KR20100118435A - Door guard assembly and refrigerator having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Door guard assembly and a refrigerator comprising the same are provided to enhance the convenience and the stability of the receiving since door guard assembly is installed in a door. CONSTITUTION: A refrigerator comprises a storage room, a door, and a sealed container(120). The door opens and closes the storage room. The sealed container forms a storage space. The sealed container is composed of a tray(130) and a cover member(140). The tray is formed from a humidity controllable material. The cover member covers the tray. The tray is formed from a hardwood material. A door guard(110) is installed in the door to enable the sealed container to be placed.

Description

DOOR GUARD ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a door guard assembly for storing a bulky food or the like.

In general, a refrigerator is a device for storing food freshly at a low temperature by supplying low temperature cold air to a storage room where food is stored.

The storage compartment is provided with a plurality of shelves and storage containers for accommodating food, and a door guard for storing drinks or small foods of bottles and cans is installed inside the door for opening and closing the storage compartment.

The door guard is formed of a plastic material and is provided with a storage space for storing food.

The storage space is provided in a semi-opened form to maintain the open state or to have a cover for opening and closing the storage space.

However, the open and semi-open door guard has a structure that can be directly exposed to the outside air has been limited by maintaining the optimal freshness is exposed by bacteria such as mold.

In addition, the door guard is provided with a configuration to control the moisture of the storage space provided with a separate moisture supply device to maintain the proper humidity of the storage space in which food is stored.

One side of the present invention provides a door guard assembly having a sealed container capable of controlling the humidity of the storage space and a refrigerator having the same.

In addition, another aspect of the present invention provides a door guard assembly and a refrigerator having the same having excellent convenience and stability when installed inside the door.

To this end, the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage compartment, a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, and a sealed container defining a storage space, wherein the sealed container covers a tray of a humidity control material and the tray. It characterized in that it comprises a cover member.

In addition, the tray may be formed of a wood material.

In addition, the wood material may be made of at least one of teak, Irocco, beach, mahogany, oak, ash, maple species.

The door guard may further include a door guard installed inside the door to seat the sealed container.

In addition, a door guard installed inside the door, the bottom surface of the door guard may be formed as the tray.

In addition, the door guard may include a separation preventing member for preventing the separation of the sealed container when the sealed container is seated.

In addition, the release preventing member is provided to be rotatable along the outer surface of the cover member when the sealed container is moved from the door guard, so as to surround the cover member by its own weight when the sealed container is introduced into the door guard It is characterized in that the locking bar member coming down.

The release preventing member may include a locking bar member rotatably provided at the door guard, and a locking member coupled to both ends of the locking bar member to limit a rotation radius of the locking bar member.

In addition, the locking member may include a first locking portion to be caught in the rising state of the locking bar member, and a second locking portion to be caught in the falling state of the locking bar member.

In addition, the tray may be provided with a stepped portion, and the cover member may be provided with a coupling rib that is in close contact with the stepped portion.

In addition, a packing member may be provided between the stepped portion and the coupling rib.

In addition, a leg portion may be provided at a lower portion of the tray, and a seating groove in which the leg portion is seated may be provided at a bottom surface of the door guard.

A refrigerator according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a storage compartment, a door for opening and closing the storage compartment, and a sealed container forming a storage space, wherein the sealed container is a tray made of a wooden material, and a cover of a transparent material covering the tray. It may include a member.

The door guard assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a door guard installed on the inner wall of the door for opening and closing the storage compartment, a sealed container seated on the door guard and capable of controlling humidity, and the sealed container includes a tray made of a wooden material. The cover unit may cover the tray member.

The door guard may include a locking bar member rotatably provided on the door guard and surrounding the front surface of the cover member when the airtight container is inserted into the door guard.

The locking bar member may include a fixing part surrounding the front surface of the cover member, a support part bent at both ends of the fixing part, and a hinge part provided at one end of the support part, respectively.

In addition, the door guard is provided with a hinge groove to which the hinge portion is coupled, the hinge groove has a first catching portion for limiting the lifting angle of the hinge portion so that the locking bar member is lowered by its own weight, and the locking bar member is the cover It may include a second locking portion for limiting the lowering angle of the hinge portion to secure the member.

In addition, the tray is provided with a stepped portion, the cover member includes a coupling rib in close contact with the circumference of the stepped portion, the coupling rib is in close contact with the first side of the stepped portion and the first step of the stepped portion It may be made of a second contact portion in close contact with the two sides.

In addition, a packing member may be provided between the stepped portion and the coupling rib.

In addition, the cover member may be formed of a transparent material.

As described above, the door guard assembly and the refrigerator having the same according to an embodiment of the present invention can maintain the freshness of the food stored in the storage space for a long time by the tray of the wood material that can control the humidity.

In addition, the door guard assembly of the present invention is improved by the locking bar member that is automatically raised and lowered during the movement of the sealed container to improve the convenience of storage as well as to prevent the departure of the sealed container according to the opening and closing of the door to improve the stability.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the technical idea of the refrigerator of the present invention as described above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a coupling structure of the door guard assembly of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a refrigerator main body 10 having a storage compartment 20 therein and a door 50 that opens and closes the storage compartment 20.

In this embodiment, the storage chamber 20 is shown in the left and right sides of the main body 10 by the partition wall 11, the storage chamber 20 is provided in the main body 10 up and down, or one storage chamber 20 It can be formed to have only. This storage compartment 20 can be used as a refrigerating compartment or a freezing compartment.

At least one shelf 30 on which food is placed is installed at an upper portion of the storage compartment 20, and a storage container 40 for storing vegetables or fruits may be provided at the lower portion thereof.

The inner wall 51 of the door 50 is provided with a pair of liners 53 long and spaced apart from each other so that a plurality of door guards 70 for storing bottles containing small foods or beverages are installed.

On the other hand, between the pair of liners 53 on the top of the door 50 is provided with a door guard assembly 100 that can control the humidity of the microorganisms, such as mold and bacteria can be controlled.

Referring to FIG. 2, the door guard assembly 100 is provided with a door guard 110 installed on an inner wall 51 of the door 50 that opens and closes the storage compartment 20, and a draw in and out of the door guard 110. And it includes a sealed container 120 is adjustable humidity.

The door guard assembly 100 may be provided to be detachably attached to the inner wall 51 of the door 50. For this purpose, a locking groove 111 having a lower opening is provided at both sides of the door guard 110, and a pair of liners 53 is provided with a locking projection 60 is inserted into the locking groove 111.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the door guard assembly of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV 'of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the door guard 110 detachably attached to the inner wall of the door 50 is formed in a substantially box shape so as to have a receiving portion 112 on which the airtight container 120 is seated.

In addition, the door guard 110 may be provided in a form in which the upper and one side wall of the receiving portion 112 is opened for the convenience of storage when the sealed container 120 is drawn in and out.

At least one cold air inlet hole 114 may be provided at the bottom surface 113 of the door guard 110, and a seating groove 115 formed with a predetermined depth may be provided at a rear side of the bottom surface 113.

The cold air inlet hole 114 introduces cold air from the storage compartment 20 into the receiving part 112 of the door guard 110 to supply cold air to the sealed container 120.

The sealed container 120 covers the upper portion of the tray 130 to prevent direct exposure of the tray 130 on which the food is placed, and the external air of the food placed on the tray 130, and the storage space 121 (see FIG. 4). Cover member 140 to form a.

In the present embodiment, the storage space 121 is formed by the cover member 140, but the storage space 121 may be formed inside the tray 130 by providing the tray 130 to have a container shape. Of course it is.

On the other hand, the tray 130 is formed of a wooden material to enable the humidity control of the sealed storage space 121, the cover member 140 is made of a transparent material so that the state of the food placed on the tray 130 can be seen from the outside. Can be formed.

The tray 130 of the wood material has a property of shrinking and expanding the small fibers according to the amount of water due to the nature of the wood, which enables automatic humidity control, thereby preventing the incubation of microorganisms such as mold and bacteria.

In addition, the solid wood tray 130 has an antibacterial function, a sterilization action, and air purification ability to prevent deterioration and decay during long-term storage of food has the effect of extending the freshness maintenance period of food.

The wood material used in the tray 130 may be a wood material having a certain strength without deformation in the humidity of the storage room 20, and in this embodiment, the teak having a high rigidity and natural wood pattern and texture It may be composed of at least one of teak, iroko, beech, mahogany, oak, ash, and maple species.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the wood material is used as a material capable of controlling humidity, but is not limited thereto.

On the other hand, the sealed container 120 is provided with a tray 130 of the wood material is suitable for use as a storage place only for dairy products because when installed in the storage compartment 20 maintains a suitable temperature for the storage of dairy products such as cheese.

Leg portions 131 are provided at both sides of the lower surface of the tray 130. As shown in FIG. 4, the leg part 131 includes a seating groove in which the leg part 131 is provided in the door guard 110 when the airtight container 120 is seated on the receiving part 112 of the door guard 110. It may be provided to correspond to the shape of the mounting groove 115 to be accommodated in the 115.

This limits the movement of the tray 130 when the hermetic container 120 is inserted into the receiving portion 112 of the door guard 110.

In addition, the cover member 140 and the tray 130 of the airtight container 120 prevents the inflow of external air to the storage space 121 side, and the airtight structure to control the humidity through the tray 130 of the wood material It can have

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of portion 'A' of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged view showing another embodiment of portion 'A' of FIG. 4. Referring to FIG. 5, a stepped stepped portion 133 is provided at a portion adjacent to the upper edge of the tray 130, and a close contact with the circumference of the stepped stepped portion 133 around the bottom edge of the cover member 140. Coupling ribs 141 may be provided.

Coupling rib 141 is a first contact portion 143 in close contact with the first side 134 of the stepped portion 133 and a second contact portion in close contact with the second side 135 of the stepped portion 133 ( 145).

As a result, the gap between the cover member 140 and the tray 130 is kept airtight by the first and second close parts 143 and 145, thereby reducing the possibility of air inflow into the storage space 121 side.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the packing member 150 having excellent adhesion between the cover member 140 and the tray 130 to further improve the degree of airtightness between the cover member 140 and the tray 130. May be provided.

On the other hand, the door guard assembly 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a door guard 110 is installed on the inner wall 51 of the door 50, and the airtight container 120 seated on the door guard 110, It is not limited to this to form a storage space 121 and the bottom surface 113 of the wood material in the door guard 110, so that the cover member 140 for sealing the storage space 121 is coupled to the door guard 110. Naturally, it can be configured.

When the airtight container 120 is opened and closed after the airtight container 120 is seated on the receiving part 112 of the door guard 110, the airtight container 120 is inertia force in the door guard 110. It may include a departure prevention member for preventing the departure.

The anti-separation member may be formed of a locking structure such as a hook coupling to restrain the airtight container 120, and the anti-separation member of the embodiment of the present invention includes the airtight container 120 as shown in FIG. 3. It includes a locking bar member 160 rotatably provided in the door guard 110 and the locking member for limiting the rotation radius of the locking bar member 160 to move up and down automatically.

The locking bar member 160 may include a fixing part 161 surrounding the front surface 146 of the cover member 140 and the fixing part when the sealed container 120 is inserted into the receiving part 112 of the door guard 110. The support 163 bent at both ends of the 161, and a hinge portion 165 formed in a rectangular bar shape at one end of the support 163.

The locking member may be formed of a hinge groove 171 into which the hinge portion 165 may be inserted and rotated. In this embodiment, the hinge groove 171 may have a side wall 116 of the door guard 110 as shown in FIG. 7. Recess may be formed inside.

The hinge groove 171 is provided with a locking portion for limiting the rotation radius of the locking bar member 160, the locking portion is the first locking portion 172 for limiting the maximum lifting angle of the locking bar member 160, and the maximum lowering angle It includes a second catching portion 173 for limiting.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, when the hinge portion 165 of the locking bar member 160 is inserted into the hinge groove 171 and ascends, the hinge portion 165 is caught by the first locking portion 172. Rotation will be limited.

The first catching portion 172 is provided such that the maximum lifting angle α of the locking bar member 160 is formed at about 85 degrees so that the locking bar member 160 can descend by its own weight after the maximum raising of the locking bar member 160.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, when the locking bar member 160 descends, the hinge part 165 is caught by the second catching part 173 and the rotation is limited, and the second catching part 173 is The minimum falling angle of the locking bar member 160 is provided to be formed at about 0 degrees.

In this case, when the airtight container 120 is drawn into and taken out of the door guard 110, the locking bar member 160 is automatically raised and lowered, thereby improving convenience of storage.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, when the airtight container 120 is inserted into the door guard 110, the locking bar member 160 is in the position (virtual line) of the minimum descending angle due to its own weight and the door guard. The sealing container 120 is prevented from being separated from the 110, and when the sealing container 120 is pulled out from the door guard 110 (in the direction of the arrow), the locking bar member 160 of the cover member 140 is disposed. Since it automatically rises up to the position (solid line) of the maximum lifting angle along the upper surface 147, it is prevented by the locking bar member 160 when the sealing container 120 is pulled out.

Therefore, the door guard assembly 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is able to maintain the freshness of the food stored in the storage space 121 for a long time by the tray 130 of the humidity control wood material, and also In addition, the convenience of storage is improved by the locking bar member 160 that is automatically raised and lowered when the sealed container 120 is moved, and the sealed container 120 from the door guard 110 according to the opening and closing of the door 50. Stability is improved by preventing the deviation of the.

1 is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing a coupling structure of the door guard assembly of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the door guard assembly of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV ′ of FIG. 2.

5 is an enlarged view of a portion 'A' of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view illustrating another embodiment of portion 'A' of FIG. 4.

7 is a perspective view showing a part of the door guard assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 and 9 are cross-sectional views showing an operating state of the locking bar member of the refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing an operating state of a door guard assembly of a refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: main body, 50: door,

100: door guard assembly, 110: door guard,

114: cold air inlet, 115: seating groove,

120: sealed container, 121: storage space,

130: tray, 131: leg portion,

133: stepped portion, 140: cover member,

141: coupling ribs, 143: first contact portion,

145: second contact portion, 150: packing member,

160: locking bar member, 161: fixing part,

163: support portion, 165: hinge portion,

171: hinge groove, 172: first locking portion,

173: Second catching part.

Claims (20)

A storage chamber; and a door for opening and closing the storage compartment; and a sealed container for forming a storage space, wherein the sealed container includes a tray of a humidity control material and a cover member covering the tray. The method of claim 1, The tray is a refrigerator, characterized in that formed of wood. 3. The method of claim 2, The wood material is teak, iroko, beach, mahogany, oak, ash, fridge characterized in that at least one of the maple species. The method of claim 1, The refrigerator further comprises a door guard installed inside the door for seating of the sealed container. The method of claim 1, And a door guard installed inside the door, wherein the bottom surface of the door guard is formed of the tray. The method of claim 4, wherein The door guard is characterized in that the refrigerator comprises a release preventing member for preventing the separation of the sealed container when seated. The method of claim 6, The release preventing member is rotatably provided along the outer surface of the cover member when the sealed container is moved from the door guard, and locks down to cover the cover member by its own weight when the sealed container is inserted into the door guard. Refrigerator characterized in that the bar member. The method of claim 6, The release preventing member is a refrigerator comprising a locking bar member rotatably provided in the door guard, and a locking member coupled to both ends of the locking bar member to limit the rotation radius of the locking bar member. The method of claim 8, The locking member includes a first locking portion to be caught in the rising state of the locking bar member, and a second locking portion to be caught in the falling state of the locking bar member. The method of claim 1, The tray is provided with a stepped portion, the cover member is a refrigerator, characterized in that the coupling ribs are provided in close contact with the stepped portion. The method of claim 10, And a packing member is provided between the stepped portion and the coupling rib. The method of claim 4, wherein Leg portion is provided in the lower portion of the tray, the refrigerator characterized in that a seating groove for seating the leg portion is provided on the bottom surface of the door guard. A storage chamber; and a door for opening and closing the storage chamber; and a sealed container for forming a storage space, wherein the sealed container includes a tray made of wood and a cover member made of a transparent material covering the tray. A door guard installed on an inner wall of the door for opening and closing the storage compartment, and a sealed container seated on the door guard and capable of controlling humidity, and the closed container includes a wood tray and a door guard including a cover member covering the tray. assembly. 15. The method of claim 14, And a locking bar member rotatably provided on the door guard and surrounding the front surface of the cover member when the airtight container is inserted into the door guard. The method of claim 15, The locking bar member includes a fixing part surrounding the front surface of the cover member, a support part bent at both ends of the fixing part, and a hinge part provided at one end of the support part, respectively. The method of claim 16, The door guard is provided with a hinge groove to which the hinge portion is coupled, and the hinge groove has a first catching portion for limiting the lifting angle of the hinge portion so that the locking bar member descends by its own weight, and the locking bar member covers the cover member. And a second locking portion for limiting the lowering angle of the hinge portion to fix the door guard assembly. 15. The method of claim 14, The tray is provided with a stepped portion, and the cover member includes a coupling rib in close contact with the circumference of the stepped portion, and the coupling rib is in close contact with the first side of the stepped portion and the second side of the stepped portion. The door guard assembly, characterized in that made of a second close contact with. The method of claim 18, The door guard assembly, characterized in that the packing member is provided between the stepped portion and the coupling rib. 15. The method of claim 14, The cover member is a door guard assembly, characterized in that formed of a transparent material.

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