JP2015105756A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator including a cover provided on a storage box attached to a stockroom side of a door, capable of efficiently using an internal space of the storage box without degrading convenience.SOLUTION: A storage box attached to a stockroom side of a door includes: a rectangular parallelepiped main body 42 including an opening 41 provided in a front surface thereof; a cover 44 opening/closing the opening 41; a slide shaft 60 projecting from right and left ends of an upper portion of the cover 44 toward the main body 42; a bearing 50 provided on a front side of an upper portion of the main body 42, the slide shaft 60 being fitted into the bearing 50 in a state in which the cover 44 closes the opening 41; and a guide groove 52 provided in the upper portion of the main body 42, and extending backward from the bearing 50, the cover 44 opening the opening 41 from the state of closing the opening 41 by rotation of the slid shaft 60 in the bearing 50, the slide shaft 60 being arranged above the main body 42 by sliding on the guide groove 52 backward.

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a refrigerator.

  The door for opening and closing the storage room of the refrigerator is provided with a door pocket for storing storage items such as small items such as bottles and cans. A lid may be attached to this door pocket to partition it into a closed space (storage). In such a case, it is necessary to take out the stored items in the door pocket while supporting the lid, which may impair usability. There is. In addition, it may be possible to hold the lid in an open state with a hook or the like. However, if the door is closed with the lid open, the lid may collide with the cabinet of the refrigerator body and be damaged. There is.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1 below, when both ends are pivotally supported by the left and right side walls of the door pocket and the front surface is formed so as to substantially match the curved surface of the door pocket, the opening of the door pocket is opened. There has been proposed a refrigerator in which a cover is accommodated along a curved surface at the top of a door pocket.

  However, in the refrigerator of Patent Document 1, since the pocket cover is stored in the upper part of the door pocket while rotating, the pocket cover needs to be provided in a curved shape, and there is a problem that it is difficult to efficiently use the space in the pocket.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No.4-14992

  Then, in the refrigerator which provided the cover body in the storage attached to the storage room side of a door, it aims at providing the refrigerator which can utilize the internal space of a storage efficiently, without impairing usability. .

  The refrigerator according to the embodiment includes a storage chamber formed inside a heat insulating box whose front surface opens, a door that closes the front opening of the storage chamber, and a storage that is attached to the storage chamber side of the door. The storage is a rectangular parallelepiped main body provided with an opening on the front surface, a lid that closes the opening, a slide shaft that protrudes from the upper left and right ends of the lid toward the main body, A bearing portion provided on the upper front side of the main body and fitted with the slide shaft in a state where the lid closes the opening; and a guide groove provided on the upper portion of the main body and extending rearward from the bearing portion, The lid body opens from the state in which the opening is closed, the slide shaft rotates in the bearing portion to open the opening, and the slide shaft slides backward in the guide groove to be above the main body. It is characterized by being arranged.

It is a front view which shows the state which opened the door of the refrigerator which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view of the storage in the state where the lid closed the opening. It is a perspective view of a storage in the state where a lid opened an opening. It is a side view of the main body of the storage in the state where the lid opened the opening. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG.

  Hereinafter, the refrigerator which concerns on one Embodiment based on drawing is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 1 which is a front view showing a state in which the door of the refrigerator 10 is opened, it is composed of a heat insulating box body filled with a foam heat insulating material between an outer box forming an outer shell and an inner box forming a storage space. A refrigerator main body 11 is provided.

  The storage space formed inside the refrigerator main body 11 is vertically partitioned by the partition wall 12, and the refrigeration storage chamber 14 that is cooled to the refrigeration temperature (for example, −18 ° C. or lower) is disposed above the partition wall 12. A refrigerated storage room 16 that is cooled to a refrigeration temperature (for example, 2 to 4 ° C.) is disposed below the partition wall 12. The front opening of the frozen storage chamber 14 is closed by the freezing door 18, and the front opening of the refrigerated storage chamber 16 is closed by the refrigeration door 20.

  A plurality of door pockets 30 in the form of a flat box opened on the upper surface and a lid 44 are provided on the refrigerated storage chamber side (inside the refrigerated door 20) of the refrigerated door 20 facing the refrigerated storage chamber 16 when the door is closed. A storage 40 that can be partitioned into a closed space is provided.

  The door inner plate 20 a constituting the inside of the refrigerator door 20 is refrigerated between a pair of side beads 21 extending in the vertical direction over substantially the entire refrigerator door 20 on both the left and right sides, and the pair of side beads 21. A central bead 22 extending in the vertical direction from the upper part of the door 20 to the central part protrudes toward the refrigerator compartment.

  The facing surfaces of the pair of side beads 21 and the center bead 22, that is, the inner side surfaces of the pair of side beads 21 and the left and right side surfaces of the center bead 22, the door pocket 30 and the storage inside the refrigerator door 20. A plurality of attachment means 24 for holding the storage 40 in a detachable manner are provided, whereby the user can change the arrangement of the door pocket 30 and the storage 40.

  2 to 5, the storage 40 includes a rectangular parallelepiped storage body 42 provided with an opening 41 on the front surface, and a lid 44 that opens and closes the opening 41 provided in the storage body 42. Is provided.

  On the front surface of the storage body 42, a front wall portion 42b rises upward from the bottom surface 42a, and an opening 41 is provided above the front wall portion 42b. On the upper part of the left and right side wall portions 42c of the storage body 42, a flange portion 48 protruding outward is provided over the entire front and rear direction of the side wall portion 42c. At the lower part of the left and right side wall parts 42c, a flange part 49 protruding outward is provided from the center part in the front-rear direction of the side wall part 42c to the rear end.

  A bearing 50 and a guide groove 52 that are recessed inwardly of the storage body 42 are provided in the upper part of the side wall part 42 c of the storage body 42, specifically, at a position above the upper flange 48. The bearing portion 50 is provided on the upper front side of the side wall portion 42c, and is provided in a groove shape connected to a guide groove 52 provided continuously in the rear.

  The lower groove wall 50a of the bearing portion 50 is provided continuously and flatly with the lower groove wall 52a of the guide groove 52, and the upper groove wall 50b of the bearing portion 50 is directed from the groove bottom to the groove edge. As the groove width (length in the vertical direction) increases, the boundary portion with the guide groove 52 has a curved surface shape in which the groove width increases toward the front from the rear. As a result, the bearing portion 50 has a groove bottom width W2 equal to the groove width of the guide groove 52, and a groove edge width W1 wider than the groove bottom width W2 (see FIGS. 4 and 5).

  On the lower side of the rear part of the flange part 48 and the flange part 49 provided on the side wall part 42c of the storage body 42, a locking part 54 extending downward is provided. The locking portion 54 is fitted into the attachment means 24 provided on the door inner plate 20a of the refrigeration door 20, and in this state, the collar portion 48 and the collar portion 49 are supported on the upper surface of the attachment means 24, thereby storing the latch portion 54. The storage body 42 is held inside the refrigerator door 20.

  The lid body 44 includes a flat plate-like plate portion 56 that covers the opening 41 provided on the front surface of the storage body 42, and the plate portion 56 closes the opening 41 as shown in FIG. A pair of left and right flange portions 58 projecting rearward from the left and right side edges, a slide shaft 60 projecting inward from the opposed surfaces of the pair of left and right flange portions 58, and a handle portion projecting forward from the lower front portion of the plate portion 56 62. In this embodiment, it is integrally formed of a transparent resin.

  The slide shaft 60 provided on the flange portion 58 of the lid body 44 has a storage body body in a state in which the lid body 44 closes the opening 41 of the storage body body 42 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIGS. It protrudes toward the upper part of the side wall part 42c of 42, and is inserted in the bearing part 50 provided in the upper front side of the side wall part 42c of the storage main body 42.

  As the lid 44 closes the opening 41 of the storage body 42, the slide shaft 60 provided on the lid 44 is rotated in the bearing 50 of the storage body 42, and is indicated by a solid line in FIG. Thus, the lid 44 is lifted upward to open the opening 41 of the storage body 42.

  Then, from the state where the lid 44 is lifted upward, the slide shaft 60 provided on the lid 44 is further moved backward to the lower groove wall 50a of the bearing portion 50 and the lower groove wall 52a of the guide groove 52. The lid 44 is moved rearward above the storage body 42 while being slid toward the rear.

  When the lid body 44 moves above the storage body main body 42, the lid body 44 is held on the upper surface of the storage body main body 42, and the open state of the opening 41 is maintained.

  Further, in order to close the opening 41 from the state in which the lid 44 opens the opening 41 of the storage body 42, the slide shaft 60 provided on the lid 44 is connected to the groove wall 52a below the guide groove 52 and While sliding forward on the lower groove wall 50a of the bearing portion 50, the lid body 44 is moved forward above the storage body main body 42, and the slide shaft 60 is disposed in the bearing portion 50. . Thereafter, the opening 41 is closed by the lid 44 as shown by a two-dot broken line in FIG. 4 while rotating the slide shaft 60 in the bearing portion 50.

  In the present embodiment as described above, the lid 44 is lifted upward while rotating the slide shaft 60 in the bearing portion 50 from the state where the lid 44 closes the opening 41 of the storage body 42, and the storage is made. A state in which the lid 44 is disposed above the storage body 42 by opening the opening 41 of the main body 42 and then sliding the slide shaft 60 backward in the bearing portion 50 and the guide groove 52. Held in.

  Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to put in and out the storage in the storage body 42 while supporting the lid 44, and it is possible to improve the usability, and the storage body itself even when the lid 44 opens the opening 41. Since it does not jump forward from 42, the lid body 44 does not collide with the refrigerator main body 11 when the refrigerator door 20 is closed.

  Moreover, since the storage body 42 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the internal space can be used efficiently.

  In this embodiment, when the slide shaft 60 is slid in the front-rear direction when opening and closing the opening 41 of the storage body 42 with the lid 44, the tip of the flange portion 58 of the lid 44 becomes the storage. The lid body 44 moves in the front-rear direction over the storage body main body 42 while facing the upper surface of the upper collar portion 48 of the main body 42 with a predetermined gap, so that the vertical position of the lid body 44 is stabilized. The lid 44 can be smoothly moved in the front-rear direction.

  Further, the storage body 42 has a front wall portion 42b that rises upward from the bottom surface 42a, and an opening 41 is provided above the front wall portion 42b. Never jump out.

  In addition, since the lid 44 is transparent, the user can easily see the stored items even when the opening 41 of the storage body 42 is closed with the lid 44.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment was shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, 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 invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof as well as included in the scope and gist of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Refrigerator, 11 ... Refrigerator main body, 12 ... Partition wall, 14 ... Refrigerated storage room, 16 ... Refrigerated storage room, 18 ... Refrigeration door, 20 ... Refrigerated door, 20a ... Door inner plate, 21 ... Side bead, 22 ... Central bead, 24 ... mounting means, 30 ... door pocket, 40 ... storage, 41 ... opening, 42 ... storage body, 42a ... bottom, 42b ... front wall, 42c ... side wall, 44 ... lid, 48 ... Collar part 49. Collar part 50. Bearing part 50 a groove wall 50 b groove wall 52 guide groove 52 a groove wall 54 locking part 56 plate part 58 flange part 60 ... slide shaft, 62 ... handle

Claims (6)

A storage chamber formed inside a heat insulating box whose front surface is open, a door that closes the front opening of the storage chamber, and a storage that is attached to the storage chamber side of the door,
The storage includes a rectangular parallelepiped main body having an opening on the front surface, a lid that opens and closes the opening, a slide shaft that protrudes from the upper left and right ends of the lid toward the main body, and the main body A bearing portion that is provided on the upper front side of the lid and in which the slide shaft fits in a state where the lid closes the opening, and a guide groove that is provided on the upper portion of the main body and extends rearward from the bearing portion,
In the lid body, the slide shaft rotates in the bearing portion from a state in which the opening portion is closed to open the opening portion, and the slide shaft slides rearward in the guide groove to be above the main body. Refrigerator placed in.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the lid includes flange portions extending rearward on the left and right side edges, and the slide shaft projects from the flange.   The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the door includes attachment means for fixing the main body to the storage chamber side.   The said main body is a refrigerator of any one of Claims 1-3 provided with the wall part which stands upwards from the bottom part of the said main body under the said opening part.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the lid is transparent.   The said door is a refrigerator of any one of Claims 1-5 provided with multiple attachment means which fixes the said main body to the storage chamber side so that attachment or detachment is possible.

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