JP2660109B2 - Crisp cover in the vegetable room of the refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[Object of the Invention]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a so-called drawer-type vegetable container is provided inside a vegetable room, and the upper surface of the Crispa is sealed with a crisp cover.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to reduce the drying of vegetables stored in a vegetable room, a crisp cover is provided on the upper surface of the crispers stored in the vegetable room. In addition, refrigerators have recently been increasing in size, and Chrispa has also increased in size.

Accordingly, the crisp cover for sealing the crisp cover becomes large in size, so that a central portion in the width direction of the crisp cover formed of synthetic resin hangs downward, and a phenomenon occurs in which the crisp cover comes into contact with an upper portion of the crisp cover. .

Therefore, in order to prevent the central portion of the crisp cover from sagging in the width direction, the following prevention structure has been started.

In order to improve the rigidity of the synthetic resin crisp cover, a reinforcing member made of metal or the like is attached to the back surface of the crisp cover.

[0007] A claw portion is protrudingly provided at the front of the upper surface of the crisp cover, and a hook portion which engages with the claw portion is hung on the ceiling surface of the vegetable compartment. Then, the central portion of the crisp cover is lifted by a hook portion to prevent it from sagging (Japanese Utility Model Showa 61-4).
No. 204).

[0008]

In the case of the structure described above, it is necessary to add a reinforcing member to the crisp cover, so that the cost is increased and the workability is deteriorated.

With the structure shown in FIG. 4, when the mounting dimensions of the claw portion 128 and the hook portion 140 vary, as shown in FIG. In such a case, the hook 140 raises the crisp cover 124 more than necessary, and there is a problem that the sealing portion between both ends of the crisp cover 124 and the crisp 122 becomes defective.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention is to provide a structure for suppressing the drop of the crisp cover while keeping the cost low and maintaining the sealing property between the crisp cover and the crisp cover.

[Structure of the Invention]

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a refrigerator in which a drawer-type rispa is provided inside a vegetable compartment and the upper surface of the rispa is sealed by a crisp cover. The hanging part which engages with the claw part is hung down on the ceiling surface of the vegetable room, and when the claw part and the hook part are engaged, a slight vertical movement is made between the claw part and the hook part. A gap is formed.

[0013]

[Operation] The hook of the crisper provided on the front portion of the crisp cover and the hooking portion can prevent the crisp cover from hanging down. Further, since a vertical gap is provided between the hook portion and the claw portion, the hook portion does not unnecessarily raise the crisp cover even if the mounting dimension is somewhat loose.

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a main body of the refrigerator.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a vegetable room provided at the bottom of the main body 10. The ceiling section 14 of the vegetable compartment 12 insulates from the freezing compartment 16 in the upper section of the vegetable compartment 12 with heat insulation. The ceiling portion 14 is formed by a bottom plate 30, an upper lid 32, and a front wall 34 made of synthetic resin. And bottom plate 3
The space between the upper cover 32 and the upper cover 32 is filled with a heat insulating material 36 which is a hard polystyrene foam.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a vegetable compartment door of the vegetable compartment 12.
The vegetable compartment door 18 is drawn forward by a pair of movable rails 20 projecting horizontally from the rear surface of the vegetable compartment door 18 and supported by fixed rails 21 fixed to both inner side walls of the vegetable compartment 12. It is possible.

Reference numeral 22 designates a synthetic resin crisper provided between the pair of movable rails 20. The Chrispa 22 pulls the vegetable compartment door 18 forward,
It is pulled out of the vegetable compartment 12 while being placed on the movable rail 20. The upper end of the crisp 22 has four flanges.
3 are provided.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a crisp cover for reducing the dehydration reaction of the vegetables contained in the crisp 22. This crisp cover is bent down on both sides,
A packing 25 is provided on the front end. The both sides are fitted with the flanges 23 of the crisppers 22, and the packing 25 is in close contact with the front wall of the crispers 22 to seal the crispers 22. This crisp cover
24 is provided in parallel along the ceiling part 14 of the vegetable room 12. The movement of the crisp cover 24 in the front-rear direction is restricted, so that even if the crisp cover 22 is pulled forward, the crisp cover 24 is not drawn forward together with the crisp cover 22.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a slide-type switching lever 26 provided at the front center of the crisp cover 24. The switching lever 26 can open and close the cool air introduction hole 27 of the crisp cover 24 by sliding the switching lever 26 right and left. In this way, when vegetables are stored in the crispper 22, the cold air introduction hole 27 is closed by the switching lever 26, and the inside of the crispper 22 is completely sealed. When storing beer or the like other than vegetables in the crispper 22, the switching lever 26 is moved to open the cool air introduction hole 27 so that the cooled air can easily enter the inside of the crispper 22.

Next, a structure for preventing the central portion of the crisp cover 24 from hanging down will be described.

On both sides of the switching lever 26 of the crisp cover 24, that is, on both sides of the front edge of the crisp cover 24, claw portions 28 are protruded. The claw portion 28 has an L-shaped cross section that projects perpendicularly from the upper surface of the crisp cover 24 and then bends backward.

At the position of the bottom plate 30 of the ceiling portion 14 and the heat insulating material 36 opposite to the pair of claws 28, a screw 4 is provided.
A concave portion 44 is formed so that 2 can be immersed, and a through hole 38 is further provided continuously.

A hook portion 40 made of synthetic resin is inserted into the through hole 38 from the bottom plate 30. This hook part 4
Numeral 0 is formed by an upper boss 40a and a lower hook 40b. The hooking piece 40b has a plate-like piece provided on the lower surface from the boss 40a, and has a structure in which the front part of the piece is bent downward, and then the tip part is continuously bent forward. Then, the boss 40a is inserted into the through hole 38 from below, and the special washer screw 42 is inserted from above the heat insulating material 36.
Fix with.

Next, the positional relationship between the hook 40 and the claw 28 will be described.

The tip of the hooking piece 40b is fitted below the claw portion 28 and is engaged while maintaining a gap vertically and horizontally. This vertical gap is indicated by A in FIG. A gap is also formed between the upper surface of the claw 28 and the bottom plate 30. This gap is B in FIG. In addition, the hook piece 40b has a larger planar shape than the nail section 28, so that the hook piece 40b is not disengaged from the hook piece 40b even if the nail section 28 moves slightly to the left or right. As a result, the crisp cover 24 can move up, down, left, and right with respect to the ceiling 14.

[0027] With the crisp cover 24 having the above structure,
The hook portion 40 and the claw portion 28 can prevent the central portion of the crisp cover 24 from hanging down, and can maintain the sealing property between the crisp cover 22 and the crisp cover 24.

Further, since a space is provided in the hooking portion 40 and the crisp cover 24 can move up, down, left and right, both sides of the crisp cover 24 are lifted from the crisp 22 due to a change in mounting dimensions and the like. No.

Further, since the hook portion 40 and the screw 42 are fixed with the bottom plate 30 interposed therebetween, the bottom plate 3
0 does not hang down. This allows the crisp cover
24, the opening / closing force of the vegetable compartment door 18 does not increase.

In the above embodiment, the hook portion 40 is provided separately from the ceiling portion 14. Alternatively, the hook plate may be formed by notching the bottom plate 30 of the ceiling portion 14 downward.
In addition, the hook portion 40 and the claw portion 28 are provided as a pair on the left and right.

[0031]

As described above, the present invention provides a crisp cover
The center portion of the cover does not hang down, and the crisp cover can move up and down, so that the crisp cover can always seal the crisp cover even if the mounting dimensions slightly vary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a lower part of a refrigerator showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of a main part of the lower part of the refrigerator.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a crispa and a crispa cover.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional vegetable compartment viewed from the front.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Body 12 Vegetable room 14 Ceiling 18 Vegetable room door 22 Crispa 24 Crispa cover 28 Claw 30 Bottom plate 36 Insulation material 40 Hook 40 a ... Boss 40b ... Hook piece 42 ... Screw 44 ... Recess

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A drawer-type rispa is provided inside a vegetable compartment, and the upper surface of the rispa is sealed by a crisp cover.
When a claw is projected from the top of the crisp cover in the refrigerator to be hooked, and a hook that engages with the claw hangs down on the ceiling surface of the vegetable compartment, and the claw and the hook engage. A crisp cover in a refrigerator vegetable room, wherein a slight gap is formed in the vertical direction between the claw portion and the hook portion.