Patent ID: 9115927
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: A47B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A crisper drawer for a refrigerator having a storage compartment, wherein the crisper drawer is mountable within the storage compartment, the crisper drawer comprising: a crisper pan for storing at least one item, wherein the crisper pan is movable relative to the storage compartment and comprises a pair of pan rear rollers, a pair of beams formed on an upper portion of the crisper pan and a pair of pan rolling surfaces, wherein each of the beams comprises a top plate forming the upper portion of the crisper pan, a bottom plate located under the top plate and opposing to the top plate, and a plurality of bridging plates connecting the top plate to the bottom plate, and wherein each of the pan rolling surfaces is formed on the bottom plate of each of the beams, and the bottom plate comprises a gradual slope portion and a ramp portion, the gradual slope portion and the ramp portion both sloping downward to define a peak portion protruding downwardly from the top plate, the peak portion defining a point between which the ramp portion self-closes the storage compartment and the gradual slope portion self-expands an opening of the storage compartment; and a shelf for supporting the crisper pan, wherein the shelf is fixable to the storage compartment and comprises a pair of shelf rolling surfaces formed on the shelf, and a pair of fixed shelf rollers mounted on the shelf, wherein each of the pair of the fixed shelf rollers is rollable on each of the pan rolling surfaces, and each of the pair of the pan rear rollers is rollable on each of the shelf rolling surfaces, and wherein each of the beams comprises a pocket portion having a thinned width, side walls of each of the pocket portions are constituted by two of the bridging plates, and each of the pan rear rollers is inserted into each of the pocket portions.