PURPOSE: To obtain loading shelves for an electric refrigerator which are foldable to improve an available space.
CONSTITUTION: A central support plate 8 is mounted to a center of a rear wall 1 of a refrigerator, and a pedestal 9 is rotatably supported by the support plate 8. A central guide rail 10 is supported on the pedestal 9 to be slidable before and behind. Mounted to both side walls of the refrigerator are a pair of symmetrical right and left support plates 11, 12 formed with inwardly extending guide grooves 11a, 12a and provided with rearward shaft supports 11b, 12b. Right and left rear shelves 4, 5 are provided at lower ends thereof on both sides thereof with shafts 4a, 5a which correspond to the shaft supports, and support right and left front shelves 6, 7 reciprocatingly before and behind. The rear shelves 4, 5 are rotatably supported by the shaft supports, and the right and left front shelves are slidably supported such that support pieces 6a, 7a provided on both the sides of the right and left front shelves rest on the guide grooves 10a, 11a, 12a.
MIYAKE MANABU
ITO HIROKO