JPS6230718Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The purpose of this invention is to make it easier to take out products in the product storage compartment and to improve the efficiency of product storage in the storage compartment for guest room refrigerators installed in hotel guest rooms. .

Conventionally, a guest room refrigerator installed in a guest room of a hotel or the like is configured as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. A plurality of product storage chambers 3 are provided in multiple stages and in multiple rows, and a product takeout port 5 leading to each storage chamber 3 is transparently provided in a panel 4 installed at the front opening of the refrigerator body 1, and these are each opened/closed doors. Various products 7 such as drinking water and food are stored and refrigerated in each storage chamber 3. Then, when the heat insulating door 2 and the opening/closing door 6 are opened and the desired product 7 is taken out from the exit 5, a switch (not shown) for detecting the absence of the product 7 is operated in a predetermined manner. The operating signal of the switch is transmitted, and the usage status of the refrigerator is centrally managed.

However, according to this kind of conventional refrigerator, the product 7
When taking out the product 7, it is necessary to insert the hand through the outlet 5 to take out the product 7, which is difficult, and when the product 7 is of the same size as the outlet 5 of the storage chamber 3. Difficult to reach,
There is a drawback that the product 7 is difficult to take out, and furthermore, only one product 7 can be stored in each storage chamber 3, and when the depth dimension of the product 7 is small, the back of the storage chamber 3 becomes a dead space, which is inconvenient.

This invention was made with the above points in mind, and includes a refrigerator body installed in a guest room of a hotel, etc., and a plurality of product storage units provided in the refrigerator body each having a product outlet on the front. a rotatable opening/closing door provided at the outlet of the storage chamber; a first arm rotatably supported by the opening/closing door and having an engagement shaft at its tip; and a first arm that slides back and forth into the storage chamber. a second arm that is movably provided and has a longitudinally long groove into which the engagement shaft is fitted; and a second arm that is integrally provided at the rear end of the second arm and that moves as the second arm slides forward. The refrigerator for a guest room is provided with a push part that comes into contact with the product that is not present and pushes it forward, and a switch that is provided near the outlet and detects the absence of the product that has been taken out from the outlet.

Therefore, when the opening/closing door is opened, the second arm slides forward via the first arm, and the pushing part of the second arm can push the product forward, making it extremely easy to take out the product. Even if the size is the same as that of the outlet, it is possible to smoothly take out the product, and furthermore, after the opening/closing door is opened, the second arm can be pulled out independently by sliding the engagement shaft in the groove. Therefore, even if a plurality of products are stored in the storage room in front and behind each other, it is not difficult to take them out, and the conventional dead space can be used effectively and the efficiency of storing products can be improved.

Next, this idea will be described in the third section showing one embodiment of the invention.
This will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings below.

In these drawings, reference numeral 8 indicates a refrigerator main body that is installed in a guest room of a hotel or the like and has an open front. A cooling mechanism such as a compressor is installed inside, and the opening is closed by a heat insulating door 9 so as to be openable and closable. . Reference numeral 10 denotes a panel provided on the front surface of the refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator main body 8, in which a plurality of outlets 11 are formed in multiple stages and in multiple rows, and the peripheral wall of each outlet 11 is formed in a cylindrical shape. Reference numeral 12 designates a plurality of product storage chambers that are formed in multiple stages and in multiple rows in the refrigerating room and each communicates with the takeout port 11. Each storage chamber 12 is formed inside a chassis 13 that is framed by rods. The frame-like structure of 13 allows cool air to be smoothly supplied to the storage chamber 12. Note that a bar at the center of the lower side of the chassis 13 serves as a slide shaft 13', and supports a second arm, which will be described later. Reference numeral 14 denotes an opening/closing door that freely opens and closes each outlet 11, and L-shaped bearings 15 are fixed to the upper and lower right sides of the outlet 11 of the panel 10.
It is rotatably supported.

16 is a fulcrum protruding from approximately the center of the lower side of the opening/closing door 14; 17 is a first arm that is rotatably supported by the fulcrum 16 and has an engagement shaft 18 projecting upward at its tip; 19 is a mounting point for the panel 10; An arm hole 20 is provided horizontally and transparently on the lower side of the outlet 11, and an arm hole 20 is provided on the lower surface of the storage chamber 12 so as to be slidable back and forth.
A second arm that can protrude more freely, and the second arm 2
At the rear end of 0, there is a pushing part 2 that is bent upward in a U-shape.
1 is formed, and the slide shaft 13' is inserted into a hole transparently provided in the front and rear surfaces of the pushing part 21, and the second arm 20
guides the sliding movement. Here, the holes on the front and rear surfaces of the pusher 21 are round holes on the front and elongated holes in the left-right direction on the rear, allowing the second arm 20 to swing left and right about the pusher 21. 22 is the second
This is an engagement groove formed in the front half of the arm 20 to be long in the front-rear direction, and a concave groove 23 is connected to the left side of the front end of the engagement groove 22, and the first arm 17
The engagement shaft 18 is fitted into the engagement groove 22, and both arms 17 and 20 are connected. 24 is a manual operation part formed by bending the second arm 20 downward, 25 is a refrigerated product such as drinking water or food stored in the storage chamber 12, and 26 is an outlet 1.
1 is a product detection switch that is installed on the lower wall of the product 25 and detects the absence of the product 25. It is made of, for example, a micro switch, and is turned on by the product 25 when the product 25 is stored, and when the product 25 is removed. The sales status of the product 25 is then turned off and transmitted to the front desk of the hotel or the like.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

Figures 6a and 7a show the opening/closing door 14, respectively.
is closed and two products 25 are stored in the storage chamber 12. At this time, the tip of the first arm 17 enters the panel 10 through the arm hole 19,
The engagement shaft 18 is located in the groove 23 of the second arm 20, and both arms 17 and 20 are in a bent state. Note that the product detection switch 26 is turned on by the product 25 in the previous stage in the storage chamber 12.

When the door 14 is opened from this state, the first arm 17 is pulled in accordance with the rotation of the door 14, so that the engaging shaft 18 comes into contact with the front edge of the engaging groove 22 and is pulled, and the second arm 20 is pulled.
is pulled forward, the pushing portion 21 of the second arm 20 pushes the product 25 forward, and further
When the door 14 is rotated to a predetermined position to open the outlet 11, as shown in Fig. 6b and Fig. 7b, the front of the product 25 in the previous row protrudes from the outlet 11. Then, when the product 25 is removed from the outlet 11, the product detection switch 26 turns off due to the absence of the product 25, and the number of products 25 sold is counted.

In addition, when taking out the product 25 in the later stage in the same storage room 12, from the open state of the opening/closing door 14 described above,
When the manual operation part 24 of the second arm 20 is pulled toward you, the second
The arm 20 slides forward while sliding the engagement shaft 18 in the engagement groove 22, and the product 25 in the rear stage is pushed forward by the pushing portion 21, and the product 2
5, the product detection switch 26 is turned on, and the front part of the product 25 protrudes from the outlet 11. When the product 25 is taken out, the product detection switch 26 is turned off and the number of sales of the product 25 is counted.

Furthermore, when closing the opening/closing door 14, the manual operation section 24 is pressed to move the second arm 20 and the first arm 17.
slide the engaging shaft 18 backward until it abuts the front end of the engaging groove 22, and then slide the engaging shaft 18 into the groove 23.
and closes the opening/closing door 14 in this state. During this operation, as the opening/closing door 14 rotates, the first arm 1
7 pushes the second arm 20 backward, and the second arm 2
0 is pushed rearward and swings to the left, resulting in the states shown in FIGS. 6a and 7a.

Therefore, according to the embodiment, the opening/closing door 14
By opening the product 25, the product 25 can be protruded from the opening 11 via the link mechanism of the first arm 17 and the second arm 20.
Furthermore, by sliding the second arm 20 independently toward the front, the product 25 at the back of the storage chamber 12 can be moved forward and the product 25 can be taken out. , it becomes possible to store a plurality of products 25 in each storage chamber 12, and the space can be used effectively and the efficiency of storing products 25 can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 2 show a conventional guest room refrigerator, where Figure 1 is an overall perspective view, Figure 2 is a partially cutaway side view, and Figure 3 and the following drawings are one part of the guest room refrigerator of this invention. An example is shown, FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view, and FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view.
The figure is a partially cutaway perspective view of the main part, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the connecting part of the first arm and the second arm, Figure 6a,
b and c are cut-away side views of the main parts showing the operating states, and Fig. 7 a, b, and c are respectively Fig. 6 a, b, and c.
It is a schematic plan view of c. 8... Refrigerator body, 11... Outlet, 12...
Storage room, 14...opening/closing door, 17...first arm,
18... Engagement shaft, 20... Second arm, 21...
Push portion, 22... Engagement groove, 25... Product, 26...
...Product detection switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A refrigerator body installed in a guest room of a hotel, etc., a plurality of product storage chambers provided in the refrigerator body each having a product outlet on the front side, and a rotatable product storage chamber provided at the outlet of the storage chamber. an opening/closing door; a first arm rotatably supported by the opening/closing door and having an engagement shaft at its tip; and a first arm provided in the storage chamber so as to be slidable back and forth and fitted with the engagement shaft in the front-rear direction; a second arm having a long groove; a pushing portion integrally provided at the rear end of the second arm and abutting the product and pushing it forward as the second arm slides forward; and the ejection port. A refrigerator for a guest room, comprising: a switch provided near the outlet for detecting the absence of a product taken out from the outlet.