JP6864980B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to refrigerators.

Conventionally, the refrigerating room of a refrigerator is provided with a chilled room for storing meat, fish, etc., and containers are freely arranged in this chilled room.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-330361 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-329362 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-473884

In a pull-out container arranged in a storage chamber such as a chilled chamber as described above, if there is a protrusion on the bottom surface of the storage chamber, the amount of drawer to the front of the container is reduced and it is difficult to take out the stored items inside the container. There was a problem.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention aims to provide a refrigerator in which a drawer-type container can be pulled out more and the contents inside the container can be easily taken out.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the storage chamber, the bulging portion that bulges upward at the front end of the bottom surface of the storage chamber, and the bulging portion that bulges upward are arranged on the bottom surface and can be pulled out to the position of the bulging portion in the front-rear direction. A container formed of a front plate, a pair of left and right side plates, a back plate, and a bottom plate, an insole extending rearward from the lower end of the front plate of the container, and an insole extending rearward from the insole to the bottom. A recess recessed in a shape corresponding to the bulging portion toward the front end portion of the face plate, a partition plate erected from the rear end portion of the middle bottom surface, and a handle portion formed between the front surface plate and the partition plate. , A refrigerator having a container sensor provided inside the bulge to detect that the container has been pulled out.

The front view of the refrigerator which shows one Embodiment of this invention. Vertical cross section of the refrigerator. It is a vertical cross-sectional view seen from the side of the chilled chamber, and is a view in which the upper container and the lower container are stored. It is a vertical cross-sectional view seen from the side of the chilled chamber, and is a view in a state where the lower container is pulled out. Front view of the chilled room. Vertical cross-sectional view seen from the front of the chilled chamber. Bottom view of the lower container. Top view of the lower container. Enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of the moving protrusions, moving legs and protrusions. An enlarged vertical sectional view of a main part in a state where the upper container and the lower container are stored. Enlarged vertical cross section of the main part with the upper container pulled out. Enlarged vertical cross section of the main part with the lower container pulled out. Bottom view of the lower container of the modified example. Partially enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of the lower container of the modified example.

Hereinafter, the refrigerator 10 of one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12.

(1) Structure of Refrigerator 10 The structure of the refrigerator 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a front view of the refrigerator 10, and FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the refrigerator 10 as viewed from the side surface.

The cabinet 12 of the refrigerator 10 is a heat insulating box body, which is formed of an inner box and an outer box, and a heat insulating material is filled between them. The cabinet 12 has a refrigerating room 14, a vegetable room 16, a small freezing room 18, and a freezing room 20 in this order from the top, and an ice making room 21 is provided next to the small freezing room 18. A horizontal heat insulating partition 36 is provided between the vegetable compartment 16, the small freezing chamber 18, and the ice making chamber 22. The refrigerator compartment 14 and the vegetable compartment 16 are separated by a horizontal partition 38. Double doors 14a and 14b are provided on the front surface of the refrigerator compartment 14, and drawer doors 16a, 18a, 20a and 21a are provided in the vegetable compartment 16, the small freezer compartment 18, the freezer compartment 20 and the ice making chamber 21, respectively. It is provided.

A plurality of shelves 40 are horizontally provided in the refrigerating chamber 14, and a chilled chamber 42 is provided in the lower portion. The chilled chamber 42 is a low temperature chamber, and meat and fish are stored in the upper container 60 and the lower container 62 in the upper and lower two stages. The chilled chamber 42 will be described in detail later. A plurality of door pockets 44 are provided on the back surface of the door 14a of the refrigerator compartment 14. The vegetable compartment 16 is provided with drawer-type vegetable containers 46 and 48.

A refrigerating evaporator (hereinafter referred to as "R EVA") 28 is provided from the lower part of the back surface of the refrigerating chamber 14 to the back surface of the vegetable compartment 16, and a refrigerating blower (hereinafter referred to as "R fan") 30 is provided below the evaporator. It is provided. The R EVA 28 and the R fan 30 are arranged in the R EVA chamber 17, which is a cooling chamber surrounded by the EVA cover 15. Further, a return duct 15 for cold air from the chilled chamber 42 is provided in front of the R EVA 17 from the rear portion of the partition plate 38 of the refrigerating chamber 14 toward the R fan 30.

A freezing evaporator (hereinafter referred to as "F EVA") 32 is provided in the F EVA chamber 29 from the back of the small freezing chamber 18 and the ice making chamber 21 to the back of the freezing chamber 20, and a freezing blower is provided above the F EVA chamber 29. 34 (hereinafter referred to as "F fan") is provided. A defrost heater (not shown) is provided below the F EVA 32.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cold air cooled by the R EVA 28 is blown to the refrigerating chamber 14, the chilled chamber 42, and the vegetable chamber 16 by the R fan 30. The cold air discharged from the chilled chamber 42 flows into the return duct 15 and circulates to the R EVA 28 by the R fan 30. The cold air cooled by the F EVA 32 is blown to the small freezing chamber 18, the ice making chamber 21, and the freezing chamber 20 by the F fan 34.

A machine room 22 is provided at the bottom of the back surface of the cabinet 12, and a compressor 24 and the like constituting the refrigeration cycle 62 are placed therein. A control plate 26 is provided on the upper part of the back surface of the machine room 22.

(2) Structure of Partition 38 As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the partition 38 is horizontally inserted and fixed inside the cabinet 12. The front end portion of the partition body 38 bulges upward along the entire width, and the bulging portion 381 is formed. The front surface of the bulging portion 381 is formed straight in the vertical direction, extends horizontally rearward from the upper end portion of the front surface, and further extends while inclining downward to reach the horizontal upper surface 382 of the partition plate 38.

On the front and back sides of the bulging portion 381, a magnet 385 for attracting the gaskets of the double doors 14a and 14b and a magnet 386 for attracting the gasket of the door 16a of the vegetable compartment 16 are provided. Further, a sensor board 388 in which a door switch, a temperature sensor, and a humidity sensor are integrated is provided inside the bulging portion 381, and when the lower container 62 is pulled out above the inside of the bulging portion 381. A container sensor 389 for detecting is provided.

As shown in FIG. 6, the right side of the upper surface 382 of the partition plate 38 is recessed to form a flow passage 383 for the return cold air to flow. The flow passage 383 is continuously provided in the front-rear direction from the rear end portion of the bulging portion 381 to the rear end portion of the partition plate 38.

Grooves 384 and 384 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on both the left and right sides of the flow passage 383. The front end of the groove 384 is located at the rear end of the bulge 381, and the rear end of the groove 384 is located at the rear of the partition plate 38.

(3) Structure of Chilled Chamber 42 The structure of the chilled chamber 42 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9. As shown in FIG. 3, the chilled chamber 42 provided on the partition body 38 of the refrigerating chamber 14 is provided on the right side of the refrigerating chamber 14, and the tank 50 is arranged on the left side. The tank 50 is detachably arranged to supply water to the ice tray of the ice making device provided in the ice making chamber 21.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the chilled chamber 42 includes a left plate 54 provided at the boundary between the ceiling plate 52 and the tank 50, a right plate 56 forming the right surface of the refrigerating chamber 14, and refrigeration. Surrounded by a back plate 58 forming the back surface of the chamber 14 and a partition 38 forming the bottom surface of the refrigerating chamber 14, a drawer-type upper container 60 and a lower container 62 are vertically 2 inside the chilled chamber 42. It is arranged in a tier. Further, a rotatable lid 64 is hung from the front end portion of the ceiling plate 52 to the front end portion of the upper container 60 by a hinge connection.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, a plurality of outlets 66 for blowing cold air from the R EVA 17 to the chilled chamber 42 are opened in the upper portion of the back plate 58 of the chilled chamber 42. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of suction ports 634 are open from the back plate 58 of the chilled chamber 42 to the partition plate 38 on the bottom surface. These suction ports 80 lead to the return duct 15.

The upper container 60 is composed of a front plate 600, a pair of left and right side plates 602, a back plate 603, and a bottom plate 604, and the upper surface is open. The front plate 600, the pair of left and right side plates 602, 602, and the back plate 603 are made of synthetic resin, and the bottom plate 604 is made of metal. Further, a partition plate 601 is provided at the rear portion of the front plate 600, and an upper handle portion 605 is formed between the front plate 600 and the partition plate 601. The lower part is opened between the front plate 600 and the upper handle portion 605, the upper part is closed, and the upper notch portion 606 is notched in a square shape at the center of the lower end portion of the front plate 600. That is, the upper container 60 is provided so as to cover the rear portion of the front plate 600 with the upper handle portion 605 from above, and an insertion space 615 into which a hand can be inserted is formed between the front plate 600 and the upper handle portion 605. Further, a step portion 608 is formed in the lower portion of the partition plate 601. This step portion 608 is for making it easier to insert a finger from below the upper hook portion 605 (see FIG. 11). The front surface of the front plate 600 is formed in a stepped shape, and a light scattering surface 607 is formed. As shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of slit-shaped upper distribution holes 609 are opened at predetermined intervals in the width direction at the corners where the partition plate 601 and the bottom plate 604 are combined. The pair of left and right side plates 602 of the upper container 60 are formed with bulging portions 614 that bulge upward from the front portion to the central portion. The bulge 614 pushes up the lid 64. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, a pair of left and right ridge rails 610 and 610 project in the front-rear direction to the outside of the pair of left and right side plates 602 and 602 of the upper container 60, respectively. As shown in FIG. 6, rail receivers 612 are formed on the left plate 54 and the right plate 56 in the front-rear direction, respectively, corresponding to the pair of left and right rails 610 and 610.

The lower container 62 is made of synthetic resin and is freely drawn out from the upper surface 382 of the partition body 38. The lower container 62 is composed of a front plate 625, a pair of left and right side plates 622, 622, a back plate 623, and a bottom plate 624, and has an upper surface. Is open. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front plate 625 of the lower container 62 has a shorter length than the back plate 623, and a recess 627 is formed in the width direction from the lower end of the front plate 625 to the front end of the bottom plate 624. There is. The concave shape of the concave 627 corresponds to the bulging shape of the bulging portion 381. An insole 628 extending horizontally from the lower end of the front plate 625 is continuous with the upper end of the recess 627. A partition plate 621 is erected from the rear end of the insole 628 along the width direction. A lower notch 626 notched in a quadrangular shape is formed at the upper end of the central portion of the front plate 625. The space surrounded by the lower notch portion 626 of the front plate 625, the insole bottom surface 628, and the partition plate 621 forms the lower handle portion 630. Further, a tube-shaped food container or the like can be laid down and stored in the inner bottom surface 628 of the lower handle portion 630.

Support protrusions 629 and 629 project outward from the rear portion of the pair of left and right side plates 622 and 622 of the lower container 62. The left plate 54 and the right plate 56 of the chilled chamber 42 are provided with rails 78 and 78 extending in the front-rear direction. The pair of left and right rails 78, 78 are provided slightly above the pair of left and right support protrusions 629,629, and the support protrusions 629 move along the lower surface of the rail 78.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 7, moving ridges 632 and 632 extending in the front-rear direction are formed on both left and right sides of the bottom plate 624 of the lower container 62. The moving protrusion 634 projects from the lower surface of the rear end of the moving protrusion 632. The pair of left and right moving protrusions 634 are inserted into the pair of left and right grooves 384 provided in the partition plate 38 and move. The widthwise dimension of the moving ridge 632 is formed to be smaller than the width of the groove 384. As shown in FIG. 7, a moving leg portion 635 is formed at the front end portion of the moving ridge 632. The moving leg portion 635 is wider than the width dimension of the groove 384 and is formed so as to bulge toward the center of the lower container 62, and its front end portion is formed in a curved surface shape. As shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of protrusions 633 project from the lower surface of the moving protrusion 634, and these protrusions 633 are placed on the upper surface of the groove 384 and slide in the front-rear direction. When the lower container 62 is placed on the partition plate 38, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the moving leg portion 635 is placed on the upper surface 382, and the protrusion 633 of the moving protrusion 634 is placed on the groove 384. , The lower container 62 is supported horizontally.

A plurality of lower exhaust holes 636 are opened in the back plate 623 of the lower container 62 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6. The suction port 80 is open from the back plate 58 of the chilled chamber 42 facing the lower exhaust hole 636 to the partition plate 38. The return cold air that has flowed through the refrigerating chamber 14 passes between the bottom plate 624 of the lower container 62 and the flow passage 383 of the partition plate 38 from front to back, and is sucked into the suction port 634.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lid 64 is attached so as to be rotatable and hang down from the front end portion of the ceiling plate 52 of the chilled chamber 42. The lid 64 has an arcuate cross-sectional shape on the front surface, and a pair of left and right hinge pieces 70 project rearward from the upper end portion of the lid 64. Further, a pair of left and right hinge support pieces 72 project from the front end portion of the ceiling plate 52. As shown in FIG. 10, the hinge support piece 72 and the hinge piece 70 are rotatably hinged to each other via the hinge shaft 74. The lower end of the lid 64 is folded back to form a flange portion 76. The vertical dimension of the arcuate front surface of the lid 64 corresponds to the dimension from the front end portion of the ceiling plate 52 to the upper front end portion of the upper container 60, and the flange portion 76 of the lid 64 is the front plate 600 of the upper container 60. It is located slightly above the top surface of. A pressing piece 68 is formed at the left end of the lid 64. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, when the upper container 60 is pulled out forward, the pressing piece 68 is pressed by the front end portion and the bulging portion 614 of the side plate 602, and the lid 64 is moved upward about the hinge shaft 74. The lid 64 opens by rotating and does not interfere with the pulling out of the upper container 62.

(4) Pulling State of Upper Container 60 and Lower Container 62 The pulling state of the upper container 60 and the lower container 62 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, when the upper container 60 and the lower container 62 are housed in the chilled chamber 42, the chilled chamber 42 has a ceiling plate 52, a left plate 54, a right plate 56, a back plate 58, and an upper container 60. The space is closed by the front plate 600, the front plate 625 of the lower container 62, and the lid 64, and the cold air cooled by the R EVA 28 and blown out from the outlet 66 does not leak to the outside of the chilled chamber 42. ..

Then, the cold air blown out from the outlet 66 into the chilled chamber 42 invades the upper container 60 and cools the meat and fish in the upper container 60. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 10, the cold air that has cooled the upper container 60 flows into the lower container 62 through a plurality of upper distribution holes 609 at the lower front surface of the upper container 60. The cold air flowing from the upper container 60 cools the meat and fish in the lower container 62, is discharged to the outside through the lower exhaust hole 636 opened in the back plate 623 of the lower container 62, and then is discharged from the suction port 634 to the return duct 15 Flow to. The cold air flowing in the return duct 15 is circulated to the R EVA 28 by the R fan 30 in the R EVA chamber 17, and is cooled again.

When the user pulls out the upper container 60, as shown in FIG. 11, when the user puts his / her hand in the upper notch 606 of the upper handle portion 605 with the lower opening and pulls it forward, the rail 610 of the upper container 60 is pulled out. The upper container 60 can be easily pulled out by moving along the rail receiver 612. Further, the front end portion and the bulging portion 614 of the pair of left and right side plates 602 push up the lid 64.

When pulling out the lower container 62, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 12, the user puts his / her hand in the lower notch 626 of the lower handle portion 630 which is open at the upper side and pulls it forward. Then, the moving protrusion 632 of the lower container 62 moves along the groove 384, and in this case, the moving leg portion 635 also moves along the upper surface 382, so that the moving leg portion 635 can move while maintaining the horizontal position. Then, the recess 627 can be pulled out to a position where it covers the bulging portion 381 of the partition plate 38.

(5) Effect In the refrigerator 10 of the present embodiment, when the lower container 62 is pulled out, the recess 627 at the front of the lower container 62 can be pulled out to a position where it covers the bulging portion 381, so that the withdrawal amount is large. It becomes the maximum, and it becomes easy to take out the food and the like stored in the lower container 62.

Further, even if the bulging portion 381 is greatly bulged, the lower container 62 can be pulled out above the bulging portion 381. Further, since the inside of the bulging portion 381 can be enlarged, electric parts such as magnets 385 and 386, the sensor substrate 388, and the container sensor 389 can be stored. Further, since the electric parts are stored inside the bulging portion 381, it is not necessary to store these electric parts in another space, and the storage volume of the refrigerator 10 can be expanded.

Further, the lower container 62 is horizontally supported in the front-rear direction by the moving protrusion 632 and the moving leg 635, and can be maintained horizontally even in the state of being stored in the chilled chamber 42 and the state of being pulled out.

Further, since the moving leg portion 635 is wider than the groove 384 and bulges toward the center, the lower container 62 can be stably maintained horizontally, and the moving leg portion 635 does not fall into the groove 384.

Further, since the front end portion of the moving leg portion 635 has a curved surface shape, the bulging portion 381 is not damaged even if it hits the bulging portion 381 when pulled forward.

Further, since a plurality of protrusions 633 protrude from the lower surface of the moving protrusion 634 and the lower ends of these protrusions 633 are in contact with the groove 384, the friction coefficient becomes small and the movement is easy.

Further, a tube-shaped food container or the like can be laid down and stored in the inner bottom surface 628 of the lower container 62. In this case, since the partition plate 621 is provided, the tube-shaped container or the like does not fall to the bottom plate 624 of the lower container 62.

Further, since the moving ridge 632 is provided on the bottom surface of the lower container 62, the moving ridge 632 serves as a reinforcing rib, and the bottom plate 624 of the lower container 62 does not bend.

Further, since the support protrusions 629 provided on the left and right sides of the lower container 62 are located below the rail 78 even when they are moved along the rail 78 and pulled out, the rear portion of the lower container 62 does not bounce upward.

Further, since the flow passage 383 is formed by the recess on the upper surface of the partition plate 38, the cold air returning from the refrigerating chamber 14 can be surely sucked into the suction port 637 through the flow passage 383.

(6) Change example 1
Modification 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. For example, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a pair of left and right grooves 638 are provided in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the bottom plate 624 of the lower container 62, and a pair of left and right ridges 390 are provided in the front-rear direction on the upper surface 382 of the partition plate 38. The moving leg portion 690 may be provided between the pair of left and right grooves 638 and 638. In this case, the moving leg portion 639 is provided at the front end portion of the bottom plate 624 as much as possible in order to keep the lower container 62 horizontal.

(7) Change example 2
In the above embodiment, the moving leg portion 639 is provided at the same position in the width direction as the moving protrusion 634, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the moving leg portion 629 may be provided at a different position in the width direction from the moving protrusion 634.

(8) Change example 3
In the above embodiment, the bulging portion 381 provided at the front end portion of the partition plate 38 is provided over the entire width, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the bulging portion 381 is provided only at a part of the front end portion of the partition plate 38. A recess 627 may be provided at the front end of the lower container 62 only in the corresponding portion. For example, the bulging portion 381 may be provided only at the portion where the pair of left and right double doors 14a and 14b meet, and a door switch or the like may be provided inside the bulging portion 381. Further, if the bulging portions 381 are provided only on both sides of the partition plate 38 provided with the hinge shafts of the pair of left and right double doors 14a and 14b, and the hinge shafts are provided on these portions, the strength can be further increased. The hinge shaft can be fixed.

(9) Other Modification Examples In the above embodiment, the refrigerating chamber 14 is illustrated as the storage chamber, and the lower container 62 housed in the chilled chamber 42 inside the refrigerating chamber 14 has been described, but other storage chambers (for example, for example). The present embodiment may be applied to a container housed in a vegetable compartment).

Further, in the above embodiment, the container 62 having the upper container 60 as the upper container 60 is arranged in two upper and lower stages in the chilled chamber 42, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a one-stage container may be used.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

10 ... Refrigerator, 14 ... Refrigerator room, 38 ... Partition, 42 ... Chilled room, 60 ... Upper container, 62 ... Lower container, 381 ... Swelling part, 382 ... top surface, 383 ... flow path, 384 ... groove, 385 ... magnet, 386 ... magnet, 388 ... sensor board, 621 ... partition plate, 624 ... bottom plate , 625 ... front plate, 627 ... concave, 628 ... insole, 630 ... lower handle, 632 ... moving ridge, 633 ... protrusion, 634 ... moving protrusion , 635 ・ ・ ・ Moving legs

Claims (8)

Storage room and
A bulging portion that bulges upward at the front end of the bottom surface of the storage chamber,
A container that is arranged on the bottom surface and can be pulled out to the position of the bulging portion in the front-rear direction, and is formed of a front plate, a pair of left and right side plates, a back plate, and a bottom plate.
An insole and bottom surface extending rearward from the lower end of the front plate of the container,
From the insole bottom surface to the front end portion of the bottom plate, a recess having a shape corresponding to the bulging portion and a recess.
A partition plate erected from the rear end of the middle bottom surface and
A handle portion formed between the front plate and the partition plate,
A container sensor provided inside the bulge to detect that the container has been pulled out,
Refrigerator with. The bulge is formed in all directions of the bottom surface of the storage chamber.
The recesses of the container are formed in all directions in the width direction.
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The refrigerator according to claim 1. The bulge is formed in a part of the bottom surface of the storage chamber in the width direction.
The recess of the container is formed at a position corresponding to the bulge formed in a part thereof.
The refrigerator according to claim 1. A pair of left and right double doors are provided at the front opening of the storage chamber.
The bulging portion is formed at a portion where the pair of left and right double doors meet.
The refrigerator according to claim 3. A door rotatably arranged by a hinge shaft is provided at the front opening of the storage chamber.
The bulging portion is formed on the left side portion or the right side portion of the bottom surface of the storage chamber provided with the hinge shaft.
The refrigerator according to claim 3. The electric parts of the refrigerator are provided inside the bulging portion.
The refrigerator according to claim 1. When the container is pulled forward,
The recess of the container is placed above the bulge,
The refrigerator according to claim 1. The storage room is a refrigerating room
A chilled chamber is provided at the bottom of the refrigerator compartment.
The container is arranged in the chilled chamber,
The refrigerator according to claim 1.

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