WO2014049969A1

WO2014049969A1 - Refrigerator

Info

Publication number: WO2014049969A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/005146
Authority: WO
Inventors: 候巳阿部
Original assignee: 株式会社東芝; 東芝コンシューマエレクトロニクス・ホールディングス株式会社; 東芝ホームアプライアンス株式会社
Priority date: 2012-09-25
Filing date: 2013-08-30
Publication date: 2014-04-03
Also published as: JP6091825B2; CN104769374A; CN104769374B; EP2902735A1; JP2014066387A; TW201420982A; EP2902735B1; TWI580916B; EP2902735A4

Abstract

In order to use a vacuum insulating material as a heat-insulating material for the door of a refrigerator, and to provide a handle part for the door, it is necessary to form a recessed section in the front panel of the door. The presence of such a recessed section prevents bonding the vacuum insulating material to the front panel of the door. Therefore, in a refrigerator, using a vacuum insulating material, having a recessed section in the front panel of the door, a thin door is obtained that also improves heat-insulating performance. A refrigerator pertaining to an embodiment has: a vacuum-insulating material (21), a recessed section (29) composing the handle part (17) of a door (7), and a molded heat-insulating material (23). The vacuum-insulating material is arranged contacting the back-face side of the front panel (25) composing the door. The recessed section is provided in a different position from the position in which the front panel vacuum-insulating material is arranged. The molded heat-insulating material is arranged on the back-face side of a portion corresponding to the position of the recessed section of the front panel.

Description

refrigerator

Citation of related application

This application is based on and seeks the benefit of priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-210381 filed on Sep. 25, 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Is done.

The embodiments described herein generally relate to refrigerators.

Refrigerators insulate the interior of the outer wall, ceiling, bottom, etc. with a heat insulating material in order to improve heat insulation performance. Furthermore, the inside of the door on the front side of the refrigerator is also filled with a heat insulating material to constitute a heat insulating door with improved heat insulating performance.

In the conventional heat insulating door, urethane foam is filled as a heat insulating material in the space between the front plate and the rear plate constituting the door. When such a heat insulating door using urethane foam is used for a refrigerator door, in order to open the door, for example, a bar-type handle or a handle portion needs to be provided on the door. The bar-type handle is attached to the front of the door with a screw or the like. On the other hand, the handle portion is formed by, for example, indenting the front plate constituting the door toward the inside of the refrigerator and bending the upper portion of the recessed portion forward like a eave (curve) and then bending downward. It is formed. The door can be opened to the front side by putting a finger of the hand on the handle portion.

When such a handle is provided on the heat insulating door, the front plate of the door is recessed, so that the thickness of the heat insulating door at the recessed portion is reduced. When urethane foam was used, the thickness of the door was increased, so that the heat insulating performance of the heat insulating door was not significantly impaired even if there was such a dent.

In recent years, instead of urethane foam, vacuum insulation with improved heat insulation performance has been used. By adhering the vacuum heat insulating material to the back side of the front plate of the door, the heat insulating performance of the door is improved and the door is thinned to increase the internal capacity of the refrigerator compartment.

As described above, a vacuum heat insulating material is used as a heat insulating material for the door, and in order to provide a handle portion on the door, it is necessary to form a recessed portion on the front plate of the door.

Because of such a recess, the vacuum heat insulating material cannot be bonded to the front plate of the door. Therefore, there is a problem that it is impossible to obtain a door having a small thickness while improving the heat insulation performance by using the vacuum heat insulating material.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-035460

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a refrigerator that uses a vacuum heat insulating material as a door heat insulating material to improve heat insulating performance and increase the internal capacity.

The refrigerator of the embodiment includes a vacuum heat insulating material, a concave portion constituting a handle portion of the door, and a molded heat insulating material. The vacuum heat insulating material is disposed in contact with the back side of the front plate constituting the door. A recessed part is provided in the position different from the position in which the vacuum heat insulating material of the said front plate was arrange | positioned. A molded heat insulating material is arrange | positioned by the back surface side of the part corresponding to the position of the recessed part of the said front plate.

It is a perspective view showing the whole refrigerator concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the side part of the drawer-type door of the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator shown in FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the drawer-type door shown in FIG. 2 from the side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the drawer-type door shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. It is a figure which shows the temperature distribution in the vacuum heat insulating material and the foam heat insulating material which are used for the drawer-type door shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. It is sectional drawing of the upper part of the drawer-type door of the refrigerator concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the upper part of the refrigerator concerning the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Embodiment

Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or similar parts.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire refrigerator according to the first embodiment of the present invention. At the top of the refrigerator 1, the refrigerator 1 has a refrigerator compartment 5 that is opened and closed by a double

door type door

3a, 3b. A vegetable compartment 9 that is opened and closed by a drawer-type door 7 is provided below the refrigerator compartment 5. Further, an ice making room 11 and a first freezing room 13 are provided below the vegetable room 9 so as to be arranged side by side. A second freezer compartment 15 is provided at the bottom of the refrigerator 1 below the ice compartment 11 and the first freezer compartment 13.

A handle 17 is provided at the top of the drawer-type door 7 in the vegetable compartment 9. The handle 17 is inserted so that a finger of a hand is hooked from the lower side and pulled out to the front. As will be described below, the handle 17 has an upper portion of the front plate constituting the drawer-type door 7 of the vegetable compartment 9 recessed toward the inside of the vegetable compartment 9, and an upper end of the recessed portion is made up of eaves. ) And extending in the forward direction and then bent downward slightly so as to be integrally formed. The main body of the vegetable compartment 9 is attached to the rear side of the drawer-type door 7 via a frame or the like. As described above, when the drawer-type door 7 is pulled forward, the vegetable compartment 9 body is similarly pulled forward.

2 and 3 are a cross-sectional view of the side of the drawer-type door 7 of the vegetable compartment 9 shown in FIG. 1 and a perspective view of the drawer-type door 7 viewed from the side, respectively. 2 and 3, the left side is the front outside of the vegetable compartment 9, and the right side is the inside of the vegetable compartment 9. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the handle portion 17 is provided at the upper portion of the drawer-type door 7 so as to extend forward and bend downward. The drawer-type door 7 has an outer shape constituted by a front plate 25 and a rear plate 27 that are arranged at intervals. Between the front plate 25 and the rear plate 27, the vacuum heat insulating material 21 and the foam heat insulating material 23 are disposed so as to be sandwiched therebetween. The foam heat insulating material 23 is a heat insulating material different from the vacuum heat insulating material, and has a heat insulating performance lower than that of the vacuum heat insulating material, but is easy to be molded according to the shape of the place to be disposed, for example, a molded product made of expanded polystyrene (EPS). is there.

As described above, the upper portion of the front plate 25 is recessed toward the inside of the vegetable compartment 9 to form a recess 29. The upper portion of the concave portion 29 is bent forward and extends like a eave, and then bent downward to integrally form the handle portion 17. A finger of a hand can be hooked inside the lower end 17a of the handle 17 bent downward.

The vacuum heat insulating material 21 is attached to the back surface of the front plate 25 by adhesion or the like. The vacuum heat insulating material 21 is provided so as to extend upward from the lower portion of the front plate 25 in which the front plate 25 extends straight to the front of the recess 29. Instead of the vacuum heat insulating material 21, a foam heat insulating material 23 is provided as a molded heat insulating material in a portion from the concave portion 29 of the front plate 25 to the upper end of the front plate 25. The foam heat insulating material 23 is provided along the front plate 25 up to the upper end of the front plate 25 including the recess 29, and insulates the upper portion of the drawer type door 7 in place of the vacuum heat insulating material 21.

The foam heat insulating material 23 provided along the upper part of the front plate 25 is provided so as to protrude greatly toward the inside of the vegetable compartment 9. A rear plate 27 is provided so as to surround the protruding portion of the foam heat insulating material 23, and an upper throat portion 41 is formed by the portion of the rear plate 27 surrounding the protruding portion. The protruding portion extends horizontally with respect to the upper and lower partition walls and the left and right partition walls, which are also partition portions that partition the vegetable compartment 9. The foam insulation 23 is made thicker by projecting it, because the upper part of the drawer-type door 7 is thinned and lowered by the amount recessed by the recess 29, and the insulation performance lower than the vacuum insulation 21 is reduced. This is to cover with the protruding thickness of the foam heat insulating material 23. The thickness of the protruding portion of the foam heat insulating material 23 is thicker than the thickness of the vacuum heat insulating material 21 below.

The lower throat part 31 which protrudes toward the inside of the vegetable compartment 9 is provided in the part near the lower part of the rear plate 27. In the lower throat portion 31, a foam heat insulating material 33 is provided which is a molded product made of the same foamed polystyrene (EPS) as the foam heat insulating material 23.

The upper throat portion 41 originally has a shape similar to that of the lower throat portion 31 and a relatively thin structure in the vertical direction, and has a shape as indicated by a two-dot chain line 200 in FIG. In this embodiment, in order to improve the heat insulation performance of the upper part of the drawer type door 7 with the upper throat part 41 as described above, the lower part of the upper throat part 41 is placed inside the refrigerator 1, that is, in the vegetable compartment 9. The thickness of the foam heat insulating material 23 provided in this portion is increased. More specifically, the foam heat insulating material 23 in the upper throat portion 41 extends downward so that the inside of the lower end portion of the foam heat insulating material 23 covers the upper end portion of the vacuum heat insulating material 21, and the lower end portion of the foam heat insulating material 23. In FIG. 2, the upper end of the vacuum heat insulating material 21 and the lower end of the foam heat insulating material 23 are provided so as to overlap each other, so that the heat insulating performance of the joint between the vacuum heat insulating material 21 and the foam heat insulating material 23 is not deteriorated.

An upper cap 35 is continuously formed on the upper side of the handle portion 17, and the upper cap 35 entirely covers the upper side of the drawer-type door 7. The front end 35 a of the upper cap 35 extending obliquely downward in the front is configured to be continuous with the lower end 17 a of the handle portion 17. The rear end 35b extending horizontally behind the upper cap 35, that is, the rear end 35b extending into the vegetable compartment 9 is configured to bend downward and then bend inward. The vertical portion bent downward constitutes a bent portion 35c, and the bent portion 35c is brought into close contact with the upper partition wall portion of the vegetable compartment 9, and the inside of the vegetable compartment 9 can be sealed by a gasket (not shown). It is like that.

The upper portion of the rear plate 27, that is, the upper portion extending upward beyond the upper throat portion 41 of the rear plate 27, is bent upward in the thickness direction of the drawer-type door 7 and then rises upward. Become. The upper end 27a enters and engages with the bent portion 35c. The lower end portion 27b of the rear plate 27 is also formed so as to bend inward after being bent inward in the thickness direction of the drawer-type door 7 after exceeding the lower throat portion 31. The lower end portion of the front plate 25 is engaged with the bent lower end portion 27b. The lower end portion of the front plate 25 is configured to be bent further toward the inside of the vegetable compartment 9 so as to pass under the lower end portion of the vacuum heat insulating material 21, then rise upward, and further bent inward. Forming part. The lower end portion 27b of the rear plate 27 is engaged with the engaging portion. The lower end portion of the vacuum heat insulating material 21 is placed so as to abut on the upper step portion of the lower end portion 27 b of the rear plate 27.

Left and right side caps 37a and 37b are attached to the left and right sides of the drawer-type door 7 as clearly shown in FIG. The side caps 37 a and 37 b close both the left and right sides of the drawer-type door 7. In FIG. 2, only a part of the left side cap 37a is visible.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the drawer-type door 7 shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. In FIG. 4, unlike FIGS. 2 and 3, the entire structure of the foam heat insulating material 23 and the rear plate 27 is shown.

In FIG. 4, an upper cap 35 is provided continuously to the handle 17 on the upper side of the handle 17 formed on the upper side of the front plate 25. On the left and right sides of the front plate 25, a left side cap 37a and a right side cap 37b are provided, and the drawer-type door 7 can be closed from the left and right sides by the side caps 37a and 37b. As can be seen from FIG. 4, the handle 17 is configured to extend to the full width of the drawer-type door 7. A rectangular vacuum heat insulating material 21 is provided behind the front plate 25, and the vacuum heat insulating material 21 is attached to a large flat portion below the concave portion 29 of the front plate 25 by adhesion or the like.

A rear plate 27 is provided on the back side closest to the inside of the vegetable compartment 9 of the drawer type door 7. Between the rear plate 27 and the vacuum heat insulating material 21, a foam heat insulating portion 43 constituted by the foam

heat insulating materials

23 and 33 is disposed. The foam heat insulating material 23 is accommodated in the upper throat portion 41 of FIGS. 2 and 3, and the foam heat insulating material 33 is accommodated in the lower throat portion 31. The foam heat insulating portion 43 has a frame shape that entirely surrounds the vacuum heat insulating material 21.

The rear plate 27 forms the upper throat portion 41 and the lower throat portion 31. The rear plate 27 has a large rectangular protrusion so that the substantially central portion of the rear plate 27 is in close contact with the vacuum heat insulating material 21 from the rear side. A frame body is formed around the rear plate 27, and the foam heat insulating portion 43 is entirely surrounded by the frame body so that the drawer-type door 7 is integrated. The upper end portion 27a and the lower end portion 27b shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are formed in the front peripheral portion of the rear plate 27.

In the first embodiment described above, the pull-out type is provided while the vacuum insulating material 21 is provided on most of the front plate 25 constituting the pull-out type door 7 except the concave portion 29 to improve the heat insulating performance of the pull-out type door 7. The door 7 can be made thin overall, and the internal capacity of the vegetable compartment 9 can be increased as a whole. Further, a foamed heat insulating material 23 is provided in place of the vacuum heat insulating material in the portion where the recessed portion 29 is formed in the drawer type door 7, and the foamed heat insulating material 23 is protruded toward the inside to be thick. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the heat insulation performance of the portion where the recessed portion 29 of the drawer type door 7 is formed, and to ensure the heat insulation performance while making the drawer type door 7 thin as a whole.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the temperature distribution in the vacuum heat insulating material 21 and the foam heat insulating material 23 of the drawer-type door 7 configured as described above. In FIG. 5, the internal temperature of each point P1, P2, P3, P4, P5 from the front plate 25 side to the rear plate 27 side on the line VV extending horizontally in the cross section of the vacuum heat insulating material 21 was measured. As a result, the temperature at each point was 21.6 ° C, 11.7 ° C, 4.3 ° C, -3.1 ° C, and -8.0 ° C, respectively. On the other hand, each of the points P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 from the front plate 25 side to the rear plate 27 side on the line PP extending obliquely in the cross section of the portion of the foam heat insulating material 23 just below the upper throat portion 41. The internal temperature was measured. As a result, the internal temperatures were approximately 21.6 ° C., 11.7 ° C., 4.3 ° C., −3.1 ° C., and −8.0 ° C., respectively, similar to the temperature in the vacuum heat insulating material 21. . Even if the foam heat insulating material 23 is provided instead of the vacuum heat insulating material 21 in a portion directly below the upper throat portion 41, the foam heat insulating material 23 is formed so as to protrude thickly as in the present embodiment, so that the vacuum heat insulating material 23 is formed. A heat insulating effect similar to that of the material 21 was obtained. The temperature measurement was performed when the room temperature was 26.6 ° C. and the temperature inside the second freezer compartment 15 was −18 ° C.

As the foam heat insulating material 23 provided in the upper throat portion 41 and the foam heat insulating material 33 provided in the lower throat portion 31, a foamed polystyrene (EPS) of a molded product previously formed into the shape of the upper throat portion 41 and the lower throat portion 31 is used. is doing. Therefore, compared with the case where, for example, polyurethane foam is injected, man-hours such as capital investment and setup before work are reduced.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the upper side of the drawer-type door used in the refrigerator according to the second embodiment. In the drawer-type door 70 shown in FIG. 6, the handle portion 171 is constituted by a thick upper cap 351. Other configurations are the same as those of the refrigerator of the second embodiment.

The front side of the upper cap 351 constituting the handle portion 171 extends forward and then bends while curving downward. A large inverted U-shaped groove 350 is formed inside the bent lower end 351a. The drawer type door 70 is pulled out by putting a finger of the hand into the inverted U-shaped groove 350 from the lower side of the lower end 351a of the handle 171 so as to be hooked from the lower side.

Two projecting

portions

353a and 353b projecting downward are formed in parallel at a narrow interval at a substantially central portion of the lower surface of the flat portion of the upper cap 351 on the upper side of the inverted U-shaped groove 350. An upper end portion 25a of the front plate 25 extending from below is engaged between the two projecting

portions

353a and 353b.

</ RTI> An iron plate 355 is attached directly below the end portion 351b of the horizontal portion of the upper cap 351 extending beyond the protruding

portions

353a and 353b into the vegetable compartment 9. Further, an upper end portion 27 a bent upward of the rear plate 27 extending beyond the upper throat portion 41 is engaged with the iron plate 355.

Also in the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the vacuum heat insulating material 21 is adhered to most of the front plate 25 except the concave portion 29 constituting the drawer-type door 70, and the front plate 25 is adhered to the front plate 25 by adhesion or the like. It is provided to become. Therefore, while improving the heat insulation performance of the drawer-type door 70, the drawer-type door 70 can be thinned as a whole, and the internal capacity of the vegetable compartment 9 can be increased as a whole. Furthermore, in the structure of the drawer type door 70 using such a vacuum heat insulating material 21, in order to provide the handle 171, the portion of the front plate 25 having the concave portion 29 formed by denting the upper portion of the front plate 25 is provided. A foam heat insulating material 23 is provided inside instead of the vacuum heat insulating material. The foam heat insulating material 23 is formed thicker by projecting toward the inside to prevent a decrease in the heat insulating performance of the portion where the recessed portion 29 of the drawer type door 70 is formed, and the heat insulating performance while making the drawer type door 7 thin as a whole. Can also be improved.

In the handle portion 171 of the present embodiment, the upper end portion 25a of the front plate 25 is fitted between the protruding

portions

353a and 353b of the upper cap 351, so that the structure is simple and the assembly work is performed. It is also easy.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the upper side of the drawer-type door used in the refrigerator according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The drawer type door 51 shown in FIG. 7 can be used for the vegetable compartment 9 of the refrigerator 1 as shown in FIG. A handle 53 is provided at the upper end of the drawer-type door 51. Below the handle 53, a vacuum heat insulating material 59 is provided between the front plate 55 and the rear plate 67 constituting the drawer type door 51. The vacuum heat insulating material 59 is attached in close contact with the front plate 55 by adhesion or the like. Although not shown in FIG. 7, the structure of the lower part of the drawer-type door 51 is the same as the structure of the drawer-type door 7 shown in FIG.

The upper handle portion 53 has a U-shaped hook portion 57 that is hooked on the upper end 55a of the front plate 55 from above. The front end portion 57 a of the hook portion 57 is hooked on the upper end 55 a of the front plate 55. The rear portion of the hook portion 57 extends straight downward and is disposed near the upper end of the vacuum heat insulating material 59. The portion that extends straight downward is bent and extended from the middle toward the vegetable compartment 9, and further bent upward so that the large U-shaped groove 61 protrudes into the vegetable compartment 9 with a large thickness. Is formed.

The upper end 63 that forms the U-shaped groove 61 and is bent upward is bent toward the inside of the vegetable compartment 9 and further bent downward to form a U-shaped engagement portion 65. . An upper end portion 67 a bent above the rear plate 67 is engaged with the engaging portion 65. The rear plate 67 below the upper end portion 67 a protrudes greatly into the vegetable compartment 9 and constitutes the upper throat portion 69. In the upper throat portion 69, a foam heat insulating material 71 which is a molded product made of, for example, polystyrene foam (EPS) is disposed. Styrofoam is a heat insulating material different from the vacuum heat insulating material and has a heat insulating performance lower than that of the vacuum heat insulating material, but is easy to be molded according to the shape of the place where it is disposed.

The foam heat insulating material 71 is formed thick in accordance with the shape of the upper throat portion 69.

The reason why the foam heat insulating material 71 is formed thick is that the vacuum heat insulating material 59 does not exist in the portion of the U-shaped groove portion 61 that is configured to largely protrude into the vegetable compartment 9. Specifically, the heat insulating performance reduced by the presence of the U-shaped groove portion 61 and the heat insulating performance of the foam heat insulating material 71 which is lower than the vacuum heat insulating material 59 are covered by the thickness of the foam heat insulating material 71. . The thickness of the foam heat insulating material 71 in the protruding upper throat portion 69 is formed to be thicker than the thickness of the vacuum heat insulating material 59 below.

In the drawer-type door 51 of the third embodiment, the user pulls the drawer-type door 51 forward by hooking a finger of the hand from the upper side to the hook part 57 on the front side of the U-shaped groove 61, and thus The vegetable compartment 9 connected to the drawer-type door 51 with a frame or the like can be pulled out forward. By providing the U-shaped groove portion 61, the upper portion of the drawer-type door 51 where the vacuum heat insulating material 59 cannot be provided is configured to have a thick foam heat insulating material 71 protruding toward the inside of the vegetable compartment 9 to be thick. . Therefore, the heat insulation performance can be improved while making the drawer door 7 thin as a whole without reducing the heat insulation performance of the part of the drawer door 51 provided with the U-shaped groove 61. The foam heat insulating material 71 provided in the upper throat portion 69 uses a foamed polystyrene (EPS) molded in advance in the shape of the upper throat portion 69, so that, for example, compared with a case where polyurethane foam or the like is injected. Thus, it is possible to reduce man-hours such as capital investment and setup before work.

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 7 Drawer-type door 9 Vegetable room 17 Hang part 17a Lower part 21 of a handle part Vacuum heat insulating material 23 Foam heat insulating material 25 Front plate 25a Upper end part 27 Rear plate 27a Upper end part 27b Lower end part 29 Recessed part 31 Lower throat part 33 Foam heat insulating material 35 Upper cap 35a Front end

35b Rear end

35c Bending portion

37a Side cap

37b Side cap 41 Upper throat portion 43 Foam heat insulating portion 51 Drawer type door 53 Upper handle 55 Front plate 57 Hook portion 57a Front end 59 Vacuum heat insulating material 61 U Gutter part 63 Upper end part 65 Engagement part 70 Drawer door 171 Handle part 350 Reverse U-shaped groove part 351 Upper cap 351a Lower end part

351b End part

353a, 353b Projection part

Claims

A vacuum heat insulating material disposed in contact with the back side of the front plate constituting the door;
A concave portion constituting a handle portion of the door provided at a position different from the position where the vacuum heat insulating material of the front plate is disposed;
The refrigerator which has a shaping | molding heat insulating material arrange | positioned at the back surface side of the part corresponding to the position of the recessed part of the said front plate.
Furthermore, it has the back board which comprises the said door, the said back board has the protrusion part which protrudes in the store | warehouse | chamber interior of the said refrigerator, and the said molded heat insulating material is arrange | positioned between the said front plate and the said protrusion part. The refrigerator according to claim 1.
The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the protrusion is thicker than the thickness of the vacuum heat insulating material.
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the protruding portion extends horizontally with respect to a partition portion that partitions the interior of the warehouse.
The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door is a drawer type, and the recess is provided horizontally over the entire width of the door.
The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door is a drawer type, and an upper cap of the door constituting the handle portion is provided so as to cover an upper side of the concave portion formed on the front plate of the door.
The door is a drawer type, and the upper cap of the door that constitutes the handle portion covers the upper side of the concave portion formed on the front plate of the door, and the front end of the upper cap is covered with eaves. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator extends forward and then curves downward.
The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the molded heat insulating material is molded in advance and disposed on the back side of the front plate.