JPH09152261A - Pillarless refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a lateral partitioning body, obstructive upon opening and closing of a door. SOLUTION: A refrigerator is provided with a heat insulating box body 2, having an opening, doors 22, 23, supported pivotally for closing the opening of the heat insulating box body 2 and provided with gaskets 24, abutting against the rim of the opening respectively at the peripheral rim of rear surfaces, and a lateral partitioning body 25, supported pivotally by the doors 22, 23, having a front surface, flush with the rim of the opening 1A substantially to form the abutting surface of the gaskets 24 and provided with a guide unit at the non-pivotal side of the doors 22, 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a commercial refrigerator or freezer, and more particularly to a so-called pillarless storage having a horizontal partition on a door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of storage is a heat insulating box having a front opening and a horizontal partitioning column that divides the front opening into upper and lower parts. It is closed by an opening / closing door equipped with packing. In addition, inside the heat insulating box, a heat conducting box made of, for example, stainless steel, which is open at the front side, is fixedly installed at intervals with all the inner wall surfaces of the heat insulating box, and the space formed by this As the cold air passage, and the inside defined by the heat conduction box,
It is a storage room that stores stored food.

[0003]

The prior art described above is
There is a problem that the horizontal and middle partition columns are an obstacle and difficult to enter when storing a vertically long store, particularly a store longer than the door height. Also, since the horizontal center partition column is installed in the approximate center part, when installing multiple shelves, one of the shelves must be installed near the upper part of the horizontal center partition column, and the storage space is limited. There is a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a pillar-less storage for eliminating the obstructive lateral partition when the door is opened and closed.

[0005]

As a means for achieving the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, an insulating box body having an opening, and a pivotal support for rotatably supporting the opening of the insulating box body. And a door having a gasket on the periphery of the back surface, which is in contact with the opening edge, and rotatably supported by the door. The front surface is substantially flush with the opening edge to form the contact surface of the gasket. There is provided a pillarless storage device including a lateral partition body having a guide portion on the non-pivotal side.

For this reason, it is possible to eliminate the obstructive horizontal partitioning body when the stored items are delivered, and it is possible to easily store the vertically long stored items. Further, the layout of the storage chamber can be set relatively freely, and the occurrence of dead space in the storage chamber can be prevented as much as possible.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heat insulating box body having an opening, and a gasket rotatably supported to close the opening of the heat insulating box body and abutting against the opening edges at the peripheral edges of the back surface. The upper and lower doors are rotatably supported by the lower part of the upper door, and the front surface is substantially flush with the opening edge to form the contact surface of the gasket, and the guide portion is provided on the non-pivotal side of the door. (EN) A pillarless storage provided with a horizontal partition body and an engaging portion which is provided on a non-pivotal side of a door at the opening edge and which engages with the guide portion.

[0008] Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the obstructive horizontal partition when the stored items are delivered, and it is possible to easily store the vertically long stored items. Further, the layout of the storage chamber can be set relatively freely, and the occurrence of dead space in the storage chamber can be prevented as much as possible.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3,
The cooling storage 1 has a storage chamber 3 formed by a heat insulating box 2 having an opening 1A on the front surface. A column 6 extending in the vertical direction is attached to the left and right side walls 4, 4 and the back wall 5 in the storage chamber 3, and a shelf receiver 8 for receiving a shelf 7 is attached to the column 6. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, four shelves 7 on the upper and lower sides are placed on a shelf receiver 8.

Further, a compressor 10, a condenser 11 and a condenser cooling fan 12 which constitute a refrigerating apparatus 9 are arranged on a top of the heat insulating box 2 on a mounting base 13, and the front of them is controlled. It is hidden by a grill 15 on which the panel 14 is arranged. A cooler 16 constituting the refrigerating apparatus 9 is attached to the lower surface of the mounting base 13 so as to face the inside of a duct 17 above the storage chamber 3, and a drain pan 18 is formed below the cooler 16. In addition, the cooler 16
A cool air circulation fan 19 for circulating cool air in the storage chamber 3 is installed in the duct 17 in front of the.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a drainage device provided at the bottom of the heat insulating box 2 for draining defrost water received by the drain pan 18 and dew condensation water in the storage chamber 3, and 21 supports the cooling storage cabinet 1. It is a stand leg.

The front opening 1A of the storage chamber 3 is vertically closed by heat insulating doors 22 and 23, respectively.
A gasket 24 with a built-in magnet is attached around the inner surfaces of the heat insulating doors 22 and 23, and a horizontal partition body 25 as a seal device is attached to the lower portion of the upper heat insulating door 22 so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis in the left-right direction. Has been. The horizontal partition 25 is composed of a heat insulating member having a length slightly smaller than the opening width of the heat insulating box 2, and a front surface thereof is made of a steel plate (if the magnetic body is a member that is magnetically attached, iron, stainless steel, etc. (Although it may be) A front plate is attached, and a guide groove 27 as a guide portion is provided at the left end thereof.
Are formed. A grip 28 is attached to the non-pivot side of the heat insulating doors 22 and 23.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the horizontal partition 25 is rotatably held by a holding member 26 formed of a member such as stainless steel or plastic under the upper insulating door 22. ing. In addition, the storage room 3 for the holding member
As shown in FIG. 4, the inward projecting end portion is formed to be substantially flush with the end portion of the horizontal partition body 25 when the horizontal partition body 25 is stored when the upper heat insulating door 22 is opened. . This is to prevent the horizontal partition body 25 from rotating and becoming impossible to close when an object hits it from above.

Further, the guide grooves 27 are engaged with the heat insulating doors 22 and 23 on the inner peripheral surface of the opening 1A of the heat insulating box 2 on the non-pivotal side.
A protrusion 29 is provided as an engaging portion for guiding the rotation of the horizontal partition 25. As a result, when the heat insulating door 22 is closed, the horizontal partition 25 is rotated just before the heat insulating door 22 is completely closed, so that the heat insulating door 22 can be opened and closed without trouble.

It should be noted that the horizontal partition 25 is provided with a projection and a groove engaging with the projection is formed at the edge of the opening 1A of the heat insulating box 2, that is, the guide portion in this embodiment is projected and engaged. It may be configured such that the joint portion is a groove.

With the above construction, when the upper heat-insulating door 22 is opened, the horizontal partition 25, which hinders the storage of the stored items 30, is removed from the opening 1A of the cooling storage 1, so that the vertically long storage is possible. The work efficiency can be improved when the object 30 is stored. That is, when the upper insulating door 22 is opened, the opening 1A
The area of can be made larger than that of the conventional fixed pillar type, and workability can be improved.

Further, by providing the horizontal partition 25 on the heat insulating door 22, conventionally, when the layout as shown in FIG. 6 is used, it is difficult to take the storage item 30 in and out of the storage chamber 3 formed at the center. Although the layout as shown in FIG. 6 could not be achieved, the present invention can be adapted to the layout as shown in FIG.
The dead space inside can be reduced. here,
When the horizontal partition body 25 is provided on the lower heat insulating door 23, when the stored material 30 is delivered with only the upper heat insulating door 22 open, the stored material 30 is placed on the horizontal partition body 25 standing upright from the lower heat insulating door 23. However, if the upper heat insulating door 22 is provided as in the embodiment, the risk is reduced.

Further, the horizontal partition body 25 is attached to the upper and lower insulating doors 22,
Since it is provided on one heat insulating door 22 of 23, the heat insulating door 2
Even when an air curtain is formed in the opening 1A of the cooling storage 1 when opening 2, 23, the horizontal partition 25 can be prevented from interfering with the air curtain, and the heat insulation property when the heat insulating doors 22, 23 are opened is kept cool. Can be good.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the heat insulating box 2 having the opening 1A and the heat insulating box 2 are rotatably pivoted to close the opening 1A of the heat insulating box 2, and the openings 1 are respectively provided at the peripheral edges of the back surface.
Doors 22 and 23 having a gasket 24 that abuts the A edge
And is rotatably supported by the door 22, and the front surface is provided with the opening 1A.
Provided is a pillarless cooling storage cabinet 1 having a contact surface of the gasket 24 that is substantially flush with the edge and a lateral partition 25 having a guide portion 27 on the non-pivotal side of the doors 22 and 23.

For this reason, it is possible to eliminate the obstructive horizontal partition 25 when the stored items 30 are delivered, and it is possible to easily store the long stored items 30 even when they are stored. Moreover, since the layout in the storage room 3 can be freely set,
The occurrence of dead space in the storage chamber 3 can be prevented as much as possible.

Further, when an air curtain is formed in the opening 1A to prevent the outflow of cold air when the doors 22 and 23 are opened, the door 2
When the openings 2 and 23 are opened, the horizontal partition body 25 disappears, so that the flow of the air curtain is not obstructed and the cold air outflow can be prevented as much as possible.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, the heat insulating box body 2 having the opening 1A, and the rotatably rotatably supporting the opening 1A of the heat insulating box body 2 are rotatably supported to the edges of the opening 1A at the peripheral edges of the back surface. Upper door 22 and lower door 2 having gaskets 24 that abut
3 and the lower part of the upper door 22 rotatably supported, the front surface is substantially flush with the edge of the opening 1A to form the contact surface of the gasket 24, and the guide portion 27 is provided on the non-pivotal side of the door 22. Provided is a pillar-less cooling storage cabinet 1 including a horizontal partition body 25 and an engaging portion 29 provided on the non-pivotal side of the door 22 at the edge of the opening 1A and engaging with the guide portion 27.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the obstructive horizontal partition 25 when the stored items 30 are delivered, and it is possible to easily store the vertically elongated stored items 30.
Especially,

[0024]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the heat insulating box body having the opening and the pivotally pivoted support for closing the opening of the heat insulating box body are provided at the peripheral edges of the back surface respectively. A door having a gasket that abuts the opening edge, and is rotatably supported by the door, and the front surface is substantially flush with the opening edge to form the abutment surface of the gasket, which is guided to the non-pivotal side of the door. Provided is a pillarless storage device including a horizontal partition body having a section.

For this reason, it is possible to eliminate the obstruction of the lateral partitioning body of the opening edge when the stored items are delivered, and it is possible to easily store the vertically long stored items. Further, the layout of the storage chamber can be set relatively freely, and the occurrence of dead space in the storage chamber can be prevented as much as possible. As a result, it is possible to provide a cooling storage cabinet with good usability.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heat insulating box body having an opening, and a gasket rotatably pivoted to close the opening of the heat insulating box body and abutting against the opening edge at the periphery of the back surface. The upper and lower doors are rotatably supported by the lower part of the upper door, and the front surface is substantially flush with the opening edge to form the contact surface of the gasket, and the guide portion is provided on the non-pivotal side of the door. (EN) A pillarless storage provided with a horizontal partition body and an engaging portion which is provided on a non-pivotal side of a door at the opening edge and which engages with the guide portion.

Therefore, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, since the horizontal partition is supported by the lower portion of the upper door, the stored items can be delivered with only the lower door opened. It becomes difficult for the stored items to come into contact with the horizontal partition body, and it is possible to avoid inconvenience such as damage.

In particular, since the guide portion and the engaging portion for rotating the horizontal partition body are on the non-pivotal side of the door, the horizontal partition body is rotated just before the door is completely closed, and the door is opened and closed. Can be done without any trouble. As a result, it is possible to provide a cooling storage cabinet with good usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cooling storage provided with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cold store equipped with the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a cold store equipped with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a main part when the heat insulating door is opened.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a main part when the heat insulation door is closed.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a cooling storage cabinet showing an example of a storage room layout.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cooling Storage 2 Heat Insulation Box 22 Heat Insulation Door 23 Bottom Heat Insulation Door 24 Gasket 25 Horizontal Partition 27 Guide Part (Guide Groove) 29 Engagement Part (Protrusion)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A door having a heat-insulating box having an opening, a pivot rotatably supported to close the opening of the heat-insulating box, and a gasket having a back edge and abutting the opening edge, respectively. And a lateral partition body having a guide portion on the non-pivotal side of the door, the front surface being substantially flush with the opening edge so as to form a contact surface with the gasket. Pillarless storage. 2. A heat-insulating box body having an opening, and an upper door and a lower door which are rotatably pivotably supported to close the opening of the heat-insulating box body and have gaskets respectively abutting the opening edges on the peripheral edges of the back surface. A lateral partition body rotatably supported on the lower portion of the upper door, forming a contact surface of the gasket with the front surface substantially flush with the opening edge, and having a guide portion on the non-pivotal side of the door, A pillar-less storage, comprising: an engaging portion that is provided on the non-pivot side of the door at the opening edge and that engages with the guide portion.