JP2014139488A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of providing a practical refrigerator handleable for a user by arranging liquid dispenser on a back surface of an opening and closing door of a cold storage chamber without exerting an influence to a storage volume in a chamber to the utmost.SOLUTION: On narrow-width rear surfaces 15A2 of right and left side walls 15A of a liquid dispenser 15, fitting grooves 15B to which support parts 13A, 13B protruded to attachment bodies 10A, 10B extended vertically formed so as to be protruded to chamber-inner direction on the inner side back surface of the opening and closing door 7 are respectively fitted from the under side. When the liquid dispenser 15 is attached to the back surface of the opening and closing door 7, each fitting groove 15B is guided to the lower side while being fitted by the support parts 13A, 13B from the upper side and each abutting part 15 c which forms the upper edge part of each fitting groove 15B is abutted and locked on the upper edge part of the support parts 13A, 13B and are attached to the back surface of the opening and closing door 7.

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with an open / close door that opens and closes a front opening of a refrigerator compartment, and a refrigerator provided with a storage rack that stores articles on the back of an open / close door that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment.

  For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a refrigerator water distributor that can take out the cooling water of a water storage container installed in the refrigerator outside the refrigerator. In Patent Document 2, a liquid dispenser is placed on a shelf in the refrigerator. Techniques for placement have been proposed.

Japanese National Patent Publication No. 11-508028 JP-T-2005-527438

  However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 requires a structure for installing a water distributor on the open / close door that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment, and for taking out the cooling water outside the refrigerator. There is a problem that becomes expensive. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, there is no problem as in Patent Document 1 because the liquid dispenser is installed in the refrigerator regardless of the design of the refrigerator itself. Therefore, the volume of the liquid dispenser affects the storage volume in the storage.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a practical refrigerator that is easy to use for the user by disposing a liquid dispenser on the back of the open / close door that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment without affecting the storage volume in the refrigerator as much as possible. The purpose is to do.

  Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, in a refrigerator having an opening / closing door that opens and closes a front opening of a refrigerator compartment, a liquid dispenser that stores a filled beverage and can be taken out when drinking the beverage is provided on the back surface of the opening / closing door. It is characterized in that it can be attached to and removed from.

  2nd invention is the refrigerator provided with the opening / closing door which opens and closes the front opening of a refrigerator compartment, The liquid dispenser which can be taken out when storing the filled drink and drinking the said drink on the back surface of the said opening / closing door It is characterized in that it is detachably attached to a pair of vertically extending attachments for attaching a storage rack for storing articles.

  3rd invention is the refrigerator provided with the opening / closing door which opens and closes the front opening of a refrigerator compartment, The drink with which it filled with the attachment body extended in the up-down direction which attaches the storage rack which accommodates articles | goods in the back surface of the said opening / closing door. And a support portion for supporting a liquid dispenser that can be taken out when drinking the beverage, and the liquid dispenser is detachably attached to the pair of attachment bodies.

  According to the present invention, a practical refrigerator that is easy to use for a user can be provided by disposing a liquid dispenser on the back of the open / close door that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment without affecting the storage volume in the refrigerator as much as possible. Can be provided.

It is a perspective view of the refrigerator of the state which opened the open / close door of the refrigerator compartment in the state before attaching a liquid dispenser. It is a perspective view of a liquid dispenser. It is a perspective view of the refrigerator of the state which opened the opening / closing door of the refrigerator compartment in the state after attaching the liquid dispenser. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view of the refrigerator of the state which opened the open / close door of the refrigerator compartment in the state before attaching a liquid dispenser.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the refrigerator of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 1 is comprised by the heat insulation box formed by filling a polyurethane foam heat insulating material by the on-site foaming method between the outer box made from a steel plate opened ahead, and the inner box made from a hard synthetic resin. . The interior of the heat insulating box is partitioned vertically by partition plates 2 provided horizontally, and a refrigeration chamber 3 is provided in the upper portion, a freezing chamber 4 is provided in the lower portion, and the like.

  A plurality of upper and lower shelves 5 are arranged in the refrigerator compartment 3, and the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 can be freely opened and closed by an opening / closing door 7, which is a door that allows the left and right doors to be rotated by hinges 6. Obstructed. The front opening of the freezer compartment 4 is closed by a drawer-type door 9 so that it can be opened and closed.

  And the bottom wall of the said heat insulation box is made into the shape where the rear part stands | starts up stepwise, The machine room is formed in the downward direction and back outer side of this bottom wall, and comprises the refrigerating cycle in this machine room A compressor and a condenser as a radiator are installed, and the cold air generated by the cooler by the operation of the compressor is supplied to the freezer compartment 4 and the refrigerating compartment 3 through a blower outlet by a blower, respectively. Temperature and refrigeration temperature are maintained.

  An upper and lower three-stage storage rack 12 for storing articles is detachable between both attachment bodies 10A and 10B formed to protrude inward (inward direction) on the inner back surface of the opening / closing door 7 and extend in the vertical direction. Mounted on. The mounting bodies 10A and 10B may be formed integrally with an inner plate that forms the back surface of the open / close door 7, or may be formed separately. The storage rack 12 is made of a transparent synthetic resin material and has a box shape having an upper surface opened.

  The left and right side walls 12A, 12B of the storage rack 12 are formed with step portions at the front and rear intermediate positions, and the rear portion (back portion) is closer to the inner side than the front portion when viewed from the back side of the opening / closing door 7. It is configured to be narrow and narrow, and the outside dimension of the distance between the left and right side walls 12A and 12B in the narrow rear part (the length in the longitudinal direction of the rear part, that is, the lateral width dimension) is the mounting body 10A and 10B. The outer dimension of the distance between the left and right side walls 12A and 12B (the length in the longitudinal direction of the front part) is the distance between the attachment bodies 10A and 10B. It has a slightly longer length.

  Therefore, the rear portion of the storage rack 12 is accommodated between the mounting bodies 10A and 10B, and the stepped surface with the front portion faces the front end surfaces of the mounting bodies 10A and 10B of the open / close door 7 ( The storage rack 12 is attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7.

  And the support parts 13A and 13B which protrude in the direction which opposes the intermediate part are formed in the surface which the said attachment bodies 10A and 10B oppose. The support portions 13A and 13B have a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the vertical direction, and may be formed integrally with the mounting bodies 10A and 10B or may be formed separately.

  Next, based on FIG. 2, the liquid dispenser 15 which can supply drinks, such as water and juice, is demonstrated. The liquid dispenser 15 stores the filled beverage and can be taken out when drinking the beverage. The liquid dispenser 15 is attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7 so as to be attachable / detachable without a tool.

  The liquid dispenser 15 has a substantially horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the outer shape of the rack 12 is the same. The side walls 15A are formed with stepped portions at the front and rear intermediate positions. The rear part (back part) is narrowed toward the inner side from the front part when viewed from the back side, and the outer dimension of the interval between the rear surfaces 15A2 and 15A2 of the left and right side walls 15A in the narrow rear part (see above). The lateral width dimension of the rear part is slightly shorter than the distance between the mounting bodies 10A and 10B, and the outer dimension (horizontal dimension) of the distance between the front surfaces 15A1 and 15A1 of the left and right side walls 15A at the front part. It has a length slightly longer than the interval between the mounting bodies 10A and 10B.

  For this reason, the rear part of the liquid dispenser 15 is accommodated between the attachment bodies 10A and 10B, and the stepped portion faces the front end face of the attachment bodies 10A and 10B of the open / close door 7 (so as to contact). The liquid dispenser 15 is attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7 (see FIG. 3).

  The narrow rear surface 15A2 of the left and right side walls 15A of the liquid dispenser 15 is formed with fitting grooves 15B into which the support portions 13A and 13B protruding from the mounting bodies 10A and 10B are fitted from below. When the liquid dispenser 15 is attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7, the fitting grooves 15B are guided to the support portions 13A and 13B while being fitted from above, and the upper ends of the fitting grooves 15B. Each abutting portion 15C forming a portion abuts and locks with the upper end portions of the support portions 13A and 13B and is attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7 (see FIG. 4).

  In addition, although the said beverage is filled through the inlet formed in the upper surface of the said liquid dispenser 15, the cover body 17 for opening and closing the said inlet is rotated by manual operation, and it can be attached and removed. . The front surface 15D of the liquid dispenser 15 is provided with a faucet 18 that can be operated to take out an appropriate amount when it is desired to drink the beverage. By rotating the lever 18A of the faucet 18, the beverage can be taken out by opening and closing the take-out port formed in the lower part.

  The structure of the lid 17 for opening and closing the injection port is not limited. In addition, the faucet 18 for taking out the beverage is configured to open the outlet by opening the internal valve (not shown) by rotating the lever 18A by manual operation. Not limited to this, an opening / closing mechanism by other manual operation, for example, a structure in which the operation lever is pushed and rotated by a glass or cup to open the valve may be used.

  As described above, after opening the lid 17 and filling the liquid dispenser 15 with the beverage, the lid 17 is closed and the liquid dispenser 15 is attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7. That is, when the fitting grooves 15B are fitted into the support portions 13A and 13B from above, they are guided downward by the support portions 13A and 13B, and the contact portions 15C at the upper end portions of the fitting grooves 15B. Is in contact with and locked to the upper ends of the support portions 13A and 13B, and is attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7.

  And the cold air produced | generated with the said cooler by the driving | operation of the said compressor is supplied in the said freezer compartment 4 and the said refrigerating compartment 3 via a blower outlet by a blower, Since it hold | maintains at freezing temperature and refrigerating temperature, respectively, The beverage stored in the liquid dispenser 15 attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7 is cooled.

  For this reason, the user can open the door 7 and rotate the lever 18A of the faucet 18 to pour the chilled beverage into a glass held in his hand, which can be used. .

  In place of the support portions 13A and 13B shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, as shown in FIG. 5, support portions 23A and 23B that are long in the front-rear direction and long in the left-right direction face the mounting bodies 10A and 10B. The left and right ends of the lower surface of the liquid dispenser 15 may be supported by the support portions 23A and 23B. However, the center of gravity of the liquid dispenser 15 is at a rear position (depth side) when viewed from the back side of the opening / closing door 7 from the line connecting the front end of the support portion 23A and the front end of 23B, and the liquid dispenser 15 is located at the opening / closing door 7. It is necessary that the support parts 23A and 23B or the liquid dispenser 15 does not fall in the front direction when viewed from the back side.

  As described above, since the liquid dispenser 15 is supported by the support portions 23A and 23B, it is not necessary to form the fitting grooves 15B on both side surfaces of the liquid dispenser 15, respectively. However, general-purpose products can also be used. That is, a practical refrigerator that is easy to use for the user by arranging the liquid dispenser 15 on the back surface of the open / close door 7 that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 without affecting the storage volume in the refrigerator as much as possible. Can be provided.

  Further, the liquid dispenser 15 can be attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7 by various structures, and the structure is not limited. The liquid dispenser 15 is not limited to the outer shape as described above. For example, the liquid dispenser 15 does not need to form the fitting groove 15B or the steps of the left and right side walls 15A. Thereby, a general-purpose product can be used. That is, as the liquid dispenser 15, a commercially available general-purpose product can be used as long as the size to be attached to the back surface of the open / close door 7 is appropriate.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various alternatives, modifications, and variations can be made by those skilled in the art based on the above description. It encompasses alternatives, modifications or variations.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 3 Refrigerating room 7 Opening / closing door 10A, 10B Attachment body 12 Storage rack 13A, 13B Bearing part 15 Liquid dispenser 15A Side wall 15B Fitting groove

Claims (3)

  In a refrigerator equipped with an open / close door that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment, a liquid dispenser that can store a filled beverage and can be taken out when drinking the beverage is attached to the back surface of the open / close door so as to be removable. A refrigerator characterized by.   In a refrigerator having an opening / closing door that opens and closes a front opening of a refrigerator compartment, a storage rack that stores articles filled in a back surface of the opening / closing door for storing a filled beverage and taking out the liquid dispenser when drinking the beverage A refrigerator characterized in that it is detachably attached to a pair of vertically extending attachments to which the stool is attached.   In the refrigerator having an opening / closing door for opening and closing the front opening of the refrigerator compartment, the beverage filled in a pair of vertically extending attachments for attaching a storage rack for storing articles on the back surface of the opening / closing door is stored and the beverage A refrigerator, wherein a support portion for supporting a liquid dispenser that can be taken out when drinking is formed, and the liquid dispenser is detachably attached to the pair of attachment bodies.

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