JP2014238240A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of storing small stored food items such as half-used food items without being dried, improving arrangement performance and visibility in a vegetable room by fixing storage positions, and improving take-out performance.SOLUTION: A refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator main body 1a including a vegetable room 500; a vegetable case 13 drawn from the vegetable room 500 together with a drawer door 12 provided on a front surface of the vegetable room 500; a small-sized case 14 provided in an upper portion of the vegetable case 13, drawn together with the vegetable case 13 when the drawer door 12 is drawn, and movable in a front-to-back direction of the vegetable case 13; and a hermetic case 17 provided in the small-sized case 14 to be able to be opened/closed. The small-sized case 14 includes the hermetic case 17 forward of a depth dimension center of the vegetable case 13 relative to a reference position of the vegetable case when the drawer door 12 is drawn and the small-sized case 14 is drawn together with the vegetable case 13.

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to the structure of a case housed in a vegetable room.

  Household refrigerators include, for example, a refrigerator in which a vegetable case that can be taken in and out as the drawer door opens and closes in a vegetable room. In the vegetable case, not only vegetables but also a partition is provided between the front and rear so that a plastic bottle or the like can be stored in the front side of the vegetable room, for example. In addition, the upper part of the vegetable case is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the vegetable case, and stores small vegetables (eg, carrots, peppers, cucumbers, etc.) and fruits (eg, apples, cucumber fruits, etc.) It is configured with a small case that is convenient to take out, and the food compartment is classified by dividing the vegetable compartment.

  However, when preserving foods of various shapes and sizes, problems such as deterioration of the listability in the cabinet arise due to the mixing of large and small vegetables and fruits in the vegetable compartment.

  Against this background, proposals have been made to improve the organization of stored foods by further dividing the vegetable compartment. In Patent Document 1, two storage areas are provided in the small case by deepening the rear portion of the small case. Moreover, since the two storage areas are formed before and after the partition in the vegetable room, a total of four storage areas are formed in the vegetable room so that large and small vegetables, fruits and the like are not mixed in large quantities.

  Moreover, with respect to said subject, the proposal which improves the arrangement | positioning property in a store | warehouse | chamber is achieved by providing the preservation | save area | region only for specific foodstuffs. In patent document 2, the sealed case comprised by the substantially sealed space is provided in the refrigerator for storing cut vegetables. And the structure which can preserve | save a foodstuff in a high-humidity environment while aiming at the fixed position of a specific foodstuff by decomposing | disassembling the inside of a sealed case into a some area | region is proposed.

JP 2000-39256 A (Abstract, FIG. 2) JP 2002-267351 A (page 5, FIG. 1)

  In the configuration of Patent Document 1, since a space assuming the storage of a plastic bottle or the like is provided on the front side of the vegetable case, the position of the front surface of the small case is positioned behind the front space. And since the boundary of the front part and back part of a small case is made into the back of the depth direction of the whole vegetable case, the position of the front part of a small case is the approximate center vicinity of a vegetable case. For this reason, when taking out the cut vegetables and small vegetables stored in the front part of the small case, there is a problem in that the vegetable case needs to be pulled out from the vegetable room and the usability is poor.

  By the way, most fruits and vegetables such as vegetables contain 90% or more of moisture, and it is generally said that there is no commercial value if about 5% is lost. In particular, cut vegetables with active water evaporation due to tissue damage at the cut end can be kept long in quality by being stored in a substantially sealed space that tends to be a high humidity environment.

  However, in the configuration of Patent Document 2, the sealed case is configured to be large enough to use the entire width and depth of the refrigerator compartment, and the back surface of the sealed case is located in the vicinity of the outlet provided on the rear side in the cabinet. doing. In Patent Document 2, it is described that the sealed case is indirectly cooled by the cold air in the refrigerator compartment, and the temperature in the sealed case is maintained at the same temperature as the refrigerator compartment. The temperature in the case is greatly influenced by the operation of the refrigerator, and the food may be dried and condensation may occur. Moreover, since the airtight case of patent document 2 is long in the depth direction, the visibility and take-out property of the food arrange | positioned in the back | inner side in the airtight case may deteriorate.

  The present invention is for solving the problems as described above, and can store small stored foods such as messengers without drying, and also organizes the storage position so that the storage position is fixed. An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator capable of improving visibility and improving take-out performance.

  The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a refrigerator body provided with a vegetable compartment, a vegetable case withdrawn from the vegetable compartment together with a drawer door provided on the front of the vegetable compartment, and an upper portion of the vegetable case, the drawer door being withdrawn. A small case that is pulled out together with the vegetable case and movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the vegetable case, and a sealed case that is provided in the small case and that can be opened and closed. A sealed case is provided on the front side of the center of the depth dimension of the vegetable case at the reference position with respect to the vegetable case when pulled out together with the vegetable case.

  According to the present invention, small stored foods such as usage can be stored in a sealed case without drying, and the sealed case is positioned to improve the arrangement and visibility of the vegetable compartment and sealed. The refrigerator which can improve the taking-out property of the foodstuff accommodated in the case can be obtained.

It is a front view of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view of the refrigerator air path in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a sectional side view of the vegetable compartment in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the vegetable compartment at the time of opening the drawer-type door in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the small case in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a top view of the lid in the refrigerator concerning Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a perspective view of a small case when the cover of the small case in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention is made into an open state. It is a sectional side view of the small case in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by the form of drawing shown below. Moreover, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same structure in each figure.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
The refrigerator 1 includes a refrigerator room 100, a switching room 200, an ice making room 300, a vegetable room 500, and the like in the refrigerator body 1a. The refrigerator compartment 100 is arrange | positioned at the uppermost part of the refrigerator 1, and is opened and closed by the opening / closing door. The switching chamber 200 is disposed below the refrigerator compartment 100, can be switched to a freezing temperature zone (−18 ° C.) or a soft freezing temperature (−7 ° C.), and is opened and closed by a drawer door. The ice making chamber 300 is arranged in parallel with the switching chamber 200 and is opened and closed by a drawer door. The freezer compartment 400 is disposed below the switching chamber 200 and the ice making chamber 300 and is opened and closed by a drawer door. The vegetable compartment 500 is disposed at the bottom of the refrigerator 1 and is opened and closed by a drawer door. Further, on the door surface of the refrigerating room 100, an operation panel 600 including an operation switch for adjusting the temperature and setting of each room, a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the temperature of each room, and the like is provided. Regardless of this, the form of the refrigerator 1 is not particularly limited to the form of the refrigerator 1, such as one without the switching chamber 200 and the ice making room 300.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator air passage in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the arrows indicate the flow direction of the cold air.
The cool air cooled by the cooler 2 is blown out by the blower fan 3 into each blowout air passage (ice chamber blowout air passage 4, refrigeration compartment blowout air passage 5, switching room blowout air passage 6, and freezer blowout air passage 7). , Passing through the vegetable room blowout air passage 8) and blown into each room. The return cold air from the refrigerating room 100 passes through the refrigerating room return air passage 9, and returns to the vegetable room from the vegetable room cold air return port 11 through the ceiling air passage 10 provided on the ceiling of the vegetable room 500. It merges with the cold air and returns to the cooler 2.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the vegetable compartment in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the vegetable compartment when the drawer-type door is opened in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a small case in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In the vegetable compartment 500, a vegetable case 13 that is pulled out from the vegetable compartment 500 in conjunction with the pull-out door 12, and a small case 14 that is arranged on the top of the vegetable case 13 and is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the vegetable case 13, Is installed.

  The small case 14 is provided with a partition 15 that partitions the small case 14 forward and backward. The small case 14 is pulled out together with the vegetable case 13 when the pull-out door 12 is pulled forward. The position (reference position) of the small case 14 with respect to the vegetable case 13 at this time is determined, and the small case 14 is A partition 15 is provided on the near side from the center of the depth dimension of the vegetable case 13 in the state of the reference position. The upper side of the two spaces partitioned by the partition 15 is opened and closed by a lid 16, and by closing the lid 16, a sealed space constituted by a substantially sealed space in front of the small case 14. A case 17 is formed. A handle 16 a is provided on the outer surface of the lid 16 so that the lid 16 can be easily opened and closed. In addition, the structure of the airtight case 17 is not limited to this structure, The airtight case 17 separate from the small case 14 may be fitted to the front side of the small case 14.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the lid in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the small case when the cover of the small case in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is opened.
The lid 16 is rotatably connected to the small case 14 so that the front side moves up and down with the rear side as a fulcrum. Specifically, a pair of shafts 16b projecting outward are provided at the left and right ends of the rear side of the lid 16, and the pair of shafts 16b is rotatable to a pair of bearing portions 18 provided on the small case 14 side. The lid 16 is pivotally connected to the small case 14 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. Since the lid 16 is thus rotated upward to open the sealed case 17, the opening area when the lid 16 is opened can be widened.

  By providing the lid 16 and forming the sealed case 17 on the small case 14 as described above, it is possible to prevent the outflow of moisture-containing air to the outside of the sealed case 17 and maintain a high humidity storage environment. Become. Therefore, the transpiration of vegetables can be suppressed and food drying can be minimized. As a result, it is possible to maintain the quality of used vegetables and the like whose moisture evaporation becomes active due to tissue damage of the cut end in the long term. Further, by providing the sealed case 17, it is possible to prevent the outflow of odors, and therefore, it is possible to prevent odors from being transferred to other foods that are produced from vegetables or the like used as a condiment.

  With the above configuration, the small case 14 is pulled out together with the vegetable case 13 by pulling the pull-out door 12 forward. The small case 14 can be moved back and forth with respect to the vegetable case 13, but the position of the small case 14 relative to the vegetable case 13 when the pull-out door 12 is pulled out is a fixed position (reference position) as described above. The closed case 17 when the small case 14 is in the reference position is located on the near side from the center of the depth dimension of the vegetable case 13, that is, on the near side where it is easy to enter the eyes. For this reason, by pulling out the drawer-type door 12 forward, the sealed case 17 can be easily seen, and it is possible to improve the visibility and take-out performance in use stored in the sealed case 17.

  And when taking out the foodstuff under the small case 14 of the vegetable case 13, what is necessary is just to slide the small case 14 back. Then, when the pull-out door 12 is closed after the food is taken out from the vegetable compartment 500, the vegetable case 13 moves rearward toward a predetermined storage position in the vegetable compartment 500. At this time, the small case 14 also moves rearward together with the vegetable case 13, and the small case 14 is positioned at the reference position with respect to the vegetable case 13 in a state where the vegetable case 13 is stored in a predetermined storage position. As a result, the next time the pull-out door 12 is pulled out, the small case 14 is pulled out in a state of being located at the reference position with respect to the vegetable case 13. In addition, the structure in which the small case 14 is positioned at the reference position with respect to the vegetable case 13 in a state where the vegetable case 13 is stored in a predetermined storage position is not particularly limited, and any structure can be adopted.

Next, cooling of the vegetable compartment 500 and the small case 14 will be described.
A vegetable room blowing air passage 8 is provided on the back side of the vegetable room 500, and the flow of cold air in the vegetable room 500 is as shown by the arrows in FIG. That is, cold air flows from the back surfaces of the vegetable case 13 and the small case 14 toward the front side of the gaps between the cases 13, 14 and the bottom of the vegetable chamber 500, and further, the front surface of the vegetable case 13 faces upward. Then, the ceiling air channel 10 flows rearward and returns to the cooler 2. The vegetable room 500 is cooled by such a flow of cold air, and also the return cold air of the refrigerating room 100 that has flowed into the ceiling air passage 10 from the return air passage 9 for the refrigerating room through the return air passage 11 for the vegetable room. It has been cooled by radiation.

  With these configurations, the substantially sealed space in the sealed case 17 provided in the upper front part of the vegetable room 500 is cooled without directly hitting cold air below the freezing point flowing in from the vegetable room blowing air passage 8, And it is cooled by radiation cooling. For this reason, the temperature distribution in the sealed case 17 can be made uniform, and the deterioration of food and the occurrence of condensation due to temperature fluctuations can be suppressed.

FIG. 8 is a side cross-sectional view of the small case in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
The bottom surface 17a of the sealed case 17 in the small case 14 has a cross-sectional shape formed in a semicircular arc shape that protrudes downward over the entire left and right direction. By doing in this way, while preventing the rolling of the foodstuffs in the front-back direction, the overlapping of foodstuffs can be suppressed. In particular, it is not desirable for the vegetables to be used to come into contact with other food or the case wall surface because bacteria may enter from the cut end.

  According to a survey on the actual use of refrigerators for end users, about 80% of people store vegetables that have been used more than once in the small case 14 of the vegetable room 500 during a week. Yes. In addition, it was found that the most used food ingredient was onion, followed by carrots. Therefore, by making the bottom surface 17a of the sealing case 17 into a convex semicircular arc shape, even when a spherical vegetable such as an onion is cut in half, it can be stored with the cut end facing the top surface. . Therefore, it is possible to store hygienically without using foodstuffs that have been used without coming into contact with other foods or the case wall surface.

  Moreover, as for the semicircular arc shape of the bottom face 17a of the airtight case 17, it is desirable for a radius to be about 100-120 mm. By limiting the size of the sealed case 17, it is possible to guide the end user to store small vegetables without worrying about what to store. In addition, in the above usage survey, when onions and carrots that have been stored by many people are put in, the gap between the food and the small case 14 is suppressed. (Large leaves, ginger, etc.) can be prevented from entering, and the stored food list can be maintained.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, since the sealed case 17 is provided in the small case 14 and on the front side from the center of the depth dimension of the vegetable case 13, It becomes possible to position the easily used vegetables that are painful to the near side that is easy to enter the eyes. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the phenomenon that the food is stored for a long time without noticing, the quality deteriorates, and the food cannot be eaten. Further, the food in the sealed case 17 can be taken out without completely opening the pull-out door 12. In addition, by positioning the small vegetables, the time for searching for food in the sealed case 17 can be shortened with the drawer door 12 opened, and the temperature rise in the vegetable compartment 500 that occurs when the food is taken out. Can be suppressed. Thereby, the power consumption of the refrigerator 1 can be suppressed.

  The small case 14 and the lid 16 are preferably transparent parts and can be the same kind of material in order not to deteriorate the listability of the stored food. In general, when two objects are slid at a high speed, the friction coefficient is larger when sliding with the same kind of material than with different materials. For this reason, the shaft 16b is made of a material different from that of the small case 14 and the lid 16, so that noise and wear during sliding between the shaft 16b and the bearing portion 18 can be suppressed.

  Further, here, the lid 16 is provided with a pair of shafts 16b so that the lid 16 is rotatably connected to the small case 14. However, instead of the pair of shafts 16b, the lid 16 extends from the right end to the left and right ends. A single shaft may be provided and fixed to the lid 16 so that both ends of the shaft protrude from the left and right ends of the lid 16.

  Furthermore, one or both of the small case 14 and the sealed case 17 (including the lid 16) may be configured using a material in which an antibacterial agent is kneaded. Thereby, also in the airtight case 17 in which high humidity is maintained, generation | occurrence | production of mold | fungi can be suppressed and the quality of foodstuffs can be maintained over a long term.

  Moreover, the width | variety of the right and left of the sealing case 17 is made smaller than the width | variety of the vegetable case 13 here. Thereby, an empty space can be formed in front of the vegetable case 13, and for example, it is possible to secure a space for arranging a vegetable in which a PET bottle or vertical storage is effective. The left and right widths of the sealed case 17 are not limited to being smaller than the width of the vegetable case 13 and may be the same as the width of the vegetable case 13.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator, 1a Refrigerator main body, 2 Cooler, 3 Blower fan, 4 Ice-making room outlet, 5 Refrigerator outlet, 6 Switching room outlet, 7 Freezer outlet, 8 Vegetable compartment Air outlet, 9 Refrigerating room return air passage, 10 Ceiling air passage, 11 Vegetable room cold air return port, 12 Pull-out door, 13 Vegetable case, 14 Small case, 15 Partition, 16 Lid, 16a Handle, 16b Shaft, 17 Sealed case, 17a bottom surface, 18 bearing section, 100 refrigerator compartment, 200 switching room, 300 ice making room, 400 freezer room, 500 vegetable room, 600 operation panel.

Claims (6)

A refrigerator with a vegetable compartment,
A vegetable case withdrawn from the vegetable compartment together with a pull-out door provided on the front of the vegetable compartment;
A small case that is provided at the top of the vegetable case, pulled out together with the vegetable case when the drawer door is pulled out, and movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the vegetable case;
The small case is provided with a sealed case that can be opened and closed,
The small case includes the hermetic case on the near side from the center of the depth dimension of the vegetable case at a reference position with respect to the vegetable case when the pull-out door is pulled out and pulled out together with the vegetable case. Refrigerator. The small case has a partition that divides the inside of the small case into a front and a rear, and the partition is in front of the depth dimension center of the vegetable case when the small case is in the reference position with respect to the vegetable case. The sealed case is provided in the small case by covering the front space in the small case, which is provided on the side and delimited by the partition, with a lid so as to be openable and closable. The refrigerator described. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cross-sectional shape of a bottom surface of the sealed case is a semicircular arc shape that protrudes downward over the entire left-right direction. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the lid is rotatably connected to the small case so that the front side moves up and down with the rear side as a fulcrum. 5. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein a connecting portion between the lid and the small case is made of a member made of a material different from each other on the lid side and the small case side. One or both of the said small case and the said airtight case are comprised with the material in which the antibacterial agent was kneaded, The refrigerator as described in any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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