TW202124895A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

This refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body (11) having an open front surface; doors (12, 13) that each have a flat upper surface (22a) and open/close an opening of the refrigerator body (11); a gasket (21) that is provided along an outer peripheral edge section of the doors (12, 13) on the inner surface on the refrigerator body side and makes contact with an opening peripheral edge section of the refrigerator body (11); and a gasket cover (23) that extends toward the refrigerator body side and covers an upper side section of the gasket (21) from above without further protruding upward than the upper surfaces (22a) from the rear ends of the upper surfaces (22a) of the doors (12, 13).

Description

refrigerator

This teaching is about a kind of refrigerator.

The refrigerator includes a door for opening and closing the opening of the refrigerator body. On the inner surface of the door body, a gasket is provided along the outer peripheral edge of the inner surface. Thereby, when the door body is closed, the gasket abuts against the peripheral edge of the opening of the refrigerator body, so that the inside of the refrigerator is kept in a sealed state.

The gasket is made of elastic resin material and is formed into a bellows shape. Therefore, in the thickness direction of the gasket, irregularities are alternately and repeatedly formed, and the concave portion becomes a groove. Dust or water tends to accumulate in the groove on the upper edge of the gasket. When dust or water accumulates in the groove of the gasket, the gasket may be deteriorated.

Here, the refrigerator has a groove on the upper side of the gasket to prevent dust or water from invading. Such a conventional refrigerator is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Unexamined Publication No. 61-116993

In the refrigerator disclosed in Patent Document 1, the groove-shaped member provided on the door body is provided so as to cover the upper edge of the gasket from above. The groove-shaped member aims to discharge dust or water recovered in the groove, and the left and right ends are opened.

However, in the refrigerator disclosed in Patent Document 1, dust or water may not be discharged from the groove-shaped member, but may remain in the groove portion. Here, when erasing the dust or water accumulated in the groove portion, the user is obstructed by the longitudinal wall of the groove-shaped member, and the dust or water accumulated in the groove-shaped member cannot work well. The fear. Moreover, in the refrigerator disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the door is opened and closed, the hand touches the groove portion of the groove-shaped member in which dirt is accumulated, and the hand may be soiled.

This disclosure was developed to solve the above-mentioned problems. Therefore, its purpose is to provide a refrigerator that allows users to wipe away the accumulated dust or water in a single wipe.

The refrigerator in this disclosure includes: a refrigerator body with an opening on the front surface; a door body with a flat upper surface that opens and closes the opening of the refrigerator body; gaskets along the middle and outer peripheral edges of the inner surface of the refrigerator body side of the door body It is provided to abut against the periphery of the opening of the refrigerator body; and the gasket cover does not project from the rear end of the upper surface of the door body, but protrudes above the upper surface, extends toward the refrigerator body, and covers from above The upper edge of the gasket. [Effects of the invention]

When according to this disclosure, the user can wipe away the accumulated dust or water with one wipe.

Hereinafter, in order to explain this disclosure in more detail, the form used to implement the disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Implementation mode 1. The refrigerator in the first embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4. Figure 1 is a three-dimensional surface seen from the front side when the door of the refrigerator in the first embodiment is opened. Figure 2 is a left side view of the refrigerator in the first embodiment. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the upper part of the door 13 arranged in the lower section. Moreover, FIG. 1 shows the closed state of the door 12 and the open state of the door 13. Figures 2 and 3 show the closed state of the doors 12 and 13. In addition, FIG. 2 shows the entire left side surface of the refrigerator body 11 up to the front half.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the refrigerator in the first embodiment includes a refrigerator body 11 and door bodies 12, 13.

The refrigerator body 11 has two storage compartments 11a. The storage compartments 11a are partitioned from each other, and open on the front surface of the refrigerator body 11. In Fig. 1, there is one storage room 11a shown in the figure. In addition, in the refrigerator body 11, the upper door 12 and the lower door 13 are supported so as to be openable and closable. The doors 12 and 13 respectively open and close the openings of the storage compartments 11a.

The door bodies 12 and 13 are rotatably supported by the refrigerator body 11 through hinges (not shown), for example. The hinges for opening and closing the door body 12 are respectively connected to the upper and lower parts of the door body 12. Among them, the hinge connected to the upper part of the door 12 is covered by the hinge cover 14. In addition, hinges for opening and closing the door 13 are connected to the upper and lower parts of the door 13. The hinges connected to the lower part of the door body 12 and the hinges connected to the upper and lower parts of the door body 13 are not conspicuous, so they are not covered by a hinge cover or the like.

In addition, the door bodies 12 and 13 are hinge-type door bodies, but they may also be door bodies that slide back and forth.

Here, the door bodies 12 and 13 have approximately the same structure. Therefore, in the refrigerator of the first embodiment, only the structure of the door body 13 is described as a representative among the door bodies 12 and 13.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the door body 13 includes a gasket 21. The gasket 21 is arranged along the outer peripheral edge of the inner surface of the door 13. Specifically, the gasket 21 is arranged in a rectangular ring shape, and when the door 13 is closed, when viewed from the front, it is composed of an upper side, a lower side, a left side, and a right side. Moreover, the inner surface of the door 13 refers to the surface facing the opening of the lower storage compartment 11a after the door 13 is closed with respect to the refrigerator body 11.

The gasket 21 is formed into a bellows shape by a resin material with elasticity. Thereby, in the thickness direction of the gasket 21, the unevenness|corrugation which is alternately repeated is formed, and the part which becomes this recessed part becomes the groove|channel 21a. The gasket 21 has a plurality of grooves 21a in its thickness direction. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the gasket 21 has two grooves 21a, but the number of the grooves 21a is not limited to this.

When the door 13 is closed with respect to the refrigerator body 11, the gasket 21 abuts against the opening peripheral edge of the storage compartment 11a at the lower stage. Thereby, the gasket 21 keeps the storage room 11a of the lower stage in a sealed state. At this time, the gasket 21 is formed in a bellows shape, so even if there are some irregularities on the opening peripheral edge of the storage compartment 11a in the lower stage, it can be closely adhered to the opening peripheral edge. Moreover, even if the door body 13 is strongly closed with respect to the refrigerator body 11, the gasket 21 can absorb the impact force transmitted from the door body 13 to the refrigerator body 11 to attenuate it.

In addition, the door body 13 includes a top plate 22. The top plate 22 is a component that constitutes the door 13. The top plate 22 is provided on the upper part of the door 13. The upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 forms the upper surface of the entire door 13. The entire upper surface 22a is flat.

Furthermore, the top plate 22 has a gasket cover 23. The gasket cover 23 is integrally formed at the rear end of the top plate 22. Furthermore, in the refrigerator of the first embodiment, the gasket cover 23 is integrally formed at the rear end of the top plate 22, but it may be a separate entity from the top plate 22.

The gasket cover 23 is not from the rear end of the upper surface 22a in the top plate 22, but protrudes upwards than the upper surface 22a, and extends to the side of the refrigerator body. The upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 and the upper surface 23a of the gasket cover 23 are tied on the same surface. The entire area of the upper surface 23a is also flat. In addition, the gasket cover 23 covers the upper edge of the gasket 21 from above. At this time, the gasket cover 23 only needs to cover at least a part of the upper side of the gasket 21.

Therefore, the gasket cover 23 can prevent dust or water from invading the upper edge of the gasket 21. Thereby, the gasket cover 23 can suppress the contamination in the upper edge portion of the gasket 21.

On the other hand, the dust or water that intends to penetrate the upper edge of the gasket 21 is accumulated on the upper surface 23 a of the gasket cover 23. However, the upper surface 23a of the gasket cover 23 does not protrude higher than the upper surface 22a of the top plate 22, and becomes flat. Therefore, the user can wipe the upper surface 23a with one wipe. The dust of Egypt water. In addition, the user wipes off the dust and water accumulated on the upper surface 23a in the state after opening the door 13.

In addition, the gasket cover 23 covers the upper edge of the gasket 21, thereby reducing the exposure of the gasket 21. Thereby, the refrigerator can cover the part that is easily deformed during assembly, and the appearance of the product can be made more beautiful.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the grips 24a-24c. As shown in FIG. 4, in the door 13 of Embodiment 1, the handles 24a-24c are attached to the upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 and the position other than the gasket cover 23. As shown in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 4A, the handle 24a is provided on the side surface of the door 13. The handle 24a is a part of the side surface of the door 13 that is recessed. In the example of FIG. 4B, the handle 24b is provided on the side surface of the door 13. The handle 24b is the one that makes the entire side surface of the door 13 recessed. In the example of FIG. 4C, the handle 24c is provided on the front surface of the door 13. The handle 24c is a bent rod-shaped member to install the two ends on the front surface of the door 13.

As a result, in the grips 24a-24c, there is no dust or water that would invade the upper edge of the gasket 21, so the grips 24a-24c are always kept clean.

Above, the refrigerator of Embodiment 1 includes: the refrigerator body 11, the front surface of which is an opening; the door bodies 12, 13 having a flat upper surface 22a, which opens and closes the opening of the refrigerator body 11; The outer peripheral edge portion of the inner surface of the refrigerator body side is provided to abut against the opening peripheral edge portion of the refrigerator body 11; The upper surface 22a also protrudes upward, extends to the side of the refrigerator body, and covers the upper edge of the gasket 21 from above. Thereby, in the refrigerator, the user can wipe off the accumulated dust or water with one wipe.

In addition, the refrigerator system includes handles 24a-24c provided on the door bodies 12,13. The grips 24a-24c are installed on the upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 and the position other than the gasket cover 23. Thereby, the refrigerator system can always keep the handles 24a-24c clean.

Implementation form 2. The refrigerator in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5. Figure 5 is a side view of the refrigerator in the second embodiment. In addition, in the refrigerator of the second embodiment, also in the door bodies 12 and 13, only the structure of the door body 13 will be described as a representative. FIG. 5 shows the closed state of the door 13.

The refrigerator of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is the one that limits the length L1 of the gasket cover 23. As shown in FIG. 5, the gasket cover 23 extends from the rear end of the upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 to just above the groove 21a located on the upper side of the gasket 21 closest to the refrigerator body. That is, the gasket cover 23 is from above, covering all the grooves 21a in the upper edge of the gasket 21. Thereby, a gap 25 is formed between the tip of the gasket cover 23 and the front surface of the refrigerator body 11.

Here, the gasket 21 has elasticity, so it expands and contracts in the thickness direction when the door 13 is opened and closed. Therefore, the tip of the gasket cover 23 may interfere with the front surface of the refrigerator body 11. In addition, when the use period of the refrigerator is prolonged, the gasket 21 may deteriorate and may shrink more than necessary. In this case, the tip of the gasket cover 23 may also interfere with the front surface of the refrigerator body 11.

Therefore, the gap 25 is used to prevent the gasket cover 23 from interfering with the refrigerator body 11 due to the expansion and contraction of the gasket 21 during installation and removal, and the deterioration of the gasket 21. For example, the length L1 of the gasket cover 23 is 6.00 mm. In contrast, the length L2 of the gap 25 is 3.50 mm.

In addition, the gasket cover 23 covers all the grooves 21a in the upper side of the gasket 21 from above, thereby preventing dust or water from entering all the grooves 21a. Furthermore, the gasket cover 23 is connected to the refrigerator body 11, and a gap 25 is formed, whereby the length L1 can be shortened. Therefore, the material cost of the gasket cover 23 can be suppressed.

As described above, the gasket cover 23 of the second embodiment extends to the top of the groove 21a on the side closest to the refrigerator body in the upper edge portion of the gasket 21. Thereby, the gasket cover 23 can prevent dust or water from invading all the grooves 21a.

Implementation mode 3. The refrigerator in the third embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 6-9. Fig. 6 is a left side view corresponding to the door 13 arranged in the lower section of the refrigerator in the third embodiment. Fig. 7 is a three-dimensional surface seen from the upper side of the back of the refrigerator in the third embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the installation state of the gasket cover 23A with a gap 26 formed between the top plate 22 and the top plate 22. Fig. 9 is a left side view corresponding to the door 12 arranged in the upper section of the refrigerator in the third embodiment. 6 shows the closed state of the door 13. Figure 7 shows the closed state of the doors 12 and 13. FIG. 9 shows the closed state of the door 12.

In the refrigerator of Embodiment 1,2, the upper surface 23a of the gasket cover 23 is a flat surface. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, in the refrigerator of Embodiment 3, the upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23 is an inclined surface. The upper surface 23b gradually slopes toward the side of the refrigerator body. In this way, in the refrigerator according to the third embodiment, the upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23 becomes an inclined surface, whereby the user can easily wipe off the dust or water accumulated on the upper surface 23b.

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 7-9, when the upper door 12 is supported by a hinge, the refrigerator may be provided with the above-mentioned hinge cover 14 for protecting the hinge. The hinge cover 14 is arranged between the upper surface of the refrigerator body 11 and the top plate 22 of the door 12, and covers the hinge from above.

When one end of the hinge cover 14 is installed on the door 12, the gasket cover 23A is arranged below the hinge cover 14. Thereby, a drop 26 is formed between the upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 and the upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23A in the vertical direction.

Therefore, one end of the hinge cover 14 is installed on the door 12, whereby a gap 26 has to be formed between the upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 in the door 12 and the upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23A. The upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23A also becomes an inclined surface, so the user can easily wipe off the dust or water accumulated on the upper surface 23b.

As described above, the upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23 of the third embodiment is an inclined surface that gradually inclines toward the refrigerator body side. Thereby, the user can wipe off the dust or water accumulated on the upper surface 23b of the inclined surface with one wipe.

In addition, the refrigerator includes a hinge cover 14 provided between the refrigerator body 11 and the door 12. The upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23A is arranged below the hinge cover 14. Thereby, even if a gap 26 is formed between the upper surface 22a of the top plate 22 in the door body 12 and the upper surface 23b of the gasket cover 23A, the user can wipe the accumulated surface into an inclined surface with one wipe. Dust or water on the upper surface 23b.

In addition, this disclosure is within the scope of the disclosure, and each embodiment can be freely combined, or any constituent element in each embodiment can be modified, or any constituent element in each embodiment can be omitted. [Industrial Utilization Possibility]

The refrigerator in this disclosure includes the back end that does not extend from the upper surface of the door body, and extends to the side of the refrigerator body that protrudes above the upper surface to cover the upper edge of the gasket from above. Thereby, the user can wipe off the accumulated dust or water with one wipe, which is suitable for refrigerators and the like.

11: Refrigerator body 11a: storage room 12, 13: Door body 14: Hinge cover 21: Gasket 21a: groove 22: top plate 22a: upper surface 23, 23A: Gasket cover 23a, 23b: upper surface 24a~24c: grip 25: gap 26: drop

[Figure 1] is the three-dimensional surface seen from the front side of the refrigerator in the first embodiment. [Figure 2] is a left side view of the refrigerator in the first embodiment. [Figure 3] is an enlarged view of the upper part of the door body arranged in the lower section. [Fig. 4A to Fig. 4C] are diagrams showing examples of the arrangement of the grips. [Figure 5] is a left side view of the refrigerator in the second embodiment. [Fig. 6] is a left side view corresponding to the door body arranged in the lower section of the refrigerator in the third embodiment. [Fig. 7] is a perspective view seen from the upper side of the back of the refrigerator in the third embodiment. [Figure 8] is a diagram showing the installation state of the gasket cover with a gap formed between it and the top plate. [Figure 9] is a left side view corresponding to the door body arranged in the upper section of the refrigerator in the third embodiment.

11: Refrigerator body

12, 13: Door body

21: Gasket

21a: groove

22: top plate

22a: upper surface

23: Gasket cover

23a: upper surface

Claims (5)

A refrigerator including: The refrigerator body has an opening on the front surface; The door body has a flat upper surface, which opens and closes the opening of the refrigerator body; The gasket is provided along the outer peripheral edge portion of the inner surface of the door body on the refrigerator body side, and abuts against the opening peripheral edge portion of the refrigerator body; and The gasket cover does not project from the rear end of the upper surface of the door, but protrudes above the upper surface, extends to the side of the refrigerator body, and covers the upper edge of the gasket from above. Such as the refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the gasket cover system extends to the top of the groove which is arranged on the upper side of the gasket closest to the side of the refrigerator body. Such as the refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the gasket cover is an inclined surface that gradually slopes toward the side of the refrigerator body. Such as the refrigerator of claim 3, which includes a hinged cover provided between the refrigerator body and the door body, The upper surface of the gasket cover is arranged below the hinge cover. For example, the refrigerator of claim 1, which includes a handle set on the door body, The handle is installed on the upper surface of the door body and a position other than the gasket cover.

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