JP5511734B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator that can improve the usability of a door pocket provided on a door of the refrigerator.

An inner plate having a substantially U-shaped cross section provided on the inner surface of the refrigerator door has a lowermost container for storing a large article (for example, a milk pack or a 2-liter plastic bottle) and a small article (for example, a can beverage or In many cases, two types of containers (door pockets) including an upper container for storing bottled food and the like are provided.
When providing such a door pocket in the refrigerator, the engaging portions provided on the left and right side surfaces of the door pocket are respectively engaged with the engaging portions provided in the vertical direction of the support arms formed on both sides of the inner plate of the door. Can be installed with stopping.

Refrigerator door pockets are generally provided to store small items other than large items. Originally, by changing the distance between the door pockets in the vertical direction, large storage is provided in the bottom door pocket. It should be easy to put things in and out.
However, in the conventional refrigerator, since the locking portion provided in the door pocket has a large force for locking to the engaging portion provided in the support arm of the inner plate, the door pocket cannot be easily removed. Therefore, it is difficult to adjust the height position of the door pocket. On the other hand, when the locking force of the locking part of the door pocket to the engaging part is small, the door pocket can be easily detached from the door when the pushing force is applied to the door pocket from below. There was a risk of falling.

  In order to solve such a problem, a protrusion provided at both ends of the door inner plate, a guide frame having a rail portion and a stepped receiving portion and provided opposite to the protrusion, and a door container A roller that slides in the rail portion and a locking portion that locks to the stepped receiving portion, and operates the operating portion provided on the door container to remove the support portion from the stepped receiving portion. There is one in which the door container is moved in the vertical direction without being removed from the door inner plate by sliding along the rail portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-185628 A (page 4-5, FIG. 2-5)

  Since the refrigerator of patent document 1 has a support part with respect to the protrusion part provided in the both ends of the door inner board, operation with both hands is required in order to adjust the height while maintaining the level of the door container. Yes and troublesome. In addition, since two sets of mechanism parts having springs and link mechanisms must be mounted, not only the cost is increased, but also the mechanism part may break down, and maintenance is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and can easily adjust the height position of the door pocket disposed above the lowermost door pocket provided on the door by one-hand operation, and is inexpensive. The purpose is to provide an easy-to-use refrigerator with few failures.

The refrigerator according to the present invention is a cross-section in which a guide groove is provided facing the support arm provided on the inner surface side and provided on both end portions, and a stepped receiving portion including a plurality of step portions is provided on the flat portion. A door having a U-shaped inner plate;
A lowermost door pocket provided at the bottom of the inner plate of the door;
Both sides have protrusions that are slidably fitted into guide grooves provided on the inner plate of the door, and can be detachably attached to the stepped receiving portion provided on the inner plate on the lower surface of the bottom. Locking means for locking is provided, a door pocket provided on the inner plate so as to be movable up and down above the lowermost door pocket;
It is equipped with.

  According to the present invention, since the height position of the door pocket disposed above the lowermost door pocket provided on the door can be easily adjusted by one-hand operation, an inexpensive, less troublesome, and easy-to-use refrigerator is obtained. be able to.

It is a front view which shows the state which opened the one door of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the open door of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the B section of FIG. It is a perspective view of the principal part of FIG. It is a bottom perspective view of the middle door pocket of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the latching lever of FIG. FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of a main part of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of a main part of the first embodiment. It is a perspective view of the middle door pocket of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the other example of the middle stage door pocket of Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a perspective view of the middle door pocket of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. FIG. 25 is a perspective view of another example of the middle door pocket of the third exemplary embodiment.

[Embodiment 1]
In FIGS. 1 to 5 for explaining the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, which is provided with a refrigerator compartment 2 at the uppermost stage, and includes an upper hinge 7a and a lower hinge 7b. There are provided double doors 10a and 10b (which may be simply referred to as 10 in the following description) provided so as to be openable and closable.
3 is an ice making room having a drawer door, 4 is a switching room for switching the temperature zone of each room, 5 is a freezing room having a drawer door, and 6 is a vegetable room.

  An inner plate 11 having a substantially U-shaped cross section provided inside the door 10a of the refrigerator compartment 2 has a container 20 (hereinafter referred to as a bottom door pocket) for storing a large article (for example, a milk pack or a 2-liter plastic bottle). ), And a container 21 (hereinafter referred to as an interrupted door pocket) for storing a small article (for example, canned beverage or bottled food) provided above the container, and a container 21a (hereinafter referred to as the upper stage) provided above the container Door pocket). In the following description, the middle door pocket 21 may be referred to as an upper door pocket.

  The inner plate 11 of the door 10a has a support arm 11a protruding inward from both sides, and a guide groove 12 is provided in the vertical direction in the vicinity of the middle portion of the support arm 11a in the vertical direction. In the position corresponding to the guide groove 12 in the width direction of the flat portion of the inner plate 11, a stepped receiving portion 13 including a plurality of step portions 13a is provided.

In the present embodiment, the stepped portion 13a of the stepped receiving portion 13 is set to 3 to 6 steps. This is less advantageous for the user because the difference between the first stage and the second stage is small compared to the conventional specification. On the other hand, if the number of steps is too large, the movable amount (movable height) of one step becomes too small, and conversely, the usability is deteriorated.
Therefore, in this Embodiment, the step part 13a is set to 3-6 steps. That is, the adjustable range of the height of the middle door pocket 21 was set to 3 to 6 steps.

  The middle door pocket 21 has a peripheral wall erected on the peripheral edge of the bottom plate 23. The outer surface of the peripheral wall on both sides is fitted into a guide groove 12 provided on the support arm 11a of the inner plate 11, and slides up and down. Possible projections 22 are provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a pair of guide rails 24 are provided in the front-rear direction of the bottom surface of the bottom portion 23 so that a locking lever 31 constituting a locking means 30 described later is slidably fitted. A locking projection 25 (see FIG. 4) projects from the central portion on the front side of the guide rail 24.

As shown in FIG. 7, the locking lever 31 has a main body 32 in which a concave portion 33 is provided from the front side to the back side, and a locking portion 34 is formed on the back side. The side edge portion is provided with a handle portion 35 protruding downward.
Reference numeral 36 denotes a semicircular sliding groove provided in the front-rear direction at the center in the width direction of the recess 33, and provided with stopper ribs 37a and 37b.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a cover for closing the upper surface of the sliding groove 36 provided in the main body 32, and a semicircular groove 39 is formed by the sliding groove 36 to form a sliding portion having a circular cross section.
Reference numeral 40 denotes a guide shaft that is slidably inserted into a sliding portion formed by the sliding groove 36 of the main body portion 32 and the groove 39 of the cover 38, and is provided with a spring receiving portion 41. A coil spring 42 is fitted to the guide shaft 40 from the tip portion to the spring receiving portion 41.

  The locking means 30 composed of each part as described above is configured such that the guide shaft 40 fitted with the coil spring 42 is positioned on the back side of the stopper rib 37a on the front side of the sliding groove 36 of the main body part 32 with the spring receiving part 41. Then, the tip end portion of the coil spring 42 is brought into contact with the front side of the rear stopper rib 37b, and the cover 38 is covered and fixed with screws or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the locking means 30 assembled in this way is inserted into the guide rail 24 provided on the bottom surface of the middle door pocket 21 from the front side as shown in FIGS. The rear end portion is brought into contact with the locking projection 25.
As a result, the locking lever 31 is moved forward by being biased by the coil spring 42, and as shown in FIG. 8, the locking portion 34 at the tip thereof is brought into contact with the step portion 13 a of the stepped receiving portion 13 provided on the inner plate 11. The middle door pocket 21 is supported at three points by the projections 22 engaged and fitted into the guide grooves 12 of the support arms 11a of the inner plate 11, and held in that position.

When adjusting the height position of the middle door pocket 21, as shown in FIG. 9, a finger is put on the handle 35 provided on the locking lever 31, and the locking lever 31 is resisted against the urging force of the coil spring 42. Is pulled forward (in the direction of the arrow), the locking lever 31 is retracted along the guide rail 24 provided on the bottom surface of the middle door pocket 21, and the locking portion 34 is detached from the step portion 13 a of the stepped receiving portion 13. .
In this state, the latch lever 31 is biased by the coil spring 42 when the middle door pocket 21 is pushed up (or pushed down) to a desired position with the finger placed on the handle 35 and the finger is released from the handle 35. The locking portion 34 is locked to the stepped portion 13a of the stepped receiving portion 13, and the middle door pocket 21 is held at a desired height position.

  In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the bottom portion of the middle door pocket 21 when the locking lever 31 is locked to the lowermost step portion 13 a of the stepped receiving portion 13 from the food storage surface of the lowermost door pocket 20. The height H was adjustable from 310 mm to 420 mm.

  In general, the height of the articles stored in the lowermost door pocket 20 is, for example, 233 mm for milk packs and 310 mm for 2 liter PET bottles, and many drink pitchers are 230 to 280 mm. In each user's home, it is possible to easily take in and out according to the height of the article stored in the lowermost door pocket 20 (the case where the beverage pitcher 50 is stored is shown in FIG. 2). It is desirable that the height position of the middle door pocket 21 can be changed.

According to the present embodiment, the height position of the upper door pocket 21 can be easily adjusted by one-hand operation in accordance with the height of the stored item stored in the lowermost door pocket 20, so that it is inexpensive and troublesome. There are few, and an easy-to-use refrigerator can be obtained.
Further, a stepped receiving portion 13 for adjusting the height of the door pocket 21 is provided at one place in the width direction of the inner plate 11, and a function and a user to lock or detach the stepped receiving portion 13 are provided. Since one locking lever 31 has the function of operating, it is possible to obtain the locking means 30 that is simple in structure, inexpensive, and has few failures.

[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a middle door pocket provided on the door of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part as the middle door pocket of Embodiment 1. FIG.
In the present embodiment, a concave portion 26 having a width W projecting downward is provided in the front-rear direction of the center portion in the width direction of the bottom portion 23 of the middle door pocket 21. In the example, the width W of the concave portion 26 was 70 to 80 mm. Although not shown, the locking means 30 is provided on the lower surface of the concave portion 26.

  FIG. 10 shows the case where the concave portion 26 is provided in the center portion in the width direction of the bottom portion 23 of the middle door pocket 21. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the concave portion 26 is offset toward one side in the width direction. May be provided at a place other than the central part, and in this case, the locking means 30 may be provided on the lower surface of the central part in the width direction of the bottom 23.

  Also, if the concave portion 26 is formed in a 75 × 75 mm square at the bottom 23 of the middle door pocket 21, it becomes a shape corresponding to the size of the bottom of a milk pack or 500 ml plastic bottle assumed as a stored item. Can be held stably.

According to the present embodiment, for example, an article such as a milk pack is stored in the concave portion 26 of the middle door pocket 21 so that vibrations can be generated when the door is opened and closed, or when the middle door pocket 21 moves up and down. Stability is ensured and there is no risk of falling or falling.
In addition, by storing articles having a high height in the concave portion 26, the storage height can be made uniform to some extent, so that the organization can be improved.

[Embodiment 3]
12 and 13 are perspective views of the middle door pocket 21 provided on the door of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part as the middle door pocket of Embodiment 1,2.
The middle door pocket 21 in FIG. 12 is provided with a pair of support plates 27 for preventing overturning in the front-rear direction across the width W in the vicinity of the center in the width direction of the bottom 23. In the example, the height of the support plate 27 was in a range from 50 mm to almost the height of the peripheral wall.
In this example, if a milk pack or the like is accommodated between the support plates 27, as in the case of the middle door pocket 21 of the second embodiment, the stability of the stored items is ensured, and the fall or fall can be prevented. .

The middle door pocket 21 in FIG. 13 is provided with a concave portion 26 in the front-rear direction of the center portion of the bottom portion 23, as in the middle door pocket 21 of the second embodiment, and is illustrated along the widthwise edge of the concave portion 26. The support plate 27 is provided in the same manner as in FIG.
According to this example, the effect of both the middle door pocket 21 of Embodiment 2 and FIG. 12 can be acquired.

  In the middle door pocket 21 shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the support plate 27 is formed integrally with the rear peripheral wall and the bottom 23 with a gap between the front edge and the front peripheral wall, as shown. Alternatively, the front and rear edge portions of the support plate 27 may be in contact with the front side peripheral wall and the back side peripheral wall and integrally formed.

In the above description, the case where the present invention is applied to the right door 10a in FIG. 1 is shown. However, the present invention may be applied to the left door 10b, and further to both the doors 10a and 10b. Good.
Moreover, although the case where this invention was implemented in the door of the refrigerator of FIG. 1 was shown in said description, it is not limited to this, For example, you may implement in the refrigerator which has a single door, It may be carried out on a refrigerator door having a different structure.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator main body, 2 refrigerator compartment, 7a, 7b hinge, 10a, 10b door, 11 inner plate, 11a support arm, 12 guide groove, 13 stepped receiving part, 13a step part, 20 lowest door pocket, 21 middle door pocket (Upper door pocket), 21a upper door pocket, 22 protrusion, 23 bottom, 24 guide rail, 25 locking protrusion, 26 concave, 27 support plate, 30 locking means, 31 locking lever, 32 body , 33 recess, 34 locking part, 35 handle part, 36 sliding groove, 37a, 37b stopper rib, 38 cover, 39 groove, 40 guide shaft, 41 spring receiving part, 42 coil spring.

Claims (6)

An inner plate having a U-shaped cross-section with a guide groove provided on the inner side facing the support arms provided at both end portions and a stepped receiving portion comprising a plurality of step portions provided on the flat portion. A door having,
A lowermost door pocket provided at the bottom of the inner plate of the door;
Both sides have protrusions that are slidably fitted into guide grooves provided on the inner plate of the door, and can be detachably attached to the stepped receiving portion provided on the inner plate on the bottom surface of the bottom. Locking means for stopping is provided, and a door pocket provided on the inner plate so as to be movable up and down above the lowermost door pocket;
A refrigerator characterized by comprising. The locking means provided in the door pocket is
A pair of guide rails provided on the lower surface of the bottom of the door pocket, and a locking projection provided on the front side of the guide rail;
A locking lever having a handle portion on the front side, a cylindrical sliding portion provided in the front-rear direction of the center portion in the width direction and opened to the front side, and a guide shaft having a coil spring attached thereto; Have
The locking lever is slidably mounted on the guide rail of the door pocket, the end of the guide shaft is brought into contact with the locking projection of the door pocket, and the locking lever is moved by the coil spring to the step. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator is biased toward the shape receiving portion.   The door pocket has a height of 3 to 6 within a range of 310 mm to 420 mm from the food storage portion of the lowermost door pocket to the bottom when the locking lever is locked to the lowermost step of the stepped receiving portion. The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the height can be adjusted in stages.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a concave portion projecting downward is provided at a bottom portion of the door pocket.   The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the concave portion is provided at a central portion of a bottom portion of the door pocket with a width of 70 to 80 mm.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a pair of fall-preventing support plates are provided in the front-rear direction of the bottom of the door pocket.

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