JP7141298B2 - refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

This embodiment relates to a refrigerator.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a refrigerator has been considered in which a plurality of storage areas are provided inside a storage chamber provided in a refrigerator body. For example, the refrigerator disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a configuration in which a refrigerating area as a first storage area and a chilled area as a second storage area are provided inside a refrigerating compartment, which is an example of a storage compartment. .

JP 2015-102320 A

By the way, in recent refrigerators, the refrigerator compartment door that opens and closes the front opening of the refrigerator compartment is sometimes composed of two so-called double door doors that are divided into two along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body. Common. On the other hand, the storage container provided in the chilled area is generally composed of one long container along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body, and the container door that opens and closes the front part of this storage container is also , is generally composed of one long door along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body. Therefore, the user needs to open both of the two refrigerator compartment doors when putting in and out of the storage container, and the temperature inside the refrigerator compartment increases as the two refrigerator compartment doors are opened. There is a problem that

This embodiment provides a refrigerator in which stored items can be put in and taken out of a storage container without opening all of a plurality of store room doors, and a temperature rise in the store room can be suppressed when the stored items are taken in and out. do.

A refrigerator according to this embodiment includes a storage compartment provided in a refrigerator body and a plurality of storage compartments that open and close a front opening of the storage compartment and are divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body. a door, a first storage area continuous along the lateral direction of the refrigerator main body in the storage chamber, a second storage area provided in a portion other than the first storage area in the storage chamber, and the second storage area and a plurality of container doors that open and close a front portion of the storage container and are divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body. In a closed state in which the front opening is closed by a plurality of the storage chamber doors, one of the storage chamber doors and one of the container doors face each other in the front-rear direction, and the other storage chamber door The chamber door and the other container door are configured to face each other along the front-rear direction. In an open state in which one of the storage chamber doors opens the front opening, one of the container doors can be opened, and in an open state in which the other storage chamber door opens the front opening, the other The container door is openable, and the storage container is a drawer container that is accommodated in the second storage area so that it can be put in and taken out along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator body, and on the inner surface of the storage room door A sloped guide portion for slidably guiding the drawer container in contact with the drawer container pulled out from the second storage area is provided at a portion where the drawer container can abut .

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view schematically showing a configuration example of main parts of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The front view which shows roughly the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 1st Embodiment. FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically showing a configuration example of main parts of the refrigerator according to the first embodiment; FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically showing an example of a state in which one storage compartment door is opened in the refrigerator according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a plan view schematically showing an example of a state in which another storeroom door is opened in the refrigerator according to the first embodiment; The top view which shows roughly the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. A plan view schematically showing an example of a state in which one storage compartment door is opened in the refrigerator according to the second embodiment. A plan view (part 1) schematically showing a configuration example of a main part of a refrigerator according to a third embodiment. A plan view (part 2) schematically showing a configuration example of a main part of the refrigerator according to the third embodiment. The front view which shows roughly the structural example of the principal part of the refrigerator which concerns on 4th Embodiment.

A plurality of embodiments of refrigerators will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that substantially the same elements in a plurality of embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

(First embodiment)
A refrigerator 10 illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 has a plurality of storage compartments inside a rectangular box-shaped heat insulating box body 11 that constitutes its outer shell. The heat insulating box 11 is an example of a refrigerator main body that constitutes the main body of the refrigerator 10, and has a heat insulating material such as a vacuum heat insulating panel or urethane foam between the inner box and the outer box. The heat insulating box 11 is provided with a refrigerating chamber 12 that is maintained in a refrigerating temperature range as a storage chamber for storing stored items such as foods. Although not shown in detail, the heat-insulating box 11 further includes storage compartments such as a vegetable compartment maintained in a refrigerating temperature range, a freezer compartment maintained in a freezing temperature range, a small freezer compartment, and an ice-making compartment. Various storage rooms are provided.

Refrigerator 10 also includes refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 that open and close front opening 13 of refrigerating chamber 12 . The refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 are divided into a plurality of, in this case, two along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box body 11, in other words, along the lateral direction of the refrigerator compartment 12. It is configured. Refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 can be rotated in the left-right direction as illustrated by arrows R in FIG. supported by Although detailed illustration is omitted, the refrigerator 10 also has storage compartment doors of, for example, a drawer type or a double door type for opening and closing front openings of storage compartments other than the refrigerating compartment 12 .

In the refrigerator 10, the inner surfaces of the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22, in this case, the surfaces inside the refrigerating chamber 12 when the refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 block the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12, It is configured to have a plurality of door pockets 25 . The door pocket 25 is provided in the shape of a box with an open upper surface, and can accommodate stored items such as foodstuffs therein. In the refrigerator 10, when the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 block the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12, a chilled area 32, which will be described later, of the inner surfaces of the refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22, in other words, Doorless pocket portions 26 and 27 are provided in portions facing the later-described drawer container 41 . The doorless pocket portions 26 and 27 are portions on the inner surfaces of the refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 where the door pocket 25 is not provided. When the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is closed by the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22, a space of a predetermined size is formed between the doorless pocket sections 26 and 27 and the chilled area 32. be.

As also illustrated in FIG. 2 , a refrigerating area 31 and a chilled area 32 are provided inside the refrigerating compartment 12 . The refrigerating area 31 is an example of a first storage area and occupies most of the internal space of the refrigerating compartment 12 . Moreover, the refrigerating area 31 forms a continuous space in the refrigerating chamber 12 along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box 11 . In other words, the refrigerating area 31 is not provided with a member such as a partition extending in the vertical direction, and a continuous series of spaces along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box body 11 is formed. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the refrigerating area 31 is in a closed state in which the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 block the front opening 13 of the refrigerating compartment 12, and the boundary B1 between the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is positioned laterally. It is provided so as to straddle the As illustrated in FIG. 1, it is allowed to detachably attach members extending in the horizontal direction, such as a mounting shelf 31a that vertically partitions the inside of the refrigerating area 31, for example.

The chilled area 32 is an example of a second storage area, and is provided in a portion other than the refrigerating area 31 in the refrigerating compartment 12 , in this case, a portion below the refrigerating area 31 . In this case, the chilled area 32 forms a continuous space along the lateral direction of the heat insulation box 11 at the bottom of the internal space of the refrigerator compartment 12 . In other words, the chilled area 32 is not provided with a member such as a partition extending in the vertical direction, and a series of continuous spaces are formed along the horizontal direction of the heat insulating box body 11 . Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3 , the chilled area 32 is in a closed state where the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is blocked by the refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 , and the boundary B1 of the refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 is laterally positioned. It is provided so as to straddle the

A drawer container 41 is provided inside the chilled area 32 . The drawer container 41 is an example of a storage container capable of storing stored items such as foodstuffs. In this case, the drawer container 41 is configured as a rectangular box-shaped container with an open top. The drawer container 41 is accommodated inside the chilled area 32 so as to be taken in and out along the longitudinal direction of the heat insulation box 11 , in other words, along the longitudinal direction of the chilled area 32 . The front wall of the drawer container 41 is formed lower than the side walls and the rear wall, so that even when the drawer container 41 is not drawn out from the chilled area 32, it is possible to put in and take out stored items from the front side of the drawer container 41. It has a possible configuration.

In front of the chilled area 32, container doors 51 and 52 are provided for opening and closing the front portion of the drawer container 41 accommodated in the chilled area 32. As shown in FIG. A plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are provided along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box body 11, in other words, along the lateral direction of the refrigerating chamber 12. In this case, two corresponding to the two refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 described above split. That is, the refrigerator 10 has a configuration in which a plurality of, in this case, two container doors 51 and 52 are provided in the front portion of one drawer container 41 .

The container doors 51 and 52 are rotatably provided in front of the drawer container 41 housed in the chilled area 32 . That is, at the top of the front portion of the chilled area 32, one rotary shaft 53 is provided that extends linearly along the lateral direction of the heat insulating box body 11, in other words, along the lateral direction of the chilled area 32. . The container doors 51 and 52 are provided so as to be vertically rotatable by this one common rotating shaft 53 as indicated by an arrow K in FIG. Refrigerator 10 may be configured to separately include a rotation shaft that rotatably supports container door 51 and a rotation shaft that rotatably supports container door 52 . Moreover, the container doors 51 and 52 may be provided so as to be rotatable in the left-right direction.

Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the container doors 51 and 52 are in a closed state in which the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is closed by the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22, as viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10. Boundary B1 between refrigerating compartment door 21 and refrigerating compartment door 22 is configured to almost or completely coincide with boundary B2 between container door 51 and container door 52 . That is, in the closed state where the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is closed by the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22, the boundary B1 between the refrigerator compartment door 21 and the refrigerator compartment door 22 and the boundary B1 between the container door 51 and the container door 52 B2 is configured to overlap almost or completely along the longitudinal direction of refrigerator 10 .

In addition, when the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is blocked by the refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 , the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are arranged so that one refrigerator compartment door 21 is opened when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 . and one container door 51 face each other along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10, and the one refrigerating chamber door 21 and the other container door 52 do not face each other along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10. It has become. In addition, when the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is blocked by the refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22, the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are closed when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10. and the other container door 52 face each other along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10, and the other refrigerator compartment door 22 and the one container door 51 do not face each other along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10. It has become.

Refrigerator 10 is in a blocked state in which front opening 13 of refrigerating chamber 12 is blocked by refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22, and one refrigerating chamber door 21 and one container door are viewed from the front side of refrigerator 10. 51 overlap in the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10 , and the other refrigerator compartment door 22 and the other container door 52 overlap in the front-rear direction of the refrigerator 10 . Refrigerator 10 is in a blocked state in which front opening 13 of refrigerator compartment 12 is blocked by a plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22. When viewed from the side of refrigerator 10, refrigerator door 21 and other refrigerator door 22 overlap in the left-right direction of the refrigerator 10 , and one container door 51 and the other container door 52 in the closed state overlap in the left-right direction of the refrigerator 10 .

As shown in FIG. 4, the refrigerator 10 configured in this manner is in an open state in which the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is opened by one of the refrigerator compartment doors 21, so that the user can open the refrigerator 10 from the front side. The one container door 51 can be opened through the front opening 13 . Further, the other container door 52 corresponding to the other refrigerating compartment door 22 maintained in the closed state remains unopenable. 5, when the refrigerator 10 is in an open state in which the other refrigerator compartment door 22 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12, the user can open the front opening 13 from the front side of the refrigerator 10. , the other container door 52 can be opened. In addition, one container door 51 corresponding to one refrigerating compartment door 21 maintained in the closed state is maintained in an unopenable state.

According to the refrigerator 10 according to this embodiment, one drawer container 41 is accommodated in the chilled area 32 of the refrigerating chamber 12, and the container doors 51 and 52 for opening and closing the front portion of the drawer container 41 are located in the refrigerating chamber. 12 along the lateral direction of the refrigerating compartment 12, in this case corresponding to the refrigerating compartment doors 21, 22 and divided into two. More specifically, in the refrigerator 10, when the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is closed by the refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22, the refrigerator compartment door 21 and the container door 51 are arranged in the front-rear direction. , and the other refrigerator compartment door 22 and the other container door 52 are configured to face each other along the front-rear direction. In an open state in which one refrigerating chamber door 21 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12, one container door 51 is openable, while the other refrigerating chamber door 22 opens the refrigerating chamber 12. In the open state in which the front opening 13 is opened, another container door 52 can be opened.

According to this configuration, the user can put in and take out stored items from/to the drawer container 41 by opening the refrigerating chamber door 21 and the corresponding container door 51 without opening all of the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 . Also, by opening the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the container door 52 corresponding thereto, it is possible to take in and out of the drawer container 41 . As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 41 even when one of the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 is kept closed. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the refrigerating compartment 12 when the stored items are taken in and out of the drawer container 41 .

In addition, according to the refrigerator 10, the refrigerating area 31 in the refrigerating chamber 12 laterally straddles the boundaries B1 of the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 in the closed state in which the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12 is blocked. are provided continuously. According to this configuration, by opening one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22, the user can reach behind the unopened refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22, thereby opening the refrigerating area. Storage can be taken in and out over a wide area within 31 . As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, stored items can be taken in and out of the refrigerating area 31 even when one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 is kept closed. It is also possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the refrigerating compartment 12 when the stored items are taken in and out of the refrigerating compartment 31 .

Further, according to the refrigerator 10 , the container doors 51 and 52 are rotatably provided at the front portion of the drawer container 41 . According to this configuration, the user can easily open and close the container doors 51 and 52 , and can smoothly put in and take out stored items from the drawer container 41 . In addition, since stored items can be smoothly taken in and out of the drawer container 41, the period during which the refrigerator compartment door 21 or the refrigerator compartment door 22 is open can be shortened, and the temperature rise in the refrigerator compartment 12 can be further suppressed. can do.

Further, according to the refrigerator 10 , the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are rotatably provided by one common rotating shaft 53 . According to this configuration, the configuration for rotatably providing the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 can be realized with a smaller number of parts.

Further, according to the refrigerator 10 , a plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are provided in front of one drawer container 41 accommodated in the chilled area 32 . According to this configuration, the user can take the storage items in and out of the drawer container 41 by opening the container door 51 without opening all of the plurality of container doors 51 and 52. By opening 52, storage items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 41. FIG. As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, even when one of the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 is kept closed, stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 41. It is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the chilled area 32 and thus the temperature rise in the refrigerating compartment 12 when storing items in and out of the refrigerator.

(Second embodiment)
As illustrated in FIG. 6, in the second embodiment, the refrigerator 10 has a plurality of drawer containers 61, 62 corresponding to the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21, 22 and the plurality of container doors 51, 52. It has become. That is, the refrigerator 10 has a plurality of container doors 51 , 52 and a plurality of container doors 51 , 52 in front of the plurality of drawer containers 61 , 62 in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21 , 22 block the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12 . A plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 are arranged.

The drawer containers 61 and 62 are separated from each other when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 in a closed state in which the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 block the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12 . The boundary B3 of is almost or completely matched with the boundary B1 between the refrigerator compartment door 21 and the refrigerator compartment door 22 and the boundary B2 between the container door 51 and the container door 52 . That is, when the refrigerator 10 is in a closed state in which the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12 is closed by the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22, the boundary B1 between the refrigerator compartment door 21 and the refrigerator compartment door 22, the container door 51 and the container door 52 and a boundary B3 between the drawer container 61 and the drawer container 62 are configured to overlap almost or completely along the longitudinal direction of the refrigerator 10 .

Refrigerator 10 also includes portions of inner surfaces of refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22 with which drawer containers 61 and 62 pulled out from chilled area 32 can abut, in this case, rotating shafts 23 of doorless pocket portions 26 and 27 . , 24 side portions are provided with inclined surface portions 71 and 72 . The inclined surface portions 71 and 72 are examples of guide portions, and are linearly extending from the portions of the doorless pocket portions 26 and 27 on the side of the rotating shafts 23 and 24 toward the side opposite to the rotating shafts 23 and 24. It has an inclined flat surface. In addition, the inclined surface portions 71 and 72 are plane portions in which the side of the rotating shafts 23 and 24 is notched deeper than the side opposite to the side of the rotating shafts 23 and 24 . In addition, the inclined surface portions 71 and 72 are not limited to a planar shape, and may be formed in a curved surface shape, for example.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, when the refrigerating chamber door 21 and the container door 51 are opened and the drawer container 61 corresponding to the refrigerating chamber door 21 and the container door 51 is pulled out from the chilled area 32, the refrigerating chamber When the rotation angle of the door 21 is relatively small, at least when the rotation angle from the closed state is 90 degrees or less, there is a possibility that the front end portion of the drawer container 61 being pulled out will come into contact with the inclined surface portion 71 . . When the front end portion of the drawer container 61 abuts against the inclined surface portion 71 and the user further pulls out the drawer container 61 toward the near side, the front end portion of the drawer container 61 abutting against the inclined surface portion 71 is inclined. It moves while sliding on the surface of the surface portion 71 . As a result, the force to pull out the drawer container 61 acts in the direction to open the refrigerating compartment door 21 , and the refrigerating compartment door 21 can be opened while pulling out the drawer container 61 .

Although detailed explanation is omitted, even when the refrigerator compartment door 22 and the container door 52 are opened and the drawer container 62 corresponding to the refrigerator compartment door 22 and the container door 52 is pulled out from the chilled area 32, the drawer container 62 is pulled out. When the front end portion of the drawer container 62 that is pulled out contacts the inclined surface portion 72 , the refrigerating compartment door 22 can be opened as the drawer container 62 is further drawn out.

According to the refrigerator 10, the storage container provided in the chilled area 32 of the refrigerating compartment 12 is also divided in a manner similar to the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21, 22 and the plurality of container doors 51, 52 into a plurality of drawer containers. 61 and 62 are provided. According to this configuration, the user can take the stored items in and out of the drawer container 61 by opening the refrigerator compartment door 21 and the container door 51 corresponding thereto. By opening the corresponding container door 52, the drawer container 62 can be loaded and unloaded. As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, even when one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 remains closed, stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 61 or the drawer container 62. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the refrigerating compartment 12 when the storage items are taken in and out of the drawer containers 61 and 62 .

In addition, according to the refrigerator 10, stored items can be taken in and out while the drawer containers 61 and 62 are pulled out from the chilled area 32, making it easier to take stored items into and out of the drawer containers 61 and 62. can.

In addition, the user can draw out the drawer container that is desired to contain the stored items from among the plurality of drawer containers 61 and 62 , while leaving the drawer container that does not need to be drawn out in the chilled area 32 . Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the drawer containers 61 and 62 which do not need to be drawn out.

Further, according to the refrigerator 10, doorless pocket portions 26, 27 in which the door pocket 25 is not provided are provided in portions facing the drawer containers 61, 62 on the inner surfaces of the refrigerating chamber doors 21, 22, respectively. According to this configuration, when drawing out the drawer containers 61 and 62 from the chilled area 32, it is possible to prevent the drawn drawer containers 61 and 62 from colliding with the door pocket 25. can be smoothly withdrawn.

Further, according to the refrigerator 10, the drawer containers 61 and 62 in contact with the inner surfaces of the refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 can be slidably moved to the portions where the drawer containers 61 and 62 pulled out from the chilled area 32 can contact. It has inclined surface portions 71 and 72 that guide to. According to this configuration, as the drawer containers 61 and 62 pulled out from the chilled area 32 and in contact with the inclined surface portions 71 and 72 are further drawn forward, the force to pull out the drawer containers 61 and 62 is reduced. It can act as a force to open the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 via the inclined surface portions 71 and 72 . Therefore, the refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 can be opened by using the force to pull out the drawer container 41 .

(Third embodiment)
As illustrated in FIG. 8 , in the third embodiment, the refrigerator 10 has partitions 81 between a plurality of drawer containers 61 and 62 accommodated in the chilled area 32 . Partition portion 81 is a plate-like member that extends linearly along the front-rear direction of refrigerator 10 at substantially the center of chilled area 32 in the horizontal direction. Moreover, the partition part 81 is positioned between the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 . That is, the partition part 81 is arranged so as to almost or completely match the boundary B2 between the container door 51 and the container door 52 when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator 10 .

According to the refrigerator 10, when one of the drawer containers 61 and 62 is pulled out from the chilled area 32, the partition part 81 can suppress outside air from flowing into the undrawn drawer container side. Therefore, it is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the drawer containers 61 and 62 which do not need to be drawn out.

Note that, as illustrated in FIG. 9 , the refrigerator 10 may be configured to include a container-shaped partition 82 capable of storing the goods instead of the plate-shaped partition 81 . The partition part 82 is housed inside the chilled area 32 so that it can be taken in and out along the front-rear direction of the heat insulation box 11 , in other words, along the front-rear direction of the chilled area 32 . That is, this partition part 82 is also a so-called drawer type container. When the plurality of refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22 are opened and the plurality of container doors 51 and 52 are opened, the partition portion 82 can be pulled out to the front side of the refrigerator 10. . According to this configuration, it is possible to accommodate stored items even in the partition portion 82, and it is possible to increase the storage capacity of the refrigerator 10 as a whole.

Further, although detailed illustration is omitted, the refrigerator 10 may have a configuration in which a partition is provided inside one of the drawer containers 41 exemplified in the first embodiment. In this case, the partition may be configured to be laterally adjustable within the drawer container 41 . Moreover, the partition provided inside one drawer container 41 may be plate-shaped or may be container-shaped.

(Fourth embodiment)
As exemplified in FIG. 10, in the fourth embodiment, the chilled area 32 is divided into a plurality of areas along the vertical direction of the heat insulating box body 11, and a plurality, in this case, two divided storage areas 32A and 32B. have. Among the plurality of divided storage areas 32A and 32B, the divided storage area 32A, which is one divided storage area, constitutes the lower stage of the chilled area 32. As shown in FIG. In this case, the divided storage area 32A accommodates a water supply tank 91 for supplying ice-making water to the ice-making chamber. A drawer container 92 is accommodated in the divided storage area 32A. The water supply tank 91 and the drawer container 92 are housed side by side in the left-right direction inside the divided storage area 32A. The divided storage area 32A may or may not have a container door for opening and closing the front of the drawer container 92 stored in the divided storage area 32A.

On the other hand, among the plurality of divided storage areas 32A and 32B, the divided storage area 32B, which is the other divided storage area, constitutes the upper level of the chilled area 32. As shown in FIG. In this case, one drawer container 93 is accommodated in the divided storage area 32B. A plurality of, in this case, two container doors 94 and 95 are provided at the front portion of the one drawer container 93 . These container doors 94, 95 are arranged in the same manner as the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21, 22 for opening and closing the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12. It is divided into two corresponding to 21 and 22. Further, the container doors 94 and 95 are provided so as to be vertically rotatable by one common rotating shaft 53 .

In refrigerator 10, in a closed state in which front opening 13 of refrigerator compartment 12 is blocked by refrigerator compartment doors 21 and 22, one refrigerator compartment door 21 and one container door 94 are mutually arranged in the front-rear direction. , and the other refrigerating compartment door 22 and the other container door 95 are configured to face each other along the front-rear direction. In an open state in which one refrigerating chamber door 21 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerating chamber 12, the user can open one container door 94 from the front side of the refrigerator 10 through the front opening 13. On the other hand, in the open state in which the other refrigerator compartment door 22 opens the front opening 13 of the refrigerator compartment 12, the user opens the other container door 95 from the front side of the refrigerator 10 through the front opening 13. It becomes openable.

With this configuration as well, the user can take items in and out of the drawer container 93 by opening the refrigerating chamber door 21 and the corresponding container door 94 without opening all of the plurality of refrigerating chamber doors 21 and 22. Also, by opening the refrigerating compartment door 22 and the container door 95 corresponding thereto, the stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 93 . As described above, according to the refrigerator 10, even when one of the plurality of refrigerating compartment doors 21 and 22 remains closed, stored items can be taken in and out of the drawer container 93. It is possible to effectively suppress the temperature rise in the refrigerating compartment 12 when storing items in and out of the refrigerator 93 . Refrigerator 10 may have a configuration in which a plurality of drawer containers are divided in correspondence with refrigerator doors 21 and 22 and container doors 94 and 95 inside divided storage area 32B.

(Other embodiments)
It should be noted that this embodiment is not limited to the plurality of embodiments described above, and can be modified or expanded in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. For example, the plurality of embodiments described above may be appropriately combined and carried out. Further, the container door for opening and closing the front part of the storage container is not limited to the structure provided rotatably, and may be provided slidably along the lateral direction or the vertical direction of the heat insulation box 11, for example. Refrigerator 10 may also have a structure in which the container door is divided into three or more. Further, the storage container is not limited to a drawer type container, and may be a container other than a drawer type such as a fitting type. Moreover, this embodiment is applicable also to storage compartments other than the refrigerator compartment 12. FIG.

Refrigerator 10 may also have a configuration in which the sizes of a plurality of storage compartment doors, particularly the sizes in the horizontal direction of refrigerator 10, are different. In this case, the refrigerator 10 may be configured so that the sizes of the plurality of container doors, particularly the sizes in the left-right direction of the refrigerator 10, are made different in accordance with the split manner of the storage compartment doors of different sizes. Further, in the refrigerator 10, in an open state in which one storage chamber door opens the front opening, one container door can be opened, and in an open state in which the other storage chamber door opens the front opening, Other container doors may be configured to be openable.

Although multiple embodiments of the invention have been described above, the embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. This novel embodiment can be embodied in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, 10 is a refrigerator, 11 is a heat insulating box body (refrigerator body), 12 is a refrigerating chamber (storage chamber), 13 is a front opening of the refrigerating chamber, 21 and 22 are refrigerating chamber doors (storage chamber doors), and 25 is Door pockets, 26, 27 are doorless pocket portions, 31 is a refrigerated area (first storage area), 32 is a chilled area (second storage area), 32A, 32B are divided storage areas, 41, 61, 62, 92, 93 is a drawer container (storage container), 51, 52, 94 and 95 are container doors, 53 is a rotating shaft, 71 and 72 are inclined surface portions (guide portions), 81 and 82 are partition portions, and 91 is a water supply tank. .

Claims (9)

a storage room provided in the refrigerator body;
a plurality of storage compartment doors that open and close the front opening of the storage compartment and are divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body;
a first storage area continuous in the storage compartment along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body;
a second storage area provided in a portion other than the first storage area in the storage chamber;
a storage container provided within the second storage area;
a plurality of container doors that open and close the front portion of the storage container and are divided along the lateral direction of the refrigerator body;
with
In a closed state in which the front opening is closed by a plurality of the storage chamber doors, one of the storage chamber doors and one of the container doors face each other in the front-rear direction, and the other storage chamber door and the other of the storage chamber doors face each other. The container door and the container door are configured to face each other in the front-rear direction,
In an open state in which one of the storage chamber doors opens the front opening, one of the container doors can be opened,
The storage container is a drawer container that is accommodated in the second storage area so that it can be put in and taken out along the front-rear direction of the refrigerator body,
A refrigerator comprising an inclined guide portion for slidably guiding the drawer container in contact with a portion of the inner surface of the storeroom door where the drawer container pulled out from the second storage area can abut. 2. The first storage area according to claim 1, wherein the first storage area is provided so as to laterally cross a boundary between the plurality of storage chamber doors in a closed state in which the front opening is closed by the plurality of storage chamber doors. refrigerator. 3. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein said container door is rotatably or slidably provided at the front of said storage container. 4. The refrigerator according to claim 3, wherein said plurality of container doors are rotatable about a common rotating shaft. Equipped with a partition,
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the partition part is positioned between the plurality of container doors when viewed from the front side of the refrigerator. 6. The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein said partition part is shaped like a container capable of storing goods. 7. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of said container doors are provided on the front part of said one storage container. The second storage area has a plurality of divided storage areas divided along the vertical direction of the refrigerator body,
A water supply tank for ice making is provided in one of the divided storage areas,
8. The container according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein one storage container is provided in the other divided storage areas, and a plurality of container doors are provided in front of the one storage container. refrigerator. 9. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a doorless pocket portion having no door pocket is provided in a portion of the inner surface of the storeroom door facing the storage container.

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