JPS5916779Y2 - 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, with regard to shelf devices of this type of refrigerator, protrusions are provided on both side walls of the inner box formed by vacuum forming, etc., and the protrusions are used as shelf rails, and the shelves are inserted from the front of the opening. In order to change the height of the shelf because the food is too large,
- It is necessary to remove the shelf by pulling it toward you, and then rearrange the removed shelf on another shelf rail, which takes a long time, and when the refrigerator is in operation, cold air leaks outside. There were drawbacks.

This invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks.

This invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.
2 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is an inner box constituting this main body, and a plurality of shelf support rails 4 are integrally provided on both side walls 3.

5 is a flat shelf supported by this shelf support rail, and 6 is the inner box 2.
This is a glass shelf that covers the top surface of the vegetable case 7 arranged at the inner bottom of the container.

Reference numeral 8 denotes shelf supports installed symmetrically on both sides 3 of the inner box 2 and below the shelf support rails 4, and on the inside surface thereof there is a guide rail 9 for sliding the shelf and a lower rear side of this guide rail. It is equipped with a pivot support 10.

Further, the front end of the guide rail 9 is bent upward into a U-shape to integrally form the bag portion 11.

Reference numeral 12 designates a folding shelf in which two shelves are foldably connected by a hinge 13, and consists of a rear shelf 15 and a front shelf 14 whose depth is shorter than that of the rear shelf 15. A rotating support shaft 16 that fits into the branch 10 is provided in a protruding manner.

The hinge 13 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. It allows for folding.

Next, I will explain the function of the shelving device based on this invention.
In normal use, it has the same form as the upper flat shelf 5, but when trying to place food that is larger than the distance A dimension from the lower shelf, such as fruit such as watermelon, the folding shelf can be used. By pushing the front part of 12 backward as shown by the arrow in the figure, the hinge part 13 is located above the line connecting the front part of the shelf, which is the point of action, and the shaft support 10, so the hinge part gradually moves upward. At the same time, the front part of the shelf also retreats, and when the hinge 13 exceeds the pivot support 10, the folding shelf 12 collapses into the inner box 2 due to its own weight.
It hits the back and stops.

Since the front shelf 14 and the rear shelf 15 are folded, the space between the upper and lower shelves is widened, and tall bottles and fruit such as squid can be stored therein.

At this time, if the front shelf 14 and the rear shelf 15 have the same or longer depth dimension, the guide rail rear end 9a is used to fold the front shelf.
Since it becomes necessary to shorten the depth dimension between the rear shelf 15 and the distance between the shaft support 10 and the rear end 9a of the guide rail, it becomes unstable when a heavy object is placed on the rear shelf 15 while it is being used as a flat shelf. Become.

In this invention, in order to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks, the front shelf 14 is configured to have a shorter depth than the rear shelf 15.

When used as a normal flat shelf, the front part of the folding shelf 12 can be easily turned into a flat shelf by pulling out the front part, and the front part of the shelf can be accommodated in the bag part 11 at the front end of the guide rail.

Since this invention is constructed as described above, it can be folded from a normal flat shelf state and stored at the rear with a simple operation to form a wide space and 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.

Furthermore, a U-shaped bag that bends upward is provided at the front end of the guide rail, and the front part of the shelf is accommodated in this bag, so even if a force is applied to the front part of the shelf from below, the folding shelf will not move. This has practical effects such as there is no fear that food etc. on the shelf will topple over or fall because it does not operate.

[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 folding shelf in the folded state, 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 a diagram. In the figure, 2 is an inner box, 3 is a side wall, 9 is a guide rail, 10 is a shaft support, 11 is a bag portion, 12 is a folding shelf, 13 is a hinge, 14
15 is a front shelf, 15 is a rear shelf, and 16 is a pivot shaft.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A rear shelf with pivot shafts protruding from both sides of the bottom, a front shelf with a slightly shorter depth than the rear shelf, a folding shelf with hinges connecting these two shelves, and the above shelves supported on both sides of the inner box. a shelf support having a shaft support that engages with the support shaft at the lower rear of the guide rail, and an upwardly bent U-shaped bag portion integrally formed at the front end of the guide rail. A refrigerator shelf device featuring: