JPH04359781A - Under floor lift type refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To install a refrigerator in an opening section on a floor surface, and eliminate opening/closing work, allowing a food container to rise and fall by improving a housing posture and making a pivotally opening and closing motion of a floor cover and install a drive device in a machine room and minimize lifting load and use a kitchen space more effectively. CONSTITUTION:A food container 18, which comes in and out of an opening section 16, operates at the height H between a lift device 20 and a drive device 27 and opens and closes a floor cap 24 in its rotary motion. An upper table section 29 is provided with a push up roller 30, a slide roller 31 and a guide rail 31a on the side of the interior 19, thereby building up a lift function in a refrigerator.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention installs a storage under the floor of a kitchen or the like, and allows the container to be raised and lowered above the floor to maintain a comfortable storage position and to open and close the floor lid, which is a burden. This invention relates to an under-floor elevating refrigerator that eliminates the need for an elevating refrigerator and makes effective use of kitchen space.

0002

[Prior Art] In recent years, there have been underfloor storage cabinets or refrigerators that are installed through openings in the floor of kitchens and the like.
The configuration shown in Japanese Patent No. 140491 was common.

[0003] Hereinafter, the structure of the above-mentioned conventional underfloor refrigerator-freezer will be explained with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 4, a main body 1 is composed of a box 2, a machine room 12, a cover plate 5, etc., and the outer periphery of the top surface of the box 2 is installed on a mounting member 7 below a floor 6. The cover plate 5, which is provided to cover the opening during the storage operation, is attached to the hinge 3.
Opening/closing operations were performed by obtaining via.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, the main body 1 is fixedly installed in the opening 8 of the floor 6, so the box body is located below the floor and food, etc. There was a problem in that the storage position of the device was unreasonable.

[0006]Furthermore, the operation of opening and closing the cover plate 5 provided to cover the opening requires manpower, and since the flooring material surrounded by the outer frame has a certain amount of weight, opening and closing the cover plate 5 is difficult. The problem was that it placed a heavy burden on the user during work.

[0007] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and since the food container part is raised and lowered above the floor surface for storage work, the posture for storing food products, etc., is improved by kneeling down. First thing
The purpose of

[0008] Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an under-floor elevating refrigerator in which the lid plate provided to cover the opening is surrounded by an outer frame, and the lid plate does not have to be opened and closed manually on the floor. This is the second purpose.

A third object of the present invention is to absorb operational noise generated when opening and closing the lid.

0010

[Means for Solving the Problems] A first means of the present invention for achieving the first object includes a box provided in a floor opening, and tableware provided vertically movably in the box. It consists of a container, an elevating means for moving the tableware container up and down, and a floor cover for opening and closing the floor opening, and the elevating means includes a drive device provided in the floor opening and a mechanism for placing the tableware container. and a power transmission means for transmitting power from the drive device to the upper table to move the upper table up and down.

A second aspect of the present invention for achieving the second object
The above means is provided with a floor cover lifting means for raising and lowering the floor cover at the same time as the tableware container is raised and lowered.

A third aspect of the present invention for achieving the third object
In this method, a box is installed on a receiving frame of an opening in the floor, and a soft vibration-proof frame is provided on the outer periphery of the upper surface of the box or on the outer periphery of the lower surface of the floor cover.

[0013]

[Operation] In the first means, the driving device transmits lifting power to the lifting device installed in the refrigerator for the box installed in the opening in the floor surface, and lifts the food container between the height H. Since the food container is placed on the floor and the storage operation is performed, there is no strain on the storage posture, and the food container is raised and lowered.
The lifting load can also be reduced.

[0014] Next, by providing a drive device in the space of the machine room containing the compressor and the like, and providing an elevating device in the box, the structure becomes compact and installation and construction are improved.

[0015] In the second means, when the food container moves up and down, a push-up roller on the upper table part of the lifting device transmits a rotational opening/closing operation to the floor cover that tightly closes the opening. Opening and closing operations can be performed without the need for

In the third means, an anti-vibration frame is provided on the outer periphery of the upper surface of the box installed in the opening of the floor surface, and vibrations occur when the floor cover is rotated to open and close. Can absorb operating noise.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An underfloor elevating refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, a floor surface 15, an opening 16 having a rectangular planar shape on the floor surface 15, and a box 17 fixedly installed in this opening 16, There is a food container 18 that appears and retracts, and there is a lifting device 20 provided at the bottom of the chamber interior 19.

A refrigerator lid 21 and a floor material 2 are placed in the opening 16.
There is a floor cover 24 which is assembled with a cover plate 21a which is surrounded by an outer frame 23.

Next, the box body 17 has a drive device 27 in a machine room 26 equipped with a compressor 25, the lifting device 20 is provided on the bottom surface of the chamber interior 19, and the box body 17 has a common through hole 28. ing.

Next, the upper table portion 29 of the lifting device 20
is provided with a push-up roller 30 and a slide roller 31.

Next, a vibration isolating frame 33 is provided on the outer periphery of the upper surface of the box 17 installed on the receiving frame 32 of the opening 16.

The operation of the underfloor elevating refrigerator constructed as described above will be explained below. First, when the box 17 is located in the opening 16 formed in the floor 15 of a kitchen or the like,
An instruction is given to the control panel 34, and the power of the drive device 27 is transmitted to the lifting device 20 at the bottom of the interior 19 through the common hole 28. The food container 18 installed on the upper table part 29 of the lifting device 20 is moved between the lifting height H and the food container 18 is moved up and down to the floor surface 15.
Place it on top and perform storage work.

Next, as the lifting device 20 moves up and down, the lower surface of the floor cover 24 at the opening 16 is moved by the push-up roller 30 provided on the upper table portion 29 of the lifting device 20, so that it is lifted up and down on the floor. The floor cover 24 is rotated to open and close, thereby eliminating the need for manual opening and closing operations. During this lifting/lowering operation, a guide rail 31a is provided on the inner side surface of the refrigerator at the contact surface of the slide roller 31, so that the upper table section 29 can smoothly move up/down.

Next, when the floor cover 24 rotates to open and close on the floor 15 about the fulcrum 35, the vibration isolating frame 33 absorbs the operating noise.

The above-mentioned configuration of the present invention is applicable not only to an under-floor elevating refrigerator but also to other under-floor storage cabinets in general.

[0027]

As described above, in the first means of the present invention, the box body provided in the floor opening, the tableware container provided vertically movably in the box body, and the tableware container A lifting means for moving up and down, a floor cover for opening and closing the floor opening, and the lifting means includes a drive device provided in the floor opening, an upper table portion on which a tableware container is placed, and a floor lid for opening and closing the floor opening. By transmitting the power from the drive device to the upper table part to raise and lower the upper table part, there is no need to kneel down to store tableware, etc., as in the past. It improves your posture.

In the second means, the upper table section is further provided with a floor lid lifting means for raising and lowering the floor lid at the same time as the tableware container is raised and lowered, thereby reducing the trouble of manually opening and closing the floor lid. It can be eliminated.

In the third means, by providing a soft vibration-proof frame on the outer periphery of the upper surface of the box installed on the receiving frame of the floor opening or on the outer periphery of the lower surface of the floor cover, when the cover of the floor cover is opened and closed, It can absorb the operating noise generated.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

[Fig. 1] A cross-sectional view of an underfloor elevator refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention when it is raised.

[Figure 2] Cross-sectional view of the underfloor elevator refrigerator in Figure 1 when it is lowered

[Figure 3] Front sectional view of the elevator refrigerator in Figure 1

[Figure 4] Cross-sectional view of a conventional underfloor refrigerator/freezer

[Explanation of symbols]

15 Floor surface 16 Opening 17 Box body 18 Food containers 19 Inside the warehouse 20 Lifting device 21 Refrigerator lid 21a Lid plate 22 Flooring material 23 Outer frame 24 Floor cover 25 Compressor 26 Machine room 27 Drive device 28 Common hole 29 Upper table part 30 Push up roller 31 Slide roller 31a Guide rail 32 Acceptance slot 33 Anti-vibration frame 34 Control panel 35 Fulcrum

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A box provided within a floor opening, a tableware container provided vertically movably within the box, lifting means for vertically moving the tableware container, and a means for opening and closing the floor opening. An under-floor elevator refrigerator equipped with a floor lid. 2. The elevating means includes a drive device provided in a floor opening, an upper table portion on which a tableware container is placed, and a drive device configured to transmit power from the drive device to the upper table portion.
The underfloor elevator refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising power transmission means for raising and lowering the upper table portion. 3. The underfloor elevating refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the upper table portion is provided with a floor lid lifting means for raising and lowering the floor lid at the same time as the tableware container is raised and lowered. 4. The underfloor elevating refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a soft vibration-proofing frame provided on the outer periphery of the upper surface of the box installed on the receiving frame of the opening or the outer periphery of the lower surface of the floor cover.