JP2007132635A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator with an improved appearance when it is built in a built-in kitchen unit. <P>SOLUTION: A refrigerator main body 10 is stored inside a storage cabinet 9 installed in one part of of the built-in kitchen unit. A door 11 is rotatably mounted on the front face of the refrigerator main body 10. The door 11 comprises a thick part 41 opposing the substantially entire body of the front face of the refrigerator main body 10, and a pair of thin parts 42 protruding from a left side part and the right side part of the thick part 41 toward the left and the right, respectively. The rotational center is positioned at the thin part 42 on the right side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator incorporated in a section of a system kitchen.

The system kitchen is a compact arrangement of multiple parts, such as a cooking table, sink, stove, food and kitchenware storage, refrigerator, etc., which can improve appearance and increase storage capacity. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP-A-4-214170

  However, unlike other parts, the refrigerator needs to provide a space for heat dissipation around it. Moreover, the thing of the large thickness dimension excellent in heat insulation is used for the door of the refrigerator. Therefore, in the case of a lateral opening type door, it is necessary to provide a space in consideration of the rotation trajectory of the right end portion or the left end portion of the door on the right side or the left side of the refrigerator main body. For this reason, there existed a problem that a large space existed around the refrigerator as compared with other parts, and the appearance was damaged accordingly.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, The objective is to provide the refrigerator which can aim at the improvement of an external appearance when it is integrated in a system kitchen.

  The present invention is a refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body that is incorporated in a section of a system kitchen and has an opening on the front surface, and a door that is rotatably provided on the front surface of the refrigerator body and opens and closes the opening. A thick wall portion facing substantially the entire front surface of the refrigerator main body, and a pair of thin wall portions protruding leftward and rightward from the left and right side portions of the thick wall portion, and the door is formed of the thin wall portion. The rotation center is located at the part.

  In addition, the present invention is a refrigerator including a refrigerator body having a machine room in a lower part of the system kitchen, a compressor disposed in the machine room, and a cooling fan for cooling the compressor. A plurality of legs provided in a lower part of the refrigerator main body and forming a space communicating with the machine room between the refrigerator main body and the lower surface of the compartment, and provided in a lower part of the refrigerator main body A partition plate that divides the space into an upper ventilation path and a lower ventilation path, and a cover member that is provided at the lower portion of the refrigerator main body so as to close the space and has a vent hole.

  According to the present invention, since the space on the left and right sides of the refrigerator body can be concealed by the thin wall portion of the door, it is possible to improve the appearance when the refrigerator is incorporated into the system kitchen. And since the rotation center of a door is located in a thin part, the rotation locus | trajectory of the edge part of the door of the rotation center side can be made small.

  Moreover, according to this invention, since the front surface of the space of the lower part of a refrigerator main body was block | closed with the cover member, the improvement of external appearance can be aimed at. And the space of the lower part of a refrigerator main body can be utilized as a channel | path of the wind for cooling the compressor in a machine room.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a part of a system kitchen in which a refrigerator according to this embodiment is incorporated. In FIG. 1, the system kitchen 1 includes an outer frame 2, a cooking table 3 disposed on the outer frame 2, a plurality of storage boxes 4, a refrigerator 5, and the like disposed in each section in the outer frame 2. It has. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the refrigerator 5 is arranged between the two storage boxes 4.

  The storage 4 is composed of a drawer type upper container and a lower container (both not shown) arranged in the storage cabinet. The upper container and the lower container respectively have doors 6 and 7 on the front surface. In addition, the lower part of each storage 4 in the outer frame 2 is a kicking portion 8. The front surface of the kicking portion 8 is located slightly behind (rearward) the front surfaces of the doors 6 and 7.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the refrigerator 5 includes a refrigerator main body 10 disposed in a storage cabinet 9 and a door 11 attached to the front surface of the refrigerator main body 10. The storage cabinet 9 includes left and right side plates 12 and 13, a bottom plate 14, a front upper reinforcing plate 15, and a rear upper reinforcing plate 16 (the front upper reinforcing plate 15 is omitted in FIG. 3). Concave portions 12 a and 13 a are respectively formed in the lower portions of the left and right plates 12 and 13 in accordance with the kicking portion 8. 2 and 3, the symbol “W” indicates a wall located at the rear portion of the system kitchen 1.

  The refrigerator main body 10 is configured by filling a heat insulating material 19 between the outer box 17 and the inner box 18. The left and right sides of the outer box 17 extend below the lower surface of the outer box 17. For this reason, the bottom surface portion of the refrigerator main body 10 is configured to be positioned slightly above the lower ends of the left and right side portions of the outer box 17. Further, the rear lower part of the refrigerator main body 10 is recessed upward, and the space below is a machine room 20. The rear surface of the machine room 20 is closed by a rear cover 21 having a vent (not shown). A compressor 22 and a cooling fan 23 and a fan motor 24 for cooling the compressor 22 are disposed in the machine room 20.

  As shown in FIG.4 and FIG.5, the lower end part and front-end part of the left-right side part of the said outer case 17 are each bent inside, and the flange parts 25 and 26 are formed. Further, the front end portion of the flange portion 25 is bent upward to form an attachment piece portion 27. A part of the mounting piece portion 27 is in contact with the rear surface of the flange portion 26.

  Between the left and right flange portions 25, a partition plate 28 and a compressor mounting base 29 are screwed side by side. The compressor 22 is fixed on the compressor mount 29. Further, a front leg portion 30 and a rear leg portion 31 are respectively attached to the lower surfaces of the left and right flange portions 25 via a partition plate 28 and a compressor mounting base 29. As will be described later, the space between the lower surface of the refrigerator main body 10 and the partition plate 28 functions as an upper ventilation path 53 communicating with the machine room 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the internal space of the refrigerator main body 10 functions as a refrigerator compartment 32 for storing food, and has an opening 33 on the front surface thereof. A cooler 34 and a frost receiving tray 35 are disposed in the upper part of the refrigerator compartment 32. A drain port 36 is formed at the rear part of the frost receiving tray 35, and water discharged from the drain port 36 is frost in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment 32 by a drain duct 37 provided in the inner part of the refrigerator compartment 32. It is guided to the receiving recess 38. A plurality of shelf boards 39 are arranged in the refrigerator compartment 32.

  The door 11 is for opening and closing the opening 33, and is attached to the front right part of the refrigerator body 10 so as to be rotatable. The door 11 includes a thick portion 41 that faces the front surface of the refrigerator body 10 and a pair of thin portions 42 that protrude leftward and rightward from the left and right ends of the thick portion 41. A grip portion 43 is provided on the upper front portion of the thick portion 41. The thin part 42 is located at the front part of both left and right ends of the thick part 41 (see FIG. 3), and the front surface of the thick part 41 and the front face of the thin part 42 are configured to be flush with each other. Yes.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the door 11 is rotatably attached to the refrigerator body 10 by an upper hinge 44 and a lower hinge 45. The upper hinge 44 includes a hinge main portion 44a and a tongue 44b extending from one end of the hinge main portion 44a in a direction orthogonal to the hinge main portion 44a. The tongue 44b of the upper hinge 44 is rotatably attached to the upper surface of the right thin portion 42 of the door 11 via a hinge pin 46, and the hinge main portion 44a is attached to the right front portion of the upper surface of the refrigerator main body 10 by a screw 47. It is fixed.

  The lower hinge 45 includes an attachment piece 45a and a substantially L-shaped hinge main portion 45b protruding forward from the upper end thereof. The tip of the hinge main part 45b is rotatably attached to the lower surface of the right thin part 42 of the door 11 via a hinge pin 48, and the attachment piece 45a is attached to the front surface of the bottom part of the refrigerator main body 10 by screws 49. It is fixed. As described above, the door 11 rotates about the center of rotation penetrating the right thin portion 42 up and down.

  The refrigerator main body 10 is stored in the storage cabinet 9 as follows. First, the rear fixture 51 is fixed to the bottom plate 14 of the storage cabinet 9. Then, the refrigerator main body 10 is pushed into the storage cabinet 9 until the rear leg portion 31 is fitted into the rear fixture 51. Subsequently, the front fixture 52 is fitted from the front of the front leg 30 and the fixture 52 is screwed onto the bottom plate 14. As a result, the refrigerator body 10 is fixed to the bottom plate 14 of the storage cabinet 9.

  At this time, a predetermined space S exists between the refrigerator main body 10 and the left and right side plates 12 and 13 of the storage cabinet 9. Further, a space functioning as the lower ventilation path 54 is formed between the bottom plate 14 and the partition plate 28. And the front-end | tip of the thin part 42 is located ahead of the front-end part of the right-and-left side plates 12 and 13 of the storage cabinet 9, and the front surface of the said space S will be in the state obstruct | occluded with the thin part 42 of the said door 11. FIG. The front surface of the door 11 is located on the same plane as the front surfaces of the doors 6 and 7 on the front surface of the storage 4.

  As described above, the upper ventilation path 53 is formed between the partition plate 28 and the bottom surface of the refrigerator body 10. In other words, in this embodiment, the partition plate 28 partitions the space between the bottom surface of the refrigerator main body 10 and the bottom plate 14 into the upper ventilation path 53 and the lower ventilation path 54. In the present embodiment, the left and right side portions of the outer box 17, the portion projecting downward from the bottom surface of the refrigerator main body 10, and the front leg portion 30 and the rear leg portion 31 include the refrigerator main body 10 and the bottom plate 14 of the storage cabinet 9. It functions as a leg part that forms a space between them. The upper ventilation path 53 and the lower ventilation path 54 function as an exhaust duct and an intake duct, respectively.

  Subsequently, a lower cover 55 (corresponding to a cover member) is attached to the lower front surface of the refrigerator body 10. The lower cover 55 has a large number of vent holes 56 and is screwed to the flange 26 and the mounting piece 27 of the outer box. The left and right ends of the lower cover 55 are provided with crank-like fitting portions 57 bent rearward. When the refrigerator main body 10 is stored in the storage cabinet 9, the fitting portion 57 is positioned in front of the lower portions of the left and right side plates of the storage cabinet 9, and the rear end portion of the fitting portion 57 is along the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates of the storage cabinet 9. It is like that. With the above configuration, the front openings of the upper ventilation path 53 and the lower ventilation path 54 are closed by the lower cover 55. Further, the front leg portion 30 is hidden by the lower cover 55 and is not visible from the front. At this time, the front surface of the lower cover 55 is positioned substantially on the same plane as the front surface of the kicking portion 8.

  In the above configuration, when the cooling fan 23 rotates, air is sucked into the machine chamber 20 from the vent hole of the rear cover 21 by the air blowing action and blown to the compressor 22. The air blown to the compressor 22 travels forward in the upper ventilation path 53 in the direction indicated by the arrow A, and is discharged to the outside from the vent hole 56 of the lower cover 55. On the other hand, the space between the rear cover 21 and the wall W becomes negative pressure as air is sucked into the machine room 20. For this reason, as shown by the arrow B, air flows into the lower ventilation path 54 from the vent 56 and heads toward the space. Thus, the compressor 22 is cooled by circulating air.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the space formed in the lower portion of the refrigerator main body 10 stored in the storage cabinet 9 is used as the cooling air flow path, so that the invalid space can be effectively used. In this case, the front surface of the space was closed with the lower cover 55. Further, the space S generated in the left and right parts of the refrigerator main body 10 was closed by the thin part 42 of the door 11. Therefore, the appearance is not impaired by the space existing around the refrigerator main body 10 and the appearance can be improved.

In addition, by providing the thin portion 42 with the rotation center of the door 11, the rotation trajectory of the door 11 near the rotation center can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the space that needs to be provided near the rotation center of the door 11 and that takes into account the rotation trajectory of the door 11.
Moreover, since the front surface of the refrigerator 5 housed in the storage cabinet 9 and the front surface of the other storage 4 constituting the system kitchen 1, the front surface of the lower cover 55, and the front surface of the kick-up portion 8 are positioned on the same plane. The entire system kitchen 1 can be harmonized.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, the following modifications are possible.
The refrigerator includes food storage such as a freezer and a wine cellar. Moreover, the refrigerator provided with two or more storage rooms, such as a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, may be sufficient.
The present invention can also be applied to a refrigerator provided with a double-sided door.

The perspective view of a part of system kitchen which shows one embodiment of the present invention Longitudinal side view of refrigerator showing with storage cabinet and cooking table Top view of the refrigerator with the front upper reinforcing plate of the storage cabinet removed. The figure for demonstrating the relationship between a storage cabinet and a refrigerator Vertical section showing the lower part of the refrigerator body The perspective view which expands and shows the lower cover and refrigerator main body of the periphery of a lower hinge

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a system kitchen, 5 is a refrigerator, 10 is a refrigerator body, 11 is a door, 20 is a machine room, 22 is a compressor, 23 is a cooling fan, 28 is a partition plate, 30 is a front leg, and 31 is a rear leg. , 33 is an opening, 41 is a thick part, 42 is a thin part, 53 is an upper ventilation path, 54 is a lower ventilation path, and 55 is a lower cover (cover member).

Claims (3)

In a refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body that is incorporated in a section of a system kitchen and has an opening on the front surface, and a door that is rotatably provided on the front surface of the refrigerator body and opens and closes the opening,
The door is composed of a thick portion facing substantially the entire front surface of the refrigerator body, and a pair of thin portions projecting left and right from the left and right sides of the thick portion, respectively.
The said door is comprised so that a rotation center may be located in the said thin part, The refrigerator characterized by the above-mentioned. In a refrigerator including a refrigerator main body that is incorporated in a section of a system kitchen and has a machine room at the lower part thereof, a compressor disposed in the machine room, and a cooling fan for cooling the compressor,
A plurality of legs provided in a lower part of the refrigerator body and forming a space communicating with the machine room between the refrigerator body and the lower surface of the section;
A partition plate provided at a lower part of the refrigerator body and partitioning the space into an upper ventilation path and a lower ventilation path;
A refrigerator comprising a cover member provided at a lower portion of the refrigerator main body so as to close the space and having a vent hole. It has a kick section provided at the bottom of one section of the system kitchen and the other section adjacent to it,
The leg portion has substantially the same height as the kick-in portion,
The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the cover member is configured such that a front surface thereof is flush with a front surface of the kick-in portion.

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