JP6919008B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

The present embodiment relates to a refrigerator.

Refrigerators are provided with a refrigerating storage room where the internal temperature is cooled to the refrigerating temperature, such as a refrigerating room and a vegetable room, and a freezing storage room where the internal temperature is cooled to the freezing temperature, such as a freezing room and an ice making room. , Containers may be placed inside these storage chambers.

In the container provided in the storage room, frozen food in a bag or box, PET bottles or bottles, large vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, etc. can be stored upright, making it easier to find the stored items in the container. At the same time, it becomes easy to put in and take out the stored items.

Therefore, a refrigerator has been proposed in which a partition body for preventing the stored items stored upright from tipping over is provided in the container to improve usability (for example, Patent Document 1 below).

JP-A-2010-91249

The above-mentioned partition body is detachably provided so that the mounting position can be changed with respect to the container in consideration of usability, but further improvement in usability is desired. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator having improved usability by increasing the degree of freedom in the arrangement position of the partition body with respect to the container.

The refrigerator of the present embodiment is a refrigerator having a storage chamber, a container opened on the upper surface provided in the storage chamber, and a partition body attached to the peripheral wall of the container, and the partition body is located at the upper end of the peripheral wall. A holding portion that is inserted from above and attached to the peripheral wall and a partition portion that protrudes from the holding portion and partitions the inside of the container are provided , and the partition portion is arranged on either one side or the other side of the peripheral wall. is shall the clamping portion is detachably attached to the peripheral wall to allow.

It is sectional drawing of the refrigerator which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the refrigerating cycle of the refrigerator of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the main part of FIG. 1 enlarged. It is a perspective view of the lower storage container. It is a top view of the lower large container. It is a perspective view of a partition body. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 10 according to the present embodiment includes a cabinet 16 in which a heat insulating space 13 is provided between an outer box 12 made of a steel plate and an inner box 14 forming a storage space.

The storage space formed inside the inner box 14 is divided into an upper refrigerating space 20 and a lower freezing space 40 by a heat insulating partition wall 17.

The refrigerating space 20 is a space cooled to a refrigerating temperature (for example, 2 to 3 ° C.), and the inside is further divided into upper and lower parts by a partition wall 21, and a plurality of storage shelves are provided above the partition wall 21. A refrigerating room 22 is provided, and a vegetable room 24 is provided below the partition wall 21.

The freezing space 40 arranged below the vegetable compartment 24 via the heat insulating partition wall 17 is a space cooled to a freezing temperature (for example, -18 ° C. or lower), and is an ice making chamber equipped with an automatic ice maker and a small freezer. A chamber 46 is provided on the left and right sides, and a freezing chamber 50 is provided below the chamber 46 via a partition wall 49.

The opening of the refrigerating chamber 22 is closed by a refrigerating chamber door 23 rotatably supported by hinges provided above and below one side of the cabinet 16.

The openings of the vegetable compartment 24, the ice making chamber, the small freezing chamber 46, and the freezing chamber 50 are closed by pull-out doors 25, 47, 51. Storage containers 26, 48, 52 are held by a pair of left and right support frames fixed to the back surface side of each door 25, 47, 51, and are configured to be pulled out of the refrigerator when the door is opened. The storage container 52 provided in the freezing chamber 50 will be described in detail later.

At the rear of the refrigerating space 20, a refrigerating cooler 62 for cooling the air in the refrigerating space 20 and a refrigerating fan 63 for blowing the cold air cooled by the refrigerating cooler 62 to the refrigerating room 22 and the vegetable room 24 are provided. A refrigerating cooling chamber 28 for storing is provided. Further, in the rear part of the freezing space 40, the freezing cooler 64 for cooling the air in the freezing space 40 and the cold air cooled by the freezing cooler 64 are blown to the ice making room, the small freezing room 46, and the freezing room 50. A freezing cooling chamber 71 for accommodating the freezing fan 65 is provided.

The refrigerating cooler 62 and the freezing cooler 64 form a refrigerating cycle 60 together with the compressor 61 and the condenser 66 housed in the machine room 19 provided in the lower back surface of the cabinet 16.

As shown in FIG. 2, the refrigerating cycle 60 includes a compressor 61 that discharges a high-temperature and high-pressure gaseous refrigerant, a condenser 66 that receives the gaseous refrigerant discharged from the compressor 61 and liquefies the heat, and condenses. A switching valve 67 provided on the outlet side of the device 66 to switch the refrigerant flow path, a refrigerating cooler 62 and a refrigerating cooler 64, and a refrigerating depressurizing device 68 as a throttle means for these coolers 62 and 64. A refrigerating cooler 62 and a refrigerating cooler 64 are provided with a refrigerating pressure reducing device 69 and a check valve 70, and by connecting these with a refrigerant pipe, the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 61 is circulated. To cool.

As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerating cooling chamber 28 is connected to a rear duct 27 provided on the back surface of the refrigerating chamber 22, and the air cooled by the refrigerating cooler 62 is released by the rotation of the refrigerating fan 63. , It flows upward from the lower end to the upper end of the back duct 27, and blows out into the refrigerating chamber 22 from the air outlet 29 provided on the back surface of the refrigerating chamber 22. The air blown out to the refrigerating chamber 22 flows through the refrigerating chamber 22, and then partly returns to the refrigerating cooling chamber 28 from the suction port 30 provided in the partition wall 21, and the other part pierces the partition wall 21. After flowing into the vegetable compartment 24 through the provided introduction port (not shown) and flowing through the vegetable compartment 24, the refrigerator returns to the refrigerating cooling chamber 28 from the suction port 31 provided on the back surface of the vegetable compartment 24.

The refrigerating cooling chamber 71 communicates with an outlet 72 provided on the back surface of the ice making chamber and the small freezing chamber 46, and is connected to a first outlet duct 74, a second outlet duct 75, and a suction duct 76.

The first outlet duct 74 is provided inside the partition wall 49 forming the upper surface of the freezing chamber 50, and connects the first outlet 77 provided at the rear of the partition wall 49 and the freezing cooling chamber 71. ..

The second outlet duct 75 and the suction duct 76 are provided inside a cover body 78 that covers the front surface of the freezing cooler 64 provided on the back surface of the freezing chamber 50, and the second outlet is opened on the back surface of the freezing chamber 50. 79, the freezing side suction port 80, and the freezing cooling chamber 71 are connected.

Then, the air cooled by the freezing cooler 64 is blown out from the outlet 72 into the ice making chamber 42 and the small freezing chamber 46 by the rotation of the freezing fan 65 in the freezing cooling chamber 71, and the first outlet duct. It is blown into the freezing chamber 50 from the first outlet 77 and the second outlet 79 through the 74 and the second outlet duct 75.

The air blown from the air outlet 72 into the ice making chamber and the small freezing chamber 46 flows while cooling the inside of the ice making chamber and the small freezing chamber 46, and passes through an introduction port (not shown) formed in the freezing partition wall 49. It flows into the freezing room 50. The air flowing from the ice making chamber and the small freezing chamber 46 into the freezing chamber 50 flows into the refrigerating chamber 22 together with the air blown from the first outlet 77 and the second outlet 79 into the freezing chamber 50, and then becomes the storage container 52. It returns to the freezing cooling chamber 71 from the freezing side suction port 80 through the return flow path 85 formed between the freezing chamber 50 and the freezing chamber 50.

In the refrigerator 10 having the above configuration, the storage container 52 arranged inside the freezing chamber 50 includes a lower large container 53 and an upper container 54 provided above the lower large container 53, as shown in FIG. It has a structure that overlaps the upper and lower two stages provided.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lower large container 53 has a bottomed box shape surrounded by a front wall, a rear wall, and left and right side walls and opens upward, and is larger than the upper container 54. The storage depth of the container 53 is deeply provided. The lower large container 53 is held by a pair of left and right support frames fixed to the back surface side of the freezing chamber door 51, and is configured to be pulled out of the refrigerator when the freezing chamber door 51 is opened. Inside the lower large container 53, a small container 90 and a partition body 100 detachably attached to the small container 90 are housed.

The upper container 54 has a bottomed box shape that is surrounded by a front wall, a rear wall, and left and right side walls and opens upward, and is placed on the upper ends of the left and right side walls of the lower large container 53. The upper container 54 is formed of a transparent resin material and is configured so that the inside of the lower large container 53 can be seen from above through the upper container 54.

When the upper container 54 is opened from the state where the freezing chamber door 51 is closed and the lower large container 53 is pulled out of the refrigerator, the upper container 54 is pulled out together with the lower large container 53 while covering the upper surface of the lower large container 53. Is done. Further, the upper container 54 that covers the upper surface of the lower large container 53 opens the upper surface opening of the lower large container 53 by sliding the upper ends of the left and right side walls of the lower large container 53 rearward.

In this example, the small container 90 has a bottomed box shape surrounded by a front wall, a rear wall, and left and right side walls and opens upward, and is detachably stored inside the lower large container 53. The small container 90 is provided over substantially the entire front-rear direction of the lower large container 53, and is housed in the lower large container 53 so as to be guided by the front-rear wall of the lower large container 53 and slidable in the width direction. Such a small container 90 divides a space for accommodating stored items inside, and also outside the small container 90, that is, between the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 and the left and right side walls 55 of the lower large container 53. Partition the space that houses the stored items.

A partition body 100 that partitions the inside and the outside of the small container 90 is detachably attached to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, at the upper ends of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, a wall thickness portion 92 having a plate thickness larger than that of the other portions and a wall thickness portion 92 below the wall thickness portion 92 are formed. A recess 93, which is recessed inward from the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91 to the inside of the small container 90, is provided along the front-rear direction so that the plate thickness is thinner than the thick portion 92.

The thick portion 92 forms thick portion inclined surfaces 92a and 92b in which the outer and inner surfaces of the left and right side walls 91 are inclined toward the recess 93 (that is, downward). The thick-walled inclined surfaces 92a and 92b provided on the outer and inner surfaces of the left and right side walls 91 are provided with the same inclination angle with respect to the vertical direction.

The concave portion 93 is inclined so that the thickness of the left and right side walls 91 gradually decreases as the thick portion 92 side (that is, the upper side) goes from the thick portion 92 toward the concave bottom surface 93a (that is, downward). It forms surface 93b.

As shown in FIG. 6, the partition body 100 has a peripheral wall of the small container 90, in this example, a sandwiching portion 101 that sandwiches the left and right side walls 91, and a flat plate that protrudes from the sandwiching portion 101 and partitions the inside or the outside of the small container 90. A plate portion 102 is provided.

The sandwiching portion 101 has a substantially U-shape having a cross-sectional shape in which a pair of sandwiching plates 103 and 104 provided substantially parallel to each other at intervals corresponding to the thickness of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 are connected at the upper end and open downward. It is in shape. The upper ends of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 are inserted into the holding portion 101 from the lower opening, and the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a facing the outer and inner surfaces of the left and right side walls 91 are left and right in the pair of holding plates 103 and 104. By sandwiching the upper end portion of the side wall 91, the partition body 100 is fixed to the left and right side walls 90.

More specifically, the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the holding plates 103 and 104 are provided with protrusions 103b and 104b protruding inward at positions facing each other. The distance between the protrusion 103b and the protrusion 104b is smaller than the thickness of the recess 93 provided at the upper end of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90.

The protrusions 103b and 104b have a symmetrical shape with the left and right side walls 91 in between, and in this example, the protrusions 103b and 104b have a protrusion shape extending in the front-rear direction over the entire holding portion 101.

On one of the holding plates 103 and 104 (in this example, the holding plate 104), a plate portion 102 that partitions the internal space and the external space of the small container 90 back and forth is perpendicular to the outer surface (the surface opposite to the facing surface 104a). At the lower end of the other side of the holding plates 103 and 104 (in this example, the holding plate 103), a handle portion 105 that bends outward so as to be separated from one holding plate 104 is provided.

The size of the plate portion 102 is set, for example, so that the vertical dimension is smaller than the depth of the small container 90 and the protruding dimension from the holding plate 104 is smaller than the inner dimension in the width direction of the small container 90. Further, the sizes of the plate portion 102 and the small container 90 with respect to the lower large container 53 are, for example, twice the length of the plate portion 102 protruding from the holding plate 104 and the outer dimension in the width direction of the small container 90. Various dimensions are set so that the total length of the total length is smaller than the inner dimension in the width direction of the lower large container 53.

In order to attach the partition body 100 to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is located inside the small container 90, the left and right side walls 91 a facing surface 104a of one holding plate 104 provided with the plate portion 102. The upper end of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 is inserted between the pair of holding plates 103 and 104 so that the facing surface 103a of the other holding plate 103 faces the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91. The distance between the protrusion 103b and the protrusion 104b is smaller than the plate thickness at the position of the recess 93 of the left and right side walls 91, and the holding plates 103 and 104 are pushed open by the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90. When the protrusion 103b provided on the facing surface 103a of the other holding plate 103 reaches the recess 93 provided on the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, the protrusion 103b protruding from the facing surface 103a reaches the left and right side walls 91. Between the facing surface 103a of the holding plate 103 and the protrusion 104b of the holding plate 104, while locking the holding portion 101 vertically from the recess 93 provided in the holding plate 103 and preventing the holding portion 101 from coming out upward from the left and right side walls 91. The partition body 100 is fixed to the left and right side walls 91 with the left and right side walls 91 sandwiched and the plate portion 102 positioned inside the small container 90 (see FIG. 7).

Further, in order to attach the partition body 100 to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is located outside the small container 90, the facing surfaces 104a of the one holding plate 104 provided with the plate portion 102 are left and right. The upper end of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 is inserted between the pair of holding plates 103 and 104, with the facing surface 103a of the other holding plate 103 facing the outer surface of the side wall 91 and facing the inner surface of the left and right side walls 91. do. The distance between the protrusion 103b and the protrusion 104b is smaller than the plate thickness at the position of the recess 93 of the left and right side walls 91, and the holding plates 103 and 104 are pushed open by the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90. When the protrusion 104b provided on the facing surface 104a of one of the holding plates 104 reaches the recess 93 provided on the outer surface of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, the protrusion 104b protruding from the facing surface 104a becomes the left and right side walls 91. Between the facing surface 104a of the holding plate 104 and the protrusion 103b of the holding plate 103, while preventing the holding portion 101 from coming out upward from the left and right side walls 91 by engaging with the recess 93 provided in the holding plate 93 in the vertical direction. The partition body 100 is fixed to the left and right side walls 91 with the left and right side walls 91 sandwiched and the plate portion 102 positioned outside the small container 90 (see FIG. 8).

In the present embodiment as described above, since the holding portion 101 is detachably attached to the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is located inside and outside the small container 90, the partition body for the small container 90 is attached. The degree of freedom of the arrangement position of 100 is high and it is excellent in usability.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the recesses 93 provided in the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90 are provided in the front-rear direction along the left and right side walls 91, the handle portion is provided so that the holding plate 103 is separated from the holding plate 104. When the holding portion 101 is pressed in the front-rear direction while the holding force of the left and right side walls 91 by the holding portion 101 is weakened by pulling 105 outward, the protrusion 103b of the facing surface 103a moves in the front-rear direction along the recess 93 of the left and right side walls 91. The mounting position of the partition body 100 can be easily changed by sliding on.

The recesses 93 are provided over the entire front-rear direction of the left and right side walls 91 so that the partition body 100 can be attached to any position in the front-rear direction of the left and right side walls 91, or the recesses 93 are provided in a part of the left and right side walls 91 in the front-rear direction. The partition body 100 can be attached to a predetermined position on the left and right side walls 91, and the position in the front-rear direction in which the recess 93 is provided can be set to an arbitrary position and range, but the front end of the recess 93 provided on the left and right side walls 91 and the position in the front-rear direction can be set. A space in which stored items such as frozen foods can be stored between the plate portion 102 of the partition body 100 and the front wall and the rear wall of the lower large container 53 when the partition body 100 is attached to the rear end, for example, 2 in the front-rear direction. It is preferable that a space of about 5 cm is formed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the total length of the lower large container 53, which is the sum of the length twice the protrusion dimension of the plate portion 102 from the holding plate 103 and the outer dimension in the width direction of the small container 90. Various dimensions are set so as to be smaller than the inner dimension in the width direction, and as illustrated in FIG. 4, the partition body 100 so that the plate portion 102 projects outward from the left side wall 91 and the right side wall 91 of the small container 90. Since the space formed on the left and right sides of the small container 90 can be partitioned by attaching the small container 90, the inside of the lower large container 53 can be divided into various sizes by the small container 90 and the partition body 100, which improves usability. Can be done.

Further, in the present embodiment, the protrusions 103b and 104b provided on the partition body 100 engage with the recess 93 provided with the recessed inclined surface 93b that inclines so that the plate thickness of the left and right side walls 91 gradually decreases toward the lower side. In order to stop the partition 100, when the user removes the partition 100, the protrusions 103b, 104b of the holding plates 103, 104 are less likely to interfere with the thick portions 92 of the left and right side walls 91 of the small container 90, and the partition 100 is made into a small container. Since it can be smoothly removed from the 90 and the sliding resistance between the protrusions 103b and 104b and the recess 93 increases, it is possible to prevent the partition body 100 from inadvertently moving in the front-rear direction.

(Change example 1)
In the above embodiment, the case where the recesses 93 are provided on the outer surface of the peripheral wall (left and right side walls 91) of the small container 90 and the protrusions 103b and 104b are provided on the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the partition body 100, respectively, has been described. For example, recesses are provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the small container 90, and protrusions are provided on the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the partition body 100, respectively, or recesses are provided on the inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall of the small container 90, respectively, to form the partition body. A protrusion is provided on only one of the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the 100, or a protrusion is provided on either the inner surface or the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the small container 90. Recesses may be provided in each of the 104a, protrusions may be provided on the inner and outer surfaces of the peripheral wall of the small container 90, and recesses may be provided in either of the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the partition body 100. Protrusions or recesses may be provided on the inner surface and the outer surface of the peripheral wall, respectively, and recesses or protrusions may be provided on the pair of facing surfaces 103a and 104a of the partition body 100, respectively. Even in these cases, the partition body 100 can be detachably attached to the peripheral wall of the small container 90 so that the plate portion 102 is located inside and outside the small container 90.

(Change example 2)
In the above embodiment, a case where the outer dimension in the width direction of the small container 90 is provided smaller than the inner dimension of the lower large container 53 and the partition body 100 is attached to the left and right side walls 91 as the peripheral wall of the small container 90 has been described. However, the outer dimension of the small container 90 in the front-rear direction may be smaller than the inner dimension of the lower large container 53, and the partition body 100 may be attached to the front wall or the rear wall of the small container 90.

(Change example 3)
In the above embodiment, the case where the partition body 100 is attached to the small container 90 housed in the lower large container 53 provided in the freezing room 50 has been described. For example, the inside of the upper container 54 housed in the freezing room 50 has been described. A small container may be provided in the small container and a partition body may be provided in the small container, or a small container may be provided inside the storage container 26 stored in the vegetable compartment 24 and the partition body may be provided in the small container.

(Change example 4)
In the above embodiment, the case where the small container 90 to which the partition body 100 is attached is movable in the lower large container 53 and is provided to be removable from the lower large container 53 has been described. The small container 90 may be fixed to the lower large container 53, as in the case where the inside of the lower large container 53 is partitioned by a fixed partition wall.

(Other embodiments)
The above embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments are included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof, as are included in the scope and gist of the invention.

10 ... Refrigerator, 50 ... Freezing room, 52 ... Storage container, 53 ... Lower large container, 54 ... Upper container, 55 ... Left and right side walls, 71 ... Freezing cooling room, 90 ... Small container, 91 ... Left and right side walls, 92 ... Meat Thick part, 92a ... Thick part inclined surface, 93 ... Recessed, 93a ... Recessed bottom surface, 93b ... Recessed inclined surface, 100 ... Partition, 101 ... Holding part, 102 ... Plate part, 103 ... Holding plate, 103a ... Facing surface , 103b ... Protruding part, 104 ... Holding plate, 104a ... Facing surface, 104b ... Protruding part, 105 ... Handle part

Claims (3)

In a refrigerator including a storage chamber, a container provided in the storage chamber having an opening on the upper surface, and a partition body attached to the peripheral wall of the container.
The partition body includes a holding portion that is inserted into the upper end portion of the peripheral wall from above and is attached to the peripheral wall, and a partition portion that protrudes from the holding portion and partitions the inside of the container, and the partition portion is one of the peripheral walls. Refrigerator the sandwiching portion so that it can be placed on either side and the other side that is removably attached to the peripheral wall. The sandwiching portion includes a pair of sandwiching plates that sandwich the peripheral wall.
The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein at least one tip of the pair of holding plates is provided with a tapered portion that inclines so as to move away from the other holding plate toward the tip. It is provided with a protrusion provided on either one of the holding portion and the peripheral wall and a recess provided on the other side to lock the protrusion.
The sandwiching portion includes a pair of facing surfaces facing both sides of the peripheral wall.
The protrusion or the recess is provided on at least one of both sides of the pair of facing surfaces and both sides of the peripheral wall.
According to claim 1 or 2, the holding portion is detachably attached to the peripheral wall so that the partition portion can be arranged on either one side or the other side of the peripheral wall by attaching / detaching the holding portion to the peripheral wall. The listed refrigerator.

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