KR20210089535A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a refrigerator. More particularly, the present invention relates to a refrigerator with reduced noise, and a foaming method using the same. According to the present invention, the refrigerator comprises: a main body having a storage space; a pivot-type door connected to one side of the main body to open and close at least a portion of the storage space; an ice-making chamber formed on one side of the main body; and an ice storage bucket which is drawn out and introduced through the front of the ice-making chamber. A cut portion is formed on the rear side of one side plate of the ice storage bucket. Accordingly, with the above configuration, noise that may be generated by the ice storage bucket in the ice-making chamber is reduced.

Description

Refrigerator {Refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator in which noise and inconvenience that may be generated by an ice storage bucket in an ice-making room are reduced.

BACKGROUND ART In general, a refrigerator is a home appliance for storing food in a refrigerated or frozen state in a storage compartment opened and closed by a door, and typically includes a refrigerator compartment for storing food in a low-temperature refrigerated state and a freezer compartment for freezing food and storing it in a frozen state. be prepared

Also, the refrigerator may additionally include an ice-making chamber for generating and storing ice for user convenience. A refrigerator equipped with an ice-making chamber has the same technology as Patent Document 1 (Korean Patent No. 10-0674573).

On the other hand, a refrigerating compartment, which is used relatively more frequently than the freezing compartment, is provided in the upper part of the main body, and a freezing compartment that is used relatively less than the refrigerating compartment is provided in the lower part of the main body, and is hinged on the left and right sides of the main body, respectively, two rotating types arranged side by side French door type refrigerators in which a refrigerating compartment is opened and closed by a door and a freezer compartment is opened and closed by a slidably installed drawer-type door have been released, and in some refrigerators, an ice-making compartment is provided in the refrigerating compartment.

In this case, the ice maker includes an ice maker and an ice storage bucket for storing ice produced by the ice maker, and a harness installation hole through which a harness connected to components included in the ice maker passes is formed on one side of the ice maker, and the harness A bucket guide portion may be provided in the installation hole.

As shown in FIG. 6A , in such a conventional refrigerator, the hinge portion of the rotatable door 310' in which the ice-making chamber 60' is provided is provided on one side of the main body. Therefore, when withdrawing the ice storage bucket 800 ′, as shown in FIG. 6A , the front side of the ice storage bucket 800 ′ may be caught by the pivoting door 310 ′. Conversely, when the ice storage bucket 800' is retracted, as shown in FIG. 6B, the rear side of the ice storage bucket 800' is drawn in biased toward one side of the body, so that the ice storage bucket 800' One rear side may collide with the bucket guide part 644' provided on one side of the ice-making chamber 60'. Therefore, when the ice storage bucket 800' is drawn in and out, it is difficult to use and noise is generated due to colliding with the door 310' or the bucket guide part 644'.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0674573

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which noise and inconvenience that may be generated by an ice storage bucket in an ice-making room are reduced.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that is easy to use because the bucket for ice storage does not get caught in or collide with other components when the bucket is drawn in and out.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that prevents the flow of left oil from the introduced ice storage bucket.

A refrigerator of the present invention for achieving the above object includes: a main body having a storage space; a pivotable door connected to one side of the main body to open and close at least a portion of the storage space; an ice-making chamber formed on one side of the inside of the body; and a bucket for storing ice that is drawn out and drawn in in the front and rear directions through the front of the ice making chamber, wherein when the bucket for storing ice is withdrawn, the angle of withdrawal is gradually changed so as not to interfere with the rotatable door.

Also, in the refrigerator of the present invention, a cut portion is formed at least on the rear side of the one side plate of the ice storage bucket.

In addition, in the refrigerator of the present invention, the one side plate is formed to be concave in part by the cutting part.

Also, in the refrigerator of the present invention, one side plate on which the cut portion is formed is inclined toward the other side from the retracting position of the ice storage bucket toward the withdrawing direction.

Further, in the refrigerator of the present invention, a bucket guide portion inclined toward the other side from the retracting position of the ice storage bucket to the withdrawing direction is formed on one side of the ice-making chamber.

In the refrigerator of the present invention, a harness installation hole is formed at one side of the ice-making chamber, a bucket guide part is provided in the harness installation hole, and the bucket guide part is formed in the bucket guide part.

In addition, in the refrigerator of the present invention, the storage space and the ice-making chamber are formed as independent spaces at the same time by foaming.

The refrigerator of the present invention has the following effects.

In the present invention, since the bucket guide part is dented by the bucket guide and the ice storage bucket is dented by the cut part, the ice storage bucket does not strongly collide with the rotating door and the shielding plate of the bucket guide part during the withdrawal process.

In addition, according to the present invention, the rear side of the ice storage bucket is supported on the rear side of the flow prevention rib, and the front side of the ice storage bucket is supported on the front side of the shielding plate. Therefore, even if vibration is generated as the ice is crushed in the ice crushing unit, the ice storage bucket is supported by the flow prevention rib to prevent the flow, thereby minimizing noise.

1 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a rotating door of a refrigerator applied to the present invention is opened;
FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 ;
3 is an exploded perspective view of a partition and an installation wall forming an ice-making chamber;
4A is a cross-sectional view of the ice storage bucket being drawn in, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view while the ice storage bucket is being withdrawn.
5(a) is a perspective view of an ice storage bucket, and FIG. 5(b) is a plan view of an ice storage bucket.
Figure 6a is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the prior art ice storage bucket is caught on the pivoting door when it is withdrawn;
6B is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the ice storage bucket shown in FIG. 6A is caught in another configuration when the bucket is drawn in; FIG.
7 is a view for explaining a storage space partition of the refrigerator body;

Among the components of the present invention to be described below, for the same components as those of the prior art, reference will be made to the above-described prior art, and a separate detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of referring to specific embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the present invention. As used herein, the singular forms also include the plural forms unless the phrases clearly indicate the opposite. The meaning of "comprising," as used herein, specifies a particular characteristic, region, integer, step, operation, element and/or component, and other specific characteristic, region, integer, step, operation, element, component, and/or group. It does not exclude the existence or addition of

When an element is referred to as being “connected” or “contacted” to another element, it may be directly connected or in contact with the other element, but it is understood that other elements may exist in between. it should be

1 is a perspective view of a state in which the rotating doors 310 and 320 of the refrigerator applied to the present invention are opened, FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the refrigerator shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a compartment forming an ice-making chamber 60 ( 600) and the installation wall 640 are exploded perspective views, FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of the ice storage bucket 800 being retracted, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view while the ice storage bucket 800 is being pulled out, FIG. 5(a) is a perspective view of the bucket 800 for storing ice, and FIG. 5(b) is a plan view of the bucket 800 for storing ice.

In the drawing, U indicates the direction indicated by arrows, D indicates the bottom, L indicates one side, R indicates the other side, F indicates the front side, and B indicates the rear side.

Referring to FIG. 1, a refrigerator according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a refrigerator of a French door type of top-refrigeration and bottom-freezing, comprising: a main body 10 having a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment 11 and 12 formed therein; a pivotable door 300 to which a rotating shaft is connected to one side of the main body 10 to open and close at least a portion of the storage spaces 11 and 12; an ice-making chamber 60 formed on one side of the inside of the body 10; and an ice storage bucket 800 that is drawn out and drawn in in the front and rear directions through the front of the ice making chamber 60, but the ice storage bucket 800 is gradually moved to the pivoting door 300 when the ice storage bucket 800 is withdrawn. The withdrawal angle is changed so as not to interfere. Accordingly, the ice storage bucket 800 does not strongly collide with the pivoting door 300 and the ice-making chamber 60 during the withdrawal process.

The freezing compartment 12 is opened and closed by the drawer-type door 400 .

11, the partitioned storage space 11 and the ice-making chamber 60 are formed as independent spaces at the same time as the insulation foaming.

The refrigerating compartment 11 and the ice making compartment 60 are formed as independent spaces at the same time by foaming.

Also, the freezing compartment 12 may be formed as an independent space simultaneously with the refrigerating compartment 11 and the ice making compartment 60 by foaming.

The ice-making chamber 60 is baked at one corner inside the main body 10 .

The ice maker 60 is configured to generate, store, and discharge ice. An ice maker 700 for generating ice is provided at an upper portion, and the ice storage bucket 800 is provided at a lower portion thereof.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the ice storage bucket 800 is configured to store the ice generated by the ice maker 700 .

The ice storage bucket 800 includes an ice-making chamber door 810 for selectively opening and closing the open front of the ice-making chamber 60 , an ice crushing unit 820 disposed behind the ice-making chamber door 810 , and ice crushing. It may be configured to include a bucket part 830 connected to the rear side of the part 820 .

The bucket unit 830 is a container in which the ice generated by the ice maker 700 is stored, is formed long in the front-rear direction, and has an ice storage space 831 with an open top therein.

The bucket part 830 includes both bucket side plates and a bucket lower plate 837 connected to the lower side of the bucket side plates so that an ice storage space 831 with an open top is formed.

The bucket side plate includes a bucket side plate 835a guided to a bucket guide part 644 to be described later, and the other bucket side plate 835b facing the partition part 600 .

A detailed description of the other side plate will be described later.

A handle 811 that can be gripped by a user is formed in the bucket 800 for storing ice.

On the other hand, in the upper corner of one side of the inner case 200, a separate compartment 600 is assembled.

The inner case 200 includes a compartment 600 .

Unlike the present embodiment, the inner case 200 may be integrally formed with the partition unit 600 through injection.

The partition unit 600 is a wall serving as a right insulating wall and a lower insulating wall for forming the ice making chamber 60 .

The partition unit 600 is a component for partitioning the ice-making chamber 60 into a separate insulating space from the refrigerating chamber 11, and is formed to surround the ice-making chamber 60 together with the upper and left walls of the inner case 200. It acts as an ice-cold case.

In addition, in forming the ice-making chamber 60 by the partition unit 600 , it further includes an entrance wall 630 and an installation wall 640 together with the partition unit 600 .

An entrance wall 630 is coupled to the front portion of the partition 600 .

The entrance wall 630 is a component constituting the entrance portion of the ice-making chamber 60, and is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole.

An installation wall 640 is coupled to the partition 600 and the inlet wall 630 coupled to each other.

The installation wall 640 is a configuration for installation of harnesses connected to various driving units, guides for withdrawing and entering the ice storage bucket 800 , and provision of the ice maker 700 , while being coupled to the partition unit 600 . It is fastened to the inner surface of the upper wall and the inner surface of the left wall of the inner case 200 .

The installation wall 640 has a “a” shape rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise when viewed from the front, and is formed into a “a” shape when viewed from the rear.

One side of the installation wall 640 covers one side of the partition unit 600 and one side of the entrance wall 630 , and the other side of the installation wall 640 covers the other side of the partition unit 600 and the other side of the entrance wall 630 . placed to cover.

The mounting wall 640 includes an upper mounting plate 641 coupled to the inner surface of the upper wall of the inner case 200 and a side mounting plate 643 extending downward from the left end of the upper mounting plate 641 .

A harness installation hole 6437 is formed in one side of the ice-making chamber 60 and the central portion of the side mounting plate 643 , and a protrusion 637 extending in the rearward direction is formed on the rear side of the central portion of the inner surface of the side mounting plate 643 . do.

The harness installation hole 6437 is a hole for installing the harnesses of the components in the ice making chamber 60 that need to be electrically connected.

A harness receiving groove 639 formed by the protrusion 637 is formed on the outer surface of the side mounting plate 643 on which the protrusion 637 is formed. That is, a portion of the side mounting plate 643 is dented inward by the protrusion 637 .

The harness accommodating groove 639 stably accommodates a harness coming in from the outside of the ice making chamber 60 .

A bucket guide part 644 is provided in the harness installation hole 6437 .

One side of the bucket guide part 644 is hung and supported on the left side of the side mounting plate 643 behind the harness installation hole 6437, and the other side is fastened to the right side of the side mounting plate 643 in front of the harness installation hole 6437. It is fixed to the installation wall (640).

The bucket guide part 644 closes the harness installation hole 6437 to serve as a harness cover and at the same time guide the forward and backward sliding movement of the ice storage bucket 800 drawn out and drawn into the ice making chamber 60 . .

Specifically, the bucket guide part 644 includes a shielding plate 660 that covers the harness installation hole 6437, and a protrusion 637 protruding from the center of the rear side of the shielding plate 660 to the rear and communicating with the harness receiving groove 639. ) includes a support plate 670 into which is inserted, a flow prevention rib 690 formed on the support plate 670 .

The shielding plate 660 has a substantially rectangular plate shape, and a flange protruding to the outside is formed around the perimeter.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 4B , a bucket guide 661 is formed on one side of the ice-making chamber 60 , specifically, the bucket guide part 644 .

The bucket guide 661 is inclined toward the other side from the inlet position of the ice storage bucket 830 toward the withdrawal direction.

The bucket guide 661 is provided from the front side to the rear side of the shielding plate 660 .

The bucket guide 661 may be made of a material different from that of the shielding plate 660 .

At least a portion of the shielding plate 660 and the bucket guide 661 preferably have a corresponding shape in order to be in close contact with each other.

The bucket guide 661 may be disposed from the front side of the shielding plate 660 to the second inclined piece 682 .

On the other hand, since the upper and lower sides of the support plate 670 are caught by the protrusions 637 , the position of the bucket guide part 644 may be better maintained.

The support plate 670 includes an upper support piece 671 , a lower piece, and a bent piece 680 connecting the upper support piece 671 and the lower piece.

The bending piece 680 includes a first inclined piece 681 extending rearward from the shielding piece, a second inclined piece 682 extending rearward from the first inclined piece 681 and inclined to the other side, a second inclined piece ( A flat first piece 683 extending rearward from 682, a third inclined piece 684 inclined to the other side while extending rearward from the first piece 683, and a third inclined piece 684 extending rearwardly and a second flat piece 685 .

The first inclined piece 681 is formed to be inclined toward one side from the front side to the rear side, that is, toward the incoming direction of the ice storage bucket 830 .

Conversely, the second inclined piece 682 and the third inclined piece 684 are formed to be inclined toward the other side from the front side to the rear side, that is, toward the incoming direction of the ice storage bucket 830 .

The front and rear lengths of the second inclined piece 682 are shorter than the front and rear lengths of the third inclined piece 684 .

An inclined flow prevention rib 690 like the second inclined piece 682 and the third inclined piece 684 is protruded from the first piece 683 .

The flow prevention rib 690 includes a rib upper piece 691 disposed on the upper side, a lower rib piece 692 disposed on the lower side, and a connecting piece for reinforcing while connecting the rib upper piece 691 and the lower rib piece 692 .

The upper rib piece 691 and the lower rib piece 692 have the same shape.

The other side surface of the upper rib piece 691 and the other side surface of the lower rib piece 692 are formed to be inclined toward the other side from the front side to the rear side, that is, toward the inlet direction of the ice storage bucket 830 . Accordingly, the entry of the ice storage bucket 830 is guided by the second inclined piece 682 , the third inclined piece 684 , the upper rib piece 691 , and the lower rib piece 692 .

The connection piece includes a front side connection piece 696 disposed on the front side of the flow preventing rib 690 and a rear side connection piece 698 disposed on the rear side.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 4B , when the ice storage bucket 830 is drawn into the ice making chamber 60 from the upper side, the rear side of the ice storage bucket 830 has a flow preventing rib 690 . is supported on the rear side of the , and the front side of the ice storage bucket 830 is supported on the front side of the shielding plate 660 . Therefore, even if vibration is generated while the ice is crushed by the ice crushing unit 820 , the ice storage bucket 830 is supported by the flow prevention rib 690 to prevent the flow, thereby minimizing noise.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 5 , a cut portion 8335 is formed in the bucket side plate 835a, which is one side plate of the ice storage bucket 800 .

Bucket one side plate (835a) is formed to be concave so that a portion is recessed in the direction of the other bucket side plate (835b) by the cut portion (8335).

The cut portion 8335 is a space formed by cutting off a portion of the bucket side plate 835a.

The cut portion 8335 is provided from the central portion to the rear side of the bucket one side plate 835a.

The cut portion 8335 is formed such that the width of the other side of the bucket 800 for ice storage becomes smaller toward the rear side.

As shown in FIG. 4A , when the bucket 800 for ice storage is viewed from the upper side, the cut portion 8335 has an inclination inclined toward the other side from the front side to the rear side. Accordingly, the cut portion 8335 gradually moves away from one side of the body 10 from the front side to the rear side.

The ice storage bucket 830 of the present invention having the above-described configuration may be drawn in and out as follows.

The ice storage bucket 830 in the retracted state is arranged side by side as shown in FIG. 4A. At this time, when the ice storage bucket 830 starts to be withdrawn, the other side of the inclined rib upper part 691 and the lower rib part ( 692), the direction may be turned to one side as shown in FIG. 4B while riding on the second inclined piece 682 in turn. At this time, since the bucket guide part 644 is dented by the bucket guide 661 and the ice storage bucket 830 is dented by the cutting part 8335 , the ice storage bucket 830 is the bucket guide part 644 . It does not strongly collide with the shielding plate 660 of the Accordingly, the ice storage bucket 830 does not interfere with the pivoting door 310 during the withdrawal process.

Conversely, when the drawn-out ice storage bucket 830 is retracted, the ice storage bucket 830 is drawn in in a state in which the direction is twisted to one side as shown in FIG. 4B by the bucket guide 661 and the cutting part 8335, When the ice storage bucket 830 continues to move to the rear side, it smoothly moves on the other side of the inclined rib upper piece 691, the other side of the lower rib piece 692, and the second inclined piece 682 in turn, as shown in FIG. 4A . The inlet is guided so that the direction is arranged side by side in the front and back.

'는 'L1'과 'L2'의 각도를 나타낸 것이다. 즉 도 4b에서 얼음저장용 버킷(830)이 각도 '

'만큼 전측에서 후측으로 갈수록 일측으로 틀어지게 배치되어 있다.For reference, 'L1' in FIGS. 4A and 4B is the center line of the ice storage bucket 800 arranged in the front and rear, and 'L2' in FIG. 4B is the center line of the ice storage bucket 800 twisted to one side, '

' indicates the angle between 'L1' and 'L2'. That is, in FIG. 4b , the ice storage bucket 830 is angled '

' It is arranged so as to be twisted to one side from the front side to the rear side.

As described above, although described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art may vary the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below. It can be implemented by changing or modifying it.

** Explanation of key symbols **
11: refrigerator compartment 12: freezer compartment
60: ice making room 600: compartment
640: installation wall 644: bucket guide part
660: shielding plate 661: bucket guide
670: support plate 690: flow prevention rib
800: bucket for ice storage 830: bucket part
835a: guide side plate 8335: cut part

Claims (7)

a body having a storage space;
a pivotable door connected to one side of the main body to open and close at least a portion of the storage space;
an ice-making chamber formed on one side of the inside of the body;
and a bucket for storing ice that is drawn out and drawn in in the front and rear directions through the front of the ice making chamber.
When the bucket for storing ice is withdrawn, the angle of withdrawal is gradually changed so as not to interfere with the rotatable door. The method according to claim 1,
One side plate of the bucket for storing ice is a refrigerator in which a cut portion is formed at least on the rear side. 3. The method according to claim 2,
The one side plate is a refrigerator in which a portion is concavely formed by the cutting part. 3. The method according to claim 2,
One side plate on which the cut part is formed is inclined toward the other side from the retracting position of the ice storage bucket toward the withdrawing direction. 5. The method according to claim 4,
A refrigerator in which a bucket guide inclined toward the other side from an inlet position of the ice storage bucket toward the withdrawal direction is formed on one side of the ice making chamber. 6. The method of claim 5,
A harness installation hole is formed at one side of the ice-making chamber, and a bucket guide part is provided in the harness installation hole,
The bucket guide portion is a refrigerator formed in the bucket guide portion. 8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The storage space and the ice-making chamber are simultaneously formed as independent spaces by foaming.

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