WO2019186646A1

WO2019186646A1 - Egg storage tray and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: WO2019186646A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/012125
Authority: WO
Inventors: 圭奈立石
Original assignee: 三菱電機株式会社
Priority date: 2018-03-26
Filing date: 2018-03-26
Publication date: 2019-10-03

Abstract

The objective of the present invention is to provide an egg storage tray for a refrigerator and a refrigerator with which space inside the refrigerator can be used efficiently. An egg storage tray according to the present invention is equipped with: an egg placement part provided with egg placement holes; arm parts extending from the egg placement part toward the side on which the eggs are placed; and engaging parts on the tip end of the arm parts. Furthermore, the refrigerator comprises: a refrigeration compartment for storing storage objects in a refrigeration temperature zone; a door for closing off the refrigeration compartment; a door pocket provided on a surface on the refrigeration-compartment side of the door; and the egg storage tray provided with egg placement holes in the egg placement part. The egg storage tray is equipped with the arm parts extending from the egg placement part toward the side on which the eggs are placed, and the engaging parts on the tip end of the arm parts. The arm parts are configured so as to be attachable to and detachable from the door pocket.

Description

Egg storage dish and refrigerator

The present invention relates to an egg storage plate and a refrigerator stored in a refrigerator, and to an egg storage plate and a refrigerator structure that can effectively use the space of a refrigerator compartment.

Conventionally, refrigerators have a structure that can store eggs in a refrigerator compartment. For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, the refrigerator includes an egg case for storing eggs in a refrigerated chamber, and an egg storage tray is placed on the egg case. The egg storage tray has an egg mounting hole in which the egg fits into the flat plate. It has legs that extend toward it. In patent document 1, it is easy to take out an egg case from a refrigerator compartment by providing a handle in an egg case. Moreover, in patent document 2, the egg case which can accommodate an egg storage tray is disclosed, and an egg case can also be arrange | positioned to a door pocket.

Patent Document 3 discloses a refrigerator including an egg storage portion on a side surface of a refrigerator in a door. The egg storage unit is provided in a door pocket provided on the side of the door in the refrigerator compartment, and an egg storage tray is disposed in the door pocket. The egg storage tray has two or more egg placement holes as small as possible, and a plurality of egg storage trays are arranged in parallel in the door pocket. The plurality of egg storage dishes can be rearranged in the door pocket, the egg arrangement management is easy, and only the required eggs can be stored in a minimum space.

JP 2008-164259 A JP 2012-3068 A JP 2001-116439 A

The egg storage structures disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are provided with an egg storage dish in an egg case and arranged in a shelf in a refrigerator compartment or a door pocket of a door. Moreover, the egg storage structure disclosed in Patent Document 3 is installed in a door pocket of a door. However, since the food stored in the refrigerator changes, the storage space for shelves and door pockets in the refrigerator compartment may be reduced depending on the usage conditions. Then, a situation occurs in which the stored items cannot be freely placed in the refrigerator compartment. In particular, since the refrigerators disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 3 have determined egg storage locations, other storage items cannot be stored in the egg storage locations, and the refrigerator can be efficiently stored in the refrigerator. The stored items cannot be stored.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a refrigerator egg storage dish and a refrigerator that can efficiently use the space in the refrigerator compartment.

An egg storage tray according to the present invention is engaged with an egg placement portion having an egg placement hole, an arm portion extending from the egg placement portion toward an egg placement side, and a tip of the arm portion. A section.

The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a refrigerating room for storing stored items, a door for closing the refrigerating room, a door pocket provided on a surface of the door on the refrigerating room side, and an egg placing portion on the egg placing portion. An egg storage tray having a hole, and the egg storage tray includes: an arm portion extending from the egg placement portion toward an egg placement side; and an engagement portion at a tip of the arm portion. The arm portion is configured to be detachable below a bottom portion of the door pocket.

According to the present invention, since the egg storage tray can be installed below the bottom of the door pocket, it is possible to effectively use a space where stored items cannot be arranged in a conventional refrigerator. Further, since the egg storage tray can be installed not only below the door pocket, but also in the egg case of the refrigerator compartment or in the door pocket, the egg storage location can be selected according to the usage of the refrigerator.

3 is a front view of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a front view of the state which opened the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator of FIG. It is a single-piece | unit perspective view of the door pocket of FIG. It is a single-piece | unit perspective view of the egg storage tray of FIG. It is a side view of the egg storage tray of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the door pocket and egg storage tray of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the engagement hole provided in the door pocket of FIG. It is a perspective view of the state which inserted the engaging part of the egg storage tray in the insertion hole of the door pocket of FIG. FIG. 9 is an enlarged view around the insertion hole in FIG. 8. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a state in which an engagement portion is engaged with an engagement hole of the door pocket of FIG. 3. FIG. 11 is an enlarged view around the engagement hole in FIG. 10. It is the perspective view of the state which looked at the egg storage tray of FIG. 2 from the leg part. It is an enlarged view of the engaging part of FIG. It is an expanded sectional view of the state where the engaging part engaged with the engaging hole. It is a perspective view of the egg case accommodated in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a front view of the state which stored the egg case in the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which mounted the egg storage plate in the door pocket of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is sectional drawing of the door pocket and egg storage tray of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each of the drawings, devices and the like having the same reference numerals represent the same or equivalent devices and the like, which are common throughout the entire specification. Moreover, the form of the component which appears in the whole specification is an illustration to the last, and this invention is not limited only to description in a specification. In particular, the combination of the components is not limited to the combination in each embodiment, and the components described in the other embodiments can be applied to another embodiment. In the drawings, the size relationship of each component may be different from the actual one.

Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 is a front view of refrigerator 100 in the first embodiment. The heat insulation box of the refrigerator 100 is formed of an outer box that forms an appearance and an inner box that forms a wall of an internal storage chamber. A space between the outer box and the inner box is filled with a heat insulating material. Moreover, the inside of the heat insulation box is divided into a plurality of storage rooms. Each storage room of the refrigerator 100 is provided with doors 1 to 6 for closing the opening on the front surface. As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 100 is divided into a plurality of storage rooms, and each storage room is set to a different temperature zone depending on the food to be stored and the application. In the refrigerator 100, for example, a refrigerator compartment 50 is disposed at the top of the refrigerator 100, and an ice making chamber 51 and a switching chamber 52 capable of switching a storage temperature zone are disposed below the refrigerator compartment 50. A freezing room 53 is arranged below the ice making room 51 and the switching room 52, and a vegetable room 54 is arranged at the bottom. The ice making chamber 51 and the switching chamber 52 are arranged adjacent to each other in the left-right direction, and are closed by

drawer type doors

3 and 4. In addition, arrangement | positioning of each said storage chamber is an example, and arrangement | positioning of each storage chamber can be changed suitably. Moreover, the refrigerator compartment 50, the ice making room 51, the switching room 52, the freezer room 53, and the vegetable room 54 may be collectively called a storage room in the following description.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the refrigerator 100 of FIG. 1 with the refrigerator compartment 50 opened. Among the storage rooms, the refrigerator compartment 50 is closed at the front by hinged

rotary doors

1 and 2. The refrigerator compartment 50 is configured such that hinges are provided at both end portions of the refrigerator 100 in the left-right direction, and the

rotary doors

1 and 2 are double-spread. However, the refrigerator compartment 50 is not limited to the form closed by the

double doors

1 and 2 and may be closed by a single revolving door.

The internal structure of the refrigerator compartment 50 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the interior of the refrigerator compartment 50 is partitioned into a vertical space by a plurality of shelves 7. Each shelf 7 can be loaded with stored items. In addition, a chilled chamber 8 is provided in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment 50. A stored item can also be placed on the upper surface of the chilled chamber 8.

Next, the structure of the door 2 that closes the refrigerator compartment 50 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the larger door 2 of the

doors

1 and 2 closing the refrigerator compartment 50 has a door pocket 9 on a surface facing the inside of the refrigerator compartment 50 in a state in which the refrigerator compartment 50 is closed. 10 and 11. The door pockets 9, 10, 11 and the surface facing the inside of the door 2 form a box structure whose upper side is open, and a stored item can be placed inside the box structure.

Of the door pockets 9, 10, 11 provided in the door 2, an egg storage tray 12 is installed below the door pocket 10 located in the middle stage. The egg storage tray 12 is attached to the door pocket 10.

FIG. 3 is a single perspective view of the door pocket 10 of FIG. 4 is a single perspective view of the egg storage tray 12 of FIG. FIG. 5 is a side view of the egg storage tray 12 of FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the door pocket 10 and the egg storage tray 12 of FIG. FIG. 6 shows a cross section including the arm portion 20 of the egg storage tray 12 and the engaging portion 14 at the tip of the arm portion 20. The egg storage tray 12 includes an egg placement unit 16 on which an egg is placed. The egg placement part 16 is provided with an egg placement hole 28 so that the eggs can be placed stably. The egg mounting portion 16 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape. In the first embodiment, the egg placement hole 28 is a hole that penetrates the flat egg placement portion 16. Instead of the egg mounting hole 28, for example, a bag-shaped hole may be formed from the egg mounting hole 28 in the lower part of FIG.

The egg storage tray 12 includes arm portions 20 that extend upward from the egg placement portion 16 at the four corners of the rectangular egg placement portion 16. That is, the arm part 20 is extended to the side by which the egg of the egg mounting part 16 is mounted. The arm portion 20 includes an engaging portion 14 at the tip. The engaging portion 14 protrudes laterally with respect to the direction in which the arm portion 20 extends at the tip of the arm portion 20. Moreover, the engaging part 14 protrudes in the horizontal direction toward the outer side from the egg mounting part 16. Furthermore, the engaging portion 14 protrudes outward along the longitudinal direction of the egg storage tray 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the door pocket 10 is a box-like container having an open top, and is attached to the surface of the door 2 facing the refrigerator compartment 50 side. A front wall 23,

side walls

21 and 22, and a back wall 24 are erected on the outer edge of the bottom 19. The bottom portion 19 has four engagement holes 13 formed therein. The engagement hole 13 is provided so as to correspond to the position of the engagement portion 14 provided in the arm portion 20 of the egg storage tray 12. Further, the engagement hole 13 is provided continuously with the insertion hole 25. As shown in FIG. 6, the engaging portion 14 is inserted from below into an insertion hole 25 formed in the bottom portion 19 of the door pocket 10.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the engagement hole 13 provided in the door pocket 10 of FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a state where the engaging portion 14 of the egg storage tray 12 is inserted into the insertion hole 25 of the door pocket 10 of FIG. FIG. 9 is an enlarged view around the insertion hole 25 of FIG. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a state in which the engaging portion 14 is engaged with the engaging hole 13 of the door pocket 10 of FIG. FIG. 11 is an enlarged view around the engagement hole 13 of FIG. The engagement hole 13 is provided continuously with the insertion hole 25. The insertion hole 25 is formed wider than the engagement hole 13 and has a size and a position where the four engagement portions 14 of the egg storage tray 12 can be inserted simultaneously. A hole formed by the engagement hole 13 and the insertion hole 25 is formed in an L shape in a plan view of the bottom portion 19. The engaging portion 14 of the egg storage tray 12 inserted into the insertion hole 25 is translated to the engaging hole 13 side, and the lower engaging surface 39 of the engaging portion 14 contacts the bottom portion 19 of the door pocket 10. . That is, the egg storage tray 12 is suspended by hooking the engaging surface 39 of the engaging portion 14 on the bottom portion 19 of the door pocket 10. Further, a groove portion 27 is formed in a portion where the engagement surface 39 of the bottom portion 19 of the door pocket 10 abuts.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the egg storage tray 12 of FIG. FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the engaging portion 14 of FIG. FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the engagement hole 13 engaged with the engagement portion 14. A protrusion 29 is provided on the engaging surface 39 of the engaging portion 14 of the egg storage tray 12. Further, a groove portion 27 is provided in the bottom portion 19 adjacent to the engagement hole 13 of the door pocket 10. The protrusion 29 is configured to be difficult to escape from the groove 27 by fitting into the groove 27. Therefore, the engagement portion 14 of the egg storage tray 12 is displaced from the engagement hole 13 of the door pocket 10 and the movement toward the insertion hole 25 is suppressed. Therefore, the egg storage tray 12 is not easily detached from the door pocket 10.

In addition, the fitting structure of the protrusion 29 of the engaging portion 14 of the egg storage tray 12 and the groove portion 27 of the door pocket 10 is not limited to the mode shown in FIG. Other fitting structures may be used as long as the egg storage tray 12 is fixed below the bottom 19 of the door pocket 10 and is detachable. Moreover, in Embodiment 1, the arm part 20 of the egg storage tray 12 is provided at each of the four corners of the egg placement part 16, but the position and quantity of the arm part 20 may take other forms. For example, you may provide the arm part 20 in one place in the both ends of the longitudinal direction of the egg mounting part 16. FIG. When storing the eggs in the egg storage tray 12, if the egg storage tray 12 does not fall out of the door pocket 10 or the eggs are not easily dropped from the egg storage tray 12, the arm portion 20 is It can take various forms.

The egg storage tray 12 can be installed below the door pocket 10 as described above. For example, when a stored item is arranged in the door pocket 11, a space in which no stored item exists is formed between the upper end portion of the stored item and the bottom portion 19 of the door pocket 10. Since the egg storage tray 12 can be disposed in the space between the upper end portion of the stored item and the bottom portion 19 of the door pocket 10, the refrigerator compartment 50 can efficiently use the space. In addition, the distance from the egg placement part 16 to the bottom part 19 of the door pocket 10 is set to 60 to 80 mm, for example. In the case of a standard egg, the egg storage tray 12 is installed below the bottom part 19 of the door pocket 10. Eggs can be stored and removed.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the egg case 32 housed in the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 16 is a front view of a state in which egg case 32 is stored in refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment. The egg case 32 is a container in which the egg storage tray 12 can be placed, and can be placed on the shelf 7 inside the refrigerator compartment 50. As FIG. 12 shows, the egg storage tray 12 is provided with the leg part 15 extended in the opposite direction to the direction where the arm part 20 is extended. The egg storage tray 12 is placed in the egg case 32 with the legs 15 facing the bottom of the egg case 32. The leg portion 15 is for ensuring the distance between the egg placement portion 16 and the bottom portion of the egg case 32 with the tip abutting against the bottom portion of the egg case 32. Therefore, even if the egg storage tray 12 is placed in the egg case 32 and an egg is placed in the egg placement hole 28, the egg does not contact the bottom of the egg case 32. Thereby, the egg storage tray 12 can store eggs in a stable state even in the egg case 32.

Since the size of the egg storage tray 12 is adjusted to the size of the container of the egg case 32, the egg storage tray 12 does not move in the horizontal direction within the egg case 32. Therefore, the egg is not damaged when the egg case 32 is taken out from the refrigerator compartment 50.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the egg storage tray 12 is placed under the door pocket 10 so that the eggs can be easily taken out from the egg placement portion 16 so as to be easily taken out from the egg placement portion 16. A distance to the bottom portion 19 is ensured. As an example, the distance from the egg placement part 16 to the bottom part 19 of the door pocket 10 is set to about 60 to 80 mm, and the arm part 20 of the egg storage tray 12 is set to a length that can secure the distance. Yes.

The leg portion 15 of the egg storage tray 12 is set to such a length that the egg placed in the egg placement hole 28 in the egg case 32 does not contact the bottom of the egg case 32. Accordingly, the length of the leg portion 15 from the egg placement portion 16 to the tip is shorter than the length of the arm portion 20 from the egg placement portion 16 to the tip. By being configured in this way, the egg storage tray 12 can be installed in the refrigerator compartment 50 both below the door pocket 10 and inside the egg case 32. Therefore, since the egg storage location can be changed according to the usage state of the refrigerator 100, the space inside the refrigerator compartment 50 can be used efficiently.

When the egg storage tray 12 is placed on the egg case 32 and placed on the shelf 7 of the refrigerator compartment 50, the egg case 32 is placed in the refrigerator compartment 50 by the handle 30 provided at one end in the longitudinal direction of the egg case 32. It is configured to be easily pulled out from the inside. Since the user can carry the entire egg case 32 outside the refrigerator compartment 50, the user can efficiently perform work when using the collected eggs or storing new purchased eggs in the refrigerator compartment 50.

Further, a configuration may be adopted in which a second egg storage tray different from the egg storage tray 12 can be placed on the egg case 32. The number of eggs that can be placed on the second egg storage tray is smaller than that of the egg storage tray 12. For example, the second egg storage dish is configured to be able to place two eggs, and the egg storage dish 12 is configured to be able to place ten eggs. By being configured in this way, it is possible to simultaneously store one pack of eggs purchased in the egg case 32 and the excess eggs already stored in the egg case 32 in the egg case 32. Moreover, since a 2nd egg storage tray can be removed, you may place a storage thing in the space produced when the 2nd egg storage tray is removed. By configuring the second storage tray so that it can be placed on the egg case 32, the refrigerator 100 further ensures the degree of freedom of storage.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a state where the egg storage tray 12 is placed in the door pocket 10 of the refrigerator compartment 50 of the refrigerator 100 according to the first embodiment. 18 is a cross-sectional view of the door pocket 10 and egg storage tray 12 of FIG. The egg storage tray 12 can also be placed in the door pocket 10. Since the egg storage tray 12 can be disposed below the door pocket 10 as shown in FIG. 2, the door pocket 10 is configured to have a size that allows the egg storage tray 12 to be placed thereon. The egg storage tray 12 is placed with the legs 15 facing the bottom 19 of the door pocket 10. At this time, the tip of the arm portion 20 of the egg storage tray 12 is configured not to protrude from the upper ends of the front wall 23 and the

side walls

21 and 22 of the door pocket 10. By being configured in this way, the arm portion 20 does not hinder the operation of taking out the eggs on the egg storage tray 12 placed in the door pocket 10.

Further, in the first embodiment, the arm portions 20 of the egg storage tray 12 are provided at the four corners of the egg placement portion 16, and the leg portions 15 are also provided at at least the four corners of the egg placement portion 16. Therefore, the engagement hole 13 and the insertion hole 25 provided in the door pocket 10 shown in FIG. 3 and the tip of the leg portion 15 of the egg storage tray 12 can be fitted. As shown in FIG. 18, the door pocket 10 is larger than the width in the longitudinal direction of the egg storage tray 12, but with this configuration, the egg storage tray 12 can be easily horizontal in the door pocket 10. Since it does not move easily, there is an advantage that eggs can be stored stably.

As described above, the refrigerator 100 includes the egg storage tray 12 that can store eggs in a plurality of forms, such as the inside of the door pocket 10, the bottom 19 of the door pocket 10, and the egg case 32. Thereby, the freedom degree of the storage place of an egg is high, a stored item can be moved according to the use condition of the refrigerator compartment 50 of the refrigerator 100, and the space inside the refrigerator compartment 50 can be used efficiently. .

1 (revolving) door, 2 (revolving) door, 3 doors, 4 doors, 5 doors, 6 doors, 7 shelves, 8 chilled rooms, 9 door pockets, 10 door pockets, 11 door pockets, 12 egg storage dishes, 13 Joint hole, 14 engaging part, 15 leg part, 16 egg placing part, 19 bottom part, 20 arm part, 21 side wall, 22 side wall, 23 front wall, 24 back wall, 25 insertion hole, 27 groove part, 28 egg Placement hole, 29 protrusion, 30 handle, 32 egg case, 39 engagement surface, 50 cold room, 51 ice making room, 52 switching room, 53 freezer room, 54 vegetable room, 100 refrigerator.

Claims

An egg placement section comprising an egg placement hole;
An arm portion extending from the egg placement portion toward the side on which the egg is placed;
An egg storage tray comprising an engagement portion at a tip of the arm portion.
The engaging portion is
The egg storage tray according to claim 1, wherein the egg storage tray protrudes laterally with respect to a direction in which the arm portion extends.
The engaging portion is
An engagement surface facing the side on which the egg placement portion is located;
The engagement surface is
The egg storage tray according to claim 2, comprising a protrusion.
The egg storage tray according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a leg portion that extends in a direction opposite to a direction in which the arm portion extends from the egg placement portion.
A refrigerating room for storing things;
A door that closes the refrigerator compartment;
A door pocket provided on a surface of the door on the refrigerator compartment side;
An egg storage tray with an egg mounting hole in the egg mounting portion,
The egg storage dish is
An arm portion extending from the egg placement portion toward the side on which the egg is placed;
An engaging portion at the tip of the arm,
The arm is
A refrigerator configured to be detachable below the bottom of the door pocket.
The door pocket
An engagement hole into which the engagement portion is inserted at the bottom of the door pocket;
The engaging portion of the egg storage tray is:
The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the refrigerator engages with the engagement hole of the door pocket.
The engaging portion is
The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the refrigerator projects laterally with respect to a direction in which the arm portion extends.
The engaging portion is
The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein an engagement surface facing the egg placement portion comes into contact with a bottom portion of the door pocket.
The engagement surface is
The refrigerator according to claim 8, further comprising a protrusion that fits into a groove provided at a bottom portion of the door pocket.
The insertion hole according to any one of claims 6 to 9, further comprising an insertion hole that is formed continuously with the engagement hole and is wider than the engagement hole when the bottom of the door pocket is viewed in plan view. The refrigerator according to item.
The egg storage dish is
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 5 to 10, further comprising a leg portion that extends in a direction opposite to a direction in which the arm portion extends from the egg placement portion.
The egg storage dish is
The refrigerator according to claim 11, wherein the leg portion is configured to be placed on the door pocket with the bottom facing the door pocket.
The length from the egg placement part to the tip of the arm part is
The refrigerator according to claim 11 or 12, which is longer than a length from the egg placement portion to a tip of the leg portion.
An egg case placed on a shelf inside the refrigerator compartment;
The egg storage dish is
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the refrigerator is configured to be placed on the egg case with the legs facing the bottom of the egg case.