JP2962979B2 - Horizontal cooling storage - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a horizontal cooling refrigerator in which cool air from a cooling room is blown out from a cool air outlet into a food storage room, and cool air cooled in the food storage room is sucked through a cool air inlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional horizontal cooling refrigerator such as an under-counter type cooling storage, a compressor, a condenser, a blower and the like are arranged on one side of a main body formed of a heat insulating box and having an interior as a food storage room. Some of the refrigerators are arranged side by side, and such a refrigerator is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-99.
No. 86 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-54872.

On the other hand, in such a refrigerator, a cooling room defined by a heat insulating wall is provided in the machine room so as to communicate with the food storage room, and a cooler and a fan for circulating cool air are arranged in the cooling room. Then, cool air is blown into the food storage chamber from a cool air outlet provided at the upper part of the cooling chamber, and the cool air that has cooled the food storage chamber is sucked from a cool air suction port provided at the lower part of the cooling chamber to cool the food storage chamber. There is something that I did.

On the side of the machine room side of the food storage room, a cover, which is a partition plate for separating the food storage room and the cooling room, is suspended from the top of the food storage room at an appropriate interval. ing. A large number of cool air suction holes are formed on the side surface of the cover, and the cool air blown out from the cool air outlet passes through the gap formed between the cover and the top of the food storage room, so that the food material is removed. After being blown out into the storage chamber, it is sucked through the cool air suction hole.

[0005]

However, in the horizontal cooling refrigerator having such a configuration, since the side of the cover where the cool air suction hole is formed is flat, when the food is stored in the food storage chamber, There is a problem that the cold air suction hole is closed by the food material and the circulation of the cold air in the food material storage room is not properly performed.

Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, a guard 2 is provided projecting from the side surface of the cover 1 so as to abut against the food material. Not to block.
However, when the guard 2 protrudes from the side surface of the cover 1 in this way, not only does the food storage chamber 4 in the heat insulating box 3 become narrower by the extent that the guard 2 projects, but also by the extent that the guard 2 projects. There was a problem that the size of the net shelf 5 had to be changed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a horizontal type which can smoothly circulate cool air without changing the size of a branching shelf even when a guard is provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a body formed of a heat-insulating box and having a food storage room inside, and a compressor, a condenser, and a blower which are juxtaposed on one side of the body. And a machine room in which a cold air outlet and a cold air inlet are defined by a heat insulating wall so as to communicate with the food storage room inside the machine room. A cooling chamber provided with a fan, and a cooling chamber provided on a side of the food storage chamber on the machine room side at an appropriate distance from a ceiling of the food storage chamber, and having a plurality of cold air suction holes formed therein. A partition plate with a room, a mesh shelf comprising a plurality of horizontal bars mounted vertically in the food storage room and a plurality of vertical bars mounted and fixed to the horizontal bars, and the partition plate. As well as hitting the foodstuffs on the net shelf on the inner surface of the net shelf and supporting the net shelf Jo to be formed by presence of vertical and spacing before and after those having a number of guard projecting.

Further, in the present invention, the guards arranged in the front-rear direction have a depth dimension so as to fit between the horizontal bars of the net shelf.

Further, the present invention is formed of a heat insulating box,
A main body having an interior as a food storage room, a machine room provided with a compressor, a condenser, a blower and the like arranged side by side on the main body, and the food storage room inside the machine room. While providing a cool air outlet and a cool air inlet defined by a heat insulating wall so as to communicate with each other, a plurality of cooling chambers provided with a cooler and a cool air circulation fan, and a plurality of A shelf and a partition plate for the cooling chamber, which is provided on the side of the food storage chamber on the machine room side at an appropriate distance from the top of the food storage chamber and has a plurality of cold air suction holes formed therein. And a plurality of protrusions integrally formed on the partition plate so as to laterally contact the food on the shelf.

Further, in the present invention, the projecting portion is formed by indenting the partition plate to a machine room side with an appropriate width.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a net shelf formed in the main body and composed of a plurality of horizontal bars and a number of vertical bars mounted and fixed to the horizontal bars is vertically mounted. A partition plate in which a number of cold air suction holes are formed in a food storage room and a cooling room defined by a heat insulating wall so as to communicate with the food storage room inside a machine room arranged on one side of the main body. Can be separated by By providing a large number of guards formed on the inner surface of the partition plate so as to strike the food on the net shelf laterally and to support the net shelf at intervals above, below, and behind the food, the air is cooled by the food. The suction hole can be prevented from being closed, and the net shelf can be supported.
Further, by pushing the net shelf along the guard, the net shelf can be easily attached.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the guards arranged in the front-rear direction have a depth dimension so as to be fitted between the horizontal bars of the net rack so that the guards hit the vertical bars of the net rack.
The net shelf can be held in a stable state.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, by forming a plurality of projections integrally with the food on the shelf sideways on the partition plate, it is possible to prevent the food material from closing the cool air suction hole only by the partition plate. be able to.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the projection is formed by indenting the partition plate at an appropriate width to the machine room side.
The projecting portion can be prevented from projecting into the food storage room.

[0016]

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which one of the front doors of a horizontal cooling refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is opened. 7, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 7 indicate the same or corresponding parts.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes an under-counter type refrigerator main body (hereinafter referred to as a main body) constituted by a horizontally long heat-insulating box 3 having a front opening, and this main body 6 opens and closes a front opening of a food storage room 4. It has two heat-insulating doors 7 that can be freely closed, and a machine room 11 in which a compressor 8, a condenser 9, a blower 10 and the like are arranged as shown in FIG.

In the upper space of the machine room 11, as shown in FIG.
2, a cooling air outlet 13 is provided at an upper part and a cool air inlet 14 is provided at a lower part, and a cooling chamber 17 in which a cooler 15 and a fan 16 for circulating cool air are arranged is defined.

The cooling room 17 is provided with the food storage room 4.
The food storage room 4 is provided by a cover 2 which is vertically installed at an appropriate distance from the top portion 4a of the food storage room 4 on the side of the machine room 11 side.
The cool air blown out from the cool air outlet 13 is divided into a top portion 4a of the food storage room 4 and an upper end 2a bent toward the food storage room 4 of the cover 2 as shown in FIG. The air is blown into the food storage chamber 4 from the gap 13a formed therebetween as shown by an arrow A.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the cover 2 forms an appropriate gap 14a between the cover 2 and the bottom 4b of the food storage chamber 4. Is cooled not only by the cool air suction hole of the cover 2 but also by the cool air suction port 14 through the gap 14a as shown by the arrow B.

As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of guards 19 formed by bending a wire into a U-shape are formed on the side of the cover 2 where a number of cold air suction holes 18 are formed. And are arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction. Here, the guard 19 is a net shelf 2 formed by a plurality of long horizontal bars 20a extending in the horizontal direction and a number of short vertical bars 20b mounted and fixed to the horizontal bars 20a at short intervals.
0 and the food shelf S (see FIG. 3).
It is formed to have a shape that supports 0.

Then, such a guard 19 is attached to the cover 2.
By protruding from the inner side surface, it is possible to prevent the cold air suction holes 18 from being blocked by the food on the net shelf 20 and to support the net shelf 20. Also, if you push the net shelf 20 along the guard 19,
The net shelf 20 can be easily attached.

Further, the depth dimension of the guard 19 is
By dimensioning the guard 19 so as to fit between the horizontal bars 20a of the net shelf 20, the guard 19 can support the net shelf 20 in contact with its vertical bar 20b, thereby stabilizing the net shelf 20. It can be held in a state. 3 and 4, reference numeral 20A denotes a shelf support attached to the food storage room 4.

In the main body 6 having the cover 2 configured as described above, even when the food is placed on the net shelf 20, the food S on the machine room 11 side is protected by the guard 1 of the cover 2.
9 does not block the cool air suction hole 18. For this reason, the cool air blown out from the cooling air outlet 13 circulates in the food storage chamber 4 and is smoothly sucked from the cool air suction hole 18, so that the cool air is smoothly circulated.

As described above, a large number of guards formed so as to be in contact with the food on the net shelf 20 and to support the net shelf 20 on the inner surface of the cover 2 partitioning the food storage chamber 4 and the cooling chamber 17. By projecting the protrusions 19 at intervals in the vertical and horizontal directions, it is possible to prevent the cold air suction holes 18 of the cover 2 from being blocked by the food material and to support the net shelf 20. In addition, by providing the guards arranged in the front-rear direction to have a depth dimension that fits between the horizontal bars 20a of the net shelf 20, the net shelf 20 can be held in a stable state.

In the above description, the guard 19 is provided on the cover 2 so as to prevent the cool air suction hole 18 from being blocked by the food material. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, even if the projections are formed integrally with the cover 2, it is possible to prevent the cool air suction holes 18 from being closed.

Next, an embodiment of the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a cover of a horizontal refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 4 indicate the same or corresponding parts.

In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a plurality of wedge-shaped projections 22 which are in horizontal contact with the food on the shelf.
For example, a cover integrally formed at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. By integrally forming the protruding portion 22 on the cover 21 in this manner, it is possible to prevent the cold air suction hole 18 from being blocked by the food material, and to smoothly circulate the cool air. Further, by integrally forming the protruding portion 22, the number of components can be reduced.

Incidentally, the projecting portion 22 is
Is formed in the machine room 11 side with an appropriate width dimension.
2, the protrusions 22 are formed as shown in FIG.
Are designed not to protrude into the food storage room 4. Thus, it is possible to prevent the effective internal volume of the foodstuff storage room 4 from decreasing and to use the conventional net shelf 20.

[0032]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
A large number of guards projecting from the partition plate that separates the food storage room and the cooling room prevent the cold air suction holes from being blocked by the food and support the net rack, so the dimensions of the branch net are changed. And the circulation of cold air can be performed smoothly. According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the guards arranged in the front-rear direction have a depth dimension that fits between the horizontal bars of the net shelf, the net shelf can be held in a stable state.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, by forming a plurality of projections integrally with the food on the shelf sideways on the partition, the cold air suction hole is closed by the food only by the partition. It can prevent peeling. Furthermore, according to the invention of claim 4, since the cover is recessed to the machine room side with an appropriate width to form the protruding portion, there is no need to change the size of the net rack, and the circulation of cool air is smooth. Can be performed. Further, it is possible to prevent the effective internal volume of the food storage room from decreasing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which one of front doors of a horizontal refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is opened.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a machine room of the horizontal cooling refrigerator.

FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of the horizontal cooling refrigerator.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of the horizontal cooling refrigerator.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a cover of the horizontal cooling refrigerator according to one embodiment of the third invention.

FIG. 6 is a front sectional view of the horizontal cooling refrigerator.

FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view of a main part of a conventional horizontal cooling refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 21 cover 2, 19 guard 4 food storage room 5, 20 net shelf 17 cooling room 18 cold air suction hole

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body formed of a heat insulating box body and having an interior as a food storage chamber, a compressor, a condenser, and a juxtaposed side of the main body.
A machine room in which a blower and the like are arranged, and a cool air outlet and a cool air inlet defined by a heat insulating wall so as to communicate with the food storage room inside the machine room, while a cooler and cool air circulation are provided. And a cooling room provided with a fan for the food storage room, provided at an appropriate distance from a top portion of the food storage room on a side of the machine room side of the food storage room, and having a plurality of cold air suction holes formed therein. A partition plate with a cooling chamber; a net shelf comprising a plurality of horizontal bars mounted vertically in the food storage room and a plurality of vertical bars mounted and fixed to the horizontal bars; It is characterized in that it has a number of guards that are formed in a shape to support the mesh shelf and that protrude at intervals in the vertical and longitudinal directions, while the food on the mesh shelf is laterally hit on the inner surface of the plate. Horizontal cooling storage. 2. The horizontal cooling storage according to claim 1, wherein the guards arranged in the front-rear direction have a depth dimension to fit between the horizontal bars of the net shelf. 3. A main body formed of an insulated box body and having an interior as a food storage chamber, a compressor, a condenser, and a juxtaposed side of the main body.
A machine room in which a blower and the like are arranged, and a cool air outlet and a cool air inlet defined by a heat insulating wall so as to communicate with the food storage room inside the machine room, while a cooler and cool air circulation are provided. A cooling room provided with a cooling fan; a plurality of shelves vertically arranged in the food storage room; and a machine room side surface of the food storage room with an appropriate space from a top portion of the food storage room. And a partition plate with the cooling chamber in which a large number of cold air suction holes are formed, and the partition plate is integrally formed with a plurality of protrusions that laterally contact food on the shelf. A horizontal cooling storage, characterized by: 4. The horizontal cooling storage according to claim 3, wherein the projecting portion is formed by indenting the partition plate into a machine room at an appropriate width.