JPH06174363A - Door pocket structure of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a manufacturing cost of a door pocket of a refrigerator. CONSTITUTION:A door pocket P is comprised of a central center member 9 extruded and formed with synthetic resin, and a pair of corner members 10 connected to both right and left ends of the center member 9 and injection molded with synthetic resin. The corner members 10 and the center member 9 are assembled by fitting three coupling projections 101 to 103 to three coupling grooves 91 to 93. The assembled door pocket P is fixed to an inner surface of a door liner by three coupling projections 101 to 103 and an engaging groove 104 of the corner members 10. It is possible to accommodate for the door pockets P of various sizes only through changing the length of the center member 9 and then a cost of mold can be reduced by making the right and left corner members 10 into the same members.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bottom wall capable of supporting a bottom surface of an article on an inner surface of a door which is pivotably supported on a front surface of a storage case, and an article which rises upward from a front edge of the bottom wall. A front wall capable of supporting the front surface of the door and a pair of left and right side walls capable of supporting the side surfaces of the article by closing the left and right side edges of the bottom wall and the front wall are detachably mounted, The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a storage space for articles is defined by an inner surface and a door pocket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a door pocket of such a refrigerator has been integrally injection-molded with a synthetic resin, and it has been mounted on the inner surface of a door liner to define a storage space for articles such as bottles and cans.

[0003]

However, if the entire door pocket is integrally injection-molded with synthetic resin, not only the size of the mold becomes large and the cost increases, but also a separate mold is required for each model of the refrigerator. There is a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a door pocket structure of a refrigerator which has a low manufacturing cost and can easily cope with a change in model.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a door pocket structure in a refrigerator according to the present invention supports a bottom surface of an article on an inner surface of a door which is pivotably supported on a front surface of a cabinet. A bottom wall, a front wall that can stand up from the front edge of the bottom wall to support the front surface of the article, and a pair of left and right sides that can close the left and right side edges of the bottom wall and the front wall to support the side surfaces of the article. In a refrigerator in which a door pocket having a side wall is attached, and an inner space of the door and a door pocket define a storage space for articles, the door pocket has a central center that constitutes part of a bottom wall and a front wall. Member and a pair of left and right corner members that are connected to the left and right ends of the center member to form part of the bottom wall and front wall and side walls, and the center member and the pair of left and right corner members are connected to each other. And assembled The first feature and.

In addition to the above-mentioned first feature, the present invention also provides:
The second feature is that the pair of left and right corner members are made of the same interchangeable member.

In addition to the above-mentioned first feature, the present invention also provides:
The second feature is that the mounting position of the door pocket with respect to the inner surface of the door is adjustable.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a refrigerator, FIG. 2 is a two-direction arrow view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is 3-3 of FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of the door pocket.

As shown in FIG. 1, this refrigerator R is mounted on an automobile or the like, and a door 3 for closing an opening 2 provided on the front surface of the case body 1 has a right side edge of the case body 1. It is pivotally supported so that it can be opened and closed.

A freezer compartment 4, an upper refrigerating compartment 5 and a lower refrigerating compartment 6 are formed inside the container 1 so as to face the opening 2. Also, on the inner surface of the door 3, two upper and lower door pockets P,
P is attached, and small items such as beer bottles and juice cans are stored therein.

As is apparent from FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 together, a door liner 7 formed by vacuum molding synthetic resin is fixed to the inner surface of the door 3. A pair of side plates 8, 8 extending in the up-down direction are integrally projectingly provided on both left and right edges of the door liner 7, and the two door pockets P, P are mounted between the pair of side plates 8, 8. .

The two door pockets P, P have the same structure, and the structure of one of them will be described below.

The door pocket P has one center member 9
And the two corner members 10, 10 located at the left and right ends of the center member 9 are assembled to each other, and the bottom wall 11 extends forward from the door liner 7 and supports the bottom surface of the article. A front wall 12 that stands up from the bottom wall 11 to support the front surface of the article, and a front wall 12 that extends forward from the door liner 7 to close the left and right ends of the bottom wall 11 and the front wall 12 to support the side surface of the article. Left and right side walls 1
3 and 13 are provided.

The center member 9 is formed by cutting a synthetic resin member extruded into an L-shaped cross section into a predetermined length.
It comprises a bottom wall 11 ₁ which constitutes a part of 1, and a front wall portion 12 ₁ which forms a part of the front wall 12. Then, three coupling grooves 9 ₁ , 9 ₂ , 9 ₃ for coupling the corner member 10 are formed at both left and right edges of the center member 9. The linear coupling groove 9 ₁ formed in the bottom wall portion 11 ₁ is a blind groove whose tip is closed, and includes the bottom wall portion 11 ₁ and the front wall portion 12 _1.
The curved connecting groove 9 ₂ formed at the boundary with the front wall 1
The linear coupling groove 9 ₃ formed in 2 ₁ is bent like a hook at an intermediate portion and has a tip opening to the inner surface of the door pocket P.

The left and right corner members 10, 10 are made of the same interchangeable member. The corner member 10 is injection-molded of synthetic resin, and is composed of a bottom wall portion 11 ₂ forming a part of the bottom wall 11, a front wall portion 12 ₂ forming a part of the front wall 12, and the side wall 13. Composed. With identical shape and the front wall portion 12 ₂ and the side wall 13, when exchanging the right corner member 10 and the left corner member 10 of,
Side wall 13 next to the corner member 10 front wall 12 ₂ left of the right corner member 10, the right side of the corner members 10
The side wall 13 becomes the front wall portion 12 ₂ of the left corner member 10.

Bottom wall portion 11₂And front wall 12₂Touch each other
3 pieces for connecting the center member 9 to the continuing edge.
Coupling protrusion 10₁, 10₂, 10₃Is formed. Three
Coupling protrusion 10₁, 10₂, 10₃Of the center member 9
3 coupling grooves 9₁, 9₂, 9 ₃Corresponding to
2 of them₂, 10₃Is shaped like a hook
Is made. Also, the bottom wall portion 11₂And side wall 13 are interconnected
Also on the edge to be formed, the three coupling protrusions 10 which are the same as those described above
₁, 10₂, 10₃Are formed, and these three connections are
Compound protrusion 10₁, 10₂, 10₃Is the door pocket P
Used to attach to the liner 7.

The front wall portion 12 ₂ and the side wall portion 13 of the corner member 10 are provided with engaging grooves 10 ₄ and 10 _{4 which} are used when the door pocket P is attached to the door liner 7. Two locking grooves 10 _4, 10 engaging grooves 10 ₄ of the front wall portion 12 ₂ of ₄ is usually not used, the interchanged the left and right corner members 10 and 10 the front wall portion 12 ₂ side wall 13 Will be used if

As is apparent from FIGS. 2 and 3, the two
Door pockets P, P are attached to the upper and lower four of the door liner 7.
Mounted in any of the positions. Each take of the door liner 7
At the attaching position, the left and right corner members 10, 10
Compound protrusion 10₁, 10₂, 10 ₃; 10₁, 10₂, 10
₃Engaging groove 7 that can be engaged with₁, 7₂, 7₃;
7 ₁, 7₂, 7₃Is formed. Also of the door liner 7
The left and right side walls 8 and 8 include side walls of the corner members 10 and 10.
Locking groove 10 formed in 13, 13_Four, 10_FourEngage with
Locking protrusion 8₁, 8₁Is projected.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention having the above construction will be described.

To assemble the door pocket P, the center
-Three coupling grooves formed at both left and right ends of the member 9
9₁, 9₂, 9₃3 connecting protrusions of the corner member 10
10 ₁, 10₂, 10₃Abut and press
Yes. As a result, the coupling protrusion 10 ₁And coupling groove 9₁Engaged with
Then, the center member 9 and the corner member 10 are positioned.
And two hook-shaped connecting protrusions 1
0₂, 10₃Elastically deforms into a hook shape as well.
Two connecting grooves 9 made₂, 9₃Engages with the center part
The material 9 and the corner member 10 are firmly bonded.

When the door pocket P is assembled by integrally connecting the one center member 9 and the two corner members 10, 10 as described above, the door pocket P is attached to the door liner 7. Each corner member 10
The three coupling protrusions 10 ₁ , 10 ₂ , 10 ₃ are engaged with the _three engagement grooves 7 ₁ , 7 ₂ , 7 ₃ of the door liner 7. Also in this case, the two coupling protrusions 10 ₂ formed in a hook shape,
Due to the elastic deformation of 10 _{3, the} two coupling grooves 7 ₂ , 7
Engage with ₃ to firmly connect the pore pocket P and the door liner 7.

At the same time, the locking projections 8 ₁ and 8 ₁ formed on the left and right side plates 8 and 8 of the door liner 7 are formed on the side walls 13 and 13 of the corner members 10 and 10, respectively.
It is elastically fitted to 0 ₄ and 10 ₄ , thereby further strengthening the connection between the door liner 7 and the door pocket P. As described above, the door pocket P has the left and right side plates 8,8.
Since it is supported by the door liner 7, the door pocket P can be firmly supported even if the height of the side plates 8 and 8 is kept low. As a result, it is not necessary to deeply draw the door liner 7 in order to integrally form the side plates 8 and 8, and the finish of the door liner 7 can be made beautiful.

Thus, the door pockets P and P are attached to arbitrary two attachment positions of the four attachment positions of the door liner 7. Then, the mounting positions of the door pockets P, P can be changed according to the size of the articles to be stored.

As described above, by dividing the door pocket P into the center member 9 in the center and the left and right corner members 10, 10, it is necessary to change the size of the door pocket P depending on the model of the refrigerator R. In this case, this can be dealt with only by changing the length of the center member 9 in the left-right direction. Since the center member 9 is made of extruded material, the change of the length is extremely easy.

Further, the dimensions of the corner members 10, 10 to be injection-molded are much smaller than the dimensions of the conventional integrally-molded door pocket. You can Moreover, since the left and right corner members 10 and 10 have the same shape and are compatible with each other, it is possible to reduce both the cost of the mold and the cost of managing the parts.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made.

For example, the present invention is not limited to refrigerators for automobiles, but can be applied to refrigerators for home use.

[0029]

As described above, according to the first feature of the present invention, the central center member forming part of the bottom wall and the front wall, and the bottom wall connected to both left and right ends of the center member, Since the door pocket is assembled by connecting a pair of left and right corner members forming part of the front wall and the side wall, it is possible to cope with door pockets of various sizes simply by changing the length of the center member. . Moreover, compared to integrally molding the entire door pocket, it is possible to significantly reduce the die cost due to the miniaturization of parts.

According to the second feature of the present invention, the pair of left and right corner members are made of the same interchangeable member, so that the die cost and the component management cost can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the mounting position of the door pocket with respect to the inner surface of the door can be adjusted, articles of various sizes can be stored without waste.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a refrigerator

FIG. 2 is a two-direction arrow view of FIG.

3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of a door pocket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Storage Body 3 Door 9 Center Member 10 Corner Member 11 Bottom Wall 12 Front Wall 13 Side Wall P Door Pocket

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bottom wall (11) capable of supporting a bottom surface of an article, and a front edge of the bottom wall (11), on an inner surface of a door (3) pivotably supported on a front surface of a housing (1). A front wall (12) that can stand up from above and support the front of the article, and a bottom wall (1
1) and a door pocket (P) having a pair of left and right side walls (13) capable of supporting the side surfaces of the article by closing the left and right side edges of the front wall (12), and attaching the door pocket (P) to the inner surface of the door (3). In a refrigerator in which an article storage space is defined by a door pocket (P), the door pocket (P) includes a bottom wall (11) and a front wall (1).
2) a central center member (9) forming a part thereof, and a bottom wall (1) connected to both left and right ends of the center member (9).
1) and a part of the front wall (12) and a pair of left and right corner members (10) forming the side wall (13), and the center member (9) and the left and right pair of corner members (10) are mutually divided. A door pocket structure in a refrigerator, which is assembled by being assembled with. 2. The door pocket structure for a refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the pair of left and right corner members (10) are formed of the same interchangeable member. 3. The mounting position of the door pocket (P) with respect to the inner surface of the door (3) is adjustable.
The door pocket structure in the refrigerator according to claim 1.