阅读说明：本技术 冰箱以及供水槽 (Refrigerator and water supply tank ) 是由 坪川充央 山尾明 秋吉浩一 于 2021-01-12 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种使用便捷且外观设计性优良的具备供水槽的冰箱。本发明冰箱在储藏室(6)配置有蓄存水并用于向制冰盘(33)供水的供水槽(30),供水槽(30)具备：上表面呈开口的容器主体(36)、以及对容器主体(36)的上表面进行封堵的盖体(38),容器主体(36)具备：设置在前侧的容器宽幅部(37)、以及设置在容器宽幅部(37)的后侧且在宽度方向上比容器宽幅部(37)窄小的容器窄幅部(39)。(The invention provides a refrigerator with a water supply tank, which is convenient to use and has excellent appearance design. A refrigerator of the present invention is provided with a water supply tank (30) for storing water and supplying water to an ice tray (33) in a storage chamber (6), wherein the water supply tank (30) comprises: a container body (36) having an open upper surface, and a lid body (38) for closing the upper surface of the container body (36), wherein the container body (36) comprises: a container wide width part (37) arranged at the front side, and a container narrow width part (39) arranged at the rear side of the container wide width part (37) and narrower than the container wide width part (37) in the width direction.)

1. A refrigerator, in which a storage chamber is provided with a water supply tank for storing water and supplying water to an ice tray,

the water supply tank is provided with: a container body with an opening on the upper surface and a cover body for sealing the upper surface of the container body,

the container body is provided with: the container includes a container wide portion provided on a front side, and a container narrow portion provided on a rear side of the container wide portion and narrower than the container wide portion in a width direction.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1,

the disclosed device is provided with: a container locking part arranged on the side surface of the container narrow width part, and a fixing member arranged on the cover body, wherein the fixing member is locked on the container locking part at the rear of the container wide width part.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 2,

when the fixing member is locked to the container locking portion, an outer side surface of the fixing member and an outer side surface of the container width portion overlap in a front-rear direction, or the outer side surface of the fixing member is positioned further inward in a width direction of the container body than the outer side surface of the container width portion.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 2 or 3,

the lid body is provided with: the fixing member includes a cover wide portion provided on a front side, and a cover narrow portion provided on a rear side of the cover wide portion and narrower than the cover wide portion in a width direction, and the fixing member is provided on a side of the cover narrow portion.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 4,

the rear end of the container wide width portion and the rear end of the cover wide width portion are vertically overlapped.

6. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 2 to 5,

the fixing member includes a protrusion extending in the front-rear direction on a surface facing a side surface of the container body.

7. The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the container body is provided with a front protrusion protruding upward in front of the lid body.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 7,

the front end of the upper surface of the cover body and the rear end of the upper surface of the front protruding part are at the same height position.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 7 or 8,

the front protruding part is provided with a water tank front part arranged in front of the front wall of the container main body at intervals,

the water tank front face part is provided with: the wall thickness becomes thicker as the upper side is more advanced.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 9,

the front surface and the back surface of the water tank front surface portion incline more rearward as the water tank front surface and the back surface incline more upward,

the angle formed by the back surface of the water tank front surface portion with respect to the vertical direction is larger than the angle formed by the front surface of the water tank front surface portion with respect to the vertical direction.

11. A water supply tank is provided with: a container body having an open upper surface, and a cover body for closing the upper surface of the container body, the water supply tank storing water and supplying water to the ice-making tray,

the container body is provided with: the container includes a container wide portion provided on a front side, and a container narrow portion provided on a rear side of the container wide portion and narrower than the container wide portion in a width direction.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a refrigerator and a water supply tank.

Background

In a refrigerator having an automatic ice making function, a water supply tank is provided in a refrigerating chamber, and ice is made by supplying water in the water supply tank to an ice making tray (for example, see patent document 1 below).

In such a refrigerator, the water supply tank is often placed on the bottom surface of the refrigerating chamber and is provided at a conspicuous position in the refrigerator, but the design of the water supply tank has not been considered so far.

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2006-189193

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a refrigerator which is convenient to use and has excellent design properties.

In one embodiment, a refrigerator includes a storage compartment, and a water supply tank for storing water and supplying water to an ice tray, the water supply tank including: a container body having an open upper surface, and a lid body for closing the upper surface of the container body, the container body comprising: the container includes a container wide portion provided on a front side, and a container narrow portion provided on a rear side of the container wide portion and narrower than the container wide portion in a width direction.

According to the above configuration, a refrigerator having excellent design can be provided.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a schematic configuration of a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view showing essential parts of the refrigerating compartment of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view a-a of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the water supply tank in which the cover is fixed to the container body by the fixing member.

Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the water supply tank.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the water supply tank.

Fig. 7 is a B-B sectional view of fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view C-C of fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the water supply tank with the fixing member released from fixing to the lid body.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the water supply tank in which the fixing of the fixing member to the lid body has been released.

Description of the reference numerals

1 … refrigerator, 6 … refrigerator, 11 … divider, 12 … shelf, 14 … container, 30 … water supply tank, 36 … container body, 36a … front wall, 36b … rear wall, 36c … side wall, 37 … container wide part, 37a … shrinking part, 38 … cover, 39 … container narrow part, 40 … front projection, 41 … back part, 42 … container locking part, 44 … flange part, 46 … water tank front part, 50 … cover body, 51 … fixing part, 52 … cover wide part, 55 … mounting recess, 56 … hanging wall, 57 … hanging wall, 58 … rotating shaft, 59 … cover locking part, 60 … operating part.

Detailed Description

Next, a refrigerator 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present specification, the front, rear, left and right of water supply tank 30 means: the water supply tank 30 is housed in the front, rear, left, and right of the water tank chamber of the refrigerating chamber 6. The width direction of water supply tank 30 is: the water supply tank 30 is accommodated in the left-right direction of the water tank chamber of the refrigerating chamber 6.

(1) Refrigerator 1 constitution

As shown in fig. 1, a refrigerator 1 includes a refrigerator main body 2 having an opening in a front surface. The refrigerator main body 2 is constituted by: a heat insulating material such as a vacuum heat insulating material or a foamed heat insulating material is provided in a heat insulating space 5 formed between the outer box 3 made of steel plate and the inner box 4 made of synthetic resin. The refrigerator main body 2 is provided with a plurality of storage spaces inside the inner box 4, specifically, in order from the upper layer: refrigerating room 6 and vegetable room 7 are provided with ice making room 8 and a small freezing room (not shown) below vegetable room 7 and in the left-right direction, and freezing room 10 is provided below these rooms.

The refrigerating chamber 6 and the vegetable chamber 7 are: the storage compartments cooled to a refrigerating temperature range (e.g., 1 to 4 ℃) are vertically partitioned by a partition plate 11 made of synthetic resin. As shown in fig. 2, the space partitioned vertically by partition plate 11 and shelf 12 at the lowermost layer is further partitioned in the refrigerator width direction by vertical partition wall 13 disposed near one side wall (left side wall) of refrigerating chamber 6. A water supply tank 30 and a water supply device 31 are provided in a space (hereinafter, also referred to as a water tank chamber) sandwiched between the left side wall of refrigerating room 6 and vertical partition wall 13. The water supply tank 30 is stored at a predetermined position in the front-rear direction by a positioning portion, not shown, provided on the partition plate 11. In addition, a storage container 14 is stored in a space (hereinafter, also referred to as a fresh food compartment) sandwiched between the vertical partition wall 13 and the other side wall (right side wall) of the refrigerating compartment 6. In addition, as shown in fig. 2, the longitudinal partition wall 13 is configured such that: is hidden behind the front portion of the storage container 14.

The ice making chamber 8, the small freezing chamber, and the freezing chamber 10 are all: a storage chamber cooled to a freezing temperature zone (for example, -10 to-20 ℃). The ice making chamber 8 is provided with: an ice making device 32 including an ice making tray 33 and an ice releasing mechanism 34, and a storage refrigerator 9 storing ice made by the ice making device 32. The ice making device 32 constitutes an automatic ice making device together with the water supply tank 30 provided in the refrigerating compartment 6 and the water supply device 31, and water in the water supply tank 30 sucked up by the water supply device 31 is supplied to the ice tray 33.

The refrigerator main body 2 is provided with, on the inner side of storage chambers (a refrigerating chamber 6 and a vegetable chamber 7) of a refrigerating temperature zone: a refrigerated cooler 20 for cooling the storage compartment of the refrigerated temperature zone. Above the refrigerated cooler 20 are provided: and a refrigerating fan 21 for blowing the cold air generated by the refrigerating cooler 20 to the refrigerating space.

The refrigerator main body 2 is provided with, on the inner side of storage compartments (ice making compartment 8, small freezing compartment, freezing compartment 10) in a freezing temperature range: a refrigerated cooler 22 for cooling the storage compartment of the refrigerated temperature zone. Above the freezer cooler 22 are provided: and a freezing fan 23 for blowing the cold air generated by the freezing cooler 22 to the refrigerating space.

A machine chamber 24 is formed in a lower portion of a rear surface of the refrigerator main body 2, and the refrigerating cooler 20 and the freezing cooler 22 constitute a freezing cycle together with a compressor 25 and a condenser accommodated in the machine chamber 24, and the refrigerating cooler 20 and the freezing cooler 22 are cooled by a refrigerant discharged from the compressor 25.

(2) Storage container 14

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the fresh food compartment is sandwiched between the vertical partition wall 13 and the right sidewall of the refrigerating compartment 6, and the storage container 14 stored in the fresh food compartment is: a substantially rectangular parallelepiped container having a front wall 14a, a rear wall, left and right side walls, and a bottom surface, and having an open upper surface.

The front wall 14a is provided at its upper end with: and a container protrusion 15 protruding forward and upward of the front wall 14 a. As shown in fig. 3, the container protrusion 15 includes: a container front portion 16 provided at a distance from the front of the front wall 14a of the storage container 14, a connecting portion 17 extending in the left-right direction connecting the container front portion 16 and the front wall 14a, and side portions 18 connecting the left and right side portions of the container front portion 16 and the connecting portion 17 to the front wall 14 a.

The coupling portion 17 projects substantially horizontally from the upper portion of the front wall 14a toward the front, and is coupled to the lower portion of the container front portion 16. Below the coupling portion 17 are formed: and a container handle 19 that opens downward between the container front surface 16 and the front wall 14 a. The container gripper 19 functions as a gripper when a user inserts a finger from below to load and unload the storage container 14.

The container front face portion 16 is provided over the entire width of the storage container 14 in the left-right direction, and the container front face portion 16 closes a gap formed between the shelf 12 and the front end of the upper surface opening portion of the storage container 14 from the front. The container front 16 has, at its upper end: a container inclined part 16d inclined rearward as it goes upward.

The container front 16 has, at its lower end: the 2 nd emphasized portion 16a is provided in a band shape having a constant vertical dimension and extending in the left-right direction. The 2 nd emphasized portion 16a is: the areas that are visually distinguishable from other portions of the container face portion 16 are, for example: the material, color, pattern, or thickness of the component may be different. The 2 nd emphasized portion 16a is preferably: a portion having lower transparency than other portions is made by coloring, surface processing, metal evaporation, or the like.

(3) Water supply tank 30

As shown in fig. 4 to 8, the water supply tank 30 includes: a container body 36 having an open upper surface, and a lid body 38 for closing the opening in the upper surface of the container body 36. Water (ice making water) supplied to the ice tray 33 by the water supply device 31 is stored in the container body 36 of the water supply tank 30, and the ice making water is prevented from overflowing from the container body 36 by the cover 38.

The container body 36 is: a substantially rectangular parallelepiped synthetic resin container long in the front-rear direction, that is, a container body 36 is configured to: the front wall 36a is spaced apart from the rear wall 36b by a larger distance than the left and right side walls 36 c. The container body 36 includes: a container wide portion 37 provided on the front side of the container body 36, and a container narrow portion 39 provided on the rear side of the container wide portion 37.

The container width portion 37 is defined by the front wall 36a and the front portions of the left and right side walls 36 c. The container wide portion 37 has formed at its rear: a constricted portion 37a whose width becomes narrower toward the rear is provided, and a container narrow-width portion 39 is provided at the rear end of the constricted portion 37 a. The container narrow-width portion 39 is: the container narrow-width portion 39 is narrower than the container wide-width portion 37 in the left-right direction (width direction) at a portion defined by the left and right side walls 36c and the rear wall 36b extending rearward from the rear end of the constricted portion 37 a.

Further, the container body 36 includes: a front projecting portion 40 provided over substantially the entire width of the front wall 36a so as to project forward and upward from the upper end portion of the front wall 36a, container locking portions 42 provided on the left and right side walls 36c, and a container flange portion 44 projecting outward from the peripheral edge portion of the upper surface opening portion (see fig. 5 and 7).

The front projection 40 includes: a water tank front surface portion 46 provided at a distance from the front of the front wall 36a, side surface portions 47 provided at both left and right ends of the water tank front surface portion 46, an upper surface portion 48 provided at an upper end of the water tank front surface portion 46, and a back surface portion 41 protruding upward from the front wall 36a of the container body 36, wherein a lower portion of the side surface portion 47 is connected to both upper end side portions of the container body 36, and an upper portion of the side surface portion 47 and the upper surface portion 48 are connected to the back surface portion 41.

The front protrusion 40 is formed with: a sink grip 49 (see fig. 6) that opens downward between the sink front portion 46 and the front wall 36 a. The water tank grip portion 49 functions as a grip when the user inserts his or her finger from below and pulls out the water supply tank 30.

The water tank front surface portion 46 is inclined rearward as it goes upward, and as shown in fig. 3, the inclination angle thereof is substantially the same as the container front surface portion 16 constituting the front surface portion of the storage container 14. In the present embodiment, the water tank front surface portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the container front surface portion 16 of the storage container 14 are inclined rearward with a slight deviation from the vertical direction as they go upward.

Further, the sink front portion 46 is preferably provided with: the wall thickness becomes thicker as the upper side is more advanced. Further, the front surface and the back surface of the tub front 46 are inclined rearward with a slight deviation from the vertical direction as they go upward, and the angle of the back surface of the tub front 46 with respect to the vertical direction is preferably set to: is larger than the angle formed by the front surface of the water tank front surface portion 46 with respect to the vertical direction.

The water tank front surface portion 46 is provided over the entire width of the front wall 36a in the left-right direction, and the water tank front surface portion 46 is provided from the same height as the lower end of the container front surface portion 16 of the storage container 14 to the same height as the upper end of the container front surface portion 16 in the up-down direction. In the present embodiment, at the upper end portion of the water tank front surface portion 46 of the water supply tank 30, there are formed: the water tank inclined portion 46d inclined rearward as it goes upward is formed to have the same height as the water tank inclined portion 46d is substantially parallel to the container inclined portion 16 d.

The lower end portion of the water tank front surface portion 46 is provided with: the 1 st accentuation portion 46a is provided in a band shape having a constant vertical dimension and extending in the left-right direction. The 1 st emphasized portion 46a is: areas that are visually distinguishable from other portions of the sink face portion 46 are, for example: the material, color, pattern, or thickness of the component may be different. The 1 st emphasized portion 46a is preferably: a portion having lower transparency than other portions is made by coloring, surface processing, metal evaporation, or the like.

The lower end 46b of the 1 st emphasized portion 46a is located at the lower end of the water tank front portion 46 and at the same height as the lower end 16b of the 2 nd emphasized portion 16a of the storage container 14 stored in the fresh food compartment. In addition, the upper end 46c of the 1 st emphasized portion 46a is located at: the same height position as the upper end 16c of the 2 nd accent portion 16a of the storage container 14 stored in the fresh food compartment.

The upper surface portion 48 of the front projection 40 is formed such that: an inclined surface inclined so as to decrease rearward from the upper end of the water tank front surface portion 46, and a rear end 48a of the upper surface portion 48 is connected to the upper end of the rear surface portion 41. The back surface portion 41 is formed by: the inclined surface is inclined forward with a slight deviation from the vertical direction as it goes upward from the front end of the upper surface opening of the container body 36. Further, the upper surface portion 48 of the front protrusion 40 may be: the inclined surface is curved so that the inclination angle with respect to the horizontal direction becomes gradually smaller as the water tank front surface portion 46 goes rearward from the upper end thereof. In addition, the front protrusion 40 is preferably formed as: the front end of the water tank front surface portion 46 is tapered so that the width dimension thereof is reduced toward the upper side.

The container flange portion 44 is: and a portion protruding outward from the peripheral edge of the upper surface opening of the container body 36. The container flange 44 is provided at the upper end of the front wall 36a, the left and right side walls 36c, and the rear wall 36b, and is provided around the entire upper surface opening of the container body 36.

The container flange portion 44, which is provided behind the constricted portion 37a and protrudes laterally from the upper end portions of the left and right side walls 36c, includes: and a notch portion 44a recessed inward in the width direction so that the amount of protrusion from the side wall 36c is reduced. At the edge along the side wall 36c, the notch 44a is provided with: a container locking part 42 projecting downward.

The lid 38 is a synthetic resin molded body, and includes: a lid body 50 that covers the upper surface opening of the container body 36, and fixing members 51 provided at the left and right side ends of the lid body 50.

The cover main body 50 includes: a lid wide portion 52 provided on the front side of the lid main body 50, a lid narrow portion 53 provided on the rear side of the lid wide portion 52, and a lid flange portion 54 provided on the lid narrow portion 53. The cover wide portion 52 is provided: the length in the width direction is substantially the same as that of the container wide portion 37 of the container body 36, and covers the upper surface of the container wide portion 37. The cover narrow-width portion 53 is provided: the width direction length thereof is substantially the same as the container narrow-width portion 39 of the container body 36, and covers the upper surface of the container narrow-width portion 39 of the container body 36.

The lid flange portion 54 is: portions protruding outward from the lower end portions of the left and right side surfaces and the back surface of the lid narrow-width portion 53 are formed on the sides of the lid narrow-width portion 53: and a mounting recess 55 recessed inward in the width direction. The fixing member 51 is provided in the mounting recess 55.

Further, the lower surface of the lid flange portion 54 is provided with: and downwardly extending depending walls 56, 57. The vertically lower wall 57 is provided at a distance from the inside of the vertically lower wall 56, and extends longer to a position below the vertically lower wall 56.

Between the hanging lower walls 56, 57, the lid main body 50 is fitted to the upper ends of the left and right side walls 36c and the rear wall 36b of the container main body 36, and the front surface 52a of the lid wide portion 52 is in close contact with the upper end portion of the front wall 36a of the container main body 36, whereby the opening of the upper surface of the container main body 36 is closed by the lid main body 50 so that the rear end portion 52c of the lid wide portion 52 and the rear end portion of the container wide portion 37 (that is, the front end portion of the constricted portion 37 a) overlap in the vertical direction.

When the lid main body 50 closes the upper surface opening of the container main body 36, the lid wide portion 52 and the lid narrow portion 53 protrude upward from the upper surface opening of the container main body 36, and the front surface 52a of the lid wide portion 52 and the back surface portion 41 of the front protruding portion 40 face each other in proximity. At this time, as shown in fig. 6, the upper surface front end 52b of the cover wide portion 52 constituting the upper surface front end of the cover body 38 is preferably located at: at the same height as the rear end 48a of the upper surface portion 48 of the front projection 40. Further, the width-directional length of the rear end of the front projection 40 of the container body 36 is preferably: the width direction length is the same as that of the front end of the container wide width portion 37 or that of the cover wide width portion 52.

As shown in fig. 4, 5, and 7, the fixing member 51 is rotatably supported by: a pivot shaft 58 provided in the attachment recess 55 of the lid flange portion 54 and extending in the front-rear direction, and the fixing member 51 is disposed on the side of the lid narrow portion 53. The fixing member 51 is provided with: a cover locking portion 59 protruding toward the left and right side walls 36c below the pivot shaft 58, and an operation portion 60 located below the cover locking portion 59.

Further, the outer side surface of the fixing member 51 may be provided with, along the front-rear direction: and an outer protrusion 61 protruding outward in the width direction. As shown in fig. 9, the cover locking portions 59 may be provided at a plurality of locations (2 locations in the present embodiment) at intervals in the front-rear direction, or inner ribs 62 extending in the front-rear direction may be provided between the cover locking portions 59 at a plurality of locations. When the inner protrusion 62 is provided, the inner protrusion 62 is preferably connected to the cover locking portion 59.

The outer bead 61 and the inner bead 62 are used to reinforce the fixing member 51, and when the water supply tank 30 is held from above in a state where the fixing member 51 is locked to the container locking portion 42 of the container body 36, the outer bead 61 can function as a slip stopper, and when the lid body 38 is detached from the container body 36 in a state where the engagement between the fixing member 51 and the container locking portion 42 of the container body 36 is released, the inner bead 62 can function as a slip stopper.

As the user rotates the fixing member 51 so as to bring the operation portion 60 close to the side wall 36c, the lid locking portion 59 is locked to the container locking portion 42 as shown in fig. 4 and 7, and the lid body 38 is fixed to the container body 36. In the state where the lid locking portion 59 is locked to the container locking portion 42 in this way, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the fixing member 51 is preferably positioned: the rear of the container wide portion 37 is located at a position lateral to the container narrow portion 39, and the outer side surface of the fixing member 51 and the outer side surface of the container wide portion 37 overlap each other in the front-rear direction, or the outer side surface of the fixing member 51 is located at a position inward in the width direction of the container body 36 from the outer side surface of the container wide portion 37. That is, the fixing member 51 is preferably disposed behind the container wide portion 37, not projecting further outward in the width direction than the container wide portion 37.

When the engagement between the lid locking portion 59 of the fixing member 51 and the container locking portion 42 is released, the user rotates the operation portion 60 so as to separate from the side wall 36c, whereby the lid locking portion 59 is separated from the container locking portion 42, and the fixation of the lid body 38 to the container body 36 is released.

In the present embodiment, after the lid locking portion 59 is disengaged from the container locking portion 42, when the operating portion 60 is rotated upward so as to approach the side surface of the lid wide portion 53 as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the fixing member 51 is disposed behind the lid wide portion 52 and on the side of the lid narrow portion 53. In this case, the fixing member 51 is preferably disposed behind the cover width portion 52 so as not to protrude further outward in the width direction than the cover width portion 52.

As shown in fig. 2, when such a water supply tank 30 is stored in a water tank chamber sandwiched by the left side wall of the refrigerating chamber 6 and the longitudinal partition wall 13, the front surface portion of the water supply tank 30 and the front surface portion of the storage container 14 stored in the fresh food chamber overlap in the left-right direction (refrigerator width direction).

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, when the water supply tank 30 and the storage container 14 are stored in the water tank compartment and the fresh food compartment, respectively, the front tank surface 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the front container surface 16 of the storage container 14 are kept at the same position in the front-rear direction, and the 1 st accentuation portion 46a provided on the front tank surface 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the 2 nd accentuation portion 16a provided on the front container surface 16 of the storage container 14 are kept at the same position in the front-rear direction.

Since the water tank front surface portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 has substantially the same inclination angle as the container front surface portion 16 of the storage container 14, the water tank front surface portion 46 of the water supply tank 30 and the container front surface portion 16 of the storage container 14 provided in the fresh food compartment overlap each other in the left-right direction.

In addition, since the lower end 46b and the upper end 46c of the 1 st accent portion 46a provided in the water supply tank 30 are provided: since the lower end 16b and the upper end 16c of the 2 nd emphasized portion 16a provided in the storage container 14 are aligned in the height direction, the 1 st emphasized portion 46a and the 2 nd emphasized portion 16a overlap each other in the left-right direction, and form a continuous pattern that is continuous in the left-right direction.

(4) Effect

In the present embodiment as described above, the container body 36 of the water supply tank 30 includes: a container wide portion 37 provided on the front side, and a container narrow portion 39 provided on the rear side of the container wide portion 37. This makes it easy for the user to hold the container body 36 from the front, and even in a state where water is stored in the water supply tank 30, the water supply tank 30 can be easily kept horizontal, and the water supply tank 30 can be stored in the water tank chamber without overflowing the stored water. Further, when the water supply tank 30 is housed in the tank chamber, the container narrow-width portion 39 is hidden behind the container wide-width portion 37, so that it is not conspicuous when viewed from the front, and the design of the refrigerator can be improved.

Further, as in the present embodiment, when the lid locking portion 59 of the fixing member 51 is locked to the container locking portion 42 at the rear of the container wide portion 37, the fixing member 51 is hidden behind the container wide portion 37 when the water supply tank 30 is stored in the water tank chamber, and therefore, the appearance design of the refrigerator can be improved without being conspicuous when viewed from the front.

Further, as in the present embodiment, when the fixing member 51 is provided on the side of the cover narrow-width portion 53 provided on the rear side of the cover wide-width portion 52, the fixing member 51 does not protrude greatly from the side surface of the cover body 38, so that the appearance can be made simple and clear, and the design of the water supply tank 30 can be improved. In particular, when the rear end of the container wide portion 37 and the rear end of the cover wide portion 52 overlap in the vertical direction in a state where the cover 38 closes the upper surface opening of the container body 36, the feeling of unity between the container body 36 and the cover 38 can be increased, and the design of the water supply tank 30 can be further improved.

Further, the container body 36 includes, in front of the lid body 38: in the case of the front protrusion 40 protruding upward, when the water supply tank 30 is stored in the tank chamber, the cover 38 is hidden behind the front protrusion 40, so that it is not conspicuous when viewed from the front, and the design of the refrigerator can be improved.

Further, in a case where the upper surface front end 52b of the cover wide portion 52 is located at the same height position as the rear end 48a of the upper surface portion 48 of the front protrusion 40 in a state where the cover 38 closes the upper surface opening of the container body 36, the feeling of unity between the container body 36 and the cover 38 can be increased, and the design of the water supply tank 30 can be further improved.

In addition, when the width-directional length of the front end of the container wide portion 37 is equal to the width-directional length of the rear end of the front protruding portion 40 of the container body 36, the feeling of unity between the container body 36 and the lid body 38 can be increased, and the design of the water supply tank 30 can be further improved.

In the present embodiment, when the water tank front surface portion 46 constituting the front surface portion of the water supply tank 30 and the container front surface portion 16 constituting the front surface portion of the storage container 14 overlap each other in the left-right direction, the design of the water supply tank 30 and the storage container 14 is unified, and the design of the refrigerator can be improved.

In the present embodiment, when the 1 st emphasized portion 46a provided on the water supply tank 30 front surface portion 46 and the 2 nd emphasized portion 74a provided on the container front surface portion 74 of the storage container 14 overlap each other in the left-right direction, a continuous pattern continuous in the left-right direction is formed, and the feeling of unity in design between the water supply tank 30 and the storage container 14 can be emphasized, so that the design of the refrigerator can be further improved.

As described above, although one embodiment of the present invention has been described, the embodiment is provided as an example only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. These embodiments may be implemented in other various ways, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications are included in the scope and spirit of the present invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.