JPH0448467Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to refrigerators, and in particular to an improvement of a cooling chamber in which a lever for adjusting the amount of cold air is provided on the ceiling of the cooling chamber.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a main part of a conventional refrigerator disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 59-57776, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part. In the figure, 1 is a freezing chamber, and 2 is a cooling chamber, which is constructed by partitioning the freezing chamber 1 into upper and lower sections by shelves 3. Reference numeral 4 denotes a decorative plate provided on the back side of the freezer compartment 1, and a cold air outlet 5a is provided at the upper part of the decorative plate. Reference numeral 5b represents a cold air outlet provided on the back surface of the cooling chamber 2. 6 is a cooler, and a fan 7 is installed above it. 8 is decorative board 4
and a partition plate 9, and communicates with the blow-off ports 5a and 5b. 10
1 is a shutter provided on the back side of the air outlet 5b.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a lever that is provided on the back side of a shelf 3 that forms the ceiling of the cooling room 2 and is rotatably supported around a fulcrum 12, and its tip is connected to the shutter 1.
Connected to 0. 13 is a knob provided at the other end of the lever 11.

Next, the operation will be explained. The cold air cooled in the cooler 6 is sent out by the fan 7, and is supplied to the cooling chamber 2 from the outlet 5b through the cold air passage 8. Here, when the knob 13 provided at the tip of the lever 11 is moved in the left-right direction, the lever 11 rotates about the fulcrum 12, and the shutter 10 linked thereto moves left and right. When the shutter 10 moves left and right, the opening area of the air outlet 5b changes, so
The amount of cold air blown out can be adjusted.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

Since the conventional refrigerator was constructed as described above, when a tall food item 14 is stored in the cooling chamber 2, as shown in FIG.
1, there was a problem that the lever 11 could not be rotated.

This idea was created to solve the problems mentioned above, and it reliably prevents food stored in the cooling room from hitting the air volume adjustment lever and making it impossible to adjust the air volume. The objective is to obtain a refrigerator that

[Means for solving problems]

In the refrigerator according to this invention, a rib is provided on the ceiling surface of the cooling chamber and protrudes below the lever so as to surround the rotation range of the lever provided for adjusting the amount of cold air.

[Effect]

The refrigerator according to this invention has a rib higher than the lever on the ceiling of the cooling chamber that supports the lever that adjusts the amount of cold air, so that when putting food into the cooling chamber, the height of the stored food is increased. This natural regulation ensures that food is not accommodated in a situation where the lever hits the food and becomes stuck.

[Example of idea]

An embodiment of this invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In Figures 1 to 3, Figures 5 and 6
The same parts as in the figures are indicated using the same symbols. In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a partition plate that forms the cooling chamber 2 and the ice-making chamber 16 by further dividing the lower space of the freezer compartment 1 vertically into two halves by the shelf 3 into left and right halves. And the ice making room 1 configured in this way
A decorative board 4 provided on the back side of the ice cream 6 is provided with an outlet 5c for flowing cold air from the cold air passage 8 to the ice making chamber 16, and a shutter 10 is located at the rear thereof. Here, shutter 10
By being located astride the air outlets 5b and 5c, the opening amounts of the air outlets 5b and 5c are differentially controlled as the air outlet moves. Reference numeral 17 denotes a rib erected downward on the outer periphery of the rotation range of the lever 11 on the lower surface of the shelf 3. The height A of the rib 17 has the relationship A=B with respect to the height B of the lever 11.

Next, the operation will be explained. The cold air cooled by the cooler 6 is blown out by the fan 7 through the cold air passage 8 from the blow-off ports 5b and 5c to the cooling chamber 2 and the ice-making chamber 16, respectively. Here, when the knob 13 provided at the tip of the lever 11 is moved left and right, the lever 11 rotates about the fulcrum 12, and the shutter 10 that is interlocked with this rotates left and right. In this way, when the shutter 10 moves left and right, the opening areas of the air outlets 5b and 5c change differentially with respect to each other, and the amount of cold air blown into the cooling chamber 2 and the ice-making chamber 16 can be adjusted. .

Next, when storing food in the cooling chamber 2, since the rib 17 protrudes below the lever 11, the height of the food that can be stored in the cooling chamber 2 is naturally adjusted by the rib 17. It will be regulated. Therefore, the stored food is reliably prevented from hitting the lever 11 and preventing the lever 11 from rotating. In addition, this rib 17
Since the ribs 17 are provided only in the area surrounding the rotating range of the ribs 17, tall foods can be stored in the area where the ribs 17 are not provided, as in the past.

In the above embodiment, only the case where a rib 17 is provided on the ceiling surface of the cooling chamber 2 and protrudes below the lever 11 to prevent the lever 11 from coming into contact with the stored food is explained, but FIG. As shown in FIG.
8, and when the lid 18 is housed in the ceiling of the cooling chamber 2 when opened, as shown in FIG.
The height C from the floor to the lid 18 in the open state may be lower than the height D from the floor to the lever 11. In other words, in this case, the height dimension of the food that can be stored in the cooling chamber 2 is regulated by the dimension C, so this lid 1
8 has the same function as the rib 17, and the same effect as in the case described above can be obtained.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to this invention, since the rib is provided higher than the lever so as to surround the rotation range of the lever for adjusting the amount of cold air provided on the ceiling surface of the cooling room, This rib makes it possible to regulate the height of food that can be stored in the cooling chamber, and has the effect of reliably preventing food from hitting the lever and blocking its rotation. There is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the - line of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of this invention. 5 is a sectional view showing another embodiment, FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a conventional refrigerator, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG. 5. 1 is a freezer compartment, 2 is a cooling compartment, 3 is a shelf, 4 is a decorative board, 5a, 5b, 5c are air outlets, 7 is a fan, 8
is a cold air flow path, 9 is a partition plate, 10 is a shutter, 1
1 is a lever, 12 is a fulcrum, 13 is a knob, 14 is a food item, 15 is a partition plate, 16 is an ice compartment, 17 is a rib, and 18 is a lid. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A cold air outlet is provided at the back of the cooling chamber, which is made by partitioning a part of the freezer compartment with shelves, and the opening area of this outlet is varied by a shutter. In a refrigerator in which the shutter is operated by a lever rotatably provided on the ceiling surface of the cooling chamber and interlocked with the shutter, a lever is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating portion of the lever provided on the ceiling surface of the cooling chamber than the lever. A refrigerator characterized by having high ribs. (2) The cooling chamber has a lid that can be opened and closed at its front opening, and this lid is stored in the ceiling of the cooling chamber when opened, and can be opened from the floor of the cooling chamber when the lid is opened. The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the height from the floor of the cooling chamber to the lever is smaller than the height from the floor of the cooling chamber to the lever.