KR100848702B1 - Variable shelf for refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a variable shelf of a refrigerator using a variable position in order to use the internal space of the refrigerator efficiently.

The present invention is installed through a plurality of shelf body 21 and the shelf body 21, the storage is seated on the upper surface and to change the position of the shelf body 21 and supported on both side walls of the inside of the refrigerator It is made of a connecting rod 41 and fixing means for fixing the connecting rod 41 to the shelf body (21). The connecting rod 41 connects the shelf through part 41-1 and the plurality of shelf main bodies 21 to be penetrated through the plurality of shelf main bodies, and the vertical connection part 41 maintains the position difference between the shelf main bodies 21. -2) and a connecting protrusion 41-3 which hinges the connecting rod 41 to both side walls of the refrigerator. The fixing means is mounted on the chamber 57 inside the shelf body 21 so that the fixing protrusion member 51 and the portion of the fixing protrusion member 51 for supporting the connecting rod 41 are outside the chamber 57. It consists of a spring (55) for supporting to protrude. According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently use the space by changing the position of the shelf inside the refrigerator.

Shelf body, connecting rod, fixing protrusion member, spring

Description

Variable shelf for refrigerator {VARIABLE SHELF FOR REFRIGERATOR}

1 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of a refrigerator according to the prior art.

2 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of a refrigerator having a variable shelf according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an exploded view of a preferred embodiment of a variable shelf according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a partially exploded perspective view of the variable shelf body according to the present invention as viewed from below.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. 3.

6a, 6b and 6c is a state diagram showing that the variable shelf of the embodiment of the present invention is variable.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

21: shelf body 25: snap plate

27: snap protrusion 29: snap seating groove

31: binding protrusion 33: protrusion receiving groove

35: connecting rod passage 41: connecting rod

51: fixing protrusion member 53: stopper

55: spring 57: chamber

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a variable shelf of a refrigerator in which a plurality of shelf bodies are installed at different positions of the shelf main body while storing things are stored on an upper surface of the shelf main body.

1 shows an internal configuration of a refrigerator having a conventional shelf structure.

As shown in the drawing, the refrigerator body 1 includes an outer case 3 forming an exterior and an inner case 5 provided inside the outer case 3 to form a predetermined storage space. An insulating layer (not shown) is formed in the space between the outer case 3 and the inner case 5. The storage space formed by the inner case 5 is divided up and down and comprises a freezing chamber 7 and a refrigerating chamber 9.

In the freezing chamber 7 and the refrigerating chamber 9, a plurality of flat plate-shaped shelves 10 are installed in parallel. The shelf 10 is detachably seated on a plurality of tracks 10 'protruding from the inner sidewalls of the freezer compartment 7 or the refrigerating compartment 9, each track 10' being adapted to varying heights of the stock. It is spaced up and down a predetermined interval so as to secure a space between the shelves (10). In addition, the storage is seated on the upper surface of the shelf (10).

In order to seat the storage using the conventional shelf 10, the user selects the storage of which the height of the storage is not longer than the distance between the upper shelf and the lower shelf of the shelf 10 to a position intended by the user. Settle down.

However, the refrigerator according to the related art has the following problems.

In the refrigerator having the conventional shelf structure as described above, in order to accommodate the bulky article in the storage space of the refrigerator, the shelf 10 must be detached from the track 10 'and then placed in a new position. At this time, since the position of each track 10 'is fixed, the position of the shelf 10 bound to each track 10' can also be fixed, making it difficult to use the internal space of the refrigerator in an optimal state. Before removing the shelf 10, there was a hassle to pull out all the storage items seated on the shelf 10.

In addition, the position of the shelf 10 may not be variably changed according to the height of the storage seated on the upper surface of the shelf 10, and it is difficult to utilize the space between the upper shelf 10 and the upper surface of the storage shelf 10. There is a problem that can not efficiently store the storage of various heights on the upper surface of the.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, it is an object of the present invention to provide a variable shelf that can freely change the position according to the height of the storage without separating to the outside of the refrigerator.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention is connected to a plurality of shelf body seated on the upper surface and integrally connected to adjust the height of the shelf body and hinged to the inner side of the refrigerator It comprises a connecting rod and a fixing means for fixing the connecting rod to the shelf body.

The shelf main body is provided with a connecting rod passage through which the connecting rod is mounted, and the connecting rod passes through the connecting rod passage.

The shelf body is composed of an upper plate and a lower plate, the upper plate and the lower plate is characterized in that it further comprises a fastening means for coupling the upper plate and the lower plate.

The fastening means includes a snap plate and a binding protrusion provided on either side of the upper plate or the lower plate, and a snap seating groove and the protrusion receiving groove formed on the opposite shelf body of the upper plate or the lower plate provided with the snap plate and the binding protrusion. It is characterized by.

The fixing means is provided in a chamber formed inside the lower plate and provides an elastic force to the fixing protrusion member for supporting the fixing rod and the fixing protrusion member so as to protrude forward outside the chamber. And a spring.

The connecting rod is connected orthogonally to the shelf penetrating part on which the shelf main body is seated and the shelf penetrating part, and is perpendicular to the vertical connecting part provided at the left and right ends of the vertical connecting part and the vertical connecting part maintaining the position difference between the shelf body. The connecting rod is characterized in that it is composed of a rotating projection for rotatably connecting the inner side of the refrigerator.

According to the variable shelf for a refrigerator according to the present invention, the position of the shelf can be changed in accordance with the height of the storage seated in the refrigerator storage space has the advantage that the refrigerator storage space can be efficiently utilized.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of a variable shelf for a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described in detail.

2 to 5 show a preferred embodiment of a variable shelf for a refrigerator according to the present invention.

As shown, the freezer compartment 13 and the refrigerating compartment 15 are formed in the refrigerator body 11. Doors 13 ′ and 15 ′ that open and close the freezer compartment 13 and the refrigerating compartment 15 are hinged to the refrigerator body 11 on the front surface of the freezing compartment 13 and the refrigerating compartment 15.

In the refrigerating chamber 15, a variable shelf and a conventional flat plate shelf 17 for seating a storage are provided. The variable shelf and the flat plate shelf 17 are respectively provided in the refrigerating compartment 15 or the freezing compartment 13 so that the inside of the storage space of the refrigerator can be partitioned and used.

As shown in Fig. 3, the shelf main body 21 constituting the variable shelf is formed in the shape of a square plate and is formed of an upper plate 21 'and a lower plate 21 ". The upper surface of the shelf main body 21 is It is formed flat so that the storage can be seated, and the edge of the upper surface of the shelf body 21 has a predetermined height.

Shelf body 21 may be provided with a plurality depending on the user's intention to use. In the present embodiment, three shelf bodies 21 are provided, which are composed of a left shelf body 21-1, a central shelf body 21-2, and a right shelf body 21-3.

In the shelf body 21, the front portion is formed such that the lower end portion protrudes in the front direction of the refrigerator more than the upper end portion and is inclined obliquely.

The upper plate 21 ′ of the shelf main body 21 is provided with a lower plate seating portion 23 for recessing a predetermined portion of the lower surface upward so as to bind the lower plate 21 ″. It is formed in a shape corresponding to the lower plate 21 "so that the lower plate 21" of the shelf main body 21 is seated. And the fixing protrusion which comprises the fixing means which are demonstrated below at the front-end | tip of both sides of the lower plate 21 ". The member 51 is provided.

In the center of the front surface of the lower plate 21 "is provided with a snap plate 25 for binding to the upper plate 21 'as shown in Fig. 4. The snap plate 25 is characterized by the characteristics of the material and shape The elastic deformation is possible, and the upper plate 21 'and the lower plate 21 "of the shelf main body 21 are snap-coupled. The snap plate 25 has a shape in which the plate is bent at a predetermined angle, and a snap protrusion 27 is formed at a predetermined point of the snap plate 25. The snap protrusion 27 has a shape corresponding to the snap seating groove 29 to snap to the snap seating groove 29 formed on one side of the inner surface of the lower plate seating portion 23 in the upper plate 21 ′.

A plurality of fastening protrusions 31 for fastening with the top plate 21 ′ are provided on the rear surface of the lower plate 21 ″. As shown, two fastening protrusions 31 are provided at regular intervals. In order to be seated in the projection receiving groove 33 provided on the rear of the lower plate mounting portion 23 has a shape corresponding to the projection receiving groove 33. And the upper plate (21 ') of the shelf body (21) The connecting rod passage 35 for connecting the connecting rod 41 through the lower surface and the upper surface of the lower plate 21 ″ is provided.

Although not shown in the drawing, the snap seating groove 29 and the protrusion receiving groove 33 of the upper plate 21 'described above are provided in the lower plate 21 ", and the snap plate 25 of the lower plate 21" is provided. And the binding protrusion 31 may be provided on the upper plate 21 ′, and the mounting positions thereof may be opposite to each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, the connecting rod 41 maintains a position difference between the shelf penetrating portion 41-1 and the shelf body 21 coupled to and penetrate the shelf body 21. Rotating protrusion 41-3 for rotatably coupling the connecting rod 41 to the inner side of the refrigerator main body 11 and the vertical connecting portion 41-2 for connecting the 21-1, 21-2, 21-3. It consists of.

The connecting rod 41 has left and right shelf shelves 21-1, a central shelf body 21-2, and a shelf penetrating portion 41-1 on which the right shelf body 21-3 is seated at regular intervals. It is formed long. At the left and right ends of the shelf through portion 41-1, the shelf through portion 41-1 is bent orthogonally to form a vertical connection portion 41-2. In addition, the vertical connecting portion 41-3 positioned at the left and right ends of the connecting rod 41 is bent in the outward direction of the connecting rod 41 to form a pivoting protrusion 41-3.

In addition, the rotation protrusion 41-3 provided at both ends of the connecting rod 41 is inserted into the insertion hole 43 at the inner side of the refrigerator main body 11 so as to be rotatable. Therefore, the position of each part of the connecting rod 41 described above may be changed in position by the rotation of the connecting rod 41.

On the other hand, the partial detailed view of Figure 3 shows a state in which the shelf body 21 and the connecting rod 41 is coupled. As shown in the partial detail of FIG. 3, the fixing protrusion member 51 is positioned in close contact with the left and right sides of the connecting rod 41 and the inside of the shelf main body 21 in which the fixing protrusion member 51 is located. As shown in FIG. 5, a chamber 57 in which the fixing protrusion member 51 may be seated is formed.

The fixing means is in close contact with the left and right sides of the connecting rod 41, the fixing protrusion member 51 for fixing the connecting rod 41 and the stopper for supporting the fixing protrusion member 51 so as not to escape to the outside of the chamber 57 ( 53 and the fixing protruding member 51 are always constituted by a spring 55 which protrudes out of the chamber 57.

It is preferable that the fixing protrusion member 51 is mounted to the chamber 57 of the shelf body 21, and always protrudes out of the opening of the chamber 57 by the spring 55 mounted to the chamber 57. Do. The tip of the fixing protrusion member 51 is formed in a hemispherical protrusion shape, and the tip protrudes by the elastic force of the spring 55 to the outside of the chamber 57.

A stopper 53 is formed around the center of the fixing protrusion member 51. The stopper 53 is in contact with the inner edge of the opening of the chamber 57 and is configured such that the fixing protruding member 51 is not separated out of the chamber 57 even by the elastic force of the spring 55.

The spring 55 mounted in the chamber 57 is made of a material having elastic force. In addition, the spring 55 may be positioned inward of the fixing protrusion member 51 in the chamber 57 so that the tip of the fixing protrusion 51 may protrude out of the opening of the chamber 57 at all times. To be supported.

Hereinafter, the operation of the variable shelf of the refrigerator according to the present invention having the configuration as described above in detail.

Referring to the process of detaching the shelf body 21 and the connecting rod 41 according to the structure of the shelf body 21 shown in FIG. 4, first, the connecting rod 41 is seated in the connecting rod passage 35. Then, the binding protrusion 31 provided on the rear surface of the lower plate 21 ″ is seated in the protrusion receiving groove 33 provided on the inner side of the upper plate 21 ′, and then the snap plate 25 is mounted on the upper plate 21 ′. Snap snaps to the snap seating groove 29 provided in the.

On the contrary, when the shelf main body 21 and the connecting rod 41 are separated, the lower plate 21 "is separated from the upper plate 21 'by pushing the snap plate 25 backward and pulling it downward. According to this, the shelf main body 21 can be separated from the connecting rod 41 to be washed and stored.

6A, 6B and 6C illustrate a process of using a preferred embodiment of a variable shelf for a refrigerator according to the present invention.

In order to explain the process of using the variable shelf first looks at the process of the connecting rod 41 is fixed or rotated to the shelf body (21). When the user pushes or pulls the shelf main body 21 toward the front or the rear of the refrigerator, the fixing protrusion member 51 is the chamber 57 by the hemispherical shape of the upper end of the fixing protrusion member 51 in contact with the connecting rod 41. Inside). Alternatively, the user presses the fixing protrusion member 51 to enter the chamber 57. After the connecting rod 41 is rotated at a predetermined angle, the fixing protrusion member 51, which has entered the chamber 57, protrudes again by the elastic force of the spring 55. In this way, the connecting rod 41 is configured to be fixed or rotated to the shelf body 21.

However, the elastic modulus k of the spring 55 does not enter the fixing protruding member 51 into the chamber 57 by the load of the storage material placed on the upper surface of the shelf, but the fixing protruding member 51 by the user's operation. It is desirable to have a value in a predetermined range so that) may enter the chamber 57.

Looking at the process of varying the variable shelf by the operation method as described above, first, as shown in Figure 6a, the left shelf body 21-1 and the right shelf body 21-3 is located below, the central shelf body ( 21-2) is located above. At this time, according to the detailed view of the part of Figure 6a the central shelf body (21-2) fixed projection members 51 located on both sides of the connecting rod 41 is fixed in close contact with the connecting rod 41, the connecting rod ( As the 41 is fixed, the left and right shelf bodies 21-1 and 21-3 are also fixed.

And, as shown in Figure 6b, when the user wants to change the position of the shelf main body 21 to pull the center shelf main body 21-2 to the front, the fixing projection member of the center shelf main body 21-2 ( The fixing protruding member 51 provided in the refrigerator inward direction relatively in 51 will enter the inside of the chamber 57 as mentioned above.

When the central shelf body 21-2 starts to rotate, the connecting protrusion 41, which is integrally coupled to the central shelf body 21-2, is hinged to the left and right sides of the refrigerator body 11. Rotate around -3). At this time, while the center shelf main body 21-2 is rotated downward, the connecting rod 41 connected to the center shelf main body 21-2 is rotated integrally so that the left and right shelf main bodies 21-1, 21-3 is rotated upwardly opposite to the rotational direction of the center lathe main body 21-2.

At this time, when the center shelf main body 21-2 and the left and right shelf main bodies 21-1 and 21-3 are rotated and located on the same plane, the front end of the center shelf main body 21-2 and the left and right shelf It is preferable that the length between the rear ends of the main bodies 21-1 and 21-3 is not longer than the length from the front end to the rear end of the internal space of the refrigerator.

As shown in FIG. 6C, after the shelf main bodies 21 are rotated by a predetermined angle, the fixing protruding members 51 positioned relatively outside the refrigerator in the left and right shelf main bodies 21-1 and 21-3 are rotated. ) Begin to enter the interior of the chamber 57 by the connecting rod 41, respectively.

Therefore, according to the partial detail view of FIG. 6C, when the center shelf body 21-2 is positioned downward and the left and right shelf bodies 21-1 and 21-3 are positioned upward, the left and right sides are located. The fixing protrusions 51 that enter the chamber 57 of the shelf bodies 21-1 and 21-3 protrude out of the chamber 57 to be in close contact with both sides of the connecting rod 41, so that the left and right sides are close to each other. Shelf bodies 21-1 and 21-3 are fixed to the connecting rod 41. As the connecting rod 41 is fixed, the shelf bodies 21-1, 21-2, and 21-3, which are bound thereto, are also integrally fixed so that the position of the variable shelf can be varied.

If the variable method of the above-mentioned variable shelf is inversely variable, the above-mentioned process is reversed.

Within the scope of the basic technical spirit of the present invention, many modifications are possible to those skilled in the art, and the scope of the present invention should be interpreted based on the appended claims. something to do.

According to the variable lathe according to the present invention configured as described above, the following effects are expected.

First, since the height of the left and right shelf body and the center shelf body can be different, the user can rest the storage in an appropriate position according to the size of the storage. Therefore, the user can use the storage space of the refrigerator more efficiently.

Claims (6)

delete A plurality of shelf bodies which are stored on the upper surface and arranged in parallel, Connecting rod integrally connected to adjust the height of the shelf body and hinged to the inner side of the refrigerator, It comprises a fixing means for fixing the connecting rod to the shelf body, Inside the shelf body is provided with a connecting rod passage for mounting the connecting rod, Variable shelf for a refrigerator, characterized in that the connecting rod is mounted through the connecting rod passage.        According to claim 2, The shelf body,        Consisting of the top and bottom plates,        The upper plate and the lower plate is a variable shelf for a refrigerator further comprising a fastening means for coupling the upper plate and the lower plate.        The method of claim 3, wherein the fastening means,        A snap plate and a binding protrusion provided on one side of the upper plate and the lower plate,        Variable shelf for a refrigerator, characterized in that consisting of a snap seating groove and a projection receiving groove formed in the opposite shelf body of the upper plate or the lower plate provided with the snap plate and the binding projection. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein the fixing means, A fixing protrusion member provided in the chamber formed inside the lower plate and supporting the connecting rod to fix the connecting rod, and a spring providing an elastic force to the fixing protrusion member so that the fixing protrusion member protrudes outward from the chamber. Variable shelf for refrigerators, characterized in that it comprises. The method of claim 5, wherein the connecting rod, A shelf penetrating part formed with the shelf main body seated on the left and right sides; A vertical connection part connected orthogonally to the shelf through part and maintaining a position difference between the shelf body; A variable shelf for refrigerators, characterized in that it is connected orthogonally to the vertical connecting portion provided at the left and right ends of the vertical connecting portion, the rotating rod is connected to the inner side of the refrigerator to be rotatable.

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