CN105698477A

CN105698477A - Adjustable rack and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN105698477A
Application number: CN201610164649.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李鹏涛; 范燕; 李书琦
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-03-22
Filing date: 2016-03-22
Publication date: 2016-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 2036-03-22
Also published as: CN105698477B

Abstract

The invention provides an adjustable rack and a refrigerator. The adjustable rack comprises a flexible shelf used for containing objects on the surface, and an outer frame. The outer frame is provided with two end frames with the adjustable distance. The two end frames are connected to the two ends, in the length direction, of the flexible shelf. At least one end frame is provided with a coiling block used for winding or unwinding at least part of the flexible shelf. The outer frame is further arranged in the manner that after the distance between the two end frames is adjusted to the preset distance, the distance between the end frames is kept at the preset distance, and therefore the unwinding length of the flexible shelf can be changed by adjusting the distance between the two end frames, and the object containing area of the flexible shelf is adjusted accordingly. The refrigerator comprises a storage room and at least one adjustable rack, and the outer frame is installed on the inner wall of the storage room. According to the adjustable rack and the refrigerator, the object containing area is convenient to adjust, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Adjustable rack and refrigerator

Technical field

The present invention relates to refrigerating device, particularly relate to a kind of adjustable rack and refrigerator。

Background technology

Rack is shelving unit relatively common in refrigerator, and the safety glass that its main part is generally adopted material harder is made, and transverse ends is separately mounted on the both lateral sides wall of room between refrigerator storing。Such rack to put object plane long-pending be changeless, it is impossible to be adjusted according to being actually needed of user, have impact on its practicality and convenience, reduce Consumer's Experience。

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a kind of user of being easy to regulate and put the adjustable rack that object plane is long-pending。

It is a further object to provide a kind of refrigerator including above-mentioned adjustable rack。

For achieving the above object, on the one hand, the invention provides this kind of adjustable rack, including at the flexible shelf of surface placing objects and outside framework, outside framework has two adjustable end edge frames of spacing, it connects the two ends of length direction of flexible shelf respectively, and at least one of which end edge frame has reel, for winding or discharging at least part of of flexible shelf；And, outside framework is configured to: after the spacing of two end edge frames is adjusted to predeterminable range so that it is spacing is maintained at this predeterminable range, in order to by regulating the spacing of two end edge frames, change the release length of flexible shelf, thus the object plane of putting regulating flexible shelf amasss。

Alternatively, outside framework also includes two side frames, is separately positioned on the both sides of the width of flexible shelf, and each side frame offers the locating slot of multiple length direction arrangement along flexible shelf, and the opening of the locating slot of two side frames is oppositely arranged；And the two ends of at least one end edge frame are provided with alignment pin, it is arranged towards the opening of locating slot, to allow described alignment pin to insert described locating slot, thus retraining the position of described end edge frame。

Alternatively, the two ends of end edge frame are separately provided for holding the accommodation chamber of alignment pin, and accommodation chamber is stretched out in one end of alignment pin, and the other end is installed on accommodation intracavity by stage clip。

Alternatively, the perisporium holding chamber offers mouth of stepping down, and the limit of mouth of stepping down is formed with stopper section；Alignment pin is formed the handle portion radially outward protruding out mouth of stepping down, in order to user's manual operation alignment pin makes it overcome the elastic force of stage clip and chamber is held in indentation, and make handle portion be held on stopper section, to retrain the position of alignment pin。

Alternatively, the two ends of two end edge frames are provided with alignment pin。

Alternatively, adjustable rack also includes: elasticity of torsion element, and it is configured to: when flexible shelf drives spool turns from reel release, reel is applied elastic resistance。

Alternatively, adjustable rack also includes: two ends are fixed on the fixing axle of end edge frame and are enclosed within the adapter sleeve on fixing axle rotationally；Reel is enclosed within fixing axle rotationally and its inner wall tightening is in adapter sleeve；And elasticity of torsion element is torsion spring, and its two ends are individually fixed in fixing axle and adapter sleeve。

Alternatively, adapter sleeve is arranged on the axial middle part of fixing axle。

Alternatively, adjustable rack also includes: reel stop mechanism, is configured to operationally allow or stop reel to rotate。

Alternatively, reel stop mechanism includes: be opened in the end of reel, and along multiple teeth groove circumferentially of reel；And block board, the end of end edge frame can be arranged on up or down, it offers the endoporus being sized larger than outside barrel diameter, to be enclosed within reel, the top hole wall of endoporus is formed with positioning tooth, reel stop mechanism is configured to: makes block board be subject to self gravitation sagging and makes positioning tooth embed teeth groove, and stops reel to rotate；Or make block board be operated upper shifting, make positioning tooth depart from teeth groove, and allow reel to rotate。

Alternatively, an end edge frame is provided with reel；And one end of the length direction of flexibility shelf is wound on reel, the other end is fixedly connected on another end edge frame。

On the other hand, present invention also offers a kind of refrigerator, including room between storing, also include the adjustable rack described at least more than one any one, on the inwall that wherein outside framework is arranged between storing room。

The adjustable rack of the present invention and refrigerator, be provided with the flexible shelf with higher suppleness, and one part is wound on reel, and remainder is deployed between two end edge frames, is used for putting thing。User according to using needs, can regulate the object plane of putting of flexible shelf and amass by regulating the spacing of two end edge frames, enhance practicality and convenience, significant increase Consumer's Experience。

Further, the adjustable rack of the present invention, by arranging two side frames, side frame arranges multiple locating slot extended along the length direction of flexible shelf, arranges alignment pin, fix the relative position of two end edge frames on end edge frame。And, also by having a series of structural designs such as the accommodation chamber of mouth of stepping down, stage clip, stopper section and handle portion so that when regulating the spacing of two end edge frames, it is only necessary to by the flexible hole, location changing its insertion of alignment pin, without mobile side frame, it is convenient for users to operate。

Further, the release movement of reel is applied elastic resistance by elasticity of torsion element by the adjustable rack of the present invention, it is capable of the auto reeling of flexible shelf, namely turning the putting in the operation that object plane is long-pending of flexible shelf down, reel is auto reeling flexibility shelf under the elastic force effect of elasticity of torsion element。

Further, the adjustable rack of the present invention is by arranging reel stop mechanism, it is possible at adjustable rack when normal operation, stops reel to rotate, it is to avoid flexible shelf release out of control after being subject to the excessive pressure of things posited。It addition, the present invention obtains adjustable rack utilization has the block board of positioning tooth and the tooth socket fit mechanism of reel, rely on the gravity of block board to achieve the function of reel stop, design simply ingenious。

According to below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing detailed description to the specific embodiment of the invention, those skilled in the art will understand the above-mentioned of the present invention and other purposes, advantage and feature more。

Accompanying drawing explanation

Some specific embodiments of the present invention are hereinafter described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of example, and not by way of limitation。Accompanying drawing labelling identical in accompanying drawing denotes same or similar parts or part。It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that what these accompanying drawings were not necessarily drawn to scale。In accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of adjustable rack according to an embodiment of the invention；

Fig. 2 is the schematic, exploded of adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1；

Fig. 3 is the mounting structure schematic diagram of alignment pin in adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1；

Fig. 4 is the structural representation after being disassembled by the end edge frame in Fig. 3；

Fig. 5 is the mounting structure schematic diagram of the reel in adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1；

Fig. 6 is the adapter sleeve in Fig. 5 and the close-up schematic view of reel mating part；

Fig. 7 is the structural representation of the reel stop mechanism in adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1；

Fig. 8 is the structural representation after being disassembled by the reel stop mechanism shown in Fig. 7；

Fig. 9 is the structural representation of the inner bag in refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention。

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of adjustable rack according to an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 2 is the schematic, exploded of adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1。As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, embodiments providing a kind of adjustable rack 100, it can include in general manner at the flexible shelf 110 of surface placing objects with for supporting the outside framework of flexible shelf 110。Wherein, flexible shelf 110 adopts the material (such as the textiles such as dry goods or soft PVC material) with higher suppleness to make, in order to winding。Outside framework has two adjustable end edge frames 120,130 of spacing, it is respectively used to connect the two ends of the length direction (i.e. the y-axis direction of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 signal) of flexible shelf 110, at least one of which end edge frame has reel 160, reel 160 is rotatable, to wind or to discharge at least part of of flexible shelf 110。In use, making a part for flexible shelf 110 be wound on reel 160, remainder is deployed between two end edge frames 120,130 for placing objects。

In embodiments of the present invention, user according to actual needs, by regulating the spacing of two end edge frames 120,130, can change the release length of flexible shelf 110, thus the object plane of putting regulating flexible shelf 110 amasss。For this, the structure on outside framework should be set to after the spacing of two end edge frames 120,130 is adjusted to predeterminable range, it is possible to retrains the relative position of two end edge frames 120,130, makes both spacing be maintained at above-mentioned predeterminable range。In specific implementation process, can pass through to arrange the outside framework of different structure, can realize the thing area utilization of putting of flexible shelf 110 is carried out multistage adjustment or step-less adjustment from (being all wound on the state of reel 160 to it from reel 160 between the states of all release from flexible shelf 110) between 0 to 100%, so greatly enhance practicality and the convenience of adjustable rack 100, improve Consumer's Experience。

Two end edge frames 120,130 all can arrange reel 160, with the two ends of wound flexible shelf 110 length direction。But, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, only one end edge frame is provided with reel 160 (end edge frame 120 as depicted)。One end of the length direction of flexible shelf 110 is wound on reel 160, and the other end is fixedly connected on another end edge frame (end edge frame 130 as depicted), is so capable of the purpose of the present invention and makes structure tend to simple simultaneously。

Those skilled in the art should understand that, outside framework may be configured as various structures form to realize the location of opposite end frame, such as available expansion link connects two end edge frames 120,130, by the spacing of two end edge frames of flexible change of expansion link, and keeps it in this spacing。

In some currently preferred embodiments of the present invention, outside framework also includes two side frames 150, to realize the location to two end edge frames 120,130。Such as Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, two side frames 150 are separately positioned on the both sides of the width (the x-axis direction that namely Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 illustrates) of flexible shelf 110。Further, each side frame 150 offering multiple locating slot 151, multiple locating slots 151 are along length direction (y-axis direction) arrangement of flexible shelf 110, and the opening of the locating slot 151 of two side frames 150 is oppositely arranged。For simplifying design and making, two side frames 150 may be configured as that concrete structure is identical, arranged direction is symmetrical。The two ends of at least one in two end edge frames 120,130 are provided with the alignment pin 140 for coordinating with locating slot 151, and it is arranged towards the opening of locating slot 151。Alignment pin 140 on this end edge frame, passing through the position of a mobile end edge frame, after the spacing of two end edge frames being adjusted, can be inserted in the locating slot 151 of correspondence position, to retrain the position of this end edge frame by user。

The two ends that can make an end edge frame are fixedly mounted on two side frames 150, and another end edge frame arranges alignment pin 140 and realizes the adjustment of two end edge frame spacing。Certainly, in a preferred embodiment, two end edge frames 120,130 being respectively provided with alignment pin 140 (with reference to Fig. 2), namely two end edge frames 120,130 and side frame 150 removably connect each through alignment pin 140, add shaping modes。

It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the opening of alignment pin 140 and the locating slot 151 being mated not necessarily is designed as the structure extended along x-axis of Fig. 2 signal, it is possible to be designed as other various structures forms。Such as, alignment pin can being made to extend along the direction being perpendicular to x/y plane, make the opening up setting of locating slot simultaneously, concrete structure no longer describes in detail。

Fig. 3 is the mounting structure schematic diagram of alignment pin in adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is the structural representation after being disassembled by the end edge frame in Fig. 3。As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, for end edge frame 130, the two ends of end edge frame 130 can be respectively provided with accommodation chamber 132, for holding alignment pin 140。Alignment pin 140 may be configured as to be arranged in the way of elastic telescopic in accommodation chamber 132。Such as, making one end of alignment pin 140 stretch out accommodation chamber 132, the other end is arranged in accommodation chamber 132 by stage clip 142。It addition, facilitate the position of adjustable side frame 130, can offer, at the perisporium holding chamber 132, mouth 131 of stepping down, the limit of mouth 131 of stepping down is formed with stopper section 131a。Meanwhile, make alignment pin 140 is formed with the radially outward place of protruding out to step down the handle portion 141 of mouth 131。When the position of adjustable side frame 130, user elder generation manual operation alignment pin 140 makes it overcome the elastic force of stage clip 142 and indentation is held in chamber 132, and make handle portion 141 be held on the 131a of stopper section, then by after the adjustment of end edge frame 130 to target location, make handle portion 141 is departed from stopper section 131a, make alignment pin 140 external part frame 130 under the elastic force effect of stage clip 142, enter locating slot 151。Therefore, in whole adjustment process, it is not necessary to mobile side frame 150, alignment pin 140 is also made to be able to be kept stably in locating slot 151 by under the effect of elastic force。

In the section Example of the present invention, adjustable rack 100 may also include elasticity of torsion element, for when band movable reel 160 rotates flexible shelf 110 from release reel 160, reel 160 being applied elastic resistance。To realize the auto reeling of flexible shelf 110, say, that turning the putting in the operation that object plane is long-pending of flexible shelf 110 down, make reel 160 by the active force auto reeling flexibility shelf 110 of elasticity of torsion element。Meanwhile, because of the effect of elasticity of torsion element, the flexible shelf 110 between two end edge frames also can be made to be in tensioned state。

Fig. 5 is the mounting structure schematic diagram of the reel in adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is the adapter sleeve in Fig. 5 and the close-up schematic view of reel mating part。Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 illustrates a kind of preferred version of elasticity of torsion element。In figure, adjustable rack 100 is additionally provided with fixing axle 161, and end edge frame 120 is fixed at the two ends of fixing axle 161, and it is arranged with rotating adapter sleeve 162。Reel 160 is rotating to be enclosed within fixing axle 161, and its inner wall tightening is in adapter sleeve 162。Elasticity of torsion element is torsion spring 163, it is set on fixing axle 161 (in the space between fixing axle 161 perisporium and reel 160 inwall), and two ends are individually fixed in fixing axle 161 and adapter sleeve 162, it is thus possible to reel 160 be relatively fixed axle 161 rotate time, to its apply elastic resistance。

Specifically, such as Fig. 5, end edge frame 120 is set to the box like structure with an extending port, its two ends (are diagrammatically only by out wherein one end) and offer square opening 121 respectively in figure, the both ends of fixing axle 161 are set to square structure, it is thus possible to be embedded in square opening 121 so that it is rotary freedom is retrained by square opening 121。Such as Fig. 6, the periphery of adapter sleeve 162 is provided with the groove 162a extended along fixing axle 161 axial direction, the inwall of reel 160 is provided with the fin 160a extended along its axial direction, it is enclosed within after on fixing axle 161 at reel 160, fin 160a embeds groove 162a, makes adapter sleeve 162 can rotate with reel 160。Adapter sleeve 162 is preferably provided at the axial middle part of fixing axle 161, and now the length of torsion spring 163 is approximately the half of fixing axle 161 length。

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that elasticity of torsion element also can adopt other forms, as long as the rotation of reel 160 can be applied elastic resistance, for instance clockwork spring structure conventional in similar to Clock and Watch can be adopted。

In the section Example of the present invention, adjustable rack 100 may also include reel stop mechanism, for when regulating the spacing of two end edge frames, reel 160 is allowed to rotate, and when not regulating, reel 160 is stoped to rotate, to avoid flexible shelf 110 release out of control after being subject to the excessive pressure of things posited。

Fig. 7 is the structural representation of the reel stop mechanism of adjustable rack shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 8 is the structural representation after being disassembled by the reel stop mechanism shown in Fig. 7。As shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8, the end opens of reel 160 has multiple teeth groove 166, and it is along reel 160 circumferentially。Block board 170 can be arranged on the end of end edge frame 120 up or down, it offers the endoporus 171 being sized larger than reel 160 external diameter to be enclosed within reel 160, the top hole wall of endoporus 171 is formed with positioning tooth 172, so that block board 170 is made positioning tooth 172 embed teeth groove 166 and stop reel 160 to rotate by gravity sag, or make block board 170 be user-operably the segment distance that moves up, until making positioning tooth 172 depart from teeth groove 166, thus allowing reel 160 to rotate。

Preferably, can make end edge frame 120 from top to bottom on offer two strip holes 122, block board 170 is rectangle and has an oval endoporus 171, and the top hole wall of endoporus 171 is formed with a positioning tooth protruded out down 172。End edge frame 120 is set on reel 160 and is inserted in strip hole 122, and exposes in the lower section of end edge frame 120, in order to user's hand-held。

The another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of refrigerator, and it includes room between storing, also includes at least one adjustable rack, and described adjustable rack is the adjustable rack 100 described in any of the above embodiment, on the inwall that its outside framework is arranged between storing room。

Fig. 9 is the structural representation of the inner bag in refrigerator according to an embodiment of the invention。As it can be seen, inner bag 200 defines room between a storing, between storing, room can be front side open design, has been provided with three adjustable racks 100 vertically arranged, and three put the long-pending utilization rate of object plane respectively 0,50% and 100%。Transverse direction (x-axis direction) the both sides inwall of inner bag 200 has been outwardly formed three depressed parts 210 respectively, and each depressed part 210 (y-axis direction) along the longitudinal direction extends, for the outside framework of fixedly adjustable rack 100。

As it was previously stated, the adjustable rack 100 of section Example of the present invention has the side frame 150 having offered locating slot 151。Side frame 150 removably can be embedded in depressed part 210, or make body side frame 150 and inner bag 200 one-body molded, say, that on inner bag 200 inwall, directly offer locating slot 151。

So far, those skilled in the art will recognize that, although the detailed multiple exemplary embodiments illustrate and describing the present invention herein, but, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, still can directly determine according to present disclosure or derive other variations or modifications many meeting the principle of the invention。Therefore, the scope of the present invention is it is understood that cover all these other variations or modifications with regarding as。

Claims

1. an adjustable rack, including:

For the flexible shelf at surface placing objects；And

Outside framework, described outside framework has two adjustable end edge frames of spacing, and it connects the two ends of length direction of described flexible shelf respectively, described at least one of which, end edge frame has reel, for winding or discharge at least part of of described flexible shelf, and, described outside framework is configured to:

After the spacing of said two end edge frame is adjusted to predeterminable range so that it is spacing is maintained at this predeterminable range, in order to by regulating the spacing of said two end edge frame, change the release length of described flexible shelf, thus the object plane of putting regulating described flexible shelf amasss。

2. adjustable rack according to claim 1, wherein, described outside framework also includes:

Two side frames, are separately positioned on the both sides of the width of described flexible shelf, and each described side frame offers the locating slot of multiple length direction arrangement along described flexible shelf, and the opening of the locating slot of two described side frames is oppositely arranged；And

The two ends of at least one described end edge frame are provided with alignment pin, and it is arranged towards the opening of described locating slot, to allow described alignment pin to insert described locating slot, thus retraining the position of described end edge frame。

3. adjustable rack according to claim 2, wherein,

The two ends of described end edge frame are separately provided for holding the accommodation chamber of described alignment pin, and described accommodation chamber is stretched out in one end of described alignment pin, and the other end is installed on described accommodation intracavity by stage clip。

4. adjustable rack according to claim 3, wherein,

The perisporium in described accommodation chamber offers mouth of stepping down, described in step down mouth limit on be formed with stopper section；

Described alignment pin is formed described in radially outward protruding out to step down the handle portion of mouth, so that alignment pin described in user's manual operation makes it overcome the elastic force of described stage clip and holds chamber described in indentation, and make described handle portion be held on described stopper section, to retrain the position of described alignment pin。

5. adjustable rack according to claim 4, wherein,

The two ends of two described end edge frames are provided with described alignment pin。

6. adjustable rack according to claim 1, also includes:

Elasticity of torsion element, it is configured to, when described flexible shelf drives described spool turns from the release of described reel, described reel be applied elastic resistance。

7. adjustable rack according to claim 6, also includes:

Two ends are fixed on the fixing axle of described end edge frame and are enclosed within the adapter sleeve on described fixing axle rotationally；

Described reel is enclosed within described fixing axle rotationally and its inner wall tightening is in described adapter sleeve；Further, described elasticity of torsion element is torsion spring, and it is set on described fixing axle, and two ends are individually fixed in described fixing axle and described adapter sleeve。

8. adjustable rack according to claim 7, wherein,

Described adapter sleeve is arranged on the axial middle part of described fixing axle。

9. adjustable rack according to claim 1, also includes:

Reel stop mechanism, it is configured to operationally allow or stop described reel to rotate。

10. adjustable rack according to claim 9, wherein, it is shown that reel stop mechanism includes:

It is opened in the end of described reel, and along multiple teeth groove circumferentially of described reel；With

Block board, can be arranged on the end of described end edge frame up or down, it offers the endoporus being sized larger than described outside barrel diameter, in order to be enclosed within described reel, and the top hole wall of described endoporus is formed with positioning tooth, and described reel stop mechanism is configured to:

Make described block board be subject to self gravitation sagging and make described positioning tooth embed described teeth groove, and stop described reel to rotate；Or make described block board be operated upper shifting, make described positioning tooth depart from described teeth groove, and allow described reel to rotate。

11. adjustable rack according to any one of claim 1 to 10, wherein,

One described end edge frame is provided with described reel；And

One end of the length direction of described flexible shelf is wound on described reel, and the other end is fixedly connected on another described end edge frame。

12. a refrigerator, including room between storing, also include:

At least one adjustable rack according to any one of claim 1 to 11, wherein said outside framework is arranged between described storing on the inwall of room。