JP2017032167A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator enhancing degree of freedom for the arrangement position of a partition body to a container, and having improved user-friendliness.SOLUTION: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a large container 53 provided in the storage chamber and opened upward, a small container 90 sectioned into the large container 53 and opened upward, and a partition body 100 attached to a peripheral wall 91 of the small container 90. The partition body 100 includes a holding part 101 for holding the peripheral wall 91 of the small container 90, and a flat plate part 102 projecting from the holding part 101. The holding part 101 is detachably attached to the peripheral wall 91 of the small container 90 so that the plate part 102 is positioned inside or outside the small container 90.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  This embodiment relates to a refrigerator.

  The refrigerator is provided with a refrigerated storage room in which the internal temperature is cooled to the refrigeration temperature, such as a refrigerated room or a vegetable room, and a freezer storage room in which the internal temperature is cooled to the refrigeration temperature, such as a freezer room or an ice making room. In some cases, containers are disposed inside these storage chambers.

  In the container provided in the storage room, frozen foods in bags or boxes, plastic bottles or bottles, large vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, etc. are stood and stored, making it easy to find stored items stored in the container At the same time, it becomes easy to put in and out the stored items.

  Then, the refrigerator which provided the partition body which prevents that the stored matter stood and stored by falling in the container and improved usability is proposed (for example, the following patent document 1).

JP 2010-91249 A

  The above-described partition body is detachably provided so that the mounting position can be changed with respect to the container in consideration of usability. However, further improvement in usability is desired. Then, it aims at providing the refrigerator which raised the freedom degree of the arrangement position of the partition with respect to a container, and improved usability.

  The refrigerator according to the present embodiment includes a storage chamber, a large container that opens upward in the storage chamber, a small container that opens in the large container, and a partition that is attached to the peripheral wall of the small container. In the refrigerator including the body, the partition wall includes a sandwiching portion that sandwiches the peripheral wall of the small container, and a flat plate-like plate portion that protrudes from the sandwiching portion, and the plate portion is the peripheral wall of the small container. The holding portion is detachably attached to the peripheral wall of the small container so as to protrude from the inside to the outside of the small container.

It is sectional drawing of the refrigerator which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the refrigerating cycle of the refrigerator of FIG. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows the principal part of FIG. It is a perspective view of a lower stage storage container. It is a top view of a lower large container. It is a perspective view of a partition. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 10 according to the present embodiment includes a cabinet 16 provided with a heat insulating space 13 between an outer box 12 made of a steel plate and an inner box 14 forming a storage space.

  The storage space formed inside the inner box 14 is partitioned into an upper refrigeration space 20 and a lower refrigeration space 40 by a heat insulating partition wall 17.

  The refrigerated space 20 is a space that is cooled to a refrigeration temperature (for example, 2 to 3 ° C.), and the interior is further divided vertically by a partition wall 21, and a plurality of mounting shelves are provided above the partition wall 21. A refrigerator compartment 22 is provided, and a vegetable compartment 24 is provided below the partition wall 21.

  The freezing space 40 disposed below the vegetable compartment 24 via the heat insulating partition wall 17 is a space cooled to a freezing temperature (for example, −18 ° C. or lower), and an ice making room equipped with an automatic ice making machine and a small freezing space. A chamber 46 is provided on the left and right sides, and a freezing chamber 50 is provided below the chamber 46 via a partition wall 49.

  The opening of the refrigerating room 22 is closed by a refrigerating room door 23 pivotally supported by hinges provided on the upper and lower sides of one side of the cabinet 16.

  Openings of the vegetable room 24, the ice making room, the small freezer room 46 and the freezer room 50 are closed by drawer type doors 25, 47 and 51. The pair of left and right support frames fixed to the back surfaces of the doors 25, 47, 51 hold the storage containers 26, 48, 52, and are configured to be pulled out of the cabinet along with the opening operation. The storage container 52 provided in the freezer compartment 50 will be described in detail later.

  A refrigeration cooler 62 that cools the air in the refrigeration space 20 and a refrigeration fan 63 that blows the cold air cooled by the refrigeration cooler 62 to the refrigeration chamber 22 and the vegetable compartment 24 are provided at the rear of the refrigeration space 20. A refrigerated cooling chamber 28 is provided. Further, at the rear part of the freezing space 40, the freezing cooler 64 that cools the air in the freezing space 40, and the cool air cooled by the freezing cooler 64 are sent to the ice making room, the small freezing room 46, and the freezing room 50. A refrigeration cooling chamber 71 that houses the refrigeration fan 65 is provided.

  The refrigeration cooler 62 and the refrigeration cooler 64 constitute a refrigeration cycle 60 together with a compressor 61 and a condenser 66 housed in a machine room 19 provided at the lower back of the cabinet 16.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the refrigeration cycle 60 includes a compressor 61 that discharges a high-temperature and high-pressure gaseous refrigerant, a condenser 66 that receives the gaseous refrigerant discharged from the compressor 61 and liquefies heat, and a condenser A switching valve 67 provided on the outlet side of the condenser 66 for switching the refrigerant flow path, a refrigeration cooler 62 and a refrigeration cooler 64, and a refrigeration decompression device 68 as a throttling means for the coolers 62 and 64. The refrigerating cooler 62 and the refrigerating cooler 64 are circulated by circulating the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 61 by connecting them with a refrigerant pipe. Cool down.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigeration cooling chamber 28 is connected to a rear duct 27 provided on the rear surface of the refrigeration chamber 22, and the air cooled by the refrigeration cooler 62 by the rotation of the refrigeration fan 63 Then, it flows upward from the lower end to the upper end of the back duct 27 and blows out into the refrigerating chamber 22 from the air outlet 29 provided on the back surface of the refrigerating chamber 22. After the air blown into the refrigerator compartment 22 flows through the refrigerator compartment 22, part of the air returns to the refrigerator compartment 28 from the suction port 30 provided in the partition wall 21, and the other part penetrates the partition wall 21. After flowing into the vegetable compartment 24 through the provided inlet (not shown) and flowing through the vegetable compartment 24, the suction chamber 31 is provided on the back of the vegetable compartment 24 and returns to the refrigerated cooling compartment 28.

  The freezing cooling chamber 71 communicates with an air outlet 72 provided on the back surface of the ice making chamber and the small freezing chamber 46, and is connected to a first air outlet duct 74, a second air outlet duct 75, and a suction duct 76.

  The first blow-out duct 74 is provided inside the partition wall 49 that constitutes the upper surface of the freezer compartment 50, and connects the first air outlet 77 provided at the rear portion of the partition wall 49 and the freezing cooling chamber 71. .

  The second blowout duct 75 and the suction duct 76 are provided inside a cover body 78 that covers the front surface of the refrigeration cooler 64 provided on the back surface of the freezer compartment 50, and open to the back surface of the freezer chamber 50. 79 and the freezing side suction port 80 and the freezing cooling chamber 71 are connected.

  The air cooled by the refrigeration cooler 64 is blown out from the blowout outlet 72 into the ice making chamber 42 and the small freezer compartment 46 by the rotation of the refrigeration fan 65 in the refrigeration cooling chamber 71, and the first blowout duct. The air is blown out from the first air outlet 77 and the second air outlet 79 into the freezer compartment 50 through the air outlet 74 and the second air outlet duct 75.

  The air blown out from the air outlet 72 into the ice making chamber and the small freezer chamber 46 flows while cooling the inside of the ice making chamber and the small freezer chamber 46, and passes through an inlet (not shown) formed in the freezing partition wall 49. It flows into the freezer compartment 50. The air flowing into the freezer compartment 50 from the ice making room and the small freezer compartment 46 flows in the refrigerator compartment 22 together with the air blown out from the first outlet 77 and the second outlet 79 to the freezer compartment 50, It returns to the freezing cooling chamber 71 from the freezing side suction port 80 through a return channel 85 formed between the freezing chamber 50 and the freezing chamber 50.

  In the refrigerator 10 having the above-described configuration, the storage container 52 disposed inside the freezer compartment 50 includes a lower large container 53 and an upper container 54 provided above the lower large container 53, as shown in FIG. It has a structure that overlaps the upper and lower two stages provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lower large container 53 has a bottomed box shape that opens upward and is surrounded by the front wall, the rear wall, and the left and right side walls, and is larger than the upper container 54. The accommodation depth of the container 53 is deep. The lower large container 53 is configured to be held by a pair of left and right support frames fixed to the back surface side of the freezer compartment door 51 and to be pulled out of the cabinet along with the opening operation of the freezer compartment door 51. A small container 90 and a partition 100 that is detachably attached to the small container 90 are housed inside the lower large container 53.

  The upper container 54 has a bottomed box shape surrounded by the front wall, the rear wall, and the left and right side walls, and is placed on the upper ends of the left and right side walls of the lower large container 53. The upper container 54 is formed of a transparent resin material so that the inside of the lower large container 53 can be seen from above through the upper container 54.

  When the upper container 54 is opened from the closed state of the freezer compartment door 51 and the lower large container 53 is pulled out, the upper container 54 is pulled out of the container together with the lower large container 53 while covering the upper surface of the lower large container 53. It is. Further, the upper container 54 covering the upper surface of the lower large container 53 opens the upper surface opening of the lower large container 53 by sliding the upper ends of the left and right side walls of the lower large container 53 backward.

  In this example, the small container 90 has a bottomed box shape surrounded by the front wall, the rear wall, and the left and right side walls, and is detachably accommodated in the lower large container 53. The small container 90 is provided over substantially the entire length of the lower large container 53 in the front-rear direction, and is accommodated in the lower large container 53 so as to be guided by the front and rear walls of the lower large container 53 and to be slidable in the width direction. Such a small container 90 divides a space for storing stored items inside, and also outside the small container 90, that is, between the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 and the left and right side walls 55 of the lower large container 53. A space for storing stored items is defined.

  A partition 100 that divides the inside and the outside of the small container 90 is detachably attached to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, at the upper end portions of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, there are a thick portion 92 having a plate thickness larger than that of other portions, and a thin portion below the thick portion 92. A recessed portion 93 that is recessed from the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91 to the inside of the small container 90 is provided along the front-rear direction so that the plate thickness is thinner than the thick portion 92.

  The thick portion 92 has thick portion inclined surfaces 92a and 92b that are inclined in a direction in which the outer surface and the inner surface of the left and right side walls 91 are separated from each other as it goes toward the concave portion 93 (that is, as it goes downward). The thick portion inclined surfaces 92a and 92b provided on the outer surface and the inner surface of the left and right side walls 91 are provided at the same inclination angle with respect to the vertical direction.

  The concave portion 93 is inclined such that the thick portion 92 side (that is, the upper side) is inclined so that the plate thickness of the left and right side walls 91 gradually decreases as it goes from the thick portion 92 toward the concave portion bottom surface 93a (that is, downward). A surface 93b is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the partition 100 includes a sandwiching portion 101 that sandwiches the peripheral wall of the small container 90, in this example, the left and right side walls 91, and a flat plate shape that projects from the sandwiching portion 101 and partitions the inside or the outside of the small container 90. The board part 102 is provided.

  The sandwiching portion 101 has a substantially U-shape in which a cross-sectional shape obtained by connecting a pair of sandwiching plates 103 and 104 provided at substantially upper ends with an interval corresponding to the plate thickness of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 opens downward. It has a shape. The upper end of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 is inserted into the holding unit 101 from the lower opening, and the pair of opposing surfaces 103a and 104a facing the outer surface and the inner surface of the left and right side walls 91 in the pair of holding plates 103 and 104 are left and right. The partition body 100 is fixed to the left and right side walls 90 by sandwiching the upper end portion of the side wall 91.

  More specifically, protrusions 103b and 104b projecting inward are provided at positions facing each other on the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the sandwiching plates 103 and 104, respectively. The distance between the protrusion 103b and the protrusion 104b is smaller than the thickness of the recess 93 provided at the upper end of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90.

  The protrusions 103b and 104b have a symmetric shape with the left and right side walls 91 sandwiched therebetween, and in this example, the protrusions 103b and 104b have a ridge shape extending along the front-rear direction over the entire holding part 101.

  On one of the sandwiching plates 103 and 104 (in this example, the sandwiching plate 104), a plate portion 102 that divides the internal space and the external space of the small container 90 forward and backward is perpendicular to the outer surface (the surface opposite to the facing surface 104a). A handle portion 105 is provided at the lower end of the other of the sandwiching plates 103 and 104 (in this example, the sandwiching plate 103) and is bent outward so as to be separated from the one sandwiching plate 104.

  For example, the size of the plate portion 102 is set such that the vertical dimension is smaller than the depth of the small container 90 and the projecting dimension from the sandwiching plate 104 is smaller than the internal dimension of the small container 90 in the width direction. In addition, the size of the plate portion 102 and the small container 90 with respect to the lower large container 53 is, for example, twice the length of the protrusion of the plate portion 102 from the sandwiching plate 104 and the outer dimension in the width direction of the small container 90. Various dimensions are set such that the total length of the two is smaller than the internal dimension of the lower large container 53 in the width direction.

  In order to attach the partition body 100 to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is located inside the small container 90, the opposing surface 104a of one sandwiching plate 104 provided with the plate portion 102 is provided with the left and right side walls 91. The upper surface of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 is inserted between the pair of sandwiching plates 103 and 104 so that the opposite surface 103a of the other sandwiching plate 103 faces the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91. The interval between the protrusion 103b and the protrusion 104b is set smaller than the plate thickness at the position of the recess 93 of the left and right side walls 91, and the sandwiching plates 103 and 104 are pushed out by the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90. When the protrusion 103b provided on the opposing surface 103a of the other holding plate 103 reaches the recess 93 provided on the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, the protrusion 103b protruding from the opposing surface 103a becomes the left and right side walls 91. Between the opposing surface 103a of the sandwiching plate 103 and the projection 104b of the sandwiching plate 104 while preventing the sandwiching portion 101 from coming out upward from the left and right side walls 91. The partition 100 is fixed to the left and right side walls 91 in a state where the left and right side walls 91 are sandwiched and the plate portion 102 is positioned inside the small container 90 (see FIG. 7).

  Further, in order to attach the partition body 100 to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is located outside the small container 90, the opposing surface 104a of one clamping plate 104 provided with the plate portion 102 is left and right. The upper surface of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 is inserted between the pair of sandwiching plates 103 and 104 so that the outer surface of the side wall 91 faces the opposite surface 103a of the other sandwiching plate 103 and the inner surface of the left and right side walls 91. To do. The interval between the protrusion 103b and the protrusion 104b is set smaller than the plate thickness at the position of the recess 93 of the left and right side walls 91, and the sandwiching plates 103 and 104 are pushed out by the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90. When the protrusion 104b provided on the opposing surface 104a of the one sandwiching plate 104 reaches the recess 93 provided on the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, the protrusion 104b protruding from the opposing surface 104a becomes the left and right side walls 91. Between the opposing surface 104a of the sandwiching plate 104 and the projection 103b of the sandwiching plate 103 while preventing the sandwiching portion 101 from coming out upward from the left and right side walls 91. The partition 100 is fixed to the left and right side walls 91 in a state where the left and right side walls 91 are sandwiched and the plate portion 102 is positioned outside the small container 90 (see FIG. 8).

  In the present embodiment as described above, the sandwiching portion 101 is detachably attached to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is positioned inside and outside the small container 90. The degree of freedom of the arrangement position of 100 is high and it is excellent in usability.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the recesses 93 provided in the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 are provided in the front-rear direction along the left and right side walls 91, the handle portion is arranged so that the holding plate 103 is separated from the holding plate 104. When the holding portion 101 is pressed in the front-rear direction while the holding force of the left and right side walls 91 by the holding portion 101 is weakened by pulling 105 outward, the protruding portion 103b of the facing surface 103a extends in the front-rear direction along the recess 93 of the left-right side wall 91 It is possible to easily change the mounting position of the partition body 100 by sliding to the right.

  The recess 93 is provided over the entire front and rear direction of the left and right side walls 91 so that the partition body 100 can be attached to any position in the front and rear direction of the left and right side walls 91, or the recess 93 is provided in a part of the left and right side walls 91 in the front and rear direction. The partition 100 can be attached to a predetermined position of the left and right side walls 91, and the position in the front-rear direction in which the concave portion 93 is provided can be set to any position and range, but the front end of the concave portion 93 provided in the left and right side walls 91 and A space in which stored items such as frozen food can be stored between the plate portion 102 of the partition 100 and the front and rear walls of the lower large container 53 when the partition 100 is attached to the rear end, for example, 2 in the front-rear direction. It is preferable that a space of about 5 cm is formed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the total length of the length of the protrusion of the plate portion 102 from the sandwiching plate 103 and the outer dimension in the width direction of the small container 90 is the total length of the lower large container 53. Various dimensions are set so as to be smaller than the inner dimensions in the width direction, and the partition body 100 so that the plate portion 102 protrudes outward from the left side wall 91 and the right side wall 91 of the small container 90 as illustrated in FIG. Since the space formed on the left and right of the small container 90 can be partitioned by attaching the small container 90, the inside of the lower large container 53 can be partitioned into various sizes by the small container 90 and the partition 100, and the usability is improved. Can do.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the protrusions 103b and 104b provided on the partition 100 are associated with the concave portion 93 provided with the concave inclined surface 93b that is inclined so that the plate thickness of the left and right side walls 91 gradually decreases toward the lower side. Therefore, when the user removes the partition body 100, the protrusions 103b and 104b of the holding plates 103 and 104 are less likely to interfere with the thick portions 92 of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, and the partition body 100 is 90 can be removed smoothly, and the sliding resistance of the protrusions 103b and 104b and the recess 93 is increased, so that it is possible to prevent the partition 100 from moving in the front-rear direction.

(Modification 1)
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the concave portion 93 is provided on the outer surface of the peripheral wall (left and right side walls 91) of the small container 90 and the protrusions 103b and 104b are provided on the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the partition body 100 has been described. For example, a recess is provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the small container 90, and a protrusion is provided on each of the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the partition 100, or a recess is provided on each of the inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall of the small container 90. The protrusions are provided only on one of the pair of opposing surfaces 103a, 104a of 100, or the protrusions are provided on either the inner surface or the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the small container 90, and the pair of opposing surfaces 103a, A recess is provided on each of the 104a, and a protrusion is provided on each of the inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall of the small container 90. On the other hand or a recess in, it provided an inner surface and each projection or recess on the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the small container 90, a pair of opposed surfaces 103a of the partition member 100 may be provided with a recess or projection on each of 104a. Even in these cases, the partition 100 can be detachably attached to the peripheral wall of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is positioned inside and outside the small container 90.

(Modification 2)
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the outer dimension in the width direction of the small container 90 is provided smaller than the inner dimension of the lower large container 53 and the partition body 100 is attached to the left and right side walls 91 as the peripheral wall of the small container 90 has been described. However, the outer dimension in the front-rear direction of the small container 90 may be provided smaller than the inner dimension of the lower large container 53, and the partition 100 may be attached to the front wall or the rear wall of the small container 90.

(Modification 3)
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the partition 100 is attached to the small container 90 housed in the lower large container 53 provided in the freezer compartment 50 has been described. For example, the inside of the upper container 54 housed in the freezer compartment 50 A small container may be provided in the small container, and a partition may be provided in the small container, or a small container may be provided in the storage container 26 housed in the vegetable compartment 24 and the partition may be provided in the small container.

(Modification 4)
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the small container 90 to which the partition 100 is attached is movable in the lower large container 53 and detachable from the lower large container 53 has been described. The small container 90 may be fixed to the lower large container 53 as in the case where the lower large container 53 is partitioned by a fixed partition wall.

(Other embodiments)
The above-described embodiments are presented as examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the scope of claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Refrigerator, 50 ... Freezer compartment, 52 ... Storage container, 53 ... Lower container, 54 ... Upper container, 55 ... Left and right side walls, 71 ... Cooling room for freezing, 90 ... Small container, 91 ... Left and right side walls, 92 ... Meat Thick part, 92a ... thick part inclined surface, 93 ... concave part, 93a ... concave part bottom surface, 93b ... concave part inclined surface, 100 ... partition, 101 ... clamping part, 102 ... plate part, 103 ... clamping plate, 103a ... opposing surface , 103b ... projection, 104 ... clamping plate, 104a ... facing surface, 104b ... projection, 105 ... handle

Claims (6)

In a refrigerator comprising: a storage chamber; a large container that opens upward in the storage chamber; a small container that opens upward partitioned in the large container; and a partition that is attached to a peripheral wall of the small container ,
The partition includes a sandwiching portion that sandwiches the peripheral wall of the small container and a flat plate-like plate portion that protrudes from the sandwiching portion, and the sandwiching unit is positioned so that the plate portion is located inside or outside the small container. A refrigerator whose part is detachably attached to the peripheral wall of the small container. A protrusion provided on one of the sandwiching portion and the peripheral wall of the small container, and a recess provided on the other to be engaged with the protrusion,
The sandwiching portion includes a pair of facing surfaces facing the inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall of the small container,
2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the sandwiching portion and the peripheral wall of the small container has the protrusion or the concave portion provided on both surfaces of the pair of opposed surfaces or on the inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall of the small container. . The protrusion or the recess provided on the peripheral wall of the small container extends along the horizontal direction,
The said recessed part or the said protrusion provided in the said pair of opposing surface is provided so that it can slide along the said protrusion or the said recessed part provided in the said surrounding wall of the said small container. refrigerator.   The plate portion and the large container in a state where the concave portion or the protrusion provided on the pair of opposed surfaces are engaged with the front and rear ends of the protrusion or the concave portion provided on the peripheral wall of the small container. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein a space is formed in the front-rear direction.   5. The sum of the outer dimension in the width direction of the small container and twice the projecting dimension of the plate portion from the clamping part is smaller than the inner dimension in the width direction of the large container. The refrigerator according to item 1. The peripheral wall of the small container includes a thick portion provided at an upper end portion, and a concave portion provided below the thick portion and having a plate thickness thinner than the thick portion,
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the concave portion includes an inclined surface in which a plate thickness of a peripheral wall of the small container decreases toward the concave bottom surface from the thick portion.

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