JP5289385B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator including a storage chamber case and a small article storage case provided in the storage chamber case.

A conventional refrigerator including a storage chamber case and a small article storage case provided in the storage chamber case includes a “storage chamber case installed on an opening / closing door and having an opening on the upper side, and a detachable in the storage chamber case” An accessory storage case that is freely installed and is slidable in the width direction or the depth direction in the storage chamber case, and has an opening in the upper side,... "It is substantially the same as the dimension in the depth direction or the width direction of the case" (for example, see Patent Document 1).
In addition, there is a technique that “a partition plate 2b for partitioning the accessory storage case 1 is formed integrally with a cleaning tray 2a disposed on the bottom surface of the accessory storage case 1” (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
Further, “the belt-type variable supporter 12 including the belt 14 that is engaged with the vegetable storage container 38 that is open at the top and is connected to the side surface portions 9c via the partition portion 13 that is movable in the left-right direction. However, the movable partition 13 and the belt 14 form a variable storage area 16 and another area 17 and freely change the size of the area to provide a storage space according to the storage amount "(for example, (See Patent Document 3).

JP 2004-340545 A (summary, FIG. 3) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-303942 (summary, FIG. 2) JP 2003-035489 A (Summary, FIG. 1)

In the refrigerator shown in Patent Document 1, for example, when storing the longitudinal direction of the accessory storage case in parallel with the depth direction in the storage chamber case, the concave and convex shape in the depth direction inside the storage chamber case bottom is the outer side of the bottom of the accessory storage case. It is the shape which follows the uneven | corrugated shape of the longitudinal direction. However, in that case, it is not an uneven shape considering that the storage chamber case width direction and the longitudinal direction of the accessory storage case are parallel to each other. Therefore, when the storage case width direction and the longitudinal direction of the accessory storage case are stored in parallel, the accessory storage case may move in the depth direction or fall down, and the freedom of installation of the accessory storage case There was a problem that there were few. Furthermore, the depth of the storage case and the depth dimension of the accessory storage case are substantially the same. Therefore, for example, in the storage room case of different depth, the same accessory storage case can not be used, so another accessory storage case shape having a different length in the depth direction has to be manufactured, which increases the cost. there were.
Moreover, in the refrigerator shown in patent document 2, although a partition plate is a shape inserted | pinched between the rib currently installed in the storage chamber case, a partition plate can be installed only in the place with the rib of a storage chamber case, and there is no freedom. There was a problem.
Further, the refrigerator shown in Patent Document 3 has a specification in which the storage room case is divided by a belt, but there is a problem that the structure is complicated, the number of parts is large, and the cost is increased.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a first object is to provide a small article storage case in a refrigerator including a storage room case and a small article storage case provided in the storage room case. An object is to provide a refrigerator having a high degree of freedom in installation position.

  The second purpose is to use the same accessory storage case even in the storage room case in which the length between the two grooves is different in the refrigerator including the storage chamber case and the accessory storage case provided in the storage chamber case. Is to be able to do it. Thereby, it aims at providing the refrigerator with low cost.

  The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage chamber case that opens to the top, and an accessory storage case that opens to the top and is stored in the storage chamber case. A plurality of grooves including one groove and a second groove are respectively formed in parallel, and the first groove is formed along one side surface of the storage chamber case, and the accessory storage case A plurality of flanges including at least a first flange and a second flange are formed on the outer side of the bottom surface along the short direction, and the length of the first groove in the short direction is the accessory. The storage case is longer than the length of the storage case in the short direction, and the storage case is arranged so that the longitudinal direction of the first groove and the second groove is parallel to the short direction of the storage case. When storing in the first franc Is inserted into the first groove, the second flange is inserted into the second groove, and the short direction of the first groove and the second groove and the short direction of the accessory storage case are When the accessory storage case is stored in the storage chamber case so as to be parallel, the accessory storage case is stored in the first groove.

  According to the present invention, the accessory storage case can be stored in the storage chamber case by inserting the flange of the accessory storage case into the groove of the storage chamber case. And since an accessory storage case can be accommodated in the 1st groove | channel of a store room case, the refrigerator with a high freedom degree of the installation position of an accessory storage case can be obtained.

It is the refrigerator in embodiment of this invention. It is the storage room case 1a in embodiment of this invention. It is the accessory storage case 2 in embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows an example of the store room case 1a of the state which accommodated the accessory storage case 2 in embodiment of this invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is the B section enlarged view of FIG. It is the C section enlarged view of FIG. It is a top view which shows an example of the store room case 1a of the state which accommodated the accessory storage case 2 in embodiment of this invention. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. It is a top view which shows an example of the store room case 1b of the state which accommodated the accessory storage case 2 in embodiment of this invention. It is CC sectional drawing of FIG.

  Hereinafter, an example of the refrigerator in the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment.
FIG. 1 shows a refrigerator 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a side view, and (d) is a perspective view. As shown in FIG. 1, the storage room case 1a is provided in the refrigerator 10 in the state which can be pulled out. In addition, the position of the storage chamber case 1a may not be the position shown in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a storage chamber case 1a according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view, (b) is a front view, and (c) is a side view. Here, in the storage chamber case 1a of FIG. 2A, the horizontal direction on the paper surface is the width direction and the vertical direction on the paper surface is the depth direction.

The storage chamber case 1a has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the upper portion of the storage chamber case 1a is open. The storage room case 1a may be provided with a lid. Then, in the vicinity of both ends in the depth direction inside the bottom surface of the storage chamber case 1a, there are grooves 4 (corresponding to the first groove in the present invention) and grooves 5 (corresponding to the second groove in the present invention) along the width direction. Is formed. Here, “along” in the width direction means to be substantially parallel to the width direction, and is not necessarily completely parallel. The positions of the grooves 4 and 5 may not be near both ends in the depth direction inside the bottom surface, but may be near the center, for example.
Moreover, the groove | channel 4 and the groove | channel 5 may be formed along the depth direction in the both-ends vicinity of the width direction inside the bottom face of the storage chamber case 1a. Here, “along the depth direction” means substantially parallel to the depth direction, and is not necessarily completely parallel.
Moreover, the groove | channel 4 is wider than the groove | channel 5, and is wider than the width | variety of the transversal direction of the accessory storage case 2 mentioned later. In addition, the number of grooves should just be at least two, and does not necessarily need to be two.

3A and 3B show the accessory storage case 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A is a plan view, FIG. 3B is a front view, and FIG. 3C is a side view.
The accessory storage case 2 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the upper portion of the accessory storage case 2 is open. The accessory storage case 2 may be provided with a lid.
As shown in FIG. 3B, flanges 6 and 7 are formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction outside the bottom surface of the accessory storage case 2 so as to be substantially parallel to the lateral direction. The positions of the flange 6 and the flange 7 do not necessarily have to be at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and may be, for example, near the center outside the bottom surface. Moreover, the number of flanges should just be at least two, and should just be below the number of the said grooves.

Further, the flange 6 and the flange 7 may be formed by connecting a plurality of cylindrical convex portions, for example, and in that case, a space may be provided between the convex portions. In any shape, the flange 6 may be inserted into the groove 4 of the storage chamber case 1a, and the flange 7 may be inserted into the groove 5 of the storage chamber case 1a. Further, the flange 6 may be inserted into the groove 5 of the storage chamber case 1a, and the flange 7 may be inserted into the groove 4 of the storage chamber case 1a.
The first flange in the present invention is a flange inserted into the groove 4 (corresponding to the first groove in the present invention), and the second flange in the present invention is the groove 5 (first in the present invention). This is the flange that is inserted into the second groove).

The width of the groove 4 of the storage case 1a is longer than the length L1a of the accessory storage case 2 on the outer side in the short direction. This is to allow the accessory storage case 2 to be inserted into the groove 4 of the storage chamber case 1a as will be described later.
In addition, as for the length L1b of the transversal direction of the accessory storage case 2, it is desirable that it is 75 mm or more. Here, the length L1b in the short direction of the small article storage case 2 is the length between both side surfaces in the short direction inside the small article storage case 2. This length is a length that can accommodate a 500 ml PET bottle, and includes a margin that can be accommodated even if the volume inflates by freezing the liquid in the PET bottle.

  The length L2 of the accessory storage case 2 in the longitudinal direction is shorter than the length of the storage chamber case 1a in the depth direction. This is because the accessory storage case 2 can be stored so that the longitudinal direction thereof is substantially parallel to the depth direction of the storage chamber case 1a, as will be described later.

  FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of the storage chamber case 1a in a state in which the accessory storage case 2 is stored in the embodiment of the present invention. 4, the accessory storage case 2 is stored so that the longitudinal direction thereof is substantially parallel to the depth direction of the storage chamber case 1a. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion B in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion C in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the flange 6 of the accessory storage case is inserted into the groove 4 of the storage chamber case 1a. The width of the groove 4 is larger than the width of the flange 6, and there is a gap L3 in the depth direction. Therefore, as will be described later, the same accessory storage case 2 can be used even in a storage chamber case having a different length in the depth direction of the storage chamber case 1a.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 7, the flange 7 of the accessory storage case 2 is inserted into the groove 5 of the storage chamber case 1a. Since the gap L4 in the depth direction between the groove 5 and the flange 7 is short, the accessory storage case 2 does not move in the depth direction or collapse even if the storage case 1a is pulled out of the refrigerator, for example.

  Further, the groove 5 of the storage case 1a acts as a rail with respect to the flange 7 of the accessory storage case 2, and the accessory storage case 2 can be slid in the lateral direction of the accessory storage case 2. As a result, foods of various sizes can be stored and compartmentalized.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of the storage chamber case 1a in a state in which the accessory storage case 2 is stored in the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8, the accessory storage case 2 is stored so that the short side direction is substantially parallel to the depth direction of the storage chamber case 1a. FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.
As described above, the width of the groove 4 is longer than the length of the accessory storage case 2 in the short direction. Therefore, the accessory storage case 2 can be stored in the groove 4 as shown in FIGS. Thereby, the accessory storage case 2 can be prevented from moving in the depth direction or falling down.

  FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an example of the storage chamber case 1b in a state in which the accessory storage case 2 is stored in the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 10, the accessory storage case 2 is stored so that the longitudinal direction thereof is substantially parallel to the depth direction of the storage chamber case 1b. Here, the storage chamber case 1b is longer in the depth direction than the storage chamber case 1a shown in FIG. The storage room case 1b may be provided in the same type of refrigerator as the storage room case 1a, or may be provided in a different type of refrigerator.

11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, the gap L5 is smaller than the gap L3 in FIG. 6, but the flange 6 can be inserted into the groove 4, so that the accessory storage case 2 can be stored in the storage chamber case 1b.
Here, the example in which the size of the storage chamber case is different has been described, but the case in which the size of the accessory storage case is different may be used. For example, if the flange 6 can be inserted into the groove 4 while the flange 7 is inserted into the groove 5 even if the length of the accessory storage case is longer than the length of the accessory storage case 2 in FIG. The accessory storage case can be stored in the storage case similarly to the example shown in FIG.

As described above, since the refrigerator in the present invention can store the accessory storage case in the first groove of the storage case, the freedom of the installation position of the accessory storage case is high, and a complicated structure and accessory parts for storage are unnecessary. It is. Therefore, food can be stored and compartmentalization can be easily performed, and a refrigerator with low cost can be obtained.
Moreover, the accessory storage case can be stored in the storage chamber case by inserting the flange of the accessory storage case into the groove of the storage chamber case. And since the clearance gap between a 1st groove | channel and a 1st flange is wider than the clearance gap between a 1st groove | channel and a 1st flange, the freedom degree of the magnitude | size of a storage chamber case is high, and storage There is no need to use a different accessory storage case for each room case. Therefore, food can be stored and compartmentalization can be easily performed, and a refrigerator with low cost can be obtained.

  1a, 1b Storage chamber case, 2 accessory storage case, 4,5 groove, 6, 7 flange, L1a The outer length of the accessory storage case 2 in the short direction, L1b The length of the accessory storage case 2 in the lateral direction, L2 Longitudinal length of accessory storage case 2, L3, L4, L5 gap, 10 refrigerator.

Claims (6)

A storage compartment case open at the top;
An accessory storage case that opens to the top and is stored in the storage case;
With
The storage case is
A plurality of grooves including at least a first groove and a second groove are formed in parallel on the inside of the bottom surface,
The first groove is formed along one side surface of the storage chamber case,
The accessory storage case is:
A plurality of flanges including at least a first flange and a second flange on the outside of the bottom surface are formed along the short direction,
The length in the short direction of the first groove is longer than the length in the short direction of the accessory storage case,
When storing the accessory storage case in the storage chamber case so that the longitudinal direction of the first groove and the second groove and the short direction of the accessory storage case are parallel,
The first flange is inserted into the first groove, the second flange is inserted into the second groove;
When storing the accessory storage case in the storage chamber case so that the short direction of the first groove and the second groove and the short direction of the accessory storage case are parallel,
The refrigerator is characterized in that the accessory storage case is stored in the first groove. In the state where the first flange is inserted into the first groove and the second flange is inserted into the second groove of the storage chamber case,
The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the accessory storage case is slidable in a short direction. The accessory storage case is:
The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a length in a short direction is 75 mm or more. The accessory storage case is:
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the refrigerator can be accommodated in any of the storage chamber cases having different intervals between the first groove and the second groove. As the storage room case, comprising a first storage room case and a second storage room case,
The length between the first groove and the second groove in the first storage chamber case is between the first groove and the second groove in the second storage chamber case. The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the refrigerator is different in length. As the accessory storage case, a first accessory storage case and a second accessory storage case,
4. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a length in the longitudinal direction of the first accessory storage case is different from a length in the longitudinal direction of the second accessory storage case.

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