JP2021143813A - Refrigerator and water supply tank - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a refrigerator comprising a water supply tank having good usability and excellent design.SOLUTION: A refrigerator comprises a water supply tank 30 for storing water to be supplied to an ice making tray, in a storage chamber. The water supply tank 30 comprises a container body 36 of which an upper surface is opened, and a lid body 38 for closing the upper surface of the container body 36. The container body 36 comprises a container wide part 37 provided on a front side, and a container narrow part 39 provided on a rear side of the container wide part 37, and narrower in a width direction than the container wide part 37.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to refrigerators and water tanks.

In a refrigerator equipped with an automatic ice making function, a water supply tank is installed in a refrigerator chamber, and the water in the water supply tank is supplied to an ice tray to make ice (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

In such a refrigerator, the water supply tank is often placed on the bottom surface of the refrigerator compartment and is provided at a conspicuous position in the refrigerator, but until now, the design of the water supply tank has not been considered.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-189193

An embodiment of the present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that is easy to use and has excellent design.

The refrigerator of one embodiment is a refrigerator provided in a storage chamber with a water supply tank for storing water for supplying water to an ice tray. The water supply tank has a container body having an open upper surface and a lid that closes the upper surface of the container body. The container body includes a body, and includes a container wide portion provided on the front side and a container narrow portion provided on the rear side of the container wide portion and narrower in the width direction than the container wide portion.

A vertical sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. Front view showing the main part of the refrigerator compartment of FIG. AA cross-sectional view of FIG. Perspective view of the water supply tank in which the lid is fixed to the container body by the fixing member. An exploded perspective view of the water supply tank Cross section of water supply tank BB sectional view of FIG. CC sectional view of FIG. Perspective view of the water supply tank in which the lid is released from the fixing member. Cross-sectional view of the water supply tank in which the lid is released from the fixing member

Hereinafter, the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present specification, the front, rear, and left and right of the water supply tank 30 are the front, rear, and left and right when the water supply tank 30 is stored in the tank chamber of the refrigerator compartment 6. The width direction of the water supply tank 30 is the left-right direction when the water supply tank 30 is stored in the tank chamber of the refrigerating chamber 6.

(1) Configuration of Refrigerator 1 As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 1 includes a refrigerator main body 2 that opens to the front. The refrigerator main body 2 is configured to have a heat insulating material such as a vacuum heat insulating material or a foam heat insulating material in a heat insulating space 5 formed between an outer box 3 made of a steel plate and an inner box 4 made of a synthetic resin. The refrigerator main body 2 is provided with a plurality of storage spaces inside the inner box 4. Specifically, a refrigerating room 6 and a vegetable room 7 are provided in order from the top, and an ice making room 8 and a small freezing room 8 are provided below the refrigerator body 2. (Not shown) are provided side by side, and a freezing chamber 10 is provided below them.

The refrigerating room 6 and the vegetable room 7 are both storage rooms that are cooled to a refrigerating temperature range (for example, 1 to 4 ° C.), and are partitioned above and below by a partition plate 11 made of synthetic resin. .. As shown in FIG. 2, the space partitioned vertically by the partition plate 11 and the lowermost shelf plate 12 is a refrigerator by a vertical partition wall 13 arranged close to one side wall (left side wall) of the refrigerator compartment 6. It is partitioned in the width direction. A water supply tank 30 and a water supply device 31 are provided in a space (hereinafter, also referred to as a tank room) sandwiched between the left side wall of the refrigerator compartment 6 and the vertical partition wall 13. The water supply tank 30 is housed at a predetermined position in the front-rear direction by a positioning portion (not shown) provided on the partition plate 11. A storage container 14 is stored in a space (hereinafter, also referred to as a chilled room) sandwiched between the vertical partition wall 13 and the other side wall (right side wall) of the refrigerator compartment 6. As shown in FIG. 2, the vertical partition wall 13 is arranged so as to be hidden behind the front portion of the storage container 14.

The ice making chamber 8, the small freezing chamber, and the freezing chamber 10 are all storage chambers that are cooled to a freezing temperature range (for example, −10 to −20 ° C.). In the ice making chamber 8, an ice making device 32 including an ice making tray 33 and an ice removing mechanism 34, and an ice storage box 9 for storing ice produced by the ice making device 32 are installed. The ice making device 32 constitutes an automatic ice making device together with the water supply tank 30 and the water supply device 31 provided in the refrigerating chamber 6, and the water of the water supply tank 30 sucked up by the water supply device 31 is supplied to the ice tray 33. ing.

A refrigerating cooler 20 for cooling the storage chamber in the refrigerating temperature zone is provided in the inner part of the storage chamber (refrigerating chamber 6 and the vegetable compartment 7) in the refrigerating temperature zone of the refrigerator main body 2. Above the refrigerating cooler 20, a refrigerating fan 21 for blowing the cold air generated by the refrigerating cooler 20 into the refrigerating space is provided.

A refrigerating cooler 22 for cooling the storage chamber in the freezing temperature zone is provided in the inner part of the storage chamber (ice making chamber 8, small freezing chamber, freezing chamber 10) in the freezing temperature zone of the refrigerator main body 2. Above the freezing cooler 22, a freezing fan 23 that blows the cold air generated by the freezing cooler 22 into the refrigerating space is provided.

The refrigerating cooler 20 and the refrigerating cooler 22 form a refrigerating cycle together with the compressor 25 and the condenser housed in the machine room 24 formed in the lower part of the back surface of the refrigerator main body 2, and are composed of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 25. Be cooled.

(2) Storage container 14
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the storage container 14 housed in the chilled chamber sandwiched between the vertical partition wall 13 and the right wall of the refrigerating chamber 6 has an upper surface including a front wall 14a, a rear wall, left and right side walls, and a bottom surface. It is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped container that opens in.

At the upper end of the front wall 14a, a container projecting portion 15 projecting forward and upward of the front wall 14a is provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the container protruding portion 15 is a container front portion 16 provided in front of the front wall 14a of the storage container 14 at intervals, and a left-right direction connecting the container front portion 16 and the front wall 14a. The container front portion 16 and the side surface portion 18 for connecting the left and right side portions of the connecting portion 17 and the front wall 14a are provided.

The connecting portion 17 projects substantially horizontally from the upper portion of the front wall 14a to the front and is connected to the lower portion of the container front portion 16. Below the connecting portion 17, a container handling portion 19 that opens downward is formed between the container front portion 16 and the front wall 14a. The container handle 19 functions as a handle when the user's finger is inserted from below and the storage container 14 is taken in and out.

The container front portion 16 is provided in the left-right direction over the entire width of the storage container 14, and closes the gap formed between the shelf plate 12 and the front end of the upper surface opening of the storage container 14 from the front. At the upper end of the container front portion 16, a container inclined portion 16d that inclines rearward as it goes upward is formed.

At the lower end of the container front portion 16, a band-shaped second emphasis portion 16a extending in the left-right direction is provided with a constant vertical dimension. The second emphasized portion 16a is a region that is visually distinguishable from other portions of the container front portion 16, and is, for example, a region in which the material, color, pattern, member thickness, and the like are different. The second emphasized portion 74a is preferably a portion having a lower transparency than other portions due to coloring, surface treatment, metal deposition, or the like.

(3) Water supply tank 30
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, the water supply tank 30 includes a container body 36 that opens on the upper surface and a lid 38 that closes the upper surface opening of the container body 36. The water supply tank 30 stores water (ice making water) for supplying water to the ice tray 33 via the water supply device 31 in the container main body 36, and prevents the ice making water from spilling from the container main body 36 by the lid 38.

The container body 36 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped synthetic resin container in which the distance between the front wall 36a and the rear wall 36b is large compared to the distance between the left and right side walls 36c and is long in the front-rear direction. The container body 36 includes a container wide portion 37 provided on the front side of the container body 36 and a container narrow portion 39 provided on the rear side of the container wide portion 37.

The container wide portion 37 is a portion partitioned by the front portion of the front wall 36a and the left and right side wall 36c. A constricted portion 37a that becomes narrower toward the rear is formed at the rear portion of the container wide portion 37, and a container narrow portion 39 is provided at the rear end of the constricted portion 37a. The container narrow portion 39 is a portion partitioned by left and right side walls 36c extending rearward from the rear end of the constricted portion 37a and a rear wall 36b, and is narrower in the left-right direction (width direction) than the container wide portion 37.

Further, the container body 36 has a front protruding portion 40 provided over substantially the entire width of the front wall 36a so as to project forward and upward from the upper end portion of the front wall 36a, and a container locking portion provided on the left and right side walls 36c. 42 and a container flange portion 44 projecting outward from the peripheral edge portion of the upper surface opening (see FIGS. 5 and 7).

The front projecting portion 40 is provided at the tank front portion 46 provided in front of the front wall 36a at intervals, the side surface portions 47 provided at the left and right ends of the tank front portion 46, and the upper end of the tank front portion 46. The upper surface portion 48 and the back surface portion 41 projecting upward from the front wall 36a of the container body 36 are provided, the lower portion of the side surface portion 47 is connected to both upper end portions of the container body 36, and the upper portion and the upper surface portion 48 of the side surface portion 47. Is connected to the back surface portion 41.

The front projecting portion 40 is formed with a tank handle portion 49 that opens downward between the tank front portion 46 and the front wall 36a (see FIG. 6). The tank handle 49 functions as a handle when the user's finger is inserted from below and the water supply tank 30 is pulled out.

The tank front portion 46 is inclined rearward as it goes upward, and the inclination angle thereof is substantially the same as the container front portion 16 constituting the front portion of the storage container 14 as shown in FIG. ing. In the present embodiment, the tank front portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the container front portion 16 of the storage container 14 are slightly inclined rearward from the vertical direction toward the upper side.

It is preferable that the tank front portion 46 is provided to be thicker toward the upper side. Further, the front and back surfaces of the tank front portion 46 are slightly inclined rearward from the vertical direction toward the upper side, and the angle of the back surface of the tank front portion 46 with respect to the vertical direction is the angle of the back surface of the tank front portion 46 with respect to the vertical direction. It is preferable that the angle is set larger than the angle.

The tank front portion 46 is provided in the left-right direction over the entire width of the front wall 36a, and is provided in the vertical direction from the same height as the lower end of the container front portion 16 of the storage container 14 to the same height as the upper end of the container front portion 16. .. In the present embodiment, a tank inclined portion 46d that inclines rearward toward the upper end of the tank front portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 is formed substantially parallel to the same height as the container inclined portion 16d.

At the lower end of the tank front portion 46, a band-shaped first emphasis portion 46a extending in the left-right direction is provided with a constant vertical dimension. The first emphasis portion 46a is a region that is visually distinguishable from other portions of the tank front portion 46, and is, for example, a region in which the material, color, pattern, member thickness, and the like are different. The first emphasized portion 46a is preferably a portion having a lower transparency than other portions due to coloring, surface treatment, metal deposition, or the like.

The lower end 46b of the first emphasis portion 46a is located at the lower end of the tank front portion 46 and is located at the same height as the lower end 16b of the second emphasis portion 16a of the storage container 14 housed in the chilled chamber. Further, the upper end 46c of the first emphasis portion 46a is located at the same height as the upper end 16c of the second emphasis portion 16a of the storage container 14 housed in the chilled chamber.

The upper surface portion 48 of the front protruding portion 40 has an inclined surface that inclines so as to decrease from the upper end of the tank front portion 46 toward the rear, and the rear end 48a of the upper surface portion 48 is connected to the upper end of the back surface portion 41. .. The back surface portion 41 has an inclined surface that is slightly inclined forward from the vertical direction toward the upper side from the front end of the upper surface opening of the container body 36.
The upper surface portion 48 of the front protruding portion 40 may be an inclined surface that is curved so that the inclination angle with respect to the horizontal direction gradually decreases from the upper end of the tank front portion 46 toward the rear. Further, it is preferable that the front protruding portion 40 has a tapered shape in which the dimension in the width direction of the tank front portion 46 becomes smaller toward the upper side.

The container flange portion 44 is a portion that protrudes outward from the peripheral edge portion of the upper surface opening of the container body 36. The container flange portion 44 is provided at the upper end of the front wall 36a, the left and right side walls 36c, and the rear wall 36b, and is provided on the entire circumference of the upper surface opening of the container body 36.

The container flange portion 44 projecting laterally from the upper ends of the left and right side wall 36c behind the constricted portion 37a is provided with a notch 44a recessed inward in the width direction so that the amount of protrusion from the side wall 36c is small. ing. A container locking portion 42 projecting downward is provided at the edge of the notch 44a along the side wall 36c.

The lid body 38 is a synthetic resin molded body including a lid main body 50 that covers the upper surface opening of the container main body 36, and fixing members 51 provided at the left and right side ends of the lid main body 50.

The lid body 50 includes a wide lid portion 52 provided on the front side of the lid main body 50, a narrow lid width portion 53 provided on the rear side of the wide lid portion 52, and a lid flange portion provided on the narrow lid portion 53. 54 is provided. The wide lid portion 52 is provided with substantially the same length in the width direction as the wide container portion 37 of the container body 36, and covers the upper surface of the wide container portion 37. The lid narrow portion 53 is provided with substantially the same length in the width direction as the container narrow portion 39 of the container main body 36, and covers the upper surface of the container narrow portion 39 of the container main body 36.

The lid flange portion 54 is a portion that protrudes outward from the left and right side surfaces of the lid narrow portion 53 and the lower end portion of the back surface, and a mounting recess 55 recessed inward in the width direction is formed on the side of the lid narrow portion 53. Has been done. A fixing member 51 is provided in the mounting recess 55.

Further, hanging walls 56 and 57 extending downward are provided on the lower surface of the lid flange portion 54. The hanging wall 56 is provided inside the hanging wall 57 at intervals, and extends downward longer than the hanging wall 57.

In the lid body 50, the upper ends of the left and right side walls 36c and the rear wall 36b of the container body 36 are fitted between the hanging walls 56 and 57, and the front surface 52a of the wide lid portion 52 is fitted to the upper end of the front wall 36a of the container body 36. By closely contacting the container body 36, the upper surface opening of the container body 36 is closed so that the rear end portion 52c of the lid wide portion 52 overlaps the rear end portion of the container wide portion 37 (that is, the tip end portion of the constricted portion 37a) in the vertical direction. ..

When the lid body 50 closes the upper surface opening of the container body 36, the wide lid portion 52 and the narrow lid width portion 53 project upward from the upper surface opening of the container body 36, and the front surface 52a of the wide lid portion 52 protrudes forward 40. Facing the back surface portion 41 of the above. At that time, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper surface front end 52b of the lid wide portion 52 constituting the upper surface front end of the lid 38 is located at the same height as the rear end 48a of the upper surface portion 48 of the front protruding portion 40. Is preferable. Further, it is preferable that the length in the width direction at the rear end of the front protruding portion 40 of the container body 36 is the same as the length in the width direction at the front end of the container wide portion 37 and the front end of the lid wide portion 52.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 7, the fixing member 51 is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 58 extending in the front-rear direction provided in the mounting recess 55 of the lid flange portion 54, and the lid width is narrowed. It is arranged on the side of 53. The fixing member 51 is provided with a lid locking portion 59 projecting below the rotation shaft 58 toward the left and right side walls 36c, and an operating portion 60 further below the lid locking portion 59.

The outer surface of the fixing member 51 may be provided with an outer ridge 61 projecting outward in the width direction along the front-rear direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the lid locking portions 59 may be provided at a plurality of locations (provided at two locations in the present embodiment) at intervals in the front-rear direction, and the lid locking portions 59 may be provided between the lid locking portions 59 at the plurality of locations. An inner ridge 62 extending in the front-rear direction may be provided. When the inner ridge 62 is provided, it is preferable that the inner ridge 62 is connected to the lid locking portion 59.

Such outer ridges 61 and inner ridges 62 reinforce the fixing member 51 and hold the water supply tank 30 from above in a state where the fixing member 51 is locked with the container locking portion 42 of the container body 36. The outer ridge 61 functions as a non-slip when the lid 38 is removed from the container body 36 in a state where the fixing member 51 and the container locking portion 42 of the container body 36 are disengaged. 62 functions as a non-slip.

In the fixing member 51, the user rotates the operation portion 60 so as to approach the side wall 36c, so that the lid locking portion 59 is locked to the container locking portion 42 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7. The lid 38 is fixed to the container body 36. In the state where the lid locking portion 59 is locked to the container locking portion 42 in this way, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the fixing member 51 is behind the container wide portion 37 and the container narrow portion 39. It is preferably located laterally so that the outer surface of the fixing member 51 overlaps the outer surface of the container wide portion 37 in the front-rear direction, or is located inside the container body 36 in the width direction from the outer surface of the container wide portion 37. .. That is, it is preferable that the fixing member 51 is arranged behind the container wide portion 37 without protruding outward in the width direction from the container wide portion 37.

Further, when disengaging the lid locking portion 59 of the fixing member 51 from the container locking portion 42, the lid locking portion is formed by rotating the operating portion 60 so that the user is separated from the side wall 36c. 59 is disengaged from the container locking portion 42, and the lid 38 is released from being fixed to the container body 36.

In the present embodiment, after the lid locking portion 59 is disengaged from the container locking portion 42, the operating portion 60 is moved upward so as to approach the side surface of the lid width narrowing portion 53 as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. When rotated, the fixing member 51 is arranged behind the wide lid portion 52 and laterally to the narrow lid width portion 53. At that time, it is preferable that the fixing member 51 is arranged behind the wide lid portion 52 without protruding outward in the width direction from the wide lid portion 52.

When such a water supply tank 30 is stored in a tank chamber sandwiched between the left side wall of the refrigerator compartment 6 and the vertical partition wall 13 as shown in FIG. 2, it is stored in the front portion of the water supply tank 30 and the chilled chamber. The front surface of the storage container 14 overlaps in the left-right direction (refrigerator width direction).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, when the water supply tank 30 and the storage container 14 are stored in the tank chamber and the chilled chamber, respectively, the front and rear of the tank front portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the container front portion 16 of the storage container 14. The directional positions match, and the front-rear positions of the first emphasized portion 46a provided on the tank front portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the second emphasized portion 16aa provided on the container front portion 16 of the storage container 14 match. ..

Since the tank front portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 has substantially the same inclination angle as the container front portion 16 of the storage container 14, the tank front portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 is provided in the storage container 14 in the chilled chamber. It overlaps with the front portion 16 of the container in the left-right direction.

Further, the lower end 46b and the upper end 46c of the first emphasis portion 46a provided in the water supply tank 30 are provided so as to coincide with the lower end 16b and the upper end 16c of the second emphasis portion 16a provided in the storage container 14 in the height direction. Therefore, the first emphasized portion 46a overlaps with the second emphasized portion 16a in the left-right direction to form a continuous pattern continuous in the left-right direction.

(4) Effect In the above embodiment, the container body 36 of the water supply tank 30 has a container wide portion 37 provided on the front side and a container narrow portion 39 provided on the rear side of the container wide portion 37. To be equipped with. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the container body 36 from the front, and even when the water is stored in the water supply tank 30, the water supply tank 30 can be easily held horizontally, and the stored water can be stored in the tank chamber without spilling. The water supply tank 30 can be stored. Moreover, when the water supply tank 30 is stored in the tank chamber, the narrow container portion 39 is hidden behind the wide container portion 37 and becomes inconspicuous from the front, so that the design of the refrigerator can be improved.

Further, when the lid locking portion 59 of the fixing member 51 locks with the container locking portion 42 behind the container wide portion 37 as in the present embodiment, when the water supply tank 30 is stored in the tank chamber, the fixing member 51 becomes a container. It is hidden behind the wide portion 37 and becomes inconspicuous from the front, so that the design of the container can be improved.

Further, when the fixing member 51 is provided on the side of the lid narrow portion 53 provided on the rear side of the lid wide portion 52 as in the present embodiment, the fixing member 51 greatly protrudes from the side surface of the lid body 38. The appearance can be made clean without any problem, and the design of the water supply tank 30 can be improved. In particular, when the rear end of the container wide portion 37 and the rear end of the lid wide portion 52 overlap in the vertical direction in a state where the lid 38 closes the upper surface opening of the container body 36, the container body 36 and the lid 38 The sense of unity is increased, and the design of the water supply tank 30 can be further improved.

Further, when the container body 36 is provided with a front protruding portion 40 projecting upward in front of the lid 38, when the water supply tank 30 is stored in the tank chamber, the lid 38 is hidden behind the front protruding portion 40 and is inconspicuous from the front. Therefore, the design of the refrigerator can be improved.

Further, when the lid body 38 closes the upper surface opening of the container body 36, the upper surface front end 52b of the lid wide portion 52 is located at the same height as the rear end 48a of the upper surface portion 48 of the front protruding portion 40. The sense of unity between the container body 36 and the lid 38 is increased, and the design of the water supply tank 30 can be further improved.

Further, when the width direction length at the front end of the container wide portion 37 is the same as the width direction length at the rear end of the front protruding portion 40 of the container body 36, the sense of unity between the container body 36 and the lid 38 is increased. The design of the water supply tank 30 can be further improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the tank front portion 46 constituting the front portion of the water supply tank 30 overlaps the container front portion 16 constituting the front portion of the storage container 14 in the left-right direction, the water supply tank 30 and the storage container 14 The design is unified and the design of the refrigerator can be improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the first emphasis portion 46a provided on the tank front portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the second emphasis portion 74a provided on the container front portion 74 of the storage container 14 overlap in the left-right direction. , A continuous pattern continuous in the left-right direction is formed, the sense of unity in the design of the water supply tank 30 and the storage container 14 is emphasized, and the design of the refrigerator can be further improved.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, as well as in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 ... refrigerator, 6 ... refrigerating room, 11 ... partition plate, 12 ... shelf board, 14 ... storage container, 30 ... water supply tank, 36 ... container body, 36a ... front wall, 36b ... rear wall, 36c ... side wall, 37 ... Wide container, 37a ... Constriction, 38 ... Lid, 39 ... Narrow container, 40 ... Front protrusion, 41 ... Back, 42 ... Container locking, 44 ... Flange, 46 ... Tank front, 50 ... lid body, 51 ... fixing member, 52 ... wide lid part, 55 ... mounting recess, 56 ... hanging wall, 57 ... hanging wall, 58 ... rotating shaft, 59 ... lid locking part, 60 ... operation part

Claims (11)

In a refrigerator equipped with a water supply tank in the storage room that stores water for supplying water to the ice tray.
The water supply tank includes a container body having an open upper surface and a lid body that closes the upper surface of the container body.
The container body is a refrigerator having a wide container portion provided on the front side and a narrow container portion provided on the rear side of the wide container portion and narrower in the width direction than the wide container portion. The first aspect of claim 1, further comprising a container locking portion provided on the side surface of the container narrow portion and a fixing member provided on the lid and locking to the container locking portion behind the container wide portion. refrigerator When the fixing member is locked to the container locking portion, the outer surface of the fixing member overlaps the outer surface of the container wide portion in the front-rear direction, or the container body is formed from the outer surface of the container wide portion. The refrigerator according to claim 2, which is located inside in the width direction of the container. The lid body includes a wide lid portion provided on the front side and a narrow lid width portion provided on the rear side of the wide lid portion and narrower in the width direction than the wide portion of the lid, and the side of the narrow lid width portion. The refrigerator according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the fixing member is provided on the side. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the rear end of the wide container portion and the rear end of the wide lid portion overlap in the vertical direction. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the fixing member includes a ridge extending in the front-rear direction on a surface facing the side surface of the container body. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the container body includes a front protruding portion that protrudes upward in front of the lid body. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein the front end of the upper surface of the lid and the rear end of the upper surface of the front protrusion are located at the same height. The front protrusion includes a tank front portion provided at a distance in front of the front wall of the container body.
The refrigerator according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the front portion of the tank is provided thicker toward the upper side. The front surface and the back surface of the tank front portion are inclined rearward as they go upward.
The refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein the angle of the back surface of the tank front portion with respect to the vertical direction is larger than the angle of the front surface of the tank front portion with respect to the vertical direction. In a water supply tank having a container body having an open upper surface and a lid body that closes the upper surface of the container body and storing water for supplying water to an ice tray.
The container body is a water supply tank including a wide container portion provided on the front side and a narrow container portion provided on the rear side of the wide container portion and narrower in the width direction than the wide container portion.

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