JP2009052809A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of making a depth of a detachable container deeper, and increasing a storage volume without increasing a drawing-out amount of a drawer-type door in its maximum opening to attach and detach the container. <P>SOLUTION: This refrigerator has a plurality of storage compartments in a refrigerator body 1, and at least one of the storage compartments has the drawer-type door 6 for opening and closing a front opening portion, and the storage container 11 detachably received in the storage compartment. An upper portion of a side wall 11a of the storage container 11 is provided with a cut 13 for preventing the interference with the other component part of an upper part in attaching and detaching the container. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator including a storage container that can be attached to and detached from at least one storage chamber.

  In a refrigerator having a plurality of storage chambers in a refrigerator main body, and having a pull-out door that opens and closes a front opening in at least one storage chamber and a detachable container that fits in the storage chamber, the capacity of the container is increased. In addition, it is desirable that it can be easily attached and detached.

Conventionally, in a refrigerator having a pull-out type door with a slide rail of a double rail system, when the pull-out type door is fully opened, a container supported by a support frame fixed to the inner surface of the pull-out type door can be attached and detached. There has been proposed a structure in which the rear end surface of the container is positioned forward of the door of another storage chamber positioned above (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).
JP 2006-177659 A JP 2006-177660 A

  In the conventional structure, because the rear end surface of the detachable container is positioned forward relative to the door of the other storage chamber located above when the drawer-type door is fully opened (when fully opened), If the depth of the container is increased in order to increase the capacity, it is necessary to increase the amount of drawer when fully opened, requiring a large space in front of the refrigerator, leading to an increase in the required area required for installing the refrigerator. Therefore, the depth dimension of the detachable container is determined depending on the amount of drawer of the door and the like, and a container having a large depth and a large volume cannot be employed.

  Further, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 4, the container 61 is arranged such that the rear end surface 61 c of the container 61 that can be attached and detached when the pull-out door 56 of the storage chamber 57 is fully opened is located behind the door 54 of the upper storage chamber. In the case where the depth of the container 61 is deep, even if the container 61 is tilted and detached as shown by the solid line in the figure, the bottom of the container 61 abuts on the pull-out door 56 or the upper part of the container 61 is stored in the upper side. Since it is caught in contact with the door 54 of the chamber and cannot be attached or detached, for example, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, it is necessary to raise the portion 63 on the bottom surface of the container, and the volume of the container is reduced accordingly.

  Therefore, the present invention can increase the depth of a detachable container without increasing the amount of drawer when the drawer-type door for detaching the container is fully opened, that is, without increasing the installation area. An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator capable of increasing the storage capacity and improving the storage performance.

  The present invention provides a refrigerator having a plurality of storage chambers in a refrigerator body, a drawer-type door that opens and closes a front opening in at least one storage chamber, and a detachable storage container that fits in the storage chamber. A notch for avoiding interference with other components above when the container is attached / detached is provided in the upper portion of the side wall.

  According to the refrigerator of the present invention, the depth of the detachable storage container is increased without increasing the pull-out amount when the drawer-type door for detaching the container is fully opened, and the increase in the installation area is suppressed. The storage capacity of the refrigerator can be improved.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples shown in the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view when a container is attached / detached with the drawer door of the refrigerator opened, FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the same part, and FIG. 3 is a side view of a removable storage container used in the present invention.

  In the refrigerator main body 1, although a specific description of the internal structure is omitted, a storage space is formed by an inner box provided via a heat insulating material inside the outer box, and the inner storage space is stored in a plurality of spaces by a heat insulating partition wall. It is divided into rooms.

  For example, among the plurality of storage chambers, the storage chamber disposed at the top of the refrigerator body 1 is a refrigeration chamber, and as shown in FIG. The refrigerator compartment doors 2 and 3 are pivotally supported so that the opening is openable and closable. Moreover, each storage room arrange | positioned at the lower part of the said refrigerator compartment is an ice-making room, a temperature switching room, a vegetable compartment, a freezer compartment, etc., In FIG. An ice making room and a temperature switching room are provided, a vegetable room is provided below these chambers via a heat insulating partition wall, and a freezing room is further provided below the vegetable room via a heat insulating partition wall. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes an ice making room door, 5 denotes a temperature switching room door, 6 denotes a vegetable room 7 door, and 8 denotes a freezing room door.

  Each storage room other than the refrigeration room has a drawer door system in that the storage volume is smaller than that of the refrigeration room and the user can use it according to the installation height position.

  The structure of the drawer-type door will be described using the vegetable compartment 7 as an example. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the inner surface (back surface) of the drawer-type door 6 that closes the front opening of the vegetable compartment 7 is inward along the left and right side surfaces of the inner box 9 that forms the vegetable compartment 7. A support frame 10 having a planar rectangle including left and right portions extending to the side is fixed. Between the left and right parts of the support frame 10, the vegetable compartment storage container 11 is attached and detached by engaging the protruding frame engaging part 11 b on the outer surface side upper part of the side walls 11 a and 11 a with the support frame 10. The support frame 10 is slidably supported in the front-rear direction by the double-rail slide rails 12 supported in the front-rear direction on both side walls of the vegetable compartment 7, so that the drawer type is supported. The storage container 11 is provided so that it can be pulled out together with the door 6 and the support frame 10.

  The double rail type slide rail 12 includes a fixed rail 12a fixed in the depth direction on both side surfaces of the inner box forming the vegetable compartment 7, a movable rail 12b attached to the support frame 10, and both the rails. The intermediate rail 12c is slidably arranged between the balls 12a and 12b via a ball bearing (not shown). As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediate rail 12c is slidable in the fixed rail 12a. The movable rail 12b is slidably provided in the intermediate rail 12c. That is, the movable rail 12b is drawn out in two stages with respect to the fixed rail 12a via the intermediate rail 12c, so that the pulling amount can be increased as compared with the case of the conventional single rail system. Become.

  The storage container 11 supported by the support frame 10 is configured to be detachable when the drawer-type door 6 of the vegetable compartment 7 is fully opened (when fully opened). When the door 6 is fully opened, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 2, the rear end surface 11c of the storage container 11 is located above the other components such as the door of the storage chamber, for example, the front surface of the door 4 of the ice making chamber. Even if it is located slightly rearward, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, in order to allow the container to be attached and detached by tilting the storage container 11, the upper part of the side wall 11a of the storage container 11 is A notch 13 for avoiding interference for avoiding contact with the door 4 is provided. In addition to the upper door, the other components may include a handle provided on the door, an operation unit, a display unit, a partition wall that divides the storage chamber, an upper container, and the like.

  That is, when the rear end surface 11c of the storage container 11 is located slightly behind the door 4 of the upper storage chamber when the drawer-type door 6 is fully opened, the storage container 11 is as shown in FIGS. In this case, the notch 13 is provided so that the upper part of the side wall 11a is recessed in the vicinity of the part where the upper part of the side wall 11a is in contact with the other components such as the doors 4 and 5 of the upper storage chamber. It is configured so that the notch 13 can be attached and detached while avoiding interference with other components such as the door 4 of the upper storage chamber.

  Thus, when the door 6 is fully opened, the container can be attached and detached without increasing the pull-out amount so that the entire container is positioned in front of other components such as the door 4 of the upper storage chamber. Yes. Accordingly, the pull-out door 6 for detaching the container can be pulled out when the door 6 is fully opened, and the depth of the detachable storage container can be increased while suppressing the expansion of the installation area, thereby increasing the storage capacity. .

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the case where the rear end surface 61c of the container 61 that can be attached and detached when the pull-out door 56 is fully opened is located behind the door 54 of the upper storage chamber, the container as shown by the solid line in FIG. Even if the container 61 is tilted and taken out, it cannot be taken out because the container 61 comes into contact with and interferes with other components such as the upper storage chamber door 54. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. It is necessary to raise the bottom, and the volume of the container 61 is reduced accordingly. However, in the case of the present invention, since the notch 13 for avoiding interference is provided on the upper portion of the side wall 11a as described above, the storage capacity is reduced. And can be taken out without any problem without increasing the pull-out amount of the door 6. In other words, a deep container can be employed without increasing the pull-out amount of the drawer-type door 6, and the storage capacity of the refrigerator can be improved.

  Further, even when the pull-out type door 6 and the storage container 11 are pulled out by adopting a double rail type slide rail, it is possible to attach and detach and increase the storage amount without excessively increasing the pull-out amount. Become. In addition, if it is a single rail consisting of a rail on the inner box side and a rail on the door side, the container can be easily taken out by adopting a structure in which the rail on the door side is inclined obliquely downward and forward when it is pulled out to the maximum. However, since the double rail type slide rail cannot be inclined, it is particularly effective to provide the notch 13 as described above.

  In the above description, the drawer and detachment of the storage container 11 in one storage room as the vegetable room 7 have been described. However, the same applies to each storage room including the other drawer type doors 4, 5, 8. In the same manner as described above, the storage container is supported by a support frame fixed to the inner surface of the door, and a cutout is provided on the upper side wall of the storage container to avoid interference with other components when the container is attached or detached. Can do. Moreover, although the form which employ | adopted the slide rail of a double rail rail system was demonstrated, even if it uses the rail which combined the single rail and several rails, there exists the same effect.

It is a perspective view at the time of container attachment / detachment which opened the drawer-type door of the refrigerator which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a partial expanded sectional view same as the above. It is a side view of the storage container used by this invention. It is a perspective view at the time of container attachment / detachment which opened the drawer-type door of the conventional refrigerator. It is a side view of the storage container used for the conventional refrigerator.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerator main body, 2, 3 ... Refrigeration room door, ... I door, 4 ... Ice making room door, 5 ... Temperature switching room door, 6 ... Vegetable room door, 7 ... Vegetable room, 8 ... Freezer room door , 9 ... Inner box, 10 ... Support frame, 11 ... Support frame, 11a ... Side wall, 11b ... Engagement part, 11c ... Rear end surface, 12 ... Slide rail, 12a ... Fixed rail, 12b ... Movable rail, 12c ... Intermediate rail , 13 ... Notch.

Claims (3)

  A refrigerator having a plurality of storage chambers in the refrigerator main body, a drawer-type door that opens and closes a front opening in at least one storage chamber, and a detachable storage container that fits in the storage chamber. A refrigerator having a notch for avoiding interference with other components above when the container is attached and detached.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a drawer amount when the drawer-type door is fully opened in at least one storage chamber is smaller than a depth of a detachable storage container in the storage chamber.   The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the drawer-type door in at least one storage chamber has a support frame that is fixed to the inner surface and supports a removable storage container, and the support frame is provided in the storage chamber. A refrigerator characterized in that it is supported so as to be drawn out by a double rail type slide rail arranged on both sides.

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