JP3391764B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the ease of use of a bottle shelf at a door accommodation part, and at the same time to improve the ease of use of a vegetable room for maintaining the freshness of vegetables in a refrigerator where a cold room and a storeroom being arranged at the lower portion of the cold room are provided. SOLUTION: A cold room 27 with a door 30, a vegetable room 28 that is arranged at the lower portion of the cold room 27 and has a drawer-type door 35, and a freezer 29 that is divided by a heat-insulating partition wall 26 and has a drawer-type door 37 are arranged. A bottle shelf 32 is arranged at the lowest portion of a door accommodation part 31 of the cold room 27, and height H1 from a floor surface to the lower end face of the door 30 of the cold room 27 is set to 650 mm<=H1<=850 mm to improve the ease of use of the bottle shelf 32.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with a refrigerator compartment, a vegetable compartment, and a freezer compartment in this order from the top. 2. Description of the Related Art Recent refrigerators are provided with storage rooms controlled at a plurality of temperatures according to the foods to be stored. conventionally,
The mainstream was a refrigerator room at the top, a refrigerator room at the center, and a vegetable room at the bottom, but recently emphasizing ease of use,
Refrigerators with a refrigeration compartment at the top, a freezer compartment or a vegetable compartment at the center and at the bottom have been proposed and become the mainstream. Even in this, with the background of the recent health boom, a layout in which a vegetable room in which a vegetable can be put in and taken out at the most easy-to-use position is arranged at the center is becoming the center. [0003] An example of a conventional refrigerator having a vegetable compartment arranged at the center thereof is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-338681. Hereinafter, the conventional refrigerator will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a conventional refrigerator. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, and 2 denotes a heat insulating partition wall for vertically dividing the refrigerator main body 1. The refrigerator compartment 3 and the vegetable compartment 4 are formed in the upper part, and the freezing compartments 5 and 6 are formed in the lower part. ing. 7 is a revolving door attached to the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3, 8 is a pull-out door attached to the front opening of the vegetable compartment, and 9 and 10 are attached to the front openings of the freezer compartments 5 and 6. It is a pull-out door. Numeral 11 denotes a storage container which is pulled out integrally with the drawer-type door of the vegetable compartment.
Reference numeral 2 denotes an upper storage container provided at the upper rear of the storage container 11. 13 and 14 are storage containers that are pulled out integrally with the drawer-type door of the freezing room. Reference numeral 15 denotes a door storage portion provided on the indoor side of the rotary door 7 of the refrigerator compartment, and a bottle shelf 16 for storing PET bottles, milk packs and the like is provided at the lowermost stage. Reference numeral 17 denotes a low-temperature chamber provided below the refrigerator compartment 3 and set at a lower temperature than the refrigerator compartment. Reference numeral 18 denotes a cooler of a refrigeration cycle.
Is a blower for forced ventilation provided above the cooler 18 and behind the vegetable room 4, and 20 is a blower for the vegetable room 4 and the low temperature room 17.
And a damper device 21 for adjusting the amount of cold air supplied to the refrigerator compartment 3, the vegetable compartment 4 and the low-temperature compartment 17 inside. A height h1 from the floor on which the refrigerator body 1 is installed to the upper end surface of the drawer-type door 8 of the vegetable compartment is designated by reference numeral 22.
(Hereinafter simply referred to as h1), 23 is a height h2 (hereinafter simply referred to as h2) from the floor surface to the bottom surface of the storage container 11 in the vegetable room, and 24 is a bottom surface of the storage container 11 from the upper end surface of the drawer type door 8 in the vegetable room. Depth h3 (hereinafter simply referred to as h3)
850 mm ≦ h1 ≦ 1000 mm, 560 mm
≦ h2 ≦ 720 mm and h3 ≧ 250 mm. In the refrigerator configured as described above,
By setting 850 mm ≦ h1 ≦ 1000 mm, the height of the sink table (850 mm), which is often adjacent to the refrigerator main body 1 (850 mm), reduces the height of the standard Japanese woman (height 155).
cm), the food can be smoothly moved without raising the elbow in a height range of up to 970 mm. In addition, by setting 560 mm ≦ h2 ≦ 720 mm, in a standing posture 400 mm away from the front of the refrigerator, it can bend slightly from the lower height limit of 630 mm, which is easily reachable by a Japanese standard female hand. Vegetable room 4 within range
The food can be easily taken in and out overlooking the inside. further,
By setting h3 ≧ 250 mm, vertical storage of vegetables is facilitated, and the storage amount of the vegetable room 4 can be secured while increasing freshness. [0011] However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, by setting 850 mm ≦ h1 ≦ 1000 mm, the lower end position of the rotary door 7 of the refrigerator compartment is relatively higher by at least 15 mm, and Considering that the height position for holding the bottles stored in 16 is about 150 mm higher than the lower end position of the refrigerator compartment door 7, the height position for holding the bottles is approximately h1 + 165 mm, that is, 1015 m.
The height range is m ≦ h1 + 165 mm ≦ 1165 mm. Therefore, a heavy PET bottle or a milk pack is taken in and out at a position higher than the height of the elbows of 970 mm, which puts a burden on the user. . An object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the usability of a door storage portion of a refrigerator compartment, particularly, a bottle shelf is improved. Further, since the blower 19 and the air path control panel 20 are arranged behind the vegetable compartment 4, the depth dimension of the vegetable compartment 4 is inevitably reduced. For this reason, the storage amount of the vegetable room 4 is ensured by increasing the depth by setting h3 ≧ 250 mm. However, if the depth of the storage container 11 is large, the chances of stacking and storing vegetables inevitably increase, and it becomes troublesome and inconvenient to search for and take out the vegetables stored below. Vegetables are also damaged by weight when they are stacked, and become easily damaged. there were. Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that improves the usability of the vegetable compartment and keeps vegetables fresh. In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a refrigerator room formed in a refrigerator main body, and a low-temperature room provided with a storage container and provided in a lower part of the refrigerator room. A vegetable compartment formed below the refrigerator compartment for storing vegetables, fruits, etc., a freezing compartment formed below the vegetable compartment, a door for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerator compartment, and an opening of the vegetable compartment. A drawer-type door for opening and closing the storage container to integrally pull out the storage container; a drawer-type door for opening and closing the opening of the freezing chamber to integrally pull out the storage container; a compressor and a cooler of the refrigeration cycle;
Forcing cold air through the freezer, refrigerator, vegetable room, and low temperature room
And the amount of cool air to the cold room, vegetable room, and low temperature room
And a modulate damper device, the said compressor and said condenser arranged in a laterally arranged, placed side by side with the blower and the damper <br/> over device laterally, these compressors, cooling A vessel, a blower, and a damper device are not provided behind the vegetable room and the low-temperature room, but are all housed behind the freezing room. [0016] Thereby, the vegetable room provided with the storage container and
Cooling function parts that hinder the storage space behind the cold room
Eliminates and insulates the rear end of the storage container in the vegetable room and low-temperature room
It can be directly opposed to the wall surface, reducing the depth capacity of the storage container.
Can be expanded . DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to a first aspect of the present invention is directed to a refrigerator having a refrigerator room formed in a refrigerator body and a storage room formed below the refrigerator room. A door that opens and closes the opening of the refrigerator compartment, and a drawer-type door that opens and closes the opening of the storage room and pulls out the storage container integrally,
It has a door storage unit provided on the back surface of the refrigerator compartment door and a bottle shelf provided at the lowermost part of the door storage unit, from the floor where the refrigerator body is installed to the lower end surface of the refrigerator compartment door. Height H1
Is set to 650 mm ≦ H1 ≦ 850 mm,
Elbow height 9 for a standard Japanese woman (155cm tall)
In the height range up to 70 mm, heavy bottles can be put in and taken out of the bottle shelf without raising the elbow. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the storage room is a vegetable room for storing vegetables, fruits and the like. Can be put in and out easily. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, a cooler of a refrigerating cycle, a blower for forced ventilation, and a supply of cold air to the refrigerator compartment and the vegetable compartment are provided behind the freezer compartment. The cooling wall is not provided with a cooling device such as a cooler, a blower, and a damper device, and the depth of the storage container constitutes a refrigerator main body. Is extended until it is close to. Embodiments of a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the refrigerator of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a door of a refrigerator of the refrigerator of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view in which the doors of the vegetable compartment and the freezing compartment of the refrigerator of the embodiment are opened. 1 to 4, reference numeral 25 denotes a refrigerator main body, reference numeral 26 denotes a heat insulating partition wall for vertically dividing the inside of the refrigerator main body 25, and a refrigerator compartment 27 and a refrigerator compartment 27 are provided at the upper part.
And a freezing compartment 29 is formed below the compartment. Reference numeral 30 denotes a rotary door which is attached to the opening surface of the refrigerator compartment 27 so as to be openable and closable, and a door storage portion 31 is provided on the indoor side. Reference numeral 32 denotes a bottle shelf provided at the lowermost portion of the door storage section 31, which is configured to store relatively large and heavy items such as PET bottles and milk packs. 33 is the refrigerator compartment 27
A low-temperature room provided in the lower part of the inside, which is provided with a storage container 34 and mainly serves fresh food such as meat and seafood at a temperature lower than a refrigerator room (for example, chilled at about 0 ° C. or partial freezing at about -3 ° C. ). Reference numeral 35 denotes a drawer type door which is attached to the opening surface of the vegetable compartment 31 so as to be openable and closable, and is configured so that the storage container 36 on the indoor side can be integrally pulled out. Also,
Reference numeral 37 denotes a drawer type door which is attached to the opening surface of the freezer compartment 29 so as to be openable and closable, and is configured so that the storage container 38 on the indoor side can be integrally pulled out. Reference numeral 39 denotes a second storage container provided above the storage container 38 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. Reference numeral 40 denotes a refrigerating cycle compressor installed at the lower rear of the refrigerator main body 25. Reference numeral 41 denotes a cooler arranged side by side with the compressor 40 via the heat insulating wall of the refrigerator main body 25. A blower for forced ventilation is provided above and close to the cooler 41. Reference numeral 43 denotes a damper device which is arranged side by side in the lateral direction of the blower 42 and adjusts the amount of cold air supplied to the refrigerator compartment 27, the vegetable compartment 28, and the low-temperature compartment 33. Reference numeral 44 denotes a cool air discharge air passage for guiding cool air from the damper device 43 to the refrigerator compartment 27 and the low-temperature room 33, and reference numeral 45 denotes a cool air return air passage communicating below the cooler 41 from the vegetable room 28. The cooling function components of the cooler 41, the blower 42, and the damper device 43 are all provided in the freezing room 29.
It is stored behind. Further, the vegetable room 28 and the low temperature room 33 are not provided with the cooling function parts of the cooler 41, the blower 42, and the damper device 43 at the rear thereof, and the respective storage containers 36 and 34 constitute the refrigerator body 25 at the rear thereof. Facing the heat insulating wall 46. Reference numeral 47 denotes a height H1 from the floor on which the refrigerator body 25 is installed to the lower end surface of the door 30 of the refrigerator compartment.
(Hereinafter simply referred to as H1), and H1 = 790 mm. 48 is the bottle shelf 3 of the refrigerator compartment from the floor surface.
Height H2 to the part holding the bottles stored in 2
(Hereinafter simply referred to as H2). 49 is the vegetable room,
Depth D1 of the inner surface of the storage container 36 (hereinafter simply referred to as D1)
And D1 is set to 175 mm. Also, 50
Is the depth D2 (hereinafter simply referred to as D2) of the inner surface of the storage container 36, and D2 is set to 400 mm.
1. A storage container 38 of a freezer compartment provided with a cooling function component of a blower 42 and a damper device 43 at the rear, and a second storage container 39
Is configured to be larger than the depth. With respect to the refrigerator configured as described above,
The operation will be described below. When the user attempts to take out PET bottles, milk packs, etc. from the refrigerator compartment 27 or to store them, the revolving door 30 of the refrigerator compartment is opened, and the bottle at the bottom of the door compartment 31 is opened. Reaching the shelf 32, the height H1 from the floor surface to the lower end surface of the door 30 is H1 =
Considering that the height H2 of the portion that holds the bottles stored in the bottle shelf 32 is approximately 150 mm higher than the lower end position of the refrigerator compartment door 7, the height position where the bottles can be gripped is considered to be 790 mm. Is H2 = 940mm, the elbow height of a standard Japanese woman (height 155cm) is 970m
In the height range up to m, the above-mentioned heavy bottles can be taken in and out of the bottle shelf 32 without raising the elbow. For this reason, the user does not place much burden on the arm, and it is easy to put in and take out bottles that are used relatively frequently on a daily basis. Also,
Not only housewives but also bottles are used more frequently, and it is more convenient and safer for children with shorter heights to get in and out. In this embodiment, H1 = 790 mm.
By setting 650 mm ≤ H1 ≤ 850 mm, the height position for holding bottles is 800 mm ≤ H2 ≤ 1000 m.
Since the height range is m and the height of footwear such as slippers is also present, almost the same usability can be realized without raising the elbow. Further, the lower limit of H1 is set to 650.
mm is a standard Japanese woman (height 155c)
m) is 400 mm away from the refrigerator, and the lower height that can be easily reached while standing is 630 mm.
This is because if 1 ≧ 650 mm, the food in the refrigerator compartment 27 can be easily taken in and out in a standing posture. Next, when the user wants to take out vegetables, fruits and the like from the vegetable compartment 28, or to store them, the user opens the drawer-type door 35 of the vegetable compartment and reaches into the storage container 36. At this time, the depth D of the storage container 36
Since 1 is 175 mm, which is shallower than the conventional one, it is difficult to stack and store vegetables, and it is convenient to search for and take out the vegetables stored on the lower side without any trouble. The standard height of Chinese cabbage, cabbage, and melon, which are large among vegetables and fruits commonly used at home, is 150 mm or less. The height of the bottom surface of the storage container 36 from the floor in this embodiment is 420 mm, which is a lower height at which a standard Japanese woman (height 155 cm) can easily get in and out in a bent position. When the length is 310 mm or more, food can be easily stored in the bent position. The storage container 36
The height of the bottom surface from the floor surface is from the lower limit value 650 mm of the height H1 from the floor surface to the lower end surface of the refrigerator compartment door 650 mm to the upper limit value 200 mm of the depth D1 of the storage container 36 and the refrigerator compartment door 30.
The value obtained by subtracting the distance 55 mm between the lower end surface of the storage container 36 and the upper end surface of the storage container 36 is 395 mm, which is the lower limit value. Can be satisfied. Also, the vegetables are hurt by stacking,
The vegetables are not easily damaged or water vapor due to the transpiration of the vegetables is trapped, so that water dewed on the vegetables themselves does not cause water decay, and the freshness of the vegetables in practical use is enhanced. The storage container 36 of the vegetable room has a depth D2.
Is larger than the depth of the storage container 38 of the freezer compartment and the second storage container 39, and the depth D1 = 175 mm and the depth D2 = 40.
The ratio with 0 mm is D2 / D1 = 400 mm / 175 mm
Since ≧ 2, the storage area of the storage container 36 is increased, and the entirety is easy to see from the upper opening surface, and is easy to use.
The storage volume can be secured. Further, the cooling function parts of the cooler 41, the blower 42, and the damper device 43 are installed behind the freezing compartment 29, not behind the vegetable compartment 28, so that the vegetable compartment 28 is inevitably provided.
There is no obstacle behind the storage space, and the back surface of the storage container 36 in the vegetable room directly faces the heat insulating wall 46 constituting the refrigerator body 25, and the depth D2 of the storage container 36 is maximized. . The depth of the storage container 36 in the vegetable compartment is larger than the depth of the storage container 38 in the freezer compartment and the depth of the second storage container 39. Therefore, even if the depth D1 of the storage container is smaller than before, the storage area can be reduced. A large storage space can be secured. In this way, stacking storage is reduced while the storage amount of vegetables etc. is maintained, it is easy to overlook,
Since it is easy to take out the vegetables and fruits due to forgetting to use them, the waste of rotting and discarding the vegetables and fruits is reduced, and the practical and economical effect is large. As described above, the present invention provides a refrigerator room formed in a refrigerator main body, a low-temperature room provided with a storage container and provided in a lower part of the refrigerator room, and a lower part of the refrigerator room. A vegetable compartment for storing vegetables, fruits, etc., a freezing compartment below the vegetable compartment, a door for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerator compartment, and a storage container for opening and closing the opening of the vegetable compartment. and pull-out door to draw together and pull-out door to draw together, the container and closing the opening of the freezing chamber, freezing
Cycle compressor and cooler;
A blower for forcing cold air through the vegetable room and low-temperature room;
Damper device for adjusting the amount of cold air to the room, vegetable room, and low-temperature room
Has the door, side by side with the cooler and the compressor in the lateral direction
Arrangement, and arranged side by side with the blower and the damper device in the lateral direction, these compressors, coolers, fan, the damper device vegetable compartment, without providing the rear of the cold room, both the rear of the freezing chamber The depth of the vegetable room and low-temperature room has been expanded, and a storage container for the vegetable room and low-temperature room with sufficient storage capacity has been realized, reducing stacking storage and improving usability and maintaining food freshness. Considerable refrigerators can be provided. [0036]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a refrigerator according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the refrigerator of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is an opening of a refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the refrigerator of the embodiment, with the doors of the vegetable compartment and freezer compartment opened. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional refrigerator. [Description of References] 25 Refrigerator main body 26 Insulated partition wall 27 Refrigerator compartment 28 vegetable room 29 freezer room 30 refrigerator room door 35 vegetable room door 36 vegetable room storage container 37 freezer room door 38 freezer room storage container 41 cooler 42 blower 43 damper device 46 insulating wall 47 H1 48 H2 49 D1 50 D2

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-11-44479 (JP, A) JP-A-10-311669 (JP, A) JP-A-10-89833 (JP, A) JP-A-58-200979 (JP) , A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F25D 19/00 520

Claims (1)

(57) [Claim 1] A refrigerating room formed in a refrigerator main body, and a low-temperature room provided with a storage container and provided at a lower part of the refrigerating room,
A vegetable compartment formed below the refrigerator compartment for storing vegetables, fruits, etc., a freezing compartment formed below the vegetable compartment, a door for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerator compartment, and an opening of the vegetable compartment. A drawer-type door that opens and closes to integrally pull out the storage container, a drawer-type door that opens and closes the freezer compartment to open and pull out the storage container, a compressor and a cooler of a refrigeration cycle,
Forced ventilation of cold air into the freezing room, refrigerator room, vegetable room, and low temperature room
Blower and the amount of cool air to the cold room, vegetable room and low temperature room
And a damper device for adjusting the, and said cold <br/>却器said compressor arranged laterally arranged, placed side by side with the blower and the Dan <br/> Parr apparatus in the lateral direction A refrigerator characterized in that the compressor, the cooler, the blower, and the damper device are not provided behind the vegetable room and the low-temperature room, but are housed behind the freezing room.