JP2009228967A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator easy to use having a large storing capacity of a storage container installed inside the refrigerator and capable of obtaining a temporary loading place for a storing object by a simple configuration when opening a door of a refrigerating compartment and putting in or taking out the storing object. <P>SOLUTION: This refrigerator comprises: a storage compartment 6 disposed at the upper part of a main body 1 and provided with a loading shelf 9 or a storage container 16 thereinside; rotary doors 8, 8' openably closing a front face opening of the storage compartment and provided with storage pockets 27, 27', 28, 28' on the inside thereof; and table plates 30, 30' provided to protrude from the inner sides 26, 26' of the doors 8, 8' into the storage compartment. When the doors 8, 8' are opened, the upper faces of the table plates 30, 30' protrude as loading faces to oppose the front face of the loading shelf 9 or the storage container 16 of the storage compartment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage room provided with a shelf container in the upper part of a main body and a refrigerator in which a front opening of the storage room is closed with a rotary door.

  Large-capacity refrigerators for home use have been commercialized as refrigerators with many doors in each storage room as well as diversified cooling storage temperatures to meet various user needs. Top freezer type with room placed at the top, middle freezer type with freezer room between the upper refrigerator room and lower vegetable room, bottom freezer type with freezer room at the bottom, below the upper refrigerator room Various types have been commercialized, such as a type in which a vertically long freezer compartment and a vegetable compartment are juxtaposed, and a side-by-side type in which a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment are juxtaposed on the left and right.

  In such a product environment, in recent years, in consideration of usability, a refrigerator room that is frequently used and has the largest storage capacity is installed at the top, a vegetable room below it, and a freezer room at the bottom. As shown in FIG. 5, the type has become mainstream. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. The form which has arrange | positioned the vegetable room (65) in the room lower part of the refrigerator compartment (56) is proposed (for example, refer patent document 1).

Further, FIG. 6 shows that when the storage container (83) is detachably supported in the lowest temperature chamber of the refrigerator compartment (76), a door pocket is provided inside the refrigerator compartment door (78) corresponding to the front surface thereof. A configuration in which the storage container (83) is enlarged without providing (88) is described (see Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent No. 3205308 JP 2007-24339 A

  However, in the said structure of the form which installs a vegetable container (66) in the downward part of the refrigerator compartment (56) of the said patent document 1, with respect to the height dimension of a refrigerator main body, each of refrigeration and frozen storage space is shown. The height dimension in the refrigerator compartment is naturally determined from the volume classification, and the plurality of shelves separating the refrigerator compartment are inevitably determined in order to be able to install canned beer, for example. Even if a vegetable container is installed in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment, the height is greatly limited, and it is difficult to ensure a sufficient volume because of the presence of the door pocket located in front of the container. In addition, when a vegetable container is arranged in the refrigerated room, there is a problem that the user feels that the storage volume is small in spite of having the same storage volume as the independent dedicated door type. there were.

  In contrast to Patent Document 1, the configuration described in Patent Document 2 is to enlarge the container by not providing the door pocket (88) in front of the cryogenic container (83) provided at the bottom of the refrigerator. In this case, since the front end of the cryogenic container (83) extends to the vicinity of the front opening of the refrigerating room (76), when the refrigerating room door is opened to take out the stored goods, The flat portion as a temporary storage place is eliminated, and there is a problem that it becomes extremely inconvenient for usability.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and it is possible to increase the storage capacity of a storage container installed in a refrigeration chamber, and to simplify the configuration when opening the refrigeration chamber and taking in and out stored items. An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use refrigerator that provides a temporary storage place for stored items.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage chamber disposed at the upper part of the main body and provided with a mounting shelf or a storage container therein, and a front opening of the storage chamber is closed so as to be openable and closable. And a table plate that protrudes from the inside of the door to the storage chamber side, and when the door is opened, the upper surface of the table plate is used as a mounting surface, It is characterized by protruding so as to face the mounting shelf of the storage chamber or the front surface of the storage container.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to increase the storage capacity by extending the storage container installed in the refrigeration chamber in the forward direction, and at the time of opening the refrigeration chamber and taking in / out the storage items, a suitable place It is possible to easily obtain an easy-to-use configuration that can provide a temporary storage place for storage items.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The refrigerator main body (1) which shows the state which opened the refrigerator compartment door in the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which closed the refrigerator compartment door in FIG. 1, and the state which opened the refrigerator compartment door in FIG. 2 is an outer case (2) and an inner case ( 3) is filled with foam heat insulating material (4) to form a heat insulating box, and the inside of the storage chamber is divided into an upper refrigerating chamber (6) and a lower frozen storage space (7) by a heat insulating partition wall (5). It is divided into and.

  The front opening of the refrigerator compartment (6) is closed by left and right doors (8) (8 ') which are double door French doors, and a plurality of mounting shelves (9) are provided in the upper part inside. A cold storage room (10), below which a separate space is formed by partitioning with a ceiling plate (11) that also serves as a mounting shelf made of transparent resin, and the room is cooled to about 0 to -3 ° C. A cryogenic chamber (12) provided with a container (13) is partitioned.

  In addition, a vegetable compartment (15), which is an independent space, is provided below that through a partition bottom plate (14) that forms the bottom surface of the low temperature compartment (12). In this vegetable room (15), a drawer-type vegetable container (16) is installed in a drawer-type, and the height dimension of the refrigerator compartment (6) from the configuration in which the vegetable room (15) is installed in the room. Is set to 900 mm or more.

  The said vegetable container (16) is a container which opened the upper surface which consists of a side wall and back wall which stand in a circular arc toward the back from the front wall with low height, and both sides of the said heat insulation partition wall (5) The pair of slide rails (17) provided on the upper surface in the front-rear direction supports the corner portions on the lower surfaces on both sides of the vegetable container (16) and is slidable in the front-rear direction so that it can be pulled out.

  The slide rail (17) is a double rail formed from a fixed rail fixed to the heat insulating partition wall (5) and a movable rail fixed to the bottom surface of the vegetable container (16) through an intermediate rail. Even when a large number of vegetables are stored, the large holding force and the long pull-out amount can be easily pulled out in a stable state up to the vicinity of the front opening of the refrigerator compartment (6).

  When the vegetable container (16) is stored in a predetermined position in the vegetable compartment (15), the opening formed between the front wall and the partition bottom plate (14) which is a ceiling plate has a container A lid (18) that is opened when the drawer is operated is provided. This lid (18) opens the opening by moving to the upper rear part using the side wall of the container to be pulled out as a guide, and closes the opening by storing the container in the room. Moreover, it can be opened manually, and the open state can be maintained by pushing backward.

  For the frozen storage space (7), an ice making chamber (19) provided with a relatively small volume automatic ice making device directly below the heat insulating partition wall (5), and a relatively small volume cooling storage chamber, for example, A temperature switching chamber (20) that can be cooled to a freezing temperature such as a soft freezing temperature zone of −18 ° C. or −9 ° C. is divided into left and right, and is placed side by side with a door provided at each front opening. Thus, when the room temperature is refrigerated, it is not necessary to separate it from the ice making chamber (17) with a heat insulating wall.

  In the lower part of the ice making chamber (19) and the temperature switching chamber (20) that are juxtaposed, a freezing chamber (21) having a height of 350 to 500 mm that is enlarged as compared with the conventional one as a drawer door type as described above. A pair of left and right support frames (not shown) are fixed to the inside of the door that covers the entire width of the main body so that the front opening can be freely opened and closed. The storage container for storing the frozen food is held by rail members arranged in the front-rear direction on the both side wall surfaces, and the drawer system is slidable back and forth.

  On the back of the refrigerator compartment (6) and the frozen storage space (7), a refrigerator for cooling (22), a refrigerator for freezing (23), and a fan (24) (25) corresponding to each cooler are provided. Each of the storage chambers is arranged and cooled, and during the refrigeration operation for operating the refrigeration chamber (6), by discharging cold air from the refrigeration cooler (22) into the refrigeration chamber (6), The refrigerated storage room (10) and the vegetable room (15) are cooled to an appropriate temperature, and a part of the cold air is directly introduced into the low temperature room (12) so that the temperature is lower than that in the upper refrigeration room (6). Cooling.

  In the refrigeration operation, control is performed so that low-temperature cold air from the refrigeration cooler (23) is introduced into the freezer compartment (21) or the ice making chamber (19), which is the refrigeration storage space (7), and cooled. The refrigeration cooler (22) does not flow refrigerant, but the refrigeration fan (24) is rotated, and the refrigeration cooler (22) in a frosted state has a refrigeration room of 0 ° C. or higher. (6) By flowing the air inside, the frost adhering to the refrigeration cooler (22) is melted and heat exchanged, and at the same time, refrigerated high-humidity and low-temperature cold air containing a lot of moisture due to frost melting. It is made to flow into the vegetable room (15) from the storage room (10).

  As a result, the temperature in the vegetable compartment (15) is sufficiently cooled, and can be kept at an average of 4 ° C., and the refrigerated storage compartment (10) and the vegetable compartment can be obtained by the inflow of humidified cold air. The humidity in (15) increases to about 80%. Furthermore, by storing vegetables, the humidity further increases due to its transpiration and becomes 90 to 95%. Therefore, the vegetable compartment (15) can be used in a vegetable container ( 16) The atmosphere in which vegetables in the inside do not dry can be maintained.

  As described above, the vegetable compartment (15) is provided in the refrigerator compartment (6), so that a heat insulating partition wall and a dedicated drawer door are not required as compared with the conventional arrangement independently. The vegetable container (16) can expand not only the height direction but also the width and depth dimensions, and can increase the effective storage capacity. In addition, as described above, since there is no dedicated door and the rail mechanism can be simplified, the cost can be reduced.

  Furthermore, since the number of doors is reduced, heat leakage from the front opening can be reduced, so that not only power consumption can be reduced, but also the position of the lower end of the refrigerator compartment (6) is less than the belt line of the user. Since the refrigerator compartment doors (8) and (8 ') are also enlarged in the vertical direction at the same time, the image of the entire refrigerator becomes fresh and a novel design can be obtained.

  And when storing refrigerated food and vegetables after shopping, it is not necessary to open both the refrigerator compartment door and the vegetable compartment door as in the past, and only the refrigerator compartment doors (8) and (8 ') are opened. Can be done at once. At the same time, since the door is opened to the position below the user's waist, the refrigerated room (6) has a large internal volume and a spacious feeling, and the room is easy to look around, and the vegetable room (15) Since the low temperature chamber (12) is located at a low position in the refrigerator compartment (6), it is easy to take out heavy items. The height of the upper end of the vegetable chamber (15) is higher than that of the conventional configuration. However, it becomes higher and closer to the user's line of sight, making it easier to see the vegetables in the vegetable container (16), and the storage and removal operations are remarkably improved, so that forgetting to use can be reduced.

  Due to the longer vertical dimension of the refrigerator compartment doors (8) and (8 '), the restrictions on the inside of the doors (26) and (26') have been limited between the height and design dimensions of the storage items. The placement conditions of the storage pockets (27) and (27 ') have been relaxed, and the lower part of the large storage pockets (28) and (28') for PET bottles, which had been the lowermost part of the past, can be used as storage space. In the present invention, the pockets (29) and (29 ') below the plastic bottle storage pockets (28) and (28') are not provided with pockets.

  Thus, in this embodiment, the vegetable container (16) is refrigerated close to the lower parts (29) (29 ') of the door inner side (26) (26') where the storage pocket is not installed. The structure extends to the vicinity of the front opening of the chamber (6). Accordingly, the depth of the vegetable container (16) can be increased by the length of the storage pockets (28) and (28 ') as compared with the conventional case, so that the volume can be greatly increased.

  Thus, from the lower ends of the inside (26) and (26 ') of the refrigerator compartment doors (8) and (8'), the bottom surface of the opposing vegetable container (16) and the upper surface of the heat insulating partition wall (5) Table plates (30) and (30 ') extending in the space between are projected.

  The table plate (30) (30 ') is a thin plate made of synthetic resin formed in a horizontal dish shape, and has a predetermined depth and width. The inner plate (26) (26') In the case of an injection-molded product, it is formed integrally therewith, and is formed as a separate part and attached to the door inner plate (26) (26 '), and each door (8) (8') 2, the horizontal plane protrudes from the door inner plate (26) (26 ') surface as shown in FIG. 2, and the horizontal plane is used as a mounting surface for the stored items.

  Therefore, when a large number of foods are placed or stored on the placing shelf (9) or in the vegetable container (16), when opening the door and taking out what is in the back, As shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, an object in the back can be taken out by placing it on the table board (30) (30 '), and this table board ( 30) By utilizing the top of (30 '), it becomes easy to organize and store, and the table board (30) (30') is a thin plate shape. 16) is placed in the lower space and extends to the shelf mounting surface in the refrigerator compartment (6) and the upper part of the container storage part so as not to get in the way.

  3 and 4 showing the same parts as those in the above-mentioned embodiment are shown in other embodiments of the present invention, and the door inner side (26) (26) facing the mounting shelf (9) (26). The same table plates (31) and (31 ') as those in the previous embodiment are projected from the wall surface of the storage pockets (28) and (28') to the inside of the refrigerator compartment (6). When the doors (8) and (8 ') are closed, the table plates (31) and (31') are stored along the bottom surface of the ceiling plate (12) or the mounting shelf (9). The mounting table is formed by projecting from the middle part of the left and right doors (8) and (8 ') of the refrigerator compartment (6).

  Also, the table plate (31) (31 ') is provided with a non-slip process on the surface or a rising rib (31a) to prevent the placed plastic bottle or the like from slipping and falling. In addition, the table plate (31) (31 ') is usually erected along the wall of the storage pocket (28) with a hinge mechanism, etc. You may do it.

  Even if configured as described above, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained. In short, when closing the door, the table plates (30) and (31) are replaced with the vegetable containers (16) and the mounting shelf. (9) By moving in along the bottom of the bottom, the storage space for stored items is not obstructed, and it does not get in the way of contact with things placed on shelves. 8) When the door is opened (8 '), the table plates (30), (30'), (31), and (31 ') are easy to use by making them appear in close proximity to the mounting shelf and container. The function can be easily obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the vegetable container (16) has been described as an example. However, it goes without saying that other storage containers may be used, and the vegetable room (15) is arranged at the lowest level in the refrigerator room (6). The positional relationship with the low temperature chamber (12) may be reversed. Moreover, in the said Example, since the refrigerator compartment door (8) (8 ') was made into a double door type, it can suppress the heat leak from a room | chamber interior and has the effect which can be opened and closed by comparatively light force even if it enlarges a door. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be applied to a configuration in which a refrigerator door is formed by a single door pivotally supported on one side, and the table plates (30) and (31) are also provided on the left and right doors (8 ) (8 ') may be provided only on one door side or over a plurality of locations above and below without being provided individually.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the refrigerator compartment which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the door opening state of the refrigerator compartment door in FIG. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view which cut out some refrigerators which show the other Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the door opening state of the refrigerator compartment door in FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the form of the conventional refrigerator. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the form of the other conventional refrigerator.

Explanation of symbols

1 Refrigerator body 6 Refrigerated room 7 Refrigerated storage space 8, 8 'Refrigerated room door 9 Mounting shelf 10 Refrigerated storage room
11 Ceiling panel 12 Low greenhouse 13 Cryogenic container
14 Partition bottom plate 15 Vegetable room 16 Vegetable container
17 Slide rail 18 Lid 26, 26 ′ Door inner plate
27, 27 'storage pocket 28, 28' storage pocket for PET bottles
29, 29 'Lower part 30, 30', 31, 31 'Table plate
31a Rising rib

Claims (5)

  A storage chamber disposed at the top of the main body and provided with a mounting shelf or storage container therein, a rotary door having a front opening of the storage chamber that can be opened and closed and provided with a storage pocket inside, and It consists of a table plate that protrudes from the inside to the storage chamber side. When the door is opened, the upper surface of the table plate is set as the mounting surface and faces the mounting shelf of the storage chamber or the front surface of the storage container. A refrigerator characterized by protruding.   The storage room is a refrigeration room, a compartment is provided in the lower part of the refrigeration room, a drawer-type storage container is disposed in the compartment so that its front end reaches the vicinity of the front opening of the refrigeration room, and the storage 2. A refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a storage pocket is not installed inside the door corresponding to the front of the container, and a table plate protruding inside the door is stored in the lower space of the storage container when the door is closed. .   The compartment is divided into a vegetable compartment by dividing the upper surface of the compartment with a ceiling plate, and a storage container extending over the entire width of the refrigeration compartment is disposed, and the refrigeration is cooled to the freezing temperature via a heat insulating partition wall below the refrigeration compartment The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein a storage space is arranged.   2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a table plate is projected from the wall surface of the storage pocket inside the door facing the mounting shelf to the storage chamber side.   The refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the table plate is stored along the lower surface of the mounting shelf when the door is closed.

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