JPH06101959A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a refrigerator the thermal efficiency of which has been improved while preventing cold air from being released when a storing chamber is opened and being nice looking by a method wherein there is provided the storing chamber rotated around a shaft vertically installed at an outer periphery of it. CONSTITUTION:This refrigerator C is comprised of a piling-up of a plurality of stages (6 stages in the figure) and this is entirely formed into a conical shape. A bottom surface of the refrigerator is provided with a plurality of ball casters 7 and it can be moved at any location on the floor surface. An inside part of the lower-most stage 6 of the six stages is applied as an equipment storing part 9 and a compressor and the like are stored in it. The first stage 1 is rotatable supported at the second stage 2 through a hinge member. A wine cup 10 capable of storing wine W is arranged within it. A refrigerating chamber 11 capable of storing ice and the like is formed within the second stage 2. The third and fourth stages 3 and 4 have rotary storing chambers 15 and 16 rotatably supported in a horizontal direction around an inclined shaft 17. The fifth stage 5 has a drawing storing chamber 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to improvements in refrigerators.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a refrigerator has a structure in which a door is opened and an item is taken out from an internal storage chamber. When the door is opened, cold air in the storage chamber flows out from an opening side of the door,
There is a problem that the heat efficiency is deteriorated, and the conventional refrigerator has a problem that the design is poor.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator having excellent designability, in which cold air does not easily escape when a product is taken out. For the purpose, the gist thereof is to provide a storage chamber that can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction with a shaft erected on the outer peripheral side as a fulcrum.

[0004]

[Operation] The storage room of the refrigerator can be opened and closed horizontally with the shaft as a fulcrum, and can be opened and closed slightly to take out the items in the storage room. Therefore, only the upper surface of the storage chamber is opened when opening and closing, which makes it difficult for cold air to escape.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional configuration diagram of a refrigerator C of the present example. The refrigerator C includes a first-stage part 1, a second-stage part 2, a third-stage part 3, and a fourth-stage part 4,
It is composed of 5 step portions 5 and 6 step portions 6 and is formed into a shape having a conical appearance as a whole, and a plurality of ball casters 7, 7, 7 are provided on the bottom surface of the 6 step portion 6. The ball casters 7, 7, 7 can be moved to a free place on the floor. Again 6
A connection coupler 8 projects from the side surface of the stepped portion 6, and a power source can be connected to the connection coupler 8 with one touch. A device housing 9 is provided in the 6-step portion 6, and a device such as a compressor is housed in the device housing 9.

Next, the structure of the first step portion 1 and the second step portion 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. As shown in FIG.
The structure is such that it can be rotated laterally with respect to the step portion 2 to arrange the first step portion 1 on the side surface side of the second step portion 2 in the opposite direction. There is a wine cup 10 that can hold W etc. upright.
A freezing chamber 11 that can store ice and the like is formed in the step portion 2, and a lid 12 is provided on the upper surface of the freezing chamber 11 so as to be openable and closable.

A curved guide plate 13 is provided on the upper portion of the two-step portion 2.
On the other hand, the first step portion 1 is provided with an arcuate hinge member 14 that rotates along the guide plate 13. Therefore, it is possible to cool the wine W by opening the first step portion 1 in the state as shown in FIG. 2 and putting ice taken out from the freezer compartment 11 into the wine cup 10, and at the same time water splitting in this state. It can be easily made and can be used in good condition.

Further, the three-step portion 3 and the four-step portion 4 are rotary storage chambers 15 and 16, and the three-step portion 3 and the four-step portion are provided on an inclined shaft 17 which is obliquely provided on the outer peripheral side. The part 4 is supported and has three steps 3 and 4 about the tilt axis 17.
Each of the step portions 4 has a structure capable of rotating outward in the horizontal direction, and FIG. 3 shows a state in which the three step portions 3 are opened.

That is, the rotary storage chambers 15 and 16 are capable of rotating the storage chambers themselves to free positions outside, and as shown in the plan view of FIG. It can be opened and closed in the rotating storage chamber 15,
Since only the upper surface side of 16 is open and the bottom surface and side portions are surrounded by the wall surface, when the items inside are taken out by opening and closing in the horizontal direction, cool air sinks to the bottom side of the rotary storage chambers 15 and 16. Therefore, cold air rarely escapes from the upper surface side, and the escape of cold air is reduced as compared with the conventional door type refrigerator, and the thermal efficiency is improved. In addition, since the rotary storage chambers 15 and 16 can be taken out of the items inside by slightly opening them to the left or right side, the escape of cold air is further reduced.

Next, the 5-step portion 5 has a drawer type storage chamber 18 formed therein, and the front plate portion 18a formed on the outer peripheral side is pulled out to the outside as shown in FIG. The items in the storage room 18 can be taken out. Rails 19, 19 are provided on the bottom side so that the drawer storage chamber 18 can be favorably drawn to the outside.

[0011]

The refrigerator of the present invention is provided with a storage chamber that can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction with a shaft erected on the outer peripheral side as a fulcrum, so that the storage chamber itself can be opened and closed in the horizontal direction. Since the storage chamber is surrounded by the outer periphery of the side portion at this time, cold air is less likely to escape and the thermal efficiency is improved. In addition, the items inside can be taken out by opening a little, and the escape of cold air can be reduced. Further, it can be formed into a shape having excellent designability, and the designability of the entire refrigerator is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional configuration diagram of a refrigerator.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram showing a state in which the first step portion of the refrigerator is opened to the side surface side of the second step portion.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a three-step portion is opened.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the state shown in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 showing a cross section of a 5-step portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 C Refrigerator 1 1 step 2 2 step 3 3 step 4 4 step 5 5 step 6 6 step 7 Ball caster 8 Connection coupler 9 Equipment storage 10 Wine cup 11 Freezer compartment 12 Lid 13 Guide plate 14 Arc shape Hinge member 15, 16 Rotation storage chamber 17 Tilt shaft 18 Drawer storage chamber

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Satomura Satorugo 5-1 Koioehoncho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akira Fukumuro 5-1-1 Koieehoncho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Stock Company Inax (72) Inventor Makoto Oshikawa 5-1-1, Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Inc. (72) Inventor Seiichi Hayashi 2-3-3, Kandaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Obayashi Corporation Tokyo Head Office ( 72) Inventor Tadayoshi Inoue 2-3 Chome Kandajimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Incorporated company Obayashi Corporation Tokyo Head Office (72) Inventor Shunji Kawase 2-3-3 Kandaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Corporation Obayashi Corporation Tokyo Head Office

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerator comprising a storage chamber which can be opened and closed in a horizontal direction with a shaft erected on the outer peripheral side as a fulcrum.