JPH0587444A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve appearance by eliminating a lid member, by a method wherein small article cases in a chilling chamber and inside shelves in a refrigerating chamber are respectively provided slidably rearward and forward, and a control case for controlling temperature in a refrigerator is provided at the rear ceiling part of a partition plate by which a boss chamber is divided into two chambers. CONSTITUTION:Both a chilling chamber 5 and a refrigerating chamber 6 in a refrigerator are, right and left, divided by a partition plate 7 between these chambers and a control panel 8, and a plurality of small article cases 11 are longitudinally placed in the chilling chamber 5 and each of theme is slidably formed rearward and forward. A plurality of inside shelves 15 are also slidably provided rearward and forward in the refrigerating chamber 6. A step-shaped recess part 26 consisting of a step part 27 and a substrate-placing part 28 is integrally formed at the rear ceiling part of the partition plate 7 made of flexible plastic such as PS resin, and a control case 31 is located on the side of the refrigerating chamber 6 opposed to the substrate-placing part 28. A pair of catch parts 33 integrally formed to a flange part 32 around this control case 31 are engaged with mounting-holes 29 formed on the step part 27 and thus the control case 31 is mounted on the partition plate 7 and is fixed thereto.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator excellent in appearance and design which allows a user to organize and store foods in order to cope with diversification of eating habits.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS.
No. 94 gazette, a perspective view of a conventional refrigerator of this type having a temperature control portion on the front surface thereof and a refrigerator compartment door opened, showing a detailed horizontal sectional view and a detailed vertical sectional view of a main portion. Is. In the figure, 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is an outer box, 3
Is an inner box formed of a plastic material such as an ABS plate by a vacuum forming method or the like, and is filled with a foamed heat insulating material 4 such as polyurethane foam. Reference numerals 5 and 6 are a chilled room for storing chilled foods and the like, which are partitioned by the partition plate 7 and the control panel 8, and a refrigerating room for storing fresh foods and the like. 9 and 10 are the control panel 8
A chilled room cold air outlet and a refrigerating room cold air outlet that are integrally provided in the. The chilled chamber 5 and the refrigerating chamber 6 are cooled and held by the cool air blown out from the cool air outlets 9 and 10. Reference numeral 11 denotes a small article case vertically arranged in the chilled chamber 5, and a side surface portion 12 of the small article case 11 is provided.
A case rail 13 projecting more integrally slides in the front-rear direction on a rail shelf 14 having a U-shaped cross section, which is integrally provided from the partition plate 7, and the small case 11 has a mechanism for taking food in and out. . Reference numeral 15 denotes an in-compartment shelf provided in a plurality of stages in the refrigerating compartment 6, and a side wall part 18 of the in-compartment shelf 15 slides on a rail receiving part 17 of a shelf receiving part 16 provided integrally with the partition plate 7. The stored items placed on the inside shelf 15 by sliding the inside shelf 15 on the inside shelf 15 can be easily taken out. Reference numeral 19 denotes a refrigerating compartment floor plate forming the floor surface of the refrigerating compartment 6. Reference numerals 20 and 21 are a chilled chamber door and a refrigerator chamber door provided so as to cover the front surfaces of the chilled chamber 5 and the refrigerator chamber 6 in an airtight manner. Reference numeral 22 denotes a decorative plate body attached to the front surface of the freezer compartment door 23, and 24 denotes a lid body attached to the decorative plate body, which pivots the lid body downward in the direction of the arrow G to operate the internal operation button 25 ( The cooling and holding temperature in the chilled chamber 5 and the refrigerating chamber 6 can be controlled by operating (not shown in detail).

[0003]

Since the temperature adjusting function portions in the chilled chamber 5 and the refrigerating chamber 6 of the conventional refrigerator 1 are constructed as described above, the decorative plate body 22 is shown as shown in FIG.
The decorative plate body 2 for rotating the lid body 24 attached to the
There is a left-right gap E between the cover 2 and the lid 24 and a gap F in the upper part, which is by no means an excellent design. Further, the attachment of the lid body 24 itself to the first position of the refrigerator body 1 itself significantly impairs the external appearance of the refrigerator 1.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and uses a dead space portion of a rear ceiling portion of a partition plate partitioning the inside of the refrigerator to control the temperature inside the refrigerator. An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that matches the times and is excellent in terms of customer-oriented usability and appearance design, by arranging the case without impairing the appearance design of the refrigerator body.

[0005]

A refrigerator according to the present invention is provided with a chilled chamber and a refrigerating chamber which are formed by partitioning the inside of a refrigerator with a partition plate and a control panel, and is provided in the chilled chamber to extend in the front-rear direction. It includes a small case that slides, an in-compartment shelf that is provided in the refrigerating room and slides in the front-rear direction, and a control case for adjusting the in-compartment temperature that is provided on the rear ceiling of the partition plate.

[0006]

In the refrigerator according to the present invention, the conventional lid can be eliminated, and a refrigerator that is easy to use and matches the times when the appearance of the refrigerator body is excellent can be provided.

[0007]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire refrigerator having a chilled chamber door and a refrigerator chamber door provided with a control case according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed cross-sectional view of essential parts in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a detailed vertical sectional view of a main part taken along line HH. 1 to 3, the same members as those in FIGS. 4 to 6 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. Reference numeral 7 denotes a partition plate which is formed by injection molding from a flexible plastic material such as PS resin and the like, and 26 denotes a stepped recess integrally provided on the rear ceiling of the partition plate 7. It is formed by the step portion 27 and the substrate accommodating portion 28. Reference numeral 29 is a pair of mounting holes provided in the step portion 27, 30 is a bottom surface portion of the substrate housing portion 28, and the bottom surface portion 30 has a gap A dimension secured from the side surface portion 12 of the small article case 11 and the side surface of the small article case The small item case 11 can be smoothly slid in the front-rear direction without being brought into contact with the portion 12. Reference numeral 31 is a control case attached to the refrigerating chamber 6 side corresponding to the substrate accommodating portion 28, and a pair of claw portions 33 provided integrally extending from a peripheral flange portion 32 of the control case 31 are provided in the stepped recess 26. Step 27
The control case 31 is securely attached to and fixed to the partition plate 7 by being fitted and locked in a mounting hole 29 provided in the. Reference numerals 34 and 35 are a pair of locking ribs and locking claws for mounting the board 36, which are integrally provided upright inward from the control case 31. Reference numeral 37 is a temperature controller welded and fixed on the substrate 36 by soldering or the like, and 38 is a knob attached to the temperature controller to operate the knob 38 to bring the chilled chamber 5 and the refrigerating chamber 6 to a predetermined temperature. The partition plate 7 that is kept cooled and is up to the knob 38 for adjusting the internal temperature
The height dimension C is set to be smaller than the dimension B up to the rail receiving portion 17 of the shelf receiving portion 16 formed integrally with the partition plate 7 so as to ensure that the gap D dimension is secured. The chilled chamber 5 and the refrigerating room 5 can be easily operated by operating the knobs 38 for controlling the inside temperature without disturbing the knobs 38 for controlling the inside temperature with the inner shelf 15 itself and the contents stored and placed on the inner shelf 15. The temperature in the chamber 6 can be adjusted, and the inside shelf 15 can be smoothly slid in the front-back direction without the knobs 38 coming into contact with the contents stored on the inside shelf 15. It is possible.

As described above, according to the present invention, one side of the inside partition plate 7 and the control panel 8 is the chilled chamber 5,
The other is divided into a refrigerating compartment 6 and a plurality of small case 11 vertically slid for use in the chilled compartment 5 are vertically arranged, and in the refrigerating compartment 6 a shelf for sliding in the front-rear direction is used. In the case where a plurality of stages 15 are provided, the intermediate partition plate 7
By installing the control case 31 part for adjusting the temperature inside the refrigerator in the dead space part of the rear ceiling part, the temperature adjusting function part of the conventional refrigerator is provided in the lid body 24 of the decorative plate body 22 of the freezer compartment door 23. It is possible to solve the problems that the appearance of the refrigerator body 1 is impaired, such as the provision of the lid body 24 itself and the deterioration of the appearance of the peripheral gap between the decorative plate body 22 and the lid body 24. It provides a convenient and useful refrigerator that is customer-oriented and has an excellent appearance that matches the simple era.

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention, the chilled chamber and the refrigerating chamber which are formed by partitioning the inside of the chamber with the partition plate and the control panel are provided in the chilled chamber,
A configuration including a small case that slides in the front-rear direction, a storage shelf that is provided in the refrigerating chamber and that slides in the front-rear direction, and a control case for adjusting the temperature inside the storage that is provided on the rear ceiling of the partition plate. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the conventional lid and provide a convenient refrigerator that matches the age when the appearance of the refrigerator body is excellent.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed cross-sectional view of the essential parts of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a refrigerator H- of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a H line sectional view.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a conventional refrigerator.

FIG. 5 is a detailed cross-sectional view of a main part of a conventional refrigerator.

FIG. 6 is a detailed vertical sectional view of a main part of a conventional refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Refrigerator Main Body 2 Chilled Room 6 Refrigerator Room 7 Partition Plate 8 Control Panel 11 Small Case 15 Internal Shelf 31 Control Case

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A chilled chamber and a refrigerating chamber formed by partitioning the interior with a partition plate and a control panel, a small case provided in the chilled chamber and sliding in the front-rear direction, and provided in the refrigerating chamber. And a control case for controlling the temperature inside the refrigerator, which is provided on the rear ceiling of the partition plate.