JP3176543B2 - Stored item fall prevention stopper - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stopper for preventing a stored item from falling over, which also has a small item storage portion used for a bottle pocket of a refrigerator or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a conventional refrigerator disclosed in, for example, JP-A-60-279, and FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a partition plate thereof. In the figure, 101 is a refrigerator, 1
Reference numeral 02 denotes a refrigerator compartment, and 103 denotes a door for closing the opening of the refrigerator compartment 102. Reference numeral 105 denotes a door inner plate, which forms an article storage section 105a for storing bottled food. Reference numeral 106 denotes a supporter for preventing the falling of the articles, which is bridged right and left in front of the article storage unit 5a. Reference numeral 107 denotes a holder slidably attached to the supporter 106. 108 is the article storage unit 10
This is a partition plate for partitioning the inside of 5a into a small space, and has a plurality of openings 109 for inserting foods in tubes.

When the partition plate 108 is vertically held by the holder 107, the article storage section 5a is partitioned into small rooms. In addition, the partition plate 108 can be made horizontal, and food or the like in a tube is inserted into the opening 9 and stored.

In the above-mentioned conventional refrigerator, the holder 107 can be slid left and right with respect to the supporter 106 in both the horizontal and vertical directions of the partition plate 108, so that it is easy to use in both the partitioning operation and the stand operation. It is.

[0005]

Since the conventional refrigerator is configured as described above, it is inconvenient to store the small food such as a tube because the partition plate 108 must be moved in the horizontal direction. In addition, the small food may be stored in an unstable state, and the storage state of the small food when the holder 107 is slid left and right becomes unstable. Furthermore, when the partition plate 108 is horizontal, a large space is required, and there is a problem that the storage amount of bottles and the like is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. When storing small food items such as tubes in a door pocket, the operation of leveling the partition plate is not required, and the small food items are not required. It is an object of the present invention to provide a stopper that can store and store small items without reducing the amount of bottles to be stored, and that can store and store small items easily.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage container overturn prevention stopper which is formed integrally with a partition portion for separating left and right sides of a storage container having an open upper portion to prevent the storage product from overturning. And a mounting portion that is detachably attached to the storage container and is slidable to the left and right, and a partitioning portion is provided with a cylindrical small-size storage portion having an open upper portion. Is higher than the bottom of the accessory storage section in front.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator using a stopper for preventing a stored object from falling over according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part thereof, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a stopper for preventing a stored object from falling over according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the drawing, 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a refrigerator room provided on the upper part of the main body 1, 3 is a door for closing the refrigerator room 2, and 4 is an inner plate of the door. Reference numeral 5 denotes a bottle pocket which is a storage container for storing foods such as large bottles and bottles. It is a removable stopper that prevents falling down. Reference numeral 6a denotes an attachment portion that engages with the bottle pocket 5, and 6b is provided in a partition portion 6f that prevents the food from falling over, such as a bottle or a bottle, and stores a small food such as a tube.
The small food storage section 6c, which is a cylindrical small storage section having an open upper portion, is the bottom of the storage section 6b. 6e is a projection provided in accordance with the outer shape of the bottle pocket 5.

Next, the operation will be described. The stopper 6 is slidably attached to the bottle pocket 5 in the left-right direction by an attachment portion 6a, and prevents the stored items such as large bottles and bottles from being overturned. Then, the small food items contained in the tube or the like can be stored in a small food storage portion 6b provided in the stopper 6 in a stable state. Therefore, by storing the small food items conventionally stored in the interior of the bottle pocket 5 in the small food storage portion 6b, the orderability is improved.

The protrusion 6e prevents the stopper 6 from slipping out of the bottle pocket 5 even if the stopper 6 is slid over the bottle pocket 5 or the food falls down and a large load is applied. However, a forward force is applied to the protrusion 6e by human force, and the stopper 6
Can be removed from the bottle pocket 5.

The stopper 6 according to the first embodiment engages with the bottle pocket 5 and is slidably mounted to the left and right.
And the accessory storage section 6b are integrally formed, so that the number of parts can be reduced.

Embodiment 2 FIG. Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a stopper for preventing a stored object from falling over according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, reference numeral 6d denotes an opening provided below the accessory storage portion 6b of the stopper 6.

According to the above-described configuration, for example, even when a food is stored, which is short and only visible at the tip when stored, the food can be specified by the opening 6d.

Embodiment 3 Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a stopper for preventing a stored object from falling over according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state where the stopper is attached to a bottle pocket of a refrigerator. As shown in the figure, the outer shape of the stopper 6 between the small food storage sections 6b is curved inward from the bottom to the upper side, and this portion has substantially the same shape as the outer shape of the plastic bottle 7.

With the above configuration, when the plastic bottle 7 is stored in the bottle pocket 5 as shown in FIG. 7, the small food storage portion 6b of the stopper 6 can be arranged in the dead space between the plastic bottles 7, so that the bottle pocket 5 It is possible to make effective use of the storage section.

Embodiment 4 Hereinafter, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a stored object overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the bottom of the small food storage section 6b at the back of the stopper 6 (on the side of the door inner plate 4) is raised to be shallow.

With the above configuration, the small food stored in the small food storage portion 6b at the back of the stopper 6 (on the side of the door inner plate 4) can be easily taken in and out.

Embodiment 5 In the above embodiment, the stopper 6 has two small food storage sections 6b. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the small food storage section 6b as shown in FIG.
May be one or any number as long as the structure can prevent the bottle from overturning.

Embodiment 6 FIG. In the above embodiment, the small food storage section 6b of the stopper 6
Is shown in the direction perpendicular to the front of the bottle pocket 5, but is not limited to this.
As shown in (1), a bottle parallel to the front of the bottle pocket 5 may be used as long as the bottle can be prevented from tipping over.

Embodiment 7 In the above embodiment, the small food storage section 6b of the stopper 6
Although the cross-sectional shape of a long hole or a circle is shown, it is of course not limited to this, and may be any shape such as a rectangle, a polygon, and the vertical cross-sectional shape is also limited to a rectangle. Instead, the shape may be any shape such as a triangle.

Embodiment 8 FIG. Although the stopper 6 is provided in the bottle pocket 5 in the above embodiment, the stopper 6 can be attached to each door pocket 10 shown in FIG. 1 by changing the height of the stopper 6.

Embodiment 9 Further, by changing the shape of the attachment portion 6a of the stopper 6, the stopper 6 can be attached to the guard 16 of the vegetable case 15 as shown in FIGS. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a vegetable case, and FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

Although the above description has been made with reference to a refrigerator as an example, it goes without saying that the present invention can be used not only for the refrigerator but also for other equipment.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided
A partition for separating the left and right sides of the storage container having an open upper part to prevent the stored items from tipping over, and a mounting portion formed integrally with the partition and detachably attached to the storage container and slidable to the left and right. The partition is provided with a cylindrical accessory storage section with an open top, and the bottom of the accessory storage section on the back side of the storage container is higher than the bottom of the accessory storage section on the near side. It is easy to take out small items in the storage section.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator using a stored object overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of the refrigerator using the storage article overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a stopper for preventing a stored object from falling over according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a stored object overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a stored object overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which a stored object overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention is attached to a bottle pocket.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a stored object overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a stored object overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a stopper for preventing a stored object from falling over according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view in which a stored article overturn prevention stopper according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention is applied to a vegetable compartment of a refrigerator.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a conventional refrigerator.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a partition plate used for an article storage section of a conventional refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 bottle pocket, 6 stopper, 6a attachment section, 6b accessory storage section, 6f partition section, 7 PET bottle.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A partition for separating left and right sides of a storage container having an open upper portion to prevent falling of stored items, and a partition formed integrally with the partition and being detachably attached to the storage container and sliding right and left. A movable mounting portion, and the partition portion is provided with a cylindrical accessory storage portion having an open upper portion,
A storage item overturn prevention stopper, characterized in that the bottom of the storage unit on the back side of the storage container is higher than the bottom of the storage unit on the near side.