CN107192211B

CN107192211B - Folding layer frame and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN107192211B
Application number: CN201710551117.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈光勤; 鲍雨锋; 赵泽方
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-07-07
Filing date: 2017-07-07
Publication date: 2020-06-23
Anticipated expiration: 2037-07-07
Also published as: CN107192211A

Abstract

The invention discloses a folding shelf, which comprises two oppositely arranged support ribs, pillars respectively positioned at two ends of the support ribs, fixed support bars positioned between the two pillars at the same side of the support ribs, and a plurality of movable support bars slidably supported between the two support ribs, wherein the fixed support bars are supported on the pillars, the adjacent movable support bars are connected with the fixed support bars and the adjacent two movable support bars through deformable connecting pieces, the connecting pieces are extended to form the shelf for containing articles, and the area of the shelf for containing the articles can be reduced by the contraction of any connecting piece. The invention also discloses a refrigerator with the folding layer frame.

Description

Folding layer frame and refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of storage racks, in particular to a folding layer rack.

Background

Refrigerator layer frame is the indispensable storing device of accomodating of refrigerator product, and current layer frame is fixed layer frame usually, and it passes through brace rod fixed stay on the inner bag, because layer frame rigidity, the distance relatively fixed between the layer frame, when the user need store higher article, can only remove one deck layer frame usually, and it is inconvenient inadequately to use. In order to solve the above problems, a foldable shelf is provided in the existing refrigerator, as shown in fig. 1, but the shelf can be folded only in a fixed manner, when the lateral size of the article to be loaded is too large and is not matched with the size of the foldable shelf, the article cannot be loaded, and the lateral size of the article to be loaded is small, the foldable shelf wastes more space, and cannot meet the diversified demands of users.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem that the existing folding layer frame is single in folding mode and cannot meet the diversified requirements of users.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a folding layer frame comprises two oppositely arranged support ribs, pillars respectively positioned at two ends of the support ribs and a fixed support bar positioned between the two pillars at the same side of the support ribs, wherein the pillars are used for supporting the support ribs; and the plurality of movable support bars can be slidably supported between the two support ribs, the adjacent movable support bars are connected with the fixed support bars and the adjacent movable support bars through deformable connecting pieces, the connecting pieces are extended to form a shelf for containing articles, and any one of the connecting pieces can be contracted to reduce the area of the contained articles of the shelf.

The invention also discloses a refrigerator which comprises a fixed layer frame and/or a drawer arranged in the storage compartment, and the refrigerator also comprises the folding layer frame, wherein the folding layer frame is fixed on the liner of the storage compartment through the supporting ribs, or the folding layer frame is supported on the fixed layer frame and/or the drawer through the supporting columns.

According to the folding shelf provided by the embodiment of the invention, as the adjacent movable supporting bars and the fixed supporting bars and the adjacent two movable supporting bars are connected through the deformable connecting pieces, the connecting pieces are extended to form the shelf for accommodating articles, and any connecting piece is contracted to reduce the area of the shelf for accommodating articles. Therefore, the storage area can be reduced or increased by contracting or expanding the connecting piece between any two movable supporting bars. That is to say, the user can adjust the folding layer frame size according to the actual storage volume of article, folds up the support piece that does not use, releases the space and is used for placing other article to the space utilization in the refrigerator has been improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a prior art folding layer shelf;

FIG. 2A is a schematic view of an extended state of a foldable shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2B is a schematic view of a collapsed shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the embodiment of the invention in which the support ribs of the folding layer frame are fixed in the refrigerator liner and the fruit and vegetable box;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a fixing support bar, a support rib and a support pillar in a folding layer rack according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the strut, first assembly and second assembly of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is another angle view of the strut of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the support bars of FIG. 4 engaged with the support posts;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the support rib of FIG. 4 engaged with a support post;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of two legs of a folding layer shelf connected by a first assembly member and a second assembly member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the front and rear assembly of a folding layer shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a left and right assembly of a folding layer shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a front, rear, left and right assembly view of a folding shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic view of the folding layer rack assembled up and down according to the embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only partial embodiments of the present invention, and not full 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.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

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 otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Fig. 2A and 2B show an embodiment of a folding layer rack according to the present invention, which includes two opposite support bars 41, support posts 42 respectively located at two ends of the support bars 41, the support posts 42 being used for supporting the support bars 41, a fixed support strip 100 located between the two support posts 42 on the same side of the support bars 41, and a plurality of movable support strips 200 slidably supported between the two support bars 41, the fixed support strips 100 being supported on the support posts 42, the adjacent movable support strips 200 being connected to the fixed support strips 100 and the adjacent two movable support strips 200 by deformable connecting members, as shown in fig. 2A, the connecting members are extended to form a layer rack for accommodating articles, and any one of the connecting members is contracted to reduce the area of the articles accommodated in the layer rack, the state in which all the links are contracted is shown in fig. 2B.

Because the adjacent movable supporting bars 200 and the fixed supporting bars 100 and the adjacent two movable supporting bars 200 are connected through the deformable connecting pieces, the connecting pieces are extended to form a shelf for accommodating articles, and the area of the shelf for accommodating articles can be reduced by contraction of any connecting piece. Therefore, the storage area can be reduced or increased by contracting or expanding the connecting piece between any two movable supporting bars 200. That is to say, the user can adjust the folding layer frame size according to the actual storage volume of article, folds up the support piece that does not use, releases the space and is used for placing other article to the space utilization in the refrigerator has been improved.

Specifically, the fixed support bar 100 and the movable support bar 200 each include a middle region 11 for accommodating articles and an end region 12 supported on the support rib 41, and the end region 12 is connected to the adjacent fixed support bar 100/movable support bar 200 through the connecting member. That is, the two end regions 12 on the left side of two adjacent movable supporting bars in fig. 2A are connected by the connecting members, and the two end regions 12 on the right side are also connected by the connecting members, so that the relative positions of the two supporting bars are more stable than the connecting members are connected to the middle region 11 of the supporting bars.

The connecting piece comprises annular pieces 3 sleeved on the end area 12 and a flexible belt 2 connecting two adjacent annular pieces 3. Compared with other connection modes, the present embodiment is only required to be sleeved on the end regions of the fixed support bar 100 and the movable support bar 200 directly through the ring-shaped member 3, so that the connection between the connecting member and the end region 12 of the support bar is more convenient. The flexible belt 2 can be straightened when being stretched, and the flexible belt 2 can be bent from straight when being contracted, so that the two movable supporting bars 200 are jointed, and the occupied space is reduced. The preferred flexible band 2 of this embodiment and cyclic annular piece 3 are formed by the integrative injection moulding of polyvinyl chloride material, and polyvinyl chloride material has flexibility and elasticity simultaneously, and the folding up of the movable support bar of being convenient for on the one hand, on the other hand can stretch the width that enlarges the clearance between the movable support bar. Preferably, the end region 12 of the movable supporting bar 200 corresponding to the supporting rib 41 is cylindrical, which can improve the sliding flexibility of the movable supporting bar 200; the activity support bar 200 corresponds the tip region 12 of cyclic annular piece 3 is prismatic, correspondingly, and cyclic annular piece 3 is square frame structure, and on corresponding tip region 12 was located to the cooperation cover, square structure and the cooperation of tip region 12 can carry on spacingly to the support bar, prevent that the support bar from taking place to rotate to the stability of supporting the egg has been improved.

Activity support bar 200 the middle part region 11 is the wave, and crooked on the horizontal direction, adjacent two concave cambered surface on the activity support bar 200 is relative, fixed support bar 100 on the middle part region 11 with activity support bar 200 the position that the concave cambered surface is relative is equipped with concave cambered surface equally, two relatively concave cambered surface is used for supporting the surface jointly and is curved article, for example eggs or beverage bottle.

Referring to fig. 7, a through hole E is formed in the supporting rib 41 corresponding to the supporting post 42, the supporting post 42 is disposed in the through hole E in a matching manner, referring to fig. 6, a through hole F is formed in the fixing support bar 100, the fixing support bar 100 is disposed on the corresponding supporting post 42 through the through hole F in a matching manner, the supporting post 42 is disposed in the through holes of the supporting rib 41 and the fixing support bar 100 in a matching manner, so that the supporting post 42 is more convenient to assemble with the supporting rib 41 and the fixing support bar 100, the supporting post 42 and the corresponding through hole E or the through hole F are all positioned by the positioning structure 7, so that the supporting post 42 is fixed with the supporting rib 41 and the fixing support bar 100 at the corresponding position.

Specifically, referring to fig. 4 to 7, the positioning structure 7 includes a supporting step 71, and a positioning rib 72 and a rib groove 73 that are matched with each other, the supporting step 71 is disposed on a side surface of the pillar 42 and supported at a lower end of the corresponding through hole E or the corresponding through hole F for blocking the supporting rib 41 or the fixing support bar 100 from moving downward relative to the pillar 42, the positioning ribs 72 are disposed on inner surfaces of the through holes E and the through holes F and are uniformly distributed in four directions along a circumferential direction of the through hole E or the through hole F, the rib groove 73 is disposed on a side surface of the pillar 42, and the positioning rib 72 and the rib groove 73 are matched with each other for preventing the supporting rib 41 or the sinking step from rotating relative. Referring to fig. 6 and 7, a column tube 8 which is coaxial with the through hole E and has the same inner diameter size is further arranged at the through hole E, a column tube 9 which is coaxial with the through hole F and has the same inner diameter size is further arranged at the through hole F, the column tube 8 is used for being sleeved on the pillar 42 together with the through hole E, the column tube 9 is used for being sleeved on the pillar 42 together with the through hole F, positioning ribs 72 which can be matched with rib grooves 73 on the pillar 42 are arranged in the column tube 8 and the column tube 9, and the fixing support bar 100 and the support rib 41 can be better prevented from rotating relative to the pillar 42 through the combined action of the positioning ribs 72 in the column tube 8 and the through hole E and the combined action of the positioning ribs 72 in the column tube 9 and the.

In order to combine a plurality of folding shelves for use according to actual needs, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, in this embodiment, a first assembly member 43 and a second assembly member 44 are sleeved on a pillar 42, the first assembly member 43 is provided with a clamping hole 431, the second assembly member 44 is provided with a buckle 441, the buckle 441 can be matched and clamped with the clamping hole 431 to realize the connection of the two folding shelves X in the horizontal direction, at this time, the side of the pillar 42 is also provided with a supporting step 421 for supporting the first assembly 43, thus, a plurality of folding shelves X can be combined at the same height, and specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the second assembly member 44 on the pillar 42 is lifted upward first, then, the first assembly part 43 and the second assembly part 44 are rotated to a required position according to actual needs, and finally, the buckle 441 on the second assembly part 44 is aligned with the buckle hole 431 on the first assembly part 43 of the other strut 42 and is buckled downwards;

in addition, as shown in fig. 5, the bottom ends of the pillars 42 are provided with insertion holes 422 which can be inserted into the top ends of the pillars 42 in a matching manner, and the top ends of the pillars 42 of the lower layer can be inserted into the insertion holes 422 of the pillars 42 of the upper layer, so as to realize the connection of the two folding shelves X in the vertical direction, thereby combining and using a plurality of folding shelves X at different heights, specifically, the insertion holes 422 at the bottom ends of the four pillars 42 of the upper folding shelf X are aligned to the top ends of the four pillars 42 of the lower folding shelf X in a one-to-one correspondence manner. The assembled plurality of folded shelves X are shown in fig. 9 to 12. The support 4 in this embodiment can be dismantled to can reduce occupation space when the transportation or when not using, and can directly use on products such as refrigerator, need not to carry out the retooling to products such as refrigerator.

When the side of the pillar 42 is provided with the rib groove 73, the positioning ribs 72 are also arranged in the insertion holes 422, the positioning ribs 72 are preferably four and are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the pillar 42, and when the insertion hole 422 at the bottom end of the upper folding layer rack X pillar 42 is inserted into the top end of the lower folding layer rack X pillar 42, the positioning ribs 72 in the insertion holes 422 are inserted into the rib grooves 73 at the side of the pillar 42 in a matching manner, so that the two pillars 42 which are sleeved and inserted up and down are prevented from rotating relatively.

Referring to fig. 7, the side of each support rib 41 far away from another support rib 41 is provided with a limiting rib 45, the top surface of each limiting rib 45 is higher than the top surface of each support rib 41, and the bottom surface of each limiting rib 45 is lower than the bottom surface of each support rib 41, therefore, the part of each limiting rib 45 higher than the top surface of each support rib 41 can block the movable support bar 200 from shaking along the first direction a, and the part lower than the bottom surface of each support rib 41 can reinforce the structure of each support rib 41, so that the structure of the folding shelf X is more stable.

The invention also discloses a refrigerator, which comprises a fixed layer frame and/or a drawer arranged in the storage room and the folding layer frame, wherein the folding layer frame is fixed on the inner container of the storage room through the supporting ribs 41, or the folding layer frame is supported on the fixed layer frame and/or the drawer through the supporting columns 42, referring to fig. 13. The folding layer frame is fixed in the refrigerator container 5 and the fruit and vegetable box 6 of the refrigerator, when the supporting ribs 41 are fixed in the refrigerator container 5 of the refrigerator, the supporting ribs 41 can be used as the supporting ribs of the glass layer frame in the refrigerator container 5, so that the cost is saved, and at the moment, the folding layer frame can also be used as a grid layer frame for placing some non-egg articles; when the fruit and vegetable box is fixed in the fruit and vegetable box 6 of the refrigerator through the support column 42, because the periphery of the fruit and vegetable box 6 is provided with the side wall and the upper part is provided with the cover plate, the eggs can be protected in all directions of the space.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a refrigerator, is including setting up indoor fixed layer frame and/or the drawer in storing room, its characterized in that still includes folding layer frame, folding layer frame includes:

the supporting device comprises two oppositely arranged supporting ribs and supporting columns respectively positioned at two ends of the supporting ribs, wherein the supporting columns are used for supporting the supporting ribs; the folding layer frame is supported on the fixed layer frame and/or in the drawer through the support columns;

the support device also comprises a fixed support bar positioned between the two struts on the same side of the support rib and a plurality of movable support bars which can be slidably supported between the two support ribs;

the fixed support bar is supported on the pillar, the adjacent movable support bar with between the tip of fixed support bar and adjacent two connect through deformable connecting piece between the tip of movable support bar, the connecting piece extends and forms the layer frame that is used for the holding article, arbitrary connecting piece shrink can make the area of the holding article of layer frame reduces.

2. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixed support bars and the movable support bars each include a middle region for receiving articles and end regions supported on the support bars, the end regions being connected to the adjacent fixed support bars/movable support bars through the connectors.

3. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting member includes a ring member sleeved on the end region and a flexible band connecting two adjacent ring members.

4. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the end regions of the movable support bars corresponding to the support ribs are cylindrical, and the end regions of the movable support bars corresponding to the ring members are prismatic.

5. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the middle regions of the movable supporting bars are waved and are bent in a horizontal direction, the concave arc surfaces of two adjacent movable supporting bars are opposite, the concave arc surfaces are also provided at positions of the middle regions of the fixed supporting bars opposite to the concave arc surfaces of the movable supporting bars, and the two opposite concave arc surfaces are used for supporting objects with arc-shaped outer surfaces together.

6. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support rib has a through hole corresponding to the position of the support pillar, the support pillar is disposed through the through hole in a matching manner, the fixing support bar has a through hole, the fixing support bar is disposed on the corresponding support pillar through the through hole, and the support pillar and the corresponding through hole are both positioned by a positioning structure.

7. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 6, wherein the positioning structure includes a supporting step and a positioning rib and a rib groove engaged with each other, the supporting step is provided on a side surface of the pillar and supported at a lower end of the through hole, the positioning rib is provided on an inner surface of the through hole, and the rib groove is provided on the side surface of the pillar.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 7, wherein the pillar is sleeved with a first assembly member and a second assembly member, the first assembly member is provided with a clamping hole, the second assembly member is provided with a buckle, and the buckle can be matched with the clamping hole to be clamped to realize the connection of the two folding shelves in the horizontal direction.

9. The refrigerator as claimed in claim 8, wherein the bottom end of the pillar is provided with a jack which can be inserted into the top end of the pillar, and the top end of the pillar in the lower layer can be inserted into the jack of the pillar in the upper layer, so as to connect the two folding shelves in the vertical direction.