JPH0694351A - Power source plug temporary holding device of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a power source plug to be temporarily held through a simple operation in a device in which the power source plug of a refrigerator is temporarily held during its transportation even for the power source plug having various sizes or shapes or a various number of terminals and the like. CONSTITUTION:A main plate 12a of a plastic cover 12 of a machine chamber is formed with a recess 16 for a handle knob having such a size as one in which the largest power source plug can be stored. In addition, the handle recess 16 is provided with a thin plate rib 17 having a cut groove 18 therein. An extremity end of a power source cord having each of the power source plugs fixed thereat is inserted into the cut groove 18, resulting in that the power source plug is temporarily held at the state in which the plug is stored in the handle recess 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a temporary holding device for a power plug of a refrigerator for temporarily holding the power plug at the tip of the power cord in the refrigerator body, for example, in a household refrigerator during transportation or storage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, for example, in a refrigerator, in order to improve the handleability and protection of a power cord which is led out of the refrigerator body and has a power plug at its tip, at the time of transportation, storage, etc. Temporary holding on the main body is performed. As a structure for temporarily holding such a power plug, a structure as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 has been conventionally used.

That is, a machine room cover 2 made of plastic is provided in the lower rear part of the refrigerator main body 1 so as to close the rear opening of the machine room. As shown in FIG. 8, the machine room cover 2 is provided with handle recesses 3 located on the left and right sides, and the power plug 4 has a plug 2 on the inner wall surface of the handle recess 3. An insertion hole 3a corresponding to the book terminal 4a is formed. Thus, the power plug 4 is temporarily held in a state of being housed in the handle recess 3 by inserting the terminal 4a into the insertion hole 3a.

[0004]

By the way, the above-mentioned refrigerator is not only sold in Japan but also exported to various countries such as Southeast Asia. In this case, it is desirable that the various parts constituting the refrigerator are shared as much as possible for domestic and export purposes, and the machine room cover 2 is also shared.

However, the power plug is different from that of the above-mentioned power plug 4 for domestic use in, for example, FIG.
Like the Indonesian power plug 5 shown in Fig. 10 and the Singapore and Malaysia power plugs 6 shown in Fig. 10,
The size, shape, number of terminals, etc. differ between countries. Therefore, when the machine room cover 2 is shared and used, the power plugs 5 and 6 for foreign countries cannot be temporarily held like the power plugs 4 for Japan.

Therefore, conventionally, as shown in FIG.
The power plug 5 is temporarily held by the adhesive tape 7 in the state where the power plug 5 is accommodated in the handle recess 3, or as shown in FIG.
After forming a hole 8 large enough to accommodate the adhesive tape 7
The method of temporarily holding it was adopted. However, in this case, the work for temporarily holding the power plugs 5 and 6 becomes troublesome, which leads to an increase in man-hours and cost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is capable of temporarily holding a power plug with a simple operation even for power plugs having various sizes, shapes, terminals, etc. To provide a temporary holding device for the power plug.

[0008]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a temporary holding device for a power supply plug of a refrigerator, in which a grip for holding a power supply plug is provided in a machine room cover provided at a lower portion of a rear surface of a main body. It is characterized in that a rib having a cut groove into which a power cord can be inserted is provided in the handle recess.

It is more effective to partially provide a lid-like portion for preventing the power plug from being pulled out of the handle recess from the handle recess.

[0010]

According to the above means, when the tip portion of the power cord to which the power plug is connected is inserted into the cut groove of the rib, the power cord is sandwiched by the cut groove and held by the rib. The power plug is temporarily held in the state of being housed in the handle recess of the machine room cover.

In this case, unlike the case where the terminals of the power plug are held, the power plug is temporarily held in the holding recess for the power plugs having various sizes, shapes, numbers of terminals and the like. It can be done, and the work is as simple as inserting the power cord into the cut groove.

Further, if a lid-shaped portion is provided in the handle recess, the lid-shaped portion can prevent the power plug from being pulled out from the handle recess, and the power plug can be secured. The temporary holding of is more reliable.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment corresponds to claim 1. First, in FIG. 5 showing the refrigerator from the back side, 11 is the body of the refrigerator, and as is well known, a freezing room, a refrigerating room, etc. are provided inside the
A machine room (not shown) that opens at the back of the main body 11 is provided. And, as will be described later in detail, the main body 1
A machine room cover 12 made of, for example, a plastic is attached to the lower rear part of the apparatus 1 so as to close the back opening of the machine room.

A power cord 14 having a power plug 13 at its tip is led out from the upper portion of the main body 11 with a predetermined length. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the power plug 1
3 has various differences in size and shape, the number of terminals 13a, etc., such as those for domestic use shown in (b) and (c) in addition to those for domestic use shown in (a). There are multiple types. Further, due to the difference in the power plugs 13, the thickness of the power cord 14 is slightly different.

In this embodiment, the power plugs 13 are
When it is necessary to distinguish between the two, the symbols (A), (B), and (C) are added to the symbol 13. That is, FIG.
The power plug 13 (A) for domestic use is shown in (a), and the power plug 13 for Indonesia is shown in FIG. 4 (b).
4B is shown, and FIG. 4C shows a power plug 13 (C) for Singapore and Malaysia.

Now, in this type of refrigerator, in order to improve the handling property and protect it during transportation and storage,
The power plug 13 is temporarily held on the main body 11. Hereinafter, a structure for temporarily holding the power plug 13 in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the machine room cover 12 has a rectangular shape as a whole, and is inclined at both right and left sides of the main plate 12a located in a bulging state from the rear surface of the precious machine room. The mounting portion 12c is integrally provided via the surface portion 12b. The machine chamber cover 12 is attached to the main body 11 by screwing the left and right mounting portions 12c to the back surfaces of the left and right side wall portions of the machine chamber. In addition, the inclined surface portion 12b and the main plate portion 12a,
A large number of slit-shaped ventilation holes 15 extending in the lateral direction are formed.

The main plate portion 1 of the machine room cover 12
Two gripping recesses 16 are formed in 2a so that an operator can hold his / her hand when the machine room cover 12 is attached / detached. The handle recess 16 is formed in a laterally long substantially rectangular shape at positions near the upper portions of the left and right ends of the main plate portion 12a. In this case, the size (vertical dimension) of the handle recess 16 can accommodate the largest power plug 13 (C) among the three types of power plugs 13 as shown in FIG. It has a large size. Further, the handle recess 16 is formed such that the inner wall 16a thereof is flush with the mounting portion 12c.

Further, of the left and right handle recesses 16,
A thin plate-shaped rib 17 made of plastic of the same material as the machine chamber cover 12 is provided in the handle recess 16 on the left side (left side when viewed from the rear side) in the figure. This rib 17
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the main plate portion 12 a and the inclined surface portion 1
It is provided at the boundary with 2b so as to form the left inner wall of the handle recess 16. In this case, the rib 17
May be formed integrally with the machine room cover 12, or separate parts may be bonded. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a cut groove 18 is formed in the rib 17.

The notch groove 18 is formed in a U-shape that is open on the back side (opening side of the handle recess 16) and extends inward. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the cut groove 18 is formed in such a width that the tip of the power cord 14 of each power plug 13 can be inserted and the power cord 14 can be sandwiched and held. There is.

As shown in FIG. 2, the machine room cover 12
The left portion of the rib 17 in the drawing (this portion is the inclined surface 12
The inner wall 1 of the mounting portion 12c and the handle recess 16 is cut off
6a is continuous), the domestic power plug 13
The holes 19 corresponding to the two terminals 13a of (A) are formed. For the domestic power plug 13 (A),
The terminal 13a can be inserted into the hole 19 and temporarily held.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. For example, when a refrigerator is manufactured in a manufacturing factory, it is packed in order to store or transport the refrigerator. At this time, in order to improve the handleability of the power plug 13 and protect it, the power plug 13 is installed in the machine room. The cover 12 is temporarily held.

In this work, as shown in FIG. 4, the rib 1 is attached to the tip of the power cord 14 to which the power plug 13 is connected.
All that is required is a simple one that can be inserted into the cut groove 18 of 7. As a result, the power cord 14 is sandwiched by the cut groove 18 and held by the rib 17, and the power plug 13
Is temporarily held in a state of being housed in the handle recess 16 of the machine chamber cover 12.

In this case, with respect to the thick power cord 14, the rib 17 is inserted while slightly elastically deforming so as to widen the width of the cut groove 18, and the size and shape,
Power plug 13 (A) with various numbers of terminals,
With respect to all of (B) and (C), the power plug 13 can be temporarily held in the holding recess 16 in the accommodated state.

As described above, according to this embodiment, even if the power plugs 13 for different countries are different in size, shape, number of terminals, etc. by one kind of machine room cover 12, the power plug 13 can be grasped. It can be temporarily held in a state of being housed in the recess 16 for the handle. Moreover, the work for temporarily holding the power cord 14 can be extremely simple by inserting the tip of the power cord 14 into the cut groove 18 of the rib 17.

Therefore, unlike the conventional one in which the hole 8 is formed by post-processing or the adhesive tape 7 is used to temporarily hold the work, the workability of temporarily holding the power plug 13 is significantly improved, and the cost is reduced. It can be achieved. In addition, there is an advantage that the work procedure is standardized for domestic and export use.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment (corresponding to claim 2) of the present invention. The present embodiment is different from the above-mentioned embodiments in that the handle concave portion 21 has a lid-like portion 22 for preventing the power plug 13 from being pulled out from the inside of the handle concave portion 21.
Is partly provided. That is, the lid 22 is
At the left end of the grip recess 21, the grip recess 2 is formed so as to be continuous with the tip of the rib 24 having the cut groove 23.
1 is formed so as to partially close the open surface. still,
Of course, the tip of the cut groove 23 is not closed by the lid-shaped portion 22.

According to this structure, the lid-shaped portion 22 can prevent the power plug 13 from being pulled out from the inside of the grip recess 21, and the power cord 14 can be sandwiched between the ribs 24. Even if the attachment force becomes weak and the power plug 13 may move out of the way, the power plug 13 does not easily come out of the grip recess 21, so the power plug 13
The temporary holding can be performed more reliably.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but various modifications are conceivable, for example, in the shape of the machine chamber cover or the handle recess, or in the shape of the rib or the cut groove. For example, the present invention can be appropriately modified and implemented within a range not departing from the gist.

[0030]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the power plug temporary holding device for a refrigerator of the present invention, the machine room cover provided at the lower rear portion of the main body holds the power plug. Since a hand recess is provided and a rib having a cut groove into which the power cord can be inserted is provided in the grip recess, it is possible to handle power plugs having various sizes, shapes, terminals, etc. Also, it has an excellent practical effect that the power plug can be temporarily held by a simple operation.

If the handle recess is partially provided with a lid-like portion for preventing the power plug from being pulled out from the handle recess, the power plug can be held temporarily. It can be done reliably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view of essential parts.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a rear cover.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of a recessed portion for a handle.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of an essential part showing a temporary holding state for power plugs having different shapes.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view from the back side of the refrigerator.

FIG. 6 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing another embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a back cover portion showing another conventional example.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a back cover portion showing another conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawing, 11 is a refrigerator main body, 12 is a machine room cover, 12
a is a main plate portion, 12b is an inclined surface portion, 12c is a mounting portion, 13
Is a power plug, 14 is a power cord, 16 and 21 are grip recesses, 17 and 24 are ribs, 18 and 23 are notch grooves, 2
2 shows a lid-shaped part.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device for temporarily holding a power plug at a tip of a power cord in the refrigerator in a refrigerator having a machine room cover at a lower rear portion of the machine body during transportation, storage, etc. And a grip recess capable of accommodating the power plug, and a rib having a cut groove into which the power cord can be inserted are provided in the grip recess. Temporary holding device. 2. The grip recess is partially provided with a lid-like portion for preventing the power plug from being pulled out from the grip recess. A power plug temporary holding device for the refrigerator described.