A refrigerator comprising a container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Refrigerators lack an efficient solution for storing small amounts of perishable items like unfrozen meat and vegetables separately from other food items, which can lead to improper storage and spoilage.
Innovation Solution
A detachable storage container system is integrated into the refrigerator, featuring a holder with guide means that allows the container to be easily moved and attached to various spaces, ensuring efficient use of storage space and easy installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a detachable storing part is added to store small items separately, then storage flexibility and protection against spoilage are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storing part is designed as a detachable, separable component from the main refrigerator body. It includes a holder portion that attaches to guide means and a storing portion that can be removed independently, allowing flexible placement in different locations while maintaining simple individual component structures
Solution Approach 2:
The holder portion serves multiple functions: it acts as a mounting structure for the storing part, provides guide rails for easy attachment/detachment, and can be installed in various locations within the refrigerator using the guide means system, making the same component adaptable to different storage needs
2Ease of operation
If the storing part is made detachable for easy installation and removal, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability of storage structure deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The guide means acts as an intermediary mechanism between the holder portion and the refrigerator body. It includes guide rails and engaging structures that facilitate easy attachment and detachment while ensuring proper alignment and secure connection, thereby maintaining both ease of operation and structural reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The storing part transitions from a fixed to a movable state through the detachable holder design. The guide means enables dynamic attachment and detachment while maintaining stable connection during use, allowing the structure to adapt between ease of installation and operational reliability states
3Adaptability or versatility
If the storing part is designed to move in multiple directions, then adaptability to different spaces is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide means serves as an intermediary system that provides standardized guide rails and mounting structures. These guides enable the holder to move in multiple directions (front-rear, left-right) while the guide infrastructure itself remains relatively simple and standardized, reducing the complexity burden on the moving component
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AI summary
A refrigerator of one embodiment includes a cabinet forming a storage, a first guide means being disposed in the storage, a holder being detachably coupled to the first guide means and including a second guide means configured to guide movement in a first direction, and a storing part defining a storage space, being coupled to the holder, and movable in a second direction different from the first direction.