KR100443982B1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a shelf installed in a cooling chamber for loading an article and a support rib supporting the shelf, wherein the support rib has a predetermined flow distance from a rear wall surface of the cooling chamber along a front-rear direction. It is provided to protrude from the side wall, the shelf, characterized in that the stopper portion protruding downward from the rear end region of the shelf is in contact with the rear end of the support rib when the shelf is pulled forward by a predetermined flow distance. . As a result, the shape of the support ribs formed in the cooling chamber can be simplified, thereby facilitating the forming of the support ribs, and increasing the effective contents of the cooling chambers.

Description

Refrigerator {REFRIGERATOR}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator having a shelf installed in a cooling chamber for loading an article and a support rib supporting the shelf.

In the side by side type refrigerator used to construct a relatively large refrigerator, the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment are divided left and right by an intermediate partition. Refrigerator chamber doors and freezer chamber doors for opening and closing the front openings are attached to the front openings of the refrigerating chambers and the freezing chambers, and door guides for storing bottles and the like are disposed up and down inside each door. In the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, a plurality of shelves partitioning the inside of the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment are arranged up and down, and a plurality of storage drawers are provided at the bottom thereof.

In recent years, many shelves have been adopted to enable the shelf to be pulled forward by a predetermined distance in order to make it easier for consumers to lift the goods deeply without lifting the shelves on which the articles such as food and the like are loaded. 8A to 8B are bottom views of the refrigerators and freezers of the conventional refrigerators, that is, the drawer of the cooling chamber shelves. As shown in these drawings, the shelves 130 for loading goods in the conventional cooling chambers 110 are shown in FIG. ) And a support rib 117 for supporting the shelf 130 is provided.

The support ribs 117 protrude along the front-rear direction from each side wall 112 in the cooling chamber 110. The support ribs 117 are vertical to the cooling chamber 110 so as to support the shelf 130 according to the height of the article. A plurality of support ribs 117 are formed in the cooling chamber 110 spaced apart by a predetermined distance in the direction. Each support rib 117 protrudes from the side wall 112 of the cooling chamber 110 from a position spaced a predetermined distance from the front surface of the cooling chamber 110 to a substantially rear wall surface 114 in the cooling chamber 110. In the central region of the support rib 117, the cutout portion 117a is formed by cutting the support rib 117 by a predetermined width in the front-rear direction. As a result, the front locking jaw 117b and the rear locking jaw 117c are naturally formed at both ends of the cutout 117a.

On the other hand, the shelf 130 is a guide portion 133 is provided in the rear corner region, and the stopper portion 131 protruding downward to the bottom surface of the shelf 130 at a position separated from the guide portion 133 by a predetermined distance forward Has The guide part 133 is extended downward from the shelf 130 to the bottom and is bent to the bottom of the support rib 117, and the stopper part 131 is supported when the shelf 130 is installed in the cooling chamber 110. The stopper portion 131 is formed at both ends of the cutout portion 117a of the support rib 117 when the shelf 130 slides along the support rib 117. Since the front sliding jaw 117b and the rear locking jaw 117c come into contact with each other, the sliding of the shelf 130 is stopped, and thus the withdrawal flow distance of the shelf 130 is determined.

By this configuration, the user can store food by placing the shelves 130 on the support ribs 117 at appropriate intervals, the shelf 130 being moved from one support rib 117 to another support rib 117. If the user wants to move it, the front of the shelf 130 is lifted and the user pulls the shelf 130 so that the stopper portion 131 of the shelf 130 exceeds the front locking jaw 117b formed at the end of the cutout 117a. The shelf 130 may be withdrawn and the drawn shelf 130 may be installed on another support rib 117 again.

Then, when an item such as food or the like is loaded on the shelf 130 and the user pulls out the shelf 130 when the user wants to take out the food loaded deep inside the shelf 130, the shelf 130 is supported by the support rib 117. Will move to the front. At this time, since the guide part 133 of the shelf 130 is in contact with the support rib 117 while covering the support rib 117, the support rib 117 of the shelf 130 is prevented from being turned over at the same time. ) Moves on smoothly. The stopper portion 131 of the shelf 130 moves on the cutout portion 117a of the support rib 117 and is caught by the front catching jaw 117b of the cutout portion 117a. Withdrawal is blocked. Therefore, the user can pull the shelf 130 forward as shown in FIG. 8B to the draw flow distance determined by the stopper portion 131 of the shelf 130 and the cutout portion 117a of the support rib 117. In this state, it is possible to catch food located deep in the shelf (130). When the shelf 130 is pushed in again, the shelf 130 moves backward along the support rib 117 and the stopper portion 131 of the shelf 130 is cut out 117a of the support rib 117. The movement is stopped by the rear catching jaw 117c formed in FIG. 8A.

However, in the conventional refrigerator, since the support ribs are formed to the rear end of the cooling chamber, the effective content of the cooling chamber is reduced, and the support ribs are cut in the front and rear direction by a predetermined width in the center region of the support ribs to give the shelf flow distance. Since the shape of the support rib is complicated, the molding of the support rib is complicated.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator capable of simplifying the shape of the support ribs formed in the cooling chamber to facilitate molding of the support ribs and increasing the effective content of the cooling chamber in view of such a conventional problem. .

1 is a front perspective view of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

2 is an installation perspective view of a refrigerator compartment shelf of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

3 to 4 is a bottom view according to the withdrawal state of the refrigerator compartment shelf of the refrigerator according to the present invention,

5 is an installation perspective view of a freezer shelf of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

6 to 7 is a bottom view according to the withdrawal state of the freezer shelf of the refrigerator according to the present invention,

8A to 8B are bottom views according to the withdrawal state of a shelf of a conventional refrigerator.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: refrigerator 10: refrigerator

12 side wall 14 rear wall surface

17: support rib 17a: curvature of the support rib

17b: rear end of support rib 20: freezer

30: shelf 31: stopper part

33: guide part

According to the present invention, the object of the present invention is a refrigerator having a shelf installed in a cooling chamber for loading an article, and a support rib supporting the shelf, wherein the support rib has a predetermined flow distance from a rear wall surface of the cooling chamber. It is provided to protrude from the side wall along the front and rear direction, and the shelf is provided with a stopper portion protruding downward from the rear end region of the shelf to contact the rear end of the support rib when the shelf is drawn forward by a predetermined flow distance. It is achieved by a refrigerator characterized in that.

Here, the shelf further includes a guide portion extended downward from the shelf to the bottom surface of the shelf beyond the flow distance forward from the stopper portion and then bent to the bottom of the support rib, even if the article is loaded in front of the shelf. It is desirable to prevent flipping and to allow the shelf to slide smoothly over the support ribs.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the refrigerator according to the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the refrigerating compartment 10 and the freezing compartment 20 are partitioned left and right by an intermediate partition. The front openings of each of the refrigerating compartments 10 and the freezing compartment 20 are provided with a refrigerating compartment door 11 and a freezing compartment door 21 for opening and closing the front opening, and storing bottles and the like inside the doors 11 and 21. The door guides 13 and 23 which can be arranged are arranged up and down. Here, in the freezing chamber 20, an ice making chamber 22 in which an ice making device for ice making is installed is partitioned at an upper portion thereof, and a plurality of shelves 40 and storage drawers 25 are disposed on the lower part of the ice making chamber 22 in an up and down direction. It is. On the other hand, in the refrigerator compartment 10 formed in the right side of the main body, the some shelf 30 which partitions the inside of the refrigerator compartment 10 is arrange | positioned up and down in the upper part, and the several drawer 15 is provided in the lower part. .

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the refrigerator compartment shelf of the refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the freezer shelf of the refrigerator according to the present invention, as shown in these drawings, the refrigerator compartment 10 and the refrigerator of the present invention In the freezing chamber 20, that is, the cooling chamber, support ribs 17 and 27 are formed on the sidewalls 12 and 22, and shelves for loading articles are supported by the support ribs 17 and 27. The support ribs 17 and 27 protrude from the side walls 12 and 22 in the cooling chamber along the front and rear directions. The support ribs 17 and 27 are predetermined in the vertical direction so as to support the shelves 30 and 40 according to the height of the goods. A plurality of support ribs 17 and 27 spaced apart by a distance are formed on the cooling chamber sidewalls 12 and 22 in the front-rear direction to face each other. On the other hand, each of the support ribs 17 and 27 starts at a position spaced apart from the front side of the cooling chamber and is spaced from the side walls 12 and 22 of the cooling chamber at a predetermined flow distance from the rear wall surfaces 14 and 24 in the cooling chamber. It protrudes and is formed. Since the support ribs 17 and 27 do not reach the rear wall surfaces 14 and 24, the effective contents of the refrigerator are increased, and the front ends 17c and 27c and the rear ends 17b and 27b of the support ribs 17 and 27 are increased. The shelf 30 and 40 can be easily installed by having smooth curvatures 17a and 27a in which the heights of both ends are gradually reduced in the region.

The shelves 30 and 40 extend beyond the flow distances of the stoppers 31 and 41 provided in the rear corner regions and the shelves 30 and 40 forward from the stoppers 31 and 41. And guide parts 33 and 43 provided at 40. The stopper parts 31 and 41 may be slightly changed in shape according to the shapes of the shelves 30 and 40 of the freezer compartment 20 and the refrigerating compartment 10, and the stopper parts of the shelves 30 and 40 of the refrigerator compartment 10. 31 and 41 are projected downward along the edge shape of the freezer shelf 30 in the corner region at the rear of the refrigerating compartment shelf 30 as shown in FIG. 3, and at the rear end 17b of the support rib 17. It is bent to correspond to the shape of the support rib 17 on the support rib 17 side so that it can be caught in contact well. Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the stopper part 41 of the freezer compartment shelf 40 has a thimble-shaped cross section in the corner area of the freezer compartment shelf 40 and protrudes downward to the bottom surface. Similarly, it is bent to correspond to the shape of the support ribs 27 on the support ribs 27 so as to be in contact with the rear end 27b of the support ribs 27.

On the other hand, the guides 33 and 43 are shelves at positions where the refrigerating chamber shelves 30 and 40 and the freezer shelves 30 and 40 pass the flow distance of the shelves 30 and 40 forward from the stopper sections 31 and 41. It extends downward from the bottom of the (30, 40) side and is then bent to the bottom of the support ribs (17, 27). The guides 33 and 43 are in contact with the rear ends 17b and 27b of the support ribs 17 and 27 when the shelves 30 and 40 slide along the support ribs 17 and 27. ) Is guided so as to slide smoothly along the support ribs 17 and 27, and at the same time, food is loaded in front of the shelves 30 and 40 so that the rear of the shelves 30 and 40 are lifted and the shelves 30 and 40 are caused. To prevent overturning).

By this configuration, the user can store food by placing the shelves 30, 40 on the support ribs 17, 27 at appropriate intervals, and the shelves 30, 40 are placed on one support rib 17, 27. If you want to move to another support rib (17, 27) in the press the front of the shelves (30, 40) pull the shelf (30, 40) when the user stops (31, 41) of the shelves (30, 40) The shelf 30 and 40 can be pulled out beyond the rear end of the support ribs 17 and 27, and the drawn shelves 30 and 40 can be installed again on the other support ribs 17 and 27 formed in the cooling chamber. Will be.

3 and 6, when the user wants to take out foods stored deep in the shelves 30 and 40 while the shelves 30 and 40 are installed in the cooling chamber, the user may use the shelves ( Pull 30, 40, the shelf (30, 40) is moved to the front along the support ribs (17, 27). Movement of the shelves 30 and 40 is continued until the stopper portions 31 and 41 of the shelves 30 and 40 are caught by the rear ends 17b and 27b of the support ribs 17 and 27, respectively. As shown in FIG. 7, when the stopper portions 31 and 41 of the shelves 30 and 40 are caught by the rear ends 17b and 27b of the support jib, the withdrawal of the shelves 30 and 40 is prevented. Therefore, the draw-out flow distance of the shelves 30 and 40 is the shelf 30 when the shelves 30 and 40 are installed in contact with the rear wall surfaces 14 and 24 of the cooling chamber in the rear end of the shelves 30 and 40. And the rear end distance of the stopper portions 31 and 41 and the support ribs 17 and 27 of. Therefore, the user can take out the shelf 30, 40 forward to the withdrawal flow distance of the shelf (30, 40), and if the shelf (30, 40) is withdrawn to the withdrawal flow distance, the food is located deep in the shelf (30, 40) Will be able to catch. When the shelves 30 and 40 are pushed in again, the shelves 30 and 40 move to the rear side, and the rear ends of the shelves 30 and 40 come into contact with the rear wall surfaces 14 and 24 of the cooling chamber. Will be stopped.

As described above, the support ribs 17 and 27 are formed to protrude from the side walls 12 and 22 along the front and rear direction at a predetermined flow distance from the rear wall surfaces 14 and 24 in the cooling chamber. On the shelves (30, 40) installed on the 27) protrudes downward from the rear end region, the shelves (30, 40) to the rear ends (17b, 27b) of the support ribs (17, 27) when the shelves (30, 40) are pulled forward by the withdrawal flow distance. By providing the stopper portions 31 and 41 in contact with each other, the shape of the support ribs 17 and 27 formed in the cooling chamber can be simplified to facilitate molding and increase the effective contents in the cooling chamber.

In the above-described embodiment, the stopper portions 31 and 41 provided in the rear end regions of the shelves 30 and 40 come into contact with the rear ends 17b and 27b of the support ribs 17 and 27, thereby turning the shelves 30 and 40. Although withdrawal of the above is limited, the rear end portions 17b and 27b of the support ribs 17 and 27 are provided with protrusions protruding by a predetermined height, and both sides of the shelves 30 and 40 have a predetermined depth in the front-rear direction. By forming a recess cut out so that the protrusion moves along the recess, when the shelves 30 and 40 are drawn out to the withdrawal flow distance, the protrusion is caught by the end of the recess so that the withdrawal of the shelves 30 and 40 is limited. Of course it can.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator which simplifies the shape of the support ribs formed in the cooling chamber to facilitate molding of the support ribs and increase the effective contents of the cooling chamber.

Claims (2)

In the refrigerator having a shelf installed in the cooling chamber to load the article, and a support rib for supporting the shelf, The support rib is provided to protrude from the side wall along the front and rear direction at a predetermined flow distance from the rear wall surface in the cooling chamber, The shelf includes: a stopper portion protruding downward from a rear end region of the shelf to contact a rear end portion of the support rib when the shelf is pulled forward by a predetermined flow distance; And a guide portion extended downwardly from the shelf to the bottom surface over the flow distance forward from the stopper portion and then bent to the lower portion of the support rib. delete