JP5219935B2 - Freezer refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator-freezer, and more particularly, to a refrigerator-freezer provided with a case inside the refrigerator in a temperature range different from the temperature range of the refrigerator compartment.

  A conventional refrigerator has a vegetable case that is housed in a lower part of the refrigerator so that it can be pulled out freely, and a shelf installed so as to cover the top opening of the vegetable case is divided into a front shelf and a rear shelf, and the front shelf Is provided with hinge means that can be inverted vertically and support means that can maintain the front shelf in an inverted state (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-125783 (page 7-9, Fig. 1-4)

In the refrigerator of Patent Document 1, when storing a tall food or the like in a vegetable case, the front shelf that closes the top opening of the vegetable case is turned upside down, and the top opening on the near side is opened. As the temperature in the vegetable case is different between when the top opening is closed and when the front shelf is inverted, the temperature inside the vegetable case cannot be kept constant. It was.
In addition, there is a problem that opening the front shelf part accelerates the drying of food in the vegetable case (especially vegetables dislike drying), and the front shelf part is inverted, so the rear shelf There was also a problem that the food on the department was difficult to take out.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and the temperature in the refrigerator compartment is kept in the interior case even when the upper surface opening of the interior case installed in the refrigerator compartment is closed and partially opened. An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator-freezer in which a space capable of maintaining a temperature zone different from the belt is obtained.

  The refrigerator-freezer according to the present invention has an internal case that is installed in a refrigerator compartment and has a temperature zone different from the temperature zone in the refrigerator compartment, and the upper surface opening of the internal case is formed by an upper rear shelf and an upper front shelf. A closed rear tray and a bent front tray rotatably supported by the bent rear tray are installed at the bottom of the inner case, the upper front shelf is removed, and the bent front tray is brought into an upright state. Rotating and locking to the upper rear shelf, opening the upper opening on the front side of the internal case, and securing a space in a temperature zone different from the temperature zone of the refrigerator compartment on the rear side It is a thing.

According to the present invention, a space having a temperature zone different from the temperature zone in the refrigerator compartment can be secured in the interior case without being affected when the upper surface opening of the interior case is closed or partially opened. .
Therefore, vegetables that do not like drying can be stored in the case as they are, and the bent front tray does not stand upright, so that food stored on the upper rear shelf can be easily taken out. A convenient refrigerator can be obtained.

It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of the refrigerator-freezer which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view of the state which removed the opening / closing door of FIG. It is a perspective view of the upper surface front shelf and upper surface back shelf of FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the bent front tray and the bent rear tray of FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of FIG. 4. FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram of FIG. 1. It is the front view of the state which removed the opening / closing door of FIG. 6, and its one part explanatory drawing. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the principal part of the refrigerator-freezer which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a front view of the state which removed the opening / closing door of FIG. FIG. 10 is a front view of another example of FIG. 9.

[Embodiment 1]
1 and 2 showing the main part of the refrigerator-freezer according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, 1 is an outer box 2 made of a metal plate, an inner box 3 made of a resin molded product, foamed urethane, a vacuum heat insulation panel, and the like. It is a box-shaped main body case that is constituted by a heat insulating material 4 that is filled between the outer box 2 and the inner box 3 to ensure heat insulation from the outside and that has an open front side.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes a storage chamber formed between the top plate (not shown) and the lower partition plate 5 at the uppermost part of the main body case 1, and an opening / closing door having substantially the same structure as the main body case 1 at the opening on the front side. 6 is provided. Reference numeral 8 denotes a shelf for food or the like that is detachably disposed on a support base 9 provided opposite to both side walls of the storage chamber 7.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes an in-chamber case that is open at the top and is detachably installed at the bottom (bottom) of the refrigerator compartment 7. 11 is an upper surface shelf that closes the upper surface opening of the internal case 10 or opens a part thereof, a detachable upper surface front shelf 12 formed by dividing it in the front-rear direction, and a semi-fixed upper surface rear It consists of a shelf 13.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the upper front shelf 12 is formed in a tray shape by a top plate and a peripheral wall, and placed on both sides in the width direction below the both side walls of the refrigerator compartment 7. On the shelf 9 (hereinafter referred to as the guide rail 9a only for the mounting shelf 9), substantially U-shaped fitting portions 12a and 12b that are detachably fitted are provided.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the upper rear shelf 13 is formed in a substantially tray shape by a top plate and peripheral walls provided on both sides in the width direction and on the rear part, and guide rails are provided on both sides in the width direction. Locking pieces 13a and 13b for locking to 9a are provided, and locking pins 13c and 13d protruding inward are provided on the front side.

  The upper surface rear shelf 13 as described above is engaged with the locking pieces 13a and 13b with the guide rail 9a and is installed in a semi-fixed manner on the inner side of the inner case 10, and the upper surface front shelf 12 The fitting portions 12a and 12b are detachably fitted to the guide rail 9a and installed on the front side (front side) of the upper surface rear shelf 13. Thereby, both the top plates are horizontally installed on the same case on the case 10 and close the upper surface opening of the case 10.

  Reference numeral 14 denotes a bent tray provided at the bottom of the interior case 10, and is composed of a bent front tray 15 and a bent rear tray 16. As shown in FIG. 4, the rotation shafts 15 a and 15 b provided on both sides of the upper surface on the rear end side in the width direction of the bent front tray 15 are on both sides of the upper surface on the front end side in the width direction of the bent rear tray 16. The bearings 16a and 16b provided are rotatably supported. Reference numerals 15 c and 15 d denote locking recesses provided on both sides of the upper surface of the bent front tray 15 in the width direction.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
In a normal case, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper surface shelf 11 is installed in a substantially horizontal state at the upper surface opening of the internal case 10 and functions as a lid for closing the upper surface opening of the internal case 10, It functions as a storage shelf for stored items such as food in the refrigerator compartment 7.

In this case, only the stored items 20 up to the height of the internal case 10 can be stored, but since the internal case 10 is maintained in a constant temperature range different from the temperature range of the refrigerator compartment 7, It is desirable to use in this state when storing a large amount of vegetables 21 that do not like drying.
In order to take out these stored items, the open / close door 6 is opened, the case 10 is pulled out, the upper front shelf 12 is removed, and the stored items are taken out.

Next, when storing things higher than the height of the case 10, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7A, the upper front shelf 12 is removed from the guide rail 9 a and turned upside down so that the upper rear shelf 13. Place it on top of it.
At this time, there is a slight gap g (about several mm) between the upper edge of the fitting portions 12a and 12b of the upper front shelf 12 and the nearest mounting table 9 provided on the inner wall of the main body case 1. Set as follows. Thereby, pushing-up of the upper surface front shelf 12 can be prevented.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 7B, a concave portion (or convex portion) 12c is provided on the top surface of the top plate of the upper surface front shelf 12, and a corresponding convex portion is provided on the upper surface of the top plate of the upper surface rear shelf 13. (Or recess) 13e is provided so that when the upper front shelf 12 is inverted and stacked on the upper rear shelf 13, the recess (or projection) 12c is fitted to the projection (or recess) 13e. By doing so, not only can the positioning be performed reliably, but also the displacement of the upper front shelf 12 can be prevented.

  Next, the bent front tray 15 is turned upright by 90 ° about the pivot shafts 15 a and 15 b (see FIG. 5), and the locking recesses 15 c and 15 d provided at the upper portion are engaged with the upper rear shelf 13. The locking pins 13c and 13d are engaged. Thereby, the bending front tray 15 can be maintained in an upright state.

In this state, an opening having the same area as that of the upper front shelf 12 is formed on the front side of the upper surface of the internal case 10, and therefore, the stored item 20 a higher than the internal case 10 can be stored in this portion.
At this time, the upper surface on the front side of the inner case 10 is in an open state, but a space (space part) 17 that is closed and partitioned by the bent front tray 15 is formed on the inner side of the inner case 10. Since 17 is maintained in a temperature range different from the temperature range of the refrigerator compartment 7, vegetables 21 and the like 21 that do not like drying can be stored in the space 17.

  When it is no longer necessary to store the stored item 20a higher than the height of the case 10, the engagement between the locking recesses 15c and 15d of the bent front tray 15 and the locking pins 13c and 13d of the upper rear shelf 13 is performed. When released, the bent front tray 15 is automatically rotated by its own weight to return to its original state, and the upper side front shelf 12 closes the front side of the upper surface opening of the case 10.

  According to the present embodiment, the top shelf 11 that closes the top opening of the interior case 10 is divided into the top front shelf 12 and the top rear shelf 13, and is bent forward at the bottom of the interior case 10. A bent tray 14 including a tray 15 and a bent rear tray 16 is provided. If necessary, the upper front shelf 12 is removed and stacked on the upper rear shelf 13, and the bent front tray 15 is rotated upward to stand upright. The upper side opening of the inner case 10 is opened to the same temperature zone as the refrigerator compartment 7, and the rear side is closed by the bent front tray 15. Thus, a space 17 having a temperature range different from the temperature range in the refrigerator compartment 7 can be secured.

Thereby, the storage thing 20a higher than the storage case 10 can be stored in the near side of the storage case 10, and the vegetables 21 which dislike drying can be stored in the space 17 on the rear side.
Moreover, since the upper surface front shelf 12 is piled up on the upper surface rear shelf 13 in the rear side of the case 10, the stored items can be stored as a mounting shelf and further rotated upward. Since the bent front tray 15 does not protrude above the upper front shelf 12, it is easy to take out the stored items on the upper front shelf 12.

[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part of a refrigerator-freezer according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.
In the first embodiment, the case where the upper front shelf 12 removed from the case 10 is placed on the upper rear shelf 13 is shown. However, in the present embodiment, the removed upper front shelf 12 is It is made to hold | maintain on the support stand 9 of the mounting shelf 8 provided above the case 10 in a store | warehouse | chamber.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the upper front shelf 12 removed from the inner case 10 is placed with the top plate facing upward, and the fitting portions 12 a and 12 b are provided above the inner case 10. 9 is fitted and held.
Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the upper front shelf 12 may be fitted to the support base 9 with the fitting portions 12 a and 12 b facing the top plate downward.

  According to the present embodiment, substantially the same effect as in the case of the first embodiment can be obtained, but further, as shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. Since the shelf 12 can be set on the support base 9 with the top plate facing up or down, it is convenient to store various storage items.

  In the above description, the case where the present invention is implemented in the case of the refrigerator-freezer compartment shown in the drawings is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this case, and the present invention is also implemented in refrigerator-freezers and cabinet cases of other structures. be able to.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case, 6 Opening / closing door, 7 Cold room, 8 Mounting shelf, 9 Support stand, 9a Guide rail, 10 In-case, 11 Upper surface shelf, 12 Upper surface front shelf, 12a, 12b Fitting part, 13 Upper surface rear shelf 13a, 13b Locking piece, 13c, 13d Locking pin, 14 Bending tray, 15 Bending front tray, 15a, 15b Rotating shaft, 15c, 15d Locking recess, 16 Bending rear tray, 16a, 16b Bearing part, 17 Space (space part).

Claims (5)

It has a case inside the temperature range that is installed in the refrigerator compartment and is different from the temperature zone in the refrigerator compartment,
The upper opening of the inner case is closed by an upper rear shelf and an upper front shelf, and a bent rear tray and a bent front tray rotatably supported by the bent rear tray are provided at the bottom of the inner case. Install
The upper front shelf is removed, the bent front tray is turned upright and locked to the upper rear shelf, the upper opening on the front side of the inner case is opened, and the refrigeration on the rear side. A refrigerator-freezer characterized in that a space part in a temperature zone different from the temperature zone of the room is secured.   Locking pieces for locking to guide rails provided on both side walls of the refrigerator compartment on both sides of the top plate of the upper rear shelf of the inner case, and locking for locking the bent front tray on both sides on the front side 2. The refrigerator-freezer according to claim 1, wherein a pin is provided, and fitting portions that are detachably fitted to the guide rail are provided on both sides of the top plate of the upper front shelf.   The upper surface front shelf is placed so as to overlap the upper surface rear shelf when the upper surface front shelf is removed in order to open a part of the upper surface opening of the inner case. The refrigerator-freezer of 1 or 2.   A convex portion is provided on one of the top plate of the upper front shelf and the top plate of the upper rear shelf, and a concave portion is provided on the other. When the upper front shelf is overlapped with the upper rear shelf, the convex portion fits into the concave portion. The refrigerator-freezer according to claim 3, wherein the refrigerator is combined.   When the upper front shelf is removed to open a part of the upper surface opening of the inner case, the top plate is placed on the top or bottom of the mounting shelf support provided on both side walls of the refrigerator compartment. The refrigerator-freezer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the refrigerator-freezer is installed toward the front.

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