storage facility

Abstract

To provide a storehouse capable of reducing elements that become an obstacle when storing items in a storage room. [Solution] In a refrigerator 1 serving as a storage cabinet having a refrigerator main body 2 as a storage cabinet main body having a storage chamber 5A and a shelf member 16 that can be detachably attached within the storage chamber 5A, the refrigerator 1 has a support member 18 formed by bending a metal wire, and this support member 18 is configured to partially support the shelf member 16, so that the support member 18 is less likely to get in the way when storing items within the storage chamber 5A.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a storage cabinet such as a refrigerator, and more particularly to a storage cabinet having removable shelf members. [Background technology]

[0002] A known storage cabinet of this type includes a refrigerator body (corresponding to the storage body of the present invention) having a storage compartment, a shelf member detachably attached to the inside of the storage compartment, and a support member provided on the inner wall of the storage compartment to support the shelf member. In order to position the shelf member, a protrusion is formed on the wall of the storage compartment, and the shelf member is formed with a protrusion for engaging with the protrusion (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2020-060321 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in such a storage facility, the protrusions are configured to abut the walls of the storage chamber to prevent the shelves from tilting due to the weight of stored items when they are placed on the shelves. This can cause the protrusions to get in the way when placing items under the shelves. Furthermore, when the shelves are not in use, the protrusions can get in the way by hitting the stored items.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a storage cabinet that can reduce elements that get in the way when storing items in a storage chamber. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The storage cabinet described in claim 1 of the present invention is a storage cabinet having a storage cabinet body with a storage chamber and a shelf member that can be removably attached within the storage chamber, and has a support member made of metal wire, and this support member is configured to at least partially support the shelf member.

[0007] Furthermore, the storage facility described in claim 2 of the present invention is a storage facility in claim 1, wherein the storage chamber has opposing first and second upright walls and a third upright wall arranged adjacent to the first and second upright walls, the shelf mounting portion of the support member is arranged to protrude horizontally from the third upright wall, and a support portion for supporting a portion of the shelf member is provided on the first upright wall and / or second upright wall.

[0008] In addition, the storage facility described in claim 3 of the present invention is the same as claim 2, in that the support portions are provided on the first vertical wall and the second vertical wall, and the distance from the shelf mounting portion to the support portion of the first vertical wall is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion to the support portion of the second vertical wall.

[0009] In addition, the storage facility described in claim 4 of the present invention is a storage facility in claim 3, wherein the support member is configured to have the shelf mounting portion and a supported portion, and this supported portion is supported in a detachable manner relative to the mounting portion of the third standing wall.

[0010] Furthermore, the storage facility described in claim 5 of the present invention is a storage facility in claim 1, wherein the storage chamber has opposing first and second standing walls, and support portions for supporting the support member are provided on these first and second standing walls, and the support member has a two-dimensionally curved shape having a pair of shelf mounting portions, a pair of supported portions provided on both ends of the support member and supported by the support portions, and connecting portions connecting the shelf mounting portions to each other and between the shelf mounting portions and the supported portions.

[0011] A sixth aspect of the present invention provides the storehouse of the fifth aspect, wherein one of the pair of supported portions also serves as the shelf placement portion.

[0012] Furthermore, the storehouse according to claim 7 of the present invention is the storehouse according to either claim 5 or 6, which is configured so that shelf members are placed also on the connection portions that connect the shelf placement portions to each other. [Effects of the Invention]

[0013] By configuring the storage facility described in claim 1 of the present invention as described above, the shelf members are supported by support members made of metal wire, so that the support members are less likely to get in the way when storing items in the storage chamber.

[0014] Furthermore, the storage chamber has opposing first and second upright walls and a third upright wall arranged adjacent to these first and second upright walls, the shelf mounting portion of the support member is arranged to protrude horizontally from the third upright wall, and a support portion for supporting a part of the shelf member is provided on the first upright wall and / or second upright wall, so that the shelf member can be supported with a simple structure without interfering with storage.

[0015] Furthermore, by providing the support portions on the first and second vertical walls and making the distance from the shelf mounting portion to the support portion of the first vertical wall equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion to the support portion of the second vertical wall, the same shelf member can be supported by the shelf mounting portion and the support portion of the first vertical wall, or by the shelf mounting portion and the support portion of the second vertical wall, so that the shelf member can be supported at any desired position on either the first vertical wall side or the second vertical wall side.

[0016] Furthermore, by configuring the support member to have the shelf mounting portion and the supported portion, and by supporting the supported portion in a detachable manner relative to the mounting portion of the third standing wall, the support member can be prevented from getting in the way when the shelf member is not in use.

[0017] In addition, the storage chamber has opposing first and second upright walls, and support portions for supporting the support member are provided on these first and second upright walls, and the support member has a pair of shelf mounting portions, a pair of supported portions provided at both ends of the support member and supported by the support portions, and connection portions connecting the shelf mounting portions to each other and the shelf mounting portions to the supported portions, and is formed into a two-dimensionally curved shape.Therefore, the shelf member can be supported by a pair of shelf mounting portions of the support member supported by the pair of support portions, so that it does not get in the way when storing stored items below the shelf member and support member.

[0018] Furthermore, by having one of the pair of supported portions also serve as the shelf placement portion, the shape of the support member can be simplified.

[0019] Furthermore, by configuring the shelf member to be placed on the connecting portion that connects the shelf placement portions together, the shelf member can be stably supported by the support member. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] 1 is a front view of a storage facility according to a first embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 2] FIG. 10 is a front view of the storage facility with the door open. [Figure 3] 2. FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. [Figure 5] 10 is an explanatory view seen from the front side showing the procedure for attaching the support member to the attachment portion. FIG. [Figure 6] 10 is an explanatory view seen from the right side showing the procedure for attaching the support member to the attachment portion. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a front view of the storage cabinet with the door open and the mounting position of the shelf member changed. [Figure 8] 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 7. [Figure 9]FIG. 10 is a front view of a storage cabinet with the door open, showing a second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 9. [Figure 11] FIG. [Figure 12] 10 is an explanatory view seen from the front side showing the procedure for attaching the support member to the attachment portion. FIG. [Figure 13] 10 is an explanatory view seen from the right side showing the procedure for attaching the support member to the attachment portion. FIG. [Figure 14] FIG. 10 is a front view of the storage cabinet with the door open and the mounting position of the shelf member changed. [Figure 15] 14. FIG. [Figure 16] FIG. 10 is a front view of a storage cabinet with the door open, showing a third embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 17] 16. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. [Figure 18] FIG. [Figure 19] FIG. 10 is a front view of the storage cabinet with the door open and the mounting position of the shelf member changed. [Figure 20] 19. FIG. [Figure 21] FIG. 10 is a front view of a storage cabinet with the door open, showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 22] 22 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 21. [Figure 23] FIG. [Figure 24] FIG. 10 is a front view of the storage cabinet with the door open and the mounting position of the shelf member changed. [Figure 25] 24. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0021] A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to Figures 1 to 8. The storage cabinet of the present invention is a refrigerator, and a compressor, Peltier element, Stirling refrigerator, regenerator, etc. may be used as a cold source. However, since the cold source is not important to the present invention, a description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the up, down, left, and right directions in Figures 1, 2, and 7 correspond to the actual up, down, left, and right directions. In Figures 3 and 8, the top is the rear, and the bottom is the front.

[0022] Reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerator serving as a storage cabinet of the present invention. This refrigerator 1 comprises a refrigerator body 2 serving as a box-shaped storage cabinet body having an opening 2A at the front, and a door 3 that can open and close the opening 2A. The refrigerator body 2 comprises an outer shell 4, an inner container 5, and a heat insulating layer 6. The outer shell 4 is formed by bending a steel plate. The inner container 5 is molded from synthetic resin. The heat insulating layer 6 is made of urethane foam or the like. The inner container 5 forms a storage chamber 5A.

[0023] The inner container 5 includes a right wall 7 as a first upright wall, a left wall 8 as a second upright wall, a lower rear wall 9 as a third upright wall, an upper rear wall 10, a top surface 11, a step 12, and a bottom surface 13. The right wall 7 and the left wall 8 are provided with groove-shaped support portions 14, 15 that extend linearly in the front-to-rear direction, respectively. These support portions 14, 15 are formed in positions such that, when a shelf member 16 is supported, the top surface of the shelf member 16 is flush with the step 12. An attachment portion 17 is formed from the lower rear wall 9 to the step 12. A support member 18 is detachably attached to the attachment portion 17. The attachment portion 17 includes a vertical hole 17A and a notch 17B that allows the support member 18 to protrude horizontally. The mounting portion 17 is formed at the center in the left-right direction of the lower rear wall 9 and the step portion 12. Therefore, the distance from the notch 17B to the right wall 7 is equal to the distance from the notch 17B to the left wall 8. The shelf member 16 is formed with linear recessed portions 16A, 16B extending in the front-rear direction and having a depth equal to the diameter of the metal wire that constitutes the support member 18. A shelf mounting portion 19 of the support member 18, which will be described later, is configured to fit into one of these recessed portions 16A, 16B.

[0024] As shown in FIG. 4 and other figures, the support member 18 is formed by bending a metal wire such as steel at a right angle to form a substantially L-shape. In this embodiment, the cross section of the metal wire constituting the support member 18 is circular, but other shapes, such as rectangular, may also be used. While the support member 18 is formed by bending a metal wire in this embodiment, a similar support member can be formed by punching a metal plate of a predetermined thickness into an L-shape using a press or other means. Furthermore, it is desirable that the metal wire constituting the support member 18 has sufficient strength and thickness to avoid plastic deformation due to the weight of the items to be stored on the shelf member 16. The support member 18 includes a linear shelf mounting portion 19 on which one lateral side of the shelf member 16 is placed, and a linear supported portion 20 attached to the mounting portion 17. The central axis of the shelf mounting portion 19 and the central axis of the supported portion 20 are perpendicular to each other. The supported portion 20 is inserted from above into the vertical hole 17A of the mounting portion 17. The outer diameter of the supported portion 20 is the same as or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the vertical hole 17A. The outer diameter of the shelf mounting portion 19 is the same as or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the notch 17B of the mounting portion 17. As a result, the shelf mounting portion 19 protrudes horizontally forward and perpendicular to the left-right direction from the left-right center of the lower rear wall 9 without tilting to either the left or right. Therefore, the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the right wall 7 is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the left wall 8. Furthermore, the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the rear surface of the support portion 14 of the right wall 7 is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the rear surface of the support portion 15 of the left wall 8.

[0025] The shelf mounting portion 19 fits into the recessed streak portion 16A formed on the left end side of the shelf member 16, so that the left end side of the shelf member 16 is supported by the shelf mounting portion 19 and the right end side is supported by the support portion 14. Alternatively, the shelf mounting portion 19 fits into the recessed streak portion 16B formed on the right end side of the shelf member 16, so that the right end side of the shelf member 16 is supported by the shelf mounting portion 19 and the left end side is supported by the support portion 15. The shelf member 16 is supported horizontally by the shelf mounting portion 19 and the support portion 14 or 15. The shelf member 16 is also at the same height as the step portion 12. As mentioned above, since the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the rear surface of the support portion 14 of the right wall 7 is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the rear surface of the support portion 15 of the left wall 8, the shelf member 16 can be supported not only by the shelf mounting portion 19 and the support portion 14 as shown in Figures 2 and 3, but also by the shelf mounting portion 19 and the support portion 15 as shown in Figures 7 and 8.

[0026] The refrigerator body 2 is provided with a pair of upper and lower pivotal support parts 21, 22. The door 3 is pivotally supported by these pivotal support parts 21, 22.

[0027] Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the user decides whether or not to use the shelf member 16. If the shelf member 16 is not to be used, the user removes the shelf member 16 from the shelf mounting portion 19 and the support portion 14 or 15, and then removes the support member 18 from the mounting portion 17. In this way, with the shelf member 16 and the support member 18 removed, there is no part of the inner container 5 that protrudes into the interior of the container, so that the protruding part does not get in the way when storing the stored items.

[0028] On the other hand, when using the shelf member 16, after attaching the support member 18 to the mounting portion 17, the right end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the support portion 14 and the left end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the shelf mounting portion 19 of the support member 18, or the left end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the support portion 15 and the right end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the shelf mounting portion 19 of the support member 18. In this case, because the support member 18 is formed into an L-shape from metal wire as described above, there is no protruding portion below the shelf mounting portion 19 other than the curved portion formed by bending the metal wire. Therefore, when storing items below the shelf member 16, the protruding portion is less likely to get in the way. Furthermore, grooves 16A and 16B into which the shelf mounting portion 19 fits are formed on the underside of the shelf member 16, and the depth dimension of these grooves 16A and 16B is the same as the diameter dimension of the shelf mounting portion 19, so that the shelf mounting portion 19 hardly protrudes from the underside of the shelf member 16 except for the bent portion of the metal wire. Therefore, when storing items below the shelf member 16, the protruding portion is less likely to get in the way.

[0029] Whether shelf member 16 is placed on the right or left side of storage compartment 5A of refrigerator 1 can be selected depending on the user's preference and dominant hand, the relative position of refrigerator 1 to other furniture and walls, the number and size of items to be stored in refrigerator 1, etc. When shelf member 16 is placed on the right side of storage compartment 5A, shelf member 16 is supported by support portion 14 and shelf mounting portion 19. On the other hand, when shelf member 16 is placed on the left side of storage compartment 5A, shelf member 16 is supported by support portion 15 and shelf mounting portion 19. As described above, the distance from shelf mounting portion 19 to the rear surface of support portion 14 of right wall 7 is equal to the distance from shelf mounting portion 19 to the rear surface of support portion 15 of left wall 8, so the same shelf member 16 can be used whether shelf member 16 is placed on the right side of storage compartment 5A or the left side of storage compartment 5A.

[0030] As described above, the present invention provides a refrigerator 1 as a storage cabinet having a refrigerator main body 2 as a storage cabinet main body having a storage chamber 5A and a shelf member 16 that is detachably attached within the storage chamber 5A, which has a support member 18 formed by bending a metal wire, and which is configured to partially support the shelf member 16, thereby making it possible to prevent the support member 18 from getting in the way when storing items within the storage chamber 5A.

[0031] In addition, in the present invention, the storage chamber 5A has a right wall 7 as a first opposing upright wall, a left wall 8 as a second upright wall, and a lower rear wall 9 as a third upright wall arranged adjacent to the right wall 7 and the left wall 8, and the shelf mounting portion 19 of the support member 18 is arranged to protrude forward and horizontally from the lower rear wall 9, and a support portion 14 for supporting the right end side of the shelf member 16 is provided on the right wall 7, and a support portion 15 for supporting the left end side of the shelf member 16 is provided on the left wall 8, so that the shelf member 16 can be supported with a simple structure so as not to interfere with storage.

[0032] In addition, the present invention provides the support portions 14, 15 on the right wall 7 and the left wall 8, respectively, and makes the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the support portion 14 of the right wall 7 equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 19 to the support portion 15 of the left wall 8. This allows the same shelf member 16 to be supported by the shelf mounting portion 19 and the support portion 14 of the right wall 7, or by the shelf mounting portion 19 and the support portion 15 of the left wall 8, so that the shelf member 16 can be supported at any desired position on either the right wall 7 side or the left wall 8 side.

[0033] Furthermore, in the present invention, the support member 18 is configured to have the shelf mounting portion 19 and the supported portion 20, and this supported portion 20 is detachably supported on the mounting portion 17 of the lower rear wall 9, so that the support member 18 does not get in the way when the shelf member 16 is not in use.

[0034] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 9 to 15. As in the first embodiment, the storage cabinet of the present invention is a refrigerator, and a compressor, Peltier element, Stirling refrigerator, regenerator, etc. may be used as the cold source. However, since the cold source is not important to the present invention, the description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the up, down, left, and right directions in Figures 9 and 14 correspond to the actual up, down, left, and right directions. In Figures 10 and 15, the top is the rear, and the bottom is the front. Furthermore, the structure viewed from the front is the same as the front view of the first embodiment.

[0035] Reference numeral 31 denotes a refrigerator serving as a storage cabinet of the present invention. This refrigerator 31 comprises a refrigerator body 32 serving as a box-shaped storage cabinet body having an opening 32A at the front, and a door 3 that can open and close the opening 32A. The refrigerator body 32 comprises an outer shell 4, an inner container 35, and a heat insulating layer 36. The outer shell 4 is formed by bending a steel plate. The inner container 35 is molded from synthetic resin. The heat insulating layer 36 is made of urethane foam or the like. The inner container 35 forms a storage chamber 35A.

[0036] The inner container 35 includes a right wall 37 as a first upright wall, a left wall 38 as a second upright wall, a lower rear wall 39 as a third upright wall, an upper rear wall 40, a top surface 41, a step 42, and a bottom surface 43. The right wall 37 and the left wall 38 are each provided with groove-shaped support portions 44, 45 that extend linearly in the front-to-rear direction. These support portions 44, 45 are positioned so that the top surface of the shelf member 16 is flush with the step 42 when the shelf member 16 is supported. An attachment portion 47 is formed from the lower rear wall 39 to the step 42. A support member 48 is detachably attached to the attachment portion 47. The attachment portion 47 includes a vertical hole 47A and a notch 47B that allows the support member 48 to protrude horizontally. The mounting portion 47 is formed at the center in the left-right direction of the lower rear wall 39 and the step portion 42. Therefore, the distance from the notch 47B to the right wall 37 is equal to the distance from the notch 47B to the left wall 38. The shelf member 16 is formed with linear recessed portions 16A, 16B extending in the front-rear direction and having a depth equal to the diameter of the metal wire that constitutes the support member 48. A shelf mounting portion 49 of the support member 48, which will be described later, is configured to fit into one of these recessed portions 16A, 16B.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 11 and other figures, the support member 48 is formed by bending a metal wire such as steel. In this embodiment, the cross section of the metal wire constituting the support member 48 is circular, but other shapes, such as rectangular, may also be used. While the support member 48 is formed by bending a metal wire in this embodiment, a similar support member can be formed by punching a metal plate of a predetermined thickness using a press or the like and then bending a portion of the metal wire. Furthermore, the metal wire constituting the support member 48 is preferably strong and thick enough to avoid plastic deformation due to the weight of the items to be stored on the shelf member 16. The support member 48 includes a linear shelf mounting portion 49 on which one lateral side of the shelf member 16 is placed, and a supported portion 50 attached to the mounting portion 47. The supported portion 50 includes a shaft portion 50A and a rotation-preventing portion 50B formed by bending the shaft portion 50A to the left and right. The shaft 50A and the anti-rotation portion 50B are formed two-dimensionally as a whole. The central axis of the shelf mounting portion 49 and the shaft 50A of the supported portion 50 are perpendicular to each other. Furthermore, a plane passing through the central axis of the shelf mounting portion 49 and the center line of the supported portion 50 is also perpendicular to each other. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13 , the support member 48 is formed in an L-shape when viewed from the side. The distance from the shaft 50A of the supported portion 50 to the right end of the anti-rotation portion 50B is equal to the distance from the shaft 50A of the supported portion 50 to the left end of the anti-rotation portion 50B. The supported portion 50 is inserted from above into the vertical hole 47A of the mounting portion 47. The outer diameter of the supported portion 50 is equal to or slightly smaller than the inner dimension of the vertical hole 47A in the front-to-rear direction. Furthermore, the left-right dimension of anti-rotation portion 50B of supported portion 50 is formed to be the same as or slightly shorter than the left-right inner dimension of vertical hole portion 47A. Furthermore, the outer diameter of shelf mounting portion 49 is formed to be the same as or slightly narrower than notch 47B of mounting portion 47. As a result, shelf mounting portion 49 protrudes horizontally forward and protrudes perpendicular to the left-right direction without inclining to either the left or the right from the left-right center of lower rear wall 39.In particular, since the vertical hole 47A and the anti-rotation portion 50B prevent the support member 48 from rotating in the horizontal direction, it is possible to reliably prevent the shelf mounting portion 49 from tilting to either the left or the right. Therefore, the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the right wall 37 is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the left wall 38. Furthermore, the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the rear surface of the support portion 44 of the right wall 37 is also equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the rear surface of the support portion 45 of the left wall 38.

[0038] The shelf mounting portion 49 fits into the recessed streak portion 16A formed on the left end side of the shelf member 16, so that the left end side of the shelf member 16 is supported by the shelf mounting portion 49 and the right end side is supported by the support portion 44. Alternatively, the shelf mounting portion 49 fits into the recessed streak portion 16B formed on the right end side of the shelf member 16, so that the right end side of the shelf member 16 is supported by the shelf mounting portion 49 and the left end side is supported by the support portion 45. The shelf member 16 is supported horizontally by the shelf mounting portion 49 and the support portion 44 or 45. The shelf member 16 is also at the same height as the step portion 42. As mentioned above, since the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the rear surface of the support portion 44 of the right wall 37 is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the rear surface of the support portion 45 of the left wall 38, the shelf member 16 can be supported not only by the shelf mounting portion 49 and the support portion 44 as shown in Figures 9 and 10, but also by the shelf mounting portion 49 and the support portion 45 as shown in Figures 14 and 15.

[0039] The refrigerator body 32 is provided with a pair of upper and lower pivotal support parts 21, 22. The door 3 is pivotally supported by these pivotal support parts 21, 22.

[0040] Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the user decides whether or not to use the shelf member 16. If the shelf member 16 is not to be used, the user removes the shelf member 16 from the shelf mounting portion 49 and the support portion 44 or 45, and then removes the support member 48 from the mounting portion 47. In this way, with the shelf member 16 and the support member 48 removed, there is no part of the inner container 35 that protrudes into the interior of the container, so that protruding parts do not get in the way when storing items to be stored.

[0041] On the other hand, when using the shelf member 16, after attaching the support member 48 to the mounting portion 47, the right end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the support portion 44 and the left end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the shelf mounting portion 49 of the support member 48, or the left end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the support portion 45 and the right end of the shelf member 16 is placed on the shelf mounting portion 49 of the support member 48. In this case, since the support member 48 is formed from metal wire in an L-shape in a side view as described above, there is no protruding portion below the shelf mounting portion 49 other than the curved portion formed by bending the metal wire. Therefore, when storing items below the shelf member 16, the protruding portion is less likely to get in the way. Furthermore, grooves 16A and 16B into which the shelf mounting portion 49 fits are formed on the underside of the shelf member 16, and the depth dimension of these grooves 16A and 16B is the same as the diameter dimension of the shelf mounting portion 49, so that the shelf mounting portion 49 hardly protrudes from the underside of the shelf member 16 except for the curved portion formed by bending the metal wire. Therefore, when storing items below the shelf member 16, the protruding portion is less likely to get in the way.

[0042] Whether the shelf member 16 is disposed on the right or left side of the storage compartment 35A of the refrigerator 31 can be selected depending on the user's preference and dominant hand, the relative position of the refrigerator 31 to other furniture or walls, or the number and size of items to be stored in the refrigerator 31. When the shelf member 16 is disposed on the right side of the storage compartment 35A, the shelf member 16 is supported by the support portion 44 and the shelf mounting portion 49. On the other hand, when the shelf member 16 is disposed on the left side of the storage compartment 35A, the shelf member 16 is supported by the support portion 45 and the shelf mounting portion 49. As mentioned above, the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the rear surface of the support portion 44 of the right wall 37 is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the rear surface of the support portion 45 of the left wall 38, so the same shelf member 16 can be used whether the shelf member 16 is placed on the right side of the storage chamber 35A or on the left side of the storage chamber 35A.

[0043] As described above, the present invention provides refrigerator 31 as a storage cabinet having refrigerator main body 32 as a storage cabinet main body having storage chamber 35A and shelf member 16 detachably attached within storage chamber 35A, which has support member 48 formed by bending metal wire, and which is configured to partially support shelf member 16, thereby making it possible to prevent support member 48 from getting in the way when storing items within storage chamber 35A.

[0044] In addition, in the present invention, the storage chamber 35A has a right wall 37 as a first opposing upright wall, a left wall 38 as a second upright wall, and a lower rear wall 39 as a third upright wall arranged adjacent to the right wall 37 and the left wall 38, and the shelf mounting portion 49 of the support member 48 is arranged to protrude forward and horizontally from the lower rear wall 39, and a support portion 44 for supporting the right end side of the shelf member 16 is provided on the right wall 37, and a support portion 45 for supporting the left end side of the shelf member 16 is provided on the left wall 38, so that the shelf member 16 can be supported with a simple structure so as not to interfere with storage.

[0045] In addition, the present invention provides the support portions 44, 45 on the right wall 37 and the left wall 38, respectively, and makes the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the support portion 44 of the right wall 37 equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion 49 to the support portion 45 of the left wall 38.This allows the same shelf member 16 to be supported by the shelf mounting portion 49 and the support portion 44 of the right wall 37, or by the shelf mounting portion 49 and the support portion 45 of the left wall 38, so that the shelf member 16 can be supported at any desired position on either the right wall 37 side or the left wall 38 side.

[0046] Furthermore, in the present invention, the support member 48 is configured to have the shelf mounting portion 49 and the supported portion 50, and this supported portion 50 is detachably supported on the mounting portion 47 of the lower rear wall 39, so that the support member 48 does not get in the way when the shelf member 16 is not in use.

[0047] Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 16 to 20. As in the above embodiments, the storage cabinet of the present invention is a refrigerator, and a compressor, Peltier element, Stirling refrigerator, regenerator, or the like can be used as a cold source. However, since the cold source is not important to the present invention, a description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the up, down, left, and right directions in Figures 16 and 19 correspond to the actual up, down, left, and right directions. In Figures 17 and 20, the top is the rear, and the bottom is the front. Furthermore, the structure viewed from the front is the same as the front view of the first embodiment.

[0048] Reference numeral 51 denotes a refrigerator serving as a storage cabinet of the present invention. This refrigerator 51 is configured to have a refrigerator body 52 serving as a box-shaped storage cabinet body having an opening 52A at the front, and a door 3 that can open and close the opening 52A. The refrigerator body 52 is configured to have an outer shell 4, an inner container 55, and a heat insulating layer 56. The outer shell 4 is formed by bending a steel plate. The inner container 55 is molded from synthetic resin. The heat insulating layer 56 is made of urethane foam or the like. The inner container 55 forms a storage chamber 55A.

[0049] The inner container 55 includes a right wall 57 as a first upright wall, a left wall 58 as a second upright wall, a lower rear wall 59 as a third upright wall, an upper rear wall 60, a top surface 61, a step 62, and a bottom surface 63. The right wall 57 and the left wall 58 are provided with groove-shaped support portions 64, 65 extending linearly in the front-to-rear direction, respectively. A support portion 67 having an L-shaped cross section is formed horizontally in the left-to-right direction at the upper end of the lower rear wall 59 and the front end of the step 62, connecting the rear ends of the support portions 64, 65. A support member 68 is detachably placed on these support portions 64, 65, 67, and a shelf member 66 is placed on the support member 68. The lower surfaces of the support portions 64, 65, 67 are located on the same horizontal plane. Furthermore, the vertical dimension of the support portions 64, 65 is equal to or slightly larger than the distance from the lower end of the support member 68 to the upper surface of the shelf member 66 when the support member 68 and shelf member 66 are stacked on top of each other. Furthermore, the vertical dimension of the support portion 67 is equal to the distance from the lower end of the support member 68 to the upper surface of the shelf member 66 when the support member 68 and shelf member 66 are stacked on top of each other. Therefore, when the support member 68 is placed on the support portions 64, 65, 67 and the shelf member 66 is placed on this support member 68, the upper surface of this shelf member 66 is at the same height as the step portion 62. Furthermore, the left-right dimensions of the support portions 64, 65 and the front-to-back dimension of the support portion 67 are each equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the metal wire that makes up the support member 68.

[0050] As shown in Figure 18 and other figures, the support member 68 is formed by bending a metal wire such as steel. In this embodiment, the cross section of the metal wire constituting the support member 68 is circular, but it may have other shapes, such as a square. Also, in this embodiment, the support member 68 is formed by bending a metal wire, but if a support member of a similar structure can be formed by punching a metal plate of a predetermined thickness using a press or the like, it is essentially the same. Furthermore, it is desirable that the metal wire constituting the support member 68 has a strength and thickness sufficient to prevent plastic deformation due to the weight of the stored items placed on the shelf member 66.

[0051] The support member 68 has a linear shelf mounting portion 69, a pair of linear supported portions 70, 70 provided at both ends of the support member 68 and supported by the support portions 64, 65, and a pair of connecting portions 71, 71 connecting the shelf mounting portion 69 and the supported portions 70, 70. One of the connecting portions 71, 71 is supported by the support portion 67. The shelf mounting portion 69 and the pair of supported portions 70 are formed parallel to each other. The pair of connecting portions 71, 71 are perpendicular to the shelf mounting portion 69 and the supported portions 70, 70, respectively. The distance between the shelf mounting portion 69 and one of the supported portions 70 is equal to the distance between the shelf mounting portion 69 and the other of the supported portions 70. That is, the lengths of one connecting portion 71 and the other connecting portion 71 are equal, and the shelf mounting portion 69 is located in the center between the supported portions 70, 70. The lengths of the supported portions 70, 70 are also equal. Therefore, the support member 68 has a two-fold symmetric shape. The shelf member 66 can be placed on one of the supported portions 70. Therefore, one of the supported portions 70 also serves as a shelf mounting portion. Furthermore, the shelf member 66 can also be placed on one of the connecting portions 71 that connects the shelf mounting portion 69 and one of the supported portions 70. Therefore, one of the connecting portions 71 also serves as a shelf mounting portion.

[0052] As shown in FIG. 17 , when the support member 68 is placed on the support portions 64, 65, and 67 with the right connecting portion 71 facing forward and the left connecting portion 71 facing backward, the shelf member 66 can be placed on the shelf placement portion 69, the right supported portion 70, and the front connecting portion 71. In this state, the left end of the shelf member 66 is supported by the shelf placement portion 69, the right end is supported by the supported portion 70, which also serves as the shelf placement portion, and the front end is supported by the connecting portion 71, which also serves as the shelf placement portion. In this manner, the shelf member 66 is supported horizontally by the shelf placement portion 69, the right supported portion 70, which also serves as the shelf placement portion, and the front connecting portion 71, which also serves as the shelf placement portion. The shelf member 66 is also at the same height as the step portion 62. As described above, since the supporting member 68 has a two-fold symmetric shape, the same result can be obtained even if the supporting member 68 is placed on the supporting portions 64, 65, 67 in a position rotated 180 degrees horizontally. In other words, the other supported portion 70 and the other connecting portion 71 can also serve as shelf placing portions.

[0053] 20 , when the support member 68 is placed on the support portions 64, 65, and 67 with the right connecting portion 71 facing rearward and the left connecting portion 71 facing forward, the shelf member 66 can be placed on the shelf placement portion 69, the left supported portion 70, and the front connecting portion 71. In this state, the shelf member 66 is supported at its right end by the shelf placement portion 69, its left end by the supported portion 70, which also serves as the shelf placement portion, and its front end by the connecting portion 71, which also serves as the shelf placement portion. In this manner, the shelf member 66 is supported horizontally by the shelf placement portion 69, the left supported portion 70, which also serves as the shelf placement portion, and the front connecting portion 71, which also serves as the shelf placement portion. The shelf member 66 is also at the same height as the step portion 62.

[0054] The refrigerator body 52 is provided with a pair of upper and lower pivotal support parts 21, 22. The door 3 is pivotally supported by these pivotal support parts 21, 22.

[0055] Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the user decides whether or not to use the shelf member 66. If the shelf member 66 is not to be used, the user removes the shelf member 66 from the support member 68, and then removes the support member 68 from the support portions 64, 65, and 67. In this way, with the shelf member 66 and the support member 68 removed, there is no part of the inner container 55 that protrudes into the interior of the storage compartment, so that the protruding part does not get in the way when storing the stored items.

[0056] On the other hand, when using the shelf member 66, the user first attaches the support member 68 to the inner container 55 so that the pair of supported portions 70, 70 rest on the supporting portions 64, 65 and the rear connecting portion 71 rests on the supporting portion 67. Then, the shelf member 66 is placed on the support member 68. When the support member 68 is attached to the inner container 55 so that the right connecting portion 71 is in the front and the left connecting portion 71 is in the rear, the shelf member 66 is supported by the shelf placing portion 69, the right supported portion 70, and the front connecting portion 71. In other words, the shelf member 66 is located on the right side of the storage chamber 55A. Because the support member 68 is formed by two-dimensionally bending a metal wire as described above, there is no protruding portion below the support member 68. This makes it less likely that protruding portions will get in the way when storing items below the shelf member 66. Furthermore, even on the left side of the storage chamber 55A where the shelf member 66 is not provided, the supported portion 70 on the left side is located on the supporting portion 65, and the connecting portion 71 on the rear side is located on the supporting portion 67, so that the supported portion 70 and the connecting portion 71 are less likely to get in the way. Furthermore, because the connecting portion 71 on the rear side is supported by the supporting portion 67, the shelf mounting portion 69 located in the center of the support member 68 is less likely to deform downward. Therefore, it is less likely that the shelf mounting portion 69 will deform downward, narrowing the gap between the supported portions 70, 70 and causing the shelf mounting portion 69 to come off the supporting portions 64, 65.

[0057] Whether the shelf member 66 is disposed on the right or left side of the inner container 55 of the refrigerator 51 can be selected depending on the user's preference and dominant hand, the relative position of the refrigerator 51 to other furniture or walls, the number and size of items to be stored in the refrigerator 51, etc. When the shelf member 66 is disposed on the right side of the storage compartment 55A of the refrigerator 51, the support member 68 is attached to the inner container 55 so that the connecting portion 71 on the right side is at the front and the connecting portion 71 on the left side is at the rear. The shelf member 66 is supported by the shelf placing portion 69, the supported portion 70 on the right side, and the connecting portion 71 on the front side. On the other hand, when the shelf member 66 is disposed on the left side of the storage compartment 55A of the refrigerator 51, the support member 68 is attached to the inner container 55 so that the connecting portion 71 on the right side is at the rear and the connecting portion 71 on the left side is at the front. The shelf member 66 is supported by the shelf placing portion 69, the supported portion 70 on the left side, and the front connecting portion 71. As described above, the distance from the shelf placing portion 69 to the supported portion 70 on the right side is equal to the distance from the shelf placing portion 69 to the supported portion 70 on the left side. Therefore, the same shelf member 66 can be used whether the shelf member 66 is disposed on the right side of storage chamber 55A of refrigerator 51 or on the left side of storage chamber 55A.

[0058] As described above, the present invention provides refrigerator 51 as a storage cabinet having refrigerator main body 52 as a storage cabinet main body having storage chamber 55A, and shelf member 66 detachably attached within storage chamber 55A, which has support member 68 formed by bending metal wire, and which is configured to support shelf member 66, thereby making it possible to prevent support member 68 from getting in the way when storing items in storage chamber 55A.

[0059] In addition, in the present invention, the storage chamber 55A has a right wall 57 as a first upright wall and a left wall 58 as a second upright wall, and support portions 64, 65 for supporting the support member 68 are provided on these right wall 57 and left wall 58, and the support member 68 has a shelf mounting portion 69, a pair of supported portions 70, 70 that also serve as the shelf mounting portion and are provided at both ends of the support member 68 and supported by the support portions 64, 65, and connection portions 71, 71 that connect the shelf mounting portion 69 and the supported portions 70, 70, and is formed into a two-dimensionally curved shape.Therefore, the shelf member 66 can be supported by the shelf mounting portion 69 of the support member 68 supported by the pair of support portions 64, 65 and one of the supported portions 70 that also serves as the shelf mounting portion, so that when stored items are stored below the shelf member 66 and support member 68, the support member 68 does not get in the way of storage.

[0060] In addition, in the present invention, one of the pair of supported portions 70, 70 doubles as the shelf mounting portion, eliminating the need to provide a shelf mounting portion and a supported portion separately, and the shape of the support member 68 can be simplified.

[0061] Furthermore, the present invention is configured so that the shelf member 66 is also placed on the connection portion 71 that connects the shelf mounting portion 69 and one of the supported portions 70 that also serves as a shelf mounting portion, thereby allowing the shelf member 66 to be stably supported by the support member 68.

[0062] Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 21 to 25. As in the above embodiments, the storage cabinet of the present invention is a refrigerator, and a compressor, Peltier element, Stirling refrigerator, regenerator, or the like can be used as a cold source. However, since the cold source is not important to the present invention, a description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the up, down, left, and right directions in Figures 21 and 24 correspond to the actual up, down, left, and right directions. In Figures 22 and 25, the top is the rear, and the bottom is the front. Furthermore, the structure viewed from the front is the same as the front view of the first embodiment.

[0063] Reference numeral 81 denotes a refrigerator serving as a storage cabinet of the present invention. This refrigerator 81 comprises a refrigerator body 82 serving as a box-shaped storage cabinet body having an opening 82A at the front, and a door 3 that can open and close the opening 82A. The refrigerator body 82 comprises an outer shell 4, an inner container 85, and a heat insulating layer 86. The outer shell 4 is formed by bending a steel plate. The inner container 85 is molded from synthetic resin. The heat insulating layer 86 is made of urethane foam or the like. A storage chamber 85A is formed by the inner container 85.

[0064] The inner container 85 includes a right wall 87 as a first upright wall, a left wall 88 as a second upright wall, a lower rear wall 89 as a third upright wall, an upper rear wall 90, a top surface 91, a step 92, and a bottom surface 93. The right wall 87 and the left wall 88 are provided with groove-shaped support portions 94, 95 that extend linearly in the front-to-rear direction, respectively. A support portion 97 with an L-shaped cross section is formed horizontally in the left-to-right direction at the upper end of the lower rear wall 89 and the front end of the step 92, connecting the rear ends of the support portions 94, 95. A support member 98 is detachably placed on these support portions 94, 95, 97, and a shelf member 96 is placed on the support member 98. The lower surfaces of the support portions 94, 95, 97 are located on the same horizontal plane. Furthermore, the vertical dimension of the support portions 94, 95 is equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the metal wire that constitutes the support member 98. Furthermore, the vertical dimension of the support portion 97 is equal to the distance from the lower end of the support member 98 to the upper surface of the shelf member 96 when the support member 98 and shelf member 96 are stacked on top of each other. Therefore, when the support member 98 is placed on the support portions 94, 95, 97 and the shelf member 96 is placed on this support member 98, the upper surface of this shelf member 96 is at the same height as the step portion 92. Furthermore, the left-right dimensions of the support portions 94, 95 and the front-to-back dimension of the support portion 97 are each equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the metal wire that constitutes the support member 98.

[0065] As shown in Figure 23, the support member 98 is formed by bending a metal wire such as steel. In this embodiment, the cross section of the metal wire constituting the support member 98 is circular, but it may have other shapes, such as a square. Also, in this embodiment, the support member 98 is formed by bending a metal wire, but if a support member of a similar structure can be formed by punching a metal plate of a predetermined thickness using a press or the like, it is essentially the same. Furthermore, it is desirable that the metal wire constituting the support member 98 has a strength and thickness sufficient to prevent plastic deformation due to the weight of the stored items placed on the shelf member 96.

[0066] The support member 98 has a two-dimensionally curved shape and includes a linear central shelf mounting portion 99, a linear side shelf mounting portion 100 provided on one end, a pair of linear supported portions 101, 102 provided on both ends of the support member 98 and supported by the support portions 94, 95, a linear connecting portion 103 connecting the central shelf mounting portion 99 and the side shelf mounting portion 100, a linear connecting portion 104 connecting the central shelf mounting portion 99 and the supported portion 102, and a connecting portion 105 connecting the side shelf mounting portion 100 and the supported portion 101. The connecting portion 104 and the connecting portion 105 are supported by the support portion 97. The central shelf mounting portion 99, the side shelf mounting portion 100, and the pair of supported portions 101, 102 are formed in parallel. Furthermore, the connecting portions 103 and 104 are perpendicular to the central shelf mounting portion 99, the side shelf mounting portion 100, and the supported portion 102, respectively. The connecting portion 105 is formed in an arc shape. The central shelf mounting portion 99 and the side shelf mounting portion 100 have the same length, and the supported portions 101 and 102 also have the same length. The shelf member 96 can also be placed on the connecting portion 103 that connects the central shelf mounting portion 99 and the side shelf mounting portion 100. Therefore, the connecting portion 103 also serves as a shelf mounting portion.

[0067] 22 , when the support member 98 is placed on the support portions 94, 95, and 97 in an orientation where the connecting portion 103 is on the front side, the connecting portions 104 and 105 are on the rear side, and the connecting portion 103 is to the right of the connecting portion 104, the shelf member 96 can be placed on the central shelf mounting portion 99, the side shelf mounting portion 100, and the front connecting portion 103. In this state, the left end of the shelf member 96 is supported by the central shelf mounting portion 99, the right end is supported by the side shelf mounting portion 100, and the front end is supported by the connecting portion 103, which also serves as a shelf mounting portion. In this way, the shelf member 96 is supported horizontally by the central shelf mounting portion 99, the side shelf mounting portions 100, and the front connecting portion 103, which also serves as a shelf mounting portion. The shelf member 96 is at the same height as the step portion 92 .

[0068] 25 , when the support member 98 is placed on the support portions 94, 95, and 97 in an orientation in which the connecting portion 103 is on the front side, the connecting portions 104 and 105 are on the rear side, and the connecting portion 103 is on the left side of the connecting portion 104, the shelf member 96 can be placed on the central shelf mounting portion 99, the side shelf mounting portion 100, and the front connecting portion 103. In this state, the right end of the shelf member 96 is supported by the central shelf mounting portion 99, the left end is supported by the side shelf mounting portion 100, and the front end is supported by the connecting portion 103, which also serves as a shelf mounting portion. In this way, the shelf member 96 is supported horizontally by the central shelf mounting portion 99, the side shelf mounting portion 100, and the front connecting portion 103, which also serves as a shelf mounting portion. The shelf member 96 is at the same height as the step portion 92 .

[0069] The refrigerator body 82 is provided with a pair of upper and lower pivotal support parts 21, 22. The door 3 is pivotally supported by these pivotal support parts 21, 22.

[0070] Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, a user determines whether or not to use the shelf member 96. If the shelf member 96 is not to be used, the user removes the shelf member 96 from the support member 98, and then removes the support member 98 from the supports 94, 95, and 97. In this way, with the shelf member 96 and the support member 98 removed, there is no part of the inner container 85 that protrudes into the interior of the container, so that the protruding part does not get in the way when storing items to be stored.

[0071] On the other hand, when using the shelf member 96, a user first attaches the support member 98 to the inner container 85 so that the pair of supported portions 101, 102 rest on the supporting portions 94, 95 and the rear connecting portions 104, 105 rest on the supporting portion 97. Then, the shelf member 96 is placed on the support member 98. When the support member 98 is attached to the inner container 85 so that the supported portion 101 is on the right and the supported portion 102 is on the left, the shelf member 96 is supported by the central shelf support portion 99, the side shelf support portion 100 on the right, and the connecting portion 103 on the front. In other words, the shelf member 96 is located on the right side of the storage chamber 85A. Because the support member 98 is formed by two-dimensionally bending a metal wire as described above, there is no protruding portion below the support member 98. Therefore, when storing items below the shelf member 96, the protruding portions are less likely to get in the way. Also, even on the left side of the storage chamber 85A where the shelf member 96 is not provided, the left supported portion 102 is located on the support portion 95, and the rear connecting portion 104 is located on the support portion 97, so the supported portion 102 and connecting portion 104 are less likely to get in the way. Furthermore, because the rear connecting portions 104, 105 are supported by the support portion 97, the central shelf mounting portion 99 located in the center of the support member 98 and the side shelf mounting portion 100 located on the right side are less likely to deform downward. Therefore, downward deformation of the central shelf mounting portion 99 and the side shelf mounting portion 100 is less likely to narrow the gap between the supported portions 101, 102, causing them to come off the support portions 94, 95.

[0072] Whether the shelf member 96 is disposed on the right or left side of the inner container 85 of the refrigerator 81 can be selected depending on the user's preference or dominant hand, the relative position of the refrigerator 81 to other furniture or walls, or the number and size of items to be stored in the refrigerator 81. When the shelf member 96 is disposed on the right side of the storage compartment 85A of the refrigerator 81, the support member 98 is attached to the inner container 85 so that the supported portion 101 is on the right and the supported portion 102 is on the left, and so that the connecting portions 104 and 105 rest on the supporting portion 97. The shelf member 96 is supported by the central shelf mounting portion 99, the side shelf mounting portion 100 on the right side, and the connecting portion 103 on the front side. On the other hand, when the shelf member 96 is to be placed on the left side of the storage compartment 85A of the refrigerator 81, the support member 98 is attached to the inner container 85 so that the supported portion 101 is on the left and the supported portion 102 is on the right, and so that the connecting portions 104 and 105 rest on the supporting portion 97. The shelf member 96 is supported by the central shelf mount portion 99, the side shelf mount portion 100 on the left side, and the connecting portion 103 on the front side. The distance from the central shelf mount portion 99 to the side shelf mount portion 100 does not change whether the shelf member 96 is to be placed on the right side of the storage compartment 85A of the refrigerator 81 or the left side of the storage compartment 85A, so the same shelf member 96 can be used.

[0073] As described above, the present invention provides refrigerator 81 as a storage cabinet having refrigerator main body 82 as a storage cabinet main body having storage chamber 85A, and shelf member 96 detachably attached within storage chamber 85A, which has support member 98 formed by bending metal wire, and which is configured to support shelf member 96, thereby making it possible to prevent support member 98 from getting in the way when storing items within storage chamber 85A.

[0074] In addition, in the present invention, the storage chamber 85A has a right wall 87 as a first opposing upright wall and a left wall 88 as a second upright wall, and support portions 94, 95 for supporting the support member 98 are provided on these right wall 87 and left wall 88, and the support member 98 has a central shelf mounting portion 99, a side shelf mounting portion 100, a pair of supported portions 101, 102 provided at both ends of the support member 98 and supported by the support portions 94, 95, and a connection portion 103 connecting the central shelf mounting portion 99 and the side shelf mounting portion 100, and is thus formed into a two-dimensionally curved shape.Therefore, the shelf member 96 can be supported by the central shelf mounting portion 99 and the side shelf mounting portion 100 of the support member 98, which are supported by the pair of support portions 94, 95, and therefore, when storing stored items below the shelf member 96 and support member 98, the support member 98 does not get in the way of storage.

[0075] Furthermore, the present invention is configured so that the shelf member 96 is also placed on the connection portion 103 that connects the central shelf mounting portion 99 and the side shelf mounting portion 100, thereby allowing the shelf member 96 to be stably supported by the support member 98.

[0076] The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be modified within the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, while the storage compartment in each of the above embodiments is a refrigerator, it may be a storage container without a cold source, or may be a warming cabinet with a heat source. Furthermore, while the storage compartment in each of the above embodiments is open at the front, it may also be open at the top. Furthermore, while in each of the above embodiments the inner container has a lower rear wall and an upper rear wall, and the lower rear wall is the third standing wall, the inner container may have a single rear wall, and this rear wall may be the third standing wall. Furthermore, in the first and second embodiments, the support member is formed by bending a metal wire, but this support member may be formed by a straight metal wire and protrude horizontally from the third standing wall. Furthermore, in the second embodiment, a rotation-preventing portion formed by bending a metal wire is formed on the supported portion of the support member. However, the supported portion of the support member in the first embodiment may be insert-molded into a synthetic resin member, thereby forming a non-circular cross-sectional shape of the synthetic resin member to serve as the rotation-preventing portion. [Explanation of symbols]

[0077] 1,31,51,81 Refrigerator (storage) 2,32,52,82 Refrigerator body (storage body) 5A, 35A, 55A, 85A storage room 7,37,57,87 Right wall (first standing wall) 8,38,58,88 Left wall (second standing wall) 9,39 Lower rear wall (third standing wall) 14,44,64,94 Support part 15,45,65,95 Support part 16,66,96 Shelf parts 17,47 Mounting part 18,48,68,98 Support member 19,49 Shelf placement section 20,50 Supported part 69 Shelf placement section 70 Supported part 71 Connection 99 Central shelf placement section (shelf placement section) 100 Side shelf mounting portion (shelf mounting portion) 101 Supported part 102 Supported part 103 Connection 104 Connection 105 Connection

Claims

1. A storage cabinet having a storage cabinet body with a storage chamber and a shelf member detachably attached to the storage chamber, A storage facility comprising a support member made of a metal material, the support member being configured to at least partially support the shelf member.

2. A storage facility as described in claim 1, characterized in that the storage chamber has opposing first and second standing walls and a third standing wall adjacent to these first and second standing walls, the shelf mounting portion of the support member is arranged to protrude horizontally from the third standing wall, and a support portion for supporting a portion of the shelf member is arranged on the first standing wall and / or second standing wall.

3. A storage facility as described in claim 2, characterized in that the support portions are provided on the first vertical wall and the second vertical wall, and the distance from the shelf mounting portion to the support portion of the first vertical wall is equal to the distance from the shelf mounting portion to the support portion of the second vertical wall.

4. 4. A storage facility as described in claim 3, characterized in that the support member is configured to have the shelf mounting portion and a supported portion, and the supported portion is detachably supported by the mounting portion of the third standing wall.

5. The storage facility described in claim 1, characterized in that the storage chamber has opposing first and second standing walls, and support portions for supporting the support member are provided on these first and second standing walls, and the support member has a pair of shelf mounting portions, a pair of supported portions provided at both ends of the support member and supported by the support portions, and connection portions connecting the shelf mounting portions to each other and the shelf support portions to the supported portions, and has a two-dimensionally curved shape.

6. 6. The storage facility according to claim 5, wherein one of the pair of supported portions also serves as the shelf mounting portion.

7. 7. The storehouse according to claim 5, wherein a shelf member is also placed on a connecting portion that connects the shelf placement portions to each other.

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