JP2885664B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator provided with a storage room, such as a chilled room, defined by a shelf plate and a partition wall below a refrigerator room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a refrigerator for home use, for example, a control box for accommodating a control board and the like is provided at a lower part inside a refrigerator room, and a chilled room (or a partial room) is formed at the front side of the control box. There is something. The chilled room is provided so as to be laid over the floor of the refrigerator compartment, the inner wall of the refrigerator compartment left and right, and partitions the lower portion of the refrigerator compartment up and down, for example, a white plastic shelf board (ceiling board); A control box front cover,
The partition wall is formed by left and right partition walls made of plastic. Outside the one partitioning side wall, a tank accommodating portion for accommodating, for example, a water tank for an ice machine is formed.

[0003] In the chilled room, a meat plate for storing meat, fish, dairy products, and the like is housed so as to be able to be taken in and out, and a transparent plastic inner door is provided in front of the chilled room. The inner door is adapted to be opened and closed in conjunction with the loading and unloading of the meat plate. For this purpose, the inner surfaces of the left and right partition side walls support the pivot of the inner door and are guided in the front-rear direction. A groove-shaped guide portion is formed. In this case, the partition side wall is mounted by supporting the lower side thereof on the floor of the refrigerator compartment and supporting the upper side thereof on the rail integrally formed by extending in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the shelf board. It is supposed to be.

[0004]

However, in recent years, due to design requirements, a shelf plate constituting the ceiling of the chilled room has been
It is considered that the conventional colored (white) plastic is changed to a transparent plastic. However, in the case where the shelf plate of the conventional configuration is simply changed to transparent plastic, there is a problem that the rail for supporting the partitioning side wall can be seen through from above and appears on the appearance, which is not preferable in appearance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a storage room having a shelf and a partition formed by partition walls. To provide a refrigerator that can be.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a refrigerator is defined in a lower part of a refrigerator room by a shelf plate for vertically partitioning the refrigerator room and a partition side wall for partitioning a space below the shelf plate left and right. A front rib extending in the left-right direction is provided on the lower surface of the front end of the shelf plate, and the front rib has an engaging portion that engages with the upper front end of the partitioning side wall. There is a characteristic in the place where it is provided.

At this time, the shelf plate is provided with a rear rib extending in the left-right direction with a slight distance from the front rib to the rear, and a notch in which the upper end of the partitioning side wall is inserted is provided in the rear rib. A part may be formed (the invention of claim 2).

Further, the engaging portion is formed in a substantially L-shaped side surface having a projecting portion extending rearward from a lower end of a part of the front rib, and the engaging portion is provided on an upper portion of a front end of the partitioning side wall. It is possible to provide hook-shaped projections that fit together (the invention of claim 3). In this case, a pair of side ribs located on the left and right of the projection of the engaging portion may be formed on the partition side wall (the invention of claim 4), and further, the rear side of the front rib. In addition, a reinforcement member extending in the left-right direction may be provided, and the hook-shaped protrusion may be configured to also support a lower portion of the reinforcement member (the invention of claim 5).

In the refrigerator, it is effective if the shelf is made of a transparent material and a non-transparent portion is formed at the front end thereof (the invention of claim 6). Further, a control box constituting the back surface of the storage room is provided on the lower back side inside the refrigerator compartment, and a support portion for supporting the rear end of the partition side wall is provided on the front surface of the control box. Good (the invention of claim 7).

[0010]

According to the refrigerator of the first aspect of the present invention, the upper portion of the front end of the partition side wall is supported by being engaged with the engaging portion of the shelf plate, thereby supporting the partition side wall of the shelf plate. Rails can be eliminated. At this time, the engaging portion is provided on the front rib formed on the lower surface of the front end portion of the shelf, so that even if the shelf is configured to be transparent, it becomes inconspicuous,
In addition to eliminating the rail from the lower surface of the shelf, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the shelf from being deteriorated when the shelf is made transparent.

At this time, if a rear rib is provided on the shelf plate and a cutout portion through which the partition side wall is inserted is formed in the rear rib (the refrigerator of claim 2), the partition side wall is formed at the upper end by the rear rib. , And the position in the left-right direction with respect to the shelf is regulated.

The engaging portion is formed in a substantially L-shaped side surface having a projecting portion extending rearward from a lower end of a part of the front rib, and the engaging portion is provided at an upper portion of a front end of the partitioning side wall. If the hook-shaped protrusions that fit with each other are provided (the refrigerator of claim 3), the engaging portions and the hook-shaped protrusions are engaged in the front-rear direction, so that the partition wall is positioned in the front-rear direction with respect to the shelf board. Restrictions are imposed, and floating from the partitioning side wall of the shelf is also prevented in the vertical direction.

In this case, if a pair of side ribs located on the left and right of the projection of the engaging portion are formed on the partition side wall (refrigerator of claim 4), the side ribs allow the left and right sides of the partition side wall with respect to the shelf board. The position in the direction is regulated. Furthermore, a reinforcing member extending in the left-right direction is provided behind the front rib, and the hook-shaped protrusion is configured to also support a lower portion of the reinforcing member (refrigerator of claim 5). The front end of the shelf can be reinforced by the reinforcing member, and the configuration for supporting the reinforcing member can be simplified.

When the entire shelf is made of a material having transparency, the front ribs appear in the outer appearance, but if a non-transparent portion is formed at the front end of the shelf (the refrigerator according to claim 6). ), The front rib and the engaging portion are not hidden by the non-transparent portion and appear in the appearance, so that the appearance can be further improved. Further, if a support portion for supporting the rear end of the partition side wall is provided on the front surface of the control box constituting the back surface of the storage room (the refrigerator of claim 7),
The rear end of the partition side wall is also supported, so that the support and fixing can be more firmly performed, and a favorable appearance of the shelf can be secured.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. This embodiment corresponds to claims 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. First, FIG. 6 shows the upper half of the refrigerator (home refrigerator) according to the present embodiment, excluding the door. Here, the heat insulating box 1 of the refrigerator is formed by filling a heat insulating material (not shown) between a plastic inner box 2 and a metal outer box 3, and has a refrigerated refrigerator having an open front surface in its upper half. A chamber 4 is formed.

A cold air duct 5 having a plurality of vertically extending cold air outlets 5a is provided on the inner wall of the refrigerator compartment 4 so as to extend vertically. A control box for accommodating a control board and the like (not shown) is provided in a horizontally long shape on the lower rear side of the refrigerator compartment 2 except for a left end portion in the refrigerator compartment 4. As shown in FIG. 7, the front, top and left sides of the control box are covered with a front cover 6 made of plastic. As shown in FIG. 7, a working opening is formed at the left end of the front cover 6, and a lid 6a for closing the opening is detachably attached.

On the front side of the control box (front cover 6), a chilled room 8 is formed as a storage room for accommodating the meat dish 7 so that it can be taken in and out. As is well known, the interior of the chilled chamber 8 is maintained at about 0 ° C. suitable for storing cheese, yogurt, and the like. The chilled chamber 8 can be switched to a partial chamber (-3 ° C.) suitable for storing meat and fish by a user's switch operation. The configuration of the chilled chamber 8 will be described later.

On the left side of the chilled room 8 below the refrigeration room 4, a tank housing for detachably housing a water tank 9 serving as a water supply source for an automatic ice maker provided in an ice making room (not shown). 10 are formed. Further, a space above the chilled chamber 8 in the refrigerator compartment 4 is vertically stacked by a plurality of shelves 11 made of transparent plastic removably supported on left and right inner side walls of the inner box 2. , And storage items such as foods are placed on the respective shelf members 11. Ceiling inside the refrigerator compartment 4 (cold air duct 5
(Upper end) of the refrigerator is provided with an interior light 12 which is turned on when a door (not shown) is opened.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the chilled room 8 includes a shelf (ceiling plate) 13, a floor 14 of the refrigerator compartment 4,
The front cover 6 of the control box, the left partition wall 15, and the side plate 1 provided on the right inner side of the refrigerator compartment 4.
6, the upper and lower sides, the back side, and the left and right sides are enclosed so that the front side is open. Of these, the shelf plate 13 is formed in a rectangular plate shape from transparent plastic in this case, and is attached to the inner wall of the refrigerator compartment 4 so as to be bridged left and right, as described later in detail. And
The partitioning side wall 15 is provided so as to partition the space between the shelf plate 13 and the floor portion 14 into a tank housing portion 10 and a chilled room 8 as described later.

In the chilled chamber 8, a meat plate 7 for storing a stored item is housed so as to be able to be taken in and out, and an inner door 17 made of transparent plastic is provided in front of the chilled chamber 8.
Although not shown in detail, the inner door 17 is configured to open and close in conjunction with the loading and unloading of the meat dish 7, and at this time, the pivot on the upper part of the inner door 17 is
The guide groove 15a (only part of which is shown in FIG. 2) formed on the inner surface of the (and side plate 16) is guided and supported. With this configuration, as the meat tray 7 is pulled out forward, the inner door 17 that has closed the front surface is configured to rotate to almost horizontal and retreat backward. When the meat dish 7 is stored, the inner door 17 performs the reverse operation.

Hereinafter, the mounting structure of the partition side wall 15 will be described in detail. That is, the partitioning side wall 15 is formed in a rectangular plate shape from plastic, and an engaging claw 18 is integrally formed at an intermediate portion of a lower side portion thereof, as shown in FIGS. On the other hand, an engaging hole 19 with which the engaging claw 18 is engaged is formed in the floor portion 14. As a result, the engagement claws 18 are engaged with the engagement holes 19,
The lower part of the partition wall 15 is fixed to the floor 14.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the rear end of the partitioning side wall 15 is provided with a plurality of fixing ribs 20, 21 and 2 as three supporting parts provided on the front cover 6, in this case.
2 to support and fix it. Among them, the fixing rib 20 located on the upper left side is integrally formed so as to protrude forward from the front left end of the front cover 6. The fixing ribs 21 and 22 located on the upper and lower sides on the right side are integrally formed so as to protrude forward from the left edge of the lid 6 a attached to the front cover 6.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a hook-like projection 23 is formed on the upper front end of the partitioning side wall 15. The hook-shaped protrusion 23 has a shape in which a corner at the upper end of the front end of the partitioning side wall 15 is cut out in a rectangular shape so as to form a step, and the upper half of the front surface constituting the step protrudes forward. Is formed. The upper surface of the hook-like projection 23 has a slight step 15b formed slightly behind it.
Accordingly, the partition wall 15 is positioned slightly lower than the upper surface of the partition side wall 15.

On the other hand, the shelf 13 has
An engaging portion 24 that locks 3 and supports the upper front end of the partition wall 15 is formed. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the shelf 13 has a rectangular plate shape as a whole in which the left and right sides and the rear side have a slight falling shape as shown in FIG. The front end side is a curved portion 13a which is curved downward by a small amount. A decorative member 25 such as an aluminum foil is attached to the surface of the curved portion 13a.

A front rib 26 is provided on the lower surface of the shelf 13 at the front end side and extends in the left-right direction as a whole. A rear rib 27 is integrally provided extending in the entire direction. As shown in FIG. 1, the engaging portion 24 is located at a position where the partition side wall 15 of the shelf 13 is disposed.
Projection 26 extending rearward from the lower end of front rib 26
a is integrally formed, so that the side surface is substantially L
It is formed in a character shape. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the rear rib 27 is formed with a notch 27a at a position where the partition wall 15 is disposed. Further, as shown in FIG.
A step 13b corresponding to the step 15b of the partition side wall 15 is formed slightly behind.

Thus, as shown in FIG.
5 is such that the hook-shaped protrusion 23 is relatively fitted from the rear side into the engaging portion 24 on the lower surface of the front end of the shelf 13 so that the upper front end is supported by the shelf 13. is there. At this time, the upper end of the partitioning side wall 15 is inserted into the cutout portion 27a of the rear rib 27 so that the position in the left and right direction is regulated.

In this embodiment, a reinforcing member 28 is provided on the front side of the shelf 13.
As shown in FIG. 3, the reinforcing member 28 is formed by forming a thin metal plate into a U-shaped cross section.
7, and is provided by being inserted from the side. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, between the front rib 26 and the rear rib 27, a retaining piece 29 for retaining the reinforcing member 28 downward is provided.
They are provided intermittently so as to be bridged between their lower ends. As shown in FIG. 3, the left end portion of the reinforcing member 28 is formed to have a smaller vertical dimension than the other portions, and as shown in FIG. The lower end of the member 28 is received.

Further, in the present embodiment, the shelf plate 13 is made of a transparent plastic as described above, but as shown in FIG. On the rear side, so-called grain processing (satin finish) is performed, and thus, the non-transparent part 30 is formed. In FIG. 5, the non-transparent portion 30 is indicated by hatching in the form of a mesh for convenience, and in FIG. 1, the non-transparent portion 30 is indicated by a thick line. Thus, the front rib 26 and the rear rib 27 do not appear on the surface of the shelf 13, and the control box is also hidden by the shelf 13.

In the above configuration, when attaching the partitioning side wall 15, first, the engaging claw 18 on the lower side of the partitioning side wall 15 is engaged with the floor portion 14 of the refrigerator compartment 4 without the shelf plate 13 being attached. The engaging hole 19 is engaged with the partition
The rear ends of the fixing ribs 20 and 2 provided on the front cover 6
1 and 22 are supported. Thereafter, the shelf 13 into which the reinforcing member 28 has been inserted in advance is accommodated in the refrigerator compartment 4 by sliding from the front. With this, the partition side wall 1
5 is relatively inserted into the notch 27 a of the rear rib 27, and the hook-shaped protrusion 23 is relatively fitted to the engagement portion 24. Thus, the partition side wall 15
The lower side, the rear end, and the upper front end are supported and fixed, so that the chilled chamber 8 is formed.

According to the present embodiment, the partition wall 1
5 is supported by the engaging portion 24 provided on the front rib 26 on the lower surface of the shelf 13, so that there is no need to provide the shelf 13 with a rail for supporting the partitioning side wall 15. Was. As a result, even if the shelf board 13 is made transparent, the appearance can be prevented from being deteriorated, and the design requirement of making the shelf board 13 transparent can be satisfied. Also,
Particularly, in the present embodiment, since the non-transparent portion 30 is formed at the front end of the shelf 13, the front rib 26, the back rib 27, the engagement portion 24
The portion is not hidden by the non-transparent portion 30 and does not appear on the appearance, so that the appearance can be further improved.

In this embodiment, the engaging portion 24 has a substantially L-shaped side surface, and the hook-shaped protrusion 2 at the upper front end of the partitioning side wall 15 is formed.
3 and the notch 27a is provided in the rear rib 27, so that the shelf 1
The position of the partition wall 15 in the front-rear direction and the vertical direction is surely regulated, and the position in the left-right direction is also reliably regulated, so that the upper front end of the partition wall 15 is securely and firmly supported and fixed. It is.

Further, in this embodiment, since the fixing ribs 20, 21, and 22 for supporting the rear end of the partition wall 15 are provided on the front surface of the control box (front cover 6), the rear end of the partition wall 15 is provided. Is also supported at the same time, and the support fixation is made more firm. Note that the fixing rib 21 can also be used as a knob for opening the lid 6a.

In this embodiment, since the reinforcing member 28 is provided on the shelf 13, the strength of the front side of the shelf 13 can be sufficiently improved.
Is also performed at the lower portion of the reinforcing member 28, so that an advantage that the configuration for supporting the reinforcing member 28 can be further simplified can be obtained.

FIG. 9 shows a partition side wall 31 according to another embodiment (corresponding to claim 4) of the present invention. The difference from the partition side wall 15 of the above embodiment is that the upper part of the front end of the partition side wall 31 is different. In addition, in addition to the hook-shaped protrusion 23, a pair of side ribs 32, 33 located on the left and right of the protrusion 26a of the engagement portion 24 are formed.

According to this, these side ribs 32, 33
As a result, the left and right position of the partitioning side wall 31 with respect to the shelf plate 13 is regulated, so that it is not necessary to regulate the left and right direction with the notch 27a formed in the back rib 27, and the back rib 27 is omitted. Back rib 2
7 can be simplified.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the non-transparent portion 30 may be formed by pasting a colored film without being limited to grain processing.
Even if the non-transparent portion 30 is not formed, the engaging portion 24 is formed on the front rib 26, so that the engaging portion 24 is not conspicuous even when the shelf plate 13 is transparent, and a certain effect of improving the appearance is obtained. For example, the present invention can be implemented with appropriate changes within a range not departing from the gist.

[0037]

As apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following excellent effects. That is, according to the refrigerator of the first aspect, the refrigerator having the storage compartment defined by the shelf plate and the partition side wall is provided with a front rib extending in the left-right direction on the lower surface of the front end of the shelf plate, and the front rib is provided. Further, since an engaging portion is provided for engaging with the upper part of the front end of the partition side wall, the appearance can be prevented from being deteriorated even if the shelf is made transparent.

At this time, if a rear rib is provided on the shelf plate and a cutout portion through which the partition side wall is inserted is formed in the rear rib (refrigerator of claim 2), the position of the partition side wall relative to the shelf plate in the left-right direction is regulated. If the engaging portion is formed to have a substantially L-shaped side surface, and a hook-like projection is provided at the upper front end of the partition side wall, the hook-like projecting portion is fitted to the engaging portion. Refrigerator), and the position of the partition side wall in the front-rear direction and the vertical direction with respect to the shelf can be reliably controlled.

In this case, if a pair of side ribs located on the left and right of the projection of the engaging portion are formed on the partition side wall (refrigerator of claim 4), the side ribs in the left and right direction with respect to the shelf board by the side ribs. You can now perform position regulation,
The configuration of the back ribs and thus the shelf board can be simplified.
Further, a reinforcing member extending in the left-right direction is provided on the rear side of the front rib, and the hook-shaped protrusion is configured to also support the lower portion of the reinforcing member (refrigerator of claim 5). The member can reinforce the front end of the shelf, and the structure for supporting the reinforcing member can be simplified.

If a non-transparent portion is formed at the front end of the shelf (refrigerator of claim 6), the front rib and the engaging portion are hidden by the non-transparent portion and do not appear in the appearance.
The appearance can be further improved. Further, if a support portion for supporting the rear end of the partition side wall is provided on the front side of the control box constituting the back side of the storage room (refrigerator of claim 7), the support of the partition side wall can be more firmly fixed. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of a main part.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a distal end portion of a partition side wall.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the shelf board inverted upside down.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the front end of the shelf board.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a shelf board.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a refrigerator compartment part without a door.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a control box portion.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal side view showing a support structure of a partition side wall on a floor portion of the refrigerator.

FIG. 9 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawing, 4 is a refrigerator room, 6 is a front cover (control box), 8 is a chilled room (storage room), 13 is a shelf board, 14
Is a floor portion, 15 and 31 are partition side walls, 18 is an engagement claw, 19 is an engagement hole, 20, 21, and 22 are fixing ribs (support portions), 23
Is a hook-like projection, 24 is an engagement portion, 26 is a front rib, 26a is a projection, 27 is a rear rib, 27a is a notch, 28 is a reinforcing member, 30 is a non-transparent portion, and 32 and 33 are side ribs. Show.

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A refrigerator having a storage room defined below a refrigerator compartment by a shelf partitioning the refrigerator compartment up and down and a partition side wall partitioning a space below the shelf shelf left and right. A refrigerator comprising: a front rib extending in the left-right direction provided on a lower surface of a front end portion; and an engaging portion engaging the upper front end of the partition side wall on the front rib. 2. The shelf board is provided with a rear rib extending in the left-right direction with a slight distance from the front rib to a rear portion, and the upper end of the partition side wall is inserted into the rear rib. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a notch portion to be located is formed. 3. The engaging portion has a substantially L-shaped side surface having a protrusion extending rearward from a lower end of a part of the front rib, and the engaging portion is provided on an upper front end of the partitioning side wall. The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a hook-like projection that fits into the joint is provided. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein a pair of side ribs located on the left and right sides of the projection of the engaging portion are formed on the partition side wall. 5. A reinforcing member extending in the left-right direction is provided on the rear side of the front rib, and the hook-shaped protrusion is configured to also support a lower portion of the reinforcing member. The refrigerator according to claim 3 or 4, wherein: 6. The shelf according to claim 1, wherein the shelf is made of a material having transparency, and a non-transparent portion is formed at a front end of the shelf. Refrigerator. 7. A control box constituting a back surface of the storage room is provided at a lower back side in the refrigerator compartment, and a front end of the control box supports a rear end of the partition side wall. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a support portion.