JPS624853Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to a refrigerator in which the refrigerator compartment is divided into upper and lower parts by a partition plate, and a vegetable storage compartment is provided in the lower part.

Conventionally, refrigerators such as those described above have been commonly used, but there has been a problem in that foods such as vegetables in a vegetable case installed in a vegetable storage room tend to dry out.

This invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems in refrigerators by improving the partition plates, etc., and prevents the food stored in the vegetable case from drying out and allows it to be sufficiently cooled. The purpose is to provide refrigerators.

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is the main body of a cold air forced circulation refrigerator-freezer, 2 is a refrigerating compartment formed inside the main body 1 and divided into two upper and lower compartments by a partition plate 4, and 3 is a refrigerating compartment 2.
A refrigerator door which opens and closes the front opening above the partition plate 4, 5 a vegetable storage compartment formed below the partition plate 4, and 6 which opens and closes the front opening of the vegetable storage compartment 5. This door 6 is a vegetable storage room door, and this door 6 has a rail 7 fixed to the back surface thereof and is supported by rollers 8, so that it can be pulled out. Reference numeral 9 denotes a vegetable case that operates together with the vegetable storage door 6, and this case 9 is placed on the rail 7 and is connected to the front surface of the case 9 and the inner plate 1 of the vegetable storage door 6.
A protrusion 11 is provided on the inner plate 10 so that a gap 20 is formed between the inner plate 10 and the vegetable case 9, and the front surface of the vegetable case 9 comes into contact with the protrusion 11.

In addition, in FIGS. 1 and 2, 12 is a recess formed by recessing the central part of the above-mentioned intermediate partition plate 4 made of synthetic resin, and 13 is a recess that is suspended from the rear part of the lower surface of the recess 12 of the intermediate partition plate 4. This is a rear rib, and the rear rib 13 is provided at a position where the rear end of the vegetable case 9 stored in the vegetable storage compartment 5 abuts from the front. Reference numeral 14 denotes a front rib that hangs down from the lower front part of the partition plate 4, and a plurality of claws 15 are integrally formed at the lower part of the front rib 14. Reference numeral 16 denotes a substantially L-shaped packing that is fitted onto the front rib 14, and this packing 16 has a wedge at one end that engages with the claw 15 of the front rib 14, as shown in FIG. A pair of shaped protrusions 16a are formed to face each other in the front and back, and the other end has a C-shaped part 16b extruded from a flexible soft material so as to come into contact with the front end of the vegetable case 9 from behind.
It is a double extrusion molded product. 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes a cold air outlet hole drilled in the front end of the partition plate 4; 18 refers to a communication passage formed between the packing 16 and the partition plate 4, and communicates the cold air outlet hole 17 with the gap 20; 19; is the rear rib 13 of the partition plate 4
Multiple cold air introduction holes opened at the rear end, 2
1 is a gap formed between the inner wall of the vegetable storage compartment 5 and the vegetable case. A cold air passage 22 is formed around the vegetable case 9 by the communication passage 18 and the gaps 20 and 21, and has a cold air introduction hole 19 and a cold air outlet 17 at both ends.

Next, the operation of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the invention constructed as above will be explained. With the vegetable storage door 6 closed, the cold air flowing down into the vegetable storage compartment 5 from the cold air introduction hole 19 of the partition plate 4 passes through the lower gap 21 after the vegetable case 9, and then passes through the vegetable case 9. 9 rises through the front gap 20 and passes through the communication passage 18, that is, through the cold air passage 22,
The cold air continues to circulate through the cycle of returning from the cold air outlet hole 17 of the partition plate 4 into the refrigerator compartment 2 above the partition plate 4, thereby indirectly cooling the inside of the vegetable case 9 from the surroundings. At this time, the ribs 13 and 14 on the lower surface of the partition plate 4 and the packing 16 maintain a tight seal between the vegetable case 9 and the cold air passage 22, so that the cold air does not directly flow into the vegetable case 9, and the vegetable It is possible to suppress drying of vegetables, etc. inside the case 9.

As explained above, this invention divides the refrigerator compartment 2 into upper and lower parts with the partition plate 4, and the vegetable storage compartment 5 in the lower part.
In the refrigerator, a cold air introduction hole 19 is formed at the rear end of the middle partition plate 4, and a rear rib 13 is suspended from the rear part of the lower surface in front of the cold air introduction hole 19 of the middle partition plate 4. A cold air outlet hole 17 is formed in the front part of the middle partition plate 4, and a front rib 14 hanging down from the front part of the middle partition plate 4 is brought into contact with the rear end of the vegetable case 9 installed in the vegetable storage room 5. Packing 1 of flexible soft material with a C-shaped horizontal tip
6 is attached, and the C-shaped tip of this square packing 16 is brought into contact with the front end of the vegetable case 9, and the cold air introduction hole 19 and the cold air outlet hole 17 are attached.
Since the cold air passage 22 having the above-mentioned ribs 13 and 14 and the packing 16 and the vegetable case 9 and the cold air passage 22 are kept in a sealed state around the vegetable case 9, the cold air passing through the cold air passage 22 can be maintained in a sealed state. The food such as vegetables in the vegetable case 9 can be cooled from the surroundings, and therefore the vegetables etc. in the vegetable case 9 can be prevented from drying out.
This has the effect of providing sufficient cooling.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, a square packing 16 is fitted to the lower end of the front rib 14,
This packing 16 has a C-shaped part 16b formed on the horizontal front part and is molded from a flexible soft rubber material, so that when it collides with the front upper end of the vegetable case 9, it is elastically sealed. can be held.
Note that the front door 6 of the refrigerator is closed when it is pressed strongly, and when it is pressed with a weak force, the door 6 and case 9 are closed.
Since the spacing varies widely, if there is no rubber packing 16 having a curved C-shaped portion 16b at the front, when the vegetable case 9 is twisted and pushed in, the front rib 14 of the partition plate will always be The present invention can overcome these drawbacks, although it may not be possible to abut accurately and maintain a tight seal.

Furthermore, when the packing 16 made of an elastic member is attached to the front rib 14 as in the present invention, the elasticity is maintained and no unpleasant sound is emitted when the front ribs 14 collide.

Furthermore, since the packing 16 described above is square-shaped and attached to the vertical front rib 14, it has various advantages such as being very convenient for forming a cold air passage.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of the lower part of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the partition plate in the refrigerator, and Fig. 3 is a side sectional view of the lower part of the refrigerator.
The figure is a perspective view of the packing. 2... Refrigerator room, 4... Inner partition plate, 5... Vegetable storage room, 9... Vegetable case, 13, 14... Ribs,
16...Packing, 17...Cold air outlet hole, 19
...Cold air introduction hole, 22...Cold air passage. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same parts.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a refrigerator in which the refrigerator compartment 2 is divided into upper and lower parts by a middle partition plate 4 and a vegetable storage compartment 5 is provided in the lower part, a cold air introduction hole 19 is formed at the rear end of the middle partition plate 4, and the cold air of the middle partition plate 4 is formed. A rear rib 13 is suspended from the rear part of the lower surface in front of the introduction hole 19, and this rib 13 is brought into contact with the rear end of the vegetable case 9 installed in the vegetable storage chamber 5.
A cold air outlet hole 17 is formed in the front part of the middle partition plate 4, and a packing 16 made of a flexible soft material is attached to the front rib 14 hanging down from the lower front part of the middle partition plate 4. The vegetable case 9 is characterized in that a shaped end is brought into contact with the front end of the vegetable case 9, and a cold air passage 22 having the cold air introduction hole 19 and the cold air outlet hole 17 at both ends is formed around the vegetable case 9. Refrigerator.