JPH05256559A - Door apparatus for refrigerator or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a door apparatus for a refrigerator or the like by pivoting a partition body free to turn as abutting surface of a seal member of both doors on the rear of one door of a double open door on the non-pivoted side in such a manner as to be made free from restriction while the partition body is turned in any direction with the operation of opening or closing this one door. CONSTITUTION:This door apparatus of a refrigerator is provided with double open type doors 7A and 7B which are pivoted on both sides of an opening free to turn to close an opening 5A of a heat insulating box body having an opening and a seal member 12A abutting an open rim provided on the rear periphery of the doors and a partition body 17 which is pivoted on the rear of a non-pivoted side part of the one door 7A free to turn extending in the direction of a rotating shaft of the door and turned in any direction with the operation of opening or closing this one door.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door device such as a refrigerator in which an opening of a heat insulating box is opened / closed by a double-door type door and a gasket as a sealing member is provided on the back surface of each door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a refrigerator having a double door of this type has a gasket provided on the non-pivotal side of the door in order to keep the inside of the refrigerator airtight by a gasket provided on the back of the double door. There has been one in which a partition member for partitioning the opening of the heat insulating box into left and right is attached as a closing member for forming the contact surface. However, the presence of this partition member reduces the internal volume of the refrigerator, and when one door is open, food cannot be taken in or out of the refrigerating room closed by the other door, or it interferes with the operation of taking in and out. There was a problem.

In order to eliminate this problem, conventionally, a single-layer or multi-layer tongue protruding outward is formed on a gasket located on the non-pivotal side of a double door, and both tongues contact each other. There was at least one that provided a seal between both doors.

In addition, for example, (i) Actual exploitation 57-15678
As shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 6, a front opening of a refrigerating chamber is closed by two doors, and a center pillar that forms a sealing surface of the other door is installed on a door inner plate portion of one door, and the center pillar A refrigerator having a substantially semi-cylindrical seal member at the upper and lower edges thereof has a semi-cylindrical receiving portion that fits into the semi-cylindrical fin portion of the sealing member, and a flat receiving portion that is in close contact with the flat fin portion of the sealing member. There is a receiver provided on the inner wall of the main body.

Further, (ii) as shown in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 57-156790, the refrigerator compartment door for closing the front opening of the refrigerator is divided into a first door and a second door into two parts, left and right, and
On one door, and on the joint side of the left and right doors, attach a middle pillar that is the packing receiving surface of the other door, and provide a dew receiving guide groove in the longitudinal direction on the inside surface of this middle pillar. There is a double door for a refrigerator that is located above the dew receiving recess of the refrigerator box.

[0006]

In the case where the two tongues are brought into contact with each other to seal the two doors, the tongues are worn by the friction between the tongues accompanying the opening / closing operation of the double door. If the tongue pieces are damaged or damaged, the adhesion between the tongue pieces becomes insufficient and the airtightness of the tongue pieces is impaired.

The central pillar of the refrigerator described in the publication (i) and the central pillar of the double door for a refrigerator described in the publication (ii) are rotatably provided with respect to the door. Instead, the sealing surface is always fixed in a fixed direction, so there is a restriction on the opening and closing order of the left and right doors (that is, one of the doors with the center pillar is closed first and then the other door is closed). There is a restriction such as having to close it, or opening the other door first and then opening the one door with the middle pillar.) If it was done, there was a problem that the center pillar hits the other door and damages the other door. In addition, due to the above-mentioned restrictions, since the opening and closing operation of the door on the side that does not need to be opened for the operation of taking food in and out is performed, the amount of outside air flowing into the storage chamber increases, and the temperature inside the storage chamber increases unnecessarily Could not be maintained at the desired temperature, and there was a risk that the temperature would rise and the quality of foods would be impaired.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a partition body serving as an abutting surface of the seal members of both doors is rotatably pivotally supported on the back surface of one of the double doors on the non-pivot side, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a door device for a refrigerator or the like which eliminates the restriction and changes the direction of the partition body in accordance with the opening / closing operation of the one door.

[0009]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a double-door type door that is rotatably supported on both sides of an opening of an insulating box having an opening so as to close the opening, and a door of each door. In a refrigerator provided with a seal member provided on a peripheral edge of a back surface and in contact with an opening edge, the opening / closing operation of the one door is rotatably pivotally supported on the back surface of a non-pivot side portion of the one door. Accordingly, the present invention provides a door device for a refrigerator or the like, which is provided with a partition body that changes the direction.

[0010]

The function of the partition body pivotally supported on the back surface of the non-pivot side portion of one door is changed with the opening / closing operation of the one door (that is, the partition body is erected with respect to the one door. The two doors do not interfere with the opening / closing operation of one of the doors because it moves to the open position or moves to a position where a part of the partition body protrudes to the side of this one door). , There is no need to open and close the double doors.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 1 is a refrigerator, and an outer box 2 made of steel plate
And an inner box 3 formed by molding a synthetic resin, and a foamed heat insulating material 4 filled between the two boxes 2 and 3 to form a heat insulating box 5 having an opening 5A on the front surface. The two hinged doors 7A and 7A with upper and lower hinges 6A and 6B on the left and right edges of the opening 5A of
7B rotatably pivots and these two double doors 7
The opening 5A is openably and closably closed by A and 7B.
FIG. 2 shows a front view of the heat insulation box 5. A plurality of shelf rails 8 extending in the front-rear direction are integrally formed on the inner surfaces of both side walls of the inner box 3 at substantially the same horizontal position.

First guide portions 9 are formed so as to face each other above and below the edge of the opening 5A of the heat insulating box 5 corresponding to the portions of the doors 7A and 7B located on the non-pivotal side. There is. The first guide portion 9 has a front surface that is substantially planar and is substantially flush with the edge of the opening 5A of the heat insulating box body 5, and the rear portion thereof has, for example, a semicircular curved surface 9A. Around the first guide portion 9 on the upper and lower walls of the inner box 3, a step portion 10 slightly recessed in the direction of the heat insulating material 4 is formed, and at the corner of the step portion 10 and more than the first guide portion 9. The first guide portion 9 is provided on the door 7A side.
A substantially triangular second guide portion 11 is formed so as to vertically project and face each other at a distance. The second guide portion 11 faces the curved surface 9 </ b> A of the first guide portion 9 and faces the guide surface 1.
Have 1A.

Here, the first guide portion 9 and the second guide portion 1
1 may be formed integrally with the inner box 3 or may be attached as a separate body.

A gasket 12 as a seal member having a magnet inserted therein is attached to the peripheral portions of the back surfaces of the doors 7A and 7B. When the doors 7A and 7B are closed, the gasket 12 magnetizes the front edge of the outer box 2 of the opening 5A of the heat insulating box 5 to seal the inside 13 of the chamber. First support arms 14 projecting from the door 7A toward the inside of the refrigerator 13 are attached to upper and lower portions of a portion located inside the gasket 12A located on the non-pivotal side of the back surface of the door 7A. FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of the peripheral portion of the first support arm 14. First
A second support arm 15 is attached to the tip end side of the support arm 14 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction with respect to the support shaft 16, and a partition body 17 described later is attached to the tip end of the second support arm 15. Has been. In addition, the first support arm 14
A coil spring 19 as an elastic pressing member is attached to the support shaft 18 of the above, one end of the coil spring 19 abuts on a support shaft 20 provided on the first support arm 14, and the other end 19A slides on the second support arm 15. It is press-fitted freely.

On the other hand, on the one surface of the second support arm 15 (the upper surface of the second support arm 15 shown in FIG. 4) with which the other end 19A of the coil spring 19 comes into contact, a recess 21 for dropping the other end 19A is formed. And a position adjacent to the recess 21 (the recess 2 is formed on the upper surface of the second support arm 15 shown in FIG. 4).
On the right side of 1), a protrusion 22 is formed to give the other end 19A of the coil spring 19 a repulsive force. In particular,
The projection 22 is formed with two corners P1 and P2, and a line connecting the corner P1 and the support shaft 16 and a corner P2.
The angle formed by the line connecting the support shaft 16 and the extension line extending from the support shaft 16 to the right side of the support shaft 16 is about 45 ° and 75 °, respectively. ing. Further, these corners P1 and P2 are the second support arm 1
The other end 19 of the coil spring 19 is rotated by rotating 5
This is for determining the starting point when the counterclockwise repulsive force given to A in FIG. 4 is converted into the rotational moment of the second support arm 15. The coil spring 19, the recess 21, and the protrusion 22 constitute a rotation assisting device for assisting the rotation of the partition body 17 described later.

Here, the coil spring 19 is the first support arm 1
It does not matter even if it is provided on the second support arm 15 or not provided on the fourth support arm 15. In that case, the recess and the projection may be formed on the first support arm 14 according to the same principle.

The partition body 17 partitions the opening 5A of the heat insulating box body 5 into right and left, and both doors 7 when the doors 7A and 7B are closed.
It serves as an abutting surface of the gasket 12A located on the non-pivotal side of A and 7B, and in this embodiment, the first support arm 1
4 and a second support arm 15 pivotally support the door 7A. In particular, the partition 17 is the heat insulating box 5
Has a length slightly smaller than the vertical dimension of the opening 5A, extends in the vertical direction, the front surface has a flat shape, and the rear portion has curved corners. Curved portion 17 having a shape that slidably conforms to the curved surface 9A of
It is formed by recessing A.

Next, referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the doors 7A, 7B
The operation of the partition body 17 will be described. First, since the opening / closing operation of the door 7B on the side where the partition body 17 is not provided is conventional, a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, in the state (not shown) in which the door 7A provided with the partition 17 is open, the coil spring 1
The other end 19A of 9 is engaged in the recess 21, and the partition body 17 is stopped at the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 5 when viewed from the door 7A. When this door 7A is open, the heat insulating box 5
A member that divides the inside of the container into left and right (that is, the partition body 1 here)
Since 7) does not exist in the interior 13, it is possible to easily put the hands not only on the side where the door is open but also on the side where the door is closed, so that articles can be taken in and out easily. When the door 7A is closed while the door 7A is open, the partition 17
The rear corners of the curved portion 17A formed on the upper and lower ends contact the guide surface 11A of the second guide portion 11. When the door 7A is further closed, the curved portion 17A is guided by the guide surface 11A, so that the partition body 17 is guided by the guide surface 11 of the second guide portion 11.
It rotates counterclockwise along A, and further counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG. 6 against the repulsive force of the other end 19A of the coil spring 19. When the angle formed by the extension line of the first support arm 14 extending toward the inside of the refrigerator and the second support arm 15 reaches about 45 °, the other end 1 of the coil spring 19 is reached.
Since 9A is located at the corner portion P1, when the door 7A is further closed beyond this corner portion P1, it exceeds the portion which gives the repulsive force to the coil spring 19, so that the other end 19A of the coil spring 19 is provided. The partition body 17 is further rotated counterclockwise by the repulsive force.

Due to the repulsive force of the coil spring 19, the door 7A
In addition to easily closing, the curved portions 17A formed at the upper and lower ends of the partition body 17 match the curved surface 9A of the first guide portion 9, and the front surface of the partition body 17 has the opening 5A of the heat insulating box 5. It becomes almost flush with the edge and stops. This state is shown in FIG. At this time, a part (part on the left side in the figure) of the partition body 17 projects outward from the gasket 12A of the door 7A, and the front surface of the partition body 17 is substantially flush with the opening 5A. The gaskets 12A, 12A located on the non-pivotal side of the compartments 7, 7B are in close contact with the front surface of the partition body 17 and the front surface of the first guide portion 9 as shown in FIG.

Here, the partition body 17 is made of synthetic resin,
By forming only the front surface of the partition body with the magnetic material, the adhesion between the gaskets 12A and 12A can be further improved. In addition, the width of the front surface of the partition body 17 is the gasket 12A,
It may be set in advance so as to be sufficiently larger than the interval of 12A.

Next, when the door 7A is pulled forward when the door 7A is opened, the curved portions 17A formed at the upper and lower ends of the partition body 17 are drawn.
Moves clockwise while hitting the curved surface 9A of the first guide portion 9, so that the partition body 17 rotates clockwise to the position shown in FIG. 5 against the repulsive force of the other end 19A of the coil spring 19. The gasket 12A is separated from the contact surface (that is, the front surface) of the partition body 17. When the door 7A is further opened and the angle between the extension line of the first support arm 14 and the second support arm 15 reaches about 15 °, the other end 1 of the coil spring 19 is reached.
Since 9A is located at the corner P2, if the door 7A is further opened beyond the corner P2, the partition body 17 is rotated clockwise by the repulsive force applied to the other end 19A of the coil spring 19 and the door 7A is opened. 7A, stop at the position as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. Therefore, when the door 7A is opened until the angle formed by the extension line of the first support arm 14 and the second support arm 15 becomes about 15 ° or less, the repulsive force of the coil spring 19 easily rotates the door 7A in the opening direction. Can move.

Here, the second guide portion 11 is provided on the upper and lower walls of the inner box 3, but either one may be used. The distance between the second guide portion 11 and the first guide portion 9 is set so that the upper and lower end portions of the partition body 17 can pass smoothly.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the partition body pivotally supported on the back surface of the non-pivot side portion of one door changes its direction when the one door is opened and closed (that is, the partition body). To move to one of the doors, or to move a part of the partition body to the side of one of the doors). The other door does not get in the way, and there is no need to open or close the double doors. In particular, when one of the doors is closed, a part of the partition body protrudes to the side of this door so that the front surface of the partition body serves as the contact surface of the seal member located on the non-pivotal side of the double door. If configured, it is not necessary to previously attach a partition member for abutting the seal member positioned on the non-pivotal side of the double door to the heat insulating box, and the partition member can narrow the storage space of the refrigerator. Moreover, the entire opening of the heat insulating box can be used as a food inlet / outlet port, which improves the usability of the refrigerator. In addition, the conventional problems such as insufficient adhesion and impaired airtightness due to friction between the seal members are eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an outline of a refrigerator of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a heat insulating box.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a peripheral portion of the first support arm.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the opening / closing operation of the first door.

FIG. 6 is a transverse cross-sectional view for explaining the opening / closing operation of the first door, similar to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Refrigerator 5 Heat insulation box 5A Open 7A One door (1st door) 7B The other door (2nd door) 9 Direction conversion part (1st guide part) 11 Direction conversion part (2nd guide part) 12 Seal member ( Gasket) 17 Partition 17A Projection (curved part)

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Hana Mure Toshiyuki 180 Sakata, Oizumi-cho, Gunma-gun Odazumi-cho, Tokyo Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Company (72) Inventor Yoshihiro Yamakawa 180 Sakata, Oizumi-cho, Oiraku-gun, Gunma Higashi Kyoyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A double-door type door that is rotatably supported on both sides of the opening so as to close the opening of the heat-insulating box body having the opening, and an opening edge provided on the periphery of the back surface of each door. In a refrigerator provided with a sealing member that abuts, one of the doors is rotatably supported by a back surface of a non-pivot side portion of the door, and the other door is opened and closed regardless of the open / closed state of the other door. A door device for a refrigerator or the like, which is equipped with a partitioning body that changes a direction according to an operation.