KR101761739B1

KR101761739B1 - Refrigerator having a drawer

Info

Publication number: KR101761739B1
Application number: KR1020110010832A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 임재훈; 홍대진; 박성일; 황지식
Original assignee: 삼성전자주식회사
Priority date: 2010-04-21
Filing date: 2011-02-08
Publication date: 2017-07-27
Also published as: KR20110117596A

Abstract

The present invention provides a refrigerator having a refrigerator storage drawer, wherein a freezing unit is integrally provided in a storage drawer provided so as to be capable of being drawn out into a storage room, and the freezing unit is provided so as to be drawable through a front opening of the storage drawer , Ease of use and space efficiency can be improved.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a refrigerator storage drawer,

The present invention relates to a refrigerator having a storage drawer in which a freezing unit is housed.

Generally, a refrigerator is a device for keeping cold food at a low temperature by supplying low-temperature cold air to a storage room where food is stored. The refrigerator has a freezing chamber for keeping the temperature below the freezing temperature and a refrigerating chamber for maintaining a temperature slightly higher than the freezing temperature .

In the refrigerator, there is provided a freezing unit for producing ice in the freezer compartment. The freezing unit is provided with an ice-making tray for ice-making, an ice-storing body disposed below the ice-making tray for storing ice, And an ice-maker main body in which an ice-making tray and an ice container are detachably installed inside.

The ice making unit is provided separately and is provided inside the freezing chamber or in a partitioned space for installing the ice making unit on one side wall of the storage space for forming the freezing chamber and is capable of being introduced into the freezing chamber.

One aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerator having improved space efficiency of a refrigerator storage compartment.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerator with improved usability.

To this end, the storage drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a bottom surface and a front wall extending upwardly from the bottom surface, a rear wall, and both side walls, A drawer for a refrigerator having a standing wall, wherein the drawer has a plurality of storage spaces partitioned for storing food therein, wherein one of the plurality of storage spaces contains an ice making unit for generating ice, The front wall of the storage space in which the ice making unit is housed may be provided with a freezing unit withdrawing portion which is opened to allow the freezing unit to be drawn in and drawn out.

The ice-making unit includes an ice-making tray on which ice is formed, and an ice storage body for storing ice that has been dispensed from the ice-making tray. At least one of the ice-making tray and the ice- It may be provided so as to be able to be drawn out.

The storage drawer may further include a storage tray for covering an upper portion of the storage space accommodated in the ice making unit.

The storage tray may be slidably supported on an upper end of a vertical wall of the storage drawer.

In addition, the storage drawer may be provided with a cold air inflow hole opened to supply cold air to the ice making unit side.

In addition, the cool air inflow hole may be provided on the rear wall.

The ice-making tray may include: a frame having upper and lower openings; an ice-making container rotatably disposed in the frame for performing ice making; a rotary knob disposed on the front surface of the frame for rotating the ice- .

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage room, a door that opens and closes the storage room, a storage drawer which is provided to be able to be drawn into and withdrawn from the storage room for storing food, The ice maker includes a partition for partitioning the ice cubes into a plurality of compartments and an ice maker for generating ice by being accommodated in any one of the plurality of compartments; And an opened ice-making unit draw-out portion.

In addition, the storage room may include a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment, and the storage drawer may be disposed in the freezer compartment.

The ice-making unit includes an ice-making tray on which ice is formed, and an ice storage body for storing ice that has been freed from the ice-making tray. At least one of the ice-making tray and the ice- And can be drawn out and drawn out.

In addition, a cool air inflow hole may be provided on one side wall of the storage space in which the ice making unit is housed, the open air hole being adapted to supply cool air to the ice making unit side.

The ice making unit may further include a cool air guide cover disposed on the ice tray.

The storage drawer may further include a storage tray that covers an upper portion of the storage space in which the ice making unit is housed.

The storage tray may be slidably supported by the upper end of the storage drawer.

The ice-making tray may include a frame, an ice-making container rotatably disposed in the frame and capable of ice-making, and a rotary knob disposed on the front surface of the frame and rotating in association with the ice-making container.

In addition, the ice-making unit is a manual ice-maker in which ice is separated from the ice-making tray according to a twist of the ice-making tray.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including a freezer compartment, a storage drawer having a bottom surface and a vertical wall and slidably installed in the freezer compartment, an ice-making tray for generating ice, An ice maker unit which is partitioned by a partition so as to accommodate the ice making unit and is provided in the storage drawer and is open at the front; The ice making machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the ice-making unit housing space includes a freezing unit housing coupled to the ice-making unit housing space, and the ice-making tray and the ice housing body are slidably installed in the ice- And may be provided to be able to be drawn in and drawn out through the unit drawer.

The rear wall of the freezing chamber may include a cool air discharge hole formed to protrude through the housing drawer and the ice making unit housing and positioned adjacent to the ice making tray.

The ice making unit housing is provided with a hexagonal body portion having a first opening corresponding to the freezing unit draw-out portion on the front surface thereof, a second opening portion through which the cold air discharge hole penetrates on the rear surface thereof, .

Further, the bottom surface may be provided with an insertion rib extending in the front-rear direction of the storage drawer to insert and fix the partition, and the partition may be provided with an annular portion coupled to surround the upper edge of the vertical wall.

As described above, the refrigerator having the refrigerator storage drawer according to the embodiment of the present invention can improve the space efficiency of the refrigerator storage room.

Further, the refrigerator having the refrigerator storage drawer according to the embodiment of the present invention is not only easy to use when drawing ice, but also improves the efficiency of the refrigerator.

Further, in the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention, as the ice-making tray is pulled out after the storage drawer is pulled out, water supply for ice-making becomes easier as the pull-out distance increases.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an internal structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage drawer of a refrigerator is drawn out according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exploded perspective view of a storage drawer of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an operational state diagram of a storage tray of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 shows a state in which the ice making unit of the refrigerator is taken out according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view showing a storage drawer having an ice making unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the refrigerator according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an internal structure of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a drawer of a refrigerator taken out of the refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 having storage rooms 12 and 13, and doors 16 and 17 for opening and closing the main body 10.

The storage compartments 12 and 13 may be composed of a first storage compartment 12 at an upper part and a second storage compartment 13 at a lower part by a transverse partition 11 which vertically divides the inside of the main body 10. [

The refrigerator of the present embodiment is a BMF (bottom mounted freezer) type refrigerator. The first storage chamber 12 functions as a refrigerating chamber, and the second storage chamber 13 functions as a freezing chamber.

The first storage compartment 12 is used as a freezing compartment and the second storage compartment 13 is used as a refrigerator compartment or the first storage compartment 12 and the second compartment 13 can be used as a refrigerator compartment or a freezer compartment, ) Can be controlled, and the number of storage chambers is not limited to two.

A machine room (not shown) in which various electric components are installed is provided in the lower portion of the main body 10, and a compressor (not shown), a condenser (not shown) and an electric box .

The doors 16 and 17 include a refrigerating chamber door 16 for opening and closing the refrigerating chamber 12 and a freezing chamber door 17 for opening and closing the freezing chamber 13.

A plurality of door guards 18 may be provided on the inner side of the doors 16 and 17 to store beverages and small-volume foods.

A plurality of shelves 14 on which foods are placed are provided in the upper refrigerating chamber 12 and a storage drawer 20 for storing food is provided in the freezing chamber 13 in the lower portion in a freezing chamber 13.

2, the storage drawer 20 is a draw-out draw-out container provided so as to be slidable in and out of the freezing compartment 13 along a rail 15 provided on both side walls of the freezing compartment 13, A guide 28 supported by the rail 15 may be provided.

The storage drawer 20 is provided with a storage space 40 for storing food or the like therein and a freezing unit 60 for generating ice can be integrally provided on one side of the storage space 40.

Since the ice making unit 60 of this embodiment is integrally provided at one side of the storage space 40 of the storage drawer 20, the invalid space of the freezing chamber 13 in which the ice making unit 60 is installed can be reduced, The space utilization of the display device can be improved.

That is, when the existing ice making unit 60 is installed in the freezing chamber 13, a separate structure such as a rail or an intermediate partition wall occupies a certain space in the freezing chamber 13 on the inside of the freezing chamber 13, The ice making unit 60 of the present embodiment is integrally provided in the receiving drawer 20 drawn out from the freezing chamber 13 so that the freezing chamber 13 for installing the ice making unit 60 The unnecessary space can be reduced.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a storage drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an operational state view of a storage tray according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the refrigerator storage drawer 20 includes a bottom surface 21 for forming a storage space 40 in which foods and the like are stored, and a vertical wall 22 extending upward from the bottom surface 21, (22) having an open top and a hexahedron shape.

The vertical wall 22 includes two side walls 23 and 24 extending upward from both side edges of the bottom surface 21 and a front wall 25 extending upward from the front and rear edges of the bottom surface 21, And a rear wall 26.

In the storage space 40, a partition 30 for partitioning the storage space 40 into a plurality of areas may be provided. The partition 30 may be provided so that both ends of the partition 30 can be divided into two separate spaces so as to contact the front wall 25 and the rear wall 26 of the storage drawer 20 have. The partition 30 may be integrally provided with the storage drawer 20, or may be separately formed and mounted on the storage drawer 20.

Thus, the storage space 40 includes a first storage space 41 and a second storage space 43 that are partitioned by the partition 30, and the first storage space 41 is a storage space for storing food And the second storage space 43 performs the function of the ice-making water supply portion in which the ice making unit 60 for generating ice is housed.

The front wall 25 forming the first storage space 41 is provided with a handle 27 for gripping the drawer 20 when the drawer 20 is pulled out and a second storage space 43 The ice making unit drawer 50 is opened to allow the ice making unit 60 to be drawn in and drawn out.

Such a freezing unit 60 is provided so as to be slidable in and out of the storage drawer 20 through the freezing unit drawer 50 so that the user can freely move the freezing chamber 13 without taking out the storage drawer 20, Only the unit 60 can be taken out from the receiving drawer 20, so that not only the ease of use is improved, but also the cold loss can be prevented.

The manual type ice making unit 60 provided in the second storage space 43 for performing the ice making operation is provided with an ice making tray 70 for ice making and an ice tray 60 disposed below the ice making tray 70 for ice- And an ice storage body 80 for storing ice.

The ice making tray 70 includes a frame 71 having a rectangular shape opened up and down, an ice tray 73 provided rotatably inside the frame 71 for ice making, And a rotary knob 75 disposed on the front surface of the ice tray 71 and interlocked with the ice tray 73.

The rotary knob 75 is provided so as to be rotatable coaxially with the rotary shaft 72 of the ice tray 73. When the rotary knob 75 is rotated, the ice tray 73 is rotated about the rotary shaft 72 of the ice tray 73, The ice in the ice-making container 73 is separated from the ice-making container 73 and dropped on the ice-making container 80 in the lower portion of the ice-making container 73 as the ice-making container 73 rotates.

Supporting ribs 77 are provided at both sides of the frame 71 so as to guide the sliding movement of the ice-making tray 70. The supporting ribs 77 support the storage compartments 43 20 and the first guide part 45 formed on the side wall of the partition 30.

On the other hand, the ice-making tray 70 of the manual-type ice-making unit 60 of the present embodiment is configured such that the user rotates the ice of the ice-making container 73 to rotate the rotary knob 75 to separate ice from the ice- The present invention is not limited thereto and a lever for interlocking with the gear may be provided to rotate the lever so that the ice tray connected to the gear is separated from the ice tray according to the twist. That is, any manual ice-maker may be applicable as long as the user twists the ice-making tray 70 to separate the ice.

The ice storage body 80 is formed in a rectangular shape with an upper portion opened and a handle 81 for holding the ice storage body 80 when the ice storage body 80 is pulled out is provided on the front surface of the ice storage body 80, 80 may be provided with supporting ribs 83 which are supported by the second guide portions 47 provided at the lower portions of both side walls of the second accommodating space 43 and slidingly moved.

The ice making unit 60 may include a cool air guide cover 90 disposed at an upper portion of the ice-making tray 70 to guide the cool air supplied to the ice-making tray 70.

The cool air guide cover 90 may be provided with a cool air guide surface 91 for guiding the movement of the cool air and a plurality of cool air discharge openings 93 for discharging the cool air that moves along the cool air guide surface 91 downward.

On the other hand, on the rear wall 26 of the storage drawer 20 forming the second storage space 43, cool air blown from a cold supply device (not shown) is supplied to the ice making unit 60 provided in the second storage space 43, And a cool air inflow hole 51 opened to guide the cool air inflow hole 51 to the outside.

A part of the cool air introduced into the second storage space 43 through the cool air inflow hole 51 by the cool air supply device moves along the cool air guide surface 91 and flows through the cool air discharge port 93 And can be delivered to the ice-making container 73.

On the other hand, in the upper portion of the second storage space 43 of the storage drawer 20 in which the ice making unit 60 is installed, the cool air introduced into the ice making unit 60 is prevented from leaking and the foreign matter is prevented from flowing into the ice making unit 60 side A storage tray 53 having an area corresponding to the opened surface of the upper portion of the second storage space 43 and covering the upper portion of the second storage space 43 may be provided.

The storage tray 53 has a storage section 54 capable of accommodating a small size article and a storage drawer 55 for supporting the edge of the storage tray 53 on the upper end of the vertical wall 22 of the storage drawer 20. [ And the support surface 55 is supported on the upper end of the front wall 25 and the upper end of the rear wall 26 of the storage drawer 20 as shown in FIG. And can be slidably moved in the left-right direction along the upper end of the main body 22.

Hereinafter, operations and effects of a storage drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, since the ice making unit 60 is integrally provided in the storage drawer 20 which is detachably provided in the freezing chamber 13, it is possible to reduce a separate ineffective space for installing the ice making unit 60 in the freezing chamber 13 The space utilization of the freezing chamber 13 is in an improved state.

The ice making unit 60 is accommodated in the second accommodating space 43 of the accommodating drawer 20 in a state in which water is supplied to the ice-making tray 70 in an appropriate amount, 70 generate ice by the cold air introduced through the cold air inflow hole 51 of the storage drawer 20 from the cold air supply device (not shown) of the refrigerator.

In this case, the cold air introduced into the second storage space 43 is minimized in leakage of cold air by the storage tray 53 which hermetically seals the upper portion of the second storage space 43, so that the ice-making time can be shortened.

5, the user does not need to take out the storage drawer 20 drawn into the freezing chamber 13, but the ice storage body (not shown) 80 can be drawn out to take out the ice, so that it is possible to prevent the ease of use and the efficiency deterioration due to cold air loss.

In addition, when the user feeds water to the ice-making tray 70, the ice-making tray 70 can be drawn out from the receiving drawer 20 after the drawer 20 is drawn out from the freezing chamber 13, So that it becomes possible to facilitate the manual feeding.

Hereinafter, a storage drawer having an ice making unit of another embodiment will be described. The description of the same parts as those of the embodiment described above will be omitted.

6 is a perspective view showing a storage drawer having an ice making unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6, the storage drawer 20 has a storage space 40 in which food is stored, and the storage space 40 is partitioned by a partition 95 that is detachably provided in the first storage space 41 And the second accommodating space 43, as shown in Fig.

An insertion rib 96 formed to cross the storage space 40 is formed on the bottom surface 21 of the storage space 40 and a lower end of the partition 95 is inserted and fixed to the insertion rib 96 .

The partition 95 may be provided with an annular portion 95a which is coupled to the upper edge of the upper portion of the partition 95 so as to surround the upper edge of the rear wall 26. [ In addition, the side wall of the partition 95 may be provided with a plurality of cooling air holes 95b for allowing the cooling air to flow between the first and second storage spaces 41 and 43.

In this embodiment, unlike the above-described ice making unit, the ice making unit 100 provided in the second housing space 43 is provided as a separate assembly and can be mounted in the second housing space 43.

The ice making unit 100 is provided with a ice making unit housing 110 having a shape corresponding to the second housing space 43. The ice making tray 70 and the ice housing 80 are provided in the ice making unit housing 110, Can be accommodated.

The ice making unit housing 110 has a rectangular box-shaped body part 111 and the body part 111 can be detachably coupled to the storage drawer 20 after being inserted into the second storage space 43 .

To this end, the front surface of the ice-making unit housing 111 is provided with a position fixing protrusion 97 corresponding to the position fixing protrusion 97 provided inside the front wall 25 of the receiving drawer 20, A fitting protrusion 115 may be provided on the rear surface of the receiving drawer 20 so as to be coupled to the fitting groove 98 formed in the rear wall 26 of the receiving drawer 20.

Meanwhile, a plurality of cool air distribution holes 117 and 118 may be provided around the ice making unit housing 111 to uniformly introduce cool air around the ice making unit housing 111 into the ice making unit housing 111.

The cooling air distribution holes 117 and 118 function as a passage through which the cool air in the freezing chamber 13 is transmitted to the ice-making tray 70. The cool air introduced through the cooling air distribution holes 117 and 118 flows through the ice- (80).

The front surface of the ice making unit housing 111 is provided with a first opening 114 corresponding to the ice making unit draw-out portion 50 for drawing out the ice-making tray 70 and the ice accommodating body 80, The rear surface of the housing 111 may be provided with a second opening 116 opened in a shape corresponding to the cool air inflow hole 51 formed in the rear wall 26 of the second accommodating space 40 side.

A first guide portion 112 and a second guide portion 119 for slidably supporting the ice-making tray 70 and the ice storage body 80 are vertically spaced apart from each other on both side walls of the ice- And support ribs 77 and 83 respectively corresponding to the first and second guide portions 112 and 119 may be provided on both sides of the ice tray 70 and the ice storage body 80.

On the other hand, a cool air discharge hole 120 protruded from the rear wall of the freezer compartment 13 to supply cool air generated in the cool air supply device to the second storage space 43 may be provided.

The cold air discharging hole 120 is located at a position adjacent to the rear side of the ice-making tray 70 through the second opening 116 of the ice-making unit housing 111 in a state in which the receiving drawer 20 is drawn into the freezing chamber 13, . Accordingly, it is possible to smoothly supply the cool air to the ice-making tray 70, thereby shortening the ice-making time.

The foregoing has shown and described specific embodiments. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the technical idea of the present invention described in the following claims .

10: main body, 21: storage drawer,
30: partition, 40: storage space,
50: a freezing unit withdrawing portion, 51: a cold air inflow hole,
53: storage tray, 60: freezing unit,
70: ice-making tray, 80: ice-
90: Cooling guide cover.

Claims

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Freezer;
A storage cabinet slidably installed in the freezer compartment;
An ice-making unit including an ice-making tray for generating ice, an ice container for storing ice dropped by the ice-making tray, and a ice-making unit housing for accommodating the ice-making tray and the ice-
And a partition for dividing the inside of the storage drawer into a first storage space for storing food and a second storage space for coupling the ice making unit.
Wherein the ice-making unit is provided with an assembly in which the ice-making tray and the ice housing body are housed in the ice-making unit housing, and is detachably coupled to the second housing space,
Wherein the partition includes a flow hole through which cool air can flow between the first containing space and the second containing space,
Wherein the ice making unit housing includes a cool air distribution hole for allowing cool air of the freezing room flowing through the flow hole to flow into the ice making unit housing and to be transferred to the ice tray and the ice housing body.

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