KR20040049674A - Mounting structure of simplicity door in refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A structure for installing a small door in a refrigerator is provided to prevent cold air of a refrigerator inside from leaking to the outside even if a small door is opened. CONSTITUTION: A door(50) shields the inside of a refrigerator from the outside, and selectively opens and shuts the inside. A draw-out port is formed at the door to be communicated with the inside of the refrigerator. A small door(60) rotates on hinge shafts to open and shut the draw-out port. A shield plate(80) is contained in the upper part of the draw-out port, and interworks with the small door to shield the draw-out port by coming down when the small door is opened while going up to be contained in the upper part of the draw-out port when the small door is closed.

Description

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The present invention relates to a refrigerator. More particularly, the present invention relates to a simple door installation structure of a refrigerator that prevents cold air from leaking to the outside when the simple door provided in the door of the refrigerator is opened.

1 illustrates a configuration of a general parallel refrigerator. As shown in the figure, a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, which are storage spaces, are partitioned by the barriers 2 in the refrigerator main body 1, and a freezer compartment 3 is located on the left side and a refrigerating compartment 5 on the right side. Is located. In addition to the case where the freezing chamber 3 is formed side by side of the refrigerating chamber 5 as shown in the drawing, the freezing chamber 3 and the refrigerating chamber 5 may be formed up and down.

In addition, the lower part of the refrigerating chamber (5) may be provided with a separate vegetable chamber (7), the cold air discharge port (9) for discharging the cold air is formed on the upper rear. Although not shown, the cold air outlet 9 is an outlet through which cold air generated from an evaporator, which is a heat exchanger provided at a rear end of the freezing compartment 3 and the refrigerating compartment 5, is supplied to the freezing compartment 3 and the refrigerating compartment 5. The cold air supplied through the cold air discharge port 9 circulates in the refrigerator and comes into contact with the storage.

The freezer compartment 3 and the refrigerating compartment 5 are each provided with a shelf 11 for placing a stock. The shelf 11 is installed at a plurality of predetermined spaces up and down depending on the size of the storage space and partitions the storage space so that more storage can be stored. In addition, the shelf 11 is mounted on the hook groove 15 formed in the shelf base 13 provided up and down at both ends of the rear side of the refrigerator. The hook groove 15 is shaped to hook a ring (not shown) provided at the rear end of the shelf 11.

In addition, a freezing compartment door 21 and a refrigerating compartment door 23 for shielding the freezing compartment 3 and the refrigerating compartment 5 from the outside and selectively opening and closing the storage space are provided at both ends of the refrigerator body 1, respectively. do. Door baskets 25 are provided on the rear surfaces of the freezer compartment door 21 and the refrigerating compartment door 23 to store the stored objects.

The door basket 25 is provided with a plurality of at regular intervals up and down, it is configured to store cans, bottles or relatively small food. On the other hand, the door basket 25 at the bottom end of the plurality of door baskets 25 may be installed to have a relatively wider gap than the door basket 25 located in the upper portion.

In addition, the doors (21, 23) is provided with a simple door (31) may be configured to easily store or withdraw the storage in the refrigerator, the installation state of the simple door (31) according to the prior art 2 is shown.

As shown in the figure, the door 23 of the refrigerator has a rectangular outlet 33 formed at a predetermined height, and through this outlet 33, it is possible to store or withdraw the storage therein. And, the lower end of the outlet 33 is provided with a hinge 35 so that the simple door 31 is inclined forward to rotate the axis.

In the refrigerator having such a configuration, when the storage in the refrigerator is to be taken out or stored, the upper door of the simple door 31 is pulled out so that the simple door 31 is horizontal, and then the storage in the refrigerator is taken out or stored. Can be. In particular, such a simple door 31 may be usefully used when storing or withdrawing the storage in the door basket 25 provided on the rear surface of the door 23.

However, the prior art as described above has the following problems.

The simple door 31 may be provided at a predetermined position of the door 23 to facilitate the withdrawal or withdrawal of the storage inside the refrigerator. However, when the simple door 31 is opened, cool air inside the refrigerator may be removed from the outlet. It flows out through the 33.

Therefore, the temperature inside the refrigerator is raised, and there is a problem in that additional power is required to lower the cold air temperature in the refrigerator to a predetermined temperature.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and to provide a simple door installation structure of a refrigerator in which cold air inside the refrigerator does not leak out even when the simple door is opened.

1 is a perspective view showing the internal configuration of a general parallel refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a partial perspective view showing a state of installation of a simple door according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is a partial perspective view showing the back of the refrigerator door that is a preferred embodiment of the simple door installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

4 is a perspective view of a simple door constituting a main part of a simple door installation structure of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

5 is a perspective view of a shielding plate constituting a main part of a simple door installation structure of a refrigerator according to the present invention;

Figure 6 is a partial perspective view of the front of the refrigerator showing a state in which the simple door is opened (open) according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

50.Door 52. Door basket

54. Outlets 60. Simple door

62. Handle Fixture

66.Hinges70. Support plate

72. Guide section 74. stopper

80.Shield plate 82. Spinning wheel

91.Sliding channel 93. Storage

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention comprises a door for shielding the interior of the refrigerator from the outside and selectively opening and closing; An outlet formed in the door to communicate with the inside; A simple door configured to rotate the hinge formed at one end in front of the shaft to open and close the outlet; And a shielding plate interlocked with the simple door to be stored above the outlet and to be lowered to shield the outlet when the simple door is opened, and to be moved upward to be stored above the outlet when the simple door is closed. It is configured to include.

The rear surface of the simple door is further provided with a fixing means for fixing the storage.

And, the fixing means is formed at a predetermined interval from the rear surface of the simple door, is connected to both ends of the simple door is fixed.

The door is provided with an accommodating portion for accommodating the shielding plate, and a sliding channel on which the shielding plate slides is provided at a side surface of the outlet.

At the side end of the simple door is further provided with a guide for guiding the shangdong of the shield plate.

The side of the guide portion is further provided with a stopper for controlling the rotation to the front of the simple door by contacting the rear surface of the door.

The lower end of the shield plate is further provided with a rotating wheel, the guide portion is formed with a guide channel for guiding the rotating wheel.

According to the simple door installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention having such a configuration, the simple structure has an advantage of preventing the waste of electric power by blocking the cold air leakage inside the simple door when the refrigerator is opened.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a simple door installation structure of a refrigerator according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 3 is a partial perspective view of the back of the refrigerator door employing a preferred embodiment of the simple door installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention, Figures 4 and 5 the main part of the refrigerator simple door and shielding plate according to the present invention. It is shown in perspective view, and Fig. 6 shows a side cross-section of the simplified door in an open state.

As shown in these drawings, the door 50 to shield and selectively open and close the inside of the refrigerator, which is a storage space, constitutes the front side of the refrigerator, and the door 50 of the refrigerator is a refrigerator body (not shown). Is provided at the tip of the head. And, the rear surface of the door 50 is provided with a door basket 52 for storing the storage.

In addition, the door 50 is formed with an outlet 54 having a predetermined size. The outlet 54 is generally formed at the upper end of the refrigerator so that the user can take out the internal storage without bending his / her back. It is formed to communicate with the inside and outside of the refrigerator.

The outlet 54 is provided with a simple door 60 for opening and closing the main door 60. The main part of the simplified door 60 according to the present invention is illustrated in FIG. Accordingly, the simple door 60 is formed to have a size corresponding to that of the outlet 54, and a handle 62 is formed at an upper end thereof so as to easily open the simple door 60. .

The handle 62 is bent forward from the top of the simple door 60, and then bent rounded downward again, in addition to the shape as shown, it would be possible to use a separate handle in general.

And, the back of the simple door 60 is fixed to the left and right 64 is formed. The holder 64 is formed by bending a thin cylindrical pin, or may be composed of an elastic band, etc., and protrudes backward from both ends of the simple door 60 and is configured to be connected to each other. Therefore, when the storage of cans or bottles is inserted into the holder 64 and stored, even if the simple door 60 is opened, the storages of cans or bottles may fall out of the front of the refrigerator and fall to the bottom surface. The risk can be prevented, and even when the simple door 60 is closed, the storage can be prevented from falling and falling from inside the refrigerator.

In addition, hinges 66 are provided at both lower ends of the simple door 60, and the simple door 60 rotates forward with the hinge 66 as an axis to open the outlet 54.

A lower end of the simple door 60 is provided with a support plate 70 on which the storage is placed on an upper surface. The support plate 70 has a rectangular plate shape and is bent vertically from the support plate 70. It has a size corresponding to the simple door (60).

Between the support plate 70 and the simple door 60, the guide plate 72 to secure the coupling of the support plate 70 and the simple door 60, and guides the vertical movement of the shielding plate 80 to be described below Is provided. The guide portion 72 is formed at both ends of the simple door 60 and the support plate 70, respectively, and has a guide channel for guiding the rotation wheel 82 of the shielding plate 80 to be described below. 73) is formed.

In addition, stoppers 74 are provided at both ends of the support plate 70. The stopper 74 serves to stop the simple door 60 so that the simple door 60 does not rotate more than 90 degrees when the simple door 60 rotates forward about the hinge 66. The stopper 74 may be formed in a rectangular cylindrical shape on both sides of the simple door 60 or in various shapes such as cylindrical pins.

Meanwhile, grooves (not shown) to which the hinges 66 formed in the simple door 60 are inserted and coupled are formed at both ends of the lower ends of the outlets 54 formed in the door 50. In addition, a stopper coupling part (not shown) corresponding to the stopper 74 formed at both ends of the support plate 70 of the simple door 60 may be separately formed on the rear surface of the door 50 so that the stopper 74 and It may be configured to be combined.

A shield plate 80 for shielding the outlet opening 54 when the simple door 60 is opened is shown in FIG. 5. According to this, the shielding plate 80 is formed in a rectangular plate shape and is formed larger than the outlet port 54 and is embedded in the door 50.

In addition, rotating wheels 82 are provided at lower ends of both sides of the shielding plate 80, and the rotating wheels 82 roll along the guide channel 73 formed in the guide part 72. Will guide you to Shanghai-dong.

6 is a side cross-sectional view of the refrigerator door 50 in which the simplified door 60 is open. Accordingly, sliding channels 91 for guiding up and down sliding of the shielding plate 80 are formed at both sides of the outlet 54, and the sliding channel 91 extends upward to close the simple door 60. When the shielding plate 80 is accommodated to form a receiving portion (93). The accommodating part 93 has a space corresponding to the shielding plate 80 inside the door 50, and is formed above the outlet opening 54.

Hereinafter, the operation of the simple door installation structure of the refrigerator having the configuration as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

First, the rear surface of the refrigerator door 50 is illustrated in FIG. 3. According to this, the support plate 70 is kept horizontal, and a storage such as a bottle is placed on the upper surface of the support plate 70. In addition, the storage is stored so as not to fall surrounded by the fixing base 64 provided in the simple door (60).

When the handle 62 of the simple door 60 is pulled forward in the storage state as described above, the simple door 60 is inclined forward while rotating about the hinge 66. In this case, the simple door 60 and the support plate 70 formed to be bent vertically are rotated counterclockwise when viewed from the right side, and the rotation of the simple door 60 is a stopper 74 formed on the support plate 70. ) Is continued until it touches the back surface of the door 50.

In addition, as the simple door 60 is opened, the shield plate 80 descends downward to shield the outlet port 54. In this case, the simple door 60 is described in detail. As it is opened, the rotary wheel 82 provided at the lower end of the shielding plate 80 rolls along the guide channel 73 formed in the guide part 72, and thus the shielding plate 80 Gradually descends to shield the outlet (54).

The simple door 60 that rotates forward stops rotation when the stopper 74 touches the rear surface of the door 50, and the rotation wheel 82 of the shielding plate 80 provides the guide channel 73. ), That is, the connection with the support plate 70 is reached, and the state at this time is shown in FIG. 6. That is, when the simple door 60 is opened and maintained horizontally, the support plate 70 and the shielding plate 80 shield the outlet 54 formed in the door 50.

When the simple door 60 is opened as described above, the storage fixed to the simple door 60 can be easily withdrawn. In addition, since the support plate 70 shields the outlet port 54, the cool air inside the refrigerator does not leak to the outside. That is, while opening the simple door 60, the internal cold air does not leak to the outside while the internal storage is withdrawn.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-exemplified embodiments, and many other modifications based on the present invention will be possible to those skilled in the art within the above technical scope.

For example, it may be configured to not include the support plate 70 and the fixing unit 64 at the lower end of the simple door (60). That is, as shown in FIG. 7, it may be possible to form the guide part 72 vertically at both ends of the simple door 60 so that the stopper 74 is provided separately. In this case, when the simple door 60 is opened, the shielding plate 80 shields the entire outlet 54.

The guide portion 72 and the stopper 74 may not be provided at both ends of the support plate 70, but may be provided at only one end.

In addition, a cylindrical pin-shaped stopper is provided at the side end of the guide part 72, and various structures such as forming grooves corresponding to the stopper on the rear surface of the door 50 may be possible.

In the simple door installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention as described in detail above, the outlet of the refrigerator is provided with a door, and a simple door is installed in the outlet so as to be able to rotate forward and correspond to the outlet above the outlet. The shielding plate is provided with a shielding plate having a size such that the shielding unit shields the outlet when the simple door is opened.

Therefore, even when the simple door is opened, the cool air inside the refrigerator is prevented from leaking to the outside, thereby preventing waste of power.

Claims (7)

A door for shielding the inside of the refrigerator from the outside and selectively opening and closing the refrigerator; An outlet formed in the door to communicate with the inside; A simple door configured to rotate the hinge formed at one end in front of the shaft to open and close the outlet; And a shielding plate interlocked with the simple door to be stored above the outlet and to be lowered to shield the outlet when the simple door is opened, and to be moved upward to be stored above the outlet when the simple door is closed. Simple door installation structure of the refrigerator, characterized in that configured to include. The simple door installation structure of the refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a fixing means for fixing the storage is further provided on the rear surface of the simple door. The simple door installation structure of claim 2, wherein the fixing means is formed at a predetermined interval from the rear surface of the simple door, and is connected to both ends of the simple door to be fixed. The simple door installation structure according to claim 1, wherein the door includes an accommodating part for accommodating the shield plate, and a sliding channel on which the shield plate slides is provided on a side of the outlet. The simple door installation structure of the refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the side end of the simple door is further provided with a guide part for guiding the shanghai east of the shield plate. The simple door mounting structure of claim 5, wherein a stopper is further provided on a side surface of the guide unit to control the rotation of the simple door in front of the door. The simple door installation structure of claim 5 or 6, wherein the lower end of the shielding plate is further provided with a rotating wheel, and the guide part has a guide channel for guiding the rotating wheel.