A shelf tray assembly has a bracket and a partition, where the partition includes a first partition. The bracket includes a sliding rail with a second section and a first section higher than the second section, and there is a first height difference between the first and second sections. The first partition is configured to reciprocate on the bracket along the sliding rail, and a movement path of the first partition includes a first position and a second position. When the first partition is located at the first position, the first partition is supported on the first section. When the first partition is located at the second position, the first partition is supported on the second section. The shelf tray assembly includes a lifting structure. A height difference when the first partition rises or falls can be effectively reduced, and a moving process of the first partition becomes smoother.

A storage rack suitable for a freezer includes a base platform having a plurality of ribs defining a corresponding plurality of channels. One or more dividers may be removably seated within a selected channel. The dividers include a divider platform having a pair of downwardly extending arms terminating in inward hooks which engage the base platform.

A shelving assembly includes ladder rails mounted within spaced elongated pockets formed in the rear wall of a refrigerator compartment. Each ladder rail presents a front, side, rear wall portions. Adjacent the front wall portion, a vertical slot is defined, at least in part, by an in-turned portion of the front wall portion. Offset from the slot, the in-turned portion is formed with a plurality of vertically spaced and rearwardly projecting hooks. Each shelf of the assembly includes arms, each having an anchoring pin and a support foot. In mounting the shelf, the support foot and the anchoring pin of each arm are placed through a cutout formed in the front wall portion of a respective ladder, the shelf is arranged in a desired vertical position with the arm sliding within the slot, and then the anchoring pin is supported upon a respective one of the hooks.

A sliding shelf assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The sliding shelf assembly includes a shelf support frame that is slidably mounted inside the chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance. A connecting arm couples the shelf support frame to the door such that the shelf support frame slides out of the chilled chamber as the door is opened. Moreover, the shelf support frame slidably receives refrigerator shelves that may slide independently of the shelf support frame. The sliding shelf assembly thereby simplifies storage on the refrigerator shelves, improves accessibility of the chilled chamber, and improves consumer satisfaction with the refrigerator appliance.

An adjustable refrigeration rack system may include a pair of parallel shafts arranged on a rear interior cabinet side of a refrigerator, a plurality of pairs of attachment mechanisms, each attachment mechanisms having one attachment mechanism arranged on one rail, and another arranged at equal height on the other rail, the attachment mechanisms configured to hold a shelf and selectively engage the respective shafts, and a drive mechanism configured to drive the shafts vertically, wherein movement of the shafts causes movement of the shelf arranged on the attachment mechanisms selectively engaged with the shafts, but not movement of a shelf arranged on the attachment mechanisms unattached to the shafts.

The present invention relates to a shelf assembly for use in a refrigeration appliance comprising a compartment for refrigerating food. The shelf assembly comprises a releasable shelf for supporting the food. The shelf assembly of the present invention comprises at least one retainer which is detachably mountable to either one of the side walls of the compartment, at least one counterpart retainer which is adjustably mountable at different heights onto either one of the lateral sides of the shelf. The counterpart retainer slidably engages with the corresponding retainer so as to reciprocate through a predetermined distance in the direction which is perpendicular to the side walls of the compartment.

A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door configured to be inserted into and withdrawn out of the storage chamber, a driving device provided at the door part, an elevation device provided at the drawer part and having a scissors lift assembly, and a connecting assembly that couples the driving device to the scissors lift assembly to transfer driving force from the driving device to the scissors lift assembly. The elevation device is configured, based on being uncoupled from the connecting assembly, to be separable from the drawer part, and the elevation device includes a restricting unit configured to restrict the scissors lift assembly from unfolding when the elevation device is separated from the drawer part. The drawer door includes a drawer part and a door part that is configured to, based on the drawer door being inserted into the storage chamber, close the storage chamber.

An apparatus, system and method for illuminating the interior of a refrigerated appliance such as refrigerator, freezer or combination includes storage shelf or surface in the appliance, a divider positioned relative at shelf or storage surface, and a divider lighting subassembly on the divider. Electrical power is provided from an electrical power source in the appliance to the divider lighting subassembly on the divider. Light sources of the divided light subassembly can be selected to illuminate from a position on the divider. Different lighting schemes can be instructed to the light sources. The light sources can be LEDs.

A storage and dispensing system for storing and dispensing temperature sensitive items is provided. The system includes a storage chamber, a dispensing chamber, an electro-mechanical module, and a cooling system. The storage chamber has walls defining plural compartments formed integrally therein for storing the temperature sensitive items at an ultra-low temperature. Each compartment is formed as a cylindrical sector with an inclined bottom surface. The plural compartments are arranged circumferentially around a vertical axis and stacked together in one or more rows, thereby an individual temperature sensitive item is slidable out of a respective compartment to the dispensing chamber by gravitational force. The electro-mechanical module is configured to rotate the storage chamber about the vertical axis. The storage chamber does not include any mechanical or electrical components inside, which avoids the need for devices that can tolerate an extremely low temperature environment.

A storage shelf base for an item of furniture or household appliance includes a support plate stationarily arranged on a body of the item of furniture or household appliance, and a storage shelf positively driven relative to the support plate and can simultaneously be moved rotationally and translationally. Facing bearing surfaces of the support plate and the storage shelf have respective at least substantially closed circulating running grooves, in which rolling elements are guided. The support plate can be detachably secured to the body of the item of furniture or household appliance by an adapter or a base plate is stationarily arranged on the body of the item of furniture or household appliance, on which the support plate is detachably secured.