JPH085222A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a refrigerator in which water in an ice making pan mounted on a freezer case is not leaked. CONSTITUTION:An interior region of a refrigerator is divided into segments with a partition wall 2, a freezing chamber is arranged at a middle stage and a guide 8 for holding an ice making tray 11 in such a way that the tray may be slidably moved forward and backward is integrally formed with the partition wall 2 which has defined an upper part of the refreezing chamber 3. The ice making tray 11 is held irrespective of an opening motion or a closing motion of a door 6 of the freezing chamber and an ice making pan 14 is mounted on the ice making tray 11. With such an arrangement as above, there is provided a refrigerator in which water within the ice making pan 14 is not leaked out in the case that the door is opened or closed in a forward or a rearward direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to refrigerators and more particularly to ice trays.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional refrigerator, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a rear surface of a door 26 is provided in a freezer compartment 23 which is divided into middle parts by a partition wall 22 in the refrigerator body 21 so that it can be put in and taken out forward and backward. A freezer compartment case 27 that is detachably held on the side is provided,
An ice making tray 31 which can be slid forward and backward is provided on the freezer compartment case 27, and an ice tray 34 is placed on the ice making tray 31. With the above configuration, water is poured into the ice tray 34, the ice tray 34 is placed on the ice tray 31, and the door is opened.
26 is closed, cold air is sent to the freezer compartment 23 by the fan 35 to make ice in the ice tray 34, the food stored in the freezer compartment case 27 is cooled, and this cold air is circulated to the cooler 36. It was However, when the water poured into the ice tray 34 is moved in and out of the freezer compartment case 27 by opening and closing the door 26, the water is poured into and out of the freezer compartment 27 and spills from the ice tray 34, causing the freezer compartment case to move forward and backward. There was a problem that the food stored in 27 dropped off.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which water poured into an ice tray does not spill when opening and closing the freezer compartment case by opening and closing the freezer compartment door. To do.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the compartment is divided into a freezer compartment, a refrigerator compartment, a vegetable compartment, etc. by a plurality of partition walls, A cooler that generates cool air on the back side of the chamber and a fan that sends the cool air to the freezing chamber are provided, and a cold air passage is formed in a partition wall that partitions the lower portion of the freezing chamber, and a door of the freezing chamber is provided. Hold the freezer compartment case on the back side so that it can be taken in and out,
In the refrigerator in which an ice making tray that can be slid forward and backward is provided on the freezing compartment case, and an ice tray is placed on the ice making tray, the ice making tray is provided below the partition wall that partitions the upper portion of the freezing compartment. A recess is formed so as to hold both sides of the tray so as to be slidable back and forth, and projections are formed on both sides of the ice making tray so as to correspond to the recess. Further, the recess is integrally formed with the partition wall. Further, the front side surface of the ice making tray is opened. Further, while a stopper is provided on the bottom surface of the concave portion, locking claws are provided on the bottom surface of the convex portion corresponding to the stopper, and these stoppers and locking claws are provided to prevent the front and back of the ice tray. It is characterized by restricting movement.

[0005]

According to the above structure, when the freezer compartment case is opened and closed by opening and closing the door, water poured into the ice tray does not spill.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2
Is a partition wall that divides the body 1 into upper and lower parts, and 3 is a partition wall 2
The refrigerating room divided into the middle stage in the main body 1 by 4 is a refrigerating room 4 divided into the upper stage in the freezing room 3 by the partition wall 2.
Is the vegetable compartment divided into the lower tier. 6 is a door provided on the front side of the freezer compartment, 7 is a freezer compartment case which is held on the back side of the freezer compartment so that it can be moved in and out, and 8 is integrally formed on the lower part of the partition wall 2. However, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the guide 9 is provided with recesses 9 for slidably holding the both sides of an ice making tray which will be described later.
On the bottom surface of the recess 9, a stopper 10 for locking a locking claw described later is provided in a protruding manner. Reference numeral 11 denotes an ice tray, which has a convex portion 12 which is opened on a front side surface to facilitate the insertion and removal of an ice tray described later, and which is slidably fitted to the concave portion 9 on both sides.
As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom surface of the convex portion 12 corresponds to the stopper 10, and when the ice making tray 11 is pulled out forward, the convex portion 12 is disengaged from the concave portion 9. Instead, a locking claw 13 is provided to prevent the ice making tray 11 from falling off. When the ice making tray 11 is intentionally removed from or attached to the guide 9, the ice making tray 11 is strongly pulled out or pushed in by fingers to elastically deform the stopper 10 and the locking claw 13. Alternatively, it can be attached or detached by a gap in the upper portion between the concave portion 9 and the convex portion 12. 14 is the ice tray
When removing or placing the ice tray 14 on the tray 11 for ice making on the ice tray 11 placed on the ice making tray 11, the stopper 10 is used to make the ice making tray up to the position where the locking claw 13 is locked. tray
It is configured such that 11 can be easily pulled by pulling it toward the front side with fingers and utilizing the opening portion on the front side surface. Reference numeral 15 is a fan for sending cold air into the freezer compartment 3, and 16 is a cooler for generating cold air.

With the above construction, water is poured into the ice tray 14, the ice tray 14 is placed on the ice tray 11, the door 6 is closed, and cold air is sent to the freezer compartment 3 by the fan 15. Then, the ice tray 14 is used to make ice, and the food stored in the freezer compartment case 7 is cooled and circulated to the cooler 16 from the cold air passage formed in the partition wall 2 that partitions the lower portion of the freezer compartment 3. When the door 6 is opened and closed to move the freezer compartment case 7 back and forth, the ice making tray 11 is held by the guide 8 regardless of the movement of the freezer compartment case 7. Without spilling the water in the ice tray 14,
Water does not flow down into the food contained in the freezer compartment case 7.

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the door of the freezer compartment is opened and closed, the refrigerator does not spill water poured into the ice tray.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a refrigerator body according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of a refrigerator body according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the tray for ice making according to the present invention is held.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where the ice tray according to the present invention is pulled out.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a main part of a refrigerator body according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Refrigerator main body 2 Partition wall 3 Freezer compartment 4 Refrigerator compartment 5 Vegetable compartment 6 Door 7 Freezer compartment case 8 Guide 9 Recess 10 Stopper 11 Ice tray 12 Convex section 13 Locking claw 14 Ice tray 15 Fan 16 Cooler

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator that divides the interior into a freezer compartment, a refrigerator compartment, a vegetable compartment, etc. by a plurality of partition walls, and generates cool air on the back side of the freezer compartment, and sends the cool air to the freezer compartment. And a cooling air passage is formed in a partition wall that divides the lower part of the freezer compartment, and holds the freezer compartment case on the back side of the freezer compartment so that it can be put in and taken out forward and backward. In a refrigerator provided with a slide tray for ice making which can be slid back and forth, and an ice tray placed on the tray for ice making, in the lower part of the partition wall for partitioning the upper part of the freezer compartment, both sides of the tray for ice making can be moved back and forth. A refrigerator characterized in that, while forming a concave portion that is slidably held, convex portions are formed on both sides of the ice making tray corresponding to the concave portion. 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the recess is formed integrally with the partition wall. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a front side surface of the ice tray is opened. 4. An ice tray is provided on the bottom surface of the concave portion, and a locking claw is provided on the bottom surface of the convex portion corresponding to the stopper. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein movements before and after are regulated.