JPH08303914A - Freezer refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the visibility of an area in which an ice making tray is stored, and the stability of the tray placing motion by a method wherein an ice making tray base and a supporting member to hang the base are provided, and the supporting member is hung from a fixing part such as a ceiling in a freezer chamber, and turned so that the ice making tray base can be moved such as a pendulum. CONSTITUTION: When an ice making tray 7 is taken out at the point when an ice making is completed, a supporting member 9 turns forward with an upper side protuberance 9a as the pivot by an elastic force of a coil spring 11. Accompanying this motion, an ice making tray base 8 comes forward as well, but there are respective two supporting members 9 on the right and left, front and rear of the ice making tray base 8, and the ice making tray base 8 comes out diagonally upper forward while always keeping the horizontal state. 1 Then, when water is placed in the ice making tray 7, and the ice making tray 7 is placed on the ice making tray base 8 under this state, the coil spring 11 elastically deforms by the self-weights of the ice making tray 7 and water, and the ice making tray base 8 and ice making tray 7 automatically move down-backward, and are accomodated in an ice making space 5. In this case, for the coil spring 11, the one with an elastic factor at a degree by which the ice making tray base 8 and ice making tray 7 automatically return downward is selected in advance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a freezer / refrigerator having an ice tray and an ice making space for storing the ice tray in the freezing chamber and having improved storage of the ice tray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional refrigerator, an ice tray is housed as shown in FIG. That is, 12 is the refrigerator body,
A refrigerating room 14, a freezing room 15, and 13 heat insulating partitions
It is divided into a vegetable compartment 16. Here, there is an ice making space 17 in the upper left portion of the freezer compartment 15, and an ice making tray 18 is housed in this.

In the refrigerator having the above-mentioned structure, the ice tray 18
When taking out, it becomes an operation to pull it out horizontally,
On the contrary, when the ice tray 18 is to be stored, it is pushed horizontally into the interior.

A conventional example of this kind is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-291.
There is a refrigerator and the like described in Japanese Patent No. 482.

[0005]

In the conventional refrigerator-freezer, when the freezer compartment is arranged at the uppermost stage or the middle stage, the ice making space is relatively close to the eyes and hands of the human, so there is not much problem. Absent. However, when the freezing compartment is arranged at the lowest stage, (1) when the ice tray is stored in the ice making space, it is difficult to recognize the insertion port of the ice making space because it looks down on the freezing compartment.

(2) Due to the reasons (1), the operation of horizontally inserting the ice tray with water stored therein into the ice making space lacks stability.

[0007] There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a freezer-refrigerator in which the visibility of the portion where the ice tray is to be stored and the stability of the storage operation of the ice tray are improved.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an ice making plate in which an ice making plate is placed and a supporting member for suspending the ice making plate in an ice making space in the freezing chamber, and a ceiling of the freezing chamber. By suspending the support member at a fixed portion such as, the support member is rotated so that the ice tray base can be moved like a pendulum.

Furthermore, by using a plurality of support members before and after the ice tray base and by attaching an elastic body to the support member,
When there is nothing on the ice tray base, the ice tray base always keeps the horizontal state and automatically pushes out to the front diagonally upward, and the ice tray with water is placed on the ice tray base. The ice tray and the ice tray are automatically moved inward and stored by the weight of the ice tray and water.

[0011]

[Operation] By using this technical means, part or the whole of the ice tray base goes out of the freezer compartment with the ice tray removed, so that the human eye can clearly confirm the ice tray base. In addition, the conventional operation of horizontally moving and pushing the ice tray can be performed only by shortening the moving distance or placing the ice tray on the ice tray base.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator equipped with the present invention and having a refrigerating compartment in the upper stage and a freezing compartment in the lower stage, with the refrigerating compartment door and the freezing compartment door removed. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator main body, which is divided into a refrigerating compartment 3 and a freezing compartment 4 by a heat insulating partition wall 2. Reference numeral 5 is an ice making space provided in the upper left portion of the freezer compartment 4.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the operation when the ice making space 5 is viewed from the left side, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the ice making space 5 disassembled into parts. In FIG. 1, 2 is an adiabatic partition, 6 is a refrigerator compartment door, 7 is an ice tray, and 8 is an ice tray base on which the ice tray 7 is placed. Reference numeral 9 is a support member for suspending the ice tray base 8 from the ceiling of the freezing room, and there are four support members, two left and right. In Figure 3,
The ice tray tray 8 is hung by inserting the lower protrusion 9b of the support member 9 into the hole 8a in the lower side surface of the ice tray tray 8. 10
Is a suspension table for suspending the support member 9 and fixing it to the ceiling of the freezing room, and suspends the support member 9 by inserting the upper protrusion 9a of the support member 9 into the hole 10a. Reference numeral 11 is a coil spring having an elastic force such that the support member 9 rotates forward around the upper protrusion 9a, and a stopper 9c is provided on the support member 9 so that the support member 9 does not rotate more than a certain angle. Has been.

The operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

Normally, the ice tray 7 is placed on the ice tray base 8 and stored in the ice making space 5. When the ice tray 7 is taken out when the ice making is completed, the elastic force of the coil spring 11 causes the support member 9 to rotate forward around the upper protrusion 9a.
Along with this, the ice tray base 8 also comes out forward, but the ice tray base 8
Since there are two support members 9 on the left, right, front, and rear, the ice tray base 8 always approaches the front diagonally upward while maintaining the horizontal state. However, by stopping the rotation of the support member 9 at a constant angle by the stopper 9c, a sufficient space for taking out the ice tray 7 is secured in the upper portion of the ice tray 7.

Next, when the ice tray base 8 is in the forward position, water is collected in the ice tray 7 and placed on the ice tray tray 8, and the spiral spring 11 is elastically deformed by the weight of the ice tray 7 and the weight of the water. Then, the ice tray base 8 and the ice tray 7 are automatically moved downward and stored in the ice making space 5. Here, the coil spring 11 is
As described above, the ice tray base 8 and the ice tray 7 filled with water have a coefficient of elasticity such that the ice tray 7 automatically returns downward. Further, a metal plate, a plastic plate, rubber or the like may be used instead of the coil spring as long as it has the elastic coefficient as described above.

According to the present invention, even in the freezer-refrigerator whose lower stage is the freezer compartment as in the embodiment, the ice tray base 8 is pushed out of the ice making space 5 to the outside of the refrigerator, so that the ice tray 7 can be stored. The operation of bending down is unnecessary, and the handling of the ice tray is greatly improved.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the ice tray base automatically pushes forward to improve the visibility of the ice tray base on which the ice tray is to be placed and the storageability of the ice tray. In addition, the ice tray tray containing water is automatically stored in the ice making space by gravity load, and the horizontal movement distance when placing the ice tray on the ice tray holder is shortened, so that the ice tray tray can be stored. It can be facilitated and stability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an operation when the ice making space is viewed from a left side surface.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator of the present invention with the refrigerating compartment door and the freezing compartment door removed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which the ice making space is disassembled into parts.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a conventional refrigerator with a refrigerating compartment door, a freezing compartment door and a vegetable compartment door removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... Adiabatic partition, 5 ... Ice making space, 6 ... Refrigerator compartment door, 7 ... Ice making tray, 8 ... Ice making tray base, 9 ... Supporting member, 9a ... Upper protrusion, 9c ... Stopper, 10 ... Suspension stand, 11 ... Winding spring.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. In a freezer compartment including an ice tray and an ice making space for storing the ice tray, a support member is hung from a fixed portion in the freezer compartment above the ice making space, and the support member is hung. With the structure that rotates back and forth around the part where it is placed, an ice tray base on which the ice tray is placed is provided, and by suspending the ice tray base with the support member, the ice tray base can move back and forth like a pendulum. Refrigerator and refrigerator characterized by. 2. A plurality of support members are provided on the left and right sides or both sides of the ice tray base so as to be parallel to each other, and the ice tray base is always kept horizontal when the support members swing forward and backward. The freezer-refrigerator according to claim 1, which moves while moving. 3. An elastic body, which acts elastically so that the support member rotates forward, is attached to the support member, and the ice tray base pushes forward and obliquely upward when there is no gravity load on the ice tray base. The refrigerator-freezer according to claim 1, which comes. 4. The ice tray according to claim 3, wherein when the elastic body puts the ice tray in a state where water is stored on the ice tray base, the ice tray and the ice tray base are attached by the weight of the ice tray and water. A freezer-refrigerator having an elastic coefficient such that the ice tray automatically moves downward and is stored. 5. A protrusion is provided on a front side portion of the support member,
The rotation of the support member is stopped at a certain angle.
The refrigerator-freezer described in.