JPH03175272A - Shelf device of refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an adjustment of position of a shelf to be performed while being slid upwardly and downwardly with the shelf being mounted on a frame and enable the frame holding the shelf to be fixed or removed together with the shelf by a method wherein a frame front surface is inclined upwardly, moved up and down directly along a sliding groove, a stopper claw and a rack-like stopper groove are engaged to each other after returning to its horisontal state and held at its position. CONSTITUTION:As an operator's side of a frame 10 is lifted up, a stopper claw 13 fixed to the frame 10 is released from a rack-like stopper groove 15 and then the frame 10 is moved up or down to its target position directly along a sliding groove 14a of a rail 14. When an operator's side part of the frame 10 is returned back to its original horizontal position, the stopper claw 13 and the rack-like stopper groove 15 are engaged to each other and it is held at that position and the frame 10 holding a shelf 9 is also held at that position. The operator's side part of the frame 10 is pulled up until a guide roller 12 is released from the sliding groove 14a along the sliding groove 14a of the rail 14 directly while being lifted up.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a shelf device for a refrigerator, which is used inside a refrigerator and whose vertical position can be changed in various ways.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A conventional refrigerator shelf device of this type is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 86042/1983.

This conventional shelf device will be explained based on FIGS. 8 to 10. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a refrigerator shelf device, FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a sectional view of FIG. 6. Reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator body, 2 an interior of the refrigerator, and two pairs of shelf supports 3 are installed opposite to the left and right side wall surfaces of the interior 2 of the refrigerator.

In the shelf support, a plurality of locking holes 4 are arranged at equal intervals in the vertical direction in the support column 3. Reference numeral 6 is a tool for the shelf support, and the upper locking claw 6 and the lower locking claw 7 are provided.The upper locking claw 6 is fitted above the locking hole 4, and the lower locking claw 7 is fitted. A tool 6 is inserted into the shelf support by being engaged with the lower part of the locking hole 4. Reference numeral 8 denotes a shelf, and the shelf support is placed on and held by the tool 6.

With the above configuration, when adjusting the vertical position of the shelf 8, the shelf holder is connected to the upper locking claw 6 and lower locking claw 7 of the tool 5, and the shelf support is connected to the locking hole 4 of the support 3. This is possible by changing the fitting and engagement position.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above configuration, the shelf 8 is removed, the shelf support fixture 5 is removed from the shelf support post 3, the vertical position is confirmed again, and the shelf support and fixture are placed in the appropriate position. There was the trouble of inserting the shelf support 6 into the support column 3 and placing the shelf 8 thereon.

The present invention improves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional refrigerator shelf device, and the shelf and the plurality of shelf supports can be slid up and down without removing the fittings, and the refrigerator shelf device can be easily attached and detached. The purpose is to provide

Means for Solving the Problems For the above purpose, the refrigerator shelf device of the present invention includes a shelf arranged in the refrigerator, a frame for holding the shelf, and guide rollers at both left and right ends attached to the back of the frame. a shaft provided with a shaft, stopper claws provided on the left and right rear surfaces of the frame, and a sliding groove formed vertically on the rear left and right sides of the chamber in which at least a portion of the guide roller is accommodated and slidably held. , a rack-shaped stopper groove that engages with the stopper pawl that is formed adjacent to the sliding groove toward the front at the back left and right of the refrigerator; a rail with an open upper end surface of the sliding groove; The inner box is formed by cutting out a part of the inner box at the upper end of the groove to be deeper than the depth of the sliding groove.

Function: Since the refrigerator shelf device of the present invention has the above structure, when the front surface of the frame is slightly tilted upward, the stopper claws are disengaged from the rack-shaped stopper grooves, and the frame that holds the shelf is directly slid through the guide rollers. It can move up and down along the groove.

When the frame that holds the rack is returned to the horizontal position, the stopper claw and the rack-shaped stopper groove will engage and hold it in that position.
A shelf 11 placed on a frame can be slid up and down to adjust its position, and the frame holding the shelf can be freely attached and detached together with the shelf.

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the main parts of a refrigerator to which this embodiment is applied;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the frame used in this embodiment, Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the main parts of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a guide roller, stopper pawl, rail, sliding groove, and stopper of this embodiment. FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional schematic perspective view of the main part showing the relationship with the groove, FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part of section B in FIG. 4, FIG. A- in Figure 1 when moving shelves
It is a sectional view corresponding to the A' line.

In FIGS. 1 to 7, 9 is a shelf on which food is placed. 10 is a frame that holds the shelf 9, and the left frame 10
a, the right frame 10b, and the left and right frames 10a, 10
Rear frame 10C and connecting stay i0d connecting b.
It is more formed.

11 is a shaft attached to the back of the frame 10, and there are guide rollers 12 on both left and right ends with the shaft 11 as the rotation axis.
is installed. Reference numeral 13 denotes a stopper claw that is fixed to the inner surface of the left and right frames 10 a and 10 b adjacent to the guide roller 12 . 16 is inside the refrigerator. 17
is the iron plate outer box of the refrigerator body. 18 is an inner box whose bottom is made of resin, and rail grooves 18a are formed on the left and right sides of the interior of the refrigerator.

19 is a foamed heat insulating material filled between the outer box 17 and the inner box 18. A metal rail 14 is attached to the rail groove 18a of the inner box 18 with a mounting screw. 1
Reference numeral 4a denotes a sliding groove that accommodates at least a portion of the guide roller 12 formed on the rail and slidably holds it. 15
is a rank-shaped stopper groove that engages with a stopper claw 13 formed toward the front at the rear of the slide groove 14a of the rail 14. 20 connects the guide roller 12 to the sliding groove 1
4a, the guide roller 12 and the inner box 18
This is a groove to prevent collisions.

When moving the shelf 9 of the refrigerator according to this embodiment upward or downward, by lifting the front part of the frame 10, as shown in FIG. The stopper claw 13 fixed to the frame 10 is removed from the rack-shaped stopper groove 15 using the guide rollers 12 at both ends as rotating shafts. Then, the frame 1o holding the shelf 9 with the front part of the frame 10 lifted is directly moved upward or downward along the sliding groove 14a of the rail 14 to a desired position.

At this time, the guide rollers 12 at both left and right ends rotate along the sliding grooves 14a of the rail 14, so they can move smoothly without getting caught.

When the i-9 is at the desired position 1, the front part of the frame 1o is returned to its original horizontal position, and the stopper claw 13 and the rack-shaped stopper groove 15 engage and are held in that position, thereby holding the shelf 9. The frame 1° is also held in that position.

When cleaning the shelf 9, the frame 10 can be removed by lifting the front part of the frame 10 and directly pulling it up along the sliding groove 14a of the rail 14 to remove the guide roller 12 from the sliding groove 14a.

As explained above, in the refrigerator shelf device of this embodiment, it does not take much effort to move the shelves, and the position can be adjusted by vertically sliding the shelves with a single frame.

In this embodiment, the sliding groove 14a and the spacing groove 15 are formed in the metal rail 14, but the sliding groove 14a is not necessarily
It is not necessary to form the stopper groove 15 in a metal V-ru.

As described in detail, the refrigerator shelf device of the present invention includes a shelf arranged in the refrigerator, a frame for holding the shelf, and a shaft attached to the back of the frame and provided with guide rollers at both left and right ends. , stopper claws provided on the left and right rear surfaces of the frame, sliding grooves formed vertically on the left and right rear sides of the chamber that accommodate and slidably hold at least a portion of the guide rollers, and the sliding grooves. It consists of a rack-shaped stopper groove that engages with the stopper claws formed adjacent to the groove toward the rear left and right of the inside of the refrigerator, so when the front part of the frame is lifted, the guide roller can be moved to the rotation axis. , the stopper claw fixed to the frame comes off the rack-shaped stopper groove, and the guide row etc. rotates along the sliding groove of the rail, allowing the frame holding the shelf to move directly along the rail to the desired position smoothly. X at the desired position
By returning the front part of the frame to its original horizontal position, the stopper claw engages with the rack-shaped stopper groove and the shelf is held in that position, allowing the shelf to freely slide up and down with one casing placed on the frame. The position can be adjusted.

Additionally, the shelf can be easily removed by raising the front part of the frame in the trench 1 where the guide roller comes off the rail, making it easier to clean the shelf, and it is also easier to clean from the top of the rail. Can be inserted.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the main parts of a refrigerator to which this embodiment is applied;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the frame used in this embodiment, Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional schematic perspective view of the main part of this embodiment, and Fig. 6 is Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of section B, Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A' in Figure 1, and Figure 7 is equivalent to the person-A' line in Figure 1 when the shelf is being moved. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional refrigerator, FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a sectional view of FIG. 9. 9...Shelf, 1o...Frame, 11.
...Shaft, 12...Guide roller,
13...Stopper claw, 14...Rail, 14a...Sliding L 15...Stopper groove, 20...Groove.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A shelf disposed in the refrigerator, a frame holding the shelf, a shaft attached to the back of the frame and having guide rollers on both left and right ends, and stopper claws provided on the left and right sides of the back of the frame, A sliding groove formed vertically on the left and right sides at the back of the refrigerator, in which at least a portion of the guide roller is accommodated and slidably held; a rail having a rack-shaped stopper groove that engages with the stopper pawl formed in the frame; and a groove that is attached to the back of the frame from the top or bottom of the rail toward the front of the inner box and into which guide rollers at both left and right ends can be fitted. A shelf device for a refrigerator consisting of a provided inner box.