aim at the effective utilization of the area | region which the partition wall 76 occupies is provided.

  1st invention makes it the system which opens and closes the front opening of a storage chamber with two right and left double doors, and there is no vertical partition in the front opening of the storage chamber in the state where the double doors are opened. A refrigerator that prevents cold air leakage from a facing portion of the double doors with a configuration, wherein a part of the storage chamber is partitioned into left and right storage chambers by a partition wall arranged corresponding to the facing portion of the double doors. The operation part of the refrigerator is arranged on the front surface of the partition wall.

  2nd invention makes it the system which opens and closes the front opening of a store room with two right and left double doors, and there is no vertical partition in the front opening of the store room with the double doors open A refrigerator that prevents cold air leakage from a facing portion of the double door with the structure, wherein a part of the storage chamber is left and right by a partition wall arranged corresponding to a gap T between the door bodies of the double door. And a drawer-type storage container is stored in one or both of the left and right storage chambers, and the left and right widths of the partition walls are larger than the gap T. It is characterized by arranging.

  3rd invention sets it as the system which opens and closes the front opening of a refrigerator compartment by two right-and-left double doors, and a vertical partition does not exist in the front opening part of the said refrigerator compartment in the state which opened the said double doors. A refrigerator that prevents cold air leakage from a facing portion of the double door with the structure, wherein the refrigerator compartment is divided into upper and lower parts by a plurality of shelves, and the lowermost article storage area is the double door. It is divided into left and right so as to be used as different storage chambers by partition walls arranged corresponding to the gap T between the door bodies of the type door, and one of the partitioned storage chambers is a specific low temperature chamber, and the other storage The chamber is a storage chamber of a water supply tank for the automatic ice making machine, and in the specific low temperature chamber, an article storage container is supported on the rail so that the container can be pulled out in the front-rear direction, and the lateral width of the partition wall is larger than the gap T ,in front In front of the partition wall is characterized in that a refrigerator of the operation unit.

  4th invention sets it as the system which opens and closes the front opening of a refrigerator compartment by two right and left double doors, and a vertical partition does not exist in the front opening part of the said refrigerator compartment in the state which opened the said double doors. A refrigerator that prevents cold air leakage from a facing portion of the double door with the structure, wherein the refrigerator compartment is divided into upper and lower parts by a plurality of shelves, and the lowermost article storage area is the double door. It is divided into left and right so as to be used as different storage chambers by partition walls arranged corresponding to the gap T between the door bodies of the type door, and one of the partitioned storage chambers is a specific low temperature chamber, and the other storage The chamber is a water storage tank for an automatic ice maker and a storage chamber for small-sized storage containers. In the specific low-temperature chamber, a storage container for low-temperature storage articles is supported by a rail so that the storage container can be pulled out in the front-rear direction. Width is Serial larger than the gap T, the front surface of the partition wall is characterized in that a refrigerator of the operation unit.

  The first invention is a movable partition body system in which a partition body which is located in front of the refrigerator compartment and becomes a close contact surface of the door gasket when the door is closed is attached to one side portion of the double doors, and the door is closed. In any of the gasket systems in which the gaskets that are in close contact with each other are provided on the facing parts of the double doors, the position of the partition wall is defined by the facing parts of the double doors, but with one door closed It becomes easy to pull out the stored heat corresponding to the other door. Moreover, since the operation part of a refrigerator is arrange | positioned in the front of a partition wall, the partition wall which made the left-right width wide can be used effectively.

  In the second invention, the left and right width of the partition wall is larger than the gap T between the double doors, so that the left and right storage chambers are limited in width, but are stored in one or both of the left and right storage chambers. Even when the drawer-type container is pulled out, the closed door can be pulled out without collision. Moreover, since the operation part of a refrigerator is arrange | positioned on the partition wall with which the left-right width became large, the effective utilization of the area | region which this partition wall occupies can be aimed at.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the lowermost article storage area in the refrigerator compartment that is divided into upper and lower parts by a plurality of shelves is partitioned into right and left storage rooms by partition walls, and one of the partitioned storage rooms is designated as a specific low temperature room. The other storage room is used as a storage room for a water tank for an automatic ice maker, and is suitable for use in distinction from the upper refrigeration room. Can be pulled out without collision. Moreover, since the operation part of a refrigerator is arrange | positioned on the partition wall with which the left-right width became large, the effective utilization of the area | region which this partition wall occupies can be aimed at.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a lowermost article storage area in a refrigerator compartment divided into upper and lower parts by a plurality of shelves is partitioned into right and left storage rooms by partition walls, and one of the partitioned storage rooms is designated as a specific low temperature room. And the other storage room as a water storage tank for automatic ice making machine and a storage container for small items, suitable for use distinguishing from the upper refrigeration room, and also when pulling out the article storage container in the specific low temperature room, The closed door can be pulled out without collision. Moreover, since the operation part of a refrigerator is arrange | positioned on the partition wall with which the left-right width became large, the effective utilization of the area | region which this partition wall occupies can be aimed at.

  The refrigerator according to the present invention has a method of opening and closing the front opening of the storage chamber with two left and right double doors, and there is no vertical partition in the front opening of the storage chamber with the double doors open. A refrigerator that prevents cold air leakage from a facing portion of the double doors with a configuration, wherein a part of the storage chamber is partitioned into left and right storage chambers by a partition wall arranged corresponding to the facing portion of the double doors. The operation part of the refrigerator is arranged on the front surface of the partition wall, and examples of the present invention will be described below.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a refrigerator according to the present invention with a refrigerator compartment door opened, and FIG. 3 is a cross-section of the lowermost article storage area of the refrigerator refrigerator according to the present invention. It is a top view.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator which is one of the cooling storages of the present invention. The refrigerator body 2 having a front opening is partitioned to form a plurality of storage chambers, and the front surfaces of these storage chambers can be opened and closed by doors. The refrigerator body 2 has a heat insulating structure in which a foam heat insulating material 2C is filled between an outer box (outer wall plate) 2A and an inner box (inner wall plate) 2B. In the refrigerator main body 2, the refrigerator compartment 3 is provided as the uppermost storage room, the freezer compartment 5 is provided in the lower middle part thereof, and the vegetable compartment 4 is arranged in the lowermost part below. The front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 is pivotally supported by the upper and lower hinge devices H on the left and right sides of the refrigerator main body 2, respectively, and is provided with two left and right double-opening refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B that rotate laterally. Open and close. The front opening of the freezer compartment 5 is closed by a drawer-type door 12 that is drawn forward together with a container that is supported so as to be drawable in the front-rear direction by means of a support device with left and right rails and rollers provided in the freezer compartment 5. The front opening of the vegetable compartment 4 is closed by a drawer-type door 11 that is drawn forward together with a vegetable container that is supported so as to be able to be drawn out in the front-rear direction by a support device using left and right rails and rollers provided in the vegetable compartment 4.

  In the refrigerator compartment 3, an article storage area is divided into upper and lower parts by a plurality of flat plate-like shelves 6 placed on shelf holders formed on the side wall and the back wall 8 of the refrigerator compartment 3, and the lowest article storage area Is partitioned into right and left specific storage chambers 7A and 7B by a partition wall 7 for use as a specific storage chamber. The right storage chamber 7B partitioned in this way is a specific low temperature chamber, and the left storage chamber 7A is a compartment storage chamber cooled to substantially the same temperature as the upper article storage area. The specific low temperature chamber 7B is a chilled chamber of about 1 ° C. higher than 0 ° C., an ice greenhouse of about 0 to 1 ° C. lower than 0 ° C. and higher than the freezing temperature of food, It is a partial freezing room at about -4 ° C that allows a thin ice layer to form on the surface, and is intended to store food in a specific low temperature region in a cold state, compared to the upper article storage area. Strict temperature control is required.

  The first embodiment shows one form of a configuration in which the pull-out container 15 is housed in one of the left and right storage rooms 7A and 7B. The specific ice storage machine 7A includes an automatic ice making machine installed in the freezer room 5. A water supply tank 9 for storing ice-making water to be supplied to (not shown) and an accessory storage container 13 are stored in a freely retractable manner. In the specific low temperature chamber 7B, a storage container 15 for low-temperature storage articles is supported so as to be able to be drawn out in the front-rear direction by rails 14, 14 in the front-rear horizontal direction provided on the left and right sides of the specific low-temperature chamber 7B. The storage container 15 is mounted with left and right flanges 15A on the rails 14 and 14, and has flexibility in the left and right so that the rails 14 and 14 can easily slide back and forth. The storage container 15 is a top opening container, and a cover 16 that pivots upward by the left and right side walls of the storage container 15 as the storage container 15 is pulled out is pivotally supported on the upper front surface of the specific low temperature chamber 7B. A cover 17 that is pivotable upward by hand is pivotally supported on the upper front surface of the storage chamber 7A.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the refrigerator compartment doors 10 </ b> A and 10 </ b> B each have a rectangular heat insulating structure in which a heat insulating material S is disposed between an outer plate (outer shell) Q and an inner plate (inner shell) R. The left and right projecting walls 18 are formed in the vertical direction integrally with the inner plate (inner shell) R on the inner side surfaces of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B. In addition, gaskets 20 are annularly attached to the inner side surfaces of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B so as to surround the left and right protruding walls 18, respectively, along the rectangular shapes of the door main bodies 10A1 and 10B1. In the gasket 20, the upper side, the lower side, and the left side of the refrigerator compartment door 10 </ b> A and the upper side, the lower side, and the right side of the refrigerator compartment door 10 </ b> B contain magnets that are attracted to the front peripheral edge of the refrigerator body 2. A plurality of door pockets 19 are provided between the left and right protruding walls 18, and eggs, butter, beverages in paper packs, beverages in plastic bottles, and the like can be stored in these door pockets 19.

  Further, with the structure in which the folding door type refrigeration room doors 10A and 10B are opened, there is no vertical partition in the front opening of the refrigeration room 3, and cold air leakage from the facing portion M of the refrigeration room doors 10A and 10B is prevented. FIG. 3 shows a configuration for preventing the leakage of cold air from the gap H between the door main bodies 10A1 and 10B1 generated in the facing portion M of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B, with gaskets attached to the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B, respectively. This shows a gasket method performed by close contact. That is, in order to prevent the cold air leakage from the facing portion M facing when the refrigerator compartment doors 10A, 10B are closed, the non-axial support side (by the hinge device H) of the gasket 20 of each of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A, 10B. The side 20A on the opposite side of the shaft support side forms a portion 20B that is in close contact with each other. With the refrigerator doors 10A and 10B being closed, the side 20A is in close contact with each other by adsorption of a magnet built in the portion 20B. When the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B are closed, the cold air leakage from the facing part M is prevented.

  When the refrigerator compartment door 10B is opened with the refrigerator compartment door 10A closed and the storage container 15 is pulled forward, the refrigerator compartment door is provided so that the left end of the storage container 15 does not collide with the refrigerator compartment door 10A. The partition wall 7 is arranged corresponding to the facing part M between 10A and 10B, and the left and right width K of the partition wall 7 is made sufficiently larger than the gap T between the door bodies 10A1 and 10B1 of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B. Yes. As a result, the lateral width of the specific storage chamber 7B is narrowed, and the lateral width of the storage container 15 is substantially limited to be small. For this reason, even if the storage container 15 is pulled forward while swinging left and right on the rails 14 and 14 provided on the left and right sides of the specific low temperature chamber 7B, the left end portion of the storage container 15 does not collide with the refrigerator compartment door 10A. It becomes a state. In the example of illustration, it is the structure which has arrange | positioned the center of the partition wall 7 on the centerline P which passes along the center of the clearance gap T between the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B. Further, with such a configuration, even when the refrigerator compartment door 10A is opened with the refrigerator compartment door 10B closed and the water supply tank 9 and the accessory storage container 13 stored in the specific storage compartment 7A are pulled out, the same applies. The operation can be smoothly performed without colliding with the refrigerator compartment door 10B.

  In the present invention, in order to effectively use the partition wall 7 having the large left-right width K as described above, the temperature setting of the refrigerator 1 and the setting and selection of various functions can be performed on the front surface of the partition wall 7. An operation unit 22 is provided. An operation unit 23 such as a switch unit that is operated by the operation is housed in the partition wall 7 at the rear part of the operation unit 22 to protect it from external obstacles caused by collision with the storage containers 13 and 15 and to prevent water from splashing. The waterproof construction is adopted.

  The left and right refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B of the refrigerator 1 shown in the above drawings are symmetrically arranged in the left-right width in order to make the left-right symmetric form. The refrigerating room doors 10A and 10B have a left-right asymmetric form, and similarly to the above, the partition walls 7 are arranged corresponding to the facing portions M that face each other when the refrigerating room doors 10A and 10B are closed, and the refrigerating room doors 10A and 10B. The left and right width K of the partition wall 7 is sufficiently larger than the gap T between the door bodies 10A1, 10B1, and the temperature setting of the refrigerator 1 and the setting and selection of various functions can be performed on the front surface of the partition wall 7. If the operation part 22 which can be performed is provided, the effect | action and effect similar to the above can be acquired.

  In the above description, the lowermost article storage area of the refrigerator compartment 3 is divided into the left and right specific storage rooms 7A and 7B by the partition wall 7. However, the upper article storage area is divided by the partition wall 7 to the left and right specific storage rooms 7A and 7B. The same action and effect can be obtained when partitioning into 7B. Moreover, regarding the cooling in the refrigerator 1, by forming a cold air circulation path for circulating the cold air cooled by the evaporator (cooler) 27 to the refrigerator compartment 3, the vegetable compartment 4, and the freezer compartment 5 by a blower (not shown). Each chamber can be cooled to an appropriate temperature.

  In the present invention, FIGS. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of the cold air seal structure of the facing portion M of the open door type refrigeration room doors 10A and 10B with respect to the refrigerator shown in FIGS. With the structure in which the folding door type refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B are opened and the vertical partition is not present in the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3, cold air leakage from the facing portion M of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B is prevented. As a configuration, FIGS. 4 and 5 show an embodiment adopting a movable partition system. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view showing an embodiment in which the movable partition 30 is adopted as one of the door-opening type refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B of the refrigerator according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the refrigerator compartment door of the refrigerator according to FIG. FIG.

  4 and 5 prevent cold air leakage from the gap T between the door main bodies 10A1 and 10B1 generated in the facing portion M of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B when the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B are closed. As a structure, the vertical movable partition 30 is located in the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 with the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B closed, and the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B are opened and the front of the refrigerator compartment 3 is opened. The structure which does not have the movable partition 30 of the vertical direction in an opening part is shown. The same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 2 to 3 are components having the same configuration and function as described above, and the description of the first embodiment is incorporated herein. 4 and 5, on the inner surfaces of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B, similarly to FIGS. 2 to 3, a magnet-containing gasket 20 is provided so as to surround both the left and right protruding walls 18, and the rectangular refrigerator compartment door 10A, It is attached in an annular shape along the peripheral edge of the inner surface of 10B. On the non-axial support side of the refrigerating room door 10A (the side opposite to the shaft support side by the hinge device H), the movable partition 30 is axially supported in the region between the outer surface of the projecting wall 18 and the inner side of the gasket 20. The refrigerating room door 10 </ b> A is held so as to be rotatable at the portion 31. As shown in FIG. 5, guide members 32 </ b> A and 32 </ b> B are attached to the upper and lower portions of the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3.

  In this configuration, when the refrigerator compartment door 10A is opened, the movable partition 30 is urged by a spring (not shown) attached to the shaft support portion 31, and the two positions shown in FIG. It is the state accommodated along the outer surface of the protruding wall 18 of 10 A of refrigerator compartment doors like 30A shown with a dashed line. When the refrigerating compartment door 10A moves in the closing direction, the protruding guide portions 33A and 33B provided at the upper and lower end portions of the movable partition body 30 are along guide groove portions (not shown) of the guide members 32A and 32B. By moving, the movable partition 30 rotates against the spring. In the state in which the refrigerator compartment door 10A closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3, the movable partition 30 is flush with the upper and lower front surfaces of the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3, as shown by the solid line in FIG. As it forms, it will be in the state over the front opening part of the refrigerator compartment 3, and the vertical partition part which partitions off the front opening part of the refrigerator compartment 3 into right and left is formed. As a result, the front opening of the refrigerating chamber 3 is formed with left and right front openings that form a series of four sides on the upper and lower sides and the left and right sides facing the respective gaskets 20 of the refrigerating chamber doors 10A and 10B. The gaskets 20 adhere to each other by adsorbing to the front and rear front and rear openings forming a series of quadrilaterals.

  Further, by opening the closed refrigeration room door 10A, the movable partition 30 receives the spring force, and the protruding guide portions 33A and 33B provided at the upper and lower ends of the movable partition 30 are replaced by guide members 32A, By moving along the guide groove portion 32B, the movable partition 30 gradually rotates, and finally, as shown by a solid line position in FIG. 5 and 30A indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It will be in the state accommodated along the outer surface of the protruding wall 18 of the door 10A.

  In such a configuration, when the refrigerator compartment door 10B is opened with the refrigerator compartment door 10A closed and the storage container 15 is pulled forward, the left end portion of the storage container 15 is prevented from colliding with the refrigerator compartment door 10A. Therefore, similarly to the first embodiment, the partition wall 7 is arranged corresponding to the facing portion M between the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B, and is larger than the gap T between the door bodies 10A1 and 10B1 of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B. The left-right width K of the partition wall 7 is made sufficiently large. And, in order to effectively use the partition wall 7 having a large left-right width K in this way, an operation unit capable of performing temperature setting of the refrigerator 1 and setting and selection of various functions on the front surface of the partition wall 7 22 is provided. As a result, functions and effects similar to those of the first embodiment can be exhibited, and even when the pullout container 15 housed in one of the left and right storage chambers 7A and 7B is pulled out, there is no collision with the closed door. The drawer can be made. Moreover, since the operation part 22 of the refrigerator 1 is arrange | positioned at the division wall 7 with which the left-right width became large, the effective utilization of the area | region which this division wall 7 occupies can be aimed at.

  In this invention, the form from which the structure of the goods storage area of the lowest part of the refrigerator compartment 3 differs among the structures of the refrigerator 1 shown in FIGS. 1-2 as another Example in FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional plan view showing another embodiment of the lowermost article storage area of the refrigerator compartment 3 of the refrigerator 1 according to the present invention. In FIG. 6, the lowermost article storage area of the refrigerator compartment 3 is divided into right and left specific storage rooms 7A and 7B by a partition wall 7, and the pull-out containers 25 and 15 are stored in both the left and right storage rooms 7A and 7B. In the specific storage chamber 7A, the storage container 25 is supported in the front-rear and horizontal rails 26 and 26 provided on the left and right sides of the specific low temperature chamber 7A so that the storage container 25 can be pulled out in the front-rear direction. Shows the configuration. In addition, since the code | symbol same part as FIGS. 1-3 in the refrigerator 1 is a part of the structure and function similar to the above, the description of Example 1 shall be used.

  In this case, in order to prevent the left end portion of the storage container 15 from colliding with the refrigerating room door 10A when the refrigerating room door 10B is opened with the refrigerating room door 10A closed and the storage container 15 is pulled forward, In order to prevent the right end portion of the storage container 25 from colliding with the refrigerating room door 10B when the refrigerating room door 10A is opened with the refrigerating room door 10B closed and the storage container 25 is pulled forward, Example 1 Similarly, the partition wall 7 is disposed corresponding to the facing portion M between the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B, and the width of the compartment wall 7 is greater than the gap T between the door bodies 10A1 and 10B1 of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B. K is sufficiently large. And, in order to effectively use the partition wall 7 having a large left-right width K in this way, an operation unit capable of performing temperature setting of the refrigerator 1 and setting and selection of various functions on the front surface of the partition wall 7 22 is provided.

  As a result, functions and effects similar to those of the first embodiment can be exhibited, and also when the drawer type containers 25 and 15 housed in both the left and right storage chambers 7A and 7B are pulled out, they are closed. The door can be pulled out without collision. Moreover, since the operation part 22 of the refrigerator 1 is arrange | positioned in the partition wall 7 with which the left-right width became large, the effective use of the area | region which this partition wall 7 occupies can be aimed at. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, as a cold air seal structure of the facing portion M of the double door folding type refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B, a movable partition body 30 is adopted as one door of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B. The same applies to the partition body system.

  The refrigerator 1 of this invention should just be the structure by which the vertical partition body does not exist in the front-surface opening part of the refrigerator compartment 3 in the state which opened the folding doors 10A and 10B of the folding door type. For this reason, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, as a structure for preventing cold air leakage from the opposing portions of the refrigerator doors 10A and 10B, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, and shown in FIGS. Thus, any system of the movable partition system attached to one of the refrigerator compartment doors 10A and 10B may be used. The refrigerator according to the present invention is applicable to various types of refrigerators as long as it does not depart from the technical scope of the present invention. is there.

It is a front view of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. Example 1 It is the front view which opened the refrigerator compartment door of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. Example 1 It is a cross-sectional top view of the goods storage area of the lowest part of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. Example 1 It is a cross-sectional top view which shows the form which employ | adopted the movable partition system for the opposing part of the double doors of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. (Example 2) It is the front view which opened the refrigerator compartment door of the refrigerator which concerns on FIG. (Example 2) It is a cross-sectional top view which shows other embodiment of the goods storage area of the lowest part of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. (Example 3) It is a front view of the refrigerator which concerns on description of background art. It is the front view which opened the refrigerator compartment door of the refrigerator which concerns on description of background art.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 .... Refrigerator 2 .... Refrigerator body 3 .... Refrigerator room 4 .... Vegetable room 5 .... Freezer room 6 .... Shelves 7 .... Division wall 9 .... ··· Water supply tank 10A, 10B ··· Refrigeration room door 10A1, 10B1 ················································ Storage container 14 ... Operation part 23 ... Control part 25 ... Storage container 26 ... Right rail 30 ... Moving partition

Claims (4)

  The front opening of the storage room is opened and closed by two left and right double doors, and the double doors are opened with the configuration in which no vertical partition exists in the front opening of the storage room with the double doors open. A refrigerator that prevents leakage of cold air from a facing portion of a door, wherein a part of the storage chamber is partitioned into left and right storage chambers by a partition wall disposed corresponding to the facing portion of the double doors, and the front surface of the partition wall The refrigerator is characterized in that an operation part of the refrigerator is arranged.   The front opening of the storage room is opened and closed by two left and right double doors, and the double doors are opened with the configuration in which no vertical partition exists in the front opening of the storage room with the double doors open. The refrigerator is configured to prevent cold air leakage from an opposite portion of the door, and a part of the storage chamber is partitioned into left and right storage chambers by partition walls arranged corresponding to the gap T between the door bodies of the double doors. The drawer storage container is stored in one or both of the left and right storage rooms, the left and right width of the partition wall is larger than the gap T, and the operation part of the refrigerator is arranged on the front surface of the partition wall. Refrigerator.   The front opening of the refrigerator compartment is opened and closed with two double doors, and the double doors are opened with the configuration in which no vertical partition exists in the front opening of the refrigerator compartment when the double doors are opened. The refrigerator is configured to prevent cold air from leaking from a facing portion of the door, wherein the refrigerator compartment is divided into upper and lower article storage areas by a plurality of shelves, and the lowermost article storage area is a door body of the double doors. The partition walls arranged corresponding to the gaps T are divided into left and right so as to be used as different storage chambers. One of the partitioned storage chambers is a specific low temperature chamber and the other storage chamber is an automatic ice maker. In the specified low temperature chamber, an article storage container is supported by the rail so that the article storage container can be pulled out in the front-rear direction, and the left and right width of the partition wall is larger than the gap T, and the front surface of the partition wall Refrigerator, characterized in that the disposing the refrigerator operating unit.   The front opening of the refrigerator compartment is opened and closed with two double doors, and the double doors are opened with the configuration in which no vertical partition exists in the front opening of the refrigerator compartment when the double doors are opened. The refrigerator is configured to prevent cold air from leaking from a facing portion of the door, wherein the refrigerator compartment is divided into upper and lower article storage areas by a plurality of shelves, and the lowermost article storage area is a door body of the double doors. The partition walls arranged corresponding to the gaps T are divided into left and right so as to be used as different storage chambers. One of the partitioned storage chambers is a specific low temperature chamber and the other storage chamber is an automatic ice maker. A storage chamber for a water supply tank and a storage container for small items, and in the specific low-temperature chamber, a storage container for a low-temperature storage article is supported on a rail so that the storage container can be pulled out in the front-rear direction. Large refrigerator, characterized in that the front face of the partition wall arranged refrigerators of the operation unit.

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