JP4364128B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a container can be pulled out in a plurality of stages in a refrigerator body.

There is a refrigerator in which a container can be pulled out in three stages on the top and bottom of the refrigerator body. This is because the second container is provided on the upper surface of the lower first container by a roller and a protrusion so that it can be moved back and forth. A third container is provided, the first container and the second container are pulled out as the front door is pulled out while the third container remains in the refrigerator body, and the second container moves back and forth on the first container. Is possible. (For example, patent document 1).
JP 2001-349665 A

  In Patent Document 1, the first container and the second container are pulled out as the front door is pulled out while the third container remains in the refrigerator main body, and when the article is put into and out of the first container, In this case, since the second container remains on the first container, it is inconvenient to put in and out articles on the back side of the first container. In the present invention, in view of such points, in the case where the first container, the second container, and the third container are arranged above and below, it is easy to put in and out articles in each container, and it is easy to clean each container. A refrigerator having a configuration is provided.

1st invention is the door provided in the said refrigerator main body so that drawer | drawing-out direction of the front-back direction was possible so that the front opening of a refrigerator main body might be opened and closed, and it exists in the said refrigerator main body, and it is the front-back direction accompanying the drawer storage of the said door A first container having an upper surface opening to be drawn out and stored, a second container slidably mounted on front and rear slide surfaces formed on both left and right sides of the upper surface opening of the first container, and above the second container And a third container placed on the upper rail in the refrigerator main body so as to be retractable in the front-rear direction, and the second container is slid rearward along the slide surface in the drawer state of the door Thus, a lower rail for placing the second container is provided in the refrigerator body at a rear position where the upper surface opening of the first container is greatly opened, and the second container is placed on the lower rail and the third container is placed. There in a state of being placed on the upper rail, a refrigerator, characterized by being configured in a relationship wherein the second container with the drawer of the third container is pulled out.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a door provided in the refrigerator main body so as to be able to be retracted and retracted in the front-rear direction so as to open and close the front opening of the refrigerator main body, and in the front-rear direction along with the drawer storage of the door. A first container having an upper surface opening to be drawn out and housed; a second container placed on a slide surface in the front-rear direction formed on the left and right sides of the upper surface opening of the first container; and above the second container, A third container placed on the upper rail in the refrigerator main body so as to be retractable in the front-rear direction, and provided in the refrigerator main body with a lower rail for storing and placing the second container in the refrigerator main body, The second container is movable between a state where the second container is placed on the slide surface and positioned on the first container, and a state where the second container is placed on the lower rail and stored in the refrigerator main body. Is when the door is pulled out Holds the state remaining on the upper rail in the refrigerator body, and the third container is pulled out forward along the upper rail while the first container and the second container are pulled out. The container is in a state where the front part is placed on the second container and the rear part is placed on the upper rail, and the third container is retracted to the state where the third container is placed on the upper rail as the door is retracted. The refrigerator is characterized in that the second container and the third container are configured such that the second container is pulled out as the third container is pulled out.

In the first invention, since the second container is placed on the lower rail by sliding the second container rearward along the slide surface in the drawer state of the door, the second container is stored and pulled out. It is easy to achieve and stable support can be achieved, and articles can be easily taken in and out from the top opening that is wide open with respect to the first container. In the retracted state where the second container is placed on the lower rail and the third container is placed on the upper rail in the drawer state of the door, the second container is pulled out by pulling out the third container. In addition, it is easy to put in and out the article with respect to the third container, and it is easy to use.

In the second invention, the third container remains on the rail in the refrigerator body when the door is pulled out, and the upper surface of the second container placed on the upper surface opening of the first container is exposed with the door pulled out. Therefore, it becomes easy to put in and out the article with respect to the second container, and it is also possible to put in and out the article with respect to the first container. Further, if the third container is pulled forward along the rail while the door is pulled out, the front part is placed on the second container and the rear part is placed on the rail. The third container can be supported in a stable support state without falling. And even if the third container is pushed in, the storage state is placed on the rail, but with the storage operation of the door, the entire third container is also placed on the rail, so the storage operation is also easy. A synergistic effect with the effect of the first invention is obtained.

  The present invention provides a door provided in the refrigerator main body so that the front and rear openings of the refrigerator main body can be opened and closed, and a drawer in the front and rear direction in the refrigerator main body as the door is housed in the drawer. A first container having an upper surface opening; a second container that is slidably mounted on a front and rear sliding surface formed on both right and left sides of the upper surface opening of the first container; and an upper rail in the refrigerator body. And a third container placed so as to be able to be pulled out and stored in the front-rear direction, a lower rail for storing and placing the second container in the refrigerator body is provided in the refrigerator body, and the second container is moved to the slide It is possible to move between a state placed on a surface and positioned on the first container and a state placed on the lower rail and housed in the refrigerator main body. Examples of Described.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a refrigerator according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view showing a configuration of a foam assembly main body to which a heat insulating partition wall of the refrigerator according to the present invention is attached, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view of the refrigerator according to the present invention. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the first container to the third container of the refrigerator according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal side view showing a state in which the drawer door of the refrigerator according to the present invention is pulled out, and FIG. It is a vertical side view which shows the state which pulled out the 3rd container in the state which pulled out the drawer door of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention.

  In the refrigerator 1 according to the first embodiment, the inside of the refrigerator main body 2 with the front opening is partitioned into an upper storage chamber 3 and a lower storage chamber 4 by a heat insulating partition wall 10. Thus, the upper storage chamber 3 constitutes a refrigeration chamber, and the lower storage chamber constitutes a freezer compartment. The refrigerator main body 2 includes a foam outer assembly body 200 by combining a metal outer box (outer wall plate) 2A and an inner box (inner wall plate) 2B obtained by vacuum forming a synthetic resin plate having a thickness of 1.2 mm to 0.8 mm. A heat insulating box body having a heat insulating structure in which a space between the outer box (outer wall plate) 2A and the inner box (inner wall plate) 2B is filled with the foam heat insulating material 2C. The front opening of the upper storage chamber 3 is opened and closed by a swing type heat insulating door 5 that is rotated laterally by a hinge device attached to one side of the refrigerator body 2. The front opening of the lower storage chamber 4 is opened and closed by a drawer-type door 8 supported so as to be able to be pulled out in the front-rear direction by a support device 6 including left and right rails and rollers provided in the lower storage chamber 4. The first container 7 made of synthetic resin having an upper opening is supported so that it can be pulled out forward.

  The refrigerator 1 has such a size that the upper surface can be used as the table 9, and constitutes the refrigerator body 2 at a height of approximately 1000 mm to 1300 mm. For this reason, the upper surface table plate 9 of the refrigerator body 2 constitutes the upper surface portion of the metal outer box (outer wall plate) 2A of the refrigerator body 2, and the lower surface of the table plate 9 and the inner box (inner wall plate). Between 2B, it is the structure filled with 2 C of foam heat insulating materials.

  The heat insulating partition wall 10 has a heat insulating structure in which a heat insulating material 16 such as a polystyrene foam previously formed in a predetermined shape is sandwiched between an injection molded synthetic resin upper plate 14 and an injection molded synthetic resin lower plate 15. There is no. Such a heat insulating partition wall 10 includes a groove 17 formed in the front-rear direction on the left and right side walls of the inner box (inner wall plate) 2B of the refrigerator body 2, and a front opening groove formed on the rear wall of the inner box (inner wall plate) 2B. 18 is configured to be inserted and attached from the front opening of the refrigerator main body 2.

  A cooler chamber 12 partitioned by a heat insulating partition wall 11 is formed between the lower storage chamber 4 and the rear wall 2D of the refrigerator body 2, and a cooler 13 is installed in the cooler chamber 12. Yes. Thereby, the lower storage chamber 4 which is a freezing room is formed in the front part of the heat insulation partition wall 11.

  A blower 20 is disposed in a space 19 serving as a cool air passage formed by vertically penetrating the rear part of the heat insulating partition wall 10 so that the cool air cooled by the cooler 13 is circulated through the upper storage chamber 3 and the lower storage chamber 4. The blower 20 is an axial fan in which a propeller fan 22 and an electric motor 21 that rotates the propeller fan 22 are attached to a casing 23. The blower 20 is attached in an obliquely supported state by a synthetic resin attachment member 25 so as to send cold air obliquely upward and forward to the space 19 of the heat insulating partition wall 10. The upper fixing portion of the mounting member 25 is positioned in a recess 24 formed on the rear wall of the inner box (inner wall plate) 2B corresponding to the lower portion of the upper storage chamber 3, and the upper portion is screwed or pushed plastic. It is attached to the inner box (inner wall plate) 2B by a stopper 26 such as a stopper.

  The mounting member 25 of the blower 20 includes inclined support portions 29 on both the left and right sides of the mounting portion 25A of the blower 20, and forms wall portions 28 that bulge forward on the outside of the support portion 29. In the state where the blower 20 is attached to the attachment portion 25A, the left and right sides of the casing 23 are in contact with or close to the bulging wall portion 28. The blower 20 may hold the casing 23 in a predetermined position by the support portions 29 on both the left and right sides and the upper elastic holding pieces 27, but a support portion 30 that supports the lower portion of the blower 20 is formed on the mounting member 25. May be. Moreover, this support part 30 can also be formed in the lower board 15 of the heat insulation partition wall 10 like a figure. In this manner, the blower 20 is attached to the space 19 of the heat insulating partition wall 10 in an obliquely supported state by the synthetic resin attachment member 25.

  With the blower 20 attached in this manner, a back wall member 32 that forms a cool air distribution passage 33 to the upper storage chamber 3 between the rear wall of the refrigerator main body 2 and the rear portion of the upper storage chamber 3, It is attached to the refrigerator body 2. The back wall member 32 is a combination of a front plate 32A made of synthetic resin and a heat insulating material 32B on the back side thereof. If the back wall member 32 is removed, the blower 20 can be removed forward using the elasticity of the elastic holding piece 27 and can be attached from the front. Wiring of the power supply line to the blower 20 is performed before the back wall member 32 is attached.

  In the lower storage chamber 4, a first container 7 having an upper surface opening made of a synthetic resin that is pulled out and housed in the front-rear direction together with a pull-out door 8 is detachably mounted upward. A second container 7A having a top opening made of synthetic resin is placed on the upper ends of the left and right side walls of the top opening of the first synthetic resin container 7 so as to be detachable upward and retractable in the front-rear direction. A slide surface 70 is formed in the front-rear direction. Further, a third container 7B having a top opening made of a synthetic resin is disposed above the second container 7A. The third container 7B is placed on an upper rail 71 formed on the left and right side walls of the lower storage chamber 4 of the refrigerator main body 2 so as to extend in the front-rear direction so as to be retractable in the front-rear direction. On the upper rail 71, the flange portions 7BF on the left and right sides of the third container 7B are placed so as to be retractable and retractable in the front-rear direction.

  In the third container 7B, a container part 7B1 and a container part 7B2 are formed on the left and right so that frozen food can be stored in small portions, and an ice storage container part 7B3 is formed in the rear part of the third container 7B2, and the ice storage container part 7B3. An ice tray 7C is detachably placed on the upper surface of the plate. A lid 7C1 that opens and closes the upper surface opening is attached to the ice tray 7C.

  The support device 6 that detachably mounts the first container 7 will be described. The first container 7 can be pulled out in the front-rear direction by the drawer support device 6 in the lower storage chamber 4, and is detachably mounted on the drawer support device 6. The structure of the drawer support device 6 is provided with left and right support members 6A extending substantially in parallel rearward from the back surface of the drawer door 8, and rollers 73 are attached to the rear portions of the left and right support members 6A, respectively. These rollers 73 are placed on left and right rails 72 formed on the left and right side wall surfaces of the lower storage chamber 4 in the front-rear direction so as to be retractable and retractable in the front-rear direction. Further, rollers 74 on which the lower flanges 6A1 of the left and right support members 6A are respectively mounted are attached to the front portions of the left and right side wall surfaces of the lower storage chamber 4. The rear portions of the left and right support members 6A are connected and reinforced by a connecting member 6B. With this configuration, the drawer-type door 8 can be pulled out and stored together with the first container 7, and the first container 7 has its left and right flange portions 7F detachably mounted on a predetermined position of the support member 6A. It is.

  Left and right lower rails 75 are formed on the left and right side walls of the lower storage chamber 4 of the refrigerator body 2 in the front-rear direction, and flange portions 7A2 formed on the left and right side walls of the second container 7A are mounted on the left and right lower rails 75. It is a state to be placed. The second container 7A is configured such that flange portions 7A1 formed on the left and right side walls thereof are slidable in the front-rear direction on slide surfaces 70 in the front-rear direction formed on the left and right sides of the upper surface opening of the first container 7. It is.

  When the pull-out door 8 is closed, the first container 7 is in a state where the left and right flange portions 7F are placed at predetermined positions of the left and right support members 6A, and the second container 7A is a flange formed on the left and right side walls thereof. The part 7A1 is in a state of being placed on the slide surface 70 of the first container 7. The flange portion 7A2 is slightly lifted from the lower rail 75. Further, the third container 7B is in a state in which the left and right flange portions 7BF are placed on the upper rail 71 so as to be retractable in the front-rear direction. This state is shown in FIG.

  In the state of FIG. 3, the cool air cooled by the cooler 13 is circulated and cooled by the blower 20 between the upper storage chamber 3 and the lower storage chamber 4 as indicated by arrows. That is, the cold air sent from the blower 20 to the cold air distribution passage 33 flows into the upper storage chamber 3 from the cold air discharge port formed in the back wall member 32 corresponding to the cold air distribution passage 33 to cool the upper storage chamber 3. Then, it passes through a return path (not shown) and enters the lower part of the cooler chamber 12 where it is circulated again by the cooler 13. The cool air flowing into the upper portion of the lower storage chamber 4 from the blower 20 cools the lower storage chamber 4 and then enters the lower portion of the cooler chamber 12 from the lower end portion of the heat insulating partition wall 11. Circulate cooled. The upper storage chamber 3 is a refrigerating chamber, and the temperature of the upper storage chamber 3 is sensed by a temperature sensor, and the refrigerant circuit 35 of the refrigeration cycle is ON / OFF controlled by the control circuit unit. The cooler 13 and the compressor 35 constitute a refrigeration cycle. 36 is an electric heater for defrosting the cooler 13, and 37 is an interior lamp that is turned on when the door 5 is opened and turned off when the door 5 is closed.

  In this way, the first container 7 is pulled forward by pulling the pull-out door 8 forward from a state in which the pull-out door 8 is closed. On the other hand, the second container 7 </ b> A is pulled out together with the first container 7 from the lower storage chamber 4 with the flange portions 7 </ b> A <b> 1 formed on the left and right side walls thereof being placed on the first container 7. At this time, the third container 7 </ b> B remains in the lower storage chamber 4 while being placed on the upper rail 71 of the lower storage chamber 4.

  Thus, in the state where the pull-out door 8 is pulled out substantially fully, the upper surface opening of the second container 7A is exposed to the front surface of the lower storage chamber 4, but the first container 7 is covered with the second container 7A. For this reason, it is not possible to freely store and remove articles from the first container 7. This state is shown in FIG. In this state, it is possible to freely store and take out articles with respect to the second container 7A. In this state, in order to store and remove articles from and to the first container 7, the second container 7A is placed on the lower rail 75 by pushing the second container 7A rearward. 7 can be greatly opened.

  That is, in the state of FIG. 5, the second container 7A is slid rearward along the slide surface 70, so that the flange 7A2 formed on the left and right side walls of the second container 7A is placed on the lower rail 75. Since it is stored in the lower storage chamber 4 in a state, the upper surface opening of the first container 7 can be greatly opened. As described above, the lower rail 75 and the slide surface 70 are formed so as to be selectively placed between the state in which the second container 7A is stored and held in the lower storage chamber 4 and the state in which the second container 7A is placed on the first container 7. Has been. The position of the lower rail 75 is set such that the flange portion 7A1 formed on the left and right side walls of the second container 7A is placed by sliding the second container 7A rearward along the slide surface 70. A predetermined configuration may be used.

  As described above, when the door 8 is pulled out, the third container 7 </ b> B holds the state remaining on the upper rail 71 in the refrigerator body 2. By pulling out the door 8, the first container 7 and the second container 7A are pulled out. In this state, by pulling the third container 7B forward along the upper rail 71, the third container 7B is placed on the second container 7A and the rear part is placed on the upper rail 71. It becomes. As a specific configuration, leg portions 80 projecting downward are formed on the left and right of the bottom surface of the front portion of the third container 7B. When the third container 7B is pulled out, the leg portions 80 serve as the second container. The slide surface 81 formed in the front-rear direction is slid on the left and right portions of the upper surface opening of 7A. At the front end of the slide surface 81, there is a front wall 82 of the second container 7A. When the left and right legs 80 hit the front wall 82, the third container 7B is stopped from being pulled out. The front part of the three containers 7B is placed on the second container 7A, and the rear part of the third container 7B is placed on the upper rail 71 and held. This state is shown in FIG.

  In the state of FIG. 6, the second container 7 </ b> A placed on the first container 7 also moves rearward together with the first container 7 as the door 8 is closed, that is, when the first container 7 is stored. Therefore, the left and right legs 80 of the third container 7B are pushed rearward by the front wall 82 of the second container 7A, and the third container 7B moves rearward together with the second container 7A. By this rearward movement, the entire third container 7B is placed by the upper rail 71, and when the door 8 is closed, the original state as shown in FIG. 7A and the third container 7B are stored in predetermined positions in the lower storage chamber 4 of the refrigerator body 2.

  As described above, when the door 8 is pulled out, the third container 7 </ b> B holds the state remaining on the upper rail 71 in the refrigerator body 2. In the state shown in FIG. 5, in the state where the second container 7 </ b> A is slid rearward along the slide surface 70 and stored in the lower storage chamber 4 as described above, the first container 7 is drawn forward. The second container 7 </ b> A and the third container 7 </ b> B are stored in the lower storage chamber 4. In such a state, if the third container 7B is pulled forward, the left and right leg portions 80 of the third container 7B push the front wall 82 of the second container 7A forward accordingly, so the third container 7B and the third container 7B together. The two containers 7A are pulled out. As a result, the second container 7A and the third container 7B can be easily stored and taken out.

  The second container 7A is engaged with the front part of the first container 7 or the rear surface of the door 8 in a state where the second container 7A is placed on the slide surface 70, and the second container 7A is slid. When the rear portion is slid along the surface 70, an engagement portion that can be disengaged by lifting the front portion of the second container 7A is provided. The first container 7 and the second container 7A can be pulled out together, and if the second container 7A is slid backward by lifting the front part of the second container 7A and releasing the engagement, the lower storage It can be moved to a state of being placed on the lower rail 75 in the chamber 4.

  In the above, the first container 7, the second container 7 </ b> A, and the third container 7 </ b> B can be washed with water by being removed, and each container can be kept hygienic.

  Although the refrigerator of the present invention may be called a refrigerator-freezer, it can be applied to various types of refrigerators without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, and the upper storage chamber and the lower storage chamber are examples of the embodiment. The first container 7, the second container 7 </ b> A, and the third container 7 </ b> B are provided in any room, regardless of the form, even in a combination of a refrigerator room, a freezer room, a vegetable room, and other application rooms. It is also applicable in the form.

It is a front perspective view of the refrigerator concerning the present invention. (Example 1) It is a front perspective view which shows the structure of the foam assembly main body which attached the heat insulation partition wall of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) It is a vertical side view of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the relationship between the 1st container-the 3rd container of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) It is a vertical side view which shows the state which pulled out the drawer door of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) It is a vertical side view which shows the state which pulled out the 3rd container in the state which pulled out the drawer door of the refrigerator which concerns on this invention. (Example 1)

Explanation of symbols

1 .... Refrigerator 2 .... Refrigerator body 2A ... Outer box (outer wall plate)
2B ... inner box (inner wall plate)
2C: Foam insulation material 3 .... Upper storage chamber 4 .... Lower storage chamber 5 .... Upper storage chamber door 6 .... Support device 7 ... First container 7A ... 2nd container 7B ... 3rd container 7A1 ... Flange 7A2 ... Flange 7BF ... Flange 7F ... Flange 8 ... Lower storage door 9 ... Table 10 ...・ Insulating partition wall 11... Insulating partition wall 12... Cooler room 13... Cooler 19. 25 ... Blower mounting member 33 ... Cold air distribution passage 36 ... Defrosting electric heater 70 ... Slide surface 71 ... Upper rail 72 ... Rail 73, 74 ... Roller 75 ..Lower rail 80 ... Leg 81 ... Sly Surface

Claims (2)

A door provided in the refrigerator main body so as to be able to be retracted in the front-rear direction so as to open and close the front opening of the refrigerator main body, and an upper surface opening in the refrigerator main body that is pulled out and stored in the front-rear direction along with the drawer storage of the door A first container, a second container slidably mounted on front and rear slide surfaces formed on the left and right sides of the top opening of the first container, and the refrigerator main body above the second container And a third container placed on the upper rail so as to be retractable in the front-rear direction. The first container is slid rearwardly along the slide surface in the drawer state of the door. A lower rail for placing the second container is provided in the refrigerator main body at a rear position where the upper surface opening is greatly opened, the second container is placed on the lower rail, and the third container is placed on the upper tray. In the placed state Le, refrigerator, characterized in that the second container with the drawer of the third container is constructed in relation drawn. A door provided in the refrigerator main body so as to be able to be retracted in the front-rear direction so as to open and close the front opening of the refrigerator main body, and an upper surface opening in the refrigerator main body that is pulled out and stored in the front-rear direction along with the drawer storage of the door A first container, a second container placed on a slide surface in the front-rear direction formed on the left and right sides of the upper surface opening of the first container, and an upper rail in the refrigerator main body above the second container And a third container placed so as to be retractable in the front-rear direction, a lower rail for housing and placing the second container in the refrigerator body is provided in the refrigerator body, and the second container is It is possible to move between a state placed on the slide surface and positioned on the first container, and a state placed on the lower rail and housed in the refrigerator main body, and the third container is pulled out of the door. Sometimes the refrigerator When the third container is pulled forward along the upper rail while the first container and the second container are pulled out, the third container is kept in the front portion. Is placed on the second container and the rear part is placed on the upper rail, and the third container is retracted to the state placed on the upper rail in accordance with the storing operation of the door. The refrigerator is characterized in that the second container and the third container are configured such that the second container is pulled out as the third container is pulled out.

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