JP6223265B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with a vegetable case installed in a refrigerated room and a shelf that covers the top of the vegetable case.

  Conventionally, a vegetable case has been installed in the refrigerator compartment, and the entire upper surface opening of the vegetable case is sealed with a shelf placed above the vegetable case, ensuring a space in a temperature zone different from the temperature zone of the refrigerator compartment. Some have been designed to prevent the chamber from becoming too cold (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-013291 (Fig. 1)

  However, in the case where the whole top opening of the vegetable case is sealed with a shelf placed at the top of the vegetable case, the pocket on the open / close door side on the front of the vegetable case is eliminated to provide a space for opening and closing. When the vegetable case is enlarged on the door side, the shelf placed at the top of the vegetable case must be enlarged, and cannot be shared with other shelves in the refrigerator compartment.

  Moreover, the pocket is normally arrange | positioned in the position higher than the shelf arrange | positioned directly above a vegetable case also on the door side of the front of the shelf arrange | positioned directly above a vegetable case. Therefore, even if the vegetable case is enlarged on the open / close door side and the shelf placed directly above the vegetable case can be extended to just below the pocket, the shelf is placed just above the vegetable case with the pocket in the way No food can be placed on the front side. For this reason, there is a problem in that a display indicating that food cannot be set is required on the front side of the shelf arranged directly above the vegetable case.

  The present invention has been made to solve at least one of the above-described problems, and even if the vegetable case is enlarged on the opening / closing door side, there is no need to enlarge the shelf arranged immediately above the vegetable case. The main object is to provide a refrigerator that can be shared between a shelf arranged directly above a vegetable case and other shelves in a refrigerator compartment.

Refrigerator according to the present invention, the cold room, the refrigerator vegetable case is pulled out freely accommodating having an upper surface opening of the temperature zone different temperature zones of the refrigerating compartment, vegetables case includes a case body, the front surface of the case body A mounting shelf that covers the upper surface opening on the rear side of the case body is provided above the case body in the state in which the vegetable case is housed, and the upper edge of the cover. Is provided with a rib that covers at least a part of the upper surface opening on the front side of the case body .

  In the refrigerator of the present invention, the vegetable case is larger than the mounting shelf in the projection surface viewed from above, and has a protruding portion that protrudes forward, and the front upper edge portion of the vegetable case has a protruding portion and Since the rib that covers at least a part of the opening on the upper surface front side is provided, even if the vegetable case is enlarged toward the opening / closing door side, the opening on the upper surface front side that becomes the overhanging part is covered with at least a part of the rib be able to. Therefore, it becomes easy to secure a space part in a temperature zone different from the temperature zone of the refrigerator compartment, and there is no need to enlarge the shelf arranged directly above the vegetable case, and the shelf and refrigerator compartment arranged immediately above the vegetable case Can be shared with other shelves.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the vegetable case storage part of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention from the side. It is a principal part detail drawing which expands and shows the A section of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the front view of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the vegetable case of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention from the front. It is principal part detail drawing equivalent to FIG. 2 of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the relationship between the case body and cover of the vegetable case of the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Embodiment 1. FIG.
The present invention will be described below with reference to illustrated embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a vegetable case storage part of a refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention from the side. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part showing an enlarged portion A of FIG. FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of the refrigerator compartment of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the vegetable case of the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention from the front.
In the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the main body case 1 includes a steel plate outer box 2, a resin inner box 3, an outer box 2 and an inner box 3. It is formed in the box shape which has the heat insulating material 4 with which it filled between, and has the opening part which one side (front surface) opened. The heat insulating material 4 is comprised from urethane foam and a vacuum heat insulation panel, for example. An opening / closing door 6 having substantially the same structure as that of the main body case 1 is provided at the opening on the front surface.

  The inside of the inner case 3 of the main body case 1 is partitioned vertically by a partition (not shown), and a freezer compartment is formed between the partition and the top surface, and a refrigerator compartment 5 is formed between the partition and the bottom surface. Has been. Moreover, the vegetable case 9 is installed in the lowermost part (bottom part) of the refrigerator compartment 5 so that extraction is possible.

  The opening / closing door 6 on the front side of the vegetable case 9 is not provided with a pocket, and an empty space is secured accordingly, and the vegetable case 9 is formed largely on the opening / closing door side.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.3 and FIG.4, the vegetable case support stand 8a is protrudingly provided by the both-sides wall of the refrigerator compartment 5 facing each other. And the guide 9c provided in the upper part of both sides of the vegetable case 9 is mounted and supported by the vegetable case support stand 8a.

  Further, shelf support tables 8 extending in the front-rear direction are provided on both side walls of the refrigerator compartment 5 so as to face each other and are arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. And the common mounting shelf 7 is detachably mounted on these shelf support bases 8. Here, the placement shelf arranged immediately above the vegetable case 9 is hereinafter referred to as “directly shelf 10” and is distinguished from other placement shelves 7. The directly above shelf 10 is a shelf that covers the opening on the upper front side of the vegetable case 9 together with the shelf support base 8.

  The vegetable case 9 is formed so as to protrude to the front from the directly above shelf 10 and the mounting shelf 7 in the projection plane viewed from above, as much as it is formed on the door side. The vegetable case 9 has an upper opening that is larger than the directly above shelf 10 and the mounting shelf 7, and the common directly above shelf 10 and mounting shelf 7 cover the front protruding portion. I can't.

Therefore, in the refrigerator according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, at the front upper edge of the vegetable case 9, at least a part of the upper front opening (here, the upper front opening). For example, an inward flange-like rib 9a. In addition, although the upper surface of the rib 9a and the upper surface of the direct shelf 10 are set to be substantially the same height, they may be set to be flush with each other. In any case, it is easy to secure the sealing property and design of the opening on the front side of the upper surface of the vegetable case 9 by matching the height of the upper surface of the rib 9a and the upper surface of the shelf 10 directly above.
In addition, an L-shaped handle 9b extending downward from the upper surface used for pulling out the vegetable case 9 to the outside of the refrigerator is provided on the front side of the upper surface of the vegetable case 9. Further, a pocket support 13 is provided at a position higher than the vegetable case 9 inside the open / close door 6, and the pocket 11 is held on the pocket support 13. The pocket 11 holds food or the like.

  Thus, the refrigerator which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention provides the vegetable case 9 which is larger than the mounting shelf 7 in the projection surface seen from upper direction in the refrigerator compartment 5, and protrudes ahead, The vegetable case 9 A rib 9a formed in an inward flange shape that covers the opening on the front side of the upper surface projecting forward is provided at the front upper edge portion of the front side. For this reason, even if the vegetable case 9 is enlarged toward the open / close door 6, it is not necessary to enlarge the directly above shelf 10, and commonality can be achieved between the directly above shelf 10 and other shelves in the refrigerator compartment. That is, while the capacity of the vegetable case 9 is increased, it is possible to share the directly upper shelf 10 with other shelves in the refrigerator compartment.

  Moreover, since it is not necessary to enlarge the shelf 10 directly above the vegetable case 9 toward the door 6, the pocket 11 and the shelf 10 that are installed on the door 6 on the front of the shelf 10 overlap vertically. There is nothing. Therefore, food can be placed on the front side of the shelf 10 directly above, and a display indicating that food cannot be installed is not necessary.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a detailed view of a main part corresponding to FIG. 2 of the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the case body and the cover of the vegetable case of the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same part as above-mentioned Embodiment 1. FIG.
In the first embodiment described above, the vegetable case 9 is shown as an example of one component, but the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, The vegetable case 9 </ b> A is composed of two parts, a case body 90 and a cover 12 attached to the front outer periphery of the case body 90. The cover 12 is provided with a rib 12a that covers at least a part of the opening on the front side of the upper surface (here, the entire surface of the opening on the front side of the upper surface) serving as an overhang. The shelf 10 covers the top opening of the vegetable case 9A. In addition, although the upper surface of the rib 12a and the upper surface of the immediately above shelf 10 are set to be substantially the same height here, they may be set to be flush with each other. In any case, it is easy to secure the sealing property and design of the opening on the front side of the upper surface of the vegetable case 9A by matching the heights of the upper surface of the rib 12a and the upper surface of the shelf 10 directly above.

  Further, an L-shaped handle 12b extending downward from the upper surface used for pulling out the vegetable case 9 to the outside of the refrigerator is provided on the upper surface front side of the cover 12.

  A claw 12 c for attaching the cover 12 to the case body 90 is provided on the back surface of the rib 12 a of the cover 12.

  Even with the refrigerator according to the second embodiment of the present invention, even if the vegetable case 9A is enlarged toward the opening / closing door 6 side, it is not necessary to enlarge the directly above shelf 10, and between the directly above shelf 10 and other shelves in the refrigerator compartment. Can be shared. That is, while the capacity of the vegetable case 9 is increased, it is possible to share the directly upper shelf 10 with other shelves in the refrigerator compartment.

  Moreover, since it is not necessary to enlarge the shelf 10 directly above the vegetable case 9 toward the door 6, the pocket 11 and the shelf 10 that are installed on the door 6 on the front of the shelf 10 overlap vertically. There is nothing. Therefore, food can be placed on the front side of the shelf 10 directly above, and a display indicating that food cannot be installed is not necessary.

  Further, the cover 12 makes it easy to attach a humidity adjustment mechanism to the front portion of the vegetable case 9A and improve the appearance.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the rib 9a or 12a is described as an example in which the entire opening of the vegetable case 9 or 9A on the upper surface front side is covered. However, the rib 9a or 12a is not necessarily the upper surface. It is not necessary to cover the entire front opening, and a part of the upper front opening may be covered. Even in that case, it is possible to secure a space portion having a temperature range different from the temperature range of the refrigerator compartment.

  In the above description, although the inner box 3 is divided into partitions, the upper side is defined as a freezer compartment and the lower side is defined as a refrigerator compartment. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a refrigerator-freezer of a type in which the upper side is defined in a refrigerator compartment and the lower side is defined in a freezer compartment by a partition.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case, 2 outer box, 3 inner box, 4 heat insulating material, 5 refrigerator compartment, 6 door, 7 mounting shelf, 8 shelf support stand, 8a vegetable case support stand, 9, 9A vegetable case, 9a rib, 9b Handle, 9c guide, 10 shelf directly above, 11 pocket, 12 cover, 12a rib, 12b handle, 12c claw, 13 pocket support base, 90 case body.

Claims (1)

In the refrigerator in which the vegetable case having the upper surface opening of the temperature zone different from the temperature zone of the refrigerator compartment is stored in the refrigerator compartment so that it can be pulled out,
The vegetable case consists of a case body and a cover attached to the front outer periphery of the case body,
Above the case body in the state in which the vegetable case is stored, a mounting shelf that covers the upper surface opening on the rear side of the case body is provided,
The refrigerator is characterized in that a rib that covers at least a part of the upper surface opening on the front side of the case body is provided on the upper edge of the cover .

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