JP2012032068A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator including a storage case which can be stored anywhere in the refrigerator and from which stored items can be easily taken out without sliding out the case much, thus improving the convenience.SOLUTION: The refrigerator including a plurality of shelves for dividing a space in a storage chamber vertically is provided with: an egg tray for storing eggs; a freely movable storage case for accommodating the egg tray; and a grip provided at the front wall of the storage case. The refrigerator is characterized in that the front wall of the storage case has a height corresponding to the height of a divided space, and the side wall thereof is partially lower in height than the front wall.

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator.

  Generally, a refrigerator includes an egg tray that holds and accommodates eggs. The egg tray is provided with a plurality of holes, and the lower protrusions of the eggs or egg packs are held one by one in the holes. Here, the egg pack is a plastic packaging container for storing and selling a plurality of eggs.

  As a background art in this technical field, there is Japanese Patent No. 4353312 (Patent Document 1). Patent Document 1 is a refrigerator including a storage room for storing objects and a drawer-type egg storage case installed in the storage room, and the egg storage case includes a plate-like portion extending in a horizontal plane, and a plate-like shape. Provided with a wall portion extending in the vertical direction around the periphery of the plate-like portion, and a plurality of holding portions that bulge downward below the plate-like portion and hold the egg. ing.

Japanese Patent No. 4353312

  In the configuration of Patent Document 1, it must be put in place again after being pulled out. Moreover, when taking out an egg, the operation | movement which pulls out larger than the front-end | tip of the shelf above drawer | drawer was required. Further, the height of the recessed portion at the bottom of the storage case becomes an invalid space. Moreover, it is possible that a can drink etc. cannot be stored stably, for example by the influence of a recessed part.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that is easy to use by being provided with a storage case that can be installed at various places in the refrigerator and that can be easily taken out without being pulled out greatly.

  In order to solve the above problems, for example, the configuration described in the claims is adopted. The present application includes a plurality of means for solving the above-described problems. For example, in a refrigerator having a plurality of shelves that divide a space in a storage room up and down, an egg tray for storing eggs, and the eggs A movable storage case for storing the tray, and a grip portion provided on the front wall of the storage case, wherein the front wall has a height that matches the partitioned space, and the side wall of the storage case is It has a portion lower than the height of the front wall.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the refrigerator which can be installed in various places of a refrigerator, and was easy to take out the stored matter without being pulled out largely can be provided, and the refrigerator which improved usability can be provided.

The perspective view of the storage case which concerns on the Example of this invention. The top view of the storage case which concerns on the Example of this invention. The partial perspective view which shows the general structure of a refrigerator. The perspective view which shows the example of the use condition of the storage case which concerns on the Example of this invention. The perspective view which shows the example of the use condition of the storage case which concerns on the Example of this invention. The partial front view which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the storage case which concerns on the Example of this invention. The partial front view which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the storage case which concerns on the Example of this invention. The perspective view of the storage case of a comparative example.

  First, the refrigerator according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the refrigerator 1 which concerns on a present Example has attached the opening-and-closing door 4 so that the opening part 3 of the front surface of the refrigerator housing 2 which incorporated the heat insulating material may be covered. The refrigerator 1 employs a structure in which the storage unit 6 of the refrigerator housing 2 is divided into a plurality of partitions 5 and the divided storage units 6 are covered with the open / close door 4 or a drawer door (not shown). In this embodiment, the present invention can be applied to the open / close door 4 that can be opened / closed by one or both openings via the hinge mechanism 7. In this embodiment, the case of the refrigerator 1 in which the front face of the refrigerator compartment (housing portion 6) formed at the uppermost part is constituted by a double door opening / closing door 4 is described. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to a one-door type refrigerator in which the front surface portion of the refrigerator housing 2 is configured by a single door.

  The open / close door 4 includes a plurality of door storage containers 100 on the inner surface 8 thereof. For example, in this embodiment, a basket 101 that can store PET bottles and bottles is provided at the bottom, and one or a plurality of pockets 110 that can store small food items such as eggs and tubes are provided at the top. Provided. Further, in this embodiment, the basket is fixedly provided, but the height at which the pocket 110 is attached by an attachment structure (not shown) can be adjusted.

  Furthermore, a plurality of shelves 80 for organizing and storing foods and the like are installed in the refrigerator compartment (storage unit 6) in a bridging manner from the left side surface to the right side surface. The plurality of shelves 80 form a storage space extending over a plurality of levels in the refrigerator compartment. The interval between the shelves 80 is determined based on the food to be stored, and in the present embodiment, it can be adjusted to a size that allows 350 ml of canned beverage to enter each shelf.

  Next, the storage case 10 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b, the front wall of the storage case 10 is provided with a vertically long grip 16 (handle) that is easy to hold. The front wall 17 provided with the gripping portion 16 has a height that can be accommodated in a space defined by the shelf 80. And in order to make it easy for a user to hold | maintain, the holding part 16 is formed as large as possible. In this embodiment, the height H1 from the installation surface of the front wall 17 is 120 mm, which is approximately the same size as a 350 ml can beverage (height dimension is approximately 120 mm). However, since the height dimension in the storage case 10 is 110 mm, when a 350 ml can beverage is stored in the storage case 10, it is necessary to adjust the height dimension of the storage space formed by the shelf 80 to 130 mm or more. The length L1 of the portion of the gripping part 16 where the hand can be inserted is set to 100 mm, which is a dimension that a general user can hold with four fingers.

  In the storage case 10, the height of the rear wall 18 facing the front wall 17 is lowered, and the height of the wall surface is changed by side walls 19 and 20 connecting the front wall 17 and the rear wall 18. In this embodiment, the height H2 from the installation surface of the rear wall 18 is 65 mm (height dimension in the storage case 10 is 60 mm), and the length L2 of the portion where the side walls 19 and 20 are low is the storage portion length 260 mm. It is about 130 mm, which is about half.

  As shown in FIG. 3a, by setting the dimension of H2 to 65 mm, the upper ends of the rear wall 18 and the side walls 19 and 20 of the storage case 10 do not get in the way when the egg is taken out. That is, the general height dimension of chicken eggs is around 60 mm, and when eggs are placed on the egg tray 11 and stored, the height is around 70 mm. Then, the height dimension in the storage case 10 becomes higher by about 10 mm than the height dimension of 60 mm, and the take-out becomes easy.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3b, the wall surface height is, for example, more than half of the height dimension (about 105 mm) of the 190 ml can beverage so that the can beverage with a high height stored in the storage case 10 does not fall easily. . In addition, since the diameter of the 190 ml can beverage is about 50 mm, it is larger than the gap size of the upper space from the upper end of the lower portion of the rear wall 18 (55 mm obtained by subtracting 65 mm of H2 from about 120 mm of H1). The storage case 10 can be taken out without pulling out the storage case 10. Actually, a space of 10 mm or more is usually vacated between the storage case 10 and the shelf 80 directly above, so that there is an extra space for taking out.

  Further, by setting the height H2 from the installation surface of the rear wall 18 to 65 mm (height dimension in the storage case 10), the rear wall 18 can be used for eggs and small foods without pulling out the storage case 10. It becomes possible to take out from a portion having a low height.

  This is because even if the storage case 10 is arranged with the gripping part 16 facing forward as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, another food placed on the shelf 80 next to the storage case 10 does not interfere. If it is a state, it will become possible to take out from the part with low side wall 19,20 height, without pulling out the storage case 10. FIG.

  In addition, small foods other than eggs, such as 190 ml can drinks, can be stably stored, and the convenience of the refrigerator can be improved.

  The part which connects the wall surface of each height of H1 and H2 has the inclined part as FIG. As a result, when the storage case 10 is stored in the space below the shelf 80 with a storage item having a low height dimension, a wall having a high height of H1 collides with the upper shelf 80. Then, it can be accommodated while smoothly contacting and sliding with the inclined portion. By preventing the wall surface having a high height from colliding, it is possible to prevent the stored item from falling or scattering.

  In addition, refrigerators have different sizes depending on the model, and there are models with a shallow depth. Therefore, even if it puts in the model with a shallow depth, it does not interfere with the food etc. which were put in the door storage container 100, and the depth for accommodating an egg pack is required. In the present embodiment, the length L3 of the storage portion is about 260 mm, and the entire depth L4 including the gripping portion 16 is about 305 mm.

  Next, a usage example and a shape of the storage case will be described with reference to FIG. This shape is an example, and the actual shape is not limited to this.

  First, the storage case 10 is large enough to store the egg tray 11. The egg tray 11 is normally used in the arrangement shown in FIG. 3 a, and stores and holds the lower protrusions 32 of the eggs 30 or the egg packs 31 in a plurality of egg tray holes 15.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3b, by placing the upper and lower surfaces of the egg tray 11 upside down, it is possible to take out small foods other than eggs, such as 190 ml of canned beverages, without drawing them out.

  Next, an example of the arrangement position of the storage case 10 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, if the storage case 10 is a storage space formed by the shelf 80 in the refrigerator compartment (storage unit 6), the storage case 10 can be placed at any position intended by the user.

  Further, recent door storage containers 100 tend to have a large depth dimension, and many of them are large enough to store the storage case 10. Therefore, the storage case 10 can be stored in the door storage container 100 as shown in FIG.

  As described above, the storage case 10 includes a vertically long grip 16 for facilitating holding. In addition, the front wall 17 provided with the gripping portion 16 has a height that fits between the plurality of shelves 80, and the gripping portion 16 is desirably formed as large as possible in order to facilitate holding.

  According to this embodiment, for example, if the gripping part is arranged in front as shown in FIG. 4, even if a heavy drink such as a can drink is stored, it can be carried smoothly and freely inside and outside the storage part. Can be placed.

  Further, by reversing the upper and lower surfaces of the egg tray 11 as shown in FIG. 3b, the space between the storage case 10 and the egg tray 11 can be eliminated, and it is efficient when storing food other than eggs. It can be stored.

  Further, if the storage case 10 is arranged in a normal arrangement as shown by reference symbol a in FIG. The egg and food can be taken out directly from the low-part, and the operation of pulling out the storage case 10 is unnecessary, and the convenience can be improved.

  As described above, if the gripping portion 16 is installed toward the front, the storage case 10 can be easily held, so that the storage case 10 can be easily moved and installed on each shelf in the storage chamber.

  Also, by placing the egg tray 11 upside down in the storage case 10, there is no invalid space for storing small foods other than eggs, and there are no large depressions, so that small foods can be stably placed. It can be stored.

  In addition, by installing the storage case 10 horizontally or reversely in the front-rear direction, it becomes possible to take out the stored items from a place with a low wall surface without taking out the storage case. Can be suppressed.

  FIG. 6 shows a storage case of a comparative example. The storage case 10a is manufactured at the initial examination stage. In the case of this comparative example. The height dimension from the upper end of the wall surface having the gripping part to the installation surface is 120 mm, which is approximately the same dimension as a 350 ml can beverage, and the height dimensions of the wall surfaces on both sides provided continuously with the wall surface having the gripping part are also included. 120 mm. The reason why the height of the wall surface having the gripping portion and the height of the wall surfaces on both side surfaces is made the same is that it is considered that the stored items fall when the storage case 10a is moved. However, in this case, it is difficult to take out the stored items unless they are pulled out largely from the storage space under the shelf.

  As described above, the present invention can provide a refrigerator with improved usability by including a storage case that can be installed in various places of the refrigerator and that can easily take out stored items without being pulled out greatly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 2 Refrigerator housing | casing 3 Opening part 4 Opening / closing door 5 Partition plate 6 Storage part 7 Hinge mechanism 8 Inner surface 10 Storage case 11 Egg tray 15 Egg tray hole 16 Grasping part (handle)
17 Front wall 18 Rear wall 19, 20 Side wall 30 Egg 31 Egg pack 32 Egg pack lower protrusion 35 Can beverage 80 Shelf 100 Door storage container 101 Basket 110 Pocket

Claims (2)

In a refrigerator equipped with a plurality of shelves that divide the space in the storage chamber up and down,
An egg tray for storing eggs, a movable storage case for storing the egg tray, and a grip portion provided on the front wall of the storage case, wherein the front wall is a height adapted to the partitioned space. And the side wall of the said storage case has a part lower than the height of the said front wall, The refrigerator characterized by the above-mentioned.   2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the side wall has a higher inclined portion closer to the front wall, and has a lower wall portion extending from the rear side of the inclined portion to the rear wall.

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