JPS5916781Y2 - 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 side walls 3 of the inner box 2 and below the shelf support rails 4, with a guide rail 9 for shelf sliding on the inner surface and a lower rear side of this guide rail. It is equipped with a pivot support 10.

Further, a recess 11 is integrally formed approximately in the middle of the guide rail 9.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a folding shelf in which two shelves are foldably connected by a hinge 13, and is composed of a front shelf 14 and a rear shelf 15, and a rotating support shaft 16 that fits into the pivot support 10 is provided at the lower part of the rear shelf. In addition, shelf supports 17 are provided protruding from both the front and rear sides of the front shelf.

Further, the depth dimension of this front shelf 14 is configured to be slightly shorter than that of the rear shelf 15.

The hinge 13 is made of synthetic resin such as polypropylene, has recesses on both sides for fitting the shelf, and has an extremely thin part in the center, where the bending action is performed and the shelf is assembled. 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 the hinge 12 backward in the direction of the arrow shown 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 rim 13 exceeds the pivot support 10, the folding shelf 12 comes into contact with the back surface of the inner box 2 due to its own weight and stops.

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

When used as a normal flat shelf, the folding shelf 12 can be easily transformed into a flat shelf by pulling out the front part towards you.

Further, the depth dimension of the front shelf 14 is configured to be shorter than the rear shelf 15, but if the depth dimension of the front shelf 14 is equal to or longer than the rear shelf 15, the depth dimension to the rear end of the guide rail 9 is shortened. Because the distance between the shaft support 10 and the rear end of the guide rail increases, the rear shelf 1 is not used as a flat shelf.
If a heavy object is placed on the 5th floor, it becomes unstable.

Taking this point into consideration, the front shelf 14 was designed to have a shorter depth than the rear shelf 15.

Furthermore, by folding the front shelf 14 and the rear shelf 15 and pulling them forward, the shelf becomes half the area of a flat shelf as shown in FIG. The rear shelf 15 can be supported horizontally by engaging with the rear shelf 15.

In the above embodiment, when a flat shelf is formed in the folded state, the shelf holder 17 of the front shelf is engaged with the recess 11 of the guide rail, and the other shelf holder 17 is positioned so as to be removed from the end of the guide rail 9. However, this invention is not limited to this, and the guide rail 9 has a convex portion 18 adjacent to the concave portion 11 and supporting the rear shelf 15, as shown in FIG.
The same effect can be obtained even if the thickness of the shelf is further reduced at the rear of the guide rail as shown in FIG.

Since this invention is constructed as described above, it can be folded from the normal flat shelf state and stored at the rear with simple operation.
It can create a large space and store large food items.

Also, if necessary, it can be folded to create a flat shelf with half the size, making effective use of the inside of the refrigerator.

Furthermore, 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 part of Figure 1 showing the operating state of the shelf device, Figure 3 is a sectional view corresponding to Figure 2 showing another usage state, and Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the shelf device,
5 and 6 are side views showing other embodiments of the shelf support. In the figure, 2 is an inner box, 3 is a side wall, 8 is a shelf support, 9 is a guide rail, 10 is a shaft support, 11 is a recess, 12 is a folding shelf, 13 is a hinge, 14 is a front shelf, 15 is a rear shelf, 16 is a support shaft.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A rear shelf with pivot shafts protruding from both sides of the lower part, a front shelf that is slightly shorter in depth than the rear shelf and has shelf supports protruding from both sides, and this front shelf and the rear shelf are connected. A hinge forming a folding shelf, a guide rail supporting the folding shelf on both side walls of the inner box, and a shelf support having a shaft support fitted with the pivot shaft at the lower rear of the guide rail, Further, in the shelf device for a refrigerator, the guide rail has a recessed portion approximately in the middle thereof into which the shelf holder engages when the folding shelf is folded.