KR20040042746A - A side-by-side type refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a double-door hinged refrigerator in which a dispenser and a home bar are respectively installed in a storage space separately partitioned from a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment. In the present invention, the freezer compartment 33 and the refrigerating compartment 35 are partitioned from side to side by a vertical partition wall 31 formed vertically in the main body 30 of the double door case refrigerator. In addition, separate storage spaces are formed in the freezer compartment 33 and the refrigerating compartment 35 by the auxiliary barrier ribs 31a and 31b which have a semicircular cross-section and have left and right symmetry around the vertical barrier ribs 31. Compartment. Dispensers 37 and groove bars 39 are mounted inside the auxiliary partition walls 31 a and 31 b, and groove bar doors 39 a are rotatably installed on the front surface of the groove bars 39.

Description

A side-by-side type refrigerator}

The present invention relates to a double door case refrigerator, and more particularly, to a double door case refrigerator which prevents the leakage of cold air by mounting the dispenser and the home bar in a storage space separately separated from the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment.

In recent years, with the trend of larger refrigerators, side-by-side refrigerators are equipped with dispensers and home bars. The dispenser is a device that can receive water or ice from the outside, and the home bar is a device that allows the beverage to be stored in the refrigerator compartment to be withdrawn from the outside.

1 and 2 illustrate a two-door hinged refrigerator according to the prior art. As shown in the figure, a storage space is formed inside the main body 10 of the double-door case refrigerator, and the storage space is partitioned left and right by a vertical partition 11 formed vertically inside the freezer compartment 13 and the refrigerating compartment. It is divided into (15). And both sides of the front surface of the main body 10, the freezing chamber door 13a and the refrigerating chamber door 15a for opening and closing the freezing chamber 13 and the refrigerating chamber 15, respectively, are rotatably provided.

On the other hand, a front side of the freezer door 13a is provided with a dispenser 17 capable of drawing ice or supplying water. The dispenser 17 is installed inside the main body 10 and connected to an ice maker (not shown) in which ice is stored and a water storage tank (not shown) in which water is stored to receive ice or water from the outside. It becomes possible.

And the home bar 19 is mounted on one side of the front side of the refrigerating chamber door (15a). The home bar 19 is opened and closed by a home bar door 19a rotatably installed in the front side of the refrigerator on one side of the refrigerator, and opens the home bar door 19a to store drinks and the like stored in the home bar 19. I can easily take it out.

However, there is a problem in the two-door case refrigerator according to the prior art having such a configuration as follows.

First, since the home bar 19 is mounted on the front surface of the refrigerating chamber door 15a, when the home bar door 19a is rotated in order to withdraw the drink or the like on the home bar 19, the cold air of the refrigerating chamber 15 There is a risk of leaking to the outside through the groove bar (19).

In addition, there is a disadvantage in that the smell of food stored in the refrigerating compartment 15 may be doubled in the beverage or the like stored in the home bar 19.

In addition, the dispenser 17 and the groove bar 19 are generally mounted at an adjacent position in front of the freezer door 13a and the refrigerating chamber door 15a, due to the division of the freezer compartment 13 and the refrigerating compartment 15 storage space. The shape is not free.

An object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned conventional problems, to provide a double-door opening and closing refrigerator for opening and closing the home bar without spilling the cold air of the refrigerator compartment.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a double-door opening and closing refrigerator to prevent the smell of food stored in the refrigerator compartment from moving to the home bar.

1 is a front view showing the appearance of a double door case refrigerator according to the prior art.

Figure 2 is a front view showing the internal structure of the double-door case refrigerator shown in FIG.

Figure 3 is a front view showing the appearance of a preferred embodiment of a double-door case refrigerator according to the present invention.

4 is a front view showing the internal structure of the embodiment shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

30: refrigerator body 31: vertical bulkhead

31a, 31b: auxiliary bulkhead 33: freezer

33a: freezer door 35: cold storage room

35a: refrigerator door 37: dispenser

39: home bar 39a: home bar door

39b: communication section

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention includes a freezing chamber formed on one side of the vertical bulkhead partitioning the storage space of the refrigerator; A refrigerator compartment formed on the other side of the vertical partition wall; A dispenser formed in the vertical partition wall and mounted inside the auxiliary partition wall for partitioning a storage space of the freezing compartment; And a groove bar formed in the vertical partition wall and mounted inside the auxiliary partition wall partitioning the storage space of the refrigerating compartment, and having a communication unit communicating with the refrigerating compartment.

In the present embodiment, the auxiliary bulkheads are formed to have left and right symmetry about the vertical bulkhead and have a semicircular cross section.

The double door hinge refrigerator according to the present invention is equipped with a dispenser and a groove bar in a storage space separately separated from the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, and thus can prevent the cold air of the refrigerating compartment from leaking out when the home bar is opened. There is an advantage to that.

And since the groove bar is formed separately from the refrigerating compartment, there is an advantage in that the smell of food in the refrigerating compartment is prevented from moving to the home bar, and the dispenser and the groove bar are symmetrical about the vertical bulkhead and have a semicircular cross section. There is an advantage that the appearance of the front surface of the refrigerator is improved by forming the same.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 and 4 illustrate a preferred embodiment of the double-door case refrigerator according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the storage space formed inside the main body 30 of the double door opening and closing refrigerator is partitioned left and right by a vertical partition 31 vertically formed therein. In addition, a freezing compartment 33 is formed at one side of the vertical bulkhead 31, generally at the left side, and a refrigerating chamber 35 is formed at the other side of the vertical bulkhead 31.

In addition, the vertical bulkhead 31 is formed with auxiliary partitions 31a and 31b for partitioning the storage space between the freezing compartment 33 and the refrigerating compartment 35. As shown in the illustrated embodiment, the auxiliary partitions 31a, 31b) may be formed to have a semi-circular cross-section and have a left-right symmetry with respect to the vertical partition wall 31.

In addition, separate storage spaces are partitioned by the auxiliary partitions 31a and 31b in the freezing compartment 33 and the refrigerating compartment 35. In other words, inside the auxiliary partitions 31a and 31b, a predetermined storage space surrounded by an outer surface of the vertical partition wall 31 and an inner surface of the auxiliary partition walls 31a and 31b is provided on the side of the freezer compartment 33. And are formed on the refrigerating chamber 35 side, respectively.

A dispenser 37 is mounted inside the auxiliary partition wall 31a that partitions the storage space of the freezer compartment 33. The dispenser 37 is installed inside the main body 30 and connected to an ice maker (not shown) in which ice is stored and a storage tank (not shown) in which water is stored, so that ice or water can be supplied from the outside. To be.

On the other hand, a groove bar 39 is mounted inside the auxiliary partition wall 31b that partitions the storage space of the refrigerating compartment 35. The home bar 39 is formed to accommodate a drink or the like therein, by opening and closing the home bar door (39a) that is rotatably installed on the front of the home bar (39), to accommodate the drink in the home bar (39), It can be withdrawn from the outside.

In addition, the groove bar 39 is provided with a communication portion 39b in communication with the refrigerating chamber 35. The communication part 39b is formed at one side of the auxiliary compartment 31b of the refrigerating chamber 35 side, and as shown in FIG. 4, the communication part 39b is preferably formed on the auxiliary compartment 31b.

In addition, as described above, the auxiliary partitions 31a and 31b partitioning the storage spaces of the freezing compartment 33 and the refrigerating compartment 35 may be formed symmetrically with respect to the vertical partition 31 and thus, the dispenser. The 37 and the groove bar 39 are also formed to have left and right symmetry so that the appearance of the front of the refrigerator is improved.

As shown in FIG. 4, the groove bar door 39a is formed to have a semi-circular cross section in the same shape as the inside of the auxiliary partition wall 31b of the refrigerating compartment 35 to which the groove bar 39 is mounted. It is installed so as to be able to rotate toward the front of the refrigerator about one side. In the illustrated embodiment, since the groove bar door 39a is formed to have a semi-circular cross section, the groove bar door 39a is rotatably installed toward the front of the refrigerator about one side formed in a straight line. 4, the home bar door 39a is installed on the front surface of the home bar 39 so as to be able to rotate toward the front of the refrigerator with respect to the left side.

Meanwhile, freezing chamber doors 33a for opening and closing the freezer compartment 33 and refrigerating chamber doors 35a for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber 35 are rotatably installed on both front surfaces of the main body 30. The freezing chamber door 33a and the refrigerating chamber door 35a are formed so as to correspond to the shapes of the freezing chamber 33 and the refrigerating chamber 35, respectively, and open at one central portion in a semicircular shape.

Hereinafter, the use process of the two-door case refrigerator according to the present invention with such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

In the case of storing the beverage or the like in the home bar 39 or withdrawing it from the home bar 39, first, the home bar door 39 a provided on the front of the home bar 39 is centered on one side (left side in the drawing). Rotate to the front of the refrigerator. The beverage may be withdrawn from the home bar 39, or the beverage may be stored in the home bar 39.

However, the home bar 39 according to the present invention, unlike the conventional home bar 19 shown in FIG. 2, is mounted in a storage space separately partitioned from the refrigerating compartment 35, and thus the home bar door 39a is connected to the refrigerator. Even if the groove bar 39 is opened by rotating to the front surface, the cold air of the refrigerating chamber 35 does not flow out.

In addition, since the smell of the food stored in the refrigerator compartment 35 does not penetrate into the inside of the home bar 39, the smell of the food stored in the refrigerator compartment 35 may be doubled. There is no worry.

According to the present invention as described above, it can be seen that the basic technical idea to mount the dispenser and the groove bar in the storage space separately partitioned in the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator.

Within the scope of the basic technical idea of the present invention, many modifications are possible to those skilled in the art, and the scope of the present invention should be interpreted based on the appended claims. will be.

In the illustrated embodiment, it has been described with respect to the two-door case refrigerator, of course, can be applied to other types of refrigerators. The dispenser and the groove bar are formed to have a semi-circular cross-section and symmetrical about the vertical bulkhead, but are not necessarily limited thereto, and may be formed to have a cross section such as a rectangle or a triangle.

As described in detail above, the double door hinge refrigerator according to the present invention is equipped with a dispenser and a groove bar in a storage space separately partitioned from the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment, so that cold air of the refrigerating compartment does not leak to the outside by opening and closing the home bar.

In addition, the smell of the food stored in the refrigerating chamber is moved to the home bar, there is no fear that the drink is stored in the home bar, etc., and the dispenser and the home bar may be formed in a semi-circular symmetrical shape to improve the appearance of the front of the refrigerator. .

Claims (2)

A freezing chamber formed at one side of a vertical bulkhead for right and left partitioning a storage space of the refrigerator; A refrigerator compartment formed on the other side of the vertical partition wall; A dispenser formed in the vertical partition wall and mounted inside the auxiliary partition wall for partitioning a storage space of the freezing compartment; And And a home bar formed in the vertical partition wall and mounted inside the auxiliary partition wall partitioning the storage space of the refrigerating compartment, and including a communication part communicating with the refrigerating compartment. The method of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary partition wall, A double-door case refrigerator, which is formed to have left and right symmetry around the vertical bulkhead and has a semicircular cross section.