KR20080003647A - Home-bar door having storing space for refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

A home bar door for a refrigerator having a storage space is provided to use a space occupied by the home bar door unnecessarily without lowering insulation performance to improve the spatial efficiency. A front plate(20) is exposed to a front of a refrigerator at a closed state and is combined with both sides of a lower end part of an aperture of a home bar to be opened and close. A front, back, left, and right edges of an insulating plate(30) have certain distance from front, back, left, and right edges of a rear side of the front plate. A wall body(40) includes a front wall(31), a rear wall(33), a left wall(37), and a right wall(39) extended from each edge as long as certain height at right angles to the front plate, and forms a storage space surrounded by the walls. A transparent cover(60) has both sides of a rear end part combined with upper rear ends of the left wall and the right wall to open and close the storage space. A handle member(73) is combined with a center of a front end part of the transparent cover. A locking unit(75) fixes a bottom of the front end part of the transparent cover and an upper end plane of the front wall in a state of contacting with each other.

Description

Home-Bar Door having Storing Space for Refrigerator

1 is a perspective view illustrating an example of a double door refrigerator having a home bar;

2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of a home bar according to the prior art;

3 is a perspective view partially showing a home bar door in an open state according to the example of FIG. 2;

4 is a perspective view illustrating an exploded state of a transparent cover plate of a home bar door according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a perspective view illustrating an open state of a transparent cover plate of a home bar door according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a perspective view partially showing the use state of the home bar door according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

20: front panel 23: hinge

30: insulation plate 31: front wall

33: rear wall 37: left wall

39: right wall 40: wall

41, 43: hinged hole 50: storage space

60: transparent cover plate 63: hinge

65: vent hole 70: lock handle

73: handle portion 75: locking portion

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator home bar door that is used exclusively for the home bar to open and close the home bar in a refrigerator having a home bar used as a storage space divided inside the door of the refrigerator.

In general, the refrigerator is to keep food and the like in a fresh state for a long time in the internal space maintained at a low temperature state, in order to maintain the internal space at the required low temperature, including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, etc. The device is configured to include a closed cycle cooling cycle, and generates cold air by using latent heat necessary for changing a state of a refrigerant circulating in the cooling cycle.

In more detail, the compressor compresses the gaseous refrigerant to a high pressure, and in the condenser connected to the compressor, the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant condenses through heat exchange with the surrounding space and changes to a liquid state, followed by a liquid state in the expansion valve. The refrigerant is injected in the mist form, and the evaporator circulates in such a way as to absorb the heat of the surrounding space while lowering the temperature of the surrounding space to generate cold air. The cold air generated through such a process is to be supplied through a duct to a necessary space inside the refrigerator such as a freezer compartment or a refrigerating compartment using a forced convection means such as a fan to maintain the required low temperature state.

Such refrigerators generally operate by stopping the cooling cycle when the temperature of the internal space reaches an appropriate set temperature and then performing the cooling cycle again when the temperature of the internal space increases, thereby saving power consumption. It becomes possible to plan.

The temperature of the interior space of the refrigerator is extremely small due to its excellent heat insulation performance, and when the door is opened, the high temperature outside air flows into the inside space and the low temperature inside air is discharged to the outside due to convection. It rises accordingly and rises when food is put at a temperature lower than the set temperature. If the temperature of the internal space rises due to the opening of the door, it is necessary to operate the cooling cycle with power consumption, and if the door is opened frequently, the operation time of the refrigerator due to the increase of the cooling load increases due to the increase of the cooling load. Energy consumption efficiency is inevitably lowered.

In recent years, due to the development of technology and the improvement of living standards, the size of household refrigerators is increasing, and thus, a double door refrigerator having a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment divided into left and right sides is not widely used. In addition, in order to meet the needs of various consumers in addition to the enlargement of the large-scale and advanced through the addition of various convenience specifications such as drinking water dispenser or home bar.

As the size of a refrigerator increases, power consumption increases due to an increase in basic cooling load, but various functions for reducing power consumption have been sought.

As a part of this, the adoption of the home bar, which is a factor that improves user convenience and is also desirable for power saving, stands out in a large refrigerator. In other words, in terms of power saving, frequent opening of the door is the most unfavorable factor for improving energy consumption efficiency, and the opening frequency of the door is reduced to reduce the energy loss caused by exposing all sides of the storage space by opening the door. A home bar that can be used is adopted.

1 is a perspective view showing an example of a double-sided refrigerator having a home bar, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an example of a home bar according to the prior art, Figure 3 is a home bar door in an open state according to the example of FIG. Is a perspective view partially shown.

As shown in Figure 1 and 2, the home bar (4) is installed in the interior of the refrigerator compartment door (3), a refrigerator compartment for storing food, such as water, milk, beverages, alcoholic beverages, etc., which are frequently expected to enter and exit frequently It provides a storage space 5 isolated from the inner peripheral space, and uses a small sized home bar door 7 corresponding to the storage space 5 of the home bar 4 that is opened forward of the refrigerator compartment door 3. By opening and closing selectively, the user's convenience can be improved and energy consumption efficiency can be increased.

However, although the home bar 4 is intended to obtain convenience and power saving effect at the expense of the effective use of the effective volume of the refrigerating compartment, the spatial inefficiency by the home bar door 7 can be said to be a considerable level.

That is, the groove bar door, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the projection 11 of a certain height that is not included in the effective volume inside the front portion 9 of a predetermined thickness exposed to the external space has a considerable space. Although occupied, the protruding portion 11 has a side in consideration of thermal insulation performance, but it is a situation that is causing a relatively large space inefficiency.

Invented to solve the problems of the prior art as described above,

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a home bar door for a refrigerator that can eliminate the spatial inefficiency caused by the home bar door without causing a decrease in thermal insulation performance in a refrigerator having a home bar.

The present invention for realizing this,

In the refrigerator home bar door included in the refrigerator having a home bar,

A front plate exposed to the front of the refrigerator in a closed state, the front plate having a predetermined thickness coupled to both sides of the lower end of the opening of the home bar;

Insulation plates arranged so that the front, rear, left and right edges have a predetermined distance from each of the front, rear, left and right edges of the front plate back side;

A wall including a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall extending at a predetermined height from each edge of the insulation board perpendicularly to the front plate, and forming a storage space surrounded by the wall;

A transparent cover plate having both rear end portions of the rear end portion coupled to the upper rear end portions of the left side walls and the right side walls, respectively, to open and close the storage space;

A handle member coupled to the center of the front end of the transparent cover plate; And

It provides a home bar door for a refrigerator having a storage space, including; a locking means for fixing the bottom of the front end portion of the transparent cover plate and the front wall top surface in contact with each other.

The left and right walls are higher in height than the front and rear walls by a size corresponding to the thickness of the transparent cover plate.

In addition, the handle member and the locking means is characterized in that it can be made in one piece.

Here, the locking means is formed in a hook shape is characterized in that it is restrained by the fixing groove formed on the inner side of the front wall in the locking position.

On the other hand, the locking means is characterized in that it consists of a permanent magnet member of one polarity embedded in the upper end of the front wall, and a permanent magnet member of the other polarity embedded in the front end of the corresponding transparent cover plate.

In addition, the transparent cover plate is characterized in that it has one or more vent holes.

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

4 is a perspective view illustrating an exploded state of the transparent cover plate of the home bar door according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the home bar door for a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a front plate 20, a heat insulating plate 30, a wall 40, a transparent cover plate 60, and a lock handle. It consists of a configuration including 70.

The front plate 20 has a predetermined thickness and is exposed to the front side of the refrigerator in a state in which the home bar door is closed, and is coupled to be openable and openable by using a rotatable coupling means such as a hinge 23 on both sides of the lower end of the opening of the home bar.

And, the heat insulating plate 30 is arranged so that the front, rear, left and right edges have a predetermined distance from each of the front, rear, left and right edges of the front plate 20, respectively.

In addition, the wall 40 is the front wall 31, the rear wall 33, the left wall 37 and the right wall (extending at a predetermined height, respectively, perpendicular to the front plate 30 at each edge of the heat insulating plate 30 ( 39). The space surrounded by the walls 31, 33, 37, and 39 is used as the storage space 50. Here, the left side wall 37 and the right side wall 39 are higher than the front wall 31 and the rear wall 33 by a size corresponding to the thickness of the transparent cover plate 60 to be described in detail below. It is preferably formed. This is to maintain a clean appearance in a state in which the transparent cover plate 60 is closing the storage space 50, and to minimize the space inefficiency.

Transparent cover plate 60 is to open and close the storage space, the hinge 63 of the form protruding laterally to both sides of the rear end is coupled, the hinge 63 is the left wall 37 and the right wall (39) It is inserted into the hinge fixing holes 41 and 43 formed in each upper rear end part, and the hinge 23 can be opened and closed by an axis. As the transparent material is formed of a transparent material, the article stored in the storage space can be easily recognized even without the transparent cover plate 60 being opened.

In addition, the locking handle 70 is provided in a form in which the handle and the locking means are integrated, and includes a locking portion 75 formed in a hook shape and a handle portion 73 formed in an easy gripping shape. The locking handle 70 is coupled in a form penetrating the center of the front end of the transparent cover plate 60, the handle portion 73 exposed to the upper portion of the transparent cover plate 60 when combined is a transparent cover plate Handle to open and close the 60, the hook-type locking portion 75 exposed to the transparent cover plate 60 is the front wall 31 in the closed state of the transparent cover plate 60 It is constrained by a fixing groove (not shown) formed in the center of the inner surface to stably maintain the closed state of the transparent cover plate 60.

On the other hand, the home bar door for a refrigerator according to the present invention, although not shown, unlike the embodiment of Figure 4, the handle and the locking means may be provided in a separate form, as an example, the N-pole embedded in the upper end of the front wall Or a permanent magnet member of the combination consisting of the permanent magnet member of the S pole and the permanent magnet member of the S pole or the N pole which is embedded in the bottom surface side of the front end of the corresponding transparent cover plate, ie generating mutual attraction. It may include. Of course, it is preferable to use a permanent magnet of rubber material in terms of noise generation or structural soundness improvement when contacting each other.

5 is a perspective view illustrating an open state of a transparent cover plate of a home bar door according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The refrigerator home bar door according to the second embodiment of the present invention may include a transparent cover plate 60 having a plurality of vent holes 65, as shown in FIG. That is, as the vent hole 65 is provided, the cool air can be more smoothly supplied to the storage space 50 formed inside the wall 40. Here, the number, size, and arrangement of the vent holes 65 may be variously changed.

Figure 6 is a perspective view partially showing the use state of the home bar door according to the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the refrigerator home bar door according to the present invention has a transparent cover plate 60 covering the storage space 50 in a state where the home bar door is opened in front of the refrigerating compartment door. By opening, the storage space 60 can be stored in a small packaged beverage, such as yogurt, cookies and the like of the small package. In other words, it is possible to store the food in the sub-package that is frequently expected to be taken out in an orderly and ordered state, and also to be able to quickly take out the desired items while easily recognizing the storage position at the time of carrying out through the transparent cover plate. will be.

By providing a home bar door for a refrigerator having a storage space according to the present invention as described above, the space occupied unnecessarily in the home bar door can be used as a space for storing various kinds of small unit foods without causing a decrease in thermal insulation performance. In addition to the basic convenience and power saving effect through the home bar, it is possible to obtain the effect of improving the spatial efficiency according to the increase of the effective volume.

Claims (6)

In the refrigerator home bar door included in the refrigerator having a home bar, A front plate exposed to the front of the refrigerator in a closed state, the front plate having a predetermined thickness coupled to both sides of the lower end of the opening of the home bar; Insulation plates arranged so that the front, rear, left and right edges have a predetermined distance from each of the front, rear, left and right edges of the front plate back side; A wall including a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall extending at a predetermined height from each edge of the insulation board perpendicularly to the front plate, and forming a storage space surrounded by the wall; A transparent cover plate having both rear end portions of the rear end portion coupled to the upper rear end portions of the left side walls and the right side walls, respectively, to open and close the storage space; A handle member coupled to the center of the front end of the transparent cover plate; And And a locking means for fixing the bottom surface of the front end of the transparent cover plate and the top surface of the front wall to be in contact with each other. The method of claim 1, The left side wall and the right side wall of the refrigerator home bar door having a storage space, characterized in that the height higher than the size corresponding to the thickness of the transparent cover plate than the front wall and the rear wall. The method of claim 2, The handle member and the locking means is a home bar door for a refrigerator having a storage space, characterized in that it can be made in one piece. The method of claim 3, wherein The locking means is formed in a hook shape home bar door for a refrigerator having a storage space, characterized in that it is constrained by a fixing groove formed on the inner side of the front wall in the locking position. The method of claim 2, The locking means includes a permanent magnet member of one polarity embedded in an upper end portion of the front wall, and a permanent magnet member of another polarity embedded in a front end portion of the transparent cover plate. Homebar Door The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The transparent cover plate is a home bar door for a refrigerator having a storage space, characterized in that it has one or more vent holes.

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