Let's make a refrigerator where you can actually access the stuff in the back. Right now, we mostly only have access to the front 1/2 of the shelves. There are many designs that we could employ, each with negatives and postives.I want to make a refrigerator with a revolving shelf inside. It would be circular with the corners of the fridge stationary and even with the revolving center of the shelf. We could make all of it adjustable. Hopefully we could make a system for current refrigerators. Also, more square refrigerators would be better for the lazy-susan center circles. I put it all on a center rod that could be installed in pretty much any refrigerator.
Four things I already know: Firstly, we lose a lot of shelf area that way to corners, and that's fine. Secondly, we take the shelves out to clean them easily, so this is not a concern Thirdly, we would need some sort of surface that grips objects so that they are not sliding everywhere. Fourthly, it would need to be strong enough to hold heavy things on the edge (gallons of milk, watermelons).
Anyone heard of this idea before? Any known problems? What's wrong with this idea? I'm looking for critiques.Is it a good idea?
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Actually, you don't have to lose that corner space. The working parts of the refridgerator could be redesigned to fit there, instead of on the bottom of the fridge. You could use that extra space on the bottom for storage, like the drawer on the bottom of an oven, or just expand the refridgerated area.
Okay, how about refrigerator shelves mounted on drawer slides? If you want something from the middle shelf, you simply pull out the shelf to the slide stops. The challenge would be to make the shelves, with drawer slides, as adjustable as the ones we have now. This is absolutely doable, I'm sure, and may already have been done. What's more, it's possible to retrofit into existing box-shaped refrigerators, or to add to models now in production without radical redesign.
Oven racks pull out, why not refrigerator shelves?
I have a friend who actually had a refrigerator like this that dated from the 50's or 60's. It was quite inefficient energy wise but I always thought the turntable was a great idea. There were 3 or 4 shelves on a center pole, with space on the bottom for heavy items. The corners were little pocket shelves where you could put stuff that you didn't use that often. I think the door had the usual shelves on it. Iwould be great to see them come back. K
If the shelves of the fridge could pull out easily like oven racks, it would be easy to adjust them to the nearest inch when needed, and there would never be any need to stack food on top if itself in the fridge. That would make it alot easier to access whatever you want when the fridge is crowded. Extra shelves could be kept on top of the fridge.
I had this same thought a while back and I have been looking all over to see if this thing exists. To the best of my knowledge (and after a fair number of Internet searches), it does not appear anywhere except in the form of a flimsy plastic lazy susan that only holds a few items. I think that it's a great idea personally and I think that there are ways to design a belt system that wouldn't lose too much corner space. Designing into a new fridge would obviously be a lot easier and more efficient that fitting into a wide variety of existing fridges. I would think having it draw power from the refrigerator so that it works at the touch of a button at the top would be ideal (much like the tie caddy in my closet). I like the pullout shelf idea too, but in my fridge there is always stuff smashed up against the walls and I fear stuff would fall out on the floor as they were pulled out. It's also one shelf at a time as opposed to all shelves turning at the same time.