CN106482440B

CN106482440B - Drawer for refrigerator and refrigerator comprising same

Info

Publication number: CN106482440B
Application number: CN201610940804.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孟翔博; 吴剑; 黄泽平; 龙泉; 王敬双; 冯琳; 蒋春晖
Original assignee: Qingdao Haigao Design and Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haigao Design and Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-10-31
Filing date: 2016-10-31
Publication date: 2022-07-29
Anticipated expiration: 2036-10-31
Also published as: CN106482440A

Abstract

The invention discloses a drawer for a refrigerator and the refrigerator comprising the same, and belongs to the technical field of household appliances. The drawer includes: the drawer body comprises a bottom plate, two side plates symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom plate and a front plate arranged on the front side of the bottom plate, the rotatable device is arranged above the front plate, when the drawer body is closed, the rotatable device is positioned above the front plate and seals a gap between the front plate and an upper box body above the front plate, and when the drawer body is opened, the rotatable device is positioned above the two side plates. The drawer provided by the invention realizes the purpose of increasing the volume of the drawer of the refrigerator and facilitating diversified design or modification of the refrigerator, and can be widely applied to household appliances such as the refrigerator and the like.

Description

Drawer for refrigerator and refrigerator comprising same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a drawer for a refrigerator and the refrigerator comprising the drawer.

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, the use demand of the refrigerator is increasingly prominent, and under the large background, the refrigerator industry is heading to a market with high-end, multi-door and large-volume refrigerators as the mainstream at present. In order to meet different requirements of users, the design of the refrigerator is more diversified, and besides the conventional common single-door refrigerator and double-door refrigerator, products such as a multi-door refrigerator, a side-by-side refrigerator, a French side-by-side refrigerator and the like are also produced. The combination of the drawer and the door bodies is utilized, for example, a common French side-by-side combination refrigerator adopts a side-by-side combination door and drawer type structure, the upper part is a refrigerating chamber, the lower part is a freezing chamber, and the side-by-side combination refrigerator is closed by two drawer type door bodies.

However, the presence of the cross beam limits the volume of the refrigerator cabinet on the one hand and does not facilitate the diversified design or modification of the refrigerator during its manufacture, since the cross beam is still provided between the drawer and the upper cabinet or drawer.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides a drawer for a refrigerator and the refrigerator comprising the same, and the purpose of increasing the volume of the drawer of the refrigerator and facilitating diversified design or modification of the refrigerator is achieved. The technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, there is provided a drawer for a refrigerator, the drawer including:

the drawer body comprises a bottom plate, two side plates symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom plate and a front plate arranged on the front side of the bottom plate, the rotatable device is arranged above the front plate, when the drawer body is closed, the rotatable device is positioned above the front plate and seals a gap between the front plate and an upper box body above the front plate, and when the drawer body is opened, the rotatable device is positioned above the two side plates.

In combination with the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the rotatable device includes a rotating beam, two limiting track grooves and two limiting protrusions matched with the two limiting track grooves are arranged at two ends of the rotating beam, and the two limiting protrusions are fixed on the refrigerator body.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the drawer body is hinged with the rotatable device.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner, a rotating shaft is arranged on the rotatable device, two rotating shaft supports are arranged at two ends of the rotating shaft, and the two rotating shaft supports are fixed on the drawer body or the refrigerator body.

With reference to the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, a first door seal is disposed on a front plate of the drawer body, a second door seal is disposed on the rotatable device, the first door seal is attached to the second door seal when the drawer is closed, and the second door seal is attached to a door seal of the upper box body.

In another aspect, a refrigerator is provided, which includes any one of the above-mentioned drawers.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

by providing the drawer for the refrigerator, which comprises the rotatable device, when the drawer body is closed, the rotatable device is positioned above the front plate and seals a gap between the front plate and the door body above the front plate, when the drawer body is opened, the rotatable device is positioned above the two side plates, so that a cross beam between the drawer and the upper refrigerator door body or the drawer is eliminated, compared with the prior art, the function of the cross beam can be realized, the internal volume of the drawer is increased, and because the cross beam does not exist between the drawer and the drawer any more, the drawer is easier to design or refit the refrigerator in other different ways; in addition, the drawer for the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, cost saving and the like.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view illustrating a structure of a drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an operating principle of a drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the descriptions of the present invention with respect to the directions of "above", "front side", "two sides", etc. are defined based on the relationship of the orientation or position shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device must be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention; in addition, when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are intended to be inclusive and mean that, for example, they may be fixedly connected or detachably connected or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

The drawer for the refrigerator comprises a drawer body and a rotatable device matched with the drawer body, wherein the drawer body comprises a bottom plate, two side plates symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom plate and a front plate arranged on the front side of the bottom plate, the rotatable device is arranged above the front plate, the rotatable device is positioned above the front plate and seals a gap between the front plate and an upper box body above the front plate when the drawer body is closed, and the rotatable device is positioned above the two side plates when the drawer body is opened.

Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view illustrating a structure of a drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an operating principle of a drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, a drawer for a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a drawer body 1 and a rotatable device 2 engaged with the drawer body 1. The drawer body 1 comprises a bottom plate 11, two side plates 12 symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom plate 11, and a front plate 13 arranged on the front side of the bottom plate 11. The rotatable device 2 is disposed above the front plate 13 and can rotate above the drawer body 1, when the drawer body 1 is closed, the rotatable device 2 is located above the front plate 13 and closes a gap between the front plate 13 and the upper box 3 above the front plate 13, when the drawer body 1 is opened, the rotatable device 2 is located above the two side plates 12, and as for the connection mode of the rotatable device 2 and the drawer body 1, any possible mode in the prior art can be applied as long as the mode can achieve the above-mentioned functions of the rotatable device 2. Here, the upper housing 3 above the front plate 13 may also be a front plate of another drawer or another type of housing part, depending on the design of the refrigerator.

As shown in fig. 2, the operation principle of the drawer for the refrigerator according to the embodiment of the present invention can be reflected by the following states:

State a: after the drawer body 1 is closed, the rotatable device 2 is positioned above the front plate 13 and seals a gap between the front plate 13 and the upper box body 3 above the front plate 13, which is equivalent to a cross beam in the existing refrigerator and plays a role in sealing a space between the upper box body 3 and the drawer body 1, wherein the upper box body 3 can also be an external door body of another drawer;

state b: when the drawer body 1 is pulled outwards after being opened, the rotatable device 2 is driven by the corresponding driving device to rotate above the two side plates 12 of the drawer body 1;

and c, state c: the rotatable means 2 is rotated to a horizontal position above the two side plates 12.

Similarly, when the drawer body 1 is closed, the rotatable device 2 is driven by the corresponding driving device to rotate back to the vertical position from the horizontal position until finally returning to the state a.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the drawer structure for the refrigerator provided in the embodiment of the present invention, when the drawer body 1 is in the closed state, the rotatable device 2 can close the gap between the drawer body 1 and the upper box 3 above the drawer body, thereby avoiding the addition of a cross beam between the drawer and the door body or between the drawer and the drawer, and since the cross beam is eliminated, the volume space between the drawer and the door body or between the drawer and the drawer is released, and meanwhile, compared with the whole refrigerator body, the flexibility of the internal space is stronger, and based on such a large volume structure, in the production process of the refrigerator, technicians can perform different diversified designs when the refrigerator is additionally provided with a refrigerator door or a refrigerator drawer; and when the drawer body 1 is pulled out, the rotatable device rotates according to the above mode and finally rotates to the upper parts of the two side plates 12 of the drawer body 1, so that a user can smoothly take articles from the drawer without influencing the use of the drawer.

In a preferred embodiment, the rotatable device 2 comprises a rotating beam 21, two limiting rail grooves 22 and two limiting protrusions 23 matched with the two limiting rail grooves 22 are arranged at two ends of the rotating beam 21, and the two limiting protrusions 23 are fixed on the refrigerator body nearby. When the drawer body 1 is pulled, under the action of pulling force, the two limiting protrusions 23 slide in the two limiting rail grooves 22, so that the rotating beam 21 is driven to rotate, and when the two limiting protrusions 23 reach the tail ends of the two limiting rail grooves 22, the rotating beam 21 stops rotating and reaches a target position.

In a preferred embodiment, the drawer body 1 is hinged to the rotatable means 2.

In another preferred embodiment, the rotatable device 2 is further provided with a rotating shaft 24, two rotating shaft brackets 25 are provided at two ends of the rotating shaft 24, and the two rotating shaft brackets 25 are fixed at corresponding positions of the drawer body 2 or the refrigerator body.

In another preferred embodiment, the front panel 13 of the drawer body 1 is provided with a first door seal 14, the rotatable device 2 is provided with a second door seal 26, the first door seal 14 is attached to the second door seal 26 when the drawer is closed, and the second door seal 26 is attached to the third door seal 31 of the upper box 3, wherein the attachment is preferably that the two attract each other, thereby realizing the sealing of the drawer. The first door seal 14, the second door seal 26 and the second door seal 31 may be a door seal strip containing magnetic strips or a metal plate, or any other door seal device possible in the prior art, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a refrigerator which comprises any one of the drawers described in the above embodiments.

All the above-mentioned optional technical solutions can be combined arbitrarily to form the optional embodiments of the present invention, and are not described herein again.

As can be seen from the above description and practice, the embodiment of the present invention provides a drawer for a refrigerator, which includes a rotatable device, wherein the rotatable device is located above a front plate and closes a gap between the front plate and an upper box body above the front plate when a drawer body of the drawer is closed, and the rotatable device is located above two side plates when the drawer body is opened, so that a cross beam between the drawer and the upper box body or the drawer is eliminated, and compared with the prior art, the present invention can realize the function of the cross beam, and increase the volume inside the drawer, and because the cross beam does not exist between the drawer and the upper box body or between the drawer and the drawer, the present invention is easier to perform other different designs or refits on the refrigerator; in addition, the drawer for the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, cost saving and the like.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

Claims

1. A drawer for a refrigerator, comprising: the drawer body comprises a bottom plate, two side plates symmetrically arranged at the left side and the right side of the bottom plate and a front plate arranged at the front side of the bottom plate, the rotatable device is arranged above the front plate, the rotatable device is positioned above the front plate and seals a gap between the front plate and an upper box body above the front plate when the drawer body is closed, the rotatable device is positioned above the two side plates when the drawer body is opened, wherein the front plate of the drawer body is provided with a first door seal piece, the rotatable device is provided with a second door seal piece, when the drawer is closed, the first door seal piece is attached to the second door seal piece, the second door seal piece is attached to the door seal piece of the upper box body, and the drawer body is hinged to the rotatable device.

2. The drawer for the refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotatable means comprises a rotary beam, two limiting rail grooves and two limiting protrusions engaged with the two limiting rail grooves are formed at both ends of the rotary beam, and the two limiting protrusions are fixed to a refrigerator body.

3. The drawer for the refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable means is provided with a rotation shaft, and both ends of the rotation shaft are provided with two rotation shaft brackets fixed to the drawer body or the refrigerator cabinet.

4. A refrigerator characterized in that it comprises a drawer according to any one of claims 1 to 3.