JPH06101960A - Shelf device of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate a taking-out of a food on the upper-most shelf in a relative high refrigerator by a method wherein when the upper-most refrigerator shelf is drawn or pulled toward a user, the refrigerator shelf can be lowered by a distance corresponding to about one shelf. CONSTITUTION:The upper-most shelf 2 installed within a refrigerator having a height of about 180cm is pulled toward a user by an arm link mechanism 4. In this case, the shelf is supported in such a manner that it may be lowered by a distance corresponding to one shelf. The arm link mechanism 4 is comprised of arms 41 and 42 forming a parallel link rotable around the supporting shafts 41a and 42a, and a connecting member 6 for connecting the other ends of the arms 41 and 42. When the refrigerator shelf 2 is pulled out toward a user, engaging parts 2a and 2a formed at both wall sides of the shelf 2 are abutted and fitted to engaging shafts 41c and 42c formed at the connecting member 6. After this operation, each of the arms 41 and 42 is rotated to cause the shelf 2 to be drawn forwardly while holding it in a horizontal state and then the shelf is lowered by a distance corresponding to one shelf.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shelving device which improves the handling of food stored in a shelves (particularly the uppermost shelves) provided in a tall refrigerator. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The capacity of refrigerators has been increasing year by year, and an internal volume of about 400 liters has become the mainstream these days, and the height of the refrigerator is about 180 cm. As shown in FIG. 5, the internal shelves of refrigerators of this type conventionally have a plurality of internal shelves, but the uppermost internal shelving position is about 160 cm above the floor. positioned. Further, the uppermost shelf in the cabinet is designed to incline downward when pulled out toward the front. As a conventional example of this type, there is Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 59-6393.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The average height of a Japanese housewife is said to be about 156 cm.
Since the uppermost shelf in the cabinet installed at the position of cm is higher than the height, when you try to put food in or out of the shelf in the cabinet, you stretch yourself or use a step. This was a problem and the handling was poor. Further, in the conventional shelf device that tilts when pulled out toward the front, there is an inconvenience that food easily falls from the shelf.

Therefore, when it is desired to use the uppermost shelves in the refrigerator, the shelves are lowered downward while keeping the shelves horizontal.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] That is, when arm shelves are used on both sides of the shelves in the refrigerator, when the shelves in the refrigerator are pulled out toward the front, the shelves in the refrigerator are held horizontally and the amount of the shelf is about one step. It is designed to descend downward.

[0006]

As described above, by using the arm link mechanism as described above, the uppermost shelves inside the cabinet are kept horizontal, and one shelf is lowered forward (toward the front side). The height is about 145 cm, which is sufficiently accessible to housewives who use the refrigerator most often, and food can be easily taken in and out.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a cabinet inside the cabinet installed in the cabinet, and 3 is another cabinet inside the cabinet. 4 is
As shown in FIG. 2, the arm link mechanism includes an arm 41, an arm 42, and a connecting member 6. The arm link mechanism 4 is symmetrical with the arm link mechanism 4.
The arm link mechanisms 4 and 5 are connected by a connecting member 6 on the opposite side. Reference numeral 7 denotes a shelf rib for mounting the above-mentioned shelf 2 on the left and right sides of the inner wall surface.
It is located on the same plane as the connecting member 6, and the in-compartment shelf 2 is placed on the same plane. By placing the shelf 2 on the shelf on the shelf rib 7, it is possible to easily remove the shelf 2 in case the shelf 2 is dirty and clean it.

The arms 41 and 42 are arranged in front and rear in parallel with a space w1 therebetween, and the lower ends of the arms are supported by rotatable shafts 41a and 42a at left and right symmetrical positions on both walls of the refrigerator. Further, the upper ends of the arms 41 and 42 are held by the connecting member 6 so that they can be rotated with a gap w1 maintained therebetween, and the protrusions 41c are located at positions concentric with the rotating shafts 41b and 42b. , 42c are formed.
Further, locking portions 2a, 2a 'are formed on both side wall portions of the in-compartment shelf 2 with the above-mentioned distance w1. Further, below the arm 41, a stopper 41d projects toward the arm 42 side, and the arms 41, 42 are connected to the support shaft 41.
When rotating about a and 42a as axes, the rotation is stopped as shown in FIG. 4 at the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG.

The operation of the apparatus for the internal shelves having the above-described structure will be described. When the internal shelves 2 placed on the shelf ribs 7 are pulled out to the front, both walls of the internal shelves 2 are pulled out. The engaging portions 2a and 2a 'formed on the side portions are fitted and engaged with the engaging shafts 41c and 42c formed on the connecting member 6, respectively. That is,
The locking portion 2a is a rotating shaft 41c, and the locking portion 2a 'is a locking shaft 4c.
It fits with 2c. Further, when the shelves 2 in the refrigerator are pulled out, the shelves 2 in the refrigerator are moved by the arm link mechanisms 4 and 5.
As shown by the two-dot chain line in Fig. 2, it is pulled out while keeping the horizontal position, and then descends by approximately one shelf and stops.

[0011]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects.

In a refrigerator having a height of about 180 cm and having a plurality of shelves in the refrigerator, when the uppermost shelves are pulled out to the front (front side), By lowering the shelves by approximately one step, housewives who use refrigerators can easily put food in and out without having to stretch the food on the shelves or use a step.

Further, since the above-mentioned internal shelves have substantially the same width as the inside of the internal storage, and the lowering means is an arm link mechanism provided on both sides of the internal storage, the internal shelves can be smoothly taken in and out. , The top shelf that is difficult to handle can be used effectively.

Furthermore, by lowering the above-mentioned shelves in the cabinet while keeping them substantially horizontal, the food items placed on the shelves can be taken out without dropping.

Further, the above-mentioned internal shelving device can be easily cleaned by having a structure in which the shelves can be removed when the shelves are in the regular mounting position (the uppermost position in the internal storage).

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an operation diagram of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a conventional refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerator main body, 2 ... Internal shelf, 2a ... Internal shelf locking part, 2a '... Internal shelf locking part, 3 ... Internal shelf, 4 ... Arm link mechanism, 5 ... Arm link mechanism, 6 ... Connecting member, 7 ... Shelf rib, 41 ... Arm, 41a ... Support shaft, 41b ... Rotating shaft, 41c ... Connecting member locking shaft, 42 ... Arm, 42b ... Rotating shaft, 42c ... Connecting member locking shaft.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In a refrigerator having a height of about 180 cm and having a plurality of internal shelves in the refrigerator, when the uppermost internal shelves are pulled out to the front side, the internal shelves correspond to approximately one shelf. , A shelf device for a refrigerator characterized by being lowered. 2. A refrigerator shelving device, characterized in that the shelves in the refrigerator according to claim 1 have substantially the same width as the inside of the refrigerator, and the descending means is an arm link mechanism provided on both walls of the refrigerator. . 3. A shelving device for a refrigerator, wherein the shelves in the refrigerator according to claim 1 are lowered by a lowering means while being kept substantially horizontal. 4. The shelving unit for a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the shelving in the refrigerator is removable at a regular mounting position (uppermost level value in the refrigerator).