KR101554038B1 - A refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator.

According to the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the painting of the container is not peeled off, the application of the present invention is prevented.

Refrigerator, container, peeling

Description

A refrigerator

The present invention relates to a refrigerator.

Generally, a refrigerator is a device for low-temperature storage of food, and is configured to be able to refrigerate or store food according to the type of food to be stored.

The inside of the refrigerator is cooled by the continuously supplied cool air, and the cool air is continuously generated by a heat exchange function of the refrigerant by a refrigeration cycle through compression-condensation-expansion-evaporation process. The cool air supplied to the inside of the refrigerator is uniformly transferred to the inside of the refrigerator by the convection so that the food inside the refrigerator can be stored at a desired temperature.

In detail, the refrigerator is divided into a top mount type, a bottom freezer type, and a side by side type depending on the positions of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment.

Wherein the freezer compartment is provided at a lower side of the refrigerator compartment, wherein a door for opening and closing the refrigerator compartment is rotatably provided at one side edge of the refrigerator compartment, the freezer compartment is provided with a container in which foods are received, Together with the freezer compartment door, in a back and forth direction. Recently, a vegetable room for fresh vegetables is provided separately from a freezing room or a freezing room. In this case, a vegetable-room door that covers the entire surface of the vegetable compartment may be provided, so that the container inside the vegetable compartment may be provided so as to be drawn in and out of the vegetable compartment door together with the vegetable compartment door. To this end, a sliding frame is provided on a door of the freezer compartment or the vegetable compartment to allow the door to be drawn in and out of the front and rear directions. The container is fixed to the sliding frame coupled to the rear surface of the door, and is pulled out together with the door. At this time, the container may be at least partially formed of a wire depending on the purpose of storing the food.

Generally, the sliding frame is formed of a metal material to support the weight of the freezer compartment door. In addition, when the container is formed of a wire, the container may be formed of a metal material to prevent deformation due to the weight of food to be stored. The sliding frame or the upper container is painted with paint or the like to prevent rusting.

Meanwhile, the container must be fixed to the sliding frame. For this purpose, bending parts are formed on both sides of the container, and are fitted in depressions formed in the sliding frame. That is, the container and the sliding frame cooperate. Therefore, the container can be pulled out forwardly together with the door, and the door is prevented from rocking when the door is drawn out.

However, the above-described conventional techniques have the following problems.

The bending portion and the depressed portion are formed to be mutually joined, and friction is generated during use. However, since both the bent portion and the depressed portion are coated with a metal material, there is a risk that the coating is peeled off due to the friction.

Particularly, when the container is detached from the sliding frame for cleaning the container or the like, a large frictional force is generated, and the coating is more easily peeled off.

When the coating is peeled off, the metal material is directly exposed to the air, and the metal part of the refrigerator is directly in contact with the moisture, so that the coating is peeled off.

Also, the coating of the contact portion with the sliding frame can be peeled off by the swinging motion of the container during the drawing-out process.

If a cheek occurs, the cosmetic appearance is not good, and the user's satisfaction with the product is low.

In addition, there is a problem of hygiene, such as rusting food or the like, when it is generated in a container in which food is stored.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which is prevented from being rubbed because the coating of the container taken out together with the door is not peeled off.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which is prevented from being worn and prevented from rocking when the container is drawn in and out.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including: a main body in which foods are stored at a low temperature; A door provided on the front surface of the main body for selectively shielding the food storage space; A container which is moved together with the door to be drawn into the storage space and accommodates food therein; A slide assembly coupled to a rear surface of the door to draw the door forward; And a fixing member coupled to one side of the slide assembly to fix the container to the slide assembly.

According to the refrigerator of the present invention as described above, the coating of the container taken out together with the door is not peeled off, so that the rubbing is prevented.

Also, the container is securely fixed to the sliding frame of the door while preventing the container from being worn, thereby preventing the container from swinging.

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

1 is a perspective view showing a container of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a four-door bottom freeze type refrigerator in which a vegetable room is provided will be described as an embodiment to explain the concept of the present invention. However, the idea of the present invention is not limited to the four-door bottom freeze-type refrigerator shown in the drawings, but it is applicable to a refrigerator in which a container is drawn in and out together with a door.

Referring to FIG. 1, a refrigerator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed by a body provided with a food storage space. The storage space includes a refrigerating compartment where food is refrigerated and a vegetable compartment 200 provided below the refrigerating compartment to store vegetables and the like at a proper temperature and a freezing compartment provided below the vegetable compartment 200 for storing food .

A refrigerator compartment door (110) for selectively shielding the refrigerator compartment is rotatably provided on both sides of the main body. A vegetable compartment door (130) is provided on the front side of the refrigerator compartment (200) A freezing chamber door 140 is provided.

In detail, the container assembly 300 is coupled to the backside of the vegetable-room door 130. The container 330 provided in the container assembly 300 is drawn out in the front-rear direction together with the vegetable-room door 130. The detailed structure of the container assembly 300 will be described later.

Since the container 330 is pulled forward together with the vegetable compartment door 130, the user can conveniently store the food in the vegetable compartment 200.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the coupling of the container assembly of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the fixing member of FIG. 2. FIG.

2 and 3, the container assembly 300 includes a slide assembly 310 coupled to the inner side of the vegetable compartment 200, a container 330 for accommodating food, And a fixing member 320 for fixing the fixing member 320 to the fixing member 310.

In detail, the slide assembly 310 is provided with a support frame 311 coupled to both sides of the back surface of the vegetable room door 130. The support frame 311 extends in the front and rear direction of the refrigerator, and the front end portion is bent toward the center to be formed into an L shape. A fastening hole 312 is formed in the bent portion of the support frame 311 and is bolted to the back surface of the vegetable room door 130. Accordingly, when the vegetable chamber door 130 is pulled forward, the support frame 311 is also pulled forward.

The upper end of the support frame 311 is provided with a seating surface 313 which is bent outwardly and extended. The seating surface 313 extends from the front end to the rear end along the support frame 311 and the container 330 is seated and supported on the seating surface 313.

In addition, a fixing frame 314 coupled to the inner surface of the vegetable compartment 200 is provided outside the support frame 311. A plurality of bolt holes are formed in the fixed frame 314 and are bolted to the inner surface of the vegetable compartment 200. Therefore, even if the support frame 311 is pulled forward, the fixed frame 314 is fixed to the inner surface of the vegetable room 200. A guide 317 is formed on the outer side of the support frame 311 to correspond to the shape of the fixed frame 314 and ribs So that the support frame 311 can be moved along the guide 317 in the forward and backward directions.

In the space between the support frame 311 and the fixed frame 314, a rack gear 315 is coupled to the fixed frame 314 and formed in the forward and backward directions. A pinion gear (not shown) is provided at the rear end of the support frame 311 to interlock with the rack gear 315. Therefore, the support frame 311 can be moved back and forth along the rack gear 315.

On the other hand, the seating surface 313 is formed with a fixing groove 316 into which the fixing member 320 is fitted. The fixing groove 316 is provided on the seating surface 313 and is recessed or perforated to correspond to the shape of the fixing member 320.

At this time, the support frame 311 and the stationary frame 314 are provided as a metal material to support loads of foods stored in the vegetable room door 130 and the vegetable room 200. The foodstuff stored in the vegetable room 200 may be directly contacted with the support frame 311, so that it is painted with paint or the like to prevent hygiene or chewing.

The container 330 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an open upper surface, and at least a part of the wires 330 are connected to each other in a lattice shape. In detail, each surface forming the receiving space of the container 330 is formed by connecting the horizontal line 331 formed by the wire and the vertical line 332 intersecting each other. The upper ends of both sides of the container 330 are folded in the inner side direction of the vegetable compartment to form a seating part 333. Specifically, the seating portion 333 is formed by extending the horizontal line 331 or the vertical line 332 by a predetermined length. In the embodiment of the present invention, the horizontal line 331 is shown as being extended. A part of the seating part 333 is put on the seating surface 313 while being fitted to the fixing member 320. [ In addition, the seating part 333 is provided with a frame line 334 connecting its edges.

At this time, the container 330 is painted with paint or the like to prevent bleeding and to prevent direct contact of the food with the metal wire.

The fixing member 320 includes a body 321 in which a receiving groove 322 for receiving the receiving portion 333 is formed and a lower portion extending downward from the bottom surface of the body and inserted into the fixing groove 316 (Not shown). In detail, the receiving groove 322 is formed at both side edges of the upper surface of the body 321. The distance between the receiving grooves 322 is formed to be equal to the distance between the horizontal lines 331 provided to the seating portion 333 and the width of the depressed portion of the receiving groove 322 is set to be So that the seating portion 333 can be firmly fitted. The length of the receiving groove 322 is the same as the length of the seating portion 333. That is, when the seating part 333 is fitted into the receiving groove 322, the frame line 334 is closely attached to one side of the body 321, and the side surface of the container 330 is connected to the body 321 As shown in Fig.

The shape of the fixing protrusion 323 corresponds to the shape of the fixing groove 316. In other words, the horizontal and vertical widths of the fixing protrusions 323 are formed to coincide with the horizontal and vertical widths of the fixing grooves 316. With such a structure, the fixing protrusion 323 is firmly coupled to the fixing groove 316, so that the fixing member 320 is prevented from rocking.

The bottom surface of the body 321 is formed wider than the fixing protrusions 323. Therefore, when the fixing member 320 is coupled to the seating surface 313, the bottom surface of the body 321 is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the seating surface 313.

Hereinafter, a coupling process of the container assembly having the above-described configuration will be described.

First, a part of the seating portion 333 of the container 330 is inserted into the receiving groove 322 of the fixing member 320. In detail, two adjacent ones of the extended portions of the horizontal line 331 forming the seating portion 333 are inserted into the receiving groove 322. At this time, when the container 330 is coupled to the fixing member 320 and is seated on the seating surface 313, the container 330 is positioned at the front end of the supporting frame 311 And is engaged with the fixing member 320 so as not to protrude. The seating portion 333 is deeply inserted into the bottom end of the receiving groove 322 so as not to be separated from the receiving groove 322.

Then, the fixing protrusion 322 of the fixing member 320 is inserted into the fixing groove 316 of the support frame 311. In detail, the front and rear side surfaces of the fixing protrusion 322 are in close contact with the front and rear side portions of the fixing groove 313. At this time, the fixing member 320 is pushed deeply until the fixing protrusion 322 is not inserted any more, so that the bottom surface of the body 321 can be sufficiently close to the upper surface of the seating surface 313 .

The container 330 is firmly fixed to the slide assembly 310 by the above-described process, and is pulled out forward when the vegetable-room door 130 is pulled forward.

Hereinafter, effects of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

As described above, the container 330 and the support frame 311 are formed of a metal material and painted with paint or the like. The container 330 is coupled to the fixing member 320 and is coupled to the support frame 311. Therefore, the container 330 is not directly rubbed against the fixing groove 316. The metal member and the metal member are directly rubbed against each other and rubbed against the plastic material without friction. Therefore, the paint or the like painted on the container 330 or the support frame 311 is less likely to be peeled off . Therefore, the product formed of a metal material such as the container 330 or the support frame 311 is prevented from being blown.

Therefore, even if the refrigerator is used for a long period of time, the cleanliness of the vegetable compartment 200 is maintained, and the user can use the refrigerator safely without worrying about hygiene problems in which the food reaches the exposed area. .

In addition, since the fixing member 320 is formed in the fixing groove 316 to prevent the back and forth movement of the container 330, the container 330 is firmly fixed to the slide assembly 310, Effect can be obtained.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a container of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the assembly of the container assembly of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the fixing member of Fig. 2; Fig.

Claims (6)

A body in which foods are stored at a low temperature; A door provided on the front surface of the main body for selectively shielding the food storage space; A container which is moved together with the door to be drawn into the storage space and accommodates food therein; A slide assembly coupled to a rear surface of the door to draw the door forward; And And a fixing member coupled to one side of the slide assembly to fix the container to the slide assembly, In the fixing member, A body in which a receiving groove for receiving a portion of the container is formed; And And a fixing protrusion extending downward from a bottom surface of the body and fitted in the slide assembly, Wherein the container is formed of a metal material, the fixing member is formed of a plastic material, Wherein at least a part of the container is constituted by a wire, and the wire is inserted into a receiving groove of the fixing member. delete delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein the container is provided with a seating portion that is seated on the slide assembly, And at least a part of the seat portion is fitted to the fixing member. delete The method according to claim 1, Wherein the slide assembly has a seating surface on which the container is seated, Wherein the seating surface is provided with a fixing groove into which the fixing protrusion is fitted.

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