KR20110002991A

KR20110002991A - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: KR20110002991A
Application number: KR1020090060559A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 최정규
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2009-07-03
Filing date: 2009-07-03
Publication date: 2011-01-11

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator. Refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the storage space formed cabinet; A door for selectively opening and closing the storage space; An opening opening at one side of the door; A home bar door rotatably mounted to the door, the home bar door selectively opening and closing the opening by rotation; At least one shelf is provided in the storage space, the shelf for partitioning the storage space up and down to provide a storage space; It includes a drawer provided in the storage space below the shelf so that the upper side is covered by the shelf, withdrawable through the opening. According to the present invention having such a configuration there is an advantage that the ease of use is improved.

Refrigerator, Home Bar, Drawer, Drawout

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator.

In general, a refrigerator is a home appliance that allows food to be stored at a low temperature in an interior storage space shielded by a door, and is stored by cooling the inside of the storage space using cold air generated through heat exchange with a refrigerant circulating in a refrigeration cycle. It is configured to keep foods in optimal condition.

In addition, the storage space inside the refrigerator is maintained in the range of 1 to 4 degrees Celsius, the refrigerator compartment to keep foods such as vegetables are kept in a fresh state, and foods such as meat or fish to be kept in the range of -18 degrees Celsius A freezer compartment for freezing and storing is provided, and the refrigerator may have various shapes according to the arrangement of the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment and the shape of the door that shields the refrigerating compartment and the freezer compartment.

In addition, the refrigerator is gradually becoming larger and more versatile in accordance with the change in diet and the quality of the product, and refrigerators with various structures and convenience devices are considered.

For example, a refrigerator having a home bar on one side of the door and opening only the home bar door without opening the entire door has been released.

An embodiment of the present invention is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator having a drawer provided to be withdrawable through the home bar door inside the storage space.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention is provided with a drawer provided to be pulled in and out through the home bar door inside the storage space, the refrigerator so that the inner temperature of the drawer can be maintained at a temperature different from the temperature of the storage space; The purpose is to provide.

Refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, the storage space formed cabinet; A door for selectively opening and closing the storage space; An opening opening at one side of the door; A home bar door rotatably mounted to the door, the home bar door selectively opening and closing the opening by rotation; At least one shelf is provided in the storage space, the shelf for partitioning the storage space up and down to provide a storage space; It includes a drawer provided in the storage space below the shelf so that the upper side is covered by the shelf, withdrawable through the opening.

According to the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, food can be stored in the inside of the drawer through the withdrawal of the drawer when the home bar door is opened.

Accordingly, foods frequently used can be stored more effectively, and foods to be stored in the drawer can be easily stored through the opening of the home bar door, thereby improving convenience of use.

In addition, it is possible to maintain the temperature inside the storage member at a different temperature from the other storage space, it is possible to store food having a storage temperature that is difficult to store in the storage space of the frequently used food.

Therefore, the storage performance of the food is improved as well as there is an advantage that can easily accommodate a variety of food.

And, by storing the relatively small food in the drawer, it is possible to easily take out or put through the opening of the home bar to reduce the loss of cold air. Therefore, the effect of improving the power consumption of the refrigerator can be expected.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment shown in the drawings, and that other embodiments falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention may be easily devised by adding, .

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view of an open door of the refrigerator according to the present invention.

1 and 2, the refrigerator 1 according to the present invention has an outer shape formed by a cabinet 10 forming a storage space and a door 50 that shields the storage space.

The storage space inside the cabinet 10 is divided up and down to form the upper storage space 20 and the lower storage space 30, it may be divided into two or more spaces as necessary. In addition, the upper storage space 20 is provided with a rotatable door 100, the lower storage space 30 is provided with a drawer door 40.

In detail, the rotatable door 100 selectively opens and closes the upper storage space 20 by rotation, and is hinged to the cabinet 10. In addition, the drawer door 40 is provided to be slide in and out of the lower storage space 30 to selectively open and close the lower storage space 30. In addition, a basket 42 is mounted to the drawer door 40 and is configured to draw in and out together with the drawer door 40. In addition, the plurality of drawer doors 40 may be arranged up and down.

On the other hand, a groove bar 110 is formed at the lower portion of the pivotal door 100. The home bar 110 is configured to enable the withdrawal of the food stored in the upper storage space 20 without opening the pivotal door 100.

In detail, the groove bar 110 has an opening 112 formed to penetrate in a rectangular shape to a lower portion of the pivoting door 100, and hinged to one side of the opening 112 to rotate the opening 112. It is configured to include a home bar door 114 to selectively open and close by.

In this case, the home bar door 114 may be configured such that the opening 112 is opened by rotating the home bar door 114 toward the front side of the hinge shaft is provided at the lower left and right sides.

The width of the opening 112 in the horizontal direction may be the same size as the width of the upper storage space 20. Therefore, when the home bar door 114 is opened, the entire width of the inside of the upper storage space 20 may be exposed to the outside through the opening 112.

In addition, a lower end of the opening 112 is formed to correspond to a height of an inner lower surface of the upper storage space 20. Therefore, when the home bar door 114 is opened while the pivoting door 100 is closed, the lower end of the opening 112 and the lower surface of the upper storage space 20 are positioned on the same extension line.

In addition, when the home bar door 114 is completely rotated, the home bar door 114 is rotated by an approximately 90 ° angle, and the rear surface of the home bar door 114 has a lower end and an upper storage space of the opening 112. It may be configured to be located on the same extension line as the lower surface of the (20).

On the other hand, a plurality of shelves 200 are provided inside the upper storage space 20 shielded by the drawer door 40. The shelf 200 is provided in plurality at regular intervals up and down to partition the upper storage space 20 into a plurality of upper and lower spaces.

At least one of the plurality of shelves 200 may be provided with a shelf cover 210. The shelf cover 210 is rotatably mounted on the shelf 200 to shield an interior space partitioned by the shelf 200, and after turning, the shelf cover 210 is horizontal to the shelf 200. It may be configured to be drawn into the lower surface of the 200.

Meanwhile, various foods may be stored in the space partitioned by the plurality of shelves 200, and at least one dedicated container 60 having a size corresponding to the size of each space may be stored in each space. have.

In addition, the shelf 200 disposed at the bottom of the plurality of shelves 200 may be positioned inside the upper storage space 20 corresponding to the upper end of the opening 112. A drawer 400 is provided on the bottom surface of the shelf 200 so that drawers can be pulled in and out, and the drawer 400 can be pulled out when the home bar door is opened.

3 is a partial perspective view illustrating a coupling relationship between a shelf and a drawer of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4, a drawer guide member 300 extending downward is formed at both left and right ends of the bottom surface of the shelf 200. The drawer guide member 300 extends from the front end to the rear end of the shelf 200, and is tightly fixed to the left and right sides of the upper storage space 20, respectively.

The drawer guide member 300 is provided with a sliding guide 310 to which the drawer 400 is mounted and guided. The sliding guide 310 is formed from the front end to the rear end of the drawer guide member 300, it is formed recessed laterally to accommodate the drawer cloud member 410 to be described below.

In addition, a guide cloud member 320 supporting the drawer 400 is mounted at a front end of the sliding guide 310. The guide rolling member 320 is formed in a roller shape, and is rotatably mounted at the front end of the sliding guide 310.

In addition, the front end of the drawer guide member 300, the buffer member 330 is mounted. The buffer member 330 is formed of a material that is elastically deformable, such as rubber or silicone, and stops the drawer 400 in contact with the drawer 400 when the drawer 400 is completely inserted. The impact of the contact is alleviated to prevent damage and noise of the drawer 400.

A gasket (not shown) may be mounted at the front end of the drawer guide member 300 and the front end of the shelf 200 instead of the buffer member 330. The gasket may be formed of an elastic member to mitigate shocks when the drawer 400 is fully pulled out, and to control the cold air from flowing out of the drawer 400 to the outside.

On the other hand, the shelf 200 may be detachably provided inside the upper storage space (20). That is, the shelf 200 may be detachably mounted by a protrusion or a groove formed in a shape corresponding to the inner wall of the upper storage space 20, similar to the other shelves 200.

Therefore, according to the model of the refrigerator 1, the general shelf 200 may be mounted in a model in which the home bar 110 is not applied or the drawer 400 is not applied. In the case of the model to which the home bar 110 and the drawer 400 are applied, the shelf 200 on which the drawer guide member 300 is formed is mounted.

The drawer 400 is mounted on the lower side of the shelf 200 to be retractable and is formed to have a width corresponding to the width of the opening 112. Therefore, the opening of the home bar door 114 may be configured to be withdrawn from the outside through the opening 112.

In detail, the left and right rear ends of the drawer 400 is mounted with a drawer cloud member 410. The drawer cloud member 410 is formed in a roller-like shape, and is rotatably mounted on both sides of the drawer 400. The drawer cloud member 410 is formed to have a size that can be accommodated inside the sliding guide portion 310, the rolling movement along the sliding guide portion 310.

In addition, support parts 420 are formed on both left and right sides of the drawer 400. The support part 420 protrudes outward from both left and right sides of the drawer 400 and extends from the front end to the rear end of both sides of the drawer 400. In addition, the support part 420 is formed to contact the upper end of the guide cloud member 320 when the drawer 400 is mounted to the drawer guide member 300.

Therefore, when the drawer 400 is pulled in and out, the drawer cloud member 410 is in contact with the sliding guide 310, and the rolling motion, the guide cloud member 320 is in contact with the support portion 420 is rolling. .

In addition, when the drawer 400 is withdrawn, the drawer cloud member 410 is in contact with the upper surface of the sliding guide 310, the guide cloud member 320 is in contact with the lower surface of the support portion 420 the drawer ( 400) is configured to be able to slide stably without falling.

The front circumference of the drawer 400 protrudes outward to be in contact with the buffer member 330 or a gasket (not shown), and a handle for drawing out the drawer 400 is further provided at the front of the drawer 400. Can be formed.

On the other hand, the back of the upper storage space 20 is provided with a grill pan 500 to form a cold air duct 510 which is a flow passage of cold air. The inside of the upper storage space 20 is divided into the front and rear by the grill pan 500, a plurality of shelves 200 are mounted in the front to form a storage space, the rear is a space for the flow of cold air Will form.

Therefore, the cold air supplied to the cold air duct through the heat exchanger 70 provided below the cabinet 10 is moved upwardly along the cold air duct 510 and passes through the grill pan 500 to the upper portion. It can be supplied to the storage space (20).

On the other hand, the grill pan 500 is formed with a plurality of discharge ports 540 for the discharge of cold air. The cold air discharge port 540 is formed with a discharge port 540 for each partitioned space to effectively cool all the plurality of spaces partitioned by the shelf 200.

In detail, the discharge port 540 is a shelf discharge port 520 for supplying cold air to each space partitioned by the plurality of shelves 200, and a drawer discharge port 530 for supplying cold air into the drawer 400. It is configured to include).

In more detail, the shelf discharge port 520 is for discharging cold air into the space partitioned by the shelf 200, and is respectively opened at positions corresponding to the respective spaces partitioned by the plurality of shelves 200. Is formed.

The shelf discharge port 520 is formed at both left and right ends of the grill pan 500, and the opened portion is formed to face the side so that the discharged cold air can be moved along the sidewall of the upper storage space 20. Is formed.

Of course, the shelf discharge port 520 may be formed at another position on the grill pan 500 corresponding to the space partitioned by the shelf 200 as necessary. In addition, the shelf discharge port 520 may be formed in each space partitioned by the shelf 200, and may also be provided in the lowermost space partitioned by the shelf 200 on which the drawer 400 is mounted. .

Meanwhile, a drawer outlet 530 may be formed at one side of the grill pan 500 corresponding to a space circumscribed by the shelf 200 on which the drawer 400 is mounted. The drawer discharge port 530 is for discharging the cold air supplied through the cold air duct 510 to the inside of the drawer 400, and is formed at the rear of the drawer 400.

In more detail, the drawer discharge port 530 is formed to be open in the horizontal direction, may be formed in plurality. The drawer outlet 530 may be formed on the grill pan 500 corresponding to a lower side of the shelf 200 and an upper end of the drawer 400, and may be discharged to the drawer outlet 530. Cold air may flow into the inside of the drawer 400 through a space between the shelf 200 and the drawer 400.

In addition, a cold air inlet 430 may be further formed at a rear end of the drawer 400 to open the cold air smoothly. The cold air inlet 430 may be formed by cutting the upper end of the rear side of the drawer 400 corresponding to the drawer outlet 530, and opening the rear side of the drawer 400 corresponding to the drawer outlet 530. It may be formed.

On the other hand, the drawer discharge port 530 may be provided with a cold air control member 550 to adjust the discharge amount of the cold air. The adjustment member 550 may be configured to adjust the opening degree by the user's hand, or may be configured as a damper that can be opened and closed electronically.

When the drawer discharge port 530 is provided with a control member 550 consisting of a damper, the inside of the drawer 400 may be provided with a temperature sensor 440 for detecting the internal temperature, the temperature sensor 440 According to the temperature sensed by the control unit 560 to control the driving of the adjustment member 550. At this time, the internal temperature of the drawer 400 can be displayed through the display 122 of the operation unit 120 provided on the front of the rotary door 100, it may be configured to be input through the input member 124. have.

Hereinafter, a process of opening and closing a drawer type door of a refrigerator according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

5 is a partial perspective view showing a pulled out state of the drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a partial perspective view showing a pulled out state of the drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 and 6, in order to store food in the drawer 400, the home bar door 114 is rotated to open the home bar 110.

The home bar door 114 is rotated by an angle of about 90 ° with the front surface of the rotatable door 50, and the rear surface of the home bar door 114 is the same as the bottom surface of the upper storage space 20 inside the cabinet 10. It is located on the extension line.

In this state, the user can take out the dedicated container 60 seated on the bottom surface of the upper storage space 20, and pull the dedicated container 60 to the back of the home bar door 114. You can also let go.

In addition, when the home bar door 114 is opened, the front surface of the drawer 400 is exposed through the opening 112. In order to open the drawer 400, the user grabs the front of the home bar door 114 and pulls the drawer 400 out of the front.

In this case, since the width of the drawer 400 corresponds to or slightly smaller than the width of the opening 112, the drawer 400 may be withdrawn through the opening 112. The drawer cloud member 410 moves along the sliding guide 310 of the drawer guide member 300 when the drawer 400 is pulled out, and the guide cloud member 320 is the drawer (not shown). Rolling motion along the support portion 420 formed in the 400 is configured so that the drawer 400 can be smoothly withdrawn to the front.

The opened upper surface of the drawer 400 is exposed by the withdrawal of the drawer 400, and the user can store food in the drawer 400. Then, when the storage of the food is completed in the drawer 400, the drawer 400 is pushed back into the drawer.

Even when the drawer 400 is moved rearward, the drawer 400 may be guided by the drawer cloud member 410 and the guide cloud member 320. When the drawer 400 is completely inserted, the buffer The member 330 is brought into contact with the drawer 400.

After the drawing of the drawer 400 is completed, the home bar door 114 is rotated again in the opposite direction to shield the opening 112 and the upper storage space 20 even though the drawer 400 is closed. The interior of the can be shielded.

On the other hand, the cold air generated by the heat exchanger 70 is moved upward through the cold air duct 510 behind the grill fan 500, a plurality of discharge holes 540 formed in the cold air duct 510 Through it can be evenly supplied to the entire upper storage space (20).

In detail, the cold air introduced into the cold air duct 510 supplies cold air to each space partitioned by the plurality of shelves 200 through respective shelf discharge ports 520 formed in the grill pan 500. Done.

In addition, some of the cold air introduced into the cold air duct 510 discharges the cold air toward the drawer 400 through the drawer discharge port 530 formed at a position corresponding to the drawer 400. Due to cold air supplied into the drawer 400 through the inlet 430 of the drawer 400, the inside of the drawer 400 may have a lower temperature than the other positions of the upper storage space 20. It can be cooled.

On the other hand, when the drawer discharge port 530 is provided with a control member 550, such as a damper for adjusting the discharge amount of cold air may be adjusted the temperature inside the drawer 400.

In detail, in order to adjust the temperature of the drawer 400, a user manipulates the manipulation unit 120 provided in the rotary door 50 to set a temperature inside the drawer 400. In addition, the controller 560 controls the controller 550 according to the set temperature.

The opening degree of the drawer outlet 530 is adjustable according to the operation of the adjusting member 550, and the drawer 400 is controlled by adjusting the amount of cold air supplied into the drawer 400 through the drawer outlet 530. ) You can adjust the internal temperature.

1 is a front view of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

2 is a perspective view of an open door of a refrigerator according to the present invention.

3 is a partial perspective view illustrating a coupling relationship between a shelf and a drawer of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a partial perspective view showing a retracted state of the drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a partial perspective view showing a withdrawal state of the drawer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

A cabinet in which a storage space is formed;

A door for selectively opening and closing the storage space;

An opening opening at one side of the door;

A home bar door rotatably mounted to the door, the home bar door selectively opening and closing the opening by rotation;

At least one shelf is provided in the storage space, the shelf for partitioning the storage space up and down to provide a storage space;

And a drawer provided in a storage space below the shelf so as to be covered upward by the shelf, and provided to be withdrawable through the opening.

The method of claim 1,

Refrigerator, characterized in that the drawer guide member for guiding the draw in and out of the drawer on both sides of the shelf.

The method of claim 2,

The drawer guide member is integrally formed with the shelf, and the refrigerator is characterized in that it is provided detachably inside the storage space with the shelf.

The method of claim 1,

Refrigerators, characterized in that the drawer guide member for guiding the drawer in and out of the drawer on both sides of the inside of the storage space.

The method of claim 1,

And the opening is formed to be opened by a width corresponding to a width of the storage space.

The method of claim 1,

The front side of the drawer guide member, characterized in that the refrigerator further comprises a buffer member in contact with the drawer to relieve the impact when the drawer is retracted.

The method of claim 1,

And a drawer outlet for supplying cold air to the drawer side is provided at a rear side corresponding to the drawer.

The method of claim 7, wherein

And a shelf discharge port for discharging cold air into each space partitioned by the shelf in each of the spaces partitioned by the shelf.

The method of claim 7, wherein

And an inlet for guiding inflow of cold air into the inside of the drawer is formed at a rear surface of the drawer corresponding to the outlet of the drawer.

The method of claim 7, wherein

Refrigerator, characterized in that the drawer discharge port is further provided with an adjustment member for adjusting the amount of cold air discharged.

The method of claim 10,

The control member is a refrigerator, characterized in that for automatically adjusting the opening degree of the discharge port in accordance with a set temperature.

The method of claim 1,

Inside the storage space,

A shelf discharge port for supplying cold air into the inside of the shelf and a drawer discharge port for supplying cold air to the Natzgro of the drawer are provided, respectively.

The refrigerator characterized in that to maintain a different temperature in the storage space and the inside of the drawer.