CN101038122A - Refrigerator and sealing gasket therefor - Google Patents

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CN101038122A
CN101038122A CNA2007100886027A CN200710088602A CN101038122A CN 101038122 A CN101038122 A CN 101038122A CN A2007100886027 A CNA2007100886027 A CN A2007100886027A CN 200710088602 A CN200710088602 A CN 200710088602A CN 101038122 A CN101038122 A CN 101038122A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00General constructional features
    • F25D23/08Parts formed wholly or mainly of plastics materials
    • F25D23/082Strips
    • F25D23/087Sealing strips
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/06Refrigerators with a vertical mullion

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Abstract

A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body ; a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator body so as to be opened and closed; and a gasket mounted on either the door or that body. The gasket has a magnet therein so as to hold the door closed against the refrigerator body . The gasket has at least one shielding portion that extends from an edge of the gasket . The sealing portion is configured to be elastically deformed when the refrigerator door is closed, which enhances the sealing action of the gasket . As a result, even if the magnet has a weak magnetic force due to age or the sealing surface is no longer flat, a sealing force is reinforced by the shielding portion . Accordingly, cool air inside the refrigerator is prevented from leaking out, and external warm air is prevented from being introduced into the refrigerator.

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Refrigerator and seal washer thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, relate more specifically to a kind of cold air that can prevent that is used for refrigerator and leak and/or prevent that warm air from entering the seal washer of this refrigerator from this refrigerator.
Background technology
Usually, refrigerator produces cold air by the kind of refrigeration cycle that is realized by compressor, condenser, expansion valve, evaporimeter etc.Cold air is introduced into refrigerator so that food can be stored in this refrigerator with cold state or frozen state.In order to improve the efficient of refrigerator, must prevent effectively that cold air from entering refrigerator from refrigerator leakage or outside warm air.
For this reason, packing ring typically is installed in the contact surface between refrigerator main body and the refrigerator doors.The outer surface of this packing ring is typically made by the rubber-like synthetic material, and magnet is installed in this packing ring.When refrigerator doors was closed, the magnet in the packing ring was drawn onto the front panel of refrigerator main body and closes to keep door.When refrigerator doors was drawn back, magnet separated with the front panel of refrigerator main body.
But the prior art sealing device that is used for refrigerator has following problem.When magnet in this packing ring, perhaps the front panel of refrigerator main body not at ordinary times, perhaps when the magnetic force of magnet dies down, cold air can leak or outside warm air can be introduced into refrigerator main body from refrigerator main body.Power consumption as a result increases.
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To be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings embodiment, Reference numeral identical in the accompanying drawing is indicated components identical, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the front view that the two-door type refrigerator that adopts seal washer is shown;
Fig. 2 is the cutaway view along the intercepting of the line among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the horizontal cross that the packing ring of two-door type refrigerator is shown;
Fig. 4 is the horizontal cross that another embodiment of the packing ring that is used for two-door type refrigerator is shown.
The specific embodiment
Fig. 1 and 2 shows has right side and the cooling chamber 12 in left side and the refrigerator main body 10 of refrigerating chamber 13 that is installed in partition wall 11.Two refrigerator doors 20 are installed in the side of refrigerator main body 10 in rotatable mode, are used for opening and closing independently the cooling chamber 12 and the refrigerating chamber 13 of refrigerator main body.A plurality of packing rings 30 are fixedly connected on the refrigerator doors 20.The edge designs of door 20 becomes the partition wall 11 of contact refrigerator main body 10 with sealing cooling chamber 12 and refrigerating chamber 13.
Front panel 14 is made of metal, and it is installed in the front surface of the partition wall 11 of refrigerator main body 10.Magnet 36 is installed in the packing ring 30, and magnet 36 attracted to front panel 14.Magnetic attraction between magnet 36 and the front panel 14 helps to keep door to close, and helps to guarantee that the peripheral surface around door forms excellent sealing.The silk thread 15 that is used to prevent to form the heat of condensed steam be installed in front panel back table and.Preferably, the outer surface of front panel 14 is level and smooth and smooth so that the magnet 36 of packing ring 30 can be guaranteed the good sealing between packing ring 30 and the front panel.
The packing ring fixed groove 22 that is used to insert the joining part 31 of retaining washer 30 is formed on the inner casing 21 of refrigerator doors 20.Packing ring 30 comprises the joining part 31 of the inner casing 21 that inserts refrigerator doors 20.Stretch out so that collapsible integratedly from joining part 31 coupling part 32.Adhesion section 33 32 stretches out integratedly from the coupling part, and because the magnetic attraction between magnet 36 and the front panel 14 and being installed in removably on the front panel 14 of refrigerator main body 10.The first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b are outstanding from the relative side of adhesion section 33 respectively.The end of first and second protective cases part protrudes upward from adhesion section 33.First and second protective cases part also helps to guarantee good sealing.
Joining part 31 has anchor shape shape and is connected on the packing ring fixed groove 22 of refrigerator doors 20 so that insert.Coupling part 32 is divided into a plurality of subregions so that form the inner space by wall 35.
Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, because the first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b project upwards from the outer surface of the adhesion section 33 of packing ring 30, so when door was closed, the protective case part is contact refrigerator main body 10 before adhesion section 33.In addition, and as shown in Figure 3, first and second protective cases partly are wedge shapes.The first protective case part 34a is formed on the inner edge of adhesion section 33 and contacts the inner casing 16 of refrigerator main body 10, thereby prevents the leakage of cold air in cooling chamber 12 or the refrigerating chamber 13.The second protective case part 34b is formed on the outer rim of adhesion section 33 and before the contact and plate 14, thereby prevents that outside warm air from introducing this refrigerator.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 and 3, first and second hermetic units roughly are straight.When door was closed, first and second hermetic units flexibly were out of shape up to them and are shape shown in Figure 2.This strain of hermetic unit help to keep hermetic unit firmly near refrigerator main body to guarantee good sealing.
As shown in Figure 4, in the embodiment that replaces, it also is the curved surface that protrudes upward from adhesion section 33 that the first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b can have.And when refrigerator doors 20 was closed, the protective case part flexibly was out of shape so that hermetic unit is firmly kept near refrigerator main body.
Following operation and the effect that is used for the sealing device of refrigerator according to of the present invention will be described.
When user's closing refrigerator door 20, because the magnetic attraction between the preceding sealing plate of magnet 36 in the packing ring and refrigerator main body, so be connected on the front panel 14 of adhesion section 33 attached to refrigerator main body 10 of the packing ring 30 on the refrigerator doors 20.Therefore, prevent the leakage of cold air within refrigerator, and/or prevent that outside warm air is introduced into refrigerator.
The first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b are formed on the relative side of the adhesion section 33 of packing ring 30 highlightedly.When refrigerator doors 20 was closed, the first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b contacted the inner casing 16 and the front panel 14 of refrigerator main body 10 respectively before adhesion section 33.Then, when magnet drew adhesion section 33 near front panel, the first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b flexibly were out of shape, thereby strengthened the sealing force of packing ring 30.
The first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b be wedge shape and form along the closing direction of refrigerator doors 20 and have curved surface or inclined surface.Therefore these features guarantee that when refrigerator doors 20 is closed the first protective case part 34a and the second protective case part 34b flexibly are out of shape, consumingly on the sealing surfaces attached to refrigerator main body.
Therefore, even when the magnet of packing ring has weak magnetic force owing to wearing out, or when sealing surfaces was no longer smooth, sealing force also can partly strengthen by protective case.Therefore, prevent the leakage of cold air within refrigerator, and prevent that outside warm air is introduced into refrigerator.
In the above-described embodiments, packing ring is installed on the refrigerator doors.But packing ring can be installed on the refrigerator main body.When packing ring was installed on the refrigerator main body, structure was identical with the structure and the effect of the foregoing description with effect.
In addition, although top description concentrate on have and the refrigerator/cold motivation of the cooling chamber of registration and refrigerating chamber on, disclosed in this application seal washer is equally applicable to the refrigerator/cold motivation of other type.Equally, disclosed in this application packing ring can only use on refrigerator, or only uses on cold motivation.
In addition, in the above-described embodiments, the protective case part is stretched out from the relative side of the adhesion section of packing ring.But in the embodiment that replaces, only single protective case part can be stretched out from the only single side of adhesion section.Equally, a plurality of protective case part can be stretched out from the side or the both sides of adhesion section.
Because the present invention can realize with some forms under the situation that does not depart from spirit of the present invention and intrinsic propesties, but what will also be understood that is except as otherwise noted, the above embodiments are not limited by any details of foregoing description, and should be interpreted as largo in spirit and scope as defined by the appended claims, so the claims intention comprises described variation and modification in the equivalent of all scopes that fall into claim or this scope.
Any quoting of " embodiment " in this manual, " embodiment " " example embodiment " etc. means that concrete feature, structure and the characteristic described in conjunction with the embodiments are included among at least one embodiment of the present invention.The appearance of this phrase in this specification diverse location differs to establish a capital and is meant and shows identical embodiment.In addition, when describing concrete feature, structure or characteristic, think and realize that in conjunction with other any embodiment this feature, structure or characteristic are within those skilled in the art's understanding scope in conjunction with any embodiment.
Although described a plurality of illustrative embodiment, be to be understood that those skilled in the art can find out a large amount of modifieds and the embodiment that will fall within the spirit and scope of disclosure principle.More specifically, have some variants and modified, and these variants and modified fall into still within the scope of the disclosure, accompanying drawing and claims at building block and/or in arranging.Except variant and modified in building block and/or layout, it also is tangible optionally using for those skilled in the art.

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1. a refrigerator comprises
Refrigerator main body;
Be connected on the described refrigerator main body so that the refrigerator doors that opens and closes; With
Packing ring, it be installed in described refrigerator main body and the described refrigerator doors one go up and be configured to described refrigerator main body and described refrigerator doors in another form sealing, the protective case section construction of wherein said packing ring becomes strain when described refrigerator doors is closed, and the described strain of wherein said protective case part strengthens the sealing between described refrigerator main body and the described refrigerator doors.
2. device as claimed in claim 1 is provided with magnet in the wherein said packing ring.
3. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protective case partly comprise the first and second protective case parts of the relative side that is respectively formed at described packing ring.
4. device as claimed in claim 3, the wherein said first and second protective case section constructions become to be out of shape along opposite directions when described refrigerator doors is closed.
5. device as claimed in claim 1, the thickness of wherein said protective case part reduce and attenuation when described protective case partly leaves the center extension of described packing ring gradually.
6. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protective case section construction becomes to have along the curved surface or the inclined surface of the closing direction of described refrigerator doors.
7. device as claimed in claim 6, the adhesion section that wherein said protective case partly leaves described packing ring protrudes upward, and makes when described refrigerator doors is closed, described protective case part corresponding sealing surfaces of contact before described adhesion section.
8. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said packing ring comprise the joining part with the anchor shape shape of stretching out from a side of described packing ring.
9. device as claimed in claim 8, its middle washer fixed groove are formed among in described refrigerator main body and the described refrigerator doors one, and the described joining part of wherein said packing ring inserts described packing ring fixed groove.
10. device as claimed in claim 1 is provided with a plurality of folding partition walls in the wherein said packing ring.
11. a seal washer that is used for refrigerator and/or refrigerator comprises:
Washer body, it is configured to be installed in refrigerator main body and the refrigerator doors one, and its be configured to described refrigerator main body and described refrigerator doors in another form sealing;
The adhesion section of contiguous described washer body is installed in the magnet in the described washer body; With
From the protective case part that described adhesion section side stretches out, wherein said at least one protective case section construction becomes when described refrigerator doors is closed, strain when described packing ring forms sealing between described refrigerator main body and refrigerator doors.
12. seal washer as claimed in claim 11, wherein said protective case part protrudes upward from described adhesion section, and the described strain of wherein said protective case part helps to form good sealing between described refrigerator doors and described refrigerator main body.
13. seal washer as claimed in claim 12, wherein said protective case section construction becomes to protrude upward from described adhesion section, makes described protective case part contact sealing surfaces before described adhesion section.
14. seal washer as claimed in claim 12, wherein said protective case partly has curved shape.
15. seal washer as claimed in claim 12, wherein said protective case part tilts with respect to the described adhesion section of described washer body.
16. seal washer as claimed in claim 11, wherein said protective case partly comprise the first and second protective case parts on the relative side that is formed on described adhesion section.
17. seal washer as claimed in claim 16, the wherein said first and second protective case section constructions become to be out of shape along opposite directions when described refrigerator doors is closed.
18. seal washer as claimed in claim 11, wherein said washer body also comprises:
Be configured to be inserted in the joining part in the fixed groove in refrigerator main body or the refrigerator doors; With
Thereby stretch out the coupling part that can be folded integratedly from described joining part.
19. seal washer as claimed in claim 18, wherein said joining part have anchor shape shape.
Attenuation when 20. device as claimed in claim 11, the thickness of wherein said protective case part partly leave the described adhesion section extension of described washer body when this protective case.
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