JP3249889B2 - Storage partition structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for partitioning the interior of a storage such as a refrigerator, a freezer, a cooling storage into a plurality of rooms,
In particular, it relates to the structure of a partition at the front opening side of the storage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional storage, actual storage is 2-9.
As described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 352 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-17585, a front plate having a substantially U-shaped cross section and a rear opening is provided for partitioning the front opening side into upper and lower sides and left and right sides. The horizontal partition and the vertical partition are configured by a rectangular prism-shaped soft heat insulating material and a cover having a substantially U-shaped cross section and opening forward and elastically fitted to the front plate, respectively. When storing food or the like in the storage, if a load is applied to the horizontal partition from above by placing a cardboard box or the like in which the food or the like is stored on the horizontal partition, the front panel has a substantially U-shaped cross section. The upper and lower surfaces of the horizontal partition are easy to bend downward, and the cover is made of resin and has low strength.Therefore, there is a drawback that the rear side of the horizontal partition hangs down and the vertical cross section of the horizontal partition is easily distorted into a rhombus shape. If the longitudinal section is significantly deformed, the internal soft insulation Is there also a problem that worsens the thermal insulation. In addition, since a heavy refrigerator or the like is usually arranged at the upper part of the storage, a downward load is applied to the vertical partition, and the lower end of the vertical partition may be deformed. It was necessary to increase the thickness of the body to prevent its deformation.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to increase the strength of a partition installed on the front opening side of a storage by a simple structure and prevent the partition from being deformed. .

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION For this reason, a partition structure of a storage according to the present invention comprises a front frame having a substantially U-shaped cross section and a rear opening, a columnar heat insulating material housed inside the front frame, and A cross-section is substantially U-shaped, and the front frame is constituted by an interior frame elastically fitted to an outer surface of the front frame and opened to the front. The front frame has a front portion forming the U-shaped cross-section and a plane facing each other. Part, an end face part bent rearward from the end part of the front part, and a support part bent along the end part part from the end part of the flat part, and the end face part and the support.
The holding portions are connected by a connecting tool .

[0005]

In other words, the partition body has an end face portion bent rearward from the front face portion of the front frame and a support portion bent along the end face portion from the flat face portion of the front frame by a connecting tool. > Since the end of the flat part is securely connected to the end of the front part, the whole partition body is integrated into a box shape and its strength can be easily increased, and Is applied to the entire front surface portion and both flat portions, so that the deformation of the partition body can be easily suppressed.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be specifically described below. As shown in FIG. 1, the horizontal partition 2 and the vertical partition 3 attached to the front opening side of the storage 1 have the same structure, and the front frame 4 of the horizontal partition 2 is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, most of the longitudinal section is substantially U-shaped and is opened rearward by the front surface portion 5 and the upper surface portion 6 and the lower surface portion 7 facing each other. The end face portion 8 is bent rearward from the rear, and the depth thereof is formed slightly shorter than the upper and lower face portions 6 and 7.

A substantially rectangular support portion 9 is bent up and down along the inside of the end face portion 8 from both left and right end portions of the upper face portion 6 and the lower face portion 7, respectively, and formed on the end face portion 8 and the support portion 9, respectively. By inserting the rivet 11 into the main body side surface of the storage 1 through the rivet hole 10, the end face portion 8 and the supporting portion 9 are connected to each other and fixed to the main body side surface of the storage 1. Both end portions of the upper and lower surface portions 6 and 7 are connected to each other via an end surface portion 8 and a support portion 9, and the front frame 4 is formed in a box shape, while the upper and lower surface portions 6 and 7 are respectively provided on both sides in a backward direction. And a square hole 13 are formed.

The front frame 4 has a dew-proof heater 14 attached to the back surface of the front portion 5 and has a prismatic heat insulating material 1 inside.
Further, a resin interior frame 16 having a substantially U-shaped longitudinal section and opening forward is elastically fitted to the upper and lower outer surfaces of the front frame 4 from the rear, and the upper and lower sides of the front frame 4 are accommodated. The front frame 4 and the heat insulating material 15 are engaged with the cut-and-raised portions 12.
The horizontal partition 2 is constituted by the interior frame 16.

On the other hand, the front frame 20 of the vertical partition 3 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, the front portion 21 and the left side portion 22 and the right side portion 23 facing each other have a substantially U-shaped vertical cross section, and are opened rearward.
End faces 24 are bent rearward from the upper and lower ends of the front face 21, respectively, and the depth thereof is the left and right side faces 2.
It is formed slightly shorter than 2,23.

A substantially rectangular support portion 25 is bent right and left along the inside of the end face portion 24 from the upper and lower ends of the left and right side face portions 22 and 23, and rivets formed on the end face portion 24 and the support portion 25, respectively. By inserting the rivet 27 through the hole 26, the end face portion 24 and the support portion 25 are connected, and thus the upper and lower ends of the front face 21 and the upper and lower ends of the right and left side faces 22, 23 are respectively connected to the end faces. 24 and the support portion 25, the front frame 20
Is formed in the shape of a box, and left and right side portions 22 and 23 are formed with a cut-and-raised portion 12 and a square hole 13 at the upper and lower ends, respectively.

Further, inside the front frame 20, a prismatic heat insulating material 15 is accommodated, and a resin interior frame 16 having a substantially U-shaped vertical section and opening forward is formed on the left and right outer surfaces of the front frame 20 from the rear. And is engaged with the right and left cut-and-raised portions 12 of the front frame 20, and the front frame 20, the heat insulating material 15 and the interior frame 16 constitute the vertical partition body 3.

In the above apparatus, when a load is applied to the horizontal partition 2 from above, the load acts on the front frame 4 via the interior frame 16, but the front frame 4 is divided into the front portion 5, the upper and lower surfaces. 6, 7, the end face portion 8 and the upper and lower support portions 9 are integrally formed in a box shape, so that the load is directly applied from the entire upper surface portion 6 to the front face portion 5 and the end face portion 8 and the upper and lower support portions 9
The front frame 4 is disperse | distributed to the front part 5 and the lower surface part 7 through the whole whole horizontal partition body 2, and since the front frame 4 itself has the strong box-shaped structure, the front frame 4 deform | transforms conventionally. Therefore, the load can be strongly supported without the need to increase the thickness of the horizontal partition 2 particularly.
The cost can be easily reduced.

When a load is applied to the vertical partition 3 from above, the front frame 20 is divided into a front portion 21 and left and right side portions 2.
2, 23, the end face portion 24 and the left and right support portions 25 are integrally formed in a box shape, so that the load is applied to the upper end face portion 24.
To the front part 21 and the upper right and left support parts 2
5 to the left and right side surfaces 22, 23, and further to the lower end surface 24 via the lower left and right support portions 25.
Since the front frame 20 itself has a strong box-shaped structure while being dispersed throughout, the front frame 20 can firmly support the load without being deformed as in the related art, and It is not necessary to particularly increase the thickness of the partition 3, so that the cost can be easily reduced, and the deformation of the horizontal partition 2 and the vertical partition 3 is suppressed by increasing the strength thereof. , Internal insulation 1
The disadvantage of the conventional device that the flattening member 5 is crushed and the heat insulation property is deteriorated can be easily solved.

The rectangular support of the horizontal partition and / or the vertical partition in the above embodiment may have a trapezoidal shape bent from the upper and lower surfaces and / or left and right surfaces, or any other suitable shape, and may be bent rearward from the end of the front surface. The rivet for connecting the end face and the support in each of the above embodiments may be replaced with screws, bolts, or other appropriate connecting means. Absent.

[0015]

In the partition structure of a storage according to the present invention, an end face portion bent rearward from the front portion of the front frame, and a support portion bent along the end face portion from the flat portion of the front frame. Are connected by a connecting tool , and the end of the flat part is securely connected to the end of the front part, so that the entire partition body is integrated into a box shape and its strength can be easily increased. The load applied to the partition body is distributed over the whole of the front part and the two flat parts, so that the deformation of the partition body can be suppressed easily, so that the plate thickness of the partition body is reduced as compared with the conventional case. In addition to reducing the cost, the load applied to the partition body does not cause the internal heat insulating material to be crushed, and the heat insulating performance of the heat insulating material is maintained well over a long period of time, thereby improving the merchantability as a storage. be able to

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the inside of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view taken in the direction of arrow VI in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 storage 2 horizontal partition 3 vertical partition 4 front frame 5 front section 6 top section 7 bottom section 8 end face section 9 support section 11 rivet 15 heat insulating material 16 interior frame

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F25D 23/06

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front frame having a substantially U-shaped cross section and opening rearward, a columnar heat insulating material housed inside the front frame, and a substantially U-shaped cross section opening forward and forming an outer surface of the front frame. It is constituted by an interior frame that is elastically fitted, and the front frame has a front portion and the opposed flat portion that form the U-shaped cross section,
An end face bent backward from the end of the front part,
Bent along the end face from the end of the flat part
The end face and the support are connected
Partition structure of the storage connected by the tool .