JPH06265263A - Door for refrigerators - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a rail member from being mounted obliquely to a main door plate and a door cap. CONSTITUTION:A door reinforcing plate 34 is fastened to a flange portion 33b of a sash 33 by tap screws 42 while an extension 41 of the plate bears against a lower end of a projection piece 38 of a door cap 32. A rail member 30 is mounted to the door reinforcing plate 34 by placing a mounting portion 30a formed at an end thereof on an inner door plate 35 and securing the same to the door reinforcing plate 34 by screwing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator door that holds a container and can be pulled out from a refrigerator body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a refrigerator is provided with a door as shown in FIG.
Is provided with a door 4 that holds the container 3 and can be pulled out from the cabinet body 1. The door 4 is constructed by mounting a rail member 6 for taking in and out from the main body portion 5 of the door 4, and the rail member 6 also serves as a holding member for the container 3.

The rail member 6 is attached to the door body 5 as shown in FIGS. in this case,
The door main body 5 includes a door main plate portion 7 forming a front surface of the door, plunger-made door caps 8 and 8 mounted on an edge of the door main plate portion 7, a door main plate portion 7 and the door caps 8 and 8. It is composed of a sash 9 to be attached, a door reinforcing plate 10 attached to the sash 9, and a door inner plate 11. A gasket 12 (see FIG. 8) is provided in the U-shaped recess 9a of the sash 9.
(See) is to be installed.

In this case, the door reinforcing plate 10 is positioned by pressing and locking the protrusion 10a formed on the door reinforcing plate 10 against the edge of the flange portion 9b of the sash 9 from below.
It is adapted to be screwed to the flange portion 9b of the sash 9 by a tapping screw 13. Then, the rail member 6 is attached to the screw hole 10b formed in the door reinforcing plate 10 by being screwed on the door inner plate 11.

[0005]

However, although the door reinforcing plate 10 is positioned with respect to the sash 9 in the above-mentioned conventional structure, the sash 9 causes the door main plate portion 7 and the door cap 8 to be caused by a manufacturing error or an assembly error. The door reinforcing plate 10 and thus the rail member 6 may also be attached to the door main plate portion 7 by shifting the position.
Also, the door cap 8 may be attached at an angle. In this case, when the rail member 6 is horizontally arranged, the door body 5 relatively tilts as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to prevent the rail member from being inclined and attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap,
An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator door in which the door main plate portion and the door cap can be normally incorporated in the refrigerator body.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A first means is a door main plate portion constituting a front surface of a door, a door cap attached to an edge of the door main plate portion, and a sash attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap. And a door reinforcing plate attached to the sash, and a rail member attached to the door reinforcing plate, the container cap holding the container and being capable of being drawn out through the rail member to the refrigerator body, the door cap A projecting piece is formed on an inner edge of the door, an extending portion extending to the projecting piece is formed on the door reinforcing plate, and the door reinforcing plate is locked in a state where the extending portion is locked by the projecting piece. Is characterized by being attached to the sash (the invention of claim 1).

A second means is a door main plate portion constituting the front surface of the door, a door cap attached to an end edge of the door main plate portion, a sash attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap, and this sash. An inner edge of the door cap, which comprises a door reinforcing plate to be attached and a rail member attached to the door reinforcing plate, and which is provided so as to be able to be pulled out to the refrigerator main body through the rail member while holding a container. And a slit portion is formed on the protruding piece portion, and an extending portion extending to the slit portion of the protruding piece portion is formed on the door reinforcing plate, and the extending portion is formed on the protruding portion portion. It is characterized in that the door reinforcing plate is attached to the sash in a state of being fitted and locked in the slit portion of (2).

[0009]

In the first means, the door reinforcing plate to which the rail member is attached is positioned by locking the extending portion formed on the door reinforcing plate with the projecting piece formed on the door cap. Therefore, although the door reinforcing plate is attached to the sash, since the positioning of the door reinforcing plate is performed with respect to the door cap, even if the sash is misaligned with respect to the door cap and the door main plate portion. The position of the door reinforcing plate is not displaced with respect to the door cap and the door main plate portion. As a result, the rail member is not inclined and attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap, and the door main plate portion and the door cap are normally assembled in the refrigerator body.

In the second means, the door reinforcing plate is positioned with respect to the door cap as in the case of the first means. Therefore, the rail member should be inclined and attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap. Instead, the door main plate portion and the door cap are normally assembled in the refrigerator body. In particular, in the second means, the extending portion of the door reinforcing plate is fitted into and locked in the slit portion of the projecting piece of the door cap, so that the door reinforcing plate and thus the rail member can be positioned more accurately. Can be done.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, in FIG. 5 showing the overall configuration of the refrigerator, the refrigerator main body 21 is provided with doors 22 to 27 for opening and closing the internal storage chamber. The door 26 is particularly relevant to the present invention, and the door 26 will be described below. The door 26 opens and closes the freezer compartment 28, and the door body 29 has a rail member 30,
30 is attached.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the door main body 29
Is a door main plate portion 31 constituting the front surface of the door, and this door main plate portion 3
1, plastic door caps 32, 32 mounted on the upper and lower edges of the door 1, the door main plate portion 31, and the door caps 32,
Plastic sash 33 attached to 32,
It is composed of a door reinforcing plate 34 attached to the sash 33 and an inner door plate 35 also attached to the sash 33. A gasket 36 is attached to the U-shaped recess 33a of the sash 33.

As shown in FIG. 1, a vertical wall portion 37 having a claw portion 37a is formed on the inner surface of the door cap 32. The vertical wall portion 37 and the flange portion 32a form the sash 33. Are fitted and held. Further, at the lower end edge of the wall portion 37 of the door cap 32, projecting piece portions 38 are formed at two places (only one is shown), and the projecting piece portions 38 are located below the flange portion 33 b of the sash 33. Overhangs.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the door reinforcing plate 34 has mounting piece portions 39, 39 having screw insertion holes at the upper edge thereof.
And mounting pieces 40 having screw insertion holes are also formed on the left and right edges, respectively. Further, the door reinforcing plate 34 is formed with a plurality of screw holes 34a for screwing the rail members 30, 30 together. In particular, the protrusions 38 are provided on both sides of the mounting pieces 39, 39.
An extending portion 41 extending up to is formed.

In the door reinforcing plate 34, the extending portion 41 is pressed against the lower end of the projecting portion 38 of the door cap 32 to be locked, and the sash 3 is tapped by the tapping screw 42.
3 is screwed to the flange portion 33b. The door inner plate 35 is attached to the flange portion 33 b of the sash 33 from above the door reinforcing plate 34. And the rail member 3
The mounting portions 30a, 30a formed at the front end portions of the 0, 30 are mounted on the door reinforcing plate 34 from above the door inner plate 35 by screwing. The base ends of the rail members 30, 30 are connected by a wire rod 30b as shown in FIG. Although not shown, the inside of the door 26 is filled with a heat insulating material.

According to the present embodiment as described above, the door reinforcing plate 34 to which the rail members 30 and 30 are attached is
The extending portion 41 formed on this is engaged with the protruding piece portion 38 formed on the door cap 32 to be positioned. Therefore, although the door reinforcing plate 34 is attached to the sash 33, the sash 33 is positioned with respect to the door cap 32 and the door main plate portion 31 because the door reinforcing plate 34 is positioned with respect to the door cap 32. Even if the position is deviated, the door reinforcing plate 34 is still attached to the door cap 32 and the door main plate portion 3.
The position does not deviate from 1. As a result,
It is possible to prevent the rail members 30 and 30 from being attached to the door main plate portion 31 and the door cap 32 in an inclined manner, and the door main plate portion 31 and the door cap 32 can be normally attached to the refrigerator main body 2.
Can be incorporated into 1.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in the following points. That is, the protruding piece portion 51 is formed at the inner edge of the door cap 32 to be slightly longer than the protruding piece portion 38 of the first embodiment, and the slit portion 52,
52 is formed. Then, the door reinforcing plate 34 is screwed to the sash 33 in a state where the extending portion 53 formed on the door reinforcing plate 34 is fitted and locked in the slit portions 52, 52 of the projecting piece portion 51.

Also in this embodiment, similarly to the above, the door reinforcing plate 34 is positioned with respect to the door cap 32, so that the rail members 30, 30 are obliquely attached to the door main plate portion 31 and the door cap 33. This can be prevented, and the door main plate portion 31 and the door cap 32 can be normally incorporated in the refrigerator main body 21. Particularly, in the second embodiment, the extending portion 53 of the door reinforcing plate 34 is connected to the projecting piece portion 5.
By fitting and engaging with the slit portion 52 of No. 1, the door reinforcing plate 34 and by extension, the rail members 30, 30 can be positioned more accurately.

[0019]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention can obtain the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the rail member from being inclined and attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap, and the door main plate portion and the door cap can be normally incorporated in the refrigerator main body. According to the invention of claim 2, the above effect can be obtained more reliably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of essential parts showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a door

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part

[Figure 4] Rear view with door reinforcement plate attached

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lower part of the refrigerator.

FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view corresponding to FIG. 5 showing a conventional example.

FIG. 8 is a view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a view equivalent to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

21 is a refrigerator main body, 26 is a door, 28 is a freezer, 29 is a door main body, 30 is a rail member, 31 is a door main plate portion, 32 is a door cap, 33 is a sash, 34 is a door reinforcing plate, and 35 is a door inner plate. , 36 is a gasket, 38 is a protrusion, 41 is an extension,
42 is a tapping screw, 51 is a protrusion, 52 is a slit, and 53 is an extension.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A door main plate portion constituting a front surface of a door, a door cap attached to an edge of the door main plate portion, a sash attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap, and a door reinforcing plate attached to the sash. And a rail member attached to the door reinforcing plate, which is provided so as to be able to be pulled out to the refrigerator main body through the rail member while holding a container, wherein a protruding piece portion is provided on an inner edge of the door cap. And forming an extending portion extending to the protruding piece portion on the door reinforcing plate, and attaching the door reinforcing plate to the sash in a state in which the extending portion is locked by the protruding piece portion. The refrigerator door to be used. 2. A door main plate portion constituting a front surface of the door, a door cap attached to an edge of the door main plate portion, a sash attached to the door main plate portion and the door cap, and a door reinforcement attached to the sash. A plate and a rail member attached to the door reinforcing plate, which holds the container and can be pulled out to the refrigerator main body through the rail member, wherein a protrusion portion is provided on an inner edge of the door cap. And forming a slit portion on the protruding piece portion, forming an extension portion extending to the slit portion of the protruding piece portion on the door reinforcing plate, the extension portion to the slit portion of the protruding piece portion. A refrigerator door, characterized in that the door reinforcing plate is attached to the sash in a state of being fitted and locked.