CN108759264A - Overturn vertical beam and the refrigerator with the overturning vertical beam - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of overturning vertical beam and refrigerators with the overturning vertical beam, involved overturning vertical beam includes ontology and the guide part from the upward convex stretching ontology top of the body interior, the guide part is for guiding the ontology to overturn, the overturning vertical beam, which also has, limits the locating part that the guide part protrudes out height in ontology top maximum, the locating part at least has there are two height limit position, and the locating part is when being in different height restraining position, it is different that the maximum of the guide part protrudes out height；The guide part maximum of overturning vertical beam involved in the present invention protrudes out height-adjustable, based on this design, after vertical beam, which is overturn, to fail, the maximum by the way that guide part is turned up protrudes out the reparation that highly can be realized to vertical beam turn over function, and realization process is simple and will not cause harmful effect to the appearance of refrigerator.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to household appliance technical field more particularly to a kind of overturning vertical beams and refrigerator with the overturning vertical beam.
Background technology
Many refrigerators are using door is split around at present, and generally in installation in one of door body, there are one sealings
Vertical beam, to prevent cold air from leaking from the gap location of two door body.When the door body is opened, vertical beam is in approximately perpendicular to door body
State, i.e. completely folded state；In door body closing process, vertical beam is approximately parallel to the shape of door body by being turned to along a vertical axis
State, i.e. fully unfolded position, to seal the gap between two door body.To ensure that vertical beam correctly rotates, generally in storing compartment
Guide groove is arranged in roof, and the guide part that protrudes upward is arranged at the top of vertical beam, and in enabling or door closing procedure, guide part is by edge
The extension track of guide groove moves, to guide vertical beam correctly to rotate.
In actual application, after a period of use, door body will produce a degree of sagging, guide part general to refrigerator
It can not coordinate with guide groove, cause vertical beam failure that cannot overturn.For this problem, it is common practice to increase at door body hinge
Gasket is lifted door body, but so operation can affect to refrigerator appearance.
In view of this, it is necessary to provide a kind of improved overturning vertical beams to solve the above problems.
Invention content
The present invention is directed at least solve one of technical problem of the existing technology, for achieving the above object, this hair
Bright to provide a kind of overturning vertical beam, specific design method is as follows.
A kind of overturning vertical beam, including ontology and the guiding from the upward convex stretching ontology top of the body interior
Part, for the guide part for guiding the ontology to overturn, the overturning vertical beam, which also has, limits the guide part in the ontology
Top maximum protrudes out the locating part of height, and the locating part at least has that there are two height limit positions, and the locating part is in
When different height restraining position, the maximum of the guide part protrudes out height difference.
Further, the up and down setting of the guide part, the overturning vertical beam further includes the bullet being connect with the guide part
Property component, the elastic parts drive the guide part to move up to protrude out the ontology top.
Further, the locating part is arranged to the platy structure with through-hole up and down, and the guide part passes through described
Through-hole and lower end are provided with for abutting the locating part lower surface to limit the positioning that the guide part is moved further up
Protrusion.
Further, the body interior in short transverse at least provided with two different heights with by the locating part card
It is located at the card slot of different height restraining position.
Further, the side of the guide part, which protrudes out, is formed with sliding block, the body interior be fixed with for the sliding block in
The sliding slot slided in short transverse.
Further, the sliding slot is formed by the vertical clamping plate sandwiched of a pair of parallel setting.
Further, the body interior includes two sliding slots disposed in parallel, and the side of the guide part protrudes out to be formed
Two have and the two sliding slots matched sliding block one by one.
Further, the card slot is formed through the vertical clamping plate.
Further, the elastic parts includes abutting to the push rod of the guide part bottom and driving the push rod upward
Mobile spring.
Include the babinet with storage compartment the present invention also provides a kind of refrigerator, the both lateral sides of the storage compartment
It is pivoted relative to each other and is connected with a pair of of door body, one in a pair of door body is connected with overturning vertical beam as described above, the storage
The roof for hiding compartment is provided with the guide groove coordinated with the guide part to guide the overturning vertical beam to overturn.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows：The guide part maximum of overturning vertical beam involved in the present invention protrudes out height-adjustable, base
In this design, after vertical beam, which is overturn, to fail, the maximum by the way that guide part is turned up protrudes out height and can be realized to vertical beam turn over function
Reparation, realization process is simple and will not cause harmful effect to the appearance of refrigerator.
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Fig. 1 show the schematic diagram that refrigerator door of the present invention is closed；
Fig. 2 show the schematic diagram that refrigerator side of the present invention door body is opened；
Fig. 3 show the exploded perspective view of present invention overturning vertical beam；
Fig. 4 show the enlarged diagram of the parts a in Fig. 3；
Fig. 5 show the first status diagram that locating part is in the first height limit position；
Fig. 6 show second of status diagram that locating part is in the first height limit position；
Fig. 7 show the first status diagram that locating part is in the second height limit position；
Fig. 8 show second of status diagram that locating part is in the second height limit position.
Specific implementation mode
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to various embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, please refers to Fig. 1 to Fig. 8 institutes
Show, for the better embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of refrigerator, which includes a babinet 10, babinet 10
Define at least one storing compartment with front openings（It is not indicated in figure）.The both lateral sides of storage compartment are pivoted relative to each other company
It is connected to a pair of of door body, in this specific embodiment, stores and be connected with the first door body 21 on the left of compartment, right side is connected with the second door body
22。
In the present invention, refrigerator further includes overturning vertical beam 3, and in this present embodiment, overturning vertical beam 3 is pivotally mounted on first
Door body 21 opens the inside at end, and there is the guide part 31 protruded upward, the roof for storing compartment to be provided on the top of overturning vertical beam 3
Coordinate the guide groove to guide overturning vertical beam 3 to overturn with guide part 31（It is not shown in figure）.
As shown in Figure 1, when two door body are in closed state, overturning vertical beam 3 is attached to the inside table of two door body
Face, to prevent outside cooling gas leakage to refrigerator；As shown in Fig. 2, when opening the first door body 21, overturning vertical beam 3 will be towards storing compartment
Inner rotation, turned to from the fully unfolded position for being roughly parallel to the first door body 21 with the first door body 21 in predetermined angular
The completely folded state of (such as perpendicular to first door body 21), with separate second door body 22, thus when opening the first door body 21,
Overturning vertical beam 3 will not be stopped by the second door body 22.Similarly, in the closing process of the first door body 21, overturning vertical beam 3 will be by rolling over completely
Overlapping state turns to fully unfolded position, to close the gap of the first door body 21,22 inside of the second door body.
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that overturning vertical beam 3 is not limited to be mounted in the first door body 21, also it is mountable to
In second door body 22, do not make specifically to be unfolded herein.Overturning vertical beam 3 according to the present invention will be described in detail below.
In conjunction with shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 7, overturning vertical beam according to the present invention includes ontology 30 and from ontology 30
The internal upward convex guide part 31 for stretching out 30 top of ontology, for guiding ontology 30 to overturn, overturning vertical beam 3 also has guide part 31
Limit the locating part 32 that guide part 31 protrudes out height in 30 top maximum of ontology.Wherein, 30 top of ontology has for guide part 31
The shape of the end hole 306 protruded outward, end hole 306 is adapted with 31 shape of guide part；There are two locating part 32 at least has
Height limit position, and when locating part is in different height restraining position, it is different that the maximum of guide part 31 protrudes out height.
In this specific embodiment, there are two height limit positions for the tool of locating part 32, refering to what is shown in Fig. 5, it shows
The first state that locating part 32 is in the first height limit position and there is guide part 31 maximum to protrude out height h1；With reference to figure 7
It is shown, show that locating part 32 is in the second height limit position and there is guide part 31 maximum to protrude out the first of height h2
Kind state, wherein h1<h2.
Based on the set-up mode, for completely new refrigerator, sagging is not present in door body, overturns the limit in vertical beam 3
Part 32 is set at the first height limit position, and the maximum of guide part 31 protrudes out height h1 and can meet at this time leads with babinet
It is overturn to slot with guiding overturning vertical beam 3 is merged；When refrigerator after a period of use, overturning vertical beam 3 it is synchronous with door body sagging, have
The guide part 31 that maximum protrudes out height h1 possibly can not be abutted to guide groove, and overturning vertical beam 3 will be unable to normally overturn, at this time such as
Locating part 32 is relocated onto at the second restraining position, i.e., the maximum of guide part 31 is protruded out height is adjusted to h2 by h1, leads
It can then coordinate again with guide groove to realize the normal rotary movement of overturning vertical beam 3 to part 31.
In the present invention, the locating part 32 overturn in vertical beam 3 can also be provided with more height limit positions, without office
It is limited to shown in embodiment two height limit positions.
For guide part 31 in the present invention in the up and down setting of short transverse, overturning vertical beam 3 further includes connecting with guide part 31
The elastic parts connect, elastic parts drive guide part 31 to move up to protrude out ontology top.In conjunction with Fig. 5, Fig. 6, or combine
Shown in Fig. 7, Fig. 8, guide part 31 protrudes out height h1 in maximum（Or h2）Can be to 30 internal contraction of ontology at position, so design can
Ensure that ratio is smoothly in refrigerator door opening process, is not in the fortuitous event being stuck in guide groove.For the present invention,
The extreme position that elastic parts drives guide part 31 to move up is that the height that protrudes out of guide part 31 reaches h1（Or h2）When lead
Position to where part 31（With reference to figure 5, Fig. 7）.
In this embodiment, elastic parts includes abutting to the push rod 33 of 31 bottom of guide part and driving push rod 33
The spring 332 moved up.
In more detail, the top of push rod 33 is provided with supporting table 331, and 31 bottom side of guide part is provided with abutting to the support
The abutting part 313 of platform 331；In specific implementation process, 313 self- steering part of abutting part, 31 bottom sides are downwardly convex to be extended, branch
Support the through-hole or groove for having on platform 331 and being adapted with abutting part 313.The side of push rod 33 is fixed with solid for 332 upper end of spring
Surely the upper fixed part 330 connected, the inner wall of ontology 30 are fixed with the lower fixed part 305 being fixedly connected for 332 lower end of spring, spring
332 squeeze settings and be fixed between fixed part 330 and lower fixed part 305 with to push rod 33 provide move up push away
Power.
In the implementation process of the present embodiment, it is additionally provided in ontology 30 and is moved along overturning 3 short transverse of vertical beam for push rod 33
Dynamic guide portion 307, with reference to shown in figure 4, guide portion 307 is fixed on 30 inner wall of ontology and with adaptable with 33 shape of push rod
Groove body（It is not indicated in figure）；In other embodiments of the invention, the groove body being adapted with 33 shape of push rod can also be replaced
For the hole passed through for push rod.
More specifically, the locating part 32 in the present invention is arranged to the platy structure with through-hole 320 up and down, is oriented to
Part 31 stretches out 30 top of ontology after passing through through-hole 320, and the lower end of guide part 31 is provided with for abutting 32 lower surface of locating part
The positioning protrusion 311 being moved further up with restricted guidance part 31.With reference to shown in figure 5 or Fig. 7, positioning protrusion 311 abuts extremely
32 lower surface of locating part, at this time guide part 31 in 30 top of ontology have maximum protrude out height h1（Or h2）.It had been embodied
Cheng Zhong, the setting quantity and distribution rule of positioning protrusion 31 can suitably be adjusted according to specific design requirement.
It is that locating part 32 is fastened on by card slot by different height limit positions in this specific embodiment, institute in reference chart
Show, in setting in short transverse, there are two the first card slots 303 and the second card slot 304 of different height inside ontology 30.With reference to figure 5
Shown, when locating part 32 is arranged in the first card slot 303, guide part 31 in 30 top of ontology there is maximum to protrude out height h1；Ginseng
It examines shown in Fig. 7, when locating part 32 is arranged in the second card slot 304, guide part 31 in 30 top of ontology there is maximum to protrude out height
h2.In other embodiments of the invention, the quantity of card slot can be with more than two.
In the present invention, the side of guide part 31, which protrudes out, is formed with sliding block 312, be fixed with inside ontology 30 for sliding block 312 in
The sliding slot 300 slided in short transverse.Specifically in this present embodiment, each sliding slot 300 by a pair of parallel setting vertical clamping plate
Sandwiched is formed, and with reference to shown in figure 4, the space of sandwiched constitutes and supplies between the first vertical clamping plate 301 and the second vertical clamping plate 302
The sliding slot 300 that sliding block 312 slides.
In the present embodiment, 30 inside of ontology includes two sliding slots 300 disposed in parallel, and the side of guide part 31 protrudes out to form two
It is a to have and two sliding slots 300 matched sliding block 312 one by one.Two sliding slots 300 and two 312 matched design methods of sliding block can be with
Ensure that the sliding of guide part 31 is more steady.
In specific implementation process, the card slot that locating part 32 is set for card is formed through vertical clamping plate.With reference to institute in figure 4
Show, four pieces of vertical clamping plates for constituting two sliding slots are run through by the first card slot 303 and the second card slot 304.Certainly, the present invention's
It in other embodiments, can independently be formed between card slot and sliding slot, not make specifically to be unfolded herein.
In addition, in order to ensure the intensity of vertical clamping plate, the vertical clamping plate side in this specific embodiment is also provided with
It is connected to the rib 308 of 30 inner wall of ontology.
It should be appreciated that although this specification is described in terms of embodiments, but not each embodiment only includes one
A independent technical solution, this description of the specification is merely for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should will say
As a whole, the technical solution in each embodiment may also be suitably combined to form those skilled in the art can for bright book
With the other embodiment of understanding.
The series of detailed descriptions listed above only for the present invention feasible embodiment specifically
Bright, they are all without departing from equivalent implementations made by technical spirit of the present invention not to limit the scope of the invention
Or change should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. a kind of overturning vertical beam, including ontology and the guide part from the upward convex stretching ontology top of the body interior,
The guide part is for guiding the ontology to overturn, which is characterized in that the overturning vertical beam also have the restriction guide part in
Ontology top maximum protrudes out the locating part of height, and the locating part at least has that there are two height limit positions, and the limit
When position part is in different height restraining position, the maximum of the guide part protrudes out height difference.
2. overturning vertical beam according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the up and down setting of guide part, the overturning
Vertical beam further includes the elastic parts being connect with the guide part, and the elastic parts drives the guide part to move up to protrude out
Go out the ontology top.
3. overturning vertical beam according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the locating part is arranged to have through-hole up and down
Platy structure, the guide part passes through the through-hole and lower end to be provided with for abutting the locating part lower surface to limit
State the positioning protrusion that guide part is moved further up.
4. the overturning vertical beam according to claim 1-3, which is characterized in that the body interior in short transverse at least setting
The locating part to be fastened on the card slot of different height restraining position by different height there are two setting.
5. overturning vertical beam according to claim 4, which is characterized in that the side of the guide part, which protrudes out, is formed with sliding block,
The body interior is fixed with for the sliding block in the sliding slot slided in short transverse.
6. overturning vertical beam according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the sliding slot by a pair of parallel setting vertical clamping plate
Sandwiched is formed.
7. overturning vertical beam according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the body interior includes two disposed in parallel described
Sliding slot, the side of the guide part, which protrudes out, to be formed two and has and the two sliding slots matched sliding block one by one.
8. overturning vertical beam according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the card slot is formed through the vertical clamping plate.
9. overturning vertical beam according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the elastic parts includes abutting to the guide part
The push rod of bottom and the spring for driving the push rod to move up.
10. a kind of refrigerator includes the babinet with storage compartment, the both lateral sides of the storage compartment, which are pivoted relative to each other, is connected with one
To door body, which is characterized in that one in a pair of door body is connected with overturning as described in any one of claims 1-9 and erects
Beam, the roof of the storage compartment are provided with the guide groove coordinated with the guide part to guide the overturning vertical beam to overturn.
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