CN106969587B

CN106969587B - Article placing assembly for refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN106969587B
Application number: CN201710145300.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王一然; 郑晓磊; 任杰青
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-03-13
Filing date: 2017-03-13
Publication date: 2021-07-23
Anticipated expiration: 2037-03-13
Also published as: CN106969587A

Abstract

The invention provides a shelf component for a refrigerator, which comprises a shelf, a support frame and side decorative strips, wherein the support frame is oppositely fixed on an inner container of the refrigerator from left to right, the side decorative strips are respectively arranged on two sides of the shelf and are symmetrical from left to right, and the shelf is detachably arranged on the support frame through the side decorative strips. The supporting frame and the side decorative strips form an elastic clamping piece and a limiting block which are mutually matched to limit the front and back sliding of the side decorative strips, and a clamping hook and a limiting groove which are mutually matched to limit the vertical movement of the side decorative strips are also formed between the supporting frame and the side decorative strips. By adopting the article holding assembly, the shelf and the support frame are better fixed, and the shelf is effectively prevented from moving in the transportation and moving processes and impacting the liner.

Description

Article placing assembly for refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a storage component for a refrigerator.

Background

The shelf that a plurality of intervals set up is usually provided with in the freezer of current refrigerator, just the shelf is mostly adjustable shelf to the user adjusts the position of removing the shelf by oneself according to the altitude demand, the space of make full use of freezer. The adjustable shelf is fixedly adhered to the inner container by using the adhesive tape when leaving a factory, so that the shelf is prevented from movably impacting the inner container to cause damage in the transportation and moving processes of the refrigerator.

Generally, a plurality of sets of supporting ribs are formed on two opposite side walls of an inner container of a refrigerator, and a limiting groove is formed on the rear wall of the inner container; the periphery of the shelf is also covered with decorative strips. The rear side trim of shelf is equipped with the backstop portion with spacing groove matched with, works as the shelf assembles to a set of support rib and after backward and corresponding spacing groove installation, through backstop portion and the spacing groove of rear side trim mutually support, prevents that the shelf from sliding around. However, the technical scheme only limits the front and back positions of the shelf relative to the inner container, and the shelf still can move up and down in the transportation and moving processes to impact the inner container of the refrigerator, so that the inner container is damaged.

In view of the above, there is a need for a new rack assembly for a refrigerator.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a shelf component for a refrigerator, which enables a shelf and a support frame to be fixed better and effectively avoids the shelf from moving and impacting an inner container in the transportation and moving processes.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a storage component for a refrigerator, which comprises a shelf, a support frame and side decorative strips, wherein the support frame is oppositely fixed on an inner container of the refrigerator from left to right, the side decorative strips are respectively arranged on two sides of the shelf and are symmetrical from left to right, and the shelf is detachably arranged on the support frame through the side decorative strips; an elastic clamping piece and a limiting block which are matched with each other to limit the front and back sliding of the side decorative strip are formed between the supporting frame and the side decorative strip, and a clamping hook and a limiting groove which are matched with each other to limit the vertical movement of the side decorative strip are also formed between the supporting frame and the side decorative strip; the supporting frame comprises a fixing part attached to the inner container and a supporting part formed by transversely extending the fixing part, the supporting part is provided with the limiting groove and an accommodating groove used for accommodating the elastic clamping piece, the side decorative strip forms a pressing part pressed downwards on the supporting part, the width of the pressing part is smaller than that of the supporting part, and a limiting block matched with the elastic clamping piece and a clamping hook matched with the limiting groove are formed below the pressing part; the elastic clamping piece comprises a connecting arm extending forwards and backwards and a clamping block formed at the tail end of the connecting arm, and the clamping hook comprises a first clamping arm extending vertically and a second clamping arm extending forwards and backwards and horizontally from the tail end of the first clamping arm.

As a further improvement of the invention, the retaining block has a supporting surface and a first guiding surface, the limiting block has a second guiding surface and a stopping surface which are matched with the first guiding surface, and when the shelf is mounted on the support frame, the stopping surface and the supporting surface are mutually abutted.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the first guide surface and the second guide surface are both provided as inclined surfaces.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the length of the second holding arm is smaller than the width of the limiting groove, and the thickness of one side of the limiting groove corresponding to the extending direction of the second holding arm is matched with the length of the first holding arm.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the side molding has an extending portion formed by bending downward from the pressing portion, the extending portion is vertically disposed, and a lower edge of the extending portion is flush with a lower edge of the supporting portion.

As a further improvement of the invention, the two hooks are respectively positioned at the front end and the rear end of the supporting frame or the side edge trim, and the elastic clamping piece or the limiting block is positioned between the two hooks.

As a further improvement of the invention, the article holding assembly also comprises a front decorative strip and a rear decorative strip which are respectively coated on the front edge and the rear edge of the shelf, and both ends of the front decorative strip and the rear decorative strip are connected with the side decorative strips.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: by adopting the article holding assembly, the shelf is borne by the support frame fixed on the inner container, so that the forming and processing difficulty of the inner container is reduced; and the side decorative strips arranged on the two sides of the shelf are mutually fixed with the support frame through the elastic clamping pieces and the limiting blocks which are mutually matched and the clamping hooks and the limiting grooves, so that the shelf is effectively prevented from moving back and forth and up and down in the transportation and moving process to impact the liner, and the liner is damaged.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the shelving assembly of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the assembly of the shelf assembly and the refrigerator liner of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the shelving assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the side molding and the supporting frame of the storage assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the shelf of the shelving assembly of the invention to be secured to the support bracket;

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by one of ordinary skill in the art according to the embodiment are included in the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural view of the article placing assembly 100 according to the present invention is shown, wherein the article placing assembly 100 is mounted on an inner container 200 of a refrigerator for placing articles. Referring to fig. 2 to 5, the storage component 100 for a refrigerator according to the present invention includes a shelf 10, a support frame 20 disposed opposite to each other in a left-right direction, side molding strips 30 respectively disposed at two sides of the shelf 10 and symmetrical in the left-right direction, and a front molding strip 40 and a rear molding strip 50 respectively disposed at front and rear edges of the shelf 10 in a covering manner.

The shelf 10 is a rectangular flat plate; the side molding 30, the front molding 40 and the rear molding 50 are pre-assembled to the outer circumference of the shelf 10 to be fixed integrally with the shelf 10. Wherein, both ends of the front and

rear molding strips

40 and 50 are connected to the side molding strip 30. The rear molding 50 protrudes upward to form a guard rail 51.

The support 20 is fixed on the inner container 200 of the refrigerator and is substantially in an inverted L shape, and includes a fixing portion 21 attached to the inner container 100 and a supporting portion 22 formed by extending from the fixing portion 21 in a transverse direction. The inner container 200 is recessed towards both sides to form fixing slots 201 matching with the fixing portions 21 in size, so as to facilitate the fixing assembly of the support frame 20. The fixing portion 21 is formed with a positioning column 211 facing the inner container 200, and the fixing portion 21 is further provided with two fixing holes 212, wherein the two positioning columns 211 and the two fixing holes 212 are arranged. The fixing holes 212 are provided as screw holes, and the shelf assembly 100 further has screws penetrating through the screw holes to fix the support frame 20 to the inner container 200. Of course, in order to allow the user to adjust the height of the shelf 10 by himself, the supporting frames 20 may be arranged in two or more groups along the height direction of the inner container 200.

The side edge molding 30 has a pressing portion 31 matched with the supporting portion 22, an extending portion 32 formed by bending the pressing portion 31 downward, and a protecting edge 33 formed by bending the pressing portion 31 upward away from one side of the extending portion 32. The protective edges 33 are contacted with the two side edges of the shelf 10; the extension part 32 is close to the edge of the support part 31, the extension part 32 is vertically arranged, and the lower edge of the extension part is flush with the lower edge of the support part; the width of the pressing part 31 is smaller than that of the supporting part 22, so that a gap is reserved between one side of the pressing part 31 adjacent to the inner container 200 and the inner container 200, so that the shelf 10 can be conveniently installed and adjusted, and the shelf 10 and the side edge decorative strip 30 are prevented from colliding with the inner container 200. The rear end of the guard edge 33 is also upwardly warped to form a ledge 331 flush with the height of the guard rail 51.

The shelf 10 is detachably mounted on the support frame 20 through side molding 30. In this embodiment, the supporting frame 20 further has an elastic retaining member 23 and a limiting groove 24; the side molding 30 forms a stopper 34 engaged with the elastic retaining member 23 and a hook 35 engaged with the stopper groove 24. When the article placing assembly 100 is assembled, the elastic clamping piece 23 and the limiting block 34 are matched with each other to limit the side decorating strips 30 and the shelf 10 to slide back and forth; the hooks 35 and the limiting grooves 24 cooperate with each other to limit the side molding 30 and the shelf 10 from moving up and down.

The two hooks 35 are respectively located at the front end and the rear end of the side molding 30, and the two corresponding limiting grooves 24 are corresponding to the hooks 35. The elastic clamping piece 23 is arranged in the middle of the supporting part 22, and the two limiting grooves 24 are respectively positioned at the front side and the rear side of the elastic clamping piece 23; the limiting block 34 is disposed in the middle of the pressing portion 31 and corresponds to the elastic retaining member 23.

The elastic clamping member 23 includes a connecting arm 231 extending forward and backward and a clamping block 232 formed at the end of the connecting arm 231, and the connecting arm 231 is elastically arranged in the height direction. The holding block 232 is formed with an abutting surface 2321 and a first guiding surface 2322. The stopper 34 has a stop surface 341 and a second guiding surface 342 matching with the first guiding surface 2322. When the shelf 10 and the side molding 30 are mounted on the support frame 20, the stop surface 341 and the abutting surface 2321 abut against each other.

Preferably, the first guiding surface 2322 and the second guiding surface 342 are disposed as inclined surfaces and have similar inclination angles. The retaining block 232 and the limiting block 34 are substantially triangular, and the joint between the first guiding surface 2322 and the abutting surface 2311 and the joint between the second guiding surface 342 and the stopping surface 341 are provided with arc-shaped chamfers. Wherein, the surface of the supporting portion 22 forms a receiving groove 221 for receiving the elastic clamping member 23 and the stopper 34.

The hook 35 includes a first holding arm 351 extending vertically and a second holding arm 352 extending horizontally back and forth from the end of the first holding arm 351. The length of the second holding arm 352 is smaller than the width of the limiting groove 24, and the thickness of one side of the limiting groove 24 corresponding to the extending direction of the second holding arm 352 is matched with the height of the first holding arm 351. The side of the limiting groove 24 departing from the extending direction of the second holding arm 352 may also be designed to be an opening; a supporting arm 353 for reinforcing the structural strength of the hook 35 may also be disposed beside the first holding arm 351.

Therefore, when the shelf 10 and the side molding 30 are assembled to the supporting frame 20, the stopper 34 is placed downward and enters the receiving groove 221, and then the hook 35 is placed vertically and enters the stopper groove 24; the shelf 10 and the side molding 30 are pushed along the extending direction of the second holding arm 352, so that the second holding arm 352 can be firmly matched with the supporting frame 20 to limit the side molding 30 from moving up and down, meanwhile, the second guide surface 342 of the limiting block 34 contacts with the first guide surface 2322 and presses against the holding block 232 to elastically deform the connecting arm 231 until the second guide surface 342 is separated from the first guide surface 2322, and the holding block 232 rebounds upwards to make the stop surface 341 and the holding surface 2321 abut against each other to limit the side molding 30 from sliding back and forth.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: by adopting the article placing component 100 of the invention, the shelf 10 is supported by the matching of the supporting frame 20 fixed on the inner container and the side edge decorative strip 30, thus reducing the forming and processing difficulty of the inner container 200; the side molding 30 and the supporting frame 20 are fixed to each other by the elastic clamping member 23 and the limiting block 34, and the hook 35 and the limiting groove 24, which are mutually matched. The article holding assembly 100 of the invention realizes the independent disassembly and assembly of the shelf 10, and effectively prevents the shelf 10 from moving back and forth and up and down in the transportation and moving processes to impact the liner, thereby causing the damage of the liner 200.

It should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment contains only a single technical solution, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should make the description as a whole, and the technical solutions in the embodiments can also be combined appropriately to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

The above-listed detailed description is only a specific description of a possible embodiment of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and equivalent embodiments or modifications made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a put thing subassembly for refrigerator, includes the shelf and controls the support frame of relatively fixed in on the inner bag of refrigerator, its characterized in that: the article placing assembly also comprises side decorative strips which are respectively arranged at two sides of the shelf and are bilaterally symmetrical, and the shelf is detachably arranged on the support frame through the side decorative strips; an elastic clamping piece and a limiting block which are matched with each other to limit the front and back sliding of the side decorative strip are formed between the supporting frame and the side decorative strip, and a clamping hook and a limiting groove which are matched with each other to limit the vertical movement of the side decorative strip are also formed between the supporting frame and the side decorative strip; the supporting frame comprises a fixing part attached to the inner container and a supporting part formed by transversely extending the fixing part, the supporting part is provided with the limiting groove and an accommodating groove used for accommodating the elastic clamping piece, the side decorative strip forms a pressing part pressed downwards on the supporting part, the width of the pressing part is smaller than that of the supporting part, and a limiting block matched with the elastic clamping piece and a clamping hook matched with the limiting groove are formed below the pressing part; the elastic clamping piece comprises a connecting arm extending forwards and backwards and a clamping block formed at the tail end of the connecting arm, and the clamping hook comprises a first fixing arm extending vertically, a second fixing arm extending horizontally from the tail end of the first fixing arm forwards and backwards and a supporting arm arranged beside the first fixing arm.

2. The shelving assembly of claim 1, wherein: the clamping block is provided with a butting surface and a first guide surface; the limiting block is provided with a second guide surface and a stop surface which are matched with the first guide surface, and when the shelf is installed on the support frame, the stop surface and the abutting surface are mutually abutted.

3. The shelving assembly of claim 2, wherein: the first guide surface and the second guide surface are both provided with inclined surfaces.

4. The shelving assembly of claim 1, wherein: the length of the second fixing arm is smaller than the width of the limiting groove, and the thickness of one side, corresponding to the extending direction of the second fixing arm, of the limiting groove is matched with the length of the first fixing arm.

5. The shelving assembly of claim 1, wherein: the side decorative strip is provided with an extension part formed by bending the pressing part downwards, the extension part is vertically arranged, and the lower edge of the extension part is flush with the lower edge of the supporting part.

6. The shelving assembly of claim 1, wherein: the clamping hooks are arranged in two and are respectively positioned at the front end and the rear end of the support frame or the side edge decorative strip, and the elastic clamping piece or the limiting block is positioned between the two clamping hooks.

7. The shelving assembly of claim 1, wherein: the shelf component also comprises a front decorative strip and a rear decorative strip which are respectively coated on the front edge and the rear edge of the shelf, and the two ends of the front decorative strip and the rear decorative strip are connected with the side decorative strips.