JP2014231973A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of preventing a dew condensation phenomenon from being caused by heat conduction in an outside part of a door, while restraining a resin-molded component of the door from being deformed by being shrunk.SOLUTION: A refrigerator 1 includes a body 2 that has a storage chamber, and a door 3 for closing the storage chamber. The refrigerator 1 also includes a resin-molded component 35 in which throat parts 50 and 51 for fixing a pocket part 60 being an article holding part are provided inside the door 3 are arranged inside the door 3, and reinforcement members 70 and 71 that are arranged inside the door 3 and fixed to the throat parts 50 and 51 for fixing the pocket part 60.

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a refrigerator.

  An example of a conventional refrigerator is disclosed in Patent Document 1. When the refrigerator is operating, there is a temperature difference between the inside of the refrigerator and the outside of the refrigerator, and the inside of the door is cooled, causing the resin molded parts inside the door to shrink. For this reason, due to the temperature difference between the inside of the door and the outside of the door, a warp phenomenon occurs in the door, and the door is deformed, so that a gap may be formed in the door gasket.

  The cause of the warp of the door is that, as described above, the resin molded part inside the door shrinks due to the lower internal temperature than the outside, and the door cap facing the outside air etc. By fixing the metal reinforcing plate, the deformation phenomenon of the resin molded part is suppressed and the deformation of the door is minimized.

Japanese Patent No. 4263018

  However, in the conventional refrigerator door structure, a metal reinforcing plate is fixed to a door cap or the like facing the outside air, so that heat conduction in the metal reinforcing plate on the outside portion of the door causes so-called There is a problem that a dew phenomenon occurs.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to prevent the occurrence of a dew phenomenon due to heat conduction in the outer portion of the door while suppressing deformation due to shrinkage of the resin molded part of the door. The object is to provide a refrigerator that can be prevented.

  A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is a refrigerator having a main body having a storage chamber and a door for closing the storage chamber, and having a throat portion for fixing an article holding portion inside the door. The gist of the present invention is to include a component and a reinforcing member provided on the throat portion that is disposed inside the door and fixes the component holding portion.

It is a perspective view showing the whole refrigerator concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing seen from the downward direction which shows the structural example of the Kannon door in the AA line in the refrigerator shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an inner side of the kannon door by opening the kannon door shown in FIG. 2 in the R direction.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as embodiments) will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A refrigerator 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a main body 2. The main body 2 has a left side surface portion 30, a right side surface portion 31, a back surface portion 32, an upper surface portion 33, and a bottom surface portion 34 when viewed from the front. The main body 2 is configured by combining, for example, metal plate materials. And an inner box configured by combining a plastic plate material. A heat insulating material such as a vacuum heat insulating material is disposed between the outer box and the inner box.

  At the uppermost position of the main body 2, there is provided a refrigerator compartment 5 that is opened and closed by double-opening left and right doors 3 and 4. The left door 3 is attached so as to be openable and closable around the rotation shaft 3A of the main body 2 using the left hinge 3H. Moreover, the right side door 4 is attached to the main shaft 2 so as to be openable and closable around the rotating shaft 4A using the right hinge portion 4H.

  Below the refrigerator compartment 5 shown in FIG. 1, the vegetable compartment 7 opened and closed by the drawer-type door 7a is provided. An ice making room 8 and an upper freezing room 9 are provided side by side in the lower side of the vegetable room 7. The ice making chamber 8 is opened and closed by a drawer type door 8a, and the upper freezing chamber 9 is opened and closed by a drawer type door 9a. Furthermore, a freezing room 10 is provided at the lowermost part of the main body 2 and below the ice making room 8 and the upper freezing room 9. The freezer compartment 10 is opened and closed with a drawer-type door 10a.

  As shown in FIG. 1, concave handles 3b and 4b for hooking fingers are provided in the lower portions of the doors 3 and 4, respectively. Recessed handles 7b, 8b, 9b, and 10b for hooking fingers are respectively provided on the upper portions of the drawer type doors 7a, 8a, 9a, and 10a. The refrigerator compartment 5, the vegetable compartment 7, the ice making compartment 8, the upper freezer compartment 9, and the freezer compartment 10 are accommodation rooms (storage rooms) for accommodating articles such as food.

  In the refrigerator 1 shown in FIG. 1, an operation unit 20 for operating the refrigerator 1 is preferably provided on the front surface of the left door 3. The operation unit 20 includes a display unit for displaying various information such as a liquid crystal display device and various operation switches so that the user can set or change the operation state of the refrigerator 1. Yes. When the user touches the operation unit 20 with a finger, for example, a detection unit of a capacitive touch switch of the operation unit 20 detects the finger. Thereby, the user can set or change the operation state of functions of the refrigerator 1 such as quick freezing, quick refrigeration, and automatic ice making device. However, this operation part 20 may be arrange | positioned on the surface of the door 3 as shown in FIG. 1, and may be arrange | positioned in another part.

  In addition, plate-like glass members are arranged on the surfaces of the doors 3 and 4 and the drawer-type doors 7a, 8a, 9a and 10a of the refrigerator 1 shown in FIG. 1 in order to improve the appearance of the outer surface. Also good. In this case, the operation unit 20 is disposed inside the glass member.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator 1 shown in FIG. 1 as viewed downward showing an example of the structure of the door 3 along the line AA.

  FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional structure example of a part of the front side of the left side surface portion 30 of the main body 2 and the left side door 3. The left side portion 3N of the door 3 is attached to the front end portion 31 of the left side portion 30 so as to be openable and closable around the rotation shaft 3A. Thereby, the left chamber 5N of the refrigerator compartment 5 can be opened by the user rotating the door 2 in the direction of arrow R, and the user can rotate the door 3 in the direction S opposite to the direction of arrow R. It can be closed with.

  The left side surface portion 30 includes an outer box surface portion 36 and an inner box surface portion 37, and a vacuum heat insulating material 35 is disposed between the outer box surface portion 36 and the inner box surface portion 37.

  Next, a structural example of the left door 3 shown in FIG. 2 will be described.

  The left and right doors 3 and 4 shown in FIG. 1 are made of plastic. The left door 3 shown in FIG. 2 has an outer surface portion 40 of a plate material and a resin molded part 35. The resin molded part 35 has an inner surface portion 41, left and right door caps 42, 43, an upper door cap 44, and a lower door cap portion 45. An internal space formed by the outer surface portion 40 and the resin molded part 35 of the door 2 is filled with a heat insulating material 46 such as foamed polystyrene, for example, in order to improve the heat insulating property of the door 3.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the inside of the door 3 when the door 3 shown in FIG. 2 is opened in the R direction. In FIG. 3, the left door 5N of the refrigerator compartment 5 is opened because the door 3 is open.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, left and right throat portions 50 and 51 are provided on the inner surface portion 41 of the resin molded part 35 of the door 3. The throat portions 50 and 51 are portions that detachably fix the pocket portion 60, and the throat portions 50 and 51 are positioned at a lower portion of the inner surface portion 41, for example. One throat portion 50 is located on the left side in the state in which the door 3 is opened in FIG. 3, and the other throat portion 51 is located on the right side in FIG. These throat portions 50 and 51 are configured to removably fix a pocket portion 60 for holding a container such as food.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the throat portions 50 and 51 are integrally formed on the inner surface portion 41 of the door 3 by a plastic material that is easy to mold, for example, polypropylene. The throat portions 50 and 51 have an internal space that is formed vertically along the Z direction (vertical direction), and further toward the Y direction (depth direction), that is, the door 3 shown in FIG. In the closed state, it is formed to protrude toward the left side chamber 5N side of the refrigerator compartment 5.

  On the other hand, the pocket part 60 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is a container made of a hard plastic material, for example, transparent polystyrene, compared to the throat parts 50 and 51.

  2 and 3 has a front surface portion 61, left and right side surface portions 62, 63, a rear surface portion 64, and a bottom surface portion 65, and the pocket portion 60 is open at the top. For example, a transparent container. Recessed fixing portions 66 and 67 are provided on the side surface portions 62 and 63 of the pocket portion 60, respectively. The fixing portions 66 and 67 are received by the throat portions 50 and 51, respectively. 64 and the fixing portions 66 and 67 can be closely attached to the inner surface portion 41 and the throat portions 50 and 51 of the door 3 and can be detachably fixed.

  As shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 and the broken line in FIG. 3, a reinforcing member 70 made of metal such as iron is fixed inside the throat portion 50. Similarly, a reinforcing member 71 made of metal such as iron is fixed inside the throat portion 51. As illustrated in FIG. 2, these reinforcing members 70 and 71 are members having a U-shaped cross section, for example, and the longitudinal directions of the reinforcing members 70 and 71 are in the throat portions 50 and 51, respectively, along the Z direction. For example, it is fixed using a fixing member at the upper end and a fixing member at the lower end. Thus, the metal reinforcing members 70 and 71 are completely covered with the throat portions 50 and 51 so that they are not exposed not only to the outside of the door 3 but also to the left chamber 5N side of the refrigerator compartment 5. .

  In this way, the throat portions 50 and 51 are formed on the inner side of the door 3 and these throat portions 50 and 51 have fixing portions 66 and 67 for fixing the pocket portion 60. These throat portions 50 and 51 are reinforced by reinforcing members 70 and 71, respectively, so that the mechanical strength is enhanced.

  Thereby, when the refrigerator 1 is operated, the inside of the door 3 is cooled, so that there is a difference between the temperature in the left side chamber 5N of the refrigerator compartment 5 of the refrigerator 1 and the temperature outside the refrigerator. As a result, the resin molded part 35 inside the cabinet door 3 contracts. However, as described above, the reinforcing members 70 and 71 are respectively fixed in the throat portions 50 and 51 inside the cabinet door 3, and the throat portions 50 and 51 are reinforced by the reinforcing members 70 and 71, respectively. As a result, the mechanical strength is enhanced.

  Therefore, even if the temperature difference between the inner side of the door 3 and the outside of the door 3 causes a warp phenomenon, the reinforcing members 70 and 71 suppress the warpage of the door 3. can do. From this, it is possible to suppress the deformation of the door 2 and no gap is generated in the gasket of the door 3.

  Moreover, the metal reinforcing members 70 and 71 are completely covered with the throat portions 50 and 51 so as not to be exposed not only to the outside of the door 3 but also to the left side chamber 5N side of the refrigerator compartment 5. That is, the reinforcing members 70 and 71 can be members such as reinforcing plates, but are fixed in the throat portions 50 and 51, and the fixing position of the reinforcing members 70 and 71 closes the door 3. Sometimes it is a structure that does not come out from the inside.

  Thus, the metal reinforcing members 70 and 71 adopt a structure that is not exposed to the outside at all. For this reason, even if it provides metal reinforcement members 70 and 71, generation | occurrence | production of the dew condensation on the outer side of the conventional door 3 can be prevented.

  Furthermore, even if an article such as food is placed on the pocket portion 60 and a load is applied to the pocket portion 60, the mechanical strength of the throat portions 50 and 51 is reinforced by the reinforcing members 70 and 71. Can be suppressed. Therefore, since the mechanical strength of the pocket part 60 which is an article holding part in the throat parts 50 and 51 can be increased, the amount of articles accommodated in the pocket part 60 can be increased.

  As described above, the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a refrigerator that includes a main body 2 having a storage chamber and a door 2 that closes the storage chamber, for example. The resin molded part 35 having the throat parts 50 and 51 for fixing the pocket part 60) and the throat parts 50 and 51 which are arranged inside the door 3 and fix the part holding part (pocket part 60). Reinforcing members 70 and 71. Thereby, it is possible to prevent a dew phenomenon due to heat conduction from occurring in the outer portion of the door 3 while suppressing deformation due to shrinkage of the resin molded part of the door 3.

  Since the reinforcing members 70 and 71 are fixed inside the throat portion inside the kannon door 3, the reinforcing members 70 and 71 are not in contact with the external surface of the kannon door 3. The dew phenomenon due to heat conduction can be reliably prevented.

  The reinforcing members 70 and 71 are arranged in the vertical direction (Z direction) in order to suppress deformation of the throat parts 50 and 51 when an article such as food is placed on the article holding part (pocket part 60). Since the reinforcing members 70 and 71 can increase the mechanical strength of the article holding portion (pocket portion 60) in the throat portions 50 and 51, the amount of articles stored in the article holding portion (pocket portion 60) can be increased. it can.

  In particular, as shown in FIG. 1, when the operation unit 20 is provided on the front surface of the kannon door 3, there is a possibility that a portion where it is difficult to arrange a heat insulating material inside the kannon door 3. However, in the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the reinforcing members 70 and 71 that are reinforcing members are disposed inside the door 3 and the reinforcing members 70 and 71 hold the components. It fixes to the throat parts 50 and 51 which fix a part (pocket part 60). For this reason, even if there is a possibility that a portion where it is difficult to dispose the heat insulating material inside the door 2, the presence of the reinforcing members 70 and 71 can prevent the door 2 from being deformed.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, embodiment is shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other modes, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  In the illustrated example, the preferable structure example of the left door 3 of the refrigerator 1 has been described. However, the structure of the right door 4 shown in FIG. 1 is not limited to this. Similar to the structure, the reinforcing member can be used for reinforcement.

  Moreover, it is not restricted to the example of arrangement | positioning of the Kannon doors 3 and 4 and the drawer-type doors 7a, 8a, 9a, and 10a of the refrigerator 1 shown in FIG.

1 Refrigerator 3 Kannon door (door)
4 Kannon door (door)
5 Refrigerated room (example of containment room)
7a, 8a, 9a, 10a Drawer-type door 35 Resin molded parts 50, 51 Throat part 60 Pocket part (article holding part)
70, 71 Reinforcing member

Claims (3)

A main body having a storage chamber, and a refrigerator having a door for closing the storage chamber,
A resin molded part having a throat part for fixing the article holding part inside the door;
A refrigerator having a reinforcing member disposed on the inside of the door and provided in the throat portion for fixing the component holding portion.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member is fixed inside a throat portion inside the door.   The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reinforcing member is arranged in a vertical direction to suppress deformation of the throat portion when an article is placed on the article holding portion.

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