KR20040056342A - Mounting structure of vegetable box in refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A vegetable box mounting structure of a refrigerator is provided to utilize a storage space of a vegetable box efficiently and simplify the withdrawing and inserting of foodstuff with respect to a vegetable box. CONSTITUTION: A vegetable box mounting structure of a refrigerator includes a vegetable box(60), a shield cover(70) provided on the vegetable box for covering a top part of the vegetable box, and a vegetable box door(72). The vegetable box is provided to a front end of the cover for alternatively opening closing a front part of the vegetable box. The door is formed with a guide part(76) for guiding the opening or closing of the door in association with the back and forth motion of the vegetable box.

Description

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The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly to a vegetable box installation structure of the refrigerator for storing vegetables or fruits.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the main components of the refrigerator and the circulation of cold air. According to this, the freezer compartment 2 and the refrigerating compartment 3 are partitioned from each other by the barrier 4 in the refrigerator body 1 in which the wall is formed of the heat insulating material. The freezer compartment 2 and the refrigerating compartment 3 are each stored at a predetermined temperature, and are selectively communicated with the outside by doors 2 'and 3' installed in front of the freezer compartment 2 and the refrigerating compartment 3, respectively. The freezing compartment 2 and the refrigerating compartment 3 are each provided with shelves 5 on which storage items are placed.

In order to maintain the freezing chamber 2 and the inside of the refrigerating chamber 3 at a predetermined temperature, cold air must be continuously supplied. To this end, an evaporator 6 for generating cold air is installed in a separately partitioned space behind the freezing chamber 2. A blowing fan 7 is used to supply the cold air generated by the evaporator 6 to the freezing chamber 2 and the refrigerating chamber 3. A part of the cold air flowing by the blower fan 7 is transferred to the freezing chamber 2, and the remaining cold air is supplied to the refrigerating chamber 3.

Here, in order to supply cold air to the refrigerating chamber 3, a refrigerating chamber cold air passage 8 is formed inside the main body 1 corresponding to the rear of the refrigerating chamber 3. A plurality of discharge ports 9 are formed in the refrigerating chamber cold air passage 8 so as to discharge the cold air to a position corresponding to the upper surface of each shelf 5 installed in the refrigerating chamber 3.

On the other hand, the barrier 4 is provided with a return passage 10 for returning the air having a relatively high temperature to the evaporator 6 to circulate the freezing chamber 2 and the refrigerating chamber 3 again. . One side of the return flow path 10 communicates with the freezing chamber 2 and the refrigerating chamber 3, and the other side communicates with the evaporator 6 side.

A vegetable box cover 12 is formed below the shelf 5 of the refrigerator, and a vegetable box 20 for storing vegetables or fruits, which will be described below, is provided below. The lower surface of the vegetable box cover 12 may be formed with a magic crisper 14 to prevent the drying of the stored matter stored in the vegetable box 20. And, the lower portion of the vegetable box cover 12 is provided with a guide rail 16 to guide the rotating wheel 25 'of the vegetable box 20 to be described below.

2 shows the shape of a conventional refrigerator vegetable box in detail. According to this, the vegetable box 20 is usually provided with one, the storage space 21 is formed therein is configured in the form of a drawer, the top of which is open.

And, the appearance of the vegetable box 20 is provided in a shape corresponding to the lower structure of the freezer compartment of the refrigerator. That is, the rear surface 23 is formed to be inclined to correspond to the shape of the rear side of the lower end of the refrigerating compartment, the side surface 25 and the front surface 27 is formed perpendicular to the refrigerating chamber bottom surface. In addition, a handle 29 is formed at the upper end of the front to facilitate the withdrawal of the vegetable box 20. Both side 25 of the vegetable box 20 is equipped with a rotary wheel 25 'to move the vegetable box 20 forward and backward along the guide rail 16.

The vegetable box 20 is located in the lower portion of the refrigerating chamber far from the evaporator (not shown) that generates cold air, so that vegetables or fruits are not frozen by cold air, and is divided into a separate box to directly contact cold air. While keeping the refrigerator's doors open, the fresh air is kept in fresh condition by preventing direct contact with warm air.

However, the prior art having such a configuration has the following problems.

In the conventional vegetable box 20, there is no separate compartment to store a solid fruit such as apples and fruits such as soft vegetables or grapes together, and thus soft fruits and vegetables are crushed and can not be eaten or easily damaged. .

In addition, the conventional vegetable box 20 has a problem in that the utilization of the storage space is insufficient because the whole forms one storage space. In other words, when stacking the fruit or vegetables in the storage space layered, if you want to take out the storage located on the lower side, there is a inconvenience to take out the upper storage first.

On the other hand, when you want to withdraw the storage in the structure of the vegetable box 20, the vegetable box 20 must be withdrawn to the front, and then the storage or storage must be taken out. Therefore, even when taking out the small storage stored in the front of the vegetable box 20, the entire vegetable box 20 has to be taken out, which is a cumbersome problem.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and to enable more efficient use of the storage space of the vegetable box.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable box installation structure of the refrigerator easy to take out the storage.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the main structure and the cold air circulation of a typical refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a vegetable box for a refrigerator according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is a partial perspective view of the inside of the refrigerator showing a preferred embodiment of the vegetable box installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the main configuration of the vegetable box constituting the main portion of the vegetable box installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a side cross-sectional view of the refrigerator vegetable box installation structure according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is a partial perspective view showing a refrigerator vegetable box open state according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

45. Refrigerating room 47. Vegetable room

50.Door 52.Door basket

60. Vegetable Box 62. Slide Support

64. Slide section 66. Vegetable shelf

67. Front outlet 68. Handle

70. Cover 72. Vegetable Box Door

74. Hinge 76. Guide

78. Door Handle

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the present invention is provided with a storage box is formed inside the storage box is accommodated, and provided on the upper side of the vegetable box to shield the top of the vegetable box And a vegetable box door provided at the tip of the cover to selectively open and close the front of the vegetable box, wherein the vegetable box door is opened and closed by interlocking with the front and rear movements of the vegetable box. A guide part for guiding is formed.

Inside the vegetable box is formed a vegetable shelf partitioning the storage space up and down.

The guide portion is bent from the vegetable box door and formed to have an acute angle with the vegetable box door.

According to the vegetable box installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention having such a configuration, it is possible to use the vegetable box more efficiently, there is an advantage that the storage of the storage stored in the vegetable box can be easily taken out.

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

Figure 3 shows the inside of the refrigerator compartment employing a preferred embodiment of the refrigerator vegetable box installation structure according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a perspective view of a vegetable box that is the main part of the refrigerator vegetable box installation structure according to the present invention. And, Figure 5 is a partial side cross-sectional view of the lower part of the refrigerating chamber employing the vegetable box according to the present invention, Figure 6 is a partial perspective view of the use state of the vegetable box according to the present invention.

As shown in these figures, inside the refrigerator main body 40, a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment, which are storage spaces, are partitioned by the barrier 42, and a freezer compartment 43 is located on the left side and a refrigerating compartment 45 on the right side. ) Is located. As shown in the drawing, in addition to the case in which the freezing chamber 43 is formed side by side of the refrigerating chamber 45, the freezing chamber 43 and the refrigerating chamber 45 may be formed up and down.

On the other hand, the lower portion of the refrigerating chamber 45 is provided with a separate vegetable chamber 47, the freezing chamber 43 and the refrigerating chamber 45 is provided with a shelf 48 for placing the storage, respectively. The shelf 48 is installed at a plurality of intervals up and down according to the size of the storage space and partition the storage space to allow more storage.

In addition, a door 50 is provided to shield and selectively open and close the inside of the refrigerator, which is a storage space. The door 50 of the refrigerator is installed at the front of the refrigerator body 40. On the other hand, the rear surface of the door 50 is provided with a door basket 52 for storing the storage.

The door 50 is also provided with a groove bar 54 for simply storing the storage, the groove bar 54 is formed on the upper side of the refrigerator so that the user can take out the storage inside without bending the waist. It is common to be.

The vegetable chamber 47 is equipped with a vegetable box 60 that can accommodate vegetables or fruits, and a cover 70 for shielding the upper side of the vegetable box 60 is installed above the vegetable box 60. The cover 70 also serves as a shelf on which the storage is placed. Then, a slide support 62 for supporting the vegetable box 60 to slide forward and backward is formed on the side wall of the vegetable chamber 47.

The main configuration of the vegetable box 60 is shown in detail in FIG. According to this, the vegetable box 60 is formed as a substantially rectangular cylindrical transparent box with an upper opening, the upper side of both sides slide 64 is mounted on the slide support 62, the vegetable box 60 Is bent in both sides from the upper side of the side. In addition, the tip of the slide 64 is rounded downward to make contact with the guide portion 76 of the vegetable box door 72 to be described below smoothly.

At a predetermined height inside the rear of the vegetable box 60, a vegetable shelf 66 is installed to partition the storage space up and down. In addition, an upper end portion of the front surface 60a of the vegetable box 60 is opened to form a front outlet 67, and both side surfaces of the front outlet 67 are inclined to have a predetermined angle toward the front inclined surface 67 ′. Has On the other hand, a handle 68 is further provided at the top of the front surface 60a of the vegetable box 60 to facilitate the withdrawal of the vegetable box 60.

A vegetable box door 72 is installed at the front end of the cover 70, and the vegetable box door 72 pivots upwardly with respect to the hinge 74 provided at both sides of the upper end of the cover 70 in front of the vegetable box 60. Opening and closing the front outlet 67 formed in the part. The guide portion 76 is bent from the vegetable box door 72 at the rear of the upper end of the vegetable box door 72, wherein the angle formed by the guide portion 76 and the vegetable box door 72 is formed. Is preferably formed to have an acute angle.

That is, shown in FIG. It is preferable that the angle of at least 90 degrees is formed so that the vegetable box door 72 is slightly inclined forward even when the vegetable box door 72 is opened. In this case, when the vegetable box 60 is pushed backward, the vegetable box door 72 is closed by rotating downward by itself under its own load.

The guide part 76 comes into contact with the tip of the slide part 64 when the vegetable box 60 is pulled forward. Therefore, the guide portion 76 is preferably bent round from the vegetable box door 72 is molded to be in flexible contact with the tip of the slide (64). On the other hand, at the lower end of the vegetable box door 72, the door handle 78 is formed to protrude forward.

Hereinafter, the operation of the vegetable box installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

First, when storing or taking out the storage in the front of the vegetable box 60, only the vegetable box door 72 is opened without opening the entire vegetable box 60 to open and take out the storage. Can be. That is, when the door handle 78 of the vegetable box door 72 is lifted upwards, the vegetable box door 72 pivots upwardly around the hinge 74 of the upper end, so that the vegetable box door 72 is opened. Withdrawal of storage can be done. Then, after taking out and storing the storage, when the vegetable box door 72 is lowered and closed, the front outlet 67 of the vegetable box 60 is shielded.

Next, if you want to store the storage in the inner portion of the vegetable box 60, only the opening of the vegetable box door 72 does not work smoothly requires the withdrawal of the entire vegetable box 60. Accordingly, when the handle 68 of the vegetable box 60 is pulled forward by hand, the slide 64 of the vegetable box 60 slides the upper end of the slide support 62 formed in the vegetable chamber 47. The vegetable box 60 is pulled forward because it slides forward.

When the vegetable box 60 is pulled forward, the tip portion of the slide 64 contacts the guide portion 76 formed on the vegetable box door 72 to push the guide portion 76. Therefore, the vegetable box door 72 is rotated upward with respect to the hinge 74, the vegetable box door 72 is gradually opened. When the vegetable box 60 is pulled out a predetermined distance or more forward, the vegetable box door 72 is completely opened. At this time, the guide portion 76 is brought into contact with the upper end of the slide portion 64 and the vegetable. The box door 72 keeps the open image.

When the vegetable box 60 is drawn out and the vegetable box door 72 is opened, it is possible to withdraw and store the stored matter in the internal storage space of the vegetable box 60. Therefore, withdrawal of the stored matter is possible in the inside of the vegetable box 60, and the stored stock can be stored separately in the upper and lower portions of the vegetable shelf 66, respectively.

When the withdrawal of the stored matter is completed in the inside of the vegetable box 60, holding the handle 68 of the vegetable box 60 by hand and pushes the vegetable box 60 into the inside of the vegetable chamber 47. At this time, the slide portion 64 supporting the guide portion 76 of the vegetable box door 72 slides out the upper end of the slide support 62, so that the vegetable box door 72 is The front outlet port 67 is shielded by rotating downward by its own load.

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.

Vegetable box installation structure of the refrigerator according to the present invention as described in detail above was to install a vegetable shelf in the inside of the vegetable box to efficiently utilize the storage space inside the vegetable box. In other words, the soft fruit or vegetable is stored on top of the vegetable shelf separately from the solid storage, thereby preventing damage to the storage.

In addition, in the present invention, a vegetable box door is installed on the front of the vegetable box, and the vegetable box door is configured to be opened and closed by a slide part formed on the side of the vegetable box.

Therefore, when the vegetable box does not need to be pulled out, the vegetable box door can be directly opened by hand to draw in and out of the storage inside the vegetable box. When pulled in, the vegetable box door is automatically rotated upward and opened, and when the vegetable box is pushed backward, the vegetable box door is automatically lowered down and closed, thereby improving work efficiency.

Claims (3)

The storage box is formed inside the vegetable box that stores the storage, A cover provided at an upper side of the vegetable box and shielding an upper side of the vegetable box; Is provided at the tip of the cover is configured to include a vegetable box door for selectively opening and closing the front of the vegetable box, The vegetable box door structure of the refrigerator, characterized in that the guide portion is formed to guide the opening and closing of the vegetable box door in conjunction with the front and rear movement of the vegetable box. According to claim 1, wherein the vegetable box inside the vegetable box of the refrigerator, characterized in that the vegetable shelf is formed to partition the storage space up and down. The structure of claim 1, wherein the guide part is bent from the vegetable box door to have an acute angle with the vegetable box door.