Wine Refrigerator Extendable Shelf Design for Visibility and Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional refrigerators are inconvenient for identifying and retrieving wine bottles due to narrow shelf spacing and lack of illumination, making it difficult to distinguish between wine types and access bottles.
Innovation Solution
A refrigerator design with extendable wine shelves featuring detachable frames, support bars, and integrated lamp modules that illuminate the bottles, allowing for improved visibility and easy identification of wine types, along with adjustable shelf spacing and independent temperature control for optimal wine storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the spacing between shelves is reduced to store more wine bottles, then the storage capacity is improved, but the convenience of withdrawing bottles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf is designed to be movable along guide rails, transitioning from a static fixed position to a dynamic adjustable position. This allows the shelf to be pulled forward for easy bottle access, then pushed back to maximize storage density, resolving the contradiction between storage capacity and withdrawal convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The shelf structure is segmented into modular components (frame, support bars, brackets) that can be independently adjusted. This segmentation enables flexible reconfiguration of shelf positions and configurations to optimize both storage density and accessibility based on user needs
2Ease of manufacture
If the shelf structure is simplified for easy manufacturing, then the manufacturing cost is reduced, but the ability to extend and adjust the shelf deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf incorporates simple dynamic components (movable brackets on guide rails) that add extendability without complex mechanisms. The basic frame structure remains simple for easy manufacturing, while the movable bracket system provides the needed adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The shelf is divided into simple modular components (frame, support bars, detachable brackets) that are individually easy to manufacture. These segments combine to create an adjustable and extendable system, achieving versatility through simple standardized parts
3Device complexity
If the shelf is fixed in position to simplify the structure, then the structural complexity is reduced, but the visibility and accessibility of wine bottles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf transitions from a fixed static structure to a dynamic movable structure along guide rails. This simple dynamic mechanism enables the shelf to be pulled forward for better visibility and accessibility of bottles, then returned to its storage position, without adding significant structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Guide rails serve as an intermediary element between the fixed shelf structure and the movable bracket. This simple intermediary component enables smooth movement and positioning, improving accessibility while maintaining overall structural simplicity
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes first storage for defining a first storage space therein, a door for opening and closing the first storage space, and a plurality of shelves installed in the first storage space for placing an object thereon. The shelf includes a frame having a plurality of support bars for loading a plurality of wine bottles thereon, a shelf bracket detachably mounted and fixed in the storage space, and an extending rail for supporting the frame to be able to be extended forwardly of the first storage from the shelf bracket.