JP3375891B2 - Refrigerator door handle - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator door handle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a handle door mounting structure for a refrigerator door, for example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8-121943.

Hereinafter, the conventional refrigerator door handle will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a conventional refrigerator door handle.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 18 denotes a door, and both sides of the door 18 are inside the front plate end of a door outer plate 19 made of a steel plate integrated with the front plate, and the foamed heat insulating material 20 side. The squeezing portion 21 is formed on the upper side of the squeezing portion 21, and a handle 22 made up of a base and a decorative plate is provided above the squeezing portion 21.

[0005]

The problems associated with the handle of the conventional refrigerator door described above are that there is not much freedom in how to grip it and it is not uncommon to open and close the door in an unreasonable posture. It was very heavy.

In the present invention, there is a degree of freedom in gripping,
An object of the present invention is to provide a rotating refrigerator door that can take a large grip and is excellent in operability, or a refrigerator door handle that can reduce the opening force of a drawer-type refrigerator door.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, in a rotary refrigerator door, a handle is provided with a grip portion extending in one width direction from one direction of the door, and one end thereof can be moved. Alternatively, one end of the handle of the drawer-type refrigerator door can be moved.

Thus, the door can be gripped from three directions, that is, the upper and lower sides and the fixed direction, and the handle moves during actual use, and the outer box is pushed to reduce the door opening force. Further, it is possible to provide a refrigerator door handle in which the drawer-type refrigerator door handle is movable and the door opening force is lightened by pushing the outer box.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a refrigerator door which is composed of upper and lower door frame members, a door panel and a heat insulating material, and which is axially supported on the front surface of the refrigerator body and is openably and closably mounted. The refrigerator door has a grip portion that extends from one direction to the width direction and one end of which can be moved. By pressing, the door opening force is reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the repulsion member is inserted into the pin from the shaft plate inside the handle, the end portion is brought into contact with the repulsion member insertion hole of the handle, and the other end portion is brought into contact with the shaft plate. It has a function of returning the position of the handle to the normal position after opening and closing the door.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an antibacterial treatment is performed by adding an antibacterial material to the material of the handle. It has the effect of maintaining cleanliness by antibacterial.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the handle has a satin-finished grip portion, which has the effect of eliminating slipping of the hand when the door is opened and closed and improving operability.

[0013]

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. (Embodiment 1) 2 is a refrigerator door, which is axially supported on the front surface of the refrigerator body 1 and is openably and closably mounted, and is composed of upper and lower door frame members 3, a door panel 4, and a heat insulating material 5.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a handle, which has a horizontally extending grip portion 7 on the open side of the refrigerator door 2 so that the handle 6 can be moved back and forth when the refrigerator door 2 is opened.

First, a method of attaching the handle 6 of the refrigerator door of the present invention to the refrigerator door 2 side will be described.

A pin 9 protruding from the shaft plate 8 is inserted into a part of the handle 6, and one end of the pin 9 is inserted into an insertion hole 12 of a bearing plate 11 attached to the refrigerator door 2 side by a bearing plate attaching screw 10. The handle 6 is attached to the refrigerator door 2 side by inserting the shaft plate attaching screw 13.

Next, the opening / closing operation of the refrigerator door handle according to the present invention will be described. The handle 6 attached by the above-described method can be grasped from the three directions of the upper and lower sides and the non-fixed direction, and the refrigerator door 2 can be opened and closed. At that time, by using the pin 9 of the shaft plate 8 as a fulcrum 13 'and pulling the handle 6 toward the front, the other handle end portion 14' is moved to the outer case 1.
By pushing 4 the door opening force can be reduced.

With the above construction, the door can be gripped from three directions, that is, the upper and lower directions and the non-fixed direction, and it has an excellent degree of freedom in actual use. Further, the handle 6 is movable and the outer box 14 is pushed, so that the door opening force is increased. It is light and easy to clean.

Further, the repulsion member 15 is inserted into the pin 9 from the shaft plate 8 inside the handle 6, and the end portion is brought into contact with the spring insertion hole 16 of the handle 6 and the other end portion is brought into contact with the shaft plate 8. This has the effect of returning the position of the handle 6 to the normal position after the door is opened.

In addition, in the refrigerator for storing the food, the handle portion 6 which is frequently touched by the hand is used by adding an antibacterial material to the material of the handle 6 so that the handle 6 is stored in the refrigerator.
It has the effect of maintaining cleanliness by antibacterial action.

Further, the handle portion 7 of the handle 6 is subjected to a satin finish, and the grip portion 7 is provided with fine irregularities 17 to prevent slipping of the hand when the door is opened and closed, thereby improving operability.

(Embodiment 2) 18 is a drawer refrigerator door, which is composed of upper and lower drawer door frame members 19, a door panel 4 and a heat insulating material 5 and is attached to the front surface of the refrigerator body 1 so as to be drawn out. . The drawer refrigerator door 1
A handle portion 20, a lateral pin insertion hole 21, a pull-out handle 23 having a movable plate push pin 22, a movable plate 25 having a convex shape 24, and a movable plate cover 26 covering the movable plate 25 in the central portion of 8. And the horizontal pin insertion hole 21 of the drawer handle 23 and the pin insertion hole 2 of the drawer door frame member 19
7. By inserting the horizontal pin 28 into 7, the movable plate push pin 22 is rotated by pulling the pull-out handle 23 toward the front with the horizontal pin 28 as the fulcrum 13 ', and the convex shape 24 of the movable plate 25 is pushed and moved. By doing so, the end 28 ′ of the movable plate pushes the outer case 14, and the door opening force can be reduced by utilizing the principle of leverage.

Further, the pull-out repulsion member 29 is inserted into the horizontal pin 28 inside the pull-out handle 23, the end portion is the convex shape 24 portion of the movable plate 25, and the other end portion is the pull-out door frame member 19. By bringing them into contact with each other, the position of the drawer handle 23 can be returned to the normal position after the door is opened and closed.

[0026]

As described above, the handle of the refrigerator door according to the present invention is movably attached to the handle of the refrigerator door which can be grasped from the upper and lower sides of the handle and the non-fixed direction by the above-mentioned structure, and when the refrigerator door is opened. (EN) Provided is a refrigerator door handle in which the door opening force is lightened and the operability is good by operating the handle and pushing the outer box.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator door according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the main part of the handle when the refrigerator door is closed according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part when the handle is movable when the refrigerator door is opened according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a refrigerator door handle according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the handle of the refrigerator door according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the components are disassembled.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the main part of the handle when the refrigerator door is closed according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a main part when the handle is movable when the refrigerator door is opened in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the handle of the refrigerator door according to the second embodiment of the present invention when the components are disassembled.

FIG. 9 is a lateral cross-sectional view of a main part of a conventional refrigerator door handle.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Refrigerator body 2 refrigerator door 3 Door frame member 4 door panels 5 insulation 6 handles 7 grip 13 'fulcrum 14 outer box 14 'handle end 15 Repulsion member 17 Fine irregularities 18 drawer refrigerator door 19 Door frame member for drawer 20 Handle 23 Drawer handle 25 movable plate 28 'End of movable plate 29 Repulsion member for drawer

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-10-47842 (JP, A) JP-A-4-55678 (JP, A) JP-A-10-132448 (JP, A) Actual development Sho-59- 148588 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F25D 23/02

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A refrigerator door, which is composed of upper and lower door frame members, a door panel, and a heat insulating material and is axially supported by the front surface of the refrigerator body and is openably and closably mounted, and a grip extending in the horizontal direction on the side opposite to the hinge of the door. and a handle having a part provided, wherein the handle is movable back and forth in the axial fulcrum, said Han by pulling forward by gripping the grip portion of the handle when the door opening of the door
A handle for a refrigerator door, wherein the other end of the dollar pushes the outer box of the refrigerator body. 2. The handle for a refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein the handle is provided with a repulsive member so that the handle can be returned to the normal position. 3. The handle of a refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein an antibacterial treatment is performed by adding an antibacterial material to the material of the handle. 4. The handle for a refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion of the handle is finely textured by a satin finish.