KR101055737B1

KR101055737B1 - Kimchi refrigerator

Info

Publication number: KR101055737B1
Application number: KR1020080096655A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 강대길; 김주현
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2008-10-01
Filing date: 2008-10-01
Publication date: 2011-08-11
Also published as: KR20100037361A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a kimchi refrigerator.

The present invention provides a storage compartment in which a shelf on which a storage container is placed is installed; A door for opening and closing the storage compartment; An auxiliary door having a lower portion rotatably mounted on the door; It provides a kimchi refrigerator comprising a shelf moving unit for moving the shelf so that the storage container is withdrawn from the storage compartment when the auxiliary door is opened.

According to the present invention, the shelf can be automatically taken out with the opening and closing of the auxiliary door, and the storage container placed in the storage compartment can be easily slid and seated on the auxiliary door while covering the gap formed between the door and the auxiliary door.

Kimchi refrigerator, auxiliary door

Description

A Kimchi Refrigerator

The present invention relates to a kimchi refrigerator, and more particularly to a kimchi refrigerator provided with an auxiliary door to the door.

Generally, a refrigerator is divided into a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment to store and store food. The fridge is kept at approximately 3-4 ° C. to keep food fresh and stored for a long time, while the freezer is kept at sub-zero temperature to keep food frozen.

Recently, various types of products have been released for a variety of purposes, such as Kimchi refrigerator. Kimchi refrigerator is a refrigerator made for storing kimchi, and keeps the internal storage space at 0 ~ 5 ℃ to allow kimchi to ripen and store.

Kimchi refrigerator is configured to allow independent temperature control of each storage space formed therein can store not only kimchi but also various foods such as vegetables, fruits and meat.

Such a kimchi refrigerator has a drawer-type kimchi refrigerator in which food is stored while the drawer-shaped door is withdrawn / retracted from the front of the storage space, and a lid type (or lid) including a lid to allow food to enter and exit the storage space opened upward. Upper opening and closing type) Kimchi refrigerator, and the combined kimchi refrigerator can be classified into the drawer type and lid type.

1 shows a form of a drawer type kimchi refrigerator.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, three storage compartments (not shown) partitioned from each other may be formed in the kimchi refrigerator 101. The lower two storage compartments of the storage compartments are slid by the drawer door 125 and are opened and closed in the front and rear directions, respectively, and the upper storage compartment 115 is opened and closed in the left and right directions by the door 120 hinged to one side of the main body. do.

On the other hand, the auxiliary door 130 is installed in the door 120. The auxiliary door 130 has a lower end coupled to the door 120 by a hinge (not shown), and opens and closes a part of the storage compartment while rotating up and down about the hinge.

When the storage chamber is opened, the auxiliary door 130 is perpendicular to the door 120. The user can take out the storage container placed in the storage room or put the storage container on the auxiliary door 130 to remove kimchi.

However, a problem may arise that the storage container taken out of the storage chamber is caught due to a gap generated between the door 120 and the auxiliary door 130. In addition, when the surface of the auxiliary door 130 is not entirely parallel, the storage container placed on the auxiliary door 130 is not only inclined, but also is difficult to be pulled out of the storage chamber in a sliding manner.

If the storage container removed from the storage room is shaken or inclined like this, the contents may be counted out.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a kimchi refrigerator that can be easily seated on the auxiliary door by slidingly moving the storage container placed in the storage chamber while covering the gap formed between the door and the auxiliary door.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a storage compartment in which a shelf on which a storage container is placed is installed; A door for opening and closing the storage compartment; An auxiliary door having a lower portion rotatably mounted on the door; A shelf moving part which automatically moves the shelf as the auxiliary door is opened so that the top surface of the auxiliary door and the top surface of the shelf form the same plane, so that the storage container placed on the shelf can be withdrawn from the storage compartment. Provide a kimchi refrigerator containing.

The shelf may shield the lower gap between the door and the auxiliary door when the shelf is pulled out and slide the storage container from the storage compartment to the auxiliary door.

The storage compartment is provided with a bottom plate, the shelf may be installed to be movable on the bottom plate.

The shelf moving part may include a locking groove formed in the shelf and a locking protrusion coupled to the auxiliary door and selectively fitted to the locking groove according to the rotation of the auxiliary door.

The locking projection may include a vertical portion vertical to the shelf when the auxiliary door is opened, and a locking portion extending to be bent and inserted into the locking groove.

The auxiliary door may include a first wall surface adjacent to the storage chamber, and a second wall surface formed on the first wall surface to be seated at an end of the shelf.

The shelf seated on the second wall surface and the first wall surface may have parallel sides.

In another aspect of the present invention to achieve the above object, a storage compartment is installed bottom plate; A door for opening and closing the storage compartment; And a shelf which is placed on the bottom plate and is automatically moved from the storage chamber as the auxiliary door is opened to form a coplanar surface which is connected to the upper surface of the auxiliary door, thereby allowing the storage container placed above to be withdrawn from the storage chamber. Provide kimchi refrigerator.

It may include a shelf moving unit coupled to the shelf and the auxiliary door to draw out the shelf.

Kimchi refrigerator according to the present invention described above is as follows.

First, the storage container placed in the storage compartment can be easily slid to cover the gap formed between the door and the auxiliary door to be seated on the auxiliary door.

Second, the storage container can be easily taken out by automatically sliding sliding with the opening of the auxiliary door.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention that can specifically realize the above object will be described.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the kimchi refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the auxiliary door is closed, Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view of the moment the auxiliary door is opened, Figure 5 is a secondary door Fig. 6 is a side cross-sectional view of the moment when the auxiliary door is closed, and Fig. 7 is a main side cross-sectional view showing the opening and closing operation of the auxiliary door.

As shown in these drawings, the kimchi refrigerator 1 of the present embodiment includes a main body 10 in which a storage compartment is formed, and a door installed in the main body 10 to open and close the storage compartment.

The main body 10 may be formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the main body 10 is provided with a plurality of storage compartments which are divided up and down to accommodate kimchi.

Each of the storage chambers has an open front. That is, each storage compartment is exposed through the front surface of the main body 10. The opened front surface of the storage compartment is selectively opened and closed by a door formed in a size corresponding to the front surface of each storage chamber.

In the present embodiment, two storage compartments located at the lower side of the storage compartments are respectively opened and closed in the front-rear direction while being slid by the drawer door 25, and the storage compartment 15 positioned at the upper is hingedly coupled to one side of the main body 10. The door 20 is opened and closed in the left and right directions.

The opening door 20 has an opening 21 communicating with the storage compartment. The opening 21 may have a rectangular shape, and the opening 21 is opened and closed by the auxiliary door 30.

The auxiliary door 30 is rotatably mounted to the opening door 20 and has a shape corresponding to the opening 21. As shown in FIG. 3, the auxiliary door 130 has a lower end coupled to the hinged door 20 by a hinge 35 to open and close some space of the storage compartment 15 while pivoting up and down about the hinge 35. do.

The bottom plate 13 is provided below the storage chamber 15. The shelf plate 13 is installed on the bottom plate 13 so as to be movable, and a storage container 5 in which kimchi or the like is accommodated is placed.

The shelf 40 may be installed to slide in a sliding groove (not shown) formed in the side wall of the storage compartment 15. Of course, the shelf 40 may be installed in the storage compartment 15 so as to simply place the shelf 40 on the bottom plate 13 to slide the upper portion of the bottom plate 13.

On the other hand, the shelf 40 is moved from the bottom plate 13 when the auxiliary door 30 is opened to draw out the storage container (5). To this end, when the auxiliary door 30 opens the opening 21, a shelf moving part 50 is provided to move the shelf 40 from the storage compartment 15 to draw out the storage container 5.

Shelf moving part 50 to slide the storage container from the storage compartment 15 to the auxiliary door 30 while shielding the gap generated between the auxiliary door 30 and the opening door 20 at the time of withdrawal.

More specifically, the shelf moving part 50 is coupled to the locking groove 51 formed on the shelf 40 and the auxiliary door 30 and selectively fits into the locking groove 51 according to the rotation of the auxiliary door 30. Losing protrusions 53 may be included.

The locking protrusion 53 extends to be bent into the vertical portion 54 perpendicular to the shelf 40 and the vertical portion 54 when the auxiliary door 30 is opened, and is inserted into the locking groove 51. 55).

When the auxiliary door 30 is closed, the first wall surface 31 adjacent to the storage chamber 15 and the second wall surface 33 which is stepped downward from the first wall surface 31 and at which the end of the shelf 40 is located are located. And a third wall surface 34 which is stepped downward from the second wall surface 33 and on which the locking protrusion 53 is installed.

When the auxiliary door 30 is opened, the auxiliary door 30 is preferably installed at an appropriate position so that the first wall 31 has the same height as the upper surface of the shelf 40. The second wall surface 31 is stepped downward from the first wall surface 31 so that the end of the moving shelf 40 is located. The vertical portion 54 of the locking protrusion 53 is coupled to the third wall surface 34.

When the auxiliary door 30 is closed as shown in FIG. 3, the shelf 40 is placed on the top of the bottom plate 13 and the storage container 5 is placed on the shelf 40.

At this time, the locking protrusion 53 of the shelf moving part 50 is positioned below the locking groove 51, and the end of the shelf 40 is positioned adjacent to the second wall surface 33 of the auxiliary door 30.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the user rotates the auxiliary door 30 up and down about the hinge 35, the shelf moving unit 50 starts to pull out the shelf 40. That is, the engaging protrusion 53 of the shelf moving part 50 is inserted into the engaging groove 51 of the shelf 40 while rotating, and the end of the shelf 40 which forms the engaging groove 51 while rotating along the trajectory is formed. Pulled.

Accordingly, the shelf 40 is extended to be perpendicular to the door 10 when the auxiliary door 30 is fully opened as shown in FIG. 5 while being gradually drawn out toward the front with the rotation of the auxiliary door 30. In this case, the moved shelf 30 is placed on the second wall surface 33, and the upper part of the extracted shelf 30 has a height parallel to the first wall surface 31 of the auxiliary door 30.

As a result, the shelf 40 moves forward and slides the storage container 5 placed on the shelf 40. The withdrawn shelf 40 not only blocks the gap between the opening door 20 and the auxiliary door 30, but the withdrawn shelf 40 is positioned to be parallel to the first wall surface 31. Accordingly, the user can move the storage container 5 placed in the storage compartment 15 by hand to move it from the storage compartment 15 and place it on the auxiliary door 30.

In addition, the problem that the storage container 5 is caught in the gap is eliminated, and the storage container 5 placed on the auxiliary door 30 does not tilt.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, in order to close the opened auxiliary door 30, the locking protrusion 53 of the shelf moving unit 50 is inserted into the locking groove 51 of the shelf 40 while rotating, and the trajectory is closed. As it rotates, the end of the shelf 40 constituting the locking groove 51 is pulled into the storage compartment 15.

Thus, the kimchi refrigerator of the present invention can reduce the force to take out the storage container because it can be easily seated in the auxiliary door by sliding the storage container placed in the storage compartment.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Unlike the above-described embodiment, the shelf moving part may be made of an elastic material string coupled to the end of the shelf and the auxiliary door, a connecting means of a flexible material, and the like.

As such, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and such modifications will fall within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a front view of the work type drawer kimchi refrigerator

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the kimchi refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view of the auxiliary door closed state

Figure 4 is a side cross-sectional view of the moment the auxiliary door is opened.

Figure 5 is a side cross-sectional view in the state the auxiliary door is open

6 is a side cross-sectional view of the moment when the auxiliary door is closed.

7 is a sectional side view of the main part showing the opening and closing operation of the auxiliary door;

1: kimchi refrigerator 10: main body

13: bottom plate 15: storage room

20: door 21: opening

25: drawer door 30: auxiliary door

31: first wall surface 33: second wall surface

40: clearance shield 50: shelf moving part

51: locking groove 53: locking projection

Claims

A storage room in which a storage container is placed;

A door for opening and closing the storage compartment;

An auxiliary door having a lower portion rotatably mounted on the door;

A shelf moving part which automatically moves the shelf as the auxiliary door is opened so that the top surface of the auxiliary door and the top surface of the shelf form the same plane, so that the storage container placed on the shelf can be withdrawn from the storage compartment. Kimchi refrigerator containing.

The method of claim 1,

The shelf is a kimchi refrigerator characterized in that the shielding step gap between the door and the auxiliary door during the withdrawal and to slide the storage container from the storage compartment to the auxiliary door.

The method of claim 1,

The storage compartment is provided with a bottom plate, the shelf is kimchi refrigerator, characterized in that installed on the bottom plate to be movable.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

The shelf moving unit

A catching groove formed in the shelf,

Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it comprises a locking projection coupled to the auxiliary door and selectively fitted in the locking groove in accordance with the rotation of the auxiliary door.

5. The method of claim 4,

The jamming projection

A vertical portion perpendicular to the shelf when the auxiliary door is opened;

Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it comprises a locking portion extending to be bent in the vertical portion and inserted into the locking groove.

The method of claim 5,

The auxiliary door may include a first wall surface adjacent to the storage compartment;

A second wall surface which is formed stepped on the first wall surface and at which an end of the shelf is positioned; And

Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it comprises a third wall is formed stepped on the second wall is coupled to the engaging projection.

The method of claim 6,

Kimchi refrigerator, characterized in that the upper surface and the first wall surface of the shelf located on the second wall surface.

Storage room with bottom plate installed;

A door for opening and closing the storage compartment;

An auxiliary door rotatably mounted to the door;

And a shelf which is placed on the bottom plate and is automatically moved from the storage chamber as the auxiliary door is opened to form a coplanar surface which is connected to the upper surface of the auxiliary door, thereby allowing the storage container placed above to be withdrawn from the storage chamber. Kimchi refrigerator.

The method of claim 8,

Kimchi refrigerator characterized in that it further comprises a shelf moving unit coupled to the shelf and the auxiliary door to draw out the shelf.