KR101717525B1

KR101717525B1 - A refrigerator

Info

Publication number: KR101717525B1
Application number: KR1020100067351A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김지원
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2010-07-13
Filing date: 2010-07-13
Publication date: 2017-03-17
Also published as: KR20120006723A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator which can easily mount an auxiliary storage case mounted on a door that opens and closes a storage compartment, and can prevent the strength of the auxiliary storage compartment from being lowered.
The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising: a main body having a storage chamber; A door rotatably provided in the main body; A case provided on the door to form an auxiliary storage room; A storage rack assembly disposed adjacent to the auxiliary storage room; And a fixing member that is provided outside the case and is coupled to the storage rack assembly to fix the auxiliary storage compartment.

Description

A refrigerator

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator which can easily mount an auxiliary storage case mounted on a door that opens and closes a storage compartment, and can prevent a decrease in strength of the auxiliary storage compartment.

A refrigerator is a household appliance that stores a stored product in a storage room at a low temperature using a refrigerant cycle.

The refrigerator typically includes a main body having a storage room, a door rotatably provided on the main body to open and close the storage room, a storage shelf provided inside the door, and an auxiliary storage room called a "home bar".

The auxiliary storage room comprises a space formed by the inside of the case and the rear surface of the door, the case being mounted on the rear surface of the door.

An object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which can easily mount a case by providing a coupling structure between a fixing member provided in the case and a storage rack provided adjacent to the case.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator having a beautiful appearance of a portion coupled between a case and a storage rack.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which can prevent the strength of the case from being lowered by arranging the position of the fixing member provided in the case so as to be spaced apart from a portion that may affect the strength of the case.

To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, A door rotatably provided in the main body; A case provided on the door to form an auxiliary storage room; A storage rack assembly disposed adjacent to the auxiliary storage room; And a fixing member that is provided outside the case and is coupled to the storage rack assembly to fix the auxiliary storage compartment.

The storage shelf assembly is provided on an upper portion of the case, and the fixing member is provided on an upper portion of the case and is coupled to the storage shelf assembly.

The storage rack assembly further includes a recessed portion formed concavely at a side surface thereof, wherein the fixing member is coupled to the recessed portion.

Wherein the recessed portion is provided on both sides of the housing shelf assembly and the fixing member is disposed on both sides of the upper portion of the case so as to correspond to the position of the recessed portion, ; And a bottom portion connected to the lower surface of the support portion.

The support portion includes a first support portion that contacts the first wall of the recess portion and is adapted to be caught by the first wall to prevent the case from being released in the rearward direction of the door, And a second support portion which is provided to be engaged with the second wall and prevents the case from swinging in the left-right direction of the door.

Further comprising: a connection member mounted on an inner wall of the door and inserted into the recess portion to connect the storage shelf assembly and the inner wall of the door,

And the fixing member is disposed between the recess portion of the storage rack assembly and the connection member.

The storage rack assembly includes: a storage rack; And a storage shelf support which supports a lower portion of the storage shelf and is coupled with the fixing member, wherein recesses corresponding to the shape of the recess portion are formed on both sides of the storage shelf.

Wherein the storage rack assembly includes a rear portion shielded by an inner wall of the door and a front portion connected to the rear portion and protruding from an inner wall of the door,

The case is disposed so as to protrude from the inner wall of the door, and the shape of the case corresponds to the front portion of the storage rack assembly.

The fixing member protrudes rearward from the upper surface of the case, and is coupled to both sides of the rear portion of the storage rack assembly, and is disposed to be covered by the inner wall of the door.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily mount the case by providing a coupling structure between a fixing member provided in the case and a storage shelf provided adjacent to the case.

In addition, the shape of the case is formed to correspond to the protruding portion of the storage rack assembly, so that a sense of unity between the case and the storage rack assembly can be formed, thereby providing a beautiful appearance.

Further, there is an advantage that the strength of the case can be prevented from being lowered by arranging the position of the fixing member provided in the case so as to be spaced apart from a portion that may affect the strength of the case.

1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator according to the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view of a storage rack assembly and a case of a refrigerator according to the present invention.
3 is a perspective view illustrating a combination of a housing assembly and a case of a refrigerator according to the present invention.
4 is an internal perspective view of a portion A of Fig.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of the housing rack assembly and the case of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

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

1, a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a main body 10 having a storage chamber 11, a door 20 rotatably installed at one side of the main body 10 to open and close the storage chamber 11, .

Inside the door 20, an inner wall 21 defining a predetermined space is provided.

When the door 20 closes the storage compartment 11, the inner wall 21 is brought into contact with a side wall of the inlet of the storage compartment 11 to help seal the storage compartment 11.

An auxiliary storage room 30 called a "home bar" is provided inside the door 20 and the auxiliary storage room 30 is formed by a space surrounded by the case 31 and the inner side of the door 20 .

An auxiliary storage room door (not shown) is provided on the outer surface of the door so as to open and close the auxiliary storage room 30 so that the user can open or close the auxiliary storage room door without directly opening the door to be stored in the auxiliary storage room 30 You can withdraw or store the goods.

The case 31 may be made of translucent or transparent material so that the stored contents stored in the auxiliary storage 30 can be seen.

A storage rack assembly 50 is provided on the upper and lower sides of the case 31. The storage rack assembly 50 provided below the case 31 supports the lower rim of the case 31, And communicates with the case 31 to form the auxiliary storage chamber 30 together with the case 31.

The storage rack assembly 50 provided at the upper portion of the case 31 is coupled with a part of the upper structure of the case 31 to allow the case 31 to move in the leftward or rightward direction or in the forward direction of the case 31 prevent.

2, the storage rack assembly 50 and the case 31 are provided between the inner walls 21 of the door 20. [

In the upper and lower portions of the case 31, the accommodating shelf assemblies 50 are provided to support the upper and lower portions of the case 31, respectively.

The storage shelf assembly 50 includes a storage shelf 51 in which a storage space is formed and a support 55 for supporting the lower edge of the storage shelf.

The recesses 56 are formed at both sides of the support frame so that the recesses 56 can be positioned on both sides of the storage shelves, A portion 52 is provided.

On the other hand, on both sides of the storage shelf assembly 51, a connection member 60 for coupling the storage shelf assembly 51 to the inner side wall of the door 20 is provided. And then screwed into the seth portion 56. [

The connecting member 60 is fitted to an upper portion of the recess 52 provided in the storage shelf 51 to support the storage shelf 51.

In the case of the storage rack assembly 50 provided at the lower part of the case 31, it is in contact with the lower edge of the case 31 in a state of being coupled to the inner wall 21 and the inner surface of the door 10 And supports the lower portion of the case 31.

Specifically, the upper edge of the storage shelf 51 is brought into contact with the lower edge of the case 31, so that the inner space of the case 31 and the inner space of the storage shelf 31 are communicated with each other Thereby forming the auxiliary storage chamber 30.

In the meantime, the coupling relation between the case 31 and the receiving rack assembly 51 provided on the upper portion of the case 31 is determined by the fixing member 40 provided on both sides of the upper portion of the case 31, 56) and the connecting member (60).

The fixing member 40 includes a first support portion 41, a second support portion 42 disposed perpendicularly to the first support portion 41 and connected to the first support portion 41, And a bottom portion (43) connected to the lower portion of the support walls (41, 42).

The shape of the fixing member 40 is formed to correspond to the shape of the recess portion 56. The recess portion 56 includes a first wall 56a and a second wall 56b and a third wall 56c fastened to the connecting member 60 by a fastening member (not shown).

The first wall 56a forms part of both sides of the storage rack support 55 and the second wall 56b is bent in the right and left directions from the front of the first wall 56a And is provided in an extended form.

The third wall 56c extends in the left-right direction from the rear of the first wall 56a.

When the fixing member 40 is coupled to the recess 56, the first supporting portion 41 is in a state of being in contact with the first wall 56a, and the second supporting portion 42 is in contact with the first wall 56a. 2 wall 56b.

The first support portion 41 is engaged with the first wall 56a so that the first support portion 41 is prevented from being horizontally moved and the second support portion 42 is in contact with the second wall 56b The case 31 is prevented from moving forward.

Meanwhile, the bottom portion 43 is in contact with the lower surface of the connecting member 60.

The storage shelf 51 is provided with a front part A1 in which the recess 52 is not formed and a rear part B1 in which the recess 52 is formed on both sides of the front part A1, Is formed.

The left and right widths between the front part A1 and the rear part B1 are significantly different because the step is formed due to the recess 52. As a result, And is formed smaller than the front portion A1.

In the case of the storage rack support 55, on the other hand, the recess portion 56 has a rear portion B2 formed on both sides thereof and a rear portion B2 located on the front side of the rear portion B2, And a front portion A2 where the portion 56 is not formed.

Also in this case, the width between the front part A2 and the rear part B2 is significantly different.

The shape of the upper surface and the lower surface of the case 31 and the front and rear width thereof are different from each other in the shape of the front part A2 of the storage rack support 55 and the shape of the front part A1 of the storage rack 51 And its front-back width.

The rear portions B1 and B2 are covered by the inner wall 21 of the door 20 when the storage rack assembly 50 is coupled to the inside of the door 20 but the front portions A1, A2 are protruded from the inner wall 21 of the door 20 so that the width and the shape of the case 31 can be adjusted so as to be apparently integrated with the exposed front portions A1, And correspond to the width and shape of the front portions A1 and A2.

Particularly, the top and bottom surfaces of the case 31 are trapezoidal in shape because the front portions A1 and A2 have a trapezoidal shape.

Since the fixing member 40 protrudes rearward from the upper surface of the case 31 and is fitted between the recess portion 56 and the connecting member 60, It is hidden from the outside.

On the other hand, in order to smoothly fit the fixing member 40 into the recess portion 56 and the connecting member 60 and prevent the movement of the case 31, It is preferable that the opposite side of the first support portion 41 and the opposite side of the second support portion 42 and the upper portion thereof are opened.

3, the case 31 and the storage shelf 51 are provided in the front and rear of the case 31, respectively, when the storage rack assembly 50 is provided on the upper and lower sides of the case 31. [ The front part A2 of the part A1 and the storage rack support 55 protrude forward from the inner wall 21 of the door 20. [

Since the rear portions B1 and B2 are located inside the inner wall 21, the recesses (Figs. 2 and 56) and the connecting member 60 and the fixing member (Figs. 2 and 40) are covered by the inner wall 21 to prevent external exposure.

As described above, the shape of the case 31 becomes the same as the protruded portion of the housing rack assembly 50, and it is possible to provide a sense of unity between the case 31 and the housing rack assembly 50.

4, the bottom portion 43 of the fixing member 40 is laid on the lower portion of the connecting member 60 as viewed from the portion obscured by the inner wall 21 of the door, The first support portion 41 is disposed between the member 60 and the first wall portion 56a and the second support portion 42 is disposed between the connection member 60 and the second wall portion 56b do.

The connecting member 60 is disposed over the recess portion (Figs. 2 and 56) and the recess portion (Figs. 2 and 52).

5, the first support portion 41 is disposed between the connection member 60 and the first wall portion 56a, and between the connection member 60 and the second wall portion 56b, The second support portion 42 is disposed.

At this time, the recess portions and the concave portions, which are both side ends of the housing rack assembly 50, are forcedly fitted between the connecting members 60 on both sides to fix the positions thereof.

Therefore, even when the door is pivoted, the storage rack assembly 50 is prevented from being detached from the door. And, since the fixing member is engaged with such an interference fit structure, the binding force between the respective components is increased.

Thus, even if the case (see FIG. 2) 31 is moved in the left-right direction A due to the rotation of the door or other external pressure, the connection member 60 and the first wall portion 56a, 1 support portion 41 is arranged to suppress the movement in the lateral direction.

The second support portion 42 is disposed between the connection member 60 and the second wall portion 56b so that the connection member 60 and the second support portion 42 can be separated from each other even if the case 31 is moved in the forward direction B. [ Is restricted by the second wall portion (56b), movement in the forward direction is suppressed and the case (31) is prevented from being detached from the door.

10: main body 11: storage room
20: door 21: inner wall
30: auxiliary storage room 31: case
40: fixing member 41: first supporting portion
42: second support part 43: bottom part
50: storage rack assembly 51: storage rack
52: recess 55: storage rack support
56: recess portion 60: connecting member

Claims

A main body having a storage chamber;
A door rotatably provided in the main body;
A case provided on the door to form an auxiliary storage room;
A lower storage rack assembly mounted on the door and disposed under the case to support the case;
An upper storage rack assembly mounted on the door and disposed above the case;
A recessed portion formed on both sides of the upper storage rack assembly so as to be recessed in a direction in which the width of the upper storage rack assembly is reduced;
A connecting member inserted and coupled to the recess portion in the left and right direction and mounted on an inner wall of the door to couple the upper storage rack assembly to the door;
A case protruding from both sides of the upper portion of the case to support the case in the front, rear, left, and right directions, inserted into the recess from the bottom up, at least a part of which is disposed between the recess and the connecting member And a fixing member to be fixed.

delete

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the fixing member is disposed on both sides of the upper portion of the case so as to correspond to the position of the recess portion,
Wherein the fixing member comprises: a support portion that is in contact with a wall of the recess portion to support the case; And a bottom portion connected to the lower surface of the support portion.

5. The method of claim 4,
The support portion includes a first support portion that contacts the first wall portion of the recess portion and is adapted to be caught by the first wall portion to prevent the case from being released in the rear direction of the door,
And a second support portion that contacts the second wall portion connected to the first wall portion and is adapted to be hooked on the second wall portion to prevent the case from swinging in the left and right direction of the door.

delete

The method according to claim 1,
The upper storage rack assembly includes a storage shelf;
And a storage rack support which supports a lower portion of the storage rack and has a recess portion coupled with the fixing member,
Wherein recesses corresponding to the shape of the recessed portion are formed on both sides of the storage shelf.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the upper storage rack assembly includes a rear portion shielded by an inner wall of the door and a front portion connected to the rear portion and protruding from an inner wall of the door,
Wherein the case is disposed to protrude from the inner wall of the door, and the horizontal cross-sectional shape of the case corresponds to a front portion of the upper storage rack assembly.

9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the fixing member protrudes from the upper surface of the case toward the door and is coupled to both sides of the rear portion of the upper storage rack assembly and is disposed to be covered by the inner wall of the door.