KR20080057621A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

A refrigerator is provided to prevent damage to stored items while taking it out from the refrigerator by smoothly guiding the items along a guide unit without generating frictional resistance. A refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, a door(30), a home bar, and a guide unit(32). The refrigerator body is configured to store items therein. The door is openably installed to the refrigerator body, having an opening(30H) connected to the inside of the refrigerator. The home bar is openably installed to the opening of the door. The guide unit is a roller(33) installed to the opening of the door to let the items out.

Description

Refrigerator {REFRIGERATOR}

1 is a view showing an example of a typical refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a view of a part of the door of the refrigerator according to the prior art.

3 is a view showing a part of the door of the refrigerator to which an example of the guide unit according to the present invention is applied.

Figure 4 is a view showing a part of the door of the refrigerator to which another example of the guide unit according to the present invention is applied.

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30: door 30H: opening

31: home bar plate 31h: hinge hole

32: guide part

The present invention relates to a refrigerator that can easily store / draw items in a storehouse through a home bar, and more particularly, to a refrigerator that can be easily taken out while alleviating a collision of items even when storing / taking items through a home bar.

Generally, a refrigerator is divided into a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, and a refrigerator compartment keeps food and vegetables fresh for a long time at a temperature of about 3 ° C to 4 ° C, while a freezer keeps food such as meat and fish frozen at subzero temperatures. Let's do it.

In general, refrigerators are mainly composed of a top mount type refrigerator in which a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment are formed up and down, and the freezer door and the refrigerating compartment door can be opened and closed in the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, respectively. Accordingly, many side by side type refrigerators are formed on both sides of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, and the freezer compartment door and the refrigerating compartment door are configured to be opened and closed with both end portions pivoted.

However, the side-by-side refrigerator as described above has a large capacity of the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment in which cold air can be circulated, and thus, when the freezer door or the refrigerating compartment door is opened and closed, the cold air loss increases and the efficiency decreases. An outlet for acquiring ice from the outside is formed, and the home bar is installed to open and close at the side of the refrigerating chamber so that simple water or a beverage can be withdrawn inside the refrigerating chamber.

1 is a view showing an example of a typical refrigerator, Figure 2 is a view showing a part of the door of the refrigerator according to the prior art.

As an example of a conventional refrigerator, a two-door refrigerator will be described with reference to FIG. 1, and a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment are provided at both sides of the inside of the refrigerator body, and the freezer compartment door 10 and the refrigerating compartment door 20 are connected to the refrigerator body by hinges H1 and H2, respectively. And installed to open and close, the front of the freezer compartment door 10 and the refrigerating compartment door 20 is provided with handles 11 and 21, respectively.

In addition, an ice extraction device 12 capable of withdrawing water or ice is provided on the front side of the freezer compartment door 10, while a home bar is installed on the opening 20H communicating with the refrigerating compartment on the front side of the refrigerating compartment door 20. do.

More specifically, the home bar has a home bar mounting portion 22 mounted on the inner circumference of the opening 20H of the refrigerating compartment door 20, and the home bar door 23 in the hinge hole 22h provided at the lower side of the inner side of the home bar mounting portion 22. The lower end of the hinge is hingedly mounted to be opened and closed, but the inner end 22a of the home bar mounting portion 22 further protrudes toward the center of the opening portion 20H of the refrigerator door 20 so that the home bar door 23 is closed. Increase the contact area to prevent cold air leakage.

At this time, the front of the home bar door 23 is provided with a handle groove (23a) that the user can grasp, while the hook (not shown) is provided on the rear surface of the home bar door 23, that is, the upper surface of the contact with the interior of the refrigerator, A locking groove H for locking the hook of the home bar door 23 is provided at the upper end of the opening 20H of the door 20.

Of course, the inside of the opening 20H of the refrigerating compartment door 20 is provided with a basket (not shown) on which a beverage, a bucket, etc. are placed, and the home bar door 23 is opened, and then the opening 20H of the refrigerating compartment door 20 is opened. As the size is limited, it can be easily taken out by tilting a relatively long beverage, a bucket, and the like stored in the basket, so that opening the home bar door 23 rather than opening the refrigerating compartment door 20 allows the user to take out necessary items. The leakage of cold air can be prevented.

However, since the refrigerator according to the related art opens the home bar door from the opening of the refrigerating compartment door, and then draws out the article through the opening of the refrigerating compartment door, the relatively long article is inclined out through the opening of the relatively small refrigerating compartment door. There is a problem in that the article hits the lower end of the opening of the refrigerating compartment door which is formed to be terminally damaged or caught, so that the article is not easily taken out.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a refrigerator which can smoothly take out an article through an opening of a door from inside a refrigerator.

The present invention for solving the above problems is a refrigerator body in which the article is stored in the refrigerator; A door installed in the refrigerator main body so as to be opened and closed, and having an opening communicating with the inside of the refrigerator; A groove bar installed in the opening of the door to be opened and closed; And, provided in the opening of the door, the guide unit for guiding the extraction of the article; provides a refrigerator comprising a.

In addition, the guide unit provides a refrigerator, characterized in that the roller (Roller) mounted in the opening of the door.

In addition, the guide unit provides a refrigerator, which is installed to be rotatable in the withdrawal direction of the article.

In addition, the guide unit provides a refrigerator, characterized in that installed in the lower corner of the opening of the door.

In addition, the guide unit provides a refrigerator, characterized in that formed of a steel material to prevent deformation.

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

3 and 4 is a view showing a part of the door of the refrigerator to which different examples of the guide unit according to the present invention is applied.

Looking at an example of the home bar of the refrigerator according to the present invention with reference to Figure 3, the home bar mounting portion 31 is installed in the inner circumference of the opening 30H formed in the door 30 to withdraw the goods from the interior, the home bar mounting portion 31 ), A home bar door (not shown) is installed to be opened and closed, and a guide part 32 for guiding an article to be drawn out smoothly is mounted at a lower edge of the home bar mounting part 31.

Of course, while the hinge ends (not shown) provided on both sides of the bottom of the home bar door are hinged to the hinge hole 31h formed on the lower side of the inner side of the home bar mounting portion 31, the hooks (not shown) provided on the top of the home bar door. ) Is engaged / released by the locking groove H formed at the upper end of the home bar mounting portion 31, and a basket (not shown) is installed inside the opening 30H of the door 30 so as to be located in the warehouse. Through the opening (30H) to be able to easily withdraw beverages or buckets.

In more detail, the groove bar mounting portion 31 is installed along the inside and front edges of the opening 30H of the door 30, and the home bar door and the groove bar mounting portion 31 of the home bar door and the home bar mounting portion 31 are prevented in order to prevent leakage of cold air while the home bar door is closed. The contact portions protrude stepwise from each other toward the center of the opening 30H of the door 30, and a guide portion 32 having a rounded surface protruding from the lower edge of the groove bar mounting portion 31 is provided.

Of course, the guide portion 32 may be installed at a portion of the lower edge of the groove bar mounting portion 31 directly contacting with the inside of the groove, or may be installed at the most protruding portion of the lower edge of the groove bar mounting portion 31, but directly with the article to be drawn out. It is preferable that the guide part 32 is installed in a part of the groove bar mounting part 31 which is easy to abut.

At this time, the guide portion 32 is formed in an arc-shaped cross section, and the guide portion 32 and the drawn-out article are in line contact or point with each other because the contact surface is in contact with the round surface of the guide portion 32 in a state in which the beverage or the water bottle is inclined. It is in contact with, so as to guide the beverage or bucket along the rounded surface of the guide portion 32 to flow out.

In addition, the guide portion 32 may be made of ABS resin that is not only easy to mold but also absorb shock, but when the beverage or bucket is withdrawn, the beverage or bucket repeatedly hits the guide portion 32. Even if the guide portion 32 to prevent deformation of the guide portion 32 is preferably made of steel.

Therefore, in the drawing process of the article through the home bar, the home bar door is opened from the opening 30H of the door 30, and then the upper end of the article is inclined with respect to the lower end of the article. The portion of the article passes through the opening 30H of the door 30 and is smoothly guided by the guide portion 32 while reducing frictional resistance as the line contact or point contact the guide portion 32 directly. I can withdraw it.

Looking at another example of the home bar of the refrigerator according to the present invention with reference to Figure 4, it is configured in the same manner as Figure 3, the guide bar roller 33 is a kind of guide to guide the goods to be drawn out at the lower corner of the groove bar mounting portion 31 Is fitted.

At this time, the roller 33 is not only easy to form, but also can be manufactured in a hollow shape of ABS resin that can absorb the impact or steel to prevent deformation, the groove bar mounting portion 31 that is easy to directly contact with the article to be drawn out At the lower edge of the) is installed to rotate in the direction of the withdrawal of the article.

Of course, both ends of the roller 33 are fixed to be fitted to the hinge shaft 33a protruding from the lower inner surface of the groove bar mounting portion 31, or the hinge shaft 33a integrally provided at both ends of the roller 33 is the home bar mounting portion. It is fitted to the groove formed in the lower inner surface of the lower portion 31 is installed to be rotatable.

Thus, when the beverage or bucket is tilted to withdraw the beverage or bucket through the opening 30H of the door 30, an article such as the beverage or bucket is in contact with the roller 33 and the roller 33 rotates in the withdrawal direction. As the article is guided by the roller 33 can be drawn out smoothly.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail by way of examples based on the embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments and drawings, and the scope of the present invention will be limited only by the contents described in the claims below.

The refrigerator according to the present invention configured as described above is guided by a guide portion or a rotating roller mounted on the opening of the door even if the article is taken out through the opening of the interior of the article because it can be smoothly taken out without large frictional resistance. Damage can be prevented, and withdrawal of the article is easy, thereby increasing the user's satisfaction.

Claims (5)

A refrigerator body in which items are stored in the refrigerator; A door installed in the refrigerator main body so as to be opened and closed, and having an opening communicating with the inside of the refrigerator; A groove bar installed in the opening of the door to be opened and closed; And, And a guide part mounted in the opening of the door and guiding the extraction of the article. The method of claim 1, The guide unit is a refrigerator, characterized in that the roller (Roller) mounted to the opening of the door. The method of claim 1, The guide unit is a refrigerator, characterized in that rotatably installed in the withdrawal direction of the article. The method of claim 1, The guide unit is a refrigerator, characterized in that installed in the lower corner of the opening of the door. The method of claim 1, The guide unit is a refrigerator, characterized in that formed of steel material to prevent deformation.

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