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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1991
Takashi Aoki, Kusatsu, JP;
Minoru Yonemura, Kusatsu, JP;
Hiroji Ito, Omihachiman, JP;
Akihiro Shigeta, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasuji Imai, Tsuzuki, JP;
Tatsuo Miyachi, Koga, JP;
Tomoyuki Nishimura, Kusatsu, JP;
Naoya Ishikawa, Kusatsu, JP;
Matsushita Refrigeration Company, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a shelf appartus for a refrigerator which raises and lowers a refrigerator's food storage shelves in an analog manner, making it possible to determine the positions of the shelves largely in accordance with the size of food items stored inside the refrigerator. More particularly, racks are provided on the left and right sides of the refrigerator's interior, gears which engage these racks are provided on the shelves of the refrigerator, and the food storage shelves are raised and lowered by rotating these gears.