CN108397970B

CN108397970B - Shelf fixing mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN108397970B
Application number: CN201810012346.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴占宙; 葛芮; 石磊; 高璇; 丁瑶瑶
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-01-05
Filing date: 2018-01-05
Publication date: 2020-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 2038-01-05
Also published as: CN108397970A

Abstract

The invention provides a shelf fixing mechanism which is used for fixedly installing a shelf into an inner container of a refrigerator, wherein the inner container is provided with a storage space with an opening in the front; the shelf fixing mechanism comprises a support component positioned in the liner, a cross beam fixed on the front side of the liner and an elastic buckle arranged on the front side of the shelf; the elastic buckle comprises a fixing part and an elastic part extending forwards from the fixing part, and the elastic part and the cross beam are mutually clamped and fixed to enable the shelf and the cross beam to be arranged in a gap. By adopting the shelf fixing mechanism, the shelf can be stably arranged in the refrigerator liner, and the shelf is prevented from moving in the moving and transporting process of the refrigerator, so that the shelf or the liner is prevented from being damaged by impact; and the installation is convenient and the realization is easy.

Description

Shelf fixing mechanism

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a shelf fixing mechanism.

Background

Shelves are generally provided in the compartments of the existing refrigerators to fully utilize the compartment space. The shelves are movably arranged so that users can adjust the shelves independently, but the movably arranged shelves are fixedly adhered to the inner container through adhesive tapes when leaving the factory, and damage caused by the fact that the shelves movably impact the inner container in the transportation and moving processes of the refrigerator is avoided. In the industry, a technical scheme of fixing the shelf by filling a foam block and a paperboard with a top support is disclosed, so that the reliability and the aesthetic degree are poor, and the customer experience is poor; in addition, if CN106766641A discloses a scheme that a slot and a locking block are arranged on a shelf and the shelf is fixed by matching with a positioning liner rib additionally arranged on the liner, the structure is complex, and the locking part has a risk of loosening.

In view of this, it is desirable to provide a new shelf securing mechanism.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a shelf fixing mechanism, which can be used for better fixing a shelf and a support frame and effectively preventing the shelf from moving and impacting an inner container in the transportation and moving processes.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a shelf fixing mechanism for fixing a shelf in an inner container of a refrigerator, the inner container forming a storage space with an opening in front; the shelf fixing mechanism comprises a support component positioned in the liner, a cross beam fixed on the front side of the liner and an elastic buckle arranged on the front side of the shelf; the elastic buckle comprises a fixing part and an elastic part extending forwards from the fixing part, and the elastic part and the cross beam are mutually clamped and fixed to enable the shelf and the cross beam to be arranged in a gap.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the cross member includes a main body portion, and a catch portion projecting rearward from the main body portion to cooperate with the elastic portion.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the holding portion includes a horizontally disposed clamping plate having a supporting surface connected to the elastic portion, and the holding portion further includes a reinforcing rib disposed between the main body portion and the clamping plate and located on a side of the clamping plate away from the supporting surface.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the elastic portion includes a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm, the first elastic arm is U-shaped, and a rear end of the first elastic arm is connected to the fixing portion; the second elastic arm extends forwards and upwards in an inclined mode from the front end of the first elastic arm, and the tail end of the second elastic arm is turned backwards to form an abutting plate matched with the clamping part.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the fixing portion includes a first fixing arm and a second fixing arm which are oppositely disposed up and down, and at least one of the first fixing arm and the second fixing arm is further provided with a convex rib abutting against the shelf.

As a further improvement of the invention, the elastic buckles are arranged at least two and are distributed at intervals along the cross beam.

As a further improvement of the invention, the inner container is provided with two side walls which are oppositely arranged at the left and the right and a rear wall which is connected with the two side walls, and the supporting component comprises a convex rib which is formed by protruding from the side walls to the inside of the storage space.

As a further improvement of the invention, the support assembly further comprises decorative strips arranged on two sides of the shelf, and the decorative strips are provided with clamping parts matched with the side edges of the shelf and supporting parts which are downwards abutted to the upper parts of the convex ribs.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the support assembly includes an air duct cover disposed proximate to the rear wall, and the air duct cover includes a cover main body and a limiting portion protruding forward from the cover main body to cooperate with the shelf.

As a further improvement of the invention, the limiting part is provided with a stop sheet extending in an arc shape, and the stop sheet is provided with a limiting step matched with the rear edge of the shelf.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: by adopting the shelf fixing mechanism, the support and the limit of the shelf are realized through the support component, and the shelf is fixedly installed through the mutual matching of the elastic buckle arranged at the front side of the shelf and the cross beam; the structure is more firm reliable, simple to operate effectively avoids the shelf to take place the drunkenness at transportation and removal in-process, striking inner bag.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an assembled structure of the shelf fixing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a partially assembled construction of the shelf securing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, schematic view of the area A of the shelf-securing mechanism of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a portion of the shelf securing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the construction of the resilient latch of the shelf securing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the resilient clip of the shelf-securing mechanism of the present invention engaging a cross member;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the duct deck of the shelf fixing mechanism of the present invention.

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, the shelf fixing mechanism of the present invention is used to fix a shelf 10 in an inner container 20 of a refrigerator, so as to prevent the shelf 10 and the inner container 20 from being damaged by mutual impact during the moving and transportation of the refrigerator. The inner container 20 is formed with a storage space with a front opening, and a cross beam 30 is fixedly arranged at the front opening of the inner container 20 along the transverse direction.

The shelf 10 is correspondingly arranged behind the cross beam 30, the shelf 10 does not exceed the cross beam 30 along the height direction, and the shelf 10 and the cross beam 30 are arranged in a gap. Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the shelf fixing mechanism includes a cross member 30, a support assembly disposed in the storage space, and an elastic buckle 11 disposed at a front side of the shelf 10. The number of the elastic buckles 11 is at least two and the elastic buckles are distributed along the cross beam 30 at intervals; the elastic buckle 11 includes a fixing portion 111 and an elastic portion 112 extending forward from the fixing portion 111, and the elastic portion 112 can be mutually clamped and fixed with the cross beam 30.

Here, the shelf 10 is provided in a rectangular shape; the inner container 20 has two opposite side walls 21 and a rear wall 22 connecting the two side walls 21, and the support assembly includes a rib 23 protruding from the side wall 21 toward the inside of the storage space and supporting the shelf 10. The ribs 23 formed on both side walls 21 are formed in a uniform height structure so that the shelf 10 resting on the ribs 23 is maintained in a horizontal state. The support assembly further comprises decoration strips 12 arranged on two sides of the shelf 10, and the decoration strips 12 are formed with clamping portions 121 matched with the side edges of the shelf 10 and supporting portions 122 downwards abutted to the upper portions of the convex ribs 23.

The clamping portion 121 has clamping arms 1211 disposed opposite to each other, and a rib 1212 protruding from at least one of the clamping arms 1211 toward the other clamping arm 1211, wherein the rib 1212 extends forward and backward so that the molding 12 is stably clamped and assembled to the side of the shelf 10. The supporting portion 122 includes a first supporting plate 1221 formed by extending upward from the outer side of the engaging portion 121 and a second supporting plate 1222 formed by folding outward from the upper edge of the first supporting plate 1221, the first supporting plate 1221 and the rib 23 are matched with each other toward one side of the shelf 10 to prevent the shelf 10 from shaking left and right, and the second supporting plate 1222 is supported downward above the rib 23.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the fixing portion 111 includes a first fixing arm 1111 and a second fixing arm 1112 that are disposed opposite to each other, and at least one of the first fixing arm 1111 and the second fixing arm 1112 is further provided with a rib 1113 abutting against the shelf 10, so that the fixing portion 111 can be stably fixed to the shelf 10. The elastic portion 112 includes a first elastic arm 1121 and a second elastic arm 1122, the first elastic arm 1121 is substantially U-shaped, and a rear end thereof is connected to the fixing portion 111; the second elastic arm 1122 extends obliquely forward and upward from the front end of the first elastic arm 1121, and the end of the second elastic arm 1122 is further folded backward to form an abutment plate 1123.

The cross member 30 includes a main body 31, and a catch 32 projecting rearward from the main body 31 to cooperate with the resilient portion 112. The holding portion 32 includes a horizontally disposed locking plate 321, and the locking plate 321 has an abutting surface 3211 connected to the elastic portion 112. Specifically, the abutting plate 1123 abuts against the abutting surface 3211 to prevent the shelf 10 from moving upward. The retaining portion 32 further includes a reinforcing rib 322 disposed between the rear surface of the main body portion 31 and the locking plate 321 and located on a side of the locking plate 321 away from the abutting surface 3211.

The support assembly includes an air duct cover 40 disposed proximate the rear wall 22. Referring to fig. 7, the duct cover 40 includes a cover main body 41 and a limiting portion 42 protruding forward from the cover main body 41 to match with the shelf 10. The limiting portion 42 is provided as a stop piece extending in an arc shape, the stop piece includes a first stop portion 421 connected to the cover plate body 41, and a second stop portion 422 extending forward from a partial area of the first stop portion 421, and a limiting step matched with the rear edge of the shelf 10 is formed on the first stop portion 421 and the second stop portion 422, so that the rear edge of the shelf 10 abuts against the limiting step to be positioned.

In summary, with the shelf fixing mechanism of the present invention, the support and the limit of the shelf 10 are realized by the support assembly, and the shelf 10 is fixed and installed by the elastic buckle 11 arranged at the front side of the shelf 10 and the cross beam 30 cooperating with each other; the structure is more firm and reliable, simple to operate, effectively avoids shelf 10 to take place the drunkenness in transportation and removal process, striking inner bag.

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 shelf fixed establishment for in with the inner bag of shelf fixed mounting to refrigerator, the inner bag is formed with the open-ended storing space in the place ahead, its characterized in that: the shelf fixing mechanism comprises a support component positioned in the liner, a cross beam fixed on the front side of the liner and an elastic buckle arranged on the front side of the shelf; the elastic buckle comprises a fixing part and an elastic part extending forwards from the fixing part, the elastic part and the cross beam are clamped and fixed with each other and enable the shelf and the cross beam to be arranged in a gap mode, the cross beam comprises a main body part and a clamping part protruding backwards from the main body part and matched with the elastic part, the clamping part comprises a clamping plate arranged horizontally, the clamping plate is provided with a supporting surface connected with the elastic part, the clamping part further comprises a reinforcing rib arranged between the main body part and the clamping plate and located on one side, away from the supporting surface, of the clamping plate, the elastic part comprises a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm, the first elastic arm is U-shaped, and the rear end of the first elastic arm is connected with the fixing part; the second elastic arm extends forwards and upwards in an inclined way from the front end of the first elastic arm, and the tail end of the second elastic arm is also turned backwards to form a butt plate matched with the clamping part; the inner bag has relative both sides wall that sets up about and connects two the back wall of lateral wall, supporting component is including pressing close to the wind channel apron that the back wall set up, the wind channel apron including the apron main part and certainly the apron main part is protruding forward in order with shelf matched with spacing portion, spacing portion sets up to the backstop piece that the arc extends, backstop piece including connect in the first backstop part of apron main part, from the regional second backstop part that extends forward of the part of first backstop part, first backstop part with second backstop part be formed with the spacing step of the trailing edge matched with of shelf.

2. The shelf securing mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the fixing part comprises a first fixing arm and a second fixing arm which are oppositely arranged up and down, and at least one of the first fixing arm and the second fixing arm is further provided with a convex edge which is abutted to the shelf.

3. The shelf securing mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the elastic buckles are arranged into at least two and distributed along the cross beam at intervals.

4. The shelf securing mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the support component comprises a convex rib formed by protruding from the side wall towards the interior of the storage space.

5. The shelf securing mechanism of claim 4, wherein: the supporting component further comprises decorative strips arranged on two sides of the shelf, and the decorative strips are formed with clamping portions matched with the side edges of the shelf and supporting portions downwards abutted to the supporting portions above the convex ribs.