JP2005221211A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly refrigerator by allowing easy taking out from a storage chamber by sliding a shelf while maintaining a horizontal state without requiring a complicated structure or operation. <P>SOLUTION: The refrigerator comprises a door 8 with one pivoted side blocking so as to freely open and close a front face opening of the storage chamber 5 formed in a heat insulating state, an inner casing 4 forming the storage chamber, and the shelf 12 slidably attached to a wall face of the inner casing to vertically partition an inner surface of the storage chamber. A side face rear part in a door pivoted side of the shelf is composed as a slanted excision 12a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a shelf configuration installed in a storage room provided with a rotary door.

  In recent years, refrigerators have a tendency to increase the amount of food storage along with the diversification of eating habits. As a form, a refrigerator room having the largest storage capacity is installed at the upper part, and a freezer room or a vegetable room at the lower part. In addition, an ice making room and a multi-temperature switching room are installed.

The refrigerating chamber has a large storage volume, and the front opening is closed by a pivoting door pivotally supported on one side from the usability of storing and taking out stored items, and the storage chamber is vertically partitioned on the side wall surface. There is a tendency that a plurality of shelves are slidably locked and the pocket portion inside the door is extended to the indoor side to increase the storage capacity of the stored item (for example, see Patent Document 1). In addition, many vegetable rooms and freezer rooms arranged in the lower part of the refrigerator compartment are of a drawer type in which a container is attached to the storage room side of the door for the convenience of taking in and out the stored items.
JP 2003-130541 A

  However, the external size of the refrigerator is currently widened to the limit in terms of width, depth, and height, and in many cases, the refrigerator door can be opened only up to 90 degrees due to installation conditions such as kitchen conditions. In that case, because the amount of overhang of the door inner pocket to the indoor side is large, the shelf can not be taken out outdoors, especially when food etc. are placed on the shelf, it can not be taken out horizontally. Since it is necessary to take out only the placed food each time and then tilt the shelf to disengage the shelf receiving part and take it out of the room, it is cumbersome and inconvenient. Is getting stronger.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to this point, and can be easily taken out by sliding the shelf while maintaining the horizontal state without requiring a complicated structure or operation. It aims at providing the refrigerator which made good.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the refrigerator invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a door that pivotally supports one side that closes a front opening of a heat-insulated storage chamber so as to be openable and closable, and an inner box that forms the storage chamber. And a shelf that is slidably locked to the wall surface of the inner box and divides the inner surface of the storage chamber vertically, and is characterized in that the rear side of the shelf on the side of the door pivot is cut off at an angle. is there.

  With this configuration, even when a storage room door with a large overhanging amount to the indoor side of the door inner pocket can be opened only up to 90 degrees due to kitchen conditions etc., foods etc. are placed with the shelf held horizontal. It can be easily taken out of the room as it is, and the usability can be improved with a simple configuration.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a domestic refrigerator-freezer (1). A storage space is formed by an inner box (4) provided via a heat insulating material (3) inside an outer box (2). A plurality of storage chambers (5), (6), and (7) are provided by partitioning by a heat insulating partition wall or the like. (5) is a refrigerating room arranged at the upper part of the main body, and has the maximum storage volume due to the frequency of use, and pivotally supports the refrigerating room door (8) by a hinge device provided on one side of the main body. The front opening is closed.

  A vegetable compartment (6) for storing vegetables and the like is arranged at the lower part of the refrigerator compartment (5) via a partition plate, and a multi-temperature switching with a relatively small volume is performed below the vegetable compartment via an insulating partition wall. A chamber (9) and an ice making ice storage chamber (not shown) are separately arranged on the left and right, and a freezing chamber (7) for storing frozen foods is disposed below the chamber (9).

  The refrigerator compartment (5) has a configuration in which cold air is introduced into the room by a cooler (10) and a fan (11) provided on the back and circulated and cooled in the same manner as in the past. According to 12), a storage space for refrigerated food is formed by dividing into a plurality of storage units, and a storage pocket (13) is installed inside the refrigerator door (8).

  This storage pocket (13) handles the items placed on the back of the shelf (12) at the back of the shelf (12) as the refrigerator body (1) increases in size and the depth of the refrigerator compartment (5) increases. However, while the depth of the shelf (12) is shortened to make it easier to reach, the storage capacity on the side of the door pocket (13) is increased, and when opening the door (5) In order to take out stored goods from both door pockets (13) and make it easy to store them, they are installed overhanging inside the refrigerator compartment (5).

  The cold air that circulates in the refrigerator compartment (5) and cools the stored items further cools the vegetable compartment (6) indirectly and returns to the cooler (10). Similarly, the refrigeration space such as the temperature switching chamber (9) is cooled to a predetermined temperature by a refrigeration cooler (14) and a fan (15) installed on the back surface of the freezing chamber (7).

  The shelf (12) is formed of a synthetic resin into a flat plate shape or a container shape, and as shown in FIG. 2, which is a plan view, an inner box (4) that forms a refrigerator compartment (5) on both sides of the shelf bottom surface. It is arranged over the entire width of the refrigerator compartment by engaging with a shelf holder (4a) provided integrally on the inner surface of the refrigerator. The depth dimension of the shelf (12) is almost half of the indoor depth dimension so that the door inner pocket (13) protrudes greatly indoors as described above so that it does not contact the end surface when the door is closed. It is about.

  Thus, the rear side of the shelf (12) on the pivot side (8a) of the refrigerator compartment door (8) is cut at a 45 degree angle to form a notch (12a). This inclined excision range is achieved by rotating the shelf (12) installed in the shelf holder (4a) at a predetermined position in the refrigerator compartment (5) horizontally with the front side of the door on the side opposite the pivot as the fulcrum. When moved, the peripheral edge of the notch (12a) of the shelf abuts on the outer surface of the pocket (13) protruding inside the refrigerator compartment door (8) opened at 90 degrees with respect to the closed state. When removing the shelf (12), the front part on the side opposite to the pivot is pivoted as described above, and the notch (12a) on the pivot is opened at 90 degrees. By sliding forward along the shelf support (4a) at the time when the outer surface tip of the door pocket (13) is exceeded, the door pocket can be removed outside while keeping the horizontal state.

  According to the above configuration, the shelf (12) can be taken out of the room horizontally with the stored items such as food on the upper surface even when the refrigerator door (8) is opened 90 degrees. Usability is greatly improved. In addition, when storing food in the refrigerator compartment (5) in a state where food is placed on the shelf (12), it can be installed on the indoor shelf holder (4a) by the reverse operation of the take-out operation, The excision may be cut out in an arc shape along the rotation trajectory instead of being cut out obliquely and linearly.

  The wall of the inner box (4) facing the notch (12a) at the side rear corner of the shelf (12) is connected to the shelf holder (4a), and the shelf (12) installed on the shelf holder A horizontal step portion (4b) is formed so as to protrude integrally with the inner box (4) so as to be flush with the upper surface. Therefore, the shelf area corresponding to the notch (12a) area of the shelf can be supplemented by the area of the horizontal step portion (4b), and the top of the horizontal step portion (4b) can be used as a storage product placement surface. it can.

  As described above, the horizontal step portion (4b) may be formed integrally with the inner box (4) by a vacuum forming method or the like, but may be formed by a separate forming member. Since the corner portion corresponding to the notch (12a) of the shelf (12) is likely to become a dead space extending downward from the configuration, the shelf (12) provided with the notch (12a) Is installed in the upper part of the room, as shown in FIG. 3 in which the same reference numerals are attached to the same parts, an interior lamp (16) for illuminating the inside of the refrigerator compartment (5) is installed, By covering the interior of the room with a shade (17), the inside of the refrigerator compartment (5) having a large storage capacity can be effectively illuminated from the corner on the back, and the design of the interior lighting can be made innovative. In addition, the dead space can be effectively used as a place for installing the interior light (16) device.

  FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which the corner corresponding to the notch (12a) of the shelf (12) extends in the vertical direction of the wall surface of the refrigerator compartment (5). ). According to this configuration, the cold air duct (18), which requires a relatively large cross-sectional space for covering the periphery of the cold air passage portion with a heat insulating wall (19) such as polystyrene foam, is disposed in the space at the corner of the room. As with the interior lamp (16), by blowing cool air from the outlet (20) at the corner on the back of the room in the diagonal direction of the refrigerator compartment (5), effective indoor cooling with fewer blind spots can be achieved. Can be done.

  In the above embodiment configuration, the object refrigerator is described as a shelf configuration of a refrigerator compartment arranged at the top of the main body, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the freezer compartment arranged at the top of the main body, or below the freezer compartment The door can be easily applied to a refrigerator compartment having a large storage capacity, and the door is not limited to a single door system that pivots on one side and pivots are formed on both sides. Thus, it can also be adopted as a shelf structure in a double door system in which the front opening is divided into left and right by two doors on the left and right.

  When taking out the shelf (12) in the double doors outside the door, it is not particularly shown, but the side rear part on the pivot side of one door of the shelf installed in the shelf receiver (4a) is inclined as in the above embodiment. A notch (12a) is formed by excision, and this shelf is pivoted on the front side on one side and the pivot side of one door is horizontally rotated forward to By sliding forward along the shelf support (4a) when the notch (12a) exceeds the outer surface tip of the pocket (13) of one door that has been opened, it remains outdoor while maintaining a horizontal state. Can be removed.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a refrigerator having a shelf that can be taken out from a storage room by a pivoting door system pivotally supported on one side.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the refrigerator which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view which shows the door opening state of the shelf and door pocket in the refrigerator compartment in FIG. It is a cross-sectional view which shows the state which installed the interior lamp apparatus in the back corner part of the inner box facing the shelf notch part of FIG. It is a cross-sectional view which shows the state which has arrange | positioned the cold air duct with respect to the interior lamp of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator body 4 Inner box 4a Shelf receptacle 4b Horizontal step part 5 Refrigeration room 12 Shelf
12a Notch 13 Door pocket 16 Interior light
17 Shade 18 Cold duct 19 Insulation wall
20 Cold air outlet

Claims (5)

  A door that pivots on one side to open and close the front opening of the heat-insulated storage chamber, an inner box that forms the storage chamber, and a wall of the inner box that is slidably locked to the storage chamber. The refrigerator which consists of the shelf which divides an inner surface up and down, and the side rear part by the side of the door pivot of the said shelf was inclined and cut off.   The inside of the door opened at 90 degrees with respect to the closed state by horizontally rotating the shelf installed at a predetermined position of the inner box forward with the front side on the anti-pivot side of the door as a fulcrum 2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator can be removed outside without coming into contact with the outer surface of the pocket overhanging.   The door is a double-spread type that divides the front opening of the storage room into left and right, and a shelf installed at a predetermined position of the inner box is horizontally rotated forward on the pivot side of one door with the front part on one side as a fulcrum The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerator can be removed outside without contacting the outer surface of a pocket projecting inside the one door that is opened.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a horizontal step portion that is flush with an upper surface of the shelf is formed at a rear corner portion of the inner box facing the inclined cut portion of the shelf. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a cold air duct or an interior lamp is installed at a rear corner portion of the inner box facing the inclined cut portion of the shelf.

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