JP3362816B2 - Refrigerator door - Google Patents
Refrigerator doorInfo
- Publication number
- JP3362816B2 JP3362816B2 JP03059795A JP3059795A JP3362816B2 JP 3362816 B2 JP3362816 B2 JP 3362816B2 JP 03059795 A JP03059795 A JP 03059795A JP 3059795 A JP3059795 A JP 3059795A JP 3362816 B2 JP3362816 B2 JP 3362816B2
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- Japan
- Prior art keywords
- door
- corner cap
- face plate
- refrigerator
- door outer
- Prior art date
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Description
【０００１】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】本発明は冷蔵庫の扉に係わり、詳
しくは、扉の四隅に形成される開口と、この開口に被せ
られるコーナーキャップの構造に関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerator door, and more particularly to a structure of openings formed at four corners of a door and a corner cap covered with the openings.
【０００２】[0002]
【従来の技術】冷蔵庫の扉は例えば図２に示すような箱
状の扉外面板４と、扉内面板５と、この扉内面板５の周
縁部に取付けられるガスケットと、扉内面板５を裏側か
ら補強する補強板６と、扉外面板４と扉内面板５間に充
填される発泡断熱材７等からなる。扉外面板４には塗装
鋼板が利用されるが、この塗装鋼板はプレス成形による
絞り曲げが困難であるため、図２に示すような形状にす
るには、所定の大きさに加工された方形状の塗装鋼板の
四隅をそれぞれ略四辺形にカットした後、四辺を複数工
程に分けて折り曲げるようになっている。このようにし
てできた扉外面板４の四隅には図５に示すような開口１
９ができるため、この開口１９には別途成形された樹脂
製のコーナーキャップ２０を被せるようになっている。
このコーナーキャップ２０の内面には開口１９の周縁部
に形成された段差面２１に係止させるための複数の係止
片２２，２３が設けられていて、扉外面板４の後方から
装着するようになっている。2. Description of the Related Art A door of a refrigerator includes, for example, a box-shaped door outer surface plate 4 as shown in FIG. 2, a door inner surface plate 5, a gasket attached to a peripheral portion of the door inner surface plate 5, and a door inner surface plate 5. It comprises a reinforcing plate 6 which reinforces from the back side, a foamed heat insulating material 7 and the like filled between the door outer surface plate 4 and the door inner surface plate 5. Although a coated steel plate is used for the door outer surface plate 4, it is difficult to draw and bend the coated steel plate by press forming. Therefore, in order to obtain the shape shown in FIG. After the four corners of the shaped coated steel plate are cut into approximately quadrilateral shapes, the four sides are bent in multiple steps. At the four corners of the door outer plate 4 thus formed, openings 1 as shown in FIG.
Since the opening 9 is formed, the opening 19 is covered with a separately formed resin corner cap 20.
The inner surface of the corner cap 20 is provided with a plurality of locking pieces 22 and 23 for locking to a step surface 21 formed in the peripheral portion of the opening 19, so that the door outer surface plate 4 can be mounted from the rear side. It has become.
【０００３】[0003]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】ところで、コーナーキ
ャップ２０に設けられている係止片２３の形状が図５に
示すようなＬ字状のものでは係止力が弱いため、発泡断
熱材７の発泡圧の影響などにより、扉外面板４の形状に
変化が生じるようなことがあるとコーナーキャップ２０
との間に位置ずれが発生するなどして発泡断熱材７が漏
れ、外観を損なう恐れがある。したがって、本発明にお
いては、扉外面板とコーナーキャップの係合状態をより
確実にした冷蔵庫の扉を提供することを目的としてい
る。By the way, if the locking piece 23 provided on the corner cap 20 has an L-shape as shown in FIG. If the shape of the door outer surface plate 4 may change due to the influence of foaming pressure, the corner cap 20
There is a risk that the foamed heat insulating material 7 leaks due to a positional deviation between the two, and the external appearance is damaged. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a refrigerator door in which the engagement between the door outer surface plate and the corner cap is more reliable.
【０００４】[0004]
【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は上記の課題を解
決するためになされたものであり、四隅に開口を設けて
箱状に形成された扉外面板と、前記開口に被せられるコ
ーナーキャップと、周縁部を前記扉外面板の後部フラン
ジに当接させるようにした扉内面板と、前記扉外面板と
扉内面板間に充填される発泡断熱材等からなるものにお
いて、前記扉外面板の四隅に形成されている開口の周縁
部後方左右両端に、同両端から内側に延出させた被挟持
部を設ける一方、前記コーナーキャップの内面前方に、
前記開口の周縁部前方に係止させる前向きの係止片を設
けるとともに、内面後方左右に、前記被挟持部をそれぞ
れに挟持する挟持部を設けることにした。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is a box outer door plate having openings at four corners and formed in a box shape, and a corner cap covered with the openings. And a door inner face plate whose peripheral edge portion is brought into contact with a rear flange of the door outer face plate, and a foam heat insulating material or the like filled between the door outer face plate and the door inner face plate. At the rear left and right ends of the peripheral edge of the opening formed at the four corners of the opening, while a sandwiched portion extending inward from both ends is provided, in front of the inner surface of the corner cap,
A forward locking piece that locks the front edge of the opening is provided, and a sandwiching portion that sandwiches the sandwiched portion is provided on the left and right rear sides of the inner surface.
【０００５】[0005]
【作用】上記の構成であれば、コーナーキャップの内面
左右を扉外面板の四隅に形成されている開口の周縁部に
当接させながら後方より前方に移動させることにより、
コーナーキャップの内面前方に設けられている係止片を
前記開口の周縁部前方に係止させることができるととも
に、前記開口の周縁部後方左右両端の内側に設けられた
被挟持部をコーナーキャップ側の挟持部により挟持する
ことができる。With the above structure, by moving the left and right inner surfaces of the corner cap from the rear to the front while abutting the inner peripheral portions of the openings formed at the four corners of the door outer surface plate,
The locking piece provided on the front side of the inner surface of the corner cap can be locked on the front side of the peripheral edge of the opening, and the clamped portions provided on the inner sides of the left and right ends of the rear side of the peripheral edge of the opening are provided on the corner cap side. It can be clamped by the clamping part.
【０００６】[0006]
【実施例】以下、本発明の一実施例を図１〜図４に基づ
いて説明する。図１は冷蔵庫の下部を斜め前方から表し
たもので、１は冷蔵庫本体、２は冷蔵室側に設けられた
扉、３は野菜室側に設けられた引き出し式の扉である。
この扉３は図２に示すような鋼板製の扉外面板４と、樹
脂製の扉内面板５と、この扉内面板５を裏側から補強す
る補強板６と、扉外面板４と扉内面板５間に充填された
発泡断熱材７と、扉内面板５の周縁部に形成されている
Ｕ字溝８に取付けられるガスケット（図示せず）等から
なり、扉外面板４の四隅には側面間の開口９を塞ぐ樹脂
製のコーナーキャップ１０が被せられている。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the lower part of the refrigerator obliquely from the front, 1 is a refrigerator main body, 2 is a door provided on the refrigerating compartment side, and 3 is a drawer-type door provided on the vegetable compartment side.
The door 3 includes a door outer surface plate 4 made of a steel plate as shown in FIG. 2, a resin inner door surface plate 5, a reinforcing plate 6 that reinforces the door inner surface plate 5 from the back side, a door outer surface plate 4 and a door inner surface. The foam heat insulating material 7 filled between the face plates 5 and a gasket (not shown) attached to the U-shaped groove 8 formed in the peripheral edge of the door inner face plate 5 are provided at four corners of the door outer face plate 4. A resin corner cap 10 that covers the opening 9 between the side surfaces is covered.
【０００７】図３は扉外面板４のコーナー部と、そのコ
ーナー部の開口９に被せるコーナーキャップ１０を拡大
図示したものである。開口９の周縁部にはコーナーキャ
ップ１０の肉厚に対応する段差面１１が形成され、その
後方左右の両端には内側にほぼ直角に延出させた被挟持
部１２が設けられている。また、段差面１１には図示は
されてないがコーナーキャップ１０との接触を良くする
ために両面接着テープが貼り付けられている。一方、コ
ーナーキャップ１０の内面前方には開口９の前方の段差
面に係止させる前向きの係止片１３が設けられている。
コーナーキャップ１０の後部には扉外面板４の後部フラ
ンジ１４に合わせたフランジ１５があり、このフランジ
１５の内面には被挟持部１２を挟持する挟持部１６が設
けられている。この挟持部１６はＵ字溝状になっていて
図４に示すような状態では被挟持部１２を四方から取り
囲む形になるので扉外面板４の側面の動きをほぼ完全に
規制することができる。FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a corner portion of the door outer surface plate 4 and a corner cap 10 which covers the opening 9 of the corner portion. A stepped surface 11 corresponding to the wall thickness of the corner cap 10 is formed at the peripheral edge of the opening 9, and a sandwiched portion 12 extending inwardly at a substantially right angle is provided at both rear left and right ends thereof. Although not shown, a double-sided adhesive tape is attached to the step surface 11 in order to improve contact with the corner cap 10. On the other hand, on the front side of the inner surface of the corner cap 10, a forward facing locking piece 13 for locking the stepped surface in front of the opening 9 is provided.
At the rear portion of the corner cap 10, there is a flange 15 that matches the rear flange 14 of the door outer surface plate 4, and at the inner surface of this flange 15, a holding portion 16 that holds the held portion 12 is provided. The sandwiching portion 16 has a U-shaped groove shape and surrounds the sandwiched portion 12 from four directions in the state shown in FIG. 4, so that the movement of the side surface of the door outer surface plate 4 can be almost completely restricted. .
【０００８】[0008]
【発明の効果】以上説明したような扉であるならば、扉
外面板に設けられた被挟持部をコーナーキャップ側の挟
持部で挟持することにより、扉外面板の動きが規制さ
れ、扉外面板とコーナーキャップ間の密封状態が良くな
るので発泡断熱材のにじみもなく、品質的にも外観的に
も優れた扉となる。According to the door as described above, the movement of the door outer surface plate is restricted by sandwiching the sandwiched portion provided on the door outer surface plate with the sandwiching portion on the corner cap side. Since the sealing condition between the face plate and the corner cap is improved, there is no bleeding of the foam insulation material, and the door is excellent in terms of quality and appearance.
【図１】本発明に係わる冷蔵庫の要部外観斜視図であ
る。FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a main part of a refrigerator according to the present invention.
【図２】本発明および従来例に係わる冷蔵庫の扉の概略
構成を表す斜視図である。FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a refrigerator door according to the present invention and a conventional example.
【図３】本発明の一実施例を示す扉外面板とコーナーキ
ャップの拡大斜視図である。FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a door outer surface plate and a corner cap showing an embodiment of the present invention.
【図４】本発明の一実施例を示す扉の要部側断面図であ
る。FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a main part of a door showing an embodiment of the present invention.
【図５】従来例を示す扉外面板とコーナーキャップの拡
大斜視図である。FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a door outer surface plate and a corner cap showing a conventional example.
１ 冷蔵庫本体 ２ 扉 ３ 扉 ４ 扉外面板 ５ 扉内面板 ６ 補強板 ７ 発泡断熱材 ８ Ｕ字溝 ９ 開口 １０ コーナーキャップ １１ 段差面 １２ 被挟持部 １３ 係止片 １４ 後部フランジ １５ フランジ １６ 挟持部 1 Refrigerator body 2 doors 3 doors 4 Door outer plate 5 Door inner plate 6 Reinforcement plate 7 foam insulation 8 U-shaped groove 9 openings 10 corner caps 11 Step surface 12 Clipped part 13 Locking piece 14 Rear flange 15 flange 16 clamping part
Claims (5)
外面板と、前記開口に被せられるコーナーキャップと、
周縁部を前記扉外面板の後部フランジに当接させるよう
にした扉内面板と、前記扉外面板と扉内面板間に充填さ
れる発泡断熱材等からなるものにおいて、前記扉外面板
の四隅に形成されている開口の周縁部後方左右両端に、
同両端から内側に延出させた被挟持部を設ける一方、前
記コーナーキャップの内面前方に、前記開口の周縁部前
方に係止させる前向きの係止片を設けるとともに、内面
後方左右に、前記被挟持部をそれぞれに挟持する挟持部
を設けてなることを特徴とする冷蔵庫の扉。1. A door outer surface plate formed in a box shape with openings at four corners, and a corner cap that covers the openings,
A door inner face plate whose peripheral edge is brought into contact with a rear flange of the door outer face plate, and a foam heat insulating material filled between the door outer face plate and the door inner face plate, wherein four corners of the door outer face plate are provided. At the rear left and right ends of the peripheral edge of the opening formed in
While a sandwiched portion extending inward from both ends is provided, a forward engaging piece for engaging in front of the peripheral edge portion of the opening is provided in front of the inner surface of the corner cap, and the left and right inner surfaces are provided with the engaging portion. A refrigerator door, characterized in that it is provided with a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the sandwiching portion.
求項１記載の冷蔵庫の扉。2. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion is formed in a U-shaped groove.
ンジを設けてなる請求項１記載の冷蔵庫の扉。3. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein a flange is provided on a rear inner circumference of the corner cap.
ランジに一体に設けてなる請求項１〜３記載の冷蔵庫の
扉。4. The refrigerator door according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion is integrally provided on a flange of the corner cap.
ップの肉厚に対応する段差面を設けてなる請求項１記載
の冷蔵庫の扉。5. The door of the refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a stepped surface corresponding to a wall thickness of the corner cap is provided on a peripheral portion of the opening.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP03059795A JP3362816B2 (en) | 1995-02-20 | 1995-02-20 | Refrigerator door |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP03059795A JP3362816B2 (en) | 1995-02-20 | 1995-02-20 | Refrigerator door |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| JPH08226749A JPH08226749A (en) | 1996-09-03 |
| JP3362816B2 true JP3362816B2 (en) | 2003-01-07 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP03059795A Expired - Fee Related JP3362816B2 (en) | 1995-02-20 | 1995-02-20 | Refrigerator door |
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| Country | Link |
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| JP (1) | JP3362816B2 (en) |
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| KR20040090427A (en) * | 2003-04-17 | 2004-10-25 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | Structure of machine room cover in refrigerator |
| JP2005140408A (en) * | 2003-11-06 | 2005-06-02 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Refrigerator |
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- 1995-02-20 JP JP03059795A patent/JP3362816B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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| JPH08226749A (en) | 1996-09-03 |
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