JP2003287364A - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator superior in convenience in use by dispensing with a rail device by solving problems of requiring the rail device for a refrigerator body, restricting a lateral width of a freezing room and an ice making room by the rail device, reducing the substantially usable volume of the freezing room and the ice making room, and reducing the volume of a vessel because a refrigerating room of the refrigerator body supports a frozen food storage vessel by the rail device installed in the refrigerator body, and can be freely pulled out forward together with a door, and an automatic ice making machine and the ice making room for arranging an ice storage vessel under the machine are also the same. <P>SOLUTION: In the door for opening-closing a front opening of the freezing room, the lower edge side is supported by a hinge so as to be openable in an almost horizontal state to the refrigerator body in a fully opening state. The freezing room is provided with the ice making machine on the left and right one side, and the ice storage vessel under the machine. The frozen food storage vessel is arranged on the left and right other side. These vessels are placed on a bottom surface of the freezing room. An inside surface of the door keeps a position equal to or a little lower than the bottom surface of the freezing room in the fully opening state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 【０００１】 【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、前面開口の冷蔵庫
本体内が区画壁によって上下複数の室に区画され、前記
複数の室の少なくとも一つが氷点下の凍結温度に保たれ
る凍結室である冷蔵庫に関する。 【０００２】 【従来の技術】前面開口の冷蔵庫本体内が区画壁によっ
て上下複数の室に区画され、前記複数の室の少なくとも
一つが氷点下の凍結温度に保たれる凍結室（冷凍室とも
いう）である冷蔵庫において、最近の凍結室の構成は、
冷凍食品貯蔵容器を冷蔵庫本体に取り付けたレール装置
によって支持し、凍結室の前面開口を開閉する扉と共に
前方へ引き出し自在に構成している。そして、自動製氷
機とその下方に貯氷容器を設けた製氷室は、この凍結室
と独立して形成され、この貯氷容器も冷蔵庫本体に取り
付けたレール装置によって支持し、製氷室の前面開口を
開閉する扉と共に前方へ引き出し自在に構成している。 【０００３】このように、凍結室も製氷室も共に冷蔵庫
本体に取り付けたレール装置が必要であり、このレール
装置が凍結室や製氷室の左右幅を制限し、凍結室と製氷
室の実質利用できる容積を減少し、冷凍食品貯蔵容器や
貯氷容器の容積を減少させる問題がある。また、このレ
ール装置のコストがかかり、このレール装置の取り付け
作業が必要となる。 【０００４】 【発明が解決しようとする課題】本発明は、冷凍食品貯
蔵容器や貯氷容器が同じ凍結室に配置可能である点に着
目し、冷凍食品貯蔵容器や貯氷容器の前方への引き出し
機能は維持しつつ、従来のようなレール装置を不要にす
るも使い勝手がよい冷蔵庫を提供するものである。 【０００５】 【課題を解決するための手段】本発明の冷蔵庫は、前面
開口の冷蔵庫本体内が上下複数の室に区画され、前記複
数の室の少なくとも一つが氷点下の凍結温度に保たれる
凍結室である冷蔵庫において、前記凍結室の前面開口を
開閉する扉は、全開状態で前記冷蔵庫本体に対して略水
平状態に開くように下辺側を支点にして上辺側が開閉す
るようヒンジで支持され、前記凍結室には、その左右の
一方側に製氷機とその下方に貯氷容器が配置され、その
左右の他方側には冷凍食品貯蔵容器が配置され、前記貯
氷容器と冷凍食品貯蔵容器は前記凍結室の底面に載置さ
れており、前記扉の内側面は前記全開状態で前記凍結室
の底面と同等又は若干下位置を保ち、前記貯氷容器と冷
凍食品貯蔵容器を前記扉の内側面上に引き出し可能とし
たものである。 【０００６】これによって、従来のようなレール装置が
不要となり、冷凍食品貯蔵容器と貯氷容器を同じ凍結室
に配置して収納空間を広く利用できる。しかも、冷凍食
品貯蔵容器と貯氷容器は前方へ引き出したとき、前記扉
の内側面上にスムースに引き出されるので、その引き出
し操作も容易であり使い勝手がよい。 【０００７】 【発明の実施の形態】次に、本発明の冷蔵庫について説
明する。図１乃至図３は本発明の冷蔵庫の実施形態を示
しており、図１は本発明冷蔵庫の正面斜視図、図２は凍
結室の前面扉の開閉状態を示す説明図、図３は本発明冷
蔵庫の他の実施形態を示す冷蔵庫本体の正面図である。 【０００８】先ず図１及び図２に基づき説明する。１は
冷却貯蔵庫の一つである冷蔵庫であり、全面開口の本体
２内を区画して複数の貯蔵室を形成し、これら各貯蔵室
の前面は扉で開閉できる構成である。冷蔵庫本体２は、
外箱（外壁板）と内箱（内壁板）との間に発泡断熱材を
充填した断熱構造である。冷蔵庫本体２内には、上から
冷蔵室３、冷凍室となる凍結室４、野菜室５が区画して
形成されている。 【０００９】冷蔵室３の前面開口は、冷蔵庫本体２の一
側部にヒンジ装置にて横方向に回動して開閉される回動
式の冷蔵室扉６にて閉塞される。野菜室５の前面開口
は、野菜室５内に設けた左右のレール装置によって支持
した野菜容器と共に前方へ引き出される引き出し式扉７
にて閉塞されている。 【００１０】氷点下の凍結温度に保たれる凍結室４の前
面開口を開閉する扉８は、全開状態で冷蔵庫本体２に対
して略水平状態に開くように下辺側９を支点にして上辺
側１０が開閉するようヒンジ１１で支持されている。凍
結室４には、その左右の一方側に製氷機１２とその下方
に貯氷容器１３が配置され、その左右の他方側には冷凍
食品貯蔵容器１４が配置され、貯氷容器１３と冷凍食品
貯蔵容器１４は凍結室４の底面に載置されている。 【００１１】扉８の内側面１５は扉８の全開状態におい
て凍結室４の底面１６と同等又は若干下位置を保つよう
にヒンジ１１によって支持されている。図２には一般的
なヒンジ１１を示しており、２枚のヒンジ板１１Ａ、１
１Ｂは相互に回動可能に軸１１Ｃで連結されている。ヒ
ンジ板１１Ａは取り付けネジ１７によって冷蔵庫本体２
の前面に固定され、ヒンジ板１１Ｂは扉８の下面に取り
付けネジ１８によって固定されている。１９は扉８の内
側面の周縁を巡るパッキンであり、扉８が閉じたとき冷
蔵庫本体２との間のシールを行う。 【００１２】図２において、扉８が閉じた状態は実線で
示す状態である。この状態からヒンジ１１を軸として矢
印Ｐ方向へ開くと、２枚のヒンジ板１１Ａ、１１Ｂが当
接して扉８の回動が制限される。この状態が扉８の全開
位置であり、この全開状態において、扉８の内側面１５
は凍結室４の底面１６と同等又は若干下位置を保つ。図
２では若干下位置を保った形態を示す。この全開状態に
おいて、貯氷容器１３と冷凍食品貯蔵容器１４は扉８の
内側面１５上に引き出し可能であり、引き出された最終
状態では、貯氷容器１３と冷凍食品貯蔵容器１４は冷蔵
庫本体２から離れて扉８の内側面１５上に乗った略水平
状態である。 【００１３】扉８の内側面１５が凍結室４の底面１６と
同等又は若干下位置を保つことによって、貯氷容器１３
と冷凍食品貯蔵容器１４の引き出しが容易である。扉８
の内側面１５が凍結室４の底面１６と同等の場合には、
パッキン１９を乗り越えて貯氷容器１３と冷凍食品貯蔵
容器１４の引き出しを行う。また、扉８の内側面１５が
凍結室４の底面１６より若干下位置を保つ場合は、貯氷
容器１３と冷凍食品貯蔵容器１４は凍結室４の底面１６
をスライドしてそのまま扉８の内側面１５へ移動でき
る。この場合、引き出し途中の状態では、貯氷容器１３
と冷凍食品貯蔵容器１４は、凍結室４の底面１６と扉８
の内側面１５とに跨った状態でやや斜め前下がりの状態
をとることができる。この前下がりの状態で貯氷容器１
３と冷凍食品貯蔵容器１４の底面がパッキン１９に接触
しないように扉８の内側面１５が凍結室４の底面１６よ
り若干下位置を保つことによって、貯氷容器１３と冷凍
食品貯蔵容器１４の引き出しと収納がスムースに行え、
且つパッキンの破損防止効果が得られる。 【００１４】扉８の全開状態の保持をヒンジ１１による
だけでなく、大きな荷重にも耐える安定した構成とする
ためには、図２に示すように、扉８の左右側に円弧状の
支持板（ステイともいう）２０を取り付け、この支持板
２０の形成した円弧状の溝２２に緩く嵌りあうピン２１
を冷蔵庫本体２の左右側に取り付ける。そして、この支
持板２０とピン２１によって、図２のように扉８の全開
状態でピン２１が円弧状の溝２２の後端に当たってそれ
以上に扉８が開かないように制限する構成とすればよ
い。２３は支持板２０の移動許容凹部である。なお、扉
８の開度制限装置は、この他の構成にすることもでき
る。 【００１５】図３には本発明に係る冷蔵庫本体２の区画
構成が上記とは異なる他の実施形態を示す。図１乃至図
２と同符合は同一名称部分を示す。冷蔵庫本体２は上か
ら冷蔵室３、野菜室５、凍結室４、冷凍室３０が区画し
て形成されている。凍結室４は左右に製氷室４Ａと切り
換え室４Ｂとに隔壁３１によって区画され、切り換え室
４Ｂは、温度切り替えスイッチによって−２０℃前後の
冷凍室又は３℃前後の冷蔵室に切り換え可能である。製
氷室４Ａと切り換え室４Ｂは、それぞれ別個の扉にて開
閉可能に構成する場合と、共通の一枚の扉で開閉可能と
する構成の何れでもよい。３２は製氷用水タンクでその
水はポンプ３３によってパイプ３８から製氷機１２へ供
給される。３４は野菜室容器である。 【００１６】別個の扉の場合も共通の一枚扉の場合も、
それら扉は図２で説明したものと同様の構成とすること
によって、上記で説明したことと同様の機能を達成する
ことができる。 【００１７】本発明は上記実施形態に限定されるもので
はなく、特許請求の範囲を逸脱しない部分における種種
の実施形態を包含するものである。 【００１８】 【発明の効果】本発明によれば、従来のようなレール装
置が不要となり、冷凍食品貯蔵容器と貯氷容器を同じ凍
結室に配置して収納空間を広く利用できる。しかも、冷
凍食品貯蔵容器と貯氷容器は前方へ引き出したとき、前
記扉の内側面上にスムースに引き出されるので、その引
き出し操作も容易であり使い勝手がよい。 【００１９】扉の全開状態において、貯氷容器と冷凍食
品貯蔵容器は、引き出された最終状態で冷蔵庫本体から
離れて扉の内側面上に乗った略水平状態を保つ構成とす
ることによって、氷や冷凍食品の出し入れが容易とな
る。 【００２０】また、扉の内側面が凍結室の底面より若干
下位置を保つ場合は、貯氷容器と冷凍食品貯蔵容器の引
き出し途中の状態で、凍結室の底面と扉の内側面とに跨
ってやや斜め前下がりの状態をとることができる。この
前下がりの状態で貯氷容器と冷凍食品貯蔵容器の底面が
パッキンに接触しないように、扉の内側面が凍結室の底
面より若干下位置を保つことによって、貯氷容器と冷凍
食品貯蔵容器の引き出しと収納がスムースに行え、且つ
パッキンの破損防止効果が得られる。 【００２１】また、冷凍食品貯蔵容器や貯氷容器が同じ
凍結室に配置可能である点に着目すれば、上記のように
一つの凍結室に冷凍食品貯蔵容器と貯氷容器を収納し共
通扉で開閉することによって、凍結室の構成が簡素化さ
れ、優れた効果を奏する。Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator body having a front opening, which is divided into a plurality of upper and lower chambers by partition walls, and at least one of the plurality of chambers is frozen below freezing. The present invention relates to a refrigerator that is a freezing room maintained at a temperature. 2. Description of the Related Art A refrigerator body having a front opening is partitioned into a plurality of upper and lower chambers by partition walls, and at least one of the plurality of chambers is maintained at a freezing temperature below freezing (also referred to as a freezing chamber). In recent years, the composition of the freezing chamber has been
The frozen food storage container is supported by a rail device attached to the refrigerator body, and is configured to be able to be pulled out forward with a door that opens and closes the front opening of the freezing chamber. An ice maker equipped with an automatic ice maker and an ice storage container below the ice maker is formed independently of this freezing room. This ice storage container is also supported by a rail device attached to the refrigerator body, and the front opening of the ice maker is opened and closed. The door is configured to be able to be pulled out forward with the door. As described above, both the freezing room and the ice making room need a rail device attached to the refrigerator body, and this rail device limits the left and right widths of the freezing room and the ice making room, and substantially uses the freezing room and the ice making room. There is a problem that the volume that can be reduced and the volume of the frozen food storage container or the ice storage container are reduced. Further, the cost of the rail device is increased, and the work of mounting the rail device is required. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention focuses on the fact that a frozen food storage container and an ice storage container can be arranged in the same freezing chamber, and a function of drawing the frozen food storage container and the ice storage container forward. The present invention is to provide a refrigerator which is easy to use while maintaining the above-mentioned condition and eliminating the need for the conventional rail device. [0005] In the refrigerator of the present invention, the inside of the refrigerator body having a front opening is divided into a plurality of upper and lower chambers, and at least one of the plurality of chambers is maintained at a freezing temperature below freezing. In the refrigerator that is a room, a door that opens and closes a front opening of the freezing chamber is supported by a hinge so that an upper side opens and closes with a lower side as a fulcrum so as to open substantially horizontally with respect to the refrigerator body in a fully opened state, In the freezing chamber, an ice maker and an ice storage container are arranged below the ice making machine on one side of the left and right sides, and a frozen food storage container is arranged on the other side of the left and right sides. It is placed on the bottom surface of the room, the inner surface of the door keeps the same or slightly lower position than the bottom surface of the freezing room in the fully opened state, and places the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container on the inner surface of the door. Withdrawable It is. [0006] This eliminates the need for the conventional rail device, and allows the frozen food storage container and the ice storage container to be disposed in the same freezing chamber, thereby making it possible to widely use the storage space. Moreover, when the frozen food storage container and the ice storage container are pulled out forward, they are smoothly drawn out on the inner side surface of the door, so that the pulling-out operation is easy and convenient. Next, a refrigerator according to the present invention will be described. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a refrigerator of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the refrigerator of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an open / close state of a front door of a freezing chamber, and FIG. It is a front view of the refrigerator main body which shows other embodiment of a refrigerator. First, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator, which is one of the cooling storages, and has a configuration in which a plurality of storage rooms are formed by partitioning the inside of the main body 2 having an entire opening, and the front surfaces of these storage rooms can be opened and closed by doors. The refrigerator body 2
A heat insulating structure in which a foam heat insulating material is filled between an outer box (outer wall plate) and an inner box (inner wall plate). Inside the refrigerator main body 2, a refrigerator compartment 3, a freezing compartment 4 serving as a freezing compartment, and a vegetable compartment 5 are defined from above. 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 6 which is opened and closed by being rotated laterally by a hinge device. A front opening of the vegetable compartment 5 is provided with a drawer-type door 7 which is pulled out forward together with vegetable containers supported by left and right rail devices provided in the vegetable compartment 5.
Is closed. A door 8 for opening and closing the front opening of the freezing chamber 4 maintained at a freezing temperature below the freezing point has a lower side 9 as a fulcrum and an upper side 10 so as to open substantially horizontally with respect to the refrigerator body 2 in a fully opened state. Are supported by hinges 11 so that they can be opened and closed. In the freezing chamber 4, an ice maker 12 and an ice storage container 13 are disposed below the ice making machine 12 on one side thereof, and a frozen food storage container 14 is disposed on the other side thereof. 14 is mounted on the bottom surface of the freezing chamber 4. The inner surface 15 of the door 8 is supported by the hinge 11 so that the inner surface 15 of the door 8 is kept at a position equal to or slightly lower than the bottom surface 16 of the freezing chamber 4 when the door 8 is fully opened. FIG. 2 shows a general hinge 11, which includes two hinge plates 11A, 1
1B are connected to each other by a shaft 11C so as to be rotatable with each other. The hinge plate 11A is attached to the refrigerator body 2 by the mounting screws 17.
The hinge plate 11B is fixed to the lower surface of the door 8 by a mounting screw 18. Reference numeral 19 denotes a packing around the periphery of the inner surface of the door 8, and seals with the refrigerator body 2 when the door 8 is closed. In FIG. 2, the state where the door 8 is closed is a state shown by a solid line. In this state, when the hinge 11 is opened in the direction of arrow P about the hinge 11, the two hinge plates 11A and 11B come into contact with each other and the rotation of the door 8 is restricted. This state is the fully opened position of the door 8, and in this fully opened state, the inner surface 15 of the door 8
Keeps a position equal to or slightly lower than the bottom surface 16 of the freezing chamber 4. FIG. 2 shows a mode in which the lower position is maintained slightly. In this fully opened state, the ice storage container 13 and the frozen food storage container 14 can be pulled out on the inner side surface 15 of the door 8, and in the final state of being pulled out, the ice storage container 13 and the frozen food storage container 14 are separated from the refrigerator main body 2. It is in a substantially horizontal state on the inner side surface 15 of the door 8. By keeping the inner side surface 15 of the door 8 at the same or slightly lower position as the bottom surface 16 of the freezing chamber 4,
In addition, it is easy to draw out the frozen food storage container 14. Door 8
When the inner side surface 15 of the is equal to the bottom surface 16 of the freezing chamber 4,
The ice storage container 13 and the frozen food storage container 14 are pulled out over the packing 19. When the inner side surface 15 of the door 8 is slightly lower than the bottom surface 16 of the freezing room 4, the ice storage container 13 and the frozen food storage container 14
Can be moved to the inner surface 15 of the door 8 as it is. In this case, the ice storage container 13 is in the state of being withdrawn.
And the frozen food storage container 14 are provided with the bottom surface 16 of the freezing chamber 4 and the door 8.
Can be slightly lowered diagonally forward in a state of straddling the inner side surface 15. Ice storage container 1
By keeping the inner side surface 15 of the door 8 slightly lower than the bottom surface 16 of the freezing chamber 4 so that the bottom surface of the frozen food storage container 3 and the bottom surface of the frozen food storage container 14 do not contact the packing 19, the ice storage container 13 and the frozen food storage container 14 are pulled out. And storage can be done smoothly,
In addition, an effect of preventing damage to the packing can be obtained. In order to maintain the door 8 in the fully open state not only by the hinge 11 but also in a stable configuration that can withstand a large load, as shown in FIG. (Also referred to as a stay) 20, and a pin 21 loosely fitted in an arc-shaped groove 22 formed in the support plate 20.
Are attached to the left and right sides of the refrigerator body 2. The support plate 20 and the pin 21 restrict the pin 8 from hitting the rear end of the arc-shaped groove 22 when the door 8 is fully opened as shown in FIG. Good. Reference numeral 23 denotes a movable allowance recess of the support plate 20. It should be noted that the opening restriction device for the door 8 may have another configuration. FIG. 3 shows another embodiment in which the partition structure of the refrigerator main body 2 according to the present invention is different from the above. 1 and 2 denote the same parts. The refrigerator main body 2 is formed by partitioning a refrigerator compartment 3, a vegetable compartment 5, a freezing compartment 4, and a freezing compartment 30 from above. The freezing room 4 is divided into an ice making room 4A and a switching room 4B on the left and right sides by a partition wall 31. The switching room 4B can be switched to a freezing room at around -20 ° C or a refrigeration room at around 3 ° C by a temperature switch. The ice making room 4A and the switching room 4B may be configured to be openable and closable by separate doors, or may be configured to be openable and closable by a single door. An ice making water tank 32 is supplied to the ice making machine 12 from a pipe 38 by a pump 33. 34 is a vegetable room container. In the case of a separate door or a single door,
The doors have the same configuration as that described with reference to FIG. 2 so that the same functions as those described above can be achieved. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but includes various embodiments without departing from the scope of the claims. According to the present invention, the conventional rail device is not required, and the storage space can be widely used by disposing the frozen food storage container and the ice storage container in the same freezing room. In addition, when the frozen food storage container and the ice storage container are pulled out forward, they are smoothly drawn out on the inner side surface of the door, so that the pulling-out operation is easy and convenient. In the fully opened state of the door, the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container are separated from the refrigerator main body in the pulled-out final state and are kept substantially horizontal on the inner side surface of the door, so that the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container are kept in a horizontal state. Frozen foods can be easily taken in and out. When the inside surface of the door is kept slightly below the bottom surface of the freezing chamber, the door may be straddled over the bottom surface of the freezing room and the inside surface of the door while the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container are being pulled out. It can take a slightly diagonally downward state. In order to prevent the bottom surfaces of the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container from coming into contact with the packing in the front-down state, the inner surface of the door is kept slightly below the bottom surface of the freezing chamber, so that the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container are pulled out. And the packing can be performed smoothly, and the effect of preventing the packing from being damaged can be obtained. Further, noting that the frozen food storage container and the ice storage container can be arranged in the same freezing room, as described above, the frozen food storage container and the ice storage container are stored in one freezing room and opened and closed by a common door. By doing so, the configuration of the freezing chamber is simplified, and an excellent effect is achieved.

【図面の簡単な説明】 【図１】本発明冷蔵庫の正面斜視図である。 【図２】本発明に係る凍結室の前面扉の開閉状態を示す
説明図である。 【図３】本発明冷蔵庫の他の実施形態を示す冷蔵庫本体
の正面図である。 【符号の説明】 １……冷蔵庫 ２……冷蔵庫本体 ４……凍結室 ８……扉 １１…ヒンジ １２…製氷機 １３…貯氷容器 １４…冷凍食品貯蔵容器 １５…扉の内側面 １６…凍結室の底面 １９…パッキンBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the refrigerator of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an open / closed state of a front door of a freezing chamber according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front view of a refrigerator main body showing another embodiment of the refrigerator of the present invention. [Description of Signs] 1 ... Refrigerator 2 ... Refrigerator body 4 ... Freezing room 8 ... Door 11 ... Hinge 12 ... Ice making machine 13 ... Ice storage container 14 ... Frozen food storage container 15 ... Inner surface 16 of the door ... Freezing room Bottom 19 of the packing

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】 【請求項１】 前面開口の冷蔵庫本体内が上下複数の室
に区画され、前記複数の室の少なくとも一つが氷点下の
凍結温度に保たれる凍結室である冷蔵庫において、前記
凍結室の前面開口を開閉する扉は、全開状態で前記冷蔵
庫本体に対して略水平状態に開くように下辺側を支点に
して上辺側が開閉するようヒンジで支持され、前記凍結
室には、その左右の一方側に製氷機とその下方に貯氷容
器が配置され、その左右の他方側には冷凍食品貯蔵容器
が配置され、前記貯氷容器と冷凍食品貯蔵容器は前記凍
結室の底面に載置されており、前記扉の内側面は前記全
開状態で前記凍結室の底面と同等又は若干下位置を保
ち、前記貯氷容器と冷凍食品貯蔵容器を前記扉の内側面
上に引き出し可能とした冷蔵庫。Claims: 1. A refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the refrigerator main body having the front opening is divided into a plurality of upper and lower chambers, and at least one of the plurality of chambers is a freezing room maintained at a freezing temperature below freezing. A door that opens and closes the front opening of the freezing chamber is supported by a hinge so that the lower side is a fulcrum and the upper side is opened and closed with the lower side as a fulcrum so as to open in a substantially horizontal state with respect to the refrigerator body in the fully opened state. An ice making machine and an ice storage container are arranged below the ice making machine on one side of the left and right, a frozen food storage container is arranged on the other side of the left and right, and the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container are placed on the bottom surface of the freezing chamber. A refrigerator in which the inner side surface of the door keeps a position equal to or slightly lower than the bottom surface of the freezing chamber in the fully opened state, and the ice storage container and the frozen food storage container can be pulled out onto the inner side surface of the door.