CN101074839A - Double leading structure of refrigerator - Google Patents
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This invention provides a double out configuration of the vegetable box for the refrigerator, it includes the directing railway which is formed on both inside of the refrigerator, rotating part of the directing railway fixed on the directing railway which can rotate, the sliding directing railway fixed on the inside of the directing part of railway which can slide forward and backward when it connects to the rotating part of the railway, the vegetable box formed in the storage room which can slide along the railway, the rotating part of the box on the both side of the vegetable box which can slide when it connects to the sliding directing railway. The configuration of this invention can simplify the structure of the vegetable box, because the number of the part decrease, so it is not only can improve the produce efficiency, but also the service ratio after sale and improve the stability of work and lifetime.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of refrigerator, particularly relate to the vegetables box in a kind of refrigerator.
Background technology
Usually, refrigerator is the device of food storing at low-temperature condition, according to the difference of storage temperature, generally is divided into refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber.Heat exchange action by refrigerant can produce cold air in refrigerator inside, owing to constantly compress-circulation of condensation-expansion-evaporation, so can keep the low-temperature condition of refrigerator inside constantly.
Fig. 1 is the front schematic view of the door open state of prior art refrigerator.As shown in the figure, the main body 10 of refrigerator has rectangular shape, and what main body 10 was divided into upside carries out the refrigerating chamber 30 of stored frozen to what food carried out the refrigerating chamber 20 of stored under refrigeration and downside to food.
The space of above-mentioned refrigerating chamber 20 and refrigerating chamber 30 is independent respectively to be formed, and its front is a hatch frame.The main body front of above-mentioned opening is equipped with the refrigerating chamber door 32 that is used to seal the refrigerating-chamber door 22 of refrigerating chamber and seal refrigerating chamber and constitutes.Refrigerating-chamber door 22 is two fans, splits around formula, and the end of every fan door rotatably is hinged on the main body 10.
In addition, in refrigerating chamber 20 inside and refrigerating-chamber door 22, can store the food of multiple size and state.In order to store these food, be provided with multiple drawer 24 and supporting plate 26 and the storage shelf 28 that conforms to suffering from indigestion thing feature in the inside of refrigerating chamber 20 and the inboard of refrigerating-chamber door 22.
In drawer 24, be formed with the vegetables box 40 of storage vegetables or fruit.Above-mentioned vegetables box 40 is formed at the bottom of refrigerating chamber 20, the degree of depth of its storage space, and promptly the degree of depth of vegetables box 40 is deep, so that bigger vegetables and the fruit of storage.Vegetables box 40 can slide by front and back and be drawn out or push.When pulling out vegetables box 40 forward, the open end face of vegetables box 40 is to exposing outside, easily stored food.
In addition, the refrigerating chamber door 32 that is positioned at the refrigerating chamber 30 of main body 10 bottoms can slide on fore-and-aft direction, can seal the front that refrigerating chamber 30 is opened.The top of refrigerating chamber door 32 is formed with refrigerating chamber handle 34.Refrigerating chamber handle 34 is outstanding forward, is convenient to user's open and close refrigerating chamber door 32.When the user holds refrigerating chamber handle 34 and spurs forward, be drawn forward out to refrigerating chamber door 32 slight inclination; Inwardly promote refrigerating chamber handle 34 and can close refrigerating chamber door 32.
In addition, be provided with multiple drawer and storage shelf, can store multiple food respectively in the inboard of refrigerating chamber 30.Side at refrigerating chamber 30 is provided with the ice maker 36 of making ice cube.
Fig. 2 is the two sections guide rails of prior art refrigerator and the side view of vegetables box structure.As shown in the figure, vegetables box 40 is the drawer shape, and its inboard certain space that forms is formed with case in 42 in the positive upper end of vegetables box 40, and the user can hold case handle 42 and pull out or push vegetables box 40.
Guide rail housing 52 can be fixed in the interior sidewall surface of refrigerating chamber 20 by the plastic material injection mo(u)lding.Guide rail guide 54 is installed in guide rail housing 52 inboards, and the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 is installed in guide rail guide 54 inboards, and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58 is installed in the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 inboards.The 1st guiding it out of rail 56 slides forwards, backwards along guide rail guide 54, and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58 slides along the 1st guiding it out of rail 56.Guide rail guide the 54, the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58 are made by stainless steel and other metal materials, can slide relatively.
Be provided with in upper and lower side and can make a plurality of rolling members 60 such as roller bearing that the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58 slide more swimmingly or roller with the upper and lower side of guide rail guide 54 contacted the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58 that contacts with the 1st guiding it out of rail 56.
In addition, the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 combines with the top, side of vegetables box 40, and two sections guide rails 50 that the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 is installed are fixed on the inboard of refrigerating chamber 20.Vegetables box 40 can slide front and back in refrigerating chamber 20 under the effect of two sections guide rails 50, thereby can be drawn out or push.
But there are the following problems for prior art:
Two sections guide rails 50 of vegetables box 40 are made of guide rail housing 52, guide rail guide the 54, the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58, be provided with rolling member 60 at above-mentioned the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58 upper and lower sides, rolling member 60 contacts respectively with guide rail guide the 54, the 1st guiding it out of rail 56 and the 2nd guiding it out of rail 58, can slide front and back.This shows, be used for the structure that vegetables box 40 pulls out/push and have a plurality of parts, not only the part kind of each parts is different but also processing method difference separately, has therefore increased flow chart required when manufacturing a product, so not only increase production cost, also reduced production efficiency.In addition, be subjected to the restriction of the structural member value volume and range of product of above-mentioned two sections guide rails 50, the draw distance of vegetables box 40 is not long, has therefore reduced result of use.
Summary of the invention
In order to address the above problem, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of simple in structure, pull out the dual deriving structure of vegetables box in the longer refrigerator of distance, rail plate is pulled out slidably/is pushed along the guide rail guide that is installed in the refrigerator main body interior sidewall surface, makes vegetables box be pulled out easily under the guide effect of rail plate/to push.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this: the dual deriving structure of vegetables box in a kind of refrigerator comprises: the guide rail guide that is formed at the refrigerator inside two side walls; The guide rail rolling member that is installed on the guide rail guide and rotatablely moves; Be installed in guide rail guide inboard, with guide rail rolling member state of contact under before and after the rail plate that slides; The vegetables box that forms foods storage spaces and can move forward and backward along rail plate; Lay respectively at vegetables box both sides, with the rail plate state of contact under the case rolling member that rolls.
Described guide rail rolling member is positioned at the bottom of guide rail guide.
Described guide rail guide comprises and caves in to the inside and accommodate the guide rail resettlement section of rail plate and be recessed to form guide rail rolling member installation portion in guide rail resettlement section bottom.
Side in described guide rail resettlement section also be formed with to the guide rail resettlement section interior side-prominent, prevent the coming-off preventing member that rail plate breaks away from.
The upper end of described guide rail rolling member is higher than the inside bottom surface of guide rail guide.
One side of the contact-making surface of described guide rail guide and rail plate is formed with shape respectively, and articulating projection and articulating groove of distance pulled out/pushed to correspondence, limit slippage guide rail mutually.
Described rail plate comprises the formation that caves inward, accommodates the rolling member resettlement section and the tab-like bottom of rolling member resettlement section, the contact site that contacts with above-mentioned guide rail rolling member of being formed in of case rolling member.
Be formed with corresponding mutually the 2nd the drawing projection and the 1st and draw projection of shape respectively in a side of side of described rolling member resettlement section and vegetables box.
The present invention with said structure has simplified the deriving structure of vegetables box, not only can enhance productivity and can also reduce the after-sale service incidence owing to reduced component count, improves the job stability and the service life of product.
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Fig. 1 is the front schematic view of the door open state of prior art refrigerator.
Fig. 2 is the side view of two sections guide rails and vegetables box structure in the refrigerator of prior art.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that adopts vegetables box disengaged position in the most preferred embodiment of the dual deriving structure of vegetables box of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the decomposing schematic representation of the most preferred embodiment of the dual deriving structure of vegetables box of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION profile of the most preferred embodiment of the dual deriving structure of vegetables box of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram that vegetables box imports state fully in the most preferred embodiment of the dual deriving structure of vegetables box of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram that vegetables box is drawn state fully in the dual deriving structure most preferred embodiment of vegetables box of the present invention.
Wherein:
100: refrigerating chamber 120: supporting plate
140: drawer 160: the case cover
200: vegetables box 220: the vegetables chamber door
222: case handle 224: open and close button
240: the case rolling member was drawn projection in 260: the 1
300: rail plate 320: the rolling member resettlement section
322: articulate groove 340: contact site
Drew projection 400 in 360: the 2: the rail guidance part
420: installed surface 422: screw hole
460: guide rail rolling member installation portion 480: guide rail rolling member
The specific embodiment
The specific embodiment to the dual deriving structure of vegetables box in the refrigerator of the present invention is elaborated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that adopts vegetables box disengaged position in the most preferred embodiment of the dual deriving structure of vegetables box of the present invention.As shown in the figure, be provided with a plurality of supporting plates 120 and drawer 140 in the inboard of refrigerating chamber 100, wherein, the bottom drawer that is positioned at refrigerating chamber 100 is a vegetables box 200, and vegetables box 200 is used to store bigger vegetables or fruit.Go bad in order to prevent that food from crossing by force because of cold air, vegetables box 200 is arranged on the bottom of the more weak refrigerating chamber of cold air 100 and has drawer-type structure, can prevent the excessive inflow of cold air.
Fig. 4 is the decomposing schematic representation of the most preferred embodiment of the dual deriving structure of vegetables box of the present invention, and Fig. 5 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION profile of the dual deriving structure most preferred embodiment of vegetables box of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, be provided with vegetables chamber door 220 in the front of vegetables box 200.Vegetables chamber door 220 is as the criterion and can turns an angle forward with downside, the end face of open vegetables box 200 and a positive part.
Be formed with case handle 222 in the upper end of vegetables chamber door 220.On case handle 222, be provided with the switching button 224 that can open and close vegetables chamber door 220.And case handle 222 not only can be used for opening and closing vegetables chamber door 220, can also be as the handle of pulling out/pushing vegetables box 200.
Upper end in vegetables box 200 both sides latter half of (left side among Fig. 4) is provided with case rolling member 240.One side contacts of case rolling member 240 and the following rail plate that will illustrate 300, pulling out/pushing by the rolling decision vegetables box 200 of case rolling member 240.
The upper end, both sides of vegetables box 200 has to the vegetables box outside approaches the structure that vertical warpage forms, with a side contacts of the following rail plate that will illustrate 300.In addition, the rear portion (left side among Fig. 4) in vegetables box 200 both sides, in more detail, at the rear side of case rolling member 240, also be formed with project upwards the 1st draw projection 260.
The 1st draws projection 260 and is formed at the 2nd of rail plate 300 1 sides and draws projection 360 and have corresponding shape, when vegetables box 200 is drawn out certain distance, the 1st draws projection 260 and the 2nd draws projection 360 and contacts, and rail plate 300 can be pulled out when continuing to pull out vegetables box 200.
In addition, rail plate 300 keeps in touch state with case rolling member 240 and the following guide rail rolling member 480 that will illustrate always, rail plate 300 is made by the metal material that is not easy to wear and tear and be out of shape, and have repeatedly being shaped as of warpage in order to contact with case rolling member 240 and guide rail rolling member 480 suitable.
Outside the row, be formed with at the left side of rolling member resettlement section 320 (being as the criterion) wall and articulate groove 322 with Fig. 5.The projection 442 that articulates of guide rail guide 400 sides that will illustrate below articulating groove 322 and being formed on articulates, and is used for the distance of pulling out of limit slippage guide rail 300, articulates the structure long latter half of place that longways be formed at case rolling member 240 of groove 322 with opening.
In addition, be formed with the 2nd and draw projection 360, the 2 and draw projection 360 and have and be formed at the 1st of vegetables box 200 tops and draw projection 260 corresponding shapes in that the end face of the first half of rolling member resettlement section 320 is outstanding downwards.When drawing vegetables box 200, the 1st draws projection 260 contact can draw projection 360 and contact with the 2nd.
In addition, the downside of rolling member resettlement section 320, promptly the bottom of rail plate 300 is formed with contact site 340.The cross section of contact site 340 has
Shape shape (Fig. 5 is as the criterion), its depression direction is opposite with the depression direction of rolling member resettlement section 320.The bottom surface of contact site 340 has certain area, and its width slightly is wider than guide rail rolling member 480, so that stably contact with guide rail rolling member 480.
Be formed with guide rail guide 400 in the outside of rail plate 300.The mural painting that guide rail guide 400 is arranged on refrigerating chamber 100 is a fixing side of the refrigerating chamber inboard of vegetables box 200 positions maybe, is used to accommodate the rail plate 300 and the fixing installation site of rail plate 300 and vegetables box 200.The cross section of guide rail guide 400 forms substantially
Shape (being as the criterion) with Fig. 5, at the outstanding installed surface 420 that can stably be installed on refrigerating chamber 100 walls that is formed with in the guide rail guide 400 and the top of the contact-making surface of refrigerating chamber 100, be formed with the screw hole 422 that is used for fixing guide rail guide 400 in a side of installed surface 420.Guide rail guide 400 comprises guide rail resettlement section 440 and guide rail rolling member installation portion 460.Rail plate 300 is accommodated in guide rail resettlement section 440, the slip of guided slidable guide rail 300.Guide rail resettlement section 440 cut the cross section that picture is slightly larger than rail plate 300, with reduce to greatest extent and rail plate 300 between frictional force.
In addition, articulate projection 442 outstanding being formed with of the inside left face (Fig. 5 is as the criterion) of guide rail resettlement section 440.Articulate projection 442 and articulate groove 322 and articulate, limit slippage guide rail 300 pull out/push distance, articulate projection 442 and be formed at the position corresponding, promptly near the central part place of guide rail resettlement section 440 with articulating groove 322.
Also be formed with to guide rail resettlement section 440 inboard vertical outstanding coming-off preventing members 444 in the end of the raised face of guide rail resettlement section 440, coming-off preventing member 444 can prevent that the rail plate 330 that is housed in the guide rail resettlement section 440 from spinning off, and helps pulling out swimmingly/pushing of rail plate 300 in sliding process.
As shown in Figure 6, the inside bottom surface in guide rail resettlement section 440 is formed with guide rail rolling member installation portion 460.Guide rail rolling member installation portion 460 is used to install the guide rail rolling member 480 that contacts, makes rail plate 300 to pull out/push with the contact site 340 of rail plate 300, and guide rail rolling member installation portion 460 bottoms from guide rail resettlement section 440 form to lower recess.Guide rail rolling member installation portion 460 has certain degree of depth, so that behind mounting guide rail rolling member 480, its upper end is a little more than the inside bottom surface of guide rail resettlement section 440.Like this, after rail plate 300 was installed in guide rail resettlement section 440, rail plate 300 contacted with the upper end of rolling member 480, and the bottom surface with guide rail resettlement section 440 does not contact.
Guide rail rolling member installation portion 460 is formed at the position, the downside left and right sides of guide rail resettlement section 440 respectively, accommodates guide rail rolling member 480 respectively, also is formed with the screw hole 422 that is used for fixing guide rail guide 400 between them.
Because guide rail guide 400 shape more complicated, therefore the plastic material by easy processing is fabricated to suitable.
Below with reference to Fig. 6, Fig. 7 the operation principle of refrigerator double-drawer of the present invention with said structure is described.
As shown in the figure, under vegetables box 200 was pushed into state in the refrigerator fully, rail plate 300 was pushed in the guide rail guide 400 fully, and vegetables box 200 also is pushed in the refrigerating chamber 100 fully, and case rolling member 240 is positioned at the rear portion of rail plate 300.
When using vegetables box 200, the process that the user pulls out vegetables box 200 is as follows: hold the case handle 222 of vegetables box 200, forward pulling.When spurring vegetables box 200 forward, the case rolling member 240 of vegetables box 200 with the inboard state of contact of the rolling member resettlement section 320 of rail plate 300 under roll.
Along with the rolling of rolling member 240, vegetables box 200 is forwards pulled out.After vegetables box 200 was drawn out certain distance along rail plate 300, the 1st on the vegetables box 200 drawn the 2nd on projection 260 and the rail plate 300 and drawn projection 360 and be in contact with one another, and finishes the operation of pulling out in the 1st stage.
Subsequently, the user continues to spur case handle 222, draws projection 260 and the 2nd the 1st and draws under projection 360 state of contact, and user's pulling force passes to rail plate 300, and rail plate 300 is drawn out.At this moment, the last end in contact of the bottom surface of the contact site 340 of rail plate 300 and the guide rail rolling member 480 of guide rail guide 400, guide rail rolling member 480 rolls in guide rail rolling member installation portion 460, thereby rail plate 300 is drawn out.
After rail plate 300 was drawn out, the left end that articulates groove 322 (being as the criterion with Fig. 7) of rail plate 300 was in contact with one another with the projection 442 that articulates of guide rail guide 400, stoped rail plate 300 further to be pulled out, and finished the operation of pulling out in the 2nd stage.
After rail plate 300 and vegetables box 200 were drawn out fully, the major part of the end face of vegetables box 200 exposed, and the user can easily take out food or put into food in vegetables box 200 from vegetables box 200.
After stating vegetables box 200 in the use, the user pushes vegetables box 200 in the refrigerating chamber 100, this process is: case handle 222 backs that the user holds vegetables box 200 inwardly promote vegetables box 200, in pushing course, the case rolling member 240 of vegetables box 200 with the bottom surface state of contact of the rolling member resettlement section 320 of rail plate 300 under roll, thereby make vegetables box 200 be pushed to the rear.Meanwhile, the bottom surface of the contact site 340 of rail plate 300 contacts with the upper end of the guide rail rolling member 480 of guide rail guide 400 and rolls, and makes rail plate 300 be pushed to the rear.
After the push-on process of rail plate 300 and vegetables box 200 finished, rail plate 300 was pushed in the guide rail resettlement section 440 of guide rail guide 400 fully, vegetables box 200 is pushed in the refrigerating chamber 100 fully.At this moment, the end face that vegetables box 200 is opened can be guaranteed to form independently storage space by case cover 160 complete closed.
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1. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box in the refrigerator is characterized in that comprising: the guide rail guide that is formed at the refrigerator inside two side walls; The guide rail rolling member that is installed on the guide rail guide and rotatablely moves; Be installed in guide rail guide inboard, with guide rail rolling member state of contact under before and after the rail plate that slides; The vegetables box that forms foods storage spaces and can move forward and backward along rail plate; Lay respectively at vegetables box both sides, with the rail plate state of contact under the case rolling member that rolls.
2. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described guide rail rolling member is positioned at the bottom of guide rail guide.
3. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box according to claim 2 is characterized in that: described guide rail guide comprises and caves in to the inside and accommodate the guide rail resettlement section of rail plate and be recessed to form in the guide rail rolling member installation portion of bottom, guide rail resettlement section.
4. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box according to claim 3 is characterized in that: the side in described guide rail resettlement section also be formed with to the guide rail resettlement section interior side-prominent, prevent the coming-off preventing member that rail plate breaks away from.
5. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: the upper end of described guide rail rolling member is higher than the inside bottom surface of guide rail guide.
6. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box according to claim 1 is characterized in that: a side of the contact-making surface of described guide rail guide and rail plate is formed with respectively that shape is corresponding mutually, articulating projection and articulating groove of distance pulled out/pushed to the limit slippage guide rail.
7. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described rail plate comprises the formation that caves inward, accommodates the rolling member resettlement section and the tab-like bottom of rolling member resettlement section, the contact site that contacts with above-mentioned guide rail rolling member of being formed in of case rolling member.
8. the dual deriving structure of vegetables box according to claim 7 is characterized in that: be formed with corresponding mutually the 2nd the drawing projection and the 1st and draw projection of shape respectively in a side of side of described rolling member resettlement section and vegetables box.
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