KR100512729B1 - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a refrigerator having at least one cooling chamber and a door for opening and closing the cooling chamber, comprising: a support member mounted inside the door; A door guard rotatably coupled to the support member, the door guard being rotatable between an accommodation position accommodated in the support member and an inclined position inclined with respect to the support member; It characterized in that it comprises a spring member for providing an elastic force to the door guard so that the door guard moves elastically from the inclined position toward the receiving position. As a result, since the door guard may be disposed to be inclined with respect to the inner plate surface of the door, a refrigerator having a door guard capable of accommodating more items of various sizes without varying the inner space of the article accommodating portion formed in the door guard is provided. Can be.

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator having a door guard that can accommodate a variety of items of various sizes by varying the mounting angle of the door guard mounted on the inner side of the door.

Refrigerators generally have a relatively low temperature freezer compartment and a relatively high temperature refrigerator compartment, and a plurality of shelves and storage drawers for storing food are provided in the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

Meanwhile, door guards are provided in the freezing chamber door and the refrigerating chamber door, which rotate and open the openings formed in front of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, respectively, so that it is easy to store beverages of bottles and cans, foods of small packages, and other foods. .

As an example of such a door guard, a plurality of door guards disclosed in the Utility Model Registration No. 20-0217532 is horizontal along the up and down direction on the inner wall surface of the door having a door inner plate disposed with a thermal insulation interval with the door outer plate of the judge Is fitted.

The door guards form an article receiving part which is upwardly opened in a rectangular cylindrical shape, and engaging grooves formed in up and down directions are formed on both outer walls of the door guards so that the engaging grooves of the door guards engage with the engaging protrusions formed on the inner wall surface of the door inner plate. As a result, the door guard is mounted along the vertical direction on the door inner plate. The door guard is at an angle of almost 90 degrees with respect to the plate surface of the door inner plate.

However, in the conventional refrigerator, as described above, since the door guard is mounted on the inner side of the door in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface of the inner plate of the door, the door guard exceeds the space that can accommodate the article holding portion formed by the door guard. There is a problem in that it is not easy to accommodate the article to represent an uncomfortable limit on space utilization. In other words, even if a user wants to accommodate various items of various sizes in the door guard, the width of the door guard article accommodating part has a predetermined size, and because the door guard is disposed perpendicular to the plate surface of the door inner plate, There is a problem that the article can not be universally accommodated.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator having a door guard that can accommodate more various items of various sizes by varying the mounting angle of the door guard mounted on the inner side of the door.

According to the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator comprising at least one cooling chamber and a door for opening and closing the cooling chamber, comprising: a supporting member mounted inside the door; A door guard rotatably coupled to the support member, the door guard being rotatable between an accommodation position accommodated in the support member and an inclined position inclined with respect to the support member; The door guard is achieved by a refrigerator comprising a spring member for providing an elastic force to the door guard to elastically move from the inclined position toward the receiving position.

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On the other hand, a pair of rotary shafts provided on both sides of any one of the inner surface and the door guard of the support member and protruding from the plate surface toward the other; A pair of bites provided on the inner side of the support member and on both sides of the other of the door guards to rotatably receive the pair of rotation shafts so that the door guard can rotate between the receiving position and the inclined position; It is preferable to further contain a part.

And, each inner surface of the support member is provided with a first locking jaw is spaced apart from the rotating shaft and the rotating shaft is coupled to one side of the spring member, each of the outer surface of the door guard the biting portion and the biting portion It is preferred that a second catching jaw is disposed spaced apart from the other side of the spring member is coupled.

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

1 is a door open state of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded view of the door guard in the installation area of the door guard according to FIG. As shown in these drawings, the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention has a main body 1 in which the freezing compartment 20 and the refrigerating compartment 10 are divided left and right by an intermediate partition, and the freezing compartment 20 and the refrigerating compartment Each front opening of (10) is provided with a freezing chamber door 24 and a refrigerating chamber door 10 for opening and closing the front opening.

In the freezing chamber 20, an ice making chamber 22 having an ice making device for making ice is partitioned at an upper portion thereof, and a plurality of shelves 23 and storage drawers 25 are disposed at an upper portion of the ice making chamber 22. In the refrigerating chamber 10, a plurality of shelves 13 partitioning the inside of the refrigerating chamber 10 are arranged above, and a plurality of storage drawers 15 are provided below.

The doors 14 and 24 are provided with door inner plates 17 and 27 disposed at a spaced apart interval from the plate-shaped door outer plates 16 and 26, and each door 14 is located at one side of the door outer plates 17 and 27. Door handles 18 and 28 are provided to provide grip when opening and closing the 24.

On the other hand, inside each door 14, 24, the some door guard 30 which can accommodate a bottle etc. is arrange | positioned up and down. Hereinafter, since the configuration of the door guard 30 installed in the refrigerating chamber door 14 and the door guard 30 installed in the freezing chamber door 24 is the same, only the door guard 30 installed in the refrigerating chamber door 14 will be described. Let's do it.

The door guard 30 has a tubular shape of an upside opening formed therein, and has an article accommodating portion 31 for accommodating an article therein, and a beverage bottle or a bottle in the article accommodating portion 31 through an upward opening. In addition to wine bottles, other items such as food and fruit are accepted.

In addition, when the door guard 30 is mounted on the door inner plate between the both outer walls of the door guard 30 and both side walls of the door inner plate 17, the door guard 30 is disposed perpendicularly to the door inner plate 17 or predetermined with respect to the door inner plate. Coupling means which can be arranged to be inclined at an angle of is provided.

The engaging means includes locking protrusions 41 and 42 protruding from each side wall plate surface of both side walls of the door inner plate 17 having a substantially C-shaped cross section, and both side walls of the door inner plate 17 on which the locking protrusions 41 and 42 are formed. And engaging portions 32, 34, and 36 recessed from the side wall plate surfaces of both outer walls of the door guard 30 in contact with each other.

The locking projections 41 and 42 are provided in pairs on both side walls of the door inner plate 17, and the first and second locking projections 41 and 42 formed on each side wall are arranged on the same line with a predetermined distance from each other. It is arranged.

Three locking portions 32, 34 and 36 are provided on each outer wall of the door guard 30, and the first, second and third locking portions 32, 34 and 36 formed on each outer wall are arranged as follows. . The first first catching part 32 and the second catching part 34 are spaced apart from each other, and the third catching part 36 is predetermined below the ends of the first and second catching parts 32 and 34. It is arranged at intervals of.

One side surface of the first locking portion 32 is a vertical position slope 32a positioned on the first reference line c parallel to the plate surface of the door inner plate 17, and both sides of the second locking portion 34 are first It is the inclination position inclined surface 32b inclined so that it may be located on the 2nd reference line d inclined from the reference line c.

One side of the third catching portion 36 includes a vertical position inclined surface 36a positioned on the same line as the first reference line c, and an inclined position inclined surface 36b positioned on a line parallel to the second reference line d. Formed.

By such a configuration, when the door guard 30 is mounted on the door inner plate 17, the door guard 30 may be mounted in a vertical position that is substantially perpendicular to the plate surface of the door inner plate 17, or the door inner plate ( 17) can be mounted to the door inner plate 17 in an inclined position forming a predetermined inclination angle with respect to the plate surface of the 17. The mounting method is as follows. 3 and 4 are state diagrams in which the door guard and the door inner plate are arranged substantially perpendicular to each other, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are state diagrams in which the door guard is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the door inner plate.

First, when the user wants to mount the door guard 30 substantially perpendicular to the plate inner surface of the door inner plate 17, the first locking projection 41 of the door inner plate 17 and the first locking portion of the door guard 30 ( 32 to engage the first locking projection 41 of the door inner plate 17 in contact with the vertical position inclined surface 32a of the first locking portion 32 of the door guard 30, The second locking protrusion 42 is engaged with the third locking portion 36 of the door guard 30 so that the vertical position inclined surface 36a of the third locking portion 36 of the door guard 30 comes into contact with each other.

On the other hand, when the user wants to mount so as to be inclined at a predetermined inclination angle with respect to the plate inner surface of the door inner plate 17, for example, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the door inner plate so that the door guard 30 is inclined toward the front If it is to be attached to (17), the first locking projection 41 of the door inner plate 17 and the second locking portion 34 of the door guard 30 are engaged, and the second locking stone of the door inner plate 17 is engaged. And the third locking part 36 of the door guard 30 are engaged. At this time, the second locking projection 42 of the door inner plate 17 is in contact with the inclined position inclined surface 36b formed on the third locking portion 36 of the door guard 30.

As such, the article receiving portion 31 formed in the door guard 30 is determined to have a predetermined size, so that the quantity that the article receiving portion 31 can accommodate is limited, but the user may vary the amount to the door guard 30 in a larger amount. When the article is to be accommodated, the door guard 30 which is vertically disposed with respect to the door inner plate 17 can be easily removed, and the door guard 30 may be inclined with respect to the door inner plate 17 to be remounted. The article may be accommodated in the door guard 30.

In the following description, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described, and a description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment will be omitted. And the same name and the same reference numerals will be used for repeating the same configuration as the first embodiment described above.

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a door guard installation area of a refrigerator according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a state diagram in which the door guard and the door inner plate according to FIG. 7 are disposed to be substantially perpendicular to each other. It is sectional drawing along the VII-VII line of FIG. As shown in these figures, between the both outer walls of the door guard 50 and the support member 60 mounted on the door inner plate 17 of the door, the door guard 50 is supported by the support member of the door inner plate 17. Coupling means is provided to rotate between the receiving position mounted on 60) and the inclined position in which the door guard 50 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the supporting member 60.

Coupling means includes a rotary shaft 70 protruding from both inner side walls of the support member 60 mounted on the door inner plate 17 having a substantially C-shaped cross section, and both sidewalls of the support member 60 on which the rotary shaft 70 is formed. It includes a gripping portion (80) protruding from each side wall plate surface of both outer walls of the door guard 50 in contact to rotatably receive the rotating shaft (70).

The rotating shaft 70 is provided on both inner walls of the support member 60, and each inner wall of the supporting member 60 on which the rotating shaft 70 is formed is spaced a predetermined distance from the rotating shaft 70 to be described later. The first catching jaw 71 that one side of the 90 is caught is formed.

The gripping portion 80 is provided on both outer walls of the door guard 50, and the support member 60 of the support member 60 can rotate between the receiving position (see FIG. 9) and the inclined position (FIG. 10). The rotation shaft 70 is rotatably received. Each outer wall of the door guard 50 in which the catching portion 80 is formed is spaced apart from the catching portion 80 by a predetermined distance, and the second catching portion catches the other side of the spring member 90 on one side of the first catching jaw 71. The jaw 81 is protruded. Here, the second catching jaw 81 is provided as a pair.

The spring member 90 is a torsion spring, one side of which is supported by the first catching jaw 71 of the support member 60, and the other side of the pair of second catching jaws 81 of the door guard 50. The door guard 50 moved from the receiving position (see FIG. 9) to the inclined position (see FIG. 10) to be elastically rotated to the original position of the receiving position (see FIG. 9). To provide rotational elastic force.

Hereinafter, the operation of the door guard 50 will be described. 8 and 9 are accommodated in the door guard 50 and the support member 60, Figure 10 is a state in which the door guard 50 is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the support member 60.

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Accordingly, when the user grips the door guard 50 at the accommodation position (see FIGS. 8 and 9) and pulls the door guard 50 forward to move toward the inclined position, the door guard 50 has a grip portion ( It rotates toward an inclined position (refer to FIG. 10) about the rotation shaft 70 rotatably accommodated in 80, wherein the torsion spring, which is the spring member 90, is twisted. And when the user removes the pressing force on the door guard 50 to apply the door guard 50 to the inclined position, the door guard 50 is rotated by the elastic return force of the torsion spring spring member 90 By resiliently rotating toward the receiving position (FIGS. 8 and 9) around the center 70, the original position is returned to the receiving position (FIGS. 8 and 9).

As described above, in the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the article accommodating part 31 formed in the door guard 50 is determined to have a predetermined size, and thus the quantity that the article accommodating part 31 can accommodate is limited. When the user wants to accommodate a variety of items in a larger amount in the door guard 50, because the door guard 50 can be moved from the receiving position to the inclined position door guard 50 In addition to being accommodated in the case, when the torsion spring is a spring member 90, even if a lot of items are accommodated in the door guard 50, the door guard 50 by the elastic force of the torsion spring spring member 90 Is able to return from the inclined position to the receiving position.

On the other hand, in the above-described second embodiment, the biting portion 80 is provided on the door guard 50 and the rotating shaft 70 is provided on the supporting member 60, but the biting portion may be formed on the supporting member and the rotating shaft may be formed on the door guard. have. In addition, in the above-described second embodiment, the support member 60 for mounting the door guard 50 is provided on the inner surface of the door inner plate 17, but the door guard is directly mounted on the inner surface of the door inner plate without the support member. In this case, the bite portion is formed on any one of the inner surface and the door guard of the inner plate of the door and the rotating shaft is provided on the other.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the door guard can be arranged to be inclined with respect to the inner surface of the door, it is possible to accommodate more items of various sizes without changing the internal space of the article receiving portion formed in the door guard. A refrigerator having a door guard is provided.

1 is a door open state of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an exploded view of the door guard in the installation area of the door guard according to FIG.

3 and 4 is a state in which the door guard and the door inner plate is disposed almost perpendicular to each other,

5 and 6 is a state in which the door guard is arranged inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the door inner plate,

7 is an exploded view in a door guard installation area of a refrigerator according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a state in which the door guard and the door inner plate according to FIG. 7 are disposed to be substantially perpendicular to each other,

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a state cross-sectional view of the door guard of FIG. 9 disposed at an angle with respect to the door inner plate. FIG.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: body 10: refrigerator

14: refrigerator door 20: freezer

24: freezer door 30: door guard

31: the article receiving part 32: the first catching part

34: second jammer 36: third jammer

41: first jamming projection 42: second jamming projection

Claims (6)

A refrigerator having at least one cooling chamber and a door for opening and closing the cooling chamber, A support member mounted inside the door; A door guard rotatably coupled to the support member, the door guard being rotatable between an accommodation position accommodated in the support member and an inclined position inclined with respect to the support member; And a spring member providing an elastic force to the door guard so that the door guard moves elastically from the inclined position toward the accommodation position. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, A pair of rotating shafts provided on both sides of one of the inner side of the support member and the door guard and protruding from the plate surface toward the other; A pair of bites provided on the inner side of the support member and on both sides of the other of the door guards to rotatably receive the pair of rotation shafts so that the door guard can rotate between the receiving position and the inclined position; A refrigerator further comprising a wealth. The method of claim 5, Each inner side surface of the support member is provided with a first latching jaw is spaced apart from the rotating shaft and the rotating shaft is coupled to one side of the spring member, Each outer surface of the door guard is provided with a second catching jaw which is spaced apart from the biting portion and the biting portion is coupled to the other side of the spring member.