KR20140040604A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator that improves the strength for supporting an accommodating container having a drawing structure and conducts a gentle drawing operation for an even large-sized accommodating container. According to the present invention, the refrigerator includes a storage room (3) formed in a body (1), doors (2a, 2b) opening and closing the storage room (3), an accommodating container (50) located at the storage room (3), a base (60) supporting the accommodating container (50) thereagainst, a handle (51) disposed at the front of the base (60), rails (70) disposed on the inner surface of the storage room (3), moving bodies (67a, 67) disposed on the rear side of the base (60) in such a manner as to move on the rails (70), and first support bodies (71) disposed on the lower front side of the storage room (3) in such a manner as to movably support the base (60) forwardly and backwardly, wherein the height positions of the sliding parts of the first support bodies (71), the rails (70) and the moving bodies (67a, 67) and the height position of at least portion of the handle (51) are similar to or equal to the height position of the underside of the base (6). [Reference numerals] (AA) Up; (BB) Front; (CC) Back; (DD) Down; (P) Point

Description

Refrigerator {REFRIGERATOR}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator.

BACKGROUND ART [0002] Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2001-280830 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent No. 3378187 (Patent Document 2) are known as background arts in this technical field.

Patent Document 1 discloses a conventional refrigerating chamber in which a food storage container housed in a food storage chamber of a front opening is supported so as to be pulled out in a front-rear direction together with a door that opens and closes the front opening, And a connection member for connecting the left and right supports and a rear end portion of the support body, " and " a configuration in which the upper portion of the upper opening is extended from the door into the food storage chamber, And the container-shaped support body is integrally formed with a side wall and a bottom wall by molding of a synthetic resin or a metal "(Summary, FIG. 2).

Patent Document 2 discloses a refrigerator which comprises a drawer door provided with a frame provided with a case for storing food or the like and provided on the refrigerator body, a moving roller provided on a rear portion of the frame, And a main body side fixing roller provided on the lower middle partition wall of the main body and on which the frame slides, wherein the side wall surface is curved outwardly so that the moving roller is housed and slid so as to withstand the foaming pressure of the heat insulating material, (Claim 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-280830 Japanese Patent No. 3378187

In the conventional structure described in Patent Document 1, that is, in the structure of supporting the storage case on the support fixed to the door, the attachment position (in particular, height direction) of the support to the door becomes important.

In a general refrigerator, a draw-out storage room (a freezing room or a vegetable room) is disposed at the lower part of the refrigerator main body, but a handle is provided at the top of the door to facilitate opening and closing of the door even if the user does not bend.

Recently, a storage case of a vegetable room or a freezing room can store about 30 to 50 kg of food. In the case of a refrigerator provided with such a storage case, when the distance between the position of the handle of the door and the height direction of the position of the frame supporting the storage case is long, when the door is taken out by holding the handle, So that there is a possibility that the connecting portion is deformed from the starting point.

In addition, when the door is pulled out, the front side of the supporting body is lowered, which causes a poor sliding property of the supporting body, which may make it difficult to smoothly pull out the door.

Also, as in Patent Document 1, when a container-shaped support is constituted by a metal, its weight is increased and handling and portability are deteriorated. In addition, the cost is increased. On the other hand, when the container-shaped support body is made of a synthetic resin, if the weight of the storage case containing the water-receptacle is increased, the container-shaped support body may be bent and deformed.

Next, in Patent Document 2, in a door (for example, a door having a storage capacity of 10 kg or less such as an ice tray door) having a smaller storage amount than a freezer compartment or a vegetable compartment, And a connecting portion of the frame is provided. However, in Patent Document 2, since the frame and the case are cantilevered to fix and support the case only at the door side, the frame supporting the case is bent when a large load is applied, and the sliding property of the frame is lowered.

Further, in consideration of the bending dimension of the frame, the inter-pole dimension is provided between the bottom surface of the case and the bottom surface of the storage compartment. Therefore, the size of the case has been limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator which is capable of improving the supporting strength of the storage container of the drawer structure and drawing out the storage container even if the storage container is enlarged.

In order to solve the above problems, for example, the configuration described in claims is adopted. The present invention includes a plurality of means for solving the above-mentioned problems. For example, the refrigerator includes a storage chamber formed in the refrigerator body, a door for opening and closing the storage chamber, a storage container disposed in the storage chamber, A handle provided on the front of the base, a rail provided on the inner surface of the storage chamber, a moving body provided on a rear portion of the base and moving on the rail, And a first support for movably supporting the base in the front and rear direction, wherein a height position of each of the sliding portions of the first support, the rail, and the moving body, and a height position of at least a part of the handle, The height position of the light guide plate is close to or equal to the height position of the light guide plate.

According to the present invention, the supporting strength of the storage container of the drawing structure is improved, and the refrigerator can be provided with a draw-out operation smooth even if the storage container is enlarged.

1 is a front perspective view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention in a state where a door of a refrigerator is opened; FIG.
3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which right and left side walls are omitted. FIG.
5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the vicinity of the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
6A is a front view of a storage container of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6B is a right side view of the storage container of Fig. 6A. Fig.
FIG. 6C is a rear perspective view of the storage container of FIG. 6A. FIG.
7 is a front perspective view of the base of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention;
8 is a partial cross-sectional view of a state in which a storage container is placed on the base of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of a state in which a storage container is placed on a base, showing a different embodiment from FIG. 8;
10 is a front partial sectional view of the vicinity of a rail of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
11A is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage container of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention is taken out.
11B is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage container of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention is inserted.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the refrigerator compartment door viewed from the side opposite to the hinge, and FIG. 12 (b) is a perspective view of the refrigerator compartment door viewed from the side of the hinge side.
13A is a front perspective view showing a state in which a storage container of a vegetable compartment is pulled out in a state in which a door of a refrigerating compartment is opened at 90 degrees.
Fig. 13B is a front perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the storage compartment of the vegetable compartment is opened with the fridge compartment door opened at 90 degrees; Fig.
Fig. 14 relates to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, wherein (a) is a state in which a storage container is housed in a vegetable room, (b) is a transient state in which the storage container is taken out, Fig.
15 is a partial perspective view for explaining the position of a second support portion according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
16 is a partial perspective view of the state in which the storage container of Fig. 15 is removed;
17 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a base according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a second support according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
19 is a view for explaining the attachment structure of the first support portion according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

(Example 1)

Hereinafter, a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, like parts and arrows are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

<Overall Configuration of Refrigerator 1>

First, with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the entire configuration of the refrigerator will be described. 1 is a front perspective view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator door according to the first embodiment of the present invention in a state where the door of the refrigerator compartment is opened. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a rear perspective view of a refrigerator according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which right side walls and rear wall are omitted.

A refrigerator (1) is provided with a refrigerating chamber (3) and a freezing chamber (6) in the upper and lower parts of a refrigerator body (1H) constituting the main body thereof. The partition between the refrigerating chamber (3) and the freezing chamber (6) is partitioned by a partition wall (5a). On the other hand, the partition wall 5a is provided with a heat insulating material inside and functions as a heat insulating partition wall.

The front upper portion of the refrigerator main body 1H is provided with left and right turning doors 2a and 2b, one end of which is pivotably supported by a hinge so as to be rotatable, and constitutes a so-called French door. As shown in Fig. 2, the rotary doors 2a and 2b are doors of the refrigerating chamber, and by opening and closing the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b, the stored contents in the refrigerating chamber 3 can be stored and taken out. Further, a draw-out door 2c is provided in a front lower portion of the refrigerator main body 1H. The drawer door 2c is a freezer compartment door, and by opening and closing the freezer compartment door 2c, the stored contents in the freezer compartment 5 can be stored and taken out.

In the refrigerating compartment 2, a plurality of shelves 3a, which are supported by protrusions provided on both right and left side walls on the inner side of the refrigerator main body 1H, for storing the stored products are provided in the vertical direction. A receiving shelf 3b serving also as a partition between the refrigerating compartment 3 and the fill compartment 4 is disposed at a position lower than the shelf 3a. The door pockets 8 are provided on the surfaces of the refrigerating compartment doors 2a and 2b facing the refrigerating compartment 2 on the back side of the refrigerating compartment doors 2a and 2b.

A chilled room (4) and a vegetable room (5) are provided in a part of the refrigerating compartment (3). More specifically, the rear space of the refrigerating chamber doors 2a, 2b is formed above the partition wall 5a above the freezing chamber 6 as a chilled room 4 and a vegetable room 4. The refrigerating compartment 3 and the vegetable compartment 5 are, for example, storage rooms of a refrigeration temperature range of about 3 to 5 占 폚. The chilled room (4) is, for example, a storage compartment of a temperature zone of about 0 ° C.

A container 4a to be filled is placed in the powder compartment 4 and a container 50 in the form of a vegetable compartment is disposed in the compartment 5. When the refrigerator compartment doors 2a and 2b are opened, the refrigerator compartment container 4a and the compartment container 50 are housed in the compartment 4 and the compartment 5, respectively. Then, by withdrawing the paint container 4a and the vegetable compartment container 50, it is possible to store and retrieve the stored contents into the respective containers. In addition, the drawer container 4a and the greenhouse container 50 in a withdrawn state are housed in predetermined positions to close the refrigerating chamber doors 2a, 2b.

In the refrigerator 1 of this embodiment, the refrigerator compartment 3, the filling compartment 4 and the vegetable compartment 5 constituting the refrigerating space are arranged in order from above. The vegetable compartment container 50 is provided with shelves 3a, 3b ), And protrudes forward as compared with the container (4) to be painted. In this way, by having a space in which the vegetable compartment container 50 protrudes forward, it is possible to realize a large capacity of the storage space of the vegetable compartment 5. [ On the other hand, the door pocket 8 is not provided so as not to interfere with the projecting portion of the vegetable compartment container 50 at the height position opposed to the vegetable compartment 5.

In this way, the vegetable compartment container 50 has a protruding portion on the front side, so that a large-sized vegetable or the like can be accommodated in a large amount. By having the door pocket 8 at a position opposite to the refrigerating chamber 3 and the chilling chamber 4 on the back of the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b, it is possible to perform refrigerated preservation such as beverages such as PET bottles and cartons, It is possible to effectively receive the necessary food, and it is easy to access these foods only by opening any one of the refrigerating chamber doors 2a, 2b.

The cool air cooled by the cooler 12 to be described later flows from the cold room blowing duct 18R to the refrigerating chamber 3 by driving the cold air blowing fan 11 (the cold room blowing fan 11a and the freezing room blowing fan 11b) The chilled room 4 and the vegetables room 5 and the cool air flows from the freezing room cold air blowing duct 18F to the freezing room 6. [

The cool air that has been blown to the refrigerating chamber 3, the chilled room 4 and the vegetables room 5 passes through the cold room return air duct 17R provided at the rear of the cooler room 10 disposed in the cooler 12, And returns to the cooler room (10). The cool air after being blown into the freezing chamber 6 passes through the freezing chamber cool air return duct 17F provided at the rear portion of the freezing chamber 6 and returns to the cooler chamber 10. [

Next, in the chilled room 4, a chilled room container 4a which can be drawn out is disposed. Since the shelf 3b is disposed on the upper part of the container 4a to be painted, the cold air in the powder room 4 is blocked by the shelf 3b and is less likely to be leaked out of the container. 2, a switching lever 4b is provided on the backside of the compartment 3 of the refrigerating compartment 3 above the chilled compartment 4. [ By switching this switching lever 4b from side to side, the opening and closing of the cooling mechanism not shown in the chilled chamber 4 can be operated. By releasing the cooling mechanism, chilled air is introduced into the chilled room (4).

Accordingly, since the user can adjust the temperature of the room in the paint chamber 3, appropriate temperature management is possible for the user. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the switching lever 4b is provided on the bottom surface of the lowermost stage of the refrigerating chamber 2 in consideration of the easy-to-use height position at the time of operation, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Or may be another portion in the refrigerator main body 1H and may be operated from an external control panel in a state where the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b are closed. Further, the information receiving means may be provided in the refrigerator 1 so that the user can perform a switching input operation from the mobile terminal or the remote operating means remotely.

Next, the freezing chamber 6 is, for example, a storage chamber of a freezing temperature zone of about -18 캜. In the freezing chamber 6, a draw-out top freezing chamber vessel 6a and a bottom freezing chamber vessel 6b are disposed. The lower freezing chamber container 6b is suspended on a supporting frame (not shown) connected to the freezing chamber door 2c of the drawing type, and is pulled out together with the drawing operation of the freezing chamber door 2c. The upper freezing chamber container 6a may be configured to be taken out together with the lower freezing chamber container 6b and the upper freezing chamber container 6a may be left in the freezing chamber 6 when the freezing chamber door 2c is pulled out, After the door 2c is opened, the upper freezer compartment container 6a may be taken out alone.

The cooler chamber (10) is a space formed by projecting from the rear upper portion of the freezing chamber (6) to the rear portion of the vegetable chamber (5). A cooler 10 constituting a part of a refrigeration cycle, a cold air blowing fan 11 (a cold room blowing fan 11a, a freezing room blowing fan 11b) above the cooler 10, And a defrost heater 15 disposed below the cooler 10 are disposed. The cooler (10) is disposed behind the freezing chamber (6). This is because the cooler 10 is at a low temperature of the freezing temperature zone, so that the influence of the low temperature does not reach the adjacent storage chamber by bringing the temperature zone close to the freezing chamber 6 close thereto. At the same time, adjacent to the storage room of the refrigeration temperature zone not only raises the temperature of the cooler 10, but also tends to adhere to the property, thereby reducing the heat exchange efficiency.

The cold air blowing fan (11) is arranged behind the vegetable compartment (5). More specifically, the cooler 12 is disposed as large as possible in the height direction behind the freezing chamber 6, and the cold air blowing fan 11 is disposed behind the freezing chamber 6 above the vegetables chamber 5. This is to increase the size of the cooler 12 as much as possible to improve the cooling performance. Particularly, in the refrigerator as in the present embodiment in which the storage space is large, it is necessary to improve the cooling performance.

Here, if the cooler 12 is positioned to the rear of the vegetable compartment 5, the vegetable compartment 5 becomes low in temperature due to the influence of the cooler 12, and the stored vegetables and the like may be frozen. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the cooler 12 is fixed to the rear position (height position of the partition wall 5a) of the freezing chamber 6, and the cold air blowing fan 11 is disposed behind the vegetable room 5. [ A heat insulating partition 5b is disposed in front of the cold air blowing fan 11 at the rear of the vegetable compartment 5. That is, the cooler room 10 and the vegetables room 5, which are the height positions of the cold air blowing fan 11, are adiabatically divided by the heat insulating partition 5b. Therefore, the influence of the low temperature of the cooler room 10 on the vegetable room 5 is suppressed.

A machine room 13 is formed in the lower portion of the rear surface of the refrigerator main body 1H from the back side to the freezing chamber 6 side. The machine room (13) is provided with a compressor (14). The gaps attached to the cooler 12 are melted by the defrost heater 15 and led to the machine room 13 by the drain pipe 16 and drained.

In the present embodiment, the cold air blowing fan 11 is provided with two of the cold room blowing fan 11a and the freezing room blowing fan 11b. When the blowing fan 11a of the cold storage room is driven, the cold air passes through the cold room blowing duct 18R to cool the cold storage room 3, the paint room 4, and the vegetable room 5. [ When the blower fan 11b of the freezer compartment is driven, the cool air passes through the freezer compartment blower duct 18F and the freezer compartment 6 is cooled.

&Lt; Configuration of Vegetable Room (5) >

Next, with reference to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the specific configuration of the vegetable compartment 5 will be described. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the vicinity of the vegetable room of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The vegetable compartment 5 is provided with a vegetable compartment container 50 as a storage container. The vegetable compartment 5 is partitioned in the following space, and the vegetable compartment container 50 is disposed in the vegetable compartment 5. [ That is to say, the lower surfaces of the partition walls 4c and 4d between the rear surface of the refrigerating compartment doors 2a and 2b where the door pockets 8 are not provided, the upper surface of the partition wall 5a, The space enclosed by the heat insulating partition 5b and the right and left storage compartment side walls 5c (see FIG. 10) in the vegetables compartment 5 serves as the vegetables compartment 5.

The vegetable compartment container 50 is placed and held on a base 60 to be described later. The user holds the handle 51 of the base 60 and pulls out the vegetable compartment container 50 together with the base 60. [

5, the shelf 3b serving also as a partition for the refrigerating compartment 3 and the refrigerating compartment 4 is provided with the door pockets 8 in front of the refrigerating compartment 4 in a state in which the refrigerating compartment doors 2a and 2b are closed As shown in Fig. A partition 4c which is the bottom of the chilled room 4 and a front end of the partition 4c are arranged between the chilled room 4 and the vegetable compartment 5 at a position below the chilled room container 4a, A partitioning portion 4d formed up to the front upper portion of the vegetable compartment container 50 is continuously provided. That is, the vegetable compartment 5 and the vegetable compartment container 50 are configured to protrude from the upper chill compartment 4 and the chill compartments 4a.

The cold air in the refrigerating chamber 3 is difficult to flow into the warm chamber 4a by the shelf 3d and the door pocket 8. [ In addition, cool air is less likely to flow into the vegetables room container 50 due to the bottom surface of the partition portion 4d and the door pocket 8. [ In other words, it is possible to prevent cold air in other rooms from getting into the container 4a and the container 50, thereby preventing the room temperature from becoming low and rising, and the temperature can be appropriately controlled. On the other hand, cool air flows directly from the discharge port provided in a part of the cold storage room cold air blowing duct 18R by the setting of the switching lever 4b in the cold room 4.

The cool air discharged to the refrigerating chamber 3 and the chilled chamber 4 passes between the bottom surface of the chilled room container 4a and the upper surface of the partitioning sections 4c and 4d and flows into the chilled room 4 and the rear side of the greenhouse 5 And returns to the cooler room 10 from the cold room return air duct 17R.

The vegetable compartment 5 is indirectly cooled from the top by the return cool air passing between the bottom surface of the container for cooling 4a and the top surface of the partition 4c or 4d.

<Configuration of the Vegetable Room Container 50 (Container) and Base 60>

Next, the shape of the vegetable compartment container 50 (storage container) and the base 60 will be described with reference to Figs. 6A to 9. 6A is a front view of a storage container of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6B is a right side view of the storage container of Fig. 6A. Fig. 6C is a rear perspective view of the storage container of Fig. 6A. Fig. 7 is a front perspective view of the base of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of a state in which a storage container is placed on the base of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of a state in which a storage container is placed on a base, showing a different embodiment from that of Fig.

The storage container 50 is formed with a recess 50b for the handle so as to follow the handle 51 of the base 60. [ Therefore, when the storage container 50a is placed on the base 60, the concave portion 50b and the convex portion 60b on the side of the handle portion 51 are fitted, And the concave portion 50b also functions as a positioning means of the storage container 50. [ Thus, by providing the handle 51 on the base 60, the movement of the storage container 50 in the longitudinal direction is suppressed, and the storage container 50 can be stably held.

6A, a pair of left and right claw portions 50C projecting downward are provided on the upper surface of the concave portion 50b of the storage container 50. As shown in Fig. As shown in Fig. 7, on the upper surface of the convex portion 60b of the base 60, a pair of recessed engagement portions 60C are provided on the left and right sides. In this configuration, the claw portion 50C of the storage container 50 is caught by the retaining portion 60C of the base 60 so that the position of the storage container 50 relative to the base 60 is restricted, The storage container 50 also operates integrally according to the operation of the storage container 60. [

As shown in Fig. 6C, a convex portion 52 is provided on the bottom surface of the storage container 50, and has a concavo-convex shape. The convex portion 52 forms a space between the bottom surface of the storage container 50 and the upper surface of the base 60 while the storage container 50 is held on the base 60. [ By forming the air insulating layer in this space, the heat insulating effect in the storage container 50 is enhanced, and the storage container 50 and the base 60 are made difficult to transmit heat to each other. Therefore, it becomes possible to obtain stable cold storage characteristics in the vegetable chamber 4.

The storage container 50 of this embodiment has a configuration in which the lateral width dimension A is larger than the inside width dimension B. Therefore, generally, in a storage container in which various kinds of stored products are stored, the longer the width than the inside, the better the visibility to the inside improves. With this configuration, the space behind the vegetable compartment 5 can be utilized effectively, and the degree of freedom in designing can be improved. 5, the cold air blowing fan 11 is disposed in the rear space of the vegetables room 5 and the heat insulating partition 5b is provided between the vegetables room 5 and the cold air blowing fan 11. In this embodiment, The thickness of the heat insulating partition 5b can be increased. As a result, the heat effect from the cooler room 10 to the vegetables room 5 can be reduced, and the temperature change of the vegetables room 5 can be suppressed.

Next, the configuration of the base 60, particularly, the shape and the material will be described. 7 and 8, the base 60 includes a glass member 61 formed of a glass material, a resin (not shown) made of a resin material (for example, polyacetal) and combined to surround the end of the glass member 61 Member 62 as shown in Fig.

The resin member 62 includes a holding portion 63 arranged in an annular shape so as to cover a predetermined width of the upper surface of the end portion of the glass member 61 and a holding portion 63 extending upward from the holding portion 63, And a slide portion 65 which slides in a rail 70 (to be described in detail later) provided on the refrigerator main body 1H side, which is provided in the front-rear direction outside the side wall 64, As shown in FIG. The slide portion 65 is formed so as to protrude from the side wall 64 in the direction of the side wall 5c of the refrigerator 1 (see Figs. 8 and 10). 8, the base 60 is covered with the end portion of the glass member 61 so as to be vertically sandwiched between the holding portion 63 of the resin member 62 and the end portion of the slide portion 65, And holds the storage container 50a together with the storage container 63.

In addition, as shown in Fig. 7, base side rollers (movable rollers) 67, which are movements, are provided on both side rear ends of the resin member 62 (rear side of the slide portions 65). On the other hand, the moving body 67 is not limited to the roller, but may be a slider (see the base side slider 67a in Fig. 14). Details will be described later.

In the present embodiment, the vegetable compartment container 50 is configured such that the lateral width dimension A is larger than the inward width dimension B. The lateral width dimension C of the base 60 is larger than the inside dimension D so as to match the dimension ratio of the vegetable chamber container 50. [

When the slide portion 65 provided at both ends of the base 60 is brought into contact with the rail 70 on the side of the refrigerator body 1 H, a bending force is generated toward the center of the base 60. At this time, this warp can be suppressed by forming a part including the vicinity of the center of the base 60 from a glass material having a higher bending stiffness than the resin.

That is, the base material of the frame of the base 60 is made of resin, and a part of the bottom surface of the base material is made of a glass material, so that the strength can be increased as compared with a base formed of resin or metal. By constituting the base 60 as described above, when the storage container 50 having a large load load is molded with only the resin, the base may be deformed by warpage, but this can be suppressed. In addition, since the glass material is less expensive than resin or metal, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In addition, in the bottom freezer type refrigerator as in the present embodiment, the cold air blowing fan is disposed on the backside of the vegetable compartment, and the base 60 includes a resin that is softer than the glass material, It is possible to absorb the noise and the vibration caused by the motor, so that a silent effect or a dustproof effect can be expected.

The portion of the base 60 that is in contact with the structure (the storage container 50, the rail 70, etc.) of the refrigerator 1 is made of the resin member 62 and the other portion is made of the glass member 61 So that the glass member 61 is not directly brought into contact with other structures. Thus, breakage of the glass member 61 is prevented, and the strength of the base 60 itself is secured, so that the draw-out storage container 50 can be made larger.

Further, the glass member 61 may be a transparent material for visible light, or may be a semitransparent or opaque material. When a transparent or translucent material is used, the bottom surface that defines the space of the storage container 50a is permeable and visible, so that the container space can be made larger for the user.

In the present embodiment, the outer frame of the glass member 61 is covered with the holding portion 63 of the resin member 62 and the end portion of the rail portion 65 so as to be sandwiched between the upper and lower portions , But is not limited thereto. 9, the holding portion 63 may be removed from the base 60, and the glass member 61 may be placed on the end of the rail portion 65. In this case, as shown in Fig. With such a constitution, the glass member 61 is placed on the resin member 62 and can be separated. Therefore, since the glass member 61 can be separated and cleaned by the whole, cleaning property can be improved. In addition, when cleaning, the base 60 is divided into the resin member 62 and the glass member 61 and can be transported, so that the portability can be improved.

Further, even when the liquid material such as juice or soup is attached to the base 60, since the glass material 61 is hardly deteriorated by the components of the liquid material, It is possible to prevent deformation from becoming easy. Accordingly, even if a large load is applied to the base 60 because a large amount of water is contained in the storage container 50, smooth unloading operation is possible.

<Composition of rails>

Next, the configuration of the rails will be described with reference to Figs. 10, 11A, and 11B. 10 is a front partial sectional view of the periphery of the rail of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 11A is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage container of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention is taken out. Fig. 11B is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage container of a refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention is inserted. Fig.

The slide portion 65 has a substantially U-shaped receiving portion 66 for supporting a storage chamber side roller 71 (fixing roller) as a first support, which will be described later. On the other hand, a rail 70 is provided below the storage chamber side wall 5c to guide the movable roller 67 attached to the slide portion 65 of the base 60. [ Thus, the base-side rollers 67 (movable rollers) fixed to both the rear and both side surfaces of the base 60 to be described later rotate in the forward and backward directions as the vegetables room container 50 is moved in and out.

A storage chamber side roller 71 (fixing roller) is fixed to the front end of the rail 70 to rotationally move the receiving portion 66 of the lower surface of the slide portion 65 forward and backward. On the other hand, base side rollers 67 (movable rollers) are provided on both rear side surfaces of the base 60. The movable roller 67 rotates forward and backward as shown by the broken line in FIG. 10 on the bottom surface of the rail 70. Thus, the base 60 can be taken out.

In this embodiment, the handle 60a is provided on the base 60 and the height position of at least a part of the handle 60a and the height position of the first support 71 (storage chamber side roller (fixing roller)) The rail 70 and the moving member 67 (the base roller (movable roller)) is close to or the same as the height position of the bottom surface of the base 60. [ Accordingly, the user can directly transmit the force for pulling the vegetables room container 50 in the horizontal direction to the sliding portion of the vegetable room container 50, so that the vegetable room container 50 can be taken out with a small force.

The rail 70 facing the slide portion 65 of the base 60 is formed so as to protrude outward with respect to the right and left direction of the refrigerator 1 in this embodiment. A concave rail 70 is formed in the front and rear direction of the side wall 5c of the vegetable compartment 5 and a slide portion 65 of the base 60 is placed in the rail 70. [ Therefore, the gap (clearance) between the vegetable compartment container 50 and the left and right side walls 5c of the vegetable compartment 5 can be reduced. As a result, the dead space can be reduced and the volume of the storage container 50 can be increased.

<Configuration of refrigerator compartment>

Next, the relationship between the vegetable compartment container 50 and the refrigerating compartment doors 2a, 2b when the vegetable compartment container 50 is taken out will be described with reference to Figs. 12, 13A, and 13B. FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a refrigerator compartment door viewed from a side opposite to a hinge, and FIG. 12 (b) is a perspective view of the refrigerator compartment door viewed from the side of the hinge side. FIG. 13A is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a storage compartment of a vegetable compartment is pulled out in a state in which a refrigerator compartment door is opened at 90 degrees; FIG. Fig. 13B is a front perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention, in which the storage compartment of the vegetable compartment is opened with the refrigerator compartment door opened at 90 deg.

On the rear surface of the refrigerator compartment door 2b located on the storage compartment side, there is provided a door pocket 8 capable of accommodating drinking water or a small object. On the rear surface of the refrigerating compartment door 2b, protrusions 101 and 102 protrude toward the storage compartment and are provided on the left and right sides of the rear surface. The protrusions 101 and 102 function as a door liner so that the position of the door pocket 8 is defined by engaging the door pocket 8 with a not shown latching portion provided on the protrusions 101 and 102.

On the other hand, the protruding portion 101 is provided in the up-and-down direction on the side which rotates forward when the refrigerating compartment door 2b is opened, and the protruding portion 102 is provided in the vertical direction on the side of the hinge portion 104 . 12 (b), the protruding portion 102 is not provided at the height position of the door back surface portion 103 at the position facing at least the drawn-out vegetable compartment container 50. As shown in Fig. The position of the door pocket 8 is provided at a position higher than the door rear surface portion 103 and is provided at a position where the door pocket 8 does not interfere with the food container 50 when the food container 50 is taken out. On the other hand, with respect to the refrigerating compartment door 2a, the protruding portion 102 and the door pockets 8 are not provided at the height position of the door back portion 103, like the refrigerating compartment door 2b.

The refrigerating compartment doors 2a and 2b are opened at 90 degrees as shown in Figs. 13A and 13B by not providing the protruding portion 102 on the door back surface portion 103 opposed to the vegetable compartment container 50 , There is no contact with the front of the vegetable compartment container 50, and the amount of the vegetable compartment container 50 to be drawn out can be increased. Therefore, even if the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b are not opened to a range exceeding the projected area of the refrigerator 1 (even if the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b are not opened beyond the lateral dimension of the refrigerator body 1H) The vegetable compartment container 50 can be taken out.

The protruding portion 102 is not provided at the position of the door back surface portion 103 on the side of the hinge portion 104. The protruding portion 101 is also provided at the position facing the vegetable chamber container 50 ) May not be provided. As a result, there is no interference between the projections 101 when the vegetable compartment container 50 is taken out, so that the vegetable compartment container 50 can be pulled forward.

When the protrusions 101 and 102 on the back surface of the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b are not partially provided with protrusions as described above and there are obstacles such as walls and furniture on the left and right sides of the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b The opening operation of the refrigerator compartment doors 2a and 2b is also possible and arrangement according to the layout of the residential environment of each user becomes possible. Further, since there is no need to open the refrigerator compartment doors 2a, 2b as much as possible, cold air is hardly leaked and energy saving effect is obtained.

In the configuration in which the protruding portion 102 is not provided at the position of the door back surface portion 103 on the side of the hinge portion 104, when the greenhouse container 50 is taken out, The projecting portion 101 serves as a stopper, so that the vegetable compartment container 50 can be stopped so that it does not protrude too far forward. Therefore, by excessively pulling out the vegetable compartment container 50 unintentionally, it is possible to prevent the vegetable compartment container 50 from falling down.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when the vegetable compartment container 50 is taken out, at least the convex portion is not provided on the back surface of the door facing the drawn out vegetable compartment container 50. However, no. For example, even if the convex portion is partially provided, a convex portion having a height that does not interfere with the vegetables room container 50 may be provided. In the case of the retractable storage container 50, the convex portion is not partially provided on the door back surface at the position opposite to the retractable container 50, or the storage container 50 is not provided, And a convex portion having a height that does not interfere with the convex portion. On the other hand, the description of the refrigerator compartment door 2a has been omitted, but the configuration is the same as that of the refrigerator compartment door 2b.

In the present embodiment, the refrigerator compartment doors 2a and 2b are opened at 90 degrees. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, in a case where a hand is caught by the handle 51 for pulling out the vegetable compartment container 50 (For example, about 30 degrees) of the refrigerator compartment door 50 so as not to interfere with the convex portion such as the door liner provided on the back surface side of the refrigerating compartment doors 2a and 2b It can be withdrawn.

In the present embodiment, the protruding portion 102 is not provided on the hinge portion 104 side of the portion facing the vegetable chamber container 50 located at the lowermost position behind the refrigerating chamber doors 2a and 2b, The protruding portion 102 having a height not interfering with the vegetable chamber container 50 is provided. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. If the storage container 50 having the draw-out structure is provided in the door of the opening type (French door) or the door of the single opening type (single door), no convex portion is provided opposite to the position of the storage container 50 Or a convex portion having a height not interfering with the storage container 50 may be provided. In addition, a concave portion or a notch may be provided so as not to interfere with the accommodating container 50.

(Example 2)

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 14 to 19. Fig. Fig. 14 relates to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a) is a state in which the storage container is housed in a vegetables room, (b) is a transient state in which the storage container is taken out, Respectively. 15 is a partial perspective view for explaining the position of the second support portion according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 16 is a partial perspective view of the state in which the storage container of Fig. 15 is removed. Fig. 17 is an enlarged perspective view of the base according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 18 is a partial vertical sectional view for explaining a second supporting portion according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 19 is a view for explaining the attachment structure of the first support portion according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The difference from Embodiment 1 is that the base side roller 67 is a slider (movable body 67a). In addition, the second support body 72 is provided in front of the first support body 71. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a description thereof will be omitted.

14, the base 60 is composed of the glass member 61 and the resin member 62, as described above. Therefore, the bottom surface of the base 60 is rigid as the glass member 61 and does not bend like a resin. When the holding portion 51 of the base 60 is held and a forward force is exerted, the storage container 50 is pulled out together with the base 60.

The storage container 50a is integrally formed of a synthetic resin so that the lateral width dimension A is larger than the inside dimension B (see Fig. 6C). Therefore, when a large amount of stored items such as vegetables is stored in the storage container 50, the bottom of the storage container 50 is bent 40 to 50 mm downward in the width direction. The glass member 61 on the base 60 side supports this warpage. That is, the glass member 61 supports the bottom portion of the storage container 50 in a warped state so that the warping of the storage container 50 to the outside by 40 to 50 mm is 5 mm or less (equivalent to the deflection of the glass member 61) .

The moving body 67a (base side slider) has an arc shape protruding downward as shown in Fig. When the vegetable chamber container 50 and the base 60 are taken out of the vegetable compartment 5 in the same manner as the first support body 71 (fixing roller), the second support body 72 (storage chamber side slider) Thereby preventing the front surface from being sagged. The upper end position of the second support body 72 is almost the same as that of the first support body 71.

15, the position at which the second support body 72 is provided is located above the partition wall 5a (the bottom wall of the storage chamber) and is located forward of the first support body 71, (For example, 20 to 40 mm behind the storage compartment opening edge 73). The partition wall 5a for installing the second support body 72 is filled with the foam insulating material and the attachment strength of the second support body 72 to the partition wall 5a is secured. That is, when a load is applied to the second support body 72 and the first support body 71, the height of the second support body 72 and the first support body 71 becomes The strength is secured so as not to change.

<Drawing Operation of Vegetable Room Container (50)> [

Next, the operation of pulling out the vegetable compartment container 50 from the vegetable compartment 5 will be described.

First, in Fig. 14 (a), about 20 to 40 kg of vegetables and the like can be stored in the storage container 50. Fig. The convex portion 60b (see Fig. 7) of the base 60 protruding toward the housing container 50 side is formed in the concave portion 50b of the housing container 50 side (See Fig. 6 (c)), so that they are assembled together.

Further, the handle 51 is provided on the lower side of the base 60 within a range where the user's hand can be held. That is, at least a part of the handle 51 and the first supporting body 71 (fixing roller) and the rail 70 on the side of the greenhouse 5 and the moving body 67a (on the side of the base 60) Side slider) is close to or equal to the height position of the bottom surface of the base 60. [ As a result, the storage capacity of the storage container 50 can be increased, and the drawing force can be efficiently transmitted to the sliding portion, so that the force required for drawing can be reduced.

Next, in Fig. 14 (b) and Fig. 15, the second support body 72 (storage chamber side slider) is provided on the side of the storage chamber opening edge 73 (of the partition wall 5a, 20 to 40 mm from the center). The second support body 72 does not come into contact with the vegetable room container 50 but does not contact the vegetable room container 50 in the state where the vegetable room container 50 is housed behind the vegetable room 5 And then comes into contact with the base 60 after being drawn forward by a predetermined distance. Accordingly, the vegetable compartment container 50 is supported from below so that the vegetable compartment container 50 is kept horizontal even when it is drawn out.

14 (c), when the vegetable-room container 50 is drawn most forward from the state shown in Fig. 14 (b), most of the vegetables room container 50 is located in front of the rail 70, Only the rear portion of the slide portion 65 on the side of the base 60 is located in the rail 70.

In this state, a downward load F1 is applied to the front end of the vegetable compartment container 50, and the movable body 67a on the side of the rail 70 and the base 60 with the second support body 72 (storage chamber side slider) (The base side slider). On the other hand, the reason why the second support body 72 is the supporting point is that there is a slight gap for sliding the moving body 67a in the rail 70. [

Here, in the case of a conventional refrigerator, the first support body 71 serves as a supporting point. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the second support body 72 is provided in front of the first support body 71. The distance L1 from the contact portion (P portion) between the moving body 67a and the rail 70 to the contact portion between the second supporting body 72 and the base 60 and the distance L1 between the first supporting body 71 (L2) to the contact portion of the base 60, the force applied to the action point P can be reduced by L2 / L1. With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the necessity of increasing the strength of the first support body 71, the moving body 67a, and the rail 70 more than necessary.

In the present embodiment, the bottom surface of the base 60 is supported by the second support body 72 provided near the storage chamber opening edge 73 of the partition wall 5a, thereby assisting in preventing the forward movement of the vegetable chamber vessel 50 have.

&Lt; Configuration of first support body 71 and rail 70 >

16, 17, 18, and 19, the relationship between the first support 71 (fixing roller) and the rail 70 and the attachment and detachment configuration of the first support 71 do.

16, the first support 71 (fixing roller) is provided in the vicinity of the opening 70a at the front end of the rail 70 provided on the storage chamber side wall 5c.

17 and 18, reference numeral 74 denotes an inclined portion provided on the front lower surface of the slide portion 65. As shown in Fig. The inclined portion 74 has a slope in which the rear side is lowered. 14 (b) or 14 (c) to 14 (a), the inclined portion 74 positioned on the fixing roller 71 is aligned And serves as a loading section. In other words, the function of the closure that automatically closes (closes) by applying force in the direction in which the weight of the vegetable compartment container 50 moves backward at the contact position on the slope part 74 and the fixing roller 71 do. As a result, the storage operation is assisted so that the vegetable compartment container 50 is not stopped during storage.

Next, reference numeral 75 denotes a recess provided in the partition wall 5a. The recess 75 is formed to have a depth such that about 1/2 of the diameter of the fixing roller 71 provided in the storage chamber side wall 5c is located in the partition wall 5a in the vertical direction. When the whole of the diameter of the fixing roller 71 is located above the partition wall 5a, the bottom surface position of the vegetable room container 50 is made upward by that size, and the storage volume of the vegetable room container 50 . Therefore, at least an upper end portion of the fixing roller 71, which is in contact with the bottom surface of the base 60, is exposed above the partition wall 5a. With this configuration, the fixing roller 71 comes into contact with the base 60 to assist the front and rear movement, and the bottom position of the vegetable chamber container 50 can be further downward, and the storage capacity can be increased.

Next, the attachment and detachment of the fixing roller 71 will be described with reference to Fig. The attachment and detachment of the fixing roller 71 fixed to the side wall of the vegetable compartment 5 can be carried out by separating the vegetable compartment container 50 from the vegetable compartment 5 or by inserting the vegetable compartment container 50 behind the fixing roller 71 To the chamber 10 side). The fixing roller 71 is fixed to the storage chamber side wall 5c by fastening means such as a screw 76 or the like. The fixing roller 71 is attached so that a half of the diameter thereof is located in the partition wall 5a in the vertical direction. With this configuration, it is difficult to turn the screw 76 with a tool (for example, a driver 77) shown in Fig.

Thus, in this embodiment, the operation by the tool is facilitated by using the recessed portion 75. [ That is, in addition to enabling the fixing roller 71 to rotate, the concave portion 75 facilitates the detachment of the fastening means such as the screw 76 for fixing the fixing roller 71 to the storage chamber side wall 5c . More specifically, by forming the recessed portion 75, the tip of the tool can be rotated against the screw 76 even if the tool 77 is laterally inclined along the partition wall 5a as shown in Fig.

The concave portion 75 is formed in an enlarged manner in the width direction (left and right direction) of the partition wall 5a and has an inclined face 75a gradually increasing in height at a predetermined distance from the storage chamber side wall 5c. The inclined surface 75a is formed by inserting the tip of the tool 77 into the screw hole of the head of the screw 76 while tilting the handle portion of the tool 77 from the horizontal direction by a predetermined angle, It is formed at a sufficient angle. Since the vegetables room container 50 is always located on the hinge and the recessed portion 75, it is difficult for the user to visually recognize it, and the appearance designing property is not deteriorated.

Since this embodiment has the structure described above, the following effects can be obtained.

First, the storage room 3 formed in the refrigerator body 1, the doors 2a and 2b for opening and closing the storage room 3, the storage container 50 disposed in the storage room 3, and the storage container 50 A rail 70 provided on the inner surface of the storage chamber 3 and a rail 60 provided on the rear side of the base 60 and fixed on the rail 70 And a first support body 71 provided at a front lower portion in the storage chamber 3 and supporting the base 60 so as to be movable in the front and rear direction. The first support body 71, The rail 70 and the moving member 67a 67 and the height position of at least a portion of the handle 51 are close to or equal to the height of the bottom surface of the base 60 .

Accordingly, when the storage container is drawn out, the sliding portion and the handle portion are located on substantially the same line, so that the user's force is easily transmitted directly to the sliding portion, Withdrawal becomes possible.

The second support body 72 is provided on the rear side of the rail 70 when the movable body 67 is positioned on the rear end side of the rail 70 And the movable body 67 is moved forward by a predetermined distance from the rear end side of the rail 70 by the operation of the handle 51, And moves in the forward and backward directions so that the height positions of the front and rear portions do not change.

Even when the storage container 50 moves forward and most of the storage container 50 is located forward of the rail 70, the second support 72 supports the base 60 so that the storage container 50 is moved forward So that it is possible to smoothly perform the drawing operation.

The base 60 is composed of the glass member 61 and the resin member 62 at the end of the glass member 61 so that the moving body 67a is formed on the resin member 62 and the first support body 71 And the second support body 72 support the resin member 62.

Accordingly, even if the storage container is a resin molded product, there is a base having rigidity at the bottom, whereby warping is reduced.

The moving member 67a (67) is a roller or a slider, and the first supporting member 71 is a roller. As a result, the slide movement of the storage container is smooth.

The second support body 72 is a slider and is provided on the bottom wall (partition wall 5a) of the storage chamber 3 having the foamed heat insulating material therein.

Accordingly, the load acting on the second support body 72 can be dispersed in the bottom wall of the storage chamber 3, so that the rigidity can be increased.

The bottom wall (partition wall 5a) adjacent to the storage compartment side wall 5c is formed with a recess 75 having a predetermined width in the left and right direction and is provided on the side of the storage compartment side wall 5c of the recess 75, A half of the height dimension of the roller is located in the concave portion 75.

As a result, the dimension between the base 60 and the partition wall 5a can be reduced, and the first support 71 can be easily attached and detached without using a special tool.

The handle 51 of the base 60 protruding toward the housing container 50 is detachably engaged with the recess 50b on the housing container 50 side. Accordingly, the grip portion 51 can have a double structure, so that the strength can be improved without requiring a special component for integrating the storage container 50 and the base 60 together.

1 refrigerator
1H refrigerator body
2a, 2b Refrigerating chamber door (turning door)
3 Refrigerator (storage room)
4 Fill up
4a container for filling
3a, 3b shelf
4b switch lever
5 vegetables room
5a Partition Wall (Refrigerator - Freezer Insulation Partition Wall)
5b Insulation partition part (Vegetable room - Cooler room insulation partition wall)
8 door pockets
17R Refrigeration room Cooling return duct
17F Freezer Cold air return duct
18F Freezer Cold air blowing duct
18R Refrigeration room cold air blowing duct
4c, 4d Partitions (fillet - vegetable compartment)
5c storage side wall
50 storage container (vegetables room container)
50b concave portion
50c claw
51 Handle portion
60 base
60b convex portion
60c,
61 glass member
62 resin member
63 holding portion
64 sidewalls
65 Slide section
66 base
67 Moving body (base side roller, movable roller)
67a Moving body (base side slider)
70 rails
70a opening portion
71 First support (storage chamber side roller, fixed roller)
72 second support body (second slider on the storage chamber)
73 Storage compartment opening edge
74 inclined portion
75 recess
75a slope
76 screws
77 Tool (Driver)
101 protrusion (door liner)
102 protrusion (door liner)

Claims (6)

A storage chamber formed in the refrigerator body,
A door for opening and closing the storage room,
A storage container disposed in the storage chamber,
A base on which the storage container is placed;
A handle on the front of the base,
A rail installed on an inner surface of the storage compartment,
A moving body installed on a rear portion of the base and moving on the rail,
And a first support body provided at a lower front of the storage chamber for supporting the base movably in the forward and backward directions,
The height position of each sliding part of the said 1st support body, the said rail, and the said moving body, and the height position of the at least one part of the said handle part are made to become close to or equal to the height position of the said base bottom surface. The method according to claim 1,
And a second support body provided forward of the first support body,
The second support body is located forward of the front end of the base when the moving body is positioned on the rear end side of the rail and when the moving body is moved forward by a predetermined distance from the rear end side of the rail by the operation of the pull- And the support base is supported so that the storage container moves in the forward and backward directions so that the height positions of the front and rear portions do not change. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the base comprises a glass member and a resin member at an end of the glass member,
Wherein the movable body is formed on the resin member, and the first support body and the second support body support the resin member. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the movable body is a roller or a slider, and the first support is a roller. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the second support is a slider and is installed on a bottom wall of the storage compartment having a foamed thermal insulator therein. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the bottom wall adjacent to the sidewall of the storage chamber is formed with a recess having a predetermined width in the left and right direction and the roller constituting the first support body is disposed on the side wall of the recess, Is located in the concave portion.

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