JP4250664B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a refrigerator compartment is provided in the upper part of the main body, a freezing space is provided in the lower part, and a vegetable container is installed in the refrigerator compartment.

  Large-capacity refrigerators for home use have been commercialized as refrigerators with many doors in each storage room as well as diversified cooling storage temperatures to meet various user needs. Top freezer type with room placed at the top, middle freezer type with freezer room between the upper refrigerator room and lower vegetable room, bottom freezer type with freezer room at the bottom, below the upper refrigerator room Various types have been commercialized, such as a type in which a vertically long freezer compartment and a vegetable compartment are juxtaposed, and a side-by-side type in which a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment are juxtaposed on the left and right.

  In such a product environment, in recent years, with regard to the installation location of each storage room, in consideration of ease of use, a refrigerator room that is frequently used and has the largest storage capacity is installed at the top, and a vegetable room below it. The type with a freezer room at the bottom has become the mainstream, and further, a relatively small-capacity ice making room, a temperature switching room, etc. are arranged between the vegetable room and the freezer room, improving usability, For example, the form described in Patent Document 1 is increasing. In addition, a configuration in which the relatively small-capacity ice making chamber, temperature switching chamber, and the like are disposed between the refrigerator compartment and the middle vegetable compartment has been commercialized.

On the other hand, there is a refrigerator having a vegetable room in a refrigerated room. As shown in Patent Document 2, the configuration is often provided as a drawer-type vegetable container on a shelf in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment.
JP 2004-37042 A JP 05-157429 A

  However, in the so-called bottom freezer type storage room layout described in Patent Document 1, since the upper part of the main body occupies a large-capacity refrigeration room and a vegetable room, a relatively small-capacity ice making room or a temperature switching room is high. There is a problem that the position of the vegetable compartment door becomes difficult to pull out and store and take out the product, and the upper side of the vegetable compartment door is higher than the belt line, that is, the position of the user's waist. The room's height dimension was short and the appearance was narrow and the design of the refrigerator was damaged.

  The problem in the appearance design is the same in the type in which an ice making room and a temperature switching room are arranged between the refrigeration room and the middle vegetable room, and the vegetable room in each embodiment is a vegetable dedicated room. Therefore, the state of the room is not seen unless the vegetable compartment door is opened, and there is a problem that it is late to notice the deterioration of freshness of the vegetable or forget to use it.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the configuration described in Patent Document 2 has a drawer-type vegetable container ( 63), the refrigerator compartment (56) arranged at the upper part and the freezer compartment (57) arranged at the lower part are slightly larger in the ratio of the height direction. Furthermore, the freezer compartment (57) is a rotary side-opening door (73), and drawer-type freezing containers (75) (76) (77) (78) with upper openings are arranged in multiple stages in the room. It is a structure to do. That is, the refrigerator has two upper and lower doors. As described above, both the freezer compartment (57) and the refrigerator compartment (56) are side-opening doors (73) and (58). It belongs to a simple form different from the configuration described in 1 and the like, and each of the conventional refrigerator forms has advantages and disadvantages.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and not only a refrigerated room, but also a vegetable room is wide and easy to use in terms of height and position. In addition to improving usability, it is possible to provide a large and large freezer room, increase the storage volume efficiency, and obtain a clean and large external appearance design with high strength. The purpose is to provide a large refrigerator.

To solve the above problems, a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a refrigerating chamber which is placed on top of the insulating box body is disposed in the lower portion of the refrigerating chamber and vegetable container having an opening at least the front part, the cooling chamber body full width provided lowermost of the cooling storage compartment and the ice compartment which is juxtaposed partitioned into left and right vertical partition with provided via a heat insulating partition wall downwardly adjacent to the ice making chamber and the cooling storage compartment comprising a cold Koshitsu that Wataru, and refrigerating cooler and refrigeration fan for cooling the refrigerating compartment, and the cooling storage compartment and the freezing cooler and freezing fan for cooling the ice making chamber and the freezing chamber, The inside of the heat insulation box main body is divided into four sections by the refrigerating room, the cooling storage room, the ice making room, and the freezing room, and the refrigerating fan is rotated when the refrigerant is flowing through the freezing cooler. It is what.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, not only can each storage room be used in a convenient height position and arrangement to increase the volume and increase the space efficiency, but also to obtain a high-strength refrigerator with a good and wide impression appearance design. be able to.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire appearance, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the refrigerator compartment door is opened, and FIG. 3 is a refrigerator main body (1) showing a longitudinal sectional view of an outer box (2) and an inner box (3 ) Is filled with foam insulation (4) to form a heat insulation box, and the storage compartment is divided into an upper refrigerating room (6) and a lower refrigerating space (7) by a heat insulating partition wall (5). It is partitioned.

  The front opening of the refrigerating room (6) is closed by a double door left and right door (8), and the upper part inside is a refrigerating storage room (10) provided with a plurality of mounting shelves (9). An independent space is formed by dividing the lower part by a ceiling partition plate (12) that also serves as a mounting shelf made of transparent resin, and a drawer-type vegetable container (13) is placed inside the vegetable compartment (11 ), And at the lowermost part of the refrigerator compartment (6), the room is cooled to a temperature of about 0 to -3 ° C through a bottom partition plate (14) that forms the bottom of the vegetable compartment (11). A cold room (15) provided with a container is partitioned and a vegetable room (11) is installed in the room, so that the height of the refrigerator room (6) is set to 900 mm or more.

  The said vegetable container (13) is a container which opened the upper surface which consists of a low front wall (13a) and a surrounding wall, The slide which is not shown in figure provided in the front-back direction on the both side walls of the inner box (3) The rail member is slidable in the front-rear direction so that it can be pulled out.

  And when the said vegetable container (13) is stored and installed in the predetermined position in a refrigerator compartment (6), an upper surface is obstruct | occluded by the said ceiling partition plate (12) arrange | positioned on the upper surface, and the said vegetable container ( 13) The opening formed by the front wall (13a) and the front edge of the ceiling partition plate (12) opens and closes the opening in conjunction with the back and forth movement of the vegetable container (13), and manually Also, a lid (16) that can be opened and closed, or that can maintain the normally open state, is provided. In addition, a basket-like accessory container (17) is provided on one side of the vegetable container (13) and can be slid in the front-rear direction with a cantilever beam by a rail formed on the inner surface of the left side wall of the vegetable container (13). Is retained.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the freezing space (7) has an ice making chamber (18) provided with a relatively small volume automatic ice making device immediately below the heat insulating partition wall (5), and also has a relatively small volume. A vertical partition plate (20) having a cooling storage chamber, for example, a temperature switching chamber (19) that can be cooled to a freezing temperature such as a soft freezing temperature zone of -18 ° C or -9 ° C, at the front opening thereof; It is divided into left and right, and is placed side by side with a door provided at each front opening. The temperature switching chamber (19) is not limited to the above temperature zone, and may be switched to a temperature zone such as a partial freezing temperature, chilled temperature, refrigeration temperature, vegetable room temperature, etc. of -3 ° C, or a freezing It is good also as an exclusive 2nd freezer compartment. In addition, the second vegetable room, for example, an independent fruit-only room may be used. If the room temperature is refrigerated as described above, the ice making room (18) There is no need to divide the space with an insulating wall.

  In the lower part of the ice making chamber (18) and the temperature switching chamber (19) that are juxtaposed, the front surface is divided up and down by a horizontal partition plate (21), and the height dimension is 350- It is provided over the entire width of the freezer compartment (22) main body, which is 500 mm larger than the conventional one.

  In the freezer compartment (22), a pair of left and right support frames (not shown) are fixed inside the door (23) that closes the front opening so as to be openable and closable. As shown in FIG. 5, the storage container (25) for storing the frozen food is held by rail members arranged in the front-rear direction on the both side wall surfaces, and the drawer system is slidable back and forth.

  The storage container (25) is an injection-molded product made of synthetic resin and has a deep box shape with an open top surface. A flange is formed on the periphery of the open top surface. A relatively shallow shallow dish-shaped middle container (26) having a recessed part to the rear that covers most of the opening and that can accommodate a tall ice-making milk container with a part of the front edge cut away. It is placed.

  When the freezer compartment door (23) is pulled out, the middle container (26) together with the storage container (25) is fully opened by the rail member until its rear end comes forward from the front opening of the freezer compartment (22). The middle container (26) is slidable in the front-rear direction on the flange of the storage container (25), opens and closes the top opening of the storage container (25), and the middle container (26) It is provided so that it can be pulled out and stored. Above the storage container (25) and the middle container (26), regardless of the opening and closing of the containers (25) (26) and the freezer compartment door (23), they are pulled out independently and stored in the cabinet. The upper container (27) is installed.

  Accordingly, the freezer compartment (22) is provided with three upper and lower drawer-type containers (25), (26), and (27), and the upper container (27) is the middle container (26). Although it is located above, its holding is supported directly on the support rail provided on the side wall of the freezer compartment (22) with flanges formed on both side edges of the upper opening of the upper container (27). In addition, since the structure is supported so as to be slidable back and forth, the load is not applied to the rail member supporting the freezer compartment door (23), the middle container (26), and the lower container (25), and freezing It is configured not to interlock with the opening of the chamber door (23). When pulling out the upper container (27), after pulling out the freezer compartment door (23), face the upper back of the freezer compartment door (23). Hold the handle formed on a part of the front wall of the upper container (27), pull it out, and push it into the room. It becomes Mukoto.

  And the food stored in each container is classified according to the difference in the storage depth for each container and the presence or absence of interlocking with the freezer compartment door (23), for example, the freezer compartment door (23) The lowermost storage container (25), which is opened and closed in conjunction, stores frozen foods that are relatively large in shape and frequently used, and the shallow middle container (26) is relatively small and frequently used. If the container is stored, the storage container (25) and the middle container (26) are pulled out in conjunction with the opening of the freezer compartment door (23), so that food can be taken out and stored conveniently.

  In the upper container (27), if frozen food intended for stock having a large shape and relatively long-term storage is stored, the container can be stored with a margin because the container is deep. In addition, since the storage state in the room is maintained without interlocking with the opening and closing of the freezer compartment door (23), it can be pulled out arbitrarily when necessary, and it can be externally pulled out whenever the freezer door (23) is opened. The influence of the air temperature can be suppressed, and the stock food can be suitably stored frozen for a long period of time.

  In other words, by arranging and configuring each of the drawer-type containers as described above, it is possible to effectively use the food according to the shape and size of the food, the usage frequency and usage, and whether or not it is linked to the door opening / closing. it can.

  And in the back surface part of each of the said refrigerator compartment (6) and freezing space (7), the fan (30) (31) corresponding to each cooler with the refrigerator for cooling (28) and the refrigerator for freezing (29) ), And cool air generated by the coolers (28) and (29) is introduced into the respective storage chambers via the ducts by the fans (30) and (31) and cooled.

  The refrigeration and refrigeration coolers (28) and (29) are cooled by guiding the refrigerant from the discharge side of the compressor (32) provided at the lower part of the refrigerator body (1) alternately by a refrigeration cycle (not shown). The refrigerated storage room (10) and the vegetable room (11) are cooled to an appropriate temperature by discharging cold air whose temperature has been lowered by heat exchange into the refrigerating room (6) with a fan (30). Further, a part of the cold air is directly introduced into the low temperature chamber (15) from the refrigerating cooler (28) and cooled to a lower temperature than in the upper refrigerating chamber (6).

  In the refrigeration operation, the refrigerant is directly introduced into the refrigeration cooler (29), evaporates at a low evaporation temperature, and cool air that has become a low temperature of -20 ° C. or lower due to heat exchange is cooled by the fan (31). It is controlled to cool each chamber to a predetermined temperature by introducing it into the freezing chamber (22) and the ice making chamber (18), which are (7), and forcibly circulating them.

  The control device compares the temperature in the refrigerator compartment (6) with the temperature mainly in the freezer compartment (22) and operates the compressor (32) and the fans (30) (31). Further, switching between the refrigeration operation and the refrigeration operation is performed when each indoor temperature during cooling reaches a predetermined temperature, for example, the detection temperature of the refrigeration room temperature sensor reaches 0 ° C., the detection temperature of the freezer temperature sensor reaches −20 ° C., Alternatively, when the cooling operation time is a predetermined time, for example, 15 to 20 minutes for the refrigeration operation and 30 to 40 minutes for the refrigeration operation, the three-way valve is operated to switch to the other cooling operation and controlled to operate alternately. is doing.

  In the refrigeration operation, the refrigerant does not flow into the refrigeration cooler (28), but the fan (30) is rotated and the surface temperature is about −3 ° C. because it is in a frosted state. High temperature and low temperature cold air that melts frost adhering to the cooler by circulating air at 0 ° C or higher, and at the same time contains a lot of moisture due to melting of the frost. Is allowed to flow into the vegetable compartment (11) from the refrigerated storage compartment (10).

  As a result, the temperature in the vegetable compartment (11) is cooled to about 2 ° C., and on average, it can be maintained at 4 ° C., and the humidified cold air flows into the refrigerated storage compartment (10) and The humidity in the vegetable room (11) is as high as 80%. Furthermore, by storing vegetables, the humidity further increases due to its transpiration, and becomes 90% to 95%. Therefore, the vegetable compartment (11) can be used in a vegetable container ( 13) An atmosphere in which the vegetables inside do not dry can be maintained.

  The present invention is configured as described above, and the refrigerator main body (1) includes a heat insulating partition wall (5) at the bottom of the refrigerator compartment (6), an ice making chamber (18), a temperature switching chamber (19), and a freezer. A partition plate (21) partitioning between the chamber (22) and an ice making chamber (18) and a temperature switching chamber (19) between the heat insulating partition wall (5) and the partition plate (21). It is roughly divided into four sections by a vertical partition plate (20) disposed so as to partition the front surface.

  Therefore, when the refrigerator main body (1) is simply divided into three upper and lower chambers and doors are respectively provided on the front surfaces of the refrigerator body (1) as in the prior art, each door itself becomes larger and heavier and the load applied to the heat insulation box. Therefore, the refrigerator body (1) needs to be designed to have a greater strength, but in the case of the present invention, the refrigerator compartment (6) lower insulating partition wall (5) and the freezer compartment (22) upper portion. The vertical partition plate (20) that divides the storage space between the horizontal partition plate (21) on the left and right sides can form a substantially E-shaped reinforcing structure at the intermediate part of the refrigerator body (1), and is rigid as a cabinet. And the strength can be improved.

  In addition, the one chamber divided into the left and right by the vertical partition plate (20) is an ice making chamber (18), whereby the ice making chamber (18) can be formed independently and below the refrigerator compartment (6). Therefore, the height of the ice making room (18) is higher than that in the case where the ice making room (18) is disposed below the conventional vegetable room. Specifically, the top of the refrigerator is about 700 mm above the floor where the refrigerator is installed, and can be positioned slightly below the so-called belt line, and the ice can be easily operated without bending the waist. It is easy to use.

  On the other hand, the vegetable compartment (11) is partitioned and formed by the vegetable container (13) arranged at the bottom of the refrigerator compartment (6) and the ceiling partition plate (12) installed at the top, so that the height of the refrigerator main body has been conventionally As the vegetable compartment is arranged in the middle part of the direction, it can be unnecessary compared with the structure that has to be provided with heat insulating partition walls above and below and the structure that consists of a dedicated drawer type door and rail mechanism Since at least one heat insulating partition wall can be reduced, it is possible to greatly increase the effective storage capacity not only in the height direction but also in the width and depth directions, and there is no dedicated door as described above. Since the rail mechanism is also simplified, the cost can be greatly reduced. Further, since the number of doors is reduced, the dew condensation phenomenon at the front opening can be suppressed and the heat leakage from the opening can be reduced, so that the power consumption can be reduced.

  In addition, since the vegetable compartment (11) is located in the refrigerator compartment (6), it is necessary to open both the refrigerator compartment door and the vegetable compartment door for storing refrigerated food and vegetables after shopping, as before. There is a convenience that can be done at once by opening the refrigerator compartment door (8). At this time, if the cover (16) of the vegetable compartment (11) is always open as described above and the front opening is relatively large, the refrigerator door (8) is opened. Just by opening the door, you can put your hands in the front opening and directly put out and put in vegetables. If necessary, you can pull out the vegetable container (13) to the front. Various vegetables as ingredients can be taken out from the container and stored with the same feeling, improving usability, shortening the opening time of the refrigerator compartment door (8), reducing the number of times the door is opened and closing, and reducing heat leakage. it can.

  Furthermore, the height of the upper end of the vegetable room (11) is 700 to 1200 mm from the floor surface, which is higher than that of the conventional configuration and closer to the user's eyes. In this respect, the stored items inside are easy to see. Forgetting to use can be reduced and usability is improved.

  As described above, by installing the vegetable compartment (11) inside, the lower end position of the refrigerator compartment (6) becomes longer to a position slightly below the belt line of the user, and at the same time the refrigerator compartment door (8). Therefore, not only can the image of the entire refrigerator be refreshed and the design can be made innovative, but also when the door is opened, the interior volume of the refrigeration room (6) is large and the room is spacious. Obtainable.

  In this embodiment, since the refrigerator compartment door (8) is a double door type, the vertical dividing line formed at the opposing part of the left and right doors is the ice making chamber (18) and the temperature switching chamber below the refrigerator compartment (6). Since it passes straight through to the vertical division line of the part facing (19), the appearance design at the time of closing is further improved, and since it is a double-spread type, it can be heated even if the refrigerator door (8) is enlarged. The door can be opened with a relatively light force while suppressing leakage, and the vertical dimension of the refrigerator compartment door (8) has become longer, so there has been a restriction between the height and design dimensions of the stored items. The arrangement condition of the large door inner pocket (33) is relaxed, and for example, it becomes possible to arrange the storage pockets (34) for PET bottles in two steps, which has been difficult in the past. Usability can be improved.

It is the whole refrigerator perspective view which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the door opening state of the refrigerator compartment door in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. It is the perspective view which opened one side of the folding door type refrigerator compartment door of FIG. 1, and the door of the temperature switching chamber. It is a perspective view which shows the state which pulled out the freezer compartment door of FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the form of the conventional refrigerator.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator main body 5 Heat insulation partition wall 6 Refrigeration room 7 Refrigeration space 8 Refrigeration room door 9 Mounting shelf
10 Refrigerated storage room 11 Vegetable room 12 Ceiling divider
13 Vegetable container 13a Front wall 14 Bottom divider
15 Low greenhouse 16 Lid 18 Ice making room
19 Temperature switching chamber 20 Vertical partition plate 21 Horizontal partition plate
22 Freezer compartment 23 Freezer compartment door 25 Storage container
26 Middle container 27 Upper container 28 Refrigerator
29 Refrigeration cooler 30, 31 Fan 33 Pocket inside door
34 Plastic bottle storage pocket

Claims (9)

Vertical and refrigerating chamber which is placed on top of the insulating box body, and vegetable container having an opening at least a portion of the front surface is disposed below the refrigeration compartment, with provided via a heat insulating partition wall below the refrigerating chamber cooling and cold storage compartment and the ice compartment which is juxtaposed partitioned into left and right partition plate, and a cold Koshitsu that Wataru the body whole width provided lowermost adjacent to the ice making chamber and the cooling storage compartment, said refrigerating chamber A refrigeration cooler and a refrigeration fan, and a refrigeration cooler and a refrigeration fan for cooling the cooling storage chamber, the ice making chamber, and the freezing chamber,
The inside of the heat insulation box main body is divided into four sections by the refrigerating room, the cooling storage room, the ice making room, and the freezing room, and the refrigerating fan is rotated when the refrigerant is flowing through the freezing cooler. Refrigerator.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator compartment is a double door system.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cooling storage room is a freezing room. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cooling storage chamber is a temperature switching chamber that can be cooled to at least a freezing temperature.   2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the height of the freezing room is 350 to 500 mm from the installation floor, and three or more drawer containers are provided in the room. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a lid that opens and closes a front opening of the vegetable container is provided, and the lid allows the opening to be maintained in a normally open state. The vegetable container can be pulled out in the front-rear direction, and the opening can be opened and closed in conjunction with the forward and backward movement in the front-rear direction, and can be opened and closed manually. refrigerator. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the height of the refrigerator compartment is set to 900 mm or more, and the storage pockets for plastic bottles in the inside of the refrigerator compartment door are arranged in two upper and lower stages. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a height of an upper end portion of the vegetable room is set to 700 to 1200 mm from a floor surface.

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