JP2010008012A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator, having excellent efficiency for storing and taking out food or the like to be convenient for use. <P>SOLUTION: This refrigerator 80 includes: a refrigerator body 1 provided with a plurality of storage rooms; a refrigerator door including a rotary door and a drawer type door for opening and closing the front openings of the storage rooms; and a rack 11 installed to place food or the like in the storage room 2 opened and closed by the rotary door. The rack 11 is supported on a rack support part 12 provided in the storage room 2 through a moving device 50. The moving device 50 horizontally moves the rack 11 forward and backward as the food or the like is still placed on the rack 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and is particularly suitable for a refrigerator in which a shelf on which food or the like is placed is movably installed in a storage chamber.

  As conventional refrigerators for the purpose of improving usability of refrigerator shelves, there are those disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-91151 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-262462 (Patent Document 2).

  The refrigerator of Patent Document 1 includes a shelf disposed in an upper part of a storage chamber, and a shelf device provided with two pairs of front and rear arm link mechanisms that are folded in two provided at opposite positions on the left and right of the shelf. . The arm link mechanism has one end fixed to the side wall surface of the inner box, the other end fixed to the side surface of the shelf, and when the shelf is pulled out, the shelf is moved obliquely forward and downward, thereby moving the operation trajectory. The small and compact mechanism improves the usability of the upper shelf.

  Further, the refrigerator of Patent Document 2 includes a shelf disposed in the refrigerator, a frame on which the shelf is placed, a timing belt provided in the frame, and a plurality of components that rotate in conjunction with the timing belt. A shaft, a moving plate that is moved by transmitting power by rotating the plurality of shafts, and a shelf receiving portion that moves the frame in the up-down direction or the left-right direction by placing the moving plate. It has a shelf device. Then, by rotating any one of the plurality of shafts with a motor, the frame can be moved in the up-down direction or the left-right direction, and the shelf is moved up, down, left and right with the container such as food placed thereon. The shelf can be moved even with a small operating force, and the food storage space in the warehouse can be used effectively.

JP 2001-91151 A JP 2003-262462 A

  However, in the refrigerator disclosed in Patent Document 1, food stored in the lower part of the shelf may be in the way when the shelf is moved obliquely downward in the front, and the storage of food and the like is restricted, which is easy to use. I couldn't say that.

  Moreover, in the refrigerator of patent document 2, since it was not considered about taking out easily the food etc. which were mounted in the back | inner side of a shelf, it could not be said that it was easy to use regarding the taking-out property of food etc.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use refrigerator that has excellent storage and take-out properties for foods and the like.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a refrigerator main body in which a plurality of storage rooms are formed, a refrigerator door composed of a rotary door and a pull-out door that opens and closes a front opening of the storage room, and the rotating door. In a refrigerator comprising a shelf installed to place food or the like in the storage room that is opened and closed by a movable door, the shelf is supported by a shelf support provided in the storage room via a moving device The moving device is configured to be able to move the shelf horizontally in the front-rear direction while food or the like is placed on the shelf.

A more preferable specific configuration example of the present invention is as follows.
(1) The shelf is formed of a plate-like or tray-like member, the moving device is composed of a pair of left and right moving devices mounted on both side surfaces of the shelf, and the pair of left and right moving devices are in the storage chamber. It is placed on a pair of left and right shelf support sections provided.
(2) The said shelf support part is comprised by the shelf support rib extended horizontally in the front-back direction.
(3) The refrigerator main body is configured by filling a heat insulating material between an outer box and an inner box forming the storage chamber, and the shelf support rib is configured by a rib protruding from both side surfaces of the inner box. In addition, a plurality of locations are provided above and below, and the moving device is placed on the shelf support ribs at the top and bottom locations so as to be rearranged together with the shelves.
(4) The rotary door is provided with a door pocket that protrudes to the inside of the cabinet, and the door pocket is formed of a door liner that constitutes a surface inside the cabinet of the rotary door, and the refrigerator main body. The shelf support ribs and the shelf are arranged behind the door pocket, and the moving device moves the shelf to the front of the refrigerator body when the rotary door is opened. It was possible to move forward to the vicinity.
(5) The moving device includes a spring that transmits a force to the shelf, a damper that absorbs a force in a moving direction of the shelf, and a latch.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is excellent in the storage property and taking-out property of foodstuffs etc., and can provide a user-friendly refrigerator.

  Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals in the drawings of the respective embodiments indicate the same or equivalent.

(First embodiment)
The refrigerator of 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIGS. 1-7.

  First, the whole refrigerator 80 of this embodiment is demonstrated, referring FIGS. 1-3. 1 is a diagram showing a perspective view of a refrigerator 80 of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator 80 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an upper front view showing the refrigerator door of FIG. 2 and 3, the moving device 50 is omitted.

  The refrigerator 80 includes the refrigerator main body 1, the storage chamber doors 2a to 6a, a refrigeration cycle, a control device, and the like.

  The refrigerator body 1 includes a urethane foam heat insulating material 1c and a vacuum heat insulating material (not shown) between a steel plate outer box 1a and a resin inner box 1b. The refrigerator main body 1 has a plurality of storage rooms in the order of a refrigerator compartment 2, a switching compartment 3, an ice making compartment 4, a freezer compartment 5, and a vegetable compartment 6 from the top. In other words, the refrigerator compartment 2 is arranged at the uppermost stage and the vegetable compartment 5 is arranged at the lowermost stage, respectively. Between the refrigerator compartment 2 and the vegetable compartment 5, these two chambers 2, 6 and A switching chamber 3, an ice making chamber 4, and a freezing chamber 5 that are partitioned adiabatically are provided. The refrigerator compartment 2 and the vegetable compartment 6 are storage compartments in the refrigeration temperature zone, and the switching compartment 3, the ice making compartment 4 and the freezing compartment 5 are storage compartments in the freezing temperature zone of 0 ° C. or less.

  On the front surface of the refrigerator body 1, storage chamber doors 2a to 6a for opening and closing front opening portions of the storage chambers 2 to 6 are arranged. The refrigerating room door 2a is a door that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerating room 2, the switching room door 3a is a door that opens and closes the front opening of the switching room 3, and the ice making room door 4a is a door that opens and closes the front opening of the ice making room 4. The freezer compartment door 5 a is a door that opens and closes the front opening of the freezer compartment 5, and the vegetable compartment door 6 a is a door that opens and closes the front opening of the vegetable compartment 6.

  Here, the refrigerator compartment door 2a is constituted by a pivoting door (specifically, a double door) and is provided with a door pocket 21 that protrudes to the inside of the cabinet. The door pocket 21 is formed by protruding a door liner 22 that constitutes the inner surface of the refrigerator compartment door 2a, and is provided so as to protrude from the front surface 1d of the refrigerator body 1 to the back side. The amount of protrusion of the door pocket 21 toward the back side is approximately 1/3 of the depth dimension of the refrigerator compartment 2. On the other hand, the switching room door 3a, the ice making room 4a, the freezing room door 5a, and the vegetable room door 6a are constituted by drawer type doors.

  In the refrigerator compartment 2, shelves 11 and 11A on which foods and the like are placed are installed. The shelf 11 is formed in a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, and is detachably supported by the shelf support portion 12 via the moving device 50. The shelf 11 may be formed in a tray shape. There may be a plurality of shelves 11 or a single shelf 11. The shelf 11A is placed on a compartment 23 for compartmentalizing the refrigerator compartment 2 to store food.

  The shelf support portion 12 includes shelf support ribs 12 that extend horizontally in the front-rear direction. The shelf support ribs 12 are composed of a pair of left and right shelf support ribs 12 provided in the refrigerator compartment 2, and specifically, a pair of left and right shelf support ribs 12 formed to protrude from both side surfaces of the inner box 1b. Has been.

  The shelf support ribs 12 are provided at a plurality of locations in the vertical direction. The shelf 11 can be removed together with the moving device 50 from the placed shelf support ribs 12 and placed on the other shelf support ribs 12, that is, rearranged. Since the height of the shelf 11 can be adjusted, the storage space can be used effectively according to the size of the food to be stored.

  The shelf support rib 12 and the shelf 11 are disposed behind the door pocket 21, and the depth dimension thereof is approximately 2/3 of the depth dimension of the refrigerator compartment 2.

  Next, the shelf 11 and the moving device 50 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. 4 is a perspective view of the shelf 11 and the moving device 50 used in the refrigerator of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the moving device 50 used in the refrigerator of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a moving device 50 is attached to both end portions of the shelf 11. In other words, the pair of sliding devices 50 are mounted on the shelf 11. Since the moving device 50 is mounted on the lower surfaces of both side end portions of the shelf 11, the upper surface of the shelf 11 can be used more effectively than when mounted on the side surface, and the storage property of food or the like on the shelf 11 is improved. It can be improved.

  The moving device 50 is configured to extend horizontally in the front-rear direction, and the depth dimension thereof is substantially the same as the depth dimension of the shelf 11.

  Further, the moving device 50 is fixed to the shelf 11 via the fixing tool 30. A plurality of screws are used as the fixture 30, and the moving device 50 can be removed from the shelf 11 by removing the screws 30, and the shelf 11 and the moving device 50 can be cleaned. Note that a claw provided in the moving device 50 may be used as the fixture 30 and the claw may be fitted to the shelf 11. In this case, the moving device 50 can be easily detached from the shelf 11, and the cleaning properties of the shelf 11 and the moving device 50 can be further improved.

  The moving device 50 includes an inner cover 51, an inner rail 53, a roller 63, a latch keeper 61, an outer cover 52, an outer rail 54, a roller 64, and a latch arm 62 shown in FIG. The inner cover 51, the inner rail 53, the outer cover 52, and the outer rail 54 are made of a synthetic resin member that extends long in the front-rear direction.

  The inner cover 51 and the inner rail 53 are integrally coupled by a coupling means (not shown). The inner cover 51 includes a lower side 51a, a rising side 51b rising from one end of the lower side 51a, and a fixed portion 51c provided on a side surface of the upper end of the rising side 51b. I am doing.

  The inner rail 53 includes an upper side 53a that becomes a rail surface of the roller 64 and a falling side 53b that falls from a side end portion of the upper side 53a, and has an approximately inverted L shape.

  The roller 63 is rotatably attached to a rear end portion of the inner rail 53 (specifically, a side surface of the rear end portion of the falling side 53b). The roller 63 is rotated along the upper surface that is the rail surface of the lower side 54 a of the outer rail 54.

  The latch keeper 61 is provided so as to protrude from the rear end portion of the inner rail 53 (specifically, the rear end portion of the falling side 53 b), and can be locked to the latch arm 62.

  Then, the inner cover 51 is fixedly attached to the shelf 11 by bringing the upper end of the rising edge 51b of the inner cover 51 into contact with the lower surface of the shelf 11 and screwing the fixture 30 through the shelf 11 into the fixed portion 51c. The As a result, the inner rail 53, the roller 63, and the latch keeper 61 are mounted on the shelf 11.

  The outer cover 52 and the outer rail 54 are integrally coupled by coupling means (not shown). The inner cover 51 is engaged with the outer cover 52 so as to be movable back and forth. As a result, the outer cover 52 is attached to the shelf 11 via the inner cover 51.

  The outer cover 52 includes a lower side 52a, a rising side 52b that rises from a side end of the lower side 52a, an upper side 52c that extends laterally from the upper end of the rising side 52b, and a locking protrusion that protrudes downward from the upper side 52. It consists of convex part 52d, and is substantially Z-shaped. The locking convex portion 52d is provided so as to partially protrude in the front-rear direction of the upper side 52c.

  The outer rail 54 includes a lower side 54a that becomes a rail surface of the roller 63, a rising side 54b that rises from a side end of the lower side 54a, and an upper side 54c that extends laterally from the side end of the rising side 54b. It is U-shaped.

  The roller 64 is rotatably attached to the front end portion of the outer rail 54 (specifically, the front end portion side surface of the rising side 54b). The roller 64 is rotated along the lower surface that is the rail surface of the upper side 53 a of the inner rail 53.

  The latch arm 62 is provided so as to protrude from the rear end portion of the outer rail 54 (specifically, the rear end portion of the rising side 54b) to the back side.

  Then, the shelf 11 and the moving device 50 in the state shown in FIG. 4 are placed on the shelf support rib 12. Specifically, the shelf 11 and the moving device 50 in the state shown in FIG. 4 are inserted into the refrigerator compartment 2 from the front, and the upper side 52 c of the outer cover 52 is placed on the shelf support rib 12. The shelf support rib 12 is provided with a locking recess having the same length as the length of the upper side 52d in the front-rear direction. The upper side 52d is placed in the outer cover 52 by fitting the upper side 52d into the locking recess. To do. As a result, the outer cover 52 and the outer rail 54 are supported by the shelf support rib 12 and the movement in the front-rear direction is restricted.

  Next, the operation of the moving device 50 will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the refrigerator moving device 50 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operations of the refrigerator shelf 11 and the moving device 50 of FIG. In FIG. 6, the shelf 11 is omitted and the upper view in each of FIGS. 6A, 6 </ b> B, and 6 </ b> C is a top view, and the lower view is a side view. 6A shows an origin state where the moving device is folded, and the shelf 11 moves by operating in the order of FIGS. 6B and 6C, and FIG. 6C shows the moving device 50. This is the state of the maximum movement amount.

  In the state shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 in which the shelf 11 and the moving device 50 are placed on the shelf supporting rib 12, the moving device 50 has a roller 63 provided on the inner rail 53 with the rail surface of the lower side 54 a of the outer rail 54. The roller 64 provided on the outer rail 54 is moved while rotating in contact with the lower surface which is the rail surface of the upper side 53a of the inner rail 53.

  As for the moving apparatus 50, the inner rail 53 is moved back and forth with respect to the outer rail 54 hold | maintained at the refrigerator main body side (specifically shelf support rib side). As the inner rail 53 moves, the inner cover 51 and the shelf 11 are moved back and forth. In other words, by pulling the shelf 11 forward from the state of FIG. 6A (the state of FIG. 7A), the shelf 11 is moved horizontally to the front, and the state of FIG. Then, it moves to the state of FIG.6 (c) (state of FIG.7 (b)), and can draw out ahead with the state which mounted the food etc. in FIG.

  In the storage in the shelf 11 in the refrigerator 80, the shelf 11 in the refrigerator compartment 80 is often packed to the top. When the placed objects are stored at the full height of the partition such as the shelf 11 provided on the upper surface of the refrigerator compartment 2 and others, it is difficult to take out the stored articles placed in the back of the shelf 11. Therefore, in order to take out the object in the back, methods such as taking out the object in the front once, or retreating the upper shelf 11 and taking it out from the top, etc. are performed. However, both methods are time-consuming and time-consuming. Moreover, if the refrigerator door 2a is opened for a long time, the internal temperature rises, thereby increasing the cooling time for cooling the warmed interior, and thus an electricity bill is required. From the point of view of energy saving, it is better to provide a structure that can be taken in and out in a short time. Therefore, in order to improve the usability of the shelf 11, the shelf 11 can be slid in the horizontal direction, thereby creating a space above and moving the object in the back to the front side, so that the removal can be easily performed in a short time. become.

  The forward movement of the shelf 11 is set to the vicinity of the front surface of the refrigerator main body 1 (movement amount δ1) when the refrigerator compartment door 2a is opened. In other words, the stopper mechanism is provided so that the shelf 11 does not move further forward than in FIG. Because of the relationship with the door pocket 21 provided in the refrigerator compartment door 2 a, the front end of the shelf 11 is generally protruded from the front surface of the refrigerator body 1 to the approximately 1/3 depth side of the refrigerator compartment 2. By making the movement to the front near the front surface of the refrigerator main body 1, safety can be ensured and a sufficient movement range can be obtained. That is, even if the door pocket 21 provided in the refrigerator compartment door 2a comes into contact with the shelf 11 in an attempt to close the refrigerator compartment door 2a while the shelf 11 is pulled out to the vicinity of the front surface of the refrigerator body 1, the force of the collision is the shelf. Therefore, the refrigerator compartment door 2a can be closed as it is and the safety risk can be reduced. In addition, when the shelf 11 is pulled out, a part of the shelf 11 is opened, so that the food stored in the back which is difficult to confirm can be easily seen from above and obliquely from above. The space opened by the shelf 11 moved by the moving device 50 is improved in usability from the viewpoint of taking out and confirming food and the like.

  Then, by pushing the shelf 11, the shelf 11 is operated in the reverse direction of the above-described drawer, so that the state shown in FIG. 6C (the state shown in FIG. 7B) is changed to the state shown in FIG. It can be stored in the state a). Thereby, taking in and out of the food etc. which were mounted in the shelf 11 becomes easy.

  In the moving device 50, in a state where the inner rail 53 is housed in the outer rail 54, the latch keeper 61 provided on the inner rail 53 and the latch arm 62 provided on the outer rail 54 are engaged, and the inner rail 53 is engaged with the outer rail 53. Locked to the rail 54. As a result, unintended movement can be suppressed, which is significant in terms of safety.

  The latch mechanism locked by the latch keeper 61 and the latch arm 62 can be released by pushing the shelf 11. According to such a configuration, when moving food in and out and organizing in the refrigerator compartment 2, the moving function can be made available by simply pushing the shelf 11 with the back of the hand, etc., even with an object in hand. Get better.

  Since the moving device 50 is mounted on the shelf 11, for example, the shelf 11 can be rearranged from the shelf supporting rib 12 in FIG. 2 to the shelf supporting rib 12 thereabove. Can be used as is.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the moving device 50 used in the refrigerator of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the moving device 50 in the refrigerator of the second embodiment. 8A is a cross-sectional view of the sliding device 50 viewed from the right side, FIG. 8B is a bottom view of the sliding device 50, and FIG. 8C is a cross-sectional view of the sliding device 50 from the left side. FIG. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the points described below, and the other points are basically the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus redundant description is omitted.

  The moving device 50 is locked by the latch keeper 61 provided on the inner rail 53 and the latch arm 62 provided on the outer rail 54 while the inner rail 53 is housed in the outer rail 54. The lock by the latch mechanism can be released by pushing the shelf 11 as described above.

  A spring 67 is provided between the inner rail 53 and the outer rail 54. The spring 67 is provided so that the pulling distance is maximized when the latch mechanism is in the locked state. By releasing the lock of the latch mechanism, a force is applied to the inner rail 53 by the spring 67, and the inner rail 53 moves forward. As a result, the operation of pulling out the shelf 11 by unlocking the latch mechanism and the operation of returning the shelf 11 moved to the front can be performed only by pushing the shelf 11, so that the object can be held in the hand. Even in the state, both operations can be performed simply by pressing with the back of the hand. Since there are many cases in which the storage items placed on the shelf 11 are put in and out and arranged with the items in hand, it is very effective in terms of usability.

  In addition, a mechanism for relaxing the force of the spring 67 when the lock by the latch mechanism is released by the damper 65 provided on the inner rail 53 and the rack 66 that interferes with the damper 65 provided on the outer rail 54 is provided. Yes. The length of the rack 66 is longer than the moving range of the shelf 11 and the inner rail 51, and the damper 65 and the rack 66 are engaged with each other in the moving range of the shelf 11. Thereby, the operation | movement of the shelf 11 which moves quickly with the sudden force of the spring 67 can be slowed, and the fall and fall of the stored article mounted in the shelf 11 can be prevented.

It is a figure which shows the perspective view of the refrigerator of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the refrigerator of FIG. It is a top front view which abbreviate | omits and shows the door of the refrigerator of FIG. It is a perspective view of the shelf and moving apparatus which are used for the refrigerator of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the moving apparatus 50 used for the refrigerator of FIG. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the moving apparatus 50 of the refrigerator of FIG. It is a figure explaining the operation | movement of the shelf of a refrigerator of FIG. 1, and a moving apparatus. It is a figure which shows the moving apparatus 50 used for the refrigerator of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the moving apparatus in the refrigerator of 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerator main body, 1a ... Main body side partition part, 1b ... Inner box, 1c ... Inner box back surface, 2 ... Refrigeration room, 2a ... Refrigeration room door, 2b ... Refrigerator flange surface, 3 ... Switching room, 3a ... Switching room Door, 4 ... Ice making room, 5 ... Freezer room, 5a ... Freezer room door, 6 ... Vegetable room, 6a ... Vegetable room door, 11 ... Shelf, 12, ... Shelf support (shelf support rib), 21 ... Door pocket, 22 ... Door liner, 50 ... Moving device, 51 ... Inner cover, 52 ... Outer cover, 53 ... Inner rail, 54 ... Outer rail, 61 ... Latch keeper, 62 ... Latch arm, 63, 64 ... Roller, 65 ... Damper, 66 ... rack, 67 ... spring, δ1 ... shelf movable range.

Claims (6)

A refrigerator body having a plurality of storage rooms;
A refrigerator door consisting of a revolving door and a drawer door that opens and closes the front opening of the storage room;
In a refrigerator comprising a shelf installed to place food or the like in the storage room that is opened and closed by the rotary door,
The shelf is supported via a moving device on a shelf support provided in the storage chamber,
The refrigerator is configured such that the shelf can be moved horizontally in the front-rear direction while food or the like is placed on the shelf.   2. The shelf according to claim 1, wherein the shelf is formed of a plate-like or tray-like member, the moving device is composed of a pair of left and right moving devices mounted on both side surfaces of the shelf, and the pair of left and right moving devices is the storage. A refrigerator characterized in that it is placed on a pair of left and right shelf supports provided indoors.   The refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the shelf support portion includes shelf support ribs extending horizontally in the front-rear direction.   4. The refrigerator main body according to claim 3, wherein the refrigerator main body is configured by filling a heat insulating material between an outer box and an inner box forming the storage chamber, and the shelf support ribs are ribs protruding from both side surfaces of the inner box. A refrigerator comprising: a plurality of upper and lower portions; and the moving device is placed on each of the upper and lower shelf support ribs so as to be rearranged together with the shelves.   In Claim 2, the said rotary door is provided with the door pocket which protrudes inside the store | warehouse | chamber, and this door pocket is formed with the door liner which comprises the surface inside the store | warehouse | chamber of the said rotary door, The shelf support rib and the shelf are provided behind the door pocket so as to protrude from the front surface of the refrigerator body, and the moving device moves the shelf to the refrigerator body when the rotary door is opened. A refrigerator characterized in that it can be moved forward to the vicinity of the front of the refrigerator.   2. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the moving device includes a spring that transmits a force to the shelf, a damper that absorbs a force in a moving direction of the shelf, and a latch.

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