Refrigerator with rotatable shelves

摘要

A refrigerator is provided with rotatable shelves for easy food/item access and cleaning. In one embodiment a stationary or fixed shelf includes a rotatable disk mounted on a bearing retainer having bearings therein for manual, three hundred sixty degree (360°) rotation as desired. In another embodiment a quarter-round pivotable shelf is attached to a stanchion to enable the shelf to be manually pivoted ninety degrees (90°) for withdrawing and returning the shelf to the refrigerator food storage compartment as needed. In another embodiment a rotatable disk is in communication with a drive motor for rotation by a control switch.

主权项

1. A refrigerator with a shelf and rotatable disk comprising: a housing, a food storage compartment, said food storage compartment positioned within said housing, said food storage compartment defining opposing side walls, a rear wall and a door opening, a shelf, said shelf defining an aperture, a race defining an interior annual groove, a rotatable disk defining a top surface, said race positioned within said aperture and defining a lip with a top surface, said lip extending vertically from said race to align said disk top surface in coplanar orientation with said lip top surface, said lip defining a tapered edge for engaging said shelf, said shelf extending across said food storage compartment, a carrier, said disk carried by said carrier, said disk rotatably mounted on said race via said carrier, a drive motor, said drive motor in mechanical communication with said disk, such that said disk rotates when said drive motor is engaged.