JP6400302B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a refrigerator.

  Some refrigerator shelves include a plate member and a frame member that covers a side of the plate member. The purpose of providing the frame member is to provide a positioning part of some structure on this, and to position the mounting shelf by fitting the positioning part to a convex part or the like in the refrigerator, or to improve the appearance of the mounting shelf And so on. In order to achieve these objects, a frame member may be provided only on the front side of the plate member in the refrigerator (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In general, when the frame member is provided only in front of the refrigerator of the plate member, a groove having a width equal to the thickness of the plate member is formed in the frame member. The frame member is attached to the plate member by fitting the plate member into the groove.

  In some cases, the frame member is fixed to the plate member by a member such as a pin (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-89280 A Microfilm of actual application No. 56-135954 (No. 61-22234)

  However, the width of the groove of the frame member may be wider than the ideal width due to variations in use environment and manufacturing. In that case, in a structure in which the plate member is simply fitted in the groove of the frame member, the frame member may be detached from the plate member.

  Moreover, the mounting shelf of the structure fixed with members, such as a pin as described in patent document 1, requires time for manufacture.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that can prevent the frame member from being detached from the plate member and that does not require much time for manufacturing.

The refrigerator of the embodiment is a mounting shelf including a flat plate member and a frame member provided on at least one side of the plate member, and an engagement shape portion formed on the plate member; The frame member includes a mounting shelf that engages with an engagement shape portion formed on the frame member and the frame member is provided on the plate member, and a positioning portion that opens rearward on both the left and right sides of the frame member is provided. is, the convex portion is provided for supporting the front claimed shelf on the side wall of the refrigerator, the positioning portion of the frame member, characterized in that it is fixed is fitted to the front end of the convex portion.

The perspective view of the refrigerator 1 of embodiment. Sectional drawing of the refrigerator 1 of embodiment. The perspective view of the mounting shelf 2. FIG. The perspective view of the plate member 20, the frame member 30, and the reinforcement member 40 which comprise the mounting shelf 2. FIG. The perspective view of the board member 20. FIG. The side view of the plate member 20, the frame member 30, and the reinforcement member 40 before engaging the frame member 30 with the plate member 20. FIG. The side view of the plate member 20, the frame member 30, and the reinforcing member 40 in a state where the frame member 30 is engaged with the plate member 20. The perspective view which shows the example of a change of the engagement shape part of the board member 20. FIG.

  The refrigerator 1 of embodiment is demonstrated based on drawing.

(1) Structure of Refrigerator 1 The refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment includes a refrigerated space 10 at an upper portion and a refrigerated space 11 at a lower portion (FIGS. 1 and 2). Cold air generated in the evaporator is introduced into these spaces by the operation of a fan or a damper, and each space is cooled to a predetermined temperature. A drawer-type vegetable compartment 12 is provided in the lower part of the refrigerated space 11.

  A plurality of convex portions 13 are provided in the refrigerated space 11 so as to protrude from the left and right side walls 14. The convex portion 13 extends from the front of the refrigerator to the rear. Convex portions 13 are provided in pairs at the positions where the heights of the left and right side walls 14 from the bottom surface of the refrigerated space 11 are equal. A plurality of pairs (six pairs in the case of the refrigerator 1 in FIGS. 1 and 2) of convex portions 13 are provided in the refrigerated space 11.

  On some of these convex portions 13, a mounting shelf 2 on which stored items are placed is placed and supported. In the case of the refrigerator 1 of FIGS. 1 and 2, the mounting shelf 2 is placed on a convex portion 13 directly above the vegetable compartment 12 and two pairs of convex portions 13 above the convex portion 13.

(2) Structure of mounting shelf 2 The mounting shelf 2 includes a flat plate member 20 having a certain thickness, and a frame member 30 provided on a side 24 in front of the refrigerator of the plate member 20 (FIG. 3 and FIG. 3). 4).

  The plate member 20 is shown in FIG. Although the material of the plate member 20 is not limited, For example, it is glass. The plate member 20 is substantially rectangular in plan view. The corner of the plate member 20 in front of the refrigerator may be left, or may be cut out small for the purpose of chamfering or the like. It is desirable that the corner on the rear side of the refrigerator is cut larger than the corner on the front side of the refrigerator. Furthermore, it is desirable that the shape of the corner 22 on the rear side of the refrigerator of the plate member 20 after the corner portion is cut out matches the shape of the corner on the rear side of the refrigerator in the refrigerated space 11. A notch portion 23 as an engaging shape portion is formed in the front part of the left and right sides 25 of the plate member 20 in front of the refrigerator. The notch 23 is formed from the upper surface to the lower surface of the plate member 20. The notch 23 has a U shape when viewed from the inside of the plate member 20. That is, incisions are made in the direction perpendicular to the left and right sides 25 from the left and right sides 25 of the plate member 20, and the leading ends of the cuts have a substantially semicircular shape with no corners.

  The frame member 30 includes a main frame portion 31 extending from one end side to the other end side of the side 24 in front of the refrigerator of the plate member 20, and left and right sides (plate member) of the both end sides of the main frame portion 31. 20 and the auxiliary frame portion 32 extending to the rear of the refrigerator along the side 25) and having a U-shape in plan view (FIGS. 3 and 4). An insertion groove 33 having a width equal to the thickness of the plate member 20 is formed in the entire rear frame portion of the main frame portion 31 and the auxiliary frame portion 32 (FIGS. 6 and 7). A portion of the plate member 20 in front of the refrigerator is fitted in the insertion groove 33.

  In the vicinity of the tip of the auxiliary frame portion 32, an engaging convex portion 34 is formed as a fitting shape portion that protrudes downward from the upper surface in the insertion groove 33. The position of the engaging convex portion 34 is a position where the engaging convex portion 34 fits in the notch portion 23 of the plate member 20 in a state where the plate member 20 is fitted in the insertion groove 33 of the frame member 30. Further, the lower surface in the insertion groove 33 of the frame member 30 is in contact with the plate member 20 so as to cover the notch 23 from below. As described above, the main frame portion 31 and the auxiliary frame portion 32 sandwich the plate member 20 from above and below, the engaging convex portion 34 engages with the notch portion 23, and the auxiliary frame portion 32 extends from above and below. The frame member 30 is fixed to the plate member 20 by covering.

  The frame member 30 is made of resin or the like and can be elastically deformed. Therefore, when trying to push the plate member 20 into the insertion groove 33 of the frame member 30, the side 24 at the front of the refrigerator of the plate member 20 first hits the engaging convex portion 34 protruding into the insertion groove 33. The engaging convex portion 34 is pushed by the plate member 20 and displaced upward, the auxiliary frame portion 32 is deformed upward, and the plate member 20 enters the depth of the insertion groove 33. Then, when the plate member 20 is inserted into the insertion groove 33, the shape of the auxiliary frame portion 32 that has been deformed upward is restored, and the engaging convex portion 34 is accommodated in the notch portion 23 of the plate member 20.

  A positioning portion 35 is provided in a portion of the auxiliary frame portion 32 below the insertion groove 33 so as to be fitted to the tip portion of the convex portion 13 in the refrigerated space 11. The positioning part 35 opens to the rear and side of the refrigerator, and the inside is a space. This space has a shape that can be fitted to the tip of the convex portion 13. When the mounting shelf 2 is slid on the convex portion 13 and pushed backward into the refrigerator, the front end portion of the convex portion 13 at the front of the refrigerator enters the positioning portion 35 from the opening at the rear of the refrigerator of the positioning portion 35, and the positioning portion 35. Mates with.

  A reinforcing member 40 is provided on the surface of the main frame portion 31 of the frame member 30 so as to extend from near one end of the main frame portion 31 to near the other end (thus extending along the side of the plate member 20). In the present embodiment, the reinforcing member 40 is provided so as to cover a portion of the main frame portion 31 in front of the refrigerator from the upper surface to the lower surface of the main frame portion 31 (FIGS. 6 and 7). The frame member 30 is made of a material having a certain degree of strength, for example, a metal such as stainless steel.

(3) Effect In the refrigerator 1 according to the embodiment, the engagement protrusion 34 formed on the frame member 30 is fitted into the notch 23 formed on the plate member 20, so that the frame member 30 is separated from the plate member 20. It can be prevented from coming off. Moreover, since the frame member 30 can be provided in the plate member 20 without using an unnecessary member other than the plate member 20 and the frame member 30, it does not take time and effort for manufacture.

  Since the notch 23 as the engagement shape of the plate member 20 of the embodiment is formed on the side of the plate member 20, unlike the case where the engagement shape is provided inward from the side of the plate member 20, the frame It is only necessary to cover the vicinity of the end portion of the plate member 20 with the member 30. Therefore, the area of the upper surface of the plate member 20 that is not covered with the frame member 30 can be increased, and a large amount of stored items can be placed on the mounting shelf 2.

  Further, since the notch portion 23 is formed so as to extend from the upper surface to the lower surface of the plate member 20, the engagement shape portion of the frame member 30 is moved up and down as compared with the case where it is formed only on one surface of the plate member 20. Can be engaged deeply in the direction. Therefore, the frame member 30 is firmly fixed to the plate member 20.

  Moreover, in the refrigerator 1 of embodiment, since the notch shape as an engagement shape formed in the edge | side of the board member 20 is a U-shape, and there is no corner, stress concentrates on one place of a notch shape, and the location is It can prevent becoming a starting point of a crack. In particular, when the plate member 20 is made of a material that is easily broken such as glass, the effect is remarkably exhibited. Further, when the plate member 20 is made of glass, it is easier to cut the sides into a U shape than to cut the sides into rectangles.

  Further, since the frame member 30 is elastically deformable, the auxiliary frame portion 32 of the frame member 30 is deformed and the engagement convex portion 34 is formed by simply inserting the plate member 20 into the insertion groove 33 of the frame member 30. It engages with the notch 23 of the plate member 20. Therefore, the frame member 30 can be easily provided on the plate member 20.

  Since the frame member 30 is provided with the reinforcing member 40 extending along the side of the plate member 20, when the user pulls the frame member 30, the frame member 30 bends in the pulled direction, It is possible to prevent the plate member 20 and the frame member 30 from being bent downward when a heavy object is placed thereon. In particular, when the frame member 30 is engaged only at the two left and right positions of the plate member 20 as in the above-described embodiment, when the user pulls the vicinity of the center in the left-right direction of the frame member 30, the frame member 30. There is a possibility that a portion in the vicinity of the center will be detached from the plate member 20 and bend. However, if the reinforcing member 40 is provided on the frame member 30, it can be prevented.

  The frame member 30 includes an auxiliary frame portion 32 that extends from the left and right ends of the main frame portion 31 to the rear of the refrigerator, and has a U-shape that opens to the rear of the refrigerator in plan view. Therefore, the part between the left and right auxiliary frame parts 32 and the part behind the refrigerator from the main frame part 31 is not covered with the frame member 30, and stored items can be placed on this part. Moreover, since the width of the auxiliary frame portion 32 in the left-right direction of the refrigerator is narrow, the auxiliary frame portion 32 is easily elastically deformed, and the engaging convex portion 34 provided on the auxiliary frame portion 32 is easily cut out 23 of the plate member 20. Can be engaged.

  Further, since the frame member 30 sandwiches the plate member 20 from above and below and covers the engagement portion between the engagement convex portion 34 and the cutout portion 23 from above and below, the plate member 20 is cracked starting from the cutout portion 23. Can be prevented.

  In the case of the above embodiment, the frame member 30 is provided only in the front portion of the plate member 20 in the refrigerator, and therefore the portion of the plate member 20 in the rear portion of the refrigerator is light. Therefore, when an assembly worker of the refrigerator 1 attaches the mounting shelf 2 in the refrigerated space 11, if the holding shelf 2 has a front portion of the refrigerator, the rear portion of the mounting shelf 2 can be moved with a small force. It can be easily aligned on the convex portion 13.

  In particular, as in the above-described embodiment, when the frame member 30 is provided with the positioning portion 35 for the convex portion 13 in the refrigerated space 11, the frame member 30 is provided in the front portion of the plate member 20 in the refrigerator. Then, the operator can position the positioning portion 35 with respect to the convex portion 13 with his / her hand. Therefore, the assembly work of the refrigerator 1 is easy.

  In the case of said embodiment, the positioning part 35 is provided in the left-right part of the mounting shelf 2 ahead of the refrigerator, and is the structure opened to the refrigerator back and the side wall 14 direction. Therefore, it can be made to fit only by pushing back from the front opening of the refrigerator 1 with respect to the convex part 13 protruded from the left and right side walls 14 of the refrigerated space 11. Therefore, the assembly work of the refrigerator 1 is easy.

  In the plate member 20 of the embodiment, the corner portion on the rear side of the refrigerator is cut out larger than the corner portion on the front side of the refrigerator, so that there is no possibility that the plate member 20 hits the corner of the refrigerated space 11 that is normally curved. .

(4) Modified example Although the frame member is provided on the side 24 in front of the refrigerator of the plate member 20 in the above embodiment, it may be provided on other sides. The frame member may be provided only on one side of the plate member, or may be provided on two or more sides. For example, the frame member may be provided on two sides of the plate member at the front and rear of the refrigerator. If it does in this way, the intensity | strength of a mounting shelf will become high. Moreover, if the positioning part of a certain structure is provided in both the frame members of the refrigerator front and back, the mounting shelf will be fixed in the refrigeration space 11 by the front and back. Therefore, the mounting shelf is more strongly fixed. In addition, when a frame member is provided in the front and back of the refrigerator, the shape of the rear portion of the refrigerator in the frame member at the rear of the refrigerator preferably matches the shape of the corner of the refrigerator space 11 at the rear of the refrigerator.

  In the above-described embodiment, the frame member 30 is provided on the plate member 20 by the engagement convex portion 34 being accommodated in the notch 23. However, the structure for providing the frame member on the plate member is not limited thereto. . Each of the frame member and the plate member is formed with a portion having a certain shape for engagement (engagement shape portion), and the engagement shape portions engage with each other so that the frame member is provided on the plate member. It only has to be.

  Here, the engagement means that a part of the frame member is in contact with a part of the plate member. Desirable forms of engagement include, for example, a form in which one engagement shape part fits into the other engagement shape part, a form in which one engagement shape part is sandwiched between the other engagement shape parts, and one engagement shape part May be pressed by the other engagement shape portion, and the engagement shape portions may be hooked. In addition, examples of the desirable shape of the engagement shape portion include a shape that is convex or concave with respect to the surrounding surface, a shape of a nail or a hook, and various shapes that can be engaged with these. Also mentioned.

  For example, the engagement shape portion of the plate member is formed only on one side of the plate member or the hole 50 penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface of the plate member, on the inner side of the side of the plate member. The recess 52 (FIG. 8B) or the like may be used. In the case where a cutout portion as an engagement shape portion is formed on the side of the plate member, the cutout portion may be a portion having a shape other than the U-shape (FIG. 8C). For example, it may be a rectangular cutout 53 (FIG. 8D) or a semicircular cutout 54 (FIG. 8E). Further, not the notch portion extending from the upper surface to the lower surface of the plate member, but the notch portion 55 (FIG. 8 (f)) formed only on one side may be used. And the engagement shape part of a frame member should just be a shape which fits or is caught in the engagement shape part of these board members.

  The shape of the convex part on which the mounting shelf in the refrigerated space 11 is placed is not limited to the convex part 13 shape of the above embodiment. Moreover, the shape of the positioning part of the frame member which is a part fitted to the convex part is not limited to the shape of the positioning part 35 of the above embodiment. Moreover, the convex part on which the mounting shelf is placed and the frame member may be fixed by a method other than fitting. For example, a bolt hole may be formed in the convex part in the refrigeration space 11 and the frame member of the mounting shelf, and these may be fixed with a bolt.

  The plate member may be decorated. For example, a plurality of concave portions or convex portions may be formed randomly or regularly on the upper surface of the plate member. For example, in some cases, concave portions formed by cutting glass are arranged on the upper surface of a glass plate member so as to form a plurality of rows in the vertical and horizontal directions. In such a case, it is desirable that the cutout portion as the engagement shape portion is formed avoiding the concave portion and the convex portion. This is because the stress concentrated on the engagement shape is transmitted to the concave portion and the convex portion, and the plate member is prevented from cracking.

  In addition, paint may be applied to the upper surface of the plate member 20. In that case, there is a portion where paint cannot be applied in the vicinity of the side 24 in front of the refrigerator on the upper surface of the plate member 20. The main frame portion 31 of the frame member 30 preferably has a width that completely covers a portion where the paint cannot be applied. In that case, the notch part 23 is formed in the part to which the coating material of the refrigerator front-back direction is applied.

  An anti-scattering film that prevents debris from being scattered when the plate member 20 is broken may be attached to a portion near the side of the plate member 20. In that case, it is desirable that the main frame portion 31 of the frame member 30 has a width that completely covers the scattering prevention film. In that case, the notch part 23 is formed in the part of the refrigerator back rather than the edge part of the refrigerator back of a scattering prevention film.

  The above embodiment is an illustration and the scope of the invention is not limited to this. The above embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The above embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the inventions described in the claims and their equivalents.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerator, 10 ... Freezing space, 11 ... Refrigerated space, 12 ... Vegetable room, 13 ... Convex part, 14 ... Side wall, 2 ... Mounting shelf, 20 ... Plate member, 22 ... Corner of back of refrigerator of the plate member 20, 23 ... Notch, 24 ... Side of plate member 20 in front of refrigerator, 25 ... Left and right sides of plate member 20, 30 ... Frame member, 31 ... Main frame portion, 32 ... Auxiliary frame portion, 33 ... Insertion groove, 34 ... engagement convex part, 35 ... positioning part, 40 ... reinforcing member, 50 ... hole, 52 ... concave part, 53 ... rectangular cutout part, 54 ... semicircular cutout part, 55 ... only on one side of the plate member Formed notch

Claims (9)

A mounting shelf comprising a flat plate member and a frame member provided on at least one front side of the plate member, the engagement shape portion formed on the plate member, and formed on the frame member A mounting shelf in which the frame member is provided on the plate member by engaging with the engaging shape portion,
Positioning portions that open to the rear on both the left and right sides of the frame member are provided,
Convex portions are provided to support the pre-described shelf on the side wall of the refrigerator,
The refrigerator in which the positioning portion of the frame member is fitted and fixed to the front end portion of the convex portion.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the engagement shape portion formed on the plate member is a shape in which a side of the plate member is cut out.   The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein a cutout shape of a side of the plate member is U-shaped.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an engagement shape portion of the frame member is engaged with an engagement shape portion of the plate member by elastic deformation of the frame member.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a reinforcing member extending along a side of the plate member is provided on the frame member.   The frame member includes a main frame portion extending from one end side to the other end side of one side of the plate member, and an auxiliary frame portion extending along a side intersecting the one side from a portion on both end sides of the main frame portion. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the engagement shape portion is formed in the auxiliary frame portion.   The said frame member is a shape which pinches | interposes the said plate member from the upper and lower sides, and covers the engagement part of the engagement shape part of the said frame member and the engagement shape part of the said plate member from upper and lower sides. The refrigerator of any one of these.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the frame member is provided only in a portion of the plate member in front of the refrigerator. The refrigerator according to claim 8, wherein the plate member has a corner on the rear side of the refrigerator cut out in a plan view, and a corner on the front side of the refrigerator is not cut off or cut out smaller than the corner on the rear side of the refrigerator. .