JP2011106696A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator the door of which is easily opened and closed by anyone by disposing a handle section on the bottom face of the door disposed at an upper section, and selects the handle section according to user's preference or body height. <P>SOLUTION: In this refrigerator having a plurality of compartments in the vertical direction, the handle sections 8, 10, 12 are disposed on three faces of a side face, a top face and the bottom face of the door 3 for opening and closing, at least, the uppermost compartment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a handle provided on a door.

  A conventional refrigerator is provided with a freezer compartment having a door that can be opened and closed in the upper stage, and a refrigerator compartment having a door that can be opened and closed in the lower stage, and the side of the freezer compartment on the side far from the rotation axis of the door A concave handle portion is provided on the upper surface, and some refrigerator doors are provided with a concave handle portion on the side surface far from the rotating shaft (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-168302 A (page 4-5, FIG. 1-3)

  The door of the freezer compartment of the refrigerator described in Patent Document 1 is opened and closed by placing a hand on the handle provided on the side or upper surface of the door, and the door of the refrigerator compartment is opened and closed by placing a hand on the handle provided on the side. However, since it cannot be opened and closed by placing a hand on the lower surface of the door, it is inconvenient, and in the case of a tall refrigerator, it is inconvenient to open and close the upper door.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and by providing a handle portion on the bottom surface of the door provided at the top and selecting the handle portion according to the user's preference and height, anyone can easily open the door. An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that can be opened and closed.

  In the refrigerator having a plurality of chambers in the vertical direction, the present invention is provided with handle portions on at least three sides of the door that opens and closes the uppermost chamber, the top surface, and the bottom surface.

  According to the present invention, the user can easily open and close the door by appropriately selecting the handle portions provided on the three surfaces of the door according to the user's preference, height, etc. Obtainable.

It is a slope view of the refrigerator which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the upper part vicinity of the refrigerator compartment door of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view of the lower part vicinity of the refrigerator compartment door of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG.

  In FIG. 1, which is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, 1 is a refrigerator body, and 2 is an outer box constituting the refrigerator body 1. 3 is divided into a plurality of rooms, the door of the refrigerator compartment (hereinafter referred to as the refrigerator compartment door) provided at the uppermost stage of the refrigerator body 1, and 4 is divided into a plurality of rooms to the middle of the refrigerator body 1. A provided vegetable room door (hereinafter referred to as a vegetable room door), 5 is a freezer room door (hereinafter referred to as a freezer room door) provided at the lowermost stage of the refrigerator body 1.

  6a is an upper shaft for supporting the refrigerator compartment door 3, and 6b is a lower shaft. 7 is a side recess that forms a side handle 8 provided in the vertical direction of the side of the refrigerator compartment door 3, and 9 is a top recess that forms a top handle 10 provided on the top of the refrigerator door 3. Reference numeral 11 denotes a bottom recess that forms a bottom handle 12 provided on the bottom of the refrigerator compartment door 3. 13 is a vegetable compartment door handle provided on the vegetable compartment door 4, and 14 is a freezer compartment door handle provided on the freezer compartment door 5.

2 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the upper portion of the refrigerator compartment door of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is AA of FIG.
In both figures, 15a is an upper back door cap that forms a top surface of the refrigerator compartment door 3 by folding a part of the front side downward in an L shape, and 16a is on the front side of the upper back door cap 15a. A top surface recessed portion 9 constituting the top surface handle 10 is formed between the upper and rear side door caps having a substantially inverted U shape. In addition, this top surface recessed part 9 is provided in the range of 50% or more of the width direction toward the support part side from the opposite side (henceforth a free end) of the support part of the refrigerator compartment door 3, The freedom direction The end side is continuous with the upper part of the side recess 7 constituting the side handle 8.

  Reference numeral 17 denotes a refrigerator compartment door exterior panel provided on the front side of the refrigerator compartment door 3, 18 denotes a refrigerator compartment door inner plate provided on the refrigerator compartment 20 side of the refrigerator compartment door 3, and an upper back door cap 15a on the upper part thereof. An inner plate recess 19 is provided in the vicinity of. A protrusion 23 of the gasket 22 is press-fitted and fixed in the inner plate recess 19, and a magnet 24 is accommodated in a bag provided on the back side of the gasket 22, thereby the seal portion of the refrigerator compartment door 3. 21 is formed.

  Reference numeral 25 denotes a heat insulating material filled between the refrigerator compartment door exterior panel 17 and the refrigerator compartment door inner plate 18. In addition, 2a is the outer casing exterior panel made from the steel plate provided from the upper surface of the outer casing 2 which comprises the refrigerator main body 1 to the front side.

4 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the lower part of the refrigerator compartment door of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part as FIGS. 1-3.
On both sides, 15b is a part of the front side that is bent upward in an L-shape to form the bottom face of the refrigerator compartment door 3, and 16b is provided on the front side of the bottom face side door cap 15b. In the substantially U-shaped lower front door cap, a bottom recess 11 constituting a bottom handle 12 is formed between the two. The bottom recess 11 is provided in a range of 50% or more in the width direction from the free end of the refrigerator compartment door 3, and the free end side is continuous with the lower portion of the side recess 7 constituting the side handle 8. is doing.

  Further, an inner plate recess 19 that is continuous with the inner plate recess 19 described in FIG. 3 is provided in the vicinity of the lower back side door cap 15b of the refrigeration chamber plate 18, and the inner plate recess 19 includes an upper plate recess 19 in the upper plate. A gasket 22 that is continuous with a gasket 22 having a magnet 24 provided in the inner plate recess 19 is provided.

  26 is a vegetable room back side door cap which forms the top plate of the vegetable room door 4 of the vegetable room 30 provided in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment 20, and the cap slope 26a which inclines diagonally downward toward the front side on the upper surface. Is formed, and a gap is formed between the lower surface of the refrigerator compartment door 3. Reference numeral 27 denotes a vegetable room front side door cap disposed on the front side of the vegetable room back side door cap 26, to which a vegetable room door exterior panel 28 is attached. Reference numeral 29 denotes a vegetable compartment door inner plate. An inner plate recess 29 a is provided in the vicinity of the vegetable compartment rear side cap 26, and a gasket 22 having a magnet 24 is attached to form a seal portion 21. Reference numeral 25 denotes a heat insulating material filled between the vegetable compartment door exterior panel 28 and the vegetable compartment door inner plate 29.

  A partition member 31 partitions the refrigerator compartment 20 and the vegetable compartment 30, and a partition member front panel 32 made of a steel plate is provided on the front side, and a heat insulating material 25 is filled inside.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the refrigerator compartment door 3 of the refrigerator according to the present embodiment includes an upper shaft 6 a fixed to the refrigerator body 1 with screws, and a partition member 31 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. The lower shaft 6b fixed with screws on the same axis as the central axis of the upper shaft 6a is fitted in fitting holes (not shown) provided in the upper and lower portions of the refrigerator door 3 on the front panel 32 of the partition member. Combined and supported rotatably.

  Moreover, the upper and lower sides of the refrigerator compartment door exterior panel 17 are fitted into the grooves of the upper and lower front door caps 16 a and 16 b of the refrigerator compartment door 3. The cross-sectional material 25 is filled up to the inside of the U-shaped front side door caps 16a and 16b.

  In the refrigerator configured as described above, when storing or taking out the object to be refrigerated in the refrigerator compartment 20, any one of the side handle portion 8, the top handle portion 10 or the bottom handle portion 12 provided in the refrigerator compartment door 3 is used. If the hand is pulled to the front, the refrigerator compartment door 3 rotates about the upper shaft 6a and the lower shaft 6b, and the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 20 is opened. Moreover, if the free end side of the open refrigerator compartment door 3 is pushed, the refrigerator compartment door 3 will rotate centering on the upper axis | shaft 6a and the lower axis | shaft 6b, and will close a front opening part.

At this time, the magnet 24 provided on the gasket 22 of the sealing material 21 provided on the refrigerator compartment door inner plate 18 of the refrigerator compartment door 3 is attracted to the exterior panel 2 a of the refrigerator body 1 and the partition member front panel 32 of the partition member 31. Then, the front closing portion together with the gasket 22 is sealed, so that the outside air surrounding the refrigerator body 1 is blocked.
In this state, the top surface concave portion 9 and the bottom surface concave portion 12 are continuous with the side surface concave portion 7, and the upper and lower front side door caps 16 a and 16 b are surfaces that are continuous with the side surface handle portion 8.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, the bottom concave portion 11 constituting the bottom handle portion 12 provided on the bottom surface of the refrigerator compartment door 3 is deepened as shown by a broken line in FIG. It is also conceivable to provide a position higher than the side door cap 15 b so that the hand can easily enter the lower surface recess 11. However, such a configuration is not preferable because the space between the bottom surface concave portion 11 and the refrigerator compartment door inner plate 18 is narrowed and the heat insulating material 25 filled therein becomes thin, which may impair the heat insulating performance.

  In the present embodiment, the lower surface of the lower front door cap 16b is located at the same height as the lower surface of the lower back door cap 15b, and the bottom recess 11 is provided at a lower position. Since the cap slope 26a is provided in the vegetable room back side door cap 26 so that the hand can easily enter, the space between the bottom recess 11 and the refrigeration door inner plate 18 is widened, and the heat insulating material 25 filled therein is thickened. Therefore, it is possible to reliably ensure heat insulation. Moreover, since the bottom surface recessed part 11 is hidden behind the lower front side door cap 16b and cannot be seen, the design can be improved.

  According to the present embodiment configured as described above, the refrigerator compartment door 3 of the refrigerator compartment 20 located at the top of the refrigerator is provided with the handle portions 8 and 10 on the side surface and the top surface, and the handle portion 12 on the bottom surface. As a result, the height of the handle based on the average height of Japanese people, as well as children, tall people, and people sitting on chairs, refrigerate by placing their hands on one of the handle portions 8, 10, 12 It is convenient because the door 3 can be opened and closed, and a refrigerator that can be easily accepted by foreigners with different average heights can be provided.

  In addition, since the free end sides of the top surface concave portion 9 and the bottom surface concave portion 12 constituting the top surface handle portion 10 and the bottom surface handle portion 12 are made continuous with the upper and lower sides of the side surface recess portion 7 constituting the side surface handle portion 8, 270 ° Since it is in the open state in the range of and can be handled not only in the vertical and horizontal directions but also in various directions, the refrigerator compartment door 3 can be easily opened and closed.

Furthermore, in the state where the user is standing, the position of the bottom surface recess 11 that holds the hand on the bottom surface handle 12 may be hidden by the lower front side door cap 16b, but in this embodiment, Since the starting point A of the bottom concave portion 11 of the lower back side door cap 15b and the starting point B of the cap slope 26a of the vegetable room rear side door cap 26 are set to substantially the same position, the user can easily touch the bottom handle 12 with his / her hand. Can be hung.
By these, a user-friendly refrigerator can be obtained.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the upper front door cap 16a that is the upper surface component of the refrigerator compartment door 3 and the lower front door cap 16b that is the bottom component are made common, thereby providing the exterior of the refrigerator compartment. By simply changing the panel 17, it becomes easy to form a series while maintaining the design and ease of use, and a refrigerator with a design that suits the user's preference can be provided. This also makes it possible to suppress production facilities such as molds for series production.

In the above description, the case where the present invention is implemented in the illustrated refrigerator is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be implemented in a refrigerator having another structure such as a double door.
In the above description, the case where the present invention is applied to the refrigerator door of the refrigerator compartment provided in the uppermost stage is shown. However, the uppermost stage may be a room other than the refrigerator compartment, and further, other than the uppermost stage. The present invention can also be carried out on the door of the room.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator main body, 3 refrigerator compartment door, 4 vegetable compartment door, 7 side recessed part, 8 side handle part, 9 top surface recessed part, 10 top surface handle part, 11 bottom face recessed part, 12 bottom face handle part, 15b lower back side door cap, 16b Lower front door cap, 17 refrigerator compartment door exterior panel, 18 refrigerator compartment door inner plate, 20 refrigerator compartment, 22 gasket, 25 heat insulating material, 26 vegetable compartment rear door cap, 26a cap slope, 30 vegetable compartment, 31 partition Element.

Claims (4)

In a refrigerator having a plurality of chambers in the vertical direction,
A refrigerator characterized in that a handle is provided on at least three sides of a door that opens and closes the uppermost chamber, a top surface and a bottom surface.   A side handle portion is provided in the vertical direction of the side surface of the free end of the door, a top handle portion is provided on the top surface, a bottom handle portion is provided on the bottom surface, and the top handle portion and the bottom handle portion are connected to the side handle portion. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator is continuous.   The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the top surface handle portion and the bottom surface handle portion are provided in a range of 50% or more in the width direction of the door from the free end of the door.   The bottom handle is composed of a recess provided in a rear door cap that forms the bottom of the door, and a front door cap provided on the front side of the recess, and the top of the door of the lower chamber facing the door. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rear surface side door cap provided on the surface is provided with an inclined surface inclined downward toward the front surface side.

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