JP4653128B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a refrigerator including a shelf that is detachably provided with a shelf board in a storage room.

  Conventionally, shelves (for example, bookcases and cupboards) have been provided with shelf boards that are installed in a bridging manner from the right side surface to the left side surface of the storage room, and the positions where the shelf plates are attached according to the height of the stored items. Many are variable.

  As a structure for changing the mounting position of the shelf board, generally, holes are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction inside the side wall forming the storage chamber. And the structure which mounts a shelf board in the column-shaped pin called the dowel which is the said hole and is inserted leaving a protrusion part in a desired position is employ | adopted.

A groove that engages with the dowel may be engraved on the bottom surface of the shelf so that the shelf does not slide off the dowel. Further, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a holding piece for holding a dowel may protrude from the bottom surface of the shelf so that the shelf is not easily lifted upward.
JP 2006-223555 A

  However, the structure using dowels does not have the strength to place heavy objects on the shelf. Furthermore, when the size of the shelf board is to be increased, the strength of the shelf board is improved so as not to bend, and the weight of the shelf board itself is increased, so that a structure using dowels is difficult to adopt.

  Therefore, as a result of intensive research and efforts, the inventors have found a structure in which the rail-like support member is firmly fixed to the side wall and the end of the shelf is supported by the support member.

  However, simply placing the shelf plate on the support member can raise the shelf plate and lower the stability, and by providing a groove in the support member and inserting the end of the shelf plate into the groove. When fixing a shelf board, there is not much freedom of design and it becomes difficult to create the design variation.

This invention solves the said conventional subject, and it aims at providing the refrigerator which has a shelf with high storage property and a high freedom degree of design.

In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the refrigerator of the present invention has an opening on the front surface, a storage chamber for storing objects, and a bridge installed from the right side surface to the left side surface of the storage chamber, Shelf plates having different depth dimensions on the left and right, the shelf plate having a stepped portion that continuously connects the left front end surface and the right front end surface with a curved surface, and the left and right edges of the shelf plate downward A rail-like support portion provided on both side surfaces of the storage chamber extending in the depth direction and extending in the depth direction, and projecting from an intermediate portion between the left and right edges of the shelf plate, and supporting the shelf plate In the refrigerator having the shelf plate provided in a plurality of upper and lower stages in the storage chamber by a locking piece that engages with the lower portion of the support portion in a state of being placed on the portion, among the openings, the left side of the shelf plate Left door on the part corresponding to the front end surface of the The portions response is characterized by a right door, with the.

  Thereby, since the depth dimension of a shelf board differs by right and left, for example, a shelf board can be divided into two storage areas, ie, an area | region with a long depth dimension, and a short area | region can be used. For this reason, for example, it is possible to efficiently store compartments such as placing a relatively large stored item in an area on the long side of the depth dimension, and improve the ease of putting in and out the stored item for the user.

  Further, by providing a curved surface to the step existing on the front end surface of the shelf board, for example, stress concentration and distortion generated when placing a front end portion storage item or the like of the shelf board can be reduced.

  That is, even when a relatively heavy storage item is placed on the shelf board, the user can use the shelf safely and safely without causing large deflection or cracking.

  Further, by making the step portion into a smooth wave-like shape and further making the side of the shelf opposite to the inner surface of the storage room into a flat shape, it looks good and has excellent design.

  Further, the shelf plate has a first engagement portion at a rear end edge of the shelf plate, and the storage chamber engages with the first engagement portion at a rear end surface to pull the shelf plate forward. It is good also as what has the 2nd engaging part which regulates.

Thereby, it becomes possible to attach a shelf board stably.
It is desirable that the shelf board has an edge material at a portion including at least the step portion on the front end surface.

  Thereby, a level | step difference part can be reinforced or protected by an edge material. Further, for example, the edge material can be made of a metal such as stainless steel, so that the edge material can be used as a decorative member of the shelf board. Thereby, the front end portion of the shelf board, which is the most visually noticeable part, can be made beautiful, and the shelf board can be made excellent in design.

  Moreover, by making the upper end surface of the said edge material exist below the upper surface of the said shelf board, it can give a clean impression visually and can improve design nature further.

  The shelf board is preferably made of a transparent material, and the shelf board may be made of glass.

  By providing transparency to the shelf board, the feeling of pressure in the entire storage room is eliminated and the spaciousness is not impaired. In addition, when illumination is provided in the storage room, it is possible to spread light throughout the storage room.

  Moreover, if it is a glass shelf board, it can be made into a comparatively thin flat plate shape, and does not give a feeling of pressure to the front side of the shelf which is most visually worrisome. Furthermore, the intensity | strength of a shelf board can be improved, without impairing the beauty | look as a shelf board of a shelf.

  Storage efficiency and convenience can be improved by a shelf plate installed in a bridge shape over the entire width direction of the storage chamber. Further, since the shelf plate is fixed by the engagement between the support portion and the locking piece, the stability is improved, and the degree of design freedom can be improved by changing the mounting position of the engaging piece. . Further, since the curved surface is present on the front surface of the shelf board, it is possible to improve the aesthetics and the spaciousness when the shelf board is made of glass.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a shelf according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the configuration of the shelf according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the shelf 51 according to the embodiment is a shelf including a double door, and includes a plurality of storage compartments within the door box body 52.

  Specifically, the shelf 51 of the embodiment includes a storage chamber 53 in the upper portion, and further includes a small drawer 54, a middle drawer 55 and a large drawer 56, 57 that are attached to the small drawer 54.

  At the front opening of the storage room, for example, a glass or the like is provided and a door through which the storage room can be seen is provided. Specifically, the storage chamber 53 is provided with a left door 60a and a right door 60b that divide the front opening of the box body 52 into left and right.

  From the viewpoint of storage and usability, the left door 60a is configured to be shorter in the left-right direction than the right door 60b, that is, to have a horizontal width, and is substantially the same in the left-right direction as the position where the small drawer 54 and the middle drawer 55 are divided. It is divided by position. This creates a sense of unity.

  Note that the door of the storage chamber may be a double door type in which the width of the left door and the right door is the same, or one of the left door and the right door may be a drawer door depending on the storage form.

  2 is a perspective view of the shelf 51 with the door opened, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the shelf 51 (A-A sectional view shown in FIG. 1).

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a plurality of shelf boards 80 are arranged in the storage chamber 53 for organizing and storing the storage items. A plurality of shelf boards 80 are arranged in the storage chamber 53 by the plurality of shelf boards 80. A storage space extending over the steps is formed.

  In addition, the left door 60a and the right door 60b are installed in the front opening of the storage chamber 53 as described above. Specifically, the left door 60a and the right door 60b are pivotally supported by hinges 81 at the left and right ends of the box body 52, respectively.

In addition, a small case 83 is disposed at the lowest level of the storage space in the storage chamber 53.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view (a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB shown in FIG. 1) of the shelf 51 according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a partition 86 is disposed between the doors located at the front opening of the storage chamber 53, and a structure that closes the gap between the doors by the partition 86 when the doors are closed. It has become.

  The partition 86 is attached to the right end of the left door 60a, and is configured to rotate with the opening and closing of the left door 60a so that the left door 60a can be closed even after the right door 60b is closed first. Yes.

  For this reason, a space for rotating the partition 86 is required on the rear side (storage chamber side) of the partition 86.

  The shelf board 80 is placed on a rail-like support portion 182 attached to the wall surface 70 so that the shelf board 80 is held and supported and fixed to the box body 52 and is arranged so as to be substantially horizontal in the vertical direction. Yes.

  Further, since the shelf plate 80 includes the locking piece 96 a, the shelf plate 80 is engaged with the support portion 182 and is held and supported and fixed to the box body 52.

  Moreover, the 1st engaging part 96b is provided in two places at the rear-end edge of a shelf board. 4 and 5, the rear wall of the box body 52 is provided with a second engagement portion 196 that engages with the first engagement portion 96b. The first engagement portion 96b is provided with a burr, and the second engagement portion 196 is provided with a protrusion that engages with the burr. Therefore, once the first engagement portion 96b and the second engagement portion 196 are engaged, the engagement cannot be released with a normal force. The second engagement portion 196 is provided with a small groove, and the engagement between the burr and the protrusion can be released by inserting a thin hard rod into the groove. Accordingly, the shelf plate 80 can be pulled out in a state where the bar is inserted into the groove.

  Here, the entire edge of the shelf plate 80 is provided with a step, and the step 92 is connected to the step 92 with a smooth curved surface. The double doors have a shape along the curve of the shelf plate 80.

When the shelf plate 80 has such a shape, the design is excellent.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the shelf board 80 includes a right front end face with a short depth dimension and a left front end face with a long depth dimension.

  Therefore, the shelf board 80 in the present embodiment has a step in the front-rear direction that was not found on the shelf board of the conventional shelf at the front end side. This step is referred to as a step portion 92.

  The step portion 92 is a part that continuously connects the left front end surface and the right front end surface of the shelf board by a curved surface.

  Further, the left side portion of the shelf board 80 including the portion having the depth dimension K is referred to as a large shelf board portion 113, and the right side portion of the shelf board 80 including the depth dimension portion is referred to as the normal shelf board portion 115.

  The large shelf board portion 113 and the normal shelf board portion 115 are roughly distinguished by the left side (large shelf board portion 113) and the right side (normal shelf board portion 115) of a straight line extending in the depth direction from the center point in the left-right direction of the stepped portion 92. can do.

  Note that the method of distinguishing the large shelf unit 113 and the normal shelf unit 115 is not limited to the above method. For example, in FIG. 4, only the region where the depth dimension is K is the regular shelf unit 115, and the other region is the large shelf. The plate portion 113 may be used.

  In the present embodiment, the front end surface of the large shelf board portion 113 and the front end surface of the normal shelf board portion 115 are continuously connected by the step portion 92.

  Further, the plurality of shelf boards 80 in the vertical direction are arranged so that the front end sides of the shelves from the upper stage to the lower stage are parallel to each other, that is, the step portions 92 of the shelf boards 80 are aligned in the height direction. As a result, the user can have a uniform appearance and the design is very good.

  Furthermore, there is a possibility that a plurality of shelf boards 80 can be made the same part, which contributes to a reduction in manufacturing cost by reducing the work load in the manufacturing process and the construction at an inexpensive cost by sharing the parts.

  The large shelf board portion 113 is characterized by a long depth, and a relatively long stored item can be stably placed without interfering with taking in and out of other stored items.

  This is convenient for the user when sorting a large amount of items and storing them on the shelf 51, and for taking out a desired stored item from a large amount of stored items.

  Moreover, by making the shelf plate 80 into a relatively thin flat plate shape, the storage space for the storage products in a plurality of stages can be made as large as possible, and the storage space can be increased. Further, there is no feeling of pressure on the front end side of the shelf plate 80 that is most visually concerned.

  Furthermore, by producing the shelf board 80 with a transparent material, the feeling of pressure of the whole storage chamber is lost, and a feeling of spaciousness is not impaired.

  Further, the stepped portion 92 of the shelf board 80 is not an angular step, but is formed in a smooth wave shape, for example, an R shape or a C chamfered shape.

  This also has an effect as a reinforcing structure for preventing occurrence of stress concentration and distortion in the shelf plate 80. For this reason, even when the stored item is placed, it is possible to prevent deflection and cracking, and it is a very effective means from the viewpoint of appearance and cleanness and excellent design.

  If the material of the shelf board 80 is made of glass, the above-described effects can be realized, the light transmittance can be increased, and the shelf board 80 can be made clean and excellent in strength.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which an edge member that covers the entire circumference of the glass shelf board 80 is attached.
The edge member 96 shown in FIG. 6 is made of, for example, resin, and a locking piece 96a and a first engagement portion 96b are provided by integral molding at portions corresponding to both ends of the shelf board 80.

  Here, the glass shelf board 80 and the edge member 96 shown in FIG. 6 may be separately manufactured and combined after completion, and the shelf board 80 and the edge member 96 are integrally formed by insert molding. May be.

  In the case of insert molding, the shelf board 80 including the edge member 96 and the locking piece 96a can be manufactured more quickly. Further, the fixing force between the shelf board 80 and the edge member 96 can be improved.

  In addition, when the shelf board 80 is produced with glass, it is also considered that it is not necessary to attach an edge material for the purpose of increasing the strength.

  However, the edge member attached to the glass shelf board can play a role of protecting the peripheral edge of the shelf board 80, preventing the objects placed on the shelf board 80 from dropping, and improving the design. .

  The edge material may not have a shape protruding from the upper surface of the shelf board 80. In other words, the edge material may be an edge material in which the upper end surface of the edge material does not protrude from the upper surface of the shelf board 80. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide a neat appearance with the function of protecting the peripheral edge of the shelf board 80 remaining.

  Further, for the shelf plate 80, the large shelf plate portion 113 having a deep depth and a narrow width is used as a stock zone for storing storage items that are not frequently taken in and out, and the large shelf plate portion 113 having a relatively short depth and a wider width than the large shelf plate portion 113. It is also possible to perform separate storage such as using as a zone for storing stored items that are frequently taken in and out.

  That is, the user can divide the inside of the storage chamber 53 and use each division according to the purpose.

  In addition, the front opening of the storage room 53 is the largest, and a small drawer 54, a middle drawer 55, a large drawer 56, etc. having a drawer door are arranged below it, thereby realizing a very convenient storage room arrangement. it can.

  The embodiment described above is only one embodiment of the present invention, and various changes and applications are possible.

  For example, although the left door 60a has been described in a form in which the left and right lengths, that is, the lateral width is shorter than the right door 60b, the ratio of dividing the doors may be any ratio.

  Moreover, you may make the length of the left-right direction of the left door 60a and the right door 60b, ie, the horizontal width of the left door 60a, and the horizontal width of the right door 60b.

  Moreover, although the latching piece 96a was demonstrated as a thing provided in the edge material 96, the thing which attaches the latching piece 96a directly to a glass shelf board may be sufficient. The same applies to the first engaging portion 96b.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a shelf or the like that requires a storage space corresponding to the shape of the stored item.

It is a front view of the shelf of an embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view of the state where the door of the shelf of an embodiment was opened. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the shelf of embodiment. It is a cross-sectional view of the shelf of the embodiment. It is a cross-sectional view of the state which opened the door. It is a perspective view which shows a shelf board.

Explanation of symbols

51 Shelf 52 Box Body 53 Storage Room 54 Small Drawer 55 Middle Drawer 56 Large Drawer 60a Left Door 60b Right Door 70 Wall 80 Shelf Plate 81 Hinge 83 Case 86 Partition 92 Stepped Part 96 Edge Material 96a Locking Piece 96b First Engagement Joint portion 113 Large shelf portion 115 Normal shelf portion 182 Support portion 196 Second engagement portion

Claims (6)

A storage room having an opening on the front surface for storing objects;
The shelf is installed in a bridge shape from the right side surface to the left side surface of the storage chamber and has different depth dimensions on the left and right sides, and the left front end surface and the right front end surface of the shelf plate are continuously curved. A shelf board having a stepped portion,
Rail-like support portions that are provided on both side surfaces of the storage chamber so as to extend in the depth direction and support the left and right edges of the shelf board from below,
A plurality of upper and lower steps are provided in the storage chamber by a locking piece that protrudes from an intermediate portion of the left and right edges of the shelf and engages with a lower portion of the support while the shelf is placed on the support. In the refrigerator having the shelf plate provided in the above, a portion of the opening corresponding to the left front end surface of the shelf plate corresponds to the left door, and the right front end surface of the shelf plate corresponds to the stepped portion. A refrigerator characterized by having a right door in the part. further,
The shelf board has a first engagement portion at a rear edge of the shelf board,
2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the storage chamber has a second engagement portion that engages with the first engagement portion on a rear end surface thereof and restricts the drawer of the shelf plate to the front. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the shelf board has an edge member at a portion including at least the stepped portion of the front end surface. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein an upper end surface of the edge member exists below the upper surface of the shelf board. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the shelf board is made of a transparent material. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the shelf board is made of glass.

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