JP2011153763A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator capable of suppressing deformation of a container support with a simple configuration and capable of smoothly sliding a drawer-type door.
A drawer-type door that closes a front opening of a storage chamber so as to be openable and closable, a pair of left and right container supports that are fixed to the storage chamber side of the door to support a container, and container supports. The container support 12 is provided with a flange portion 30 that protrudes from the periphery of the slide body 13 toward the container side at the rear of the container.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a refrigerator in which a storage container is taken in and out by a drawer-type door.

  In recent years, refrigerators have a tendency to increase the storage capacity with the diversification of their lives. As a form, a refrigerator compartment with the largest storage capacity is installed in the upper part, and an ice making room with a relatively small storage capacity is installed in the lower part. There are many types in which the temperature switching chamber is divided into left and right in the width direction, a vegetable room is provided at the lower part, and a freezing room is provided at the lowermost part.

  The refrigerating room is closed in a rotating manner by a door pivoted on one side in the vicinity of the front opening or by a double door, and the vegetable room, the freezer room, the ice making room, and temperature switching In many chambers, a container is attached to the storage chamber side of the door for convenience of taking in / out the stored items, and a drawer type is provided at the front and back (for example, see Patent Document 1 below).

  In the drawer type door container structure in the refrigerator, as shown in FIG. 6 which is a longitudinal sectional view of the drawer door, a pair of left and right container supports 53 extending toward the storage chamber is fixed to the inner surface side of the drawer door 51. The container 52 is held by the container support 53. The container support 53 is slidably disposed along inner box rails 55 provided on both sides of the storage chamber via pulley-like sliding portions 56 and 57, and can be pulled out in conjunction with opening and closing of the door 51.

  In the opened state in which the door 51 is pulled out, the lower surface of the container support 53 is supported by the sliding portion 57 provided in the front portion of the inner box rail 55 and positioned in the vicinity of the opening of the storage chamber. A sliding portion 56 attached to the rear end portion 53 abuts on the rear portion of the inner box rail 55 from above.

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  Thus, the container support 53 is supported on the refrigerator main body by the sliding portions 56 and 57 provided at the front and rear, and the contents of the door 51 and the container 52 become a heavy load in the opened state, and the sliding portion 56 , 57. Since the sliding portion 56 is provided at the tip of a flat plate-like container support 53 extending rearward from the door 51, the rear end portion of the container support 53 that supports the shaft portion of the sliding portion 56 when overloaded is the container 52. There is a risk of deformation to fall to the side. If the container support 53 is deformed in this way, the sliding portion 56 interferes with the inner box rail 55, which hinders the sliding operation when the door is opened and closed.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and provides a refrigerator that can suppress deformation of a container support with a simple configuration and can smoothly perform sliding operation of a pull-out door. With the goal.

  The refrigerator according to the present invention includes a drawer-type door that closes a front opening of a storage chamber so as to be openable and closable, a pair of left and right container supports that are fixed to the storage chamber side of the door and support a container, and the container support. And a sliding body that slides on the inner side wall of the storage chamber, and the container support is provided with a flange portion that protrudes from the periphery of the sliding body toward the container side at the rear of the container. To do.

  In the refrigerator of the present invention, due to the above configuration, the deformation of the container support can be suppressed, and the sliding operation of the drawer-type door can be performed smoothly.

It is sectional drawing of the refrigerator concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows roughly the freezer compartment part in the refrigerator of FIG. It is a perspective view of the container support in the state which pulled out the freezer compartment door in the refrigerator of FIG. 1, and an inner box rail. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the container support in the refrigerator of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the drawer-type door in the conventional refrigerator.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the refrigerator 1, and a storage space is formed by an inner box 3 provided via a heat insulating material 4 inside the outer box 2.

  The inside of the refrigerator 1 is divided into a plurality of storage rooms by a heat insulating partition wall, and the refrigerator compartment 5 is disposed at the top. Below the refrigerating room 5, a relatively small-volume ice making room 6 and a small freezing room (not shown) are arranged side by side through a heat insulating partition wall. Below the ice making chamber 6 and the small freezer compartment, a vegetable chamber 7 for storing vegetables and the like is disposed, and a freezer chamber 8 for storing frozen foods and the like is disposed at the bottom.

  The storage rooms 5, 6, 7, and 8 provided in the refrigerator 1 are supplied with cool air by a cooler 9 and a fan 10 disposed on the back of the vegetable room 7, and are cooled to a predetermined set temperature.

  The front opening of the refrigerator compartment 5 is closed by a double door 20 that is pivotally supported by hinges provided on both sides. Each of the storage rooms 6, 7, and 8 other than the refrigerator compartment 5 is closed by a pull-out door 11 because the storage volume is smaller than that of the refrigerator compartment 5 and the user can use it according to the installation height position. .

  Hereinafter, the freezer compartment 8 will be described as an example of the configuration of the drawer-type door 11. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of left and right container supports 12 that are slidably supported by the inner box rail 16 are fixed to the door 11 that closes the front opening of the freezer compartment 8. A container 15 is supported on the surface.

  The inner box rails 16 are arranged in the front-rear direction on the left and right side walls of the inner box 3 that partitions the freezer compartment 8. A pulley 17 that supports the container support 12 from below and is slidable in the front-rear direction is disposed at the front portion of the inner box rail 16.

  The pair of left and right container supports 12, 12 are fixed to the freezing chamber 8 side of the door 11 and extend in the front-rear direction along the left and right side walls of the inner box 3 that partitions the freezing chamber 8 from the left and right side edges of the door 11. 12a. The left and right container supports 12 and 12 are connected by a rod-like rear support 21 at the rear part of the plate part 12a. The upper and lower edges of the plate portion 12a are provided with a lower flange portion 12b and an upper flange portion 12c that are bent in an L shape toward the inner box rail 16 side.

  The lower surface of the lower collar portion 12 b is slidably supported by a pulley 17 disposed on the inner box rail 16. Edges formed at the periphery of the upper opening of the container 15 are placed on the upper surface of the upper collar 12c and the rear support 21 so that the pair of left and right container supports 12, 12 and the rear support 21 lower the container 15 downward. Support from.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the rear end of the plate portion 12 a, specifically, the rear position of the rear support 21, that is, the rear of the container 15, is a pulley that slides in the inner box rail 16. 13 is provided. The pulley 13 includes an engaging portion 13 a that engages with the inner box rail 16, and a shaft portion 13 b that rotatably supports the engaging portion 13 a, and a plate portion 12 a between the shaft portion 13 b and the washer 22. Is fixed to the container support 12. As shown in FIG. 5, the washer 22 is provided such that the contact area S1 of the container support 12 to the plate portion 12a is larger than the contact area S2 of the shaft portion 13b and the plate portion 12a. .

  In such a configuration, the plate portion 12a of the container support 12 is provided with a lateral bead 23 that bulges toward the container 15 from the front end of the plate portion 12a to an upper position of the pulley 13. The horizontal bead 23 is connected to a vertical bead 24 that extends downward and is bulged toward the container 15 in front of the pulley 13.

  Further, a flange portion 30 is formed on the plate portion 12a so as to protrude substantially perpendicularly to the plate portion 12a toward the container 15 (that is, the inner side) behind the pulley 13.

  The flange portion 30 is provided so as to be connected to the bottom surface from the back surface of the plate portion 12 a, has a substantially L shape in a side view, and is a pulley by a vertical bead 24 and a horizontal bead 23 extending rearward from the upper end of the vertical bead 24. 13 shaft portions 13b are surrounded. As shown in FIG. 5, the protruding amount A of the flange portion 30 toward the container 15 is set to be larger than the gap B at the closest location between the plate portion 12 a of the container support 12 and the inner box rail 16. ing.

  In the refrigerator 1 configured as described above, when the door 11 of the freezer compartment 8 is pulled forward to open the door, the container support 12 on which the container 15 is placed slides inside the inner box rail 16 and is drawn forward. At this time, a pulley 17 provided at the front portion of the inner box rail 16 slides on the lower surface of the lower collar portion 12b of the container support 12, and a pulley 13 provided at the rear end portion of the container support 12 is changed to the inner box rail 16. By sliding inside, the container 15 placed on the container support 12 is pulled out. And the stopper 12d protruded downward from the rear part of the lower collar part 12b of the container support 12 abuts on the pulley 17 to restrict further forward movement.

  In a state in which the stopper 12 d is in contact with the pulley 17, that is, in a state in which the container support 12 is pulled out to the foremost end, the lower collar portion 12 b of the container support 12 is in contact with the pulley 17 and The door 11 and the container 15 are held. Therefore, the stress which tries to deform | transform so that it may fall to the container 15 side (inner side) as shown by a dashed-two dotted line in FIG. 5 concentrates on the rear-end part of the board part 12a which supports the pulley 13. FIG.

  In the refrigerator 1 of the present embodiment, the container support 12 is provided with the flange portion 30 that protrudes substantially perpendicularly from the plate portion 12a in the vicinity of the pulley 13, and therefore, the stress acting on the plate portion 12a is affected by the shaft of the pulley 13. Concentration in the vicinity of the portion 13b can be mitigated. Thereby, it becomes difficult to deform so that the vicinity of the pulley 13 of the container support 12 falls to the container 15 side, and even when the accommodation weight in the container 15 is large, the interference between the pulley 13 and the inner box rail 16 is suppressed. The sliding movement of the door 11 can be performed smoothly.

  In addition, since the flange portion 30 protrudes from the plate portion 12a of the container support 12 toward the container 15 side behind the container 15, the flange portion 30 and the inner box rail 16 are not reduced without reducing the internal volume of the container 15. Interference can be suppressed. Therefore, even if the protrusion amount A of the flange portion 30 is larger than the gap B between the plate portion 12a of the container support 12 and the inner box rail 16 as in the present embodiment, and the deformation prevention effect of the container support 12 is enhanced, the flange In order to avoid interference between the portion 30 and the inner box rail 16, it is not necessary to reduce the inner volume of the container 15 by narrowing the distance between the pair of left and right container supports 12.

  Further, since the flange portion 30 is provided so as to be connected from the back surface to the bottom surface of the plate portion 12a and has a substantially L shape in a side view, the stress concentrated on the plate portion 12a in the vicinity of the pulley 13 is efficiently relieved. And deformation of the container support 12 can be prevented. Moreover, since the flange portion 30 is provided so as to surround the periphery of the pulley 13 by the horizontal bead 23 and the vertical bead 24, the stress concentrated on the plate portion 12a in the vicinity of the pulley 13 can be more effectively reduced. it can.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the pulley 13 is fixed to the container support 12 by sandwiching the plate portion 12a between the shaft portion 13b and the washer 22, and the contact area S1 between the washer 22 and the plate portion 12a. However, it is larger than the contact area S2 between the shaft portion 13b and the plate portion 12a. Therefore, the stress acting on the shaft portion 13b of the pulley 13 can be distributed and transmitted over a wide range of the plate portion 12a, and deformation of the container support 12 can be prevented.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Refrigerator 8 ... Freezer compartment 11 ... Door 12 ... Container support 12a ... Plate part 12b ... Lower collar part 12c ... Upper collar part 13 ... Pulley 13a ... Engagement part 13b ... Shaft part 15 ... Container 16 ... Inner box rail 17 ... Pulley 21 ... Rear support 22 ... Washer 23 ... Horizontal bead 24 ... Vertical bead 30 ... Flange

Claims (5)

A drawer-type door that freely closes and opens the front opening of the storage room;
A pair of left and right container supports fixed to the storage chamber side of the door and supporting the container;
A sliding body provided on the container support and sliding with an inner wall of the storage chamber;
The refrigerator, wherein the container support is provided with a flange portion that protrudes from the periphery of the sliding body toward the container at the rear of the container.   The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the flange portion is provided so as to be connected to a bottom surface from a rear surface of a rear portion of the container support. An inner box rail that slidably supports the container support and is disposed in the storage chamber over the front-rear direction;
The refrigerator according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a protrusion amount of the flange portion is larger than a gap between the inner box rail and the container support.   The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a bead is formed on the container support, and the sliding portion is surrounded by the bead and the flange. The sliding portion includes an engaging portion that engages with an inner wall of the storage chamber, and a shaft portion that supports the engaging portion,
A washer for sandwiching the container support between the shaft portion and fixing the sliding portion to the container support;
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a contact area between the washer and the container support is larger than a contact area between the shaft portion and the container support.

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