JPH10288455A - Refrigerator with vegetable room - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator in which a vegetable chamber requiring high hermetic sealing performance can be fixed easily to the inner box of a refrigerator body using a small lightweight component while reducing the cost. SOLUTION: A rail member 21 comprising upper, intermediate and lower stage rail parts 21a, 21b, 21c formed integrally is fixed to the opposite side wall faces of the inner box 3 of a refrigerator body 3 having a refrigeration space provided at least with a vegetable room. A vegetable room container 18 is suspended from a door frame 19 fixed to the rear of a vegetable room draw-out door. A movable roller 20 fixed to the door frame 19 is engaged in the lower stage rail 21a of the rail member 21 fixed to the inner box so that it can be drawn out freely from the refrigerator body along with the vegetable room container 18 suspended from the door frame 19. A cover 22 covers the opening in the upper surface of the vegetable room container 18 while engaging the end flange 22a thereof with the upper stage rail 21a of the rail member 21. The cover 22 is held surely at a position for hermetically sealing the opening in the upper surface of the vegetable room container 18 by means of the rail member 21 formed integrally.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator equipped with a vegetable compartment, in which a so-called vegetable compartment is provided in a part of the refrigerator for storing fresh foods such as vegetables in a highly humid state. It relates to a mounting structure for mounting inside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, refrigerators for refrigerated (frozen) preservation of foods have been used for preserving freshness of vegetables and the like.
Some of them are provided with a so-called vegetable room, which preserves the inside while keeping the inside in a high humidity state. In order to keep the inside of the vegetable compartment in a high-humidity state, it is necessary to shut off the cool air from the outside and hermetically seal the inside. Therefore, usually, a container forming the vegetable compartment and a cover covering the upper opening thereof are prepared. Then, the vegetable room container can be pulled out together with the drawer door. That is, the vegetable room container is suspended and attached to the door frame of the drawer door, and a movable rail is provided behind the container. Further, the door frame is engaged with rails attached to both inner side walls of the refrigerator main body, and uses a fixed roller provided on the inner side wall on the front side of the main body to move the door to the main body side wall. It can be pulled out freely. Such a conventional drawer door mounting structure is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-28310.

[0003] Further, an installation structure of a vegetable compartment in this type of refrigerator will be described more specifically with reference to FIG.
In the figure, first, reference numeral 31 forms the inside of the refrigerator.
This is the so-called inner box. On the other hand, reference numeral 32 in the drawing denotes an outer box forming the outer shell of the refrigerator. In addition, these inner boxes 31
The space between the outer box 32 and the outer box 32 is filled with foam insulation 33 by foaming or the like. Reference numeral 34 in the figure denotes a container forming a storage space 35 serving as a vegetable room in the refrigerator.

[0004] As shown in the figure, the vegetable compartment container 34 is suspended by a door frame 38 attached behind a door (not shown). Reference numeral 36 shown in this figure is a small container placed on the end face near the upper opening 34a of the container 34 so as to cover the rear (rear side) thereof. The small container 36 is pushed out of the container 34 through a notch (not shown) provided in the container 34. At this time, the side end of the accessory container 36 slides on a rail provided on the inner box side wall. Reference numeral 37 in the figure denotes a cover which closes not only the upper opening of the small container 36 but also the upper opening of the container 34.
That is, with the cover 37, the stored items in the accessory container 36 and the vegetable container 34 are kept in a high-humidity state by being cut off from the cool air in other parts.

[0005] Further, in this figure, a rail A is attached to the side wall of the inner box 31 of the refrigerator main body, and the above-mentioned cover 37 is mounted on the rail A. The side end of the cover 37 is guided.

On the other hand, the door frame 38 is, as described above,
It is attached to a door (not shown). Therefore, by pulling out the door, the container 34 attached to the door frame 38 is also pulled out from the refrigerator compartment.
That is, reference numeral 40 in the drawing indicates a movable roller attached to the door frame 38, and the movable roller 40
Slides separately from the rail A on the rail B attached to the side wall of the inner box 31 of the refrigerator main body. A fixed roller 41 is attached to the side wall of the inner box 31 above the movable roller, whereby the door frame 38 rotates the movable roller 40 attached to the frame body in the rail A. At the same time, the container 34 can be pulled out from the inner box side wall while a part (upper part) of the container 34 is engaged with the fixed roller 41. Note that reference numeral 4 in FIG.
Reference numeral 43 denotes a metal reinforcing member for protecting the strength of the side wall of the inner box 31 when the rail A is fixed.
Also shows a metal reinforcing member for protecting the strength of the side wall of the inner box 31 when fixing the rail B.

[0007]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional vegetable compartment mounting structure,
A structure in which individual rails A and B are attached to the side wall of the inner box 31, and metal reinforcing members 42 and 43 for reinforcement are buried and attached in the side walls corresponding to the respective rails A and B. Therefore, the manufacturing cost is relatively high. That is, in the structure shown in FIG. 6, the metal reinforcing members 42 and 43 are connected to the respective rails A,
In addition to the rails A and B, the rails A and B need to be attached at two places on one side of the inner box side wall, and the manufacturing cost is relatively high. Had become.

As described above, the individual rails A and B
Is attached to the side wall of the inner box 31 of the refrigerator, it is difficult to attach the rails A and B while maintaining sufficient dimensional accuracy. Therefore, if a displacement occurs during that time, the cover 37 that covers the upper opening of the container 34 floats, creating a gap between them, breaking the hermeticity of the vegetable room container and lowering the humidity inside the container. However, there is a problem that vegetables and the like stored in the inside are dried. In addition, the problem of the dimensional accuracy between the rails A and B gradually occurs due to long-term use depending on the weight of the vegetables stored in the vegetable room container. This may cause breakage, lowering the internal humidity and drying the stored items.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and specifically, can be easily attached to the inner box of the refrigerator body, and
Provided is a refrigerator equipped with a vegetable compartment provided with an attachment structure capable of reliably ensuring the sealing of a container for a vegetable compartment attached later without causing a problem of dimensional accuracy between rails accompanying attachment or long-term use. With the goal.

[0010]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, first, a refrigerator having at least a vegetable compartment in a refrigerated space, wherein at least upper and lower sides are provided on both inner side walls of the refrigerator body. Attaching the rail to the step, suspending the vegetable compartment container forming the vegetable compartment on the door frame attached behind the drawer door, and engaging the movable roller attached to the door frame in the lower rail, The drawer door, together with the vegetable room container suspended from the door frame, can be pulled out of the refrigerator main body, and a cover that covers the upper opening of the vegetable room container is engaged with the upper rail, In a refrigerator with a vegetable compartment in which the vegetable compartment container is sealed to keep the inside in a high-humidity state, the upper and lower two-stage rails are integrally formed and attached to the inner wall surface. To provide a refrigerator with vegetables chamber.

According to the present invention, in the refrigerator with a vegetable compartment, a fixing roller is further provided on an inner side wall surface of the refrigerator main body, and a door frame attached to the rear of the drawer door is provided with the door frame. The movable roller attached to the lower rail and the fixed roller are also engaged with the movable roller, and the position of the movable roller is located above the fixed roller, and the upper and lower two rails Were arranged adjacent to each other.

Further, according to the present invention, in the refrigerator with a vegetable compartment, one reinforcing plate is embedded on the inner side wall surface of the refrigerator main body to which the integrally formed upper and lower two-stage rails are attached. ing.

According to the present invention, in the refrigerator with the vegetable compartment, the fixed roller is attached to a part of the reinforcing plate.

[0014]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a refrigerator with a vegetable compartment and an installation structure thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a refrigerator with a vegetable compartment. In this figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a storage main body. The storage main body 1 includes a box 5 filled with a foamed heat insulating material 4 between an outer box 2 and an inner box 3, and a refrigeration cycle including a compressor 6, a condenser (not shown), a cooler 8, and the like. ing. Moreover, the said box 5 is a freezer compartment 9,
A vegetable compartment 10 and a refrigerator compartment 11 are formed. Also,
On the front of each of these rooms is a door 1 that closes the front opening.
2, 13, 14 and 15 are provided respectively. Of these doors, the doors 12, 13, and 14 are so-called drawer-type doors (drawer doors) that are opened by pulling out the doors.
In accordance with the drawers 3 and 14, the drawer container 16,
17 and 18 are withdrawn at the same time.
It enables storage and removal of foodstuffs into and out of the foodstuffs 7 and 18. On the other hand, the door 15 is a double-leafed door that pivots around a rotation shaft provided at one of the side ends and opens.

Next, FIGS. 1 to 3 show a mounting structure of a vegetable compartment 10 and a drawer door 14 (not shown in these drawings) of the present invention. First,
FIG. 2 shows the drawer door 1 from the box 5 of the refrigerator body.
FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a space portion for accommodating a vegetable room 10 according to the present invention in a state where 2, 13, and 14 are removed, in particular. As is clear from this figure, rail portions 21a and 21c are formed in two upper and lower stages on the side wall of the inner box 3 of the box body 5 constituting the space portion for accommodating the vegetable room 10, and furthermore, a space therebetween is provided. A rail member 21 having a middle rail portion 21b formed thereon;
And are attached. In addition, this fixed roller 2
Reference numeral 4 locks with the door frame 19 to facilitate the door frame to be pulled out.

Next, in FIG. 3, a door frame 19 attached behind the drawer door 14 (not shown) of the vegetable compartment is movably engaged with the rail member 21 shown in FIG. The state shown and held is shown. At this time, as is clear from the figure, the vegetable compartment container 18 has a flange portion 18a formed at the upper end opening thereof suspended from and attached to the upper surface of the door frame 19. On the other hand, a flange portion 23a formed at the upper end opening of the small container 23 provided in the vegetable compartment container 18 is placed and arranged on the flange 18a of the vegetable compartment container 18, and a part thereof is arranged. The rail member 21 is arranged in contact with the middle rail portion 21b. Further, a cover 22 is provided so as to cover the upper opening of the vegetable compartment container 18 and the accessory container 23, and a part of the flange portion 22a formed on both side ends of the cover 22 is formed of the accessory 22. The rail member 21 is placed on the upper rail portion 21c while being in contact with the upper end surface of the container 23.

Further, FIG. 1 shows a vegetable room container 1 at this time.
Further details of the suspension state of the door frame 8 on the door frame 19 are shown.
As is apparent from the partially enlarged cross-sectional view, a metal reinforcing member 26 as shown in FIG. Embedded and fixed in. And this metal reinforcing member 2
The fixed roller 24 is attached to one end of the fixing roller 6. According to the structure of the present invention, the upper and lower two-stage rail portions 21a and 21c and the middle-stage rail portion 21b are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material or the like at the position where the metal reinforcing member 26 is embedded. Rail member 21 is attached. Further, as is clear from this figure, the fixed roller 24 is located below the movable roller 20 described below.
The positions of the rails 21a and 21b are formed close to each other, so that they need not be separately formed as in the related art. A so-called stopper 25 is formed at the last (rear) portion of the door frame 19 in order to prevent the door frame 19 from coming off the fixed roller 24 by bending a part of the end portion downward. ing.

The rotatable moving roller 20 attached to the door frame 19 is movably accommodated in a concave rail portion 21a of the rail member 21. For facilitating the pull-out operation. That is, by pulling out a vegetable compartment door (not shown), the vegetable compartment container 18 suspended on the door frame 19 is pulled out together with the small container 23 toward the user. At this time, the cover 22 that covers the upper surface of the vegetable compartment container 18 remains on the inside of the refrigerator without moving because it is placed on the upper rail portion 21c of the rail member 21 as described above. The upper opening of the container 18 is automatically opened. Thereby, it is possible to put and take out the contents in the vegetable compartment container 18. On the other hand, since the small container 23 in the vegetable compartment container 18 has its flange portion 23a mounted on the flange 18a of the vegetable compartment container 18, the small container 23 is pulled out in the forward direction together with the vegetable compartment container 18. Becomes

Further, according to the above configuration, the vegetable compartment container 1
When the vegetable compartment door is closed, a part of the flange portion 22a (outside projection) formed on both end portions of the cover 22 that covers the upper surface of the cover 8 contacts the middle rail portion 21b of the rail member 21. doing. As a result, the interior space of the vegetable compartment container 18 is sealed from the outside air, that is, the inflow of external cool air into the vegetable container 18 and the small container 23 is restricted, and the inside of the vegetable compartment container 18 is kept fresh. Is kept in a high-humidity state suitable for storage.

The upper and lower two-stage rail portions 21a,
By integrally forming the rail member 21 provided with the rail 21c as described above, these two-stage rails 21a, 21 are independent of the positional accuracy of their attachment to the side wall of the inner box 3.
The positional relationship of c is definitely determined as a predetermined distance relationship. That is, the positional relationship between the rail portions 21a and 21c depends on the forming accuracy of the rail member 21, and generally,
This forming accuracy is high.

This also means that the position of the door frame 19 to which the movable roller 20 is movably accommodated in the lower rail portion 21a of the rail member 21 and the upper end surface of the door frame 19 The position of the vegetable room container 18 suspended above, and the flange portion 2 of the small container 23 placed on the flange 18a of the vegetable room container 18
3a and the upper rail portion 2 of the rail member 21
1c, the cover 22, which is placed on the
The position of the flange portion 22a is always the desired position,
In other words, it means that they are arranged at positions suitable for contacting each other and sealing the internal space of the vegetable compartment container 18 from the outside air. In other words, the hermetic sealing of the vegetable compartment container 18 is ensured by the cover 22 that maintains the desired positional relationship, regardless of the long-term use, regardless of the mounting dimensional accuracy of the rail member 21. Will be possible. The cover 22 is usually disposed on the upper rail portion 21c of the rail member 21.
b.

At the same time, as for the small container 23 in the vegetable container 18, the container in the container 18 is large.
Therefore, when the accessory container 23 gets in the way, the accessory container 23 can be pushed backward. At this time, the flange portion 23a of the small container 23 is
Slides on the flange portion 18a to move its position.
Thereby, the upper surface of the vegetable container 18 is opened more widely,
It is easy to put things in and out.

In the vegetable container mounting structure having the above-described structure, the stored items are taken out from the vegetable container 34 and the small container 36 in the following manner. First, the door is pulled out, and the stored items are taken out of the vegetable container 34 and the accessory container 36. At this time, the cover 37 described above is always fixed, and does not come out to the front in conjunction with opening and closing of the container 34. Therefore, if the containers 34 and 36 are pulled out, the stored items can be taken out immediately. In addition, when the small container 36 disturbs and the stored contents in the container 34 cannot be taken out, if the small container 36 is shifted backward by using the rail A, the upper surface of the container 34 is completely opened. Is easy.

From the above, (1) the guide rail portion such as the cover and the movable roller rail portion are brought close to each other and integrally formed, thereby reducing the size and weight of the rail body and reducing the man-hour for mounting work (conventional one side 2). (One place from one place), thereby achieving a significant cost reduction. This is nothing but the conventional structure in which the fixed roller is located exactly between the two rails. Therefore, in the present invention, the fixed roller 24 is provided below the rail main body 21 so that the upper and lower two rail portions are brought close to each other, and further, in the present invention, the end portion (flange portion 23a) of the small container 23 is guided. The guide rail portion (middle rail portion 21b) is also integrally formed as the rail member 21. As described above, by integrally forming the rail main body with the synthetic resin material, it is possible to further reduce the size, weight, and cost of the rail main body.

(2) The number of the reinforcing members 26 used for attaching the rail body to the inner box is also reduced (one place from two places on one side in the related art) to reduce the size and weight and to reduce the number of man-hours for mounting work. Has been reduced. Further, the reinforcing portion 26 for attaching the fixed roller 24 is also integrally formed, thereby also achieving a reduction in size and weight and a significant cost reduction.

[0027]

As is apparent from the above detailed description, according to the refrigerator with a vegetable compartment of the present invention, the storage compartment in which the container such as the vegetable compartment is required to have a high hermeticity is provided inside the refrigerator main body. Small and lightweight parts can be easily mounted on a box without requiring high mounting dimensional accuracy, and this mounting structure reduces costs without losing sealing even after long-term use. It is possible to provide an excellent refrigerator with a vegetable room that can be operated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing an enlarged feature of a vegetable compartment mounting structure of a refrigerator with a vegetable compartment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing a state where a vegetable room drawer door is removed from the refrigerator with a vegetable room of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially sectional perspective view showing a state where a vegetable room drawer door is engaged with the refrigerator with a vegetable room of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a metal reinforcing member of the vegetable compartment mounting structure.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the entire refrigerator with a vegetable compartment according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a vegetable compartment mounting structure in a conventional refrigerator with a vegetable compartment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage main body 2 Outer box 3 Inner box 4 Foam insulation 5 Box 6 Compressor 8 Cooler 9 Freezer room 10 Vegetable room 11 Refrigerator room 12 Door 13 Door 14 Door (vegetable room door) 15 Door 16 Container 17 Container 18 Container (For forming a vegetable room) 18a (vegetable room container) flange 19 door frame 20 movable roller 21 rail member 21a, 21b, 21c lower, middle, upper rail portion 22 cover 22a (cover) flange 23 small container 23a (small container) flange 24 Fixed roller 25 Stopper 26 Reinforcing member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator provided with at least a vegetable compartment inside the refrigerated space, wherein rails are attached to at least two upper and lower stages on both inner side walls of the refrigerator main body, and a vegetable frame is attached to a door frame attached behind a drawer door. And a movable roller attached to the door frame is engaged with the lower rail, so that the drawer door and the vegetable room container suspended on the door frame are connected to the refrigerator body. And a cover for covering the upper opening of the vegetable compartment is engaged with the upper rail, thereby sealing the vegetable compartment and keeping the inside in a high humidity state. In the refrigerator with vegetable room
A refrigerator with a vegetable room, wherein the upper and lower rails are integrally formed and attached to the inner wall surface. 2. The refrigerator with a vegetable compartment according to claim 1, further comprising a fixing roller provided on an inner side wall surface of the refrigerator main body, and a door frame attached to a rear side of the drawer door, the door frame being provided with the door frame. The movable roller attached to the lower rail and the fixed roller are also engaged with the movable roller, and the position of the movable roller is located above the fixed roller, and the upper and lower two rails Characterized by being arranged adjacent to each other. 3. The refrigerator with a vegetable compartment according to claim 2, wherein one reinforcing plate is embedded in the inner wall surface of the refrigerator main body to which the integrally formed upper and lower two-stage rails are attached. A refrigerator equipped with a vegetable compartment. 4. The refrigerator with a vegetable compartment according to claim 3, wherein the fixing roller is attached to a part of the reinforcing plate.