WO2015103995A1

WO2015103995A1 - Refrigerator and drawer assembly thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2015103995A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/070472
Authority: WO
Inventors: 杨发林; 张文; 姜亦兵
Original assignee: 海尔集团公司; 青岛海尔股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-01-10
Filing date: 2015-01-09
Publication date: 2015-07-16
Also published as: CN104344671B; CN104344671A

Abstract

Disclosed is a refrigerator and a drawer assembly (20) thereof. The drawer assembly (20) comprises a tray (21), a drawer (22) disposed on the tray (21), a fixedly mounted slide track (23), and a slide bracket (24) mounted in the slide track (23) and capable of sliding along the slide track (23), wherein the slide bracket (24) and the tray (21) are in buckle connection to drive the tray (21) to slide along the slide track (23); one of the tray (21) and the slide bracket (24) is provided with a lug (30), and the other of the slide bracket (24) and the tray (21) is provided with a rib strip (40) fitted with the lug (30); and when the tray (21) and the slide bracket (24) are in buckle connection, the rib strip (40) is butted against the lug (30) to limit the displacement of the tray (21) in the thickness direction thereof.

Description

Refrigerator and drawer assembly

Technical field

The invention relates to a refrigerator and a drawer assembly thereof which are convenient in assembly and high in space utilization.

Background technique

A refrigerator is a device that uses refrigeration to maintain the interior of the refrigerator at a low temperature to preserve food.

At present, the drawers in the existing refrigerators are usually directly fixed on the slide rails or slides on both sides of the refrigerator cabinet. On the one hand, however, since the height of the circumference of the existing drawer itself is high, it is necessary to take out the drawer when the article larger than the drawer is placed in the refrigerator. After the drawer is taken out, there is no shelf for placing the article in the refrigerator, and the article cannot be stored or stored in the refrigerator. In addition, the drawer needs to be taken out for cleaning after a long period of use, and the items placed in the drawer need to be taken out before the drawer is washed. Since there is no shelf for placing articles in the refrigerator, the articles in the original drawer cannot be stored or inconveniently stored in the refrigerator in this case.

On the other hand, after the existing refrigerator drawer and the slide rail are assembled, the left and right limit positions after the drawer is pulled out are realized by the distance between the left and right sides of the slide rail, and the buckle connection between the drawer and the slide rail is also the distance and the drawer. The interference is achieved, but after the slide rail is pulled out, the left and right shaking distance is large, so that the drawer pulling force is difficult to control, and thus the drawer is easily taken out when the drawer is dropped or the drawer is pulled.

In view of this, it is necessary to improve the existing refrigerator to solve the above problems.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a drawer assembly of a refrigerator which is stable in structure, convenient in assembly, and high in space utilization.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator which is stable in structure, convenient in assembly, and high in space utilization.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a drawer assembly for a refrigerator includes a tray, a drawer placed on the tray, a fixedly mounted slide rail, and is mounted in the slide rail and along the slide rail Sliding rail bracket,

The slide rail bracket is buckledly coupled to the tray to drive the tray to slide along the slide rail, and one of the tray and the slide rail bracket is provided with a bump, the slide rail bracket Rack with the tray The other of the ribs is provided with a rib that cooperates with the bump, and when the tray is snap-fitted with the rail bracket, the lower surface of the rib is offset from the upper surface of the bump Connected to limit the displacement of the tray along its thickness.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a drawer assembly for a refrigerator, comprising a tray, a drawer placed on the tray, a fixedly mounted slideway, and being mounted in the slideway and along the slideway Sliding rail bracket,

The slide rail bracket is buckledly coupled to the tray to drive the tray to slide along the slide rail, and one of the tray and the slide rail bracket is provided with a bump, the slide rail bracket a rib that cooperates with the protrusion is disposed on the other of the tray and the tray, and the rib abuts the protrusion when the tray is snap-connected with the slide bracket To limit the displacement of the tray along its thickness.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the tray may be provided with a bump, the rail bracket is provided with a rib that cooperates with the protrusion, and the tray is buckled with the slide bracket When connected, the lower surface of the rib abuts against the upper surface of the bump to limit displacement of the tray in its thickness direction.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the slide rail bracket may be provided with a bump, the tray is provided with ribs matched with the bumps, and the tray and the slide rail bracket are buckled When connected, the upper surface of the rib abuts against the lower surface of the bump to limit displacement of the tray in its thickness direction.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the bumps may be disposed on the tray in an L shape, the ribs are correspondingly disposed on the slide rail bracket, and the ribs are recessed below the ribs for receiving the bumps. Groove.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a limit portion may be disposed on one of the tray and the slide rail bracket, and a recessed portion is formed in the recessed portion, and two oppositely disposed from the card slot A plurality of limiting pieces protrude from the inner side wall, and a protruding point protrudes from the outer side wall of the limiting part.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a spring piece may be disposed on the other of the slide rail bracket and the tray, and the elastic piece protrudes into the card slot and is limited to a set of the limit. Between the slice and another set of said stop.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the side of the elastic piece may further be provided with a rib for holding the protrusion to limit the position, and the rib is spaced from the height of the protrusion along the height direction of the limiting portion. Settings.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the limiting portion may be disposed on the tray and located away from One end of the bump;

The elastic piece and the convex rib are both disposed on the slide rail bracket and located at one end away from the rib.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the slide rail may include an outer slide rail, a middle slide rail and an inner slide rail which are sleeved and can be pushed and pulled relative to each other, and the slide rail bracket is fixedly mounted on the inner slide rail or the slide rail On the outer slide.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the lower portion of the drawer may be smaller than the upper portion and form a step between the two portions for engaging the frame of the tray.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including a case and the aforementioned drawer assembly, the drawer assembly being disposed in the case.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that the drawer assembly of the refrigerator of the invention is provided with a slide rail bracket which is buckled with the tray to drive the tray to slide along the slide rail, and a bump is arranged on one of the tray and the slide rail bracket The other one of the rail bracket and the tray is provided with a rib that cooperates with the bump, so that when the tray is snap-connected with the rail bracket, the rib abuts against the bump to limit the thickness of the tray along the thickness thereof The displacement of the drawer assembly of the present invention is stable, easy to assemble, and high in space utilization.

DRAWINGS

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a view showing a state in which a drawer assembly of the present invention is assembled in a refrigerator.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the drawer assembly of Figure 1 in a pulled out state.

Figure 3 is a partial exploded view of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a partially exploded view of the tray, rail bracket and slide of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the tray of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a partial enlarged view of a portion of circle A in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the slide rail bracket of Figure 4;

detailed description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments thereof.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the refrigerator of the present invention includes a cabinet 10 and a drawer assembly 20 disposed in the cabinet 10. The drawer assembly 20 includes a tray 21, a drawer 22 placed on the tray 21, a slide rail 23 fixedly mounted on the inner side wall of the cabinet 10, and a slide rail bracket 24 mounted in the slide rail 23 and slidable along the slide rail 23.

The tray 21 is a container in which the upper opening is open and the frame 211 is provided on four sides, and a handle 212 is provided on a side of the tray 21 close to the refrigerator door (not shown). In the present embodiment, the handle 212 is a recess formed by recessing the lower surface of the frame 211 of the tray 21 (see FIG. 5). The tray 21 can be used as a shelf so that when storing larger items, the drawer 22 can be removed and placed directly on the tray 21. When the drawer 22 is cleaned, the articles in the drawer 22 can also be taken out and placed on the tray 21, which not only is easy to operate, but also improves the space utilization rate of the refrigerator.

The lower portion of the drawer 22 is smaller than the upper portion and forms a step 221 between the two portions. The step 221 is for engaging with the frame 211 of the tray 21 to enhance the connection stability of the drawer 22 and the tray 21, so that when the drawer 22 is pulled The drawer 22 does not come off the tray 21 due to the pulling force, and the stability of the articles in the drawer 22 is ensured.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the rail bracket 24 is snap-fitted with the tray 21 to drive the tray 21 to slide along the slide 23. A bump 30 is disposed on one of the tray 21 and the rail bracket 24, and the rib 40 is matched with the bump 30 on the other of the rail bracket 24 and the tray 21, and the tray 21 is When the rail bracket 24 is snap-fitted, the rib 40 abuts against the bump 30 to restrict the displacement of the tray 21 in the thickness direction thereof.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that whether the bumps 30 are provided on the tray 21, the ribs 40 are provided on the rail brackets 24, the bumps 30 are provided on the rail brackets 24, and the ribs 40 are provided on the trays 21. When the tray 21 and the rail bracket 24 are snap-connected, the rib 40 and the bump 30 are in abutting state to restrict the displacement of the tray 21 in the thickness direction thereof.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the bumps 30 are disposed on the tray 21, and the ribs 40 are disposed on the rail bracket 24. When the tray 21 is snap-fitted to the rail bracket 24, the lower surface of the rib 40 abuts against the upper surface of the projection 30 to restrict the displacement of the tray 21 in the thickness direction thereof.

Further, the bumps 30 are disposed on the outer side wall of the tray 21 in an L shape, and the bumps 30 are disposed near the innermost end of the box body 10; the ribs 40 are correspondingly disposed on the rail bracket 24, and the ribs 40 are disposed along the slide rails. The extending direction of the frame 24 protrudes, and a recess 42 for receiving the bump 30 is recessed below the rib 40.

Of course, in other embodiments, the bumps 30 can also be disposed on the rail bracket 24, and the ribs 40 are correspondingly disposed on the tray 21 to be engaged with the bumps 30. Thereby, the rib 40 is abutted against the bump 30 to restrict the displacement of the tray 21 in the thickness direction thereof. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that when the tray 21 is snap-fitted with the rail bracket 24, the upper surface of the rib 40 abuts against the lower surface of the bump 30 to limit displacement of the tray 21 in its thickness direction.

A limit portion 50 is also provided on one of the tray 21 and the rail bracket 24. Limiting portion 50 The recess is formed with a card slot 51 that opens downward, and a plurality of limiting pieces 52 protrude from the opposite inner side walls of the card slot 51. A bump 53 protrudes from the outer side wall of the limiting portion 50. The other one of the rail bracket 24 and the tray 21 is further provided with an upwardly protruding elastic piece 60. When the tray 21 is snap-connected with the slide rail bracket 24, the elastic piece 60 correspondingly protrudes into the card slot 51. And limited to between a plurality of limit pieces 52.

In other words, the two inner side walls of the card slot 51 respectively protrude from the two inner side walls of the card slot 51, and the elastic piece 60 protrudes into the card slot 51 and is limited to the one set of the limiting piece 52 and the other set of the limiting piece 52. between. That is, after the elastic piece 60 protrudes into the slot 51, one side surface of the elastic piece 60 faces a set of the limiting piece 52, and the other opposite side surface of the elastic piece 60 faces the other set of the limiting piece 52.

A rib 70 for holding the stopper bump 53 is further disposed on the side of the elastic piece 60, and the rib 70 and the bump 53 are spaced apart from each other in the height direction of the limiting portion 50.

In the embodiment, the limiting portion 50 is disposed on the outer side wall of the tray 21 and located at one end away from the protrusion 30. The plurality of limiting pieces 52 disposed on the inner side walls of the card slot 51 are symmetrically disposed along the insertion direction of the tray 21, Therefore, when the elastic piece 60 protrudes into the slot 51, the limiting piece 52 can restrain the elastic piece 60 from shaking to the left and right; the elastic piece 60 and the rib 70 are disposed on the sliding rail bracket 24 and located at one end away from the rib 40. Therefore, by the engagement of the elastic piece 60 with the limit of the card slot 51 and the limiting piece 52 and the engagement of the rib 70 with the latching position of the protrusion 53 , the tray 21 can be restricted from occurring in the up, down, left and right directions in the front and rear direction with respect to the rail bracket 24 . Displacement.

Of course, in other embodiments, the limiting portion 50 can also be disposed on the rail bracket 24, and the elastic piece 60 and the rib 70 are correspondingly disposed on the tray 21. The plurality of limiting pieces 52, which are disposed on the inner side walls of the card slot 51, may be arranged at irregular intervals, as long as it can restrict the left and right sway of the elastic piece 60.

When assembling the tray 21 and the rail bracket 24, the L-shaped projection 30 is first inserted into the recess 42 below the rib 40, and the lower surface 41 of the rib 40 is abutted against the upper surface 31 of the projection 30, and then Pressing the front end of the tray 21 so that the elastic piece 60 protrudes into the slot 51 and is limited between the plurality of limiting pieces 52, while the retaining limit of the bump 53 is located below the rib 70 to further restrict the tray 21 and the slide rail. The bracket 24 is displaced in the up, down, left and right, and front and rear directions, and has a simple structure and convenient operation.

The slide rail 23 includes an outer slide 231, a middle slide 232 and an inner slide 233 which are sleeved and can be pushed and pulled relative to each other. The slide bracket 24 is fixedly mounted on the inner slide 233 or the outer slide 231. In this embodiment, the outer slide rail 231 is fixedly mounted on the inner side wall of the cabinet 10, and the slide rail bracket 24 is fixedly mounted. On the inner slide 233, the middle slide 232 is sleeved between the inner slide 233 and the outer slide 231, so that the slide bracket 24 can be driven by the inner slide 233 along the middle slide 232 and the outer slide. 231 slides.

The slide rail bracket 24 is fixedly mounted on the inner slide rail 233 by screws. The inner slide rail 233 is sleeved in the middle slide rail 232 and can be pulled and moved along the middle slide rail 232. The middle slide rail 232 is sleeved in the outer slide rail 231. The slide rail 24 can be pulled and moved along the outer slide 231, so that the slide rail bracket 24 can be pulled and moved along the middle slide 232 and the outer slide 231 by the inner slide 233, and further, when using the refrigerator of the present invention. When the tray 21 is pulled, the drawer 22 and the tray 21 are slid out from the innermost end of the refrigerator by the rail bracket 24 and the slide rail 23 to facilitate picking up and dropping of the articles.

In summary, the drawer assembly of the present invention is provided with a tray 21 on the one hand, so that the drawer 22 can be placed on the tray 21 for storing articles, or can be removed from the tray 21 and placed directly on the tray 21. The space utilization rate of the refrigerator is improved. On the other hand, the bumps 30, the limiting portions 50 and the bumps 53 are disposed on the tray 21, and the ribs 40 matching the bumps 30 are correspondingly disposed on the rail brackets 24. The elastic piece 60 received in the limiting portion 50 and the rib 70 which is restrained by the convex portion 53 are engaged with each other, and the engagement between the elastic piece 60 and the limiting portion 50 and the convex portion of the limiting portion 50 are convex and convex. The rib 70 is engaged with the latching position of the bump 53 to restrict the displacement of the tray 21 relative to the rail bracket 24 in the up, down, left and right, and front and rear directions. The refrigerator and the drawer assembly thereof of the invention are not only structurally stable, but also easy to assemble and have high space utilization.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention may be modified or substituted. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

Claims

A drawer assembly for a refrigerator includes a tray, a drawer placed on the tray, a fixedly mounted slide rail, and a slide rail bracket mounted in the slide rail and slidable along the slide rail, wherein:

The slide rail bracket is buckledly coupled to the tray to drive the tray to slide along the slide rail, and one of the tray and the slide rail bracket is provided with a bump, the slide rail bracket a rib that cooperates with the protrusion is disposed on the other of the tray and the tray, and a lower surface of the rib and the protrusion when the tray is snap-connected with the rail bracket The upper surfaces of the blocks abut to limit displacement of the tray in its thickness direction.
A drawer assembly for a refrigerator includes a tray, a drawer placed on the tray, a fixedly mounted slide rail, and a slide rail bracket mounted in the slide rail and slidable along the slide rail, wherein:

The slide rail bracket is buckledly coupled to the tray to drive the tray to slide along the slide rail, and one of the tray and the slide rail bracket is provided with a bump, the slide rail bracket a rib that cooperates with the protrusion is disposed on the other of the tray and the tray, and the rib abuts the protrusion when the tray is snap-connected with the slide bracket To limit the displacement of the tray along its thickness.
The drawer assembly of claim 2 wherein:

a bump is disposed on the tray, the rail bracket is provided with a rib that cooperates with the bump, and when the tray is snap-connected with the rail bracket, the rib is under The surface abuts against the upper surface of the bump to limit displacement of the tray in its thickness direction.
The drawer assembly of claim 2 wherein:

The rail bracket is provided with a bump, the tray is provided with a rib that cooperates with the protrusion, and when the tray is snap-connected with the rail bracket, the rib is upper The surface abuts against the lower surface of the bump to limit displacement of the tray in its thickness direction.
A drawer assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:

The protrusions are disposed on the tray in an L shape, and the ribs are correspondingly disposed on the slide rail bracket And a recess for receiving the bump is recessed below the rib.
The drawer assembly of claim 5 wherein:

A finite portion is further disposed on one of the tray and the slide rail bracket, wherein the limiting portion is recessed to form a card slot, and a plurality of inner side walls of the opposite side of the card slot respectively protrude from the slot A spacer is further protruded from an outer sidewall of the limiting portion.
The drawer assembly of claim 6 wherein:

An elastic piece is further disposed on the other of the slide rail bracket and the tray, and the elastic piece protrudes into the card slot and is limited to a set of the limiting piece and another set. Between the limit pieces.
The drawer assembly of claim 7 wherein:

The side of the elastic piece is further provided with a rib for holding the protrusion to limit the position, and the rib is spaced apart from the protrusion in the height direction of the limiting portion.
The drawer assembly of claim 8 wherein:

The limiting portion is disposed on the tray and located at an end away from the bump;

The elastic piece and the convex rib are both disposed on the slide rail bracket and located at one end away from the rib.
A drawer assembly according to claim 1 or 2, wherein:

The slide rail includes an outer slide rail, a middle slide rail and an inner slide rail which are sleeved with each other and can be pushed and pulled relative to each other, and the slide rail bracket is fixedly mounted on the inner slide rail or the outer slide rail.
A drawer assembly according to claim 1 or 2, wherein:

The lower portion of the drawer is smaller than the upper portion and forms a step between the two portions for engaging the frame of the tray.
A refrigerator comprising a case, characterized in that the refrigerator further comprises the drawer assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 11, the drawer assembly being disposed in the case.