CN108088139B

CN108088139B - Laminated refrigerator

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Publication number: CN108088139B
Application number: CN201711078599.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周华华; 王庆福; 王洁; 李萍萍; 王卫庆; 杨瑞梓; 王洪明; 张洪磊
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-11-06
Filing date: 2017-11-06
Publication date: 2020-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2037-11-06
Also published as: CN108088139A

Abstract

The invention discloses a laminated refrigerator, wherein in the moving process of the laminated refrigerator, an upper layer box body can be detached from the top of a lower layer box body, and the refrigerator is detached into a plurality of parts, so that the weight and the volume of each moving can be reduced, and the moving difficulty is reduced; the refrigerator has the advantages that the refrigerator can realize the function of large-volume refrigeration after the boxes are stacked and assembled, the arrangement of the fan can accelerate the air flow exchange between two adjacent chambers, and the cold quantity in the lower-layer box accommodating chamber can be quickly and effectively transferred to the upper-layer box accommodating chamber.

Description

Laminated refrigerator

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a laminated refrigerator.

Background

Along with the improvement of the quality of life of people, more and more objects need to be refrigerated in daily life of people, and in view of the fact that the volume of the refrigerator is also larger and larger, the following problems are brought about: in the logistics transportation process, the larger the transportation space required by the large-volume refrigerator is, so that the transportation cost is greatly increased; in addition, the refrigerator with large volume is not easy to move in the transportation process of a single refrigerator.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve at least one technical problem in the prior art, and in order to achieve the aim of the invention, the invention provides a laminated refrigerator which is specifically designed as follows.

A laminated refrigerator comprises at least two separately arranged box bodies and a refrigerating assembly for refrigerating the refrigerator, the refrigerator is in an assembly state, when the refrigerator is in the assembly state, the at least two separately arranged box bodies are assembled in a laminated mode along the height direction, a first communicating port is arranged at the top of a lower layer box body in two vertically adjacent box bodies, a second communicating port is arranged at the bottom of an upper layer box body in the two vertically adjacent box bodies, the first communicating port is in butt joint with the second communicating port to communicate with accommodating chambers of the two adjacent box bodies, and a fan for exchanging air flow between the accommodating chambers of the two adjacent box bodies is arranged at the position of the first communicating port or the second communicating port; after the upper and lower adjacent box bodies are separated, the first communication port at the top of the lower box body is automatically closed; the bottom of the upper-layer box body is provided with a protruding part protruding downwards, and the second communication port penetrates through the bottom wall of the upper-layer box body and the protruding part from top to bottom; the first communication port runs through the top wall of the lower-layer box body and is configured to: the movable baffle plate is arranged inside the box body and used for automatically closing the first communicating port after the two adjacent box bodies are separated, and when the upper-layer box body and the lower-layer box body are assembled in a stacked mode, the protruding portion jacks the movable baffle plate so that the first communicating port is communicated with the second communicating port.

Furthermore, after the two adjacent boxes are separated, the upper box can be accommodated in the accommodating chamber of the lower box

Further, first opening sets up to rectangular shape opening, lower floor's box top still has the concave groove of a pair of relative setting, the concave groove symmetry of a pair of relative setting sets up in rectangular shape opening both sides on width direction and all communicates with rectangular shape opening, the extending direction of concave groove with rectangular shape open-ended length direction is unanimous, adjustable fender's both sides gliding respectively inlay locate two relatively in the concave groove, upper box with during lower floor's box layer closed assembly, the bellying is followed the length direction of first opening inserts in the first opening and the top is opened adjustable fender, the both sides of bellying are formed with the confession and inlay and locate the inside flange of concave groove.

Furthermore, the movable baffle comprises a plurality of sliding plates which can be slidably unfolded and folded, and the movable baffles have an unfolded state and a folded state; when the upper-layer box body and the lower-layer box body are assembled in a stacking mode, the sliding plates are folded to enable the first communicating port to be communicated with the second communicating port; when the upper-layer box body is separated from the lower-layer box body, the sliding plates are unfolded to close the first communication ports.

Further, the movable baffle is integrally formed, a baffle containing area is formed in the top wall of the lower layer of the box body, and the baffle containing area is arranged at one end, far away from the protruding portion, of the first communication port, where the protruding portion is inserted, so that the movable baffle after two adjacent box bodies are stacked and assembled can be contained.

Furthermore, an elastic reset piece is connected between the movable baffle plate and the top wall of the lower layer box body so that after two adjacent box bodies are separated, the movable baffle plate moves to the position of the first communication port from the baffle accommodating area.

Furthermore, the top of the lower-layer box body is provided with a pair of side walls which are oppositely arranged at intervals to form the first communication port, the movable baffle plate comprises a pair of split sub baffle plates, and the pair of sub baffle plates are respectively arranged on the pair of side walls of the first communication port; when the upper-layer box body is separated from the lower-layer box body, the two sub baffles are mutually abutted to close the first communicating port; when the upper layer box body is assembled with the lower layer box body, the convex part downwards supports against the sub-baffle plates so as to separate the two sub-baffle plates.

Further, the sub-baffle is fixedly arranged on a pair of side walls of the first communication port and made of soft elastic materials, or the sub-baffle is rotatably arranged on two opposite side walls of the first communication port through an elastic hinge.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: in the moving process of the laminated refrigerator, the upper layer box body can be detached from the top of the lower layer box body, and the refrigerator is detached into a plurality of parts, so that the weight and the volume of each moving can be reduced, and the moving difficulty is reduced; the refrigerator has the advantages that the refrigerator can realize the function of large-volume refrigeration after the boxes are stacked and assembled, the arrangement of the fan can accelerate the air flow exchange between two adjacent chambers, and the cold quantity in the lower-layer box accommodating chamber can be quickly and effectively transferred to the upper-layer box accommodating chamber.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the present invention in a stacked assembly;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the present invention in a separated, self-contained state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the first tank of FIG. 2 at a location A-A';

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of one embodiment taken at location B-B' of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment taken at location B-B' of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the bottom structure of an upper case;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken at the location C-C' of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a first mating of the first communication port with the second communication port;

FIG. 9 is a schematic top view of an upper housing;

FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken at D-D' of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the second engagement of the first communication port with the second communication port

Detailed Description

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, which are some of the preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a stacked assembly state and a separated state of the stacked refrigerator according to the present invention are shown, respectively. The stacked refrigerator of the present invention at least comprises two separately arranged refrigerator bodies and a refrigeration assembly 400 for refrigerating the refrigerator. In this embodiment, the refrigerator includes three cases, i.e., a first case 100, a second case 200, and a third case 300; the refrigeration assembly 400 is located at a side portion of the first box 100 at the bottom layer and includes a compressor, a condenser, a capillary tube, an evaporator, and other components which are sequentially communicated, and the refrigeration generated by the evaporator is transferred to an inside of an accommodating compartment (not shown in the figure) of the first box 11.

When the refrigerator of the present invention is in an assembled state, the first casing 100, the second casing 200, and the third casing 300 are stacked and assembled in a height direction. As shown in fig. 1, 3, 6, 7, and 8, the second casing 200 and the first casing 100 are two casings that are adjacent to each other vertically, wherein a first communication port 11 is provided at the top of the first casing 100 on the lower side, a second communication port 22 is provided at the bottom of the second casing 200 on the upper side, and after the first casing 100 and the second casing 200 are stacked and assembled (refer to the state diagram shown in fig. 1), the first communication port 11 and the second communication port 22 are in butt joint to communicate the accommodating compartments of the first casing 100 and the second casing 200. In this way, during the operation of the refrigerator, the cold air in the first box 100 can enter the second box 200 through the first communication port 11 and the second communication port 22 to refrigerate the interior of the second box 200; similarly, the second casing 200 and the third casing 300 may be matched in the above way with reference to the first casing 100 and the second casing 200.

In the operation process of the refrigerator, in order to enable the cold energy in the accommodating chamber of the lower box body to be quickly and effectively transferred to the accommodating chamber of the upper box body, a fan 500 for exchanging air flow between the two adjacent accommodating chambers of the box bodies is arranged at the position of the first communicating port 11 or the second communicating port 22. Specifically, in the embodiments shown in fig. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 11, the blower 500 is disposed inside the first communication port 11. In other embodiments of the present invention, the fan 500 may be disposed inside the second communication port 22 or at another position close to the first communication port 11 or the second communication port 22.

Particularly, in the implementation process, the number of the fans 500 can be adjusted more as required; in some preferred implementation processes, at least two fans 500 with opposite wind directions are included between two adjacent boxes, where the two fans 500 with opposite wind directions refer to: the blowing direction of one fan 500 is directed from the upper tank to the lower tank, and the blowing direction of the other fan 500 is directed from the lower tank to the upper tank.

The present invention relates to a detachable separation of a stacked refrigerator, and particularly, in this embodiment, three cases are detachable from each other, and after the three cases are separated, the first communication port 11 located at the top of the first case 100 and the second case 200 is automatically closed, which is designed in such a way that the following considerations are taken into account: in the operation process of the refrigerator, if the upper box body needs to be taken down, the first communication port 11 which is automatically closed can avoid the leakage of cold air in the lower box body, namely, after the upper box body is taken down, other box bodies below the upper box body can continue normal refrigeration.

In addition, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, after the two vertically adjacent boxes are separated, the upper box can be accommodated in the accommodating compartment of the lower box; specifically, the separated third casing 300 may be received inside the second casing 200, and the separated second casing 200 may be received inside the first casing 100. The design has the following advantages: in the process of moving or transporting the refrigerator, a plurality of boxes of the refrigerator can be accommodated together to reduce the appearance volume of the refrigerator, so that the transportation cost of the refrigerator can be reduced.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the number of the boxes may be designed according to requirements, for example: the refrigerator may include only two cases, or may include more than three cases.

The refrigerator of the invention relates to a more specific design structure, which is referred to as follows:

referring to fig. 6 and 7, a protruding portion 21 protruding downward is provided at the bottom of the second casing 200, and the second communication port 22 penetrates through the bottom wall of the second casing 200 and the protruding portion 21 from top to bottom. Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the first communication port 11 penetrates through a top wall of the first casing 100, and a movable baffle 13 is disposed inside the first communication port 11. After the second box 200 is separated from the upper part of the first box 100, the movable baffle 13 automatically closes the first communication port 11; when the second casing 200 is stacked on top of the first casing 100, the protrusion 21 pushes the movable baffle 13 open to allow the first communication port 11 to communicate with the second communication port 22, and as shown in fig. 8, after the first communication port 11 communicates with the second communication port 22, the cold air in the first casing 100 can be delivered to the second casing 200 after the refrigerator is operated.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first communication opening 11 is configured as a long strip-shaped opening, as shown in fig. 3, the top of the lower box further has a pair of oppositely disposed concave grooves 12, the pair of oppositely disposed concave grooves 12 are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the long strip-shaped opening in the width direction and are both communicated with the long strip-shaped opening, the extending direction of the concave grooves 12 is the same as the length direction of the long strip-shaped opening, both sides of the movable baffle 13 are respectively embedded into the two opposite concave grooves 12 in a sliding manner, when two adjacent boxes (the first box 100 and the second box 200, or the second box 200 and the third box) are stacked, the protruding portion 21 is inserted into the first communication opening 11 along the length direction of the first communication opening 11 and pushes the movable baffle 13 open. In the present embodiment, the first communication port 11 of the elongated opening shape constitutes a slide guide groove into which the boss portion 21 is inserted.

In the present embodiment, flanges 210 to be fitted inside the concave groove 12 are formed on both sides of the convex portion 21. When the protrusion 21 is inserted into the first communication port 11 along the length direction of the first communication port 11, the flange 210 is simultaneously fitted into the concave groove 12 to fix the upper and lower cases together.

As a specific embodiment of this embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the movable baffle 3 includes a plurality of sliding plates capable of sliding and folding, and for convenience of display, only three sliding plates (the specific number of which can be adjusted) are schematically displayed, that is, a first sliding plate 131, a second sliding plate 132, and a third sliding plate 133, and the first sliding plate 131, the second sliding plate 132, and the third sliding plate 133 are sequentially unfolded to form a closed state for the first communication opening 11. When the upper and lower cases are stacked, the protrusion 21 of the upper case pushes the sliding plate to fold and stack the three

sliding plates

131, 132, 133 in sequence, and after the

sliding plates

131, 132, 133 are folded, the first communication opening 11 and the second communication opening 22 are communicated with each other. In the implementation process, an elastic restoring member (not shown) is sequentially connected between the first sliding plate 131, the second sliding plate 132 and the third sliding plate 133, and once the two stacked and assembled box bodies are separated, the folded sliding blocks automatically unfold under the elastic force of the elastic member.

In another specific implementation of this embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the movable baffle 13 is integrally formed, a baffle receiving area 14 is formed on a top wall (not numbered) of the lower box, and the baffle receiving area 14 is disposed at an end of the first communication port 11 far from the protruding portion 21 for receiving the movable baffle 13 after two adjacent boxes are stacked and assembled. Specifically, when two vertically adjacent cases are stacked and assembled, the boss portion 21 of the upper case slides in the longitudinal direction of the first communication hole 11 to push the flapper into the flapper receiving section 14. In order to facilitate that the movable baffle 13 can automatically rebound to the position of the first communicating opening from the baffle containing area after the two stacked assembled box bodies are separated, an elastic resetting piece is connected between the movable baffle 13 and the top wall of the lower box body, and referring to fig. 5, in this embodiment, the elastic resetting piece is a spring 140 which is arranged inside the baffle containing area 14 and abuts against the side walls of the movable baffle 13 and the baffle containing chamber 14.

As another embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the top of the lower tank body has a pair of side walls oppositely spaced to form the first communication opening 11, the movable baffle 13 includes a pair of

split sub-baffles

134 and 135, and the pair of

sub-baffles

134 and 135 are respectively disposed on the two opposite side walls of the first communication opening 11; when the upper and lower cases are separated, the two

sub-barriers

134 and 135 are abutted against each other to close the first communication port 11. Referring to fig. 11, when the upper and lower cases are assembled, the protrusion 21 presses the

sub shutters

134 and 135 downward to separate the

sub shutters

134 and 135, so that the first communication port 11 is communicated with the second communication port 22. In the present embodiment, the shape of the first communication port 11 is not limited to being provided in a long strip shape.

In a specific implementation of the embodiment, the

sub-baffles

134 and 135 are fixedly disposed on a pair of side walls of the first communicating opening 11 and made of a soft elastic material, and when two adjacent tank bodies are stacked, the soft elastic material is deformed to a certain extent by the pressing action of the protruding portion 21, so that the first communicating opening 11 is communicated with the second communicating opening 22.

In another embodiment of this embodiment, the

sub-barriers

134 and 135 are rotatably disposed on a pair of sidewalls of the first communication hole 11 by an elastic hinge. When the box bodies are not overlapped, the

sub-baffles

134 and 135 automatically expand under the action of the elastic force of the elastic hinges and close the first communication port 11; when the tanks are stacked and assembled, the

sub-baffles

134 and 135 rotate by a certain angle under the pressing action of the protruding portion 21 and realize the conduction between the first communication port 11 and the second communication port 22.

In this embodiment, a fixing member (not shown) for fixing the upper box and the lower box is further disposed between two adjacent boxes. The fixing piece is used for locking the upper-layer box body and the lower-layer box body so as to prevent the two box bodies from being assembled unstably.

It is understood that, during the operation of the refrigerator, the air tightness of the inside of the refrigerator must be ensured, so in the implementation of the above embodiment, a sealing member (not shown) is further provided between the first communication port 11 and the second communication port 22 to ensure better air tightness at the connection position of the refrigerator body. Further, the upper case and the lower case referred to in the present invention are concepts proposed with respect to the orientation structure shown in fig. 1, for example: the second box 200 and the first box 100 are an upper-layer box and a lower-layer box which are adjacent up and down; the third casing 300 and the second casing 200 are an upper casing and a lower casing which are adjacent to each other.

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 laminated refrigerator is characterized by comprising at least two separately arranged refrigerator bodies and a refrigerating assembly for refrigerating the refrigerator, the refrigerator is in an assembly state, when the refrigerator is in the assembly state, the at least two separately arranged refrigerator bodies are assembled in a laminated mode along the height direction, a first communicating port is formed in the top of the lower layer of the two adjacent refrigerator bodies, a second communicating port is formed in the bottom of the upper layer of the two adjacent refrigerator bodies, the first communicating port is in butt joint with the second communicating port to communicate with accommodating chambers of the two adjacent refrigerator bodies, and a fan for exchanging air flow between the accommodating chambers of the two adjacent refrigerator bodies is arranged at the position of the first communicating port or the second communicating port; after the upper and lower adjacent box bodies are separated, the first communication port at the top of the lower box body is automatically closed; the bottom of the upper-layer box body is provided with a protruding part protruding downwards, and the second communication port penetrates through the bottom wall of the upper-layer box body and the protruding part from top to bottom; the first communication port runs through the top wall of the lower-layer box body and is configured to: the movable baffle plate is arranged inside the box body and used for automatically closing the first communicating port after the two adjacent box bodies are separated, and when the upper-layer box body and the lower-layer box body are assembled in a stacked mode, the protruding portion jacks the movable baffle plate so that the first communicating port is communicated with the second communicating port.

2. The stacked refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper casing is received in the receiving compartment of the lower casing after the upper and lower adjacent casings are separated.

3. The stacked refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the first communication opening is configured as an elongated opening, the top of the lower box further has a pair of oppositely disposed concave grooves, the pair of oppositely disposed concave grooves are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the elongated opening in the width direction and are both communicated with the elongated opening, the extending direction of the concave groove is consistent with the length direction of the elongated opening, two sides of the movable baffle are respectively slidably embedded in the two opposite concave grooves, when the upper box and the lower box are stacked, the protruding portion is inserted into the first communication opening along the length direction of the first communication opening and pushes the movable baffle open, and flanges for embedding in the concave groove are formed on two sides of the protruding portion.

4. The stacked refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the movable baffle comprises a plurality of sliding plates which can be slidably folded and unfolded, and the plurality of movable baffles have an unfolded state and a folded state; when the upper-layer box body and the lower-layer box body are assembled in a stacking mode, the sliding plates are folded to enable the first communicating port to be communicated with the second communicating port; when the upper-layer box body is separated from the lower-layer box body, the sliding plates are unfolded to close the first communication ports.

5. The stacked refrigerator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the movable baffle is integrally formed, and a baffle receiving area is formed on a top wall of the lower box body, and is disposed at an end of the first communication hole, which is far from the protruding portion, for receiving the movable baffle after two adjacent box bodies are stacked and assembled.

6. The stacked refrigerator as claimed in claim 5, wherein an elastic restoring member is connected between the movable baffle and the top wall of the lower box body, so that the movable baffle can move from the baffle receiving area to the position of the first communication opening after the two adjacent box bodies are separated.

7. The stacked refrigerator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower cabinet has a pair of sidewalls at a top thereof oppositely spaced to form the first communication port, and the movable barrier includes a pair of split sub-barriers respectively disposed on the pair of sidewalls of the first communication port; when the upper-layer box body is separated from the lower-layer box body, the two sub baffles are mutually abutted to close the first communicating port; when the upper layer box body is assembled with the lower layer box body, the convex part downwards supports against the sub-baffle plates so as to separate the two sub-baffle plates.

8. The stacked refrigerator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sub barrier is fixedly installed at a pair of sidewalls of the first communication hole and is made of a soft elastic material, or the sub barrier is rotatably installed at opposite sidewalls of the first communication hole by an elastic hinge.