JP2796363B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an in-shelf shelf device of a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a shelf space size of an in-shelf shelf that is variable to improve food storage. The present invention relates to a refrigerator shelf device.

[Conventional technology]

The conventional apparatus uses a plurality of shelves for installing shelves, which are formed on both side walls of the inner box in advance, in order to change the spacing between the shelves in the chamber as shown in FIG. The position of the shelf in the refrigerator was appropriately changed in accordance with the size of.

Related devices of this type include, for example,
No. 54-138061.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned prior art, since the inside shelf forming grooves are formed on both side walls of the inner box forming the inside of the box, the cleaning is troublesome.

Further, although the inner box is made of plastic molded by vacuum forming, a groove for installing the inner shelf must be formed in advance, and thus there is a problem in productivity in terms of inner box moldability.

Furthermore, the internal shelf device groove itself or the use form of the interior using the same was not good in appearance, and there was also a problem in insight.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems in the above-described conventional technology, and it is possible to improve the storage performance by changing the shelf spacing in the refrigerator, improve the cleaning performance in the refrigerator, and improve the inner box. It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator internal shelf device that has good moldability and excellent insight.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a plurality of shelves arranged in a refrigerator, and a pair of walls on both sides of the refrigerator inner wall, and a vertical interval between the refrigerators. In a refrigerator provided with a plurality of shelves with shelves provided therein, each of the shelves has a first projection provided on a front side of a side wall of the inner wall, and A second projection provided on the rear side of the refrigerator of the first projection and having a width in the front-rear direction larger than the width in the vertical direction, wherein the shelf in the refrigerator is provided at an end of the shelf surface; On the other hand, an outer peripheral wall formed shallow on one side and deeper on the other side, and first and second grooves formed on the outer peripheral wall to engage with the first and second projections, respectively, and accommodate them. Wherein the second groove has a portion formed substantially parallel to the shelf surface, and the first groove is And it is formed to form a longitudinal groove which is open in the upward direction of the refrigerator with respect to a shelf plane, a pair and the longitudinal groove which is open in the downward direction.

[Action]

 The functions of the above technical means are as follows.

That is, since the inside shelf can be set upside down on the inside shelf holding means provided as a pair on both side wall surfaces of the inner box, the front and back surfaces of the shelf surface can be used. In addition, the shelf holding means has a shape protruding from the wall surface of the inner box, and is buried inside the outer peripheral wall of the shelf when the shelf is installed, so that the shelf cannot be seen from the outside. With this configuration, the interior of the refrigerator is easily cleaned, and the insight and the productivity of forming the inner box are improved.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the interior of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cross section of a main part of the shelf apparatus in FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the state set in the direction of the shelf of a figure, (a) is sectional drawing, (b) is a side view,
FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the shelf in the refrigerator is set upside down with respect to FIG. 3, (a) is a sectional view, (b) is a side view, and FIG.
The figure is a composite diagram of FIG. 3 and FIG.

1 is a refrigerator main body having a freezer compartment 2, a refrigerator 3, a bolt compartment 4, and a vegetable compartment 5. Reference numeral 6 denotes an inner box forming each of the chambers, which is made of plastic formed by vacuum forming. Reference numeral 7 denotes a shelf in the refrigerator installed in the refrigerator compartment 3, which is installed at a plurality of intervals at intervals.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the inner shelf 7 has an outer peripheral wall formed on the entire upper and lower sides (both sides), and the outer peripheral wall is shallow on one side with respect to the food placing surface 11. The other side (the side visible in FIG. 2) is formed deep. On both side surfaces, a groove 7a relating to a concave portion which engages with a protruding means of an in-compartment shelf holding means, which will be described later, is provided with a notch 7b, 7b 'at the front.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a shelf holding device according to the shelf holding means, which is provided on both side wall surfaces of the inner box 6 and has a rear portion provided with a projection which is fitted to the groove 7a of the shelf 7 at the rear. The raised portion 8a has a positioning holder 8b at a position corresponding to the cutout portion 7b of the shelf 7 in the front thereof.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which one side surface (front side surface) of the shelf 7 is attached to the shelf holding device 8, and ribs of a groove 7 a at a rear portion are provided on both sides of the shelf 7. The surface 10 and the upper surface 12 of the raised portion 8a provided on both side walls of the inner box 6 are in contact with each other, and the notches 7b on both sides of the inner shelf 7 are engaged with the holders 8b, The shelf 7 is mounted at a predetermined position while the food placing surface 11 of the shelf 7 is kept horizontal. At this time, the positional relationship between the in-shelf shelf 7 and the in-shelf shelf holding device 8 is determined by the upper surface 12 of the protrusion 8a of the in-shelf shelf holding device 8 and the plate of the food placing surface 11 of the in-shelf shelf 7. above for the dimension H ₁ of the thickness dimension T ₁ of the centerline (T _1/2), the cutout portion 7b, the center line of the plate thickness T ₂ of the and 7b 'of the internal shelves 7 and (T _2/2) Thickness T ₁ of the food loading surface 11 of the shelf 7 in the warehouse
The center line (T _1/2) is adapted to be H _1/2.

The surface of the rib 10 forming the groove 7a at the rear of the shelf 7 contacts the upper surface 12 of the projection 8a provided in the inner box, and the lower surface 13 of the projection 8a is In the space inside the surface of the rib 14 forming the groove 7a of the internal shelf 7 of FIG.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which the shelf 7 is set upside down on the shelf holding device 8 with the other side face (back side face) turned upside down, as is apparent from the figure. to, and is set to move only upward H ₁ dimensions with respect to (a state before mounting inside out) the food placing surface 11 of the internal shelves 7 original position.

The shelf 7 is usually made of plastic molded by injection molding, and has an outer peripheral wall formed on the entire upper and lower sides with respect to the food mounting surface 11. This outer peripheral wall is used to prevent bending due to the weight of the food when the food is placed on the food placing surface of the shelf 7 in the refrigerator,
It is provided in order to prevent food from falling off and warping during injection molding.

In the internal shelf apparatus configured as described above, as shown in FIG.
Just set the shelf inside out and the shelf spacing dimension is H
+ H ₁ becomes, H ₁ dimension of only it is possible to change the shelf spacing. Therefore, foods that cannot be stored in the initial set state can be stored.

Further, since only the shelf holding device 8 needs to be formed at predetermined positions on both wall surfaces of the inner box, there is no extra unevenness, and the cleaning performance of the inner box is greatly improved. Formability also improves accordingly. Further, according to the present invention, the shelf holding device 8 is hidden in the side walls on both sides of the shelf, so that the appearance is good and the insight is greatly improved.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the shelf space in the refrigerator is made variable to improve the storage efficiency, the cleaning performance in the refrigerator is improved, and the moldability of the inner box is improved. Further, it is possible to provide a refrigerator internal shelf device having excellent insight.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the interior of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cross section of a main part of the shelf apparatus in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4A is a sectional view, FIG. 4B is a side view, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where the cabinet is set upside down with respect to FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 5B is a side view, FIG. 5 is a composite view of FIGS. 3 and 4, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional shelf structure of a refrigerator. FIG. 3 ... refrigerator compartment, 6 ... inner box, 7 ... shelf inside, 7a ... groove, 7b, 7b '... cutout, 8 ... device for holding shelf inside warehouse, 8a ... protruding part, 8b ... Holder.

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Mitsuo Yoshida 1-280 Higashi Koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo Inside the Design Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (56) References Real-life sho 59-68446 (JP, U) (58) Survey Field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) F25D 25/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A refrigerator having a plurality of shelves arranged in a refrigerator and a plurality of shelves provided on both sides of an inner wall of the refrigerator and spaced apart in a vertical direction of the refrigerator. In the refrigerator provided with the inner shelf holding means, each of the inner shelf holding means is provided with a first projection provided on a front side of a side wall of the inner wall, and a rear side of the first projection on the rear side of the refrigerator. And a second protrusion having a width in the front-rear direction larger than the width in the up-down direction, and the shelf in the refrigerator is provided at an end of the shelf surface, and one side is shallow with respect to the shelf surface and the other side is An outer peripheral wall formed deeply; and first and second grooves formed on the outer peripheral wall to engage with and receive the first and second projections, respectively, and the second groove is provided on the shelf. A portion formed substantially parallel to a surface of the refrigerator, wherein the first groove is opened upward in the refrigerator with respect to the shelf surface. Flutes and a refrigerator which is formed in pairs and the longitudinal groove which is open in the downward direction.