JPH10103851A - Assembling refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a storage frame member and a door mounting frame member that can be easily and quickly mounted on a front wall of a refrigerator. Reduce the cost by reducing the number of mounting parts. Eliminate the need to drill through holes such as stud bolts in the front wall, so as not to impair the heat insulation of the refrigerator. SOLUTION: The assembly type refrigerator 1 is provided with a storage opening frame member 60 which covers upper, lower, left and right edges of a storage opening 5 formed on a front wall 3 respectively.
And portions 61, 62, 63, 66 protruding from the front wall of the storage frame member 60
And a door mounting frame member 70 arranged on the outer surface of the front wall 3 so as to line up with the front wall 3. A fitting concave groove 66 and a fitting projection 73 are provided in the facing portion of the storage frame member 60 and the door mounting frame member 70, respectively, and these are fitted to each other. The right side wall portion 62 of the storage frame member 60 is fixed to the front wall 3 by the tapping screw 10, and the fitting portions 66, 73 of both frame members 60, 70 are both fixed to the front wall 3 by the tapping screw 10 from outside the storage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, a large assembled refrigerator. In this specification, the term “refrigerator” includes a freezer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a refrigerator of this kind, for example, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a storage frame member (102) that covers the storage opening peripheral portion (101a) of the front wall (101), and a front wall (102) that is aligned with a portion protruding from the front wall of the storage frame member (102). 101) a door mounting frame member (103) arranged on the outer surface, and opposing portions of the storage frame member (102) and the door mounting frame member (103) are joined by mechanical joining means such as rivets. (Not shown), door mounting frame member (1
One end of a stud bolt (105) that penetrates the front wall (101) is screwed into the female screw part (104) provided on the (03), and a nut (106) is screwed on the other end of the stud bolt (105). The door mounting frame member (103) moves the front wall (1
01) was attached to the
No. 134389).

[0003]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional refrigerator, the mounting process of the door frame member (102) and the door mounting frame member (103) is very complicated.
Drill holes (107) to allow stud bolts (105) to pass through the front wall (101), and store door frame members (102) and door mounting frame members.
The work of joining (103) with rivets or the like took time and effort. In addition, there is a problem that the number of attachment parts is required to be large, and the cost is increased accordingly. Furthermore, the front wall
Drilling the stud bolt insertion hole (107) in (101) also has a problem in that the heat insulation of the front wall (101) and thus the refrigerator is reduced.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An assembled refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage opening frame member that covers at least an upper edge portion and left and right side edges of the entire storage opening peripheral edge formed on a front wall, and a storage opening frame. A door mounting frame member arranged on the outer surface of the front wall so as to line up with a portion protruding from the front wall of the member, and a fitting portion is provided on each of the facing portions of the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member. The frame members are fitted together, and at least one of the two frame members is fixed to the front wall by a screw.

Accordingly, if the fitting portions provided on the facing portions of the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member are fitted to each other, it is not necessary to join the two frame members with rivets or the like. When the door frame member and the door mounting frame member are attached to the front wall, the fitting portions of the two frame members may be fitted together, and at least one of the two frame members may be fixed to the front wall with a screw.

[0007] In the assembled refrigerator according to the present invention, preferably, both the fitting portions of the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member are fixed to the front wall by screws from the outside of the storage.

According to this structure, the load of the door mounted on the door mounting frame member can be received by the screw fixing the fitting portion of the two frame members to the front wall, so that the mounting strength is improved and the door mounting frame member is improved. It does not open and move away from the front wall.
Moreover, the fitting portions of the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member do not come off.

It is a matter of course that portions other than the fitting portions of the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member may be fixed to the front wall by screws.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, “before” refers to the upper part of FIGS. 2 and 3, “rear” refers to the lower part, and “left and right” refers to the left and right of FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an assembled refrigerator for business use to which the present invention is applied. The refrigerator (1) includes a floor (2), front and rear walls (3) and a ceiling (4). I have.

Each wall (3) is formed by a plurality of heat insulating panels (30). The heat insulating panel (30) is made of a pair of metal surface plates (31) such as an aluminum alloy and a heat insulating material (32) such as foamable polyurethane filled in a hollow portion between them.
And panel frame members (33, 34) having a convex or concave cross section interposed between the edges of both surface plates (31) as required (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

On the front wall (3), a vertically rectangular storage opening (5) is formed. The periphery of the storage opening (5) is covered with a storage opening frame (6). Around the storage opening (5) on the outer surface of the front wall (3), the door mounting frame (7) is adjacent to and surrounds the storage opening frame (6).
Is attached. A door (8) made of a heat insulating panel is mounted on the door mounting frame (7) via a hinge (9).

The storage frame (6) is composed of a total of four upper, lower, left and right synthetic resin storage frame members (60) having the same cross-sectional shape.
Each storage frame member (60) has a cut end surface at an angle of 45 degrees at both ends, and adjacent storage frame members (60) are connected to each other by a connection fitting (not shown).

The door mounting frame (7) also includes a door mounting frame member (70) made of extruded aluminum (including an aluminum alloy) formed of a total of four upper, lower, left, and right sides having the same cross-sectional shape. Each of the door mounting frame members (70) has a cut end surface at an angle of 45 degrees at both ends, and adjacent door mounting frame members (70) are connected to each other by, for example, an L-shaped connecting bracket (not shown). Have been.

FIG. 2 shows a storage (5) to which a door (8) is attached.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing a horizontal cross section of a left side edge portion of FIG.

In FIG. 1, the storage opening frame member (60) has a substantially U-shaped cross section opened to the left, and is fitted over the left side edge of the storage opening (5) so as to cover it. .

The front wall portion (61) of the storage frame member (60), the front wall portion (61)
By the left end wall portion (63) extending forward from the front end portion of the right wall portion (62) and the left end of the front wall portion (61) extending further forward,
A heater lead wire housing groove (64) opened forward is formed. A heater lead wire (not shown) is housed in the concave groove (64), and a synthetic resin door receiving member (11) having a substantially angled cross section is fitted so as to close the opening of the concave groove (64). Have been. The annular packing (81) of the door (8) comes into contact with the door receiving member (11).

A pair of ridges (65) are formed on the left side surface of the right side wall portion (62) of the storage frame member (60) so as to move away from each other toward the tip. And, between the ridges (65), the panel convex frame member of the heat insulating panel (30)
The tip of (33) is arranged. Due to the presence of these ridges (65), the relative position between the storage frame member (60) and the panel convex frame member (33) of the heat insulating panel (30) can be easily determined during the assembling work, thereby improving work efficiency. I do.

Two parallel ridges (66) extending to the left are formed at the front end and the width center of the left side wall (63) of the storage frame member (60). And both ridges
(66) and the left side wall (63) between them,
That is, the fitting groove (6) opened toward the door mounting frame member (70).
7) is formed.

The right side wall portion (62) of the storage frame member (60) is fixed to the panel convex frame member (33) of the heat insulating panel (30) from outside by tapping screws (10).

The space between the rear end of the right side wall (62) of the storage frame member (60) and the right end of the inner surface plate (31) of the heat insulation panel (30) is
Sealed by a sealing material (12).

The front wall portion (61) of the storage frame member (60) and the heat insulating panel
A spacer (13) made of a heat insulating material such as sponge tape is interposed between the (30) and the outer surface plate (31).

Next, in FIG. 2, the door mounting frame member (70)
Has a substantially U-shaped cross section opened to the rear,
The part protruding from the front wall (3) of (60) (specifically, the front wall
(61), the front end of the right side wall (62), the left side walls (63) and 2
Door on the outside of the front wall (3) so as to line up with the two ridges (66)
It is located near the left edge of (5).

The right end of the front wall portion (71) of the door mounting frame member (70) projects shorter to the right than the right side wall portion (72). At the middle of the width of the right side wall portion (72) of the door mounting frame member (70), a right-hand protruding portion having a generally ladle-shaped cross section having a concave portion opened forward.
(73) is formed. A tapping screw (10) is passed through the right protruding portion (73) as described later, but if the right protruding portion (73) has a substantially ladle shape in cross section as described above, the Since the tapping screw (10) can be just penetrated into the thin portion (73a) hitting the bottom, the screwing operation of the tapping screw (10) is easy. Note that the right protruding portion (73) may have a cross-sectional shape that is symmetrical with respect to FIG. The fitting right protrusion (73) of the door mounting frame member (70) is fitted into the fitting groove (67) of the storage opening frame member (60), and the right end portion of the front wall portion (71). And a rightward protruding part (73) and a groove (74) formed in the door mounting frame member (70) by the right side wall part (72) therebetween.
The tip of the ridge (66) on the front side of (60) is fitted.

At the base end of the right-side protruding portion (73) of the door mounting frame member (70), a tapping screw screw hole (7
5) has been opened. This hole (75) is not particularly used in the illustrated embodiment, but is a so-called three-sided frame in which the storage frame member (60) is attached only to the upper edge and the left and right side edges of the storage opening (5). In the case, each storage frame member (60) and the fitting part (66, 7
3) For example, one end of a frame opening prevention plate having an L-shaped cross section is attached to the lower end of the door attachment frame member (70) connected by fitting with each other with a tapping screw.

The right side wall portion (72) of the door mounting frame member (70) is slightly shorter than the left side wall portion (76), and therefore, is located between the tip of the right side wall portion (72) and the heat insulating panel (30). Has a slight gap. Thereby, the heat insulation of the refrigerator (1) is improved.

The front surface of the front wall portion (71) of the door mounting frame member (70) and the front surface of the door receiving member (11) mounted on the storage frame member (60) are the door mounting frame member (70) and Fitting part (7
3,67) When they are fitted together, they are almost flush. By doing so, for example, the fitting portion (73, 67) of the door mounting frame member (70) and the storage frame member (60)
In a state where they are fitted with each other, these are attached to the door mounting frame member.
(70) front wall part (71) and the door receiving member (1
If 1) is placed on the worktable with the surface facing downward, there is no backlash, and it is easy to cut both frame members (60, 70). Also, the appearance of the refrigerator (1) is improved.

A fitting groove (67) in the storage frame member (60) is provided in a portion of the heat insulation panel (30) near the right end of the storage outer surface plate (31).
The door mounting frame member and the storage opening are formed so as to penetrate from the front through the thin portion (73a) of the two right ridges (73) for fitting the two ridges (66) and the door mounting frame member (70). A tapping screw (10) for mounting the frame member is screwed. That is, the fitting portions (67, 73) of the storage frame member (60) and the door mounting frame member (70) are both fixed to the heat insulating panel (3) by tapping screws (10) from the outside of the storage.

The space between the rear end portion of the left side wall portion (76) of the door mounting frame member (70) and the outer surface plate (31) of the heat insulating panel (30) is sealed by a sealing material (12). .

On the front wall portion (71) of the door mounting frame member (70), a first hinge member (91) of the hinge (9) has a flange portion (91).
The front wall (71) is sandwiched between the a) and the back metal (14), and is attached with screws (15). The first hinge member (91) is connected by a pin (93) to a second hinge member (92) attached to the door (8).

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the horizontal section of the right side edge of the storage port (5), and shows the storage port (5) shown in FIG. 2 except for the symmetrical point and the following two points. ) Is the same as the left edge.

First, the right side edge of the refrigerator opening (5) of the refrigerator (1) is constituted by a panel concave frame member (34) of the heat insulating panel (30). A spacer (1) made of a heat insulating material such as sponge is provided in a gap between the frame member (60).
6) is interposed. The two ridges (65) on the left side wall (62) of the storage frame member (60) serve to hold the spacer (16). And the left side wall portion (62) of the storage opening frame member (60) is
It is fixed to the panel concave frame member (34) of the heat insulating panel (30) by a tapping screw (10) penetrating through the wall (62) and the spacer (16) from the left outside.

In FIG. 3, the fitting portions (67, 73) of the storage opening frame member (60) and the door mounting frame member (70) are provided with heat insulating panels (3, 3).
It is not stopped at 0). Door mounting frame member (70) shown in FIG.
In the case of the fitting part (73), the fitting part (67) of the storage frame member (60)
If the door is not stopped with the tapping screw (10), the door mounting frame (70) may open outward due to the load on the door (8). This is because such a problem does not occur in the case of the door mounting frame member (70). However, as with the left edge of the storage opening (5), the fitting portions (67, 73) of both frame members (60, 70) on the right edge are both fixed to the heat insulating panel (30) with tapping screws. Of course, the mounting strength is improved, and there is an advantage that the fitting portions (67, 73) of the two frame members (60, 70) do not come off.

Although not shown, the configuration of the upper and lower edges of the storage opening (5) is also substantially the same as the configuration of the left and right edges.

Next, a refrigerator frame (6) is placed on the front wall (3) of the refrigerator (1).
An example of a procedure for mounting the door mounting frame (7) will be described.

First, the fitting concave groove (67) of the storage opening frame member (60) whose length is not adjusted and the fitting projection (63) of the door mounting frame member (70) are fitted to each other. The members (60, 70) are connected.

Next, the two frame members (60, 70) in the connected state are cut in accordance with the lengths of the upper, lower, left and right edges of the storage opening (5).

Then, a door frame member (60) connected to the door mounting frame member (70) is sequentially fitted over each edge of the door opening (5), and both frame members are joined by tapping screws (10). (60,70) is fixed to the insulation panel (30). Thereafter, the adjacent storage opening frame members (60) and the door mounting frame members (70) are connected to each other by a connection fitting as needed.

[0040] Thus, the storage frame on the front wall (3) of the refrigerator (1).
(6) and the door mounting frame (7) can be easily and quickly mounted.

As another mounting procedure, first,
The heat insulation panel (30) is appropriately cut away so that the (5) is slightly larger than the storage frame (6), and then the door mounting frame member (70) is fitted by fitting the fitting portions (66, 73). ) And four storage opening frame members (60) each connected to a storage opening (5) with a connection frame previously assembled into a frame shape by connecting metal fittings, and then covered with a tapping screw (10). Each frame member (60, 70) may be fixed to the heat insulating panel (30).

[0042]

According to the assembled refrigerator of the present invention, at least one of the two frame members is fitted after the fitting portions provided at the facing portions of the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member are fitted to each other. By simply fixing the door frame to the front wall with a screw, the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member can be easily and quickly mounted on the front wall. In addition, since the number of attachment parts is small, the product cost can be reduced. In addition, since it is not necessary to form an insertion hole such as a stud bolt on the front wall of the refrigerator unlike the prior art, the heat insulation of the refrigerator is not impaired.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a knockdown refrigerator showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of a main part along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of a main part along line III-III in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of a main part of an edge portion of a refrigerator door of a conventional assembling refrigerator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1)… Assembly refrigerator (3)… Front wall (5)… Storage opening (10)… Tapping screw (60)… Storage opening frame member (67)… Fit groove for fitting (70)… Door mounting frame member ( 73) ... Mating protrusion

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage port frame member covering at least an upper edge and left and right side edges of the entire storage port peripheral edge formed on a front wall, and a portion protruding from the front wall of the storage port frame member. A door mounting frame member disposed on the outer surface of the front wall, and a fitting portion is provided on each of opposing portions of the storage frame member and the door mounting frame member to be fitted together, and at least one of the two frame members is provided. An assembled refrigerator, one of which is fixed to the front wall with screws. 2. The fitting portion of the storage opening frame member and the door mounting frame member are both fixed to the front wall by screws from the outside of the storage.
The assembled refrigerator according to claim 1.