EP0656182B1 - Drawer mechanism, particularly for a refrigerator - Google Patents
Drawer mechanism, particularly for a refrigerator Download PDFInfo
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- EP0656182B1 EP0656182B1 EP94308976A EP94308976A EP0656182B1 EP 0656182 B1 EP0656182 B1 EP 0656182B1 EP 94308976 A EP94308976 A EP 94308976A EP 94308976 A EP94308976 A EP 94308976A EP 0656182 B1 EP0656182 B1 EP 0656182B1
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- drawer
- guide rails
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- refrigerator
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D23/00—General constructional features
- F25D23/02—Doors; Covers
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F25D25/00—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled
- F25D25/02—Charging, supporting, and discharging the articles to be cooled by shelves
- F25D25/024—Slidable shelves
- F25D25/025—Drawers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
- A47B88/46—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs
- A47B88/467—Actuated drawers operated by mechanically-stored energy, e.g. by springs self-closing
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/49—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor with double extensible guides or parts
- A47B88/493—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor with double extensible guides or parts with rollers, ball bearings, wheels, or the like
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/423—Fastening devices for slides or guides
- A47B88/427—Fastening devices for slides or guides at drawer side
- A47B2088/4274—Fastening devices for slides or guides at drawer side the drawer being detachable as a whole from a slide frame
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B2210/00—General construction of drawers, guides and guide devices
- A47B2210/0002—Guide construction for drawers
- A47B2210/0029—Guide bearing means
- A47B2210/0037—Rollers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B2210/00—General construction of drawers, guides and guide devices
- A47B2210/0002—Guide construction for drawers
- A47B2210/0029—Guide bearing means
- A47B2210/0043—Wheels
- A47B2210/0045—Wheels whereof only one per slide
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B2210/00—General construction of drawers, guides and guide devices
- A47B2210/0002—Guide construction for drawers
- A47B2210/0051—Guide position
- A47B2210/0059—Guide located at the side of the drawer
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B2210/00—General construction of drawers, guides and guide devices
- A47B2210/01—Drawer chassis or frame
Definitions
- the present invention relates generally to a device for opening and/or closing a drawer such as a vegetable box of a refrigerator.
- a vegetable box 6 is formed in the lower part of the main body 1a of a conventional refrigerator, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
- a user may open and close the vegetable box 6 using a door 3a of the vegetable compartment in the manner of a drawer.
- the magnetic force of the door gasket tends to weaken after a long period of use, so that the door 3a of the vegetable compartment is no longer satisfactory sealed to the main body 1a of the refrigerator. This means that cool air leaks outside the main body 1a of the refrigerator.
- the conventional refrigerator has the disadvantages of a loss of power in the refrigerator and a drop in efficiency.
- the object of the present invention is to overcome the problems and disadvantages of the conventional device, that is, to provide a mechanism for opening and closing a vegetable box of a refrigerator to or from which a user can easily place or get food such as vegetables and fruit without the seal being subject to deterioration over time.
- a drawer mechanism for enabling a drawer to slide into and out of a cabinet, comprising: guide rails to be fixed to wall surfaces of the cabinet to guide movement of the drawer; sliders having rollers adapted to move along the guide rails; and drawer support members on both sides of the drawer and moving forward and rearward along with the sliders as the drawer is opened or closed; wherein the guide rails, sliders, rollers and support members are so arranged that in the closed configuration of the drawer the weight of the drawer acts constantly to exert a force maintaining this closed configuration, by virtue of the device including on the one hand upward projections of the guide rails at their front ends and the rollers on the front of the sliders, and on the other hand an upwardly projecting portion and a slanting surface at the front end of the movement surface of each support member, corresponding to the projections of the guide rails, in such a way that in the closed position the weight of the drawer is transmitted obliquely from the slanting surface of the support member through the roller to slant
- US-A-2496673 discloses a drawer construction, not intended for a refrigerator, with rollers and sloping surfaces, but the sloping surfaces are separate and are associated with separate rollers.
- the mechanism includes a vegetable box formed in the lower part of the main body of the refrigerator for receiving food like vegetables and fruit, guide rails fixed to wall surfaces in the lower parts of the main body of the refrigerator to guide movement of the vegetable box, sliders inserted into the guide rails and having a plurality of rollers, supporting members mounted in both sides of the vegetable box and moving straight forward and rearward along with the sliders by rotating the rollers when the vegetable box opened or closed, and a gravitational locking means for uniting the supporting members with the guide rails by the weight of the vegetable box itself when the supporting members and the vegetable box are completely inserted into the lower part of the main body of the refrigerator.
- each slider preferably has a roller at its front end which in the closed position of the drawer, as defined by a sealing gasket being pressed around the drawer opening in the cabinet, is situated between the slopes of the guide surfaces to provide the necessary inward closing force component.
- guide rails 2 are formed at both wall surfaces of an inner case in the lower part of the main body 1 of the refrigerator, for guiding a drawer for use as a vegetable compartment, for instance.
- the rails have raised sections or upper projections 2a formed at their forward ends.
- Sliders 5 moving forward and rearward when the door or panel 3 of the drawer is pulled or pushed are mounted on the guide rails 2.
- the sliders 5 have a plurality of rollers 4.
- Support members 7 constituted as arms of a U-shaped frame are united with the door 3 of the vegetable compartment, and a vegetable box 6 is mounted in the supporting members 7.
- the supporting members 7 are moved along with (or roll on) the sliders 5 by a frictional force of the rollers 4 when the door 3 of the vegetable compartment is pulled or pushed, a downward-facing guide groove 8 being formed in each supporting member 7 for contact to the upper surfaces of the rollers.
- Stops 9, for pushing the sliders 5 as the door 3 of the vegetable compartment is closed, are formed in the forward upper end portion of each supporting member 7, and slant surfaces 7a corresponding to the upper projections 2a of the guide rails 2 are formed in each forward lower end portion of the supporting members 7, thus giving the grooves 8 a ceiling near their front ends which first slopes and then runs horizontally at a higher level up to the door 3.
- a gravitational locking means is constituted by the upper projections 2a raised above the rest of the guide rails 2 at the front and the rollers 4 formed at the front of the sliders 5 and operating against the slant surfaces of the upper projections 2a under gravity when the vegetable box 6 is substantially completely inserted into the lower part of the refrigerator.
- a user wants to open the door 3 of the vegetable compartment in the lower part of the main body in the refrigerator, he pulls the door 3 in the direction of the arrow.
- the rollers 4 of the sliders 5 are in this closed position pressed between the slanting part of the upper projections 2a of the guide rails 2 and the slant surfaces 7a in the forward lower end portions of the guide grooves 8 of the supporting members 7.
- This configuration ensures a force component in the closure direction resulting from the weight of the drawer.
- the rollers move forward by the friction force, sliding over the upper projections 2a formed in each forward end portion of the guide rails 2.
- the refrigerator according to the above embodiment has the advantage that the user can easily get the food such as vegetables or fruit into or out of the vegetable box 6 since the door 3 of the vegetable compartment sags down slightly when pulled, after the front rollers drop off the end of the guide rails.
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- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Refrigerator Housings (AREA)
- Cold Air Circulating Systems And Constructional Details In Refrigerators (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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KR2624693 | 1993-12-02 | ||
KR1019930026246A KR970000100B1 (ko) | 1993-12-02 | 1993-12-02 | 냉장고의 야채실도어 개폐장치 |
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EP0656182A1 EP0656182A1 (en) | 1995-06-07 |
EP0656182B1 true EP0656182B1 (en) | 1999-06-16 |
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EP94308976A Expired - Lifetime EP0656182B1 (en) | 1993-12-02 | 1994-12-02 | Drawer mechanism, particularly for a refrigerator |
Country Status (5)
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EP (1) | EP0656182B1 (ko) |
JP (1) | JP2542343B2 (ko) |
KR (1) | KR970000100B1 (ko) |
CN (1) | CN1106527A (ko) |
DE (1) | DE69419113T2 (ko) |
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DE29519963U1 (de) * | 1995-12-16 | 1997-04-10 | AEG Hausgeräte GmbH, 90429 Nürnberg | Kühl- und/oder Gefriergerät |
DE29916147U1 (de) * | 1999-09-14 | 2001-01-25 | Remis Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Vertrieb von technischen Elementen mbH Köln, 50829 Köln | Kühlregal |
DE10015424A1 (de) * | 2000-03-28 | 2001-10-04 | Bsh Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete | Kältegerät |
KR100873020B1 (ko) * | 2002-09-14 | 2008-12-10 | 삼성전자주식회사 | 서랍식 냉장고 |
SE0300261D0 (sv) * | 2003-01-31 | 2003-01-31 | Electrolux Home Prod Corp | Refrigerator with drawer |
KR100577422B1 (ko) | 2003-12-11 | 2006-05-08 | 삼성전자주식회사 | 저장고 |
CN100427861C (zh) * | 2004-01-29 | 2008-10-22 | 乐金电子(天津)电器有限公司 | 电冰箱用蔬菜盒遮蔽结构 |
JP4200315B2 (ja) * | 2004-02-27 | 2008-12-24 | パナソニック株式会社 | 冷蔵庫 |
CN100432598C (zh) * | 2004-04-12 | 2008-11-12 | 乐金电子(天津)电器有限公司 | 电冰箱的蔬菜箱设置结构 |
KR100565695B1 (ko) * | 2004-10-26 | 2006-03-29 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | 냉장고 |
US7784888B2 (en) | 2004-10-26 | 2010-08-31 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Refrigerator |
US20060087208A1 (en) | 2004-10-26 | 2006-04-27 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Refrigerator |
DE202004017126U1 (de) * | 2004-11-05 | 2006-03-16 | Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH | Kühl- oder Gefriergerät mit Trägerelement |
KR100606981B1 (ko) * | 2004-11-10 | 2006-08-01 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | 냉장고 |
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DE202006007332U1 (de) * | 2006-05-08 | 2006-07-13 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Kühlgutträger für ein Kältegerät |
DE202006007339U1 (de) * | 2006-05-08 | 2006-07-13 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | Laufrad für einen schienengeführt herausziehbaren Kühlgutträger |
KR101263434B1 (ko) | 2006-09-21 | 2013-05-10 | 삼성전자주식회사 | 서랍식 도어 및 이를 갖춘 냉장고 |
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- 1993-12-02 KR KR1019930026246A patent/KR970000100B1/ko not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 1994-11-30 JP JP6319362A patent/JP2542343B2/ja not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-12-02 DE DE69419113T patent/DE69419113T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1994-12-02 EP EP94308976A patent/EP0656182B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-12-02 CN CN94112839A patent/CN1106527A/zh active Pending
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DE69419113T2 (de) | 1999-10-28 |
KR970000100B1 (ko) | 1997-01-04 |
KR950019580A (ko) | 1995-07-24 |
EP0656182A1 (en) | 1995-06-07 |
JP2542343B2 (ja) | 1996-10-09 |
JPH07218107A (ja) | 1995-08-18 |
CN1106527A (zh) | 1995-08-09 |
DE69419113D1 (de) | 1999-07-22 |
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