JPS5916776Y2 - refrigerator shelving device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to an improvement of a shelf for placing food in a refrigerator.

Conventionally, for shelf devices of this type of refrigerator, protrusions are provided on both sides of the inner box formed by vacuum forming, etc., and the protrusions are used as shelf rails to insert the shelves from the front of the opening. In order to change the height of the ridge due to the size of the refrigerator, it is necessary to pull the shelf forward and remove it, and then relocate the removed shelf to another shelf rail. The disadvantage was that the water leaked outside.

This invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks.

An embodiment of this invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings below. 1 is the refrigerator body, 2 is the inner box of the refrigerator compartment made of synthetic resin, etc., which is shaped by vacuum forming, etc., and the side walls 3 have multiple stages. A shelf support rail 4 is integrally provided.

Reference numeral 5 designates a flat shelf whose both ends are slidably supported by the shelf support rails, and 6 designates a glass shelf that covers the top surface of the vegetable container case 7 disposed at the inner bottom of the inner box 2.

Reference numeral 8 denotes shelf supports attached to both side walls 3 of the inner box 2 and below the shelf support rails 4, and on the inner side thereof, a guide rail 9 for shelf sliding with the front part bent upward, A pivot support 10 is provided at the lower rear side of this guide rail.

11 is a folding shelf with two shelves connected by a hinge 12;
It consists of a front shelf 13 and a rear shelf 14, and each shelf has an outer frame made of wire rods in the shape of a mouthpiece, and both ends of a plurality of thin wire rods having the same width are welded to the outer frame.

Further, the depth dimension of the front shelf 13 is slightly shorter than that of the rear shelf 14.

The hinge 12 is made of synthetic resin such as polypropylene, has recesses on both sides for fitting into the shelf, and has an extremely thin part in the center, where the bending action is performed and the shelf is folded. Allows for folding.

Reference numeral 15 denotes pivot shafts protruding from both sides of the lower part of the rear shelf 14, which are pivotally connected to the shaft supports 10 of the shelf support 8.

Next, I will explain the function of the shelving device based on this invention.
In normal use, it has the same form as one of the flat shelves 5, but when it is intended to place and accommodate food items that are larger than the distance A dimension from the lower shelf, such as fruits such as watermelons, it can be folded. By pushing the front surface of the shelf 11 backward as shown by the arrow, the hinge 12 is positioned above the line connecting the front surface of the shelf and the shaft support 10, which is the point of action, so the hinge gradually moves upward. At the same time, the front of the shelf also retreats, and the hinge 1
When the two parts exceed the pivot support 10, the folding shelf 11 comes into contact with the back surface of the inner box 2 due to its own weight and stops.

In this invention, the depth dimension of the front shelf 13 is formed to be shorter than the rear shelf 14, but if the depth dimension is equal to or longer than the rear shelf 14, the depth dimension of the guide rail up to the rear end 9a of the guide rail is changed in order to fold the front shelf 13. Since it is necessary to shorten the length and the distance between the shaft support 10 and the rear end 9a of the guide rail becomes large, it becomes unstable when a heavy object is placed on the rear shelf 14 while it is being used as a flat shelf.

In this invention, in order to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks, the front shelf 13 is configured to have a shorter depth than the rear shelf 14.

At this time, the front shelf 13 and the rear shelf 14 are folded to complete the operation, so that the space between the shelves is widened and tall bottles, fruits, etc. can be stored.

Further, when used as a normal shelf, the folding shelf 11 can be easily transformed into a flat shelf by pulling out the front side toward you.

Since this invention is constructed as described above, it can be easily folded from the normal flat shelf state and stored at the rear.
It can be formed into a large space and can store large foods.

In addition, since it can be operated easily and quickly, there is no need to leave the door open for a long time to take in and out the shelves as in the past, and the outflow of cold air can be minimized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings all show one embodiment of this invention, and the first
The figure is a side sectional view of the refrigerator, Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the main parts of Figure 1 showing the folded state of the shelf device, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the shelf device, and Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the shelf device. It is. 2 is an inner box, 8 is a shelf support, 9 is a guide rail, 10 is a pivot support, 11 is a folding shelf, 12 is a hinge, 13 is a front shelf, 14 is a rear shelf, and 15 is a support shaft.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A guide rail for sliding the shelf is provided on both sides of the inner box, a shelf support having a shaft support is provided at the bottom rear of the guide rail, and a rotating support shaft is provided protruding from both sides of the bottom of the rear shelf,
A shelf device for a refrigerator comprising a folding shelf, which is equipped with a front shelf having a slightly shorter depth than the rear shelf, and a hinge that connects and separates the two shelves, and is attached to the shelf support.