CN102087068A

CN102087068A - Refrigerator having door opening apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN102087068A
Application number: CN2010105827864A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林在勋; 韩材明
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2009-12-08
Filing date: 2010-12-06
Publication date: 2011-06-08
Also published as: KR20110064720A; US20110132024A1; EP2333463A2; EP2333463A3

Abstract

A refrigerator has a handle unit allows a user to open a door with a small force. The refrigerator includes a main body including upper and lower storage chambers, a pair of rotating first doors to open and close the upper storage chamber, a second drawer type door to open and close the lower storage chamber, a handle unit mounted on the second door to slidably move in forward and backward directions of the second door, push members moving forward and backward in a direction of the rear surface of the second door, and interlocking units provided between the handle unit and the push members, wherein the interlocking units move the push members in connection with the forward sliding movement of the handle unit to separate the second door from the main body.

Description

Refrigerator with door opening device

Technical field

Exemplary embodiment relates to refrigerator, and it has door opening device and opens the door of refrigerator easily to allow the user.

Background technology

Usually, refrigerator is such equipment, it has the independent cooling unit chamber that is arranged in the refrigerating chamber rear portion, is arranged on the evaporimeter in this cooling unit chamber, and the cold air that produces from evaporimeter that is provided by the operation of compressor is forced to be fed to refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber.Cold air in refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber is returned to the cooling unit chamber, with freezing or refrigeration respective compartments so that the food that is stored in the respective compartments keeps fresh for a long time.

When the door of refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber be opened one period fixed time be closed then with put into/take article to/during from refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber, can be incorporated into apace in refrigerating chamber or the refrigerating chamber from the warm and moistening air of the outside of refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber.

The outside air that is introduced in refrigerating chamber or the refrigerating chamber is cooled off fast owing to the low temperature environment in refrigerating chamber or the refrigerating chamber, thereby reduces on volume and temporarily keep being slightly less than one period fixed time of pressure (hereinafter referred to as " negative pressure ") of external pressure.

Therefore, when opening, in refrigerating chamber or refrigerating chamber, produce negative pressure, do not force to eliminate negative pressure and then may be difficult to open door.

Especially, the French refrigerator may have vertically arranged refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber, can have a pair of hinge type door on the refrigerating chamber that is arranged on top, and the drawer type door is set on the refrigerating chamber of bottom, its width is greater than the width of refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber and has size greater than general refrigerator.Because this weight, at the packing ring magnetic force of the edge at the back side of door, be stored in the weight of the article on the frame and in the inboard of the refrigerating chamber of bottom and the pressure differential between the outside, when when opening refrigerating chamber, this may cause bigger difficulty.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, an aspect of illustrative embodiments provides the refrigerator with handle unit, and it allows the user to open door with less power.

Another aspect of illustrative embodiments provides refrigerator, and it has a plurality of push part that are installed on the single handle unit.

Another aspect of illustrative embodiments provides refrigerator, and it has handle unit, the structure of handle unit have the outward appearance aesthetic beauty higher with coupling part door.

Illustrative embodiments provide refrigerator on the other hand, its structure is that moving forward of handle unit of push part contact moved.

Aforementioned and/or other aspects realize by a kind of refrigerator is provided.Described refrigerator comprises: main body, and it comprises apotheca and is arranged on following apotheca below the apotheca, last apotheca and following apotheca are by separated from one another; A pair of rotating first, to open and close apotheca; Second of drawer type is to open and close down apotheca; Handle unit, it is installed in second in the horizontal direction and goes up to slide on second forward and backward directions mobile; Push part, it moves forward and backward on second back of the body surface direction; And the interlocking unit, it is arranged between handle unit and the push part and is delivered to push part with the locomotivity with handle unit; Wherein moving and mobile push part on the back of the body surface direction at second to front slide of interlocking unit contact handle unit separated with main body second with the compressing main body.

Handle unit comprises the grip by user's grasping, and a pair of part that is slidingly connected, described slide contact part branch be arranged on the two ends of grip and be connected to second mobile to slide forward and backward.

Second comprises leader, described leader correspondence be slidingly connected the part the position opening move with the slip of guided slidable coupling part.

Handle unit also comprises groove, to prevent that handle unit separates with second during the handle unit slip is moved.

The interlocking unit moves rotation by handle unit to front slide, because the rotation of interlocking unit, push part slides backward mobile towards main body.

Each interlocking unit comprises rotating shaft rod, is connected to each be slidingly connected first rotating part of part and second rotating part that is formed on the position relative with first rotating part and is connected to each push part.

Each interlocking unit also comprises elastomeric element, if be applied to that the external force of handle unit is removed then elastomeric element turns back to the position of moving backward with each push part and handle unit.

Elastomeric element comprises the wind spring that is connected to rotating shaft rod.

Second front panel that comprises the outward appearance that forms second, described front panel is provided with opening, the surperficial correspondence that described opening has four sealings part that is slidingly connected.

Be longer than distance from rotating shaft rod to second rotating part from rotating shaft rod to the distance of first rotating part.

Refrigerator also comprises base portion part with fixing interlocking unit rotationally, and wherein each base portion comprises that partly groove is to define the displacement of second rotating part.

Second also comprises a cap and lid, and described door cap is installed on second the upper surface and has the part exposed so that the interlocking unit to be installed, and described lid is closed the described part of exposing, and second the zone being slidingly connected between part and the lid is covered by front panel.

Wherein handle unit has and the corresponding width of second width.

Refrigerator comprises that also separation prevents that part is with the fixed bias circuit bar.

Aforementioned and/or other aspects realize by a kind of refrigerator is provided.Described refrigerator comprises: comprise that the main body of apotheca, door, the level of opening and closing apotheca are installed in the handle unit of top to slide and to move of a door on the forward and backward directions of door, and a pair of push part, move so that door is separated from main body forward and backward towards the top edge of door at the two ends of the corresponding handle unit of described push part, wherein said a pair of push part contact handle unit move the edge of compressing main body to front slide, so that door is separated from main body, and handle unit is by the original state that flexibly turns back to it.

Apotheca can comprise the separated upper and lower apotheca in ground that is perpendicular to one another, and the door with handle unit mounted thereto can be the drawer type door to open and close apotheca down slidably.

Handle unit can comprise the grip by user's grasping, and a pair of part that is slidingly connected, and described slide contact part branch is arranged on the two ends of grip and is connected to door to move forward and backward slidably.

Door can comprise the front panel of the outward appearance that forms door, and front panel can be provided with opening, and described opening has the be slidingly connected surface of four sealings of part of correspondence.

Other aspect, feature and/or the advantage of embodiment are partly illustrated in the following description, partly can become apparent from specification, perhaps can learn from practice of the present disclosure.

Description of drawings

In conjunction with the accompanying drawings, these and/or other aspect and advantage will become more obvious and be more readily understood from following description to embodiment:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, and the general outward appearance according to the refrigerator of exemplary embodiment is shown;

Fig. 2 is according to the door of the refrigerator of exemplary embodiment and the decomposition diagram of handle unit.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 illustrate the mode of operation according to the door of the refrigerator of exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a decomposition diagram, and door and handle unit according to the refrigerator of exemplary embodiment are shown; And

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 illustrate the mode of operation of the door of the refrigerator among Fig. 5.

The specific embodiment

Now detailed reference example, its example is shown in the drawings, and wherein similar reference marker refers to similar element in whole accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, summary outward appearance according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments is shown, Fig. 2 is a decomposition diagram, and door and handle unit according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments are shown, and Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 illustrate the mode of operation according to the door of the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments.

As shown in Figure 1, refrigerator according to illustrative embodiments comprises by

adiabatic web

11 and 12 vertically separated a plurality of

storerooms

20,30 and 40, and is arranged on

door

51,52,60 and 70 on the front of

storeroom

20,30 and 40 to open and close each

storeroom

20,30 and 40.

Adopt the mode identical, comprise that the parts of the refrigerator EGR of compressor (not shown), condenser (not shown) and evaporimeter (not shown) for example are arranged in the refrigerator according to illustrative embodiments with general refrigerator.

Storeroom

20,30 and 40 can comprise: go up storeroom 20, it is arranged on the top of the first adiabatic web 11 by the separation of using the first adiabatic web 11; Variable cells 30, it is provided with by the separation of using the first adiabatic web 11 and the second adiabatic web 12, thus the temperature in variable cells 30 is variable; And following storeroom 40, it is arranged on the below of the second adiabatic web 12.According to user's needs, last storeroom 20 and following storeroom 40 can be used as refrigerating chamber and refrigerating chamber erratically.

Illustrative embodiments has been described a kind of French refrigerator, that is, refrigerator (BMF) refrigerator is put at a kind of end, and wherein descending storeroom 40 can be refrigerating chamber and to go up storeroom 20 can be refrigerating chamber.Compare with overhead refrigerator (TMF) refrigerator with parallel refrigerator, general BMF refrigerator, the French refrigerator can have relatively large width to store wide article, for example pizza.

Though illustrative embodiments has been described the refrigerator structure that comprises three separated storerooms, this refrigerator can only comprise two storerooms that separate, that is, and and last storeroom and following storeroom.

The frame 21 that is used for accepting being stored in the food under the frozen state can be installed in the storeroom 20 and the appointed interval that separates each other, and is used to accept taking in

drawer

61 and 71 and can being connected to 60 and 70 of variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40 by integral body of food.

The a pair of door 51 and 52 that horizontally rotates can be arranged on the front of storeroom 20.

The

door

60 and 70 that is used to open and close variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40 can be separately positioned on the front of variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40.Because

door

60 and 70 can be a drawer type, when

door

60 and 70 is opened, opening and closing variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40 slidably, can be taken out with door 60 and the 70 integrally formed

drawers

61 and 71 of taking in.

Because each of variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40 can have

single door

60 or 70, need very big power to open the

door

60 or 70 of variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40, reason be the packing ring 75 (with reference to figure 3) in the edge at the back side of

door

60 or 70 magnetic force,

door

60 or 70 and take in

drawer

61 or 71 weight, be stored in the weight of taking in the food in

drawer

61 or 71, and in variable cells 60 or the down inboard of storeroom 70 and the pressure differential between the outside.

In order to address the above problem, can comprise door opening device according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments, easily to open the variable cells 30 or the

door

60 or 70 of storeroom 40 down.

As required, door opening device can be arranged on each of variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40, perhaps can be arranged on any one of variable cells 30 and following storeroom 40.

Be separately positioned on variable cells 30 and can have identical structure with door opening device on the following storeroom 40.Therefore, below the door opening device that is arranged on down on the storeroom 40 is only described, and omission is to being arranged on the description of the door opening device on the variable cells 30.

Shown in Fig. 2 to 4, can comprise according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments: second 70, it opens and closes down storeroom 40 in the mode of sliding; Handle unit 80, it can move forward and backward on second 70 top and in the horizontal direction; Push part 90, its moving forward of handle unit 80 of contact and on the direction at second 70 the back side straight line move; And interlocking unit 100, it is arranged between handle unit 80 and the push part 90 and is delivered to push part 90 with the locomotivity with handle unit 80.

The drawer 71 of taking in that is used to accept the article that will store can be integrally formed with second 70 the back side, to slide according to second 70 move forward and backward, the packing ring 75 that wherein holds magnet 75a can be arranged to along the edge at second 70 the back side to prevent that cold air from spilling and improve the gas-tight seal of apotheca 40 down from apotheca 40 down.

Be used to guide the slide rail 41 of second 70 smooth sliding can be arranged on two sides of taking in drawer 71.

The front panel 72 that forms second 70 can be installed in second 70 front, and door cap 73 can be installed in second 70 upper surface.

Front panel 72 can provide aesthetic suitable outward appearance for second 70, and it can be made by safety glass, resin and metal.In the exemplary embodiment, front panel 72 can be made by metallic plate.

Be used to install for example containing section 73a of each parts of the door opening device of handle unit 80, interlocking unit 100 and push part 90, and the leader 73b that slides forward and backward that is used for guided slidable coupling part 82 (will be described later), can be formed on the cap 73.

Front panel 72 can be provided with opening, and this opening has the corresponding size with leader 73b.The part 82 that is slidingly connected of handle unit 80 is received among the leader 73b by opening, and can be mounted to and can slide forward and backward.

Handle unit 80 can be installed on second 70 the top of front surface, allows the user easily to catch handle unit 80 and moves second 70 forward and backward.

Thereby handle unit 80 can comprise user's grasping grip 81, be arranged on the two ends of grip 81 and be connected to second the 70 a pair of part 82 that is slidingly connected that can slide forward and backward, and the back of the body surface that is connected to the part 82 that is slidingly connected is to transmit the pressure portion 83 of strength to interlocking unit 100.

Handle unit 80 can be substantially parallel and be arranged on second 70 the top edge.

Grip 81 can form width and equal second 70 width substantially, and perhaps the little designated length of the width than second 70 allows the user to catch the wide region of grip 81 thus.

The part that is slidingly connected 82 can be outstanding in second 70 direction from the two ends of grip 81, and connect 80 to second 70 of handle units, thereby handle unit 80 can slide forward and backward motion with respect to second 70.

The be slidingly connected open forward leader 73b of part 82 of correspondence can be formed on second 70.Leader 73b accepts to be slidingly connected the part 82 and the sliding motion of guided slidable coupling part 82.In the exemplary embodiment, leader 73b can be formed on second 70 the door cap 73 on.

Pressure portion 83 can move forward and backward according to the sliding forward and backward motion of the part 82 that is slidingly connected.Each pressure portion 83 can comprise the connection plane 83a that is threaded onto the part 82 that is slidingly connected, from connecting the plane of bending 83b of plane 83a to front curve and extension, and be formed on plane of bending 83b and go up opening 83c with the front end of first rotating part 103 of accepting interlocking unit 100, for the interlocking unit, will be described later.

First rotating part 103 can be installed and be inserted in the pressure portion 83.Therefore, when the user catches grip 81 and handle portion 80 is pulled to the place ahead, to front slide, first rotating part 103 can be inserted into by among the opening 83c of the pressure portion 83 of the mobile compressing of pressure portion 83 part that is slidingly connected 82, rotates interlocking unit 100 thus along leader 73b.

Each interlocking unit 100 can comprise rotating shaft 101.First rotating part 103 can extend and be connected to pressure portion 83, the second rotating parts 105 and can extend and be connected to push part 90 from the other end relative with first rotating part 103 of rotating shaft 101 from an end of rotating shaft 101.

First rotating part 103 of interlocking unit 100 can be connected to pressure portion 83, when the user catches grip 81 and handle unit 80 is pulled to the place ahead, pressure portion 83 rotatable interlocking unit 100 also makes the push part 90 that is connected to second rotating part 105 on apotheca 40 directions down to front slide.

The end of first rotating part 103 can be bent downwardly and be inserted among the opening 83c of pressure portion 83.

When pressure portion 83 moves forward, the pressure portion 83 and first rotating part 103 reciprocatingly slide and contact with each other, thereby rotating interlocking unit 100, the first rotating parts 103 according to the forward and backward motion of pressure portion 83 slides with respect to pressure portion 83 and is rotated.

Interlocking unit 100 also comprises elastomeric element 107, to allow handle unit 80 turn back to its home position when external force is removed.

For example, elastomeric element 107 can be arranged to the wind spring form and be connected to rotating shaft 101, as shown in Figure 2.

One end of wind spring 107 can be fixed to the end of the containing section 73a of a cap 73, and the other end of elastomeric element 107 can be fixed to interlocking unit 100.Thereby wind spring 107 can provide elastic force with compressing interlocking unit 100 on direction A.

Therefore, when the user caught grip 81 and handle unit 80 spurred forward, interlocking unit 100 rotated on direction B by pressure portion 83, and elastomeric element 107 is oppressed by elasticity.When the user decontrols grip 81, that is, when the external force that is applied to handle unit 80 was removed, interlocking unit 100 rotated on direction A owing to the restoring force of elastomeric element 107, grip 81 slides backward, and makes handle unit 80 turn back to its home position thus.

The accommodating groove (not shown) of corresponding rotation axle 101 can be formed on the containing section 73a of a cap 73, can be connected to accommodating groove around rotating shaft 101 with the separation member 109 that prevents that firmly fixes rotating shaft 101.

Push part 90 is slidingly arranged on second 70 the upper surface, and is used to oppress the edge of main body 10, i.e. the front surface of the second adiabatic web 12 is to separate with main body 10 second 70.

Arc first contact portion 91 of corresponding second rotating part 105 is formed on an end of push part 90, is used for compressing power with pressure portion 83 and is delivered to the other end that second contact portion 93 on the main body 10 can be formed on push part 90.

Groove 73c is formed on second 70 the upper surface, for example on door cap 73, with mobile push part 90 slidably.

Thereby containing section 73a is exposed to and extraneous to obtain working space handle unit 80, interlocking unit 100, push part 90 is assembled with second 70 upper surface, containing section 73a can be formed on the cap 73, and the lid 110 that covers the assembled part of push part 90, elastomeric element 107 and handle unit 80 can be installed on the cap 73.

In the exemplary embodiment, handle unit 80 only moves forward and backward, and has only the be slidingly connected zone of part 82 of the correspondence of front panel 72 to be opened.The available front panel 72 of second 70 front surface area (except the zone of the part 82 that is used to be slidingly connected) covers.Therefore, the coupling part of the use different materials that is exposed to the user of the front surface of door 70 can be minimized, and has improved the aesthetic beauty of the outward appearance of door 70 thus.

Next, description is according to the assembling process of the handle unit of the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments.

Be provided with containing section 73a and can be connected to second 70 front surface with the door cap 73 of accepting each parts, the push part 90 that is connected to interlocking unit 100 can be installed on the containing section 73a of a cap 73.Second contact portion 93 of push part 90 can be outstanding by groove 73c from second 70 back of the body surface.

After this, the handle unit 80 that is connected with pressure portion 83 by leader 73b slidably and be connected to accommodation space uses to separate to prevent part 109, and interlocking unit 100 is rotatably fixed to containing section 73a.

After this, lid 110 can be installed on the cap 73, finishes the installation of door opening device on door 70.

Below, with reference to Fig. 3 and 4, the operation according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments is described.

If the following apotheca 40 according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments is opened, when grip 81 is moved forward, the part that is slidingly connected 82 can be connected to the pressure portion 83 of the part 82 that is slidingly connected to front slide can oppress first rotating part 103, rotates interlocking unit 100 thus on direction B.When interlocking unit 100 rotated on direction B, second rotating part 105 can be oppressed push part 90, and the push part 90 of being oppressed can move and oppress the top edge of apotheca 40 down point-blank, that is, and and the front surface of the second adiabatic web 12.

Because above-mentioned compressing power, second 70 is separated distance to a declared goal with main body 10.Then, between the inboard of following apotheca 40 and the outside, can realize pressure balance, and by weaken second 70 with main body 10 since the magnetic force of packing ring 75 produce be connected power, make thus second 70 can quilt sliding opening easily.

Therefore, if second 70 with apotheca 40 under the greater weight is opened, the user promptly catches and moves forward grip 81 by moving in one direction only, can allow a pair of push part 90 oppress main bodys 10, easily open second 70 with less moving thus with power.

After this, when the user decontroled grip 81 and removes the external force that is applied on the handle unit 80, interlocking unit 100 rotated on direction A by the elastomeric element 107 that is connected to interlocking unit 100.When first rotating part 103 rotated by the rotation of interlocking unit 100, the pressure portion 83 that is connected to first rotating part 103 can move point-blank backward according to the rotation of first rotating part 103.The grip 81 that is slidingly connected part 82 and is connected to the part 82 that is slidingly connected that is connected to pressure portion 83 can slide towards second 70, and turns back to their original state.

Side by side, push part 90 can slide backward according to the rotation of interlocking unit 100, and turns back to their original state.

Below, the refrigerator according to illustrative embodiments is described.

Some parts are basic with identical with reference to the part in accompanying drawing 1 to the 4 described illustrative embodiments, even appear among the different figure, still indicates by identical Reference numeral because and inessential detailed description to these parts will so be omitted.

Fig. 5 is a decomposition diagram, and door and handle unit according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments are shown.Fig. 6 and 7 illustrates the mode of operation according to the door of the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments.

Shown in Fig. 5 to 7, can comprise: second 70, open and close apotheca 40 down with sliding type according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments; Handle unit, it is arranged on second 70 top and can moves forward and backward in the horizontal direction; Push part 190, it is got in touch moving forward of handle unit 80 and moves at the surperficial direction straight line of second 70 quilt; And interlocking unit 200, it is arranged between handle unit 80 and the push part 190 and arrives push part 190 with the locomotivity that transmits handle unit 80.

Door cap 73 can comprise: containing section 73a, and each accepts each parts of door opening device, for example handle unit 80, interlocking unit 200 and push part 190; Leader 73b is used for sliding forward and backward of guided slidable coupling part 82, and this content will be described later.

The pressure portion 183 of handle unit 80 can be threadingly attached to the part 82 that is slidingly connected.Each pressure portion 183 can comprise: be connected to first of the part 82 that is slidingly connected and connect plane 183a; Extension plane 183b from the first connection plane 183a vertical curve; And from extending the vertical second connection plane 183c that extends forward of plane 183b.

Therefore, pressure portion 183 can move forward and backward according to the operation of handle unit 80.

Interlocking unit 200 can be used for the locomotivity of pressure portion 183 is delivered to push part 190, and is arranged to the chain strips.

Refrigerator according to illustrative embodiments also can comprise base portion part 120, with fixing interlocking unit 200 to containing section 73a.

Base portion part 120 can be fixed to the containing section 73a of a cap 73.Each base portion part 120 can be provided with rotating shaft rod 121 and the groove 123 that projects upwards, and described groove 123 is formed on the position that separates with rotating shaft rod 121 with restriction push part 190 forward and displacement backward.

Interlocking unit 200 can partly locate to be connected to rotating shaft rod 121 therebetween, and an end of interlocking unit 200 chain rotationally is connected to the second connection plane 183c, but the other end chain of interlocking unit 200 is connected to push part 190.

In addition, interlocking unit 200 can comprise elastomeric element 207, so that when external force is removed handle unit 80 is turned back to its home position.

For example, elastomeric element 207 can be arranged to the wind spring form and be connected to rotating shaft rod 121.

One end of elastomeric element 207 can be fixed to base portion part 120, and the other end of elastomeric element 207 can be fixed to interlocking unit 200.Elastomeric element 207 can provide elastic force with compressing interlocking unit 200 on direction C.

Therefore, when the user caught grip 81 and pulls handle unit 80 forward, pressure portion 183 was rotated interlocking unit 200 on direction D and elastomeric element 207 is oppressed by elasticity.When the user decontrols grip 81, that is, and when the external force that is applied to handle unit 80 is removed, because the restoring force of elastomeric element 207, interlocking unit 200 can rotate on direction C, and grip 81 slides backward, and makes handle unit 80 turn back to its reset condition thus.

Push part 190 is slidably disposed on second 70 the upper surface, and is used to oppress the edge of main body 10, that is, the front surface of the second adiabatic web 12 is to separate with main body 10 second 70.

First contact portion 191 that is connected with the other end of interlocking unit 200 can be formed on an end of push part 190, is used for the other end that second contact portion 192 that revolving force with interlocking unit 200 is delivered to main body 10 can be formed on push part 190.

Groove 73c can be formed on second 70 the upper surface, for example, is formed on the cap 73, and with mobile push part 190 slidably, its mode is identical with the illustrative embodiments shown in Fig. 1 to 4.

In the mode identical with the illustrative embodiments shown in Fig. 1 to 4, handle unit 80 only moves forward and backward, the correspondence of front panel 72 regional opening of part 82 that is slidingly connected only, second 70 front surface area (except the zone of the part 82 that is used to be slidingly connected) is covered by a front panel 72.Therefore, the coupling part that is exposed to user's door 70 front surface with different materials can be minimized, and improves the aesthetic beauty of the outward appearance of door 70 thus.

Next, with reference to Fig. 6 and 7 operation according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments is described.

If the following apotheca 40 according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments is opened, when grip 81 is moved forward, the part that is slidingly connected 82 can be connected to the pressure portion 183 pulling interlocking unit 200 of the part 82 that is slidingly connected to front slide in leader 73b end rotates interlocking unit 200 thus on direction D.When interlocking unit 200 rotates on direction D, the push part 190 that is connected to other end of interlocking unit 200 can move and move towards top edge (i.e. the front surface of the second adiabatic web 12) straight line that descends apotheca 40 along groove 73c, oppresses the second adiabatic web 12 thus.

Because above-mentioned compressing power, second 70 can be separated distance to a declared goal from main body 10.Then, between the inboard of following apotheca 40 and the outside, can realize pressure balance, weaken that magnetic force owing to packing ring 75 produces second 70 power that is connected with main body 10, making second 70 thus can be by sliding opening easily.

Therefore, if second 70 with apotheca 40 under the greater weight is opened, the user can be by moving in one direction only, promptly catch and grip 81 is moved forward, in the mode identical with the illustrative embodiments shown in Fig. 1 to 4, use a pair of push part 190 to oppress main body 10, easily open second 70 with less or very little mobile and power thus.

After this, when the user decontroled grip 81 and removes the external force that is applied on the handle unit 80, interlocking unit 200 can rotate on direction C owing to elastomeric element 207.When interlocking unit 200 rotates, push part 190 is pulled and turns back to their initial position, and pressure portion 183 is spurred in the opposite direction, the grip 81 that is slidingly connected part 82 and is connected to the part 82 that is slidingly connected that is connected to pressure portion 183 can slide towards second 70, and returns their original state.

From top description, it is evident that, according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments handle unit is moved forward push part is moved backward, reduce the fault of door thus, even after having used for a long time, also can easily open door.

In addition, can comprise a plurality of push part according to the refrigerator of illustrative embodiments, these push part can only be worked by moving forward of handle unit, make thus just can open and close heavy reposefully with shirtsleeve operation and less or very little power.

In addition, in the refrigerator according to illustrative embodiments, handle unit can move forward and backward, and the only corresponding zone that is slidingly connected part of front panel can be opened, and except the part that is slidingly connected, the front surface area of door can be covered by a front panel.Therefore, the coupling part of the front surface of the door that is exposed to the user of use different materials is minimized, and improves the aesthetic beauty of the outward appearance of door thus.

Though illustrated and described illustrative embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the principle that can not depart from present disclosure and spirit and in these embodiments, make change that the application's scope is limited by claims and equivalent thereof.

Claims

1. refrigerator comprises:

Main body, it comprises apotheca and is arranged on following apotheca below the apotheca, last apotheca and following apotheca are by separated from one another;

A pair of rotating first, to open and close apotheca;

Second of drawer type is to open and close down apotheca;

Handle unit, its along continuous straight runs are installed in second and go up to slide on second forward and backward directions mobile;

Push part, it moves forward and backward on second back of the body surface direction; And

The interlocking unit, it is arranged between handle unit and the push part and is delivered to push part with the locomotivity with handle unit;

Wherein moving and mobile push part on the back of the body surface direction at second to front slide of interlocking unit contact handle unit with the compressing main body, and separated with main body second.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein handle unit comprises the grip by user's grasping, and a pair of part that is slidingly connected, described slide contact part branch be arranged on the two ends of grip and be connected to second mobile to slide forward and backward.

3. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein second comprises leader, described leader is moving with the slip of guided slidable coupling part corresponding to the position of the part that is slidingly connected is open forward.

4. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein handle unit also comprises groove, to prevent that handle unit separates with second during the handle unit slip is moved.

5. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein the interlocking unit is by the moving and rotate to front slide of handle unit, and the rotation by the interlocking unit, and push part slides backward mobile towards main body.

6. refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein each interlocking unit comprises rotating shaft rod, is connected to each be slidingly connected first rotating part of part and second rotating part that is formed on the position relative with first rotating part and is connected to each push part.

7. refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein each interlocking unit also comprises elastomeric element, when the external force that is applied to handle unit is removed each push part and handle unit are turned back to the position of moving backward.

8. refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein elastomeric element comprises the wind spring that is connected to rotating shaft rod.

9. refrigerator according to claim 2, second front panel that comprises the outward appearance that forms second wherein, described front panel is provided with opening, and described opening has the surface corresponding to four sealings of the part that is slidingly connected.

10. refrigerator according to claim 6 wherein is longer than the distance from rotating shaft rod to second rotating part from rotating shaft rod to the distance of first rotating part.

11. refrigerator according to claim 6 also comprises the base portion part, with fixing interlocking unit rotationally,

Wherein each base portion partly comprises groove, to limit the displacement of second rotating part.

12. refrigerator according to claim 9, wherein

Second also comprises a cap and lid, and described door cap is installed on second the upper surface and has the part exposed so that the interlocking unit to be installed, and described lid is closed the described part of exposing, and

Second the zone being slidingly connected between part and the lid is covered by described front panel.

13. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein handle unit has the width corresponding to second width.

14. refrigerator according to claim 6 also comprises separating preventing part, with the fixed bias circuit bar.

15. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein

First comprises a pair of hinged door, to open and close the last apotheca of rotation; And

Second comprises the drawer type door, to open and close the following apotheca of drawer type.