KR0159709B1 - Refrigerator of variable displacement type - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a variable capacity refrigerator capable of varying the volume of the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment by being configured to vary the installation position of the intermediate plate partitioning the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

The variable-capacity refrigerator according to the present invention includes an intermediate plate 30 arranged longitudinally in the food storage space 10 of the refrigerator body 1 to separate and separate the freezing compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13 from each other, and the refrigerator A plurality of sliders 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d, which are installed in the main body 1 and support the intermediate plate 30 and move left and right, and are arranged in parallel with each other, and one side end thereof A freezing chamber door 60 hinged to both sides of the front surface of the refrigerator main body 1, and the other end thereof is placed at the front end of the intermediate plate 30 so as to rotate left and right about both sides of the front surface of the refrigerator main body 1 and It is characterized by consisting of a refrigerator compartment door (70).

Description

Capacity variable refrigerator

1 is a front view of a refrigerator having a parallel door.

2 is a front view of a variable capacity refrigerator according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 2, FIG. 3a shows a state in which the intermediate plate is located in a freezer compartment, and FIG. 3b shows a state in which it is located in a refrigerator compartment.

4 is an enlarged view showing in detail the slider structure for sliding the intermediate plate shown in FIG.

5 to 7 are views for showing the relationship that the freezer door shown in FIG. 2 is separated / coupled to the refrigerator body.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: refrigerator body 12: freezer

13: refrigerating chamber 30: intermediate plate

40a, b, c, d: Slider 41,41 ': Fixed member

45: slide rod 47: slide cap

51,52: Gasket 60: Freezer door

70: refrigerator door

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a variable-capacity refrigerator that can be configured to vary the installation position of the intermediate plate partitioning the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment to increase or decrease the volume of the freezer compartment or the refrigerator compartment.

Generally, a refrigerator is a device for freshly storing various foods stored in a food storage room using a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, a capillary tube, an evaporator, and a refrigerant tube. An evaporator and a cooling fan that keep the stored food at a low temperature are generally installed inside the rear wall of the refrigerator to supply low temperature cold air through the cold air discharge ports disposed in the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

1 is a front view of a refrigerator having a side-by-side type door. As shown in the drawing, a conventional refrigerator includes a main body 1 forming a food storage space and a pair of doors 2 and 3 arranged in parallel with each other on the front of the main body 1 to open and close the food storage space. Equipped. The food storage space of the main body 1 is divided into a freezing chamber 12 provided on the left side of FIG. 1 and a refrigerating chamber 13 provided on the right side by an intermediate plate 11 arranged in the longitudinal direction. The doors 2 and 3 are hingedly coupled to the front sides of the main body 1, respectively, and the other ends thereof are placed at the front end of the intermediate plate 11 in the closed state. It opens and closes left and right about both sides of the front.

The freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 13 are divided into a plurality of storage chambers by a plurality of shelves 14 arranged in the transverse direction. An evaporator (not shown) and a blower fan (not shown) are installed inside the rear wall 4 of the main body 1, so that cold air generated from the evaporator is introduced through the cool air discharge port 15 of each storage chamber by the blower fan. Keeping food stored at low temperatures.

However, in the conventional refrigerator as described above, since the intermediate plate 11 is fixedly coupled to the main body 1, the relative volume of the freezing compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13 cannot be changed due to its structure. Therefore, since the food should be stored in each chamber 12 and 13 only within the allowable volume of the predetermined storage space irrespective of its size and quantity, it is necessary to store many unexpected foods in the freezer compartment 12. Or, on the contrary, if there are many foods to be stored in the refrigerating compartment 13, or if a large food is to be stored in any storage compartment, it cannot be processed.

In particular, in the case of a store using a large refrigerator, it is often necessary to store a large amount of food in a freezer or a refrigerator compartment according to a situation, whereas in a conventional refrigerator, the storage space of a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment is fixed constantly. There was a disadvantage that is quite inconvenient to use with a conventional refrigerator.

The present invention was developed in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a refrigerator capable of varying the volume of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment to efficiently use the food storage space in the refrigerator.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is arranged in the food storage space of the refrigerator body in the longitudinal direction to separate the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment from each other, and installed in the refrigerator body to support the intermediate plate and at the same time A plurality of sliders for moving are arranged in parallel with each other, one end of each of which is hinged to both sides of the front surface of the refrigerator body, and the other end is placed at the tip of the intermediate plate, the center of both sides of the refrigerator body It consists of a freezing chamber door and a refrigerating chamber door rotated to the left and right, the slider is fixed to the refrigerator body at regular intervals from each other and a pair of fixing member consisting of an insertion hole, the slide hole formed in the intermediate plate, and A slide rod that penetrates the slide hole and is fixed at both ends thereof by being inserted into the pair of insertion holes. It characterized by comprising the castle.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same components as in the prior art will be described with the same reference numerals.

2 is a front view of the variable capacity refrigerator according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, according to the present invention, the intermediate plate 30 installed in the longitudinal direction of the food storage space of the refrigerator body 1 is divided into the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 13. A plurality of sliders (40a, 40b, 40c, 40d) is provided to be able to.

The plurality of shelves 14 for separating the food storage space of each chamber 12 and 13 into several zones with the movement of the intermediate plate 30 are both sides of the intermediate plate 30 and both sides of the refrigerator body 1. Detachable on the protruding jaw 16 formed in the.

The sliders 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d are respectively upper and lower portions of the rear wall 4 of the refrigerator main body 1 so as to move the intermediate plate 30 having a relatively long length without biasing to one side. It is provided in the front-end | tip of the upper end part 5 and the lower end part 6 of the main body 1. As shown in FIG. Since the configurations of the sliders 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d are the same, as shown in FIG. 3, only the slider 40a provided on the upper portion of the rear wall 4 of the refrigerator main body 1 will be described. I would like to.

3a shows a state in which the intermediate plate 30 is positioned to be inclined toward the freezer compartment 12 in order to use a larger volume of the refrigerating compartment 13, and FIG. 3b shows a larger volume of the freezer compartment 12 for use. In order to show a state in which the intermediate plate 30 is biased toward the refrigerating chamber 13 side. As shown therein, the slider 40a according to the present invention is' 'A shape is bolted to the refrigerator body (1), a pair of fixing members (41) (41') having an insertion hole (41a) (41'a) at its tip, and the intermediate plate (30) It is composed of a slide rod 45 that is fitted to the slide hole 31 formed in the intermediate plate 30 so as to slide.

As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the fixing members 41 and 41 'are arranged at regular intervals with the insertion holes 41a and 41'a formed at their ends facing each other. The slide rod 45 has a locking jaw (45a) is formed at one end thereof, is caught by the insertion hole (41 'a) of the one fixing member 41', in this state the other end is slightly diameter After being reduced and fitted into the insertion hole 41a of the other fixing member 41, the fastener 46 is fastened to be fixed to the fixing members 41 and 41 '. The slide rod 45 is fitted in close contact with the slide hole 31 of the intermediate plate 30 so that the cold air of each of the seals 12 and 13 does not cross each other and at the same time, the intermediate plate 30 slides. A slide cap 47 is fitted into the slide hole 31 so that the slide hole 31 is easily formed, and the tip of the slide cap 47 is fastened and fixed by the cap fixing tool 48.

The rear end of the intermediate plate 30 is fixed as described above, and although not shown, the upper and lower ends of the intermediate plate 30 are respectively located at the rear wall 4 and the upper end 5 and the lower end 6 of the refrigerator body 1. The gasket 51 is fitted so as to be in close contact and prevent cold air from flowing into each of the seals 12 and 13. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the freezing chamber door 60 and the refrigerating chamber door which are in contact with the intermediate plate 30 so that the cold air of each of the chambers 12 and 13 does not flow through the tip of the intermediate plate 30. The gasket 52 is coupled to the inner side of the 70. Reference numerals 42 and 42 ', which are not described, denote binding plates for reliably bolting the fixing members 41 and 41' to the rear wall 4 of the refrigerator main body 1, respectively.

5 to 7 illustrate a means for swapping positions of the freezing chamber door 60 and the refrigerating chamber door 70 as the intermediate plate 30 is moved.

First, when the intermediate plate 30 is moved to the right in the state shown in FIG. 2, the freezing chamber door 60 and the refrigerating chamber door 70 should also be replaced with each other. To this end, first hinge holes 61 and 61 'and second hinge holes 62 and 62' of the same size are formed at upper and lower ends of the freezing chamber door 60, respectively. Although not shown, hinge holes of the same size are formed at both sides of the upper and lower ends of the refrigerating chamber door 70. In addition, hinge members 90 and 90 'having protrusions 91 and 91' fitted to any one of the hinge holes are provided at both sides of the upper and lower ends of the refrigerator main body 1.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 2, the freezer compartment door 60 is installed at the front left side of the refrigerator main body 1 and the refrigerating compartment door 70 is installed at the right side thereof. The first hinge holes 61 and 61 ′ of 60 are inserted into the protrusions 91 and 91 ′ of the hinge members 90 and 90 ′, respectively, to rotate. At this time, the caps 65 are covered with the other hinge holes 62 and 62 'to improve aesthetics and to prevent dust and the like from accumulating therein. In this state, when the intermediate plate 30 is moved to the right side of FIG. 2 in order to increase the space of the freezer compartment 12, the positions of the doors 60 and 70 should be replaced with each other, and the cap 65 is Although not illustrated in the covered second hinge holes 62 and 62 ', hinge members coupled to the upper right and lower ends of the refrigerator main body 1 are fitted. In addition, protrusions 91 and 91 ′ of the hinge members 90 and 90 ′ are fitted into hinge holes of the refrigerating chamber door 70, such as the freezing chamber door 60 and the refrigerating chamber door 70. The positions are interchanged with each other.

As described above, when the freezing chamber door 60 and the refrigerating chamber door 70 are replaced with each other, the positions of the handles should also be changed, which will be described with reference to FIG. 7. That is, in the state as shown in FIG. 2, the handle 66 for the freezer compartment door is screwed to one side of the freezer compartment door 60 so that the freezer compartment door 60 is opened when the user pulls the handle 66. However, when the position of the freezer compartment door 60 is changed, the position of the handle 66 should also be changed. For this purpose, a plurality of screw holes 68 covered with caps 67 are formed on the other side of the freezer compartment door 60. It is. Therefore, when the freezer door 60 is moved, the handle 66 which is screwed to one side is separated and screwed to the screw hole 68 formed on the other side, so that the handle 66 is always the refrigerator body 1. Is located in the center of the). Although not shown, the handle 76 (see FIG. 2) of the refrigerating chamber door 70 is also moved in the same position.

Referring to the process of varying the capacity of the variable capacity refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When the storage space of the freezer compartment 12 is used in a state where the freezer compartment 12 is relatively smaller than that of the refrigerating compartment 13 as shown in FIG. After separating the parts (14), as shown in FIG. 3a, the intermediate plate 30, which is positioned on the left side of the refrigerator main body 1, is pushed to the right to move to the position as shown in FIG. Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the hinge member 90, which rotatably supports the upper end of the freezer compartment 60, is removed from the refrigerator body 1, and then the freezer compartment 60 is upward. When lifted, the freezing chamber door 60 is separated from the protrusion 91 'of the lower hinge member 90'. The refrigerating chamber door 70 is also separated in this manner, and then a hinge hole (not shown) formed at the lower end of the refrigerating chamber door 70 is inserted into the protrusion 91 'of the hinge member 90', and the upper hinge member ( When 90 is screwed into the hinge hole (not shown) formed at the upper end of the refrigerating chamber door 70, the refrigerating chamber door 70 is positioned in front of the freezing chamber 12 to function as a freezing chamber door. In the same manner, the freezing chamber door 60 has protrusions (not shown) of the hinge members installed at the upper right and lower ends of the refrigerator main body 1 in the hinge holes 62 and 62 'covered with the cap 65. It will be a function of the refrigerator door.

On the other hand, in the state in which the freezing chamber door 60 and the refrigerating chamber door 70 are separated, the handle 66 of the freezing chamber door 60 coupled as shown in FIG. 7 is removed, and a screw that is covered with a cap 67 on the opposite side thereof. The position of the handle 66 is changed by screwing into the holes 68. In addition, the handle 76 (see FIG. 2) of the refrigerating chamber door 70 is also changed in the same manner, and then the positions of the doors 60 and 70 are interchanged as described above. After that, if the shelves 14 are placed on the protruding jaw 16, the capacity of the freezing chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 13 is variable.

As described above, the variable capacity refrigerator according to the present invention is configured so that the installation position of the intermediate plate partitioning the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment in the longitudinal direction can be changed from side to side, according to the season, or if necessary storage capacity of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment. Since it can be varied, there is an effect to further increase the utilization efficiency of the refrigerator.

In particular, when a large capacity refrigerator is required and the capacity variable refrigerator of the present invention is used in a store that needs to secure and use many foods, the capacity of the freezer and the refrigerator compartment can be varied according to the amount of the frozen food and the refrigerated food, which is very convenient. Is there.

Claims (3)

An intermediate plate 30 disposed in the food storage space 10 of the refrigerator body 1 in a longitudinal direction to separate and separate the freezing compartment 12 and the refrigerating compartment 13 from each other; A plurality of sliders 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d for supporting the diaphragm 30 and simultaneously moving left and right are disposed in parallel with each other, and one end of each of the front and rear sides of the refrigerator main body 1 is disposed. It is hinged to the other end is placed on the front end of the intermediate plate 30, consisting of a freezer compartment door 60 and the refrigerating chamber door 70 which is rotated left and right about both front sides of the refrigerator body (1). Capacity variable refrigerator. The pair of fixing members (41) (41 ') of claim 1, wherein each of the sliders is fixed to the refrigerator body (1) at regular intervals from each other and has insertion holes (41a) (41'a). And a slide rod 31 formed in the intermediate plate 30 and a slide rod having both ends penetrated through the slide hole 31 and fitted into the pair of insertion holes 41a and 41'a. Comprising 45, the variable capacity refrigerator, characterized in that the intermediate plate 30 is configured to be moved left and right along the slide bar (45). According to claim 2, The slide hole 31 of the intermediate plate 30 is fitted with a slide cap 47, so that a gap does not occur between the slide rod 45 and the intermediate plate ( Capacity variable type refrigerator, characterized in that 30) is smoothly moved along the slide bar (45).