CN106595167B

CN106595167B - Refrigerator

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Publication number: CN106595167B
Application number: CN201611042658.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王晶; 张�浩; 费斌; 刘昀曦; 王磊
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-11
Filing date: 2016-11-11
Publication date: 2019-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-11
Also published as: CN106595167A

Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of refrigerators comprising the open cabinet in front side；Drawer with upper side opening can anterior-posterior translation can be arranged in cabinet between extreme position before one after extreme position and one；Locking lid, its top that drawer can be set to upper and lower translation, and be configured to can be displaced downwardly to the closed position for covering upper side opening and making drawer that can not move forward when drawer is in rear extreme position, or on be moved away from side opening to allow drawer to move forward open position；And driving device, it is configured to controllably drive locking lid upper and lower translation.Refrigerator of the invention can be realized the automatic opening of the sealed storage and locking lid of article and be automatically closed.

Description

Refrigerator

Technical field

The present invention relates to refrigerating devices, more particularly to a kind of refrigerator.

Background technique

Currently, the article-storage device being arranged in most refrigerators includes multiple types, it is more in storage room including being located at Layer rack, storage box and drawer, the bottle holder of lining in door body, the classification for realizing article to a certain extent are deposited Storage.But above-mentioned several article-storage devices are still to belong to open, cannot achieve and deposit to the sealing of some special articles Storage.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to overcoming drawbacks described above of the existing technology, a kind of article that can be realized is provided The refrigerator of sealed storage.

It is of the invention further objective is that realize the automatic opening of the locking lid of drawer and be automatically closed, promote convenience Property, enhance user experience.

Particularly, the present invention provides a kind of refrigerators, comprising:

The open cabinet in front side；Drawer with upper side opening, can before one after extreme position and one extreme position it Between anterior-posterior translation be arranged in cabinet；Locking lid can be arranged in upper and lower translation the top of drawer, and be configured in drawer When in rear extreme position, the closed position for covering upper side opening and making drawer that can not move forward can be displaced downwardly to, or on be moved away from Open position of the upper side opening to allow drawer to move forward；And driving device, it is configured to controllably drive locking lid upper and lower translation.

Optionally, driving device includes at least one leadscrew-nut mechanism comprising vertically extending lead screw and is fixed on The nut of locking lid；And motor, be directly or indirectly fixed on cabinet, motor forward or reverse when, driving lead screw rotate forward or Reversion, to make nut that locking lid be driven to translate upward or downward.

Optionally, the quantity of leadscrew-nut mechanism is multiple, and transmission belt is used between the lead screw of multiple leadscrew-nut mechanisms Passing movement is rotated synchronously with realizing；And the quantity of motor is one, shaft connects the lead screw of a leadscrew-nut mechanism.

Optionally, locking lid is square platy structure；And the quantity of leadscrew-nut mechanism is four, four feed screw nut machines The nut of structure is located at the four corners of locking lid.

Optionally, the edge of locking lid is formed with from top to bottom gradually inclined slope inwardly；And the inner wall of drawer Top is formed with from top to bottom gradually inclined inclined surface inwardly, and when locking lid is in the closed position, slope is clamped on On the inside of inclined surface, so that drawer can not be moved forward and backward.

Optionally, sealing strip is pasted on slope and/or inclined surface.

Optionally, refrigerator further includes controller, is configured to receiving in the state that locking lid is in the closed position After the instruction of uncapping of user's input, driving device is controlled by locking lid and moves to open position from closed position.

Optionally, controller is configured in the state that locking lid is in the open position, and is receiving user's input After capping instruction, driving device is controlled by locking lid and is displaced downwardly to closed position from open position.

Optionally, refrigerator further includes drawer positions detection device, is configured to the position of detection drawer；And controller is also matched It is set to and receives the drawer positions signal that drawer positions detection device is sent, and move back in drawer to rear extreme position, to user Issue default prompt；Or controller is configured to receive the drawer positions signal that drawer positions detection device is sent, and in drawer It moves back to rear extreme position, and after the time of rear extreme position is more than preset time, control driving device is by locking lid from opening It opens position and is displaced downwardly to closed position.

Optionally, refrigerator further includes partition, and the inner wall of cabinet is fixed on above locking lid；And motor be fixed on every Plate.

In refrigerator of the invention, locking lid is applied not only to the upper side opening of capping drawer, it is made to be isolated from the outside world, to realize The sealed storage of article, but also can be when it covers upper side opening, constraint drawer pull out it can not forward, to enhance The stability of drawer, the design of this structure are very ingenious.Moreover, locking lid has already turned on before drawer pulls out cabinet forward, without using Row is uncapped again at family, has saved the operating time.

Further, refrigerator of the invention drives locking lid upper and lower translation, structure letter using leadscrew-nut mechanism and motor It is single, it is easy to make.Keep the translation motion of locking lid more steady moreover, multiple leadscrew-nut mechanisms can be used, and transmission belt The synchronous rotation also achieved between multiple lead screws is set.

Further, refrigerator of the invention using controller control driving device, realize locking lid automatic opening and It is automatically closed, improves convenience, enhance user experience.In addition, drawer positions detection device can be used for detecting drawer Position, during drawer is pushed into cabinet, controller determines that drawer is in rear extreme position (i.e. by complete box house) After, it just controls driving device and closes locking lid, or issue the user with default prompt, remind user that locking lid and drawer be at this time It correctly being aligned, may be selected to close locking lid, when so avoidable drawer does not move back to rear extreme position, locking lid is moved down, And causes locking lid and drawer to be installed and misplace.

According to the following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art will be brighter The above and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention.

Detailed description of the invention

Some specific embodiments of the present invention is described in detail by way of example and not limitation with reference to the accompanying drawings hereinafter. Identical appended drawing reference denotes same or similar part or part in attached drawing.It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that these What attached drawing was not necessarily drawn to scale.In attached drawing:

Fig. 1 is the schematic cross sectional views of the refrigerator of one embodiment of the invention, and locking lid is in the closed position；

Fig. 2 is the portion the A enlarged drawing of Fig. 1；

Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram moved to after open position in the locking lid by Fig. 1；

Fig. 4 is the portion the B enlarged drawing of Fig. 3；

Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram moved forward the drawer of Fig. 3 after certain distance；

Fig. 6 is the signal exploded view of drawer in the refrigerator of one embodiment of the invention, locking lid and partition；

Fig. 7 is the structural schematic diagram of the lead screw and transmission belt in Fig. 6.

Specific embodiment

The refrigerator of the embodiment of the present invention is described below according to Fig. 1 to Fig. 7.Fig. 1 is the refrigerator of one embodiment of the invention Schematic cross sectional views, locking lid 300 is in the closed position；Fig. 2 is the portion the A enlarged drawing of Fig. 1；Fig. 3 is by the locking lid of Fig. 1 Schematic diagram after moving to open position on 300；Fig. 4 is the portion the B enlarged drawing of Fig. 3；Fig. 5 is that the drawer 200 of Fig. 3 is moved forward one Schematic diagram after set a distance.

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of refrigerators, generally may include that front side is open Cabinet 100, the drawer 200 with upper side opening, locking lid 300 and driving device 500.Wherein, it is limited inside cabinet 100 free Between, the inside of cabinet 100 can be arranged in anterior-posterior translation before one for drawer 200 between extreme position after extreme position and one.Before The rear extreme position stated refers to that drawer 200 is driven fully into the position of the inside of cabinet 100, i.e., position shown in FIG. 1.And the preceding limit It is dynamic that position refers to that drawer 200 is drawn forward, until the position that can not be continued to move along, user can be from 200 memory of drawer at this time Take article.Installation form between drawer 200 and cabinet 100 is well known to those skilled in the art, such as Fig. 1, drawer 200 Both lateral sides ride on the slideway 110 of 100 inner wall of cabinet formation.Locking lid 300 can upper and lower translation (and being only capable of upper and lower translation) The top of drawer 200 is set.Locking lid 300 is configured to that closed position can be displaced downwardly to when drawer 200 is in rear extreme position (such as Fig. 1 and Fig. 2), to cover the upper side opening of drawer 200 and make drawer 200 that can not move forward；Drawer 200 is moved away from or Open position of the upper side opening to allow drawer 200 to move forward.It is total with drawer 200 when locking lid 300 is in closed position above-mentioned With the storage space being isolated from the outside world 201 is limited, the sealed storage of article is realized.Moreover, locking lid 300 can also Constraint drawer 200 pull out it can not forward, keep the position of drawer 200 more firm.User need to access article from drawer 200 When, first make after moving to open position above-mentioned (such as Fig. 3 and Fig. 4) in locking lid 300, can just be pulled along drawer 200 (as schemed 5).The drawer with upper cover compared to some prior arts must be completely pulled out of after cabinet (i.e. to preceding extreme position) just expert The dynamic scheme uncapped, in the solution of the present invention, drawer 200 is before being drawn out cabinet 100, and side opening has been in open state thereon State can facilitate user to access article, save user operation time.Also, because pull drawer 200 before, locking lid 300 by It opens, user only needs forward to pull somewhat out drawer 200, article can be accessed, without drawer 200 to be completely pulled out.Driving Device 500 is configured to controllably drive 300 upper and lower translation of locking lid, to realize the automatic opening of locking lid 300 and be automatically closed, Ease of use is improved with this, enhances user experience.

As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4, in some embodiments of the invention, driving device 500 above-mentioned includes at least one silk Thick stick nut body and motor 510.Wherein, each leadscrew-nut mechanism includes vertically extending lead screw 520 and is fixed on locking lid 300 nut 530, lead screw 520 are formed with external screw thread, and nut 530 is formed with and the consistent interior spiral shell of the external screw thread specification of lead screw 520 Line.Lead screw 520 in nut 530 forward or reverse when, the two screw and make nut 530 relative to lead screw 520 generate along lead screw The displacement of 520 extending direction (i.e. vertical direction), and then locking lid 300 is driven to translate upward or downward.Motor 510 directly or It is fixed on cabinet 100 indirectly.Motor 510 forward or reverse when, driving lead screw 520 forward or reverse.Motor 510 preferably walks Into motor 510.

Nut 530 may be provided on the upper surface of locking lid 300, and the entirety being preferably integrally formed with locking lid 300 Part.

In some embodiment of the invention, the top of locking lid 300 is additionally provided with partition 400, and partition 400 is fixed on cabinet 100 inner wall, motor 510 are fixed on partition 400.As shown in Fig. 2, to prevent the condensed water in refrigerator from entering motor 510, every Housing 511 is additionally provided on plate 400, the cover of housing 511 is buckled on the upper surface of partition 400, closed to limit with partition 400 Motor places space.The upside of partition 400 is arranged in motor 510, and shaft 512 passes through the hole that partition 400 opens up and extends downwardly To the lower section of partition 400.Partition 400 can be the partition member of the different storage rooms in 100 inside of cabinet, or for for things posited Product put object component.

In the alternative embodiment that attached drawing is not illustrated, motor 510 can also be directly anchored on the inner wall of cabinet 100.

Fig. 6 is the signal exploded view of drawer 200, locking lid 300 and partition 400 in the refrigerator of one embodiment of the invention； Fig. 7 is the structural schematic diagram of the lead screw 520 and transmission belt 700 in Fig. 6.As shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, in order to make locking lid 300 Translation motion it is more steady, in some preferred embodiments of the present invention, locking is driven using multiple leadscrew-nut mechanisms Lid 300.Transmission belt passing movement is used between the lead screw 520 of multiple leadscrew-nut mechanisms, to realize the synchronization of whole lead screws 520 Rotation.In some embodiments, a transmission belt 700 can be only set as shown in Figure 6, which connects four lead screws 520.In further embodiments, settable four transmission belts, two adjacent lead screws of every transmission band connection.Motor 510 Quantity is one, and shaft 512 connects the lead screw 520 of a leadscrew-nut mechanism, can be turned in the lead screw 520 for connection motor It is directly mounted at cabinet 100 dynamicly, or is installed on cabinet 100 (being such as mounted on the partition 400 fixed with cabinet 100) indirectly

As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, the section that lead screw 520 is used to cooperate with transmission belt 700 can be formed with vertically Toothing in extension reduces driving error to enhance the frictional force between lead screw 520 and transmission belt 700.

Locking lid 300 is preferably square platy structure (such as Fig. 2 and Fig. 6) (the upper side opening of drawer 200 is also rectangular), this When settable four leadscrew-nut mechanisms, the nut 530 of four leadscrew-nut mechanisms is located at the four corners of locking lid 300. In addition, the four corners that locking lid 300 is arranged in four nuts 530 can also make locking lid 300 closely cover drawer 200 Upper side opening, promote its airtightness.

In some embodiments of the invention, the edge of locking lid 300 can be formed with gradually tilts inwardly from top to bottom Slope 320, gradually inclined inclined surface 210 inwardly is formed with from top to bottom at the top of the inner wall of drawer 200, in locking lid 300 it is in the closed position when, slope 320 is clamped on the inside of inclined surface 210, so can make drawer 200 that can not be moved forward and backward.

In the alternate embodiment that attached drawing is not illustrated, locking lid 300 can also be made in pass by designing other structures Closed position can constrain the back-and-forth motion of drawer 200.For example, the cover of locking lid 300 is made to be buckled in 200 top of drawer.Or it is locking Pin and pin hole is respectively set in lid 300 and drawer 200, and when the two aligns, pin is inserted into pin hole.

It in some embodiment of the invention, is the airtightness for promoting drawer 200, it can be in the slope 320 of locking lid 300 And/or sealing strip 600 is attached on inclined surface 210.Such as shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 4, Fig. 6, sealing strip 600 is attached to locking lid 300 On slope 320.

In some embodiments, refrigerator is using the controller operation (not shown) for controlling driving device 500.Controller configuration At in the state that locking lid 300 is in the closed position, after receiving user and inputting instruction of uncapping, driving device 500 is controlled Locking lid 300 is moved into open position from closed position.The mode that user inputs instruction of uncapping can be depresses button, rotation rotation Button presses the common mode of the prior arts such as touch screen.

It can be the delay uncapped and indicate setting preset time to avoid maloperation, so that user is inputted instruction of uncapping need to reach Afterwards (such as Continued depression membrane keyboard) to the first preset time (such as 1-3s), controller can just control the movement of driving device 500, for Less than the instruction of uncapping of the first preset time, controller is not reacted.

In addition, controller may be additionally configured in the state that locking lid 300 is in the open position, user's input is being received Capping instruction after, control driving device 500 and locking lid 300 be displaced downwardly to closed position from open position.Capping indicates defeated Enter mode and indicate identical with can uncap, details are not described herein.

In this way, the opening and closing process of locking lid 300 is all under the instruction of user, by controller according to described above Control what driving device 500 was completed.

Further, the opening and closing process of locking lid 300 is controlled in order to be more accurate, is also provided in refrigerator Drawer positions detection device (not shown) is configured to the position of detection drawer 200.Drawer positions detection device can be a variety of biographies The infrared distance sensor at 300 rear portion of locking lid is such as arranged in sensor, when drawer 200 is moved back to infrared distance sensor When, it can be sensed by it.Controller is configured to be electrically connected with drawer positions detection device, to receive drawer positions detection device hair The drawer positions signal sent, so that it is determined that 200 position of drawer.At this point, one of following two mode can be used to control locking lid 300 closing process:

First, being pushed backward in drawer 200 by user, until controller is sent out to user after moving back rear extreme position Prompt (such as flashing indicator light) is preset out, reminds user that can input capping instruction to controller at this time.It so can avoid taking out When not moving back to rear extreme position, locking lid 300 moves down and causes locking lid 300 and drawer 200 to be installed and misplace drawer 200.

Second, pushed backward in drawer 200 by user, until after then moving on to rear extreme position, and be in drawer 200 After the time of extreme position is more than the second preset time (such as 2-10s) afterwards, controller controls driving device 500 for locking lid 300 Closed position is displaced downwardly to from open position.In this way, user no longer needs to be manually entered capping instruction above-mentioned, further improve certainly Dynamicization degree.

In the above embodiments, refrigerator may include one or more above-mentioned drawer 200 and locking lid 300.Some In structure, drawer 200 can be the freezer drawer being arranged in the storage room (such as freezing chamber) of refrigerator, the outside of the storage room It is provided with door body.In other structures, refrigerator uses drawer type door structure, i.e., is not provided with door body, drawer on the outside of storage room Front panel be constitute refrigerator frontal appearance.

So far, although those skilled in the art will appreciate that present invention has been shown and described in detail herein multiple shows Example property embodiment still without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, still can according to the present disclosure directly Determine or deduce out many other variations or modifications consistent with the principles of the invention.Therefore, the scope of the present invention is understood that and recognizes It is set to and covers all such other variations or modifications.

Claims

1. a kind of refrigerator, comprising:

The open cabinet in front side；

Institute can be arranged in anterior-posterior translation between extreme position after extreme position and one before one in drawer with upper side opening It states in cabinet；

The top of the drawer can be arranged in upper and lower translation in locking lid, and is configured to the pole after the drawer is in described When extreme position, the closed position for covering the upper side opening and making the drawer that can not move forward can be displaced downwardly to, or on be moved away from Open position of the upper side opening to allow the drawer to move forward；With

Driving device is configured to controllably drive the locking lid upper and lower translation, and the driving device includes:

At least one leadscrew-nut mechanism comprising vertically extending lead screw and the nut for being fixed on the locking lid；With

Motor, is directly or indirectly fixed on the cabinet, the motor forward or reverse when, drive the lead screw rotate forward or Reversion, to make the nut that the locking lid be driven to translate upward or downward.

2. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein

The quantity of the leadscrew-nut mechanism be it is multiple, between the lead screw of multiple leadscrew-nut mechanisms using transmission belt transmit Movement is rotated synchronously with realizing；And

The quantity of the motor is one, and shaft connects the lead screw of a leadscrew-nut mechanism.

3. refrigerator according to claim 2, wherein

The locking lid is square platy structure；And

The quantity of the leadscrew-nut mechanism is four, and the nut of four leadscrew-nut mechanisms is located at the locking lid Four corners.

4. refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein

The edge of the locking lid is formed with from top to bottom gradually inclined slope inwardly；And

It is formed with gradually inclined inclined surface inwardly from top to bottom at the top of the inner wall of the drawer, is in institute in the locking lid When stating closed position, the slope is clamped on the inside of the inclined surface, so that the drawer can not be moved forward and backward.

5. refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein

Sealing strip is pasted on the slope and/or the inclined surface.

6. refrigerator according to claim 1, further includes:

Controller is configured in the state that the locking lid is in the closed position, is receiving opening for user's input After lid instruction, the driving device is controlled by the locking lid and moves to the open position from the closed position.

7. refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein

The controller is configured in the state that the locking lid is in the open position, is receiving user's input After capping instruction, the driving device is controlled by the locking lid and is displaced downwardly to the closed position from the open position.

8. refrigerator according to claim 6, further includes:

Drawer positions detection device is configured to detect the position of the drawer；And

The controller is configured to receive the drawer positions signal that the drawer positions detection device is sent, and in the drawer It moves back to the rear extreme position, issues the user with default prompt；Or

The controller is configured to receive the drawer positions signal that the drawer positions detection device is sent, and in the drawer It moves back to the rear extreme position, and after the time of the rear extreme position is more than preset time, controls the driving device The locking lid is displaced downwardly to the closed position from the open position.

9. refrigerator according to claim 1, further includes:

Partition is fixed on the inner wall of the cabinet above the locking lid；And

The motor is fixed on the partition.