REFRIGERATOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator having a manual shutter superior in operability so that a large opening/closing motion can be obtained by a small operation amount, and capable of securing a wide storage volume in a storage chamber by widening a lateral width of a supply air trunk.SOLUTION: A refrigerator has a storage chamber, a cooling chamber in which a cooler for cooling air to be supplied to the storage chamber is disposed, a supply air trunk 10 formed at the depth of the storage chamber to connect the storage chamber and the cooling chamber and allow the air cooled by the cooler to flow therein, a shutter member 26 disposed in the supply air trunk 10 to adjust a flow rate of the air flowing in the supply air trunk 10, an operation member 16 for controlling an opening of the shutter member 26, and a link mechanism connecting the shutter 26 and the operation member 16. The shutter member 26 is oscillatably pivoted to a rotation shaft 28 extended in a longitudinal direction to the storage chamber 3, the operation member 16 is supported linearly movably in a direction along a depth face of the storage chamber 3, and the link mechanism converts the linear motion of the operation member 16 into a rotating motion and transmits the same to the shutter member 26.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】操作性に優れ小さな操作量で大きな開閉動作が得られる手動式のシャッタを有し、供給風路の横幅を広くして貯蔵室の収納容積を広く確保できる冷蔵庫を提供する。【解決手段】貯蔵室と、貯蔵室に供給される空気を冷却する冷却器が配設される冷却室と、貯蔵室の奥に形成されて貯蔵室と冷却室とをつなぎ、冷却器で冷却された空気を流す供給風路１０と、供給風路１０に設けられて供給風路１０内を流れる空気の流量を調整するシャッタ部材２６と、シャッタ部材２６の開度を操作するための操作部材１６と、シャッタ部材２６と操作部材１６とを連結するリンク機構と、を有し、シャッタ部材２６は、貯蔵室３に対して前後方向に延在する回動軸２８に揺動自在に枢支され、操作部材１６は、貯蔵室３の奥面に沿う方向に直線動自在に支持され、リンク機構は、操作部材１６の直線運動を回転運動に変換してシャッタ部材２６に伝達する。【選択図】図４