JPH0968381A - Small article pocket - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform high-efficient cooling of the interior by a method wherein a cold air passage to cool a containing chamber is arranged between the containing chamber and a refrigerator door or a hole through which cold air is inputted to the interior of the containing chamber through the cold air passage. SOLUTION: A small article pocket is disposed at a refrigerator door and a containing chamber 12 to movably contain a plurality of small articles. Cold air blown through a cold air delivery port 18 of a refrigerator body 17 flows through the vicinity of a container 6 from below toward above and sucked in a cold air suction port 19. Meanwhile, a part of cold air blown out from a cold air blow-out port 18 is discharged from a cold air intake port 23 of a small article pocket through a cold air discharge part 13 after the flow of it through a cold air passage 22 and sucked in a cooling suction port 19. Further, cold air flows from a cold intake port 23 of the small article pocket through the cold air passage 22 and flows to a containing chamber 12 through a cooling hole and after the cold air cools a contained small article 11, such as cans, it is discharged through the cold air discharge port 13 and sucked in the cold air suction port 19.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pocket for small articles arranged on a refrigerator door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A small article pocket provided in a conventional refrigerator door will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 9 is an exploded view of a conventional refrigerator door,
Reference numeral 1 is a door inner plate attached to the inside of a refrigerator door, 2 is a bank formed on the left and right of the door inner plate 1, 3 is a pocket fitting protrusion formed on the inside of a good hand 2, and 4 is an accessory for storing a can or the like Pockets 5 are engaging ribs formed on the small article pocket 4 and corresponding to the protrusions 3, 6 is a synthetic resin container, 7 is a synthetic resin lid, 8 is a side surface of the small article pocket formed on the container 6, and 9 is a side surface. 8 is a plurality of fitting holes, 14 is a left and right side surface of the lid 7, and 10 is a fitting claw formed on the side surface 14.

By fitting the fitting claw 10 of the lid 7 into the fitting hole 9 of the container 6, the container 6 and the lid 7 are integrated to form the small article pocket 4. Further, the small pocket 4 is attached to the refrigerator door by engaging the protrusion 3 formed on the inside of the bank 2 of the door inner plate 1 with the engaging rib 5 formed on the container 6.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the accessory pocket 4 is attached to the refrigerator door. Reference numeral 15 is an accessory entrance for opening a can or the like on the upper surface of the accessory pocket 4, and 16 is a front lower portion of the accessory pocket 4. It is an outlet for small items that opens and takes out cans that have been inserted.

[0006] FIG. 11 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator provided with a small article pocket 4, 11 is a small article such as a can that is thrown into the small article pocket 4, 12 is a storage chamber formed inside the small article pocket 4, 17 Is a refrigerator body, 18 is a cold air outlet, and 19 is a cold air inlet.

The inside of the storage chamber 12 is formed into a corrugated shape, and when the small article 11 is loaded from the small article inlet 15,
Inside the storage chamber 12, it moves downward and is stored. When the small article 11 is taken out from the small article outlet 16, the second and subsequent small articles 11 are moved downward. In addition,
In FIG. 11, the flow of cold air inside the refrigerator main body 17 is indicated by arrows, and the cold air blown out from the cold air outlet 18 passes near the surface of the container 6 from below to above,
It is sucked into the cold air suction port 19.

[0008]

In the case of the small article pocket configured as described above, since the small articles such as the cans stored in the small article pocket are cooled only by heat conduction from the surface, they are stored. The cooling speed of the cans is slow, and the temperature inside the refrigerator is high due to the structure of the refrigerator.
Cooling due to heat conduction from the surface of the small article pocket is not sufficient, and there has been a problem that small articles such as cans stored cannot be cooled.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a small pocket which can cool the inside efficiently.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the small article pocket of the present invention has a storage chamber for moving a plurality of small articles in a refrigerator door. In the accessory pocket provided, a cold air passage for cooling the storage chamber is provided between the storage chamber and the refrigerator door.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a hole is provided for taking in cool air from the cold air passage to the inside of the storage chamber.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a small article pocket which is provided on a refrigerator door and has a storage room for moving and storing a plurality of small articles, between the front part of the storage room and the storage article. A cold air passage is provided.

Further, the invention of claim 4 is the same as that of claim 3.
In the invention described above, the cold air passage is provided by forming a rib between the front portion of the storage chamber and a small item to be stored.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a small article pocket of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as those of the above-mentioned conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

The first embodiment of the small article pocket of the present invention is constructed as shown in FIG. 1, and in FIG. 1, reference numeral 13 is a cool air discharge port formed at the rear end of the upper surface of the container 6. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the refrigerator having the small pocket of FIG. 1, 22 is a cold air passage formed between the lid 7 and the door inner plate 1, and 23 is a cold air intake opening at the lower end surface of the lid 7. Is.

The cold air outlet 18 of the refrigerator body 17
The cold air blown from the air passes through the vicinity of the surface of the container 6 from below to above, and is sucked into the cold air suction port 19.
On the other hand, part of the cold air blown out from the cold air outlet 18 is
The cold air intake 23 of the small article pocket 4 passes through the cold air passage 22 and is discharged from the cold air discharge port 13 and is sucked into the cold air suction port 19.

The second embodiment of the small article pocket of the present invention is constructed as shown in FIG. 3, and in FIG. 3, 26 is a plurality of cooling holes 26 formed in the lid 7.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the refrigerator having the small pocket shown in FIG. 3, in which the cold air blown out from the cold air outlet 18 of the refrigerator body 17 goes from the bottom to the top of the container 6
Of the cold air is sucked into the cold air suction port 19.

On the other hand, a part of the cold air blown out from the cold air outlet 18 passes through the cool air passage 22 from the cold air inlet 23 of the small article pocket 4, reaches the storage chamber 12 through the cooling hole 26, and is stored in the can. After cooling the small article 11 by hitting such small article 11, it is discharged from the cool air discharge port 13 and sucked into the cool air suction port 19.

The third embodiment of the small article pocket of the present invention is constructed as shown in FIG. 5, and in FIG. 5, 28 is formed integrally with the front container 6 in the moving direction of the small article 11 such as a can. It is a guide rib.

As shown in FIG. 6, the front container 6 and the small article 11
A cold air passage 33 is formed between the guide rib 28 and the guide rib 28. Then, even if the food 35 in the refrigerator 34 is placed near the surface of the front container 31, the cold air blown out from the cold air outlet 18 passes from the accessory outlet 16 through the cold air passage 33 and the accessory 1
1 is cooled and discharged from the small article inlet 15.

A fourth embodiment of the small article pocket of the present invention is constructed as shown in FIG. 7, and in FIG. 7, 29 is a plurality of horizontally arranged cool air so as to intersect the guide ribs 28. It is a guide rib. The cold air guide rib 29
The height is lower than the small article guide rib 28, and there is a gap 40 between the small article 11 and the small article 11 through which cool air passes even when the small article 11 is stored.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the refrigerator having the small article pocket shown in FIG. 7, and a cool air passage 39 is formed between the front container 37 and the small article 11 by the guide rib 28. Further, the cool air passing through the cool air passage 39 hits the cool air guide rib 29, and the flowing direction is directed to the small object 11 to directly cool the small object.

[0024]

Since the small article pocket of the present invention is constructed as described above, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a storage chamber for arranging a plurality of small articles in a refrigerator door. In the small pocket, by providing a cold air passage for cooling the storage chamber in relation to the storage chamber and the refrigerator door, because cold air passes not only on the outer surface of the small pocket but also between the storage chamber and the refrigerator door, The stored small articles can be efficiently cooled by heat conduction from both the outer surface of the small article pocket and the surface on the refrigerator door side.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a hole for taking in the cool air from the cold air passage according to the first aspect is provided in the storage chamber, so that the cold air passing through the cold air passage directly hits the stored small articles. Can cool small items efficiently.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in a small article pocket provided on the refrigerator door and having a storage room for moving and storing a plurality of small articles, between the front part of the storage room and the storage article. By providing the cold air passage, the cold air passage can be surely secured even if the food in the refrigerator is placed close to the small article pocket.

Further, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, by forming the rib between the front part of the storage chamber and the small article to be stored, the cool air directly hits the small article, and the small article can be cooled more quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of an accessory pocket of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator including the accessory pocket of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of an accessory pocket of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator including the accessory pocket of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a third embodiment of the accessory pocket of the present invention.

6 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator including the accessory pocket of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the accessory pocket of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator including the accessory pocket of FIG.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional small article pocket.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a refrigerator door including a conventional accessory pocket.

FIG. 11 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator having a conventional accessory pocket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 accessory pocket 29 cold air guide rib 11 accessory 12 storage room 22 cold air passage 26 cooling hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A small article pocket provided with a refrigerator door and provided with a storage chamber for moving and storing a plurality of small articles, wherein a cool air passage for cooling the storage chamber is provided between the storage chamber and the refrigerator door. Characteristic accessory pocket. 2. The small article pocket according to claim 1, wherein a hole for taking in cool air from the cold air passage is provided inside the storage chamber. 3. A small article pocket, which is provided on a refrigerator door and has a storage room for moving and storing a plurality of small articles, wherein a cool air passage is provided between the front part of the storage room and the storage article. Small accessory pocket. 4. The small article pocket according to claim 3, wherein a cold air passage is provided by forming a rib between a front portion of the storage chamber and a small article to be stored.