TH55000A - Refrigerator drawer unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The DC60 is designed to allow for easy changes in volume and internal arrangement of the drawers, enabling efficient use of the refrigerator's internal space. The drawers are constructed with a base unit (22) which is pulled out and pushed in by opening and closing the door, and an upper unit (25) placed on top of the base unit (22). The upper unit (25) is composed of a rear component (26) and a front component (33,34). The rear component (26) is made up of the first bottom wall (28), the rear wall (32), the outer side wall (27), and the right-left partition (31). Each of the front components (33,34) is located in front of the bottom wall (28) and consists of a second bottom wall, the front wall, the outer side wall, and the inner side wall for interlocking with the partition (31). The second bottom wall slides easily back and forth on the first bottom wall (28). This allows for easy changes in volume and internal arrangement of the drawers, enabling efficient use of the refrigerator's internal space. To efficiently store the interior of the refrigerator, the drawers are made up of a base unit (22) which is pulled out and pushed in by opening and closing the door, and an upper unit (25) which is placed on top of the base unit (22). The upper unit (25) is composed of the rear components (26) and the front components (33,34). The rear component (26) is made up of the first bottom wall (28), the rear wall (32), the outer side wall (27), and the right-left partition (31). Each of the front components (33,34) is located in front of the bottom wall (28) and is composed of the second bottom wall, the front wall, the outer side wall, and the inner side wall for interlocking with the partition (31). The second bottom wall slides easily forward-backward on the first bottom wall (28).

Claims (9)

1. The refrigerator drawer unit consists of: a pull-out door that closes the front opening of the refrigerator for easy opening and closing; a base unit that rests on a frame stabilized on the pull-out door and is pulled out and pushed in when opening and closing the pull-out door; and an upper unit that rests on the base unit and is separated front-to-back, consisting of a front component and a rear component, which is located on or above the base unit; such rear component consisting of the first bottom wall, a rear wall, the first outer side wall, and a single or multiple partitions for dividing the internal space of the upper unit along the right-left direction; such front component is placed at least on the right or left side of the upper unit so that it overlaps the front of the rear component and consists of a second bottom wall, a front wall, the second outer side wall, and an inner side wall that is hooked or connected to the partitions; the second bottom wall of the front component is arranged to slide front-to-back on the first bottom wall of the rear component. 2. The refrigerator drawers under claim number 1 shall have an upper compartment that is separable front-to-back and consists of numerous front components arranged in a right-to-left dimension along the upper compartment; and the second lower wall of each of these numerous front components shall be arranged in a sliding front-to-back manner on the first lower wall of the rear component. 3. The refrigerator drawers under Requisition I shall have the rear components made up of: storage sections made up on either the right and left sides of the partition wall; the rear storage unit, which is arranged on the aforementioned right and left sides, made up of the rear wall, the first bottom wall, the outer side wall and one partition wall; the front components made up of the front of the rear storage unit and consisting of the inner side wall which is hooked or connected to one partition wall; the second bottom wall of the front components which is arranged in a sliding alignment on the first bottom wall of the rear storage unit. 4. The refrigerator drawer unit as per claim 3 shall continue to consist of: connecting parts arranged front-to-back on top of the first outer side wall and rear component at a predetermined interval; and connecting or linking plates for connection or linking on the connecting parts, and are made on top of the second outer side wall and inner side wall, thus the front-to-back position of the front component is installed in a step-like manner with the rear component. 5. In the case of the refrigerator drawers under claim 1 or claim 3, the first (and several) outer side walls attached to the vicinity of the front end of the base unit are positioned in front of the edge of the first lower side wall. Such rear components continue to have a narrow channel made on the underside of the first outer side wall to allow the lower surface of the front component to be positioned in front of the edge of the first lower side wall. 6. A drawer unit for a refrigerator as per claim 1 or claim 3, where the rear end of the top of the partition wall is attached to the top edge of the rear wall so that they are connected. 7. Refrigerator drawers as per claim 1 or claim 3 where the height of the front wall of the front component is smaller than those outer side walls. 8. The refrigerator drawer unit under claim number 2 continues to consist of a locking device with a protruding part positioned on the front top of the partition and a locking hole positioned on the front component where the protruding part fits into one of the locking holes when the locking device is rotated to secure the front component in a predetermined overlap position relative to the rear component. 9. The refrigerator drawer unit as per claim 1 or claim 3, where the top drawer has a different depth between the right and left sides.