JP2003279238A - Egg rack device of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an egg rack device of a refrigerator for smoothly taking out eggs one by one with a cover of a package temporarily kept open in the light of circumstances where in consideration of germs adhering to the surface of the eggs, it is desirable to store the eggs in its packaged state in the refrigerator, but it is necessary to open the package every time an egg is taken out, and the cover of the package is a molding of a synthetic resin sheet so that even if the cover is once opened, the cover always acts in the closing direction, so it is necessary to open the cover of the package every time the egg is taken out and it is troublesome. <P>SOLUTION: In the egg rack on the inside surface of a door of the refrigerator room, a plurality of eggs are stored in the divided and packaged state with a pack body composed of a pair of upper and lower synthetic resin-made sheet covers, and the tip part of a rack right above the egg rack is provided with a support member for supporting the tip of the opened cover of the pack body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a plurality of shelves including an egg shelf are arranged on the inner surface of a door for opening and closing a refrigerator having a front opening. 2. Description of the Related Art In a refrigerator having a plurality of shelves including an egg shelf arranged on an inner surface of a door for opening and closing a refrigerator compartment having a front opening,
There is also a storage structure in which the eggs taken out of the pack are arranged one by one in the depressions and holes provided in the egg shelf, but a plurality of eggs are separately packaged in a pack composed of a pair of upper and lower sheet-like synthetic resin covers. In many cases, it is stored in a state where it is left standing. [0003] In the former method, it takes time to take out eggs from the pack and arrange them one by one on an egg shelf, but thereafter, it is easy to take out eggs when necessary. However, in consideration of the adhesion of bacteria such as Salmonella adhering to the egg surface, the latter method of storing in a refrigerator in a packed state is desirable. However, in the latter method, it is necessary to open the pack every time the egg is taken out, and the cover of the pack is formed of a synthetic resin sheet. It is troublesome to open each cover.
In addition, both hands are required, such as opening the cover of the pack with one hand and taking out the egg with the other hand, and one-handed operation is difficult. [0004] In view of the above, the present invention provides an egg shelf device for a refrigerator in which a pack cover can be temporarily held in an open state so that individual eggs can be taken out smoothly. According to the present invention, there is provided an egg shelf apparatus for a refrigerator, in which a plurality of shelves including an egg shelf are arranged on an inner surface of a door which opens and closes a refrigerator compartment having a front opening, and the egg shelf is provided. Can be stored in a state in which a plurality of eggs are separately packaged in a pack body composed of a pair of upper and lower synthetic resin sheet covers, and placed on the egg shelf at the tip of the shelf immediately above the egg shelf. And a support member for supporting the leading end of the opened cover of the packed body. [0006] Thus, by temporarily holding the pack cover on the support member in an open state, it is not necessary to open the pack cover every time the eggs are taken out, and the eggs can be taken out one by one smoothly. Become. [0007] Next, an egg shelf device for a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of an egg shelf device of a refrigerator according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view of the refrigerator, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view in which a pack is held in an open state by the egg shelf device. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a support member of the egg shelf device. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator, which is one of the cooling storages, which forms a plurality of storage compartments by partitioning the inside of the main body 2 which is entirely open, and the front of each of these storage compartments can be opened and closed by a door. Configuration. The refrigerator body 2 is an outer box (outer wall plate)
It is a heat insulating structure in which a foam heat insulating material is filled between an inner box and an inner box (inner wall plate). In the refrigerator main body 2, a refrigerator compartment 3, a vegetable compartment 4, an upper freezer compartment 5, and a lower freezer compartment 6 are provided from above, and a refrigerator compartment 3 and a partition plate above the refrigerator compartment 3 are provided at the bottom of the refrigerator compartment 3. A specific low-temperature chamber 9 partitioned by (compartment wall) 8 is provided.
Since the upper freezer compartment 5 can be made a refrigerator compartment by manually operating the cool air amount adjusting device, it can also be called a switching compartment. A front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 is closed at one side of the refrigerator main body 2 by a pivotable refrigerator compartment door 10 which is opened and closed by being rotated laterally by a hinge device. The front opening of the vegetable compartment 4 is a vegetable container 15 supported so as to be able to be pulled out in the front-rear direction by left and right rails or roller devices provided in the vegetable compartment 4.
The door is closed by a pull-out door 11 that is pulled out forward. The upper freezer compartment 5 and the lower freezer compartment 6 are each a vegetable compartment 4
Similarly, the containers 16 and 1 supported so as to be able to be pulled out in the front-rear direction with respect to the left and right rails provided in the freezer compartment.
7 together with pull-out doors 12 and 13 which are pulled out forward. Reference numeral 24 denotes a refrigerant compressor of the refrigeration system;
Is a refrigerant condenser for the refrigeration system. 26 is the condenser 2
An evaporating dish for evaporating defrost water, which will be described later, by the heat of 5, which can be placed on the condenser 25 and pulled out from the lower front surface of the refrigerator-freezer main body 2. Compressor 24, condenser 2
5. The evaporating dish 26 is installed in a machine room 28 provided below the refrigerator main body 2. Reference numerals 29 and 30 denote evaporators (coolers) of the refrigerant of the refrigeration system. 31 is a first blower for circulating the cool air cooled by the first evaporator (cooler) 29 to the upper freezer compartment 5 and the lower freezer compartment 6, and 32 is a second evaporator (cooler) 30
The cold air cooled in the refrigerator compartment 3, the vegetable compartment 4, and the specific low-temperature compartment 9
The second blower circulates to the second fan. 33 is a glass tube heater for defrosting the first evaporator (cooler) 29, and 34 is a glass tube heater for defrosting the second evaporator (cooler) 30. The defrost water of the first evaporator (cooler) 29 and the second evaporator (cooler) 30 is guided to the evaporating dish 26 through the drain pipe and evaporates there. Reference numeral 35 denotes a cool air duct through which the cool air cooled by the second evaporator (cooler) 30 is guided from the second blower 32. The cool air duct 35 is widely disposed on the upper wall of the refrigerator compartment 3 and has a front end at the front of the refrigerator compartment 3. It communicates with a cool air outlet 36 formed on the upper surface of the opening. The cold air outlet 36 is provided with a cold air outlet cover having a length substantially corresponding to the lateral width of the front opening on the upper surface of the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 and covers the front end opening of the cold air duct 35. The cold air blowout small hole is formed. The cool air blown out from the cool air outlet 36 forms a cool air curtain which flows through the front opening of the refrigerator compartment 3 from the top to the bottom as shown by the arrow. The cool air cooled by the first evaporator (cooler) 29 and the cool air cooled by the second evaporator (cooler) 30 are circulated by a first blower 31 and a second blower 32, respectively, as indicated by arrows, so that each chamber is circulated. Cool to a predetermined temperature. In such a configuration, the temperature of each chamber is
The refrigerator compartment 3 is kept at about 3-4 ° C, the vegetable compartment 4 is kept at about 4-6 ° C, and the upper freezer compartment 8 and the lower freezer compartment 9 are kept at about -18 ° C to -20 ° C. The temperature on the storage shelf 38 provided inside the refrigerator compartment door 10 is 5 to 8 ° C. The specific low-temperature room 9 is a chilled room at approximately 1 ° C. higher than 0 ° C., an ice green room at approximately 0 to −1 ° C. lower than 0 ° C. and higher than the freezing temperature of food, and About -4 to the extent that a thin ice layer is formed on the surface
It may be a partial freezing room at ℃. Thus, the specific low-temperature room 9 is for cooling and storing foods in a specific temperature range, and requires stricter temperature control than other rooms. A plurality of shelves 37 including an egg shelf 38 are arranged on the inner surface of the refrigerator compartment door 10, and the food placed thereon is cooled to the above-mentioned temperature. The egg shelf 38 has a size and depth capable of being stored in a state where a plurality of eggs 41 are separately packaged by a pack body 40 formed of a pair of upper and lower transparent synthetic resin sheet covers 42. In the pack body 40, eggs 41 are stored in five rows in one row and two rows. A pair of upper and lower covers 42 are connected to each other so as to form a flexible hinge 48 at one end, and the other side opposite to the hinge 48 is opened and closed about the hinge 48 as an axis. It is a configuration that can be done. At the tip of the shelf 37 immediately above the egg shelf 38, a support member 43 for supporting the tip of the open cover 42 of the pack 40 placed on the egg shelf 38 is provided. The support member 43 is provided on the shelf 37 immediately above the egg shelf 38.
Is supported rotatably back and forth about a shaft 44 attached in the left-right direction in a recess 46 formed at the lower portion of the tip of the coil spring 45.
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, the locking portion 47 bent at the lower end is urged to always maintain the hanging state in a state facing the refrigerator compartment door 10 side. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the eggs 37 packaged in the pack 40 are also placed on the shelf 37 immediately above the egg shelf 38, but the shelf 37 may be in a form in which other items are placed. In such a configuration, the eggs 41 are usually placed on the egg shelf 38 in a state of being packed by the pack body 40, as is placed on the upper shelf 37 shown in FIG. When the refrigerator compartment door 10 is opened and the egg 41 is taken out, the support member 43 is rotated against the spring 45 as shown by a dotted line in FIG. The distal end of the cover 42 is locked to the locking portion 47 of the support member 43. This locked state is maintained by the urging force applied to the support member 43 by the spring 45,
The cover 42 opened upward as shown in FIG. 2 can be kept open. While the cover 42 opened upward is kept open by the locking portion 47 of the support member 43, a plurality of eggs 41 can be taken out one by one with one hand. This eliminates the need for a two-handed operation of opening the upper cover 42 of the pack body 40 with one hand and taking out the egg with the other hand each time the egg 41 is taken out, and when one hand is closed during cooking, This is convenient when a plurality of eggs are to be taken out sequentially. After the removal of the eggs 41, the support member 43
3 is rotated in the direction of the dotted line in FIG. 3 against the spring 45, so that the cover 42 opened upward is released from being locked by the support member 43, and the lower cover 42 is released by the self-returning force of the hinge portion 48. Is rotated in the direction of arrow P so as to approach. Then, the upper cover 42 and the lower cover 4
The eggs 41 are packed in a pack 4 by closing
It can be returned to the state covered by 0. After the removal of the eggs 41, these series of operations can be performed with one hand. The support member 43 keeps the upper cover 42 further opened by the configuration in which the state of being urged by the spring 45 keeps the state of FIG. can do. In the present invention, since the egg pack body 40 is also placed on the shelf 37 above the egg shelf 38, the above-mentioned supporting member 43 is provided on the shelf above the shelf 37 in the same manner. The effect can be obtained. Although the shape of the egg shelf on the inner surface of the refrigerator compartment door differs depending on the shape of the refrigerator compartment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various types of parts in the portions that do not depart from the scope of the claims are set forth. Embodiments are included. According to the present invention, the pack can be temporarily held by the support member while the cover of the pack is opened, and the egg is taken out by opening the cover of the pack with both hands each time the egg is taken out. There is no hassle, and each egg can be taken out smoothly. Further, since the support member is provided on the upper shelf,
There is no need to attach to the refrigerator compartment door, and it is not necessary to modify the refrigerator compartment door for attaching the support member.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a refrigerator according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional side view showing a pack held in an open state by an egg shelf device of a refrigerator according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a support member of the egg shelf device according to the present invention. [Description of Signs] 1 ... Refrigerator main body 5 ... Refrigerator compartment 10 ... Refrigerator compartment door 40 ... Pack body 41 ... Egg 42 ... Cover 43 ... Support member 45 ... Spring 46 ... Recess

Claims (1)

Claims 1. A plurality of shelves including an egg shelf are arranged on an inner surface of a door that opens and closes a refrigerator compartment having a front opening, and the egg shelf is made of a pair of upper and lower synthetic resin. The package can be stored in a state of being separately packaged by a pack composed of a sheet cover, and a tip of a shelf directly above the egg shelf has a tip of an open cover of the pack placed on the egg shelf. Egg shelf device of a refrigerator provided with a support member for supporting a part.