JP2020060310A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a refrigerator that allows a stored object to be removed/inserted from/into a storage container without opening all of a plurality of storage chamber doors, and that allows a temperature increase in a storage chamber to be restrained when the stored object is removed/inserted.SOLUTION: A refrigerator according to an embodiment comprises a storage chamber, a plurality of storage chamber doors, a first storage area, a second storage area, a storage container provided in the second storage area, and a plurality of container doors for opening/closing a front part of the storage container. In a closed state in which a front opening part is closed by the storage chamber doors, one of the storage chamber doors and one of the container doors are opposed to each other along a front-back direction, and another of the storage chamber doors and another of the container doors are opposed to each other along the front-back direction. In an opened state in which the front opening part is opened by the one of the storage chamber doors, the one of the container doors can be opened. In an opened state in which the front opening part is opened by the other of the storage chamber doors, the other of the container doors can be opened.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  This embodiment relates to a refrigerator.

  Conventionally, a refrigerator having a plurality of storage areas inside a storage chamber provided in a refrigerator body has been considered. For example, the refrigerator disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a configuration in which a refrigerating area as a first storage area and a chilled area as a second storage area are provided inside a refrigerating room which is an example of a storage room. .

JP, 2005-102320, A

  By the way, in a recent refrigerator, a refrigerating compartment door that opens and closes a front opening of the refrigerating compartment may be composed of two so-called double-door type doors that are divided into two along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body. It is common. On the other hand, the storage container provided in the chilled area is generally composed of one long container extending in the lateral direction of the refrigerator body, and a container door for opening and closing the front part of the storage container is also provided. Generally, it is composed of one long door extending in the lateral direction of the refrigerator body. Therefore, the user needs to open both the two refrigerating compartment doors when putting a stored item in and out of the storage container, and the temperature in the refrigerating compartment rises as the two refrigerating compartment doors are opened. There is a problem that it will end up.

  The present embodiment provides a refrigerator that can store and withdraw stored items in a storage container without opening all of the plurality of storage chamber doors, and can suppress a temperature rise in the storage chamber when the stored items are taken in and out. To do.

  The refrigerator according to the present embodiment opens and closes a storage chamber provided in the refrigerator main body and a front opening of the storage chamber, and has a plurality of storage chambers divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator main body. A door, a first storage area that is continuous in the storage chamber along the lateral direction of the refrigerator main body, a second storage area that is provided in a portion other than the first storage area in the storage chamber, and the second storage area The container includes a storage container provided therein, and a plurality of container doors that open and close a front portion of the storage container and are divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body. Then, in a closed state in which the plurality of storage chamber doors close the front opening, one of the storage chamber doors and one of the container doors face each other along the front-rear direction, and the other storages. The chamber door and the other container door are configured to face each other along the front-rear direction. And, in the open state in which the one storage chamber door opens the front opening, the one container door can be opened, and in the open state in which the other storage chamber door opens the front opening, The container door can be opened.

A vertical sectional side view schematically showing a configuration example of a main part of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment. The front view which shows schematically the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The top view which shows roughly the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The top view which shows roughly the example of the state which opened one storage-chamber door in the refrigerator which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The top view which shows schematically the example of the state which opened the other storage chamber door in the refrigerator which concerns on 1st Embodiment. The top view which shows roughly the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. The top view which shows roughly the example of the state which opened one storage-chamber door in the refrigerator which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. The top view which shows the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 3rd Embodiment roughly (the 1). The top view which shows the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 3rd Embodiment roughly (the 2). The front view which shows schematically the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 4th Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments concerning a refrigerator will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in a plurality of embodiments, the substantially same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

(First embodiment)
The refrigerator 10 illustrated in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 includes a plurality of storage chambers inside a rectangular box-shaped heat-insulating box body 11 that forms the outer shell thereof. The heat insulating box 11 is an example of a refrigerator main body that constitutes the main body of the refrigerator 10, and has a structure in which a heat insulating material such as a vacuum heat insulating panel or urethane foam is provided between the inner box and the outer box. The heat-insulating box 11 is provided with a refrigerating chamber 12 that is maintained in a refrigerating temperature zone as a storage chamber that stores stored items such as foods. Although not shown in detail, the heat-insulating box 11 further includes, as a storage room, a vegetable room maintained in a refrigerating temperature zone, a freezing room maintained in a freezing temperature zone, a small freezing room, an ice making room, etc. Various storage rooms are provided.

  The refrigerator 10 also includes refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 that open and close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. The refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 are divided into a plurality of, in this case, two along the lateral direction of the heat insulation box body 11, in other words, the lateral direction of the refrigerating compartment 12, and by the so-called two-door double door type. It is configured. The refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 can be pivoted in the left and right directions as illustrated by an arrow R in FIG. 3 by pivot shafts 23 and 24 provided at both left and right ends of the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. Supported by. Although not shown in detail, the refrigerator 10 is provided with, for example, a drawer type or a double door type storage compartment door that opens and closes the front opening of each storage compartment other than the refrigerating compartment 12.

  In addition, the refrigerator 10 has an inner surface of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22, in this case, a surface that is the inside of the refrigerating compartment 12 when the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 block the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, It is provided with a plurality of door pockets 25. The door pocket 25 is provided in the shape of a box with an open upper surface, and can store stored items such as foods therein. Further, in the refrigerator 10, in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the chilled area 32, which will be described later, among the inner surfaces of the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22, that is, Door-less pocket portions 26 and 27 are provided in a portion facing a drawer container 41 described later. The doorless pocket portions 26 and 27 are portions where the door pocket 25 is not provided on the inner surfaces of the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22. In the closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, a space of a predetermined size is formed between the doorless pocket portions 26 and 27 and the chilled area 32. It

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, a refrigerating area 31 and a chilled area 32 are provided inside the refrigerating compartment 12. The refrigerating area 31 is an example of a first storage area and occupies most of the internal space of the refrigerating compartment 12. Further, the refrigerating area 31 forms a continuous space in the refrigerating compartment 12 along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box 11. That is, in the refrigerating area 31, members such as partitions extending in the vertical direction are not provided, and a continuous series of spaces along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box 11 is formed. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3, in the refrigerating area 31, in the closed state in which the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the boundary B1 between the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is laterally moved. It is provided so as to straddle. As illustrated in FIG. 1, a horizontally extending member such as a mounting shelf 31a that vertically partitions the refrigerating area 31 may be detachably attached to the refrigerating area 31.

  The chilled area 32 is an example of a second storage area, and is provided in the refrigerating compartment 12 at a portion other than the refrigerating area 31, in this case, a lower portion of the refrigerating area 31. In this case, the chilled area 32 forms a continuous space at the bottom of the internal space of the refrigerating compartment 12 along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box 11. That is, in the chilled area 32, members such as partitions extending in the vertical direction are not provided, and a continuous series of spaces along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box 11 is formed. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3, in the chilled area 32, when the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the boundary B1 between the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is laterally moved. It is provided so as to straddle.

  A drawer container 41 is provided inside the chilled area 32. The drawer container 41 is an example of a storage container capable of accommodating a stored product such as food, and in this case, it is configured as a rectangular box-shaped container having an open top surface. The drawer container 41 is housed inside the chilled area 32 so as to be able to be taken in and out along the front-rear direction of the heat insulating box body 11, in other words, the front-rear direction of the chilled area 32. Note that the drawer container 41 has a front wall formed lower than the side wall and the rear wall, so that even if the drawer container 41 is not drawn out from the chilled area 32, the storage container can be taken in and out from the front side of the drawer container 41. It is possible.

  In front of the chilled area 32, container doors 51 and 52 for opening and closing the front part of the drawer container 41 housed in the chilled area 32 are provided. A plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are provided along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box body 11, in other words, along the lateral direction of the refrigerating compartment 12, and in this case, two container doors 51 and 52 are provided corresponding to the two refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 described above. It is divided. That is, the refrigerator 10 has a configuration in which a plurality of, in this case, two container doors 51 and 52 are provided in the front portion of one drawer container 41.

  The container doors 51 and 52 are rotatably provided in the front part of the drawer container 41 housed in the chilled area 32. That is, on the upper part of the front part of the chilled area 32, there is provided one rotating shaft 53 that extends linearly along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box body 11, in other words, along the lateral direction of the chilled area 32. . The container doors 51 and 52 are provided so as to be rotatable in the up-down direction by this one common rotating shaft 53, as illustrated by an arrow K in FIG. The refrigerator 10 may be configured to separately include a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the container door 51 and a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the container door 52. Further, the container doors 51 and 52 may be provided so as to be rotatable in the left and right directions.

  In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the container doors 51 and 52 are viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. The boundary B1 between the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the refrigerating compartment door 22 is configured to almost or completely coincide with the boundary B2 between the container door 51 and the container door 52. That is, in the closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the boundary B1 between the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the boundary between the container door 51 and the container door 52. The B2 is configured to almost or completely overlap the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10.

  Further, the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are one refrigerating compartment door 21 when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. And one container door 51 face each other along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10, and one refrigerating compartment door 21 and another container door 52 do not face each other along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10. Has become. Further, the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are the other refrigerating compartment doors 22 when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 in the closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. And another container door 52 face each other along the front-back direction of the refrigerator 10, and the other refrigerating compartment door 22 and the one container door 51 do not face each other along the front-back direction of the refrigerator 10. Has become.

  Further, the refrigerator 10 has one refrigerating compartment door 21 and one container door when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. 51 is overlapped in the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10, and the other refrigerating compartment door 22 and the other container door 52 are overlapped in the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10. Further, the refrigerator 10 has one refrigerator door 21 and another refrigerator door 22 when viewed from the side of the refrigerator 10 in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12. Are overlapped in the left-right direction of the refrigerator 10, and the one container door 51 and the other container door 52 in the closed state are overlapped in the left-right direction of the refrigerator 10.

  In the refrigerator 10 configured in this way, as illustrated in FIG. 4, in the open state in which the one refrigerating compartment door 21 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the user can see from the front side of the refrigerator 10. One container door 51 can be opened through the front opening 13. Further, the other container door 52 corresponding to the other refrigerating compartment door 22 that is maintained in the closed state is maintained in the unopenable state. Further, in the refrigerator 10, as illustrated in FIG. 5, when the other refrigerating compartment door 22 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the user opens the front opening 13 from the front side of the refrigerator 10. The other container door 52 can be opened via. Further, the one container door 51 corresponding to the one refrigerating compartment door 21 that is maintained in the closed state is maintained in the unopenable state.

  According to the refrigerator 10 of the present embodiment, one drawer container 41 is housed in the chilled area 32 of the refrigerator compartment 12, and the container doors 51 and 52 for opening and closing the front portion of the drawer container 41 are the refrigerator compartments. A plurality of opening and closing front opening 13 of 12, in this case, in a manner similar to the two refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22, along the lateral direction of refrigerating compartment 12, corresponding to refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 in this case. And is divided into two. More specifically, in the refrigerator 10, in the closed state in which the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12 is closed by the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22, one refrigerating compartment door 21 and one container door 51 are arranged in the front-rear direction. The other refrigerating compartment doors 22 and the other container doors 52 are configured to face each other along the front-rear direction. Then, in the open state in which the one refrigerating compartment door 21 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the one refrigerating compartment door 22 becomes openable, while the other refrigerating compartment door 22 opens. In the open state in which the front opening 13 is opened, the other container door 52 can be opened.

  According to this configuration, the user can open and close the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the corresponding container door 51 without opening all of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22, thereby putting the stored items in and out of the drawer container 41. Further, by opening the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the container door 52 corresponding thereto, it is possible to take out and put in the stored matter with respect to the drawer container 41. As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, it is possible to take out and put in a stored item in the drawer container 41 even when any one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is kept closed. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the refrigerating chamber 12 when the stored items are taken in and out of the drawer container 41.

  Further, according to the refrigerator 10, in the refrigerating compartment 12, the refrigerating area 31 laterally crosses the boundary B1 between the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 in the closed state in which the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12 is closed. Are provided continuously. According to this configuration, the user can reach to the back side of the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 which are not opened by opening either one of the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22. Storage can be taken in and out over a wide area within 31. As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, the stored items can be put in and taken out from the refrigerating area 31 even when one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is closed. It is also possible to effectively suppress the temperature increase in the refrigerating chamber 12 when the stored items are taken in and out of the storage unit 31.

  Further, according to the refrigerator 10, the container doors 51 and 52 are rotatably provided in the front portion of the drawer container 41. According to this configuration, the user can easily open and close the container doors 51 and 52, and can smoothly take the stored items in and out of the drawer container 41. Further, since the stored items are smoothly taken in and out of the drawer container 41, the period during which the refrigerating compartment door 21 or the refrigerating compartment door 22 is open can be shortened, and the temperature rise in the refrigerating compartment 12 is further suppressed. can do.

  Further, according to the refrigerator 10, the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are rotatably provided by one common rotating shaft 53. According to this structure, the structure for rotatably providing the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 can be realized with a smaller number of parts.

  Further, according to the refrigerator 10, a plurality of container doors 51, 52 are provided at the front part of one drawer container 41 housed in the chilled area 32. According to this structure, the user can open and close the container door 51 without opening all of the plurality of container doors 51 and 52, and can take out and put in the stored matter with respect to the drawer container 41. By opening 52, the stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 41. As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, the stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 41 even when one of the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 is closed. It is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the chilled area 32 when the stored items are taken in and out, and consequently the temperature rise in the refrigerating compartment 12.

(Second embodiment)
As illustrated in FIG. 6, in the second embodiment, the refrigerator 10 includes a plurality of drawer containers 61 and 62 corresponding to the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 and the plurality of container doors 51 and 52. Has become. That is, in the refrigerator 10, in the closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening portion 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are provided in front of the plurality of drawer containers 61 and 62. A plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 are arranged.

  In addition, the drawer containers 61 and 62 have the drawer containers 61 and 62 when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. B3 is almost or completely coincident with the boundary B1 between the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the boundary B2 between the container door 51 and the container door 52. That is, in the refrigerator 10, in the closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the boundary B1 between the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the refrigerating compartment door 22, the container door 51 and the container door. A boundary B2 with 52 and a boundary B3 between the drawer container 61 and the drawer container 62 are configured to substantially or completely overlap each other along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10.

  Further, the refrigerator 10 has a portion on the inner surface of the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 with which the drawer containers 61 and 62 pulled out from the chilled area 32 can come into contact, in this case, the rotating shaft 23 of the doorless pocket portions 26 and 27. , 24 is provided with inclined surface portions 71 and 72. The inclined surface portions 71 and 72 are an example of a guide portion, and linearly extend from the portion of the doorless pocket portions 26 and 27 on the side of the rotating shafts 23 and 24 toward the side opposite to the side of the rotating shafts 23 and 24. It is an inclined flat surface. Further, the inclined surface portions 71, 72 are flat surface portions in which the rotary shafts 23, 24 side is cut deeper than the side opposite to the rotary shafts 23, 24 side. It should be noted that the inclined surface portions 71 and 72 are not limited to a flat surface shape, and may be formed in a curved surface shape, for example.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, when the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the container door 51 are opened and the drawer containers 61 corresponding to the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the container door 51 are pulled out from the chilled area 32, the refrigerating compartment When the rotation angle of the door 21 is relatively small, or at least when the rotation angle from the closed state is 90 degrees or less, the front end portion of the drawer container 61 that is pulled out may come into contact with the inclined surface portion 71. . Then, when the front end of the drawer container 61 abuts the inclined surface portion 71 and the user further draws the drawer container 61 to the front side, the front end portion of the drawer container 61 abutting the inclined surface portion 71 is inclined. It moves while sliding on the surface of the surface portion 71. Thereby, the force of pulling out the drawer container 61 acts in the direction of opening the refrigerating compartment door 21, and the refrigerating compartment door 21 can be opened while pulling out the drawer container 61.

  Although detailed description is omitted, even when the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the container door 52 are opened and the drawer containers 62 corresponding to the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the container door 52 are pulled out from the inside of the chilled area 32, they can be pulled out. When the front end portion of the drawer container 62 to be brought into contact with the inclined surface portion 72, the refrigerating compartment door 22 can be opened as the drawer container 62 is further pulled out.

  According to the refrigerator 10, the storage container provided in the chilled area 32 of the refrigerating compartment 12 is also divided in the same manner as the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 and the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 to provide a plurality of drawer containers. It is provided as 61 and 62. According to this configuration, the user can open and close the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the container door 51 corresponding thereto to take in and out the stored items from the drawer container 61, and also to the refrigerating compartment door 22 and this. By opening the corresponding container door 52, the stored items can be put in and taken out of the drawer container 62. As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, even if one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is kept closed, the stored item can be taken in and out of the drawer container 61 or the drawer container 62. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature increase in the refrigerating chamber 12 when the stored items are taken in and out of the drawer containers 61, 62.

  Further, according to the refrigerator 10, the stored items can be put in and taken out with the drawer containers 61, 62 being pulled out from the chilled area 32, and the stored items can be put in and taken out of the drawer containers 61, 62 more easily. it can.

  Further, the user can draw out the drawer container that wants to store the stored item among the plurality of drawer containers 61 and 62, while leaving the drawer container that does not need to be withdrawn in the chilled area 32. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the drawer containers 61 and 62 that do not need to be drawn.

  Further, according to the refrigerator 10, the doorless pocket portions 26 and 27, which are not provided with the door pocket 25, are provided on the inner surfaces of the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 facing the drawer containers 61 and 62. According to this configuration, when the drawer containers 61, 62 are pulled out from the chilled area 32, it is possible to prevent the drawn drawer containers 61, 62 from colliding with the door pocket 25, and thus the drawer containers 61, 62. Can be pulled out smoothly.

  Further, according to the refrigerator 10, the abutting drawer containers 61, 62 can be slidably moved to a portion of the inner surfaces of the refrigerating compartment doors 21, 22 with which the drawer containers 61, 62 drawn out from the chilled area 32 can abut. The inclined surface portions 71 and 72 for guiding to According to this configuration, the drawer containers 61 and 62 that are drawn out from the chilled area 32 and abut against the inclined surface portions 71 and 72 are further drawn to the front side, so that the force to draw out the drawer containers 61 and 62 is increased. It is possible to act as a force to open the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 through the inclined surface portions 71 and 72. Therefore, the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 can be opened by using the force of pulling out the drawer container 41.

(Third Embodiment)
As illustrated in FIG. 8, in the third embodiment, the refrigerator 10 includes a partition 81 between the plurality of drawer containers 61 and 62 housed in the chilled area 32. The partition portion 81 is a plate-shaped member that extends linearly in the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10 in a substantially central portion in the lateral direction of the chilled area 32. Further, the partition section 81 is located between the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10. That is, the partition 81 is arranged so as to almost or completely coincide with the boundary B2 between the container door 51 and the container door 52 when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10.

  According to the refrigerator 10, in the state where either one of the drawer containers 61 and 62 is pulled out from the chilled area 32, the partition portion 81 can suppress the outside air from flowing into the drawer container that is not pulled out. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the drawer containers 61 and 62 that do not need to be drawn.

  In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the refrigerator 10 may be configured to include not the plate-shaped partition 81 but a container-shaped partition 82 capable of storing a stored material. The partition part 82 is housed inside the chilled area 32 so as to be able to be taken in and out along the front-rear direction of the heat insulating box body 11, in other words, the front-rear direction of the chilled area 32. That is, the partition 82 is also a so-called drawer type container. When the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 are opened and the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are opened, the partition section 82 is ready to be pulled out to the front side of the refrigerator 10. . With this configuration, it is possible to store the stored item in the partition portion 82, and it is possible to increase the accommodable capacity of the stored item in the refrigerator 10 as a whole.

  Further, although not shown in detail, the refrigerator 10 may have a configuration in which the partition portion is provided inside the one drawer container 41 exemplified in the first embodiment. In this case, the partition part may be configured such that the position thereof can be adjusted in the lateral direction within the drawer container 41. Further, the partition portion provided inside one drawer container 41 may have a plate shape or a container shape.

(Fourth Embodiment)
As illustrated in FIG. 10, in the fourth embodiment, the chilled area 32 is divided into a plurality of pieces along the vertical direction of the heat insulating box body 11, and in this case, two divided storage areas 32A and 32B are provided. Have Of the plurality of divided storage areas 32A and 32B, the divided storage area 32A, which is one divided storage area, constitutes the lower stage of the chilled area 32. In this case, a water supply tank 91 that supplies water for ice making to the ice making chamber is housed in the divided storage area 32A. A drawer container 92 is housed in the divided storage area 32A. The water supply tank 91 and the drawer container 92 are accommodated side by side in the left-right direction inside the divided storage area 32A. Further, the divided storage area 32A may or may not be provided with a container door that opens and closes the front part of the drawer container 92 housed in the divided storage area 32A.

  On the other hand, among the plurality of divided storage areas 32A and 32B, the divided storage area 32B, which is another divided storage area, constitutes the upper stage of the chilled area 32. In this case, one drawer container 93 is accommodated in the divided storage area 32B. A plurality of, in this case, two container doors 94 and 95 are provided at the front of this one drawer container 93. A plurality of these container doors 94 and 95 are provided along the lateral direction of the refrigerating compartment 12, in this case, in the same manner as the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 that open and close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12. It is divided into two corresponding to 21 and 22. Further, the container doors 94 and 95 are rotatably provided in the up-down direction by one common rotation shaft 53.

  In the refrigerator 10, in the closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 close the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the one refrigerating compartment door 21 and the one container door 94 are mutually aligned in the front-rear direction. And the other refrigerator compartment door 22 and the other container door 95 face each other along the front-rear direction. Then, in the open state in which the one refrigerating compartment door 21 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the user can open the one container door 94 from the front side of the refrigerator 10 through the front opening 13. On the other hand, in the open state in which the other refrigerating compartment door 22 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, the user opens the other container door 95 through the front opening 13 from the front side of the refrigerator 10. It can be opened.

  Also with this configuration, the user can open and close the refrigerating compartment door 21 and the corresponding container door 94 without opening all of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 to put a storage item in and out of the drawer container 93. By opening the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the corresponding container door 95, the stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 93. As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, it is possible to take a stored item in and out of the drawer container 93 even when either one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is closed, and the drawer container is provided. It is possible to effectively suppress the temperature increase in the refrigerating chamber 12 when the stored items are taken in and out of the 93. The refrigerator 10 may have a configuration in which a plurality of drawer containers are divided and provided inside the divided storage area 32B corresponding to the refrigerator doors 21 and 22 and the container doors 94 and 95.

(Other embodiments)
The present embodiment is not limited to the above-described plurality of embodiments, and various modifications or expansions can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the plurality of embodiments described above may be appropriately combined and implemented. Further, the container door that opens and closes the front part of the storage container is not limited to the configuration that is provided so as to be rotatable, and may be provided so as to be slidable along the left-right direction or the up-down direction of the heat insulating box 11, for example. Further, the refrigerator 10 may have a configuration in which the container door is divided into a plurality of three or more. Further, the storage container is not limited to the pull-out type container, and may be a non-pull-out type container such as a fitting type. Further, the present embodiment can be applied to storage rooms other than the refrigerating room 12.

  Further, the refrigerator 10 may have a configuration in which the sizes of the plurality of storage chamber doors, in particular, the sizes of the refrigerator 10 in the left-right direction are different. In this case, the refrigerator 10 may be configured such that the sizes of the plurality of container doors, particularly, the size in the left-right direction of the refrigerator 10 are also changed according to the division mode of the storage chamber doors having different sizes. Further, in the refrigerator 10, in the open state in which the one storage chamber door opens the front opening, the one container door can be opened, and in the open state in which the other storage chamber door opens the front opening, Another container door may be opened.

  Although a plurality of embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. The present embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the scope equivalent thereto.

  In the drawings, 10 is a refrigerator, 11 is a heat-insulating box (refrigerator body), 12 is a refrigerating room (storage room), 13 is a front opening of the storage room, 21 and 22 are refrigerating room doors (storage room door), and 25 is Door pockets, 26 and 27 are non-door pockets, 31 is a refrigerating area (first storage area), 32 is a chilled area (second storage area), 32A and 32B are divided storage areas, 41, 61, 62, 92, Reference numeral 93 is a drawer container (storage container), 51, 52, 94 and 95 are container doors, 53 is a rotating shaft, 71 and 72 are inclined surface portions (guide portions), 81 and 82 are partition portions, and 91 is a water supply tank. .

Claims (10)

A storage room provided in the refrigerator body,
For opening and closing the front opening of the storage compartment, a plurality of storage compartment doors divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body,
A first storage area that is continuous in the storage chamber along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body;
A second storage area provided in a portion other than the first storage area in the storage chamber;
A storage container provided in the second storage area,
For opening and closing the front part of the storage container, a plurality of container doors divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body,
Equipped with
In a closed state in which the plurality of storage chamber doors close the front opening, one of the storage chamber doors and one of the container doors face each other in the front-rear direction, and another storage chamber door and another of the storage chamber doors. In addition to being configured to face the container door in the front-back direction,
The refrigerator in which one of the container doors can be opened in a state where the one of the storage chamber doors opens the front opening.   The said 1st storage area is provided so that the boundary of a some said storage chamber door may be crossed laterally in the closed state which the said some storage chamber door closed the said front-surface opening part. refrigerator.   The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the container door is rotatably or slidably provided at a front portion of the storage container.   The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of container doors are rotatably provided by a common rotation shaft.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a partitioning section between the plurality of container doors.   The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the partition part has a container shape capable of storing a stored material.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of the container doors are provided at a front portion of one of the storage containers. The second storage area has a plurality of divided storage areas divided along the vertical direction of the refrigerator body,
A water supply tank for ice making is provided in one of the divided storage areas,
The said one division | segmentation storage area is provided with one said storage container, and the some said container door is provided in the front part of this one storage container. refrigerator.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a doorless pocket portion having no door pocket is provided in a portion of the inner surface of the storage chamber door facing the storage container. The storage container is a drawer container that is housed in the second storage area so as to be able to be taken in and out along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator body,
10. The guide part for slidably guiding the contacted drawer container is provided at a portion of the inner surface of the storage chamber door where the drawer container pulled out from the second storage area can contact. The refrigerator according to claim 1.

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